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Volume XXXV
BUTLER, TAYLOR COUNTY, GEORGIA, JANUARY, 31, 1911
Number 12
Coovricht 1009. bv C. E. Zimmerman Co. No. 52
00 you spend all you make? If you do
you’ll never get ahead. Did you ever have a bank account?
That is the surest way to save. You can start one with us with a
dollar and you will he surprised how loud that dollar will cry for
another to;, keep it company, so that the two may work for you.
The establishment of a bank account is the first step toward ac
quiring a habit of thrift.
FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK,
BUTLER,
DEPOSITS
GEORGIA
INSURED
’'ONE MILLION DOLLARS B A C K I N G.”
H. J. PEAGIER, Cashier.
KILLED IN BATTLE
Federal Troops Were Trapped
and Butchered.
REBELS DEFEAT DIAZ FORCE.
Terrific Fighting His Occurred Be
tween the Mexican Federal Troops
and .the Insurgents—Battle Lasted
For Three Days.
A dispatch from El Paso, Texas,
cays:
Arrivals from Mexico report that the
federal troops, tinder Colonel Rabago,
that left Casas Grandes early last
week, have been cut to pieces by in-
survectos in a two days battlo be
tween Galanea and El Valle. The bat
tle is reported to have begun Friday
and for a time the federals, consisting
of 400 troops and 50 volunteers, are
said to have held their own.
The reports state that Colonel Ttaba-
go, fearing he would be outflanked,
retreated toward Galanea. For 14
miles the insurrectos’ sharpshooters
are said to have hung on his flanks,
fviug with deadly effect. The rem
nants of Rabago’s command are said
to he straggling into Casas Grandes
and he has lost nearly half his force
in killed and wounded.
Over 100 Soldiers Killed.
More than 100 soldiers were killed
in a three-days’ battle between the
Mexican federal troops and insurgents
in the mountains between Ojinaga and
Cuhillio Parrado.
Two hundred soldiers, under Colonel
Dorantes with two machine guns, have
gone to the rescue, but these troops
are also engaged.
The government troops were caught
in a trap and were literally mowed
down by the storm of bullets which
swept their ranks from three, direc
tions. The insurgents occupied the
cliffs and mountains and the soldiers
were in the road with only one way
of escaping, and that guarded. Of the
200 men who went into the pass, only
forty escaped as far as known. They
Joined the column under Colonel Do
rantes.
The revolutionists’ loss was slight,
only ttve men being killed, according
to the insurgent reports.
There are three things that go to make a|
good cigar; good tobaccos, perfectly blended, skilled labor and \
knowing how to combine the two. We don’t buy cigars because j
we like the man who sells them. We know how they are made, :
what they are made of, which accounts for the popularity cf the i
cigars v/e sell.
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We especially recommend the new brands of cigars we have just got
in which is unquestionably the best values for 5c on the market to
day—Hernsli, La Perla de Havana, and Santa Flora. At all times
we"carry a full line of the popular old brands, Franklin, Havana
Sport, Oineo ami,Brunswick Smoker. And remember we handle all
the*leading brands of Cigarettes—the only place in town you’ll find
them. The filler of these goods has a fine flavor and aroma and it
burns evenly and is good down;to the hist puff. If you aje a discrim
inating smoker try our brands.
HORTON’S
BUTLER,
RUG S
GEORGIA.
CABBAGE PLANTS
Now is the time to set them for early spring heading. You
can get the FROST PROOF plants, all the standard varieties, at $1.25
per 1,000; 7,000 and over at $1.00 per 1000.
Count guaranteed, and good strong plants. Prompt shipment.
PIEDMONT PLANT CO,
Albany, Ga.
ALABAMIANS EXCITED.
Governor O’Neal's Local Option Bill
Causes a Ferment.
Governor O’Neil's local option bill,
which overturns the state-wide brohi-
bition law of Alabama, and allows li
quor to be sold in towns having a pop
ulation of 10,000 inhabitants and over,
under the strictest regulation, has been
introduced in the house by John V.
Smith, of Montgomery, and has thrown
the legislature and the people of Mont
gomery into a ferment of excitement.
Under its provisions, a state excise
board is provided for, to he appointed
by the governor, and this board makes
the rules and regulations that shall
govern the sale of liquor, under the
pure food laws of the United States.
Already the lines are forming for
the fight on the bill. Birmingham,
which is in the largest county in the
6tate, is said to oppose the hill, be
cause Birmingham wants a dispensary.
Other cities that are included within
its provisions have asked for a dispen
sary, and several towns under 10,000
want liquor back. The-'r representa
tives seek to amend the hill so as to
get what they want.
ANARCHIST EXECUTED.
Had Conspired Against Lives of Jap
an’s Imperial Family.
Twelve anarchists, convicted of con
spiraey against the throne and the
lives of the imperial family, were ex
ecuted in the prison, at Tokio, Japan.
Those put to death included the al
leged ringleader, Derijiro Kotoku, and
his wife.
Kotoku was a newspaper man, who.
because of his radical writings, was
obliged to leave Japan some years
ago. He went to San Francisco, Cal.,
where he conducted a socialist publi
cation for a time. Later, he returned
to Tokio and is credited with having
originated the plot which led to the
execution of twelve of the twenty-six
conspirators.
Twenty-four were condemned to
death, but the sentences of one-hali
the number were commuted to life
imprisonment. The others were given
terms of imprisonment.
MAJOR G. 0. SQUIER.
Army Officer Who Invented
Multiple Telephone Syetem.
@ by American Prr.r Amoclatlon.
NEW OFFICIALS SWORN IN.
Tiedeman Favors Commission Form of
Government.
Mayor Tiedeman and his board of
aldermen who were elected on Jan
uary 10, were formally sworn into of
fice at Savannah to hold for the next
two years.
Features of Mayor Tiedeman’s mes
sage were his recommendation that
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the commission form of government
be established in Savannah after
plan to be dev'srd by a committee of
non-partisan citizens, and submitted
to the people for their approval, and
the bonding of the city to extend and
improve :b. ru.c.-e drainage system,
and care I; the snirtu drainage la the
eastern anu western sections of the
city.
It is exported tha! immediate steps
will be taken !a hold-the band elec
tion. ?
The elect on to p;*s on the com
mission form or govcriSnent plan, will
probably not be held until the latter
part of the year.
JURY DISAGREES
IN SCHENCK CASE
Eleven Men Wanted to Acquit
Defendant.
ONE FORJjONVIGTION,
Bui Twelfth Man Thought Woman
Guilty and Blooked Acquittal—Wom
an’s Attorneys Will 8eek to Have
Her Released Prom Jail.
After struggling for more than
twenty-four hours with a masB of
technical and sensational testimony,
the jury In the case of Mrs. Laura
Farnsworth Schenk, charged with poi
soning her husband, John O. Schenk,
announced at Wheeling, W. Va., they
were hopelessly divided and could not
reach a verdict. Judge L. S. Jordan
Importuned them to further efforts, but
finally discharged them from the case.
Mrs. Schenk is again in Jail, despite
her hopes that she would be a free wo
man upon the verdict of the jury.
The final vote taken by the jury af
ter the. long session stood eleven for
acquittal and one for conviction. On
the first ballot, taken within five min
utes after the jury retired, eight voted
for acquittal, three for conviction and
one Juryman refused to vote.
On the second ballot there were nine
vptes for acquittal and three for con
viction. From this status the number
of those standing by an acquittal ver-
dlot was gradually worked up tc
eleven.
The one juror who prevented a ver
diet was Isaac Heyman, salesman for
a local provision company. From the
start he held that the accused was
guilty of the crime with which she
was charged, and It was finally recog
nized that there was absolutely nc
chance for a verdict While a new
trial will he necessary, It Is generally
conceded that the task of selecting a
Jury will be most difficult.
FROST PROOF CABBAGE PLANTS*
GUARANTEED TO SATISFY CUSTOMERS
FROM THE ORIGINAL CABBAGE PLANT GROWERS.
AUGUSTA TKUCKJJR,
TRADE MARK COPYRIGHTED
Established 1868. Paid in Capital Stock $30,000.00 .
We crew tho first FROSTPROOF PLANTS in 1838. Now have over twenty thousand satisfied
customers. Wo have crown and sold more cabbage plants than ail other persons in the Southern
combinod. WHY? Because our plants must please or we send your money back. Order u
REBELS TAKE CEIBU.
I Also crow full line of
It is time to set. these plants in your section to get extra early cabbage, and tbey
that sell for th e most money.
We sow three tons of Cabbage Seed per season Straw I berry
Fruit trees ai:<l ornamentals. Write for free catalog ot frost-proof plants of the best varioti*
containing valuable information about fruit and vegetable growing. Prices on Cabbage Plants:
In lots of 600 at $1.00; 1000 to 6000 $1 50 per thousand; 6.000 to 9,000 $1.25 per thousand: 10.000 and ov
$L00 per thousand, L o. b. Yonges Island. Our special express rate on plsnts Is very low.
Wm. C. Geraty Co., Box 39 Yonges Island, S. C.
SENTENCED FOR LIFE.
Dipley and Goldie Smith Arc Both]
Convicted of Murder.
Guilty of murder in the first degree'
was the verdict returned at Mansfield, j
Mo., by the jury in the case of Walter |
A. Dipley and Goldie Smith, charged j
with the murder of Stanley Ketchel,]
pugilist. Sentences of life imprison
ment were recommended for each de ,
fendant. The jury was out seven
hours.
Stanley Ketchel was shot October 15,
on the ranch of R. P. Dickerson, neat
Conway, Mo., 40 miles east of Spring-
field, by Walter A. Dipley. Ketchel
was visiting on the ranch, where Dip-
ley, under the name of Walter A.
Hurtz, was employed as a farm hand.
Gcldie Smith, arrested on the day oi
the shooting, charged with complicity
in the crime, was- employed by Mr
Dickerson as ft cook.
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IN NEW YORK
David Graham Phillips Shot
Six Times.
ASSASSIN THEN KILLS SELF.
Goldsborough, the Assailant of Phil
lips, Was Member of. a Prominent
Washington Family and a Graduate
of Princeton.
David Graham Phillips, editor, pub
licist and novelist, was shot six times
as he approached the Princeton Club
in New York by Fitzhugh Coyle Golds-
borough, a Harvard man, who imme
diately after committed suicide. Phil
lips was taken to Bellevue hospital in
an extremely critical condition, but,
as relatives hopefully express it, “with
ohance for life.”
The body of Goldsborough, whose
career at Harvard was brief, was ta
ken to the morgue. Apparently insane,
he had a fancied grudge against the
author and sought his life. He was
only 31 years old; Phillips is 43.
“There you go,” snapped the assail
ant as he opened fire, “and here I go,”
he echoed as he sent a bullet into his
own brain.
He used a ten-shot 38-caliber auto
matic pistol, and all six shots aimed
at Phillips took effect. One of the
shots perforated the abdomen, anothei
pierced the right lung and came out at
the back, a third shattered the left
wrist and a fourth drilled the rigal
thigh. Two of them dropped from the
wounded man’s clothing as he was be
ing undressed at the hospital.
Fitzhugh Goldsborough was a mem
ber of a prominent Washif_;ton family.
That he was Insane at' the time ol
the shooting is the general belief.
Commander Killed and Thirty Men
Wounded.
Ceibu was taken Wednesday by Bo
nilla’s forces. Commander Guerrere
was killed and thirty of his men
wounded. The fighting lasted twe
hours. The Tacoma landed sixty sail
ors. ,
The Hornet is at Trujillo and the
American gunboat Marietta at Ceibu.
The government forces finally
sought refuge in the neutral zone and
after the battle they were turned ovei
to the revolutionary leader.
Gen. Diaz was among the prjaf'^rf
taken.
The death of Gen. Guerrero wai
tragic. While turning from one street
to another of which the firing was go
ing on with great vigor’ he was gjiol
through the back but ke^t at the head
of his command until Overcome by
loss ol blood and fell ffi^his horse.
WOULD GIVE LIFE TENURE
BUI Introduced By Burton In Regard
to Postmasters.
A bill by Senator Burton, of Ohio,
which Is Intended to g’ve a life tenure
of office to some 8,000 republican post
masters of the first, second and third
class was Introduced In Congress, the
measure providing that these posi
tions should be placed under the civil
service, and that appointments by the
President in filling vacancies need not
be made "with the advice and consent
of the Senate."
This daring attempt to sweep all
the good things off the pie counter
before the Democratic landslide ol
1912, will he fought by the Democrats
to the last ditch. It is being supported
by Postmaster General Hitchcock,
who takes the high ground that it
will prevent the removal of good men
for insufficient reason. In a letter to
Chairman Penrose, of the Senate com
mittee on postofflees and post toads,
the postmaster general save the bill
has the anoroxel of Presldgsi Taft.
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Great Money
Saving Sale
Ten Thousand Dollar Stock Thrown
upon the market at almost any price
we can get for it.
Every article good as new and bought when prices were lower
than now. Full stock of Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, ShoeSi
Hats, Groceries, Hardware, and Farm Supplies which was bought
in bulk from the Cfcaring Supply Co, which has just been dis
charged from bankruptcy.
Come and get your share of the bargains that are going quick.
Wise buyers will rovide for future as well as present needs.
The stock is so large—$10,000 in all—that it would be im
possible to list it here, but there is ever) thing carried with a
big stock of General Merchandise.
Come and get the bargains; it will surely
pay you.
S. Garrett,
CHARING,
GEORGIA
GET DEATH SENTENCE.
Mutinous Sailors of Hatlen Gunboat
Tried by CouHinartlal.
Twonty-three officers, non -commis
atoned officers and sailors, survivors ol
the Haltlen gunboat Llherte, which
sank at sea off Port de Palx last Oc
tqber, following an explosion, were
tried by a military tribunal, charged
with mutiny. They were found guilty
of complicity with the massacre of the
commander of the Uberte and several
Haltlen generals, who were on board,
and of burning the boat All were
condemned to death.
Reporta of the disaster to the Lib-
erte estimated that 70 persons either
were killed or drowned when the ves
sel was blown up. No mention was
made in the dispatches of a mutiny,
When the Llberte sailed from Port-au-
Prince she had aboard 90 persons, only
20 odd of whom were said to have es
caped. Ten Haltlen generals, on theii
way to take command of the several
divisions of troops In the department
of the north, perished. The Llberte
was formerly the steam yacht Erl
King.
TRADE RECIPROCITY.
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United States Reaches Agreement
With Canada.
Within less than ten months aftei
the initiation by President Taft of ne
gotiatlons with the Canadian govern
ment, there was laid simultaneously
before the American oongress at Wash-
Tngton and the Canadian parliament al
Ottawa a reciprocity arrangement,
which, If approved by the legislative
branches of the two governments, will
surely do much, In the opinion of the
negotiators, to enlarge and liberalize
the trade between the United States
and Canada.
Usually such arrangements take the
form of a treaty, but in the present
Instance this was not done, with the
result that considerable time will be
saved in the consummation of the
agreement, which can be made effect
Ive by a simple majority vote in eaei
of the two legislatures. In the case oi
a treaty It would be necessary In the
United States, at least, to have the ap
proval of a full two-thirds of the sen
ate, but now the way Is clear for the
ways and means committee of the
house and the finance committee ol
the senate to prooeed as It would witt
any tariff bill?
FARMERS UNION
WAREHOUSE CO.
BUTLEB, GA.
The only warehouse owned and run in Taylor County by
the Farmer s Union. Good Fire-Proof protection,’correct weights
and courteous tseatment. Highest market price, cheap insurance
and a square deal tc all is our motto. We solicit your patronage
J. R. HARMON, Manager.
THE SPRING TEEM OE
Tie TIM District Agricultural aid
Mechanical School
Opens January Second 1911.
Tnion Free. Three Companies.—A Battallion of Cadets.
A new home for girls, well equipped Shops and Labratory. High
School Course. Associate Relation State Colleges. Board $7.00
Month. Every place in Both Dormitories iVnow occupied. A
few vacancies after January 1st. If you want one write at once.
Write the Principal, J. M. COLLUM, Americus, Ga., for Catalog
EDWARDS' WAREHOUSE.
(Successor to The Fountain Warehouse.)
Butler, Ga.
The best fire-proof protection in Taylor county. Correct
weights, correct shipping, courteous treatment, highest market
price for your cotton are the inducements we offer and can guar
antee to the farmers of Taylor county.
We offer, in addition to many other advantages, the lowest
rate of insurance of any warehouse in Butler.
Yours to serve,
J. C. McCANTS,
Scalesman and Manager.
\1/Jilson Cotton 7/Jarehouse,
Sutler, Sa.j
HARLEY RILEY ----- Proprietor
Conveniently located and in ciose touch with local buyers
and tbeoulside market.
Will weigh, insure, store and market your cotton as cheap as
any other warehouse in the county. The Interests of my patrons
will always be protected. Respectfully, HARLEY RILEY.
A. C. Chancellor Co’s
Where Your Dollars Go Farthest.
We keep faith with the publichmd give them as much [or
more for their money at all times as they can get anywhere.
It you buy clothes here vou are sure of ffetting full value for
—We guarantee everytbing^we sell.
$9.75 Suits worth $12.50 to $18.00.
$13.50 and $16.50 Suits worth $18.50 to $25.00.
75c For Shirts sold up to $15.50 (sizes broken.)
25c Straw and linen hats—we can serve you with quality as
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A. C Chancellor Company.
Columbus. Ga.