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Newspaper Page TextTHE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD VOLUME XIV., No. 169. TWELVE BIG CURS STURT IN GREAT AUTO ROAD RACES Corbin Number One Leaves Starting Line At Nine O'Clook; Others Follow At Minute Intervals. BEST DRIVERS OF COUNTRY ENTERED Weather Was Perfect and Track in Excellent Con dition For First of Vanderbilt Events. MATSON WINS RACE. CROWN POINT. Ind.—Bulle tin: Matson wins the race, Mon son comes second, and Robert son third. CROWN POINT, Ind.—The first of the “Western Vanderbilt” automobile road races was run Friday in perfect June weather and over a track as smooth as time, money and men could make it. Friday’s race was over ten laps, approximately 23.6 miles each, or a total distance of 232.74 miles, for the Indiana trophy. Saturday, 12 big cars will contest for the Cobe cup, the big event of the meet. Practically all the best drivers of the country appeared in Friday’s race, the entrants being as follows: No. I—Corbin, A. J. Maisonville. No. 2 Buick, Robt. Burman. No. 3—Marion, (’has. Stutz. No. 4—Chalmera-De troit, Wm. Knipper. No. 6 —Marion. A. Monsen. No. 7—Locomobile, G. W. Florida. No. B—Buick. Chevrolet. No. 9—Falcar, W. H. Pearce. No. 10— Locomobile, Geo. Robertson. No. 11 — Moon, Phil. Wells. No. 14—Buick, Lewis Strang. No. 15—Falcar, John Ruehl. No. 16 —Stoddard-Dayton, Wiseman. No. 17—-Chalmers-Detroit, Al. Poole. No. 18— Stoddard-Dayton, Wright. No. 19—Chalmers-Detroit, J. Matson. Owing to the crowds the start was delayed, and it was 9 o’clock when the Corbin, No. 1, was started off, being followed by others at one min ute intervals. BISHOP GUNDLERI ARBITRATE THE STRIKE - W ASHINGTON. —Bishop Warren A. Candler, of the Methodist Episcopal church of Georgia, was today agreed upon as the third arbitrator in the dispute between the Georgia Railroad company and its firemen. Bishop Candler's selection was de cided upon at a conference between former Secretary of the Navy Herberi and Representative Hardwick of Geor gia, the other two arbitrators. Mr. Herbert has telegraphed Bishop Can dler, urging him to accept. POLICE BREAKING UP DISORDERLY HOUSES The cases against Amanda TTsery, Pearl Hill and Bessie Williams, the three women who were before the recorder Friday for failing to move when ordered to do so, were dismissed if they moved by Monday. If the women fail to move by Monday, the cases will be pushed. The women were reported for running a disorder ly house near Hankinson’s, on Twiggs street, a|id the police immediately notified them to move. They failed to move and the cases were dock eted. Several times persons have come to the police about the disorder in the houses near Hankinson’s and every time it is brought to the department’s notice the -women are forced to move. In several cases they have been heav ily fined by the recorder. BROTHER PAWNED SISTER’S GOODS Ed Gilmore, a negro, couldn’t resist the temptation to pawn two chairs and two rugs, the property of his sister, when she left him in charge of the house, and as a result he will answer to the city court on the charge of larceny from the house. He was bound over by Recorder Picquet Fri day morning. Gilmore owned up to pawning the •,oods. justifying himself by saying that his'sister had left him in charge. Recorder Picquet did not think that justified his act, so unless he gets a bond of $l5O, he will remain in jail until he is tried in the city court. RAILROAD OFFICIAL NAMED. CHICAGO. —President Harahan, of the Illinois Central railroad, has an nounced the appointment of Blewett Lee of Chicago to be general solic itor of that company, Lee is a son of General Stephen D. Lee, of the Confederate army, THE WEATHER Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity: Showers tonight or Saturday. For Georgia and South Carolina: Generally fair tonight and Saturday. ILL DISPENSE CISE TESTIIiOH IN BY SSTURDNY Real Work of “Winding Up” Commission Begins In Earnest As Claims are to be Adjusted. PROSECUTION HAS CASE WELL PLANNED Good Reason To Believe That Attorney General Lyon 'Will Put Stripes on the Grafters. Special to The Herald. COLUMBIA, S. C.—Saturday ends the dispensary investigation so far as the taking of testimony before the winding up commission is concerned, with the possible exception of a lit tle testimony here and there of an unfinished business nature, which will be of no particular interest to the general public, but it does not end the work of the commission by long odds, as the committee has one of its most difficult jobs to work out. that of finally adjudicating the various claims pending, which will require several sessions. A number of side issues of importance also have to be attended to, such as coming to an agreement with the various banks which have the fund on deposit as to the interest to be paid them and the allowances to be made to them on account of this money being tied up by the federal court proceedings, etc. EXPERT TO TESTIFY. The expert is to demonstrate that, chemical test Col. Felder introduced a few days ago, and which he said the expert would prove to the entire satisfaction of everybody would infal libly tell the true constituent parts of any whiskey, will be put up this week. And this may have an impor tant bearing on the conduct of the present whiskey business of the state, if any of this business remains after the August elections, for if this test proves out what it is represented to be it will likely lx? adopted by the county boards throughout the state. MUCH IS YET TO COME. The committee has not for good reasons exposed to view the excel lent stock of ammunition it has on hand, but there have been indications right’ recently which not only warrant the statement that the prosecution has gotten into all the details of the outrageous conspiracy to plunder the state, but will have facts sufficient to produce at the criminal trials next fall to secure convictions of about a round dozen of more or less promi nent men and send them to the peni tentiary. There is now good reason to believe “Lyon will put stripes on the grafters,” though it is only recent ly that the prosecution has been able to get hold of the connecting links. It was a sad day for the grafters when the federal supreme court de cided in favor of the state. THE GLASS COMPANY’S CLAIM. The claim of $20,000 of the Carolina Glass company of Columbia is being probed, but so far nothing of a sen sational nature has developed. Messrs. Norton and Brewer, of the company, were on the stand Thursday after noon, but the testimony of neither was interesting to the average read er. It concerned the details of mak ing glass, the cost of production, etc. A side flash of humor was injected when Attorney W. H. Lyles, for the company, spoke of the social promi nence and business standing in the community of the gentlemen who owned the company. Attorney Gen eral Lvon said he would be willing to go fully into this if the claimants would stand for details showing the social uplift a certain dispensary di rector was given by some of those having stock in the glass company. But .nis was an aside and was not treated seriously. THE SOLOMON INCIDENT. The most dramatic incident so far o fthe present session of the com mittee was the examination of M». H. L. Solomon. The suspense weigh ed visibly on Mr. Solomon when the committee took a short recess in or der to allow the attorneys ror the prosecution to go out and procure a warrant for Mr. Solomon’s arrest on charges of perjury. He sat in the witness chair, chewing the end of a black cigar, his red-socked feet dang ling nervously over the arm of the chair as the marshals sat Just behind him. Mr. Solomon said his traveling ter ritory was the state and the "dry counties in it. He employed Dr. W. A. Byers at a salary of SIOO a month to assist him with business out of the state, at the request of Director John Black, he said, who told him that if he would give Dr. Byers a job he would see t,.at witness got enough business to make It pay him. After five or six months, witness said, he found he did not get the promised business and dropped Dr. Byars. Cot. Felder showed bv the books that this period produced business amounting to over $20.01/0, and showed that, in the period of five years Solomon work continued on Market Page.) AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 18, 1909. Samuel Borsin Samuel Borsin, the young New York painter whose dismembered body was found in a street of New York recently, and his two sisters. The mystery has many features that char acterized the Guldensupxie tragedy of several yeai’s ago. BIG OVERCHARGES ARE ALLEGED BY ANDERSON COLUMBIA, S. C.—That the Caro lina Glass company had overcharged the state $98,000 to $240,000, varying according to the basts of computation chosen, and therefore actually owed the state a large amount, was the chai'ge made by General Anderson of the attorney general’s special stafff In arguing against the payment of the company’s claim for $23,000. It had been expected that today’s session would end the hearing upon this elaim, but Commissioner Patton gave notice that he had struck fresh trails in the books and might intro duce further evidence from them. Col. Felder promises to make the afternoon session “exceedingly inter esting.” REV- T. S- WRIGHT SPOKE IN NORTH AUGUSTA A meeting of the Anti-Dispensary league was held in North Augusta Friday night at the school house. The meeting was presided over by Mr. C. L. Butler. The speaker, Rev. T. S. Wright of Wagener, S. C. was intro duced by Rev. E. M. Light.foot with a few weil chosen remarks. Despite the inclement weather quite a number gathered to hear Mr. Wright. Sev eral new members were taken into the league. Mr. Wright told the story of the dispensary. Their method of going business, and he related numerous stories of the acts of the dispensary officials. He had some figures on dis pensary, aB they are, and these he explained to the audience. He said that every one knew tlft-re was an enormous breakage by the railroads every year, but that the re embursement to the dispensary never Bhows up on the annual report. Mr. Wright says from the expressions of the people of Aiken county, liquor will he voted out in the coming elec tion. From August Ist to 17th all the dispensaries will be closed in the wet counties. On the later date the election in the wet counties for or against the dispensary will be held. WOODLAWN BAPTIST PICNIC FRIDAY The Woodlawn Baptist Sunday school gave their annual picnic at Lake View Friday. The picnickers left at 9 o’clock and carried about as large a crowd as has been to the Lake this year. It was necessary to have seven cars to carry the children. The picnic Is in charge of the Rev. Thomas Walker, Mr. Ralph Young blood, Supt. of the Sunday school, and Mr. T. D. Johnson. The picnic will leave the Lake at about 6 o’clock Friday evening and the children will be given a ride around the belt. PORT RITES IRE TURNED DOWN D) THE COMMISSI Chairman MeLendon, Hill and Stevens Against Port Rates, and Candler and Hillyer For Them. DECISION NOT YET GIVEN OUT Commission took no Action on Matter Urged By Gov ernor in Reference to In terior Points. ATLANTA, Ga. —There will he no “port rates” with the sanction of the railroad commission as at present con. stituted. The commission Thursday denied the port rate petitions which have been under consideration the last three months by a vote of 3 to 2. Chairman S. G; McLendon and Com missioners Warner Hill and O. B, Stevens voted against them, while Commissioners George Hillyer and C. M. Candler favored granting them. The comniiss<on did not give .out its decision, mainly for the reason that there were several statements to be prepared in connection with it, and the stenographers were kept busy upon these until a late hour at night. Among these statemdnts will be a minority report filed by Commission ers Candler and Hillyer, a statement by Chairman MoLendon and another probably by Commissioner Hill and Commissioner Stevens. Altogether, therefore, the decision and accompanying statements prom ises to be quite a lengthy document. Which, however, will scarcely detract from its interest. WHAT THE PETITIONS WERE One of the petitions in connection with which the decision will he band ed down Friday is that of the Beck & Gregg Hardware company, asking a reduction in the rate on special iron products from Savannah and Brunswick to Atlanta, from 23 to 13 cents, the latter being the rate now prevailing In the opposite direction, from Atlanta to the ports. In addition to the railroads, the Atlanta Steel company also opposed this petition on the ground that the reduction asked, ill granted, would practically force it out of business. The other petition Involved was that of the McCord Stewart company and, other wholesale dealers, asking n re duction from 35 to 15 cents per 100 pounds on green coffee, rnrload lots, from Savannah and Brunswick to At lanta. The Savannah Chamber of Com merco, representing the commercial interests of that city, fought both pe titions and had a representative be fore the railroad commission for that purpose. Governor Smith, it will ho recalled, wrote a letter to the commission urg ing that body to grant port, rates. It will also be -ecalb'd that the governor asked the commission to or der a reduction of 5 cents per 100 pounds on cotton from Interior points to the ports. The commission, how ever, took no action on this phase of the matter. RIVER BANK WILL NO! BE PILLED IN AGAIN Thp flood commission met. at. noon Friday in the city hall and decided that it will not be advisable to fill In that portion of the river bank be tween the North Augusta bridge and Hawk’s gulley that was washed away by the flood. A contract will be awarded Immediately, on a basis of specifications originally adopted, and upon which bids have already been submitted. The commission heard the report of Chairman Pope and Commissioner Nisbet Wingfield, who recently made a trip to Savannah and conferred with Col, Dan Kingman ip regard to cer tain contemplated changes In the specifications. The decision of the commission was influenced by this report. The commission decided not to award the river contract at the same lime the canal job was ijjveii out. Somebody suggested that the river bank should be filled In, and urged that Idea. As a consequence the com mission decided to defer the award of the river contract until the opin ion of Col. Kingman could bo secured The plan did not meet with his fa vor. Indeed, it is understood that he very plainly intimated to Messrs. Pope and Wingfield that if the city filled in the river bank, contrary to his suggestion, there would be small chance to secure favors from the gov ernment, in the way of co-operation in the river bank work. Messrs. W. J. Oliver and A. J. Twiggs were the lowest bidders on the job, the former submitting an es timate about $1 ,000 less than that of Mr. Twiggs. Thos. Lipton Again Issues Challenge * vaagßasa&agEßt r ■ ■■ 1 1 I „ , igpfifsn Sir Thomas Lipton, well known English million aire anrl sportsman, who has renewed his challenge for another race, the boat to be built by a New York yacht club, hut like other challenges, has been turn ed down by America. Lip ton’s last cup challenger has been sold for old junk in New York. LABOR FEDERATION PRAISES SMITH’S STRIKE ACTS Special to The Herald. COLUMBUS, Ga. After one of Ihe best sessions In its history the Geor gla state federation of labor lias ad journed to meet next year In Savan nah, that city winning over Rome by 15 votes. C. Smith of (lie Macon fcarpenters’ union was elected fraternal delegate to the farmers’ union convention In Macon to establish closer relations with that union. Governor Hoke Smith's action in the recent Georgia railroad strike was heartily endorsed with proper reso lutlons. The following officers wore elect ed for the ensuing year: President, B. Lee Smith, Atlanta; first vice pres ident, C. T. Williamson, Macon; sec ond vice president P. H Remington, Columbus; third vice president, G. A Reynolds. Augusta; secretary and treasurer, W. Puckett, Atlanta; del egate to national convention American Federation of La tier, Jerome Jones, Atlanta; chief counsel, f\ T. Ladson, Atlanta. The seven district organizers were elected for the ensuing year. BOYS EXPECT FINE CAMP IN MOUNTAINS The list of those who are going on the Y. M. C. A. camp to the moun tains of North Carolina Is growing rapidly. Mr. Orkort stated that the list would soon be closed and that he anticipated a very good camp, and felt satisfied that those who went on the camp would be greatly benefited pysically. On Monday night at 8 o'clock those who are going on file camp will meet, at the Y. M. G. A. for the purpose of taking ft long walk so as to be in training for the long bikes that the men will take while on the camp. On Monday Mr. Oekert will walk the men about ten miles out on the Washing ton road and gradually Increase the distance each night. LODGE MEETING POBTPONED. A called communication of Social Lodge. No. l, F, & A. M., advertised for Friday night, lias been postponed until further notice. BOOSTERS POSTPONED. On account of the absence of sev eral members the Boosters meeting, which was to have been held Thurs day night at the Chamber of Com merce, was postponed. The men of the V. M. C. A. will meet at Whitney’s warehouse this evening at 6 o’clock for open air ath letics. The men are working hard to get in good form for the field day meet at the Fair grounds on July 2th. DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR. MRS. GOULD KICKS OFF SUPPERS II FACE OF HER lEI Employee Says When She Drinks She Gets Boister ous and Threatens to Fire Everybody From Place. WANTED TABLE THROWN IN HALL Mrs. Gould Was a Great Lover of Champagne and Cocktails and Often Drank Them All Day. NEW YORK -Harry J. Veltch, of Dos Moines, lowa, was called by tho defense whan the court opened In the Gould separation case. He was em ployed as a valet to Mrs. Gould from December, 1905 to September, 1906, the witness said, and during the time traveled with .her to the West Indies and to Europe, and attended her at St. Regis Hotel iiv this city, and at Castle Gould. Veitcih testified Dial he 'had seen Mrs. Gould under the Influence of li quor several times. CHAMPAGNE AND MANHATTAN COCKTAILS. Ho said she drank a great deal on the trip to tho West Indies on Iho yacht Niagara, mostly champagne and Manhattan cocktails. The witness described an incident tit Cast la Gould in July or August, 1906 when he said Mrs. Gould drank champagne and cocktails all day and became loud and boisterous and threatened to "lire everybody In the place." "She asked me to tie her slinpors and when 1 started to do 11 she kick ed them off in the air," said the for mer valet. Veltch said he was at Blue Gap Farm in Virginia with Mrs. Gould hi September, 1906 and saw her Intox icated there. The witness repeated the statement that Mrs. Gould had or dered him to throw a table, set. with dishes into the hall from her apart ment at St. Regis. 4 MEN ARRESTED FOR WKITECAPPING MOBILE. Ross Stapleton, Richard I’loney, George Brooks and Richard Gorman, all prominent farmers of Baldwin county, were arrested Frl day under Federal Indictment, charg ing whiteenpping. Robert Gibson, al so indicted, lias nol been located. They are charged with visiting a homesteader named Comstock and or dering him to leave In forty-eight hours They were released on SSOO bond each, j. mmm KILLED RIAASELF Special to The Herald. MILNER. Ga. .I Frank Canthen, a wealthy citizen of this place, shot him Half to death Friday morning with a parlor rifle. REVIVAL WILL CLOSE. A series of revival services that has boon In progress for several days at the Sibley Presbyterian church will close Friday night. Groat, good has been accomplished In the meet ing, and there have been u number of accessions to the church. Rev. J. H. Fleming ,wlio has been assisting the pastor, will preach the closing sermon. All advcH isirig docs not Itfinjc itimicdialo re- Hiilts. If it. did, news papers, magazines, street CRTS, sigHS would lllilkt! more money than the United Stales Mint could turn out. All GOOD advertising always pays, Dut it takes time and patience and money before I lie goal is reached. Dig general retail stores, of course, get quicker returns than others, because the aet ual necessities of life must he purchased daily. The quick returns, however, soon disappear “One paper in the home is worth a thousand on the highway.” TENDERLOIN IN Wl SCENE IF DOUBLE TRAGEDY Woman of Red Light Dis trict Killed By Police man, Who, Afterwards, Turned Revolver on Self. BOTH DIED BEFORE MAKING STATEMENT Bodies Found in Room Im mediately after Shooting and Lived Only For m Few Minutes. MACON. Ga. A murder followed by a suicide snuffed out two liven in Hie tenderloin in Macon at an early hour Friday morning. The dead am Emilia Raymond, the proprietress of a house known as "The Cottage,” and located ai. 319 Cherry street., and Oa car a member of the M&ooa police force. Abel entered the house shortly Af ter one o’clock and went to the wom an's room. A few minutes later three shois were heard In rapid succesaion, theii there was a lull and then three more shots rnng out. Occupants of the hoiißo rushed to the room and found lhe door closed but not. looked. They entered and found the Raymond woman lying upon the floor between the bed and the door. Two ball! had pierced her chcßt but she whs eUil alive when found. Abel was found upon the floor between the bed and the hearth. He had shot himself b«ok of llic right ear and was aleo breath ing. Neither person lived long enough to make a statement. WOMAN FROM IHIP I KENTUCKY The Raymond woman came to Ma con about six voars ago from Ken tucky. Abut had been a member of Hie police force ever a year. He waa married and lived on Western Heights. It is understood that Abel had threatened to kill the wonuu but probably the whole truth will be learn ed at tlie coroners Inquest which Is to lie conducted Friday morning That. Abel shot mid killed Emma Raymond nnd then turned the smoking weapon upon hlmnelf Is likely the case. The woman was probably making her way to the door when she was stopped by flic bullets. R. P. 0. SERVICE MUCH IMPROVED Through the lnstnnnantallty of tho lorn I post of fine authorities an order has been Issued by the suporlntand ent of railway mail servloe In this di vision to dispatch closed pouches from the Augusta post-office, on Geor gia train No. 11, known as the Picayune, to Grovetown, Harlem and Thomson. It became effective on June 16. In addition to this improvement, a mall clerk haH been assigned to duly on tho Picayune between Oaraak and Macon, thereby affording patrona of the postal service on that line of railroad the advantage of sending mull to Intermediate points. Closed pouches will be dispatched front the Augusta postofflee on the Biiekhend special to Union Point and Greensboro. These Improvements will supply a long felt want, both locally and at the stations benefited. * 1 i THREE AUTOI3TB INJURED. GROWN POINT, Ind.—Adolph Mag nus, Florence Packard and Harriet Barnes, all of Chicago were injured early Friday by the overturning of their automobiles In which they were speeding to the motor car races. Tho car In the darkness ran Into a ditch and turned over. None of 6ha occu pants were seriously hurt It Is said. if the merchant does not keep his stocks up to the standard and keep his promises to tho people. After all, the keynote to successful advertising is simplicity, integrity and alert merchandise methods. The Augusta Herald is now contributing and has contributed to the success of a great many enterprises. Those who are now ad vertising arc examples to those who do not ad vertise. (let on the band wagon!