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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIV., No. 54.
COLONEL COOPER
STAR WITNESS
TUESDIT
Told of His Friendly Rela
tions With Carmack Un
til Politics Interfered.
NASHVILLE.—At the resumption
of the Cooper-Sharp trial Tuesday
morning the state contrary to the ex
pectations announced that they had
finished the cross-examination of Jno.
D. Sharp. After a few questions by
indirect examination by the defence
Sharp was excused and Colonel Dun
can Brown Cooper was called on the
stand. A murmur ol' excitement ran
through the crowd. Col. Cooper said
he was 64 years old, bom in Maury
county came to Nashville 27 years
ego, and served in the Conefederate
army, for four years. He had known
Carmack since the latter was a young
lawyer at Columbia. He brought
Carmack to Nashville, made him edi
tor of the American which Colonel
Cooper then controlled the witness,
he said, his relations with Oarmacn
wore always pleasant until the Tay
lor-Carmack senatorial campaign.
Colonel Cooper said he supported
Taylor for senator and later support
ed Patterson against Carmack for
governor. The senator then ceased
speaking to him. The first uncom
plimentary thing Carmack said about
the witness was in an editorial in
the Memphis News-SSimitar v.*.ich
the witness had been informed Car
mack wrote. The court ruled the
editorial incompetent unless the wit
ness knew positively that Carmack
was the authority. The court final
ly admitted a portion of the editorial
tending to show the defendant’s feel
ings had been hurt by the reading.
Col. Cooper said Carmack used his
name in nearly all of his speeches of
the campaign, first in a spirit of ridi
cule, later with veiled insinuations.
The counsel for the defence intro
duced editorials from the Tennessean
containing the Senator’s sarcastic
references to the witness. Col. Coop
er identified the editorials as referr
ing to himself.
Judge Anderson of the defense read
the editorial printed in the Tennes
sean the day before the killing en
titled ‘‘Across the Muddy Chasm”
which discussed in a tone of ridicule
the political re-unlon of Gov. Pac
terson and Gov. Cox. Also one which
was printed the piornlng of the tra
gedy entitled "The Diplomat of the
Zweibund" this article was the one
generally admitted precipitated the
encounter that afternoon. Colonel
Cooper said he read the editorials
before the conference with Bradford.
After this the conference started to
the Governor’s rfiansion with Robin
and Sharp. The court took recess
until 2 p. m.
FLEET OFFICERS
BANQUET AT
RICHMOND
NORFOLK, Va. —While thousands
of people who came into Norfolk, Old
Point Comfort and neighboring cities
Monday to witness and participate
in the welcome to the battleship fleet
following the completion of its voy
age around the world, have left for
their homes, hundreds of visitors are
still here.
No such scenes of naval activity on
the waters of Hampton Roads with
launches and other boats plying hith
er and thither have been witnessed
since the notable “Rendezvous week”
in these waters, when many warships
of various nations gathered here in
1893, incident to the change of the
Columbian exposition at Chicago.
The feature Tuesday was the de
parture by rail for Richmond, Va., of
Admiral Sperry and fifty-four officers
of the fleet to accept a luncheon in
vitation from the chamber of com
merce. Many functions of entertain
ment have been arranged at Old Point
Comfort. Norfolk will entertain the
officers and men on Saturday when
there will be a monster parade. The
city is greatly decked in bunting and
other attire for the occasion.
NEWSPAPER PLANT
BURNED IN RICHMOND
Evening Journal Building
a Total Loss. Will Re
build Promptly.
RICHMOND—The plant of the
Richmond Evening Journal was total
ly destroyed J>y fire Tuesday morning.
The loss of ,000 Is practically cov
ered by insurance. The paper will
b issued from the plant of the Tlmes-
Dispatch Tuesday and temporary ar
rangements for publication will be
made pending the instllatlon of a new
piant, which will be effected immedi
ately. The fire originated in the
stock room In the basement, and in
a few minutes the entire building was
In flames.
LEVEE WOULD COST
OVER MILLION
DOLLARS
As soon as Commissioner Nisbet
Wingfield finishes his estimate of the
cost of a levee to protect the city of
Augusta in future from floods, the
flood commission will meet and go
over the same, together with the rec
ommendation of Col. Kingman and
Major Harrod on that point.
Commissioner Wingfield is hack
from Washington. He says that with
in ten days, or two weeks at the
outside, he will be through with his
estimates.
The engineers have finished their
work, and all that remains to be
done is the calculation by Mr. Wing
field. He will have to consider real
estate values, the cost of gates and
abutments where the wall crosses
streams, and the cost of the levee it
self. All this naturally requires some
considerable time, but Mr. Wingfield
says he intends to devote all his
spare moments to the task.
As contemplated, the levee would
begin above the Sibley mill and ex
tend to the mouth of Butler's creek,
nine miles below the city, which
makes a length in all of about 12
miles.
Mr. Wingfield will not commit him
self as to the probable cost of the
levee. He goes no further than to say
that the levee, as contemplated, will
cost more than a million dollars, at
the very least.
HWE;ISIfH
AT STANDSTILL
The river is about at a standstill,
the height being 21 feet. There is
only a slight probability that it will
rise any higher. Rains up the val
ley have been general, but not near
ly so heavy as they were here, and
for that reason no radically high stage
is expected.
Between 8 o’clock Monday night
and 8 o’clock Tuesday morning, 2.8
inches of rain fell in Augusta. That
is a tremendously heavy precipita
tion, in the comparatively short
short length of time, and the rec
ords show that such a downpour has
not fallen in Augusta for many
months.
“It is presumed,” says Observer
Fisher, “that the rainfall In the up
per Savannah has been moderate, as
only one station (Carlton) reports
more than one Inch of rainfall thp
precipitation there being 1.06 inches
during the last 24 hours. The rise in
the Broad river has been 2.3 feet,
making its stage 11.8 feet. The riv
er at Augusta measured 21 feet at
7 o’clock a. m. Tuesday, and had
risen .6 of a foot up to 10.45 o’clock,
which would indicate that the river
has almost reached its maximum
stage.”
Weather indications in Augusta
point to more rain Tuesday night,
with fair and colder weather on Wed
nesday.
ELKS LODGE WILL
UIQIETJOIIGHT
The banquet of the Elks will be held
at the club rooms Tuesday night at
8:30 o’clock. The preparations are
complete, and the affair wili be among
the best that has ever been pulled off
by the Elks. Covers will be laid for
two hundred persons. Every member
of the Elks Is entitled to one ticket
that Is good for a lady. Only members
In good standing will be admitted to
the dining rofm.
There will be several speakers for
the evening. The 11 o’clock toast to
the deceased members of the lodge
will be made by Exalted Ruler W. O
Tarver. Hon. C. E. Dunbar will be
toastmaster. The other speakers are
Messrp. Austin Branch, Ben Pierce T.
S. Raworth, J. H. Flythe and Judge
Henry C. Hammond.
The committee which has arranged
the banquet, is composed of Mr. J.
Harry Johnson, chairman; Messrs. J.
H. Baker. F. G. Turpin, C. RJ Dance
and H. C. Parker. Any member in
good standing w'ho has not secured a
ticket for a lady can get same by
calling on Mr. C. R. Dance. Each
member wili be given one ticket.
PAINTERS GATHER IN
BALTIMORE TUESDAY
BALTIMORE.—NearIy a thousand
members of the International Asso
ciation of Master Painters' and Dec
orators’ of the United States and Can
ada assembled In Baltimore Tuesday
to open the twenty-fifth annual con
vention and were given the glad hanl
by she local members, municipal offi
cials and commercial bodies, with full
permission to "paint the town."
Headquarters have been established
at the Hotel Rennert, and the sessions
during the next six days will be held
in the Fifth regiment armory, where
a mammoth exhibition has been in
stalled.
Forecast for Augusta and vicinity—Rain tonight; Wednesday fair and colder.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 23, 1909.
COL. AND MRS. WILLIAM F. TUCKER
In this picture are shown Col. and Mrs. William
F. Tucker, wko is a daughter of Mrs. John A. Lo
gan. She is suing her husband for a separation.
Madcap Boys and Rattling
Wagons Sec Hetty Green’s
Heiress Go To Her Wedding
NEW YORK.—Sylvia, the only
daughter of Hettie Green, the richest
woman in the world, was married at
high noon Tuesday at Morristown, N.
J., to Matthew Astor Wilkes, a grand
son of the late John Jacob Astor. The
bride is past 30, and will inherit most
of her mother’s estate of $60,000,000,
and the bridegroom is about 65. Many
ludicrous scenes preceded the cere
mony, because Mrs. Green’s efforts
were to have it performed with com
paratively little ceremony. When the
party left the Green residence in
New York in a cab 1 for the Lackawan
na station to take a train for Morris
town a motley procession of delivery
wagon, milk wagons and other nonde
script vehicles filled with newspaper
Miss Kathryne Yoakum Got Fortune
in Gifts Upon Her Wedding Day
NEW YORK. —With a fortune in gifts Including a $150,000 house.
Miss Kathryne Yoakum, the eldest daughter of Benjamin Yoakum, presi
dent of the Rock Island railroad,was married Tuesday to Paulding
Fosdyck, Miss Bessie Yoakum, sister of the bride, was maid of honor,
and Clark Fosdyck, a brother of the bridegroom, was best man. The
ceremony was performed in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church. The
preparations were elaborate.
FINE ON RAILROAD
WAS CONFIRMED
Supreme Court Holds Fine
For Rebating Against
New York Central. )
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The ver
dict of the United States circuit
court for the southern district of
New York, imposing a fine of SIOB,OOO
upon the New York Central on the
charge of granting rebates to the
American Sugar company was affirm
ed by the supreme court of tahe Unit
ed States.
FORTY KILLED IN
PRESIDENTS ROCA
Latest Report is That
Forty Lost Lives in the
Wreck.
BUENOS AYRES—According to aj
dispatch received by the minister of
the marine, forty persons lost their'
lives in the wreck of the Argentine ■
steamer Presidente Roca.
BANK CLERKS WILL MEET
AT THEIR CHAPTER ROOM
•
A called meeting of the Augusta
chapter of the American Institute
of Banking, will be held Tuesday night
at the chapter room, for the purpose
of discussing a new feature of study!
that the home organization is now
sending out, and which the local I
chapter may take up. A full atten-;
dance is requested.
men followed. The fantastic proces
sion caused many curious persons to
turn and fall in line. Four hundred
students left their desks at Stevens’
institute and started after the proces
sion, yelling “Rah! Rah! for the mar
riage!” and many of thorn outdistanc
ing Mrs. Green’s cab peered joyous
ly at the embarrassed occupants
while they breathlessly wished the
bride-elect all of tho happiness In the
world. Further on some one, seeing
the chase after the cab, thought that
a robbery had been committed, and
started the cry, “Stop thief!” This
added to the clamor, hut the cab driv
er, belaboring his horse reached the
ferry house fifty yards ahead of the
pursuing vehicles.
GIRL KILLED SELF
IN NEW YORK TODAY
NEW YORK. —Flora Fulierton
Heath, aged 20, of Pottsdam, N. Y.,
a student of the School of Elocution,
committed suicide by hanging in the
apartments occupied by herself and
mother.
A Word With You
MR. MERCHANT
You cannot look about you on
the streets without seeing people
who have money in their pockets
which ought to be in youc cash
drawer, or to your credit in bank.
You cannot look about you in your
store or shop without seeing goods
that these same people should own
—should now be using.
These facts hold good—even if
you have been doing a good busi
ness lately. They are the «ort
of faets which make store-keep
ing the most interesting in the
world—the most tantalizing ono,
too.
Do you realize that you can
reach these people every afternoon
and evening in direct, comfortable
and cosy talk
IF YOU USE HERALD ADS
DAILY?
ITS WORTH TRYING
THESE BUBY DAYS.
TO AGAIN BIG UP
CITY CHEMIST
ORDINANCE
At the next regular monthly meet
ing of city council, which will be
held next Monday night, the city
chemist ordinance will again come
up for discussion. It will be remem
bered that the point is raised that
the ordinanco was Illegally, or at,
least irregularly passed, on the claim
that it. was not read three times.
City Attorney Cohen’s ruling on the
point will largely govern council in
whatever action they take. Ho has
already stated that the minutes of
council are a last court of appeal on
the point. His opinion Is that ts the
minutes show the ordinance was read
three times It was read three times;
that if the minutes do not. show
such, the ordinance i 6 illegal.
It appears that the ordinance has
been read throe times, in substance,
hut not three times as an ordinance.
It was read once, It seems, us a reso
lution.
GOVEDNOR SMITH
WILL ADDRESS
DEMOCRATS
BUFFALO, N. Y.—Governor Smith,
of Georgia, will address the members
of the Democratic society hero on
March 18.
GIRL RAVISHED
BY I lilt IH
He Secured a Fake License
and Raped Unsuspecting
Girl.
MINERAL BLUFF, Ga.—The son of
D. Londormilk has been placed In jail
at Murphy, N. C., for alleged mis
treatment of the stepdaughter of Rob
ert Robertson, of Culberson, N. C.
It Is said young Londormilk deceiv
ed the young girl by producing a fake
marriage license, led her away from
home and committed rape. Then, It Is
alleged, he called several other men
in and compelled her to submit to
further outrages. She waH kept, away
from home over a day, and when Hhe
returned she was almost, prostrated.
EXTRA CARRIERS
D [LIMED MAIL
Because two holidays came togeth
er, mails were heavy at the post of
fice today, and It was found neces
sary to press into service the auxili
ary or substitute force of carriers,
who greatly relieved the regular post
men by assisting them with their
loads of mail.
In many sections of the city—par
ticularly the business districts—car
riers made their rounds in company
with a side partner, who was sent
along to carry a large pouch of mall.
In this way the deliveries were made
In about half the time It would havq
taken.
When the carriers are overloaded
they must either leave part of their
mail at the office, to tie delivered on
a second trip, or labor along slowly
under a stack of mall that would
weight down a pack-mule. In such
emergencies as these the auxiliary
service comes In very handy.
Quite a number of patrons were
served at the post office Monday, be
tween the hours of 10 and 11 o’clock,
at the general delivery window, which
was kept open at that time.
CANINE OWNERS ARE
PAYING THEIR TAX
Since the dog Inspector was ap
pointed, the proud possessors of pot
canines are taking It. upon themselves
to buy licenses. More than 20 appli
cants waited upon City Sheriff Hook
at the city offices Tuesday morning
before 11 o'clock, and from time to
time ■ during the day many others
came in.
The Inspector Is making a thor
ough and systematic canvass of the
city. All dog owners who have fail
ed to buy tags for their pets will
be arraigned before Recorder Pie
qtret and made to pay a tine, in addi
tion to the price of license.
SUPPER AT THE FAIR TONIGHT.
The Knlghti! of Columbus will take
supper at the Fair tonight. All mem
bers are requested to meet at K. of
C. hall at 7.30 o’clock promptly.
DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR.
JURY QUESTIONED
BY ATTBDNEY FDD
PBBSECDTIGN
An unusual feature in tho trial of
John ,T. Dunne, charged with the
violation of the prohibition law, was
the request of Mr. Win. H. Fleming,
for the prosecution that he be al
lowed to ask the jurors two questions,
besides the statutory ones. The at
torneys for tho defense objected, but
on reading the questions and seeing
they did not. take any of the defend
ant’s rights away from him they con
sented to the questions being ask.
The questions were put by Deputy
Clerk Dan Kerr.
The questions were as follows:
"First: Do you hold any views in
favor of enforcing the prohibition law
that would Induce you to convict, the
defendant If the evidence did not re
quire conviction?”
Second; "Do you hold any views
against tho prohibition law that
would Induce you to refuse to convict
the defendant ts the evidence required
conviction."
Tho jurors answered “No,” to
each question.
Tuesday morning the trial was con
tinued and the witnesses for the de
fense were put on tho stand. The de
fense put witnesses up to provo that
the whiskey not found in Mr. Dunn’s
place, but, two doors away in a hall
way. The arguments were taken up
about noon, Mr. 1 Anils Brooks arguing
for tho defense. Tho case will be fin
ished late Tuesday afternoon.
NORTHERN LADY HAS
RAISED DEBT ON THE
SHILOH ORPHANAGE
Through the efforts of Mrs. 11. A.
Strong, of Rochester, N. Y., a north
ern lady sending the winter In Au
gusta, the sum of $3,160 has been rais
ed to romovo the debt from the Shi
loh Colored Orphanage. This sum
will raise the mortgage on the home
and leave almost a thousand dollars
over to be deposited to the credit of
the home.
Thoso Interested In raiHimr the
debt wero materially assisted by the
action of the Franciscan Sisters, who
sold the place on which the orphan
age Is located, who agreed to remit
the accrued Interest charges on the
debt. Two hundred dollars of tho
amount was raised at a children’s
musicale given at tho home of Mrs.
Landon Thomas last week.
Mr. John D. Rockefeller gave $750,
Mr. A. O. Fenn of Rochester con
tributed SSOO, Mr. and Mrs. Honry A.
Strong gave SSOO, as did also Mrs.
W. W. Phelps. Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Bourdman gave S2OO, Mr. and Mrs.
Elias M. Johnson gave SIOO, Mr. anil
Mrs. J. Edwin Wesson gave SIOO, Mr.
and Mrs. J. 8. Kuhn gave SIOO, and
Mr. and Mrs. Landon Thomas gave
SIOO. The remainder wfis contribut
ed lu smaller amounts.
The homo Is to be Incorporated and
conducted by a hoard of trustees.
MRS. BRADLEY DIED
TUESDAY MORNING
Mrs. Ella L. Bradley, the wife of
Mr. C. M. Bradley passed away at
her home, No. 1840 Greene street in
the 40th year of her life at 2 o’clock
Tuesday morning. Mrs. Bradley Is
survived by one sou, Mr. Vernon
Blackwell. Her mother, Mrs. Sarah
Posey.
The funeral service will bo from
the Christ, church Wednesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock. Rev. Mr. Pres
cott, will officiate. The interment
will he In the West View cemetery.
LENTEN SERVICES
AT ST. PAUL’S CHURCH
The services at St. Paul’s church
on Asli Wednesday are as follows;
Holly Communion 7:30 a. m.
Morning prayer, lllany and address
11 a. m.
Evening prayer and address 8 p.m.
Evening prayer and address every
week-day during Lent, except Wed
nesday. On Wednesday evening ser
vice 8 p. m.
MISS M. HARVESTON
DIED MONDAY NIGHT
Miss M. Harveston passed away at
the county home Monday night after
a short illness. Miss Harveston had
been at the county home a year. She
was 60 years old. She Is survived
by one brother, Mr. Sam Harveston,
of Augusta.
The funeral will be at the county
home chapel Wednesday morning at
10 o'clock. Rev. 11. W. Joiner will
officiate. The Interment will be In
the County Home cemetery.
ANDERSONVILLE PARK
SHOULD BE PERMANENT
WASHINGTON, D. C. -If congress
finally passes the bill now before it
authorizing the acceptance of land
around the old Andersonvllle prison,
as It seems in fair way to do, the gov
ernment will find Itself In possession
of a fairly well established pßrk,
which it Is hoped will remain forever
as a memorial to the experience* in
the most notable southern prison of
the civil wax.
NEGRO, MADDENED
BY BRIM, SERBS
BlßS_ffl CELL
Poli cc Have Case 'Where
Booze Made Hercules of
Big Negx'o.
Crazed by drink, Frank Wright, a
burly negro, Monday afternoon seized
flic rods of llie bunks at t— i police
barracks and twisted them complste
1> out of shape. No remonstrance
which could bo shouted at him had
any effect, and the negro went on his
destructive way until the bunk In his
ceil wan twisted completely out of
shape and will have to move the at
tention of a blacksmith before It can
be used again. ,
The bunks at tho barracks are made
ol Iron slats, fastened to rods a half
inch in diameter, it was this Iron
work that the maddened negro bant
and twisted out of shape,
He had been arrested earlier in tha
day as lie was passing tho barracks,
plainly showing the effects of drink.
Ho did not glvo the police any trou
ble in putting him Into the cell. Short
ly after being locked up became viol
ont, and crying in his rage, he ran
amuck in the cell, and seizing on the
hunk as the first thing in sight, bent
ft with apparently no effort. The oth
er negroes In the adjacent cells were
terrified at the actions of the bfg ne
gro and wero fearful that he would
break out and perhaps do them bod
ily harm. His paroxysm passed, how
ever, and ho was quiet enough Tues
day morning when ho was brought
before the recorder for trial.
Tho case of drunkenness was not
pressed, but a charge of malicious
mischief on account of his actions In
tho cell wns made against, him. On
this charge ho was bound over to the
city court for trial under a bond of
$l5O.
TAFT AND BOOKER T.
TO ADDRESS NEGROES
President-elect nnd Negro
Educator Speak From
Same Platform.
NEW YORK. —President-elect Tuft
and Dr. Booker T. Washington, tho
negro educator, will speak from the
same platform Tuesday night, at a
✓eating to bo held al. Carnogle hall,
to discuss negro Industrial education.
Tho occasion Is a meeting arrangod
by the Armstrong association In the
Interest of Hampton Institute, of
which Dr. Washington Is a graduate.
DUshop Greer, u trustee of Hampton,
wlil preside and plantation songs will
he sung by a chorus of student*. One
feature will bo an Industrial exhibit
In which about thirty-five negro stu
donts will be seon at work at the
trades which they are learning. Parti
of the house will bo open to the pub
lic.
SAVANNAH POLICE
TO POUR OUT BOOZE
Large Quantity of Intoxi
cants Will Be Thrown
Into the Sewers.
SAVANNAH, Ga. —Two more wag
on loads of booze was last night car
ried to police station following a raid
in which only two men were captured,
but. which from the standpoint, of
adding to the stock of liquor In charge
of the police was very successful.
It hnH been suggested, and this will
probably be done, that the confiscated
liquor, of which the police have al
most lost count of gallons, bo poured
into the street, to seep into the sew
ers. Every week adds from one to
two, sometimes more, wagon loads of
liquor of various sorts to the store un
til its magnitude is becoming embar
rassing, not only on account of the
space it occupies, but also because of
the continual question, "What are you
going to do with It?”
II is expected that an order will be
given the chief of police to sacrifice
the contraband liquid within a few
days and that many thousands of gal
lons of everything, from woak near
b-er to the finest wines, will flood the
city’s sowers.
BIG BOND ISSUE
TO BE MADE SOON
WASHINGTON. —At the general of
fices of the Southern railway Tuesday
morning It was announced that the
expected issue of $20,000,000 developk
merit and general fund bonds wilt not
he made until after the return of
President Finley Saturday.
I
HON. JOE BROWN IN MACON.
MACON, Ga.--Governor-elect Joe
Ilrown was a visitor In Macon Mon
day night and among the aeveral
things he saw was the performance
of “The Rivals” at the Grand thea
tre. Mr. Brown was paid quite a com
pliment, by several prominent Macon
men, Including Dr. O. C. Gibson, Em
mett Barnes, W. D. McNeil, Judge
John P. Rose, end otheiß.
He will leave Macon Tuesday for
Tennllle and from there he will go
to Sandersviile. His coming to Ma
con was a signal event for many per
sons who supported him in the gub
ernatorial campaign and they did al
most. everything to make his stay in
Macon a happy on*.