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FOR THE CAMPAIGN If you want the news, you'll need The Herald. SUBSCRI3E NuW. VOLUME XIII., No. 213. Mack Establishes Democratic Headquarters In New York * S ctive Campaign Work is Commenced in the East. Mack Confident. All Democrats Are Working For the Cause. NEW YORK.-—Plans for the direc tion of the approaching national campaign were unfolded today by Norman E. Mack, chairman of the democratic national committee, on his arrival here to organize the Eastern headquarters committee in this city. Mack will spend practically his en tire time in the West during the cam paign, and the fight in the East will be conducted by the sub-committee of the national committee, which will be announced in Chicago early next week. Chairman Mack said that there was entire harmony between himself and Chairman Conners of the democratic state committee, and that the national committee would not in terfere with nomination of the New York state ticket or with ttie state campaign. A vice chairman will be appointed to take charge of the Eastern wing of the committee. Mack held conferences today with Urey Woodson, secretary of the na tional committee, and Roger C. Sul livan, national committeeman from Illinois. The headquarters will be selected here before Chairman Mack goes to Chicago, Monday evening. Mack said today: “I will be in New York until Mon day night, when I shall leave for Chi cago. I shall confer here with the national committeemen and promi nent democrats from the states in the East as to the membership of the sub committee, which will have charge of the campaign in,the New England Atlantic states. "I will if chairman of all the com mittees of the national committee; I do not know who will be in person al charge of the New York headquar ters. I sb"'l spend most of my time during th ts impaign in Chicago, com ing to N W York occasionally." of the democratic pros pects, Mr. Mack said: "I have heard lrom committeemen and prominent democrats gll over the country and while it is too early to make forecasts I can say that the fu ture appears bright for our success. I have received numbers of letters from well known democrats in many parts of the United States, not active dr interested in the campaign, who announrjp their readiness to do all they par? for the ticket. I do not know a democrat who is not ready to do all he can. Judge Parker and Gov Johnson accepted immediately posi tions on the advisory committee. FOUR HANGeImN KENTUCKY. RUSSELLVILLE, Ky— A mob sur rounded the jail here, broke down the doors, took four negro prisoners from their cells and hanged them. South Georgia's Cotton Crop Is Reduced 10 Per Cent By “Black Root ” ATLANTA, Ga.—The cotton crop* In 30 South Georgia counties art. re ported to State Entomologist E, L. Worsham to be Buffering from Black Root, which he estimates will re duce the crop in that section of the state by 10 per cent. His assistant, A. C. Lewis, has been making a spe cial study of this disease during the past year and reports that it tan be successfully combatted by the plant ing of what is known as an Immune variety of seed cotton. The counties ■which report this Black Root aret Columbia. McDuffie, Washington. Bibb, Talbot, Harris. Muscogee, Chat tooga. Marion. Sumter, Macon, Houston Pulaski, Dooly, Stewart, Webster, Randolph, Terrell, Calhoun, Dougherty, Early, Worth, Colquitt Thomas. Brooks. Ixjwndes. Berrien, Montgomery, Tattnall, Effingham, Pierce. Th.t Black Root attacks the roots of the stalk and kills it by causing It to wilt. Faking Death He Had Destitute Wife Raise Money For His Funeral Expenses WASHINGTON.—After having de ss rted his wife and four children Iti , South Boston, Masß., John P. Car- i mody, now locked up In police station No. 1, is alleged to have called up his wife from this city, informed h*-i of his death, and asked her to send S3O for the forwarding of his owu body to Boston. Although destitute the woman managed to raise the non < y and sent It here where Carmody is alleged to have collected It under the name of his friend and benefac tor, C. M Underwood. For months the Washington police have been investigating the strange rase, and this, morning Detective O’Brien took into custody a man wlv gave his name as Jack Brown, who la being held on the charge of secur ing monev under false pretenses armed? came to Washington lan V broke and out of work. C. M. l*i derwood, a tinner, took him In and erred for him. One day. while Un derwood was away from his home,, THE AUGUSTA HERALD GEORGIA IS SAFE, 1. BUI IS INFORMED "FAIRVIEW,” Lincoln.—That the state of Georgia was safely for Bryan was the information w'hich Vice Presi dent Hitch, of the Bryan and Kern club, of Savannah, brought to Fair view today. Mr. Hitch told Mr, Bryan that while Taft, Watson and Graves were well thought of in Georgia and would have a good following, there was no possi bility of the state going other than democratic. Mr. Brvan for a time today aban doned the preparation of his speech of acceptance and th e reception of the visitors in order to attend the fu neral of a neighbor. Ji GLUE IN CASSIDY KIBINMG CASE IS FOUND CHICAGO. —What the police regard as a valuable clue has been secured in the case of the kidnapping of Veronica Cassidy, who was taken from her home No. 184 Peoria street, Thursday afternoon. A man named Charles B. Hadley, who is wanted in San Francisco for the murder of a 15-year-old girl in 1902 is suposed to be the "F. .1. Blair" who lured the Cassidy girl from her home. Mrs. Cassidy was shown a picture ! of Hadley last night and she says it I resembles the man Blair in many re spects. But a better and more positive | proof of the identification was found , In the handwriting of Blair compared with that of Hadley. The formation of the capital let ters C. B. and N. are identical, and the police are nearly convinced that Hadley and Blair are one and the same person. Hadley in 1902 was cashier for a San Francisco paper. In January of that year he inserted an advertise ment in the 'Frisco papers of a young j girl wanted to take care of a baby. ' The ad. was answered by Maude Ful-1 ler, 15-vears-old. A week later the newspapers of San Francisco printed an account of the disappearance of the Fuller girl. During the month of August the de partment is expecting numero is re ions of anlhracnose and cotton rust This is the disease which attacks the bolls and ruins the cotton seed. In view of the fact of the roesnt greatly Increased value of cotton seed—for It is no longer considered a waste product but one of the most vah-able of the cotton crop —renew ed efforts are being made by this d( pertinent to combat this drea-1 dls ! ease. Hie Georgia planter Is coming to be dependable upon the products of i the cotton seed for his main support ]ou the farm. The cotton seed meal ] when mixed with hulls has come to to his chief cattle feed, and cotton I seed meal when used as a comm-r- I dal fertilizer, mixed with other li ■ grcdlents. is the generally acceped ! standard fertilizer of the South. Ary destruction of the cotton crop would be a serious blow to the South 1 ern planter. Carmody called up hla wife at Bos ton on the long distance telephone and disguising his voice and giving his name as C. M. Underwood said he had died at a loeal bosjxi'ai and asked her to send S3O. CarmOdy’s wife lived on E. str-et, South Boaton, and when h« left h-- ? -ut dren to care for. After she had sent the S3O for the forwarding of her husband's body, she received a tel •- gram saying that a woman had called and taken the body to Cl 2 Clay street, Richmond. Va It wag then that *b< wrote to the Washington police and appealed to them to aid her. This morning Carmodv was picked up on the street by Detective O’Brien who knew aim as Jack Brown, who a year ago was gent to the peniten tiary for a year on the Charge of sell ing atolen tools. Mr. Underwood was taken to the police station and positively Identt fled the prisoner as the man who defrauded him last Mag. Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity— Fair tonight and Sunday. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 1, 1908. BRYAN’S SPEECH NEARLY_FIRIISHED Few Visitors At Fairview Yesterday and the Com moner Made Good Head way. Program For Ac ceptance Day is Made. LINCOLN, Neb.—Mr. Bryan made rapid headway with his speech of ac ceptance yesterday, there being but few visitors at Fairview. He s-a'd It would be completed August 5. Re garding its possible length, Mr. Bry an said he was unable to estimate it at this time. The program of exercises In con nection with the notification August 12 was announced yesterday by May ci Brown, after it had been submit ted to Mr. Bryan for approval. Advices already received by the committee on arrangements Indicate that Mr. Bryan will face a vast audi ence in the capitol grounds when he is formally notified of the action of the Denver convention in placing him in nomination. REX BEACH GOING BLIND. SEATTLE, Washn. —Rex Beach, au thor, is threatened with the loss of sight in both eyes. He went bear hunting in' the Copper river region and failed to protect his eyes from the sun glare. As a result, he has a bad case of Iritis. A film has grown over both eyes and experts say he may not recover his sight. MINER FELL THOUSAND FEET. GEORGETOWN, Colo.—Half dazed and bleeding from a dozen small scratches, but apparently otherwise unhurt, John Weiss, a miner, was found on the Colorado and Southern railroad tracks near Empire, after a plunge of 1,000 feet from the road above. lr v»^^Ofcfei^A^^y!U^ iffiv - I \ l^^^r^^f^iKlMi'7tiJ3h r > ‘ft- as£&Nt!s?sf£. yßr ? V •* *~i^flßß ' *. v‘_/ s w . yPs»»t v/' '/;**< '. l*t>JV v*_o4M‘f / ifliv jfe • /|| fu ~..*__ . f' I 4 * g/WT 'wjjflaF #'. ' ~ «,,Vj> fAJtfjjl i, f- "*' * plmPkCm l! ÜBOSbW ! ;^/*r t I Tii 1/Ji T i pWfii 1 i | ) >flVTUignMH> ll t | ,1 1 *-,riK.r<ii(r!TXN*F •!■ • 171 ■"• fc yrßTr j, sJufs*gpH|lr'i*l*r/. I In ■ ; i«LTnff»-Wi»rlyaWfej»-,ag*j -vjKgJSi. .., mrm^jcMi t.}(tPSA/Cr. ' W 3 V, tWKTOjßreai l ?'t.;(^i(l] iiTHr*^iir^B w T M *iiißrjlff"jffTOycojHMvvii. The picture at the top shows a p;rotip of Independence party delegates and their wives, photographed at the depot. Below is a snapshot taken as the del egates to the Independence party convention were hoarding; train leaving. CONSPIRICf TO FLONOER RIND GAME LONDON—A dispatch to thi DV'v Mail from Pietermaritzburg reports the dlscoiery of a gigantic cons' Iracy to rob the Rand gold mines ot enor mous sums. Gold to the amount cl f 1 f'O.OOO lias been stolen this year, and many thousands of dollars' worth were stolen in 1907. Detectives are shadowing the mis peels, who, It Is believed, shipped ‘heir spoils to England by vatlous rout eg. MAD DOG BITES MAJOR AND TEN MEN NEW YORK —All bitten by a mad dog, Main Bn—Oil, of the Unit'd States marine corps, and ten of his men. who were on duty In Panama, are hurrying to New York on a gov ernment trans[iort, to tak-. the Pas teur treatment. The dog first attack "1 Major Russell, lilting him on t’ -i leg. It then ran among the marlins In camp, biting ten before It was shot. Thr. wound- were cauterized, and a recommendation was made by the superior naval medical officer on the Isthmus that the victims be sent north as soon as possible for treatment. All the men bitten went from the Brooklyn barrack* on the battleship New Hampshire to preserve order on INDEPENDENCE PARTY FOLK D B Q Q D B AT GATHER.NO IN CHICAGO J DIVORCE GRUNTED CHARLOTTE WALKER GALVESTON -Charlotte Walker, the actress, was yesterday granted a dlvorc,, from l>r. John 11 Mudcn, of Galveston She Is the only child of the late Col. James A. Walker, a ills ttngulshed Confederate soldier, and Is leading woman for James K. Hackett ft. D. GONZALES DO TODAY Brother of the Editor of The State and Son of the Celebrated Cuban Gen eral Ambrosio Gonzales. COLUMBIA, 8. r A. B. Gonzales dk-d this morning at fi o’clock at the residence of his brother, W. V;. Gon zales, editor of the State. He had b'-on In ill health for years and for the last few months his con dition had been serious. He was a natlv, of Colleton county and had spent all his life on the fam ily plantation In that county near Adam's stun. He wan forty-seven years old and never married. His father wrs the celebrated Gen Ambrosio Jose Gonzales, a natlv of Malanzas. Cuba, who, with Nareiso Lopez, began the struggle for Cuban independence in I$U. TIUCO TRUST DEFENDiT IN I SUIT -i LOUISVILLE, Ky. The Amerlcnn Tobacco company, known ns the to bacco trust. Is now the target for the guns of the trust-blisters. Sul' for a million and a naif dollars has been brought in the federal court here against the American Tobacco com pany, by the Monarch Tobacco com pany, In which an Infringement of tli<- Sherman antitrust law is alleged. The papers In the case allege that the so-called trust, through opera tions conducted In restraint of sale, has restricted the rnanuiacture and sale of tobacco to such an extent that the Monarch company had been crowded out of profitable sidling fields. Half a million dollars damage Is u-ked for as the Sherman antitrust law allows that amount. RIFLE TEAM SAILS. SOUTHAMPTON The American rifle team and a number of American competitors In the Olympic games sailed today for the United State, on board the American liner New York. They all spoke enthusiastically of their treatment by Kir Thomas Lipton and ixird Dcabrough, DAILY AND SUNDAY, SO.OO PER YEA Horrible Atrocities of the Convict Guards Disclosed DEMURRERS IN THE HEAL CASE UEJEjU ATLANTA, (la The hearing on the demurrers made by E. II Thorn ton and W. F. Manry, president and vice president respectively of the Neal bauk, to the Indictments charg ing them with criminal violations of the state banking laws. Jointly and separately, wuh begun before Judge Roan, of the superior court, criminal division, in the chambers today. Only one demurrer was heard to day. That was to the indictment charging both of the officials with the violation of the law in having loaned to themselves, ns members of the tirm of C. T. luulson H Co., and as officials Of the Neal bank, $12,000, or morn than 25 per cent of the capital stock of the bank. Owing to the absence of George Westmoreland, counsel for (lie defendants, tho hearing on tho other demurrerß was deferred for two weeks. Judge Roan rserved his do etslon until all tho domurrers have been heard. PARIS EDITOR IS UNDER_ARREST M. Pougct. and Many Ot.hor Federation of Labor Leaders are Seized By the Parisian Police. BARIS.—M. Pougot, editor of the Volx du Peuple, the organ of tho gen eral labor federation, and GrllTuel Hes, secretary of the Federation, were arrested today by Prefect of Police Lepinn on the second door of the headquarters of the Federation after the building had been surrounded by the police. Marie, who played a prominent part. In the declaration of a general strike, wns caught hiding in the collar. Yvetot, assistant secretary of the Federation, was also arrested. Pousquet and Maucolln, leaders in the Federation, were arrested last night. Twelve Other warrants nrt« still out. BISHOP CANDLER SAILS. NEW YORK. Right Rev. Warren Candler, bishop of the Methodist Epis copal church In Georgia, was a pas senger on the Lusitania which arrived here today. Hobson and Inamorata Under Guard Are Flitting Back To Seperate Families NEW YORK—The frank and charming young couple from Waste legion. Edwin M Hobson and Mrs. Nellie Kyle, who left their married partners at home to tilt through a few happy hours In New York, were hound south again this morning. Young Hobson, who says lie Is a cousin of the Merrlmac hero, went hack In charge of n detective, who had extradition papers In his pocket, charging the prisoner with embezzle nient. A wife and two children await ed him In Washington Mrs. Kyle, who said she loved Mr. Ilehson, and would follow him to the end, had omy Hero of Two Wars Steals Wife With the Leprosy From Hospital I .OR ANGELES, f’al Knowing that Ills wife Is suffering from lep rosy, Brigadier General David K. Wardwidl, retired hero of two wars, secretly and at night stole her from the contagious want In the county hospital and hu* hidden her in Mex ico. where he will make his home with her. Do You Know What. t»he Oct>roi Is? At th e e*tes of Paris every market man atop* and pay* * little tag upon the food He carries In for *ale. This la the famous Octroi, Every night the enolees procession of the gsrdenera of France file* Into the gate*, paying it. The little tax admit* them to the great market place of the country. Your Ad, in Sunday'! Herald will qo Into 8,000 proaperoue horn** In thl* city and In the tnde territory tributary to Augusta, This Is a pretty good market place -If you want to do business. The charge for the service is trifling, just a* the famous Octroi of Franc- Is small. Uut the results will be great and splendid and satisfying, be cause your Ad. in The Herald admit* you to the great market place of thl* city and section. Interested, Intelligent and wide awake buyers and purchasers read The Herald every day and on Sunday fer It. new* and business .» nounosmsnts. They won't read yours if it isn't in th* Sunday Hsrald. Read The Herald 1 THE FIRST NEWS. r THE BEST NEWS. ALL THE NEWS. for (ampaign News Guard Mitchell Deliber ately Shoots Defenceless Negro Convict. Deeds in Durham Coal Company’s Camp Disclosed. ATLANTA. Tho legislative com mittee Investigating the convict lease system convened again at 9:SO this morning. Startling revelations were expeoted during tho day as Colonel J. W. Eng lish, Jr., Dr. W. B. Hamby and for mer Chief Warden Juke Mooro worn expected to be called late in tho day. W. M. Toomer, former partner of Dr. ilamby, took the stand this morn ing. following several convict guards and deputy wantons who testified to cruelties In various camps. C. 1.. Tatum testified to the killing of a negro convict named Webb by Warden Mitchell, ut the Durham Coat and Coke company's camp. Tatum said he was there when Mitchell shot Webb. Mitchell had been talking to Webb about taking a whipping for not working. Webb was in chains at tho time and did not advance on Mitcholl. Mitchell talked about all hour ami then, standing about ten feet away, raised tils pistol and Webb put up his hands to hts eyes. Mitchell fired, the bullet entering the back of Webb's nock. "Webb had cursed tho wardon," Tatum said, " and said ho would not work. Tho negro said Mttchell might as well kill him now and be done with It. Mitchell took him at hts word." Witness had whipped convicts and hud seen guards kill two mon trying to escape. When asked If lie did not. know It was against the rules for a guard t«- strike a convict V-xccpt. In self-defense, the witness replied "No, sir; I reckou I didn't." Witness saw Alip Winn, 16 year old, white boy, convicted of stealing two cans of potted hum, whipped for scalding a hog with hot, coffee. It was u bog belonging to witness. War den Goode whipped Winn 12 or 15 licks on the bare skin, Winn wan sent to the hospital and died wllh pneumonia. Witness thought Winn worked three or four days after ths willpiung before being taken to hos pital. Tom Lee Hamby, a brother of Dr. W. It. Hamby, testified he had worked convicts In Cobb county grading for tho Southern railway. Asked about tho case of the Jew who was whipped to death, he testi fied the Jew and another foreigner had died In camp but did not know If they were whipped to death. The questions of Mr. Candler devel oped that the firm of Ilamby and Toomer, owed Dr. Hamby a total of bet wet n $20,000 and SIO,OOO, and that II liiid paid Ilamby Homo money for his convicts. W. M. Toomer then took tho stand. a husband ut the capital The prisoner went hack protesting tlistt the embezzlement charge wag merely a blind Mr*. Kylo continued her lover’s statements, “My husband In Raymond Kyle, a government engraver, but I am »ep. arat.-d from him," ahe said "Nothing shall separate me from Edwin, how ever.” Mrs. Kyle la a very pretty woman and looks about Hobsons age, which Is 35. They crime here last Sunday, so they had live duya of happlneas, any way, before the law rudely Inter fered. M- th General Wardwell and hla v/lfc. the hospital authorities say, threatened double suicide If they wi re m t permlttid to spend the remainder or their lives together, even if they were to bo totally Isolated from the world. Mrs. Wardwell wna noted for her beauty.