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Buildings Are Blown Up by Heavy Dynamite Charge and Then Torch Is Applied. MOULTRIE, Aug. 23.—Greenough, a negro village just over the line *n Mitchell County, has been partially destroyed by a mob of white men. No deaths have been reported. It appears that John Davis and his brother, young white men, had ad vanced some money to Bradley Broth ers, negro proprietors of the leading store of Greenough. The negroes failed to return the money, and when the white men went to collect, a dif ficulty arose, in which one of the negroes struck John Davis with a scantling, knocking him unconscious. The Davis boys escaped to their home and reported the difficulty and the action of the negroes. At night a mob of white men asesmbled and marched on the village, armed with lynamite and such firearms as could be procured. When the village was reached, It was found the Bradleys had escaped. A charge of dynamite was exploded under the store and it was complete ly demolished, together with the stock of goods. Other stores were fired and many shots emptied into negro houses. The fire was returned by the blacks for a short time, but without effect. The Bradleys have not been seen since the outbreak, and further trou ble is not expected by the whites. CAPITAL CLERKS CHARGED WITH BETTING ON RACES WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—Gam bling during office hours In Govern ment offices amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars a year was alleged by Federal investigators here to-day. Molt of the bets were laid on horse races,I an organized band of bookmakers preying upon Govern ment clerks. Heads of the various departments to-day were asked to co operate with the police to stop the practice. H KARST’S SUINlfAI £UMJhAAL>.A.i», AIUAUA, tJA., OU1N1AAI, AUl*tJP>T Zi, 1313. 11 A Mrs. James Clinch Smith Never Recovered From Shock of Hus band’s Death on Ship. Special Cable to The American. PARIS, Aug. 23.—Mrs. James Clinch Smith, a well-known American resi dent of Paris, is dead at Leysin, Switzerland. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Barnes, of New York, were urgently cabled for last month and arrived before their daughter's death. There was a tragedy in the life of Mrs. Smith, who practically died of a broken heart. She and her husband had be,en living apart for some time when, e.t the wife's request, Mr. Smith came to Europe. The domestic dif ferences were amicably settled and the husband decided to return to New York to find a house before Mrs. Smith’s homecoming. He booked passage on the Titanic and went down with that ship. His death grievous ly affected his widow, wno never re covered from the shock. Mrs. Smith was very popular in so ciety here, and was a prominent fig ure at fashionable resorts, such as Nice, Monte Carlo and Deauville. Mrs. Smith before her marriage w'as Miss Bertha Barnes, of Chicago. She had lived in Pails for a great many years. James Clinch Smith, who was a victim of the Titanic disaster, spent much of his time between New York and Paris and was well known as an amateur sportsman, and was also prominent in club circles. He was a brother of Mrs. Stanford White and a son of Judge J. Lawrence Smith, of Smithtown, L. I. SWALLOWS WATCH; HAS A TIME COUGHING IT UP BIRMINGHAM, Aug. 23.—R. P. T&llman, clerk for a mercantile agen cy here, while playing with a small ladies’ watch, swallowed it two days ago. To-day he coughed it. up, with the aid of physicians. At first it was thought an operation would be nec essary. The watch had stopped when recovered. Sunday Readers Easily Identify Trademarks Frequently Run in Hearst Newspapers. The Sunday American has demon strated conclusively that the people of Atlanta and Georgia read the newspaper advertisements. Last Sun day The American printed an an nouncement of an advertising con test to determine whether newspa per advertisements were read. Be low the announcement of the contest, were printed phrases and sentences that are characteristic of certain ad vertisers—that are used in every one of their advertisements printed in The American and The Georgian, with all names and addresses omit ted. A prize of $10 was offered to any person who sent in the missing names of the advertisers, and who sent in the best description of the merits of the goods these trade-marks advertise. The response to the offer was tremendous—surprising even to the advertising experts who origi nated the contest. Hundreds of re plies came pouting into the business offices of the Sunday American. And that these advertised goods are in constant use in the best homes of Atlanta and Georgia is proven by the fact that every one of the an swers received contained full descrip tions of the articles advertised by.the trade-marks that were reproduced— descriptions that were so minute and detailed that they could not have been made had not the person making them learned by experience. So many and s > good were the an swers that the judges faced a diffi cult ta.vk in selecting the winner ol the $10 prize offered for the best one. At length it was awarded to Mrs. O. I). Gorman, No. 79 West Fif teenth street, who not only supplied the missing names and addresses, but gave an excellent description of the merits of each of the advertised article.® or brand of goods. There were many others that were very good, but none quite so good as Mrs. Gorman’s. The check for $10 will be mailed to her at once. HALDANE SIS FDRU.S.; SILENT High Chancellor of England, En Route to Address American Bar, Won’t Be Interviewed. Special Cable to The American. LONDON, Aug. 23.—Lord Haldane. High Chancellor of England, sailed on the Lusitania to-day to deliver the opening address at the American Bar Association meeting in Montreal. Lord Haldrane refuses to be inter viewed. He says it is against the wishes of King George and depre cates the attitude of Lloyd George, who is always accessible to report ers. He admires Premier Asquith, who never sees newspaper men. When told by a friend recently that he would be obliged to abandon this attitude In America, he replied: "I don't mind it there. In Rome one does as the Romans do. Anyhow, I am leaving the ship on a special tender, so It may be that I shall be spared. If not, I must go through it." With characteristic thoroughness, Lord Haldane Is now devoting his at tention to the subject of big ocean liners, working out the probable re ceipts per trip compared with the outlay. He has come to the conclu sion that the future lies with the great liners of the Imperator type. He goes to America holding the highest opinion of American law yers. "I am traveling with Justice Wen dell Holmes, whom I regard as the founder of modern jurisprudence,’* said Lord Haldane to a friend. Lord Haldane will not disclose any thing of his address to the lawyers. “The subject is of such a nature.” he said, “that It is impossible to give a short synopsis. I prefer to wait and let people have it in full. My trtp is one of the greatest experiences of my life. I am sorry my stay will be so short, but reasons of state ren der it impossible to remain longer. Besides which, if I stayed in Canada, I should be compelled to remain longer in America; and if I stayed in America, I should be compelled to re main longer in Canada. So I have chosen the simplest way out.” ANNIVERSARY CLUB MEETS WITH THE SOUTHERN STATES LIFE ! splendid work just closed, and the beginning Of the new year of the An niversary Club, the first month of which saw the agents break all pro ducing records. Officers are not elected by the An niversary Club, but office Is won by the amount of insurance written. The Leading Life Insurance Agents Hold Conven tion Here—Every Man Produced Over $100,- 000 Worth of Paid For Business in Twelve Months — Interesting Sessions Held. There was a feast of reason, a spar kle of wit and a flow of soul at the brilliant banquet given at the Hotel Ansley last night when the Sixth An nual Convention of the Anniversary Club of the Southern States Life In surance Company brought that gath ering to a close. Over one hundred guests were pres ent. This convention is celebrated by those members of the agency force of The Southern States Life Insurance Company who produced over $1(10,000 worth of paid for insurance during the year which ends June 30. This convention had been in ses sion two days', business sessions be ing held in the morning, the after noon and evening being given over to entertainment. Opening Session. The first session of the Conven tion was held In the assembly room J. R. WILLIAMS. Vice President. of the Hotel Ansley on Friday morn ing. The largest attendance in' the history of the club was present. President VTilmer L. Mbore, of The Southern States Lite Insurance Com pany, greeted the club membership in a warm address of welcome, in which he congratulated them upon the J. C. WALDEN, SR., President. mmm “Success Is Measured by Ambition.” He was followed by Hon. Clark Howell, who responded to the toast, “Civic Duties—Every Man Has His Part.” Hon. Cyrus B. Brown, Assistant Commissioner of Insurance for the State of Alabama, a ©presented that commonwealth and responded to the T. PETERS, JR., Georgia Vice President Banquet Menu. B. B MURRAY. Florida Vice President. H. CLAY SMITH, Alabama Vice Pres. toast, “Alabama—Her Part in the Na tion’s Progress.” Hon. W. S. Witham concluded the evening's gayety with a wonderful potpourri when he was presented to his hearers, with the following title for his toast, “A Toast, Like a Text, Is Given to Talk FTom.” Hotel Ansley Scene of Wonderful Banquet to Club Last Night— Toasts Were Made by Speaker Burwell,Hon. C. B. Brown, of Ala bama, Hon. W. S. Witham and Clark Howell. TUB SOUTHERN STATES LIFE INSURANCE CO. 1913-14 ANNIVERSARY CLUB. were carried out in th^ flowers, ices and place cards. President Wilm r L. Moore preaided a8 toastmaster, and introduced the speakers. J. C, Walden, Sr., President of the Club, was the first and his response to the toast, “The Anniversary Club— the Top Rung,” was warmly received. He was followed by J. R. Williams, Vice President, whose subject, “The Southern States Life—Confidence Be gets Loyalty,” was handled in a splendid manner. G. J. McDowell, a member of the Anniversary Club, and a familiar speaker at these banquets, responded t<^ the toast, “The Keystone Degree— An Incentive to Work.” Burwell Responds. Speaker W. H. Burwell, of the Gen eral Assemblv of Georgia, delivered a splendid toast in response to Pres ident Moore’s cordial Introduction, on agent writing the most business is President, the second man is Vice President, the leaders in each State are State Vice Presidents. J. C. Walden, Sr., of Alabama, won the coveted honor of President. J. R. Williams, of South Carolina, was Installed as Vice President. Officers Installed. The State Vice Presidents installed were T. Peters, Jr., of Georgia; B. 1>. Murray, of Florida; H. Clay Smith, of Alabama, and G. J. McDowell, of South Carolina. In addition tp these there were present other mem' rs of this Club who qualif.d for 1912-13: H. N. McAfee, of Georgia, a member for the sixth time; H. Willis Hogg, of Geor gia, a member for the third time; J. T. Weems, of Georgia, the oldest member of the agpncy force of the company in point of service, for the sixth time; Fred Hines, of South Car olina, for the fifth time, and L. E. Black, Jr., C. S. Gurr and J. R. Mun- roe, for the first time. Joe W. Vinson, whose absence from the meeting, owing to ill health, was greatly regretted by all present, com pletes his fifth year of membership. He also signalized his Intention of making his election for next year sure by not only leading the agency forc^ in the month of July but by beatiqa his own and all othf r previous records of Written business i.i any one month, and thereby establishing a high mark for agents to aim at. Brief addresses wire delivered to the club by che President and Vico President of the Club. Unanimously Re-elected Robert F. Moore, Agency Secretary, was unanimously re-elected Secretary of the Anniversary Club, which po sition he has held with credit since " the beginning of the organization. Following the roll call of the An niversary Club badges and certificates were distributed, after which the first “Keystone Degree* was conferred. “New Policy” was the subject of an interesting paper by Supervisor of Agents, W. S. McLeod, which was fol lowed by discussion and questions. Agency Secretary Robert F. Moore followed with an Interesting paper on “Items of Expense Charged to First Year’s Business—Economy. What it Means to the Agent and the Policy- ROBERT F. MOORE, Secretary. holder.” His paper was followed by discussion and qie*tio:.vs. The photograph of the Anniversary Cl*>b. which appears on this page, was taken, after which the Club was en tertained at luncheon at the Capital City Club by President Moor«i, Fridav afternoon the Club attended the base ball game and Friday evening occu pied boxes at the Forsyth theater. Concluding Session. The concluding s rjslon of this In teresting convention was held on Sat urday morning, at which time a sym posium of talks entitled "Confidential (’hats With Medical Department, ’ voas participated in by E. M. Veatjh, Dr. Gaines, Dr. W. S. Kendrick and Samuel Barnett, Actuary. This was followed by discussion ami questions. “The Company's Method of Pay ment of Death Claims—What It Should Mean to the Supervisor, the Agent, the Company and the fleiary,” wag delivered by Supervis >r Frank E. Brodnax. This was fol lowed by a discussion on the analysis of this subject under the following heads: (1) Bankers Agents Contrifcts. (2) Local Advertisement; (3) Draft on Local Bank, and (4) Follow Up of Prospects from Payment J. E. McLauchlin, Director of th% Metropolitan Agency, followed with an interesting talk on “Systematic Following Up of Prospects.” A symposium of actual experience* by all agents came next and the for mal addresses of the Convention ^e**© concluded with a most interesting ad dress by Hon. Hervey W. Laird, for mer Assistant Insurance Commis sioner of Alabama, and now Assista A to President Wjilmer L. Moore. Entertained at Luncheon. The Club was entertained at lunch* eon at the Hotel Ansley and again at tended the ba.'eball game in the af ternoon. The Banquet at the Hotel Ansley last night was probably the most bril liant gathering held in the history of the Club and the Hotel. Over one hundred gue:/ts were en tertained. The colors of the Southern Stated Life Insurance Company—Red, Blue and White, and the Keystone Arch, the insignia of the Company, MENU GEORGIA CANTALOUPE CELERY QUEEN OLIVES ALMONDS CONSOMME FLORENTINE CHEESE STRAWS POMPANO A LA CARONDELF.T POTATOES ANNA CALVE’S SWEETBREAD ST. CLAIR MOYENS PEAS CHICKEN FILLET, LUCULLUS PEELED ASPARAGUS HOLLANDAISE LETTUCE, RUS RIAN DRESSING BEATEN BISCUIT MOUSSE A LAPARISIENNE PETITS FOUR UHEESE AND BENT'S CRACKER DEMI TASSE APOLLINARIS CIGARS