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About The Augusta daily herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1908-1914 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 17, 1909)
THE AUGUST A DAILY HERALD VOLUME XIV., No. 229. EXTREME QUIET MARKS ELECTION IN CAROLINA TODAY SITUATION OF STEEL STRIKE GROWS TESSE Orders Given To Prevent Strikers Congregating in Numbers Around Mill. Watchmen on the Alert. FIRED THIRTY SHOTS AT BOAT Ferry is Being Used To Carry Employes of Steel Company Across the River. PITTSBURG.—A tense situation is apparent in the vicinity of the Press ed Steel Car company’s works at Mc- Kees Rocks Tuesday. Constabulary, deputy sheriffs and special watchmen are on the alert, orders having been issued to prevent the strikers congre gating in numbers near the mill. Over thirty shots were fired Tues day forenoon at the ferry steamer Steel Queen by strike sympathizers. No shots struck uie boat. The state constablulary reached the river bank within a few minutes and drove the crowd to the hills. The ferry is used to carry employes of the Pressed Steel Car plant across the river. FfM SIZZLIKE IS SOUTHWEST , CITIES SUFFER KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Missouri. Kansas and Oklahoma Tuesday again fairly sizzled under the burning sun. Barly in the day reports of prostra tions began to come in. Monday night was the hottest experienced in Kansas City in ten years. One man wa6 prostrated Monday and is reported to be dying at the hospital. Others af fected Monday are still under treat ment. At Topeka the temperature reached 80 at mid-night. Will Brsak Soon. WASHINGTON.—The weather bu reau issued the following bulletin: The severe warm wave in the middle western states will be broken in the plains states and Missouri valley Toes day night and in the states of the middle and upper Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys Wednesday, and a fall in temperature in these states will be attended by showers. There are at present no indications of pro longed excessive heat for the easrern states. The next disturbance from the west will appear in extreme north west Thursday, advance over the plains states, central valleys and Great Lakes Friday and Saturday, and reach tbe Atlantic coast about Sunday. WHO WILL BET THE M'LEOjOI JOB? Governor Has Said He Will Name Man Some time During This Week. ATLANTA, Ga.—All are now anx iously awaiting the appointment by Governor Joseph M. Brown of the suc cessor to S. Guyt. McLendon. Espe cially are the politicians interested in the naming of the successor to the deposed commissioner. From one end of the state to the other she main topic of conversation is ax to who will occupy the vacancy on the railroad commission. Govero or Blown stated last week that h« would at some time this week make the appointment and, acting on this statement, all are waiting the news. Who it will be is not known, as no one has any idea of who have ap plied lor the position. GAME BETWEEN THE FATS AND LEANS PUT OFF UNTIL FRIDAY The baseball game between the Fats and the Leans for the benefit of the milk and ice fund, which was to barn® been played at Warren park Tuesday afternoon was postponed and will be played Friday afternoon. The postponement was eaused bv the in ability es the players to be at the gamyMraecount of business obMgafctoc* they could not get aronnd. It - stated however, that everyttotaf wtU be arranged so that the game can be pulled off Friday without fail. QUART KILLS CHARLESTONIAN. Charleston, s. c— a vietim of the heat ana liquor, Jefferson Cauley, a Charleston teamster, was brought home uneopecfeua at an early hoar in the mem tug and died Saturday wlth eut negaintn* consciousness He fink a quart of whiskey. SORER AUGUSTA a KILLS SELF IT THEISM Emanuel Boland Jumped From the Third Story Window of State Institu tion in Columbia. TRIED BEFORE TO KILL HIMSELF Attempted To Cut TJb.roat While Being Carried To the Asylum. Had Suicidal Melancholia. Special to The Herald. COLUMBIA. S. C. —Emanuel Boland of North Augusta, who was brought to the state insance asylum here a few months ago suffering from sui cidal melancholia committed suicide Tuesday by jumping from a third story window of the asylum. This is one of the repeated attempts he has made to take his life. When he was on the train bound for the asylum he attempted to cut his throat, and had it not been for the quick work of of ficers he would have then succeeded in killing himself. COMHiffETSiLL ASK JUQCE TAFT TO OPEN THE FAIR At a special meeting of the Cham ber of Commerce directors, held Mon day afternoon at the request of Presi dent James U, Jackson, of the Fair as sociation. it was decided to make a strong effort to effect au exchange of dates between Columbia and Augusta, so that President Taft may be here tq open the fall fair. As his itinerary now stands, 'the president will arrive here from Char leston on Saturday, November 6, and will leave early the next Monday mornipg for Columbia. But as the Columbia fair closes on the Saturday in question, and the Augusta, or Georgia-Carolina lair opens the follow ing Monday, it is held that a •‘swap” of the dates affecting Columbia and Augusta would be advantageous and timely for all parties concerned. A committee of three wat appoint ed to communicate with, tbe presi dent's secretary, Mr. Fred W. Carpen ter, and if possible arrange an engage ment to call on Judge Trvft at Bever ly, for the purpose of laying the plan before him. Those on the commit tee are: Messrs. R. R. Roy Good win, T. J. Sharon and T. W. Loyless. In a recent letter to Mr. Jacktfm, the chief executive expressed his de sire to be in Augusta to open the fall fair, if such could possible be ar ranged, and it is therefore thought that he wiM hasten to endorse the plan evolved at the Chamber of Com merce yesterday. Prohibitionists Form Insurance Company For Total A bstainers Only ATLANTA, Ga.—A life instance company that will acept risks on to tal abstainers only has been organiz ed with Atlanta as headquarters, un der the name of “The Temperance Life Ins. Co. of America," R is tbe only organization of its kind in the United States. Application for char ter was filed Tuesday with secretary of state Cook, the incorporators be ing W. A. Covington, of Moultrie, joint author of Hardman-Covington prohibition bill, J. H. Andrews; Dr. EAHTH SHOCKS EXPOSE! BEECH People of Acapulco Still Fear To Return To Tkeir Homes on Account of Quakes. MEXICO CITY.—A delayed des patch received from Acapulco says three severe eafibqaafee shocks were experienced yesterday. The ocean dropped far belt/w ft* esual level and along the entire shore line of the port the beaeh was exposed for a distance of 30 feet. These shocks are believed to be the same as those recently registered at the Washington obsrvatory. The people of Acapulco are sttfl living in the open, not hav ing ventured to return to their home* since the disastrons shock of a fort night ago. i MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD DAWSON, Ga.—The municipal pri mary held here for turee aldermen resulted in the election of W. R Held win, IV. A. Davidson and F. M. Jen nings. W A. Baldwin was renomin ated etty treasurer. AUGUSTA GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 17, 1909. Mrs. Russell Sage and Some of Her “Model" Houses ~~~~~~. *- ~ ' _ , . Mrs. Russell Sage, widow of the famous financier and two rows of “model” houses erected at Cedarhurst, L. 1., which the tenants declare are “bathless, unventilated and unsanitary.” GHIRLESTBN NUCEHEI SEIZE j KEG‘HEAR-BEER' FROM AUGUSTA Beer Will Be Analyzed to Ascertain Percentage of Alcohol Contained. Special to The Herald. CHARLESTON, S. C.— The police department has seized a keg of “near oeer” from Augusta. The beer will be analyzed and it will be ascertain ed if it contains more than the per centage of alcohol allowed. No large quantity of “near-beer” has been com ing into Charleston because of the abundance of the real thing which is being served here and the seizure of the Augusta article is not expected to provoke any great stir here in eon sekuenoe. MR. MoCARTY REUTRNS HOME. Mr. Richard J. McCarty, who has been visiting his brother, Mr. Jerry McCarty and sisters in North Angus ta, returned Monday night to his home in Dayton. Ohio. It will be pleasant news to the many friends of Mr. Mc- Carty in Augusta to know that he will return early in the tall for a lenger stay. Marion McHuli, James K. Hines, all of Atlanta; and J. F. Fender, of Lowndes county. Initial capital stock is $200,000 with the privilege of increasing this amount as need arises. Numbers of leading prohibitionists throughout the country are said to be behind th e company with the inten tion of making it of national influ ence aid importance. J. Pope Brown, state treasurer of Georgia has been mentioned among others for the of fice of its presidency. MISS CARL RIGGINS TRIED SUICIDE Member of Prominent Molina Family Threw Herself in Well. Half Frozen When Rescued. Special to The Herald. MOLENA, Ga. Miss Carl Rigging, a member of a prominent family here, attempted suicide ei»rly Tuesday morning, by throwing herself into a well. About 4 o'clock she was heard to rise from her bed and before the other member*, of the fatuity could reach the room, groans w«r e heard and was discovered in a well locat ed under the veranda. The alarm being given, the neigh bors rushed to the scene. A man and two ropes vrer*- le t down and the young lady was hauled up. Sh® was unconscious and almost frozen. She has been in bad health for sev eral months. About six weeks, ago her only brother died after several | weeks' illness. GfILUMBUTQ SWRP TIFT BITES WITH AOSTA PEOPLE Special to The Herald. COLUMBIA. S. C.—-It is entirely agreeable to Columbia to have Colum bin and Augusta swap days for en tertaining President Taft, so at to bring him here on the closing day of the Carolina fair and in Augusta on the opening day of the fair there. This is the result of a conference be tween the chamber of commercelind the fair society representatives. Mayor Reamer Tuesday wrote Sec retary Carpenter along this line. If the change is made Mr. Taft comes here from Charleston Saturday morn ing early and will go to Augusta Sat urday afternoon and remain there through Monday. ENGINEERS MIID SMllil STREETS SAVANNAH, Ga. —Tuesday after noon at 3 o'clock the public exercises in connection with the four day* con vention of the Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers and Ladies’ Auxil iary began at the Air-Dome an open air theatre. Alderman H. E. Wil son extended the visitors a welcome in a splendid address in which he paid a tribute to the engineers as belong ing to ihe highest class of labor. Mr. H. C. Line, of Columbus, responded to the address of welcome. There were also addresses by Mr. J. K. Gray, vice-president of the chamber of comeree and by Mr. F. Oliver, a well known attorney. A feature of the program was the introduction of lit tle children who rendered abort se lections At the conclusion of the program tfa'-re will be no further for mal exercises until Wednesday morn ing. At 10 o'clook In the morning there will be a session devoted entires ly to business at the Tagles hall. This will be followed by a street oar ride in the afternoon. The delegates will stay here through Friday and the program will each day will be for busi ness session In the morning and en tertainments In the afternoon and evening There are something like 600 delegates and their ladles here now 'to attend the convention and there will be many more by this even ing All trains that have arrived since Monday have borne represents tives to the conference. There are delegates here from all actions of the country. The business meetings prom ise to be very interesting as rnanv matters touching upon the welfare of the engineers will be discussed. The Savannah members of the two organi zations have made ample prepaid tlons to see that the visitors have a good 'time. FIRE DESTROYS STABLE. BOWMAN, Ga.—A fire at 2 a. m. Sunday totally destroyed the livery stable of Roberts & Rice Four horses were burned with the building The loos was 14,000. A match accidental ly dropped is supposed to oars start ed tbs eonfiagratkotu CHARLESTON DISPENSARY GEES READY T(i BUI FOR RE-OPENING CHARLESTON. S. C—The Char-1 leston county dispensary board open ! ed bills for the coming quarter. Forty j bids were opened for beers, ales, i whiskeys and the usual line ofi liquors and glassware. The bids will be tabulated and the award made later. During the past few weeke, the sales have been so heavy and the' board had refrained from replenish-! ing the liquors that the stock Is now pretty well run down and with a vote being registered tomorrow for the dispensary, the county board will meet earlier than usuai after the opening of the bids that the dispen saries may be restocked without un necessary delay. NEW SOPRANO AT FIRST PRESBYTERIAN Miss Lucy M. Horton, of Virginia, has been engaged as soprano at the First Presbyterian church. Miss Morton is a well known singer, and she will be quite a welcome addition I to Augusta music circles. She will be here in the fall. Miss Morion Is a sister of Dr. Herbert Morton and a cousin of Mrs. Thos. D. Coleman. Miss Morton comes to this olty from 1 Christ, church, of Nashville, Tenn. She haa also been a member of the famous choir of the First Baptist church of Richmond, Va. NEGRO KILLED NEAR WILLISTON SATURDAY Special to The Herald. WILLISTON, S. G—Dan Gaines was shot and instantly killed by an other negro, named Peter Green, near here Saturday night.. The men were playing, when Green pulled out a pis tol, saying, “I believe J will shoot you. Gaines said, "Well, shoot," he did so, with deadly effoct. It seems that It was an unprovoked murder. Sheriff Creech, was 'phoned for, and carried the murderer to Barnwell jail Sunday. GASOLINE STREET CARS FOR MACON MACON, Ga.—A gasoline afreet car system may be established In Macon some time in the early future If plana that are being worked up by ex-Huper lntendent J. W McFarland of the Macon Railway and Light company are successfully carried through. The line will consist of motor cars and will be operated over the streets through which the lines of the trolley system do not run. Application to city council to make use of these streets will be made at an early date by Mr McFarland. He Bays he has strong backing by East ern and Western capitalists and talks •nthuslastUslly of the project. BUGGY BROKE ARM OF MR. DARLINGTON Mr J. S Darlington, who lives at. 847 Calhoun St., was struck by a buggy Monday night and his right ami was broken. Mr. Darlington was at the corner of Greene and Monu ment Sts., when a buggy driven rap idly came by striking him. Mr. Darlington does not know whs was ,ln the buggy, as It did not stop. DAILY AND SUNDAY, SG.QO PER YEAR. RESULT BILL II RE Kill lift URTj Counting; Votes Will Not Begin Until Late in the Afternoon and Estimates Are Almost Impossible. j FROHIBITIONISTS BUTTONHOLING Local Optionists Taking Almost No Hand. Votes Will Be Extremely Light Everywhere. Special to The Herald. COLUMBIA, S. C -In solemn si lence Is the dispensary elect ion pro eroding here, and elsewhere In the wet. territory, nothing has occurred, neen'tly to change the situation. The voting is being none very quietly. A few "prolii's" being at the polls, dis tributing literature and buttonholing voters. The local optionlsts are tak ing: almost, no hand. The voting is In one box at each poll, and It is im possible to accurately estimate the result anywhere. Counting votes does not begin till 4 o'clock, the result will nol be known anywhere till dark. The vo'tes will be extremely light every where. LIGHT ifiST II NORTH AUGUSTA Looks Like Prohibition Will Win, But Not By Large Majority. Contrary to general expectation, the North Augusta precinct will poll a comparatively light vote on the dis pensary Issue today. It Is generally conceded that the precinct 1b "dry" by a fairly good majority, as the vote has gone that way in previous elec tions, but it is Ihe general Impression that today’s majority will not be as large as expected. The election, was not marked by and demonstration, or crowds. It was quiet ail day, the voters merely oasting their ballots and moving away. The polls will close at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. soMTEiTiiTco INTO DRY COLUMN Special to The Herald. SUMTER, S. C Al 2 o'clock care ful and painstaking observers have furnished the following figures to the undersigned: Wai'd I, 67 votes cant. 40 for drys. Ward 2, 170, 140 for drys. Ward 3, An Appreciated Letter From An Enterprising Advertiser Who Says The Herald Makes Good Publishers, The Herald, August 17th, I*o9. Augusta, Qa. Gentlemen: It is a pleasure to give you some facta and figures regarding our advertising during the present month. As you know, August is the dullest month of the year In Augusta, and merchants generally reduce advertieing, but we decided to do a lit* tie more, and see what could be done with a special sale, which we call ed a "Clean up Sale." The results have been gratifying and beyond expectations, and the credit of It, we feel is due to The Dally and 3unday Herald; for we never used any other paper, knowing that The Herald covers this city and section thoroughly. Our "Clean-up Sale" was Intended to sell off our stock of summer good#, and they were considerable, for we always carry a large and varied stock, but we wanted to "clear the deck” for fall and winter trade. This we have already accomplished, In a great measure, but we shall continue advertieing In The Herald. Mind you, the goods we have been selling were not “odds and ends and remnants,” but good seasonable offerings, with real worth and value —such qualities as appeal to the better class of trade, and they have responded to our ads in the same I iberal way they always do. Our sales have been enormous; a great big part of a $75,000 stock being already disposed of. A pleasing feature of this sale has been the great amount of goods that have been bought by outof-town customers—from such towns as Aiken, Edgefield, Trenton, Johnston, Blackville, Bamberg, Waynesboro, Millen, Thomson, Sparta, Warrenton, Sanderaville and many other smaller towns in Georgia and Bout h Carolina. Much of this was done by mail, quite a good deal was by direct pur chases, and a good many inquiries wore made that will result In many new cuatomers. For tht past several days we have been making a run on Blanket*, and you would be surprised to know how many have been bought—by hotels, boardinghouse keepers, near-by resorts, and from many Bummtr vllle families who intend renting to tourists during the approaohlng eeaaon. But we should tell you that these blankets are the best that can be bought for the money, and we are selling them at prices that ar* really below cost, we having bought them at a bankrupt sale, before the present advance in prices. Our "Clean up Sale'Ms a success, and The Daily and Sun/iy Herald It a great advertising medium. Yours very truly, MULLARKY A SULLIVAN CO, . Per D. P. Sulllvatt £9IIIIR 01 WITH VI 111 AIKEi GROUTY Vote Will Be Close. One Precinct May Turn Re sult of Election For Whole County. TWO PLACES SURE FOR DISPENSARY Bath anti Vaucluse Voters Favor Dispensary. War renville ami Graniteville Look For Prohibition. Special lo The Herald. AIKEN. S U.—Aiken county Is tak ing the dispensary election very quiet ly. The result will remain In doubt until the las; minute. When the polls lii -i opened, the voters crowded the boxes, but tln» voting soon dropped off and voters have been straggling In ►■lnc**. About four hundred votes will he cast in the city and they seem to he about evenly divided. The dts ponsnr.v supporters still feel confident °f victory. The election will be so dose that the result will not be known until every precinct has been heard from. At Langley. Al Langley the voting is nompiML lively heavy, about four hundred vot<'t> will be emit and at noon It look ed ns If the prohlbftlontsts were in the lead. Bath for Dispensary. The dispensary has strong support, ers at Hath. Although the voting had not been very heavy up until noon, ihe dispensary forces ne«m to have had everything their way. Graniteville "Dry." With a comparatively heavy vote at noon, prohibition seems to he fav ored at Graniteville. The result Is not by any means certain and It is expected that votes In the late af ternoon will have a much effect on the result. Warrenvllle “Prohl.” Warrenvllle voters seem to be In favor of prohibition. The voting up until about 2 o’clock had riot been very heavy, but the prohibitionists seemed to havo a falrlv good lead. Vaucluss "Wot." With a good majority Ihe dispen sary leads In Vaucluse. The result there will be almost ov*rwh<-'inlngly In favor of tile dispensary. The vot ing Is gradually dropping off and most of the votes have already been cast. RURAL CARRIER NAMED WASHINGTON - Ira F. Wheeler appointed rural carrier of route 8. nt Metcalf. 100 votes cast, 56 for drys. Ward 4, BB i About two-thirds of the qualified ! voters will cimt their ballot® from present Indications. It Is conceded that Sumter olty will go dry by a comparatively light ma jority for the drys. At. this writing it appears that the county will be in the prohibition oolumn.
