The Augusta herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1890-1908, August 09, 1908, Image 1

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Notl«e how msny of to day'* Want Ads. are hunting buyer* for things. Perhaps a few of them may be hunt ing f~r YOUI VOLUME XIII., No. 221. 39c and 50c Jewelry at 25c Consisting Beauty Pins, Belt Buckles, Silver Ear Screws, Bracelets, Pearl and Silver Cuff Buttons, Hat Pins and Scarf Pins; 39c and rs 50c values, at If* 25c Point de Paris Laces at 10c In white and ecru; 3 to 7 inches wide. About 3,000 yards in lot; many patterns to I fir* select from, at.. . ,*vt 75c Pongee Silks 49c Rough finish. In the following shades: pink, blue, brown and black. Regular 75c a r\ values, at T'VC 10c Check Toweling 6c In blue, pink and red checks. Regular Linen finish, worth /l 10c yard OC Isc Embroideries. 5c Just enough for tomor row’s selling. About 2.000 yards; edge and in sertions, worth Cy-* 15 cents, at 8c 36-in. Bleaching 5c Full one yard wide; >od strong quality and veil bleached, worth Ho Th 5c PRESIDENT OF GOAL COMPMY USED FU::iS FOli MHEfiBTS PRESENTS READING, Pa—Charging (hat cost -1; glfis pro.-.eM-d to, -Miss Mary L. Han :.er, a F’rikingiy beautiful gir’ (t b. Sar p-i P. Langdon, GO years till, h?d be-n bought with mon e> from its tunas, the American Vrtion Cca! company of Philad-lpnia. i t whirb Largdon was once presidin', hi;, b'-g.’-r mi .•’■yutnst the ycmcg wo i an for . j,K 0. Tim former n,!liio:iaire mine own tr Is anltr ar-»«: in »hilndeVphin rv- ili'r.r extradition so Wilmington.! v terc ho is charged with obtaining ! • 'its- 'amend ring tir.d.’r fairpre t n*C£. 1 Twelve years ago Langflon's name v. a om of,thp tertral figures in a long a: d st tsafional serin- of stories' which hinged aVoitt, tho finding of the led, - cl t: pretty young woman named An. if McGrath in a luxuriously fur- i r’stn-d hou-c at Twenty-ninth street j ard Girard avenue, Philadelphia where Laugdon was shown to have called often. Peter lives Doyle, Timber ar.d Wood Pnt d Pargdin In a rooming boils*; . No. 173 i d’erth 17th street, Phil gdeiphla, where he had buried hint self In a coal bin to escape their rc-arch. Langdon invested a large amoun! , of money In the Windsor hotel In It adlng. and was living here for a t me ;o supervise his holdings, though he still held his large Interests and position as president of the American Pnion Ccal company. It was about October 1. 1903, that he first made the acquaintance of the statuesque young woman with dark e: ea and a remarkable growth of j chestnut brown hair. The girl and her mother soon ac-, quired a handsome bouse In one of the best streets of the city. It was well furnished. Even a cemetery lot is placed among the gift* from the inilf.enalr*. Aft' -r the hou*e had been fitted spit and Miss Hammer, with her iJi*i/rer. who Is a widow, had oc cupied it. Langden was a frequent caller there, although he has not been s-en of late After Langdon had left pres! deucy of the big coal mining corpo- - rattan hia successor, making an In THE SUNDAY HERALD SECOND WEEK OF THE GREAT CLEAN UP SALE THE FIRST WEEK WAS A BIG SUCCESS NOW FOR SECOND WEEK, WHICH WE THINK WILL PROVE THE MOST INTERESTING AFFAIR IN MANY SEASONS, IN FACT WE ARE SATISFIED THAT NO OTHER STORE IN THE SOUTH HAS EVER SUCCEEDED IN BRINGING TOGETHER AT ONE TIME SUCH A VARIED COLLECTION OF UNDER PRICE MERCHANDISE. PLENTY OF SALESPEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE TO SERVE YOU AND PLENTY OF COOI. FRESH AIR, CONSTANTLY IN CIRCULATION. 19,198 Yards Colored Wash Goods at Clean-Up Prices 11698 Colored Wash Goods, including women’s Dress, Shirt and Apron Ginghams, American Printing Company’s new style Wash Fabrics, Figured Lawns and Palma Suitings. All fresh, clean goods: not remnants but full pieces. We reserve the right to limit these goods to 3 patterns of 12 yards each ■■ j to a customer. Not one yard in the lot worth less than 8 cents, at WASH. SUITS Rep-Linene and Linen Wash Suits; all more or less soiled Original prices run from $10.98 to $25.50 and a few higher. Lot No. 1, Clean Ups $5.00 Lot No. 2, Clean Ups.. . .$7.50 Lot No. 3, Clean Ups.. . .SIO.OO 50c Scarfs at 25c 20x54 indies long, hem stitched with double row Mexican drawn work. Regular 50c value, at J*o\» vestigation, discovered that checks had been drawn against the com pany's tunas which they did not ful “iv understand, Th“; wore spread over a period from October 30. 1903, to February 23, 1904. Three of them wore for y_,Gl)O each, and a third for $2,000. Detectives were employed by the cor. pan.y to investigate Langdon’s actions at about that period, suit was begun. TWO Will! MARTYRS TO PARIS.— Paris has two martyrs to feminism, Mile. Jeanne Block, the popular n.usic hall artist, and Mile. Madeleine Pelletier, one of the few lady doctors practising in Paris. The martyrdom in neither case will be very terrible. Mile. Bloch was ae eused of Infringing the regulations concerning motor ears, and paid no attention to the summons from a court composed of mere men. She has Just been sentenced by a default to forty-eight hours Imprison ment. Mile. Pelletier made that ter rible onslaught about a month ago on a bailot box, which she trampled under foot, and which was fully de scribed at the time The correctional court has sentenced her to a fine of 1 Cf. When Mile. Bloch heard of her ernden nation she stamped her foot and said It eeuid not be tru - Tb h why did she not so to the court? Be cause she had forgotten about It. When Mile. Pelletier heard of her condemnation she exclaimed: "Mascu. line egotism surpasses anything tha' can be imagined Mile. Bloch jf course, is going to app< al, whereas Mile. Pelletier thinks It hardly wor It while. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, A UGUST 9, 1908. AUGUSTA'S ONLY DEPARTMENT STORE SECOND WEEK CLEAN-UP READY-TO-WEAR SKIRTS Linen and Linene Wash Skirts, divided into 3 lots, the price range was from $1.90 to $5.98. Lot No. 1, Clean Ups 85c Lot No. 2, Clean Ups... $1.69 Lot No. 3, Clean Ups.. . $2.98 25c Embroideries at 15c Consisting of fine Baby Edges and Insertions, Cambric, Nainsook and Swiss, worth 25c g ™ yard, at Splendid Opportunity for Manufacturing Plants to Secure Power and Locate In Augusta and Enjoy the Cheapest Horse-Power in the World 7,500 yards Colored Wash Goods, consisting of Figured Batiste Embroideried A!nils, French Organdies, 36 inch, light, and dark Percales and A. F. C. Ginghams. The variety to choose from will be immense and thousands may participate in the unusual offerings. Values from 12Vi*c to 25c, at .... * 2 w WAISTS We Offer Exceptional Values. in 3 lots of Lawn and Lingerie Waists. None sold for less than $1.25 and many originally sold up to as high as $8.50 Lot No. 1, Glean Ups 85c Lot, No. 2, Clean Ups.. . $1.69 Lot No. 3, Clean Ups.. ..$2.98 39c Ribbons at 25c In Plaids, Moire and Plain Taffetas; 4 1 /> and 5 inches wide. Every yard worth 39c, 25C Isc White Batiste, 10c Full 40 inches wide; sheer smooth quality. Suitable for women’s waists, worth j 15c yard, at IUC SOULE SPEAKS TO GEORGUHRMERS Resumes Sessions of Farm er’s Institute. Inter esting Program. ATLANTA, Oa.— Dr, A. M, Soule, president of the State Agricultural college at Athens and director of the Farmers’ Institute for this slate, has resumed th<- Holding of those Instl titles throughout Georgia nnd has Is sued a program for the next, which Is to be held In Washington, Wilkes county, on Friday, and Saturduy, Au gust 14th and IGt.h. An Interesting program has been arranged, according to a copy re ceived by Prof. IC, 1,. Worsham, state entomologist, at. the cnpltol, which In cludes th (: Introdui lory remarks by Hon K, A, Calloway; "Scientific Ag rlcuiture," by prof M. P. Jarnlgan, professor of animal husbandry; "Farm Forestry,” by prof. Alfred Ak errnun, professor of forestry; “Divers ified Farming," by 0. F. Ilunnlcutt, of Atlanta The Saturday session promises to be the most Interesting of the two. On that date prof R J. H. Dolxtaeh. of Experiment, Oa., will make ,i talk on the selection of cotton. In chc afternoon Prof. K. 1,. Worshamf state entomologist, will speak on the In sect (jests and their control In bis Jpcccti Prof. Worsham wlil lay espe cial stress upon the Insects and dis eases which are raxdahjng the cotton crop of this state He will urge the farmers to take particular care mot see that the cotton seed are not In jured, for the reason that this product has become one of the most valuable of the- cotton stalk. The cotton seed crushing season Is Just beginning a id soor they will find ready market for them, lion, W J,. Williamson, of Com moree, (la., one of the most reliable dairymen of the state, will conclude the session by an address on dairy Ing Testa both In this country and In Europe have demonstrated the fact that dairy entile when fed with cotton seed meat mix' d with hulls, prndu a the richest cream and the highest quality of milk; In addition to being the grea'est milk and fat producer. It Is also the host cattle food to be had. , 75c and SI.OO Jewelry at 50c Some Gold filled, Solid Gold and Sterling Silver. In cluding Barrettes, Bracelets, Scarf Pins, Cuff Buttons, Belt Pins and Veil Pins; 75c and C 1 Ciff' SI.OO values, at dUy UNDERMUSLINS We have gone through this department, and pulled out; every odd piece and marked them at clean up prices. Loti Women’s $2.25 Skirts and Gowns, at $1.75 Lot,2 Women’s $1.25 Muslin Drawers, at 59c Lot 3 Women’s 50c Corset Cov ers find Drawers 25c $1.25 Linen Sheeting,Bsc 90 inches wide, suitable for women’s Suits, and children’s dresses. Reg ularly worth o c* „ $1.25, at OOt* NO FREE RIDES FOR EMPLOYES ONOIY ATLANTA, Ga.—The hound thlH morning defeated the measure to al low free transportation for polio,, and firemen. Notice of motion to recon sluer was given. MILITIA CHANGES IN STRIKE DISTRICT Infantryman Replace Cav alry and Artillery Who Have Been on Duty for Three Weeks. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. The First regiment Infantry, A. N. (!,, and MaJ. Long's battalion of the Third Infam try, arrived In Birmingham Friday night from Ghlckamagua, where the Alabama soldiers have been encamp ed. Today the Infantrymen are bo Ing distributed throughout the strike section, relieving the cavalrymen and artillerymen who have been on duty for the (i»st three weeks. The ar tlllerymeti and the cavalrymen will be allowed to return to their homey within the next few days. Lived Ninety Years to Oct a Fortune Left by Schoolmates ST. LOUIS. Mrs. Margarattn Can tons, 94 years old, who received $15,- 000 three years ago as the result of a unique compact entered Into by sixty llv„ v/i In a German convent school more than seventy year?! ago, died Thursday In this city. She is rut wed by fix children, 2G grand children and 12 great grand children Seventy years ago Mrs. Castens was a pupil lu a convent school near i DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR. DEMOCRATS LINE UP DOWN IN SAVANNAH CHATHAM COUNTY ORGANI ZATION PROMISES TO SUP PORT BRYAN AND GIVE BIG MAJORITY SAVANNAH, Ga The Chatham county democratic executive commit tee today reconsidered Its action of ; Thursday, when a resolution Indors ing the candidacy of William J. Bryan was tabled. The committee today unanimously passed the resolution and another resolution was passed plcdlng th,. members of the commit tee to do all In their power to roll up the biggest democratic majority ever In this county. A further resolution was passed re questing the resignations of any members who did not intend to sup port Mr, Bryan frankly atul unques tionably. VATICAN ENRICHED BY $1,000,000. HOME The Vatican treasury Is richer by $1,000,000 this year, owing to the gem-ruuoa tlmnk offerings poured Into It to celebrate the Pope's ! Jubilee. The hulk of the offerings fame from Italians, hut there were 1 very generous donations from Amer ican, French and British Catholics. Your store Is not compet Ing with others at all UN, LE6S ITS ADVERTISING IS AS GOOD — and soma times bettor—than their*. $1.50 English Nainsook at $1.19 Sherman & Sons, No. 22 English Nainsook, 12 yards to a piece. Sells regularly <£l j at $1.50, at.. . 451.1 V $1.50 Long Cloth $1.19 Imperial Long-Cloth, 12 yards to a piece, well finished and per-£ \ jrv feet goods, at.., ,451.1 V SI.OO Allover Laces, 25c We will sell all of our .All-Over Baby Irish Laces, in cream and white Worth SI.OO yard 69c White Linen 48c 36-in wide, round thread, ready shrunk, all linen suiting, well worth a o 69c yard, at tOC $1 Crepe de Chene, 69c In black and white, light blue, pink, tan, brown, red, navy and champagne, worth SI,OO yard, at OVC Htuttgart, Germany. The girls agreed, Just before they were graduated, to pay a certain number of marks a year Into a Berlin bank, and the entire amount, was to go to the last surviv ing member of the class. Three y,.* r » ago Mrs Castens found herself the only one of the class remaining Hhe wrote to the hank, thinking that she would receive a few thousand dollars. What sh„ got wo# lu excess of SJi,OOU.