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THOMAS VILLE, GEORGIA * TUESDAY, DKCKlIlIKIt 0, 1013.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
FROM II PRESIDENT
and HF, STATED THAT HE COULDN' T “START ANYTHING," HUT
HAD TO TAKE Ul* THE PRINCIPLES INVOLVED IN PJ^XIOIOI
IN MESS1GK TO CONGRESS—WOMEN MARCHED IN LINElO
HIS OEEH E AND SEEMED SATISFIED AT 11IS STATEMENT
THAT HE FAVORED COMMITTEE ON SUFFRAGE IN HOUSE.
Washington, Dec. S.—President
AVI Ison today told a delegation of
Suffragists that he favored a stand
ing committee on AVoman's Suffrage
in the House of Representatives, but
ho flatly denied their request to
send a special message to Congress,
urging vote reform.
The Suffragist® were ushered into
the President’s office and formed a
circle about Mr. Wilson. Dr. Anna
Howard Shaw summarized their ap
peal to the President, to assist them
In their movement.
In refusing to urge the question
of woman's suffrage on Congress,
President Wilson said he had ad
hered to his one rule in this re
gard, which was simply this: “To
urge nothing on Congress which had
not the organized consideration of
those for whom tho President is
the spokesman.”
Mr. Wilson said he had no right
to he the spokesman for himself,
but onl/ for an organized body. Ho
said he couldn’t “start anything,”
but he had to confine himself to
those things which were embodied
in the party’s pr mises to the peo
ple at the election.
President WH-sr.:: that be had
told a member of the Rules Com-
f mittee, who had asked him what he
thought of naming a Suffrage Com
mittee, that it was the proper thing
to do.
Dr. Shaw, nfter the reception at
the White House, said it was very
satisfactory to their cause. She said
President Wilson favored the crea
tion of tho Woman’s Suffrage Com
mittee, and that was the Suffragists'
chief purpose in seeing him, she add
ed.
RELIEF flSKEB
FOR TEXANS
I'M FORMS ALONG WATERED
1G>1 TE AND MANY STILL CLING
TO TREES FOR PROTECTION.
Bryan, Tex., Dee. 8.—Deports
mu lling here toduy,•which were
in effect that probably two thou-
saiid negroes «»ntl Italians have
been drowned in this section,
couldn't be continued hero this
afternoon.
However, tho reinirts are
said to liave been lmsefc on relia
ble estimates made by Jand-
owners*
SECRETARY OF STATE, WHILE
ADDRESSING PtllTLAR GOVERN
MKNT LKAG1T, SAYS IT WILI.
COME REFORM NEXT PRESI
DENTIAL ELECTION.
LUKES EXPENSES A. 8. i I. WIT
IRE ITEMIZED
CANDIDATE FOR COX GHK.NS
SPENT LITTI.E OVKH THREE
THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TIIK
I DCF NT RACK.
I SI «K REBELS RIGHT
RUMOR THAT COIM IL WOULD
DM PETITIONED TO EXTEND
TRACK ACROSS T\V{> UESl-
tDENCE STREETS.
EXCI SMS THE EXECUTIONS OF
FEDERAL SOLDIERS ON SEV-
ERAL GROUNDS IN LETTER TO
ARIZONA G<IVERNOR.
Fifty Women in Party.
Washington, Dec. 8.—A number
of Woman Suffragists today march
ed on the White House to ask Presi
dent Wilson for a definite expres
sion of his views on the question of
“Votes for Women.”
Between lines of police, tho worn-
en tramped towards the White!
House, headed by Dr. Anna Howard,
Shaw, Mrs. Medlll McCormick, and :
other members of the committee of
fifty-five who were named to call on
the President.
The march on the White House
today was caused principally by the
President’s omission, In his annual 1
message of any reference to the suf- j
frage question. J
Houston, Tex., Dec. 8.—Ninety-
six persons were known to have been
drowned in the recent Texas floods,
up to noon today, and fully twenty-
five of these drownlngs occurred last
night and early today. A marked
disregard of the warnings gave a
serious turn to the flood situation.
It had been expected that the fatali
ties would decrease as the water
neared the gulf.
The water in Central Texas, on
the Brazos river was too high to
day to confirm many of the reported
drownlngs, which would easily car
ry the number o. dead above the
one hundred mark.
VILLI WILL RICH GIRL
Twenty More Drowned Today.
Houston, Tex., Dec. 8.—/Twenty
persons are known to have been
drowned today, near BrooKshire, In
Adler county, which is in the Bra
zos flood district.
Brookshire, a small Texas town
about sixty miles from the river’s
mouth, murks the position of the
flood crest today:
Washington, Dec. 0.—Asserting the
I people’s right and <\i.. .y to rule,
j Characterized an address which Sec
j retary of State William J. Bryan
made before the conference of the
(National Popular .’Government League
j here today.
Mr. Bryan said the peoilo might
make mistakes, but they would rec-
Itify them more quickly than if a few
| persons attempted to do it for them,
j Referring to President Wilson's
I declaration, in his message to Con
gress, that he wis in favor of direct
presidential primaries, Mr. Bryan
predicted that tho people will
nominating their President by the
primary’system before the next, cam
paign. He said that when a Presi
dent entered the White House, after
he had been elected in that man
ner, he would know that no individ
uals, but the whole people, had sent
him there.
Senator Owens, who also address
ed the Conference, while speaking
: on the needs of a mcro direct rule
| by the people, asserted that the
j present rules of procedure ill the
I Senate was costing the people of
'this country flv£ to ten million do 1-
ilars per day, while the country was
I waiting for definite action on the
•currency bill.
SEEL CHEAP
IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH BKIIKL
GOVERNMENT HE STARTS
CAMPAIGN FOR PEACE FOOD
PRICES.
Juarez, Mex., Dec. 8.—As a moans
of placing the Mexican Rebel terri
tory on a normal basis, Gen. Fran
cisco Villa, today Issued orders that
all food-stuff be sold at prices which
prevailed in times of peace, and he
further declared that ho would con
fiscate all goods if prices were rais
ed.
Unless tho Federals, who fled from
Chihuahua, unexpectedly turn up.
northern Mexico will soon assume a
semblance of peace.
Gen. Villa Is ever on the alert for
a Federal attack, and it is reported
that the Federals might return to
tho State of Nuevo Leon, after put
ting the civilians across the border.
GIRL VISITING ELOPED
Atlanta, Dec. 8.—Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas O. Dunn, of Atlanta awoke
on Sunday to learn that their pretty
daughter, Jessie Irene, Instead of
being on a visit to relatives as they
imagined, in Birmingham, had elop
ed with G. A. Domeck, a noted auto
racer.
While the parents imagined their
daughter was on her way to Birming
ham, she was, in fact, in her honey
moon.
IS
NEW YORK FACES DOROTHY AR
NOLD MYSTERY AGAIN, WITH
WEALTHY GROCER'S DAUGH
TER GONE.
New York, Dec. 8.—Every police
man in greater New York was today
Instructed to keep a special look
out for Miss Jessie McCann, age
twenty-three, a daughter of Robert
McCann, a -wealthy wholesale grocer,
who disappeared Thursday night, as
mysteriously as did Dorothy Arnold.
The girl left her home Thursday
morning, to go to the Home for Des-
titue Children, where she did vol
unteer work as an Instructor, but
she never reached the home, and all
trace of her has been lost.
A girl answering her description,
was seen In Wall Street Friday
night, apparently dazed.
The girl's father and Mayor Kline
are personal friends, and they hare
appealed to the police to expedite thej
search.
.Much SiiM'enng in Stricken Districts. :
Houston, Texas, Dec, 8.—-Ice form
ed this nfornlng in the llruzos river |
flood district, where thousands of j
refugees have gathered In small
camps along tho river banks. It is |
estimated that flfty persons aro still j
in treos, awaiting to ho rescued by ]
searching parties.
The temperature dropped sudden
ly in this section laBt night, and it j
is estimated that ten thousand In-;
habitants of that section were wat
er-bound last night. i
Although tho Brazo’B crest reach
ed the Gulf Saturday, the last hun
dred miles of tho stream had its
worst ovorflow today, than at any
time since the floods began.
This morning’s dispatches receiv
ed here put the drowned at around
10
T
PROMINENT FARMERS OF FHE-
1 IONIA NEIGHBORHOOD PER
FECTED ORGANIZATION LAST
WEEK.
Mr. Klllinn, President oi tne Kil
lian Lumber Company, of Valdosta,
was in the city Thursday last, look
ing after his lumber and farming
seventy, most of the victims being interests In the county, and that
negroes.
The river's tremendous force Is
Indicated by the finding of a long
stretch of railroad track, turned up
side down, near Bryan, Texas, and
many other evidences of the terrific
strength of the flood waters are
being reported from throughout tho
stricken district.
The elopement plans were all
carefully arranged, with the aid of
mutual friends, and the marriage
took place right here In Atlanta, be
ing performed bv the Rev. B. F.
Fraser, pastor of St. Paul’s Metho
dist church.
The young bride-groom Is to take
part in the Daytona auto races and
the bride will spend part of the hon
eymoon watching her husband dare
death.
Your Friends Know
It is just as important to use good
stationery as it is to use good English;
Either is an index to character. Station
ery may be in good form without being
expensive.
See our new line
Peacock-Mash Drug Co,
Phones 105-106
' Thomisvills, Georgia.
Fine
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St. IjouIh Itasincss Men Will Aid .
^ Flood Sufferers.
St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 8.—Plans f?r
extending relief to the Texas flood
sufferers were formulated at a call
ed meeting of the Executive Com
mittee of the Business Men’s League
here this morning.
The meeting was called immed
iately on receipt of an urgent iel»-’
Tram from the Mayor of LaGrange,
Texas, appealing for aid.
It is estimated that the damage in
the vicinity of LaGrange will reach
a half n\illion dollars, and the town
has no railroad communication.
GOOD ItOADS NECESSARY
For Satisfactory Delivery of Mails,
Says Mr. C. 8. Russell.
Thomasvllle, Ga., Dec. 6, 1913.
Editor Timea-Enterprlse:
As you are interested in the wel
fare and convenience of your rural
patrons, I wish to call your atten
tlon to two paragraphs In a letter
from tho Fourt Assistant Postmas
ter-General to Mr. L. X. Brockway,
President of the National Rural Let
ter Carriers Association, so that you
may publish those extracts for in
formation to the rural route pa
trons. "
First. '•‘Tne proper maintenance
of the highways over which rural
service is in operation Is a matter
which concerns the Department.
Upon many occasions, improvements
to the roads travelled have been
secured at the request of the Depart
ment and we expect to continue the
system of establishment and main
tenance of rural delivery service
upon only such highways as are
maintained in good condition.”
Second. "I am certain that the
rural carriers may rest assured that
the Postmaster-General will not in
crease the weight-limit of parcels in
the first and f.wond zones without
due regard to the ability of the car
riers to transport the mail matter
presented, and that post-roads over
which such parcels are carried must
necessarily be kept in good condition,
otherwise the service will be with
drawn where such failure to pro
vide highway facilities occurs.”
lb a rural carrier, I can speak
from experience as to some of the
neighborhood roads over which
roads go from the Thoraasvllie of
fice. Yours truly,
C. S. RUSSELL.
evening met with the farmers
the Fredonia school house, in the
W. L. Hancock neighborhood, for
the purpose of organizing the far
mers for growing truck another year.
The meeting was a very enthus
iastic one, and well attended, about
thirty of the leading farmers of
that neighborhood being present.
The organization was effected with
Mr. C. L. Hoald as President, and
Mr. S., L. Heald, Secretary, and a
committee of five, consisting of Mes
srs. fl. L. Heald, J. L. Welch. J. A.
Chastain, E. A. Moreland and C. M.
Killian, was appointed to work out
the details of the organization and
agree upon the acreago to bo plant
ed, etc.
It is the plan to erect a packing
house at the Cassady siding. and
arrange every facility for the proper
handling and shipping of tho truck
grown.
Approximately three hundred
acres In truck will bo planted next
year, besides the usual acreage in
watermelons.
The lands of Thomas County are
I well adapted to growing nearly all
(kinds of truck, and owing to the
fact that shipments begin just as
Florida finishes shipping, good, pric
es can always be obtained.
Mr. Killian’s company owns the
Cassady farm, three miles north of
the city, and besides being in the
♦umber business, Mr. Killian is very
much interested In farming, and he
Is using his b?st endeavors to induce
Die fanners in that neighborhood to
diversify their farmin' 1 ’ so a;, to be
ready for the boll weevil.
As can be raadily recalled, water
melon growing was undertaken in a
very small w ly in Thomas county a (
few years ag>, and now this county!
is growing more melons and better
melons than any other section of
the State, and it is being done
profitably
The Tinics-Enterpri3e ho.es that
the trucking, which is to be •com
menced in a small way another year,
may grow by leaps and bounds, and
that in the near future Thomas
county may be shipping a great num
ber of cars of truck each year.
Mason* Flection Thursday.
The Thomasvllle Lodge of Masons
will hold the annual election of offi
cers at the Masonic Hall Thursday
evening at seven thirty. Thr meet
ing should he attended by every
member of the order, who Is able
- he BrtMttLi.N- —
STATE OF GEORGIA,
Thomas County:
Personally appears Roscon Luke,
of the County of Thomas, State of
Georgia, who after being first duly
sworn says that, as a candidate for
Congress from tho Second Congres
sional Distriqt to succeed Hon. S. A. |
ltoddenbery, deceased, as Congress-;
man from the Second Congressional j
District of Georgia, he expended the j
following amount of money, and Tor;
the following purposes, to-wit
For .Stationery.
For Stamps
For Stenographic Hire.
For Clerk Hire
For Printing
For Announcement in
newspapers
For Automobile Hire .
For Oil and Gasoline . .
For Railroad Fare. . .
For Repair to Automo
bile
For Board for Self and
Driver
For Telephone Expense.
For Rent of Hall. . . .
For Telegram Expense
For Automobile Tires .
$ 112.00
746.00
310.00
186.00
632.00
73.50
97.75 j
25.00 .
TOTAL $3.
Deponent further .-’ays on
that no person has contrihuG
sum of money to ills tampalgn
deponent further stv.s that hr
no pledges to persons for si
ROSCOE L»
Sworn to and subscribed Loo
this Dec. 3rd, 1913.
CRAIG MILE:
There \yill, in all probability, bo a
petition from the A.. It. & A. Rail
way to cross Smith Avenue and Rem
ington Avenue with a side track.
General* Manager Bugg, of that ay»-
teni, and other officials were in the
city yesterday, conl**rrlng with var
ious parties Interested, and it is be
lieved that a petition will be pre
sented in a short time, it is most
likely that the A, It. & A. -will want
to cross Smith Avenue with a track,
which would be accessable to the
property of Dr. Taylor, Neel Broth
ers, Lohbeus U2kle and others on
the block, between Remington and
Smith avenues, and then to extend
across Remington Avenue through
Dr. AM ntosh’s property.
.lust how the petition will strike
the council and the people is not
known, hut it Is thought likely an
injunction will be gotten out against
the road if council does -’rant the
petition. Remington and Smith
avenues aro both residence fctreets.
and the ladles especially ere i:p in
arms at tho suggestion.
May Move Depot,
ti is also stated that General
Manager Bugg has asked that bid**
be made for the removal of the pas
senger station ami freight house
aero** Dawson street, to that por-
• ; nn of the Piney Woods lot which
is owned by this railroad road
owns a hundred feet, extendin', par
allel a rid adjoining the Coast Line
right of way. The :itrv to the sta
tion won d then be on Brand Street.
j Phoenix, Ariz., De-’. 8.—A letter
' Irom General Venustiano Carranza,
i defending his course in the execution
i of Federal officers, has been received
j by Governor Hunt, of Arizona. Thin
!communication was in reply to a
; letter from Gov. Hunt, suggesting
I that a continuation of the summary
j executions would horrify the people
of the United States, and alienate
j their sympathy for the Rebel cause.*
Governor Hunt wrote to Carran
za as a private citizen. In reply,
•Gen. Carranza says that a wrong
1 • obstruction is placed on some of,
the Constitutionalists' arts by Amer-
j iran«. because of the imperfect un-
I derstanriinsr of actual conditions in
; Mcxi o. The letter declares that a
j corrupt minority has taken the
! reins of the Federal Government,
and that this minority has carried
out ibeir bloody executions; having
murdered Constitutionalists and im
prisoned many of them for free
speech.
j Gen. Carranza bases his reason
j for the various executions oy his
men on the ground that it Is neces
sary. in view of the lawlessness of
the Federals. Ho d*-« 1'res that calm
justice will come afterwards. He
says the Federals who were exe
cuted at Juarez wore Renel traitors.
Gen. Carranza closes his letter by
declaring that “the Mexican patriots
who began the revolution with the
late President Madero at their head,
♦•re m-'gnariiimous. and there
fore * >ev have suffered for their
Notary Public, Thoipas Co., Ga
WIIAT CANDIDATES SPENT
IN RECENT RACE IN SECOND.
Washington, Dec. 6.—Tho s’icrt
campaign to elect a representative to
succeed tho late. Congressman S. A.
Roddenbery cost tho three candi
dates in the 3econd district $7,
581.84, exclusive of personal ex
penses, which do not have to bo ac
counted for.
Roscoe Luke, of Thomasvllle, spent
$3,308.62; Judge Frank Park, of
Sylvester, the winner, spent $2,-
708.73, while Judge W. A. Coving
ton, of Moultrie spent $1,570.19.
Mr. Luke states that no one con
tributed to his campaign, but Judge
Purk enumerates contributions
the amount of $2,570.50. Judge
Covington received $636.
Half of Judge Park’s expendi
tures were in newspaper advertis
ing, while Judge Covington spent no
money that way. Judge Park’s ex
penses outside of newspapers wore
$1,210. Mr. Luke's were about In
the same ratio.
The statements were not filed un
til late Thursday afternoon and Fri
day morning The time for mailing
them, according to law, expired yes
terday.
HORSE FIRS
NO KURSK! ITCHES THIRL
JUDGE PARK HAVING TROUBLE
NEW SHOE STORE HERE
Will be Opened Almut the Fifteenth
of November, In the Wil
liams Meek.
A new and thoroughly up-to-date
shoo store is to bo opened in Thom
asvllle about the fifteenth of Jan
uary. The store will be located In
the Williams Block, on the corner
where the Ven Cent Store now is.
Messrs. J. M. Dekle and C. M. Rob
inson are to open the business, and
they will have associated with them
a thoroughly posted shoe man.
The stylo at the firm will be the
Dekla Shoe Company. These cen-
tlemen propose to keep • large stock
ot shoes for men, women and eh!I
dren. and to keep the style* tl
In Deciding on Appointments For
PoKtotliro Vacancies in the
Second District.
Washington, Dec. 6.—With tho
Thomusvilie poHtotilco settled, R«|
resentalivu Park finds himself face
to face with several oilier offices
which must be filled in the next few
weeks while he Is trying to famil
iarize himself with the duties of a
Congressman.
The nearest at hand is tho Albany
office, whb h is quite a sizable plum.
Tho only uncertainty about Thom*
asville, apparently* is the question or
bother or not the incumbent, Fred
I). Dismuke, Jr., will resign as has
been reported. Ills commission does-
not expire uutil late in May. No
resignation has been received front
him here, and there are reports that
ho has changed his mind.
The terms of Mrs. Nellie B. Brim-
bery, at Albany and Mrs. Lena Brim-
bery at Camilla, expire in Decem
ber and January, respectively. Mrs.
Nellie Briinberry is a candidate for
another term, while thlee other
candidate, J. U. Gilbert, J. E. Toole
and T. N. Wool folk are heavily en
dorsed. Applicants at Camilla have
not yet made a sufficient stir to be
catalogued.
The postmaster at Boston has
resigned, and the Bainbridge incum
bent is under fire. Judge Park has
already found trouble at Bainbridge
on account of the fact that the late
Representative Roddenbery is re
ported to have agreed upon a selec
tion with Senator Hoke Smith. There
are plenty of candidates there.
RIG WAREHOUSE BURNED
AT MUTTER, GA., TODAY.
Metter, Ga., Dec. 8.—A warehouse
with its contents composed of two
hundred and flfty bales of cotton,
was burned here thh morning. Half
of the cotton was owned by farmers.
Insurance covers the losses.
ed by the local trade. They pro
pose to handle nothing but shoes
and hosiery for the present. Mr.
Robinson leaves tomorrow for Chi
cago, to inspect several lines of
shoes, which they propose to carry.
The friends of these gentlemen will
be delighted to know that they are
to go into •business here. The plan
for the opening of the store, and
other detail, M .be
VACATION AS ADVOCATKD BY
WINSTON CHURCHILL LS TIIK
PLAN WHICH THK HOUSE BE
LIEVES KFFACACIOUS.
Washington, Dec. 8.—By an over
whelming vote, the Houso today
paused the Densely resolution, re
questing President Wilson, with due
legard for the Interests ot the Un
ited States, to co-operate with tho
suggestion of Winston Churchill, the
First Lord of the British Admiralty,
for nil international holiday in na
val construction, to last one year.
Tho resolution expresses It as be
ing tho opinion of the House that
tho Churchill suggestion means tho
immediate lessening of the enor
mous burden on tho people, and
otherwise avoiding the waste of
investment in war material.
LIEUTENANT f.OVKIiXOIt AND
SENATOR ON TRIAL FOR SO.
LICITIXG UltlltKS IN THAT
STATE.
SOUTHERN BELL
GIVES TO GOLEEGE
Atlanta, Dec. 8.—That generous
annonymous subscription of $2,500
to Oglethorpe University, has been
made public. It came from the
Southern Bell Telephone Company,
and by giving ii, tho Bell Company
had tho honor of being the first big
corporation listed for a subscription
to Atlanta’s great educational move-
Vicksburg, Miss., Dec. >.—When
the case of Lieutenant Governor
Bilbo and State Senator Hobbs, who
aro charged with having solicited
bribes, to aid in a new county move
ment, was called hero today, it was
expected they would either ask for
more time or for a change of venue.
The prosecution has announced that
it is ready to begin tho trial.
Great political interest in Missis
sippi Is centered in the ultimate out
come of this trial. Tho defendants
are arrayed against Gov. Eari Brew
er and his faction.
The best lawyers in tho -state have
been retained, and a long, bitter
struggle is looked for.
ment.
in giving this $2,500, the 3out*a-
ern Bell is consistently pursuing the
policy which it has held for years in
aiding in the upbuilding and growth
of the communities in which it oper
ates.
Much mystification resulted from
the announ ement of the subscrip
tion last week, as it was one of the
largest yet received from any one
source.
announced 1
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g Clothes g
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thinking you cant be fitted
of
in
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in ready clothes as a custom tailor can give
you.
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fit is something you can see for yourself.
Ask us to show you a Hart Schaffner &
Marx suit or overcoat at $25; make some
comparison of style, material, tailoring, with
the made-to-measure suit or overcoat at $40.
If it doesn’t fit, don't buy it.
We have their suits and over
coats to sell from $18 to $40
Louis Steyerman,
Tbs Shop’of Quality,