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GUADY COUNTY PROGRESS. CAIRO, GEORGIA.
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THE WEESCS EVENTS
Important News of the State, Nation,
and World Told in a Few Lines
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ROUND ABOUfTHE WORLD
A Condensed Record of Happenings
of Interest From All Points
of the World.
Foreign
General Porflrlo Diaz, former pres
ident of Mexico, Is dead in Paris. Only
a part of his family and none of the
men he helped to make famous were
with him at the end.
Conditions in Mexico City are re
garded as deplorable. Riots and loot
ing are reported throughout the me
tropolis and much suffering as a con.
sequence. The Zapata forces have
left the city to check the advance of
General Carranza, who Is now march'
lng his army onto the capital from
Vera Cruz.
Marion Letcher, American consul at
Chihuahua, Mexico, reports that all
Americans in thnt vicinity have been
treated well and courteously by Gen-
eral Villa who maintains his capital at
that place.
Prom Jalapa, Mexico, in the heart
of the richest section of the south'
ern republic, comes reports of scenes
of horror and sorrow, death, idleness,
ruin and human misery.
Searing the Huerta plan to again
seize control of the Mexican govern'
ment may lead to intervention by the
United States, the leaders of the war
ring factions In the southern republic
have decided to consider a peace com
ference within the next fortnight.
Generals Villa and Obregon will meet
each other, General Carranza person-
ally declining to meet in person his
former lieutenant, but will allow Gen
eral Obregon to represent him.
It is reported that President Yuan
Shi Kai of the Chinese republic has
approved a bill prohibiting free speech
of the Chinese press and Chinese
writers at least for the time being.
The trial of Porter Charlton,
American, in Italy, on the' charge of
murdering his wife in Lake Como,
has been postponed until fall' for a
further mental examination of the de
fendant.
Domestic
The federal reserve board is making
preparations to take care of the cot
ton crop, so that the experience of
last year may not be repeated,
crop of 12,000,000 bales is predicted.
An explqslon Shattered the recep
tion room of the capital building at
Washington. It Is believed that the
explosion was caused by a bomb plac
ed by a crank, although it Ib possible
that it was caused by an accumulation
of gas.
The Georgia legislature has passed
a resolution instructing the doorkeep
er to refuse admitttnnce to nny mem
ber who appears to be under the in
fluence of liquor.
Brldgle Weber, New York gunman,
declares that Charles Becker is inno
cent of any complicity in the murder
of Herman Rosenthal.
Judge John Purifoy, Alabama sec
retary of state, is accused of buying
his of0ce by pnylng liis opponent $1,-
000 to withdraw from the race, and
impeachment proceedings have been
instituted.
J. P. Morgan, head of the banking
house of J. P. Morgan & Co., was
shot and seriously, although not fa
tally wounded, by Frank Holt, who
thought that Mr. Morgan’s death
would end the European war. Holt
has also admitted -responsibility for
the explosion that shattered the re
ception room of the national capital.
The United States have exported
during the past eleven months food-
stuffs to value of $724,000,000. Wheat
was the largest single item, with flour
a close second.
Great Britain is reported to
making arrangements to float a war
loan in this country amounting
$100,000,000.
President Wilson will await Emper-
or William’s reply at Cornish, so that
he may secure more of the much
needed rjsst .wjiich. his physicians
have prescribed.
President Wilson was quite surpris
ed by the news that a Canadian Bteam ;
er had been torpedoed in view of re
cent advices from Berlin assuring
America there would be nothing more
of that sort. He will wait word from
England to know whether the Arme
nian had been chartered by the Eng
lish government.
The recruiting agencies in Califor
nia. report that United States soldiers
and Bailors, lured by cash bonuses
$10 each, free transportation to Eu
rope and prospects of special pay and
spectacular fighting, have been induc
ed to desert the American service for
the British army and navy. An order
has been issued to thoroughly investi
gate the matter immediately.
Miss Genevieve Clark, daughter
Speaker and Mrs. Champ Clark, was
married at "Honey Shuck,” the home
of the Clarks at Bowling Green, Mo,
to James M. Thompson, proprietor
the New Orleans Item. The ceremony
' took place in a bowered pergola at the
side o‘f the house in the presence
hundreds of guests. No invitations
were issued,' but "everybody in Mis
souri” was invited. People came from
all sections of the state and nation.
The new state-wide prohibition law
has gone into effect in Alabama. Ev
ery saloon in the state now is closed.
Governor Whitman has nnnminced
thnt he will not commute the death
sentence of Charles Becker. He has,
however, granted a respite of ten
days. Martin B. Manton, Becker's
consul, has withdrawn from the case,
saying thnt he has done all that he
can. As the case now; , standi, Becker
will hang the week beginning July
26. Only a writ issued by a federal
court will now net as a stay.
Asa Candler, the Atlanta million
aire, signed a check for $3,600,000,
hich he gave to the Georgia state
treasurer In payment for the- state
bonds which he bought a short while
ago.
The American Association of Jew
ish Rabbis is in session at Charle
voix,- Mich.
A pellagra epidemic has broken out
Arkansan. Many cases are report
ed In a little Rock orphanage.
A midshipman testifying at the An
napolis scandal hearing stated the
prepared examination papers" came
the students through the mall from
an unknown source.
The Culebra Cut, the famous and
annoying cut made for the Panama
canal, which has given so much trou
ble, has taken another slide and. dos
ed the canal channel to ships with
drift of more than 26 feet.
Washington
Diplomatic action on the sinking of
the Armenian now Beems improbable.
Final judgment, however, will'be de
layed until more accurate information
can be obtained us to whether or not
the ship was under orders of the Brlt-
isn admiralty. It also now seemB that
the Armenian refused to halt when
ordered to do no. If this is true, the
German submarine was within its
rights In sinking the ship, even though
there were noncombatants aboard.
Formal request for the extradition
of General Huerta has been presented
to Governor Ferguson of Texas by the
Villa governor of Chihuahua slate.
Various criminal charges are made,
A report Just made by agents to the
federal reserve board has the follow
ing to say-of conditions in the Atlan
ta district: "A steady and sound im
provement in the economic situation
with conservatism as the dominant
feature was announced from.the At
lanta district. The cotton manufac
turing situation continued good, with
mills operating at more than normal
output, though a large amount of cot
ton was being held in warehouses.
Crops were in a healthy condition.
Iron and coal business was reported
fairly good,”
The report of Secretary of Com
merce Redfleld for the fiscal year of
the United States, which closed June
30, shows the last year to have Ead
the greatest trade balance to the
country's credit in the history of the
nation's commerce, despite the great
setback suffered in the nation’s' sec
ond crop, the southern cotton crop.
The trade balance for 1914-16 showB
a balance of $1,000,000,000 more than
ever before.
A big drop has been shown in the
last month in the trade balance of the
United States in its foreign commerce,
according to the report of Secretary
of Commerce Redfleld.
NO FEELING HELD
AGAINSTOFFICIALS
Solicitor Palmer Says Investigation Of
West Point Killing Will Be
Pushed
CL0ES BEINGJNVESTIGATED
Reports Of Feud Have Been Exagger
ated—No Further Trouble
Looked For
Atlanta.—“The killing of the two
Melton boys and their comrade, John
Leake, near West Point, and the find
ing of their bodies later floating In
the Chattahoochee river, remains as
great a mystery as it was at the first,”
stated George Palmer of Columbus,
Ga., solicitor general of that district,
who motored to Atlanta for a confer
ence.
Mr. Palmer was seen at his hotel,
and during the interview which fol
lowed made the statement that- des
pite every effort on the part of offi
cials no definite clue has been found.
"There are one or two clues being
followed at the present time,” stated
Mr. Palmer, “but there is no evidence
that they will divulge anything fur
ther than what has already been
learned."
Mr. Palmer stated that there was
no feeling on the part of either the
Teal or the Melton factions toward
authorities who are investigating the
affair.
"They want the mystery cleared up
as much as we do,” he stated.
According to Mr. Palmer, the so-
called feud feeling between the two
factions has also been exaggerated,
and he stated that he.does not look for
trouble from either source.
The solicitor general says that the
coroner's inquest will be resumed
over the bodies of the three men, al
though he does not know what time.
LITTLE ITEMS OF
STATE INTEREST
SUBMARINE 8ENDS GERMAN
WARSHIP TO BOTTOM OF SEA
Russian Undersea Boat Sinks Battle
ship Heading Squadron At
Danzig Bay
European War
A British submarine sunk a trans
port loaded with Turkish soldiers in
the Sea of Marmora.
The Russians are reported to hav.e
won a naval battle of importance in>
the Baltic sea, off the coast of the
Island of Gothland. The German
vesselB that escaped have returned to
Kiel.
The Austro-German drive from Po
land northward into Galicia is gain
ing momentum. The allies are puz
zled to know whether this means that
a concentrated effort to drive the Rus
sians from southeastern Galicia or
whether it is the beginning of the
principal German effort of the war.
The operations of the Italian troops
in Tyrol has been seriously hindered
by bad weather. The snow on the
mountains is unusually deep for this
season of the year, and the streams
are overflowing.
Bulgarian reservists in London have
been notified to report at once to their
respective regiments, so they may re
ceive instructions as to where to re
port if called to colors.
The German reply to the American
i\ote on submarine warfare is now
in the bands of the kaiser. The em
peror’s decision is expected in time
for the reply to be given to Ambassa
dor Gerard by the middle of the
week.
The Petrograd war strategists are
mobilizing the Russian forces along
the Polish border to defend Warsaw
and endeavor to sweep 'down into
Galicia and retake some of the ter
ritory just lost to the Germans.
The Anglo-French allies are now ral
lying their forces in -the east for a
renewed attack on the Dardanelles. It
is believed the fleet will be reinforced
by Italian battleships.
The Germans continue to drive the
Russians back beyond their own bor
der. The Muscovites have now taken
a stand along the River Bug.
Germany received v°rd from the
United States that America lnslBts
upon an indemnity for the destruction
of the William Pi Frye, the liability
of .which has already been admitted
by the German imperial government.
The Germans still continue to drive
the Russians northward across their
own border. Austro-German generals
now predict Warsaw will be captured
before another month.
Montenegrin forces have captured
Scutari, in Albania, according to ad
vices from Paris. This is the second
time troops from the Black Mountain
nation have seized this city.
Petrograd.—A war office communi
cation says that on Friday, July 2, a
Russian submarine blew up a German
warship of the- Deutschland class,
which was steaming at the head of a
German squad/on at the entrance of
iSahzig bay. The statement says:
At the entrance of Danzig bay, a
submarine, with two torpedoes*. blew
up a German warship, of the Deutsch
land class, which was steaming at
the head of a German squadron. L
One of our destroyers rammed a
German submarine which was at
tempting to" approach our warships.
The submarine failed to reappear on
the surface. Our destroyer suffered
but slight damage In the collision.”
The German official account of the
battle of the Swedish land of Gotth-
land admits the loss of only the Ger
man mine layer Albatross. The
Deutschland clas sconsists of five
ships laid down in 1903-4-6. They
are the Deutschland, the Hanov.er,
the Pommern, the Schweslig-Holstein
and the Schlesceh. These vessels are
pre-dreadnnughts of 13,200 tons dis
placement and carry a complement of
729 officers and men in times of peace.
The Deutschland vessels are armed
with four 11-inch, fourteen 6.7-inch
guns and twenty 24-pounders and are
equipped with six submerged torpedo
tubes. They are built to travel 18
knots an hour and cost complete
about $6,000,000 each.
Atlanta.—Georgia Socialists are at
tempting to effect a state. organiza
tion.
Atlanta.—The Georgia chamber of
commerce is making an aggressive
campaign for marketB tor Georgia di
versified crops.
Savananh.—Judge Charlton, in the
Chatham superior court, Thursday de
clared' the state automobile tax law
unconstitutional.
Augusta.—The first car of peaches
Bhlpped from the Augusta territory
reached New York Thursday.
Augusta.—The Augusta Rotary Club
is behind a movement to secure
seven-foot channel from Augusta to
Savannah.
Atlanta.—Twenty locker clubs have
been granted licenses by the Atlanta
city council. Nine clubs were refus
ed licenses, and have sent in new ap
plications.
Atlanta.—Georgia Shrlners left Mon
day on a special train for the Seat
tle convention. A number of other
stops will be made, including the Cal
ifornia expositions.
Atlanta.—A resolution has been
passed by the Georgia legislature urg
ing President Wilson to use every ef
fort to induce Great Britain to lift
the embargo on /American (cotton
shipped to neutral ports.
Atlanta.—Three and a half million
dollars in Georgia bonds have been
delivered to Asa G. Candler. The
check given in payment of these bonds
is said to have been the largest ever
issued in Georgia.
Fort Valley.—Georgia peaches are
bringing from 60 to 76 cents per crate
more than they did last year, despite
the fact that more cars have been
shipped this year than at the same
time last year.
Atlanta.—Jack Tippens, a member
of the Atlanta police force since 1881,
died Thursday night at the Grady
hospital, just thirty minutes after the
board of police commissioners had
granted him a pension for life on half
pay.
Rome.—Some interesting sheli for
mations have been dug up by the
Floyd county chaingang which is now
working on the Dixie highway near
Armuchee. Some of the shells are
hard and others soft, and they are of
many different klndB and sizes.
Austell.—The store occupied by the
Georgia Trading company was brok
en into in the night. Considerable
clothing, canned goods and groceries
were made away with. Detectives
been placed on the robbers'
arotl Sts’
©sources
I
WAR LOAN FOR BRITAIN
FOR THE UNITED STATES
New York.—Negotiations were re
ported in progress between British
treasury officials and a group of New
York bankers for flotation in this
country of a $10,000,000 British war
loan. Reports disagreed as to the na
ture of the loan. In some sources it
was described as a part of the re
cently authorized British war loan of
$6,000,000,000, while in other quarters
it was said It would be a separate
loan bearing interest at 6 per cent.
The proceeds, it is said, will be left
in America to be drawn againBt by
the British government in the pur
chase of war munitions
Russ-Swedish Mails Censored
London.—A British foreign office
statement, commenting on allegations
that the Swedish mail steamer Bjo-
ern and Torsten had been captured
by the Germans, and that mail from
Russia and Sweden had been opened
and the contents censors, says: “This
has been established beyond doubt,
and it is desirable that it be gener
ally known in view of wide publicity
given to statements from German
sourceB that the bags had been re
turned to the Swedish authorities un
opened.
Drastic Neutrality Imposed
Paris.—A Havas dispatch from Ge
neva, Switzerland, says: “The feder
al council (of Switzerland) decrees
six months in prison or a fine of $1,-
000, or both, for any one who pub
licly by speech, by writing or by il
lustration, exposes to hatred or con
tempt a foreign nation, its ruler or its
government. The federal council and
local authorities are finding great dif
ficulty in keeping down strong expres
sions of sympathy with one or an
other of the four belligerents hcra-
ming in this country.”
P
Macon.—The worst wind storm in
years struck middle and southern
Georgia aiid did extensive . damage
throughout this section of the state.
The wind was accompanied 4 in some
places by rain and hail. .The wind
here reached a velocity of 42 miles' an
hour.
Carrollton.—Carrollton was shocked
by the atrest of Ed Cheney, ticket
agent of the Central railway, on a
warrant charging him with the mur
der of J. L. Guill, depot agent, who
jvas mysteriously killed in the depot
recently. The warrant was sworn out
for Cheney’s arrest by Willis Guill, a
son of the dead depot agent.
Augusta.—Contract has been award:
ed for the remodeling of the Masonic
building. It is planned to completely
change the apeparance of the outside
of the building, giving It a terra cot
ta front. The banquet hall will be
enlarged to seat 1,000 people. The
improvement will coBt in the neigh
borhood of $8,000.
West Point.—The details of fc mid
night auto ride through the country,
upon which the father of the slain
brothers, Epps and Max Melton, was
urged in vain to go, will, be unfolded’
before the coroner’s jury in the con
tinuance of the inquest into the triple
tragedy discovered when the bodies
were taken from the muddy waters
of the Chattahoochee. .
Demorest.—All- the churches of
Dbmorest have united in an effort
to have a great revival.
Douglas.—The Douglas chamber of
commerce has arranged a tour of Geor
gia in the interest of Coffee county. ■
Perry.—Chess Lockerman, a white
man who escaped from Jail, was cap
tured in Unadilla and brought back
to Perry and again placed .in ja.ll.
Jackson.—Due to the depression
caused by the foreign war,, Butts
county tax returns Bhow. a decrease
over 19l4 of approximately $163,000.
There was no decrease in real estate
values, though personal property
showed a considerable falling off.
Prisoners May Make Mall Bags
Atlanta.—Unless the ideas and the
plans of Warden Fred Zerbst of the
Atlanta federal penitentiary, and
United States Attorney General Greg
ory, who has just - completed an in
spection of the' Atlanta institution,
miscarry, the inmates of the Atlanta
prison will shortly be using Georgia
cotton for the manufacture of mail
bags for Uncle ‘Sam. The' tentative
plan is to establish a manufacturing
plant at the prison for this purpose.
Milltown.—One of the largest ■ fish:,
fries ever known was given here un-.
der the auspices of the Milltown Out
ing club, a local pleasure organiza
tion.
Macon.—John Alexander of Gordon
has been exonerated by the coroner's
jury for killing John Cox, a desperate
negro, who endeavored to take Mr. Al
exander’s life.
Macon.—A "Dollar” club is being
organized here to keep Macon in the
Sally Baseball league, and an appeal
has been issued by the’chamber of
N order to study the trade situation
in Paraguay, M. Drew Carrel, com
mercial representative of the
Buenos Aires branch of a New
York bank, recently made a trip
through that country, and In The
Americas ho writes entertainingly of
what he saw there. His article is thus
summarized in the bulletin of the Pan-
American Union:
The only practical routes of access
to the country, the heart of one of the
richest agricultural regions of South
America, are the river and the rail
way running from BuenoB Aires, a
thousand miles t(toay, if Asuncion, the
capital and chief city of the republic,
be taken as the traveler’s destination.
There is direct connection between
Buenos Aires, via the Argentine Cen
tral, Entre-Rios, and Paraguayan Cen
tral railways, and Asuncion. Through
trains leave once a week each way.
Off from Buenos Aires betimes, the
train arrives at Zarate early in the eve
ning, some sixty miles up country
where the expanse of the River Plate
has narrowed into the Parana. Here
all except the engine 1b run on to a
huge iron ferryboat for a four-hour
voyage up and across the river to
Ibiouy on the eastern shore. Nearly
all day Saturday is spent journeying
through the flat country of Entre-Rios.
The orange groves Increase, with here
and there tobacco fields, giving way
as the tropics are neared to numerous
royal palm trees.
Posadas, the last Btation in Argen
tina, is reached and the train is again
run upon a large ferryboat and car
ried across the upper part of the Parana
river to Encarnaclon in the Republic
of Paraguay. The level of the deck of
the ferry is some fifteen feet below the
level of the roadbed, on both sides of
the .river, and it is necessary to lower
and raise the trains down and up an
Incline by means of cables and steam
winches to the proper level. After
running over a switch-back on the
Paraguay side, Encarnaclon is reached,
some 160 feet above the level of the
river.
,, Room for Many Immigrants.
All through Paraguay to Asuncion
by the great rivers Parana and Para
guay or their tributaries, which fur
nish transportation to many interior
parts of the country and provide
abundant irrigation and adequate
drainage. The soil ib typically fer
tile, consisting for the most part of
red clay mixed with’; sufficient sand
to make it porous, and covered with
rich alluvial deposits'. The area of
the country is estimated at about 170,-
000 square miles, ant) it is divided
into two parts by the Paraguay river.
The southeastern part, which is in
closed by the rivers Paraguay, Parana,
and Apa, contains most of the white
population. The northwestern part;
known as the Gran Chaco, is inhabited
mostly by nomadic trlbeB of Indians,
and contains vast expanses of grazing
land and Immense forests awaiting ex
ploitation!. The resources of the
southeastern section alone, however,
are sufficient to engage the attention
of the Inhabitants for many years to
come. It is estimated .that the coun
try has about 1,000,000 inhabitants,
and the government has been encour
aging immigration as much as possi
ble. Immigrants who have settled in
the country have done well, especially
those from Europe.
The climate Is a happy, medium be
tween temperate and tropical, the av
erage temperature being 79 degrees
Fahrenheit. Summer begins in Octo
ber and laBts until March; winter
startB in April and lasts until nearly
the end of September, with an average
temperature of 64 degrees. Rarely
have there been frosts and on few 1
occasions has the thermometer regis
tered as low as 24 degrees.
Asuncion a Busy City.
Asuncion, with about 80,000 inhabi
tants, is the capital and principal busi
ness city of the Republic. It is about
860 miles north of Buenos Aires, and
Ib located upon a bay-shaped enlarge
ment of the Paraguay river, about two
and a half miles long and one mile-
wide, which affords ample shelter and
accommodation for'many-vessels. Be
ing at the head of river navigation for;
the larger river steamers, and the
place of transshipment for polntsl
IffHE
the road runs across vast tracts of
luxurious grazing land, broken here
and there by lines of low, timber-cov
ered hills. Buildings and other evi
dences of development are few and
far between, compared with the ex
tent of the country, and one Ib im
pressed with the fact that there is
ample room there for thousands of
home-seeking immigrants from the
congested districts of Europe, who
would find an agreeable climate and
■soil fertile and extensive enough to
feed not only'.themselves but many of
the other inhabitants of the world.
Timber is so plentiful in the Para
guayan country that the railways use
it for fuel. At every railway station
are huge logs and squared timbers
ready for shipment. On the hillsides
where clearings have been made, as
well' as in the bottom lands, besides
the rich grass, the corn, the alfalfa,
and the tobacco, healthy sugar cane
is seen:
Arriving at .Asuncion at 8 p. m. Sun
day, the' train runs into a large termi
nal station which, though modern in
appearance, is said to be the first rail
way station built in South America
A British engineer constructed it about
fifty years ago; and the girders and
other parts of the framework, which
at a,, hasty glance one would say are
Iron, are in fact wood that is as sound
today as when the building was erect
ed.
Asuncion is an important port for
river movements. The larger vessels
from the River Plate bring their car
goes to Asuncion, whence merchan
dise is taken overland or transshipped
in smaller boats for points farther up
the river. Although it is a river port,
oyer a thousand mileB from the sea-
coast, "the size and number of large
vessels at the dock, or at anchor
awaiting their turn to go to the docks,
and the many smaller craft, as well
as .the large and Commodious harbor
give it much the appearance of a sea-
■ port. >-'•'•■
-Enclosed by Big Rivers.
The Republic of Paraguay Is al-
commerce for 1,000 or more men to I most completely surrounded by wa-
depoBlt a dollar for that purpose. | ter, being bounded on nearly all sides
.ASUNCION
farther north, as well as the place
from which the principal highways
and trails into the interior diverge^
it Is a center of commercial activity-
It is the terminus b"f the railway from;
the south. It has. four banks, numer
ous industrial plants, including sawi
mills, ship repair and building yards,
soap and candle factories, shoe and
cigar-making establishments, two
breweries, and many pretentious
wholesale and retail mercantile
houses.
Most of the larger cities and towns
of the country • are located either on;
the Central Paraguayan railway or on
the Paraguay river. The most impor
tant of these is Encarnaclon, at the
southern boundary of the republic,
where the railway trains are ferried'
across from Argentina.' it has about
16,000 inhabitants. ’ The'jpirincipal in
dustries of -the district are grazing,
timber-cutting and the preparation of,
yerba mate, Encarnaclon i? a port
of entry and is the distributing point
for the southern portidn' of Paraguay^
The town of Paraguay; north of :
camacion of the railway, has a
ulation of about ll,00p, aiid is loc
In a rich cattle and timber region.'
Luque, a town of-14,'(100, inhabitants,,
a short distance from Asuncion, is in-
a district from which, .tobacco andi
miscellaneous agricultural products'
and alcohol come. .Thai'other placesl
along the railway-range,-fn size fromi
shipping points f&r ldrgfi estates toi
small communities more or less inter-?
ested in grazing, agriculture and tim
ber cutting.
On the Paraguay, .river from southi
to north among the places of impor
tance may be mentioned' Pilar, with 1
about 7,ooo inhabitants, North of
Asuncion Ib VHla Hayes; with q pop- 1
ulation, including that 'of the aujacent
country, of 30,000, ■ -It’is- on the west
side of the river in-whkf-is known as-
tha Gran Chaco country. The princi
pal Industries are grazing and agri
culture, including V cane-BUgar mill
and a distillery. . Farthef north on, the
river is another cattle district in Con
cepcion, having about 16,000 luhabii
tanto. i