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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD VOLUME XIV., No. 215. TURKEYSTSRTS ", IKON 01 GREK ISLAND The Turkish Ti*oops Sail From Constantinople foi’ Crete With the Fleet As Escort. TURKEY INTENDS TO EFFECT LANDING Greatest Secrecy Regard ing These Naval Move ments Towards the Is land Are Being Observed ST. PETERSBURG—The Novoel Vremya Tuesday publishes a de spatch from Constantinople, saying that four transports loaded with Turk ish troops have left the capital for the Island of Crete and that the Turk ish fleet has been ordered to escort them. The greatest secrecy regarding these naval movements is being ob served. and it is supposed that Turk ey intends to effect a landing on the island. NEGRO FATALLY BHOTJNOTHER Willis McGahee Killed When Caught With Peter Loveberry’s Wife. Peter Loveberrv, a negro porter, who lives at SI 2 Kings Alley, shot and killed Willis McGahee, a negro laborer, near the corner of Marbury and Mauge streets at 10 o clock Tues day morning, because McGahee had been too Intimate with his wife. It appears that for some time Love berry had reason to doubt the loyalty of his spouse. Recently her intimacy witt the McGahee negro became a subject of gossip in the Kings Alley neighborhood, and Monday the story reached Loveberry’s ears. He bided his time and Tuesday morning bade his wife an early fare well, and went to work with a full dinner pail, presumably to be gone un til late evening. But two hours later he was back again, to find that his doubt was fust. The wife and McGahee were together in the “front parlor.” McGahee jumped through a window, taking sash and all with him, and was off with the speed of a rabbit. Loveberry pursued him several blocks but seeing the chase would be use less he gave up and returned. The wife was given peremptory instruc tions to “pack her duds and get out.” It appears that she “got,” without tak ing time to get her belongings. Loveberry went back to work. In half an hour a message came to him that his unexpected appearance at home, followed by McGahee’s flight and his wife’s expulsion, had left but a momentary impression—that McGa hee was ..ack there again, and the wife also. So Peter pocketed his pistol and put cut for home again. He must have been more unexpected, for McGahee’s hurried get-away was not quick enough, and Loveberry caught him after a snort chase. Seeing he couldn’t escape, McGa hee turned to fight, when Loveberry opened fire. Four times he pulled the (rigger, but only one shot took effect. That did the work. The bullet bored a hole in McGahee’s chest about four inches below the left collar bone, and tore off the base of the heart. He died on the stretcher at the Lamar hospital. Loveberry was arrested by Sergeant Whittle and Lieut. Hatcher. Lieut. Hatcher and Sergt.. Whittle were wfthln 100 yards of the shoot ing, and saw Loveberry fire the first shot. The officers grabbed Love berry, and took his pistol away from him. At this moment McGahee fell to the ground, and Lieut. Hatcher turn ed him over, Sergt. Whittle taking charge of Loveberry. REORGANIZATION PLANNED. NEW YORK. —The plan of re-or ganization for the Chicago Great Western Railway company was de clared operative by J. P. Morgan and Company The Weather Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity: Showers tonight and Wednesday. For South Carolina: Unsettled weather with showers tonight and Wednesday. For Georgia: Showers tonight and Wednesday. With the exception of Atlanta, Au gusta drew more rainfall Monday than any other city in the United fctes. The precipitation from 8 . k Monday morning until the same hour Tuesday was 1.62 inches, while Atlanta reports 2.10 inches for the same period. Heavy rain fell throughout the east ern half of the cotton belt, and scat tered showers in the central districts. T - xratures are somewhat cooler in • South Atlantic s'ates. Au guste uiimum and maximum Mon da-- - C 9 and 88 degrees. Phoenix, i- Arizona, was the hottest town in the country, with a maximum of 100, which is the -usual temperature at that place. 11 FARMERS it MEETING SI9RACEWOOD Government Experts Sent By Congressman Hard wick Make Interesting Addresses to Gathering. MAY ESTABLISH BUREAU HERE Experts of the Government are Making Tour Through District, Demonstrating Benefit Scientific Work. Members of the. Richmond County Agricultural Society and the Rich mond county locals of the Farmers’ Union are assembled at the Rich mond campground, near Blythe, to day, to hear speeches by three ex perts from the department of agricul ture at Washington, who wore select ed by Congressman T. W. Hardwick, and who are making a tour of the tenth congressional district at his re quest. It was Mr. Hardwick’s plan to be present, but he was unavoidably de tained in Washington, so his secre tary, Mr. E. T. Shirley, is here with the party. The occasion has been anticipated with much pleasure, and tlie gather ing will be one- of # the largest in years. A barbecue dinner will be served on the ground. xue government experts are: Mr. J. W. Willis, of the department of agriculture, who has charge of the South Georgia district, with headquar ters in Statesboro, Ga.; Mr. L. E. Boykin, of Washington, D. C., who is a government road expert, and Mr. Rabild, of Washington, D. C., of the bureau of animal industry. Mr. Willis has charge of the farm ers’eo-operative demonstrative work and will talk to the farmers along' practical lines toward increasing the earning capacity of the farm and eco nomical farming. He will advocate “deep, thorough, early preparation, rapid hut shallow cultivation, good seed and the selection of same from the farm on which they are to be planted.” Mr. Willis said that the first essential of a successful farm is good, heavy work stock and good, modern, useful farm implements. It is the intention of the department of agriculture to install a bureau in this district for next year with headquar ters in Augusta. He considers the de partment invaluable to the farmer and stated that already the farmers in his territory have been benefitted by the experiments and research of his sta tion. Mr. Boykin will address the farm ers along good road lines, demonstrat ing to the farmer the many benefits to be derived from good roads. Mr. Boykin stated that while he had not inspected the roads of Richmond coun ty that he had heard them spoken of quite frequently as being of the best in the state and that he considered the material used on the roads in this vicinity as 'being one of the best and most durable known. Mr. Rabild will talk “dairy gospel” and more and better dairy products. He says that no farm should he with out a dairy. That in this section the same kind of crop had been planted in the same place for so long a time that the real fertility of tne soil had been exhausted and that the only prac tical fertilizer to restore it to its proper condition was manure. He also says that the dairy product out put in this section was far below what it should be. “The average cow in the United States yields 142 pounds of butter yearly. There is no reason why this should not be doubled with the proper care, sanitation and feed ing of the stock.” The experts will leave Tuesday night for Stapleton, where they will deliver addresses to the farmers in that vicinity. From Stapleton they will go to Harlem, where similar ad dresses will be made. GEORGIA NEGRO ON BATTLESHIP CHARGE!] WITHJMANSLAUGHTER PROVINCETOWN, Mass—Attorney General Dana Malone, of Massachu setts, sent State Officer Bradford here wfth a warrant for David W. Williams, a negro of Marietta, Ga., who is mess hand on the battleship Vermont, and who is charged in the warrant with manslaughter in caus ing the death of Harrison H. Foster in a boxing bout last Friday. INSPECTORS SEIZE SWORD FOR TAFT NEW YORK.—Among the ttrt goods brought over by Hajl Abdullah and Rasoul Mehemet and seized by the customs inspectors on the charge of attempted smuggling is a gold-hilted sword which Abdullah declares was a personal gift to President Taft. The men will be ordered to nay a penalty, and the goods, which are valued at $3,000, will be returned to them upon their agreement to take them out of the United States. SLIGHT EARTHQUAKE. VICTORIA.— The steamer Queen City which returned Monday night from River Inlet, 150 miles up the coast, reports a slight earthquake shock was felt Monday at Mamfield Creek, on Barkiey Sound. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 3, 1909. Dr. Briifon Evans , Alienist f - - <.. . O-j/ lit■-•A t - \ \ ■ S§ St -'. •1 • / :r:, .<* ■ ::v JL V ' - Dr. Britton D. Evans, the famous alienist, on whose testimony principally Thaw was acquitted of the murder of Stanford White on the ground of temporary insanity, whose secret report to Thaw’s attorney caused a sensation at the hearing now in progress to determine whether Harry K. Thaw has fully recovered his reason. CAROLINIAN’S CHILD-BRIDE DISAPPEARED IN ATLANTA Mrs. Cora Belle Corley Mysteriously Leaves the Hotel Kimball While Her Husband Is Away. MARRIED ONLY FEW WEEKS AGO Came From Greenville To Spend Short Time in At lanta. No Cause Known. Special to The Herald. ATLANTA, Ga. —Nothing more mys. terious has occurred in Atlanta for some time than the sudden disappear ance Monday night from a room in the Kimball house of Mrs. Cora Belle Corley, the IG-year-old child bride of Fred Corley of Greenville, S. C. The Corleys were married just, one month ago, and Monday came to At lanta to spend a few days. They went to the Kimball and were as signed to room 591. At 5 o’clock Cor ley returned again and brought his bride some fruit, he again left and after he returned, the room was dark and his wife was gone, leaving ab solutely no trace of her movements. Mr. Corley is a telegraph operator, he says that he can assign no reason for his wife’s disappearance. The nTatter was at once reported to the police and a thorough search of the city was made, but Mrs. Corley could not be located. Mr. Corley re mained at the police station nearly ail night Monday, hoping to hear from his missing bride. AUGUSTA MASONS ARE GIG TO CONVENTION IN ATLANTA Augusta will be well represented at the Fifth district convention of Ma sons to be held in At 1 vita August 10 and 11th. Mr. W. I. Wilson and Mr. F. W. Coffin, Past Masters of Webb’s Lodge, Mr. .T. H. Fiythe, Wor shipful Master of Webb’s Lodge, and Mrs. S. E. Ma-ston, Worshipful Mas ter of Social Lodge will represent, the Augusta Masons at the convention. POLICE PRACTICING HARD FOR GAME WITH LAWYERS Considerable interest, is being mani fested in the baseball game Friday afternoon between the team of the police department and the bank clerks’ team, for the benefit of The Herald Milk and Ice fund. Both teams are practicing hard and a good game is expected. The bank clerks who won over ’the lawyers are expecting an easy victory over the biuecoats, but the guardians of the peace have been practicing hard and have some excellent material on the team. They promise the financiers a surprise when the show down comes. The police team line-up has been SUMMERVILLE'S TREASURY IS FULL OF COIH Monday was the last day for tax returns to be made in the Village of Summerville. The valuation of the taxable property in Summorville is from which the muni cipality gets $23,824.78. Aside from the 'lax returns the village exchequer was enriched by about SIO,OOO water rent and $1,600 license. MR. HARRISON HEAD OF PRINTERS’ UNION Typos Make Arrangements To Take Part in Labor Day Program. At. a meeting of the Augusta Typo graphical Union Monday night offi cers were elected for the ensuing six months, and standing committees ap pointed. A special committee was appointed to co-operate with the Cen tral Trades Council in arranging for Labor Day celebration. The following officers were elected: •las. C. Harrison, president. M. Elmo Layfleld, vice president, J. It. .Moorman, secretary-treasurer. A, B. Lee, recording secretary. Emile A. Sack, sergeant-at-arms. The following committees wero named: Finance Committee—C. J. Atkinson, J. F. Vaughn, H. A. Shackleford. Executive Committee— H. W. Stine, E. E. v'aughn and «. H. Livingston. Delegates to the Central Trades Council- R. G. McGowan, Marion Smith, R. C. Williams, Eddie Jones, M. Walton. Special committee apopinted to look after plans for Labor Day celebration —E. E. Vaughn, .1. F. Vaughn anad C. J. Atkinson. announced in The Herald. The bank clerks, will use the same team with which they defeated 'the lawyers with possibly one or two changes. The game Is to be called at 4:30 o’clock Friday afternoon. Mr. "Bill” How who umpired the game between the lawyers and bank clerks will cal) the balls and strikes and the decisions on the bases. There Is scheduled a game between the Fats and the Leans, the winner of which will challenge the winner of Friday's game. The play win be hard and fatft Friday for the distinct* Ing of meeting the fat or lean aggre tion. SENITETWE TARIFF REPURT THURSDAY P.M. Senatox’ Culberson Will Pi’esexit An Amendment Putting Cotton Bagging on the Free List. FEW “INSURGENTS” STILL DISPLEASED Aldrich Epressed Opinion That Bill Will Now Go Through Without Fur ther Difficulty. WASHINGTON.—So sonn hud the Senate convened than the members were reminded of Monday's distur bance over the leather schedule of the tariff bill. The subject was intro duced by Senator Culberson, who re ferring to the decision of the confer ence committee to bring in joint, res olution and remodeling the leather provision, he gave notice that bo would present an amendment putting cotton bagging on the free list. Tile decision of Monday with refer ence to leather had a reassuring ef fect. Senator Aldrich expressed confi dence that the bill now would go through without further difficulty. Few of the "Insurgents" were still displeased but it was evident that, most of them would fall into line on the final round-up. The senate has agreed to take a vote on the tariff conference report at 2 o’clock Thursday. SIX TEAMS COURT FOR THIS COUNTY Bill Introduced in the House By Mr. Darlington Placed Upon Its Passage. Special to The Herald. ATLANiA. Ga. —The bill creating six the superior court in Richmond county as Introduced in the house by Hon. Samuel F. Garilngton, was taken from the calendar Tuesday and placed upon its passage. CALHOUN HARRIS SHIT ISO,mo ANDERSON, S. C.—Calhuon Har ris, secretary and assistant cashier of the Orr Cotton Mills here, was ar rested charged with breach of (rust. Expert accountants \lho are going over his hooks announced $50,000 missing. Harris who is socially prominent, says the apparent short age will be found due ’to clerical er rors. In the cotton company’s vault ac counts found between eight and nine thousand dollars in old checks, cur rency and silver, which had boon stor ed in hags, some of it for eight years and apparently forgotten, Sonic of these old checks had been tendered In payment, for accounts with the com pany and apparently had never been cashed. MATTEAWAN SUPERINTENDENT SMS HARRY Til IS INSANE On Witness Stand Dr. Baker Says His Release Would Be a Menace. WHITE PLAINS, N. Y.—Justice Isaac N. Mills again stepped into the examiner's case at Tuesday's session of the Thaw Insanity hearing and from Dr. Amos Baker, acting super intendent. of Matte wan asylum, obtain ed the clearest statement yet express ed on the stand at the present pro ceedings regarding the mental condi tion of the slayer of Stanford White The result of his questioning might be claimed as an advantage by either side. The witness said he did not consider the opportunities he had to examine the prisoner sufficient to per mit him to form a satisfactory con clusion, nevertheless he declared his belief was that the prisoner was now insane and 'ha't. his release would be a menace to public safety. TRANQUILITY NOW REIGNS IN SPAIN MADRID Tranquility now reigns throughout Spain except In certain isolated localities of Catalonia ac cording to an announcement made by the Minister of the Interior, TO MAKE TORPEDOEB. LONDON. —The government. Is about to begin th t manufacture of new torpedoes that are said to be great improvements over the existing type. These Instruments will have a speed of about thirty knots an hour and a range of five miles. They will b<- used principally from submerged *’>bes on battleships and cruisers. DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR. SHAKE-UP 11 : RIVER GOATS ON TIL CARDS Consolidated Steamship Line Says It Has Control of the Katie, Swan and Tlietis and Augusta. CAPT. HADDGN WAS OVERBID FOR BOATS Negotiations Foi* Change Have Been Going; on Fox’ Some Time. Three Lines on Rivei*. II Is believed that the steamers Katie and Augusta will be under the management of the Consolidated Steamship Line from October Ist. These boats have been operated for the past two years by the Planter’s Steamship line. This will give the Consolidated Lino the control of the Augusta, Katie, Swan and the Thetis, leaving the Planter's line with the Two States only. Advices front Savannah state that the officials of the Consolidated Steamship Line made the positive statement that they have leased the Kali,, and tlie Augusta from October Ist. Mr. ,T. S. Nixon, the president of the company which owns the boats, stated Tuesday that he was negotiat ing with some Savannah people for the control of the boats, but that the negotiations had not boon concluded. Capt,. Haddon says thal lie lias a bid in for the boats, but he does not know whether the Consolidated peo ple outbid him or not. It appears then that the boats on the river will, after the first of Octo ber, be divided among three compan ies. The Consolidated lino will have the Augusta, Katie, Swan,, and the Thetis; th,. Planter’s line will have the Two States; the company compos ed of the merchants of Girard will operate a local boat from Augusta to Burton’s Ferry twice a. week. It is understood that Mr. n. E. Lester will remain in his present po sition as agent at the city wharf. MUSE ICTS AS COMMITTEE, ADOPTS PROHIDITIDN DILL Special to The Herald. ATLANTA, Ga. — In order to take up the approbation bill for adoption, section by section, the house revolved Itself Into a committee of the whole Tuesday morning at 10:15 wi'th Mr. Ellis, of Bibb, in the chair. The new appropriation bill substitute rec I om mended for adoption by the appro priations committee contains some small increases to keep pace wit r, | (he growth and needs of the state in stitutions and provides also for some reduction so that Chairman Jones says In Its sum total It is not. rad!-; caliy different from the appropria tions bill of last, year. WHITE MAN BADLY CUT AT JOHNSTOWN Paul Jones, a white man, was brought to the City hospital Monday night from Johnstown, 3. C., where he had been seriously cut by a compan ion. The man Is In a dangerous condition, but Tuesday the hospital authorities grated that ho had a chance to recover. The man who cut Jones Is not known. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Col umbia university, said in a recent address at Sum mit, New .Jersey: “America is tin; most intellectual nation in the world today, and lliis in telligence is due in no small measure to the fact that 20,000 newspapers are published iri the United States.” With our hats in our hands, doffed to the pres ident of Columbia, we turn instantly to the American advertiser and pass on the compliment: “Gentlemen,” we say (we of the newspaper press). “but for you it would riot be possible to publish such newspapers as are making America the most intelligent na tion under the sun, “If you had not goods to sell arid if you were not exhibiting them Tty word pictures in the "One paper in the home is worth a thousand on the highway WASTING TIL SENATE FUSSES OVER M'LENDON Longley Says Men Favor ing McLendon’s Dismis sal Afraid to Put Bur well’s Resolution to Vote TWO METHODS TO DISMISS McLENDON Can Get Rid of Ex-Ckair xnan By Impeachment or Abolishing the Office of Commissioner. Special to The Herald. ATLANTA, Ga.—When the senate convened Tuesday morning, a resolu tion was adopted extending the ses sion from l o’clock for the reading of bills for a first and second time. A motion of Senator Slater providing for an afternoon session between 3 o’clock and 5 o’clock was also adopted. Senator Longley moved that the action of the senate In adopting the Harwell resolution dismissing 3. G. McLendon from office be reconsider 'd. He spoke of the effort of Senator Day to have the Journal amended. ‘•Wasting State's Time." “They charged us with wasting the time of the state’s”, said Senator Longley. ‘‘At tltnt very time the senator fro-m (lie thirty third was holding the floor simply for the purpose of delaying the senate and preventing a vote.” “They were afraid to allow the resolution to be voted on,” he said. The senator from the thirty-seventh charged Senator Jackson with Incon consistenc.y. He a poke at some length on the subject of port rates. He urg ed the senators to correct what he termed their mistake of Friday In vot ing ,or dismissal. It took a man, he said, to acknowledge his mistake, and correct It. Dismissal Illegal? Senator Tgmgloy contented that, the dismissal of Mr. McLendon was illegal, that there were two ways of getting rid of him, one to abol ish the office of the commissioner, and the otl r, impeachment proceed ings. Ho said he was willing to Hlake Ids legal reputation on the correct ness of Ills Statement and If ho was not right he wouid never take an other case. He asserted that Mr. McLendon’s trial was unfair and a travesty of Justice. WITH KEFN CHMPETPN THE ALBEIWAtiLE HOUSE SHOW OPENS ’ CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—The Al bormarlo home show opened with cloudy and cool weather. Mlbb Lucy Day Martin, daughter of Senator Mar lin, driving her bay gelding, Merry Legs, won the blue ribbon In the claws for ponleM in harness. Competition wan keen In the sporting tandem claHs. Find, money went to a team exhibit ed by Julian Morris, of Keswick. The Blenheim farm, of Baltimore, was sec ond. Third money went to Mrs. Allen Bolts, of Castle Hill, who received gcneroufT’ applause for the way in which she handled the rlhbons. FIRE AT CALHOUN FALLB ANDERSON, S. C.—Fire from an unknown origin enmn near wiping Calhoun Falls off the map Monday night. The loss amounts to $5,000. newspapers we could not sell papers to readers at the price we do.” Any man who makes a good thing and adver tises it in a good news pDpcr like the Augusta Herald lie’s doing far more than he thinks he is. lie’s getting a market for his goods; he’s sup porting the chief intellec tual force of the commu nity all unwittingly, and then he’s reconstructing men so as to make them better buyers of more goods and better citizens of the republic ! Why, we didn’t half realize what philanthro pists we advertisers and publishers were. Let’s keep it up— Spending our money, getting our own fair re turns and saving the community from relaps ing info barbarism ! Who says advertising doesn’t pay ?
