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VOL. 1. No. 03.
THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1013.
*1.00 PER ANNUM. i
12 GIRLS IN
GINNING CLUB BRING BIS DROP
BUSH LILIjA FORREST, THE DI
RECTOR FOR THOMAS COUNTY
SAYS WORK IS SUCCESSFUL—
MANY PRIZES OFFERED FOR
BEST PRODUCTS.
IF TEMPERATURE, ACCORDIXG
TO IXVESTIGATIOX —LINERS
SHOULD WAIT FOR FOG TO
CLEAR BEFORE MOVING.
Washington, July 19.—Captains
C. E. Johnson and A. A. Gamble, n(
the Revenue Cutters Seneca and
Miami, which from April to July
patrolled the trans-Atlantic line of
travel, to prevent the repetition of
another Titanic disaster, report that
year in having a line tomato crop, j 1 * 10 onIy ro t'°nal course for a navi-
and that they are doing well in the'P ator to ad °' ,t ' whra a (0 S a PP eara
wor jj I in the vicinity of icebergs, is to atop
This co-operative demonstration and for ‘ be baze “» dl8appear
work is a very recent thing in this 1 Tbe8e ° fflcial9 fu ? tbe - refuted the
section but already ifts such great ' ,rpvalent 8tory that a ’ udden drop
~ interest been taken In it by many ln ^Perdture meant close proxlml-
of the prominent business men that ,y t0 lceberg ' and tbey 8ay further
that icebergs can't be detected with
' any degree of certainty.
Boston, Jkly 21.—Miss Lilia For
rest. the local director of the girls’
canning club of Thomas county,
■ states that there are 82 canning club
girls'under her supervision.
Miss Fovrest states that the
young canners are fortunate this
ICE BERGS OONTJ. IN. BELL
success is assured.
Some of the prises offered for ex
cellence ln the work are as follows:
For best showing on all four
points of work, a scholarship to the
short course in agriculture at the
5tate University, is offered by J. H.
Flowers.
For second best showing on all
four points, a trip to the canning
club show In Macon ln October,
1913, is offered.
For third best showing, Neel
Brothers, of Thomasvllle, offer a
girl's suit.
For fourth best showing, a can
ning outfit is offered. ,
For fifth best showing, Jas Watt
ft Bro., of Thomasvllle, offer 82.50
worth of capping steel.
'Several special prizes have been
offered to members of the canning
club for excellence in culinary.
A gold bracelet, valued at $7, Is
to be given to the canning Hub girl
who can bake the best loaf of light
bread, given by L. H. Jerger, of
Thomasvllle.
For the best dozen biscuits made
by a canning club girl,, 85 in gold Is
offered by J. H. Merrill, of Thom
asvllle.
The members of the Ti.omas
County Girls' Canning Club are as
follows:
Misses Jessie Herring, Mattie Lou
Duren, Nannie Lou Wilson, Frances
Knapp, Lillie Wood, Janie Futch,
Nannie Lou Ward, I.cona Jackson.
Mamie Lou Belcher, Allcemae Wads,
Eva Dukes, Zeima Hicks,Della Hicks,
Jessie Miller, Effle Miller, Lottie
Miller, Jane Turner, Ruby Akrage,
Dora Reichert, Laura Methvln, Mary
Gibson, Leafy Mae Stephenson, Lais
Lester, Birdie Sherrod, Hanah Han
cock, Willie Turner, Alma Hickey,
Velma Fletcher, Ethel Reh'berg, Ol-
lle Beasley, Erie Watson, Salllo
Murphy, Irene Kennedy,
Their report refuses to recommend
that searchlights be established at
stated Intervals, as the effect would
prove too blinding, and therefore,
wouldn't be of any service to sea-go
Ing vessels.
R. H. DIXON TO
Union Warehouse Officers Select Him
to Superindent Their Plant
During the Coming Year.
Mr. R. H. Dixon was Saturday, at a
meeting of the Thomas Union Ware
house Company, made the Manager
for the coming season. This step
was taken after careful considera
tion and thought, and as Mr. Dixon
is local Manager for the Thom
asvllle Compress he will be right at
hand and can take care of the ware
house interests quite easily. He is
also an experienced and competent
man and will make a splendid of
ficial for the warehouse.
This warehouse has grown steadi
ly since its start and with the addi
tion of the gin Is now one of the
busiest places ln the county during
cotton picking and ginning time.
The year to come promises to be a
prosperous one and the warehouse
stockholders anticipate a good busi
ness.
ren, Adel Pilcher, Ruby Ward, Cau-
dy Ward, Laurie Green, Blanche
Baker, Hazel Smllh, Grace Newton.
Annie Wilson, Della Hancock, Kath
erine Shepard, Bertha Smith, Rosa
Myrtle Lee Herring, Ollle Wincey, Qretta
Alllgood, Annie Lou Smith, Willie
Mae. Montgomery, Lois White, Mary
Gllison, Jessie Monroe, Mattie' Will
Kerr,' Ruby Law, Ida Pilcher, Susie
Palmer, Leah Sblrah, Ethel Pope,
Ruby Lewis, Sarah Ferguson, An
nie Belle Langly, Alpha Davis
Odessa Johnson, Dollle Mae War-
Pnul, Lillie Paul, America Sapp
Janie Wincey, Sallie Golden, Louise
Webb, Lora Rodgers, Pearl Nor
wood, Ruth Wheeler, Mertlce Carter,
Opnl Norwood. Sallie Thompson.
Emmie Lee Sills, Myrtle Sanders,
Ruby Dekle, Irene Carter, Bernice
Carter.
PROMINENT CITIZEN DIED LAST
THURSDAY XIGT OF APOPLEXY
—WAS FOUND AT TEN OCLOCK
FRIDAY MORNING.
Tile whole community was shock
ed Friday morning when the news of
the sudden death of James Walker
Bell was communicated generally
about the city. Mr. Bell was found
in bed Friday morning about ten
o'clock by Mr. C. H. Billings, who
rooms at the house and he was then
dead. Mr. Billings summoned phy
sicians Immediately and they exam
ined the body, coming to the con
clusion that he had died from apo
plexy during the night.
Death came mum suudenly and
upexpcctedly. Mr. Bell last night
was up town with hie nephew, Mr.
Charles Waters, of Savannah, and
was as happy and healthy as could
be Imagined, talking and laughing
with a party of friends on the
streets, until after ten o'clock. Ho
then accompanied Mr. Waters to the
midnight train, expecting at the
same time that Mrs. Bell and three
children* would return at'that time
from Pablo Beach, where they are
spending n short time.
Mr. Bell met his eon, Charles, who
returned from Donaidsonville, on
the night train, and the two went
home together and went to bed. Mr.
Bell was found by Mr. Billings, who
stated that his wife Informed him at
NO RELIEF FROM HOKE SMITH
MIXES SPEECH
MACON AND THOMASVILLE RE-
I'ORTEI) HOTTEST WEATHER
IN THE UNITED STATES YES.
TERIXAV—101 THE FIGURES.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, July 19.—No immed
iate relief from the extremely hot
weather was promised the Southern
States by the Government Weather
experts today, who declared that
the temperatures would remain high
through the South during the next
thirty-six hours, and perhaps even
longer.
Florida and Tennessee, the ex
perts said, might get relief tonight,
but the other sections must suffer.
Macon, Ga., was the hottest place
in the South on today’s weather
map, with a temperature of 8Cat
eight o'clock this morning.
Thomasvlie, and Macon Ga., car
ried off the honors f the highest of
ficial temperatures ln the United
States yesterday, each reporting lot
degrees of heat.
TO THE LEGISLATURE FOR THE
FIRST TIME SINCE HE HAS
BEEN IN THE SENATE—WAS A
NOTABLE OCaXSION.
(By Associated Press.)
Atlanta, July IS.—United States
Senator Hoke Smith, while address
ing the Georgia General Assembly
this afternoon, heartily endorsed the
Glass Currency bill, and in this con
nection he said: "it will free the
country from dependence on Wall
Street, and make a panic impossi
ble."
He paid President XVIlson a high
tribute for his determined stand on
the tariff bill, and predicted that it
would be a law within six weeks
from this date.
A SUICIDE' GOES J WALL
FOUND AFTER TWO DAYS IN HIS j FIRST NATIONAL OF LAFAYETTE
HOME, WITH PISTOL IN HAND
and bullet xvound through ;
CENTER OF FOREHEAD.
IS IN THE HANDS OF BANK
INSPECTOR OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
.lack I.a.vKon, a negro section hand, Washington, July 19.—The First
of tho A., li. & A., was found dead ] National Bank, of LaFayette, Ga.,
in a house on South Street Friday | failed today, on account of a large
morning. Tho negro occupied one; shortage of funds
of the houses owned by Will Aiken | This announcement was made by
and had not been seen since Wed-! Thomas P. Kane. Acting Comptrol-
nesday. Aiken thought the negro j ler of the Currency, who has ap-
was In the barracks, having seen j pointed National Bank Examllfer
him drunk Wednesday, and he | Thomas C. Dunlap, as temporary re-
went there title morning to get him' celver.
out. Marshal Milton Informed him 1 The situation will be reported at
that tho negro had not been there, j once to the Department of Justice.
Tho two then went to tho house; Examiner Dunlap discovered tbs
which the negro rented, and broke shortage yesterday, and closed. ths
open the door. The negro was j bank today, on the authority and
Senator Smith came here as a re-, found lying on the bed with a thirty I approval of the board of directors.
suit of a special
the Legislature.
Invitation
The Senators S|ieerh Enthusiasti
cally Received.
It Is reported that the l/stitutlo*
is insolvent. The capital and snrplnff
of 858,500 has been wiped out The
resources and liabilities of the bank
on June 4 aggregated 8260,927, da-,
posits of 8137,331, circulation, 826.*
103)4 Here.
The Observer today stated that
the 104, from Thomasvllle, was cor
rect, betag sent in after the regular
day’s report, observation being tak
en about two thirty o’clock, and
registering 103M, which Is officially
given ln at 104.
There are other towns In this sec
tion which have no weather sta
tion. which report higher tempera-
a late hour, nearly ten o'clock, that t „ ome g0|ng tQ 1# ,
Mr. Bell had not gotten up, which
was a most unusual thing for him,
as he was always up and out before
seven o'clock. Mr. Billings entered
the room and found Mr. Bell lying
on the bed In a natural position, and
imagined him asleep. He tried to
awaken the sleeper, but found the
tody cold ln death.
WAS THE DOG MAD?
His Holt's Strange Premonition.
Mr. Charles Beil, who has bees
away for several days, states that
he returned quite unexpectedly last
nfght from Donaidsonville, after he
had gotten on the train to go
Dothan, to visit friends. He said
that he had a dream or vision of his
father in a coffin. In the parlor of
their home, and he could not shake
off the horror of It. He decided to
go home at once. He was Immense
ly relieved when he saw his father
at the train and found out that ev
erything was alright. He was hor
ribly shocked this morning when he
was Informed that his father had
been found dead. The young man
was quite unnerved by his strange
experience.
An Inquest Held.
As is usual ln cases, where there
were no eye-witnesses lo the death,
an inquest was held. Mr. Groover,
who talked with Mr. Bell at the
train last night, was examined, and
he stated that Mr. Bell was In good
spirits and laughed and talked with
him nt two o'clock. His son, Charles
also stated that lie met bis father
at the station and that, except for
omplalnlng that he was tired be-
Mrs. King's Boy Brings In Dog
Which Had Symplons of Bailies'
XVus Given Away to Negro.
^Mrs. J. B. King of this city is very
anxious to And a small poodle dog,
which she believes Is mad. The dog
was brought to her home by her lit
tle boy and she noticed that It was
restless and always Jumping about,
believing that ffees were bothering
It she washed the dog, using her
hands, on one of which was a cut
place. The boy also handled the dog
and be has cut places on bis legs.
Th& dog was given away to a negro
by the lady and afterward Dr.
Schwencke, from the symptoms
front ( WO o w | Head In his hand, his
thumb on the trigger and n bullet
! hole in the renter of his forehead.
He had probably been dead for a
couple of days. No trace of any
reason for the act was found, and
Atlanta, July is.—"as this Is the the coroner's Jury, summoned on J 000, and loans, 8393,406.
Arst time I have addressed my con- the case brought in a verdict of sul-
stituents since I entered the Senate," oide.
said United Slates Senator llokn Tile neKro pad been In the employ
Smith today, at the Capitol, tn open- ot tllp A „ & A an(1 w „, a very
Ing the speech he delivered by the p ea ithy, |u-go negro, who did good
unanimous invitation of the General road work . Thl , , 9 th e second ne-
Assembly. "I wish to speak of what , ro p vpr known to have committed
suicide In (his county.
has been done at Washington and to
give some account of my steward
ship."
'And a magnlArently complete ac
count he gave, while the members
of the Legislature and hundreds of
other Georgians who thronged the
Notice
Members Gilds' ('mining
Club.
Miss I,ilia Forrest, of Boston, wifi
:e a running club demonstration
galleries and the back of'theTan ot ,,f prezervlng and <,annln * fru " 8 and
THE TREATIES
Washington, July 19.—Secretary
of State William J. Bryan had aa
executive conference today with th«
3enato Foreign relations committee.
representatives listened attentively • eae,a '- 1 " 8 at Ocdilocknee Tuesday, While the Mexican situation was
for an hour, apparently forgetting ,uly 29lh ' and at , ' aw ' 8 s<h ° o1 t0Mched u ‘ ,on ' tho |,r,mary obJec t of
all about the heat, and applauding Hous0 ' "> the Mel * 9 dl8trl<!t ' 0:1 t!,e Tf"* w " t0 , ron8,der a
vigorously when the speaker struck ! Thur8day ' July 3l8t - ThoaB de8lrln * npwal of lhe arbltrallon trPa ‘l p8
a home chord ' taking part In the demonstration, Great Britain, France and other
The speech was full of high lights. 1 arp ret l ,,p * tpd *» br ‘"K pba8 ' J ar » and ! roiatrlp8
Telling how he spoke In tile Senate! ,rult8 -
In favor of the bill to create a Chll-J " . .. . _ . . , , .
dren’s Bureau, he declared, "libest advantage. H© declared that;^^® 4U
would rather see the national gov-j the senato democrats had made the
eminent raise the money by Income tariff bill more de^jiocrntlc than It
taxes and spend it for such causes, | was when It reached the senate. tie
than to leave the people Indebted 1 went In detail Into the senate’s ac-
to men of great fortunes for charl-|tlon on tho tariff and explained its
ties.” ; reasons.
Senator Sui"n m»x?. rook up the j “And I want to ten you that we
part the Senate had played in fram- ; have the votes ln the senate to pass
The renewals of these # treaties
was delayed recently on the object
feared that the United States might
have to arbitrate the Panama Canal
dispute.
Secretary Bryan predicts that the
' treaties will all be renewed at an
; early date.
amll
Ing the general arbitration treaties, ( this bill” he thundered out,
and told how the treaties were ap-'great applause.
Proved only after a .proviso had Ho predicted that currency legls-
described stated that he believed the' becn added " ,nt ,bp trea,ip8 *° uId 'latlon fould free the country rrom
dog was mad. Mrs. King and her;^ 0 ' authorl,e ,llH >* ul "»l 8 »lon to ar- dependence on Wall street and
son arc both being given the treat-j bltratl °" of ,,n >' clalm concerning would make a currency panic im-
the question of tho alleged lidebt- j possible, lie ended with ft tribute
edness or moneyed obligations of to President Wilson,
any state of the l nlted States. j Senator Smith’s speech Is said to
Senator Smith expressed sympa-jbe the most complete resume thus
thy with the efforts of the Califor- j f ar compiled by any democrat of
nlans to protect themselves against j. w hat the V. S. senate has accom-
Asiatic immigration and said that j plished since tho jlemoorats came
from the troubles out west, *‘t| Into power. It was a thrilling re
whole country Is realizing tho diin* j view, from the senate standpoint, of
cutties with which we have to con-jai| that has taken place In Washlng-
tend, and they are helping us make | ton since March.
NEGRO MAMMY VISITS MGADOO
nient, from Atlanta by Dr. Jarrell,
but she desires to know the where,
abouts of the dog, In order that she
may die certain whether it was mad.
In the event the dog was not mad
the treatment, which Is painful,
could be discontinued.
SECRETARY OF WAR AND
PARTY AT MEMPHIS TODAY
Memphis, Tean., July 19.—Secre
tary of War Garrison, Chief of Staff
cause he had stayed up so late, be-l*- eonard Wood and other officers
Ing unaccustomed to It, he- was ln
tho best of spirits. Mr. Billings told
of Andlng the body this morning in
his room and the details' The phy
sician. Dr. Little, stated that he was
convinced that the deceased came
to his death from apoplexy, which
was probably caused by an attack of
asthma, a disease which Mr. Bell
had been suffering with In past
years.
The verdict of the Jury was tnat
he came to his death from natural
causes, the Jury being composed of
J. T. Culpepper, foreman, J. F, Ev-
ans, W. A. Curtis, J. L. Pittman.
B. H. Wright and E. R. Jerger.
who are on a tour of Inspection "f
the United States army posts, ar
rived In Memphis today.
The party was escorted over toe
proposed government highway, which
would connect the City parks and
National cemetery.
The officials planned to leave for
Little Rock, Ark., this afternoon
Washington, July 19.—Julia Gib
son, a duuBhter of an old-fashioned
negro "mammy.” who served in the
McAdood family, In Georgia, many
years ago, visited Secretary of th«
Treasury MoAdoo today. She re
minded him that she and her brother
played with him, and her brother
was uncustomed to thrash the Secre.
tary, when they were all small.
Tpe woman received an auto-
raphed photograph of the head of
the Treasury Department, and a col
lection of new nickels, for her chil
dren.
Was Prominent Citizen.
Mr. Bel) was Dorn Afty-two years
ago. In Aticllla, Florida, near Mon-
tlcello. He lived there until bis
early manhood, and then moved to
Fort White, where he was engaged
in the genral merchandise business
for twenty years. He then went to
'Sanderson, Florida, and stayed there
for several years, moving to Thom
asvllle nine years ago. Since com
ing .here, Mr. Bell has been Identi-
Aed with tho progressive interests ot
i.the city, and only recently organ-
I lzed and was made head ot the
1 ThomasvHlfy Fertilizer Company,
['operating a large factory near the
I city limits. He has been highly re
garded as a man, strictly snd un
swervingly honest ln all of his deal-
| Ings, friendly snd charitable to all
i mankind and s' man tn whom rspos-
' ed (boss characteristics which In-
etlnctlvely generate complete trust
and conAdence. His death will cause
genuine sorrow throughout
ounty.
Mr. Bell is survived by hts wife,
who beforo her marriage was Miss
Kate Martin, of Mlkesvllle, Fla., and
four children: Mrs. J. 3. Johnson,
of Moultrie, Mr. Charles \V. Bel!
and two smaller hoys. J. W. Bell.
Jr., and Joseph Bell. Mr. Bell is
also survived by one brother, Mr.
C. G. Bell, a prominent and wealthy
business man of Savannah.
Mr. Roll Taken To AurlUn.
The body of .1. W. Bell was lakc t
this morning to Aucilla, Florida for
interment. The body was escorted
to the train and placed aboard by
a delegation composing ait honorary
oscort from the Thomasvllle Lodge
of Masons, Mr. Bell having been a
member of that order. The funeral
will be held tomorrow afternoon at
Aucilla, being postponed until that
time in order to alow Air. Bell's only
brother, to arrive from Richmond.
Mrs. Bell and Mrs. Johnson with the
two young boys arrived last night
from Psblo Bench, and accompanied
the body to Ancills today. The body
will bs met by s delegation of Mon-
ttcello Mesons snd transferred st
that point. Ancills was the. old
home of Mr. Bell.snd a number of'
tnls relatives liv. - --
converts to the doctrine that we
must be left to handle our troubles
tor ourselves."
Telling of tin* stand be took in
connection with the enormous sums
I>aid ottt of the I'. /. treasury for
pensions to civil war veterans in the
North, ho said, "Eleven Southern
States-have paid to union pension
ers of the civil war the entire value.
In 1870. of their agricultural lands,
all Improvements thereon, togeth
1th their agricultural Impieme
and live stock." He said ho believ
ed It the duty of Southern Senators
to resist ln every proper wuy any
Increase In the enormous payments
of these pensions.
Senator Smith said that white not !
opposed to the printlples of the
Workmen's Compensation Act, he
fought the Dill because the payments I
to be made were so small that he
considered it really a hill to save
the railroad torporations from their
lust liabilities.
"I gave my cordial srp; ort to the
Income tax," he said, "berattse I
lleve that the great wealth of the
•ountry should bear its full propor
tion of tile burdens of government."
3enator Smith declared that for
Georgia the great value of the par
cels post lay In the fact that It
would not merely facilitate the ex
change of products between mer
chants and customers, but would fa
cilitate the sale by the farmer of his
smaller farm products. He said the
government should make some ar
rangement to take care of the ex
penses which rural carriers will have
because of the addition of the par
cels post. He said he favored na
tional aid to road-building. He urg
ed the value of vocational training.
He explained the measure of which
he himself was the author, estab
lishing a division of markets, to
Childrens Rompers
/ \
They are Cool
and
Comfortable.
Fast Colors
50c to $1.50
Louis Steyerman,
The Shop of Quality
On the Corner.