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THOMASVILLE GEORGIA. FRIDAY MAY 23, 101.1.
IMPS ME ME SMITH
EFIM GOUHGIE HER! SEHIDUSMUUTTER
IMUKillAM ARRANGED FOIl THE, FIVE HUNDRED STORM KANSAS CHARGED WITH IXSI'lilloRDINA
TION AND DISRESPECT BY
HERMAN REXXETT—CASE WAS
DISMISSED,
GRADUATING EXERCISES AT
THAT TIME—CAPTAIN MILLER
DELIVERS ADDRESS—RAOOAL.
AUREATE SERMON SUNDAY
EVENING.
CITY JAIL FOE VENGEANCE
ON MAN WHO KILLED HIS
WIFE AND DAUGHTER.
Kansas City, May 22.—A mob of
five hundred negroes, armed with
clubs, today surrounded the Flora
Eve police station here, howling for
the death of Wesley Robinson, a
negro, who, the police say, conlessed
and
The rrogram for the commence
ment exercises of ‘.he Thomasville
Public Schools has been arrangod
and is announced today. The com
mencement sermon will be preached Inst night to slaying his wife
at eight o'clock Sunday evening May I laughter with a hatchet.
25th. at the First Baptist Church, j The police hustled Robinson Into
by Rev. W. M. Harris. The grad- an tiitomohile and took him to the
uating class will attend In a bolv. police station.
Friday, May 30th, at X o’clock, a.-
Young's College Auditorium, the
graduating exercises will take place. ^
At that time, Supt. A. G. Miller, of j
HUFF CASE COMPLETED
Waycross will make an
<o the class and diplomas
delivered. The members of the class
appearing on the program were se
lected by a class vote and without
any reference to honor .graduates,
except the Valedictory, which is to
be delivered by the first honor grad
uate. No flowers or presents will bo
allowed on the stags at that time.
The program Is as follows:
Invocation—Rev. 3. L. McCarty.
Class History—Mr. T. L. Spence,
Jr.
Class Poem—Miss Gladys Stana- 3
land.
Chorus, "Summer Fancies."
Class Prophecy—Miss Rlssah
Zangwill.
Class Will—Miss Eleanor How-
til.
Chorus, "In May Time.”
Valedictory, Mr. Finlayson Mays.
Address to Graduates—Supt. A. G.
Miller, of Waycross.
Presentation of Diplomas—-Presi
dent Board of Elucatlon.
Benediction—Rev. J. B, Johnstone.
The colors of the class are blue
and white and the motto, “Per
angusta ad augus'.a," and the class
officers are T. L. Spence, Jr., Presi
dent, Esther Knight, Vice-President.
Maggie Mays, Secretary, and Theo.
Titus, Jr., Treasurer.
address J Macon, Ga., May 22.—Col. W. A.
dll ne Huff, who has been on trial heft.re
the Federal Court here, charged
with contempt for a letter which he
wrote Judge Emory Speer, offered
no defense.
After argument by the attorneys.
Judge Grubb announced that he
would render his decision next week.
State Prison Commission Favors Kill
to be Introduced at the Next
Legislature Giving Judges
Extra Power.
Atlanta, May 22.—The bill giving
all criminal court judges in Georgia
legal authority to suspend sentence,
and giving the right where they
deem it wise to appoint probation
officers, which lacked only 13 votes
of becoming a law list year, will be
re-introduced this June in the legis
lature, and it Is believed It will pass
by a substantial majority.
The measure has .he sanction of
the Prison Association of Georgia,
and the changes wmcu it provides
for have been endorsed by practi
cally all the superior court judges
in the State. The object of the bill
Is, of course, to eliminate initial in
justice in Georgia’s penal system by
investigating the case of the individ
ual offender at the time he comes
up for trial.
It is contended that no matter how
upright the judges and officials may
be, a certain proportion of injustice
is bound to creep in, due to tne
present system under which people
accused of a crime, or misdemeanor,
.particularly minor offenders
hurried through the courts to the
chalngang.
The section of the bill which
lates to the appointment of proba
tion officers has reference to tne
probation of adults, and will in no
way afreet the laws already of force
with relation to the handling of de
linquent and wayward children.
Necessary safeguards are contain
ed in the measure. For Instance, no
person convicted of a crime, the
maximum penalty cf which Is more
than ten years’ imprisonment, shall
have the right to benefit by the act.
Under this law, it shall be duties of
th.e county probation officer to In
vestigate the case of any person
about to be brought before the
court, to ascertain the history and
previous conduct of the person ar
rested, and such other facts as may
show whether he cr she may be
properly and safely released on pro
bation under the provisions of this
act. The measure has been given
the careful consideration of judges,
solicitors and criminal court law-
jers throughout this state. They ar**
practically unanimous in commend
ing It.
(From Tuesday’s Daily.)
The City Fatneis met lu6t night
and stayed in session for something
ovei an hour. An ordinance mak
ing it a penal offense for a hack-
man to solicit business or wait upon
the trade, while in an intoxicated
condition, was passed, becoming a
law. The matter of repairs to a
certain old building just off Jackson
street, in the fire district, was dis
cussed and the matter referred to
the fire committee for action.
A’derman Bennett then asked for
an investigation into the actions of
Policeman Nazworth, charging him
with insurbordinatlon and disre
spect to an alderman. The charges
arose out of the effort of Alderman (
Dennett to get him to drive some 1
cows to the pound, which he leu,
PKOTKC’T PATIENT AND
VENT CONTAGION, SAYS
GEORGIA STATE llo *
Hini/rn.
PRE-
THE
Atlanta, Ga., May 20.—The dan
ger in mumps, or what Is known to
medical science as epidemic parot
itis, is not so much in the disease
itself as in the complications which
are liable to attend it. For this
reason It is important that the pa
tient be carefully protected against
possible complications, and also that
precautions be taken against spread
ing the contagion, 3ays the Georgia
State Hoard of Health.
The cause of mumps liaa never
been definitely determined. Like
the majority of the disease of child
hood, it Is amng the mysteries of
medicine. But it is a well establish
ed fact that the disease Is contag
iou8 and can be transmitted from
one person to another.
While infants and adults are
TO BE STARTED FROM TIIOM-1
ASVILI.E WITHIN A MONTH !
SAYS REPOHT—ENGINEERS AT
WORK NEAR METCALFE. f
It Is confidently reported about ^
town that the work on the Tampa
extension of the Coast Lino from
Thomasville to Perry will begin
within a month. This report is cir-
ulated in view of the operations of!.
an engineering corps of the Coast
Alderman Bennett with the intention | rarcly attaoked by mump5 _ they bave
of doing, but which he didn’t
according to hla story. Mr. Naz-
v.orth was present and made his
statement and so did Mr. Bennett,
und Council, after hearing both
sides, moved to dismiss the charges.
It has been charged on the streets
that Mr. Nazworth had refused to
drive cows under a-ny consideration
and this question was settled last
night when at the question of Mr.
McDougahl, the Mayor said that Mr.
Nazworth’s first duty was to the.
it, and care should be taken
avoid the contagion. The greatest
period of liability to the disease is
from four to fifteen years of age.
Mumps is one of tne oldest of
known diseases. It was accurately
described by Hippocralee, the n'i-
clent Greek physician who noted
the suppuration of the parotid gland,
and the secondary inflammation of
the other organs was even known
to him. It does not appear to be
limited by climate, though the col
der season in the temperate zone Is
s:*nitary or Health Department, but more favorable to it, and it is noted
after that, or when not busy wph | that P. is more frequent in prolonged
the sanitary duties, he was on as a i ( ‘°^ nn ^ we * weather,
regular policeman and should per-J H°' v *I ,e < ontnglon Is Spread,
form every duty of that office. I It has l)een demon3trated that the
Old Maps. . contagion may be carried in various
Captain John Triplett has donated l ways. A person may contract
to the city several valuable old maps! mum P 8 directly exposed to
... 'one haviner the disease: IndlreeHv hv
of the city which are now hung in
C HAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE
TO LOOK INTO WEST VIRGINIA
TROUBLES — SUB-COMMITTEE
WILL INQUIRE INTO THE MAT
TER.
Washington, May 21.—C.iairman
Hoke Smith called the Senate Com
mittee on Education and Labor to
gether today to consider the Kern
resolution to direct an investigation
of conditions in West Virginia coal
fields.
With tho resolution was an amend-j Mne which is surveying cuts and fills
ment introduced by Senator Works, | bet ween Metcalfe and Thomasville.
>to direct the Inquiry into the work-J starting at Metcalfe this week and
ing conditions which brought about working toward Thomasville.
the recent strike there. It is believed that the construction
Senator Kern has been assured I of the lino will begin within a
that a favorable report will be made, jmonth and that the contractors who
with recommendation that a sub- ^
committee, composed of Senators
Borah, Swanson and Shields con
duct the investigation. j
The report will be brought before,
the Senate tomorrow.
Finally the commiU.ee authorized
a sub-committee of five to draft a
mew resolution directing an inquiry
by the full committee on Education!
and Labor, with a sub-committee to
E
BEING GUILT GOING TO ESCAPE
extension of the coast line 'by the wholesale from
KENTUCKY PRISON WHEN LA.
DIES DROUGHT FLAGS—PLOl
FRUSTRATED.
Frankfort, Ky., May 22.—Plans
for a wholesale delivery of prison
ers from the State penitentiary her*
on Flower Day, June 9th, were frus
trated yesterday by Warden Welle,
who got confessions of the plot from
leaders and removed them to
Eddlveill prison.
The conviHs planned to attack
the guar Is during the march to the
dining hall and shield themselves
behind the women who would be dis
tributing flowers to the convicts.
have been buIUlng toward
have about completed the work, ho i
ns to b« able to send a lar^e gangj
of about two hundred noiroes to
this end to start actual work The j
phosphate mimes, about Dumllon are- 1
idle now and it is reported that the J
contractors got two hundred i«lle
negroes to work for them. j bobs up to prove it.
It is reported that the new Il ia I Yesterday afternoon, Lawyer Bur-
v.ilt tourh bull! Metcalfe and Mon-|t° n Smith mopped up the couaty
BUBION SMITH BAS FIGHT
Atlanta, May 21.—Despite all her
skyscrapers and citified ways, At
lanta is still Marthasvllle at heart,
and every on*e in a while some
heerful country cross-roads incident
take testimony In West Virginia.
Senator Kenyon said the resolu
tion will enable the committee to
make inquiry into working condi
tions at the time of the strike, tl.e
extent of the military operations,
the cohrt martial’s workings, and
the condition of the miners.
the council chamber. These maps
are the oldest In the city and show
the original laying out of the town
and the changes made up to tbs
present time. This |s another of the
many thoughtful acts of Captain
Triplett and one that will
the city.
PHIZES FOH PHHEIff IIISIIS
one having the disease; indirectly by
coming Lito contact with a third
person who has been exposed to It,
or by receiving the infection from
some article that has been used or
handled by the patient having the
disease. The danger~of contagiof
Is not so great as in the eruptive
fevers, such as small-pox, scarlet
be re-! fever * measles, and the like, nor Is
eelved with thanks and pleasure hy “ r^H^Zr"'" "" Ch
•Nevertheless, there occur occas
ionally serious and sometimes very
painful complications such as
sloughing of the parotid glands,
painful swelling of the other glands
followed often by an atrophy or
shriveling of these organs. Besides
C Uniformity
of Excellence
18 a distinct characteristic ot Nunnally’s
candy. The last piece in the box is as good
as the first, and the bottom layer possesses
those same qualities of purity and delicious*
ness as does the top.
<£The question always is which piece to eat
first. All are so tempting, it is hard to
decide.
Peazock-Mash Drug Co.
Interest Taken in the County Schools lhe3e complications mumps has been
<U a Result of Visit hy Parents . ™ n r"A slons ' ""‘ nin :
.... . _ „ 1 Pl.H, Inflammation of th*. jo.nts and
Is Wonderful bays I rofesnor j pancreas, deafness, facial paralysis,
SeaKy. ! Bright’s disease, and in very occas
ional cases, loss of memory.
About the first of January, the Because of these possible compll-
County School Superintendent, Prof, j cations It Is well to avoid exposure
J. S. Searcy, sent out circular letters j 1° the disease as far as possible
to various schools of Thomas County | ( hlhlren ni ** m I )s should not
, .i„ ... . °nly he taken from school, but
stating that prizes would be award- 8holl , (| ho lso lated. and the same
ed each of two school districts show-’ precautions should be taken as i:i
ing the highest percentage of visits’the case of other eo.Vagious dis
hy patrons to the school during the!™ lSf *‘ , While the thorough disln*
. . . .... , i lection ot soiled bed and body cloth-
time between January 1,1th, ant! j ln<> iII> IlldillK handkerchiefs and
April 13th, ,lt was slated that tne clothes used Tor the collection of j
prizes would each be to the value ot j discharges from the nose and mouth
$10.00 worth of globes or wall maps, j I* regarded as important in pre-
The contest was open only to K '' r " u<l ° r ,1,H conta **
. , ,, . . ... ion, fumigation of the room fol-
cshools outside of Incorporated towns l0WlnK re * overy „ r th(! „ atl(il „ ls
or vil’ajes, and a number of rules not regarded as essential,
an I specifications were given. J The Symptoms of Mumps.
These prizes were won by Peb- J
In an attack of mumps loss ot
adlvity is noted, accompanie I by
pallor and lassitude; the* child may
become irritable and complain of
Icello, the line from here to Met
calfe being entirely separate from
the present road, the necessary
grades and (ills being carefully, plan
ted and surveyed in the work of the
engineers ».ow operating. The line
j from Metcalfe to Monticello will be
; rebuilt, but It w ill not differ mater-
! ially in its course from the present
Wickersham Made Sensational j route. The extension will then b«
Charges Before Committee. I made from Monticello to Berry,
Washington, May 21.—-Delegate I where It will strike the main lin«,
completing the extension down the
west coast.
This extension will carry the bulk
of the business which goes from the
west to Tampa and other west coast
points. The road is to be built to
stand the heaviest traffic and will be
ould have given the j as fl Jlo u piece of track as th® Coast
Line owns in Florida, when ©ora
pleted.
Wickersham, of Alaska, startled Mie
members of the Senate Territories
Committee oday by declaring that
Senator Chamberlain, who is now a
member of the Territories commit
tee, had inadvertantly been tho au
thor of a bill in a previous con-
gicss, which w
Guggenhelms absolute control of
Cordova Harbor and the entrance to
the Berring coal fields.
Mr. Wickersham said he killed
the bill In the Hsuse, after |t had
been passed by the Senate.
Senator Chamberlain made no re
ply to WIekersham’s statement.
COW THIEF IS CAUGHT
BAINS HAVE DONE GOOD
Crops Look Better Than Was E*
fieeted a Few Weeks Ago, and
Farmers are Beginning to
Hope For lluniper
Yields.
ble Hill School, near Ochlo«knee,
and Law School, east of Meigs. The
commiMee deciding the matter was
composed of Profs. J. G. Garrison,
Coolidge, T. (’. McKibben, Oehlock-
nee and J. T. Holland, Metcalfe,
whose schools, being in incorporated
towns, could not compete.
Quite a number of schools enter
ed the contest, some recording high
earache which >
the swelling of <
(In a bilateral i
come swollen.)
op, mildly at first,
times as high as 104.
temperatures have been noted. Tho
swelling becomes conspicuous from
the ear down; th skin, pale, glisten-
From reports gathered from alt
parts of the county, the rains of the
past ten days have been general.
The crops arc looking better than
was expected fifteen days ago, a*!cl
the farmers are beginning to believe
this year is going to be one of the
best that the country has known.
The rains for six or seven days
have been heavy south of Thomas
ville and last week one heavy rain
and a few* drizzles that soak the
ear’ll better than the heavy show.rs
have also been visited upon the
prosperous and splendid farms in
the northern part of the county.
It is expected that, despite the
weather signals every day, “Proba
bly showers tonight or tomor-o.v,”
that tl*o moisture will not be too
great during the month of June to
affect the crops. Watermelons wont
be as plentiful as last year, hut
going some- [
Even higher those who have patches expect a|
Mose Robinson, a cow thief. wa«
I caught red-handed yetserday by tho
j police. The negro cames from just
(across the Florida line, near Micco-
sukee, with a cow and sold the ani-
• mal to Mr. Vann. # A 'phone mes
sage came here a short time later,
'stating that a cow had been stolen.'
jand to look out for the thief. The)
man had walked all ’lie distan «
with the animal. j
The police got busy and with their!
descriptions of the cow and the sup- 1
fosed thief, soon located the ani-'
inal and the man and the one was'
sent back to Its owner and the o’her
put in charge of the state.
cour* house corridors with five men,
thrashing them in succession, and
tumbling the whole bunch to the
floor with black eyes and bloody
noses.
The row* started because C. W,
Walton, of Buck head, who in as big
as Burton Smith, objected to the
latter's conversing with a woman
witness in the Crawford will case.
Mr. Smith knocked him down, and
when Walton’s friends Intervened he
lul l them out. too.
It was all fair fighting with bare
fists, and It so tickled Atlanta's lat
ent rural risibilities that today the
village is grinning and talking about
nothing else.
ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY HERE
O. W. Stucky. of Valdosta, Will
0|H a ii a Branch Office in Thom-
asvMIe *\l»out The First of
June.
1 horn a
Stuckey, of Valdosta
rangenients to open an
itruetlon business In
within the next fifteen
days. Mr. Stuckey has had a very
prosperous business in Valdosta and
has done some of the largest jobs
in this section of the State i*n the
; ast six months. The local branch
Mil be !oca***d in the small store
next to Mr. C. (’. Carroll's, on Jack-
i-o:i stre t. and will be opened about
the first )f June. Mr. W. R. Harris
of Val lo-ta, will have charge of the
Thomasville office.
ill no followed l>>
• lie side of the face
♦.tack both sides be-
Fever may devel-1
percentages. Among these were Mo-Jjng, and tense; the tongue, coate 1.
Graw school, tau.?ht by Mr W. G. iChewing becomes a painful process:*
West, and Barnett's Creek,' pregld- , " fflr,lUy 1:1 ,or ,„ the J nou JL h
i .. , ,,,, , | may cause bad smelling breach,
ed over by Miss Lillie ocarrett. j Nausea and vomiting are often not-
Of the w’innlng schools Pebble e d. * . . -
Hill, is presided over by Mr. C. E. The time which elapses between
Duggar, who, by the way, bear* exposure and development of the
„ „ lf # . , . t. i disease probably averages a little,
distinction of having been washe 1 aiopi , than tvvo weekBi Contagion i,s
over Tallulah Falls, coming out j possible during the entire course of
without a scratch, and Miss Mamie j tho attack and also several days af-
Sasser, daughter of Mr. Charles * or swelling of the parotid
Sasser near »Irs. | gland, has dlsapkeared. The pa-
T . jm [tient should be isolated, therefore.
The uthor^gjnner, Law School, f or three weeks after the beginnin
was taught by Misses Edna Brooks of the symptoms or for ten days
and Nadine Wall, both of Ochlock-}after the swelling has subsided
nee. They will again teach that. There are two parotid glands, on,-
. . on either side cf the «\»ee, just in
scn001 * I fron* of and extending slightly be
lt is piesing to note the Improve- low the ear. Both of these glands
ments that have been made, not | are usually involved, the patient
only In these two winners, but In alli^ av i 1 !* w*hat is sometimes cailel
.. . , . . double mumps, or mumps cr both
the schools where patrons we« 1 9(d „ Thc ', wcl „ ng ‘ uaua „ y a ,
regular visitors. Grounds have been |ts height by the end of the third
fenced, stumps removed, new* desks
have been bought for 8om«, and
other Improvements have been going
Best of all, teachers, especially
of the winning schools, have been
re-elected, the patrons leclaring that
they have the best schools in the
county.
good yield. Cane Is doing nicely and
corn and cotton are In fine shape in
most every field in the county.
CITY COURT CASES
Foar cases were disposed of in
the City Court this week by Judge
Hammond, and all go to the gan 4 for
various offenses, having been found
guilty.
Dave Wright, simple larceny got
three months.
W. T. Hollerman, for a misde
meanor, goes to the state farm for
period of four months.
George Williams, vagrancy, five
months and Lee Austin, same offen
se, six months.
day. It may extend down Into the
tissues of the neck. After remain
ing stationary for two or three days,
the swelling gradually disappears.
In an attack of mumps the pa
tient should be isolated and a phy
sician called. Applications of warm
oil are used with good effect. The
> mouth should be kept clea'n with
the physician. The patient shou’d
be kept on a liquid diet and the
bowels should be kept open. While
It Is not necessary that the milder
rases should be confined to bed, it
is important that they remain in
doors, during the course of the lls-
ease and avoid taking cold, which
might lead to complications. If
there la fever, it is better that the
some antiseptic fluid prescribed by patient should rost hi bed.
l^NOW just
how your
clothes are go
ing to fit you
before you pay
your money.
Be perfectly
satisfied the
day you buy
and all the rest
of the days.
-right Han Schaffaer & Mar*
Hart Schaffner &
Marx guarantee gives you satisfac
tion all the way through.
Louis Steyerman,
The Homo of Hart. Schaffner A Marx