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THOMASVILLE GEORGIA, j TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1913
SUITES WILL HOT LEI
TROOPS TO
MOB LUKE
MADERO HAS CUT OFF COMM UN ICATIOX OF PLANS OF THE J -V TALK YESTERDAY AFTER-
FIGHTING FORCES — STAT ED THAT THE END WOULD COME
IN A SHOUT TIME WITH NOTHING DEFINITE 'AS TO TODAY’S
FIGHTING — BEI.LIGERANTS TAKE ANOTHER BORDER
TOWN AND BRIDGE IS CLOSED—TROOPS AND WARSHIPS BE
ING MOBILIZED FOR IMMED FATE ACTION.
(By Associated Press.)
Mexico City, Feb. 17.—The
brisk lighting continued this
forenoon. There were indica
tions, however, that develop
ments of a character which may
soon relieve the situation to a
mcasurcable degree.
It is not possible to transmit
the details, liecause of the close
censorship by the oillcials hero.
■ The lighting throughout the
morning was very heavy, and
the big calibre guns in the arse
nal were almost constantly in
use.,
The Federal Artillery brought
another big siege gun into no
tion, but didn’t succeed in sil
encing the Rebel guns.
Tile engagement was very
severe almost till noon, but the
flring then dwindled into an ex
change of volleys of rille shots.
The Rebels tried to pick olf
the Federal Artillerymen at the
service guns.
The United States Embassy
and the district surrounding
it was untourhed by any pro
jectiles, after the removal of
the Federal battery, which had
heretofore drawn the lire of
the Rebel gunners.
to Madero'B telegram would go for
ward.
| Meanwhile, the Army and Navy
continued to move int opositions to
do instant work. The thing now
causing the most concern, is the
maintenance of communication with
Mexico City, or any attempt In the
censorship of dispatches to this gov
ernment.
The lsolaton of the United States
Embassay and foreigners will be
one of the first things to force the
landing of troops at this Juncture.
NOON TO THE PARENT-TEACH
ER ASSOCIATION, HE URGED
PROGRESS—INTERESTING SES
SION HELD IN FLETCHER-
VILLLE.
Madcro Says He AA’lll Yet AVIn Out.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 17.—Two pri
vate dispatches from President Ma
dera to personal friends here,
ceivei today, simply said that he
"expected definite results very
soon.’’
Senator Cullom, chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations Commit-
after a short talk with Presi
dent Taft, declared that he was still
opposed to Intervention, and said
further that there was practically
no sentiment for It in the Senate.
(By-Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 17.—President
Taft’s reply, to Madero's appeal to
withhold the United States troops
was made public today by Secretary
of State Knox.
President Taft pointed out that
- President -Madcro was somewhat
misinformed on the United States
policy toward Mexico, or the United
States measures of precaution, that
reports which appeared to hare
reached him, that orders had al
ready been given to land troops
were Inaccurate.
The President urged on Madero
the vital Importance of an early es
tablishment of real peace and or
der.
Mexican Soldiers in Charge of Inter
national Bridge at Brownsville.
(By Associated Press.)
Brownsville, Tex., Feb. 17.—All
communication with Mexico City
closed at this point at fire o’clock
this uornlng, when a company of
Mexican soldiers, stationed at the
International Bridge and a company
of Rura’.es at the Ferry, Issued an
order forbidding the crossing of
passengers at either point.
Two bridges on the National
lines near Matamorac were burned
Saturday.
The Rebels peacefully occupied
Matamoras early this morning, mak
ing It the second town on the border
taken by the Rebels since the Diaz
revolt, the other being Nuevo Laredo.
Anti-American Feeling Reported.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 17.—Rear Ad
miral Sutherland, commander of the
Pacific fleet, has
gone 'with the
Cruiser Colorado from Mazatlan to
Manzanillo, In response to A re
quest from the United States Consol
there, who reported several ant*
American demonstrations.
Censorship Very Rigid.
(By Associated Press.)
Cabinet Meeting Lasted Into
Morning Hours.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 17.—President New York, Feb. 17.—The censor-j
Taft’s reply to Madero’s appeal to ship on news about the operations ent at the first meeting of the Par-
keep the United 3tates troops out In Mexico City are today absolutely ^.Teacher -Association Mrs Joe
of Mexico, pending his further at- rigorous, ^othln^to ,‘o | HobIsoni vice-president, gave a
In -spite of the cold, threatening
weather, a large number of interest
ed parents met with the Thomas-
ville teachers, Friday afternoon, at
the Fletchervllle school.
After a beautiful prayer by Rev.
Mr. McCarty, pastor of tho Presby
terian Church, and a warm welcome
by Prof. Dunran, Superintendent of
Schools, Mrs. J. Carlton Dugon In
troduced each teacher to the par
ents. Mrs. Dugon then introduced
the speaker of the day, as one upon
whom Thomasrllle had placed the
highest approval—His Honor, May
or Luke.
Mr. Roscoe Luke gave a splendil
talk on. ‘‘Present 3chool Needs,”
holding his audience by the force of
his remarks and the magnetism of
his presence.
One remark was that it had been
a little over eighteen years since he
left this same school building, and
In all that time it had not improved
one lota—this In an age of Progres
sion, and progress we must, other
wise we retrograde. One grave thing
Is the poor light In which the pu
pils have to study: no use putting
book-learning In a child’s head un
lees It goes along with a sound
body.
The system of heating and venti
lation were altogether bad and all
this would afreet the physical child,
and In turn, the mental, moral and
spiritual.
The Mayor made a plea for the
teacher to Instill, alor.T with the
three R’s, those great principles of
character so necessary for tho grand
rounding out of a mild’s education.
In closing his heart-to-heart talk,
he said he hoped for the passage of
the school-bond issuer-which would
Insure Thomasville children the
best—and the very best It should
be. for Thomasville, as the garden
spot of the earth, and Thomasvll’.e
people, ns the chosen people, only
the best will do.
For the benefit o’ those not pres-
LIKES SUGAR
SECOND GEORGIA CONGRESSMAN
GETS PUBLICITY FROM FOND
NESS FOR LUMP SUGAR DUR
ING STRENUOUS AYORK.
When a man gets Into public life
and comes prominently Into the lime
light, he hears many things about
himself that he -never , knew, and
that are in the nature, of news to
him.
The following little news item
about Congressman Roddenbery,
published In the Standard Union, of
Brooklyn, N. Y., was a surprise to
him and may make amusing read
ing to his friends hers:
"Washington, Feb. 8.—Represen
tative Roddenbery of /Georgia, who
achieved fame through several sin
gle-handed flllibusterai against pen
sion measures during the session,
has started a new* fad In the House.
It Is eating lump sugar—not a lump
here and there, but a good, sub
stantial auantity. In tour days when
he was In the chair ^recently, he
consumed four pounds of loaf sweet
ness."
Tosco nor Mini punts
Figuring on Lighting and Laundry
For the Hotel, Befraae of Ex
pense of the Two as Fur
nished Now.
The owners of the Tosco Hotel
have an expert In fhe city now,
to Investigate the cost of installing
Department of Civics and Health
The General Federation of Wom
en’s Clubs has set. apart March 10th
for the annual observance of clean
ing up day by the Southern States
It is desirable to keep a uniform
date for this purpose, not only for
the sake of unifying our work, but
because of the well known phycho-
logical fact that when many ener
gies are concentrated upon a com
mon cause at the same time, a sen
timent is aroused that gives an im
petus to zeal not to be gained by
any other condition
Your Civic Duties.
Civic problems are your prob
lems. What are you doing to solve
them?
Ask yourself the question, whether
•your city is as clean as it should be,
and your health conditions ideal?
What are you doing to develop a
high standard of citizenship for the
future?
You should promptly have all me
naces to public health removed. A
person has no more right to poison
the air that his neighbor breathes
than he has to poison the water
that ho drinks or the food that ho
eats.
Do you know that the health of
the entire city is likely to be affect-
a lighting plant In t*e building This ed b rondltlons one t?
gentleman will get the cost of In- : , 1
stalling a plant which will light the) Intelligent care and attention
entire house and tho owners believe
it will be less expensive with their
own plant than with the present
rate of lighting In the city.
At the samo time they will Install
an up-to-date and well-equipped
laundry to work in connection with
the hotel. They feel that with the
present price of both these commod
ities it would be much less expense
to have their own work done
there is plenty of room in the -base
ment for the machinery and the
boilers fully adequate to tho needs
of both plants, they are seriously
considering the Installation.
TAVO MEN KILLED A8 RESULT
OF LOUWFAJfA LABOR ROW.
Lake Charles, La., Feb. 17.—Two
men were killed and several others
wounded in a fight early today be
tween non-union men employed by
the American Lumber Company, at
Merryvllle, and Union men, mem
bers of the brotherhood of timber
workers, who went on a strike In
November last. Both the men kill
ed were negroes.
tempt to put down tho revolt, Is Pass over the telegraph wires which
going forward today.
While the exact nature of tho re
ply has not been disclosed. It Is un
derstood to be practically a rc-afllr-
mat'on of this government’s atti
tude as previously expressed, cou
pled with n strong warning to Ma
dero that the United Stated has a
right to land troops In Mexico to
protect Americans and other for
eigners, should a state of anarchy
come about.
refers In any way to the plans or i short, concise explanation, as to
prospects of either of the bellger-
ents.
should be given sewerage prob
lems. The principle upon which
most sewers have been !ai 1 was to
dispose of the waste of life by get
ting it out of sight se quickly as
possible, and one essential was that
they should not smell.
The pollution of the streams into
which these sewers empty has never
received the proper attention.
Scientific sewerage engineers
should be consulted, as vital health
conditions are Involved.
Dr. A. G. Fort, of tho State Board
of Health, in a recent address, -gave
an Illustration which made plain the
dangers arising from ignorance of
sanitary laws. At one of the "large
schools of tho state,” the sewerage
was emptied Into a "dry well,” 60
feet deep, and the drinking water
came from a well twice that depth.
Tho Infected water gradually soaked
through tho 60 feet of underlying
strata, thereby poisoning the drink
ing water supply.
T ON SCHOOL SITES
RY CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION
Thomasville, Ga., Feb. 17, 1913.
To the People of Thomasville:
Tho Board of Education having decided at its meeting held Fri
day, February 7th to submit to the voters of Thomasville the matter
of selecting a site for a school, in the event the bond issue of fifty
thousand dollars, ordered by the council, passes, does agree to abide
in the expenditure of said bond money as a majority of the registered
voters in said city shall decide. The vote shall be cast on a ballot pre
pared by the Board of Education containing the following words:
Vote For One:
For Young’s College Property.
For Mallctte Heights Property.
Congress Wants to Know .tbout
Mexican Affairs.
(By Associated Prons.)
Washington, Feb. 17.—A resolu
tion asking President Taft to trans
mit to Congress such correspondence
just what the Association stood for
It was indeed a pleasure to have
present Mrs. Fitzpatrick, the new It I s the source
president of the Georgia State Fed- co’ds.
eration of Women’s Clubs.
Mrs. Fitzpatrick delivered a short
talk on the value of the federation
and Issued an invention tor the
An epidemic of typhoid fever was
two-session term: many children the consequence. Referred to the
bringing their dinners, and the State Board of Health, the water,
Each ballot 6hall bo cast with a Manager to be selected by this
body, at each of the voting precincts of the city, on the 12th day
of March, between the hours of eight A. M., and five P. M., said elec
tion to be conducted separate and apart from the bond election. The
returns of this vote shall he canvassed by a committee to be select
ed by the Board of Education, immediately after the polls have been
closed and as certified to with the ballots, shall be handed to the
President of this Board. The result of this election, as certified to
by the committee, shall decide the location of the school, in the
event tho bond issue is passed.
This Board has prepared approximate estimates of how the
money should be expended on both sites, as in their judgment would
best serve the interests of the public schools of the cllfy.
In the event Young’s College is selected, the expenditure of the
money would be as follows
$20,000.00 for one block of four aerps, between Dawson, Young,
Monroe and Washington Streets, containing building* of
the College. - ,
16,000.00 approximately for repairing and remodeling said buildhig*
as estimated by three local contractors, Messrs.
James Gribben, J. H. Rast and J. B. White.
8,000.00 approximately on South Georgia College building In
Fletchervllle.
4,000.00 approximately on Negro Schools.
2,000.00 approximately on equipment and furniture.
In the event Mallette Heights Property is selected, the expendi
ture of the money would be as follows:
$ 9,500.00 for four blocks containing twelve arres, bounded by Jack-
son, Hansell, Washington and Mitchell Streets.
28,500.00 approxifately on new buildings and equipment for same.
Fletchervllle.
4,000.00 approximately on -Negro schools.
Tho Hoard of Education asks that, the voters of the city care
fully inspect both sites and surroundings in order that they may
decide on the most desirable plac© for a school and vote intelligent
ly thereon. Respectfully,
BOARD OF EDUCATION,
CITY OF THOMASVILLE,
E. R. JERGER, President,
J. H. FLOWERS, Vice-Presdt.,
* ■ ; B. H. WRIGHT,
LEE NEEL.
J. A. CHASTAIN,
W. B. COCHRAN, ;
J. T. CULPEPPER.
regarding conditions in Mexico as j Parent-Teacher Association to Thom-
Federa-
The latest phases of the situation may not be incompatible with the asville to Join the State
were considered at a cabinet meet- public interest, was introduced to- [ t j on which stands solely for th
ins: last evening, which lasted until, 1 day by Senator Ashurst, of Arizona,:, ’ . . . ...
an early hour this morning. At its] and Representative Ayres, of New i betterment of human kind -
close, it was announced that a reply A York.
Quality in Buying
Stationery
Quality and correctness are the
principal features which interest
purchasers of stationery.
This is assured you every time
that you make your purchase here
We have the very latest of ex
quisite colors, in linens, basket
weaves, and the besUof all the
newest in white.
The prices are from 10c to
$1.50 per box.
Come in and let us show you
our exclusive line of stationery.
This invitation will be considered
at the next meeting, which will be
held at the East Side school, Miss
Sarah Harley, Principal of that
School, being In charge of the pro
gram.
Every teacher is invited to take
part, as it will be a ‘Teachers’ Af
ternoon.
ground is no place to sit upon, and by unmistakable analysis, proved to
many severe be the unmistakable cause.
No disease can ever be prevented
A prize, which will bo either a or cured until the cause of infec-
plcture, a fern or a piece of stat- tfon Is removed. \
nary has been offered to the schoo’-
room which has the greatest num
ber of parents present at the Par* Junior .Republic*.
during cho
That ihe civil conditions of the
ent-Teacher meetings
next three months. . next .^aeration may excel those of
The Secretary, Mrs. Thomas Ross, ,lle preBent ' l( 18 essential that the
will keep a strict tally of the num-, public IM:ho018 should Instruct our
her present at each meeting, and youth in ROO<1 cltlzenslilp. This may
each teacher is requested to
plain this to the pupils.
3r. Cochran represented the
School Board and he was given a
hearty welcome.
After sincere thanks were ten
dered Miss Agnes Upchurch, of 417
Remington Avenue, for the use of
A committee composed of Mrs. her automobile, in transferrin? the
be done by establishing Jun'or re
publics or school city clubs in the
upper grades, and junior civic
leagues or good citizen clubs In the
lower grades.
James Evans, Mrs. John Lamb and East Side teachers to and fro from
Mrs. Wm. McKay, was appointed to their homes to this meeting, a so-
confer with the sehoolboard in rc-jcial half half was enjoyed, thus
I gard to procuring benches for the bringing the Parent and teacher into
| school yards. These are sadly need- closer relation—the keynote of the
ed since the Inauguration of the Parent-Teacher Association.
Peacock-Mash Drug Co.
Phones 10S-106
Your City Clean.
1. Take away all the ashes anti
dirt from your back yard Immed-
Iztely. Send your rubbish to tilt
dumping ground.
2. Clean out your cellars, stables,
and sheds. Whitewash your cellar
walls, fences and hen-houses.
3. Burn all rubbish that will
burn. Cloan your meant lots and
tilley-ways.
4. Avoid mixing ashes and gar
bage. This Is against the law. You
may ho lined five dollars.
5. Retrain from throwing old pa
per, banana or orange skins Into
the stroets.
Plant some grass and flower
seeds to mako your home beautiful.
Every house should have a little
green grass and a few trees.
When you have Clean-Up day
keep your yard rlean all tho time.
Dirty yards cause files, sickness,
death.
PENSION MONEY HERE
":li
•fudge Jones Wants all Pensioner*
to (Apply for Their Share as
So m. as Possible, ns Time
Is Short.
Judge Jones wishes the old Con
federate pensioners all over the
county to know that the pension
money for Thomas county, has ar-
rivei and is now waiting for them.
There will be only thirty Mays In
which they can receive this money
as the time for paying it out ex-
Old tin cans hold water; water |P ires on the 15th of March and he
is anxious that all the pensioner*
come as soon as possible and get
their share.
The amount to be paid out thi*
year is -7,220*. The number of pen
sioners is one hundred and nineteen
just one less than last year. Sever
al of the old Veterans receiving
those pensions have died since last
year but more have come in to take
their places, so making Just one
short.
breeds mosquitoes.
Rotten garbage makes had
bad air makes weak bodies,
bodies make big doctor’s bills
eak
Civic Health.
As cleanliness is the only safe
guard to health, civic health neces
sarily means civil cleanliness.
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OUR FERTILIZERS ARE COMPOUNDED OF PLANT FOODS THAT WILL ALIKE
CROPS GROW.
As a man grows older, he takes
better care of his clothes, and he
is a lot better satisfied with them.
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Office Thomas Union Warehouse, Thomasville, Ga.
K. K. MOORE, Mgr.
yHE service of this store is not
confined to young men. Any
man of any age can be well fitted,
and conservatively dressed in these
fine spring HART SCHAFFNER
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Now is the time to see them.
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This store Is the home of Hart SchnfTncr & Marx Clothes.
The Shop of Quality, on the Comer
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