The Clayton tribune. (Clayton, Rabun County, Ga.) 18??-current, December 19, 1913, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE CLAYTON TRIBUNE. THERE IS NO PAPER LIKE THE HOME PAPER TO HOME PEOPLE. . VOLUME XVI. CLAYTON, ItABUN COtJNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1913. NUMBER 50. WILSON PUTS BUN ON THE CARABAOS JIM LARKIN PRESIDENT ORDER8 PROBE OF 8ATIRE8 AND TRAVE8TIE3 AND WITHDRAWS. MAY BE COURTMARTIALS Entire Peace Policy of Administration Was Jeered at by. Army and Navy Officer*. Washington.—President Wilson for mally withdrew his recent acceptance of honorary membership In the mili tary order of the Carabao, composed of regular and volunteer officers of the army and navy who served In the Philippine islands during the four years succeeding the Spanish-Amerl- can war. The president had ordered an In vestigation of various satires and trav esties on the administration’s policy towards the Philippines a3 portrayed at a banquet of the Carabaos In Wash ington. The affair wa3 attended by Secretaries Redfleld, Daniels and Postmaster General Burleson, Justice McKenna and Justice Vandeventer of the United Slates Supreme court, many members of congress and hun dreds of army and navy officers. The demand for an investigation, to gether with Intimations from the white house that courtmartlals and severe reprimands would not be surprising as a result of the banquet, caused a sen sation in army and navy circles In the capital. < The incident first came to the presi- * dent’s attention vhen he read accounts of it in the newspapers. Through his secretary he communi cated with various members of the cabinet, expressing his indignation thv.t oificeha of the army and navy should sing songs containing profane epithets toward a people whom the United States was endeavoring to assist to self-government and civilization. No effort, according to white house of ficials, had been made to keep the ban quet a private affair, copies of the songs and descripticns of the traves ties showing opposition to the admin istration’s Philippine policy being giv en to the press generally in advance, It was made plain at the white house that while a general burlesque of the administration’s peace policies and thrusts at Secretary Bryan and others were deeply resented, because they came from army and navy officers, the chief objection was to the spirit of hostility shown to Philippine inde pendence as the problem is being worked out by the present admlnistra tlon. WARSHIPS END LONG CRUISE United States Fleet Returns From Europe—Ships Battered by Gale. New York.—The battleships Wyom ing, Arkansas, Utah and Florida came into port out of the teeth of a five days’ gale that marked the end of a long voyage. They were a part of the fleet that left Hampton Roads October 26 for the Mediterranean on a pleas ure trip for officers and men and to demontsarte that a squadron of United States battleships can cross the Atlan tic and return without having recourse to foreign ports for supplies. There were in all nine battleships in the fleet and not an ounce of coal, oil or provisions was purchased dur ing their more than seven weeks’ ab sence from American shores. This Is a record In the United States navy. Three colliers and a provision ship carried all necessary supplies, enough to have sustained the fleet much long er, If necesasry. Of the rest of the fleet the Vermont Is bound for Norfolk with a broken shaft and the Delaware Is with her; the Connecticut and Kansas are on their way to Mexico, and the Ohio to Guantanamo, with two smallpox pa tlents on board, 90 Car* of Pecan* Gathered In Texas, Brownswood, Texas.—Two and one half million pounds of pecans, nine ty car loads, were gathered in cen tral Texas this year, for which the growers received approximately $200, 000. The price paid varied from 6 cents a pound for the ordinary to 25 cents for the fancy varieties. Jim Larkin is the noted I rich labor leader who la the commanding figure In the Dublin etrlke and whoee power In the Irish parliament, when It la formed, le likely to be great. REBELS DEFEATED BE GUKDOAT FIRE HUERTA’S LITTLE WAR8HIPS WITH MACHINE GUN8 MOW ED DOWN REBEL8. MANY BODIES LfcFT ON FIELD When Rebels Retreated They Took Twenty-five Locomotives and Hundreds of Cars. G. 0. P. MAKE PUNS TELEPHONE HIVE CO-OP CLUB REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COM MITTEE DECIDES AGAINST SPECIAL CONVENTION. TO LOSE POWER IN SOUTH Nave Basis of Representation Will Re. duce Dixie Delegatee in Fu ture National Conventions. ESTIMATE 13,677,000 BALES FIRST ESTIMATE OF COTTON CROP MADE BY U. S. GOVERNMENT. This Year’s Crop Will Probably Be the Most Valuable Ever Known in the Country. Washington.—1 if$.‘ American cotton cvop for the season of 1913-14 will amount to 13,677,000 bales of 600 pounds (not including linters), ac cording to the first estimate made by the government this year through the crop reporting board, bureau of sta tistics, department of agriculture, and announced. This compares with 13,- 703,421 bales of 500 pounds, exclusive of linters, produced last year, when the total crop inclusive of linters was 14,313,000 bales of 600 pounds; 15,- 692,701 bales in 1911, which, includ ing linters, amounted to 16,260,276 bales; 11,608,610 bales in 1910, which, including linters, amounted to 12,- 005,688 bales; 10,004,949 bales in 1909. which, including linters, amounted to 13,587,306 bales, and 11,107,179 bales in 1907, which, including linters, amounted to 11,376,461 bales. The average of the crops of 1907-11 was 12,331,047 bales, exclusive of linters. A crop of 6,542,850,000 pounds of cotton, not Including linters, was pro duced in the United States during 1913-14, the department of agricul ture announced. This is the third in size, that of 1911, which amounted to 7,459,940,000 pounds, being the record and that of last year, when 6,851,710,- 000 pounds were grown, being second. This year’s crop probably will be the most valuable ever grown in the Unit ed States. At the average farm value of cotton on November 1, which was 13 cents a pound, it Is worth $860,- 570,500 for the lint alone. To this about $125,000,000 probably will be added by value of the seed and ltn ters. The previous most valuable crop was that st 1910, which was val ued at $820,320,000 and with seed and lint at $963,180,000. Mexico City.—The rebels failed In their attack on Tampico and have withdrawn some distance from the city. Messages reaching here fully corrob orate the war office report of the reb el defeat as a result of a heavy and sustained bombardment by two fed eral gunboats and field artillery. They do not, however, bear out the idea of a lout. In possession of the railroad yards throughout the battle, the rebels, when they -wered rivon off, remained sufficiently cool In the face of the furious fire to take away with them every locomotive and most of the roll ing stock. According to the federal report 800 rebels were killed before they could get out of range, and this probably would mean many other hundreds wounded and left behind. It Is regarded here as probable that the relief of Tampico Is only tempo rary and that before many days the rebels will resume the attack in great er numbers, although the three days’ battle has materially cut down their supply of ammunition. Reports that reached here do n ‘t indicate that the property loss as a 4tytrj!t of the fight-, lng has been large. Whether the rebels, under General Blanco now at Victoria decide to re new the attack upin Tampico or direct their efforts against Monterey, they will be able to move men and war material much more expeditiously in the next venture, since as a result of the engagements about Tampico they now have In their possession 23 loco motives and several hundred cars, many of them loaded with construc tion material and other supplies. TAFT BACKS UP WILSON Former President Says Monroe Doc trine Must Be Upheld. New York.—“We are international trustees of the prosperity we have and the power we enjoy, *ua we are in duty bound to use them when it Is both civil and proper to help our neighbors," declared former President William H. Taft in a lecture before the New York Peace Society on the Monroe doctrine, which, he held, should be continued in full force, des pite the hostility to its expressed in some quarters. “We cannot be too careful to avoid forcing our own ideas of government on peoples, who, though favoring pop ular government, have such different ideas as to what constitutes it,** Washington.—After debate, the Re publican national committee deter mined that it was clothed with am- pie power to readjust the composi tion of the party’s natloual conven tion and had authority to make re forms in convention rules and pro cedure that have been demanded by many elements since the convention of 1912 and the Democratic victory at the polls last November. With little bitterness and no tangi ble evidence that differences which arose over methods could not be rec onciled, the committee took steps which have been agitated in the par ty for thirty years and which have been vital factors In many exciting conventions in its latter day history. Without a dissenting vote the com mittee decided to make a change in the basis of representation in national conventions which will greatly affect Southern states, gave full recognition to the principle of the primary in the election of delegates to such conven tions, approved laws regarding states which provide that all delegates be selected at large, and accepted the principle that delegates properly ac credited by state authorities shall be placed on the temporary convention roll. Informally it had been agreed that the new basis of representation should be referred to the Republicans In the various states for ratification. The’ only difference of opinion that developed on the surface was over the question of the machinery to be used to effect the reforms. Of the forty- nine committeemen who voted on the one roll call taken, fourteen favored the calling of a special convention to bring about these changes, and thirty- five declared themselves opposed. BIRMINGHAM OPERATORS GIVE A RECEPTION TO THEIR MOTH ERS IN CLUB ROOMS. PUN A GREAT SUCCESS All Profits of the Club Are Used for Entertainment and Decorating Rett Rooms. FREE FOOD SWELL IMPORTS Removal of Tariff Has Opened New Supplies of Foodstuffs. Washington.—Foodstuffs coming in froo of duty under the new tariff bill are swelling the total of imports into the United States. Increase in ex ports and decrease in imports for the first four months of the present fis cal year, as compared with the same period last year, was shown in statis tics made public by the department of commerce. Exports this year have amounted to $838,994,853, against $771,041,792 for the first four months last year. The imports figures were $580,677,062 against $626,230,987. “There can be no inferenhe drawn from these hard facts,” said Secreta ry Redfleld, “that is not both encour aging hnd complimentary to Ameri can ind-strty. The flooding of our markets with alleged cheap wares of Europe has not happened. On the oth er hand, the growth of exports is both surprising and encouraging. De tails of importation of foodstuffs on which the duty wai duced by the new “It is of course state any definite new revenue laws," retary, “yet It new supplies of fi ably has been a “Of cattle, wh: duty, fhe A - ber was i:n tober, 1912; ber was 2< fresh beef ber were “Of corn, under the in October, els, against year. Fish importations, rate Of show im in October, els In Octo’ or re soon to der the the sec- to open questlon- t free of in Octo- 6 la Oc- eep, the num- St 3,486. Of during Octo- unds. free of duty Importations >, 260 buBh- iast increase la on PRESIDENT THOMAS DEAD Head of the N. C. and St. L. R. R Passes Away. Nashville, Tenn.—John W. Thomas, Jr., president of the Nashville, Chat tanooga and St. Llouis railway, died In Nashville. Mr. Thomas had been ill for three weeks with pleural pneu monia. President Thomas was born at Mur freesboro, Tenn., August 24, 1856. At an early age he moved to Nashville and was educated here, attending the Montgomery-Bell academy and later Vanderbilt university. In 1878, at the age of 22 years, he secured his first important railroad position, although previous to that time he had been in the railroad service. He labored in the ranks for several years, steadily advancing. After an experience on the road, Mr. Thomas served in the machine shop, then ad vancing to agent and dispatcher, pur chasing agent, assistant general man ager, finally succeeding his father as general manager In 1899. On March 1, 1906, shortly after the death of his father, he was elected president of the road. Mr. Thomas was an authority on railroad appliances and was consider ed a mechanical genius. One of his most important inventions was a pneumatic switch and signal system. He sold the right to this patent, but reserved the privilege of using it on any road with which he was connect ed. He was an active member of the General Managers’ Association of the southeast and was a member of the association’s committee on mainte nance and mechanical appliances. He was democratic in manner and was dolled “Johnnie’’ Thomas by the “boys” In the service. “Dry*” Carry Staunton, Va. Roanoke, Va.—At a local option election iu Rtaunton, Va., the “drys” yon out by 98 majority. The vote polled was the heaviest in the his tory of the city, being near the 1,500 mark. Staunton voted dry several years ago and at the following elec tion voted wet and* has remained so to this time. Birmingham, Ala.—Every mother whose daughter Is at. work would like to know the conditions under which she works, the opportunities for ad vancement and would like to be able to visit the Institution and see these things for herself. The mothers of Bell telephone oper ators enjoy this privilege. Not only that, but they are invited to come in a body and are entertained with music and refreshments, and are urg ed to inspect the operating rooms and other quarters and to make sugges tions for Improvement. Recently the Co-op Club of Birming ham, Ala., tendered a reception to the mother of its members. The Co-op Club is composed of the operators of tho Bell Telephone company in Bir mingham. The club has complete charge of the retiring rooms, rest rooms, dining room and kitchen, which the company has provided for the female employees. All the meals are served undwr the direction of a committee and the prof its are used by the club for its en tertainment and for adding to the at tractiveness of thv rest rooms. The company furnishes the matron, cook, cooking utensils, light, heat, chi na, silverware, ice, seasonings, coffee, aiid tea. The' committee makes a small charge for lunch, which Is of ten less than car fare and care ft taken to see that each day’s menu contains wholesome, nutritious food. Every operator is enthusiastic over the plan and the mothers' receptions, held at stated intervals, are often at tended by more than two hundred mothers who are equally Interested. The mothers visit the operating room and see their daughters at work, learn of their progress and know that they are as comfortable and well cared for as if they wore in their own homes. In all of Its exchanges, the Bell com pany provides attractive rest rooms for its operators and In the larger cities there is also a dining room and kitchen conducted under the supervis ion of a cummiU.ee ul employees. The result of this plan has been to increase the efficiency of the service, maintain a fine esprit de corps and to keep the young women happy and comfortable while at work.—Adv. Sentiment Favors Tax Law. There can no longer be any room for doubt that the tax equalization law passed by the last legislature Is grow ing In popularity all the time and that any effort to make of it a campaign Issue next year is more than likely due to fall. The result of Judge Hart's trips throughout the state to educate the people are becoming so evident that even those who were most hos tile to the law are being brought to see the necessity of it. The judge was In his office, after visiting several sections of Georgia. He has recently visited several coun ties in south Georgia, and is great ly pleased over conditions, generally, as he saw them. He is especially gratified over the farming conditions. This year, he said, has been a remun erative one from the standpoint of farming, and especially to the Georgia farmer. The farmers of Georgia have been blessed with perhaps better than an average cotton crop, for which they are getting fairly remunerative prices, and the unusual season has made it possible to gather the crop In the best of condition. The corn crop Is an excellent one and altogether the farming operations have been success ful. South Georgia appears to me In splendid condition. Eggs 8ixty Cents a Dozen. • The women of Atlanta are aiding the department of justice in trying to figure out who gets the 100 per cent, profit on eggs which are sold in the country at SO cents and cost fifty or sixty cents when retailed in the city.

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The Clayton tribune. (Clayton, Rabun County, Ga.) 18??-current, December 19, 1913, Image 1