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The Americus Times-Recorder
(THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR.
CHAUTAUQUA SEASON FOR 19H
HAS ALREADYBEEN ASSURED
More Thao the Requisite Number of Mels Has Already
Been Pledged—Contract for 1914 Season Was
Signed Yesterday—Better Attractions Next Year
So generous has been the response
to the demand for pledges of Chautai -
qua tickets for the 1914 season that the
number has already been subscribed.
The contract for the 1914 season was
signed yesterday by the management
of the Hospital association, under
whose auspices the recent Chautauqua
season was conducted.
It was only necessary for one sea-,
son of the Chautauqua to be given here |
in order to convince the people of
Americus and this section of its mer't.
The response made when pledges were
requested for next season has been so
generous that already the amount
necessary for the guarantee, $1,500, has
been pledged.
The ladies of the Hospital associa
tion will not stop at this, however, as
they hope to sell 1,000 tickets be
fore the Chautauqua actually
mences next season. It is necessary
to secure 750 tickets in order to
guarantee the Chautauqua season, and
the ladies believe that it will be easy
VALDOSTA TOOK THE OPENER
FROM THE LOUIS YESTERDAY
Errors Cost Locals the Game in a Hard Fought Contest
Hitting Was Almost Equal, Though Locals
Failed to Bunch Hits Opportunely.
Valdosta, Ga., May 26.—Valdosta
took the opener from Americus in the
series of three games to be played here
by defeating the visitors this after
noon by the score of 4 to 1.
Winges was on the mound for the
locals, and his work was effective, is
the visitors got only six scattering
hits from his delivery. The locals on
the other hand bunched hits oppor
tunely, especially in the first inning,
when two runners were pushed across
the rubber, and cinched the game. The
locals scored another run in the fifti
and one more in the seventh.
Americus made its only run in the
ninth by a batting rally that might
have meant more for the visitors if it
had not come so late In the game. On
ly one run was scored, however, which
was not enough to overcome the hea\y
lead of the locals. The game tomorrow
)))MI ir -ii(ffrffr
hardware dealers to
DE INVITED TO COME
To Americus lot Next Annual
Convention
An invitation will be extended to
the retail hardware dealers of the
state to come to Americus for their
next annual convention. The conven
tion is to meet this year in Atlanta,
and the Invitation from Americus will
be extended at that time by President
Carroll J. Clark, of the Board of
Trade, who will |>e backed up by
Messrs. J. E. Mathis and J. E. High
tower.
So far this season there have been
very few conventions to come to
Americus. As this city affords ex
cellent accommodations for moderate
sized conventions, it will be the ef
fort of the Board of Trade to bring
after the excellent season given here
to increase the number to 1,000.
Mrs. Emmett L. Murray, president
of the Hospital association, said yes
terday: “We are gratified at the re
sponse given by the people of the city
after they became convinced of the
merit of the Chautauqua. The contract
tor the 1914 season has already been
(signed, and the Chautauqua here wMI
be made a permanent institution.
I Though the association has already
pledged more than enough tickets to
1 guarantee the next season, we shall
work to make the number 1,000.
“Though we failed to make anv
money for the hospital from the
Chautauqua season here this year, we
hope to do so next year. Many more
people would have bought tickets and
would have attended the many excel
lent attractions, if they had known
the worth of them. We realized the
difficulty of making the first season a
paying one, but now that the people
know what the Chautauqua is we hope
to make the next season a big success.”
and Wednesday will both be hotly con
tested, as Manager Griffin says he will
take the series. Wolfe will likely
pitch tomorrow' afternoon.
The score: R- H, U-
Americus 1 8 1
Valdosta 4 6 0
Batteries—Werner and Manchester:
Winges and Pierre. Umpire, Carter.
Empire League Games.
R. H. K.
Prunswick 2 3 3
Cordele 4 7 J
Batteries —Hawkins and Pike; Wil
der and Eubanks.
R. H. E.
Waycross 5 ? ’
Thomasville 1 6 t.
Batteries Clark and Wahoo; My
ers and Dudley,
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FUNERAL YESTERDAY OF
LITTLE RIGSBY GIRL
Exercises at Residence in
Brooklyn Heights
The funeral services of little Annie
Pauline Rigsby, who passed away Sun
day evening, were conducted yesterday
afternoon from the family residence in
Brooklyn Heights by Rev. R. L. Bivins,
and attended hy many friends of the
bereaved parents. The little girl was
sixteen months of age, and had been ill
but a few days when stricken by the
death angel. The parents have the
sympathy of many friends in the deatn
of their much-loved and only child.
not only the convention of the retail
hardware dealers but all others which
may be induced to hold their annual
gatherings here.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA. TUESDAY MORNING. MAY 27,1913.
HE TOOK POISON, BUT
PROBABLY WILL LIVE
Case is Similar to That of
Banker Walker
Chicago, May 26.—W. L. McCutcheon,
an automobile salesman who took three
bichloride of mercury tablets by mis
take and whom doctors yesterday
thought was sentenced to death, re
ceived his reprieve today. Physicians
decided that McCutcheon had eliminat
ed most of the poison from his stomach
before it had entered the intestines and
concluded that in all probability he
would recover. McCutcheon was tau
en to his home tonight. It will be
necessary to watch his condition care
fully for several days, however.
The. automobile salesman suffered
little today. He retained conscious
ness. Frequently he disucssed the
case of B. Sanders Walker, the Ma
con, Ga., banker, who died last week
from the same poison, accidentally
taken.
Before the doctors told him of his
chance for recovery, McCutcheon spoke
of the statement attributed to Walker
before his death:
“If this is dying,’’ the Georgia man
p. quoted as saying, "no one need have
fear of death.’’ Prospects of an “ea3v
death’’ apparently reassured him.
Except for the nauseation immediate
ly following his taking the poison, Mc-
Cutcheon has felt no sickness. “It
is hard to believe that a person who
feels perfectly well is in any danger
of death,’’ he said.
McCutcheon declared he would ac
cept the assurance of recovery and
prepare for life by remaining in be!
under the constant watch of his phy
sicians.
JACOB S. KITCHENS
HAS PASSED AWAY
Aged and Respected Citizen
of Lee County
(Special to Times-Recorder.)
Leesburg, Ga., May 26. —Jacob S.
Kitchens, an aged and widely re
spected citizen of Lee county, passed
away at his home about three miles
north of Leesburg this afternoon about
4 o'clock. He had -reached the ripe
age of 61 years when the death sum
mons came.
Mr. Kitchens had been In failing
health for some time, so that his deatd
was not unexpected, heart failure be
ing given as the immediate cause.
Among the surviving relatives are his
widow and two brothers, W'right Kitch
ens, of this place, and Guerry Kitch
ens, of Orange, Texas.
Born and reared in Lee county, Mr.
Kitchens for years had been one of its
most highly esteemed and generally
respected citizens. He was a man of
splendid character and numbered his
friends by his acquaintances. He was
for years a member of the county
board of education and was prominent
in other affairs.
He was a prominent member of the
Masonic fraternity here, and the fun
eral services, which will be conduct
ed here tomorrow afternoon at 3:30
o’clock, will be accompanied by Ma
sonic honors. Mr. Kitchens had
many relatives In the county, who will
lament his death, A wide circle of
friends will likewise grieve for this
venerable citizen who has passed
4 ;
away.
BEER FOR EVERT BASE HIT;
PITCHER’S DRINK WHOLE KEG
Milwaukee, Wls., May 26.—A base
ball game, featured with a drink of
beer for every base hit, resulted to-
TFB WEATHffIBi Fair Today. ,
STUDENTS OF
MISS ROBERTS
GAVE RECITAL
AT RESIDENCE LAST EVENING
Annual Recital of Class Was
, Pleasing Affair
Pupils of Miss Florence Roberts in
music gave a recital at Miss Roberts'
residence last evening, and the eveut
was greatly enjoyed by the pupils and
the many friends present. The follow
ing varied program was well rendered
and greatly enjoyed:
Waltz (A. Giebel) —Mary- Alice Lingo
and Mary Sue Chambliss.
To Spring (Hellen) —Beauford Har
vey.
(a) A Fairy Tale (L. Oesperie) (b)
Watermill (L. Oesperie)—Eveyln St.
John.
May Day (Jos. Schulz-Weida)—An
na Harden.
(a) Close of School; (b) Waltz—B.
L. Hammond, Jr/, and Violet Tuten.
Boy at Play (A. Sartorio) —Ethel
Mae Hart and Miss Roberts.
Country Fair (Gurlitt) —Ruby Ful
ler.
Mennet (Mozart)—Myra Perry.
On the Sea (O. Hackh)—Frances Ry
als.
March Militaire (Koelling)—Reva
DuPree and Violet Tuten.
In the Woods (H, Smith). Taran
tella (S. Heller) —Selma Whitten.
Ensemble—March (Lerman) —Mary
Sue Chambliss, Nellie Worthy, Evelyn
St. John.
In Spring (Pabst) —Mary Alice Lin-
Intermission.
Ensemble—March (Lerman) —Thel -
ma Bradley, Ruby Fuller, Ethel Mae
Hart.
Village King (C. Hines)—Anna Har
den and Miss Roberts.
Valse Arabesque (Lack) —Reva Du-
Pree.
After School (H. Lichner)—Thelma
Bradley.
“Hunting Song” major or minor
(Gurlitt-Faelten) —Olive Howard.
Youthful Joy (T. H. Espen)—Nell'3
Worthy.
Better Be Good (Armond-Fillmore)
—Frances Ryals.
Cabaleita (T. Lack) —Mary Alice
Lingo and Miss Roberts.
Ensemble —Waltz (Webster)—Selma
Whitten, Thelma Bradley, Anna Har
den.
A La Fontaine (Gael)—Mary Sue
Chambliss.
Valse Chromatic (Godard) —Violet
Tuten.
Hunters’ Chorus (Von Weber)—Ru
by Fuller and Selma Whitten.
Barcarolle (Behr)—Ethel Mae Hart.
Ensemble (Ringuet)— Reva DuPree,
Violet Tuten, Myra Perry.
Reception.
day in the arrest and conviction of
James Allman and Alexander Demski
on a charge of assault and battery
preferred by a gang of sewer diggers.
Before the game a keg of beer was
purchased by two Figgville teams,
with the rule that every time a batter
made a clean hit he was to get a stein
.of beer. Allman and Demski were the
opposing pitchers and so excellent
was their work that they alone were
able to connect safely. When the keg
was empty the twirlers quit the gam..
They were not satisfied, however, with
hitting, the ball hard, but immediately
started out to "baet up” a gang of
sewer diggers who were working near
by.
Police interference stopped the “ne v
batting rally’’ and the heavy hitters
were taken to court They paid fines
of $5 each.
GRAND STAND BURNED AT
THE ALBANY BALL PARK
Fans Hope “Hoodoo” Went
With it
Albany, Ga., May 26—The grand
stand and players’ club house at the
South Atlantic league baseball park in
this city were destroyed by tire at an
early hour Sunday morning. The
origin is unknown.
The clubhouse was located under
neath the grandstand, and was pro
vided with lockers, shower bath, hot
water heater, etc. All the club’s uni
forms, baseball shoes and other base
ball paraphernalia were destroyed.
The grandstand was insured f or
SIOOO, which only partially covers th»
loss. The structure was built when
Albany entered the South Atlantic
league three years ago. It seated
about 1,700 people.
’i he ifcireshment stand and
player's bench house were also de
stroy t u
1 lie 1 leachers were saved from the
flames.
The entire grandstand was in flames
t
when the alarm was turned in, and
the firemen did well to save the
bleachers,
A meeting of the directors has been
called for an early hour tomorrow
morning to take immediate steps t.i
build a new grandstand, The team
goes on the road for a three days trip
tomorrow, and efforts will be made to
transfer six games, three with Charl
eston and three with Savannah, t>
those cities instead of playing then
on the grounds here. That will give
nine days in which to get the grand
stand under way and partially com
pleted, so that sufficient seating ca
pacity will be afforded.
Albany plays Columbus today, Tues
day and Wednesday, and will doubtless
have to borrow the Foxes' road uni
forms, as new uniforms can hardly be
secured by that time. Local players
and fans consider the fire an omen of
good luck, and express the hope that
the jinx which has been pursuing the
team all season perished in the flames.
SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF SUCCESS.
The Southern Mutual Insurance Co ,
of Athens, Ga., during the sixty-five
years since organization has paid $5 •
300,000 for tire losses, and during the
same period has returned to its pol
icyholders over $7,000,000 in dividends,
and has accumulated assets for the
protection of policyholders amounting
to $1,250,000.
This company is purely mutual and
belongs to its policyholders.
At the end of each fiscal year the
amounts paid for fire losses and ex
penses are deducted from the receipts
for premiums and interest collected on
the assets and the profits remaining
are divided pro rata with all policy -
holders.
During the past year, ending May 1.
the company has been very successful
and at a meeting of the directors on
May 23, it was agreed to declare a
dividend of 65 per cent, on the past
year’s business.
As the rates are the same as in other
companies this means a clear saving of
$6.50 on every $lO paid in, and while
this is a slightly larger dividend than
usual, yet the average for the past
twenty years has been 62 per cent, an 1
for the past forty years It has aver
aged 60 per cent.
The policyholders In Americus wUI
receive 65 per cent, profit on last year’s
business, which is a clear, clean, sav
ing to its policyholders.
The Southern Mutual is a Georgia
company, and does business only in
Georgia, and Is represented In Ameri
cus by J. A. Davenport, who Is pre
pared to write business on all accept
pt»P> property la the city of Atflerictn.^
REMNANTS OF HEROES IN GRAY
MARCHING TO CHATTANOOGA
Thirty-Third Annual Reunion of Confederate Veterans —
Reunion Proper Begins Today.—Many Visitors Are
in Chattanooga With the Veterans
Chattanooga, Tenn., May 26.—Mod
ulation of l nited Confederate Vet
erans here for the 33rd annual re
union continued rapidly throughout
the night and today. Large crowds
ct civilians thronged the two railroad
terminal stations and watqhed the
veterans detrain. More than a thou
sand veterans spent the night ai
Camp Stewart, and this number was
greatly augmented today.
Gen. Bennett H. Young, of Louis
ville, Ky., commander in chief of the
United Confederate Veterans, is al
ready in the city. After a careful in
spection of the arrangements made
for the accommodation of the veterans
he pronounced them equal, if not
superior to those at any previous re
union.
General Young has been in close]
communication with railroad officials
and predicts that more than a hundred
thousand visitors and veterans will b :
in the city when the annual reunion
is formally opened tomorrow at the
auditorium.
Hotels Rapidly Filling.
The assignment committee kept its
headquarters open throughout the
night. Civilians and soldiers were
directed to homes and to Camp Stev
art immediately upon their arrival.
The capacity of the hotels already is
taxed to the utmost,, many of the
reservations having been made
months ago.
The first business meeting of re
union week is scheduled for tonight.
Members of the Confederate States'
Memorial association, an organization
of the women of the Confederacy, will
hold a welcome gathering, at whim
addresses will be delivered by Mrs. VI.
T. Armstrong, president of the local
association: Gen. Bennett H. Young,
in behalf of the veterans; Gen John B.
Hickman, for the Tennessee division,
U. C. V.; Mrs. Alexander B. Whit.-;,
in behalf of the Daughters of the Con
federacy, and others. Tonight the
opening session of the Sons of Veter
ans convened. J. P. Norfleet, of Mem
phis, commander in chief of the or
ganization, presided over the gath jr
ing.
An interesting feature of the meet
ing last night was the presentation of
sponsors.
Visiting Battle Scenes.
Interest of those arriving early con
fers largely in visits to the scenes .■*■
some of the most important battles
during the war between the states
DIVORCE MILL GROUND
STEADILY YESTERDAY
A Dozen Nuptial Knots Were Untied by the Superior
Court —Civil Docket Was Taken Up Yesterday
and Will Continue Probably Until Wednesday.
A dozen nuptial knots were untied in i
the superior court yesterday morning, I
as the opening session of that court i
was devoted to the hearing of these I
eases. Os the twelve cases tried, how- i
ever, only four were whites.
After the divorce cases had been dis- i
posed of in- the morning session, the ;
trial of the regular civil cases com
menced. This occupied the remainder
of the day, with the prospect that th • ■
civil docket will consume the time of
the court until after the session Wed
nesday. , i
Though a number of civil suits were i
tried yesterday, they were all practical- i
ly of minor Interest. The civil docket <
V
The government has established a n t
tional park where the famous battle
of Chickamauga was fought. In this
struggle more than 100,000 Confed
erate and federal soldiers are said to
have been engaged. More than 15,0t><5
perished on each side before (he en
gagement ceased.
General Sherman also started from
Chattanooga on his “march to the sea ’
and it was in this vicinity that the
battle of Missionary Ridge and the
celebrated "battle above the clouds”
was waged. The scenes of Andrews'
raid, the battle of Ringgold Gap and
other noted engagements are within a
short distance of this city.
The United States government an I
many individual states have expended
large sums in beautifying and mark
ing these historic sites. During th»
present reunion monuments erected on
Chickamauga battlefield by the states
of Alabama and Florida will be un
veiled. More than 200 monuments
and 400 markers already have been
erected, including those by the. states
of Connecicut., Georgia, Illinois, In
diana, lowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Mary-
land, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mis
souri, Michigan, New Jersey, Neve
York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee
and South Carolina.
At Camp Stewart.
Scenes of activity late yesterday
fcec; n at Camp Stewart where a ci*y
of tents has been erected for the visit
ing veterans. Headquarters of the
three departments and eighteen di
visions of the veterans organization
already have been established, and
the registration of visitors has begu...
rivis’on and department tents a;--»
distinguished from the host of others
'■)’/ banners or streamers bearing tho
names of the divisions and the name-*
of the commanders.
Living and “mess” tents were ten
dered by the United States govern
ment lor the use of the veterans, an.!
» imle Pam’s “army city” near the Mex
ican border.
An interesting program of social en
tertaliiments, business sessions and
impressive street pageants nas been
arranged for the three day or the re
tin.on. None of these events is looked
forward to with keener anticipation
i nan the parade of the veterans Thurs
day H orning. Since the first reunion
t ie march of the rapidly aging veter
ans to the strains of "Dixie” and their
Irequent “rebel yells” has been th»
feature of their annual gatherings.
nearly always embraces a large nut »-
I er of such cases, many of which are
disposed of in a short time or are post
poned until a future session of the
court
The grand jury was busy yesterday,
also, and a number of indictments wer»
i by that body. The cases con
tinue u yesterday were all negro cases,
most of whom are already in jail. To
day's session of the grand jury wiR
iikeiy bring more important develop- *
meats, though there seem to be m
cases of special interest up for consid •
eration. Taken as a whole the present
session of the court is a rather quiet
one. .
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