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SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION
VOL. 1. Xo. 152.
DAILY TIMES-EXTERPRISE, FRIDAY JULY IS, 101.1.
•1.00 PER ANNUM.
HOTTEST DAY
WttiSTBEETj IN MANY YEARS
«REAT STREAM OF HARAOVE 102 WAS REGISTERED AT THE
PUT FORTH AGAINST THE
••MONTE CARLO OF AMERICAN 1
FINANCE." j
WEATHER BUREAU THE HOT-
TES T8IXCE 1000, WHEN THE
WEATHER BUREAU, AND LO
CAL WEATHER STATION HAS
ESTABLISHED RECORD.
Washington. July 13.—Senator
Thomas, of Colorado, a Democrat, |
la a Senate speech today defended I This is the hottest day that Thom
the Wilson tariff bill of 1893 from I aivllle* has ever known. The Weath'
the responsibility of the financial! ef Bureau records at one thirty
panic that followed. I showed the mercury at 102, which
Senator Thomas charged that j stamps the day unusual in every way
President Grover Cleveland and the J In that this section of Georgia,
New York hanks conspired to pre- j where cool gulf breezes blow, and
clpltate a calamity to force a repeal sunstrokes are an unknown thing,
of the Sherman silver act. He brand- Thls record was never equaled, but
ed the New York Stock Exchange as'on the twenty-first day of August,
the most prodigies gambling hell of 1900. a temperature of 101 was
any age, and the Monte Carlo of'registered. Many have expressed
American finance. He called it ,hp opinion that last night was the
the swindler's paradise, and a "huge j warmest that they have experienced
vampire, sucking the blood arteries | £ nd scorching weather was ex-
of Industry," aud the "moBt pernl- j fleeted for today. The expectations
••clous Influence in the land.” I have been more than vertlfled. when
■ If disaster." he said, “overtakes* the Observatory report of 102 came
the country |n tlie near future. It
MEIGS MEN IRODDEUY
ion! GOMPUMEITED
TO THE CHARGE THAT THEY!CONGRESSMAN FROM THE SEC-
DECEIVED THE OOIILOCKNEE
FOLKS—INTERESTING STATE- \
MENT OF THE NEW COUNTY I
MOVEMENT.
will not be caused by tariff legisla
tion, but the same Influences that
brought the other disaster.”
MBS. IIUFIII THE BllilON
wis Emu
'(.AIMED THAT SHE HAS IIAD
MATRIMONIAL CAREER, AND
SAID SHE WAS NOT -LEGALLY
DIVORCED WHEN SHE MAR
RIED AGED MAN—WARRANT
ISS.VHD FOR ARREST OF Ah
LEGKI) ACCESSORY.
OXD GEORGIA HAS INCREASED
HIS INFLUENCE 11Y FEARLESS
FIGHTING OF PENSIONS—GETS
LOHI1Y COMMITTEE APPOINT
MENT.
Meigs, Ga. July 14, 1913. !
Editor Tlmus-Enterprise: I Congressman Roddnbery was re-
Referring to a communication ofjcently made a member of a special
Mr. J. B. Stubbs, of Ochlocknee, committee of seven to Investigate
Ga., ill your issue of July 12th, aud
the aflldavlt of Messrs. J. T. Lane,
.1. B. Stubbs, and others, of July
9th, 1913, we, the undersigned wish
to say in answer to same, that the
statement of Mr. J. B. Stubbs and
the aflldavlt referred to above, Is a
fabrication out of tile whole cloth,
and which we at flrst thought we
ould treat with silent contempt,
but for fear some of our friends
might think otherwise, we have de
cide to make a statement.
The fuel ot the cae is, we, (that
is, the cltUens of this section ol
Thomas, Colquitt, Mitchell and
out this afternoon. But It didn’t
take a Weather Bureau to discover Grady)< 6onle time ag0 decided t0
the fact that it was mighty hot_! have „ new county created t0 be
eierybody knew It. known'as Hansell, which county
would include Ochlocknee und leave
out Pelham, and to secure such
county the town of Meigs, the pro
posed county seat, and as is usual
In all such cases, proceeded to take
a census of the inhabitants of such
.proposed new county, as well as
secure all the signatures possible
favorable to such county.
To secure such census and signa
tures to our'petition, we the under
signed were appointed a committee
to work Ochlocknee and the adjoin
ing territory for that purpose, and
we so proceeded, giving all a chance
whom we could see to sign, and when
such petition was presented, which
is a printed document, setting forth
in full its full meaning, as to the
Intents and purposes, we, the com
mittee. would try to explain that
Pelham was also seeking the crea
tion of a Hansell county, with a dlf-
Ol’TSIDE OF EXPENSES BY TUB
CORPORATIONS OF THE UNIT.
ED STATES LAST YEAR,
BREAKING ALL RECORDS.
Washington, July 15.—The United
"j States corporations earned three bu
llion, three hundred and four million
Atlanta, July 16.—A bill has been'dollars above expenses in 1912, ex*
drawn up in the criminal court at-| c< ‘ ed,n » all records since the corpor-
facking the valadlty 0 f the marriage’a* 1011 tax law was enacted, accord-
of Mrs. Mary Belle Crawford with!»‘K to a statement Issued this morn-
fhe aged J. B. Crawford, who died ,n * the Internal Revenue Bureau.
and left her his entire fortune, one The increased prosperity of the j ,erent boundary line, with Pelham
month after their alleged marriage corporations yields the government | a£ the c0,,at y seat * and was clr '
took place. more than thirty-six milUoa dollars | stating petitions for signatures to
revenue It Is exnected nn.l renre- lJ,e sar n e - Therefore, It was neces-
This charge is brought in connoc-. ruB - lue ' 1C 18 e*ptcieu, and repre- . .. . .
tion with the bill charging that sont8 the greate8t aniount of cor- sar > for aI > * ho favored Meigs to
— • ‘by the- Rn 0,,r petition, which would j he gets an assignment desired by
the lobby scandal in the House, aud
this Is one of the most Important
appointments of the present session.
He is to be complimented sincere
ly upon* this distinction.
Mr. Tiller’s article follows:
The following article appeared In
a current issue of the Washington
Times, and was written by Theodore
Tiller, a man who formerly made i
Ills home In Balnbridge, but who.
has been in Washington for some
years on the capital papers. The ar
ticle is one of the most compllmen-j
tary and, perhaps, the most truth
ful things that have been said of
Congressman Roddenbery, and his
friends in this district will be de
lighted to read It.
"It pays sometimes to insurge — IOl*
to be different from the fellows who
are for the popular thing.
"Take the case of Congressman
Seaborn Ajiderson Roddenbery, of
Georgia, who burst Into Congress
two years ago with quite
ON JULY MTU.
AT THAT TIME THE MATTER OF
HANSELL COUNTY WILL BE
HEARD BEFORE THE COM
MITTEE OF THE LEGISLATURE.
A wire from Judge H. W. Hopkins
this morning was in effect that the
Hansell county hearing would be
had before the committee of the
Legislature on the twenty-fourth of
this month, which is Thursday, of
next week.
i delegation of citizens from
Thomas county are planning to be
present at that time to oppose the
movement and to do- all possible, toj
prevent the formation of the county,
It 1s hoped that the bill will meet
its death before the committee.
BACON COT
GOOD VOTE
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT HAPPEN.
ED AT THE KIIUIY MILL NBAK
BOSTON—SON OF MR. PltlNC*
HORRIDLY MANGLED.
SMALLEST ELECTION, BUT NICE
COMPLIMENTARY VOTE FOR
THE SENATOR—THOMAS VOTE
WAS 1MB. ^
Senator Augustus O. Bacon re-1 Thi^ twelve-year-old son oC Mr. Jltm
ceived two hundred and elgty-thrco J i’rlnee was horribly mangle! by an
otes in Thomas county. The elec- engine at the Kirby Mill, near Bos-
WOULD STOP
BOLL WEEVIL
SOUTH CAROLINA.
HAS A FLAN WHICH THE GOV
ERNMENT MAY TAKE UP AND
WORK TO PREVENT SPREAD.
tion was the most quiet ever held
In the state and reports from all
sections show an abnormally small
ote. This, however, was to be ex
pected, the special friend* of the
Senator going to the polls to give
him a big complimentary pledge of
support from the people of the
State.
The returns for Thomas county
were counted this morning and duly
certified, with the exception of the
Ways district, which did not come
In. The results are as follows:
Thomnsvllle 82
Boston 30
Meigs 4 7 I
Pavo 28 I
Murphy 23 j
Metcalfe 2
Barwlck i;
Merrillville l;
Ellabelle J
Ochlocknee i:
ton, today. The young fellow, who
is a son of the mill Inspector, was
near the track and the engine caught
him. One leg was almost entirely
mashed ofT. the other legal mangled
below the knee and one arm almost
entirely mashed off.
The boy was brought to the city
for a doctor’s care, but reports from
Boston say there is almost no hope
for his recovery.
MANY HOUSES ENTERED
Washington, July 15.— A confer-
positivo j eaCe was held today by Senator
ideas concerning legislative matters: Smith, of *>011111 Carolina, and ofll-
and methods of House procedure. ! c,aI * of the Departments of Justice,
Agriculture and Labor, in regard to 1 '
.Smith’s proposal to grow a cotton
belt in Alabama, as a boll weevil
barrier. The Government officials
endorsed the plan.
The Department of Justice will
study on the methods which the
government can adopt so that It can
co-operate with the slates to ellmi- i
"Speaker Clark has just appolnt-
Congressman Roddenbery as one
of the seven members who will con
duct a lobby investigation on be
half of the lower branch of Con
gress. The assignment Is an impor
tant one: It will keep Mt*T Roddon-
bery and his colleagues before the
public eye possibly for several
months and there's every chance for
. man to make a record as an In-
estlgator of the ‘insidious lobby’
denounced by President Wilson.
"Mr. Roddenbery hasn’t always
trained with the House organization
when he thought the organization
be wrong. Yet the Speaker has
signally recognized the Georgian as
fighter and as a man of ability and
TOT A l 2 S3
The Managers and Clerks for the
local precinct wore Captain It. P.
Goss, Judge J. S. Montgomery, Hon.
It. K. 1.ester and Messrs. A. A. Ri
nd Walter Pittman.
WOMEN SENT TO SUITE FOAM
nat the pest.
Vagrant* of Female Sc\ Will Im at
MillcdKcvillc For Some Time—
Thieves -Also Go There For
« Year's Term.
Mrs. Crawford murdered J. B. Craw-1 ,)oration * ax ever a88esse 'J
ford by administering morphine and - F '. ederal treasury *
other opiates. I -'lost of the assessments have ai
mak** Meigs the county
ided Hansel) county wa
eat
The validity ot the marriage 1,'ready been paid, while some ot them ™’ oulr |K ' t "‘ cn pla,nl >'
° * ’*11 who can rend may see for them-
attacked on the ground that Mrs.
Crawford had not been legally di
vorced from her former husband,
when she entered Into the marriage
contract with J. B. Crawford.
It Is declared that Mrs. Crawford,
who Is now a buxom middle-aged i *——
woman, had made several venture,j Mr. It. Thomas, Jr., has on display
on the matrimonial sea before shejin |,j s gtore an egg plant which
wedded the aged Georgian who CUtj v e i K | 13 .i VL , , onnds one and onc-half
off all his heirs at law in order to^ ounces. It Is one of the New York,
leave her an estate valued at’ a spineless variety and was grown by
quarter million dollars. ! Mr. Charles Pittman, on his farm
selves.
Now,
in conclusion.
will say
will be fought In the courts.
Georgia’s assessment is $293,536,
which is an increase of $50,4 49.
North Carolina, and the Fourth a ^ a * n * that Wo tried to deceive
District, including, South Carolina , one ’ and an 5 r statement made that
$207,581, an increase of $71,791. " e intentionally or wilfully attempt-
_ j ed to misrepresent the facts In any
way to the would-be signer of our
petition, is positively untrue In ev
ery particular. Furthermore, we
are willing to let the public, who
know us, decide for themselves
whose word, ns men of truth and
\!r« fVnwfnr,! 1 . .honor, will stand the highest test —
Mrs. Crawford w.io uas arrested three miles from town. It is a splen-undersigned or the signers of
and sent to the Fulton county tower did specimen . * 0 3
on the murder charge, .pent only _ <»e amdavlt of July 9th. Mewwara.
one day In jail, her attorneys having Messrs. D. A. Autrey and C. E. If^ ' , " a “ 0 ’ B ' s,uhb8 . n !d oUl '
secured her release on the following Benll, of Moultrie, wore ameng the
day under heavy bail. visitors in the city yesterday.
As the communication of Mr.
•Stubbs and the affidavit shows tnvj
and malice so plain, on its face, we
have decided to say, that we will pay
no attention to any further printed
communications on the subject.
Respectfully,
W. H. BRASWELL,
J. M. PILCHER,
J. F. BULLOCK.
pro-.'more than one ambitious and com-
reated, j pnratively new member.
“Made Self Unpopular.
"For a while after he came to th®
House Mr. Roddenbery was unpop
ular with certain committee chair-j
men and so-called leaders. He fill-*
blistered against pensions and for
legislation to restrict immigration,
in addition to having other legisla
tive sidelines.
"The Georgian, greatly to the an
ger of th«* rank and file, used to
rise !n his place and make points of
no quorum to delay the passage of
omnibus pension hills.
"He held that these omnibus bills.
:»ut through under a virtual gag
rule, were placing men on the pen-
ion rolls who had no right there
because they had never seen any ac
tual fighting. Pensioners were also
getting increases which they did not
Jeserve, from the Roddenbery view
point.
‘Tim** and time again. Mr. Rod
denbery talked for hours against a
‘grab’ pension bill. Leaders scowled !
it him and members dragged back ;narl
from their homes to make a quorum i^ om
hurled disapproving words In the
direction of the small, but fiery
Georgian. Mr. Roddenbery stood
MANY THOUSANDS OF UNCLE
SAM’S CASH COUNTED DURING
THE YEAR—MARKS IT RIG-
GEST FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
IN THE WORLD.
Washington, July 16.—Seven bil
lion. seventy-one million, five hun
dred and twenty thousand dollars
in actual cash were handled by the
United States treasury, during the
fiscal year ending June thirtieth.
This breaks all previous records,
stamping the treasury, the officials
declare, as the greatest banking In
stitution in the world.
This amount exceeds the cash
transactions of the previous year by
nearly five hundred million dollars,
and it equals nearly twice as much
ns the total stock of money In the
United States.
Including bonds, checks and i
rants, the Treasury Departn
handled over ten billion dollars <
i'.lg the pa**t fiscal year.
, Three negro women from this
• county have been ordered to the
! state prison farm, at MUledgevlUe.
J within the past two days.
One negress was brought here for
trial for vagrancy. She had been
running at large in the Ochlockneo-
district and was guilty of the of
fense. The Judge of the City Court
I sent her to the prison farm for a per-
j lod of eleven months.
I Two other dusky maids were guilty
jof theft. Lucy Wilson stole a dia
mond ring from Mrs. Kate Wilson
, nnd admitted It. 3he was sent to
• the same place for twelve months. • '
.Minnie Moore stole a watch from Mr**. \\
| Mr. J. C. Conley and she, too, was! 7*11**
l «wit ifp for twelve months. Tlie'terday
three will be taken as soon as
rangements p.re made.
Small Epidemic of Burglaries—-Mrs.
Wilson Loses Diamond Ring
Which Police Recover.
Lula Wilson, alias Ardelia Buew-
er. Is in Jail and she Is charged with
theft. Last Saturday. Mrs. Kate
W'ilson, who lives on North Broad
Street, missed a handsome diamond
ring, which she had on her dresser
during the day. The next day Lula
failed to <otne back, having beea
! employed the dav before, and work
ing only one day. She reported th®
matter to the police and search was
instituted.
They found her this morning at
the A., B. A* A. station, and on her
finger reposed the diamond. Th®
•negress was locked up immediately
and will l»o given a trial in the City
Court.
Mr. Mr.Math. In East End. report
ed that a negro had entered hi®
home last week and badly fright
ened the ladies in the house. H®.
however, did not miss anything of
value. .
Professor Searcy also stated that
he believed seme one had tried to
enter his home a short time ago.
I There are also other reports of tb®
same nature from various parts of
the town. They are In such mini-
I hers as to warn everybody to keep-
their premises locked or stay acound.
■ The police are making an efTcrt to
run out of town all suspicious char
acters and with that end In view,
have an extra man to watch out for
Wiley
eterv.
• M. Miller lliirioif Yesterday.
last sad rites were said yes-
over the remains of Mrs.
Y. Miller, at Laurel Hill cem-
he funeral service being con-
. ducted at the house and the inter-
I’.XI-I/OSIOX IV STEAMER'S mPIll taklnc plar e (a the family lot.
IIOIM-.lt ROOM KILLS MAN. R f . v . j, B. Johnstone officiated.
—* % j Mrs. Miller died at the City Hov
Nciv 3orl(, July IT. Engineer. utat Monday morning Just a little
runiinnaa, of the British freight, after eight. She had been ill with
steamer Fairmead, was hilled today, fever for some few days which later
by nn explosion In the boiler room. 1 developed into continued fever.
The vessel was taking a cargo of oil i Friends throughout the countv wilt
"ff Constable Horn, N. J. l rC gret to learn of her death.
Your Friends Know
It is just as important to use good
stationery as it is to use good English;
Either is an index to character. Station'
ery may tie in good form v-iihout being
expensive.
See our new line.
PEACOCK-MASH
DRUG COMPANY,
Phones 105-106.
:i i!
Attn
For
Fine
Condia
IT
TALLAHASSEE
BODY FOUND IN STATE OF DE
COMPOSITION NEAR TOWN —
SUPPOSED* TO HAVE BEEN
MURDERED FOR PUK!*OSE OF
ROBBERY.
whii
ibl
ntinmd to filibustf*
noth*
nine of
would ’
ohl heads
anywhere.*
•The
l ,r0- 1 pur
htng I tip.
uber has defied tin
nil"
pensions bill, how-
ver. s«*enied to In* more carefully
rawn after Roddenbery had kept up
is warfare for a few mouths. Per-
•cus, tin-re were :ior 'quite so many
■;f tri-n. and members having such
’ ills in charge grew more concilia
tory in their explanations of the
merits of the pending measures.
Roddenbery was making progress.
“Berated Committee.
"Then he berated the Rules Coin
mittee one day for its alleged stlflln.
of a rale for the consideration of
the immigration bill. The old-tim
ers again shook their heads. It
was awful to see a new member
Jump on the almost sacred Rules
Committee. But Mr. Roddenber
Hied House i
ested against
sigant appropt
at lo
an Trlbbl.
econd ill i
‘•tion of the
insurge.it.
of Georgia,
w» fight for c
■s and ageinst
!•■ i-
lriKl-
Con-
•ono-
’gag
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Tallahassee, Fla., July 16.—Tlu*
body of a young white man. believed
to be that of William 3teinhausen,
of Helena, Fla., an agent for a New
York publishing house, was found
late yesterday on the outskirts of
Tallahassee. He had been shot in
.... . .. . , . , (committee. But .Mr. Roddenbery
the bead, and his body was bady de-, 4 , tM ,„ . . . . , , .
jumped every chance he had and he
(played his part In the final passage
jof the Immigration bill, which was
j vetoed by President Taft. He now
has pending an Immigration m<?as-
J ures of his own.
j “Meanwhile, the Georgia member
(By Associated Press.) ; went after such other reforms as
New Port, R. I. v July 17.—Th® the prohibition from Interstate com-
House Committee on Naval Affairs merce of all prize fight films and
made a submarine trip in Narragan- pictures. The bill was adopted.
eora posed.
Robbery was apparently the mo
tive for the crime.
NAVAL COMMITTEE IN
SUBMARINE BOAT.
.sett Bay today.
Ollier Work
lo being a
Mr. Roddenb*
1 litii
lobby I i-
H on tin*
*'ublic Buildings Committee, which
helps a felF.w to get things for his'
district ot>aslonally. and he has
other committee assignments which
are worth while. The Georgian has
his best chance to shine, however, as
a lobby h-ntiter, and he possesses the ,
inquisitorial ability to make it un
comfortable for witnesses with
something to tell.
"Mr. Roddenbery hails from Thom-
asville. Ga., where ho was once a
lawyer and judge of the county,
court. He is small of stature, but!
full of determination and energy.)
ami tb® word ‘tired* Isn’t in his vo
cabulary. |
"Sometimes It pays to insurge and
draw attention to one’s fighting
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 cap make.
Then he detailed Jack Johmon and ability.”
Louis Steyerman,
The Shop of Quality
Onithe'Corner.