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WADE 8AHNS MM
l.iKlilniiiK Unused Fire ut Millpond
Plantation Saturday Afternoon,
Alntut One O'dwk,
Lightning struck the mule shed
and barns ot' Mr. J H Wade, two and
a half miles from town Saturday
about one o’clock. The en'.ire
structure was burned in a short
time. The lightning came duriig
the thunderstorm and before the
people on the place had a chance to
do anything the entire shed and barn
and the cow stalls nearby were
burning. By dint of hard werk, Mr.
Round and his men managed to get
the stock out of the buildings and to
save all of the equipment which was
failure to be so swo"ii may not be
Mjbj.it »o diverse comment by the
prosecuting counsel. He suggests
that carrying con ealed weapons be
made a felony, but subject to be re
duced to a misdemeanor by judges
or jury. He reejmmends the cre
ation of the office of state auditor.
II.- recommend that the appropria
tion bill be transmitted to the Gov
ernor ten days before the legislature
adjourns.
them with it.
Tiie castle cost live- hundred thou-1
sand dollars and had one himlre l|
•rooms. It has been uuoccupi-d l'orl
;some time.
stored in the place. Severa*. tons of
feed was destroyed, however.
The barns were located some dis
tance from the house, so there was
no danger to the main buildings. It
is thought that the loss will be ten
thousand dollars, and work will be
immediately begun to replace the
buildings.
EMI’EHOIl WILLIAM l»l IS
• >. k. o\ justice geij\Ki>
(By Associated Press.)
Berlin, June 3n.—The appoint
ment of Justice James W. Gerard, o
New Y’ork, as German Ambassado*.
is approved today by Emperor
William.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Carroll of Pen
sacola. are In the city and win
spend several days here as guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Carroll, on
Carroll Hill.
and Washes Better.
PRICE $7.50
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SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION
TUESDAY, JULY I, 101:1
THOMAS VILLE GEORGIA.
VOL. 1. No. 4
WITH HOUSE
HITCH GETS ISLATON TALKS
GOOD JOB TO LEGISLATURE
AT FROLIC
EXCITEMENT
SOUTH CAROLINA HOME BUHX>!«OKS TO WASHINGTON AS AN AFTER FORMAL INAUGl RATION j AND HAV KS TWO CHILDHKN WHO
El) TO GKOUM) AN1) INMATES; APPOINTEE IN THE LATIN- 1 GOVERNOR GIVES Ills VIEWS WERE IN DANGER OF IIEING
CHARRED HOMES FOUND —] AMERICAN AFFAIRS DEPART-' °- v VITAL QUESTIONS IN DROAVNFD AT l/OOMIS, W1S-
MVSTEltV SURROUNDS FIRE. MENT SPLENDID MESSAGE. (JONSIN.
MAN A' OL1) VETERANS FROM Columbia. S. C„ June 28.—'An en-| Washington, June 30.—Calvt"
BOTH SIDES SLEEP WHERE tire family of six persons were: M Hitch, of Atlanta, was today ai>-
TIIFV WERE AVOUNDED — burned to death at Lexington, S. C .. 1 pointed assistant chief of the Diris-
NVRSES IN THE RATTLE ARE during last night. me house was. | OI1 Latin-American Affairs,
ALSO PRESENT.
ween Little Mountain and Peak , serve ,| , n a s | lnl]ar ( . a ,, a( ,
Station, saw smoke arising from the ( , ra ) (; t . orR i a Governors.
woods. Upon investigation he found I
Gettysburg, Pa., June 30.—Thou
sands ot Veterans from the North
• and South are gathering here for
the great encampment, which is to
ho held in commemoration of tne
fiftieth anniversary of the battle o
tie A t mo b ng g t'he notables is Gen. Daniel 1 "<"/ "/>' smoldering ruins
Sickles, who. declining hotel nuar-1 ^“chafre^^acSE!
where 1 he °ost P a leg*" that famous , J ,is v/1 “* ' h od j 1 \ ea-her *0 ne° s* e'i-h"
, . i tor, a school teacher, one ann, ejgn-
Da * : teen years old. and two smaller
Ano'her striking figure is lien. , *
Felix H. Robertson, of Texas clad j ‘ 1 r *’ .
in the uniform of a Confederate i * he cause ot the fi re is a tn> s -
General, who also preferred a tent i t( *ry. Some of the neighbors <*us-
:o a room in the dormitory of the | i‘ C( t foul l ,la - v * "hlle others believe
Pennsylvania College. This is also!’l>* house was struck by lightning,
the attitude of Gen. A. J. West, of i Sheriff M. J. Miller and his depu-
Atlan’a. ties have boon summoned to inv»»s-
Col. Charles H. McConnell, of, tigate the affair.
Chicago, brought a tent to be head- j
quarters of the Iron Brigade and ,
Pettigrew’s North Carolina brigade. ‘
These two brigades once fought each
other, and the present re-union is;
especially interesting therefore. j
Among tlje arrivals today are Gov-1
ernor Clarke, of ' Iowa, Governor ,
Hanna, of North Dakota.
An «-ithiiBlastic welcome was glv-;
e:i the Virginia Confederate Veter--
a ns. Hundreds of men and women;
cheered ns.the grizzled Veterans re-j
jdied frotmthe train. i
Among those gathered here for
Atlanta, June 18.—Following the |
same course pursued by President
Woodrow Wilson, Governor John M.
Slaton appeared in person before
the Georgia House and Senate to
day and outlined his recommenda-
ruins. j Secretary to the Brussels legation. Hons and politics in an inaugural
A dispatch front Lexington to the 1 Mr >{ ite i 1 was appointed by Sec- address. His speech was a solemn
Daily Record here, states that a retar.v Bryan. He was private Sec- l** 88011 in economy, a presentation
milkman, going along the road be- |retar y to senator Bacon, and has I of Hie fact that Georgia's financial
- ’ ’ . tn sm - system must be reformed, coupled. today,
I . ..ill. .. iii.hIau A f ,1 < til II i t .. .« ...
found in ashes this morning, and tj le state Department, succeeding
j there were six charred bodies in the Fred M Deering, who is appointed
SIX MILLS FROM TOWN SATUR
DAY NIGHT—GUILTY PARTYi
AltItESTED AND BROUGHT TO I
THE CITY.
FEDERAL ARMY
IS DEFEATED
(with a series of definite suggestions 1 perienc
las to how these reforms should bo!
| brought about.
| After reviewing the manifold'
blessings that Georgia people enjoy j
in schools, highways, agricultural
j colleges, he says: ■
[ “In the enjoyment of all these
! benefits we have failed to bear in |
j mind that money must be paid, and j
j we have overlooked the fiinda#3n-l
| tal principals, the disregard of which;
[means financial dishonor, that ourj
Loomis, Wis., June 20.—A heroic.’ Bill Daniel, a negro livin
rescue was effected here yesterday miles from town, on the place of
by Mrs. Silvey Baucock, a widow, j Mr. J. R. Floyd, was shot and killed
When a bathing party got into deep! Saturday night by Cap Thomas, an-
water. the woman saved her daujh- other negro, living in that vicinity,
ter, Dallas, aged nine, a.id son. I It seems that the negroes had con-
George, age nine. Two young girls • gregated at the place of Frank
who were in the party, and who were Miner, for a frolic, of some sort, and
unable to swim, were drowned. (during the shank of the evening.
Mr3. Baucock is dangerously ill when things were at the height of
s a result of her ter-ible ex-j merriment, if so it may be called.
NEW BILLS
COLLEGE THUS!
IS A NEW PLAN
appropriations must not exceed our
Douglas. Ariz., June 28.—General. revenue. Whatever be the tempta-
Ojeda s. federal Army has been ( (| 0I1 j 0 the wise citizens to spend
scattered, the Huerta commander: niore than his income, he curbs his
is himstlf a fugitive, and the Rebel-1 desires and limits his expenditures
lions state Toons, vlctrious ill their j accorillnjly. A state which desires
j to niaiutuin its credit cannot
seven-days’ battle around Or’.in,
Atlai
spend-
and did 1 it-
the re-1: n ip n
acted as liarses during that great,
battle.
President to Make* Speech There*.
Washing'on, June :io.—President
Wilson w ,n visit Gettysburg July
Washington. June 2S.—Dr. I
Babcock, of the Inited States
reau of Education recommc’d.s
von women who an educational trust
June 2fi.—After
x pec ted to enter Guaymos today, j otherwise than observe the course ling yesterday in receiving a mass
J that town being the last Federal 0 f every honest man. 1 desire to! of new bills and clearing the decks
i foothold In sonora. 'impress upon you with all the force | for hard work, the Legislature took
I This iH the sub<*tance of a tele-j that a solemn duty commands, that! a temporary lull tod;
I gram from Governor Pesquiera, of j it is imperative for you to make a.i i tie except witness t!
Hermosillo, to a cousin here. 1 investigation into the financial con-[of Governor John M.
! On** thousand Yaquai Indians | dition of the state, to consider the ten to his address.
I have been sent i:i pursuit of the scat- t reasons occasioning the present sit-; Governor Slaton h
i l l! Federals, by (Jen. Obregon. j nation, and to take steps for the! of his intention of k
I Immediate correction of the evil, j touch with the asset
Daniel and Thomas got into an al
tercation or dispute about a guitar.
It is stated that Thomas cursed
Daniel severely and that Daniel
turned as if to walk away from him.
when Thomas pulled a thirty-eignt
Smith A: Wesson revolver ami pun -
Hired him in the neck. Two other
shots were tired, both entering tie-
side of the negro, who died ia a
shor* time. In the row. another
negro, Thompson, was shot la tfc*
arm, but is not severely wounded.
The Sheriff was notified at one**,
and went out and arrested Gao
Thomas and brought him to ail. Ib
is charged with murder. 'I he ne
gro Daniel is said to have heea .t
peaeab’e, industrious negro, and ua !
been in the employ of Mr. Floyd for
twenty years, and was regarded a-
one of the best negroes in fha* sec
tion.
MULHALL SAID A REGULAR LOB
BY WAS CONDUCTED BY MAN-
! UFACTUREHS AND THAT CON-
! GIIESSMEN HAVE BEEN IN
FLUENCED AND DEFEATED BY
; IT -
| Washington, June 30.—The sen-
1 national charges of Martin M. Mul-
hall, claiming to have been the gen
eral field lobbyist, for the National
association of manufacturers against
members of congress, will cause a
searching investigation by the sen
ate lobby probe of a select houte
■ committee.
Muihall alleged that representa
tives. senators, and high govern
ment officials bad U-en reached, and
influenced bv the said lobby, and
bad conduced jts operations in cap-
pol r<ioin and had paid its employ
es trier*- He also stated that lobby
took active hand in appointing com-
1 mittees, and entered into political
campaigns to defeat the <ongress-
nieu who we-« opposed to desired
legislations.
Sotiu: of 'he designated congress
men denotinciMl Mnlball as a liar.
Speaker Clark issued a statement
confirming the charge that the lob
by ba-l worked against him. while
other congressmen say they must
have ,i | otiso investigation, as they
jj, U f Famous Mexican Executed Today.
.j m *j Douglas, Ariz., June 2 8.— Col.
v 0 .-. Francisco F. Chiifpa, who was al-
; 1M1 . : ; nan a leader of Federal and
n ,. v . » Re:.* t fines i;j .Mexico, since the
„|.j x I beginning of the original iusurrec
'"ii n-a n-t I’orfirio Diaz, was exe
cuted by State troo; s near Guavnns
While we are increasing the apjirp-1 deliberations, and of
priations on the one hand, wo have' proper aid in the w<.
been* cot ting off the revenue on the. the state’s financial ;
other hand. By calling the at’.en-! Among the import:
t**nrio.i of the people to the causes ‘ ur( * s j., t rodm-eil >.• n.
financial deficit they will;
readily support you ;n a ly wise,
measure to remedy the difficulty. !
“The system is wrong. It is con--
trary t<» the theory of our govern-!
child labor bill of Sc
Anderson, and *i»«•
measure, incliidin r
Sena11 r Kea.
The Anderson bill
met with tlic a, j.rov;
planned. He has
speech which be
lay. Immcdiateh
thod of ( hot ks
the legislature
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