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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-07
PLAYERS MAY
MAKE TRIP TO
BUENA VISTA
INVITATION WAS EXTENDED
Play Could Be Given to Pack
ed House There

Strong demand has been made upon
the members of the cast who pre-
sented here recently an amateur play
to take the production to Buena Vista
and to present the play there at the
opera house. The manager of the
Buena Vista opera house promises a
full attendance upon the performance,
if the company will make the trip to
5hst place.
All the members of the company
are inclined to make the trip, in event
rlans can be satisfactorily arranged
to hat end. Even at popular prices of
25c, Csc and soc, it is thought that
the play can be given to house that
will prove a paying proposition for
the management and for the home
PLAYERS. while a cordial and hospita-
BILE time is assured the young players
if ey take the trip to Buena Vista.
Assurance has been given that the
house would be filled to its capacity,
$50.
One of the drawbacks to the trip is
the fact that the trains do not run so
as to make the trip easily made easily
within the compass Of a night, as
would be true if the trip were made to
some other places, where the train
schedules are better. 1t may be, how
ever, that the Buena Vista people who
wish the players from Americus to
make the trip will consent to enter
tain the players in their homes, so as
to make the expenses less.
So cordial is the invitation from
Buena Vista that the members of the
company feel very much inclined :
accept it. Many of them have already
discussed it, so that it will likely be
known very soon whether they wiz
consent to make the trip. 1t is be-
lieved that it would be made success
in every way, both to the manage
ment at Buena Vista and to the mem
bers of the club.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-07

him to make a report that will be
trustworthy in every particular. His
training in this work has been thor
ough and enables him to qualify as
an expert in an undertaking of this
kind. The firm which he represents is
one of the best in the South, and it
was for that reason that it was select
ed by the railroad commission to un-
dertake the valuation of the local
plant. The members of the commits
sion have complete confidence in the
report that is to be submitted by Mr..
Colomon.
No inkling whatever was given out
here by Mr. Solomon as to the out
come of the investigation and valua-
ton which he has already in sub
stance completed, though his final re-
port will not be in shape to be sub
mitted to the railroad commission be-
fore next week. Though he made 4
visit to the city officials and to the
Officials of the Americus Gas and
Electric Company, Mr.. Solomon spent
most of his time engaged directly in
tbe work of valuation of the property,
having committed himself in no sense
to either of the views which are SO
generally held by the two political
factions in the city. The tabulation
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-07
CAPT. WRIGHT REGARDED
AS SURE CANDIDATE

Atlanta, March 6.-That Captain Bob
Wright, who quits the Office of assist
ant when his Chief, Tom Hudson, quits,
IS himself thinking of running for the
office of Commissioner of Agriculture,
S now known to a certainty in Atlanta
Captain Wright would like very
much to be commissioner, and he has
many friends who believe he would
fill the office with credit to himself and
to the state. 1t is considered probable
that if he receives sufficient assurance
of support he will run
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-07
MRS. GAINES
IS The BRIDE OF
CULLODEN Man
Couple viii Make Their Home
in CullOdCn

A romantic marriage of interest to
many in Americus occurred yester
day afternoon in Macon, when Mrs.
Sarah w. Gaines became the bride OF
Mr. ]. o. Holmes, a wealthy citizen
of Culloden., Ga The marriage was
solemnized in the parlors of the
Brown House, and Immediately the
newly welded couple left by automo-
bile for the handsome home of the
groom in Culloden.
Mrs, Gaines has resided several
years in Americus, and has many
friends here who will extend sincerest
congratulations Mr.. Holmes is a
merchant and banker of Culloden, and
well worthy of the bride he has won.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-07
CHRISTIAN HAS
HAD HIS HANDS
MORE Than full
LONGS FOR few DRY DAYS
As 1t Is, He Is Making Good
Progress in Road Repairs

County Engineer Christian has had
his hands full ever since he assumed
charge of the roads for Sumter and
began to supervise the operations of
the convicts engaged on that import
ant work
Hardly had he started in as the di-
recting force than the unprecedented
rains set in, flooding the creeks and
other streams, carrying away bridges,
washing out roads, and otherwise gen.
orally demoralizing things in all di-
rections.
Even then, if the rains had subsided,
as is generally the case, it would not
have taken long with his large force
of able bodied conyicts to have recon-
structed the main roads and gone to
work in the minor avenues. But there
have never been enough dry days in
the past ten weeks for the work of
the convicts to tell, it would seem.
Just about as quickly as the con
victs get in the field and it looks as
though effective operations could be
undertaken the gates of the clouds
open and down comes the rain. Fiji
teen or more inches have fallen since
the year opened and the end doesn't
yet seem in sight.
Every nerve has been strained by
the engineer and the men at his COM
mand to make progress, but every
one knows that when it is impossible
to get more than one or two clear days
at time the work must necessarily
be greatly retarded. AS it is, much
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-07

the flights unusually well in spite Aot
the weather.
Congratulations are due the Board
of Trade and especially to those wh3
aided by diligent personal efforts to
make the meet success. Had the
weather conditions been perfect, the
grounds could hardly have held the
huge crowd that would have assem-
bled to see the flights. AS it was,
the exhibit was pronounced great
success in spite of the handicaps that
were experienced in the way of Sc
lecting a more inviting day.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-07
HARD
TO SWITCH HON.
tom HUDSON
into RACE FOR GOVERNOR
0mith Mnn WaDt Him tO ROaI
Smith Men Want Him to Beat
SIatOD With

Savannah Ga, March GA special
to the Morning News from Atlanta
says:
A recent story in the Atlanta Jour
nal stating that there is an "insistent
demand from his friends all over
Georgia" that Commissioner Hudson
get into the race for governor is con-
strued by politicians to mean that
the Hoke Smith faction is trying
to force Mr.. Hudson into the guberna
torial race.
The story with a two-column cut Of
the retiring commissioners of agricul-
ture, was given the most prominent
place in the paper, and it went on
to declare over and over again that
Mr.. Hudson is being importuned by
friends in every section of the state
to run for governor.
This announcement, coupled with the
fact that no Hoke Smith candidate has
yet made his appearance on the hori-
zon, is naturally construed to mean
that the Smith faction is looking to
Mr. Hudson as a possible candidate to
put up in opposition to President John
M. Slaton of the senate.
Friends of Mr. Hudson declare that
he was fully vindicated by the legisla-
tive investigation and report; his po-
litical enemies hold to it that he was
shown to have made use of the power
given him under the law, to build up
for himself political machine
throughout the state, of which he
proposed to make use in furthering his
political ambitions.
Mr.. Hudson has given no intimation
as to whether he will yield to impor-
tunities to get into the race for gov
ernor. He has already announced his
candidacy for congress from the Third
congressional district, and says only
that his present plan is to make the
race for that Office
1t begins to look as if Mr.. Hudson is
the one last hope of the Smith faction
to secure opposition to Mr. Slaton.
The others have fallen out one by one,
and it is not now thought that there
is any likelihood of Attorney General
T. S. Fielder taking up the burden.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-07


eSA.SsS4~1~~~e~~~~~
Iu spite Of weather conditions taat
were Un2ertain, in addition to their
bciHg aw and disagreeable, Aviator
Robert G. Fowler gave two successful
flights in his Wright bi-plane fcoul
the campus of the Agricultural Col
icge Yesterday afternoon before g
large crowd of interested spectators.
AT almost exactly 4 O'Clock Avia-
,or Fowler rose gracefully from the
ground and circled II field twice be-
tore he set out to make circuit OF
the city. This was the main flight
Of the afternoon and occupied about
twenty-five minutes. The aviator went
as far across the city from the place
where he ascended as the Central de-
pot, having risen to a maximum alti
tude of $50 feet before he des1
cended.
The second and last flight of the af
ternoon consumed only a short time,
as the crowd had been pretty well
satisfied by the first flight, which was
comparatively long. At the conclus-
ION of the second flight the announce
ment was made that there would be
no further flights, as the crowd began
to leave very rapidly. Each time the
aviator landed, the crowd rushed Gag
erly 'oward the aeroplane, where it
was difficult at time to prevent the
machine from being damaged
Mrs Fowler, mother of the aviator,
greeted her son after the first flight,
ana both held an informal reception,
number of persons, especially ladies,
having been given the opportunity to
meet Mr., Fowler, who is an unmarried
man. The aviator stated after the
hrst flight that conditions were ideal
Tor the flights, with the exception Of
the cold, which was very pronounced.
Inc wind blew steadily. without gusts,
and its velocity was just about what
was required to make the flights safe
and easily accomplished.
Inc bi-plane used by Fowler was OF
the Wright make, and is the same
machine with which he recently flew
'Hm Los Angeles, California, to Flor
'a across the continent. The ma
0Hhe originally cost $500. 1t bore
lhnumerable autographs. but it was
Ieiuarkab'y clean and serviceabl9
"hen the amount of service it has
seen is taken into consideration. There
was no mishap whatever in the handl-
ing of the machine yesterday after
Ion and the engine responded per-
iecty
As $40 of the $500 due the aviator
uAuer the guarantee made by thc
i'oai d OF Trade was still due yester-
""y afternoon before the flights be-
san tue work of raising this amount
was voluntarily undertaken BY
Messrs. Cliff Clay, Crawford Wheatley
noihas Harold and ]. H. Baker, witt
me result that it was subscribed with
III a short time, Mr.. Clay having add
"a ms services yesterday afternoon tt
,ne persistent and diligent work which
nc mad given to the collection of thc
MAJOR part of the guarantee fund.
10 the students of the Agriculture
Noilege who lent their assistance il
policing the grounds so as to kee,
'ack the crowds from the aeroplane
great credit is due for the work whicl
'Hey accomplished SO well, severa
members of the local police force hav
ing also assisted in this way. TIL
crowd was very orderly and enjoye
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-07
DERATLED CARS HELD
UP TRAIN An HOUR

Northbound Central passenger train
No. 6 due in Americus at 2:O5 D. m..
arrived more than an hour late yester-
day, but in time for many passengers
from towns below here to see ehe
aeronlane ascension.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-07

G. Hudson, former state commission
er of agriculture, would run for gov
ernor at the next election was predict
ed by his friends here today. A meet
ing was held in his behalf and it was
said that formal announcement from
him might be Forthcoming in the near
future.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-07
TO FIRE THE
FIRST GUN OF
Fight TONIGHT
AT CITIZENS CLUB MEETING
Called to Meet at AFmOfy to
Discuss Election
CITIZENS CLUB MEETING.

There will be meeting of all the
citizens who are in favor of the city
issuing bonds to build its own lighting
plant at the A. L. l. Armory tonight
at 7:3O o'clock.
THE CITIZENS CLUB.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-07

The Associated Press last night cir
culated the following dispatch:
Atlanta, Ca, March 6.--That Thos
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-07

A dispatch from Atlanta to the Ma
con Evening News of yesterday says.
1t is definitely known today that
Thomas G. Hudson will run for gov.
ernod, though as yet he has made no
formal announcement.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-03-07
LARGE CROWD VIEWED FOWLER IN
SUCCESSFUL FLIGHTS YESTERDAY

Aviator Cc Over City Preliminary Flight Then Made Second Flight of Shorter
Duration Around Field Large Crowd Many Of Whom Came From Out Of Town.
Braved Raw Weather See First AerOne Flights Ever Given Ame
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-23

spite Of his ninety years, He lived to
z hundred. and h!s son. the Rev,
Charles Leslie. OF Glasgow was sd
Jealous In behalf Of James H.. after
IN history. vat he started the war In
| ireland which terminated In the ba,tla
OF tn Eoyne. Sir John Leslie Is his
great great-gTandson.
Lady Constance Leslie is 4 sister OF
the fourth Earl OF Portarlington. and
u daughter OF that Minnie Seymour,
! VINO was the adopted daughter OF Mrs
tatzher0ert and OF George ". Minnie
seymour, younger son of the frs; Mar
gu!s Of itertford. HIS wife was the
i0yelicst OF the three beautiful Ladies'
! W4ldegrave, siepdaughters OF the royal
Duke OF Gloucester Lady HoratiL
Seymour was extremely delicate. and
VA, Was taken by her husband TO Madeira.
Them The youngest, Minnie. then a
baby OF eighteen months, was left un-
der the charge Of Mrs. F4tzherDer;.
LORD Hugh was the naval 4. II, c. OF
George ~. then prince regent and had
mus come TO know and to like very
much the lady whom his master had
sGcretiy welded ccciesinsiically, but
who was not his wife in law.
Lord Hugh and Lady Horutia Sey-
! Inour died within few months of QUO
another and when the viii Of the for.
msr came to hand. It was found tina,
guardianship Of their uncles, Lord
Eustcn. and Lord Henry Seymour.
Minnie vas not named, as she was nor
born when the Will was made, ana
when the executors asked for the SUR
render of this child. by Mrs. FitZhcr-
bert. the latter, who had become de-
yotedl attached 20. the little GIRL, in.
sisted on retaining her The Prince Of
Wales sided with Mrs. Fitzherbcrt, ana
the case was carried into court, and
through the various courts TO the
W Ito4se OF Lords The then Prince OF
Wales personally canvassed the votes
OF the latter, declaring that ne had
promised Lady Eoraua Seymour. on her
dcathbcd, TO be father and protector
through life to her daughter Minnie"
and pledginG himself to settle $4,000
! upon her
Finally the case ended in compro-
mise; the Marquis OF Hartford. as head
Minnic's guardian-in-iaw, but delegat-
ing his duties as such to Mrs. Fitzher-
pert as his deputy. The negotiations
between tne Marquis of Hert ord and
latter's infatuation for the marchIon
ess, and to bis consequent desertlon OF
Mrs, Fitzherbert. SO that 1t was said uf
q husband"
Minnie was. however. treated in tho
most fathsrly manner by George w,
and on her twenty-frst birthday he
sent her a draft for 100000. with IL
Kind little note. She married from
Mrs. tit2herbertS house Colonel Geo.
DaWson-Damer, and Inherited the very
! large fortune of her adaptive mother
When the former Minnie Seymour died.
as Mrs. DawsOn-Damer, she left all the
property which She had inherited from.
Mrs. fitzherbort. and which she had
| received from George w, to be divided
between her son. Lionel Dawson Dam
ar, who succeeded his cousin as fourth
Earl of Portarllngton, and his Sister
Lady Constance, now tho venerable
wife of old Sir John Leslie.
! Copyright, 1912. by the Brentwood
Company
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-23
The Rosemary Library.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir,-The following statement ap-
pears in this mornings paper:
But the demand for u public library
is entirely untitled. The Rosemary
Library is private subscription Ii
brary. having only works OF hction
and catering to limited class"
Had the writer of this entirely un-
true statement taken the pains TO WIS.,
II the Rosemary Library he could
never have made such u serious error.
The Rosemary Library is not pri-
vate library, nor does It cater u any
special class Its shelves contain about
1850 volumes OF fiction and 3,261 vol
umes of history and biography art,
reference. essays, ETC., and many books
arc out in the hands of readers.
The Rosemary Library, had the PEG.
pie of Richmond aided 1t by liberal
donations. could have done a far
greater work than 1t hAs done. BY
much appreciated help from the city
1t keeps open its doors and does very
important work,
The Rosemary Library makes no op.
position to the establishment OF n
great city library. Far from IL; but
until tho establishment OF such IL
bray why Try to injure this one when
Is already here, and in Its unobtrusiva
way Is n great help to many men, wo-
men and children?
ONE WHO KNOWS.
January %, 1912.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-23
any soCIAI.IsTs.r

No doubt IT Is true. as stated in
Berlin specials to several OF the Sun
day papers, that the Kaiser is griev-
ously disappointed and greatly sngerei
nj the result of the late Re'chstag
elections. II was a result lituo short
OF soc!alis, landslide, both In re-
spect of popular vote and the number
OF Socialist members returned.
The former tolaled over 100000 as
against $4,000 in 1907. while the
number OF seats secured was eighty
one. Nor Is that the end, nor tho
worst OF It, so far as the Kaiser is con-
cegYed. The clear indications arc that
in the second elections the party will
make stln further seat gains. running
their group up to at least 100, IL not
lo5, and possibly capturing two of
the hitherto impresnablc conscrva-
tive strongholda.
no wonder, therefore the Kaiser is
disappointed ana angered. The popular
yerdic; a" voiced in tho SOCIALIST vote,
which REPRESENTED nearly 40 per cent.
Of the vote OF the empire, amounts to
a revolutionary vote, ana under a form
log government embracing ministerial
responsibility, such as obtains IN Eng
land would. through the representa-
ton II has returned ;,lrcady ana us as
aumed additions, come very near tc
throwing the government out.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-23
JEFFERSON ON WOMEN IN POLL
TICS.

In the year 1855. when Louis XVI
was vainly endeavoring to prevent the
revolution by throwing sops to the
populace, Thomas Jefferson was the
Omitted States minister at Paris. I'm
der date OF December {. in that year,
Jefferson wrote President Washington,
and after describing the condition at
Paris. declared that he felt there was
sinister and DANCE rous influence,
which had not buen sufficiently under
stood or guarded against by the King
and his Cabinet. Perhaps II would be
better to give Jeffersons fears in his
own language. and this Is how he ex-
pressed himself:
TN my opinion, a kind OF influence
which mono OF their plans OF reform
takes into account will elude them all;
] mean the influence of women in tho
government. The manners OF the ma
ton allow them to welt. alone. all per
tons In office. to solicit the AFFAIRS Of
the husband. family or friends, and
their solicitations bid defiance to laws
and regulations. This obstacle may
seem less to those who, like our
Of considering right as barrier
against all solicitation. Nor can such
an one. without tho evidence of his
own eyes. believe In the desperate
state TO which things are reduced in
this country from the omnipotencc Of
I'm Influence which, fortunately for
the happiness OF the sex Itself. does
not endeevor to extend Itself In our
country beyond the domestic line"
To-day, a century and q quarter al
ter these words were written, the leg
islative halls OF Virginia are thronged
with representatives. OF that same
spirit and that same sex whose facil-
ity in visiting "all persons In office"
seemed to jefferson SO wholly subver-
.ive OF good government and wise ad-
ministration.
The sage OF Monticello, like the
Holy Scriptures. is quoted by every
body for every purpose. There seems
hardly any doubt as to the !nterpre-
tation to be placed upon the quotation
we have given above, nor of the opin.
ion that Jefferson would express We're
he TO see in Virginia the same agrees
slve, f.r-reach!ng and persistent In
fuence OF women which produced in
his mind such d deep and unfavorable
impression the year before the French
Revolution.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-23

as the term covers French socialism
f! especially. They do not by any means
I accept the Socialist creed outright
Millions of Germans affiliated with the
Socialist organization are simply al
( tho last protcstnnts against existing
conditions. and have united with that
| organization In order to work out
what the" consider essential reforms.
| which tho older parties cannot be
| trusted to concede or grant
The party as a whole. Is. after all,
vastly moro d-mocratic than socialis-
tic. and the Increasing trend of It's
representatives in tho Re chstag to-
wards conservatism and opportunism
proportionately with increase OF re-
sponsibility leaves it'll. doubt of It's
final evolution into pure democracy.
In that fact lies It's greatest strength,
and there II has succeeded in putting
the Kaiser most markedly on the do
fensive before both the muss Of his
own subjects and the advocates of true
constitutional and representative gov
crnment the world over.
Democracy triumphant in Germany
means tho surrender OF some of the
crowns most cherished prerogutives.
1t Is natural that the Kaiser should
die hard and struggling on the pro-
position. but he Is no fool. He knows
as we'll how FAR to go on domestic as
on foreign issues; he knows when
and how to save his face. However
Incorporate and violent his uttcrances
ut times, he keeps his ear TO tho
ground
Hence It is pretty safe to forecast
Tint he will finally conclude that my
red Hood Is not SO red Us II looks.
and no: take the chances of going
further and faring worse by dissolv.
Ing the Relchstag. particularly seeing
that his combination In tho body Will
be still strong enough In any ovent
10 carry through the general policy Of
the government, and, save for a few
of the extreme irreconcilables, the
Socielist leaders are becoming steadily
less uncompromising with acquisition
of more power
Even Herr Bebel struck the Kaiser a
disarmlng blow by declaring during
the height OF the excitement over the
Moroccan question that Socialist re-
pugnance to militarism notwithstand-
Ing, j. IT came to war the Socialists
would stand fast to the cause OF the
Fatherland.