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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIII., No. 255
CHANLER HEADS TICKET
NAMED BY ACCLAMATION
Lieutenant Governor of
New York Will Contest
With Hughes for First
Place —Dix nominated to
Lieutenant Governorship
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♦ ROCHESTER, N. Y., 1:04 p. ♦
♦ ra.—Lewis Stuvvesant Chanler ♦
♦ just nominated for governor by ♦
acclamation. ♦
♦ John A. Dlv nominated for ♦
♦ lieutenant governor by acclama- ♦
♦ tion. ♦
♦ John S. Whalen nominated by ♦
♦ acclamation for secretary of ♦
•h state. ♦
♦ Martin H. Glynn nominated for ♦
♦ comptroller by acclama ;<m. ♦
♦ Julius Hauser nominated by ♦
♦ acclamation for state treasurer. ♦
♦ Georgf M. Palmer nominted ♦
♦ for attorney general by acclama- ♦
♦ tion. ♦
v Phillip G. Farley nominated ♦
♦ for state engineer with 311 ♦
♦ votes. ♦
♦ Judge Haight of Erie county 4t
♦ nominated judge of appeals by O
♦ acclamation. *
The above represents the work done
at the convention in Rochester up to
lhe time of going to press.
NOT A SINGLE
CONTEST SUBMITTED
The delegates were slow in arriv
ing this morning. At 11:15 Temper-,
ary Chairman O'Brien mounted the
platform and announced that the pro-[
endings had be ,-n held up waiting |
for the report of the committee on j
contested seats.
At 11:23 o'c'ock, Chairman Farley, |
of Broome, read he report. He
stated that he doubted if ever a com
»Ptce on contested seats ever had.
terde such a harmonious and speedy
Kit ( tins.
"There is not a single contest to In
eubmht.'d. said .Mr parley. whih
the delegates shrieked their ap
p royal.
On Hr. Farley’s motion the report
was adopted unanimously..
The committee on permanent or
ganization reported the name ol
Judge Parker for permanent chair
man amid many cheers and mon
music.
This report was also unanimously
adopted. Judge O'Brien named
Lewis F. Nixon, of New’ York, anu
William H. Fitzpatrick of Erie as a
committee to escort Judge Parker to
the platform, in introducing Judg*
Parker as permanent chairman, he
said in part :
He was om standard bearer four
years ago, and has endeared him
self to the hearts of the democratic
people.”
The audience arose and gave Judge
Parker a hearty welcome.
Judge Parker began his address at
11:33.
SUMMARY OF
THE PLATFORM.
The platform endorses the platform,
adopted by the national convention
at Denver and the candidates nomi
nated by that convention. It says:
"We hail as the embodiment of the
best traditions of our party and ai
the ideai exemplars of democratic
doctrine the standard bearers chosen
by a united democracy of the coun
try as our leaders in this campaign
against the organized forces of special
privilege and legalized public spolla
tion."
High tribute is paid to W. .1 Bryan
His nomination, it is declared, came
at a spontaneous response to th°
wish of the great mass of his party
and represents "the aspirations and
hopes of the rank and file of democ
racy througnout the nation."
It adds that hts policies have been
assailed by privileged interests whose
supremacy is dangerous to the in
stitutions of our country, and su; s
he is stronger than ever In the af
tections and confident of the people.
A tribute aIFO is paid to Mr. Kern.
b. Umm is
im ARRAIGNED
SUMMERVILLE, Oa.—R. L. Groov
er, once tried and acquitted of poison
ing of Mrs. U. E. Hooks, has been
arraigned for a second time at the
instance of the dead woman,* husband
on a charge of invading bis home.
Hooks claims ten thousand dollars
damages for alelnation of his wife's
s Sections prior to her death. %
i
► BRYAN BROUGHT
k PATRIOTISM.
>
► ROCHESTER, N. Y— When
6 Judge Parker in his speech
► menu ned th< name of Mr. Bry
► in 'be delegab
i seats and led by the band, sang
►J Country, 't!» of Thee." The
» S- .Ties oined in the demon
k lira'lon
►
HOUSE M SENATE
WE ADJOURNED
FDR ME Oil
ATLANTA, Ga—Both the *mso an.l
senate have adjourned until Thurs
day morning. The house until 9
o'clock and lhe senate until 10 o'clock
The house Wednesday heard the sen
ate "Skiddo" bill read second time
and also the majority substitute pass
ed Tuesday.
A resolution was lntroduci d in the
house by Mr. Strickland of Pike, pro
viding that the legislature adjourn
sine-die Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
The resolution is concurrent and
must lie on the table one day.
The senate met at 10 o'clock, but
adjourned immediately, as it can do
nothing until the house has acted.
The house penitentiary committee
met immediately after the house ad
ouriled apd began consideration of
senate convict bills.
SILL ACCIDENT
IH AIRSHIP RACE
BERLIN. —Parseval airship buckled
in air Wednesday morning and had ;
to come down near Berlin.
At the time of the accident the air j
ship was racing wilh the Gross bal j
loon in th> direction of Dobritz, where ;
Emperor William was waiting to see |
iheni. Both airships started on:
Wednesday morning with the object I
of seeing which could reach Dobritz !
in the shortest time.
When Parseval ship was crossing
the Halen see It was struck lit a
squall and the cigar-shaped flexible
bag began to show signs of trouble.
While the balloon was making its ,
way slowly against an eighteen-mile
wind one of the rods to which the ]
basket is attached broke. One of the
ends of this rod then tore a large
hole in the envelope of the balloon
and as gas began to escape Major
Von Parseval thought it wiser to stop
his motors and to come down. This
he did successfully, and the major
and his ihree companions alighted
without injury.
COLLIER DEFEATS
NUU HENRY
JACKSON, Miss.—lncomplete re
turns are sufficient to indicate that
J. VV. Collier, of Warren, has defeat
ed former Representative Patrick
Henry, of Rankin, for nomination as
successor to John Sharp Williams, by
500 majority.
ALLEGED WRECKER
WAS ACQUITTED
•
Little Boy Who Was
Charged 'With Wrecking
Southern Train.
LAWRENCE, Ga.—Lewis Cooksey,
a little boy, who was indicated for
murder and train wrecking, having ii
was alleged, wrecked a train on the
Southern railway when Engineer Dew
I berry and his fireman lost their lives,
| was acquitted here on both charges
DEPOSITORS OF NEAL BANK
TO GET SOME MONEY SOON
ATLANTA, Ga. —Twenty per cent
dividend to the depositors in lhe Neal
; Bank and Trust corporation. Second
upon by the receivers, the Central
! Band and Trust corporation. B**conn
cne paid to the depositors will be
forthcoming early In October.
WHITE MAN ATTEMPTED
ASSAULT ON YOUNG WOMAN
AMFRICT 3. Ga —An attempt to
criminal!' ■ Hsault a vfllte woman
was mad ■ • by an unknown white man
Wednesday morning at the farm
house near Amerious. Screams of
' the woman frustra'ed the attempt
; The man was masked and threatened
; death to the woman if sh«* screamed.
. hut he tied when sin. caljad assistance.
Local Forecast for Angnsta and Vicinity—Fair tonight and Thursday.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SEPTEMBER 16. 1908.
IDE DEMOCRATIC
TICKET FOR
DELAWARE
DOVER. Del.—The democratic
state convention yesterday nominate
ed the following ticket
Presidential electors —Edward. H.
Brennan. Newcastle county. John H.
Jones, Kent county, and jos. E. Hol
land. Sussex county.
Congerss—L. Irving Handy, Wilm
ington.
Governor—Dr. Rowland G. Paynter
Sussex.
Lieut. Go\. —Frank L. Hardesty,
Kent.
Atty. Gen. —Andrew C. Gray, New
castle.
State Treasurer—Thomas J. Gray,
Sussex.
State Auditor—William Pennewili,
Kent.
The convention was marked by
more than ordinary contests for the
various nominations, as the country
causes failed to indicate with cer
tainty who would be successful and
this threw nearly all the nominations
ihto open convention. The issue of
license or no license, which was rais
ed bv ilu- local option election of last
November, was insistent and almost
dominant throughout the convention
The "dry" element fought hard to
proven' the nomination of Dr. Payn
ter for governor, but was unsuccess
ful.
The lame element made a detrtulu
ed effort to seenre the nomii atlon of
Alexandi r Daly ol Dover, lor attorney
general, but again was defeated.
Mr. Gray, who was Homed for attor
ney general Is a son of Judge George
Gray.
CHARLES W. MORSE
i HIS FEET AGAIN
NEW YORK. —Charles W. Morse is
on his feet again. Depositors in his
two banks will be paid in full and
ther e will be money left for the stock
holders. The receivers, who have ap
parently bitterly antagonized the for
mer ice and steambout king, give to
him all the credit, and he modestly
passes it on to a few loyal friends.
They advanced money that enabled
him to pay off th e numerous depos
itors and protect his securities till
the panic was over, so, to the amaze
ment of Morgan and Rockefeller and
the other owners of the resources of
the American republic, the little wiz
ard of the Maine Is up again. He la
just a bit groggy, but Is on his feet.
His fight is w ithout parallel in finan
cial history. His winning the first
battle in arranging for the payment of
every depositor in the National Bank
of North America and the New Ams
terdam National Bank,is only the open
ing of his great campaign to reguln
ills former position as an industrial
monarch.
And after every depositor of theae
two banks has been paid his or her
last cent ther P will be a substantial
balance left for the shareholders. This
assertion Is made on the authority of
Federal Receivers Charles A. Hanna
and John H. Edwards.
"Morse did it." said Mr. Hanna.
"Morse deserves the credit."
“And how?" was asked.
“By months of tireless energy,"
was the reply.
liIUIESOTISHELS
Till STATE
ms
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn— Under a
law passed by the last start- leglsla
ture providing Tor the nomination of
ill candidates except those for state
offices, by a direct vote, primr.ry elec
lions, were held In congressional,
county, legislative, and municipal dl <•
irlcts throughout Minnesota yester
day Chlel interest centered In the
l nominations for congressmen, In
! vhich the friendship or opposition of
j :h<- candidates to Speaker Cannon
j played a large part. There was only
one of the republican congressmen
who sought renomlnailon who failed
J. Adam Bedef »ln had several
terms In the house will not have a
chance to fight for re election. He
vas overwhelmingly defeated In the
eighth district republican primary,
where Clarence Miller was given a
vote almost Hire ■ times as large as
that ol the Incumbent.
Bede is u Cannon man and Miller
made the defeat of the speaker his
dogan In the campaign
in the first district there was a big
figh> on against the nomination of
Congressman Tawney as the republi
can candidate. The opposition to
rawney was bap d upon hi a friend
ship for Speaker Cannon. Mr. Tav,
ney's opponent was T. V. Knatvoh',
of Albert 1-ea. Mr. Tawpey’s renoml
naflon is conceded. He estimated
hi* majority last night a: 4,91)0.
James T McCle.iry, third assistant
postalasti r general, was a Candida «
for the republican congressional nom
I nation in the second district, his on
ponont being Gilbert Cntteroß Mr.
Modesry Is probably nominated
Local optbn probably won n major
ily of the counties voting, although
' the exact result U stilt In doubt.
SAYS LITERARY MEN DO Ni T
MAKE DESIRABLE HUSBANDS
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Mrs. Cornelia Dnwlioin Puck, is seeking a divorce
from her husband, Prof. Harry Thurston Peck, of
Columbia University. Mrs. Puck declares that the
professor is an ink maniac and that literary men ns
a rule make undesirable husbands.
PROSPERITY OF
RAILROADS IS
REVIVING
WASHINGTON.—The wheels of
prosperity have begun to move again,
and arc attaining a momentum that
insures a rapid return to normal busi
ness conditions, according to It. V.
Taylor, of Mobile,.Ala., general man
ager of the Mobile and Ohio railroad,
who Is In Washington.
"In the south, and, In, fact, In ev
ery otli«r part of the country I have
visited I have observed a general ro
turn of prosperity," said Mr Taylor.
“Last April the business depression
reached Its height. There were prob
ablv 400.000 idle cars lying on the
sidings of the railroads, and business
was almost al n standstill. Now, I
am pleased to say, things are picking
up so rapidly that I look for a quicker
revival of prosperity all along the
line, f cannot give exact figures, of
course, but It Is likely that half- or
two hundred thousand of the cars
that were Idle a tew months ago have
been placed In operation again.”
ksissiiitiii
or pub is
OWED
BAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Death by
telephone l» the mom recent method
of assassination devised for President
Cabrera of Guatemala. aeeordlDK to
statement)* mad*- bv officer* of the
city of Para which arrived her*, yea
terday. The revolutionists In the plot,
they nay, attached a wlro to the tele
phone In Cabrera’* office, and connect
ed the other end with un Infernal ma
chine hid In another part of Ihe room.
The police arrested flv ( , Snlvsdore
an* on suspicion Their execution
wm ordered, but the American min
later at Guatemala Intervened Sen
icnce wn* committed to hanlahment
and five of the prisoner* were placed
on hoatd the City of i'aru and taken
to Aeajutla, where they were aunt
ashore.
HUGHES NAMED
AMID WILD
APPLAUSE
SARATOGA, N. Y ('has Evans
lliigliei, of Now York was nominated
today by lhe republican stale conven
tion by an overwhelming majority
and on the first ballqt to succeed him
seif us governor of the stall' of Now
York. Itc received 827 votes out oi
a possible 1,009, as against, 161 for
James W. Jr, of Liv
ingston county, speaker ol the state
assembly, and II tor former Congress
man John K. Stewart, of Montgomery,
The nomination was made unani
mous upon mollon of Stale Commit
leeman Wm. Rarnrs, Jr., of Albany,
who bas been perhaps the ultterest
and most outspoken opponent of the
governor's rc-nomlnatlon.
The governor's re-nomlnai lon, fol
lowed the utter failure of a desperate
struggle on the part of a number of
the county lenders who for four days
havs spared no effort to discover a
candidate upon whom ihey eneld unite
lo defeat him.
The balance of the ticket wns made
as an organization "slate" nnnoiuiceil
an hour or more before the session
of lhe convention began, by Timothy
L. Woodruff, chairman of the stale
committee. Senator White, who wns
chosen as a candidate for lieutenant
governor, was "In the running" foi
the governorship until the early after
noon, when lie requested his friend:,
not to present his name.
capta¥lxwell
DIED_SUDDENLY
GAINKHVILLK, G» Captain K. A
Maxwell, former general manager of
the Seaboard Air Line, of Jacksonvlll'
Fla,, died suddenly of heart disease
at bis summer home here this morn
lutt.
Captain Maxwell was one of tbo
most prominent railroad men In the
south He promoted and built thi
Florida Central and I'enlnsnla road
which later became an Important part
jof the Heuboard system. He was 64
years old.
DAILY AND SUNDAY $6.00 PER YEAR.
i E. RAMSEY OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
KILLED BY FALLING THREE STORIES
Loaned Too Far Out of the
Genesta Hotel Window
and Met Instunt Death
on Pavement.
Falling from the third story of the
Genesta hotel shortly after 2 o'clock
this morning, Mr. it. E. llamsey, one
of the leading farmers and business
men of Columbia county, met Instant
death on the cement paving below,
lib neck was broken by the fall and
lie received other injuries that would
have undoubtedly caused tils death.
He was occupying room No. 16 and
he fell on the sidewalk directly under
hts window and not nioro than a con
pie of feet from the side of lhe hotel
wall, directly opposite Jones A Shew
make’s store. I’atrolmnu Spalding of
the Augusta police force happened to
be near at hand. Just passing the cor
ner of Ellis and Jackson streets wbon
he heard the fall and rushing up to
where the prostrate man lay he found
him in the agony of death, and with
out a murmur ho died on the spot.
Immediately the hotel people and a
score of others crowded around, but
no light could bo thrown on the oc
eu rre nee. A thorough examination
was made of his room and the sur
rounding premises, but the only sola
tion which can in- given on the sub
ject is Hull lie probably Inst hts bal
ance while leaning out the window
and dropped to his death. He was
attired In his night robe.
WAS WIDELY
KNOWN.
Mr. Ramsey was probably one of
the best known men in this section
of the state. His business relations
In Augusta were large and conse
quently he was known to practically,
every business man here. Home IB
years ago lie operated a largo store
In West End, at Brown Hadley's old
I store, and at the time of Ills death
| lie was «lit* senior partner in the firm
lof Ramsey, Trowbridge Smith Go ,
hardware dealers of this city. In ad
dition to this lie operated n large
I store and commissary for hts farm
Yit I’hlnlzy, Ga., In Columbia county.
IlCIs farming interests were larger
than of any oilier man In Columbia
| county, and he raised hundreds of
I bales of cotton annually, owning sev
oral fhuusand acres of land
Mr. Ramsey was alioiil 63 years of
age and while quite young enlisted
in the service of the Confederacy and
wont through the entire war In the
Army of Northern Virginia. Return
ing to lilh home county lie began a
career which was marked wilti sue
eras from the start, lie was first em
ployed by Dr. Casey, one of the most
famous Georgia men in Ills day, and
at the time of Dr. Casey's death Mr
Ramsey bought the old homestead,
wliirh place he made his home.
Mr. Ramsey’s family connections
were largo, lilh mother being a mem
ber of lhe famous Hardin family, and
his wife, who died seven years ago,
was Miss Clara Wilkes. He leaves
six children, four daughters and Iwo
sons, these being Mrs. Julian H. Hill,
of Orovetown, and Misses Lillian,
Provisions of The New York
Republicans State Platform
SARATOGA, N. Y.-The provisions
of the republican state platform which
refer to questions of general Interest
are aH follows:
"We heartily ratify the ticket nom
inated by the republican national con
vent lon at Chicago and subscribe to
the platform there adopted.
"We Indorse the declarations of,
William H. Taft and James H Slier j
man In accepting their respective nom |
Inatlons.
"At this critical lime In the com
nierclul sod Industrial development of
the world, with a revision of our tariff
and our hanking and currency laws
Impending, we urge every believer In
sound money and the American policy
of protection In th,. wage earner, the
farmer, the manufacturer and the me
chanic, to support, the republican can
dldat.cn who are pledged to sound
money and a protective tariff
"We believe the courts, Federal and
stale constitute the citadel of our
liberties, for all alike, and lhat the
vaeariclea in the supreme court of the
United States to occur In th,. next
few years should be filled bv the trust
ed and experienced candidate for the
presidency, rather than by an untried
and unstable theorist.
"We ask all who believe In repub
lican policies, regardless of party as
A Concrete Instance.
7
Th' Rochester Democrat Chronicle shows the Importance,
amounting almost to a necessity, of the newspaper to commercial life
It says
No nu rchnnt of ’hla day Is Ignorant of the nlitjoluto necessity
'if newspaper -dvertlslng. and the general public also Is pretty well
a war* 'd Si - Import anr- A striking , sample of lhe depression of
hiislre H CHUKi-d by Its lurk Is offer-d tr the city of Butte, Mont. The
strike 'here lias l< fi th*- roeitnunltv wl bout a local press for two
■iioniliH. No amount of billboard and circular advertising has been
able to take the place of newspa »er publicity The merchani* them
sclvi* charg • the falling off of ib*-lr reeelpta from 20 to 50 per cent
entirely to ifi.tr Inability to advertise In newspapers. It Is a fact
tha’ without. Hu- newspaper announcement of the merchant people do
not snow when to buy He tails Hum wlien ihey need this or that
gfili.ie, and again and again It has he* n demonstrated that the public
follows his suggestion. There are no longer any dull seasons In
trade, because d* a <-is c m stimulate business by newspaper ipivertis
log A mute merchant H ivs■ "It Is hardly worth while lo keep
doors open without newspapers In which to advcrtlsq,”
WRIGHT BROKE
EUROPEAN
RECORD
LE-MANS. —On the field of Auvours
Wednesday morning, Wilbur Wright,
lhe aeroplanlst of Ohio, eclipsed all
European records for a sustained
aeroplane flight. He remained in tha
air 3!) minutes, and 18 3-5 seconds
This gives the Wright brother* the
record for both hemispheres.
Wright circled over iho field at. an
average height of 45 feet and turned
and twisted in every direction. His
complele mastery of the aeroplane
aroused great enthusiasm.
Grace and Moral Ramsey and Messrs.
Joseph 8., and l’hlnizy Ramsey, the
latter being his youngest child, about
16 yenrs of age.
In addition to hts children he
leaves five brothers and two slsterH:
Mr. Robert U. Ramsey, of Clay hill,
Ga.: Mr. Jefferson D. Rarnaey, of
Chintzy, Ga.; Mr. Hardin D. Ramsey,
of Phlnisy, Ga.; Mr. H. Casey Ram
sey, of Bhlnizy, Ga., and Dr. Thomas
Ramsey of Hazon, Ga. Ills sisters
are; Mrs. Cooksy Groves, of Lincoln
ten, Ga., and Mrs. Stephen Dili, of
Clayhill, Ga. Two of his children are
dead and also a brother, Mr. Caleb
Ramsey, of Washington, Oa., died last
year. Beside* the relatives enumer
ated he has a large number of others,
among them being Mr. W. W. Rain
sey, the well known cotton factor of
I Ills city.
INTERMENT AT
SHARON CHURCH.
The futienil services of Mr llnmsoy
will be held Thursday afternoon at
Sharon church, lilh old home.
The news of Mr. Ramsey's tragic
death will come as a distinct shock
|to hundreds of people throughout
this section of the state, lie was or
dinary of Columbia county from 189;
to 1906, and could have held any ol
j (lee In the gift of the people of th ■
county, Iml lie declined to enter pub
lic life to any greater extent ns hi i
business Interests were so large that
he could not devote any time to oth
or work and consequently refused to
entertain any Idea of entering further
into politics.
He was noted for his kindness an.l
but few men ever surpassed him In
gentility, according to expressions
from those who knew him best, and
while he accumulated a large amount
of property it was through straight
forward and lionesl dealings, hacked
by llrelcHs energy and unceasing la
bor. IIIh charity was unbounded and
lie aided all |hn needy who came his
way. He was a member of the Bap
tist church.
llllallona, to unite with ua In the aup
port of Taft and Sherman, and a re
publlean congress. to the end that the
people's work, conducted *o splendid
ly and successfully under President
ItooHovelt’a admlnlatratlon, may be
continued mid extended until ail ox-
Ihlliik apeclal prlvlleaeg have been de
nt royed and adequate safeguards pro
vided against future abuaea.
"We Indorse the admlnlatratlon of
Governor Hughe* who han nhown him
»e|f a courageous executive, reaolved
to accomplish what he betlevea to be
for the public good, lie haH approved
measures panned by a republican leg
inlature, upholding the Integrity of
the constitution, maintaining the high
er of the public nervlee, providing
for the proper regulation of rorpora
tlona and for l Ip, protection of tha
people's lnterent*.
"It la of the hlghent Importance for
the pi enervation of our republican re
form of government that primaries
nod conventlona should truly exprena
Ilia will of the voter* of every polit
ical party. That there may be the
freest action In the selection of the
delegate*, w« favor the legislation
| which will fully protect every voter
against fraud or coercion and secure
to him the fullcHt opportunity to vote
at his party primary.’’