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THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD VOLUME XV., No. 3 PLEDGING HIMSELF TO PROTECT CITY AGAINST FLOODS, TO ECONOMY, AND OPPOSITION TO FACTIONALISM, HON. THOS. BARRETT IS MADE MAYOR OF AUGUSTA First Message Received With Warm Applause by Crowd That Filled Coun cil Chamber—Five Coun cilmen Sworn In. Mr. Thomas Barrett, Jr., is mayor of Augusta. Together with Councihnen J. L Robertson, J. Frank Carswell, J. J. O'Connor, j. M. Caldwell and D. L. Kuhlke, he was sworn In with demo cratic simplicity at the meeting of the city council Monday. The oath was administered first to the coun cilmen-elect by retiring Mayor W. M. Dunbar and then to Mr. Barrett, the former being escorted respectively by Councilmen Munday, Branch, Bates, Saxon (retiring) and Kalbfleisch. The message of the new mayor was forceful, brief and to the-point. Its main recommendations were empha sized Tty Mr. Barrett who, while read ing, called attention to the paragraphs relating to the protection of the city against floods by the construction of a slope wall along the river bank at its lowest portions in addition to the work already inaugurated by the flood commission, and to the concluding sentences in which the mayor pledged himself to make few changes among the officers it present and to make any changes he might hereafter deem necessary without regard to factions. These utterances met with great ap plause. The mayor was warmly con gratulated upon his message, which is considered indicative of the new regime that begins today. LARGE ATTENDANCE. The council rom was crowded be fore noon when promptly the mayor, elect accompanied by Mayor Dunbar, and a few friends entered amid ap plause. The mayor went to his place on the rostrum and Mr. Barrett occu pied a chair on the floor to the may or’s right. The retiring council then proceeded with routine business. Minutes of four meetings were read and approved. Upon motion of Mr. Kalbfleisch, seconded by Mr. Robertson, over drafts were ordered paid. The resignation of City Physician Caldwell, who had been elected to tne new council, was read and ac cepted upon motion of Mr. Koon and second of Mr. Bell. The message of Mayor Dunbar re citing the work done under his ad ministration and making several im portant recommendations was read by Mr. Sayre and upon motion of Mr. Robertson ordered spread upon the Continued on Page 10. Notable Gathering in Council Room When Mr. Barrett Was Made Mayor The inauguration of Mr. Barrett was notable in several ways, one of which was the presence of so repre sentative gathering in conucil-room when he took the oath of office. Prom inent men in almost every pursuit were there and there was a notable absence of those who at previous sim ilar occasions had been so much in evidence in noise-making. Personal friends were there, city of ficials, firemen, policemen, business men, lawyers, and f those in humble station. Three former mayors graced the occasion by their presence and congress was represented in the per son •of Hon. T. W. Hardwick, M. C. from the Tenth Georgia district. The room was filled to the point of dis comfort but everyone was good natur cd from the highest to the humble colored people who formed a small group in the rear. Among those present were, former city attorney and Mrs. W. H. Bar rett, the mayor’s daughter,, Mr. H. H. D’Antignac and Mr. D'Antignac, Mrs. AA’arren \\ r alker, Mr. AV. D'Antignac AA’alker, clerk of court, former Mayor Charles Estes, former Mayo/ R. E. Al len, former Mayor Jacob Phinizy, Wr. F. B. Pope, chairman at the flood commission, Mr. E. S. Johnson, secre tary of the chamber of commerce; Mr. P. E. May, Mr. George Lombard, J. J. Doughty, J. P. Doughty, Mr. J. P. Doughty, Jr., R. S. Cohen, D. G. Fogarty, former member of the gene ral assembly; Mr. T. S. Raworth, pres ident of the Sibley Manufacturing company; Mr. Joe O’Dowd, Mr. Jas. Tobin, Mr. AV. D. Bowen, former councilman O. G. Lynch, Mr C B. Gar rett, Charles McKenzie, F. E, Flem ing, Judge of the city court, \V. F. Eve. Mr. E/ J. Costello, Mr. AA r m. Schweigert, Mr. F. X. Dorr,, former Councilman Archibald Blackshear, L. H. Charbonnier, Mr A. D. Tobin, Mr. R. C. Neely, general superintendent A. AV. Anderson of the Charleston & AVestern Carolina Railway, Police Commissioner E: J. Lyon, Mr. AVm. D’Antignac, chairman of the police commission, T. M. Philpot, A. Binde wald, R. J. Edefield, Mr. Arthur Smith of Langley, M. M. Conner, J. J. Calla han, T. AV. Loyless, Joseph Lawrence, D. Colvin, John Armstrong, M. J. Hal lihan, Thos. Cashin, Jos. Gardiner r* THE WEATHER Conditions favor rain and. colder in this section tonight or Tuesday. 111. BDTHWELL PASSED AWAY EARLY MONDAY t Retiring Councilman, Prominent Business Man and Ardent Churchmem ber Met Grim Death. Business and social Augusta is grief stricken to learn of the death of Hon. James T. Bothwell, one of ! Augusta's leading citizens, which oc curred at his residence 944 Greene street at 6:40 Monday morning after an illness of several months. Mr. Bothwell was a son of Judge James T. Bothwell and was born on jthe Sand Hills, December 26th, 1858. jHe was educated at the Academy of ‘Richjnond county and shortly after his j graduation began his successful busi ! ness career forming the firm of Dee & [Bothwell In the wholesale business | From that time his advance in the j business world was fast. About nine years ago he formed the Augusta Gro cery Co.,.and was elected its president. With him at its head the firm has grown until today is one of the lead ing wholesale grocery houses in the south. For the past twenty years he has been identified with the leading business concerns in the South. For a number of years he was a director in the Georgia Railroad and Banking Co., and the Georgia Railroad Bank, he was president of the Chamber of Commerce for one year, and a direc tor of tile Georgia and Florida rail road. He was -'rman of the police commission at lme. Three years ago he was elect ,d to the city council from the Third ward and was made chairman of the finance committee, his term expiring at noon Monday. Christian Man, He was a constant member of the First Baptist church, having been superintendent of the Sunday school for twelve years and a deacon In the church for a longer period. He was the first president of the Y. M. C. A. in Augusta, a trustee of the Academy of Richmond county and the Tubman Continued on Page 10. Jos. Milligan, C. E. Fleming, George Fargo, H. G. Barrett, Landon Thom as, former councilman Ed. AVoodruff, J. C. Labouseur, Hon. Boykin AA’right, State Senator AV. S. Morris, I. T. Heard, J. Hardwick Jackson, Rev. C. M. Wilkinson, J. P. Verdery and many others. til STORMS TIE TWO RAILROADS UP LOS ANGELES. Cal.—Both the Santa Fe and the Salt Lake Railroad lines are completely tied up because of the damage done by the' heavy rain storms of Friday and Saturday, and not a train has arrived or been moved from Los Angeles on either road in two days. Hundreds are im prisoned in stalled trains. Passenger and freight trains, caught between points at which there were landslides washouts or damaged bridges, were compelled to wait upon sidetracks at way stations until the two lines are again put into condition for the re sumption of traffic. PROMINENT WOMAN OF CAROLINA DEAD Widow of the Late Ex- Governor John Peter Richardson Passed Away in Columbia Hospital. COLUMBIA, S. C.—Mrs. Richardson age 74, widow of the late Ex-Governor John Peter Richardson, who preceded B. R. Tillman In governor's chair died Mon day morning at the Columbia Hospital. She was born in Sumter county where the funeral will be held. BLACK HAND BOMB CREATES PANIC NEAV VORK—A black hand bomb exploded in a tenement In Christie street Monday, throwing into panic more than 100 men, women and chil dren. The lower part of the building was partly wrecked. In the last month G. Gurslco, who runs a bake shop on the ground floor, has received three threatening letters. The first de manded $1,000; the second $2,000 and the third $5,000. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 3, 1910. MORSE BEGINS SENTENCE IK ATLANTA PEN Faultlessly Groomed, Ro bust and Smiling Con victed Banker Reached Federal Prison. ATLANTA, Ga. —Faultlessly groom ed, robust and smiling’, Charles W. Morse, convicted banker, stepped from his Pullman at the terminal station Monday morning, reaching Atlanta to begin the service at the federal peni tentiary of his sentence of fifteen years. Walking with a slight limp, the fi nancier stepped quickly along between the two deputies of New York dis trict, assigned by Marshal Henkel to the duty of conducting tKe distin guished prisoner to the Atlanta prison. It was, in a way, a strange recep tion for the man whose name had long been a power in the world of finance. No captains of industry were grouped on the platform as the "Birmingham Special,” on time to the dot, steamed into the station. No splendid limou sine awaited him at the plaza en trance. There was no handshaking —no hearty greeting—no introduc tions. WENT TO JAIL IN PLAIN HACK. Thorp was Uharles W. Morse, walking botw, .. two guards and about them a little group of news paper men, while on the plaza a very plain, everyday sort of cab was ready to conduct the financier who had gone wrong to Uncle Sam's place for wrongdoers. “Do you anticipate efforts by your wife to secure your pardon?” was asked of the great financier. “Possibly so,” was the answer. “And the result?" But an expressive wave of the hand indicated Mr. Morse's lack of certainty as to the outcome. “Meanwhile,” he rejoined, "it is a Continued on Page 10. Mayor Barrett’s Inaugural Message Following is the inagural message of Mayor Thos. Barrett read to coun cil at noon Tuesday: AA’ith the deepest appreciation of the honor conferred upon me by my fel low citizens, I accept the trust im posed, and pledge whatever ability and energy I possess to the further ance of the best interests of the en tir community. At the outset of my administra tion, I reognize my inability to ac complish results, unless I receive the hearty co-operation of you gentle men of council, and, equally import ant, the confidence of every good citizen in the perfect sincerity of our purpose to advance the progress and prosperity of the city at large. I believe in Augusta. I believe in Augusta’s future, and I believe that with our citizens working in harmony a great era of prosperity is before us. Therefore, as the successful adminis tration of municipal affairs is necess ary to the progress and well-being of the community, it behooves every good citizen, who is interested in that progress and well-being, to lend his very best efforts to the consumma tion of that much to be desired result OF INTEREST TO EVERY CITIZEN. While all good citizens feel a pa triotic interest in the affairs of the national government, and the state government, the affairs of the muni cipal government touch them far more closely. They reach into their homes and firesides, and are felt in every walk of life. They afford to its citizens the safety and protection that should come from an efficient po lice department, the security that an alert and adequate fire department guarantees, the cleanliness and good health resulting from the work or a board of health, good streets, good sewerage, safe bridges, and many others of the necessary incidents of municipal government. Necessary as are all of these In the life of well-organized municipalities, they are largely dependent upon the sound financial condition of every well-governed community. While de manding the exercise of the highest economy In the administration of public affairs, I shall endeavor that it. be practiced as far as may be con sistent with the city obtaining the very best results that can be had for the very least expenditure. I shall try and protect the city's financial interest, as I would promote the fi nancial interest of any treat dele gated to my keeping, and will see that the highest degree of economy Is ex ercised In every departmnt of the city government QUEEN WILHELMINA GIVEN A HUDSON-FULTON AIEDAL Queen Wllhelmina of Holland, who has recently been presented with a Hudson-Fulton celebration gold med al. Also General Stewart 1.. Wood ford, the president of the celebration commission, who was received by the queen at the Hague with gnat cor diality. In addition to the medal, a letter was rtead t,o Queen Wllhelmina setting forth the Igratitude and appre ciation of the United States for the construction and bestowal of the re plica bf Hudson's boat th* Half Moon. POWER STATION BURNED. BOSTON, Mass. —The Harrison ave nue auxiliary power station of the Boston elevated railroads was burn ed today with a loss of $50,000. Wholesale houses adjoining the plant were saved with difficulty. Upon the incoming administration will fall the burden of finishing tht magnificent work that has already been instituted, looking to the full protection of the city of Augusta against a possible recurrence of the flood of 11)08, and the city should feel that It oews a debt of gratitude to the former mayor, his administration and its chairman, for having created the flood commission, who have so well inaugurated this work in which the community Is so much interested. I heartily commend every act tlun they have done. I pledge to the community that I will during my term of office, see that the banks of the river on the side of Augusta from Hawk’s Gully to Centre street, shall be protected by the building of slope wall, that will, in the opinion of our commissioner of public works, with tho work preced ing It, thoroughly insure to the city such protection as we should have from the possible recurrence of floods, believing that the confidence of the community against their recurrence ’s the greatest asset the community tan possess. I pledge my best efforts during my administration, to do every thing that is practical to ensure such a result. That the United States government will materially aid the city in build ing the slope wall as a necessary part of the impovement of the navigation of the Savannah river, is my firm be lief. This work must he done, and I am firm fn the belief that every dol lar expended by the city In insuring protection against possible recur rence of the floods will he the grandest investment, that the city can make of Its assets, bringing back to Its citizens the most gratifying re turns. FEW CHANGES FOR PRESENT. It would be unseemly at this time for me to make recommendations of improvements or changes In the va rious departments of the city gov ernment before I have given them h fair test and a thorough investiga tion; but I pledge to the community that after I have familiarized myself with the operation of the several rje partments thereof, that I will make such recommendations to council as will in my Judgement, inure to the best interest of the community, and Improve the several departments in the economical administration of their affairs, arid in doing this, i will act, as I shall endeavor to do throughout my administration abso lutely without, regard to factional in terests, and I shall ask and expect all goods citizens to act Jn the samo spirit toward my administration. 1.. tj j AUGUSTANS GET HEARING SOON Mr. Hardwick has Arrang ed With Rivers and Har bors Committee to Meet Officials Saturday. Hon. Thomas AV. Hardwick was in Augusta Monday on his way to Wash ington, where congress reassembles Tuesday after the holiday recess. AVhilo here Mr. Hardwick announced that the hearing of official Augusta |by the rivers and harbors committee lof the house had been arranged by him to take place Haturday next at 10:.’ 10 o’clock a. m. At this meeting it is expected Augusta will oe rep resented by Chairman F. H. Pope, of the flood commission; Commissioner of Public Works Nisbet Wingfield, City Attorney C. Henry Cohen, Judge J. K. Lamar and possibly Col. Dan C. Kingman, In charge of govern ment work In the section. At this meeting the entire question of Sa vannah river Improvement and flood protection will be taken up. Mr. Hardwick Is working with official Au gusta to secure Federal aid In anti flood work and In deepening the river. He expects success at this time. Mr. Hardwick said he did not ex pect a great deal to he done at. this session of congress of public Import except the passage of the usual ap propriation hills. That Joint Debate. When asked about the Joint debate with Mr. O. R. Eve, who is a candi date for congress from this district, i.Alr. Hardwick smiled and said he had heard nothing from Mr. Eve. COUNTY BOARD TO MEET TUESDAY A. M. No Developments in Non- Payment of Superior and City Court Judges War rants. Tuesday morning the regular monthly meeting of the County Commissioners of Roads and Re venues' of Richmond Coun ty will be held at the Court House at 11 o’clook. It is expected that there will be much Important business tranacted, and a ru mor has It that the act of the Commis sioners In not paying the salaries of the Judges of the Superior arid City Courts! will he discussed. There were rio new developements in ! the situation of the non-payment of the Judges Monday. When seen by a re-' porter Judge Hammond of the Huperlor | Court stated he had nothing to say. j DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR. RACE WAR FEARED IN OHIO, RESULT OF BRUTAL MURDER OF WOMAN IN CINCINNATI CONGRESS WILL RESUME SESSION TUESDAY 1001 House Will be Busy This Month with Supply Bills —Will Name Ballinger Investigating Committee WASHINGTON, D. (7.—Tuesday the second session of the 61st congress will resume business in the house and senate at 12 o’clock, noon, and there is enough work already mapped out to keep the legislative wheels running at full speed until May. The House, which controls the purse strings of Uncle Sam, probably will be busy every day this month with the supply bills. Unless there is a change in the program, the house will take up Thursday the army ap propriation hill, which carries about $95,000,000. This is a few million un der the amount contained in the army bill of last year. Chairman Hull ex pects to have :he hill passed by the end of the week. Wednesda> Chair man Mann, of the inter-state and for eign commerce committee, hns the right of way under the rules, and he nmy insist on resuming consideration of the bill re-organizing the govern ment of the Panama canal zone. Ho hopes to dispose of the bill Wednes day, but as there is some opposition to it It may have to go over another week. T fortification appropriation bill has been completed, and will be reported to the house this week. Thin will be followed by the urgent de ficiency bill. Other supply hills well under way are the agricultural, navy and army academy. These bills will; be in keeping with the president's recommendation in that they will not carry as much as money as last year. The resolution to investigate Hocre tary Ballinger, of the interior depart ment, It Is said, will be Introduced In the house on Wednesday being pre sented In the senate at the same time. It is possible that the committee to make the investigation will he ap pointed the latter part of the week. Indicftlons are that the Investiga tion will last two months or more. MR.JNQ. B. BRADLEY II AUGUSTA, PLANS NORTH POLE EXPEDITION Most Elaborately Equip ped Party Will be Sent Out From New York in July. Mr. John R. Bradley, who hacked Dr. Fred A. Cook In his polar expe dition and is at present, stopping at the Bon Air hotel when interviewed by a Herald representative stated that he sent the following telegram to a New York paper Sunday night: "Ye'. I have written Capt. Sverhrup regarding an expedi tion to explore the polar seas north of Crocker Land.” (Signed ) •JOHN R. BRADLEY. Mr. Bradley stated that lie expect ed to fit out the expedition and sail sometime in July this year from New York and that It would bn most com pletely equipped polar expedition that was ever sent out. Capt. Sverhrup who Is at present In Denmark is a Dane and has been on previous po lar expeditions. He was at one tlrn i Advertising is not a sove reign specific for all business ills. It won't atone for slipshod goods, halting deliveries and musty fusty methods. It is a salesman; that is all. Negro and White Man Ar ! rested on Suspicion. In dignation Running High —Every Precaution is be ing Taken. CINCINNATI, O. With a race war j imminent as the result of the murder ,of Miss Anna Lloyd after she had beon attacked on Friday night, a whito man and a negro were placed under arrest early Monday. Police reserves wore kept on duty at half a dozen | points of the city where feeling was running unusually high, and the au thorities at Cuimninsville, where the girl was murdered, were reinforced. [ In spite of these precautions, the situation was critical. The prisoners the detective arrest ed Monday are Henry Cook, 34, white, of 3113 South Grove avenue, aqd Jas. Fields, 21, negro, of Cummins and Dempsey streets. They were held on suspicion. THINK NEGRO KILLED WOMAN. Miss Lloyd was secretary of the j Wiborg-Hanna I.umber company. Tho | police Monday declared that she was [evidently attacked by a negro employ ed by that coneern, who killed her 'when she recognized him. They base tills theory on the finding [of black, curly luilr In her dead hands and tho discovery of a bloody glove, sneh as planing mill employes use, |near the scene of the crime. This resulted In a close watch he : Ing established oti nil the employes by 20 officers, and Monday each suspect | was closely examined. The arrest of [Cook and Fields followed, and they I were taken before physicians and put through a rigorous c.ross-axeamlna | tlon. INDIGNATION RUNNING HIGH. Tho resldontH of CumminsvlUe In - .‘fist that only Homo one who know the luihlt.M of tho victim could havo committed the crime. Since the girl’s body was discovered, Indignation has boon running high and there havo been many threats of violence against the negroes of the town. The body of Miss Lloyd Monday lay at her home, 571 Delta avenue, and was viewed by hundreds. Thoso who visited the home contributed to inflame the situation. Miss Lloyd’s mother collapsed af ter the tragedy, and Monday her con dition was so critical that little hope was expressed for her recovery. FOLLOWING KELLNER GIRL CLEWS TO SOUTH CHICAGO—Frank Fehr, millionaire counln of Alma Kellner, tho kidnapped LoulhvlHo, Ky., *?lrl, Monday Im npeed~ intf Houthwurd In pursuance of a new clew as to the whereabouts of the mis hluk child to obtain whose release ne- Kotiatlons are declared to be on for the payment of $5,000 as ransom. Fehr said he was in communication with persons whom ho believed to be tho abductors. MILLB REDUCE HOURS WORCJEHTER, Mass —Matthews ,T. Whlttall, the largest Individual carpet manufacturer in the United Htates, employliik over 1,500 hands, put his mills on a 56-hour schedule Monday with no reduction In wages. The mills have been running 58 hours. on nn expedition with Nansen. A large steamer will bo used for the trip and .as many experienced ex plorers as possible will be secured. Mr. Bradley stated that tho trip had nothin*? to do with Dr. Cook and any further questions regarding the explorer giVrned to irritate him.
