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izLl-— * .. v—'Al.,- k”. 1 wpHj Official Organ Thomas County SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION Why Wait? Sand in, Your Subscription NOW. #**#*****#&* \X»U 1. No. 01. THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 101.T. Till ESCH MID DECIDES TO “THE I BEST" HI ISOLD HOME AYlllKrt HIS MOTHER THAT HE I) IDN'T FEEL WELL AND WOULD TAKE A REST BEFORE GOING TO THEIIl OLD HOME—WHIT MAN SAYS IT WILL BE IMFOSSIRLE TO BRING HIM BAOIC TO MATTEAWAN, FROM WHICH ASYLUM HE MADE A SPEC TACULAR ESCAPE SUNDAY MORNING GOING TO CONNECTI CUT -GATE-KEEPER ARRAIGNED, CHARGED WITH HAVING RECEIVED BRIBE. Now Y'ork, Aug. 18.—Mrs. Mar)- Oopeley Thaw received a letter from her son, Harry Thaw, about noon today. In that letter, he said he planned to ‘take a rest,” before going , to the Tlinw country place, “Elmhurst," at Cresson, Pa. State Can't Apprehend Him, Says District Attorney Whitman. New York, Aug. IS.—Harry K Thaw Made S|>ectacular Escape | Early Sunday Morning. | Xlatteawan, N. Y., Aiug. 18.—Har- ' ry K. Thaw, the slayer of Stanford White, escaped from the hospital | for criminal Insane here at 7:45 o'clock yesterday morning. A dart ! for liberty through an open gate, a | leap Into the open door of a power- | ful automobile, and a flight like a | rocket for the Connecticut state line Thaw escaped from the State Hos-' ,Mrty ra,les away accOTn P 1 " ,hed hls iMtal for the Criminal Insane, a i |e8cape - Mattewan yesterday morning, and j Once beyond the boundaries he will probably never be confined' the State, Thaw Is free. Only again In New York I months, perhaps years of litigation Lawyer, seem unanimous in their!™ 11 bring him back to Matteawan opinion today that there Is no hopel and then only In one event-that he for extradition, even if Thaw U ! be adjudged Insane In the state to found in some other state. | whlc b be has fled. District Attorney Chas. S. Whit-1 FiT ® Confederates in Car. man said Thaw had been acquitted, j Flve ^federate, ma nned the ear asd there was no Indictment against , n whlch Thaw escaped a 3d a b lg Mm. Therefore, he cannot be ex- b , Mk MmoU(dne wW<a trailed tt tradtted ' , past the asylum gate. The police The New York Bar Association j, a ve the description of Thaw’s con- has been urging the necessity for »l f8deni t e , and the names under statuatory verdict, such as "guilty, j t hey registered at a local bo b' 1 * insane,'' aa Is the case in Eag.[ te , Fr|day „ 1>ht and are seeking land, where «ueh criminals can b«|ti, em . r ® oovered * ! The authorities believe that Thaw Some lawyer* say the only chance | fled , to the 8hore of uiand of recovering Thaw now is to show that be bribed state officials. Thaw’s Mothtr Rejoices, At Hls Es- ■ cape. But Denies Complicity in the Matter. New York, Aug. 13.—Mrs. Mary Copeley Thaw, mother of Harry Thaw, continued today receiving callers at her hotel apartments. , While expressing to all her un feigned Joy at her son's escape, she indignantly denied that the Thaw family knew of the matter until In formed by newspaper men. Evelyn Nesblt Thaw lamented the;Thaw, fully dressed, left hls room fac thnt her husband Is still at yesterday morning. The milk man's large. She said he is dangerous to [cart was rumbling on the road out- the community, and further, pro-1 „| dc as he walked through the store- fessed to believe that her presence j ro o nl and out into the outer court. In Now York state goaded Thaw to ^ or yard of the asylum grounds. Har- attempt hls escape. jniim, sole attendant at the road 'gate, was (pacing back and forth Asylum Attendant Arrested, Cliarg- when Thaw closed the store room ed With Taking Bribe. I door behind him and apparently did 3ound and hoarded a yacht, waiting with steam up to rush to Europe. A reward of $.500 for Thaw’s ap prehension has been offered by Dr. R. F. C. Kelb, superintendent of the asylum. Howard H. Barnum, the attendant at the gate past wbom Thaw flashed in hls break for freedom, Is under arrest and other arrests are expected to follow In the rigid Investigation begun by Dr. Kelb. The shadcB wero drawn In the 'dormitories and the Inmates were I getting their second sleep when LED. M. FRANK MOD GDI ON THE STAND UWS PASSED TOOK PLACE THIS AFTERNOON AND DENIED THAT HE WAS THE GUILTY MAN—CASE WILL END THIS WEEK. Atlanta, Aug. 18.—Leo. M, Frank, who is charged with tile murder of Mary Pliagan, the 14- year-old factory worker, took the witness stand In hls own liehatf this afternoon und Ini. mediately began a general de nial of ull the charges against him. Atlanta Papers Printing l’hotus of Wives of Jurors in Trial. Atlanta, Aug. 18.—Having print ed and re-printed the photographs of all the women who are directly Indirectly connected with the Phagan murder and the Frank trial, the Atlanta newspapers have now taken to ornamenting the Frank story with photographs of the wives of the Frank Jurors, all of whom are estimable Atlanta ladles, and a number of whom abhor notoriety. Several of these ladles, who do not even read the accounts of the Frank trial, are very much embar rassed to see their faces and names dragged Into the -reports, alongside of various court-room features of the case. it la confidently hoped by all .parties concerned that the Frank trial will end this week. Judge Roan has expressed the expectation that the Jury would be free by Sunday, and there la a good possi bility that all evidence will be In soon after the middle of the week. Frank's own statement, which was expected to come Saturday, Is still to be made. One Million Words of Testimony Already Heard. The Atlanta journal (.ays that there have been already a million words of testimony In the Frank case—and goodness knows all three of the Atlanta papers have tried to print, the whole million. There will be about half a million more this week end then perhaps there prl'^ he a rest. JUDGE KILLED ADMINISTRATION BILLS HAVE BEEN ENACTED INTO LAW WITH EEW EXCEPTIONS — FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS. 8Y Poughkeepsie, N. Y„ Aug. 18.— aot -rasp the significance of Thaw's >||MjKX SCENE OF SENSATIONAL Howard Barnum, a Matteawan at ten-j pa rly rising, dant, who opened the gate through! Long years of residence at the which Harry Thaw escaped yester- ] asylum and repeated declarations day morning, was arraigned this by Thaw thnt he would never at-1 morning on a warrant charging tempt his freedom except by legal bribery. F means had established Thaw's status Barnum asked for counsel, . and as a "trusty.” I hls hearing was delayed. | There was little out of the or. SHOOTING WHEN AV. 8. GOD. IIKK AND WIFE AVEIIK SHOT TO DEATH BY JUDGE'S DI VORCED WIFE. Milieu, (la., Aug. IS.—Judge S. Godbee, and hls wife, were shot and Instantly killed this morn- He stoutly asserted that he was dinary In hls appearance, even aseo', nK whlle they were in thp Mille t Innocent of any wrong-doing. early an hour, In the court yard, and j„, >by M rs. Edna Godhee, [ the Judge's divorced wife. Judge Godbee had only recently married again. 10 cent Talcum Powder Perfumed and Borated. 2 Cans for 5c as long as it lasts. SEE OUR WINDOW. . r,.<- ■•<■■■ !•>■,! *■ ■*••• * 1 Agent* NUNNALLY’S CANDIES. if Barnum saw hlat—as to this no one save the hospital authorities would say. and they refused to talk —he raised no question. A black six-cylinder touring car, sixty horse-power followed by a limousine also black, loafed lazily along the rood as the milkman drew near the gate. Thaw, standing few feet away, apparently ua'on- scious, waited mil Barnum unlocked the gate and swung it wide to let the milkman enter. At the same mo ment the two cars drew up on the farther side of the road opposite the gate and stopped, their engines throbbing. As Barnum stepped aside for the milkman to drive Inside the grounds he heard the gravel crunch beneath Thaw's feet and looking up saw Thaw flash past him straight for one of the waiting cars. With a shout Barnum started in hot pursuit but a flying leap landed Thaw safe in the car. The automobile wheels began turning before tbe keeper fairly reached the roadway and they were throwing up a cloud of dust before they had gone twenty- five feet. Atlanta, Aug. 16.—Governor Sla ton’s legislative program, with one or two exceptions, has been enacted into law. The exceptions failed of fulfillment only because of lack of time. They can easily wait until . next year, when it Is predicted they will be handled In accordance with the governor's suggestion. Not in many years past has a constructive administration been so completely In harmony with a constructive leg islature. Virtually every general bill passed by tbe Legislature was advocated or approved by the Governor. Most of them were, strictly speaking, admin istration 'measures. It is the first time since factional politics on ex isting lines began that a governor has been able to get the legislature to work la such complete accord with him. The following specific administra tion measures were among the most Important which went through: A curb on extravagant appropriations, tax reform, an Inheritance tax, dou bled corporation tax, permanent registration law, and a blue sky law. Perhaps Governor Slaton’s hardest fight was on appropriations. Know ing that the state treasury was near ly a million dollars In the hole, he refused from the stmt to recommend a single new or Increase expendi ture. To all appeals, he stated sim ply that the money would first have to be provided, before It could be sipproprlsted. Governor Slaton Is no’ a man Who Is given to threats and bluffs. In nano of hie communications did er deal In other than courteous lan guage, eschewing all that suggested the big stick or the big "I.” How ever, he did not hesitate to say on 'proper occasions candidly and firmly that hls oath of office would not permit him to approve an appropria tion sheet carrying more than the proepectlve revenues. The result is In brief that the State’s financial condition bos been re-established on a healthy basis, apd that the present legislature will go down In local history as one of the most constructive In this gen eration. The state's whole fiscal system has been pat for the first time on a sonn^ Jmslness basis. iThe splendid results of the recent session have necessarily added much Governor Slaton's (popularity. Governor Slaton Is standing for a business administration—a business administration without quotation marks. MEAT PRICES AS A RESULT OK THE WATER FAMINE IN THE MIDDLE WES- TERX STATES — AUSTRALIA MUST FURNISH .MEATS. Washington, Aug. 16.—Sharp In creases In the prices of fresh beef are expected to follow the prolonged drouth in Kansas, Iowa, Oklahoma and Nebraska. The Department of Agriculture officials are apprehen sive over the outlook, and agents of the department who are in 3outh America, report, unfavorable condi tions In the cattle trade there. They say disease Is raging among the cat tle In Argentine, which la the 'princi pal cattle-growing country. In the event of a shortage. It Is expected that Australia will furnish the meat supply. SULZER STILL IS ALTHOUGH THE MATrER IS FAR FROM SETTLED — PHVSIOAL FORCE BROUGHT INTO THE QUARREL TODAV. LOVERS MAY LIE WITHOUT FAULT Albany, N. Y., Aug. 16.—The breach between Governor Sulzer and Lieutenant Governor Glynn la com plete today, and there will further conferences between their counsels, so far as is known, on the question of submitting their rontro- ery to the courts. D. Cady Herrick, chief counsel for Governor Sulzer, said he didn’t ex pect to make public any plans of the lawyers for the Impeached execu tive. In reply to a question, he said, I don’t know what will be the next move.” Glynn’s refusal to accept the pro- I posal of the impeached Governor, to submit their claims to the courts, was a surprise to Sulzer’s friends. In reply, Glynn said he held himself in readiness to perforin all functions of the Governor’s office, and would act a» governor exce^K. In so far as j restrained by Sulzer’s Illegal action PATCHES 8H CIS PACES and physical force. This Is the first time the words “physical force” has been brought Into the controversy. Neither claimant to the Governor JUDGE DECIDES THAT COUHT- » h ll> of New York endeavored to ln- u]r,n wmiTATinv uawx tcrfcro with the other In any way SHIP EXHALTATION MAKES, today, and the principals seemed to THEM TELL THINGS THAT ARE j ^ marking time, waiting for the NOT SO, | other to take the offensive. The In- ___ j dlcatlons were that the deadlock New York, Aug. 15-8uprem. exeuntJ. the leg,stature Court Justice Guy banded down aj decision yesterday, which Is in effect j that a man In' love 11 privileged to! lie. Justice Guy said it was a well known principle that Is the state of mental exaltation accompanying courtship, statements made aa to the mental, moral and financial qualifi cations may not be too closely scru tinized. This rutin?: ncccmieanied _ the re fusal of a request for alimony of a woman who was told, before her marriage, by her future husband he made thirty dollars weekly. later, she found he made only thirteen dol- ars and a half a we«k PASSED AAVAY SUNDAY NIGHT AT HIS HOME ON REMINGTON AVENUE—FUNERAL WILL OC CUR TOMORHOAV. T III COUNTY SCHOOLS TO iPEN IT SOME TIME T Atlanta, Aug. . 18.—The pretty fancy of wearing tiny black patches on pink dimpled cheeks, Just as they were worn In the French court under la>u;s XV., and later In colon ial days in this country, has cofoe Into style In Atlanta. It Is a fad, however, which only really pretty women can Indulge in. for a girl must have real confidence In the attractiveness of her face be fore she dares deliberately attract the eyes to It by decorating It with the sturtllng and sometimes tremely attractive patch. Diamond shaped patches seem to be the most popular, with little round polka-dot looking patches a close second. The young society girls and their mammns aro both adopting the style. Couuly Hoard of Education So De cided at Recent .Meeting—Third of November Opening Day. The County Board of Education, at a rerent meeting, passed a reso lution that the schools of the couii- ty shall open on the third day of,”*' . "' November. Heretofore, they have m " fh Bur " rise here, been opening at different periods, The affair had not beginning about October first. The recent ruling will make all the strict ly county schools open at the same time. Another Important hem passed upon was that the law requiring all children to attend school In the dis trict in which they live, would be enforced. Of course where a child lives too far, or for any other rea son that In the mind of the hoard Is just, a child will be allowed to attend elsewhere. This is not a rule of the Board, but a law upon the Statute books. Still another item of interest is that all teachers, who are to be giv en a special examination, because of failure to take the regular exami nation, will be required to pay $1. This will go to the teachers’ library fund. An examination for such ap plicants will be given some time in September ,or early in October. FARMERS GIN AT UOOLIIHJE OPENED FOR BUSINESS THERE LAST SATURDAY. FOIt THK WORDS OF HENRY LANK WILSON—SAID IN KNG" • LAND THAT IT WAS USELESS* FOR l\ S. TO TAKE IT UP. j London. Aug. 15.—The news from! the United States that Ambassador Page had been Instructed to npolo-j glze to the British Government for ! *’ALHol N ©Of VI l SCENE Ol* the comments made on the British-, Moll WORK KAMA THIS MORN- Mexican policy, by Ambassador Hen-' ING-*-ONE OF THEM WHO WAS ry Lane Wilson, to Mexico, caused. ALIIANI AND THEN TAKEN i TO M.\IN>N WITH BODIFOKD excited the ( ASSAILANT, slightest attention. The British, Morgan, Ga., Aug. 15.—A mol) at •newspapers at first ignored Ambas- the county jail here early today sodor Wilson’s statement, but they] shot to death Robert Lovett, a ue- printed it today, as an explanation of the grounds for the apologies. ' / The announcement of the death of Mr. Samuel W. Baker, which occur red about midnight Sunday, was one that brought surprise and grief to his many friends here. Al though he had been in feeble healtk for some time, it was not thought that death was so near until a few hours before it came. Mr. Baker was up the greater part of yesterday and able to con verse with friends. About fire lock in the afternoon, he was taken very sick and his condition pronounced very serious by the at tending physician. He continued to grow worse until the end came about midnight. Mr. Baker was born In Liberty county and passed his sixty-fifth* birthday on Saturday, just the d*y before hls death. He was one of a family of twelve brothers, only two of whom now survive him, the Ray. Robert Baker, of Florid*, end Mr. D. K. Baker, of Alabama. For several yea?-, air. Baker's health was too feeble for him to en gage In any active business, but be fore that he was a well-knoWn rail road contractor. Although too young to serve through tbe whole of the Civil war, he entered the army the lest year and remained until the surrender. After the war he moved with hls father’s family to ThojnasviUe, and has since sr%de hls home here. Mr. Baker was a devoted member of the Presbyterian church, and never omitted attending * service until too feeble to welk there. He •was a member of the Thomasrille Lodge of Masons, and the funeral service will be in charge of thnt body. Besides hls devoted wife, Mt. Ba ker Is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Alvin Rowe, of Ssvnnnnh,* end Mies Lula Baker, of- 4hls city, and three sons. Messrs. Sam Baker, of Brunswick, Fred Baker, of Ozark, and Cecil Baker Of Boca Grande, Fla. The funeral services will take place Tuesday afternoon at five o’clock, at the Presbyterian Church. gro who was held charged with mur- lering two white men. The mob overjiowered a special guard of fifteen deputies and bat tered down the doors. Immediately after the killing the negro was taken first to Albany and then to Macon for safe-keeping. He Drought here yesterday for hls trial, which was to have taken place- today. ovett was arrested several months ago for the murder of Ben Shields and M. R. Wilson, two prominent men who lived near Morgan. REBELS LOSE BIG BUTTLE At number of progressive Coolidse citizens have Just competed erect ing a new cotton gin that will give their territory valuable service this season in caring for the bumper crop of cotton raised this year. A four 70-saw Continental System Gin outfit of the latest model with all appliances for ginning cotton rapidly and preserving the staple, has been Installed and the plant Ufwedge northward almost now ready to take care of all colt0 i | center of Carranza’s stronghold. Dowd the roadway the cars sped offered for ginning promptly, and. He hao been far toward the Inter- JjEYEN THOUSAND ENGAGED IN THE CONFLICT IN NORTHERN MEXICO—ONE OF THE LEAD ERS KILLED. Eagle Pass., Tex., Aug. IS.—The Constitutionalists were defeated in a three-days’ buttle last week near i Ahnsolo, one hundred miles south j of here, in the State of Coahuila They retreated Saturday and yes terday, declaring they had Insuffi cient ammunition. Seven thousand men were engag ed in this battle, but no estimate of the killed and wounded has been compiled. Jesus Ca~ranza, a brother of the Constitutionalist leader has gone to the front today with re-lnforcements. The result of the Federals’ suc cess seems to be the driving of the the will care for fifty hales per day eaal-! ior for the lpa , t sever&1 wee | ; , ly and let the wagons go home be fore dark. The gin was opened for business last Saturday and three bales were In a whirling cloud of dust that qukkly blotted them from sight. For moment Barnum ihaded hls eyes with Us bands and watched them; then with the first great blot on Us ( career of twenty years as keeper. • ginned, and the farmers went home he dashed madly back Into the (well pteased with the results, grounds and locked the gate. j Mr. W. F. Carter, an experienced "Thaw’s gone—escaped!" he gin manager la In charge and hls shouted bursting Into Dr. Kelb’i efforts will be supported by an ac- .■« fharmevtic.il association MEETING IN NASHVILLE. Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 18.—The American Pharmeutlcal Association began Its alxty-firit annual session i here today, and It Is expected the | meeting will last throughout the* entire week. It is expected that five | |presence. And In a moment thejtlre board of manager* of tbe best,hundred delegates will be In sttea- hunt was on. citizen, of Coolidge. , dance. Fall Notice! We can now show you a full line of:- Woolen Dress Goods All Fashionable Shades, ranging in prices from 65c to $3.50 per yard. In Brocaded Materials there are Velvets Crepes and Woolen goods. We can at the same time show you tome ele gant new Tailored suits for ladies. Other lines in Ready-to-Wear, will arrive shortly. Louis Steyerman, The Shop of Quality On the Corner.