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THOS1ASVILLE, GEORGIA FIUDAV, DECEMBER 20, 1013.
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TAX BETORNS 14 WILLIS
Sill IT II SID F1W SEA
SPLENDID REPORT OF LIFE SAV
ING SERVICE SHOWS UNUSUAL
Nl'MHF.Il OF W RECKS AND LIFE
AND PROl'ERTV SAVED.
CORPORATION RETURNS SHOW
SMALLER INCREASE THAN
OTHER PROPERTY—INCREASE
ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SEV-
KNTY THOUSAND.
The tux returns of tho city of
Thomasvlllo show an Increaso of but
a hundred and seventy-three thou
sand dollars this year. Tho figures,
| Washington. Dec. SC.—The re-
11 ort of S. I. Kimball, General Sup
erintendent of the United States
Life Saving service, just issued,
I shows a sp|eu:|id record for the ser
vile during the past year.
I
BY A QUACK
CHICAGO ATTORNEY. WHO PROS.
ECUTKD MAN, GETS FATAL
WOUND AND THEN DOCTOR
SHOOTS lll.VJSELF.
PRESIDENT
SLEEPS ILL
tEI’AIHNG TO TAKE EXERCISE
ami increase strength —
AY ILL CONSIDER RESERVE
hoard or ( i brency bill
A.VI) TKl’ST message TO CON
GRESS.
?* ^rnpiled In the Cork’s office show j 8aved thro . lnh the efforts of
hat the increase is proportionate in thft gervi( . e . a(1( , V83SC , 8 and cargoes.
tho white ami negro property
turns, the corporation returns be-!
ing but about nine hundred dollars
in excess of
last vonr’s
returns.
The figures
are as follow.-,:
1912
1913
White. . . ,
, $3,339,101
$3,376,193
Colored. . .
337,120
373,656
TOTAL .
76,221
33.719.S19
▼ . a . a . a . n , 1 fT (1 d O O I a I * c"ntl V 1II 'll *• i tlihU UI Ill’ll
I, "!“ ,0 i 1813 over J. 9 , 1 . 2 '' inJ.»». 2 B S i 5S2 V0S3,S frora rl| nnlng into dan-
This Is a very meager increase, 1
but in accord with the returns of
Chi-ago, Dec. 24.—A sensational
attempt was made on the life of
Charles Ailing, Jr., a former member
of the Hoard of Aldermen, and now
attorney for the State Hoaid of
Health, this morning, by Frank
Of the 17 I casualifles at'sea, whicn j Klimk, an alleged quack doctor. j
1 figures are the highest ever recorded I Ailing was shot in the eye and may 1 .... vlt ..
I he snrvico only slxty-nlno ships die. Klimh then turned the pistol) lass Christian, Miss., Pe- -6 —
re lost S rt venty-three persons ! on himself and Inflicted what is be-j President Wilson today mapped out
lioevd to he a fatal w ound. ! his program lor rest and reel cation.
The shooting occurred in Ailing’s during his three weeks’ vacation
office, and Brew out of Ailing's | here
prosecuting Klimk for practicing
without a license. Klimk was fined
two dollars recently, and today lie
called on Ailing and asked for a
reduction of the fine. He claimed he
was destitute and unable to pay the
fine. Ailing saM he would recom
mend a reduction in the fine to half,
whereupon Klimk drew his pistol
and began shooting.
I*. H. Schwaba, Ailing’s assistant,
was slightly wounded by a stray bul-
iii il lion
allied at nearly fourteen
dollars were caved.
The life-saving service, with the
assistance of revenue cutters and
wrecking vessels, assisted 461 ships
in distress,, with cargoes valued at
more than six million dollars, and
carrying more than five thousand
passengers.
Life-saving crews also warned
*or, and also furnished emergency
.. . . . . , . ... _ * i ,'Ilotf* to several hundred other boats
EE* ,li,, °* cce( l | during the year.
Of the total number of accidents,
a large percentage were composed
of small, undocumented motor-boats,
more than two-thirds of the persons
pored to danger at sea, occupying
those of the year before,
The returns of the corporations!
as given the Clerk by the State are
as follows:
1912
$ 7,090
499
Sou. Ex. Co. .
Postal Tel. Co..
W. U. Tel. Co. .
So. Hell Tel. Co.
A. C. L. Ry
A. B. & A.. .
Fla. Cen. R
R..
484
30,913
150,756
13,9.19
2,218
1313
$ 6,315
1,005
730
33,347
this class of craft
Among the recommendations glv
en In the report Is one urging the
of power lifp-bouts, instead of
1” 1 2 r 3 ,,pP of power Ure-boats, in:
13 876 tho P resent " dl y "ow-hoats.
CHRISTMAS QUIET HERE
864 j
vns ‘’Safe nnd Sane,” Hilt. Ev
erybody Seemed to Have
Good Time.
TOTAL $306,499 $307,390,
The property returns or some of i
the corporations seem all out of pro- ]
portion, especially when tho Wes-: Day
tern Union puts on less than the
Postal, nnd the Florida Central has!
decreased to about a third of what!
It was Inst year. These returns, how- Christmas seems to have been in
ever, are fixed by the State. It Jin most part :i “homo day” yester-
" — — | day. Everbody who had a homo
I spending a good part of it there, or
nth relatives or friends. Nearly an
STOLE IAS
DAY RECEIPTS
ORPHEUM THEATRE WATCHMAN
BOUND AND G AGGED AND BOLD
HOBBEBS SECURED TWO THOU-
SAND DOLLARS.
New York, Dec. 26.—Two thou- there was no chance for anything
sand dollars, the- receipts of the big of the M rt, as Jupiter Pluvlus had
of the places of business were closed
and the clerks enjoyed a holiday.
A good portion of the population
of tho city visited the “movies’’
either yesterday afternoon or last
nlglit, and both tho Grand and the
Broad Street theatres had especially
good pictures on.
Probably owing to the unpleasant
weather conditions or perhaps to the
fact that tho big cannon crackers
aro no longer allowed here, tho
amount of Christmas fireworks soom-
ed a little “off.” On Christmas Eve
ChrlBtmas day business, waa stolen
from the Orpheum theatre box office
this morning by four men, who hid
under the balcony seats after last
night's performance. 'They surprised
the night watchman, bound and
gagged him, and then ropped a door
off Its hinges and escaped.
SCHMIDT TRIAL CONTINUES.
New York, N. Y„ Dec. 26.—Hans
Schmidt's attorney today Introduced
hypothetical questions, 30,000 words
long, and he expects to spend more
than two hours reading these ques
tions to the alienists who waa called
by tho State to prove that Schmidt
was sane when he killed Anna Au-
m ullar.
a monopoly of affairs, and evon last
night, except for the early part of
tho evening, the supply was rather
Bhorter than usual and by ten o'clock
at the latest, everything reemed
quiet.
Everybody reports a “good time,"
however, and tho day was certainly
a “safe and sano’’ one In Thomas-
vllle.
let.
BE INTERESTED
IX TIIE PARCEL POST IX ORDER
TO BRING DOWN THE HIGH
COST OF LIVING IS THE AIM
OF SOCIETY.
Washington, Dec. 26.—A move
ment has just been started here to
interest farmers in the parcels post,
in an effort to reduce the high cost
of living. The local * Housekeepers’
Alliance plans holding a meeting at
an early date, to formulate a cam
paign for securing new e?g and milk
containers, and getting them into the
hands of the farmers. The latter
will then he urged to ship Ills pro
duct direct to the consumers
s.
D.5.
ARCTIC ZONE
Alderman A. Bennett evidently
believed In tho old adage that whero
there Is smoke Uero Is fire, but
twisted It so that “where there Is a
flremn there should bo some smoke. 1
He presented each, member of the
department a box of cigars for
Christmas present. The boys were
very much delighted at this kindly
remembrance from a member of tho
Flro Commutes.
Christmas
You are wondering what you
can select for Gifts as the Christ*
FIRST WIRELESS CALL EVER IS
SUED FROM THE FROZEN ZONE
GAME TO HEltGKN TUESDAY
London, Dec. 24.—The first wire
less call for help ever received from
the Arctic Clrclo was announced to
day. At one o’clock Tuesday morn
ing. the wireless station at Bergen,
Norway, sent out tho call, “Bergen
Is working 3. O. S. Walt, listen.”
The signals wero so faint that they
couldn’t he heard until all ships re
ceived tho Bergen call nnd hushed
their wireless. Then camo u mes
sage from tho Kleamshlp “Sarvald
Jarl,” that It was ashoro oa Lofo-
den Islands, six hundred miles north
of Bergen. This was all tho Intelli
gence that was learned by the weak
signals, and no further news, of the
accident has been received.
mas Season approaches. Come
to our Store and inspect the fol
lowing list of useful articles.
FOR ENTRANCE INTO THE FED
ERAL RESERVE SYSTEM OF
BANKS—SENATOR SMITH PUTS
IN ATLANTA’S BID.
The Pr^klent experts to .deep not
loss than 9 hours, the quota ho has
always hoped to get, but which he
has frequently missed since assum
ing his presidential duties. After
breakfast each day he will motor to
the Mississippi Country Club, thir
teen miles away, for a gamo of golf
with Hr. Grayson, his private phy
sician, nnd then dispose of all Ira-
jortant letters and telegrams nt
noon. In the afternoons he will go
for motor rides, accompanied by
members of his family. He will
| then take a long walk alon? the j
beach and will spend tho openings
readings. Thus ho hopes toJregain
his vigorous health, which liar, been
somewhat impaired, n& a result of
:i severe attack of cold.
President Has Plenty to D».
Two important matters are now
occupying the President's mind, they
being the selection pf the members
<d the newly created Federal Re
serve board, and the writing of bis
special address to Congress on tho
question of me government’s rela
tion/ to big business and trusts.
No Appointments Yet.
If is not thought likely that the
President will finally decide on the
personnel of the Federal Reserve
Board while here. However ho will
add a number of now names to his
tentative list of prospective appoln-
tee=». and then start a rigid inquiry
concerning the qualifications of those
concerned. It Is also believed the
President will employ tho shifting
process, which he used In the selec
tion of his cabinet, carefully scru
tinizing their previous affiliations.
On returning to Washington, It is
believed the President will confer
with his cabinet advisors^.fpr sug
gestions regarding the selections. It
is further oelieved that there wont
he, any t»v uinations until the sixty-
day period Allowed by law expires.
The present prospect Is that the
President 'will make a rough draft
of his anti-trust address, while here,
and then submit It to the Adminis
tration leaders lator on. The In
creasing desires of big business to
ALTHOUGH SHE WAS NOT UNAN
IMOUSLY SELECTED, MRS.
ELLA FLAGG YOUNG WILL
HEAD CHICAGO SCHOOLS.
NAME OF .1. M. SCOTT HAS HEEX t
SENT THE PRESIDENT, AL
THOUGH CONGRESSMAN PARIvi
HAD RECOMMENDED GEORGE!
II. FIELDS,
Chicago, Dec. 24.—Although she
did not receive ‘.ho unanimous vote
cf the. Board of Education, when she
was yesterday re-elected Snperln*
undent of the Chicago Public School
Washington, Dog 23.- T lie nanu
ot J .M. Scott was sent to the Presi
dent by the Postmaster Genera
late yesterday afternoon to bo post
nil, Mrs. ICIla Flagg Young will
pt tlie position.
wo weeks ago, Mrs. Young de
fined re-election because she was
Bainbrid
tntive Park's recommendation asked
for the naming of George il Fields
lor the pla«*o. The noimn&i:oii has
SUPREME COURT WILL BE ASK
ED TO PASS ON LOSSES SUS
TAINED BY RICHEST WESTERN
CARAVAN THAT EVER WENT
TO CALIFORNIA.
not chosen on the first ballot, saying 11 reached the Senate.
die wanted the undivided support
l) t *
cir winstances
tie
of the Board members.
r.t Tryon, N. C\, but is expected to
return to Chicago and take up ho?
duties the first, of the year. John
D. Slioop, wna was elo-ted to suc
ceed Mrs. Young, will continuo as
her assistant.
It Is thought that the members of
the Board, who.<a resignations were,
accepted two weeks agq, but who
yesterday refused to vacate their!
seats, will contest the election of
Mrs. Young.
3ho ia now j naming of the BainLnd'o postniast-
been unusual in the
i v: r« •
T
The vacancy in the office vas creat
ed after tho election of Represen
tative Park in tho Second district.
During the life time of Mr. Kodrien-
! rry. however, the postmaster was
•.rider fire and his removal was ex
pected. When Judge Park camo in
to office one of the first tilings he
did was to write the Postoffice De
partment, asking if Mr. Boddenbery
had made a Recommendation. He was
told that Mr. Hoddenbery had not.
Ifo was told by Senator Hoke
Smith, however, that Senator Smith
.Mr. Roddenbery -and Mr. Burleson
had agreed on .Mr. Scott. This was
corroborated by Mr. Burleson. Ron-
Wash in gton, Dec. 24.—The Su*
pr* me Court of tiio United States
will he asked to pass on the claims
against the Federal Government for
financial liability for property lost
iiy the California emigrants, who
were massacrced at Mountain
Meadow, Utah, in by alleged
Mormons nnd Indians.
The brief, submitting tho claims
of MaJinda Thurston,, a daughter of
Willi.m Cameron, who was among
those massacreed, for $9,500 worth
or property and stock have been pre
sented to the Court for a decision.
Tile Government is resisting the
e Mountain Meadow massacre
one of the harrowing tales of
•arly Western rush. All but
or four of a string of twenty-
wagons. constituting the rich-
train” that over crossed the
Western plains, were lost, together
tli rec
] resentatlve Park, lining assn rail by wlth mnny mul( , 3 hcrsc9 and hun .
in dor
HORRIBLE CHRISTMAS TRAGEDY
WHEN YOUNG MAN KILLED
HIS MOTHER THINKING SHE
WAS BURGLAR.
rnith that the latter would
Mr. Fields also if the denar
incut chore to follow Mr. Park's rei
oiiiiik ndntiou, recommended Field:
A Georgia member or Congm
told Judge I'ark this morning how- Jj"
ever, that the department had select-
Scott, that Mr. Koddenbury tl)
that
a telegr
'cnator
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 26.—A terri-
blye tragedy marked the close of
the Christmas season lien*, when
Carl F. Carbon, at an early hour this
morning shot and instantly killed
bis n.other, whom be thought was a
burglar.
The mother and st
and feared burglars.
■planned to sleep out
last night, but tho son didn
It. He saw her shadow' through the
next.
and Senator Smith
him last May, and
- i:th l.:»d sent Scctt
grntiilating him on
postmaster at Bain-midge. The
member conveying ihh> Information
is close to Senator Smith. Tho fact
that Mr. Scott was chosen «us veri
fied by later investigation.
Judge Park said today that this
statement by his colleague •'as the
lived alone, knowledge he had of II
mother Kram , and that he had been
drhds of cattle.
It la claimed that after an unsuc
cessful attack, a Mormon leader,
by name of John Leo, washed the
paint off his face and approached
fh** band of onii rants under a
Mag, offering to escort them
»ty with a Mormon militia.
But when the march was resumed,
it Is alleged that the militia shot
th** .emigrant**, and with the aid of
a hand of b’ood-thlrsty Indians tor
tured the women and children to
deatii.
Ml tO
Mrs. Thurston’s present claim was
filed under the Indian depredation
law. The first claim, which was
filed in 1877, named only Mormons
as defendants. The circuit coarts
held that it was not an Indian claim,
nd disallowed It. Tho
the window*, and killed her
’•<■ Porch Lel,cve that tho question was wholly annialLJro.
n’t know | n t)lf , hands of the department, that th ° oPPcalml to the nipreme Court.
hole point of issue was wheth-
KILLED IN NEW
or or not ho or Mr. Boddenhnry had
the right of recommendation, tho
vacancy occurlng the term of Judge
Park. Senator Smith had said all
along that his position Is neutral,
'that he woiiTfl Indorse either man If
BRYGE PRESIDES
OVER CONFERENCE
his opinion of either was asked by'Former British Ambassador to U. 8.*
the department.
YORK STREETS j ROME FIRE WAS DISASTROUS
^operate" with the Ydminlrtratlon 'iV, 3 !™2'2 S f5 J LSHSv59'^ f .! , J r HowntodliS 1 'bavftaen touiiYln“the I1 associations, which BMt
Honored by Large Educational
Organization in London
This Week.
London, Dec. 26.—James Bryce,
former British Ambassador to the
United States will preside at the
•No addl-|°P en,n K conference of thirty-one
to the Sherman anti-trust low, will *
te dwelt on by the President.
AND TAXICAB KILLED THEM.
, was destroyed yesterday by an ex-
don.
This conference promises to be
Important Commission May be Cre- factory was housed In a two-story on . c of the greatest educational gath-
ated at Karly Date. ’i p m^S a retired United state? b,,ll<lln « wh,ch *“ loc ’ ltc, > at tho ° r CB ° VCr a8;iem,,|e,1 bere - Every
The ultimata establishment of an: “ rotlre< * Lnlted sute8 '* — -•
interstate trada commission, to fur
nish information to business
regarding details of tho Sherman
law's requirements, la thought to
bo favored by tho President. This
commission would not have any reg
ulatory powers whatever, b it it would
be a bureau of information end in
vestigation, assisting tho courts in
carrying out the dissolution decrees,
by observing whether those decrees
are actually put into effect.
President Wilson expects to de
liver his anti-trust address to Con* |
press Immediately after the* Holi
nf Mnnnf Vesuvius ^Mirteen:fi art,c, fi at,n & a3Soclatlonha8Rmem ’
army officer, was Instantly killed, and * kJlle(1 ' nvo others' b0r of moro ?han twent y thousand,
men . Hop husband, Kichard Leo. Jr., sor- *™f’° ye v S8 J‘‘V'®":"™ “T”; and most of these are expected to
’ iously, If not fatally, Injured when "°*J a “ »i. attend,
thoy wero run down by two auto- 1 . cau *° ot tho X| 1 ' a n I Fifty meetincs, to be held In var-
ninhllnn thlo nnrnlmr KROW
mobiles this norning.
The Lees wero crossing a crowded :
street, struggling under an um-j
brelln, in a ilriv’ng rain, when a
ius auditoriums, have been planned
for tho week, and the subjects for
discussion cover an extraordinary
Mr. T. R. Barrow, who lives near range,
big limousine knocked them down. Chastain, Mr. T. S. Barrow and Mr. The subject of Mr. Bryce’s address
A taxicab, which wus Just behind L. A. Barrow, who live near Cool- will tie "Salient Educational Issues.’’
tho llmousind ran over them before idge, passed through tho city Thurs- Many other distinguished men will
the rhauffeur could stop. day, to visit their uncle, Mr. William also speak at the meetings during
The chauffeur of the taxi cab was Hart, at Avon Park, Fla. the week,
at onro arrested, but when the aoci-
in vested.
dent
yn. perhaps January 19. after can- ^’ofThe limousine.
he was released, j
.•e not caught tin*
vanning the subject thoroughly with
his official family.
■TIiiT nr, I jiilb HMCM 1
This is the Season
Thermos Bottles *1 SO to $5.7u
Sanitary Drinking Cups, Sets of six 9IJ25
Imported Extracts ar.-l Toilet Waters 23c to $10.00
Combs and Brushes 23c to $1.30
Stationery 10c to .$1.23
MAMCUItE SOTS.
Fountain Pens '.. .$1.00 to $7.30
Cigars—(Box) $1.00 to $3.73
Pipes 23c to $10.00
NUNNALLY’3 CANDIES 40c to $0.00
Hand Mirrors BOc to $3.00
Washington, Dec. 26.—Moic than
four hundred intional banks and
trust companies, representing every
state, and nearly every large city in
the United States, have already ap-
i lied for membership in the Federal
Reserve system of banks, according
to the Treasury department’s unoffi
cial estimates.
The officials ot that department
haven’t been able to keep pace with
the rush of applications, but a care- 1 mustn’t be any question of mistrial
ful record, including tho time the in tho case,
applications were received, will bei
kopt. |
The New York Boston and Chi- Masonic Officers Appointed,
cago banks haven t applied 4 n great
numbers but Secretary of the Treas-1 At the meeting of tho Thomasville
New York, Dec. 2 1.—Tho fourth
alienl.stH called by the defense agreed
with his predecessors that Ham
Schmidt, the slayer of Anna Aumul-
ier is insane.
Dr. S. M. Gregory of tho Belle-
' ue Hospital said tho Protest was so
obsresved with the idea of making
a sacrifice, when ho killed tho girl,
that he didn’t think of any laws.
The presiding judge toid the Ju
rors that the trill must end before
December 31st, the date of the ex
plration of his term.
of Good Will
INM.ICE WOMAN OF C HICAGO j
GIUBBEI) BIG FELLOW AND j
HELD HIM UNTIL THE PATHOL |
WAGON CAME ALONG. i
Chicago, D*\ 26.—Mrs. Mary
Boyd, one of the clt>*s ten police
women yesterday arrested a power-1
ful man who was quarreling with a
street-car conductor over the ques
tion of fares. She separated the two
men, showed her star and told the
man she was under arrest. He re
sisted, but Mrs. Boyd pulled him
from the street car, stood hl.u
He said there! a " ft,nst a telephone post and called
patrol wagon.
Up mi arriving at the station house, i
Mrs. Boyd preferred a disorderly'
conduct charge against tho prison*
Phones 105 • 106.
ury McAdoo thinks their applications I Lodge of Masons last night, the ap-
will arrive soon. ipoiutlve officers to serve during the
Secretaries McAdoo and Houston, I year 1914 were announced. They
of the Treasury and Agricultural 1 are as follows: B. M. Zangwill,
Departments respectively, began'Senior Deacon; Dan Darley, Junior
their hard work this morulnj of ( Deacon; C. L. Folsom, 3enior Stew-
planning the location of the re-lard; J. S. Powers. Sc<ond Steward,
serve banks, and an official an-land R. W. Davis, Thirl Steward,
nouncement of their plan Is expect-1 The lodge is making preparations
ed soon. The Socretaries probably'for a public Installation or. the night
will make a personal tour of In- of Thursday, January eighth, at
spection, covering most of the coun- the Young’s College auditorium,
try. |
Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia,I'
today visited Secretary McAdoo.; from Florence and Lancaster, 3outh
er.
POLICE DO SAAALL BUSINESS
Unusually Quiet Here Chrlxtinaa—
Negro Girls Get Drunk and are
Locked Up.
*‘‘ h », m *“ of (UtlaUcj, In j Carolina, Salisbury, North Carolina,
, IS. , u *** *™** boaineaa ac- and other polnta, bringing the total
J tlrlty la shown. He la leading tho!much higher.
«!*» *» location of one of The Hndaon Trait Company, of
‘ko.Tt er * 1 MUM there.- New York, baa alio appllad, making They were given a time to sober up
Other applications arrived today New York's total tbrse. in the etty barracks.
The Christmas business o( tiio
polic-e this year was decidedly dull,
and less arrests were made d’urln-t
the week than on any other year iu
tho past ten. Tho matinee Monday
therefore will not be as larye as was
reasonable to anticipate. Judging by
past years. One caso which was un
usual was tho arrest of five little
negro girls, all under fifteen years
of age. and all hilariously drunk.
We extend ours to everybody; to
those who buy our goods, and
to those who dont; even to
those—if there are any— who say
they never will buy them.
There is always room in this world
for good wishes, and we want
you to accept ours.
Here’s to you and your family,
may you live long and prosper!
Louis Steyerman, g
j
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