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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. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 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. ♦ ♦ • ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦« 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, ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦• ♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ LIGHTS ON BABY CARRIAGES ♦ ♦ REQUIRED AFTER DARK * ♦ CHK AGO Judge Clelaad, or ♦ ♦ the municipal court, he d > Id-d <, ♦ « ♦ 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 ♦ ♦ 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.