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Ready Buyers For Your Business Through The Herald VOLUME XXXI, No. 317 NEXT CONGRESS TO SHUN TAX GEORGIA’S TWELVE-MILE LIMIT IS BEING WATCHED Think Booze Smuggling on Big Scale Is Now Going on BRUNSWICK, Ga. —Sus pecting that fast cutters freight cars and motor trucks have been utilized during the past few days in the smuggling of millions of dollars worth of liquor from beyond the 12 mile limit, state director Fred D. Dismuke of the federal pro hibition department is in this section launching an in vestigation into the situa tion. A freight ear found on the water front, is believed to have been ready for the loading of a car of liquor for shipment labelled as "lumber” as that seized in Atlanta freight yards Sunday night , Sufficient quantity of lumber was discovered near the car to conceal such a ship ment. A car is said to be somewhere between Brunswick and Atlanta with prohibition officials keeping a sharp lookout for it. Outside people are believed to be the “brains” of the operation, it was said. Two negroes, Will Austell and Tom Glover, have been placed un der arrest on the suspicion of hav in assisted in the work. Both men denied complicity in such a plot. "MEN HIGHER UP” ARE BEING SOUGHT BRUNSWICK. Ga.—Prohibition agents are in Brunswick Wednes day endeavoring to establish the identity of the men "higher up” in the whiskey scandal emanating from this city, and while no ar rests have been made with the ex ception of two negroes who are said to have assisted in the load ing and placing of freight cars in which whiskey was shipped from i this place, it is known that the agents are running down clues. Arrests are expected in two or •‘hree Georgia cities of men suspect ed to have engineered and financed the shipments. Local records show that at least five cars have been shipped from here during the past several weeks. Two of the prohibition agents left hers this morning with the two negroes, Will Austell and Joe Pino, for Savannah, where they were to be taken before the United States commissioner for preliminary hear ing this afternoon. An unconfirmed report is cur rent that there is now somewhere in the vicinity of Brunswick suf ficient liquor for two or three more carload shipments and every effort is being made to locate it. The whiskey, it was said, has been brought to within ten miles of Brunswick by steamers and transferred to small boats for trans fer to the harbor. State prohibition agent Dismukea here Tuesday conferring with local officials, returned to Atlanta Tues day night, leaving a number of special agents to work on the case. PREDICT END OF “RUM ROW” WASHINGTON—“The end of rum row” is predicted in a treasury statement published Wednesday, embodying a review of coastguard operations in October. A large in crease in the number of seizures including seven foreign vessels act ing as supply ships, is reported. Progress in combatting liquor smuggling is attributed in part to the increase in the coast guard’s facilities provided for by the last congress and the ratification of treaties removing certain restric tions regarding the seizure of rum runners. When all the boats an men provided for becomes available, it is said, the service expects t«i be able to stop the leaks at all of the "worst localities.” , How Much Do You Know About The Great Seal Of The United States ? After the Declaration of Inde pendence had been acted upon. President John Hancock, of the Continental Congress, appointed John Adams, Benjamin Frank lin »nd Thomas Jefferson to draw up a device to be used as the Great Seal of the United States. This committeo pre sented many elaborate designs, but none were accepted. Will Barton, a talented young man of Philadelphia, wan called upon June 13, 1782, to devise a design. He presented a device some days later and it was ac cepted Our great seal waa used, for the first time, on a paper dated Sept. 22. 1782, when General George Washington exchanging prisoners of war was granted full authority for with the British. During the administration of Roosevelt and by his order, a nsw plate was engraved for the great seal. The old plate had been üßed beyond restoration. The column "Shops You Ought to Know" In the Want Ads of fers many kinds of repairing and enables one to gave money on some article that has be come worn, by having It repair ed. Instead of replacing It with needed money. Read the won derful opportunities found every day In The Herald Want Ads. THE AUGUSTA HERALD DAILY, sc: SUNDAY. sc. LEASED WIRE SERVICE. A PICTURE WITH A LESSON— ESPECIALLY FOR BOYS | gw ijjjJk -|p' j 4 .M 4 I LI *, This picture should be a sermon to all boys. It carries a double-deed moral: Bo mighty careful with fire-arms,'! Face the music! It Pshows two very frightened boys, Arthur Meigan and Adam Ro tundo (left to right). They were two of four boys who went "explor ing” with Ernest Schwr in the swamp* of Long Island, N. Y. Young Schwer was missing for 15,000 Augustans See Armistice Day Parade Fifteen thousand people, it is estimated, reviewed the great Arm istice Day parade Tuesday after noon, as it wound its way from the starting point at Thirteenth and Broad street down Broad to Fourth, out Fourth to Greene and down Greene to the Festival -grounds, where the big exhibit tent and the Johnny J. Jones Exposition are holding forth for a week of gaiety and joy-making unconfined. The procession headed by the full commissioned contingent of the police department, mounted on horses, including Chief S. E. Grubbs and Lieutenants T. P. McArdle, R. E. Elliott and G. E. W. Britt. Tlie mounted officers wire closely fol lowed by the police band, this be ing the first opportunity the gen eral public has had to see this splendid addition to the department since Its organization three months ago, and the public’s first impres sion is extremely favorable. An almost endless line of people and automobiles continued to move •past the Confederate monument, where seated the judges of the floats and decorated cars: Marlon Symms, Col. M. C. Bains, Mrs. W. P. White and Mrs. G. C. Bentley. It required thirty-four minutes for the complete parade to pass any given point. LANSDELL FLOAT WINS FIRST PRIZE The float of Mrs. Grady Lans dell won first prize. This float was one of the most beautiful ever seen here, being covered with white and representing a marriage altar at which a miniature wedding was in progress. Decorated withe yellow crysanthemum* and greens, the float made a dazzling setting in the afternoon sun, with the following six beautiful children as the bridal ppr'y: Minister, Venneth Forney; bride, Dorothy Jarrell; groom, Bil ly Forney; flower girl, Mary May Wells; bridesmaids, Edna Sch witzerlet and Betty Farrar. The Judges awarded second prize to Central Garden and R. L. Sum erau & Son, considering these two floats In a tie. The Central Gar den float was a rolling hot-house, a mass of verdure and rich flow er-color. Natural plants, vines and flowers were banked alt over the float, and the operator of the truck on which It was mounted could not be seed. The Sumerau float rep resented the good king, depicted there on his throne, contributing to the Joy of others. This float was beautifully decorated and had the king and several children In the group of characters. The prize for the best decorated large automobile was awarded to Miss Christine Greene, while Mrs. Mary Marsh was given first in the Ford class. Among the many attractive cara vans was the big "Ice cream wag on", representing the Georgla-Caro lina Dairy Products Company. Beautifully decorated, drawn by two white mules, and with six "Jackie Coogan" hoys and four very dainty little misses as passengers, the float attracted unusual atten tion. Seventy-five dozen Sancken choclatc bars were distributed among the crowds that lined the THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES —THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. days. Later it developed he had been accidentally shot and the frightened boys had hidden the body. Think of the suspense to loved ones caused by their attempted de ception!!! In the end tho truth came out. And, now, look at their faces Then ask yourself if it wouldn't have been better to face the truth In the first place. way. Fifteen hundred yards of rib bon were used in decorating the float. MAYOR A,ND COUNCIL REVIEW PROCESSION In the procession, following close ly behind the police, were public officials in automobiles, including Mayor Julian M. Smith and mem bers of city council. These digni taries reviewed the rest of the pa rade from a point on lower Greene street. Units representing the following organizations were in the line: Police, Exchange Club, Boy Scouts, Academy Cadets and band, Ameri can Legion color squad, Reserve Officers. Confederate Veterans, Lenwood Hospital contingent. Ar senal detachment, county boys’ and girls’ clubs, Eagles and Eagles’ band, Johnny .1. Jones Exposition Band, Johnny J. Jones in his per sonal automobile, IXL Ranch Wild West and scores of commercial trucks and floats, together with numerous automobiles represeoMng the auto dealers of the city. Mary Garden Tells How to Reduce (No, This len’t An Ad vertisement) NEW YORK—Mary Garden has returned home weight 17 pounds less thnn on her departure for Eu rope six months ago. She now tips the scales at 112 pounds. Monte c.'tflo was the scene of her vaca tion. She said It was due to swim ming In the Mediterranean and sun bats in her motorboat. Explaining how she banished the 17 pounds, Miss Garden said she went In her motorboat ahom two miles off shore, got out of her bath ing suit, stretched herself on the deck and "let the sun do It* work.” "After sunning myself for an hour,” she said, "I dived overboard and swam about for twenty min utes.” She added she hoped any busy bodies ashore with binoculars strained their eye*. Poisoned Veterans at Elks * Home Not Yet Out of Danger LYNCHBURG. Va.—Although most of the seventeen aged members of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks now In the hospital of the Elks National home suffering from arse nate poisoning were Improved Wed nesday, grave concern still was felt for five of them. None Is out of danger. Superintendent Charles Mosby re ported and It may be 38 hours or lon ger before their exact condition* are determined. Death last night of W. H. Hutchin son of Corn', Pa., brought to nine tho number of deaths which resulted from the members of the home drinking elder from a barrel which was be lieved to have held a plat-spraying preparation arsenic. AUGUSTA GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 12, 1924 GEO. C, MARKED! AND NEGRO PIEOI WERE KILLED BY MONOXIDE GAS Fumes From Exhaust Pipe of Launch Caused Deaths, Is Finding of Coroner’s Jury Here The H. E. Ferebce, mate ofthe U. ST dredge Savannah, that the two men, George C. Mar kert, white, and Martin Williams, colored, who were found dead in the gasolino lalunch "Big Indian” at Canoe Cut, on the Savannah river, early Tuesday morning, came to their death by inhaling the gas fumes from the boat motor, was corroborated by the finding of the coroner's jury at the inquest held Tuesday, in which it was determin ed that the men came to their death from the effects of carbon monox ide gas. Coroner Elliott conducted an exhaustive investigation of the mysterious death of the two men, and a thorough examination of their blood and bodies made by Coroner's Physician Dr. H. W. Shaw, showed beyond doubt the cause of their deaths to have been due to the deadly gas found from the exhaust pipe of the motor. Theory as to how the gas entered the confines of the launch In such quantities as to be fatal to the men was developed to be that the rear door of the launch being open and a strong wind blowing from that direction the fumes were forced In to the bunk quarters where Mar krt waß asleep and overcome be fore he could waken, and the pi lot house, where Williams was sta tioned at the wheel, being glass en closed there was no escape from the gas, and in this way Wil liams was overcome. The ma noxide gas is said to be quick In its deadly actions and a person may be overcome in a closed place with in a very few minutes. PILOT RAN BOAT INTO JETTIES. Williams, the pilot of the boat, had evidently attempted to steer to the bank, where he could escape into the fresh air, ns he was found dead at the wheel and the nose of the boat was jammed fast to the Jetties, where the engine of the boat which was found to be still run ning when the tragedy was discov ered, held it against drifting down stream. The coroner’s investigation devel oped further that the two men had left the city wharf Monday morning to go down the river to Canoe Cut, and failing to return after the lapse of a reasonable length of time, ei their Monday night or Tuesday morning, search was started for them. Coroner Elliott was notified of the finding of the two men and had their bodies brought to the city and the investigation was held Tuesday afternoon at the hospital morgue. Funeral services for Mr. Mar kert will be held Wednesday after noon at 4 o’clock from Grace Meth odist church and Interment will follow In Sunset Hill cemetery, North Augusta. The following gen tlemen will act as pall hearers; George P. Butler, R. M. Dales. J. E. Edenfleld, J. F. Skinner, H. A. Ferebee and R. H. Youngblood. Mr. Markert is survived by his parents, Mr and Mrs. Phillu M. Markert; three brothers, Anton, Herman ad Philip Markert, and two sisters, Misses Florence and Cath erine Markert. , Funeral arrangements for Martin Williams, the colored pilot of the death launch, had not been com pleted gt a late hour Wednesday ; and will be announced later. BRUNSWICK VOTERS Are Deciding Bond Issue Wednesday BRUNSWICK. Ga.—Authority to Issue a )50,000 bond Issue to pay the remaining amounts for the construction of the Bt. Simons high way, is asked tho voters of Glynn county in an election being held here Wednesday. On the last oc casion this authority was sought the bond issue failed. It was said that an Incorrect registration list , was the cause of this failure. Since that time the registration list has been purged. The election fell short by 45 votes on the last attempt.' Over one hundred names have been stricken from the list and it is ex pected that the bond issue will pass by a substantial majority Wednes day. POLICEMAN KILLED NASHVILLE. Tenn. With the coming of day tho police department redoubled It* effort* to apprehend the party of four, one of whom early Wednesday morning «hot and killed Police Ferf«ant Arrhle Wood a* the officer wa* carrying them to police headquarter* for Inve*tlK»tlon fol lowing a report that they had taken tm automobile from it* parking place nlkrby. 0. B. WHO DIES LOUISVILLE. Ky.—Oiai Basche Wll.g 48, of Mosinee, Wis., vice president and general manager of the Warsaw Sulphate Fibre Com pany and prominent In the paper Industry, died here Tuesday night ■ from a fractured skull, suffered I Tuesday, when thrown while riding I horseback at French Lick. Ind. Mystery MBWt - New Hampshire nuthorlties nre seeking a solution to the strange death of John T. Travis, business man of Whitfield, and prominent in the Knights of Columbus. A short time ago Travis resented the appearance of ft fiery cross in his town and tore it down. The other day his corpse was found in a mill pond. LODGE FUNERAL HELD TODAY AT CAMBRIDGE CAMRIDBE, Mass.—ln the sim ple rites of the Episcopal church services were held for Senator Hen ry Cabot Lodge Wednesday in Christ church, which he hud attend ed while a student at Harvard, where his marrluge was solemnized and where funeral services for his wife were held some years ago. In a voice that trembled with the Intensity of his sorrow, Bishop Wil ' liam Lawrence, of the Episcopal diocese of Massachusetts, classmate and life-long friend of Senator Lodge, read the prayers. Except for the presence of rep resentatives of nation, state, the judiciary and other branches of public life, the funeral observances were kept as private as was pos sible in the case of a distinguished public man. Admission to tho church I was by ticket and there were many I empty pews, while thousands stood in the street outside. i CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Representa tives of the Nation and stale assem bled here Wednesday to attend the funeral of Senator Henry Cabot Bodge, member of the senate for 31 I years and for much of that time an Important figure In national affairs. An early train from Washington i brought to Boston large delegations i to express the mourning of the exe ■ cutlve and legislative branches of the I government. | Secretaries Hughes and Weeks, ns ' signed to reprfnnt the cabinet, were among these arrivals. Tuesday, Cap tain Adolphus Andrew*, naval aid to the president, rame to the city at the behest of President Coolldge as tils personnl representative called on t' a family of Senator I,edge and ten dered the president’s sympathy. Say New Object In the Heavens Is Minor Planet BERKELEY, Cal.—Calculations Just completed under the direction of Professor A. O. Lcuschner, of tho astronomical department of the University of California and his as sistants, reveal that the fast mov ing object discovered November 23 last by Baade at Bergdorf, Ger many, Is a minor planet moving In a highly eccentric ellipse at a high inclination to the ecliptic close to the earth and near Its perhelion, said'an announcement by Professor Leuschncr today. JURY DIRECTED TO IGNORE DEFINITIONS IN TRIAL OF HILL BALTIMORE—Charging the Jury In the trial of Reprepentative John Philip Hill, In t'le United Btate* district court, for allaged violations of the Volstead act, 1 Judge Morris A. Hoper, directed the Jurymen to Ignore the definitions of Intoxica tion as expounded by Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, pure food expert and ►Dr. Howard A. Kelly of Baltimore. These witnesses testified Tuesday that cider with 2.70 per cent, alco hol and wine with 1.84 per cent, al cohol are Intoxicating. The judge also told the Jury to find Colonel Hill not guilty on the fifth and sixth counts of the In dictment which charges him wjth maintaining a common nuisance of his home, number 3 West Franklin street. I When Judge Soper had complet ed his charge, District Attorney Woodcock asked him to Instruct the Jury that the burden of proof rested on Colonel Hill to prove that I his fruit Juices were not Intoxlcat | Ing in fact, and that It was not in j cumbent upon the government to I prove that they were Intoxicating. Administration Has No Intention to Press For Immediate Legislation ¥ Summary of the News GENERAL. Tax legislation not to come up in next congress. Funeral of Senator Lodge held at Cambridge. Democrats to have 185 seats in next houie. Englieh liberate criticixa Asquith plans. Say new heavenly body is minor comet. Leopold and Loeb made members of prison faculty. Ponzi jury discharged after failure to agree. Jury directed to ignore definitions in Hill case. Catholic woman diacuaa influence of movies. Mrs. Harding reported slightly improved. 5,000 Klantmen initiated at Denver meeting. GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. Allege liquor smuggling from Georgia 12-mile limit. Columbus "mystery” girl still refuses to talk or eat. Georgia Women’s Baptist Union meeta at Savannah. Five Georgia counties in Republican column. Carolina "gasoline war” discussed at meeting. Award premium! in Aiken Flower Show. S. C. Highway Commission discusses road matters. SPORTS. Bulldog* ready for invasion of Columbus Saturday. Strlbling knocks out Kaiser in fourth round. Yale-Prjnceton game feature of Saturday’s card. Ft. McPherson to bring strong team her* Saturday. Waka Forast defeats Trinity College,32 to 0. Berlenbach-Marullo bout is called off. LOCAL. Chinese merchant found guilty by jury. Federal court to open hare November 24th. Thouaands ae* parade on Broad Street. Men in launch filled by carbon monoxide gja. Jones’ Bhowe are attracting big crowde. Mayor and Chief Grubbs praise police band. Police complimented on traffic servioe in parade. Celebrated Mitaionary to speak at Bt. James. Civio club* observe "Father and Son” Day. Alleged store bandits seek new trial. Fat woman in parnival seek husbands. Columbus ‘Mystery Girl’ Still Refuses to Eat COLUMBUS. Ga. —Columbus phy sicians and hospital attaches, un able to explain the strunge actions of tho "mystery girl” who Is con fined in the city Institution refus ing to talk or eat, aro continuing to force food into the unwilling body. She spoke one word Tuesday, "Don’t”, and since tdkf time has maintained her attitude of a sphinx. Nothing that doctors can do, it seems, will break her silence or her determination to continue the hunger strike. ■ When she was taken into custo dy by the police Saturday she waa hatlesa and shoeless, carrying a Bible. ■ Thirty-seven dollars were pinned to her clothes. Her hair was cut 'in a boy’s style. She Is believed to be about twenty years old. HAB FEATURES OF A MAN The mystery girl has tho facial features of a man. Her hands are as large as the average man's. Early Wednesday morning the ' girl’s condition was reported un ' changed. Asked If she wanted food or drink, the mysterious pa- I tlent turned on her side without | answering. i The girl by her puzzling conduct j has caused so much discussion alnce Saturday, seems unwilling to |*meet the gaze of visitors. When the room In which she Is confined Is entered she slumps down until , the bed linen partially covers her I face. The patient lies on her back most t of the time, but when the door of | her room opens she ivarlably turns I on her side. Home who have vislt ’ ed the bedsldo to :tudy the case have left bewildered while others seem inclined to believe the girl to be in her right mind and when ex haustion forces her to do so, the long alienee will be broken. Efforts have been made time and again persuade the patient to talk but with the exception of the one word Tuesday morning they have proved futile. How long the girl had been in tho crouched position she was found in on Front street early Saturday morning is unknown but police were Inclined to believe she hal been there sometime. She was clad only In thin garments and almost numb with cold. Home have expressed the belief that the girl of mystery may have been kidnapped and brought to the scene In an automobile, while oth ers connected In the strange case sped away. ’ While police have made numer ous Inquiries they have been un able to find relatives or any one who can shed light on the Identity of the girl. STORM WARNING WASHINGTON—The following storm wsrnlng was Issued Wcdnes , day by the weather bureau. "Tropical disturbance Is advanc ing northeastward at n, moderate rate. In nbsence of official reports, Impossible to locate center. Esti mate position, however. 400 miles south of Bermuda. 1A will continue northeast movement and cause I strong winds near and southeast of, Bermuda and gales In Its path next 24 hours. No further advices this storm." 18 CENTS A WEEK. (ASSOCIATED PRESS.) WEATHER Leopold and Loeb Become Teachers CHlCAflTl.Nathan F. Leopold, Jr., and Richard Loeb, serving life sen tences in tho Joliet penitentiary for the kidnapping and murder of Rob ert Franks, will be members of the faculty of the prison, Warden Whit man has announced. Leopold has begun teaching night classes In English, devoting two hours a night in Instruction Sn read ing, writing and spelling. Next week Loeb will take charge of an arithmetic class. The duties will be In addition to their Jobs In the pris on shops. Would Transmute Quicksilver Into Gold NEW YORK—Alchemy. dis credited "science” of medieval times may be vindicated by experiments of American scientists. Under the direction ofthe Scientific American, whose editor, K. E. Free, Is con fident of success experiments have lleen started to determine the prae tiabiiity of transmitting quicksil ver Into gold—a feat that Is said to have been accomplished recently at great expense by a German savant, professor Adolph Mlethe, of Charlottcnburg Technical College, Berlin. Under Professor Mlethe’s method it is estimated a pound of gold worth about $330 would coat more than $2,000,000 to produce. Many scientists are said to believe that this cost can be reduced materially. Fahey to Go on Trial at Chicago CHlCAGO.—Selection of a Jury to try William Fahey, former pos tal Inspector and James Murray, politician, on charges in connec tion with the $2,000,000 mail car robbery at Rondout, Ills., last June was In prospect before adjourn ment of federal court Wednesday. Fahey and Murray wore the only defendants remaining of those In dicted who hud not pleaded guilty, OFFICIAL RETURNS In Brookhart-Steck Race Expected Wednesday DBS MOINES, lowa.—With the probability of completion of tho of ficial canvass lato Wednesday, In tense Interest was manifest Wed nesday morning in the outcome of the race between Senator Smith W. Brookhart, republican, and Daniel V. Hteck. democrat, for the seat in tho United States Senate now held by the former. Official returns Tuesday night from 75 of the state's 89 counties and unofficial returns from 24 showed Brookhart to be leading by <os votes. HOME I EDIT ION Augusta and vicinity: Party cloudy and colder tonight; Thursday tan*. WASHINGTON. _ The administration has no pres ent intention of pressing for tax legislation at the coming short session of congress, it became known Wednesday after Secretary Mellon had conferred with President Coolidge. 1 It is understood Mr. Mel son does not consider it practical to take up the problem at this session be cause of the lack of time, and in view of other diffi culties entering into tho situation. Neither has the adminis tration given any considera tion so fair to the calling of a special session of the new congress after next March 4 to consider tax reduction. DEMOCRATS HAVE 185 MEMBERS IN THE NEXT HOUSE WASHINGTON—With ths return of official figures from the 20th. Pennsylvania congressional district showing the election of a democrat where unofficial returns had given the seat to a republican the party line In the next house of repre sentatives. complete, stands as fol lows: I Republicans, 245. Democrats. 185. FarmnrLabor, 8. Socialists, 2. In the present all vacancies filled the standing is as follows: Republicans, 223. Democrats. 209. Farmer-Labor, 1. Socialist, 2. Independent, 1. I ' FRANK O. LOWDEN i Will Speak at State Capitol November 17th i i ATLANTA, Ga. —The value of co operative marketing of farm pro ducts will be d scussed by ex-Oov ornor Frank O. Lowden, at At lanta. November 17th. at 11 o'clock a. m., In the hall of the house of representatives at the state capitol. Governor Lowden Is one of the largest farmer*' In th- U' ' ' States, owning large dairy, grain and cotton farms. He markets his cotton through the Co-operative Association and bis grain through a wheat marketing association. On the 18th. Instant Governor Lowden will address the general convention of the U. D. C., to ba held In Savannah. Police Find Clue In Katz Slaying LOR ANGELES—The first tang ible clew of the Identity of the slay er of Harry Katz, musician and con nlsseur of diamonds who was shot to death at tho door of hts apart ment here Monday night, waa fur nished to the police Tuesday night by Miss Dorothy Carroll, 22 year old Intimate friends of the slain man, tho Lob Angeles Examiner says in a copyrighted story Tues day. Mlns Carroll, according to her statement to the police, was the object of bitter rivalry between Katz and another man whoso name is being withhold. Last night, she said, she received a telephone mes sage from this man warning her to "tell the police nothing.” BAPTIST WOMEN Of Georgia In Session at Savannah SAVANNAH. Ga.—The second day’s session of tho Oeorgia Baptist wo men's union began Wednesday morn ing with a young people’s leaders con ference. Following devotional ser vices Mr*. Harvey Clarke, a mission ary from Toklo spoke. Mrs. W. W. Stark of commerce, Miss Laura Leo Patrick, corresponding secretary. Mrs. F. S. Burney of Waynesboro and others made short addresses in con nection with the work of the conven tion. Msr. Charles W. W. West of Atlanta Is scheduled to tell of the work of the Baptist hospital and Mrs. E. L. Tanner of Douglas, is to speak on the Baptist orphanage Miss Annie Williams of Nashville Is also on ths program. The afternoon program Includes ad dresses by representatives of the Bap tist Colleges In the state. There Is to he an evening session with an address by Miss Annin Barton of Bessie Tift College as the principal speaker.