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THE THREE WINNERS OF THE
AUGUSTA HERAHD PRIZES.
Miss Wercier, Mr. Hal Moore and Prof. Hous
ton Secure ist, 2nd and 3rd Awards.
The Summer Resort Prize Letters Very Popular This
Year—The Awards Made By Judges
Who Did Not Know Who the Authors
of the Letters Were—The First
Prize Letter.
The Her aid management taka*
glMinra tn announcing the prise-wtn
n«rt tn the summer retort letter con
test, at follows:
First priae, s2'..uo, for 'he letter from
Hot Spring*, signed Glen Allen, to
Mils Roeelle Merrier.
Second priae. *l6 00. for the letter
from Lookout Mountain, signed Pen
dennls, to Mr. Hal Moore.
Third priae, *5.00, for the letter from
Waynesboro, Va.. signed ‘Happy
Hear!,' 1 to Mr. Will Houston.
risking the Award.
Ttiree well known gentlemen of li
brary ability have kindly consented to
het aa Judges with the ex pres-., d pro
viso that tbelr name* were not to be
known. The decisions reached by
these gentlemen were entirely Impar
tial, as they did not even know the
real nftmes of the writers. To pa**
Judgment waa exceedingly difficult. be
cause so many of the letters were ex
cellent thpt It was no easy task to
select the most excellent. Again, they
found It difficult to establish any well
defined Ideal of what a summer resort
letter should be. To Judge the letters
by the ordinary rules of literary criti
cism would have been manifestly, un
fair, nor could the ordinary summer
Resort gossipy letter be applied as a
measure of excellence. The judges
considered that the letter of “Glen Al
len” contained Just enough of two e!e
tiiente —literary abil.ty and gossip to
give it a local interest and a readable
specimen. The letter of "Penm nuls”
has literary ability and the local In
terest is figured by reference to the
fate of the young ladles at one me
well known to AuguAa society. "Hap
py Heart's” letter was considered in
teresting because It makes historical
references and depicts scenes always
t interesting to Southerners—the Val
' ley of Virginia and the marvelous
hlevetnents of Stonewall Jackson.
*" The decision was made conseien-
I flously and the Herald management
(relieve wisely.
We publish in full today the first
prize letter, that of Miss Roselle Mer
rier. an dthe other two will appear at
igte: date. _ .
The Hrst-P Ite I etter,
September St, iltt.
observation he* taught me that In
the two letters that 1 hav.i written
from the mountain thla summer tu The
Herald. 1 hava made a great mistake.
The tight kind of a letter from a
summer retort begin*. I find, with the
announcement that the past wt ek has
been one of unusual gayety. then It
goes on to tell who gave the euchre
parties and who the -fortunate priae
winners” were. After that It mention#
the "dainty little miss” who dahee#
fancy dances tn the hall room and give#
a puff ail around to each girl In the
hotel and one to the manager (on ac
count of his “confidential rate*.”! At
the last It winds up with a lovely de
scription of a sunset or of th» moun
tains by moonlight—and a verse of
poetry.
That Is the kind of letter that is go
ing to get the prise—except, perhaps,
the writer may have been at the sea
shore. In which case the "rolling bil
low*” of the surf will come in for hon
' orable mention —and the sun will sink
Into "the yearning arm* of the sea."
Instead of “behind the purple peak*."
In both my letter*. 1 falthrully re
i corded the euchre psrtles and the prise
winners. I gave the puff all around to
each girl and also to the manager. 1
said both time* that the past week
had been one of unusual gayety, and I
would have mentioned the little girl
who danced fancy dunces except that
I hao a grudge against her mother for
dragging me Pi the ball room (on hot
nights) to watch the child dance when
I had other things to do elsewhere.
But—fatal mistake! I left out the
scenery—and the verse of poetry! It is
true that my Intentions were g>s>d. I
felt at the time of writing that I
should have put in something about
the "dim blue mountains,” and the
"church spires far down in the valley.”
Several times I felt constrained to
speak of the "•'lid little mountain tto
rents rushing along” and of the beau
ties of "filtered sunshine on mossy
bring them in. in. that carefully care
less manner which the formula for
prise letters called for.
On purpose to get an inscription for
On purpose to get an Inspiration for
a paragraph of scene description. I
elirnbed up one morning to the top of
Lover's Leap, 'he usual precipice from
which the traditional Indian maiden.
Koka Kola, b arn to her death. It is a
climb of some two hundred feet up a
perendleular path, on which a rolling
stone, if once started, does not slop to.
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1 Hrnfl i| a! (b* HhUoui, pwlfl nt»o ■
IgenAHk 'a eaa* vani font hapt- «•« '*»
I slip nit sts <f Us— shasa It l.r.ks
I fn-tn tb- n as tb-icgti you arawhl go
1 r igttt Into the river If psi strutll
, nance tn fall Hut you would* t:
i there Is a Hie •* rocks at »h* kstl*".
{mi whah you would realty land, He-
I assured of ibts, urn tMraM on until
|w* rear bed the t*d». where We srram-
Jtded out •>« a ledge of roeh nle'Ut
I three feet wide, on «mrh *i«le of which
was a sheer orertpi** We sat there,
looking at the glittering Ft r 11' h
• tread, which rinded like a setling of
diamonds, around the emerald of the
hotel lawn and thought of what we
should have fur hreakfaat when we g"t
tuck.
Just then It isnirnd to aomeonc to
tell a story hr had ru»ce heard about a
lovely young girl who fell over a <Mlf
r a trout aa high a* the r»ne »e were ml
and hung on t« one blade ttfgrass un
til aomcotie brought help from the
nearest house, six mites distance.
Apropos of this happily-timed anec
dote aofnr»ne else alarlrd a hlg r,h■'(
down the Side of the olifr Our nerve*
jangled, our teeth went like castanets,
rind each hair curled Itself Into the let
ter H, us we watched It go down—down
—down. That verse of
about each fireside having one vacant
chair rushed to my fnind with stal
ling dlstlnctnesa. KV>r Ibe ftrst time,
v e were Impressed with the philosophy
of the reply we hsd gotten from s
niountaineer whom we had met along
the road. We had asked him if he
thought that we could get on top of
I/over's Leap, and he had answered.
"Oh, yes! ye kin git up all right., but
the mlachlef la. kin ye git down?”
When someone at last said: "Com*-,
we must he going down, my fuel seem
ed suddenly to lake root In mother
earth and I felt—
"Go one, go all, this ruck shall IJy
From It* firm base as soon aa I.”
But we finally started, however, and
to make a long story short, we got
down safe, with no bones broken, but
to wive my life I couldn't remomlier
ony of the lovely things I had Intended
to say aliout the view.
Another day I climbed up with my
kodak up to where a lovely view of
the French Broad valley, with the
"purple peaks” In the distance, smiled
Into the camera. I decided to describe
that as the peak from which seven
states can Ik- seen. I thought that
would sound well in my letter and also
when I showed off my Kodak view s to
my friends at home.
But unfortunately. I used the same
plate oti which I had previously taken
the picture of a young man on a don
key, and so spoiled two good pictures
and a better story.
Then for a week the clouds came
down on the mountain and completely
took the place of scenery, and after
that—l took to goif.
I have only played long enough to
find out that "tee” and “caddy” In golf
do not bear their customary relations
to each other, but the fascination ot it
Is so strong upon me that it has not
only driven scenery and poetry out of
my head, but has almost succeeded in
severing home ties. I feel that I must
stay hero until 1 learn to play, even if
It takes me until Clujstina*.
The hotel is atilt as beautifully kept
as ever, although most of tb« summer
people have left and It I* simply wait
ing for the winter season to open.
All/the Augusta folks have returned
to Augusta. The British consul who
impersonated “Jack Frost,” and the
old gentleman with gold teeth, whose
smile was so dazzling-, have, both van
l.hod PiUrn n» lunger Kuli up mint ,
j Julep* in tils knell Miim ««M Inti* :
| with #r*r hair who t'.a im*«n ‘fw
' he* health ’ The young man wh»|
showed tt* Ms t**e letters. «ho pine
l..graphs of the victim# has gnna
|away—‘la peak gne* 'girts* and |d*n
■ new ” The fhwy of the sammrr
Is departed.
j The Jolly Itttl# eard parties, with
! their Jolly tit tie rows, are things of
the past. TV- Beardens have left and]
tha haunting strains of “Iriv-amlfig
j no longer •* ho in the at lent belt nun
1 The t. le-a-tete heneti.-* on the Isw n
fare deserted and the bowltn* alley no
I- ,g.-r echo*-* with tie sound of 'sga-
Ues“ and "a(ripen." The seaaoil of
jaunety-eight t* d«nd, tt ha# slipped
l„»ay Into the silent Fast with att its
friendship* Ua Jukes, and Its Joy* and
. its heartaches.
Boon they will he forgotten and the
1 d.sir old summer which brought them
! |r> U* will seem to have been "Just an
other dream.".
tiI.KN ALLKW.
MR. TOM HU<JMES.
The Attack Mads Upon Him By a
Convict.
There wag another escape from the
Burke county chaingaug this week.
On Tuesday last near Milieu, as one
of the kuarda. Mr. Tom Hughe/, wus
passing a prlaauer, John Jotie*. hr
grabbed the ptslol from Mr. Hughes
j pocket and lu im Instant Hughes uml
he were in * rough and tumb e fight
for It The pistol waa disc barged in
the scuffle and Hughe* received a bad
wound in the tteahy part of the (high,
but recaptured the pistol. Jones ran,
but when about 75 yard* off a ball In
the buck tumbled him over paralyzed
In which condition he remains and I*
likely to die.
Wnlle this was going on two desper
adoes who had but a few day* before
been recaptured. In Augustn, smith
Green and Burney Jackson. and an
other broke sor 1 liberty. The other
guard, Mr. Bladkwell. fired ut them
*gth bis pistol, but missed them. Tbn
three made Rood their escape, and up
to this writing have not Iteen seen or
heard from. They carried off the
shackle* and got Hd of them of course.
Green and Jackson have escaped three
times hi about four months.
News reached the city yesterday of
an assault upon Mr. Hughes. The con
vict* made up a diabolical plot to en.l
Mr. Hughes’ life.
It was planned that Charley Smith
should seize Mr. Hughes and the olher
convicts should help assasslnalr him.
Smith seized Mr. Hughes, hut at the
critical juncture the other convicts
made their escape without coming to
Smith s assistance.
In (he melee Mr Hughes was shot In
the thigh and sustained o painful
though not serious wound. As Smith
was running the guard shot him in the
back and paralyzed him. Ben Benton
was also caughL hut Barney Jackso i
and Smith Green made their escape.
Mr. Hughes is up and doing very
well.
Mrs. Strong. Stevenson's daughter
and a-naniieriHity, says it is imposslbl;
to move the novelist's cottage from
Samoa to Scotland, and offers it for
tout.
PRISON FOR THOSt WHO
REGISTER FAIiSEhY.
Investigation of All Registry Lists to Be Made;
In systematic Manner.
This Investigation May Not be Completed Before
Election Day, But. Sooner or Later. Every Man.
White or Black, Who Registers Falsely, Will
Be Put In Prison—How the Race For
Council is Coming On
Thcio I* hut Ilt4« change io c ty
politics. All Interest «ertn» to be cen
tered In the Fourth ward. For a while
the First and Fifth won al! attention,
ibut tin llurrv l* over In the Fifth, ex-'
cept the voting, and In the First the
voters transact their political affair*
quietly and without arrliiin
The withdrawal front Urn race In
the Fourth of Mr. Geo. C. Bohaufelr In
Ibe Interval of Mr. Clarke and the pro
teat of Mr Clarke against the making
of topic* of the registry list have been
talked over lit every possible way. The
registration lu the Fourth shows a
large number of negro voters and
work In this particular—registering
negro volera—is more lively a* the
time for dosing the IlsU upproachu*.
There will be a lively eontest for the
purchasable negto vote In this ward.
It ought to he said.however, that there
Is not the purchasable vot< In the
Fourth that Is supposed. There sre
numbers of negroes there who could
not he bought under any circumstance
or for any consideration. It is true
that in the last election there were a
'few white votes bought in this ward.
The protest of Mr. Clarke may result
that there will be s change in the laws
regulating the publication of the reg
istry list* so that there will be provis
ion In law for iheir publication during
the term of registration.
Registration Cheating
There are some people under the
impression that the registry lists are
to be kept open for forty days, as has
been the custom here of late. This is
a mistake. The now dty code which
regulates registration this year exacts
that the lists remain open tour weeks
of six days each —24 days.
It may he as well to state tliat cheat
ing in the registration Is not going to
be tolerated. One side is as deter
mined as the other. Each side has Its
workers and each side Is dciermlned
to punish those of their opponents who
register wrongfully, or those who In
duce wrongful registration. There is
little chance of escape. Already sev
eral arrests have been made.
The man who registers wrongfully
understands that he has a term of
imprisonment staring him In the face,
and no matter what assurances are
given him it. is two to one, before or
after the election, he will go to prison.
..There is tut organized movement to
I investigate carefully every registration.
The Investigation may not be complet
ed beforv the elect lon, bin It will he
I I uUnpleied some time and Ho proti. a*
lis given that, -ooner or later, every
, man who qualifies wrongfully, will he
airalgned for trial and If convicted
will be punished The Inquily Into
the legislation will continue uion'h*
after the election I* over.'
In th# Third and First.
Tt la a toss up In the Fifth ward.
Ibe candidate* there are about eve,.
In strength Bo*h side*. sre claiming
' lo have the advantage and both are
] showing checked up registry lists and
! other figure* to prove that they will
I win out lu December.
1 W tuft Is true In th* Fifth I* 'me
jin the First. Both side* are claiming
i lo he the rlrouger and nothing definite
| will bo knowu until the primary I*
bad on November 10.
in the Second uud Third there 1- no
talk of opposition (o Mr. It. K Alien
and Mr. A. J. GouUsy.
.Martin or lirowu in the Flint. Alien
in the Second, Gouley in 'he I bird,
McAullffe or Claike lu the Fourth, and
Maltisou or Elliott In tin Fifth in
sure a splendid representation of new
members mound the council board
next year.
Arrests Have Been Made.
Arrests have already been mail* for
false registration aud tor prompting
and Inducing falec reglstrat.cn. Fur
ther arrests are lo be made tomorrow.
It la stated. These statements apply to
the Fourth word.
The arrests of guilty person* arc on
the right Hue. It makes no difference
for whom the guilty ones arc going to
vote or for whom they are working
whether they espouse the cause of this
candidate of that candidate. They
should be brought to trial and on con
viction should be given the full limit
of the law—the fine and the Imprison
ment, if possible.
There is no excuse for lllegßl work.
The entire city la outraged when the
ballot la polluted—common decency Is
set at defiance and Hot of wrong and
dlri reign when it* sacredness of the
ballot Is trampled upon.
•In the Fourth ward, where arrests
have Imen made and are to be made,
twp honorable ailuen* are candidatus,
I either set.l Lavas in r-vniwil Above all
tn*itg* *h#f# I#r*4 tli# nwfwlty ft*r eti f *
(**#«*?• f * UjyNif
lulu tor ijjrtmtlii flit bull ptn, or
fat tub * 0
M»k# ib# |a«9 big r«*«gb. t*rt*a
ptmtmt lo viiboat ton**
nr lb# #H<I ff (bit froftt # »f
poltsiton la pjl (La v»,11 soon he mi
sigh*.
me NEW CONDLCIOR
A* M« Appear* to irlirfivr* *■ tf ,e
lilnttric Um.
Hr Is a study in grey and so happy
doe* he look that ouc seems always
viewing film through clouds of v«p*w.
To him Ibe car Is * private rmvey
iinee built and run for his ind vtdunl
! use. and no trnvekng l> ulrtt evsr view
j.d the surniwitlin* coun.ry will. m. ■
cumplaceaey than doe* he Mindful • *
•fi!* he ensconces himself on tl»» rear
Iplatforih. turn* Hl* brek U. the imiaen
* g—ra and view* the passlig throng.
, rib mid a country team pass up lb#
' utreei *r forcibly l* he reminded if the
home he ht* *o recently left that hi*
| eyes fill »ifli ten) a *ud he is utter.v
incapable pi avrtn* ik» frantic gestic
ulations of the helpless women who Is
being rarrM beyond her destination.
As the car inu.*#* down Brood atreet
the Conf*4er*t» , »ffS<f»'Ut is viewe.l
by him *> were the pyramid* au>» nu
live hero wt * 'ifjir uj )i* Irtently gased
at than gfg tjp slatues (hat surmount
It. , I.' c* «
One tbiiig way li* anid in his favor—
he is ever prompt MnavDliecllng fares.
That he Is on the ear for the purpose
of faellliatfpg the travel of the tms
sengers «' vbr .-vcm* fit occur to him.
til <h' '*r has i»cen stopped hen
the panel ugtn is ui'.st thoroughl? land
ed by him as would Ik • halo of cot
ton. <H)'M fO HI.H F
BUD PINkI.E KILLED. *
He Was Victim of a Runaway in
Carolina.
Bud Pinkie, a negro man residing at
Langle., wu« kl!b*d in » runaway two
mile* ft (.in the city last afternoon lie
arid another ncgio, whose name could
not be '.earned, were driving a double
'cam wag o from Augusta bound for
Langii y. They had a load of furniture
on the wagon. A« they <ume near
Brooks' Pond the animals they were
di-mcg took fright and made a wild
dash down the hill that slopes towards
tne pond Pinkie was thrown out and
unstained Injuries that he later died of.
The other negro whs also thrown
out aud suffered n severe Injury, but
it is thought that he will recover. He
was taken on to his home. Tile hfl!
that the horses ran down Is very steep
and Pinkie, who was riding on the top
of (be high load of furniture, had. a
henvy fall. He only -lved a few min
utes after the accident.
“But could you br.ng yourself to
marry a woman who smokes cigar?
ettes?”
“No. I have enough people begging
my cigarettes,' 1