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UNVEILING EXERCISES MOST SUCCESSFUL
IN SPITE OF THE UNSETTLED WEATHER
Uliehaw Memorial Unveiled Under Most Auspicious Circumstances By the Council of
Safety Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Assisted By the
People of Lee County and Surrounding Sections—Large
Attendance in Spite of Unfavorable Weather
♦ THVVELED i> five cars ....♦
t TO MAKE HIS SPEECH. ♦
♦ ♦
♦ Mr. J. E. Shipp had an unus- C
+ ual experience yesterday in mak- ♦
> ing the trip to Leesburg by auto- ♦
+ mobile to deliver the oration at ♦
♦ the unveiling of the Chehaw me- ♦
♦ mortal. Car after car in which ♦
4 ho rode stuck in the mud and wa- ♦
♦ ter that made the roads almost ♦
impassable in some places after ♦
♦ the rains of the night before, and ♦
♦ Mr. Shipp was transferred to the ♦
♦ fifth automobile before he final- ♦
♦ lv reached Chehaw after the time ♦
+■ for the beginning of the exer- ♦
♦ cises had passed. Mr. Shipp was ♦
♦ the butt of many jokes as the re- ♦
♦ suit of his experience and many -*■
♦ of his friends facetiously term
♦ ed him the Jonah of the occas- *
♦ ion, a charge which was entirely ♦
♦ disproved by the splendid manner ♦
♦ in which Mr Shipp delivered the ♦
A oration of the day. ♦
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!By Frank T. Long, Staff Represent
ative.)
(Special to Times-Recorder.)
Leesburg, Ga., June 14. Not
withstanding the fact that the
weather was unsettled and threaten
ing, the unveiling of the Chehaw me
morial and the exercises connected
with the unveiling were carried out
yesterday in a manner which was
successful in every particular. The
attendance was large and represent
tative, showing clearly the wide inter
est which had been aroused in the
event.
The cordial spirit of co-operation
between the members of the Council
of Safety chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, and the people
of Lee county was shown in the care
ful preparations made for the enter
tainment. of all who attended. A band
stand from which an excellent band,
conducted by Mr. Henry Witt, of Araer
icus, furnished music, had been con
structed, in connection with a large
number of tables for the sumptuous
barbecue and dinner which was serv
ed while the grounds had been carefully
cleared. Toothsome barbecue suffi
cient to feed four times the crowd
present was prepared for the occa
sion.
On account of the fact that, brisk
■"'ind had blown practically through
out the entire night previous and a
heavy rain had fallen, many stayed
away who would otherwise have come,
in view of these facts, the attendance
unusually large, and the enthus
iasm of all who attended was manl
iest and pronounced. The music fur
nished by the band added largely to
the enjoyment of the occasion, which
was most enjoyable in every particu
lar.
The platform for the band and the
speakers’ was beautifully and appro
priately decorated for the occasion
"ith numerous streamers of bunting
a 'id I’nited States flags, inspiring in
the almost sylvan surroundings where
The exercises were conducted. The
members of the local chapter of the
daughters of the American Revolu
,!on prepared these features with the
greatest care.
Seated on the platform were Mrs.
" illiam Lawson Peel, of Atlanta, vice
President-general of the Daughters of
'he American Revolution; Mrs. Chas.
A Pricker, regent of the Council of
Safety chapter; Miss Annie May Bell,
'lias Anna Benning, Mrs. J. S. Harri
son. Mrs- W. D. Bailey, chaplain of
'he Council of Safety chapter; Hon.
J R. D. Shipp, Hon. Joe Hill Hall,
and little Misses Lucy Simmons and
l ouisp Dudley, and a representative
of I'he Times-Recorder.
Alter a brief invocation by Rev. J.
Stokes, pastor of the Presbyterian
'hurph of Amerlcuß, Miss Annie May
nf H. of Americus, introduced in gra
< ions manner Mrs. William Lawson
The Americus Times-Recorder
Peei, of Atlanta, vice president-gen
eral of the Daughters of the Ameri
' can Revolution, who delivered the
I first address of the occasion. Miss
i Bell was especially happy and felici
tous in her remarks and she sketch
ed briefly and with merited tribute the
wide influence wielded by Mrs. Peel
among the D. A. R.’s of the state.
With her frankness and hearty good
humor, Mrs. Peel having been a for
mer resident of Lee county, won the
attention and sympathy of the large
crowd as she began speaking. Mrs.
Peel spoke of the commendable spirit
which had brought about the happy
consummation of the exercises at
which she enjoyed the privilege of
speaking.
“A land without memories is a land
without hope,” said Mrs. Peel. “I am
pleased to see that the people of Lee
county are glad and eager to aid in
the work of preserving their tradi
tions.
“I am proud of Lee county,” said
Mrs. Peel, “because of many things.
I was born in Lee county and I have
always been proud of my native coun
ty. When the invitation came for me
to deliver an address here today, I
could not refuse it because I was
glad to come back to Lee county and
to face this crowd of people in my
native section. I hope the people of
Lee county will preserve their rich
historical records.” (Mrs. Peel was
informed at this juncture that the re
cords of the county had been burned
in 1858.)
Miss-Anna Benning, of Columbus, a
member of the board of managers of
the Colonial Dames, was introduced
by Mrs. Peel, and delivered a short
and inspiring address. Miss Benning
said that the people of Lee county
should not fail to make such records
of their history as wrns still possible,
though the official records had been
destroyed by fire in 1858. She hearti
ly approved the recommendation prev
iously made by Mrs. Peel in the for
mer’s address.
Mrs. Benning paid a notable trib
ute to the state of Georgia. “Geor
gia is the greatest and best of the
states in achievements and in tradi
tions, and we want to keep it the
best.”
M's. J. S. Harrison, state editor of
the Daughters of the American Rev
olution, was next called upon for an
address and briefly touched upon the
meaning of the occasion. Mrs. Har
rison said that such memorials as thr
one to be unveiled would be an inspir
ation to the men and women of the
future —an inspiration of the most last
and worthy kind.
Mrs. Charles A. Fricker, regent of
the Council of Safety chapter, Daugh
ters of the American Revolution, took
occasion in a brief address to thank
the former regent of the chapter, Mrs.
M. M. Lowry, to whom, she said, was
due in large part the credit for the
erection of the Chehaw memorial. Mrs.
Fricker also thanked most cordially
the members of the chapter for their
hearty co-operation in the work and
the people of Lee county for their
valuable and indispensable assistance.
To Mrs. O. M. Heath, who gave the
land upon which the memorial was
erected, Mrs. Fricker gave hearty
thanks for her noble sympathy and co
operation. Mrs. Fricker then Intro
duced Mr. J. E. D. Shipp, the orator
of the occasion.
Mr. Shipp sketched briefly some
of the most salient points in the his
tory of Chehaw. Especially did be
deprecate the cruelty with which the
friendly Chehaw Indians had been
treated by the soldiers of the revolu
tion on more than one occasion. An
eloquent tribute was paid by Mr.
Shipp to the noble work done here by
the Daughters of the American Revo
lution in marking the historic spots of
this section. The complete address
delivered by Mr. Shipp will be print
'd in The Times-Recorder tomorrow.
Mr. Shipp's address was a master-
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 15, 1912.
ly discussion of the history of Che
haw, and the failure of the colonial
settlers to make proper amends to
the friendly Chehaw Indians, whose
aid and support was of incalculable
good to the settlers. It was a splen
did address, combining both logic and
eloquence.
At the conclusion of the addresses
‘The Star-Spangled Banner” wrns sung,
qfter which the cords that held the
bunting about the memorial were
drawn by little Misses Lucy Simmons,
Louise Dudley and Master Frank
Harrold, Jr., and the Chehaw memo
rial had been officially unveiled. Pro
longed applause followed the unveil
ing of the monument, and the dis
closing of the memorial to public
view. A wreath of laurel presented
by the Montezuma chapter, Daughters
Os the American Revolution, was then
placed on the memorial.
It was then that one of the pleas
antest features of the day's entertain
men was enjoyed in the barbecue and
dinner that was served The people
of Lee county had prepared a large
quantity of barbecue and lemonade,
which w r as thoroughly enjoyed with
the many other good things which
had been brought along. Genuine hos
pitality and good cheer was evidenced
in such a manner that every one pres
ent enjoyed the occasion thoroughly )
It was a celebration and outing that i
was notable.
The highest praise and commenda- |
tion belongs to each member of the i
Council of Safety chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion, who have taken up the work of
marking the historical spots of this
section, and who did their first work
of this kind in Lee county. The ap
preciation of the people of Lee
county was shown by the hearty co
operation given in the work. The
event was a notable one in aiding in
promoting the fine spirit of friendli
ness that exists between the people
of Lee county and those of Sumter.
Among those attending from Ameri
cus were Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Lowry,
Miss Annie May Bell, Miss Constance
Ho_lt, Mrs. W. K. Bell, Mrs. C. O.
Niles, Miss Mary Lewis Tharpe, Mary
Dudley, Louise Dudley, Lucy Simmons,
Mrs. Howell B. Simmons, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank P. Harrold, Frank Harrold, Jr.,
Miss Mattie Lewis Dodson, Miss Geor.
gia Bena Dodson, Mr. and Mrs. W.
A. Dodson, Mrs. Charles A. Fricker,
Miss Willie Rutherford, Mr. R. E.
Hearn, Mr. and Mrs. Crawford Wheat
ley, Mrs. Huntington, Mr. J. E. D.
Shipp, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Bailey,
Mr. Will Bailey, Mrs. Henry Bagley,
Mr. Henry Johnson, Miss Josephine
Bagley, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Peel, of
Atlanta; Mr. James Reese, Miss Ruth
Holt, Mr. Gordon How’ell. Mr. Will
Roach, 61-iss Ira Roach, Rev. J. W.
Stokes, Mr. W. M. Andrews, Mrs. J.
S. Harrison and Miss Anna Benning.
Mr R. E. Hearn, official photogra
pher for the D. A. R., took several
photographs of the monument and the
crow'd present. These will be on sale
at the Hearn studio in a few' days.
NATIONAL CITY
BANK’S 100TH YEAR
New' York, June 14.—The National
City Bank, which is the largest finan
cial institution in the United States
will be 100 years old tomorrow. The
bank received its first charter June
16, 1812, and opened for business a
gew months later. Os recent years
the bank has been controlled by Stan
dard Oil capitalists.
CANADIAN OLYMPIC TEAM SAILS,
Montreal, June 14.—The athletes,
arsmen and markesmen w ho are to up
hold the honors of Canada in the
Olympic contests at Stockholm next
month sailed today for Liverpool. The
team will spend a week or ten days in
final practice in England bjrore pro
ceeding to Stockholm.
THE WEATHER. Showers and Thunderstorms Today.
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MORE CARLOADS
OFIPEACHES 00
NORTHMONDAY
A TOTAL OF LOIR CARLOADS;
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Sent From Americus to That
June Date
Nearly two hundred crates fine Car
men peaches were expressed from
Americus yesterday, and daily ship
ments by freight and express will
begin with Monday next when two ad
ditional full carloads will be shipped,
the first ones from the Ware orchard,
both well in advance of last year’s
first shipment. Already the Raymond
orchard has shipped two cars, princi
pally of the early varieties preceding
the Carmens, and Americus will have
thus shipped four full carloads, in
addition to express shipments.
The orchards here will soon be
scenes of activity, with the scores and
dozens of busy pickers and packers at
work handling and shipping the beau
tiful fruit.
Up at Fort Valley the shipping sea
son has opened already and commis
sion men and fruit buyers are there
in numbers. Many of the orchard
men have already sold their crop on
the trees at good prices, and are safe
in the possession of a small fortun*
from the yield of these orchards this
season.
All the fruit grow'ers are handling
the fruit industry in the best and mo it
up-to-date way and the splendid care
given the trees and the spraying of the
truit while young produces results that
are the evidences of essential special
care.
SFABOARD DEPOT BURNED
YESTERDAY AT CUSSETA
Sparks From Engine Probab
ly Started Fire
The depot building of the Seaboard
railway at Cusseta, on the Columbus
division, was destroyed by fire yester
day. The blaze originated in the
freight department, and is supposed
to have been started by a spark from
■ a passing locomotive. All records and
1 some freight were destroyed.
SHAPING UP
NOW FOR THE
PRIMARY
WILL BE HELD IN AUGUST
Georgia Then Selects Its
Next Governor
Atlanta, June 14.—A call probably
will be issued this week for a meeting
of the state executive committee to
make preparations for the state pri
mary in August.
Chairman W. C. Wright says he ex
pects to call the committee together
soon after June 20, and the date now
figured on for the meeting is said to b 3
June 22.
While no definite agreement or even
tentative understanding has been had
with reference to the primary date,
general opinion puts it about August
20, with a state convention on Sept. 3,
for the purpose of carrying out the ex
pression of the primary.
The primary could not be held ear
lier than Aug. 3, as under the law it
must be held not more than sixty days
before the state election, which this
year falls on Oct. 2. But the legisla
ture will not adjourn until Aug. 14,
and as it has always been customarv
to put the primary date after the legis
lative adjournment, it seems generally
agreed that Wednesday, Aug. 20, will
be the most acceptable and satisfacto
ry date, and it looks now as if it is
likely to be chosen.
There will remain, therefore, only
about ten weeks for the campaign,
which everyone is agreed, is enough
if not more than enough. The ab
sence of a hot fight so far over the
governorship with indications that
there is going to be none of conse
quence, has detracted from the inter
est the campaign otherwise might
have aroused; and with presiden
tial politics at fever heat, added to
hat as a distracting element, state pol
tics is for a time occupying far from
s e usual attention.
Despite the fact that the time is
comparatively short, several Georgians
*ho flirt with the governor ship race
very now and then are talking ot
'fitting into it.
Dr, L. G. Hardman, of Commerce,
.ne of the authors of the state de*< -
nlition law, says he thinks he will
it st have to get into the race to “sat-
Ufy public clamor.”
Hon. W. A. Covington, of Moultrie,
another prohibition leader, has wn’-
Nn several of his friends around the
uate, asking them what they think of
his entering the fight.
Attorney General T. S, Felder is still
MANY WERE
INJURED IN
THIS WRECK
ON THE CENTRAL YESTERDAY
When Freight and Passenger
Collided
Macon, Ga., June 14.—Nineteen were
injured, three perhaps fatally, when
Central of Georgia passenger train
from Birmingham to Macon crashed
into a string of coal cars at Ever
ett’s, 37 miles from here at 12:08
o’clock this morning. Freight train
No. 35 had just entered a siding to
clear the track for the oncoming pas
senger, which was on time, and in so
doing pushed 13 steel coal cars onto
the main line, directly in the path of
train No. 4. The engineer could not
see the obstacle in the way of his
train because of a sharp curve, and
»he collision occurred before he or
or any one else knew what was the
trouble. The crew of the freight
train discovered too late that the
cars had been shoved off the siding.
The injured are as follows: T. J.
Milling, engineer, Macon, scalded se
riously; Ed Johnson, negro fireman,
Macon, scalded seriously; W. L. Vel
lins, vice president of Weisglass Bed
Manufacturing company, Brooklyn, N.
Y., serious spinal injury; J. B. Reeves,
conductor, Macon, left arm bruised
and sprained; A. F. Cumbus, baggage
master, Macon, left leg and knee
sprained and bruised and side and
back sprained; W. D. Bagley, express
messenger, Macon, slightly hurt; C.
B. Geeslin, Macon, neck sprained; J.
Tom Davis, Macon, shoulder sprained,
Charles A. Hanner, Macon, forehead
cut; L. I. Feagle, Macon, leg hurt;
Robert A. Cheatham, Macon, knee skin
ned; Miss A. L. Baylor, Charleston,
W. Va„ bruises; Mrs. S. J. McMath.
referred to as a possibility, but he
spying nothing.
Dr. Hardman has always been align
ed with the Brown faction, except on
the question of prohibition, which is
rot really a factional question.
Mr. Covington generally has been
aligned with the Hoke Smith faction
though he cooled a little it is said as
a result of the senatorial race.
Mr. Felder is strongly allied with
the Hoke Smith faction, so here is
a fist of possibilities running all the
way between two extremes.
Notwithstanding all of this political
prognosticators are predicting that
there will not be another candidate
in the race. And, it is said, if Tom
Hudson had remained in two or three
1 weeks longer, there w<yild not even
ta\e been talk of another candidate.
TEACHERS HERE
FOR THE ANNUAL
EXAMINATION
TWENTY EIGHT FOR COUNTY
Examiration Will fie Finished
Today
The annual examination of teachers
for the Sumter county schools is be
ing held at the courthouse, having
begun yesterday, and will continue
through today Mr. W. S. Moore,
county superintendent of education, is
in charge. There are twenty-eight
a Pi.'bants for license to teach in this
and other counties of Georgia. The
above number represents the white
teachers.
The examination of colored teach
es s is being held today in the colored
school in East Americus. Mr. Moore
is being assisted in the examinations
by Mr. J. 1. Hiller, of Plains, Messr:,
Frank Timmerman and Chas. A. Ph.l
l:ps, of Plains, and Mr. Harvey John
son, of Hazelhurst.
Following is a lost of the appli
cants as enrolled yesterday.
Misses Irma H. Martin, Americus,
Claude McLaughlin, Americus; For
Mott, Americus; Kate Hiller, Plains,
Finis Taylor, Americus; Mary Tay
lor, Americus; Ella Brady, Hunting
ton; Jennie Harrison, Americus; Lil
lie Echols, Americus, Route 1; Anniu
Mae Brannen, Plains; Jennie Feagin,
Americus; Floyd Johnson, Ameri
cus: Mabel Dell, Americus; Emmie
Wiggins, Smithville; Marguerite Forth,
Dawson; Nannilee Saunders, Bron
wood; Florence Walters, Americus:
Alice Ferguson, DeSoto; Mervin Deli,
Americus; Kate Sandlin, Americus;
Marilu Jenkins, Leslie; Cora Cock,
DeSoto; Zola Dell, Americus; Messrs,
O. B. Trammell, Hazlehurst; R. M.
Monts, Lyons; A. R. Jordan, DeSoto;
'esse Pound, Hawkinsville; R. E,
White, Sumter.
The examinations were conducted
in the superior court room, whicn
was made cool and comfortable for
the applicants and examining board.
The examinations will be completed
this morning.
CORDELE WAS
DEFEATED BV
THE LOCALS
it am on Diur
By the Decisive Score of 5
to 3
Whether at home or abroad—on.
Dudley Field or in the enemy’s coun
try—the result is usually the same
when the Champs go after the scalp 3
of their opponents. History repeated
itself yesterday in the decisive vic
tory won over the Cordelians, the
score standing 5 to 3.
After trimming the Crisp countiana
her ethe day before, the Champs
crossed Flint river yesterday and re
peated the dose. Wood and Hooks, fop
Americus, with Elliott and Hudson,
for Cordele, did the battery work yes
terday, and the game was a good one,
despite the showers. Cordele led off
with one run in the first, and garner
ed two more in the seventh Inning.
| And then the fire went out.
Americus landed three in the fifth,
[ and by plucking two additional ones
in the seventh was enabled to string
Cordele’s scalp at her girdle. Cordele
has a good team and will come back
again soon to try results on Dudley -
Field. j \
Columbus, head bruised; Miss Louisa
McMath, Columbus, bruised; Arthur
Darden, Anniston, Ala., internal inju
ries; J. C. Doss, Rome, Ga. side in*
jured; J. J. Childre, Reynolds, Ga.,
back sprained; Frank Knight, mailt
clerk, Macon, side and back and hea<l
bruised, Bob Carson, round house eatr,
ploye, Macon, ankle sprained.
NUMBER 14S
