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Official Organ Thomas County SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION jt j» * j» * * Why W«- Send in Your Subscript * NOW. VOL. XXV. 'No. 00. THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER S, 1913. $1.00 PER ANNUM. 4 Thomasville Won th@ Pennant in the Empire League Yesterday I IN TESTIFY DUDLEY'S HORNETS DEFEATED VALDOSTA IN THE FOURTH STRAIGHT GAME OK THE PO ST SEASON SERIES—SCORE WAS | FIVE TO NOTHING, AND WAG NOX’S HOME RUN FEATURED ! THE GAME. Thomasville won the first Kmplr League pennant yesterday afternoon by defeating Valdosta the fourth straight game on the local lot by a score of five to nothing. Wagno-n scored in the first round when Walker, pitching for Valdosta, fumbled Davenport’s slow grounder. Dudley scored In the second on Par ker’s hit. In the seventh; the thou sand fans at the ball park went wild when John Wagnon knocked a homer, his first of the year, over the light field fence, with two men on bases. Cheney l*itclie«l For Hornets. Cheney pitched for tne locals and held the Otters safe at all times. The biggest rally was In the ninth, when Walker, first up, doubled and another got on with a base on balls. Cheney then'steadied down and there was no h'ope for the Valdosta crew'. The last hall hit by a Thomasville player la the first year of the league was a line drive by Barnett Into Med lock’s hands, in centerfleld. Man ger Dudley retired the last man of Valdosta, Hawkins, by catching his high foul. Largo Crowd Saw uame. The game was witnessed by fans from every town In this section of the state, and gives the locals the distinction of having beaten five of the most progressive towns In this section of the state in their first regular league season. Wagnon was given a purso of over eighty dollars by enthusiastic fans for his home run. ms score by innings: Valdosta . .000 000 000—0 C Thomasville 110 000 30x—5 3 Batteries: Walker ami VanLand- tngham; Cheney and Dudley. Um pires, Pender and Derrick. THAW FREED; BE-HESTED IV THE FAMOUS McNAUGHTON CASE—.MESSRS. TAYLOR AND STANALAND SAY THAT 'ME WAS ALWAYS TAKING MEDI CINE. JUDGE RELEASED THAW ON HABEAS CORPUS AND THE IM. MIGRATION AUTHORITIES IM MEDIATELY NABBED HIM. I HER! BUSY JUDGE RECHARGED THE GRAND JURY OX BLIND TIGERS— STATE VERSl"S LINTON SIN GLETARY ASSIGNED FOR TO DAY. Cairo. Sept. 3.— (Special.)—Judge Park had the Grand Jury brought into the court room this morning and re-charged them, in regard to t lie sane ft y of their oaths. He In structed them forcibly and very plainly as to their duty as grand jurora. The judge most thorougnly In structed the Jurors in regard to the illicit sale of liquor in this county, I CONVICTS IE FIRE FIGHTERS RESIDENCE PORTION OF KANSAS TOWN SAVED BY VALIANT WORK OF CONVICTS WHO WERE UNGUARDED. Leavenworth, Kan., Sept. 3.—The residence portion of Lansing, Kan sas, was saved from burning last night by a number of prisoners from the state penitentiary, who used the fire fighting apparatus from the prls- The convicts soon controlled the flames. The men were unguarded while they were acting as firemen. Sherbrooke, Quebec, Sept. ii. —Thaw was sent for shortly after two o’clock this after noon, and this foot indicated that the decision would be an nounced hy Judge Hutchison. Judge Hutchinson this after noon sustained the writ of hall oas corpus, thus releasing Harry K. Thaw. He was immediately placed under arrest by the Immigra tion authorities. Trial of “Gentleman Hoger” Thomp son Postponed Today. Sherbrooke, Quebec, Sept. 3.—The trial of “Gentleman Roger Thomp son, the chauffeur, who aided Thaw in escaping from Matteawan, was today postponed for another week. Roth sides consented to this course, and the same bond was continued. Thaw’s attorneys and his oppo nents are on the alert today, mind ful of the fact that Judge Hutchin son might at any time hand down a decision on the habeas corpus writ, arguments on which were heard yes terday. The immigration authorities have made all arrangements for Thaw’s deportation, in the event tne writ is sustained. L. A. Falmme, ono cf the most eminent lawyers in the Dominion of Canada, today re-Inforced Thaw’s at torneys. It is roported that Thaw’s mother Is soon to arrive here and arrange with counsel for their fees and expenses. The following acdount of the lat est development in the McNaughton case will be read with interest, as It concerns the statement of two Thomasville citizens Mr. \V. J. Tay lor and Mr. A. J. Stanaland, who siy that he took lots of medicine and said it would eventually kill him. The Georgian gives the story. “Statements that Fred Flanders, al leged to have been murdered by Dr. W. J. McNaughton the Emanuel County physician, under sentence of death, took his own life by slow de gree poisoning In an effort to com bat with the ravages of Brights dis ease were made in affidavits of two Thomasville citizens, filed with the ’ B) INSECT PHYSICIAN SAYS THAT IT IS THE REAL MEANS OF COMMUNICA TION ALTHOUGH LITTLE REAL LY IS KNOWN. Spartanburg, S. C., Sept. 3.—Pel lagra, its agencies of dissemination and possible preventatives, was the subject of an important conference of Southern Physicians, held here today. Nearly two hundred students of the disease, from practically every Southern state were present. Dr. Louis Samhon, head of the School of Tropical Medicine, of London, was the principal speaker at today’s ses sion. Dr. Samhon, who is the chief ex ponent of the insect theory of dis semination, declared that pellaga is rapidly becoming the subject of world-wide concern. He said that fiftyt-hree cases have been discovered in the British Isles, and he said fur- Prison Commission Tuesday morning*‘her that hundreds of cases probably by Judge Saffold, McNaufihton’s at-, *’*'*“ undiscovered, because of the torney j physicians’ ignorance of the disease. Judge Saffold personally presented! Dr. Samhon said that extensive to the commission the evidence, j research work had convinced him which he declared to be absolute and i that tj^e disease was transmitttd by indisputable proof that Flanders died insects, but he had not yet reached hy his own hand and not hy the hand of Dr. McNaughton. The new affi davits, he asserted further, could re sult only In an absolute pardon for the Emanuel County man. The com mission will consider the new evi dence with other affidavits filed Mon day afternoon. a definite conclusion of the ag identltfy. He sug'ested that “buffalo gnat” seemed the likely suspect, since the di: spreads most readily along fio streams. FANLE1AI ILL DEATH LIST J I STOOD AT 21 LOSS OF OVER HUNDRED THOUS- j THIS MORNING ON S. Y. AND DOLLARS IN DISASTROUS FIRE TUESDAY NIGHT. AND H. B. II.—INTERSTA' COMMERCE COMMISSION TC INVESTIGATE AT ONCE, One of the most destructive fires. known In this section of the state! occured at Fanlew Tuesday night; New Haven, Conn., 3ept. 3.—Thl death list In the Wallingford wreck stood at twenty-one this . morning, 3aw Mill was burned. The fire started about nine oclock near the boiler room, fire being kept up to make heat fo rthe dry kiln. The watchman was on duty and as soon as he saw the flames gave an alarm ; So dry was the place and so sat.urat-j ed were certain parts with oil, 'hat the fire spread like whirlwind and In an Incredibly short time the en-! tire plant was In flames and consum-. ed. The dry kiln and planing mill ad-! ditions were not destroyed but the! saw mill Is a complete loss. The mill cost the owners, one of whom ] is Mr. i' L. Philips of this city who: was present at the time, something, like two hundred thousand dollars, i It was insured for fifty-eight thous-, and dollars, the loss being close to; ‘ The railroad employes playing thl ' leading parts in the tragedy, are stili (under detention, hy the coroner's or* i der. Meanwhile the machinery foi the usual county, state and federa (investigations has been put In mo tion. The coroner and chief engineer ol the Public Utilities Commission, thli morning resumed their secret Inves tigation. Notwithstanding the explicit ders from the Interstate Commerce Commission, that the wreckage m left undisturbed, when the official in vestigators arrived this morning, they found that the road’s official had burned the debris. Interstate Commerce Commission To Muke Investigation. Washington, Sept. 3.—Commla- announced today hundred and fifty thousand. . %t „ . t ...... . . isloner McRehert e friends of the owners In this .. . . .... . , . 1 that he would personally conduct tm v will regret ve-v much to hear * . ; . s* if the loss. Tim mill had been shut vestig for Swears lie Took Medicine Daily. and their duty in trying to stop this the tiger only sella liquor to those violation of the law. whom he (the tiger) believes would The Judge told them he wanted .perjure themselves to protect the “nothing but men on the jury,” and ! tiger in his violation of the law. He men who would comply strictly with I therefore instructed the jury how the oath each of them had taken. He I to deal with those wou’d-be protec- further said that if, for any cause, any of them felt that he coild not measure lip to the standard of a faithful and upright juror, all that juror had to do, to he excused from further service, was to ask the fore man to excuse him. The Judge in structed the foreman that if any juror asked to be excused, to excuse him promptly. Judge Park is of the opinion that lUEDJBIES WONT DO ON MS Atlanta, Sept. 4.—For letting her tors of those who wilfully violate babies romp naked on the front the law. ! lawn in the sunshine, for all the If this grand Jury carries ' Jt the world like frolicsome little puppies, instructions of the court, to the let-! Mrs. Annie Hanrfon was arrested on ter, the blind-tigers will have a hard ’ the complaint of neighbors this road to travel in Grady. | morning. The case of the State vs. Linton -Mrs. Hanson did not deny the Singletary, who is charged with 1 charge, but made the plea that the killing Hardy Rawls, will be taken. children were such tiny little tots. up this afternoon, or rather, It Is as-; and the weather bo hot that she did The affidavits were made by W. J. Taylor, clothier and A. J. Stana land, County Surveyor of Thomas County. Both swear they tyecame acquainted with Flanders on the oc casion of his Visit to Tliomhsvi’le, when he was interested in the lum ber business lor several weelts. They also corroborate each other in the statement that Flander* seem ed to be ill and took medicin* dally, sometimes several times dutrfig the day. They assert further that Flan ders remarked every time he to.ok the medicine that It was going to EXPLORER TAKE OATH Al j DQj]7j| NOT TO CM aim: when < III I mm/ II I 'RUED DUTY, and sue IILL UI IIIl.IL. i catch one of tiieir ux- :ak MEM BERS TRYING TO GET AWAY. RETURNED TRAVELERS STATED THEY HAD FOUND PECULIAR THINGS AND TOUCHED LAND NO HUMAN EVER SEEN RE- FORE. j New York, Sept. 3.—Dr. Hamilton Rice, an English explorer, and Lieut. signed for this evening. vrong. Durham Duplex Safety Razor cents not know it fined $10.75. Without knowing it, perhaps, Mrs. Hanson was trying to introduce into tills community a custom which Is regarded as perfectly proper among the poor people of over half the civi lized world. In Rome, Naples, Mar seilles, In fact, nearly all the cities of Southern Europe, and even in the beautiful Florence, It is regarded as just as proper for children under | rs of age to run I three or four 19 | about and play naked in the sun-j ro ,wra, ‘* s •' ,r - I shine, as it is for them to run hare- that Flanders foot here. i tf >ok his P‘*m each IPEKRINT MSI DEW: ONE BLADE FREE Shaves as Well $5.00 Style. as the Two Weeks Will Sri* the Trial— Committee lias Kvlilenee anil Ollier .Matters Ready for the Event. New York, Sept. •!.—The Legis lative committee, which Is Investi gating the charges against Governor Sulzer, will finish with Us work' to day ,so far as the public inquiry is concerned. The Impeachment trial Is still two weeks off. The commit tee will tarn over to the Roard of Impeachment Its (ladings, after which the lawyers will begin work on plans for the Governor's impeachment. Agent*: NUNNALLY’S CANDIES. Notice, W. O. W. There will be an im portant meeting of tour ist City Camp, ^Woodmen of the World/held at the Masonic Hall, Fri day evening, September 5, at 7:30. | The members of this order are j urged to be present at this time, as j business of Importance Is to corns up, besides other matters of In terest to all Woodmen. ! ' B. F. HERRING, Clerk. kill 1dm some day. Hero is Stana- land’s statement: “I recall distinctly Mr. Fred Flan ders. who came to Thomasville for rpose of looking over some mill timber which he and a Mr. Thompson afterward bought. I ac orn panled them over the property is guide and surveyor, and was with . them daily for a. week or ten days. member Mr. Flanders took j medicine daily, sometimes several I es during the day while with me. J We always stopped for lunch where! mi id get water, so that he touldj Ids medicine. Some of it was liquid, and some small tablets or Sometimes he would take one • other, and again I have seen • him take both. ! “I remember I was in the store of, W. .1. Taylor, on Broad Street, in Thomasville, and Mr. Flanders said 1 to Mr. Taylor, 'Would you mind me, taking some medicine?* .Mr. Tay- j lor said, ’Certainly not.’ Mr. Flan-j ders then walked to the water! bucket, and while prepar ing the med-, bine which lie had put in a glass,; said, ‘This Is going to kill me some day.’ ” Mr. Taylor in his affidavit eor-' roborates Mr. Stanaland, and adds! eral occasionsJ and mashed * while stirring, in the glass remarked that “This: going to 1 ill me some day.” j Flanders, he swears, made this, I statement every time he took the' ' medicine in his presence, which* was th~ee or four times , I The good character and reputation of both Taylor and Stanaland Is at- * tested In the affidavit by W. H. Roek-j well. President of the First National Bank vf Thomasville. Judee Saffold and Colonel John! Bennett, attorneys for I)r. MeNaugh-j ton, are being aided in their fight j for the physician’s life by Rev. Dr. John S. Wilder, pastor of the South Side Baptist Church, of Savannah,j who has been McNaughton’s pastor during his Incarceration. Dr. Wll-’ der arrived In Atlanta Tuesday morning. He declared that I)r. Mc-J Naughton was confident of receiving a full pardon. The condemned man, he said, had put his faith In God with the de claration* that, “The truth of his Innocence would come out through the works of the Almighty.’’ VonBauer, of Vienna, have just Joilett, Ill., Sept. 4.—Forty-ftv convicts, who have been picked fo an open-air working gang, took solemn oath, which is unknown t the officials, to deal summarily wltl any man violating the trust imposei Ion thorn. It is whispered that th* rived here from an expedition into South American jungles. These explorers claim to have dis covered the fact that the Amazon and O'onoco rivers have their origin near the same spot. They searched for thirty months for the sources of these great South American rivers. They a’so state they believe they traveled through a country which they believe no human being ever before saw. eremony was overheard let in a cell bouse, an r» tile pledge, a convict i» be hunted down by onvlctsf and delivered r uthoritles. according •scaping is his fellow- ordered by the Inter- State Comme-ce Commission, fnt< the Wallingford, Conn., wreck. The Commission’s purpose is to make a rigid investigation, search; ing not only to fix the responslbllitf •'or t!i:* disaster, but to secure a ba- *»is for recommendations to Cotfc gi-.-s lor the ena tment of leglsl Con to further promote the / safi nger service. >■ Pullman Car Company will a party to Interest, at nrree Commission’s invest!] of the Wallingford wreck F The Commission will lliqull^ that company continued opera! ooden sleeping < ars on throu; nger trains. tof the the ThomnM’ille Car Went In Ditch, The Times of yesterday told about a Thomasville i on top of a pi 1* and flipped a s< ar which climbed on of brick In Tfili city •mersault, landing ; flu* street, without • or breaking any- FREE SMOKES TO CIGAR MEN that nigh washed o; nu* car did another stun >us!ey station and the rivet! The recent heavy rain it a hole in the road, an4 he autoists are very care- ng by it. This particular 633 RAVE DIED Washington. Sept. 4.—Secretary of the Treasury William G. Mc.\doo has just issued now regulations, gov erning the grant of free smokes to employees of cigar factories. The •igars which are exempted from tax ation must not exceed twenty-one weekly, and must be smoked by the •mployee to whom they are issued. ful in car. however, was not so careful. When it reached the edge of th$ wash-out, instead of going over,. U merely made a dive dowm the eta- bun kn All throe of the cre-upants of til >»r*» • onsiderably bruised,, but some rime and by the asslfli if : oino passers-by, they g< r back on the roadway aaffi lo-I with their trip.—Valdosta. ngton, dept. 4.— Eleven avia- * been killed in the army and Ten of the victims were i ith the army aviation corps and ( kith tU something. As a result of aviation accidents the wcrld over, 633 persons have been killed since 190N, and of this number, 113 have met their death Coat Suits this ar. NEARLY THROUGH Atlanta, Sept. 4.—A decision will probably be reached this afternoon by the prison commission in the hearing on the petition for com.nuta- iu the of Dr. McNaughton, death for the under sentence of murder of Fred Flan- This Ision will in all probability decide McNaughton’s case. While Governor Slaton has In no way ex pressed nfmself in this particular affair, it is known that he believes as a g moral thing- in adhering to the recommendations of the State Prison Board, when reached after :» thorough and exhaustive hearing. If the recommendation Of the board is favorable, it is predicted that the Governor’s action will like ly be so too, but If the board refuses to recommend any clemency what ever, McNaughton will be closer to promin e \' 0 ;«in. 0 . , .“r 8e io W T“hom‘: the * allo * s than he ha ’ evcr been ! before. aavllle yesterday. Visit our Coat Suit Department and let us show you what really is new and stylish. This season we have purchased suits from the leading houses of Chicago, Baltimore and New York in order to get the best variety It’s up to you to take advantage of this. Louis Steyerman, The Shop of Quality On i the Comer.