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THE /AMEKSIIS TIMES-RECORDER
THIRTY-SIXTH YE
NORTHEKN HOST
GOING AGAIN TO
ANDMNVILLE
TOMORROW IS MEMOBIALQAT
Exercises at The National
Cemetery
Tomorrow is “Decoration Day” at
Andersonville National cemetery, and
a national holiday as well. As usual,
the historic little village near Ameri
cus, where 13,000 Federal dead are
buried, will be the mecca of many
northern people residing in soutn;
Georgia, who will conduct memorial
exercises there. These exercises are
usually held under auspices of the
Fitzgerald post of veterans, G. A. R,
who will com up by special train to
Andersonville.. The Americus Light
Infantry which in recent years has
fired the salute of honor at the con
clusion of the exercises at Anderson
vllle cemetery will not take this part
tomorrow, Captain said yesterday, the
state military department having is
sued no order to that end to his com
mand.
DEATH OF LITTLE BABE
FOLLOWS LONG ILLNESS
Infant of Mr. and Mrs. J. L
Clawson Dies
In the death of their baby daughter,
Ruby, which occurred at 2 o’clock yes-,
terday afternoon at their country resi
dence at Maddox Crossing, near Ameri
cus, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Glawson have
the sympathy of their many friends.
The little one was aged fourteen
months, and the darling of their decot- j
ed home. Funeral services conducted
by Rev. R. L. Bivins, will be held at
the residence at 9 o’clock this morn
ing, concluding at Oakgrove cemetciy
here at 11 o’clock.
WIRELESS MESSAGES
TRAVEL EIGHT HUNDRED
MILES IN DAT TIME
San Francisco, Cal., May 28. —What |
is said to be a new record for daylight
wireless comunication was established
by the Matson liners Wilhelmina and
Matsonia May 9, according to Captain
Peter Johnson, of the Wilhelmina,
which arrived here from Honolulu to
day. While the steamers were 80?
miles apart they were in communica
tion for thirty minutes.
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FATHER OF S CHILDREN
RILLS SELF AND GIRL
Oxford, La., May 28.—Blind jealousy'
prompted by the persistent refusal of,
his victim to accept bis attentions ia
held responsible for the murder Ijere
of Miss Hattie Boylston, 20-year-old
typist, by Thomas J. Steele, merchant
and man of family. The little town us
Oxford was stirred as never before
when the details of the tragedy be
came known, and jealousy is the only
cause that can be assigned for the
killing.
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MINISTER IEAO •
PftRAQE TO URGE
CROWD TO CHURGH
NEW YORK MINISTER SECURES A
BIG CONGREGATION BY APPLYING
..UNUSUAL METHODS.
New York, May 28. —Led by a sur
pliced youth holding aloft a golden
cross, Rev. Theodore A. Sedgwick, his
two assistants, a vested choir and
more than a hundred members of the
congregation of the Calvary Episcopal
Church last night marched from the
church to Union Square, where the
rector appealed to a crowd of several
thousand persons to return with him
and attend the Sunday night services.
After a short service in the park the
procession re-formed and marched
back to the church, with about 300
recruits following. In the church the
regular service was conducted.
SAVANNAH GUY SHOWS
ATLANTA FEW THINGS
Atlanta, May 28. —Atlanta may be up
to the minute on some sports, but ft
took a young Savannah club man thi3
week to show them a new wrinkle in
the great American indoor pastime cL
poker. He has transferred it to an
i
outdoor sport, and the wonderful thing
is that you can play it at Five Points, I
or on Decatur street in front of the
dice station. .. j
It is as simple as can be. You
stand on a corner, and instead of
cards you use the state license num-|
bers of passing autos for your sand. If
the number for instance is 2442, you !
have two pairs. If it is 4567 you have \
a straight. If it is 1111 you have sour 1
aces, etc., to all kinds of numbers and !
combinations.
RICH TOBACCO
MAKER WEDS
New York, May 28.—Another mar
riage between a millionaire and a
former chorus girl came out today
when it became known that John
Liggett, a rich St. Louis tobacco man
ufacturer, and Violet Colby had mar
ried and sailed for Europe on the liner
Vaterland.
WILL RcMOVE TD ATLANTA
SHORTLY TO RESIDE
Estimable Family Will Leave
Americus
The many America? friends of Mr.
and Mrs. Theron N. Hawkes and family
will learn with regret of their purpose
to leave Americus for Atlanta, where
they will in future make their home.
Preparations have been made already
I for their departure within a few days.
| Lifelong residents of Americus,
I where their friends are legion, the de
parture of Mr. and Mrs. Hawkes ar..l
| Miss Hawkes, is indeed to be very
greatly regretted.
I Their sons, Nelson and Will Hawke.*,
have positions in Atlanta, and it is to
Ibe with them, largely, that induces the
j removal there of o'.ner members of the
family. Will Hawkes is completing a
course at the Georgia Tech, in whicn
institution he hag long maintained a
very excellent stand.
The beautiful Hawkes residence on
Church street, it is undferstood, will be
occupied by Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Low-
AMERICUS, GEORGIA. FRIDAY MORNING. MAY 29, 1914.
LADIES REALIZE
HANDSOMELY ON
THE CHAUTAUQUA
ABOUT S4OO NET REALIZED
By Ladies of The Hospital
Association
The Americus and Sumter Countv
Hospital association realized $4Ol net,
as the proceeds of the recent Chau
tauqua, which was held under auspices
of the association and which proved
such a splendid success in every way.
It is understood that after the pay
ment of all expenditures incurred, the
association will have the above named
amount, clear, as its part of the Chau
tauqua benefit.
The result is so much better than
that of last season, when the Chautau
qua was to an extent experimental,
that the ladies of the Hospital asso
ciation are highly gratified at the
success of their recent entertainment.
The money, so much needed by the
association, will be applied to hospital
work, while the ladies go industrious
ly after other entertainments promis
ing a revenue.
The Chautauqua is now thoroughly
established in Americus, and that of
1915—next year—will be made, if pos
sible, a greater success than the
session just ended. It will come again
under the auspices of the Hospital as
sociation, and Americus and surround
ing country will extend it a most lib
eral patronage and support. Peopie
of every town within a radius of fifty
miles of Americus attended the re
cent session here. Already the ladies
are preparing to improve the Chautau
qua grounds, the use of which is given
them free of charge by Mrs. Merrell
Callaway, as her annual contribution
to the hospital, and will have th-s site
in prime condition in time for the
next annual session.
GLARKSTOIWILLIWAMPUS
KALB
Atlanta, May 28. —The famed Clarks
ton Williwambus has come back. This
time the alarm is sounded from Ingle
side, a DeKalb county rural district
near Clarkston, and these are the
startling words of the rural corres
pondent, “News comes that it is a will
bear and not a catamount as reported
heretofore, at large and feeding on
chickens, cattle and swine .in the
neighborhood. Various pistol balls
have failed to bring down the depre
dator, which has been seen. It is still
roaming the country seeking what it
may devour.”
A perfect word picture this is of the
Williwampus which every few years
terrorizes that neighborhood.
PRETTY BLONDE SHED
BY HOSPITAL OOGTORS
Atlanta, May 28. —Although the hos
pital physicians have been able to
save the life of the pretty blonde wo
man who*took laudanum on the street
here yesterday, they have not been
to discover her name or identity.
' The only clue is an umbrella marked
'on the handle with an H.
The young woman, now out of dang
er, made a pitiful plea to the detec
tives this morning to cease endeavor
j ing to find out who she Is. “It would
break my mother's heart if she found
'out what I had done,” she declared,
“and it is for her sake alone that 1
have tried to shield my name.”
DR. A. C. MULLER
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br / jaaaygy
Dr. A. C. Miller of Ban Francisco
was appointed a member of the fed
eral reserve board created by the nev
currency law.
GREATER PEABGDY
SUMMER SCHOOL
i
Nashville Institution That For Forty
Years Has Trained Southern Teach*
ers, to Open New Quarters.
The alumni of Peabody Normal col
lege in this section, as well as through
out the South, will be interested in the
announcement that the institution, af
ter a suspension of three years for the
erection and equfbtaent of new build
ings, will again open its doors for stu
dents on June 25, when the first sum
mer session begins. The name ha 3
been changed to George Peabody Col-!
lege for Teachers, the courses of study j
have been amplified and the standards
raised, new- buildings have been erect
ed and the assets of the institution
increased to $3,000,000.
Many of the alumni were scholar
ship students, receiving not only free
tuition but a substantial sum toward
board and other expenses, he schol
arship system will be continued under j
the new organization, the money fori
this purpose coming from a fund rais-|
ed by the alumni themselves. The
authorities of the college are anxious
'to get in touch with young men and
| young women In all sections of the
South who are prepared to meet the
requirements of the college and
who would care to receive scholar
ships.
Th plant of the new Peabody is one
lof the handsomest and best adapted (
I educational plants in the South. The
! campus is much larger than the old
one, and more beautifully shaded.
alumni, who held their last reunion'
! when the institution suspended on the'
j old campus, will come together again!
I during the week of the opening of the j
I summer school, the exercises to be
I
in the nature of a christening of the
new buildings.
In the first summer session of “the
first teachers’ college for the entire
South,” instruction will be given by a
faculty of about eighty teaching spec
ialists, many of whom ao not ordina
rily teach during the summer and have
consented to do so this time only be • j
cause of their interest in the launch-1
I i
ing of the greater Peabody. Most of
the leading educational institutions
are represented on the summer school
faculty.
About 200 courses are offered, cov
ering all of the subjects ordinarily of
| sered in summer school curriculi, to
gether with a number of new depar
tures in teacher training. Aside from
the purely professional work, most
stress is laid on household science, in
dustrial training and rural economics,
i The work of the summer session is
made an integral part of the work of
|the regular term.
SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY MEETING
‘FIFTH SABBATH’
MOUNT ZION NEAR AMERICUS
Meetings Planned in Ameri
cas District
The “Fifth Sunday” services in the
Americus district, as inaugurated re
cently by the presiding elder, Dr. T.'
D. Ellis and which have proven s>
popular with members and friends of
the various churches in the district, 1
will be held again next Sunday, these
exercises being the second of the very
interesting series.
On Saturdays preeding the “Fifth
Sunday” church services, a program
of exercises particularly interesting to j
farmers and their families, is present
ed, consisting of talks upon farm top
ics and the home. These services
on Sunday are of a devotional interest
purely.
Following is the program arranged
for Saturday and Sunday, May 30 and
31st, to be held at Mount Zion church,
eight miles to the south of Americus.
Mt. Zion, Saturday, May 30th. |
10:30 a. m. —“The Country Church;
Its Mission to the Community,” by
Rev. R. p. Fain.
11:15 a. m.—“ The Church and Tem
perance and Others Social Reform®, ■
by ( Rev. J. A. Thomas.
12:00—Dinner on the Ground.
2:00 p. m.—“ Soils and Fertilizers.”
by Mr. G. V. Cunningham, with U. S.
Department of Agriculture.
3:00 p. m.—“ Crop Rotation,” by Mr.
W. T. Bennett, assistant agricultural
ist for Central railroad.
Sunday, May 31st
11:00 a. m.—“ The World-Wide Mis
sion of the Church”, by Rev. J. A.
Thomas.
At the Saturday exercises tomorrow
at Mt. Zion, a sumptuous dinner will
beserved. Similar services will be *
conducted at Wesley Chapel, near Om
aha, Ga„ New Prospect and Rural Hill,
with devotional services on Sunday.
GAHRIERSIB MEET
yum SATUHDAY|
THE RURAL MAIL CARRIERS Os
SOUTHWEST GEORGIA WILL
HOLD CONTENTION
Valdosta, Ga., May 28.—The South
west Georgia Rural Mail Carriers’ As
sociation will meet in Valdosta on Sat
urday, May 30. The metting is ev
pected to be largely attended and will
be an important and interesting one. i
Major J. O. Varnedoe will deliver an
address welcoming the carriers to this
city. Professor R. H. Powell, of the
South Georgia State Normal College,
will also make an address.
The Valdosta members of the asso
ciation will entertain the visitors and
they are preparing to give them a roy
al time Saturday.
The officers of the association are
■ George W. Moore, president, Sparks,
iGa.; J. A. Jackson, Valdosta, secretary
] and treasure. ,
WIFE WENT TO CARD GAME
GOT SPANKED BY HUBBY
Hagerstown, Md., May 28.—0 n the
charge of taking his wife across his
knee and giving her a spanking with a
pine board when she did not have din
ner ready. Benjamin Irwin was sen
tenced by Justice John Ankeney to
jail for twenty-five days in default of
payment of a S2O fine.
PEACE MEASURE
BEING DRAFTED
SATISFACTORILY
AGREEMENT BASIS REACHED
| \
in Settlement of Mexican
Troubles
( Niagara Falls, Ont., May 28.*-Med
(iation conferences have been in
progress only a week today, but al
ready many essentials of a plan for
pacification of Mexico have been
agreed upon. Details are being with
•»
held until there is complete agree
ment on all subjects, but the main
points of the plan on which both sides'
at present look favorably are the fol
lowing:
Transfer of the executive powe” at
.Mexico City from the hands of Gen
eral Huerta to a provisional
dent and four cabinet ministers. These
five men would share equally the re-'
I |
| sponsibility of putting Into operation
a program adopted at the conference
forth onduct as soon as
of neV' .lections for president, vice
president and members of congress. I
j They would be neutral persons as
far as political affiliations are con
cerned, but would be representative
men as nearly acceptable as possible
to all factions in Mexico, including th3
constitutionalists, and approval also of
the American government.
I Prompt recognition of the provis
ional government by the United States.
Withdrawal of American troops as
| soon as the new government is install
ed.
While there may be no formal de
claration on the subject the Mexican
delegates expect a tacit understanding
to be reached that the United States
will regard as legal the financial
j transactions* of the present Mexican
congress.
In the protocol there will be pro
(claimed principles on which a study of
the agrarian and educational problems
in Mexico would be based.
PICNIC AT MYRTLE TODAY
WILL BE JOYOUS EVENT
I i
[Cars Will Leave Front.of The
Methodist Church
All Americus is interested in the
great annual picnic of First Methodist
Sunday school today at Myrtle Springs
as not only the membership of that
church and school, but hundreds of
friends of other denomination;, will
enjoy the day with them. Automobiles
will leave the church front during the
morning from 7:30 to 9 o’clock, trans
porting children and the ladies to the
picnic grounds. Many cars will be
needed, and all thus tendered will be
appreciated by the committee.
DNGLE JIM OPPOSES
s BATHINGJUIT SLEEVES
Atlanta, May 28.—The kindly mayor, (
Uncle Jim Woodward, has come to the
1 rescue of the pestered Piedmont Park
I* bathers, whom the park board has
forced to swath themselves in sleeves
, while swimming in the lake.
, “I’m in favor of decency,” says Uncie
, Jim with characteristic bluntness,
. “but at he same time I’m in favor of
. using a little common sense. I prom-
I
i ise you that I will appear before the
[ park board myself tomorrow and ask
,them to rescind their order.”
NUMBER id®
SECOND APPEALS, fl
FRANK HEARINGSj
SUPREME COURT
ON 1 till OF utmml
Dreary Drag in Trial ia 11
Mm M
— —
Atlanta, Ga., May 28. The
of exceptions in support of the
traordinary motion for a new trjHl
for Leo M. Frank was signed here
day by Judge Ben H. Hill, of the F«®
ton county superior court ImmediafM
ly after thtp bill was signed it was f<jߧ
warded to the state supreme couaH
I \ .'tyty'--.
The date for presentation of arg9p|
ments in support of the
nary motion wfill be set by the
preme court latter. fjAfi
On request at Solicitor Gcnefl|
I Hugh M. Dorsey,\ Judge Hill todM|
passed the hearing the motion
set aside the verdict against
until Friday, June 5.\ It is the claiH|
of the defense in support of this
tion that Frank’s \ constitution*!
rights were violated wren the verdiflj
I which pronounced him guilty of t*|
factory girl’s murder was
during his absence from the coui®
room. H
SMITH DEELARES , I
HIMSELF IN RACE*
FOR SENATORSHid
Washington, D. C., May 28.—1 n
statement breathing a spirit of
mony and good will for all
notwithstanding past affiliations at.H
alignments, Senator Hoke Smith t<H|
day declared that he would be a c&iHjj
didate to succeeim himself in thHf
United States senw, subject to thHi
democratic primary! in August. Th®]
statement follows: % .. 1
“It hardly seems naFete&ry
to make a formal staf|E m cnt of qj®
candidacy for the fe&cn
gust to succeed myself it* the lv H
Fiends who have suppot% f
past contests, and very n\- .'-J
have opposed me have
< ordially expressing their PU‘t8 u: As34'
sui port me lor re-election, aßfl
seemed to regard my
certainty. V SKk
'The newspapers have very tAggl
erously given to the people the fSr
as to what I have been doing in WaiSß
ington, and the voters are already, mm
a large extent of my ability. While I
can not hope that all the voters will
agree with me. I will not by anythin®
I may do or say make it even difficu®
for any citizen to confer with me, efl
take up with me matters in Washing!
ton in which he may be interested. M
“I will not be able to spend an®
time in Georgia until after the a4®
journment of congress, which witfl
probably not be earlier than the mi|9
die or last of July. I shall devote m®
entire time while congress is in sessiojM
to the discharge of my official dutie*
and must trust my election to m®
friends and those who approve m*
j record In the senate.” |
CASES DN CRIMINAL DOCKET I
! WILL BE ASSIGNED TODAI
r —1
, Judge Z. A. Littlejohn announce*
yesterday that he would this morning®
at 8:30 o'clock call the criminal docket®
and assign cases for trial next *eeK®|
Attorneys are requested to
promptly this special meeting at 8:31®
[o’clock. H