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COURIER. VOLUME V—NUMBER 9. ATHENS, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 26, 1901. PRICE 60 CENTS A YEAR The Successful Candidates In the Recent Primary. And a Few Remarks Incidental to the ' Election. -* -. The successful candidates iu the reoent election were! First Ware!—Capt. W. D. O’Far- rell. ' - * / Second Ward—Capt. J. J. 0. . "McMahan. t Third Ward—Col. C. M. Snel- ling. Fourth Ward—B. Y. Harris. The election has come and the election has gone, as elections have done before, and has left in ' its wake some unhealed sores, and some jubilant feelings, and some wrecked hopes and blasted' pros' peots, and unhappy homes, and •cheerless firesides, hot only on account of being defeated, but beoause whiskey flowed like wa ter, but this is, nothing new—it always is the case, and it always will be. Betting was rife, hud a good deal of money ohanged . 'Hands, and lost by some who Uwareeuot able to lose it, and who did ati" id justice.to their families by losing it. It.’is"strange in this town that such u. distinction is made m gambling; Men hfSy bet on anything, from a dog fight to ah ejection; he planks down thepltfnkin broad day light, or that of the mooncjtn- full view of the preacher and. beneath the “To all persons trespassing, fish ing or hunting will be dealt with- is one picture, and another is a 1 Mr. Asbury H. Hodgson, who has'so long and faithfully repre sented the oity of Athens, either as mayor, or alderman has volun tarily relinquished his claims upon the public and retired -to private life. He has seen and had a band in nearly all the changes for the bet terment of the city and has served the people a long time with credit to himself and honor to the city. We unhesitatingly say that he has in no small degree been one of the main pillars of this greater Athens. He made a good mayor and he made a' good alderman, always fulfilling any duties im posed upon him with great care and attention, and he can look baok over his work well done with a great deal of pride. We hope his health will be- so as to permit him to get in harness agaiu. “Station 47” Says The Conductor On Our Train. - Yesterday was Thanksgiving j getting heavy, and the fuel scarce! Day, and a few of the nation gave j Among other things we have a thanks and the balance went Cargo known as the dispensary, The School Question As It Appears To Some. hunting or footballing and the dispensary was closed. But say, that day marked an- Sresurewhen we start on that long other epoch. The conductor'’of ed along sloping up a little, “sta tion 47”-and we looked ahead and saw a white light in the sema phore, end we knew, that unless a collision occurred that we would pats that station all right. This train of ours has been on the track quite awhile, and th6 older %gets the more rapidly do the tela) poles fly past. Passengers hove arhish must be delivered between this station and that oity, and we "down-grade the pressure will be this tram yelled to us as we steam-4^ great, that the air brakes will '.NOTICE clump of woods, in which are a number of. negroes throwing dice at 8 cents a game. They are sur rounded by officers, who bring them in and away they go to the rock pile. Our advioe is to quit gambling on elections. We oheerfully say that the gen tlemen eleoted in the different wards are all representative citi zens of AthenB, and men whom everybody have the utmost confi dence in as business men,-and who will be the first to eliminate party faotions; men who are too high-toned to stoop to small mea sure or allow party prejudice to control in the selection of their under officers. We also believe they are too true to themselves and their con stituency, not to see that the pub- lio patronage is not equitably di vided between the oitisens in all oUsees of business, and be, just to every class of their constituency. With the close of this election, we not only hope, but believe that all factional lines will be obliter ated, but that all our citizens will support the administration and go to work for the upbuild ing of the oity. We want to say though, in this oonneotion, that we, as well as all good citizens, unhesitating ‘ condemn the practice of malign ing private characters, as was done on both sides this time. While the heat of an election is on hard' thiugs can be said and forgotten, but when the poison is infused into a man’s character, that priceless jewel, it oan never be eradicated, and it will be noint- ed to even in the throes of death. This shoqld not be. A man's past life has nothing to do with his present oitisenship if he baa repented and made re stitution for any wrongs be may have done against his God. But be all this at it may, we really hope that the end to ft all is drawing near, whether the end of the dispensary is in tight or not. These are two great evils that should dually he disposed of. We may give a history of the faotional regime and suggest a remedy in our nest issue. gotten on and off all along the line, sf,arp curves , and often have we and many is the time has this old engine been battered and bruised with head-on collisions, and the only rear-end collision that wi ever had wars few weeks ago. If was a .light freight, and didn’t do any -damage, although it was hop ed it would knock us off the' track. We have-run into sidings and been blind-switched hundreds of times. Our headlight burns brighter, and see better ahead, but the next sta tion is a long way off, and there will be a good-'many cross-ties placed on the track to darail us, as that is the common lot of man. We ore now heading toward the Great Metropolis, bat the load is refuse to work and then along with others will be hurled into the i-ulf , below. // -'We are trying to louple on some other cars to help is delivw the freight sooner, but he coupling pin of the “best' so- itiouV” train won’t fit. We con due VsQ hold on to the throttle, U>ugh, and keep our eye upon the Tail. We Have turned some pretty thought that wq were gone, but we ““hted again. VWe hope to keep n the main line now .until we h the next station or are sent [the round house as being no J{. y. At Emanuel church Wednesday pight, occurred the marriage of Hi. Arthur Henry Lilliott and Miss Rebekah Smith, Rev! Troy Beatty officiating. Miss Pearl Hardigin, of Winder, and Mr. Wm. D. Oldham, of this city, were married at Winder on Wednesday evening. Messrs. T. M. Booth and E. J. Crawford of this city were present. On the same evening at the home of the bride's parents, Col. and Mrs. E. K. Lumpkin, oc curred the marriage of their daugh ter, Marion, to Mr. John -Kniek- baoher Walbridge, of Saratoga, ^Bnt*we hope to reach station 48, ^Wednesday afternoon .t half mm our friends again, all ofone o’clock at the home of *- the bride s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Shackelford, on Prince iom we thank for helping us ngto this station in life. .Of course there have been greet- and partings, and heart- and sorrows, but there are dents of lifers railway as much is any other, so let us all profit by the year that is past and looked to. the. future, making our lives iter and others happier by seat ing sunshine as we go along. premises. R. T. YARBROUGH, N. L. YOUNG. Built Up In Athens By sticking to the motto: “Ab solute Reliability” R. Brandt, the Jeweler, has built up his business m Athens. The most inexpe rienced takes no chances in deal ing with him. He only asks very reasonable prices every time, on everything—no undue margin ever charged. His trade soon learned that they may depend on him This policy has resulted in estab lishing with everybody an abso lute confidence in the firm and a steady annual increase ip the busi ness done, so that it has necessi tated a still larger and finer stock. When out to buy your Christmas gifts, be sure to make his store your headquarters, for he is abso lutely reliable. The Correct Time. Get a Farmers eight day clock with alarm-gong and spirit level. Being sold at $8.00, we sell you at $8.60. Call aud see them. WILSON AUCTION HOUSE. It was our pleasure to take din ner at the Imperial Hotel on Thanksgiving Day, and we never enjoyed one better. It was a mag nificent repast, well-cooked and “fit for a king.” Since this ho tel has beau taken in charge by the owner, A. E. Toomer, uo ex pense is spared to make the guests comfortable, aud fill the inner man with the beat. The new 'bus whioh will be the finest in the oity, it on its way here, and a beautiful pair of hones bat al ready been purchased. The pat ronage has greatly iuereated. It is a good plaoe to atop. Mr. Reese Kittle, after a linger ing illness from canoer, died this week. REPORT OF THE .CONDITION OF ■RieT^aBonal am or-jHiieu,, At Athens in the State of Georgia, at the close of business, November 10th, 1904. RESOURCES. Loans and Discounts $563 454.91 Overdrafts, secured and unsecured 260,21494 U. S. Bonds to secure circulation . 100,00000 Bsnds, securities, etc 6,000.00 Banking house, furniture and fixtures 10,000.00 Other real estate owned . 28,200.00 Due from National Banks (not reserve agents) 84,228.62 Due from State Banks ami Bankers .. 52,450 89 Due from-,approved re serve agents 8,589.09 Checks and o*her cash Items. 15,769.61 Notes of other National Banks 5< Fractional paper currency, nickles and cents.. Lawful Money Reserve in-. Bank, viz: Specie 26,500.0- Legal tender notes 2o,ooo.c Redemption fund with U S. Treasurer (5 per cent of circulation 0—46,0 950. c LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid In $100,0c Surplus fund 100,oc Undivided profits less ex penses and taxes paid... 253,982.25 National Bank notes out standing 100, oc Due to other National Banks 6.580.18 Individual deposits subject to check 491,295 63 Notes and bills rediscounted 130,00 avenue, occurred the marriage of their charming young daughter, Montine, to Mr. Charles Albert Ver Nooy, of-Atlanta, Dr. J. W, Walden, pastor of the Presbyte rian church, officiating. Mr. Elford L. Hanson, of this city, and Miss Latimer Cartey, of Watkinsville, were married Wed nesday night at the Stover House in this city. f Rev. Geo. E. Stoiie officiating, irhis v.^a a case of up 01*th*. ... love laughing at loess m it ha. Both parties are well-known, and we extend our congratulations Total. .$1,181,85806/ ^yotal. STATE OF GEORGIA, COUNTY OF CLARKE, as: I, James White, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly above statement is true to the best c that the knowledge and btlief. JAMES WHITE, Cashier. Coireci—Attest: Jno. R. White, R. K. Morton, M. R. Welch. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 16th day of November,. 1904. G. F. STEPHENSON, Notary Public, Clarke County, Ga. The Elks Bazaar Add The Good It Will Do The Elks Bazaar which was held | feet of the little ones; to cloth last week was a spleudid success aud netted nearly $1,800 to be distributed as a charity fund. Who are the Elks? It is an institution that is or-, ganized for charity simply aud solely. It is composed of amoug those who from misfortune have not enough to keep warm, to give food to the hungry, and iu doing so not to let the left hand know what the right hand doeth. Ah I what a noble baud! What could be more commendable? The good our best citizens—men who havei women, seeing the great good that gotten to that position ill lifJ it being accomplished said let us where they do not need monetary] help you, aud the work they did aid for themselves, aud therefore are uot banded together for the purpose of mutual benefit, iu a fiuanoial way, but are contribut ing and using their endeavors to secure funds and necessaries to assist the needy poor no matter from what touroe it may oorne. The ory of want it wbat they are hunting, to put shoes on the bare last week was enough to show to the world that all goodness and human charity had not left this moral vineyard yet. At a meeting of the Elks on Wednesday night the following committees were appointed: From the Elks Lodge: Messrs A. Cohen, chairman, Hertchel Ca- rithora, secretary, T. H. Dozier, John L. Arnold sells nothing except as guaranteed to be as rep resented. Now is the time to do your fall advertising, place an ad in The Courier. Beautiful Store. There is not a prettier storo in Athens than the McClure Ten Cents Store. The windows are beautifully and tastily decorated three times a week and it makes a picture mostdelightful to look at Mr. O. C. Stone, the efficient manager, is the right man in the right place. By his efficient ser vices and courteous manner since being in onr city he has attracted large crowds to this store and made it very popular. This store is nearly always crowded and uerybody goes away pleased. That prince of golden-hearted men, Mr. John Williamson, has through the tenderness of his be ing, uucoutoiously erected a moument to himself which will be as lasting as eternity. Every city can’t boast of men like him. Hon. George Foster Peabody aud Hon. James M. Smith gave teu thousand dollars each to the building at the State Normal This was very commendable. Jr., treasurer, M. H. Skalowski, Ed Cohen and I). P. Haselton, ex- offioio. From the ladies of the city: Metdatues A. H. Hodgsou, J. E. Gardner, J. W. Barnett, George Palmer, D. P. Haaelton, II. C. White, Churlea Stern, M G. Mich ael, E. C. Lowe, J. Y. Carithers, U. H. Davenport, Cliff Turner. May God bleat them in their noble work. Waa it Solomon who said, train up a child in the way he abould go and when he grows np he will not depart therefrom. Do you suppose Solomon knew anything about children? He certainly had wives enough. Have yon never observed anything in your travels to verify that saying. What about the negro children that have been and are being raised up since the war? Any of them distressingly industrious or extraordinarily strenuous, either mentelly or phyeicelly? Have you ever seen any white children raised or being raised on that line of thought? What about the. sohool children in onr towns •Jd cities? Ever see any of them in' idleness? If yon do, then what about that truiini? Do yon believe or not, or do you just don’t care if yon do or don’t? Ever connt up to see how many hours your children have to spend in school in nine months? There are 180 school days in 9 months, but how many of them are oounted °ut for birth-day celebrations, National holidays, Christmas holidays, etc., and then put in say. about five hours a day for the remaining daya of the nine months, and how many days of eight hours each do you suppose you get? % •1 would make the -Awl, idle days during the nine 1 Perhaps we had better not make t-he calculation or some one might decide that some one else is getting very good pay for the service ren- dered. To have the children in reach of the teacher where they can get help when they actually need it. I believe is called craming the student. Well I bad rather cram a little, get through and go on to something else, than spend nine years to obtain what I ought to get in four or five. There seems to be an idea floating around now that it it the time spent in school that makes the scholar. It did not look that way in olden times. Can’t the teacher spend a little more time in the school room and shorten the time a year or so without de stroying their constitution? We just thought we would ask the the question for information. Children under ten years of age never learn much by actual study. They donot know how to study. Suppose you take a ebild of eix, eight, ten or fifteen years of age, give him his alphabet and tell him you must go borne, learn that and come back and recite it to you, or in other words require him to learn it by actual study. When do you suppose he would learn it? Oh 1 but you say that is an extreme case iu view. But I kuow from experience 'that-a stu dent meets with difficulties all along through the cunculuui that is as hard for him as the alphabet is for the beginner. And when he is cut off from an oral source information, the only ona available, the time spent in fruit less effort trying to learn is that much time lost. I do not mean to say that a student should never try to learn without help, but I mean that when he makes an honest effort and fails ho ought to have help accessable. I know further that children of tender or unripe age will uot apply them selves as diligeutly from nnder the supervision of the teaoher aa they otherwise would, G.