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■■ S # Jt * * * J& jt * Official Organ Thomas County Wmm— ■ ■■ vM ************ Why Wait? v . a#.##**#**#*# SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION Send in Your Subscription NOW. ************ m 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, Oajkt rnrnuri MH