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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-23
MRS. HENRY B. HARRIS SAYS
ISMAY DID NOT LEAVE THE.
TITANIC INLAST-IIFEBOAT
Herself Passenger in This One She Declares Managing
Director Of White Star Line Had Already Embark
ed, Saving Himself Before Women Were
Taken Care of

q. NEW, YORK. April 22s--on the au-
thority Of Mrs. Henry b. Harris.
whose husbapd was drowned In the
wreck Of the Titanic and who Is hcr-
self In prccarious condition az re-
suit Of shock. exposure and broken
arm. the International News Service u
enabled to state definitely that J.
Bruce IsmAy did not leave the Titanic
In the last .lifeboAt to be launched
from the stricken ship.
In constant attendance on Mira.
Harris, who has. not given up hope
that somehow her husband may have
been picked up alive, are her mother.
Mrs. Samuel Wallace, Mr.. and Mra.
william b, Harris. the parents of
Henry b. Harris. and Mrs. Samuel
King and Miss Edna Wallack. Mrs.
Harriss sisters.
1t was Miss Wailauk who represent
ed Mrs. Harris In an interview with
the International News Service re-
porter.
Have you heard from Mrs. Harris
the exact details OF the wreck and the
unloa ding Of the passengers? Miss
Wallack was asked.
II have. She has told us almost
everything sho can remember, Of It. az
course. We do not let her talk abont
Il any moro than We can. - she
naturally enough becomes hystericAl
~ shA recalls her, awful loss. She
and Henry hAd been married twelve
ana one-half years and their life to-
sethsr had been one constant honey
moon.
Saitl Mopce Hnshand was saved.
..Ghe stlll hopes that An some way
Henry hAs been saved. but that II
Re haaN not his body may bs re-
covered. think that only this hope
u keeping her from 4 complete uer-
lxou6 hreakdONfn. {. 2 N AM &
NJ yvallaclk, ! 81 Witch nfeh0at
;did Nh Harris leavo ~ Ilt4nlcy 's
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-23

The last ONE. the canvas COLLAPSE
BILE. There were three nrst cabin
women passengers In that boat my
sister. q Mrs. Hoyt, and another, wo-
man whose name my sister does not
now recall. The remainder OF the pep
pie In tho boat were steerage women
and three. members Of tho THAMES
crew, two OF whom proved unable to
handle the oars. and Mrs. Hoyt aid
my sister had TO help them row.
The steeraEe women helped, too.
daxed by what had happened with
out the power to gather their spirits
for long enough time to be OF any
real avail In rowing the boat.
THE one member of the crew who
did do some work from the time the
collapsible left the Titanic until It was
picked up. by the Carpathia. cursed
hin two fellow sailors, but even that
did no good. They were either sea
sick or else the cold and exposure had
gripped them 20 hard that they simply
could not handle tho oars. So my
sister and Mrs. Hoyt had to do the
work u those two incompetents.
ebat Mas oiakina.
As II wan the Carpathia came
none too soon. Tho coliapstble was
xettinK deeper and deeper IN the water
every moment. Il had left the Titanic
at exactly AIS BY my sisters watch
that u the time u hit the water
and the Titanic sank Ut s:so. When
my skaters boat WAS picked up Just
had sunk uuttl tn gnnwales were all
most hush with tho sea.
About half IA hour before tho Car
pafifja was sighted Second QnScoe.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-23
Cable Ship Nina Will Con-
tinue Search of Cape
Race for Bodies

MEN YORK. April 22.--The West
ern Linton Telegraph Company an
nounced tonight that 1t II Sending out
its cable ship Nina, to continue the
work Of searching for bodies In the
vicinity OF the scene OF the Titanic
disaster. that has been conducted for
the past two days by the cable ship
Mackay Bennett. The Mackay Ben
nett is returning to Halifax with the
bodies of those it picked up yesterday.
The Nina will probably get away
from Halifax late tonight.
Fifty Bodies Buried.
HALIFAX, n. s.. April 22.--Only
the embalmed bodies OF Titanic VIC
tins can be brought to port. the cable
snip Mackay- Bennett reports. The
remainder OF the fifty picked up from
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-23
STRIKE AVERTED
!. By JUDGE KNAPP
Grand Chief Stone of Loco
motive Engineers Agrees
to Armistice

NETWORK. April 92.-The threat
ened strike Of tho -, 900 engineers
on the Eastern railroads has been
'saverted. This result was brought
about early tonight BY the interview
Mon Of the Federal government with
its good offices, proposing that an
armistice be declared pending me-
gotiations looking to arbitration un-
der the Erdman act.
Martin A. Knapp. presiding Judge
OF the Court OF Commerce, and
missioner. sent a letter to the strike
managers, deploring the action earli-
err in the day, which precipitated q
situation that denoted the probable
ity OF the greatest railroad strike In
the history Of the country. They
suggested earnestly to Grand Chief
w. s. Stone, who has been In New
York. from Ceievland. on AM on for
three months, urging acceptance Of
the demands OF the brotherhood OF
Locomotive Engineers, for an In
crease OF their wares. that they be
permitted to- invoke mediation
through the Erdman law. To this
letter Grand Chief stone promptly
responded that he welcomed the pros
pect .of avertinG the strike through
letter was sent 10 4. u. Stuart, vice.
president OF the Erie railroad. who
has been acting ~ chAIrman Of q
Joint COMMITTEES 0f RAILROAD mama
gers. .s.
RallrOoda yc1lIlnea. .
From the Inception of the ne9otia-
lions. II II known that the railroads
have wanted to submit thu whole
case to 4 board " Arbltration to be
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-16

ent cold wave, which has geen felt
here for several days, and which is
the severest and most prolonged :,
the entire season. For the past week
the mercury has not gone above the
fifties, while the minimum tempera-
lures have ranged from the freezing
point to as low as %. Though the
weather has been characterized by
raw easterly winds and much rain,
Americus has fortunately escaped
both sleet and snow, while many
other cities in the same latitude or
lower have been plagued by these
arctic visitors.
All records of the local weather
station, which unfortunately date
back for only two years, have been
smashed to smithereens by the rains
anC cold of the present month and
that preceding. Though there have
been colder periods here, as for in
stance during the period of snow that
fell February Hip, 1899, it is doubt
full if the city has experienced
more prolonged or more disagreeable
cold wave in more than decade,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-16
gave BOY CONVICT
HIS own OVERCOAT
Jake Moore Had Kind Heart
as Story Shows

Atlanta, Ca, January 15.-A food
of "reminiscences are going the rounds
in the corridors of the capitol among
the old friends of Jake Moore, former
chief prison inspector and prominent
figure in Georgia politics, who died a
few days ago at Smyrna.
None of them is more characters
tic of the man as his friends knew
him than a story called to mind by
Captain Goodloe Yancey, of the state
prison board
While Mr.. Moore was prison inspec-
tor year ago, says Captain Y Yancey, he
happened to be down in South Georgia
during a freezing winter, and while
inspecting the camps in the pine and
turpentine woods happened to meet
all alone, young white boy convict
puny and evidently in i'll health, clad
only in the cotton convict garb, and
shivering in the wind.
"You look cold, my boy" comment
ed Jake Moore.
Eyes, sir; I'm almost frozen" said
the boy, and burst opt crying at
the unexpected kind word
Jake Moore looked around There
was nobody to see him and he slip
ped out of his own expensive over
coat and threw it over the boys
shoulders. Then he hurried away
without letting the youngster know
who had befriended him.
But the boy had to explain at the
convict camp where he had got the
coat, and he explained so well, that
somebody recognized Jake Moore's de-
scription. Nothing was said then,
but on the following Christmas from
South Georgia, Mr.. Moore received n
handsome new tailor-made overcoat.
He never did learn just exactly who
sent it,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-16

Americus is still in the grip of the
longest and severest cold wave that
has been experienced here during the
present winter or in many years.
All day yesterday the mercury how
cred about the freezing point, as it
had done the day before, and in the
afternoon when signs of clearing be-
came manifest after the wind had
shifted to the northwest the mercury
began to tumble down the tube.
Early in the afternoon it had goc-
ten to thirty degree, while every indi-
cation was that it would go steadily
downward during the night and
break every record for cold made here
this winter. Throughout the day
could be found small spots of ground
frozen in certain places, while as ear
iy in the evening as o'clock gen
eral freeze set in that soon stiffened
the moist ground everywhere, giving
an indication of what is to be eX-
pected this morning in the hardest,
freeze of the season.
The severe cold of last night and
today came as the climax of the pres
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-16

The wall now separating the coun-
Gil chamber from the corridor will be
allowed to remain, while the three
offices inside will be arranged as are
those in most bank buildings, where
a metal grill work is placed along
the front, with only partial petitions
separating the offices from each other.
This will permit easy communication
among the occupants of the three
offices and in this way greatly faclI-
tate the work to be done, as well as
supply conveniences and accommoda-
tions not easily gained. The changes
as regards the offices alone are well
worth the slight expense and trouble
that will be required.
The space now occupied by the
office of the city engineer and by the
corridor that runs back to the office
now occupied by the mayor will be
utilized for a council chamber, tht
walls separating the two being re
moved. The stairway at the end o
| the corridor, which leads to the fir
department quarters below, will alst
be moved and built into the sleeping
apartments of the fire laddies on tn
other side of the building, thereb,
giving much more convenience an
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-16
AMERICUS Will ENJOY A SERIES
OF CONCERTS BY NOTED ARTISTS
MISS BELL HAS ENGAGED ANNIE LOUISE DAVID RARPST OHN BARNES Wells
TENOR AND AUGUSTA COTLOE PIANIST TO GIVE PERFORMANCES HERE

Arrangements have been complet-
ed by Miss Annie May Bell which will
insure a series of three rare musical
treats for the music-lovers of Amer
icus during the present season. The
artists who have been engaged are of
International note, SO that the ex-
ceilence of their performance is as
sured.
The first engagement is that of Miss
Annie Louise David, harpist, who will
Gppeal in concert here Wednesday
niSf, beginning the series of three
Concerts with a musical performance
of exceptional sweetness and merit.
Miss David will come to Americus
from Cordele, where she will appear
in concert Tuesday evening
The second number on the musical
schedule is that of John Barnes
! Wells, the we'll known tenor, who will
appear here in February. This at
traction, being the only vocal artist
booked, will give unusual pleasure
to all who like pleasing and artistic
singing. Mr.. Barnes has been ap-
pearing on the concert stage for years
in this country and Europe, and his
appearance will be awaited here with
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-16

satisfaction. The Office now occupied
by the mayor will be utilized as an
office by Chief Macarthur of the fire
department.
In addition to the foregoing i'm
provements, the toilet and lavatory
facilities will be remodeled and made
more efficient A bath-tub will be
installed for the use of the members
of the fire department on the same
floor as their sleeping apartments,
adding greatly TO these facilities, as
at present the bath-tub is situated
down at one out-of-the-way corner OF
the building The equipment in the
| lavatory will be renewed and rear
ranged so as to give the greatest con-
venience possigle. The new arrange
venience possible. The new arrange
comfort of all the city officials who
have offices or who are quartered ir
the building
Bids for the work contemplated ar,
already being considered by severa
contracting firms which make a spe
cialty of the metal grill work that wi,
be a feature of the three main offices
and which should add greatly to thu
appearance of the interior of the
building, as we'll as to the conven
ience and comfort of all concerned.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-16
INTERIOR OF CITY HALL WILL Be
NEATLY REMODELED AND RENOVATED
DIGS on the Work Have Already Been Requested Offices on Second Floor Be
Thrown Together Council Chamber Will Be Shifted the Rear

'""S nave been arranged and con-
''S are being considered now for
'9nSiVe remodeling and renova-
ooD Of the second floor of the city
'"''' SO mat all the offices on the floor
'"l be together, while a new room
ber. '''''
a.a, e.'' Engineer Ansley has already
oba plans for the proposed
~ bo"seS which will add greatly to
~ 'ouiort and convenience of all
- s o"lces concerned, as we'll as to
n 1 'ouhcl chamber itself. The work
=, N"''ed contemplates the installation
~ 'on'eniences for the members Of
'Fe department also
,. ."0er the plans contemplated, the
-, ,'eLt council chamber will be made
NO 'Uree offices, while the office
n.n, used by the clerk and treasure,
raa os used as filing room for city
ar,s o,us and documents. Under thi.
nor, 1seiuent the office next to thai
claw, used by the clerk will be the
oBoa ONCE, while the two adjoining
gina. WIN be those of the city en-
tho ana the mayor respectively
rst. eOS placing all of these office,
e1' together on this floor.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-16
FOR FLOUR and
GRIST MILL A
NEED IS FELT
GREAT NEED SHOWN DAILY
Could Keep Much Money at
Home With Mil

Cmparison in the amount of trade
that goes out of Americus and which
ought in large part to be kept here
has led Mr.. Clarence j. White, secre-
tary of the Board of Trade, to advo-
cate the establishment in Americus OF
flour and grist mill in order to ac-
commodate those who wish to convert
corn and wheat into food without
sending it away from home.
"A recent example of how much
money goes away from the city, which
ought IN part at least to be kept here,
is shown by the record of local mer-
c-anr who ordered 200 barrels OF
flour. In order to get it easily in fig
ures, say that the flour cost S. per
barrel and that the merchant made
25 cents profit on each barrel. At this
rate, $50 of the $1,000, representing
the total cost of the flour, stays in
Americus, while the remainder goes
out of town.
1T is true, as has been said, that our
lands here are not as suitable for
growing wheat as are some other Sec
tions OF the nation, but the lsrg,
! aid9 D. wheat r'"de here per acr :;
during the past year have served to
snow that wheat cannot only be
grown here, but can be grown profit
ably. Much more wheat than is now
Z pwn can be raised, if good -four
mill is available, specially if grist
mil and -four mill are combined,
thereby enabling farmers to turn
wheat and corn into flour, grits and
meal at very little cost. AS it is
now they must send wheat out of the
county to get it ground.
"Diversiflcation of crops has been
preached and preached to the farmers
of this section, but how much more
will it be needed when the boil weevil
comes and cuts. down the production
Of cotton? A ready market and mill
for wheat and corn will then be a
necessity. Farmers of this county
need the advantages to. be afforded by
a combined grist and -four mill even
now, for the principle of a farmers
raising his own provisions is sound,
in time of prosperity or ad-
verify" s
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-16
PUSHING The ROCK
Hill COTTON plan
Vigorous Campaign Is On to
Hold Down Acreage

Edgefield, S. c., January 15.-Undel
what is known as the "Rock Hill
Plan" it now seems that system
ahc effort is going to be made to re.
ducc the cotton acreage of South Car
olina for 1912 The work is in the
han6s of State Superintendent ]. G
Anderson, who is hard at work per
fectiLg his plans. He has written
Mayer John G. Edwards of this place
a letter in regard to the matter, out
lining the work and requesting him tc
appoint a committee of three to work
up the plan in this county. Mr.. An
derson suggests in his letter to the
mayor that the committee be COM
posed of a banker, a merchants and
a farmer, who wall look after all OF
the details, such as raising funds TO
pay the county canvassers and to ap-
point the same The plan is princi-
pelly to secure from the farmers Of
the county their written pledges to
TT duce their acreage. The names of
all those who sign the agreement
viii be published fro mtime to time
to show the progress of the work.
An effort will be made to get the far
mers to agree to decrease their acre
age at least 25 per cent, as compared
With the acreage of 1911. 1t is gen.
orally conceded here that the only
way to keep up the price of cotton is
to reduce the number of bales made.
All other plans given to the public
about holding cotton and storing and
borrowing on it, do not meet the ap-
rloval of our people. They are busi
ness-like and know that with a.y
commodity supply and demand regu-
late the prices Make short crop
and up goes cotton; make such a
crop as we did this year, and it goes
down till the bottom drops out Hold
ing cotton does not reduce the sup
ply, and it causes loss to the farm
er in many ways, especially in the
interest that he will have to pay, as
well as storage. The Rock Hill plan
is the most business-like one yet sug-
gested; and if the farmers will cnly
take it up and carry it out, they will
get good prices next fall.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-16
rough HOUSE
RAISED BY AN
EX-HUSBAND
when Wife RECEIVED CALLER
Shot WifG's Father and Broth
GF, Slain Himself

Tmpa, Fla, January Unlicensed
because his wife, from whom he had
been separated six months, received
a young man caller yesterday after
noon, w. d. Moore shot and fatally
wounded his father-in-law, ]. R. Roo
inson, at the Robinson home at Area
dia, DeSoto county, and mas instant
ly killed by Robinson's son, The son,
John L. Robinson, is wounded, but not
fatally
The elder Robinson is president n9
the Gardner Lumber Company, one
of the largest in Florida.
Moore married a daughter of Roo
inson a. year ago, but they separated
and for the last six months Mrs
Moore has been living with her fa-
ther.
Robinson brought Moore home to
dinner in the hope of effecting rec
onciliation, which seemed about TO
be realized when a young man, whose
ldehtty' the tamlly is conceaI1ngs
came to call on Mrs Moore.
This aroused the anger of the hus-
hand, and he began to heap insults on
the family.
Robinson ordered Moore from the
house when the son-in-law fired threa
shots at the elder man and one at
the son, each taking effect. Young
Robinson took pistol from a mantle
in the room and shot Moore, killing
him instantly. The elder Robinson
is not expected to live until morning.
The son is not badly wounded,
The young man who was the cause
of the tragedy hurriedly left the VII
cinity when the first shot was fired.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-16
Still SAY
tom WILL RUN
FOR congress
GOSSIP PUTS HUDSON IN
The Race For House Seat in
This District

Atlanta, Ca, January 15.-Outsidt
of the race for governor chief inter
est will center undoubtedly around
the state department of agriculture
While Commissioner T. G. Hudson has
made no public announcement of his
plans, he has informed his friends that
it is his purpose to enter the race
for congress in the Third district
which, as the result of the transfer Of
Congressman Dudley M. Hughes 10
the new Twelfth, has left the Third
without a congressman. He will be
opposed by Charles R. Crisp, son of
the late Speaker Charles R. Crisp,
and now parliamentarian of con-
gress. Both of them live in Ameri-
Gus. Both of them live in Americus
and the fight will be an interesting
one.
This. leaves the field open for can
didates for commissioner of agricul-
ture, and so far there are five of
them, either announced or prospect
i've. Senator A. o. Blalock, of Fay
ette county, and former Senator ].
D. rice, of Oconee, are already ac-
tua in the race and now are
woI ng actively for the place Co..
w. u. Peek, of Rockdale, a well
known farmer and former Alliance
leader, is almost certain to come into
it, having stated his determination to
run. Then there are Capt. r. F.
Wright, assistant commissioner of
agriculture, and ]. ]. Conner, of Bar
tow, former president of the state ag-
ricultural society, both of whom long
have been known as candidates for
the place, and who have been XpecC-
ing to get into it as soon as Mr.. Hud-
son retired from the Office.
Should Commissioner Hudson re-
sign his office to make the race for
congress, which he likely would do,
though hardly until after the compile
ton by the committee of the pending
legislative investigation of his de-
partment, it will necessitate an ad
interim appointment to the office by
Governor Brown. Those interested in
the race profess to believe that Gov
ernor Brown would select for ap-
pointment some man who does not ex-
pect to be a candidate, thereby givin
no undue advantage to any of those
likely to be in the running. This is Z
reasonable supposition as it is plan
which has been followed customarily
by Georgia governors, except in few
cases controlled by political influ-
ences. If the appointment should fall
to any of those named above, it may
be taken as reasonably certain that
he will not be a candidate.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-16
much interest.

Last of the trio of artists who will
appear, but by no means the least. is
Miss Augusta Cottlow, pianist. who
has been secured through the special
efforts of Miss Bell, who is a close
friends of this well known artist. Miss
Cottow is native of Indiana, but for
years has been engaged in musical
work in London and on the continent.
1t is only rarely that she visits
America, and this will probably be
her farewell tour of this country.
Tickets to these performances may
be secured at the door of Miss RelPs
studio on the nights of the engage
ments, as all the concerts will be held
in the studio hall. Family tickets Civ.
ing admittance to all the members of
family, are on sale at $5 each.
These tickets are of exceptional value
and are sold to promote interest in
these unusually superior musical at
fractions. General admission is ST..
and season tickets are on sale at $3
each, giving admittance to each OF
the three performances. All music
students will be given their tickets at
reduced prices. ~
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-01-16
OYERSHOE FAMINE HAS
STRUCK ATLANTA, TOO
More Tlan 1850 Pairs Have Been
Sold Recently.

Atlanta, January 15.-During the
rast 4S hours more than $4,000 pairs
of rubber overshoes have been sold In
Atlanta, and the total supply is nearly
exhausted.
There is a regular rubber famine
in the regular mems and women's
sizes, and this morning sedate banD
presidents are appearing on the
streets with their feet wrapped up IL
pieces Of "crocus sack"
The street car motormen have re
sorted to tying bundles of old news
paper around their feet, to keep warn
and protect them from the snow ant
slush.