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$1.00 A YEAR. MEXICAN SITUATION PUT * UP TO CONGRESS BY TAFT PRESIDENT FEELS HE HAS GONE LIMIT IN DEALING WITH REVOLUTION. LOATH TO SEND TROOPS Refusing Appeal for Aid From Ari- nozs Governor, President Taft Defines His Position. Washington.—President Taft feels that he has done personally all that can be done by a chief executive to control the situation along the Mex¬ ican border. He and his advisers be¬ lieve that now congress must say whether the- situation is grave enough to warrant intervention and its con sequences. Through the state department the administration played what might be regarded as its last card. It reiter¬ ated in no uncertain fashion the rep¬ resentations made to Mexico a few days ago, that affairs like that at Douglas and Agua Prieta must not be repeated, Instead of awaiting the customary period for a formal reply from Mex¬ ico, the department asked for imme¬ diate assurances that there be no more lighting that endangered Amer¬ icans in the border towns. Informa tion was requested also as to what measures the authorities had taken to prevent future combats of this kind. The president had two important conferences. He talked with Secre¬ tary Knox and he had a conference with Ambassador Bryce of Great Brit¬ ain. It is practically certain that Mex¬ ico figured in the conversation. It is believed the ambassador explained to Mr. Taft the landing of the British marines at San Quintin, Mexico. He was able to tell the president that the landing was only after Americans, and it was explained that Americans came first, and British subjects asked for protection that the British vessel of war put the marines ashore. No one here doubts that interven¬ tion would mean war. War in Mexico, the president’s adviser’s say, would mean a conflict that would rage for months, probably years. The topog raphy of Mexico, the mountains, the insufficient means of quick communi¬ cation and a dozen other things that must be figured would have to be met. President Taft replied to a message from Gov. Richard E. Sloan of Ari zona, asking protection for citizens of Douglas from the fire of the Federals and insurrectos, that he was loath to endanger Americans in Mexico by tak¬ ing so so radical a step as sending American troops across the border to prevent further fighting. The president in his telegram to the governor stated that the situation might justify him in ordering troops to cross the border and attempt to stop the fighting or to fire upon both contestants from the American side. He hesitated to take such a step, however, because of the possibility of resistance and greater bloodshed, and the danger of having his motives mis¬ construed and misrepresented and of arousing Mexicans against many thou¬ sands of Americans now in Mexico Agua Prieta, Mexico.—(From the Associated Press Correspondent In the Field.)—The most important bat¬ tle of the Mexican Rovoiution thus far was fought here between 14100 Fed¬ erals, under command of Lieutenant Colonel Diaz, and 1,000 rebels, under . Balasaric Garciafl and resulted in the repulse of the former. The battle, however, was not finally decisive. It lasted from 6:30 a. m. un¬ til sundown. At nightfall two Fed¬ eral machine guns were in the pos¬ session of the rebels and the Fed¬ erals had sustained a loss estimated by the rebels as at least 200 killed and wounded. The rebels gave their own loss at 20. From the beginning of the battle, regardless of the warning given by the United States government to the leaders of both forces, a rain of bul¬ lets poured into the American town oi Douglas, and when the day was over, ft was found that seven non- combatant residents of that city were wounded. It was a day almost of ter¬ ror in Douglas. Lawlessness in ‘‘Bloody Breatiitt.” Lexington, Ky.—Lawlessness was triumphant in Jackson, Ky., the seat of Breathitt county, according to per¬ sons arriving here who brought the first news of the disturbance. Friends of Jason Deaton, who was killed in a feud fight with the family of Anse White a week ago, “shot up” the town in western border style, riding right through the streets and firing pistols into houses indiscriminately. No one was hurt, according to information brought here. The guard at the jail •was increased by fourteen mei, Clintl (Tannin Meow 4 HOMERVILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1911. THE “DEATH COP” ( ! •*> ESZESa G2 M V r*» i?L -'ml is IdIpP} ’ -g ft 3EiSiy s > < r ESDFp ...... ■ ;Hh* 4 m '!■ i r&\ V\ •Copyright. 1»1L) Nation-Wide Fight Started to Abolish the Gemo-Laden Public Drinking NIEO HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR DEATH AND INJURY OF AMERICANS CAUSED BY STRAY BULLETS. Protracted ,. Conference Held at Washington By President and Members of the Cabinet. Washington.—The Mexican govern nient, according to the view at the state department, will be held ac¬ countable for the loss of life and in¬ jury to Americans of Douglas, Ariz,, during the fighting between federals and insurrectos at Agua Prieta. No matter whether the fire of the federals or that of the insurrectos inflicted the injury it will be the fed¬ eral government to which the United States will look lor reparation. As soon as official reports upon the fighting and the casualties sustainned by Americans shall have been re¬ ceived, representations will be made to the Mexican government, it is said, and in due course the claims of those injured will be presented, It is pointed out, however, that in some cases Mexico will have a counter claim of contributory negligence on the part of injured Americans, As a renewal of fighting at Agua Prieta is looked for, it is expected that formal notice will be served upon both federals and insurrectos that American lives and American prop¬ erty on this side of the border must not be endangered. Insurrecto shrewdness is recogniz¬ ed in the fact that they attacked from the north of Agua Prieta, so as to force its defenders to fire toward Dou¬ glas. The apparent ruse has aroused comment here. The rebels are be¬ lieved to have scented the possibility that such a movement might result in complications and the entanglement of the Mexican government with that of the United States. PUBLICITY BILL PASSES. Fight Over Extent to Which Campaign Publicity Should Be Applied. Washington.—The passage of the campaign publicity bill by the house today by the overwhelming vote of 303 to 0 makes the second important measure passed in two days. The party, however, met its first se¬ rious trouble in the house. At the close of a session marked by insurg ency in the Democratic ranks, by rea¬ son of which the Republicans narrow¬ ly missed scoring a triumph, the house passed the Rucker hill. The fight arose over the extent to which publicity should be applied. But for the vigorous use of the Democratic party whip an important Republican amendment extending pub¬ licity to the individual receipts and expenses of candidates for congress would have been retained in the bill when it finally passed. As It was, the amendment was adopted over the protest of the Demo¬ cratic leaders by the support of fifty- two of the Democrats, who voted with the solid Republican strength. Imprisoned For Conduct in Election. New Orleans, La.—Paul Felix, for¬ mer mayor of Kenner, La., and W. W. Stiles, deputy sheriff, both from Jefferson parish, were sentenced to pay 11,000 fines, Stiles to also serve eleven months and Felix six months in the parish jail at Convent, La., when the United States circuit court of appeals refused a rehearing on the charges of interfering with a federal election. On election day in Novem¬ ber, 1908, the defendants, according to testimony, assaulted Col. E. A. O'Sul¬ livan, clipping the latter’s beard. THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CLINCH COUNTY. COTTON BILLS AGREEMEN1 Bankers and Railroad Men Accep Plan of English Cotton Men. New York.—The establishment of s ‘‘central office” or clearing house it this city is the latest plan evolved as a means of settling the long-existiuj differences over bills of lading he tween American shippers and Kuro pean buyers of raw cotton. Representatives of the sub-commit tees of the bills of lading committei of the American Bankers’ Association held a protracted meeting here with traffic agents of the southeastern anc southwestern railroads and with Euro pean interests, as represented by a member of the Biverpool bills of lad ing cotton conference. The plan adopted was proposed, ac cording to report, by the Liverpool cotton buyers. Local bankers are oi the opinion that its acceptance will point out a definite way out of exist ing difficulties and obviate the “bank guarantee” originally demanded by London and continental bankers aflei the issuance of last year of a num¬ ber of forged bills of lading by tbs Southern cotton brokers. The meeting was deemed expedi¬ ent in order to formulate plans which “would make it possible to han¬ dle the coining cotton crop without friction,” and a committee was ap¬ pointed to outline a system undet which the proposed “central office” may be established, giving all factions representation. Among the railroads represented were the Rock Island, Illinois Central Louisville and Nashville, Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line, the Southern railway and Missouri, Kan¬ sas and Texas. TORNADo owttPii 3 STATES Cyclone Traveled over Kansas, Okla homa and Missouri. Kansas City, Mo.—Twenty-three persons are reported dead, at least a hundred injured, two towns practi¬ cally swept away, scores of buildings demolished and thousands of dollars worth of property damaged as the re suit of a tornado that raged In Kan> sas, Oklahoma and Missouri. The tornado was accompanied by rain, hail and lightning. Many build mgs were struck by lightning and burned. Western Missouri was visited by a rain and hail storm, but tbis sec tion was not in the main path of th« tornado. Telegraph and telephone wires were rendered useless in the worst stricken sections, and it is probable that the complete report of the death toll and the property damage will prove much greater than they now appear. The tornado levied its greatest toll of dead at Big Heart, Okla., when eight persons were killed, ten injured and almost every building in the town wrecked. £.t Powhattan, Kansas, a woman and child were killed. A high school build ing was wrecked at Eskridge, Kansas, a number of houses damaged and from fifteen to twenty persons injured. At fBawatha, Kansas, a schoolhouse was blown down, an 8-year-old hoy named Pelton was killed and s everal buildings were struck by lightning Several persons are known to have been hurt at Netawka, Kansas. A boy was killed at Manville, Kansas. Iowa Elects Senator. DesMoines. Iowa.—Judge William S. Kenyon (Rep.) was elected United States senator to succeed the late Senator Jonathan P, Dolliver, on the sixty-seventh ballot in the Iowa leg¬ islature. He received 78 votes, just enough to elect, against 26 for Su- prmee Court Justice Horace E, Dee mer, his Republican opponent. The deadlock has existed since January 17, when the first ballot was taken Judge Kenyon was born in Elyria Ohio, on June 10, 1869, and received his education at Grinnell. Iowa. Georgia to have exhibit AT CHICAGO EXPOSITION STATE WILL MAKE CREDITABLE SHOWING IN THE GREAT MOVEMENT. MUCH ENTHUSIASM SHOWN Plans for an Extensive Campaign in Behalf of the Undertaking Are Being Laid. —Atlanta. To arrange for a Georgia exhibit at the United States land and immi¬ gration exposition, which will be held In Chicago in the fall, a movement has been set on foot here. Commer¬ cial organizations throughout the state will be asked to assist in secur¬ ing a representative exhibit, and the promoters of the movement feel cer¬ tain that Georgia will make a most creditable showing at the exposition, which is really a national land show. To the immigration committee of the local chamber of commerce goes the distinction of being the originator of this movement. The matter was taken up at the first meeting of this committee, held recently, and gone into thoroughly. A sub-committee was appointed to solicit the assistance of commercial organizations of every kind throughout the state, and plans for inauguration of an extensive cam¬ paign in behalf of the Georgia exhibit ■were laid. The committee is composed largely of men who have had practical expe¬ rience in matters pertaining to immi¬ gration and several others were added to this meeting. Among these were State Geologist W. 3. McCallie, Sam Dunlap of the Georgia industrial bu¬ reau, J. F. Jackson of the industrial bureau of the Central of Georgia and C. E. Hannan, general passenger agent of the W. & A. railroad. W. H. Leahy of the A., B. & A. was chosen vice chairman of the committee, and Chairman H. M. Atkinson spends a goodly portion of his time away from the city. The sub-committee chosen to solicit the aid of commercial organizations throughout the state in the work of securing a collective exhibit of the state resources was requested to take up the matter at once, communicating with individuals and organizations in every section of the state in the in¬ terest of the exhibit. Members of the committee are ex¬ tremely enthusiastic over the results they believe may be obtained from such an exhibit, being of the opinion that it will be the means of bringing hundreds of desirable home-seekers to the state. Boll Weevil Expert Talks. Dr. W. D. Hunter of the United States bureau of entomology, who has charge of the fight against the boll weevil in Texas, paid a visit to E- Lee Worsham, state entomologist, en route to Washington. Doctor Hunter is known as “the boll weevil expert of the world,” all that science knows about this destructive little insect has been given them by this entomologist, and his talk with Georgia’s en¬ tomologist will doubtless have a bearing on the campaign, which is being waged among the Georgia cot¬ ton growers now to get them to grow early varieties of cotton which will mature before the weevil depelops to a stage where it can do harm. Doctor Hunter said that the early frost of last fall destroyed a far greater per¬ centage of the pests than had been since its march eastward, but that the “little bug” would arrive in Georgia on schedule time, which would be about two years hence. He stressed the importance of farmers listening to the advice of experts and not heed¬ ing fakers who were trying to sell their wares. He said that the early maturing variety of cotton was the best weapon with which the farmers could fight the weevil. Rewards for Murderers. Governor Brown has offered ten re¬ wards of 1100 each for men charged with murder in Washington county, Jenkins county and Telfair county ; the complete list follows: One hundred dollars for Dennis Boyer, who killed Jim Mason in Wash¬ ington county in 1907. One hundred dollars for Julius Mad¬ ison, who killed Will Edwards in Washington county in 1910. One hundred dollars for Lee Smith, who killed Louis Brown in Washing¬ ton county in 1910. One hundred dollars for Bob Jor¬ dan, who killed Tom Buck in Wash- One hundred dollars for Charlie Floumey, who killed Tom Buck in Washington county in 1908. One hundred dollars for Sandy Har¬ din, who killed Ed Irwin la Washing ton county in 1902. One hundred dollars for Norman Neely, who killed Tom Tlnmoas in Washington county in 1904. YOL. XT. NO. 20. Child Labor Meeting. A tentative program for the third annual meeting of the Southern Con¬ ference of Woman and Child Labor Congress, which convenes in Atlanta, Monday, April 26, for a two-days’ ses¬ sion, was presented to the Atlanta Federation of Trades. On the program appears among other speakers ex-Gov. Malcolm R. Patterson of Tennessee, president of the organization; Clifford L. Ander¬ son, chairman of the child labor com¬ mittee; Seat) Wright of Rome, Gov. Joseph M. Brown, Governor-elect Hoke Smith of Atlanta. Mayor Courtland S. Winn will make the address of welcome. Henry F. Garrett and A. M. Cope¬ land, the committee named at a re¬ cent meeting to investigate the charg¬ es made by the Atlanta Builders’ Ex¬ change that the government work, where the eight-hour-day obtains, was more expensive than contract w'ork and demanding that congress repeal the eight-hour day law, submitted a complete and exhaustive answer. The report carried in it evidence from the highest sources that the charges made were incorrect. The report was or¬ dered printed in book form for dis¬ tribution generally. The Atlanta City Federation of Women’s Clubs sent in a communica¬ tion calling attention to the fly screen law passed by the city council and asked the co-operation of the Atlanta Federation in seeing to the enforce¬ ment of the law. The communication was signed by Mrs. W. Woods White, president. N. H. Kirkpatrick, president of the Atlanta Federation, was elected dele¬ gate from the federation to the Wom¬ an and Child Labor Congress, which meets in Atlanta this month. To Repair "Texas," The committee on repairing the en* gine “Texas,” of which Councilman Chambers is chairman, met at the home of Mrs. Warren White. The object of the meeting was to discuss the repairing of the famous war relic, which will be stationed in Grant park in the near future. M. L. Collier, foreman of the W. & A. yards, where the “Texas” now stands, was present, and as he is thoroughly fa¬ miliar with the work needed, he was able to give some valuable pointers in many respects to the committee. Mrs. White, at whose home the meeting was held, has been unrelent¬ ingly diligent in her efforts to bring the historic engine to Atlanta. The remainder of the committee have also worked hard toward the interests of the relic and they are all being com¬ mended for their valuable efforts. Cordele.—The local camp, United Confederate Veterans, and the local chapter United Daughters of the Con¬ federacy, are making elaborate prep¬ arations for Memorial Day ceremo¬ nies in this city on the 26th. The handsome Confederate monument to be unveiled on that date is now in course of erection at the intersection of Seventh street and Twelfth avenue in the heart of the city. In the early morning a committee of daughters will go to Sunnyside cemetery and deposits flowers upon the graves of both Confederate and Union soldiers buried there. The exercises attend¬ ing the unveiling of the monument will begin at the court house at three o’clock in the afternoon. Macon.—The Dublin brass band. Prof. Paul Verboest, leader, has been engaged to accompany the Macon del-* egation of veterans and sons of vet¬ erans to the general reunion at Lit¬ tle Rook next month. The delegation will also carry a quartette of singers. The combination will make a demon¬ stration in the convention hall when the time for awarding the 1912 reun¬ ion approaches. Fifty thousand postal' cards advertising Maoen also arrived and these will be distributed, together with badges, with ‘‘Macon for 1912” on them, at the reunion. Waycross.—Grave robberies in the Bickley district, northwest of Way- cross, have been reported here, and, although the matter has been inves¬ tigated no clews have been obtained as yet. It appears that certain graves known to oontaln gold were entered. One grave was broken open three times in seven years, residents of that section report, and the last one ap¬ pears to have been successful. Ah eccentric settler requested on his deathbed that his army pistol and sack of gold coins, believed to have contained several hundred dollars in $20 gold pieces, be burled with him. This was done, and the investigation just made shows that only his bones and pistol were left undisturbed in the grave. Macon,—There will be a general re¬ union of the Confederate veterans of central and southern Georgia in Ma¬ con on Memorial Day, April 26. An invitation has been Issued to all camps in towns near Macon to send delegations here on that day. It: Is planned to have an elaborate observ¬ ance of that occasion. The visiting veterans wljl be well cared for under the auspices of Camp R. A. Smith. EIGHT IS PLANNED ON FREE LIST BILE REPUBLICAN MINORITY IN HOUSE WILL TRY TO BLOCK DEM¬ OCRATIC PLANS. WOOL SCHEDULE OPPOSE^ It Is Said Senator Bailey Wilt Aid the Republicans in Their Fight. Washington.—Following the reciprocity consi<h eration of the Canadian bill, the ways and means committed will report other tariff legislation. -i The next bill will provide for radi| cai reduction in the wool schedule' admitted to be the most indefensibly schedule in the whole list. Even iq -his Winona speech praising the Payne-Aldrich tariff. President Taf? admitted that some of its scheduled might be a trifle high, particularly iq the wool schedule. Not only will the duty on wooleq manufactures be greatly reduced, but; it is proposed to put raw wool on th^ free list. This latter step is a radi,- cal departure, and it is expected t,q stir up the farmers of the middle and far west, Texas and Wyoming. . Free raw wool will be bitterly op? posed by a faction in the Democratic party headed by Senator Bailey of Texas and by the Republican Insurg? ent, led by Senator Warren of Wyo¬ ming, who is himself the owner olj hundreds of thousands of sheep. The annual wool clip from the ranches of Senator Warren probably equals that, of any other wool grower in the Unit¬ ed States. Free raw wool can only he secured after a bitter ght, if at all) A lively fight will be made on thief provision, nominally in the name of the farmer. j Democratic leaders refer with pride to the achievement of passing the bfll for popular election of United States senators and the campaign publicity bill in two legislative days, and to- bringing before the house the Canai dian reciprocity agreement with assur-t ances of its ratification by an over-' whelming majority by the middle of this week. To all these features lit-j ofj the legislative program, however, tie opposition has developed. The: wonder of it to the experienced ob-« server was the demonstration of the* Bmoothly running Democratic ma¬ chine. ENGLIShmtu MOB MORMONS — r John Bull Won’t Stand for the “Lat- Day ( ter Saints.” Birkenhead, England.—The anti- Mormon campaign led to serious dis-. orders here. An organized de-mon- ( ptration against Mormonlsm was car-, ried out and an ultimatum was issued requiring the Mormon missionaries to quit the town within eight days. La$, ter a meeting great crowd house attacked and the Mor| amf (non stoned Smashed windows, The police hat great difficulty in restoring order Two persons were injured and flvt* * were arrested. In January W. P, Monson, chief of the Mormon missionaries in England, addressed a letter to the home sec¬ retary, Winston Spencer Churchill,-. seconding the request of certain Eng-j llsh clergy that the home office in¬ vestigate, Mormonlsm in England.’ Monson declared that the Mormons, were being persecuted. An anti-Mor; mon campaign was organized at Liv-j erpool by the bishop of Liverpool and other prominent churchmen. The oh-' ject was the expulsion from Englandj of the Mormon missionaries, whet were charged with sending many re¬ cruits, chiefly girls, to the United' States. The movement was taken up by the clergy of other cities. Life 8ei,.«mie tor Doctor Pearce. Anniston, Ala.—Dr. John E. Pearce) who has been on trial here for severall days on the charge of killing Shelf Kennedy in this county on January 14; was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. Pearce's plea was ond of self-defense. Cross Pearce, who is alleged to have killed Sarge Kenne) dy, a son of Shell Kennedy, and Wilt liam and Ada Kennedy, father and pister, respectively, of Shell Kennedy' ! and also alleged participants In the' conspiracy, will be tried in May, Forty Rebels Killed. Chihuahua, Mexico.—Forty or more insurrectos were killed and over one hundred were wounded in a tattle fought between Saiiz and Santa Clara canyon, about fifty miles north of here. Couriers brought orders to have hospital cots ready for the Federal wounded. The Federals report five killed, but later developments may; change the figures. A number of worn- en and children are believed to be among the killed, Coming acrosa from Casas Grandes, with prisoners, the Federals were atateked. )