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The Americus Times-Recorder
iTHIRTY-FIFTH year.
WILSON SCORES
IN THE SEARCH
EOR LOBBYISTS
RESULTS ARE MANIFESTED
Senate Engaged in a Lengthy
Inquiry
Washington, D. C., June 9. —Senator
Poindexter made the committee sit up
when he named several former mem
bers of congress whom he believed
might be found to have practiced
hying here. He named former Sena
tors Dick, of Ohio, Butler, of North
Carolina, and Dubois, of Idaho, and for
mer Representatives Watson of In
diana, and Littauer, of New York. He
did not accuse any of improper at
tempts to influence congress on legis
lation, but suggested ’that '“they
might know something interesting."
He said he would be glad to give the
names of other men which he could
•furnish upon an investigation of his
records.
Wilson’s Suspicions Well Founded.
Washington, D. C., June 9.—When
the first senator had testified today
#
before the special committee hunting
for the lobby it was predicted at the
capitol that the report would sub
stantially uphold President Wilson’s
declaration that powerful influences
have been at work in Washington at
tempting to affect congress on the
tariff bill. ’
Whether it ■will be shown that “in
sidious” methods have been used will
depend upon the evidence of the next
few days, when the committee will
examine a score or more of men who
have called on senators or directed
publicity campaigns.
The committee undoubtedly will
recommend restrictive legislation of
a strong character. It will attempt to
draw' a clear distinction, however, be
tween an organized campaign to
change public opinion or influence
senators against their judgment and
the legitimate presentation cf argu
ments and facts by those affected by
legislation.
GARDNER STOCK SOLD
TO WARLICK YESTERDAY
Mr. W. E. Brown w r ho some time ago
purchased at public sale the former
Gardner stock of dry goods and mer
chandise in the store on Forsyth street
formerly occupied by Mr. G. S. Gard
ner yesterday disposed of the entire
stock in bulk to Mr. W. P. Warlick. The
stock was valued at between $2,500
and $3,000, Mr. Brown stated after the
sale.
HARAHAN WILL SURELY
ARRIVE IN AMERICUS
Sends Corroborative Message, Giving Assurance That
He Will Reach City Tomorrow Morning
Another telegram was received lase
night from President W. J. Harahan, of
the Seaboard railway, corroborating
his earlier message to the effect that
he will reach here tomorrow morning
for for the consultation which has
been arranged between the railroad
magnate and the citizens of Americus.
Prior to the receipt of the message
yesterday, Mr. Harahan had made him
self emphatic as to his intentions to
come to Americus Wednesday, as was
desired by the citizens of Americus.
His message last night was merely cor
roborative of the earlier message re
ceived here, and was evidently sent
so that the people of Americus may
PREDICT FROST I
FOR WIDE AREA
Coldest Weather Ever Re
corded in June
0
Washington* D. C., June 9. The
coldest weather ever recorded daring
June in the middle Atlantic and New
England states, the Ohio valley and
Great Lakes region was reported to
day by the weather bureau. ,
The gulf states are the only ones
east of the rookies to escape an un
seasonable dron.
“A high barometer pressure >f
great magnitude,” is the official
season.
Frosts are being reported in Ver
mont, Central New Y r ork, New- Eng
land, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan
and Wisconsin.
Frosts are predicted for tonight in
the Great Lakes region, the up
per Ohio valley, the north Atlantic
states and the mountain districts of
the middle Atlantic states.
fold Hits New York.
New York, June 9.—With a temper
ature of 47, this was the coldest June
9th recorded at the weather bureau
here. The records go back to 1870.
At Rome, N. Y., the mercury w'ent
down to 26, and garden products were
badly damaged.
Thin ice formed in many places near
Middletown, N. Y.
Frost in Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, June 9.—Many places
In Pennsylvania reported frost today,
a condition entirely unknown in this
state in June. The minimum temper
ature in Philadelphia was 47 degrees.
Forty degrees was registered in some
parts of the state.
CONDITION OF T. J. WADE
DOES NOT IMPROVE
Scratch Upon Limb Results
Seriously
The friends of Mr. Thomas J. Wade,
one of Sumter’s substantial and
prominent citizens, w-ill regret to learn
that he is still confined to his home at
Leslie by serious illness resulting from
a scratch upon his right limb, inflicted
two weeks ago while alighting from
his buggy. The scratch considered
trivial ,at the time, became infected
and now the limb from ankle to knee
is involved, and possible blood poison
ing is feared, it was said yesterday.
Mr. Wade is receiving the best medi
cal attention and friends hope for an
early improvement in his condition.
have no doubt that the president cf
the Seaboard will be here tomorrow, a*
promised.
The massage was addressed to Mr.
Lee Allen, as chairman of the alder
nianic committee named some ftme ago
to send a message to Mr. Harahan, and
the message Is as follows:
“Referring to your message of June
2 and my reply of June 3, I will arrive
In Americus at 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning, June 11. W. J. HARAHAN.”
Complete arrangements for the re
ception of Mr. Harahan will be an
nounced tomorrow morning, though
practically all the details have already
been made public by The Times-Re
corder in its issue of Sunday morning.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE 10, 1913
KODAK TRUST IS
FORCED TO YIELD
TO GOVERNMENT
EASTMAN COMPANY IS HELD
•
Till Receivers Are Duly
Named
Buffalo, N. A'., June 9.—Dissolu
tion of the so-called Eastman Kodak
trust was asked in a civil anti-trust
suit filed here today' by order of At
torney General Mcßeynolds. The fed
eral government seeks the dissolution
by receivership, if necessary, of tka
Eastman Kodak Company, of New
York, which id charged with monop
olizing the trade in photographic sup
plies in violation of the Sherman law.
It is the aim of the government to
divide the assets and business of the
two companies controlling 72 per cent,
of the business in the United States
into such parts as will effectually de
stroy the alleged monopoly and re
store free competition. The petition in
equity asks for an injunction forbid
ding the resale prfee of camera fijms
and other patented photographic sup
plies. This marks the* attorney gen
eral’s first application of the recent
decision of the United States supreme
court denying patentees the right to
fix resale prices of retailers.
Following are named as the de
dtfendants:
Eastman Kodak Company’, of New
York; Eastman Kodak Company-, of
New York; George Eastman, Henry
A. Strong, Walter S. hubbell and
Frank S. Noble, all of Rochesti.-,
New York.
HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
HOLDS MEETING TODAY
At Home of Mrs. Murray
This Aflerooon
A meeting of the Americus and Sum
ter Cbunty Hospital association has
been called to meet this afternoon at
4 o’clock at the residence of the presi
dent, Mrs. Emmett L. Murray.
This is the regular meeting of the
association for the month, and the
largest possible attendance of the la
dies who are members is urged. There
is business of more than usual import
ance to receive attention.
LEE COUNTY RECEIVES
VERY GENERAL RAINS
Protracted Rainy Spell Now
Being Feared
Leesburg, Ga., June 9.—Very general
rains have fallen here recently and
are still falling. These rains have
reached practically every part of the
county and have meant dollars to the
farmers of Lee.
Farmers here yesterday who are in
touch with the agricultural interests
of the county, say that the rains are
not more than are needed yet, though
the deficit in rainfall has nearly been
made up here and throughout this
county.
Some farmers now fear a protracted
rainy spell to follow the unusual
drouth that prevailed here throughout
April and a part of May. Though the
rains have not yet done any damage,
it is feared that they will do damage
THE WEATHJSBt Probably Local Rain Today.
HOLDER IS NOW
. SIZING DP ALL
THE CANDIDATES
A FINE BEAD IS DRAWN
On Them By Ex-Speaker Jno.
• N. Holder
Atlanta, Ga., June 9, Hon. John
N. Holder, speaker of the former
house of representatives, one of the
shrewdest politicians and closest ob
servers in Georgia, sizes up the com
ing meeting of the legislature and
~/ie different candidates as follows in
his paper, the Jackson County Her
ald. On the fourth Wednesday in
June, the legislature of Georgia wiil
convene. On Saturday after it meets,
John M. Slaton will be inaugurated
governor.
W. H. Burwell claims he has the
speakership cinched. This is dis
puted by his opponents, R. N. Harde
man, Henry Fullbright and J. E.
Sheppard. They say no one candi
date has as yet enpugh votes to elect.
President of Senate.
J. Randolph Anderson and John T.
Allen, candidates for president of the
senate, each claim twenty-seven
votes. There are forty-four votes in
the senate. It takes twenty-three to
elect. Certainly each one has not
twenty-seven votes. One man is mis
taken. Anderson and Allen are both
anti-prohibitionists. Anderson is not
favorable to the ffpen saloon, where
liquor can be sold, but favors the
sale of beer in the state. Allen is in
favor of local option, and supported
Judge R. B. Russell in the recent
contest for governor on that platform.
Neither one is a state prohibitionist;
both are opposed to the same.
Speaker of the House.
Os the candidates for speaker,
Fullbright and Sheppard are both
full fledged state prohibitionists, and
both supported the Tippins bill. BoD
Hardeman was against it, and Bur
well voted for the Tippins bill, but
voted to sustain the governor’s veto.
So he voted both for it and against
it. Burwell, Sheppard and Hardeman
have been consistent and ardent sup
porters of Hon. Hoke Smith, while
Fullbright has been a warm support
er of Governor Brown.
While Hardeman opposed the Tip
pins bill, the opponents of that
measure are lined up for Burwell, and
while Fullbright has been the never
failing friend of the present and the
next administration, what may be
considered the administration forces
are lined up for Burwell.
Prohibition This Year.
It is not known whether a fight
will come on prohibition or not, but
the anti-prohibitionists may organ
ize both branches of the general as
sembly. If, however, a prohibition
fight is made, there will be two pow
erful men for a dry state in the
house Sheppard and Fullbright.
There are no two men in the house
more able, more fearless and more
consistent than these two. Both are
not only great debaters, but skilled
parliamentarians. Against prohibi
tion will be Bob Blackburn, Ed Wahl
wender and Sam Garliangton, three
able men and splendid debaters.
If the prohibition question is con
sidered in the next legislature, there
will be no dull times in the capital
of Georgia.
very soon, if they continue as steadily
as they have in the last few days.
D. M. Clark, of Macon, a well known
traveling man here yesterday, said
that Lee county crops are the best
that he has seen recently. The farm
ers of Lee county, said Mr. Clark, hav;
* no right to kick about their crops.
COMMITTEE
MILL GO TO
THE MEETING
OF RIIUIAI cm
J
In Atlanta Tomorrow Morning
Lor Extra Train
Americus will be represented tomor
row when the state railroad commis
sion meets in Atlanta to take up the,
matter of giving am extra train on the
Central railway between Eufaula and
Smithville. This meeting has been an
ticipated for some time by the cities
and towns along the route where the
new train is asked, and it is expected
that a rather large delegation will go
to Atlanta from these various places.
From Americus will go Messrs. J. E.
Mathis and Fred B. Arthur. These
gentlemen will represent the local
Board of Trade as a special commit
tee, and they will hear the presenta
tion of the plea of the towns to the
members of the railroad commissi >n
through the special attorney retained
Joe Hill Hall, of Macon. It is expect
ed that a specially effective presenta
tion of the matter will be made.
For some time the matter has been
discussed by the various towns along
the route which will be served by the
extra train, in case it is granted. The
fact that the train will have a whole
some effect in increasing the out-of
toWn trade of Americus from ( the
places along that branch of the Cen
tral enlisted the support of people
here.
ROOSTER HAS FALLEN
UPON HARO TIMES
He Most Grow a Substitute
for Aigrettes
Washington, D. C., June 9. —Pity the
poor chicken. Not only are the scien
tific sharks of the government conspir
ing to rob the rooster of his crow, bur
the intend to feed him aniline dyes
until he shall sprout and mature feath
ers that women can sew on their ha's
and thus save the aigrettes. If the
rooster cannot from his own ancestry
grow feathers long enough and busby
enough to match ostrich plumes and
quills he is to be crossed with other
birds until he combines all the es
sentials of high priced plumage. The
hens will probably in the new scheme
of things be required to grow pompons,
those downy feathery things so effect
ive when a young woman wants to
brush a man's cheek the right way in
stead of pinching his eyes out with
her aigrettes.
Since the biological bureau of the de
partment of agriculture has consented
to raise a crowless chicken requests
have poured in for experiments on
everything from a mew less cat to
bayless dog. The bureau has not con
sented to try every freak suggested,
but has promised to try to cross the
chicken with other fowls and dye his
feathers byway of his stomach. Feed
ing the dye was suggested by the fact
that madder and red pepper fed to ca
naries have an effect on their plumage.
In Japan it is said that they raise
roosters with tails twenty feet long.
Thus Infinite combinations are suggest
ed in the experiment.
Proof that the department of agri
culture knows more about birds than
it does about women, however, lies in
the fact that the beautiful plumage of
the peacock, which is quite inexpenslv i
is more often used 1b feather duster*
than on women's hats.
SHIP IFIRE OFF
GEORGIA COAST
Olinda Believed to Be in
Distress
New York, June 9.—No further ad
v ices had been received here this
morning regarding the steamship
Olinda, of the Munson line, reported
afire at sea, presumably somewhere
off the coast of Georgia. It was
thought here that she was heading
for either Savannah or Brunswick.
Officers of the line received two
wireless messages, but both were
garbled and gave no information
other than that there was a fire i i
No. 1 hold, and that the vessel was
making for port.
The Olinda left here on last Friday
with passengers and merchandise for
Cuban ports. She is a schooner rig
ged steel, single screw steamer, built
in 1887, and is owned by the Cuban
Marine Company, of Havana, bv
which she is chartered to the Mun
son line. She is 309 feet long and is of
1,492 net tonnage.
In the absence of details, officials
of the Munson line believed that tin
Olinda might head for Charleston, S.
C., and that she probably would ar
rive there tomorrow morning. The
Olinda, primarily a freighter, had
aboard a crew of fifty-one and six
passengers, four of whom are Cubans.
Names of the passengers were with
held at the line, pending receipt of!
JUPE HI WINS FIRST
IN EMPIRE STATE LEAGUE
Yesterday Witnessed First Postponement of Games ia
Empire State League on Account of Wet Grounds—*
Season Has Been Remarkable in This Respect
Score three for Jupe Pluvius! The
God or the Rains got in his moist work
yesterday afternoon by taking three
straights—all in one afternoon. There
was not a game of ball in the Empire
State league yesterday afternoon, eve r y
one having ben prevented by wet
grounds. This is the first time a game
has been interfered with by rain in
the Empire State league, though the
season has been on since May 1.
Yesterday afternoon the fans, some
of them, hung around expecting that
the rain would not be quite so wet
somewhere else as it was here and that
there would be a game or two
anyway. But not a single game occur
red, as the telegraphic dispatches re
ceived later in the afternoon showed.
For a time it seemed that Valdosta
and Americus would get away with a
game, as fair weather was reported
from Valdosta as late as 2 o’clock in
“COLD DAY IN JUNE” WAS
FELT HERE YESTERDAY
Rain Fell a Good Part of the Day, While a Raw, East
Wind Made the Day Seem Wintry
Yesterday was literally a “cold day
in June,” aud the truth of the say
ing, “It will be a cold day in June”
before something happens, was exem
plified once anyway. What with rain
and wind the day was a most disagree
able one, especially the latter part of
it.
Yesterday afternoon the mercury was
in the seventies, which served to make
the rather brisk east wind blowing un
usually raw and disagreeable. All the
afternoon the ratn fell, not heavily, but
* NUMBER 138 >
FARMERS WILL
HEAR LECTURES
ON AGRICULTURE
STATE WILL BE GOVEREB
By Experts of Tie Slate
College
The farmers of South Georgia will
be entertained very shortly with, in
structive lectures upon agricultural
topics, to be made by experts of the
State College of Agriculture at in
stitutes to be held in nearly every
one of the agricultural counties of the
state. The schedule arranged ex
tends through June and July, and we'l
into August.
Three routes have been laid oat. by
the experts who will thus address the
farmers. The dates in this immediate
section of South Georgia are as fol
<
lows:
At Cordele, June 26th; Rochelle,
27th; Vienna, July 2; Oglethorpe, Ju
ly 3; Shellman, June 24th; Fort Valley,
June 25th; Dawson, June 26th; Albanv,
June 27th; Leesburg, June 28th; Pres
ton, June 30th, Lumpkin, July lsr;
Buena Vista, July 3d; Ellaviile, July
4th.
nore definite news from the vessel.
Little apprehension is held here re
garding the Olinda's safety. If the
fire is confined to No. 1 hold, ther*
'is only slight prospect of real danger, .
the afternoon. This hope was soon, dis
pelled, however, as the report* from
Valdosta soon showed “wet. grounds.”
as well a$ those from Thomasville and
Cordele. This made it. unanimously a
"moist day” all around, and the ball
players swore off until today, or uu—
til dry weather comes.
Fans here were talking very general
ly yesterday of the unusually drr
weather that has been experienced!
since the league season began the first
of May, a month and ten days ago. Thta
record is, indeed, a remarkable one. It;
is likely true that it has never been.,
equalled. It would hardly have bee>/»?
possible even in the Empire State
league had not the season commenced:'
late in a dry spring. The fans ar<*,
hoping that no "wet grounds” will pre
cent the Vaidosta-Americus series tu
day, and that Americus will cop bo+h
of the games that may be played.
steadily, making a pretty high precb*
pitatlon after all for one day.
Shops up town during the afternoon
had few callers, and there were few
people out on the streets that were not
called out on account of business, ft
was such a disagreeable June day that
’ it hardly suggested the gaieties of the
wedding, for instance.
Forecasts for today promise more
rain. Probably the east wind will go
out of business, which will serve to
help matters. Otherwise the fans and.
their friends will be disconsolate.
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