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THE AUGUSTA 'DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIII., No. 264
Can We Not Say of Augusta
After Her Recent Flood Experiences
That Augusta Has Found Herself
One of Kipling's best stories is that of The ship that found herself—
a modern and up to date freight boat which had been duly christened
with a bottle of champagne, well built, well equipped, freshly painted,
all there and yet as the captain said to the pretty enthusiastic daughter
of the owner.
"Oh. she’s not so bad," the skipper replied, cautiously. But I'm say
ing that it takes more than christenin' to tnak' a ship. In the nature
of things, if you follow me, she’s just irons and rivets and plates put into
the form of a ship. She has to find herself yet.
"She's all here, but the parts of her have not learned to work to
gether yet.. They’ve had no chance."
"But there’s more than engines to a ship. Every inch of her, ye’il
understand, has to be livened up and made to work wi’ its neighbor
sweetenin’ her, we call it technically."
• For a ship, ye’ll obsairve is in no sense a reegid body closed at
both ends. She’s a highly complex structure o’ various and conflictin
strains, wi’ tissues that must give an’ tak’ acordin’ to her personal
modulus of elasteecity."
Is It not possible that Augusta as a city, after her flood experi
ences, after her buffeting with the deep waters, has found herself, has
tried her component to the uttermost parts and has seen then each and
ali withstand the strains and shocks, so that for the future more work
and better work can be done by the city and her people as a whole.
Pulling together instead of pulling apart will earn more dividends
and bigger dividends for a city and a community and Augusta has cer
tainly demonstrated that its citizens can and will do that when the neces
sity arises.
Just as the big boats must go down into the deep waters and plough
through the storms and fogs in order to earn dividends so with cities—
they must face from time to time their big problems. Charleston had
Its earthquake. Jacksonville has been ravaged by yellow fever and fire,
San Francisco and Baltimore and other cities have had trying experi
ences, but the city like the ship that hinds herself, comes out all the
stronger and more confident, battered but a better city, and ono that
soon builds up bigger than ever before.
There’s no doubt but that a new and helpful spirit has been horn
out of Augusta’s recent flood experiences—a strong, quiet, steady spirit of
work and usefulness—a spirit that will encourage ull our people to
work together in the future rather than to pull apart.
Costly as the flood has been, Augusta with the energy and confi
dence and ambition and hard work that she has shown in the past few
weeks, can pay larger and bigger dividends within a year in every field
of effort than she ever did before. She has been down into the deep
waters but she has shown herself seaworthy and staunch, her crew
steady, ioval and true, and she can handle more trade and bigger car
goes and touch more certainly more distant ports than ever before.
And when a city like a ship, after trial finds herself—praise and
honor is due to all its parts, to the smallest as well as the greatest,
for without the help and soundness and co-operation of each and every
one. it would be impossible to weather the storm and bring passengers,
cargo and crew safely into port.
In Kipling’s story, “The Ship That Found Herself," had rather a try
ing experience in her trip across the deep waters. Her coming into port
is thus described:
"The Dimbula picked up her pilot and came in covered with salt
apd red rust. Her funnel was dirty grey from top to bottom; two
boats had been carried away; three copper ventilators looked like hats
after a fight with the police; the bridge had a dimple in the middle of
it; the house that covered the steam steering-gear was split as wfth
hatchets; there was a bill for small repairs in the engine room almost
as long as the screw shaft; the forward cajgo-hatch fell into bucket
staves when they raised the iron cross bars and the steam capstan had
been badly wrenched on Its bed. Altogether as the skipper said. It was
a ‘pretty general average.’
“ ‘But she’s soupled,’ he said. For all her dead weight she rode like
a yacht. Ye mind that last blow off the banks? I am proud of her.
“ ’lts vera good, said the chief engineer, looking along the dj s .
helived decks. ‘Now, a man judgin superfeecially would say we were
a wreck, but we know otherwise —by experience.’ ’’ .
And so it is with the good old city of Augusta—the city that has
found herself. It will be worth a very gr« t deal to the city In the fu
ture in the work that she has to do —work y at our people are doing and
must continue to do—carrying bigger cargb s, doing more trade, touch
ing more distant ports and earning bigger dl.idends for her owners.
NIGHT RIDER’S
BUG 111
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RUSSELLVILLE, Ala.—The follow
Ing notice was found at a cotton gin
of Hall & Soil here Thursday.
"You will please close down your
gin until the cotton advances in price
and you are notified to start. We do
not wish to harm you, so we hope you
will submit to this request.. We mean
business This crop must be held.
“(Signed.) A HAND OF FARMERS.”
A similar notice also was posted
on the gin of A. W. and W. E. Har
gett.
ACTRESS FILES SUIT
AGAINST ELKINS
Brings Suit for Breach of
Promise to the Amount
of One Hundred Thous
and Dollars.
PHILLIPPI, W. Va—Filing here
Thursday of a suit for SIOO,OOO dam
ages on the allegation of breach of
promise to marry by Louise Lonsdale,
a New York actress, against Blaine
Elkins, the youngest son of United
States Senator Joseph B. Elkins, has
caused a sensation.
Summons was served on young Elk-
Ins at his country home at Elkins,
WIT* a., to ajipear before United
State's Judge Dayton and answer the
i
Senator Elkins admitted the suit
and said:
"My son never promised to marry
tk young woman, and there is noth
ing l it. He denies the whole charge
absolutely."
WILLIAM J. BRYAN LEFT
FOR TERRE HAUTE. INDIANA
CINCINNATI. —Mr Bryan left Fri
day morning for Terre Haute, Ind.,
where be speaks late this afteruun
COHSPIIIICfFB
nST LSBOR
sms ms
WASHINGTON,—Winding up his
testimony in the contempt proceed
ings before Referee Harper today.
President Qompers, of the American
Federation of Labor, charged that the
entire proceedings was an attempt to
curtail his right of free speech and
editorial comment.
He did not bellpve, he said, that
the injunction order against him had
deprived him of his constitutional
rights and he did not believe that his
right to editorial utterance and free
speech had been forfeited because of
the institution of the contempt, pro
ceedings against him He declared
further that In his opinion he was not
enjoined from editorially criticising
the decisions of Justices Clabaugh and
Gould and to discuss them In the col
umn of “The American Federation
bit.”
Answering the repeated objections
by Daniel Davenport, counsel for the
Buck Stove and Range company,
against the admissibility of evidence,
Mr. Ralston, of counsel for Mr. Gump
ers, declared that it was his Intention
to show that the American Federation
of Labor and the officers of that body
were the victims of a cruel war waged
against them by three bodies of or
ganlzed capital and hired lawyers who
worked to injure and destroy every
body of organized labor, If that were
possible.
Mr Ralston charged that the pro
ceedings were not brought by the
prosecution to obtain a judgment for
contempt, but merely for the purpose
of obtaining data upon which to base
endless legal persecutions
ANARCHISTS BURN
CUSTOM HOUSE.
GIROENTI, Italy.—An Anarchist
mot) composed of striking sulphur
spring workers at Licata, near her*
today set Are to the custom house
snd the city hall building and then
fought desperately wi .the police In
an attempt to bum the prtva'e dwell
ing of the mayor The custom house
and 'he city halt buildings were en
tirely consumdff. but the police beat
off tha men when they attempted lo
fliw the home of the mayor.
Local Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity—Fair tonight and Saturday.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 25, 1908.
'■V *• ® ,|,
ROOSEVELT ACCUSED OF DOUBLE DEALING
WITH STANDARD OIL IN LAST CAMPAIGN
His Friends Begged Money
From Rogers and Arch
liold and Then Roosevelt
Denounced Act in Letter
Intended for Emergency
Use When Contribution
Should he Made Public.
NEW YORK.—The World this
morning says. Early in the 1904 cam
paign the Standard Oil company, as
well as other trusts, railroads, banks
and large corporations, received a re
quest to contribute to the republican
national campaign fund. This request
was ignored, Henry H. Rogers being
responsible for its refusal.
I.ater, when the second call for
campaign funds was made, Mr. Cor
telyou, chairman of the republican mi
tional committee, sent word to Mr.
Rogers asking for an appointment at
which the existing conditions could
be explained and the financial sup
port of Standard Oil secured. This ap
pointment was made by Mr. Rogers
to be kept at No. Vi Broadway, the
Standard Oil building, arid Mr. Cor
telyou was Informed that both Mr.
Rogers and John I). Archhold would
be pleased to see him. Mr. Cortelyou
finding that Mr. Rogers was not to
meet him alone, but that. Mr. Archhold
was also to be present, concluded It
would be safer and more discreet not
to go himself. The appointment was
kept by Cornelius N. Bliss, treasurer
of the national committee.
At this interview Mr. Rogers ac
cused Mr. Roosevelt of ingratitude and
recalled many past favors from the
Standard Oil company to republican
candidates and campaign funds. Mr.
Bliss admitted that President Roose
velt might have acted harshly toward
the Standard Oil company, but said
that while Mr Roosevelts first term
was “constructive" his second term
would be "conservative.”
Relying on these assurances Mr.
Rogers and Mr. Arehbold made a con
tribution of SIOO,OOO.
ROOSEVELT
PROTECTED.
This contribution coming to the
knowledge of President Roosevelt he
wrote to Chairman Cortelyou a vio
lent letter denouncing the Standard
Oil company, and directing the re
turn of the contribution. This letter
is on Mr Cortelyou’s file, and a copy
of It is kept by President Roosevelt
for the purpose of making It public
if ever the facts of this Standard Oil
contribution became known.
The contribution waß not returned.
Not one cent was paid back.
The same was used, so far as Mr.
Rogers and Mr. Archbold know, In
like manner with other contributions.
Later In the campaign .when presi
dent. Roosevelt became scared about
the result and about the time that he
summoned Edward H. Harrlman to
Washington and Induced Mr Harrl
man to raise $200,000 for the cam
paign fund, a further request was
made of the Standard Oil people
ASKED FOR
$250,000 MORE
IN VAIN.
At the time of the sioo,ooo con
tribution Mr. Bliss expressed his dl*
satisfaction with Its size and said that
the amount should be several times as
great. At tbe time of the third ro
“He’s Good Enough For Us!”
HEARST’S LATEST ATTACKS
EMBRACE BOTH PARTIES
Governor C. N. Haskell was not only a Standard Oil Haskell, but a
steel trust Haskell.
Senator John L. McLaurin, of South Carolina, dickered for Stand
ard Oil support to help him fight Tillman.
Congressman Sibley tipped John Archbold off to a republican U. 8.
senator, whose friendship could be bought for a loan of SI,OOO. gt
John C. Archbold sought supp ort for the election to the U. 8. se»v
ate of Governor Fleming, of West Virginia.
oupreme Court Judge John P. Elkin, of Pennsylvania asked Stand
ard Oil aid in a county fight.
Standard Oil buys both old parties, plays no favorites, and plays
to win.
WHITE CHILDREN WON’T GO
TO SCHOOL WITH NEGROES
TOPEKA, Karin.- Because limy had to go to Hchnol with negro dill
dri-ii, tin white pupils of the seventh and eighth grades or the Lincoln
street school walked out on strike Thursday afternoon
Under the board of educations rules, negroes and whites are seg.
regated In the first six grades, hut from the seventh grade upward, lh.-y
are together.
THE RtSIGNATiON
OF MR. DUPONT
EXPECJEfI
WASHINGTON.—It wbh admitted
by Secretary Loch thin morntliK tliat
'the resignation of Mr. Dupont ban
been expected at the white house tor
some time." The Dupont referred to
1* T. Coleman Dupont, the repub
lican national cornniittcman from
Dolewure, who is head Of the repub
Heart campalKii speakers bureau.
It has been stated very positively
that President Roosevelt u'sked for
Mr. Dupont’s elimination, owing to
his relationship with the head of the
powder trust. Mr. Ixtoh would not
confirm this report, further than to
sa, that (he resignation bad ben "ex
pect ed.
<iuest the definite sum of $250,000 ad
dltlon was asked for.
In the meantime Mr. Rogers had
learned of Mr. Roosevelt's letter to
Mr Cortelyou arid of the direction to
return the first SIOO,OOO. lie declined
to give any more money and recalled
the fact that the president's instruc
tions to return the first contribution
had not been complied with, and that
Mr. Roosevelt must have known all
along tfiat the SIOO,OO which he re
pudlated had not. only been accepted
but used
In view of this fact, he declined
to accede to the request for a further
$250,000 or for any further sum, and
denounced Mr Roosevelt for seeming
ly trying on the one hand to secure
contributions from the Htandard Oil
company, arid on the other hand to
o ak*- political capital by deounctiig
the company.
PLANS TO KILL
SPAIN S KING
STOPPED
IIAIT, France The government
agent arrested several men here Frl
day suspected of being dangerous an
irc.htgts. The police claim Hull they
have evidence showing that the men
were plotting to assassinate King A)
fonsn, of Hpaltt, on Hatnrday. Ac
cording to the police the men were
tti kill fin- Spanish ruler at lilurltz
on Saturday, when he passes tTTtough
on his way to Paris,
obis lefiisfs
ANY STATEMENT
“
CHICAGO, 111 Joseph Daniels,
chairman of the presH committee re
turned to Ids desk at the democratic
national headquarters Friday. He
said:
"I eannotimake any statement con
eernlrig Governor Haskell or the
Htandard Oil Incident at this time.
Hilt I wlil say this: Ohio Is Just as
surely In the democratic column as
in Nebraska, and there Is no doubt
that Bryan's home state will give him
Its vote."
He said everything is satisfactory
|ln Now York.
DAILY AND SUNDAY $6.90 PER YEAR,
WS HtGGKD
PUT UNDER FlUt
IJDGE TAFT’S PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVE WAS DIS
BARRED FROM PRACTICE
BEFORE PENSION
BOARD
WHEN A LAW STUDENT
Was Accused of Witliliold
iiiß Money From Female
Pensioner—Order Was
Rescinded Five Years.
Later
WASHINGTON. Arthur I. Vorys.
of Ohio, Judge Taft's personal repro
sontatlve In the present campaign, la
the latest conspicuous character In
the poiltes of the day to he made the
victim of a charge rellectiug upon Ills
record. The fact of Mr. Vorys’ dis
barment from practice before the
pension office has been drugged Into
publicity, although the disbarment.oc
curred in 1882, and Mr. Vorys was re
instated to tirnetico In 1897.
The charges made against Mr.
Vorys in 1882 were of withholding
funds from Mrs, Busan English, a
pensioner, of I gincaster, o. Mr.
Vorys’ home, and of violating tho law
pertaining to compensation for ser
vices. When Mr. Vorys was restored
to practice In 1897 the allegation was
made In Ids behalf that lie had with
held funds from the pensioner not. to
defraud her, hut to prevent the wo
men's husband from obtaining the
money, II being charged t hat the man
was a drunkard ll also whs urged
in Mr. Vorys’ behalf that at the time
he was 'a. young law student," and
presumably not familiar with some of
the points Involved.
<’. N. Bliss, secretary of the in
terior In 1897, Inter rescinded the or
der disbarring Mr. Vorys.
SEVEN PEOPLE HURT IN
TROLLEY ACCIDENT
Motorman Could Not. See
Car Ahead on Account of
For.
NEW YORK, In a rear end colli
slnu hot wen two trolley cars on I fie
Flushing Meadows, several persona
were seriously Injured early to lay.
The niolnrman on u ear bound from
Flushing lo Got lege Point did not
sec a car ahead and run Into n ni
top speed. The fog on the mean
ows tiling thick and low and the nto
tormilll colllll see bill ll few reel Of
track ahead Wln-n the crash came
both cars continued on the rails for
nearly 00 feet, locked together, so
great was the Impact The ambu
lances were sent from the Flushing
hospital and police reserves from the
nearest two stations. Both ears
were lllleil with passengers,
JNO- D- ROCKEFELLER’S AUTO
RAN INTO TELEGRAPH POLE
f'I.KVjKLANI), O aohn |». Rocke
feller's automobile xkhhhd Into a tel
egraph polr lant night, dernollHhlnK
tho roar lights and aimoHt eapHtzlng
tho rnaehine. Mr. Rockefeller and hls
brother In law, w. r Itudd, were In
the machine, but eneaped Injury, ow
ing to the alow apeed al which it was
running.
FOG TIEB UP MAURETANIA.
NEW YORK The big liner Mam re
lanla, which left her doekn for Liver
pool on VVednoHday, Ih hIIII tied up
In Gravesend hay, owing to the denHe
fog which han prevailed around New
York waters. Captain John Pritchard
would not take the Mauretania
through Ambrose channel while fog
Imperilled tin* giant Htcainnhlp.
Put Your Heart Into Your Work.
(Hy J*rome P. Fleishman.)
The man who uirreodn n anj Dim of cntjttavor Ih h<* who h*ih worJ'ed
whoh- heartedly, wnoie soundly, v hole-self* dly for sucre**.
For thin thing caFei* rfeew mm lx dimply th<* realisation of Ideal*
we have formed, and h'iivmi to materialize.
Hon t hav< a 'grouch* again*! the firm that supplies > ur hr* nd
and butter. H •!?••! work for !**n dollar* a week and work ihm Do
employed at t.w«" / five dollar* a week and shirk.
KnfhuHluHfu' That** Ih thing tjiat build* bridge* and tunnels
thru mountain* One enthit InnHc employee In an organisation Ih
worth an army of wlnterM for nix o'clotty and Saturday afternoon.
And there ran he no enthusiasm uiil**hk you ir< heart, head and
hand In league with your work.
The than who view* tils* dally work a* part of hlh dully self Is
the man who amimp'iahes thing." Tim man who perform* hIK duties
In a spirit of tod's get-rid of these.pesky matters is the man you never
hear of a* mu Ml me progr* ■: t
Put your heart Into your work!
BH cn
in I«MLIS
LOCAL OPTION FIGHT CAUSES
MUCH “MUD-SLINGING” IN
THE STATE HOUSE
OFFICES OFFERED
Democrats Charge That
Men Were Offered Job*
if They Would Vote
for the Bill. f
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—Charges of
attempted bribery, both by thu use of
money mid by distribution of office*,
are flying thick and fast about tho
stale house as a result of tho oounty
local option light.
Two cases were pointod out Thurs
day hi which representatives had re
ceived offers of SIO,OOO and $5,000 re
spectively ir they would rote against,
the bill which passed tho senate
Thursday. Efforts were made to got
those men to sign afhuavtts giving
del alls of Ihe a lleged transactions,
hut it Is stated they refused to go
further Gian to raiiko an unsworn
statement
(in Uio other hand. It was ohargod
b.v that offices had boon
offered to men to vote for loonl op
tion, and in one c a»a, that of a detu
ne no , Governor Hanley hud offered
to go into his county and mnke
speecile* In Ills favor ir he would
vote for llio bill. This story was con.
firmed hy a republican, who said the
governor earned so determined in the
matter tha he would urge the re
turn of a democrat to the legislature
to get a vote for local option.
mm stop
NEARJEER TAX
MACON, Oa. Attorneys Nf Inter
Wimberly and Jesse Harris have so
cured mi injunction agnlnst the col
lection of the stale near liecx tax of
$2(10 and the papers, signed by Judge
Ellis, of Atlanta, were served Wed
nesday upon Ordinary 0. M. Wiley
and Sheriff George Robertson. The
order Is n temporary one restraining
the collection of the tuxes until Oc
tober 6, when Judge W. 11. Felton will
be at home from a trip to New York.
Thirty-two of the local near beer
dealers are represented In Hie peti
tion. The larger numlsw of these
have the local lux paid and are oper
ating their places of business. The
matter will lie Anally passed upon
when Judge Follon returns, and It Is
slaied that no matter which way the
case turns it will go to tho higher
court for a Until decision.
PRESIDENT ORDERS
HIS HUNTING HORNtf
Stockman Han Received
Order to Ship Two Hun
dred to Washington.
MORGAN CITY, La. Wallace
Ditch, stockman and cattle raiser, has
received an order from Washington
lo prepare and ahip Immediately 200
horns to be used by President Iloom
velt and party on their hunt In Af
rica Mr. Ditch Is now selecting the
host specimens from tho largo cattle
In this region.
I he order specifies thst the horns
must he thoroughly scraped and
cleaned. No Intimation Is given as
lo iliclr use. II Is thought that they
will serve more as ornaments, and
that they will tie decorated In order
lo give true huntsman’s touch to Lite
African out fit.