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TnOMASVJLLB, GEORGIA, TUESDAT, SEPTEMBER 23, 1013.
*1.00 PER ANNUM.
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AT HIS 001 III THIS CITY
REPORTS SUNDAY AFTERNOON
WERE RAD, ALTHOUGH THERE
WAS SOME I.UDKOVEMKNX
MONDAY—NO HOrt^ * ENTER
TAINED FOR HIS RECOVERY*
Congressman S. Anderson Rod-
denbery Is critically ill at his home
In this city. His condition since
coming to Thomasville. a few weeks
ago has grown worse ana yesterday
a sinking spell about four o’clock
showed him to be very near death.
He rallied from the efrect, however,
and spent a comparatively comfor
tably night, being about the same
this morning and through the fore
noon hours. 1
It is not expected that Judge Rod-
W. SINDH CONTEST NOTE
V IS KILLED ' INTLDLSTINC
CHARLES HANCOCK OB THOMAS
COUNTY AND MR. THEO TITUS
ARE SAID TO HAVE GIVEN
TESTIMONY. ’
THREE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN
iXKGROES IN COTTON FIELDS
FROM THOMASVILLE, DUE TO
.MAYOR LUKE’S ACTIVITY.
Three hundred and eighteen
groes left ThomasvMin 0 ne day last
week for cotton fields. This num
ber is so unusual and unprecedented
that it has caused comment from
all sides. The number wan ascer-
denbery ‘will live as 'Ms con- !‘tatpfrd, by actual count of an officer
dition isjJuch that death is possi- ;•<>* jtjtfj city who has been watching
ble at, afy| moment.) < Reports from to (that none of the non-workers
his home are that, according to the remained In the city,
statement of physicians, he may live This js the direct result of the
for several days and he may not sur- vigorous anti-vagrant campaign
Vive lift a-fbW; honw. :i:~- /;fchich c Jiafc)6sin wfefeetf fcyi Mayor
Many Expressions oi Sorrow. j Roscoe Luke. This official at the
This report of his conlltlon. which!! ME nnlt «SP? : $«» ter^n Prqmised
was given out yesterday afternoon.
that all the negroes In town were
has caused a pall of gloom through- ! K0,ng to do s° me t hln S to make a
IN KNOXVILLE, YVH1LE AT WORK
FOR THE SOUTHERN CELL -r-
JIODY BROUGHT HERE TOR IN
TERMENT.
Mr. Sterling Emanuel Sandford
was killed by electricity Thursday
morning about nine o’c’ock, ir. Knox
ville, Tennessee. Mr. Sandford was
employed by the Southern Dell Tele
phone Company for whom lie has
bgen working for some fourteen
years. T^ie morning was rainy, and
Atlanta, Sept. 19.—Govfernor John
M. Slaton today be^an the hearings
on the peUtiqp^cf Dr, W. J . Mc-
Xaughton, who is under sentence of
death for the murder of Fred Flan
ders. It was said the hearing^; will
last until tomorrow or longer. Gov.
Slaton will then announce hip de
cision. . . .
A full pardon has been j^com-
meqded by the State Prison Board.
Local Men Add Additional Testi-'
mony in McNanghton’g
Favor.
In connection jwjth the 4cNqugh-
ton hearing in Atlanta, th») follow
ing story, which‘appeared 1h today’0
Waycross Herald,-will be read with
interest here:
To woioMe -tb, testimony.« ‘ h ft$SL elr IhVtamHy ? thl9
witnesses who swore before the „ , . . .. . .
. . _ a city were wired and. the body was
ffiersi a^’to haT/be-en-poTs 1 ? br ^’chire, AM g this morning
El DATES CHANGED ID
MIMS WELDON LEADS AN1) MISS IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE POUL- that week. This company is the big-
lie went up a pole of the company to
adjust some broken wires.
...In his effort to make the neces
sary repair, he touched a wire which
was charged with a vo’tage of twen
ty-three hundred, from the city elec
tric Plant. Death^was Instantaneous
Tfiosi Jtfndlnf j^Blc)w ilsaw ills con
dition ftjifd Immediately' went! tcf him
The kh6*k hail lUllfdihlm pnd the
body was strapped to the pole as
was usual when repairing wires of
oned by Dr. I^.'-J. 'Mcf^aughton, con-
out this section‘of Georgia The H vln *- H ® 8tarted at in^ and sentenced to^hang, and
close friends of Judge Roddenbery ' )re3a dhejn w»h the .fact that it was J
knew that he was ill but few sus- 1 work for themselves or the county,
peeled the real nature of his ill- A healthy sentiment arose at once,
ness. He has been In bad shape for after about flfteen had been <> ut on
several weeks, due to the great the Kans and u was an ea3y matte '
amount of work and energy which to * et B6rvants hecau<!e ot «> e ° m -
he has exerted for his constituency '' ial <>rder of tbe Mayor - whlc ’ fl bad
in the past two years. He was warn- t01,f ' ou ' to oil 'sections of the city,
ed against any undue exertion, but Mayor Luke started this-ffampaign
putting duty to his district ahead of somo years as °- as 3oIlcltor ° r the
any personal consideration, he has rlty f0,lrt - of Thomasville, and he
worked quite hard and consistently. 1,33 becn » u ' lln K a ' vay at » ever
knowing that it was to the detriment slnce - His Pbanr ° came when he
was made Mayor and tho farmers
of his physical condition.
The result was a break-down a of ‘his county nre blessing him for
short time ago. whan he was forced bls " ork tkla year. They all say
to give up and return to Thomas-' th » t It *»>lc r matter tje get
vllie. Until a very short time ago, bands out of Thomagylilo^han ever
he hoped to recuitarate and attend ln tb 9 b * Btory ot tbe to*' 11 P n <t , we
the opening session next December. alve due and I> r °l ,er "edit to Major
There seems to be but slight hope of k' ,ke -
this happening now. 1 1 i'
Telegrams and inquiries from all
parts of the country have been pour
ing into Thomasville since the ser
ious nature of his illness was known.
THREE TIES US
pardoned, was in Thomasville, Ga.
during the month of May, 1910, that
he was ill and continually took medi-
cine. Col. John W. Bennett, of Way-
cross, one of tho attorneys in the
McXaughton case, yesterday received
an affidavit from Charlie Hancock,
farmer Jivingseven. mi’es j fropi
ders. or a man identica 1 in descrip
tion of Flapde^, was ill in /Thomas
ville' during AtoTfionth of May, 1910,
in charge of the Secretary to the
Superintendent of the Company, Mr.
G. B. Roberts of Knoxville. The body
was taken at once to the residence.
Mr. Sandford was in his thirtieth
year and had been a resident of thia
city practically during his entire
life. He is the only son of Mr.tand
Mrs. 3. B. Sandford and is survived
U uirxuer. oiv,n*;s P v«n,..mma.i iromi^ S ot ? W®nts and four sisters,
Thomasvrtle, to-the effect thW Flan-f^ 8 -• & A Merman, of Pine Park,
Mrs. H. F. Murphy, of Indianapolis,
Mrs. J. F. Oliver, of Birmingham;
and Miss Carrie Sandford of this
). * £ \ Notice.
The annual meeting of tho Wom
an's Missionary Union of Campbell
Association will be held at New-Shi- GINNED THIS YEAR IN THOMAS clerk In Dixon’s Grocery Store dur-
loh Church, near Thomasville, Octo-
her the- fifteenth
and that he gave him a glass on two! c * ty '
separate mornings in which to take many frie.nds in inoinasviUe
medicine. 'who have known Sterling SaMdford
This aiildavit will be presented to '"' 111 bo Brleved aad Vnocked to^ehr
Governor • ShttM Friday « « confer. !°- f > l ?-? u ^ en de ’‘*- •* Bd thc
once arranged yesterday afternoon; 1,nlby ' of ^ . enllre
between him. the.pro,caution and.Gte.!.°“ t t0 Ms mother and father, who
demise. * The ‘pfoseChEiSn Offered In 1 ! WWe " ra TI’ ed »P only- son.
rebuttal to tho defense’s testimony! Tbe f,,noral oocured i F r lday
heWthe pardon cdmmiAsTon that j mornlnK at ten °' clock from tbe
Mt-Naugbton was not 111 in Thomas-1 resD^noe on Jackson Street, the ser-
Hie six week, before he died in Em-1 1 ' 1 " 3 '° be a °'> d »" ad by d - W.
manuel county, another witness I Joh 03 ! 0 ^. °f the Methoillst church,
swearing to this effect. Witnesses |I he _ P al '- b <- are 5 3 Messrs. Chas.
Stnnaland and Taylor, for the de
fense, swore that Flanders was ill ini." 111 r i
Thomasville. Upon tills testimony'*^ arrel **
seems to hinge M-cNaugfiton’s fate*.
Farmer Hancock says ho
Smith, R. L. Stewart, Lee Neel,
Will Palin, Paul Westbrook, W. W.
MURPHY, OF CXM)LIDGE, FOL-|
LOWS CLOSE BEHIND WHEN)
FIRST TALLY IS MADE. . |
— I
.The first official count of the votes
in the big Merchants contest, shows
Miss Minnie Wtldon, to be leading.
Miss Kitty Murphy, of Coolidge, is
makinc a great race also, and Is not
mahy votes behind. Miss Eleanor
Hopkins, is third in the race.
Miss Minnie Weldon, Thomas.
vllie, i. ...232,C00
Miss Kitty Murphy, Cool-
idge, ... 184,900
Miss Eleanor Hopkins, Thom-
adVllle ...105,575
Mrs. T. 3. Singletary, Thom-
attyljle, , v . v 43,600
Miss ijucile } drovatt, Thom-
i asvllle ...2,*... •.. .. 26,725
Aev. .P. M. 6itler. Thomas-
vllle 25,350
Miss Sarah Amason, Thom-
,. asvljle ;. 21,150
'Mrs*. J, T. Chambers, Thom-
asvTlle, v 20,775
Miss Madle Lilly, Metcalfe . 18,500
Miss Gladys Cardin, Ochlociv-
neo 16,509
Miss Sallle J. Alderman, Pavo 16,275
Miss Fannie May Hall. Meigs 15,500
Mrs. Felix Crawford, Thom
asville 13.375
Miss 'rifsie Round, Tho nas- 1
vllie, j
Miss Grace Porter, Thomas
, vllie/*'... . ’. .... 9,500
Miss Katp Hinson, Thomas
ville, t
Mrs. Minnie Jones. Ochiock-
TRY' MEN TO EXHIBIT, AND gest fair attraction on the road, in
TO SECURE THE MAMMOTH the 3outh, and have some now and
JOHNNY’ JONES CARNIVAL AT- mighty attractive features which
TRACTIONS. will be properly advertised later.
.They will probably show on the Pia-
The date for the Thomas County ey Woods lot, and the fair exhibits
Farmers Fair, has been finally fixed will be in the end of the park near-
for the l.Sth, 19th, and *ut:i, ji’est Broad street. ^ ,
November. This was done Saturday! Colored Fair Planned,
by the Manager, Hon. W. I. Macln-j The colored farmers and others,
tyre, and the officers of the Associa-jWho are interested in Thomas coun-
tion. It was done for the purpose ty, are planning to have a fair in
of allowing the exhibition of the! which only their products will he
poultry men of this, and other! displayed. They hope to make ar-
towns nearby, wTilch had already en- j range.nents to have |t on Friday
tered their birds, for the previous and Saturday, the 21st and 22nd,
just after the completion of the big
week in Augusta. .
The Fair management, r.as also ’ Fair. Plans are being made for that
engaged the Johnny J. Clones Carni- * event, and it is confidently expected
val Company, to show here during to materialize.
STOIC NOW
T
COUNTY AS WAS GIVEN TO THE' ing May, 1910, and that a man, whom
, „ j SAME TIME IN 1012. , (ha describes identically as Flafn
Those ’.ivlio jexpf't; to )at*$jidj wjli _ -jyjer nrst coJtpjt'report of g)hnin^ l^ers.fjuid' whpm bjs sglj, ,tOjthO b^t
please notify Miss Annie Herring, by counties in Georgln is out, this; of his belief, was Flanders, came
R. F. D„ Thomasville,"Oar '-Those - berirg one "Of "tire"new-departures In jin the store on two mnraings nsKtmrj
coming by rail over the A., R. & the service ot Mr. Harris, Director .for a glass to take medicne in. Hah-"
A., will he met at Dillon; ove** the of tile Census. Icock says this man vomited both
A. C. L„ at Thomasville. The com- This report shows thnt three times times and that he seemed very 111. .
mlttee would be glad to know how a. niuch cotton has heen ginned Ini Theo Titus, a prominent attorney j Sl * r 'ii-'^STTHI 1 , A., II.
many are coming by rail, and on Thomas county in 1913 than there
whlfh train. Wo hope to have a was In 1912, the exact figures being
l?rgo attendance of women at this for 1913, 3,141 and for 1912 1,060
meeting. MRS. T. A. WHITE. bales. This report will be published
Superintendent, at stated Interval*.
WE HAVE EVERYTHING YOU
, NEED FOR YOUR
Fall Garden
Irish Potatoes
Onion Sets i; j j •
All kinds of small seed
and Buists Winter
Lawn Grass.
Our seeds of proven worth always make good,
and you never miss a crop that is a
credit to any gardener. '
of Thomasville, Recording to Infor- 1
mation received yesterday, by Col.
Bennett, has written Governor Sla-.
ton that Flanders was in his office
during May, 1910, on a timber deal,
and that while there he took medi
cine in a glass.
Judge F. H. 3affold, of Swalns-
•boro, and A. L. Franklin, of Augus
ta, also attorneys In the pardon case,
telegraphed Col. Bennett last night
they would meet him in Atlanta j
Friday to help present the case to
the Governor.
Although the pardon commission
has recommended a pardon to Gov
ernor Slaton for Mc-Naughton, the
Governor has as yet taken no action.
This new evidence which Col. Ben
nett will submit will, it is believed,
materially strengthen McXaughton’s
chances for freedom.
GOES AGAINST ROAD—NEGRO
GETS $1,301).
nee . : . . . 6,750
Miss Louise Higdon, Thomas
ville, ....... . 6,150
Mrtr. Baker, Thomasville. . . 5,575
Mrs. J. T. Soarbro, Thomas-
vllie,' , ... . 5,409
Misg Julia Jolijnstone, Thom
asville, .. 5,0.00
Mrs. J. T: Stetfart. Ochlock-
nee !.. . ! 5,000
Mr. Jack Cox,, Thomasville,. 4,925
Miss;'Norma Hines, Thomas
ville : . . . • 4,375
Miss Stella Drew, Thomas
ville 4,175
Mrs. T. G. Floyd. Thomas
ville 4,050
Miss Lagetta Floyd. Thomas
ville, . 3,475
M/s. VanValkenberg, Thom
asville 1,475
Mlsn Mnrl'-n Spence, Thonris-
FACJNG DEATH, THE CONDEMN
ED MURDERER IS AS CALM AS
EVER—( OMFORTAIILE QUA R-
TERS IN JAIL FOR HIM.
Atlanta, Sept. • 22.—'With the sen
tence of death seemingly weighing ! A post mortem examination was
as lightly on him as an order of his held Saturday afternoon in Boston
EXAMINATION ASKED ON BODY
OF MRS. STEELE YVHO DIED
THERE WEDNESDAY'—DIED OF
EUREMIC POISONING.
family physl.-lan to quit smoking,
Leo M. Frank, convicted murderer
and assailant of pretty Mary Pha-
gan, |s going hbout his fight
in- as methodical a manner
over the body of Mrs. L. E. Steele,
who died near that city Wednesday
and was buried Thursday. Mr. and
or life! Mrs. Steele and Mrs. Steele’s brother
he; had been in and around Bo/ton on a
.1*
vllie
Thursday afternoon the jury
the case of C. J. Kennedy, agalastj
the A., B. A., brought in a ver
dict for twelve hundred and fifty | Leoiu F<
Miss L. Grantham, Thomas
ville
Miss Irene Kennedy, Cool-
~*aige.
Mrs. I*. C. Jones, Thomasville
Mrs. F. M. Welch, Thomas
ville '. ...
Miss Lucile Guqn, Thomas
ville
Miss Helen Baker
in|C. B. Dixon
450
400
27
75
managed the affairs of tho pencil j fishing trip for several weeks, and
company, in whose plant the girl j Mrs. Steele complained of her side
was murdered, and of which he is; for some time, dying suddenly after
still the active superintendent. He a short illness Wednesiay. Her
actually rrrnhing the factory from ■ mother, who lives In Augusta, wired
hie condemned-man’s cell at the I the Chief of Police to have an In-
Tower. , ,. j quest held, but the county would not
■No mor.q dramatic display of stoi- have it done, so it was-done at the
cism has ever been known here than instance of Mr. Steele. f who paid the
that of Frank, when in le^.s than expenses.
forty-eight hours after he had heard J Dr. Little was secured to conduct
Judge Roan say ho must dio on thejthe examination and found a systic
gallows October 10th, ho ordered j kidney, showing that she died from
Herbert 3chifT, his assistant superin-, euremic poisoning. Mrs. Steele was a
tendent, to come to the jail and go woman of middle age and weighed
over the affairs of the factory with about two hundred pounds. She
him. Frank then and there decided; came to Boston from Charleston,
that he could anil would continue to 8. C.
direct the nffalrs of the factory. J
Frank knows now, of course, tha r .! " 1
Colorcil Division.
dol'ars. The suit was brought for
personal injuries which the plaintiff
claims was the result of thc porter’s-
carelessness on the train, at Cool
idge, when he allowed the plaintiff
to believe that the stop was Cool
idge and caused him to step off the
train and down through i trestle,
near that town. He claim* injur
ies which kept him from fa r m work,
which he was engaged in. .
Immediately alter the Kennedy
case had been concluded, that of
Peggy Walker against the A., H. &
A., was taken up.
The City Court granted Peggy
It was known nere .Monday that, walker flfteen hundred dollars dam-
Col. Bennett went to Thomasville; aRG s In her suit against the A., B. &
Sunday in reference to the McXaugh- 1 a., for ten thousand dollars, for the
ton case. However, he only yester-«death of her husband, Larry Wal-
day received the affidavit. While In j^er. on Mitchell trestle last May.
Thomasville he motored out to thej verdict was reached Friday
Hancock farm. He was also in com- j afternoon.
munication with a number of promi-. | n t be morning other civil case*
nent jurists and attorney#. tried before Judge Hammond. Dur-
In view of the fact that tho prose-1 ing the course or a case, a slight dis
cut ion contends that Flanders d|ed I agreement between Mr. Luke and
from poison, that he was not ill at all j Mr. Branch enlivened the session.
In Thomasville, etc., this :i«w eti-j :
dence. It Is expected, will be received'
with surprise. . ,,ev - Scl,uler r '' lle ’ 1 -
A telegram Sunday morntn* from Thp Pav0 Mlaslo,lary Ba -" i81
an old frl
ed Col.
veiopments ...
case. Realizing the Importance of A - c - Schuler wa3 unanimously elect-
ntain. . .
Mrs. Vida Little
Mary Rolkley
Mary L. Williams. . .
Mrs. S. W. Jameison
Mrs. John Roe.. ..
Mary Hesters
23,850
12,975
6,525
7,900
5,000
5,600
4,500
Jonas Goss 1,475
Eliza Hawkins I,v00
Charlotte English 700
Olivo l.ester 75
he will not hang on Octobe- 10th. [tor how the fight comes out, he has
It has been definitely arranged that • more than a year to live, Frank has
a respite will bo granted pending!arranged to have his long wait In
the argument of motion for new j jail made as comfortable as possl-
trlal, which will not he concluded hie. He has fitted up his cell with
before the first of January, in the elegant furniture. He has made
event the lower court reft:nos to adequate table and desk room, on
grant a new trial, there will he an j which to do his work as factory sup-
appeal to the supreme «ou/t, cans- 1 erintendent, and also aid in the ap
ing another delay, so that In the j peal of his attorneys. In addition,
100 event Frank eventually pays the-he has brightened up the appear-
penalty for the crime of which he,ances of the steel cage by pictures
Is convicted, the execution can and decorations, in order to make it
scarcely take place before 1915. las pleasant as possible during th#
Realizing therefore, that nc mat- dally visit of his wife and mother.
NEW RULES IN CONTEST
None Interested Can Take Votes or
Influence Them For Any Candi
date—-Ihdze Car Was Driven
About tbe County.
degram 3unday mornlpg from n-i.n.1
friend in ThomasvIUo Inform- Church met ln an Sunday,
M. Bennett of the new de- September,Mtlut.ffcall a pastor to
.ents In ihe McWghton 1 ro-tChel ymtr 1914. Rev.
Realizing the Importance of A - c - Sciuler wa3 unanimously elect-
vaiuahle evidence, the colonel took led by acclamation t0 3erva the
the first train for that place/ He during.4he eotnlng year.-
In t-onsultatlon several hours 'with] b ' " 1 ' 1 ** 1 ^
Wr. HanrocR, during which time he Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Young and
'hbllo^a he got the ndeessary Infor- children leave ahU afternoon for
Jacksonville, where Mr. Young will
hereafter make headqu'arturi. He
haa been ^reii'dent of this city tor
toms year* and his friends will re
gret to know that he will make bit
home elsewhere. ^
mation to free'McNaughton."
^ Miss Helmet left today for Macon,
where aba baa accepted a position a*,
teacher In that city.
The prize auto oi lae Merchants
Contest, has been bought from the
Logan Automobile Exchange and is
the 1914 model of the Ford touring
car. It was taken out yesterday by
members in the contest and driven
to several towns In the county.
I At a recent meeting of the mer
chants in the contest, it was decided
to add an amendment to the rules 1
which will not permit any manager
or owner of any business, their fami
lies or any clerks or employees of
any of those institutions to receive,
use or influence votes for any can
didate. This means that none ot
those Interested or the clerks work
ing for tnem can, under the rules,
take votes or give them to any con
testant. It will save no little em
barrassment If the contestants would
understand this and refrain from
asking favor* which the merchant!
will be forced, under the rules* to.
absolutely refuse.
*
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