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THOMASVILLE GEORGIA. I'lfOAV, June 27, 191:1.
inns U. S. NEEDS
I,
AXMAL MESSAGE OF STATE’S
CHIEF EXKCTT1VE READ AT
OFEXIXG OF GENERAL ASSEM-
111,V THIS MOKXTXG—HEGIS-
TBATIOX LAWS, FARM CREDIT
SYSTEM, INHERITANCE TAX,
AND OOMITLSORV ulRUITKA-
TION MWS, AMONG SUIUEOTS
DISCT’SSED IN MESSAGE.
Atlanta, Georgia, June 23.—
A caustic arraignment of Labor
u lions, with charges that they form
' the most widespread and aggres
sively exact’ng trust in America," is
contained in the farewell message
of Governor Joseph M. Brown, to
t’lp Georgia Legislature.
The Governor's criticism Is made'
ia connec’io with his recomnienda
HIT THERE IS NOT EXOLGH
.MONEY AVAILABLE WITH
WHICH TO PI RCHASE THEM
FOR THE ARMY.
TO
BE
M.IYOII M'KK HAS ORDERED ALL
POLICEMEN TO III-: OX GUARD
AXD TAKE IX ALL SPEED
VIOLATORS IX TOWN’.
Autolsts, attention: —
Mayor Luke announced this morn*
ing that he was going to strictly
enforce the ordinance of the city
against speeding ana reckless driv-
lle says that the drivers who
commissioner of public highways be
established and that it be filled with
an experienced civil engineer.
“I recommend that you establish
tlie office of State auditor, with
such clerical force as is found need-
* ful.
Better Interest Kates For Farmers.
tion for the enactment of a law for! "* "ecommend the appointment of
compulsory arbitration of labor dls-J a committee for the purpose
putes. He declares that the Geor-
Washington, Jtine 24.—The Un
ited states 'Army is now short one
thousand horses. The War Depart
ment has expended the one hundred
thousand dollars, given by Congress
last March, and while $175,000 will
d>e available July 1, at the present | turn the corner of the main streets
prices not enough horses can bejof the town, at least those which
had to meet the urgent needs of the are paved at a rate of speed ex
ceeding six miles per hour, will be
summoned to appear before the Po
lice Court and will be fined. He
said that the twelve-mile per hour
speed law in the main section of the
city would be rigidly enforced and
gia Railway and Augusta Street
Railway strikes last fall were mani
festly “indefensible and condemna-
Me and the strikers placed them
selves in a state of open rebellion
to the Georgia laws.”
Governor Brown declared that the
Lubor unions were levying a toll
upon all other elements of our citi
zenship, “having organized a trust
and demand all others to purchase
labor at whatever price ttyey de
mand, using method* whi- h assume
an anarchistic nature.
General Text of The Governor's
Message.
Atlanta, June 25.—In a message
that was heard today with profound
attention 'by the general assembly.
STREET WAX
AFTER THAT DAY IT WILL RE
FOUR DOLLARS AXD THE
MAYOR WILL ASSESS FIXE IX
ADD1TIOX.
Street tax must be paid by Mon
day afternoon, June 30th,
o'clock. This ultimatum has been
issued by Mayor Luke to those who
have carelessly neglected this mat
er and are preparing to forget it
mtlrely. There are others who are
areless ami really forget .o pay In
time. They must refresh their
memories or the Mayor will put a
fine to them. He can assess a fine
of from one to twenty dollars and
force them to pay foij* dollars, In
addition.
Up to this afternoon, only three
that he has ordered all policemen hundred and forty-live had paid the
of securing and placing before our
I people the most available plan of
securing for our farmers at the low
est rates of interest such money as
they may need for the conduct of
their affairs.
“In the enlightened view of lead
ing publicists and economists of our
time, no reason exists why inheri
tance should not be subject to taxa
tion.
“I suggest that the co-operative
relations between the State Univer-
isty, the State College of Agricul
ture and the district schools be
made closer than they have hereto
fore been.
Prompt Pay For Teachers Urged.
“I urge the necessity for taking
such steps as will enable , the execu
te office to make prompt monthly
to be on guard and to make cases.
When they are brought before him
he proposes to fine them.
Mayor Luke has been lenient for
some time with the drivers and
many of them have begun to re
spect the traffic ordinance. There
are others who do not and the Mayor
has had some complaints, both per
sonally given and annonymously in
the past few weeks and he has de
termined to take strict cognizance
of every violation and summon the
offerer to appear In rourt.
because it outlined a big program of payments on the appropriations to
the public schools. I urge yur hon
orable bodies to exercise great dis
cretion and care in the matter of
improvements and reforms in Geor
gia's laws, Governor Joseph M.
Brown urged the legislature to
amend the registration laws; to ere- appropriating the peoples’ money.’
ate a commissioner of public high- Referring to the lawless demon
ways; to establish the office of State j strations against negroes i:i For-
aUdltor; to appoint a committee toisyth, Dawson, Cobb and other coun
draw up a farm credit system; to j ties, he says in part:
render Georgia’s tax system more i “I am reliably Informed that a
effective; to provide an inheritanceJnumber of farms in Forsyth county
tax; to economize in appropriations; j have been practically abandoned this
MAKING TALK
TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO MR.
INI) MRS. WILSON WERE .MAR
RIED AT AXON HOME IN HA.
YA.NXAH.
STRONG PRICES
TWO lll'XDRED AXD TWENTY-,
FI YE DOLLY RS FOR FIRST
CAR—ONE HUNDRED AXD
SIXTY DOLLARS YESTERDAY.
three dollars. Fifteen hundred and
fifty summons have been issued in
the city. Ten hundred and fifty-
eight were paid last year, showing
that hardly a third of those who
have to pay have come across. Mon-J
day afternoon at six o’clock is the
last minute.
Washington. June 2 4.—Today is
p twenty-eighth anniversary of
the wedding of President and Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson. No formal cele
bration will be held in that connee- was
tion today, however.
Their marriage was solemnized
June -4, 18S5, in the home of Mrs.
Wilson's grandfather. Rev. I. 3.
Axon, who was at that time pastor
of the Independent Presbyterian
church, at Savannah, Ga.
Rev. Mr. Axon officiated at the
ceremony, and he was assisted by
Rev. J. It. Wilson, the President’s
father.
JUDGE SPEER
BEATS GIRL
Watermelons are being shipped as
rapidly as they can be loaded. The
prices are higher than they have
been in years. The first car, which
id in the Meigs district,
brought two hundred and twenty-
five dollars, and several since that
time have* sold for two hundred dol
lars. Tin* price, however, ling drop
ped since then and yesterday the
melons were quoted at one hundred
and sixty dollars per car and every!
man who could was loading them)
a.id selling.
Mr. Leonard, wno heads o:ie of t he j
biggest buyers of t*i© crop, arrived j
in the city today and will start his|
work. He has many men
under him and usually tnak
asville headquarters each year. I Policcm
f There are also a number of ctherlliiat he w
I buyers in the city and the hotel", t shop, over
I freight sta’ions, telephone and tele-J hors who
graph office are all busy as a re-|H» found i
suit. The season will net the grow-jing from
|ers more than in several years de-, profusely.
•I T CH AIN A ROUT HER NECK,
III'XL HER TO MEAT HOOK
AND APPLIED THE LASH —
NEIGHBORS CALLED POLICE
MEN—MAX LA YE XO EXCUSE.
Augusta. June 24.—Charges that
le fastened a chain around the
.ork of his fiftee.i-year-old daugh-
er. Nellie, suspended her by a
bain from a meat hook in his
mteher shop and then beat her with
he butt of a buggy whip until blood
owed from wounds on her shoul-
er and body, were made against
J. Johnson, who was arraigned in
[ecorderg court today.
On motion of the defendant's at-
irkingl torney. the hearing was continued
rhorn-1 l, n , ll Friday.
in R. M. Moore stated
as called to Johnson's
tiie telephone, by neigh-
heard tlie girl's screams,
be girl chained and hang-
til** meat-hook, bleeding
while her fa’-her, with a
FRENCH DEPUTY STARTING FOR
THE PLATFORM FAINTED AXD
DIED AFTER SHORT TIME —
OYERWORK CAUSED IT.
to revise the penal laws; to establish
compulsory arbitration, and to up
hold the power of the militia.
The course of his message. Gov
ernor Brown says:
„ Registration Laws Too Dmstlc. •
“The requirement that registra
tion books shull be closed six
months in advance of regular elec
tions is more drastic than that in
any other state In the Union. Un
der the present law, upwards of
20,000 white voters in KuP.on coun-^ commission from five members
ty alone are deprived of the right tc three. j....
“Inasmuch as our penal laws have. across,
undergone little change during the! runsw
last half century, it might be timely
tor you to make inquiry looking to
amendm.ents necessitated by chang-
Paris, June 25.—‘A decarmic
scene was caused in the Chamber of
Deputies today when Deputy Ed
ward Aynard, while going to the
platform to deliver a epeech, faint
ed and died shortly afterwards.
The doctors who were called In
immediately after the attack, attri
bute Deputy’s Aynard’s death to
heart failure, caused by overwork.
year for lack of labor, which has
fled before these threats. The
Stale cannot tolerate such a condi
tion of affairs. I recommend the
enactment of a statute that will
meet the situation above indicated J ————■
and punish all who would impair the j STANDING OF CLVBS IN TIIK
powers of honest labor.
Three Instead of Five Railroad
Commissioners.
“I recommend the reduction of
the membership of the railroad
BASEBALL RESULTS
EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE
Valdosta. .
Cordele. .
to iTHOMASVIl.
Won.
. 29
jE.
1 Amerlcus.
vote, and the total number through-
ought the state exceeds 75,000.
The continuance of the law as now
framed will bring reproach upon the
state.
.413
.409
.383
"I rarommend that the offlee of ed conditions and modern deve*°P'
For the
Bath
Rose and Violet^Perfumed
Borated Talcum [Powder,
in one pound cans. Put up
especially for us.
15c per can.
PEACOCK-MASH DRUG COMPANY
Phones 105-106
Monday’s Results,
Thomasville 7, Americas 5.
Cordele 8, Way cross 2.
Valdosta 8, Brunswick *’».
Tuesday’s Lame*.
Thomasville 9, Americas 0.
Cordele 7, Waycross 0.
Valdosta 5, Brunswick 2.
Wednesday’s Lamse.
Thomasville 1. Americus 3.
Valdosta 4. Bru.iswick 1„
Cordele 1. Waycross u.
SHOOTING OF PROMINENT CITI
ZEN IIY ENGINEER CAUSES
SERIOUS TROUBLE—MAX WAS
TAKEN TO APALACHICOLA IX
BOAT.
Carrabelle, Fla., Juno 24.—J. C.
Hagan, an engineer, last night kill
ed Jos. C. Saunders, an officer In
the local military company, who was
also an alderman and prominent In
several fraternal organizations.
To prevent a possible lynching,
the sherifT rushed Hagan in a launch
to Apalachicola, for safe-keeping.
PIGEON FLEW
FROM _ .
OX THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE IN IOWA AXD
WAS PKOIIAIILY INSPIRED IIY
TIIE INVESTIGATION OF IIIM.
Macon. (5a., June 2(1.—-Federal
Judge Emory Speer’s attack, at
Sioux City, in a speech before tlie
Iowa Bar Association, upon Attor
ney-General McRoynolds and tlie
Department of Justice, is believed
to have been actuated by tiio In
vestigation now being maie Into
the Federal Court here, over Ahlch
Judge Speer presides.
For the last three weeks,
agent of the Department of Justice
and several examiners, have been
here investigating Judge Speer’s of
ficial action, by attending the court
sessions, r..aking notes, and Inter-
iewing attorneys and litigants.
spite the
smaller.
fact that the acreage
LRU.
is whip in his hand.
| nearby,
| Johnson
}**d and wa
j i lioriti. s.
{ Ins daught
vas standing
k’as immediately arrest-
refused hall by the au-
ihnson said he whipped
because he couldn’t
j control he
ments.”
Condemns fitrlk, .
Governor Brown reviews the harm
that has come to the public from
strikes and tie-ups, and declares that
a compulsory arbitration law is ne
cessary. “Summing up the status
iff the strike by employes on the
public service corporations, we can
not fail to know that there are more
than two parties to such strikes.
There is a third party, the public,
which is subject io unmerited and
unnecessary Inconvenience and loss,
and above all others the fourth
party, the state, whose constitution
the strikers have ignored and whose
laws they have trampled under
foot. The executive office has not
made this Issue. The 3tate of
Georgia has not made It. The labor
union has openly and recklessly
thrown down the gauntlet. The
state, therefore, cannot shrink from
her duty to her constitution and
her people.” Governor Brown offers
compulsory arblTation as the solu
tion.
The message upholds the dignity
and usefulness of the state militia.
"The present law prescribing the
manner of tisln^ the militia of the
state, was passed unanimously by
the Senate and almost unaimously
by the House. We must assume
that it is the Judgment or a vast
majority that the military must be
used as a military when emergency
demands.”
TO SMALL TOWN IX PEXXSYL-
VANIA. A DISTANCE OF FORTY
TWO HUNDRED MILES.
FORTY.EIGHT DAYS.
Jeannette, Pa., June 25.—A rec
ord flight for a homer pigeon was
reported here today by a local fan
cier. Last April he shipped “Sunny
Jim.” an 1 two other racing pigeons
to a Rio de Janiero, Brazil, fan-
< ier who liberated them there May
8. “Sunny Jim” arrived here yes*
terday, after a 4 8-eight days’ flight
The distance was about forty-twl
hundred miles, nearly half of it be
ing over water.
STEM SUIT BASE
FOUND IN ATLANTA
X. A. Lanford the Chi**f of De
tectives of Atlanta and prominent
in the state because of his recent
controversy with Felder and Wood
ward and the dictagraph business,
found the suit case which was lost
by Mr. Clifton Steyermnn last week.
He wrote Mr. L. Steyermnn, stat
ing that two of the force of detec
tives. Messrs. Doyai and Waggoner,
had found tlie suit case in posses
sion of a police character named
Blackman, and had taken charge of
it. As son as the letter was re
ceived, Mr. 3teyerman notified his
son, who was In Athens, and he im
mediately went to Atlanta and
claimed It.
T
TIKE WITH
Washington, June 21.-(President
Wilson Intends to take no toration
while Congress Is in session. He
will take hie family to Cornish, -V
H., Friday, but will return the fol
lowing Monday.
President Wilson says he will
probably take the heat and he ex
pects ■ long session, with currency
legislation as the obpect.
OP MEL
Melss. Ga.. June 21.—(Special.)-—
43.200 worth of watermelons and
cantaloupes were loaded for ship
ment at Meig»* and vicinity yester
day and today, and there will be
about thirty car loads more of wa
termelons and cantaloupes, amount
ing to about $d,0oit. Everything is
in a rush and the season well on.
Corn and cotton are both looking
good in this “neck o’ tlie wootr*.”
PA’NTER ORGANS IN SCRAP
liisuruihe Company, Family and tlie
Coroner All Want tlie Viscera
Of tlie Heavily-Insured
Floridiu r
Baliimoie. June 21. - <’oro:ie
Abbott, of Jacksonville, and for
mer Judge A. I*. Stewart, of De-
Land, Fla., who is a personal
representative of »he family of K. O
Painter, the fertilizer manufacturer
who met death by drowning in tli
St. Johns river, arrived here today
to participate in a three-cornered
legal contest for Painter'* viscera.
Tin* *hlid party in the contest is
the United States Fidelity and
Guaranty Company, which Issued
$20 ( Oiio accident policy to Painter a
short time before his death. The
bonding com; any will ask the court
to place the viscera in the hands of
a receiver. Tlie coroner will de
mand the viscera, while Judge Stew
art will demand that the organs be
turned over to the family.
Painter had more than one mil
lion dollars life insurance.
NEAR ALIIAXY FOR THE PUR
POSE OF BRINGING FARMERS
INTO THIS SECTION FROM THE
WEST.
HOKE SMITH NOT
IN FRANK CASE
Groundless Report as Usual Frol
Atlanta—Negro Again Being
Put Thru Third Degree.
Savannah, Ga., June 25.—Tlie
Central of Georgia Railway today
announced that it had purchased
threo thousand acres of farming
land, near Albany. This tract will
be cut into stfiall farms and offered
to Western settlers.
It was announced also that a
mail part of the tract will he re
served for a test farm, which the
railroad company will establish
there.
rao PUGILIST
IT
Chicago. June 2d.—Jack Johnson
ill serve Ills term of one year and
day in the Federal Prison at
Leavenworth. Instead of In the
Joliet State Penitentiary, if the Un
ited States Circuit Court of Appeals
nd the United States Supreme
Court sustains tlie verdict or guilty'_
dotation of the Mann White so vlpulated yesterday, at the
Slave Act, Federal Judge Carpenter quest of Johnson’s attorneys.
Atlanta, June 2d.—The negro Jim
Conley lias been put back on the
| rack by the detectives. They are
using tii** Third degree on nim again
with the ho|>e of getting additional
information relating to (he murder
of Mary Phagan.
Although Conley has not been
Milked to about the case by any
body for more than a week, he still
sticks to exactly the same story, in
minute detail, that he told when he
re-enacted the tragedy at the peaell
company factory In the presence of
detectives and newspaper men.
Cross questioning has not been
able to shake from him the declar
ation that Frank committed the
murder, and then get him (Conley)
to \n rit*• the notes and help carry
the body of the girl into the cellar.
Rumors that Senator Hoke Smith
had been retained as associate
nsej for the Frank defense seem
have been an absolutely ground*
fabrication.
re-
Among the Masons attending the
big picnic. ji\en bv the Masons of
Coolldx*. yesterday were Messrs.
Pringle. A. S. Vann, E. P
Clay. A. Bennett. I). C. Montgomery,
C. T. Gandy an-. V. R. Pittman. Dr
Robert II. Harris delivered an ad
dress on Masonic principles which
was greatly enjoyed
YOUNG NEW YORK GIRL GONE;
PARENTS I’EAR KIDNAPPED.
New York. June 26—The par
ents of Miss Helen McCarthy, age
sixteen, fear she has been kidnap
ped. The girl went on an errand
for her mother Tuesday morning,
l and hasn’t been s?en since.
Palm Beach
Suits.
=FOR MEN=
Looks Like Linen
and Washes Better.
PRICE $7.50
Louis Steyerman,
The Shop of Quality
On: the Corner.