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The Americus Times-Recorder
thiktt.foubth year.
FLOOO CONDITIONS PREVAIL
IN CITY OFAHGUSTA, GA.
Several Streets Like Rivers, With Waters Rising. No
Loss of Life Has Vet Reen Reported
Macon, Ga., March 16.—Flood con
dition? prevailed today at Augusta,
and this point in Georgia, a wide
section of the Carolinas and around
Montgomery, Ala., where rivers have
overflown and are causing great dam
age.
The situation became most seriou3
flt Augusta, where the Savannah riv
er reached a 36-foot stage, the high
est there since the flood of the sum
mer of 1908, when it passed the 38
foot mark and caused the loss of 18
lives and $1,500,000 property dam
age.
\o additional loss of life has been
reported today, but much damage has
been done and business tied up by the
stoppage of power plants and flooded
stores and warehouses.
The Ocmulgee at Macon reached a
22 foot stage this morning. The high
est since 1887 and low' lying parts of
the city are under water.
The Alabama river reached the
flood stage at Montgomery and is ris
ing. The low'lands are inundated
At West Point, Ga., the Chattahoo
chee overflowed its hanks and coverd
the tracks of the Atlanta and West
Point railroad interfering with traf
fic and making it necessary to detoud
the trains between Atlanta and Mont
gomery.
The situation around Atlanta has
improved. Much damage was don© in
that territory. Weather forecast of
clear weather brought hope to the
flood victims.
Owing to demoralized train serv
ice reports of the floods w'ere slow
in becoming known. Some parts of
the South were cut off from the out
side world until late in the afternoon.
Augusta, Ga., May 16.—At 8
o'clock this morning Local Fore
caster E. D. Emigh changed his esti
mate on the staee of the river, saying
it wolud probably go to 6 feet. The
river showed a steady rise from 25.6
at 3 o'clock Friday morning to 35.5
today at 9 a. m.
Throughout the night thousands of
Augustans kept an anxious vigil. Al
though the weather bureau had spn f
out reassuring reports through the
Herald, still it was known to all that
the old Savannah is treacherous and
there was anxiety on every counte
nance. The water began to come into
the city in the lower parts of the
uptown district early in the
continued to rise at an average rate
of six inches per hour. Great furni
ture vans, trucks, dravs and wagons
carried people and household goods
away from the flooded district and
as the night progressed the flood
continued to encroach.
Water in Broad Street.
It went across Broad street and
into Breen in the early hours of the
morning and bv 7 o’clock the only
Thousands of 'people lined the
streets in the early hours and watch
ed in vain from one street to the
other down Rroad until 9 o’clock it
reached the Herald office. In the
meantime the water was breaking
over at Center street and running
into the lower parts of the city in the
uptown district, or that portion of
Augusta running from Marbury
SONS OF VETERANS HELD GOOD
MEETING ON VESTEROAT MORNING
Twenty-Five Members Added to Enrollment of the Newly
Organized Camp—Mr. Harvey Weaver Chosen
Adjutant—Does Fixed at ?l Per Month.
A!:i-n s. Cutts Camp or Sons of
1 °Df(*derate Veterans held a rousing
Meeting yesterday morning at the
county courthouse, at which more
'h.tn twenty-five new names were add
,(i to the roster of the camp. This
makes a total enrollment now of
*t>an seventy-five menfbers.
■ ft>e membership of the camp Is
sr °wing rapidly, and the numerous
committees appointed recently to so
,Mt members have not yet handed in
'heir reports. When these shall have,
"“ n received, It is believed that the
' ,lr ollnient will reach nearly two hun
,lrt‘d, probably more.
I,le main matter of business acted
1,0,1 vester day was the fixing of the
"-m dues, which were placed at
I ‘ r member. From many members
street west to Fifteenth, the damage
is particularly heavy as the water
early in the day went into the lower
floors of the people’s residences, ana
in some places was from four to six
leet deep. No lives have been lost as
far as reported and it is not believed
that any in the city have lost their
lives so far,
FOREMAN MM
FAITHFUL MAN
IN S. U SHOPS
HIS IN EXCELLENT IECOI
One of the Most Valuable
Employes Here
(Note —This is the first of a series
of similar sketches of employes in the
local Seaboard shops, which will ap
pear from time to time in The Times-
Recorder.)
Mr. Elam Mauk, general foreman of
the Seaboard railway shops in Ameri
cus, is one of the most effluent em
ployes of that railway system and one
of the most popular of the three hun
dred men in the shops over which he
has- supervision. Mr. Mauk has an
enviable record of fifteen years in the
service of the company.
Born and reared upon a farm near
Americus, his first work here was
with the Seaboard where he served
four years apprenticeship in the 10-
pal shops. He then went upon the
BjWsA' ■3§S§§sss,\ '
Mil. ELAM MAUK.
Foreman of The Seaboard Shops.
road as an engineer for some time,
but preferring other work, he was
given a position in the shops.
Here he served in the several ca-
50 cents have already been collected
as annual dues, so that these must
pay the additional 50 cents for the
present year. The $1 fee is charged
on account of the fact that 50 cents
must be sent for each member to the
main division for the granting of the
charter. After this year the dues wll
be only 75 cents per annum.
The election of Mr. Harvey Weaver
as adjutant general supplied the
place which had been temporarily
filled by Mr. Sam Heys. Mr. H. T.
Davenport, of the local camp of Con
federate Veterans made a stirring
speech to the assembled sons. The
meeting was largely attended and
was enthusiastic. It augurs great suc
cess for the newly established camp,
tfhlch has already made provision for
the drafting of a constitution and by
laws for permanent organization.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA.
“SAP’S RUNNING” 7
(Copyright.)
DECISION ON BOND ISSUE EXPECTED
FROM THE COMMISSION NEXT TUESDAY
Report Has It With A!! Bat Absolute Ceilainfy That Lommission Will Give Out Decision
In Matter Next Tuesday—Report Will Be Received By The Times-Recorder As
Soon As It is Given Out By the Commission to Special Correspondent
With ail but absolute certainty the
report has been received from At
lanta from The Times-Recorder’s sp*
cial correspondent that the Railroad
Commission of Georgia will on next
Thursday, March 19, give out 'its de
cision relative to the issue of $340,-
000* of bonds, which were asked for
recently by the Americus Gas and
Electric Company.
While this announcement has not
been made by the commission itself
as a body, it has been learned with
practical certainty that it is the inten
tion of the commission to hand down
its opinion on that day, which it the
day prior to the holding or the elec
tion here to dceide the matter of the
bond issue.
If the decision is given out next
Tuesday, as is confidently expected
will be done, it may have considera
ble effect in the election that is to
follow next day. For this reason
and on account of the fact that in
terest here in the matter of the decis
ion is intense, the news from Atlan
ta next Tuesday will be awaited with
interest.
Arrangements have been made by
'The Times-Recorder with Mr. Fred
Lewis, city editor of the Atlanta Con
stitution and one of the most trust
worthy and alert newspaper men in
Georgia, for the report of the com
mission to be wired immediately to
Americus. The report will be re
ceived by The Times-Recorder and
bulletined here at once, prior to its
■publication in The Times-Recorder
the following morning.
Realizing the great importance o<:
accurate and authoritative reports
relative to the commission's decision
The Times-Recorder has made ar
rangements to have this matter han
dled exactly as it should be in order
to give complete, accurate Wd au
thentic news concerning the decision
reached by the commission.
pacities of roundhouse foreman, ma
chine shops foreman and later was
promoter to the responsible position
ho now occupies, that of general fore
man, the duties of which he has dis
charged most satisfactorily for four
years. That there are other positions
for Elam Mauk “higher up’’ his hun
dreds of friends feel assured.
Mr. and Mrs. Mauk reside in their
pretty home on Barlow street, sur
rounded by many congenial friends
among whom both are esteemed and
deservedly popular.
THE WEATHER— Fair and Colder.
SUNDAY MORNING. MARCH 17. 1912.
PLEA MADE FOR
THE SUPPORT OF
GONG. UNDERWOOD
IS CANDIDATE fOjtIKE SOUK
Mr. Hutchins Gives Out An
Interview
Atlanta, Ga., March 16.—Mr. G. R.
Hutchins, one of the most staunch
suporters in Georgia of Congressman
Oscar W. Underwood for president,
gave out the following interview here
today:
“To nominate Underwood for the
presidency means that we ratify the !
course of the party in congress during
the present session, instead of repu
diating it. Can Georgians afford to
vote on the first day of May against
Underwood and by doing so say that
they repudiate our party leader and
that they desire to transfer the iead- i
ership from the hands of Mr. Under
w'ood and out of the state of Alabama
into the hands of Gov. Wilson and the
state of New Jersey.
"Just as Roosevelt and his radical
following are sowing the seed of dis
integration in republican ranks, so is
Gov. Wilson and his following, with
the aid of ill-advised and extreme
measures, proposed by him, scatter
ing seed of the same sort, which, if
persisted irt, will have the same ten
dency in its effect on the democratic
party. I do not believe that Georgia
democrats on the first day of May will
permit themselves to be led into this
pitfall. Gov Wilson and his follow
ing are side-tracking the tariff ques
tion fir minor measures, purely ex
perimental. They seek to build a
house out of tooth-picks and I do not
believe that the structure will stand
the lightest gale, if it were permitted
to be built. Let us think about these
matters and stick to the substantial
propositions, the strength of which,
if properly determined, will result in
a beneft tto the masses of the people,
who have so long borne the burdens
of unpust taxation. Let us carry Un
derwood to victory in Georgfa on the
first of May and in Baltimore hold up
his bands, and this fall, at the na
tional election, elect him president
and take him from the Ameircan peo
ple—the wage earners, agricultural
ists and others least able to bear the
burden, ;the uiilisione that has been
so long around their necks, I do not
FARMERS ARE
BREEDING SEED
OF BEST KINDS
TO RESIST THE COTTON PESTS
State Entomologist Worsham
Has Visited Farmers
Atlanta, Ga., March 16.—State En
tomologist E. L. Worsham has just re
turned from an extended trip through
out Southwest Georgia, where he has
beet in close touch with the cotton
i ’•eedcrs’ clubs in that section. These
tints are organized along the border
counties of Alabama for the purpose
of breeding cotton seed which are re
sistent to the black root disease and
I which mature sufficiently early t o
fruit ahead of the dread boll weevil,
which is expected to make its appear
ance in these counties at an early
j date.
Dr. Worsham states that the mem
bers of these clubs are enthusiastic in
developing these varieties of cotton
seed for they realize that only in this
way can they combat the boll weevil.
Planters throughout the state and
South are thoroughly aroused on the
subject of improving varieties of cot
ton seed planted for the wonderful
development o f the cotton seed oil in
dustry has convinced them that there
is more money in a high grade of cot
ton seed when sold to the oil mills
and in turn transformed into its by
products than any other product of
the cotton crop. The oil mills are
quick to appreciate the higher grade
of cotton seed and the results ob
tained thereforom justify the planters
in using every endeavor to grow the
highest grade cotton seed.
The long continued rain has put the
farmers afr behind in the preparation
of their ground for ylanting their
crops and they will use every precau
tion to plant only the best cotton
seed available in order to secure the
best results in the fall.
A man without convictions is as
uninteresting as a man with them is
insufferable.
believe in flitting around like a wren
in a rail-pile, but I believe in substan
tial, stable doctrines that are so
strongly imbedded in the hearts of
democrats, who have the good of the
party at heart.”
i SLATON HAS ENTERED THE
RACE FORJOVERNORSHIP
Issues Formal Announcement to the People of Georgia—
Will Probably Not Open Formal Campaign Headquarters
Until About May I—To Make Active Race
Atlanta, Ga., March 16, —Answering
inquiries from all over the state, John
M. Slaton today gave out a positive
statement to the effect that he will bp
in this year's race for governor. He
indicates that he had hoped to assist
'Postponing the gubernatorial cam
paign until after the presidential pri
mary and intimates that he will not
begin an active canvass of the state
Until after May 1.
Beyond a brief declaration of his
candidacy, Mr. Slaton makes little dis
cussion of the coming campaign or his
candidacy. His card is as follows:
Mr. .Slaton’s Announcement.
To The People of Georgia: The
widely published report that I will
be a candidate for governor subject
to the August primary has brought to
me letters from all parts of the state
asking for a definite declaration of my
intention. It was not my desire to
make any formal announcement until
after the presidential primary, being
impressed, as I am, with the idea
that the people preferred, to consider
one campaign at a time.
So general, however, has become the
demand for a statement that I believe
it is proper for me to say now I will
be a candidate, and at the appropriate
time I shall enter upon a vigorous pre
sentation of my views on the issues
which may be involved in the race.
My record as a member of the gen
eral assembly, as presiding officer of
each house for two terms and as act
ing governor for a brief period, is an
open book. If elected, I will continue
to do all in my power to serve the
best interests of the state.
As governor it will be my special
endeavor to give the state an econom
ical and business-like administration
of its affairs; to see, particularly, that
the agricultural and educational in
terests receive that liberal support
necessary to general progress; that
every dollar expended on each de
partment of government shall yield
to the people a dollar’s worth of effi
cient service, and that not one penny
of the public revenues is used to pro
mote private or political interests.
I shall seek the nomination on the
time-honored principle of the county
unit system of selection, for I believe
that this fundamental guarantee, in
tended for the equal protection of
the rights of every community in
the state and written into the consti
tution by our forefathers, should be
inviolably preserved in the spirit as
well as in the letter.
Later on, I will prepare a state
ment dealing with all questions of
public interest. Meanwhile, I de
clare my candidacy for the office of
governor for the term beginning in
June, 1913, promising, if elected, to
devote my best efforts and concentrate
my undivided energies to the end
that the state may be faithfully serv
ed. JOHN M. SLATON.
It is unlikely that Mr. Slaton wil.
open any formal campaign headquar
ters for a month or more, very like
| IN LOCAL CHURCHES
First Methodist Church.
Rev. O. B. Chester, pastor. Morn
ing sermon at II o’clock; evening ser
men at 7:30 o'clock. Sunday school at
9:30 o’clock, T. M. Furlow, superin
tendent. Prayer me ting on Wednes
day evening at 7:30 o’clock.
Dr. H. C. Morrison will preach at
both the morning and evening
services today. Mission Sunday will
also be observed today.
First Baptist Church.
Rev. Lansing Burrows, pastor. Mor
ning sermon at 11 o’clock; ‘evening
sermon at 7:30 o’clock. Sunday school
at 9,:30 o’clock, T. F. Gatewood, supe>-
intendent. Prayer meeting on Thurs
day evening at 7:30 o’clock.
Christian Science Church.
Morning services today at 11
o clock; evening services on Wednes
day only.
Presbyterian Chnrch.
Rev. J. W. Stokes, pastor. Morning
sermon at 11 o’clock; evening sermon
at 7 o’clock. Sunday school at 9:30
o’clock. L. P. Gartner, superintend
ent. Prayer meeting on Thursday
evening at 7 o’clock.
Catholic Chnrch.
Low Mass first and third Sundays
ly not until after the presidential pri
mary.
Meantime he will be in regular com
munication with his friends over the
state. He plans to wage a very ac
tive campaign at the proper time.
COM. BRITTAIN
GREETED HI A
LARGE CROWD
OF TEACHERS VESTEIDIT
Address Was Omni WAN
Great leteresl
Before a large and enthusiastic
assemblage of the teachers of the city
ana caunty and state schools. Com
missioner M. L. Brittain delivered yes
terday a most interesting address on
the subject r, reading, as it applies
to the general work and equipment of
the teacher.
As the day was an idea! one from
the weather viewpoint, the meeting
was held in the morning rather than
in the afternoon. Mr. Brittain was
introduced to the teachers by Super
intendent A. G. Miller, of the Ameri
cus public schools, who referred in
happy manner to the work that has
ueen done by Mr. Brittain for the ed
ucational system of Georgia.
Friday night Mr. Brittain addressed
another large crowd of teachers and
others upon the matter of the student's
applying him self not only to the ele
mentary courses of study but also to
the more advanced courses. Mr. Brit
tain’s visit was greatly enjoyed by
the teachers of the city and county
schools. '
Fails to Pay Wife, to Jail.
Albuerque, N. M„ March 16.—Steph
en Canavan, a former mine operator of
Gallup, N. M., reputed to be worth
$75,000, was sentenced today by
Judge Herbert F. Reynolds in the
District Court to serve two years in
jail for contempt of court, growing out
of a divorce granted his wife a year
ago, in which she was awarded $21,-
000.
Canavan was charged with disposing
of his property and leaving the state to
avoid payment of the judgment. He
reurned recently from Mexico and
was arested.
Wolves Eat Starving Bucks.
Hancock. Mich., March 16.—A pack
of twenty timber wolves has taken up
its habitation on the ice a mile out
from Eagle River, Mich., where it is
imprisoned in the ice or are too weak
from starvation to escape.
in each month at 10 o’clock, a. m.,
celebrated by Rev. Father Schonhardt’,
of Albany. Low mass each Monday
morning at 7 o’clock, following the
Sundays upon which services are held
in this edifice.
Furlow Lawn Baptist church.
Rev. R. L. Bivins, pastor. Morning
sermon at 11 o’clock; evening sermou
at 7:30 o’clock.
Sunday school at 9:30 o’clock, R. L.
Maynard, superintendent. Prayer
meeting on Wednesday evening at 7
o’clock.
Calvary Episcopal Church.
Rev. J. B. Lawrence Rector. Holy
Communion at 7:30 o’clock. Sunday
school at 9:45 o’clock; morning
prayer, litany and sermon at. 11
o’click; evening prayer at 7:30
o clock. Litany on Wednesday morn
ing at 11 o’clock, and evening prayer
on Friday at 7:30 o’clock.
The rector will read a portion of the
church history at the evening service
in order to conclude the reading be
fore Easter Sunday.
T. M. C. A.
Mr. Murray Dunn, Secretary. Sun
day afternoon services regularly at
3:30 o’clock.
Dr. H. C. Morrison will address thn
meeting this afternoon at the regular
hour.
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