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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD VOLUME XIV., No. 105. AUGUSTA -IN CHATTANOOGA EIGHT TEAMS OFF IN A BUNCH; TOURISTS ENGAGE CHATTANOOGA Sonth Atlantic Season Opens Today With Char leston at Columbia, Sa vannah at Jacksonville, Macon at Columbus, and the Castro Squad Stacked Up Against the Lookouts They're off in a bunch! And, like the bang tail races that originated the cry, they'll never be in a bunch again this season. Our own dear Tourists are testing the mettle of Johnnie Dobbs’ aggregation in Chattanooga; the Wilson Matthews’ Sea Gulls are ritted against the Gamecocks at Columbia; Gilks’ “Savannah team is “camped in Jacksonville for a joust with Mullaney’s Scouts, and the Macon bunch is playing Jim Fox’s henchmen in Co lumbus. It is the prerogative of a scribe to pick the winners; so let’s start early: Chattanooga, Charleston, Jacksonville and Columbus seem to have the call in today’s games. The day of the six-club league is gone; there'll be eight clubs in the fight for the rag this year; and, as the Sally cir cuit has been called upon to sup port a full octette, there is rife specula tion as to the result of this experiment. For it can hardly be more than an ex periment now. Every team in the league has a new manager save one. and that’s Jackson ville. Old Domini'" Mullaney sticks like court plaster in J .'town, and it goes without saying that his team will be in the thick of the hunt for the pennant again this season, which reminds us that his opening game will be the oc casion for a hoisting program. With Wilson Matthews back in Char leston the fans are satisfied. True, he is only president of the club, but till he lacks of being a manager is the name, ,nnd if the Sea Gulls finish anywhere near the top, the foxy old Matthews will get most of the credit for their showing. Arthur Granville has charge of the Columbia team, which has been consid erably strengthened; Bobby Gilks heads the Savannah outfit, somewhat hurried ly assembled; Jack Lawlor is the man to whom Macon fandom has pinnqd its faith; Jim Fox, an ex-Sally League star, will pilot the new Columbus team, and Johnnie Dobbs is the former Southern Leaguer whose Chattanooga Lookouts may be figured on as a first division ag gregation. Last, but not least, Count Loui Cas tro. the only original Candy Kid, has corraled a team to represent Augusta on the Sally diamonds that compares well with anything in the league. He comes here from Atlanta, where, ns a short stop of the Billy Smith Crackers, he was tne idol of Gate City fandom, and gen erally regarded as one of the best in flelders in th e Southern League. He is second to no man in the South Atlantic on the coaching line. As a manager he. has already won the confidence and re spect of .is men, and it is without hesi tation that every student of the game predicts a successful career for him and his Tourists. The Augusta team is in Chattanooga today for a series witli the Dobbs Look outs. And being themselves a splendid aggregation, it is fitting that they should prize open the season against a team that is touted far and wide as a .pen nant-winning outfit. Castro said when he left that he expected to get away with two games in the mountain hamlet. Which doesn’t seem to have been such THE WEATHER For Augusta and vioinity. Fair to night and Friday. For South Carolina: Fair tonight and Friday; warmer Friday In west portion. For Georgia: Fair tonight; warmer in northwest portion. Friday fair, warmer in interior. Observer Fisher predicts a continu ance of fair weather. Today it is much warmer than the weather of Wednesday, as the thermometer only showed a maximum of 69 for the day. Mercury reached and passed that mark before 9 o’clock Thursday morn ing. Heavy rains have fallen along the coast from Hatterag to Portland, due to a moderate depression overlying the Middle Atlantic States and light showers have occurred along the South Atlantic coast, as a result of she depression still confined to south Florida Rain has fallen also in lowa and snow in western Nebraska and west ern M<r.tana, with snow now falling in ufver Michigan. Low pressure covers the Rocky Mountain districts and temperatures have fallen 10 degrees or more in the Middle Atlantic states and New England, also in western Missouri, and have risen 10 degrees or mor over the northern slope rt \ Rook ies and in southern It ah The river at 8 a. m. was 10.8 feet, a rise of 0.8 feet during past 21 uours. For Complete and Accurate Sporting" News During the Baseball Season, Read THE HERALD SEASON Mrs. Georgia Sampson, whose sensational trial on the charge of murdering her husband, has af forded New York one of the greatest sensations in its history, and her friend, Miss Theresa Collins, who, although the daughter of the sheriff in whose custody Mrs. Sampson has been held, has been her most devoted friend and attendant throughout her ordeal. IE GIRL SHOOTS ANOTHER 001 ON STREET MILLVIEW, Fla. —Mabel Dickerson shot and mortally wounded Mary Wineglass here Wednesday afternoon on the streets. Several shots were fired, one of which struck the latter In the back. The Dickerson girl is in jail. TAFT REACHES NEW HAVEN NEW HAVEN.—President Taft ar rived here at 11 o’clock this morning, to attend the meeting of the Yale cor poration. There was a great crowd at the station to greet him. a wild guess after all, considering that the Tourists won their game hands down Tuesday from Billy Smith’s Crackers, against whom the Chattanooga team was ineffective. Griffin will poch me opener. He is the man who was secured from Atlanta. Last year he led the Texas league pitchers, working for a fifth place team at that, and it is a bet of dollars to dimes that he will be In a very select coterie of Sally ningers this season. The rest of the line-up will probably be like this: Carson, catch; Hornhorst, first; Castro, second; Bierman, short; McMahon, third: McLauren, left field; Coles, center field; Herbert Smith, right field. There are a number of familiar faces with the two new clubs. Former Sally Leaguers drawing money in Columbus are Helm, Fox and Lammert, and John Fox; Chattanooga has McKenzie, the "human corkscrew." Ex-Southern Leaguers who are with Sallle League teams for the first time are as follows; Meeks, Gasklll, Dobbs, Gaston, Clarke, Wilkes. Aleock and P.lck ert with Chattanooga; Coveney, Mass ing and Eyler with Columbus; Castro, with Augusta; Nadeau with Charleston; Grnfflus, Gllkes with Savannah. Westervelt, Eurep, Setley and Raffer ty are all new umpires. OTHER SPORTS ON PAGE Fiv/c Mrs. Georgia Sampson AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 15, 1909. CHARLESTON —IN— COLUMBIA VICTIM DF FOOL PUV WISHED ASHORE PENSACOLA, Fla. —A deep sea mystery was brought, to light when the body of an unknown white man, nude, was washed up on Gulf Beach, near Cavatelia. A shattered skull and a bullet wound just about the heart, told that the man had met with foul play. The corpse is that of a foreigner, a young man of splendid physique, SAVANNAH IS AGAIN BEING INVESTIGATED Editor Dcnninburg, of the Baltimore World, in the City Studying Conditions SAVANNAH, Ga.—Savannah is be ing investigated again. This time it is Editor Denninburg, of the Balti more World, who has under his eye. He is here to study th.* effect of pro hibition and al3o So take a glancing shot at disfranchisement. He wants to see how the white men get along without their drink and what the ne groes do without their votes. He says that so far he has not been ablg to discover many signs of prohibition in Savannah except on Sunday. He thinks the law is obpyed pretty weil on the Lord's day. SECRETARY* WALLACE SENDS OUT PROGRAM Secretary Fielding Wallace, of the Georgia Cotton Seed Crushers’ as sociation, is mailing programs of the special convention that will be held at. Athens on April 19-20, under the auspices of the Agricultural Depart ment of the State University. The program is very attractively printed, in pamphlet form, and sev eral hundred copies will be distrib uted. HATCHES REMARKABLE SUCCESS OF HERALD ADVERTISING mips ij be sent IB TURKEY LONDON.-—lt. is reported that two British warships have been ordered to he in readiness to sail to Turkish waters. France has two cruisers at Toulon ready to sail to Turkey should affairs warrant it. THUS SULTAN m h m MUTINY BERLIN.—The Lokal Anzeiger pub lishes a Constantinople despatch in which the correspondent says there is good reason to believe that the sultan himself organized the military mutiny. him found DEW II HOME OF WOMAN CHICAGO.—Frank Yerkos, a milk dealer, was found mysteriously shot to deafli Thursday in the home of Mrs. Bose Shuman, who is separated from her husband. Mrs. Shuman and Ethel Blackwell, 19. who is visiting her, were arrested. GEN. 11. C. BUTLER DIED LIST NIGHT One of the Most Prominent Citizens of South Car olina Passed Away in Columbia. Special to The Herald. EDGEFIELD, S. C— General Mat thew Galbraith Butler died in Colum bia at 11:40 Wednesday night. He has been ill for several weeks and was gradually growing weaker for several days and it was known that the end was near. General Butler’s death is due to a complication of dis eases, induced by an old wound. He was one of the last of the cavalry generals who fought in the Confeder ate army. After the war, Gen. Butler took a prominent part in the movement, to reclaim the state to the democratic party and aided greatly in Hampton's victory in the gubernatorial race of 1876. in 1876 Gen. Butler was elect ed to the United States senate and served three terms. During the Span ish-American war Gen. Butler was a major general in the United States army. After the war Gen. Butler was ap pointed a member of the Cuban Peace Commission. He is survived bv his widow and three children, Capt. M. C. Butler, Jr., TT. S. A.; Dr. F. W. P. Butler, of this city, and Mrs. McNeely, wife of a naval officer. On his seventhy-flfth birthday, Gen. Butler received supreme unction from the Catholic church. He died wlihin fifty yards of the convention hail in which the secession convention met. Gen. Butler was a nephew of Com modore Perry, of the United States navy, and but for fate might have been a distinguished offleer of the United States army instead of a Con federate leader. Funeral Friday. COLUMBIA. S. r The funeral of General Matthew Galbraith Butler, who died Wednesday night, will take place Friday, from St. Peter's Cath olic church- SAVANNAH -IN JACKSONVILLE Irish-A m e r i en n Invest ment Company, Which Advertised Exclusively in The Herald, Reports Profitable and Expedi tious Closing out of its Affairs. The Irish-Amorican Investment company which has been running u series of advertisements In The Her ald, offering for sale its unimproved real estate, announces that it has en tirely disposed of this, and will close up its affairs. The company disposed of a number of lots to individual pur chasers, and the remainder of its unimproved property to Mr. A. B. Kcrsh. In its plan of closing out its realty holdings the company used the ad vertising columns of The Herald ex clusively. This fact is an interesting commentary, both on the advertising value of The Herald and of the de mand for Augusta real estate. The experience of the Irish-Anier ican Investment Company is but u sample of the advantage other ad vertisers have derived from their pol icy of advertising in The Herald. In Wednesday’s Herald there appeared an appreciation from Mr. C. E. Clark, a well known real estate dealer, who had been remarkably successful also in the sale of real estate through the medium of Herald Advertising. Oth er examples are not wanting, and ad vertisers in every line of business find Herald advertising profitable. To the committee in charge, Messrs. I’. F. McAnally, M. ,1. Calla han and F. Gehrken, considerable commendation is due for the profit able and expeditious manner in which they closed up the affairs of the Irish- Amorican Investment Company. Through their efforts the company will be able to pay its stockholders one hundred cents on the dollar, the first time this has been accomplished here by a company of this character. The company has been able previous ly to pay two dividends aggregating sixty-five per cent. It will now pay the remaining per cent due on the stock. TIFT SENT SPECIAL MESSAGE TO CONGRESS Recommends Bill For the Revision of the Philip pine Tariff. WASHINGTON. President Taft Thursday sent to congress a message transmitting the bill for the revision of the Philippine tariff. The presi dent says the measure revises, simpli fies and makes it conform nearly as possible to the regulation of tho cus toms laws of the United States, es pecially will; respect to packing and packages. The message and accompanying letters of recommendation from the secretary of war and the cihof of the Insular bureau, wllh copy of the pro posed act, were submitted to both the houses of congress shortly after they convened. Generally speaking the bill submll ted by the president, makes a slight increase in Its rates of duty now pro vided for in the Philippine tariff, but its framers say Its tendency is to in sure as far us practicable the benefit of the Philippine market for Amer ican manufactures and products. The bill makes some additions to the free list. There will he an increase In the interna! revenue duties by which It. Is hoped to make up the loss which the Philippine Islands will sustain by op erations of the free trade provisions in the pending Payne tariff hill. HERALD SDKS HAD pleasant; outing Forty-odd members of The Herald carrier force enjoyed an outing at Lake View Thursday morning and a part of the afternoon. An Easter egg hunt and other amusements arid games were employed by'the carriers to pans the time away agreeably, be fore they returned to the city to make their afternoon delivery of The Her ald. Tiie boys were in charge of Mr. W. T. McKendree, circulation mana ger of The Herald, who saw that they thoroughly enjoyed themselves. DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR. TODAY MOHAMMEDANS KILLING ARMENIANS AT MESSINA GEN. BUTLER’S OEATO FELT OEOE The news of the death of General M. C. Butter last night in Columbia will be received with deep regret by many Augustans who had the priv iledge of knowing him. Living as lie did during his last years but a few miles from Augusta, on the Curolina side of the river just above the lkvcks, he was well known hero. During the great struggle between (he states, he was known to Augutsans and Geor gians, as in fact ho was known for his skill as a commander and his gallantry wherever the history of the war is known. Fie vislled Augusta frequently, and many here mourn Ills loss as a per sonal one. He was an honorary mem ber of Camp 125 of Confederate Vet erans. Numbers of Augustans paid trib ute to his memory upon learning of liis death. The following are some of the expressions of leading cfttzmis who knew him well; Mayor Dunbar. Of General M. C. Butler. Augusta’s Mayor had this to say: “Ho was one of the most courtly gent lemon I over knew; he was a gallant soldier, and a wise statesman, the finest type of Southern manhood.” Major J. B. Cumming. On the occasion of I lie decoration of the Confederate soldiers' graves at the Augusia city cemetery, Memorial Day, 1895, General Butler was the orator, Introduced by Major Cum ming. At the conclusion of his re marks, he paid General Butler a beau tiful tribute, which is herewith re produced in accordance with a sug gestion made by Major Cumming when asked Thursday for an expres sion of his regard. Major Cumming’s words were as follows: “In one respect at least how fit tingly have we ordered this occason. The orator of the day, whom T shall have the honor to introduce to you, is most filly chosen. Filly chosen for his ancestry's sake-—those Ormonde and Butler’s who three centuries ago in the Emerald isle fought in knight ly fashion for llieir native land a race of gentlemen, who through three generations have been found sword in hand, ready to strike a blow —aye and striking it. right doughtily—for this their country, in the Revolution, in 1812, in Indian warH, in Mexico, and, latest of all, in that vast con flict which shook ali the land and resounded through all its borders. Well, too, have we chosen on Ids own merits —the bold rider, the dashing sahreur, the gallant leader, the wise and able commander—the soldier whose iwenty-etghlh year found him, Ineright of his own brave deeds and honorable wounds, a major general of cavalry In the glorious army of Lee. Thrice well chosen ns the In carnation of these sentiments and principles, whicn niade the Old South what It was and the war It waged an undying glory. Him, gallant, soldier, distinguished statesman, representa tive and type of the best Southern manhood, I now present to you—Gen oral Matthew Calbraith Butler.” Capt. J. J. O’Connor. Capt .1 .1. O'Connor, who served under General M. C. Butler during the war, and who knew him In'/’.nate ]y after the war, paid the following tribute to Ills memory Thursday morning: "I served under General Butler from 1802 until the end of the war. There was no more gallant sol dier In the Army of Virginia. lie was a typical Southern gentleman in every sense of the word, and he was one of the best representatives of the class of Southern gentlemen they Is fast passing away. He lived a lon and useful life, and his death causes sorrow to hundreds who knew him. “General Butler was a lovable and democratic man, who was loved by every one in Ills command, and his memory Is deserving of all the honor that we who have survived him can give. By his death I feel that I have not only lost a comrade, put a very near and dear friend.” Gen. John W. Clark, In speaking of Gen. Butler said: “It Is with the deepest regret that I learn of the deioh of General But ler. He was a man of whom I can not say too much. He was an Ideal officer and eavalryman. He was loved by every man In his command, I knew him personally after the ua and he was one of the best type oy the southern gentleman I have ever seen.” The members of Camp No. 425, U. C.V., will send a floral offering to Columbia Thursday, as a token of the esteem and respect they have for Gen. Butler. _ MVCON —in- COLUMBUS Enraged at the Murder of Two Moslems, People Take the Law in Their Own Hands. CONSTANTINOPLE.—A massacre of Armenians is in progress at Mes sina, a seaport of Asia Minor, on the Mediterranean Enraged al the murder of two Mos lems by an Armenian, and the fact that the assassin had not been appre hended. the Mohammedan population of Mersina which counts a total of 10,000 inhabitants, took the law into Its own hands and attacked the Ar menian quarters. The Christian communities of Mer sina are appealing lo their consuls here for help. No American missions are repre sented at Mersina. ■■ " ■—■ ' ( ; POLITICS NO FACTOR IN MASSACRE CONSTANTINOPLE.—The I rouble n( Mersina is in no way connected wit lithe political upheaval at Con stantinople of the past two days, ft Involves a recrudescence of the Ar menian question which is religious and racial, and has nothing to do with the Internal politics of Turkey. ALL NOW QUIET AT CONSTANTINOPLE CONSTANTINOPLE, —The Turkish capital Is again assuming its normal aspects, and there Is Thursday morn ing little outward evidence of politi cal ferment that lias marked the pre vious two days. FILED GROUNDS NEW COOPER 111 NASHVILLE. Forty-six distinct reasons for a new trial for Col. D. B. Cooper and Itohin Cooper were set forlti In the grounds that their attor neys filed with tlie clerk of the crim inal court Thursday. The documents contain ten thousand words. The most Important contentions deal wit It the alleged error of Judge Hart In ruling out a certain evidence. Especially Is exception taken with Judge Hart’s refusal to order a mis trial on March 19, when the jury re ported the acquittal of John D. Sharp and “hopelessly tied as to the Coop ers.” Judge Hurt, will hear the argu ments for the tnoiion on April 21. Pretty Good Talk Look It Over Something for Nothing. You can’t get It. 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Get the reader’s confidence, treat him right and you have a customer. Do the same thing with others, keep doing it, and you will have an established business with an established value. Begin now. USE HERALD ADS IN YOUR SHOPPING TOMORROW.
