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Official Org^i ||j | 1 Thomas County . : 1 :'; m If * j» s.'*'* m-m ****•$ ■ i.n SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION >( Send in Your Subscription nows; RTT VOL, 1. No. 71 TnOMASVJLLB, GEORGIA, TUESDAT, SEPTEMBER 23, 1013. *1.00 PER ANNUM. ;e hoe 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. * Is Your Corset Comfortable? It is, if it is a Warner’s Must Prrof. On your corset depend your health, appearance and your comfcrt. . r are designed op hygienic prLiples—and every *tyle is given ex haustive tests on living models to insure the healthful support so necessary for comfort. S dect your Warner Corset, laced back or front as you prefer, to ^uit your figure. Warner Style is Authoritative Intimate connections with the Fashion Centers of the world give Warner designers advanced information, enabling them to shape all Warner models to accurately accord with dress styles of the season. THE NEW SHARES ARK SHOWN IN OUR STORK EVERY PAIR GUARANTEED. Not to Rust, Break or Tear, i SOLD KVKRY’YVHEIIE $1.00 to $8.00 • , - t Louis Steyerman, The Shop of Quality