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MONDAY. MAY 4.
Markets
Middling closed today at
i 3y 2 c.
Ton? steady.
Middling last year 12c.
Today’s Figures
11:30 A. M.
Good ordinary 11 3-8
fltriet good ordinary 11 7-8
fjuhw middling 12 5-8
AMrict low middling 12 5-8
Middling 13 1-2
Strict middling 13 3-4
- Good middling 14
Tinges. Ist 13 1-4
Tinges, 2nd 12 5-8
Previous Day’s Figures
Good ordinary 11 3-8
Strict good ordinary 11 7-8
Low middling 12 5-S
Middling 13 1-2
Low Middling 12 5-4
Strict middling 13 3-i
Good middling 14
Tinges, first J 3 3-4
Tinges, second 12 6-^,
NEW YORKCOTTON
New York.—Reports of heavy rains in
Texas and Oklahoma over the week
end and higher Liverpool cables seemed
responsible for an opening advance of
one to six points in the cotton market'
today. Many of Saturday’s sellers seem
ed to be covering ort the reports that re
planting would be necessary in the
southwest and the move active months
sold nine to twelve points net higher
shortly after the call. May was rela
tively quiet and there was enough real
izing to cause slight reactions before the
end of the first hour.
Cotton futres closed steady.
High. »,ow. Close.
May 12.58 12.48 12.55
July 12.32 12.24 V-hfT
August 12.16 J 2.07 12.12
October 11.72 11.6 11.69
* December 11.74 11.67 11.71
MEW ORLEANS CO HiON
-New Orleans. Brisk trading marked
the opening of the cotton market today
with prices up thirteen points on August
and seven to ten on other positions.
During the first, hour fluctuations were
unimportant.
Liverpool’ cotton
Liverpool.—Cotton spot steady; . good
middling 7.83; middling 7.27; low mid
dling 6.85. Kales 12.000; speculation and
export 1,00-0. Receipts 7,000. Futures very
steady.
May 6. SB%
May and June 6.88%
July and August 6.75%
August and September 6.62*
October and November 6.33%
December and January 6.25
January and February 6.25
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET
Chicago, Ills. —Efforts of shorts to stop
their losses in May wheat ted to a sharp
advance today in that opinion and
caused other futures to score a consid
erable gain. Offerings of May were de
cidedly scarce. Hhigher cables counted
in favor of the bulls. The opening was
1-8 to 1 3-8 to 1 1-2 up and the market
con* Xxtfd strong but not all of the bulge
was Vd.
In .t/.e corn crowd persistent buying
May and of deferred futures by
tea ding houses made quotations climb.
Prices started 1-4 to 3-4 higher and sub
seouently went still further.
Oats hardened with corn. Trade
though was not . large.
Provisions, although dull, developed
sympathetic firmness from the outset.
Open. High. Low. Close.
WHEAT—
May .... 3*4 04% 03% 93%
July .... 85% 86% 85% 86
CORN—
May . • . • 65% 68% 65% 65%
July .... 65% 65% 65%, 65%
OATS—
July .... 37% 37% 37% 37%
Sept .... 35% 36 35% 35%
PORK—
July . . . .108 ft 199-ft 198 ft 1982
Sept . . . .1902 2000 1000 1992
LARD—
July . . . .Iftft7 1007 Iftft2 lftft7%
Sept . . . .1020 14)25 102*0 1025
RIBS—
July . . . .117 1100 1107 1110
Sept . . . .1120 1122 1117 1122
IVE STOCK -MARKET
CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET
Chicago, Ills. —Hors: Receipts 25,000:
slow; bulk of sales 845n850: light 825a557
1-2; mixed 825a857 1-2; heavy 805a852
1-2; rough 8051820; pigs 725a825.
Cattle: Receipts 17,000;, steady; beeves
725a950; Texas steers 710a815; stockcrs
and feeders 560a835; cows and heifers
370a860; calves 625a94>.0
Sheep: Receipts 23.000; slow; native
490a565; yearlings 5i0;t650; lambs, native
590a715. i
Indigestion? Can’t Eat? No Appetite?
A treatment of Electric Bitters in
creases your appetite; stops indiges
tion; you can eat everything. A
real spring tonic for liver, kidney and
stomach troubles. Cleanses your whole
system and you feel fine. Electric
Bitters did, more for Mr. T. D. Peeble’s
stomach troubles than any medicine
he ever tried. Get a bottle, today. 50c.
and SI.OO, at your Druggist.
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for Eczema.
EVERYBODY LIKES IT.
Likes whai? SENSATION
FLOUR.
DEFICIT OF $25,000,000.
London. —David Lloyd George, chan
celor of the exchequer introduced his
sixth budget in the house qf, commons
today with the announcement that he
had to meet an estimated deficit in
1914-1915 of $26,650,000.
BETWEEN DIFFICULTIES
"You don't like modern statuary?"
"No,” replied Miss Cayenne; "If a
modern statue's trousers aren’t creas
ed it Isn't neat looking, and if they
were creased it wouldn't be artistic,"
" —Washington Star.
Malden Aunt —Do you know, Dolly,
It's a very solemn thing to get mar
ried ?
Dolly—Yes, auntie; hut I should
think ft was much more solemn not
to get married—M. A. P.
"Do you think the boy will say what
he sees put In the sausage?"
"No. he's only too thankful he Isn't
put Into them himself."—Fliegende
BlaetteT.
GREEN, COL. T. B.—Of Washington,
Cla.. died at the residence of his
daughter. Mrs. Ernest C. Plgna
tel, in New York city. His re
mains were brought to Augusta
this afternoon and the Interment
will take plate tomorrow. More
definite announcement will be
made later. Deceased was in the
70th year of his age.
Dr. M. Ashby Jones Discusses
Question of Holiday in the
Public Schools Good Friday
At the request of The Herald, Dr.
Jones wrote but the synopsis of his
sermon, delivered last night, which !s
given below. This does not profess
to give the sermon in full, but is a
fair expression of his line of reason
ing. He took as his text suggestive
of his theme, Rom. 14:5, "One man
estcemeth one day above another; an-
G 1 her tsleemeth every day alike. Ret
eacu man be fully assured in his own
mind.”
"Religious questions become real and
vital only when they come to be ap
plied to some practical question of ev
eryday experience. It would be diffi
cult to find a citizen who would not
give a ready and hearty assent to the
great doctrine of complete separation
of church and state, so long as that
doctrine remained simply an abstract
and academic question. But when this
leaching runs counter to some pur
pose or plan which is sacred to his
heart, then he finds it difficult to con
cede its application. Recently our
school board decided to vary their cus
tom anc. not to give holiday on Good
Friday. Some of the loveliest and
best people among our citizens ob
jected to their action. Their protest
was made on the ground that we cele
brated the memories of Washington
and Let and Davis, and yet refused to
celebrate the memory of Jesus Christ.
These good people failed to see a
most significant difference. In cele
brating the memory of our patriots
it is the universal custom to mark
their birthdays, fn the case of Good
Friday we lay the emphasis upon the
DEATH of Jesus. Why is this done?
It is because his death has a distinct
religious significance to the Christian
church. For this reason Good Friday
is a church holiday. So the request
was that the public schools should
celebrate a church holiday. If these
schools were private schools no one
would have a right to question their
action. But they are state schools.
Whatever these schools do officially
the state does. Here, then, is the real
issue. Shall the state recogtjlze any
particular form of religion, either by
celebrating its religious holidays or
otherwise?
It is well for us from time tq. time
to examine the real function of our
government. According to the Amer
ican idea of a democracy the state is
the organized expression of the will of
the people. The government must
have no will of its own separate from
that of.the people. That will is ex
pressed, first, in its constitution, then
through the representatives of the
people, in statute Jaws. The state
must not either by teaching or coer
cion attempt to create a will other
than that expressed by the suffrage
of the people. A bayonet at the bal
lot box is tyranny, and an official
using his office to advance his indi
vidual will is a usurper of the liber
ties of the people. The government
must first ascertain the will of the
people, then it must enforce it. In
the enforcement and execution of that
will it may use the strong arm of its
police power. Now the government
has the right to impose its will jm the
will of the individual, because its will
is the will of the majority of the peo
ple. It was just here that our fathers
saw the supreme danger of a democ
racy, viz, the possibility of the ty
ranny of the majority over the minor
ity. In writing their constitution they
carefully, guarded certain inalienable
rigjjjs of the individual against the
possible injustice of the majority.
■Ant«*ig these rights they selected that
sacred right, the freedom of the
rajgious conscience. Our Amer Scan
idea ;is that each man shall be left
free to express his religious convic
tions according to his own conscience,
so long as that expression does not
interfere with the rights of others.
That the government shall In no way
coerce him in religious matters. There
fore the government must not estab
lish—that is, set up—any form of re
ligion. In a word, that questions of
religion shall never be made political
questions. We may well Vpause here
and thank God for this divine wisdom
expressed in the foresight of our fath
ers. There is no more priceless heri
tage which they have left to us, and
it behooves us to guard it at any cost.
Nowhere do men differ so widely as
in matters of religious conviction, and
concerning no other question are men
so sensitive, so passionate, so death
less in their loyalties, as in their re
ligious creeds. To allow these ques
tions to become the subject Qt po
litical contention and political schemes
would be to let loose the fiercest forces
known to human nature, and leave the
most sacred sentiments of mankind to
the mercy of political majorities.
After five years' residence in this
beautiful city, during which I have
striven as impartially as I could to
observe and serve the best interests
of a community which I have learned
to love with all my heart, I have come
deliberately to this conclusion; that
nothing has soretarded the progress*
and prosperity of this city as the In
jection of religious questions into our
political life. And I here solemnly
before God indict that man, or church,
or faction, which appeals to religious
prejudices forjioliticai purposes, as an
enemy and a menace to the peace and
liberties of our people.
State Supported by Taxation
It must be remembered that the
state is supported by the taxation and
the obedience of ALL its citizens.
Should the state in any official way
recognize any one form of religion, it
thereby forces- every citizen to the ex
tent to recognize that religion, even
though It may violate the sacred con
viction of his conscience. The Amer
ican Idea is that the conscience of a
Mahommedan Is as sacred as the con
science of a Christian. To that I fnost
heartily subscribe, first as a citizen
of this republic, but even more heart
ily as a disciple of Jesus Christ. dk
Now, let us apply this principle n!
the issue of making Good Friday a
legal school holiday. It is hardly open
to dlßcussion that this dsy finds Its
only significance In its religious mean
ing. Homo of our Christlun churches
mark it as the day on which the Bon
of God died for the redemption of
men. Now the school board and fac
ulty are officers of the state of Geor
gia, paid out of the taxation or all
the people. For them to make this day
a holiday means that the state of
Georgia to that extent distinctly rec
i gntzes this creed of religion. Khquld
the state of Georgia make the birth
day of Mrs. Eddy, Mahomet or Rob
ert lngersoli a legal holiday, there
would sweep across this state a wave
of Indignation which would bury for
ov< r those who w ere responsible. Does
might make right? Is it American—
if> It Christian, to allow the weight of
the majority to oppress the conscience ,
of the minority? Sunday Is not a
religious holiday. Read carefully your
Statute, and you will find that It Is a
civil holiday, Should the school board I
dedlde that It was best to have a
spring holiday, giving the scholars a
breathing spell before their final ex
aminations, and should find it a con
venient time to include in that holiday
Good Friday and Easter, there could
be no possible objection.
But if my protest in the name of
our American idea is earnest, my pro
test in the name of the Christian re
ligion is yet more emphatic. The re
ligion of Jesus can never be forced on
anyone. All the governments of the
world, backed by all their armies,
could not coerce a little child into
the kingdom of heaven. Christianity
is essentially an invitation, persuasive
and loving. Its acceptance must bo
voluntary. It has been claimed that
this is a Christian nation. Here we
must carefully distinguish. Legally
and officially It Is not Christian, and
has been so declared by our supreme
court. In the spirit and loyalty of
our individual citizens to the life and
teaching of Christ, we believe that It
is Christian. But we can only be
•hristian in so far as we do express
the spirit and the teaching of the
Christ. Perhaps the most character
istic utterance of Jesus was "Do unto
others as you would have them Jo
unto you.” It must be remembered
that it would be an impossibility to
forward the religion of Jesus by vio
lating one of His fundamental teneh
ings, and manifesting that which
would be abhorrent to His spirit.
Alarm of the Timid.
There is going up today the sensa
tional alarm of (he timid, that we are
mrfking an infidel people because wo
are not allowed to teach religion in
our schools. In the name of Christ
I deny that this is true. If it were
true, it would be a definite acknow'-
edgoment that the method of Jesus
for the propoagation of his religion
has been a failure. He distinctly and
deliberately turned his back upon the
state, and delivered the task of the
evangelization of a world into the
keeping of his own appointed church.
Whenever the church has shirked this
responsibility and aligned Itself with
the strong arm of the government, it
has poisoned the purity of the state
and debauched religion. Has the ef
fectiveness of the Gospel of the church
become impotent? Has the effective
ness of our Sunday schools failed?
Have the myriad missions and meth
ods of our ahurch evangelization
ceased to reach the people? Have we
lost our faith? that if He be lifted up
He will draw all men unto himself?
Are we reduced to the pitiable exhi
bition of appealing to the strong arm
of the government to do that which
the church of the living God has been
unable to do?
I for one am not ready to surrender
to any such conception. To me the
future is as bright as the promises of
(iod. And out of a faith in his spir
itual power, I pray, “Thy kingdom
some and Thy will be done, as in
heaven so on earth.”
Thos. E. Watson Case To Be
Considered By Grand Jury.
(Continued from page one.)
rt is understood that this is the old
case that is being brought up again.
This time if a “no bill" is returned,
this particular case against. Watson
can not be brought up in the United
States court again. New charges Tor
alleged similar offenses can be mad<\
however.
There has probably been no case
in the annals of the United States
court in this district that has attract
ed such wide-spread attention as has
the famous Watson case, in which the
publisher and author was accused of
sending obscene matter through the
United States mails, which matter
consisted of certain questions which
Watson claims are asked by Roman
Catholic priests in the confessional.
| The alleged obscene matter appeared
in The Jeffersonian July, 19>ll, and
April and May, 1912.
Watson was arrested at his home
in Thomson in the fall of 1912, upon
complaint of the postal authorities;
was brought to Augusta before Depu
ty U. S. Clerk W. H. Goodwin, given
a preliminary hearing and bound over.
On November 12, 1912, he was indict
i ed by the grand jury on three sepa
rate counts.
Following the indictment Mr. Wat
son’s case was called before Judge
Foster and the indictment qn&shed.
(By Associated Press).
Macon, Ga.—While no statement
I would be made at the office of United
States District Attorney Alexander
Akerman today, It is understood that
witnesses have been summoned to ap
pear before the United States grand
jury In Augusta on May 12th to tes
tify at a hearing of charges against
•Thomas E. Watson, editor of The
Watson’s Magazine.
An Indictment charging Watson
with sending obscene literature
through the malls recently was dis
missed in the federal court.
Watson won the case when indicted
on the same charge,- the court sus
taining a demurrer to the indictment.
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AN AMERICAN WINS IN *
BRITISH TENNIS MATCH
London.—ln the semi-finals of the
British amateur court tennis Cham
ypionshlp. played at Queen’s Club to
day, Joshua Crane, Pr.. of Boston,
beat Eustace H. Miles, the English
player, 6-3, 6-6, 0-6.
Mr. Crane will meet E. M. Bearleln,
the former champion In the finals.
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MAHONEY TO MATTEAWAN.
New York—Michael C. Mahoney, who
on April 17th shot at Mayor Mltchel
end wounded Corporation Counsel
Frank L. Polk, was today sentenced
to Matteawan Asylum /or Criminal In
sane. l
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THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
GRAND JURY URGES REFORM IN
THE BANKING LAWS OF GEORGIA
However, Hesitated to Make Recommendations Because Re
commendations of Other Gr and Juries Have Been Ignored.
Wants Road Tax and County Officers Placed on Salaries.
The presentments of the present
grand jury of Richmond County, Wm.
Schweigert foreman, were made this
morning. They will appear In full In
The Herald later.
On of the most important recom
mendations comes, it is understood,
as a result of the recent failure of the
Hrish-American Bank.
The recommendation reads; "Feel
ing that the banking laws of our state
are tnaffequate to protect, to the full
est, the depositors who, necessarily
have to rely on the directors for their
protection, and desiring to place
around such depositors every safe
guard of which we are capable, we
recommend that the representatives
of our county introduce a bill at the
next term of our legislature, placing
upon the directors of banking institu
tions a greater responsibility and lia»
bility, making it a violation of law for
their legligent failure to know at all
times the true conditions of the as
RED ROSES TO
OFFSETSCHEME
Anti-Suffrage Women Propose
To Do All They Can in Pro
test Saturday. x
Washington. —As a protest against
the woman’s suffrage hero next Sat
urday, when congress will he asked to
pass a constitutional amendment,
members of tlsa National Association
Opposed to Woman Suffrage will wear
red roses on that occasion In a. state
ment today leaders of the opposition
expressed the hope that they would
be able to get enough roses In the
rrnwd to offset the color soneme which
will result from the display of suffrage
banners.
"The anti-suffragists,” says the
statement, "disapprove strongly of
street parades, hikes and other spec
tacular and unwomanlike tactics em
ployed by suffragists in their efforts
to convince legislators and the public
that the ballot will benefit women/
They realize, however, that absence
of any sign of disapproval may be
misconfused by onlookers to be an ac
quiesence In the clamor of the streets.”
PICKETING WITH
SILENCE URGED
New York—Silent picketing by
crepe-sleeved men and women who
held John D. Rockefeller and John D.
Rockefeller, Jr., responsible for condi
tions in the Colorado mine war, was
continued today in front of the stand
ard Oil Building here and outside the
gates of the Rockefeller estate at Po
j cantico Hills. The younger Rocke
feller did not come to his offices today,
| but his secretaries skid his seclusion
- was due to a cold.
Upton Sinclair, who first conceived
the idea of picketing Rockefeller’s of
fice today sent a teleferam to Walter
Lanfersiek, national secretary of so
cialist party in Chicago, asking that
"mourning pickets" he placed before
every bjanch jiffice of the Standard
Oil Company In the United States.
Child Cross? Feverish? Sick?
A cross, peevish, listless child, with
coated tongue, pale, doesn't' sleep; eats
sometimes very little, then again rav
jenously; stomach sour; breath fetid;
j pains in stomach, with diarrhea;
pains In stomach with diarrhea; grinds
teeth while asleep, and starts up with
terror—ail suggest a Worm Killer—
[something that expels worms, and al
most every child has thcm..-Klrkap%i
I Worm Killer is needed. Get a box to
day. Start at once. You won't have to
coax, as Kickapoo Worm Killer is a
oaqdy confection. Expels the worms,
the cause of your child’s trpuble. 25c.,
. at your Druggist.
Supreme Court Rules on
Mule’s Death in Transit
Washlngton.—Passing on the death
of a mule In transit from East St.
Louis. Ills., to Raleigh, N. C., the su
preme court held Hgain today that
rates based on value are valid. In
this case the bill uT lading fixed the
rate on a valuation of SIOO on the
mule. The supreme court of North
Carolina held the Seaboard Aif Line
was responsible to the J. M. Pace
Mule Company for the full value of
the dead mule, S3OO. The court re
versed the state court holding that
the value In the hill of lading must
be used In fixing the damage.
Chamberlain’s Liniment
This preparation Is Intended espec
ially for rheumatism, lame back,
sprains and like ailments. It Is a fa
vorlte with people who are well ac
quainted with Its splendid qualities.
Mrs. Charles Tanner, Wabash, Ind.,
says of It, “I have found Chamber
luln's Liniment the best thing for
lame back and sprains l have ever
used It works like a Charm and re
Moves pain and soreness It has been
used by others of my family aa well
aa myself for upwarda of twenty
years. 25 and 60 cent bottles. For
sale by all dealers.
50 Lives Lost Today in
Valparaiso, Chile, Fire
Valparaiso, Chile.--More than fifty
lives were lost early today In a fire
In the commercial section of this city.
Heveral buildings were destroyed.
Their flimsy construction rendered ef
forts of fire flghte/s vlrually useless.
fairs of the hank of which they may
be directors.”
This paragraph was preceded by the
following “Your grand Jury hesitates
to make turther recommendations,
as we notice that the recommenda
tions of former grand jurors have
Deen Ignored.”
The grand Jury also recommended
that the pay of all Court Officials bo
placed upon a salary basis. “We feel
that there is a steadily incresing sen
timent that the present Tee system is
out of date and should he abolished,”
says the recommendation, "and a copy
of this resolution be sent to our legis
lators.”
It was alsd recommended that the
present Road Tax Law bo amended
so as to Include all residents of the
rural districts of the county who have
no visible property, and in default of
such payment delinquents be forced
to work one day upon the county
roads.
WEBB FO FILL
CLAYTON’S POST
Washington.—Representative Ed
win Y. Webb, of North Carolina, who
has served through the last six con
grosses, will be named chairman of
the house judiciary committee as avion
as the omnibus anti-trust bill Is dis
posed if. Mr. Webb t,s tne ranking
member oT the judiciary committee
and is in sympathy with the adminis
tration policies. He asked Represen
tative Clayton to defer his resigna
tion to become federal judge for Ala
bama until the house shall have dis
posed of the anti-trust bill, of which
Mr. Clayton has had charge, and the
latter will stay to pilot the bill
through the house.
Mr Webb as chairman will direct
the judiciary committee's handling of'
the impeachment charges pending In
the committee against Federal Judge
Speer, of Georgia; Dayton, of West
Virginia, and Wright, of the District
of Columbia, the Hobson proposal for
a federal constitutional amendment
for nation-wido problblt lou and the
woman suffrage question.
THE MORNING WITH
THE RECORDER
Gertrude Hoffman, colored, hao
hired a lawyer to defend her on a
Charge or beating her husband Sho
and the lawyer were both in mortal
terror of what the husband mtght
say. Without his testimony Gertruda
could not be convicted. Ho tj*e law
yer objected to his testimony and rul
ed him out of the case. Nothing that
he could say would count against
Gertrude. All right, proceed. But,
nevertheless, they distrusted him.
A witness, who was afterwards
proven to have been three-quarters of
a mile distant at the time of trie fight,
swore that she. had heard the "licks."
She did not go so far as to say she
had seen them, however, so Gertrude
was still safe.
Then came the husband's testi
mony. Gertrude and the lawyer
waxed nervous. What would he say?
The Enemy was on the stand. The
audience leaned forward to hear his
bloody story. How. no doubt, she
had cudgeled and stamped on him,
and beaten him with Implements of
divers sorts. He was considerably
bruised and battered, and had a bad
cut on fils head.
And this Is w’hat he said:
"Judge, you see din place on my
hade? Well, day's a Post up dere dat
got a long nail In It. I Je’ slipped up
an’ fell up a’glnst It, and daH how
come I got dls place In my bade. She
didn't hit me!” (!)»
Isn’t it remarkable how they will
stick up for each other?
Even Gertrude had to laugh at this.
Of course the Judge let her off at
once. The only thing that In any
way tempered her relief was to think
that she had gone to the expense of
getting a lawyer. The lawyer felt
uncomfortable about It, too, and said,
before he left the court:
"I declare I Idn’t put that nail In
that post, Judge."
A young white fellow who has a way
of coming up every now and then for
fighting, was brought In last night
late, having been caught by Officer
Dunn In the very act, apparently, of
assailing Defendant No. 2. He had
taken off his coat even, said the of
ficer. He was arrested just In time
to prevent trouble.
In his statement he declared that
they were Just playing.
"But you had taken off your coat,”
said the Judge.
“No. sir, Judge,” Interposed one of
the witnesses. "He never did have
his coat off I’ll swear he had his
coat on the whole time."
Hut somehow or other the Witness
did not make this remark soon
enough to stop Defendant No. I, >ho
either did not hear him, or hud start
ed talking and could not stop, for he
said;
‘‘Judge, 1 declare I hadn't taken off
my coat to fight this fellow. [ had
been In my shirt sleeves all night.”
There was some mistake some
where.
Lieutenant Hatcher brought In
some negroes who were singing anl
raising a disturbance last night down
on Center Street.
"Where were you singing?” asked
the Judge
The reply was incomprehensible.
The Judge repeated what It Hounded
like:
'Shovelling Meat Beyond the
Hlver,” he said.
"No, sir!” Interposed a shocked
and pained witness
'Shall We Meet Beyond the River."
"Oh,” said the ’Judge. Seeing that
the song was so appropriate to the
Sabbath, he let th»m off, but hinted
that the use of the soft pedal wus ai
so appropriate, srid would be com
mended In the future.
Mary Warren Home Wants to
Erect a Building on May Ave.
Plans Already Drawn for sls, 000. Wants to Give City
Present Property on Broad in Exchange for Site Where
Old City Stables Were Located.
The regular monthly meeting of the
city council of Augusta will be held
at 8:30 o’clock tonight when a num
ber of important matters will be taken
up. Among them wi,, he the question
of additional pay or shorter hours for
the city laborers.
At the last meeting of council Coun
cilman Woodward introduced an ordi
nance providing for the laborers to
get the same pay for eight hours that
they are now getting for ten, and to
be paid double for all over time. The
matter was referred .o a special com
mit tee. of which Mr. Woodward was
made chairman and this committee
will report tonight an ordinance wide"
provides that the laborers shall work
ten hours In the future, as they are
now doing, but will receive $1.75 pef
IS MURDERED
Ml JN WELL?
Foul Odor Rising From an Old
Shaft Leads Macon Authori
ties to Believe So,
Macon, Ga. —What is believed
be the body of a human being, prob
ably the Victim of a murder, is
thought to be at the bottom of an old
well about a half mile southeast of
High Tower's storo on the Houston
Hoad and near a negro settlement
known as Anchor Line. Conditions
at the well yesterday, however, would
not permit oT an Investigation, the
terrible odor arising from the well
keeping everybody with the exception
of one man, from approaching close
enough to look down Into the hole.
Today It Is expected that a further in
vestigation will be made with a view
to solving the mystery.
Sheriff Hicks was notified yester
day afternoon of the circumstances
by a man In that vicinity who had no
ticed the odor. With Deputies lain
and Iceland Williams he went to the
scene In an automobile and was greetr
od by a stench, the like of which he
had never encountered before. Sev
eral efforts were made to gel near
the well, hut without avail and sev
eral of the members of the party lost
their dinners In the attempt. One
man who had a stronger stomach
than the others ventured close enough
to look over the edge of the well, but
could not see the bottom.
An investigation showed that a ve
hicle. apparently a hack, drawn by a
team of horses, had stopped directly
opposite the well and the tracks made
by the hack were plainly discernible.
In adltton to this, on the ground be
side the well was a clot of blood of
considerable size and vhe grass and
earth around the edge of the well
showed where some object had been
dragged over the edge of the well an 1
dropped Into the opening.
”1 havo smelled the odor from dead
horses, cows, pigs and many other
kinds or animals. Including the dead
bodies of human beings when In s de
cayed state," said Deputy latu Wil
liams yesterday. "Tills odor, when 1
first smelled It was slmilur to that
which Is in evidence when one Alters
a poorly ventilated doom In which a
corpse has been kept over night.”
The old well lit question Is located
In a clump of pine trees and there
are two or three other old wells in
the same vicinity. The finding of the
tracks of the hack and the blood clot
on tho ground, together with the pe
culiar nature of the odor, has aroused
the sheriff’s suspicions sufficiently
that he will ask Coroner T. E. Young
to investigate to determine whether
or not a crime has really been com
mitted.
Bread is the staff of life.
SENSATION FLOUR makes the
best. ’Nouqh said.
Compare our sls Special Suit with
others sold at the same price; you'll
see the $5 difference at once. F. G,
Merlins.
CHARLESTON & WESTERN
CAROLINA RAILWAY CO.
(Bffectlvs April 12, 1914.)
Th«i following urrival* and dsparturst
of trains, Union Htatlon, Augusta. Ga.,
am wall hh connection* with other com
panies are simply given as Information
and airs not guaranteed.
Departures.
7:10 A. M., No. 6 Dolly for Anderson
11:00 A. M.. No. ) —f>al|y for Greenwood,
Kpartanhwrg. Greenville, Afthsvllle
4:26 R M., No. 3 Dally for Spartan
burg. Greenville, etc.
6:80 A M No 46 Dally for Beaufort,
Port Koval and Charleston
2:00 P M., No. 4f —Dally for Beaufort,
Port Royal. Charleston. Savannah.
Arrivals.
12:10 P. M., No. 2—Dally from
burg Greenville, etc.
7:06 P. M , No. 4 Dully from Hpartan
burg. Asheville.
12:26 P M , No. 41 Dally from |)enu
fort, Port Royal. Charleston and
Savannah.
• :0S P. M., No 45—■ Daily from Beau
fort, Port Royal and Charleston,
f:00 l\ M.. No. 6 Dally from Anderson.
ERNEST WILLIAMS,
General Passenger Awnt.
829 Broadway, , Augusta, Oa.
GEORGIA RAILROAD
, . (Effective May 3, 1914.) ff
No. Arrive From—
• 2 Atlanta, Macon, Athena and
Waaliington 2:25p.m.
*4 Atlanta 1:30a.m.
•6 Atlanta, Maron, Waahlng
ton amt I'omak 6:15p.m.
*3 Atlanta, M rcon, Athena
and Washington 10:40p.m.
•10 Union Point, Macon and
Waehlnglon If :00a.m.
13 Camak 8:45a.m.
Pullman Weeper and Parlor Car Hervlce.
Noa, 3 and 4, Auguata and Atlanta. I jtE
No* 3 and 4, Chorleaton and Atlanta.
Nob. 8 am| 4. Atlanta nnd Wilmington. '*WVU
Noa. B and 8, Broiler Buffet Parlor Car Auguata and Atlanta.
Noa. 5 and 0, Pullman Weeper, Auguata and Chicago. Tfl
Noa. 1,2, 7 and 8, Broiler Buffet Parlor Car. Auguata nnd Atlanta. *
,r p nir-LtTPB, a. p. a
C. C. M MU.UN, O. A. P. A. T
•01 BROAD •TREET. PHONEB 287, 881 ant) 2288. JT
day instead of $1.50 and will get time
and a. half for all work done after 7
o'clock p. m.
Another matter to come before
council will be the selection of a site
for tho Mary Warren Home bul'ding.
The board of trustees of the home
want to give the»city the land wbich
they own opiwsite the city stables on
Broad Street and receive in exchange
a lot for erecting the new $15,000
home where the old city stables for
merly were located on May Avenue.
Tho home proposes to erect a
$15,000 brick building and Mr. G.
Lloyd Preacher has already drawn
plans for it. Just what action conn
clll will take on the matter cannot
accurately be forecasted, although
tho chances are that the plan will be
approved.
Several Dead By Storm
in Illinois and East lowa
Chicago.—Several persons were kill
ed In a storm which swept western Il
linois and eastern lowa last night.
William Filer, 75 years old, of
111., was caught In the wreckage of his
home and killed. Herman Burrell.
50 years old, was struck and killed by
lightning at Stronghurst.
Two lowa villages, Halo and Olln,
were cut off from communication by
tho storm. Karl Jorgenson a young
farmer, was killed neur Comanche
when it treo was blown over on him
John Mader was drowned in the Mis
sissippi when tho storm upset hts boat.
Atlantic Coast Line
NOTE—These arrivals and departures
are given as information. Arrivals and
connections are not gaaranteed.
38 I 35 I ~ "1 ST. | 37
2:40u.J 2:4op|Lv Augusta A HTT55a| "l :40a
4:2lia| 4:t7a|Ar Har'wel) Lvl 7:13a|12:01a
4:6oa| 4:43p|A* Denmark Lvf «:ttall:34p
5:35,-il s:2sp| Ar Or'buVg Lvl 5:57«|1<):5»p
i:2eii| fi:ssp|Ar Hunitcr Lv 1 4:3ft»J !>:.lop
!l:00a| B:l6p|Ar Florence Lvl 3:15*1 8:00p
l:15pl l Ar Wil'gton Lv| | 3:45p
Through fiteel Pullman fileepers on
Irakis 32 and 35, betweoti Augusta snd
New York. Observation Rrnller Car, be
tween Augusta and Florence Standard
Dining Car north of Florence.
Through Sleeper between Atlanta and
Wilmington, pssslng Augusts on' trains
37 and 38 ns per above figures—l:4o a.
in. and 2:40 a. m., respectively,
T. 8. WALKER, | j
District Passenger Agent. I
Augusta, Ga. Phone 628.
Southern Railway
Bchedule Effective May 3, 1914.
N B. —Schedule figures published only
us Information giHf are not guaranteed.
Union Stiffen, All Trains Dally.
Trains Depart to
No.
18 Charleston, K. C. 7:20a.m,
8 Columbia, fi. C 7:tos.m.
132 Washington, New York .... 2:50p.m.
22 Charleston 3:40p m.
20 Columbia 6:00p.m.
24 Charleston, Jacksonville ....11:40p.m.
to Charleston 2:45u,m
Trains Arrive From
No. .
26 ChsVleston, Jacksonville ... 6:20a.m.
I» Columbia 10:00a.m.
181 Washington, New York ...32:01p.m.
31 Charleston 7-15p,m.
1 Columbia 6:36p.m.
17 Charleston
9 Charleston l:3o*_m.
Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Cars,
Coaches, Dining Car Service.
l’hnne 661 or 947 for Information and
Pullmsn Reservations.
MAGRITDER DENT, Dlat. Pass. Agent,
729 Rroad fit., Augusta, Ga.
OGaRy!
“The Right Way” $
Current honeouios imp. Meriaian THna.l
DEPARTURE* g
For Dublin, Savannah, Hues *
and Florida polnta 7:H U-tn,
For Dublin and Savannah .. .. 1:1# gny
Foi Oavannah, Mason. Colum
bus sad Birmingham tIM aat
ARRIVALS
From Savannah. Maeon, Os
lumbus and Birmingham ... I:M a.m.
From Dublin Savannah and
Florida polnta U:M p.m.
From Dublin Savannah. Un
eon and Florida points .. . 7:89 it.ni.
All Trains Are Dully
Train leaving Augusts 7:M l_ m. and
arriving st 7:50 n m., carries a through
Pullman Russet Parlor Car between Awe
f Plata and Hsvennah. connecting at Mil
*n with through train for Macon. On
lumh"" Birmingham and Montgomery.
Vesltbuled elertric-llghted. steam
hen led fileeping Cera, are oarrted on
night trains between August* and Sa
vannah, Os.; connecting at Mlllon with
through Sleeping Care To and from Ma
con Cninmbue and Atlanta.
For any Information aa to faraa,
schedules, etc., write or eommunloatO
with.
w w. HAnrwTT.
Trer»Mng Peesenger Agent
Phono No 47 717 Rroad Street
. Augusta. Oa
No. Depart To—
•I Atlanta, Macon, Athena and
Waalilngton 7:40a.m.
•3 Atlanta 1:588.m.
*5 Atlanta and beyond 12:30noon
til Camak and Maron 6.30p.m.
7 Atlanta, Macon and Wneh-
Ingtoi
•9 ttnlon Point nnd Waahlng
*°n 6:10p.m.
•Dally. 'Dally axcept Sunday.
TIME SHOWN ABOVE IS EASTER*
(CITY) TIME.
NINE