The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-05
ATHENS FOR SOUND MONEY.
A Sensational Divorce Case to BE
Heard Wednesday.

Heard Wednesday.
Athens, Ca, Aug. 4.-The advocates Of
the free and unlimited coinage of silver
receive cold comfort in the city of Athens
and the county of Clarke. The sound
money sentiment is not confined to bank
ers. merchants or capitalists. Some Of
the strongest advocates Of sound money
are to be found in the ranks of the la
borers and mechanics and these views are
being endorsed more and more each day.
Last year during the campaign Secre-
tary Hoke Smith made a speech here.
Fully one thousand people heard him.
His speech was devoted mainly 70 the dis
cussion Of gold and silver and so convinc-
ing was il that many men changed their
views at once. The seed soWn then has
5----== GOOD fruit.
So far as Clarhg ,5-,------ - concerned the
populists have faded from the lace - -
earth and number less than 100 voters.
The people here have confidence In
Cleveland and his administration and ap-
plaud him for his work. The recent silver
meeting here attracted only 81 peo-
pie, and that many sound money men
can be seen on one street at any hour IN
abe day.
A compilation of church statistics
shows that Athens, in proportion TO her
the churches than any city in Georgia. IN
all probability Athens has white pop
ulation of about 5000. OF this number
over $500 are members of the church dis
tributed as follows: Methodists, l,3Oo; Bap-
tists 500; Presbyterians, 400; Episcopall-
ans, $50; Christian 50; Catholic, ~; he
brew, 100; total, $50 Oconee street Meth
odtst church is the largest in the CITY IN
point of membership, having 6IS members.
The PRESBYTERIAN church offers an I'M
paralleled record as to the number or It's
pastors. 1t was organized IN lSzU, ana is
consequently seventy-tiYe year OLD. Dur
ing that time it has only had four pas
tors. Rev. Moses Waddell, president OF
the University of Georgia, founded the
church in 1920 and served as its poster
until 1880. He was succeeded by Rev. Ma
than Hoyt, who served until his death,
in 1866 Rev. Mr.. Burkhead served until
1872, when he was succeeded by Rev
Charles W. Lane, who is now serving his
twenty-third year.
Athens has on hand a sensational d.
vorce suit, notice of which has been made
in the Morning News Mrs. Rosa G.
Jacobson is the petitioner and alleges that
her husband, DR.. Dottner Jacobson, a
Jewish rabbi, was cruel to her, didn't
support her. refused to work at all and
by fraud had obtained from her mar
riage contract giving him half OF her pos
sessions, valued at $4,000. DR.. Jacobson,
through his attorneys, has given new
turn to the case by papers fled ia the suit
yesterday In this petition he alleges that
his wife has been persuaded and coerced
by her relatives into bringing divorce pro-
ceedings against him; that he is absolute
~ destitute and without means to maintain
life; that he is advanced in years and
rabbi by profession unable to do anything
else; that he gave up his last job in New
York at the instance of his wife, and that
she, having withdrawn all credit from
him, he can't secure the necessaries Of
life He prays for receiver for the prop
erty and to restrain his wife from using
more than her share of the proceeds. The
case will be heard at Jefferson next
Wednesday,
The university exhibit for the Atlanta
exposition is being gotten up with great
care by DR.. J. p Campbell. Among other
items of interest will be condensed his
tory of the services rendered the state and
nation by graduates of the university
This will show majority of the statesmen
of Georgia have been graduated here. Mr.
A. l. Hull has been al work several weeks
collecting books written by university
graduates. Thus far he has collected over
thirty works Of this kind
Mr.. NJ. W. Brown was badly injured yes
terday by being caught In a belt al the
planning mill. His injury will not prove
fatal, however.