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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIV., No. 6
FREEZING WEATHER FORECASTED
" FOR AOGUSTA FRIDAY MORNING
Look out! The cold wave is com
ing By Friday morning every ther
mometer in town will register at the
freezing point, or less. Let him who
made the mistake of surmising that
Augusta winter is never cold enough
to require an overcoat, recover that
occasionally quite comfortable gar
ment front Ye Pawn Broker, and
prepare for the worst.
Observer Fisher isn’t to blame for
the freeze that’s reported on its way.
i?he orcales at Washington doped it
out. For days a bfizzard has pa
ralyzed the northern and western
states. Today the wave is rushing
east, and in Tennessee the mountain
tops are clad in snow. St. Louis
shivers in a temperature only four
degrees above zero.
Mr. Fisher didn’t break the news
in Wednesday’s forecast, owing to
the late arrival of a special dope
sheet from Washington, which runs
as follows:
WASHINGTON.—A severe cold
wave covers the entire northern and
central portions of the country be
tween the Rocky Mountains and the
Appalachians. By Wednesday night,
according to the weather bureau, it
will overspread the east and sourh, to
the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
Chief Moore, of the bureau, said:
"The cold wave will maintain its
severe character arid will continue
over the eastern half of the country,
until about the end of the present
week.
"The line of zero temperature will
1 robably extend into the northern and
extreme western sections of Virginia
by Friday morning. Freezing tem
perature may be expetced in North
ern Florida Thursday morning and as
far south as the twenty-sixth parallel
Friday' morning.’’
COLD WAVE SWEEPS
THE NORTHWEST
Warnings Have Been Is
sued As Far South As the
27th Parallel.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Cold wave
warnings have been displayed on the
Atlantic Coast Eaßt of the Gulf States
to Northern Florida and frost, warn
ings have been issued for Florida as
far south as the 27th parallel.
Blizzard Grasps Chicago.
CHICAGO. —A blizzard swept down
on Chicago, the mercury ranges from
forty-four degrees above zero to nine
below.
Coldest Day in Kansas.
KANSAS ClTY.—Wednesday was
the coldest of the winter in this
part of the southwest. The tempera
ture ts eight below zero.
Low Temperature in Wisconsin.
MILWAUKEE, Wis—The official
temperature here is fifteen degrees
below zero and at LaCrosse it is
twenty-two degrees below zero.
Nebraska Sufferers.
OMAHA, Neb. —The temperature
here is thirteen degrees below zero.
MR. JOSEPH S. WALKER
DIED IN SAVANNAH
Prominent Fraternal
Order Man Passed Away
After An Attack of
Bright’s Disease.
Special to The Herald.
SAVANNAH, Ga. —Mr. Joseph S.
Walker is dead here from an attack
of Bright's Disease. He has been in
bad health for several weeks and his
friends realized a few days ago that
the end was very near. Mr >Valker
was one of the best known men in
Savannah He was qu>'e prominent
in the Fraternal Order of Eagles, hav
ing been largely instrumental in se
curing new member for that order.
He was also prominent in the
Knights of Pythias and was at the
time of his death chairman of a
prominent Grand Lodge committee.
He is survived by a wife and three
little children. He will probably be
burled here and his funeral will be
attended by a large number of friends
both in an out of the orders to which
he belonged. For several years Mr
Walker had conducted an electrical
supply business in Savannah.
NEW YORK ROAD DRIVERS
CLUB TO ELECT OFFICERS
NEW YORK—A. H. Cosden will be
elected president of the New York
Road Drivers’ club at Its annual elec
tion of officers, to be held Wednes
day night at the Hotel Cadillac.
W. J. Clarke has been renominat
ed as first vice president, and George
H. Huber, who has done much for
the success of road driving and speed
way matinees, will be elected second
vice president.
The New York Road Drivers' club
is the leading organization of its
kind in the country and has done
much for the encouragement of ama
teur racing in the United States.
SHIPS EN ROUTE TO ITALY.
PORT SAID.—The battleships Con
necticut, Kansas Minnesota and Ver
mont left here Tuesday night for
Naples, where Admiral Sperrv will
place the vessels at the disposal of
the authorities.
DOGS AND GULLETS
IPERILJFUGEES
Troops of Hunger Crazed
Canines Attack Survivors
of Great Earthquake.
MESSINA.—Dogs now constitute
one of the dangers to earthquake
refugees. These animals, starving and
often rabid through the lack of wa
ter, gnaw the corpses like hyenas
and frequently attack the refugees
themselves.
Among the wounded who left for
Palomo Tuesday night was a young
man whose eyes and right cheek had
been horribly mutilated by dogs.
After the earthquake he was buried
in the debris up to his neck and
while thus unable to 'move was at
tacked by three of the animals and
seriously hurt before his cries attract
ed help.
Many people are shooting all va
grant dogs at sight and stray bul
lets are another danger in the city.
FEWER FREE SEEDS WILL BE
ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator Sor
ghum and Congressman Corntassei,
and other Solons from the bucolic dis
tricts, are up in arms because of the
reduction that has been made in the
amount of free seeds to he distribut
ed among their constituents this year.
Free seeds are among the most valu
able arguments used by congress
men for impressing the desirability
of their re-election upon rural voters,
and the loss of even a portion of this
perquisite is viewed with alarm.
Owing to the high price of seeds,
resulting from a crop shortage, each
congressman will have only 10,000
packages of vegetable seeds to dis
tribute among his constituents. In
recent years the quota of each mem
ber has been 12,500 packages. The
quota of flower seeds, 500 packages,
remains the same.
An effort will undoubtedly be
made to have the appropriation in
creased, so as to make up the de
ficiency. This will be opposed by
Representative Weeks and other
conservative members. Mr. Weeks
invariably votes against free seed 3.
He says he would not object if he
had no seeds to distribute, and he be
lieves that the government might as
welt give pianos to the constituents
of congressmen as garden seed.
ATLANTA PYTHIANS WILL
INSTALL NEW OFFICERS
ATLANTA, Ga. —The newly elected
officers of Delphi Lodge, No. 68,
Knights of Pythias, were installed
Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock, at the
Castle hall, on Marietta street. Hon.
Carlos Lynes, district deputy, will
preside. The officers who will be in
ducted into office are as follows:
G. W. Herman, C. C.; Archie B.
Warner, V. C.; J. E. Wiggins, P.; W.
T. R. and S.; D. A. Pirkle, M. of F;
Dr J. N. Brawner, M. of E.; W. R.
Williams, O. G.; J. W. Bashlor, M.
of W.; Fred W. Ehlers, tfustee.
Besides the usual ceremonies at
tending the installation, an interest
ing musical program was rendered.
Prominent Pytbians made addresses.
Refreshments were served. All
Knights with their lady friends were
invited to be present.
NEGRO HEAVILY
FINED FOR LOITERING
Julian Blacker and Gaines Thomas,
two negroes, were given a hearing in
police court Wednesday on the
charge of loitering. They claimed
they had just come to the city. Of
ficer Overcash testified they told him
they had not worked since July. The
recorder said he thought they needed
work, and fined them SIOO or 90 days
each.
TO BUILD SUBWAY STATION
168 FEET UNDER GROUND
NEW YORK—A hearing was held
by the public service commission
Wednesday on the plan of the In
terborough Rapid Transit company to
build a new subway station at Broad
way and 190th street that will be
168 feet below the surface. This will
break all records for subway sta
tions. Eleveator3 will have to be used
to carry passengers to and from the
station.
POOLER LAD BITTEN BY
DOG WITH HYDROPHOBIA
SAVANNAH, Ga—Mr. F. W. Oog
gins, a resident of Pooler, a little
town 9 miles from Savannah on the
Central railway, left for Atlanta Tues
day night with his son Harry, nine
years of age. The little boy will
probably be entered in the Pasteur
Institute in Atlanta to be treated for
rabies. He was oltien on the leg by
a small dog at Pooler on Monday af
ternoon. He carried the head of the
dog to Atlanta with him to be ex
amined Those who saw the dog say
theie is no doubt that It was suffering
from rabies at the time the boy whs
bitten. It tried to bite a lady a few
minutes before the boy was bitten.
Forecast for Augusta ami Vicinity—Fair and much colder tonight and Thursday.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 6, 1909
SOME MESSINA HOUSES RECENTLY DESTROYED
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Picture of the river scene in Messina. Most of the houses seen in this pic
ture were destroyed hy the earthquake and tidal wave.
SUMMARY OF TODAY’S NEWS FROM ITALY
ROME.—Suvvivors are being taken
from ruins in great numbers, many
of them died, on reaching freedom
while others have gone insane.
King Victor Emmanuel thanks the
American ambassador for the ship
load of supplies.
Men and women drop dead in the
streets of Reggio and Messina from
starvation in the pitiful wait for food
and clothing in the stricken places.
Fires are still burning in Messina
and explosions are heard at intervals.
Slight shocks were felt today
throughout Southern Italy.
Hundreds of bodies still remain un
der the debris of ivfessina, so far 16,
000 bodies have been buried in the
cemeteries, 9,000 refugees left the
INIS OFFICER
AT COUNTRY’S
EXPENSE
President Asks Congress
To Retire Army Officer
on Part Pay To Go To
Africa With Him.
WASHINGTON—The president was
the subject of considerable criticism
Wednesday, while the house was con
sidering the bill for the retirement
of army officers. The retirement
of Major Mears, with the rank of lieu
tenant colonel with three-fourth pay
was recommended. _
It is understood thar Mears will be
a member of the president’s African
hunting party.
Representatives Mann of Illinois
and Hill of lowa, attacked the p-esi
dent’s action saying there is no pre
cedent by which an expresident may
have an officer detailed for such ser
vice.
PREPARING CRUISER
FOR PANAMA TRIP
The North Carolina Is
Getting Ready To Go To
Charleston To Take Taft
To Isthmus.
WASHINGTON. —Preparations are
under way at Norfolk for the fitting
out of the cruiser North Carolina for
a trip to be taken aboard her by
President-elect, Taft and a party of
engineers to the Isthmus of Panama
the latter part of this month.
Before leaving for Charleston, S.
C., the cruiser probably will take a
run outside with her sister ship Mon
tana, which is to act as a convoy for
the North Carolina on the trip to
Panama to test the engines.
SAVANNAH BOARD OF TRADE
IS AGAINST FREE LUMBER
SAVANNA'., Ga.—The Savannah
Board of Trade has gone, on record
against free lumber. The Board of
Directors held a meeting yesterday
and passed a resolution asking that
congress do nothing to take the tariff
off lumber. It 1b contended that the
tariff of eleven per cent which is
now on lumber is strictly a tariff for
revenue only and should not be made
lower. It is stated in the resolutions
that the tariff is much smaller than
on articles manufactured from lum
ber. It is contended that to reduce
the tariff on lumber further would
be only to help the foreign timber
owners importers and middlemen.
The resolutions excited some interest
before the Board of Directors.
MRS. OVERTON BURIED
SAVANNAH, Ga.—The funeral of
Mrs. Arthur Overton took place Wed
nesday afternoon from the cathedral
of St. John the Baptist. Mrs. Over
ton died Tuesday after a long illness.
She was formally a Miss Heyward
of Savannah. She was well known to
many Savannahlans and was very
popular in society.
city and 5,000 more remain there.
The work of burying the ruins of
the city of Messina in quick lime is
going forward.
The looting in Reggio still con
tinues.
The lack of a hospital tn Calabria
is adding to the sufferings of the vic
tims of Reggio and the neighboring
towns.
The government has decided to be
gin the work at once on completing
the demolition of Messina. The Pope
is making daily visits in the Vatican
hospital in which hundreds of wound
ed lie. ■#
Typhoid fever is adding to the hor
rors of the Messinan district.
Many American tourists are still
missing.
mm ROBBERS
ARRESTED BY
DETECTIVES
Negresses Who Robbed
Ladies in Dyer Building
Are in Limbo.
It is believed that the systematic
robberies which have been going on
in the Dyer building and residences
in the central part of the city, were
put to an end Wednesday morning
when City Detectives Williams and
Bartley arrested Ineda White and
Martha Palmer, two negro women.
The detectives assisted by Private De
tective Mike Kelly have been at work
on the case for some time. The of
ficers recovered several purses and
jewelry to the value of S2OO. The
purses have been identified by stenog
raphers in the Dyer building as hav
ing been stolen from them.
Suspicion fell upon the two women
and Wednesday morning the officers
went to their home, in the rear of the
residence of Rev. S. B. Carpenter, on
the Hill, and found the goods in their
house, ihe women seem to have been
doing the work systematically. One
of them would go into an office arid
the other would stand watch on the
outside.
One day last week they attempted
to rob the home of Mrs. Drummond,
on Broad street, but a laundryman
happened to come to the house and
found the woman bending over the
trunk. She ran when sho saw the
man. After the arrest Wednesday the
prisoner named White acknowledged
to the officers she was the woman
who was at the house. There are
five specific cases against them. They
will be given a preliminary hearing
before Judge Plcquet Thursday morn
ing.
The ladies who have been robbed
in the Dyer building are Miss Brin
uon, Miss Kerr, Miss Edwards, Miss
Peters and Miss Shumate.
The white woman is well known
to the police having been implicated
in the theft ot the jewels of Mrs.
Frank Fleming just before the Au
gusta flood.
THE HOTEL GUESTS
FLED FROM FIRE
Big Fire in Springfield
Damaged Valuable Prop
erty.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.—A fire In the
Baldwin theatre and the office build
ing completely destroyed that, struc
ture and a number of other building.
In the business district and badly
damaged the $400,000 Colonial hotel.
The total loss Is estimated at. $250,-
000.
More than two hundred of the
guests of the Colonial fled to the
streets, all escaping In safety.
THE SAVANNAH ITALIANS
SEND MONEY TO SUFFERERS
SAVANNAH. Ga.—The Italians oj
Savannah have raised 1500 for the
earthquake sufferers In Italy. The
Catholic churches will take up a col
lection Sunday when probably a
thousand dollars will be raised.
JUSTICE WRIGHT IS
NOT FRIGHTENED
BT LITTERS
WASHINGTON.—"I have not been
measured for my shroud yet, nor can
1 say 1 am afraid to go home in the
dark,” commented Justice Wright
Wednesday, when asked about the
hundreds of threatening letters sent
to him by persons displeased over
Ills recent decision sentencing Samuel
Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank
Morrison for contempt of court.
One of the writers declares that he
will arrive in flve days to kill the
justice, while another asserts that
"your decision will be a very un
healthy affair for you before we are
done with you. The undertaker will
have a job down your way before long
and you will be the chief mourner."
PRIEST'S KINDNESS
IDE HAINS WEEP
FLUSHING. —Looking drawn and
haggard Jenkins Hainß arrived in
court Wednesday morning early and
immediately went into a conference
with his lawyers'. During the con
ference Monsignor Donnelly, the rec
tor of the Catholic church at Flush
ing, shook hands with the prisoner
and urged him to pin faith in the
Lord. Heins was overcome by the
kindly words of the venerable priesr,
and sank into a chair and wept like
a child, He soon recovered his com
posure and resumed his seat on the
witness stand for the cross-examina
tion.
* The prosecution announced that
Mrs. Annis \vould be re-called to re
fute some statements in the prison
er's testimony.
OBJECTS TO RIVER
AND HARBOR BILL
Senator Frye, Chairman of
Commerce Committee,
Will Prevent Bill If Pos
sible.
WASHINGTON—There will be no
river and harbor bill during the pres
ent session If Senator Frye can pre
vent. He Is chairman of the senate
committee on commerce, which has
charge of such bills and naturally oc
cupies a position of paramount. In
fluence.
GOVERNMENT TROOPS
BURNED VILLAGES
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Manchuria Insurgents Are
Now on the Defensive.
AMOY, China—Reports received
here from the districts in Manchuria
affected by the recent revolutionary
outbreak, say that the government
troops have burned seven villages and
that the insurgents are on the defen
sive. The troops are now awaiting re
inforcements.
DEARING NEGRESS HAD .
DECAYED LIMB AMPUTATED
DEARING, Ga.—America Little, a
negreßs, who has been suffering with
a lame foot for some time, became
strangely affected lately. The foot
and limb up to near the knee seemed
perfectly dead, the flesh decaying and
falling off the bone, she was carried
to Thomson, last week and Dr. Gib
son cut the limb off, and she Is now
doing well.
UNKNOWN STEAMER ABHOPE
PHILADELPHIA. —A :elegrnm to
the Maritime Exchange from Lewes,
Del., says a report has boon received
there that an unknown steamer is
ashore about four miles from the
Smith Island life-saving station, Vir
ginia, near Cape Charles light.
DAILY AND SUNDAY $6.00 PER YEAR
PROMINENT MEN
AT TAR BANQUET
AT TERRACE
Arrangements Under Way
Will Make the Affair a
Notable One.
At a meeting of the entertainment
committee of the Chamber of Com
merce Wednesday morning it was ib
cided to give the banquet to Judge
Taft, to be held on January 20th, at
Hampton Terrace. The preparations
for the banquet insure its being the
most elaborate affair of Its kind ever
given in Augusta.
An imposing array of distinguished
guests will be present. Among those
who will be invited, are the gover
nors of the states of Georgia and
South Carolina. The senators front
the two states, the congressman front
the Aiken district, the congressman
from the Tenth Georgia district, the
judge of the United States district
court, a number of prominent figures
in national affairs, and the visiting
newspaper men.
The invited guests will be quarter
ed at the Terrace. Special cars
have been arranged for to carry the
gnosis front the monument to the
banquet. After the banquet is over
special cars will bring the guests
back to Augusta, and distribute them
to the Bon Air, and their other stop
ping places in the city.
Numerous checks for tickets to the
banquet are already arriving and the
places bid fair to be taken up quick
ly. 'lLJiere wll be two hundred
lances including the invited guest.
The banquet is in charge of (he en
tertainment committee of the Cham
ber of Commerce which is composed
as follows: Mr. R. R. Goodwin,
chairman and Messrs. H. H. Duvall,
E. S. Johnson, T. D. Murphy and
J. ,1. Farrell.
THE NEW YORK GIRLS
MAY WEAR TROUSERS
Have Taken on Other Male
Garments and Modistes
Now Have Trousers For
Sale To Them.
NEW YORK—The question that Is
agitating social circles In New York
at present Is whether the debutantes
of the Now Year will wear trousers.
Man has yielded woman his neckties,
his sweaters, and other masculine
paraphernalia that go to make up the
tailor-made girl, but it Is a different
matter when it conies to allowing
her trousers and thereby sacrificing
the last sacred symbol of his su
periority. At any rate trousers for
women are now on exhibition In this
city. They are disguised under the
French name “robe Androgyne.” The
robe Androgyne Is a frankly bifurcat
ed garment, not unlike the peg top
trousers that "once held vogue among
men. A long coat, _wlth flowing tails
partially conceals the buck of tVe gar
ments, but. the front have the real
trouser appearance In all Hr snugness
with no curtain or sheath skirt to
hide the effect. As yet. no one has
worn a robe Androgyne in public,
but the fashionable modistes are
striving to make It the popular dress
for the elite. There Is a cheering
hope, however, that even fashion may
rebel In thin last. Innovation.
MACON ANXIOUS TO GET
A SPRING GOLF TOURNEY
MACON, Ga.—Macon golfers are
anxious to hear what the golferß of
Atlanta, Savannah and Augusta think
about the spring invitation tourna
ment as strongly and as forcibly as
poasTW*. and hope to see it go
through.
By another yenr the golf links in
Macon may be 18 holes In length and
Macon will then he In a position to
invite the oilier sister city clubs here.
The pVesen: course Is 9 holes in
length hut 'hose 9 are in good condi
tion and are being constantly im
proved. When the repairs are com
pleted they will be 3,000 yards in
length.
AMERICAN STOCK BREEDERS
MEETING IN MISSOURI
COLUMBIA, .Mo. —Experts on live
I stock breeding from all over the lands
are essembled Wednesday at the Un
iversity of Missouri, attracted by the
i annual session of the American
Breeders' association. Many Impor
tant. topics will be taken up, and hu
man Interest may be added to the
sessions by a discussion of “eugenics'*
involving methods for Improving the
human race.
The week commencing today will
be “farmers’ week" at the university,
and sessions will be held by the state
board of Horticulture, Corn Grow
ers association of Highway Engineers
; Sheep Breeders’ association, Swine
Breeders’ association, and Beekeep
ers' association.
TO SELL EMPIRE THEATRE.
NEW YORK—Anyone desiring to
purchase a first-class metropolitan
theatre, will have an opportunity
Thursday, when the Empire, at Broad
way and Fortieth street, will be put
on the block and knocked down to
the highest bidder by Auctioneer
Joseph P. Hay. The sale Is for the
| heir of Frank W. Savnger.
HIS, IN FURY,
DENIED LOVE
MING
Jen kins Hains Made Em
phatic Denial of At
tempting To Make Love
To His Brother’s Wife.
FLUSHING, N. Y.—The cross-ex
amination of Thornton J. Mains,
charged as a principal in the killing
of Win. E. Annis was resumed when
court convened. Hains denied that
at a dinner with Capt. Hains and nis
wife lie had complained of Annis be
cause Ills manuscript had been re
fused, and denied saying that ho
would get even with Annis
He also denied saying to Mrs.
Hains that he had threatened to shoot
Annis On sight.”
"Is It a fact that when the Captain
was in the Philippines you called on
Mrs Hains and said to her 'My God,
you look sweet’ and grabbed her by
the arm?”
"Your honor," said defendant, ‘ I'm
a prisoner here "
Hains, however, declared it was not
so.
The district attorney asked the wit
ness if ho had not said to Mrs. Hatns
that he would like to kiss her if she
was not his brother’s wife. The de
fedant’s face became tlery red and h«
bit ills lips and, turning to the court,
made a protest, against the question.
Mclntyre, however, dlrocted Ills
client to answer, and the witness
said “No," further questions to wheth
er the witness had sought close rela
tions with Mrs. Hains was overruled.
Black with rage Hains emphatical
ly denied that he had attempted to
make love to Mrs. Claudia Hains. His
denials were In answer to a number
of pointed questions by Attorney Dar
rin who conducting the cross exami
nation of the prisoner.
TAFT TO PLAY GOLF
IN CHARLESTON
Asked To Visit That City
on Morning of January
Twenty-third Instead of
Night, As First Planned.
CHARLESTON, 3. C.—Satisfaction
hi felt at the acceptance by Presi
dent-elect Taft of the lnvltßtion of
Charleston to arrive here oti Satur
day morning, January 23, Instead of
that, night, participating In a game of
golf that afternoon at the Charleston
Country club. As has been told in
The Herald, Mr. Taft will worship on
Sunday morning at the Unitarian
church ami In afternoon deliver an
address al thin church. He will r ail
the next morning on the cruiser North
Carolina lor Panama in torivoy of the
cruiser Montana.
REVENUE AGENT J. H- SURBER
TO HAVE HEADQUARTERS
ATLANTA, Ga.—A change In the
division oi Revenue Agent J. H. Sur
her, whose headquarters are In At
lanta, Is announced on the order of
the commissioner of Internal revenue,
after a conference held recently be
tween the revenue agents of this sec
tion at Greensboro, N. C., for the pur
pose of readjusting their schemes of
operations. The creation of a new
division with headquarters at Colum
bia, 8. C-, is responsible for the gen
eral shifting of division boundaries.
Mr. Surlier attended the Greensboro
conference, meeting there Col. W. H.
Chapman, in charge of the division of
Virginia; R. B. Sams, of the division
of North Carolina and Virginia, and
E. It. S'revens, whose territory is
made up of part of North Carolina,
part, of Virginia and part of Geor
gia.
The new division that has just been
created will make up Its territory out
of the whole state of South Carolina,
15 of the eastern counties of Oeorgla,
and eastern Florida. This moves Mr.
Berber's division farther west, to take
In what Is left of Georgia, all of Ala
bama and all of Mississippi Instead of
part, as heretofore.
THE MACON VOLUNTEERS
WILL ELECT OFFICERS
MACON, Ga.—At a meeting of the
Macon Volunteers that Is to be held
next Monday night, an election of of
ficers will take place as there are
some vacancies to be stood. Will
Burt, the first lieutenant, resigned
some lime ago and Henry Jones will
step Into the place.
Charles Adams, now the first serg
eant, will be made second lieutenant.
Both men will be examined before
hand .
On the evening of Jan. 22 the Vol
unteers will give a company banquet
and the company will be Inspected by
former Capt. R. C. Hazelhurst, who
resigned to go abroad In the cotton
business. Members of the staff of
officers of the Second Georgtn regi
ment will attend this banquet.
BATTLESHIPS IN CANAL.
SUEZ.—The American battleships
Georgia, Nebraska, New Jersey,
Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Illinois and
I Kearsarge entered the canal Wednea
[ day morning.