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GRADY 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 la Taking Place In the South
land Will Be Found In
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Foreign ; / ; .
Strictest economy both'' by the na
tion and by Individuals, was urged in
resolutions adopted by leading bank
ers and financiers of London. The
meeting voted to convey a copy of the
resolutions to Premier Asquith.
Austria denies that her recent note
to the United States in regard to the
export of munitions of war was In
spired by Germany or any other coun
try.
The British, government bqs notified
the owners of the coal mines.in South
Wales and the striking miners that
the strike must be settled at once or
the government will take over the
mines.
Advices from Mexico City report the
oapital quiet, with order prevailing
and trains arriving from Vera Cruz
with food supplies.. Stores and banks
had rfot‘ beep- reopened pending, ar-
ingj jP' • -
rangements for currency circulation,
Establishment-.of. civil courts and
schools in Mexico. City with guaran
tees for faiftreatment of all civilians
regardless of nationality or faction, are
promised in a decree issued by Oen.
Pablo Gonzales in Mexico City, accord
ing to information reach the Carran
za consul at Galveston, Texas. Distri
bution of food to those In need is
promised.
A new alliance between Japan and
Russia is reported by Tokio dispatch
es to local Japanese papers to be immi
nent. Advices say that the elder
statesmen have completed detalU of
the reported alliance and that it is
in nearly final form.
More than ten thousand Chinese are
reported to have been drown by ter
rific floods which are sweeping the
provinces of Kwang-tung and Kwang-
si. At least fifty thousand more are
homeless and are on the verge of star
vation.
A general bombardment of Guay-
mas by a Carranza gunboat Guerrero
has been Invented by Admiral Howard
in charge of the United States fleet
at Guaymas.
The new British war loan is to draw
four and one-half per cent interest,
A higher rate than the British govern
ment has ever before paid. As the
London rate has been accepted as the
standard for years this will probably
effect the government interest rates
over the enlire world. ,
The Carranza forces have taken
Mexico City, and are now in posses
sion. Thirty-five hundred men are re
ported lost In the engagement pre
ceding the fall of the city.
Domestic.
American packers have lodged a
vigorous protest with the state de
partment against England's Interfer
ence with enrgoes consigned to neu
tral ports, and the delay In settling for
the cargoes after they have been
seized.
More than fifteen hundred cattle and
thirteen hundred swine were destroy
ed In Pennsylvania as a result of foot
and mouth disease, which now 1b al
most eradicated, according to a re
port issued by Pennsylvania live stock
sanitary board. The disease thus far
has cost $1,350,000 In the state.
Pledges for the completion of the
entire western route of the Dixie
highway In Florida from Miami to Tal
lahassee were read at a meeting of
the executive committee of the Cen
tral Florida Highway asssociatlon in
session at Tampa. These pledges
guarantee the completion of a hard
surfaced road by May 20, 1910. Re
port to thiB effect has been filed
with the Dixie highway commission.
Dallas, Texas, has made an offer of
$100,000 in caBh as a contribution to
the Democratic national committee,
provldd the 1916 convention is held
In that city.
Justice Hughes has refused a plea
for a writ of error asked by council
of Charles Becker, condemned to die
the week of July 26 for the murder
of Herman Rosenthal.
Domestic
The Liberty Bell was given a big re
ception on its way to the coast, where
it will be on exhibition at the fair.
-Thousands of people were waiting to
see - it at every stop.
As Mayor Stanley and wife of High
lands, N. C., were asleep at their
home, some one fired through an open
window, one bullet striking the head
of the bed.
A legislative Investigating commit
tee describes Alabama's convict lease
system as “a cancer that should be cut
out of Alabama’s body politic, and rec
ommends that all convict leases be
abrogated January i, 1915.
Floods in the Ohio anil Missouri riv
er valleys are causing heavy losses in
lives and property.
Harry K. Thaw has been declared
eane by jury and judge, and is now
free to go where he pleases for the
first time Bince he killed Stanford
White, nine years ago. The state has
given notice of an appeal, and Thaw
is Under bond to appear at the proper
time.
A fire in the forward handling room
of the battleship New Jersey, within
ten feet of 9,000 pounds of powder, in
dry dock at the Charleston navy yard,
was extinguished by quick work by
76 members of the crew. It was be
lieved the fire was caused by a short-
circuiting of electric wires. The wires
were cut and the room flooded. The
accident happened in Boston harbor.
Thomas A. Edison has accepted an
invitation to head an advisory board
of civilian inventors for a bureau of
invention and development, to be cre
ated in the navy department. Other
inventors will be associated with Mr.
Edison and submarines and aoroplanes
will be given special consideration.
Governor Manning of South Carolina
.has issued a proclamation calling a
meeting of the governors of the thir
teen Southern states at Charleston on
December 13 and 17.
A written threat to aBBassinate J.
Pierpont Morgan, Sir Cecil Spring-
Rice, British, ambassador to the Unit
ed States, and destroy by bombs Brit
ish vessels clearing from American
ports was received by a New Orleans
newspaper from a person who signed
. himself as "Pearce.”
Thomas H. Pegram, chauffeur, was
killed and Fire Chief W. H. Joyner
and Fire Commissioner John Mann,-
Jr.y of the Richmond, Va., fire depart
ment, were injured when, answering
an alarm, the chief’s car, to avoid a
collision with’ a Jitney bus, ran into
an iron pole and was cut in two.
Washington
John Hays Hammond, Jr., has • in
vented a device which experts say
makes it possible to control torpedoes
by wireless from concealed shore sta
tions. It is probable that the govern
ment will purchase the device.
Reports that George T. Mayre, the
American ambassador to Russian,
would resign, have been denied by
Mrs. Mayre, who is visiting in this
country. Mrs. Mayre sayB she will
leave in a short time for Petrograd,
where her husband Is stationed.
The German reply to the American
protest of Germany's methods of sub
marine warfare has been received,
and still further complicates an al
ready delicate situation. The note is
in friendly terms, but is evasive and
indicates that Germany is willing to
do but few of the things we asked.
The sinking of the Lusitania is de
fended and the statements made that
submarines will continue to be used.
The general opinion of the newspa
pers is that the situation is more se
rious than at any previous time.
One officer and 29 marines have
been landed at Cape Haitien, Haiti,
to protect American property from the
revolutionists there, and the gunboat
Eagle has been t rpoved close inshore
to support this force, Rear Admiral
Caperton reported by wireless to the
navy department.
President Wilson and Secretary
Lansing are in consultation over the
German note, the official copy of
which has been received.
When Secretary Bryan left the state
department he took with him a desk
which had been used by the different
secretaries for the past fifty years,
He replaced it with a new desk of
the same size. The deBlt was valua
ble from a historic viewpoint,
many important treaties had been
written on it,
Relations with Germany resumed
first place as a main factor of depres
sion in last week’s stock market. J,
P. Morgan’s speedy recovery induced
a rallying tendency, but sensational
disclosures following the attempt on
the financier's life, including the haz
ard from bombs to valuable ship car
goes, together with the heavy foreign
liquidation, were distinct market de
terrents.
LEO M. FRANK’S
THROAT CUT
William Creen, Fellow Convict, Attempts
To Kill Famous Prisoner With
Butcher Knife
WILL PROBABLY RECOVER
Creen Declares He Had No Accom
plices—Affair Will Be Probed
By Prison Commission
Mlllcdgeville, Ga,—Leo M. Frank’s
throat was cut Saturday night by a
fellow prisoner at the state farm.
‘Am I going to die?" Frank asked
the doctors after they had sewn up
his wounds. “I am not afraid. There
is nothing between me and God. I
hope the man who did this will be
forgiven."
Frank was attacked at 11:10 p, m.
while he lay sleeping in the prison
dormitory. His assailant was Wil
liam Creen, • forty-five years old, serv
ing a life term for murder following
conviction in Muscogee county, June
13, 1913. Creen used a crude but
sharp home-made butcher knife.
Frank, Creen and about one hun
dred other prisoners were in the dor
mitory on the second floor of a two-
story building at the farm. They had
gone to bod at nine o'clock, the reg
ular hour. Two guards were station
ed at the two entrances to the room
and the lights were turned down dim.
Frank's cot was about forty feet
from one entrance. Creen’s cot was
four cots further along in the line.
No one saw Creen stir, but he must
have slipped out of his cot, crawled
under the three between him and
Frank and risen by Frank’s side with
the butcher knife in his hand.
Frank was asleep on his right side.
As Creen struck, the man in the next
cot cried out. The two guards started
toward Creen. Prisoner^ leaped up
from their cots. Before Creen could
strike again he was seized and the
knife wrested from him-
Frank has been showing steady im
provement and unless unexpected
complications set in will recover. He
insists that he must live, and even
while the surgeons were sewing up
his wounds, reiterated his former .dec
larations of Innocence of the crime
for' which he was sentenced.
It is not thought that Creen had
any assistance, especially from out-
Bide sources, He Insists that he was
acting on his own initiative. Frank
asks that Creen be not punished.
ORDUNA, PASSENGER BOAT,
ATTACKED BY SUBMARINE
Officers Declare Torpedo Was Fired
Without Warning Of Any Kind.
Americans Aboard
LITTLE ITEMS OF
STATE INTEREST
European War
The allies recently made four as
saults on the Turkish positions on
the Gallipoli peninsula. They finally
occupied two hills defending Krithia
and took four thousand Turks pris
oners.
The captain and four members of the
crew of the Swedish schooner Daisy
were killed when the vessel was sunk
by a mine off FloejtanB lighthouse,
according to a Reuter dispatch from
Stockholm.
By the employment of strong rein
forcements, the Russians, temporarily
at least have checked the Austro-Ger-
man advance toward the Lublin rail
way, which, if successful, would im
peril Warsaw. The Russians claimed
serious defeat for the Austro-Ger-
man army In the region of Krasnik,
south of that railway, while the Aus
trians state that "the battle was in
vigorated by the participation of very
strong Russian reserves.”
The Germans have taken from the
French the Souchez cemetery just
north of Arras after one of the heav
iest battles of the war. The fighting
was done largely with gas bombs and
bayonets. The French admit the less
and are fighting to regain the ground
which they had won at heavy cost.
The German cruiser Konitsberg
which, in the fall of .last year, took
refuge from the British fleet in the
Rifiji river in German East Africa
has been wrecked by British monitors.
A leading English paper says: “One
of our principal assets in the War is
our power to tell the exact truth from
day to day about military operations,
but unfortunately this asset has been
lost. The German reports, when al
lowance is made for occasional ex
aggerations of victories and for an
Intelligent anticipation of events, are
quite as reliable as our own. Impar
tial American opinion ranks the truth
fulness of German reports of land op
erations above our own. To many
Englishmen the lack of frankness in
the official reports is the most dis
couraging thing in the war.”
Washington.—In to the grave situ
ation that has developed between the
United States and Germany oyer' the
sinking of the Lusitania was thrust
another Issue when it WaB revealed
that the British.'steamer Orduna, car
rying a score of Americans, had .been
attacked by a German submarine.
Should reports of an attempt to
torpedo without warning be borne out
by the official investigation about to
be instituted, • it was indicated in of
ficial quarters that, the United States
probably would regard, the incident
as adding a grave element to the al
ready. 1 strained relations between the
two countries.
Although the Orduna escaped un
hurt, this, in the view of officials, does
not relieve the case of grave re
sponsibilities. The fact that a bellig-
Unll-ed States with' Americans on
board and without arms and ammuni
tion or contraband cargo, which has
been , the reason assigned for the pro
vocation for preyiotis attacks—was as
sailed while her passengers slept, con
vinced many officials that the theory
they had entertained of an actual'
change in the practice of German sub
marine commanders apparently had
been dissipated.
One point on which the entire case,
so far as the United States is concern
ed, may hinge is whether any attempt
was made to halt the Orduna by the
customary warning signals either by
flag, megaphone or shots across the
bow of a vessel.
Warsaw Menced By Russian Drive.
London.—The probability of the Rus
sians having to evacuate Warsaw,
threatened by yon Hindenburg and
von Mackensen, is being discussed se
riously. The possibility of a'further
retreat, however; is considered calm
ly in Russia, where the . old theory
prevails ..-that the further the enemy
is drawn into the country- the worse
it is tor hint. For .the present Berlin
is the only capital , celebrating and
again Field Marshal von Hindenburg,
whose success irnthe Praznysz district
is the cause of it, Is lauded.
Russian Line Broken
London.—The Austrians and Ger
mans, who are hurling themselves at
the 1,000-mile Russian line, stretch
ing from the Baltic to the Bessara
bia have broken through in places,
Berlin's official report claims. In the
Baltic provinces, General von Buelow,
with large cavalry forces, has crossed
the Windau river and is moving on
Riga. In the Przasnysz district von
Hindenburg, in his' fourth attempt, to
reach Warsaw, has twice broken the
Russian defense and compelled
Russians to retire.
the
Valdosta.—Frank Roberts, president
of the Valdosta', Moultrie and Western
railroad, -1b dead at his home here.
Atlanta.—A movement 1b on foot
here.to submit to the voters a propo
sition to vote $500,000 bonds for Grady
hospital.
Macon.—With 160 Macon shippers
and their friends aboard, the barge
Ocmulgee, the first boat constructed
by the Macon Atlantic Navigation
company, made its initial trip 'down
the Ocmulgee river.
Mllledgevllle.—An Important indus
try in this section is the flour and
griBt mill now finished and in opera
tion at Culverton, Qq, a short dis
tance from this city, known as the
Culverton Milling company.
SandersviUe.—Over one thousand
visitors were here from every section
of the county attending the.agricultu
ral exhibition. Over fifty corn club
boys and thirty canning club girls
were on hand. Over thirty colts were
on display. .A large display of Here
ford and Jersey cattle were to be
seen; alBo Duroc hogs.
Rome.—The petition asking for the
recall of First Commissioner W. M.
Gammon has received the requisite
number of signatures—100—and books
will be opened at the office of the sec
retary of the commission to ascertain
whether or not a recall election shall
be held. If one-fourth of the reg
istered voters, that is 396, sign the
books an election will be called for
some time in August.
Cochran.—Two negroes, Peter Fam-
bo and a man named Jackson, were
killed near here. They are alleged
to have furnished ammunition to
James Jackson, the negro who was
slain, when he resisted arrest after
having killed W. S. Hogg, town mar
shal of Cochran, Lem Sanders and
Oscar Lawson, Pulaski county farm
ers.
Atlanta.—Superintendent Logan of
the Associated Charities is trying in
every way possible with the assist
ance of the Atlanta police to rid the
streets of the city of beggars. The
superintendent believes that there is
something that every man, woman and
child, no matter what their condition
is, can do, and he is .trying to find
that occupation, for all of them who
are at the present time on the
streets.
Savannah.—It is announced here
that George ,M. Brinson has bought
from W. J. Oliver of Knoxville, Tenn.;
the Savannah, Augusta and Northern
railroad extending .from Statesboro
to Stevens crossing, a distance of 39
miles. It is understood he paid $360,-
000 for the road. It is supposed that
Mr. Brinson bought the line to add
to the Georgia Midland railroad,
which he is'now constructing be
tween Savannah and Mllledgevllle.
Rome.—True bills were returned by
the Floyd county, grand jury against
A. B. Arrington and'' Frank B. Hol
brook; commissioners of- the city of
Rome. They are charged with a mis
demeanor in that they'are alleged to
have, during their terms of office, sold
goods to the city at a profit, thereby
violating a section of the charter.
Friends of the two men claim that
the matter was' brought before the
grand jury by their political oppon
ents and .was done for political effect
Augusta.—Residents; in the vicinity
of Chafee avenue and Walton Way
have been greatly annoyed by thou
sands of noisy birds which have been
roosting in the treeB. Ah'appeal was
made'to- a fire engine company in the
vicinity and a .hose was sent, to the
scene and the birds given a bath.
A number were killed by "the force of
the stream, and the others disappear
ed. It remains to be seen whether
the cure Will' he permanent.
Rome.—The oldest siirvivor of the
train crew which recaptured the" en
gine "General” from the. federate is
M! P. Conoway of Floyd county, who
resides five miles from Rome on-the
Summerville pike. , Mr. .Conoway is 76
years of age, and is in good health,
and teilB interestihgly of the recap
ture' of the' “General," which occur
red fifty-two years ago, and which he
remembers as well as if it, were yes
terday. He is' believed to be the
only survivor of those concerned
the capture of the engine.
Riverdale.—The thirty-first annual
reunion of the thirtieth Georgia rogi
ment of Confederate veterans- will be
held: here,on July 30. .
Fort Valley.—Georgia is shipping
peaches at the rate of over one hun
dred cars per day. This will be great
ly .increased' in the near future. Some
thing like five millions will come into
the state this year as a result of the
peach .crop, This'peach money will
help to pay for picking the cotton crop.
It means mid-summer money in circu
lation in Georgia this year.
Atlanta.—Southern agents of the
Bradstreet company held their annual
meeting at Atlanta this week. They
report general business conditions
throughout the South much'improved
the plst thirty days, and predict still
further, improvements.
Baxley.—There are 100 members of
the Appling County Com club, all of
whom have good crops and are expect
ing to make fine yields. Eighty-five
boys and girls are members of the
County, Poultry Club, and, all have
thoroughbred chickens from which
they are raising poultry. There are
seventy-five members of the canning
club in the county.
Macon.—Mrs. J. K. Renfroe, a well
known- resident of Houston county,
committed suicide by shooting herself
with a pistol. Ill health is supposed
to have been responsible.
PARISIENNE3 TURN TO DELICATE
MATERIALS FOR RELIEF.
War Has Brought So Much Nursing
and Needlework That Jalnty Gar
ments for Hours of Leisure
Are Imperative.
We are becoming more and more in
fatuated with the delicate musllnB and
simple Bilks. A sort of reaction haB
set in. We have to occupy ourselves
so much with nursing and needlework
that it seems a relief to clothe our
persons in dainty and lovely gar
ments when, we take a few hours’ holi
day, though it should not be said that
a charity fete comes under the head
ing "holiday.” These glgantlo fetes
coll for an immense amount of hard
work, and on the day itself one never
finds a quiet moment, writes Idalia de
Vllliers, Paris correspondent of the
Boston Globe.
A dress which attracted my atten
tion at the Ritz was made of black
mousseline de sole bordered with
black chiffon velvet and mounted over
plaited slip made of ivory white
crepe 'de chine. This seemed to be a
one-piece frock.
It is hung straight from the shoul
ders, and was confined at the waist by
ceinture of velvet There was a
picturesque coat in fine black Chan
tilly and the bodice opened over a
lovely little blouse made of flesh-pink
chiffoii and fine lace.
The lace sleeves of the coatee were
semitransparent; that is to say, they
were drawn on over the flesh-pink
blouse. They were bishop in design
and banded in at the wrists with
bandB of black velvet
A flat-brimmed hat made of black
chip was worn with this gown. There
was a lining of dull bluo mirror vel
vet and round the high crown a fold
oi Chantilly, caught in by a hand
some paste buckle in front
Another coat and skirt, in Joffre-
blue linen, had raised embroideries
carried iout in japonica-pink, blue,
black and white washing silks.
There were wide revers on the coat
N MUSLINS AND SILKS
8mart three-cornered toque of white
satin bound with navy blue silk rib
bon. Navy blue mounts and bows.
and a high turnover collar, as well as
deep gauntlet cuffs. All these were
covered with embroidery.
I spoke In a recent article of the
popularity of white linen suits en
riched with open-work embroidery in
the English style. Some of these
dresses are veritable works of art,
the skirts -being worked in compli
cated designs almost to the knees,-and
the coats worked all over. It is rather
the fashion to mount skirts of this
order over pale-colored slips, helio
tropes, or pale pastel blue.
This is a revival of an old fash
ion, and when subtle colors ar6
chosen for the slips the result is ex-
CHILD’S DRESS
Of striped blue taffeta with a wide
satin girdle. The dress In made
with the new smocking stitch,
trimmed with four rows of shadow
lace gathered around the neck with
sleeves of the same material.
cellent; nothing, however, could be
more objectionable than an embroid
ered dress worn over a crude and
ordinary shade of pink or blue.
Paquin 1ms some fascinating sum
mer mantleB made of soft white linen
which are lined with printed silk and
trimmed on sleeves and cuffs with er
mine. These mantles are charming
when worn in conjunction with lace
or muslin gowns. The touch of white
fur makes the garment look pictur
esque and unexpected.
FOR THE THROAT AND NECK
Collars of Dutch and Eton Stylo In
Order—Colored Boas Give Soften
ing Effect to the Face.
Dutch and eton style collars in
laundered and semllaundered designs
are worn with Bilk or. crepe Windsor
ties. Dainty ribbon and flowered gar
nitures are used on dressy designs
of embroidery and lace, which are
always V-shaped. Flaring collars and
cuffs of black patent leather lined
with white pique are smart for a tail
ored suit. Ribbons of the regimental
stripe order are worn with the above
and other neckwear sets.
Collar and cuff sets of colored hand
kerchief linen are worn with tailored
suits and sport attire. Malines ruffs
in black and white are popular. Short
and long ostrich boas are in royal and
navy blue, taupe, loam brown, silver
gray, white, black and white and
black. They are neck size, or to the
knees, with ribbon bows or tassels
on the ends. They are very softening
to the face.
Lace Curtains Renewed.
To do up lace or net curtains and
have them the same color as when
new: When the starch has boiled and
is still hot or boiling put yellow ocher
in and stir it ali through until you
have the shade you want your cur-
tnlna Plvu non fa’ nrnrth /if nnhar In
tains. Five cents’, worth of ocher in
tho powder Will be sufficient for a
large number of curtains.
CUT FLOWERS IN THE HOUSE
Most Effective Fprm of Decoration,
to Which Too Little Attention
Is Usually Given.
No feature of household decoration
can do more to render a room attrac
tive than the use of flowers. But the
proper arrangement of flowers is an
art, demanding study. The Japanese
spend years in acquiring this art; but
the average person gives to the ar
rangement of cut Rowers no more
thought than is given to the most un-'
esthetic of household tasks.
In' the first place most people err in
tho matter of vases. A vase should
be considered always in connection
with flowers—not as an object of art
by itself. Vases of distinctive colors
should be used carefully; a neutral
tint, green or glass vases are safest'
If you have vases of very positive
shades use them only for flowers with
which they will harmonize. Yellow
pottery, for example, is lovely if filled
with yellow flowerB or with a combi
nation of blue and yellow flowers. Low
yellow or purple bowls filled with
pansies are a delight to tho eye. A
gray ginger Jar filled with dusty miller
and Bweet alyssum is a thing of beau
ty; the shimmering silver gray of the
foliage and the white of the blossoms
harmonize perfectly with the soft-gray
Jar.
Another common mistake in arrang
ing flowers is to overcrowd the vase.
Never bunch flowers. Each should be
put in the water separately to insure
a good effect. A long strip of lead
colled to fit the bottom of vases is
the best device for keeping flowers
upright It is not so expensive as the
china or wire arrangements that can
be purchased for the same purpose, I
and it has tho further advantage of/
being easily squeezed idto a vase of/
any Bize.
A pretty device for flowers is the
Aaron’s rod-to- hang on the wall. This
Ib merely a stick of bamboo with holes
cut between the Joints. Water it
poured into each opening, and the
flowers then set in. Trailing vines—
dematic, honeysuckle, etc.—are ex
ceedingly pretty in an Aaron’s rod.
Hanging vases for the windows and
comers of the loom are very attrac
tive, and are to be had in good col
ors and lines at small cost.
PROTECTION IN BAD WEATHER
The'vacation girl will find the rub
ber rain smockB very convenient
things, not only for the rainy day, but
for use in clear weather on such oc
casions, as she goes boating, fishing,
motoring or golfing. It is suggested
that everyone wtm owns a motor car
should provide himBelf or herself with
two or three Of these bandy garments
for guests.
They are made of dull black
leather in fairly light weight and are
long and full skirted. The double
panel of the front has snap fastening
and the collar fastens close under the
chin, while the wrists are drawn in
with elastics to insure absolute pro- \
tectlon. These smockB are done up in
individual rubber bags.
Fashion’s Whims.
m
Dimity and flowered organdie are
very fashionable, and lavender, the
color of colors in prim Victorian dayB,
is very much preferred.