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CITY SCHOOL TO OPEN WEDNESDAY. Thirteen Hundred Children are Now Getting Their School Books and Slates Ready for the Opening Hay.--Two New Teachers Will Take the I laces of Teachers Who Resigned. Thirteen hundred Athens children will start to school in this city next Wednesday. Superintendent Bond and his force of helpers have been bnsily en- itafted preparing for the opening for sev eral days and Mr. liond told a represen tative of The Banner yesterday after noon that he looked for the largest at tendanoe in the history of the Athens pablio schools on Wednesday. The school buildings have been chan- ed np and everything is in readiness for the army of little children which will appear at the school buildings next week. Two new teaohers will be on the pub- lio school list this term. One of these has been assigned to duty at tho Meigs street school while the other will have charge of one of the grades of the Bax ter street school. These young women aae Miss Marlon Lampkin and Miss Marion Bloomfield. Some time ago Miss Carrie Hyde, who was teacher of the fourth grado at the Baxter street school, resigned to accept the principalship of the Model school at Danielsvllle. Her place in the fourth grade nt tho Baxter streot school has been filled by Miss itosa Maddox, who goes to that grade from the first B grade at the same eohool. Miss Marion Bloom field, one of the two now teachers will have charge of the tirsl B grade at Bax ter Street school in the place of Miss Maddox. Miss Myrtts Jarrell resigned h-r p am as teacher In the eighth grade at Wash ington street school some time ago. She is now in Berlin, ami will ooutinue her studies abroad for another year. Miss Mary Lou Turnbull, who nas had charge of ttie seventh grade at the Washington street school will take the place of Miss Jarrell in the eighth grade, and Miss Marion Lampkin, the other new teacher, will rake the place of Miss Turnbull in the Seventh grado at Wash iugton street school The two new teaohers reside in this city and aro well known to tho patrons of the school into which they go, who will be very glad to learn of their selec tion. and the fact that they will have charge of the respective grades to which they have been assigned. Mr. Bond, in conversation with a rep resentative of The Banner yesterday at ternoon said that he regretted having to make changes in the various grades, but he has found this nocessary and has tried to make the changes so as to give satisfaction to as many as possible. He talks very encouragingly of the outlook for a great year in the public schools of the city and says he anticipates a year of splendid work. FREE KINDERCARTEN SCHOOL WILL CLttSt THIS MORNING. ATHENS MAN SAW GREAT SEA DEVIL. Hr. J B. Toomer, of This City, with Fishing Tarty Off Carolina Coast Came in Contact with Monster Sea Devil a Few Days Ago-An Account of the Attempt to K«ll or Capture Monster. The al>ove is a splendid Lkeness of Judge Wunilton McWhorter, who i now residing, temporarily at Watson Springs/JjnGreene county, but who will, with his family, remove to Athens aboof the middle of November or the first of December. Judge McWhorter ^purchased the beautiful Clover- hurst Country Club property out on Milledge Avenue, whioh is one of the costliest and most beautiful residences in Northeast Georgia. Judge McWhorter will make Athens a valuffljle citizen. He is one of the most prominent attorneys in Geo.gia, and holds the important position of Advisory Counsel of the Southern Railway. JH^ith this largo corporation he exerts more intiuence than any other officer it the South. The members of Judge McWhorter’s family ire well known to the people of Athens, who are well pleased at the ideaoflirfing them hero as perW nent residents. The free kind- rgarten school which i has been in progress as an experiment j on the part of the Athens Woman's: Club the past two months, will close this morning. Miss Nora McKenna, the efficient iu Btrnctor who has been in charge of the work during the pant two months, has arranged a most attractive program for the closing exercises, and those who at tend may expect to soe some remarkable work on the part of the little tots who have been drilled under Miss McKenna. The Banner has been requested to in- vitetho people of the city to attend the closing exeroises this morning, whioh begin at !< :80 o’olock. It is expected that the members of the Athens Woman's Clnb will be present, and it is desired that any others in the oity who are interested in the great work being done by the free kindergar ten, also attend. When the free kindergarten was started two months ago, it was the hope of the members of the Woman's Club to make it a permanent work. In this hope they have met with great encour agement, and although sufficient funds are not in hand to begin the work and koep it up for the term, the Indies of the Clnb have determined to take it up and make a suocoss of it with the outside as sistance that they are suro to get. The Banner has called attention to this work on more than one occasion. It is a work of great worth, and the peo ple of the city would be aiding one of the best movements ever inaugurated in Athens to lend the free kindergarten work their support. Parties desiring to contribute to the fund for the mainten anoe of the free kindergarten work are requested to send their contributions to Mist Louie Lane, or Mrs. W. J. Peeples, treasurer of tho Woman's Club. THE SUMMER SCHOOL FUND STILL GROWING, Notwithstanding the bad Weather Good Sum Was Added. Notwithstanding the bad weather yesterday, a neat sum was added to the fund for the Summer School, and it is probable that this fond will be com pleted within the next few days. Al ready olose to two thousand dollars has been subscribed, and the additional one thousand should not be hard to get. The canvass yesterday resulted in the addition of the following amounts: Previously acknowledged... . $1,838.50 Cash 60 00 D. L. Peacock 6.00 O. W. Motes 10.00 Enler B. Smith 10.00 Jer.se M. Smith 500 H. A. Lowranoe 6.00 H. M. Fnllilove 6 00 Maurice Jankower 2.60 J. K. Kenney 1.00 Total .. $1,037.00 k_„. THE OLD BOOKSTORE WHS SOLO YESTERDAY The Property was Pur- chashed by Mr. M. G. Nicholson. The historic old bookstore at the cor ner of College avenue and Broad street has been sold by Mrs. Hoke Smith through her agent, Mr. F. A. Lipscomb, to Mr. M. G. Nioholson, of this city The price involved in the transaction was not made public, although It l understood the property sold at a splen did price. The transfer inoludes the store now oconpied by Mr. H. H. Hale, the musio dealer, and Mr. J. S. Nolan, the jewel er and watoh repairer, as well as the store adjoining, occnpiea by Mr. S. H Buchwald, dealer in notions and gen eral merchandise. O. 8, Karoly of Aurora, III., and Wil Uam Keiforsoheld of Streator, Ill., have plans for airships with whioh to com pete for the grand prize. COLONEL — otftl RAL COLLEGt. The Banner was ono of the Georgia newspapers to handle the speech deliv ered at the session of the State Agricul tural Society in Macon some days ago, by Chancellor Hill in reply to an ad dress delivered by Mr. Peek, of Hock- drle county, and out of deference to the desire of Mr. Peek we print below a portion of an article on the same sub ject : ‘Now, as to Chancellor Hill, In his reply he Bald that I did not mention his report and that my talk was as to mat ters before his day with the university (This admission provos my premises up to 1IHX), which Mr. Hill did nor, contro vert. i On June 14th, the Athens corres pondent to Tho Journal says : The ag ricultural department of the university is referred to at length. The board of visitors say that there is an evident lack of interest iu this department, is shown by the rather small attendance during the past year" 'Now, if my information is oorreot, there were <5,000 appropriated *o defray tho expenses of the last three months’ course in agriculture under Chancellor Hill's administration and he had an at tendance of twenty students. When you divide $6,000 by 20 the result is $250 each for three months, or at the rate of $850 per student for a ten months' course. "At the same time Chancellor Hill has published to the world that $18-1 is a liberal expenee for a boy during a colle giate year which shows in this case that the ‘game is not worth the candle.’ "Dr. Mell and Dr. Boggs, whom all honor and revere, failed to arouse an in terest in agricultural education at the State university. The old rale of the best two in three has failed. Chancel lor Hill now wants to try the rale of the best three in five and how does he ex pect to do it?” MISS MABEL SPEHL DIED MONDAY NIGHT, ^he Was One of the New Members of the Lucy Cobb Faculty. Miss Mildred Rutherford, principal of Lucy Cobh Institute, has received a tel egram from Mr. George Sperl, of Wau- ke-ha, Wis„ announcing the death of Mus Mabel Sped, who had been en- ga,:-od as a member of the fuoulty of the Lucy Cobb Institute for the ooming term. Miss Sped was to ha ve taken oharge of the violin and piano class, and also the orchestra of Lucy Cobb. She was a most talented young woman, and the news of her death at her distant Wis- corsin home will be received with gen uine regret iu this oity. The cause of the death of Miss Sped was not an- not,need by the telegram, further than the statement that she died suddenly. 4!iss Rutherford is now in correspon dence with several young women with a view to supplying the place on the fac ulty of Lucy Cobb made vacant by the Mibb SltLLA Itnitli "Let's see ; he has published a book and distributed it profusely before I in troduced the resolutions to separate the A. and M. college from the State uni vereity. Job said : "Oh ! that mine ad versary had written a book.” •Now, take upjCbanccllor Hill’s book, tarn to pages 8 and 5t, and let’s see how he expects to arouse an interest among tho farmers in agricultural education at the university. Chancellor Hill says in his book that the only stndy on agricul- ture in the freshman class will be bota ny, which will also be taught the second term of the second year. That two hours per week during the first term and four hours per week during the seoond term are to be devotod to agri culture proper. Three hours per week during junior term, and in Benlor year six hours per week. Six hours per week in the second torm are devoted to the subjects of dairying, fruit evaporating, canning, syrnp and wine making. Chan cellor Hill expects to have his whole layout attend these lectures on agricul ture. We think it will bo like the boy who was forced to church and when asked how he enjoyed the sermon re plied ; "The best sort; I slept all the time.” "Now, who is it that can't see that these few hours are tho "tanglefoot" that holds these appropriations to Ath ens? My only interest is to plead for the farmer boys and girls who by nature are as bright as any who aro born under the spiral domes, and only need cultiva tion to make them our best men and women. Then, why should this money be taken from those for whom it was intended and given to those who have been brought np, I might say, in the lap of luxury ? "This question will not be settled un til it is settled right. "WILLIAM L. PEEK.” ADDED 10 FACULTY. Sinter of Oratory Teacher to be Presiding Teacher. At Luoy Cobb. Miss Mildred Rutherford is busy get ting the Lac; Oobb Institute in shape for the opening ;of the school which will ooour on Sept. 10th. Every room in the building is being thoroughly renovated and the oontents aired and sunned. The attendanoe at Lucy Oobb thi. year will be larger than ever before in the history of the school. Labor Day. Next Monday, September 1st, is Labor Day, a legal holiday in this State. In all of the larger cities the occasion will be generally observed, though to what extent it will be observed here is not known as yet. Piano Tuning and Repairs. All kinds of Musical Instrument re pairing at Hale’s Music Store. The announcement is made that Miss Ste la Center, a sister of Miss Augo9ta Cei.ter, who has been secured by the Lucy Cobb Institute to fill the chair of ora lory and have charge of the physi cal onltnre department of this splendid ins ltution, has been s -enred as Presi ding teacher in the school room at Lucy Oobb for the coming term. The Misses Center are among the intently watching it mod talented young women of Georgia Th >y have both received the best train lna offered by the most famous inatitu tio is in the North as well as the South, ami both will come to Lucy Cobb with the most flattering endorsements. The audition of these two young women to the faculty of Lucy Cobb will lend muoh strength to this historic institution. MLLE.LOISPDRUCKER SAILS THOM TRANCE, Talented Young Woman will Reach Athens Sept. pth. Miss Rutherford is in receipt of a ca blegram announcing that Mile. Lois Pt rucker, the talented young woman who is to have oharge of the voice and ohoras training at Lacy Oobb Institute thi coming term, will sail from Harva Fiance on the steamer. LaBratagne Saturday morning, arriving in New Y'ork on Sept. 6th., and reaohing Athens th:'ee days later, whioh will be the day be 'ore the opening of Lncy Cobb Insti- tue. Mile. Parnoker is a most attractive yorng woman, and comes to Lncy Oobb with the highest endorsements. '.'he land known as the Tesson Tract, wlich was wanted for World's Fair, ha i now been secured and the exposition gmnndsareasolidblookofland splen- die Jy adapted for the great purpose. Mr- J. B. Toomer has just returned home from a trip to tho South Carolina coast, and has many interesting inci dents to relate. Among others was one most weird in its nature, concerning the discovery of a queer sea devil, near MoOlellanville, S. O. Mr. Toomer. in company with George R- Oongdon and Dr J. B Taylor, of Georgetown. S. O , made a fishing trip to Sandy Point, along Sandy Beef, on Bull's Bay. opposite Cape Romaln and Bull's island light house, just in front of the lovely village of McOlellauville. They were quite intent upon their angling work when they noticed rapidly coming in the ocean, a strange looking monster. They ceased fishing at onoe, and gazed intently upon the queer orea- ture of the deep that had evidently come np from its deep sea home to take a peep at the strange beings in Unole Sam’s dominion. As the monster approached, its out lines became more apparent to the eyes of the astounded fishermen. It had a gruesome, uncanny look about it. It gradually assumed the shapo of a giant corpse. The size was far beyond that of any man living, and this fact added a feeling of horror. The body was on its back, the ghastly face upturned to the Sky. Going through the cometery at - n ‘^L w a 1 S£, 0 ^jSSn9SPyi6E^r6? ‘b« *u-_ Wheu within 120 feet of the shore, this sea monster got into water that was running like a mill-raoe and tho whole body leaped out of the water and was fully exposed to the astonished gaze of three fishermen. Its head was muoh larger than that of a man, and was cov ered with long black hair. From She point of view of the spectators, no arms were visible. The lower extremities of the body were but dimly seen, and their outlines could not be determined. This queer oreature floated about for two or three minutes, then made a sud den reverse movement, and started out to sea against tho tide. In doing this it raised its head far abovo the water, and faced three gentlemen who had been so flowing biaok beard fell several inohes below its face, and a small boat with a negro iu it, ap proached, it gave a savage look that be tokened injury to the oocupant of the boat should he approach any nearer. Then the monster sank beneath the water and rose again nearer the shore. It came up out the water perpendicular ly, exposing abont two feet of its body, and as it did so, Mr. Congdon fired at it with his Winchester rifle. It again dis appeared, to rise again about every live minutes. Over ten shots were firod at it, but none took effect. The Bhadow of the night fell and the attempt to kill or oaptnre this wonderful curiosity of the deep sea had to be abandoded. Just then a fearful storm broke over the bay and the fishing party bad to seek shelter under their boat, which they turned upside down on the beach. A creature of queer description was seen near Charleston on the Bame day, bat it coaid not have been the same one as seen by these gentlemen, as they were 37 miles from Charleston, and saw the monster at practioaily the same time the other one was seen near Charleston. Mr. Toomer declares that it was a sight snob as the oldest inhabitants of the coast section have never seen. All three of tho gentlemen in the fishing party were reared near MoClellanviUe, and they say they never saw snoh a creature before in their lives. People (along the ooast will keep a oloee watoh. and if it returns they will make a strong effort to oaptnre it. For Whooping Cough use Cheney’s Expectorant.