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VOLUME XIII., No. 224.
EDO l TURNER
SITBKPOLICEIN
FORMER MARSHAL OF NORTH
AUGUSTA KILLED BY M-
C- MATTHEWS
exoneratlTby jury
Coroner’s Inquest Held To
day Brought in Verdict
of Justifiable Homi
cide. Three Eyewit
nesses to Homi
cide
Edwin C. Turner, aged about 44
years, formerly employed as town
marshal of North Augusta, was shot
and Instantly killed by Private M. O.
Matthews Tuesday night about 11:30
o'clock on upper Market street. In
his right hand when he died was a 41-
caliber Colts revolver, loaded in ev
ery chamber.
Matthews .claims to have killed the
man in self-defense. Eye witnesses
to the shooting were Acting Sergeant
B; oggerman, John Floyd and John
Turner, the latter two being compan
ions of E. C. Turner. In their com
p.t ;ty he had been carousing lor two
hours, drinking, cursing, flourishing
his revolver and making open threats
that if Matthews ever tried to arrest
him again, one of them would die.
Turner's remains were taken at
once to the undertaking establishment
of W. I. Wilson, where an inquest was
hold this morning. Matthews was not
arrested, Lieutenant Britt, first to ar
rive on the scene of the killing, hav
ing accepted as true the policeman's
statement, corroborated by that of
Bioggerman, that he killed Turner in
self-defense.
"We the coroner's jury, find that
Edwin C. Turner came to his death
from gunshot wounds at the hands'of
M. O. Matthews, believed to have
been inflicted in self-defense.”
Broggerman testified that he and
Matthews went down Market street
together, from the McKinne street
corner, about 11:30 o’clock. They
met Floyd and John Turner, and walk
ing slightly ahead of Matthews, Brog
geruV't'r noticed E. C. Turner crouch
ing up the outer edge of the side
walk, a gun in his right hand. Just
as he passed Turner, Matthews open
ed Are, When he wheeled around,
Floyd and John Turner were gone,
leaving hint and Matthews with the
body, in which life was extinct almost
immediately after he fell against a
ience, in a posture illustrated by Brog
german in his testimony. About that
time Wyse came up and he went away
to telephone for the lieutenant.
Lieutenant Britt testified that when
he arrived Turner was lying dead
against the fence, on his left side, in
a squatting posture, with the pistol
in his right hand, under his right leg.
In his statement. Dr. Goodrich, cor
oner's physician, said an examination
of the body led him to believe Turner
came to his death from the first shoi,
which entered the left side of the
chest, near the third rib, and pierced
the heart. The second bullet entered
the right side of the chest, a few in
ches from the sternum, clipping
though the flesh, and lodging in the
right forearm after it eante out. The
third bullet entered the right shoul
der. and the fourth bullet went di
rectly into the right ear. It went
through the head and came almost to
the surface of the lower left jaw,
shattering the bone.
Policeman Whittle testified that he
answered a hurried call, arriving on
the scene In company with Lieuten
ant Britt and other poiice officers.
He explained the position in which
Turner lay when he saw him, and,
tp.klng the dead man's gun, showed
how Turner held it loosely in the
palm of the right hand, under the
rlcht leg, pointing to the fence, against
which his left side was leaning.
WAS DRINKING
BUT NOT DRUNKEN.
Policeman Wyse testified that he
saw Turner several times during the
two hours previous to his death. He
said Turner was drinking, but was
not drunk. He said he tried to quiet
him, and kept down trouble on one
occasion. He said Turner followed
Matthews from one place to another,
never doing anything, however, that
would justify his arrest. He said
Turner seemed to think the police
had It in for him, and made threats.
Under cross-examination by a Jury
man he admitted, though, that Tur
ner never made any direct remark
about Matthews. Beforp iast night,
however, he said he heard Turner st®'
he was going to get revenge on a
certain policeman. Under cross-ex
amination by Matthews,Wyse admit
ted that he was in conversation with
Turner only once, for a period of two
or three minutes, and that Turner
/lever said anything about Matthews,
directly, at that time.
Ben Willis's statement was about
as follows: ' Several monthe ago Mat
thews and Sergeant Plunket arrested
Turner. After that Turner threaten
ed even. While In mg place
last nignt he flourished a gun and
saw Matthews and Broggerman pass
on the sidewalk. He said: 'There
goes the son of a now. I may
get even with him tonight.' I saw
Turner when he was arrested sevjjra!
months ago. and understand th». .not
thews had the case withdrawn."
(Continued on page seven.j
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
SHALL THE PEOPLE RULE?
S Q Q Q Q Q
KEYNO TE OF BRYAN’S SPEECH
9/*i>ro Or
Mr. Bryan's Notification Speech.
Mr. Clayton and Gentleman of the i
Notification Committee:
1 can not accept the nomination
which you officially tender, without
first acknowledging my deep indebt
< dness to the democratic party for
th extraordinary honor wlfich it has
conferred upon me. Having twice
before been a candidate for the presi
dency, in campaigns which ended in
defeat, a third nomination, the result
of the free and voluntary act of the
voters of the party, can only be ex
plained by a substantial and undis
puted growth In the principles and
policies for which I, with a multitude
of others, have contended. As these
principles and policies have given
me whatever political strength I
possess, the action of the convention
not only renews my faith in them,
but strengthens my attachment to
them.
A Platform is Binding.
I shall, in the near future, prepare
a more formal reply to your notifica
tion, and, in that letter of acceptance,
will deal with the platform in detail
It is sufficient, at this time, to assure
you that 1 am in hearty accord with
both the letter and the spirit of the
platform. 1 endorse it In whole and
in part, and shall, if elected, regard
Its declarations as binding ui*m ini’.
And, 1 may add, a platform Is binding
as to what it omits as well as to what
it contains. According to the demo
cratic idea, the people think for them
selves and select officials to carry out 1
their wishes. The voters are the j
sovereigns; the officials are the ser-|
rants, employed for a fixed time and
at a stated salaty to do what thej
sovereigns want Cone, and to do It i
in the way tha sovereigns want it j
done. I’l utirni-i ere entirely in har-j
mony with this democratic idea. A
platform announces the party’s post-1
tlon on the questions wnicb are at
issue; and an official is not at lih
erty to use the authority vested In
him to urge personal views which
have not been submitted to the
voters for their approval. If one Is
nominated upon a platform which Is
not satisfactory to him he must, If
candid, either decline the nomination,
or, In accepting it, propose an amend
ed platform In lieu of the one adopt
ed by the convention. No such sit
nation, however,- confronts your can
didate, for the platform upon which
I was nominated not only contains
nothing from which I dissent, but It
peclfically outlines all the remedial
egislatlon which we can hope to sa
tin dm* ig the nex: four ■ ears.
Skall thet People Rule?
Our platform declares that the
Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity— Fair tonight and Thursday
overshadowing issue which manifests
itself in all the questions now under
discussion, is "Shall the people rule?”
No matter which way we turn; no
matter to what subject we address
ourselves, the same question con
fronts us: Shall the people control
their own government, and use that
government for the protection of their
rights and for the promotion of their
welfare? or shall the representatives
of predatory wealth prey upon a de
fenseless public, while the offenders
secure Immunity from subservient of
ficials whom they raise to power by
unscrupulous methods? This Ib the
issue raised by the “known abuses ’
to which Mr. Taft refers.
President’s Indicement Against Party
In a message sent to congress last
•January, President Roosevelt said:
"The attacks by these great corpora
tlons on the administration's aetions
have been given a wide circulation
throughout the country, in the news
pallets and otherwise, by those
writers and speakers who, consciously
or unconsciously, act as the repre
sentatives of predatory wealth —of
the wealth accumulated on a giant
scale by all forms of Iniquity, rang
ing from the oppression of wagi
earners io unfair and unwholesome
methods of crushing out competition,
and to defrauding the nubile by stock
jobbing and the manipulation of se
curities. Certain wealthy men of
this stamp, whose conduct should be
abhorrent to every man of ordinarily
decent conscience, and who commit
the hideous wrong of teaching our
young men that phenomenal business
success must ordinarily be hosed on
dishonesty, have, during the last few
months, made it apparent that they
have handed together to work for a
re-action. Their endeavor Is to
I overthrow and discredit all who hon
estly adminlstct the law, to pro
i vent any additional legislation which
would check and restrain them, and
I io secure, If possible, a freedom from
| ail restraint which will permit every
i unscrupulous wrong doer, to do what
[ he wishes unchecked, provided he ha.i
i enough money."—What an arraign
[ ment of the predatory Interests!
Is the president’s indictment true’
i And. if true, tigainst whom wan th-
I indictment directed? Not against the
democratic parly.
Mr. Taft Endorse* the Indictment
j Mr. Taft says that these evils have
j crept in during the last ten years,
jHe declares that, during this time,
I »ome "prominent and Influential mem
| her* of the community, spurred by fi
nanctal success and In their hurry
j for greater wealth, became unmindful
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 12, 1908.
LITHOGRAPHS OF
GANOIOATES ARE
HELDMIPERS
CHICAGO. —Lithographs of Taft
and Bryan will not he pasted abroad
over the land, unless President (Jump
ers, of the Federation of Labor says
so. Orders for 1C.000.Q00 pictures
placed by the republican campaign
committee, and for 5,000,000 by the
democratic organizations, are being
held up because of the inability of
the contractors to produce the uniofl
label on the pictures.
All the lithographing establish
ments are open shops. Some time ago
the poster artists association applied
to the federation for membership. For
some unknown reason their applica
tion was rejected.
When the orders were given the
contractors, the committeemen forgot
about tile trouble. it was specified
that the union label nuisl appear. A
few days ago the committeemen sent
hurry orders tor the lithographs.
Then the reason had to he told.
An appeal has been made to
Gompers to come to the aid of the
parties. So far, he has failed to do
so. The national committeemen de
clare they believe he will, hut they
hope he will make haste about It.
MRS. AUGE DUKE
FOUND GUILTY 8Y
THNURY
CHICAGO. —Finding Mrs. Altec
Vvebb Duke, former wife of Rrodtc
1., Duke, multi-millionaire tobacco
man, guilty of obtaining money by
means of a fraudulent check, the jury
in the case returned a sealed wrdlct
last night.
The defense had been confident, of
acquittal and was much surprised at
the verdict. It asserted that Mrs.
Webb signed the checks under a mis
apprehension. She had money in one
bank, it was said, but Inadvertently
signed a check on an Institution
from which her funds had been with
drawn. Witnesses for the hotel com
pany admitted that the check had
since been redeemed.
of the common rules of business hon
estly and fidelity, and of the limita
tions impoged by law upon their ac
lions;" and that "the revelations of
the breaches of trusts, the disclos
tires as to rebates and discriminations
by railroads, the accumulating evi
dence of the violations of the anti
trust laws, by a number of corpora
tlons, and the over issue of stocks and
bonds of Inter-state railroads for the
unlawful enriching of directors and
for the purpose of concentrating the
control of ihc railroads under one
management,"—ail these, he charges,
"quickened the conscience of the peo
ple and brought on a moral awaken
ing.”
During all this time, I beg to re
mind you, republican officials pre
sided in the executive department.
Idled Ihc cabinet, dominated the sen
ate, controlled the house of represen
tatlves and occupied most of the fed
cral Judgeships. Four years ago the
republican platform boastfully de
clared thal since 18H0 with the ex
ception of two years—the republican
party had been In control of part o'-
of all the branches of the federal gov
ernment; that for two years only was
the democratic party In a position to
either enact or repeal a law. Having
drawn the salaries; having enjoyed
the honors; having secured the pres
tige, let the republican party accept
the responsibility!
Republican Party Responsible.
Why were these "known abuses”
permitted to develop? Why have they
not been corrected? If existing laws
are sufficient, why have they not been
enforced? All of the executive ma
chinery of the federal government is
in the hands of the republican party.
Are new laws necessary? Why have
they not been enacted? With a rr
publican president to recommend,
with a republican senate and house
to carry out his recommendations,
whv does the republican candidate
plead for further time in which to do
what should have been done long
ago? Can Mr. Taft promise to be morn
strenuous In the prosecution of wrong
doers than the present executive"
i 'an, he ask for a larger majority In
the senate than his party now has?
Does he need more republicans In Ihe
house of representatives or a speaker
wilh more unlimited authority?
Why No Tariff Reform?
The president’s close friends have
been promising for several years thal
he would attack the Iniquities of tho
tariff Wo have had Intimation that
Mr. Taft was restive under the de
mands of the highly protected Indus
tries Arid yet the Influence of the
manufacturers, who have for twenty
five years contributed to the republi
can campaign fund, arid who In return
have framed the tariff schedules, has
been sufficient to prevent tariff re
form . As the present campaign ap
i (Continued on page six.;
PRIMARY ELECTION
BILL HAS PISSED
THE SENATE
ATLANTA, Ga. The primary elec
tion law. which was referred to by
Governor Smith In his message hist
week, has been passed by the upper
house. The measure Is by Senator
Martin.
It provides for a uniform primary
to he held in every county In the
slate on the same day and not earlier
t-an sixty days before the general
election in October; that voters shall
vote In their own districts or city
wards, if there Is a voting place in
their wards; that proper oaths be
taken by managers and persons on
tinged In holding such elections; mi l
that when voting, the managers must
see to It that names of persons offer
ing to vote are on the registration
listß. Ii provides further, that wltuin
four days after an election all papers,
such ns (alley sheets, etc., shall be
returned to the clerk of the superior
court, the clerk to hold a list of
voters for public inspection until after
convening of the grand jury. Then,
if there is no action taken or con
test, filed, all papers are to be de
stroyed.
GOUDOVA'S POISON
TERM EXPIRES
FRIDAY
THENTON, N, J. —Proudly keeping
aloof from his fellow convicts and ills,
dalning to ask favors of any one, J,
Frank Cordova, the unfrocked clergy
man, whose four-year term In the
state prison hero will expire on Fri
day, Is patiently working and waiting
for the end. Cordova remains silent
and will tell no one his plans, 110
has no Intimates In the prison and
has kept to himself during the four
years of his confinement.
Cordova learined typewriting and
stenography during his 'confinement
and It is likely that he will earn his
living by this work after he is lib
orated. It Is also quite likely thal
he will first go to Newark after leav
ing the prison, where he will meet
Julia Brown, the choir girl for whom
he doserled . ills wife and children.
The Brown girl and her child are
living with her parents on Orean
avonue, and Cordova has expressed
Ills desire to marry her If his wife,
who is keeping a boarding house, will
divorce him.
YOUNG WOMEN ARE
VERY ILE EROM
OVEjIjM
NEW YORK. High pressure study
among the young women who, not
I content with a winter’s hard work
spend the heated months struggling
for a degree thal they believe to be
a real commercial asset, has resulted
in five serious cases of illness at Co
lnmbla university.
Four of tho five victims are Miss
Martha Depner of Germany, Edna M.
Wood of Bristol, R 1., Carolina Mark
of Atlanta, Oa., and Miss Schaefer.
Miss Depner, the most seriously 111,
Is In Bt. Duke’s hospital. She may
die from what It Is believed are In
ternal tumors. She Is entirely alonu
jln this country, her relatives all be
ing in Germany. She taught th”
school In South Omaha before com
log to the summer school.
Miss Clarke’s condition Is reported
to bp serious. Hite Is recuperating at
| a hospital ln*a Northern resort. Mlsa
[Clarke's parents are wealthy and op
posed to her taking the Hummer
| course, but she insisted
ONE OF BISMARCK’S AIDES
BURIED AT WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON With simple fine
eral exercises, and accompanied only
I by a few faithful friends of his de
[ ellning years and a single represents
live of the German embassy, the
- body of Baron Alexander de I'ury-
I Iterve, an aide de camp to Bismarck
and member of one of the oldest hous
es of Germany, was laid to rest In a
I little cemetery on Bladensburg road
j yesterday afternoon Two lilies and
a single red rose reposed on the plain
1 coffin. It n*s his dying request, for
th* threji flowers constituted his an
cestral coal ot arms.
DAILY AND SUN DAY, $6.00 PER YEAR.
LEGISLATURE TO
ADJOURK
TONIGHT
ATLANTA, Ga -Unless Governor
Smith calls an extra session of the
legislature, adjournment sine die will
be taken some time tonight. The 1
rules committee of the senate report j
ed favorably a resolution setting as J
the special order of business for this
morning's session the convict lease
question It Is believed all the morn j
lng session will be entirely devoted |
to debate upon the various convict
bills.
HARRY I THAW
ADJUDGED A
BANKRUPT
PiiTBBURG. Pa. iiiiit.v K. Thaw j
was formally adjudged a bankrupt by
Referee William K. Blair tills morn
ing.
This action whh not expected until
August 21, tno dale nxed by William
T. Lindsay, clerk of the United
States dlHtrlei court. In bis order re
I erring the proceedings to Hoferee
Blair, 111 the absence of a Judge of,
Iho district court.
No hearing was held previous to the
entering of the formal order of adju
dication and Referee Blair liiim not
announced the dale of the llrsl meet
lng of Thaws creditors.
The formal adjudication tills morn-j
ing was a surprise.
The Party is Confident in the
Righteousness of Its Cause
In making the speech of not.lflcA
Hon, Hon. Henry D. Clayton, chair*
man of the notification committee,
Hiiid.
“Mr. Bryan: The national demo
cratic convention that assembled at.
Denver on July 7 whh truly a cep re
sentatlve body of the people "Tis the
United Staten. Harmony character
lzod Its dcllboratlonn and all of Its
conclusions wire reached with unan
Irnlty. It Htood for the conHorvatlou
of government under a written con
stitution and for the application of
democratic principles In public affairs
to meet the requirements of pro
gresstve American civilization.
"Without the Intervention of a
completed ballot you were nominated
for the. office of preHtdcut. of the Ifni
ted Staten. A committee, composed
of the permanent chairman and one
delegate from each state and terri
tory, wan appointed to Inform you of
your selection an the ntandard hearer
of your party In the pending ram
paign. Therefore, In purniiancc of the
convention, thin committee here pres
ent, now brings to you thin mennage
from a united and nggrennlve democ
racy. Our great, party in confident of
the righteousness of 11h eaune, and re
lying upon the support of the people,
in determined lo rescue the govern
ment. of the republic from the ImndH
of the deapollern who have exploited
It for the hen# fit of favorlten and to
the Injury of the masses of plain peo
ple
"We know that our party, platform
and candidate stand for the bent In
terent. of nil the people. W«* know
that HiiercHH In deserved. We believe
that our [tarty and candidate, an)
mated by the wisent and most patrl
otic purposes, will achieve victory In
November On no political issue Is
the platform a straddle or evasion,
and Its every declaration squares with
the principles of old fashioned democ- 1
HOW’S BUSINE3S ?
“Business is poor,” Haiti the beggar.
Sjtitl tin* undertaker, “It’s dead!”
“Falling off!” Hititl the riding Hchool teacher.
The druggist, “Oh, vi;d!” he sjiid.
“It’s Jill write with me,” s;iid the author.
“Picking up!” Haid the man on the dump.
“My business is sound,” quoth the bandsman.
Said the athlete, “I am kept on the jump.”
The bottler declared it was “corking!”
The parson, “It’s good!” answered he.
“I make both ends meat,” said the butcher.
The tailor replied, “ It Hints me.”
Host on Transcript.
Business Will Be Good If You Advertise in
THE HERALD.
Are you making It “pay”—
this occupation of keeping
boarders? Perhaps a better way
to put the question would be;
"Are you advertising the fact
THAT YOU keep boarders?”
BRYAN NOTIFIED
THAT HE IS
IN DACE
LINCOLN, Neh -The thousands of
visitors, democratic, republican, in
dependence party men, and men with
no political opinions, were uwukened
tills morning by a salute of 45 gone
fired b.v Col. Malones battery. Soon
the streets were crowded with a gay
throng. Bands were stationed tn
Government Square ami the capitol
grounds, and kept the crowds In good
humor during the morning.
It was decided that there would be
no parade of marching clubs. Invi
tations were extended to all state and
city officers of Nebraska and adjoin
ing states and to citizens generally
to attend the notification. The pro
gram as completed, Is us follows:
Sunrise salute of 45 guns by Col.
Malone’s battery.
10 u. in. Band concerts In capitol
grounds and Government Square.
12 m. Luncheon to Mr. Bryan, Mr.
Kern, and the notification committee
at the Lincoln Hotel.
12:30 p. in—Committee, accom
panied by Messrs. Bryan and Kern
and headed by a platoon of police
and the Nebraska state band, escort
ed In carriages to the capitol grounds.
2 p. m.-Formal notification.
3 p. m. Informal reception by Mr.
Bryan in the state capitol building
0:30 p. m. Dinner by Mr. Bryan
to the notification committee at Fair
view.
WILL CALL SPECIAL SESSION
ATLANTA, Ga. Governor Smith
sent to the general assembly this
morning it special message In which
lie urged the legislature ‘o use the
lust hours of the reguL session,
which doses tonight, to dose up mat
ters of legislation other than the con
vict question, leaving that measure
over for tin extra session, which the
governor said he was prepared to call
to meet within u week or ten days.
racy. It is essentially a democratic
Instrument, preserving and applying
the faith of the; fathers to existing
conditions.
"it Is hardly worth while to say,
sir, that In the judgment of your
party associates, and our countrymen
generally, you, as our candidate, fit
our platform. And It Is equally grati
fying that there Is nothing in tho
platform calling for apology. There
Ih nothing that you would avoid or run
away from. There Is nothing omitted
that you need supply by giving your
Individual views. In these respects
I you lihvc a tremendous advantage of
your republican opponent. Standing
on such a platform, possessed of an
abiding conviction that our enttse is
Just, yon will draw the keen blade of
righteousness in truth, throwing
awav Hie scabbard, and fight, for the
principle of equal rights to all and
spnelai privileges to none. Your
party lias emphatically refused to
form any allances wllii Hperial Inter
ests that enjoy special privileges till
dor republican administration. Toil
have always refused to compromise
wltii those who prostitute the func
tions of government for the lust of
greed, it whh your lofty statesman
ship, your unwavering fidelity, your
Jefferson standard of democracy that
Induced the representatives of mil
lions of American free men unani
mously to choose you us their candl
date for the highest office in th*
world.
"It would he Inappropriate for me
to detiiln this splendid audience that
has met here today to list; n to your
patriotic and eloquent words. There
fore, I now hand you an authenticated
copy of the platform adopted by the
democratic convention at Denver, and
reque P the secretary to read tho
formal letter of notification signed by
the committee."