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************ Official Organ Thomas County ************ SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION Why Wait? Send in Your Subscription NOW. VOL. 1. No. 50. THOMABVttLE GEORGIA. FRIDAY, JIXY 11, 101.1. 1 IU)M REUiRADK, ACtXIRDING TO LATE DESPATCHES — MOKE FIGHTING EXPECTED IN TIIE BALKANS BEFORE MANY HOURS. BATTLESHIP KEEL OF THE NEWEST ADDITION TO UNCLE SAMS NAVY HAS BEEN LAID—WILL BE LARG EST IN YHE WORLD. Vienna July 9.—After repulsing the small Servian forces, the Bul garians have penetrated to Vranyis, the War Commissariat station of the Servian army. A news dispatch from Sofia, Bulgaria, is authority for this statement. Tho Bulgarians are now advanc ing along the Monrava river, and if this report is correct, the Bulgarians | thousand tons, have cut off a huge body of Servian ‘ Th „ warshlp he , l!C huadred ! feet long, with a ninety-seven foot jbeani, and a draught of twenty- ' eight feet, ten inches. •New York, July S.—Preparations were begun at the Brooklyn Navy Yard today for the laying of the keel of the latest United States bat tleship, which has been tempofarl’y named "Number Thlrty-Nme.” This ship, when completed, will cost sixteen million dollars, and will be the largest warship afloat, having a displacement of over thirty-one troops from Belgrade. E TAX $79,110,00 00 ■ ™ 0.8. WOULD STRIKE! FINE SESSION OVER PRESIDENT!MANY DEMANDS TOE LOBBY RESULT OF STRIKE VOTK MAI>K PUBLIC TODAY, SHOWS THAT 04 PER CKXT. OF TRAINMEN WOULD WALK OUT. New York, July S.—Ninety-four per cent, of the members of the Or der of Railroad Conductors, and the Brotherhood of Railroad Train men, in nearly seventy-seven thou sand participating in the strike vote in their wage dispute with the Eastern railroad, favor a strike. The figures were announced this morning at a joint meeting of Un ion Representatives and railroad managers. The Erie Railroad announced that it had withdrawn from the pro ceedings, because It wouldn’t meet any advance which might result, This move practically invites a strike on that road. Washington, July 8.—Chairman Simmons of the Senate Finance Committee received this morning from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, on estimate of the money to be derived from the income tax as revised by the Democratic Sen- ate and caucus. The House estimate wns seventy million dollars, while rhe Senate estimate was about sixty- nine million yearly. For this year, two months will be lose, cutting the revenue to fifty-eight million dol lars. FOOLED ROBBERS Pasalc, N. J., July 8.—Having been robbed of one hundred and fifty dol lars a year ago, Ben. Goldberg ard Julius Verban, business partners, have since carried a quantity of bo gus money, ready to fool highway. Yesterday two masked men held ■ip their wagon and took ten thou sand dollars in bogus bills. The robbers then fled, leaving over one hundred dollars in real money be-| hind. | OXK OF THE BEST OF UNCLE SAM’S FLYING MEN IS KILLED —MAKES TEN DEATHS FROM AVIATION MANEUVERS. SHELL PASSED iSLATON GETS GEORGIAN IN AND BIG SHELL WAS IIEAIU) ABOARD THE MAYFLOWER. WITH WILSON ABOARD. Washington, July 8.—While the officers of the President yacht, "The Mayflower,’’ and, the officials of the Navy Department, are reticent con- eming the incident, it is believed that an investigation of a near acci dent, when a shell from tho Indian Head, Md., proving grounds, re- CON V E NT ION OF SECOND DIS TRICT ADJOURNED THIS MORNING — OFFICERS ELECT ED FOR COMING YEAR—SYL VESTER GETS NEXT MEET ING. The Second District Masonic Con vention was formally closed this morning, at nine thirty, after the usual business had been completed. The work yesterday afternoon aud last night was witnessed by three hundred Masons and in the evening I ported to have narrowly missed the Grand Master Glover, of Florida, was | ship last week, while President in the city and attended the meet-i Wilson was aboard, will bo ordered, ing. He was accorded a warm and It was declared today that the hearty welcome by the convention, shell itself passed over the May- The work in the Third Degree was flower at a safe height. The danger exemplified by a selected team. was caught by the dislodgement This morning, all of the business t from the shell of a rotating band, of the Convention was disposed of, whi< h fell close to the vessel. The the session opening at seven thirty, shell shrieked so loud that the May- in order to allow all delegates who j flower crew rushed to the deck to desired to catch the trains home., learn the trouble. The President The officers selected are as follows: 'was sitting with I)r. Grayson on the S. L. Hays, Hartsfleld, Worshipful deck, and so far as is known, Presl- 1*110VINO GROUNDS CARELESS,) FOR PARDONS—HIS OFFICE IS INTERESTED IN COTTON, HE WAS MESSED UP IN SUGAR LOBBY — MANY WERE ANX IOUS TO INFLUENCE CON GRESSMEN. DELUGED WITH ANY NUMBER WHO WANT FREEDOM FOR THEIR LOVED ONES OR FRIENDS. i Havana. July 8.—Gen. Armando Riva, Chief of the Cuban National Police, who was wounded in a pistol fight yesterday, was still alive this morning, but the attending physi cians say he can’t live. Bail was refused Gen. Ernesto -- Asbert, Governor of Havana prov-j Houston, Tex., July 8.—Lieuten- ince. Senator Vidal Morales and Re-! ant I*>ren H. Call, of the United j presentatlve Arias, who were ar-jStates Aviation Corps, was killed rested for participating in the fight-(this morning when his aeroplane ing following a raid by Gen. Riva on. collapsed -north of Texas City, the Asbert Club, where many mem-j Lieut. Call had started on a flight bars were arrested for gambling. * from the aviation field to the Sec- Gen. 'Asbert says he didn’t fire ond Army Division mobilUat oa a shot, but that Representative Ar-! cam P* ias fired once when he was assault- The accident occurred several ed by Gen. Riva. j miles from the troop camp, and the However, many witnesses say officers have gone to investigate the that three men who are now in Jail, affair. The first information was fired many shots during the course that the machine was completely Master. S. L. Knowles, Cuthbert, District complained of the Incident Deputy Grand Master. j return. R. A. Hudson, Jakin, Senior War-' den. E. R. Jerger, Thomasville, Junior Warden. I. F. Brimberry, Albany, Secre tary and Treasurer. J. E. Hall, Albany, Senior Dea- on. J. A. Rauch, Dawson, Junior Dea- Atlanta, July 9.—Governor John M. Slaton is being literally deluged with petitions for pardon. Scores of them come in with every* mail. Some prisoners are actln? through attorneys or members of their fami ly, but many, borrowing a lead pen cil from the chalngang guard and picking up a scrap of paper along tho road, aro sitting down on ai stump and inditing their own appeal! for clemency. Governor Slaton is having his sec- ! retary inform them all that such j petitions must first be presented to I the prison commission, and that they must be accompanied by the trial record. In any event, few pardon cases ill be considered by the governor .lent Wilson hasn't condemned or I before the adjournment of tho leff- since his islature. His direct interest in the proposed financial reforms and the appropriation bill, will make him one of the busiest men in Georgia i»ii*iI after the dose of tli** session. Washington, July 9.—A. D. Bald win a Cleveland lawyer, was th# first witness this morning before the Senate Lobby Investigating commit tee. He said he was interested in Hawaiian sugar stock, and had spent some time in Washington, talking to Senators and mem berg of the Houee about the sugar tariff rates. He stated further that he had nothing to do with the literature sent out by the Hawaii sugar men. He represented the firm of Alexan der & Baldwin, of New York, while in Washington, at a salary of thirty dollars a week. While here he said I lie had written arguments to Sena tors. but he didn’t appear before the subcommittee hi charge of sugar. A. S. Smith, of Tennill*, Ga., Vice- President of the State branch of the Farmers’ Union was another witness. He told the committee he reckoned he was a farmer. The ■committe then asked him about a meeting of a committee from tho National Farmers Union, at New Orleans, where a scheme t Q increase •the cotton consumption was to bo Smith -aid he of the fight. dead AMA. SALE AND THE STATE wrecked and that Call when foiled. Lieut. Call was regarded as one of the army’s best aviators. Yes-.^ |>lendi<1 rat ertalnn. e nt which terday he flew twenty-live mile. «n I provldod . These expressions twenty-five minutes. Il e was pro-j of raost graclou , kla d and show- jed beyond a doubt that they were i glad to have been in the f thanks was ... Deariso, Sylvester, Senior Steward. T. G. Todd, Elm, Junior Steward. Rev. W. H. Higgins, Thomasville, Chaplain. Next Convention in Sylvester. Sylvester asked that the Conven •tion meet next yepr of that place, and the invitation was accepted unanimously. It will be j 1,ut later awol<e ' 31,6 bPcan,( ' a,a " ra - •held according to custom on tho «<l because he hadn't returned . to second Wednesa^-In July. j bed ' and Rolnl; toward the batV The Convention thanked Thomas-! room - ,hc <l00r Iocked - She vllle people, the Thomasville Ma-! |,eered boneath ,he door and ,aw eons and the Eastern Star for their! the <1< ' ad bod y 0:1 tho floor, most hospitable treatment and the j An alarm was given and the door Atlanta. July 9.—Dr. George S Tigner, a prominent Atlanta den tist, committed suicide this morning by cutting his throat. The tragedy occurred in his apart ments in a local hotel. His wife the Lodge I avvoko and saw hi,n ® et U P and 8° to the bathroom. She went to sleep was ! vere moted to First Liutenant 1911. July, RUMOR HAS IT THAT LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE MAY PUR CHASE FORMER SYSTEM, AND EXTEND ITS LINE TO (M EIN. Among those purchasing Ford cars within the past few days were Mr. W. C. Ham, Mr. Pat Bullock and Mr. Robert McMillan, of Ochlocknee; , Mr. J. \V. Horn, of Metcalfe, Mr. 4 Atlanta. July 10.—The coming Frank Carter, of Merrillville, Mrs. sale of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Duncan McKinnon, Mr. Robert Par- Atlantic Railroad, under foreclose- dee, Mr. John M. Dekle, of Thom- ure proceedings, and the rumor that a«vllle, and Mr. It. H. Burgess, of the Louisville and Nashville has Its Coolidge. These cars were sold eyes upon it, has started something • through the local agents of the Ford of a* panic among Georgia iegisla- J AMERICAN YACHT AND BIG Is (lie Tenth Army Aviator to Meet Deatli—Native of Missouri* Washington July 8.—The death of Lieutenant Ixiren H. Call makes a total of ten deaths of United States Aviators since the experiments in flying heavler-than-air machines was started at Ft. Myers, Va., in 1908. Lieut. Call was 23 years of age. He was a native of Missouri, but was appointed from Kansas in 1909. He has been attached lo the artil lery corps. f the lust evening re heard and adjournment'^ in9tn „. ti i the Company, the change. Logan Auto tors, particularly Legislature likely as the present vil! roa» ; rfer ser- For the Bath Rose and Violet Perfumed Borated Talcum [Powder, in|one pound cans. Putfup especially for us. 15c per can. PEACOCK-MASH DRUG COMPANY Phones 105-106 special vote to the 'retiring Worshipful Master, < olouel R. L. Wylly, for his untir ing work and individual efforts in behalf of Masonry in general and this body in particular. The reports of com nil’.tees and lodges w< taken. Twenty-five dollars was donated to Vashti Home, twenty-five dollars to tho Orphans Home, in Macon, and I fifty dollars to the Masonic Home. | An Interesting relic was shown the! visitors by Mr. J. Willis Moore, whe had with him a Masonic apron v hi h was over a hundred years old i land was owned by his grandfather, • I* 1 * j" Kiel. Germany, July 10.—The j Mr. William Stone. It was beauti- 1 nt American steel yacht. "Cassandra,” fully preserved and. with a (limit which is owned by G. J. Whelan, of. which was issued in Connecticut in Now York, collided with tho German) iso.3, made a very interesting and cruiser Stettin today. Both vessels • attractive relic, for the Convention were somewhat damaged, and re-, to view. turned here for repairs. Nobody Those of the Convention who re forced open, whore she found that iter husband had b«»en dead for some time. Ill health is thought to have ity. Aj can8 °d the rash act. j cccrded i — ! UNSETTLED ■No York July 9. — Preliminary to the general meeting of *he com-1 mittee of one thousand on Saturday, j at which the strike vote, lecently taken, will be ratified, the minor j committees of the Railroad Broth-) erhoods conferred here today to discuss the wage dispute with the Eastern railroads. 'All negotiations with the roa Is was practically ended yesterday, when the managers refused to con sider tho demand of twenty per cent, wage increase and the situa tion* was further ronii>ll<;tto<I by tho withdrawal of the Erie Railroad from the proceedings. Boy Scouts Inspect Weather I - Hurt-mi. j AKIIOI'I.AXK IIKOKK AM) .Ration of Manager Hadley; LONG FLIGHT ENDED. Veathor Bureau, too Boy) ent in a body to his home, Johannisthal. Germany, .1.■ 1 y !*. d a most pleasant Edmond Audemars, a Swiss aviator, time was sieit. j left here this morning at four •xplained to them | o'clock, on a flight to Paris. A frao- r thu Bureau: iiow! tured propeller forced him to land the weather was forecasted. Indira-j ut Gnsterstoh. eleven miles away, tions of approaching storms or any, and ho returned to Berl noticeable change in the heard many argu- t the bad effect of fr»o g.ar on the cotton industry, which talk led him to believe hu was in the wrong place, because he said it was more of a manufactur ers’ meeting than farmers. Mr. Smith said that when he re turned to Georgia, be found he had mixed up in a bad crowd. He said his letters to Senators Bacon and Smith asked that the farmers’ In terests be looked after. SAFE BLOWN YEGGS GOT {ill hint a. July Yeomen early nomine blew the safe of Scott’s Store, at Scottsdale, near here, ■secured three hundred dollars. hel 1 off the nightwatchman, made their escape. . Hadley workings lalming to ’e a rested later In the evidence oly circumstan- or any, Feather: | - ■ GERMAN CRUISER COLLIDED. ; how the fold waves can be traced, jthough there are not any to be no-[ 1 just now, and many other very resting things in connection with |,j. Card of Thanks. desire to express my most sin- thanks to the many dear peo- of Thomasville. who have been tli.' ted Bures •d up. me in this time of my ay tile blessing of God ch and every oue. who f comfort and cheer to Sincerely. MRS. J. O. J. LEWIS. tion ilia good (I- •After instruc- v or tli a vas hurt. ! main asked lit Vashti Ionic ated to low them the place. Committee Offers Thank e Refreshment com:iiitt« * nasville Lodge desires ?< nost cordially the good ladi ver»* so generous with tneii mice during the convention, ommittee realizes that til'd; '.•ps largely instrumental Th of the thank of the occi ion r work ard the ants to all. I : iously the problem of the Western ! and Atlanta’s re-lease in 1919. | There are two parties in the pres- i ent Legislature with respect to the I Western and Atlantic Railroad. One ■ favors the re-lease of the State's j road as it now stands, the other the j extension of the road to tlie Atlan- seaboard. If the L. & N. gobbles the A-. B. I oc A., it is held by some that it thereby will have strategic advan tage over the State road in the mat ter of extension to the sea. Indeed, if the L. & N. gets the A., B. & A., it is predicted that the railroad map (of Georgia likely will be pretty well; changed within a short time. serv» There are those in the General 1 nian Assembly who are advocating thej d ° n * purchase of the A., B & 'A. by the ! '- ' State, thus extending the W. & A. \ ‘ n ro,,n ' to the sea. Others hald that the State should keep hands off the A., B. & A. road and confine Itself to! STER^ SURROUNDS DEATH such railroad property as It now I \OUXG PENNSYLVANIA GIBI. possesses, with Its fine terminal fa-1 they I. more ;i had di rt. feeling til SMALL FIDE THIS MORNING Truck Leaves llorso Wage Behind in Race to Variety Works Vicinity. thank them, one a r. e. McDonald, Chairman. This committee worked consist- t*n*ly and hard throughout the two lays and they deserve special men- ion for the effective work that wn lone. The meals were beautifully terved and the enjoyment by every I An alarm eir to the depart- rning ir inent this i ferson street, when* th eupied by l.ila White w house h situated ju-t street from the Variety for a short time th** p*-< thought this mill Works vho ction. dlities in Atlanta and Chattanooga If the L. & N. gets the A., B. & A., it is figured by some legislators that it will immediately provide for entry into Atlanta by some other way than that over the State road, as it now comes In. If this i« done. It is now contended that the W. & A., will be pretty well put out of business. people up town * ill flames. The xtinguished, al- t there was quite evi- ti, OUR i| th© flames had about eiitire- Mr. R. E. McDona'd and Mr. j v ©©vered the roof. The house is Stuart were especially active owne ,j j,y \j r Lebbeus Dekle. Prac tically tio:i© of the effects of the ne- gress were destroyed. The new truck started for tho fire at the same time as the horse drawn wagon. The difference in time of arrival, even at that short distance and a down-hill run, too. v.as quite noticeable. This is the; first time the fire truck has had an actual demonstration. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., July 10.—The mystery surrounding the drowning of elghteen-year-old Alice Crishell, js still unsolved today. The body •was found In Harver’s lake Monday. ! " One hundred witnesses have been attacked the girl, after her sweet- summoned to the inquest, which is 'heart. Herbert Jcfhns, left her on to be held tonight. 'the night of July Fourth. Th# police are now searching for Many theories have been advanced a possible rival aultor who may have as to the cause of the girl’s death. Your choice of any Suit in the house for:- $15 No charges, no /approvals, Just a chance to get dressed right, in the best that Hart Schaffner & Marx and Kirschbaum can make. Louis Steyerman, The Shop of Quality On the Corner.