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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
)vcl; ME xm., No. 261
FREIGHT BUREAU
If REFORMED
LOCALLY
Directors of the Augusta Retail Mer
chants’ association went up in arms
over the demurrage charges to local
concerns arising over delays incident
to ‘the flood, when the facts were
made public to them today at their
special meeting. They not only flatly
condemned the action, but appointed
a commltee to take up the matter
without delay. A telegram was sent
Hon. Judson L. Clements, chairman of
the interstate commerce commission,
asking that an audience be granted
to a delegation from the association
while the commission is holding a
session in Atlanta, and if a favorable
reply is received one or more dele
gates will leave here tonight to ap
pear there Wednesday morning.
Further than this a determined ef
fort is to be made to. establish a
freight bureau in Augusta without de
lay, and Capt. P. H. Rice, chairman
of the railroad committee of the Re
tail Merchants' association, and also
of the same committee of the Cham
ber of Commerce and he declared
that he could assure the association
of the co-operation of the Chamber
of Commerce on that score.
The matter was referred to the rail
road committee of the Retail Mer
chants’ association and they were in
structed to at once take up the ques
tion of establishing a freight bureau.
A meeting will be called within a
short time aDd an expert in freight
tariffs will be asked to appear and
advise with the association. The city
council will be asked to make an ap
propriation to help support the or
ganization and it was pointed out that
the city of Charleston donates $7,000
annually for such a purpose and many
members of the association declared
that they were sure the city will give
It indorsement.
Capt. P. H. Rice, Messrs. W. T.
Field and T. G. Philpot were appoint
ed as a special committee to take up
the question with the interstate com
merce commission, and if they suc
ceed in getting a hearing they are
empowered to send a delegate there
to present the facts without delay.
IttSMIMIIL
nHEBVriBEII
BLKTON, Md.—Governor Crothora,
who is visiting here, says that tho
state’s attorney of one of the coun
ties is investigating the charge of
two mill employes that the owner of
a mill in their county threatened that
the mill wouid be closed and the men
thrown out of work If Bryan Is elect
ed. Tht3, under the corrupt prac
tices act, is regarded as a coercion
and is an offense.
"I cannot at this time give you
the names of the men or the county,”
said the governor, ‘‘but as soon as
the matter was reported to me, I di
rected the proper anthoritles In the
county in question to make a rigid in
vestigation. This is all that I can do
for the present, and we will have to
await developments.”
SECOND DIVIDEND
BY THE ML BANK
ATLANTA, Ga.'—A second dividend
will be declared by the receivers of
the Neal Hank on October 21. Tb#
’ Central Bank and Trust company, re
ceiver for the bank, reported to the
superior court yesterday that. It has
$269,938.83 In cash on hand. This
sum is not sufflcent to pay the divi
dends, but the receiver said It would
take a month to Issue the dividend.
It will not take as much money to
pay the second dividend as the first
dividend, when 1.'A1.000 was paid the
depositors. This Is due to the fact
(hat many accounts have been set off
with the result that not so much cash
will be required.
EBERHARDT CASE CLOSING
HACKENSACK. N. Y.—At the open
Inf of today's session of supreme
court In the 'rial of August Kberhardt,
chsrged with the murder of his aunt,
Mrs. Ettille Eberhadt on the night, of
July It, Prosecutor Koester announc
ed that he would complete the prose
cution's case very shortly.
“fyod Rum and Tobacco,”
Bill Said, Kept Him Alive
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.-“Blit Mae
Caoee is celebrating his blr'hday with
ths aid of a few of hts friend* to
dsy
mil" is 105 years old.
At IDS Bill MaeCthee is still in the
Nrt cf health and able in get (round
in * lively manner. H's eyesight ts
good and fils hearing perfect.
"Good rum and tobacco," says Bill,
when asked the cause of Ids Uvlag to
such an age.
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♦ BRYAN CALLS ROOSEVELT. ♦
♦ DETROIT, Mich.—William J. ♦
♦ Bryan today sent a telegram to 4
♦President Roosevelt, demanding ♦
♦ that the president produce the ♦
♦ proof upon which he based his ♦
♦ assertions in his letter last night, ♦
♦ intimating that Governor Has- ♦
♦ kell was implicated in the Stand- ♦
♦ ard Oil scandal. ♦
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HINTON BEFORE
THE COMMISSION
Chairman of Southeastern
Freight Asociation An
swered Subpoena Issued
Tuesday.
ATLANTA. Ga.—Chairman E. H.
Hinton of the Southeastern Freight
Association appeared before the inter
state commerce commission Tuesday
morning in response to the order and
subpoena issued Monday afternoon,
and was the first witness called. Mr.
Hinton, in response to a question
from a commissioner, stated that he
acted as agent for the several lines
in this section and published tariffs
as their agent.
During the morning session of the
hearing. Governor Comer of Alabama
entered the court room. The govern
or stated that he came over pirrely
as an Interested citizen of Alabama,
and because the recent advance in
rates meant a very great deal to the
consumers of his state. Both the
Georgia and Alabama railroad com
missions appear as complainants in
several of the cases now before the
commission.
The case of the A. P. Morgan Gralj»
company of Atlanta vs. the A. C. I .
and other railroads, protesting against
the increase in freight rates, put into
effect August 1, on hay, flour, packing
house products, grain and similar corn
commodities into the southwest of
ftom two to four cents per hundred
pounds, was continued, and Chairman
Hinton called as a witness.
Following an order Issued yester
day the Southeastern Freight associa
tion. which represents the score or
more of railroads operating in this
territory, began collecting all the
correspondence which had been pass
ed between various lines regarding
rates on food stuffs shipped into the
South. The commission ordered this
correspondence to be placed in its J
hands by Thursday.
Witnesses summoned today lnclud
ed various merchants of cities in can
trai and southern Georgia and Ala
bama. They were questioned as to
th« increase in rates in flour, grain, j
meats and other foodstuffs and asked
particularly as to the margin of profit i
these increases left them.
SALOON KEEPER ill
HELP HMD OVER
ATLANTA, Ga—W. S. Wolpert,
who runs a beer saloon at 181 Edge
wood avenue, his bartender, John
Fichter, and a negro porter, was yes
terday bound over by Recorder Broy
les on the charge of violating the pro
hibition law. The recorder made thi
remark that he would “give Judge
Roan a chance to try some of the
violaters of the orohlbltionlaw law."
The bond of Wolpert was placed at
85,000 and Flchter's and 'he negroe s
at 81,000 each. Attorney Lewis W.
Thomas asked the recorder to make
the bonds smaller, but the latter re
fused.
The recorder said he thought tho
cases against the men were clear-cut
and that Judge Roan would give them
chaingang sentences.
INSURED THEIR LIVES FOR
BENEFIT OF CORPORATION
NEW YORK—Frank T. Heffelflng
er, president, and Frederick B. Wells,
rice president of the Peavy Grain
Elevator Bystem, the largest in the
world, yesterday coucluded contracts
by which their lives are Jointly In
sured for 81.000.000 for ihe benefit
of their corporation.
Bill was a powder monkey on old
Ironsides when she went to Cher
bourg to carry the peace commls
(toners who were to sign the pear.-
treaty ending the war of 1812. Bill
was born In Baltimore on September
22. 1803
Five years ago, when Bill reached
the age of 100, Paul Morton, then
secretary of war, waa a gueat at the
Iwty.
Local Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity—Fair tonight and Wednesday
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 22, 1908
NIGHT RIDERS
WARN MAN AT
SHELBY
CHARLOTTE, N. C.—News just re
ceived from Shelby, N. C., to the ef
fect that Mr. J. F. Jenkins, manager
of the Southern Cotton Oil company
of that place, which operates one
hundred gins throughout the cotton
belt, had received a letter notifying
him that if he continued to gin cotton
in the face of the declining market
the night, riders would burn his gin,
caused the greatest excitement here
today. Instructions have been issued
-to put armed guards about the gins.
MERCHANTS ASK
FOR DEMURRAGE
Will Memorialize Commis
sion to Permit Railroads
to Return Money Receiv
ed liy Roads.
In the meeting of the directors of
the' Retail Merchants’ Association
'held this morning every feature of
j the demurrage question was thorough
|ly discussed by all members present.
Mr. E. C. Denton, president of the
| association, outlined the purpose of
the meeting by stating that several
Augusta Arms had been charged de
murrage in sums ranging from $lO
to SIOO for not removing freight dur
ing The flood when it was a physical
impossibility to do so. He advised
that the question be taken up at once
with the interstate commerce commis
sion, and the matter was finally re
ferred to a special committee with
power to act, this being appointed on
motion of Mr. Field, seconded by Mr.
Levy.
Capt. Rice presented a statement
' to the effect that he had communica
tion with Col. Haskell, chairman of
the demurrage committee of the
(Southeastern Tariff Association, and
; it seemed that all the railroads were
, willing to refund, but that the mat
ter had to go before the commission
for adjudication.
Mr. Philpot, of the Industrial Lum
ber company declared that he had to
j pay over SSO demurrage on five cars
which were not delivered to his yards
I because an embargo had been placed
ion shipments billed to his yards by
the road entering his premises.
The outcome of the affair will be a
decision of the interstate commerce
j commission, which will be asked to
(rescind their order and a resolution
was Introduced and passed memorl
lalizlng the commission to allow rail
roads to discontinue demurrage
(charges here until normal conditions:
1 are experienced again and also to '
require them to refund all demurrage
(charges paid up to this time since
[the flood. Thin will be sent to thorn
lat once and if a delegate appears be
fore the commission all the fadLs in
the case will be outlined.
PROHIBITION PARTY
PILE ELECTORS
' NAMES
ATLANTA, Ga.—A list of the preal
dentlal electors, representing the na
tional prohibition party in Georgia,
have been filed with the secretary of
stale. The list was furnished by W
S Wltham, of Atlanta, state cnafrmaii.
The electors are as follows
At largo, W. S. Witham, Atlanta: L.
N. Standflli, Nahlra; First dlstric,
Joseph N. Gray, Swainsboro. Second
district. Dr. L. I). Houchelle, Thomas
ville. Third district, Judson Cheves,
Montezuma. Fourth district, Leon
Smith, LaGrange. Fifth district, Dr.
J. L. I) Hlllyer, Decatur Sixth dis
trict. W W. Milan, Stockbridge
Seventh district, G. W. Fleetwood,
Home. Eight district, O. 1.. Teas!* .
Bowman. Tenth district, W. .1. Wren.
Wren*. Eleventh district, Herbert
Murphey, Waynesboro. Only one of
the electors is sot a citizen of the
district, from which he is a candidate,
Herbert Murphey, of Waynesboro.
He Is cunning as an elector from the
eleven'll district, although Wivne
boro Is In fact In the first district,
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♦ LIGHTS ON BABY CARRIAGES ♦
♦ REQUIRED AFTER DARK *
♦ CHK AGO Judge Clelaad, or ♦
♦ the municipal court, he d > Id-d <,
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♦ headlights it u*-d cm tlx streeti ♦
♦at night lb- sa'd “When a a
♦ mother * h»e)s h*T Infant out at a
♦ nlghi without n lljfht on the hah. «
♦ carriage Go- mar go to thr a
♦ Hrldew< i for 2i days." a
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FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL
MONNETT ROASTS WM. TAFT
Scores on Taft’s Associa
tes as Representatives of
the Standard. Oil Co.
TOLEDO. O.—" What do you think
tho effect of Tatt’s eliminating For
akor will have upon the republican
pnrt.v In Ohio this fall?” was asked
former Attorney General last night a:
he Moody house.
"This is extremely amusing in light
of the nominees on the republican
ticket put there by Taf', Cox, Crown
and Guilbert. /it Tjjft commences the
eliminating business he will have to
tesign from tlie* ticket or get now- bed
fellows. He cunningly accepted the
Domination from the gang, the Stand
ard Oil lobby and beneficiaries, being
the same crowd he at one time de
nounced as unworthy of the support
of decent citizens. If he rises to a
high moral plane of eliminating
Foraker, he will surely have to elimi
nate Judge A. Shauck from the su
preme bench, whose record in the
Standard Oil contempt proceedings is
more vulnerable than anything Taft
has done.
"Shauck voted to acquit the Stand
ard Oil against the combined votes of
Judge Thaddeus .1. P. Bradbury,
Minshall and A. Mitchell and Wil
liams. He voted to acquit Virgil
Kline, attorney for the Standard Oil
company who openly defied the court
to produce the books ol the company
when ordered to do so by the court
They charged the attorney with con
tempt of court and throwing a wav of
tho books during mo very Uni" the
court oruered them produced.
‘‘They burned 28 boxes of day
books and ledgers in the furnace ot
the Standard Oil rolinerles before it
was found, they hud notified the court
they had no such books, and wt-. n
tills infamous treatment was laid bare
*o the court and testimony anil depo
sitions furnished h\ the laborers
t hat. burned the books this same J udgo
Shauck now ruTtilng for a third time
on the Buprome court bench voted to
clear the crooks by dissolving pro
ceedings against them on a motion
of Jchn M. Sheets, illy successor as
attorney general.
"Was Foraker n friend of Burkett
the judge whom Archbold asked him
to support?” was then asked.
"Yes, Foraker was of the same po
litical faction as Judge Burkett.. He
was also a political friend of Judge
Williams, Bradbmy and Minshall. All
of these last three named judges vut
ed the Standard Oil guilty of con
tempt and every one of them was
beatpn for re-noni.nation overwhelm
ingly. They were not supported by
Foraker, his friends, or the Standard
Oil clique, but that Minshall on the
day he voted the Standard Oil guilty
while Shauck voted them Im.occnt,
was approached on High street, Col
umbus, and warned publicly that, it
woul be his death knell. The Ohio re
publican bossi's kept their word and
every Judge that voted against them
and myself were all slaughtered, while
Judge Shauck, Speak and Burkett
who voted for them, were supported
by the Standard Oil lobbyists and [
Foraker and other republicans and
yet Taft doesn't propose 'o eliminate
them, why not, I ask?”
FUMED WILL
MAKE BEFIT II
MIST
CINCINNATI, O.—Senator Forak.r
has announced that he will reply
Tuesday at length to the exposures
by William Randolph Ilearst In the
Standard Oil scandal.
Concerning Mr. Taft's attitude, he
said: "What do you think would have
happened had the conditions been re
versed? Suppose such a charge as
has been made against me had been
made against Taft ? I have been
raised in the same town ns he hau
been with me. Would I have refused
to appear on the same platform with
him? Would I have refused to allow
him an opportunity to defend himself
from the attacks upon him”"
Senator Foraker intimated that he
would not have done any of these
things, but would have "stood by his
neighbor," because he would have
“considered any other course coward
iy."
MR. WM. EASTERLING
DIED AT GLENN VILLE
Was Ontt of Liberty Coun
ty’s Most Esteemed Citi
zens.
GLENNVILLE, Ga Mr William
Easterling, one of Liberty county's
best citizens, died yesterday morning
at 3:30 at his daughter's, Mrs. Mary
Jane Durrence, widow of the late Jes
sie W. Durrence
The funeral and Interment took
place this morning at 11 o'clock at
Beards Creek church, five miles east
of Olennvlllo. Elder Allen Strickland
officiating.
The deceased Is survived by a wife
and the following children: H. .1 and
J, .1 Easterling. Mrs M .1 Easterling,
Olennrllle, also the following broth
er* and ststerg: H. W Easterling,
of Easterling; J. .1 Easterling, of
Reidsvllle; Mrs, K M Smith, of Ho
gan and Mrs. J. G. Smith, of Jegup,
Tba deceased waa in his 75th year.
BIRTH OF BABY CAUSES
PARENTS TO FORGIVE SON
" \
V , ...
By the birth of a bnby to Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Draper, at Hopedale Mass
the young man has been taken back into iho good graces of hi H father
Lieut.-Gov. Draper, of Massachusetts, from whom lie had been alienated
by his marriage to Quertile Sanford, the chorus girl.
AN AGED WOMAN MARRIED
VERY YOUTHFUL HUSBAND
JOHNSTOWN, N. Y Mrs Anna
O. Ross do Poyster, of New York, 70
years old, and already twice a widow,
was married at her country home here
yesterday to Ernest Bolton, u 25 ,year
old insurance broker, also of New
York. The marriage is something of
a surprise to Mrs. do Pevster’s
friends, both owing to Die youth of
the bridegroom and Mrs. ile Royster's
advanced ago.
FOREST FIRES
DESTROY
Till ;
MENOMINEE, Mich Foster City,
a small town yesterday was reported
to be completely destroyed by foreHt
fires with the loss of six lives. It
was said that thirty dwellings and He
Morgan Lumber company's plant have
been burned. Mr. Morgan, however,
when seen last night, denied the re
port, and said he hud authoritative In
formation that tin- town Is .ill right.
BROWN AND CO. WILL
BE SEVERELY SCORED
Special Committee of the
Stock Exchange Com
pletes Investigation into
Failure.
NEW YORK The special commit
tee of the stock exchange has com
pleted the Investigation Into the oper
aliens that caused the failure of A
O. Brown K Co. 'Hie document will
he submitted to the hoard of gov
ernors at a special meeting Wedm s
day afternoon. It Is hinted the report
will be very severe on Brown k Co,
especially In view of the fact that tip
board member of the failed firm of T
A. Mcfntyre was expelled and Ills seal
ordered sold for the benefit of the
creditors.
Judge Adams of the tinlied States
district court has authorized Charles
Littlefield, receiver of the Brown com
pany, to sell the office furniture and
fixtures of the following hrsnrh cf.
fires: Hoffman (louse plaza Hotel,
Empire Hotel, I rounds Hotel, IlntTa'o,
Erie, I’enna for 8125, to Charles ,v|i h
senkof snd Railway Exchange build
ing. Chicago, 81.000 to Alfred I, Baker
A Co.
DAILY AND SUNDAY SG.OO PER YEAR,
CHOLERA EPIDEMIC IS
KILLING MANY PEOPLE
| The ceremony took place in iho
parlor of Sunny Side. Mrs. de I'evs
ter'M summer place The Hey, VV. W.
Ellsworth, pastor of St John's Prot
estant Episcopal church, of Johns
town, read the rul Episcopal service.
The bride was glvep away by a
cousin, William Herring, of Philadel
phia, and James Cox, of New York,
I acted as best man.
URGED' DEPOSIT
RE INCOME
RONDS
NEW YORK. C'hllk tiro being made
for d< pomMk of Central of Georgia
firm preferred Income bond* with thu
Metropolitan Truth companv by a
committor; appointed by tho bondhohl
• i*h, conMlHflng of |( Wal»» r Levy
j Frederick W. HcoM an 1 Walter l\
Gardner, who recommend d that bond
holdorn deponlt their bon U Imrm di
1 ately # fn order that their tntoregtM
'may bo nerved, bec.aw e prole ,r miiKf
be made by at leant ono-rhird of *he
I him jo agalnth the non papment of In
tereHt.
Do You Know Wh<il Inilialive Is?
Initiative Ik the faculty which enable* one to begin to do thing*
bcf’chrial In non way or another. Alohl any man can begin—that I*,
1 •' 1 do Kotm-thluLi. lull few m**n can la the ftmt to do
• hat Konp-thlrg well, Initiative, in order *o he of the hlgbetd value,
Mhould ts" balanc'd by u not her attribute, that of originality and ad*
vuniagooiiHnehH; not merely rcNtiltfulne**, beeaune the Iftller ma> be
moi 1 d<trlnientaJ to the perhon or thing In behalf of which the iril-
I f/ttlve in taken, The man with 111 guided initiative 1* far lea* dost
rahle than the conH« rvatlve man. 'lie flr*t. can wreck a htmlne** by
bl v t i bre or make It m object of public rldl' ule, while the necond
although he tngy not, bring the hurdle ■ h Into the limelight of miiccchs,
will ai leant keep |t a wav front tho reef* of ruin.
Initially* guided l»\ urild «d iitdgement, courage and fore ulrttt,
I- the gre ito i noving frower In the worl I If give* ||fs* to things
vl uh previfMiKh appeared de;id It rtioven, thrill*, tturmum*, uccotu
plhbe* arid win* Robert. FYancli Naltan.
YOUR AD. IN THE HER AIT
STARTS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION-
The Number of Deaths foi
Twety-Four Hours In
creased; But the Numbei’
of New Cases Reduced,
ST. PETERSBURG.—The number
of deaths during iho last 2-1 hours was
tile highest yet, 1 f>s. hut tho new
c &808 were reduced, being ;{6G.
Figaros from (ho military and ruo
urban hospitals would Bwolf this total.
Thirty lour policeman are in the Ho
minoffsky Military hospital. Three
provinces report ;188 cases and 201
deutliH lu 21 hours.
Rumor has it that four cases have
bocu observed among the servants in
the winter palace.
Watching Immigrants.
NEW YORK. Immigration officials
today received explicit instructions
from Washington to make especial
health examinations of ail immigrants
now arriving, on account oT iho rapid
spread of cholera in Russia.
Surgeon General Weyman, of the
public health and marine hospital ser
vice, will send to Russia an agent, of
tin* bureau who will be a cholera ex
pert. Ho is to make a study of the
situation and not only to advise tho
home office regarding the situation,
hut also to take such steps ns may be
considered desirable In preventing I In*
spread of the disease to tin* United
States in addition to sending a re
port from the service to the infected
cities, the United States consuls in
a number of iCuropean ports frdm
which Russian emigrants are most
likely to embark, have been instruct
ed to restrain all Russian Immigrants
departing for the United States for
five days.
MBS. jun 10
SIBP PSOSECIIB
PENSACOLA Fla. Mr-i Aliev
Shear, u prominent society woman
"I tlilH city, who went to |i over.
Colorado, n few weeks ago anil tiler -
'•mined the urre.-t of her hUnViml.
Herbert Shear. I. rtnerly a r . H |il u
of Ponsiieola, ii"d 1 1fr. rom-w, MUs
Jennie Shi nr, who nr nil t 0 ,
(living hh man and wife, ha : ngre d
1 1 <> slop tiie prosecution, her Ini.-h md
I sol fling tipi n be r over s*!o.(inu mid
j agreeing 10 n divorce.
The story of Mrs. Shear is an in
I leresllng one. Sim wan man led to
Shear near Milton mid they resided
Hi Millview for several years, whew.'
Ill' wan employed by the Robinson
Lumber company.
Lull r lie wont to Missis. Ippl acyl It
was While thorn thill lie placed hilt
wile lu an asylum In Mer'dUn, where
she was confined for night years,
l hough she claims silt! was sane Ihn
'•"Ill’ll time. A few month* ago shn
obtained her release and came to Pen
naeola, where she has relatives, q hen
In begun the search for imr husband
and, locating him In Denver with his
• Misln. traveled there and caused his
hi rest.
ARMY DESERTER
HEIR TO FORTUNE
An Uncle Who Was a Lew
yer anil Real Estate
Speculator Left it to Him
FORT SILL, Oklahoma tinder
sentcnee of two years at Fort Leaven
worth for desertion, which Is to lie
accompanied by a dishonorable dls
'barge from the army, Gerald Fair
'■blld, 2,'t vents old, who a year ago
eiillsti-d ai I tost cm In the artillery, Is
one of two hears of $200,000 estate
at Duluth, Minn. The other heir,
whettmr a brother or not, lias not boon
learned, resides In Chicago,
An uncle of Fairchild, a lawyer and
real estate speculator, whose name is
net disclosed by the prisoner, recently
died at Duluth, and from it Duluth
attorney Fairchild learned that mo
uncle’s will ieft him an estate vulm-d
at $150,000.
LOTTERY DEALER ARRESTED
HAN JEAN - Manuel Mesagoer, an
Importer of Santo Domingo iotterv
P-ketH was arrested yesterday by
tilted Writes Deputy Collector, Pcfcf
Mu iiexon and held.