Georgia Historic Newspapers

    VdL. IX.
FIGHT TO OUST RUM
, FROM ALABAMA FOR
ALL TIMEIS BEGUN
Election for Statutory Prohibition
Is on—Antis Try With Brass
Bands to Drown Prayers of
i Women Prohibitionists.
AMENDERS AND DEFENDERS
ARE CLAIMING VICTORY
9
• Committee of Ladies and Children
Are at the Polls in the Interest
of Antis—Clear Weather
Greeted Voters.
(By Associated Pratt.)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Nov. 29.-A band
of music paraded around each of the |
four voting places in Birmingham early
today to crown out the prayers and
singing and pleadings of the women and
children who also gathered early In the
morning In an effort to influence votes
for the constitutional amendment for pro
hibition.
Deputy sheriffs and extra policemen are
on duty around the polls, the excitement
being intense here. Reports received early
in the morning at the state headquarters
of the amendists were to the effect that
a good vote could be expected and a ma-
• Jortty looked for on the
w At the anti-amendment headquarters
_ ’ the statement was given out today that
a landslide can be looked for against the
amendment
When the women began singing and
praying the bands struck up “Dixie** or
some rag-time music around the polls.
All business in Birmingham is practically
suspended today.
* . The actual wording of the constitution
al amendment, on the ratification of
which the people of Alabama are voting
today, is as follows:
ARTICLE NINETEEN.
Section I—The manufacture, sale and
keeping for sale of alcoholic and mait
liquors and other intoxicating beverages
shall be forever prohibited in this state,
but alcohol may be sold for medical,
scientific and mecnanlcal purposes, and
wine for sacramental purposes. under
such regulations as the legislature may
have prescribed or may hereafter pre
scribe.
See. 3—Nothing in the constitution of
Alabama shall be construed to prevent the
legislature under the police power from
designating places where such liquors may
not be.stored or kept.
FORCED TO APOLOGIZE
The only incident out of the ordinary
around the polls in Birmingham up to
’* noon today in the election for constitu
tional prohibition»took place at the court
house box. where nearly 1.000 men will
vote.
A voter was approached and asked to
y allow a white bow to be pinned on his;
coat. The voter said that no lady would*
approach a man she did not know on thei
streets. The woman burst into tears and *
a big crowd gathered. An apology was I
forthcoming and trouble was narrowly
averted. The women are swarming all
four of the polling places in Birmingham
and at noon sandwiches and coffee were
served the managers and watchers in the
polls. Intense feeling is reported from
several parts of the state and a big Vote
is being polled. At Woodlawn a fight
took place and two arrests were made
by deputy sheriffs.
Reports received this afternoon at the;
state headquarters of the pro and anti- ■
amendists Indicate that a strong vote is
being polled throughout the state. Women
are at the polls at many places and their
influence is being felt.
AMENDMENT WILL CARRY.
While all reports are estimates, the in
dications at this hour are that the |
amendment will carry. Jefferson county
is. full of excitement and trouble is look-I
ed for at any moment. Three thousand •
people gathered at the court house box
by 1 o'ckxjk this afternoon, and the i
acenes here were never before witnessed
on an election day.
Women Are on Duty
At Montgomery Polls
MONTGOMERY. Ala.. Nov. 8.-With
ideal weather and great enthusiasm, the
maximum authorised vote will no doubt
be polled at the prohibition amendment
election in Alabama today. Following up
their organised fight for the amendment,
women of the W. C. T. U. are on duty
at every box. Voters without white rib
* bona find it impossible to escape them.
Quite often children's committees are
present to aid tn influencing the fran
chise
The total state vote will run probably
to 90.600 with 20.000 Republican.
There is no indication of hard feelings,
though this (Montgomery) county is con
ceded against the amendment.
Votes Are Challenged
In Mobile County
> MOBILE. Ala., Nov. day
In Mobile county, where a large majority
. is confidently expected against the con
stitutional amendment, opened with clear
skies, and much interest was shown
from the start. Members of the W. C. T.
V. and other women are at the polls
with coffee and sandwiches urging men
to vote for the amendement. The voting
began early and at noon was heavy.
A band of women wearing while
badges and carrying banners are parad
ing the streets in a tally-ho singing
•■Vote For the Amendment and Save the
Home,” "Vote For Home and Mother,"
and other songs to the tune of popular
airs. Challenges of votes are numer
ous
At noon the claim wm made that the
amenders In every ward In the city were
delaying the vote, by slowly going over
the list for the name of each person
called.
i The presence of women at the polls
here was apparently a failure. While
treated with all courtesy and at times
cheered by both sides, sandwiches and
coffee were generally declined.
Expect to Defeat
Prohi Amendment
/ WEST POINT, Ga_, Nov. 29.-The poll
for the amendment at noon today seem
ed to be about 5 to 1 in opposition.
Much interest is manifested by both
sides.
No disturbances. It is expected this
will defeat prohibition amendment by
overwhelming majority.
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Atlanta Semi-weekly Journal.
MINISTERS WIRE
BISHOP TO KEEP
DAVESINATLUNTA
Meeting of Methodist Ministers
Results in Emphatic Resolu
tions Which Were Immedi
ately Forwarded.
BIGHAM’S APPOINTMENT
RESULTS IN A PROTEST
First Meeting Was at Trinity and
Second Meeting Was Held at
First Methodist behind
Closed Doors.
The Methodist ministers of Atlanta have
taken formal action to stay ths order of
Bishop E. R. Hendrix transferring Dr. J.
T. Daves, presiding elder of the Atlanta
district, to St. John's church, Augusta,
and Rev. R. J. Bigham, from the pastor
ate of that church to the presiding elder's
office of the Atlanta district.
A resolution addressed to Bishop Hen
drix. said to have been telegraphed to
him immediately after Its adoption, was
adopted by the ministers Monday morn
ing at the First Methodist church, at a
secret meeting in tlje Sunday school room
of the church.
This resolution, said to have mentioned
no names. Is reported to have taken the
form of a request to the bishop that there
be no change in the presiding eider's
office of the Atlanta district.
The meeting at which this resolution
was passed, was held behind closed
doors. It followed the regular Monday
morning meeting of the Atlanta minis
ters in Trinity church. From Trinity the
ministers composing the regular meeting
dispersed, to gather again a half an hour
or so later at the First Methodist, across
town.
Some 15 or 30 ministers attended the
First Methodist churdit meeting. There
is said to have been much discussion of
the resolutions before their adoption,
some of it acrid. Names were mention
ed then, though the resolution omitted
them.
ACTION WITHOUT PRECEDENT.
This action by the Atlanta minlstera
Is said to be almost without prece- I
dent in the annals of the ministry.
The bishop's assignments have hereto
fore been looked upon as closed to
comment after their announcement, par
ticularly comment from the clergy of
the conference.
Recently the officers of St John’s
church, Augusta, met and drafted a pro
test to Bishop Hfcnarlx against the
assignment of Rev. R. J. Bigham to
their pulpit asking that some other
minister be appointed. This action
stirred a furore in the Methodist
church of the North Georgia confer
ence. It precipitated a strenuous dis
cussion the echoes of wnlch had hardly
begun to die when came the announce
ment Sunday, Bishop Hendrix
had acceded to the protest and or
dered the transfer of Dr. Daves with
Rev. Bigham.
Now for the first time the voice of
brother ministers of Rev. Bigham is
heard in the matter.
What the result of their action will
be is a matter open to conjecture.
FACTIONS AKE INVOLVED.
Apparently the resolution adopted
Monday morning by the ministers at
their secret meeting is prompted solely
by friendliness to or. Daves and a
wish for the continuance of the pres
ent regime.
It is gnown, however, that there is
an element In It which relates directly
to Rev. Bigham, who was presiding
elder of the Atlanta district several
years ago, and during whose incum
bency here there arose in the North
Georgia conference what is occasionally
referred to as “the Bigham regime,"
which had pronounced opposition.
It is known, too. that though the reso
lution of Monday morning may have been
adopted by clerical friends of Dr. Daves, '
their action is directly in conflict with
the attitude of Dr. Daves’ stanchest lay
friends, whose Influence was largely re
sponsible (according to excellent author
ity) for the transfer of Dr. Daves and
Rev. Bigham. It is known that more
than one or two prominent members of
the Atlanta Methodist laity were in com
munication with Bishop Hendrix during
the Interval between the Augusta ■
church's protest and the announcement
of the transfer, and that they urged the
transfer upo nthe bishop as offering the
best solution of two embarassed situa
tions—one of them the situation at St.
John's. Augusta, and the other entirely
distinct, as shown below.
It was believed by these Jay friends of
Dr. Daves that the charitable preachings
of their church could be best upheld be
fore the world by giving Rev. Bigham
an even better assignment than the St.
John's pulpit, rather than to send him
to some smaller church.
ANOTHER SITUATION.
The other situation lay in the Atlanta
SIOO FOR AGNES SCOTT COMES
FROM LAFAYETTE, LA., BANKER
From a friend of Atlanta and Agnes
Scott college in Lafayette, La., comes
the latest contribution to the Agnes Scotl
endowment fund.
• N. P. Mose, president of the First Na
tional bank of Lafayette, sends his draft
ifor (100 to The Journal, accompanying
it with a letter that is itself almost as
• worthy of appreciation as the draft.
*. Mr. Moss was one of the members of
the recent Journal-Herald national high
way tour, coming through with that tour
from New York to Atlanta in the White
i Star car. No. 29, the Atlanta-made car.
1 He proved himself to be a rare traveling
companion, endearing himself by his per
sonality and his courtesy to all the oth
er members of the big party. In away.
he is Interested in Atlanta, and in her
big institutions of learning, for he is
one of the largest DCockholders In the
ATLANTA WANTS
TO KEEP HIM HERE
. b, i
MEV. JOEIa T. DAVES, D. D.
FAFF WANTS MORE -
CONTROLOF ROAOS
Confers With Wickersham, Elki is
and Cummins on the Proposed
Amendment to Interstate Com
merce Act. i
I— I ■
(By Associated Fresi.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—The president
today conferred regarding the proposed
amendment to the interstate commerce
act with Attorney General Wtckersham,
Senator Cummins and Senator Elkins.
It is announced that the president will
exert every reasonable Influence to make
the laws governing transportation strong
er in control over the railroads and in
'benefits to the shipping public and the
masses.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—Recommend
ations which they hoperthe president will
incorporate in his annual message were
laid before the executive today by Samuel
Gompers, John Mitchell, James O'Connell
and Frank Morrison.
The foremost of these concerned the is
suance of injunctions by federal judges
I and exemption of labor organixations
from certain provisions of the Sherman
anti-trust act. The president practically
has decided to make no detailed recom
mendations regarding the Sherman act
because specific recommendations now
might be construced as an attempt to in
fluence the supreme court, where impor
tant case involving the act are pending.
This decision is a decided change from
his attitude of a few weeks ago.
Meagher Dies of Pneumonia
MANILA. Not. 29.—Thomas Meagher, son of
tbe Irish patriot, died today of pneumonia, fol
lowing an attempt at suicide while temporarily
insane from a nervous breakdown. He was a
graduate of West Point and bad lived many
years in Montana and California. For several
years he bad occupied minor positons in the
government here.
Parent Returns After 20 Years
CHICAGO, Nov. 29.—Henry Deplldge,
for 24 years separated from his children ;
and supposed by them to be dead, walked |
into the house of one of his daughters in
Chicago Saturday night, and yesterday
there was a family reunion in which four
generations were represented.
district, and related to Dr. Daves himself. >
There was no little attempt made during
the recent conference session in Atlanta
to bring strong Influence to bear upon;
Bishop Hendrix for the transfer of Dr. ;
Daves. This resulted fruitlessly. Dr. j
Daves knew of it.
A friend quotes the doctor as having
said that at one time he contemplated
himself asking the bishop to transfer
him. Co-operation in some quarters has
not been as cordial as it should have
been during several months past. By
the transfer of Dr. Daves, his friends
believed, matters would resolve them
selves more agreeably for him.
DAVES FRIEND OF BIGHAM.
Another influence that is assumed to
have operated strongly for the transfer
of Dr. Daves with Dr. Bigham is the
former's known charity and friendli
ness for the latter's cause, which is
sai to have come up for considerable
discussion in the meetings of the
bishop and his cabinet during the con
ference when the list of appointments
was being made up.
In justice to Dr. Daves it should be
expressly stated that he has taken no
part in the matter since Bishop Hen
drix announced the appointments, not
even in the present transfer involving ■
himself.
On the other hand, he stated to'
friends Monday that he is ready to
obey the bishop’s orders without com
ment. Dr. Daves has administered- the
affairs of his office capably during the
two years that he has been presiding
elder, and many warm friends would
regret to see him leave the city.
White Star Automobile company.
Mr. Moss writes that he esteems it a
privilege to be a contributor to the fund.
Here is his letter:
LAFAYETTE. La., Nov. 27, 1909.
Editor of The Atlanta Journal:
I have been following with Interest, in
The Journal, the campaign for the en
dowment fund of Agnes Scott college.
The high merit of this college as an
institution of learning, and its consecra
tion to the work of elevating and
strengthening womanhood—this earth’s
most precious possession—makes it a
privilege to be a contributor to its sup
port; and I therefore take pleasure in
inclosing herewith c bank draft for (100
for that object, as the humble "mite" of
a southerner and a patron of Agnes Scott
college. Yours truly,
(Slgncdj - JL P. MOSS.
ATLANTA. GEORQIA. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30,1909
AWARDS DECLARED
AND $4,000 DOES
TO NINECOUNIIES
Two Carolinas and Virginia Di
' vide Honors in Southern Division
—Road Judges Announce De
cision in Big Contest.
CHECKS ARE MAILED
TO WINNING COUNTIES
Greenville County, S. 0., Bessemer
i City Townsjiip, N. 0., and De
| Kalb County, Ga., Share South
's era Bell Prize Money.
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♦ Here Are the Prize Winners ♦
♦ * ♦
♦ Following are the prize-winning ♦
♦ counties in The Atlanta Journal- ♦
♦ New York Herald national highway ♦
♦ good roads competition. The prizes &
♦ were awarded by a committee of ♦
three judges of national reputation. ♦
♦ Here are the winners: ♦
♦ ATLANTA JOURNAL PRIZES. „ ♦
♦ First, 31,000, Guilford county, ♦
♦ N. C. ♦
♦ Second, MOO, Sgartanburg county, ♦
♦ S.C. ♦
♦ Third, $260, Henry County, Va. ♦
♦ NEW YORK HERALD PRIZES. ♦
♦ First, SI,OOO, Mercer county, N. J. ♦
♦ Second, SBOO, Jefferson county, W. ♦
♦ Va. ♦
♦ Third, S2BO, Rockbridge county, ♦
♦ Va. ♦
♦ SOUTHERN BELL PRIZES. ♦
♦ First, $250, Greenville county, ♦
♦ £. C. ♦
♦ Second, SSO. Bessemer City town- ♦
♦ ship, N. C. ♦
♦ Third, SIOO, DeKalb county, Ga. ♦
♦ Aggregating $4,000 prize money, ♦
♦ distributed among nine winners. ♦
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At last the prise winners In The Jour
nal-Herald good roads competition along
the national highway from New York to
Atlanta are ready for publication.
Messrs. A. L. Westgard, of New York;
J. H. Pratt, of Chapel Hill, frt C.. and
Charles H. Hoyt,-of Washington, D. C.,
the three very competent gentlemen who
consented to act as judges in that com
petition, have performed their duties well
and thoroughly. They have been content
with no hasty judgment. They have boil
ed their thoughts down and distilled an
'essence from the voluminous notes they .
took- during ten days upon more than a ‘
thousand miles pt flitghway. Since the
conclusion of the tour jb Atlanta on No
vember 3, those three judges have not
been idle. The report which they have
now signed, and which is published here
with simultaneously with its publication
in the New York Herald, is a document
that represents much thought and that
will just begin its effectiveness with its
publication.
Forty-one counties in nine states of the
union are traversed by the highway; and
the claims of each of those 41 counties to
participation in the prize money have
been carefully weighed. Four thousand
dollars in prize money was turned over
to th r judges, to distribute where they
thought it should go. Their awards are
unquestionably the most competent that
could be made.
FEATURES OF REPORT.
The judges state the bases upon which 1
they considered their decisions, in the re-,
port.
“Much work has been noted that merits
commendation,” they say, “and some
has been noted that Is entitled to re
ceive strong condemnation sufficient to
stop its further continuance.”
They exclude toll roads from any con
sideration in the contest,' the spirit of
which—they hold—is to encourage the
building of public roads primarily. They
take up the national highway in detail.
They criticise here, they condemn there;
they praise this, and offer that sugges- ,
tion.
They commend the state of New Jer-1
sey as the first to lend state aid to the
construction of public roads, and also
for its leading position in bituminous road
construction. They commend the Lancas- .
ter pike into Gettysburg, Pa., for its re- :
markable aligAment. They praise Jeffer
son county, W. Va., for offering free
roads of macadam, notwithstanding that
there are toll roads on either side of It. I
They throw a harpoon into the Shenan- 1
doah Valley Turnpike company for its
crude methods of maintenance—pouring
loose rock on the road, and letting traffic
pay to pack it down. "What can we
say of such a system of road building?”*
they ask. “It is a relic of past times, I
barbarous, inhuman, wasteful.” They ■
consider it cruelty to the animals that >
have to travel it. One of the judges
estimated, unofficially, not long ago, that
the good roads tour left several hundred
dollars worth of tire rubber on the sharp
loose stones along the pike.
IN SOUTHERN DIVISION.
They praise the spirit of Franklin coun
ty, Va., which in spite of the fact that
it has more miles of mountain road than I
any other county, had yet done a great •
deal to improve the way for the tourists..
Gullford county, N. C., easily leads in
the competition in The Journal division,
they say. They discuss the roads of that
county, praise them, commend them to
the emulation of other counties. The best'
roads of Mecklenburg county were not j
shown along the highway, unfortunately,
say the judges, but there was ample evl- '
dence that the county is going to make its
portion of the highway its best road.
Bessemer City township, N. C., gets the I
banner for doing more than its share of ■.
work to improve the highway by locating 1
an entirely new road around the crown:
of a mountain instead of over it.
"Build your dirt roads wide, with an eye '
to later improvement,” counsel the
judges, commenting upon the Spartan- [
burg county roads, and pointing to Gull-;
ford county as a demonstration of the i
method’s value.
Georgia s roads are roasted to a turn. 1
The judges do not hesitate to speak their I
judgment plainly upon those roads.
“Passing into the state of Georgia,” j
they say, “the lack of Improvement upon
the public roads was almost immediately
noticeable, and only one county in the'
state (along the highway, of course) was
noted to have made any improvement
worthy of mention.” Here and there in
Continued on Page Four
U.S. CONSUL GIVEN
REFUGE ON THREAT
MADE BT ZELAYA
He Is Permitted to Occupy Lega
tion Premises—Rumored That
President of Nicaragua Will
Retire and Flee Country.
ANARCHY MAY ENSUE;
IRIAS MAY BE NAMED
Belated Telegrams, Telling of Ex
ecution of Americans, Say
Great Indignation Resulted.
Placards Placed on Walls.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29,-The United
States consul at Managua has been
threatened by President Zelaya and he
has been granted permission to occupy
the legation premises as being more se
cure.
The Nicaraguan congress will assemble
next Wednesday, December 1, and it is
rumored that President Zelaya wil re
tire, and possibily attempt to escape from
the country at night by the Pacific
coast.
Anarchy, it is said, may ensue. Persist
ent rumors from various quarters, indi
cate that Irias may succeed Zelaya as
president of Nicaragua.
This information is embodied in tele
grams more or less* delayed in transmis
sion, which have been received at the
state department from the consular rep
resentatives of the United States in Nica
ragua, and which came in the order in
which they are given.
The first telegram, dated Managua,
states that Leroy Cannon was captured
on October 21, and Leonard Grace on No
vember 2. They were executed Novem-
I ber 12 and no news reached the depart-
I ment of the execution until the 17th.
WERE PROMISED IMMUNITY.
Members of the Red Cross arriving from
Castillo, state that Cannon and Grace
were captured after a battle while they
i were lost on the banks of the San Juan
I river, and that the captain of a ship
I called them, promising not to harm them.
These allegations were in part confirmed
by the Nicaraguan press, which stated
that the execution was for an attempt to
blow up steamers. The execution caused
general indigation, which was shared by
the commander in chief.
The minister general, Irias, claims to
have interceded on the ground of human
ity, Nicaraguan la*wyers maintained that
the executipn was unlawful.
CAPTAIN IN PRISON.
The Nicaraguan captain is in prison for
having refused to carry out Zelaya’s sen
tence that the Americans be shot.
The consul states that he has once
more been threatened by President Ze
laya, indicating that other threats had
been made, but on this point no inform
ation is available here.
Another telegram from the consul at j
Managua states that on November 24
placards appeared on the walls in Mana
gua favoring the revolution and denounc
ing President Zelaya. One of the other
consuls had informlation that President
Zelaya was prepared to escape by night.
Anarchy, he states, may ensue. The
consul asked permission to occupy the le
gation premises as being more secure
against possible vandalism, and this has ;
been granted him.
AMERICANS WERE ENLISTED.
A later telegram from the consul at
Bluefields states that Cannon and Groce
respectively were lieutenant colonel and
colonel of engineers in the revolutionary
army and both were regularly enlisted
under the command of General Cham
morro. The highest revolutionary leaders
declare that Grace, acting in the line of
duty, was with an outpost of ten men
beyond the camp of General Chammorro
and Cannon with two men had been sent
beyond to survey a new position.
The outpost was surprised by the forces
of General Toledo and both officers were
captured. General Chammorro afterwards
learned from an officer of the Zelayan
army that both had been put to death bi
order of President Zelaya; that General
Toledo refused to carry out the order,
and took them both to Fort Castillo in
stead.
A dispatch from Corlnto states that it
is reported there that 1,200 troops of the
revolutionary army are in Chlnandaga,
and there is a rumor of a rising in tho
west in favor of Irias.
A later dispatch from Managua states
that much excitement prevails there, and
that the position of President Zelaya has
become precarious. The city of Leon is
said to favor Lrias for president. Impor
tnat developments, the consul states, ars
expected.
Seek Identity of Burned Man
NEW YORK. Nqv. 29.—The authorities or
Crotou Falls are trying to establish the identi
ty of a chance prisoner of the town, who wns
burned to death while locked In an Iron cell
inside of a wooden building used as a place of
detention. The unfortunate man had been ar
rested for Intoxication and a deputy constable
afterwards found his body with tbe clothlug
burned off behind the door of the cage.
Runaway Girl a Suicide
CHICAGO. Nov. 29.—Miss Mabel Sterling, J 3
vears old, ran away from her home in Fust
Chicago, Ind., Saturday and yesterday morning
was found dying in a room in a lodging bouse
in Chicago, apparently having swallowed caruoiic
acid with suicidal intent. Death came before
she could explain why she ran away or why
she deaired to die.
Look Out for Solicitors
who are taking subscriptions to The Semi-Weekly
Journal. We would like to find—
MARION DURST.
THOS. M. GOODWIN.
This last man claims to live in Lyons, Ga. Any
information as to their whereabouts will be appre
ciated by us. x
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL,
Atlanta, Ga.
MRS.F.S.M’GAUGHEY
COMMITS SUICIDE;
CAUSEJLL HEALTH
Sent Pistol Ball Crashing Through
Her Brain While Alone in
Home, 172 Angier Avenue,
Monday Morning.
WAS FOUND BY COOK
SOON AFTER DEATH
Mrs. McGaughey Entered Her
Son’s Room About 9»o’Clock
and Fired Ball Through Her
Right Temple.
In a fit of despondency brought on by
ill health, Mrs. Mildred McGaughey, aged
42 years, wife of Frank 8. McGaughey,
of 172 Angier avenue, shot herself in the
right temple Monday morning about 9
o’clock with her son's revolver. She was
alone in the house at the time, and was
found by the negro cook.
Quickly the alarm spread throughout
the neighborhood, and when the husband
and sons hurried home in answer to tele
phone summons, they found quite a num
ber of Mrs. McGaughey's friends already
in the house. The deceased was a lady of
lovable character, and the whole commu
nity was shocked and bereaved.
A husband, two sons, and a step-son
comprise the immediate family. Frank
S. McGaughey, the former, is a travel
ing salesman for Tappan & Co., whole
sale grocers of 55 Highland avenue. He
is a well-known citizen. Mrs. McGaug
hey’s two sons are Frank, aged 19 years,
and Howell, aged 16. They are employed
by the Consolidated Electric company.
Howell McGaughey is the step-son.
VICTIM OF ILL HEALTH.
For several weeks Mrs. McGaughey
had been in failing health. Some days
ago her intimate friend and distant rela
tive, Mrs. Tappan, advised her to visit a
specialist, and warned her that unless she
took better care of her health she would
suffer a nervous breakdown. Acting on
that advice, Mrs. McGaughey did see a
doctor, and was apparently already im
proving.
But her prolonged weakness and suffer
ing had left its mark, it is said, and a
few days ago symptoms of mental de
rangement were noticed. No hint, how
ever. that she thought of suicide had
crossed her mind was ever remarked, and
news of the tragedy was an awful blow
to the family and friends.
PROMINENT CHURCH WOMAN.
The deceased was a member of the
Westminster Presbyterian church, and
was a consecrated Christian.
Coroner Donehoo proceeded to the Mc-
Gaughey home at pnee upon hearing of
the tragedy, Mnd the remains were for
warded to Patterson's, where an inquest
will be held.
CHURCH OF ROME ~ t
FROWNS ON FRANCE
Parisian Newspapers Comment on
Premier Briand’s Speech Re
garding the Vatican
(By Associated Frees.)
PARIS. Nov. 29.—The Temps considers
the discussion of the church question in
■ the chamber of deputies by Premier
Briand yesterday, who spoke in reply to
! a speech of Abbe Gayraud. of great im
portance, since it again emphasizes how,
in spite of the wishes of a majority of
the French bishops, clergy and the great
body of Catholics, the church of Rome
has refused to recognize the separation
law and continues to repulse all efforts
at conciliation which have been proposed
I by parliament, and even goes so far as
I to make w*ar on the public schools.
A new spirit, the paper declares, must
. rule the Vatican before a settlement is
possible. This is evidenced by the re
fusal of the Vatican to aid in the settle
ment of the church question in
France, whereas, it stops at nothing to
insure peace and conciliate the govern
ments of other countries.
The Temps points out that under the
broad intelligence of Leo XIII the situa
tion would be treated with liberality and
common sense and concludes with the
assertion that religious peace will come
when the church restricts its energy to re
ligion and the French clergy follow the
dictates of conscience instead of intran
sigeant orders from Rome.
FRANK WHITE NAMED TO
SUCCEED DR. BARROWS
MANILLA. Nov. 29.—Frank White was today
appointed director of education for the Philip
pine Islands, to succeed Dr. Barrows, resigned.
Mr. White has been assistant director of edu
catloa for several years. He was reared in
Nebraska, was graduated from the tTeiverslty
of Chicago in and came to tbe Phillppinea
in the following’ year.
Discuss Aeronautic Maps
BERLIN, Nov. 29.—At a meeting of the
Imperial Aero club of Berlin, presiueu
over by Count Zeppelin and attended by
a number of officers of the general staffs
of the army and navy today, the prepar
ation of aeronautical maps was discussed.
It was agreed that such charts as wo t uld
show the marked variations of the lanu
scape as well as the location of electric
wires and other aerial obstructions would
be useful. A committee which include#
Count Zeppelin was appointed to gather
information on the subject from aeron
autical experts. *
NEARLY ONE-HALF
OF LAST 550,000
RAISED MONDAY
At Noon Meeting It Was Report*
ed $20,523.50 Had Been Rais
ed for Agnes Scott Monday
Morning by Committees.
LESS THAN $30,000
TO SECURE SUCCESS
f r . - ' 1
Mass Meeting Tuesday Evening
Will Bring Monster Campaign.
to an End—Who Gave
to an End—List of Those 7 j
Who Gave Money.
When Monday dawned the Agnes Scott
endowment fund lacked $50,000 of comple
tion. Within 12 hours nearly one-half of
that amount haa been raised; in exact fig*
ures $20,523,50.
Despite the fact, therefore, that the en
tire fund must be forthcoming by Tue»-
day night, which is a little more than 24
hours away, it is believed that the great
movement will be swept through to suc
cess by Atlanta's indomitable will and
efithuslasm.
In Monday’s work the women of th>»
city played a conspicuous and tellnlg part.
Not all of the subscriptions they had to
cured during the forenoon were reported >
•>t the midday meeting of the canvassers
in the Grand. It is expected that larger
returns will be made by them during the
day. <1
Mrs Emma Garrett Boyd, who is chair- j
man of their central committee, has writ
ten 500 letters from which replies, will 1
be received before’ the noon hour Tues- I
day. Every office building, apartrqpnt
house and neighborhood in the city is /n
being canvassed.
The midday meeting of the workers '
Monday was addressed by Dr. J. W.'
Lee, whose words stirred those present
to a gale of enthusiasm. When it was i
announced by Chairman Orr that nearly
half of the required $50,000 had been rais
ed, the enthusiasm was tempestuous. «
One of the most interesting donations
announced was that of $1,500 secured frori S
the Order of the Old-Fashioned Women, g
through Mrs. Wilmer Moore.
MONDAY’S SUBSCRIPTION.
At the Monday afternoon meeting
the campaign committees of the Agnes
Scott fund, Hon. Sam M. Inman reported
the following additional subscriptions:
Henry K. McHarg, New York $6,(00
Atlanta Georgian j,MB
Frank E. Block., I.OW 3
Mrs. G. W. Parrott 5,000
Enoch Jones ... ... ....... 1,000, fl
W. M. Winecoff 500
Frank Hawkins 500
Dr. A. W. Calhoun .’>oo
Inman. Akers & Inman 500
Southern Dental college 200
C. R. Winshlp (additional). 100 '
Soses W. Harris, Sparta, Ga 100
. P. Moss, Lafayette, Ga. 100
Ed Schaefer, Toccoa, Ga 100
Ben L. Phillips i«0
S. J. Warner..., .. 50
J. J. Hightower, Jr 50
J. N. Moody .1 25
J. T. Stephenson .. 25
Miss A. Roddy 20
L. W. Murphy J. 50
A Friend (Marietta) J|2s to
R. B. Baxter, Sparta, Ga 25
Dr. A. M. Winn 10 1
Mrs. Mary B. Connally z 20
C. S. Reid, Palmetto, Pa SO
Judge George Hlllyer (additional).. 50
Mrs. M. A. Husten ..... 75
Thirteen additional subscriptions by
Dr. Gains... 771
Seven additional subscriptions by
Agnes Scott alumnae 82
Dr. E- H. Barnett $ 15
The ladies wno are canvassing thtf
office buildings reported as follows:
Mrs. Archibald Daviss 25.00
Mrs. Albert Cox 456.00
Mrs. Frank Inman 1211.00
Mrs. E. H. Phillips. 1800
Mrs. Hugh Willett and Miss
Woodberry 158.50 |
Order of Old-Fashioned
Women 1,500.0(1 i
The remainder of Monday's subscrip
tions were reported through the 16
canvassing committees of business and
professional men.
"With less than 48 hours remaining
in which to raise 850,000 for the completion
of the Agnes Scott endowment fund, thus
making possible a million dollar woman's
college for Atlanta, hundreds of workers
for that great movement set forth Mon
day morning determined to win.
The women as well as the men of ths
city have rallied with an enthusiasm, un
paralleled even in the annals of the At- ,
lanta spirit. They realize that the city’s
educational destinies hang upon the out- |
come of less Xhan two days. For, with- |
out the remaining $50,000. the entire 1360,-
OOu will be lost and with it an oppor- |
tunity, the like of which seldom comes
in a century to any state. ,
WOMEN ENTER CAMPAIGN.
So earnest and resolute, however, is the
city as a whole that the $50,000 shall be
raised by Tuesday at midnight, that no S
one doubts the success of the big under- ’’
taking. It is believed that when the last
midnight of November strikes and the
month of Yuletide begins, not only $50,-
000 but a third more than that amount
will have been given.
One of the most striking features of
the whirlwind campaign that is on Mon- j
day is the part the ladies of Atlanta are
playing. Always responsive to civic needs >
and duties, they have thrown aside iheir •/
individual interests and comfort and are
literally taking Atlanta by storm in the m
name of education and southern girlhood. 3
Organized into scores of different commit- <
tees, they are canvassing the office build-
Ings, the apartment houses and the no igb
borhoods.
TWO IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS ’
Mrs. Warren Boyd is chairman of the
central committee which has supervision j
over all these general committees, tehe
Continued on Page Fourteen
CUBAN OFFICIALS HURT
IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK
HAVANA, Nov. 29.—An automcbiie contain- t
ing Luis Octavio Dlvlno, secretary of Justice;
Sub-Secretary Juan Garcia Kobly. Direct Jr of
Justice Loxier and Marie Garcia Kobly. tbs
newly appointed minister to Mexico, was wreck- |
ed last night by the oursttng of a tire wbile
returning to Honara from a trip in the conn- j
try. AU the men were badly injured.
Juan Garcia Kohly bad botn legs broken and
is suffering also from internal Injuries,. MS
is not expected to rec ex er.
NO. 22.