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Albany Herald Herald Publishing Co. THE ALBANY DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1906. ffflSSfe" M. Mclntoah President T. McIntosh Sec. and Tress. Jno. A. Davis Business Mgr. Every Afternoon Except 8unday. Weekly (8 pages) Every Saturday. TERM8 OF SUBSCRIPTION.' Dally Herald, one year |5.00 Dally Herald, six months 2.50 Dally Herald, three months 1.25 Weekly Herald, 8 pages, one year 1.00 ht" ' All subscriptions payable In ad vance. Advertising rates reasonable and made known on application. Cards of thanks, resolutions of re spect and obituary notices, other than those which the paper Itself may give as a matter of news, will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line, ex cept when such notices are published by charitable organisations, when a special rate will be named. Notloes of church and society and all other entertainments from which a revenue Is to be derived, beyond. a brief announcement, will be charged 1of at ihe rate of 6 cents a line. Offloe, second floor Postofflce Build' Ing, corner Jackson and Pine streets. ' The Herald deale with advertising agents by special contract only, and no advertising agent or agency Is au thorized to take contracts for adver- tlaements to be Inserted In this paper. “DIRTY POLITICS" AGAIN—CAPT, D. G. PURSE AND COL. J. H. ESTILL. Wei are In receipt ot the following letter, which will explain Itself: Hotel Astor, TlmeB (Long Acre) THE HERALb I3 Official Organ of the City of Albany. Official Organ of Dougherty County. Offlcldl Organ of Baker County. Official Organ of the Railroad Com mission of Georgia for the Second - - District. Congressional If you see It In The Herald It's so. If you advertise In The Herald It goes. ii n I? 8ATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1906. m SP\; U P m iW' THE STOVE RATE CA8E. What Is now known as the “Stovo Rate Case" has become a noted one In Georgia, and wo ham not yet heard the last of It. It has become a sort of hobby of Hon. Joseph M. Brown since he hnB boon on the Railroad Commission lo extend .protection to Georgia manufac tured goods. On this line he first gave special rates to the Atlanta stovo works In May, 1905, and later to the Rome and Rockmart factories. Savannah was hurt by this, as she got her stoves and hollowware by the ■U water route. Snvannah protested, and went Into the courtB, and Judge Oann, favorable to Bavannah’s conten tion, was reversed by the Supremo Court. Pending this, the Atlanta stovo, works wont Into court boforo Judge Pendleton, of Atlanta. In con struing the legality of the act under Which the commission operates, Judge Pendleton bestows extraordinary pow er on the commission, permitting It to make and enforce rates without be ing Restrained and hold up by injunc tion from the courts. Thle Is a great power to the Rail road Commission. Savannah has no remedy but submission. Hence It is Important who compose, the commis sion. The .Atlanta stove works say the Supreme Court will sustain Judge Pendleton. If so, what about the "port-rate" case? !ti (hat case, dis tinct from the stovo rate case, the At- lanta bureau demanded a rate lower than that of the towns between At lanta and the sea. Suppose Joe M. Brown had yielded to the pressure of the Atlanta- freight bureau -and its attorneys? Where would If. under the recent decision of Judge Pendleton, have placed the wholesale dealers of the plhey woods? How could they have beeu rescued? How much trouble ami losses and law suits would have resulted? They threaten to oust Joe M. Brown from office. If so, his successor may be so Imbued with “the Atlanta spirit" as to grant the Atlanta demand for "port rates." Even now the fertiliser men of At lanta have petitioned the commission to grant them, on all crude fertilizer material, special rates, so they can sell Atlanta goods to advantage in Albany. Cuthbert, Americas, Pelham, Port Gaines, and other towns nearer the sea. Joe Brown has received no the Southern part ot Square, New York, June 13, 1906. Editor Albany Herald, Albany, Georgia. Dear Sir: In your Issue of May the 25th, under the headline "Dirty Poll tips,” at considerable length, you un dertake to misrepresent the character of my letters to Colonel Estlll, to my detriment and disadvantage, though you do not refer to me by name. As an act of simple justice, I ask that you read the enclosed correspondence, though voluminous, which la up-to- date, and withdraw your charges which you make against the truthful ness of the statements container! therein, unless you are prepared to rebut my charges and prove Colonel Estlll's letter, April the 30th, 1903, to be a forgery, It Is painfully plain from your total disregard of the facts stated and proven In my several letters, copies of which you acknowledge to have received, that you must have been an extremely close friend of long stand ing to have so persistently shut your eyes to the Irresistible truthfulness of every charge I have made against Col onel IBstlll. I ask nothing but justice of you In this matter, and feel confident that your reputation as an honorablo Jour nalist will be aB quick to respect this demand upon Journalistic courtesy as I have been to make It after the artl cle complained of, In your Issue of May the 25t.Ii, ult., reached me, eleven o'clock laBt night. Very truly yours, v D. G. PURSE. Accompanying this letter, which, it will bo observed, Is written from New York, whore Cnptaln Purse Is evi dently sojourning for a time, Is a copy of Capt. Purse's now famous (?) “Open Letter No. 2 to Colonel J. H. Estlll," a copy of a letter to the editor of the Statesboro News, marked "Open Letter No. 3," and a copy of “Open Letter No. 4," addressed to Colonel Estlll, written from New York anil bearing date of June 2,1906. In the above letter to us, Captain Purso makes special reference to “Colonel Estlll's letter April the 30th, 1903," and demands a withdrawal of Implied charges made In our editorial of May 25, to which he takes excep tion, unless we can prove that Colonel Estlll's said letter of April 30, 1903, which Captain Purse Incorporated ill the aforesaid “Open Letter No. 2," to be n forgery. And, written on the margin of this “Open Letter No. 2," ac companying his present letter, Capt. Purso writes, with a bracket indicat ing the said Estlll letter of April 30, 1903: "Publish only this In full." All right, Captain Purse; we'll do it. In the pinny pages of sophomorlc but splenetic literature that Captain Purse has sent lis ho lays repeated Btross upon this Eat,111 letter of April 30, 1903, ns a virtual confession on Colomji Estlll's part—a confession that ho Is guilty of the charge of desertion during the Civil War. Here, now, is that letter In full. Lot it speak for Itself and for Colonel Estlll—and for his persecutor ns well: the scars of battle upon his body until this day, In a very raw words, for he has placed himself outside the pale of respectful consideration at the hands of reputable newspapers whose editors have due regard for fair play, to say nothing of the unwritten code of manly honor. . Who, now, can twist or pervert the above letter of Colonel Estlll into a confession of guilt to Captain Purse’s charge of desertion? The fact that Captain Purse lays so much stress upon this "documentary evidence" shows how weak his case Is and to what extremity he has been driven In his efforts to discredit Colonel Es tlll's war record. It Is not denied that Colonel Estill received a wound In the second battle of Manassas which disabled him and which gave him an honorable discharge from further active service In the field. He had that discharge when the Yankees occupied Savannah, and could not have “deserted" at that time or at any other time alter receiving his discharge, because he was no longer duly enlisted In the service. The burden of Captain Purse’s con tention Is that Colonel Estlll took the oath of allegiance when the Yankees occupied Savannah and before Lea and Johnston had surrendered. And .this Is the sole basis of the scurrilous charge of desertion that he Is making In circular letters which he Is Indus triously circulating throughout the state to Injure Colonel Estill In his candidacy for governor. The Herald Is not championing the cause of Col. Estlll In his candidacy for governor, as Its readers well know, but when this mendacious attack was made upon his war record a hereditary and in born love of fair play prompted us to go to hlB defense. It Colonel Estill deserted the Cifllfederate cause by taking the oath of allegiance after the city of his residence was occupied by the enemy, being then paroled or dis charged as the result of a wound re ceived in battle, how many more Con federate veterans are there in Geor gia and throughout the South today who would be called deserters for the same reason? It Is made plain in the voluminous >1 thanks from Georgia, so far, for Ills stand on the port-rate demand. Will he grant At lanta’s demand for this fertilizer . rate? Will he yield this time? The • fertilizer men of the piney woods have been, content to confine their sales to their territory, and have made no effort t# jnvaile Atlanta and North Georgia. But such Is not the "At- Joe M. Brown again to lanti to , Savannah, Ga., April 30, 1903. To the Committee, Gentlemen:— In addition to my military record as it appears by the certificate signed by Lieut. S. W. Branch on file in your archives, I submit the following addi tional data: After my discharge 1 was employed from time to time in various places and at anything that I cbuld make a living at; and in 1SG4* was employed in the printing ofiico of Geo. N. Nich ols, mostly doing work for the military departments. I left Mr. Nichols’ some time in October, 1864; Capt. W. F. Holland having asked me to go out with ills Company, I went out to Salt Creek with the local battalion made up of detailed men and commanded by Maj. Shell man. Though not liable to service 1 went with this command as l did on other occasions during the v;ar. I did then ns 1 do today, in other affairs, what, in my opinion the occa sion demands. On the withdrawal of the troops from the lines at the evac uation, 1 was told with others to re turn .o the city and report the next nv> e.lng at the Armory, (the Guards, cv.eer of Bull and York Streets). I f ine to the city and went to Led. When l awoke in the morning the ene my were in the pity. Walking down Bay Street I was stopped by the street 1 atrol guard, hut upon snowing my papers as a discharged soldier l was permitted to go. That, or the follow ing night, military passes were issued to those who attended Masonic meet ings. and. later on, having to work at night, 1 had a pass to go about the city.. 1 did not take the oath of alle giance until the people in general, in cluding the Mayor of the city, Dr. R. I). Arnold, and other prominent citi zens had taken it. As a disabled and discharged sol dier 1 was not liable to duty of any kind, unless voluntary, anf fee' —»d know that my record as • ^oureder- ate soldier is as good :.V» any man’s. 1 not only did my duty, but more than my duty. Trusting that this plain statement of facts will assist you in your delib erations, 1 am, Yours very truly, . J. H. ESTILL. “open letters” of Captain Purse that his grievance agaihst Colonel Estill is a personal one. It is also in evi dence, from his own campaign litera ture, that Colonel Estill denounced him to his face and accused him of persecuting him, In the convention of Confederate Veterans, to which botli were delegates, in Macon. McLaws Camp, Confederate Veterans, of which Colonel Estill is the honored com mander, has Investigated thb case and vindicated Colonel Estill, and, in conclusion of this controversy with Captain Purse, and in dismissing him from further respectful consideration In these columns, we must be permit ted to choose between him and Jhe veterans of Camp McLaws, and give our confidence to the latter. This editor had his first cantaloupes of the season for breakfast this morn ing,. and they were delicious ones. They came from Messrs. F. G. Ed wards and F. W. Godwin, who have eighty hcres In “cahoot” just south of the city. Such fruit of the vine as we had this morning ought to bring top-’ notch prices in any market. This morning’s Macon Telegraph brings announcement of the death oi Mr. Gus C. Matthews, Associate editor of that paper, his death occurring at his home In Macon yesterday after noon after a protracted illness. The news of the death of this brilliant journalist and golden-hearted gentle man will carry sadness to the heart of every newspaper man in the country whose privilege it was to know him. The j Telegraph pays fitting tribute to the deceased member of its staff and evidently realizes that it has lost a valuable man. Macon is calling for cheaper gas,, and the Savannah Press wants to know if this is a bid for a joint debate. The new battleship “ Georgia ” ^ had her trial and has proved to be a regular “ grdyhound of. the sea.” Vienna sausages, made in Chicago, have had their day, for a, time, at least. Roig’s Con Chos Extra CIGARS Are undoubtedly the highest grade article sold any where at 5c Each. A combination of the best tobaccos grown, blended in a way to give a light and delightful smoke. It is a fact that very few 10c cigars have as much merit, and if you are dissatisfied with the brand you now smoke, t ry one or two dozen of these, which are guaranteed to please you. MOCK & RAWSON. Now, wo shall .dismiss Capt. Purso and Ills mendacious and persistent at tack upon the war record of an honor; ahlo confederate soldier who; bears J. K. PRAY. Pr«slder\t. A. P. VASON, Vico President! EDWIN STERNE, Cashier. Ilie Citizens National Bank OF ALBANY, GA. Capital. - - $50,000. Safety Deposits received subject to check. Loans promptly made on approved collateral. We solicit your business. So far as tailoring, design ing is evidently limited. All men can’t make a life study of clothes making and clothes selling, yet all men must vvear clothes. ■■When you buy a “High Art” Suit yon need'have no knowledge of how they were made, the label on'the inside coat pocket assure you that the garment is made right; and as to style and fit leave it to your^ friends, they know a good looking suit when they see .it and they will tell you so, when they see you in one of our new summer models tailored by Strouse & Bros. Price Range from 12 50 to $20.00. S. B. Brown &Co. SEABOARD No. 80 AIR LINE 'RAILWAY. Schedule Effective July 3, 1905—90th Meridian Time. NORTH No. 72 , 2:10p.m. 2:39p.m. 2:64p.m, 3:55p.m. 5:15p.m. I’SfiD.m. 2.00 m. 2:1)5) m. 8:00p.m. Lv ..Albany. Lv ...Sasser.. Lv .Dawson. ILv .Richland. IAr Cplumb'iB iAr . .Atlanta. I Via A. 4 N. ILv ..Albany. ILv .Cprdele. IAr Savannah . Arl 1:30p.m. . Ar 12:63p.m. Ar|12:36p.m. , Arlll :31a.m. Lvllh :15a.m. . Lvl 5:40a.m. Ry. | Ar| 3:25p.m. Ari 1:26p.m. Lv| 7:16a.m. No. 8o WEST I No. 79 2:10p.m. 4:16p.m. 6:47p.m. 6:23p.m. 7:46p.m. 11:30p.m. 5:00a.m. 2:55a.m. 7:15a.m.|Ar I 6:44p.m.lAr ..Albany.. .Lumpkin. Hurtsboro - .Ft. Davis. N’tgomery . .Selma.. Pensacola ..Mobile.. NewOrleans St. Louis. 1:20p.m. 11:12am 9:36a,m 8:R6».rr 7: 30a.ni 5:00a.m. ll:05p.m 12:40a.m 8:15p.ir 8:00a.n On week da\vs No. 110 leaves Albany at 5:30 a. m.. arriving Dawson 7:25 a. m. and Richland 8:45 a. m., connecting at Richland with trains for Columbus. Americus and Savannah. No. 80. Through train to Columbus, making close connection at Rich land and Montgomery for all points West via L. & N. and M. & O. R. Ry. at Columbus and Atlanta with all lines diverging for Eastern and North ern points Full information upon application to any SEABOARD Agent. $. A. ATKINSON, U. T. A., Albany, Ga. • P. SCRUGGS, T P. A., Savannah, Ga. iHARLES F. STEWART. A. G. P. A., Savannah. Ga. -J- —■ Sh ALBANY' & NORTHERN RY DAILY PASSENGER TRAIN SCHEDULES. NO. 17. | Lv. Savannah .. 7:15am S. A. L. Ry. Lv. Atlanta .... 8:00ani C. ofGa. Ry. Lv. Macon 11:30am G. S. & F. Ry. Lv. Jacksonville 8:00am, G. S. & ; F. Ry. Lv. Cordele .... 2:10pm Ar. Albany .... 3:35pm NO. 18. Lv. Albany . ...12:00noon Ar. Cordele .... 1:25pm Ar. Savannah .. S:00pm S.A.L.Ry, Ar. Macon .... 4:20pm G. S. & F. Ry. Ar. Jacksonville 8:.00pm G. S. & F. Ry. Ar. Atlanta .... 7:50pm C. of Ga. Ry. Georgia Northern Railway Go. ALBANY - BOSTON LINE Read Down. Read Up. No. 4 Daily No. 2 Daily Effective Feb. 23,190p. STATIONS. No. 1 Dally No. 3 Daily 3:50pm I 7:30am Lv. .. Albany .. Ar. 11:40am S:20pm 4:44pm 1 S :24am Ar. . Ticknor .. Lv. 10:40am 7:15pm 4:50pm I 8:30am Ar. .. Doerun .. Lv. 10:35am 7:10pm 5:30pm 9:l'0am Ar. . Moultrie . Lv. 10:00am 6:35pm 5:45pmj l:15pm|Lv. . Moultrie . Ar. S: 35am 5:15pm 6:25pm ! l:65pm|Ar. ... Pavo ... Lv. 7:50am 4:30pm 7:00pm ! 2:30pm|Ar. .. Boston .. Lv. 7:20am 4:00pm Connections at Albany with S. A. L. • Nos. 1 and 4 make connections at Albany to and from Cordele. Savan nah, Macon and Atlanta, via A. & N. All trains make connections at Albany-to and from all Central of Ga Ry. points, including Atlanta, Macon, Americus and Montgomery. Sleep tag car service via C. of Ga. between Albany and Atlanta. Leave Alban: 9 p. m. Returning, arrive Albany 7:25 a. m. Connections at Ticknor, via F. R. & N. E. for Pelham. Connections at Boston via A. C. L. for Quitman Valdosta, Savannah, Jacksonville and points south. Connections a* Moul trie via A. & B. for Tifton and Thomasville. 8. A. ATKINSON, U. T. A.. G. E, SbllTH, Traffic Mar., Albany, Ga. Monltrle, Ga. , NO. 16. Lv. Albany .... 4:30pm Ar. Cordele ... 6:15pm Ar. Macon .... 9:35pm Cfc. S. & F. Ry. Ar. Helena .... 9:30pm .S.A.L.Ry NO. 15. Lv. Macon .... 6:45am G. S. & F. Ry. Lv. Helena .... 5:30am S.A.L.Ry. Lv. Cordele ... 9:30am Ar. Albany ....11:15am For. additional information, rates, etc., address A. V. PHILLIPS, Com’l Agt., Albany, Ga. J. S. CREWS, S. A. ATKINSON, Uniori Ticket Agt. V. P. & G. M„ Albany, Ga. J. Q. ADAM-S, Soliciting Freight and Passenger Agent, Cordele, Ga. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD CO. PASSENGER SCHEDULES. IN EFFECT MAY 27, 1906. NOTE.—These arrivals and departures, as well as connections, are given as Information, but arrivals, departures and connections are not guaranteed, No. 73|Xo. 71| 4.00p|Lv Albany .U; 6.15p Ar Thomasville Lv 7.40a 10.25a 10.50a 12.10p 6.30p Lv Thomasville Am 7.30p|Ar Monticello L.j No. 74|No. 72| No. 71' No. 74 7.45p o.OOp 2. LOp l.OOp 11.50a] 9.25a! 6.10a o.20a[ 4.00plLv Albany Ar 6.15p|Ar Thomasville Lv 1.15a 1 Lv Thomasville Ar 8.05a[Ar Montgomery Lv 7.45p 5.00p 2.30p 6.50a No. 95| 2.00p 3.30p 6.00p 6.15p 8.40p 9.00p 10.45p 1.55a 3.01a 6.15a 6.45a 7.20a Albany Tifton Waycross Waycross Jacksonville Jacksonville Palatka Sanford Orlando Lakeland Tampa Port Tampa [No. 901'No. 91|No, 95[ 10.30p 1 5.45a 2.00p 8.55p . 9.45a e.oop G.30p 19.50 a 0.25p G.05p 2.55p 9.35p 3.30p ll.OSp 1.35a 7.55a \5.10p 5.55a 5.35k 11.45p 1.40p 2.30a 5.10a S.OOp 1.02a 8.50a 11.50p 10.20p 10.13a 1.43a S.35p 12,27p 4.25a 8.00p 3,00p 7.23a |No. 94 Albany Waydross Waycross Savannah Savannah Charleston Wilmington Richmond. Washington Baltimore Philadelphia New York 11.50a 8.00a ,6.05a 3.15a 2.50a 12.01a 3.45p 9.05a 4.30a 2.51a 12.19a 9.25p No. 90 10.30p 6.30p 6.00p 2.45p 9.30a 7.20a 7.25p 3.45p 2.12p 11.65a 9.25a W. J. CRAIG, \ Passenger Traffic Managerl Wilmington, N. C. S. A. ATKINSON, Ticket Agent, Albany, Ga. T. C. WHITE, Division Passenger Agent, Savannah, Ga. THOS. E. MYERS, , Traveling Passenger Agent, Savannah, Ga. -i
