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Th e non-advertising merchant can no more compete with one who advertises than the old franklin hand press can com pete with the modern web-per fectlnj cylinder press. VOLUME XIII., No. 231 HOI-HOPS 0011 SPRIIffiFIELD SECOND REGIMENT ILLINOIS INFANTRY LEAVE AND ALL WILL BE AWAY BY SATURDAY GRAND JURY AT WORK Negroes are Destitute and Scores Are Homeless— Costs County S2OO per Day to Feed Them SPRINGFIELD, Ills.—The second regiment Illinois National Guard was withdrawn from Springfield at 8 o’clock this morning. The soldiers left over the Illinois Central for Chi cago. The first regiment of cavalry will be withdrawn tomorrow and the seventh infantry will leave Saturday. Then the city will again be under control of the civil authorities. As the soldiers are leaving and the special grand jury is drawing up in dictments against members of the mobs comes another phase of the sit uation thai is causing the county au thorities much uneasiness. The ne groes are destitute. Scores of them are homeless. They must be provid ed with food and shelter by the coun ty. Already Henry Dessell, overseer of the poor, Is being appealed to. He is expending about S2OO a day for food for the homeless negroes. Ab the fund at his disposal in this enter gency Is limited, It Is not at all Im probable that a special meeting of tb 0 board of, supervisors may be called to devise' ways and means of caring for the destitute negroes. That the prosecution will receive no aid front the coroner’s office in get ting evidence those responsi ble for the lynching of Burton and Donegan, is evidenced In the verdict returned by the coroner's jury In the Burton ease. About twenty witnesses were heard last ntgnt and ap open verdict was returned. The Donegan inquest will be com menced tonight and Coroner Wood ruff is skeptical. He has offered sls to each witness who will testify, but at this time not a man has been found who will give the name of a member of the mob. SUPPOSED SPY ISJfiOESTED Japanese Found Near a Projectile Factory Act ing Suspiciously. PITT6BURG, Pa.—The government authorities have been asked by the looa! police to investigate the strange case of Sant Flue, a well dressed and apparently educatid Japanese, who was arrested upon the technical charge of trespassing, but who will be held upon the suspicion of being a Japanese government agent. Flue was arrested near the plant of tile Firth-Sterling Steel company at McKeesport, a company which turn.-, out projectiles for use In the United States army and navy. He was tres passing upon railroad property in a forbidden enclosure when approached by a detective. He flfst said he was employed bv the Firth-Sterling com pany. His contradictory manner aroused the suspicions of the detec tives who turned him over to the po lice, who in turn notified the govern ment authorities. JOHNSON ACCEPTS. NOMINATION ST. PAUL. —Governor Johnson call ed the newspaper men together and announced that he would accept tin' nomination for governor tendered to him by the state democratic conven tion at Minneapolis yesterday. M. J. CARPENTER RECEIVER. LINTON, Ind.—Mr. M. J. Carpenter was appointed as receiver for the Southern Indiana railroad at Chicago this morning. Stops Summer Pastoral Calls Account of Comfort Garments ST. LOUIS.—The hot weather and Its attendant necessity for negligee costume, has caused the Rev. C. A. Lincoln, assistant pastor of the Pil- K/Ua Congregational church, to aban- A m*m»B gaateua utldt in the THE AUQUSTA HERALD CHATTANOOGA TO BE TERMINAL POINT ATLANTA, Ga—The Savannah, Au gusta and Northern railway, which is being built from Savannah to Ath ens, will be extended to Chattanooga, according to W. H. Lynn, who ts pro moting the enterprise. Mr. Lynn, who was in Atlanta re cently, stated that the receivership had been adjusted and that the com pany's affairs are in satisfactory shape. “The road is being operated from Statesboro to Garfield, a distance of 40 miles,” says Mr. Lynn. “Forty miles more have been iVaded and we shall go ahead with the work a 3 rapidly as possible. * The road will pierce an unoccupied but productive country, which only needs better rail road facilities to increase Its develop ment and enchance its property values.” The new road will pass through Louisville, Thomson, Washington and Lexington, en route to Athens and will give a short lino to the coast. HUSBAND TO-BE JUMPSJJEBDSNS After Making all Arrange ments for Ceremony, man Leaves Girl Behind. ROCK ISLAND, 111.—After making all arrangements to marry Miss Blanche B. Eldridge last night, Jew ett E. Warren, supposed to hail from Atlanta, Ga., has disappeared, leav ing his intended bride in distress A dispatch from Atlanta says that neither city nor telephone directory : shows any J. E. Warren. It is alleged that Warren has taken with him about $5,000 belonging to Mrs. Mary E. Cramer, an aunt of Miss Eldridge, and all of the jewelry pur chased for her niece. HIGH EXPLOSIVE MADE GOOD TEST MUNICH—A new high explosive of a power beyond anything hitherto used in the German army was tested near here yesterday in the presence of th artlllry proving commission from Berlin, representatives of the Bavar ian war ministry, the imperial nav\ and the fortress and ordinance de partments. Three shells, exploded by electricity tore Krtipp armor plates to pieces. The explosive is th’e Invention of Fritz Gehre. EUGENE WT'CHAFIN TO SPEAK AT STATE FAIR Presidential Nominee of the Prohibition Party Accepts Invitation. ATLANTA, Ga. —Eugene W. Chafln, presidential nominee of the national prohibition party, will speak at the Georgia state fair in Atlanta Satur day, October 10. The advice was received by Gene ral Manage,- Frank Weldon, of the Georgia Fair association In a telegram yesterday from Mr. Chafin, who Ir in Chicago. Mr. chafin wired his acceptance of the fair's Invitation Tiusdav night shortly after he was officially notified of his nomination by the notification committee. The visit of Mr. Chafln to the fair will be made a r< d letter event, and a number of promlnen* prohibition leaders from ail r -• th< * i-itry, in eluding Hon. Seaborn Wright, will be present and speak a 1 the . xerclsi ; that will he held in honor of Nominee Chafin The principal address of the day will be delivered at the fcilr. Invitations have been issuer 1 . *o Mr. fhufin, William .1. Bryan and William H. Taft a few days ago, and Mr. Chafln Is the first to accept. Presi dent Perfidlon Diaz wan also in vited. summer time. He too often arrlr»a when the fair members of his flock are in that flowing, loose, bow-cool i-am raiment, which add* to the charm of a pretty woman, and, as a Consequence, finds It difficult to at to his duutss Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity—Storms tonight and Friday. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNO ON, AUGUST 20, 1908. MRS.JACK GARDNER IS ANGRY ABOUT PUBLICATION CHICAGO. —Tho story printed yes terday telling of an attempt to smug gle SBO,OO worth of art objects Into America by Mrs. Emily Crano Chad bourne for Mrs. “Jack" Gardner, of Boston, proved the sensation of the day in Chicago. All day long Mrs. Chadbourne was kept in seclusion by her brother-in law, Mr. E. A. Russell, in Lake For est. She was in the house most of the day, but in the afternoon took a long automobile ride. She denied her self to all callers and her friends and relatives with, the exception of her father, K. T. Crane, declined absolute ly to comment on the case in any way. In Boston Mrs. "Jack” Gardner was equally invisible until late at night, when she consented to talk lor pub lication. She denounced tho customs officials, declared she did not know Mrs. Chadbourne was going to bring the things to America, and by infer ence, declared that she was not in any way responsible for the plight in which Mrs. Chadbourne finds hefself. A different view of the matter is taken by the relatives of Mrs. Chad bourne. The $70,409.18 exacted by the treasury department as duty and penalty was produced by the rela tives. It is not at all likely, however, that Mrs. Gardner will be permitted to evade payment of this sum and should the government impose a further pen alty of eighty thousand dollars, Mrs. Gardner also will be forced to settle this little account. Doesn’t Believe It. "I don't believe it," said Mrs. Gard- I nor. in Boston, last night "They wouldn't dare to go so far as that," when told that the authorities had seized the entire lot of art treasures imported by her' friend, Mrs. Chad bourne. “1 thought Ihe whole matter was settled, and had no idea it was to beeome public like this. I don't see why they should give It out to the newspapers. Why didn't that cus toms man who came to me ten days ago send me word first, before bring ing It out like that story yesterday? "Any way, [ don't believe it. The customs department has Always perse cuted me, and 1 have paid thousands of dollars duty upon objects of art as a result of their impositions." Still affected by the surprise he re ceived from reading the account of his daughter’s entanglements and overwhelmed with demands for an ex planation as to who paid the $70,000 to the customs officers, R. I’. Crane, at. his Rummer home at Lake Geneva, dictated a statement that was tele phoned to his Chicago office, and there ■ was given out by his secretary. Later it was said that tt had been prepared in haste and that, as a matter of facY, the manufacturer knew little about Mrs. Gardner's art treasures and noth ing about Mrs. Chadbourne’s part in ■ bringing them to this country until the story came out yesterday morn ing. CAMP IMPED OUT BT FOREST FIRES WINNIPEG, Man.—Forest fires on Vancouver Island are extending in every direction, and the latest re ports Indirate that the settlements are threatened. In Koksilah district twen ty square miles are ablaze. The fate of the shattered ranchers is unknown. The flames are advanc ing ot: Coldstream and one hundred and titty inhabitants are back tiring to save the villages. Several lumber camps have been wiped out, i elegraph and telephone messages state that the eastern side of Bowen Island Is a mass of fire, A settle rnent of eighty souls were scattered about the sedlon which has been swept by the flames, but It Ik impossi ble to ascertain their fate. MR. WALTER AKERMAN ELECTED PRESIDENT At Recent Sessions of the Presidential Postmasters in Savannah. ATLANTA, Ga.—Mr. Walter Aker man, vho was elected president o' the prrsld ntlal postmasters of Grct gla at ilmir recent session in Savan nah, has been posmasier at Cartelh vllie tor fourteen years. His father wan Colonel Amor T. Akerman. at torney general of the Cnlted States In the cabinet of President Grant. Hit brother, Hon. Alex. T. Akerman, Is assistant district attorney of the United States court at Macon, and was one of the delegates to the re publican convention. I resident Akerman is chairman of the republican committee of the sev enth congressional district of Gorgl* and stands vry high with the re publicans of th>- state, always taking the lead in every movement that tends to advance !he Interests of the lenabiiOWi b*rtv m Gaurai*. KAISER HITS WHITE PLAGUE a a a a a a GIVES $24,000 TO KOCH FUND c *' v BERLIN. —The emperor has given $24,000 to the Robert Koch foundation for resisting the spread of Tu berculosis. Woman Does Not Allow Her Husband To Be Ridiculed MAMMOTH SPRINGS, Ark.—Mrs. Jennie Sprun, of New Madrid, Mo., ad mits her husband does not. resemble Apollo, but she will stand for no re marks about him. at least not by an other woman. Mrs. Jennie Hamilton, of Mammoth Springs, ventured to make compari sons yesterday and the result was YANKEE COUNTESS TO BUT HE ESTATE ' \ VlENNA.—Countess Hzechenyl, for merly Gladys Vanderbilt, of New York, is about to buy, It Is reported here, a magnificent estate in Komorn township, at the confluence of the Danube and VVaag rivers, 48 miles southwest of Duds Pest. The price she will pay for It is said to be fl.sul),000. The land Is ex ceedingly fertile and the region is picturesque. The free city of Komorn Is a great military center. The population is wholly Magyar. GOVERNOR HOKE’SMITH OFFERS APPOINTMENTS ATLANTA, Ga.- Governor SmlMi has tendered t 0 Hon Price Gilbert, it Columbus, the app dntmeut < f judge of the sujmrlh" emirs of tnn ciiattaboorhie circuit, vice J ut;' 1 J 11. Mai tin. who has resigned. He ha ft Iso tendered to George Palm r Esq., tiro of Columbus, toe appoint m< nt at solicitor goner <i, to succei d Mr. Gilbert, whose eleolion to :li<- bench will leave a vacancy. Jiidfe Martin’s P-rni o' attic* would have expired on Jauuar" t i and Mi Giib'-rl who is now so It I,or general, lies been eleetid In -ticeced him. Til" governor believes that Mr. Gilbert should have the refusal or the, pin e nt this time, b •cause he Is the cioiee of the people of th< circuit.. Tn<- same reason prompted him to tender! the ppointm'oit to Mr Palm'd. TAX ARBITRATION TO BE SETTLED BY JUDGE ELLIS ATLANTA, Ga.—Judge W. 1). Kills of the Fulton superior pourt has be-,, i greed upon as tFm umpire In the mat- ] t'-r of th" C'-ntral of Georsl, tar. ar-. titration. Tb< srbili.itors, Judge Uforgc Hlliyer, representing the. Mid Ai*i W, Smith, r present-1 a complete suspension of the pollen at the reunion of the Blue and Gray, of Missouri and Arkansas, while the delegates wutehed the melee which followed. Mrs. Sprun wns patient for a long time, but her wrath knew no lioiiiiilh when Mrs. Hamilton voiced her opin ion that the formers husband was "the ugliest man In Missouri.'' JOHNSON IS JUMffl MINNESOTA’S NOMINEE ■ ■ HT. PAllli.—John A. Johnson was i nominated for the third time tor gov i rnor amid the most tumultuous »'etm ever, seen in a Minnesota political convention yesterday afternoon. Shouting and singing the delegates [inarched over the platform and about the ball, and no other name was pre aeiiifd. Mayor I) VV. I-aw ter, of St. Paul, made tip. nominating speech. | He gol about half way through when he nald: "There Is no iianut to *bu (ortaldored by iliis convenllon except ! tile name that is In the mind and hearts and iiiouilih of every democrat in Minnesota John A Johnson." A shout of triumph greeted John eon’s name. Mayor l-awter tried In j vain to continue his speech, but lie other delegates fell In the line behind Hi. Louis county and In an Inman’ tin- convention had blown up. i The stnte ticket nominated was as follows: Governor John A Johnson Lieutenant Governor Julius Roit- I < r, Rociioster. Attorney General M. K. Matthews, I Lyon county. Comptroller Frank /-lon, Ht. Cloud Treasurer if P. Nelson, nibbing* Secretary of Stato- It P. Lamb, Murray counts'. Bryan sentiment was pushed to the limit. In tin- convention hall Hiiortly after tint convention met I the announcement was made that Mr. Bryan would address the eonven ’ Hon through ih>- medium of a phono \t; aph. The announcement was greet ■ I with an outliuisi of ch<-< ring that continued many minutes and flnnlly t'lialrman Itay rapped for order and ; tne house became quiets Then a pho i nograph, Info which Mr. Bryan had jtr Ik< d. was started lug the company, wee- ui.ublc i > i agree ns to th< value Oi h" popet-ty arid they have decided to sr„: u >n j Judge Kills to SCI. as it’', pi re, Ills I award war b« trawl. DAILY AND SUN DAY, SG.OO PER YEAR SOUTHERNERS 111 NEW YORK AIO DEMOCRATS NEW YORK. —In answer to a call by William Harmon Black, former commissioner of accounts under Mayor McClellan, about sixty southerners met yesterday to form a campaign club to work for the Domocrutle na tional and state tickets. John R. Dun lap. a member of tin l governing board of the national Democratic elub, was temporary chairman of the meeting. Among those present were Col. John C. Calhoun, ox-president of the Southern Railway company; Judge Charles F. Moore, William Hepburn Russell, Ernest Bright Wilson, ex speaker of tln> house of representa tives of Tennessee; Harvey YVntter son, son of Col, Henry Watterson; Col. James A. Gray, former assistant district attorney of Queens county, and Phelan Beale, who organized tho Columbia University Democratic Club. "An interesting feature of the or ganization will lie lining up for Bryan," said Mr. Black. “Any num ber of men have signified their In tention to join who at the last elec tion bolted Bryan. This year they are going to got on the hand wa gon." TOIMTSi SPOKE! TO CMD *T EM KI.BURTON, Ga. lion. Thomas E Watson spoke here yesterday to an au dionee of two thousand Great cheers greeted the utterances es the speaker. The spcakei* deviat'd litiuslf to he tie' only genuine Democrat seeking the presidency. Matty Democrats assured j Mr. Watson es their hearty support The speaker was introduced by lion. Geo c. Grogan. Dr. A. S, Hawes presided over the mooting. GIRLS DISAPPEAR MYSTERIOUSLY Daughter* of Wealthy far mer Thought to he Held Fox* Ransom. KKNOSHA. Win. llnuminl mytt«»ry mirroumlH th« cllHftppmnince of flu* Mlhhi'h Gertrude and Dorothy Melhn, who have not been wen by frlendn hliico their pamitH left them hlHliik in a hammock on the lawn ut their home at p o’clock Monday nlulif. Jacob lb Ihn, their father, In one of the wealth lent funner* In Southern WlaeonHln. For thi* r cmhoii many he Hove tin? kltlh were kidnaped and are hedd for ran Hom. Another angle Ih given to the affair by tho receipt by Mr*. Beilin, who 1* the Htep mother of the iulhhliik kIMh, of a note aeveral week* rigo warning her that a plot wan on foot to Hteul the Kirin. That there whh a kidnaping Ih tcMtl fh*d to by rnemheiH of the houae hold, who nay that about 10 o’clock Monday nlKht a closed carriage wan jdrlven up to the Heihn gate, it Ih d»* j ciared that a man whh h aid Hbarply commanding the kltlh to enter and that they obeyed him. 'lhe liorm-H were then whipped up and the vie itlmn rapidly carried away. Tho glrlH are eleven and fourteen year* old, respectively. AUTOMOBILE BLEW UP. LAFAYKTTK, Ind Two men were perhaps fatally burned and three I others seriously Injured by the ex ! plosion of an automobile near here yesterday. Those seriously Injured were Thomas Denman, a wealthy farmer, and Ralph Hear, of Honwell, Ind. Tho others wounded wore Wil liam t'off* nherg, I<eo SchuesHlor and ■ Warren Mank* y, also of Boswell. Three Handed Folks John II Gough used to :.-iv Ihsl lots of people have three hands— a right hand, n left band, und a little behind bund. The behind hand folk . are the folks who think hard luck has ramp ed on thAlr trail, Tiiejr'il fell you about Kale’s unkl -lines* to them until you get either very sad or very mail according to your temperament. They have always Just nils "d >ntm pure good thing. Thoy have mum ho <-lok- to fair Fortuno as to see h‘-r wink her eye the other oyo. 'They talk about all these Hiliikh, talk long und loud, usually. You know the type |t has Infinite variations, but ten times out of nine you can diagnose their troubles as arising from that “Uttle behind hand. ’’ Iri othi r words they are slow too slow They see a good thing nod think they’ll go after It. But they put off going, THE BEST WAY TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH INCREASED BUSINESS IS IN MERAI 0> WANT An*. Ttl.V Advertising Is the motive power of business. Stop adver tising and your business will bo as dead as an engine without steam. POLITICAL BOSS IS HELD EDO BRIBERY SAN FRANCISCO—After a prelim inary examination, Abraham Rouf, former political boss, was held by Judge CabineHs for trial In the su perior court upon a charge of brib ery. He is accused of giving former Supervisor .1 J. Fuery a large sum of money to vote for an electric street railway franchise. Ball was fixed at $3,000, which was promptly furnished. STATE TsUPPLY lAIILT RESISTANT COTTONSEED Black Root. Causing loss of Thousands of Dollai's and Improved Seed is Now tho Only Remedy. ATLANTA, Ga. The state depart ment of entomology has received most encouraging reports from the invest 1 - gallons anil experiments which it has be»in conduct lag relative to the ox lermluation of ihe cottou disease known as black root, which tiau cost tho farmers of south Georgia many thousands of dollars. Black root Is u disease of cotton caused by a fungus which attacks tho root oi the plant to wither and shed iih leaves. Often a litrge portion of a field Is left with hardly a stalk alive, so thorough Is the work of de struction. The only remedy Ihe farmer tins known hitherto was to refrain for a long period from planting a field with cotton where the black root has made Its appearance, as the germs of Ihe fungus remain alive for several years in soil that has been affected With them. Tills, of course, caused great inconvenience wlih reference to th use of iiiueh valuable cotton lump Through Its experiments I 10 siutc department of entomology has sue needed by selective processes in se curing cotton seed which produces ii plant that rosistM practically nil ravages of the black root fungus. Thu seed rd the new resistant type have been obtained by selecting the scad of the stalks that are always found even in Ihe fields that are most badly affected by the fungus, and by improv ing Iheae seed lintll they 11 rd prac tically absolutely resistant. Ii is the purpose of the departnaenf. of entomology to furnish theso seed to the farmers of overy section of Ih'- Hint!- where Ihn blnek root fun ■ih fins caused trouble, In order that ihe disease may be exterminated. •Sometime will be required In order to gel sufficient Heed for thlH purpose hut every effort Is being made to fur nish the Infected districts soon as possible. This work of tho department alone when It Is completed will save tho farmers of south Georgia many thou sands of dollars. GIGANTIC SWINLE IN POSTAGE STAMPS UNEARTHED IN RUSSIA MOfIUOW The Moscow police are only on the threshold of their In vestigation of a fraudulent postage stump business, for which thirty per sons wore reported arrested yester day. It. Is believed the operations—a systematic traffic In cancelled stamps will develop Into one of the most colossal swindles of recent times In Russia. The figures already reported fi, 000.000 stamps cover only the gaii-H at Moscow for three months, CHILD CREMATED. GATE UITY, V». In u fire that destroyed the residence of C. Morell, twelve miles west of here, Claude Swanson, the three year-old son of , lorcll, was cremated.