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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.
