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THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORKT
THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR
DEATH CLAIMED
WILLIAM STALEY
MONDAY MORNING
PiiSil till IT NftCDN
Americns Loses An'Estecmed
Citizen
In the death of Dr. William E. Sta
ley, which occurred at an early hour
yesterday morning, Americus loses an
esteemed and valued citizen and one
whose place it will be difficult to fill.
Dr. Staley died in Macon, where he
went on Thursday last to be with rel
atives in what he feared was serious
illness. Recently he had suffered from
abscess of the brain, and it W'as this
.malady which caused his demise.
In Americus, where he had resided
continuously for more than forty
years, his death will be sincerely de
plored among hundreds who knew him
well and esteemed him in the highest
as a man of strictest integrity.
When yet a'J'oung man Dr. Stalev
came to Americus from Perry, where
-his father’s family resided, and accept
ed a position in the store of Dr. E. J.
Eldridgej And in that capacity he has
served his life work, having been with
the same house continuously for mor?
than forty years and was its active
manager at the end of his long and
useful career.
Socially and in the commercial field
Dr. Staley was greatly esteemed. A
man of strong character, he command
ed the high regard of all. Charitable
apd generous always, he contributed
in many ways to the needs of loved
ones, and did his full part in promot
ing the institutions of the city. He
was a consistent member of First
Baptist church during a long period of
years, and was in every sense a Christ
ian gentleman.
He will, indeed, be missed as the fa
miliar figure in the business place
where he so lo -g greeted his friends
and in other spheres as well.
Dr. Staley was unmarried and his
nearest relatives were several neph
ews and nieces residing in Macon and
in Houston county. The funeral ex
ercises will be held at 10 o’clock this
morning at Perry, Ga. Several near
friends of the deceased will go up
from Americus to attend the obse
quies.
FIDE CROPS OF ALFALFA
EXPECTED Off ONE FARM
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Thcmasville, June 1. —J. C. Beverly,
one of Thomas county’s best known
and most successful farmers, has been
experimenting this spring with the
growing of alfalfa and so enthused is
he over the results obtained that he
will put a very large acreage in it an
other season.
On the 24th day of March, Mr. Bev
erly states, he planted his patch of al
falfa and on the 28th of May he mad?
his first cutting of it. When looking
over his patch just two days after
wards he found that the plant had
grown two inches since it was cut.
That alfalfa will make at least five
crops in this section Mr. Beverly >s
confident, as it makes four out'west,
and, of course, in this climate the sea
son for it will be a great deal longer.
The first crop of alfalfa, it is said,
serves to inoculate the soil so that
those following are even more success
ful.
Many Thomas county farmers are
experimenting with the growing of al
falfa and all are pleased with tha
returns from it as they find it grows
readily here and there is nothing that
the cattle devour with more eagerness,
hogs when turned into a field of it,
seeming to be almost crazy in the rush
they make to get to it.
PRETTY WEDDING
CEREMONY THAT
MONDAYJVENING
THE MATHIS M’KAY MARRIAGE
United a Popular Young Couple
Here
Quite informal and simple was the
wedding on last evening of Miss Lynn
Mathis and Mr. Dan McKay, occurring
at ten o’clock at the home of the
bride on Lee street. Only the relatives
and very intimate friends of the con
tracting parties were present.
Pink sw»eet peas, white hydrangesas
and ferns were used to decorate the
parlor and dining room. In the hall
lavender and white sweetpeas were
used, and on the porch brown-eyed
Susans and nasturtiums.
At ten o’clock as Mendelssohn’s wed
ding march was played by Miss Lula
Mathis, the bride and groom entered
from the back hall and stood just in
side the parlor door, where the im
pressive ring ceremony was performed
by Rev. R. L. Bivins, of Furlow Lawn
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Baptist church.
The bridfe, a dainty blonde, was
charmingly girlish in her simple lin
gerie frock, which she changed imme
diately after the ceremony for her suit
of black, with which she wore a green
and black striped marquisette waist
and a hat of hlack and white,
with white organdie collar and cuffs.
Mr. and Mrs. McKay left at ten for
ty-nine for Greenville, S. C., where
they will live, Mr. McKay holding a
responsible position with the Cagle
Lumber Co.
INJURY RESULTS
TO MELONS FROM
CONTINUED HEAT
VINtS TWISTED BY DROUTH
Melon Crop About Americus
Threatened
A threatened shower Sunday nigh:
failed to materialize to any extent, and
another week of parching, blistering
heat for Americus was entered upon
yesterday, with slim prospect of early
relief. Cantaloupe and watermelon
growers are facing considerable loss
in their crops on account of the
drouth. Up to this time, cotton anti
corn have not suffered to any appre
ciable extent, except that these crops
have been retarded somewhat in their
growth. The fields are clear of grass,
and where the crops have been intelli
gently worked they are in fine shape. A
different proposition faces the canta
loupe and melon men, however. They
need rain badly, and have been suf
fering for a week or more. Unless i*
comes soon the yield will be materially
cut down, and will be from a week to
ten days later than last season.
UNITED DAUGHTERS OF GONFEDEDACI
WANE STATE TO SUV STONE MOUNTAIN
Atlanta, June I.—A novel project, to
convert the whole of Stone Mountain
into a gigantic monument to the sol
diers of the Confederacy, has been tak
en up by the local U. D. C. They want
the state to buy the hundred acres or
so on which the biggest bowlder tu
AMER*CUS, GEORGIA. TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE 2, 1914.
COL, AMD MRS. ROOSEVELT ON DECK OF THE M
ft
; villi'
Mrs. Roosevelt took charge of the
former president of the United States
when he reached quarantine in New
York harbor on the steamship Aidan,
which brought him from Para. The
reports which had come by wire that
he was in bad health, having bee.i
stricken by fever in Brazil, had, of
course, worried her, and she went
out to quarantine with a tug to meet
him. There was something of a
demonstration from other friends, but
it was no such homecoming as on
his trip from Africa. The colonel
$170,000 PRICE IT COST
PARIS SWLLL, DEAD, TO
GIVE A DINNER PARTY
Vienna, June 1. —An interesting
anecdote is told by the press here of
the life of Herr Theodore Dreher, n
well known sportsman, who recently
met with a fatal motor car accident.
He was quite a young man and son of
a millionaire, and was as extravagant
in his habits as he was keen in sport
Two years ago he lived at Brioni
during the winter months, and one dav
feeling dull, he sent out telegrams to
twelve of his best friends and to twelve
ladies asking them urgently to com?
down to Brioni to have supper with
him. Some of these friends lived at
that time in Vienna, others in Hungary
and even on the Riviera, while among
the ladies eight were at Vienna and
four in Paris.
In order that their journey might Do
made as comfortable as possible each
of them had a special train placed at
his or her disposal, and in order that
everyone of them might preserve a
pleasant memory of the-Jsccasion each
of the male guests received a souvenir
in the form of a golden cigarette case
and each lady a gold handbag with th ■
exact date cf the supper set out in
diamonds. The whole affair cost the
young spendthrift $170,000.
the world stands.
If the idea is taken seriously and
carried out, the Lost Cause will boast
a monument towering above all the
triumphal arches and columns of anci
ent Rome and more enduring than the
pyramids.
w-as hardly in a condition to stand
the w-elcome he was given then. The
tug which carried him did not take
him to the shores of New York City,
but headed out to his home at Oyster
Bay, some sixty miles away.
Every sraft in the lower New York
harbor that boasted a whistle blew
three long blasts of greeting as the
Aidan passed. When the vessel en
tered quarantine the din the waiting
tugs emitted was answered by the
Aidan and by Colonel Roosevelt him
self, who stood at the ship’s rail flour
ishing a big Panama hat.
KAISER, CHUMMING
WITH TRAIN GUARD
ANGERSIHIS PAPERS
Berlin, June 1. —While the kaisers
special train was traveling from Ge
noa to Carlsruke it was in charge
while in Swiss territory, of a guard
named Thamo, who is & socialist dep
uty for the Tessin district.
The kaiser took advantage of a
short halt at Airolo to call Thamo into
his private car and chat with him on
political matters.
Conservative newspapers are furious
at this display of friendliness for a
socialist, but the kaiser has the great
est regard for Thamo, whom he calls
his ‘‘old chum.”
He alw;ays asks the Swiss authori
ties to place his train in Thamo’s
charge when he is crossing Switzer
land.
WHITE MAN AND NEGRO
TAKEN ON TIGER CHARGE
A white man, Tidd by name, and n
negro, are under bonds of SSOO each
for their appearance before the Sum
ter courts upon the charge of having
sold liquor at Andersonville on Satur
day during the federal memorial ex
ercises there. Both the defendants, it
is said, hail from Schley county. Beth
furnished bail and were released. Ar
rests were made by residents of An
dersonville.
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PRESIDENT SEES I
GOOD 111 FOR
BUSINESS
„ Washington, D. C., June I.—Presi
dent Wilson today again expressed
his conviction that any present un
satisfactory condition in business was
not general and less felt in the United
States now than in the rest of the
world. Mr. Wilson reiterated this
view at the first conference he has
had with the Washington correspond
ents since the Mexican situation be
came acute. Questions, however on
that subject and on the Niagara med
iation conferences were barred.
In reply to inquiries concerning the
business situation as discussed in his
statement last week to representa
tives of the Illinois Manufacturers'
association, the president said it was
his impression that any unsatisfac
tory condition centered very largely
about the railway offices and that
was reflected in the steel industry and
in other industries closely allied,
which depend especially upon the rail
way development for prosperity. The
president referred to a statement by
Chairman Gary of the United States
Steel corporation that the generai
outlook in the steel business was
good.
The president believes that pros
perity would come with a jump if the
manufacturers believed it was com
ing. He does not believe the tarii l *
has anything to do with the depres
sion. Secretary Redfield’s statistics
showing the decrease of exports over
imports was cited by the president as
proof.
Discussing the Clayton trust bill,
the president said he did not under
stand the act was designed to grant
to labor organizations any privilege
they do not now enjoy. It is the pur
pose of the act, as he understands it,
to define the rights of labor organiza
tions more clearly and remove any
doubt of their rights which has been
created by various court decisions.
It is not the understanding of the
president that labor organizations are
to be given any privileges denied to
other organizations. .
MlLlircllß
PITH DESTROY
CHURCH
Henley, Eng., June 1. —Suffragettes
today burned the historic parish
church of St. Mary’s, Wargrave, three
miles from here on the Thames. All
that remains of the structure which
was built in 1538, is a portion of the
tower and scorched walls. Just in
side the ruins four men found a ham
mer and a heap of suffragette litera
ture with a placard: “Stop prosecut
ing women.’’
The only property saved was an
ancient register and a few church or
naments. These were rescued by the
vicar, the Rev. Basil S. Batty, who
rushed through the flames to get them.
The church contained many price
less treasures, including some bells,
four centuries old, which melted in
the flames.
SUICIDE MILLS WOMAN SIO,OOO
“10 HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH
Kansas City, Mo., June I.—"To have
a good time with,” SIO,OOO was left to
a friend in New York by Asher H
Gaskill, of this city, who committed
Suicide recently because of ill health,
and whose will was made public to
day.
HECKLE’S TRIAL
FIRST DOCKETED
TODAmESSION
HELD ON BURGLARY CHARGE
Other Cases on Trial In Su
perior Court
The first case assigned for trial at
today's session of Sumter superior
court is that of the state versus J. E.
Heckle, charged with burglary. The
case grew out of the burglarizing of
Harden’s grocery on Elm avenue se\-|
I eral months ago. A few hours there
after a quantity of groceries were
i said to have been found in the bath
| room of the Heckle home, of which the
defendant professed to have no
knowledge. He has since been in the
j county jail.
Vickery Makes Guilty Plea.
A peripatetic painter, a white man
Vickery by name, entered a plea yes
terday to the charge of having robbed
a store at Leslie a month ago, and
stealing therefrom a quantity of
jewelry. Vickery was literally "caught
with the goods,” as when his valiso
I was examined here by the police, fol-l
j lowing his arrest, a quantity of jew
elry was found there. The sparklers
I were afterwards identified and claim
. ed by the owners at Leslie,
j Vickery had previously acknowledg
jed the corn. He was sentenced to
( pay a fine of $125, or serve twelve
! months shoveling the sands of Sum
ter.
Grand Jury Back Tomorrow.
Following a recess of nearly a week,
the grand jury will reconvene tomor
row morning and continue the inves
tigation of cases brought before that
body. This, it is said, is going to in
clude some features of the recent bank
failure here, and interesting develop
ments are expeetd right along from
this date.
LINEN SHOWER
I AND RECEPTION
WEDNESDAY EVEJ
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Hours Will Be Six to Nine
OTlock
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As Jupe Pluvius is no longer in the
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game locally, with his showers, so
much needed, a linen shower for the'
benefit of the new Americus hospital,
and which will mark the formal open
ing of that institution, has been plan- (
ned for tomorrow evening. The ladies
of the Hospital association have plan
ned a public reception in connection
with the linen shower, and from six .0 (
nine o’clock all visitors will be shown j
through the spacious new building. |
with its fifty wards and comfortable t
rooms for patients, and an invitation
is extended ail to attend. A great deal,
of linen will be needed in furnishing
the new building and the hearty wish j
of the ladies is that the "shower” may
reach the proportions of an Ohio flood
1 in volume.
Mrs. Belle Knapp, of Apalachia, N.
Y., gets the entire estate valued at
SIO,OOO, and Gaskill suggests that her
life has been rather dull and he wants
her to feel free to spend it. She was
the friend, as well as a friend of his
mother, the will recites.
SCREEN FACTORYJ I
IS DAMAGED IN V
ACCIDENTAL Elil
HI
LOSS AT $3,500 OR $4,00fl
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Early Morning Olaze.at AmerS
icus Plant ■
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j An early morning blaze which mg|B|
| have originated from an electricaJß
.charged wire in the plant of the CatßS
! n °n Screen Co. yesterday morning^
I dieted damage to buildin,
I and stock estimated at $3,500 to
before the flames were subdued by
fire department. The fire started abotHp
4 o'clock and the flames had
strong hold upon the interior of ttßtj!
large plant by the time the
reached the scene.
The plant had been operated at
full capacity, and a great deal of üßkif
finished, as well as finished
ready for delivery, fell a prey to 'tß
spreading flames, HH
The fire was gotten under
after a time, but not before
damage had been inflicted to the krrjffl
building and manufactured stock, njfl
chinery and office fixtures.
Ivey stated yesterday, after a
survey of the burned structure,
the property damage, he thought 4
would reach $3,500 or probably |
This loss will be covered to an
by insurance, but not entirely,
stated. U|
As quickly as possible the burtißiijv
portion of the building will be fl
placed and other needed repairs effwHSlfi
ed. The plant, as stated, is doirfg *
very excellent business and $
especially is crowded with orders
its fine products. There will be as iB
tie delay as possible, Manager
stated, in effecting the necessary
pairs, and getting the plant In opel
tion again. This, it is hoped, wiIIJHHH
a matter of a few weeks only. HHH
In the meantime, Mr. John
Shiw r has t<-nf rousiv tendered to B vijv
Cannon Screen Co. the use of 'JBKh
screen factory and plant, in ofVß|
that the company may be inconrßlß
ienued as little as possible. S T
GENUINE TITIAN IS IIS-/
COHERED 111 SILLeK
Vienna. June !.—The Lemberg J«jfl .
rial says that a genuine Titian has bB
discovered in the picture gallery /BSE
longing to Count Ossilinskl, thfercHS|
The portrait represents an eldflßßl
n:bleinan in full mantle. The ffljl|l
is in an excellent state of preserß
tion and gives the impression of a mߣra
ter hand at the first glance. The
mainder of tli*■ picture, however, BBi
Teen painted over by an incapable
son in several (daces. The picture B. :
despatch* d to the Vienna Art
einy at the request of a high P^B '■■■■■'
aristeerat to be restored. During |H||||
process the custodian discovered 888
tinn s "Titianius P” und-raeath a PPffPPj
perlic'.al < ating of paint. The
trait is of Don Giovanni de
rates from the year 1516, and is 888
scribed as a magnificently beautflßß
1-pet lint'll of the master's work. 888
GOING BY \I TOMOHII.K BBS
ON TRIP TO
A very congenial party
'of Mr. John \V Sheffield. Sr., BBBj
daughter. Mrs. Henry Collier ofBBH
lanta; Mr. anil Mrs. Frank
and young son Frank. Jr., and
Charles Crisp. Jr., left Americus jHflflj
terdav for a delightful motoring
to Florida. The party will go firßßßj
White sulphur Springs and later SMB
visit other iesorts of interest in m|||||||||
s'ctitn of "the land of flowers.’ 8888
stated.
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