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THE AUGUSTA HERALD
WILL BE
A BIG HELP TO YOU'
VOLUME XXI. NO. 191.
FOR AUGUSTA MAYOR
DUNBAR TRIUMPHS
BY HANDSOME VOTE
DUNBAR FORCES WENT INTO
THE PRIMARY IN WHIRLWIND
STYLE AND SWEPT THE DAY
IN COMPLETE MANNER.
JOHNSON BEATS WALTON
In Clean-Cut Contest Dunbar Men
Out-General Their Opponents at
Every Point and Take a Well Won
Victory—Chances Even When the
Polls Opened, But Dunbar's Per
sonal Popularity, His Clean Record
and His Earnest Campaigning
Prove Successful.
William M. Dunbar, In a clear-cut
tilt before the people, yesterday, won
the nomination for mayor of Augus
ta. He will be Installed In office
January next.
He had the backing of ablo men In
W,i.l politics. They served hint well.
I";t to his own endeavor, to his own
t-reless work, to his own good-cheer,
to his own personality aro due the
lion's share of the victory.
Judge Dunbar is well-known in Au
gusta—so well-known that the cus
tomary "sketch of the life of the
winning man” is rendered unneces
sary. Just at this time, his acquaint
ance with municipal affairs is of
most public interest. For the past
three years he has been chairman of
the finance committee of the city
council. Prior thereto he has a I
ways studied Augusta affairs. His
committee chairmanship has lately
put him in touch—the very closet
touch —with every department of the
Augusta city government. He Is to
day as familiar with the details as is
the incumbent, mayor. On this point,
he will be most admirably equipped
to take up the reins wla Mayor R.
E. Allen lays them down.
He is a man of ability. He is a
patriotic Augustan. He is clean He
has a will of his own, and ui »
a “fair play" and "square deal" man.
He is a man of courage and is
strong of conviction. He is devoted
to the. material welfare of his city
and he will be found ambitious and
eager for Augusta's advancement.
Can I Dunbar has long cherished
the ai ’•yjtion to be mayor here. He
has *.’elm's who have long known of
this <i lire and who will be glad that
he has attained It. He will go Into
Office well backed and that he will
earn and win and be accorded the
most cordial support of all the citi
zens of the community is confidently
predicted.
Surprises of the Day.
The complete victory of the Dunbar
forces was a great surprise, even to
themselves, as it is now generally ad
mitted that they did not count upon
a majority exceeding 150 votes,
though, of course, they expected to
win.
Just what this sweeping victory is
due to seems not yet to have been
fully accounted for, although the two
main factors probably were, as stated
above, the personal campaign that
Judge Dunbar has conducted for sev
eral months and the solid support
that he received from the local A. P.
A. organisation.
Even more surprising to the politi
cians than Judge Dunbar’s big ma
jority in the whole city was the fact
that, he got a majority 1n the threv
lower wards combined. The greatest
surprise of all was the fact that he
secured a majority in the Third ward,
and that he was enabled to cut down
the conceded Young majority in the
Second to such a great extent. Even
in the First ward not so large a ma
jority was anticipated by the Dunbar
men, who had never claimed above
one hundred majority in that pre
cinct.
On the other hand, the Dunbar
•workers were greatly surprised at
the smallness of the majority in the
Fifth ward, where they confidently
expected to get not less than 250.
The Fourth was always conceded to
Dunbar, although even there it was
not generally anticipated that it
would bo near 60 large.
Up until about an hour before the
polls closed the Young forces were
still very confident, but from then on
until the count was announced they
began to realize that if they got the
victory it would be by a very narrow t
margin, but they, as well as every one
else, were not quite prepared for the
magnitude of the other side's ma
jority, which, though decisive, would
seem so great had not such a
ii so race been anticipated.
Part Money Played.
It is not thought thai money play
ed any part in the general result,!
although it is generally admitted that]
both sides used it to a greater or less
degree. Statements about the size of
the amounts, however, have been;
greatly exaggerated, as the compara
tive smallness of the amounts with
reference that were used in more
than one of other recent campaigns
was a matter of comment among the
politicians on all sides yesterday. :
Friends of both sides seemed to have
tied up a large portion of the funds
that they might have utilized In the
enormous wagers that were made on
the result.
In justice to the two candidates it
ic not believed that they personally
knew-of any expenditures for other I
than legitimate purposes. Moreover,
Continued on page two.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
THANKSTO WRIGHT
BY COMMITTEEMEN
White Primary Executive Committee,
at Meeting Today, Endoraed Elec
tion Bill in House by Hon Boykin
Wright, of Richmond.
The meeting of the full committee
of the white primary was held in the
city court room at the court house
this morning for the purpose of
counting the election returns. After
the returns from each ward was gone
over it was found that Dunbar’s ma
jority was 508. In the Second ward
the race for council was between Mr.
E. L. Johnson and Mr. Hamilton
H. Walton, the former receiving 3fio
votes and the latter 839, which gives
Mr. Johnson a majority of 2t votes.
Judge Dunbar, Mr. Johnson and all
the candidates for council who were
not. opposed were then declared the
nominees of the white primary.
A motion was made by Mr. Austin
Branch and seconded by Mr. E. G.
Kalbfleisch that the committee of
the white primary go on record as
favoring the bill as introduced in the
state legislature by Hon. Boykin
Wright for the purpose of obtaining
purer elections, and it was also
moved by Mr. Branch and seconded
by Mr. kalbfleisch that a letter of
thanks from ...e white primary com
mittee be sent, to Mr. Wright by the
secretary, and that a letter be sent
also to the senator from this district,
Hon. Herbert Williams, asking him
to do all In his power to secure the
passage of the bill in the senate. The
motion was passed unanimously.
After instructions had geen given
in regard to the disposal of the ballot
boxes and 6ome minor details In ro
gard to the expenses of the primary
the committee adjourned sine die.
Tabulated Statement.
The committee authorized the an
nouncement of the following as the
official result of the contests in the
primary:
For Mayor.
Dunbar. Young.
First Ward 391 259
Second Ward 301 412
Third Ward 342 326
Fourth Ward 675 360
Fifth Ward 614 4pß
Totals 2323 1815
Dunbar's majority, 508.
For Council, Ward 2.
Johnson 360
Walton 339
Johnson’s majority 21
E.L JOHNSON, E5| M
GUY COUNCILMAN
Race in the Second Ward and Its
Outcome—Probably the Youngest
Member of Next Year's Board.
Although interest generally In the
municipal primary held yesterday
centred in the mayoralty contest, be
cause of the fact that there was op
position in only one ward for the of
fice of councilman, In the Second i
there was a hard-fought contest for
ward representative, which was won
by Eugene L. Johnson, Esq., over!
Hamilton H. Walton, the majority
out of the 699 votes polled for this
office being 21, although it is general
ly thought, that Johnson’s majority
would have been larger had there
been a larger vote of those registered
as the Walton support was strongest
in the early morning rush.
Mr. Johnson is a bright member of
the younger contingent of the Au
gusta bar, and at 26 years of age will;
probably be the youngest member of
the city council. Despite the fact that
he is not a native of the city and
only came to Augusta after his ad
mission to the bar, there is hardly a
more popular young man in the city
and he has been the recipient of gen
eral congratulations from many hun
dreds of people in winning out
against the odds with which he had
to contend.
When he first came out he was op
posed by Mr. W. A. McArthur, who
was then considered a very formid
able candidate in a ward which has
always been considered a very close
one, and was still considered so until
after the recent county contest. At'
that time it was a very hard matter !
to find a good man who would con
sent to enter the contest with so
str/ng an opponent as McArthur, but
upon the request of many of the ward
leaders and a large number of young
men Mr. Johnson entered the field. '
After several weeks of hard cam
paigning McArthur retired from the
race, but within a few days Mr. Wal- ;
ton announced. For two months he
conducted the most strenuous cam
paign ever seen in this ward, but de
spite the nard fight made by him and
a number of iniiuential friends
Johnson showed that he had become
too solidly entrenched.
Mr. Johnson’s victory was alto
gether a personal one. a fact of which
ala friends are especially proud. t
AT WORK IN THE ORE AT PACKING HOUSES.
Vv /
Packingtown Is thickly Int erapersed with railroad tracks.
DEATH Of STOESSEL
FOR SURRENDER
OF PORI ARTHUR
SWEEPING VERDICT OF COMMIS
SION APPOINTED TO INVESTI
GATE GIVING UP STRONGHOLD.
HARSHEST SENTENCES.
Reuss to be Expelled from the Army.
Recommended That Alexieff be
Reprimanded—Fock Ordered to the
Galleys for Twenty Years.
LONDON, July 19.—A dispatch
from St. Petersburg says the report
of the commission appointed to in
quire into the circumstances attend
ing the surrender of Port Arthjir re
commends that Lieutenant General
Stoessel, former r.omrhander of the
fortress, be sentenced to death, and
Lieutenant General Fock. who com
manded the Fourth East Siberian di
vision at. Port Arthur, be condemned
to twenty years in the galleys.
The commission considers that Gen
eral Reuss should be expelled from
the army and that Admiral Alexieff.
former viceroy in the far cast, should
be reprimanded.
FUNERAL OF LADY CURZON
JULY TWENTY-THIRD
Burial at Keddleston—Memorial Ser
vice in London.
LONDON. July 19.—The funeral
of Lady Curzon takes place at Kedle
ston. July 23, only the members of
the family being present. A memo
rial service will be held In London
simultaneously.
ONITING MISSION
WORK 111 JAPAN
Methodist Episcopal Church in North,
in South and in Canada Took Im
portant Action Today at Buffalo.
BUFFALO, July 19.—A commis
sion representing ihe Methodist
Episcopal church, Ihe Methodist
church of Canada and the Methodist
Episcopal church. South, today unan
imously adopted a resolution that the
mission stations In Japan, which
heretofore have been supported by
the three separate churches, be con
solidated.
The union Is to he effected May,
1907, at a general conference to be
held in Japan. The church to he
known as the Methodist church of
Japan.
A superintendent, to serve for 8
years, will be appointed at the con
ference in Japan next, year. Among
the members of the commission was
Bishop Galloway from the southern
church.
SCOTLAND DEMANDS
SELF-GOVERNMENT
Members of Parliament for That Nationality
Making Effort in House of Commons for
Home Government.
LONDON, July 19.—Irritated by
lack of opportunities to discuss Scot
tish questions in the bousp of com
mons and somewhat, jealous of the
promises of greater control of local
affairs made to Ireland in the King's
speech at the opening of parliament,
the Scottish members have selected
Mr. Perie, liberal member for the
north division of Aberdeen, to intro
LOCAL FORECAST: For Augusta and vicinity: Occasional ahowsrs tonight and Friday.
AUGUSTA. GA THURSDAY. JULY 19. 1906.
FRIGHTFUL DEATH
OFTWO CHILDREN
IT FORT VALLEY
SON AND DAUGHTER OF PROMI
NENT SAVANNAH PEOPLE
BURNED TO DEAtA.
ON VISIT TO GRANDPARENTS
Lightning Struck House, Setting it
Afire—Children Cremated in the
Ruins Before the Neighbors Could
Reach Them—Girl Was Sixteen
and Boy Eight.
SAVANNAH. Ga.. July 19. (Spe
dal.)—Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wim
hish, of Savannah, are advised by
telegraph that their children have
been burned to death at Fort Valley,
where they were visiting their grand
parents.
Particulars of the Tragedy.
MACON. Ga., July 19— (Special)—
A dispatch received here from Fort
Valley this morning stales that last
night, during the terrific thunder
storm which struck Fort Valley. An
nle May Wtmhish. aged sixteen, and
Robert. Wimblsh. aged 8. daughter
and son of a prominent building eon
tractor of Savannah, were burned io
death In the residence of W. G. Jor
dan on Persons street.
Lightning struck the house, setting
ft on fire. Owing to the terriffle
noise made by the storm it was Im
possible for the peoplp who discover
ed the fire to awake the Inmates. Fi
nally, after the doors were battered
down, Mr. and Mrs. Jordan got out
as the roof fell In, hut the people
were unahle to gpt to the children,
who had just arrived from Savanah
yesterday to spend a few days with
Mr. and Mrs. Wimblsh, their rela
tives.
EARTHQUAKE JARS
HOUR AFTER HOUR
Succession of Daily Quakes at Siroc
co Cause Immense Damage—People
In Panic and Deserting the Place.
ALBEUQUERQUE. New Mexico,
July 19. —Refugees In large numbers
are arriving here fron) Socorro, New
Mexico, where great damage was
wrought by a succession of dally
earthquakes since July 2.
In that time not an hour has pass
ed without one or more quakes. The
centre of the disturbance Is a zone
thirty miles long by ten miles wide.
Practically every residence and busi
ness block In the town has been Ir
reparably dnmaged. There la much
distress among the people, who are
camping, as heavy rains have fallen
during the last ten days.
dnoe a bill providing for the estab
lishment of a parliament for Scot
land.
Outside of the friends of Perle,
who favors local self government
for all the nationalities of the Uni
ted Kingdom, the project. Is not
taken seriously. There Is no demand
among the people of Scotland for a
local parliament.
Nfl... a,'4, Aftfl* ‘
A part of the great power plant.
MAKING SAUSAGES
BY THE WHOLESALE
AND IN A BIG RUSH
WALTER ORMOND
DROWNED IT SEI
Young Atlantian Falls from Kansas
City, En Route to New York, and
Drowned —Popular Young Gentle
man.
NEW YORK, July 19.—Walter Or
mond. of Atlanta, fell overboard and
was drowned from the steamer Kan
sas City while en route from Havan
nah, Ga.. to this city. The drowning
happened yesterday while the Kansas
City was coming up the const.
Popular Young Man.
ATLANTA. Ga., July 19—(Spe
cial.)—Judge Walter Ormond, of At
lanta. whom an Asaoclated Press dis
patch this morning states fell over
board and was drowned from the
steamer Kansas City, while en route
from Savannah to New York, was the
son of Mrs. F R Ormond, and re
aided with his mother and sister at
122 East Pine street. He left here
last week In company with Harvey
Hill and several oiuer friends for a
pleasure trip to New York, expecting
to sppnd his vacation there.
Judge Ormond was widely and
popularly known and the aad news
of his tragic death will cause the
keenest, sorrow to hla countless
friends. He was a justice of tho
peace.
SUPERINTENDENT
OF SOLDIERS' HOME
Capt. J. A. Thompson Resigns and a
New One is Wanted.
ATLANTA, On., July 19. (Special.)
I—At. a meeting of the board of trus
tees of tho Soldiers' Home at. the
capltol this morning the resignation
of Capt. J. A. Thompson, superintend
ent. of tho Institution, was accepted,
to become effective August 1.
It was decided by the trustees of
the home to empower President. Bell
of the board, to appoint a temporary
superintendent from August. I until
the next, regular meeting of the trus
tees on the third Wednesday In Oc
tober.
A bill was drafted by the trustees
to be Introduced in the legislature,
giving the board authority to name
name the salary of the superintendent
of the home.
Under the present measure the sal
ary Is limited to only SSOO per year.
This amount Is thought to be too small
and prevents securing services of the
superintendent needed.
STATE ATTORNEYS.
ATLANTA, Ga., July 19.—(Spe
rial.) -A bill was Introduced today
In the senate by Senator Lumsden to
place the solicitor-general of the state
on salary.
It will be taken up by the general
judiciary committee Tuesday after
noon. The bill will undoubtedly be
favorably reported on by the com
mittee, but a strong fight Is expected
on Its passage.
RUSSIAN TOWN ON FIRE;
INHABITANTS FLEEING
SAMARA, Russia, July 19.—The
whole town of Byseran, Province of
Blmblrsk. is In flames. The Inhabi
tants are fleeing to Samara and Sara
toff.
THE CANNED MEATS OF WHICH
SO MUCH HAS BEEN SAID DUR
ING THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
IMMENSE INDUSTRY.
Present Packing House Methods Com
pared With Local Slaughter Pen
Methods—A Look at Condition of
Employes and of Departments Dur
ing Process of Manufacture.
(By J. J. Chafee.)
The methods of slaughtering all
kinds of cattle have now been de
scribed, but the condition of the
slaughtering pens should he looked
Into more carefully before proceed
lug with other department* of ihr
plant. It, was the alleged condition
of the killing bedH of the Chicago
parking houses wlilrh aroused much
of the excitement and severest criti
cism. The average person after at
tempting to follow the question In
the press and Journals of th«* coun
try would expert to find a horrible
state of affairs In these departments,
and a surprise awaits the visitor who
enters with surh an Idea.
As mentioned above the beef kill
Ing room was thoroughly Inspected
both before and after the slaughter
of rattle had commenced. Consider
Ing the three slaughtering rooms to
gether, the visitor Is at once struck
| by the absence of any very disagree
able odors, excepting In the hog
loom, and also the absence of Ays.
This last annoyance waa a thing In
lie expected, hut they were conspicu
ous by their absence In every killing
room. All of the killing rooms of
the Morris Nelson Company seemed
to he sufficiently lighted and ventilat
ed.
The matter of inspeetlon of the pro
duct by tho government men em
ployed for thai purpose was closely
attended to. Upon s h 1b point the re
port of Messrs. Reynolds and Nell,
Ihe special committee appointed by
j the president to examine Into enn
illtloris In tho stock yards of Chicago
has the following paragraph. This
report as a whole was considered
most drastic and dtd much to sir up
the recent 111-feeling. It says:
“Inspection before slaughter ap
pears to have little value In most
ensea. That undue advantage of Ibis
Inspection Is taken by outside parties
Is charged, and opportunities aro
abundant, hut, no specific evidence
was presented to us.
"Inspection after slaughter appears
lo he carefully and conscientiously
made. The government veterinarians
maintain that It is adequate, Insisting
that a passing examination of certain
glands, of the viscera, and of the
general condition of the carcass Is
sufficient to enable an expert, engag
ed constantly on this work, to detect
at once to precnee of disease, or of
abnormal conditions. On the slight
est Indication of disease or abnor
mal conditions Ihe carcass Is tugged j
and set aside for a later and more
careful examination.
"Microscopic examination of hogs to
be exported to Germany appears to be
made with great care, and It may fair
ly be asked why tho same Inspeetlon
Is not made of hogs killed for the
American market.. The statement
that ham. pork and sausage, that are
frequently eaten raw In Germany, aro
not so used In America, is riot, strict
ly true. Large numbers of our for
eign-born population eat ham and
pork comparatively raw, and hence
need this protection; and further,
much of this pork goes Into sausage
to be eaten without being cooked."
The imperfections in the Inspection
system noted in the paragraphs of the
report Just quoted have been remedied
by recent legislation and the number
of Inspectors now required by law Is
amply sufficient.
Not the least Interesting of the
many departments into which a great
Continued on pago two
PLANTER'S LOAN
AND SAVINGS BANK.
Oroaa Resources ~.51,000,000.00
PAYS 4 PER CT. INTEREST.
Deposits may be made by MAIL.
L. C. Hayne, President
Chas. C. Howard, Caehler.
DAILY AND SUNDAY. $6.00 A YEAR.
CUR ATRANO;
RFUDLUTSON begun
IN CZAR'S EMPIRE
LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT
HAS THROWN DOWN THE
GAGE AND THE ISSUE IS ON.
PREPARED FOR THE WORST
Parliament Issues Proclamation to
Nation on Agrarian Question and
Government Accepts Act as Final
Declaration—There is Now No
Hope of Reconciliation.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 19. -
The belief that the adoption by <
the lower house of parliament. <
today of a proclamation to na- <
Mon, on the Agrarian question. ■
will precipitate the long brewing <
conflict and plunge the country 1
Into a civil war Is profound. All <
hope of reconciliation between >
the parliament and the govern- <
ment. Is vanishing and the gov- <
ernment Is evidently preparing <
to take up the gage of battle ■
when It la inrmally thrown down. <
MACON WILL GET
TIE STATE SHOW
Rifle Contest, to 9elect Member of
Georgia Beagirt Squad, to- Occur
August 22-24.
ATLANTA, (it , July 19.—(Spe
cial.) The slate rifle shoot, which
will determine the members of thft
Georgia squad to take part in the an
nual contest of the National Trophy
Association, at. Seagirt, N. Y., Sept
4th, will probably he held at. Macon,
beginning Aug. 22nd nnd lasting two
days or more.
A number of marksmen of the
stale militia will enter the state
shoot. The marksmen who will rep
resent Georgia at Seagirt will leava
forthe shoot September Ist.
POTTERY PLANT
111 FUEL FI
Chamber of Commerce Today Set
Aside Five Hundred Doilais to Aid
in Its Equipment and Operation.
At a meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce,
held at I o'clock today, the commit
tee on manufactures reported favor
ably on Ihe proposition fn establish a
miniature pottery at the
11nit. Fair next fall.
The executive committee voted an
appropriation of SSOO for the plant and
it pottery plant, of small proportions
will be seen on the fair grounds that
will demonstrate conclusively that. Au
gusta clays are second to none in
quantity and quality, it will require
more than the sum named above to
get the machinery for the plant to
the city and establish It at. the fair
grounds, but the additional expense
will be borne by friends of the en
terprise. A kiln of large size will be
constructed to show how the Augusta
clay will show up to an advantage
when properly burned.
Great quantities of clay from the
vicinity of Augusta, are shipped north
each year and Is manufactured Into
the finest china ware. After being
manufactured It Is shipped back here
and sold for fancy prices. The Cham
ber of Commerce has Inaugurated this
movement to have a miniature pottery
plant here In order to show how thl*
olay can he manufactured here and
sent to the north Instead of It be
ing manufactured In the north and
sent. here. Skilled labor In a pottery
p.ant Is paid from $3 to $7 per day
and If such a plant Is established here
It will mean much for the rltjr.
Secretary Moore of tho Chamber of
Commerce nays Cist the wares manu
factured from the clay around Augus
ta are second to none and and when
properly burned always command
good prices.
J. B. COOPER DROPS DEAD.
SAVANNAH, Ga„ July 19— (Spe
cial.)- J, H. Cooper fell dead from ft
sunstroke today.
BURTON W. GIBSON
RELEASED FROM CUSTODY
He Had Been Held for Murder of
Alice D. Klnan.
NEW YORK, July 19.—Burton W.
Gibson, the lawyer committed to the
Tombs to await, the action of the
grand ury In connection with the
murder of Mi’h. Alice D. Klnan, ap
peared before Justice Buanchard on
a writ or baches corpus and was dls
charged from custody.
The district attorney’s office made
no opposition to the argument of
Gibson's counsel that Gibson's com
mitment was illegal.