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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-31
COMMISSIONER PAYS TRIBUTE
TO EX-CHAIRMAN II. w. HILL

Atlanta, Ca, Oct. 30.-Judge George
Hillyer, o. B. Stevens, Murphy Candl-
er and ]. F. Gray, members of the state
railroad commission, have paid a
beautiful tribute to their retiring
chairman, now Judge II. Warner Hill
of the Georgia sup, sme court.
In the course Of letter to Mr.. Hill
the commissioners say:
For more than eight years, as
member of the commission, you have
faithfully and brave
Iy met every obligation and discharg-
ed every duty.
"As chairman during four years, you
have always been at the post of duty
and have presided over the delibera-
tions of TIE commission and its pub
lie hearings with dignity, fairness and
Gnfailiant courtesy.
We know your ability, your hon
esty and your devotion to principle
look with confidence upon your future
believing that you will know the right
and knowing dare maintain it"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-31
GEORGIA SPLIT
BETWEEN TWO BROWNS
Russell Said Not To Have a Look In.

Savannah, Ga, Oct. 30.-Rev. w. L..
Pickard, D. D., the well known Bap-
tist preacher has returned this morn
ing from North Georgia.
DR.. Pickard says that while there he
kept his ears OPEN to hear what w9s
being said politically. He says he
Leard a good many champ;oLtng
Pope Brown for governor; quite a
number for little Joe, but all but two
whom he heard speak were against
Judge Russell. They said Judge Rus
sell had reflected on the judiciary OF
the state, had been vulgar and sacTl-
ligious in some of his speeches, and
had reflected on the ministers OF the
state, and that he was the kind OF a
man to be showed under politically.
Il heard several say" declared DR..
Pickard " the fact that Savannah and
Chatham county was for any given
man for governor was enough to
make the state vote against thaI
man. | felt sorry for the reputation
of my city but didn't butt in be
cause it had been published here thai
Chatham county would go for Judge
Russell and as / could not deny it,
said nothing. Generally speaking
Judge R. B. Russelps name to tn,
people of Georgia spells Rum-Booze
Russell.
"The political pot is not boiling
very hotly because the cottn field
are white with ungathered cottol
from Chatham to Chattanooga An,
the people are busy. What effect tn
decision of the state executive com
mittce may have on the public re
mains to be seen. Governor Smith
appointment of Hon. Warner Hill t
the supreme bench meets with grea
favor, And that of Mr.. Trammell a
railroad commissioner also NEE;
with much favor"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-31
FISH WEALTH OUT
OF UNCLE SAM'S SCRAPS.

Washington, D. c., Oct. 29.-Unique
among Government Jobs" is that OF
the two women who sit side by side
down in the basement of the Treasury
Department and spend the entire day
going through the contents OF the de-
partment wastebasket. They are
searching for stray bonds, checks and
bills that may through some mishap
have fallen into the baskets.
The positions of the two women are
more important than their place on
Jo4 'elgo!pu! pInoM sUoI HInsBeIL oql
some time back one of them tished
up a $1,000 United States coupon bond.
The two women have been doing this
work for years and have saved to the
Government the amount of thenr an
nual salaries hundred times over.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-31
.SCOUR FIELDS
TO find TRACE
OF LOST Man
MAY BE MURDER victim
VaIdOSta Man is MyStGriOuSIy
Missing

/ Valdosta, Ca Oct 29.-Two or three
hundred men have been securing the
woods, fields and swamps over a ra-
dius of ten miles today in the effort
! to locate the body of Sam c. Clyatt,
who disappeared Wednesday and
whose horse and buggy, coat, hat and
check book were found later.
Clyatt's brother, D. T. Clyatt, Of
Brooks county, and Sheriff Gornto,
who is the latter's father-in-law, have
led the search, while Mayor Roberts,
Chief Dampier and many friends from
this city have been on hand all day
aiding the searchers.
Clues have been hard to get hold of.
A negro woman in that section stated
that her husband left home very mys-
teriously Friday morning stating that
he was not coming back She said
he acted queerly all day Thursday.
The officers have located and will
bring him back He is 200 miles away
now.
Another negro turpentine hand was
seen in the buggy with Mr.. Clyatt
Thursday afternoon showing him the
way to the land he was looking for.
Another person saw two men in Mr..
Clyatt's buggy after dark, one of them
leaning over on the dashboard as If
sick. Clyatt was not drinking man,
50 the theory that he was intoxicated
does not hold.
The officers are trying to locate the
negro who was in the buggy with him,
though no serious Importance is at
tached to him, as Clyatt later was
seen alone. He drew $3.50 from the
Hahira bank with which to bind
trade for timber which he thought of
buying
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-31
MRS. M'REE ON
THE STAND HAS
TOLD HER STORY
She CLAIMS SELF DEFENSE
But Could Not Explain Wounds
In Back

Opelousas, La, Oct 3O.-Mrs. Zee
Runger McRee took the stand in her
own behalf this morning, the seventh
day of her trial on the charge OF
numbering young Allan Garland in
her home several weeks ago. Mrs. Nc
Rec was the first witness called.
The accused was asked but few
questions by the defense before acting
District Attorney DuBuisson took up
the cross examination to develop the
story of the killing of Garland, which
caused a sensation in Louisiana be-
cause of the prominence of both fami-
| lies.
Mrs. McRee said she first met the
man she killed one night when he
came to the McRee home with Mrs.
Garland and his brother, Albert for
milk. She said they soon became
friendly and she was a frequent Wis
itor to the Garland Home.
How often did you go over there?"
asked Mr. DuBuisson.
well, can't tell you Mr.. DuBuis-
! son. A woman has work to do and she
can't go gadding around all the time"
she answered
Mrs. McRee said that Allan was
educated and seemed to be gentle
man.
Did not you go often to the pota-
toe vines with Allan?"
Yes, sir; with my children"
Did not you go with Allan to the
corn patch in the rear of Mrs. Gar
lands home on Sunday's?"
mo. Mrs. Garland usually had her
reunions on Sunday. | did not like C
intrude"
She said she got the revolver with
which she killed Allan from beneath
a mattress on an iron bed upon which
the coverlet was not tucked in.
"You say Allan was advancing on
you when you fred?"
yes, sir. He said: You can't scare
me- and then he came towards me
and | fired" was the answer.
How do you account for the fact
that the wounds were in the back?
Tell the jury how that was" said Mr.
OuBuissOn.
Mrs. McRee turned towarl the jury
with arms outstretched.
"All | can say, gentlemen, that he
was facing me when | fired the gun.
suppose he turned just after l was
fixed to fire"
How do you explain the fact that
the first shot was in the back of the
head was the next question"
q can't explain it because l was
so excited"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-31
AMERICUS WILL
SEND DELEGATES
TO GRAND LODGE
MEETS IN MACON TUESDAY
Important Questions to Come
Up For Settlement

Amoricus lodge No13, and NJ. B.
Council lodge No. 95, will both be
represented at the conclave of the
Masonic Grand Lodge of Georgia as
sembling this morning in Macon Ma
sons from other towns in this vicinity
were in Americus last night and
went either thon, or will go this morn
ing with the local Representatives.
Several matters of much Importance
in circles Masonic will be discussed
at this meeting of the State Grand
Lodge, among others that of the per
manent home of the order. The
Grand Lodge has long had headquar
ters in Macon and that city will, of
course, strive to retain it, while others
is putting up a vigorous fight to
Wrest the home from the Central City.
Among these will be the project To
remove the headquarters of the
Grand Lodge from Macon to some
other point In the state. mum
Der of other cities have already made
bids for the honor 1t is the purpose
of the Grand Lodge to erect a temple
either at Macon or whatever ether
point may be selected as the perma-
nent meeting place of the Grand Lodge
There are six hundred Masonic
Lodges in the state of Georgia. These
lodges embrace a total membership
Of more than forty thousand mem
bers. There will be more than one
thousand accredited delegates at this
session Of the Grand Lodge. The ses-
sions of the Grand Lodge will be
held in the City Auditorium, there
being no other building in Macon suf-
ficiently large to accommodate the at
tendance.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-31
ENTRY LIST Is LARGE
FOR SAVANNAH RACN
May Be Nearly One Hundred
to Enter

Savannah, Ga, Oct. 30.-While the
number of actual entries for the va
rious races at Savannah, Nov. 9th and
Both, is yet small the fact that there
will be a record-breaking entry list is
attested by the fact that letters being
daily received requesting reservations
and quarters for the various racing
teams, and it now seems probable that
there will be more than IS cars enter
ed in the four events. Fred Wagner
states tha, the number may so as high
as 80.
The latest team to obtain quarters
is the Mercedes, which will enter two
cars in the Vanderbilt Cup race. an
other Mercedes eltry has been PIE
yiously promised, that of Spencer L
WischaTt, who owns his own ma.
chine. 1t is expected that M Wisch
arts car will be entered in the Grand
Prize.
The Mercedes Automobile Company
has accepted the ASST -nments of its
cars to the place of Robert Saussy at
Bonna Bella where the camp will be
located for the first week in Novem-
ber
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-31
two BROTHERS In Fight
One KILLED The Other
Slayer Caught in AmGriCus
Soon Thereafter

Police Chief w. c. Barrow of Amer
icus, upon instructions from the po-
lice at Richland, Sunday afternoon
arrested Charles Drew, nineteen
years of age and well known at Rich
land. The charge against Drew was
the killing of his own brother, De
Witte Drew, in an alteration there.
With the smoking pistol still in his
hand young Drew hurriedly left the
Drew store, where the homicide oc-
CURED, and caught the Sea Board
train for Americus, evidently making
his way toward Bdena Vista. where
has relatives.
When Chief Barrow caught him
down on Cotton avenue Drew, it s
said, denied his identity. He was
carried to the barracks where he
told the officers that his name was
Jossey; that he lived in Oklahoma,
and had bee to Preston upon a visit
to relatives.
His pistol with three or four cham
bers recently fired was found in his
hip pocket.
Chief Barrow carried Drew back to
Richland on a late train, and while
there learned few particulars of the
Sunday tragedy.
1t seems that the, Drews owned an
automobile and the disagreement
arose over possession of the car.
Young Charles Drew asserts that his
brother, De White Drew, was adyanc-
ing upon him in threatening man
ner when he fired: first in the air
and then at his brother, point blank.
Two bullets struck De Witte in the
left breast, near the neart death
quickly resulting Charles Drew pro-
fessed not to know that he had killed
his brother until told by the Amer
icus police that he was dead.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-31
TO GIVE CHURCH FINE
EPISCOPAL MANSION
Bishop Mackay-Smith Will Make Gift
to Pennsylvania Dicese.

Philadelphia, Oct29.-Bishop Alex
ander Mackay- Smith, of the Protestant
Episcopal Dicese of Pennsylvania, has
announced that it was the intention
of himself and hise wife to present
to the diocese their palatial home IN
this city for an Episcopal residence,
to be occupied by the future bishops
Of the diocese.
The house, a large double brick
building. trimmed with brownstone,
is assessed for taxes at $125,OOO.
Il want t leave something here
to be remembered by said the
Bishop, and | shall offer my house TO
the diocese as an eXpressinon OF my
esteem and affection for the clergy
and people here"
Bishop Mackay-Smith. who sohi'
months ago announced his intention
intention of resigning in the near fu'
ture, will probably take up his resi-
dence in Washington i'm few months
The Bishop was, a resident of WASH
ington before becoming bishop Il
the Pennsylvania diocese.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-31
MISS STACKROUSE DEAD
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
SuCCumbS TO Attacks Of Ty.
phOid Fever

Miss Mary s,ackhouse, only daugh-
ter of MIR. and Mrs. r. p. Stackhouse,
passed away Sunday evening at the
family home on Lee street, the end
following an illness of but few days
with typhoid fever, contracted while
at Decatur, near Atlanta.
The death of this gifted and beau
tiful young girl just budding into
womanhCiod, is one of peculiar sad
hess, and the stricken parents have
the deep sympathy of hundreds OF
friends in their affliction.
Miss Stackhouse was eighteen
years of age and during her resi-
dence of one summer in Americas
had, by her charming personally, wor
for herself the warm friendship C
many here. Her death is a doubl,
bereavement, as only two years ag
an elder sister died at school unde
peculiar circumstances.
Many expressions of sincere sorro'
Iwere extended the bereaved family D
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-31

Macon, Oct 30.-The 125th annual
communication Of the Grand Lodge Of
Free and Accepted Masons of Georgia
will begin here tomorrow morning at
10 O'Clock, lasting through Thursday
over 200 prominent members of the
order, comprising principally the trus-
tees, officers and committeeman, ar
rived in Macon last night and this
morning, and are preparing for the
convening of the grand lodge.
The grand lodge consists of ac-
credited delegates from each of the
600 auxiliary lodges in the state.
There. are nearly 1,10O of these dele
gate, and they will be reinforced by
masters and past masters of the varI-
GUS lodges The grand lodge repre-
sentation here. therefore, will embrace
nearly 1000 members of the order,
and among them over $25,0O will be
distributed in per diem payments.
This. as well as much other money,
will be largely spent in Macon, chiefly
among the merchants, hotels and
restaurants.
The following are the officers of the
grand lodge:
George M. Napier, Monroe, grand
master; Robert l.. Coldin of Savan-
nah, deputy grand master; N. H. Bal
lard of Brunswick, senior grand war
den; Frank 0. Miller of Fort Valley,
junior grand warden; James M. Rush
in. of Boston, grand treasurer; w. A.
Wolhin of Macon, grand secretary; w.
&C. England of CedartOwn, senior
grand deacon; John r. Wilkinson Of
Atlanta, grand deacon; J. r. Stevens
of HaTtwell, grand marshal; Frank
IN. Coffin Of Augusta, first grand
steward; Fl. E. Allen Of Americus,
second grand steward; B. L. Patter-
son of Lawrenceville, third grand
steward; Lee NJ. Wages Of Macon,
grand tyler.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-31
WEALTHY FARMER shot
BY NERVY AUTOMOBILES
Prejudice Caused Death Of
Farmer

. Charlotte, N. c., Oct. 3O.-Because
he allowed his prejudice against au-
tomobiles to carry him to the extent
of drawing a pistol on a passing car
this evening, Sam Whittier, a wealthy
Cleveland county farmer, lost his life
Facing the drawn weapon in With
er's hand and believing that he in
tended carrying out his threat, Lucius
Randall prominent Gaffney, S. C.
business man, shot Whittier twice
killing him instantly.
The tragedy occurred two miles
from Shelby in Cleveland county. Ran
dali who is a native of Cleveland
made the trip to North Carolina to-day
to visit relatives On a public road
he met Whittier in his buggy. The
latter alighted and drawing a pistol
approached Randalls machine and an
nounced that he was going to kill
him.
Randall pleaded with him, but as
he continued to approach reiterating
his threat, Randall drew his own
weapon and put two bullets in the
farmers hoad. He then surrendered
to the sheriff. The men were not ac-
Quainted and Whithers well-known
antipathy to he invasion of the auto
mobile is tAe accepted theory in ac-
counting for his actions.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-31
NATIONAL WAY
inferior TO
LOCAL ROUTE
ACCORDING TO Mr.. WHEATLEY
An derSO nViIIG- -ThOmaSviIIG
Route Better Than National

Practical comparison between the
National Highway and the Anderson
yille-Thomasville Route made in the
last few days by Mr.. Crawford Wheat
ley, who made the trip with the Glid-
den Tourists to Jacksonville and then
returned to Americus by way of the
AndersCnyille-Thom route.
The Andersonville Thomasville
route is SO much better than the Ma
tional Highway" said Mr.. Wheatley,
that there is hardly any comparison
to be made that would be favorable
to the National Highway.
The National Highway is only good
in spots, while the Andersonville-
Th0masville route from Madison, Fla,
up to Americus and beyond is like a
boulevard. 1t is only in some of the
larger and more wealthy counties
along the National Highway, such as
Crisp, Tiff and some others, that the
roads arc in good condition at all. In
so many other places the roads are
very rough, indeed.
The experience of the average
tourist over the National Highway
timefrom Atlanta southwark would
tend to show that the highway was
built upon pledges, as was suggested
at the time the award was made. as
will be remembered These pledges
have not been redeemed, if one is to
judge from the defective road work
that is found in so many counties
along the route, while the Anderson
yille-Thomasville route at this time
is in most excellent shape"
The opportunity afforded to Mr..
Wheatley to judge between the two
highways was exceptionally good, as
he returned to Americus by way of
the local route Immediately after he
had concluded a trip along the full
extent of the former highway 1t
may NC l0t'ully o6eu lAoll ILLS ChdC
the roads of this section, as has been
justly claimed for them, have long
been in most excellent shape, and
are still being maintained in that con-
dttion which has made this county
the pride of the state and the South
land in the matter of good roads
A number of the Glidden tourists
will return by way of the Anderson
Ville-Thomasville highway, thereby
gaining knowledge not only of both
routes but also of the fact of the
great superiority of the local route
over that of the National Highway
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-31
WILL TRY TO secure
NORMAL COTTON PRICE
Boil WCcviI a Blessing Says
Governor

New Orleans, Oct. 30.-A plan OF
European bankers to finance 1mme-
diately two million bales of the pres
emf cotton crop, and thus insure the
earIv re-establishment of normal
price for the staple will be considered
lafe this afternoon at an executive
session of the five governors in at
tendance upon the cotton conference
here
At the opening of the conference
Mayor Behrman of New Orleans de-
liyered an address of welcome. He
was followed by Gov j. Y. Sanders o!
Louisiana, who welcomed the visiting
governors and delegates on behalf oI
the state.
Thee visiting governors present a
the opening of the conference were
Gov Colquitt of Texas, Gov. Mann .
Virginia, Gov. O'Neal of Alabama
Gov. Noel of Mississippi, and Gov
Sanders of Louisiana.
Governor Sanders said he did no
believe that the worlds crop of cottol
was any greater than the demand TO
that staple He expressed the belle
that by cooperation of the state OF
ficials and cotton planters a plai
could be devised whereby the price Q
cotton would be restored to it's nor
NAL value.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-31
new LIFE BEGINS
AT The CAPITAL
Getting Ready For Great PO-
IitiCaI Winter

Washington, Oct. 30-With little
more than a month intervening before
Vice President Sheman and Speaker
Clark will call their respective houses
to order for the next session OF con-
gress. with congressional committees
resuming their Investigations, and
with the filling of the vacancy on the
supreme court bench, caused by the
death of Justice Harlan likely to be
made almost amy time, the national
capital has resumed much of it's win
ter-like appearance. From this time
on Washington will be the scene of
many interesting events.
In addition to the political matters
coming up from time to time num-
ber of important conventions, begin
ming with the river and harbOr con-
gress which will be held in December,
will claim the attention of business
man and politician alike fir the next
few months.
Standing out above everything else
will be the tariff, control of the trusts
and combinations, and monetary leg
islation But they will not be the
only ones of Importance. Alaska and
it's problems will occupy much atten-
ton. So will the whole conservation
problem.
Reports will be made on most Of
the numerous Investigations which
were stirred up last session in the
house. Some of these will be Of the
utmost interest, such as the report on
the Wiley case by the Moss committee.
The report on the postoffice inyestiga-
ton is another to which careful at
tcation will be directed.
In the senate the reports ON the Lor-
imor investigation and the Stephen
son inquiry doubtless will be made
Unusual interest will center around
the appropriations. For many years
the Democrats have been assailing the
Republicans for extravaganza, Now
it devolves on a Democratic house 70
shape the appropriation bills. 1t will
! be worth while to see what is done
with them. The expectation is that
the house will hold the bills pretty
we'll down for political reasons. The
senate will increase them. Then the
house will yield largely to the senate
and blame the senate Republicans for
| it.
The arbitration treaties in the senate
will be much in the limelight by reason
of the strong insistence of the presi-
dent on their ratification.
With the approach of the time for
the opening of the Panama canal at
tention will be given to the question
of tolls and regulations for the use OF
the canal. This will be one of the real
| ly big things of the session.
So far as the tariff, trust CONTROL and
currecy reform are concerned, it is
not easy to forecast what will happen.
No currency legislation on the eve Of
presidential campaign is expected,
Nor is it likely that house and senate,
one Democratic, the other Republican,
can agree on a comprehensive scheme
of corporation control.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-31
MISS MARKS WILL ENTER
ROUND THE STATE TOUR
Athens Girl VIII Make Another
Long Trip.

Athens, Ga, Oct 3O.-Miss Birdie
Marks, who was the only lady on the
Glidden tour driving a car and who
cut for the Anderson individual tro-
ply, will make the roUnd-the-state
tour in the same car which won in the
Glidden, rebuilt, silYer-mounted Col
umbia, put together and tested out in
this city. She arrived from Jackson
willie yesterday, none the worst for
her long trip.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-31
Animals Refuse To Harm Girl Tired
OF Life.

Lima. Ohio, Oct. 30.--ln an attempt
to end her life while suffering from
dependency Miss Anna Harter, 80
years old, to-day leaped into pit at
the city park in which were confined
two large black bears.
The bears, however, refused to harm
her, and she was found in the pit
some time later by Lee Stuckey, q
park attache.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-31
SAVANNAH TO ENTERTAIN
HIGH MASONIC OFFICIAL

Savannah, Ga, Oct. 30.-H. W. VIII
cover, of Savannah, now sovereign
grand inspector general for Georgia
Scottish Rite Masons, Will De In'
guest of honor at a banquet to be CIV
en- Tuesday evening in the Masonic
Temple here. An elaborate program
of speeches will be carried out. Mas
ons from all over the state are expect
ed to be present.