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(THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR.
CHAUTAUQUA YESTERDAY HAD
ESPECIALLY GOOD FEATURES
Krjl’s Band Delighted Hundreds of People, While the
Other Features Were Enjoyed—Today and Tomor
row Close the Program of Attractions Here.
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-t- PROGRAM FOR TODAY AND *
♦ TOMORROW. ♦
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♦ SUNDAY. ♦
♦ Afternoon. ♦
♦ Sacred Cpncert —The Mozart
♦ Concert Co. ♦
♦ Lecture, “The Fight For a
+ State.”—Hon. Jos. W. Folk, of ♦
F- Missouri. ♦
•F Evening. ♦
F Sacred Concert —The Mozart t
F Concert Co. ♦
F Sermon—Dr. E. W. Huelster. ♦
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F MONDAY. ♦
F Morning. ♦
F Boy Scouts. F
F Literary Interpretation, “Phases ♦
F of Shakespeare’s Wit and Humor.” F
F Afternoon. e
F Concert. —The Barnard Orches- ♦
F tra. ♦
F Lecture, “Lem Jucklin" —Opie ♦
F Read. ♦
F Evening. F
F “Joy Night”—A Novel Program F
F by Ralph Bingham assisted by the ♦
F Barnard Orchestra. ♦
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Yesterday’s attractions at the Chau
tauqua here pleased large crowds of
people. It was a day of two excellent
concerts, among other features of note,
and the attendance was unusually
large and enthusiastic.
Many who attended the concert in
the afternoon and evening said that
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Z THEICHAUTAUQUA BILL I
♦ HAS BEEN PAID IN FULL 4
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4. AMERICUS, GA., MAY 24, 1913. ♦
4- RECEIVED OF Mrs. Leila C. Arthur, for the Americus and Sumter
4- County Hospital Association, the sum of $1,500, in full for amount ♦
4- guaranteed the Redpath Chautauqua Association by said Americus and ♦
4- Sumter County Hospital Association for the 1913 Chautauqua. ♦
4. HORACE ELLIS, Superintendent. ♦
4. ITEMS. ♦
4- RECEIVED the above as follows:
4- Wednesday, May 21, 191.1, S6OO ♦
4- Thursday, May 22, 1913 300 ♦
4- Friday, May 23, 1913 300 ♦
-4- Saturday May 24,1913, 300 *
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GEORGIA COTTON MEN
OFF FOR CAPITAL
Will Protest on Cotton Sched
ule as “Too Drastic”
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Columbus, Ga., May 24.-I— F. B. Gor 1 -
don, president of the Georgia Cotton
Manufacturers’ association; E. W.
Swift, president of the Columbus Tex
tile association, and J. D. Massey,
treasurer of the Eagle and Phoenix
Mills, of Columbus, leave tomorrow
morning for Washington, where on
Monday the senate subcommittee on
textiles, of which Senator Hoke Smith
is chairman, will give a hearing to the
cotton manufacturers of Georgia and
North Carolina.
C. E. Hutchens, president of the
North Carolina association, will join
the Columbus delegation. A brief pre
pared by G. Gunby Jordan, president
of the Eagle and Phoenix Mills, will
be submitted, as well as resolutions
adopted by the recent convention c-t
the Georgia Cotton Manufacturers’ as
sociation. The resolution is in the na
ture of a protest against the reduc
tion of the duty on cotton yarns and
The Americus Times-Recorder
this attraction alone was worth the
price of the entire season ticket. The
concerts were especially pleasing to a
large number of people.
, in the morning a literary interpre
tation was given by Mr. Amsbary of
his own volume of verse, “The Ballads
of Bourmonnais.” This was received
with pleasure by those who have bee 1
enjoying Mr. Amsbary’s interpretation
of other verse during the week.
Especially large crowds are expected
to hear the address by Hon. Joseph W.
Folk, of Missouri, who will speak at
the afternoon hour. A sacred concert
and sermon will also be features of the
day. Some of the local churches will
dispense with their evening services
in order to give their members an op
portunity to enjoy the Chautauqua.
Tomorrow will be the last day of
the Chautauqua, which occupies a sev
en-day period. The attractions for
the closing day are of a nature that
will please all. Ralph Bingham will
be heard as the concluding attraction.
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Hope is expressed generally that the
pledges for next season’s Chautauqua
will be secured. The ladies are word
ing on this feature now and success
will in all likelihood greet their ef
forts. All the money due the Redpath
Chautauqua bureau for the present
Chautauqua has been paid, as is shown
by the receipt printed elsewhere in this
issue. The enthusiastic support of the
public is asked for the guaranteeing
of the season next year, which will
be made an even greater success.
JAPAN’S RULER IS BETTER
HOPE OF RECOVERY
Favorable Change Has Come
About
Tokio, May 24.—The condition of
Emperor Yoshihito continued to im
prove today. The physicians in at
tendance declare themselves confident
that he will recover from the attack of
pneumonia. His majesty is cheerful.
He takes nourishment regularly and
his heart action Is strong.
Count Chiaki Wantanabe, the impe
rial master of ceremonies, today read
to the emperor President Wilson’s
cabled message of sympathy, whica
is also prominently displayed in the
newspapers.
The bulletin issued by the court phy
sicians in attendance on Emperor Yos
hihito at 4 o’clock this afternoon said
"His majesty’s condition has improved,
his temperature is 102.74 degrees Fah
renheit. His pulse is 85 and his res
piration 28.”
fabrics proposed under the Underwood
tariff bill as “too drastic.”
AMERICUS. GEORGIA. SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 25. 1913.
MISS M’MATH
WAS CLAIMED
JY DEATH
HAD BEEN ILL LONG TIME
Funeral Exercises to Be Held
Today
The death angel has claimed Miss
Helen McMath, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert L. McMath, who pass
ed away at noon Saturday at their
residence on Rees park. In view of
her protracted illness, extending over
a period of several years, the death of
Miss McMath was not unexpected to
her family and a large number of de
voted friends. For three or four yea r s
she had been in poor health, and while
at times a ray of hope came to those
who watched tenderly at her bedside,
it was but for a little while, and never
did the roses come back to her cheeks
to remain.
With the hope that the mountain at
mosphere of North Carolina would
prove beneficial, she remained twj
years at Highlands, but the relict
sought was not permanent. Through
out her long illness and confinement
to her home never did a murmur es
cape her lips. With devotion and ten
»
derness lavished upon her, she gave
love and smiles in return.
Miss McMath was reared in Ameri
cus and no one claimed more friends
than did this beautiful young girl,
and many are there who grieve today
at her death. Besides her parents,
she is survived by four sisters and four
brothers, to whom sincere sympathy is
extended.
The funeral services will be con
ducted this afternoon at four o’clock
from the family residence by Rev. J.
A. Thomas, of the First Methodist
church. The pall-bearers will be
Messrs. L. W. Brown, L. L. McCleskey,
W. C. Sullivan, W. M. Riley, C. S.
Glover, J. L. Sparks, E. L. Bell, J. B.
Poole.
ROYALWEDDING
18 SOLEMNIZED
SATURDAY EVE
BRILLIANT AFFAIR IN BERLIN
Sovereigns of Europe Wit
ness Nuptials
Berlin, May 24. —Princess Victoria
Luise of Prussia, only daughter of
the German emperor, was married to
Prince Ernest August of Cumberland
with the rftes of the Lutheran church
at 5 o’clock this evening.
The ceremony, which took place in
the royal chapel of the imperial cas
tle, seals the reconciliation between
the dethroned house of Hanover and
the house of Hotoenzollern.
The presence of the three most
powerful sovereigns of Europe—the
German emperor, the Russian emperor
and the British king-emperor—on
terms of intimate friendship, madF
the event a demonstration of interna
tional peace.
The civil ceremony was performed
half an hour earlier in the great elec
tors hall, a small room in the most
ancient part of the castle. It was at
tended only by the immediate families
of the bride and bridegroom.
The short formal civil marriage jf
Princess Victoria Luise and Prince
Ernest August of Cumberland, w;
completed at exactly 4:30 this after
noon.
TFE WEATHERs Fair and Cooler.
SUGGEST AN
EXTENSION
JF TAYLOR
FROM LEE TO JACKSON ST.
Attention Has Been Attracted
to Such a Change
Recently the holding of the Chautau
qua on the vacant lot up in the city
has served to attract attention anew
to the extension of Taylor street ti
Jackson street. A number of refer
ences have been made to this recent
ly.
The fact that this block, which is an
unwieldy one and has the extent, is
a matter of fact, of two ordinary
blo( ks, has no street through it from
Church to Finn has caused the sugges
tion that Taylor street be extended
from Lee to Jackson, thereby opening
up some valuable property for resi
dence purposes and greatly enhancing
the value of this property.
From the comment recently made, it
seems that such a change would be an
advantage both to the public and "o
the property holders. What discussion,
if any, will be given the matter by city
council will be awaited with interest.
MARKETS AND
LOCAL DAIRIES
AREjNSPECTED
BY OFFICIALS OF STATE
Inspection Will be Gnntinued
Monday
Under direction of Dr. Wade Cham
bliss, chairman of th Americus Board
of Health, a careful and thorough ex
amination of all the city meat markets,
local dairies and pens where cattle
and hogs are slaughtered was begun
yesterday and will be continued until
every such place in Americus has un
dergone inspection by a state board.
Assisting Dr. Chambliss in this im
portant work are Dr. P. H. Bahnsen
and Dr. H. C. Hutchens, of the state
veterinary department, and Mr. P. A.
Methvin, of the pure food department,
all of whom spent yesterday here up
on this work.
As there are such a large number of
places to be inspected, the officials
did not nearly complete the round 3
yesterday, Dr. Chembliss stated last
night The work of inspection will b}
resumed tomorrow morning and con
tinued through the day, when every
market, butcher pen and dairy will
have been inspected.
Only one dairy was visited yester
day by these officials, who found con
ditions most favorable from a sanitarv
standpoint. The condition of the
cows, and of the dairy premises as
well, was highly complimented. As
milk is such an important part of the
daily food supply, it is a matter of
congratulation that the dairies are in
good condition.
When the inspection of markets,
pens and dairies is completed Monday
the board of inspectors will request
a special meeting of the city council
for the purpose of making recommen
dations to that body.
To tire end of safeguarding the pub
lic health, 1t is quite likely that Amer
icus ere long will have a central
slaughter house, where all cattle and
pigs sold in the local market will be
killed and dressed, and the meat care
fully Inspected before It Is offered for
sale.
HO PROSECUTE
THREE HEALERS
COTTONFIITUBES
■EI INDICTMENT IS ISNED
In New York Court Against
Southern Men
New York, May 24.—The department
of justice has decided to seek the re
indictment of Frank Hayne and Wil
liam P. Brown, of New Orleans, E>
grne Scales of Texas and Col. Robert
M. Thompson of New York, on charges
of conspiracy to corner the cotton crop
of 1909.
This was learned today when sijb
poenaes were issued by United States
District Attorney Marshall for the ap
pearance next week before the federal
grand jury of the wtnesses upon
whose testimony the indictments now
standing against them were found.
The document contained flaws, it
is understood, which the government
fears might stand in the way of con
viction. tl is charged that, with Jab.
A. Patten, of Chicago, the defendants
conspired to create a bull pool with
the intention of artificially raising the
price of cotton in order to obtain -a
profit of ten million dollars.
Patten pleaded guilty last February
to the sixth count of the indictmenr,
known as the "contract count”, which
alleged that the defendants entered in
to contracts to buy up all the raw cot
ton produced in 1909 and to hold i.
out of the market until November, 1910
He w-as fined four thousand dollars,
and under an agreement between his
counsel and the department of just! ,e
the other counts in the indictment were
nol prossed.
Patten announced in entering his
plea that he was “not conscious of
any moral turpitude.”
Messrs. Hayne, Brown and Scales
professed to be indignant at his ac
tion and said that they would fight
the case to the end. Col. Thompson
lecently sailed for Europe.
All five defendants originally
pleaded not guilty and with the ex
ception of Col. Thompson, demurred
to the indictment. The demurrer was
defeated in the United States supreme
court.
REGULAR
SCHEDULE
FOR WAGON
WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER
Garbage Wagon Will Make
, Regular Rounds
Now that the city has secured a new
garbage wagon, regular rounds for the
wagon will be established soon. This
will be done in order that housekeeu
ers may know when to have garbage
ready.
The time of the week when the wa
gon will make Its rounds has not yet
been agreed upon. Thlß will be done
later. Announcement will be made of
this fact in order that all may know
of it.
It is the purpose of the city board r
health to keep the city aa clean as can
possibly be done with the available
agencies during the summer season.
The new wagon will be used regularly
and effectively in. this work.
DICTAGRAPH IS
NOW TURNED QN
“JIM” WOODWARD
ANOTHER STiR IN ATLANTA
Attorney Felder is Preparing
Statement
Atlanta, Ga., May 24. The stir
created in local political circles when
it became known that the fight be
tween one of the political elements in
the city and the police department had
reached the stage where city detectives
had resorted to the use of a secret tele
phone device was enhanced today by
the publication in the Atlanta Joum-1
of a record wh’ich shows that the de
tectives have employed the device
against the mayor of the city, James
G. Woodward.
The device had first Deen used
against Thomas B. Felder, a promin
ent local attorney, who had interested
himself in the prosecution of the
Mar£ Phagan murder case.
The stenographic report of his con
ference with G. C. February, secretary
to Chief of Detectives ... A. Lanford,
purported to show that the attorney |
was endeavoring to secure papers In
the Phagan case which he declared
the local police had manufactured and
which he believed would be sufficient
to “drive Chief of Police Beavers and
Lanford from office.”
Mayor Woodward, in the record se
cured with telephonic device, is quot
ed as saying that he was looking
for evidence against the police de
partment and particularly against
Chief Beavers. The mayor is als j
alleged to have said there were suffi
cient votes in the local police board
to remove Beavers, if the evidence
could be secured.
Colonel Felder today is preparing
a lengthy statement in reply to the
charges contained in the record se
cured by the telephonic device and
made public yesterday. Mayor Wood
ward *oday declared that he made no *
statement at the conference which he
was not wilbng to have published.
MORE EVIDENCE
IN PHAGAN CASE
IS DISCOVERED
NEGRO TELLS OF LETTERS
Found Beside Body of Bead
Girl
Atlanta, Ga., May 24. —This morn
ing James Connally, the negro sweep
er formerly employed In the pencil
factory, where Mary Phagan was
killed, and who was arrested on sus
picion and has been in jail since as a
material witness for the state, sent
for a city detective and declared that
he wanted to tell the truth.
"Boss, 1 wrote those notes,” said
he, referring to the mysterious notas
found beside the dead body of Mary
Phagan.
He declared that he could not iden
tify them positively, inasmuch as In
had never seen the originals, but that
as were read to him out of the
papers he believed they were the onto
he wrote.
On Friday, the day before the mur
der, he told the detectives, Leo M.
Frank called him Into his (Frank’s)
office at the factory and said-he want
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PREPARED FOR
JOURNEY TO
l CHATTANOOGA
i VETERANS AND SONS TO GO
I Special Gar Will Take the
Parly
r Ready for the march upon Cliatta
i nooga, Sumter’s veterans, sons of vet
- erans and others who will attend the
i national reunion there this week witi
1 leave Americus at 6:40 o’clock Monda -
s morning. All details of the trip we-!
completed yesterday, and the America*
’ Party is looking forward to the visit
I to Chattanooga with a great deal of
. interest.
Camp Sumter’s commander, Major
-1 General H. T. Davenport, commander
also of the Georgia division, Unite t
Confederate Veterains, will have a large
escort in the camp representatives and
the sons of veterans from Camp Cdtts,
the entire party numbering twenty or
more.
Camp Cutts held a business session
yesterday and completed all arrange
ments for the trip of its representa-
I tives, its sponsor, Miss Mamie Brown,
and maid of honor, Miss Sailie Betel
Carter. The entire Americus party
will occupy a private car, leaving here
at 6:40 o’clock tomorrow morning and
arriving at Chattanooga in the afte--
noon.
Among the sons of veterans who wUI
attend as delegates and members wi’l
be Messrs. C. J. Clark, Frank J. Payu -,
E. A. Nisbet, W. E. Brown, W. F. Mur
phy, T. L. Summers, George W. Wa’-
ters, Dr. C. K. Chapman, Dr. T. ?*.
Merritt, and, perhaps, others. Tfc->
( sponsor and maid of honor go as spe
cial guests of Camp Cutts, Sons j*
Veterans.
Camp Sumter’s representatives are
Messrs. John A. McDonald, A. J. Hami!,
J. P. Britton, W. S. Moore, J. W.
Harris and R. S. Hutchinson, thouga
I several others of the veterans will
accompany the party and visit again
the battlefields abound Chattanooga
upon which they met the Federal hos:s
■i half century ago. The Americus pa«-
ty will return Thursday night or eartv
Friday morning, according to present
program.
SUPERIOR
COURT TO
CONVENE
IN SPRING TERM TOMORROW
Civil Docket is Light, Crimi
nal Docket Average
Tomorrow will maik the opening
of the spring term of the superior
court of Sumter county. The civ 1
docket will be taken up first, as usual,
and it is understood to be unusually
light.
According to opinions expressed at
the court house the civil docket may
be finished not later than Wednesday,
while it is possible that it will be con
>
eluded in one day. The criminal dock
et is reported about an average one,
i
Whtch will likely consume the two
weeks of time allotted to It.
It is fortunate that at this time whe j
the farmers are busy with their crops
the court session Is a short one. It
should enable them to stay at work in
I their fields, where their attention Is s®,
j greatly needed a* this juncture.
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