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. CLARKE COUNTY COURIER. VOLUME Ilt-N UMBER 34. ATHENS, GEORGIA, JUNE-5, 1903, PRICE 50 CENTS A YEAR THE JUDGE HAS VIEWS AND SO HAVE WE. Two Identical Crimes Should Not Be Separated. Id the caso of Grace Lamar, a soiled dove of this city, who plead guilty to a charge of fotnicatiou before the City Court Thursday, Judge Cobb fined her $40 inclu sive of all oosts, or three months in jail, and after that time unless she leaves town to be placed upon the chain-gaBg for twelve months at hard labor. In his remarks in passing sentence, among other things ha said: “The court feels his conscien tious duty. in this ouse to express fully his views of the crime, es- pecially as perpetrated in Athens, and Clarke county, recently. The court is aware and surprised over a sentiment somewhat prevalent in .this community, as the court is informed, that there are de gress in this crime. That there are those who believe also that what' is denominated a so-called rlispeotnble lewd house is better for the community, morally and otherwise, than when the crime ds compelled to hide out- in the 'darkness of night. In other words, that a tacitly recognized, so-called respectable winked at hv the nu- 'thorities, or small fines put as a license, periodically, is better for the morals of the community and the health of the youth. This court positively --dissen tR from that view. . Thju tnove matter of health tls*’ .,dvlgjtfenn>0»:_ this ---PCWt-. ■ -ffisWwftW^Tegredation of a youth visiting a lewd house, quasi-authorized by public senti ment and public authority, is far greater than the degradation of a similar act under the hand of pub lic opinion and enforcement of the law. This court does not hesitate to say that ho prefere that "a son of his, if he should fall into this crime and immorality, should do sq with a full conscientiousness of the condemnation of the law and public opinion, than be made to feel that he is supported by the law and public sentiment.” Judge Cobb expresses our opin ion exactly in this matter, but why not it apply to other crimes os well. as well as guilded palaces, yet Dr. Loyeioy shows that “850 per cent more crime is committed now un der our respectable ohurch bar room than ever under the old dog geries that used to infest our town. Both are traffic in souls and if the controlling of one by church and state is the best, then we do not see why one should be out' lowed and the other wallowed as a sweet morsel under our tongues, We believe that both should be outlawed and made to do their evil in the hours of midnight, in fear of the sleuth hounds of the law. We do not believe in condoning any crime, add where two are identical, we do not believe in clinging to one and running the other. If we are going into whole saling sin take the whole batch. We try to protect our hoys from one, yet we make the other so re spectable that before they know it the other has them ground beneath its wheels ami we wonder how it come. Judge Cobb is. right In his posi tion to rid the community of such pests. Now lets all get together and rid our fair city of the great testing ennoer known as the dis pensary. Its Brqe the law’ll lows this and the Judge can do nothing, but the people oan and by the Help of God will do it. electioNof officers . On last Tuesday night Glenn Lodge, I. 0. 0. F. elected tho fol lowing officers: C. T. Young, N. G. J. E. Humphrey, V. G, G. E. Stono, Secy. THE MUNICIPAL RACE TO BE LIVELY, The time is about getting ripe now for the citizens who intend to be aldermen for the next two years to make it known, as the people are getting in shapo to have a word to say. There never was a time in qijr history when w* needed mwithout having axes to grind. The city is on the up grade and there should be nothing to retard it, and we do not believe that a lively municipal contest where the right is introduced, would do anything but help build the town. We want to see men put in who will work for the inter est of their constituents. There are numbers of things to be done thut the people want, among which we again mention the repeal of the meter ordinance. This may seem a stale question to some, but to others it is exceed- ngly live. That there has been mismanagement along this line no one doubts, no not one. That it has been done in favor of the rich and the hardships of the poor no one doubts. There are striets that the peo ple want opened. For instance tho county has graded to College avenue bridge—a splendid thor- ughfare until it gets to where the city should take hold, and then it gets had. If we mistake not the oity promised the commission ers $400 which has never been paid, and the commissioners say that if they will paythat amount they will grade a street from Mil- ledge to Waddell—giving the peo ple of Oconee a thoroughfare over which to come into the city—and charge us half for the work. But a few people living on other streets object, and they wont do it. There are other matters of vital importance, the financial condi tion of the oity—the bonded in debtedness, and all that—that must be known, and we doubt if anybody koows anything about it now, which may at some future day, astound the natives, when the reckoning day comes. There fore, with all these things staring us in the face it behooves the peo ple to take it upon themselves to name their owu officers. The people should elect men to do what they want and then the blame will rest upon the people themselves. The “ycu-tickle-mo and I’ll tickle you” business should be a thing of t|e past and the people elect such men as will enforce the laws and work to the whole inter est of theycommunity—men who will notlej friendship fail in duty, and if onsftzanegresses the law he should htdpe for it. The pefiple areuot satisfied with the way things are going and will take a haatl, and' the Courier will ehampioifftheir cause, and it may take a dafiy paper to accomplish tho end,.Kit that will he a small matter. C THE GAINESVILLE CYCLONE KILLS MANY Scatters Death and Destruction in Its Wake. Mr. Ferd McMillan and his band of Christian workers will be here Sunday, and hold ser vices on the corner of Jackson and Bread streets. They will hold services during the week the little chapel on lower Broad street. Upon the return In the days of prohibition there I of this band of Christian work were what was known as blind ti- ers to Atlanta last week they gers, yet the best people of the he ] d a meeting on the train and , t , ... .* 1 a drummer professed conversion. community complamed that they We l wj „ do the oId were demoralizing youths and tQWn go r od< ruining manhood, and sending the EXCURSION ToTYBEE ON JUNE l?th|‘ 1903. Fare $3.50 Round Trip Return any time on any train up to Monday night. See any agent of the road or the Courier. A good time in store. See us as we have something good in store on this trip. town to the ilevil. They did their work nt midnight as well ns day. Tho law did not and does not stop them. Seeing that it could not be stopped what did wo do? Why by our vote and by our action we tried to down them and began the sals’of tho Btuff ourselves. We at ohee put it upon a respectable plane. It is endorsed by church and state, by judges and juries, by mothers and fathers, and tho respectability we have given it has sent and is sending more peo ple on the downwarb road to hell than any other agency. Yet it is put upon tho most respectable plane that human iugouuity can put it, and all the arguments against it cannot convince our people of anything else than that it is a “decreaser of evil.” If it works that way in thisoaso, then we see no good reason why tho other crime—both tending to ruination should not be put on tho same plane as the dispensary. They say guilded bar-rooms entice That there should be some changes in the working of the city government there is no doubt, and the only way to get measures enacted is to elect men to do it. The Cornier desires to say that every man connected with the city government is our friend but that don’t keep us from be lieving that certain things should be done that are not done, and if our Iriends won’t do it, then it behooves us to elect somebody that can—if we can. We see no reason why the ex press company refuses to deliv er packages across the river ex cept to certain parties who gen erally threaten to call attention to the Comptroller General, and they usually come. The excursion to Tybee will leave here on the morning of June 19th, over the Central road fare $3.50. Return on any train up to Monday night. For oth er information see any agent of that road or the Courier. Beginnihg to-night the Lucy Cobb Institute begins its annual commencement season. The ex ercises will be replete with beauty and lovelinc ss This school, under its able manage ment has turned out hundreds of woman who are shining lights in the homes of the state. We wiii have more to say later. Maybe a little rain would help things somewhat. Miss Irene Young has returned from a visit from New Orleans. The ceriinonies of the laying of the cornerstone of the New city hall has been postponed until uext Thursday afternoon, the hour to he named later. Efforts are being made to get a reduction of railroad fares upon all the roads leading into tho city and the hour will be arrauged lat er. Let every body turn out and make this a happy occasion Mr. Wm. James, Jr., died at Milledgeville this week and was brought here and hurried in Oco nee cometery on Thursday last. He had much improved and had written a letter stating that he would bo home shortly but the day the family received the letter ho died. The funeral was preach ed by Rev. E. D. Stono. He leaves a wife and several children to mourn his loss, with whom wo deeply sympathize. Mr. IV. J. I’otts is the happiest fireman in Athens. Its a bounc ing habv boy. We caiuiot tell yet exactly what date we will take the Tybee trip, We will let you know as soon as possible, but in plenty time. With good workmen new type and tho best presses the Courier can turn you out Job Printing in first-class style at the shortest no tice. Let rs have a share of it We dislike to talk about our self, hut our afflictions with car buncles for the past six weeks has rendered us almost unfit for business, yet we tried to press on and do the best we could, and we know our patrons will overlook our short comings. Ion can go to Macon and return anv Sunday for $1.60. Its a nice trip. Notice of Examination. The Annual Examination of applicants for license to teach in the Public Schools of Clarke County will be held on Saturdav, June 27th. For white teachers at Washing ton Street School building, begin ning at S.80 A. M. For colored ranchers at County Court House, biginning at 7:46 A. M. Persons desiring to take this examination mfust register at office of County School Commissioner before sail) date. AH applicants are^qnired to be supplied with a complete exarni- Dr. M. F. Mathews has returned «***» f ~ m whi « h »° leaves have been torn or cut, and u .. l j ’ . 1 from a trip to New York, where he has been for tho past two months, attending a Pollytechnie school He returns better prepared than ever to follow' his chosen profes sion. He also paid a visit to Niaga ra falls and other places of interest during his trip. with a good lead pencil or pen and ink. By order of the County Board of Kducation. June 8rd, 1008. Thos. H. Dozier, C. S. C. Ice for sale by Bob Gardner, at Woods corner. Delivered any where in the city. The 0,000 inhabitants of Gaines ville have at last begun to realize the extent of the appalling disas ter of this week. It now seems certain that the death list will not be much short of 100; perhaps somewhat over a hundred, considering the number of dangerously wounded whose chances for recovery cannot now be calculated. The story of the storm’s work of desolatiqn has already been told. All that remains is the compila tion ef an accurate list of the dead, and the chronicling of the burial of the victims. j The death list so far compiled includes thirty-two at the Pacolefc Cotton Mills at New Holland, all of whom were killed in the demo lition of the campany’s cottages, and thirty-six at the Gainesville Cotton Mills, near the Southern Railway station, where the torna do first struck. The entire pathway of the storm, extending two miles from the Gainesville Mills around the outskirts of the city to the Pacolet Mills at New Holland of ruins, hut fortunately the cot tages in the trail of the tornado between til** Southern station ant New Holland were those of ne groes who were all absent from the city in attendance on a negro ex cursion. Business of the city was almost entirely suspended, the attention of everybody being given to the care of the wounded and suffering. The undertakers from neigh boring towns promptly responded to calls for help, coming here themselves and shipping many coffins, the local undertaker not having stock sufficient to furnish for all. Many physicians from neigh’ boring towns reported for duty and have been doing valiant work Governor Terrell has sent 150 tents to be used by the sufferers, and also a detachment of fifty men to aid the Chandler Horse Guards in guarding property not destroyed. Among the heaviest losers known to the people of Athens was Mr. Richard Mealor. His foun dry and machine shop wa9 blown down, but none of the machinery was ruined. He at once forgot his own losses and vacated his house to be used as a hospital. His dwelling was demolished to some extent. Mr. Walter Jackson, son of Mr. W. B. Jackson of the Athens Hardware Co., also lost all his household effects, and his wife was hurt. Mrs. O’Kelley lived once down near Winterville station, and was well known in Athens. She was killed. A little boy by the name of Loveru had his head blown off and it never has been recovered. A woman was blown from the had his house torn up. Our people subscribed liberally, as they should have done and al ways do. About $1,000 was sent from Athens, It was a terrible calamity, and our people are deeply sorrowful. A Phenomenal Success Is “Wenona” Council of the de gree of Pocahontas of Athene It is also a branch of the Improved Order of Red Men, and if the vim with which it puts on its degree work and the interest taken in it by its lady members and] officers (or we should say chiefs) as well as its male members is a sign of anything at all, it surely is a sign of a rare good thing. Last Wednesday evening num bers of people were attracted by the sounds of feminine 6hrieks and laughter mingled with the shout9 of manly voices. We are assured mass however, that no one was injured, either in mind or body, but on the contrary the lessons of charity, gratitude and love taught in the work can but tend to hasten tht universal fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. May the good work continue. -pox top story of the factory to the ground and escaped uninjured. Mr. Ed. White, who used to be a fireman ou the Northeastern, had his house torn to pieces except one room. Mr, Charley Muse had his barn blown away and his dwelling was slightly damaged. Mr. Green Flanigen’s place was also shaken up considerably. Mr. Wilton who used to be a mortormau on the car-line here, Here Again, The small-pox has again visited Athens. We thought the weath er was getting rather warm, but it seems to have no effect upon it in these latter days. This time it has attacked Mr. A. S. Parker, cashier at the Nation al bank, and Miss Katie Landrum who has beeu in the family of Mr. Prince Hodgson. At the request of the attending physicians, Dr. S. H. Dillard took charge of the cases, and is now treating them. We understand that it is thought that a young lady also had the disease and w*a9 broken out, but as soon as she found it out she at once took the train, upon which were a number of Athens people, and as a matter of course they were exposed. It is hoped that no serious oases will* occur j from this. The fact of the businesses that this matter is being treated too carelessly and the matter of try ing to prevent quarantine is get ting to be quite serious, and en dangers the community. The Board of Health goes as far as the city cowncil will allow them. The council, of course, has all power over the board of health, and what they say goes, and it behooves thorn to see that quarantines are strictly enforced, w hether upon prince or peasant. Who’s got number 855, 089? Bring them and get a pair of Shoes at Sol. J. Boley’s Sunday Excursion Bates to Macon and Return. Commencing Sunday, Mar 3ist, and ontinuing until Sunday Oct. 25th, 1903, the Central of Georgia Railway will sell tickets to Macon and return on Sundays $t 50 for the round trip. These tick ets will be good only oD date of sale and for morning train fearing Athens 7 :*0 city time, arriving Macon 10:45 A. M. Central time, leaving Macon 6:i5 P. M. Central time arriving Athena 10:35 P* M, city time. Phone I5. J. E. Humphry, Agent.