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The Americus Times-Recorder
THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR.
IyOUNO FARMER
13 SHOT REAR BY
BO TENANT
W HO USED HIS READY RIFLE
RoyJossey the Victim of
Tragedy
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Sheriff Q- W. Fuller returned to
Americus yesterday from Leesburg,
bringing particulars of a tragedy oc
curring the night previous on the Ber
ry Wallace plantation, near that town,
wherein Mr. Roy Jossey, superintend
ent upon the farm, was shot and kill
ed instantly by a negro tenant, Doc.r
Mathis, who afterwards escaped.
The shooting took place at Mathis
cabin the negro unexpectedly, assur
ing the offensive and using a Winches
ter rifle. Two shots struck Mr. Jos
sey and death was instantaneous.
From particulars related to Sheriff
Fuller, and from other sources here,
it seems that a party of five young
men returning home from Leesburg
about dark stopped at the Mathis
house to make inquiry regarding a
matter concerning a labor dispute be
tween the negro and Mr. Jossey.
Mr. Jossey, it is said, alighted from
the car and went to Mathis’ door.
The negro was barefoot, and asked
permission to get his shoes. Instead,
he procured a rifle and opened fire
upon Mr. Jossey, who fell dead in the
doorway. Mr. Jossey, it is said, fired
one revolver shot at Matthews, without
•effect.
Other members of the party hurried
ly iy left the scene and summoned as
sistance. When they returned later
with a posse of men to apprehend Ma
this the negro had fled the scene. Mr.
Jossey was lying in the door of the
cabin with two rifle balls in his body.
Mathis at last account, had not been
captured, though it is thought he is
located in Dougherty county.
Mr. Jossey was a native of Mario.i
county, where he was well known and
highly esteemed. Two brothers weie
in Americus yesterday en route tj
Leesburg to carry body to his old
home. The deceased was 27 years old,
with a wife and several children.
MORE PLUMS ARE GIVEN
TO FAITHFUL BY WILSON
Stanley Lands in the Dublin
Pnsioffice
Washington, D. C„ Aug. 12.—The
president today sent to the senate the
following nominations: Postmasters •
Alabama— W. H. Tartt, Livingston.
Leoitgia—Vivian L. Stanley Dub -
lin; Sanford P Darby, Vidalia.
Mississippi —J. P. Robb, Greenville.
-North Carolina— George W. Wa
tPrß, Plymouth; R. p. Gardner, Mount
Holly.
Tennessee —Emily Taylor St. John,
Harriman; W. F. Holland, Kingston.
1 irginia —W. R. Rogers, Crewe.
CONDITION OF MR. OLIVER
»REMAINS VERY CRITICAL
The condition 0 f Mr. A. T. Oliver
nderwent no material change yes
from that of the day previous,
is said to be partially paralyzed
"1 his articulation is now very much
"npaired. Little, if any, hope of h's
recovery i 8 now entertained.
APPOINTMENT OF
D. F. DAVENPORT
IS FORTHCOMING
GOES SHORTLY TO SENATE
Not Known When Change
Will Be Made
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There have been no developments
recently regarding contemplated
changes at the Americus postoffice be
yond the mere fact that Congressman
Charles R. Crisp has endorsed the
application of Mr. D. F. Davenport for
the postmastership, and that the ap
plication is now in the hands of Presi
dent Wilson. That favorable action
will follow shortly in the transmis
sion of the appointment to the senate
for confirmation seems assured as
there is not only no opposition to M\
Davenport’s appointment, but upon
other hand, the strongest endorse
ments and influences in his behalf.
Mr. Davenport mailed to Washing
ton yesterday certain papers sent him
by the postoffice department to be
filled out, relative to age, occupaton
and other information required in the
appointment of postmasters.
Mr. Davenport in discussing his ap
pointment, expressed the belief that it
had already been transmitted to the
senate for confirmation, although he
was in possession of no positive in
formation upon this point However,
it will be forthcoming very shortly, be
thinks.
Chief Clerk A. B. Howard, who will
be assistant postmaster, is away upon
vacation, but will return in ample
time to assume his new- duties when
the department makes the changes
contemplated.
SOUTH WILL GET CROP
MONEY IN FEW DAYS
Cotton States to Receive De
posits First of Ail
Washington, D. C., Aug. 12.—Treas
ury department officials practically de
cided today to begin within the next
few days in placing with banks in the
cotton states their proportion of the
additional $50,000,000 government de
posits for crop moving purposes. The
need for these deposits in the Southern
states was outlined by the bankers
from that section at the recent con
ferences with officials of the depar;-
ment.
It was stated at the department that
the cotton crop movement already had
begun and that the need for the money
was prgent. Reports from several
Florida cities told the department that
unless the money could be placed witn
in the next few days it would be prac
tically valueless to them.
fan Return It Early.
A consideration that was most po
tent in deciding the department was
that the South could return the money
in time for its use in other sections. U
was indicated that the cotton planters
would be through with the money dur
ing September, and that it could be
returned to the treasury department
not later than the middle of Novembe *.
No final decision has yet been reached
on the proposition of the deposits that
are to l>e made in the respective ses
sions, but it was made clear that at
least half would be placed in the
South.
Announcement as to the proportion
of the various kinds of security that
will be accepted has not yet bee i
made. Government bonds are not to
be insisted upon, however, it was stat
ed at the department It had been de-
AMERICUS. GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 13. 1913.
SITUATION IN
MEXICO SEEMS
MORE PACIFIC
PRES. WILSON MUCH PLEASED
Conditions in Republic Are
Better
Washington, D. C., August 12.
Charge OShaughnessy cabled the
state department today that the situa
tion in Mexico City was peaceful anl
quiet. The message was gratifying to
the administration officials, who desire
that all misunderstandings the Mex
ican government may have as to the
intentions of the United States shad
be cleared up, before any furthe
steps are taken in the peace ponev
of President Wilson.
The presenting of a note repre
senting the views of President Wil
son is expected soon, but the various
steps in the American government's
program will be carried out gradually.
The first note will be transmitted
in duplicate to all foreign governments
represented here, and will declare for
the first time in formal terms the at
titude of the administration toward
Mexico.
Administration officials, who are
hoping that the European countries
will lend their moral support to the
efforts to adjust the Mexican situa
tion peacefully, were favorably im
pressed with the statement of the
British government that the recogni
tion of Huerta has been only a ‘ rec
ognition of a provisional president,
pending an election,” and was done
on the theory that it was ‘‘likely
to assist in the restoration of order.
The added comment from the Brit
ish government that France and Ger
many had recognized President
Huerta after the American ambassa
dor Henry Lane Wilson had made a
congratulatory speech at a reception
given by President Huerta to the dip
lomatic corps was received as fur
ther strengthening the view of Pres
ident Wilson that the American am
bassador had been a personal factor
in the situation.
With the elimination of the ambas
sador the United States government
has made it plain that it could noi
recognize any government founded on
irregular and arbitrary forces and
that it can only extend recognition
to a regularly established constitu
tional government. President Wilson
is said to hope that European na
tions w'ill support this contention as
one of the effective ways of securing
stability of government in Latin
America.
SHEPPARD TAX BILL IS
DEFEATED IN THE SENATE
Atlanta. Ga„ Aug. 12. —The Sheppard
tax bill, introduced and urged by Rep
resentative J. E. Sheppard, of Sumter,
was finally defeated In the senate this
afternoon, that body adopting Instead
the Anderson-Miller substitute. The
defeat of the Sheppard bill is re
garding as a victory for the adminis
tration.
termined that 10 per cent, of the se
curity should be in this class, but at
the request of the bankers this condi
tion has been waived. Instead, it is
said the proportion of good commercial
paper has been Increased.
On most of the questions Involved In
placing these deposits, however, the
final decision and announcement will
not be made until after the conference
at the department with the far west
ern bankers next Thursday.
THE WEATHER:— Generally Fair Today.
THE STUDENT.
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CATTLE ARE PREFERRED
TO SCHOOL CHILDREN
Schley Representative Ac
cuses Burwell
Atlanta, Ga., Aug 12.—Representa
tive McCrory, of Schley county, made
the drect charge in the house yester
day that the rules 'committee of whicn
Senator Burwell is chairman. had
made what appeared to be a studied
and concerted attempt to block t'ae
consideration of his schoolbook bill.
Mr. McCrory on a point of personal
privilege, declared that Speaker Bur
well had promised him last Saturday
that his bill should cortie up for con
sideration in the house the first thin?
Monday morning. The bill, known as
house bill No. 22, gives the superinten
dent of education power to have cer
tain text books open to competitive
bids and to award the contract ot
printing them to the lowest bidder, the
books then to be sold the school child
ren at cost. 1 " ? * l>
Mr. McCrory said he relied on this
promise of the speaker that his hi.!
would be considered Monday morning,
but he waited patiently all the morn
ing, a,nd then part of the atfernoon,
only to see the house pass its time on
trivial matters.
The trivial matters to which Mr. Mc-
Crory referred were a fish bill and a
measure against the killing of heifers
two and a half years old or under. He
said that this was the last day that
the senate could accept a house bill,
and that Mr. Burwell must have known
this. He charged that Mr. Burwell and
his committee put fish and heifers
above the rights of 800,000 school chil
dren.
Replying to the charge, Speaker Bur
well said that he was not the whole
committee. He had said also that he
had made Mr. McCrory no definite
promise to make his bill the first or
der, but had said that the bill would
follow the order assigned last Satur
day.
Following that order, he said, the
fish and heifer bills had been consid
ered first, and had taken up more time
than he had though. Several members
had made speeches when their names
were called, and this consumed a lot of
time.
While, as Mr. McCrory charged, the
house was making long speeches on
the fish and heifer bills in an effort
to stave off consideration of the Mc-
Crory bill it incidentally made impos
sible the passage of several other high
ly important measures, all of which.
LEGISLATURE IS
ACTUALLY DOING
SOMETHING NOW
ON EVE OF ADJOURNMENT
Home for Wayward Girls is
Assured
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Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 12. With buc
three more days for legislation the
house actually got down to active
work this morning and there is soivi*
hope of a few general bills of state
wide importance getting through at
this session. Early business for the
| day was the passage of a few neces
sary extra appropriation bills to pay
for work done on the capitol and the
executive mansion.
Following the permanent requi
sition bill of Messrs. Wright, of Floyd
and Cole, of Bartow, the bill of Mr.
Jones, of Coweta, providing for a home
for wayward girls, carrying an appro
priation of three thousand dollars
came up in its order.
An effort to table the measure ap
peared to be successful on a risirg
vote, but when the ayes and nays we-o
called the motion was lost 54 to 106.
The house as a committee of the whole
was only a few moments In sesiso l
and through its chairman, Mr. Moon, of
Troup, reported the bill back to the
house with the recommendation that it
“do pass.”
The measure establishing a home
for wayward girls was passed by thj
house today by a vote of 115 to 46.
The bill was then transmitted to the
senate. .
were on Mondays calendar. These bill's
of Mondays' calendar, in their order,
are qs follows:
The blue sky law, a bill directed
against fake stock companies; the bill
for an experiment station In south
Georgia; the W. and A. railroad com
mossion bill; the permanent election
law; the bill providing for a home for
wayward girls; the bill giving mothers
equal rights with fathers in the cus
tody of minor children; the bill affect
ing the management of trust compan
ies, and the bill for registration for
special elections.
These are all important bills, none
of which can now be considered in
time to reach the senate. It will be
observed that the McCrory bill was
fifth on the calendar.
ROSSMCARTHY
WEDDING WAS
BEAUTIFUL ONE
CELEBRATED TUESDAY NOON
Large Number of Guests At
tended .
A beautiful affair was the wedding
of Miss Hattie May Ross and Mr.
Thomas P. McCarthy, which occurred
on yesterday morning at the home of
the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
L. Ross, on Jackson street.
Smilax and ferns were used to deco
rate the house, and in the parlor where
the ceremony was performed an altar
was improvised of smilftx twined with
clematis and white snow-halls, while
quantities of cut flowers were used on
the mantle and tables and on the piano.
At eleven o’clock, the hour set foi
the ceremony, Mrs. Joe Jonnson began
Mendelsohn’s wedding march, to the
notes of which entered the bridal pa
ty from the long hall. The ring-bearer
little Miss Gladys Smith, a cousin of
the bride, came first. She was dain •
tily clad in a lingerie frock and car
ried Easter lilies tied with pink tulle.
Next followed the matron of honor,
Mrs. C. L. Harris, of Atlanta, who is
a sister of the groom, wearing a frocit
of Chantilly lace, over pink silk and
carrying a bouquet of pink gladioli.
The groom and his best man, Mr. J. C.
Bostwick, of Americus, cam.e next pro
ceeding the bride who entered with
her father.
The bride, a young lady of striking
brunette type, was never loviier than
in her wedding gown of white crepe
meteor made in princess, with long
train, and trimmed with seed pearls
and rare princess lace. Her tulle veil
was bordered with lace, which rippled
about her face and fell in soft folds to
the hem of her gown, and she carrie 1
a shower bouquet of bride's roses, lil
ies of the valley and asparagus fern. \
daimond and pearl lavarier, the
groom's gift, were her only jewels.
The wedding party stood before the
altar as Mrs. Johnson played softiv
Rubenstein’s Melody in F, the impres
sive ceremony was performed by Rev.
J. A. Thomas, of the F'irst Methodist
church. • .-•<-»-> -- . j
A delicious luncheon in two "courses
was served at 12 o’clock.
In the dining room the brides table
was most attractive with its lace cov -r
over pink satin. Pink tulle wa.e '
brought from the chandeliers and
brought to the table in huge bows and
at Intervals were placed single pirjK I
candles. At each place was a pink
Killarner rose. Those seated were j
the bride and groom, the matron of
honor, Mrs. Harris, and the best man
Mr. J. C. Bostwick.
Among the many beautiful presents
received in cut glass, silver and lin
en were two chests of flat silver, one
from the brides grandmother, Mrs.
Philo Smith, and another from ten
young men.
The bride’s mother wore at the wed
ding a lavender voile gown trimmed in
self-colored lace. Mrs. Smith was
gowned in gray moire silk, while the
groom’s mother wore a pretty frock if
gray.
Mrs. Geo. Barnes, of Macon, wearing
a brown crepe meteor dress and brown
Persian hat had charge of the ‘‘Bride’s
Book.”
Among the out-of-town guests were
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Harris, of Atlanta;
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McCarthy anil
Miss Helen McCarthy, of Savannah:
Mr. Ferrel Wyche, of Macon; Mrs.
George Barnes, of Macon; Mr. and Mrs.
R. M- Thompson, of Albany; Mrs. T. A.
Conley and children, of Macon; Mrs. E
J. Tyson and Miss Myrtle Maynard, of
Abbeville.
Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy left at
TESTIIHONI IN
FRINK TRIAL IS
UNINTERESTING
Lintt INTEREST IN EVIDENCE
Effort Made to Contradict
Or. Harris
Atlanta, Ga., August 12.—For the
first ime s'nce Leo M. Frank was
placed on trial for the murder •>*
Mary Fhagan, there were many
empty benches ip Judge Roan’s court
room when when court opened today.
In contrast to the hundreds who
had eagerly sough’t admittance on
previous days, only a handful of spec
tators assembled for todays session.
The tedious, featureless examina
tion of medical experts, which occu
pied practically all of yesterdays
session, was credited for the decrease
in popular interest.
The morning hours of today’s pro
ceedings were also devoid of sensa
tion.
Miss Hattie Hall, a stenographer - ,
testified regarding certain work she
had done for Frank on the forenoon
of April 26th, the day of Mary Pha
gan’s disappearance. Miss Hall saitr
she left the pencil factory at 12 o’clock,
before the Phagan girl arrived.
The cabbage that Mary Phagan ata
for dinner on the day she was mur
dered has come »o be a bone of con
tention among the physicians whj
have testified for the prosecution and
defense in the trial of Leo M. Frank.
Hugh Dorsey, the solicitor general,
is exerting all his efforts now to trip
up the experts brought forward by
the state to belittle the testimony of
Dr. Roy Harris of the state board of
health, who testified that the gill
must have been killed within an houc
after she had eaten the cabbags.
The first man he tripped up was
Professor George Bachman, head or
the physiological department of the
College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Dr. Bachman said that it would have
been impossible for Dr. Harris to ba
scientifically sure of what he had tes
tified to. —<**«*. ' v - -t A
“Do you know the meaning of the
word ‘amidulin,’ inquired the solicitor,
as used in the description of starch in.
its various processes of digestion?”
“I never heard of such a word,” the
professor replied, “and it isn’t in the
dictionary.”
Mr. Dorsey showed the word in
Webster’s.
HOWARD HOLLEY IS DEAD
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
Well Known Young Man
Passes Away
Friends in Americus, as throughout
the county will regret the death of Mr.
Howard Holley, a well known an est.-
mable young man residing near
Friendship. Mr. Holley ‘ passed away
at a late hour Monday night, his
death following an illness of some
length. He was about twenty-five years
of age and unmarried. The funeral
services were held Tuesday afternoon
at the family cemetery near Friend.-*-
ship.
twelve-thirty for Norfolk, from whica.
point they will sail for New York,
spending three weeks in the cities of
the East and upon their return will bo
at home at the residence of ‘he bride a.
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ross.
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