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About The Augusta daily herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1908-1914 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1909)
THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD VOLUME XIV., No. 288. SOME OF THE STUNTS TO BE DONE HERE 8T SHERLOCK HOLIES, JR. If* You Say t2ie Magic Words To Him At The Proper Time It Will Mean Thirty-five Dollars To You. “You are the mysterious Mr. Sher lock Holmes, Jr., of The Augusta HeraJd.” Those are magic words! Those are the words with which to capture Mr. Sherlock Holmes, Jr., the Man of Mystery, and win $35.00 cash for your trouble. But remember, you must hold the last issue of The Augusta Herald in your hand at the same time, other wise, Sherlock Holmes, Jr., will hot acknowledge his identity. Walk up to the person you think is Sherlock Holmes, Jr., and holding the last Issue of The Augusta Herald in your hand, say to him, "You are the mysterious Mr. Sherlock Holmes, Jr., of The Augusta Herald,” and if tke party addressed is the correct per son, this paper vouches that he will immediately acknowledge his identity and the $35.00 wall be promptly paid. No words must be added, taken from, or their arrangement changed, in us ing that sentence, but to win the money you must be absolutely exact and carry out the instructions as here given. Sherlock Holmes, Jr., is a living breathing man, who simply offers you $35.00 cash if you make known his identity in the proper manner, and this paper vouches that someone will positively be given the $35.00. Sherlock Holmes, Jr., will be caught. He. comes to Augusta to be caught, but it will not be without an effort, for he is a past master In the art of deception and he expects to have a jolly big time before the finish. Mr. Holmes will mingle freely among the people. He will ride upon the cars, get money changed at the banks, call for his mail at the post office, stop at one of the leading ho tels, patronize the parks and play houses, make purchases at some oi the leading stores, laugh at the po lice city detectives, and have a good time generally. In other words, wherever people go there also will go Mr. Sherlock Holmes, Jr. Sherlock Holmes, Jr., may arrive any day now. He has always "been a little bashful as to the exact time of arrival, but keep a sharp lookout, for he rpav be circulating among you iilmost before you know it. His daily doings will be given in full through the columns of this paper. In speaking of the interest created by Mr. Holmes in various cities, a gentleman now in the city arranging for his appearance at the request oi a Herald man, said: “I always enjoy the fun as much as anybody. It never grows old to me. If I could tell the excitement created by Mr. Holmes in some cities it would savor a good deal of exag geration. Not in ode, but In many cities, It has been necessary for the police to interfere in the crush oi people when Mr. Holmes was adver tised to appear at a certain place at a given time, and on many occasions I have seen thousands of people con gregate at a given point, and it seems almost impossible to believe that he could go for days without detetcion. The Sherlock Holmes, Jr„ fever Is certainly infectious. It takes hold of all classes In all walks of life and none are proof against it. Ido not believe that Augusta Is too small for a successful contest, but on the con trary I anticipate a vea-y stirring time. Who generally catches him, you ask? “Well, there Is no certainty what ever about that. Once he was cap tured by a twelve-year-old school girl; another time by a prominent minister, and several times by young ladles. Police! Sometimes, but seldom. As a rule police theories don’t work well in the case of Sher lock Holmes, Jr., as I think he will demonstrate conclusively in Augus ta. No it is Just as liable to be one as another and there is no certainty about it.’’ Sherlock Holmes, Jr., will place his photograph, under seal, in the vaults of a banking house here—name to be announced later —where it will be on deposit until after his identification. Mr. Holmes will endeavor »to pull off some unusually interesting' stunts In Augusta; among other things, he will positively call upon the city of ficials and the postmaster as well as upon other prominent Augustans and will tell through the columns of this paper exactly what he says to them. He will Invade the offices of promi nent banking concerns, will be admit ted, and will get away only to tell these gentlemen through "print that he has called upon them and a gist of the conversation. He will talk with policemen; with the chief, when possible, and will tell where and when, at what time, and unaer no circumstances will he make a mis statement. These and many more things will Mr. Holmes do during his visit here, but remember, watch tomorrows Herald and do not forget to hold the last issue of The Augusta Her ald in'your hand and say to the man you suspect “You are the Mysteri ous Mr. Sherlock Holmes, Jr., of The Augusta Herald.’’ HE WEATHER Conditions favor fair and cold er weather in this section tonight and fair Saturday. Til CUT CO. SEEKS FRANCHISE Special Meeting of Council Tills Afternoon To Take Up New Petition and lime Ordinance. A special meeting of the city coun cil is called for 4 o'clock this after noon all which several matters ot importance are to be discussed, the principal one being, the granting ot a franchise to the Twin City Power company. The Twin City people refused to come to Augusta on account of a certain clause in the franchise that was recently given them by council. The Georgia-Carolina Power company applied for a franchise at the last meeting of council and were given the original Twin City franchise, which they accepted. The Twin City people are now very desirous to come into Augusta, and they will he given about the same franchise as tre one they recently refused ' said the mayor. The fire committee of the city council met Thursday afternoon and framed an amendment to the “Lime Ordinance” passed at a recent meet ing of the city council. The amend ment will he referred to the meet ing of the council this afternoon and will in all probability be passed. The original “Lime Oordinance’ was very hard on the lime dealers, and would have caused them to move their warehouses outside the city limits. The amendment, provides that lime can he kept in the city by dealers, provided it be stored on the second flood of the building, where there is no danger of it being reach ed by water. NEGROES ON TRIAL FOR KENNON MURDER Sam Osborne Who Says He Helped Killed Athens Man Tells of Crime On the Stand. Special to The Herald. ATHENS, Ga. —Bud Whitman, the negro who about ten days ago kill ed F. V. Kennon, a young farmer of Athens, was' put on trial for his life here Thursday. Judge H. S. West and Col. Lamar Rucker were ap pointed to defend Whitman, and ev ery point is being stubbornly contest ed by them. The trial will last for a couple of days, as at least forty witnesses have been subpoenaed. Sam Osborne, who is alleged to have helped Whitman kill Kennon was put on the stand and he repeated his statement of the killing. Every effort was made by the defense to twist his statements, but he stuck to his original story. Osborne will be put on trial at the conclusion of Whitman’s trial. Os borne was offered no reward to make him tell the story of the killing, and for this reason it Is believed that he will get a sentence of imprisonment instead of hanging. ATHENS WILL TRY FOR U. E. C. CONVENTION The Laura Rutherford Chapter Wants Georgia Division To Meet With Them. Special to The Herald. ATHENS, Ga. —The Laura Ruther ford Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy at a meeting recently, passed resolutions asking that the next meeting of the Georgia Division of the Daughters meet in Athens. Every effort will be made to secure the meeting for this city. The delegates can be well taken care of here, and the city Is well fixed to take the convention. Y. M. MAYS FREED IN EDGEFIELD COURT Johnston May Killed Chas Tidwell Last Augnst While He Was Threaten ing His Wife. Special to The Herald. JOHNSTON, S. C.—Y. M. Mays, Johnston’s real estate agent, came clear in the case against him Thurs day, at Edgefield court, for the killing of Chas. Tidwell, last August. Mr. May was protecting the wife of Mr. Tidwell, who was fleeing from the wrath and threats of Mr. Tidwell, while intoxicated. Mrs. Tidwell took refuge in Mr. May’s home, who is her brother-in-law. ACREE POSTOFFICE ROBBED WEDNESDAY Special to The "Herald. ACREE, Ga.—The postoffice at this place was burglarized Wednesday night and about $23 in money was ! laken from the safe. The robbers j opened the safe with some sharp tool | and got away without leaving any | traces as to their identity. The post- I office authorities in Washington and j Atlanta been notified AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 15, 1909. BISHOP E. R. HENDRIX Wko will preach at St. James Sunday morning and St. Johns S unday night. NEGBQ BOUND OVER FOR SELLING ‘DOPE’ Recorder’s Court Was Quiet After Circus Day. Only Two Drunks Were Up. Recorder’s court was very brief Fri day morning. There was nothing spe cial doing and beyond a few petty cases there was nothing to keep the court from enjoying a day of rest. Circus day Is losing some of Its pop ularity as a day of misconduct, even though it was raining and the inner man may have required something to ward off threatening chills and colds, the “firewater" seems to have been taken In broken doses, Insufficient to cause intoxication. Morris Evans, colored, got drunk and started up Broad street, where he came upon two colored women, whom he tried to hug. Several peo ple noticed the affair and an officer appeared on the scene and ran him in for being “jagged.” He pleaded guilty to being drunk, in court, and said thaj the women, having noticed that he had too many drinks on board, were endeavoring to carry him to his home and that he supposes, in the attempt, they might have been hugged. He was fined $5 or ten days. Oliver Peterson, colored, got drunk and his “steering gear” got twisted, and when an officer saw him he was describing all sorts of figures on Uie street. He was fined two dollars and a half or five days. Alvin Jackson, colored, was arraign ed for selling cocaine and pleaded guilty. The recorder bound him over to the city court under a bond of one thousand dollars. POLICE COMMISSION MEETS FRIDAY NIGHT The regular semi-monthly meeting of the police commission will be held Friday night at 8 o’clock. Regular routine business will be transacted and a few minor cases of miscon duct of policemen will be heard. For Saturday's Bargains Read the Store News in Today's Herald There never was a time when The Herald went Into so many homes In this city and section and the beauty of it all is that the circulation of The Herald Is quickly and steadily growing, both in Augusta, as Augusta grows and in the many neighboring towns and post offices In this section of Georgia and South Carolina. You will find The Herald the biggest and best paper published in Augusta, more pages, more news, more features and with more subscribers and readers as the days go by. Remember: Herald readers are ad readers, they have the money to buy advertised things and Its their habit these days to al ways say when shopping: “I saw It in The Herald." BOBBEBS LOOTED mum on STILLMORE, Ga.—Tho Bank of Graymount at Graymount, Ga.. five miles north of this place, was un successfully looted by unknown par ties last night. The amount secured by the robbers is unknown as the bank officials refuse to give out any information, other than the fact of the robbery. The capital of the bank is $25,000. CAPT. FEGHTELEI MAY COMMAND BATTLESHIP SOUTH CARULINA Special to The Herald. CHARLESTON, S. C.—lt la said that Capt. A. F. Fechteler will be made the commanding officer of the new battleship South Carolina. Capt Fechteler Is a member of the board of inspection and survey and has vis ited the Charleston navy yard on sev eral occasions. He is known hero and it Is certain that he would take particular pride and interest in bring ing the fine ship into Charleston harbor to receive hor silver service next January. It would give lots of pleasure to the many friends of Commander Vic tor Blue, of Marlon, to see him among the personel of the officers of tho ship. In accordance with the resolu tion, offered by Col. James Arm stdong at the meeting of the Commer cial club, asking the navy department to assign him to the vessel, and It is generally shoped that the depart ment Mil make the assignment. DAY OF REST IN BASEBALL CAMPS Detroit and Pittsburg Teams Preparing for the Crucial Game Saturday. DETROIT Mich. —This was a day of rest for the two contesting teams in the world’s championship series, but both teams spent the day In pre paring for the crucial game of Satur day, which wifi decide the baseball championship of the world. TRYING TO COLLECT FEES FROM 8188 Special to The Herald. MACON, Ga. A petition for manda mus was filed in the superior court of Bibb county Thursday by Judge John P. Ross against county treasur er M. Lettlcc, and Judge Felton set Nov. 1, as a date for a hearing. Judge Ross is seeking to collect a $750 fee from the county which the treasurer refuses to pay despite the fact that it has been authorized by a special act of the legislature and a voucher has been drawn and approved by the county commissioners. MADE FAST RUN FROM CHARLESTON TO JACKSONVILLE. CHARLESTON, S. C.—The Clyde steamer Comanche has just made one of the fastest, trips of the liners from Charleston to Jacksonville, covering t.he distance from dock to dock In fourteen hours and twenty-seven min utes The Comanche has always had the reptation as a fast boat and she bas made a number of records. The run to Jacksonville on her present voy age is considered especially good un der the rough weather conditions which prevailed at sea. MUCH m DIO SMALL USE HERE Roaring Frightened Many In Augusta Thursday Night But Loss Was Not Great. TORRENTIAL RAIN ADDED TO TERROR Telegraph Companies Were Heaviest Losers. Live Wire Killed Horse Windmill Ruined in North Augusta. Dark clouds filled with wind and rain hovering over Ihe city late Thurs day afternoon gave warning that a storm was coining, and shortly before midnight Augusta experienced one of tho worst storms that has been known in the history of this city. The storm broke witli a terrible fury and soon trees and poles, together with wires of every description, were lying on ! the ground. The storm was only of ! short duration, hut in the small period I that it lasted much damage was done, j’l'he storm was not expected, but still ■the people of this city should feel ! fortunate in having been only on the edge of the great tornado which made d vastation in Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. It is understood that the telephone | nnd telegraph companies were not much injured, and Friday morning all lof them were ready to handle busi ness to any point. In Ihe city many filling wires were noticed, but fortu nately no lives wore lost nor was anyone Injured. The street car ser vice was but little affected, it being af ter the time for the regular opera (ion of cars. Throughout the various sections of the city, trees were blow to the ground. A horse was killed on Ellis street by coining in contact with a live wire. Much heavy lightning I was flashing during the progress of the storm. Many reports wore sent to tho police I station of fallen wires and trees. Tho I trees that fell were mostly on Greene and Broad streets, and were not nu merous. The police alarm telegraph jwas not affected to any great extent and Thursday morning all but two or three boxes were in order. The horse which was reported to have I been electrocuted, met its death on the 900 block of Ellis street and was I attached to a hack when driven Into a fallen wire. SOME LIVE WIRES. Superintendent of Lines Tyco of the Aiken and Augusta railway stated that the damage to the wires of that con cern wouni not exceed SIOO. "Wo only had trouble,” he said “in one circuit, which contained the 200 block of Broad street, and there many of the wires fell. Two falling lamps car ried away the trolley wire which hung within five feet of the ground. The power house was unaffected. We have every thing fixed this morning and are rt>ady to operate on the regu lar schedules. A tree, which blew down on Monte Sano avenue, was tak en from across the car track early this morning.” "With the exception,” said Chief Reynolds, “of the loss of two or threw wires which caused the cutting out of Engine Company No. I anil the closing up of three or four of the phones, the department, is all right. According to the foreman of No. 1, the storm burned out all of the Indicators and the lights were extinguished and for a time things looked very bad around the station. The fire depart ment will have the engine company lon the circuit again today, and all j trouble with wires will have been elim- I Inated. PHONE COMPANY ESCAPED LIGHTLY. No damage was reported by the Southern Bell Telephone and Tele graph company, on either their city or long distance lines. “We have no report of wires down,” said an offi cial, “and really I do not believe that the trouble will amount to anything more than the temporary closing of a few phonps.” “You can state for the Western Union,” said an official of that com pany, “that we can handle any mes sage offered to us. ’Tls true that the, storm was a severe one, but then we I were not/crippled by any means. We have reports of two or three of our ! wires being down on various lines on our system. Immediately opposite the city, on the line bH( ween hero and Columbia, a big pole blew down and ; two or three of our wires fell. The | line between Augusta and Spartanburg I was badly hurt, but taken as a wholq i the storm, although a very severe one, was not of long enough duration to J cripple the telegraph systems. “The line between here and Atlan ta was somewhat, crippled,” said Man ager Duval, -of the I'ostai company,” hut this morning every thing has been placed In line shape and we are now handling all business Ifn the regular manner. The lines be j tween Augusta and Aiken were bad ly blown, and two or three wires fell about, ten miles from the city. In the city the postal lines are in fine shape. The storm was very heavy, and If it had lasted longer it would have done much damage.” According to persons coming to the jelly on Friday morning from North DAILY AND SUN DAY, $6.00 PER YEAR. PLAN TO KILL TAFT AND DIAZ CHICAGO. —The Chicago Journal declares that an anarchist plot, di rected from Chicago by men planning to assassinate President Taft and President Diaz at El Paso, Texas, Saturday, has been discovered by the secret service nen here. The Journal's story proceeds: “For the last two weeks, it was learned Friday, meetings have been held by the anarchist groups in every large city of the country, but the assassiantion plans according to the government agents, were completed in this city.” EIGHTEEN KILLED BY CYCLONE WHICH SWEPT THREE STATES SEN. M'CUIEI IS CROWING WORSE NEW YORK.—State Senator Mc- Carren's Illness took a turn for the worse. Friday afternoon he made his will, and a priest was summoned to administer the last rites. CITY TAXPAYERS TARDY IN PAYMENT Mr. Harry Morris, city treasurer, | staled that the taxes were not being paid as fast as they might be. Up to about two or three days ago, prop erty owners, were paying their taxes very promptly, and It was anticipated that the usual rush on the nineteenth and twentieth would be avoided. The returns have now fallen off a little, and there will be tho usual rush on the twentieth. MANY BIDDERS FOR SOFT DRINK STAND The bids for the "soft drink pri vilege” at the fall fair will be opened within the next two days, and the privilege awarded. Capt. Bean# slated that, he had a large number of bids for the privilege this year, and tlial he expected I hat a larger sum would be paid Tor It than wuu paid last. year. FRUIT JAR BURSTED; CUT WOMAN’S HAND. Special to The Herald. BRANCHVILLE, 8. C. —While can ning fruit In her home here recently. Mrs. Oscar W. Smoak was seriously cut on bor hand. She was placing the top on a glass Jar when giw grom the fruit caused It to burst, and flying glass cut. her hand. It was necessary for a physician to take several stitches to close up the wound. ■ w — 1 Augusta, the storm was felt there to a great extent, and considerable dam age was done. The windmill on the place of Mr. J. C. Lamar was wrench ed away and fell to the ground, and a negro cabin near by was blown down also. A Thirty-Mile Wind. Inquiry at the local weather office gave the information during the storm of Thursday night tho wind had attained a velocity of 30 miles an hour. During the 24 hours previ ous to 8 a. m. Friday, the rainfall had shown on the record a precipitation of 1.30 inches, which is considered a heavy shower. The storm was felt throughout the Augusta territory, and in some places It was reported that heavy hail had fallen. The forecast for today calls for fair and cooler weather. In spite of the heavy wind, none of the weather observing Instru ments at. the weather office, which are located on the tower of the post office building were In any way In jured. COTTON BEATEN OUT BY HEAVY HAIL Among the visitors at The Herald office yesterday was the manager of the farm which Is conducted Ity Mrs. H. A. Watkins at the Locks, who brought, with him a specimen of hall threshed cotton. This cotton plant was from a ten-acre tract which was heavily fruited and after the hail had finished its vengeance there was hard ly any lint left In the bolls and the ground was, as if there had been a snow storm. Reports from various sections of the county state that hall has fallen In large quantities during the storm Thursday night. The importance of Early Copy for Sunday Herald Ads Sunday’s Herald is a 'A'i page newspaper and chock full of the news and features of the day. We believe it to he the best and newsiest and most up-to-date Sunday newspaper in Augusta. R6ad it, for yourself and see, if it is the news you want, if it is not in Sunday’s Herald. The store news and business announcements of the merchants of Augusta who have a message to the 40,000 or more Sunday Her ald readers is also an important part of the Sunday Herald. The merchant who wishes your presence on Monday morning k» pretty sure to tell you about it in Sunday’s Herald. . * And so we say again: Copy for The Sunday Herald should bo In The Herald office by noon Saturday In order to secure proper display, position and classification. Early copy means good copy and effective results In Herald advertising. Be sure and read Sun day’s Herald. T> A r.r cnrrw Georgia, North Alabama and Tennessee Visited By Tei'rific Storm Thursday Night. Tennessee Suffer ed Most. , PROPERTY DAMAGE IS VERY HEAVY Telephone, Telegraph and Street Car Lines Put Out of Commission. Crops in Fields Destroyed. ATLANTA, Ga—Georgia, North Ala bama and Tennessee were visited by a gigantic storm late Thursday. Hail, accompanied by winds and electrical displays played havoc with wires, and many towns In the path of the storm are completely Isolated. Several Lives Lost. Several lives are reported to have been lost. Property damage will run Inlo the hundred of-thousands. Cot ton remaining in the fields was almost totally destroyed. Starting about sixty miles east of Atlanta al 5 o’clock tho storm swept northwest and. Inside of two hours, had traversed a large section of this state, crossing several counties in Ten nessee* and was last reported moving westward over Nortli Alabama. Hall stones varying in size from one to three inches In diameter fell all tho way from Athens, Ga., to Decatur, Ala., and at Tennessee points. Fire Followed Storm. Denmark, In Madison county Ten nessee, Is practically demolished, the added horror of fire following quick ly In Ihe wake of the storm, and at midnight it seems certain that by to morrow the wrecked town will he in ashes. At this place eighteen of the more modern buildings were torn from their foundations nnd wrecked, while the smaller buildings were demolish ed. Of the fatalities, two occurred at Denmark. Albert Barnes and his child, an infant, were caught among tho falling timbers of their home and crushed to death. Mrs. Barnes was injured. Near Mulberry, In Loneoln county, Tennessee, Thomas Helm was killed und Homer Ashby and his wife were Injured. Near Wartraeo, Tenn., a negro set tlement was blown away. Car Lines Hurt. Messages from Columbus, Chatta nooga and Rome report heavy hall storms, dealing damage wherever It struck. In Rome the street railway an(f'electric light, systems are out of commission, while In the other two places the damage Is almost as great. Eighteen Killed. MEMPHIS, Tenn. A despatch from Acton, Tenn., Friday says eigh teen people were killed at Hamburg, Tenn., when the storm passed over that section Thursday night. The property damage was very heavy. BIG STORM PUYED HOG IK ILK Special to The Herald. AIKEN, 8. C. —The storm Thursday night did great damage to the cotton crop In Aiken county. At the Shiloh and Palmetto farm sections the hall was terrlfflc. Mr. A. W. Reyonlds reports fifty bales of cotton knocked out. The Hath mill Is reported be unroofed. w MR. M. O’DOWD IS ILL AT HOME ON HILL The many friends of Mr. M. O’Dowd will regret, to learn that he Is quite til his residence In Summerville.
