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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. Wright and Aeroplane p=3i=r S = ==== sr->, •' 'V , ... > .. -•■'« • XVp' ' ' ' ' ’••'•4. •*'* • ■’ v ' •'A J, 4 . —i : \ ,y.. " at-. •> PERSIA MS! GO 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. -*•. 'i'-l-'K ' ■’ ■->’> ■ .'/ IS i&s r*i ■- > / _ Jgbi ■i ■■ ill 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.