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WANT ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP OF OESTH WINS IN
M. &M. AT TONIRHT'S MEETIN6 I[[ FLOES FIGHT
M&ssmeeting Called at 8 P. M. at the Cotton Exchange For
the Purpose of Ooing Into Actual Organization of Associa
tion.
The entire membership of the re
organized Merchants and Manufacture
ere AwMM'latlon are railed to meet In
the t'nttnn Kxrhange at X o'clock thla
evening for the purpose of going Into
actual organisation under the depart
nuntal plan, aa It has hern presented
to our people In meetings, through
the nrwapa|>erg and by special litera
ture
"The awakening of Augusta" to a
new era of progressive community
building effort Is the possibility which
Ilea within this movement. The sub*
atunlla! value of this effort to the
commerce and civic welfare of Augusta,
and just how far-reaching will be the
benefits to all Interests. Is going to
be measured by how solidly the cltl
■tnship get Ivehlnd the new organlsa-
Suocsss Insursd.
A sufficiency of finances have al
ready heen raised to Insure success In
sofar as operating capital ran deter
mine the result getting power of the
Institution. When this Is said. It also
Implies that a membership of between'
three and four hundred ftrma and In
dividuals represents the numerical
strength In men. The plan of organi
sation to he adopted embodies the
best practices In city building Institu
tions. drawn from tha ewpertence of
at least a hundred commercial or
ganisations. The plan for rhooslng of
ficials la ons which seeks to Insure the
boat measure of fitness In the m«n who
will tie placed In the responsible ca
pacities. Such men will certainly see
that a capable secretary-manager Is
Effort To Identify Dove or Daly
As Man Who, After Dining With the
Sheriff, Robbed Safe at Warrenton
Order of Removal Issued By U. 3. Judge Sheppard and Mar
shall Pierce Leaves This Afternoon With the Two Alleged
"Yeggs" For Atlanta, Where They Face Trial For Doug
lassville Postoffice Robbery—Stop at Camak For Identifi
cation, if Possible, in Georgia Railroad Safe Robbery at
Wan uton.
Depirtv T. 8 Mnrshall E C. Tierce
Muled tod*v that he expected to leave
tor Atlanta. thl» afternoon with hi*
prisoner*. Thotna* Italy and J. H.
Itove, alleged yeggmen and *nfe-
Mower*, wanted for trial In the fed
eral court at the capital city for rob
beries comm It fed last November at
Jioujtlarvllle, Uu The order of re
moval. receipt of wbfcfe wn* neee*-
snry before the men could bo trans
fered from this district of the court.
In which they were arrested, to the
dlHfrlct In which the crime was done,
came today. It was signed by Dl*
trlct Federal Judge Sheppard
Dove and Italy for the last few day*
—since they were brought to Augus
ta from Wayne*boro and taken In
Charge by the Tutted State* author!
tie* for postoffice robberte* have
been confined lo tin- Richmond Coun
ty Jail, where they were *ent In de
fault of bond* of tR.OOO eHfh.
Special Delectlvo J. N. Cook of the
Geor„tu Railroad will accompany
Marshall Pierce na far os Camak,
where, it la understood, an effort will
MILLIONAIRE TERRAZAS
TO WORK DN FARM
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to travel the boundaries of this do
main.
For 376 Milas.
It stretches from Juarez 376 mile*
south, to Jlmlnet and went to Cnsun
Grande*. On It are towns, hamlet*,
•nines, factories and fertile farm*. All
this was the property of the senior Ter
razas and his three eons, Juan, now In
the city of Mexico; lAil*. Jr., held at
Chihuahua os a hostage by live rebel*,
and Alberto, until the rebels declared
the whole estat* confiscated
peglnnlng with the revolt of Francis
co Madero more than 8 year* ago the
soldier* lisve practically lived on the
T»rra*a'» fortune Immense sum*
were contributed by the family to fa
vorite causes or were extorted by the
enemy.
$1,000,000 Ransom.
A rei ent Instance was the million
dollar ransom demanded for the re
lease of Luis Jr. He wa* Incarcerated
at Chihuahua but declined to contrib
ute until he wa* taken out, beaten with
the flat of a sword and a noose placed
around his neck. In this predicament
Liw^ysxici
TOO MANY CHILDREN
are pale and frail - backward in studies —with pinched
faces and poor blood—their minds and bodies are actually
starred because their regular food does not nourish.
Such children need Scoff’s Emulsion above
everything else; it contains nature’s rarest life-giving
fata; it is essentially food value—blood-food ana
bone-food, free from wine, alcohol or harmful drug.
Scott’s Emulsion often builds many times its
weight in solid flesh —its medicinal, tonic and
nutritive properties make all good food do good.
IT IS NOT A PROP. BUT A FOUNDATION FOR STURDY GROWTH.
_ l?p Every Druggist Ha* It. Avoid Substitute*.
tho«»n. Augusta can get an experienc
ed and competent managerial head for
this new organization If she will.
At the meeting this evening the
Ways and Means f’ommlttee will tie
elected, This tiody consists of the
heads of the nine main departments
and the chairmen of all the various di
visions under the respective depart
ments; In ell. approximately fifty
nen. This eorrfnlttse shall chcsise
either from Ita own number or the
membership at large, a president, who
shall he chairman to preside over nil
meetings of the governing bisly The
board of commissioners shall elect a
chairman, who shall tie vice-president
of the association
Broadest Scops.
Augusta la adopting the broadest
scope of an organization under the
depart mental plan, having the full
nine departments which anticipate and
cover practically every activity 1n city
building This same plan la operated
In smaller rifles with but five main
departments; and In othera with
seven departments. The Depart
mental plan of commercial organisation
Is on*- which fixes responsibility and
at the same time distributes the labor
equltlhly over the entire membership,
equitably ovgr the oppnrtunity to build
one of the strongest city-building in
stitutions In the south If our whole
rlttxenshlp will get Itehlnd the con
structive program which will he out
lilted tiy the new administration of the
Merchants and Manufacturers Associa
tion which will t>n Installed tonight
In the mass membership meeting.
he made to Identify ellhor Dove or
Italy us the man who, after putting
up a ntall that he wa* n barber, out
of u Job and without money, was
taken to dinner with Sheriff Rrlnkley
of Warren County, and the same
night tiroke Into and robbed the Geor
gia Railroad safe at Warrenton. Ac
cording to Information, the authori
ties are satisfied that they can
Weave a convincing net qf evidence
about either one of the two men If
he I* Identified.
It In also learned that there was
more than one man Implicated In
the robbery at Warrenton, particulars
about whom Sheriff Rrlnkley knows
very little.
It was stated at the Jail this after
noon that Hove expressed a desire lo
make a confession In the case* In
which he ha* been connected. It
was understood that the confession
would he taken possibly late today
by h government officer. Dove's
partner has hail nothing to say. The
men have been detained In separate
cell*.
he contributed $.590,000. all_the ready
money at lit* command. He was then
permitted to Join hi* family. The ad
ditional ransom now demanded I*
$260,000 but It to believed that General
Villa prefer* to hold him as a hostage
to deter other member* of the family
from t'lnnnrlug a new revolt In tho
north to hnrras* the rebel rear on Its
march to Torreon.
Anchor to Windward,
How much money the elder Terrnza*
has on this aide of the border la not
known but hi* Intimate* say It Is rain
paiativvly little. He, like his mm*
always had an anchor to windward in
the way of Investments In the United
States but heavy expenses had greatly
diminished them. Alberto, It Is said,
would not accept aid from hi* father's
reduced store, preferring rather to
light bln battle with hi* owty hands
When he atyd wife and tlielr children
boarded tho troJu the only servant In
the party wa* an old nurse
GET SITE FOR $847,000.
Washington, D. C. A Richmond syn
dicate which bid In the Arlington Hotel
site recently, hut failed to make a cash
payment, finally acquired title today at
a re-sale for $47,000.
a H ASt 1., N
Hundreds Watch Futile Efforts
of Three Men to Escape
Drowning Off Chicago Lake
Front.’
Chicago.— Hundreds of helpless per
sona lined the shores of l,ake Michi
gan last night watching the futile
fight against death of three men
whose boat had been crushed by Ice
floes once the men gained a large
block of Ice to which they clung until
they slipped off. Then, encouraged
by the cries of eheer from the spee
tutors who were unable to render as
sistance of any kina, the men fought
on,and gained another Ice cake where
they clung until numbed by cold,
they slipped bar* Into the water and
drowned.
The victims were Wm. F. f'annell,
keeper of a water work Intake crib;
Stephen Varley and a man named
Wilson. The niiihorities said today
they would Institute an investigation
Into the mysterious errand that Im
pelled the perilous trip In a small
boat. At first. It was supposed Can
nell had attempted to take a physi
cian to the crib to attend his wife.
I-liter, howevnr, two women were
taken from the crib In a police boat.
They aald Cannell and his compan
ions had gone after provisions.
Abandon Search.
Chicago.—Search for the bodies of
three men was abandoned today when
It was seen that the pack Ice was too
heavy for tugs to break. A few frag
ments of the men’s shattered skiff
were In plain sight from residence*
and apartment houses In the fashion
able North Shore district, where hun
dreds of persons last night listened to
the lost men's shouts for help.
One-third to one-half off on some
Suits, Over Coats and Hoys’ Suits and
Over Coats. These are fine goods, but
mostly fancy patterns, broken lots.
F. G. Martins.
BITING WINtIrT
ON THE WAY SOUTH
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that swept through the state last
night. In wpstern sections several
trains were reported snowbound. The
temperature was six below zero here.
Bevere In Texas.
Oallaa, Texae.—Severe winter
weather, the first of the season, over
spread the southwest today. _
In the Texas panhandle tempera
tures dropped to zero. In Oklahoma
snow accompanied the extreme cold.
At Vernon, Texas, the temperature
fell from f>2 degrees above to 16
above In three hours. Fort Worth
and Dallas had freezing vAsather.
Zero Weather to Stay.
Denver.—Severe winter conditions
the first of the Season —prevailed
throughout the Rocky Mountain re
gion and the northwest today. North
ern Idiho bad zero weather for the
first time this winter. Towns In north
ern end e intern Montana reported
temperatures of 10 below zero. Tho
severe cold delayed transcontinental
trains.
Denver had Its coldest weathet of
the si on.n. the mercury reaching five
be.nw xero.
C attlemen teu' 'little loss because the
cold vrve was preceded by only n
light snowfall.
Ten Degrees Below.
Kjntcs City, Mo.—The coldest
weather of the whiter struck Missouri,
Kansas, Oklahoma and northern Texn*
today. A biting north wind with sleat
came with tpc cold. Early In the day
the temperature reached zero In many
parts of Kansas and western Missouri
und still was falling. Ten degrees be
low zero was registered In northwest
ern Kansas.
At Hutchinson mall carriers carried
torches to thaw out Hie ffoseU goeks
In mail boxes. •*
FAIR AND COLD WEATHER
IS TO FOLLOW RAIN
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slowly Her It rone so slowly. In the
absence of any sunshine, that five
hours later It was hut three degrees
warmer.
Intermittent Drizzle.
The weather man’s Instruments show
that rain began to fall yesterday after-
I noon at f>:t« o'clock, and since has
fallen In a slow, Intermittent drizzle,
the total precipitation amounting to
only fifty-nine hundredths of nn Inch.
| All the rain during the morning, ac-
I cording to the forecaster, amounted to
I ait a mere tenth of an Inch.
The same brand of inclement wreath
| er has | recalled throughout this whole
section for the past twenty-four hour*.
A slow. Inappreciable rain up the
river has failed to cause any alarm.
The only rainfall report from the
watershed received here this morning
was from Calhoun Falls, Indicating a
half Inch there. The stage of the
river at the city wharf at 8 a. ni. to
day was given at nine feet.
Thundsr Last Night.
The showers fell at Intervals during
the night and light after midnight were
accompanied by rumbling of thunder
heard by those few who were not
alumbering too aoundly to be disturb
ed. It reminded one that spring was
coming.
Mr. Warren says that the present
weather ts occasioned by a disturbance
that this morning'was r*i>orted to lie
in a trough-like depression over
eastern Texas into Louisiana The'
northern "center" of the “storm" hung
over Illinois The high temperature of
this section this morning was caused,
stated Mr Warren, by the fact that the
"storm" was to the west.
rHE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA.
M&kßv EMBrnSm J ttaWW \ Km I
“The Avenue of Palms’’ 3ong and “Even In Russia Tipping Is a Fad” Sung in ‘‘The Red
Widow,” at the Grand Next Tuesday. Matinee and Evening. Seats on Sale Tomorrow
Unless Halted, Higher
Pullman Rates March 1
But Only For. Compartments
Used Exclusively By One
Person.
New York.—On March Ist a new
and higher rate for Pullman compart
ments and drawing rooms occupied
exclusively by one persons will go
Into effect unless objection is raised
by the interstate commerce commis
sion. ,
Instead of charging a single rail
road fare and a single drawing-room
fare as heretofore the roads will now
charge for exclusive use of a drawing
room by one person double the rail
road fare plus a single drawjng-room
fare; and for Pullman compartments
for the exclusive use traveler
the present charge of one railroad
fare plug the compartment far® will
be Increased to one and half rail
road fare plus the present compart
ment fare. For long trips this will
Involve a considerable increase.
Barbecue Tomorrow—Ctyfe
Metropole.
At The Grand
‘•Little Lost Sister."
One thousand tree copies of Virginia
Brooks' book, “Little l-ost Sister.
\ will be distributed among homes for
girls und in public Institutions earlv
lln December. In the hope that the
i bisik msy show a way to a better life
| Miss Brooks has decided to give
inmates of questionable resorts free
] copies. The work Is an Interesting
treatment of white slavery told In a
simple way with a gripping plot that
holds the reader to the last.
Miss Vrglnta Brooks Is familiar with
white slavery. She wrote a series of
articles treating on the subject for a
Chicago' newspaper, and from these
articles the story of a Httle lost sister
was made. The play conies to the
Grand tomorrow, matinee tuul «v«n-
I lng. i
The Rsd Widow.
1 "The Red Widow," which comes to
, the Grand next Tuesday, mntlnee and
j evening. Is a tpustoal comedy of »t-
I tractive style, with a vivid story made
fascinating by reason of Its excellent
score and its clever unfolding. A big
organisation and an excellent produc
tion are said to be Its dominant feat
ures.
Geo. Evans' Minstrels.
When "Honey Boy" Evans offers
hi* new program of minstrelsy at the
Grand for “Three performances, next
Thursday and FVlda.v evenings with
Friday matinee, he promises a surprise
in the Introduction of a new voice In
minstrelsy. The newcomer Is Master
Paul tan Dyke: he ia. a Swiss yotUe"
and George Evans vouches for his
excellence. The yodler Is rare IndeeJ
who can give a satisfactory rendition
of this peculiar style of singing.
Master Van Dyke Is a native Swiss
and the possessor of a rarely sweet
voice. All his life he has been singing
the native songs of his own land and
It Is his natural style which he now
brings to minstrelsy with the Evans
company.
either sweet singers In the organi
zation are Vaughn Comfort. James
Meehan. William H. Thompson, Joseph
Gillespie and Ed I.indeman. The In
troduction of these vocal stars take*
place In the beautiful first part scene
called "The Good Old Summer Time."
and shows the semi-circle of olden
tltnes framed In a modem scenic pic
ture This setting Is from an._idea
convolved anil executed by I'nitt and
Wlckes, scenic artists for Daniel Froh
man's New York Lyceum theatre.
Henrietta Croeman.
Henrietta Crostnan had made everv
preparation to appear this season in
-v. * 4
“Honey Boy” Evans, as
‘‘Sweetie Jones,” in “The
Biackville Balloonaties,” the
, New Finale of This Year’s
Honey Boy Minstrels, coming
to the Grand Next Thursday
and Friday, with Friday
Matinee.
a series of classical plays and Shake
spearean repertolr, when, at the elev
enth hour "The Tongues of Men," by
Edward Childs Carpenter, was submit
ted to her and Immediately, all her
plans were altered.
This is said to be the best play and
part this most charming of all Eng
lish-speaking comediennes has ever
had and this is saying a great deal
when one stops to consider such plays
as ''‘Mistress Nell," and "Sweet Kitty
Belairs."
Miss Crossman's engagement here Is
set for next Wednesday, matinee and
evening, at the Grand.
THE BIJOU
The show at the Bijou, '1 Should
Worry," played its first and last per
formance last night to a good-sized
house in view of the inclement weath
er leave for Oklahoma, where Its next
engagement will lie filled.
For tonlgttt and tomorrow nigh*,
matinqe dally, the Bijou management
Is offering four distinct acts In vau
deville. The highly popular tabloid
performances will come back Monday
with another big company.
1-Yanks and Addington are see In a
splendid acrobatic bill that's extraor
dinarily clever.
The big act Is produced by Happy
Benwav and Dayton, seen In a black
face singing and dancing comedy act.
It Is a specially good attraction.
A 1 Nuttle plays ten different In-
Tonight
Grand
VIRGINIA BROOKS
GREAT MORAL PLAY
“ Little * Lost
Sister”
SEATS NOW SELLING.
PRICES: 50c. 75c, SI.OO.
struments In a musical act that's hard
to beat.
The Powers Trio, father and sons,
conclude a variety of specialties with
their acrobatic bill.
The "movies" are up to the top
notch, os usual.
GERMANS QUIT TAMPICO.
Berlin.—The German minister to
Mpxlco City today requisitioned the
German steamship Ypiranga for the
removal of Gefman subjects from
Tampico.
Over Coats—a few left at close-out
prices. See F. G. Mertjns.
semi-annual statement
For the Six Months ending December 31* . 1913, of the condition of the OCEAN
ACCIDENT & GUARANTEE CORPORA TION, LIMITED, of London, England,
organized under the Laws of Great Britain and Irelend, made to tho
Governor of the State of Georgia, in pursuance of the Laws of said State.
Principal Office, In the United States, No. 59 John Street, New York, N. Y.
CAPITAL. 1
Whole amount of Deposit Capital . .vC $ 250.000.00
Amount paid up In cash 250,00(1.00 $ 250,000.0$
ASSETS. ~
Doans on Mortgage (Duly recorded being first liens) .. $ 141,000.00
Bonds owned absolutely by the Company (par value). .$1,464,800.00
Bonds owned absolutely by the Company -uikct value,
carried out) 3,993,611.00
Cash in Company's principal office, Bank and trustees 98.251.08
•Premiums in eourge of collection 584,117.20
Total cash Items (carried out) $ 682.698.28
Amount of premiums, notes upon which policies have
been Issued 3,070.00
Amount of Interest actually due and accrued and unpaid 54,841.36
Workmen's Compensation Bureau Fund 7,118.15
Total Assets of the Company, actual cash market
value $4,882,371.79
LIABI LITIES.
Reserve for unadjusted Cialms, and resisted and Spe
cial Reserve fir Liability Imsses $1,219,515.46
Net amount of above Losses (carried out) $1,219,518.16
The amount of Reserve for Re-Insurance 1,525,513.61
All other claims against the Company 237,602..*
Voluntary Additional Reserve for Contingencies 600,000.0*
Surplus beyond all Liabilities 1.299,307.23
Total Liabilities $4,882,371.79
_ INVOME DURING THE LAST SIX MONTHS Of'tHE YEAR 1913. ~
Amount of Cash Premiums received $1,968.615.0b
Received for Interest .90,199.43
Total income Actually received during the last six
months in cash $2,068,714.13
EXPENDITURES DURING THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR, 1913.
Amount of Losses paid $1,275,503.52
Amount of Expenses paid. Including fees, salaries and
Commissions Agents and Officers of the Company 758,593.52
Paid fev State, National and Local Taxes in this and
otl.-er States 17,723.25
All other expenditure '
Remittance during the last six months sent to Home
Office 52.500.00
Total Expenditures during the last 6 month* of the
year in cash $2,104,320.29
A copy of the Act of Incorporation, duly certified Is on file in the Office of
the Insurance Commissioner.
STATE OF NEW YORK,—COUNTY OF NEW YORK—
Personally nppenred before me the undersigned William J. Gardner, who,
being duly sworn, deposes nnd says that he Is the Manager of THE OCEAN AC
CIDENT & GUARANTEE CORPORATION. LIMITED, of London, England, and
that the foregoing statement Is correct and true.
WILLIAM J. GARDNER.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 3rd dav of February 1914.
J. FRED RANGES, No. 3213,
Notary Public, New York County.
Name of State Agent—EDGAR DUNLAP
Name of Agents at Atlanta— EDO A R DUNLAP INS. AGENCY.
GRAND
Philip H. Niven Present* the Attor Theatre Musical Comedy Suc
cess
“THE RED WIDOW”
Bcok and Lyrics by Channlng Pollock and Rennold Wolf.
Muaic by Charles S. Gebest.
SEATS ON SALE TOMORROW.
PRlCES—Matinee, 25c to SI.OO.
Evening, 25c to $2.00.
ANY LADIES HAT
In Our Stock at One Half Price.
\
All in Plain figures. Divide in half. Take Your
pick. No Money Bc wn.
MASTERS & AGEE COMPANY
' 931 BROAD.
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY t/.
McCrean/’s
Anniversary
Sale
Interesting Bargains in
Things for Men.
PAJAMA AND
NIGHT SHIRTS
SI,OO values for . . 75<*
$1.25 values for ..95*
$1.50 values for $1.15
$2.50 values for $1.85
$2.00 values for $1.35
$3.50 values for $2.15
McCreary & Co.
“Home of Good Clothes”
MURPHY SAYS HE’LL BE
BOSS LONG AS HE LIVES
N*w York.—"l Intend to stay hero
as long as I live,” said Chas. F. Mur
phy yesterday. By "here" he meant
the leadership of Tammany Hall.
Hts statement was called forth by
an Inquiry regarding a report that he
intended soon to retire and resign the
leadership to a committee of three of
his friends.
"That is not true,” said Murphy.
FOUR OF THE SIX DEAD
IN EXPLOSION. BROTHERS
Lexington, Ky.—Word was received
here today from Urban, Ky., that six
men, among them four brothers, lost
their lives when boilers in a saw mil - ,
at that place exploded yesterday.
INEXT TUESDAY
Mat, and Even*