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THOMAS VUO.E, GEORGIA TUESDAY, DECEMHKlt 10, 101.1.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
WILSON DEMANDS INVESTIGATION101 COTTON
15,677,000
BOMB FALLS INTO NAVY AND ARMY CIRCLES WHKN THE I*Rl’SL
DENT TOOK OCCASION TO DETERMINE STATES OF REPORTS
OF RECENT DINNER IN WASHINGTON, WHEN PHILIPPINE
POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT WAS SATIRICALLY RIDDLED
BY THE WITS OF THE OCCASION, AMONG THEM BEING
UNITED STATES OFFICERS.
THIS REPORT OF ESTIMATE OF
TOTAL CROP PULLISHEI) Till?
MORNING BY THE DEPART
MENT OF AGRICULTURE.
(By Associated Press.) »felt especially disappointed at the
Washington, Dec. 15.—President. travesty on the Administration’s
Wilson today ordered an Investiga- ] peace policy, and at the criticism
tion by the War and Navy Depart-j aimed at Secretary Bryan,
ments, of the satires on the admin-< The President himself was not
istratlon’e Philippines policy, which, satarlzed by the diners, but he is
featured the annual banquet last)said to have felt keenly the bur-
Thursday evening of the Order ofjlesque on the cabinet members.
Caraboa. This order comprises army j The opinion of President Wilson
and navy officers who have served Inland the cabinet members
the Islands.
Washington, Dec. 12.—The Ameri
can cotton crop for the season of
1913-14 will amount to 13,677,000
bales of 500 pounds, (not including
linters), according to the first esti
mate made by the government this
year through the crop reporting
board, Bureau of Statistics, Depart
ment of Agriculture, and announced
this afternoon.
This cmpares with 13,703,421
thatjhale3 of 500 pounds, exclusive of lin
TWO DOLLAR
RILL RAIDED
ID TWENTY
CRUDE EFFORT OF NEGRO TO
ADD EIGHTEEN DOLLARS TO
VALUE OF A TWO-DOLLAR RILL
GETS HIM IN TROUBLE AT THE
FAIR SATURDAY.
President Wilson has suggested
to Secretaries Garrison and Dan
iels that severe reprimands are in
order for those responsible for the
satires. The two Secretaries con
fer early today, and later called for
a statement from Rear Admiral
Howard and Quartermaster Aleshlre,
who were the highest ranking offi
cers at that dinner. Secretary Dan
iels at the same time suggested to
Admiral Howard that he should de
cline the Presidency of the Order to
which position he was elected last
Thursday.
Secretary oaniejs also Informed
him that the eong which was sung
at that banquet, must never be
sung again, under the present ad
ministration, with army and navy
officers present.
President Wilson expressed his in
dignation to various cabinet mem
bers, after reading the published
account of the banquet. He said he
satires coming from outside sources te J s * produced last year when the
can't be objected to, but it is not ‘“‘a’ Inciusiveof linters was
at all proper on the part of officials | l^MOO bales ofJOO pounds. The
of the army and navy to bo guilty
of such conduct.
The nows of the proposed investi
gation fell like a bombshell in Navy
and Army circles, as hundreds o?
officers were present at the annual
banquet of their order.
It is said also that Secretary Dan
iels has declined to take into con
sideration-the fact that the function
was intended merely as one of jol-
Ity only, with no serious thought of
the consequences.
Secretary Garrison said he had
been instructed by President Wilson
to determine If the {acts in connec
tion with the Caraboa dinner war
ranted a court martial or merely a
sharp reprimand to those responsi
ble for the attacks. He declared
that he was now making a searching
inquiry to determine the facts in
the case.
TWO HOURS THE USUAL TIME
FOR ARGUMENT MAY BE
LENGTHENED BECAUSE OF
VOLUMINOUS CHARGES.
Atlanta, Dec. 15.—The appeal of
Leo M. Frank, sentenced to death
for the murder of Mary Phagan,
who was employed in the pencil fac
tory of which he was superinten
dent, will be argued In the Supreme
court Monday.
Frank appealed from the death
sentence, alleging many legal er
rors In his trial, and also.charging
that public sentiment and mob spir
it were back of the conviction.
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WILL
BE PAID OFFICERS AND MEN
WHILE THEY SPEND CHRIST
MAS ON SHORE.
New York, Dec. 15.—The end of
the United States battleships Medi
terranean cruise brought to New
York today nearly five thousand of
ficers and men, who arrived here
with a pay day in sight, and a chance
to spend the Christmas holidays
ashore.
The returning ships were the Wy
oming, Arkansas, Utah and Florida.
These ships probably will remain
The rules of the Supreme Court 1 here until after New Year’s Day, un-
limit argument on error to two
hours on each side, but it Is gen
erally understood that because of
the voluminous record In this case,
and the long list of errors charged,
more time will be allowed. Also it
less the Mexican situation becomes
acute. *
The new battleship Delaware was
detached from the squadron and is
now proceeding to Norfolk, with
the battleship Vermont, which broke
average of the crops 1907-11
12-331,047 bales, exclusive of lin
ters.
The average total production, ex
clusive of linters for tho five years
from 1907 to 1911 was 12,331,047
bales. The value of the crop, in
cluding seed, for the same period av
eraged $803,4 60,000, while the 1912
crop, lint and seed, was Valued at
$920,630,000, the value of lint be
ing $792,240,000.
The estimated production, ex
clusive of linters and stated in 500
pound bales, by 3tates, with com
parisons, and the aggregate value
of the crop, with linters and seed,
follow:
GEORGIA—Total production 2,-
27.1,000 bales, compared with 1,776.-
546 last year, am} 2,017,371 hales,
the average 1907-11. The value of
tho crop, with seed, last year was
$121,800,000.
| FLORIDA—Total production, 68,-
; 000 bales, compared with 52,760 |
; bales last year, and 61,466 bales,
the average 1907-11. The valuo of j
the crop, with seed, last year was |
$4,190,000.
NORTH CAROLINA—Total pro
ductlon 765,000 bales, compared with
865,653 bales last year and 726,-
968 bales, the average 1907-11. Tho
value of the crop with seed, last year
was $58,980,000.
SOUTH CAROLINA*—Total pro
duction, 1,330,000 bales, compared
with 1,182,128 bales last year, and
I, 340,399 bales the average 1907
II. The value of the crop, with az'’
last year was $80,880,000.
ALABAMA—Total production, 1,*
510,000 bales, compared with
34 2,275 bales last year, and 1,57*,
709 bales, the average 1907-11. The
value of the crop, with seed, last
year was 90,280,000.
TEXAS—Total production, 3,930,-
000 bales, compared with 4,880,210
bales last year, and 3,188,662 bales,
the average 1907-11. The vqluo of
the crop, with seed, la3t year
$321,430,000.
THE LOCAL CLUB
IN THE GEORGIA STATE LEAGUE
—DIRECTORS CHOSEN—MANA
GER DUDLEY THANKED FOR
SPLENDID SHOWING OF LAST
YEAH.
At a meeting of the stockholders
of tho Thoniasville Baseball Asso
ciation! held Friday at tho City
Hall, Mr. R. G. Mays was unani
mously chosen as President of the
Club for the coming year.
President Jemison made his re
port for the year, showing the ex
penditures and receipts and tho bal
ance on hand was one thousand and
sixty-six dollars. The outstanding
j stock is eighteen hundred dollars.
The club is perhaps In better shape
US STARVING 10 DEATH
A negro, Love Thomas, made one
of the most crude offoVts to obtain
money that wafe ever heard of here.
He went to the Fair Saturday and
with a two dollar bill endeavored to
pass it for a twenty. The negro
had pasted a $rude*J>Iack “O,” be
side each "2” On the bill, in an ef
fort to make it look likb a twenty-j t j lan an y G f tfj e p ve other clubs and
dollar bill. The work was so appar- | j n better shape than any one
ent that it took but little time for I connected with the club expected,
the salesman to detect the fraud an d*.\ir. .Joniison was voted the thanks
call a pollcemap. jand appreciation of the entire body.
Marshal Mlltqn has the bill in his The directors were chosen 1 and aro
possession. The negro confessed to president and Messrs. Hoscoe
the deception and stated that ho Luke< R E . Mack. W. E. Beverly and
just needed thd money and wanted j ^ jemison. This body will ehooso
to make It easy; The offence is one, (fie cIub secretary and other oOi-
which Uncle Sam could take cognl- , cers
zance, and It. would go hard for tho :
negro who tried It.
HUNG EARLY
POSTHASTE 1 * sir Hi: URGING
THE PEOPLE TO MAIL TIIEIIt
CiD * .AS PACKAGES EAlii .
THIS YEAR.
EXPEDITION VISITING EVERY
INDIAN RESERVATION RE
PORTS SOME STARTLING AND
-HORRIBLE FACTS IN CONNEC
TION WITH THE VARIOUS
TRIBES.
CITY COURT
vas the Idea of the meeting
‘that Mr. Dudley be secured for next
year as Manager and this In the
form of a recommendation was made
to the Directors upon whom will
‘evolve the duty of making that se-
1 lection.
j A resolution commending Mr.
i [Dudley, the manager for last ye u\
j was offered and ‘unanimously pal
led. It was as follows:
I “Resolved. That the stock-hoM-
jers of the Thomasvllle Base Bail
“Do your Christmas shopping ear
ly,” is a slogan preached for de -
ades, but postal authorities for the
first time this year are urging that
Thomasvillc people likewise “do their
Christmas mailing early."
Postmaster Disnmke says that
early shipment of parcels is impera
tive to insure delivery In time for
Christmas shopping.
The parcel post is to have its try
out this year, and for the first tim
Phil? t'Mnhia, Dec. 13.—The Rod-
nan Wannamaker Expedition to
| the North American Indians Is back
I from Its visit to one hundred and
; eighty-nine tribes throughout the
j United States, with a report that
j conditions every where were found to
i be deplorable.
j The expedition was headed by Dr.
} .Joseph R. Dixon, who has spent tho
: pact six months In making the in-
| vostlgntion.
j Tiie longrny reporr rnases a strong
| appeal for the Red Man. It is as
serted ‘hzt the Indian is fast dying
from starvation, pestilence and the
white man's neg|e< t. A summary of
the report ha« been sent to Presi
dent Wilson and other government
Hals
On his arrival here yesterday, Dr.
.. . . . Dixon gave a brief account of the
Lncle Sam a Infant prodigy Is tp bear editlon . IIe as3crt e, 1 that he
the brunt of the transportation ami | ,, mtl(lRnt tll!U lhe trip {, ail chang .
delivery of millions of yresents. I e <l the destiny of tho Indian rare, and
u accordance with a general bill-: gal(1 that lt „ avc( t a way to clear the
otln issued by Postmaster General ; c)oU(|a of su , plclon . „ e be ii e yes
Burleson Postmaster Dismuke w!»h-| that the the Indian would
os to advise Thomasvlllo people °* become tho equal of the white man.
the necessity of mailing their par- „ r nixon sal{1 the Ind , an had be _
celsjn time to prevent convention. L on)0 afrald nf tho white man . be-
For local delivery, packages | j ie had been robbed of every-
sliould be mailed not later tnun D«-| thlni? h e had, and that even an op-
. ember 22, and for out-of-town de-, portunity for making an honest liv-
livery as soon as possible. In any | | ng has been withheld by the white
event, they should be mailed in timel pa .. p
IIOX. \V. I. MhclXTYUF. TAKES • ?. , " b hear * ily , endorse the
ork
CHARGE FOR HIS FIRST TERM
j Manager Dudley last year, am 1
AS SOEKTTOIt — OniMIXAL I ? re f s thc . lr
If expected that Instead of limiting (her shaft last week,
tho argument to one attorney for j Xearly two hundred thousand dol-
each side ,two attorneys will be]i ara w m be dealt out to the officers
heard for, and two against, the ap- and mcn 0 f the fleet here, during the
Peal.. I week, *
The most unusual feature of the
move for new trial Is that Judge) ■■ - ■ ■ - —
L. S. Roan, the trial Judge, has been I
attacked by both the prosecution' The marriage of Mr, J. Br Jones,. ALLOWS TWO CON
and the defense. The prosecution j of this city, to Miss Vivian Bishop, STRUCTIONH AND IT —
attacks and criticises him for having of Aueilla, Fla., took place last
expressed his personal doubt as to Thursday evening and was a quiet
Frank's guilt or Innocence, while j home event, witnessed only by the
the defense attacks him for falling 1 relatives and few close friends. Mr.
to order a new trial, when he ad-land Mrs. Jones are now In Thomas- . , . . .. ^ .
mlttcdly hud that doubt in his own ville and are making their homo with m
mind. 'Mrs. A. J. Vann, on Smith Avenue. If. tttto n °[ ect ! on “ u ? reglsterjmforc
the first day of April. ,0 "'
LI EYED SAFEST FOR ALL VOT
ERS TO REGISTER THIS YEAR.
It Is generally understood that all
ho desire to cast a vote in the next
Tho law'
which was passed this year, was ln-
1 tended to put voters on a footing
i which would not require their being
[registered every time the tax books
[were opened. Tho law, it is stated
| by authorities, allows two construc
tions, and in order to bo absolutely
(safe, it is advised that every man
j who wants to vote, register this year | week. .
j or before tho first day of April of on the Miller farm was
BUSINESS STARTED.
Tho December term of the City
Court was called to order Monday
morning at JO o’clock by Judge Ham
mond, and Immediately) after the
jury was sworn in. work on tho
criminal docket ips commenced*
Solicitor \V. I. MacIntyre appear
ed for the first time In that position
since hiu appointment by Governor
Slaton to fill the unexplred term of
Vr. Roscoe Luke.
Tho court will continue the crimi
nal business and after it has been
disposed of, the regular calendar as
signments of civil business will be
taken up.
SAD DEATH AT COOLIDGE
Mrs. B. F. Megahoe, Died Suddenly
Sunday Morning—Other News
Notes From That Town.
i. h their destination at least
"“‘Jjtwo days prior to Christmas.
f .^_ I Tito public is also advised to take
p f_ [precautions in wrapping their C’hrist-
snc _ | mas parcels. Care should be taken
first I ,u,f ° ro deposits are
■ague
forts and gratification at lii:
cessful season in delivering tli
pennant of the Empire State I.
to Thomasvlllo.”
Subscriptions were started for the
next year, it being the Idea or the
members present to raise two thou
sand dollars in order to secure the
team for the entire season next
year. Three hundred and fifty dol
lars were raised in the meeting.
The selection of Mr. Mays is a
happy one and one that will prove
acceptable to every stock-holder and
fan In the city. He Is a lover of the
game anfl understands It thorough
ly, and his business Is such that he
can devote the necessary time to It
during the training season and
through the playing Time.
Dudley Choice For Manager.
The directors held their' Initial
meeting Saturday, the first busl- M?™ ,^1X09 HK H-
tion of officers for m MtAThD AS UAS
EXPECTED.
The report pictured abject pov-
rty among most of the tribes, and
that the Washington govern-
ient is ignorant of the real condi
tion
s'lass- o
crockery, Christmas toys and J New
her easily destructible parcels.
“The public should co-operate with
e postal officials In making the
ip tribe of Indians. Jiving In
Mexico, he said were starving to
death on a bleak, bare mountain
top, after being deprived of all their
lands, and with little to eat except
“stewed Pine bark.”
“Tht? treatment of tho Indians, by
tho people of tho United States has
become a disgrace to the entire civi
lized world." Dr. Dixon says in con
cluding his report.
ness being the
the club for the coming year. They
are as follows:
R. G. Mays, Present.
E. E. Mack, Vice-President.
E. R. Jerger, Secretary.
It. G. Fleetwood, Treasurer.
It. G. May**, League Director.
The directors then decided to of
fer Mr. Dudley a contract to manage
the club next year, and the President
was Instructed to open negotiations
with him in reference thereto at
once.
Coolid’te, Ga., De.. 15. -This com-
unlty was , shocked Sunday by
the unexpected death of Mrs. B. F.
Mega bee. one of the oldest and most
respected ladies of tho settlement.
She had been feeble for a few days
but It was not thought to bo any
thing serious. Just a little afler
eleven o’clock yesterday morning,
she was thought to have fainted, but
lie never recovered. The burial
took place today at 11 o'clock at Big
Creek church, where the deceased
had boon a consistent member for a
long time.
Besides her husband, she leaves
threif sons, Frank, Hiram and
James, all of Coblidge, and three
daughters, Mrs. J. P. Cay and Mrs.
O. II. Easters, of Coolidge, and Mrs.
\V. H. Brimm, of Cotton.
Tho deceased had been a citizen
of the Coolidge community for a
number of years, and had endeared
herself in the hearts of both old and
young by her friendliness and hos
pitality, and her homo was a pleasant
place for her friends to gather.
Other News Notes. (
Coolidge had two more fires last jcjHEAT LAKE SHIPS AFTER EX-
On Thursday night, the barn | |»|.:|{||.:\rE L\ST MONTH WILL
Lr. Luke was the unanimous I
choice of the Directors to take I
charge of and direct the raising of
funds for the campaign next year.
Plans toward that end will be an
nounced when the timer is ripe.
On the seventeenth of this month
tho Georgia railroads will change
their'entire system of selling and
pulling mileage, in accordance with
a recent ruling of the Supreme
Court . The drummers of the state
raised a howl that caused tho Rail
road Commission to order mileage
pulled on trains. The railroads will
comply but they do it in their own
way and according to their own
rules.
WIRELESS
IDE GREAT
The roads will sell mileage, good
only In this state, and on their par
ticular road. TMils mileage cannot
be used in Interstate travel eveu on
the road from whLh it was pur
chased. It must be used in Georgia
and only on tho roud from which It
was purchased. The roads, how
Chemnitz, Germany, Dec. 15.—
Four persons were instantly killed
and thirty-four others seriously In
jured today by the crushing of a
passenger train when a tunnel col
lapsed during an earthquake.
The locomotive aud six cars are
still buried beneath huge boulders,
and a severe blizzard has hindered
in the rescue work.
one point in Georgia to a point in
any other state, or from any other
state into this state. The mileage
interstate will bo exchange at the
ticket window for coupon ticket.
The mileage good only on the var
ious roads within the state, will be
pulled on tho trains.
The roads have agreed to allow
ontinue to issue the Inter-! the use of those books already In
changeable mileage which Is not good!use until they are exhausted and
from one point In Georgia to another .they must be used in the same man-
point in Georgia, but it is good from tier as when they were sold.
Your Friends Know
It is just as important to use good
stationery as it is 10 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
Thomtsville, Georgia.
next year.
j This Is an important matter and
the voters of tho county cannot af-
j ford to overlook it. If It should
•happen that those registered under
| the old soldier clause should ho
(thrown out by the interpretation of
the new law, there would be a howl
i that would be heard from all parts
•of the state. In order to eliminate
any possibility of that, if is advised
by attorneys that everybody regis
ter again this time, to'make »::rc.
Agent
for'
Fine
Candies
-OMB OP TIIE NATIVES AT SAX-
PKAXCISCX) WANT TO DEPOSE
THE PRESIDENT IX A IIURHY.
San Francisco, Dec. 15.—Five
hundred members of tho Chinese
colony here, yesterday began a move
ment to finance a revolution to oust
President Yuan Shi Kni, as head of
the new* Chinese Republic.
One of the speakers stated that
President Yuan was trying to make
himself Emperor.
Yang Pah 31eh, of Canton, who
Is at the head of the Chinese Na
tional party, and also the personal
representative of Dr. Sun Yat Sen,
addressed the gathering. He declar-
3d that the life of the Republic de
pended on the removal of Yuan..
Yang leaves for Chicago and New
York In a few days, to further the
movement
barn
»cd. |
bo ’t
Ith Its contents, which
two hundred anil fifty bushels of
corn, and one thousand pounds of
fodder, together with many valua
ble fariti Iplements. On Friday
night, an old. unoccupied building,
formerly used by the colored people
for a restaurant, and situated near
the colored Methodist church was
burned.
Rev. S*ovo Burges-?,, of Funston.
has purchased a homo in Coolid r e
and moved here. We extend a hear
ty welcome to this Christian gentle
man. and -trust his coming among us
will he for good.
This town was well pleased with
the return of Rev. J. E. Channell to
the charge of the Methodist church
here. If the people will heed the
teachings of this minister, we will
have a good town.
The following ticket has been an
nounced for the Coolidge election
next year: For Mayor, G. T. Klght.
For Couneilmen: T. F. Moore, C
S. Leonard, Frank Me^ahee. W. A.
Crow, J. T. Kelley and D. M. Baker.
The Tax Books of the town will
close December 20th, and If you
have not paid your taxes, better call
on the clerk and attend to it at once,
thus saving the expense of an execu
tion.
Good Woman Passed Away.
Mrs. Fannie Carter, nee Campbell,
passed from life to death, December
13th, 1913. Shf. was the only
daughter of Rev.‘And Mrs. H. B.
Campbell. Dr. Campbell, many
gears ago, served as pastor of the
Baptist Church In Thomasvllle. Mrs.
Carter was married to Mr. S. M.
Carter, of Parrott, Ga., where she
died. This lovely, high-toned Chris
tian lady has passed away, but the
eharm of her Ufa abides in our
hearts. . A FRIEND.
. T;;- - —.
INSTALL APPARATUS AT ONCE.
Doc
Washington,
of wireless telegraphy was fully de
monstrated, according to a statement
issued today by the Department of
Commerce, by the fact that none of
the nineteen Americans vessels de-
stoyed In the Great Lakes storm last
month, were equipped with wire
less apparatus. The vessels that
had wireless equipment received the
warning of the approaching storm,
and ran to safety.
About fifty vessels are now pro-]
paring to install wireless equipment,
as a result of this lorson, the report
adds.
TO THE P
OHKtiOX ElltMKIlS KIM. SKY-
EllAI. THOUSAND AND SEND
THEM TO DIO CITIES FOB DIS-
TIUIIITIOX.
Pendleton, Oregon, Doe. 13.—Fresh
meat for the poor People In several
Oregon cities was furnished free of
charge by several farmers who live
near this city, yesterday.
In a clump of woods covering two
square miles, these farmers killed
twelve hundred rabbit,, which had
been destroying their wheat.
The rabbit meat was shipped to
Portland and other cljlei, for Im
mediate distribution among the
need residents of those places.
You are a “Spug”
The President of the United 1 ,States
is a Spug; Cabinet members, Sena
tors, Congressmen, Judges, every
body from workman to captain of
industry is a “Spug” or wants to be.
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We reccomend
Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits
and Overcoats
to all Spugs
Useful gifts. That’s the whole idea in^the
word Spug, not to s.jend less for Christinas, but
to spend wisely
Come’ and see some of our “Spug” overcoats,
fine, warm, winter coats at $18 to $30. Excellent
values at $25. Useful gifts.
Joinjthe Spugs today. You are a member the
minute you buy useful a present.
Louis Steyerman,
The Shop of^Quality.
On the Corner.