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VOLUME FIFTEEN
VIENNA, GA , THURSDAY. July 20th I9I6.
NUMBER 51
AGRICULTURISTS TO
MEET IN ATHENS
>
JUDGE COBB. GIVES OUT THE
PROGRAM FOR STATE SO-
CIETY.
GEORGIA EDITOR
DOWN TO BUS
FR£i5S ASSOCIATION SPEN
TUESDAY DISPOSING'OF
TINE BUSINESS.
PRESIDENT SIGNS lCAPITOL REMOVAL
^ Americus, Ga., July 18.—Captain
John A. Cobb, president of the
„ Georgia State Agricultural Socity,
has announced the program of the
annual convention of the body to be
held in Athens on August 1 ..and 2.
It is the seventieth anniversary since
the re-organization of this society,
and the 106th year since the original
organization. 1
Captain Cobb will not stand for
reelection as president, and it is
likely that J. Pope Brown, of Haw-
kinsviUe, will be selected.
The following program has been
arranged for the meeting:
ft Tuesday, August 1.—The conven
tion will meet in the University Chap
el at 11 o'clock, a. m., eastern time,
and will be called to order by Judge
John A. Cobb, president.
Prayer will be offered by the Rev.
Beatty. ’
Dr. T. J. Woof ter, superintendent
of the University Summer School,
and his Honor, R. A. Arnold, mayor
of the city of Athens, will welcome
the delegates.
On the part of the society, Hon.
^Jas. D. Price, commissioner of agri
culture, will make response to the
spirit and words of generous wel
come.
A-recess will then be taken in or
der that delegates may register. This
hiring bepn done, the annual ad
dress will be delivered by President
John A. Cobb.
At the. close of the address, an
nouncement will be made as to the
time when, and the place, where, the
delegates will. meJt Tor the' purpose
■ Wm of .carrying out the program for the
afternoon.' '
Resolutions and new business will
(Jo in order. Adjournment.
Afternoon Session—In‘lieu of the
customary business meeting and ad
dresses, the entice afternoon will be
devoted to an inspection of the work
of'the University Summer School.
In the event of an assembly of
the student body, a crisp three min
utes’ talk will be made by each of
the following gentlemen: Gen. Mel-
drem, Capt Millikin, Dr. Borrough,
Col. Connoj^ Mr. Stanley, Col. Park,
Dr. Stockbridge, Col. Hudson, Mai
McGregor, Mr. Miller and Hon. John
W. L. Brown. These gentlemen are
members of the executive committee.
There will be no night session.
Wednesday, August 2.—The con
vention will meet in the auditorium
ofjthe Agricultural College at 10 a,
m.T eastern time.
> An address by Mrs. Nellie Peters
Black, “The Part of Woman in Ag
riculture and Education in Geor
gia."
Discussion. »
An address by Dr. David C. Bar-
row, chancellor of the University of
Georgia, “Building Up Georgia,” \
* Resolutions, etc.
Lunch will be served in the col
lege building.
Afternoon Session—At 5 o’clock,
p. m., the students of the summer
school will give a pageant illustra
tive of the great state of Georgia.
Previous to this event the dele
gates will visit the several depart
ments of the college and the college
farm.
The first regular business meeting
of the Georgia Weekly Press asso
ciation was held Tuesday morning
in the chapel of Agnes Scott college.
Routine business vai disposed of and
then a number of brilliant talks
were made by prominent Georgia
newspaper men.
An old-fashioned barbecue at
noon and an automobile trip to Stone
Mountain were rare treats of the day
dance last night followed the ev
ening session at the college.
At the afternoon session a resolu
tion was introduced by B. D. Neal,
editor of the Washington Reporter,
asking congress to establish a ni- president, “I have not only a feeling
trate plant either on the Chattanoo-
go river or the Savannah'river. Mr.
Neal pointed out that the proposed
location at Muscle Shoals, Ala., was
too remote from the cotton fields of
the state. This resolution was car
ried.
The program of the morning in
cluded an address % by Franc Man :
gum, editor of the Forest (Blade, at
Swainsboro, on “The Editorial Page”
an address by C. M. Methyin, editor
of the Eastman Times-Journal, on
Our Professional Honor," and a
talk by John H. Jones, editor of the
I.aGrange Reporter, on a “Timely
Talk on the Business.” Miss Ruth
Oppenheim, talented vocalist, render
ed several solos. A discussion
newspaper work in general was par
ticipated in by Clifford Grubbs, of
The Worth County Local; E. E. Lee,
editor of the Warrenton Clipper,
and A. S. Hardy, editor of the
Gainesville News.
’The program last night included
addresses by W. T. Anderson, editor
-pf the Macon Telegraph and presi
dent of the Southern Newspaper
Publishers’ Association; Ben A. Neal
CANT FORCE GUARDSMEN
( TO PAY THEIR RENT NOW
Pittsburgh, Pa., July.—Families
of soldiers in the service of this
state or the federal government can
not' be evicted by civil process for
non-payment of rent while the sol-
diers are in such service. Since the
military units in Pittsburgh went to
the front, hundreds of families have
been notified to pay their rent
m^ve out. Mayor Joseph G. Arm
strong and City Solicitor Chas. A.
O’Brtend will enforce the state law
passed by the 1915 legislature, pro-
I ' viding against just such a contin-
11' gency. Payment of rents cannot be
I ^'forced until 30 days after the soldier
B bas been mustered out of service.
■ The law of April 9, 1915, is a bar-
■ rfer against landlord's warrants.
RURAL CREDITS RILL
SON APPROVES MEASURE
jllCH CREATES A SYSTEM
! LAND LOAN BANKS.
Washington, July 17.—President
Wilson today signed the rural credits
bill passed recently by congress. A
group of senators, representatives,
and officers of farmers organizations
applauded warmly as Mr. Wilsor. af
fixed his signature.
Just before signing tho measure
which creates a system of tvvt lte
iand loan banks under direction of a
federal board, the president made
a-short address, pointing out thi
benefits he believed both farmers
and the investing community would
enjoy under its operation
“In signing the bill,” said the
CREATES BIG STIR
UNDERSTOOD MAJORITY OF
COMMITTEE FAVORS SEND-
INC QUESTION TO PEOPLE.
(of profound satisfaction, bnt of real
gratltv de that we have completed
this pipce of legislation, which
hope will be immensely beneficial to
the farmefs of the country.
“The farmers, it seems t > me,
have occupied, hitherto a riigu'ar po
sition of disadvantage. Tiiey have
not had the same free lorn to got
credit on their real estate that others
have had who were in manufactur
ing and commercial enterprises, tnd
while they have sustained our life
they did not in the same degree with
others share in the benefits of that
life.
“Therefore, this bill along . with
the very liberal provisions of the fed
eral reserves act, puts them on an
equality with all others who have
genuine asset! and makes the great
credit of the country available to
them. Incidentally it will be of ad
vantage to the investing community
for I can imagine no more’satisfacr
tory and splid investments than this
system wifi afford those who have
money to use.” ■ HR
The president used two pens, in
signing , the .bill and gave one of
BIG LOSS BY STORM
. IN FIVE STATES
MANY LIVES LOST PROPERTY
DAMAGE IS ESTIMATED AT
$18,000,000.
SIMMONS COUNTY
BILL IS TABLED
NEW COUNTY NOT LIKELY TO
BE, CREATED AT THIS SES
SION OF LEGISLATURE.
v.ho asked permission to present it
to the‘Southern Commercial Con
gress.
editor of the Washington Reporter, them to Senator Fletcher of Florida,
and James L. Wells, of the -Whitaker
Papen company." ' '
The final business session of the
meeting will be held this morning,
at whjch time committees will make
their reports, officers will be elected
and the next meeting place selected.
—Atlanta Constitution. '
funds For military
DEPARTMENT FAVORED
Georgia^ Fifth regiment of nation
al guardsmen will be paid in full for
its unusual services during the stir
ring period- of 1915 if a resolution
by Representative Wheatley, of
Sumter, to appropriate $16,000,009
for that purpose, favorably acted
upon by the house expropriations
committee yesterday, becomes a law.
Additional, the resolution calls
for $15,000 for the running expen
ses of the state military department
for the current year.
"Whereas,” reads the resolution,
the state in its appropriation to the
military fund for 1916 has only
made available, outside of riot duty,
the sum of $30,000; and, whereas,
the expenses of the department for
the year 1915 shows a deficit of $15,-
166.96, which said deficit is in no
way due to extravagance, be it re
solved, that the legislature make the
appropriation necessary to put the
militia on an even keel, and give
an additional sum for running it dpr-
ig 1916.” .
The bill of Swift, of Muscogee,
calling for an appropriation of $15,-
000 to be paid into the department
of geology to defray the state’s half
of the expense of making a topo
graphical map of the swamp lands
cf Georgia was amended by substi
tute so as to cut the appropriation
to $5,000, and recommended for en
actment To whatever the amount
the state appropriates to this pur
pose the federal government has
agreed to give as much.
The substitute to Mr. Swift’s bill
was introduced in committee by
Representative Harris, of Washing
ton.—Atlanta Journal.
Card of Thanks.
I wish to thank everyone who as
sisted me in the contest recently
held by the Macon News. The credit
able showing I made was due entire
ly to the efforts of my friends.
| Miss Ollie Hill.
Atlanta, fia., July 17—Before a
crowd of people that filled the hall
of the house, of representativea be
yond Its seating capacity and almost
to standing room capacity the com
mittee on constitutional amendments
heard .this afternoon the presenta
tion of the capital removal bill.
The fight made by Atlanta was
hard, . vigorous, threatening in the
one particular that one of the speak
ers, Mr. Robert C. Alston, made it
clear that if the bill passed the legis
lature Atlanta will yet seek to pre
vent its occomplishment before the
people;
Mr. Hooper Alexander, formerly
a member of the house, charged that
there would be corruption, strife,
turmoil and that the matter should
not go to the people; that the legis
lature ought to be manful enough to
stop lb
The presentation by Mr. Dick Jor
dan was a square statement that all
that Macon asks is adherence to the
democratic principle of letting the
people be their own government, let
ting them say what they want, and
whatever they say will be Macou'a
order—by which she will abide.
Judge Bartlett, replying to Mr.
Hooper Alexander,' showed that Mr.
Alexander himself when a member
of the house of representatives, had
sought to get through a bill that
would submit every important meas
ure offered in the house or the sen
ate to the people—that he was
staunch advocate of initiative and
referrendum. .
iThe committee had the bill under
consideration in' executive session a
little more than an hour, when
was decided to postpone committee
action an dtake the. vote tomorrow
afternoon at' 2:30 o'clock.
With three of the members admit-
fljarAtaang in favor of the bill ab
ut,' itis understood that the'cdpi-
mittee this afternoon stood 6 to 5
in favor of he bill.
“tHE WALL BETWEEN."
' .A
Synopsis of Mstro Picture For Wed-
nesday, July 26.
The great-Francis X. Bushman and
his delightful and charming c> star,
Beterly Bayne, will nnt he seen at
the Dixie Theater in a thril’i-.-g ro
mance of army life from ♦he pen
of Ptlph D. Paine. It is not too much
to soy that Mr. Buslmnn, despite
his rumheri-ss successes on tho
scr-ui, in h's masterly dr’ineation of
the sturdy and resolute character
■ergeuit KenJal., tho enlisted
man, who dares and suffers much
for the sake of prineiplo, aa well as
for tho girl of hit heart's desire, has
achieved one of the most notable ar
tistic triumphs of his career. Miss
Bayne, as always, is supreme in her
portrayal of tho gentle, lovable
maiden, who is tho inspiration aa well
as the admiration of all those around
her. Admirers of both stars will
find in tho “Wall Between” all that
appealed to them in “Man and his
Soul” and other Metro pictures in
which Mr. Bushman and Min Bayne
have had the stellar parts, and very,
very much more.
The story of “Tho Wall Between,"
which Was produced by Quality pic
ture corporation under the direction
of John W. Noble for the Metro Pic
ture program, deals with the enlist
ment of John Kendall, son of a once
wealthy banker, in the United States
army, and of the barrier which he
finds there between himself and
those, who in civil service, would
have been glad to have been courted
as his equal. How, having won quick
promotion and a furlough, he meets
and falls in love with a beautiful
girl, while garbed in civilian dress,
inly to be humiliated by an officer
of hts regiment for daring while, an
enlisted man to pose as a gentleman,
How, in the dangerous days that
allow, his rival, Lieut Burkett, the
officer, who sought to shame him
and later to disgrace him in the esrv-
ice of his country, shows himself to
bo not only s snob and an upstart,
but a coward as well, and how In the
end the despised sergeant proves
'himself the better men, both as
i soldier and as a lover forms a story
of unusual interest
Fifteen persons dead, at least
eleven missing and property damage
estimated at around $16,000,000 is
the known toil of the floods which
haver aged in five southern states
since Sunday. \
Although the waters are receding
in nearly all districts, railroad and
telegraphic communication still are
demoralized and reports from towns
and villages now isolated may in
crease both the number of deaths
and the property loss,
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Virginia, Tennessee and West Vir
ginia all suffered heavy damage from
the overflowing streams swollen by
torrential rains which followed last
week’s hurricane as it swept inland
from the coast, But the heaviest loss
was in North Carolina, where eleven
cf the fifteen deaths are reported
and where two-thirds of the mater
ial damagewaa done.
The list of known dead:
Ashville—2.
(Biltmore—t.
Henderson county—2.
Alexander county—3 .
Marshall—3.
Radford, Va—1.
'All except one of the missing were
white. /
The missing:
The Southern railway construe
tion men who went down with the
Southern bridge near Charlotte. -
Eleven year old boy at Ashville.
The property damage is summar
ized from tho latest reports as fol
lows:
North Carolina. j
industrial
We learned just before going to
press from several who have return
ed- from Atlanta' in the interest of
the fight against the creation of.
Simmons county from a portion of
dlooly that after a hearing before
the committee on Constitutional
Amendments Tuesday the bill was
tabled snd it is very probable that
it will not come up again at this ses
sion of the legislature.
NO MORE GUARDSMEN
FOR MEXICAN BORDER
Troops in Camp Will Bo Hold Until
Equipped and Orgsnizod.
Washington, July~17.—The war
department sent orders to all de
partment commanders to delay
t'anaportation to tha border of na
tional guard organizations now mob
ilizing until they are thoroughly
equipped and organized. The ef
fort will be to revoke a ruling issued
when the Mexican situation was
acute, waiving certain requirements
The order wtil effect about 25,000
men still held in the camps.
The latest information of the de
partment is that about 100,000 na
tional guardsmen are now at the
border. With the 50,000 regulars
there and 6,000 additional men call
ed'from the reserves, officials esti
mate that the American strength or
border service within a few weeks
will be adequate to cope with any
present emergency, and will make
unnecessary the dispatch of any
moreguardsmen until they arc'com
pletely -equipped and organized.
Published -stories that use of of a
general draft was being considered
fill the national guard ranks were
denied by the department tonight.
Reports that national guard units
are being supplied poor and insuffi
cient food are not being borne out
in preliminary telegraphic reports
received from all the department
commanders today.
A message from General Funston
today reported that General Trevino
had sent many troops south with the
intentions of occupying the Guerro-
ro-San Borja-Santa Rosalia line
■■gainst any possible northward ad
vance of bandits.
On* Lone Frenchman in 30 Retaken
Towns.
Paris, July.—Only one French in-
1-abitant was found In thirty villages
retaken by the French and the Brit
ish in their offensive in the Somme
region. He was a fanner who had
hid in a cellar at Belloy when the
Germans on Juno 25 ordered every
French civiliar into the interior in
anticipation of an intense allied at
tack.
Asheville—Twenty-five
plants destroyed including cotton
and lumber mills, machine shops and
coal and feed yards. Sixty resi
dences in the Tower part of the city
washed away and 400 persons home
less ufltirTiOO- out’ of'employment;
Power and gat plants out of commis
sion.
Charlotte-LA million cotton
spindles idle as a resul of flooded
power plants. Street cars at
standstill and city in darkness.
Monbo—Monbo Cotton Mills de
molished. j
East Monbo—Cotton mills damag
ed and $50,000 worth of cotton de
stroyed.
Alexander county—Alipaugh Cot
ton Mills washed away. Liledon Cot
ton Mills damaged.
Buncombe, Henderson snd Modi-
n Counties—dam mills damaged
end hundreds of persons out of em
ployment
Statesville—Brick plant destroy
ed ond Long Island Cotton Mills,
near by damaged.
Catawba County—Cotton wares
house with 1,500 bales of cotton car
ried away. In this county, as well
as in Iredell and Alexander, great
damage was done to crops and small
mills.
Biltmore—Many persons driven
from their homes and mills and crops
in surrounding territory damaged,
stroyed and 263 persons marooned
on a train.
Jonesviile—Many homes flooded.
Hendersonville Two dams wash
ed out, damage to mills and to crops
in Henderson county.
Lexington—Several lumber mills
in surrounding country carried away
stock killed and crops destroyed.
Cleveland County—Drovo power
dam near Shelby destroyed; crops in
county damaged.
Tho flooded Yadkin river has de
stroyed all communications into
Wilkes county. At Elldn, a town of
2,000 population, $200,000 damage
was done. In the county the loss
is estimated as high as $3,000,000.
Many manufacturing plants have
been submerged snd Southern rail
way stations all along the line are
uid to be flooded to a dqpth of from
five to fifteen feet. Many bridges
have been washed away.
Five highway bridges, three in
Mecklenburg county and one near
Statesville and another near Moores-
viUe, are known to have been wash
ed away, while at least six railway
bridges were destroyed.
The Southern railway lost a bridge
rear Mount Holly, and another near
Rock Hill, soother near Salisbury
and another near Belmont. The
LAWYER’S ILLNESS MAY
BE CAUSE OF MISTRIAL
Albany, July.—Postponement of
the hearing in the Harwell case in
United States court here and possi
bility of a mistrial, resulted from
the serious illness of Attorney E. K.
Wilcox, of Valdosta, leading counsel
for the defense, Mr. Wilcox has been
ill several days and collapsed in the
court room Monday.
| Today Judge W. W. Lambdin post
poned further hearing in the case un
til tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock.
If Mr. Wilcox is still too sick to con
tinue the trial at that time, the case
may be withdrawn from ‘the jury
and a mistrial declared.
The case is that of Ed. L. Harwell,
George P. Harwell and S. B. Har
well, of Cordele, charged with con
spiracy in concealing assets from a
trustee in bankruptcy. The hearing
was begun last Friday afternoon and
has consumed tha entire time of the
court since. I
Eighteen witnesses had been exam
ined for the government when the ill
ness of the attorney caused the trial
to be held up. If the (Harwell case
is completed- tomorrow, or a mistrial
declared, it is expected that, the case
against A Aronson, Ben Aronson,
Philip Aronson, Ben' Kahn and Ban-
ny Kahn, of Mitchell county, charg
ed with conspiracy to conceal assets
from a trustee in bankruptcy will be
taken up.
Messrs. J. D. Reynolds and J.' M.
Woodwanj are having the building for
merly occupied by Vienna Furniture &
Undertaking Co. overhauled and will
open August 1 with a complete line of
furniture’.
f-.eaboard Air Lina bridge just above
Belmont is gone, os is the Piedmont
and -Northern Electric line bridge
nearby.
South Carolina.
Crops badly damaged throughout
Piedmont section and several railway
bridges, including the Southern
bridge at Alston, washed away.
Fortman—Southern Power com
pany’s plant shut down, cutting off
power to Greenville and many other
cotton mills.
Georgetown—Warehouse and
stores on wster front and top lum
ber mills' damaged. Seaboard Air
Line tracks washed out for short dis
tance.'
Virginia.
Radford—Several buildings de
stroyed snd crops badly damaged.
Four Norfolk and Western bridges
ca Galax branch, one on Little creek .
extension, Popper bridge new Bed
ford, snd another bridge near Pear-
isburg, washed away. Damage in
the Pearisburg district alone esti
mated at a million dollar*.
Washout 260 feet long on Virgin
ia railway near Eggleston.'
The small town ‘of Narrows is re
ported completely submerged.
Newport—Partly inundated and
many families forced from their
homos.
Butler—Virginia and Southern
railway bridge washed away.
Thousands of acres of corn and
peanuts inundated between Chatta
nooga and Paducah, Ky., on Tennes
see river, end much crop damage '
around Dandridge.
The Tennessee river is reported
still rising snd other damage is ex
pected to result from overflows at
several points.
West Virginia.
Crops damaged along Kens whs
river and some damage to railway*
by washouts and bridges carried
away.