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SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION
VOL. 2- No. 11.
THOMA8VILLE, GEORGIA, VRIDAV, APRIL 8, 1014.
•14)0 FEB ANNUM.
TOLLS MATTER
IS READY TOR
THE SENATE
WILSON POLICY TRIUMPHED IN
HOUSE BY GREAT MAJORITY
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON —
j SENATE WILL HAVE MAJORITY
OF SIXTEEN FOB REPEAL.
Washington, April 1.—The Pana
ma Canal tolls controversy, surpass
ing In Interest any problem that has
absorbed the attention of Congress
In recent years, was transferred to
the Senate today.
The appearance oi tnc measure
was a signal for the beginning of
one of the most protracted and com
plicated contests which the 3onate
has ever faced.
The Administration Senators were
confident. In .the fact of the result
* of the vote on the Simms repeal bill
In the House late yesterday after
noon, when the measure was passed
by a vote of 247 to 161.
Both tnose tor ana against the
measure admitted, however, that It
will be five or six weeks before the
Anal vote could be reached tn the
upper House. Senator O'Gorman,
who will lead the light against the
bill, said today there would be no
delay In the consideration of the
measure by the Inter-oceanic Canals
Committee, of which he Is Chair
man. This committee already has
before it various other bills relating
to the tolls controversy.
It appeared today that the mem
bers of the committee are nearly
evenly divided on the principal is
sue, with probably a majority of one
for the opponents of the repeal.
T
TO ROB T
NEAR COMER, ON THE SEA
BOARD, BUT HIS PLAN IS FRUS
TRATED BY EXPRESS MESSEN-
GER WHO SHOOTS.
Repeal Will Have Majority in the
Senate, ’Tis Believed.
The latest Senate poll, which was
brought to the White House today
by a prominent Administration Sena
tor, Indicated that the repeal will
have a majority of sixteen in the
upper house. This poll excluded all
doubtful votes. Republicans as well
as Democrats were among those
counted on to support the President's
recommendation
Athens, Ga., April 2.—An attempt
by a bold bandit to rob, single-hand
ed the Seaboard Air Line passenger
train number eleven, near Comer,
fifteen miles northeast of here early
today, was frustrated by Express
Messenger R. C. Fletcher.
After a pistol duel with Fletcher,
the bandit Jumped from the train a
short distance this side of Comer and
disappeared.
The bandit swung aboard the ex
press car at 4:46, as No. 11 was
leaving a water station, which Is
located two miles South of Comer.
As he entered the car. the bandit
covered Fletcher with a revolver,
demanding that he open the express
car safe. Fletcher responded by
drawing his pistol and opening fire.
The bandit was wounded in the
right forearm, after several shots
had been exchanged. He then drop
ped his revolver and Jumped from
the train. Fletcher was uninjured.
A sheriff’s posse from two coun-|
ties today began a determined search
for the would-be robber.
STREET TAX
THREE DOLLARS MUST BE PAID
BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF
JUNE THIS YEAR—CHANGE
MADE LAST NIGHT AT COUN
CIL.
The City Fathers, at the meeting
last night, decided to collect street
tax before the first of June. This
decision came after some Informal
discussion and the summons will be
Issued April first, giving two months
in which to pay the three dollars.
It not paid before June first, it will
tbpn be four dollars.
The contract for putting In len
tils over tbe doors of tbe City Hall,
and making other Improvements, was
awarded to Mr. Andrew MoMath,
whose bid was lowest, amounting to
COLDEST AND
T
IN TAVENTY-THREE YEARS, AVITH
A TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF SUN-
SHINE AMOUNTING TO 71,
The coldest And dryest March In
twenty-three years, Is what the U. S.
Weather Bureau says of the month
Just passed, as It was recorded in
ThomasviUe.
The highest temperature was
AVEDNESDAY TO DETERMINE
REPRESENTATIVES AT DIS
TRICT MEET IN CAMILLA.
At the Public Schools Wednesday,
selectlns were made of pupils to
represent the school at the High
School meet in Camilla. The con
test was begun at one fifteen, with
two musical selections, Miss Gladys
the thirty-first, when etghty-ilx was i Atkinson and Miss Nita Chastain be-
reglstered, and the lowest was twen- \ lng the contestant. So evenly
ty nine, on the ninth. -The mean for [matched were they that ibe judges
the month was fifty-six, aB against a rendered the decision a tie and they
normal of sixty. The absolute mini- j w m be allowed to cut for the honor
mum for this month Is twenty-nine,! 0 f representing the school.
this year's record. The maximum Is
ninety-two.
There was but 1.22 Inches rsln-
— — ■ ■ — —— n — .fall, as against about six lnbhes last lne j u u a c, .nr. aw- ai,k-uei,
about three hundred and fifty dol-lyear, and a normal of five Inches.! given the decision over his rival. In
lars. .The wind was from the Northwest, the recitations, Miss Georgia McKay
Mr. Alex. Mitchell and Mr. Alva
Welch were In the declamation con
test and after same debate between
the Judges, Mr. Alex Mitchell was
t discussion of tbe purchase of
more auto fire aparatus, with a view
to doing away with the horses, was
brought up Informally but no defi
nite action taken.
Rev. J. M. Shepherd, who ie
prominent citizen of the ,3alem com
munity, was among the business vis
itors in Thomasvllle last Saturday,
and while here paid a visit to this
office.
his recommendation in the House.
He let It be understood, however,
that he cherished no 111 feollng
against those who, expressing their
convictions, opposed the measure. He
would make no comment on the
speech made by Speaker Clark.
O'Gorman Will Call Meeting of His
Committee Soot/.
Senator O'burmaii said today that
he expected to call a meeting of his
committee early next week, or as
soon as all the members could be
present. He declared there would
be no delay of the Canal bill In bis
committee.
It was jald today that a Btuo-
born effort would be made to add to
Senator Robert L. Owen, who Is the House repeal bill, a provision
the Administration leader in the asserting the sovereignty of the Un-
Interoceanlc Canals Committee, was ited States over the Canal. The
at the White House early today, con- Democratic Senators who are most
ferrlng with Secretary Tumulty. active for the repeal, however, In-
Senator Owen said there would be'sist that the bill should be passed
,no efTort to force tho bill to an un- without an amendment,
reasonably early vote, but that no How far the Republicans will flg-
dtlatory tactics would be tolerated by ure In the result Is yet uncertain,
the Administration leaders. He said The estimates of the number of
he thought a week would be sulfi- Democrats who will voto against
cient time for a discussion of the the bill vary from eight to four-
measure by his committee. teen.
President Elated Over Outcome, and "The repeal Is not yet won by
APRIL FOOL BECAUSE THERE
WAS NO APRIL FOOL
with a total movement of 4,825
miles, an average hourly vleoclty of
6.5 and a maximum velocity, for fire
minutes, of 27 miles, on the first.
Fourteen were clear daya, thir
teen partly cloudy and four cloudy.
Rainfall occurred tn small quantities
on seven days. ■ Frost was recorded
on the 7. 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 19, 23
and 24th. *
The total sunshine was 264.8
hours, a percentage of seventy-one.
Those who expected to be "April
Fooled,” have been “April Fools,”
In that they didn't get fooled. To!
the hour of going to press, there has
not been a single report In and
around the streets of even an at
tempt to use the time-worn practi
cal Joker as an April fool Iq Thom
asvllle.
METHODIST MEETING
STARTS EASTER SUNDAY
All the necessary preparations for
_ . , , , a revival are being made by the
One woman says she fooled a cer-, > 1e tbodlst Church, the meeting to
tain merchant by paying her bill begln on Easter Sunday, April. 12th.
wLon i' was presented: another that The Pa9tor ha8 gecure d the services
she April fooled her husband by re- of Rev Art hur J. Moore, evangelist
modeling her last year's spring hat
and using it Instead of a netv one,
and still another says she fooled the
people up town by falling to appear
on the streets ns usual this morn
ing.
Beyond those somewhat harmless
happenings, there was nothing to
make folks remember tho day.
BANKERS MEET III BRUNSWICK
lr. J. T. Culpepper, of This City,
Chairman of Group One, Will Pre-
Hide—Delightful Program Ar
ranged.
of .the South Georgia Conference,
and Mr. G. W. Stapleton, brother of
Mr. O. W. Stapleton, well known In
Thomasvllle.
Mr. Moore, though a young man,
Is now one of the best and strong
est men tn the South for evangelis
tic work. He Is safe and sane in
his methods, and while very earnest
and enthusiastic, he Is not sensa
tional. His preaching will attract
large congregations and the power
of God's 'presence with him will be
most effective for good to all who at
tend.
Mr. Moore has Just closed n meet
ing ot great power In tne VInevllle
church, at Macon, and Is now en
gaged In a very successful effort In
Fort Valley. Mr. Stapleton will
was awarded the honor. Miss Harriet
Seymour, who also contested, being
so close as to make the decision very
difficult between them.
The athletic exercises took place
after the exercises, and the winners
were as follows:
Literary Contests.
Music—To be decided: tie.
Recitation—“The Sign of the
Cross,” Georgia McKay.
Declamation—''Emmet's , Vindica
tion,” Alex Mitchell.
Spelling—Grace Norwood.
Ready Writer—iMarJorle Peacock.
Athletla Contests.
Representatives at Camilla: ,
100-yard Dash—Arthur Clark (11
seconds.)
Base Ball Throw—Edwin Price.
Running Broad Jump—8am Zang-
wlll (18 ft. 2 fo.)
Chinning on Bar—Archie Lamb,
(15x).
• 220-yard Dash—Arthur Clark,
(2614 seconds.)
Standing Brond Jump—Charles
Quinn (Oft. 6% In.)
Running High Jump — Donald
Cobb, (4 ft. 8 3-4 In.)
440-yard Dash—Worth Hadley
(64 seconds.)
Shot Put—Chas. Quinn, (35 (eot.
4 Inches.)
Standing High Jump—Charles
Quinn (4 feet, 3-4 Inches.)
Relay Race—(Team to be se
lected.)
Winners oi Atmetlc Badges.
Solid Silver, High School Pupils—
Wesley Chastain, Robert Flowers,
Arthur Clark, 3am Zangwill, Worth
Hadley, Charles Quinn, Florence
Breen. Julius Scott, Donald Cobb.
Silver Radges, f6th, 7 th, 8th
Grades)—Merrill Griffin, Tallio
SUPREME GDBRT ST. AUGUSTINE
UP WITH IRK
UNUSUAL STATE OF AFFAIRS EX
ISTS, AND MANY LAWYERS
HAVE BEEN CAUGHT NAPPING
AS A RESULT.
Washington, April 2.—The unpre
cedented progress of the Supreme
Court in the year’s work, has brought
embarrassment to lawyers all over
the country. Many of them have
been caught unprepared to present
their ca3es, and have asked the tri
bunal to pass them over until next
year.
Chief Justice White Is said to be
ambitious to clear the docket ot all
cases waiting argument, excopt
those of current business.
When the court adjourns the last
of may, for the usual summer recess.
It will be hearing cases filed within
the past twelve months.
This condition Is In marked con
trast to the average of the past few
years.
UNITARIANS MEET IN DALLAS
FOR ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
Dallas, Tex., April 2.—Unltarlons
from many states are here today to
attend the opening meetings of the
annual Southern Conference of that
Church. The sessions win coatlnue
through Sunday.
Charles H. Patterson, of New Or
leans, Is President of the Confer
ence.
T . „ ', i—*i have charge of the music, leading a I Welch. Joe Blacksbear.
„ B '? “m"? n r A I t r°i l,BrKe '■horns and orchestra, ami also; Field Day at East Side Heboid.
,'l,| 9 ,h5 JcMIrlr' C " : I With the help of the local forces The East Side School celebrated
miet Tuesday April 1 Oh. m Pruns ! heln ' spared to make the services |,he first of April with Field Day ex
wick.
_. - The program arranged Is a de-
Bcars No Ill AVill, any means,’’ said Senator Chamber- lightful one and Includes a ten
President Wilson had nothing to lain, who Is leading the faction op- o’clock session, at which the Chair-
say today, regarding the result of posed to it. man presides and addresses will he
' • 1 heard from Mr. Linton E. Allen, of
Brunswick, W. H. Searcy, of Cairo,
»Mr. F. D. Bloodsworth, of Savannah,
l Mrs. Jos. A. MoCord, of Atlnnta, Mr.
“ D. Walter, of Rome, and Mr.
MASS MEETING OF DEMOCRATS ON APRIL 111
even more interesting, with special j ercises., Promptly at one o’clock, the
music.
NEGRO KILLED' BY SHOTGUN
To the White Democratic Voters of Thomas County:—
A Mass Meeting of the White Democratic voters of Thomas
County Is hereby called to be convened at the Court House in Thom
asvllle, on Saturday, April 11th, 1914, at 11 o'clock. A. M.
This Mass Meeting Is called for the purpose ot electing a new
County Executive Committee and membors of the Congressional
and Senatorial Executive Committees, to fix the time for holding a
primary for election of county officers, and for such other matters
as may arise.
LOUIS S. MOORE, Chairman,
County Executive Committee.
Your Doctors
Orders
We can, and we will take good care
of your doctors orders.
With full stock of the finest quality
DRUGS, CHEMICALS
and PHARMACEUTICALS
all chosen with extreme care.
Added to our unremitting study of
your Doctor’s preferences, we
can take particularly good
care of your Doctors
orders.
Phones 105-106
AGENTS:
Nunnally’s Fine Candies and Sherwin-Williams
Co,, Paints.
Haynes McAdeen, with a short talk
by Dr. Culpepper also.
In the afternoon, at two oclock, a
trip to St. Simons, is planned, a
shore dinner at three, returning to
Wound Inflicted at Home and Cor-
Jury Did Not Fix Any Among the most interesting
Blame for tl’.e Killing.
A negfo, John Glass, died In the
southern part of thf' county, just
this side of the Florida line, in what
Rmimiuttal/ _, , . • , 111 In blllU OI lUU T lUllUa 11B C , *** ” llaL
Brunnwlck at four. At nine oclock i w __ # ormrtP iv Unnwn ns the Olasrow
in (U’nninir „ r n Hiii nn ™«n 1 was formerly Known as me uiasiow
In the evening, a Cotillion will be
given at the Oglethorpe Hotel. Sev
eral of the local bankers are plan*
nlng to attend.
BLINDNESS AFFECTED
MANS MIND
district. Tho circumstances sur
rounding his death warranted a
Coroners Investigation ana tne ver
dict was that be came to bis death
by a gunshot wound from the hands
of an unknown part*
It seems that the first report was
that he and his wife had had a dis
pute and that he went after a shot-1
several grades assembled on the cam
pus. The first pnrt of tho program
consisted of recitations and son:s,
en h grade contributing its share.
Next ennie the circle games, by the
First Grade.
The second half of the program
wns devoted to an nthletic contest.
ones
SGHUURSflIPS IT STATE
COLLEGE Of AGRICULTURE
FOUR TOURIST PLACES IN OLD
CITY ARE DESTOBYED, TO
GETHER WITH OTHER BUILD
INGS—OUTSIDE AID CALLED IN
TO QUELL FLAMES.
A. II. cV A. Will Offer Twelve «
Then© KcludnrsliipN a* <*ounty
Corn Club 1'rizex in 1014.
St. Augustine, Fla., April 2.—A
fire which began early today, do-
storyed five tourist hotels, tne coun
ty court House and a number of resi
dences here. So far as Is 1 known,
there was no loss of life. though
many guests of the Florida, tho
Munson, the Clairmont, the Atlantic
and the Central Hotels, which were
destroyed, escaped without any ot
their personal belongings. One
woman was probably fatany injured,
and the property damage is esti
mated at one-half to three-quartera
of a million dollars.
Nearly two blocks, located near
the water front, were destroyed, and
for a short time the entire business
section of the city was endangered,
but the heroic work by the local fire
men, assisted by a detachment from
the Jacksonville Are department,.
which arrived shortly before day
break on a special train, checked the
flames this afternoon.
The fire is believed to have origi
nated on the second floor of the
Florida House from an unknown
cause.
The first alarm v*s sounded at
oue o’clock thl3 morning. The fire
men first turned their attention to
rescue the guests of the Florida ho
tel, many of whom were taken down
ladders. The occupants of the other
hotels located nearby were warned
and they fled into the streets In
scanty clothing.
The burned section is bounded by
Charlotte, Treasury, Hlpolita and St.
Atlanta, April 2.—In addition to
its co-operation with the farmers; George Streets,
through Its Farm Improvement De-! . . Aonti a ari k,.!,, si«
partment and. by the employment of ! An Zt Z thDd
Cb-onerative Demonslrat on Avents.' ne, k tro “. the thlrd
Co-operative Demonstration Agents.! n " K > “
tho A. B. & A. Railroad will again 8to r> * n fZ. r Z
this year ofTer more valuable prizes A ' Llbby ' bo a - Jest at
for the encoura?emnt of the Boys’
Corn Club work In Georgia.
Instead of offering, money prizes,
the A., B. & A. has wisely decided to
offer prizes In the shape of scholar
ships to the boys short courses at
the State College of Agriculture in
Athens. Twelve such scholarships
will be awarded, one to each county
traversed by that line in Georgia, not |
Libby, who was a ?uest at the
Florida, sustained a broken leg by
leaping from the second floor.
Tho Vedder House, a famous land
mark, containing tbe curios of the
St. Augustine Historical Society,
was among the buildings burned.
A company of state militia today
guarded the devastated section, to
prevent looting.
The Ocnovla Opera House and
exceeding a total of twelve, to tholJ ar * s 1 ,10 "/‘ 1 r bDat , b0U8B "f re al “
boys Who produce the greatest yield I Many valuable motor boats
orn per acre, in excess of
hundred bushels.
The only restriction Is. that
ners shall he patrons of that line
living immediately tributary there-
vhlch are here
speed boat rare
for the Southern
ere saved.
nd
to.
Tho
new idea of rural upbuilding
applied by the A.. B. & A. Rail
road is the employment of a
Wires I low n During Karly Morning.
Jacksonville, Fla.. April 2.-r-A fire
which began early today, destroyed
four large tourist hotels at St. Au
gustine. and several lives are re-
T orted to have been lost.
flames, which have for the
were the Stick Relay won by the
Third Grade B girls; the high jump,
won by Wardlaw Franklin of Fourth
Grade ., and tho 20-yard Dash won
by Joe Gandy, of Second Grade B.
The sack race, won by Telford
Burch, of Third Grade A., was prob
ably the most amusing event of the
afternoon at the East Side School.
JOURNAL FRIENDLY TO SLATON
Atlanta, April 2.—The Atlanta
| gun and that in a scramble she had j j ourlia i today in a front page story,
shot him. The facts In the case| w i,ich has no unfriendly note, pre-
And He Shot Wife and Himself,
Leaving Two Little Child Alone
and Unprotected.
Philadelphia, April 2.—Officers wno
broke Into a house In West Phila
delphia this morning, found Alexan
der Cluster, thirty years old, and his
wife, Julia, age twenty-eight, dead
from bullet wounds. Their two
young sons, aged six and eight, were
unharmed.
Neighbors said tho husband feared
he was going blind, and the police
believe this affected his mind, which
accounted for hts rash act.
seemingly, did not bear out this
first report. The negro was a well
known farmer of that section and
one of bis boys lives In Thomasvllle.
Glass was shot In the breast, dy
ing lntantly.
Warrant Sworn Out.
Relatives of Glass this morning,
on consultation with attorneys,
swore out a warrant for the 'wife,
Mollle Glass, charging her with the
murder of the negro. It seems that
the woman and two small children,
one eight years of age, and the other
three years old, were the only wit
nesses to the tragedy.
diets that Governor John M. Slaton
will he a candidate for tho
Senatorshlp to succeed Bacon, and
that he will make his formal an
nouncement soon after the- state
Democratic Executive Committee
meets hero on Saturday.
While The Journal has given no
one the right to say so. It Is not be
lieved that The Journal would fight
Governor Slaton for the Junior Sena
torshlp or that it would champion
against him either Congressman
Hardwick or Colonel Thomas 3. Fel
der. the two candidates who have al
ready announced for the Senate.
. n .. i « * .. »» . I II© IlillllfN, « I'll !l 1
of Co inty Co-operative Demonstra-, hejn g Interrupted wire
tion Agents, who work in conjunc
tion with the National Government'!"
and the State College o t AgrI ul- !
ture is proving of more value than
was expected when the work first
began.
In five counties In which these
Demonstration agents are employed
this year, there will be planted In
addition to the usual crops of Corn,
Cotton, Hay and other staple crops,
more than 10,000 acres in Irish Po
tatoes, Sweet" Potatoes, Canteloupes,
Watermelons and many other vajle-
tfes of garden truck.
After all has been said. It is agreed
m unicat Ion. are still raging, accord-
meriger reports.
The hotels destroyed were the
Florida House, the Munson, the Mag
nolia and the Clairmont.
now confronting the people of Geor
gia is that of Feeding Ourselves. We
must get away from the “one-crop"
idea. We must first produce w'hat
is necessary for home needs, and as
much more as possible. After home
requirements are provided, the in
come from stock raising, dairying,
the production of cotton and other
that the greatest economic problem I so-called money crops, is all profit.
IT
COT OPT THIS nnsEMEm
and bring it to our store.
We will allow you 25 cents for it on every pair
of shoes that you buy that costs $2.50 and over.
We have the best shoes in this county—
good, honest, leather shoes, at an even
price from $1.50 up. ...
SMITH-ULET SHOE OOMPH
— —
2*
COME IN AND SLIP
ON ONE OF OUR
Electric
Brand
House
Dresses
and see how it will save
you money by saving
your better clothes.
LOUIS STEYERMAN,
The Shop of Quality
On the Corner.
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