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The Americus Times-Recorder
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BIILIEf AIMED
AT BODY OF
ITALY’S KING
■wmi ns stbuck
Man is Anarchist and Admits
the Deed
Rom e, March 14.—An attempt was
made to assasinate King Victor
Kmmanuel this morning. Several shots
uere fired at the king but all missed
their target and his majesty escaped
unhurt.
His assailant was arrested.
The king was just leaving the
palace on his way to the pantheon
to attend the annual memorial ser
vice in honor of his father, King
Humbert. A young man fired sev
eral shots from behind the crowd' in
the street. One of the officers of the
king’s bodyguard fell dangerously
wounded, but the king was untouch
ed.
There was tremendous excitement
in the crowd, which turned on the
youth and attempted to lynch him.
The police finally rescued him from
the clutches of the mob.
The king. was cool and unruffled
amid all, the excitement. He con
tinued on his way after only a brief
stop and sat through the pantheon
services without a sign of emotion.
The populace handled the would-be
assassin so roughly before the police
could intervene that the youth was
hardly able to speak when he reached
the police station.
He gave his name as Antonio Dalba,
and declared that he was an “individ
ualist anarchist.”
As the pantheon procession was
passing along the Via Lata three
shots rang out from amid the crowd.
The soldiers behind the carriage im
mediately dashed forward and as they
did so their commander fell from
his horse.
The wounded officer was moved to
one side by some of his men while the
others dashed up to the royal car
riage where they found the king and
queen sitting calm and unmoved.
Meanwhile the crowd seized the
man who had fired the shots and at
tempted to lynch him.
The royal procession was scarcely
interrupted but preceded toward the
pantheon, where the mass for King
Humbert was completed without fur
ther incident, and after the conclusion
of the service, the king and queen
returned to the quirinal along the
same route.
On their arrival at the palace the
king learned for the first time that
the commander of his escort. Major
bang, had been seriously wounded
and his majesty started at once for
the hospital, where the major was
I ring. He traveled in an open auto
mobile and showed no signs of having
passed through an ordeal.
The man who had fired the shots
had in the emantime been taken to
the police station, the policemen hav
ing difficulty getting through the
crowds of people, who showed intense
anger and desired to wreak immediate
vengeance.
COM. BRITTAIN
IS ON VISIT
TOTEACBERS
To Visit Plains and Agricul
tural College Today
Stiitc School Commissioner M. L.
Brittain, of Atlanta, is in the city
0( lay to visit the schools of Sumter
' ounty and to address the teachers of
'he county school system at the court
I,OUBp Saturday morning.
I oday Commissioner Brittain wil!
' is lt the Agricultural College and the
' ' ty schools and tonight he will go to
1 la * ns ,0 visit the schools there. He
"ill return to Americus Saturday
"lorning to address the teachers of
he county, who will assemble at the
1 our thouse to hear him in the ad
** ' ss he will deliver at 1 o’clock.
1 his wil] be an occasion of unusual
interest in the educational circles of
'lie county, and the teachers of the city
• ls well as the county systems will
'nil themselves of the opportunity
hearing Mr. Brittain in the address
I, ‘‘ wi, i deliver to the teachers. A cor
"'•U invitation is extended to every
'"arher i n t j, e county to hear Mr.
Brlttai*.
1 OUR AMBASSADOR TO BRAZIL
I
Edwin V. Morgan, who was appointed ambassador to Brazil recently, has
been In the diplomatic service since 1900. He has been secretary of legation
at Seoul, second secretary at St. Petersburg, minister to Korea, Cuba, Uruguay
and Portugal.
EASTER HUNT
PLANNED BY
LOCAL D. A. I
THOUGH NO DATE WAS NAMED
Historical Collection Placed
at Carnegie Library
An Easter egg hunt is a part of
the program that has been planned by
the Council of Safety Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion as an event of unusual interest
for young folks and old when Easter
comes next month. No date for the
holding of the hunt has yet been
named, and this will be decided upon
later.
The paper read at the recent meet
ing of the chapter were of unusual
interest, as they related to the wo
men of the Revolutionary period in
Georgia. Short papers were read by
nearly every member of the organiza
tion present at the meeting. Among
other matters of interest that came
up relative to the historical work
that is being done by the organization
was the placing of a set of books on !
“The Part of the South in the History
of the Nation.”
These volumes, which are of per
ennial interest, have been placed by
the chapter at the Carnegie Library
in accordance with the usages of the
chapters of the Daughters of the
American Revolution in this partic
ular. The addition of these volumes
to the library should furnish valuable
reference works to students and oth
ers who are interested in historical
and research work.
kidney of an animal to
BE SEWED ON STOKES
New York, March 14. —W. E. D
Stokes, the millionaire hotel owner,
who was the target for revolvers of
two actresse a few months ago, is in
a hospital here, and will be operated
on for the injuries which he believes
he received in the attack on him at
that time. The operation will involve
the removal of one of his kidneys and
the substitution of a similar organ tak
en from a cat.
MARSHAL AND MERCHANT
ARE SHOT AT DILLRAD, GA.
Clayton, Ga., March 14.—News has
reached here from Dillard, 7 miles
north of here, of a shooting affray in
which Gene Ledbetter and his broth
er Lawrence, with another brother,
shot a merchant by the name of Vinson
and also the town marshal, Kling
Betas.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA.
DR. MORRISON
WILL CONDUCT
THEMICES
AT FiRST METHODIST CHURCH
Which Will Begin Next Sun
day Morning
Revival services at the First Meth
odist church here, which will begin
next Sunday morning at the 11
o’clock service, will be conducted by
Rev. H. C. Morrison, D. D., who will
have charge of the services from their
beginning to their close, assisted
throughout by the pastor, Rev. O. B.
Chester.
Dr. Morrison is one of the most
prominent preachers in the Kentucky
Methodist conference. He is presi
dent of Asbury College at Wilmore,
Ky., and he is also editor of the
Pentacostal Herald, which is publish
ed at Louisville. He is not only a
preacher of wide preparation and ex
perience, but a man of undoubted in
spiration.
Saturday afternoon Dr. Morrison
will reach the city and will go at
once to the home of Mr. R. P. Stack
house, where he will be entertained
during his stay here. The first ser
vice in the meeting will be conducted
by Dr. Morrison will be that to be held
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. The
hours for the daily services after Sun
day will be 9:45 in the morning and
7:30 in the evening.
Special attention is called to the
fact that Sunday is also Home Mis
sion Day at the First Methodist
church, and the annual contribution
for this purpose will be made up
from the envelopes returned by the
members of the congregation for this
purpose, these envelopes having been
mailed out recently.
MANY COLORED RATS
ARE LOOSED IN SEATTLE
Seattle, Wash., March 15. —If Seat
tle citizens fail to see brilliantly col
ored rats scampering about the city
streets, it will not be because the
rats are not there.
Health department officials todav
liberated twenty-five dyed rats for
purpose of identification. Each rat
has a price of two dollars on its heal
whether dead or alive. The purpose
is to trace the drift of the rodent pop
ulation, as it migrates from one sec
tion of the city to another.
“At this time of the year rats leave
the water front, where they stay dur
ing the winter months, and make their
way to hills and residence portions of
the city,” said Health Commissioner
Chichton.
THE WEATHER— Rain and Warmer.
CITY REGISTRATION LISTS
TO BE CLOSED AFTER TODAY
A large part of the campaign thar
is being waged with regard to the
bond issue to be voted upon by the
people of Americus on March 20, next
Wednesday, will have been completed
today when the registration lists close
The fact that it is necessary for a
two-third majority of all the votes
registered to be cast in favor of a
bond issue in order to carry it, makes
the matter of registration of supreme
importance in a bond election. For
that reason the matter of registering
as large a number of voters as possi
ble has been one to which the greatest
attention has been paid by both fac
tions. I
While a very large registration has
been recorded up to date, more than
650 as a matter of fact, it is believed
that a good number names have not
yet been placed on’ the registration
books. These will be registered to
day, however, before the books have
closed, as this is the last day for reg
istration.
All the names that have not been
placed on the lists, either held back
BARNSTORMERS
HAVE RETURNED
FROMM TRIP
THEY MADE TO BUENA VISTA
Had Good Time and Made
Expense Money
Tired and weary, the members of
the cast of “The Lost Jewels of
Hotchjcotchj” returned to Americus
on the Seminole Limited Wednesday
night, glad to announce that they
had enjoyed a good time and had made
enough money on the trip to pay for
the venture.
A good house greeted the perform
ance at Buena Vista. Nearly 250 seats
were sold for the appearance of the
amateurs there, who were hospitably
received and treated during their stay.
The eensensus of opinion among the
players as regards the production in
Buena Vista is that the performance
there was even better than the one
given here, though there were mani
fest handicaps in the way of staging
and lights- which detracted from the
effect of the play. The hospitality and
co-operation of the Buena Vista man
agement helped materially in reducing
expenses.
The fact that enough was cleared
from the venture to pay the heavy
expenses, is gratifying to the mem
bers of the cast, as it was hardly ex
pected that any better financial re
suits could have been obtained by the
presentation away from the city of a
play requiring so large a cast. It Is
not likely that there will be any
further performances of “T’z Lost
Jewels of Hotchjcotchj."
GEESE DIDN'T < AGREE
WHEN PIT INTO SACK
Atlanta Woman ( alls Historical Slnry
a Myth.
Atlanta, March 14. —Mrs. Vistorii
D. Seals is thoroughly convinced that
the story about the cackling geese that
saved Rome is the biggest whopper in
all history.
She had a flock of fine geese in he'
back yard, plump, beautiful white
birds, that strutted sedately around,
and cackled so melodiously in the
morning that Mrs. Seals often imag
ined they were actual lineal descen
dants of those that saved the Citadel
from the Barbarians.
But last night the Barbarians visit
ed Mrs. Seals’ back yard. They were
swarthy Ethiopians and they came
bearingi^acks.
Into the sacks they thrust the fool
ish flock of geese, the geese mean
while uttering no sound. The geese
haven't cackled until yet, and proba
bly never will. Mrs. Seals, who is
comfortably well off, isn’t so very
much chargined over the loss,
“Geese that haven’t got sense
enough to cackle when they are being
stolen, are not worth having anyway,'
she says.
FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH 15, 1912.
or delayed for other reasons, will be
placed there today and it is confident
ly expected that the total number of
names that will be on the list tonight
will be no fewer than were recorded
at the municipal election last fall
when more than 700 names were
registered.
It was thought some time ago that
the registration would exceed that of
last fall, but it will not go very far
above that, if at all. In some quarters
it is believed that the registration for
this election as finally recorded will
exceed any ever known in the city
prior to this time. Every one who in
tends to register today should do so
as early as possible, so as to facilitate
the work of the city clerk in preparing
i i nal transcript of the names of those
who are qualified voters for the elec
tion.
A feature of the campaign activity
for tonight will be the mass meeting
'hat has been called by the Citizens’
Club to assemble at the Armory Hall
of the Americus Light Infantry at 7:30
. clock.
TO ELIMINATE
PERSONALITIES
INCAMPAIGN
IN ALL ADVERTISEMENTS
That are Inserted in The
Times-Recorder
The Times-Recorder yesterday noti
fied -both sides to the municipal bond
issue contest that it will not accept
for publication any advertisements,
whether in the shape of display ads
or cards, that are of a personal na
ture, that, is, dealing in personalities,
or intended to lead up to personalities
that may be offensive. There are
plenty of arguments, pro and con
that can be indulged in without re
sorting to personalities on either
side. The Times-Recorder does not
propose to be a party to publications
of personal character. It is not a ques
tion whether this man’s record is
good or that man’s bad. That is not
the issue, and it cannot be made an
issue with intelligent people. The
advertising columns of this paper arc
epen to all legitimate discussions of
the question, but no more ads of a
personal nature will be accepted.
IT. D. r. WILL MEET TODAY
AT RESIDENCE OF MRS. COBB
There will be a called meeting of
the Daughters of the Confederacy at
the home of Mrs. John A. Cobb this
(Friday) morning at ten-thirtv o’clock
to arrange with the Memorial Asso
ciation for the celebration of April
26th.
DESTRUCTIVE RAINS CONTINUE
TO DELAY FARMING ACTIVITY
Destructive rains, destructive in
that they have placed the roads of
the county in wretched condition and
have prevented farmers from prepar
ing their lands for the growing of
crops this year, still continue to fall
here and throughout the county. Yes
terday, which began like an ideai
spring day, ended in what was one of
the hardest rains of the season, while
the weather forecast for today indi
cates a continuance of the rains.
Before yesterday’s rains began
there had been 3.17 inches of rainfall
during the month of March, while,
conservatively estimated, the rains of
yesterday must have added an inch or
two to this amount. At that rate
there are now approximately five
inches of rainfall recorded for the
month of March, in addition to the
heavy rains that have fallen here ever
since the new year began and even
during the early part of the present
wiatar,
WILL CITY HAVE
MOUNTED MEMBER
OF POLICE FORCE?
%
SUGGESTION MADE RECENTLY
Matter of Extra Policemen
to Be Considered
Americus may have a mounted po
liceman, in order that the suburbs
and outlying sections of the city may
be properly patrolled, and with con
sistency and regularity. This was
a suggestion made at the recent ses
sion of city council, which may be
carried out, if it is found to be prac
ticable in a financial way.
The suggestion as offered to the
session of council contemplates
member, so that a daily patrol of
the less frequently visited sections of
the city may be made, especially the
residence section, which is now prac
tically without any protection of this
kind.
Whether or not the city is to have
the mounted policeman or is to have
the thred extra policemen, the latter
of which were recommended by the
police commission at its recent meet
ing, depends on the action that coun
cil will take after the report of the
fire and police committee, to which
the matter of the extra policemen has
been referred, will have been made.
This will give the board of aldermen
some definite course to consider,
whether the policemen wil be put
on or not.
Very little discussion of the mat
ter of the extra policemen was'had a’;
the recent meeting of council, but to
judge from the tenor of the discussion
as it was held, it would seem that a
majority of the members of council
are opposed to the action on the
ground of the extra expense that
would be incurred. The maintenance
of the extra policemen, it is estimated,
would aggregate more than $2,000 per
year. This will probably defeat their
being added to the force.
MILLIONS OF MEN
ARE OUT OF WORK
IN GREAT BRITAIN
Coal Miners Trying to Settle
Wages Dispute
London, March 14.—British coal
mine owners and their striking work
men are in final conference today in
negotiations aiming to settle wage
disputes. Unless they can give re
plies to Premier Asquith's proposals
which would furnish bases for further
negotiations with prospects of mu
tual settlement, ocmpulsory legisla
tion is bound to follow.
Over two million men are out of
employment because of the strike.
Hundreds of industries have suspend
ed work. Suffering among *he strik
ers and unemployed and their families
is evidently growing into a national
menace.
Estimating the rainfall of yesterday
as approximately two inches, the to
tal rainfall for the year, including
nearly ten inches which fell in Jan
uary and nearly five which fell in
February, the rainfall for the year
is approaching close to twenty inches
This is a record which has seldom-, if
ever, been reached here before, and
its effects upon farming operations
have simply been paralyzing.
It had been hoped that the coming
of March would witness a cessation in
the rains and bad weather which had
made the winter one of exceptional
discomfort and trouble to the farm
ers of this section, but it seems that
the end of the rains is not yet in
sight. One effect of the rains has been
pointed to with some degree of satis
faction by local observers of crop
conditions, who claim that it will re
duce the cotton acreage more than
any system of pledges could possibly i
do.
«t/ * i t 1-
mOBE MAY BE
MADE OF THE
POSTAL MACHINE
•HIM HITCHCOCK HIS BUILT
Is in Line For Democratic
Investigation
Washington, March 11—The polit
ical machine which Postmaster Gen
eral Hitchcock has built up by
means of his authority at the head of
the postofflee department is in line
for an investigation by the democrats
The deomcrats have a Well’ laid plan
to probe deep into the machine-build
ing activities of the postmaster gen
eral.
It is admitted that there is no one
department in the government service
where the searchlight could be turned
on with more success than in the
postofflee department.
For many months there have been
reliable reports that Mr. Hitchcock
had been quietly laying his plans for
the capture of delegates for Taft, par
ticularly in the South.
The democrats want to know:
Whether postmasters throughout
the country, first class and otherwise,
are giving proper attention to their
offices.
Whether it is not a fact,, that many
of these postmasters accept their
trust from the government as a “side
line” to be conducted in connection
with private business.
Whether it is true that mhny post
masters spend much of their time
campaigning for the republican cause
to the detriment of official business
of their offices.
For what reasons various post
offices have been discontinued, or
moved, upon orders for the republican
cause, to the detriment of official bus
iness of their offices.
For what reasons various post
offices have been discontinued, or
moved, upon orders from Washing
ton without consulting the wishes of
the patrons of the office.
House democrats believe that right
under the eyes of the house the wily
postamster general is putting in or
der a political machine the full force
of which will be felt when the stand
pat republicans try to renominate
Taft for president.
It is also claimed that the postal
service is being crippled. It is claim
ed that in many towns men are nam
ed for postmasters who have private
businesses that require all their time.
It is openly charged that in every
state there are men who hold com
missions at postmasters at import
ant offices who spend practically no
time at their duties. The real work
is left to subordinates, while the pol
itician-postmasters, secure in the
knowledge that they can deliver a
certain number of delegates when the
time arrives, oentent themselves with
looking after other matters.
I is claimed that the postmaster
general has named as postmasters,
bankers, lawyers, merchants and
others who regard their allegiance to
the postal service as secondary to
private interests. It is also claimed
that these politician-postmasters ex
hibit great activity in organizing their
friends in support of the republican
cause, that they are chairmen of
."ty or city republican committees,
and mat much of their time is spent
in campaigning.
FISHER, SHIPP
CONCERT CO.
HEREJONIGHT
At the High School auditorium to
night at 8:30 o’clock the Fisher,
Shipp Concert Company will give the
musical program for which they are
so well known, and it is believed that
it will prove one of the greatest at
tractions of the popular Lyceum
course.
Vocal and instrumental selections
will be on the varied program that is.
to be given, and a little drama, with
sparkling lines and delightful humor
will form a part of the interesting
things offered. The regular Lyceum
prices will prevail, and large audi
ence will enjoy the attractive selec
tions that are rendered.
Casey Jones Tragedy.
> Norwich, Conn., March 14—Two men
were killed in a head-on collision
between two Ontario and Western
I trains at Galena, six miles north of
here, last night. Several other pet*-
sons were injured.
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