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About The Augusta daily herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1908-1914 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1909)
THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD VO ME XIV., No. 341. ALL J READINESS 10 WELCOME SIX HUNDRED VISITORS 10 IKE 0111 Entertainment Committee in Waiting For Arrival of Citizens From Line of Georgia yad Florida. Wednesday afternoon six hundred visitors representing the leading citi zens of the cities, towns and villages of South Georgia and West Florida, reached by the newly completed Geor gia and Florida railway, will arrive in the city for the purpose of attending the great Georgia and Florida rail way opening celebration which will be held Thursday. These visitors will come to Augusta on a special train which is due at the Union station at 6:30 p. m., and will be met by a com mittee composed of 300 proniinent Augustans who will represent the business and professional life of this city. The program for Thursday has been sent out to everyone of the vis itors and will include a sightseeing ride on the electric cars, a barbecue at Lake View' and a theatre party, w'here the local people of Augusta will entertain their guests with a very pleasing musical comedy “The Isle of Spice.” All the arrangements have been completed and Thursday's event promises not only to mark one of the greatest nays in the history of Au gusta and will also be the most not able program ever carried out a)t the opening of any southern railroad. At 2:30 Wednesday afternoon a committee to be appointed by Chair man Roy Goodwdn of the committee in charge will go to Millen on the Central of Georgia train and will there board the Georgia and Florida Special. On the w'ay up from Millen the committee will pass through the train and will give to the visitors any information that they may desire. The work of the committee will not be very heavy, however, for on Tues day morning a committee represent ing the citizns of Augusta and consist ing of Mr. C. S. Heard, of the Read Phosphate Company, and Traveling Passenger Agent W. W. Hackett of the Central of Georgia Railw r ay, left for Madison, Fla., from w'hich they will come to Augusta on the “Spe cial” train. These gentlemen are armed with boarding house guides and badges and they will make it a 3 a point to see that everyone is pro vided with a badge which will entitle the wearer of all of the entertainment features and a place to lodge while he is in Augusta. While in the city the visitors will be shown many at tentions by both clubs and and in dividual citizens and it is the inten tion of the merchants of Augusta to show the visiting patrons that Augus ta leads the state when it so comes to commercial matters. It will be of interest to the mem bers of the local committee to read the following announcement. Follow ing the band concert which will com mence at 5:30 p. m., the members of the committee will assemble at 6 o'clock and proceed to the Union sta tion to meet the special train. “BLACK HAND” IN ARE COMING HERE GENEVA. —Police declare there is a wholesale exodus of members of the Black Hand who are looking for a new field of operations in America. It develops that sixty of these charac ters, forty of whom were expelled from Switzerland are making their way to the United States by circui tous routes. TRIED TO KILL SELF IN POSTOFFICE LOBBY Slashed Throat Badly, But Sister of W. R. Perkins Saved Him From Him self. SAVANNAH, Ga.—W. R. Perkins a harness maker, created a great deal of excitement in the corridor of the Savannah post office Monday after noon by trying to cut his throat with a knife. He succeeded in making a deep gash in his throat but his hand was stayed by his sister who was with him and by two employes of the post office before he could complete his task. Perkins was carried to his home by his sister and as they went through the street with the blood coming from the wound of the man they attracted a great deal of atten tion. It is said Perkins tried to com mit suicide In Columbia, S. C. a short time ago. H. CLAY PIERCE IS FOUND NOT GUILTY AUSTIN, Tex—lffis Jury in the case of H. Clay Pierce, charged with false swearing returned a verdict here Tuesday of not guilty. LAUNCH PARTIALLY SUNK. NORFOLK. —The electric launch of the receiving ship Frankiin, at the Norfolk p-’-y yard is partially sunk as a result C a collision with the,cruis er Mont 7 steam launch oft the govemmen'OVrding. The crew had a narrow escape. 4444444444444444 ♦ ♦ ♦ THE WEATHER ♦ 4 ♦ 4 Conditions favor rain and colder + <a in this section tonight and fair. 4 4 colder Wednesday. 4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ DISPUTED DILLS ORDERED PHD dy cm At the regular monthly meeting of the county commissioners held Tues day, it was decided to hold a special meeting Thursday’, the day before the meeting of the grand jury, for the purpose of receiving a report from Mr. Salem Dutcher, the commission’s legal counsel, on the recommenda< tion of the grand jury that the county officers now receiving Sees be placed on a regular salary. On account of business pressure Mr. Dutcher was unable to present his report Tuesday, bU[ there were many interesting mat ters occupying the board’s attention. Among these was a discussion of certain bills, some of which the com missioners believe are illegal among them being an account from Clerk of Court Walker in which he makes a claim of some SI,BOO for certain work done for the county, and this bill, according to Mr. Dutcher, is il legal. This and other bills was re ferred to a committee consisting of Messrs. Nixon and Berckmans, who will make an investigation and report on them at the meeting Thursday. The long disputed bill of Mr. T. J. Mc- Auiiffe for plumbing work done at the stockade was reported on favor ably by the .'Commission, an inspec tion of the work having been made at the commissioners request by Mr. Erhelding, who reported the amount as being very reasonable and -pro nounced the work as first class in ev ery particular. It was ordered that Mr. McAuliffe be paid as soon as funds were available in the county treasury. The contested bills in clude besides that of the clerk of court bills for automobiles used by the grand jury ,and also amounts al leged to be owing for barbecues and dinners at the county home. A resolution was introduced by Mr. Nixon in relation to the rendering of jail bills by the sheriff. This resolu tion which was unanimously adopted reads as follows: Ordered by the hoard of commis sioners of roads and revenues for Richmond county, as follows: Ist. That tho sheriff, and ex-of ficio jailor, of said county, in here after presenting to this board his bills of jail seas accompany the same with a list of the names of the pris oners, alphabetically arranged, and a statement in each case of date of com mitment and of discharge, if dis charged, and if not discharged, a state ment that the prisoner Is still in cus tody at the date of bill, and the court in which the prisoner's case Is or was pending. 2nd. That the sheriff, and ex-offlcio jailer, of sgid county do, Immediately on a conviction or a plea of guilty in any criminal case now or hereafter pending in Richmond superior court, where the defendant has been con fined in the jail of said county at any time during th e prosecution, notify the solitctor general of the Augusta clrcut of the amount of turnkey fees and diet fees In the case of such de fendant. Sd. The same action be taken in regard to me city court prisoners as with the superior court. And ordered that the secretary of this board deliver a copy of this or der to said sheriff. Mr. Pope, the commissioner in charge of the county roads, made a report that there were at present 185 convicts doing service in Richmond county, of whom 63 were state felony convicts. This force and the road equipment is divided as follows: Stockade 16 convicts, used for gen eral purposes; Camp No. 1, 64 con victs, 20 mules and 10 wagons; Camp No. 2, 57 convicts, 20 mules and 10 wagons, and Camp No. 3, 29 convicts, 10 mules and 6 wagons. In addition there were several convicts at the county home and the county farm. During the month of November 23 convicts were discharged and 18 were discharged in December. Report was made that all but four of the white felony convicts were returned to the state. Some of the commissioners desired that all of {he state felony convicts he given up, but Mr. Pope urged upon them to go slow as there wag yet much work to be done, ana the felony prisoners were as a rule much mor e satisfactory for road work than the prisoners from the city court. In Mr. Pope’s opinion it was wise ac tion of the commission when the white convicts were returned to the state, as their work was anything but satisfactory. KENTUCKY NEGRO MAY BE LYNCHER WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. - When Earl Thompson, a negro, charged with assaulting Mrs. Maggie Roberts was brought here Tuesday, a mob surrounded the train. Sheriff Michael Caster and two deputies, with drawn revolvers rushed the prisoner Into the depot, out the back door, up the street to the Jail. The mob followed hoot hig .yelling, “Lynch him.” A crowd of men now surrounds the Jail and mob leaders declare the negro will be lynched if the grand Jury fails ot In dict him. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 7, 1909. EIELID FACES GRAVEST CRISIS IN ITS HISTORY House of Lords Have Ap parently Sounded Their Death Knell By Rejec tion of the Budget. LONDON.—England today stands face to face with the gravest politi cal crisis in its history since 1832, as a result of the rejecting of the budget by the house of lords, but the outcome of the present one promises to have more far-reaching effects than that of its predecessor. In that year the struggle between the two bodies of the English parlia ment arose over the reform bill, which the lords rejected. New elections fol lowed, together with the formation of a new cabinet, but the struggle still continued, resulting in the second resignation of the ministry. A new cabinet was again formed, and with the threat of increasing the numbers in the cabinet, the lords were frightened into withdrawing their op position and the great charter of 1832 received the royal assent. Death Knell Sounded. In the minds of well-informed states men, however, the action of the house of lords in the present crisis has sounded their death knell as a law making body, and the ultimate result will mean, it is believed, the elimin ation of that body from parliament at least in its present form. Since the establishment of parlia ment, the people have had a voice in the election of members of the house of commons, but the membership of the house of lords is composed of the whole peerage of England and of the United Kingdom. The English members, who compos ed the large majority, inherit their seat/, with their titles. The Scottish representatives, of whom there are rarely more than a dozen, are elected for each parliament, while the score or more Irish members are elected for life. While the greater legislative power is supposed to be vested in the house of commons, the peers have always been In a position to strangle any leg islation Inimical to their interests which originated in the lower body. This they have done from time to time —one of the most notable In stances being the rejection of Glad stone’s measure for home rule, sixteen years ago. May Oust Upper House. Their present. action, however, is far more serious. The budget is the government measure which provides for the raising of funds by taxation to carry on the work of the govern ment. It is the duty of the house of commons to make this assessment. f ully aware of the serious situation which would arise by rejecting the budget outright, th e lords adopted the amendment oqered by Lord Lans downs, which provided that this bill should first be referred to the peo ple for their judgment. This move would practically make it illegal for th e commons to collect taxes. It is now the common belief that another body will be established in parliament in place of the house of lords, its members to be elected In a similar manner to thos e of the lower body, thus making them responsible to their constituents when the time foi re-election comes around. The present budget was prepared by Lloyd-George, chancellor of the exchequer, and was designed to make the wealthy bear th e chief burden of taxation. It was considered the most radical finance bill ever introduced in the British parliament. Besides a large Income and Inheritance tax, It proposed a revaluation of the land which should vastly increase the rate of taxation on land and reduce the income of many land holders by mil lions Personal Reasons. As the majority of the members of the house of lords are owners of vast estates this portion of the measure was exceedingly obnoxious, the only course left was to reject It. The history of the budget covers a period of seven months, during which the opponents and supporters of the measure indulged in all sorts of vili fying speeches, creating such a seri ous situation that King Edward was finally forced to tak e a hand and com pel them to desist. When David Lloyd-George began the preparation of the budget last spring, he had a deficit of $78,810,000, for Dreadnaugbt.s. Specu’ation was rife for many days as to how this mild-mannered gentleman was to solve this serious problem. On April 2,j his budget was present ed to the house of commons, and when its provisions were published, it was denounced by tho wealthier class es as the most socialistic measure ever introduced Into parliament. Wealth and "The Trade,” as the liquor business is popularly called, were made to bear the main burden of taxation. All the necessities of life, such as flour, tea sugar, etc., remained untaxed, but the duties on eer and wnlskey were unusualljf heavy. An income tax of 18 cents was imposed on every $5 for incomes of slo,o#o, which is equal to $360 tax o n every one receiving SIO,OOO a year. Nt provided for a "super tax” |of 2.4 per cent on all Incomes over | $25,000, and a n inheritance tax run- Ining from 4 per cent on $25,000 es- MEN WHO FIGURE PROMINENTLY IN THE GREAT ENGLISH BUDGET FIGHT mT* i I }M\\w I§Ka \sPyl ■Sr A Leading characters in the great Budget fight, which has plunged England into a political and financial chaos, and which may ultlmtaely result in the elimination of the House of Lords. In the upper row, beginning at the left, are: Lloyd George, Chancel lor of the Exchequer, and the author of the Budget; Lord Lansrlowne, the leader of the opposition in the House of Lords, who offered the amendment, which provided for a referendum vote on the Budget, and created the present crisis; and Premier Asquith, who defended the Bud get in the House of Cqqipions. In„the lower row, on the left, Is ex-Premler Balfour, who led the op ponents of the Buflc in the House of Commons; and, on the right, Lord Rothschild, whose s; h was non-committal, but who was counted among the opposition. As one of tho world's leading bankers, he will no doubt reap a great harvest in the present crisis, as the government will have to borrow money to pay the running expenses until a finance bill is passed. THE PRINCIPAL POINTS IN PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Opposition to the proposed Immediate congressional Investigation of the sugar Import scandals In the New Yor custom house, and likewise to any further revision of the tariff at. present; absence of any specific recommendation regarding the crisis In Nicaragua, and actual recommendation of legislation to forbid the Issuance of judicial injunctions In labor without notice In labor controversies and for the establishment of a system of postal savings banks, may be considered tho most striking features of the first annual mes sage of President Taft to congress. The Nicaragua question, conservation of the nation's natural resource,s, needed amendments to the anti trust and Interstate commerce acts and the contemplated revision of the fed ul statutes governing the or ganization of the armed forces of the nation In time of war are all reserved for possible treatment later in special messages. In his message, which bulks some 17,000 words, Mr. Taft repor.s the country to be "In a high state of prosperity,” and he adds that “there Is every reason to believe that w? are,on the eve of a substantial busi ness e'-nansion, and we have Just garnered a harvest unexampled In th market value of our agricultural products.” The president expresses entire confidence that the duty Imposed upon the executive, of enforcing the maximum rates of the new tariff law against nations unduly dlscrimlnat ng against the United States will not provoke any tariff war, and he favors no further tariff tinkering at least until the new tariff commission shall have completed its work of gathering Information as to the relative cost of producing dutiable ar ticles in this country and abroad. This task he expects will occupy two or three years. Projects recommended by the president, lit addition to those mentioned above Include; A ship subsidy to encourage American shipping. Publicity of political contributions in elections of members of congress. Civil pensions. ». T Higher rate of postage on periodicals and magazines. A fund of $50,000 to aid in suppressing the “white slave” trade. A commission to evolve a plan to expedite legal proceeduro and m ligate the "law's delays.” Construction of an artificial island and fortification In the entrance to Chesapeake Bay, two battleships and one repair ship for the navy and the establishment of an extensive naval base at Pearl Island, Hawaii. A national bureau of health. Statehood for Now Mexico and Arizona, and an appointive governor Rnd executive council for Alaska. Civil control of the light house board and separation of the na lonal astronomical observatory from naval control. Celebration In 1913 of the semi-centennial of negro emancipation, and reimbursement of the depos itors of the defunct Freedman's Trust and Savings company. Consolidation of the bureaus of manufactures and statistics In the department of commerce and labor. Appropriation for the remodelling of the District of Columbia jail. Calling attention to the crisis in Central American affairs brought about by the summary execution in Nicaragua of two Americans, the president announces that, this government, has terminated diplomatic re lations with the Zelaya administration In Nicaragua and Intends to take such further steps as may lie found most “consistent with its dignity, Its duty to American Interests and Its moral obligation to Central America and to civilization.” In opposing any Immediate Investigation of the New York custom house scandal the president takes the ground that such Investigation “might, by giving immunity and otherwise, prove an embarrassment In securing conviction of the guilty parties.” A proposal submitted by the secretary of the treasury that the executive department’s deficit for the current fiscal year—estimated at $73,075,620—be met by the issuance of Panama bonds authorized by con gress, is approved by the president . He explains that in order to avoid a deficit, for the ensuing fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, estimates have been cut to the bone and Instead of a deficit there will be a surplus of $35,931,000, excluding payments on the Panama canal which are expected to be taken care of by bonds. Tlie president records with pleasure the satisfactory arrangement, for the arbitration of the Important. North American fisheries Issue with Canada and the successful prosecution of the work of the commissions adjusting other boundary issues and the lake fisheries. Ho urges an international conference to devise meas ures for the protection of fur seals. He Is hopeful of a happy adjustment of the Congo question and ex presses his desire to afford a larger measure of protection to the little negro state of Liberia. Satisfac tion is expressed with the declaration by Japan and Russia in favor of the "open door” and appropriations are asked for the expenses of the Pan-American congress to be held In Buenos Ayres and for participation in the Belgian exposition, both scheduled for next year. 44444*4444444444* 4 "JACK THE SLASHER,” 4 4 SCARES AURORA WOMEN 4 4 CHICAGO —-The continued attacks 4 4 upon the women of Aurora by a 4 4 mysterious “Jack the Slasher,” have 4 4 caused the feminine portion of the 4 4 population to remain indoors after 4 4 dark. ♦ M4444444444M4 tates to 15 per cent on $5,000,000 es ates. An estate like Mr. Harrfman’s, which is estimated at $149,000,000, under such a law, would pay $22,600,- COO to the state. BICYCLE RACERS SLOW DOWN PACE NEW YORK.—After keeping up the grueling pace all night the six-day bicycle riders In Madison Square Gar den slowed down slightly Tuesday morning. Fourteen teams remain In the race. Four thousand people re mained In tin garden over night. The surviving teams are in fairly good shape. DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR. CONGRESS HEIRS TUFT’S MESSAGE WASHINGTON. —Tuesday’s session of both houses of conkh'hh were de voted almost exclusively to the read ing of President Taft’s first annual message. As soon as practicable the vari ous committees of the senate and house will consider the recommenda tions in the presidential paper. A number of house members took ad vantage of Monday’s session to un burden themselves of a large num ber of bills. SWITCHMEN’S STRIKE REMAINS ABOUT SAME ST. PAUL.-—"Everything Is quiet," was the comment of president Haw ley of the Switchmen's Union on the striko situation. The men continue to assert they have the ral'roads tied is broken. L. E. Shepherd, president of thn Order of Railway Conductors issued an order Mondny night to all the con ductors that they must observe strict neutrality. PROSPERITY WAVE IN SOUTH GEORGIA (Herald Bureau. Candler Bldg.) ATLANTA, Ga. —There Is a pros perity wave In South Georgia, accord ing to State Entomologist E. L. Wor sham. He says the farmers of that section all hav* money, the banks are flourishing with It and cotton Is the finest grown in years. Mr. Worsham has Just, returned from South Geor gia, where he went on a campaign In the eradication of the black root which [has done so much damage to the cot- METHODISTS OP CAROLINA MEET WEDNESDAY A,HI- Will Name Delegates To tire General Conferenca W here Changing Name of Church Will Be Dis cussed. (BY C. W. HUNT.) Special to The Herald. ABBEVILLE, S. C. —The South Carolina conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South will assem ble, here Wednesday In tho I24th an nual session, and conics to Abbeville for tin* third time in its history. First on December 18, 1868; ag:aln on De cember 9, 1896, which conferences were held by liiahops Wlghtman and (iranberry respectively. The sessions this year will be presided over by the senior bishop of the connection, Al pheus Waters Wilson of Batlimore, who bolds the ocnference for the fifth time In its history; coming' to it tho first time In 1 sB, then in 1904-6 and S. Some doubted if In* would be able to do the work assigned him, but really he Is doing the work assigned those with a larger lease on life. Bishop Wilson’s work as presiding of ficer Is highly satisfactory, and as Jin interpreter of the scripture has no superiors. Abbeville Hosts. Abbeville lum hud to provide homes lor about four hundred guests, and It fills the town about full but not to overflowing. When those Methodists become hosts they are hosts Indeed. Naturally, there will be few changes In appointments. Bishop Wllso Is not the man to make radical changes, or to take "the bit In his teeth,” hence things wlfl rol smoothly, so far as surface indications are concerned. Torritory and Membership. At the last session of this confer ence at Laurens there were 263 tra veling preachers, counting those dis abled as well as those engaged In edu cational work, besides there wore seventy-seven local ministers who do not belong to the conference, but who preach as opportunity offers. The body represents a membership of 86,161, and' 44,612 Sunday school scholars, which figures cover the en tire state of South Carolina. Last year the conference raised and paid out the following sums for the different objects named: Worn out preachers and widows and orphans of such $10,486.49; for foreign missions $21,813.61; for domestic missions In the state $16,454.07; for church ex tension $6,887.03; for American Bible Society $630.48; for presiding elders $22,682.10; for pastors $174,961.97; for bishops $3,069.56. They have 775 church organisations and houses of worship, valued at sl,- 412,300.00. Besides they own 190 par sonages valued at $362,625.00, also nine dltsrlct parsonages valued at $50,000.00. Most Important in Years. The meeting of this, as well as the meeting of all other annuai confer ences of the southern Methodist church, Is of unusual Interest this year, us It Is the closing of the yuadrennlum fourth year—and at this session there will be elected dele gats to the general conference which meets only once In four years, and wll meet next year In May, at Ashe ville. Each conference Is entitled to clerical and one lay delegate for each forty-eight members of the confer ence, on which basis tbls conforenco will elect about five of each: to b« one of which is a high honor, as the body will be composed of the very best men In all Methodism and Is tho law-making body of the church—a veritable congress. Blnce the general conference met in Birmingham In May, 1906, this branch of Methodism has lost six of Its bishops by death, two of whom were elected at that conference: Cran berry Tlgert Smith, Duncan Oaloway, Ward have all answered the call. This heavy loss In the heads of the church and the progress of the times require the eectlon of not less than five— perhaps seven—new bishops. New conditions are r.onatantly arising, and the outlook Is for much Important church legislation at Asheville next May; hence all the church will be awake and Interested In who Is elect ed delegates from this conference. It Is too soon to prdlct, and this Is not the place to surmise what will be done then, but Bishop Atkins, who has had charge of the western conferences on the Pacific Coast, for the past three years has come out In favor of a change In the very name of the southern church, suggesting "Episco pal Methodist.” The thinker will readily see that terms Methodist and Methodist South In cosmopolitan ci ties like Portland, Seattle, Spokane, Dos Angeles and Han Francisco seem sectional, hence the Idea of dolnri away with territorial name. To dc this will be like pulling teeth to many loyal southerners and will be a tesl of loyalty to southern traditions oi iluty to church, or trying to do both Bishop Morrison Is out also as op posed to such a change. These ar« merely hints. ton crop. Mr. Worsham will resum* his campaign after the Chrlstmai holidays. _
