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Organs, Buggies.
VOL. XX .—l6 Pages
WHAT THE CANAL
MEANSTO SOUTH
Panama Waterway Dixie’s
Opportunity
MANY SPIAKAT MOBILE
Southern Commercial Congress at
Mobile Attended by President Wil
son and Many Men Prominent In
Public Lifo.
A busy -six-hour stay of PrpsWfnt
Wilson in -Mobile, speeches by Ma
jority LeaiJttr Oscar Underwood, Sec
retary of {lie Navy, Josephus Daniels
and many others marked the opening
of the seveßth annual Souther® Com
mercial congress at Mobile.
1 >e|e)tat;ps from all sections ■of the
south Inußrl President Wilson utter
distinctive statements of a new angle
of the'policy of the United "States to
wiuvi Lafcl’i-America, heard Mr. Un
derwood advocate upbuilding ■of
Annserican merchant marine as Clio
best method of 3be
lievttd to '-be due the south because of
the opening of the Panama canal, rand
other speakers tell the opportunity
that iffwaits Dixie when the canal is
opened to trade.
The Npnogram early in the dsy as
far as lit affected President Wilson
was delayed and instead of the dele
gates'hearing him speak twiceJts had
been 'planned he delivered only one
address, '.because ®f ladk of time. The
president let it fee 'hncwn that this
nftminrefrsation would dook to moral
rather Thau material iinteretfJs for
pacifying our southern neighbors and
flits -stirred the *elegdwes to a .line of
thought’Vßnexpeeted.
_As tire late Sitmator Morgan, of
Alabama, was o*e of The early ad
vocates of a causa across theifcthmus.
Governor Emmet f UNeal, of iHfeibania.
, ‘>k ;for the slogan -of his address in
&oducing Presidait Wilson, 'VAla
ibanm did lit.”
Senator Duncan TI. .'Flettiaer, of
Florida, tn his annual told of
What the congress Hi ad done in the
Ujfc' "year-and what mas • expected of
itv.iufiug rtiic next. Among other
•speifkers mt the morjfrng session was:
•Congressman C. W. Taylor, <f Ala
bama, who wvelcoiHod .fiie dehgtates tc
Adabtsma.
WLILSOK GIVEN ®VATHSN.
Crowds Grettted Him at Every Ala*
bam a Statiaa.
:Seldt>mlias Woodrow Wilson been
. given fhe deinonstrarikrr of eatliusl
■fesm wiffh which Alwbsima welcomed
■i:: nol only i.t Mobile., when- seem-
Wlngly thecityis entire population
trailed .onto but at all fioitie en troute,
A# his train traveled northward to
ward 'Washington, the reception was
one continuous at was like
a imge ofadic to the peoiffte of Ala
bama. They orrae flock'itsg to the
stations in happy throng, eager tc
hear the president make a -Mpeech, -but
he -refrained. preferring to neadlinrvei
the a*ail of liis car and slialfce hands
with 'Ken. 'women *nd childrrei every
where.
The pre>*iO'nt enjoyed it immense
ly. partk-nlarty the good-naturatd ba*
ter with the 4‘rowd.
“Please make a speech,” lurphirec
someone in the greet .crow r d at Mont
gomery,
“I'm not ®rodi of aland at speech
es from the train,” laujghed the pre
ident. and then added:
“I’ll admit T’ks not much to look
at, either,”
* “But you look *ood rto us.” chor
lused the crowd. '“We wish Mrs. Wil
lson could have name alo*g,” caim
from a feminine oontingenj.
“I wish she could, too,” -replied tht
president. “She’s larh better look
-Ing.“
The people jammed the station
yards at Montgomery and gave tht
president a rousing cheer as hl train
pulled -out at Opelika and other sta
jJs&K-lthttiS the way tb** crowds wait
||||KaKhiil into the night for ,thf
'urday was a banner
day for our merchants. The pub
lie street were lined ivith people
and trade was exceedingly good.
There are few places in Georg, a
where the wants and needs of the
lading public can he better care<
j3p than right here at home.
Vljl UHMiUtil iwisi,
WINDER CITIZENS OFF
FOR FOUR COUNTY FAIR
Enthusiastic Citizens of This Sec
tion Cross the Mulberry to
Help Swell the Crowds
Along Commerce’s
Great White ,
Way.
If there is no hitch in the
plans Winder and vicinity will
corss the Mulberry this morning
and join the great throng bound
for the Four County Fair. !
Mayor FVrguson has k'ept the
Wires working for automobiles
and it is safe to say that fifty
or seventy-five machines will be
in line when the ride to Com
merce begin*-
Reports from the fair grounds
are to the effect that this fs the
best year of all the years Com
merce has enjoyed from the view
point of exhibits, and it is said
that the crowds are large and en
thusiastic over the wonderful
sights to be seen on the 'Midway.
The exhibits of liVe 'stock and
poultry are said to be great, and
lovers of fancy work may feast
their eyes upon the artistic beau
ties to their hearts’ content.
Athens ha* changed her day t©
October 30th —Winder ‘'Day.
ft is said the 'Classic City wish
ed to be there when there was n
crowd in town, conserfUently she
will meet us there.
If yon have not arranged! for a
■seat, get hrrsy. We want you to
meet us on the "Midway.
EEV. L. A. WINN WILL
SPEAK ON CATHOLICISM.
Rev. L. A. Winn, pastor of the
Christian Obnrch at TTigh Shoals,
(*a, will spraTs n't the opera bouse
r ext Sunday afternoon.
He will ias as h-is subject,“Ca
tholicism.”
Rev. "Winn Is said to ‘be a: gift
ed talker, well posted, and has
-ss'-niething to tell his hearers that
will prove interesting to :all who
attend the meeting.
GOES WITH WINDER
MOBILE COMPANY.
"Mr. Albert Williams, one of/j*p
finest young mechanics in 'fkkrisec
tkra of th.e state .find until recent
ly a member of the firm of Saun
ders. Williams & Cos., has eon- 1
needed himself with file Winder
Mobile Cos., the Bnick agency :n
this ’territory.
For 'jlears this has l>een one of
the 'letidlng concerns in the bus
iness in North Georgia aaarl witfo
Messrs. Mae and Frit/, Potts and
Albert Williams as expert*, the
public bus ample assuranee that
they cun get prompt and capable
service when repairs are needed
o& fhe ip 'Cfatrs.
HARRY THAW AT LYRIC
Manager Sharpton Announces
Famous Picture Friday
Nitfbt tlje 31st.
People who have read amf
heard of Thaw# famous escape
and flight into Canada, and those
who have not, will have an op
portunity to see the incident mi
moving pictures here tomorrow
night. In addition to this famous
film there wlil bte five reels of
fine movies and the prices will
be 10 and 20 cents.
Winder, Jackson County, Ga., Thursday, October 30, 1913.
FISHER INDICTED IN
WHITFIELD COUNTY
Witness In Frank Case Charged
With Murder
old caselsTrevived
Fisher Is Charged With the Slaying
of a Man Named Steele Several
Years Ago, Which Created a Good
Deal of Mystery at the Time.
Ira Fisher, the star witness in the
Frank case, whose accusation against
J. C. Shirley, lias fallen to the ground,
was indicted by the grand jury of
Whit Held county for the murder of
Douglas Steale.
The death of Steele occurred sev
eral years ago, and at that time some
suspicion was directed at Fisher, but
the verdict of the coroner’s jury was
that the deceased was killed by be
ing run over by a train on the South
ern railway, and the railway com
pany paid a small amount to the rel
atives of Steele.
Fisher married n sister of Steele.
The night before the body of Steele
was found Fisher was heard to make
threats against Steele.
DRIVER’S TRAGIC DEATH.
Ivan Starbnck Killed When lie Drives
Machine Into Wagon.
Ivan Starbuck, 30 years eld, far
mer, merchant and owner of a garage
at Perry, was Instantly killed when
he drove his automobile head-on into
a wagon 'occupied by three* negroes,
just outside the city limits of Macon.
The wagon tmigtie pierced the radia
tor of the automobile and penetrated
the skull of Stariwick so that lie was
killed Sm his -seat.
J. Watson, IK years old, a son
of a deputy sheriff of Houston coun
ty, tbliug with Starbudk, was badly
feuifctwe’i, as were the three negroes, all
of whom were taken io the Macon
inospatiti.
SfeirrbuSk ant!l the Watson youth
were <on flietr way to the state tali
to take hi the performance of a circus
;nt >tfhe .lime <of the accident. There
Is a -dharp "beml in the road at the
pcent where ts he accident occurred,
and they did not see the mule team
driven Shy the negroes until it was toe
laJx* ,t*> .'stop .their car.
SSJMJTHERN EDUCATORS.
lutci'esting; Program 'For -Convention
At Nashville.
The toaChers of Georgia are looking
IPcrrwaTd wtfli great interest to the
meeting of .the Southern Educational
association, which convenes in Nash
ville, 'Tenn., October .30 to November
X, lu'-Jnsive.
A tauge >ri tuber of Georgia educa
tors. Including Chancellor David O.
pSiTßewv, tl’rtrfessor T. .3. Woof ter. .Tore
Al. Rwnnd, M. L. Brittain, L. F. El
rod anel E. 3R. Gresham will attend.
The program this year i.s very elab
oorate-and will be of unusual interest
to Itetudbers. One ctf .the most inter
esting .papers that will ! be read, in
view dt the faart that there is a move
ment .Otf some strength <on in Georgia
to Adopt .the (Ontario system uf state
puhlieutwan of ssdhool books, will he a
UiseuMakei .of the “Ontario Flan of
ißehood IBriok Publication,” iby D. J
Voggin. xrenerull editor ,f text-books
flr the pTovinoe of Ontario. 'Txirouto
(,'giuuha.
RECOVERS HER MJIVJX
MrsAßaddßffc Cam Now Sctand Trial
for Killing Columbus Merchant.
Advice* have fawn received in Co
kimbits froia Mi!k*flgeville that Mrs
Jennie May R-adHWe has regained
bar mental fawmltieK. and that she can
nv*’ stand trial ©a a charge of killing
her husband, a CVdnmlma merchant.
Mrs. RadclifTe wtm arrested on the
night of the shooting March 23, and
eonfirml in Muscogee county jaL
pending*, the outcome of the shooting,
RadclifTe' later died and when Mrs
RadclifTe \wus arraigned on a charge
of murder, her attorneys entered an
insanity p}<ea. Experts from the state
Institution for the insane and local
physicians declared the woman In-’
sane and she' was sent to Milledge
ville last May,\where she was give);
treatment.
Mrs ,J. W. ttegars is quite R -
disposed this week.
BITTER STRUGGLE
ON MONEY REFORM
Senate Is Working Behind
Closed Doors
ISSUES CLOSELY DRAWN
As Passed by the House and the Cen*
tral Bank Plan Proposed by Presi
dent Vanderlip of New York Na
tional City Bank.
Reconstruction of the administration
currency bill began behind closed
doors in the senate banking commit
tee. Tbe issue is clearly drawn be
tween the bill as passed by the house
and the central bank plan proposed by
President Frank A. Vanderlip, of the
National City Bank, of New York.
Whether the administration bill,
backed by President Wilson's express |
ed uncompromising opposition to the
Vanderlip plan, and renewed supporl
from administration supporters, will
emerge triumphant from the senate
committee or whether a middle ground
will.be found between the two meas
ures is the next question in tbe situa
tion. The senate eommiftee begins
work with a majority of its members
admittedly favoring the Vanderlip
idea. Administration supporters, view
ing that fact, declare that such a meas
ure could not be passed in the house,
and that the committee, therefore,
must work with the administration
bill as a basis, reserving its funda
mentals, if currency legislation is not
to be definitely delayed.
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION.
Fishing Party on Storrs Island Have
Narrow Escape.
Fire in an old chimney on Storrs
Island, near Jacksonville, caused tne
explosion of a large amount of dyna
mite, severely injuring two men of a
fishing party. The injured men were:
Stephen Zappatis, 505 Bay street,
face injured, may lose eyesight.
J. B. Farris, 505 East Bay street, ribs
broken, probable internal injuries.
Mr. Zappatis is the proprietor of the
Terminus hotel, at 505 East Bay street.
Mr. Farris resides at the hotel. The
dynamite was buried over twenty years
ago in the old chimney by a Mr. Thom
as, who was doing some government
work upon the jetties. Its presence in
the chimney had been forgotten by the
workmen, and the members of the fish
ing party had no knowledeg of the dan
ger when they landed cn the island,
and started the fire to protect them
oelves from the cold.
Capt. Raysor Loses Position in Army.
President Wilson approved the sen
tence of dismissal by court-martial ol
('aptaln Marion C. Raysor, Second
cavalry, recently tried at Fort Sam
Houston, Texas, and convicted of
drunkenness on duty and making
false certificates of troop funds. Cap
tain Raysor entered the military ser
vice as first lieutenant, First Texas
volunteer infantry, at the opening of
the Spanish-- American war in 1808.
John Cox Underwood Dead.
John Cox Underwood, former lieu
tenant governor of Kentucky, died in
New York, at the Hahnemann hospi
tal of hardening of the arteries. He
was 73 years old.
Big Red Fox Killed.
R. A. Palmer, a rural route carrier
killed" a very large red fox near Dub
lin, Ga., after a nine-hour chase. Th
fox was the largest seen in many
years, being about 25 pounds in
weight. The fox was chased with a
yack of ten hounds, and was caught
in the lower edge of the county.
Rev. Callaway Resigns.
Rev. W. T. Callaway, pastor of thf
Tabernacle Baptist church, of Macon,
handed his resignation to his eongre
gatlon and announced that he had ac
cepted the pastorate of the First Bap
tist church at Dublin. He said hh
reason for leaving Is that the Dublin
church gives him a larger field. Mr
Callawuy will leave on December 1.
The many friends of Mr. W.
E. Boyd will be sorry to learn of
his continued illness.
—the—
Shingleman.
16 Pages.—No. 29
MEXICAN ELECTIONS
PROVE TO BE FARCE
Not Enough Votes Cast to
Choose President
HUERTA DID NOT VOTE
In Mexico City Not 10,000 of the 80,-
000 Eligible Voters Troubled Them
selves to Go to Polls—lncrease ol
Army.
At the close of the elections in Mex
ico the indications were that not suf
ficient votes had been cast to consti
tute a legal choice for the presidency
to succeed General Victoriano Huerta.
No oflicihl announcement was made.,
but it was unofficially estimated, judg
ing from the results in tbe capital,
where expected the vote would
be up to the average, that less than
10,000 of the 80,000 eligible voters in
the federal district went to the polls.
There are said to be more than 3.000,-
000 eligible voters in the republic.
It would be no surprise if congress,
the members of which also were voted
for, declared the elections void when
that body is organized and revisee the
returns.
Tbe leaders of the Catholic party
claimed a long lead, although they
were unable to estimate the number
of votes polled for their candidates,
Gamboa and General Has
con.
If this claim is correct, it is genef
ally thought that General Felix Dia2
and Senor Requena ran second. The
Liberal candidates, Manuel Calero and
Flores Magnon, had not printed tickets
at the polling places, their constituent#
being obliged to write their names on
blank ballots.
President Huerta did not vote. He
spent the day at his Poptia suburban
home.
A decree will be issued by General
Huerta increasing the army from 85,-
000 men, it is alleged the present
number, to 150,000. General Huerta
S proposed such an increase some time
ago, but the congress, which he dis
solved, limited him to 80,000.
MONTEREY CAPTURED.
Leading Citv of Mexico Taken Frc:t
Huerta Forces. 'stia.x.v'^
‘•Monterey has been captured.’’ This
was th 6 message received by (Ipnsfl
tutionalist General Luck) BVmiCo, vf
Matamorcs, opposite Brownsville, Tex
as. It came from his chief of staff
Major Mujica, who is at Reynosa, oo
the railroad line to Monterey.
The Constitutionalists began closing
in on Monterey
men, under Pablo Gonzales, 1,000 ol
the veterans of Torreon, under Colonel
Conteras, and 500 men under Colonel
Coes. Against this attacking army ol
3,500 were pitted 2,000 federais.
Fighting is said to have been con
tinuoue :from October 15. Loss of life
is placed at LOW) with another ever,
thousand wounded, but whether r.hif
was all soldiers or .included man)
helpless non-combatants, as in the
bombardment of Mexico City, the die
patches do not cay. , hip—n ]
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BIG TOURIST CROP,
West Palm Beach Getting Ready foi
Many Visitor*. g
West Palm Beach has already com
menced preparatiens to receive an e*
traordinarlly large crop of winter vH
ltors, to house whom comfortably there
has been a large extension of hotel ac
commodations added to this -savhmer. i
Two new hotels of fOTtJv or fiftj
rooms each have been built, the Saltali
and Woodcock Hail, while the well
known Holland has been doubled Id
size by the addition of two whole
stories and other improvements. The
Palms, which changed hands on the
16th of October, is also being altered
and renovated throughout.
Luther Wood, and Miss Vera
Sturdivan, Luther Griffin and
Miss Victoria Sturd van, Willie
Sparks' and Hattie Mae Simmons
formed a party that took in the
Commerce fair Tuesday night.