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P#ople who live in furnished rooms come to “know the town” better than other people. They move when they see chances to better themselves* The ads. are IMPORTANT to THEM 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."