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VOL. 2. No. 41.
THOMA8VILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JULY. 7, 1014.
•1.00 FEB ANNUM.
sumu hips
H TREATY
GOVERNOR SEEMS TO HAVE HIT
THE NAIL ON THE HEAD
WHEN HE ANSWERED THE AT-
TACKS OF MR. HARDWICK ON
SUNDAY MORNING.
Atlanta, July «.—Followers of
the political campaigns are discuss
ing with Interest today the ex
tremely effective comeback of Gov
ernor Slaton In iwhlch he handed a
few hot rejoinders to Messrs. Hard
wick and Felder who have devoted j In the Senate today,
most of their time on the stump to Senator Borah said that if the
attacking the Governor. It Is the j Senate refused to consider the Nlca-
oplnlon of most of the folks around ■ raguan treaty in the open he would
town that what the Governor gave be forced to disregard the Senate
back was a plenty. [rules. He declared that he bad not
Governor Slaton good naturedly; attended a single sesslod of 1 the
admits the truth of the heinous ! committee since the present hear-
charge made against him by Hard-; ings began, and that he did not pro-
wlck—that he Is a "good fellow," j pose to submit the results of hts ln-
and he then calls Mr. Hardwick a 'vestlgatlons to a clamp of secrecy,
political hypocrite and Mr. Felder in nn executive session,
a deserter from duty.” j Senator Borah concluded by say-
"I understand that In his speech-: lng that If. this treaty Is brought
eg Mr. Hardwick modestly takes to lout Into the open, It w|ll die, be-
himself the credit for practically all j cause, he said, he was prepared to
the legislation enacted of late' show that it is the outgrowth of
years,” wrote the Governor. "He deception, mlsrepresetatlon, fraud,
is like the federal officer who was tyranny and corruption,
always boasting of the battles he
had won and the ‘rebels' he had
killed. Finally his little son asked:
‘Papa, did anybody help you?’
“Mr. Hardwick opposed the gen-
DEMANDS THAT COLOMBIAN
AND NICARAGUA N TREATIES
RE OPENED IN THE SENATE
FOR DISCUSSION — THROT
TLING GIVEN ADVOCATES.
Washington, July 6.—The pub- I
Mentions of all the investigations of| tatlve » ° f Generals Villa and Car-
the Senate Foreign Relations com- rani!a expressed confidence today
mlttee, In the Colombian and Nlcar- that lhc P arley8 between the Con-
aguan treaties, Is sought by Sena-l 8tltutlonallst Ieader8 wln re8uU ln
tor ‘Borah, ln
HUERTA AAAY
RETIRE NOW
THAT HE HAS “VOTE OF CONFI
DENCE" FROM PEOPLE — BE
LIEVED THAT SPLIT MAY BE
PATCHED UP AND RESIGNA
TION EFFECTED.
Washington, July 7.—Represen-
BIG PICNIC AT
LARGESfr CROWD IN HISTORY
OF PICNICS IN THAT COM
MUNITY ATTENDED THE ONE
HELD THERE SATURDAY —
A SECTION OF PROGRESSIVE
AND UP-TO-DATE FARMERS I
WHOSE CROPS ARE EVIDENCE;
OF THEIR ABILITIES.
Mil KILLED
MRS. BAILEY
SAY THE AUTHORITIES, DESPITE
THE FACT THAT DR. CARMEN
SAYS MAN IN BICYCLE SHOT
AT HIM THRICE LAST NIGHT
—ARREST SOON.
Freeport, N. Y„ July 6.—The in-
Iquest into the death of Mrs. Lou-
JUNE WAS DRY
HOTTEST IN 17 YEARS AND DRY-
EST IN 10 YEARS, ACCORDING
TO WEATHER BUREAU FIG
URES FOR THE MONTH.
LEGISLATURE BACK Til WORK
Atlanta, July 6.—Refreshed from
era! parcel post bill, one which three days off and plenty of wnter-
would be carried In every iward and melon and barbecue, the Georgia
precinct In Georgia. Hts opposition lawmakers re-nssembled today and
will be difficult to explain. j began work In earnest. The ses-
“Mr. Hardwick has charged me slon dld not « et under "'“Y until
with poiltical cowardice. 1 now *» — —
chahge him with political hypocrisy ! T * *** *?L,'“L™ lushed when asked if he
The Tlmes-Enterprise man visited ' l9 « Halley, who was murderod last
during the latter part of last week Tuesday night ln Dr. Edwin Car-
resolution offered | an amicab >e understanding. Theylthat section known aB Pebble Hill ( man’s office, and which was resum-
‘expect these results will be at-]and Spring Hill Communities, which-ed hero today, uiougiii to light the
talned immediately. are located ln the northwest part of ' fl ndtng of an unopened box of thlr-
the county. This locality Is settled 1 ty-eight calibre cartridges. It was
up with as thrifty and clever set of' w " b such a bullet that Mrs. Car-
white farmers as you will ffnd any- j mnn was killed,
where. AH' of their crops are clean j .A r.iald in the Carmen home was a
and with the exception of early j witness today. Her testimony was
planted corn and cotton are fin--, j In favor of Mrs. Carmans conten-
The crops planted early seem to t tion that she was upstairs at the
have suffered from the drought. J time of the murder. The witness
The writer shared the hospitality 1 said she heard Mrs. Carman going
of our friend Mr. J. F. Spoonor last j upstnlrs. She admitted talking to
Thursday night. Mr. Spooner has a i Mrs. Carmans lawyer the day fol-
nlce country home and a fine grow-. lowing the murder, and also said
quet, now Secretary of war, for vlcej, ng cr0 p. i that no one else wns present at the
president. t ' In my travels I noticed the crops time.
It Is believed in some quarters | D f ..Messrs. J. M. George and J. F. IV. J. Whaff, Jr., a lifelong friend
that Gen. 'Huerta, with this “vote, Bullock, which look good, notwlth- j of-Dr. Carman, and who somewhat
of confidence behind him, will re- j standing the extreme dry weather. resembles him, reported to the po-
slgn In favor of Pedro Lnsrurlnn, t T i le next p j ace visited was that j lice today that a man. standing
and the latter twill turn the *<> v -'of Mr. \V. L. Smith who, by the way,: near the place where Dr. Carman
ernment over to the Constitution- j has n pretty home and. Judging 1 describes n bicycle rider shot him,
a " 8 * 8 ' | from the appearance of his crops, I also opened fire on hint last night.
Unofficial dispatenes say that Gen. [knows how to manipulate his farm! ■
Carranza will resume his military j work and should Providence permit, j Arrest Expected Soon,
campaign, and that operation willjji r . smith if 111 be liberally reward-1 Freeport, N. Y„ July 6.—The
begin soon at Queretari. | ed f or b , 9 untiring efforts. I county authorities persisted today in
'With this end in prospect, 'Presi
dent Wilson and his cabinet felt
much encouraged today.
It Is believed that Gen. Carranza
will ultimately send delegates to the
Peace conference, and that they will
reach an agreement with the Huer
ta faction.
MSanwhlle yesterday's election
developments are being anxiously
watched. Apparently Huerta has
been chosen for President and Blan-
The hottest June ln seventeen
years and the dryest In ten years.
Some record for 1 ft 14. The Weath
er Bureau In this city has Issued fig
ures for June and It shows that
statement to be true. The highest
OF
WEIGHING ON AN AVERAGE OF
FORTY-ONE AND A HALF
POUNDS, RAISED NEAR TOWN
—MANY BUYERS AND RAIL
ROAD MEN HERE.
The record car of watermelons for
this season ln all this section was
shipped July first to Columbus, O..
to be ready for the Fourth of July
trade. It was raised by J. R. Burch
The writer had the pleasure oP thelr bellef that a woman miirder-
1 “resident Not <■> Huerta's Confi
dence, He Says. | visiting the pretty home of Mr. | ed Mr8 - I - ol,l!,e Bailey, despite the
President Wilson refused to com-ju. k. Braswell, one of the sturdy i aa80rt,0I,s of Dr - Kdwln Carman to
ment on yesterday’s election. He f armers of Thomas County. If a day that he waa f°" nw ed and fired
enarge him with political hypocrisy ^ r ““"''“^ at "“texrbook bill "where! la,,shed when asked lf he knew One crop apeaks anything, it shows u P° n tliree tlmcs la8t n,Kht by a
and will prove It. Mr. Hardwick ,1 a " y thlng of Huerta', plan, for leav-j what clo9 , attenUo / W)1I do when man on a bicycle. Dr. Carman
lng Mexico. He also said: "I am[ proper ]y applied. ‘ 8ays he saved his life only by speed-
afraid I am not in the General's! Mr . william Carlisle has not only; 1 ”* away ,n bls e«tomobile.
confidence.” j a beautiful home, but a look as the j Sheriff Petit declared today that
The President also refused to j crops growing on his farm shows 8,1 trails led to the same person
discuss mediation plans. He said j that this progressive farmer knows ° r persons, and that lie expects to
the mediators were recessing now f what to do when it comes to up-to- make an arrest soon.
was 101. on the 24th, the same day.'& Son, on # what is generally known
other towns nearby registered 1)5!»s the Flying Ground, Just outside
and even higher. The lowest was! of town. The car averaged forty-
66 on the twentieth. The mean for'one and one-half pounds and brought
the month was S3, as against 77 fori the record price of a hundred and
last year. The normal Is 73.5. [seventy dollar:.
There were but 2.62 Inches of | Melons tnis year have been re
rain, the larger portion of it falling j markahly low In price, some cars of
on the 17th and 18th. Last year: the average weight, about twenty-
in June there was 7.30 Inches, and! five pounds, bringing as low as thlr-
the normal Is nearly five Inches. ty-flve dollars. The drouth hurt
The prevailing direction of the!the crop a nd unless the melons were
wind was from the Southwest, with unusual In weight they were sold for
a total movement of 3.39S miles, an I a song. It |s expected that the
average hourly velocity of 4.7 and a | market will take a turn upward af-
maxlmum velocity of 32 .miles neriter the Fourth.
hour on the 2!>th from the East. There are mar.;- men ln this sec-
There were eleven clear days, 13 tlon buying melons. There were
partly cloudy aiftl four cloud’’. The something like twenty-five buyers
total sunshine was 321.6 hours, or n
percentage of .73, out of a possible
one hundred. Thunderstorms, oc
curred on the 1. 2. 3, 6, 7. 4. 13,
14. 13, 17. IS, 25, 2!) and 30th.
There was no frost!
debate was shut off last Thursday
and a warm discussion followed.
ran for Congress on the unit rule
and defeated 'Mr. Fleming, though
the latter had 1,700 more popular Tl,e bl "' Ieft over frora Iast year '
votes. Now Mr. Hardwick attacks ‘. 8llk8ly l ° ru . n severaI day8 be *
the unit rule ns unjust.
"The truth Is. .Mr. Hardwick
makes his race every* two years on
fore a final vote.
The session so far has succeeded
ln passing two bills, one a constl-
tutlonal amendment, authorizing the*' n * be b °l' e getting the 'warring i date farming.
pronUse, and after the election, IeglaInture to b „, 9 abollahI j Mexican factions together. | In tlic Spring Hill Section
folds up hi, platform and saves It , he omce „ f cou „ ty treasufer and j I
the other the bill to create the now I Carrnnia to , '*‘ nrn A, "" ,de of ln '
county of Burrow.
for the next race. Mr. Hardwick
came from Washington on the fun
eral train bearing the remains of
Senator Bacon and while the Sena
tor was still nnbiirled, Hardwick
was earswlgglng politicians for their
vote for Mr. Bacon’s scat.
Over In the Spring Hill section,
extensive preparations were being
mnde and with the assistance of
, „ „ | tbl8 8<r " le not, ced several pretty tb(J good w omen, the occasion was
cle Sam From His Agent. farnl9 and „ mon g them were those a >grand 9Ucce99i The croU(1 can be
WIN OATS
TOOL
and representatives of fifteen rail
roads with headquarters here, mak
ing an effort to Ret the business.
Some of them have established regu
lar offices and the telegraph offices
have been kept open sometimes un
til twelve o’clock to take care of the
extra business.
Ti
[ TIIOM \ SVI ILK FIRMS WINS •
OUT OVER OTHER BIDDERS.
Several other new county Jbllls Washington, July 6.—A full re- j of Messrs. T. W. Goolsby, Alex Wa- • <. on9 * rV a t | V ely estimated at threejsald, however, that the only means
and constitutional amendments are'port to Gen. Carranza on the attl- ;ter8, w - Brinson and Walter tbollaaIllb when the hour for din
on thp calendar of the house
tomorrow.
‘‘Mr. Felder and Mr. Hardwick PRESIDENT PLANNING TO
apparently are dividing the state ln j TAKE YACHT CRUISE.
their canvass and I am the only.
one attacked. The one Is ready to' Washington, July 6.—President
swap with the other. Mr. Felder WllBon Is planning to make an ex-
abandoned the state ln the midst of tended trip on the yacht Mayflower,
one of Its most Important law-suits probably In August. The definite
when fidelity to' duty required all arrangements have not been made
hla time. But his personal ambt- yet, on account of the uncertainty
tlon Interfered with duty, of the adjournment of congress.
”1 charge Messrs. Hardwick and
Felder with being ln a combination ALAN AVEYL, FAMOUS ARTIST,
and I prophesy that one of them DIED IN WASHINGTON TODAY
will retire before the primary, If Washington, July 6.—Max Weyl,
they find their convention plan will a solf-taught landscape painter, died ' t), e t wo
not succeed."
forjtude of the United States to med-'Mimr'.s. Each of these farmers ba ' e !oor arrived, the crowd repaired to
latlon will be made by Jose Hnscon- 800d llonu ‘ 8 and their crops are In tbe ]ong tab | eSj which were fairly
celos, a Constitutionalist adherent, Food condition, though ,the extreme g roa n||,., under their burden, being
who leaves here tonight for Saltillo. | dr Y weather had, to some extent., j al j en w ith all that the Inner man
He would make no comment on hIs; dama F ed ( ' orn and cotton. 'could wish for, and to nppease Ills
mission, save to say that the report] -Messrs. H. n. Brinson, H. W. Grlf- a | >)ie cite. spoke the evidence of the
which he would carry to the Rebel [.» and County Commissioner J. p - handiwork of those good ladles of
chieftain would be a full one. ^Chason each have fine plantations tbat ,. omn ,unity. So one, so far as
Rafael Zubaren said today that .and also good crops growing on this writer could hear, went away
no answer relative to participation! al > ot them. When It comes t0 irvwAonl having enjoyed a hearty
ln the mediation parleys had been j farming, these gentlemen are ‘here I l ,, |>n|t d | nIler .
received from Carranza. It Is gen- i with the goods. | The 9 , ng|ng conve ntlon was a suc-
e rally regarded here there will he | Messrs.^ B. P. '3lngletary, J. W.' a plenty of 9ong8 were ln-
none until after the conference be- iI'’ 1 'son, N. H. Sasser and A. j dulled in, both on Saturday and
tween Generals Villa and Carranza. Thompson each have nice homes Sunda) . Tbe president of the blng-
Their adherents are now attempt- and tbelr cr °P 8 are above the avor-, InK convent i 0Ili , M r. N. H. Sasser,
lng to adjust the differences between a * e ’ nothing prevents, at bar-j rwa() unt | r | ng i n b | a efforts, as was
here today, aged seventy-seven.
; vest time their labors will be , he Actln(; Secra , ary> Mr . w . T .
Standing of Contestants in
the Grafonola Contest
WEEK ENDING July I 1914.
1-181120
2- 176836
3- 156000
4- 121000
5- 305)0
6- 162000
8- 238000
9- 206000
10- 240050
11- 20U0
12- 330560
13- 20"0
14- 261087
15- 206763
lb— 23uii
17— 2000
18— 119001
19— 64000
20— 2U"U
21— 20«0
22— 20°')
23— 2000
24— 248187
25— 200O
26— zilOO
27— 2000
28— 2000
29— 2000
30— 2000
31— 2000
32— 2000
33— 2000
34— 34(820
36— 2000
36— 246971
37— 2000
33— 2000
39-149275
76— 2000
113— 2000
40—16000
77—68000
114-122645
41— 2000
78— 2000
116—11000
42— 2000
79— 2000
116— 2000
43-251S86
80— 2000
117— 2000
44— 2000
81—91000
118— 2000
45—10000
82-128855
119— 2000
46-185250
83— 2000
1 20— 20)0
47-140250
84— 2000
121— 2000
48— 2000
S3— 2000
122— 2000
40— 2000
86— 2000
123— 2000
50—10000
87— 2000
124-142625
61— 2000
88— 2000
125— 2000
52—2815)
89— 2000
126— 2000
53-183150
90— 2000
127— 2000
54-112214
91— 2000
128— 2000
bB— 2000
92-206835
129— 2000
56— 2000
93— 2000
130— 2000
57—44000
94— 2000
131— 2000
58— 2000
95—20000
132— 2000
59— 2000
96— 2000
133— 2000
60— 2000
97— 2000
134—66245
61— 2000
98— 2000
135— 2000
(2-- 2000
99—1100)
136— 2000
63— 2000
100-240410
137— 2000
64-211214
101-131000
138— 2000
05—. 2000
102— 2000
139— 2000
103— 2000
140— 2000
67— 200C
104— 2000
141— 2090
68— 2000
105— 2000
142-246545
69— 2000
106— 9000
143-232263
70— 2000
107— 2)00
144— 2000
71—40210
108— 2000
145— 20)0
72— 2000
109— 2000
146— 2000
73-163600
110— 2000
147— 2(00
74-224000
111— 2000
148— 7100
76-164000
112— 2000
149—27235
MOCK-MASH 001)6 COMPMY.
Ha —
I Willis. These officers were Hr»ely
’instrumental In the success of tho
muslclcal feature of the day’s pro-
I The Constitutionalists refused to Pty repaid,
comment on the election yesterday, j III#? McnJr.
I but intimated that Huerta mlRhtj Saturday and Sunday last, the
appoint the Secretary of Foreign ’progressive citizens of Spring Hill-^ rarn
Affairs, and then retire. * (did themselves proud in the way of. * . . .
j entertaining a crowd, the oocasion | <>f««nlHts and Baders.
A New Phnse of Question, Maybe. 1 being the Fourth of July celebra-j The organises »or both dayi
El Paso, Tex.. July 6.—Richard E. jtlon. The County Singing Conven-j Ul *day ami Sunday were .Misses B«s-
Cole. of Pasadena, California, who jtlon, school picnic, and, to fill in, 8 *® Sasser, Bertha Willis, Fletcher
has been investigating conditions In j with good measure, several candi-|^* sa Fulford, Mrs. .Mattie Dekle
Mexico, left here today for Wash- dates were In evidence. iand Mrs. C. S. Barwlck.
Ington. He says he will report an The crowd Saturday was the lar-l Those who lead In the sing both
entirely different phase of the Villa- gest in the history of Spring !?V j days were Messrs. N. H. Sasser,
Carranza controversy to Secretary j but when it comes to entertaining * R. R. Vick, S. M. McKeown, J L.
Bryan. jand taking care of such gatherings,: Rehberg, J. L. Wilkes, Roy ?!ngle-
— - — jtjj G hospitable people of that com-itary, O. A. White. J. R. Rehberg.
Mrs. C. C. Harrell, of Bainbrldge I niunitv know how to do so. Sev- Otis Brinson, P. H. Ward, O. W.
passed through the city yesterday, eral days before the time nrrlved. ■ Fulford. —I. N. I).
The committee on white way, *
romiiosed of Messrs. R. J. Corbett, 9
jj. R- HaJJ and C. G. Watson, let the
contract yesterday afternoon for the
EXPERTS FROM BAN FRAX4THTOI wh,, ° wa Y P° 8t8 ,0 a Thomasvllle
ARE SENT TO NEW ORLEANS 1™* f ° r nln0,y - f ° ar Ovc-ltsvht PO't*. .^
TO WTPE CTU’f** 1 t p Hio * fV^DKXTfs same to*b<r delivered within tftfe'"' r
WITH THE HUUONIC PLAGUE i " eXt " lxty day8>
GERMS | D u ' ,e a number of bidders were
on tbe ground when the bidding
New Orleans, La.. July 6—There T" 8 ° Vnml - * nme from Atlanta.
Is no biibonle plague among human I CIcvfiland ' Fhottanooga. Valdosta,
beings in New Orleans. Surgeon-! Tboma8v '"* aad "‘b" P"'"' 8 a " d aa
exhaustible Investigation was gone
through In an effort to selert a pret
ty design and to get the lowest pric
es possible.
The result was that after the right
post was selected, to the iowest
price on that post or the nearest
thing to It. Mr. Thompson, of the
General Blue declared today.
of a possible epidemic—rats—must
be removed. He estimated the ro- •'
dent popubition of New Orleans at'
four hundred thousand, and he ex
pects that six months will be re
quired to eliminate them.
The surgedn-general will start a
wholesale trapping campaign, with
the arrival of twelve expert rat
catchers from San Francisco.
Dr. Blue today notified the Wash
ington government that the situa
tion does not Justify the quarantine
recently imposed by Costa Rica and
Honduras. He said that commerce
may be resumed Immediately, with
perfect safety.
Thomasvllle Iron Works finally won
Jthe contract by making the lowest
.bid and the work of installing the
(white way win get under construc
tion ns soon as possible.—Moultrie
Observer.
orixsrv. general to china
MILL RESIGN, HE SAYS.
San Francisco. July 6.—Samuel
S. Knabonshue. consul general at
Tien Tsln, China, left here today for
Washington. He says he will re-
Mrs. J. W. MacDonald, of Black- slftn. but refused to further dis-
shear. Is visiting her brother. Rev. cuss the situation.
at the Method.st par- Knahenshue was appointed consul
in 19M» by President Roosevelt.
O. F. Cook
nonage.
Pike’s R. C. C.
Cures Chills and Fever or
Money Refunded.
Price 25c.
Red Cross Drug
Th« Lwuiinf PkanMciaU.
Thomwville, G*.