Georgia Historic Newspapers

    THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIV., No. 231
PRESIDENT TUFT WILL NOT OPEN
ii mii-iMii ri
Tn Massage to Columbia’s
Mayor Secretary Carpen
ter Says Exectuive Will
Be There as Scheduled.
COLUMBIA PLANS
HIS ENTERTAINMENT
President Will Arrive
There From Augusta on
Morning of the Eighth.
COLUMBIA, S. C.—The program
for the .entertainment of President
Taft on the occasion of his visit to
Columbia in November was outlined
Thursday at a conference he.d in the
governor's office, which were pres
ent Governor Ansel, Mayor Reamers,
Messrs Win. E. Gonzales and Jas. A.
Hovt of the Chamber of Commerce
executive committee, and Secretary
Moorman, of that organization. The,
progran as outlined:
\rrive Union station from Augusta,
Monday, Nov. Bth, 10:50 a. m. Break
fast at the governor’s mansion at ll
o'clock Public address from the
portico of the state capitol. noon.
General reception in the state library
at the conclusion of the address
Luncheon at the Colonial hotel, 2:30
p, m . From the Colonial hotel the;
president’s party will go direct, to the
Union station, where their train for
Wilmington, leaving at 5:30 p. m„ will
be taken. I
Mayor Reamer Wednesday night re-1
ceived a telegram from Private Sec- ,
retarv Carpenter at Beverly, Mass., 1
stating that the ' date of the presi- j
dent's visit would not h e changed and
that he would come here from Au
gusta the morning of the Bth.
HEAT PROSTRATES
LOUISIANA FOLK
BATON ROUGE, I,a.—Several heat
prostrations have been reported In Baton
Rouge during the last twenty-tour hours.
Today the mercury is hovering around
the 110 mark.
MESS mm] BN SKIP IS
BEiNo TRIED B! COURT MARTIAL
WASHINGTON— A wireless mes
sage was received at the navy departs
ment from the Atlantic fleet, saying
that David Williams, the mess attend
ant on the battleship Vermont, is
now being tried by court martial at
sea on the charge of manslaughter.
This is the sequel to a boxing match
which occurred on the battleship Ver
mont off Provtacetown, Mass., be
tween Williams and another mess at
tendant. The authorities of the state
of Georgia had applied for his sur
render to them, hut ti is said that in
the case of conviction he will not be
surrendered until he has suffered his
punishment.
ENGLISH WARSHIPS
ON WAY TO CRETE
MALTA.—Six English warships and
a torpedo flotilla steamed out ot the
harbor this afternoon. Their destina
tion is unknown, but it is believed to
b e uanea, Crete.
BENZINE WAGON
BLEW UP KILLING TWO
PARIS. —Two persons were killed
this afternoon, many others were in
jured and the Moullns station was de
stroyed when a railway wagon from
Orleans, laden with benzine, exploded.
Fir e followed the explosion.
NEWS IN PARKBVILLE
PARKSVILLE, S. C—The “Damned”
Warm” club of Parkßville, of which
Mlse Sallie Bsll is secretary and Mr.
Dan BeU la secretary, held an inter
esting social function last evening at
the home of Miss Martha Dorn, whose
beautiful blue eyes sparkled with de
light as she gracefully passed to and
fro through their mansion, anticipat
ing every wish of the delighted visi
tors. The only note of sadness that
was cast over the joyous occasion
sounded when the announcement was
made that the fair and efficient pres
ident, Miss Sallie Parker, was quite
sick and unable to attend. However,
the vice president. Miss Martha Dorn,
STORM WARNING
FOR SOUTHWEST
NEW YORK.—The local weather
bureau has received the following spe
cial from Washijvton:
The disturbahcb south and near
Porta 'Jico is moving westward. It
js c i |7uered unsafe for vessels in the
vide. * of the Greater Antilles dur
ing the next two days and probably
later off our southwest coast.
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♦ WEATHER FORECAST. ♦
♦ Fair tonight and Friday. ♦
♦ (For detailed weather new* ♦
♦ see market page.) ♦
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DR.SOULEHQNQREQ
111 POmO MEET
Elected Vice-President of
tiie American Associa
tion of Farmers’ Insti
tute Workers.
Special to The Herald.
ATLANTA, Ga. —Word has been re
ceived by the department of agricul
ture at the state capitol announcing
the election of Dr. A. M. Soule, presi
dent of the State Agricultural Col
lege at Athens, as vice-president of
the American Association of Farmers’
Institute Workers at their conven
tion held at Portland, Ore.
The general assembly, just adjourn
ed, appropriated ten thousand dollars,
at the urgent request of Dr. Soule,
for the purpose of continuing the ex
tension work planned by this collegp
through the medium of Farmers’ In:
stitutes, which are held in each sena
torial district of the state once oach
year.
Dr. Soule and his co-workers, ably
assisted by the department of agri
culture, have done splendid work in
this direction for the past two years.
At these institutes the farmers are
urged to diversify their crops, to en
gage more deeply in cattle raising and
dairying and in other ways making
the farms self supporting.
By the use of cotton seed meal as
a cattle feed, it has been demon
strated at these institutes by the va
rious professors of the State College
of Agriculture, that cattle raising and
dairying can be carried on o a great
profit in any county of Georgia. That
this advice has been needed is evi
denced by the increasing sales of cot
ton seed meal which Is registered
with the state department of agri
culture.
These farmers’ institutes promise
to he a wonderful benefit to the plant
ers of the state and the dates on
which they will be held will be an
nounced shortly.
FRUIT EXCHANGE
TO (MELONS
Growers Had Bad Season
and Like Manner in
Which Peach Crop was
Handled.
Speoial to The Herald.
ATLANTA, Ga. —The Georgia Fruit
Exchange has heard from several
growers of watermelons and caute
loupes of late relative to co-operation
with them on the shipping of melons
as well as peaches. The manage
ment of the exchange will bring iheaa
applications to the attention of the
executive committee and the trus
tees when they meet September Bth
In Atlanta.
The melon season has been a dis
astrous one for the growers, in con
trast to the highly successful season
of the peach men, who got the benefit
of organization. If the melon grow
ers oould prevail on the peach men
to ship melons through the exchange,
they would get the benefit of a sys
tem already organized, which has
proven Its success.
The following letter to the exchange
from Howard P. Whiddon, secretary
of the Mcßae, Ga., board of trade,
is typical of several received:
"Our farmers In this sxHicn, have
been, and now are, shipping a great
many melons but the proceeds have
been very unsatisfactory. For Instance
one of our customers was in this
morning and tells me that be shipped
two cars of melons for which he re
ceived only $22 and that he sold yes
terday afternoon to a man on the
ground one car for $65. I notice that
the fruit exchange had just closed a
successful season for the peach
growers and I felt that we could pos
sibly interest you in the melon Indus
'try. The late melons will be moving
for two or three weeks yet and the
farmers are anxious to ship to some
one who is responsible and who will
pay them what the melons are worth.
Unies they can obtain relief I fear
that no melons will be grown next
year.”
NAVAL STORES MEN
MAKE LARGE SALE
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Those Savannah
naval stores exporters and factors
who have been holding spirits of tur
pentine in tanks awaiting a raise in
price have sold out their entire hold
ings to the American Naval Btores
company at fifty and a half cents a
gallon. The total amount, received
for the tank holdings was $23,000.
This is a profit of about $7,800 Thua
neat clean up wac made by the fact
ttoat the stuff was tanked where it
could not deteriorate or become
damaged In any way.
SUGAR PRICES ADVANCED.
NEW YORK.—AII grades of re
fined sugar were advanced ten cents
per 100 pounds, making standard
granulated 5.05.
AUGUSTA GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AUGUST 19, 1909
KING GEORGE OF GREECE WHOM
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FATS AND LEANS CROSS
BATS FRIDAY AFTERNOON
A Milk and loe league baseball
game will be played Friday afternoon
at Warren park that has everything
else in that line backed off the board,
to use a household expression. The
contesting teams will be the Fats and
Leans, about which you have all
heard so much.
As their names, simply, the outfits
are composed, respectively, of gentle
men who can’t, find ready-mad t
clothes large enough, and gentle
men who cast shadows only when
the sunlight is very brilliant.
The heaviest man on the Fat team
is ’’Babe'' Adams, star trainer and
physical director, whose duties also
include the pleasant pastime of ad
ministering discipline to refractory
umpires', and tilting the diamond in
the right direction when the e are
runners on the paths.
Willie Elias is perhaps the lightest
SECOND RICHMOND COUNTY
BALE ARRIVED THURSDAY
The second bale of cotton raised in
Richmond county this year was sent
in to Spears & Pilcher Thursday morn
ing. by Mr. T. F. Layton, from his
farm about six miles from Augusta
near Gracewood. Mr. Layton Is one
POLICE KEEP THE
STRIKERS 11C
PITTSBURG. —Mounted and using
their hickory riot clubs members of
the Pennsylvania state constabulary
are Thursday keeping th strikrs on
the move in the Pressed Steel Com
pany strike zon e at McKees Rodks.
It is stlmatd that ovr 500 shots
were fired Wednesday night and early
Thursday by the strikers and their
sympathizers who had gathered on
the O’Donavan Bridg 8 near the works.
During the firing the troopers and
other police remained inside the mill,
orders having been Issued to take no
action unless the strikers attempted
entrance to the plant.
THE NEW YORK CASH
PRODUCE MARKET
NEW YORK. —Cash produce mar
kets: Spot cotton 12.80. Minneapolis
No. 1 Northern wheat 1.36.
Wheat firm; No. 2 red 112 3-8 t. o. b.
Com firm; No. 2 mixed 80 1-2 in
elevator.
Oats firm; No. 2 mixed 48c in ele
vator.
Rye firm; No. 2 western 76c f. o. b.
Barley dull; feed 57c i. f. New York.
Flour dull; spring patents 640; win
ter straights 540.
Mill feed steady.
Pork quiet; mess 21.75.
Lard firm; prime western 12.25.
Tallow steady; prime city 5 916 c.
Coffee quiet; No. 7 Rio 7 3-Bc.
Sugar quiet; granulated 496.
COTTON SEED OIL.
NEW YORK.—Cottbn Seed Oil
closed: August 546a51; September 648
aol; Oetober 560a53; November 540 a
50; December 547a48; January 556 a
59; Marchsßß aTO; May 575a77.
Spot oil 546a55; sales 9,400 barrels.
THI MONEY MARKET
NEW YORK—Money on oall 2 l-4et-z.
Time loans firm; 40 days *; »0 days I l-4a
1-t; six months 4 per cent. Posted rates
sterling exchange 4X4a.57 1-2, with actual
business in bankers Mils at, 4*8.80 tor de
mand, and 4»f> 05a10 for sixty days Mils
Prime mercantile paper steady, rates un.
changed.
man on the Lean team. Ho will play
an outfield position, maybe, and will
do a stunt on the coaching line, sure
ly. At this latter position he is a
gem of purest ray serene. His long
practice with his voice as a newsboy
makes , him peculiarly suited 'to the
coaching line, while his line or strong
tHlk will keep up interest.
The hour is 4:30 o'clock, and the
admission is 10 cents. It will be
remembered that this gamo was post
poned from Tuesday, because it was
Impossible to put full teams in the
fiei-d. on that day. But the players
are nil in fine form, and looking for
ward to the fray with enthusiasm.
There will he more laugh to til <3
lineal minute at this game than you’ie
derived from all the comedy of the
summer put together. And as to
the quality of baseball—it won't be
slow.
of the representative farmers of this
seotlon and conducts a farm that is
up-to-date in every particular. The
bale weighs 526 pounds. The staple
is considered very good for new cot
ton.
TRYING FOR BOliO
TOR MISS TODD
Mr. Watson is in Critical
Condition at Hospital,
But May Recover Unless
Complications Set in.
Mr. Richard D. Watson, who was
shot three times in the Central of
Georgia railroad office Wednesday
about noon by Miss Elvira Todd, Is
tn a critical condition at the city hos
pital. Miss Todd is confined in the
county jail.
Dr. Asbury Hull, who is attending
Mr. Watson, says that Mr, Watson
was resting as easily as could bo ex
pected but that be was In a serious
condition. If complications do not
arise, Mr. Watson’s chances for re
covery are good, but if complications
do arise, his chances for recovery are
very slight.
Solicitor General Jos. 8. Reynolds
said Thursday that Miss Todd would
not be granted bond until Mr. Wat
son was on the road to recovery. Mr.
Ctias. A Plcquef, who represents her,
will make efferts, however, to obtain
bond for her.
COTTON CROP AT
WILSON IS POOR
None Will Be Ginned This
Year Until After First of
September.
WILBON, S. C.—The farmers
throughout this section have about,
finished gathering in their fodder and
now the cotton fields are beginning to
whiten. It will only be a very short
while before every one will be busy
picking, ginning and marketing the
crop, which in some sections is very
good, but in most sections the crop
Is very poor and very late. Last
year in this section the first bale was
ginned on the 20th of August, but
there will be none ginned this year
bcfor e the bat of September.
MBS. I'D
CLAIMS RMS
CIICES FALSE
Woman Named in Divorce
Suit by Wife of Major
Hanson Says Charges are
Perfectly Absurd.
MAY SUE MRS. HANSON
FOR HEAVY DAMAGES
Husband of Mrs. McVicar
Says He Will Put Case in
Hands of His Attorneys.
NEW YORK.—Mrs. James Mc-
Vickar was indignant Thursday when
she learned she had been named in
the divorce suit brought by Mrs. Cora
L. Hanson in Atlanta, against her
husband. Major ,1. Fletcher Hanson,
president of the Central of Georgia
railroad.
“It is au outrageous affair," said
Mrs. McViekar. ”1 know both Major
and Mrs. Hanson during my residence
at Atlanta in 1907, but. we met merely
in a social way, and wo were friends
merely. The statement that Major
Hanson became infatuated with 1110
after my divorce from T. Mitchell
Horner, in 1907, Is absolutely false.
1 never had anything to do with Ma
jor Har.son, and never accompanied
him on any trip in a private car. We
met on several occasions in a social
way, but beyond that there Is noth
ing to substantiate the charges that
are made by Mrs. Hanson, or to
justify her dragging my name into
her domestic affairs."
Charges False.
Mrs. McViekar stated that the
charges of Mrs. Hanson, not only
were absolutely false, but were made
to bolster up her case In court. The
hint, was made that Mr. McViekar
would not reßt content with merely
denying charges made against her in
complaint for divorce, but he would
institute action for heavy damages for
defamation of character. The matter,
she said, would be placed In the hands
of his attorneys.
Bath Room “Joke.”
Mrs. McViekar interrupted her hus
band at the point to say: “Why, it
Is perfectly awful; it is simply ter
rible.” when sip, was told Mrs. Han
son said In her complaint that she.
was obliged to sleep on the floor of
the hath room, when Mrs. McViekar
(then Mrs. Horner) was in the house,
Mrs. McViekar laughed merrily, and
said: “Why, that is absurd, I never
heard of such a thing.” Since coming
to New York I have heard that Mrs.
Hanson has been unfriendly to me.
1 have been very happy since my mar
riage and it Is terrible that, this wo
man should couple my name with
such a scandal."
Her Mother Talks.
BALTIMORE, Md. Mrs. Isaac E.
Emerson, mother of Mrs McVlckar,
said Thursday: "Any statements that
have been made by Mrs. Han Hon about
my daughter and Major Hanson are
absolute falsehoods. Major Hanson
has for years been a friend of my en
tire family, whll e Mrs. McVlckar al
ways regarded Mrs. Hanson as het
especial friend.”
MAJOR HANSON WAS
INDULGENT FATHER
Attorney For President, of
Central of Georgia Rail
road Says Client Misrep
resented in Wife’s Suit.
Speclnl to The Herald.
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Hon. Roland El
lis, of Moron, one of the attorneys
for Major J. F. Hanson, who is In
Savannah en route to New York
Thursday gave out the following
statement relative to the suit, for di
vorce, filed by Mrs. ,1. F. Hanson;
“If the report In Wednesday’s pa
pers as to the contents of a libel for
divorce filed against Major J. F. Han
son be true he Is done, 1n my opln
ion, a grave Injustice. The most in
dulgent and genenbus husband and fa
ther, so far as ills neighbors eouid
know, and I have lived within a
stone's throw of his home most of my
life, It Is not conceivable that, the,
charges as reported could be serious
ly considered.
“As one of bis attorneys in this un
fortunate affair, which has been brew
ing for some two years, I cannot go
further Into details than to state that
he has done with almost, superhuman
patience, more than the average man
undar similar circumstances would
have done.
“The connection of his name with
that of the lady mentioned Is a eru
elty to both, and his answer to be
properly filed, will show that the la
mentable family estrangement, Is due
primarily to religious differences,
which divided his entire household
two years ago, most of whom, Inelud
ingf his wife, are living at Point Loma,
Cal., where the Theosophical society
if that Is the correct name, has its
headquarter*.
MR. AND MRs’”bEAGLES
LOSE INFANT DAUGHTER
The Infant, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Beagles, of No. 1483 811-
coi street, died at. the residence of
her parent* Wednesday night.
The funeral services took place
Thursday morning at 8 o'clock, from
the residence The interment was In
the c4ty cemetery.
DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR.
AIKEN LEPER
IST TO LITER
FEBT USE
The State Supreme Court
Decided. Injunction in
Favor of Mrs. Mary
Kirkland.
SAID SHE WAS
TOO REFINED
Says Form of Leprosy Slve
Has is Not Dangerous
Standing; He/ to the Pest
House Too Harsh.
COLUMBIA. Miss Mary Kirkwood
who contracted anasethetie leprosy
working as a missionary iti Brazil
and who while living in Aiken last
December was ordered to tli e pest
house, whore small pox negroes were
kept had health board enjoined,
and Thursday the State Supreme
Court decided the ease In bur favor,
011 the ground that In the first place
such a form of Isolation in her case,
she being a woman ol’ culture and
refinement an aged and blind, was too
tiarsa for the further reason that her
form of leprosy was not dangerous as
to warrant such extreme measures.
BREEBE’S MEMORY
FAILED AT TIES
Banker Says He Has Been
Unjustly Dealt With
One of His Letters Used
as Evidence.
ASHEVILLK, N. C. —Major Breoso,
one of defendants In the trial of
Hreese, I’enland and Dickerson,
charged with conspiracy ’to defraud
the First National Bank, of Asheville,
today continued on the witness stand
In his defense of himself, lie at times
broke forth in short addresses to the
jury. lie charged that 'the books of
the bank hart been denied to him 1111
Justly since the Institution's failure
despite his labors of twelve years to
inspect them with the view of rte
monstra'tlng his Innocence in connec
lion with the failure.
At times during (be examination by
the district attorney, Major nroese
was forced to answer “I can’t remem
ber.”
There was placed in evidence a let
ter which it Is claimed Major Breeso
wrote eleven days before the bank
failed. The letter read: "Am
sending $609 In small silver; have stir
plus over and above our needs; we
can’t use It here.”
FRIGHTENED ill AUTOMOBILE
PULE RAN DIIEU LEESVILLE MAN
Mr. Paul Shealy Seriounly
Injured and Little Son
Had Narrow Encape.
Special to The Herald,
LEESVJLLK, S. C.—Lcesvlll e came
near having a fatal accident, recently
as a result, of reckless automobile
driving. The road from Lcesvllle to
Batesburg is for automobiles, and Is
muched used by them. As Mr. Paul
Shealy was returned to Lcesvllle with
h a twelve-year-old boy he met Mr.
Jack Jones In his automobile. Mr.
Shealy got out of ills buggy and tried
to hold his mule, but when the auto
mobile dashed by the animal became
unmanageable, and tore away, running
over Hr. Shealy. The hoy remained
in the buggy and as If by a miracle
was unhurt, although the buggy was
upset, and torn In pieces. Mr. Shealy
was not so fortunate. The mule slop
ped on him and both wheels of the
buggy passed over him. Medical help
was called at once, but he was de
ltrlous much of the time Tuesday
night. His head and spinal column
are aeriously hurt.
Mrs. Shuler, of Batesburg, was
thrown from her buggy two weeks
ago, her horse taking fright from the
same automobile.
ELEVEN MEN DROWN
IN SCHOONER’S WRECK
LUNENEBIJRO, Nova Scotia Tb>
Gloucester, a fishing schooner from
the Orinoco has capsized and eleven
men were drowned.
SAYS a keen-tongued foreign
critic: “You Americans think
like lightning and act like thun
der." You can’t reap results to-day
on advertising to be done to-morrow .
FLOODS PLAT
mfBC li PAD
IST CITIES
Families Seek Safety in
High Places, Trains Are
Blocked, in Lonely Moun
tain Passes.
TRAVELERS ARE
DELAYED FOR DAYS
Trains Detoured Over Cir
cuitous Routes, This Pro
cedure will he Neoessary
For Days.
DENVER, Colo.- Trains blocked In
lonely mountain pusses, tracks wash
ed away, in some Instances pitched
into canyons hundreds of feet, deep,
families driven from their homes to
shelter In higher places--these were
tlm scones revealed at daybreak along
the overflowed Arkansas river.
Alarmed by another cloudburst at
Four Mila creek, near Canon City
Wednesday night, scores of residents
in tile lower sections of Pueblo and
mini points passed UlO night. In re
moving household effects. The tn
molls Royal Gorge with Us walls a
thousand feet high has been washed
by the torrent for aJmost 48 hours,
and railroad tracks have been de
stroyed. Trains on the Colorado Mid
land, Denver and Rio Orando, and oth
or railroads, most of them carrying
eastern tourists, have been detoured
over circuitous routes, and Is Is said
the detouring of trains will he neces
sary for four or five days.
NEWBERRY STUDENTS
RE-UNION AT DELMAR
Excellent Program Has
Been Arranged and
Prominent Men Will
Speak.
LEESVILLB, fl. O.—The Dclmoc re
union of the present and former stu
dents of Newberry College will be
held at Dei mar near here next Fri
day, August; 20. The program prom
ises to be the best ever offered, us
follows:
Addresses, H B Hare, Dr. K. C.
Bulls, I’rof C. A. Fellers; dinner; art
rtreHß, College Pranks by College
Cranks, Rev. 9. 0. Bailee tine; ad
dress, Good Citizenship, Hon. A. F.
Lever; address, Newberry College,
President J. H. Warms,
The day Is looked forward to with
much pleasure, and will be enjoyed
by perhaps a thousand people.
MULE BIT OFF FINGER
OF LITTLE ROSS WOOD
Lad Near Parkavilla Lost
Middle ringer Between
Mule’s Teeth.
PARK9VILLK, S. C.—Little Robs
Wood, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
M Wood, of Meriwether, 3. C„ had
the middle finger of the left hand bit
ten by a mule recently. The little
fellow wan gathering com or shucking
corn for the nnlntal when the multf
intending to bfte the corn caught the
little boys finger in hla teeth biting
his finger entirely off. Mr. Wood
brought the little boy, who is 11
years old to Parksvllle to a physi
cian, who dressed It for him and he
left for homo quite cheerful.
“SINGING COMEDIAN”
SUED FOR DIVORCE
Great Secrecy Thrown
Around Case In Whloh
Famous Stage People are
Involved.
NKW YORK. Suit for absolute di
vorce lias been started against, An
drew Mack, the "Binging Comedian,”
whose real name Is William Andrew
McAloon, by his wife, known on the
stage ns Alice Mack. The first, of the
hearings took place In the office of
Leopold W Hnrhurger. a lawyer, who
was appointed wifereo. Daniel O'Reilly
appeared for Idle comedian.
The greatest secrecy was thrown
around the case, and the name of the
woman named by Mrs, McAloon has
not yet been made known.
JUDGE GOSS ILL.
HARTWELL. Gu—Judge H. J.
Goss, for thirty years notary public
of the Hartwell Idatrlct. Is seriously
111, He has been confined at hlk home
for several weeks and Is In a preoarl
ous condition.