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THOMAS VILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1011.
$1.00 FEB ANNUM.
AT NEW ¥
PRESIDENT WILSON ATTENDED CEREMONIES, AND BEAUTIFUL
TRIBUTE WAS PAID TO THE MEMORY OF NINETEEN SAIL
ORS AND MARINES WHO DIED AT VERA CRUZ—PRESIDENT
AND SECRETARY OF NAVY DELIVERED SHORT ADDRESSES.
IS
SURE FULL
THOUSANDS OF NOBLES HAVE
ALREADY ARRIVED AND MANY
MORE ARE SCHEDULED TO
ARRIVE TODAY.
HUERTA AGAIN LOTTERY F
IRES PROTEST! F
TO UNCLE
jTICKETS RECALLED HAVE BEEN
• DUPLICATED AND ARE BEING
SOLD ABROAD AT AN ENOR-
I MOUS PROFIT.
New York, May 11.—The Nation these names to the President, to be
today paid Its tribute to the mem- preserved In the country’s archives,
ory of the Marines and Sailors who. In order that their services might bo
died at the Vera Cruz occupation, (held In lasting remembrance by
■Nineteen flag-draped coffins were 1 grateful people,
removed early this morumg from I President Made Short Address,
the cruiser Montana and placed on j President Wilson had no formal
Caissons In Battery Park. Few per- 1 address preparod. He repllod
sons witnessed this, but thousands j Secretary Daniels' report, in a low
lined the streets and watched the voice. His face was grave, when he
solemn cortege march to the Navy said, “I know the feelings of all
Yard. .'present aren’t those which could be
Crowd Silent, Mournful. (expressed in eloquent oratory.”
Not since Admiral George Dew-1 The President said he felt a mix-
oy'a parade, has such a spontaneous j ture of emotlans, the uppermost one
demonstration occurred. Today’s being one of profound grief, ‘‘yet a-
crowds, however, wore silent and j prldo and envy that these dead were
• mournful. The weather was per-1 permitted to do thetr duly so nobly,
feet, and not a cloud appeared In .They did not give their lives tor
the skies. • themselves, but for us, because, we,
President Wilson Present. as a nation, called upon them.”
President Wilson, who arrlvod here ’ ^ the end- of the religious ser-
early this morning, drove from the v i ces - the spectators left slowly, and
home of Colonel E. si. Rouse, to President returned to New
participate In the ceremonios, and York In an automobile.
he appeared in the Battery Park |
procession. The carriages bearing: President Arrived Early,
the President, Secretary of the Navy I
Daniels, Senators and others follow-! *'’ ew York, May 11.—President
od Immediately behind tho caisson. Wilson- arrived hore from Washing-
Twenty-four mounted police led/ *° n * b * s morning. He will take part
the way. Then came the bands of *°day in the exercises which are to
the Wyoming and Texas, next the be be ^ d 1° honor of the heroes of
coffins In single file, escorted by po-| Vera Cruz.
lice, and National Guardsmen, A) ^tom t’he railway station, tho
long line of carriages followed those! Pre ** dent wen t d.rectly to the home
carrying President Wilson, Secretary of Colonel E. M. House, a personal
of the Navy Daniels, 3tate and City f r l® nd « °* Mr. Wilson.
Havana, Cuba, May 9.—A sensa-
AND MEDIATORS TAKE UP MAT
TER—THREE MEXICANS, COM-
ING TO THE UNITED STATES ^urn was created in the House of Re-
VIA KEY WEST, LEAVE \ ERA p regen tatlves hare last night when
CRUZ TODAY. j Representative Seager announced
, , , T, ,, , that a big fraud Is now being psr-
as ng on, - ay . j I petrated with tho lottery tickets, by
Huertas protest over the reported ^ aeries. one , M> ror
seizure of Lobos Island, an impor- r' “
4 - . , f 4 . the Cuban government, and one
tant light house point on tne Mexi-
Atlanta, May 11.—Thi<? ci y is to
day in the hands of the Shriners,
and it is estimated that sixteen thou
sand Nobles of that order have ar
rived here already, and as many
more will be here by night fall, to
attend the Fortieth Annual Meeting
of the Imperial Council.
Shriners arrived in the city all | *■“*** “• u * “ /"'"V' j spurious for sale abroad,
during yesterday, and the city’s | C ° a ®’ ^ * an . ng pa * y * j He said the persons skiing the
streets are now filled with marching! ” e * ® ° rpe . ° ° a ' itickets abroad were making a profit
. _ _ _ . . ttaken up this morning by tho South. 4 4 . . . „ . _ ..
patrol bands and enormous crowds. 1 A ;0f seventy thousand dollars month
ly for their transactions In these
; bogus tickets.
The Director of the Lottery, in a
explained
that the reported sale of the two
* j e, va i . . . . . .series came from the fact that an
arrested the light-keepers last night, J , .. „ ...
.... - » _ . . error In the printing of 3ome of the
tickets caused their recall. He said
these tickets ha dbeen duplicated.
IS
FOR ANOTHER WEEK—TWO DE
TECTIVES ORDERED TO AP
PEAR AND SHOW WHY THEY
ARE NOT IN CONTEMPT.
Atlanta, May 9.—The hearings on
ENVOIS LEAVE
THREE MEXICANS, REPRESENT
ING HUERTA GOVERRNMKNT,
NOW EN ROUTE TO UNITED
STATES.
* jS
William W. Irwing, of Wheeling,
. Va., who Is Imperial Potentate,
will arrive In the city. He will be
greeted with a aalute of twenty-one
guns.
Trains Parked About the City.
Many of the Shrlnerr are living
American mediators.
I Arrested Lighthouse Keeper.
The seizure was reported to the j 1
i mediators by Mexican Foreign Min-1 , ....
, . „ , ' , ... ... .. I statement Issued today,
lster Ruiz. 7t Is stated that the -
landing party from tho torpedo boats ;
but later released them after they I
officials, Navy officers and other dis
tinguished men, besides the Congres
sional and Legislative Committees.
T-he cortege started _ at nine
o'clock. The crowds marched sll- _
ently and with bared heads. Tho, KI ? h,y ' SUth Birthday and Many
MB STUART CELEBRATES
procession marched through Broad
way to the City Hall Park. There
Mayor John Purrcy Mitchell placed
Friends Call to Wish Him Many
Happy Returns.
on the special trains which are pnrk-|]. ad turned over to them the appara-
ed In various parts of the city, andj tus for operating the beacon,
hotel accomodations have been re-j jt was believed here that Lobos
served for weeks ahead. (island had bjeen occupied by United
The most spectacular ovents of' States force* only after the light-
the entire week’s meeting will oc- house was threatened with destruc-
cur tomorrow, when there will bejtlon. Admiral Howard reported that
two great parades. The first one,
which takes place In the morning,
will comprise the bands, and pa
trols of various councils. The sec
ond parade occurs tomorrow’ night,
when all the visiting Shriners will
participate. It Is estimated that It
will take this latter parade five
and declared further that no illegal
sale was being made.
... ... _ . . , Eighty-six years ago Monday, Major
a wreath of orchids on the -first cals- \ Charles T. Stuart first saw tiro light,
son. Then the cortege went to the( Hls home Th0maiv „, 9 thlj morn .
Navy Yard. The services there were ; lng was vlglte „ by a hundred cr more
simple and brief. A hymn, lnvica- of frIenda . bringing -good
lion, the President’s address. pray- ;w , shes fof very many morft h
ers, three volleys by Marines and; and u8eful year3 .
taps, completing the ceremonies.
Sixteen of tho bodies will be sent
to relatives. Three of them will be
taken back to the cruiser Montana,
for removal to New England.
hours to pass a given point.
Election Officers Wednesday.
The officers who are to serve the
next year are to he selected Wed
nesday, and the selection of the next
meeting place will be made either
tomorrow or Wednesday.
Many plans have been perfected
-"•to- entertain the visitor*. They will
11 visit some of the famous battle
fields In this section, and will also
go to Savannah by special trains
Thursday.
ATLANTA PREPARED FOR
THE SHRINERS* COMING.
j Has,Been Prepared For Union Insti
tute of Woman’s Association.
General Huerta had ordered the im
mediate suspension of all lights
on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts,
In order to Impede the navigation of
American vessels.
Mediators Active.
The mediators have completed the; following is the program for
other details for tho preliminary no-j the Woman’s Missionary Union In-
yotlations at tho Niagara Falls coD'jstitute of Campbell Association, to
ference. meet with the Woman's Missionary
Lamar and Leinann To Represent ! Society of the Pavo Church, May
Vera Cruz, May 11.—Emello Ra
the motion to set aside the verdict basa, Augustin Rodriguez and Louis
pronouncing Leo M. Frank guilty of Elsuerro, Huerta's Peace Commls-
murdering Mary Phagan, on the sioners will sail late today for Key
ground that his Constitutional rights ! We3t. They have been given fall
were violated when the verdict \*asiP° wer 8 * gn an y agreement they
returned while he was not court, i believed best for their country,
were today postponed for a week, j Prominent Mexicans aere, how-
The two detectives who sent the! ever ’ n0 * regard the power con
ferred by the Mexican Senate a# §8
real, and of any definite value. They
declare that Gen. Huerta is merely
trying to make a show, to convince
the world that he is doing all pos- .-Sj
slble to effect a settlement.
Attack on IT. 8. Continues.
The Mexico City newspapers con
tinue to bitterly attack the United
States Government, and alleged cop
ies of articles of war of the United; *
States are bein'? published in the
Mexican capital to infilame the pnb-
Rumors of a Rreat Rebel attnek
on Tampico are being circulated here
but Naval officers are withholding
definite Information.
If Tampico ra"« the Rebel ottf-
tude toward the American Interests
negro woman, Annie Maud Carter,
out of the jurisdiction of the court,
were ordered to re-appear Tuesday
and show why they are not in con
tempt of court. The nogress pre
viously made an affidavit saying that
James Conley, the negro factory
sw'eeper, had confessed the crime
to her.
AT VERA CRUZ BY GENERAL j there, which are large, will be awalt-
FUN8TON—RETIRED ARMY OF
CICER WENT INTO FEDERAL
LINES AS NEWSPAPER ltEPRE- j
SKNTATIVE.
ed with much interest here.
♦ho United States.
Associate Justice Lama?, of the!
30th, 1914:
Secretary Daniels Speaks.
After the Invocation at the Navy
Yard, Secretary Daniels, addressed
the President. He reported to him,
as Commander-In-Chief of the Navy
of the United States, the names of
the sailors and marines who recent
ly gave their lives for the flag at
Vera Cruz. The oldest was thirty-
six and the youngest nineteen. Of
the nineteen dead, thirteen were
twenty-two years old, or under.
Secretary Daniels said he handed
„ » -i 10:00 'A. M.—Devotional Exer*
United State. Supreme Court, an ^ cl.es, led by Mrs. May H. Gilmore, ot
former Solicitor Or-eral Leinann Pavo
have been appointed as the United I
State. Representative, to confer! Welcorao addro " s by Mr8 ’ c ’ M ’
with the South American media-f^ row * °* — - r .
tors. This announcement followed j Response by Mrs. W. B. Murray,
the news that Huerta’s three repre-1 °* Sa * em *
eentatives had -cached Ver a Crvz, I “ Tb e Christian s Responsibility to
on their way to Key West. They: Go( * ant l to HIs Fellow Man," by
sailed today on the Kron Princess . ^ rs - ^ Wilson, of Ochlocknee.
Cecile. j Solo by Mrs. Chas. Cater, of Qult-
( Rattle Rages at Tampico. | man - I
( Reports received here this morn-j Adjourn to hear the sermon by j
Atlanta, May 11.—A few thou-ling from Tampico, said, that one of ( Dr * A - Wynne, on Woman’s Work. J
Mr. Stuart has been keeping open sand fezes, a riot of red, green andjthe bitterest battles of the present j Noon hour, from 12 o’clock untlll
house for years on his birthday, and yellow banners, a welkin ringing rebellion Is now being fought there, 1:30 p * i
never yet have his friends failed to with strains of oriental music, havel the result of which is awaited with* Devotional ExercUes, led by Miss j
transformed Atlanta from a 20th! the keenest Interest. t Sallio Lou Lilly, of Metcalfe,
century American city into a sort of} General Emilio Zapata, with his' “ Shou, d not w » be Missionaries
fairy-taled Bagda-J. array, is again threatening Mexico as wel1 38 tho80 who g0 t0 the Fop “
Although American stars andjcity from the South. The possi- ei ‘ ?n M,aa Trmn pf
stripes are patriotically Isplayed j billty of the sudden overthrow of
at occasional intervals, the foreign-j Huerta, and the loosing on the capl-
looking 3hrine colors predominate; jtal of the herd of Zapata’s men
Washington, May II.—General
Funston has reported the arrest at
Vera Cruz, of Lieutenant Charles M.
Maigne, of the United States Army,
retired, on his return there today.
Lieutenant Malone went through
the Federal lines as a newspaper
correspondent.
"Lieut. Maigne'a arrest was order
ed from Washington on the ground
that it would be difficult 16 etplatn
the presence of a United States army
officer In the Mexican lines.
TWO RICH MEN
ARE SUICIDES
C. \V. POST, FAMOUS MANU
FACTURER DIED BY IIIS OWN
HAND IN SANTA BARBARA,
QAL-, TODAY—SOUTH CARO
LINA MAN TAKES THE SAME
ROUTE.
go around for a friendly chat’and
an offer of all possible good wishes.
Mr. Stuart 1. one of Thomaavlllo’s
best beloved man and one In whom
Is reposed an abundance of truest
respect and admiration by people
who know him.
He met hlB friends In the front
room of his home on Midlson street,
iahd /they all sat around a large
table -for a short talk with him. Mr.
3tuart was assisted by his daugh
ters, Mrs. Williams, Miss Lillie Stu
art and Mrs. A. W. Stuart and Mrs.
E. H. Hammond and her daughter.
Standing of Contestants in
the Grafonola Contest
WEEK ENDING MAY 6, 1914.
1— 36120
2— 44866
3— 40000
4— 23000
6— 30500
6— 2000
7— 2000
8— 48000
9— 66000
10— 57000
11— 2000
12- 120476
13— 2000
■ 14—69087
1‘5—49763
16— 2000
17— 2000
18— 2006
19— 2000
20— 2000
21— 2000
22— 2000
23— 2000
24— 61087
25— 2000
26— .000
27— 2000
. 26— 2000
29— 2000
30— 2000
,31— 2000
32— 2000
33— — 2000
34— 143340
35— 2000
36— 78971
37— 3000
S3— >000
39—30500
76— 2060
40—16000
77—58000
41— 2000
78— 2000
42— 2000
79— 2000
43—91886
80— 2000
44— 2000
81— 9000
45—10000
82— 2000
46— 2000
83— 2000
47—33109
84— 2000
48— 2000
85— 2000
49— 2000
86— 2000
50—10000
87—2000
51— 2000
88— 2000
52—28160
89— 2000
63—37000
90— 2000
64—47214
91— 2000
56— 2000
56— 2000
92— 81810
93— 2000
57—44000
94— 2000
68— 2000
95—20000
69— 2000
96— 2000
40— 2000
97— 2000
61— 2000
98— 2000
62— 2000
99—11000
63— 2000
100—83670
64—66214
101—60000
66— 2000
102— 2000
66— 2030
103— 2000
67— 2000
104— 2000
68— 2000
105— 2000
69-— 2000
106— 9000
70— 2000
107— 2000
71—40210
108— 2000
73^- 2000 r
73—97250'
109— 2000
110— 2000
74—74000
111— 2000
75—74000——
112— 2600
113— 2000
114 2220
115— 11000
116— 2000
117— 2000
118— 2000
119— 2000
120— 2000
121— 2000
122— 2000
123— 2000
124— 46215
126— 2000
2000
IS SET ASIDE
eign Field?” Miss Irma Pollock, of
Pine Park.
| “Shall we give our boys the Bible
,ln Its purity, or suffer them taught
the tall office buildings are swathed) has caused much apprehension for j o rro1 ' 7 " Mr8 ’ J - T ” B - Anocrson, of
in the gorgeous draperies and fes- foreigners there. j Meigs.
toon, and the color achemo. if it Amcrirun Newspaper Men Freed. | “ 0ur Ne K lect - d B °ys,” Mrs. J. F.
suggests anything modern at all, j As a result of domands from sev- Knapp - of New shlloh
looks more like Madrid on a great
hall-fight day or Mexico City In the
old days of the iron-handed Diaz.
The crowds in tat streets are
wonderful to bahold. Every other
man you pass woars a red fez In
Talk by Miss Clevie Hand on Y.
Ii VI. A. Work.
SUPREME COURT PASSES FOR
SECOND TIME ON GOMPER8,
KT. AL—BARRED IIY STA1UF
OF LIMITATIONS.
Santa Barbara. Cal.. May
Charles W. Po3t, of Battle Creek,
Michigan, and a famous manufac
turer. shot and instantly killed him
self here this m-jrning.
Post was taken ill here suddenly
several months ago, an ! wjfb hur
ried to Roche-Per, Minn., for an
operation. He recently returned to
this city, much improved and ap
parently recovered.
Mrs.
oral diplomatic sources, the release
from arrest of United Stoles war
correspondents has been ordered. I SonK by Y *
Theso were Walter Widen, of the! Talks by Mr8 ’ *’ P ’ Hart ’
Associated Press, Richard Harding J ’ "’ AllaKOO '> and Mra ’ Wl " Felka1 ’
. . Davis, of the Now York Tribune, Me-1 on I,lffl , cuU ' es of Carryln8 on ~~
place of the conventional straw or j dill McCormick, of the London Times! Woman’s Missionary Union work In
felt hat: many it Atlanta’s beautiful and A. G. Sutton, of the Washington: country ctlurc1 '® 3
young girls and matrons aro wear-j Post. They are believed to be en i " ,,ow to Over< ’ omo ’ rhese Dlfflcul-
ing the white fez, and scattered here
and there like popptea In a wheat-
field are tbe luridly beautiful uni
forms of the Arab , patrol and other
uniformed Shrlner bodies.
What the parades tomorrow are
going to be. only Imagination can
foretell, but already the mere crowds
on the sidewalk aro worth coming
thousands of miles to see.
The advance guard of the Shrln-
(Continued on Pago 2)
route now to either Vera Cruz or i tle9 ”— Mre ’ T ’ A - whlte ’ and oth
Puerto, Mexico. . i ers -
_________________ Sunbeam Exercises, led by Miss
I Helen Stephens, of Pavo.
The night police Saturday night* Song.
captured a blind animal, commonly
designated, as a tiger. It was Paul
Anderson, an erstwhile offender and
gardner, who sells liquor as a side
line. He was immediately tried and
convicted with the usual fine
ninety-nine and
native.
Prayer.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE.
Miss Fannie Robert, of Macon, who
of has been the cuoBt of Miss May
ninety-day alter- Hawthorne, returned home this
* morning.
South Carolin.an Shot Himself.
Greenville. S. C., May 9.—P. C.
Munn, who was a member of a large.
Washington, May 11.—The con-1 contracting Arm here, shot himself
tempt sentenced, which were lm-jthrough the head at his home this
posed by the District of Columbia ' morning and died shortly after. No
Supreme Court on Samuel Gnmperg, |cause has been astigne.1 for his rash
John Mitchell ainl Frank Morrison, j act.
prominent labor leaders, were set
aside today by tho United States 3u-1 Mr. Charlie Hymsen, of Savannah,
preme court for the second time. j was among the ^ well-known and
The sentences were barred by the j popular visitors spending tb’ i iy in
stnlute of limitations. the city.
Pike’s
Cures Chills
R. C. C.
and Fever or
Money Refunded.
Price
Drug Co.,
New Palm Beach
Suitings
Striped and Plain
New Ratines, Rice Cloths and
Crepes, in all weights and qual
ities and in all the desirable
shades.
Never in our history ofjmer-
chandising have we been so thor
oughly equipped to supply your
summer clothes necessities—nev
er before has our stock been so
large and comprehensive.
There’s satisfaction in doing
your shopping at a store where
your purchase is a matter of
what you really want—not mere
ly what you can find.
Louis Steyerman.
The I .fiLipg
, — ‘ Thomatville, Ga.
iiViieivifcifi i.'ii^i f i -
The Shop of Quality On the Corner.
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