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VOL. 2. No. 64.
THOMA8VILLE, GEORGIA.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1014.
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Closer to
THIRTY MILES OF OTTER FORTIFICATIONS FINDS ENGLISH AND
FRENCH MORE CONFIDENT.THEY WILL BE 'ABLE TO HOLD
THE INVADERS — MANY SLAUGHTERS IN TERRIFIC STRUG
GLE THAT ENDED MONDAY AND IT IS ESTIMATED THE
SECOND GREAT BATTLE WILL TAKE PLACB TODAY.
(By Associated Press.l attack Is wearing Itself out.
London, Sept. 3.—The latest offl-1 Poincare Explains Action,
clal announcement here, says the President Poincare, of France,
battle to decide whether history is,has issued a proclamation, telling
to be repealed In a second siese of [the _ people that military neeesaHles
Paris, Is still progressing. ’
Future historians will write vol
umes about this one great battle,
but all the British public knows now
Is the brief announcement of the
Official Bureau, which was as fol
lows:
“Continuous lighting has
been In progress along almost
the entire line of battle.”
To this, an official French com
munication adds that the Allies
have fallen back toward the South
west, to avoid fighting under un
favorable conditions. How far, and
to what line the Allies went. Is not
known.
This brief official bulletin Is the
first word to the British people from
the Government about the present
battle, which is the most important
the English troops have engaged In
since the memorable battle of Wat
erloo, when Napoleon was crushed.
The last bulletin was Lord Kitch
ener's statement, Sunday nkght,
throwing some light on the four
days' battle, and reflecting credit on
British generalship and discipline.
Germans Nearer Pans Today.
A strange air of confidence pre
vails among the Allies despite the
have led to the moving of the capi
tal to Bordeaux.
The news of the great Russian
victory at Galacla has also added
to the people's confidence.
Petrograd reports tell of the en
try of the Russians Into Lemberg,
saying the battle of Lemberg was
one of the greatest ever fought.
Evidently the Austrians were over
whelmingly defeated.
An official dispatch from Grand
Duke Chlloas to Emperor Nicholas,
says the victory came only after
seven days of bard fighting.
The 'Austrians, co-operating with
two German army corps, facing
Breslau, tried to envelop the Rus
sian forces In Poland, but their
plans met with serious disaster, as
they were completely routed when
they tried to pierce the Russian cen
ter.
Western Allies Entrenched.
In the west, the Allies' left flank
lies In the Valley of the Oise. The
battle line runs diagonally from
a po'nt northeast of Paris to Cam
plegno, thence through Noyon to Le-
fere.
DEATH-DEALING AEROPLANE
BROUGHT DOWN BY FRENCH
fBy Associated Press.l
London, Sept. 3.—An Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Paris, de
fact that the Germans are now only rclares that one of the German aero-
thlrty miles from the outer fortlfi- [ planes which recently dropped bombs
cations of Paris. The general feel- on Paris has been brought down.
Ing seams to be that the German Two aviators wore killed.
JAPAN L
IIAEN
(By Associated Press.l
Paris, Sept. 3.—A Havas dispatch
from Antwerp contains an official
Belgian announcement that the sit
uation is unchanged today In the
Antwerp and Llmberg provinces.
The Germans rave set fire to sever-
piace, up ro .cosy, .... al farm buildings, the statement
control all telegraph lines in thatp 0 ”"
vicinity.
imv ARRoriatoa Press.)
Chee Poo, China, Sept. 3.—Japan
landed forty-five hundred additional
men at Liungow today. Five hun
dred ot this dumber were marines.
Between ten and fifteen thousand
soldiers have been landed at this
place, up to ioday. The Japanese
STILL INTACT
ENTIRE CABINET AND OFFICIALS
WENT ON SPECIAL TRAINS —
HERRICK WILL REMAIN IN
PARIS, THOUGH THERE IS A
SIEGE.
(By Associated Press.}
Paris, Sept. 3.—President Ray
mond Poincare, with his cabinet,
has left for Bordeaux, the new seat
of Government. They will arrive
there in the morning.
The President, Senators and Depu
ties left for Bordeaux, aboard two
special trains this afternoon. Fif
teen judges of the Court of Cassa
tion will also he transferred to Bor
deaux.
AMBASSADOR IIERRICK WILL
REMAIN IN PARIS, HE SAYS
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, Sept. 3.—The Diplomatic
corps expected United States Am
bassador Herrick and Swiss Minis
ter Lardy to accompany the govern-
ernmeut officials to Bordeaux. How
ever, Ambassador Herrick has de
cided to stay here, because he feels
that he could conserve the American
Interests best In Parts, and also be
able to serve the French, If an oc
casion arises.
TRY TO RAISE
BIO 10 TAX
HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS TO
BE RAISED ANNUALLY TO
RHI.NG UP DEFICIT, CAUSED
BY FALLING OFF OF IMPORT
DUTIES.
(By Associated Press.l
Washington. Sept. 3.—-President
Wilson will address a joint session
of Congress at 12:30 o'clock to
morrow. He will ask for a war tax
that would raise one hundred mil
lion dollars annually.
This announcement followed ~a
visit today of Majority Leader Un
derwood to the White Houbo.
GERMANS FIGHT
ON BRAZIL SRIP
JAP \ N ^ACK R «V A GERMaTiX,RT Ce!isel nnd Beschofshetm by Rus-
, f p'...,'<"<»> cavalry. The Czar's troops also | e ral million dollars for London
(By Associated Press.l have broll en the line of the enemy |banks. but she Immediately put back
^"^^.^•^.“aoa- between Hellsberg and Bonlgsberg.I, nt0 Pernanbuco The steerage pas-
— — jsengors Insisted that the ship pro-
MIQIITIP CHIC IIIITU |cecd to Its destination, and they
IliniHHU GUI Li) III In 'Started a riot when the officers of
SIX INCH GUNS the ,hIp rcfl ' ,ed to proceed-
Merchatnn, an attache of the
| Russian embassy, confirms the re
port of the destruction of Lansberg,
WOULDN'T SAIL AND THE PAS
SENGERS GOT UP A SCRAP
Tit VT RESULTED IN DEATH OF
ABOUT FIFTY.
PRESIDENT TO DISCUSS
SITUATION WITH RAILROAD
PRESIDENT NEXT WEEK.
(By Associated Press.l
Washington, Sept. 3.—President
Wilson next Wednesday will see
several railroad presidents. At that
time he will discuss business con
ditions graving out o( the European
war, and the question of transpor
tation of food and other products.
T. S. Felder Weakened and
Hardwick Got the Nomination
SENATOR-ELECT FROM GEORGIA FORMER CONGRESSMAN FROM THE TENTH DISTRICT, NOMI.
NATED AFTER MEMORABLE CONVENTION FIGHT—FELDER WITHDREW, SAYING HE WANT
ED NO DEADLOCKED CONVENTION AND NONE BUT PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT IN THE SEN
ATE FROM GEORGIA—SLATON, ALTHOUGH WINNER BEFORE PEOPLE, MADE POOR SHOW
ING IN CONVENTION—ALL NIGHT SESSION FAILED TO COMPLETE NOMINATION.
(by Associated Press.l —
.Miinlii, Ga-, sept. 2.—t ongressman ^
Thomas W. Hardwick was today ^
nominated as the Short-Term United ^
States Senator by the State Demo-
rratlr Convention, on the fourteenth
ballot.
FELDER WITHDREW AT
NOON IN FAVOR OF
SANDERSVILLE MAN. j
Macon, Ga., Sept. 2.—(Special.)—j
Felder made a speech when the
eonventlon convened at noon, wlth-
+ » 4
HARDWICK LED THE 1:1th
11 ALLOT.
Spec,a! to Times-Entcrprlse.
Macon, Ga., Sept. 2.—The re
sult o( the 13th ballot was:
Hardwick 161
Slaton tin
Felder 90
Hutchens 8
The vote on the 13th ballot
15
IT SECOND
MASKED GERMANS GUNS ARK
ONLY SILENCED \FTER AX
ENORMOUSLY COSTLY SLAUGH
TER IN FRENCH AND* ENG.
LI8H BATTLES.
(By Associated Press.)
London, Sept- 3.—The Dally Mail's
correspondent describes the charge
of the Ninth Landers, at an unnam
ed spot, during a recent tactical re
drawing from the race, In favor of * was not completed until
Hardwick. He sahl he had no do-]* thlH morning, and the conven-
slre to see any one but a Progressive | * **°a immediately adjourned un-
Denioei-at elected, and he would not * til 12 o clock today,
e a locked convention. ;♦ The eonventlon remnlneri in
Slnton made a short speech and * session all night, hut from
the Convention proceeded at 12:30 ♦ 3 01 to H-O, th« demnntra.
o’clock to take the fourteenth t>al-.* tlo is were so noisy that It was
lot, Slaton receiving 133 votes,;* Impossible to proceed with the
Hardwick 2:1.1 and Hutchena four. * 1-0,1 call until 6:20. Then the
I* 13th ballot was taken, with
SESSION LASTED 17 HOURS. * l *>4 above result, after which
(By Associated Press.) * a<U 0 ''r"">®"t was taken.
Macon, Ga., After a continuous ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
session lasting seventeen hours, the
Georgia Democ r atIc Convention, In
session here, adjourned at seven
o’clock this morning until noon,,
with the race for the short-term
United States Senatorshlp still dead
locked.
When the convention adjourned
this morning, thirteen ballots had
been taken
lost, did not make any effort to
have the vote counted or to present
their claims.
The first ballot for Senator re
sulted primarily as the vote of the
State had been consolidated. It
gradually shifted amid wonderfully
_ The last ballot gave | Persistent enthusiasm for twelve
Hard w7ck~ 164; Slaton 112, Felder .’hours, Hardwick gaining on every
93 and Hutchens four. The num« taken. About two o’clock,
ber necessary to nominate is 188. slat0 ^ desired to make i statement.
Balloting will be resumed at IIe v/as not allowed to proreed from nil parts of Thomas County,
noon. * 'Hardwick and Felder both went to as lookers on, and they took a live-
— J the stand and were cheered nnd ly interest in the convention, most
KTF4M HOi,l Bit WORKED howled down when they would have of them being heartily In sympathy
TO PERFECTION \T MACON, i s,, °* Cf>n ' ^* ie3e tactics delayed mat- with the great fight Hardwick was
‘ tors for aboiU
twelfth ballot
— concluded, the demonstration broke
forth afresh and tired delegates re-
* vived with amazing regularity and
* | yelled and hooted and howled and
* j waved and cheered and fussed for
* two hours or longer. The final bal-
♦ ! lot of t.'ie night was taken la the
♦ | early morning hours and the con-
♦ j ventlon adjourned until Cwetve
♦ Io’clock today, when It will again be
i taken up.
The scene was one unprecedented
in Georgia politics and resembled in
miniature the Baltimore Conven*
tion, when the man with the most
votes and a plurality was eventual
ly defeated and a man with a mi
nority start finally won out. This
Is the confident prediction at Macon,
and unless things change from the
presenc stand, Hardwick is sure to
he the Senator. Felder’s lone
chancy |g that of controlling or
rounding into his column of the
! Slaton votes, more than enough to
win when the ballottlng is resumed.
The Thomas County Delegation.
The delegates from this county
stuck to thair places religiously
and although the convention was
hotter than anything earf !y, dur
ing the entire procedure, the four
delegates. Dr. W. R. Cochran, Dr.
T. M. McIntosh, Mr. F. C. Ivey and
Mr. H. J. MacIntyre were In their
places practically all the time, and
voted on every roll call for Mr. Hard
wick.
There were a good many other
Thomasvllle people, and also people
!.«.» nnrnvuvi - Thea* tactics delayed mat- .___
ftanrffla ^has a^narfectlv*oiled and! terfl f ° r abou * an hour and the malting and his apparent success
driven’^team* iil{2r and ui lnltial j twelfth commenced. This from the Mart,
operation in Macon yesterday prov-,
ed |».s speed and effectiveness be
yond the question ol a doubt. The! |
machine was started as soon as the i
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Sept. 3.—Passengers
on the Brazilian steamer Son Paulo,
which arrived here today, descrlDed
a riot which occurred aboard the
German Bteamer Blucher, at Per-
belng wounded
The Blucher was bound from
Buenos .AyreB, for Hamburg, when
war was declared. She carried sev-
treat as “a second Balaklava.” He j state Convention opened and It con-1
tlnued to roll slowly but surely un
til seven o’clock this morning.
There were a few stops for oil and
gas. but they didn't amount
patch from Toklo, says the Japa
nese have occupied seven Islands
near Klao Chow. They have also
swept up over one thousand mines,
which had been scattered by the
Germans.
NEUTRAL SHIP VICTIM OF (Bv Associated Press )
MINE IN ENGLISH CHANNEL New York, Sept. 3.—The cus-
i By Associated P-ess. I I toms officials announced this morn-1
London, Sept. 3.—The Swedish [ing that the presence of four 6-inch J
coal stenmer 8t. Paul struck a North guns, mounted on the White 3tar I
Sea mine Wednesday and founder- I.lner Adriatic, is regarded as no|
ed. Its crew of twenty-five escaped bar to her sailing for Liverpool j
Injury. at noon today.
says a battery of eleven German
guns, which were concealed In a
forest near the Belgian frontier,
was creating havoc In the British
rsuks, but It Beemed impossible to: much and didn’t delay the progress
stlenc-j the fire J materially.
The Ninth Lancers'made an at-1 man behind the -mechanism Is
tempt to do so. They rode straight Thomas W. Hardwick, the "Game
at the guns, charging under a ver- Cock of Georgia," as he styles hlni-
itable hall o[ bullets. They reached 1 self, and he Is one of the shrewd-
the gnus and killed the gunners, jest and most persistant fighters-ever]
nanbuco, Brazil, In which three .This put these guns out of action, seen In a State convention;' Simon.'
members ot the crew and fifty of the On their return, many Lancers I with a clear plurality of popular
eight hundred steerage passengers [ were killed by the German guns, votes and convention units, wasn't
were killed, besides many others'which wore posted at various points ! ace high. He lost steadily on every
along the valley, I ballot nnd Hardwick gained. The
The correspondent also tells of a Hut.-liens vote shifted a little, but
bayonet charge in which the Brit
ish cut through the German ranks,
despite the murderous fire of the
German artillery.
It Is declared the German ma
chine guns were very effective, and
the English soldiers say the hottes
fire ot the Boer war was childish
compared to what they have under
gone eince tlielr arrival In France.
CiDIIIIL DELL) EISA
SELECTED AS POPE
WHEAT UP MORATORIUM
C0ME0NE lias aptly said that “the value of any
^business house to a community depends upon
the character of service it renders.” Our service
means more than mere filling of orders. It in
cludes everything that will contribute to the
satisfaction and pleasure of our patrons.
For instance, we have Nunnally’s Candies sent
to us by express just to give better service while
most of the other candies sold here are shipped
by freight
PEAGDCK-MASH M COMPANY
PHONES 105-106.
TO ITS HIGHEST
(By Associated Press.)
Chicago, Sept. 3.—May wheat to
day touched toward 26(4.
This is the highest since the be
ginning of tho v.a-
LIVKItl'OOL MARKET.
(Fv Associated Tress.)
Liverpool. England, Sept. 3.—The
spot demand was moderate today.
The sales were 2,300, Including 1,-
800 American. The Imports wern
1,400. Including one hundred Amer
ican.
WANTED III 5. G.
THIRTY-THREE COUNTIES WANT
AN EXTENSION OF DEBT FOR
THIRTY D\Y8, ACCORDING TO
REPORT CURRENT TODAY.
iRv Associated Press.)
Columbia, 3. C., Sept. 3.—Repre
sentatives of thirty-three counties
yesterday asked Governor Cole L.
Rlease to declare an extension of
Indebtedness within this state, dur
ing the present financial crisis.
The request was made at a secret
conference In the Governor’s office,
it became known today.
not to any great extent, while the
Felder vote held firm and steady all
through.
Organized an Pre-Arranged.
The organization of the conven
tion was perfectly conducted, ac
cording to program, it passed Into
history as the easiest pieces of politi
cal maneuvering ever planned. The
temporary Chairman was named
from the ranks of Felder’s votes,
and the co mittee on credentials
gave Feld* • ti e best of the delegate
contests. Tho permanent chairman
WAS HORN IN ITALY AND 8KRV- appointed Papal Nuncio to Madrid
ED AH ARCHBISHOP OF BO- !a 1907, but this appointment was
LOGNA—MADE CARDINAL IN cancelled three days later. Soon
Jf)f4—SELECTION MADE THIS afterward he was named Bishop of
MORNING.
(By Associated Prf*s.)
Rome, Italy, Sept, ft—Cardinal
Delia Chiesa wan today elerted
Pope, succeeding Pope Plus X.
He Will lie known as Bene
dict© XV.
Cardinal Giacono Dela China was
reated a Cardinal on May 2f». 1911.
!e is at presept Archbishop of Bo
logna. Italy. He was born at Peg-
11, In the Diocese of Genese, Novem
ber 1, 18. r »4, and was ordained u
priest Decern ber 21, 1878. ffp was
secretary nonciature in Spain from
1 ss:; to 1SS7. In the latter year
he was named Secretary to the late
Cardinal Knmpnlla. He was appoint-
was a Hardwick supporter and ‘ 1G ied substitute secretary of state in
could operate the machine as peM’fm. In 1907 he was elected an
fectly as his predecessor. advisor to the Holy office. He was
Tho convention was one of the|
noisiest and most unruly that Geor
gia has ever known. It was a yell
ing, howling mass of humanity that
filled the auditorium to overflowing
all day. Each step In the plan o r
campaign was greeted with the
heers of the allied clans, pending
the development of the real fight.
Tho nomination and selection of var
ious rtntp house officers proceeded
slowly, and with more or less en
thusiasm. whirl' crept out before
the final test of noise was sched
uled. Each official elected was
iven a heart- round of applause,
his nnme was called, and his se
lection made known. There was not
slightest intimation of contest
er Irregularity. The man with the
otett got the jobs, nnd the men 1
Bologna. It was said at Rome that
the a>pointment made a combat
modernist.
Belgian cardinal urged
delay IN SELECTION OF POPE
(By Associated Press.:
Rome, Italy, Sept. 3.—It Is relia
bly reported that the delay in se
lecting a Pope was due to a speech
by Cardinal Merrier, of Belgium.
He salo the present world condition,
especially the European, made it Im
possible for the Cardinals to per
form their supreme duty, without
reference to war horrors.
he French and English Cardinals
supported Cardinal Mercler. It is
said, however, that tha German
and Austrian Cardinals protested,
calling it an undue Interference of
politics with the highest spiritual
function of the Church.
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