The Clarke County courier. (Athens, Ga.) 1???-19??, December 02, 1904, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text:v THE CLARKE COUNTY COURIER. VOLUME V—NUMBER 10. ATHENS, GEORGIA, DECEMBER 2, 1904. PRICE 60 CENTS A YEAR m Municipal Politics. Mr. A. S. Parker Handles the Matter With Gloves OW—A Work About Municipal Politics. On Snnday' afternoon Mr. A, S. Parker spoke at the Y. M. 0. A. to a good crowd of men. His theme w«s Shirkers, Skulkers and ' Straddlers, and. his subject Was from the 6th"ohapter of: Judges. He.began by giving a description of that ohapter in his usual splen did and terse style. He said it was a part of the magnifloent song ■ • of praise to God for His deliver* anee of and avenging of Israel, composed by Deborah. Ha re warded those who lent a hand, and reproached others for failing to do their duty, when certain tribes . were right in the path of conflict and shirked their duty. He has from time to time spoken to men in these meetings and warned them of the exceeding . sinful' neasdn^God’s sight of wrong do ing, of impure living, ofdebauoh- * ed and corrupt notions. God has in times past severely- punished those whose deeds were wioked and abhorrent in his sight; he scourged nhtions and visited upon them HiS wrath for their devilish lusts and hellish orimes.' We are as. responsible■ for -inuoh we fail i . to do as for that wEioh we actual- • * ly do. The' same conflict that was then God’s enemies and His "people, is going oh to-day. They fight not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers and spiritual wiokedness in high places. The devil has has his hellish forces organised and equipped for the combat and it looks like he is leading them on to a sweeping viotory. There will be a continued warfare between the hosts of hell and heaven. The devil's purpose , is to thwart the .plans of God, and he marshals hig hosts of hell's blackest demons and earth’s most depraved and vioious and forth they maroh to the oonfliot, and there are those who pretend to be on the Lord’s side who skulk and straddle and actually impede the battle of the Lord. The devil’s hosts are forcing themselves and penetrating into the ramifications of society, poli tics, business and religion. He daily and hourly gains recruits from every walk of life. His co horts invade the sanotity of the home, high and low, rioh and poos, and their hellish lusts flood the oountry with prostitutes; his spawn is dominating politics, contaminating commercial circles and under the cloak of charity aqd benevolence his dutches are befog fattened upon the very eleot of God. He hat invaded Athena with his infernal orew. He has here an - important recruiting station and large numbers are enlisting in the already innumerable army. The truth of the business is this OlassioGlty has about capitulated to his forces. Our city officials' have been promoted, many of them, to positions of honor upon hit staff, and he about owns our municipal affairs look, stook and barrell, with the double-barrell cannon thrown in for good meas ure. I hope he will not get the 'new aldermen in hit power. It is an alarming state of affairs, but it is nevertheless true that tin, vioe and corruption are running rampant in our midst. God oan overthrow the advancing host with a single blow but He doesn't propose to do it that way; he ex pects bit people to do aotlve, loy al, strenuous service in theo- throw of the hosts of hell many try to shirk the responsibil ity, thinking-that they will ‘jbe carried to the skies on flowery beds of ease, while others fight to win the prize, and sail bloody seas.” '- There is another orowd called “straddlers.’,’ You never know where they are at.. They think they are shrewd, but they fool few by their sneaking, double- faced dealings. They call them selves conservative, others call them contemptible. The straddle on every issne that is vital to the moral welfare of the people. If half the cdrrent rumors are true our municipal politics is a petri fying sore and these conservative straddlers stO largely responsible for -the disgraceful condition of affairs. What we need here, is a deeper awakening of the civic con science, and a rampant Roosevilt- istio landslide that will forever bury the political trioksters and demagogues and put into office only those men whose characters are above reproach Thank God the avalanche has started. May it continue to move with mighty force until evbry member of the odious gang that has *° long dom inated and disgraced our political life is swept into oblivion, It is the duty of every decent citizen to stand true to his responsibility and put forth every possible ef fort to bring to pass these results that will redeem Athens and wipe out the awful blot that besmirch es our city’s fair name. It is up to the new counoil. I am fully aware ofthe fact that I shall be oritioised and perhaps severely censured for talking politics at a religious meeting, but I am firm ly of the opinion that no man oan be true to God’s oause who is un true to oivio duties and obliga tions. The power of the govern ment rests with individual oiti- sens, and it is the duty of every true man to aid in the advance ment, of every moral movement, and exercise to his franchise in de feating every demagogue who as pires to office. As long at there are men in office who encourage ballot-box stuffiing instead of honest methods, we may expect to aeo politics putrid and rotten. The great need is for men who will stand for the right regardless of friendship or any other consid eration. There should be no place for straddlers except on fence rails. God is not neutral and He does not expect Hit peo ple -to be to whether the issue be aooial or politioal. We would liked to have pub lished the entire address, but our limited space would not peimit. Prettiest and cheapest line of Wall Paper—largest stook at Jno. L. Arnold’s. Mr. R. F. Woods aunounoet his candidacy for Constable at the eleotion to be held to-mortow. Mr. Woods served as bailiff for a number of years in this oounty, and has a olear record, and asks his friends to support him tor the position. We are ante he would make a good one if elected. iPolitical Slavery And its Effects. . a . Is there any of that in Georgia? Let us see. What is slavery? Anything in restraint of freedom of action or will is slavery. It is not my purpose to enumerate the different kinds of slavery, as -I wish to speak of only one to ques tion any politioal slavery in Geor gia. Owing to pride of birth, the love for the good name of the day; it is humiliating in the ex treme to be compelled to' addiit that a very large per cent of the politics of Georgia is ignomi- niously slavish. I give it as my honest oonvietion, based upon observation and other sources of information that at least fifty per cent of the votes cast for Parker was contrary to the will of the men casting them. Up to a very few days before eleotion da^T numbers deolared positively they would not vote for Parker; but under the party lash many of these very men walked up, received their tiokets from the bosses and poked them in. If it had been a free will offering, why all the yell ing disloyalty, want of patriotism, neglect of duty, begging and pleading with the people to get them to the. polls. Men never need to be urged, begged, pleaded with, intimidated and forced to perform a labor of love. Men of Georgia (I would to God that I say,freemen) is it not humiliat ing^ nay nauseating, to go to the polls to vote and about the first thing you see there is your mutton headed healer, with a thousand times more brass than brains, to watch, dictate, and see that you Vbte his way. Men of Georgia when yon go to vote again if yon have got any pride of character, any love of country, of family, wife and children of your liberty, just get behind the heeler who would interfeere with you in any way, and put the toe of your shoe to his stomaoh a few times and he will never trouble you agsin. You will always find a heeler’s stomaoh, brains and conscience in his nether part, and there is the place to strike to settle him. There is not an animate creature in God’s oreation that does not love liberty. Where is the liberty of the man who cannot vote or let it alone just as he prefers. Why vilify and abuse a man for voting when he does not want to? Why organize a committee to look after and pull, haul and drag the people to vote? Is that liberty or is it slavery? There are two great, and I might say exclusive princi ples which govern and oontrol the conduct of the human family. The one is the hope of reward the other the fear of punishment. Voters of Georgia why do you not vote or refrain as suits you? Is it because you fear the party lash, or are you intimidated by threats of finanoial embarrassmeut, or is it both? Is it for the pitiful sum of a drink of whiskey, a plug of tobaooo a taok of flour, or do you fear the bosses more than you love yonr liberty? Mr. Heeler, how it with yon? 8urely you are not controlled by fear. Have you received your re ward in aotnal cash or do you look to the future? The logioal conclusion is, that some, from their great anxiety for the bosses to know of their notion, were at the time very hopeful of the fu ture; but alasl alasl there it many slips between the oup and the lips. Now, brethren of Geor gia listen to the appeal of one well up in years who desires the greatest measure of prosperity and happiness of every one. One S'^’cc^nThifo^n A F e w Thoughts fjrom Judge McWhorter. comparison towhieb everything Much Good Will Result to Education. else is trash. In the future be men; be not like dum briven cat tle. be a hero in the strife. Be not ashamed or afraid to throw off the shackles of political sla very. Show that you appreciate the liberties, baptised in hlood , , , and transmitted to yon hr-the state that gave you the light of^hers of the revolution Leave lo your children precepts and ex amples. worthy of Americans -Love God and humanity. Serve them and you will be happy. Be charitable, have an opinion of your own and allow others to do the same. Brethren to show you what I think of my liberties, al iw me to say that I had rather ie and go to the devil on my [ own aoeord than to occupy the highest seat in Heaven by com pensation. I took my life in my own hands more than once for the liberty of thinking and voting as my convictions said to me was right. I may have it to do again, tf&t let us hope that as men grow o)der they will grow wiser and brtter. Perhaps some may think that I am rugh; admitted, the disease is such that requires he roic treatment. A skillful physi cian will always treat his patient according to diagnosis. Georgians you have been held in politioal bondage long enough, assert your n«A. 5d. no longer vote for a yjl- WxrSfiog because. be-.is labelled- democrat; the name is nothing, principle is everything. I hope I Bee a better dawning. With all the hoping, scotching, pulling, hauling and strenuous work of the spellbinders and committee men, not half the votes of this county or state was cast for Parker. That my judgment is a good omen. It shows that some of the people are beginning to see something. By your credulity and servitude a certain line of demagogues and politicians have gobbled np and fattened on the offices, both state and county, and what have you got my modulus slave? I can tell you one thing; you have got the privilege of paying a thousand per cent more tax than used to be required of you. I cau remember when state tax was one tenth of one percent, now what? Poll tax twenty-five cents, now what I Not one man in a thousand (I suppose) has any idea what his tariff tax is. I must stop taxing your patience. G. The Recent Educational Tri^ to Wisconsin. Stocks Must Move Price Raised, Beginning with January 1st the subscription price of the Courier will be One Dollar a year. It takes that much to get out a paper. AH those who have paid in advance will re ceive the paper up to die time for which they have paid with out the additional charge, and those who pay us SO cents in advance between now and that time may receive the paprr at the fanner price for as many years as they may pay ahead. We are going to improve the Courier, and we ask the co-op eration of all There are a lew on our large subscription list that we will be compelled to cut off, unless they pay up, and we hope they will not allow this to be done. Come on in and re- It will help us during Christmas. Beginning Now Until Jan. 1st, 190S, We Will Offer Many Great Bargains in All Departments. Cloaks and Suits. Every Ladies’ Coat and Suit must be sold. To do this we will sell $16.00 Coats at $9.00; $12.60 Coats at $7.00; $10.00 Coats at $6.60; $7.60Coats at $4.76; $6.00 Coats at $8.76. All Fur Colla rettes st about onn-balf their actual value, special prices 76c to $4.76, worth from $1.60 to $8.60. All Ladies’ and Children’s Wool Blonae Sweaters at 93c to $8.25, actual value $1.60 to $6.00. Closing all Shirt Waist at one- third their former price. Another Petticoat Special. Just received 60 doz of Ladies’ Mercerized Satins and Span Glass Petticoats. They are made of elegant material. Cut of garment correct in every detail, shaped to fit as well as well as any $3.50 Skirt. Our price for the Petti coat cheaper than you can bny the material. Actual value $1 26 as long as they fost we will sell them for 69 cents.. 75c Novelty Silks at 4S)c. We are showing tbe biggest Silk bargain of the season. A special urchase enables ns to place be- ore you this season's latest Silk novelty suitable for Shirt Waist or Shirt Waist Suits. 20-inchts wide in the new browns, green, red end navy. Neat effects, worth 76c, at 49c. Ladies’ Neckwear. Our reputation on the correct things in Neckwear for ladies is well knowu. Every week we are receiving new ideas. We sell them at popular prices. We sell beautiful Turn Over Embroidered Colsra in colors worth 20c, at 10c. Lace Stocks in cream and white worth 20c, at 10c. Lace Point Stocks in white and cream, worth and sold else where at- 50c, our price is 25c. Beautiful Tailored Stock* some in silk and some washable material worth np to 60c, in white and all colors at 25c. A better line could not be found than our 60c values, they ure in all colors, white and black. A New Corset . “Colton’s Invisable Lacing Cottons Hyienic System of “In visable Lacing*’’ as applied to Corseta, Girdles and Waists is highly approved of by leading physicians and physical culture instructors throughout the coun try. No laoing inside-to hurt, annoy or touch the wearer. Shapes to fit all figurea. No eyelets to rust or corrode, thus preventing the soiling or spoiling of any un dergarments, which will more thau save the wearer the oost of the goods. We are Athens sole agents. They an not high priced. Beat materials .used in making this great Corset. Prices $1.00 and $1.60. ffURNER & HODGSON. Another Railroad. The railroad corporation at torney, Clyde L. Brooks, at 606 Gould building, Atlanta, has drawn up papers for a charter for the Athens, Floral Park and New- nuu Air Line Railway, a line that is planned to be built between Athens and Newnan, via Monroe, Conyers, Floral Park and Fay etteville. A (urveyor has started on the rants and a prominet rail road contractor is being negotiat ed with for its construction. It is reported thut one of the big trunk lines is behind the move ment. The Courier is a great believer in education—the right kind of an education, and we have often expressed ourself in that way; we believe in an education of tbe higher order as we. see it, and the recent trip of the Georgians to Wisconsin wilL certainly develop our ideal of education. In con versation with Hon. Hamilton McWhorter, soon after his arrival home, he said in substance: The trip that has jnat been made to the University of Wisoonsin has opened the eyes of tbe educators of Georgia, and an effort will be made to place the University npon ttfe same footing iof that institu tion. The more I see of our coun try the more I am convinced that in natural advantages Georgia is away ahead of them all and there is no reason why our college fa cilities should not equal if not excel them. I want to see ednea- tion of the highest order pat in the reach of every boy, and when I say highest order I do not mean simply a classical education, bat an education commenanrate with the talent of the yonng man. The Univeraity has been on a classi cal order, until the past year or two when the agricultural feature was practically infused into it by Chancellor Hill and others. If a boy’s talent roue in the line of agriculture or anything else he should be educated to that end, and the University should be so equipped. I think tbe people of the state should consider the Uni versity the biggest thing in it, and a certain per cent, of the taxation be used for its equipment and maintenance.” The Judge ia right, but there are many thinga to consider and many obstacles to be overcome. The experiment station ahould most certainly beat the site of the University, and mast be if you ever accomplish the aims intend ed, and to do that it will take a strong, hard fight, bat it mast coins. And then again, tbe branch colleges, which hove been sucking the very life-blood of the parent institution should be concentrat ed at the University, and then education will abound in the state as tbe waters cover the channels of the great deep. This inatitu- tion baa taken great stride* of ad vancement since it has been un der the guiding hand of Chancel lor Hill, and we may look for greater yet. Dinner Sets, in French, Ger man, English and American China at all price* at The Hoggins China House. Dr. Hopkins comes baok to the Fitst church: Rev. W. G. Craw- lev goes to Ooonee street, and Rev. J. S. Bryan is Presiding El der. This is a fine team for this city, and you may look for some thing to happen in a religious way before the year is out. The first anniveny of Athena Rebekah Lodge, I. O. O. F. will be hold at the lodge room on next Thursday night. There will be a delightful entertainment and n- freshmenta served. Every mem- . her .it earneatly requested to be present. It is to your interest to bny Paint* where you ean get the beet, and that pi-tee is John L. Ar nold’s. Drugs, Paints, Wall Pa per and Glass. To-mortow is the eleotion for Justice of the Peaoe. Everybody should turn out and vote for the man they thiuk-best qualified for the position. Mr. John Good rum and wife, of Philadelphia, an on a visit to their pannt* in this eity. - John L. Arnold tells nothing except as guaranteed to be as np- resented. Now is the time to do yonr fall advertising, place an ad iu Tbs Ooutier.

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The Clarke County courier. (Athens, Ga.) 1???-19??, December 02, 1904, Image 1