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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD VOLUME XIV., No. 298. NHL PROSECUTE THE STANDARD OIL COM FOR DISCRIMINATING IN AN EFFORT TO PUT TNE PEOPLE'S OIL COMPANY OUT OF BUSINESS Attorney General Lyon, of South Carolina, is Gathering Evidence in Behalf of the People’s Oil Company of North Augusta. PRICES DIFFERENT IN SEVERAL PLACES Where There Is No Com petition Prices Remain the Same, But Where There Are Branches of the People’s Oil Com pany the Standard Has Cut Prices. Special to The Heralrl. COLUMBIA, S. C. —Attorney Gene ral Lyon is gathering affidavits in support of prosecution he will bring against the Standard Oil company in behalf of the People’s Oil company of North Augusta, which has branch bust, nesses iu Columbia, Charleston, Green ville, Spartanburg, Anderson, TJsn roark and Edgefield, in South Caro lina, and Atlanta, In Georgia, under the new statute passed by the last leg islature, forbidding discrimination by charging different prices in different communities for the same commodity. Cut Prices. It is alleged the Standard has cut prices in a number of South Carolina towns, to run out the People’s com pany, whose proprietor is H. C. Board man, who was twenty-five years man ager for the Standard at Augusta, Ga. The maximum penalty is $5,000. Since the People’s concern was established in Columbia last March, under the management of Mr. Boardman’s broth er, R. H. Boardman, the Standard has cut the price twice, from 11% centp to 10 cents, and a week ago to 9% cents. In Charleston the price has been cut from 11 cents to 9 cents. It is alleged the Standard is selling where it has no competition, in Darl ington at 11 cents, in Orangeburg at 11 cents, in St. George at 12% cents, Kingstree 11 cents, Barnwell 10% cents, In Florence, Camden and Sum merville at 11 cents. WASHINGTON POSTMASTER, WHO DIED RECENTLY, FIGURED IN WELL KNOWN ESCAPADES Special to The Herald. COLUMBIA, S. C.—To several South Carolinians the postmaster of Washington, who died Wednesday night, was very well known, mainly through his connection with the Mrs. Minor Morris case. It was Barnes, it will be remembered, who had Mrs. Monris forcibly ejected by porters from the executive offices at the White House, Barnes being at the time second assistant secretary to President Roosevelt. It will be recalled also with what ardor Senator Tillman took up the cudgels for the woman. The scene was witnessed by a number of news paper men, one of these being James H. Price, now a lawyer at Greenville, but then White House reporter for the Washington Times. Some of the reporters, surmising that loss of presidential favor would likely fol low full exploitation of the story’s possibilities, turned in very mild ac counts of the Incident or else "for .got” it; but others turned in full stories and put the question of wheth er these should be printed up to their managing editors. A few of the Washington papers printed more or less full reports, of varying degrees of accuracy. One of these reports was written by Mr. Price. Then fol lowed the investigation and Senator Tillman’s attack upon Barnes. The helpless secretary was backed by his chief, however, and shortly afterward was appointed postmaster. Mr. Price was one of the witnesses summoned at 1 the investigation. It will be recalled also that Barnes held a typewriter which Senator Till man attempted to ship home by mall under his senatorial frank, and that Senator Tillman tartly informed him the property belonged to the govern ment and if Barnes couldn’t forward it under tfie frank he could dispoee of it as he liked. What became of the machine afterward the public never heard. CAPERS INTERESTED IN VIRGINIA POLITICS COLUMBIA, S. C.—An interesting bit of gossip from Washington is that Capt. John G. Capers, who recently relinquished to Royal Cabell, of Rich mon, the post of commissioner of In ternal revenue and is now engaged in the private practice of law, has thrown himself with great zeal into the campaign of the republican' can didates for governor in Virginia. He Is to make four or five speeches. THE WEATHER Condition! favor fair woather In this »notion tonight and Bunday, with colder tonight. nick ram HIS PISSED AMY NEW YORK. —State Senator Pat rick H. McCarren, the democratic leader of Brooklyn died at St. Cathe rine's hospital, Brooklyn, Saturday morning. His death was not unex pected as he never rallied from an operation for appendicitis which he underwent October 13. Remarkable Man. Patrick Henry McCarren, by trade a cooper, by profession a lawyer, and by vocation a politician, was one of the most picturesque figures In the pO***lets.l history of Greater New York. No leader was ever more roundly con demned, yet at the close of 61 years of hie life, he was probably the most strongly entrenched leader In New York state, and had even wielded some influence In national politics. NEAL BANK TO PAY DIVIDEND NOV. 20 Two Dividends Have Al ready Been Paid By the Defunct Bank. Another May Come Within the Next Year. (Herald Bureau, Candler Building.) ATLANTA, Ga. —The defunct Neal Bank, will pay another dividend No vember 20th next. The depositors of which there are 9,000 In number, will get two hundred and forty thousand dollars, or a dividend of fifteen per cent. Two dividends of twenty per cent each have been previously de clared. and It Is the nope of the re ceivers that a fourth dividend will be paid within the next year. The to tal amount already paid out by the receivers amounts to $2,162,781.64, which combined with the dividend to be paid in November will aggregate $2,402,000, thus leaving less than sl,- 000,000 of the Neal Bank liabilities to be paid. A number of preferred debts have ben settled In full. Among these were $200,000 due the Atlanta Clearing House association; $192,600 due the Btate of Georgia and $500,000 to a New York bank and a Baltimore bank. All these clalmi were given priority over others by a decision of the supreme court. The receivers stm have en couraging resources from which to settle the remaining indebtedness of the bank. There is Atlanta real es tate valued at about $75*000; the stocks and bonds of the Alabama Py rites company on which the Neal Bank had loaned $300,000; there is the bal ance of the purchase money on the Cuban lands, numerous notes and other general assets. 14TH HOMICIDE IN AIKEN THIS YEAR One Negro Shot Another About His Wife Friday Morning. AIKEN, S. C.—Jinks Coleman, col ored, was shot with a pistol and kill ed by Morris, an Aiken negro, about Coleman’s wife on the plantation Ot Wm. Coleman Friday. This is the fourteenth homicide in Aiken county this year. BRINGS SUIT FOR $30,000 BOARD BILL NEW YORK—A $30,000 board bill has been presented to Joseph Cohen, a wealthy retired real estate dealer, who made his home for twenty-six years with Joseph Crater, his broth er-in-law. Crager, who lives in the Washington Heights section, began an action in the supreme court, the records show today, to recover this sum of money. Crager claims that for twenty-five years he had his brother-in-law as a guest at his table without reoeiv ing a penny in compensation. Dur ing the last year Crager admits, he received $25 a week for the man’s board and lodging. He wants SI,BOO a year for the other quarter of a cen tury. *" On August 1 last, Cohen is said to have decided that hfs lodging was not worth $25 a week, so he called a taxicab, put in his belongings and was transferred to Mount Vernon, where he is now domiciled with an other brother-in-law. Cohen, who is a bachelor, is said to have provided gen erously in his will for eraser's chil dren. TORPEDO BOATS EXPECTED IN CHARLESTON NOW. Special to The Herald. CHARLESTON, S. C.—The first di vision of the Atlantic torpedo flotilla which has just been disbanded, is ex pecte4 to arrive here Sunday. The boats are scheduled to leave the Nor folk yard Friday afternoon and they ought to reach here Sunday. The call at the Charleston yard will be of only a few days for the vessels have engagements at Savan nah, Wilmington, Jacksonville and Tampa and after a thorough oiling and taking aboard of stores, the boats will start on Its calls at the I several ports. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 23, 1909. Stuyvesant Fish May Succeed Crane Stuyvesant Fish, who is spoken of as the possible minister to China, vice Crane, resigned, because of incautious utterances. Cabled advices from Shanghai on the subject were read in Washington with interest. The mat ter will not be decided until the pres ident returns to the capital. OR. J. H. CILiSLE IS LI TO REST SPARTANBURG, S. C.—A crowd numbering about 6,000, many of whom had come from all sections of the state, gathered on the campus of Wofford college here Friday afternoon for the funeral services of Dr. James H. Carlisle, late president emeritus of the institution. Presidents of all the colleges In the state, also, were in attendance, and more than 3,000 school children occupied positions on the streets traversed by the funeral procession. Among the most sincere mourners at the funeral were about 1,000 ne groes, who attended the service to honor the memory of one of the greatest friends to the race In the state. All stores and offices in the city were closed during the hour for the funeral, while the cotton mills also suspended operations, that the opera tives might attend the services. TAFT SPENT SHORT WHILE IN HOUSTON HOUSTON, Texas. —President Taft reached Houston at 7:10 o’clock Sat urday. He was given a military sa lute and driven to the hotel where he made an addreßS from the balcony. A motor car ride followed, during which he reviewed several hundred school children. The president left Houston for Dallas at 10:30 a. m. YOUNG LADY MISSED SHERLOCK HOLMES, JR., BY GETTING THE CATCH PHRASE MIXED Prominent Merchant For got To Have Herald in Hand—Today Holmes is Wearing Black Derby, Dark Tie and Light Suit of Clothes. Pardon me, please, if, in the words of Chimmie Fadden, I say “Dis town —well, say—it’s a lead pipe cinch.” Why yesterday morning a lady on Broad street dropped her belt right !n front of Ives’ and I walked out, picked It up and handed it to her and I do not believe she even suspected me. I can give the exact time and also the lady’s name, as further proof that this Is correct. Bright and early this morning I went over the bundle from the Model Laundry—found everything spick and span and splendidly done—as fine work as I have ever seen, in fact— and then, after a cup of splendid cof fee at The Olympia Case, was ready for another strenuous day among the people. But I almost forgot last night. Oh, yes, I was at the Bijou and was much amused at the little fellow who approached my manager and accused him of being Sherlock, and I was also an eye witness when the pretty lady at the bottom of the steps also sprang Margaret Ithngton Begins Divorce Suit B IjfiPffi a. " I ( • * <• R 5.;-‘ 1 y■A'VTV/i&j. l ■' i Margaret Illington, the actress, wife of Daniel Frohman, the theatri cal manager of New York and Lon don, who has just completed her re quired residence at Reuo, Nevada and has begun her suit for divorce. She charges simply that for two yeafs her husband did not live with her and has not provided for her support. The actress, who starred in “ The Thief,” the “Pride of Jellico,” and others of her husband’s plays, does not ask ali mony nor the restoration of her maiden name. It Is believed she will marry Edward Bowes, a wealthy real estate man of San Francisco. Mr. Frohman said he understood that wag true. "Whatever she says Is all right,” said her husband; "whatever she does is all right. I only hope that she will be able to bring about her own happiness.” NEW YORK COTTON WENT TOl4 CENTS NEW YORK.—The predicted 14 cent level was reached In the cotton market Saturday morning. March cotton sold at that figure and May advanced to about $1 per bale over Friday’s close. There was excited buying Inspired by spinners taking strength of foreign markets, and the expectation that the census bureau's ginning figures on Monday would confirm the small crop estimates. BRAILEY DENIES THE BELL TELEPHONE CONTROL CLEVELAND, 07i10.-~.Tames S. Brailty of Toledo, Ohio, made a positive state, ment denying that tho Bell Telephone Interests have secured Independent com panies controlled by Bralley through hlsi recent purchases. !the sentence upon him. Strange how they all miss me. I certainly enjoyed the amateurs and shall he at the Bijou again tonight. After the performance I drifted Into Ives popular place and leaving there, thoroughly enjoyed a lit | tie Dutch supper in which that health i giving Belle of Georgia figured promi nently, and iftcr talking oveT the events of the day retired, but not without first trying that package I bought yesterday of Andes Great Pre scription, that I am to tell the famous ! Doctor Payne Just exactly what I think 1 about. But I must not forget the stunning girl In the green Mary Jane, with big hat with plumes that I saw on Broad street and afterwards saw on Greene street. All the class possible, and I am told she is an Augusta girl. Well, anyway, If she will Just step dow n to the Georgia-Carollna Furni ture Co. and take a look in that big window she will see a complete set there on display for me, and, well, if she will step up and claim the money that suit Is hers, provided that my deposit in the Citizen's Bank will stand for it, and speaking of that. whe n this bank puts the finishing touches upon their new place at 735 Broad, it <will certainly he fine and dandy, and i I will just make the prediction that i those genial fellows will make It • Man Who Made Record Balloon Flight During War To Compete With Wrights PASADENA, Cal.—Replying to skep tics who were Inclined to doubt his claim ot having made a record balloon flight of 800 miles in nine hours, on April 20, 1861, Prof. Thaddeus S. C. I.owp has tele graphed to South Carolina a copy of the certificate given him by the citizens of Union, S. C., on the date of his flight, DRIVE TO RIGHT iS STILL THE Lffl Changes in Ordinance Not Made Owing To Ob jections Raised. A special meeting of the city council] was called Friday afternoon at the re quest of Messrs. Koon and Nixon for the purpose of offering an amendment to the “Drive to the Right” ordinance” that was passed by tne city council on August 2nd. The amendment offered provided that Broad street., between Fifth and Thir teenth streets, be considered as two streets, the dividing line to be the car track, and that the section regarding the direction for vehicles to he pointed in when stopped, provided they were close to the curbing, might have the sidewnlk on cither tho left or the right hand side. The mayor stated that he had made a canvass of the larger merchants on broad street, and that with very few excep tions they considered the ordinance as li stood a very good one. The only ob jection to the ordinance being that, h.p It now stands, Broad street between Fifth and Thirteenth streets is one street, making it inconvenient for the delivery of goods, without. much unnecessary manipulation of the vehicle. Mr. Knlbfleisch objected to the ordi nance being amended before It had been given a fair trial, and moved that the matter remain in statu quo until tho regular meeting of council. The motion was seconded and carried. At the next meeting of the council It. will in nil probability be npiended, so that Broad street shall be regarded ns two streets, but otherwise It will remain as it n<?w is. Mayor Dunbar stated to the council that at the recent convention of Tonfed erat Veterans in Athens, (la., they had not been Invited to any city for tho con vention next year. Tie requested that tho council authorize him to invite thorn to hold the next convention in Augusta.. The council readily acquiesced with tho request of Judge Dunbar, and It was unanimously voted that the Veterans be invited here next year. The mayor will co-operate with the chamber of com merce, and a committee will bo appointed to raise the necessary funds for the en tertainment of the visitors. The salary of the city plumber, Mr. Sherman, was increased to $1,860 per year on account of the extra duties that have been placed upon him. A contract was awarded tho Uomhard Iron works for some piping work to be done in the pumping station on the canal hank. The work consists principally of some steam piping that Is to ho in stalled. HART SAYS OLIVER % MUST STAY IN GEORGIA Says Man Charged With Fradulent Bank Deal ings Mnst Answer To This State First. ATLANTA, Ga. A decision was rendered Friday by Attorney General Hart In the cast of L. G. Hardin*, alias A. D. Oliver, who was arrested In Georgia for fraudulent bank deal ings on tho question of the governor’s duty In regard to holding him for the authorities in Mississippi, where ho Is wanted for the commission of other offenses. The Attorney General holds that Oliver must be kept in Georgia 'until he has been convicted or ac quitted of the chargeti against him in this state. | pleasure to do business there. j But speaking of pleasure, it was a i genuine pleasure to look Into the pret jty eyes of the little lady In green | tailor-made, blue straw hat, who got ion Car 72, at the comer of Bt.h and I Broad streets this morning. She car irled a book under her left arm. I wonder If she remembers me. If she does, she has a better memory than Mr. L. J. Schaul, for he does not, but speaking of Mr. Schaul, he did not personally present me with the pin 1 jam now wearing and I took it as a j matter of course that the people would know this pin was given to me through Uiy manager. 1 said he gave It. to me, land so he did, but It was through my manager and not to me personally. i An explanation like this might also j be necessary In regard to Mr. Barton, of Thomas & Barton, In regard to bis famous Everett pianos. Mr. Barton told me nothing about these pianos personally, of course, but. things of this character are always done through a third party. I have met. Mr. Bar ! ton, however, and have talked to him, just as I said I did. When I stated that Miss Dusenbury said if I would get some of that famous graham flour { (Continued on market page.) DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 FER YEAR. In which he Is given credit for tho per formance, which still stands as the world s speed record. Although he cele brated his 77th birthday more than two months ago. Professor Lowe says he Is planning to compete with tho Wrights and other experts for aviation honors. "I have plans for a new airship,” he said, "and expect to build It soon.” is.miees.jn DIEOINWILMiNQTON Funeral Services Saturday Afternoon in St. Paul’s Church, This City. The many friends in Augusta of Mrs. John D. Twiggs, Jr., are grief stricken to learn of her death, which occurred in Wilmington, N. (’., Friday, where she wus visiting her sister, Mrs, M. C. Hammond. The body arrived in Augusta Sat urday morning on the Atlantic Coast. Line train. The funeral will be held in St. Paul’s church Saturday nfter noon, the Rev. G. Sherwood Whitney, officiating. The interment will bo In the city cemetery. Before marriage, Mrs. Twiggs was Miss Ida May of Savannah, at that time ft frequent visitor to Augusta and had a large number of personal friends here. About, eleven years ago she was married to Mr. John I>. Twiggs, Jr., a prominent young contractor and en gineer, and took up her residence in Augusta. Since residing in Augusta, she was very prominent in social cir cles and was beloved by a large cir cle of personal friends. For the past year she has beon more or less 111 at times, but her death was received as a great surprise. She was a .woman of a beautiful Christian character and wonderfully sweet dis position. Sho was a prominent mem ber of several charitable associations and has been a diligent worker in the church. She is survived by her husband and two little daughters, Emma and Kath ryn; her father, Dr. May, of Savan nah; two sisters, Mrs. M. C. Ham mond, of Wilmington; Mrs. ,T. B. Woodrow, of Charleston, W. Va.; nnd two brothers, Mr. Hugh May, of Char leston, W. Va., and Mr. Clarence May, of Atlanta. RASMUSSEN'S STATEMENTS CUT NO ICE, SAYS PEARY WASHINGTON.—Commander Rob ert E. Poary, artlc explorer has tele graphed to scientific frends here that it was lmpossible for Knud Rasmussen the Danish explorer, to have seen any of the members of the party of Dr. Frederick A. Cook, explorer, and that any Information which Rasmussen re ceived wan therefore not at first hand: that the story told in Rasmussen’s re port of his impressions of Dr. Cook as recently made public by Mrs. Ras mussen at Copehngen lacks authority. Is the substance of Peary's latest message. DESERTER GIVEN HARD SENTENCE (Herald Bureau, Candler. Building.) ATLANTA, Ga.—t/amilo F. Dur den, who was arrested at Mlllen, charged with desertion from the Uni ted States army Ims been sentence!] to a dishonorable discharge from tho service, a forfeiture of all pay and allowances duo him and confinement, at hard labor In the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., for two years. He was charged with having deserted from Fort Totten, N. Y. last February. He was tried and con victed by a court-martial held by the department of tho gulf at Fort Scrl ven. TALKS ON ADVERTISING NO. TWENTY-THREE PERSISTENT ADVERTISING PAYS. By Schmidt Brothers, of New York. The systematic use of advertis ing space ought to appeal to many business men who consider advertis ing too expensive for them to employ. The trouble Is, that many of them have never fully considered the sub ject in this light, and do not, realize what can be accomplished with nomi nal outlay. Many illustrations of an advertising success built up along theso lines can be found. In a business of the very highest class, there Is necessity of pre senting It in a conservative and dig nified way. It is therefore necessary for such merchants to attract and hold the at tention of readers by careful, consci entious presentation of FACTS. Many prominent merchants have succeeded In accomplishing this aim, as is best attested by the fact that they adhere faithfully to such a plan. The best furniture advertising, we believe, Is illustrated, chiefly with a view to' showing the different furni ture styles of various periods. A forc ible example of the sustained Interest which the regular appearance of this advertising has created will he found In the fact tha* many private Individu als and collectors have kept scrap books of these announcements because they demonstrated and described so STORM COMING EAST CRINGING GOLD WEATHER Middle and North At lantic States Threatened By Severe Wind and Rain Storm. TEMPERATURE FELL WITHOUT WARNING Heavy Property Damage Reported in Kentucky Towns Where Severe Storms Visited Saturday WASHiNGTON.—The Ohio valley Saturday morning is the center of the storm which Friday night was over St.. Louts. It Is moving eastward and has Increased in energy. General rains in north-central districts have attend ed the disturbance and conditions are becoming threatening in its path in the Middle Atluntic and North Atlan tic States. It will oontlnue its course directly eastward and will bo attended by general rtiinn and high winds in the eastern states north of Cape Hat tonus, N. C. < Kentucky Town* Swept. LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Louisville and many towns in northern Kentucky were swept early Saturday by a se vere windstorm and heavy rains which did considerable property damage. The storm ripped through the city at a velocity ranging from. 8C to 60 miles per hour. Temperature fell 21 degrees In a few minutes. Jhe blow Is reported most severe ne*r Bagdad, Ky., near the state capital. Gold weather will probably follow this storm. T 1 4 RUSSIAN EMPEROR MET ITALY'S KING RACOONIOI, Italy—Nicholas, Rm poror of nil Russia, made a triumphal entry into Italy Saturday. Whatever may have stirred beneath the surface, tho outward manifestation was cor dial nnd a popular welcome to the head o. a friendly stale. - .ireatened demonstrations of ill will had.been sternly suppressed, but. the day’ll rejoicing was spontaneous and gerulne, even the mayor of Rome having been sent by the radical and socialistic hoard of aldermen to par ticipate In the Imperial reception. The broadly viewed, much-discussed and keenly anticipated meeting be tween Emperor Nicholas and King V.ctor Emanuel opened most auspici ously. ■ ■«» ■ i MISS HETHERSOLE CHANGED PLAYS Manager Bernstein of the Grand an nounce! that Mina Nethersole will pro duce ’’Hapho” this evening Instead as "The Writing on the Wall.” The change In the program whs made by Miss Neth eraole herself, nays Manager Bernstein, despite his protest. "The Writing on the Wall" was produced at the matinee, and all who had bought tickets for "Hapho" were permitted to got their money back, though few availed themselves of the privilege. Thnno who have bought tickets In advance for tonight, who do not desire to accept the changed bill, may got their money refunded upon presentation of the tickets at the box office. many accurate and Interesting feat ures concerning distinctive furniture of various, 'natures. These advertisements appear regu larly and continuously throughout the year, and to this fact such firms at tribute much of the strength and effec tiveness of their plan. The members of one firm have often said that In their belief three times as much space used only half of the year would be less effective. Such a plan as this can be begun in one paper, If desired, at a very nominal cost. By starting In two pa pers and alternating the days of pub lication the advertiser may have an announcement before the public every week day. Could a better plan be suggested for the beginner? Is there any better way of starting the advertising appropriation within the means or limitations of a new or small business, and then increasing the expenditure as the business war rants? Every observant reader can point to advertising campaigns where more money has been spent with less re sults or effect. System and perseverence are im portant to ALL advertisers.
