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MONDAY, AUGUST 10. Aupsta-Savannah Navigation Co. Will Be Name oi the Barge Line Meeting of Stockholders called by Pres’t Fielding Wallace at 8:30 O'clock Tonight in M.& M. Rooms, Harrison Building. To Adopt By-Laws. Urge Full Attendance. A meeting of the stockholders of thfe barge line will be held this even ing at 8:30 o’clock in the rooms of th e Merchants and Manufacturers As sociation in the Harison building and it is urged by the president of the company, Mr. Fielding Wallace, that every stockholder be present in person or by proxy. It is important that there he a quorum this evening as there are several matters of especial im portance to be transacted. The by-laws will be adopted and the name of the company will be changed from the Augusta Barge Line Bold Burglars Entered Ten N. Augusta Homes; Escaped Series of Daring Robberies Occurred Near Midnight Saturday Night in Town Across River, While Villagers Slumbered in Peace. Residents Awoke Yesterday Morning to Find Bed Rooms Ransacked. Ton homes in the heart of North Augusta were entered Saturday night the authorities say by three men they are conlident are negroes, and the entire loot of the robbers amounted to nothing more than one pistol, about SSO in money, a few watches and possibly some minor things ot less values. Although some say they got a glimpse of the intruder in their heme, the burglars were successful in making their get-away form every place. One of them was freightened away from the front yard of a resi dence, where he stopped to quench his thirst at the hydrant. Expect Arrests Shortly. Town Marshall Hahn stated today that he had been given a very good description o the men and is confi dent that there were no less than three of them. He says that the stolen goods is such that it- will help to Identify them, too, and it is his belief tnat some arrests may be made shortly, elsewhere if not here. Among the homes entered were those of Messrs- Harry Wall. Paul Hill, L. G. Caniipe, Geo. B. Anderson, ('. \v. Crandall, Jno. Murphey, Henry Hammond, C. A- Howland and L. M. Wise In Mr. Wall’s house, at the corner of Arlington Heights and Carolina Avenue the burglar played in hard luck, although Mr. Wall lost a Colt revolver, valued at sls. Mr. Wall Saturday afternoon had been helping Mr. Lair Young, one of his neighbors. In the latter’s chicken yard, and had /orn an old dark pair of trousers. He put his pocketbook containing some ihink like sl2 or sls in a pocket of the old trousers- He nad been wear ing a light palm beach suit and the Consider South’s Cotton Needs House Committee on Agricul ture Hearing Suggestions for Ways and Means to Aid Pres ent Situation. , Washington _ Senator Hoke Smith announced he would introduce a resolu tion tomorrow to authorize the secretary of the treas ury to withhold one half the emergency currency to which the southern states, with the exception of Flor ida, would be entitled and whumatchT RESINOL WILL STOP THAT ITCH Tha momont that Raalnol Ointment touche* Itching akin the Itching »tops and healing begin*. That U why doc tor* have preacrlbad It aucceaafully for nineteen year* In even the eever e»l caae* of eoxema, poi»on Ivy, tetter, ringworm, raahee and other torment ing. disfiguring skin eruption* Aided by warm hath* with Reatnol Soap, . R»sinol Ointment make* the skin or f »Calp perfectly healthy, quickly, easily and at little cost. Reatnol Ointment contain* nothing harsh or Injurious and can be used on the tendereat or most Irritated surface. Practically every druggist sells Resl nol Ointment (50c. and II), and Real l t.ol Soap <2*c.) For trial free, write to i’ept. 28-R, Realnol, Baltimore, Md. Company to the Augusta-Savannah Navigation Company, the reason be ing that the latter name will convey a broader meaning and wil] be more auitable to the business. The freight tariff is being filed with the interstate commerce commission, and will become effective October Ist. Mr. Wallace stated today that the oompany will be doing business by this time if not before. Tile steel barges hav e been constructed and have been shipped and preparations are being made to erect the terminals on practically th same site as the preset city wharf. old dark trousers, folded up, were on one chair in his bed room and the light suit on another when the burg lar made his appearance. Tue burg lar evidently did not see the old trousers, as they remained untouched, but ha pockets in the palm beach suit were turned wrong side out. Find ing pithing in these trousers he threw them to the floor and proceed ed to plunder the dresser drawers. Mr. Wall’s gold watoh, worth about SSO, lay on top of the dresser, but when the burglar opened one of the drawers he threw a handkerchief on top of the watch, and thus failed to see it. More of tne burglar’s hard luck at this place comes out in the fact that although the rear door in the house was left unlocked lie with possibly some difficulty climbed through the kitchen window that is seven or eight feet from the ground. At McFarland’s. In the home of Mr. McFarland, on Lake Evenue, near Arlington Heights, he entered the room occupied by Mr. Chester Story and stole his watch, which was on a chair only a few inches away from the his head. $8 in money were taken from tue pockets of Mr. Story's trousers which were on a chair near the head of his bed, also. In Mr. Hill s home, where a watch was stolen, the intruder decided to leave a pair of ladies’ shoes and her silk stockings, which were undoubt edly stolen goods. Only an attempt was made to enter the Wise residence, the burglar being frightened away. It is said that all of the burglaries took place within fifty or sixty minutes and near the hour of midnight. to issue in lieu thereof, treasury notes for cotton warehouse receipts. Washington.—Ways and means to aid the south in the handling of the cotton crop in the face of the European crisis were considered today by the house committee on agriculture. Cotton grow ers and merchants were on hand to offer suggestions and the cotton experts of the department of agriculture were call ed upon by the committee to outline the situation.^* The committee discussed the cotton •grading bill of Representative Lever, creating a federal system of cotton in spection and prividing cotton standards. C. J. Brand, chief of the bureau of markets told the committee that to re lieve the present situation in the south a general revision of the present method of marketing cotton should he made. He said any plan should provide for the storing of cotton in bonded warehouses, for the certification of each bale of cot ton with a certificate of standardiza tion and the actual identification of ev ery bale of cotton with its cerificate. Cotton Collateral. “Without these provisions,” he said, ‘‘it is doubtful if cotton collateral, as security, can be made as impregnable as it should be in the present crisis.” Mr. Brand said with proper legislation the government could put his plans in operation within ten days to such an extent as to materially aid the cotton growers. He said whatever was done must be done immediately. Among those who atended the hear ing were W. G. Turner, James F. Hun ter and Wm. E. Love of Memphis, Tenn.; J. W. Culver of Clarksdale, Miss., and E. R. Olivre of Louisville, Ky. Sanguinary Attack On Mazatlan General Assault Ordered By Constitutionalists. Indians in Trenches Use Knives With Deadly Efect. On Board U. 8. S. California, vii wirelets to San Diego, Cal.—A gem ral attack on Mazatlan was ordered tonight by General Iturbo, command er of the Inveatlng constitutionally* Already In posaeaalon of the outer llri" of defenaea, the bealeglng force* ad vanced to the earthwork* on the edg of the city. Florce hand-to-hand fighting oc curred In the tranche* which, filled with dead only partially burled, cover the approach to the city'* main for tification* Indian* aiding the inaur gent* used their knlve* with sanguln ary effect. The federal gungoat GusA rero sided the garrlaon by shoillng the positions of the besiegers PEACEFUL TRANSFER AT MEXICO CITY WITHIN SIXTY HOURS President Carbajal to Issue Proclamation Over Government to the Constitutionalists. Mexico City.—A high official of the Mexican government who requested not to be quoted said today ttat the transfer of the fedral power in Mex ico from Provisional President Car -1 ajal to the constitutionalists would be made peacefully within the next sixty hours. The official added that Provisional President Carbajal would issue a proclamation late today to the inhabi tants of the federal capital giving de tails of the government's plan for the transfer. The plan includes the transfer of power from Francisco Carbajal to Society —Mrs. Bayard T Dozier and chil dren are listing Mrs. W. D. Kahrs. on Broad Street. —Friends of Mrs John Keenan will regret to learn of her illness at the City Hospital. —Mr- and Mrs. W. E. Leonard, Misses Clara and lluby Leonard and W. E. Leonard, Jr., leave Wednesday for Asheville and Hendersonville. —Mrs. Hugh received a cable from her uncle, lion. Pleasant A. Stovall, United States minister at Berne, Switzerland, stating till at her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Billups Phlnizy of Athens, and her sisters, the Misses Phiniz.v, are with him, safe and well, in Switzerland. —Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weldon re ceived a cable from their brother and sister. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Chestnut of Savannah, yesterday stating that tfley were in Switzerland, the guests of Mr .and Mrs. Pleasant Stovall—Atr lanta Constitution. —Miss Annie Dowling has return ed after a visit with Mrs. C. F. Mc- Carthy. MISS MAHER ENTERTAINED IN SAVANNAH. .Miss Regenia Maher, a charming visitor from Augusta was delightful ly entertained on Wednesday even ing by Miss Marie Semken, who gave a party in her honor. Songs, games and dancing were indulged in, after which refreshments were served. Besides Miss Maher, Miss Semken’s guests included Misses Alva Schwartz Mary Tobin. Annie Bertha Lange, Annie Slater, Mae Slater, Maude Peters, Stella O’Drlscoll, Sadie Counts, Gertrude Brown, Hattie (ial laher, Messrs. Tom Cochran, Frank Fitzpatrick, Harrv Middleton, Cecil Puder, Louis Dillon, Frank Butler, Hue Sloan. William Fitzpatrick, An thony Palmer, Daniel Llnehan, Em mett Fitzpatrick, William Harrison, William Brown. Assisting Mrs. .T. D. Femken were Mrs. William J. Fitzpatrick, Mrs. C. O. Dahl and Mrs. .1. .1. Fitzpatrick. —Miss Roberta Alley has returned from a pleasant stay on Sullivan’s Is land. Miss Alley and Mrs. James Aliev will leave in a few days for Spartanburg, where they will visit. Miss Fleming Jackson. —Mrs. Evans Miegel arrived to day to spend several months with Mrs A. H. Miegel and Miss Bertha Miegel. on Bay Street. —Mr. Fred Gehrken, Jr., has re turned from a northern trip. Mrs. Gehrken remained over for another week with Mrs. S. B. McCord in Pniladelphla. —Mrs. O. H. Warner and little son Otis, Jr., left today for Indianapolis, Ind., to remain until the middle of September. —Miss . Margurita Gaus e of Atlanta is the charming young guest of Mrs. C. T. Gause, at her home on Telfair street. MRS. CHARLES PHINIZY ENTERTAINS FOR COL. MALLORY AND STAFF One of the moat delightful little affairs that have been given during the encampment was the afternoon tea at which Mrs. Charles l’hinizy en tertained a few friends yesterday In compliment to Col. Mallory and hi* staff. Thorough Informality charac terized the occasion which added greatly to the enjoyment of fifteen nr twenty guests In attendance. Miss Katie Black presided at the tea table, which was overlaid with lace an 1 adorned with Japane.se quince blos som*. A pleasant little Incident occurred during the afternoon when Major Pagf, of Virginia, and Mr. Howdre Phlnizy recognized In each other old Princeton friend*, who had not met *lnce their college day*. Major Page la *urgeon on Col. Mallory’s staff and is stationed at Fort Moultrie, H, C. Mrs. Frank Benson and Miss Es telle Salley have returned from tho North Carolina mountains. -Misses Annie Mae and Ollie Atkin son are visiting friends In Trenton and Edgefield. Mr. Fritz, Atkinson was < ver from Macon for the week end AT ALTAPASS INN. Alta pa as, N. C. —The Altaipasa Golf Course is a most popular place these days and the links are crowded from, early dawn to late twilight. Today Is the first tournament of the season, and the eluh from Johnson City, Tenn , is w</l represented here East night the club house was a scene of gayety, there being a bowl ing contest on and fully thirty people were bowling on 'he different alle a The ladles' prize being carried off by Mr*. Hugh W'blte, of Johnson City and tho gentlemen’* by Dr Bird, of Loulavllle, ail of the billiard and pool THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. Eduardo Iturhide, governor of the federal district. Carbajal will go to Vera Cruz and Governor iturhide will turn over the government to General Obregon, now in Tula with 25,01)0 men. Peace Delegates. Vera Cruz, Mex.—Gen. Lauro /Vll lar and David Gutierrez Allende, tne peace delegates representing Provis ional President Carbajal, arrived here today on their way to the fad ernl capital- They expressed no hope of tin arrangement with Venus tlnno Carranza. tables as well as shuffle boards were is use and never before was such a busy time in Altaians. After the bowling contest was over Mr. 11. A. Videtto, of Augusta, invited all. to a watermelon cuttius, where down m front of the Inn on the beautiful blue grass lawn, under the trees had been placed tables and benches with many festoons of colored electric lights and Japanese luntors, swinging In the trees added much to the scene, hut •when the Georgia rattle snake melons aim the "Tom Watson’s’’ were cut open and all got busy it made a sight long to be remembered in tlie hearts of all present. Many riding and driving parties go out daily to near-by peaks and points of interest. Today Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Vaughn are entertaining a party on a drive and picnic to J’.ll lestpe Gap, while Mr. Newton Sihrk and Mr. It. N. Shannon, of Norfolk, are out with a party of friends on a Horse Creek ride over the moun tains. On Thursday Mrs. Josephine Nor ris, of Daytona, Fla., took out soma friends in carriages and buck hoardß lor a day’s picnic in the mountains Miss Forrest and party of friends of New York, spent a fijw days here this week—parking their private car while they took liorsp buck rides and drives all ove r the .country. All to gether this is a scene of gayety from daylight to midnight all the time. Recent Augusta arrivals at Alta pass from Augusta may he found Mrs. C. B. Garrett and Miss Ismbelle Gar rett. Mrs. H. A. Videtto and many others who have been hero for sumo weeks. AN ARTICLE ON LEVEE IN ENGINEERING NEWS Mr. Nisbet Wingfield Writes Article for New York Paper on Augusta’s Levee. Illus trated With Photographs. A very interesting article appears in the Issue of Engineering News of New fork of August fith, by Mr. Nls bet. Wingfield, city engineer and com missioner of public works and also •chief engineer of the River mid Ca nal Commission, on Augusta’s levee. •The article contains 1,500 words and Is splendidly illustrated with photo graphs of various portions of Mm levee. The Hawk’s’ Gully gates and gates across the canal near the War wick mill are among the views shown. Mr. Wingfield's article is ex tremely interesting. He discusses the levee from the engineering point of view and he is equtppd to do so. because he Is recognized as one of the ablest civil engineers In tills en tire section of tho country. Mr. Wingfield Is a member of the Amer ican Society, of Civil Engineers. Blood Purified Quiokly in Summer All the Body Responds to Action of Famous Remedy Just as thunder shakes the ground and at Ira It into action; and lightning clears the air, burns up Impurities; no does H. H. H. aroune action In the blood. It In cleansed, purified and Impurities are 1 converted into substance easily and quickly eliminated. In the winter time we get our natural! purifying agency In fresh, cold, front y ' nlr hut most people spoil the effect by babltH of living. And so we rely upon summer with the help of H. H. H for It Is now that the liver, lungs, kidneys and skin will he more active without tho danger of severe colds. All such troubles as pimples, holla, rash, blood risings, ecxemu, sens and other forms of Impure blood will ha rushed out of the aystem and new skin will quickly replace the diseased tissue, i OH. a bottle of H H. H. today of any druggist but don’t permit anyone to fool you with something claimed “Just as good.” Write to The Hwlft. Specific Co., 11l flwlft Bldg , Atlanta, Os for a beauti ful book 'What the Mirror Tells.” And If you want advice on any severe form o 4 blood trouble writs tho com pany'a medical department. ' REPEAT ORDERS from FIRMS WHO KNOW MOTOR TRUCKS THE groat oil companies of America were one of the first big lines of business to use motor trucks exten sively. Naturally, then, those companies are probably more familiar with the good and bad points of the various motor trucks than any other important line of business. The great oil companies know motor trucks by long experience. CL, In June, 1913, the great oil companies operated a total of 150 White Trucks. Cl. In June, 1914, these same oil companies had increased their White Truck equipment to more than 270, an in crease of over one hundred and twenty White Trucks during the past twelve months. THESE FIGURES STEAK FOR THEMSELVES The White iaj Company 63-65 IVY STREET, ATLANTA. GA. Roth in Quantity aiul Value of Production, the T,argent Manufacturers of Commercial Motor Vehicles in America What To Save in The Herald’s M.&M. Contest For further Information, rail at Content Headquarters, 213 McHartan street or telephone 1200. LIST OF MERCHANTS WHOSE SALES SLIPS ARE GOOD FOR VOTES: M. A. Bates & Co Stark French Dry Cleaning Co. Heonomy Shoe Company. Castleberry & Wilcox. Golden Bro«. L. J. Sr haul. Better Ice Cream Company. Geo. H. BaJdowski, Jr. Maxwell Broa. ( t’Connor-Sehweers. B. A. Dial. P. K. Tant. L. P. Hpeth. Panther Springe Water Company. Burdell-Cooper Company. LIST OF PRODUCTS: AlaOa Syrup labels. Brookfield Butter cartons. Swlft’.s Arrow Borax Soap wrappers. Queen Regent Toilet Soap cartons. Piedmont, Fatima or Chesterfield cigarette coupons. Maxwell House Blend Coffee labels. Maxwell House Blend Tea labels. Ring’s FJegant Flour bags. Sensation Flour bags. Block’s Cracker wrappers. Domino rice cartons. Corn-Cola Gum wrappers. Smith Bros. Alfalfa Horse and Dairy Feed hags Chero-Cola crowns. Swift’s Jewel Shortening cans. Swift’s Silver Leaf Lard guarantee labels. Swift s Premium flam wrappers. Swift's Premium Bacon wrappers. IJbhy's Rose Bale Peach labels, Libby’s Happy Vale Peach* labels. Or any other labels from Libby’s products Dolly Madison*Talcum powder. Ideal Peroxide Face cream. Stones Wrapped Cake wrappers. Clnoo Cigar box top. Hantaello Cigar box top. C. If. S. box top. Preferencla Cigar box top. Optimo Cigar box top. Tadema cigar box top. These cigar box tops must be stamp ed Burdell-Cooper Tobacco Co. STRANGE THINGS UNDER THE BUN. Bhe tangoed up and down the beach The sweet girl from Durango; And then she had to use a bleach To make iie r aw:ul lan go. ppisoiis COMPOUND TALCUM QUICK RELIEF FOR PRICKLY HEAT, CHAFED SKIN,ETC. PREPARED BY Frierson Drug Store Charleston, S.C. HERALD CARRIER FELL FROM CAR; ARM BROKEN Young Ohas. Doolittle, of 412 Bay Street, Had Made Sale on Street Car. Stepped Off Backward. The many friends of little Charles Doolittle, the young Hon of Mr. and ' Yomr completion need* v /* DAGGETT & RAMSDELL’S |PERFECT COLD CREAM VmJ by tb. .111. of N.w York Society for tw.oty the ran end .till 1 (..orito Imp.rt. 1,-.lth «t,d I,—nut, to th. .kin, .m00t1... «w.y th. mark, at I taw. „ bring* Nature’* bloom to anllow chaau*. diicourage* unwrlinme I'no* and wrinkl**. Improt® your look* J^sii^Sslss3jHN^ •• |atubMloc..2Sc.. SOc. Inj.r. 35c.. 50c . «5c- *1.30. , |J j When you tnntai upon D A If you get the beat cold cream in the etore. ■ . \aNDERBILT cf . A. uJhirtlfyburtJi 'Street last at (Mark uAvenuajJ/etclMt ftWfl WAI.TON H.MARSHALL, Manag.r. y An Ideal Hotel with an Ideal Situation Summer Tfates' If You Want THE"——— War News Phone 2036 And Say SEND ME THE HEBALD THREE Mr*. Lou Ik Doolittle, 412 Bay street, will regret to learn that yeHterday aft ernoon he HUHtained a broken army by stopping off a street car backward. Today ho Ih renting well. Young Doolittle is a carrier of The Herald ami had Just sold a paper to a passenger. When he alighted while the car was In motion he fell and his arm was broken In two places. He returned to The Herald Office, from where he watt taken by a member of the office force to Dr. J. R. Littleton. There he received prompt mdlcal at tention and later went to his home.