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FOUR
CITY WHITE PRIMARY COMMITTEE
WILL MEET OH TUESDAY AT NOON
To Consider Case of Dr. George T. Horne —Dr. Horne Gives
Out Letter to Chairman Smith in Which He Explains His
Position.
Mr. Julian M. Smith, chuirrnan of
* the City White Primary Committee,,
said last night that he would prob
ably call the committee together for
Tuesday noon to consider the Third
Ward mailer with refrence to the
candidacies for council of Dr. Geo. T.
Horne and Mr. .1 A Hood Ii will be
recalled that Mr Hood haa been de
clared by the sub-committee llie only
candidate officially entered.
Dr. Horne last night made public
iho following letter In Mr. Smith in
which he expialna why he thinks he
should be allowed to run in the pr!
mary:
Mr. Julian M. Smith. Chairman
White Primary Committee.
Dear Sir:
On June* 26th I received a commu
nication signed by H. W. Shaw, chair
man of the sub-committee of the
White Primary, in which communi
cation much was said that, was Irrele
vant, and which communication was
at the same time that it was sent to
me, handed to the newspapers for
I üblication.
The only part of that communica
tion with which 1 am now concerned
is the conclusion, wherein it Is stat
ed that should I, for any reason, feel
that there were peculiar circum
stances in my own ease which would
Justify at 'his time, a change in (tie
rules that I should communicate
wither with him or with you as clialr
msin, with the request that I lie al
lowed lo present my claim to the en
tire While Primary Committee, as
the candidate of the White Primary
Committee for Council in the Third
Ward.
I, therefore, submit to you as (■hair
man of that committee, the reasons
why I believe that your committee
should unhetltattngly declare ine as
one of the candidates of the White
Primary Tor member Of Council from
the Tnird Ward:
1. Over three months ago, the 10l-
Kiwing advertisement was placed In
The Augusta Herald by my friends;
“Council from Third Ward.
Friends of I)r. George T. Horne
nominate him as candidate for
member of Council from the
Third Ward, subject .to the
White primary, and bespeak for
hint the votes of ills Tellow cltl
zents of the Ward.”
This advertisement has been con
tinuously published in the newspapers
for the past three or four months
During that interval no other candi
date's nttme was announced or sug
gested, directly or indirectly, and no
possibility of a candidate was even
suggested in the community, or in
the newspapers. So crystallized had
been tbe sentiment In the community,
and in the newspapers, that there
would lie no opposition in any of the
wards in the city of Augusta except
the Sixth Ward' end that I was the
only candidate of too Third Ward;
I annex hereto clippings from The
Herald of June 23rd, and The Chronl
\ie of June “4th, making this same
statement.
2. The White Primary Committed
states, that ai a meeting held at .lie
Court House on June 23rd, It was
resolved thin all candidates for of
fice should file with the chairman of
the subcommittee a written state
ment that he would abide by the
White Primary and the rules govern
ing tbe same, on or before Thursday,
June 25, 1914, at ti p. m.
it I* a recognized rule, both In bus
iness and in politics, that snap Judg
mints are not taken, where no res
aeusble notice is gdven of the con
templated action.
in the first place, I contend that
two (lavs' notice, that an application
must he filed with the chairman of
the subcommittee is not reasonable
tune and the notice that does not
give a reasonable time, is not binding
or effective, in any court or good con
science.
3. H has been held at all times,
and been the practice of White Prt
igary Committees, tltat where there
was no opposition, they declared the
Otte candidate that was offered the
nominee of the ward, requiring no
tormal pledge, mo.e than liis general
announcement that ne was a candi
date subject to the White t rimary.
If ltd 1 not every right to assume that
I, being the ouly candidate, from the
tact that no other had ever been men
Honed Tor this office but myself, for
four mouths, that your committee
wnudl have declared me the nominee?
Was there any reason wi y I should
send in a communication that I was
a candidate when mv name had been
emblazoned in public advertisements
of the local press here for four
months, as the candidate o( the White
Primary for Councilman in the Third
Ward?
It has been the unbroken practice
here, ms far as my Information goes,
and I B|n advised that I am correct,
that even In the present minty elec
tkina that are being hold "U August
lith. the chairman of the White
Primary Committee of the county
has sent out written or printed
pledges and affidavits for the candi
dates to sign Since when was the
White Primary Committee of the cln
conducted on any different Imais
from the White Primary Committee
of the County* Was 1 not right lit
assuming thnt I would receive some
such prop*red documents? And why
shouldn't the chairman of the sub
committee of the White Primary,
who bas charge of the elections, send
out to the candidates who had an
nounced as candidates under the
White J'rimary. such documents as
their wisdom and .Judgment might
suggest for their signature? I* it
not the spirit and the principle of ttie
White Primary Committee to Induce
candidates who offer for office sub
ject to their rules and regulations,
end ought they not to send out such
contracts or agreements or pledges
for their signature as their good
Judgment might dictate’
5. 1 am s practicing physician
and not a politician and have never
tun 'or office, and I acted In this nut
ter in tbe utraoat good faith
I had seen this notice, and ' had
aasumed. and 1 think properly, that
I would get some pater from the
White Primary Committee to stgu.
I was professionally engaged during
the afternoon of the 25th, and
fore 7 o'clock on that evening, 1
called up the chairman of this com
mittee. and asked him why I had not
received the pledge to be signed, attJ
[ I was then Informed, for the firs;,
time, that there was none to tsovd
out, and that was a matter for the
candidates themselves I then scut
my pledge immediael) to him, and
received the startling information
that l had overslept my rights an
hour, and therefore, 1 was barred
from Hie privilege of allowing myself
to hr- voted for us a candidate nr
council in the Third Ward at the
White Primary, but that another
name that had never been suggested,
that no-one had ever heard in tiie
most remote way referred to as a
possibility, had been given the nomi
nation of the While Primary Com
mittee for tlie Third Ward.
I base this appeal to this White
Primary Committee in good faith. Is
It good faitli to a candidate, who had
an honorable ambition to represent
his ward in council to be barred by
the White Primary Committee from
the privilege of having that ambition
appeased, because he had not com
piled with the rule that should be
considered absolutely void, on ac
count of being so clearly unreason
able?
I am desirous of being a candidate
of the White Primary Committee. I
am desirous of being a candidate for
council from the Third Ward, as de
clared for lour months by my an
nouncement In tiie newspapers of the
city, subject to the rules of tiie White
Primary. I have done nothing that I
think forfeits that right. I am ap
pealing to you gentlemen to consider
my good faith and say whether a citi
zen whose candidacy has been ad
vertised far and wide for the last
four months in hoth of the newepa
pers, nod who has been recognized
by tiie community at large as tiie only
candidate from his ward, during all
of that period, shall have this appli
cation Ignored, because it was re
ceived less titan an hour after the
time prescribed by an ordinary rule
of the committee, and the nomination
given to another, whose name has
never been mentioned, and whose
pledge, If filed, no notice was given
to the world at large, that It would
he Tiled, or that Ids candidacy was
ever contemplated.
In conclusion, please understand
that J am not asking that lie other
gentleman who claims tiie right to
he the nominee of the White Primary,
shall not tie the nominee. I am only
■•king that i also be declared a nomi
nee of the White Primary, or candi
date for council from the Third Ward.
V our only reson for not declaring me
the nominee is rule which you say I
exists, but that rule is only direc
tory, and you are not going to allow
a member of the part} because you |
must remember you are the represen j
fatives of the party—to bo barlVd
fiom the light to become a candidate
betore the people, because the pledge
was not received within a small frac
tion of tiie time that the committee
said the notice should he filed. A
tilling of that character would not he
lmyresaive on the community of
good faith, and I am satisfied that
you gentlemen would not desire to do
anything that would make the public
doubt the sincerity of the White
Primary Committee in the adoption
oT certain rules as >vur guarantee of
fairness and Impartiality to ail can
didates who are willing to offer their
Candidacy to the community, under
the direction of the White Primary.
All that I am asking at the hands
of this committee Is fair play, and 1
have no reason to bplieve that when
you consider this position, that that
lair treatment that 1 »tn now invoking
will not be granted.
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. T HORNE.
STEERING GEAR
OF LOST LINER
Councel For the Storstad Says
Captain of the Empress Lost
His Hoad and Cave Wrong
Orders.
Quebec, Que. -(’(intentions that the
stiu v submitted to the Kmprcsa of ire
land wreck commission by Captain
Kendall and officers of ttie lost liner,
was false, that the present heading
of the sunken hull proves the Stors
tad's owners convictions as to how the
collision took place, and that Captain
Kendall, unnerved by the appearance
of the collier after ills steering gear
broken down, lost Ills head, formed the
main psrt of the address made Satur
day by C. s. Ilaigld, summing up for
the collier's owners He attempted to
show that tile collision was caused
solely by the Empress being stopped
directly in the path of the Storstad.
“If the steering gear of the Empress
broke down," said Mr. Haight, “there
was an explanation for one of the most
surprising movements ever known at
sea." He referred to the testimony of
Captain Kendall that when he met the
fog, he had put his engines full speed
astern from full speed ahead. "1 suh
lull," he said, “that there is an expla
nation to bo found for this surprising
order. If It ts true that something had
gone wrong with Ids ship's steering
gear. There must tie some emergency
to make him put his engines full speed
ast<*n when the vessels were from two
to four ndles apart and on a safe and
clearing course,"
First Break in Ranks
Westinghouse Strikers
Pittsburgh. The first break in the
strike of Westinghouse workmen was
Indicated this afternoon when striking
employes of the Union Switch and
Signal Company at Sw lssvaie. decided
to return to work Monday provided the
deputy sheriffs were withdrawn It
was understood the deputies would re
main on guard at the plant hut would
not lie In sight ns the men entered the
shops.
In a statement issued by the men It
was declared that certain concessions
had been granted by the company.
‘‘The herald Office,” a Drama
Time: o’clock any afternoon.
Thermometer: 102 plus.
Scene: i\ motly small room, walla
draped in coats, hats, the dish rag;
floor littered with old papers, string
scissors, a prehistoric sock, tiie tele-
I phone book (the latter irret* eyabiy
: lost under everything else), type
writer-cases, ink, glue, soap, no pen
oils, no cigarettes, no ice water.
Characters in the Drama.
Hamilton, editor.
Tiie news editor.
Shearer, reporter.
The telephone.
The electric fan.
King, another reporter.
Stephens, still another.
.Vicars, the office boy (unfortun
ately)
A dead rat in the wall.
The telegraph instrument.
(Of these Stephens and the dead
rat are sihrnt).
I ACT I.
The News Editor (mopping his
brow): Wbew!
King (sitting motionless at type
writer) ; Hew-EE
Shearer (at another typewriter):
Tick, tick a —tick, tick, tock —a—
tick ti —tock —a —tick —a— T —r —r
r—I—t. Ting—a—ling! C—R—R —R
RAM! Tick, tick—a —tick, tick —
(very industrious).
Mears, the office boy (noticing that
he in busy, goes over and sidles up to
him); Say! Mr. Shearer! I didn’t
know you cottltl send cigarette-boxes
through the mail.
Tiie News Editor (looking up irrit
ably): Good God—Why not?
Shearer (still writing): Mears, I've
already told you. You better go on
now.
Hamilton (coming into the room
with felt hat on): Has anybody seen
anything of a brown piece of paper
with figures written all over it? (He
rummages absently through the
tilings on toil' of the desk).
Mears (officiously): I seen that
piece of paper. They done thrown it
in the trust).
Building Car Line to Aumond;
Comparison of Conditions Now
and l ime “Hayburners” Were Used
Prior to 1890 it Cost 40 Cents to Get From Down-Town to
the Hill—There Was a “Mule Car” Up to the Arsenal.
It won't be very long distant when
you will see trolleys on Broad Street
designated “Camp Wheeler,” or
“Maneuver Camp,” or “Aumonii,”
whatever the local street car com
pany sees fit to label its ears bound
for the camp to tie established five
or six miles from the city. The com
pany is hurrying tire track laying,
and soon we will be able to spin out
to Aumond ami see the soldiers.
All of which brings up memories
of Mule Cars, just iih a way of com
parison on slow and rapid transit in
the vicinity, and shows tile marked
development in transportation be
tween Augusta proper and Iter west
ern suburbs.
A Retrospect.
Let's go back to hayburner days
and see what we put up with.
The Augusta and Summerville
Railroad operated a line of horse
(later mule) cars between Augusta
and Summerville, if you had plenty
of time it was not such a bad outing
to make the trip—4o minues from the
old street ear stables to the arsenal
gate, und the fare was 15 cents if you
got a connecting car in the city,
changing to the Summerville car at
the stables on McKinne Street. \ou
watched out for the red flag car on
Itroad Street, and that got you to tits
stables, 5 cents, drop your nickel in
the fare box, read the sign. On the
Hiil car the conductor in
10 cents more, and you composed
yourself for 40 minutes of rid© behind
ttie hayhurners. Well, to take some
literature along to beguile the jour
ney.
At the foot of- the hill two extra
horses, or unties, were hitched to the
car and at a pare that a seven-year
old otilLl could make, dhe Journey con
tinued.
In tlte early days cars were operat
ed to and front the Hill about dx
times a da>. the last leaving for the
Hill at 7 p. m. Later on cars on t*'
hour were the rule.
The Coming of the Trolley.
Then came the trolley. On a May
afternoon In lXiio the first electrical
ly-driven car pulled out iront the
stables on McKinne Street. It was
an old horse ear mounted on motors.
On hoard were the mayor and mem
bers of city council, all a bit timorous
of the new’ kind of car.
All aboard, said the conductor..
Tlte man at the motor turned on the
current slowly. A flash ot blue flame
from the wheels, a buzzing sound,
and off to the Hill went the initial
tTOllev. Crowds lined Walton Way to
Conley Refused a New
Trial; Appeal Notice
Atlanta. Ga.—Jame* Conley, the
negro factory sweeper sentenced to
nerve one 'ear In prison as an acces
sor' after Hut fact to the murder of
Mnrv Pita Rail for which crime Leo
M Fruuk now is under sentence of
death, to lay was refused a new trial
bv Judge Ben H. Hill of the Fulton
County sir erlor court. Conley's attor.
ne> s (lid not attempt to support his
motion by argument and immediately
served .notice of appeal. The mutter
will eome before the higher court at
its October term.
Shot and Killed in Duel
With Pistols at Ellijay
___
Ellijay. G». —Tom I*efoor was shot
snd Instantly killed here today In a
pistol duel with Oscar Uriggs, who re
i cently was acquitted of the charge of
I murdering Arthur Urigga. a stepson of
j I'efoor (irlgKs, while attempting to
leave the scene of the shooting, was
! shot snd probably fatally wounded by
Charles Uriggs. another stepson of De*
foor. The wounded man is In the cus*
tody of the sheriff. Charles Uriggs es
caped.
You romsmbor th* last Dollar Day
m Augusta' Thors's going to bs an
othsr ont soon. Watch for it, in ths
Augusta Herald,
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA.
Hamilton (in a mild and subdued
voice): The -evil they have!! Why
can't you k.ep up with things better
tflan that, Mears?
The telephone rings.
Hamilton goes out.
Mears (answering the telephone):
Hello! No. He’s just gone out!
(Slams dowm receiver.)
S'nearer: What’s another word for
unprecedented?
King: What’s the sentence?
Shearer: I’m writing an article
about the heat. You know what I
mean —there’s a short Word that
means the same thing.
King: What's the matter with ‘‘un
precedented?’’
Shearer: 0, nothing. Only I’ve
used it twice already.
The News Editor (crossly: Unpar
alleled, unheard-of, There s
no other word. *
(Shearer begins to write again as
siduously, evidently having thought
ol something limself).
King: Uend me your knife.
Mears: I ain’t got none.
King: Well, get one!
(Mears produces knife reluctantly,
and everything is quiet for abodt two
minutes," except, of course the elec
tric fan, and the telegraph instru
ment).
King (suddenly getting an idea be
gins to write rapidly on the type
writer, laughing inwardly but ob
viously: Ah! This is VERY funny.
Mears (noticing his concentration,
goes over and scrapes on the desk
with a i air of scissors) : Hey! Mr.
King! Going to the Rase Ball this
afternoon? (Smiles at him enticing
ly, hut gets no response.) Hey! Mr.
KING!- Got any Coupons today?
King: Mears, fdr 's sake go
to Hell.
Mears (impishly): All right.( Goes
over to electric tan and jams a piece
oT paper into it.)
P—R—R—R —R—R —PR—R ! ! !
Chorus: CUT THAT OUT !!!!
End of Act J.
see the electric car pass. In fifteen
minutes she was at the arsenal gate.
The trial trip had been a complete
success. Coming back the motor
man let tne car coast down the hill,
and in leas than fifteen minutes tiie
arrival at the stables bud been made.
Eater on the D. B. Dyer Syndicate
bought out the Augusta and Summer
ville, and the public knows the rest,
changes in management, extension of
lines, purchase ol new cars, the belt
ing of the Monte Sano and Summer
ville lines, Aiken line, etc., and the
latest is tiie Aumond extension that
means tiie greatest kind, of enhance
ment of property valued west of
Monte Sano Avenue.
Will Continue foi* One More Day Monday Onl
For the benefit of those who were unable to secure their purchases
on account of the crowds at this remarkable sale, we will continue for
Monday the remainder of our broken stock of women's flat bow
pumps , colonial oxfords in gun metal, tans and white at
One Dollar Per Pair
x
You are indeed fortunate if you find your size in any of these lots
as the price asked is only 1-4 to 1-3 of their regular values.
The Place of Bargains
■— AT i
VOLK’S
Our stock is entirely too large
for this time of the year, ~so we are
putting on a real sacrifice sale. Be
ginning tomorrow, all our Summer
goods will go at less than cost.
Fifteen Coat Suits left, all the
latest styles and materials', will go at
on the dollar.
Silk Dresses will go at on the
dollar.
Summer Dresses with latest Rus
sian tunics in crepe, ratine and voiles
to be sold at less than half price.
Our entire lot of Skirts in Silks
or Wool will go at half price.
Wash Skirts at a big reduction.
Entire lot of Waists on bargain
list. Kimonos, Underwear, Pe 11 i
coats, Princess Slips, etc., will be
marked down to half price. *
Don’t fail to visit us. It is to
your advantage. We are offering bar
gains never before equalled in Augus
ta.
Volk’s Ladies Ready-to-Wear Store
Phone 1177 Next to Clausens Bakery 1006 Broad St.
Company of Twenty People at the Lake
View Casino This Week
The announcement is made today by
the management of the Bake View
Casino that for the coming week it has
engaged the May Vernon Musical Com
edy company of twenty people, 16 of
whom are girls. This is one of the
largest, if not the largest, Vaudeville
troup that has even come tp this city,
Our Mid-Summer Clear
ance Sale of Women’s
Low Cut Shoes at $1
In Addition We Have Added
200 pairs of womens gun metal
pumps; which will also be included
at SI.OO Per Pair
Walk-Over Boot Shop
C. A. NICKERSON, Mgr.
and.it .is understood that the company
ranks among the first that are booked
out of the largest booking offices.
"Texas.” a stirring Western drama
in two acts- and three scenes, will be
the ofering for Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday. The nightly performan
ces begin at 8:15 o’clo’ck, and imme
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diately following the second show is
given moving pictures, two reels, pre
cede each performance.
Wednesday and Friday nights will be
the big feature nights of the week, as
usual. Amateurs will be the added
attraction on Wednesday night and on
Friday night the dneing contests.
Cash prizes will he given on each of
these feature nights to the winers.
A new shipment of Palm Beach,
Searsuckers, summer coats, linen
pants. Mohair suits and pants at
lowest prices at F. G. Mertins.
Urn
SUNDAY. JUNE 28.