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Annual Reunion United Confederate
Veterans
Specially arranged Train Service and
Equipment May 15th to 19th Inc.
Schedule via A. B. & A. all the way.
Douglas 9:18 p. m.
Arrive Birmingham 10:25 a. m-
Schedule via Atlanta \ Connecting Lines
I*ave Douglas 9:58 a.m. 9:18 p.m.
Arrive Atlanta 9:10 p. m. 6:10 a.m.
Arrive Birminghom 6:00 a. m. 12:10 p.m.
Pullman tourist sleeping cars will be operated leaving Waycross
for Birmingham, night of May 15th and 16th, and leaving Birming
ham for Waycross evening of May 18th and 19th; also standard sleep
ing cars if there is good demand for same. the lower berth rate from
Douglas will he: Standard $2.25; Tourist $1.25.
I ickets wi II he sold May I 3th to 17th inclusive, and for trains
scheduled to arrive at Birmingham before 1:00 p. m. May 18th. Re
turn limit May 25th, 1916, unless extended to June 14th by deposit of
ticket at Birmingham prior to May 25th and payment of fee of 5o cts.
Further information will be cheerfully furnished by A. B. & A.
’] icket Agent or W. W. CROX TON, General Passenger Agent, Atianta
Georgia.
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The F. F. Dailey Co,UdL, Buffalo, N. Y.
The College for Your Daughter
THE SOUTH CEOBSIA STATE NORM AL COLLEGE
SIX REASONS WHY.
1. His a good college, housed in a beautiful, new, clean,
comfortable, modern building.
2. It is your own college—the only State institution of
higher learning in the southern half of the state —the
State’s newest college for young women.
3. It is a college where health and character are regarded
r.s first essentials, and where tiiis idea is acted on constantly.
4. It is a college taught entirely by specially trained teach
ers, where scholarship combines culture and practical use
fulness.
5. It is a college where money cannot buy social or class
standing; w here only character, honest endeavour and duty
done give precedence.
6. It is free. The student pays only for what she uses
personally—clothing, board, books, etc.; the State poys sal
aries, etc. —the main cost of a college education. The Col
lege makes no money from its patrons, but saves them all
it can.
Write for a catalogue.
R. H. Powell, President, Valdosta, Georgia.
You can trot the freshest fish and
meat Taylor’s market. lm-adv.
Kodaks and Eastman sup
plies at
“Wilsons.”
Heavy, impure blood makes a mud- j
cy, pimply complexion, headaces, nau- \
seau, indigestion. Thin blood makes'
you weak, pale and sickly. For pure
blood, sound digestion use Burdock j
Blood Hitters, fl.oo at all stores.
hom:y to loav.
On improved farm property in Cof
fee County. Long terms, reasonable
rates of interest. We represent the old
and reliable firm of Howard M. Smith
& Co. Call on or write. —J. MONROE
WILCOX & BRO , Douglas. Ga. 22tf
All for cash and less profit is my
motto.
G. R. Moore.
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COFFEE COUNTY PROGRESS
OBREGON BALKS
AT U. S. DEMANDS
NoAgreement on Mexic
Trouble
NEW DEMANDS MADE
Latest Raid Has Added to the Gravity
of the Situation—Carranza's War
Minister Conferred With Scott and
Funston About Latest Outrage.
Monday's conference between (leu
erals Hugh 1.. Scott and Frederick
Funston and General Alvaro Obregon
Mexican minister of war, and .Tuan
Amador, sub-secretary of foreign af
fairs, ended without an agreement
having been readied regarding tin
status of the American troops in Mex
ico.
Monday’s meeting took place in
General Scott's private car on tin
American side. When or where tin
next meeting would be held was not
d isdosed.
When General Obregon returned to
Juarez lie was asked:
“Is the conference ended?”
He smiled, shrugged his shoulders
and replied:
“It is just beginning.”
A. J. MoQuatters. president of the
Alvarado Mining and Smelting com
pany. was again present at the meet
ing of the American and Mexican
representatives. Neither lie nor any
of the others would discuss what had
taken place.
In EL Paso (he feeling grew that
the situation had taken on added
gravity following the bandit raid in
the Rig Rend district. It was reported
on good nuihoj'ify that most of
Monday’s conference had to do with
the raid and the steps to he taken
to disperse* bandits in northern Coa
liuila. New demands were present
ed to tile Mexican representatives,
it was said, which would include
the co-operation of the Mexican
and American troops in districts not
hitherto touched in the negotiations.
STRIKERS RETURN.
Partial Ending of Trouble in Chi
cago.
Monday saw a partial ending of
Chicago's strikes. More than 1.000
employes of the International Harves
ter company, who have been on strike
for a ween, went hack to work. There
an* still 10,000 employes out, how
ever.
Tin* men who returned to work did
so after company officials had ver
bally assured them that their de
mands for hotter wages and shorter
hours will ho partially fulfilled. The
others refused to return until tin* of
fer was put in writing.
Several thousand employes in
smaller com et ns, who went out in
sympathy with the harvester workers,
remained out.
W. & A. EXTENSION.
Proposition Submitted to the State by
J. A. J. Henderson.
.T A. .T. Hoiiilitsoii, president of the
Ocilln Southern railroad, running from
Nashville. Berrien county, to Perry.
Ga., a prominent industrial builder of
south Georgia, is the head of a com
pany which submitted to Chairman
Candler, of the Western and Atlantic
Railroad commission, through tiioii
attorneys. IL J. (juiliopy, of OriUa.
and S. G. McLendon, of Atlanta, a
proposition to extend the state road
from Atlanta to St. Marys and Jack
sonville. They offer to hack their
proposal with adequate bonds.
KlNti liEORCE MERCIFUL.
Death Sentences of Sinn Feiners Com
m uteri.
Although only eight of the leaders
of the Irish rebels have boon executed
by the British military authorities,
deatli sentences have boon imposed
upon thirty of tlie Sinn Fein chiefs.
In most. easos the death sentences
were commuted to penal servitude.
It is understood that the policy of
leniency originated with King George,
and that he gave insistent orders that
as few of tlie ringleaders as possible
be killed by a firing squad.
LOVERS’ SUICIDE PACT.
Couldn’t Wed. Tuberculosis Pair
Sought Death in River.
The bodies of Helen Fiegenchue.
17. and Spencer Clielby, 24, the cou
ple whoso marriage was halted by the
discovery that both had tuberculosis
and who disappeared..a week ago.
after leaving a suicide letter, were
found in tin* river at New Orleans.
Good Roads Bill Passed.
The senate passed without a record
vote the Bankhead good roads bill ap
propriating $85,000,000 to aid tlie
states in the construction of post
roads. The bill as introduced called
for an appropriation of $75,000,000,
but an amendment calling for tlie ex
penditure of $10,000,000 for construc
tion of roads in national forests was
adopted.
Six Eggs at a Cackle.
A white leghorn hen at Welling
ton, Conn., celebrated her birthday by
laying six eggs, ail at one cackle. She
had stopped laying a week ago.
Up to May 1, .33,700 automobiles
had been registered in Georgia.
A SUGGESTIVE PICTURE.
Georgia, the Desert, the Camel and
the Chattanooga Oasis.
A thirsty camel wtOiilv ambling
a cross a vast expanse of sand labeled
“Georgia” in the direction of a distant
oasis f ailed “Chattanooga,” and pant
ing, “Can I make it to Chattanooga?"
as lie disconsolately drags himself
across the barren waste, form the
striking features of a unique window
display of an Atlanta bookstore.
Above Hie portraiture is the legend.
“A camel can go eight days without
a drink.” In one corner of the dis
play—tin* groundwork of which is
made to represent the map of Geor
gia—where mountains are shown on
tlie ordinary map, is a desert sign
board reading “Rabun Gap Oasis,”
suggestive of the “mountain dew”
still. In another section is “the Geor
gia cemetery,” in which is a monu
ment erected to the social clubs, the
city of Atlanta and $75,000 in reve
nue, lying buried in graves side by
side. “Wet headquarters” in the
form of an express office annex, is
shown in another section of the pic
ture.
BATTLE OF MANILA.
Eighteenth Anniversary—Dewcv, the
Hero, Hale and Hearty.
Admiral Dewey, at Washington,
celebrated on May 1 the eighteenth
anniversary of the battle of Manila
bay. No plans had been made for
any special observance of the day so
far as tin* hero of the battle person
ally was concerned. As president of
the navy general board, Admiral
Dewey was at his desk as usual giv
ing personal attention to the duties of
his office.
A short drive, followed by a family
dinner and early retirement rounded
out Hit* day.
Admiral Dewey, who is 7f> years of
age, is in his usual good health.
BEE CAUSED AUTO WRECK.
Negro Chauffeur Couldn’t Stand Buz
zing of Insect.
Mr. and Mrs. IT. G. Stevens and
Sam Rashinski left Macon for Dublin
in Mr. Stevens’ ear, a negro chauffeur
driving. About fifteen miles out of
Macon a lice began lo persistently
buzz around the negro’s head, and in
desperation lie turned loose the steer
ing wheel for a second in order to
fight off the bee. This caused him
to lose control of flic ear. which
crashed into a bank by the roadside,
smashing a front wheel and spilling
the occupants over the road, none of
them being seriously injured, how
ever.
The bee escaped.
HAZERS PUNISHED.
Entire Alabama Senior Class Was
Suspended.
The entire senior class of the Uni
versity of Alabama lias been sus
pended for an indefinite period by
tin* student executive committee be
cause of an “inspection” in which tlie
members of the Class took part.. The
young men of the class pleaded guilty
as a body and punishment was meted
out in a like manner.
The action of the class in pleading
guilty as a body was taken to prevent
certain members from incurring a
penalty which, it was claimed, was oul
of proportion to the part they took in
the hazing.
RIOT AT RRADDOCK.
Strikers Start Rattle Which Caused
Several Deaths.
Two men are known to have been j
killed, four probably fatally wounded!
and a score seriously hurt when a
mob. saiil by the authorities to have
been composed principally of for- 1
eigners. attacked the Edgar Thom-1
son works of the Carnegie Steel com- j
pany in Rraddock, I’a., where a strike I
was in progress.
A pitched battle lasting an Tmnrj
followed, but tiie rioters were finally
forced to retreat in the face of a !
deadly tire from riot guns and re
volvers of deputy sheriffs and plant !
guards.
RELIABLE OASIS FAILS.
For First Time in History Savannah
I s Dry.
Savannah, noted for years as the
most reliable oasis in the southern
desert, is actually dry, for the first
time since Oglethorpe landed with a
cargo of rum. Some of tin* old fa
miliar doors are locked and nailed,
some of the famous bars are serving
ice cream sodas to the regulars of;
other days, btif nowhere from Park
Extension to the Ray is there a high-,
hall or a schooner of beer to be pur
chased.
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DEATHS IN DUBLIN.
1,88 Rioters and Soldiers Died in Hos
pitals.
One hundred and twenty-two rebels
and sixty-six Rritish soldiers who
were wounded In the recent fighting
in Dublin have died in hospitals.
Soldiers digging in the debris
around the site of the postoffiee found
the body of a well-known rebel leader,
known as the O’Reilly.
Lorimer Not Guilty.
Former Senator William Lorimer
was found not guilty of conspiracy
in connection with the failure of the
LaSalle Street Trust and Savings
i hank, of which he was president, by a
: jury in tlie federal court at Chicago.
John Elliott, a farm hand of I’nt
mun. Conn., shot and killed his em
| ployer, Bert Pettis, and Pettis’ daugli
i ter. He attempted to shoot Mrs. Pet*
1 vis. but she cscaneil.
TO POT ALL TOWNS
ON SAME RATE BASIS
Local Stations To Have Same Freight
Rates As Larger Cities
TO BASE RATES ON MILEAGE
Railroads Issue Statement In Regard
To Proposed Revision of Freight
Rates In Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga. — (Special)—Explain
ing the necessity for the revision of
freight rates in Georgia which the
railroads have proposed and the gene
ral effects of the revision, the fol
lowing statement, addressed “To the
People Served by the Railroads in
Georgia,’’ has been issued by Messrs.
K. T. Lamb, president of the Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic Railway;
R. A. Brand, fourth vice president of
the Atlantic Coast Line; W. A. Win
burn, president of tlie Central of
Georgia; J. B. Munson, vice president
of the Georgia Southern and Florida,
C. R. Capps, first vice president of
the Seaboard Air Line, and J. M.
Culp, vice president of the Southern
Railway:
“Beginning on June 26, the Rail
road Commission of Georgia will have
a public hearing on the petition of
the Railroads for a revision of
freight rates within the state.
“A change in the BASIS underly
ing the present system of rates,
along the lines proposed by the car
riers, appears inevitable. The car
riers are not unmindful of the more
or less drastic nature of the propos
ed revision. They also thoroughly
realize that their prosperity depends
upon the prosperity of the communi
ties they serve. They ask the sup
port of these communities in the ef
fort to bring about this apparently
necessary change with fair regard
for all the interests involved.
“Since the beginning of railway
operation in the south there has ex
isted in that section what is known
as the “Basing Point System,” under
which rates to certain points called
“Rasing Points’’ are lower than to
other points less distant, even though
the less distant points are interme
diate on the same route. To illus
trate, Atlanta and Cordeie are ‘Basing
Points." The rates front Atlanta to
Cordeie are lower than rates from At
ianta to points between Macon and
Cordeie through which passes traffic
from Atlanta to Cordeie.
“Even when the long and short
haul principle is rot involved,
charges are frequently less for a like
distance from basing points to local
stations and between local stations
than between the basing points them
selves.
Only 60 Basing Points.
“With approximately 2,000 railroad
stations within the state, only about
60 are basing points.
“Public discontent with this system
of charges has been expressed with
increasing force for many years and
is now crystallized into an imperative
demand for revision.
“The basing point system has heen
condemned by the Federal Congress,
by the Railroad Commission of Geor
gia, and by the authorities of other
slates. In July, 1011, in its decision
respecting a complaint against long
and short haul discrimination, the
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Georgia Commission declared thal
“the basing-point system is wrong in
principle.'’
“Obviously, therefore, the basing
point system cannot survive. Its
abolition as to interstate traffic is
rapidly taking place under t lie 1910
Amendment to the Act to Regulate
Commerce. The most important in
terstate tariffs were revised in con
formity with the Federal L>aw effec
tive January 1, 1916, and the dispari
ties in favor of the basing points
wholly removed or greatly reduced.
“This revision was not at the in
stance of the carriers.
"The petition which the rarriers
have presented to the Georgia Com
mission, copies of which will be
furnished on request, represents the
views •of the railways with respect
to a fair substitute for the existing
system of rates.
Rates On Mileage Basis.
“It is not- possible in this brief
statement to set down in detail all of
the proposed rates or any great part
of them, nor to explain in detail basis
upon which they have been made;
however, the following general state
ments are made for information of
the public:
“Ist. The proposed rates are on a
mileage basis. They contain no dis- j
criminations as between the old ,
“Basing Points’’ and other points.
“2d. The proposed rates to the old
“Basing Points” are generally higher
than the present rates, while the pro
posed rates to the other points are
generally lower than the present
rates. The roads could not make the
rates to all the 2.600 stations in
Georgia on the basis of the present
low rates to the 60 “Basing Points'*
except at a great sacrifice of reve
nue. We do not believe that the
Georgia shipping public will a k that
ovtr revenues be depleted, as the con
tinued development of the Southern
territory is dependent more largely
upon the prosperity of the railroads
than upon any other agency, and un
less the railroads earn revenue suf
ficient to enable them to develop anf
extend their properties business
pression is inevitable.
“3d. For long hauls (distant
over 130 mllo3) the rales generally
represent reductions, except to tha
old "Basing Points.”
Reasons For Increases
“4th. For short hauls the proposed
rates generally represent advances.
We have asked for these advances in
tlie short-haul rates:
(a) To partially compensate for
substantial reductions in rates
long hauls, and even greater reduc
tions made necessary by the observ
ance of the long and short haul rule;
and
(b) Because of our conviction
that, due to the increase in number
of jobbing points, the average length
of our short, or second, hauls will be
materially reduced; and that, owing
to the shifting of trade to primary
markets, such hauls will, in many
cases, be entirely eliminated.
“sth. On certain articles which
are given commodity rates the pro
posed basis means a reduction in the
freight rates on both short and long
hauls, except to the old Rasing
Points.”
“On certain other articles given
commodity rates the proposed basis,
in some instances, means advances
both on long and short hauls. In
such cases the roads have proposed
these advances for the reasons that
the rates in Georgia on su<h articles
are substantially lower than rates on
the same articles between other
points in Southern territory; and, as
a matter of fact, rates on some of
the articles are actually lower than 1
the rates on the same articles In the
territory of exceptional traffic density
north of the Ohio and Potomac Riv
ers served by the Pennsylvania Rail
road, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and
other carriers of great financial
strength.
“There is no transportation reason
why rates on commodities in Geor
gia, lower than on interstate traffic
between points in Georgia and in
other states, should exist.
“6th. In addition to (he proposed
readjustment of class and commodity
rates, the Railroad Commission of
Georgia is also asked to adopt the
Southern Classification, with certain
exceptions, to care for articles of
the gross or heavy type, such as
brick, clay, sand, marble, granite or
stone, fire-proof tiling, etc., in Heu of
the present separate Georgia Classi
fication.
Uniform Classification.
“The carriers, through a special
Committee known as the Uniform
Classification Committee, whose en
tire time is devoted to classification
work, have since 1908 been actively
engaged in formulating a Uniform
Classification.
“More than 75 per cent of the de
scriptions of articles, methods of
packing, carload minimum weights,
carload mixtures, and rules in tha -
Southern Classification were adopted
by the Southern Classification Com
mittee on the recommendations of
the Uniform Classification Com
mittee, and these descriptions, car
load minimum weights, etc., are tlie
same as applicable in the Official
and Western Classification territo
ries.
“There is every reason why a
state classification having intrastate
application should be uniform, with
the general classification used on
traffic into and out of said state.
The necessity for uniform classifica
tion has been recognized and urged
by the National Association of State
Railroad Commissioners, various
trade and industrial bodies, and the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
“The adoption of the Southern
Glassification would have the effect
of changing many ratings in Geor
gia on articles not covered by com
modity rates and not assigned to the
exceptions to the Southern Classi
fication Some of the changes would
mean reductions and others advances
in the present ratings in the Georgia
Classification, but would result In
ratings, descriptions of articles,
methods of packing, carload mini
mum weights and carload mixtures,
and rules being un ! forni with those
generally applicable between points
in tiie Southern territory.
“A great many erroneous state
ments as to the effects of the propos
ed adjustment have appeared in some
Georgia newspapers. While we do
not believe that the Georgia press in
tends to distort the facts, it is not
improbable that other erroneous '
statements will be published, due to
lack of .proper information. We,
therefore, ask the shipping public to
call upon the representatives of the
Carriers for any information that
they desire, which will be gladly and
promptly furnished.”
Wilt Furnish Information.
In order that any shipper may be
able to secure authoritative informa
tion in regard to any feature of the
proposed revision a committee of
traffic representatives has been
located at Atlanta with headquarters
at the Piedmont Hotel. This com
mittee is composed of the following:
C. B. Kealhofer, general freight
agent, Atianta, Birmingham and At
lantic Railway; C. McD. Davis,
general freight agent, Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad; N. B. Wright, general *
freight agent, Central of Georgia
Railway; J. M. Cutler, general freight
agent, Georgia Southern & Florida
Railway; G. S. Rains, general freight
agent, Seaboard Air Line; Randall
Clifton. assistant freight traffic
manager, Southern Railway.
This committee or any member of
it will be glad to promptly reply to
requests for information from any
Georgia business man.