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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XTV., No. 299.
PUBLIC HEALTH UNO WELFARE DEMAND GOITINUANCE
OF TUBERCULOSIS CAMP, SAT IUCBSTA PHYSICIANS
TO ABANDON IT WOULD BE
FALSE ECONOMY AND A
DANGEROUS COURSE TO
PURSUE
FOR CITY AND COUNTY
Both. Should Bear Cost of
Maintenance is Consen
sus of Opinion, As Both
Benefit.
The physicians of Augusta are, so
far as can he learned, unanimously
in favor of maintaining the tuber
oulosis camp or hof.p*:al now in ex
istence. All those questioned thus
far say there is but one opinion to bo
held; that it would be improper to
discontinue the plan on the ground
of prfbilA welfare and that the city
and county both benefit and should,
consequently, share the expense.
Among those who have expressed
opinions today are:
Dr. Thos. Wright said there
could be but one opinion about the
value of the tuberculosis hospital or
camp and added that “where the pub
lic welfore and health are concern
ed economy is a farce.”
Dr. A. A. Davidson: “I know that
the hospital should not be abandon
ed; there cannot be two opinions
about it and in my opinion the city
and county should share the cost of
maintenance.”
Dr. A. J. Kilpatrick said: "By all
means the institution should be con
tinued. I heartily approve of it.
There should be no thought of dis
continuing it.”
NO QUESTION
ABOUT IT.,
Dr. W. H. Harison said the matter
was so onesided that he did not care
to discuss it at all; there could be
no doubting the value of the institu
tion and any statement that it con
stituted a source of infection was all
nonsense; that the place around the
tuberculosis camp was far less dan
gerous to hestth than were the streets
of Augusta and going around into
the homes of the people. Out there
isolation and proper preventive meas
ures had minimized the danger, while
in the streets and other places there
was much peril. He believed the
city should assist the county in main
taining the institution, as it was for
the common good.
A MISTAKE
TO CHANGE.
Dr. N. M. Moore said it would, in
his opinion, be a great mistake to dis
contnue the tuberculosis hospital,
which he further beleved should be
maintained by both city and county
for It would serve for tuberculosis
patients from both. Ho put it this
way: ‘‘Where shall we put the tu
berculosis patients if not in a hospi
tal or camp for them alone? Cer
tainly, in the light of recently ac
quired knowledge, we cannot have
them in our regular hospitals, for it
\is known that there is a danger that
' a patient brought to the hospital for
tone thing is apt in his weakened con
’dltion to contract tuberculosis from
ia patient afflicted with it. It is a
jpiistake to think that a tuberculosis
ipamp is a benefit only for those who
have already contracted the dis
t Case. Its benefit is more manifest to
the well and strong because it re
moves from the streets and homes
those who are likely to spread it. A
tuberculosis hospital in a preventive
as well as a place for cure and treat
ment. Let’s keep it up by all
means; it’s a good investment.
DOESN’T TEND
TO PATERNALISM.
Said Dr. T. E. Oertel:
"The day Is past when it Is con
sidered a dangerous precedent tend
ing towards paternalism for a
community to take care of Its con
sumptive poor.
“Such care Is a measure of publlo
safety which Is dictated by a com
mon sense of humanity and an or
dinary regard for the health of the
comunlty.
“We Invest In sanltorla and camps
for the care of the tubercular poor
as we Invest In Are Insurance In the
form of a fire department.
"The abolition of the Richmond
County Tuberculosis Camp would, in
my opinion, be a retrogressive step
that would stamp us as lacking In
those principles and attributes that
define civilized man from the sav
age—lntelligence, foresight and char
ity*
Dr. W. H. Goodrich stated, that it
was Imperative that the tuberculo
sW home be kept up and that under
no circumstances should it be aban
doned.
Dr. H. C. Eve, when Interviewed,
stated, that he heartily advocated the
tuberculosis home being kept up by
the city and the county Jointly, and
that under no circumstances should
the plan be abandoned.
IT IS GOOD
FOR EVERYONE.
Dr. W. Watley Battey, Jr„ when
interviewed stated that he tempha-
THE WEATHER
Conditions favor fair weather
In this section tonight and Wed
nesday with warmer tonight.
"ONE OUT OF EVERT EIGHT DEATHS IN AUGUSTA
LAST TEAR WAS DUE TO TUBERCULOSIS”
—Dr. E. E. MURPHEY
One person out of every eight who died in Augusta last year died
from tuberculosis.
More than from typhoid, diphtheria, scarlet fever, smallpox and
malaria combined.
Unless the death rate be lowered, one person out of every eight
below the age of 35 who reads this article will go In the same way.
Inasmuch as this frightful scourge carried off our citizens in
the very flush of youth and at the height of their physical vigor,
there is all the more reason why city and county alike should do all
in their power to protect the c ltizen against it.
To maintain, to extend if necessary, and to properly care for
this tuberculosis hospital is the plain duty of those in whose hands
the conduct of affairs is placed—a duty which they owe first of
all to suffering humanity—but also to the general public, who are
well and wish to keep well.
tically endorsed the tuberculosis
home being maintained and that he
considered it one of the best things
for the city, county and the state.
A REAL
SAVING.
When interviewed by a representa
tive of The Herald, Dr. Lyle was In
the Board of Health laboratory mak
ing tubercular tests. He stated:
"There are more specimens brought
into the Board of Health office to
be tested for tuberculosis than for
any other disease. There are more
deaths reported from tuberculosis
than from any other disease. 1 am
emphatically opposed to the aboli
tion of the tuberculosis home. Aside
from the saving ot life and the
economy that the home means to the
county, if it is abolished the county
will have more widows, paupers and
orphans to support on account of peo
ple being rendered dependent by
deaths from tuberuclosis than from
any other one cause. The trivial
sum for the support of the home
would be offset by the saving of mon
ey that is annually expended for the
support of Indigent poor.’
"When the state of Georgia ap
propriated funds to establish an in
stitution similar to the one in Au
gusta, a delegation was sent to Au
gusta and Inspected the Rich
mond county home In order that the
state home could be modeled after
It. The home Is known by philan
thropists all over the United States,
and at this late date to abolish It,
would not only be humiliating to the
people of Richmond county, but It
would hinder the work that Is being
carried on all over the United States
to abolish the disease.”
A FINE
ASSET.
Dr. W. C. Kellogg says!
“Anything that pertains to tho
heatlh of a community is a good as
set; anything that pertains to a com
munity in its relation to tuberculo
sis i 3 a vital necessity.
"There have been four deaths in
Richmond county in the past ten
years from small pox. Who begrudges
one cent spent in the endeavors to
stamp out this disease. Last year
in the city of Augusta alone over a
hundred deaths from tuberculosis oc
curred. Yet tuberculosis is pre
ventable as well as curable.
"Tubercular patients are not re
ceived in our hospitals. They can
not be without endangering the sick
already there or to come; the rule
is a wise one.
“At home the tubercular individual
is a menace to his family and neigh
bors unless strlot sanitation is car
ried out, and it rarely is carried but
among the poor.
"At a sanltorlum he is taught to
take care of his sputum, to be san
itary; he is properly cared for and
has a good ohance to recover and be
come once more a valuable citizen,
a wage earner, a tax payer. One or
two lives saved each year will ac
tually pay the community in dollars
and cents.
"The tuberculosis sanitorium at the
county home is not only a valuable
asset, it is an absolute necessity.”
SHOULD BE
ENLARGED.
Dr George A. Wilcox said the camp
should be maintained! that there was
no doubt of It. He went further and
said: “Not only do I think the pres
ent Institution should be continued but
it should be extended."
Dr. J. M. Caldwell, stated, that un
der no circumstances should the home
bo abolished. He considered it an
absolute fsteesslty fox the protection
of the citizens of the city and county,
! ahd 1* can only be abolished at serious
;loss to the people.
Dr. G. A. Traylor stated that under
all conditions the home should be
maintained and that Its abolishment
would be a calamity to the community.
COMMISSION WINS
IN COLUMBIA FIGHT
Special to The Herald.
COLUMBIA, 8. C—Judge Gary Tues
day decided the dispute between the
council and the police commission, as
to which has control of the Police de
partment In favor of the commission,
declaring council's action abolishing
the commission illegal and permanent
ly enjoining the council from Inter
fering. Council will appeal to the su
preme court, but In the meantime the
commission has charge.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 26, 1909.
ONLY II CASES
HEASHUESDAY
W. S. Morris vs. William
son Dorn & Co. Case Dis
missed. William E. Bash
vs. Leonard Phinizy Case
is on in Superior Court.
In the superior court Tuesday morn
ing the entire session was taken tip
with the trial of the case of William
hj. Bush vs. Leonard Phinizy, and at
the time The Herald went to press
the attorney for the defendant wa*.
arguing for a non-suit. The case is
one in which the plaintiff claims that
the defendant is indebted to him tg
the amount of $1,400 with interest for
commissions on sales of stocks and
bonds and has been in the court for
some time. An order dismissing the
case of W. J. Morris vs. Williamson
Dorn & Co. was signed by Judge
Hammond. The other cases docketed
fo,r Tuesday which were not reached
on Tuesday morning were;
Augusta and Savannah Steamboat
company vs. David 81usky; Bank of
Louisville vs. L. Graham; Daniel
O’Shea, propounder, vs. John J. Calla
hail, caveator; J. N. B. Armstrong vs.
McCorskey Register oompany.
The calendar for Wednesday Is as
follows;
John Kenny, by his next friend,
Mrs. John Price, vs. Slngleton-Slef
Manufacturing company; B. R. Mitch
ell vs. John Malavls; Lula Wall vs.
R. C. Deas; A. K. Rowland et al. vs.
Frank P. Rouse; City Council of Au
gusta vs. Enterprise Manufacturing
company; E. K. Mills, vs. W. H. Bar
rett, assignee, et al.
mien hid
NARROW ESCAPE
Bullet Fired Into Augusta
Southern Train Barely
Missed Dr. Robert J.
Videtto.
GIBSON, Ga. —Just after passing
this place the Augusta Southern train
was fired on by some unknown party
and the bullet went into a window
barely missing Dr. Robt. J. Videtto,
of Augusta, who was a passenger.
The bullet came in one window and
went through the train making and
exit from a window on the other side
of the coach. Immediately after the
passengers found out what had been
done the ladies aboard, became panicy
and closed windows and drew down
shades. After a short while, however,
quiet was restored. It is not known
who fired the shot.
TRADE IS GOOD
THESE DAYS
And Is Going To Be
Better.
Monday’s trade was mighty good
with Herald advertisers, and, mark
you. It Is going to be better and
better as the days go on.
Herald readers are also ad. read
ers—they have a habit of saying
"I saw it in The Herald” these
days, and you may be sure that
store news Is Just as important In
The Herald as any department of
the paper.
Remember Tomorrow’s Best
Bargains are advertised In Today’s
Herald, and a careful reading of
The Herald around the home fire
side is sure to put you in touch
with what Is going on In the stores
and shops of Augusta.
IF YOU WANT BIGGER AND
BETTER BUBINEBS THEBE
DAYB—MORE POBBIBLE PUR
CHASERS—TELL YOUR STORE
NEWS WHILE IT 18 NEWS TO
HERALD READERB. THERE’B
40,000 OF THEM.
D. A. R.’S AT SUFFRAGETTE MEETING
1
The picture In the left corner Is that of Mrs. William Cummings
Story, representing the state of New York Daughters of the Revolution
at the Troy Suffragette convention. The picture at tho right Is that
of Mrs. Sofia M. Loebinger, who represents the New York Suffragettes.
It Is expected that Mrs. O. 11. P. Belmont and Mrs. Clarence Mackay
will attend.
SHERLOCK HOLMES, JR., WAS
MR. W. P. DANFORTH, AND WAS
CAPTURED BY MR. E. J. BARRY
A Number of People Suspected Mr. Danforth and
Some Addressed Him, But Only Mr. Barry Used
Entire Phrase Correctly.
Sherlock holmes, Jr., the man of mystery, was captured last night
in Ives’ place Just before he reached the Bilou theatre.
There has been much speculation as to Just who this mysterious
gentleman was. Many thought he was a local man, while others con
tended that he was a stranger, and all in all it has been one of tho
most stirring contests ever pulled off in Augusta.
The gentleman who impersonated Sherlock Holmes, Jr. was Mr W
P. Danforth, a well known Augustan, who is (he local agent’ for tho fam
ous Brunswick Smokers, nnd who represents this cigar In several states
When the proposition was first broached to Mr. Danforth lie was
very much opposed to taking tho part and if was only through earnest
solicitation that he consented. That he has done himself proud In the
impersonation of this famous character Augustans can be the Judge.
The part was a hard one. All credit is due this gentleman for the
way he carried out the part.
Mr. Danforth walked into Ives’ place last evening on his way to
t}ie Bijou. While indulging in a soft drink there Mr. E. J. Barry walked
up to him and using the correct phrase with the last issue of the Au
gusta Herrald claimed the money.
Immediately after his capture (which was not according to sched
ule) a gentleman who has the proposition in charge—finding out that
he had been captured—walked to the Bijou with Mr. Danforth and an
nounced from the stage the incidents above related.
Mr. Barry was seen and when asked how he suspected Mr Dan
forth made the following statement:
I have known Mr. Danforth for some time, but I would never have
suspected him except for the fact that. I noticed him upon several oc
casions talking to the gentlemon who had the proposition In charge. I
was quite suspicious, but as I understood from parties that the contest
was to run seven days I kept hands off until last night. I made up my
mind that, Danforth would never get Into the Bijou without, my spring
ing it upon him which I did Just before he left Ives’ place for the
Bijou. Furthermore, I will state that I had no information direct or oth
erwise to giv© me the slightest clue that he was impersonating the
part.
Mr, Danforth’s statement follows: "I have done my best to carry
out the part successfully, but I must state that I accepted the proposi
tion against my own wishes. Many of my friends and acquaintances
claim to have won the money before I was captured by Mr. Barry,
This Is a mistake. Invariably, some word would be left out or added
to the phrase. I was as much surprised as anyone when Barry nabbed
me, for I did not have the slightest, idea that he was suspicious of me.
I am glad, of course, that I have been tho means of so much fun, but
candidly I was opposed to taking the part. It Is all right. I have en
joyed it and 1 think everybody got a run for the money.”
Mr. Danforth said he had heard that people were saying that Mr.
Barry was a clobo friend of his; that ho was employed by Mr. Danforth■
that he was a relative of Mr. Danforth, and the like. None or these
statements are true. He has known Mr. Barry about sixty days, having
met him at Reab & Laws; that Mr. Barry came here from Boston and
is no relative or connected with him In business or any other way.
So that is the whole story. That the advertisers got a world of pub
licity there can be no doubt. It has been a big success from every stand
point, and the gentlemen who had the proposition In charge have done
all in their power to carry out tho program in a way to be acceptable to
everyone.
Sherlock Holmes, Jr., the man of mystery, is no more, aad the
town is quiet again.
“WIND UP” BOARD
MEETS WEDNESDAY
Special to The Herald.
COLUMBIA, H. C—The dispensary
commission met today with the view
of rendering Judgments on half a
million dollars' worth of accounts and
finally winding the business up, hut
took no action, adjourning over un
tlll Wednesday on account of the ab
sence of Commissioner Brice.
JAMES McMURPHY
SHOT ON TIP OF EAR
Mr. James Stratford, was bound
over to the superior court Tuesday
morning on a charge of assault with
Intent to murder James McMurphey.
AccorWng to the testimony given
In the recorder's court, Mt. Strat
ford was al-ills place of business in
HI AUGUSTAN
DIED ID Illinois
Mr. Charles I). McCoy, formerly of
Augusta and Charleston and one of
the survivors of the Clinch Rifles—
-1861 -1865 -died Monday night at the
National Stock Yards, 111. His body
will be brought to Augusta for Inter
ment. Funeral arrangements will
be announced later.
the Georgia railroad yards, last night
when McMurphey carne toward him
and Mr. Stratford considered hIH at
titude threatening. Mr. Stratford or
dered McMurphey to stand back, and
when he refused to do so, he drew his
pistol and fired, the ball clipping a
portion of McMurphey’s ear off.
Neither of the men stated what the
difficulty was between them, or what
could havs led up to the fight
DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR.
FIVE CHILDREN
BY CRUEL FIRE
Little Ones Were Cn.vs.gbt
Like Rats in a Trap and
Bodies Were Burned To
Crisps.
IN ORPHANAGE
THE FIRE RAGED
Girls’ College of the Pres
byter! an Orphanage At
Lynchburg Whs Destroy
ed Early Tuesday.
LYNCHBURG, Va.—Five children,
all Inmates of the nursery, were were
incinerated In a fire which totally de
stroyed the Shelton cottage, home of
girls, at tho Virginia Synod Presby
terian Orphans' Home early Tuesday
morning. Tho dead: Ruby Moore
fleld, Lucile Mooroftehl, Lynchburg,
Va.; Mamie Reynolds, Bath county,
Virginia; Marie Hickman, Campbell
county, Virginia; Mary Poole, McDow
ell county, W. Va.
The children were all In tho boo
ond floor of a, wing of the building
and they were caught by the fire lu
a manner that made their rescue Im
possible. Ruby Moorofield, however,
was taken out of the building, hut
when she ascertained that her young
er sister was still Inside, she ran
back into Ihe burning building and
lost her life.
The fire was discovered by Mrs.
Priest, the cook who was aroused by
the roar of tho flames. When she saw
that it was Impossible to get the chil
dren out by the stairway she rushed
to the thiry story aud brought fifteen
children down to tho second floor,
leading them to a veranda top, where
they were taken down a ladder, sev
eral of them dropping Into outstretch
ed arms of older boys In the Institu
tion.
Mrs. Priest, after saving the chil
dren, had to Jump for her life, sus
taining a dislocated shoulder, a scalp
wound and an Injury to her back. She
will recover. Ali of the escapes were
miraculous. Supt. Fleming was nway
at the time of the fire and there were
no men about the house The women
could not save those who perished,
for they barely succeeded In saving
twenty-four of the other girls.
THIRD IDO
CONTEST IS CLOSE
The primary election in the Third
ward to iill the vacancy in council
created by the death of the late Sam
0. Adams is being held today under
the rules governing tho white pri
mary at the polls on Telfair street
opposite the Davidson Grammar
School.
The election is ono of the closest
and most hotly contested that has
been held In Augusta in years. Both
sides are campaigning hard and both
feel confident of winning, and neu
tral parties affirm that, (lie winner
will have a very small majority.
At, 2 o'clock about two hundred and
twenty-five of the possible three hun
dred votes that, are counted upon hau
been polled. While the election Is be
ing hotly contested and there Is a
large crowd around the polls, there Is
very little hard feeling and there)
have been no fights.
The constituents of Mr. J. A. A. W.
Clark state that they have little
doubts but that he will win. They
state, however, that, his majority will
be small.
The supporters of Mr. Thomas W.
Pilcher state that he will wlri by a
majority of from thirty to sixty votes.
There have been many bets made on
the outcome of the election by both
sides. The Pilcher men are offering
two to one quite freely, and the Clark
men are as freely covering the bets.
In the forenoon several voters were
challenged on account of having re
cently moved away from the Third
ward, but upon the ruling of the city
attorney, they were later sworn arid
allowed to vote.
CHURCHES TO ADVERTISE
Protestant Mission Board Will Conduct Publicity
Campaign.
Karly next January, the combined
Protestant churches of the United
Slates will begin an advertising cam
paign. Its purpose Is to educate and
interest the people In Home Missions
and the social, racial and economical
problems which imperil American life
and ln~tltut!on.
The campaign will be conducted
along lines followed by the big busi
ness advertisers and the copy will be
as stkllfuily prepared. The mediums
used will be newspapers, magazines,
periodicals, posters and bill boards.
The movement, |g Inaugurated by
the Home Mission Council, which Is
composed of the secretaries of the
Home Mission boards of twenty-one
Protestant denominations, represent
ing a membership of nearly 18,000,-
000 and a constituency of more than
40,0u0,000.
It Is the purpose of the board to
hold during the coming year a series
ASSASSIN SHOT
PRINCE ITO TO
Japan’s Foremost States
man Was Killed in Har
bin Tuesday By Cold-
Blooded Korean Assassin
SAID THE PRINCE
WRONGED HIS PEOPLE
Went To Harbin For Sole
Purpose of Killing Prince
I to. Says He Avenged His
Country.
HARBlN—Prince Hlrobuml Ito, the
! former Japanese President General of
Korea and probably Japan’s foremost
statesman, was assassinated here
Tuesday afternoon by a Korean who
bad followed him here for the express
purpose of killing him, Tho motive
jof the assassin wus revengo. The as
jsassln was arrested.
Had Just Arrived.
Almost Immediately on his arrival
here and Just as Prince Ito left the
j railroad cqr at the station the attack
I was made upon him. The venerable
|statesman, accompanied by the Rus
sian minister of finance, was starting
to Inspect the guard of honor drawn
up along the platform when the pistol
shot was heard.
Several moro shots wore fired In
quick succession, the bullets striking
tho prince In the back.
Prince Ito fell mortally wounded.
Three Others Wounded
Three of the prince’s companions
also wero wounded, the bullets strik
ing the Japanese'consul General Ktu
wukan, General Manager Tannaka, of
the Soukli Manohurtan railway, and
Prince Ito’s private secretary. Consul
General Kawakan Is badly, but not fa
tally Injured, It is believed.
The assassin was promptly seized.
On being questioned he said he was
a Korean.
Came for Purpose.
"I came to Harbin for the sole pur
pose of assnsslnallng Prince Ito to
avenge my country,” the slayer told
his captors. He also said he had per
sonal account to settle with the great
Japanese statesman, who during his
stay In Korea had ordered the execu
tion of several persons closely con
nected with the assassin.
WEDS SPEAK IN
(MOON (USE
Judge Joseph R. Lamar,
of Augusta, Will Make
Closing Remarks For
Plaintiff.
SAVANNAH, fla. —The oratorical
pyrotechnics in connection with the
effort of Mr. H. G. McLendon to get
Mr. J. F. Gray out of the position ox
railroad commissioner continue in the
superior court. Col. Wm. Garrard
spoke for Mr. Gray Monday afternoon
concluding an argument that took up
the time of the court all day. Mr.
ft. M. Hitch followed Col. Garrard for
Mr. Gray and Tuesday has been given
over to the plaintiff. Justice Jos
eph It. Lamar, of Augusta, will male*
the concluding argument for the
plaintiff or relator as the term in use
designates Mr. Mci-endon. It Is ex
pected Judge Lamar’s address will
be ono of much strength and great
interest.
MISSOURI TOWN
GREETED PRES. TAFT
Thousands Cheer Presi
dent As He Arrives in
Cape Girardeau.
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo.—Twenty
minutes before sunrise President Taft
stepped from his flagship, tho Oleand
er, as It docked here. This city? the
first slop on the trip from St. Louis
by boat to New Orleans, greeted tho
president with prolonged cheers.
Thousands of country people arrived
during the night by rail and wagon.
of meetings, one In each of the larger
cities of the country, at which such
topics as the labor question, the Im
migration problem, the negro ques
tion, religious quarters and conditions
In city, village and town will be dis
cussed.
Prior to each of these meetings a
campaign of advertising will be con
ducted throughout the territory tribu
tary to the city In which It will be
held, for the purpose of securing as
large an audience as possible and to
arouse still further Interest in the
topics to be discussed. The meetings
will be free.
The campaign will be conducted
under the supervision of the Rev.
Charles Stelzle, superintendent of
the Preßbyterlan Department of
Church and Labor. Rev. Stelzle Is
considered the foremost authority on.
church advertising In the country and
has written a book on the. subject.