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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.