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POR THE CAMPAIGN If you vant the news, you'll need The Herald. SI'ftSCRISE NOW. VOLUME XIII., No. 211. The 1 C. Is Frightened ©y Kentucky Night Riders Threats Ask Gov. Wilson To Com ply With Riders’ De mands and Remove State Troops from Property of the Railroad. LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The situation 1n western Kentucky between the state troops and night riders is grow, iug critical. There may be a clash between the two at any moment. The Illinois Central railroad offi cials received a warning signed with crossed bones and skull that the troops must he removed at once from their property under penalty that their trains will be derailed and prop erty destroyed. The railroad appealed to Governor Willson, stating the threats of the night riders and asking the governor to have the militia vacate their prop erty. The governor replied in a long letter stating that the, soldiers must camp on the best suited site and that no stone would be left unturned to arrest any and all law breakers. The substance of Governor Will son’s reply i 6 to the effect that the soldiers must eat and sleep some where, and if the railroad property is best suited, then they have the power and right to camp on the rail road property or any other property, paying reasonable compensation for the occupancy. "There has been an attempt,” the governor says, “to prevent the com monwealth’s forces from performing their duties by refusing them a place to stay and by making others afraid to let them stay on their premises, or to buy provisions. Service of the commonwealth is above private right? and they can take a place to rest and camp without consent after previously temdering compensation, so that if your right-of-way is the most suit able place to have a camp it will be the officers' duty to locate there. “There will be no relaxation in the determination to restore law and or der and to protect the people.” COMMITTEE WRITES LETTER TO RAILROAD COMMISSION Chamber of Commerce Representatives Make No Protest Unless Proposed Rates Discriminate Against Augusta. There is still much interest mani fested In the proposed Increase in freight rates which wa« scheduled to become effective in Augusta Satur day next The restraining order of Judge Speer preventing the railroads from putting their new rates in ef fect will probably stop the increase, at least until the first of September, The committee appointed recently by th e Wholesale Grocers, the Mer chants' Association and the Chamber of Commerce to look into the ques tion has sent the following letter to the railroad commission: "We are advised that Ciere is to be an advance in interstate rates from Ohio river points to through points in Georgia and South Carolina bf 2 cents per hundred pounds on grain, flour and meal, and 3 cents per hun dred on parking house products, ef fective August Ist. “A conference was held at the Chamber of Commerce, comprising the leading receivers of freight here and representatives of commercial bodies, to consider whether or not it would bo wise for Augusta to enter a protest, or take any legal action agains. he contemplated advance in rates. "It was the sense of this meeting, after full discussion of the subject, that Augusta would make no protest against the advance provided it was made to api ly throughout the entire t'-rrltory. We would oppose and do oppose any advance to Augusta which is not equally effective at all points throughout our territory. "We have been unable to ascertain definitely whether points in South Carolina, which have heretofore based on Virginia cities, will be ad vance.! correspondingly with Augusta, Atlanta and Macon or not. If there, has not been a corresponding advance on the rates In Carolina, based upon Virginia cities eomblnat'/m, we sin cerely hope the commission will use its Influence to either have the ad vance made uniform or otherwise made non-effective at Augusta. A resolution was passed that the aeDse of this meeting, as herein con veyed. be sent to you with the hope that It will meet with your indorse ment. "Augusta. Ga„ July 20th, 1908. W M. Dunbar, Mayor, City of Au g ists, and chairman of meeting,Cham ber of Commerce; E 8. Johnson, sec retary; P. H. Rice, chairman railroad ans freight committee Chamber of (•, *ruteree, and chairman freight com mittee Retail Merchants' association.’' BACON GONE TO EUROPE. NEW YORK —Among the passeng ers who sailed ,'oday on the steam ship Print Friedt-rlch Wilhelm fo* Bremen vis Plymouth and Cherbourg was Hon. A. O. Bacon, United States senator from Georgia, THE AUGUSTA HERALD THE TURKISH TROUBLE IS IT OVER CONSTANTINOPLE. There are signs of public dissatisfaction at the delay in the reconstruction ministry by the introduction of liberal ele ments. Scenes of “the wildest de scription continue in the cases. The young Turks are masters of Con stantinople and the European prov inves, even in Constantinople, where disloyal cries are heard. JOHNSON Will SERVE BRYAN AS AISOR ST. PAUL.—Governor Johnson has accepted Bryan’s invitation to serve on the advisory committee of fifteen during the presidential cam paign. MIUS Mil Mill FINED Jill [ICO Violators of Prohibition Law Given Alternative of Six Months on Gang. Other Cases Disposed of in City Conrt. In city court this morning Judge Eve transacted a land office business In sentencing prisoners, the most not able cases probably being thoße of John G. McNeils and J. E. Allen, both charged with violating the prohibition laws of Georgia. Judge Eve sentenced each to pay a fine of SSOO, or serve six months on the chaingang. The next in importance was that of Will Harold, a young white man, charged with larceny from the house He was given a straight sentence of 12 months and a strong lecture b> the judge. The following other sentences were passed: Ed Harris, on two charges of lar ceny from the house, SSO or 8 months In each case. Ardls Love, simple larceny, 12 months. Will McCormick, larceny from the house, 12 months. Will Walton, escape, 8 months. Dan O'Neal, larceny from the liouj^ 8 months. Geo. Hicks, larceny from the house, 12 months. Eliza Ann Crouch, Bimplo larceny, 9 months. Burkemeyer Simms, larceny from the house, 10 months. City court will contlnu*. this after noon and on through the week until all cases are heard, the trial of Field Thompson now being In progress. SEVERE STORM 111 WRIGHTSVILLE beach ATLANTA, Ga. —Rumors of a storm at Wrtgtitsville Reach, N. C., near Wilmington, reached Atlanta this morning In shape of telegrams Atlantans announcing ths safety of their families but giving no details aa to the atom. Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity— Showers tonight or Friday AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 30, 1908. SOME OF THE PROMINENT DELEGATES TO INDEPENDENCE PARTY CONVENTION icoimzDtfrjrzot O/nCJIOO TXrZ,.. An Embroidered Scapular and Bit of Gingham Are the Clues Left For the Police NEW YORK. —In the most baffling of mysteries, an embroidered scapu lar of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, a bit of checkered gingham, a soctiou of embroidered silk, a bunch of keys, and a buckhorn-handlcd knife arc the slender clues which the police of Man hattan and Brooklyn today have in their possession in their search for the identification of the charred body of a young woman found in a loneiy lot in Williamsburg. They are seek ing two men, seen in a wagon near the spot shortly before the discovery of the body. Fire and acid were used to destroy the face of the victim and a portion of the body, but sufficient was reveal ed to the coroner and police to es tablish that the woman was about GO years old. Her hair was jet black, and her skin of olive tint. She was five feet five inches tall, and such bits of clothing as remained uncon sumed indicated that she had been well dressed. There was no evidence of violence save a knfe wound in the throat. It was this wound which caused her death. The police believe that the woman was an Italian, married, and in comfortable circumstances. The police are working on the story of Mrs. Matthew Murray, of No, 2328 Green Point avenue, who says she Looking Up Father Secs Son Dangling From His Pitchfork LORAIN, O While lohdlng oats yesterday .1. Craven, a farmer, thrust his pitchfork into what seemed an unusually heavy sheaf. Glancing up as he raised the fork above his head he found his eight-year-old aon Charles dangling from It. The boy was hurried to a hospital but died in a few hours. He had been playing around a shook and as the father attempted to lift a sheaf the hoy stumbled and the fork penetrated his skull. What T)id Morgan Get Out of the cNorthern Pacific TDeal? Attorneys For State of Minnesota Are Trying to Find Out in Rate Hearing. Railroad Says That It Doesn’t Matter _____. BT. PA CL, Minn.—That J. P. j Morgan & Co. and others in the syn dicate that reorganized the Northern Pacific in 1896 made a profit of 822, i 202,393 was what tie- attorneys for j the state attempted to establish yea ; terday at tlie Minnesota rate hear ] ing. The attorneys for the railroad, I however, contended that them i f ures represent the par value of the stock involved, and that the stock j at that time waH not worth pai j They further contended that the | question of whether J. P. Morgan ti • Co. made a large fee in connection with the reorganization baa nothing to do with what Northern Pacific Is worth today. It Is one the present worth that, they expect to earn an adequate return. T. B. O’Brien, special counsel for the state, took up the matter in his cross-examination of H. A. Gray, controller of the Northern Pacific. Mr. Gray testified that the reorgani zation was perfected by calling In the stock of the old company In the hands of the public and Issuing the j new stock upon payment by the! stockholders of an assessment of tfg] .on preferred stock ami tu, ua the* heard a wagon drive up to the spot and later driving in the direction of the ferry. Mrs. Murray said she was awaked ed In her room by the sound of wheels turning rapidly. The noise was un usual, so she got up and went to the front window. A hors e hitched to a covered wagon was crossing the lot from the direct! in of the creek bank at a gallop, urged on by some one un seen who sat under the sheltering hood plying whip and rein. The hors,, took the curbing at one jump, whirled Into the roadway, and disappeared, going toward the Green Point ferry. Mrs. Murray said there were two men in tlie wagon and one of them wore a white hat. Because he told three sepnrate stories and ail of them conflicting— the authorities at Brooklyn headquar ters locked up the man who gave the first alarm—Joseph Ruddick, a pri vate watchman. Later, as a result of the older man's latest story, they took his son, Joseph Ruddick, Jr., a young peddler, into custody as a suspect. Georg,. Wolf, of No. 150 Dupont street, Williamsburg, reported to the police today that he believed the mur dered woman was that of his siHter, Annie, who has been missing for two weeks. common. Not all the old stockhold ers, he said, were willing to pay these assessments, so the syndicate paid them and took over the stock. Under one paragraph of the agree ment the syndicate received $19,- 878,8:tq for handling $105,215,705 of their company's common and pre ferred stock and mortgage bonds. Under another paragraph the syn dieate was paid six and two-third* per cent (in eashl for the sale of another consignment of stocks and bonds. The Amount received by the syn dicate on tills transaction was placed at nearly $3,bi11),000, bringing the to tal receipts of ihe syndicate man agent, according to the testimony, up to $117,904,253, while they turned over to the reorganized company li the conversion and assessment on stock $95,701,860. ftLEXANDER RILL m PASSED HOUSE ATLANTA, Ga The Alexander bill wiping out the convict lease system by constitutional provision was ad noted kv the beu.. this atvurniujt TWELVE MONTHS GIVEN TO GOSSETT Policeman Severely Criti cized By Judge Eve For Public Actions and Con duct Toward Invalid Wife. W. R (iossett. who was found gull ty in the city court Wednesday of pointing a pistol at another, was sen tenced this morning by Judge Eve to servo 12 months on the oouuty cha.’ll - Gossett was a policeman at the time of his arrest. A motKiu for a new trial was immediately mado by Attorney Blackshcar and It. will bo heard on August 10. Until that time the defendant will bo out on bond. The remarks of the judge in pass ing sentence on the prisoner cuve.od the case in detail and were as fol lows: W. R. Gossett has been arraigned before the court on the charge of pointing a pistol at another. The is sues formed upon that, accusation were submitted to a jury of fair-mind ed and impartial jurors, who, afte* a short deliberation, returned a verdict of guilty. It only remains for Lio court to pass ihe sent cues of law upon him. I listened very attentively to the facts submitted to the Jury, anil in order lo properly weigh and consider the offense for which you were con vicled it is necessary to consider all the facts and circumstances connect ed with Its perpetration, in the many years that 1 have presided 1 do no: recall a case occurring In a civilized ! community, where law and order pro vail, similar to Ibis one. You, a po liceman, Jiißt entering upon your va cation, started from the barracks, and Instead of going home to your family mid your invalid wife, you seek tile company of the lowest prostitutes in the town. You commenced Immedi ately to plan and prepare for the carousal. You engaged the company :of three of these poor, unfortunate 1 women. You had as a companion a man of the lowest character and sent over to the dlspensnry and procured liquor to use on this debauch And then you wont to your home— alreadv having spent all the money you had, giving one of these women five dol lars to go with you—then you go to your home, which you, under the law ought to have protected, and exlort from your Invalid wife twenty dollars to defray the expenses of this de bauch. You are the one that, brought about, the condition of these people on that oocaßion. After bringing about the conditions and having struck this woman on ihe face a wo man not strong mentally, but who had gotten into a state of Intoxication by liquor furnished by you—you point ed a pistol at her and then left her along the highway, not seeming to care whother she lived or died, or what became of her. I have consid ered till the circumstances. 1 have i listened not. only to the appeal of i your counsel this morning, hut have had him to appeal to me out of court lo put upon you punishment In the alternative. The only thing that would cause me to pause and hast tale In . ;.e performance of my duty as I see It was the appeal made by him. But If I was to yield to Ihe appeal made 1 would feel that I was doing a wrong to the community and to the woman you are bound by law to protect and support. If I were to put a fine on you that would be only in addition to the money you have ul ready deprived Iter of. My conscience would not permit me to take that course. I do not believe I would he sustained by the Jury or the commu nity were I to forget, my duty am! do that. I say under ull the clrcumstanc es and considering the position you were permitted to occupy, being a policeman, you should ho the lust per son to bring about the condition nmk Ing the highways of this county dan gerous. The evidence of both sides ‘shows that you not only committed this offense, but also one of assault land battery. You also violated the | law by carousal arid drunkenness on the highway. j You would he entitled to more con I slderatlon at the hands of the court 1 had you slopped some citizens on the i highway and extorted from him the j money to defray the expenses of this | carousal, than by your going home 'and extorting It from your wife I will sentence you to work on the pub lie works of this county or such o’h or works as the proper authorities I may direct for the term of twelve j months. Let the sentence he entered. NEGRO PARKER MUST FACE THE UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER Tho ca:ic of H L. Parker, colored charged with failure to take out the regular Internal revenue license pre scribed by fhc federal law for retail liquor dealers, was continued until next Thursday morning at which time I defendant will be given a preliminary j t earing before United Htates Coni -1 luisslnaer W U Goodwill. DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR. THREE CITIZENS KILLED , AND MANY BADLY HURT IN ATTACK ON JAIL NEGRO LYNGRED IN TOWN OF LYONS. GA. LYONS, Ga. Alonzo Williams, the young negro who attacked Mlrs Clara Bowen, was taken from Jail jester day afternoon by a mol) and shot to death In a public square. Five melt went to the home of Sheriff Scarborough, near the jail. ’1 uoy drew pistols on hint and order od him not to move. While the sher iff was thus guarded the mob moved on Ihe jail. Men climbed to the second story of the Jail, where the negro's cell was located, and cut a hole large enough for the body of a man to pass through. Entering through this hole, they cut (jio bolts to the locks on the door leading to the negro's cell. They took him to the square, swung him to a tree and riddled the body with bullets. The negro's victim Is a beautiful girl of a prominent family. Her con dition is critical. SI 00 REWARD FOR GAME LAW BREAKERS Those in Augusta Interested hi the game laws of Georgia are complain ing very much about the ruthless manner In which It is alleged that doves are being killed out of season around the city. Sportsmen have railed a fund to proaaoutn violators of the law and placed Ihe same in the hands of Mr F. M. I’ope, who has horn instruct ed to pay a reward of SIOO to any one furnishing evidence to convict any party, or parties, of violating (he game laws. There is morn Interest in this feature now than at any time pre vious and It Is determined to keep despollers from killing birds wiiile the young are In the nest. , FORMER GOVERNOR OF TEXAS IS DEAD WEATHERFORD, Tex Former Governor 8. W. 'l'. Lanhum, a mem ber of congress from this stale from 1883 to 1893 and again for eight years from I RUG, died a* Ins home here last night after several weeks’ Illness, aged (12. He was u native of Spartanburg, Mouth Carolina The funeral will bo held here Friday. AMERICAN RIFLE TEAM’S GOLD MEDAL IS SWIPED LONDON It became known today that Heotlaiid Yard detectlvea are searching London pawn shops for the gold medal which was won by the American rifle team In the Olympic 'shoot at lllslcy, The costly trophy was stolen from the room of General James A. Drain, president, of thn, American Rifle association, at the Victoria hotel. At the sum ( . time Jew clrv belonging to Mrs. Drain wus stolen. General and Mrs, Drain will sail sos America on Saturday. NO VERDICT LIKELY IN ASSAULT CASE GAINESVILLE, Ga. The Jury In the cate- of Hcrshal Robinson and Neal Powell, charged with attempting to criminally assault Miss Carrie Hall man, were out all night and reported at 11 o'clock this morning that they were not likely to agree on a verdict I Advertising Is the Life Bouy of ffusines Some Striking Sentences by J. S. Jones SIR WALTER BCOTT declared that a novelist could only hope to amuse —a remark that shows plainly that Sir Walter could do hie work much better than he could talk about it. An advertiser does more than amuae—he interests and *w strueta. How elae can we account for the inevitable inetlnct of nearly all men and women to turn to the advertising columns as soon as they unfold their nenwspaper? Advertising symbolizes the concentrated energy of creative capacity. It It a picture of business, of science, of art. It It the electric expression that strikes home and vitalizes the gathered results of the merenant, the manufacturer, the chemist, the artist •—the doer in every department of human activity. Creating by thousands Instead of dozens Is economy. The power of advertising justifies the larger productions—and reduces costs. Thus it Is that hundreda of thlnga for domestic uaa and personal adornment are put within the reach of people of mod crab means, that otherwise would be limited to lifting ths bur dens and gratlf/ng ths Matts of only th ( rich. Read The Herald THE FIRST NEWS. THE BEST NEWS. ALL THE NEWS. Por (ampaifln News Fierce Battle To Secure Negro Who Attempted to A&sault Pensacola Wo man. Body Riddled with Bullets in Public Square. PENSACOLA, Flu. At the cost of three men killed and many injured some of whom will die, a mob at 1. o'clock hint night succeeded in taking Lee Shaw, a negro, from Iho Pensa cola jail and lynching him in the pub lic square of the city. The clothing was stripped from the negro and his absolutely nude body was suspended from a telephone pole and riddled by more than a thousand allots. Tile lynching followed a battle at the Jail, the building being desperate ly defended by the Jailer and his as sistants, Shot after shot was fired into the mob from Ihe Jail, three men. killed and over a score wounded, but they were bent on getting the negro, and Anally made a breach In the door, overpowered tho offleors and secured the prisoner. Yesterday morning Shaw entered the home of Mrs. I.llllan Davis while her husband was absent and attempt ed lo assault her. Mrs. Davis fought tlq, negro, who took out Ills knife and frightfully cut her, also Injuring her Infant. Ho was captured several hours later. There was no apparent indication that the crowd, which completely sur rounded the Jail, contemplated mak ing a rush until netiry two hours latur. Then a railroad iron was brought into play by about a dozen men upon the Iron gate of the Jail yard. AJ the same moment the entire mob seemed to catch the spirit, and with yells anil curses, dashed for the en trance. Some climbed over the tall fence while others hammerud upon the gate. The sheriff with half tt dozen depu ties stood In windows Ufistalrs with revolvers and riot guns. The sheriff pleaded with the mob at the same time, lolling them he would defend the prisoner ut the cost of every Ilfs present. His words had no effect, and the moment the flrst blow was struck on the gate, a volley of shots flashci' from the upper windows. Tills was answered by the crowd, which poured volley sfler volley into the Jail windows, wounding two depu ties. The moh was momentarily driven hack with muiiy wounded and throe dead as a result of the deadly Hint of the sheriff and Ills deputies. At mid night the moh, wliirli in tint meantime had been reinforced by many resi dents of the surrounding country, made another attack on the Jail. The sheriff and Offleors were over powered by men who hud crept over the rear wall and covered them with rifles and revolvers. Others broke down the cell door and took Shaw out. The negro was earlred to the ren ter of tfle plaza and luiuged anil the body used for a target. In the last attack oil the Jail one ot the men killed was il U. Kdlunt. n street, car conductor, while three dap titles and four or five members of the mob werr wounded. Ily midnight everything was quiet and the mob dispersed. BROOKS TRIAL IN PROGRESS TODAY GAINESVILLE, Ga— The case of the state vs. Mrs. Hue Brooks, charg ed with assault with Intent to murde- In tin- case of the kiying of Jack Col lins, October 13, li'lt), by her son, Foster Brooks, now Serving a life sen tence for the killing of Collins, wai called this morning The hearing will consume all of today and possibly tomorrow. Mrs. Brooks, with her son, Foster Brooks, was tried for the murder of Collins at the July term of court last year. Both wen- fund guilty and rec, omim-ntT-d to the mercy of the court, bill received life sentence. Mrs. Brooks was given u new trial by the supreme court, but a to w trial was not granted to Foster Brooks.