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TIIO.MASVILLfi GEORGIA. Q TUESDAY, APRIL 8, .1013,
ALL PARTS OF
E TO THOISVILLE
MANY DELEGATES ARE OX THE GROUND READY FOR THE FOR
MAL OPENING OF BI-ENNIAL CONVENTION ON TOMORROW
MORNING—OFFICERS ARRIVE AND ESTABLISH HEADQUAR
TERS AT THE TOSCO—THREE CITIES WANT NEXT CON-
VENTION AND ARE AT WORK—SEVERAL DEGREE TEAMS
WILL BE PRESENT AND SEVEN HUNDRED DELEGATES ARK
EXPECTED BEFORE TOMORROW NIGHT.
(From Monday’s Dally.)
* Notice to Delegates.
All delegates to the Stats
Encampment are urged to reg
ister their names with the
Credential Committee. upon
their arrival In Thomasvllle.
The headquarters of thlB
Committee are at the Tosco
hotel building.
L. J. HOYLE,
J. D. SEVERNS.
W. P. VARNER,
Credentials Committee.
Tomorrow morning at ten oclock
the bi-annual convention Woodmen
of the World will be formally open
ed at the Opera House.
The officers and some of the num
bers of Important committees
rived in the city yesterday and this follows.
ney there, stated this morning that
he would not be a candidate for re-
election to that position. Great In
terest centers In this election and
some lively work is expected In the
next few houro. Mr. Bass of Carroll
ton will stand for re-election
Head Clerk and will probably have
no opposition.
Stores Decorating.
The stores of the city are decor
ating in honor of the Convention,
and already this morning about fif
teen of the leading business houses
have made their places attractive
for the occasion. The Woodmen
have stretched their banner of
welcome across the intersection of
Broad and Jackson streets and the
town by tomorrow should be In (nil
bloom for the many visitors.
The program for the session Is as
HQDDENBERY
FOR DEMOCRATS T
BELIEVES THE REPUBLICANS
SHOULD BE DISPLACED ANIt
DEMOCRATS GIVEN OFFICE —
DISCUSSES THE SHORT SES-
SION.
ELEVEN AND SEVEN THE SCORE
AND MANY ERRORS AND BASK
HITS BRING UP ENTHUSIASM
TO HIGH PITCH.
morning and headquarters have been ]
Tuesday, April 8th.
(From Saturday's Daily.)
After enjoying two weeks of rest
and recuperation In South Georgia,
Congressman S. A. Roddenbery will
leave tomorrow morning Tor Wash
ington to attend the meeting of the
extra session of Congress. Mr.
Roddenbery had Intended leaving
earlier la the week, but waited over
to see his son, John W. Rodden
bery, who Is here today with the
University of Georgia Glee Club.'
In discussing the business of the
extra session, Mr. Roddenbery said:
"Of course, as every one knows,
the session Is primarily called for
the revision of the Tariff and I ex
pect a real, substantial reduction
in tariff duties, la accordance with
established
at the Tosco Hotel, ready! Meeting called to order by Con- t [, e Democratic platform. It Is not
-convention work. Among l ul Commander W. H. Busch, Jr., of •■.ci.i.ti,,..
for the pre-convention work. Among
the prominent officers here are Mr.
W. C. .Bennett of Dawson, Past
Head Clerk, and one of the promi
nent Woodmen of the State. Mr. R.
R. Marlin, wife and daughter of
Dawson. Mr. Marlin Is Head Con
sul at the present time. Mr. and
Mrs. E. M. Bass and daughter
Carrollton are also here. Mr. Bass
Is Head Clerk, of the organisa
tion and one of Its most active of
ficers.
The delegates from Atlanta and
North Georgia arrived -over tho A.
B. &. A. on a special train this
morning, about soventy-Hve coming
on the train. They weie met by a
committee and shown to their
quarters in the city. The Albany
train missed connections so the del
egates from that section covered by
the Central of Georgia will not ar
rive until tonight. It 1b expected
that all of the delegates will arrive
by tomorrow, a special train com
ing from Savannah to arrive In the
early morning and many coming on
the trains which get here this af
ternoon and this evening.
Degree Teams.
There will be degree teams from
Sarannah, Columbus, Cordele, At
lanta' and Elberton. These teams
will put on the degree work at the
Opera House Wednesday evening
after the big parade and they will
bring about a hundred men.
There will be, It Is estimated
about two hundred and fifty regular
delegates, two hundred
Tourist City Camp No. 43.
Invocation.
Welcome address to Joint session
of the Woodmen and Ladles Circle,
by Mayor Roscoe Luke.
Response In behalf of visiting
delegates by Dr. J. W. Simmons, o!
Brunswick.
Music by band.
Adjourn for dinner. . . . . .
2:00 P. M. —Regular order of m08t vltal and important needs that
business. ‘should be met by this legislation;
8:00 P. M.—Entertainment. jone to sive *he country banks and
«:00 W rS3Lflr calied toJ“ S ‘“ions In towns and
order _ smaller cities freedom from the
10:30 A. M.—Election of Offlce.-s.!domination of the few big banking
Improbable that other legislation
will be taken up also.
"Personally, I hope that without
unnecessary delay, Congress will
revise the banking and currency
laws with a view of giving our
country a sounder system of bank
ing aad finance. There are two
Adjourn for dinner.
2:00 P. M.—Competitive Drill.
7:30 P. M.—Illuminated Parade.
8:00 P. M.—Initiation of candi
dates.
Thursday, April 10th .
8:00 A. M.—Business session.
11:00 A. M.—Adjourn for Wood
men Barbecue, which will be ’held
ih Paradise Park, and to which all
Woodmen, members of the Ladles
Circle and their families
ed.
2:00 P. M.—Business session.
All delegates will have to answer
all roll calls, and be present at ad
journment In order to receive their
compensation.
lnstltulons In the large money cen
ters: the other, to provide at the
same time for a system which will
enable farmers and land owners to
-negotiate loans and borrow money
more easily on their lands. This Is
what Is commonly called Rural
Credit System, taking Its name from
European countries. These two
are lnvl‘- 'propositions are of consequence to
the entire country and more espec
ially to the South, whero our devel
opment Is rapid. Our banks should
be adjusted to conditions here so
that they may extend the field and
freedom of their business, thus em
ploying with safety their capital
IN' BIG FIRE AT ARMOUR & OO.,
TWO FATALLY INJURED.,
Chicago, April 7.—Four firemen ,and deposits to the greatest profit
visiting! were Injured, two fatally. In a fire to themselves aad benefit to the
Woodmen and fifty members of the! which early today destroyed be»f borrower. The inauguration of a
Woodmen Circle. In all there chould house No. 2, of Armour & Company. , . ... ... ,
The property loss is estimated at 80Und rural credlt sy8te;n wl “ at
3500,000. once relieve much of the money
stringency and enable the farming
Oak Hill School Celchrotion. -population to acquire their own
_. 0r !f., 0 _ f _ th ?.. m8st . del . lBh l ful .* ch “.°i /homes and use their lands as a ba
be six to seven hundred visitors.
Three Towns Wont Next Convention
The delegates from the various
towns are already being lined up for
the next convention and Athens,
Amerlcus and Romo are making ef
forts to get the next bl-ennUI
session, which
Eleven and seven were the scores
registered Saturday afternoon, and
the eleven went to the visiting team.
Valdosta High School had a lucky
day and found tho locals In mighty
poor trim, due in -part to the trip
to Cairo, which kept them up prac
tically all night. The locals start
ed strong and amexeil one run In
the first on an error, sacrifice hit
and sacrifice fly to the outfield. An
other came In the second on a safe
hit by Ansley and an error by the
catcher. The locals could not score
In the third, although their oppo
nents got three, due to two hits, a
sacrifice fly and two passed balls by
Pittman, with an error b.v McIntosh
sandwiched in for good measure.
ValdOBta took three more In the
fifth and three In the sixth, most of
them made by errors and dumo-
playlng. Another In the seventh
and ninth brought up the grand to
tal to eleven. McIntosh went In to
pitch during the sixth and' Pittman
played short while “Ty Cobb” Coop
er, after trying It at short, went
behind the plate and caught a great
game, catching two men at
second by splendid throws. He was
ns usual the llfo of the game
throughout, and although he was
touched up for eight hits, he played
steady, hard, consistent ball
throughout. McIntosh was touefied
up for but two hits, but unsteady
work behind him caused the runs
made during his llfo I.i the box.
Thomasvllle rallied In the sev
enth and took two runs, which were
brought la after an error and a safe
hit to the Infield ny Smith, by
Spence's timely single through sec
ond base, which resulted In his out
at third, when tiffing to stretch the
hit on en error In the throw from
deep center. Three more were
brought in in the eighth, on two
errors,, a stolen baso and a single
by Smith, his second In succession.
The game was witnessed by n
large crowd and was Interesting de
spite the large score:
The-score by Innings-was as fol
lows:
Valdosta 003 033 101—11
Thomasvllle. . .110 000 230— 7
Valdosta AB R H PO A E
Cranford, If. . . 4 3 1
J. T. Blalock, rf 5 2 0
Childress, ss. .4
IIIM PUTS TIFF BILL
E THE HOUSE MOUF
THOMAS COUNTY MAN IN TROU
BLE WITH SUPERIOR COURT
BECAUSE OF TELEPHONE
RIGHT OF WAY.
B. C. Johnson, a farmer of Thom
as county, will face an alleged con
tempt of court charge before Judge
Thomas of the Souther l Circuit
this city, on next Tuesday. The
charge against Johnson was brought
about by an alleged violation of an
L.Junction granted by Judge Thom
as against him in favor of the
Southwest Georgia Telephone com
pany, of Pavo.
Several weeks ago the telephone
company was building -a lino from
Pavo to a point Just beyond the
farm of Mr. Johnson and It seems
that he refused to grant the tele
phone company a privilege of build
ing through his property. After
putting up several posts, tho line
men found that It was wasting time
as the Irate farmer would cut them
OPENING SESSION ELECTS CHAMP CLARK AS SPEAKER AND
SWEARS IN ABOUT A HUNDRED NEW MEMBERS — TARIFF
MEASURE FORMALLY PLACED BEFORE THE HOUSE FOR CON
SIDERATION-PRESIDENT UNDECIDED WHETHER TO COX-
SIDER BILL SCHEDULE BY SCHEDULE OB AS A WHOLE —
MATTER TO BE DECIDED AT CAUCUS TONIGHT.
Washington, April 7.—The Sixty-, BELIEVED PRESIDENT IS IN
Third Congress began business at j FAVOR OF SINGLE BILL,
noon today, and Just as Speaker 1 (By Associated Press.)
Clark dropped tho gavel In the | Washington, April 7.—President
House, Majority Leader Underwood 'Wilson Is yet undecided whether tat
dropped his tariff revision bill into j tariff should^ be revised ^schedule by
the hopper.
schedule or in a single bill.
Seven Democratic Senators
Today’s proceedings in the House
were principally of organization, and • . . ,
about one hundred new members,
were sworn in.
The re-election of Speaker Clark
was then the first business.
Most of the Senators had been
sworn In on inauguration day.
young man In the Senate gal
lery tried to halt the recess of that
body by cries ot "Mr. Chairman
IT-
away with *.he impression that the
President favored a stogie bill. The
matter must be decided before the
Democratic caucus session tomorrow.
The tariff bill Introduced by Re
presentative Underwood today, pro
vides for the removal of all tariff
on meats, bread and other articles
!of food and clothing; broad reduc-
The man, who said he was George tions of the duties on all necessities
down as frst as they v/ere put in In. Clommens, of Monroe, N. C., said of life, with an increase of tariff on
the ground. Manager Gassett, of ho was "the herald of the Prince of
the telephone company, employed I Peace.”
Attorney Bryan of this city to file I Vice-President Marshall raped the
injunction proceedings agatost Mr. ' Senate to order and administered
Johnson, preventing him from in- tho oath to Senators-EIect Sherman,
terferring. At this time, Judge of Illinois, and Goff, of West Vir-
Stump, 3b.
J. W Blalock, lb 3
Saunders, cf. .5
Stevene, 2b. . . 5
Watson, c. . .4
Jones, p. . . .4
0
3
2 0 2
16
1 1
0 0
2 2
0 116
Thomas was holding court In At
lanta and Mr. Bryan went there,
preseated the telephone people’s side
of the case and Judge Thomas grant
ed the injunction. 'Armed with the
Injunction, the work of building the
line was resumed without Interfer
ence during the day. But the next
morning, when the linemen came
back, to go to work, the wires had
been cut and other damages sus
tained.
On these grounds, contempt
court proceedings have been pre
ferred against the Thomas county
man. The case against him will
likely be heard next Tuesday as su
perior court in this coutity will be
In session at that time.”—Moultrie
Observer.
TRUNK FACTORY
CHARTER HAS HEEX
FOR THE GEORGIA
APPLIED
NOVELTY
gtala.
Clark Re-Elected Speaker.
Champ Clark was re-elected today
as Speaker of the House, receiving
271 votes. Mann, of Illinois, Re
publican, received 111 votes, and
Murdock, of Kansas, Progressive,
received 18 votes.
Four Progressive Republicans of
Wisconsin voted for Ropresen^tlve
Cooper of Wisconsin, and Cooper
voted for Nelson, of Minnesota.
many luxuries; new tax on incomes
exceeding four thousand dollars a
year: sugar would be free of duty
In 1916, with an Immediate 2>o *D«r
cent, reduction: raw wool would be
free immediately, with correspond-
ingly heavy reductions on all woolel
goods.
At reciprocity clause empowers
the President to grant favors to aiy
nation, giving mutual favors to the
United States.
Normal rates would be maximum.
In the present law, the normal rate*
are minimum.
A concession of five per cent,
would be made on all tariff rates on
roods brought in American built
ships, owned by Americans.
FIRST GAME IN
BALKAN PEACE
LGOME
TIIOMASVILLK TEAM WILL FLAY ; WNE OF BOF ‘* DABY
GESTED AND WILL BE AGREED
UPON—OTHER MATTERS TO
BE ATTENDED TO BY COM-
FIRST CONTEST THIS AFTER-
NOON—.PLAY HERE WEDXKS. ;
DAL AND THURSDAY.
MISSION. -d" ’ :
Sofia, Bulgaria, April 5.—Th,
TOTAL.
ThoraoM-ille
Spence, 3b.. .. 5
Cooper, p, ss&c 1
McIntosh, ss&'P . 3
Pittman, c&ss.
.37 11 10 27 17
AB It H PO A E
Upchurch, rf.
Price, If. .
Smith, cf. .
entertainments given In the county! , , . . . Grantham, 2l>.
this year was that held at Oak HIP 8 8 ° r re dy credIt when necc '» sar y- Ansley. lb.
held j Saturday night, when the pupils wore These two proposals spell safety In
in 1915. Athens buttons have al- dismissed for the term. The reel- business and prosperity to the coun
ready appeared and are being worn: tatione, dialogues and songs wore try I regard them of ennnl im
by many or the delegates, while Am- all good and were heartily enjoyed " r , ' lT\h.
erlcue and Rome are hustling to!by a large number of people who |,ortanle '' l,h the tarlff -
keep the sentiment for the Classic 1 were present. The young folks nc-j "With the beginning of the pres-
Clty under control until the final | quitted themselves wonderfully ent administration, the outlook for
c ?J nes ln tlle convention. well and showed splendid training. ' - nartv and - mlntI . v
Mr. Marlin Won't Stand For Re- Professor Yates, who has been In " Party and country Is most aus-
election. t charce of the school, left today for 1,lclous ' Preeldent Wilson has Im-
Head Consul Marlin who is from Meigs, where he will take charge of a Pressed the nation with favor and
4 10 2 2
Dawson and Is a prominent attor- school' In that district.
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Welcome
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he grows dal'y ln public confidence.
The organization of the House and
Senate is, in my Judgment, im the
hands of the moBt Intelligent and
capable leadership 4n fifty yeai
Most especially is this true of the
House, where the most vital lcgls-
0 latlon must originate. As a Demo-
0 j cratlc majority, we are not under
0 : the leadership of inexperienced the
0 orlstp; on the contrary, our speaker
@ 1 and majority leader are two of the
0 most clear-seeing political generals
0 of the last 50 years. Upon
:««««««
them
0 much depends for parly success,
0 and ‘the country's good. Each pos
0,6esses every requisite qualification.
@! We may hope for and expect a ful-
>■3) I Ailment of reasonable public expec-
tatlon and a substantial carrying
— out 0[ , oag deferred reforms ln
8 « , • , j © legislation and administration.
® Uur store is headquarters. j “As to how long we may be in
@ @ session, there is no telling. It Is all
1 Make yourself right at home. f a f ue, \ The th0 “‘ htf “ 1 a ubU \ is
vp » o v# 0 not much concerned whether the
©11/ •!! it .• session be long or short; what they
f We will answer all questions regard= © [want and should realize. Is the con-
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ing our city, and be sure and make ©
\l your appointments with your friends 8
I here. §
I We extend you a hearty and cor- $
8 dial' invitation to spend your leisure |
| time at our store. |
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PHONES 105-106.
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slderation and enactment Into laws
of substantial, wise ’eglslation,
carrying with It the undoing of
Republican wrongs which now af
flict us.
“As to patronage, of course the
first consideration Is efficiency of
service. This is necessary In the
administration of public business
and private affairs. It seems to me,
however, that the least efficient
public service will result from put
ting a Democratic administration In
4 2 15 2
4 10 11
TOTAL.
Summary:
.34 7 4 27 16 10
Earned runs, Valdos.
ta 3, Thomasvllle 2: two-base hits,
Tho Thomasvllle baseball club. , _
Plays tho first game today ln A l- ( ,r0B ‘ ,w ‘ 8 for lr > the Balkans
TRUNK COMPANY — LOCALlbany with the Sally League Club of ‘ were considered bright today.
MEN INTERESTED IN THE EN- that city. Manager Dudley and his Although the Alllee. in their rt-
TERPRISE. crew of eleven left this morning for p|y t0 mediation suggestions of the
• ■— |the scene of action. This is tho »_ _ . . . .
- 1 first time the team lias been togeth- , Euro oean Powers, have demanded
Tho Georgia Novelty Trunk Com- ef. two of the players arriving ys-, numerous and radical changes la
pany is the name of a new corpora-, terday to begin worn. Tho showing the terms, the Powers replied today
® tion which is to be formed in this tiiat will be made cannot equal any I with concessions designed to bring
B |clty for the purpose of manufactur- mid-season exhibition or In fact nbont a prompt cessation of hostllt-
„Ang trunks. Tho stock of tho com- w “l aot ‘ ,<! anything like what the'
pan/ as named in the charter Is five team will do when the first of .May
thousand dollars, with tho privilege arrives. .As Manager Dudley says
of Increasing to fifty thousand. Tho h® w “' have to Introduce the pl»y-
incorporators Include Messrs. James j ers when ‘hey get on the train.
Watt, W. J. Upchurch, J. B. Joml- They play Iwo games in Albany
son. W. E. Beverly. Lee Neel and | on ® today and another tomorrow
W. A. Watt, of Thomasvllle, and I and come home for two games
Messrs. John V. Down and Rob-i 0, ‘e Wednesday and ene Thursday,
ert R. M. Rainey, bqth of Peters-; “ l» 'Possible that the grand staid
burg Virginia | iim ‘ bleachers will both he filled to
The trunk factory - as started as » capa - cl,>r «*■ ' h »»® <‘ a >» "hen th '
clim,.... U„ U.. result of the activities of the two
u„n y ,' , b r l‘alter gentlemen and their desire to
cal fans will get thn first eh a net
ball, Jone«, Cranford, Chlldroes;
wild pitches, McIntosh; passed balls, I^
get a location in this
ctiou
Cooper 4, McIntosh, Ansley,
Price, Smith, Cranford 2, J. W.
»on! OC \a«re 3 rt r ns, St o7 e yoneri;|* c,e " k ' J ' «■ CralBmlle8 «nn«* a ™
Cooper 5, McIntosh 1: sacrifice hits,
Cooper, McIntosh, Stump.
Time of game, two hours and
three minutes.
the teams togeth
The line-up in todays game is is
country for this Industry. They ! " p h‘y ss, 'mvrLtf 2 If. Wilkes • L
Page rf, Dudley c. Roon-
Orear pitchers.
Pittman 4. Cooper 1; left on bases. “T.: 4 Murphy ss
Valdosta 9, Thomasvllle 6; struck of r w“SartS, ! Jord «
. m n r> „ . , . assistance or Mr. \\. M. Parker,' ... „_.i n
out, by Jones 2. CooperS stolen has- L „ f tht , noard of Trad ’
retary of the Board of Trad
the stock was gotten up and incor
poration requested during the 'past
tlea. - *• ■’ j.* ; 4\ r J
! In a note presented to the Bul
garian Government today, the Pow
ers propose that the Thracian fron
tier be formed by a line drawn
from Midia, on the Black Sea, to
Enos, on the Aegean Sea. This
suggestion is practically in accord
ance with the demands made b J
Bulgaria.
The Powers also suggested that
all financial questions, such as In
demnity, be left to a decision of a
Technical Commission, which fa to
meet in Paris.
Umpire, Murphy.
TEXT BOOKS
TO BE RENTER
petitioner’s attorney
j charter application. It is under-
jstood that they wi’l rent a building]
jin the city and begin actual work in'
tho next 6ixty days.
Mr. Down ad Mr. Raley are both
experienced men to the trunk manu
facturing business, Mr. Down hav
ing been in the business for 27 years!
• and Mr. Rainey is an office man in j
the same business with some little
(experience. They leave this after
noon for Petersburg, to make final
arrangements for coming to Thom-
asville.
TO SCHOOL CHILDREN iVT A VERY
LOW HATE NEXT YEAR—NEW
SYSTEM ADOPTED — SCHOOL
CENSUS TO HE TAKEN
ONCE.
WILD AUTO CiOES INTO WATER .
FOUNTAIN: ONE MAN DEAD.
Busy Boys
and
Busier Mothers
'By Associated Press.)
Ll'ico’n. Neb., April 7.—Chauffeur
At John Miller waB killed, and two
I men and two women seriously hurt
when their ear ran Into Thompso.1
.fountain Iasi night.
(From Saturday's Daily) | -■ —
The Board of Education held its, irons of the
In a circular
regular monthly meeting last night letter some time within the next
at the East Side School. After the I three months. The rates to be
usual routine work, the committee
on text books, of which Mr. Coch
ran Is Chairman, reported A sched
ule of rental fees for books and all
school equipment for the next year
and unanimously recommended that
It be adopted. The finance commit
tee had also rono into It and was
unanimous In Its favor, believing
that It would save the parents a
the hand, of Republican admlnl.tra-! f' reat an,0UDt of ” oney and ln li8
tore.
long run prove beneficial In many
My Idea is to fill the offices
Democratic admlnl.tratlon, "‘f*' V“ ad °^ d and tb ° de '
_'.w r»„ aro t0 h® explained to the Pa-
from top to bottom, with Democrats
who aro both capable and ln »ym- ,ponaI b ||lty on our party; they
pathetic accord with the work to be'.hould be put In office, all alone the .
done and the pledge, to ho carried i ln . t0 ke ep the faith and perform'the censu. taken at
out. Democratic vote, put tho re- the public functions."
sfer •: /i'-L.'-.-'. WM’&L- ■
adopted for the primary grades are
$1.00 per half year, grammar grades
$2.."0 per half year and High School
$1.00 per half year, this to Include
books and all neceseary materials
used in school work.
The matter of a school census
was taken up and discussed at
some length. This census is taken
at the instance of the state and
upon It is based the echool fund for
the city during the next five years.
There were sixteen hundred at the
last census and the Board hopes
that a proportionately large Increase
will be shown at this time. The
President was authorized to have
the earliest >
time poaribto.
Are invited to this store, to see the
variety in patterns, the up-to-
dateness in styles and the
perfection in fabrics
shown here in our
stock of the
famous
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BLOUSE FOR BOYS
We can fit any boy, large or small
with the first blouse he tries on.
The price—half a dollar; or more,
if you wish.
Louis Steyerman
The Shop of Qualify
Un the Comer.