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Ol4ln»»y'« Offiot Xf NEWS OF A DAY AMONG PEOPLE OF SAVANNAH Board of Trade Reports Were Very Creditable I’RESIDENT CARSON MASK IN- BASEBALL GAMES TO OPEN UP The Southern League Teams to Start Race For the Pennant ip a Few Days Atlanta, April 4.—With but one TERESTING ANNUAL REPORT week left the eight Southern League AT THE MEETING OP THAT clubs are making up for the spell of PROGRESSIVE BODY. Savannah, April 4.—Reports that y "%OP®flect mhch credit upon the corn- bad weather which brought on the latest start in the history of the league. The quick shift of rain and cold iING RIVER GROWS WORSE EVERY HOUR. Mississippi River is Tak ing Terrible Toll. TOWNS ARB INUNDATED, MANY PEOPLE WERE DROIVNED AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF PROPERTY IS LOST. . ; mercial activity were uibmlttod to t» eun.bliio and warmth haa brought f Memphis, April 4.—The Missis sippi river is three feet higher to- *.he mem here of the Savannah Board j out wonder ®» where two .weeks ago ! <j ny than it was ever known before, of Trade at the twenty-ninth annuel ! no team in the league was eve n In ( i 8 predicted that it will go above meeting of that organisation held j fair ehape. yeetet-day. The lengthy report of j The Atlanta club has come for- the president, Mr. J. A. O. Carson, wsrd rapldly Manager Hemphill at who is also president of the Carson . Naval Stores Company, was an in- j lpst has obta,ned enough line on his a planter, shot and killed three nc- THREE GENERATIONS A HOME The Awful Fate Which Befell the Dunn Family When Their Home Burned Columbus, Ga., April «.-T*ira. Amanda Dunn, Afty year, old,jt«r ■on, Cleveland, tventjr-tht** y' Jrs old, a grand,on, Clevel year, old, were burned to di lira. M. M. Dunn, the wife treasurer ot Lee county Alabama, was fatally burned last night, when their home wa* destroyed by Arc. DENTIST PJJLLED [Atlanta Woi Pulled Thi Atlanta, April TIDAL WAVE Reports are Encouraging From All Sections STRAW BALLOTS SHOW THAT THERE IS PRACTICALLY NO OPPOSITION TO THE ABLE ALABAMA CONGRESSMAN. teresting resume of the work of the - a, * nt t0 beg,n P run,ng away hla &ur ’ past year. The revenues of tu* P lus talent ; Th * 8( » uad ,s now cut Board of Trade during the.year ex- ‘down to almost fighting trim, and cteded the expense by $191.99, wlfh- tbe main point of interest left con- groee because they would not go into the flood and rescue cattle. Charleston, Mo., is under water. terns the future of Otto Jordan, star Smith, n white man, and llobt. out considering $190 due from mem- tc,ns ine IU,l,re OI Joru “ n ’ Diar “I! b»™ and ,433 from sundry *.,«*. i The Board of Trade has assets of, tha ***■ Tha ro »■ » atrong Tumor «. 430 98 with nn liabilities «n-1 a 0,,t that Jor dan will either be re- ln C l>«gan here and police In arms membership^ of 196. The P^t year; >aa»d or sold to Billy Smith's Ctat.,«HMttt out In boat, to guard the has been one of readjustment In the ‘""ooBa Club. Hemphill’s Idea le to lumber busies, the report showed,' ""Prove his batting strength, and It starting off with little demand and The Cumberland river at Nash- this shift Is made, Curry, of the v" 10 and the Tennessee river at Cliat- Plenty of stock. Recently there has Yorit Highlanders, will be tan°°ga are doing censlderahle darn- been a large local demand. Labor, at ,econd ln Jor,,an B P ,ace - aK ’ J Geo ge . S, " lth 2. . , i Renorta reaching Atlanta Ind*coto v^ere drowned when a skill overturn- troubles and other circums’ancos ueporw reucning Auama mu.cuie have curtailed the product 35 perj ,1 ’« the Southern Laagua thla Roa - ed near Clarksville. cent: during "the'last "six moaths. I aa " "« a T the most Inter-, Thousands Watch River' the danger stage by Saturday morn-' B dentist pulled log. j'tocth over .her violent nrn’.n' At Mariana, Ark., William Lynn. i"" h He she wag struggling In to free herself,- Mrs. D. B. Ftug'r- nld has filed One of the most remark able suite for damages ever seen In the local co’urta against Dr. H.‘ Jen- sen. , , She says 'she vfhnt to him. have some plate work done, and ho advised her to have six teeth pulled. She told him ahe didn’t want them pulled, she avera, and her argu ment made him so nngry, she charges, that he went nhead, while she was helpless In the chair, and pulled them anyway, Dr. Jensen’s answer to tho suit has not yet been flled. Work. Two thousand people watched the water creep nearer and nearer to There wa* a decided falling off In ept,ng raCe ,n 3**™. The adv « n ' nnval stores during the past year. I Hempbi11 and a numl>Gr nRW . f .. . . . f r;:« o, r 7*44 1-4 c‘enVand 1. Zlentl^ted to ha strong than lastyea,. ing for half the price quoted a year Knox Sails for Cuba. Port Au Prince, Haiti, April 4.— Secretary Knox and party sailed to day tor Guantl Namo, Cuba, Atlanta, Cta., April 4.—Aa an if the unanimity with which re supporting Oscar Un- or president, Manager gave out today at Head* quartera^four incidents which ho de clare* are algnjflcanV The Democratic Executive Com mittee of Worth County met the oth er day to determine on pldns for the presidential primary. A vote was taken and it was* found that the committte atood 29 for Underwood and 1 for Wilson. This report woo sent me from different sources. During the primary held on the 27th In Pike county, those who voted in the second district were asked to write down their preference for President and when tho vote was counted it wpn found that It waa Underwood 72, Wilson 4, Clarke : 1. This information comes from the Justice of the Peace who presid ed at the election. In Waynesboro on Monday there The year was one of Impor‘- ttae brjgknlzatiqn, hnwtver. Bid revenue cutter Yam- which has rendered invalua ble service to the shipping Interest the coast, has made the last win ter cruise. The cutter will now un dergo repairs, receive an overhaul ing and lay up for the summer, ex cept for an occasional trip a shoit distance up the coast on regular pa trol service. New Club Becomes Activ©. Th? new business and profession al men’s club, which was tentatively organized a short time ago, has be come active now and it Is expected that the announcement of the club when the Barons had a very excel- l n K over the southern section of tho lt*nr team. The Pelicans have ocen c ^y* Factories are closed and 4,000 playing great ball against the big people are Idle, leaguer* as ^na^al, winning, more! The S' 88 Pl°nt Is shut down and a than their shartof vlctorlg^as^- *t'AlLPart^f the cjtyls wltbouc'Tncl recent history the and ChaitaVooge, In fact the'and $i e wter anilliij 1 n thjfcf.Wavd. cnltre eight cluhe, look to he well! Hickman report* food supply-lpw. matched, end the dope on the flam The entire buslnese section la Innn- winner is even more or a problem doted. than Is nsnally the ease. | Many Acres of Farm Lands Covered For the first time In three years Three, hundred thousand acrei of Interest hns been nwnkenefl In At- 'and In Kentucky, Missouri, Arkan- Innta. and the Indications are that me, Tennessee and Mississippi are The Georgia metropolis will again UTK 'er water and a million take Its place as one of tho drawing acre a are threatened. the levees, causing the army of suf ferers to Increase hourly. Property and crops that are loot reaches millions of dollars. AP! are made tolhe state f the city le wltbouc^fue! military,.yj-v not ho reached uni Waters Rush ’flu ' Memphis, April 4. nouth of Hickman werit out morning and the river la now sweep ing through a break 100 yards wide, carrying farm house*., barn* and more' live stock In Its swift current. Tip- ton, Lake and Ohio counties are SCHOOL GIRLS AND DRESSES Atlanta School Teacher Comments on the Ex travagant Dresses of the Girls Atlanta, April 4.—"It is Just the critlclum somebody in Atlanta ought to be brave enough to make,*’ de clared a leading teacher in the Girls’ High School here today when shown a dispatch from Dayton, O., quoting the principal there na say ing that high school girls were very 1'iuch over-dressed. "Not only do aome of our h!*h school girls in Atlanta dress too elab orately nnu in n style too old for young girls, but I am aahamod to say some of them, and thoso often the prettiest, garb themselves 90 that when seen o n the street you could hardly tell them, from refined chorus girls except for the books over their shoulders. "Of course this is not true of all, or even half of Atlanta’s high school girls,’’ the speaker continued, "but if you don’t bolleve it is true of too many of them, all you have to do is stand o n Peachtree street any sun shiny afternoon and watch them as they pass. You will see high-heeled shoes, tight-laced corsets, elaborate ly arranged hair, and skirts *ome- tlmea so tight thnt the wearers are compelled to trip along like grown was held b mass meeting of citizens ,wcmcn In a drawing room instead of to select a new Democratic Execu- j walking iwith tho healthy stride of tlv G Committee. After the now com- tho school girl out of doors." mlttee arn» chosen, t,ho mass meet- I It *oeme \o be r.ather in Atlanta's Ing endorsed Mr. Underwood with- J defense that practically the same out a dissenting rule. j condition is said to exist In most of Th© organizers of the Underwood : the other large clxlef. Clulj at Weilston, in Houston coun- ‘ lore are JOB votqnS$ "Clfathaa county la for ^Underwood, and that 103 hare H© will get a vubstantlal majority algneT their. names in the Under- of the rotes cast there on May lat, wood club. The rank and file of both factions lsj- * “We haven't given up hope of or® supporting him. The Wilson getting the other three," the coun- sentiment In Chatham is nothing cities of the league. MINERS TO BEGIN WORK. New Madrid and Portageville are.now flooded, j completely Isolated. Part of Chea- Hirer to Keep on Rising. 'ter. 111., Is swept away. There is a Washington, April 4.—-The weath- ’heavy loss of life there, but no com- j or bureau today predicted that the Tlip Federation Will Order Them to munlcatlon Is possible and It cannot j Mississippi rlrer will continue to Return Next Monday, ^ estimated how great the loss of rise at New Orleans until May 1. London, April 4 —-Th e total vote life will be. I President Taft Favors Relief, quarters will"be made in a few days! °< tIle n,ln '' rs pr, ’ at Ilrltn|n on 1 s,nrv " ,lo n s,arM at Them. | Washington, April 4.—Th* Pres- Tlir bnlldlnir eommlttee met 1stl 11,0 aceeptanre of the minimum wage Now Orleans, April 4.—Starvation "lent today ordered the qumrte.-nms- * ' bill was nnnounred this afternoon at threatens the flood refugees of the ter’* department to *hlp army ra the bill and 244,011 Inundated Mississippi valley today. Hons to the flood sufferer* In the ingnlnst the nrceptnnre, lacking the Reports from up the river stab' that Mississippi valley. Ho also Indies- two-thirds In favor of continuing o.er 2,0000 people are homeless, ralod that he favored an spproprn. ntaht to consider several locations, 201 011 af‘er inspecting several different, ; places, but nothing deflnit® hna been decided. The club will bo porma- decided. The clun win bo porma- 1 — ... .. . d a «a neptly orcnn.red Monday evening, [ l > la •‘r.ke, th. federation will notify while the steady encroachment of Hop of »2<0.000 by . , .. „ the miners to resume work. th- flood threatens destruction of relief of the ©uffer© a'hich time officers will be elected and the quarters selected by the committee decided upon. New mem bers are constantly being added to the rolls and the organization now has the prospects of becoming a ir.oat Important factor in the busi ness life of Savannah. *' A BOY FATALLY STABBED. Tm-Year-Old Whit© Boy Stabs a Negro Boy to Death Savannah, April 4.—An official in vestigation will be made by Dr. H. Y. Rtghton, the coroner of Chatham county, today Into the death of Thos . Griffin, on 11-year-old colored boy, •Who was stalibed and instantly lrlll- , yesterday by San* S’mms a 10- year-otd white boy. Th-? llt‘le Simms boy la held » y the police, charged with murder. The dlffirt "** botwetn the two boys oedirr.-l o»e* a bull dog. The negro ©truck the dog, which was owne<j by the little Simms boy. The white boy resented the Insult to his pet and when the negro ad vanced upon him with a knife, took It from the assailant’s hands nnd •tabbed him twice in the breast. Young Simms Is an orphan boy. who came to this city recently from Ellabelle, Ga , where he had been living with his grandmother, Mrs. | H. G. Simms. ; VALDOST SASH-DO ty* chairman adds. Hon. A. A. Lawrence, Representa tive from Chatham county, is In Atlanta for a few daya. Mr. Law rence arrived yesterday from Athena, where he baa been with th e legisla tive committte on lta annual vUrlta to the State University. Mr. Lawrence says that while he did not poll tho delegation, he U confident that a largo majority of them were for Underwood for Pres ident. He talked with a largo num ber of thorn and they so expressed themselves. He also found the sen timent In Athena overwhelmingly for Underwood. Asked about the outlook In Chat ham, Mr. j^awroncp ©aid: like aa atrong In Chatham as Is the Underwood aontjment. I am confi dent Chatham will give Underwood a good big majority. "The report* I hear from, the sur rounding country are that Under wood is making n runaway race of it In the Flrat Congressional district. The eentlment for him In natural and will not, therefore, be overcomo. 1 look for him to sweop the stato of Georgia. Hon. J. Randolph Anderson, who Is ©Iso a representative in the leg islature from Chatham county, In President of th« Chatham Countv Underwood Club and, Mr. Lawrence says, is making fine progress with the organization. NOIED FRENCH MAN WILL COME TO AMERICA Gift From Sunny France to the Americans NOTED MEN ARK COMING TO REAR A TOKEN OF FRIEND SHIP FROM THEIR COUNTRY , TO THE UNITED RTATES. Washington, April 4. — Official circles in tho national capital are looking forward with great lnter- etit to the impending visit to thla country of a delegation of distin guished Frenchmen who will both© bearers of a national gift of friend ship from tho French republic to (be United States, consisting of Au guste Rodin’s bust of "La France." This magnificent bronze bust iwiil he presented to the United States as a token of France’s friendship and le to be pinned at the base of the mon ument which will be dedicated In June to Samuel de Champlain, th© French navigator and explorer, th© tercentenary of whose discovery of Lake Champlain was celebrated in 1909. The delegation will be headed by M. Gabriel Hanotaux, former for eign minister of France and mem ber of the French Academy, and will visit New York, Washington, Phila delphia, Boston, Lake Champlain, Montreal, Quebec and Niagara Fnlls, delivering addresses voicing the gratitude of France for the numer ous manifestations of friendship by the United States. Th© delegation will sail for New York on the n©w steamship Franc© of the French line which will iftart on It© maiden voy age on April 10. What makes thla official visit ot especial Intereft is that th© delega tion la headed by M. Hanotaux, who l« considered one of th© mog bril liant statesmen of France and be lieved to he destined to become pres ident of the republic at aome time In th© near future. M. Hanutax was born «t Roaurevolr, a village near St. Quentin, France, on No vember 19, 1853. His grandfather was a peasant and his father was a notary and small landowner. Afre'* Gabriel had completed his studies at the Lyceum of St. Quentin, ho went to Paris to ©tui«y law nnd *n- t*red the school of Charters. He shewed Intense interest In the study ~,t history and won distinction l»y a thesis he wrote dealing with the time of Richelieu. Henri Martin, the historian, who (Continued o n Page Eight.) GEORGIA ARIETY-CO. Turned Work, Scroll Sawi%, Interior Finish, Mouldings SASa DOORS, AND MANTES, LUMBER, LATHS, SHINGLES ^ • _ ■ --- ; . ■ ===== We Make a Specialty of Fine Cabinet Work HAR LEYS ARDWARE Whit© Pine Sash, Doors, Mante's. " ' - "'ll V ALDOSTA, GEORGIA.