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Big Doings At Macon Tuesday;
State Convention to Name Senator
Hot Fight on Between Slaton and Anti-Slaton Forces--Pro
gressives Led By Hardwick and Felder Forces to Control
VIEWS OF STATE PRESS ON THE SITUATION
SOMETHING OF A JUMPING JACK,
AN ACROBATIC POLITICIAN.
(ThomaxvMle Proas.)
As a producer of acrobats a Geor
gia primary is sometimes hard to
bee t.
Before the primary of August 10.
Hardwick and Felder were running
«k partners against, fcduton. It wan the
field against Hinton, and Slaton
Against the field. At lea*st. that in
what the governor vociferously pro
claimed. He won fill that waa wlnnable
by referring to bis opponents «**
'Hirriwic*. Felder and Company.’
But now that the primary has been
held, and "Hardwick, Felder and Co.”
are seen to have about two votes to
his one, tb« governor is seen to turn
turtle, somersault, swallow his pre
election slogan, and do a few other
stunts calculated to amuse all lovers
of politbai acrobatics.
Since the prim ary. Slaton claims to
have been tbe side partner of each of
his opposing candidates. He was the
second choice of Hardwick’s support
ers. Felder’s supporters. Hutchen's
supporters, and even Bunk Cooper’s
supporters. He is the second choice
of the peoplf, notwithstanding two
thirds of them voted against him. At
least, he jiow vociferously proclaims
that he is tthe second choice and that
the election returns show It.
That s rt of acrobatics may amuse
a great many, but we don’t think it
will help Governor Hinton. The time
has been decidedly too short, since he
proclaimed all votes for the opposition
to Im* antl*Blaton for hfcm to now
i |g|m that til) except the Hardwick
vote wn pro* Slat on.
The governor can’t warm his hands
and cool his soup with the same
breath.
SLATON FOR HEARST, NOT FOR
WILSON.
(Macon News.)
Governor Slaton says “Mr. Hearst
is one of the really great men Of the
day./ If he thinks so. Is it fair to the
administration, the i*soplc and uor
s< Ives to sepd a man to Washington
t.» hamper the efforts of our presi
dent ?
We think not. And we know a 'ma
jority of the voters of Georgia think
not. otherwise, the results would
have been different.
W> now hove’ in Washington (*lty
about ninety-nine per cent harmony
vaHli President and his ideas
of running the government.
Wiy not make it one hundred per
cent by sending to the senate Home
one other than a foe to the greatest
opportunity ever afforded tho whole
people?
TAKE THE DOSE.
iTJwwnavlHr Press.»
A county unit plan of electing offl
<er« has, or will, no doubt, sound the
political death knell of Gov Jack Sla
ton lie has received a plurality of
about iftur thousand votes, vet great
•wldw arc against his election. Mr
Staton cannot Maine the opposition
for Ilia defeat, for he chose the road
that they were forced to travel, and
they traveled It under protest to vic
tory it seems
Toni Watson Is the daddy of this
plan and Jack Slaton Is the mother
who Pore it in tin* Inst state conven
intt and nursed it to his breast with |
•of fund hope of riding into the Unit*
ol States senate on the advantages |
it offers in giving a few voters in a j
small county an equal strength with
thousand l4 in the large i entities.
Mi 1 1 irdw i« k. Mi I • Id* r and M»
Hutchens cannot he blunted for de
feating Mr. Slaton with even s com
bination, for Mr. Slaton Is respon
sible l«.r the possible formation of
such combinations. They were forced
to run* the race under the Watson and
Slaton plan if they run at all.
At the same time Mr. Staton Is
wrong in claiming that he is the
choice of the majority of the people of
Georgia for senator He has a plural
ity but the facts are he received 61*,-
627. Hardwick reoelvcd 66,817, Felder
33.481, Hutchens 27.73 f», and Cooper
1* 716. This shows that 140.461 votes
are against Mr. Slaton, while only
69,527 are fur Idtn.
Under the unit plan Hlaton has a
convention of 143, Hardwick 124. Fel
der 87. and Hutchens 20. This shows
that only 141 are for hltn and 231 are
against him. He knows now full well
that either Mr, Hardwick or Mr. Fel
der single-handed would have beat
him to a fra Rile in the primary if
there Imd only been one In the race
against him. How can he claim then
that he is the choice of the majority
any more than Hardwick or Knitter?
STRONG AGAINST SLATON.
(Bremen Gateway)
The delegates from this county to
the Macon convention will bear in
mind that Haralson voted for XVufe
Hutchens and not for Jack Hlaton,
When Hutchens* votes are called for.
By all means, never go to Hinton, but
to Felder, who run next to Hutchens
in Haralson besides going over
whelmingly for Harris for governor.
In this county, we are reliably in
formed that two delegates have been
appointed to the Macon convention
who are known to have been Hlaton
men. yet Hlaton run far behind tiU
other candidates.
Who had the naming of these dele
gates. and by whose Instruction* were
they requested to Ignore Hutchens’
sup porters?
There is a skunk somewhere and
he must be Una ted.
Those anti-Hutchens men who have
been appointed delegates to the con
vention, we know are honest men Hnd
we believe, will do the right thing, yet
It would have been simple justice to
him. had Hutchens' men been nan cd.
From throughout the state, protest
after protest Is being made at the
action of county «xocuttves in ttP*
pointing delegates to the convention
contrary' to the way they voted.
At a meeting of the voters in Ware
county, held at Waycfoas, together
with many other dirty schemes of the
Hlaton forces there exposed we find
this “It was made plain how Hlaton
men In a nundwr of counties, have
taken Hardwick delegates away from
Hardwick where the counts went
ovat w helming I v for Hardwick. It
wee made plain that Governor Hlaton
wired ail hit county managers to con
j trol all delegation* at all hazards if
that were possible.
In the county of Colquitt, which
| gave Hurd wick a majority of 400 a
bold attempt was made to appoint
Hmton dclekiites and the attempt was
made on authority of a telegram from
Hlaton headquarters, which Indicates
that Mr. Hlaton would be willing to
defeat the will of the people as ex
pressed at the ballot box.
Haralson is for Hutchens first, Fel
der second, Hardwick third, and Sla
ton never!!! Will our delegates so
vote? i.el us believe that they will,
threhy expressing the desire of Har
alson.
SHOULD SLATON HAVE IT.
(Ocillft Star.)
By the rule tliat Mr. Slaton himself
laid down we do not think that he Is
entitled to the nomination for the
senate. In Ills specious reasoning why
he ought not to resign the governship
when lie entered the race for the sen
ate, tin said that ho would leave it to
the people themselves as to whether
he should he sent to the senate or
kept In the office of governor. Wheth
er the people liked It or not, they had
to abide by the ruel that Mr. Slaton
laid down.
Well, In due time the election cam*
on, and the people were called on to
vote on the Issue that Mr. Hlaton had
raised. And they did. About Bf.ooo
said that they wanted Slaton for sen
ator. By their vote against him for
some of the other candidates about
132,000 of the voters of Georgia said
that he should retain his Jolt as gov
ernor, Nor do we believe that our po
sition is a fanciful one. Mr. Slaton re
ceived an overwhelming majority
when two years ago lie made the race
for governor. This time when he
made the rave for senator, lie receiv
ed about one-third of the votes east.
Kvcry man knows that this Is true.
With Ihe voters of the state the quos
llon was as to the best man udth i
whom toheat Slaton. In this county, j
we know of many people who voted I
for Felder while preferlng Hardwick,
simply because they saw that Felder
had the best chance of carrying this
county against Slaton. In this coun
ty Mr, Slaton received 204 votes. The
combined vote, of Felder and Hard
wick was Ml). We are not going be
yond the bounds of reason when ws
say that every one of the 840 votes
cast for Felder and Hardwick waa a
vote against Slaton.
Mr. Slaton Is defeated by his own
argument again. He made wholesale
charges before the primary that there
was a partnership between Felder
and Hardwick, and be fully warned
the people seemed not afraid of the
combination, and two-thirds of them
said that they In fact preferred It. So
Hie partnership won at the ballot box.
II only remains now that the partners
Felder and Hardwick agree on a dis
position of Hie prize.
The people liy their votes last Wed
nesday Mild that Mr. Slaton Is not the
man of llmlr choice. The convention
will have to say whether Mr. Hard
wick or Mr I'Vider is entitled to the
plum.
SHORT ITEMS
BY WIRE
Saratoga. N. Y.—The t wenty-flfth
running of tin* futurity wan won hy
an outsider, Trojan, from the Quincy
stnMrs. The Wyman |>nlr. the Finn
mid Polish, were among the choice,
In the betting.
Senat# Conference.
Washington.—A conference of tn«
Kennto majority wju decided on to
night to del ermine The form of legis
lation to offset shrinkage In federal
revenue due to the Kuropenn war.
Senator Lewis, Democratic whip,
“fter a conference with Senator Kern,
majority leader, announced that he
had sent telegrams to all absent mem
bers urging their Immediate return »e
attend the conference. No date for
the meeting has been set.
Naval Stores Men Meet.
Montgomery, Ala. Naval stores
factors from various southern states,
In session here today discussed means
for supporting the market as a re
sult of depression caused by Ktiropean
war conditions. T. A Jennings, of
Pensacola, Kla., presided over the
meeting. Buckner Chlpley, of New
Orleans, acted as secretary.
Want All Available Troops.
Winnipeg.—ll was announced that
orders were received tonight to main
tain under arms all avlalahle troop,
from the tlreat laikes to the Paclfto
Ocean for Immediate call far active
service The London war office. »v
was said, had notified the Dominion
authorities that every available man
will he needed."
Cavalier! a Nurse.
Chicago, l.tua ('avaltert. now the
wife of Muerutore, has followed her
husband to the front, clad In the uni
form of s Hod Dross nurse.
Motel managers asserted thev would
lose J 1 .000,000 worth of business
through the absence of opera this sea
son.
Americans Assisted.
Vienna tvia Rome and Parisl.—
The American relief commission to
day dealt with 160 applicants for as
eistanoe, for the moat part tourists,
physicians and students. Seventy
five Americans left today nnd a spe
cial train has been arranged for 150
additional. This will dispose of most
of the Americans In IVenna.
LAND ENGLISH SICK.
Aberdeen, Scotland. The hospital
ship Itotulla today lauded forty stoa
from the British fleet One of the In
valids was Prince Albert, second son
of King George. who was taken to a
nursing home.
It was reported several days ago
that Prince Albert was suffering from
an attack of appendicitis and had
been landed at a port In Scotlann.
where It was said his condition cans'
ed no anxiety Prince Albeit was at
tache,! to the battleship Collltigswood
Bidding German Troops on Way to Front Good Bye
at Railway Station
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TODAY’S WAR NEWS
CONDENSED
Bummarltltig the event* of yester
day the Associated Press aaya:
Most significant Is the official an
nouncement by the French war office
that the military governor of Paris
Ima ordered all residents within the
zone of action of the forts around
Paris to evacuate end raze their
houses within four days.
Another significant official an
nouncement from Pnrls Is that the
Herman forces are advancing In the
direction of l.a Fere, about eighty
miles northeast of Paris. The right
wing of the French troops operating
in this region ban driven back the
Hermans on the town of Guise, hut the
left wing waa unable to hold the ad
vance of the Herman troops.
Both French and Brltiah are calling
on all their men to Join In the defense
of the French lines, which apparently
are drdfvplng back gradually. A cam
paign has been started in London and
other Kngliah centers to Induce all
Englishmen of proper age to Join the
colors.
Field Marshal Lord Roberts, In a
stirring address, declared that the
country was In great danger and de
feat would mean "ruin, shame and
slavery.”
British cruisers and destroyers
Historic Sistine Chapel and Three Prominent Papal Candidal
, X»-»«*»V.«1.. Stioin-t
TO CONVENE ON AUGUST 31
Rome. Three of the most piomlnen among the name* now being discussed ns possible successors to Pope Plus X
sre Oardlnat Ashardi, v'jrilmal D* I .at ai d ('ordinal Seriumi. It Is probable. a< cording to high church officials that
on* of the** men will be selected * the next Poatlf* of the Church of Home. Th* conc ave to select the new head of
the church wl l convene at the Vatican on August 31. Iv •» th* common-law of lh( Roman Catholic church that con
clave*. celled together for papal election*, shah open ten day* attrt* the dewth of the Pontiff. The lullotlng will lake
pise* In the famous t»l*tlne Chapel In the Vatican decorated by Michael Angelo. Workmen are now engaged In the
rhapel erecting a catafalque for th* funeral mas* for Pope Plus, which will be celebrated Sunday. Immediately after
this service the chape; will be transformed Into a conclave balk
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. "
which were in the engagement of Hel
goland have arrived at various Eng
lish ports and some members of the
crew assert that at least elevpn Ger
man vessels of vtfrious sizes were
sunk.
A German army corps which has
been engaged along the line of the
Meuse has been withdrawn and has
proceeded to the northeast, presum
ably to reinforce troops striving to
check the advance of the Russian
army through East Prussia.
Ati Athens dispatch gives as a semi
official atateinent news from ft “trust
worthy source in Constantinople” that
German officers and sailors have pass
ed through Bulgaria on their way to
Constantinople. There has been soma
question as to the attitude Turkey
will assume In the present war. some
previous reports declaring Turkey had
a strong leaning towards Germany.
"UNFAIR COMPETITION."
Washington.—Conferees on the fed
eral trade commission bill today re
ported a practical agreement on alt
features In dispute except the "unfair
competition" section injected by the
senate. Some amendment to that may
be made when the committee meets
again next week.
DAT OF REST
FOR PRESIDENT
Expresses Pleasure at Confir
mation of Attorney General
Mcßeynolds to the Supreme
Court Bench
Windsor, Vt.—President Wilson got
a thorough rest Saturday at the sum
mer white house. A long automobile
ride in the morning and a nap in the
afternoon completed the day’s pro
gram and he planned to remain In
doors last night.
During ills ride the president sp:d
in the white house Rutomobile to the
club house at Hanover, N. H., where
he spent a half hour.
Late Saturday the president receiv
ed word from Secretary Tumulty of
ttie confirmation of former Attorney
General Mcßeynolds as a member of
the United States supreme court and
expressed pleasure to members of his
party. Answering a few letters fur
nished the only work of the day.
Miss Margaret Wilson took a long
automobile ride yesterday but other
members of *he party remained In
doors.
Ware County Delegate Replies
To Governor Slaton’s Letter^
Says Treason to His People and Betrayal of Their Confidence ]
to Adopt Governor’s Suggestion.
Waycross. Ga., Augr. 28th, 1914.
Hon. John M. Slaton,
Atlanta, Ga.
Sir: I am in receipt of yours of the
27th inst. that appears to be a multi
graphed copy of similar letters sent by
you over the state, in which you ask me
to vote for you as second choice for the
junior senatorship. Note that you
state in your letter that you were either
first or second choice In 125 counties,
and that you warn me against political
trading and trickery in the state con
vention.
I would like to know how’ you figure
it out that you were the second choice
of the voters in any of the counties of
the •'State. Were the voters required to
indicate their second choice on their
Jiakots, as tney do in some of the states
of the Union? You well known that
they did not do so, and therefore you
stand convinced in this statement of
trying to deceive the people of the state.
Take my county of Ware for instance.
In this county Mr. Hardwick deceived 1,-
134 votes, and I do not suppose more
than 34 of these votes, if a single one,
would have been east for you as sec
ond choice. There is a vast difference
between running second and being sec
ond choice, and you are fully aware of
this difference.
As to political trickery ip the conven
tion. I suppose that this was what you
wanted. Is it not true that when Ex-
Chairman W. J. Harris called the state
executive committee together and sug
gested that a second primary be held so
that the state would be spared th jug
glery of a convention nomination, that
committee, composed of your friends and
OPENING OF MEDICAL COLLEGE \
ON SEPTEMBER 16TH BEGINS A
NEW AND MOST PROMISING ERA
Departure
ol German
Envoy s
Every Protection Afforded Re
tiring Ambassador of Kaiser
From Tokio—Goes on Board
the Minnesota
New York.—The following dispatch
was received by the East and West
News Bureau today:
“Tokio, August 29th.—The German
ambassador left Tokio August 29th.
The Japanese government provided a
special train for him. It left the
Shimbashl station at 9:39 a. m. The
minister of foreign affairs. Baron
Kato, sent his private secretary, Mr.
Y’oshlda, as an escort. On reaching
Yokohama the party drove direct to
the new Yokohama wharf, w hence a
launch took them to the Minnesota.
“In Tokio and Yokohama every pro
tection was afforded the ambassador
and a police force was on board the
train. On account of the weather the
Minnesota probably will leave port on
the 30th.
“The Austro-Hungarian ambassa
dor is expected to start on the 30th.
on board the Manchuria, departure of
which also may be postponed for one
day.”
THE FALL
OF NAMUR
London.—Lieutenant Deppe of the
Belgian infantry, who was in com
mand of the cyclist section at Namur,
in a report to the official bureau says
the fortress at Namur was completely
evacuated by the Belgians at 5 o'clock
on the afternoon of August 23rd.
Lieutenant Deppe says when he left
Namur the Germans had knocked to
pieces three of the forts northeast of
the town with Howitzer fire. Between
these forts the yadvanced and bom
barded the town which was defended
by the Belgian fourth division. Namur
was evacuated when the defenders
were unable to supoprj a heavy ar
tillery fire.
The Germans attacked in a form
ation three ranks deep; the front rank
lying down, the second kneeling and
the third standing. Fifty or sixty
Howitzers were brought into action hy
the Germans, who concentrated seve
ral guns simultaneously on each fort
and smothered it with fire. »
Appeals to the U. S.
Consul For Indemnity
Shanghai, Chins.—William Katz, of
Shanghai, owner of the American
Hujianiet, which was seized by a Brit
ish torpedo boat, has appealed to the
American consul, W. R Peck, for in
demnification. The steamer was
bound from this port for Tsing-Tau
so remove non-comhatants and the
owner declares carried no contraband.
* explains that she was manned by
Germans for the reason that the chan
nel at Tsing-Tau was mined and the
former British crew was not permit
ted to sail her. A precautionary In
spection made by the British author
ities at Shanghai before the Han&met
sailed resulted tn her captain receiv
ing a certificate stating that she car
ried no cargo.
22 CASES NOW.
New Orleans.—The total number of
bubonic plague cases discovered here
since June 27th was increased to 22
today. Elmore H. Head, aged 30, is
th* latest victim.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 30.
supposedly acting in your intertfA ptr
emptorialy sat down on the pro®'ition?
Is It not also true that when' rlr. HaU
proposed to this committee that the
delegates to be sent from the various
counties should be supporters of the can
didates for the Junior senatorship who
carried such counties respectively, the
suggestion was met by a prompt ad
journment of your committee? Thus
it would seem that the trickery of a
convention is what you really desire
above all things.
Why is it that efforts were made by
your friends, presumably acting under
directions from you, to filch the dele
gates from Ware, Ben Hill, Colquitt.
con and other counties of the state?
t understand that overtures have even
been made to the delegates of Chatam
county.
Is the warning against convention
trickery contained in your letter Intend
ed only to conceal all these tricks of your
own and to distract attention from what
you intend doing at the convention?
I am amazed at the statement in your
letter that 1 am only instructed to vote
for the candidate carrying my county
01, the first ballot. Why sucli a mis
leading and fraudulent statement? I
have always been under the impression
that the delegates for the candidate car
rying a county were In honor and duty
ound to vote for such candidate as long
as his name is before the convention.
Such arc my instructions, and any other
course would be treason to the people of
my county and a betrayal of their con
fidence.
Yours truly,
(Signed) W. E. SIRMANS.
Examinations Will Be Held to
Make Up Deficiencies and for
Entrance Requirements at
College on Fourteenth and
Fifteenth
EVERY INDICATION OF
A SPLENDID SESSION
•
Students From Mercer As Well
As Georgia Can Get B.S. and
M.D. Degree in Six Instead
of Eight Years As Before
The time is drawing near for the
opening of the Medical College at Augus
ta, the medical department of the Uni
versity of Georgia—the most auspicious
opening in the history of the college.
The Sard annual session will begin on-
Wednesday, September J6th and; end on
June Ist, following.
On Monday and Tuesday, September
14th and 15th, examinations to make up
deficiencies and also examinations for
entrance requirements will be held at the
college under the supervision of Prof.
Jos. S. Stewart, of the University of
Georgia.
Begins New Era.
The coming session of the Medical Col
lege at Augusta, will begin a new era for
the medical department of the State
University. In that it will have oppor
tunities through its new and modern
equipment to offer the medically aspir
ing young man that are unequaled in this
part of the country.
Announcement relative to the comple
tion of the new hospitals on the
grounds of the college this coming fall
Is made in this Issue of The Herald.
Preparatory Courses.
It is also announced In regard to the
opening of the Medical College this year,
that while the broad training of a full
academic course Is of unquestioned value,
there are many whose time or circum
stances will not permit them to spend
four years In preparation for the study
of medicine. To such the University
offers two preparatory courses; one of
two years, which together with the
medical course leads to the degree of F>.
S., and the other a one-year course
which satisfies the minimum require
ments for admission to the Medical De
partment. These two courses are given
In the College of Liberal Arts at Ath
ens. and In the case of the six-year com
bined course the degree of Bachelor of
Science Is awarded after the satisfactory
completion of the first two years in
medicine.
From Mercer University.
Now beginning this year the same plan
holds good with Mercer University. Al
though the Medical College Is in no way
connected with Mercer, this university
seeing what the University of Georgia
was able to do, adopted also the same
plan. \
Thus a student may obtain a 8.5.. and I
an M.D. degree In six Instead of eight /
years, as hretofore. This plan was be
gun with the University of Georgia last
year for the first time.
Requirements for Admission.
The Medical Department of the Uni
versity of Georgia requires for admis
sion one year of college work, Including
Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Ger
man or French, corresponding to the
one-year preparatory course offered by
the university and outlined below. All
credentials are passed upon by the au
thorities at Athens and each applicant
for admission to the first year class
must present a certificate from an of
ficial of the College of Liberal Arts that
hts training has been at least equivalent
to that of men who have successfully
completed their freshman year at the
University of Georgia, and has Included
tlie requisite -amount of science.
Must Be Morally Fit.
Those who contemplate entering the
Medical Department of the University
of Georgia, should communicate with the
vice-dean. Dr. W. C. Lyle, Augusta. Ap
plication blanks will be forwarded,
which, after being filled out by the ex
ecutive officer of the school list attend
ed. stonuld be promptly returned.
Kach applicant, before matriculating,
Is required to file a certificate signed
by two physicians In good standing, or
the setvtary of th college from which hs
comes, testifying to Ms good moral cha
acter.
From Richmond Academy.
Graduates of the Richmond Academy
are entered at the MedicalT-'ollege If they
have satisfactorily completed the spe
cially prescribed five-year course at the
Academy. The fifth year of this courss
contains all college work adapted pat
th ulariy for entrance Into the Medici
Col leg. \
The Richmond Academy is the only*
high school which can make this offer,^
1,000 OUT OF WORK.
Wakafisld. Mas*.--The Harvari
Knitting Mills employing more that
1,000 hands announced today that th'
plant would he shut down for a tnontl
because of Inability to obtain mate
rials from abroad.