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THOMASVTLLE GEORGIA. FRIDAY, JUNE 0, 101.1.
MONDAY NIGHT
REPORTED FROM VARIOUS SEC- TOOK SOUP LAST NIGHT AND
TIONS OF THE COUNTY—00T-
TON AND WATERMELONS SAID
TO HAA’E SUFFERED AS RE'
SULT.
Reports from the Barwlck district
state that a heavy hall fell In that
section last night. In one strip,
shout four miles wide, the hall Is
said to have done serious damage to
cotton and watermelons, there being
fine crops of both. There Is noth
ing more destructive than hall and
when It comes In heavy quantities
It cuts tender vegetation, of en strip
ping off every leaf and , cutting
vines to nieces.
The clouds whlcn came up, here
late In the afternoon were very
threatening and were accompanied
by much lightning and thunder, but
no rain fell. It begins to look as If
the rainy season had set In and
there may be more than is wanted
before It stops.
Later reports received In Thom-
asvlllo are to the effect that the
path of the hall extended from the
County Line Bridge to Touralne and
Merrillville. The melon crop in
the affected districts la said to hare
been badly damaged, and young
melons, six Inches or longer were
split open by the hall stones.
THEN ATE HEARTY BREAK
FAST TODAY-UNUSUAL SYMP
TOMS OF MERCURY POISON
CASK.
CONLEY WANTS
TO SEE
Dr. J. B. Palmer, who Is attending
Mrs. King, who took three tablets
of bi-chlorlde of mercury Sunday
morning, says that today she dis
played unusual symptoms. Last
night she complained because she
was given 'nothing to eat and ac
cordingly she took a bowl of soup
and apparently enjoyed It. This
morning she demanded breakfast,
and ate two soft-boiled eggs, a piece
of toast and drank a cup of coffee,
retaining It and being better after
ward. Dr. Palmer also says that
the kidneys at
something most
sort of poison.
The lady says she Is going to |
live and apparently has no doubt ln|
the world but that she is speaking
the truth. She feels much better
today than at any time since the
day she took the dose and wants to
live very badly. The doctor, how
ever. says that her condition is
hopeless and that death can be ex
pected sometime before the end of
the week.
HEAD OF MERCER STE!*S OUT
DECAU.SK OF DISAGREEMENT
WITH TRUSTEES — PRUDEN
TIAL COMMITTEE ALSO RE
SIGNS.
CITY COURT
HAS KEEN ARRANGED FOR THE
session Which convenes
JUNE 10th—LARGE NUMBER
OF OASES TO BE DISPOSED OF.
Macon, June 4.—Dr. 3. Y. Jame
son, President of Mercer University,
and the members of the Prudential
Committee of that institution, re
signed their positions today.
The resignations were requested
last night by the board of trustees.
Today action is the climax of a
disagreement between Dr. Jame
son and the committee on one side,
and the Board of Trustees on the
other.
The friction was augmented by
Dr. Jameson's alleged action re-
orklng today, \garding the fraternity oragnlpatlons
sual in this in [he school.
BIG BAPTIST AAEETIN6
BIG LAND BEAL
THE MARTIN PLACE IN PATTEN
DISTRICT SOLD FOR TWENTY.
SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUN.
DREI) DOLLARS.
AT THE PANAMA tUNAL EXPO. FAMOUS TRAINER WHO WIN
TERED IN TIIOMASVILLE DIED
YESTERDAY—IMPROVED DUR
ING HIS STAY HERE, BUT
SITIO.Y—GREAT BRITAIN AND'
GERMANY HOLDING OFF YET. I
To lie Held by Campbell and Mercer
Association on the Twcnty-Sev.
enth of Juno, at Harwich.
EIGHT POUND AAELBN
By mutual agreement, a Joint
| union meeting of the Mercer Asso
ciation and the Campbell Associa-
j elation and the Campbell Association
jwlll bo held, Providence permitting,
! with the Barwick Baptist church,
jfor three days, beginning on Fri-
Sunday on
Charles Hancock brought to the,. ... ..
office today an eight-pound water-1 l ay before t e fl -
melon, which was raised on his place j June.
several miles from town. He has a I The subjects discussed will be the
splendid patch on route No. 2, and ! artlcleg 0 f faith of the Mercer Bap-
will have them ripe and ready for , A „ oc | a t ion
the market In 10 days, a few days' tlst A “° c| a llon -
later than last year.
Atlanta. June 3.—The negro
James Conley Is wild for permission
to confront Leo M. Frank with his
atory of the Mary Phagan murder.
Conley is informed of the fact
that Frank’s sympathizers and that
Frank himself have accused him
(Conley) of the crime, and tho ne
gro at every hour of the day begs
the detectives to arrange for
meeting between him and Frank
The Meigs Sunday School Picnic at
Miller's Springs.
The Sunday School nlcnic of
Meigs on the 4th ot June was a
great success and enjoyed by ail who
.attended, and that was a good per
cent of the citizens of the proud lit-
'■Boss, If you Jes' fix It so I can He town of Meigs. Uncle Atkinson,
eee him to h|g faco he will have
Mr. Hancock
always brings In splendid melons for
sale and the local merchants are
glad to secure them for their cus
tomers.
The following is the program:
Friday, June 27th.
10:00 A. M.—Devotional Exer
cises and organization.
11:00 A. M.—Introductory Ser
mon, by Rev. A. C. Stevenson: The
Article of Our Faith No. 1.
2:00 P. M.—Article No. 2, dla-
*.he 'Atkinson Mercantile Coni-
. „ .. ... ..... Pany was there and his presence
ts tell you then and there that what an( j j 0ve iy disposition added to the
I say is true. He can’t deny It," happy occasion,
said Conley to Chief Lnnford this George Durcn, wno Is always on
cussion opened by Rev. W. M. Har
ris.
3:00 P. M.—Article No. 4. Dis
cussion opened by Rev. D. H. Par
ker.
4:00 P. M.—Article No. 6. Dis
cussion opened by John M. Dekle.
Saturday, June 2Hth.
0:00 A. U.—Devotional
clses.
The next term of the City Court
of Thomasville will be convened In
regular session on the sixteenth day
of tho current month of June. Ths
criminal docket will be taken up in
the first instance, and all criminal
cases not reached on Monday will be
called and disposed of on Tuesday,
tbe seventeenth day of June, and.
thereafter the Civil cos’s assigned
to be tried will bo called In the or
der of their! assignment on the
trial calendar, a copy of which Is
printed below. Llkewlso, in this
Issue Is pubUshed a list of the
names of the Jurors who have bee*
drawn to serve at the June t6rm of
the court. J
The call of the Civil Appearanee
docket has yeen assigned for half
put eight o’clock A. M„ of Friday,
the twentieth day of June.
Tuesday, Juno 17th
» Mrs. Nettie Edwards vs. J. L.
j Roborts. Snodgrass and Uaclntyre
' for plaintiff; Titus for defendant.
G. W. Reagan vs. Standard Oil
Co., et. al. Luke for plaintiff; King,
Spalding ft .Underwood and Titus
for defendants.
Mrs. J. A. -Mitchell vs. E. C. Mil
ligan. W. J. Hammond for plaintiff;
Luke & Moore for defendant.
Duren Trading Company to.
A. Pilcher. Luke for plaintiff; T.
N. Hopkins for defendant.
Thomasyllla Marble Company vs.
A. C. L. R. -R. Co. Mitchell for
plaintiff. 'Merrill and Bennett ft
Branch for defendant.
It. A. Weldon Vs. A. C. L. R. It.
Co. Mitchell for plaintiff; Merrill
and Bennett & Branch for defen
dant.
S. D. McRae vs. S. J. McRae.
Mitchell for plaintiff; Luke & Moore
and Hansell for defondant.
Pippins vs. B. F. Megahes;
Titus for plaintiff; Mitchell for de
fendant. <
Crapps Hwd. Co., vs B. F. Mega-
heo; Moore fr plaintiff; Mitchell for
defendant.
Carlton SJuppiy co.. vs. J. W. Al-
lums; Cralgmiles and Mattox for
plaintiff; Titus for defendant.
J. J. Coppagc vs. O. W. Braddy
and D. L. Rainey; Ledford for
Plaintiff; J. H. Pate for. defendant
Rainey.
Km. S. Hadden vs. Cnerokee
Sawmill Company; Shipp ft Kline
for plaintiff; Luke for defendant,
it. K. McLendon vs. Balcom &
I Klcketson. Luke ft Moore for
E xer 'j plaintiff; Mitchell for defendant.
Vnldosta Investment Company vs.
mornlbg. the look-out for the good things, 9,30 A. M.—Article No. 7. DIs- Balcom & Rlcketsor,. Titus
The detectives are as anxious as-° «« saw the cloud rising and al- , u „ Rev . j M Rush-‘ 1 ’ uke & Moore (or de, - n '
. . , .... . though a little in advance of the ,
the negro to bring about the meet-. usua , hour for - cfrcshmcnt ,, gaV e In
ins. It cannot bo done without the j the alarm and demanded a display) 10:30 A. M.—Article No. 8.
permission of Attorney Rosser who of baskets, and soon upon a long cussion opened by Rev. J. B
will be'the leading figure in the ’ winding spread of nice linens wasl good
|mosf^bountlfuf o^onTof good! A ’
“If Mr. Rosser is absolutely sure things that ever adorned a picnic|J. A. Wynne, D. D., on article £ho. o.
that Frank Is innocent, I should table, and Mr. Duren’s advice prov-
think he would welqome the oppor- ? d ,0 be ‘ ln,el y’ ,or J UI * “» ‘- ho , ta
hie was cleared away, the rain be-
tunlty to have Frank and the negro
gan to fall and then—well, there
confront each other," Chief Lan- was two tents on the ground and
ford Is quoted as saying. a few automobiles and with the as-
Up to this moment, however, all slstance of a box car on Mr. Mll-
, . ler’s sand track, all were pretty
efforts to obtain permission for such we „ mitered.
a meeting have failed. I ONE WHO WAS THERE.
TALCUM
dant.
4 W. H. Foxworth vs. Thomasville
Dis-motel Company; Mitchell for plain-
AIM- tiff; Titus for defendant.
G. C. McKinnon vs. Thomas Wil
liams and A-anie Williams. Craig-
miles for plaintiff; Mitchell for de
fendants.
2:00 P. M.—Article No. 9. Dis- Chattanooga Medicine Company
it salon opened by Rev. B. D. Rags- vs. w - «. Crow; Dekle for plaintiff;
. * Mitchell for defendant.
tlaie ‘ . k Leon Holes vs. T. G. Floyd;
3:00 P.M. Article No. 10. Dis- » Snodgrass & MacIntyre for plaintiff.
cussion opened by Rev. Moses Ward.} Mitchell for defendant.
The Martin place, located
miles north of Boston, ani
eleven miles from Thomasville, In
the Patten district, has been sold.
The place contains eleven hundred
and fifty acres, six hundred of which
is in timber, calculated to contain
about five million feet of lumber.
The sale was made by the owners,
Messrs. J. T. Culpepper, J. A. Chas
tain and S. Steyerman. The pur
chase price paid was $27,50C.
This is one of the most desira
ble places In the county and was
purchased a year or more ago, as
an investment by the .gentlemen,
who sold it this week.
The purchasers are Messrs. It. It.
Rogers, of South Carolina, and J*
T. McQueen, of Americus. These
gentlemen propose to cut tho tim-
off the property and farm It.
The place is remarkably well adapt
ed to farming and as soon as the
land now la timber is cut off, which
will take three years or more, it
will be put under cultivation. The
new owners will move hero a :wl |
will bring with them others
will settle on tho property.
-Twenty-four I
eepted Invl-j
LATEIt HAI) RELAPSE.
. Washington, June 4.-
seven governments have accepted invl-j Philadelphia, June 5.—Michael
about tatlons to participate in the Panama C. Murphy, famous as a developer
Exposition, whb h is to be held at athletes, died shortly after three
~ , . : o'clock yesterday afternoon. Death
.ai ranclsco in 1 la. j was due to a complication of dli-
Fifteon nations have failed to j „ age8 Never a robust man, “Mike“
make a conclusive response. Ger- Murphy had been practically dying
many awaits the developments ro-!f° r fifteen years. About
garding the tariff bill and England
ight years ago he was at death’s
.door ,but he pulled through and was
awaits Ps response to learn as to j ater a fcj e to render great service In
»pa< i
hosen calling.
I Murphy was born in Natick,
! Mass., in I 860, and early in life be-
jeamo prominent as a trainer of ath-
TELLS A TALE
who
SUN SHONE LONG IN MAY
He had charge of the Ameri
can team’ at three Olympic meete,
the last being the victorious team of
last year.
Many of the best college athletes
in America have been d°veloped by
Murphy. To his wonderful knowl
edge of the conditioning of men was
due his selection as trainer In charge
of three foreign invasions, all of
which turned out successful.
At Yale in 1887.
Murphy became physical director
CHAIN OF EVIDENCE AGAINST; of Yale In 1887 ard since then had
HIM, been considered the greatest coach
of track men and trainer of men In
- ■ other branches of sport that America
Xl *,has ever ksown. Later he came to
he University of Pennsylvania, then
wilt back to Yale, but returned
WHICH THE SOLICITOR THINKS
ADDS MATERIALLY TO THE
Atlanta, June 5.—With th
fldavp. of the negro cook in Leo. M.
Frank’s home, the Solicitor Gener
al’s office believe# It has completed;. „ . , oa - . . ,
the chain or clrcumstanstial evl-l!Y' re ,n ,905 ’ 3nrt h3s been at tbe
denco against the young Hebrew
POWDER
We have S00 can* of B’orated
Talcum powder regular
Sc cans that we are
closing out
at
2 Boxes for 5c
While they last we will sell
them at the above price.
They wont sell long
at this price.
Peacock=Mash
Drug Company,
PHONES 105-106.
C. W. Cooper Company vs. Whid-
don & Truitt. Snodgrass & Mac
Intyre for plaintiff. Mitchell for de
fendant Wliiddon.
Thomasville Marble Company vs.
Atkinson & Lamb, Receivers. Mitch
ell for plaintiff. Msrrlll for defen
dants.
T. S. Copeland vs. G. A. Wilson.
Luke &. Moore for plaintiff. T. N.
Hopkins for defendant.
T. R. Jones vs. J. W. L. Yates.
Luke and Titus for plaintiff; Mitch
ell for defendant.
Columbus Iron Works vs. Thom
asville Re Company. Luke for
plaintiff; Merrill and Titus for de
fendant.
M. & F. Bank for the uss of Mil
ligan vs. Joseph Jones; Mitchell for
plaintiff; T. N. Hopkins for defen
dant.
James McKinnon vs. A. C. L. R.
R. Company; 3nodgrass & MacIn
tyre for plaintiff; Merrill and Ben
nett & Branch for defendant.
Thomasville Iron Works vs. A. C.
L. R. R. Company; Luke & Moore
for plaintiff; Morrill and Bennett &
Branch for defendant.
Cooper, Devane ot Company, vs.
“ j P. L. Folsom, defendant; L. M.
Thomasville District Will Hold j Adams & Company, p, M. Adams
Meeting, Beginning June Ninth, land Rank of Pavo, Garnishees;
Branch & Snow for plaintiff Titus
4:00 P. M.—Article No. 11. Dis
cussion opened by Rev. W. F.
Moore.
Sunday, June 20th.
9:30 A. M—Devotional Exercises.
10:00 A. M.—Article No. 12.
Discussion opened by J. G. Mc
Call, L. L. D.
11:00 A. M.—Sermon on Article
No. 3, by Rev. Robert 11. Harris,
D. D.
The churches of both Associations
are urgently requested to send a
full delegation to this important
meeting, and the public is cordially
invited to attend.
T. A. WHITE, of the Camp
bell Association;
W. T. GAULDEN, of the Mer
cer Association,
Committee on Program.
CONFERENCE AT PAVO
tenth, eleventh Plelntlff,i T. N. Hopkins for de
fendant. *
Va.-Carolina Chemical Company
Branch & Snow
The District Conference of the! for defendant.
Thomasville District, of the Metho-1 A. J. McKinnon vs. MacIntyre and
dizt Church, Wl 11 take place next j
week at l’avo. Tho openlnf? ser- lntyrc for defendants.
-non will be preached on the ninth Henry Jones vs. Andrew Wsl-
of June and the meeting will ron- la'-e: Snodirass ft MacIntyre for
tinue through the
and twelfth of the month. Some of
the eminent preachers of tho church ! va . E. D. Cannon
will he present on that occasion, and for plaintiff,
strong and eloquent sermons will bo' Wednesday, June IKth.
t., P roQlt „ ha , Spencer Everltt vs. Primus Ilar-
"card. Rev. Ed. F. Cook Is to ho Snodgrass ft Ma< Intyre for
nrerent and will preach. I.plaintiff; Mitchell for defendant.
Tbe heads of various departments! R. R. Gardner ft Company vs.
of church work will have the re- Arthur Williams; Titus for plain-
Ports ready and interesting talk,,‘'^^'^umbe^Com^ny“vs. F.
of the work will bo made. Tho,^ shore Planing Mill Co.; Titus
meeting will be attended by large for plaintiff; Luke ft Moore for de-
d ’legations from every church In fendsnt.
the district and will be la charge of “• B ™ w “’ 0oTern , or ’ L -
Rev. , M. Outler, Presiding Elder P>1 *’ E ’ E ’ Vlllk< ‘» * nd M - •~’ llltf8;
of the District,
Seventy-Five Per Cent, of Possible—
Other Interesting Weather Rec
ords of I/oral Station.
Ninety-eight was the highest tern
perature (registered last month by
the U .3. Weather Bureau Station
here. It was on the last day of the
month. The lowest was fifty-two
on the fifth. The highest during
the month In the past eight years
was 99, the lowest forty-one. The
normal for the month was 74 and
the mean 73.
The total precipitation for the
month was 2.87, the greatest rain
in one day being .95 inches oh the
17th. No snowfall was registered.
The normal rain for this month is
4.01.
The prevailing direction of the
wind was from the Southeast, the
total movement 3,434 miles and the
average velocity 4.6. It blew hard
est rn the 17th, from the Southwest
when twenty-five miles per hour was
registered.
There were fourteen clear days,
eleven party cloudy and sir cloudy.
Thunderstorms were registered o:i
the 6, 8, 9, 12. 11, 17, 19, 22 and
31st. The total sunshine was 317.3
or « percentage of seventy-five per
cest.
DR. L. G. GRAHAM BEAD
Former Senator From This District
Died at t’niro lai>*t Niglil—Fun
eral Held Tliih Afternoon.
Friends throughout this section of
Georgia will regret to b*arn of the
death of l)r. L. C. Graham, which
occurred at one o'clock last night at
his home in (’airo.
The news comes as a complete
surprise to the pimple in tB^s county
who did not know that ho was III.
The interment took place this after
noon near Reno, south of Cairo, in
the family burying ground.
I)r. Graham was well known in
this section of South Georgia, and
^specially beloved In his home
county, whore he practiced dentis
try. He f rej resented the Seventh
Senatorial district in the State Sen
ate for two years Just passed and
his work there is a distinct credit
to him.
business man who is accused of the
murder of Mary Phagan.
Th© substance of the affidavit. It
it can be believed, means that Frank
confessed the murder to his wlf",
then got drunk and talked about
getting a pistol and shooting him
self.
University of Pennsylvania ever
since. Murphy was classed .os the
dean of American tralneTs. He
never had a team finish worse than
third in the Intercollegiate track
competition, and for five years
straight he won the championship
for Pennsylvania.
Before he was 24 years old he be-
The negro woman, Minola Mc-I rame tho tra5ner f° r J^hn L. Sul-
KnUht, says she did not say aay-l llvan - Aft<,r one y cnr wlth tbe
thing sooner because tho Franks had ! Murphy conceived the Idet
been very kind to her. |«f finding a man able to defeat Sul-
Part of the evidence gays:
“Sunday Miss Luclle (Frank’s
wife) said to Mrs. Sellg (Frank’s
mother-in-law) that Mr. Frank did
not sleep so good Saturday night.
She said he was drunk and would
not let her sleep with him, and she
said she slept on the floor, on the
rug by the bed. Miss Lucll« said
Sunday that Mr. Frank told her
Saturday night that he was in trou-
llvan. He searched for a year
through the wilds of Canada, and
the lumber camps of the great
northwest, but he failed to And the
roan.
Mr. Murphy W«s Here.
Mr. Murphy spent several months
In Thomasville last winter and Im
proved greatly during his stay. H*
left the city feeling much better.
r.fi
***** fliht-ha didh’L-KfiPW- the reaeon | ifjth the expectation 0 f coming
whv ha WOitlH miirHpt* »»n,1 no rnlit t , , 7^ - - '•-j-
back next winter, and prdbloly^^
training school during the
early sp-ing for the athletes of the
Eastern colleges.
His friends throughout this sec
tion will be very sorry indeed to
learn his death.
why he would murder, and he 1 oM'j" 1
his wife to get his pistol and let him ’^1".
kill limsellf. I heard Miss Luclle
say that to Mrs. Sellg. It got away i
1th Mrs. Sellg mighty had. Sh-M
didn’t know what to think. I have
not heard Miss Luclle say whether
she believed it or not.’’
S. I0Y BROWNED
AT SULLIVANS ISLEi
IN WASHINGTON
(By Associated 1’rcs.s.)
Charleston, S. C., June 5.—It Is
reported here this morning tha*.
Charles Ashley, a youn{ lawyer, of
Aiken, was drowned late y-Mterdny
afternoon, at Sullivan's Inland, la
sigh', of friends unable to assist
him. His body has not yet been
found.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington. June 5.—A hospital
romum-e culminated here last night
In the marriage of Edward G. Pert-
ner. a wealthy club-man and busi
ness man, and Miss Anna F. Mon-
etire, a nurse, who nttended Pertner
In tho hospital during his recent Ill
ness.
Mct’rrtnie Succumbs to Death.
Adel, June 5.—-Charlie McCranle,
the young whlto man who had a
scantling hurled through his body
at Philip’s mill, near Adel, on the
16th of May, died last night. j
Ills fight for life was remarkable,
as it seemed almost impossible that !
he coul-J have lived any length of
time. There was a small leak In his!
intestines and a second operation |
was performed last Thursday after-1
noon. The operation was stccessful'
and ho revived from the anaesthetl .
but In his weakened condition he
was unable to bold out longer. The
case has attracted much attention
throughout this part of the state.
DISSOLUTION DECREE OF
STANDARD OIL NO GOOD.
Continued on page 9
Washington, June r>.—Attorney;
General McReynolds said today that j
he regards the Standard Oil disso
lution decree Inadequate to meet
the Intent of the Sherman a .tl-trust
law. I
His objections to tne d°cree are.
that a Aal dissolution ot the “rust i
cannot be aeeomplkbed by a dlstrl-1
button of the stock pro rata among
ths shareholder*.
ho«v
Igood our
H=rt Schtffner
A Marx
suits are at $25, you
wouldn’t wonder that
wi say a good deal
abyut them. Many a
man who can well af
ford to pay $25 still
submits to
'-ritntlng delays.
Free-eat disappointments.
Higher cost of made-to-
measure
when in half an hour
he can get better
clothes, ready-fabrics,
fashion and fit.
We have some cloth
es to sell as low as $18
and $20; as high as
$35 and $40.
LOUIS STEYERKMK.
Copyright Hul Scbsffner A Mm
Tbe Shop of QoaUty
On the Corner.