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THE CLARKE COUNTY
VOLUME IV—NUMBER 22.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 20,1904.
PRICE 60 CENTS A YEAR
A Trustee of Oconee
Cemetery Interview!
Has a Few Things to Say About the
Necessary Plot of Ground.
There ha* been a good deal said
recent!}', about the cemetery and
it* truetees, and ' a good deal of
hard things has been said about
it. Even the Courier said that, it
a poor man wanted to die he bad
Diab Codbiib :—I am requel-
better shell out of this part of the Ued to report for our ladies the
moral vineyard. People told us
that they wanted to bury, 'their
. dead and oould not do so unless
they planked down a cool hun
dred, and that they bought the
propertyfor $15 an aor* and sold
» for $5,000, and that it would real'
ire a great fortune for somebody,
The Courier would not 'knowing
ly'cast a reflection on any one,
tnd since we published one side of
the question we hunted up one of
the trustees and he. said to us, in
substance, as follows:
‘.‘The trustees of the cemetery
are in existence by legislative en
actment. It is purely an honora
ry office, paying nothing to its
trustees, not even-the treasurer
receiving a cent for his services,
and it takes a good deal of his
time, too. -When the new part
was purchased there was no mon
ey to pay for it, and to-day there
. is one thousand dollars and inter
est due to Gapt. John R, White
with no funds to pay same, end
The Death Penttty.
A little thing sometimes
recults in death. Thus a mere
„„ gm£ scratch. ... uyjjjajgjgijfcuts
• he was induced to hold it a while puny boifs have paid me deatl
Oconee St. Church
officers of both home and Foreign
Missionary Societies, they have
done good work in the past and
hope to do still better in the fu
ture. There is muoh good oheer
among them as well as in the
ohuroh at large. Our churoh has
paid her Missionary .assessments
for the present yea£, and are get
ting ready for the other colleo>
tions. Our. people are. looking
forward to - the ^Joining of the
Foreign Missionary District Con
ference which will be held in our
church in the early summer. This
report is made for the ladies and
was to have been done before this
but I had forgotten. We will try
to see to it that we have some
thing in the Missionary column
each week hereafter.
M. H. Fakes.
For three Solid years the Cou
rier has been incessant in its fight
against the dispensary as a pro
hibition measure, or even as a
oheek on drink.
We have endeavored to show
the great ruin and wreck it is
daily eausing in our oity and
county among the young men,
and the havoc it is working
among the older men.
We have endeavored to point
to your attention the number 'of
women whose hearts are bleeding
and whose lives are made misera
ble by drpnken husbands, and the
innocent littfc. children who are
made to suffdr-in consequence.
And then there is the mother
whose once smooth brow has be
come pale and whose onoe rosy
cheeks have become fourrowed
with the briny tears that gush
and flow, unrestrained, as %be sees
her boy heading towards the gulf,
and she, being a tax-payer, a par
ty to the crime.
The ohuroh is languid, aud the
devil seems to abound; preaching
seems to have no effect, and the
ohuroh people are making money
ont of it, and the jails are being
filled with murderers and the
longer.
As to the high price of lots that
is a mistake. Lots'Sn the ceme
tery can be- bought from $10 to
a hundred, and we have notified
Mr. Bisson to out the lots in half
to aooommodate the people. Of
course lots in the oemetery range
in price like other property. You'
couldn’t expect to get a lot on
Milledge ave. as cheap as you
would on Cleveland avenue. Oh,
yes, anybody with $10 oangeta
lot in the oemetery, and if he has
not that amount, why there is a
nice plot set aside where you can
get buried for nothing.
The trustees have no objection
to the oity couuoil taking it in
charge, as there ie no compensa
tion for their services. Cemetery
lots don’t sell every day, nor eve
ry week, nor every month, as you
know, and it will take some time
yet-beforo money can be secured
to pay off the note. The gate
and fenoe done cost something
like $600 and the beautifying of
the grounds costs money, whioh
we are sure the people of Athens
appreciate.
Should the city of Athens take
it in charge, it would 1 be an in-
oessant drain upon the treasury.
So, you lie, it is a mistaken
idea that you oannot get a lot—
and if you are not ableto buy a
lot on Fifth Avenue you oan get
one all the way down till you
reaoh the potter’s field.
penalty. It is wise to have
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve ever
handy. It’s the best Salve on
earth and will prevent fatality,
when Burns, Sores, Ulcers and
Piles threaten. Only 35c, at all
Druggist.
W, H, Morton
for The Senate.
In this issue appears the aw
nouncement of Mr. W. H. Morton
for the Senate. Mr. Morton is
well-known to our people, being a
farmer of some prominence. He
has served the countv in various
ways for a number of yean and
now holds the position of County
Commissioner of Clarke county.
He is a man in whom all the peo
ple have confidence and is an es
teemed and honorable citizen.
He is eminently qualified to fill
the high and honorable position
of senator and if he should be
eleoted would fill the offioe with
honor and satisfaction to all. He
is a friend to education and the
farming interests as well as all
the material interests of the
county.
Parchment butter paper the best
quality at M. M. Arnold’s. 4t
i V. Carimers^ft^Tiie Senate.
J. H. Rucker For The House.
In another column will be found
the announcements of the above
gentleman as representative in
the legislature and the senate
from Clarke county.
It is needless for us to introduce
them to our people. Oapt. Ruck-
er hat lived hit entire life in this
oity and has been honored time
and again as mayor and'alderman,
and hat devoted a greater part of
his life to the welfare of the city
and now he asks the support of
people as their representative in
the legislature. He i* a man of
broad mind, neither penurious nor
extravagant; a business man of
unquestioned ability, and would
render valuable servioe to our in
stitutions whioh come under the
the tupervnion of the itate.
A VOTE ON DISPENSARY
OR NO'DISPENSARY.
The Courier Will Open a Ballot Box
For Men and Women.
chain gangs populated with crim-
intis'
W£'want to we how the people
fee.l about it aud to this eDd we
propose to have a ballot by the
people of Clarke conn ty.
We will place in our office two
boxes—one in which to deposit
the Ballots of the ladies—they
being the greatest sufferers are
entitled to a say—and the. other
for the men. The ballot will re
main open for a few weeks. We
hope every man and woman in
Clarke county will vote on this
question, so that we can see how
the thing stands.
The ballots should be written
DISPENSARY, if you are in
favor of it, and
N<X.DISPENSARY, if you are
opposed to it.
Tho tickets should be handed
or sent to the Courier office.
Tho-name of eaeh voter should
accompany the ballot, only to
prevent people from voting more
than once, and no one but the
editor will see it and he will keep
it strictly confidential.
This may mean 'something vital
for usj* and you should vote, and
ask yonr neighbof~to do so, too.
The Courier’s Article
Is Highly Endorsed.
A Few Queries About the Lucy Cobb
Institute.
Mr. J. Y. Carithers announces
for the Senate in this issue:
Mr. J. Y. Carithers 1 , we unhesi
tatingly say is one of the most
progressive men that our county
has ever known and has done a
great deal for the city—putting
hie money into its welfare even
when tunee seemed the moat nn-
propitious, and to him in a great
measure is due the present status
of Greater Athene as she ie press
ing upward in her onward march
of prosperity, and should he be
elected, his every effort will be di
rected to guard her interest and
the interest of the connty.
Mr. Carithers is a man in every
way, worthy the confidence of the
people. It is to his energy and
pluck that the hum of a good deal
of the . machinery is heard in this
oi‘- , and on account of his plac
ing his money in snch enterprises,
is the means of furnishing em
ployment to numbers of people.
He is a great friend to education,
a firm friend of the farmer, and a
great advocate of progress as is
shown by his excellent mannge-
ment of the electrio railway. He
is widely known throughout this
distret, and we unhesitatingly
say that if he is elected will make
senator of whom this district
will feel proud.
Wednesday afternoon at 4:80
o’clock at the residence of the
bride’s parents, hn Oconee street,
Mr. Carey J. Morris and Miss Vera
Mealor were united in wedlock,
Rev. W. H. Young officiating.
Mr. Morris is a telegraph operator
in Atlanta, and a young man who
is bound to reach the top, and
his bride is a daughter of our es
teemed fellow-townsman, Mr. J.
A. Mealor, of this city, and a
young lady of many amiable qual
ities who numbered her friends
by the score. The Courier ex
tends its heartiest congratulations
to the happy young couple. They
left for their home in Atlanta
yesterday afternoon.
Pure Paints and Pure Drugs can
always be found at John L. Ar
nold’s
Is It Spleen?
Judge R. B. Russell For Supreme
Bench-Latest in Political Field.
You can state to your friends
that Judge Richard B. Russell,
the present judge of the Western
circuit will make tha race for
Chief Justice at the approaching
primary.
All our people know Judge
Rusaellandthe brilliant political
reoord he has made—starting as
he did at a very low ebb and
It is to Jmnr interest to buy
Paints where you can get tha beat,
and that plaoe is John L. Ar
nold’s. Drags, Paints, Wall Paper
and Glut.
The editor of tho Courier has
been overwhelmed with requests
to make the raoe for aldermen
from the third this year—two
women and an unregistered voter
have been inoesaant in their re
quests, and' we may decida to do
ao a little later on.
gaining the prominence that he
has, only goes to show the grit he
has in him, and he seldom ever
fails in an undertaking of a politi
cal nature. It would be a happy
thing for thia section of the state
to be represented on the Supreme
bench, especially would Athens
be honored aa Judde Russell was
bora and reared within our limits.
Dr. E. R. Kiuuebrow, at John
L. Arnold’s, will fill your pre
scriptions accurately and prompt
ly. Nothing but pure drugs.
Your patronage solicited.
Prettiest and cheapest line of
Wall Paper-'-largsst stook at John
Arnold’s-
Mr. McConnell and Mist Lily
Moore were married this week.
They both have many friends in
Athena who unite in their heart
iest congratulations.
For Picture* and Picture Frames,
Artists Materials, etc., go to John
L. Arnold’s.
For Drags and Garden Seed go
to John L. Arnold’s.
There appeared in the Athens
Banfoiyin atwwe. .0 an interview
by MrT Shackelford concerning
Mr. Holder’s interview in The At
lanta Journal, a statement that
Mr. Tribble would carry Clarke
County in the Solicitor-General’s
race. There alto appeared in the
next issue of the Banners card
from Mr. Holder making similar
statements, and also stating that
Mr. Shackelford as a Representa
tive from Clarke county had
"misrepresented” the county. We
hope that the statement in th a
Banner was not induced with the
some personal feeling that seemed
to call forth the article of Mr.
Holder, as even Mr. Shaekelford’s
most bitter political enemies ad
mit that Clarke county hat not
bad a better Representative in the
past twenty-five years. It seems
from the files of the Banner that
Mr. Holder has also entertained
similar views. Every well in
formed man knows that Mr.
Shackelford will not only'carry
Editob Codbiib:—That was a
well-timed article in your last
issue, about the city council mov
ing to exempt the Lucy Cobb
Inetitute from the payment of the
paving assessment tax. Wby
should this be done? And what
right bas the city couuoil to even
consider such an exemption?
Thu initiate is being ran with
great financial succeas, indeed
making rich those who have it in
charge.
It is true that it is—or was
originally and Athens institute,
but it is now so conducted that
none can avail themselves of what
advantages it offers as an educa
tional instiution, except those who
are able to payfthe high charges
for tuition and other necessaries
made incident to the conrse.
Justin thia connection it may
not be out of order to submit a
few pertinent inqiries. What
is the status of this institution?
To whom does the property be
long? And to whom is it ac
countable? It was built originally
by a number of Athenians, who
became stockholders. What has
become of these stockholders
and their interest*? Do those
who are now running the institu
tion. for their own penonal profit
get it frie of charge? Certainly
the rental ought to be eufficientto
pay the taxes, pavement assess
ment and otherwise. If no rent
is charged it would seem but right
and just that those who are reap
ing the benefit ought to be willing
to pay the necessary expense of
maintaining the property. So
valuable a property at this, and
paying such a handsome income
to those who have it in charge,
ought by all means to be made
self-sustaining. If snch an ar.
rangement is not provided then in
the coarse of a few years, the ac
cumulating expenses will force a
sale of the whole property. As
there are yet a number of the
original stockholders in this in
stitution still living in and about
Athens, would it not be well and
wise far them to hold a meeting
and determine more definitely the
true status of this institution,
which seems now to have no defi-
Clarke oounty over either one of „ ... n , . ,
, , v . , ,, I mte or well-defined head or gov-
the other candidate., but there » etnment , Mo , t ^ urecllv \ he
a general opinion that he will itockholde „ , hcu]d , llve '
some
carry the county by a large ma- voice or rights in the conduct and
jority over both of the other can
didates combined.
Our 10 and 20 cents candies are
taking the day, call by and see
them if you not buy, but we know
when vouonce see you will invest.
M. M. ARNOLD.
future disposition of this institu
tion, built with their money, aud
which should be managed as was
originally designed.
Stockholder.
From what we can learn the
council will not pay for the pav
ing of the Lucy Cobb or any oth
er private property.
We believe that we have the
beet Mackrel that wat ever offered
to the people of Athene for lOo.
M. M. ARNOLD.
Wash Scott won’t hang to-day.
A motion for a new trial is pend
ing.
A Hearst Club To Be Formed.
Col. Max Jaeeph hat returned
from New York and save that W.
R. Hearst will be New York’s
candidate forthe presidency. Col.
Joseph eaye that he ie exceedingly
popular with the workingmen,
because 0} hie strenuous opooei-
tion to traits. He owns newepa-
pere all over this country, and
is heartily - in favor of organized
labor, although he is very wealthy
himself. Col. Joseph will organ
ize a Hearst club in this city usxt
week, and he hope* to secure •
large number of names. Tho
Courier may join in, an I if it doe*
we will tell you a thing or two.
