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NAT'LtDUGATORS
TALK SALARIES
Indifference of Public is Dis
couraging Characteristic of
Times Says Dr. Dabney.
St. Paul, Minn “The Indifference r, f
the public to all forme of Intellectual !
effort i* the diecnuraKintf character
istic* of our time*” declared Charles
William T>abney, president of the Uni
versity <sf Cincinnati before the Na
tional Kduration Aaelciatlon today.
“The? rich rr.an who employe a
twenty-five thousand dollar lawyer or
a ten thousand dollar physician,” tlio j
speaker eald, “regards a fifteen hun |
dred college professor as good enough
to train his son. Motley making,
politics, sports and picture shows are
holding the interest of the public.
The teacher to the average man is a
mere book worn)."
Me made a pies for Increased sal
«rics for professors, whom lie termed
tinders of nt w knowledge and makers
of men.
The various state delegations and
members of the nominating com mitt***
supporting Dr. David H. Johnson, of
Hock Hill , H. (V, for the association
presidency, today were claiming .it
least twenty-five of the forty-seven
states represented at tie convention,
enough to secure his election.
Friends of Dr, David Htarr Jordan’s
candidacy made no definite claims but
seemed not to fear the outcome of
their campaign for the Californian.
The nominating committee is to
make its selection Thursday morning.
Social Centers.
One m the most notable social cen
ter movements and extensions of high
school activities begun in the middle
west, was outlined today by Principal
Thomas J. McCormack of the town
ship high school of Da Halle, am!
Peru. Ills., an institution organized
under the Illinois township high school
laws ami combining the features of a
junior college for an urban and rural
community,
Instruction is given in all practical
and cultural lines and besides there Is
provided a social (enter and gymiias
him building with swimming pool,
bowling alley, billiard room, club and
reading room, library, music, art and
lecture rooms which with the large
high school auditorium are used both
day and night by school ami public
and a hygienic Institute under a train
ed medical expert with a bacteriolo
gical and pathological laboratory, a
milk station with a trained nurse and
« class room for the Instruction of
girls in the care of the bnhv.
U.S.PRISUN BILL
UY UDKE SMITH
Georgia Senator Draws Meas
ure of Regulating Them.
Wardens to be Appointed by
the President.
Washington. Senator Hoke Smith,
•ny» n special Jhe Atl*nl« Journal,
Its* perfected aiul. will Introduce this
Week n bill to fvnTSttnlze the manage
ment of entlarien by pro
viding that tn future warden* Hitd
deptdy wardens shall he appointed di
rectly by the president, subject to con
firmation by the senate, A similar
Measure will be Introduced by Con
gressman Schley Howard,
i Federal Prisons warden* and deputy
wardens, under the existing law, are
appointed by the attorney general and
are rraponslble only to this officer.
Senator {Smith'* bill provide* for the
appointment of a board of visitor* of
five, located with reasonable proxim
ity to each tuie of the prisons. The
duty of the board of visitors will lw
to visit Ihe prisons not less than four
time* a year, and oflener, ts they deem
It neeaaaary, amt make full examina
tion into the condui l of the prisons
amt report their findings to the de
partment of Jump e. and also once a
year to report their finding* to con
gress wit it suggestions a* to Improve
ment in ttie conditions of the prlaons
The bill provides that these boards
of visitors shall serve without com
pensation. being allowed only their
actual trnvellng expense* and $.3 a day
for subsistence while they are visiting
the prison and while they are prepar
ing their report*.
Senator Smith has been working
upon (hfn measure for some time and
ba* about completed it lie expressed
the opinion that the office of warden
and deputy warden were too Import
ant to be leli simply to an individual
cabinet officer thai they should be
named bv the president and confirma
tion by the senate should be required
for their appointment.
He Insists also that the hoard of
x latter* be located reasonably near
the Penitentiaries, can be mad# of a
high type of men and women who ure
really interested In the problem* of
prison life who*c vl»tfs and whose
study of the prisons will have a salu
tary effect upon the entire manage
ment and generally help in the Im
provement of prison a anagement and
prison condition* In the United States.
FIAT MONEY SIGNED BY
HIM'WHILE PRISONER
OF VILLA
(Continued from Preceding Page.)
•tttutolnaliat soldier was the ©nlv
basis for the report that a saulta hail
been made on Americana in the Pan.
iico oil district.
General Aguilar *taled that the In
veatlgatlon had been made bv an
American consiil and a member of hi*
staff and declared that representa
tives of the oil companies, superin
tendents and other foreigners had as
aured the Investigators they were
satisfied with the protection the con
stitutionalists afforded
Seek Consul's Pro.ectlon.
Tampico. Msxico (via Laredo.)—
American Consul Miller acting a*
flpanieh consul, today was Informed
that a large number of Spanish relu
gees from Monterey and other point*
north were coming here to place
themselves under ills protection until
they could leave the country It Is
understood here that the Spanish
government will send the steamer j
Alfonso XIII from Havana to receive
the refugees.
12*09 Steamer Trunks $ll.OO at
Martina.
SENATE WOULD
BAR 3RD DEGREE
Georgia Upper Chamber Passes
Bill Making it Unlawful to
Get Confessions in This Way.
Atlanta. A bill making It unlawful
for pollen detective* and other* to
subject prisoners to the so-called
"third degree" or “sweating" examina
tion to obtain confession* or Informa
tion, was passed by the state senate
i Monday. This hill was Introduced lust
year by Senator \V. E. Jl Searchy,
j Hr., of the Twenty-sixth district. It
[also makes It unlawful for police of-
Ifldals to turn a. prisoner over to a
third person to administer the “third
decree."
Considerable discussion was arous
ed by the bill of Senator <l. M. Hide,
of the Thirty-fifth district introduced
last year and which has for Its object
the removal of Clayton county from
the sixth congressional district ;*nd
Placing it In the Fifth district.
Several senators took the position
that the reupportlonmcnt of the con
gressional districts was a matter
handled every ten years by the fed
eral congress and that there were
grave doubts whether the change
could be made except at the regular
staled time for redlstrleting. The de
bate Mas cut short by a motion to
have the blli recommitted to the gen
eral Judiciary committee. The motion
carried.
The bill of Senator -O. B. Perry, of
the Twenty-eighth district, providing
for the monthly payment of the state's
school teachers, was defeated by a
vote of 13 to 10. This bill, which was
introduced last year, authorized the
governor to use the funds In the state
treasury to pay the school teachers
Just so long as such payments did not
Interfere with the prompt payment of
the appropriations to the state sani
tarium and other elementary institu
tions . \
It also empowered the governor to
borrow money to pay the teachers
whenever such action was necessary.
Another hill passed by the senate
Monday Mas one by Senator W E. J|.
Scarcity. Hr, of the Twenty-sixth, to
require that clerks of the state rourts
shall keep a record or docket of all
forfeited bonds. recognizances and
other obligations. The date of for
feiture, the amount collected, and oth
er details, are to he recorded.
The resolution of Senator XV. W.
Stark, Introduced several days ago,
memorializing Georgians in congress
to use every legitimate means to re
peal the IB9x bankruptcy act, was
adopted by the senate.
A resolution was introduced hy
Senator G. I> Ferry, of the Twent.v
eighth whereby the house and senate
would Jointly confer on the governor
the power to fix the rank of the quar
termaster general of Georgia aa may
he necessary from time to tluie to con
form with the militia regulation of the
United States. This was referred to
tlic military committee.
BILL EXCEPTIONS
BY FRANK ATTY’S
Formal Document filed Against
Action of Judge Hill. Goes to
Georgia Supreme Court.
Atlanta,—The attorneys fur Leo M.
Frank, under sentnneo of death for the
murder of Mary Pltagan Monday filed
a formal bill of exceptions to the ac
tion of Hen H. Hill in sustaining the
demurrer of the prosecution to the
motion to *et aside the verdict against
Frank The bill of exception* wa* fil
ed with the clerk of the Fulton county
superior court and will be transmitted
by him to the state supreme court
Iwth tn 16 days.
Argument on the motion which 1*
baaed upon claim that Frank* con
st! utionm 1 right* were violated when
the verdict was returned during hi*
absence from court, will not be heard
until October The other motion In tho
ease, appealing for a new trial on
the ground of newly discovered evi
dence already I* before the higher
court and probably will be argued
later thl* month.
SCHOLARSHIPS GO TO
GRADUATES OF A.R.C.
Jos. Logue, Lombard, Kelly
and Nathan Poliakoff Get
Appointments by Gov. Slaton
! The friend* of .Met.ni> Lombard
: Kelly, Nathan Poliakoff and Joseph
I Logue. all former graduate* of the
; Academy of Richmoud County, will
j be Interested Jo know that each ha*
j ju»t received an appointment bv Gov
ernor Jno. M Slaton to a achoiarshlp
Ito the Medical Department of the
l ni versify of Georgia, at Augusta
I Mr. l-ogue I* a this year * graduate
| from the Academy. He bears the dis
j Unction oT having don# more work
(or the Name length of time than anv
other student ever attending the
Academy. He spent, by actual record
five hundred hours iu the school*
laboratories. He wa* an honor grad
uate finishing u courae recently form
ed at the Academy, specially"j-rovld
iu* for entrance to the Medical Col
lege He will now go directly from
the Academy to the Medical College
Mr Kelly Is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Georgtn. attd will begin his
work at the Medical College at the
opening thl* (all with Mr. Logue.
Mr Poltnkoft has been attending
the Medical College tor the past
couple of years and hi* scholarship
I will slrfiply enable hltn to continue
I Ilia tralng there.
NEEDN'T APPEAR PERSONALLY.
Washington, The house today pass
ed a bill to enable marine officer* on
gaged tn aervtee neceaitatlng their
vonttnued absence from the United
B'atc* to secure renewal* of their
license* without personally appearing
before the boards ot local inspector*
that originally Issued the license*. The
legislation was urged hy the Depart
ment of Commerce and the insular af
fairs bureau.
i. sirs his
WIFE INNOCENT
Physician in “Murder Hand
Mystery’’ Declares He Wel
comes Presence of the De
tectives.
Freeport, N. Y. The abrupt ending
of the* coroner's inquest Into the slay
ing of Mih. Louise Bailey on JuneJO,
in the office of I>r. Edwin Carman
and the announcement the Nassau
county grand Jury would begin an in
vestigation of the ease on Thursday
next, led to reports today that the
testimony of the most important wit
nesses was being withheld while clues
developed at the hearing yesterday
could he folowed up. It was even
said'that the sheriff and district at
torney had determined to present their
rase to the grand Jury, thereby ignor
ing the coroners inquiry.
District Attorney Smith insisted today
that the murder was accnipHshed hy
a woman hut kept the object of his
suspicion a secret.
Welcomes Sleuth*.
Dr. Carman said today he weoomed
the arrival last night of the head of a i
national detective agency and his !
men.
"If the county had not hired this !
man, I would have done so when the !
inquest was concluded." he said, j
“During the interviews this man and 1
his subordinates have bad with my
wife they did their best, just as the
county authorities did. to make tier
change her story. 1 believe she has !
told the whole truth. The detective
( bief is welcome at our house at any
time. I hope he can find the person
who murdered Mr*. Hailey and I will j
give him all the help I possibly can.” i
Tried to Kill Him.
Philadelphia.—John Howe, of this
city, who was reported to have tele- j
phoned David Kennedy of Freeport, 1
.that, a woman with Whom Howe was;
cruising, ha I threatened to kill I)r. ■
Harman was found here today and con- 1
firmed the slory told hy Dr. Carman
to detectives.
Howe, who is in business here, said
that two years ago he.lnvited a Free
port man and his wife to an outing
on Great South Bay, L. 1.,. in Ills mo- j
torboat. He would not give their i
names.
“We landed at an island," Howe ;
said, "and ran across David Kennedy j
and Dr. Carman. The moment we
spied them the woman in our party I
srreame<l and ran track to the boat. J I
ran after her and found her on a seat j
in hysterics. She was screaming, j
'That man ruined my husband and
ruined me. I am going to kill him if j
It. takes a lifetime.' She picked up a
paper knife shained like a dagger and
started to leave the boat. I caught
hold of her and kept her track and
asked whom she meant. 'Dr. Car
man,' she said.”
Severe Hailstorm Wrought.
Havoc in Sections Near Here
(Continued from Preceding Fage.)
Mr. J. M. Rosier and that vicinity, but
it seemed to have been worse about
Graeevvood, Debruee and Hephzlbah
than anywhere else. Mr. J. Miller
Walker was exhibiting an envelope
full of huil Btones a* large a* partridge
egg* thl* morning which showed that
they must have been a* large as hen
egg* when they fell, else they would
have melted altogether ' before the
morning. Thl* hail fell near Debruee.
The hall came about nine o’clock last
night. In some place* about Debruee
and Oracewood the cotton plant wa*
almost completely stripped of its
leaves and limbs and It will be impos
sible to make a full crop or anything
approaching It Fortunately, the hail
did not extend over a very wide area.
Storm at Hephzibah.
Tho principal damage from tho
storm at Hephzlbah, and in that sec
tion of the county, was caused by the
terrific hail, which, In some place*,
literally stripped the leaves from
corn and cotton, leaving nhredded
stem* where the day before stood the
most promising prospect* of a splen
did crop.
The rain was the heaviest In that
section so far till* summer, although
It lasted not longer titan three quar
ters of an hour. It came in a down
pour at about 10 o'clock.
A resident of llephzibah tn the city
this morning reported that ttie wind
tn that vicinity was very high. Some
of the most highly valued shade trees
were blown to the ground or up
rooted, many of them a hundred years
of age. A magnificent stiver maple
In front of the home of Mr. Henry S.
Jones at Hrphzlhali was blown flat
to the ground; a large oak opposite
the school house and another tn front
of the home of Mrs. tgeyton were
seriously wrecked from the windstorm.
Shade trees opposite the dwellings of
Mr. Jas. A. Farewell and Mr Foster
Reynold* at Hephzlbah were badly
damaged.
The most of the damage In this sec
tion was confined to that part of the
country from Melton to near Grace
wood, with Debruee as the center.
Fence* and small outhouses were
blown down. The principal sufferer*
were the Kendricks, the llelmlys, Mr
W. \V. Hack and the Messrs. Mor
gan.
Judgment on Empress of
Ireland Wreck Saturday
Montreal. The Judgment of the
commission which Inquired into the
wreck of the Empress of Ireland will
be delivered next Saturday morning,
according to advices today from Que
bec The collier Storstad, which ram
med and sunk the Empress In the St.
l-awretice river on May 29. was sold
today In the admiralty court for $175,-
000. It l* understood the purchaser*
were the original owners
The Storstad was held as security
for damages In the $2,000,000 action
brought by the t’anadlan Puelttc
Railway Company owner* of the Em
press against the collier's owners. She
will he released as soon as the pur
chase money ts paid Into court pend-
Ing further litigation.
W -
IN SNAPPING BREEZE.
Newport. R. I,- full sail wind
that rattled through the shroud* of
the America's cup yachts came snap
ping out of the east toda. when the
Resolute. Vanttie and Defiance stood
seaward for the first race of the Ne -
port series that will deter mine the
de euder ot the America cup.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
PUBLIC SALES
AT COURTHOUSE
Only Small Amount of Proper
ty Changed Hands at the
Public Sales Today. Differ
ence of Opinion Regarding
Legality of a Sale.
Today was regular public sales day
at the court house and a small amount
of property changed hands. '
Property levied on aw that owned
by H. VV. Brown, which faces 141 feet
ion Twelfth street, was sold to D. G.
i Fogarty, attorney, for S7O.
Property on South Boundary street,
facing 94 feet on that street, sold
hy three commissioner* for the pur
pose of division and brought SSOO.
Gne half interest in property facing
"00 set t on Walton Way, another
piece of property facing 165 feet on
Crawford Avenue, still another facing
ISO feet on Jenkins street, and a Piece I
facing 40 feet on Fenwick street, sold j
by H. if Alexander, administrator of
the estate of Charles Webb. deceased,
was bought by Mrs. Florence Webb
for $4,000.
Htxty acres of land, offered by Mrs.
Kitty H. Taft, administratrix of the (
estate of Preston Harley, deceased, j
was withdrawn, $4,000 being ihe up- i
set price and no one raising it. The i
property is on the Georgia railroad, j
about 5 miles from the city.
A foreclosure on the property of ,
Mr. W. j, and Mrs. Sallie McKnight, j
by Ed. S. Beldlng, attorney in fact, !
caused an unsuual situation to arise
at the sale. Mr. G. H. Nixon stated
i hal he had a mortgage on the crop on
the 420 acles of land, which was own
ed hy the McKnighta, and he also
wished to notify all persons that the
property had not been properly ad
vertised for sale and It would he an
Illegal sale. He said that any one pur
chasing it was put on notice of the
facts.
Mr. ft. P>s McCowen. attorney for
Mr. Melding, claimed that the pro Pe
ri v was properly advertised. It was
bought in by Mr. McKnight for $1,250
and if the money is not paid by 3:30
this afternoon the property will be
sold again.
YOUNG MAN KILLED
WHILE BEING HAZED
(Continued from page one.)
new men. The machinists, therefore,
were heretofore accustomed to haze
all the new men in the entire works,
boiler works, and all. They had been
after Lewis for several weeks, ever j
since tie had begun work there, but
ho had so far dodged them successful
ly. Today they got him.
To the Machine Shop.
A crowd of some half dozen over
powered him and took him over to the
machine shops, where they whipped
him with a hoard, and put him through
or loss horse play. He was then
considered "Initiated." and the crowd
proceeded across the street to the
automobile shops 'to get some new
men who had just started work over
there.
Lewi* followed the crowd across
Kollock street, and here there are con
flicting statements to explain his
reasons for so doing Home say thas
lie was enraged at the hazing arid was
seeking to revenge himself on Char
lev Nicholas, the ring- leader of the
crow d.
In Good Humor.
" l eu tlie crowd was in the automo
bile shops It was apparently in a good
humor, and the boys were laughing Hiid
talking among themselves. What werds
passed between Nicholas ami l.ewis are '
not known nl present, but they say hew- I
Is struck him the first blow. Nicholas '
hit back once or twice and was hit as
often before lie struck the fatal blow ;
that caught l.ewis in the Solar Plexus.
There is u vital spot, which if struck. I
paralyzes every nerve in the body. Lewis j
did not show the effect of Ihe blow for'
a few seconds, and Nicholas, warding 1
off a blow, had time to hit hint again,
tins time In Ihe Jaw He fell backwards 1
limp as a rag. Hl* tiead hit the con- I
crete, and he never recovered conscious- t
ness. The crowd tried to resuscitate
him with cold water for a few minutes,
when, realizing there was something ae
rion* the matter, they picked him up
and carried him to ]>r. <). H. Sally's
Drug fttore. the Central Pharmacy, on
the southeast corner of Fenw.ek and
Kollock streets.
Doctor Arrives.
Ivr Hally arrived at the same moment
in his machine and immediately set to
work on Ihe injured boy. He' had no
doubt from the firsi moment that la-wis
was as good as dead. He Injected three
fifteenths of a grain of sirychnine In two
hyperdermlo doses, but the boy never
reacted for a moment. He also tried to
g v c him ammonia, and attempted arti
ficial respiration. Hr. Sally says lie only
gasped three or four times after he was
put down in the shop
Charley Nicholas, as soon as l.ewis was
dead went on foot io the police head
quarters and gave himeetf up. lie is a
young man. 22 years of age. who lives
with his mother, Mrs. Junes, at 2(40
Battlrrow. He Is a great character
among the employes at Lombards and
ts always foremost among them in any
activity, which may lie afoot
..The drad man is lying at the Central
I harmnSv, covered with a new holt of
cheese cloth. It appears that he was
an orphan, who lived. nobody know
l where, with s xrindmotlier His age was
given hv different persons as anything
from 17 to 21.
Brunswick Naval Stores
Plant Sold for $425,000
Brunswick, Ga.—The entire plant
of the suspended Yaryan Naval Store*
Company lien- was sold today to tiny
Empire investment Company, a Geor
gia concern. Tor $425,0(10 "The sale
was made under an order from Judge
Sheppard, of the United States dis
trict rout. The purchasing company's
bid was the only one submitted, the
price mid meeting the approval ot
the court.
DOUGLAS RELEASED.
Washington. - Official conirmatlon
of the release of St. Clair Douglas, the
Englishman charged with assisting
the federal# and condemned to deatn
at Zacatecas by the eonstitutiougltsts
has reached the state department.
The United Stales made repreeena
tlons in bis behalf
HIS 2STH CHILD.
Atlanta, Ga.—Douginii county comm
forward w:ll$ tlu» burnt of tho iargegt
family In tho Mato Kov. J. t. Tyson,
though only M years old. is this wn-k
tho proud father of his 2*.th child. Ho
hat married throe time*. Ids first
two wives iieina slsto-s and Ids thin! a
nmre .*f ids fiwmor wives. Ills mdest
child Is 34 years o d.
Twilight Service is Popular
Feature Methodist Conference
Begins This Evening at 8 O’clock. Rev. Mr. Eakes,
Assistant Editor Wesleyan Christian Advocate to Preach,
Committees Named Yesterday Afternoon to Make Reports.
BAINS GREATLY
UELP BUTTON
Conditions Much Improved in
Georgia Except in Southwes
tern Portion of State.
Washington, D. C.- Local showers over
large areas in the cotton region east of
the Mississippi greatly improved the out
look. the National Weekly Weather Bul
let i for the week which ended jester
day announced today and the early
planted crop is neavly everywhere re
ported as in good condition.
“Westward of the Mississippi,” says
the bulletin “no rain occurred over the
greater part of the cotton growing por
tions of Texas and the late planted in
that state is suffering for moisture. The
early planted, however, is making satis
factory growth in that state as well as
in most portions of Oklahoma, Arkansas
and Louisiana. 801 l weevil are report
ed as Increasing in several sections.
"In the principal trucking regions of
the South local rains improved the late
crops in Florida and some adjoining dis
tricts but in other portions early crops
have suffered severely and are generally
reported as short.’”
In Virginia, cool, cloudy weather with
frequent showers in most counties, was
beneficial especially to corn and truck
which have decidedly improved Some
tobacco was transplanted.
The week was favorable in North
Carolina, rains occurring in practically
all parts of the state. Crops continue
to improve and the outlook’ is good ex
cept in small areas. Eavly cotton is in
excellent shape, and recent rains will
mature early corn.
Heavy rains occurred in the central
coastal plai nos South Carolina and mod
erate showers elsewhere, but drought
continues in portions of the northeastern
and northwestern counties. Tobacco
show seffects of intense heat and con
tinued drought, but cotton is doing well
generally, while corn and truck are im
proved. More rain is needed.
Conditions have greatly improved in
Cieorgia, with more moderate tempera
tures and widely distributed local show
ers. except in the southwestern portion,
where drought continues. Early and
late cotton made excellent growth. Corn
in places is too much injured for recov
ery. The pecan nut crop is consider
ably damaged by drought.
Beneficial showers and locally heavy
rains in Florida reached the entire state,
being most general in the central por
tion. Early corn was revived some
what and cotton, citrus fruits, cane and
late vegetables have improved.
AUGUSTA REAL ESTATE
EACUAUGE IS FORMEU
Mr. H. H. Bell Named Presi
dent at Meeting in M. & M.
Rooms This Morning.
The Augusta Heal Estate Exchange
was formed this morning at a meeting
of a number of the eitvl’s leading agents
held In, the rooms of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association.
Following are the officers elected:
President--H. H. Bell.
Vice-President —H. B. Garrett.
Secretary—Geo. W. Hardwick.
Treasurer—Chas. B. Mathenv.
Director*—Messrs H. C. Middleton,
Jas It. League and A. W. Luekey.
There will be meetings held monthly.
The object of the organization, as em
bodied In the by-laws adopted this morn
ing. ts to promote Investments In real
estate on the part of the public, nsslst
In the movements of getting new enter
prises to locate itere, etc.
Real estate business in egeneral will be
discussed at the meetings, as will all
matters of Interest to the city In which
the real estate men may co-operate.
EXCURSION TRAIN FROM
CHARLESTON HERE TODAY
An excursion train from Charleston
over the Southern Railway today brought
tit between 400 and 500 people. There
were eight coaches well filled. The ex
cursionists arrived at 12:30 p. m. and
will leave tonight.
HD ’EM ILL OVER,
UEEIOEU Ulf AUGUSTA
Mr. D. T. Houghton, Graduate
Mercer Law Class of 1909, to
Locate Here. Has Been AH
Over the Country.
Mr. D. T . Roughton, a graduate of
Mercer University Law class of 1909,
who has been on the road as a travel
ing man lor the past two years, is in
Augusta and likes the town so well
he will bring his family here to re
side. Mr. Roughton is a native of
Washington County, Georgia, but
since his graduation from college has
traveled widely. He says that he has
been in every city of note in the
United States and that he has come
to Augusta to locate because be sees
greater opportunities here than else
where. Mr. Roughton is a member of
a prominent Washington County and
Bibb County family and Is a bright
young man.
Speaking of the trade conditions
throughout the country, he says that
the United States Is much better off
thsn either Canada or South America
and that the people who are crying
hard times are merely doing so in an
effort to belittle the earnest efforts
of President Wilson for trust regula
tions and currency and tariff revision.
Mr Roughton came to Augusta from
ihe West through the cotton belt and
he says that the boll weevil Is bad
In Texas. Ixniisiana and Mississippi
and that the T *xss crop will he short,
also beoauee of a 60 days' rain in the
spring. He predict* a good iprice for
cotton.
SCALDED TO DEATH.
Toledo. Ohio.—When the locomotive of
a Toledo. Ann Arbor and Jackson pas
senger train jumped the rail* and top
pled into a ditch near West Toledo to
day Frank Braitner, engineer, was
«.-tided to death. Forty pastengtss wera
I shaken up, non, severely.
Tlie second day of the Augusta
District Conference for the Methodist
Episcopal, South, was begun at 9:30
o’clock this morning, the sessions be- .
ing held at the Asbury M. E. Church,
of which Rev. A. D. Echols is pastor. 1
Rev. VV. T. Hamby, the presiding
elder of the district, is at the head or
the conference.
Dr. Gaine3 conducted the devotional
service this morning. Tne business
session followed, at which the reports
of charges in the city were heard. Re
ports trom out-of-town committees
were expected to he made this after- [
noon. The reading of the reports this
morning took up considerable time!
time this morning and all showed that
the churches were in an encouraging
condition along all lines.
The regular morning sermon was j
:! reached at 11 o’clock by Rev. J. H. j
..lasiiburn, of Thomson, who wa3 at
one time pastor o! the St. James M.
E. Church here. His sermon was well j
received by a large congregation andj
was one of the beat delivered during
the conference.
At the session this afternoon, which j
will be begun at 3 o'clock, there will;
be a number o[ young men to be li
censed for the ministry. The remain-;
der of the reports trom committees!
representing the various charges of
the conference will be made at the
business session this afternoon aid;
tomorrow morning.
Tonight there will be a twilight;
service again. Dast night the church
was crowded to the doors at this ser-;
vice, which seems to meet with gen-!
eral favor with those who are inter- j
•:sted in the conference. The ser
mon this evening will be delivered I
by Rev. R. F. Eakes, assistant editor
of the Wesleyan Christian Advocate,
Atlanta.
The program for tomorrow will
not be made until this afternoon’s
session. The conference will ad
journ tomorrow night.
The conference was greeted today
with the presence of Mr. Deon Smith,
a prolessor of DaGrance College. Mr.
Smitli is a son of President Rufus
Smith, of DaGrance. who has been at
the head of this college for the past
twenty-nine years.
Rev. E. B. Hale, of DaGrange Fe
male College, addressed the confer
ence yesterday. He spoke of the
splendid work that is being accom
plished at present at this school.
At the business session of the con
ference yesterday afternoon Rev. J.
F. Roberts, pastor of the St. Duke
M. E. Church, was named as secre
tary. -
The following committees were ap
pointed to report to the conference on
the various subjects assigned them:
Dicensing committee and recom
mendations for admission into travel
ing connection —Rev. S. P. Wiggins,
chairman, D. M. Twiggs and W. F.
Gaines.
Orders Committee—N. S. Williams,
chairman, J. H. Mashburn and J. C.
Atkinson.
Quarterly Conference Record Com
mittee —Arthur Maness, chairman, D.
E. Culver and J. M. Fowler.
Committee on Spiritual State of
Church —J. H.. Mashburn, chairman,
J. M. Smith, A. H. Curtis, J. D. Mor
gan, Rev. Foster Young, E. T. Davis,
H. D. Harris, VV. A. Bash. W. R. Ken
nedy, R. S. Neal and A. Rhodes.
Missions Committee—W. O. Butts,
chairman, F. E. Gibson, H. L. Harris,
Rev. R. L. Campbell and J. E. Good
rich.
Reforms and Temperance Commit
tee —Rev. .J. D. Hammond, D. D„
chairman, Rev. C. M. Verdel, W. F.
Parks, T. S. McLendon, J. B. Bynum,
J. E. Fooshee, J. H. Wilhelm and R.
D. Merrill.
Committee on Financial Methods—
J D. Walker chairman, Newman
Hicks. L. S Goodrich, J. B. Daven
.ort, C. W. Coleman, J. G. Weigle and
Robert Peebles.
Committee of Sunday School, Ep
worth Deagues and Christian Educa
tion —Rev. VV. B. Dillard, chairman.
A. C. Martin, VV. T. Bell, B. T. Reid,
T. L. L-ayton, D. M. Carr, E. T. John
son. W. A. Owens, M. C. Moran, J. F.
Young. S. M. Ware, J. E. Gibbs, W. A.
Watson and C. D. Lokey.
Licensing Committee ad interim —
Rev. S. P. Wiggins, chairman, J. H.
Mashburn, J. 0.. Brand and W. T.
Hamby.
Public Worship Committee Rev.
A D Echols; C. H. Baird and W. T.
Hamby.
AUGUSTA VISITED BY RAIN
FALL OF 1.28 INCHES
LAST NIGHT
(Continued from Preceding Page.)
and burned to the ground, and the
other was the barn of Mr. J. Morgan
Landrum, at Horse Creek, also across
the river in South Carolina, which
was another victim of the lightning.
There is said to have been a con
siderable quantity of hay stored In
each barn and the damage in each
case will amount to several thousand
dollars.
The rain was the first precipitation
of consequence to visit Augusta since
ihe ali-day slow rain of lest Thursday
two weeks ago. Previous to the rain of
Thursday two weeks ago there had
been no rain for many weeks and it
didn't take long for that rain to be
soaked up by the thirsty ground. In
some sections about Augusta the corn
was almost ruined when the rain of
last night arrived, while truck farm
ers have made almost a total failure
in many Instances. The rain of last
night will be a wonderful aid to cot
ton. watermelons and every other
kind of crop and It was welcomed Joy
ously by everv one, and particularly
the farmers. The hay crop has been
short all of the year because of the
lack of rain and. in fact, everything
has shown the great need of more
moisture.
DIAMOND SMUGGLERS.
New York. —Herman J. Dietz, a dia
mond merchant. and hi* eon, Charles,
were Indicted Monday on eleven count*
as participant* tn sn alleged conspiracy
to smuggle diamonds Into the United
States. Diamonds valued at from $300,-
000 to $500,000 were smuggled from Can
ada In 19U and 1912.
TRIED DOUBLE-LOOP; KILLED.
S*umur, Franc#—Georges I.egagneux,
a French aviator, was killed Monday
while attempting a douhle-loop In the
air.
Georges Legagrteux several times es
tablished a world's altitude record. His
best record for height was made last
year when he ascended 20,295 feet.
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4,000 Dentists Hear of
Increased Curriculum
Rochester, N. Y.— With nearly 4,000
delegates, the 18th annual convention
of the National Dental Association
opened here today. The day's pro
gram Included the annual address of
President Homer Bronw, an address
by Victor C. Vaughan, president of,
the American Medical Association,"
and lectures and discussions of the
phases of operative dentistry and kin
drey subjects.
In his annual address President
Brown declared the dental college cur
riculum should be Increased.
"Instruction received in most of our
dental colleges in histology, pathology
and bacteriology is so meagre" he said,
"that the present graduate is not suf
ficiently versed to consider it a pre
paratory course which would admit to
more advanced work. We will, with
more or less humiliation, admit that
few of our practitioners of today are
sufficiently educated in these partic
ular subjects to reflect credit upon
the profession.”
UNREASONABLE PIG IRON RATES
Washington. —ln the eo-called Bir
mingham pig iron case, the interstate
commerce commission today held that
existing rates on pig iron from the
Birmingham district to Louisville, St,
Louis, Chicago and Boston by rail
and water were unreasonable. No
change was ordered on proportional
rates to Ohio River crossings, but it
was ordered that they be revised so
as not to throw all the reductions on
the southern lines. .Existing rail
and water rates to interior New Eng
land were pronounced unreasonable
and reasonable rates to Portland,
Maine, Springfield, Mass., and Lowell,
Mass., were prescribed with reduc
tions to interior New England points.
PRINCETON’S COACHES.
Raleigh, N. C.—T. G. Trenchard, head
coach of the University of North Caro
lina, announced today that Arthur Bleu
thenthal, head line coach at Princeton
last fall, and Logan Cunningham, head
field coach at Princeton in 1911-12. had
been secured to coach the line and hack
field at the University of North Caro
lina this fall. Candidates for football
team will report at Lake Kanuga in the
mountains August Ist.
Trenchard also is a former Princeton
player and coach.
WEATHER MAPS FOR BALLOONISTS
St. Louis. —Weather reports from all
parts of the United States will be tele
graphed to the balloonists next Satur
day just before the national elimination
race starts. Each pilot will be given a
small weather map showing atmospherio
conditions throughout the country-
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