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The Semi-Weekly
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of Thomas County
SEMI-WEEKLY EDITION
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TOIL. 3. No. 6.
THOMASVim, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 10115.
$1.00 PER ANNUM.
Great Battle Has Developed
Russian Frontier
Along
■ASTERN BATTLEFIELDS SCENE of CONFLICT ALONG THE CAR
PATHIANS, WHICH MAY TURN THE TIDE OF BATTLE IN THAT
SECTION—IF RUSSIANS SUCCEED IN PRESSING FORWARD,
THE HUNGARIAN KINGDOM IS DOOMED—IN THE EVENT THE
GERMANS CHECK THEM, THERE WILL BE A CHANGE OF
BATTLE FRONT.
A great battle has developed in Galicia, along the hundred-mile
front skirting the Carpathians. Tills struggle, which is in pursuance
of the new Austro-Germon plan of shifting the weight of attack from
Central Poland, to the South, may mark the turning point of the
Eastern Campaign. Both the Russians and Teutons attach the high
est importance to the outcome of this struggle. The Austro German
armies, if successful here, would effectually cripple the Russian drive
at Northern Hungary. Thus far there is absolutely no indication re
garding the result of the battle, which is probably still in a prelimi
nary stage.
There is also fighting in Bukowino. which Is another phase of the
Austro-Gcrman movement to drive the Russians bark into their own
territory. All Russian reports state that heavy artillery engage
ments are in progress, but no details are given.
The Germans have renewed their assaults shout Soissons, where
they recently won a decisive victory.
In Alsace the fighting is less Intense, on account of the heavy
snow and bod weather, which make roads impassable.
IGHT
EVIDENCE IN
LEHDN TRIAL
START MADE IN THE FAMOUS
CASE RESULTING FROM THE
LEO FRANK TRIAL IN FULTON
COURTS—LAST JUROR SECUR
ED THIS MORNING.
INTERESTING REPORTS FROM O FF1CERS OF OLD COUNCIL—C. L.
THOMPSON MAYOR PRO-TEM., J. c. VAUGHN ON STREETS,
HENRY ARNOLD ON SANITARY INSPECTOR’S JOB, POLICE RE
ELECTED—STEWARDSHIP OF OLD OFFICIALS SHOW GREAT
LMPROVEMKNT IN THE PAST THREE YEARS.
Atlanta, Jan. 28.—Tile Introduc
tion of evidence was begun today
in the trial of Dan Lehon, manager
of a local detective bureau; C. C-
Tedder and Arthur Thurman, who
are charged with subordination of
perjury, in connection wifi the Leo
M. Frank case.
The indictments charges the de
fendants with procuring false affi
davits alleging that James Conley, a
negro, was overheard, saying he had
killed a girl In the factory, where
Mary Phagan’s' body was found
Frank’s ertraordinary motion for
a new trial was pending when the
affidavits were made. The affidav
its subsequently were repudiated.
BILL’S
FIERCE ON LINE
SEVERE ATTACKS MADE AND
FRENCH AND GERMANS ROTH
CLAIM ADVANTAGE'- OF THE
ENCOUNTEHS — FRENCH SAY
THEY WON ALL ENGAGEMENTS
WITH RIG GERMAN LOSS.
The City Council changed Monday
sight and so did the Mayor, The
old council met, read reports and
adjourned, after which tne new
body took charge. The business of
the old. council .cpsBistfhl
resolutions, showing up the Postal
Telegraph Company, in its refusal to
pay a specific license to do business
in this city, claiming that the office
doesn’t pay. The. resolutions are
embodied in the minutes and coun-
«il wants everybody to know the
facts in the case.
The annua, reports of the various
committees were read and each one
was carefully prepared and showed
that the city had been bnsy In many
particulars during the past year.
These reports are published in full
and a careful perusal of them will
prove interesting to the people of
the city.
Mayor Beverly in retiring, thank
ed council for their cooperation and
assistance and formally adjourned,
sine die. He then swore in Mayor
Mitchell and the eight aldermen.
Mayor Mitchell made a few remarks
not in the nature of a formal ad
dress, claiming the interest of all
people of the city as his own and
asserting that he felt assured of
the aid of the council In all worthy
endeavors.
Mayor Mitchells first act was
suggest an executive session and
Alderman McDougnld made the mo
tion which was promptly carried,
Hls.Uuie crowd ju^sent.lieig.ushfij'fld
out while the council elected city
officials.
Standing Committees.
The following appointments of
standing committees were made by
the mayor.
Finance: Jerger. Chairman; Mack
and McDougald.
Fire: Mack, Chairman; Feinberg
and McDougald.
Public Property; McDougald.
Chairman; Thompson and Mack.
Health: Hambleton, Chairman:
Thompson and Feinberg.
Streets and Sewers: Miller, Chair
man. Feinberg, and Thompson.
Water and Lights: Cooper, Chair
man, Hambleton and Jerger.
Printing: Thompson, unairman;
McDoutaid, and Hambleton.
Cemetery: Miner, Chairman
Cooper, Hambleton.
Ordlnace; Hambleton, Chairman:
McDougald, Thompson.
Park: Feinberg, Chairman: T'.iomp
son. Cooper.
The selections are splendid ones
Germans Claim Two Victories.
(By Associated.Press.
-been established for- some ■years,*'of- - -*BecH«*r-Jonv- 28>—j
giving It to the Alderman receiving
the highest vote. Alderman Thomp
son accept, with a few well-chosen
words of thanks to his fellow offi
cers.
and show great forethought and
care by the mayor. Mr. Thompson
was honored with a place on six
committees, Messrs Hambleton nnd
McDougald, with five, Feinberg
four, Cooper and Mack three, and
Jerger and Miller two.
Thompson Mayor Pro-Tern.
The board formally elected by a
unanimous vote, alderman C. L-
Thompson as mayor pro-tem, fol
lowing out the custom which has
1 >f. tssociated Press.)
Paris, Jan. 28.—The French of
ficial announcement, Issued here
this afternoon, claims uninterrupted
French successes, on Wednesday—
Emperor William’s birthday—on
the Germans determined !<• be par
ticularly aggressive.
The French were successful In all
their endeavors. They estimate the
German casualties of Mdnday, Tues
day and Wednesday at about twenty
thousand, and declare file German
losses in the Craonne district alone,
were not less than six thousand. In
that encounter, the French admit
a loss of eight hundred!
ETO BRINGS OUT REVENUE OF U. S.
MUSE FROM
PBESIDENT MADE CLEAR STATE
MENT OF HIS REASON FOR
OPPOSING THE IMMIGRATION
BILL TO THE CONGRESS THIS
AFTERNOON.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Jon. 28.—President
Wilson vetoed the Immigration hill
today. He sent a special message
to Congress, saying he disapproved
the measure because of the literacy
lest clause.
Other restrictive tests, which the
hill prt»|H*setl its a aunditton of ad
mission of immigrants to the United
States, actuated the President’s veto.
FRENCH FIRE SILENCER
GERMAN CELEBRANTS.
(By Associated Press.)
Paris, Jan. 28.—The French War
office announcement. Issued here to
day said:
On the Heights of the Meuse, op
posite the French position at Epar
ges, a number of German soldiers,
during yesterday's celebration
Emperor William’s birthday, be
gan singing "The Marseillaise,” to
the accompaniment of fifes and
drums. A violent Are from the
French troops soon silenced them,
however.
YOUR DOCTOR’S ORDER
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Anything the doctor orders, that the
nurse wants or that professional people
may have occasion to use will be found
right up-to-date, in best quality and good
variety at this store.
Our stock is not limited in any way.
Come here at first and get what you want
PEACU5H
AGENTS:
S.& W. Paints.
'Nunn&lly’s Fine Candies
The police force was re-elected
a man, S. P. Doss, being assis
tant Marshal, P. R. Braswell, day
police and Bob Singletary, Ed Castle
berry, John Hughes and Henry
Poole, the night squad. The mat
ter of using a special man was
left to the discretion of the mayor,
No provision was made for officer
Woodward who Is recognized one
of the best officials that ever worked
for the city of TnomasvUle, barring
none.
.1. C. Vaughn Supt. of Streets.
Mr. John Vaughn is to have
charge of the street force as Supt.
and his salary was fixed at $1115.00
per month, the same as formerly re
ceived bv Mr. Stephens and his as
sistant in that work.
Mr. Henry Arnold was sanitary
inspector, in place of Mr. Nazworth
who has had the job for several
years. Mr. Nazworth will retire
from the police force.
Dr. B. A. Daniels was releoted
city physician and Mr. Louis S.
Moore, city Attorney. It was stat
ed that it took five ballots to elect
the city physician, altho this of
course transpired in eexcutlve ses
sion and is not known.
There were a large number of
applicants for several of the posi
tions and It le an honor to those
who won to know that their past
services merited the approval and
expression of It by the present coun
cil.
Ive - vic
tory for the Germans In two Impor
tant engagements along tne Western
front, was announced in an official
communication issued here today.
It Is claimed that another section
of the Allies trenches, near Craonne
were captured. The statement says
the French retreated in disorder, af
ter suffering heavy losses in attack
ing the German positions in Upper
Alsace.
500 GERMANS KILLED IN
30-MINUTE BATTLE.
(By Associated Press.)
Petrograd, Jan. 28.—In a stub
born fight, which occurred Tuesday
on the Bzura river, near the town
of Sochaezew, the Germans suddenly
broke through into the Russian
trenches, but they were later driven
therefrom by determined bayonet
charges.
At Atlanka, two railed north, the
Germans lost five hundred killed,
and many wounded, in a battle last
ing only thirty minutes.
THE MESSAGE.
mesMage said, in
DIFFICULT TD
DECREASE IS HI KE TO BE SUF
FICIENT TO MAKE STRINGENT
MEASURES NECESSARY—SIXTY
MILLIONS LESS INCOME THAN
OUTGO.
The President
part:
“It is with unaffected regret
that I find myself constrained
by a dear conviction to return
the immigration bill to Congress
without my signature.
“In tw6 particulars of vital
consequence, the hill embodies
a radical departure from the
traditional and long-established
|>olicy of this country. It seeks
to all bui close entirely the
gates of an asylum which lias
always been open to those who
could find nowhere else a right
opportunity of constitutional
agitation, for what they conceiv
ed to be the natural and inalien
able rights of men; it excludes
those to whom the opportunities
of an elementary eduaatlon
have been denied, without re
gard to their character, their
purpose or natural capacities.**
(By Associated Pre*s )
Washington, Jan. 28.—President
Wilson and his cabinet, together
with influential Congressional lead
ers, today conferred over the threat
ened deficit in the United States
revenues. The cabinet discussed
the matter deeply with the Presi
dent yesterday, and there is intense
interest in the outcome of today’s
conference.
The estimates of expenditures for
e coming fiscnl year far exceed
the prospective revenues, and conse
quently the Administration lenders
are convinced that it is imperative
to forestall the deficit now confront
ing them.
Income $410,000,000 Short.
The present estimates of expendi
tures exceed the estimated revenues
by about sixty million dollars.
One of the plans suggested is to
abandon the thirty-four million dol
lar river and harbor appropriation
bill, and, at the same time, adopt
Postmaster-General Burleson’s sug
gestion for reducing the rural deliv
ery service cost seventeen million
dollars by putting the carriers on a
contract basis. This would save
fifty-one million dollars, end avert
a possible embarrassment for the
present, it is claimed.
The other plans suggested in this
connection are to cut the Army and
Navy appropriation bills, and to
lower the income tax exemption be
low three thousand dollars.
L OPENI
IS
UNTIL JULY
PRESIDENT WILL MAKE THE
TRIP TO SAN FRANUI8CO BY
RAIL, AND WILL GO TO THB
CANAL IN JULY FOR FORMAL
OPENING.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 28.—The for
mal opening ceremonies at the
Panama Canal will be postponed
from March until July.
President Wilson will go to San
Francisco by rail, in March, and to
the Panama Canal Zone later, when
the naval review will take place.
No formal announcement was
made regarding the plans of the
Panama trip.
President Wilson has taken up
that question with Secretary Daniels.
Gov. Goethals' report, in which he
said he could not guarantee the pas
sage of warships, at the time set
for the formal opening, is under
stood to have caused the change in
plans.
T
DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN
OHEER8 GREETED THE VETO.
EDITORS SENT TO
JAIL IN BELGIUM
(By Associated Press.)
Amsterdam, Jan. 28.—Several
prominent Belgian newspaper edi
tors have been sentenced from one to
months imprisonment, at the
last session of the German military
court In Antwerp.
The charges against the convicted
men are not stated, in the advices
which tell of their imprisonment.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 28.—All other
House business was suspended today
while the President’s veto message
was being read. It evoked applause
on the Democratic side and also from
some of the Republicans.
Representative Burnett, the au
thor of the bill, said that, at the
proper time, he would move a re
consideration of the vote by which
the bill passed the House of Repre
sentatives and move that it be pass
ed over the President’s veto.
The message was reierred to the
Immigration committee. The veto
will not reach the Senate until the
House bas acted.
Slight Possibility of Passage Over
the Veto.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 28.—Leaders
in Congressional circles today dis
cussed the possibility of pising the
Immigration bill over President WII
son’s vet}. The President has urt 1
midnight to veto or sign it If he
does neither, the bill would auto
matically become law.
It was confidently expected he
would send In a memorandum today,
disapproving the measure, because
of the alien literacy test. It was
understood the President prepared
this memorandum last night.
The supporters of the bill claim
that the overwhelming votes in the
House and Senate, by which the lit-
KILLED WIFE;
TOOK no
(By Associated Press.)
Houston, Tex., Jan. 28. — Ward
M. Snyder, who is said to be a Pitts
burgh oil man, killed his wife, who
was a patient in a sanitarium here
today and then swallowed poison.
Snyder arrived here a short time
before visiting the sanitarium.
IS
DEPARTMENT OF AGRldbiyTURK
SAYS THERE IS MOIIK LIVE
STOCK THAN EVER IN THE
UNITED STATES AND PRICES
WILL HE LOWER.
eracy test was retained, makes it
certain the measure can be passed
over the President's veto.
On th® other hand, tile opponents
of the bill point out that president
Taft’s veto killed a similar meas
ure, and they say President Wilson’s
veto will not be over-ridden.
(By Associated Prest )
Washnlgton, Jan. 28.—The De
partment of Agriculture teday Issued
a statement predicting cheaper
meat and shoes throughout the Un
ited States, on account of the mark
ed increase in number of live stock
in many sections of the country.
This statement discounted the
oft-repeated statements that prices
are bound to rise. It said that, on
January first, there were more than
seven and a half million more live
stock in the United Saties than on
the same day a year a"0. However,
this is the first time within three
years such an increase existed.
The number of beef cattle increas
ed more than one million. There
are also about a half million more
cows reported than ever before.
Hogs show the greatest gain, there
being about five million of all kinds.
WHEAT AT LAST REACHES
ONE FIFTY PER BUSHEL.
(By Associated Press )
Chicago, Jan. 28.—Wheat selling
on the market here as high as one
dollar and fifty cents oe r bushel,
became a reaPty today, when May
delivery touched that figure.
THEY ARE HERE
The first shipment of Spring
MANHATTAN SHIRTS
have arrived.
They are beauties too! Come and
look them over early.
We can suit, at well as fit you.
SMITH-MARLEY SHOE CO.
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We intend to meve the last of our stock of Fall
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We have put three prices
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$16.50 $12.50 and $10.00
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a saving of almost one-half of the usual price.
No better tailored clothes were ever made or any
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tion.
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