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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIV., No. 195.
IM'LENDQi SHIS
SUSPENSION IS
NULL JO VOID
Claims That Member of
the Investigating; Com
mittee Was Not Eligible
To Serve.
EASES CHARGES ON
GOVERNOR’S FEES
Former Chairman Inti
mates That He May Ask
Disqualification of Other
House Members.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Charging that ill
violation of the Constitution of the
state, which prohibits the appoint
ment by the governor to positions of
emolument, of members of the gen
eral assembly. Governor Smith had
paid various sums from the state
treasury to a certain member of the
house, aggregating about f1.r.00.
Chairman S. G. McLendon petitioned
the joint committee now investigating
the charges against him, to have that
member disqualified to sit as a juror
in his case.
The member referred to, though
not mentioned by name, was easily
recognized as Representative Hooper
Alexander, of DeKalb. to whom Gov
ernor Smith paid various sums from
the treasury for representing the
state as special counsel in connection
with the Western and Atlantic rail
road.
Chairman McLendon also intimated
that he may challenge the right of
other members of the general assem
bly to sit in judgment upon Ips case.
Chairman McLendon made the
charge that, in view of the relations
established and existing between this
member and Governor Smith, he is
disqualified to cast any vote in the
pending case. The chairman fur
ther asked the committee that he be
given the right of challenge, which is
uniformly given to defendants.
The committee will take the matter
under consideration in executive ses
sion, and make reply to Chairman Mc-
Lendon.
ALEXANDER HAS
NOTHING TO SAY.
After the reading of Chairman Mc-
Lendon’s charges, a representative of
The Constitution saw Mr. Alexander,
who was In attendance upon the hear
ing in the senate chamber, and asked
him if he had any statement to make
regarding it.
“I have no statement to make at
present, and I uo not know that I
shall make any reply to it at all,”
was Mr, Alexander’s reply.
Following the reading of Chairman
McLendon’s petition, the joint inves
tigating committee in the McLendon
case began taking testimony.
Attorney General John C. Hart and
Judge James K. Hines, special attor
ney for the railroad commission,
were the only witnesses heard. Both
of these testified they had told Gov
ernor Smith thafMr. McLendon was
not furnishing the state’s counsel as
sistance in fighting the rate increases
from the west before the interstate
commerce commission.
Neither of them questioned Chair
man McLendon’s sincerity or the facts
he furnished, but the trend of their
testimony was to show that he didn’t
think the state had much of a case,
and what he did furnish them was
rather an argument from the railroad
standpoint.
McLendon
WAS ALONE.
The committee met in’ the senate
chamber at 3 o’clock. Chairman Mc-
Lendon was alone, whereas he was
accompanied at the former hearing by
Congressman James M. Griggs, not as
counsel, but as friend.
Chairman McLendon then asked the
committee to excuse Vice-President
W. H. Patterson, of the Central Rank
and Trust Corporation, until Wednes
day afternoon, on account of busi
ness engagements. He said he did
not know that the commi*tee intend
ed to consider any more than the gov
ernor’s message at this session. Mr.
Wright, of Floyd, objected to excus
ing Mr. Patterson, and the matter
was held in abeyance while the com
mittee proceeded to hear testimony.
First. Chairman McLendon asked
permission to read his petition with
reference to the exclusion of Mr.
Alexander, of DeKalb, as a Juror, and
ths permission was granted after
brief discussion.
Chairman McLendon then proceed
ed to read his interesting and sensa
tional petition, which appears in full
elsewhere.
AS TO ASSISTANCE
FROM CHAIRMAN.
Attorney General John C. Hart was
th first witness called. After the
usual formal quetsions he was asked
his relations to litigation looking to
the prevention of increases in freight
rates. Reference was had to the
hearing before the interstate com
merce commission last fall in opposi
tion to the increases on grain, hay
and provisions from Ohio river points
into Georgia.
The railroad commission of Georgia
1 id directed the filing of a brief op
i osing these rate increases. This
was probably the case, Judge Hart
said, to which Governor Smith had re
(Contnued on page seven.)
BLOODY BUTTLE
HOW EE II
PERSIA CITY
Nationalists Enter Capital
and Vigorous Fighting
Between Forces Began
At Once.
FOREIGNER’S SAFETY
NOT YET THREATENED
The Shah is Momentarily
Expected To Take Refuge
Under Roof of Foreign
Legation.
TEHERAN, Persia. —One thousand
Nationalists entered Teheran at five
o’clock Tuesday morning by three
gates. The Cossacks occupied the
oentral square and the surrounding
streets.
Fighting started at once and is vig
orously proceeding.
The Shah is momentarily expected
to take refuge in a foreign legation.
The royalist troops, particularly
the Cossacks, have taken up the po
sition l n the central square and are
surrounding the streets, and it is be
lieved the Nationalists will attack
their position in full force if they do
not surrender.
The safety of foreigners does not
appear at this writing, to be seriously
threatened.
NATIONALISTS HOLD
PARLIAMENT HALL.
Siphadar and Sardahasad, the Na
tionalist leaders, are in possession of
the parliament building. A body of
local Nationalists under the leader
ship of young Seyed have taken pos
session of the residence of Saad-Ed-
Dowloh. the foreign minister. Many
of the royalist soldiers, including a
number of Cossacks, have deserted to
the Nationalists.
The populace of the city are en
thusiastic over the advent of the Na
tionalist forces. They throng the
streets, wearing red badges and offer
ing encouragement to the revolution
ary soldiers.
FORCES FIGHTING
FIERCE BATTLE.
There was a sharp outbreak of rifle
Are in the morning near the British
legation, but it did not last long and
casualties among the Nationalists
were slight. The Nationalists are in
possession of the central offices of
the Persian internal telegraph system.
The Indo-European telegraph line, the
outlet to London, Is still working, but
with difficulty. Royalists and Nation
alists are fighting in the square .in
front of the offices of the company,
which are under fire.
TRYING TO PREVENT
STRIKE £ USERS
PITTSBURG.—Strong efforts are
being made to prevent the strike
Thursday between the United Mine
Workers of America and the Pitts
burg Coal Company. There are 38
mines involved employing 18,000 men.
AUGUSTA PRIESTS
ARE IN RETREAT
Father Devine, Father Cronin,
Father McLaughlin, Father liashnal
and Father Meyer, of the Sacred
Heart college are in a retreat at Long
Beach, Mass. They wil return about
August Ist.
PROHIBITION HURTS
THE SALE OF CIGARS
MAOON, Ga. —Cigar men of the
state are complaining that the prohibi
tion bill has cut down sales to a cer
tain extent, and that the places which
were formerly bar-rooms no longer
sell as many smokes as t)iey used
to.
When John and Jim used to go in
for a drink they would linger. After
a while John would ask Jim to take
another and Jim would say “not a
drink but a smoke.” In this way
many five cent smokes were sold. But
the saloon is no more and some of
the dealers feel the effects of the law
though it was never aimed at nico
tine.
THE WEATHER
Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity:
Fair tonight and Wednesday.
For South Carolina: Partly cloudy,
showers in interior or Wednesday.
For Georgia: Local showers tonight
or Wednesday.
Scattered rains fell i n the eastern
districts of the cotton belt Monday, x
cessive precipitation being reported
from Madison, Fla., where 3.30 inches
were recorder: Tallapoosa, Ga., 5.30
inches; and Thomasville, Ala., 1.65
inches.
No rain fell in Augusta in the laßt
24 hours. The minimum and maxi
mum temperatures recorded were 72
and 89 degrees.
Texas is still under, the torrid wave,
and a forecast of general rains
throughout the state caused a reac
tion in the cotton market Tuesday.
The observer predicts fair weather.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 13, 1909.
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August Belmont, tke well known financier, ancl sons on board ship about
to sail for Europe. Mr. Belmont would not deny that lie intended to wed Miss
May Robson, the actress, while abroad. On the left is Morgan and in tke cen
tre Raymond Belmont.
HOIS HELD FOR
MiSDEUORONLY
Alleged Assaulter of Miss
Arabelle Harper, of
Jesup, Was on Trial
Monday.
JESUP, Ga. —The preliminary trial
of T. M. Thomas the city marshal for
a criminal assault upon Miss Arabelle
Harper, was in progress here Monday.
The prosecutrix went upon
stand and told of the alleged assault.
She says she was lured away from
home by a fraudulent warrant in the
hands of th<( marshal on June 29.
The defense put up several wit
nesses to testify as to the character
of the prosecutrix. The trial was con
cluded on the afternoon and Marshal
Thomas was held for misdemeanor
only.
MEDICAL SOCIETY
MEETS IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga. —The semi-annual
convention of the First Congressional
District Medical society will convene
Wednesday morning at the DeSoto
hotel. The first of the delegates to
this convention will reach the city
Tuesday afternoon.
When the convention meets at. the
DeSoto the doctors will be welcomed
to the city by Mayor Tiedeman and
Hon. Thomas M. Norwood. Dr. J. K.
Train, the president, will preside over
the sessions of the convention. In
the afternoon the doctors will go to
Tybee where they will enjoy a dip in
the surf to be followed by a banquet.
VETERANS WILL
GO TO ATHENS
Camp No. 435, U. C. V. held a meet
ing at the court house Monday night
for the purpose of talking over the
coming state reunion to be held in
Athens in September. There was a
goodly number of the memoers of
the camp present and it was voted
that an effort would be made to have
every member of Camp No. 435 at
the reunion. It will cost about $209
for the camp to make the trip.
Another meeting of the camp will
be held at the court house on the first
Monday night in August. Plans
will be made at that meeting for the
accommodation of the Veterans in
Athens. The reunion will last two
days. Efforts will be made to raise
the money that can not be given bjr
the members, and it is believed that
every man will make the trip.
EXTINGUISHERS FOR
GEORGIA OIL CO.
Automatic Are extinguishers with a
large reservoir to supply the water
are being installed at the plant of the
Georgia Cotton Oil company on Mar
bury street. The resevoir will have
a capacity of 15,000 gallons and the
supply of water will meet any con
tingency that may arise.
Th'e automatic pipes are being in
stalled in all the buildings, and when
completed, the entire plant, will be
protected by a net work of pipes that
will open, allowing a flow of water,
when the heat in the building reaches
a certain point. In this way any
fire, when it reaches any ?izo : is
flooded and extinguished. The sys
tem will be completed in a very short
time.
August Belmont and Sons Are In Europe
BiG TENNIS EVENT
IT COUNTRY CLUB
BEGINS 1 MONDAY
The South Allantic States champ
ionship tennis tournament will open
next Monday afternoon at the Coun
try club courts. Indications are that
it will be the largest tennis event
ever pulled off in Augusta.
The entry list will close Monday
morning at 9 o'clock. The drawing
will be made about 10 o’clock. The
preliminary round will start early
that afternoon.
More interest is being evinced lo
cally in tennis than for many seasons.
The recent city tournament at the
Lakeside club se.rved to bring out
much new talent, and that event wak
an auspicious preliminary to the
South Atlantic tournament.
The Country club courts are m
splendid condition. The handsjime
trophy cups will arrive in a l| w days,
and will be placed on exhibition in
one of the jewelers’ windows.
To reciprocate for the courtesy of
the Country club in sending a team
to Atlanta and to Macon, to compete,
respectively, in the southern and the
Georgia. State tournaments, these ci
ties will send teams here to partici
pate in the South Atlantic event, and
the list of visiting entrants will prob
ably be the largest on record.
Miss Sarah Evans, who played her
way to the final round in ladies’ sin
gles in Atlanta, only to be compelled
by exhaustion that followed her stren
uous exertion in the mixed doubles to
default the final match, remained over
in Atlanta to work up interest among
the ladies there who play tourna
ment class, and it is expected that
the entry lists of the South Atlan
tic will include the names of several
Gate City players in those events.
The Country club team Is ’now at
Macon and will be home In time to
rest a day or so before the South At
lantic tournament begins.
MANY ATTENDED MR.
SULLIVAN’S FUNERAL
The funeral services over the re
mains of Mr. Michael Sullivan were
held Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock
from St. Patrick’s church. The in
terment was in the City cemetery.
At the funeral services requiem low
Mass was said.
Mr. Sullivan was well-known, and
a large nupiber of friends were at
the church to pay their last respects
Mr. Sullivan was for 25 years a mem
ber of the Augusta police force, and
a better, truer police officer ’ was
never on the force. He was
recently retired. To his bereaved
family, in this their deepest sorrow
the sympathies of a host of friends
are extended.
TENNIS COURTS
IN THE PARKS
Carrying out their policy of provid
ing diversion for the children at the
various city parks, the tree and park
commission is having tennis courts
built in May and Allen parks.
One court will he built at May
park, while the children at the Allen
park will have two courts. They will
be equipped with the very best nets
and screens, and will be surfaced just
like the courts of the Lakeside and
Country clubs.
OXFORD DISTRICT
CONFERENCE ON
Special to The Herald.
MONTICELLO, Oa.—Tuesday night.
July 13, the district conference of the
Oxford district will convene at Social
Circle, Rev. 11. M. Quillian of Cov
ington preaching the introductory ser
mon. The conference will be presid
ed over by Dr. C. E. Dowman, the
presiding elder of the district. Seve
ral counties of middle Georgia will
be represented.
The district has twenty-two pastor
al charges, besides Emory college, in
its bounds. There are seventy-one
churches with nineteen local preach
ers and 8,904 members. There are
sixty-six Sunduy schools with 490
teachers and officers and 4,985 schol
ars. There are 444 leaguers. The
Woman’s Foreign Mission Society has
763 members and the Woman’s Home
Mission Society lias 373 members
The churches of the district, are val
ued at $125,500. The personages of
the district are valued at $31,000. Oth
er church property estimate at $4,-
325, not including any of the prop
erty about Emory college.
I jftst year the Oxford district raised
$51,284. The pastors are mostly from
rural charges and are anxious for the
conference to be a good spiritual one
that they may go back to their charges
renewed for the revival season which
will be on them when they return.
The delegates from Monticelio church
are the pastor, R. M. Dixon, W. A.
Reid, A. eßnton, and Hugh Benton.
OODY OF KELSEY
AMY YET BE FOUND
Special to The Herald
CHARLESTON, S. o.—ft Is a mat
ter of general surprise that the body
of Fulton Kelsey, who was drowned
lust Friday afternoon, has not been
recovered. The tide was’on the flood
at the time, arid it was thought that
it floated In with the tide and would
have been left on one of the numer
ous beaches. Searches of the beaches
have, however, failed to find the body
and It Is likely that the body of the
young man must have gone to sea
without finding lodgment, on any of
the beaches. It Is yet time for the
body to bo discovered and hopes are
held that It will be found.
BILL POSTERS MEET
IN ATLANTA TUESDAY
Distributors and Advertis
ers Painting League Also
in Convention in Atlanta
ATLANTA, Ga. —From nil sections
of the United States and Canada bill
posters gathered l n Atlanta Monday
for a three days’ session commenc
ing Tuesday morning. All the meet
ings will be held In Cable hall.
The full name of the association in
session in Atlanta Is the Association
of Bill Posters of the United States
and Canada. It has two allies con
ventions in the Southeastern States
Bill Posters’ and Distributors’ Asso
ciation and the Advertising Painters’
League of America, who are also ln
session here. Several hundred dele
gates are expected to attend the meet
ings.
DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR.
HOSTS BOOSE
IDE 810 DEAL
Oil COTTON COOP
Bought Two Thousand.
Bales of Cotton From
Wai-ehousemen of Ameri
cus for October Delivery.
PAID GOOD MONEY
FOR FLEECY STAPLE
Round Price of Twelve
and One-Eighth Cents
Given With Middling As a
Basis.
Special to The Herald.
AMIORICUS. Two thousand bales
of cotton wore sold here, Tuesday
morning by the Ainericus Warehouse
mi'll representing the local farmers,
at a round price of 12% cents, on
a basis of middling.
These two thousand bales are deliv
erable during October by the farmers,
thus represented and who are assured
in advance of a splendid price for
their cotton. The purchaser was an
Augusta exporting house. Several
thousand bales additional have been
sold in Americas previously at prices
around 11 cents for October delivery.
K. OF C. PICNIC AT
BERZELIA WEDNESDAY
A great many tickets have been dis
posed of for the Knights of Columbus
picnic to Beizella. Wednesday and it
is expected to take a large crowd. Ar
rangements have been made to ac
commodate as many as care to go,
however, and no inconvenience will
be suffered by anyone who wants to
make the trip. The committee in
charge have exerted themselves to
the utmost to see that everything is
in readiness for I lie picnic, and that
ail the plans for the entertainment
of their guests will go off smoothly.
Ball games and other sports have
been arranged for and a fine barbecue
dinner will he wailing those who do
not care to take baskets. The Knights
expect, to have the most enoyahle
picnic they have ever held.
SECRETARY JOHNSON
HONORED AT ATLANTA
It Is related by another Augustan
who was there that while in attend
ance upon tho annual convention of
the Southern Commercial Secretaries’
Association, recently held in Atlanta.
Secretary Johnson, of the Augusta
Chamber of Commerce, was the re
ctpient of a very significant compli
ment.
He came Into the convention hall
a few minutes late, after tho session
had convened, and a moment or so
behind several other delegates, who
wre also tardy. As he walked up tho
aisle a hearty round of applause
greeted him, which lie pleasantly ac
knowledged hb he took a seat op the
rost.ru m.
Augustans In tho assemblage and
others who know Mr. Johnson, appre
ciated the full significance of the In
cident, and the genial secretary re
ceived many warm congratulations.
"Your first page stories are too
long. Can’t you cut them down?”
"Ix> you wish me to make them
shorter?” I asked.
“Well, 1 doh't know. If I re
strict. you too much maybe it will
be harder for you to write them.
I don’t know how you find lime
to write them anyway. It takes
a lot of time to write a SHORT
story,” said the chief.
‘‘it. does for a fact. I am not
an editor, you know. I try to
write as I talk. Sometimes I talk
too much; for the same reason
maybe 1 write too much. Shull 1
stop these stories?”
“No sir-eo! Stop ’em. I guess
not! Why man, they are just as
interesting as anything in .the pa
per—more so than routine news.
No sir! Keep ’em up as long as
you can! And, by the way, isn’t
this a good subject for one of
your talks, ‘Advertising is an in
troduction'?”
Here’s the talk.
Advertising is an in
troduetion particular
ly in {tapers of the class
of The Augusta Herald.
When you introduce
one friend to another
friend, you do riot ex
pect them to at once say
each to other, “(Had to
meet you, Mr. Smith or
Mr. Jones. Come around
to rny shop tlx* next
time you want to buy a
new suit—or come to my
studio; I would like to
“One paper in the home is worth
a thousand on the highway.”
TRUST DRAWS
LINE TIGHTER
IN THEATRES
The Southern Theatrical
Managers’ Association
Strict As To Use of Their
Houses.
ALL INDEPENDENT
ATTRACTIONS OUT
Decide Not To Let Shubert
or Independents Play in
Theatres Under Their
Control.
ATLANTA. Ga. The Southern
Ila atrical Managers Association has
decided not to permit any of the Shu
l"'tl or independent attractions to
play in any houses under its control.
REFERENCE LIBRARY
FOR TUBMAN GIRLS
A reference library is being added
to the Tubman High school In addi
tion to- the fine library that was in
stalled several years ago. Tho new
library will contain about fiOO vol
umes. These will he only working
reference books, that will be of in
estimable aid to the students.
The library will contain dictionar
ies, histories, source books in history
and literature, the classics, and en
cyclopedias. The library ’ will be
about the finest reference library In
tlie city.
GEORGIA CENTRAL
OFFICERS ELECTED
Special to The Herald,
SAVANNAH, fit .1. T. Harahan,
president »of the Illinois (lentral rail
road. and George A. I’eabodv, of New
York, president, of the Mutual Life
Insurance company, were elected di
rectors of the Central of Georgia,rail
road Monday and ware placed on the
executive committee.
Win. Nelson Cromwell and ,L W.
Castles, of New York, resigned. The
new members are the personal re|>.
resentutives of E. 11. Harrlman on the
board.
LITTLE CHARLIE MEEHAN
HAS PASSED AWAY
The many friends of Mr. and Mrs.
M. .1 Meehan are sympathizing with
them In the loss of their little son,
Charlie, who died at the residence
Monday morning at 5 o’clock.
lie was a bright, and winsome lit
tle fellow and had an exceptionally
sweet deposition There Is a va
cancy In the house that cannot be
filled and Ills parents are heart
broken.
NEGRO GAMBLER
KILLED BY UNKNOWN
RUTLEDGE. A large crowd of ne
groes gambling Saturday night near
Rutledge <vas fired into by unknown
parties and one was ktled and three
slightly wounded. Tiie coroner’s ver
dict says he wus killed by parties
unknown.
[taint, your picture.”
What Would You Think?
If the introduction is
accepted iu the usual
manner and these gen
tlemen meet frequently
afterwards, perhaps they
will talk over business
matters and maybe one
will order a suit and the
other a painting. It all
depends ou how well
they get along together
—whether they have the
faith that begets closer
relationship and busi
ness dealings.
The advertiser that
uses the columns of The
Augusta Herald is prop
erly introduced all right,
and whether our readers
make purchases from
him depends wholly up
on how careful he is in
making statements, and
whether he makes a last
ing impression. If he
does this, the introduc
tion leads to that confi
dence which must exist
between tho mrehant
and the public before
advertising can ever be
made to pay.