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Your publicity-problem is
halt of your store-problem. It
should have the attention of
'th e boss.”
VOLUME XIII., No. 239
OPEN MONDAY
• 9A.M.
OPEN MONDAY FOR BUSINESS AS USUAL.
STOCK NOT DAMAGED.
7 1 " ' 1 11 ' *" 1 1 '" mm
WE ARE CHOCKED FULL AND OVERFLOWING WITH GRATIFICATION AND APPRECIATIONFOR THE FAITHFUL AND HEROIC WORK DONE BY OUR EMPLOYEES IN
ATIME THAT NOT ONLY PUT TO TEST THEIR LOYALTY TO THE INTERESTS THEY SERVE BUT TRIED THEIR VERY SOULS. YOU WOULD HA RDLY BELIEVE IT, BUT
WITHIN A FEW HOURS AFTER THE WARNING WAS GIVEN (BY THE TREMENDOUS RUSH OF WATER) THEY HAD REMOVED ABOVE THE DANGER LINE MORE THAN
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN MERCHANDISE. TOWARDS THE LAST THEY WERE COMPELLED TO REMOVE THEIR CLOTHING AND DON BATHING SUITS
IN ORDER TO FINISH THEIR TASK, WITH THE RESULT THAT SIOO.OO WILL COVER THE ENTIRE LOSS ON MERCHANDISE. PUBLIC RECOGNITION OF THE GOOD SER
VICE IN THE PAST SPURS US ON. WITH WATER A FOOT DEEP WE WERE ALREADY BUSY WITH FIFTY OR MORE EXTRA HELPERS (GATHERED FROM EVERY
QUARTER SHOVELING OUT THE MUD, WATER, SCRUBBING THE FLOORS AND POLISHING THE FIXTURES TO MAKE READY TO SERVE A DISTRESSED BUT NOBLE
PEOPLE, AND INDEED AS A MATTER OF PERSONAL PRIDE ALSO. WE WILL HAVE OUR STORES AS BEAUTIFUL AND COMFORTABLE AND ADEQUATE FOR BUSI
NESS MONDAY AS IT HAS EVER BEEN IN THE PAST. ' - - - • -
4 4 f
P. S.—AS AN ASSISTANCE TO THE ABLE COMMITTEE IN CHARGE OF THE TREMENDOUS TASK OF PROVIDING SUPPLIES AND HOMES FOR THE HELPLESS
WE WILL HOLD SPECIAL SALES OF THE KINDS OF MERCHANDISE MOST NEEDED AT ACTUAL COST MONDAY.
CHOU FURS
IR'RIER FIIHE
Water Falling at Colum
bia But Rising at Points
Below.
•
COLUMBIA, S. C.—There is yet,
some danger of water shortage. The j
power house is closed for repairs but
two special pumps have been Installed
to pump water from the river into
the city. The canal banks are brokeu
in fifteen places.
Chief Engineer Shedden of the Sea
board Air Line states he expects op.
erations to be resumed by the middle
of next week. Nine trestles have
been destroyed between Elbertnn,
Ga.. and Columbia. S. C.
While the waters are receding at
Columbia ther are rising at points
below here At Klngville. a junction
point on the Southern railway, the
station was abandoned yesterday and
today the -own is under nine feet of
water No deaths resulted but save
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THE SUNDAY HERALD
ral houses were destroyed.
Traffic on the Southern between
this city and Charleston has been sus
pended lor 10 days on account of
the destruction of several thousand
feet of track near Kingville.
Connection with Spartanburg and
with Greenville is still cut off.
WEATHER FORECAST.
j Georgia: Pair Sunday, warmer in
interior. Monday fair, warmer in
northeast portion; light to fresh
j northeast winds on coast.
South Carolina; Fair Sunday and
, Monday, warmer in interior; fresh
northeast winds on coast.
Messrs. Will and Phinlxy Gary,
: .lohn Harper, T. B. Irvin and “.lap"
Hulbert had a very narrow experi
ence Thursday afternoon. The boys
founrl an old launch with the engine
removed. They pulled it up Broad St.
as far as Cummings and with sticks
for paddies attempted to reach the
out-skirts of the city. When the
launch reached Greene street it
struck a tree and capsized The young
men after several hours work against
the current finally got back to Broad
street.
A hack attached to a drowned horse
passed the monument Thursday morn
ing about fi o’clock. The hackmati
was not seen.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30, 1908
IRE SIRRED HEIRT
COLEEGEJOT HURT
I
Will Resume Classes as
Usual in September.
The Sacred Heart college has suf
fered from the recent flood but so
! slightly that Its classes will resume
their work on Tuesday, September
'Bth. Only its playgrounds needs re
pairing ami cleaning The elegantly
appointed rooms for the boys are just,
as spick and span as if Augusta had
witnessed no deluge of water what
soever. One of the finest corps of
teachers from among the thousand
Jesuit fathers In the Southland will
make up the college staff this year.
Rev. John J Sherry, the beloved
i president, will he in charge, with
the following professors: John D.
Foulkes, John Cronin. Henry A. De
vine, John II Meyer. Louis Bashnal.
Alphonse A. Maureau, and James J.
, McLaughlin.
(/ ,wmmus* omr DtHMTMtNT BTWI
JUDGE HAMMOND IN FRONT OF DYER BUILDING
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WAGONS BADLY NBBDBD
TO HAUL PROVISIONS
All efforts ar„ concentrated today
by the relief committee In getting the
worst phrase of destitution r< II -aC
Hcrrctary and Treasurer, i; R, (loos
announces that the car load of pro
visions from Atlanta that arrived last
nl at will be distributed this morning
b< :lnnlng s' ten o’eloek Wagons
will lie gathered at the car, which la
placed on a siding at the corner of
Walker and Jackson streets and from
that point'd Hiribullon will be made.
Last, night Mr. Hook had been able
to gei but four wagons and desires
some more. He asks the briery,
merchants with d> livery wagons, or
Individuals to be at the unloading
point, this morning to aid In the work
It rill ri-ijij,re only a few hour* and
the an mint of good accomplished will
b, great Parties owning wagons who
are unwilling to donate them will he
j»n!d if th*y no fjr»*ir •
Meaara fb >m Conklin, George
N’eea, «. H r, J. R Stratford W
It Burton at.d oth< rs will |„. p „i |„
charge of the wagons and attend to
the distribution. The car contains
provisions as well as articles of
clothing, all of which will lie dlstrlbut
<d at once
• Vesti rday gfti moon Mr. George
Nccs was sent out. under direction
of Mr. Hook Into the Shake Rag din
trie! with a two-horse wagon of pro
vision. cooked and uncooked, and re
llevcd many In that vicinity.
Mr. Hook himself went with a
wagon load to the upper part of the
city on Reynolds street and found
many suffering greatly. In some In
stances poor people have lost evVry
thing except the clothes they were
wearing when the waters arose. Their
plight was pitiable.
■ianager K 11. Gunter of the Au
gUKta Motor company has placed a
White steamer at the disposal of Mr
Hook for one week, and thb, greatly
facilitate* the work The awirtneas
with which sh,. secretary of the com
rnltte,. is able to go from place to
I place Is invaluable.
DAILY AND SUNDAY, SO.OO PER YEAR.
'WATER IS FILL!IIC
(I FITETTEIIE
KAYI/D LVILI.K, N, c Art-r
tr.ifdilpg tin- unpi* ci-donted height of
il If'" tie flood water ol iin Gap
i''i Hi ■ to ... io rec.de today
will, a full ot ahou' <> incites ,jn hour
Ity tomorrow the city Is expected >
o< frn I'out wa ir. |i | K estimated
1 ton -1111111 i were driven out o' on
hundred hnuses, while m least two
nuiidi tl other hour were d strayed
by water Hundred* of people are
suffering and a citizens meeting ye„
ienL ook st-'|/rt In relieve Ih-'in. A
thousand doll an already has heen sub
C- do-0 ai-d e h-i.rd of ald-'l 111-n his
opened the city n | ms- to any extent
for tin benefit of the sufferer
The hlk's lodge voted one hundred
dollars to the relief fund lioitts ar»
now plying up and down the principal
* tresis of the city in i.k„ very heart
OPEN MONDAY
9 A. M.
IWR.CARR'SFUNERAL
WIEI OOiK
Dpc|„ (K t Sympathy Ex tend
®d to F ‘n»Hy of tho Popu
lar Young; Man.
wlmse d''a,T Hl ° r Mr " Hrry c *rr.
fp
prime < < ,r"iir, W “V y °"" K ' nn, ‘ 1,1 the
to Jure -V w « on " *""<1 road
ii ~H' M untimely rlpAth iu
V" ( HO " r ‘" "f "“"I’ regret, to hi* hi. ,
■ '-I* of trlen.lH In lh„ city, and h,
1 - pest sympathy Is extended to hi,
" n,plc,y * " f thn n.*
11-iute ,w n ',h! r ''•■""''"''ey, Will of
fl, . * Mineral Hurvlms Tho
following gentlemen „ r ,. requested to
■;< I-S l-all harers Honorary Messr,
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Moore nr N u w MoMr »-
Lug. Me M.,r„*oy? M M,n: , ; >ro fl,eln'
Rurdell arid ££
piac ° at
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McKlnnle U ; n tre :;„ W 7 h V ,f ,!rr '"' l
t»r .wo I ,;^::;*.s: , "w„e,r n, ! t
sr .roZ^z
from It store on Broad street ** W
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Ink- a r„ r nr . i|, Li J, * H
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I ;rl« light Plan, l„ „ndc waUr
Hie is in darkness at night’
Spend mere fnr advertising
this August than ever before
—and do more business this
August than ever before.