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VOL. 1. No. 02.
THOSIASVILLB, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1913.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
US TALK iSPARTANBURG
E
WAY FINISH THEIR SPEECHES uilEAKS DOWN JAIL WITH I1AT-
TH1S AFTERNOON AND CASE TER1NG RAM AFTER NEGRO
WILL GO TO THE JURY—NO WHO IS TAKEN OUT OF RACK
TIME LIMIT SET FOR THE AT- |WM)It TO COLUMBIA.
TORNEY8. | -
Sparta.ibiirg, S. C., Aug. 19.—
Atlanta. Aug. 21.- The closing Af(er an all-nlgllt selge of the county
arguments were begun this morning jaJ , bere a Inob _ which wa8 at .
jn the trial of Leo M. Frank here, ( em pn n g t 0 possession of Will
charged with the murder of Mary p a , ri a negro who was charged with
tMiagan, the 14-year-old factory criminal assault, dispersed at day-
worker. 1Jght to d a y.
Judge Itoa-a imposed no time limit, The mob u8 „ d dynamlte fci an ef-
but the attorney on both sides inti- fort to gct to the negr o's cell. They
mated that the speaking will proba- broke down a heavy gate wlt h a
bly be concluded late today or early battering ram Three men wore
tomorrow morning. Two attorneys sllghtly funded.
In the meantime, the prisoner
EAR OF CORN
FILES QUART
UNUSUAL SIZE OF SPECIAL VA
RIETY OF CORN GROWN I>
THE COOLIDGE NEIGHBOR-
HOOD RY MR. CAY.
from each side will address tho
Jury.
Solicitor-General Won Iiiiporlnnt
Point Yesterday Afternoon.
Atlanta, Aug. 21.—Hugh Dorsey,
solicitor general, won another point |
in his favor during the trial of Leo
M. Frank yesterday
was spirited out a rear door and tak- j He expects to save enough
! en to the State prison at Colum
bia. The officers expect to keep him
, there until time for the trial here.
Death of Mrs. Yinin Thompson.
At the home of her son, Mr. E. C.
when ho »uc-i Thom P son ’ the Pebble Hill
Mr. J. P. Cay, living near Cool
idge, has brought to this office a sam
ple of corn grown by him which is
remarkable for the size of the ears
and the quantity of the grains on
them, (hie ear welched two pounds
and nine ounces, and when shelled
made a quart of corn.
This corn Is or the Alexander va
riety and was brought from parties
near Augusta. Mr. Cay has only a
half acre planted In it, as he -was
not able to obtain more of the seed.
of the
seed this year to plant a larger
crop next season and will probably
have enough also to dispose of some
to those who may desire to try grow
ing it for themselves.
TH1W HAS HIREDGINGEOFRilLESREV. SCHULER
If A It HAS CORPUS STEP TAKEN
11V ATTORNEYS WHICH WILL
PREVENT AT LEAST IMMED
IATE DEPORTATION.
Albany, N. Y., Aug. 21.—Act
ing (iovernor Glynn was ad
vised over long-distance tele
phone by the immigration au
thorities ut Ottawa, this after
noon, that they would use every
elTort within their |m\ver to
have Harry Thaw returned to
this State.
FI CONTESTS
COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO FOIL
Ml'I.ATE NEW RULES FOR
THE FAIR, MADE THEIR RE
PORT. j
BADLY GUT
DISAGREEMENT IN PAVO CAME
NEAR CAUSING DEATH OF
MINISTER — KNOCKER THRU
SHOW-CASE.
I Being authorized to
C. Sch'uler, a Baptist min-
formulatel^ter of some note in this section of!
MEAT IS GOING
OUT OF
NEXT WINTER THE COUNTRY
WILL EXPERIENCE THE HIGH*
EST PRICES IN HISTORY—AD.
VANCE OF 10 TO 13 PER CENT.
EXPECTED.
This country will experience next
,w. rranu yesieruay, wnen no au«-| - ■IITII IfininritT
seeded in getting In evidence, over, vlala Thompson ImnfWT
. . . .... _ . . nJ in tho proof hAvnnd p*thn li ved I ■ • flwUlIf I
3he lived |
character was bad and that hU reptl-! to be of the rl “ e old age of 74 year , 9 '
i "Aunt Vlnla," as ,he was lovingly
em . ! called, was an examplary Christian
' woman, having been a consistent
tatlon as to hi, relations with worn-;
en wa, bad. Several women
ployees at the factory were 'per
mitted to testify to this general
fact, but were not allowed to go Into
detail.
The status of Frank’s character
la the eyes of the Jury Is Just about
(he same as the statu* of every other
feature of the case; It is simply a
gnsetion of which witnesses the
Jury is going to believe. If the Jury
believes the state's witnesses, a case
has been made out against Frank.'
hut if the Jury believes the wit
nesses of the defense, it I* scarcely
likely that a verdict of guilty could
be obtained purely on the chain of
circumstantial evidence.
member of the Midway Baptist
church for many years.
The funeral took p'ace at Midway
church on the 13th inBt., conducted
by her pastor, Rev. J. B. Allljood,
assisted by Rev. R. G. Jackson.
Mrs. Thompson was a sister of the
late A. A. Braswell, and U. K. and
Emmett Braswell.
The whole community deeply
sympathizes with the bereavec rein
tives in their great loss.
Mrs. Hollie Leo Johnson Dead.
Died at her home, near Ochlocknee:
on August 5th, Mrs. Halite I.eoj
Johnson, 'wife of Mr. Marvin John
son.
and was happily united in marriage
to Mr. Johnson on February 27,
1910, whom she leaves to mourn her
irreparable loss, besides several
Bmall children and numerous other
relatives and friends. She was a
member of the Barnett Creek Bap
tist church and died in the triumph
IN KANSAS BECAUSE OF THE of “ sospel faith, and now may the
HEAT AX'D CORN IS ALSO DAM*l 0reat Physician administer tho oil
APPLE CROP
A FAILURE
ON BROAD STREET
les for measuring acre crops for| the 8tate * was injured yesterday in j winter the greatest shortage of beef
Fair contestants, by the Directors at
their last meeting, we announce the
following rules governing the con-
to | tests hereafter including this year,
to j Th^ rule which requires tho nieas-
j urement of tho land and the pro-
I dud in the acre and half-acre coil-
21*—j tests by one Director or three dis
interested parties, who are respon
sible citizens, has not been changed
but remains the sa^e.
The land may be measured off in
any shape to make an exact acre or
half acre as the case may be, three
average rows selected by the Direc
tor or committee and staked at each
Sherbrooke. Quebec,
Counsel for Harry K. Traw, after an
all-night conference, announced this
morning they wouldn’t produce him
in Superior court today, on the writ
of habeas corpus, which was obtain
ed yesterday. They explained the
writ was returnable at their pleas
ure. ,
Thaw’s counsel is today marking lend of each row, so that they will
Mr. Ijcbbeu* l>ekle Run Over by Ford
Car Driven by Mr. Burgess-—Ac
cident Caused Some Excite- |
meat at Time.
Mr- Lebbeus Dekle was run over
by an auto this morning at the in
tersection of Broad and Jackson
Streets. He had started across the
street from the L. Steyerman store,
toward the Dixon grocery. The car
was coming around from Jackson,
into Broad, from the direction of
Watt's store, and Mr. Dekle did not
see it until It was very close to him.
The driver, Mr. R. H. Burgess. ot conduct of his case out of his hands
Coolidge, honored to Mr. Dekle, but M far 89 ,s Practicable.
It was not la time and In making a ; ^ r- (' reens hlel<i Is one of tho ab
lest luwyers of the Dominion of
Canada, and he rarely ever takes a
criminal case. “* a*gliU$i
by Chss. D. White and Harry Fra*-
time, mainly due to the arrival of
George Lauder Carnegie, a brother-
la-’aw, and his wife. Thaw’s sister.
The Thaws are anxious that no
court steps be taken until every bul
wark of the defense Is strengthened.
This move surprised the immigra
tion officials. They anticipated that
Thaw would be arraigned before
noon, released on the present com
mittment and then held as an un
desirable alien, and guickly deport
ed.
Thaw Not to Have Much Say So, in
Conduct of His Case.
The summoning or Mr. Oreen-
shteld’s from Montreal to take pre
cedent over all Tbsw’s lawyers,
serves to confirm the impression
that Thaw's relative* are taking the
’ ’ ’ [backward step to evade the onconi-
She was nearly 25 years old. , „ . ., , . .
ing car, Mr. Dekle was knocsed
down, the front wheel ‘going over his
body.
He was dragged a distance of twoj ,er « prominent attorneys
feet by the back wheel before it ran i coo * { *
over him, about midway his legs.
be recognized and known as sample
rows.
Where an aero is cut out of a lar
ger field, the t comers or angles must
be staked, and a twine or com
stretch around to mark boundaries.
When the contestant is ready to
gather corn, potatoes and peanuts,
the Director or Committee must be
notified and be there to see same
gathered and weighed. In the sugar
cane contest, the land must be meas
ured and syrup weighed by the Di
rector or Committee and the con
testants must use the utmost care
that no other cane is mixed with it
It will be impracticable for Com
mittee to see cane gathered and
syrup made up. also cotton picked
but the land of cotton and cane
may be measured and certificate
furnished as to weights. Samples of
products of contestants must be
showa at Fair as required hereto
fore.
^ Mr* ^ Willis Moore has been namj-
ed as a Director and volunteers to
of Coatl- f measure all land and crops, freo <?f
!charge and the Fair prefers that all
1 be measured by one man, hut »ug-
Pavo, when he fell through a show In its history. Prices which al-
case in a drug store in that city. A; ready have advanced 25 to 50 per'
gentleman from there stated this cent., in a year, are to be 10 to 13
morning that the Pastor and Mr. J. I per rent, higher by January 1. Meat
X. Carrington, a prominent man of [will sell at unheard of figures,
that town, got into an argument, hot j The representative of a big packer
words following and that Mr. Car-: in Chicago says: “Forty cents a
rlngton struck the preacher, knock- pound for the choice outs seem a
certainty, 45 cents is a probability,
and even 50 cents a possibility be
fore spring.’’
George L. McCarthy, proprietor of
the National Provisioned, said that
the stock population in the United
AGED—HOT WEATHER
CONTINUES.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 20.—The
apple crop in this state, which, early
in the season, promised to break all
records, will be only a little better
than a failure, because of the in
tense heat and lack of rain, the fruit
growers say.
Scattered showers in some
lions have given corn some
of comfort to tho bereaved com
panion and children and gently .lea l i ’ * . ... M
, . .. ne will feel no ill effects,
them to the great reunion in the
sweet by and by.
“HER PASTOR.”
People rushed from all sides to help Vermont Autnontlps May Get Him.' , ■’ es,8 lhat cach vontestant l ,a >' t0
him and for a short time II was! Cavendish. Vermont. An,*. 21— It} Mr * Moorp “ reasonable amount for
thought he was seriously Injured. Hej appears today that Harry K. Thaw . hl " tlme aud troul,le ’ " hcn m ® as "
recovered in a short time, however, entered Canada front Vermont, and “reoients are taken by any otto else,
and with the exception of severe j not directly from New Hampshire, 1 lhoy n ”’ s! make <l*tW™m of loud as
bruises, occasioned by file accident,! 1,8 wu * ^ rs t supposed.
I Boecher Fails, where he left the
Mr. Burgess was very much dis-» ,ra, »* i» on the Vermont side of tho
tressed at the accident, and greatly j State line, and this fact is believed I
relieved when he found that Mr. tie- to be the basis for the report that
kie was not hurt. It happened about | Thaw will probably be turned over
ton thirty and caused
measured, showing distances by
feet, and furnish the total number
of pounds, the amounts to be verti-
] fled by him. This will give uni
form methods. A
| There will he no objection to con-
excite.| to the Vermont authorities, should I ,e9tant8 ' ,avwh ° le plot of ground
ing him through or into a plate glass j
show-case.
The glass splintered and several
veins were cut, Mr. Schuler bleeding
profusely for some time. There hap
pened to be a doctor in tho store at
the time and this, It is believed, was [states is more depleted at present
the means of saving the minister’s j than »t has been at any previous
[time in the past ten years That la
M". Schuler is a preacher who has itself. Mr. McCarthy said. Is sufll-
always stood for his convictions, and I clent cause for very high retail-
has mfiny friends in Thomas county. | prices. But the drouth in Kansas,
Mr. Carrington is one of the most | Oklahoma and the southwest haa
prominent men of that section of i aggravated the situation which was
the county and has held various po-jbad before, until it may now be call-
sitions of trust.
The friends of both parties
gret the orcurrance.
Ml). HEETH WILL
MJIIST THE FIX MATTERS
led alarming.
! Sky-High I’rlrr* by Midwinter.
! The expert buyer for Richard Web
ber, a butcher with an extensive
business in New York, didn't heel-
tate to say that prices are golnj tk7-
high by mid-winter. f
The average price paid by the la
borer for beef today, he said, is It
cents a pounds. The same cuts will
cost 19 cents or more in a few
months.
The same authority predicted that
the price of sirloin steaks will cresp
up 3 cents In as many months, while
the average price of porterhouse
steaks will advance 4 to 5 cents Ih
the same period.
The corn-killing drouth in Kansaa
There have been several lots of
land in various parts of the county
not returned for taxation. This land
has been designated and published
for the benefit of the owners In or
der that the proper returns might
be made.
Tax Collector P. S. Heeth statod
today that he would be at the Court
House every day. In the mornings, I . , .. , . . . .
until-September flrst, for the pur-i*" d a * 9ta ‘ e « haa d ' Drn *
pose of making returns or rectifying! he "t?' 0 ” ° f f ” d
nnv . ... , . , . for tneir stock. Fodder remains
any ^mistakes that might have been . , * # $
mu, . . , hut the corn itself, necessary to fat-
made. This is an accomodation toi, 4 . * . 4 ... . _
thn nnnn * A 4 , 'ten the steers for market, will hava
tho people who are Interested > and i. . .. ... ..
„ .. . ' t»> be shipped into sections of coun-
they should avail themselves of the. . ‘ . , . m
•try naturally grain exporters, at an
j ex pen we that will preclude the idea
I of satisfactory profit by cattle rais-
!ers at anything near the present
pi |ces.
o-[>i>ort unity
W IFE OF JUDGE GODBEE DEAD.
Succumbed in Hull,-I Wound- l. a -t
Night At Milieu.
Milieu, Ha., Aug. 20.— Mrs. Flor-i
ence Buyer Oodbee, who with lien
husband, Judge Walter S. (Jodbce, |
was shot Monday by Mrs. Edna Per-1
Mr. Willie Cooper returned yet-
erda.v afternoon from Virginia
■vhere he has been sjending some
Dig Cat Killed. 'fen (hlrtv aid caused some exoite-llo the Vermont authorities, should | *■ ” j. ‘-1 * ee * ,B " l,b a ianl|, * ll K I’arlj near
! ' !,, ... IH „ , j . I gathered and weighed, If they wish hlns Godben, divorced wife of Judge the Shenandoah river. Among oth-
Frod Hears, living live miles men on the street The car, a | « *1 " r, " d ''J the Canadian!^ (ly w , th r(ll(>g , Q collto8tg at Godbeo. <lle,| here at 10:33 o'clock 1 ors It, the partv are Miss Kather.
from the city, killed one of the lar- Ford,.was running slowly at the time mnenttnrat. :other Fairs. . lost night. She had gradually been' In. Merrill. Miss Jessie Wat*. Mr.
gest wild cats of the season early and Mr. Dekle has exculpated Mr. Any of fralld discovered | losing strength since pneumonia set John Watt and Dr. Charles Wa*.*.
sec- this morning. Tho cat measured Burgess from any blame staling that Woodherry Scholarship Oilered. and proven agalll8t any contestant., i» and her death was expected at-, Mr. Pitney Heeth and Mr. Hansel*,
chance live feet from head to the tip of it, j was one of those kind of accidents ( Mrs. X. I. Fitzpatrick has Just re-j, n any way connected with the mens-1 most momentarily. She had been Wat. are spending a few days with
to mature. Yesterday’s tempera- tail and 'was caught after n three likely to happen at any time. reived a letter from Miss Rosa 1 llrem ents or weights will not onlyjom-o
turn, in many parts of Kansas were hours’ run by three dogs. Tho oaf ; Woodherry staling that she had do- [ digquaiifv him or her from contest- Mi
still above the hundred mark, and hn.l eaten several pigs In the neigh-' ... ,„ ft ,„Jcided to give a scholarship in her 1 , lhia ‘ r but hereafter also j Roys
the outlook is that tho record will horhood and tho farmers about are!
paw that mark a .train today delighted to hear of Its death. I
Mr. Red Stiles left yes’erda:
Atlanta, where he hooh to join the
Montgomery team. He will probably
be £iven a trial in one of the At
lanta games.
school at Atlanta to the Thomasvillo|
[Study (’lass, to be awarded by them <
to whoever they thought lit. This;
Selous most of tho day.
Godhee’s mother. Mrs.
, of Williamsport, Pa., wl
10 cent
Talcum
Powder
Perfumed and Borated.
2 Cans for 5c
as long as it lasts.
SEE OUR WINDOW.
PEACOCK-MASH DRUG CO.
Agent*: NUNNALLY’S CANDIES.
full (ourse of *tudy In . premium
r and well known$ » v i
W. M. PARKER.
M. R. ELDER,
■v is. HKALD,
('om.nlttee, Thomas
arnu*rs Fair.
; foi
in*
iay here
daugfitr
did n
died.
(them before their disbandment the
W. latter part of the week. Mr. Cooper
was reports the Thomnsville <-onMngent
he- 1 as having a big fime of it in “Old
Vir-tinny.”
ANCIENT MIKAC LI’ TURNING
WATER TO WINE VERIFIED.
girl of tills rit.
tioa
the part of Mis
Aug. 20.—Tho old
of turning watc-
en performed again
i small town a few
Ashtabula, O
Biblical miracle
into wine has 1
in llarperafield,
miles from here.
Aivordlug to Harvey Burgett. a
resident of that place, there is a
large crop of blackberries tills sea
son and the hushes are so heavy
with the fruit that the cows come
from their pasture ahead of time to
be milked, mistaking the blackberry
bush»»s for tlie approaching shades
of evening.
As a result of a heavy rainstorm,
in which hundreds of buahels of
berries were knocked from the
bushes and washed down Bronson
Run. the waters of that rivulet as
sumed a rich red color Tuesday, .and
the inhabitants after -tasting it,
smacked their lips and pronounced
it a fine article of blackberry wine.
A hurry call was sent out and be-
i fore night every drinking man In the
neighborhood was in iK)ssession of a
“right smart jag.” Birds and farm
stock also drank of the rivulet’s
sparkling nectar and failed to re
tire at night in their usual decorous
maimer.
The Wl
established one and
many girls from varioi
state, and ft will now
tunlty for some girl i
to enjoy its privilege?
Of course the chole
will ho is left entirely
-[CORONER'S JURY SAYS MURDER
part:
of tho
oppof-
»f fhi:
■Study
dai
Yesterday a Foro.ier s Jur
ed in tiicii opinion from i
donee submitted to them.
Holmes was killed by Allen .luntor,
and that the crime was murder.
This negro died Sunday night, it
atti«*k and :h»* entire being remembered that he was wuy-
| (Mass are enth siastic over thin ho- laid six miles from town a few days
tion of Miss Woodherry and will (ago by the other negro, or so he
'pend her a most enthusiastic vote I claimed, and shot.
of thanks for it.
AnotKer White Liquor Cose.
Mr. Clifford Rigsby, who runs an
atiio hack about the city this morn
ing pleaded guilty to selling liquor.
The case wai ipade last niffht by
Sargeant Singlotary of the night
force. The case was brought before
Mayor Luke this morning and when
\ the lad pleaded ffuilty, he fined him
one hundred 1 dollars and cost.
.* .. k... . ktJ
1 An auto from an adjacent town
) last night ran i*»to the curbing on
Jackson street, in front of the resi
dence of Dr. X. T. Pike. The c&r
was coming down Seward street and
the driver was unable to turn it into
Jackson street, becauise of some dis
arrangement of tho steering-gear.The
car crashed into tne Prick curbing
and then into a light pole near the
alley. The four men In the car were
not Injured, but the car will have
to have extensive repairs.
A Coni of Thunks.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Thompson de- [ Fla.
sire to express their thanks to the
good people of the Pebble Hill com
munity for their untlrlhg efforts dur
ing the five weeks’ illness of their
mother. Mrs. Vinla Thompson, and
ask Heaven'* richest blessings upon
them all. and hope that*they shaP
hear the welcome words In answer.
“As ye did It to the leaat of my
children, ye did it unto Me; Inherit
the Kingdom prepared for you.”
Ik FRIEND.
The trouble started about Holmes',
wife, to whom Allen waj said to;
be attentive. Lingering a few days,
the negro died and the Coroner's
j*. ry ordered that Holmes, who sur-,
rendered to the Sheriff, be held for!
murder.
The jury was composed of Mes
srs. J. L. Wilson. S. I*. Heald, W. A. j
Davis, H. V. Carter, Thomas Chas-1
tain, J. E. Chastain.
BOSTON 7, MONTIC'ELLO «.
Boston, Oa., Aug. 10.—The Bos
ton boys went over to Monticello.
yesterday afternoon and de
feated Monticello’s fast ball team by
a score of 7 to C, in an exciting
game. Both teams made plenty of
errors, the features being home
runs by Walter Pittman and Les
lie Grantham, of Thomasville. who
were playing with the Boston team
Score by Innings: R. II. E.
Boston . . .201 002 002—7 10 7
Monticello . 001 2t0 002—6 10 4
Batteries: Blanton and Massey;
Malloy cad Grtffln.
New Ginghams
Amoskeag
and
Seersucker
THE KIND THAT
WONT FADE.
10 and 122C
Louis Steyerman.
The Shop of Quality
On the Comer.