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JS Jt _>« Jt * & * Jt Jt Jt Official Organ Thomas County tines ************ SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION •A ********** Why Wait? Send in Your Subscription NOW. YOU 1. Xo. 73. THOMASVILLE!, GEORGIA, TI KSDAV, SIUTHMHKII 80, 1013 *1.00 PER ANNUM. H0DDE1KRY FUNERAL ATTENDED MILLION ’ BY THOUSANDS OF CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION PRESENT AND FRIENDS FROM EV ERY SECTION OF THE SECOND DISTRICT—OFFICIAL DELE GATIONS FROM ALBANY AND VALDOSTA—REV. M. BUSHIN PAID BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO “Ills ROV”—FUNERAL PROCES SION OVER MILE LONG AND THREE HUNDRED VEHICLES WERE IN THE LINE OF .MARCH. _ • x [ I MAN FOUND APPARENTLY DES- TITUTE WITH OVER A MIL LION IN GOLD BONDS INSIDE OF HIS SUIT—WOULD SELL FOR TWENTY DOLLARS. SCENE OF RIOT S TARIFF SILL NIK TESTIFY STILL LEADS, DEARS ITS EDO ID SULZER CASE NEGROES SHOOT DOWN WHITE MISS MURPHY SECOND IN THE COTTON TAX AMENDMENT THE PROSECUTION GETS OVER FIFTY The funeral of Congressman S. A. i nessee, Hill of Illinois. In the dele-j Roddenbery was conducted Sunday £ at I° n were also Messrs. Talrcloth, I Lcmbdin and Waylaad. morning at eleven o’clock from the, .. .. .. . .. . . • j They left the city at seven thirty house. Long before the apopinted | over the A., U. & A., for Atlanta, hour, the house was crowded to its going thence to Washington capacity and people were standing in [there Tuesday, when a tariff vote is *i , . 'expected. Congressmen Tribble and tl.e yards and streets. There were Howard were -f ot able t0 alten(i the vehicles of all sorts, £ asjoral. Mr. Tribble fell on the via- many completely blocking Hansell • Street, duct, In Atlanta and severely sprain- In order to allow those who came cd his arm, the injured member gi In order to allow those to the city to view the body, t he I in S Wm usual pain during the light, , , . ... i ..n'and l.elng so sore that he was una- * funeral service was not started until j b]e dreg „ or g „ ollt durlng the eleven o’clock, over two thousand I morning hours. Mr. Howard was people going through the home and, suffering with a severe case of indi looking for the last time upon the fr j*sMon, and could not leave the car fc; face of their beloved Congressman a S0 ‘ and friend. | T!,e Funeral Procession. Immediately at eleven o’clock,! The * uner »l Procession was over ,, , „ . . . .. a mile long and it was estimated Ucv. .1. M. Rushin began the ser-j that ful)y three hundre(I vell , cle , fol- vices, a prayer by Rev. W. M. liar- j lowed the body to the grave. When rls followed by n song by Mr. Han-(they arrived, Laurel Hill cemetery sell Watt, “The Christian's Good-1 »as already half fl'led with many night,“ and then the short talk by Rev. Mr. Rushin. This beloved Thomas county gentleman paid most beautiful tribute to “his boy.” I four thousand, either at the house It was from the heart-sincere, true ! ° r , the ^ to ‘>° honor to t!rts .. , a , , . ’ i beloved Wiregrass Congressman, to life and portrayed the deep re-j ! Many Visitors. San Francisco, Sept. 29.—Edward McDonald, a plainly-dressed, middle- aged man, was found ill In a cheap lodging house here last night, with one million, two hundred and seven ty thousand dollars of negotiable bonds and securities sewed i iside his pocket. He had but live cents in his purse. The man today is in a stato of comma and little can be learned about him. However, the papers in nls possession are said to be securi ties of forty-seven bona-fide com panics, all drawing interest. MEN AND ARE LATER KILLED WHILE RESISTING ARREST— TROOFS ARRIVE TOO LATE. / Harriston, Miss., Sept. 29.—The ghastly sight of two bodies hanging from a coal shute was practically tne only outward sign today of the riot Sunday which cost ten lives. Of the seriously injured, all are still alive today. As a lesson to those criminally in clined the bodies of Walter and Will Jones, the negro boys who started CONTEST for the great PRIZES FROM LOCAL MER CHANTS. ONLY MATTER VET UNDISPOS ED OF—SENATE WORKING ON MANY AMENDMENTS — WONT VARY MUCH FROM ORIGINAL PROGRAM. AND DEFENSE THE SAME NUM- RER IN TODAY’S PROGRAM. Miss Minnie Weldon still leads in) the merchants contest, according to tre count made last night by the j ——— Committee. Miss Kitty Murphy Is j Washington, Sept. 29.—The Dem- second, and Miss Hopkins third. i ocratlc tariff revision bill, as revised I The following Is the official re- . , „ , ,, ... i suit of (ho second count: hy the < - onfercn<0 Committee, was Miss Minnie Weldon, Thomas- ! presented to the House today by Re-{ vine 320,323 ! presentative Underwood. It was said t Miss Kitty Murphy, Cooildge! 207425 I today the House would finally dis-j Miss Eleanor Hopkins, Thom- -I’ 080 ot the measure by Wednesday. asvllle 197,600 Senator Kern today obtained the .Miss Gladys Cardin, *Ochlock- ’ | unanimous consent that the adjourn-j nee 115,075 men t of the Senate extend until tli »f the Assembly, ver certain bandoned hope < jieople who had been unable to get ; near the house during the cere -, mony. There were in the city about a ! a thousand visitors and fully three ’< gavd which Mr. Rushin feit for this j successful young man. whose lifej offlclnl delegations came from the had been taken In the mifi.~t of its i cities of Albany and Valdosta. Those glory and usefulness. i from Albany were Mayor H. A. Tar- , ........ , , ' ver, H. M. McIntosh. Joseph Ehrlich, This concluded, the body was tak-, A , uppltt, T. N. Wolfolk and en from its resting place amid thel c . C. Harbre. The Valdosta dele- hundreds of floral offerings in the gation was composed of Judge \V. E reception hall and through a lane of Thomas and Messrs. O. M. Smith, " West, C. L. Smith, J. B. Cope- Man Says Bonds Cost Him 1*80. San Francisco, Sept. 29.,—Bonds, 1 til u face value of more than one million dollars, may he bought from Edward McDonald, at the Emergen cy Hospital here, for twenty dol lars. They were found sewed in his clothes when he was taken to the hospital last night. When questioned today, he said: ”1 paid eighty dollars for the lot, but ?ot bitten. I think I ought to have twenty dollars for them, but I might take less.” people, -carried to the waiting hearse C.' Ash ley ami The family followed the casket and | A T woodward, then came the Congressional delega- Representatives from every town tion which came to do honor to his of any size In the district ware pres- memory. j ent - M »ny came in from Thomas, and Grady counties during the morn- The services at the grave were, lng There was a noticeable absence (included In a short time, and all | of mere curiosity on the part of Vhat was mortal of Anderson Rod-[those who attended. They came to den bevy was laid to rest. As the • l°°k f° r the time upon the . . i • . .. .1 face of their friend who had left body was lowered to the grave, not L^m. llnd ther0 was a feeling of awe a murmur was heard, the stillness. aa d reverence, both for the power that death brings pervaded the whole which had called him and the great place and thousands held their. goo-d which he left behind as a breaths as the body was being low-j ".onument to his life work, ered, nevermore to rise, on this j Floral Tributes T-n Conntlcss earth. ! Numbem The Congi esslonnl Delegation. Sunday’s riot, and the bodies of j Miss”saVah‘ Am'a'soii.' Thomks-* "| tlni two desperados were left hanging] ville 112,730 Democratic Leader Underwood, In all night. They will be cut down Kev. J. M. Outler, Thomas- presenting tlie report, said the man- ami buried today. | ..110.700 agers might wish to debate it for! O ,. lo ber sixth iMiss Luclle Crovatt, Thom- i.some time, and lie obtained an i It was said today that no further asvllle 91,700 agreement for the House to meet at., depredations would hay? been com-1 Master Earl Redfearn, Pavo. 85,050 | eleven o’clock, instead of noon to-: mitted yesterday, had the Natchez! *^ rH - Melvin H. Goodwin, .morrow. Thomasville. 72,575 | The report was presented with the! Mrs. J. T. Chambers, Thomas- ! signatures of all the Democratic | ■vHle 58,025 J members, but none of the Minority Mrs. T. 3. Singletary, Thom- t members signed it. Senator LaFol-| asv Hle 46,350 j lette announced tii.it lie refused to, Miss Madle Lilley, Metcalfe. 34,500 * endorse the measure, not because he Mrs. Felix A. Crawford, [disapproved It, but because he was i Thomasville 31,750, not consulted In the preparation of I M*ss Irene Kennedy, Coolldge 28,425 (the report. Miss Louise Higdon, Thomas- _ _ ; Cot ton Futures in the Rnlance. ' Hie 25,850 j \o definite agreement has been v Hle 28,500 | reached to.lav by the conference' Mrs. J. T. Scarborough. I menibers as to what to do regarding Thomasville 25.000 t).,. <*. tton future tax. It was g**n- ■ es * Miss Fannie May Mali, Meias 21.500 expected, however, that when af-jMiss Katie Hinson, Thomas- co opd eonforen. e j s ’ arranged 20,075 that amendment will be dropped 1 ».90« from the bill. 1 i,7^o. President Wilson made it plain to- 17,Tii.i I day that he favored *hfi proposeil 15.000 compromise plan Albany, N. Y., Sept. 29.—A dozen detectives were busy this morning senlng subpoenaes to the Sulzer Impeachment trial, scores of Jogis- lators and politicians are wanted on the witness stand by the prosecu tion, a id fifty persons are being soiurht by the defense. James E. Garrison, a personal friend of Gov. .Sulzer, who is being held in the county jail, for contempt hen he refused questions, has freedom until militia not arrived. The negroes.'are apparently as anxious to restore or der as the troops. The trouble was practically over when tho militia, ap peared. Trouble Began Early Sunday Morn ing at Harriston. On that date, tne /\.ssembly re convenes, and Garrison is said to bo anxious to mako peace with the members. CLflBKSTON BUILT A JAIL Rut Has Not Had a Prisoner in th© Past Twelve Month*—Only One Giber Case in Existence. '•Hug the BRITISH GOVERNMENT T6l»AY ANNOUNC ED ITU WITHDRAWAL FROM FIVE-POWER AGREE- MENT—UNITED STATES HAD PREVIOUSLY WITHDRAWN. London, Sept. 29.'—The British Government today announced the dissolution of the Chinese loan agreement. The agreement has not worked to the advantage of any of the five powers concerned—Great Britain, France, Germany, Japan and Russia. The United States ^withdrew some time ago. The five powers will still act to gether in making loans to China for offe: The numbers of magnificent floral ' general Administrative purposes, ferings came from various parts o* jKach power has been left free, how- The delegation from Congress ar- the country, and were remarkable, evei . f to sul>po rt any of its citizens In rived at nine twenty-five, being j both for beauty and quantity. The float i ng loa n 8 for raiIroa(1 s and other three quarters of an hour late. They casjket was covered with quantities! jmiiistrlal projects. '•were met by a committee of citizens of these lovely Mowers and the room and taken to the Tosco where break- 1 where It was placed, was banked fast was served them. Tho same j with them. committee, with autos escorted them f One that attracted special atten- to the house at ten twenty-five and • tion was a huge wreath, sent from they were taken at once into the j t h e House of Representatives, at room where the body was, and re-j Washington, a tribute from the malned there throughout tho service.' members to their late colleague, Roddenbery were members. There were three beautiful designs sent | by friends at Cairo, a beautiful [wreath from Bainbridge, one from [the W. C. T. U., a handsome design ! from the Bar of Thomasville, and . | ; « y(numbers ot beautiful designs too In the party were V/. .T. Davis.! This wreath was composed of Killar-, llumeroilB to mentlon from the many Sargeant-at-Arms, Senators Thomas, ney roses and llllles and was a work : f r j e nds in Thomasville of the ho of Colorado, Martine, of New Jer- of art. Another beautifitf wreath < j 0VC( j Congressman poy Smith and Bacon, of Georgia,;- a. of white roaee and lilies, and; 3ome of tbe80 ‘,,ower 8 were taken and Congressmcm Hardwick, Adam- was a tribute from the City or Thom- j (q tho cenietery a71(l placed upon son. Lee, Hughes. Walker, Tribble, 1 asvllle. A pillow of beautiful[ flow-, , he grave , n the m0 rnlng and the I William McCaleh. shot ly leg Howard. Bartlett. Crisp, of Georgia, e- s war 8 fnt from Athens by the A. i remalnder were oarrlP(! 0 „t m the thigh: William Kelnstley, shot l.i McGuire of Nebraska, Godwin, of T. O. Fraternity, of which both Con- . afternoon . . . , . , . North Carolina McLaughlin, of Ten- gre3sman Roddenbery and Mr. John. ‘ ‘ * ihand: William Dennis, shot In leg; l'W. C. Bond, shot In leg. 'he shooting was start 0 ** by Wal- Jones in the negro quarter Harriston, Miss., Sept. 29.—Two drug-crazed mulatto boys, brothers, began a reign of murder here yes terday morning that ended only ter three white men, four negro 'HI© men and a negro woman, had been i a !T 8 ' 'J; »V« xVtH’ , , , , 'Miss Mattie Will KIrkla shot to death, several wounded and j ^j ss sallle J. Alderman the two boys lynched. j Miss Lagetta Floyd. ... Hie trouble started at about 3 ! ?!! sa Susa*n Palmer. .. . , , . _ , , , .Miss Grace Porter. . . o clock Sunday morning and contln* I m j 88 R * ho j c one ued Intermittently until 10 o'clock I Miss Elsie Round. .... that day, when Walter Jones, the Mrs. J. T. Stewart. .. . elder of the two hoys, who started j ^J* 8, Y. an ' all ^? n ‘ ,org * the firing, wsa lynched just alter I Mr , n ,, , 7ud90n . , . the soldiers arrived. His brother, Miss LU’le Mae Rice. Will had been shot hy citizens ear* * Mrs. A. If. Balter. ... Her in the day. j Miss Minnie Jones 7.000 | jg probable that, the cotton futures V °H i n Johnson City. Texas Twenty persons were injured. ,1*. JJi'Hni'ta Joh«W '. i!' flioon |;£y. dment may " B M,n « ,dere<l ^ ■ T “»=» »av teen of-them negroes. Moan ofc thajMlss Stella Dm* 1.1-731 Tho House memlters were .. . . , - negroes were dangerous liu"*.. (Mrs. T. O. Floyd -1,0501 tioned by Leader Underwood today aocorang 0 re P° r ^ s . every cell Is ” 2.82">'nnt to Icnve Washington before f "H ot corn nnd wheat. I'nro ! Thursday. It Is said that It Is ex- Clarkston, up until now. had held LOeO I period the Senate will art on the bill th(1 prolld ti tlo alone. but t it bo put in the bill. Representative Underwood, In a i statement issued today, expressed , gratification at the outcome of the.’ tariff negotiations. “I am heartily. 1 jMUlHflcd with the bill as repo-ted 1 9.a75 j from the conference,” he said. O.aftO , it | s expected that, when the House j, meets tomorrow, two hours for each, ill be set apart for debate, ft! 1 2,72.’ 11.12" 10.02.' rne j it t le tow a ling in the shadow n. has the dlstlnc- lolinson City, Tex., y village in tho °rl*l whose calaboose or jail has °od empty for more than a year. The Clarkston jail, a little one- tom affair, was built two cr three •nrs ago, and so moral ban the lit- © community been that it has only id one inmate, and he was a chance igrant who made the mistake of opping there. The same condition is said to pre- u*. the made their jail useful by storing grain In it. and today. List of the Dead. Mrs. F. M. Welch , Miss Lillie Smith Sheriff G. B. Hammet, Jefferson ! Miss Lifcile Gunn county, shot as he was leading a [Miss Annie L. Fleetwood. posse to where the negroes were '!] 88 J* 01 *!** Miss Mario* Spence. . . . aiding. Miss Katie Parramore . . Former Constable Frank Keinstly. j L. C. Jones shot at his home after being called Miss Minnie Shepherd. . . to a door . Miss Ethni Rc'nberg. . . .Miss Florence Green Claude Freeman, of Faye'te, shot‘s n Dixon at railway station, while waiting I yr r jt/. Arnold for a train. . (“Bull" Stewart Johanna Aiken, Tom Weeks, Jesse j Colored Division. ... , . Lil le Mae Thomas. . . . Thompson, Teller Warren and P red | ^j rB yj ( j a jjttlo Grayson, negroes, killed during pro-Up 0 j a Fountain. ... . miscuos shooting. I Mary Raeklev Walter and Will Jones, negroes, ^ W^Hams lynched. j John Roe List of Wounded. Eliza Howklns Orrin Glllis, former sheriff, snot Mrs. S. W. Jameson. . .. in shoulder nnd may die; E. B. Ap-i*^®^ /ester™ pleby, conductor of the Yazoo and j Franl{ Delaney... Mississippi Valley railway, shot in Jonas Goss.. breast, leg and arm, dangerous:. Allie Anthony and Charlotte English Mack Montgomery 1 by that time. Pinal Action Expected This Week, a proniine Monday. Jordon, of Boston, was visitor to Thomasville 40ft 33(1, Washington, Sept. ill.—Tho Demo 300 , oratic tariff revision, which was Im-: 273, gun Inst April, approached its final „f general usage 30 1 stages today. , In its present form, the hill car- »- 'L ,! fu , ' '’'l^evico Committee of ries many changes front the original -“the Senate and House met to adopt draff, as introduced hy Representa- -- n ' th0 flnal report on the bill. The tive Underwood 30700 I Dem0 n atlC I " ,eml i er8 of th0 Confer - The Conference report, which was at's-.o o nC ?hf°,'!',I n , t,ee haVn , lieen at made public today, shows the gen- 22*530 ! half h we»J. for ™ or ® tl,a " two ani] a oral average of rates were reduced i aa ^ we ©ks. Tlic Republican mem- * 1 * berB were Cft H©d In today, merely to 7.90ft j K | ve a formal expression upon the a,non report. •*,400 j The Six hundred and sixty-nine *.000 amendments passed by the Senate 4...Oft have been settled by the Oommltte n.6( u *r;,e Clarke amendment, taxlnc eottc futures alone remained 1.175 of today. ’'700 ,„, Aa th '', h l l "„ l 3 n ""', rf,vlsP ' ! ' 11 f-an- iin t i 1 W J ii n." 1 0* I 1 *, * * a s * t li'e "ti i 'l tains practically all the reductions In the by aoout four MM4 WE HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR YOUR Irish Potatoes Onion Sets 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. Two Sons Left For Collej Mr. John Roddenbery le.'t last I night to resume his law studies at t the University of Georgia. Mr. Yates Roddenbery returned this morning to his school at Danville, Va. It was the wish of Judge Rod denbery that the boys should return to their studies as soon as possible after his burial. Mrs. Roddenbery nnd Miss Ruth Roddenbery will go to Sylvester thi FAMOUS SURGEON DEAD. Se;*t. 2ft.—Dr. 3 an fluty which President Wilson Insist- pon. Sweeping reductions havo pon nearly all articles by the Senate chang per rent advalorein. Two amendments were offered by the Minority members of the Con ference Committee. 1 t both were rejected. Representative Murdock, a ^Progressive, moved for th«* acrec- taxlng cotton tnnee of the Clark amendment, wV!° undisposed Representative Fordney, a P.epubli- an, offered an amendment to extend lien ugar tariff becomes . ffcctlv , been made Representatives Fordney, Murdock nd Payne, and Senators Lodge, I.a- ollotte didn't -Ign the rerjort. iern the negro woman and Fred Grav-j son were shot and killed. Walter then went to the home of his moth-| er and aroused his brother, a boy 18 years old. Together they went through the main street of**he little] town firing nt every one In sight. Louis . Eu gen ral Albert. Mitchell, who attended sidnev Johnson, afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. G. R. (Citizens aroused from their slnni- N’ottlnghani for a snort sfay. Miss ( hers hv the shots, peered our of the Mary Roddenbery will he with Mr. l ,. lndow , n ,„, then hasten,.,I to eover. nd Mrs. A. H. S. Cooke during their 1 absence. Fall Constable, Shoot IIin To Erect Monument For Him. Cairo, Sept. 29.—The officers the W. C. T. U. held a meeting yesterday afternoon. It was decid ed to erect a monument to the memory of the late Congressman Roddenbery, who died at his home in Thomasville Thursday. The W. r. T. IT. thought a memorial of this kind here, In the boyhood home of Mr. Roddenbery, would be especially appropriate and they have taken hold of the matter with every promise of success. Immediate steps will he taken toward securing funds for this monument and the matter will he presented to all unions of the dis trict. The people of Cairo feel keenly the loss of Judge Rodden bery and regard his death as a per sonal Joss. He has two brothers, a sister and his aged mother living here. Mr. Vereen Mentioned For Con- gr©K«* A telegram from Moultrie this mornVng Rtates that many of the friends of Hon. \V. C. Vereen are urging that he enter the race for Congress, to take the place made vacant by the death of S. A. Rod denbery. Mr. Vereen has made no decision yet as to what he will do. Should he decide to make the race he would meet with hearty approval for there la no cleaner man in the Second district or one who commands any more regard w respect from those who know him. { The two hoys, soon after leaving •their home, went to the horn.* of for- j mer Constable Frank Keinsrly, who, j .\hen he replied to their call. \ , rhot through tho head by Walter ! Jones. Death was instantaneous, i Keinstly’s son, William, grabbed for (a gun. when he saw his father fall I Before he could fire, he received a j bullet in one of his hands, i The Yazoo and Mississippi Valiev dept Is. near the Keinstly home and (the two negroes walked in that (rection. A train had arrived from j Natchez just a few moments before and E. B. Appleby, the conductor was standing at the station, talking to W. C. Bond, the flagman. With out warning, the two negroes fired on them and both fell. The boy? then directed their fire at Claude Freeman, who was waiting for a train to take him to his home at Fayette, Miss. He was killed. The negroes turned to the train, firing Into the cars. Passengers became panic stricken. Made Their La*t Stand. The two slayers made their way to a cotton se©d house nearby. It s believed that they then realized the wholesale killing oould not con tinue and determined to make their As a result of the investigation of j the -Mate Game Warden, of depreda tion, in Grady county, Judge John K. Singletary, nas issued bench war rants, against P. C. Andrews and Bill Hudson, both of Cairo, for al leged violations of the stale game laws. The hearing has been set (or I Fiidav, October third, In the City' Court of Cairo. ed ho last stand at th© Frightened citizens by Oils time had telephoned for Sheriff Ham mett, at Fayette. Summoning for- »oer Sheriff Gillis to accompany him, Hammett started for Harriston on horseback, arriving about 5 o’clock. A small crowd of men were firing into the seed house, but no one had ventured to lead the posse to the pjace. Taking a few men Aith him. Sheriff Hammett started toward the building. Seeing this move, it is be lieved, Walter Jones crept to the tall grass near by and as Hammett ap proached the negro fired killing him Instantly. A shot from the seed house brought down Gillis. By this time the countrygido had been aroused and the farmers came pouring In from ever* direction. Everyone opened fire on the swed house. A call was sent to Gov. Brewer for troops, and the troops arrived sooi after. Buy your clothes Ready-made and know what they are, how they fit and how they look on you before not after you buy Then you wont walk down the street, with that worried looking, “wonder if I’m dressed right” smile on your face. Louis Steyerman, The Shop of Quality On the Corner. . - . -> .