THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD
VOLUME XV., No. 5.
POSTMASTER
MAT BE NAMED
II'EIRE! BITE
Rumor is Busy With Local
Situation. Republicans
Scout Idea of Democrat
Getting the Place.
Within the past few days there ha 3
been a recdudescence of talk about the lo
cal postmastership. Just what started
the gossip anew is not known, blit much
activity has been manifested by the
friends of several of the candidates. In
fact, ever since the appointment of Mc-
Kee in Atlanta things have been more or
less lively locally. Even though the in
cumbent’s term does not expire until
July, it is said that an appointment is
liable to be made any day now, and that
an announcement of interest is almost
be certain to be made within the next
few weeks.
In addition to the incumbent there ar-?
several other candidates m the field, not
ably H. C. Maxwell, T. IX Murphy and
F. E. Fleming. The two latter are not
considered as probabilities by the Repub
licans, who say the office is sure to go
to a party man, though friends of the
latter are working zealously and even
talk encouragingly of their prospects.
The Republicans say the appointment
Is altogether between Messrs Maxwell
and Vaughn. The latter is said to have
the support of the party organization of
which A. W. Wimberley, tho negro poli
tician, is the local leader. Under for
mer conditions this endorsement would
be equivalent to appointment, but under
Mr. Taft conditions have changed for tho
better, for the president has promised to
discard the “referee” system heretofore
in vogue in the South among Republicans
and to make federal appointments satis
factory to the people of each community
preference, of course, being given to
reputable Republicans.
It is asserted that this polity will be
carted out In AQgusta where Mr. Taft Is
so well known personally and has so
many close friends upon whose advice
he can rely. It Is upon - this condition
that friends of Mr. Maxwell base their
hopes and claims Mr. Maxwell Is a life
long repulblcan. He has not affiliated
with any particular faction of that party
and has the endorsement of many repre
sentative republicans In Georgia and the
support of leading citizens of Augusta.
Developments Is the situation are
eagerly awaited.
AUGUSTUS DEE
ADMITTED TO Bill
NEW YORK —P. Augustus Heinze,
the tormer copper king, arraingji be
fore Federal Judge Hough on «o new
indictments ellmgmg violat.'oe of the
national bank'ng laws and lmpodl:.»
justice by ttntutg boohs of me
United Copper company from the
courts jurisdiction, was released Wed
nesday under his old ball of $50,000
and will appear for trial January 13,
His brother Arthur P. Heinze, Car
los Warfield, Calvin O. Geer and his
lawyer Sanford Robinson, were also
arraigned on a blanket Indictment for
Impeding justice and all were ad
mitted to ball.
Note Found in Bottle Thrown in the
Savannah River in March, 1908
While out walking at a place about ono
mile from the bank of the Savannah river
some 23 miles above Augusta last Wed
nesday Ed Poney and John Jenkins of
Warrenville found a Coca Cola bottle
which was tightly sealed. Through the
dirty glass they were able to see a piece
of paper with writing on it, and thinking
at once of their boyhood days, when they
read of the crytograms revealing the
news of a shipwreck often sent out In
bottles cast Into the sea, they broke open
the bottle and proceeded to read the
note.
WOODIAWN LODGE
INSTALLED OFFICERS
The Woodlawn Lodge, No. 91, I. O.
O. FV, held its annual meeting Tuesday
night and the usual routine business
was transacted, after which officers
'or the ensuing year were Installed.
The following are the names of the
gentlemen that were Installed: B. F.
Mclntyre, Noble Grand; Marlon Smith,
Vice Grand; J. A. Hiers, Secretary;
George T. Lynch, Financial Secretary;
F. S. Belding, Treasurer and C. H.
Hendrix, Trustee.
► THE WEATHER <
V Conditions favor rain in this i
► section tonight and Thursday i
► with colder Thursday. i
HARDSHIPS ARE
BSOUSHTBMD
AND SEASTORNIS
Fuel Famine May Close Up
Industries. Sleet and
Cold Weatiier in Many
Cities.
CHICAGO —Not only this city but
the entire west is threatened by the
coal famine resulting from the ter
rific blizzard that has caused $10,000,-
000 damage, tied up railroad tratfic
from the Pacific coast to the great
lakes region and taken the lives of
probably a score of victims. Mean
while efforts are being made today by
every railroad company to push
through shipments, to help tide over
the temporary crisis. If these efforts
fail thousands will be thrown out of
work.
The railroads are unable to promise
delivery of coal' from the mines and
Chicago coal yards already hold only
shrunken supplies that have dwind
led steadily under the heavy inroads
brought about by the cold of the last
fortnight.
Delayed deliveries of coal from Dan
ville, Ills., may cause the south Chi
cago plant of the Illinois Steel Co., to
be closed Wednesday. If the fur
nace fires die 10,000 men will be
thrown out of employment and the
company will lose heavily. An effort
will be made to ship coke from Stock
ton. Ills., in time to keep the furnaces
going.
Some Chicago coal dealers are al
ready taking advantage of the situa
tion and charge two prices for coal.
It is expected that the storm will
rage on its way east by noon Wed
nesday, colder weather following in its
wake.
A terrific sleet storm struck Chica
go Tuesday night. Elevated lines ex
perienced much difficulty.
The dry hardness of the sleet en
abled the surface lines to handle It
with snow plows and there were out
in force all through the night. The
steam roads fared worst. The sleet
was heaped on tho tracks and piled
onto switches, making progress slow.
Trains entering Chicago from all di
rections are from one to three hours
late Wednesday.
Storm At Sea.
NEW YORK—Terrific storms at sea,
accompanied by remarkable displays
of lightning, were reported Wednes
day by incoming steamers. The Fabre
Line freighter Provlncla was held back
by gales so that she was compelled
to put into Bermuda for coal and
water. She was brought in by Chief
Officer Combernius, Capt. La Batue
having been stricken on Dec. 30 with
congestion of the lungs, brought on,
it is believed by exposure in the se
vere weather.
The steamer Cheyenne and Kurd
istan were also driven in to Bermuda.
Alter leaving Bermuda, the Provi
cla reports, lightning formed a con
tinuous sheet of flame for several
nights.
Death in Gotham.
NEW YORK—New York passed
through the coldest period of the win
ter when the mercury fell to 5 degrees
above zero at one o'clock Wednesday
morning. Then the temperature be
gan to rise rapidly, as an ideation
that the predicted big blizzard is fast
approaching the city.
' The suffering in the poorer quart
ers was intense. One man dropped
dead and another fell unconscious.
On a small piece of paper was written
the following: “This bottle was thrown
Into the Savannah river at Augusta, Ga.,
when the river was 32 feet by Lillie Rob-
Inson of 1327 Broad Street, March 25,
1908.“ It will be Been by a recollection
of dates that the bottle was In the water
many months before the flood which oc
curred In the fall of 1908 and that was
cast about by the freshet is best shown
by the fact that It was found a mile from
the “*ver bank. The finders were much
disappointed It Is believed but still ths
bottle story will doubtless prove Inter
esting to the sender.
DECEMBER WEATHER
In the summary of the weather con
ditions during the month of December
f ilshed by Observer Fisher, it ‘s
seen that the last month had ori of
the lowest minimum tempers! /eg
tha thas been experienced for any
years, 13 degrees. The highest tem
perature was on the 6th of the month
when the mercury reached 71 degrees.
Taken as a whole December was a
dry month as there was only a pre
cipitation of 1.96 Inches. On the 12th
and 13th the greatest precipitation for
a day, .72 inches was had. This pre
cipitation was far below the average
for December for 39 years, 3.93 inches
The highest wind had the velocity of
36 mileß an hour felt on December 25.
Fog occurred December 4, 6 and 6.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 5, 1910.
Immense Steel Bridge Over Pembina River
Half Completes All-Canadian Continental R’y.
1. —View of Prince Ruport from the harbor.
2. —Main street, in Prince Ruport. This photograph was taken during the summer of 190 S.
3. —Photograph showing tho partially completed Canadian Pacific bridge over the Pembina river.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba. —With the
completion of an immense steel
bridge over the Pembina river, its
the province of Alberta, early this
month, the last link in the all-Can
adian Trans-Continental railroad be
ing built by the Grank Trunk Pacific
Railway Company, with the aid of the
Dominion government, was more than
half completed.
Of the 1,750 miles of track from
Winnipeg to Prince Rupert, the Pa
cific coast terminal, necessary to com
plete the ocean-to-ocean route ,860
nmes has been laid and ballasted
from Winnipeg to the Pambina river.
The work will now be rapidly push
ed ahead to Wolf Creek, 55 miles fur
ther west, where another bridge will
be constructed, and a mile beyond
that point, still another structure of
steel will be erected to span the Mc-
Leod river.
A large force of men is also work
ing eastward from Prince Rupert, and
has already completed 100 miles of
track extending eastward from the
Pacific Coast. With the completion
of this line, which is expected to
come sometime within the present
year, a vast agricultural region, that
promises is time to rival the great
wheat belt of the United States, will
be rapidly developed in Western Can
ada.
Partly owing to the high latitude,
but principally to the lack of trans
SEARCH CONTINUES
FOR RUNAWAY GIRL
NEW YORK —Search for Roberta
lluist de Junon, the 17-year-old $lO,-
000,000 Philadelphia heiress who dis
appeared with Frederick Cohen, a
waiter three times her age, Wednes
day was extended to Boston. This
is the girl’s birthday. The New York
police, trailing the couple here, pick
ed up information which led to the
belief that the girl and the waiter
left for Boston Sunday.
At the same time word came from
Philadelphia that Robert Buist, her
grandfather and guardian, lias disin
herited her. Buist is the miliionaire
seed man whose favorite Roberta was.
When he satisfied himself that the girl
went with Cohen of her own voli
tion, he said, according to the Phila
delphia advices, "I will have nothing
more than to make her an allow
The Philadelphia police are working
on the theory that Miss de Janon was
urged to elope with Cohen by relatives
who hoped to share with the waiter
In a big ransom.
The police declare that the young
woman was hold a prisoner In a New
York hotel from Friday till the sup
posed departure for Boston Sunday.
A man answering Cohen’s description
accompanied by a pretty girl closely
resembling Miss de Janon, registered
Friday at the hotel Bayard at "C. B.
Cone and wife.” Their only baggage
was two grips. The young woman
wept almost constantly. Sunday,
Manager Heath of the hotel became
suspicious and In their temporary ab
sence rented the room to some one
else. "Cone’s” remarks then led to the
Boston trail.
JOE BAILEY HAD
HIS THROAT CUT
Calvin Williams, colored, who re
sides In Columbia county, near Evans,
Ga., was arrested Monday on
charge of cutting Joe Bailey's throat.
He was arraigned In recorder’s epurt
Tuesday morning and the evidence
submitted by the prosecutor was suf
ficient to bind him over to the city
court.
portation facilities, this section has
for many years been practically a
wilderness.
The early settlers who penetrated
the "wild and woolly west” of the
Unite* ITcTiiived that the cold
and practically barren sections of
Western Canada, could only afford
sustenance to Ihe trapper and fur
traders, and this opinion was shared
in by Eastern Canadians.
This fallacy was dispelled, how
ever, by the pioneer settlers in that
section referred to, who were sur
prised to find the climatic conditions
practically the same as those in the
east. The long cold winter was fol
lowed by a long warm summer. There
was very little spring or fall and they
found the soil exceedingly rich and
easy to work.
Their dfscovery, however, was not
followed by any sudden influx of civ
ilization, and for many years this land
of promise has gone a begging.
The apathy of the Canadian public
toward this new section ended, how
ever, when the Grand Trunk Pacific
Railway Company began Ihe exten
sion of trrSTl line from Winnipeg to
the Pacific ocean.
Tho immediote rush tot free home
steads began, and settlers are now
pouring In from Eastern Canada and
the UniteiT States.
A farm of ICO acres estimated to
he worth from $1,600 to $3,200, can
NOT SO FOIOID IS LOST cold WOVE,
SOTS MR. FISHER. OF TOE WEATHER
“The cold wave commencing Wed
nesday evening will not he nearly so
severe ns the weather we had recent
ly,” -old Observer Fisher. ’’ln fact
the mercury will only drop to a de
gree or two below freezing point. The
cold will be accompanied by rain, but
we do not think that there will be
any chance of snow. The cold win'
which has been felt throughout the
country during the past twenty-four
hours ,is not very severe, and the usual
winter temperatures are reported from
a majority of places. In the south the
weather is warmer than in any other
section but up through North Caro
WATSON CLOSED
MODTCACE ON TOE
COTTON JOURNAL
ATLANTA Ga—Hon. Thos. E. Wat
son has foreclosed a mortgage on the
plant of the Cotton Journal of which
Jiarvie Jordan was at one time edi
tor and later Richard Cheatham. The
paper suspended publication last
November. Watson’s claim is about
nine thousand dollars. Many farm
ers over Georgia are said to have
subscribed to stock in the Cotton
Journal, when it was organized some
years ago and most of them it is
claimed will lose what they paid on
the stock.
FINANCE COMMITTEE
MET WEDNESDAY A. M.
The first meeting of the finance
committee of the city council was held
in the Mayor’s office at 11 o’clock
Wednesday morning.
There were several matters of im
portance before the committee, but
there is nothing definite for publica
tion.
be procured for an entry fee of $lO,
and special rates are being offered by
tlie railroad company lo all home
steaders.
Prince Rupert, the western term
inal of tin- new railroad, promises
to be the San Francisco of Canada.
Although in its present condition it is
little more than a logging camp, it is
rapidly being transformed into a me
tropolis by a vast army of workmen.
As the city is being hewn out of
solid rock, the difficulties are innum
erable, uTifi Targe sums of money have
been appropriated by the Dominion
land Provincial governments as well
| as ihe rafiroad company (o carry on
the work.
j When completed It. will cover an
; area of 2,000 acres and will have the
finest harbor in Canada.
The harbor is 14 miles long and
from its entrance to the extreme end
is entirely free from rocks or ob
structions of any kind. The entrance
is perfectly straight, 2,00() feet, in
width at the narrowest part, with a
minimum depth of 36 feet at low
tide.
With the completion of the trans
continental line, Prince Rupert, it is
believed, in a few years, will rival
Vancouver, and 40 miles south of the
Alaskan boundary, it will be an Im
portant distributing point for all
northern British Columbia and
Alaska.
led the mercury has dropped consid
erably, as shown by the following
temperatures; Charlotte 2S degrees
above and Raliegh 26 degrees. The
temperatures In tills section are 40 de
grees in Atlanta and 36 In Augusta
and in Montgomery it was 54 degrees.
It is not expected that the cold wave
will be of long duration. Up in the
north very low temperatures have
been had in Boston it was four de
grees below zero and New York re
ports 4 degrees above. The lowest
temperature reported Is that of Wln
nernuc, Nevada, where tile reading
was 16 degrees below.”
TEMPERANCE
SOCIETIES ELECT
OFFICERS FOR YEAR
The annual meeting of the filtered Heart
Total Abstinence Society and Its kindred
organization the Sacred Heart Cadets
was held Monday night in the rooms of
the latter. Reports showed both to o
in splendid condition. The following of
ficers were elected for the m*xt year:
Abstinence Society.
President, C. C. MulherJn; Vice-Pres
ident, J. L. Grogan; Recording Hecretary,
O. E. Poullneau; Financial Secretary, T.
M. O’Connor; Treasurer, John Hoyle.
Marshal, Jos. Troxnrnerhauser ; spirit nil
Director, Rev. J. J. Sherry, S. J,
The Cadets.
Capt, J'. H. Rice; Ist Lieijt. If. V'. Me
AuJjffe, 2d Lieut. Patrick Gurley; Quar
termaster, T. P. Fagan, Jr.; Ensign, Ro
land Craig; fl<<. Bee. (i. JO. Bouiineau;
Fin. See. M. A. O’Connor; Treas. T. P
Kearney; Chaplain, Rev, J. J. Sherry, K
The Cadets will approach Holy Comun
ion Sunday morning, Jan. 23, and wlil
hold their annual service the same even
ing, where they will publicly renew theft
pledge and will be addressed by ono of
the fathers of the Society of Jesus upon
“Total Abstinence,” These exercises
will take place in the Sacred Hear,
church and to «tli the public Is cordially
Invited.
DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR.
JIM FARNUM PLEADED GUILTY
IN DISPENSARY GRAFT CASE
SEMINOLE IN
MJDICTED
John Y. Gurlington and
Young Are Charged
With Cheating and
Swindling.
COLUMBIA, S. C. A new Indictment
was handed out Wednesday against
John V. GarJingion and James Stobo
Young, as president, and secretary, res
pectively, of the Seminole Securities
company, charging them “with cheating
and defrauding."
The Seminole la out fifty-five thous
and dollars in selling Seminole worth
less Carolina agency stock, which (Tur
lington did not even own, for Semfnole
stock which was sold for tho amount
named.
SCHOONER ASHORE.
NEWPORT, H. I. —The two masted
schooner Oakwood, of Narragansett,
has run ashore on the Dutch Island
beach. Her position is perilous and
there appears little chance of saving
her.
COLLINS FOB BOLIINEER-PINCOOT
PROBE. JONES LAUDS BOLLINGER
CDIIHSSIDI ID
MEET THURSDAY
A special meeting of Ihe board of
commissioners of roads and revenues of
Richmond county will be held ui the
court house ThUrsdsy morning at 10 a.
m. Much Important business will lie
discussed and among tile matters before
the hoard will be the receiving of it re.
port front its legal adviser on Ihe mat
ter of fliC illegality of insolvent costs,
and it Is also believed tint a report will
be made on the non-payment of the
Judges’ salaries.
ARMY CANTEEN IS
AGAIN BOBBING UP
Fiplit to Restore Canteen
to Army Will Be Renew
ed This Session.
WASHINGTON, I>. C.—The fight to
restore the army canteen will he re
sumed tills session. Representative
Parker, of New Jersey, lias Introduc
ed a bill allowing tin- sale of ferment
ed malt or fruit beverages on army
transports and in post exchanges un'
der regulations to be prescribed by
the secretary of war. The hill is said
to have the endorsement of leading
army officers and officials of the war
department. Representative Parker
Insists that the restoration of the
army canteen would he In the Inter
est of temperance and would prove
an Immense benefit to the health and
comfort of soldiers of the regular
army.
DENSBY BOUND OVER
TO CITY COURT
Charged with larceny from the
house, William Densby, colored, was
arrested Monday and sent so police
barracks by Officer ,i. A. Wiikins, and
in making the customary search at
police barracks, a pair of brass knocks
were found In bis pocket. He was ar
raigned in recorder’s court, Tuesday
morning and was bound over to the
city court.
ADVERTISING, WHAT IT IS AND ITS
EFFECT UPON THE CONSUMER
Frank Van Camp
Tn my opinion, every business man,
either retailer, Jobber or manufac
turer, advertises, but many of them
are apparently unconscious of the
fact.
A retailer eould save rent by hat
ing his store In a back alley, but. wish
ing to attract the attention of a
greater number of people, he locales
on a prominent street. When a mer
chant moves from a side street, to a
prominent thoroughfare ,if is because
he wants to advertise. When a mer
chant puls a sign over Ills door or
uses a show window to display his
wares, he is advertising. When the
clerk behind the counter displays
goods that have not been asked for
by the prospective customer, ho is
advertising. The merchant who re
moves his business from the country
village to the county seat, the man
who moves from the county seat to
the city, th‘ manufacturer who in
creases his sales force from one man
to ten, the man who extends his busi
ness from the local field to his state,
Man Referred to As “King
Graf ter’’ Admits Rebat
ing Former Dispensary
Director and is Sent
enced to Pay Fine of
Five Thousand Dollars.
COLUMBIA, S. C. - Another sensation
in the Dispensary Graft cases was sprung
in tho Circuit Court here Wednesday by
James S. Farnum. whom attorney general
Lyons told the Jury in Furnum’s trial last
summer, was the king grafter of the en
tire gang, appearing In person, and plead.
Ing guilty of rebating former dispensary
director Joseph B. Wylie of Chester In
$1,500. Farnum was sentenced to pay a
tine of $5,000 or serve one year, but when
his attorney said the fine would be im
mediately paid Judge Prince amended the
sentence so as to leave off tne alternative
prison tetrm. The plea was on an lndlot
mont handed out by the attorney general
Wednesday morning, In which both Far
mwn and Wylie are named as defendants,
but Wylie having turned states evidence
he Is not to be prosecuted. Farnum
pleading guilty Wednesday morning frees
hint from nil further prosecution, tho re
maining three eases against, him, one for
bribery and two for conspiracy, being at
once nol pressed by consent of the at
torney general. This means that the die.
pensary graft trials here and at Chester
will lie continued with "Hamlet" Farnum
left out.
Resolution Introduced in
Senate Calls For Investi
gation By Committee
Selected From Both
Houses.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Senator
Jones, of Washington, Introduced a
resolution In the senate providing for
tile Investigating of tile department of
tile interior and of tile forestry ser
vice by a committee consisting of six
members of the senate, appointed by
its presiding officer, and six members
of the house of representatives, to be
designated by the speaker.
The committee Is empowered to
make a thorough and complete inves
tigation of tile administration and the
conduct of the Interior department and
the forestry service; to hold sessions
during the recess of congress or dur
ing Its sessions and to subpoena wit
nesses and require the production of
all papers and Information neces
sary.
Hearings Publio
The resolution provides that all
hearings shall be open to the public;
that the committee shall report to
congress all its findings and conclus
ions, and that all persons refusing to
answer questions In Its hearings shall
lie guilty of contempt of court.
Senator Jones addressed the senate
on tlie purpose of the resolutions. His
remarks were chiefly a laudation and
defense of the secretary of the Inter
ior. He said:
"The various departments and bu
reaus of the government are organiz
ed to do Its business In the Interests
of tile people. Every official Is but
the servant and agent of the people
to act for them under and within the
limits of tlie law. The efficiency of
public service depends much upon the
confidence of tlie people In the hon
esty and Integrity of their servants
and agents.
People Watch Officials.
“It Is a bad commentary upon the
state of public opinion that the mo
ment a man accepts a public office
h" becomes a scoundrel In the eyes of
many of our people and his previous
life of honesty and rectitude is no
warrant of official Integrity. His acts
are misconstrued and his motives
questioned. Insinuation and Innuen
does are freely made under the guise
of the public welfare but In reality to
foster some private Interest. Popu
(Contlnued on Page 8.)
from a state to the national market,
has In mind the extension of Ills field
of operation, the seeing and talking
with more people In other words, ad
vertising.
The man who buys space and fills
It with trash is no more entitled to
success than the retail merchant who
fills his fine show window with trash.
Advertising In poor mediums, the
use of poor copy in good mediums,
or advertising goods that, don’t sat
isfy the consumer Is ari expense. Ad
vertising properly done on goods of
quality Is an investment, and not au
expense.
It Is a good thing that advertising
Is ari Investment rather than an ex
pense and can be quickly recovered.
Money spent In advertising buys a
definite something of value; you may
call it good will or demand something
of value that, cannot he taken away
from the owner If he stays on the
Job and doesn’t go to sleep. The
owner ir.ay sell it for cash or keep It
and collect dividends on the Invest,
ment.
