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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIV., No, 198.
AUGUSTA BOY
BROUGHT HOME
BADLY fOUIDED
Young Franklin Royal
Lies in Hospital Here
With Twenty Perfora
tions in His Intestines.
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
BY HIS COUSIN
Shooting Took Place At
Egypt Thursday. Wound
ed Boy Was Brought To
Augusta on First Train.
Franklin Royal, bundle wrapper of
the J. B. White department store, was
accidentally shot in the abdomen with
a 32 calibre pistol at Egypt, Ga.
Thursday morning by his young cou
sin, Ralph Royal. The bullet pierced
his intestines, leaving no less than 20
perforations, and he has only the bar
est chance of recovery. He is at
the City hospital where he was
brought Thursday night.
The first j>f the week young Royal
went to Egypt, which is a small town
on the Central railroad near Savan
nah, to visit the family of his uncle,
Mr. J. C. Royal. He enjoyed a fine
time until yesterday, when his vaca
'tion was brought to an abrupt and
tragic termination.
It appears that Frank Royal, when
awakened by his cousin Thursday
morning, was rather slow about ris
ing. His cousin left the room, came
back in a few minutes to find Frank
still in bed, and in fun picked up a
revolver and threatened to shoot him
if he didn’t ge’t up. The weapon had
been turned over to him the night
before to clean. Pointing it at the
boy on the bed he pulled the trigger,
when to his horror it fired, and young
Frank Royal rolled over with a cry,
apparently dead.
Medical assistance was summoned
quickly, bu't the doctor perceived im
mediately that he could do nothing
for the wounded youth, and advised
that he be brought to Augusta, for
an operation at the hospital. So his
uncle brought him on the next 'train,
arriving Thursday night.
Though he underwent the danger
ous and very delicate operation suc
cessfully, the gravest are enter
■ inod for young Royal's life. His
wound is very dangerous, and the
probability of complications renders
the case all the more precarious, and
lil'cle hopes are held out for his re
covery. .
Royal is the 17-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Wesley Royal, who reside at
Pine street. His father is a travel
ing salesman, and is now on his way
home. Royal is a youth of fine char
acter. and has a host of friends, who
deeply regret his accident, and who
extend to the anxious family the sin
cerest hopes of recovery.
SHOOTS PIN INTO EYE
SHAKING HER SKIRT
Mrs. Wallace Kittel, of
Glendola, N. J., Painfully
Injured By a Strange Ac
cident.
ASBURY PARK—Through a pecu
liar accident Mrs. Wallace Kittel Of
Glendola, has lost the sight of her
right eye.
Returning home from a visit to a
niece in Millville, she found her skirt
very dusty and started to shake it.
Suddenly there was a piercing pain in
her eye, and reaching up quickly she
pulled out a pin that did not come
out easily, but when it did a quantity
of waterlike fluid poured forth in her
hand. The pin had been shot from
the skirt.
Suffering great pain and unable to
see with the injured eye, Mrs. Kittel
was hurried to an eye specialist in
Long Branch, but he gave her no
hope of ever seeing with the eye
again. The physician said that had
Bhe pressed a finger over the wound
to retain the fluid partial sight would
have been saved.
EARTHQUAKE IN SPAIN.
LISBON.—A severe earth shock
was experienced Wednesday night at
j Benavente, a seaport 27 miles north
east of Lisbon. The population was
thrown into panic, but the damage
; -was slight.
THE WEATHER
I
Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity:
Bhowers tonight or Saturday.
For Georgia and South Carolina:
Local showers tonight or Saturday.
rains of the cotton belt have
moved westward. Texas, which
caught a flood of the protracted down
pour, is now dry, and hot weather
prevails. /
The precipitation in Augusta Thurs
day was .28 inches, which isn’t much,
but that means at the federal build
ing, where the showers were not near
ly so heavy as in some portions of the
city—\» arren Park, for instance.
Local temperature was remarkably
mild yesterday, considering. The
minimum and maximum figures were
72 and 87 degrees.
The observer says It will shower
Friday nignt.
THREE KILLED IN
HEftß-ON COLLISION
DANVILLE, Ills. —In a head-on col
lision between two passenger trains
on the Chicago and Eastern Illiois
railroad, ear Royal, 111. Friday morn
ing three passengers were killed and
several others are reported badly In
jured.
DR. S. C. MITCHELL
SPOKE AT AIKEN
AIKEN, S. C. —Dr. S. C. Mitchell,
president of the South Carolina uni
versity, spoke here in the court house
Thursday evening to a large audi
ence. Dr. Mitchell is known all over
the Southern states, and Aiken should
feel proud to have had so distiu
guished a gentleman to lecture here.
Dr. Mitchell’s highly entertaining lec
ture was thoroughly enjoyed by all
who heard him.
Ipil
SPANISH READY
FOB AN ATTACK OF
THE MOROCCOANS
MADRID. —Reports received here
from Mellila Friday morning say that
Kabyle tribesmen 1,800 strong, are
preparing to attack the Spanish posi
tions and that great excitement pre
vails.
BATTERIES
IN POSITION.
MELILLA, Morocco —Outposts have
been placed around the city, and two
batteries have taken up position near
the locality where Kabyle tribesmen
are encamped. The gunboat Almirante
Loba is cruising along the coast.
BIG TELEPHONE
MERGE?I PLANNED
NEW YORK. —The merging of all
I the Beil Telephone companies of the
j country into one gigantic corporation
representing a capitalization of $970,-
000,000 is believed to be foreshadowed
in the action taken by the American
Telephone and Telegraph company in
providing for the absorption of the
stock of the New York and New Jer
sey Telephone company.
BURKE COUNTY CROPS
IN GOOD CONDITION
Special to. The Herald.
WAYNESBORO, Ga—The crop pros
pects of Burke county are the best
that have been seen here for the past,
several years. The farmers are look
lng pleased over the big crops and
good prices in sight. Several thous
ands of bales of cotton were scAd
here when the price reached 12 cents.
WAYNESBORO HONORS
“LITTLE GEORGIA MAGNET”
Special to The Herald.
WAYNESBORO, Ga.—Mrs. Annie
Abbott, the little Georgia Wonder,
who has crossed the ocean several
times with her jewels, is well known
in this city and has relatives here.
She has appeared here several time. I
SENATE AND TARIFF.
WASHINGTON—The sub-committee
of the tariff conference expects to re
port the new drawback provision Fri
day or Saturday. W T hen the confer
ences met Friday of
an agricultural schedule was resumed.
LYNCHBURG IMPROVEMENTS
LYNCHBURB, Va.—The board of
aldermen concurred in the common
council ordinance, which provides for
a bond issue of $400,000, the proceeds
to be for municipal improve
ments
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 16, 1909.
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UiEB NEW RULE,
SHAH ABDICATES
TEHERAN —The fact that the Shah
of Persia Friday morning took refuge
in the Russian legation here is ac
cepted as tantamount to his abdica
tion of the throne and arrangements
are already ori foot to organize a pro-,
visional government, and administer
the affairs of the empire pending the
appointment of a regent. It is prob
able that the successful revolution
aries will choose Mohammed All, the
ex-ruler's son, to rule. Mohammed
Ali is a minor and will be under a
regent.
ASKS PROTECTION 3F
FREE RAW MATERIAX
Republican Congressmen
Tell President That
Their Political Life De
pends Upon it.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Twenty-three
republican congressmen, some of
whom were from southern districts,
called on the president tolling him
their political lives depended upon
the protection of free raw material.
The president said to them he fav
ored the protection where protection
was necessary and where protection
was no longer needed he was in favor
of greatly reducing the duty on re
moving it altogether.
MR. EDWARD STOREY
DIED THURSDAY
Mr. Edward Storey died at his
home, No. 424 Ellis St., early Thurs
day night of typhoid fever. Mr
Storey had been Hi several weeks.
The funeral services will be held Fri
day afternoon at 5 o’clock from the
residence. The interment will be in
the city cemetery. The following gen
tlemen have been asked to act as pall
bearers: Messrs. J. L. Whaley, Ern
est Moore, Lawrence Allen,, George
Durban, H. H. Hester and R. H. Smith
Rev. O. P. Gilbert will officiate.
Mr. Storey was very recently mar
ried. He is survived by his wife,
several brothers and sisters, and his
parents, who reside at Thomson. To
his grief stricken widow and to his
family, the sympathies of a host of
friends is extended.
EARTHSHOCK FEET
IN CALIFORNIA
SANTA BARBARA, Cal.—A sharp
earth tremor was felt here at 1:28
o’clock JYiday morning. It shook
buildings but no damage was done
so far as known.
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Orville Wright, in the
centre of the lower pic
ture, who, because sen
ators and x-epresentatives
who had gathered to wit
ness the flight of his aero
plane at Ft. Myer, crowd
ed into the enclosure, re
fused to make the attempt,
claiming that the presence
of the crowd on the field
interfex'ed with the pre
parations. Upper picture
shows the Wright aero
plane seven hundred feet
in the air.
SYLVIA AUTO
ACCIDENT MAKES
YOUNG MAN CRAZY
Special to The Herald.
SAVANNAH. —An unusual feature
in connection with the fatal automo
bile accident at Sylvania on Tuesday
in the report telegraphed the Savan
nah Press that a young man living
near the scene of the accident had
gone crazy because of the excitement
caused by the accident and its terri
ble results. The report has not been
confirmed but the Press correspond
ent at Sylvania said that it came from
apparently reliable sources. The name
of the unfortunate man was not given.
The funeral of the two children who
died as a result of the burns received
when the automobile was destroyed
took place at Sylvania. They were
attended by almost the entire popula
tion of Sylvania. AU the stores closed
and the entire town turned out to
show their sympathy to those who
have been bereaved.
JACK JOHNSON
WAS HlilT 111 111
AUTO COLLISION
CROWN POINT, Ind.—Jack John
son, champion heavyweight, pugilist,
Is reported to have been Injured in a
mysterious automobile collision last
night. Women occupants of the ear
are also reported badly hurt.
GLENN H. CURTISS
MADE LONG FLIGHT
NEW YORK —Glenn H. Curtiss, the
the aeronaut, made a flight of thirty
one minutes duration in his aeroplane
at Hempstead Plains, Long Island,
Friday. He alighted without a mis
hap, sayig he could have remained
in the air for indefinite period.
SOEONS READY FOR
GREAT PARTY LINE
I BASEBALL CONTEST
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Baseball
mad. That is the situation in the
house of representatives Thursday.
The teams selected with great care
from the republican and demefcratic
members are primed for the after
noon’s contest at the American lea
gue park, and each is claiming a
walkover.
ROOSEVELT KILLS HIPPO.
NAIVASHA, British East Africa.—
Theodore Roosevelt succeeded Wed
nesday in bringing down a big hip
popotamus estimated to weigh three
tons.
HUNDREDS DIE
BY EARTHSriOGK
II OLD SBEEGE
Many Are Injured and the \
Damage To Property will
Reach Enormous Propor
tions.
SPRING WATER
BOILING HOT
Waters of the Rivers and
Brooks in the Stricken
Districts Have Turned
Reddish Color.
LONDON—Special despatches from
Athens say that, 30 Opersons were kill
ed or Injured by au earthquake Thurs
day in the Province of Elis, in South
Greece. The damage to property is
also very great. Hot water is flowing
from many of the springs In the
stricken district, while water in tho
rivers and brooks has turned a red
dish color.
THIRTY KILLED
AT HAVARI.
ATHENS. —The earthquake demol
ished 400 houses in the village of Har
vari. Thirty lives were lost at this
point and a number injured. Neigh
boring villages suffered greatly. All
the houses of Amalaiva were render
ed uninhabitable. Outside of Havari
there were a few lives lost.
TO GIVE BICE
TO SA MILITIA
The officers of the Third Regiment
of the South Carolina militia, who
are encamped near Aiken, S. C., wiTT
he complimented with a dance on
next Tuesday night, at the Armory
hall, by the Richmond Hussars. The
dance will be a strictly military af
fair.
At. the meeting of the Richmond
Hussars Thursday night 11 was decid
ed to give the dance to the officers.
Elaborate preparations will be made,
and it is expected that the (lance will
be one of the finest military dances
given In Augusta for many years. No
tickets will be sold and the invita
tions will be limited.
The officers of the Carolina regi
ment, the officers of the Clinch Rifles,
the Oglethorpes, and Major Geo. P.
Elliott, and staff and the members of
the Richmond Hussars, are those who
will be admitted in uniform. Every
member of the Richmond Hussars
will have one ticket, that will admit
a gentleman, if he is accompanied by
a lady.
Efforts will be made to secure the
Third Carolina Regiment band, but
if this cannot be done, the best or
chestra obtainable will be secured.
The officers and men of the Hussars
are determined to make the dance a
very brilliant one.
THREE ROBBERS
LOOT BANK SAFE
ASHLAND —-The safe in tho Ash
land Savings bank was blown open
by three robbers early Friday morn
ing SSOO was stolen. The robbers es
caped under the cover of revolvers,
residents having been aroused by tho
explosions.
THREE NEGROES
WERE BOUND OVER
The city detectives were busy
Thursday and as a result three ne
groes were bound over to the city
court Friday morning. Clarence
Holmes was charged with selling co
caine. He pleaded not guilty but
Claude Padgett, testified to having
bought cocaine from him. He was
bound over to the city court under
a bond of $l5O.
Rich Stevens, charged with steal
ing u grip out of a baggage car, de
clared his Innocence. But there was
evidence enough to show a probabil
ity of guilt, so he will be brought be
fore Judge Eve In the city court for
trial.
Jim Williams pleaded guilty to steal
ing a pitchfork from Mr. Chas. Whit
ney. fie was bound over to the city
court.
LITTLE BOY SCALDED
BY CUP HOT COFFEE
James Marvin Thomas, the three
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Thomas, of No. 1324 Estes St... was
severely scalded by a cup of hot cof
fee Thursday morning. The little
boy was not seriously injured, and he
Is resting easy at present. The child
had a cup of coffee, and In some way
turned It. over on himself. His face,
chest and abdomen were severely
scalded. A physician was called in,
and the pain was alleviated.
DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR.
KENNEDY TRIAL
Mil IE CLOSED
BY El BP WEEK
Quitman Johnson, Con
fessed Murderer, Says He
Made Arrangements with
Kennedy to Kill Holland
MOTHER KISSES
MAN ON TRIAL
Gr e y-H aired Woman
Blesses Prisoner As He
Comes From and Goes
Into Jail.
Special lo The Herald.
BARNWELL. S. (’ -The case of tlie
state against .1. Chester Kennedy,
went forward with great rapidity Fri
day morning, after the cross-examina
tion of Quitman Johnson, the co
fessed murderer, who admitted on
the stand here Thursday afternoon,
that, he made the arrangements with
Ferdinand Grubbs, backed by Ches
ter Kennedy in the matter and that
lie (Johnson) was the man who fired
the fatal shot. Aiming the same he
supposed at Mr. Marvin Holland, but
it proved that he got Mr. W. Perry
Ussery. Witness after witness was
put on the stand all the morning by
the state and a great many little de
tails filled on to go to show a case
of circumstantial evidence. The gen
eral sentiment and opinion is how
ever th(it the state has not. made out
the case that it was thought they
would make out. Up to this hour,
12:30 p. in., the state has put up over
two dozen witnesses and will have
only about, two more witnesses dur
ig the afternoon session and will
close their case in chief. No cross
examination of the majority of the
states witnesses by the attorneys for
defense Is cut ling the case short, and
it, Is probable that before Sunday
the result of the trial will ho known
However ll is impossible to toll with
any degree of certainty what the
length of the defendants case will he
and of course the rebuttal by the
state will largely depend on what
the defense puts In. Interest ts still
running high and crowds of people
throng the court house In an effort
■to hear the proceedings. The mother
and sisters of the defendant are In
court anil it, is a very pathetic scene
lo see the gray haired mother kiHs
the defendant as .he comes from and
returns to the jail.
STENOGRAPHERS TO
HOLD BIG CONTEST
An Interesting Exhibition
Will be Put on at the At
lantic Beach Hotel on
Sullivan’s Island.
Special to The Herald.
SULLIVAN’S ISLAND A Typewrit
ing contest will be held here at the
Atlantic Beach hotel under the aus
pices of the Palmetto State Stenog
rapher’s association. Tile’ contest, is
open to all stenographers and a gold
medal will be given to the champion
typewriter of South Carolina. The
rules governing the contest are very
strict. AU desiring to enter the con
test should apply to Edgar A. Brown
secretary and treasurer of the asso
ciation who lives In Barnwell.
STATE SANITARIUM
FOR CONSUMPTIVES
ATLANTA, Ga.—The committee re
cently named by the governor to se
lect a site for the state sanitarium
for consumptives have agreed upon
a tract of lunrl near Mt. Airy, Ga.
The committee visited the site (tils
week and were well pleased with It.
Three hundred acres of land are to
be purchased for tho farm.
Two Cows in Carolina
Have Committed Suicide
OSBORNE, S. C.—Mr. .1. 0. Moore lost two fine nows last week. He
owns a large pasture on White's creek and It surrounds Mr. Bonsai’s
ballast pit. There are some houses at the pit. The cows went into
one of the shanties and, In walking around and smelling, In some way
pushed against the door and closed It. They stayed In the shanty till
they starved.
The Curtis Publishing company
of Philadelphia, publishers of the
“Ladies’ Home Journal” and the
“Saturday Evening Post,” is a
wonderfully successful Institution
The real basis of this success
has been a policy of good and
continued advertising.
The growth of those publica
tions has been phenomenal.
Mr. Cyrus K. Curtis has had
many rocky roads to travel, but
he surmounted all difficulties be
cause he had faith in himself and
faith in the power of advertis
ing.
The man who fights hard all
the time, who does not permit
himself to become discouraged,
who persists in advertising
all the time cannot help being
successful.
The N. W. Ayer & Son Agency
“One paper in the home is worth
a thousand on the highway.”
READY ID KILL,
POLICE ITCH
MAD .STRIKERS
Officers At Steel Car Com
pany’s Works Have Or
ders To Kill if Men Start
At Guns.
STRIKERS EFFECT
ORGANIZATION
Nine Nationalities Were
Represented and a Com
mitteeman Has Been
Named From Each Race.
PITTSBURG, Pa.—“ Shoot to kill If
a man reaches for a gun,’’ is the or
der which the members of the state
: constabulary are working Friday
; morning at Sehoonville plant of the
Pressed Steel Car company, owing to
juu Increasing gravity of the strike
; situation.
The first serious attempt to effect
the organization was made by the
strikers :ii a meeting Thursday nine
nationalities were represented and a
committeeman appointed from each
race.
STRIKERS SHOWER
BRICKS ON TROOPERS.
At 9:30 the groups of idle workmen
bail increased to such an extent that
an order was given to clear tho
streets. The constabulary, scatter
ed the strikers In all directions. Lit
tle resistance was offered by the
strike's but later when the troopers
were returning to tho mill they were
showered with bricks. The bombard
ment lasted but a few moments. Sev
eral of the police were slightly hurt.
The number Injured as a result of
’the disorders Thursday night and
Friday will total close to fifty.
At one time fully 10,000 men, wo-,
men and children gathered at. the
large gate of the works. Stones were
thrown into the stockade and the for
eigners opened fire upon the police
Inside. Suddenly the big gate swung
Iniclt and 25 troopers firing their car
bines In the atr, rode Into the as
sembled multitude at full speed. For
a while the air was Allied with
screams and curses of the strikers
! and their sympathizers, while the
crack of guns spread terror.
10,000 STRIKERS !
IN MASS MEETING.
A moster mass meeting, attended
by over 10,000 strikers and sympathiz
ers, Is being held at McKees Rocks.
The authorities are maintaining
strict surveillance over the meeting
for the purpose of preventing the de
liverance of addresses that might fur
ther exci’te the strikers.
Another strike occurred Friday at
tlm Standard Steel Gar plant, at Lyn
doi’a, near here, of 3,000 employees,
250 quit work. It Is said the balance
will also go out.
FUNERAL SERVICES OF
ANNIE BARRY FORD
The funeral services of Annie Barry
Ford, the little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. P. J. Ford, were conducted from
the residence of the parents on Monte
Sano at It) o’clock Friday morning.
The Rev. William Johnson pastor of
the Good Shepherd conducted the ser
vices. The interment was In the
Summerville cemetery.
MR. GWIN NIXON BUYS
PHILIP SCHLEY PLACE
The Philip Schley place on tho
Plank road has been sold to Mr
(•win Nixon Thursday, The place Is
one of the finest farms In this part
of the country. It contains 389
acres. Dr. Wilkinson of Baltimore
was formerly owner of the property.
of Philadelphia, also had faith In
Mr. Curtis and his plans, and
they helped wage the light that
won.
Fine, brainy advertising copy
has always been used.
A conspicuous, attractive style
of advertising was adopted at
•the start which has been adher
ed to steadily ever since.
A success greator than Mr.
Curtis ever dreumed of has not
stopped his advertising!
The more successful his publi
cations are the more he adver
tises.
He knows that advertising aid
ed him greatly in climbing to the
top of the hill.
He knows, too, that advertising
keeps him on top of the hill—
keeps him from sliding down
ward.