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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XIV., Mo. 247.
AUTHORITIES ST STATE ASYLUAA
, WORKING FAITHFULLY AND 'ILL
It Would Be Hard To Fill
Their Positions More
Satisfactorily Than They
Are Now Filled.
WHOLE STATE AWAITS
THE INVESTIGATION
Employees Are Much
Wrought Up and Openly
Resent Insinuations
Against Their Manage
ment.
Special to The Herald.
MILLEDOEVILLE, Ga.—While the
pending investigation into the state
sanitarium is causing an abatement
of excitement throughout the state
still the interest in the outcome here
is as intense as it has ever been and
prominent business men of this city
are watching developments with a
great degree of anxiety. The em
ployes are also much wrought up over
the affair and the openly resent the
insinuations as to their abilities and
to their neglect of duty.
Force Competent.
It would be an extremely hard mat
ter to portray conditions which have
to be met and overcome by the at
tendan'ts, but one of leading authori
ties here, who is in no way entangled,
so to spea’t, in the affairs of ahe sani
tarium, but speaking from the stand
point of knowledge, states that it
would be a great task to go over the
state of Georgia and find 200 > men
who could fill ahe '■esponsible posi
tions and would fill them as good as
the force now employed regardless
of salary. The matter of salary does
not appear to enter into the thoughts
of the attendants, but they rather
take up their work as a matter sos
humanity, carrying out their tasks
with remarkable devotion to duty.
The specific accusation of the first
investigating commi'juee as to Super
visor Jackson, an old man 80 years
old. the news has been carried, inde
pendent of any asylum stories, of his
death. He had been in the service of
the sanitarium for 50 years and at the
time of his death he was unaware of
the fact ah at an adverse report would
be made about bis work, dying just a
few days before. He stood the in
vestigations of all former committees
without one word of criticism.
tl Supervisor Capable.
Samuel Simpson, the new supervi
sor who succeeded Jackson, is re
garded as a man of sterling qualities
and first assistant Ira Hemphill is a
man w’ho has devoted virtually all his
life to the work he has in hand, both
understands the needs of the patients,
perform their duty well and see that
all nurses do the same. While they
are strict disciplinarians they are also
popular and citizens of high saanding
In the case of Alex Hawkins, head
nurse, who was a target for some re
marks in the committee’s report, it
develops that his nose was broken b»
a patient and he did not break the
patient’s nose as stated. He is well
known here and Is Past Councilor of
the local order of the Jr. O. U. A. M.
For William Hubbard and bis wife
praises are heard from all who know
them, foT to them is entrusted the
duty of caring for the epileptic chil
dren and they have filled the place
with abllfty and the retains the confi
dence of ail.
Doing Good Work.
William Rossee, J. D. Rosb. Polk
Tennille, Augustus Russell, Emmett
Lawson and several others of the old
er employes are warmly commended
for thetr work extending over a pe
riod of years, with a record unsullied
in any way. There are younger em
ployes equally as much entitled to
commendation. There is E. B. Hub
bard, one of the head nurses, who is
a leading citizen of the community,
prominent in secret orders, Past No
ble Grand of the Odd Fellows, Past
Councilor Jr. O. U. A. M. and founder
of the Benevolent Order United
Hearts, one of the youngest, but most
flourishing of secret societies. Thos.
Gilman is also a head nurse enjoy
ing great popularity for his good work
and pleasant demeanor and Morgan
Thompson is another employe who
has won mention.
There is no doubt but that the body
of men at work at the state sanita
rium Is one hard to excel In any way
and It would be an impossible task
to obtain the same number in the
state who would do the work as well.
It is admitted they should have bet
ter salaries, not to attract better men,
but to pay them in part for services
rendered.
SUFFRAGETTES
FINED IN COURT
LONDON. —The eight suffragettes
who were arrested on August 19 in
Downing street in Connection with the
picketing of Premier Asquith’s resi
dence were Friday sentenced ’to pay
fines of $lO each or spend seven days
in Bow street Jail. They gave no
tice of an appeal on the ground that
all subjects of the King have a right
to approach the sovereign through his
ministers, and ’that in endeavoring to
Interview the Premier they were
merely exercising these rights.
Among the traveling men l n the
city yesterday was Mr. H. Rivers
Thomas, of Charleston, who repre
sents the Fairbanks scale.
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G.C.&O.TRAFFIC
II HERE TO
FORM PLANS
Conferred With C. & W. C.
Officials Alsout Trackage
Arrangements For His
Road.
WILL COME IN
WITHIN FEW MONTHS
Road Will Operate Pas
senger and Freight Serv
ice and Carry Great
Quantities of Cool.
Mr. J. J. Campino, the traffic man
ager of the Carolina Clinchfieid and
Ohio railroad arrived in Augusta Fri
day afternoon for the purpose of com
pleting traffic arrangements with the
Charleston & Western Carolina rail
road in order that the C. C. & O. Ry.
could operate trains into Augusta and
perhaps beyond, over the C. & W. C.
tracks from Spartanburg. The C. C.
& O. railroad is essentially a coal line,
it originates in Ohio runs through the
Clinchfieid ccal districts and thence
to Spartanburg with a proposed line
to the sea either through Columbia
or Augusta. The new railroad opens
up an entirely new territory and will
bring the large western cities abour
one hundred and fifty miles nearer to
Augusta by rail than they are at the
present.
When interviewed bv a Herald rep
resentative Mr. Campino stated that
the new line would be very beneficial
to Augustans from many standpoints.
In the first place the new line open
ing up new ooal fields from which Au
gusta can draw its yearly supply of
coal, and the fact that the new coal
fields null he nearer 'to Augusta by
rail than any from which they now
draw from insures coal dealers a low
er freight rate which will mean ooal
at a much lower price for the con
sumer. The excellent trackage faci
lities that have been made, will cause
shipments of ooal to arrive at their
destination much quicker than they
have previously done. This will
eliminate the scarcity of coal that
manufacturers in Augusta have had
to contend with.
The now line will be of Immense
importance to the large Augusta
merchants by virtue of the fact that
it will bring the great western gate
ways through which the wholesale
merchants in Augusta draw the major
ity of their grain and hay nearer to
Augusta by more than one hundred
miles. This reduction in the mile
age may not result in a reduced
freight rate, but it would enable the
merchants here to receive their con
signments in much less time than
they do at present.
Aside from the excellent freight
service that the n«rtv line will insure
for Augusta, It is the intention of the
management of the line to inaugurate
a passenger service from the west to
Augukta and from Augusta to the
west. The passenger service will be
entirely new and up to date in every
particular and It Is expected that the
new passenger service will bring a
great amount of foreign trade to the
city that has been previously patron
izing other markets.
It is not as yet known at. just what
date the new line will come into Au
gusta as the line to Spartanburg has
not yet been completed, but it is un
derstood that the railroad will be
operating trains into Augusta between
the first of October and January the
first, 1910.
LINCOLN PENNIES
GIVEN AWAY MONDAY
Owing to the death of Mr. Leopold
H. Cohem, of New York, the Economy
Shoe Co., operated by Mr. Isaac H.
Cohen, his son, was closed Saturday
at 1 o’clock. Mr. I. H. Cohen has left,
the city for New York, where he will
attend the funeral.
It was advertised that Lincoln pen
nies would be given away at the store
Saturday, but on acocmnt of the clos
ing of the store, the pennies will be
given away Monday as long as they
last.
The many friends of Mr. 1. H. Cohen
learn wtth deep regret of his father’s
death.
MARRIED IN DRYING
ROOM OF BATH HOUSE
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.—Marriage
in a bath house was the experience
of Miss Florence Davenport, of Phil
adelphia, who is the bride of John
Margerum, also of Philadelphia. The
ceremony took place ln the drying
room of a local bathing house.
The couple have been spending the
summer here and while at the bath
house decided to marry at once. Mag
istrate De Hart was summoned, and
In the presence of a number of friends
the ceremony was performed.
DR. FLOYD ILL.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Dr. Cleveland B.
Floyd, perhaps the best known and
most popular physician ln Campbell
county, Is dangeronsly ill at the Pres
byterian hospital, in Atlanta, where
he was operated npon Tuesday night
by Dr. S. C. Davis.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 4, 1909.
RUINS OF ORPHANAGE WHERE TEN LIVES WERE LOST
xx , L rmns 01 tte St - MiUachy orphan asylum, at Rookaway, L. 1., In which ton little orphans lost
their lives.
S. 1.1. SIKEBS
RETURN TO Ml
NORFOLK, Va. —The machinists
and blacksmiths of the Seaboard Air
Line railway’s general shops In
Portsmouth, who have fxuui on a
strike returned to work Saturday fol
lowing the agreement brought about
1 lirough the grievance committee,
headed by H. M. Fallen, of Savannah,
Ga.; E. R, Pace, of Raleigh, N. C.,
and W. G. Bagwell, of Portsmouth.
A.ocordiug to the strikers all differ
ences had been settled in a manner
satisfactory to both sides.
CENTENTARIAN DEAD.
WACO, Tex. —Isaac Brock, who
claimed to have seen 20 presidents
elected is dead here at the age said
to be 121 years. According to Brock’s
family Bible and other documents he
was born in Buncombe county, North
Carolina, March 1, 1788.
GEORGIANS GRANTED PATENTS.
WASHINGTON, &. C.—Messrs. Da
vis & Davis, Washington' patent at
torneys, report the grant, this week,
to citizens of this state, of the fol
lowing patents:
J. H. McDaniel —Atlanta, valve.
W. H. Tanner —Macon, railway tie
plate and rail-brace.
REVIVAL AT LEESBURG.
LEESBURG, Ga —The Presbyterians,
under the able preaching of Rev. Mr.
Venable, are conducting a splendid
series of meetings hero and a, great,
dea 1 of interest Is being dlsplß.yed.
Yesterday's
herald
8198 Copies
That’s some, 43,000
readers for the news col
umns and the business
announcements that ap
pear in The Daily anti
Sunday Herald.
Day by day The Herald
is growing; growing in
Augusta, growing hi
Georgia, growing in
South Carolina.
10,000 circulation by
January Ist, 1910 is the
modest mark we have
set for The Herald and if
the steady growth of the
paper is kept up, it will
be reached and with a
good margin to spare.
BE SURE TO ASK FOR
SUNDAY’S HERALD.
TOT fIUTHORiZED CJBBLIIN
TO EQ TQ ARMYJfIEBiCAL SCHOOL
WASHINGTON. - Conformably to
the law President Taft has author
ized several officers of the state mi
litia organizations to attend and pur
sue the course of instruction at the
army medical school at Washington.
They include First Lieut. John G.
McMaster, of Florence, S. C.
MINIATURE MAINE
TO PARADE STREETS
Capt&in Eloiulell Will
Give People Chance To
See Ship Which Will Be
Blown Up At Bake View.
Captain L. D. Blondell, the champ
ion swimmer of the world, who will
give a swimming exhibition and other
aquatic stunts at the Lake View park
Monday afternoon and evening, has
finished the miniature of the Maine
which will be blown up as part, of the
afternoon program. In order that Iho
people may have a chance to see the
ship before it is destroyed at Lake
View, Uapt Blondell will have it
drawn through the down-town streets
Saturday afternoon and night. At
night the ship will be illuminated so
that it can be plainly tfeen. It is
expected that the parade of the min
iature representation of the fated Am
erican battleship will draw a large
crowd to see it.
Captain Blondell’s feats a’t the Lake
will no doubt be witnessed by many
thousands of persons who will want
to take advantage of seeing this cele
brated swimmer, a portion of whose
exploits were given ln The Herald
Thursday afternoon.
At the night performance at the
Lake Captain Blondell will show the
spectacle of a ship burning at. sea.
This is a very pretty sight and said
to be equal if not better than the
spectacular blowing up of ’the Maine,
which is the piece de resistance of the
afternoon performance. In blowing
up the ship Captain Blondell, will
light the fuse to a charge of dynamite
and swim ashore in sight, of the
crowds.
GIRL SAVES BLIND CRIPPLE.
NEW YORK.—Heroic conduct, on
the part of 18-year-oid Evelyn Bedell
saved the life of Nathan Bernstein, a
blind and cripple paralytic, from fire,
in the four-story apartment house In
which both lived, in Nos. 988-940 Mad
ison street, yesterday. eßrnstein is
a boarder.
The young woman returned homo
yesterday and discovered the bed
room adjoining the parlor on fire. She
heard B‘*nntehi feebly icafllng lor
help.
Rushing through the flames and
smoke the girl dragged Bernstein to
the front hallway, where both faint
ed. Two men passing carried Bern
stein and his rescuer to the air, where
they revived. The blaze was extin
iuished with trifling loss.
DID WASHING, MAY DIE.
NEW YORK—The fact, that Ed
ward Bookshaw, twenty-three years
old, of No. 688 Boulevard, Roekaway
Beach, washed and hung out his own
clothes yesterday may cause his
death. Bookshaw, while hanging the
clothes on a line, fell from a window
and his skull was fractured. He is
now in SL Joseph's Hospital.
Til WRECKED BT
FIENDS; ID DEAD
PITTSBURG.—'the official list of
the killed and injurefl In the wreck
of the Royal Blue limited on the 11.
A O. near Chewtou, Pa, as given out
by the railroad company shows two
killed, the engineer and a baggage
master, two seriously Injured and blx
teen slightly Injured.
According to General Supt. R. Fin
ney, it. was a deliberate case of train
wrecking. The rail on the right side
was cut at a point by some one and
spikes were pulled on both aides
nearly the entire length of the rail.
The approach rail was moved In far
enough to clear the wheels.
The bolts and nuts of the joint
showed they nail been removed with
a wrench, One splice bar wsb placed
between the rails to keep them from
going together.
The motive for the act whether re
venge or robbery, has not yet been de
termined. The officials of the road
In this city and the entire force of de
tectives are now making a thorough
Investigation.
Immediately after the accident a
train was made up and the uninjured
passengers after being transferred
continued on their journey westward.
That a hundred lives were not lost.
In the wreck when the Royal Blue
Limited, on the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad was ditched Friday night,
near Chowton Siding Is due, It Is
known Saturday to the bravery and
quick action of Fireman Purcell, who
escaped death by a miraculous leap
from the engine cab as the heavy en
gine and two cars somersaulted over
a steep embankment, after throwing
on the emergency brakes.
Casting about for a motive for the
train wre.ck, the Baltimore and Ohio
special police Saturday attach special
significance to the recent strike of
the machinists employed on the road.
At this place there are about two
hundred idle machinists. Several
days ago the railway company was
granted an Injunction against the
strikers. The railway police say the
wreck was the work of railroad men.
MISS MARY BOTH WELD
DIED SATURDAY
Miss Mary J. Both well, who has
been a resident of Augusta since
childhood, died Saturday morning
after an illness of long duration. She
had been a prominent member of the
First Baptist church of this city and
active in all religious and phllanthrop
1c enterprises. She has for a num
ber of years been especially Identified
with Sunday school work, and there
are hosts of young people in the city,
who have been benefited permanent
ly by the efficient knowledge gain
ed while under her tutelage In Sunday
school. She was a typical representa
tive of the old school of modest south
ern womanhood. Miss Both wall is
the last surviving member of her Im
mediate family and leaves no rela
tives nearer than cousins. The fun
eral services will be held at 5 o’clock
Sunday afternoon at the First Bap
tist church.
CAPT. SAMUEL LEMLY DEAD.
WASHINGTON. —Captain Samuel
C Letnly, formerly Judge Advocate
of the navy, who became prominent
tn connection with the famous Schley
court, of Inquiry, died at St, Elizabeth
Jjospital in this city Friday night
DAILY AND SUNDAY, SG.OO PER YEAR,
JAPAN AND CHINA
SIGN AGREEMENT
TOKIO.- - The foreign office an
nounced Saturday an agreement be
tween Japan and China was signed in
Peking Saturday afternoon. The text
of the agreement will be published in
a few duys.
The agreement between the two
oriental governments concerns the
Manchurian railway concession*).
It Is generally understood that by
the terms of tho agreement. Japan se
cures control of the Central railway
franchise ln Manchuria and tho right
to construct others as well as the
privilege of loaning China half of tho
required capital for the construction
of the Kirin railway to tho Korean
border.
G. M. C. WILL OPEN
WITH MANY STUDENTS
Special to The Herald.
MILLEDGKVILLE, Ga With the
best prospects in its history for a
successful term tlie Georgia Military
college opened Wednesday with an
unusually large enrollment for open
ing day. The number of students who
will enter this season may exceed 000
as the diligent work of President
Reynolds and the splendid system of
advertising has resulted ln many air
plications for admission.
Ihe collego Is one that offers un
u advantages to young folk of the
state, for H | s a city institution and
therefore conducted not for the gain
of the Instructors, hut for the benefit
of the youth of the state.
The Inauguration of the department
ol telegraphy under Mrs. Hall, and
lire enlargements of the commercial
department, under the able manage
ment of Prof. Bond, will no doubt he
beneficial to the Institution as well as
to the students.
LIQUOR DEALERS TO
START TRADE PAPER
M-AV YORK. The twenty-seventh
annual convention of the New York
Ktate Wfne, Liquor and Beer Deal
ers' association la at an end today.
At the executive session a motion
was made by President Farley tn es
tabllsh a press and publicity bureau
ln oonjuct.ion with a trade paper to be
owned by tho organization.
XirrUEN you buy advertising
W space, you buy only the
frame— what you put into it is the
picture. And yet, many an ad
vertiser, having bought a thousand
dollars worth of space, fills it with
* two-penny “copy.”
COOK IS CIVEi
ROYAL WELCOME
AT COPENHAGEN
Ci'own Prince of Denmark,
American Minister and
Other Officials Greet the
Noted Explorer.
HE CAN PROVE
HIS DISCOVERY
Says He Ha,e Proof and
Even the Most Minute
Details of His Trip Rec
orded.
COPENHAGEN. —Dr. Frederick A.
Cook, the arctic explorer returning
from his discovery of the North Pole,
reached here at 10 o'clock Saturday
morning oil the steamer Hans Egede.
On Ihe return trip ho said their pro
visions became exhausted but they
fortunately came upon some walruses
which they killed, saving their lives.
They broke up their sledges and made
hows and arrows of them with which
they secured some other game. Again
near Cape York when they were on
the point of starvation a young seal
was killed At one time he says
they v ent three days without, food of
any kind.
Royally Welcomed.
i)r. Cook was met by Crown Prince
Christian of Denmark, American Min
ister Egan and various others.
Speaking to a representative of the
Associated Press, Dr. Cook said he
left nt the North Pole an American
flag and a box containing documents,
including a brief account of his trip
and certain observations and data to
bear out Ids claim.
Captain i. I .arson, of the Hans
Egede, said he had examined Dr.
Cook's records and that, he believed
11mm to be perfectly correct.
In the course of the Interview with
The Associated Press representative
eri board tho Hans Egede, Dr. Cook
declared with great emphasis:
"I have been to the North Polo and
I have brought hack most exact, obser
vations, absolutely proving my state
ment. I have kept a diary throughout
my entire expedition in which 1 rec
orded tile most minute details.
"I discovered two hitherto unknown
islands.
Missed Depots
"We missed the depots which pre
viously hurl been established, but we
came accidentally upon one of Mel
ville's depths where we found provis
ions and Instruments ln an excellent
State of preservation. Owing to the
smallness of my expedition our' re
quirements wore not large. For the
same reason we were able to proceed
quickly. On some days wo covered
as high as twelve miles."
Dr. Cook said lie had In his pos
session tho best modern Instruments
for taking observations, a sextant,
three chronometers, and good watch,
and that lie took dally observations
from 85 degrees to the pole. While
nl the pole he took double observa
tions to make quite sure. "Did you
reach the North Pole, Dr. Cook,” ask
ed correspondent, of Tho Associated
Press, as the explorer landed. “Yes,
1 did," replied Dr. Cook, confidently.
When the launch approached the
pier with Prince Christian and Dr.
Cook side by side, a tremendous roar
of cheers burst out from the people
on tile shore and from the assemb
lage of the small craft.
• Crowd Rushed Explorer
l)r. Cook strqiped ashore, and ln an
Instant tho |>oiice were powerless to
make way for the party. Dr. Cook
and those about him were engulfed
and swept along by the clamorous
crowd. Together the party fought its
way desperately to a point near lue
meteorological building. Dr. Cook was
bruised and capless, and part of his
sleeve torn off
Dr. Cook and Minister Egan final
ly succeeded hi reaching the balcony
of the Institute. The people yelled
frantically when they appeared. Egan
waved his hand toward Dr. Cook as
an Introduction, whereupon the ex
plorer said:
Walts For Wife.
"My friends, 1 have had too hard a
time getting here to make a speech.”
Dr. Cook will stay tn Copenhagen for
a few uavs as the guest, of the gov
ernment, awaiting the arrival of his
wife.
Minister Hansen said to a represen
tative of the Associated Press:
"Our two foremost Danish arctic ex
plorers, Amundsen and Rasmussen,
knew Dr, Cook personally and they
have assured us they believe lmplic.
ltly every word he says about his
achievement."