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VOL. 1. No. 72,
TIIOMASVILLK, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SE1TEMUEK 20, 1013.
91.00 PER ANNUM.
Congressman Roddenbery Passed Away
Peacefully at 5:42 Thursday Afternoon
’death ends life one of the most distinguished states.
MEN THAT SOUTHWEST GEORGIA HAS EVER PRODUCED—
END CAME WHILE FAMILY WAS GATHERED AT HIS BED-
HIDE, AND WAS ALMOST IMPERCEPTIBLE AND WITHOUT
ANY SUFFERING — PHYSICIANS GAVE UP 'HOPE OF HIS
LASTING THROUGH THE DAY, BEFORE NOON.
Was Product of Wiregrass Farm Who
Made Himself a Great Man
roiigresMnau S. A. Roddenbery died Thursday afternoon at
five forty-two. Death caine so gradually that it whs hardly no
ticeable when he stopped breathing. lie was surrounded by
every member of his immediate family, his mother and brother
of Cairo also being present, an<l one elose friend. The end was
peaceful anti without any pain or suffering.
rrxr.it Aii six day.
The funeral will he held Sunday morning at ten thirty, at
the residence on llansell Street. Arrangements are being made
and definite plans will be auuoiineed later.
The anouncement of the death, while not unexpected in
ihe State, will cause untold ami unusual sorrow localise of the
prominence of Congressman Koddenbery and his wide personal
popularity. It is probable that a delgathm from Congress will
be present on that occasion.
Seaborn Anderson Koddetibery.
Seaborn Anderson Koddenbery.
son of Dr. S. A. and Mrs. Martha A.
Koddenbery, was born January 12th,
1S70, on his father’s farm in Deca
tur County, Georgia. He moved
when a young boy to Thomas Coun
ty and alternately worked on the
farm and in a country store at
Cairo. He studied diligently during
his spare moments and managed to
get a common school education. He
then attended Mercer University In
Macon for three years and came to
Thomasville to accept a chair in the
South Georgia Agricultural and Me*
chanical College, teaching Latin and
Mathematics. When only twenty-
one years of age he was elected to
the Georgia Legislature and served
during the sessions of IS92 and
1893, declining to stand for re-
election.
He was admitted to the Georgia
bar, in October, 1X94, having pre
pared himself during his term of
the Thomasville school. His rise in
the legal profession was rapid, and
in 1X97 he was appointed Judge of
the Court-of Thomas County, serv
ing lor four years. It was during
this period, and Just prior that he
entered so vigorously into the pro
hibition fight, which was being wag
ed In Thomas County, and his ac
tivity and great oratorical powers
were strongly and wonderfully de
veloped during that memorable cam
paign. For several years he made
prohibition speeches In several parts
of Georgia, and was in demand in
otiier states.
Judge Roddenbery was married to |
Mips Johnnie But’er, of Camilla, 1
.November fifth, 1891. Five children
were horn from that union: John
Jtoddenbejry, now in sdiool at .the
State University, Mrs. Gardner it.
Nottingham, of Sylvester, Mr. Yates
Koddenbery and Misses Mary and
Ruth Roddenbery.
I For four years, Judge Rodden
bery was President of the Board of
Education of Thomas County, and
Mayor of Thomasville for two con
secutive terms. On February Kith,
1910, he was elected to the Sixty-
First Congress, to fill an unexpired
term of the lato Congressman James
M. Griggs, against whom he made
the race the year before. He was
re-elected to the Slxty-Secondo and
Sixty-third Congress without opposi
tion.
CONGRESSMAN SEAHORN ANDERSON RODDENBERY, WHOSE
DEATH OCCURRED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AT 5:42.
REV. A. T.
E
PROMINENT IIAITIST MINISTER
HAD KEEN FHAHGED WITH
PREACHING DOCTRINES NOT
IN ACCORD WITH CHURCH
CREED—COUNCIL OF MINIS
TERS AND DEACONS HELD IN
THOMASVILLE.
PROMINENT THOMASVILLE WOM
AN FOUND DEAD WEDNES
DAY IIY IIKit DAUGHTER-DIED
OF HEART FAILURE.
INSURANCE AID WORLD SERIES
At the request of Elder A. T.
Hart, of the Pine Park Baptist
I Church, Grady County, Ga., who was
accused of being unsound in regard
I to the ternal punishment of the
* wicked, a number of Baptist minis
ters of the Mercer and tho Camp
bell Associations met in council in
irhomasville, Ga., on September 19.
B. I). Ragsdale, of Cairo, wm
made President, and W. T. Gaulden,
|of Quitman. Secretary of the coun
cil.
There were present the following
ministers: T. A. White, J. M. Rush-
in. J. A. Wynne, T. Gaulden,
W. M. Harris, A. T. Hart, I). H.
Parker, J. B. Alllgood, If. B. Ne
smith, R. G. Jackson, W. M. Lewis,
W. H. Wages, M. A. Wilson, and
J. G. Garrison.
Baptist Deacons present were C. 3.
Marwick, R. B. Lester. A. J. Single-j Howell
tnry, B. A. Alderman. J. P. Faulk-, The death of this lovol
ner, C. E. Stringer. W. B. Hamilton
J. P. Hart and It. G. Lewis.
After careful consideration of th
matter, the following resolution! H
INCOME TAXI OPENS OUT. 7
KLEMENT ABY TKA1XI XU
COURSE LENGTHENED.
Washington, Sept. 25.— Secretary
of the Navy Daniels has ordered that
the elementary course in Academic
training at the Naval Stations he ex
tended from three to four months.
The Secretary iioids that the pres
ent methods don’t give adequate
training. He says lie will extend
the course to six months when prac
ticable in cases where apprentices
are exceptionally backward.
MOiy: CRITICISM OF
NEW CURRENCY BILL.
Washington, Sept. 25.—Further
criticism of the Administration cur
rency hill,- front the viewpoint of
the Middle West business interests, j
was presented to the Senate Rank-1
ing Committee today by F. G. Win- j
Mon,- of Minnesota.
■4 WIDELY DISCUSSED—PREM
IUMS RETURNED TO POLICY-
HOLDERS AS DIVIDENDS TO RE
KXHMWHHr
Washington. Sept. 25.— 1 here Is
much discussion today in ofilcia] cir
cles over the decision of the * a ri ff
conferees regarding life insurance
premiums. In considering the in
come tax feature yesterday, the com
mittee decided to exempt from in
come tax that portion of thq prem
iums on mutual policies returned to
policy-holders as dividends.
This action was unexpected. The
provision had been dropped from
the Senate consideration, but the
conferees considered it still within
their Jurisdiction to insert it In the
hill.
Congress today agreed to $3,000
as the amount of income for a sin
gle man to he exempted. The married
ma:i exemption will he four thou
sand, and there will he no further
xemptlons for children.
FI RSI GAME TO IIE PLAYED IN
NEW YORK, ACCORDING TO DR
IN ATHLETIC'S
S SEIZED
Mrs. T. L. Rooks, accompanied by
her daughters. Misses Annie Leo and j
Ruby Rooks, were shopping In j
ThoriasviUe Thursday.
(By Associated Press.)
Philadelphia, Sept. 25.—If New
York wins the National League pen
nant. the world’s series will begin
in New York on October seventh,
the National Baseball Commission so
decided today.
Philadelphia already has the Amer
ican League pennant safe.
The umpires for the world’s ser
ies games were T. If. Connelly, John
J. Egan, Klein, and Charles J. Rlg-
ler.
The second game will lie nlayed
in Philadelphia October eighth, af
ter which dare the clubs will alter
nate in the two cities. All games
will start at two o’clock, and there
will he hand concerts in each ground
from eleven to one o'clock.
Th,
Times-Hnterprtfrc
nvements with the
s to get a detailed ,
World’s series, durlt
las made
Associated
•count
j the
Mrs. W. L. Howell was found dead
Wednesday about twelve o’clock
by her daughter, Miss Eleanor How
ell. Only the two ladles were in
the house, and earlier in the morn
ing Mrs. Howell left the room where
they were sitting, presumably to go
to visit a neighbor. Miss Howell did
not see her again and at dinner
time started to ’phone for her. hut
went up stairs first to see If she
had gone out. She found her moth
er dead in the bath-room.
A physician was summoned, an 1
lie stated that she had died of heart
failure. Mr. Howell was absent
trom the city at his place, some miles
from town, and Mr. C. W. Cooper
left the city at once to bring him
hack. Ho arrived later in Hie after
noon.
Mrs. Howell, as Miss Martin, was
horn in Greenville county. Virginia,
and married Mr. Howell at the age
of twenty-one. They m
Thomasville eight years auo and lat
er purchased “Ogontz," the handsome
homo on Broad Street. Five chil
dren survive her. They are Mr.
Edward R. Howell, Miss Eleanor
Howell. Miss Virginia Howell. Miss
Nellie Howell and Master Peter
MAJORITY SAY
IN THE CASE OF THE DEATH OF
WILL BARNETT, A NEGRO*
NEAR MEIGS—TWO REFUSE TO
SIGN THE VERDICT.
The Coroner’3 jury investigating
i» death of the negro Will Bar
nett, at Meigs Saturday night, or
early Sunday morning, have brought
in a majority verdict, that it was
manslaughter, and charge Mr. B. F.
Cooper with the crime.
The session was continued from
Monday until yesterday, when it was
concluded with the following ver-
!ict:
to |
“We. the majority of the Jury em
paneled to investigate• the death of
Will Barnett, find that the deceased
e to his death from a 38 calibre
pistol shot In the hands of B. F.
Cooper, and we pronounced the same
manslaughter. *
“DAN WILLIS. Foreman,
“L. J. COLLINS,
“J. J. BOSWELL,
“JOHN SEGLER.”
Two of the members of the jury,
Messrs. Bill Duren and Joe Austin
did not sign the verdict. This is tho
first majority verdict that has been
received in Thomas county la some
time.
Mr. Cooper is now in the county
Jail, charged with a misdemeanor.
He will probably be held for a
grand jury investigation in October.
xpeered
I sadness wherever she
n and Its sudden and un-
huracter is a distinct and
shock to the family. Mrs.
s a devoted mem hi
the
THOMASVILLE TRUNKS
SELL RAPIDLY
mittea consist-
A. Wynne and
unanimously
prepared by a
ing of T. A. Whit'
1). II. Parker
adopted:
“At the reqest of Elder a. T. Hart
a council of Baptist ministers me'
at the Baptist Clinch. Thomasville
Ga., aml # having heard Brother
Hart in an extended and full pre
sentation of his faith and teaching
NEW YUUK. ACCORDING TO DR- X ■ « . .. , . . *
Cl SION OF COMMISSION—SKlJtJM? re ?L® r ? to the eternal Punishment
Baptist C
life
nfilM
flu
rch, and her every-day
d her faith and she prae-
virtues which rredomi-;
ibove all else In those who are,
loyal, helpful women and good
lore Orders at the Laval Factory
Than Can he Filled—Downs
New Trunk Tray Catches
the Trade.
of The wicked, do by this resolution
declare ourselves satisfied with tin
correctness of Ills faith and preach
ing, as he has given them to us.”
B. I). RAGSDALE.
President of Council.
W. T. GAULDEN, Secty.
HOOPER ALEXANDER
For the District Attorneyship of the
Northern District of Georgia, in
Washington Today.
Washington, Sept. 25.—Hooper
Alexander, of Atlantu, was nominat
ed today for the position of United
States District Attorney for the
Northern District of Georgia.
WOMEN ASKED TO WRITE.
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pla
by iu.iin
vil! he
id those who do
vill
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WE HAVE everything; you
NEED FOR YOUR
Fall Garden
Irish Potatoes
Onion Sets ( 1
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.
Agents: NUNNALLY’S CANDIES.
AVI) l-UVMUtOKFU AltliKSTKH
FOIl VIOLATION’ OF MU TUAL-
ITY LAWS WITH .MEXICO.
Douglas, Arts., Sept
| Slatter, a pawn-broker
j here today on si cliarg
llw
-Joseph
irrerted
iolating
neutrality laws. Ten thousand
cartridges were seized.
Other shipments of munitions will
he seized and more arrests will fol
low, according to the authorities.
United States District Attorney
Morrison said that hereafter the!
mere shipment of arms, under cir-j
cumstances showing an inter
export, would he considered
lation of tho nautrality laws.
suits at The Tlmes-
• t'Tprl-e office as it arrives
T!i!s lias proven a very attractive
e-\-; , In years past, and one that
ho:»rti)v mpreclated by * hose who
cannot attend and have no more de
sirable means of getting accurate
and quick returns.
NOT THE SAME
the
Sept
Washington,
Houston, Sec re
within the next few
dress a letter to th<>
of 50.0
fat
iiuho
Hit
fun
ell’s Funeral Thursday,
al of Mrs. W. L. Howell
occurred this afternoon at three
o’clock,
street.
J. B. Johnstone officiated and
formed tho last sad rites over the 1
- loSSSr
“ e ' n%n „ «« . were than they can deliver.
•oiii efery
Mr. John V. Downs has recently
returned from an extensive trip
. through Florida in the interest of
from the residence on Broad ( the Thomasville Trunk Factory. Mr.
Rev. | nowns Is enthusiastic relative to the
P® r “ prospects of the concern, and he
tated yesterday that the company
¥h = e*paH *
fearers
Culpepper, R. Thoma
H. W. Hopkins, M. M. Cooper. A. .
StanalnTul and J. R. Floyd.
The new tray to their trunks,
which Is the work of Mr. Downs, is
making a big hit and it is expected
to prove one of the most attractive
innovations that has been given the
llow lo (’lire l*on Hay,
The writer has been curing peavine • trunk trade in some time,
hay for 25 years, and sticks to the
plan ho has been successful with all 1
these years. His plan is that of |
using short stack i*ules auout ten•
feet long. Set them in tho ground I , . , . ,
Homo is Inches deep. or enough so rnn * ement " to b „ r,ns ,BVeraI
...iii experienced worknw
Mr. Downs left this morning for
Savannah, Charleston and Peters
burg, on a business trip, and while
in the latter city he will make 'ar-
more
flic wind will not blow (lion, over. : ® ,[per ' ence . <l workmen to the city.
■Vnll two cross-piece, about live feet Mr , n °*" " fam " y wl " a,?0 accom -
long at right angles lo each other, i ! ,an ?
about Ion or twelve laches abovei ‘ 1
ground so as to prevent tho vines! a, '_!. , . . . ,, . .
from laying on the ground. The ,, TI ! B tB,lnk9 being handled by
vines are cut after the dew Is well t ’ ,e . ? BaI n,Br, ' haTlts and are selling
dried off and let He until the ro|-j ra!> "
lowing evening, if the weather win I
permit, then rake Into good size!
windrows before the vines become! I,bed. I like to have the top of the
return trip, and
nake their home in Thom-
damp from dew and let them re- J stack pole pointed »ml a large fork-
main there until the following day.! ful of vines placed on this and ar-
"hen they are carried to the stack I ranged around the stack umbrella-
with the hav rake, which is a rapid | like, so as to prevent water from
t ion
Agrii
It me can best i
farm women.
,> letters will la
process.
The vines are placed around the
ack pole and on the cross-arms,
ithout tramping, until about three
feet high. Then nail on one cross-
mi and pile on vines until about
[iron feet more are on. Then nail
n another cross arm at right an
gles to the last one nailed on and
it-ue this until the stack is fin-
running down the pole. When well
cured and It is convenient to do so,
we hale the hay and store it In tho
barn. We use .pine poles and by
skinning them when first cut and
taking them up and stacking away
ns soon as the hay is taken from
them, we find they will last several
seasons.—T. B. Parker, in The Pro
gressive Karme
uIts from tin
io-l TO REPORTS FROM POLIOCE problem and
MHO HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS.
! ROYAL FAMILY
■ Berlin, Sept. 25.—A split in the
royal family almost resulted from
! the recent wrangle over the formall-
j ties in connection w ith the en-
1 throuetuent of Prince Ernest Au-
j gust, of Cumberland, and Princess
! Victoria Louise, as the D ike a:id
| Duchess of Brunswick, according to
| a siory printed today in the Tage-
| Blatt.
: The withdrawal or the young
Prince and Princess, frem Germany,
, was threatened at one time, the pa-
j per declares. The Prusslun officials,
i It is said, insisted upon a more ex-
j pllcit renunciation by the Prince of
vir-
otwc
uiJt.
:>m -.nil of Hans S«
at :♦>-warded from New Yo»*k, and
Hie one held here of tho former
Priest Johann Schmidt.
This report was published In the
Tagelblatt today, on advices from
Frankfort-on-the-Main police, who
have both photographs.
15
, his claims to the throne of Han
over.
When Prince August said he would
retire to Austria, with his bride. If
that point was pressed further,
was immediately withdrawn.
Mr. John C. Curd of Atl4uta, Is
among the prominent business men
Washington, Sent. 2-">.—The pro
duction of wheat In the principal
wheat-growing countries of the
world, I, estimated at four a'nd one-
tenth per cent, greater this yea- than
last, according to a cablegram sent
to the Department of Agriculture,
front the International Institute of
Agriculture at Home.
The total production of wheat I,
estimated at 3,330,000,000 bushels.
Oats are about six per cent, shorter
than last year, and corn Is estimated
at twenty-two per cent, less than
~ r ‘
« r.’lary in wnlch the w
“The farm woman h;»>
»st -.leglo'-tod factor in
eglcrtod h.v the National Depart
hut
thor
ighly in touch
and domestic
iiat his opinion
rieultu
•on mr;
weight'. Following
his letter, the Seen-
hat the lest w iv f
meat to learn how
fullest |i
reel:/-'of
determined
v omen
ervi
which Hi*
iigriculti,
the
■te| V
sk them
m a
their
are
tlnm after I
matter and
own sugge-t'uris
In the letter the«e women are
\fte,f to give fmlfvfdti it . mweh
the letter or to discuss the ma
ill their church societies or woai
organizations and submit at'sv
representin'* the cotuhinH opfn
of the women ot their entire c
nmnitles. The answ.
qusted not later tha
15th, and this date i«
it will give the womei
harvest to consider th
discuss it with their women neigh
bors.
This tetter will go to about twen-
leadinc farms in each of the
twenty-eight hundred counties of the
United States. Their answers, it is
expected, will represent th views
and opinions of upwards of 500.no.)
women. These answers will be care
fully considered by the specialists
of the Department having to do with
that branch <ft agricultural activity.
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