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THOMAS VILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1014.
MEDIATION '»IE
IRE GJUIGHT
BRYAN HEARS FROM CONFER-
KNCE AND SMILES AS HE
EMERGES FROM ROOM—WIG-
IN MEXICAN TOWN AND UNA
BLE TO ESCAPE, SAYS MAN
AT PENSACOLA — SIX START
THROUGH DENSE FOREST FOR
HONDURAS.
Pensacola, Fla., May 21.—Thirty
MNCLOSELYWATCHING ALL Americans at Laguna, in the Mexl-
fiPV^WMFVrs AT 1NIAGARA ( ' an Etate ot Campeles, are unable to
DEVELOPMENTS AT NIAGARA escape or communlcate wltb t)le
vaajU). United Stated authorities, and are
Mav 21 When ,n dan S e r of violence, according to
Present Wilson drived It the th ® etory “>« » J. P. Lewis, a tor-
executive offices early this morning. ° f ,J!. 0 t te n'|gl!r B, f X! c ' * a°
he was met by Secretary of State E *“ ched h re Ia . st nlght from La '
Bryan. Soveral messages are said „„
UmSSTsuE SSK? JImS a '“ ••Kalps," said the
Falls over the private wire. ! ^ h ort rl IT* D rowik.ns nS aid er the r ir n nre 8
Secretary Bryan emerged smiling .j!.™’ “ d th p
and hurried back to the State De- dmament la serloua.
partment He said that everything 8 '*
at the mediation conference was Pte-il* °KL£J.li ”
greasing smoothly.
[ney through the dense forests
‘St° was"understood that the mes- 1 Br ‘“ ah wn Honduraa - bu * thelr fato ,a
sages from the United States Mis-' ,1Illlnown -
slon reported the developments at J .
•ast night’s session of the Confer-'
ence and outlined the preliminary
plans for presentations of the Amer
ican representations.
E
IS
WITH FIRE
RESIDENCE WHERE QUEEN AND
KING OF ENGLAND WERE, IS
THREATENED WITH Hltl'SH
AFIRE AND SOLDIERS BEAT II
OUT WITH THEIR SWORDS.
Aldershot, England, May 20.—A
brush Are, which Is. declared by au
thorities to have been the work of
Militant Suffragettes, encircles the
Royal Pavllllon, In Long Valley,
where King George and Queen Mary
are In residence, today, In the cen
ter of the British Army troop camp.
WOULD EXTEND
CITY LIMITS
ALDERMAN BENNETT OFFERED
RESOLUTION TO HAVE CHART
ER AMENDED—V AsHIl DIS
TURBERS ARE DISCUSSED.
REPORTS FROM GUATEMALA,
ARE IN EFFECT THAT AMERI
CAN NEGRO HAS BEEN KILL-
El» WITH OVER A HUNDRED
OTHERS TODAY.
The entire camp was aroused be-J 0 j j t
At the meeting of Council,, hold
Monday night, several matters of
some Interest were discussed. The
frequency of annoyances to girls of!
the Vashtl Homer by young boys of |
the city was brought up and a de-1
itzmzz ,r».r. de » c i-
the P ma 0 tt t er l8 ha b s U to nS be 8 'tllZ infoTheI«“ ha^occu'/red rec/nlly InGuatl
courS lt ha, become a sou^e o? ma,a ' >" whl <* « * a »‘ d Wour
WILL RUN AH DEMOCRATIC RE
PRESENTATIVE FOR THE SEN
ATE NEXT FALL—OTHER CAN
DIDATES CHOSEN.
Now Or leant, La., May 20.—Ef-
extreme annoyance and no little in
dignation has been aroused among
the best people of the city because
fore day-break. The troops turned Death Curve, has been completed
. ' « _ . » i/CHiii vurrc. uag uevii luuipiuiuj
out to light the fire. The cavalry- sald AIderman Elder, and It la now
man am nlaoaA n? v- mmn+Am’ an . .. ’ . . .....
E
men employed their swords
efficient means of extinguishing the
flames. With swords, they out
down and beat out the blazing un-
derbrush.
The 3ulfragette8 have been un
usually active since th« King has
been here. As the King and Queen
( left the Royal Pavllllon today, two
Militant Suffragettes dashed In
front of thelr carriage waving a
I banner, which 'bore the words:
[“Votes For Women.”
much safer than formerly, but still
Is Is absolutely necessary for ex
treme caution, when rounding this
curve.
The matter of the extension of the
corporate limits of the city was
brought up, Alderman Bennett, In
troducing a resolution to have the
limits extended a half mile In .all
directions from the Court House,
the recognized center of the town.
The matter was referred along with
Indians
negroes and one hundred
were killed.
The riot la said to have been
caused by the winning by an Ameri
can negro of an Indian girl In a dice
game.
01 ILL SIS
RAPID ADVANCE OF THE REB
ELS AND THE SUCCESS OF
THEIR MOVEMENT TAKES
FIGHTING SPIRIT OUT OF THE
FEDERAL FORCES.
ment ortef to'aXeda"'commlUet' » DISCOVERING THE NEW RIV-
constating of Messrs Bennett. Ham
PRESIDENT AWAITING WORD
FROM MEDIATORS AT I
MEDIATION CONFERENCE. I
Washington, May 21.—President!
Wilson and his advisors today I
watched the reports from the Ntag-i
ara Falls Peace Conference, and 1
confidently awaited developments.; IN HUDSON RIVER AND DRIFTEp
There Is a private wire from the MILE DOWN STREAM, BUT LA-
White House to the headquarters of, TER TURNED BACK IN RIGHT
the United States delegation. j COURSE.
General Villa's decision to stay! —
the Saltillo attack until he has pre-: ^ ew York, May 21.—The huge
pared the railroads. In that section, ii ner Vatcrland, the biggest steam-
and also the absence of any dls- ship now in service, broke away from ,
turblng ^reports ^ from Vera^Cruz or the conveying tuss this morning,; ^DDS,^IT SHOULD BE ] ( .] oge the latter part'ofthlsmonthT 'Natural History, and who accompan-
ER, SAYS COMPANIONS AND HE
HAD FEVER AT 100 AT ONE
TIME.
(By Associated rrees.l
New York, May 21.—That Colonel
bleton and Philips, for Investigation
and report.
The usual ten aays vacation was
granted firemen, but they will be.
required hereafter to pay street tax ITheodore Roosevelt's discovery
as all other citizens. the rlver Duvlda was not accom-
The registrars for the special I PUshid without great danger to hlm-
bond election were elected and are|‘ self and membeqa of his party. Is re-
Messrs. S. W. Davis, J. S. Hopkins | Luted by George K. Cherry and Leo
and J. 3. Mallard. TJiey will purge E - Miller, who were members of the
the list when the registration books r staff ° r . the American Museum
Philadelphia, May 20.—Boise Pen
rose, Republican, A. Mitchell Pal
mer, Democrat, and Gilford Plnchot.
Progressive, will fight for the Ponn-
sylavania United States Scnatorshlp \
In the November election. They;
were nominated by thelr respective j
parties In the state-wide primary : Niagara Falls, Ontario, May 21.—
held yesterday. ;The principals in tne mediation
Penrose beat J. B. DlmmlcK by an conference here feel that the say-
estimated majority of one hundred age onslaught of General Villa’s
and seventy-five thousand. Palmer Constitutionalists army must In-
defeated Henry Budd, ol PhtSadel- evitably Influence a settlement of
phla by a good margin, anil Plnchot;the existing difference between Mex-
was not opposed. jlco end the United States.
Vance C'. McCormick. Democrat, I When the Mediators revoked thelr
claims the nomination for Governor, Invitation to Carranza to send dele-
while it is known that Martin G.' gates to the Conference, because
Brumbaugh baa won the Republican the Rebel leaders refnae to agree to
nomination for the same office. Wil- j an armistice, to continue during the
liam Draper Lewis la the Progressive sessions, it was stated that the Con-
candidate for that office.
WAS BRAVE BECKER CASE
TO THE JURY
( ference would proceed with a con-
jsideratlon of the questions re^ult-
jing from the Tampico Incident, and
the later causes of irritation be-
• tween the Mexican Federals and
| United States Army.
The official reports of General
;Vllln's victories In his Saltillo cam
paign have convinced the Mediator*
jthat the Rebels can not be stopped,
land the reported execution by Villa
of. a Federal General and his en-
i tire RtafT. proven that the Federals
' cannot hope for mercy If they are
GUN—JURY WILL GET CASK
SOMKTI.MK TOMORROW.
Mexico City, allowed the President an ,i began dritfing down the Hud- j
and his advisors to concentrate their son, being carried by the strong I
attention on the mediation proceed- tide. !
ings.
Government
REGULATED BY GOVERNMENT
—MELLEN MAV RE EXCUSED,
AND RECALLED NEXT WEEK.
. . . _ The tugs were trying to dock her.
i„_ , re at times the great ship swung
greatly pleased at the'cordial rela- ltself br0!tdBlde acr083 tbe rlver .
tlona anions the members of the
Mexican and United States missions
and the South American mediators.
The continued lack of news re
garding United States Gonsul 31111-
man has caused much uneasiness,
and Huerta has not. reported yet
regarding the fate of Private Parks,
who is reported to have been killed
by the Federals. it has been said
that Huerta has ordered an Investi
gation of the Park's incident.
All is quiet at Tampico today.
•ROMANTIC MARRIAGE OF
A . . . _ % { PROMINENT TOl VG COUPLE.
(Dy Associated Press.) |
Washington, May 21.—Charles S.
led the Colonel.
Cherry said that Col. Itoosevolt
had been v£ry ill with fever, whirh nes8 j n rebuttal and then rested.
at one time was as high as 106 de
grees.
E9FKNHE CLOSED THIS MORNING ' ““ £ ''
AND FINAL SUMMING UP RE- ' , , . . .. . ..
It is recognized here that the
weakening of the Federal forces
will probably fore* Huerta’s ulti
mate defat. The Federal forces now
are showin^ no love for fight, and
the le'wl^rs ar° not expected to of
fer stubborn resistance. Huerta's
**u’inor*er« now fear that he can-not
wait the result of mediation. It wa*
because of this belief that all
eoneerned believed the dlspateh yea-
terdnr. saying that Huerta was ready
to resign. Later it was discovered
New York, May 21.—The defense
in tlie trial of former Police Lieu
tenant Charles Becker, for the mur
der of the gambler, Hf-man Rosen
thal. rested their cast at about elev
en o’clock this morning.
The prosecution called one
The court then adjourned for
J, 0. EASON DIED WEDNESDAY
The Vaterland is 950 leet long, Mellen, a former president of the.
has n 100-foot beam, and carries a|New Haven railroad, told the Inter-!,'Meigs, , “ ”*ay An automo-j
crew of more than one thousand. \ state Commerce Commission today; )e . Meigs Wednesday j
After the Vaterland had drifted that ho favored a railroad monopo-'!? orn , “Jf® o clock, bearinj; a'
more than a mile, the tugs again i ly, to be controlled and regulated; Pennsylvania license, a Canadian |
got her ]n tow nnd headed her up; by_the Governn.ant, and that surh i’cncaut on the front of the car, and I Prominent Thomas County Plunter
stream, under full control. ja monopoly would be beneficial to 1 ? Nlngarn Falls pennant on thei Fussetl A'vay at Ills Home on the
! the general public. ; hack. Everything was quiet and, Boston Roud, After Years of'HI-
• I peace reigned over this little city, j ness.
I .. „ it. I The sutolsts entered the town from
Mr. and Mrs. F. 1. Jones, of Bos- Ma} lie r.xcusea l.nier In Day. j tbo cnst and , cft over tbo road leatl- j Mr. John B. Eason died at Ills
ton were among the out-of-town vlsl-1 Washington, May 21. Before ! lnR south. In a cloud of dust that' home eight miles from Thomasvill
short recess, and the defense began tb ^ t Tbp d | H patrh contained a trans-
summing up its case this afternoon. n ,| s ,| on Prrnr , am | that Huerta had
It is expected that the final sum- nnt f . a | ( , anv Bllcb tb | n( ,
rains »P will be completed by olev- Tt||s did '„ t rbanee tba Mt „ at j 0n ,
en o'clock tonight Tomorrow Jus- hnWfi Tha th , nk tbat
tl™ Se.abury will deliver his charge Carranza and Villa will
he jury nnd lleckers fate will B(lb „ r | be to , h ., r fln ,„ n , B . thns
then he decided.
LECONTE PEARS ABUNDANT
the negotiations
that.
would influence
FOURE8TT ADAIR AS A
.MOVING PICTURE ACTOR.
Well Known Atlanta Man, Prominent
Shriner, Plays Part of Hero in
Silent Drama—He Is to he Re
warded For Recent Good Works.
inesi Crop ot IjeConte i'ea'n Seen
in Ten Years—Growers Are Hop
ing to Receive Good Returns From
Crop This Year.
tors attending the hall game yes-'Charles S. Mellen a former Presi-’ cou,(1 not possibly have been made*thin morning about nine o'clock. He
How long the Niagara Falls con- terday. - 1 dent of the New Haven Railroad, re- ; w,thout breaking the speed Umlt. ! had been 111 for several years, and
ference would last, was an inter- ;mimed his testimony before the In-, : No one recognized one of our pros- was very much enfeebled, death be
esting topic here today. It was be- . t ' tertaate Commerce Commission this peroU8 >’ oun K business men and one; ing expected for several weeks. He
lleved that the success of the efforts • eants nnd crowded street scenes in morning, regarding the financial the talerted and fair teachers In | parsed away quietly and easily In
to bring the Carranza forces Into Atlanta would make a lively and transactions of that road, where the' tho Me,RS Spho ° l8 . who were occupy--the presence of his four sons. T , , ,Vonte pear trees
magnificent setting for a motion stockholders lost millions of dollars, lnR l* 1 ® seat * Consequently no; Mr. Eason is one of the old far- the cciuity look as they
picture drama. lie put it on, and the attorneys and investigators held | one ’-’ ave the a ,arai . jmers of the county, having moved SOIilc , ye r« ago, with the .4ti
managed to vet Mr. Adair and other an informal discussion, at which it* When the schoor t»ell rang at the there thirty-seven years ago, living) thpy ' |‘ a ’’ V( J put on t i,[
V* t in ten years have th.* pi
.bringing the fighting to an end.
The* mediators planned to meet
the Mexican delegates this morning.
A conference of the United States
Representatives was held last night.
Th” mediators have not yet an
nounced a definite program.
S. JUDGE ORDERS NAVAL
STORKS .MEN VO STAND TRIAL
li if..;
d tc do.
ritity ot
Atlanta, May 21.—Forrest Adair,
Illustrious potentate ot Yaarab
Temple and the man who brought
And Mr. Adnir is a bigger hero
than any of them, as the big volun- |
tary fund of $2,146, raised to buy
him a tribute of appreciation from
Monroe, of Ilamp-
notable Atlantians to take part as was considered how much longer’sual hour and the chapel exercises! f or a short time tn Brooks county,
members of the cast. Consequently Melien would be held as a witness. { wer e over, there was a ringing ofjflnd then coming to Thomas. His
today, Mr. Adair’s familiar face is The representatives of the Com- : telephone bells and when Miss Evaj Pon, ° was originally in North Caro-
being seen on the screen of a Peach- mission intimate there Is still much I'lrkle could not be found, there was;Una. He is survived by four sons,
tree motion picture theatre, along ground to be covered, and it Is said a general alarm sounded, and the;Messrs. Charles, Eugene. Gordon
Iwith the famous matinee idols of Mellen might he excused today or, en ^ rr police force of Meigs called end Stepho Eason, nnd one dough-
the movies. .tomorrow, and recalled next week. °ut, but thelr search was in vain. Iter. Mrs. U
Mr. W. G. Stokes was also miss-‘ton Springs.
! ing and a dozen or so old maids, | Friends th
I widows and young girls gathered to have known
_ t j tell Mr. Stokes they would be glad held him alv
the national 3hrine Convention to! the public testified.' His admirers j * UIUI ‘to take the place of the young lady j he was
Atlanta, has added further to his have not yet let it he known what CIICCPUPCTTC DARIDIT' wl, ° had so mysteriously disappear-' progressive and active men of his
laurels. He has budded forth, forithey are going to buy him, but it uUirilnbLllL I flllAlJt * oc ** hut neither could he be found.'time. The funeral will occur tomor-
one time only, as the hero of a rao- will be something that can be hand-' . j It was at this particular time that i row, Thursday, afternoon at three
tlon picture scenario, and has prov-|ed down in the Adair family as an! , ’~m v. l the Sherlock Holmes of Meigs ap-j o’clock at Roston. The services will
en that an Illustrious potentate can j heirloom for future generations.
•.I that
[POLICE STOP
o plentiful and it is
hipments of them will ! - 0 Meuvv. r<*s
"nose pears bring good prices on of
o.i markets, both North and We“t, pai
L’.icrc they ure extensively used for M:'
aiming aim otlicr pur.Mc.ey Fci
It is not generally, known that if we
ho p»*ais are picked just before they for
tart ^n ripen and pined itj u dark for
. .. . ■. loset, they are about a« fine for
r Kar, '®!0 of tse moat, p;lr * ()SP3 „ 3 any that can ho m0
j bought,
ougho'it the county who
this substanti.'jj citizen !
in high esteem, and
d th
amah, May 2b.—J. F. Cooper
; . S. P. Sh-itter. Edwin S. Nash
’arl Moller. the latter of Jack
ie. charged with conspiracy In
lot of trede In the organizing
• Anieri'nn Naval Stores Com-
wIJI face trial in Savannah
2’. followin’: the action of
nl Judge VV. r. Grubbs thi** .y
in overruling a motion oft^l
r jeopardy entered by lawyer*
e defense to ret aside the cas*. .
* defendants are umong the y
prominent men in the State,
fact that the Government
!•
8
be some actor! j Mr. Adair is to be tendered a roy-
An enterprising local producer al dinner next Monday night by
had the happy Idea last week that Yaarab Temple, at the beautiul new
the gorgeous decorations and pag- Druid Hills golf club.
One Day Only
. 1914.
With each 25c box of Violet, Rose,
Sandalwood or Corylopsis
Toilet Soap.
Now on display in the window.
We will give
1,000 Votes
on the
Graphanola
London, May 21.—The police to- peareil and averted whnt may n.velhe held in the Presbyterian Church.
day broko up a Dirge column of | endeil In somewhat of a row, by an-1
marching Suffra ette raiders, who ; nounclng that the young couple had _
were advancing on Buckingham Pal-;eloped! CTBCCT TRY TIIIC IDflllT I1MT
ace to hand thelr petition to King i xhry pr0CU red thelr license | n ■»■ "LLI I HA 11IVIL HOUUI UUI
George. When the womon reached j Thomasvllle, and were married In !
L h ! “L 1C “ d „- i ‘Oelr auto, after which they contln- „ N ,„
Left to ripen on the trees, insists on a second trial of the ca3©
they become mealy ani hav j little when the Supreme Court had thrown
t .tie. the first conviction aside, is under-
Tbere are a number of orchards stood to mean that new evidence
of LeConte pears around the county has been found. In the former trial
and the owners are look’ng to re- the men were given Jail sentences
reive money from them this season, and heavy fines.
inK l he Pal J ce * th . e Police dis- j UP d their Journey to Daytona Reach
parsed ‘hem and arrested Mrs. Em- where they will spend their honer-
meline Pankhurst and several other moon.
Mr. Jack Curran, of Bainbrldge,
was among the business visitors In
the city today.
Mr. F. D. DIsmuke returns today
after a visit of several days to rela
tives In Griffin and Atlanta.
Mr. Chandler Copeland, of Met
calfe was among the well known
visitors spending the day In town.
The bride is the daugtiter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Plrkle, of Carl,
Gwlnnette County, this state, ivhllo
Mr. Stokes Is a son of Mr. R. A.
Stokes, of Sale City, Ga.
They were accompanied on thelr
Journey from Melsg by Mr. and Mrs.
R. C. Garwln.
Rev. I). H. Parker, of Thomasvllle
performed the ceremony at his home,
corner Warren Ave., and Mansell
Street.
•old by the First of June It 1
Will lie Four Dollars—Dogs Must;
Also lie Tagged.
The street tax summons have been
about all Issued. Those wbo were
summoned will have to pay the tax
•f three dollars before the first day
of June. If not paid at that *lme,
the fee will be four dollars and no
exceptions will be made for any
body. It’s pay before June, or pay
four dollars.
The dog tax Is also due and 'all
dogs found after the first of June
without city tags are subjec*
Impounding If caught by the officers.
Going Away?
Lightweight Hose
Six Pain Guaranteed She Month,
OttmlM HoLproof Hoic-tho original guaranteed how— are ioft, light and
tractive; not heavy,cumbersome and coarse, Jke common brand* of guaran-
•d hose. “Holeproof” are made In four grade*, four weight* and eleven color*.
Six pair* tell for 51.50 to S3, according to finish.
Three pairs ot»Uk Holeproof Sox, guaranteed three month*, cost $2.
Only tbe finest 3-ply yarn (a used, costing an average of 74c per pound. Com
oo yarn can be bought for 32c. Common Hose can’t be as good aa Holeproof.”
39 years of experience go Into every pair of “Holeproof.”
See tbe wide assortment of “Holeproof” today.
Look for this trade-mark and the signature gs ^
loiepraDi nosierq
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The season is at hand when
your thoughts travel “vacation-
ward.”
You should also think of prop
er traveling equipment, and that’s
where we can play a really im-
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portant part. We can supply
you with anything you need in
that line from the smallest leath
er bag to the^j largest and most
completely fitted fiber trunk; sub
stantial goods and handsome,
with the quality built into them
for service.
Phone 33.
116 S. Broad St
NEW MATH SITS. NEW FEATHER WEIGHT
Louis Steyerman.
The Shop of Quality On the Corner.
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