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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR
SUMTER WOULD
B.F benefuted
BY COUNTY FAIR
IN KNTIIt to; nn
laiericus Woull lta[i Bent
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Americus will not be the scene this
fall of a county fair, as the Timgs-Re
corder, together with many of the
progressive citizens of the town and
county, had hoped. There is no good
reason for this neglect of our oppor
tunities, as the proposition was put up
strongly by the Times-Recorder and
chamber of commerce and ample av
gument presented in advocacy of the
county fair and benefits resulting
therefrom.
In years agone Sumter had many
anr \ fairs here in Americus. each
CQ "J»
-ccc 'fcon proving a splendid success. It
could be done again and even more
successfully now.
According to reports from almost all
sections of Georgia there are going to
be a great many county fairs in this
state during the coming fall. Counties
which have been holding expositions
of that kind in the past will have
larger ones along in October and No
vember, while a great many counties
that have not Ijad them heretofore are
planning for them now.
The Macon Telegraph notes the fact(
that among the most specesful fairs
that have been held in Georgia were
♦vose at Douglas, Thomasville, Dublin,
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--Valdosta, Eatonton and a number cf
other towns. The displays of county
products at some of these fairs have'
been very fine.
At Valdosta plans are being made for
the Georgia-Florida Fair and already
five or six counties have arranged for
exhibits. The fair will be held on the
grounds where the big state fairs were
held several year§ ago with the addi
tion of two or three new buildings.
While the work of getting up a first
class county fair is considerable the
value cf such an institution is very
great. The rivalry between exhibit
ors is worth a great deal in develop
ing high class products, while the
socia l side of a county fair, where the
people come together and discuss their
methods of doing their work, is bound
to produce good results.
In all of the counties w'here fairs
are to be held the farmers, espeically,
ought to take a lively interest in the
exhibits of farm products. They
ought vo plant “prize patches” of dis
ferent crops for the purpose of ex
hibiting them and making the best
showing possible for their counties.
ANGLO-SAXONS WILL
PEOPLE THE TROPICS
Mobile, Ala., May 30.—The tropics
will eventually be peopled by Anglo-
Saxons, but their wav must be paved
with sanitation, Surgeon General Wm.
C. Gorgas, U. S. A., declared in an
address before the alumni of the Uni
versity of Alabama medical depart
ment here tonight. Science had so ad
vanced in-the last decade, he asserted,
that it is now safe for any white man
to make his home in the tropics if he
follows the adivee of sanitarians.
Dr. Gorgas today was the commence
ment orator at the closing exercises of
the University School of Medicine, his
subject being “Sanitation and ’the Pan
ama Cana!.”
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♦ THE WEATHER ♦
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♦ For Americus and Vicinity— ♦
♦ Probably Fair. ♦
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PLANS TO SELL OLD
mooes to for
eign POWER
It Is Understood Greece Wants to Pur
chase the Idaho and Mississippi -
Scheme of Daniels Meets With Ap
proval.
Washington, D. C., May 29. A
plan for the disposition of the battle
ships Idaho and Mississippi to a fer
eign power for just what the United
States paid for their construction was
laid before the senate naval affair?
committee today by Secretary Daniels.
Greece is understood to be the
power negotiating for the battleships,
although no official confirmation of
ill's was obtainable. The Idaho auh
Mississippi are 13,000-ton ships and
ba\e been in commission since 1308
They carry four twelve and eight
eight-inch guns each. The Missis
sippi cost $5,832,000, and the Idaho
$5,894,Q00. Secretary Daniels asked
the committee to amend the naval
appropriation bill, permitting (he
sale of the two battleships and pro
viding that the money so received bo
used in the construction of an addi
tional dreadnaught. Two dread
naughts already have been provided
for in the bill as it passed the house.
Secretary Daniels explained that he
would be able to make up the $14,-
000,000 needed for a new dread
naught by economy in other lines.
j The Idaho and Mississippi, Mr.
Daniels said, are efficient ships for
harbor defense work, but are not
modern enough to go into line of bat
tle with 3,000-ton dreadnaughts.
Meets With Approval.
Mr. Daniels’ proposal met with
approval of a majority of the com
mittee and an amendment embody
ing the plan tvas prepared for pre
sentation to the senate. The secre
tary said he was confident that little
opposition would be manifested to the
project.
The United States has never be
fore sold old battleships to a foreign
power, although it has condemned
them and afterward sold them without
armament.
Mr. Daniels asked the committee
to re-insert in the bill a provision
ruled out yesterday on a point of
order which provided that one of the
two battleships authorized be built ia
a government navy yard. W T ith this
provision stricken the ships could be
built anywhere, and Mr. Daniels was
said to be anxious that there be a
law to provide that at least one ship
be under construction in a govern
ment yard at all times. He also askel
the committee to restore another pro
vision which would allow the navy
to keep a separate accountin for
the upkeep of yards and for actual
ship construction. This provision was
eliminated yesterday on a point of or
der by Senator Martin, of Virginia.
An effort will be made to put both
provisions back before the finally is
pissed.
m FELDES, BACHELOR
RUNS FOR SENATE
Atlanta, May 29. —For some time
local politicians have been wondering
why in the dickens Thomas S. Felder
chose to run for the United States sen
ate instead of for the state governor
ship. Now the secret is out.
“It’s just this way,” explains one of
Mr. Felder's friends, generally with a
sly wink. “Tom is a bachelor, you
know. Suppose he ran for governor
and got elected and told to live in that
nice, big mansion on Peachtree street
all by himself. \VJiy, it would be a
case of now that you’ve got it, whatch
er gonna do with it? So he chose the
senate race instead.”
AMERICUS. GEORGIA. SATURDAY MORNING. MTIY 30. 1914.
GIGANTIC ICEBERGS IN PATH OF ATLANTIC STEAMERS
The United States revenue cutter Seneca, which is patrolling the North Atlantic, recently reported sighting
these immense icebergs that were moving rapidly southward in the path of ocean liners. They were about one
hundred and twenty-five feet high above the water line.
1030 LIVES ARE LOST WHEN
CANADIAN STEAMSHIP SINKS
MANY GOING TO ANDERSON
TODAY FOR A HOLIDAY
No Observance of The Day
io Americus
While there is a national holiday,
there will be no observance of the
occasion in Americus beyond the clos
ing of the delivery windows at the
postoffice and the operation of the us
ual Sunday schedule there. No deliv
ery of mails will he made by carriers
either in the city or on the rural routes.
Heretofore the hanks have observed
May 30th to an extent, but there will
be no suspension of business with the
banks today. As usual, there will be
quite, a large assemblage at Anderson
ville for the memorial exercises at the
National cemetery.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
WILL MEET IN SELMA
Selma, Ala., May 29.—Knights of
Pythias will hold a big meeting this
evening at the lodge rooms of Advance
Lodge No. 3, Grand Keeper of Records
and Seals J. M. Dannelly, will be pres
ent and will tell the local lodge some
of the facts and history in connection
with the movement to establish a home
for the widows and orphans of Pyth
ians in Lhe state. Past Grand Chan
cellors J. B. Ellis and B. J. Schuster,
Grand Inner Guard R. H. Mangum
and A. D. Davidson, representative of
Advance ledge, No. 3 to the grand
lodge, wiii also be present and the
meeting will end with a smoker and
luncheon.
FIREMEN OVERCOME
IN DETROIT FLAMES
Detroit, Mich., May 29.—More than
fifty firemen were overcome, by smoke
and ten partly conscious foreigners
were dragged to safety from the flames
which swept the basement of the un
ion station here last night. The fire
was not completely extinguished until
early today. The cause has not been
determined. The loss is estimated at
$30,000.
STEAMSHIPS CUSH
111 ST. LAWRENCE
RIVER FRIDAY
MORNING
EMPRESS OF IRELAND BOUND FOR
EUROPE IS RAMMED BY COL
LIER DURING A DENSE FOG
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
PERISH—3SOARE
RESCUED
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♦1,039 LIVES LOST SAYS ♦
♦ AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT ♦
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!♦ Montreal, May 29.—(Special.) ♦
♦ —An official statement issued to- ♦
j ♦ night by the Canadian Pacific ♦
♦ Railway company, owners of the ♦
♦ ill-fated steamer Empress of Ire- ♦
1+ land, shows that 1,030 lives were ♦
♦ lost in the disaster. Three hun- ♦
♦ dred and thirty-seven persons ♦
♦ were saved and twenty-two died ♦
♦ whiie being rescued, according to ♦
♦ the statement. ♦
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Timouski, Que., May 30. —The twin
screw Canadian Pacific liner Empress
of Ireland, carrying 1,437 persons, pas
sengers and crew sank in the darkness
before dawn today in the St. Lawrence
river, near here with a loss of per
haps 1,000 lives. Estimates of the dead
vary from 678 to more than 1.100. The
vessel, bound from Quebec for Liver
pool, with 77 first, 206 second and 504
third class passengers, was cut wide
open by the collier Storstad and sank
within 20 minutes in nineteen fath
j omß of water.
Os those saved the majority appear
ed to be members of the crew or from
the steerage. Many were badly in
jured, and 22 died after being picked
; UP .
The crash occurred about 2 o’clock
this morning off Father Point, Quebec.
The collier, bound for Quebec, struck
the Empress of Ireland on the port
side about the middle of the ship. She
literally tore her back almost to the
liner's screws, leaving a rent through
| which the water poured in auch a del
1 uge that she sank before many of the
passengers were aware of what had
happened.
J Eries wireless calls sent out for help
by the Marconi operator were heard
■by the pilot boat Eureka, ten miles
! south, and the Eureka, followed by the
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Lady Evelyn, a mail tender, made all
speed for the spot.
I It was these two boats that found
afloat the few lifeboats that were
launched from the stricken boat and
picked up the survivors these con
tained. Three hundred and thirty
nine were saved by the Lady Evelyn,
j and sixty by the Eureka. Among those
saved was Captain H. G. Kendall, of
the Empress of Ireland.
Most of the first class passengers
apparently perished. Among those in
the first cabin were Sir Henry Keton,
a noted English lawyer; Sir Henry
; Irving and his wife, Mabel Hackney.
Os a party of 140 Salvation army mem
bers on board only 20 were rescued.
They had left Quebec yesterday, bound
for the army’s international conference
in London.
i Nothing in Ship Saved.
• So quickly did the Empress sink that
those passengers fortunate enough to
get into the lifeboats found themselves
garbed only in their night clothes. No
baggage was saved.
The condition of the survivors was
pitiable. Some had broken arms and
legs and all had suffered terribly. E.
Gossetin, a prominent lawyer from
Montreal, saving himself by clinging
to a raft. When the rescue ships dock
|ed here the station platform was con
verted into a hospital and the towns
people, bringing food and clothing,
united in a common effort to aid the
sufferers. Twelve bodies with faces
covered, lay side by side on the lit
tle wharf. They were passengers who
had made the liftboats, but who wen
fatally hurt.
The stricken vessel sank as if she
were lead. An explosion apparently
originating in her engine room, hast
ened her end, and those persons who
were able to make their way from
. their cabins found themselves on a
perilously slanting deck. Many leap
ed and were drowned. Others were for
tunate enough to grasp driftwood or
were picked up by lifeboats. It is ap
parent that the great hole torn in the
ship's side admitted such a deluge of
water that many must have been over
come in their beds.
I The rescued, fighting their way to
the lifeboats from the 'careening
deck, clinging desperately to the
rails, or leaping blindly overboard,
broke arms or legs or otherwise in-
BRADLEY GETS
HEAVY VERDICT
IN DAMAGE SUIT
AGAINST THE CENTRAL BY.
$6,750 For Injury Sustained
in Wreck
In Sumter Superior court yester
day, Judge W. M. Harper presiding, the
case of Bradley versus the Central
railway consumed the greater portion
of the day. Mr. Bradley, a resident cf
Buena Vista, was injured in a wreck
on the Central railway on December.
24th, 1912, at a point three or four
miles out of Americus.
Mr. Bradley sustained severe injur
ies including three broken ribs and in
ternal injuries, which, he asserts, in
capacitates him from work, perma
nently.
Suit for personad damages in thei
sum of SIO,OOO was instituted in the
local courts and the case was tried (
yesterday. Judge Littlejohn was in
j capacitated, and Judge Harper, of the
city court of Americus, presided in his
j stead. The jury remained out several
| hours, returning a verdict last night
for ..6,750.
Aboard the same train with Mr.
| Bradley were Dr. and Mrs. E. L. Thur
man, of Americus, who also sustained
very serious personal injuries.
BECKER’S FITE IS SEALED;
DEATH IN ELECTRIC CHAIR
New York, May 29 . —Chas. Becker
was today sentenced to die in the
electric chair at Sing Sing prison dur
ing the week ebeginning Juljf\ 6 for
the murder of Herman Rosenthal.
When he received sentence Beckr
appared calm. He even turned to
frinds in the courtroom and smiled.
Prior to the sentencing, Martin P.
Man ton, Becker’s lawyer, ’ cited ten
reasons why death sentence should
not be pronounced.
He said that an appeal would be
filed next Monday. This will act as a
stay of execution and a year may
elapse before the court of appeals
hands down its decision.
Becker was taken to Sing Sing ly
automobile in the custody of six dep
uty sheriffs.
BEAVERS AND BROVLES
BAN BATHING SLEEVES
Atlanta, Ga., May 29. —Two stalwart
defenders have come to the aid of
Atlanta swimmers who have been told
they cannot bathe in Piedmont Park
this year without long sleeves on
their bathing-suits. The two recruits
are no less personages than Judge
Nash Broyles, city recorder, and Chief
cf Police James L. Beavers.
“Os course sleeveless suits are ail
right,” said the recorder today. “To
the pure all things are pure.”
“Sleeves are good protection against
sunburn,” declared the chief. “But
they're not necessary to preserve
decency.”
jured themselves so badly that twen
ty-two died after being picked up.
Groaning and in some cases practi-
cally insensible, others were landed j
here while the populace of the village
gathered with medicines and stimu
i
iants to relieve their suffering. A
secial train was made up this after
noon, on which many were taken to
Quebec and Montreal.
Laurence Irving, son of the late Sir
Henry Irving, is among the missing
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and other prominent persons in the
first cabins are unaccounted for to
night.
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THOUSAND FOLltrf
ENJOY nrCASIBK-1
MYRTLE SPIHNGS
- PICNIC THE GREATEST EYM
l Foyal Feast And Good Timi
For Kiddies 1
Rarely has an occasion affordeß
greater pleasure to so large a nun®
1 her of Americus people, little folks aim
grown-ups alike, than did that of yefif
terday when the Sunday school • 'MM
First Methodist church picnicked-
Myrtle Springs, togethe'r with hull
dreds of invited guests. A splendfjßt
occasion, every moment replete wijjS
pleasurable interest —it was an evefß
that will be recalled with greatest IkH
terest —until another like it co®mJ|
next year. r ji
The day was ideal for such an oiinl
' ing, and rendered possible the carrJlH
ing out of all plans made by the
organized committees in charge. Thei*
Methodists do'things method-icalljM
and their annual picnics, anticipatsjjH
with keenest interest by hundreds, &MJM
never short of absolute and perfe|ja|
success in minutest detail. M
Before 8 o’clock a half hundred autf|j|
mobiles and huge auto trucks,
( down with merry, light-hearted kli|sfl
1 dfes, were speeding away to MyrSH
Springs, and by 9 o’clock nearly I
thousand picnickers were asensh®|
there. Others came more
during the morning hours, and by higL<M
noon, the multitude easily reached j|*|
numbers the ten century mark. oil
Myrtle Springs has been the scelT ffl
of hundreds of picnics, but no
ious one surpassed in pleasurable
tures that of yesterday. Hundreds
bathing suits were provided, and solfjH
the fine swimming pool was literalllS
alive with giggling kiddies who splaslj|j|
ed and screamed in unalloyed deligs|Hj
Many of the “grown children” coi|l|B
not resit the temptation to take a di?JB
and many good Methodists thus weyaß
down under the wavelets.
The dinner, a feast royal in thejfisMii
est meaning of the word, was m ■|l
at. 12; 30 o'clock, and the cj£ ;
viands in superabundance graf BH
well-filled tables. Conventionality"NMEif
an unknown quantity. It was a
’odist love-feast, which the Baptists ai»,;
other brethren enjoyed with eqtaHi
gusto, and it may be said in all trtt»||
that a dinner more regal and molfifl
abundant has never before spread
The Methodist school, and more.
pecially the thoroughly organized
mittees having the picnic in charPH
are, indeed, to be complimented upA®
the splendid success of their aamH
entertainment, which not only AbrJp
church, but Americus, enjoyed to |tfl
utmost.
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ATLANTA MARK TWAIN TO I
RUN FOII RECOiifl
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Atlanta, Ga., May 29. lbeSKm
nouncement of Tom. Goodwin,
time candidate for mayor of Atlan*BS
that he will run for city recordiilßßi
place at the next election has brotiMHli
joy to the hearts of the three poral!!
reporters from the Atlanta paper
A police reporter’s lot is at beef HH
hard one, but his one chance for | H|j
ting a “runny 11 story each day is
corder’s court, where the dry wit|HHj
th.- judge in charge always lends ittjHHj
to newspaper publicity.
Tom Goodwin is a recognized
orist, and if he is elected, as
highly probable, police reporters |M|||
have enough material for a second
ition of Mark Twain from the reaCU9H
er’i bench. ..jfl 9|
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