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About The Augusta daily herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1908-1914 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1909)
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*.
