The Aiken recorder. [volume] (Aiken, S.C.) 1881-1910, March 28, 1907, Image 1
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AIKEN. S. C., THURSDAY. MARCH 28. 1907.
Established 1881. Price SI.50 a Year, in Advance.
FINLEY STATES CASE
Of the Railroads in a Banquet
Speech at Atlanta.
LOWER RATES INIMICAL
A
Greatest Need Now is Better Rail Ser
vice—Gives Warning That Pres
ent Agitation May Do More
Harm Than Good.
t ■ I ^2^
The 1907 annual dinner of the At
lanta chamber of commerce, at the
Jt’iedraont hotel Tuesday night was an
epoch marker, and one of the most
typical gatherings of Atlantans ever
mobilized *
There were young men and old,
men gray, and even white, with the
years of experience, but all of them
active, energetic and so filled with the
Atlanta spirit as to make them all
young in seeking the Gate City’s good,
while furthering their own Individ
ual interest.
The principal address of the occa
sion was by President Finley of [he
Southern.
Among those who listened to the
speakers none paid closer attention
then those visiting members of the
Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association of
Atlanta. These gentlemen, represent
ing one of tire greatest and most
Tapidly growing industries In the
state, came from all parts of Geor-
gia. *
Perhaps a reference on the part of
President Pope In Introducing Fres-
lent W. VV. Finley of the Southern
MAJ. PENROSE ACQUITTED
By Courtmartial of Misconduct
Brownsville Affair, Preferred
Against Him by Roosevelt.
in
Major C. W. Penrose, of the Twenty-
ty-flfth infantry, on trial before court-
martial at San Antonio, Texas, was ac
quitted Saturday of the charge of neg
lect of duty preferred against him at
the Instance of President Roosevelt
for alleged misconduct in connection
with the shooting up of Brownsville,
Texas, by the soldiers of the Twenty-
fifth infantry last August.
The decision of the courtmartial
was reached after four hours’ delibera
tion, and was immediately transmitted
to Brigadier General William Mc-
Caskey, commanding the department
of Texas, who authorized its publica
tion. 4 -
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V.A«..— -.nu-
of the evening. This was the
ftiggestion that Atlsnta was tho log
ical center of the Southern railway,
and thp natural place for the loca
tion of its headquarters and general
offtres This suggestion occasioned a
writable storm of applause- and a
road and happy smile on the part
As the official
a me, couplet! with
President 'Samuel
o< the Southern railway, vtaa
nsible for logg continued cheer-
dtatrons of Rail
tsst
Fin
‘¥he Penrose courtmartial has estab
lished a record in American military
history for duration and quantity of
evidence introduced. The argumeits
heard Saturday closed seven weeks'
proceedings, and nearly twenty-five
hundred pages of typewritten matter
comprise the record.
Major Penrose will now go to Wash
ington, where he has been summoned
at a witness before the-senate inves
tigating committee.
BODY RIDDLED WITH BULLE1S.
iS
Negro Who Attempted Assault
Lynched by Alabama Mob.
Cleveland Harding, a negro, who at
tempted to assault Mrs. Ben F. Rice,
near Florence, Ala., Friday,* and who
was driven off by Mrs. Rice’s shep
herd dog, was summarily executed
Sunday by^his intended victim’s hus
band and some 200 or 303 sympathiz-
.way. caused the greatest enthuei-.^ers. Tied to a tms with his arms
up, the negro was riddled with bul
lets, the first shot being fired by Rice,
following which it Is said every man
In the crowd emptied his revolver at
the prisoner. It is said that over 1,000
shots were fired. The negro was cap
tured Sunday morning half a mile be
low town, and was taken before Mrs.
Rice, who fainted at Sight of him.
TO TEST NEW LAW
Railroads in West Decide to
Advance Rates.
MAY REACH THE SOUTH
ipcrease of 12 1-2 Per Cert on Grain,
Coal and iron Ordered as the
Opening Wedge —Mo\e
Will Be Resisted.
his speech wi
a" -pertinent and Important presantite
£ tJAn of the Kubjectf’jh^om the viewpoint
OT the. railroad sldo of the
the.-railroad sldo of
Ills every word was giv«fif
attention and „&t the cOn
of
-JkV.
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.
4!tude
his address he was given an enthtt*,
siastfc ovation by hts many friends
and admirers, who. some yeers ago
learned to know and respect him as
thrlr fallow townsman while lie was
vfy, statinnwl la Atlanta as ihairmSu o|:
' I he Southeastern Passenger Assocfa-
.. tlOQ.' J '’
In his presentation the subject.
President Finley stated that better
and more improved factmii&s'for ship
ping and transportation were greater
.. needm&i the present development of
■v tho so«h than any lowering of rates.
J Instated That these rates at pres
ent “Were rifTciently low for the sohth-
>ducei*' to comr PtOjwtM iis cabt-
d. western business' rlVals, gnd <
jjropaf^placing
of the southern
ey contrasted the
public tpaaids*,common
^tfiafef^ aifll by fail. He
^ Instated that rail j^unsportation yffts
* 'iaridip imffYrtant than. wat»r transpor-
P aR< 3^h5rttjas soon as the pe->
t hdlrm^ly stood' and «appre-
Awonld be as
lao* akSfaclp#s to. the
i^they
bfi)«se the Improvement 6f
*_ •
e present agitation
regulaUdB^f irail-
leglslatjonf^ Resident
i-ihat this
fedfby sound
.judgment,
^uttaffinent cf rail-
iSjpn and development and
tkms ihado infinitely worse, rath-
" than better. ^ v r
BIO ^UUffilB PLANT BURNED.
Arkansas, Entails
$750^00. v
. ,,, pine /Bluff, Arky Friday
swept, ovet the ogNlre plant ot -the
X / Bluff . City Lunfber company -and de-
’‘strojfed several small dwellings owned
-yt l-y the company. The loss is various
ly estimated gt from $500,000 to $750,--
The Bluff ||fty 'XiAttber^cooip^
one of the largest concern;-, in Pine
Bluff, and large quantities vepe stack
ed in the 'yards. JThis, \fas destroyed
or badly damaged*/ t
Upon recovering she fully identified
her assailant-
Beyond Confessing nig guilt, Hord
ing had nothing to say, and was
ly indifferent, it seemed, to his fate.
■* ' *y was left tied to the tree h>
4/0 TtHwuiWsro v,t- «» l> uWlx uncue ,
tempt to Shield their dentity.* The*
eheriff overtook the (frowd before the
his appeals were un^j
A Washington special says: The
latest development in the scheme of
retaliation by the* railroads of thj
country for the adverse slate legis
lation recently enacted was tha no
tice served on the Interstate com-
ircrcj commission Wednesday that an
increase of rates on grain, coal and
iron of 12 1-2 per cent had been de
cried upon to become effective Apri'.
1. The revolt is started oy the roads
of the middle west, but may extend
to the south.
This new move will serve to test
the constitutionality of the rate reg
ulation law. The roads will attempt
to show that they are aow unable 4o
carry the above commodities at a
profit under the rate which has ex
isted for two years and that an ad
vance is necessary. For the four years
previous to 1904 the tendency was
toward an increase of rates. For the
following two years it was toward a
decreme, and thU teutonoy lias con
tinued since the present rate law be
came effective.
This move of the railroads to in
crease revenues because of state leg
islation reducing passenger rates has
been generally known lor several
weeks. When the new rates are sought
to he put into effect the interstate
commerce commission will be charg
ed with the duty of fixing a “juit and
reasonable.” rate Members o.* iho in
terstate commerce commission believe
any action of tho comiahition reriuc-
t*«g freight rates will bo taken into
Ihe courts by the lailroads and , have
arranged to get quick action by the
United States supreme court ''should
the constitutionality of the law he
. thus tested. The department of joV
IENDOUS FOREST FIRE
Sweeps Patrick Couni? 1 , Virginia,' Do-
•' ' ing Immense Damage.
A tremendous forest fire is sweep
ing Tne county of ^ Patrick, Va., and
heavy damage to property has has al
ready resulted and thft: lives of many
are endangered.
^ Patrick county Is a mountainous
county, located about 60 miles south-
m*. of Danville, and is famous for its
timbp£ lands aud as a fine fruit grow
ing 'section. .v> v
mattw^.* v v .
Since the new rate law has been in
effect l,090‘ appUc&tVms have been
filed with the commigsioijK for per
mit-&1 on to change rates #ilhin five
days, as ficquirtd t> . law- W hen a
■ reduction was in tended the petition
was granted. Tho present application
to raise .rates will be resisted.
WHITES AND NEGROES SCRAP.
Four People Wounded in Girard, Ala.,
a« Result of Race Clash.
Five persons were wounded, two
perhaps fatally,-as the result of trou
ble between whites and-negroes, in
Girard, Ala., Saturday night. Tue
trouble started when a negro butcher
cut two young white men. A ne
gro "Was cut at the same time. ^
Later on the trouble was resumed
and two negroes were shot down In
the- street. , k
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FlhjAL COTTON REPORT MADE.
’ASYLUM MAY HOLD THAW.
Census Bureau Places Number of
Bales Ginned at 13,290,677.
The final census report on cotton for
the year shows that Y3,290,677 bales
of cotton, counting round bales as
^ialf hales, including lint^s, have been
ginned. The number of active gin
neries is 28,702. \
The 1906 crop is compared with
10,725,602 for. 190-5 and( 13,697,310 for
1904.
“ONLY SPURT OF DELIRIUM,''
COAL^ COMBINE BIFFED.
President of Exchange in Omaha is
Fined find Given Jail Sei
S. 1*1 UoweU.. president
a Coal Exchange has^bet
a ^pe of $1,03(1 and
six Q»ontbs tat&iq^ounty jail. The
• fence, was iinpow^lty Judge Sutton of
the d,At
til wt»s convicted oi conspiracy in re-
traiot ol
ton, N. J., Sunday, the. popular
gutcry against railroad corporations.
We shall gll be ashamed of it by and
Jby. There is much that ip,not only
groundless, bufWdgpg^jn the off-hand
a^acks made’ railroads by
thoughHa^dbeoplJ* \Vhat is weU
founded in them wllf me cured, but
Craze of deoi>2fdlatibn will soon
pass.
WATERWAYS COMMISSION
Will Meek for F|r«t Session at Wash*
• « ington April 29.
< The Initial -meeting, of th^ inland
waterways commission is ttyroe held
April 29. Chairman Burton and W. J.
McGee, of the bureau of etffrclogy,
who ffi symeniber of the J»mmisslon,.
had. a tay» with the premdent Sat-
abqpt til
Prosecuter Jerome Insists That Stan
ford White’s Slayer is a Lunacic.
A Xew York dispatch sayp: The
blow which Harry Kendall Thaw has
been In terror of ever since his trial
for the murder of Stanford White
began, fell Wednesday.
District Attorney Jerome did not
make formal application fer tho ap
pointment of a commission in lunacy,
tut in an Impassioned speech he
4iTealed to the conscience of the
epurt, asserting that Thaw. &s he sits
dfiily in court, is unable intelligently
to advise his counsel, and is believed
by every one wbo has watched and
come into contact with him to be in-
'saiie.
Mr. Jerome asserted that hla own
alienists--the sU men who testiled
for the state—were convjreed wWfen
-they- had considered all the facts in
connection with the case, that Tnaw
was ’ of unsound mind. Mr. Jerome
dramatically accused the counsel for
the defense of concealing testimony,
which, if presented to the court,would
make the continuance of the trial a
crime
So earnestly did he plead that Jus
tice Fitzgerald dismissed the jury un
til Friday morning, and adjourned
ccqrt to decide whether the trial shall
go on or whether a commission in
lunacy shall be app&inted tc pass on
Thaw’s mental condition.
BANK CASHIER JONES SKIDGOS
Tcok With Him About $>0,000 of Char*
lotto Institution’s Coin.;
Frank H. Jones ,assistant cashief in
Ex-President Cleveland Deprecates At
tacks on Railroads.
“ThenwJrinuch of the nature of de
lirium,” Imd former President Grover ,
Cleveland in an interview at Prince* Charlo ^» i^- C.. Js-aticpal bank,
has left to-vn with a Jpoitage,. it is
said, of $68,000,..which, it t<i claim
ed. will be made good by the ^direc-
,-*ci.s voluntarily. Jonos iias : oeen si eo
ulatirg, R is saiJ;' thl*; is bo-
tk’ved to have been the caose x-f his
iiiliigid defalcation. It Is estimated
tbaf <he tarried SIO.OO or f50,t»00 With
him A reward of on* thousand del*
iars is offered for ins capture
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BROTE’S FIENDISH DEED.
4
Negro Attacked Woman and Killed
Her Two-MonthjyOld Baby When
She Escaped to Give Alarm.
Mrs. James Tolbert, wife of former
Mayor Tolbert, wss brutally assaulted
and her two-momiis-old infant mur
dered by a negro at 6:30 o’clock
Monday afternoon; at their homo at
Fairmount. twenty fnllcs from Carters-
ville, Ga.
When tho negro appeared at tt}e
Tolbert home he demanded $50 of
Mrs. Tolbert. Upon being refused he
told her It was that or her life.
She attempted to reach an adjoin
ing room, where her two-months-old
infant was sleeping when the negro
seized her and tore her clothes in
an effort to detain her. She could not
reach the bahv and escaped from the
house In her weakened ccnditloa to
give the alarm.
Tho Tolbert hovse is only a short
distance from tho business center of
mo town, and tt» a little while a
crowd had collected and proceeded to
the house, where ' h «r found that the
scoundred had niftiest severed the
head of the sleeping Infant with a
knife. Mr. Toloert was at his place
of business at the time.
The while country Is bein? scaured
in an effort to aprehend the assail
ant, who is described as being a mu
latto, with burnsides, weighing about
If-O pounds, and five feat ten itches
tall, wearing blue overalls.
Within a abort time four negroes
had been captured; suspected of the
ciime. Two were fcaptured over the
state line iri Tennessee. Ano:her at
Marietta, Ga., and still another at
Elowah, sixty mi)$s from Fairmount.
They will be hel^'Tor identification
It may bo that the aisailant is an
exconvict. The Partow county con
vict overseer says he released a ne
gro from the gang eom? time ago
that fills the description.
fc
DEADLY THRE
Two Men Killed
RNERED DUEL.
the Other Fatally
led.
H. H. Chambertalne, superintendent
of the mines of the Crescent • Coal
Company at Sic
Creek, a
Creek, his
iniugiv*
the
ines
Ala, is dead, Joe
ilso dead and Will
‘is dying as the
senooh^
The-two miners V / f becn drinking
and were creating s a disturbance
the country store. Mr. Chamber!;
tried to quiet them, when Joe Creese
fired upon him, knocking his hat f
hi;; head and knocking him down./
While he was down Creek fired a aec-
ond shot, which resulted in Mr. Cham-
beilaine’s death in a Birmingham hos
pital several hours later.
While mortally wounded and lying
on the ground, Ohamberlaine pulled
his pistol and fired several shots, one
of which killed Joe Creek und fatally
injured his brother Will.
JEWS FORCED TO REFUGEE.
Roumanian Peasants Drive Men, Wo
men and Children Across Frontier.
According to a telegram received in
C’.ernowitz, an Austrian town close
to the boundary of Moldavia, Rcuaia-
nia, the anti-Jewish outbreak in Rou-
rnania has assumed serious propor
tions. Peasants have attacked an.i
plnnderej Jews at Burduzheni, who
are fleeing over the frontier. About
t%vo thousand fugitive#, mostly wo-
\Wc
im n anJFchildren, already aave cross
ed the frontier. .
f FICe r GUTTED.
With Plant of The
Chronicle.
ock Tuesday mom
ent ted the building of
the Augtisla Chron cle. wrecking eight
NEW8PAPE!
Fire Pl$yj-
Fire .it 3:10
ing confpjefbly
linotype: machines
and damaging its
posses. >
The r-'ain office^ of the Western
linion telegraph-ico
I nion city ticket
pied the sama b
enfireij destroyed.
The less is estj
and is partially covered by insurance.
BURTON SCORNED PARDON.
SC^OOL CHILDREN MANGLED.
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Collapse of Roof of Building Buried
Them Under Debris.
Niue persons,— eight school chib
dreit and’-ckw teacter t- were ii.ftant-
ly killed Tuesday, and many others
injured at Durargo, Mexico* ly the
•of the roof c( a. schufii
vhile Uje roon>.3 wtr® crowd-
ware Juried
fitbi
Convicted Senator Says Roosevelt Of
fered to Release Him.
Former United States Senator Bur
ton, after delivering rhe speech whicb
he had prepared in advance, made the
statement at Abilene, Kansas, Satur
day night that the president offered
him a pardon. He said: “Five days
after I was in jail the president ot
tered me a pardon. It came to me per
sonally at Ironton. I never answered
it. I would not answer 1L I would
not accept a pardon from him under
any conditions. He is the one that
should have the pardon.”
A NEW STEAMSHIP LINE
Between Savsnnah and Norfolk and
Baltimore and Norfolk Planned.
Announcement was made in Savan
nah Frida}’ by the Merchants and Mi-
aers’ Transportation company that be
ginning April 23, & line of steamers
will be on between Savannah and
Norfolk, and BMtimo£| and Norfolk
This wiJlbo on accoug# of tho James
■aponJtlvnr
HOTEL GENE8TA,
Augusta,
Georgia,
EUROPEAN . . .
Right in the heart of the retail shopping district.
EVERYTHINQ STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS. . •
Cafe. £> Dining Rooms.
livery Convenience for Ladies while shopping in Augusta.
ELEGANT LADIES’ RESTAURANT UPSTAIRS.
Johnson’s Bakery.
ESTABLISHED A. D. 1846.
Cleaafiaess and Paritj of Material!
Are characteristics of all the
Bread, Bolls, Cakes, Pies, Etc.
made at JOHXSOS’S BAKERY,
Park Avenoe.
The Choicest Confectioneries and Can*
dies always on hand.
STONE! STONE!!
Estimated
ly filled for
lugs, flower
blocks, hitoki
race steps, d
cemetery lot
ren and orders prompt
it curbings, and cross
•rders, sidewalks Is
sis, door and tsr
window sills
copings, rough anr
dressed ashlers for fronts of bnild
hearth stones, etc. Lakevisv
me a specialty. Stone Irons othe*
iee U preferred.
H. K. OHATFTELD,
Aiken. 8. C
Hotel Park in thfiPities
Pursuant to an act 190/
Assembly, approved Feb. Stay A
entitled “An Act to Raise SuppUeTand
Make Appropriations for the Fiscal
Year Commencing January 1, 1906,’
I will be at my office at the Court
House in Aiken from 9 o’clock a. m.
to 2 o’clock p.. m-, and from 3 to -5
p. m., from Octcber 15, 1906, to
March 15, 1907 ('Sundays and Christ
mas excepted), for the purpose of re
ceiving the taxes for the year 1906;
and the commutation road for 1907.
The levy for all purposes Is as fol-
lows; ^
State tax if paid by December 31,
1906, 5 ^ mills.
County tax if paid by December 31,
1906, 3 mills.
School tax if paid by December 31,
1S06, 3 mills.
District No. 1 Special School tax
if paid by December 31, 1906, 1 mill.
District No. 66, Special School tax
If paid by December 31, 1906, 4 mills.
If the above levy is not paid by
December 31, 1906, then 1 per cent
shall be added during January, 1907.
Then 2 per cent shall be added dur
ing February, 1507.
Then 7 per cent shall be add£d up
♦o March 15. 1907, when execution!
will be Issued.
The tax on dogs Is 50 cents on each
dog.
The commutation road tax is $l.o«
for each person liable (from 18 to 51
years is the limit) and is payable with
nut penalty up'to February 28, 1907.
J. A. M. GARDNER,
Treasurer Aiken County.
October 3, 1906. *
NOTICE CITY TAXES.
Office of Clerk and Treasurer,
City of Aiken,
Aiken, S. C., Oct. 12, 1906.
Pursuant to an Act of the General
Assembly and the City Ordinance the
Tax Duplicate of the said City will
be open at my office for the purpose
of collecting City Taxes from Oct.
15th, 1906, to March 1st, 1907, for
the fiscal year, commencing January
1, 1907.
All persons residing within the lim
its of the City of Aiken, and who
made Tax returns to Mr. D. H. Wise,
County Auditor, for taxation in Jan
uary and February last, their names
with the returns aforesaid, have been
copied on the Tax Duplicate of the
said city, and hence they stand charg
ed with the City Taxes tor the fiscal
year aforesaid, as provided by law.
Tax levy as follows:
For Current Expenses . . .9 mills
For Sinking Fund 1 mill
Total Tax 10 mills
J. L. McCARTER,
If City Clark und Treasurer
John R. .Schneider
IMPORTER AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
Liquors, Fine Wines,
Havana Cigars,
Mineral Waters, Etc.
Agent for Veuve-CIIcquot Ponsardin, Urbane Wine Company, Anheuser*
Pusch Brewing Association. .,
601 AND 603 BROAD STREET AUGUSTA, ^A.
THE SAVOY
Corner Broad and Jackson Sts.,
AUGUSTA, GA.
A First-Class' Retaurant and Soda Parlor for
First-class People.
AIKEN, S. C.
Modern in Construction and Operation
HARRY W. PRIEST CO., PROPR8.,
Management of J. A. Sherrard.
SUMMER HOTELS:
Hotel Preeton, Beach Bluff, Mast.
The Colonial Arms, Gloucester Harbor, Mass.
- ■ i~'-% ■ ■■ eje— "-jt" "■flra’" 1 -ai-"■* .""-.j 1 1 - ■— "
Pine Forest Inn.
Opened Saturday, December 1st, 1906.
High Class Hotel, strictly in the Pmes, catering to a select clientele.
Rooms en suite with bath. Elevsit-ir. Electric lights, atcam Lcr.l aud
open fires. Pure water and perfcel sanitary conditions.
FINEST GOLF LINKS IN THE SOUTH.
Faddlle and harness horses. Fine hunting.
H. M. PATTERSON, Manager, or F. ~vV. WAGEXER & Co., Charleston,
South Carolina.
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Iron (forks
1.1
Augusta, Ga.
Motel Melbourne,
601 BROAD STREET, Augusta, fia.
Over and Over Again.
Mias Elderly—To-morrow I expect to
celebrate my twenty-third birthday an
niversary.
Jack Dashing—And yet there are
skeptics who deny that history repeats
itacifi
Engines,
Boilers,
Cotton,
Saw, Fertilizer, Oil and Ice Machin
ery and Supplies and Repairs, Machine
Tools, Woodworking Machinery, Shaft
ing, Pulleys, Hangers, Leather ana
Rubber Belting and Hose, Railroad
and Mill Supplies snd Tools, Steam
Pumps, Feed Water Heaters and
Hoisting Engines, Injectors.
Capacity for three hundred hands.
Estimates furnished for power plants
and steel bridges, store fronts.
DON’T FAIL TO WRITS
US BBfORg BUYINQ, .,
MRS. P. W. BY ASSISE, Proprietress.
First class accommodation!* for per
manent or transient boarders. Thor
oughly renovated and newly furnish
ed under new management
Table supplied with all the delica
cies of the season.
Convenient sample room attached.
HilH CUTTING sill SHAVING
FOB
Bait Getting, Sharing and Shampoo
<** «o$o
OEO. W. WALTON.
Schneider Building, 208 McIntosh St.,
Augusta, Ga.
J.W.
Agent.
Fire, Life, Cyclone,
Accident
Insurance,
-AND*