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The Americus Times-Recorder
(THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR.
PRESIDENT HARAHAN EXPECTED
TO REACH CITY THIS MORNING
Party Will Arrive on Special Train at 10 O’clock From
Vidalia —Conference Willi Citizens Concerning Shops
Will be Held Immediately Thereafter
President W. J. Harahan, of the Sea
board Air Line railway, is expected to
reach Americus this morning at 10
o’clock from Vidalia, having accepted
recently an invitation from the people
©f Americus to come to this city and
discuss the matter of the removal of
the Seaboard shops.
President Harahan will be met by
a delegation of business men in cars
upon liis arrival, and he will be taken
to the Windsor hotel first, after which
the meeting between the Seaboard offi
cials and the residents of the city will
be held either at the Windsor or at the
city hall At this conference the mat
ter of the removal of the local Sea
board shops will be discussed fully and
exhaustively Arrangements for this
depend largely upon the weather.
The fact that President Harahan has
consented to come to Americus lor
tlis meeting leads the business men
POSTPONEMENT
FOR THE PUV
THE GIVEN
■1 MlTEilimt® HERE
For Benefit [of Ihe Carnegie
Library Fund
Announcement has been made hete
that the time for the giving of the
amateur play by the members of the
Americus Dramatic association next
week has been changed from Tuesday
till Thursday evening. This change has
been made necessary by the delays in
cident upon the bad weather experi
enced here recently.
Some shifting in the parts to be por •
trayed has also been the cause of de
lay, so that it has been decided that
the postponement of the play for two
days beyond the regular time will be
desirable and almost imperative under
the circumstances. Mrs. Marshal
Martin said yesterday that the rehear
sals had been all that could be desir
ed, except that they had been inter
fered with in the manner mentioned.
It is expected that the young play
ers will give next week one of the
best and most attractive performances
ever seem here. “Playing the Gama"
is the title of the new production,
which is a farce comedy of attractive
nature.
INVESTS NEW TOBACCO.
Harvard I’foTessor Produces Better
Quality and Inereased Yield.
Cabridge, Mass., June 10. —Prof. if.
M. East, of Harvard, has just succeed
ed in producing a hybrid tobacco from
a cross between the Sumatra and Ha
vana varieties, which has resulted in
a better quality of smoking material
and a yield of 50 per cent, more than
either of the individual leaves.
The new plant is especially suitable
for the sunny tobacco districts of
Massachusetts and Connecticut. An
other hybrid from "broad leaf” and
“Cuban” gives a much higher yield
than "broad leaf” and promises to
of better quality.
of the city to believe that the retention
of the Seaboard shops in Americus will
be the outcome, and that the shop:,
will be enlarged in the future, instead
of being dismantled and being deprived
of a large part of their working force.
It is hoped that President Harahan
will be prepared to give the commit
tees a definite answer relative to the
matter at once
Committees have been named to have
charge of every feature of the recep
tion and entertainment of the railroad
magnate while he is here Mr. Hara
han will be given a cordial welcome to
Americus, and the business men and
residents of the city will turn out in
large numbers to attend the meeting
that will be held for the discussion of
matters relative to the local shops. Af
ter this business meeting a general re
ception will begiven, at which it is
desired that every citizen of Americus
who can do so meet Mr. Harahan.
DISTRICT CONFERENCE MEETS
IN ANNUAL CONVENTION
Meeting Opened at Plains
Yesterday
The annual district conference of the
Americus district, Methodist Episcopal
church, assembled Tuesday morning at
Plains with Rev. C. A. Jackson, pre
siding elder of the district, in charge
of its deliberations. The session is
being held in the Plains Methodist
church, and will last through two days,
concluding with Che service tonight.
The churches included within the
confines of the Americus district are
those in the counties of Sumter, Schley,
Lee, Webster, Stewart, Clay Randolph
and Terrell, all of which will be repre
sented at the conference at Plains.
The representatives appointed from
the Americus church in addition to the
pastor, Rev. J. A. Thomas, are Messrs.
L. G. Council, E. B. Everett, R. P.
Stackhouse, John T. Taylor, S. R. Hey»,
T. M. Furlow, John W. Sheffield, Henry
M. Stokes, W. P. Wallis, Charles L.
Ansley. Several of these gentlemen
w r ent over to the conference yesterday.
Mr. Thomas, who with Mr. L. G
Council, has been attending the com
mencement exercises at Emory college,
will return this morning and attend
today’s session of the district confer
ence.
SWEET TOOTHED GOAT THIS.
Eats Marriage License, Ribbon and All,
Delaying Wedding.
Hammond, Ind., June 10. —Because
a bridegroom's clumsy fingers fumbled
with a baby blue ribbon unfastened
from a marriage license parchment, a
hungry goat ate the document and
elaborate wedding festivities were de
layed while an automobile raced
across country to secure another li
cense near Bennington. Charles W.
Gribben, seventy, was the bridegroom,
ad Miss Anna Kig Chace, thirty, wns
the bride.
They had secured their license at
Lawrenceburg and were motoring to
the Chance ho.->e to be married. Hun
dreds of guests awaited them. The
bride, on approaching the house, tried
to tie the fluttering ribbon around the
license, but Gribben playfully took
them away from her. He fumbled it.
and a hungry goat at the roadside did
the rest.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY MORNING. JUNE 11, 1913
SERVIANS AND
BULGAKS FIGHT
FIERCE BATTLE
FORMER FRIENDS IN CLASH
Serious Trouble Among Allies
txpected
London, June 10.—Many Servians
were killed today in a serious en
counter between Servian and Bulga
%
rian troops near the small town of
Makrez News of the encounter came
in a special dispatch to the Belgrade
Malijournal, forwarded here.
More conflicts are expected in the
same vicinity, as the Servians on
Monday sent a note to the Bulgarian
commander giving him until 7 o’clock
in the evening to evacuate the town
of Volodan, failing which the Servian
general declared he would bombar 1
Istip, now occupied by the Bulga
rians.
With both sides stubborn in refusing
to make concessions, war between the
Balkan states is hourly becoming
more imminent. If Bulgaria sends- a
negative reply to the Servian note —’
and nothing indicates that she wi 1
answer otherwise —Servia and Greece
will proclaim the annexation of the
occupied territories,
thereby establishing a definit casus
belli
The only hopeful feature of the
situation consists in the belief that
Bulgaria is lacking the sinews of
war Servia and Greece are not onlv
better situated in this respect, but
also occupy superior strategical po
sitions Those facts probably account
for the calmness with which Servia
apparently regards the prospects o'
war
SANANNAH MAN ISfHELD
ON CHARGE OF MURDER
John Morgan is Accused ol
Crime
Savannah, Ga., June 10. John
Henry Morgan, a young man well
known in Savannah, is held at the
barracks upon the most serious charge
in the criminal calendar. He is
*
charged with murder. About two
weeks ago a stranger named William
Williams was -waylaid and killed with
a slung shot in the vicinity of Mor
gan’s home. Now the police have ar
rested Morgan for the crime. He
claims he is innocent and says he can
prove an alibi.
OI K WOMEN MOST
BEAUTIFUL—HELLEU
Great Artist Enthusiastic Over Women
of America.
Paris, June 10.—Paul Helleu, the
eminent painter of women, on return
ing from New York, said:
“The American women are the most
beautiful in the world. There is the
greatest quantity of beauties there and
also the largest proportion of the wo
men are beatiful. I found beauty us
common among the middle classes and
the poor working people as on Fifth
avenue, and shop girl beauty is just as
noticeable as that of society women.
“The society women are not cold, as
is thought by the French; they are en
thusiastic, only they display an exclu
sive taste in emotions They are a.-
w«ell dressed as the Parisiennes and
are far healthier, taking more baths.
They have at once the force of
health and the grace of feebleness.
“To find a pretty woman in Paris
THE WEATHE-Br Unsettled Weather; Probably Rain.
JUNE WEDDING
SEASON NOW
jJNDER WAT
TWO MARRIAGES OFINTERET
To People in Americus and
Vicinity
The marriage yesterday afternoon,
in Augusta, of Miss Kella Rowland
and Mr. Harry Morgan was an occas
ion of social interest in that city and
in Americus as well, this city being
the former home of Mr. Morgan, where
he has relatives and many friends
who are holding reserve sincere con
gratulations for the home-coming.
The marriage rites were solemnized
at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon at
the Greene Street Presbyterian churcb.
There were many guests and attend
ants, among the wedding party being
Misses Emmie and Genevieve Morgan,
of Americus, sisters of the groom. The
bride is a charming member of Au
gusta’s social group, while Mr. Morgan
is esteemed in business and social cir
cles there, where he has resided for
several years as manager of a west
ern corporation.
Mr, and Mrs. Morgan and the Misses
Morgan will return to Americus this
afternoon where the bride and groom
will be guests for a week of his
mother, Mrs. E. P. Morgan, at her
home on College street. Other guests
will be Mr. and Mr*. Charles C. Smith,
of Thomasville, and Mr. J. T. Killen,
of Moultrie, Ga.
* * *
Lamar-Fletcher Wedding.
Another marriage of interest in
Americus will be that of Miss Ruth
Lamar and Dr. H. Q. Fletcher, which
will be solemnized on Wednesday, 25th
inst., at the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank S. Etheridge, in Jackson, Ga.,
relatives of Miss Lamar, and whose
guest she has been for some time.
Miss Lamar’s many friends in Ameri
cus, her home, anticipate with interest
the approaching marriage and several
here will be numbered among the at
tendants- Dr. Fletcher is a prominent
physician of Chattanooga, where they
will reside.
* * *
farter-Hamilton.
The marriage of Miss Mittie Lou
Carter and Mr. Leory Hamilton, both
of this city, was solemnized Monday
evening by Rev. P. C. Barclay, pastor
of the Baptist church at Plains. Ac
companied by two friends, Messrs. S.
C. Kelly and G. P. Carswell, the young
couple repaired to the residence of
Mr. Barclay at 9 o’clock Monday even
ing, where the marriage ceremony was
performed.
The wedding party returned at once
to Americus. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton
leaving at 10:40 o’clock over the Cen
tral for Atlanta upon a bridal trip of
several days. Both the bride and
groom have numerous friends here, ‘o
whom the announcement of their mar
riage is of interest.
one must go to the races and search:
long among the gown models. The so
ciety women one finds there have
beautiful clothes but they have not
handsome faces.
“I found the American women very
intelligent, spiritual, witty and com
panionable.”
Helleu is making an album of the
ten prettiest women of Paris, New
York, London and Buenos Ayres. He
says the New Yorkers are far and
away the prettiest, and he believes it
is because the greatest mixture of
races there is reviving the physiques
and, producing the purest bleed and
the finest health.
COURT UPHOLDS
NEWSPAPER LAW
AS INTERPRETED
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FREEDOM Os THE PRESS
Publicity Law as Affecting
25,000 Papers
Washington, D. C., June 10. As
interpreted by it the supreme court
today upheld the constitutionality of
the newspaper publicity law enacted j
as a part of the postal appropriation |
act of 1912.
The particular section attacked was j
!
to bar very newspaper and periodical
from the -mails until the editors or
owners filed with the postal authori
ties semi-annual sworn statements
giving the names of the editors, own
ers, stockholders and bond holders and
the average daily circulataion and
thereafter immediately published the
statement It aiso forbade publica
tion of paid for articles without
marking them “advertisement.”
The Journal of Commerce and Com
mercial Bulletin of New York sougnt
to have the United States district
court for Southern New York enjoin
the postmaster general from enforc
ing the act oai the ground that it was
unconstitutional The objection then
raised was the law abridged the free
dom of the press. The government
defended the law as a regulation of
the use of the second class mail priv
ileges
The New Y’ork court sustained the
validity of the law in this case, as it
did in that brought by the Lewis Pub
lishing Company of New York It
is said the law affects more than
25,000 publications in the Unit ;d
States.
Chief Justice White interpreted the
regulation objected to as being not
a restriction of the freedsm of the
press ,but merely as affixing addi
tional conditions for admission of
newspapers to the mails.
TWO WOMEN ARE KILLED
WHEN TRAIN HIT AUTO
Fatal Accident to Tennessee
Ladies
Carroll, la., June 10. A Chicago
and Northwestern train crashed into
an automobile near here today, killing
Lena and Rebecca Dudley, daughters
of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Dudley, of
Nashville, Tenn.
The parents and a negro chauffeur
were injured, but will recover. Dud
ley, who is a hardware merchant,
was on an automobile tour with his
family .
PRINCETON’S GRADUATES
AWARDED DIPLOMAS
Class of 255 Members Grad
uated There
Princeton, N. J., June 10. Exer
cises in connection with the Princeton
commencement were brought to a
close here today with the 166th an
nual graduation ceremonies in Alex
ander hall, at which 255 members of
the graduating class received their
initial degrees. In addition nine hon
orary degrees were conferred, mas
ters’ degrees were awarded to fortI', 1 ',
doctor of philosophy degrees to thir
teen and electrical engineering to
three.
COLDEST JUNE DAY ON RECORD
EXPERIENCED HERE YESTERDAY
Mercury Varied Only Five Degrees During the Ray, Reach
ing a Maximum of Only 57 Degrees and a Minimum
of 52—Breaks All Local Weather Records
Y’esterday was the coldest day in
of which there is any record here. The
weather records here do not go tack
very far, it is true, but yesterday’s col-i
smashed everything in sight for this
time of the year.
With a variation of only five degrees
throughout the entire day, the mercury
yesterday registered a maximum of
only 57 degrees, while the minimum
was 52 This in itself i an indication
of the unsual weather served up to the
people of Americus yesterday. These
figures were furnished through the
courtesy of local Weather Observer
Bryan
When the additional fact is taken
into consideration that during tin
very early morning hours and through- :
our, practically all the latter half of
the day a cold, drizzly rain, driven by
an east wind, fell almost incessantly, ;
yesterday comes very nearly taking
the cake as a real bad weather day. So
MASONS ATTENDED THE
MEETING IN COLUMBUS
Will Return te Americus
Today
The Masonic party, representing
Americus Lodge, No. 13, and M. U.
Council Lodge, No. 95, on the trip to
Columbus Tuesday, where they we> - e
guests last night of Columbus Lodgi,
No. 7, included Mr. J. E. Mathis, wor
shipful master of No. 95; Mr. S. L
Harnmcn. worshipful master of No. 13,
and Messrs. E. L. Murray, W. F. Smith,:
Lee Hudson, W. H. Cobb, E. F. Wilder,'
Nat LeMaster, J. E. Hightower, S. A. I
Jennings, W. F. McAfee, Dr. J. R. Sta- j
tham. The party witnessed last night j
the special work put on for their I
benefit by Columbian lodge, and will
return this morning.
*lO AM) COSTS FOR
WEARING SPLIT SKIRT
People Who Saw Woman on Parade
Thought She Was Disturbing
Traffic.
Milwaukee, June 10.—Judge Page
today imposed a fine of $lO and costs
on Miss Elizabeth Geiger, a local so
ciety woman, for wearing a skirt which
was too tight and much too short.
The verdict was that the woman hal
donned a striking skirt decorated at
the bottom and cut with such economy
j
of material that it was necessary that
it be given a slit of extreme length to
permit its wearer to move about. She
hud then gone on parade on the south
side.
This gown with its slit provided such
a display of silken hose and other
things that men stopped on the street
to look and clerks in stores hurried to
the windows to watch her as she pass
ed along.
The policeman who acted as censor
was Thomas Ryterski, who decided
that such clothes were not only unbe
coming and immodest, but was also
inclined to prefer a charge against
her of "disturbing traffic on the pub
lic thoroughfares.”
Any woman who wears slit skirts
where the slit extends more than
twelve inches above the ground is lia
ble to a fine in this court,” said Judge
Page.
The fine was paid by an admirer of.
Miss Geiger.
a number of citizens voted, anyway,
and weather is largely a matter of
"how you look at it,” for the sunniest
optimists even yesterday could say :
“It isn’t raining rain to me
It's raining daffodils.”
But the number of real human peo
ple who could view the weather yes
terday through the spectacles of one
poetic Robert Loveman were very few
and very hard to find, for there was a
much larger number who suffered
from a wet weather grouch and a cold
weather grouch, combined It was
rather hard to console these individ
uals, unless they were baseball fans.
The baseball fans refused to be wor
ried by the weather. -They merely re
joiced in the fact that its games must
be postponed by rains that this un
pleasant occurrence is happening away
from home.
ANOTHER PLOT
FOR REBELLION
IS DISCOVERED
IN CAPITAL OF REPUBLIC
Former Governor and Offi
cers Ai rested
Mexico City, June IC. —As the re
sult of the discovery of a plot to in
cite rebellion in. the capital, the police
last night arrested Dr Rafael Cepeda,
former governor of San Luis Potosl,
and four men of less political pron: -
nence A number of army officers of
minor rank are said to be involved in
the plot against the Huerta govern
ment
More than 250 members of the fed
eral garrison which was unsuccessful
in the defense of Zacatecas against it
superior rebel force several weeks,
ago, were either killed or taken pris
oners, according to survivors who, to •
day straggled into Aguas Calieutes.
Only 20 men of the Zacatecas garri
son of 300 escaped, according to th«t
statement of the survivors, which was,
telegraphed to the war department
from Aguas Calientes. The attack
ing force, they stated, numbered
about 900. The federals resisted un
til the fighting in the streets had re
sulted in the killing of many non-com
batants.
The successful rebels forced loans
and looted some of the business
houses of the city One of the „
wealthiest residents of Zacatecas was
executed because he refused to con
tribute 20,000 pesos to the revolution
ists. The governor was made a pris
oner. No mention was made of any
foreigners being injured.
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MARSHALL'S SOI L FOOD
IS DAILY “HOE CAKE’»
Washington, D. C., June 10.—A slice
of old-fashioned “hoe-cake” and a gen
erous glass of creamy milk is the lunch
Vice President Marshall feeds his epi
grammatic soul 365 times a year.
"It is not that Americans are glut
tons,” he said, “but they want an infin
ite variety in their food. Most Amer
icans need the beneficial lesson of be
ing real hungry once in a white, _ .
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