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VOL. 2. No. 85.
THOMA8VILLE, GEORGIA, TIE8DAV, JI NK 10, 1014.
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IN ANTI TRUST AGITATION
BY STATING THAT THERE WERE EFFORTS BEING MADE TO AD
JOININ' CONGRESS AND DELAY TRUST BILLS FROM CONSID
ERATION—EFFORT ALSO MADE TO HAVE COMMERCE COM
MISSION DECIDE FAMOUS RATE CASE — PRESIDENT CITES
PERSONS, AND GOES INTO f-OME DETAIL.
WOULD MAKE NO COMPARIN'
STATEMENT OR PROMISE—THE
LONDON TIMES PRINTS A WEL
COME TO THE EX-PRESIDENT.
Washington. June 15.—President
Wilson today made public several
letters and telegrams which h<
charges have been circulated by cer
tain Interests, which are opposing
the Administration's anti-trust leg
islation. He made the direct charge
that a determined effort is being
made -o secure an adjournment of
Congress, and also to secure the in
creased railroad rates. He -is also
Intimated this was the cause of the
"phychologtcal business depression."
Created Big Sensation.
The President's statement created
a sensation unequalled since the
President charged that an “insid
ious lobby" was at work to Influence
tariff legislation.
' President Wilson declared that the
efforts of the "Interests" to hamper
his legislative policy against trusts
will have no effect whatever on him,
and that he will bend every effort,
and use every means at his com
mand to carry out the present pro-
cram. He said that business was
as good now, if not better, than It
was a short while ago.
Simmons Hardware Co. Active. .
One letter, which was not given
out, was circulated by the Simmons
Hardware Company, of St. Louis.
E. C. Simmons, who Is president of
that company, had been selected as
Governor of the Federal Reserve
Board. It was denied by White
House officials that the announce
ment this morning, saying that Mr.
Simmons would not accept the place,
had any connection with that let
ter. The letter was dated June 9th,
after Mr. Simmons had been offered
the governorship of the Federal
Board.
A circular letter, which is pur
ported to have been sent out by the
Pictorial Reviews Company, of tNew
York, and Blgned by W. P. Ashnelt,
President, was made public. This
letter was dated May first. It said
that the form letter attached
THAW GANT GO
TO
Tl
GOVERNMENT ACTIVE VOLCANO
FOR A STATE!-
IS THE BILL PROVIDED FOR IN j
LOITSIANA—-WOULD DO AWAY j
AVITH THE GENERAL ASSE.M-!
BLY.
'HOMIN'ENT CALIFORNIA SCIEN
TIST GIVES STRIKING IN
STANCE WHERE JAVA VOL
CANO, SIMILAR TO TIUS ONE,
PLAYED HAVOC.
London, June 13.—Colonel Theo-
'dore Roosevelt. Mrs. Nicholas Lons- f ,„, Sclen-
worth. and their cousin Philip BLY. 'tism dlsag K r'ee aTto {he effc' ts wMch
Roosevelt, arrived here this morn- - f T t v_ «. 0 rld*R newest
lng. Ambassador Page and mem-; Baton Rouge, La„ June 15.—A Mount Lassen, the *°™ 1 ® n6 e '
hers of the Embassy staff, togetheribill Is to be Introduced today by; active volcano will produce.
rs *- *-• "liuilau Cmllh - .
several scientists who are studying
WILL LEAVE
THOMASVILLK TO ACCEPT THE
PASTORATE OF THE REID MF!-
MOIMAL CHURCH IN AUGUSTA
—DECISION TO HE ANNOUNC
ED TOMORROW.
AND THE SUPREME COURT RE
FT'SED TO ALLOW HIM TO BE
BAILED OUT — EXTRADITION'
PENDING NOW.
Washington, June 15.—‘Harry K.
Thaw was denied ball today by the
United States Supreme Court, pend
ing the consideration of his extradi
tion from New Hampshire.
The Supreme Court also refused
to allow Thaw to be taken In the
Sheriffs custody to Pittsburg.
The Supreme court will next pass
on the decision of Federal Judge
Aldrich, of New Hampshire, which
allowed Thaw's release on habeas
corpus.
the Colonel at the station. j which practically provides for », nnze
The Times this morning printed!commission form of Govenrment forj the Jh'enomena ‘ d °® e ra * '
an editorial of welcome, ana among'thls State. It would abolish the, The volcano si o new’ fltlme.
other things said, “We welcome him | General Assembly, and substitute^ j * 0 j ay *’ P ‘ call i
DURAZZO IS ATTACKED BY IN
SURGENTS AND FIERCE BAT
TLE RESULTED THIS MORN-
ING.
Durazzo, Albania, June 15.—In
surgents attacked the capital today.
They maintained a sharp rlfie fire,
’em- supported by artillery, for three
braced the views of a majority of. hours.
the thinking business people of that! Colonel Thompson, wno waB In
section, and urged that It should be command of a squad of Gendarmes,
Immediately addressed to the Prcsl-lwas among the first defenders killed,
dent, members of Congress and bIbo i The blue Jackets from the Inter-
to members of the Interstate Com- 1 national fleet, which is now lying off
meree Commission. Jthe Albanian coast, have been sent
This form letter was an appeal'ashore to protect foreign Interests,
for a postponement of the trust leg- The estimated strength of the gov-
Islatlon, and asl-ed for the five per eminent Is nine thousand well-
•eent. Increase in rnllrond rates. [trained men. The Insurgents num-
The Pictorial Reviews Company ber twenty-seven thousand, most of the fact that he Is
because England will love the man
when she sees him."
The Colonel refused to see Inter
viewers. and would not make a
statement regarding the prospects of
his candidacy for the New York gov
ernorship. He told all. inquirers
that his visit was purely a social and
scientific one.
During his brief stay here, he wilt
lecture before the Royal Geographic
Society, an his South American ex
pedition. He is willing to answer
any questions of doubters. There Is
apparently no tendency on the part
of the British public to discredit
the Colonel's claims.
The Colonel plans to spend a quiet
week-end with Lieut.-Col. Lee, and
he may also visit King George be
fore his departure.
Its stead a counsel of state.
members of which would be selected; , , . , , ...
from each of the eight congressional
W. H. Storms, former state min-
here today, scouts the geyser theo-
iry. He says that the Mount Lassen
j volcano may Imitate the Krahatoa
volcano, which was located on
Rev. S. L. .McCarty, who has been
pastor of the rhomasvllle Presbyter
ian Church for eleven years, has de-
p. ielded definitely to accept the call to
the Reid Memorial Church, In Au
gusta. 'Mr. McCarty was tendered
the call ten days ago, and had the
matter under advisement since that
His decision to accept the
and leave Thomasvllle, was an
nounced to the church here Sunday.
Perhaps no minister who has been
here during his time of service has
been more admired than Mr. Mc
Carty. He has won the utmost re
Pi u. s.
DISTRICT ATTORNEYSHIP IS
OPEN AND THOMASVILLB
LAWYER MAY BE TENDERED
THE PLACE.
District Attorney Ackerman for
the Southern District of Georgia
tendered his resignation on June 3,
and same has been accepted to take
effect as soon as bis successor la
qualified.
A recent report from Washington
states:
The vacancy will not be filled un
til the return of the Attorney Gen
eral to the capital next week, It U
believed. If none of the four whose
names are now before the Attorney
General is satisfactory to the De
partment, Senator West will proba
bly recommend Stanley Bennett, of
spect and friendship of every man;"''.
tm he ha. known and the regret that he **““• „ L “ k *
I 1 ® 1 ® °[ ^^;rLm r |nt a o 80 ai '® to !«•“ , by no means confined
jthe Krahatoa suddenly burst Into a: .. vt*
violent explosion, destroying a hugo'*° hl “ ° w “ ch “' c j 1 -
: mountain and spreading a pall of: *»>been ( urgedto'
■ darkness over an area of approx!- 0 arce '’ t lar *f r churches In big cit-
■ . , j ....... _ii Pfl . ies on several occasions, but nere-
mntely one thousand square miles. . . . .. .
of Thomas-
l.lm. #1,1 nrZnt ^ndltlnn of • tofore declined.
He claims the present condition or, . . .
! Mount Lassen Is practically similar ‘“ he develop^
to the lava volcano ,n A "K’ ,!,ta I s lar « e - “"<1 he feels
Prof. T. J. J. 3ec., who is tne gov- that he can do successful work there
eminent observer at Mare Island.jjhe Reid Memorial church was; not accept the position. Mr. Lake
Lassen Is two hun- Ud out of. a fund l.ft by one of he)ng Wrongly urged
vllle. and John Bennett, of Way-
cross. in the order Indicated.
One or more of these will >ba
recommended unless the President
reverses the Attorney General In the
latter's contention that none of the
men so far recommended by Sena
tor West Is satisfactory.
f'oionel Bennett has stated to The
tdvertiser of that city that he would
his
JJ.
MEETS HARRIS
TOOK MONDAY'S GAME FROM. ZjZ.. „
OAfSES THE dred miles from the coast. »nd | n^mlneut men Mr. Me- frlen , !t t hl, ,«tl 0n for thj poof
OS K£25£. i 575 ,B . 9 TO 18 therefore too far from the sea to be C" > *"V P .? n f ‘ ak ®. charg ®, Don. all realizing that be would
—PRACTICALLY SURE OF WIN of anv real danger. l nbout ,he flr,t of September.
NINO FIRST HALF. I
TWO CANDIDATES FOR
NOR MET IN LOCAL
LAST NIGHT—SAVANNAH .MAN
OPTIMISTIC.
Thomasvllle tightened its hold on
the first half by winning an aw-;
fully ragged game from' Amerlcus
yesterday afternoon, eighteen to;
nine. The first seven men to face'
Gordon scored runs, with none out, 1
In the first, Roth getting a homeri
which scored two ahead of him. Two!
errors and three hits netted two |
jin the second and one bit and two;
GOVER- J errors two more in the third. Both ’ same PLAN TO (ASSIST
STORE weakened in the fifth and Day re- NANCING THE CROPS WILL BE I
placed him, holding the visitors |»|/x INTO EFFECT FROM THE j
®° r ®' t , , „ TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Murch was up six timoe, got five
II. S. WILL LEII9 FILUIE THEE
KILLS BOY
make an admirable official and one
| In whom the United States could
isafelv entrust the duties of this 1m-
Iportant work. Jnst what turn
j affairs will take Is not known, nor
, hns It been ascertained yet whether
I Mr. Luke would accept If the posi
tion was tendered him. It being gen-
'erallv understood that he will be a
candidate for Congress at the sum
mer primary.
SON OF MR. J. It. HUGHES IN
STANTLY KILLED NEAR TAL
LAHASSEE AND Mlt. HUGHES
HEVKKELY INJURED.
SINGLETARr WILE RUN
Hon. J. Randolph Anderson, Presi™ 11 ® aad four hits, and Klump was Washington, June 15.—Last year's | Clyde Hughes, the 13-year-old son
ident of the Georgia Senate and ! f P f0ur t,me n and g , ot °t e hl , t and success with ’the plnn has caused ! of Mr. J. R. Hughes, of Moutlcello,
idem or the Georgia Senate anU ifouI . run8 . , Bo wen, for tfie visitorsm^au„o to announce to-iwas killed by a falling tree, three
Announce* For Re-Election m Sher
iff in Tl»i« Issue of The Times- _
Enterprise.
ShorifT T. S. Singletary today
„ ... Bowen, for Vie visitors , g t McAdoo to announce to-'Was killed by a falling tree , , -ongieiarv jonav an.
Candidate for Governor was among;got four hits in five trips to the day that the Treasury Department miles from Tallahassee yesterday, nounces his candidacy for Sheriff at
the visitors spending the dny inflate. Murch pulled off the lone , 8 ready to lend 8eve ral million dol-'Mr. Hughes and his son were driving the coming primary. This announce-
Thomasvllle. Mr. Anderson is very j® eI ^auonal play^of ^the day.^ _ ( _ i ar8 to Western and Southern banks, to Tallahassee from Moutlcello, and ment comes as a surprise, as it had
going
offered to furnish additional copies
of this form, and suggested further
that the letter would he more effec
tive, if it was sent out on the let
terheads of various forms. A con
densed form for a night telegram
was also attached.
The President’s action # In giving
publicity to this matter, ‘and also
his charges, were soon heard in the
Senate and House, and became the
chief topic of discussion among the
members of both houses.
•Mrs. Walter Bullard, of Albany
and Mrs. Fred Cox, of Atlanta, aro
the guests of Mrs. J. L. Rreen They
will be here for the Quinn-Greenlee
optimistic over his cnances of sue- ,,.™® put Thoniasvi sure for Dr ,i fir ready money can be the tree, which had been airman dug been understood that he would not
cess and is makln- » ton- rt i a !{."!, T'""" 1 ' "n>« 88 ‘he team loses u!italned lo move the cr „p 8 . up, fell as they were passing. The make the race. Sheriff Singletary
cess and is makln,, a tou. o. this ; bo h today s and Wednesday s games The Treasury Department last boy was instantly killed, the heavy has hundreds of warm friends
section of the state In oraer to see . with Americas, and Cordele wins year offercd t0 lend fl(ty mnllon (ln l- timber falling upon him. Mr. thron-hout the county, and they
as many of the voters ns possible • two more from Brunswick. Jars l}Ut n j y on j y thirty-seven mil- Hughes himself was knocked out of nr*» pleased t’
during the short Interim before the; The score by innings; R. H. E. jj on ,ioii 4lrH were api'lled for, by 19:* tlie car and suffered very severe atnrd for ro-e!
opening of the legislature He says Amerlcus . 002 220 011— 9 11 6 bankgf ln C 2 cities, located on 2S and puinful Injuries. This makes race a four-cor-
that he has found a splendid sentl-.Thomas. . 722 001 32*—18 16 4 8 tntp«
ment in this section for him, both* Batterfes: Gordon, Ellis and Man-, 1_.
because of his record in Georgia and cheater; Roth. Day and Dudley. t j rn j| v f v Pr i, ome ^as open to enter-
the only South j Umpire, Gentle. Attendance, four ta)n { he multitude of delegates pres-
! ent.
whom are tribesmen scattered over aj® eor ^ a man in the race. {hundred,
wide territory. • While here, Mr. Anderson and
Prince William assumed command ’ Mr. W.'J. Harris met each other, in
of the repulsed Insurgents.
PHOTOGRAPHERS MEETING
IN ATLANTA THIS WEEK.
Atlanta. June 13—President M. W.
Tyres, of Raleigh, addressed the
opening convention here today of the
Photographers Association of Amer
ica. This is the first convention of
this Association ever held in any
Southern city.
Mr. T. !,. Spence, Jr., has return
od from Atlanta where he attended
wedding, on Wednesday. OtheriTech. T. L. made the football,
"meats arriving this afternoon! are | basket-ball and baseball teams, an
Miss Guyton and Miss Carter, of Nay- honor unprecedented for a first
lor and. Miss Hester of Valdosta. I year man in that institution.
one of the local stores and a short
but very amiable conversation en-1
sued, each of the gentlemen were*
very modest about their chances j
when talking to each other, but!.
4,200,755 BALES (BMED
both are very much pleased at their!‘“"™ n *“" , v ,,t ‘ 0 " ,0r ‘ k ® a , , ,
reception in Thomnsvlllc. .enillng May 31st, amounted to J,
Mr. Anderson left today for Moul
trie where he will spend a short
time.
PICNIC AT BEULAH
•olden Age Society lias Interesting 1
Meeting und Debate Near Mr.
G. E. Mm (in’s Home.
Standing of Contestants in
the Grafonola Contest
WliEK ENDING June 3, 1914.
1— S6120
2— 108585
3— S6000
4— 80000
5— 30500
6— 82000
7- 2000
8- 143000
9- 118000
10- 132000
11— 2000
12- 186085
13- 2000
14- 174087
15- 1647(3
16- 2000
17 2000
18— 19000
19— 64000
20— 2000
21— 2000
22— 2090
;3— :>0J I
24-176087
26— 200o
26— .000
27— 2000
23— 2000
29— 2000
30— 2000
31— 2000
32— 2000
33— 200b
34— 217516
36— 3000
36— 136971
37— 3000
38— 3000
39— 93500
40— 15000
41— 2000
42— 2000
43— 166886
44— 2000
45— 10000
46— 2000
47— 115250
48— 200J
40— 2000
30—10000
61— 2000
52—28130
63— 83160
64- 112214
b5— 2000
56— 2000
67—44000
58— 2000
50— 2000
60— 2000
61— 2000
62-- 2000
63— 2000
64— 154214
65— 2000
66— 2000
67— 2000
68— 2000
69— 2000
70— 2000
71— 40210
72— 2000
73— 163100
74— 74000
76-164000
76— 2090
77— 68000
78— 2000
79— r 2001)
80— 2000
81— 9000
82— 128855
S3— 2000
84— 2000
83— 2000
86— 2000
87— 2000
88— 2000
80— 2000
90— 2000
91— 2000
92— 148855
93— 2000
94— 2000
95— 20900
96— 2000
97— 2000
98— 2000
99— 11000
100- 160410
101- 131000
102- 2000
103— 2000
104— 2000
105— 2000
106— 9000
107— 2000
108— 2009
109— 3(00
110— 2000
111— 2000
111— 3000
113— 2000
114— 63150
115— 11000
116— 2000
117— 2000
118— 2000
119— 2000
120— 2000
121— 2000
122— 2000
123— 2000
124— 70525
125— 2000
126— 2000
127— 2000
128— 2000
129— 2900
130— 2090
131— 2000
132— 2000
133— 2000
134— 66245
135— 2000
136— 2000
137— 2000
138— 2000
139— 2000
140— 2000
141— 2000
142— 164285
143— 149773
144— 2000
145— 20J0
146— 2000
147— 2000
148— 7100
149— 27236
FEA60GK-WASH ^fflttPAAHf.
—-
The first pi* nic of the Golden Age
'i.'Ur-ry Society was held l.st Frl-
Tin the beautiful oak grove in
fr« ,!t. rif the residence of Mr. G. E.
Marfir, in the Beulah section. It
proved a most delightful affair be
ing attended by a large crowd and
*he dinner was such as those for
which Thomas County is famous,
with P'ency of lemonade. The
* rowd enjoyed the day very much.
In the evening, a cfebate was held
at the Beulah Church, and many
attended that, the contest proving
very interesting * and entertaining.
The members of the society and
their friends are planning to con
tinue this picnic custom and will
give another one next year.
gest In the history of the District,
All the churches in the city co
operated in making the conference
a success.
j Reports made by the various pas-
Washington, Juno 1>3.—The cot- lors showed the Church making
months Progress along all lines. Hundreds j
of people have been added to the |
Church already this year, and al- j
most every dollar of the finances of j
the Church In this section is paid j
up to date.
Mr. Outler’s Last Year.
Mr. Outler has presided over this
District for four years, and, aceord-
tbe law of the Church, must
t the close of this year. There
wave of sadness that swept
over the Conference, when resolu
tions commending the Presiding El
der for his intense devotion and un
tiring zeal were rend, and the Con
fer**' e realized that he was presid
ing ever the Conference for the las>
time. The District has shown mark
ed Improvement In every depart
ment of its life and activities under
his administration.
The Conference goes to Colquitt
for its next yearl** mootin'?.
Messrs. K. R. Whaley, of Boston.
E. E. Bishop, of Thomnsvflle. Walter
Morrow, of Alhnnv and Judge I. A.
were elected lav
Annual Conference
Mr. Hughes i» Chairman of tho nerod
I a d ( f County Commissioners of Deputy
Jefferson County, and a very proini- Hlcrht
nent man. The tragedy has cast a ' ’>
tendance was the lar- j, u i| () f sadness over that entire sec- It ^ $;■
tlon. contest
nakes ru e race
fie, w«th Sh*»c|ff Singletary,
Sheriff Pehbnrg. Ex-Sheriff
• d Mar«h?l Milton, nil mak-
ictive o * rva** for the place.
? to prove a most interesting
SUPREME COURT
HASN’T DEC10E0 CASES
CITY COURT BEGAN MONDAY
290,755 running hales, the Consul
! Bureau announced today. Last year
there were 4,147,572 for the same
• period.
j The cotton exported amounted
I to 8,4 70.690 bales for the same per-
jiod, while last year it was 8,179,163.
j The cotton imported amounted to.* ntf
! 180,418 hales of 500 pounds,, while lot, ro
! last year It was 202,345 hales.
Washington, Juno 15.—The Su
preme Court today recessed until
June 22, without announcing a de
cision in the Inter-Mountain Rato
cases, or other equally important
LARGE ATTENDANCE AT
THE DISTRICT CONFERENCE
The current explanation for this
action Is that the Judges have not
completed their opinions in forty-
nine other cases, and another w*eek
is needed to prepare their decisions.
now believed the Court will crowded during* th
adjourn next Monday until October
June Term Itegim by Judge Ham.
»»end at Ten O’clock—Civil Cases
to be Taken l'p Tomorrow.
The June term of the City Court
was called to order yesterday at
ten o'clock by Judge William H.
Hammond. After the usual formal
ity attending the swearing in of the
Jury, the criminal docket was taken
up and several eases disposed of.
The civil docket has been ?et for
today, and the court calendar
wjil he followed as far as possible
The court house was
session, nearly
allahle seat being taken.
Meeting I!c!(l This Week, In Boston,
Brought Out Many !utere*t«i»g
Filet* Eo aiding Church
Work Hereabouts.
Bo-
V J. H. House.)
i.. June 13.—The Metho-
di«* Church, of the Thomasvllle DIs- Bush.
trl* t has just closed a very success- delegates to tin
ful conference at Boston. The con- that meets in Dawson next Xi
feronce convened Tuesday evening, her.
with a sermon by Rev. Osgood F. \ number of prominent visitors
Cook, of Thomasville. were present, and Interesting ser-
Bev. J. M. Outler, the Presiding mons were preached each day by
Elder, presided with grace and dig- prominent ministers of the District,
nlty. Boston did herself proud in and the session at Boston was thor-
entertainlng the conference. Prac- oughlv enjoyed bv all present.
as
$ OUR MID-SEASON
Remnant Sale
BEGINS MONDAY !!
Pike’s
Cures Chills
C. C.
Fever or
R.
and
Money Refunded.
Price
In anticipation for this event we have clear
ed from our piece-goods stock, every length of
material short enough to be classed as a rem
nant.
You will find here many pieces in the lengths
that you usually buy for Skirts, Childrens Dresses
and even Dresses for yourself, at prices far below
those which you usually pay.
The Quantity is large but they wont stay
long at the prices we have put on them.
Therefore we say '
Come early for first choice.
Red Cross Drug
H r«aur
The Leading Pharmacists.
Thomasville, Ga.
f'o I T- ou i s Steyerman.
® The Shop of Quality On the Corner.
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