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TWO 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. TUESDAY, JULY 7. Our Men's Underwear Our Men’s Underwear covers a wide range and includes everything from a good fifty cent goods to the best linen mesh at two dollars. Palm Beach Suits Our Palm Beach Suits are care fully cut and well tailored. They are made to fit and hold their shape and are of best materials. MS Creaky's , “HOME OF GOOD CLOTHES.” 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- PREMATURE BALDNESS < CimCURA SOAP Shampoos followed by occa sional dressings of Cuticura Ointment. 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