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Thursday, jan. 4.
THINGS THEATRICAL
Criticism ii tne mean* whereby art
become* con*c<ou* of It* own exist
•no*.
The popular price show continue*
to draw crowded house*. A thrtlllnß
drama will be Riven tonight, and an
other Saturday night. For Saturday
matinee. "Cinderella" with all the
fairy accompaniment* will be present
ed.
Billy Keriand*' Mlnstrala.
Prof. Monro Moore (the black Her
men) who I* nmone the member* of
Hilly Keraand*' famous minstrels that
hold the board* at the opera house
Friday night I* now rated aa one of
th t . foremost magicians of the ady.
This season he la carrying an entire
ly new and up-to-date act, not only
being one of the mo*t expensive act*
of It* kind, but the moat amazing
and wonderful Illustration before the
American public this season.
Another new member of this attrac
tion Is T. O. Mills, the golden voiced
soprano, who Is. no doubt, one of the
best high soprano singers In the
country . though a* yet unknown to
the local theatre patrons. Once
heard he will never be forgotten, and
will always be welcome among them.
Prices, 75 to 250. Balcony reserved
for colored people.
Ro*e Cogblao.
The social side of our playgoing
public is becoming more nnd more
emphasized and there are not attiae
tions sent to this city which directly
appeal more strongly to society than
Charles Frohntan's Empire Theatre
productions. For this reason Mi*s
Rose Coghlan. whose following and
social life is very extensive will tin
riouhtedly exceed her former tri
umphs in her forthcoming engage
ment at the Grand next Monday, Jan
uary Bth, w-hen she will appear in
Robert Marshall’s delightful comedy
entitled, "The Puke of Killicrankie."
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AMUSEMENTB.
Grand, SSnSSS
MONDAY. JANUARY FIRST
Matinees New Years, Wednesday and
Saturday.
MURRAY COMEDY COMPANY
Presenting.
MISS DOROTHY SMITH
"New Year's Matinee —"Belle of
Richmond;” Monday Night—"A De
serted Wife.”
Prices, night—loc, 20c, 30c; Seats. Ma
tinee—loc, 20c. Seats at Savoy, Mon
day, January Ist.
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Prices: 75 cents and 25 cents.
Balcony reserved for colored people.
Seats on (sale January 4.
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This little play may safely be claim
ed as the greatest success in New
York and London In the past two
years. In It Miss Coghlan Is given
ample opportunity to disclose her ar
tistic and agreeable style of acting.
Seals on sale Saturday the 6th.
Prices, $1.50, SI.OO, 75c, 500 and 26c.
Creston Clark.
There is satisfaction In knowing
that Creston Clarke last season found
In "Beaueaire" a character more
agreeable to his noble ambition and
giving him a more decided prestige
as one of America’s leading actors,
than any other ever before interpret
ed by him. As a matter of fact, his
friends and admirers everywhere of
ten expressed a genuine delight lo
find such a splendid piece of theatri
cal property in such capable hands as
Mr. Clarke's. Those who have care
fully followed this young man's no
table achievements In the past, de
clare that the role of “Peaucaire" is
in a direct line with this actor's ex
pressed determination not to deviate
from the path of exalted motive, and
that it affords him special advantages
such as have never before been en
joyed by him. "Beaueaire” with
Creston Clarke in the title role,- will
be offered here next Tuesday night
Rev. Silas X. Floyd on
Negro, North and South
Rev. Sijas X. Floyd, the well-known
Augusta "Colored educator, delivered a
forceful address before the tWgroea
of Louisville, Ga., on Emancipation
day.
The following is the report of his
speech as it comes from Louisville:
"During the past ten years there
has been a large and ever-increasing
exodus of colored people from the
south to the nortp. Today Washing
ton city haß a population of more
than 86,702 negroes. Baltimore comes
next, according to the census of 190(1,
with a population of 79,258 negroes.
Philadelphia has 62.612, and Greater
New York has 60,666. Now, if we
class Washington and Baltimore as
northern cities, and they are such to
all practical purposes, there is nnjy
one southern city—New Orleans —
which has a negro population larger
than the negro population of Philadel-i
phia or New York, and New Orleans
has a smaller population of negroes
than either Washington or Baltimore.
Unmistakably the negro is drifting
northward, and it is estimated that if
Philadelphia maintains Its present ra
tion of gain it will have a larger negro'
population than Washington city whcu
the next census is taken In 1910.
“Unmistakably the negro In drifting
to the north, and there are unques
tionably thousands and thousands of
negroes throughout the south who
have come to regard the north as a
haven of rest, or a reftfge for the op
pressed. To them going to Philadel
phia or New York or Boston seems
like going to heaven, where the streets
will be paved with gold and where all
will be music and flowers! But I tell
you frankly that the negroes who be
live such things are woefully deceiv
ed and fearfully deluded. I tell you
unhesitatingly that the majority of
those who have gone from the south to
the north have gone to worse condi
tions —frm a sunny clime and the
fairest realm that (jod ever smiled up
on to a cold and forbidding climate
where the sun seldom shines and
Creaton Clarks.
at the Grand with such magnificent
detail as lo warrant the high-sound
ing compliments front both the public
and Ihe press as have been accorded
everywhere this attraction has ap
peared this nnd last season.
Seats on sale Monday, January Bth.
Prices, $1.5(1, SI.OO, 75c, 50c anil 25r.
‘‘Robin Hood.”
The well-known comic opera, "Rob
in Hood" was presented no less than
two thousand times while The Bos
tonians were en tour during a per
iod of oyer 20 years. This Is remark
able when one considers that they
had and used a repertoire of dozens
of operas. "Robin Hood" throughout
the life of the organization known as
The Bostonians, always maintained
its record ns the most popular opera
in their repertoire ns well as play
ing to the most phenomena! receipts.
This season’s tour of “Robin Hood"
under the direction of The Aliorn Pro
duction Co., has proven no exception
to this rule, as the opera is playing
tr capacity houses nightly. "Robin
Hood” should crowd the local play
house t. the doors when It appears
at the Grand on
For Asthma use CHENEY’S EX
PECTORANT.
where the winds of prejudice blow
sharper and fiercer and more constant
ly than ever they do in the south.
"In the south every colored person
of industry and sobriety is assured of
plenty to eat, plenty to wear, a place
to sleep, and a fairly good job. In the
north the majority of the negro pop
ulation eats in ‘soup kitchens,’ hash
houses,’ or at lunch counters, because
they actually haven’t got money
enough to afford ’square meals.' They
sleep in holes in the walls, in attics
and damp cellars, and are compelled
to work for the most part at menial
employments. The negro as a skilled
laborer is unknown in the north. He
is not allowed by labor unions, backed
by public sentiment, to work on any
buildings .as a brick mason, a stone
mason, carpenter or painter.
Crowded to the Wall.
I “In Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia
and New York, during the last ten
' years, the colored people have lost
; chiefly through race prejudice nearly
i every occupation in which they once
| had a monopoly. There Is scarcely a
first-class barber shop left in the busi
ness districts of any one of these
cities— I mean shops for white cus
tomers with negroes as proprietors.
Nearly all-of the janitors’ tfork has
been given to Swedes. White men and
white women have supplanted colored
men and colored women as waiters in
nearly all of the first-class hotels and
restaurants. Nearly all the shoe-pol
ishing is now done by Creeks and
Italians. Negro expressmen, roach
men, teamsters and hackmen are sel
dom seen. Colored men and women are
almost never employed us clerks, book
keepers or stenographers in business
establishments. The great bulk of the
negroes in the north arc employed as
domestic servants, as Pullman porters,
or as porters in stores. Negroes who
go north expecting easier Jobs, better
wages and better times leave a sec
tion where there is no competition in
the labor market to go where lalsrr
conditions are such as to drive them
to the wall.
Denied Decent Living.
“But not only is work denied the ne
gro in the north- lie is also denied a
decent place in which to live. In all
the larger northern cities the negro is
thoroughly and successfully colonized,
and in she thickly settled colored cen
ters you will find twenty and thirty
fSmilies living in one house. I declare
to you that the rooms that the col
ored people live in up north are barely
big enough to turn around in; they
are poorly lighted, poorly ventilated,
often breed disease, and sometimes
bring on premature death. Nothing
tike home life, as we know and un
derstand it in the south, is possible
for the majority of the colored people (
THE AUGUSTA HERALD.
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In the north. For example, negro chil
dren have no place* in which to play
except In narrow and densely crowded
street* or on house lop*. Of course,
a* a rule, the negro child can go to
the same public aehool that the white
child attenda; and a negro can ride
anywhere he please* on Ihe street ears
and steam ear*, and he 1* not com
pelled to hunt for the 'roo*t‘ In the
theatres and concert halls; but I pro
test that these thing* are but doubtful
compensation for the loss of a good
home, with plenty of room and plenty
of fresh air and a big yard to play In
and the loss of a good job Do you
think that a senaible man should con
aider it a great blessing if he is given
a few public rlghta and civil privi
leges. while at the aame lime he I*
denied the right of living In a good
home and is not allowed to work at
remunerative employments and Ihe
trades?
The South for the Negfo.
“The south Is the place where we
ought to stay, and the south is tho
place where the great majority of us
are going to stay. We ought, then, as
wise men. as sensible men. to be seel,
ing day by dny how we may improve
our condition in Ihe south. One thing
we may do to improve our condition
Is lhat In all proper ways we should
seek the friendship of the southern
white man. The negroes and the
southern whites are neighbors, and
they ought to he friends. It would
show better sense on our psrt to try
to ho on friendly terms with the south
ern whites than to he always trying
to please some northern firebrand,
whether editor, preacher or teacher,
who does not live in the south nnd
who never expects to live in the
south."
♦ ♦
♦ DAYS GROWING LONGER ♦
♦ AND NIGHTS ARE SHORTER ♦
♦ ♦
The short wintry days are drawing
♦ > a close. Not that the short days
in Augusta this year have been es
pecially wintry. For the most part
they have been as balmy as spring
days—or as rainy.
On Friday. December 22, Old Sol
reached the limit of his southern tour
iii his annual pilgrimage and started
backward toward the north. From
that date to today the sun rose one
minute earlier and set at a corre
sponding time later. This variation
will continue until the long, sweet
summer nights come in.
Winter was ushered in officially on
this date also. All the disagreeable
weather that has been sent to this
part of the world was ahead of time,
and was not properly winter weather.
On Friday, the 22d. the sun's rays
beat vertically down on the Tropic of
Capricorn, which is an imaginary
line around the earth equally distant
from the equator at all points, and
just as far south of the equator as
the Tropic of Cancer is north of that
place. It takes longer for Iho sun to
warm up Ihe northern part of the
world than it does for it to cool after
the sun has moved away from It, and
for that reason the coldest weather
comes while it is getting warmer.
DRY GOODS CLERKS’
ASSOCIATION.
An enthusiastic meeting of the Dry
Goods Clerks' Association was held
at the Armory last night, and the an
nual election resulted in the re-elec
tion of Mr. Wnt, T. Bhea as presi
dent and Mr. Robt. Smith as secre
tary.
Some lines of work for the associa
tion were mapped out, and the usual
thorough manner In which they carry
out their plans Is a guarantee of
success.
Before adjournment the committee
was Instructed to publicly acknowl
edge the recent favors of our employ
ers.
Therefore be it resolved, That we
publicly thank the following nte..
chants for their endorsement and cor
dial support of New Years as a holi
day and for closing their places of
business, and kind treatment of our
gentlemanly committee, Jack Kloth
nrl, Martin Baggett, Geo. C. Mitchell.
The following stores closed ami
have our highest -egard ami most
profound respect:
Hurton-Taylor-Wlse Co.. A. Bleak
ley, Von Kamp, Vaughan & Gerald,
K. L. Hunter & Co., T. W. (’oakery,:
.It., & Co., Mullarky * Sullivan and
p. D. Horkan & Co, ,
BLANK BOOKS AND OFFICE STAT
IONERY.
RICHARDS STATIONERY COMPANY.
SAVO Y RESTAURANT
= NOW OPEN ' "
CORNER BROAD JtND JACKSON STREETS
MU. WINGFIELD ON SANITARY
ARTERIES (if CITY OF AUGUSTA
Commissioner of Public WoAk*
Wingfield's annual report to >IV
council, many extracts from the same
being published In yesterday's Her
ald, Is an Interesting document, and
.1 few more paragraphs from It will
he of public Interest
Mt Wingfield has some Important
suggestions In that report on health
sewers that should he laid, and sew
ers that were laid during the past
year. This section of his splendid re
port Is ns follows:
Health Sewer*.
A largy, number of extensions were
made to the sewer system, 1,(120 lineal
feet of brick sewer 63 inches to Of!
Inches diameter, and 21,468 lineal feet
of pipe sewer 8 inches to 21 Inches In
diameter having been laid at n total
cost. Including catch basins, of 917.
122 . 25 .
'I he brick sewer was laid an Turk
nett Springs road, or South Boundary
street, from Augustn avenue to a
point just west of 12th street where
the large drainage ditch turns south.
This was a continuation of the work
Inaugurated the previous year, tho
sewer having been laid from Railroad
avenue to Augusta avenue In 1904
Slnee ihe completion of this work the
large and dangerous ditches, which
heretofore have been necessary to
take this drainage, have been filled
up and the roadway put In a safe eon
ditlon for the passage of vehicles.
This extension completes nil that por
tion of this outfall-which lies In the
city limits, nnd eliminates one of Ihe
most dangerous places In the city.
There was no other way to take rare
of Ihe large amount of water which
came from Woodlawn nnd Monte Snn.i
and the open ditches had to he main
tained until this sewer was built.
Pipe sewers were laid on Walker,
Tuttle, Kills, Mange, (Hover, I nth,
Broad. Summer, Market. Forsythe,
Mechanic, Gwinnett, Isl. Carrie, King
and Taylor streets, and Wright. Plc
quet, Ist, 2nd and 3rd avenues. Mil
lodgevllle road ami Itiee's alley, ns
po Ihe detailed schedule submitted
herewith; ti'l entch basins or sand
traps were constructed on these lines
and !> old ones on 4th. Bth and Wal
ker streets were rebuilt, and 328 new
hoi.se connections were made
During a period bf high water in
the early part of the year, a break oc
curred in the large outfall sewer on
Houston (2nd) street at the lntersee
tior of Broad street. This, as was the
case In a former break at 2nd and
Gieene Rtreels, was due to the shift
ing of the foundation and hacking,
which allowed the arch to spread and
collapse. Where the break occurred
the bottom and sides were reinforced
with concrete and sewer rebuilt with"
oik difficulty. There are several other
weak places In I Ills large gewer due,
no doubt, to the same cause, but, as
I < xplained In a former report, it
would not pay to make repairs unless
tin masonry gave way, as the work
would cost as much before as after
a collapse, while, oil the other hand,
ur.otlier break may never occur.
There Is a section In West End
which Is hsdly In need of hotter drain
Hge. There is a brick sewer which
runs from a point near Walton Way,
north on Crawford avenue to Telfair
street, ami front there, in a northwest
wardly direction, across private prop
erty to Broad street, where It empties
into the Mllledge street sewer. This
takes all the drainage In the city lim
its west of Crawford avenue and all
that portion of Summerville between
Walton Way on the south and Battle
Row on the north.
There is another brick sewer which
starts on Broad near Pearl avenue,
runs east on Broad street to the south
bank of the canal, and along the canal
to a point 200 feet west of Fifteenth
street, where It discharges through a
culvert under the canal Into the 'all
race of the electric power house. All
of the drainage between Walton Way
on the south, the eanal on the north,
Crawford avenue on the west and
Thirteenth street on the east goes
Into this sewer. As neither of these
sewers have much fall.'both are great
ly overtaxed during heavy rainfalls,
and It frequently happens that the
low grounds In this area are over
flowed. On account of the topography
of the land It Is Impossible to give
these sewers any greater fall, the
points of discharge being fixed and
the elevations being only a. few feet
lower than the Initial points. It
would lie necessary, therefore, either
to relay ilipsc sewers, making them
larger throughout their entire length,
or put In an additional sewer which
would lake a part of the present drain
age from each. On account, of the
length of the old sewers the latter
will he much cheaper. To gel the full
benefit of any new drain the outlet
should be low enough to allow a good
fall. The Mllledge street sewer,
where It goes under the canal. Is very
much lower than It Is at Broad street,
a quick drojr having been made as
soon as the south bank of canal was,
reached. To get the benefit of l'ils
fall the new sewer should empty Into
the Mllledge street sewer at the canal,
and the route should be along Pearl
avenue to Broad, east on Broad to the
canal hank as far as the elevation will
'allow, which will be east of Tuttle
street. Another line should he laid
on Crawford avenue, commencing at,
( Telfair, where the old sewer leaves
she street, ami emptying Into tho new
(AS War at Broad street, To these sew
e»,s could he diverted all the surplus
water west of Tuttle street, thus
gnvtly relieving both the old sewer*
mentioned shove. This Improvement
will he expensive, costing In Ihe
neighborhood of |l(,000, hut It should
he mn.lc, n* there I* no other way to
relieve that territory. If It Is not eon
venlent, to spare the necessary funds
for the construction In one year, the
work could be divided Into two year*
a* was tfe ease with the Turknett
Springs sewer
While the pipe sewer work this
year have covered a great many
place* whertx dralnttge was badly
needed, there are still many streets
on which they should he constructed.
As soon as possible sewer* should
he constructed on:
Bennetts Alley, from Calhoun to
Hopkins street*
Miller street, from Ninth to Twelfth
streets.
Barrett street, from Phillip to
Young street,
Gwinnett street, from Harlson to It.
R avenue.
Taylor street, from Third to Fourth
streets.
Hale street, from Sixth to Twiggs
st rect.
Wilde street, from Broad to Rey
nolds street.
Foster'* Alley, from Sobley Alley
to Third street.
Pine street, from D'Antignae to
Florence street.
Chaffee avenue, from Pope avenue
lo Walton Way.
Milledgeville Itoad, from Savannah
Road to Plcquet avenue.
liberty afreet, from Haper street
to May avpnuc.
Harper street, fnmt nailroad ave
nue I" Fifteenth street.
Jones street, from Twelfth to
Thirteenth streets.
Uoborts street, from Railroad ave
nne to Hopkins.
Popes Alley, from Hicks street to
canal.
Reynolds street, from Thirteenth to
Fourteenth strepts.
The total amount of sewers npw in
the city limits Is fill 76-100 miles, of
which 22 39 100 mile* are brick, and
31 27-100 miles are pipe. On these are
a total of 1580 catch basins.
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place, ’ writes .1. O. R. Hooper, Wood
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Doctors declared her end so near that
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IN BANKRUPTCY.
A petition In hankrupley was filed
In the office of Clerk Lane of the
United States district court yet er
day. The petitioner was Mr. Joachim
Get Jen, ft well known young business
man. who resides In the lower narl
of the city. The petitioner alleges
that Ills liabilities amount to $919 amt
his assets to $962.50. The meeting of
the creditors, at which a trustee will
he appointed, will he held at a later
date.
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