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VOL. XXVIII. No. 241.
thomasville, Georgia. Wednesday afternoon, march is, ioio
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10 INVADE
Xo MOVEMENT OF TROOPS IS REPORTED FROM EITHER SEC
TION, AIjTHO THEY ARE KNOWN TO BE READY — DISAF
FECTION AMONG CARRANZA TROOPS CAUSES NO LITTLE AP
PREHENSION — FUNSTON GAVE PERSHING LEAVE TO GO
WHEN HE GOT READY — NO NEWS OF VILLA LEAKED OUT
TODAY _ GARRISON AT OJINAGA MUTINED.
(By Associated Press.)
Son Antonio, Texas, March
IS,—Brigadier General Freder
ick F. Funston, who Is In su
preme command of the United
States border forces, said this
afternoon tliat he had not been
advised of any troop move
ments into Mexico.
EL PASO LEARNS THAT
TROOPS HAVE BROKEN
CAMP AND READY TO GO
(By Associated Press.i
El Paso, Texas, March 15.—The
United States troops, with camps
broken, were under marching equip
ment along the Mexican border,
'west of here, at daylight today, In
(it least two positions,
The military censors prohibited
the transmission of any Informa
tion of actual movements thruout
• the morning. The troops were
ready at Columbus and Hachlta,
New Mexico.
General Gavlra, at Juarex, said
this afternoon that he had received
Information to the effect that the
American troops had not yet cross
ed the border. They were awaiting
permission from General Carranza.
General Gavlra said he believed
General Carranza's reply would be
favorable.
TROOPS READY TO MOVE.
(By Associated Press.)
Haohlta, New Mexico, March 15.
—The second United 3tdtes Caval
ry, under command of Colonel Geo.
A. Dodd today completed prepara
tions to move foitward from the
Culberson ranch, on the border a
few miles south of here. Into Mexi
co. A quick movement is expect
ed. (
A wireless station has been erect
ed by the signal corps, so as tuat
Hachlta and Columbus will be In
constant touch with each other.
The advancing columns are con
stantly to know the location of the
various detachments and movements
of the supply trains.
Valuable Guides Volunteer.
A large number of men, who
know the Interior of Chihuahua
and Sonora as well as do the Mexi
cans. have presented themselves for
the dangerous work of guiding the
the troops. Their capture. It Is be
lieved means death for the scouts.
The border is being guarded by
Infantry patrols. Citizens of every
border county are being organized
by tbe Sheriffs, and they are pre
paring to act as home guards for
the present.
NO MOVEMENTS UP TO
TWELVE THIRTY TODAY
(By Associated press.)
Saa Antonio, Texas, March lb.—
lAt twelve thirty today, no Informa
tion was obtainable at southern
headquarters here that there had
beep troop movements at Columbus
and Hachlta, New Mexico.
General Funston displayed much
Interest In the dispatches regarding
the presence of Carrana troops at
Torreon and OJInaga. - u
ATTITUDE OF CARRANZA
FOLLOWERS IS UNCERTAIN.
(By Associated Press.)
El Paso, TcxaS, March 15.—The
conviction prevailed on the border
early today that before another 24
hours have passed United States
troops will be sent across the Mexi
can frontier, at Columbus, New
Mexico, to bring Pancho Villa to ac
count for his crimes.
What part the Carranza troops
are to play in the proposed round
up of Villa and his bandits. Is t
question every one is asking with
much concern.
Reports have hourly accumulated
of serious disaffection among the
Carranza soldiers In the neighbor
hood of Arizona.
Many reports of an extremely cir
cumstantial nature culminated ear
ly today in a story coming from
Presidio, Texas, that the Carran:
garrison at OJInaga had revolted
and murdered Its commander, Gen..
Rojas.
Stories from the Mexican interior
brought here by American refu
gees served to confirm the Impres
sion that at least a section of Car
ranza soldiery is decidedly hostile
to the American expedition.
Refugees told of being Insulted
and cursed by soldiers, but no phy
sical violence was reported.
Americans arriving here from
the State of Sonora and western
Mexico, declared that conditions
there were quiet and that they had
experienced no animosity.
Fifty Americans from Chihuahua
City arrived here last night. They
reported forty or fifty Americans
are still in that city, but most of
them will come to the border soon.
[
TO BE POSHED
BELIEVED CARRANZA WILL
CO-OPERATE WITH AMERICANS
(By Associated Press )
San Antonio, Texas. March 15.—
While the United States cavalry.
GERMANS DENY THE RUMOR
THAT THE SUBMARINE AC-
TIVITY AGAINST ARMED MER
CHANTMEN HAS CEASED.
(By Associated Presv.)
London, March 15.—According
a Berlin official statement, all
rumors regarding the cancellation
or postponement of the intenslfled
submarine campaign against armed
merchantmen, as announced In the
German memorandum to neutrals
last mouth, are untrue.
There has been no postponement
the statement declares, and aban
donment ,was never considered. The
campaign, therefore, Is now In full
swing.
—■ m
THOMAS MOTT
E IS FREED
(By Acodaied Press.)
White Plains, New York, March
15.—Supreme Court Justice Tomp
kins today dismissed the perjury In
dictment against Thomas Mott Os
borne, a former warden of Sln$
Sing prison. He ordered the jury
trying the case to acquit the defen
dant and then discharged the ju
rors.
Beginning Wednesday March 15
we will give with each 25c cash purchase of any
toilet article
A Cake of Colgates Natural Odor
Toilet Soap
This is a high grade soap and to be sure of get
ting a cake come early as we have a
limited number to give away,
only one cake to be given
. to each party.
AGENCY FOR
Mash-Milton Drug Co.
105
TWO PHONES
106
heavily supported by infantry, await
ed General Pershing's order to ad
vance, the Carranza troops today
worked desperately to capture Gen
eral Villa, In order to forestall an
American invasion of Mexico, ac
cording to Information reaching here
today.
Both official and unofficial sour
ces reported to General Fnnaton In
creased activity of Carranza troops.
While part of his Information In
dicated that certain forces might
be getting Into position to resist
Americans, there was no disposition
to regard the actlviies as a whole
as anything but evidence of a deter
mination to co-operate with the
Americans.
General Funston remained at his
office here until after midnight last
night, to rece've any report Gen
eral Pershing might make. It has
been reported that by morning the
Americans would be actually, across
the border. General Funston him
self did not know anything of Gen
eral Pershing’s Intention, his orders
to General Pershings being In ef
fect to "move when you are ready.”
NO NEWH FROM COLUMBUS.
(By Associated Press.)
El Paso, Texas, March 15.—The
wire from Columbus, New Mexico,
cas working today. - No messages
about the United States troops have
been received since late last night.
During the early morning, the
military censorship cut off Infor
mation completely.
NO NEWS GIVEN OUT BY
WAR DEPARTMENT TODAY.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, March 16.—Secre
tary of War Baker, when asked If
requests had been received from
military officials on the border for
a delay of the American expedition
so that General Carranza might
carry out his own plans to capture
Villa, said:
‘I have nothing to say on that
subject.”
The War Department had heard
nothing of t’ae rumored blowing up
of an American troop train, nor of
any Important military develop
ment south of the border.
-» AMERICAN CONSUL QUITS
♦ POST AT TORItEON. -
♦ (By Associated Press.) ♦
♦ Torrenn. Mexico, March 15. -*
♦ American Consul A. L. Wil- ♦
♦ liams has turned tbe American ♦
♦ Consulate here over to the ♦
♦ British vice-consul. -*
♦ Over forty Americans are rwalt- ♦
♦ lng here today to leave on the ♦
♦ train which has been held up ♦
♦ for a day at least by a wreck ♦
on the Monterey roa3 *
STATE DEPARTMENT ♦
PUZZLED AT ACTION. ♦
( By Associated Press.) ♦
Washington, March 15.— ♦
State Department officials are ♦
♦ somewhat puzzled by the sud- ♦
den departure of Consul Wll- ♦
Hams from Torreon. They ♦
have given him no Instruc- ♦
tlons to leave. There have no ♦
reports of any disorders In that ♦
region. ♦
The officials realize, haw- ♦
ever, that the Consul must have ♦
♦ had good reasons for leaving, ♦
♦ but they are reluctant to be- ♦
lleve the American consulate ♦
was endangered. ♦
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»
BITTER FIGHT
ON AT VERDUN
AND REPORTS SHOW THAT
QUITE 14 SUBSTANTIAL QUAN
TITY WAS USED DURING THE
PAST MONTH.
(By Associated Press.)
Wasbingtoo, March 15.—The cot
ton used during the month of Feb
ruary totalleJ 540,711 bales, th*
Census Bureau announced today.
This compares wltb 453,307 bales
used In February 1916, and 542,-
OS'S during January of this year.
The cotton used during the seven
month ending February 29th iwaa
3,615,365 bales, as against “3.053,-
187 during the same period of tbe
previous year.
The cotton on band February 29
totalled 1.9S5.045 bales, against
1,654,169 bales a year ago.
In public storage and compresses
there were .1,971,316 bales against
4,075,435 bales a year ago.
The exports during February
were 702,635 bales, against 1,601,-
701 bales a year ago. and for tbe
seven-month period 3,661,914 bales
against 5,481,048 bales a year ago.
FRENCH MAKE DESPERATE EF
FORT TO DLSIjODGE THE GER
MANS FROM FIGHTING VANT
AGE POINT WITHOUT AVAIL.
The French turned .to an aggres
sive counter attack In the desper
ate struggle northwest of Verdun,
recaptured the ground gained bx
the Germans in a renewal of their
drive west of tbe Meuse river, Par
is announces today.
The Crown Prince's army, In a
two and a half-hour battle yester
day, by attacking In mass, succeed
ed In gaining a foothold on the
French lines at two points between
Bethliucourt and Dead Man's Hill,
dominating the heights .which the
Germans are attempting to capture.
The French last night launched a
heavy counter attack, by using Che
bayonet and hand grenade freely.
They recaptured portions of the
trenches taken by the Germans.
Losses were Terrible.
The Germans made heavy sacri
fices in attempting to cut the French I Church has now the second largest
line and obtain possession of Dead I membership In the South Georgia
SUNDAY SCHOOL WILL BE GIVEN
ADDITIONAL ROOMS AT AN
early DATE — COMMITTEES
NAMED TO COMPLETE THE
WORK.
The Methodist of Thomasville will
build. They will build what has
long been needed for the best re
sults in the work of the Sunday
School, an annex with separate class
rooms.
It Is now universally recognized
that In the building of a Christian
civilization, the church and the
school must stand to»ether as the
foundation. Christian education
and reglllous instructior. being so
necessary, the time Is past for «he
Church to be devoid of convenlenc-
It Is certainly Just as Impor
tant for the classes of a Sunday
school to have separate class room
as for the pupils of the public
school to be provides with this ne
cessity.
The Thomasville Methodist
ARMY TO BE
SENATE PASSES RILL ALLOW-
ING RECRUITING OF TWENTY
THOUSAND AND WORK IS
STARTED IMMEDIATELY.
(By Associated Presz.)
Washington, March 15.—The Sen
ate today unanimously passed the
joint resolution adopted by the
House yesterday, to bring the mo
bile army up to Its lull strength.
This adds about twenty thousand
men to the present establishment.
When the word that the Senate
had adopted the House resolution
reached the War Department, the
Adjutant General's office took steps
to begin recruiting additional men
Immediately.
instructions were immediately
prepared for recruiting officers thru
out the country to conduct an ac
tive campaign.
Man's bill, Paris asserts
The possession of this height,
which enabtes the French to sweep
with their artillery the territory
over which the Germans are endea
voring to advance, was still in the
French hands, although the Ger
man lines have advanced south
ward until they now take In nearly
all of the Cumierg wood, east of the
height.
Sub Campaign of Force.
Berlin officially denies the rum
ors that the new German subma
rine campaign has been abandoned
or postponed.
After the recent declaration of
war on Portugal, by Germany, Aus
tria has severed diplomatic rela
tions with the Portuguese Govern
ment, says a Geneva dispatch.
GERMANS TAKE 1,000
PRISONERS AT VERDUN.
(By Associated Press.I
Berlin, March 15.—The War Of
fice announces today Important
gains near Verdun. West of the
river Meuse, our men pushed for
ward the German lines, west of the
Cohbeaux road, and on the I.einu.'t-
Romme height, captured over one
one thousand prisoners.
GOLD WAVE
IS
WEATHER TOOK A SUDDEN
SWITCH THIS MORNING, AND
LOWER TEMPERATURES ARE
OX THE WAY.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, March 15.—Cold
weather for the South, with a cold
ware for North Carolina and frosts
as far 3outh as Central Florida. If
the weather clears, is predicted this
morning by the Weather Bureau.
The great Middle West -storm
reached Southern Virginia and
North Carolina with some Increased
Intensity and a further develop
ment of the cold high area to the
north. 3torm warnings have been
ordered displayed along the Atlan
tic coast to East Port. Maine.
FRENCH STATEMENT.
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, March 15.—The Germans
last night made no further aggres
sive movement to the West of the
river Meuse, acoerding to the offi
cial statement Issued today by the
French War Office.
French counter-attacks, carried on
between Bethineourt and Cumeers,
resulted In the re-occupatlon of
certnln trenches captured by the
Germans yesterday.
The French still hold the Mort-
Somme height, and artillery ex
changes were active between Beth
Incourt and Cumleres. Elsewhere,
last night was relatively quiet.
Conference. The Sunday School,
having grown proportionately, and
now being the second largest in the
Conference, will not be left any lon
ger to do Its work with only three
class rooms.
Committee Begin Work.
Upon the unanimous request of
the Sunday school officers and teach
ers, and the stewards also, the
Quarterly conference appointed
committee, with Instructions
build. This general committee has
heed divided Into two committees,
one on Plans and Supervision, and
the other on Finance. These com
mlttees have been organized as fol
lows—
Plans and Supervision: J.
Flowers, chairman; M. M. Cooper,
Secretary; J. F. Evans, K. E. Mack,
F. Cook.
Finance—W. P. Grantham, chair
man; Lee Neel, secretary: F. H.
Smith, treasurer: H. H. Brandon.
O. F. Cook, W. A. Pringle, J. E.
Robison, T. L. Spence, W. J. Up
church, A. H. Williams.
Two-Story Wings Planned.
The plans selected, a sketch of
which may now been seen In Neel's
window, provides for two two-story
•wings on ea?h side of the Church,
eaoh of the four large rooms to be
divided into four separate elass
rooms, maklog sixteen new- rides
rooms. The upstairs additions will
he so arranged that the entire
space can be used tn connection
with the main auditorium, without
even the Interference of a post.
This will add two hundred and fifty
LEADER DEAD
MUTINED SOLDIERS SHOOT HIM
AS HE WAS TRYING TO STOP
AN ATTEMPT TO GET INTO
THE UNITED SPATES.
(By Associated Press >
Marfa, Texas, 15.—The reported
death of Colonel Rojas, who was
the Carranza commander at Ojlna-
ga, at the hands of his own men,
was confirmed by telephone advices
reaching here today.
The men were trying to mutiny,
'while Colonel Rojas was trying to
control them. They were drinking
and threatening to Invade the Uni
ted States, .when Colonel Rojas was
shot from the crowd.
FARMERS MUSI
PAY INCOME TAX
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago. March 13.—Many far
mers have (ailed to file Income tax
schedules, and Daniel Chapin, Chief
the special treasury agents
here, has ordered an Investigation
Into the Incomes of the wealthier
farmers.
tr. Chapin said the records of
thousands of grain and live stock
dealers would be depended upon to
furnish evience. ,
the Church the equipment so much
AUSTRIA ALSO DECLARES WAR.
f r tv Associated Press.)
London, March 15. An Ex
change Telegraph dispatch from
Rome says that Austria has declared
war on Portugal.
Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Hatchonson,
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Dodge, of Lyn'-
denvtlle, Vt„ Mis* Mattie Hunter
and Mrs. J. W. Spain of Qnitman,
were among the visitors spending a
short time tn the city yesterday.
to the seating capacity of the needed for the best service by the
Church, to be used on special oc-|most modern methods, but will make
easlons for larger congregations. the building grander and more at-
This addition will not only give t-active la appearance.
If there is one thing the aver
age clothes buyer looks for
above everything else in a suit,
it is the correct and perfect fit!
And one of the reasons why
this fast growing store prefers
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