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mrnrnmm B, TUESDAY, JUL1 Why Wait? ,vT” ! ?5 r,3 a rakatn Rose and Violet Perfumed Borated Talcum jjPowder, in one pound cans. Put-up especially for us. 15c per can. PEACOCK-MASH DRUG COMPANY Phones 105-106 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 Louis Steyerman, The Shop of Quality On the Corner. Gfore's T« \ in Taste! out W H) Mfficial Organ V I Thomas County Send in Your Subscription NOW. / 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 ! ? *'M> I b UIUU JiV nr N