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j» y j» . j» * j» j» jr j» . j> j» .j» Only $1.00 For 1 Years Subscription to the Semi-Weekly. m j» j» j* j* •* j* ■ 01 Jl J« Jl JS Jl j« ji jc Why Wait? SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION Send in Your Subscription NOW. Jt J$-Jt J» jt jt jt jt jt s THOMASVILLE GEORGIA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1013. 13,081,284 BILES GINNED WAITERS WERE REPORT ISSUED TODAY SHOWS 1 HOTEL MANAGER IN NEW YORK LOSS FROM LAST YEAR, ROTH IN PERCENTAGE AND IN AC. TEAL GIXX1NGS. Washlgton, Jan. 22.—The ninth cotton ginning report of the Census Bureau ,for the season, issued at 10 o’clock ihls morning, announced that 13,091,264 bales of cotton, counting round as half bales, of the growth of 1912 had been ginned prior to Thursday, January 16, to which date during the past seven years the gln- jng averaged 95.3 per cent of the , .. .... . , , i dining room, they believed he was to entire crop. Last year to January , CALLED THEM IN AND SMILES WERE CHANGED TO FROWNS, IAS HE DISMISSED THE ENTIRE CREW. New York, Jan. 23.—The hotel waiters who have been agitating a strike, found their plans anticipated today when the Hotel Knickerbocker management discharged every one of the two hundred and fifty wait ers and bus-boys In its employ. When Jas. B. Regan, the proprie tor, called all the men into the main Alabama. Arkansas 16 there had been ginned 14,515, 799 bales, or 93.3 per cent of the entire crop; In 1908 to that date, 12,666,203 bales or 96.8 per cent, and in 1906 to that date 12,176,199 bales or 93.8 per cent. Included In the ginnlngs were 78,892 round bales, compared with 97,654 bales last year, 111,079 bales In 1910, 146,378 bales, In 1009 and 232,510 bales In 1908.' The number of Sea Island cotton hales Included were 70,760, com pared with 109,867 bales last year, 92,191 bales In 1909, and 90,287 bales in 1908. .Ginnlngs prior to January 16 by states, with comparisons for last year and other big crop years and the percentage of the entire crop ginned prior to that date in those years, follow: States Year .1912 1911 1908 1906 ,1912 1911 1908 1906 .1912 1911 1908 1906 .1912 1911 1938 1906 . 1912 1911 1908 1906 Mississippi. .1912 1911 1908 1906 N. Carolina .1912 1911 1908 1906 Oklahoma. .1912 1911 1908 1906 8. Carolina .1912 1911 1908 1906 Tennessee.. .1912 1911 1908 1906 ..1912 Florida. - Georgia. Louisiana. Texas. Ginnlngs p. c. 1,307,647 1,638,699 . 96.7 1,316,803 89.9 1,216,606 98.0 741,253 797,597 87.8 931,133 93.5 764,100 85.4 57.303 88,177 93.3 ' '68,624 *7.2 ' 60,432 98.3 1,782,818 2,657,984 95.1 1,952,113 98.7 1,601,922 98.1 369,395 357,758 83.9 458,782 98.3 888,577 93.0 952,949 1,061,859 90.8 1,551,792 95.8 1,361,838 91.8 875,466 996,988 88.5 661,669 96.8 587,759 96.2 966,127 515,563 90.1 532,803 96.4 741,633 85.1 1,192,267 1,536,085 90.3 1,192,723 98.1 887,087 97.2 252,890 386,293 89.8 321,727 96.3 252,533 86.2 4,509,335 announce a concession to their de mands, but Instead he declared that he had been harassed beyond all endurance by the dissatisfaction and relttcred demands. Among the visitors 10 me city to day were Messrs. Walter Collins, D. M. Lowry, R. B. Johnson, Miles Johnson and Dr. Ausley, of Talla hassee. They came to the city' in autos and then, with Supt. Clay and Mr. Pringle, went to Boston to In spect the work of the Thomas Coun ty traction engine. The commis sioners of Leon are expecting to purchase such a machine and were desirlous of seeing one In actual operation. These gentlemen form the committee to Investigate and report. Peter Pan Entertainment, The cast for the Peter Pan en tertainment has now been complet ed and rehearsals are going forward with a rush. Much curiosity Is be ing manifested as to who will be the black face artists in the program but that is kept a profound secret and the audience will have an op portunity to do some guessing when the show is given here on the 39tb. Great Interest Is being taken In this entertainment and the indica tions are that the. attsndance at the Opera House when it is put on will -be a record one for the season. Judge Robert G. Mitchell ot Blackshear, Is spending a short time In the city as the guest of his broth er, Col. J. Fondren Mitchell. 3,964,620 3.328,981 3,758,493 83,814 114,176 69,732 55,219 96.5 97.3 95.0 82.2 95.3 80.9 Cot- states 1911 1908 1906 Other States. 1912 1911 1908 1906 The ginning of Sea Island ton, prior to January 16, by follow: Florida 21,917 39,343 27,888 34,017 The Anal pinning report will 1* Issued Thursday, March 20, at 10 a. m.. and will announce the quanti ty of cotton ginned prior to Friday February 28. Years 1912 1913 1909 1908 Ga. 41,530 63,577 51,072 43,256 7,313 4,950 13,231 13,011 THE LATEST THINGS —IN— SPRING GOODS are out and weVe got ’em. Hetro Cylts at 25c. 37 inches wide, sun and wash proof. Wont fade. Silk Crepe, at 35c, in 'dainty' pin stripes. Silk- Corded Corduroy at 50c, in all colors, and they are washable. Silk Ratinae, at 75c, and a yard wide. Don’t miss seeing it. Also a new and full line, of washable Linnene, Venetian Voile, Habutai Linens, Spider Mull. Louis Steyerman The Shop of Quality, on the Corner IOSCO OPENS HATE FOR -PUBLIC . RECEPTION HAS NOT BEEN FIXED—TILING WILL NOT BE READY BY FRI DAY EVENING, DATE ORIGI. XALLY PLANNED. POLICE ARE E NOTHING UNBECOMING AN OF FICER FOUND AGAINST THE FORCE—SAEA1UES FIXED FOR COMING YEAR AND BOND OR DINANCE PASSED. It had been planned 'o formally open the Tosco Hotel Saturday morning and on Friday evening to Invite the general public tc visit’ the place and thoroughly inspect It. This latter feature has been made impossible in view of the delay in laying the tiles. This work will not be completed in time for use by Friday evening and this feature was of course necessarily postponed. The management will open the hotel Saturday, and have advertised it throughout the iState. The public will be invited to inspect the build ing and Its many improvements dur ing the coming week, the date to be fixed later. A bond issue for fifty thousand dollars for school purposes ha* been called by the City Council, in ses sion. The ordinance was passed last night by a unanimous vote. The issue is for fifty thousand dol lars, and the School Board has promised to let the people decid where and how it shall be spent by a majority vote. Police Exlionorntei*. Mayor MacIntyre last night made the report of the committc, which was appointed to investigate the Po lice Department. He said, in ex plaining the report that the commit tee had thoroughly and conscient iously examined every member of The Ingram Drug Company isj th © Polke Department and many building an office for the bookkeeper i others by w'hom it had been stated of that concern, in a second floor, t tliat things in criticism of the de- over the prescription counter. This j portment of the''officers had been will make a very convenient addi> j said. They examined and ques tion to the arrangement of the store. | tioned the members of the force, as - - — - - j to harmony between Night Sar- geant Woodward and the men un- .GOOD YEAR NOW FACES THE FAuMKH. Veteran Conductor of the A. B. & A., Says That Along His Run, Funning is Well Advanced. “For more thar fifteen years I have been riding up and down the At-j lanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Rail- j road, but never before have I seen the farmers and the people generally as busy at this early season of the year as they are now,” said Captain H. C; Newton, the veteran conductor this morning, while discussing condi. tions generally. Mr. Newton is in the city attending superior court here and has many friends In thiircity a* well as all along the line. “My run Is from Thoma9ville to Fitzgerald, nearly a hundred miles and all along the line there are scenes of general ac tivity. The farmers are breaking up the fields and taking in hundreds of acres of wild land that hns here tofore been lying out; new houses are going up and everywhere along the road are scenes of more than usual activity.” What Mr. Newton says of condi tions along the Bee Line, as he ob serves them from ihe car windows, is true of other localities as well. This good year Qf 1913 is going to be a busy one as he forecasts. Here in Colquitt county, the farmers have never been so busy in January. Al ready, many hundreds of ptres of land have been broken up and pre pared for planting. More land has been taken in for cultivation and many new settlers have made their homos here, houses are icing built, and other improvements made on the farms. It is the concensus of opinion among the bankers and merchants of Moultrie that the farmers are go ing to put forth a greater effort In the way of crop production and at less expense, than they have done heretofore. Economy will be the watchword and that will be little expenditure of money. The past year’s experience taught a lesson, and the llve-at-home policy is going to be adopted by many planters, with beneficial results.—Moultrie Observer. der him. It was proven beyond question th^t ^argeant Wodflward, against whom some of the reports had been heard, was not only an efficient offi cer, but that he worked in harmony with his men and that no friction existed. It was stated, iu rumor, that he went home in the early hours of the night. It was proven that he had been home only in case of sickness in his family and on that account a less time than any other member of the force. It was proven that Mr. Milton had not been offered a bribe to withdraw a warrant for parties In town, as rumor had it. In fact, the whole in vestigation was a complete and am ple exhonoratlon of f.b& force. It will be remembered tlint this investigation was asked by Mr. Mil- ton and Mr. Woodward, to either prove or disprove absolutely various reports which had been circulated over the city. The formal report is embodied in the minutes of council. mum per KILLING OF MAN INMATE OF THE PRISON WILL RlUNti WASH INGTON TO THE SCENE—WAS RESULT OF JOKE. Washington, Jan. 21.—The inves tigation of the death of a prisoner named Oudendyke, at the Atlanta penitentiary, under what seems sus picious circumstances, has been or dered by Attorney General Wick- ersham, at the request of Warden Moyer, of the penitentiary. Killing Resulted From Joke, Is the Report From Atlanta, Atlanta, Jan. 21.—The killing, which occurred at tho Federal peni tentiary here last Wednesday, was apparently the result of a Joke. John Oudendyke, aged 60. who was serving hitf second term for us ing the malls to defraud, and who was sentenced from New Jersey, died in the prison hospital, shortly after he had been struck In tho face by Waiter Keller, a negro, who was sentenced from Arkansas, for rob bing a post office. It appears from the Investigation, that Oudendyke, who was a mute, threw water In the face of the negro, who became an gry. The latter then struck Ouden dyke in Ihe face, and the latter fell on the concrete floor. FARMERS MEETING HERE Januury 29th un<l 30th tho Dato Sot For Agricultural School—Inter esting Program Has Been Prepared. Salaries Fixed. I According to the annual custom, salaries for the city officers elected by the people have to be fixed by the retiring council. This was done last night, with the following results: Mayor, fifty dollars per month. Marshal, Oi e hundred dollars per month. Treasurei, one hundred ar.d fifty dollars per month. Clerk, fifty dollars per month. | Sexton, thirty dollars per month. I Alderman Jerger moved tha* the J salary of the Treasurer be made, the amount which was fixe 1, a raise! of twentj-five dollars per month.) In doing this, he stated that the en- 1 tire business of the city, ineh ding the colie tion of the water ana light department was in that office and it required the undivided attention of ihat officer. He believed it ought to be raised. Aldermen Hambleton, Parker and McDougald disagreed and v. ted nay on the proposition, Aldermen Jerger, Floyd, Cooper, Elder and Smith vot- ine yea. The yea and nay vote was asked by Alderman Parker. After the payment of the bills, the body adjourned, this being rhe last session, but one. that they will hold. Two days farmers meeting, or Ex tension Agricultural School, held under the auspices of the Georgia State College of Agriculture, Athens, Ga.j at Thoma8ville, Thomas County, January 29-30, 1913. PROGRAM: Wednesday, Januury 20th, Morning Session. Invocation: Mr. Thomas Davis. Introductory remarks—President Thomas County Farmers’ Institute Organization. Lecture: “Soil Fertility,” Prof. J. E. Turlington, Adjunct Professor of Agronomy. Lecture: “Butter Making on the Farm,” Prof. J. Wm. Hart, Profes sor of Dairying. Lecture. “Sprays and Spraying,” Prof. G. W. Firor, Secretary of Ex tension Department Afternoon Se.t*»ion. Lecture: “Lime,” Prof J. E. Tur lington. Lecture: “Feeding Farm Animals,” Prof. J. Wm. Hart. Lecture: ‘Peach Culture,” Prof. G. W. Firor. Thursduy, January 30th: Morning Session. Lecture: “Vegetable Gardening,” Prof. G. W. Firor. Lecture: “Crop Rofatic„.d,” Prof. J. E. Turlington. Lecture: “The Care of Dairy Cattle,” Prof. J. Wm. Hart. After Session. Lecture: “Concrete Examples of Farm Demonstration Work,” Mr. J. I). Oliver, District Agent. Lecture: ‘ Co-t#^ i-«#tlve Buying and Marketing.” P T ~r J. E. Tur lington. Lecture: “The Cattle Tick,” Prof. J. Wm. Hart. Every farmer is lequested to be present at this meeting. Women and children are cordially Invited to attend. There will be special talks hy members of the local Far- GA. PLANTER IS WfeNT HUNTING WITH NEGRO, AND WAS FOUND LATER WITH HEAD ’ SHOT AWIAY—MURDER ER STOLE EMPLOYERS SHOES, AND LEFT. Savannah, Jan. 23.—It. C. Ulmer, a planter, was found dead this morning, with a side of his head shot away. Ho went hunting last night with an egro boy named Joseph Drayton. After killing Ulmer, the negro is alleged to have returned to Ulmer’s house, stole a pair of shoes, and, hitching a horse, drove to the city limits of 3avannah, where he left the horse and disappeared. LOST PAVING FORTY-EIGHT VOTES MAJORITY AGAINST PROGRESSIVE STEP —ELECTION WAS* QUIET WITH ; THREE HUNDRED (.’ NO TWEN- , TY YOTES POLLED. ■ i*t? Fertilizers MANUFACTURED —by— Thomasville Fertilizer Company THESE FERTILIZERS ARE MADE WITH THE GREATEST CARE AND EYEHY INGREDIENT IS THOROUGHLY TESTED AND MUST COME FULLY UP TO THE RE- QUIRED STANDARD IIEFORE BEING USED. OUR FERTILIZERS ARE COMPOUNDED OF PLANT FOODS THAT WILL MAKE CROPS GROW. ALL KINDS AI^D BEST BRANDS —For Sale— Cash or Credit THOMAS UNION WAREHOUSE COMPANY Office Thomas Union Warehouse, Thomasville, Ga. K. K. MOORE, Mgr. HUNTING LAW MIX UP Boy Gave Wrong Name and Another Man Wan .Arrested and Taken to Grady County. Tlie enforcemnt of the present state hunting law is causing all sorts of curious and unusual cases to be made. Recently several young men of Thomasville, with hunting licenses and permission to hunt on tho lands of a resident of this city, ent into the woods: In their ardor for the blrd3, they strayed off these grounds into Grady county and were •caught. Warrants were issued nd they were arrested, but later proved the right to hdnt on the lands of the Thomasville citizen, and also their Ignoranco of the trespass into Grady county. They were dis missed. The next day, one of the young men went to the same place again and when asked his name by the owner of the place, gave a fictitious name. He was amazed to hear, a few days later, that there was a man in Thomasville by the name he had given and that he had been ar rested and taken to Cairo. The mat ter was amicably adjusted and everything cleared up. The boys hereafter will be careful to hunt on Thomas County land, and to have tho proper papers when they The paving amendment to the L City charter has been lost by a ms- ] jority of -forty-eight votes. Both of the precincts showed a majority, that of the Court House being much i larger than at the City Hall. The* total vote was, for paving amend ment 134, aganist paving amend ment 182, a majority of forty-eight. 1 The election yesterday showed a total vote polled: Court House 104, City Hall 229, total 324. No can didate received the full vote. Four aldermen received 322 votes, the others scattering down to 317. Ri ley, for Clerk, Franklin for Sexton, and Culpepper, for School Board, rerelved 323 votes. The vote by precincts is as fol lows: City Hall. C. II. Total j . .218 go. mers’ Institute Organization, '.he lo cal Farm Demonstrators, tho special agents In Boys’ Corn Club work, the Girls’ Canning Club agents and oth ers . The program is replete with interesting and valuable topics. Your presence will lie needed to make this meeting successful. ANDREW M. rfOULE, President of the Ga. State College of GUY W. FIROR. Secretary of Extension Department. Agriculture. J. PHIL CAMPBELL, State Agent in Farm Demonstration Work. THOMAS DAVIS, President Thomas County Farmers’ Institute Organization. Office Mayor— Roscoe Luke Aldermen— McDougald. Hambleton. . Philips. . . Jerger 218 Elder 215 Beverly 21S Bennett 215 Herring 218 Marshal— A. B. Milton 214 Clerk— A. A. Riley 219 Treasurer— J. W. H. Mitchell Sexton— T. J. Franklin. . School Board— Wright 219 Cochran 217 .217 103 320 104 102 104 104 104 101 102 104 3£2 319 322 322 322 319 317 322 318 323 218 104 322 19 104 323 Culpepper. . . For Paving Amendment. Against Paving •Amendment. . .219 102 103 104 321 320 328 ..102 32 134 .112 70 182 These officers will be sworn In mt the meeting of the City Council next Monday evening, after the reports for the year have been read and pnssod upon by the retiring Board. Basket Ball. The public '» cor1!al\v Invited t$ the first game of basket bali at the Young Men’s Christian Association Friday evening at 8:30 o’clock. Two teams from the best players of the Association have been pitted against each other and a hotly contested game is expected. While the boys may not be in the best of condition they are in the frame of mlsd to make the winners pay J or all they get. This season the spectators do not have to sit on the floor and con stantly dodee the ball. They will be comfortably seated in the gal lery. Now the Time for Early Gardening We’have just received today a large shipment of FIELD AND GARDEN SEEDS. For years we have recommended and sold Buists Seeds Right ready for^delivery'we have EARLY MORN STAR PEAS, PHILA. EXTRA EARLY STAR PEAS, BLISS EVER-BEARING PEAS, CHAMPION OF ENGLAND PEAS, BLACK EYE MARROWFAT PEAS, Our seeds of proven worth make good and you never miss, a j‘crop thatjis a credit to any gardner. Our stock of fresh seeds is complete. It’time to plant now. Peacock-Mash Drug Co.