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THE CLAYTON TRIBUNE.
THERE IS NO PAPER LIKE THE HOME PAPER TO HOME PEOPLE.
VOLUME XVII.
CLAYTON, It A BUN COUNTY, GEORGIA,
FRIDAY, JANUARY' 20,
101*1.
NUMBER 0.
JOHN SKELTON WILLIAMS
SEVEN MEN KILLED
THREE “BAD MEN,” CONFINED IN
THE OKLAHOMA PRISON, MAKE
DESPERATE FIGHT.
MURDERED FOUR PERSONS
One of the Men Killed by the Con
victs was Judge Thomas, Who
Was Visiting Prison.
McAIester, Okla.—Seven men were
shot to death anti three persona were
wounded when three convicts attempt
ed to escape from the state peniten
tiary and were slain by guards. One
■of the men murdered by the convicts
in their dash for libterty was John It.
Thomas of Muskogee, formerly Unit-
edf States district judge, and once con
gressman from Illinois.
Despite the commotion caused by
the three men in trying to shoot down
every one who came in their way, no
general attempt was made by other
convicts to join in the delivery. The
three mutineers were encouraged by
their ieis desperate fellows who cheer
ed the onslaught of the armed prls-
onrs.
So rapidly did the three convicts
shoot down those in their patti that
they readied the prison gate before
the guards could return their lire.
Tlio desperadoes had taken the keys
from the turnkey. John Martin, whom
they had wounded, and had sheltered
themselves through the prison yard by
holding Mary Foster, a telephone op
erator, in front of them until the only
shot fired by guards in the yard hit
tho girl in the leg.
Outside the gate the men seized the
horse and Imggy of Warden Dick and
dashed away, only to bo shot to death
by pursuing guards. One of the con
victs fought to the last, their stolen
horse lashed to a gallop by the other
two. They fired their last cartridges
at the oncoming guards who poured in
a deadly fire from horseback.
Even after tho escaped men woro
lying dead In the bottom of the careen
ing buggy, the frightened horse dash
ed onward until fell ’d by a bullet from
the pursuers. How tlie men obtained
the weapons and planned tho escape
has not been discovered.
John Skelton Williams of Richmond,
Va., at present assistant secretary of
the treasury, is the choice of Secre
tary McAdoo for controller of the cur
rency.
MONEY FOR ROADS IN SOUTH
NOTED JOURNALIST IS DEAD
COLONEL PENDLETON FORMER
LY STATE EXECUTIVE COM
MITTEE CHAIRMAN, DIES
Leader of Georgia Delegation to Last
Democratic National Convention
in Baltimore.
Macon, Ga.—Charles Rittenhouse
Pendleton, for sixteen years editor and
part owner of the Macon Telegraph,
died after an illness of five weeks.
HiS condition did not become critical
until a week ago, when it was discov
ered that lie had Bright’s disease. He
was fi.j years of age.
C‘ : ■ ihi 'eitdlet ni. as-he was geiier*-
ally called, came to Macon from Val-
dhsta, where he edited a paper for
many years. He served one term in
tlie legislature from Lowndes county,
but ever atferwards avoided holding
political office, though he was a leader
in the Democratic party in Georgia.
Colonel Pendleton was sent to tlie
Democratic National convention as a
delegate from Georgia, the last one
being the Baltimore convention, which
lie attended as chairman of tlie Geor
gia delegation, instructed for Oscar
Underwood. He was a member of a
number of state conventions, and four
years ago was chairman of the state
Democratic executive committee.
In politics Colonel Pendleton gener
ally was classed with tlie conserva
tives, although lie never failed to sup
port tlie nominee of his party, heartily
and enthusiastically.
in 1879 he married Sallie Patterson
Peoples of Valdosta, who survives
him.
Among the telegrams received by the
family of the illustrious editor were
those from Gov. John M. Slaton, ex-
Gov. Joseph M. Brown, Col. W. S.
West of Valdosta, Clark Howell of
Atlanta; Labor Commissioner H. M.
Stanley and A. H. Ului, tlie governor’s
private secretary.
$771,250 for the State of Georgia for
Improving Roads.
f Washington.- -A supplemental report
oil the bill to appropriate $25,000,000
a year for federal aid to road con
struction In the various states was
filed in tlie house by Representative
^ Shaokiefuid. chairman of the house
roads committee. A special rule mak
ing this bill in order as an amend
ment to the postoflice appropriation
hill is now before tlie house.
The bill proposes to divide the ap
propriation among the states in pro
portion to the rural delivery routes
and post roads in each state. Tables
setting forth the mileage of these
roads in each state were included in
the report tiled.
Another table gave tlie amount of
federal aid which states might re
ceive under the provisions of the bill.
Tho amounts for the Southern
states were fixed as follwos:
Alabama $57S,750, Florida $183,750,
Georgia $771,250, Kentucky $583,750,
Louisiana $302,500, Mississippi $473,-
750, Nortli Carolina $660,000, South
Carolina $415,000, Tennessee $706,250,
Texas $1,126,250, Virginia $591,250.
Good Investment for San Franclsr-.o.
San Francisco, Cal.—Profits on the
L first municipal railway in the country
V ‘—the Geary street line—were $85,345
net for 1913. Returns for the last six
mouths indicate tiiat profits of at least
$150,000 may he expected for 1914. In
■ estimating tile net income, allowances
’ were made for a sinking fund to re
deem bonds, depreciation of the prop
erty and reselling stock and all other
expenses tiiat would be charged
* ▼ against a private corporation.
Many Grasshoppers in Texas.
Austin. Texas.—Midsummer w.eatli-
er for teu days lias brought out such
numbers of grasshoppers in Hamilton
county, Central Texas, that tlie state
department of agriculture was appeal-
to to assist in preventing these insects
from raving crops.
BANDIT RGBS PULLMAN CAR
Masked Man Strips Four Passengers of
Money and Jewelry.
Atlanta.—Wearing a blue handker
chief, covering his face up to his eyes,
witli a cap pulled down to the bridge
of ilia nose and his coat collar turn
ed up, a well-dressed lone bandit hoard
ed tlie Nasliville-Atlanta, Nashville,
Chattanooga and St. Louis southbound
passenger train, as it slowed down at
Vintngs station, eleven miles from At
lanta at night, and with a blue-steel,
large caliber revolver in his left-hand,
held up tlie eleven passengers riding
in tlie parlor car, “Nyssa," forcing four
of the piale passengers to give up $280
in cash. The robber made no effort
to molest two women passengers on
tiie car. Fifteen minutes later, the
bandit fought a fierce gun battle with
a Fulton county police officer, who
happened to be on the train, aided by
the negro traiu porter, and escaped.
CARAVAN WINDS IIS
WAY 10 A REFUGE
HUERTA’S BEATEN SOLDIERS ARE
MARCHING TO FORT BLISS,
TEXAS.
ARE FOOTSORE AND RAGGED
Women Proved Best Marcher* — Six
Huerta General* in Unique
Procession.
Marfa, Texas.—Footsore, fagged, al
most famished from their three days’
march on foot of 67 miles over a wind
swept mountain road, the 3,300 Mexi
can federal soldiers and generals rout
ed from Ojinaga, Mexico, by the reb
els, with 1,667 women and about 300
children and infants, arrived at Mar
fa, whence they were to he trans
ported by train to Fort Bliss at El
I’aso.
Tho ragged remnant of the Huerta
army, which sought asylum in this
country rather than face possible ex
termination by the rebels, will be for
mally interned at Fort Bliss, as wards
of the government. They will he held
there indefinitely on footing of pris
oners of war.
None of those in tlie unique caravan
which, witli its disarmed Mexican sol
diers, women, children, horses, burros
and dogs, struggled for miles along the
road, was more visibly affected on
coming within sight of Marfa than
Gen. Salavador Mercado, Huerta’s ror-
mer military chief, who ordered the
evacuation of Ojinaga in face of the
rebel fire. General Mercado, riding on
a horse, his uniform covered with
dust, was confessedly humiliated, not
only at tlie defeat of ills army and
tlie necessity for his flight, hut also
because of a report from Mexico City
that ho would he courlmartlaled if
he returned to ills native country.
The picturesque march afoot
through American terirtory of so many
foreign soldiers and women with their
baggage, abounded with incident. The
birth of a child, the death of several
vv/uinded soldiers, the sea roll ol- water
in the desert, the constant straggling
away from the line of march and the
rounding up again of scores of the
refugees were some of tho difficulties
with which tlie United States cavalry
men had to contend. The Mexicans
outnumbered tlie escorting American
soldiers, ten to one.
Viewed from a hilltop, tlie oncoming
army as it zigzagged through the
mountain passes and reached back
ward into the dusty distance ten miles
away, was a picture of exhaustion, al
though the prospect of soon reaching
their destination seemed to revive
fresh courage.
BIRDMAN DASHES TO DEATH
Arthur E. Perry Drowned at Tampa
While Making Flight.
Tampa, Fla.—Arthur E. Perry, for
merly a member of the army aviation
corps, and known in army circles us
Captain Dick, foil into tlie Hilsbor-
ougli river here, after making a para
chute leap of 1,000 feet and was
drowned. He was an expert swimmer,
hut became entangled in tlie ropes of
ills parachute and could not swim
out.
Perry was accompanied on the flight
and parachute jump by Manuel Perez,
leaving an amusement part at four
o’clock. Two parachutes were used
and Perez made a successful landing
about fifty feet from where Perry land
ed in the water.
Perez called to a party in a motor
boat nearby, efforts at once being
made to rescue Perry, but the river
current was swift and tlie spot where
Perry fell was filled with debris from
a fallen tree in which tlie ropes of the
parachute became entangled.
Safety for Ocean Travelers.
London.—The work of the revision
committee of tlie International Con
gress of Safety at Sea has ended. The
American wireless systems were
agreed to by the European delegates.
This gives control of apparatus and
supervision over operations of em
ployees to the American government,
notwithstanding the nationality of the
ships, whenever they are in American
waters. The agreement preserves in
tact private code signals of any coun
try reserved for war.
Men of Navy Respond to Order.
Washington.—Secretary Daniels ex
pressed gartifleation over the hearty
response of enlisted men of the navy
ter the recent order putting academical
and technical courses of instruction
into operation on battleships. Of 9C
first-enlistment men on the battleship
Florida, 93 asked for special instruc
tion. On hoard the Arkansas, 499
men expressed a desire to pursue stud
ies. Enslgu Falgo started a clasB in
mechanical and marine engineering, on
the Utah with fifty pupils, and frlthtn
two weeks the class had grown to 85.
LATHR0P BROWN
Lathrop Brown, Democratic con
gressman from 8L James, Long Is
land, is tho baby of congress, being
only thirty years old. He is a grad
uate of Harvard, a millionaire and is
prominent in society.
108 PERSON ARE RESCUED
RESCUE SHIPS REACH WRECKED
STEAMER COBEQUID AND
TAKE OFF PASSENGERS.
Rescue One of Most Notable Ever Ac
complished on the Atlantic
Coast.
Yarmouth, N. S.—Snatched from
what seemed almost certain death, the
108 pasHfengers and crew of the Royal
Mail Paeket Cobequid are safe in Yar-
mm:'h ' arbor.
YrVjflsa appeals tor assistance,
which she had first made thirty-six
hours before, were answered as the
doomed steamer was being racked to
pieces on Trinity Rock, six miles off
Port Maitland. The rescue will go
down in shipping annals as one of tlie
most notable ever accomplished on tlie
Atlantic coast.
The Cobequid had begun to break
up under the cannoning of tlie ter
rific seas that had been merciless from
the time the vessel struck. Quantities
of cargo covered tlie waters as tlie
lifeboats ranged alongside. Tlie coas
tal steamers Westport and John L.
Cann were first to get their small
boats into the water and they were
followed soon by boats of the govern
ment steamer Lansdowne and the
steamer Rappahannock. As the work
of rescue progressed the seas subsid
ed and no mishap marred the triumph
over tlie waves.
AN AGREEMENT IS REACHED
Secretary Garrison and Representa
tives of National Guard Agree.
Washington. — Secretary Garlrson
and adjutants general representing
National Guard organizations of more
than thirty states agreed on terms
of the proposed militia pay bill, un
der which the federal government
would provide for militiamen, who, in
turn, would enlist as "federal reserv-
sist” subject to tlie call of the presi
dent to duty either within tlie United
States or abroad.
It is proposed that the militia hill
shall provide an annual appropriation
of $14,500,000. Of this $4,000,000 would
be for encampment and maneuver
purposes, $8,000,000 for home service
pay and $2,500,000 for armament and
equipment.
Williams Confirmed by Senate.
Washington.—The nomination of
John Skelton Williams, now assistant
secretary of the treasury, to be con
troller of the currency, and, as such,
ex-officio member of tlie federal re
serve bank board, was confirmed by
the senate in executive session. The
only opposition to the confirmation of
Mr. Williams was voiced by Senators
Bristow of Kansas and William Al-
den Smith of Michigan.
Kills Wife; Wounds Chauffeur.
Augusta, Ga.—Recently released
from confinement for mental derange
ment, Sam J. Norris shot and, killed
his wife and probably mortally wound
ed William Dennis, 17 years old, a
chauffeur, who was at the Norris homo
preparatory to take Mrs. Norris for a
ride. After shooting the two, Norris
attempted and would have shet Felix
Gunter, the first person to come Into
tlie room. He was covered by a re
volver in the hands of Police Surgeon
Jennings, who disarmed and arrested
him.
Adverse Report Made.
Washington.—An adverse report on
the appointment of Frank P. Glass
as successor to the late Senator John-
■ston of Alabama was made hy Senator
Walsh on behalf of the committee on
privileges and elections. Senator Kern
submitted the report of the majority,
recommending the seating of Blair Lee
(Dem.) as successor of Senator Jack:
son (Rep.) of Maryland. Mr. Kern
■offered a resolution directing tiiat Lee
lie seated for the remainder of the
expired term of the late Senator
.ynet - .
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Urges Anti-Trust Bill.
Washington.—Representative Stan
ley of Kentucky, alter a conference
with President Wilson, introduced an
amendment to the Sherman law, which
would make illegal monopolization or
restrain of trade “in any degree,"
strlklug at the “rule of reason,” laid
down by the Supremo court in the
Standard Oil case. The amen diner?
also would invest the circuit courts of
the United States with jurisdiction to
restrain and prevent violations of tlie
act, irrespective of the attorney gen
eral.
MESSAGE IS LAUDED
REPUBLICANS AND PROGRES
SIVES JOIN DEMOCRATS IN
ENDORSING WILSON.
WILL NOT DISTURB BUSINESS
G. O. P. Leader Mann and Senators
Kenyon and Gallinger Endorse
the Message.
Washington. — President Wilson’s
suggestion to congress in his trust
address that the government and busi
ness men are ready to meet each other
Half way “in a common effort to square
business methods with both public
opinion and the law,” fell on atten
tive ears and struck a responsive
chord in representatives of differing
political parties.
Tlie atmosphere of co-operation and
“accommodation" in the message; the
reforms proposed, expressed in terms
of conservatism, and tlie spirit of
friendliness to supersede antagonism
in dealing with big business, which
dominated the president's thoughts,
aroused expressions of approval from
all sides. Few discordant notes were
sounded in comments from members
of the congress who are to pass upon
legislation urged to prohibit monopoly
and hold men of business within tha
law.
Throughout the delivery of the ad
dress, the assembled senators and re(>
resentatives listened intently to every
word, applauding frequently when the
president began enumeration of evils
which lie believed needed remedy
ing.
His proposal for an interstate trade
commission to facilitate business and
keep it in the straight path; tlie recom
mendation of laws to prohibit inter
locking directorates and holding com
panies; suggestions for authority to
regulate railroad securities; for an
act that would fix guilt upon Individ
uals instead of punishing business,
and that the courts be opened to in
dividuals harmed by illegal business—
all these were received with general
approval, evidenced by .enthiisiaritic
applause.
LORD STRATHC0NA IS DEAD
One of the Most Noted of the Build
ers of Canada Dies in London.
London, England.—Lord Stratlicona
and Mount Royal, high commissioner
for Canada, died here.
Death was due to prostration, the
result of a severe attack of catarrh.
He had been ailing, however, since
tlie death of his wife last November,
which proved a groat shock.
Lord Stratlicona had only one se
nior in tlie house of lords—tlie Earl of
Wemyss, who is in his ninety-sixth
year.
Lord Strathcona’s life spanned near
ly a century and his activo career a
full three-quarters. “Thij best way
to live to an old age," lie explained,
when found at ills desk in London
on liis ninety-third birthday anniver
sary on August 6, last, “is by not
thinking about age at all, but just
going on doing your work.'
From his eighteenth year, when, as
Donald Smith, a sturdy Scot, lie sailed
for Canada, to his ninety-fourth year,
which would have been completed in
next August, he lived up to Ills maxim
of work. For tlie past six years lie
had been periodically reported as
“about to resign” the post of high
commissioner for Canada, but it was
death and not his resignation that ter
minated ills work.
Robbers Rifle a Bank.
I’ittsbnurg, Oklahoma.—Two bandits
rode up to the state bank here, forced
the cashier into tlie vault at pistol
point, rifled it of coin, placed their
loot in a sack and galloped safely
out of town. Bank officials claim only
a few hundred dollars were taken. Oth
er reports said severul thousands were
secured. A posse with bloodhounds
have started on tlie trail of the rob-
hers.
Gives $40,000,000 to Art.
Copenhagen.—Dr. Carl Jacobson, the
rich brewer, who died recently, be
queathed most of liis fortune of $40,-
000,000 to art purposes. This was done,
it was stated, with the consent of his
children, who receive only small lega
cies.
Eugenic Law Declared Void.
Milwaukee, Wis.—Tho Wisconsin
eugenic law, which provides for the is
suance of marriage licenses only upon
a certificate of a clean bill of health,
was declared unconstitutional by Judge
F. C. Eschwoiler of the circuit court.
The case will go to the supreme court.
Judge Eschweiler held that the eu
genics law has unreasonable statutory
limitations so far as physicians’ fees
are concerned, and that it is an un
reasonable and material impairment of
the right of persons to enter into mat
rimony.
LITTLE HEMS Of CE0RC1A CITIES
Cordele.—Preparations are being
made by the Cordele chamber of com
merce to hold the "farmers' rally'’ at
an early date. ‘President C. J. linden
of the Georgia chamber of commerce,
will address the meeting on topics of
general interest among the farmers.
It is proposed that at this time
a movement will be inaugurated to
re-organize the Crisp County Fair as
sociation.
Savannah.—As trustees of the Tel
fair Academy of Arts and Sciences,
the board of curators of the Ceorgia
Historical society has sold to Herbert
L. Pratt of New York, for $2,800 a
recently discovered autograph signa
ture of Button Gwinnett, an early
governor of Georgia, congressman,
and one of the three signers of the
Declaration of independence from
this state.
Dublin.—A $50,000 mausoleum is to
be erected in this city at an early
date and will he a very handsome af
fair, containing 300 crypts for the
storage of bodies. While tho citizens
of the city rarely die except from
old age, they are not averse to hav
ing as modern and ornate a tomb as
possible, and the mausoleum proposi
tion will probably prove popular with
them.
Brunswick.—Tho United States
submarine flotilla, including livo of
these dangerous llttld fighters, and
the monitor Tonopah, whicli is acting
as a convoy, is moored at wharves
along Brunswick’s river front, and
since their arrival they have been
visited by hundreds of people, who
are welcomed on the fighters euch af
ternoon after 2 o'clock. The fleet
left Charleston, and, despite a rough
sea, made an usually quick trip to
this port.
Macon.—Because of their curiosity
to see if a can of powder would burn,
the five little children of Mr. and
Mrs. W. W. Walthall, 2023 Third
street, were seriously, though not
necessarily fatally injured by the ex
plosion which followed the touching
of a match to tlie powder by Ever
ett Walthall, aged 14. The can con
tained a pound of powder, and had
been secured from a shelf in the
kitchen hy Everett, the oldest hoy.
Little Nellio expressed a desire to
see M tne powder would burn, and to
oblige her Everett struck a match to
it. At the time the children were all
down on their hands and knees
watching developments.
ililiedgeville.—it seems that the
hookworm is destined to banishment,
from Baldwin county. Drs. Wood
and Whittle, of the state hoard of
health, working in co-operation with
the county authorities, arc striving
here lo rid the people of Ibis trouble
some disease. Hundreds of school
children and many grown-up people
have already been examined. The
dispensaries lor distributing the
medicine and ifcaking examinations
are held throughout the county on
certain days of the week at Union
Point, Meriwether, Coopcrville, Tril
by and Milledgeville.
Athens.—The first suit ever
brought by the United States in this
division court in the form of con
demnation proceedings to tako
lands under the federal conservation
law’s, was filed before Deputy Clerk
W. G. Cornett here. The United
Gtate.s of America against L. B. Dock-
ins of Rabun county, Georgia, is tlie
title. The tract involved is about.
200 acres in Rabun county, a part of
the proposed Appalachian reserva
tion.
Griffin.—The chief work of tho
Griffin-Spalding county hoard of trade
at tills special season is advertising
the city. In this special department
considerable activity is observed. A
great deal of printed matter is being
distributed and advertising novelties
as souvenirs are being sent out over
the country. Two special features of
advertising now in progress are the
efforts made to secure tho next meet
ing of tho Confederate soldiers and
of tiie members of the State Horticul
tural society. A committee has been
appointed to feo to Macon and confer
with General Preston relative to hold
ing the next Confederate reunion in
this city.
Decatur.—George W. Pierce, who
recently died suddenly while eating
dinner at the home of his son, Jesse
f\ Pierce, near Stone Mountain, was
the oldest citizen in the county, and
perhaps in the state. He was born
in Putnam county. Ga.. on February
6, 1805, and at his birthday this year
would have been 109 years old. Mr.
Pierce's father moved to DcKalb
county wheD George was quite young
and settled among the Indians. But
by and hy the Indians were gathered
together and taken west to the In
dian territory, and George’s father
helped to move them. On his return
he drew a lot of land, or rither a
section of 640 acres, not far from
Crooked creek. He had no longer the
red man for his neighbor, but lie was
visited quite often by wolves, losing
quite a number of pigs and sheep by
these animals. There were no schools
nearby at that time and young Pierce
grew up to manhood without any
schooling.