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VOL. 1. No. 68.
THOMASVILLB, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, Al’OYST 8, 1013.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
USED BULLETS
initRKR GETTING READY TO BE
WEDDED PUTS THREE BUL
LETS IN HIS BODY' WITHOUT
SERIOUS EFFECT.
LUST
AND WHEN THE NEGRO JANITOR
FOUND IT AND RETURNED IT
INTACT, HE GOT FIVE DOL
LARS.
Washington, Aug. 6.—Vice-Presi-
Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 6.—Frank d(mt MarghaI , ls 9m ni ng today over
Welter, a barber, this morning dress
ed and otherwise prepared for his
wedding, which was scheduled to oc
cur at nine o’clock. He then weat
into a room and fired two shots into
his breast, near the heart. Discov
ering himself not dead, he fired
again at his head, inflicting only a
fle&h wound. The next bullet went
wild.
When the physicians arrived, he
insisted upon walking, unaided to
an ambulance. It ls believed he
will recover. No reason has been
given for Welter's rash act.
SIITE BESTS IN GUTHRIE IS
the fact that he has thirty-five dol
lars tucked away In his pocket,
while n flve-dollar bill reposes In the
overall pocket of Dilly Walker, the
negro janitor at the Capitol.
As the Vice-President turned
around In bis big chair, during the
long hours debate in the Senate yes
terday, his pocket book, containing
forty dollars, fell from his pocket.
The negro found it, when cleaning up
this morning and presented It to the
Vice-President.
The janitor received a flve-dollar
bill as a reward.
WHEN I1E APPEARED AT YVIN.
LOW OF OOX HOME SUNDAY
NIGHT-MH. REDFEAKN KNOCK-
ED HIM DOWN AS HE GAME
IN THE HOUSE.
There was intense excitement on
Warren Avenue at the home of Mr.
W. A. Cox, Sunday night, about nine
thirty. A negro who was drunk,
attempted to enter the house and
frightened Mrs. Cox and her daugh
ters. Mr. Cox, who was sick in bed,
called to his tyife to get his gun,
stating that he observed a negro
outside the window. Mrs. Cox
thought he was delirious with fever
and tried to quiet him but after a
short time In looking toward the
indow saw the negro.
She raised a cry and by that time
her two daughters came Into the
room and Mr. Grady Redfearn, of
Moultrie, who was visiting one of
the young ladies at that time. When
Mr. Redfearn learned what the trou
ble was. he ran out of the room to'
BOLL WEEVIL
01
HUB OPPOSED BUTTER AT
N TO NEW COUNTY WINTER PRICE
FIGHT COMMENCES IN WASHING.
TON, IN WHICH GEORGIANS
ABE INTENSELY INTERESTED
ARE BEING HELD.
Atlanta, Aug. 7.—High councils
(Of war are being held preliminary
to the great battle against the boll
weewll, which will begin In South
Georgia within the next few months.
In Washington, Georgia's senators
and congressmen are discussing the
question dally with the officials of
the department of agriculture. Sen
ator Hoke Smith and Congressman
Roddenbery are receiving the co-op
eration of several other senators
and representatives, among them
Senator Smith, of South Carolina,
Senator Ransdell, of Louisiana Bank-
MA8S MEETING HELD THERE i WHILE THOUSAND OF POUNDS
LAST SATURDAY, PASSED
RESOLUTIONS TO THIS EFFECT
AND ALSO CALLED ON 'ALL OFj
THOMAS COUNTY TO AID THEM |
IN DEFEATING CREATION OF i
PROPOSED NEW COUNTY. |
IJAY IN STORAGE WAREHOUSES
CAUSES LOTS OF TALK IN CHI
CAGO.
CENTRAL WRECK
SEVENTEEN ARE REPORTED IN
JURED NEAR OLIVER, GA.,
WHEN DEFECTIVE RAIL CAUS
ED THE ACCIDENT.
Chicago, Aug. 6.—With Chicago! Savannah, Aug. 5.—Seventeen per-
housewives paying mid-winter prices [sons are reported to have been In-
About three hundred citizens at-
for butter, there are sixty-five mil
lion pounds in cold storage, accord-
tended a mass meeting at Meigs 3at- j n g jjj 0 r0 p 0 rt today of the Ware-
urday, August second, and passed
the following resolutions:
housemen’s Association
At a meeting held yesterday, this
WHEREAS, Citizens of portions Association made a price of twenty-
of Grady, Mitchell, Colquitt and s j x an( j a h a jf cents to jobbers, and
Thomi3 Counties, hurried on by the! ano ther advance of one cent is pre
lash of ambition and guided by thei^ted f or today,
star of merit, proposed the creation
of a new cotinty, with Meigs as a
jured, none fatally, when Central
Railway train no four, from Wash
ington, was derailed at Oliver, Ga.,
at an early hour today. A defective
rail is reported as the cause of the
accident.
County site; and,
WHEREAS, the Legislative Com
mittee, after hearing had failed to
said
DR, HARRIS REITERATES THE
STATEMENT THAT MARY PH A-
(MV WAS OUTRAGED AND DIE!)
SHORT TIME AFTER LUNCH.
Atlanta, Aug. 7.—After an ex
head of Alabama, Sheppard, of Tex- t
Congressmen Lever, of South recommend the creation
Carolina, Heflin of Alabama, and County;*and,
others. j 'WHEREAS, the town of Pelham,!
The Georgians have obtained; 1 " Mltche11 County, for reasons suf-j
thousands of pamphlets and bulle- dcient to itself, proposed tho crea-j
,11ns on the boll weevil and are tlon of " n6w c °"" t > r wbose bou "'|
go to the front of the house to1sending them to the farmers In the dar >' li:ies are uncertain and the]
head off the negro. He met him j Georgia counties near the Alabama area lo be cut from Thomas county |
'three Trainmen Injured.
Oliver, Ga., Oct. 5.—Three traln-
The price or ouuer to consumers j men. all of Atlanta, were seriously
ranges between thirty-five and thirty- injured, when Central Railway pas-
elght cents. The warfare between senger train No. Four, left the track
the Chicago and Elgin Butter boards near here today. Six cars were de
ls held to be responsible for this; railed.
enormous storage and high prices. | ——
FOOD BURSTING
lltKCBIVBD llOYUL WELCOME AS
AMBASSADOR AND WAS DRIV
EN IN ROYAL CARRIAGE AND
ESCORTED BY TROOl-S.
Tokio, Aug. 7.—George W. Guth-
...nljmtion of three minor witnesses,! r * e * tbe Ilew American Ambassador,
the I State rested Its case today, In I today presented his credentials to < an,e over at that tla,e and
Ae trial of Leo St. Frank. ! < ba Emperor. he,d f he n ^o while Mr. Redfearn
Among those who testified today! Tbe Ambassador and Emperor ex-!"*"' lo as8lst tbe Iadle8 ' * ho were
coming into the hallway from the
front of the house and pulling a gun
hit the negro in the mouth. Reel
ing the negro fell back, turning, and
as he turned, Mr. Redfearn tiit him
again on the head, knocking him to
the floor.
Mr. Dcbson, who lives across the
line.
The boll weevil Is expected to in
vade Georgia about this time next
year. The greatest difficulty arises
from the fact that many farmers are
slow to realize the seriousness of
the situation far enough in advance. |
It usually takes a crop failure to;
convince some planters of what they
are up against.
conference of Georgia repre-
was Dr H F. Harris who reiterated 1 changed mutual expressions of felici- bad,y lightened, one of them hav- j seilta tives. headed by Senator Smith,
* - - - ing fainted in the excitement. Oth 1
his former statements that Mary Nation, protesting that the strongest
Phagan died within half an hour
after she ate her lunch, and further
It was his belief that she was crimi
nally assaulted.
ties united the two nations.
Ambassador Guthrie was escorted
Judge Roan’s Decision Was Great
Victory For Prosecution.
Atlanta. Aug. 7.—The state won a
victory of Incalculable value to thoj beads * as carriage^ in which rode
•Mary Phagan murder trial, when ^he Ambassador, passed them.
Judge L. S. Roan reversed himself J —
and decided to let practically all of j R* * A. UNABLE'TO
Jim Conley’s testimony go in against j ^ PAY OBLIGATIONS.
Frank.
to the Imperial Palace In the Im- negro wa » taken ,n char se and car-
perial coach, and was accompanied j r * ed t0 tbe
by a regiment of Japanese cavalry. Tbe negro was probably drunk
The crowds which had gathered I and d * d no ^ k, ' ow wka * he was do-
along the streets leading to the pal-i* ng ‘ bas been aroun d town for
aee, respectfully uncovered their some time and Is named Mills.
with officials of the U. S. Department
ers soon arrived, among them Mr.| of Agf!cuUuret tho proposition of
S. W. Davis. Mr. 3. P. Doss and the establishing a zone In which no cot
ton shall be grown next year, and
will probably be allowed to tell the
court what his Intention was, when
he gets fully over his drunk. It was
fortunate for the ladies that Mr.
Redfearn happened to be there at
the time, as Mr. Cox was too ill to
Phagan murder, may be laid bare
before f he Jury.
If Judge Roan had held to his
original decision in this regard, all
such evidence would ’Mve been bar
red.
Tho victory won by the solicitor,
Hugh Dorsey, was such a startling
one, that Dorsey was cheered In
the court-room. It Is the first time
It means not merely that the cvl-l 1 * Foreclosed and Will be Sold at j get outofbed.
dence given by Conley is to bo I Auction Six Reeks Hence. <
weighed by the Jury, but means that! Failing to meet its outstanding |
the state will have the right to put j obligations Monday, the Atlanta, Bir-
up otjic-r witnesses to corroborate ^togham and Atlantic Railroad un-
the portions of Conley’s testimony der a f® c ® n t order of the United
which describe Frank as a degener-; States Court of Appeals, which
ate.
This means that whatever of vl-
ciousness in Frank’s life which the
state can find, having a direct bear
ing on his alleged actions in the
n
VERY RIGR IN
uncertain, but which does include a
part of Thomas County; and,
WHEREAS; the Citizens of Thom
as County who aro included in the
said proposed new county, now in
■Mass Meeting assembled, resolve:
That we are opposed to the cre
ation of the New County of Hansel!,
as recommended by the Legislative
Committee: and,
That as Citizens of Thomas
County, we ask the aid and co-oper
ation of the officers and people ofji|{ ;
Thomas County to the end that we I
be not included as a part of said pro
posed New County.
The meeting was largely attend
ed by representative citizens of Col
quitt, Grady and Mitchell Coun-
cltlzens
MORE STUFF IN BONDED WARE
HOUSES IN THIS COUNTRY
THAN LAST YEAR BY THIRTY
MILLIONS.
YOUNG MAN LI KED TO COFFER
HOUSE BY WOMAN, WHO SUD
DENLY TOOK LEAVE AND GUN
MEN SHOT HIM DOWN.
York, Aug.
Washiiigto
United States
th foodstuff.
and othe
erchan-
lowed on© month in which to set
tle. was declared foreclosed.
The property will now be adver
tised in Atlanta, Birmingham and i *
Boston paper* once a week for six WILL HAVE AS MUCH AS CAR-
consecutive weeks. A date for ac-j XKG1E—HAD GEORGIA WATER
tual sale will then be fixed by Victor j PROPERTY AND SOME LIGIIT-
L. Smith, special master. .. | |\(j PLANTS IN JAPAN.
The outstanding obligations of the;
Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlantic j New York, Aug. C.—Although tho
are $90,947. per mile, wtyle net j provisions of the will of the lute An-j
earnings for the fiscal year totaled j thony P. Brady gave no indication [
which would amount to a boll wee
vil barrier, was not regarded with
favor. It would be of doubtful
legality and very expensive. Theyties. who concur with the
fight with the boll weevil will berbf TMlfiftTt'8U
a band-to-hand battle. The depart- tlon as affecting their territory,
ment states that one of its difflcul-j W. P. WHITE. Chairman
ties is in inducing negroes to adopt j J. M. AUSTIN, Sectary,
and push the proper methods for
fighting the pest.
Millions and millions of dollars
will be saved to the farmers of
Georgia If they unitedly and untir
ingly fight the Mexican pest that
blasts and lays bare the cotton
fields. The work can be started
{this fail, and every farmer who wlsh-
i es to learn how to fight the weevil
|should got into communication at‘REPORTS FROM
.once with Senator Smith, or one of
the Georgia Congressmen.
—William Lus-
Aug. 5.—The bonded j tig, a young man of whom the police
various parts of the! know little, is dying in the Bellevue
are fairly bursting Hospital today, a victim of an as
sassination, recalling the gun-men's
methods in the murder of Herman
Rosenthal.
Lustig was lured to “Humpty"
Jackson’s coffee house, by a woman
last night. The woman suddenly
left the cafe, and Lustig, when he
attempted to follow her, faced four
gun-men, all of whom fired at him.
This fact was forcibly*set forth in
a statement issued today by the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce. The report declares
that goods valued at more than one
hundred million dollars, were to
these warehouses on June thirtieth,
ILL B0DIF6RDS MT FOOT
'fflTie'ftrtw5uifrtrthe Sftfne date |Thi effect. The-—'
last year, was only seven million dol-• assailants then escaped in a big
loro. touring car.
; Lustig. the police believe, comes
• from r. good family.
DOING NICELY
CAIRO STATE
THAT THEY ARE HOLDING
THEIR OWN—TWO GIRLS HERE
IMPROVE RAPIDLY.
n
| The Misses Bodifords, who ar
| the City Hospital, were reported
$1,022.55 per mile.
such an unprecedented
taken place.
Rush Orders
W hen you want some
thing in a hurry from
our store ;\.st use your tele
phone;. You will be sur
prised at the quick service
we are prepared to give.
Your - orders wii! get the
same careful attention as if
you celled in perron. This
feature of our business re
ceives special attention.
Phone number
103 - 106
PEACOCK - MASH
of the size of his estate, unofficial
figures published her© today place
his wealth practically on a par with
that of the late J. Pierpont Mor
gan.
Mr. Morgan’s estate was officially
estimated at eight hundred million
dollars, and Mr. Brady’s estate is in
excess of this figure, it is said.
It is reported that he had thirty
million dollars invested In tobacco
properties alone. He held eteht mil
lion dollars in the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit Company. His stock to Ten
nessee and Georgia rower proper
ties, it is said, were worth ten mil
lion dollars, and he also had several
million dollars invested in lightlnj
plants throughout Japan.
GO TO SOOTH
i ing well as could be desired this
! morning and with no unforeseen
backsets, will get well without ques
tion.
TIIE LOAN SHARK EVIL.
FOB i
PLAN FOR PLACING OF FUNDS
FOR MOVING CROPS IS MADE
IN WASHINGTON TODAY.
IS SHOWN TO THE CHIROPODISTS j
IN SESSION — NEW DANCES |
MAKE FOOT TROUBLES THEY j
SAY. | NVw York. Aug. 7.—Dr. Thomas
New York, Aug. d.—Clara S. • X. McNamara, a widely known spec-
Houston, of Chicago, who is credited lalist, is today in a Hoboken hospi-
with having the only perfect feet tojtal, suffering from slow poison, which
America, told the members of thejw:.s taken by mfstake, the poison
National Convention of Chiropodists j being swallowed in th? belief* that
at last night's session, that the tur-' it was asperin tablets,
key trot and tango dances, werej Dr. McNamara put a tablet In
proving a great boom to the ehiropo- bis mouth to show his nephew how
,A telephone report from Cairo thisjdlsfs. |t» swallow it. The nephew was
afternoon stated that Air. Bodifori j “People are coining to me in [ unable to* do so, however, so ho
was ■not improving as rapidly as was droves,'' she said, “complaining of! went without the medicine, ho wai
expected, but that bis wife was in J their feet.’’ 'attempting to take for a headache.
better shape than was anticipated, i ——r—
Both are holding their own and the!
attending physicians aro now hope- i
Ailual Condition of -Vortirs in Geor
gia Almost Unheard Of.
Washington, Aug. 7.—More tha
on© hundred Southern bankers con* ]
ferred here today with Treasury of* I.
ficials concerning the distribution {I j
of an additional fifty million dol- J
lars of government deposits, which'
the Treasury Department will i
in the Agricultural states, to a:
in moving the crops.
It was indicated, before tho
terenee began, that most of
Southern bankers were pleased with |
•he Department's plan. Many of
them, it was said, caiue prepared to !
ask that at least half of the fifty j
million dollars be placed in the j
! ful of their recovery.
Atlanta, Aug,
ist | that when the
jthe Legislature
I will 1)0 exactly
7.—‘Indications are
iresent session of
adjourns, Georgia
where she was be-
the i lo ro in the matter of compulsory
rith I education and child labor—that is.
of I at about tho tail-end of the tivilij
world,
ham a.
keeping company with Ala-1
nt the hook to
3<mhern State* to aid in
ving ’In; tbe
un child hlu
designed af- to j
Atlanta. Aug. — Th? current is
of Front’s Magazine, “The Call
) Assistant Secr.etar> of tile h r«
ury Williams outlined the plan
'meet most of the practical objection
i of the South,’’ calls the attention of j
j the Georgia Legislature, in striking
j language, to the prevalence of the
loan shark evil to jGeorgfa TnJ the
crying need of some legislative re
lief for the poor and unfortunate
J from this species of oppression.
The editorial in question calls at*
| tentton to the authentic t'ase of a
clerk who showed in tho Fulton Su* i
j»cri£r court that ho hod paid the)
loan sharks over $l t 600 of usurioui
Interest on an original loan of $280,
and that he still owed the principal,
-j The editorial says in conclusion,
l“Many years ago, there was a law
, cn the statute books which provided
that where usury was charged tho
entire debt should be forfeited, and
if the Legislature win re-enact this
law, and provide In addition, that
tho loan shark must serf* a sen-
detail to the bankers.
Secretar>
McAdoo addressed them briefly, w* l- j t
corned them to t^e tcrference. ! l
The .plans for today included aj l
isit ^o the White House, for a con-1
urged by
c Legisla-
Vonserva-
! ference, at which. Senator Owen
Representative Glass will explain
the administration currency Mil.
i It wa* virtually decided to distrib
ute half of the fifty million dollars
to the South, for moving the cot
ton crop.
CASTRO REVOLUTION IS SILL
. Willemstad, Aug. 7.—The revolu
tion in Venezuela, under the lead
ership of Ciprlano Castro, Is not
geaqral, dnd’ fe noticeable only In
widely separated portions of the
u*ace.~on the ebafngang, this wicked .country, according to reports reach-
traffic will broken
lantic railroad legislation seems
for the session. It was killed
dead !
vhen :
the
VOte
knocked out the resolution providing
lor a special commission to investi
gate the best disposition of the road
at the expiration of the presen*
lease.
The Senate the same session pass
ed a bill providing for a commission
to investigate the judicial system of
the state and suggest possible im
provements.
Mr. J. R. Cargill, of Columbus, is
In the city on business.
Special for
next week.
WHITE CREPE with Navy Lav
ender and Black stripes to sell at
9c. A better grade of Crepe with
Tan and Copenhagan stripes at
21c. A few Bulgarian Collars
while they last at $1.16. White
Paris muslin job lot was 40-50-60-
75c will sell at 29c
Louis Steyerman,
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