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"*“T f "LET THERE BE UGHT.* 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. » 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 2 AMERICAN PRESS .' 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. L 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. J 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. -i 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 1 A. C Chancellor Company. Columbus. Ga.