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THE AUGUSTA*DAILY HERALD VOLUME XIV., No. 197 TAFT FIRM ON comm TAME President “Stands Where He Stood All the Time,” and ill Insist on Adop tion. ALDRICH AND PAYNE DON'T FAVOR PLAN Leaders of Senate and House Are, However, Pledged to the President to Support Amendment. WASHINGTON, D. C.—That Presi dent Taft “stands right where he has stood all along,” and will insist upon the adoption of the corporation tax amendment, is the substance of the report made to the tariff conference Thursday by Senator Aldrich and Representative Payne. The leaders of the senate and house were at the White House Wednesday night, hav ing been summoned by the president to explain the persistent rumor that the corporation tax proposition was in danger of being dropped in the con ference. Neither Aldrich or Payne want the corporation tax amendment although both are pledged to the pres ident to support it. It’s declared that Aldrich and Payee will see that the corporation tax fea ture is accepted. SILL I lilt T!H TO VISIT COLUMBIA Special to The Herald. COLUMBIA, S. C. —Following a conference between Governor Ansel, Mayor Reamer and President Walker of the chamber of commerce and a meeting Thursday of the chamber of commerce executive committee, a formal invitation will be extended President Taft to visit Columbia on his southern ’cour. When they saw him in Augusta President Taft prom ised Gov. Ansel and the committee to come to Columbia next time he was {lown this way. Governor Ansel, Mayor Reamer and President Walker Thursday afternoon sent President Taft a message asking him to see a committee from Colum biaon Saturday. 10 DROWNED IN HUNCH OCCIDENT RICHMOND, Ya.—Clarence Gray and Miss Jennette Dudley were drown ed in the Rappahannock Wednesday at midnight as the result of a gaso line launch catching fire. In the launch were 32 other young persons. Several were badly burned. POSTERS AND PRINTERS FIGHT WHITE PLAGUE ATLANTA, Ga.—51,200,000 worth of publicity was voted to the fight against tuberoulosis by the Bill Post ers association and the Poster Print er's association in session Wednesday afternoon. The former association gave $1,000,000 and the latter the re maining amount. The bill posters will give free ser vice in 3,400 towns in the United States and the printers will furnish their subscription in printing. CONTRIBUTIONS TOR MILK AND ICE FUND The clerical force of the Georgia Railroad Bank has contributed $3.60 to the milk and ice fund. The fol lowing are the contributions since the last acknowledgement: Clerical force Ga. R. R. 8ank..53.60 Cash 1.60 Total $4.60 REV. E. E. HARRELL DEAD. NORFOLK, Va.—Rev. E. E. Har rell, of the Virginia conference, M. E. church, South, died at Crittendon, Nansemond county, Virginia. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity: Showers tonight or Friday. Forecast for Georgia: Partly cloudy, local showers tonight or Friday. Local showers are falling in Augus ta today. It rained in the central portion of the city early Thursday mo’^.ig —a heavy shower, quite re fresuing—but the lower section of town didn’t get even a sprinkle. Then the sky cleared up and a rise in tem perature made it frightfully hot, but about noon another shower blew over from the east and cooled off things a bit. Rain is falling in the west, And scattered showers prevailed in the (astern districts of the cotton belt Wednesday D’ght. Augusta's minimum and maximum temperature Wednesday was 75 and 91 degrees. Phoenix, Ariz., was the hottest town on the continent, with a maximum of 108 degrees. supt. ms SHFS CHANCES MUSI STAND Says tie Changes Are For the Good of the System, and That the Principals Are Satisfied. DELEGATIONS CALL ON SUPT. EVANS Meetings Were Held in Two Districts Looking to Having the Principals Remain Where They Are. Sup’t. Evans of the public schools says that he made the changes among the principals of the schools for the good of the system, and that the prin cipals are satisfied with them, and that he will let the changes stand. Other changes among the teachers are in contemplation and they will be announced in a few days Several Of the gentlemen who have children at the Woodlawn school met and decided that they wanted Mr, Sanford to remain. Mr. Foster Gib son was made chairman of the meet ing and Mr. J. G. iieldiug was made secretary. Wednesday afternoon Mr. L. W. Woodward, Mr. J. G. Belding and Mr. J. E. Luke called on Mr. Evans, and explained to him tha they would like for Mr. Sanford to re main. Mr. Evans stated his reasons for making the changes, and after having been in conference for about an hour, the gentlemen departed. One of them stated Thursday, 'hat they did not know exactly wh it plan they would follow, but that efforts to retain Mr. Sanford would be made. The gentleman stated that it was pos sible that petitions would be circu lated among the people who have children at the school, and It is prob able that members of the Board of Education will be seen, in an effort to retain Mr. Sanford. Just for the present, the matter will be allowed to rest. The people of the Fifth, ward are also making efforts to have the prin cipal of the John Milledge school re main. The meeting in the f ifth ward was held at the home of Mr. J. W. Thurmond, and the people there were very earnest in their desire to keep Mr. Osborne, and everything possible towards that end will be done. Peti tions will he drawn up, anti circulated through the ward, and then presented to Mr. Evans. SDDBERTIB BIS ITUM TIEfflE Southern Representative of Shubert’s Means Busi ness, and Atlanta May Get New Show House. Special to The Herald. ATLANTA, Ga. —According to a re cent statement of James H. Decker, Southern representative of the Shu bert’s, Atlanta is to have a theatre in which Shubert shows can play, pro vided the shows of this company are not allowed to play In other houses. He means business and from present indications Atlanta Is to have a new theatre. Mr. Decker states that he realizes that Atlanta is the show center of the South and that his firm is anxious to get a play house here. He talked very interestingly of Atlanta as a the atrical center. SIXTEEN BROWNED SUBMARINE WRECK LONDON.—A wireless message re ceived at Portsmouth states that, the submarine torpedo boat C. 11 was in collision late Wednesday night with an unknown steamship near Lowes toft and Was sunk with its crew of sixteen men. Another submarine boat, C 17, was also damaged in the collision, but the crew was saved. It Is understood that the crew of C 11 had no chance to escape; that they were locked inside the subma rine and went to the bottom with it. SENATOR BAYLES KILLED WEDNESDAY MONTGOMERY, Ala—State Sena tor Oscar O. Bayles, wag Wednesday shot and killed by David K. Smith at Monroeville, as the result of Bayles effort to obtain a pardon for Isaac and Jesse Shirley who are serving terms for the killing of Jim Smith, the brother of David. FUGITIVE ARRESTED. MACON, Ga.—Cajah Bagwe, a man who is badly wanted in Atlanta to an swer to several charges, among them being jumping bond, was arrested on Cherry St. late yesterday afternoon by Detective Wm. Smith and the po lice department of the Gate City was notified of the arrest. Atlanta will send for the prisoner. AUGUSTA, GEORGI A, THURSDAY AFTERNO ON, JULY 15, 1909. Prince Miguel and Fiancee ■ «*. . '^p-*|| l\ M ::^s - \ v*j® I P \mS^l ment is announced to Prince Miguel, of Braganza, whose picture also is shown. Prince Miguel is the eldest son of Duke Michael, the Pretender to the Portuguese throne, and Countess Szechennyi is said to have been the match-maker in the case. Says Child’s Body Encroaches; Asks Court To Have It Moved A bill of equity and a petition for a temporary injunction against Mr. Paul P. Brinson and Mrs. Lillie E, Brinson was filed in the clerk of court’s office Wednesday afternoon by Mr. Wm. H. Fleming, attorney for Mr. W. M. Wilson. Mr. Wilson asks that at the regular session of court he be given a permanent injunction and SIOO damages. According to Mr. Wilson’s petition, in 1881, he sold the eastern half of a lot in the cemetary to Mr. Adam Brinson, the father of Mr. Paul Brin son. He alleges that in 1908, a child of Mr. Paul Brinson’s died and was buried on the lot. Mr. Wilson al leges that 27 inches of the grave was made on the western side (his side) of the lot. He alleges that he WATCHING NAMING OF OFFICERS BY BROWN Much Interest Taken in the Appointment of Ad jutant General and Quartermaster. ATLANTA, Ga. —Military circles are anxiously awaiting the appoint ment of an adjutant general and a quartermaster by Gov. Brown. Many names have been mentioned in con ection with the two offices. The Na tional guard is solid for the re-ap polntment of Adjutant General A. J. Scott and Quartermaster W. G. Obear. Judge Samson W. Harris, of Car rollton and Louis Kennan, of Atlanta have been prominently mentioned for the two places. Judge Harris wan'ts to be adjutant general while Mr. Ken nan is out for the other office. It is rumored that Gov. Brown will name Judge Harris as adjutant genera) with General Scott as an assistant with a salary attached, the pay to be taken from the military fund. NEGRO MAY HANG FOR ATTEMPTING ASSAULT COLUMBIA, S. C. —Judge Wilson was Tuesday appointed to preside over the special term of court in George town to try the negro assailant of a teacher. The result will probably be the first hanging under the new law making an attempt at assault a cap ital offense. Miss Anita Stewart, whose pict ur e is here shown, is the daughter of ; Mrs. James Henry Smith, and is well known in New York society. Her engage- requested that the body be moved, and that the Brinson’s refrain from tre-spassing on his sido of the 10t.., and that they refused to stop. Ho now asks that the court grant him a temporary injunction restraining them from trespassing on his section and that at the next term or court he be given a permanent injunction, that. Mr. Brinson bo made to move the body, and that he be granted SIOO damages. He asks for SIOO damages on accont of the trespassing, which he claims was done by the Brinson family. Mr. Wilson alleges that the Brlnso n fan:-! ily trampled down the grass on his section when they walked around the end of the grave thfft he claims was on his side of the section. AUGUSTA TENNIS PLAYERS IN MACON MACON, Ga.—The tennis tourna ment is now on in earnest at the Log Cabin club of Macon with Carter and Mansfield of Atlanta looming up strong in the doubles. It will be a couple of days or more yet before the tournament reaches its final stages. Taylor will not play until 'the singles are completed through the semi-finals. Carter may prove successful In these and be the man to meet Taylor in the finals. Carter's over handwork is re garded the best that has been seen in Macon In many a day. His part ner Mansfield is in better for\ than last. year. The Dawson brothers of Augusta and the other visitors have been doing good work In the early stages of the.tournament. NEGRO SOLD COCAINE George Williams, colored, was bound over to the city court by Acting Recorder Kabifleisch Thursday for violating the state law of selling co caine. BILL POSTERS BARBECUE. ATLANTA, Ga. —Wednesday after noon all business was put aside by the bill posters and they enjoyed an old-fashioned barbecue at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Horlne at Ormewood. Tuesday night the mem bers took in Ponce de Leon and Wed nesday night a box party was given at tho Lyric theatre. HOUSE BARS USE OFTHIDINS SUPS IN GA. Bill of Messrs. Garlingtou and Vinson Was Passed Without a Single Dis senting Vote. HAD ALREADY BEEN PASSED BY SENATE Bill Was Recommended For Passage By General Judiciary Committee. Speeches in Favor of Bill Special to The Herald. ATLANTA, Ga.e-The house this morning took up the bill of Mr. Vin son of Baldwin and Mr. Garlington of Richmond, prohibiting the giving away of trading stamps. Mr. Roberts of Dodge spoke in favor of the bill. The previous question was called and the bill ns recommended by the special judiciary committee for passage by substitute .was adopted by the com mittee. The substitute passed by a vote of 113 to 0. The trading stamps bill thus enact ed by the house bids fair to become law, as a bill similar to the one in the house was adopted by the senate Wednesday. As enacted by the house, the trading stamps bill makes it un lawful "for any <person, firm, or coi v poration to issue or give away In con nection with the sale of any article of goods any stamp known as a trad ing stamp or other like device, which would entitle the holder thereof to re ceive from some other person or party than tlie vendor, an\f indefinite or tin described thing, the nature or value of which is unknown to purchaser at the time of the purchase of said ar ticle of goods.” The penalty for violating as misde meanor is provided under section 108!t, volume three, of the code. The hill as enacted, apparently does not inter fere with the giving away of rebate tickets with purchases but, is directed against the syndicating of trading stamps by associations of retailers. THAW THREATENED 10 KILL HIS HIE WHITE PLAINS, N. Y.—Dr. Meyer of Now York was on the witness stand when the Thaw hearing was re sinned, and testified to conversations with Thaw. He said that in answer to the question aB to what the effect of White’s death had been, Thaw re plied that there “was less danger now than before,” and most people thought he had acted properly under the aircumstances' Justice Mills ruled that Mrs. Thaw could answer the questions the state desired to ask regarding the alleged threat to kill her made by Thaw dur ing a conversation at Matteawan. Mrs. Thaw asked if Thaw had not made such threat and said “Yus, he did.” MB’S PAPERS IRE STARTLING CRESENT CITY, 111.—The con tents of a private packet left by the late banker J. is. Sayler, opened ’today are said to he of a startling nature. | According to W. It. Nightingale who was present when the secret, papers were read by brothers of the deced ent, the contents, which he refused to divulge, have a direct bearing on 'the killing of Sayler by Dr. Miller as a result of the alleged attachment of Mrs. Sayler and Dr. Miller. IRE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS RISING ST. LOUIS.—The Mississippi river rose so that the gauge Thursday read 35.3 feet. Manufacturing concerns across the river in Illinois are mov ing their stocks to higher ground. The Missouri river at St. Charles, Is five miles wide. PLANS NEARLY READY FOR ANNOUNCEMENT NEW YORK—Alvin W. Krceh, chairman of the Bondholders commit tee engaged in formulating the plan for re-organization of the Western- Maryland Railroad company, stated that the re-organization plan had been completed with the exception of mi nor details and the plan is expected to be ready for announcement late Friday. HOLTZCLAW CASE The case of Charlie Holtzciaw who was arrested Wednesday morning for violating the prohibition law was post poned until the 20th to allow Mr. Holtzclaw's attorneys sufficient time to prepare for the trial. DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR. M'LEIDON CASE HALTED 18 SI GUAIRii REST F o i* m e r Commissioner Says That He Has Been Under Such Strain That He Needed Rest. WILL CONVENE AGAIN MONDAY Important Witnesses Will Appear Monday and Ses sion Will Be a Very In teresting One. Special to The Herald. ATLANTA. Ga. -On representation of S. G. McLendon that he was unable physically to go on with the investi gation which is now being made into his suspension, the joint committees of the senate and house took a recess until Monday morning at In o'clock. Mr. McLendon said he had been un dir strum both physically a; d no nta.i --!' and having declined any assistance felt unable to go ahead with the ex- ai4.il ...I wiiuoui a lot,!. The committee, however, took half an hour to finish certain testimony of Judge George Hillyer and Warner Hill, members of the railroad coin mission. Next Monday’s session will be a particularly interesting one. W. 11. Patterson, through whom McLendon handled Athens street, railway bonds, who was ready to testily Thursday, will appear Monday, as will also Asa G. Candler. They are expected to go further into the bond question. Judge Hines will also testily further. * War ner H. Hill was axcused from ap pearing Monday, having a court en gagement, and Commissioner of Agri culture Thomas G. Hudson was ex cused altogether as were the news paper men who had been summoned. Judge IJillyer’s testimony was par ticularly interesting on correcting cer tain impressions, lie made Wednes day, and throwing new light on cer tain rules of the commission and the interpretation. Judge HUlyer said lie had been understood to say that, lie saw no difference between riding free, on an Insectloti of the Alabama, North ern Hy. lnterurban to Marietta which he admitted at Wednesday’s session he had done and riding free in a pri vate car on an Inspection of the At- Inula and West Point railroad, which Mr. McLendon had done. Judge Hill yer said there was a difference in tills. That 'die trip on lnterurban had been approved hy the entire commis sion and the A, and W. P. trip had not. He added that the car offered hy the lnterurban company was open to both the commissioners and the plaintiffs who sought a reduction in fares on ’the lino and that it was at President Arkwright s suggestion that the commission coinploted its inves tigation of the road. BUILDING COLLAPSE ’ KILLED SEVERAL PHILADELPHIA, Pa -Several per sons were killed nnd about a score in jured hy the collapse of a portion of the brick building at the corner of Eleventh and Market streets. Morpheus Ruled and Hudson Didn’t Make Scheduled Speech Special to The Herald. ATLANTA, Ga.- Hon. Thou. G. Hudson, commissioner of agriculture, was to have been speaker at the meeting of the directors at the experi ment. station at Griffin Wednesday. Having overslept himself and miss ing his train, he hired a taxicab at tho cost of fifteen dollars. But he arrived too lute. “GEORGIA MAGNET” CROSSED SEA THRICE WITH FORTUNE IN JEWELS PITTSBURG, Pa.—James Feldman and tho Jewelry glfjs from European royalty which bo confessed stealing from Mrs. Anna Abbott of Philadel phia have been taken back lo Phil adelphia by a detective. But the ’’Lit. tie Georgia Magnet,” as Mrs. Abbott was known years ago on the stage,” may have to pay a large sum before she regains the jewelry, valued at $35,000. Agents of the United States treas ury department I n Philadelphia were so surprised by her statement that she brought jewelry valued at $87,000 A merchant or manufacturer may advertise in the MOST SE DUCTIVE MANNER possible, hut if he does not keep an eye upon his sales organization constant ly trying to perfect it- —ADVER- TISING WILL NOT REAP ITS FULL FORCE. The business rriav be LIKENED TO A WHEEL, the RIM of which IS ADVERTISING—the POWER THAT PROPELS IT into all parts of the country; THE HUB repre sents, of course, the merchant or manufacturer; and the spokes rep resent the salesmen—the REAL ORGANIZATION. IT DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINA “0/?e paper in the home is worth « thousand on the highway ASLEEP IN BLD, AIKEN li IS SHOE II SI9E Midnight Prowler Shoots Mr. Edgar Sh cel y Through a Window in His Room. WOUNDED MAN IS SOON TO MARRY Is Engaged To Girl Who Lives Near Aiken. The Police Are Searching For Fugitive. Special to The Herald. AIKEN, S. 0. —Shortly after mid night Thursday morning Mr. Edgar Sheely, of this city, while in bed was shot: by some unknown person. It is thought that, the shot was fired through a window in the room in which Mr. Sheely was asleep. The Bullet entered Mr. Sheeiy’s side and the wound is serious. The doctors slate Thursday morning that the wound will/not prove fatal. The po lice have begun search for the guilty party and think that they can catch him alter a search. Mr. Sheely is a popular clerk in the Powell Hard ware Co.’s store and has many friends here. He is a young man of sterling qualities and is engaged to be mar ried to a Miss Coward on the Mill brook Section on the twenty-eighth of this month. POOH M SAVED CLUBMAN’S LIFE ST. LOUIS. —Only the poor aim of his asshillanl prevented the assassi nation of Thomas W. Benolst, a wealthy manufacturer nnd clubman, who was attacked in his automobile on a dark country road between Wash ington University and Clayton. No attempt was made to rob llenoist, and the motive for assault is a mys tery. CAPT. FULCHER, OF WAYNESBORO, WAS IN CITY THURSDAY Gapt. W. M. Fulcher, clerk of the court at Waynesboro was in Augusta on a business trip Thursday. Capt. Fulcher says that crops are as a rale good in Burke county, and are pat tlcularly fine around Waynesboro and in the lower part of the county. lb- says that the people of Way nesboro and Burke fire anticipating a very prosperous Season, with crops good and the price of cotton up. Capt. Fulcher is one of the best known and best informed men in Burke county and no one ie better equipped to give an opinion of this nature than he. VON BUELOW’S SUCCE9BOR BERLIN—Dr. Von Bothniann-HoU weg, was Wednesday appointed chancellor of the Empire In succes sion to Prince Von Buelow. to (Ills country without paying duty that a apodal treasury agent is In vestigating the case. Mrs. Abbott also was surprised at the inquiry and said she had taken her jewelry across the ocean threo times without paying duty, as she said the jewelry consisted of presents to her from clowned heads and other European nobility. in 1899 and in 1897, she said, she arrived in New York and that, the customs agents had passed her gems free of duty when they saw the let ters she carried from the donors, de claring that they were gifts. TION to know what will happen IF THE SPOKES ARE NOT KEPT IN GOOD REPAIR; AL WAYS IN PLACE; ALWAYS READY TO DO THEIR DUTY. Would It not REALLY MEAN THE COLLAPSE OF THE WHEEL? IS IT NOT GOOD BUSINESS on the part of the manuufacturer or the merchant to keep a careful eye on the salesmen—THE SPOKES—to keep them properly varnished (which means paying them well) —to encourage them to do better all the tltne—TO MAKE THEM FEEL AS THOUGH THE BUSINESS REALLY BELONGED TO THEM?