The Grady County progress. (Cairo, Grady County, Ga.) 1910-19??, May 21, 1915, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextGHADY COUNTY PROGRESS, CAIRO, GEORGIA. IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER Happenings of This and Other Nations For Seven Days Are Given. THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH What Is Taking Place In the South land Will Be Found In Brief Paragraphs. European War Reports from Paris and London state the French forces have won sev eral decisive victories against the Germans north of Arras and have re pulsed the Teutons in their charge on Ypres. The British forces together with the Belgian troops are said to be holding the Germans at the Yser canal , until the French can arrive to assiBl In beating them back. King Emmanuel has refused to ac cept the resignations of the resigned cabinet, especially those of Premier Balandra and Baron Sonnino, the for eign minister. The Roman.public has loudly praised the king for meeting the crisis in this manner and his act has met with widespread favor throughout Italy. The United States has s^nt its note covering the Lusitania incident to Ger many, in which the American republic declares that no more such occur rences must happen again and that the United States government is ready and prepared at any moment to de fend its statement and note of warn ing if necessary. President Wilson personally drafted the note. Terrible fighting Is reported in Flan ders near Ypres, where the allies now claim the German losses are heavy. The Russians have taken the offen sive in Bukowlna, say the Petrograd advices. Vienna dispatches claim the Muscovites have been badly .beaten. Anti-German demonstrations contin ue to sweep England in their efforts to avenge the Lusitania Incident. All German residents of English cities have been molested and driven from their homes and Btores. Windows of shops owned by German-Engllsh mer chants in London and Liverpool have been smashed in raids made by the populace. Italy’s Intervention In war is ex pected hourly. The Swiss government, according to reliable authority from Geneva, has been asked for a big war loan and the information furnished that Italy is ready to declare war on both Germany and Austria. An old proposition to divide the state of Florida into two states West Florida and South Florida, has again found its way Into the legislature of that state, now in session-. Many governors of the nation and political leaders of both purties have publicly endorsed. President Wilson’s note to Germany. j - The sanity of Hary Thaw, murder er of Stanford White, will bo tested by a New York Jury according to. a ruling of the supreme court of that state. The Southern Baptist convention, In session at Houston, Texas, went on record as opposing uniting with other churches of other faiths in various phases of Christian work. Se'nator A. L. Brown of the New York legislature, on the stand at the Barncs-Roosevelt trial in Syracuse, said that the real boss of the,New York Republican organization for nearly ten years was not Mr. Barnes, but Colonel Roosevelt himself. Investigation by sanitary inspectors of the quarters of Emily Smith, an old Indy living In a hovel in Indian apolis, revealed that she had $8,000 hoarded away in small coins, curren cy, certified checks, mortgages and bank books showing good sized de posits. The woman has been living on charity for twenty-five years. A guardian was appointed and she was placed In a sanitarium. Senator John Sharp Williams of Mis sissippi has criticised Baron von Bern- stroff, German ambassador to the Unit ed States, for a statement that the bqron said Germany was justified in sinking the Lusitania. The senator strongly commended the president's attitude toward the incident. Another indictment has been re turned against Miss Rae Tanzer, wjio recently brought a breach of promise suit against James W. Osborne, well known New York criminal lawyer, on the charge of perjury. A previous in dictment was returned against Miss Tanzer for using the mails to defraud. A statement from the Vatican says Pope Benedict has decided to ask the Austrian ambassador and the German delegate to the papal palace to with draw on account of the - attitude of those two countries against Italy. Aus trla is officially a Roman Catholic na tion, and it is believed that such a step would tend to make that country cautious about severing connections with the pope in time of war. Ger many is officially a Lutheran empire, with only a few strong Catholic duch ies, and it is said that the pope’s ac tion would have little effect in Ber lin. ; The greatest battles of the war are now raging according to dispatches from London and Paris. Scenes of the conflicts are between Arras and the Belgian coast, western Galicia and the Dardanelles. The French forces on the Gallipoli peninsula claim to have met the Turks and driven them far- inland so that the seacoast now is dear for the land ing of English troops. Germany has advised American Am bassador Gerard that all the subma rine commanders of the imperial navy In the English war zone have been ordered not to harm neutral vessels not engaged in hostile acts in the future. Winston Spencer Churchill, first lord of the British admiralty, in Speech in parliament, stated that Captain Turner had received orders as to the route to sail the Lusitania. Captain Turner testified that he had carried out the admiralty's instruc tions to the best of his ability, i Domestic William J. Barnes, Jr., now suing Col. Theodore Roosevelt for libel at Syracuse, N. Y., testified on the stand he was not the New York Republican boss,' but that'the late Senator .Platt was.-admitted; to be the dominant fig ure ' Until 1906 when Mr. Roosevelt himself became the controlling factor ''im'd remained so until 191-1. 'He'made a sweeping denial of all accusations preferred by Roosevelt. He stated that whenever he called on Roosevelt all he could do was to listen,-. Roosevelt did all the talking. The Greek steamer^ Andreas, sail ed from Galveston, Texas, for Havre with a cargo of 366,000 bushels of wheat. Charles E. Sebastian of Ixis Ange les, suspended chief of police of that • city, who recently won the mayoralty nomination in the face of a court pro cedure, was acquitted of the charge of contributing as chief to the de linquency of a seventeen-year-old girl. In a public address in Philadelphia the night after President Wilson's speech there to the newly naturaliz ed citizens! former President Taft praised Mr. Wilson’s attitude and call ed -upon the country to Bu-pport the na tion's executive whom he compared to Washington, Lincoln and McICin- Washington Official Washington is still deeply concerned over the American note to Germany. President Wilson has been advised by Ambassador Page in" Lon don on the receipt of his message there, and that it has been forwarded to Berlin to Ambassador Gerard. Baron von Bernstorff, German am bassador to the United States, has given orders that all American news papers discontinue their publication of advertisements of warning against traveling on trans-Atlantic liners of the allies. Brig. Gen. William H. Forwood, U. S. A., died at his Washington home. After a lengthy session 6f the cabi net, President.Wilson has outlined his policy toward the German'empire re garding tho Lusitania tragedy. The president personally drafted a note to Germany demanding that subma rine warfare be stopped. The note is emphatic and was approved by the en tire cabinet. A guarantee is demand ed that the Lusitania horror will not be repeated. The president further warns Germany that the United States will hold her to “strict accountabil ity.” President Wilson is quoted as say- in* be realizes the gravity of the step he has taken, but is fully pre-. pared to back up his statement to Ger many to uphold the honor of the United States if necessary. Ambassador Bernstorff of Germany has publicly and officially expressed his keen regret over the loss of Amer ican lives aboard the Lusitania. Am bassadors Jusserand of France and Spring-Rice of England have offered the sympathies of those nations. Foreign Zapata troops have evacuated the Mexican capital before the Carranza forces. From Vera Cruz comes the report that General Carranza plans a naval attack on Tampico. The presB. of the various South American republics have approved the course taken by President Wilson in the Btand of the United States toward Germany in regard to the Lusitania incident. Spain faces a coal famine. Meas ures have been taken by the Spanish cabinet to float loans in New York. American Ambassador Willard has in terceded with King Alfpnso to moye the present high duty on Amer ican coal as a means to relieve the condition. An Indian uprising among the Ya- quls in Sonora, Mexico, is reported The Indians have attacked the Amer ican residents of that locality, 'it is said, to avenge themselves for--prop erty taken by the various contesting Revolutionists in that country. Admi- rnl Howard of the Pacific squadron has dispatched a squadrqn to. Mexi can wators to insure the safety of American citizens. The bodies of Alfred G. Vanderbilt of New York, MrB. Stewart Mason of Boston and Mrs. Terence Condon of New York, all Lusitania victims, were recovered floating about twenty miles ffbm the spot, where the ill-fated ship went down. Viscount James Bryce, former Brit ish ambassador to the United States, and author, of "The American Com monwealth,” in a lengthy statement given to the English press, accuses Germany of every crime on the cal endar and says the Berlin govern ment is' guilty of every atrocity known in the world’s history, since the present war began. Miss Jane Addams of. Chicago, who presided recently at The Hague peace congress, was given a public reception in London by the women of that city. MIsb Addams will visit Berlin before returning home. LITTLE NEWS ITEMS OF STATE INTEREST Macon.—The Mahon drum and bugle corps of fifty pieces will attend the Confederate reunion at Richmond in June. Savannah.—Considerable business Was transacted by the Georgia" Hranch of the King’s Daughters and Boob in annual session. Forsyth.—The Culloden high school ha? closed for 'the term. The entire corps-of teachers has been re-elected for the coming year. Macon.—The actual tests to deter mine how many children in Bibb coun ty schools are afflicted with the hook worm have been started. Dalton.—Memorial Day. was observ ed here in commemoration of the 61st anniversary of the evacuation of Dal ton'by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. Athens.—The body of Robert L. Brooks, Jr., was found in the woods in Madison county hear Danielsvllle, having been dead for two or three weeks. Lyerly.—Mrs. Georgia Langston, the wife of D. V. Langston, a prominent farmer living nearly Lyerly; died from an overdose of strychnine taken by mistake. Waycross.—A, trip, into the Okefe- noke swamp, a baseball game and an outdoor ball brought the 1916 conven tion of the Georgia Elks’ association to an end. Augusta.—Finding the sprinkling of the streets with water inadequate and unsatisfactory, the authorities of Au gusta will try the experiment of oiling' the streets. Douglas.—Four thousand or more people were six bours without water, when an auto broke down q water fire plug, which rendered an ent.lrq cut-off necessary. Forsyth.—Dr. J. H. Forsyth, who was recently cbosen president of Bes sie Tift college at Forsytd,' has re signed as pastor of the First Baptist church, of Wilmington, N. O., , Albany.—After changing its name to "Georgia - Drainage Asbciation,” and electing officers for the ensuing-year, the Georgia Drainage congress ad journed. A, R. Lawton of Savannah was elected president. Savananh.—After some discussion, the Georgia Association of Graduate Nurses, in annual convention here, au thorized the appointment of a commit tee to draft a bill designed to require compulsory registration of nurses, stricter requirements in admissions. Macon.—Within another month it,is expected that Bibb county will have a juvenile court and a detention home for delinquent children, it being un derstood that the grand jury now in session expects to so recommend to the court. Macoq.—Macon was in holiday garb for the second annual Georgia jubilee held here. All of the downtown streets were decorated in flags, bunt ing and colored lights, while most of the business houses and public build ings were draped in patriotic colors. It was Macon’s annual period of fun and frolic, and brought out a large crowd. Milledgevilie—The thirty-sixth an nual commencement of the Georgia Military college was one of the most interesting in the history of the in stitution. President Horton arranged a splendid program as the closing ex ercises of the most successful year the college has ever experienced. A large number of visitors ^rom all parts of the Btate were present. Macon.—The' annual May festival of Wesleyan was given with more than, two hundred girls participating. The festival represented the coming . of spring. Calhoun.—With the. location of the Dixie highway only a few days-away, renewed interest and enthusiasm are being shown daily in Calhoun and Gor don, county. - Williamson.—During a heavy down pour the barn of J. S. Bransford was struck by lightning, killing a mule and destroying the barn and - all con tents by fire. ' Savannah.—Following closely upon the filing of Injunction proceedings against the city by automobile own ers to prevent the enforcement of the law requiring the payment of a spe cial tax of $6 a similar proceeding was instituted in the superior .court by motorcycle owners. Thomasville.—Mitchell' county is proud/of its wheat crop this year.- It is calculated that the yield will prove to be between fifteen and twenty bush els to the acre. Quitman.—Willie Lee. Groover, - eld est sdn of W.' B.' Groover, a promi nent farmer of Hickory Hedd, and Sam Thomas, his cousin, from Met calfe, were both drowned in Blue Pond, ten miles south , of Quitman. Both were young men just out of col lege, and are of prominent families of Brooks and Thomas counties. Madison.—Recent rains have en couraged the farmers and they have gone to work again with renewed vig or. While a big crop of cotton is being'planted in Morgan the sale of fertilizers has fallen off considerably. Macon.—B. G. Martin, a graduate of Sewanee university, was sentenced by Judge. H. A. Mathews, in the Bibb -su perior court, to serve a term of ten years in the penitentiary for the bur glary of. a local hardware company. B. F. West, also arrested for the same offense, waB given a similar term. Both of them were arrested several weeks Valdosta.—Crosstie ' manufacturer’s and dealers in this section report a great improvement in business within the past thirty days. The same • is true also of the telephone and tele graph pole dealers, who are receiving many large orders. GERMANY OFFERS AMERICA BARGAIN Authorities Assert Kaiser Will Agree To Stop Submarine Warfare In'Exchange For American foodstuffs NO COMPROMISE FOR U. S. Washington Diplomats Believe There Will Be No Repetition Of Lusitania Horror Washington.—Without word from Ambassador Gerard' as to Germany’s attitude toward the recent American note, official Washington attached much significance to Intimations in diplomatic quarters here friendly to Germany that the reply might contain an offer to suspend attacks without warning on merchant ships if the United States would reriew-its Infor mal proposals for unrestricted pass age of foodstuffs to German'civilians." Well informed' European diplomats asserted that Germany most certainly would offer to settle the questions at Issue -by arbitration or diplomacy with an agreement to abandon the submarine warfare while the discus sion was in progress;- Officials have’ bfeen reticent in dis cussing the idea of arbitration or a proposal with reference to foodstuffs, but it Is Indicated that the. situation has progressed to the point where the United States would not be likely to be satisfied with any conditional ac quiescence in the American position. It was intimated, howe'ver, that if Ger many accepted the American point of view, the natural tendency of the United - States, of its own initiative, would be strongly to press its conten tion" on the right to ship foodstuffs to Germany. -•■»..• CROSSED THE RUBICON Italy BeliSvSd To Have 'Cast Die To 'Ent,en European Conflict On Side Of Allies London.—The king of Italy has re fused to accept the resignation of Signor Salandra, and the premier' and whole war cabinet' retain office. This; It Is confidently believed here, fore shadows the almost immediate en trance of Italy Into the circle of. bel ligerents on the side of the allies. Action, however, may be delayed un til the meeting of the chamber of dep. uties when the premier will announce his policy and will receive the sup port of tho majority of the deputies. Should the expected action of Italy materialize, the allies will be'in a better position than ever to launch their big offensive movement-against Austria and Germany. Popular excitement in Italy aroused by the resignation of Salandra- has subsided in a large. measure, and the people are awaiting decisive action. -Italy is reported to have 1,700,000 sol diers ready for, war, If war should come, 'there are reports of clashes be tween Austrian and Italian troops on the frontier.. REBELS TRIUMPHANT Portuguese Republican Revolutionists Gain Control Of Lisbon Government ^Lisbon.—The success of the Revo lutionary. forces has heen confirmed. The new government, »which will be presided over by Jaco Chagas, was proclaimed from tbe windows of the city hall, and the announcement was received’ with enthusiastic manifesta tions. Complete anarchy reigns in Lisbon. Fighting in the streets continues be ; tween the mutineers .and the loyal troops. The bombardment stopped, owing to a'lack of ammunition. The number of persons killed or wounded is.said to have been considerable.- Premier Dato' announced that the Spanish battleship Espana would ar rive at -Lisbon to. protect Spaniards and other foreigners: Transylvania Passes War Zone New York.—The .Anchor line steam er Transylvania passed safely through the war zone-about the British isles and ^rrived ,at .Greenock, Scotland officials of the Cunard line, to which the Transylvania was under charter, announced. ■> .Wilson Reviews. Fleet New York.—President Wilson, ■ on boar'df-'the naval 1 yacht Mayflower, reached’.New York, completing the voyage, from Washington, when the yaclit, escorted by a gunboart, passed In Sandy Nook.'Before the president's arrival arrangements had been com pleted for his review of the Atlantic .fleet, which promised to he one of the greatest naval spectacles ever seen In the United. States. The president wished »tp appear on shore for the land parade, a part . of. -the ceremonies attending the review. Ferocjous, F.lghting At Dardanelles! Paris.—A Hayas dispatch from Ath ens. says that Mytilene advices declare furious, fighting continues in the Dar danelles, and that •the , 'Turklsh losses have been extremely heavy. Shells from the allied fleets are blowing up whole trenches of Turkish: soldiers, Prisoners-admit the Turks lack muni- tiqns. The Russian naval, attaches an nounce that on'May 16 the Russian Black sea fleet destroyed four Turk ish steamers, coal laden, two tugs and twenty sailing ships., Much dam- I age was done in the bombardment. “INTERVIEW” WITH THE HERO Happening When Man From the Front Explains Things to Hie Fair Charmer. ,.:m Mr. Hero,..I’m. so glad -to,.gee you safely back from the war. Sit right down- and tell me all about it. I’m awfully interested. Wasn't It sim ply terrible over there? And did you really live In the trenches for weeks at a time with shot and shell scream ing, all around you? I. don't see how yoif could stand it Were you ever hit bjr one of those forty-two centimeter guns? I mean by the bullet, of course; not by tho gun. But. then, of course, you weren’t, or you'd have your arm In a sling or something. Who do you think -1b-going to win? I suppose I shouldn't ask you that, though. You soldiers are not allowed to tell mili tary Becrets, are you? Did you ever really kill a man yourBelf, or don’t *ou know? My uncle, who was In the Spanish war, says you never can tell whether It’s your bullet or somebody else’s that hits the enemy. 1 Bbould think -that would be awfully annoying. Not that you.want to know that you'd killed a man 1 , but still you'd like to know whether you’re wasting your am munition .or not. Oh, must you go so sooii'?' I wlBh you could stay longer. I’ve been-so Interested ip hearing your adventures. Call again soon, won't you, Good-by.” 'The: Hero|nes of Novels. If I were his satanic majesty, and n novelist came to me for Judgment, I should, beqtle. my brows in a horrible manner-and .qulz.him.tlius: . Did you ever make your heroine eighteen years old? Did you ever en dow a maiden with the repartee of Pinero, the intuition of Biavatsky, the carriage of . Garden, the . hauteur of the-Medici, the-beauty ot Aphrodite and the wisdom of Athene—all at the age of eighteen years?" If the novelist answered me "Cer tainly not!" 1 should say: “To heaven with .you!'.’ But if h.e answered: “Sure I did!” I would .blast him where he stood. For, of all the'iniquitous, fallacious, unfair and dangerous doctrines, thlB takes the icing of- the cake—that the female species reaches her apogee at the immature age of eighteen.—From “Balm for Lovers," by George Weston In the. Saturday Evening Post. ■ Drawing the Line. i /.‘imitation is the sincerest flatten’.” . '.’Maybe," replied Mr. Cumrox. "But I* don't like to have a stenographer copy my mistakes in grammar." CLINCHED IN HIS MEMORY 8mall Chance of Charles Abner For- getting the Day .That Meant Everything .to Him. Some. time since CharleB Abner courted and married the beautiful El len Estelle. One .pining several months later they w^tgjjeated in their cozy little den, Ellen Estelle reading a popular novel and Charles Abner looking ovef the sporting-page. "Charley, ■ dear," finally remarked the little wlfe,'"do ypu recall the time you proposed to me?" ’Why-,'>yes," rathojy indifferently an- Bwerqd . Charles Abner, “I think I re- membhr.lt." a'. j • "Of cohrte, you' do.’-’\e\urned Ellen Estelle. "It was iiyan -automobile.' 1 shall never forget tlie \Jovely words you spoke, and the' noble sacrifices you promised to mqkei ,..it must have cost you something to j say those things.” . I "It did, Ellen Estelle,!’ responded Charles Abner, with a reflective sigh, "it cost me about two? weeks’ salary to hire the automobile;"—Philadelphia Telegraph. i; i 'Irish Speed.. In Judge McKinley’s court they were examining taleBiheh for the trial of a boy who had'-killed Ills father. The lawyers dwelt mostly on the facts of marriage, paternity and whether there had been Insanity in tho families of the men under examination. When they got/ abound to Michael .McCarthy the wait had been long and he proceeded to whip up, Asked the first question he galloped away with this: “My name is Michael McCarthy and I live at 1336 Fulton street and I am thirty-five years old and l am married .and have one ch\ld and I have never, had any Insanity in the 'family and if I had I wouldn't be fool enough to tell you.” Odd. What caused the doolness between you'and Jones?” ’’A heated argument," Youngest Iron Cross Winner. The youngest “knigh't” to be decor ated with, the Iron Crosq in Germany is Alfonso Koberle, who is only thir teen and one-half years of age and who, for that reason, will have to wait two and one-half years-before the dec oration, will be actually pinned on him, says the Boston Post. Koberle is the son of a laborer. Owing to his powerful build he was readily accepted among the volunteer bicycle men. His agility hnd his abil ity to adjust himself to his environ ment specially fitted him for patrol duty, and he developed special Bkill in the discovery and observation of hostile positions. A girl-always tells a young man she can cook—and she always tells other girls that she can’t. AMessage These tender, toasted sweetirteats of white Indian Corn come to you “oven-fresh” in tight-sealed, wax- wrapped packages— Ready to Serve ' There’s a' delicate flavoiir and .* . dainty crispness to F^ost ’Tbasties . , ‘ j"• that make -them ..the"* Superior Corn Flakes ■ Just pour from the, package and serve with cream, good milk, oi* fruit — delicious! Sold by Grocers Everywhere