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The Americus Times-Recorder
fHIRTY-FIFTH YEAR.
FAIR CONTINUES TO
DRAW BIG CROWDS
TODAY IS MASON’S
AND CANNING CLUB
DAY AT BIG FAID
VISITORS ALL PRAISE THE EX
HIBITB /AND OFFICIALS ARE
WELL PLEASED—BIG CROWD
ON HAND IN SPITE OF THE
BAD WEATHER.
MASONS WILL BE
ADMITTED FREE
lauding Club Girls Are Being Enter
tained by Macon Women—Alfalfa
Meeting Will Be Held at Chamber
of Commerce Building Tonight.
STATE FAIR GROUNDS, Macon,
Ga., Oct., 27.—Monday was Farmers’
and Educational Day at the state fair.
though there was no special pro
gram assigned, the fair itself proved
attraction to bring out
twenty thousand people.
The splendid agricultural exhibits
were, of course, the center of attrac
tion, and agricultural hall was crowd
ed almost from the time it oepned,
. but the other displays did not suffer
“ for lack of attention.
Masons To Be Guests.
Tuesday is to be Masons’ Day, and
-also Canning club day at the fair. All
Masons will be admitted without j
. charge, provided they first secure the,r j
cards from the grand lodge headquar
ters. It is expected that fully 1,500
Masons will be the guests of the fair
association.
The girls of the various county
clubs arrived by the scores this morn
ing and are being assigned to the
homes of the ladies of Macon, who
have volunteered to take care of them.
These girls will give a demonstration
tomorrow morning, under the super
vision of Miss Mary E .Creswell, ol
the State Agricultural College, of
their proficiency as preservers of
fruits and vegetables.
Boys and Girls Prists.
The prize winners will be named
"Wednesday. The boys and girls will
be given badges that will admit them
to the fair grounds, and wi’l also b;
DON’T WEEP
Just because you
have LOST some
thing. Call the
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corder, phone 99
THAT’S ALL
instructed about a meeting that is
planned for them in the corn club ex
hibit building.
Alfalfa Meeting.
There will be a meeting at the
chamber of commerce auditorium to
morrow night of those farmers who
are attending the state fair and are
interested in the culture of Alfalfa.
This meeting will be presided over b/
Loring Brown, of Smyrna, president
of the Alfalfa association of the
state. It was planned to have this
meeting at the fair grounds Satui
day, but there were so many conflict
ing features that it could not take
place. All farmers who are inter
ested in alfalfa are urged to be pres
ent.
AMERICUS FOLKS
ENDANGERED DY
BLAZING CANVAS
AT BURNING OF THE CIRCUS
Serious Mishap to Big B. &
B. Show
Several Americus people attended
the Saturday performance of the Bar
num & Bailey circus at Columbus, the
jmain tent of which was partially de
' strcyed by an accidental fire at the
! afternoon performance, and these re
lated yesterday thrilling stories of
the stampede when the fire was dis
covered and 10,000 spectators, as one
man, attempted to get out of the
show.
Hobble skirts didn’t hobble a little
bit and were instantaneously trans
formed into ‘ splits” of most pronounc
ed type as the fair wearers hiked for
the open ozen.
It is believed that a negro boy light
ing a cigarette accidentally set fire to
the canvas. Severay thousand people
under the tent watched the leaping
flames with a sort of fascina.tion as
they climbed to the top of the tent
and for several seconds there was
not a movement among the spectators.
Then a rush started toward the main
exit. A serious disaster would have
occurred had it not been for police offi
cers, circus officials and cooler headed
citizens who shouted that there was
no danger and kept the situation in
hand for the time being.
Just at the critical humanity to
the main exit was about to begin, cir
cus employes who had worked with
marvelous rapidity rolled up the tent
in several places .opened several tic's
of seats and let the multitude out.
Many people jumped from the high
seats in the rear to the ground and
others were bruised by being knocked
down. Children were separated from
parents and screamed in fright. Num
bers of ladies when safe, fainted and
there was general confusion. The site
department soon extinguished the
flames.
The tent connecting the animal de
partment with the main show was
pulled down by trained employes In
incredibly quick time and there was
no pnnic among the animals. The
show left Columbus without giving j
night performance.
AMERICUS. GEORG
AMERICUS HAS
RECEIVED TWO
THIRDS CROP
22,000 BALES RECEIVED
Fanners Busy With Balance
of Crop
Americus warehouses have received
to date more than 22,000 bales cotton,
or practically two-thirds of a normal
crop, locally, and the belief is ex
pressed that the crop total will easily
reach 35,000 bales. Such receipts, at
current high prices, is worth more
than 40,000 bales at the price paid for
the staple last season, which was
three cents per pound, or sls per bale,
under quotations today.
There are still many white fields in
this section of south Georgia, and
farmers are busily engaged gathering
the remainder of the crop while the
weather remains fine.
This week does not promise to be a
lively one in the local cotton market.
Today and' Saturday both are legal
holidays. This leaves only four days
otf trading. The tendency hardly will
be to increase commitments, except
on a moderate scale.
With one census bureau report on
ginning out of the way, the trade soon
will be facing another, as Friday ends
the present period in the schedule of
ginners’ returns.
These statistics are increasing in
importance and may become a power
ful influence on the market. Outside
of the ginning statistics, the trade will
be concerned in the size of the crop,
state of trade, spot demand, possible
n ill takings, consumption for this sea
son. etc
\\ ith the first killing frosts already
experienced and important ginning
•’aia to work on, there will be a num-
N: us crop estimates in the near Tn
ti.*e w, :ch may influence prices.
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Vice War a Success
Sags Frosts Magazine
Atlanta, Oct. 27.—That the vice war ]
which has resulted in success in At- ‘
lanta is a state problem as well as a 1
(
municipal one, is set forth in a strong
editorial in the current issue of Frost’s f
Magazine, “The Call of the South.” ]
“No discerning citizen of Atlan:a (
can escape the fact that morals as the <
city and the general atmosphere of the
city have been considerably cleared b" 1
the vice war,” the editorial says, and '
then goes on to comment on the state- I
wide effect.
“It should be remembered that it is 1
a state problem as well as a city i
PROGRAM FOR TODAY
9:00 A.M. Grand Band Concert, Saracina’s Virtuoso Concert Band.,
Third and Cherry street. 10:00 A. M.—Gates ofFairGround K
10:00 A. M. Gates cf Fair Grounds opened to public.
11:00 A. M. Canning Club's Show in Canning Club's building.
12:00 M. Big free Concert by Saracina’s Virtuoso Concert Band.
12:30 P. M. Midway opens with g-and parade and free exhibitions.
1:00 P. M. Midway’s Big Free Attractions. Lunch hour.
1:30 P. M. Live Stock D,splay at Stock Barns.
2:00 P. M. Harness Races on Track.
4:00 P. M. Saracina’s Virtuoso Concert Band in Grand Stand.
6:000 P.M. Illumination of Grounds and Midway. Supper.
6:30 P. M. Midway opens with Graand Free Concerts on Exhibitions,
8:30 P. M. Grand Band Concert at Hippodrome by Saracina’s Virtuoso
Concert Band.
9:00 P M. Free Fireworks Display in Hippordrome.
9:30 P. M. Parades on the famous Midway and Confetti Battles.
12:00 P. M. Grounds close. t
See Auto Pouo every afternoon and evening in Hippodrome.
[A TUESDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 28, 1913.
SUMTER’S CLUB
HOPES TO WIN
VALUADLE PRIZE
OFFERED BY CENTRAL OF GA. :
Valuable Horse to Be Award
ed Corn Growers
Sumter’s Boy's’ Corn club may be the
winner of a valuable and much covet
ed prize to be given the corn club i:v !
Georgia showing the best results. The
prize, a beautiful Percheron mare, is
to be awarded by the Central railway,
which is greatly Interested in the work ,
ot the boys corn clubs, and in many i
ways is fostering this important do- 1
velopment.
I
Two high grade Percheron mares
will be awarded as special prizes oy ,
the Central of Georgia railway to the ]
two boys who obtain the best results ]
in the 1913 corn contests conducted in
Georgia and Alabama.
One of the mares will go to a Geor
gia boy and the other to an Alabama
boy. The aw'ards will be made in a
short while, as the corn crops will soon
be harvested.
The mares are on exhibition at the
- state fair in Macon. In addition to
these two special prizes the Central
will give a $25 Bershire pig to the
boy who makes the best showing ia
, the corn club contests in each of the
78 counties traversed by the Central
in Georgia and Alabama.
i Next year the contests will be con
ducted differently. Prizes of even
greater value than the mares and pigs
will be awarded to clubs for four crop
; contests covering tracts of three acres
as follows: One acre in cotton, one
■ acre of corn and one acre of winter
oats, followed by cowpeas.
problem, and that the moral status of
all the surrounding communities ! s
improved whenever the moral status
of a large city is improved.’
The magazine is very strong in its
support of Police Chief Beavers and
his policies. It believes that to him is
due chiefly the credit for the success
of the vice crusade.
The article also takes up the prohi
bition question and says that the
whole city is now prepared to admit
that since open bars where whiskev
was sold were cleared out there has
been a very perceptible improvement
in morals.
MRS. KING IS ON
TRIAL FOR LIFE
IN JONES COURT
SHE IS CHARGED WITH PLANNING
THE MI’RDER OF HER HUS
BAND BY NICK WILBURN LAST
DECEMBER.
EARLY VERDICT
IS EXPECTED
She Confesses Relatoins With Wilburn,
A Farm Hand—Eleven Jurors To
Try The Case.
Grays, Ga., Oct. 27. —Mrs. Kate King,
a frail little woman, less than 90
pounds in weight and under 40 years
of age, is on trial for her life in the
Jones county superior court here to
day.
She is charged by the state with
having instigated the murder of her
husband, Jim King, by Nick Wilburn, a
farm hand, with whom she confesses
to having had an illlct Intimacy.
The trial was started this morning
at 8:30 o’clock, Judge Park presiding,
with a court room only half filled
with spectators. There appears to be
less interest in her trial than in the
trial of Nick Wilburn, who was found
guilty Saturday and is now under sen
tence of death. ' w
The panel of veniremen was exhaust
ed when only 11 jurors had been se
lected, but the attorneys agreed to
proceed with the trial with a vaca it
seat in the box.
FUNERAL OF LITTLE ONE
WAS HELD ON SUNDAY
Son oi Mr. and Mrs. George
Rogers Laid to Rest
The funeral of little George Rodgers,
the baby son of Mr. and Mrs. G. M.
Rodgers, aged two years, was he d
Sunday afternoon from their residence
cn Jackson avenue and attended by
many friends of the distressed parents.
The little one, their idol, was ill but a
brief while, and in their anguish and
sorrow the stricken parents have the
sympathy, of all here. The funeral
services were conducted by Rev. J. A.
Thomas, pastor of First Methodist
church, while the pall bearers were
Messrs. Hugh Page, W. P. Page, Leon
ard and Will Page, uncles of the de
ceased. Many handsome floral offer
ings were upon the little casket as it
was borne to its final resting place.
FORMER NAVY CHIEF
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
Hingham, Mass., Oct. 27. —John D
Long, former governor of Massachus
etts and Secretary of the Navy during
the war with Spain, was seven ty-fl"<*
years old today and the occasion was
marked by the recipt of a number of
congratulatory messages from various
parts of the country. His fellow
townsmen proposed to have a public
observance of the anniversary, but oit
of respect to the wishes of Mr. Long
the plan was abandoned.
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
♦ THE WEATHER. *
♦ ■ ♦
♦ For Americas and Vicinity.— ♦
♦ Rain, followed by Cool Spell. ♦
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WILSON SPEAKS AT
MOBILE CONVENTION
REP. C. R. CRISP
AGAIN AT HOME
FOR BRIEF STAY
HOUSE IS STILL INACTIVE
And Members Are Granted
Leave nf Absence
Congressman Charles R. Crisp, of
the Third district has come ftom Wash
the Third district has come from
Washington to spend a few days at his
home in Americus and to attend to
j bi.f.no.'s of importance, there being
absolutely m-liing In the way of offi
!
ciu' bus toss *: this time warranted to
I
.keep nict'ih. rs of the house closely con
! fined In Washington.
Judge Crisp, with many others of the
house members, have left the capital
for a visit to their homes after having
| conferred with Mr. Underwood, the
house leader, who advised this course,
1 in view of the continued hold-up of all
business by the senate.
“Our body,” said Representative
Crisp, “having long since passed the
currency bill and referred it to the
senate, can do absolutely nothing up
on that measure. Our hands are tied
and we can only sit in enforced re
cess and wait until the senate acts
'upon the bill.
“For several weeks we have been
thus unemployed, answering roll call
at intervals and preserving a working
quorum, but Mr. Underwood has will
ingly released from such service all
| who so desired and will call us back
to Washington when wanted. Such
enforced idleness, you may be sure,
is very disagreeable.
“I had a talk with President Wilson
a day or two ago,” continued Judge
Crisp, “regarding the possibility of
'early disposition of the currency bill
by the senate, and he Is sanguine of
some action before the beginning of
the next session on December Ist.
“The currency bill is as yet in the
hands of the senate committee, and
there Is no telling when the bill will
be reported by the committee to that
body. Even after a report is made,
the bill will probably be debated for a
> long time, ere it is sent back to the
house. I fear that it is still far from
actual passage.”
Judge Crisp will be in Americus a*,
points in the distant during the week,
and will probably remain at home u l
til summoned back by House Leader
Underwood, as the latter has sug
gested.
IN AMERICUS ON
THEIR HONEYMOON
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Cox, of Bir
. miingham, Alabama, are visiting their
sister, Mrs. Dr. Thurman, on Jackson
street. Mr. and Mrs. Cox arc a bride
and groom of ten days and this is the
last lap of their honeymoon. They
will spend several days with the
• Thursmans before returning to their
• home in the Pittsburg of the South.
HE OUTLINES HIS
POLICY BEFORE
CONGRESS THERE
1 SAYS THAT THE UNITED STATES
WILL NOT SEEK ANY NEW TER.
, RITORY BY CONQUEST.
!
DOES NOT MENTION
MEXICAN SITUATION
1 His Remarks Are Construed to Refer
To That Country—Asks That Mor
ality, not Exepdieney Guide The
Country.
I
( Mobile, Ala., Oct. 27.—President
Wuson announced to the world today
that the governing motive of the
United States in its relationship with
the countries of this hemisphere
would be "morality and not expe
diency.”
B “I want to take this occasion to
, say,” he declared, “that the United
] States will not again seek to secure
one idditioaal foot of territory by
B conquest."
3 The president in a speech before
3 the Southern Commercial congress
. delivered an attack upon what hi
] termed the “material interests” that
. had influenced the foreign policy ot
3 some governments In their relation*
with the nations of Latin America.
, Though Mr. Wilson did not men
-1 tion Mexico as the afflicted country,
, toe devoted his entire speech to a d-»-
. scription of degrading influences
1 which foreign concessionaires had
t upon the internal affairs of some of
3 the Latin American countries.
With the Mexican situation upper
most in the president’s mind at this
, time, his address was interpreted as
, an arraignment of those financial influ
f ences which it had been charged have
1 secured in some cases, recognition of
e the Huerta government,
f The president declared that it
would be the duty of the United
j i States to assist the nations of this
i, hemisphere in an “emancipation'*
I from “the material interests of other
[ nations,” so that they might enjoy
constitutional liberty unrestrained.
, The president spoke extemporan
, eously.
, “I came,” he said, “not to speak for
the south, because the south has the
. gift of speaking for herself. I came
here because I would speak of our
. present and prospective relations
r with our neighbors to the south. Tho
. future is going to be very different for
this hemisphere from the past. Those
states lying to the south which have-,
always been our neighbors, will be
drawn closer to each other by common
ties of understanding. Interests do
I not tie nations together; it sometimes
separates them. But sympathy an.l
understanding do bind them together’ *
- SHE FINALLY ACTED
r
SENSIBLY AND WED*
o ' *
e Elkins W. Va„ Oct. 27.—Katherlna
y Elkins, daughter of the late Senator
e Stephen B. Elkins, was married hero
r this afternoon to “Billy” Hitt, a so
ciety man of Washington.
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