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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR lHt AUGUSIA til KALI) ' 731 Broad ftt , Augusta, Qa. Published Every Afternoon During the Week and on Sunday Morning by THE HERALD PUBLISHING CO Entered at the Augueta Poa.office as Mad Matter of the Second Claaa SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Dally and Sunday, 1 year Dally and Sunday, 6 montha 3Uo Dally and Sunday, 3 montha I.oC Dally and Sunday. 1 month SO Dally and Sunday, 1 week 14 Sunday Herald, 1 year 1.00 Weekly Heraid, 1 year 30 TELEPHONES. Dwelneaa Office City Editor SN* Society Editor No communication will be published in The Herald unlraa the name of the write la signed to article. NEW YORK OFFICE—VreHarttJ Ren Irimln A««nr*y t Hrunawlck Bulldlni:. Fifth Avenue. Nu» York City CHICAGO OFFICE—Vrr.-li.nd Hen In min Ah* tv y v, H K*ntqor. Mgr, 11'* Boyc* nulldlnf, Chicago, 111. The Herald la the offfrlaJ adverttain* medium of the n»y <* AuriHin «n*i i the County nf Richmond for all leifal no t|r#*« and advertlalng Addraaa all bualnea* communication* to THE AUGUSTA HfRALD, 71* Orosd §< . Augusta, Oi. «|F YOU WANT THE NEWS YOU NEED THE HERALD.’ Augusta, G»., Bunday, August 16, ’OB. Circulation of the Herald hir 6 Months, 1908 February 210,488 March 226.578 April 222.012 May . .243,666 Jun« 241,829 July 241,202 There Is no hotter way to roach the homos of the prosperous peo ple of this city and section than through the columns of The Her ald Dally and Sunday. Parties leaving Augusta can have Tha Herald sent them by mail each day. ’Phone 297, Circulation Depart ment If you leave Augusta, so thftt j The Heraid can reach you each day. It Is announced (hat there will bo an airship ut the Floyd county fair n#it fall. All hot air, of course. For one roMnon, there cannot be a republican landslide this year because Taft is too heavy tor anything to slide upon which he stands. No question will lit* asked «« to] whether the money is tainted when 1 1 U offered as a contribution to one i Of the campaign committees. That deceased wife's sister quest (lon is vexing Kugland again What ! 1 tough old female that deceased Wife's sister must be. The Finnish Diet has been opened j jil ilu. Hut since the tVar scales | do A n its doings It Is found not to |e : a unwholesome as It might be v*i limit this scaling process. The ruckling of geese once saved Home, and now the Charleston News 1 aiu« Courier expects the cackling of j n gander to raise Houth Carolina a quota of the Hryan campaign fund. A mule was shot at one of th** campaign meetings In South Caro- 1 «.ttu last week Always It Is the In Pot ent b> stamp i who gets the worst of it. Mr K II Hnrriman says that he | doesn't rare who Is elected president I Is this Indifference caused by the fact j that he hasn't put up money for elth er of them this year? Populists and democrats In Nebrns ] lilt fuse In (leorgla they fuss. Only the difference of an S between them. ( but It tuny mean the electoral vote] ol the state A man to Michigan had so much ! faltu In advertising that he advertised for rain It Is needless to say that he will get It. If he persists in that * course An Sirshlp that will really fly may ] he especteo when one of those Hus slan veterans who was with Kuro patio it' army In Manchuria ente a j the Held of airship building And uow the milliners are said to | be forming a union This Is depress i lug news to the many devoted hub bies w Ito remember how hard «.o*y . were hit by the M \Y hat bills tm* yesr. Five revenue officers in Kentucky recently tried to capture a female moonshiner If th*o failed to suc ceed they can at least claim ihit they caught a tartar. In explanation of their physical condition. The peislstence of Atlanta to an tm a part of DeKalb county Is due to bar determination to become a scape::. Could* to briug the ocean to Atlanta, tha City is IU be extended to th# «*v A Waeuington mat has been sen-! tei»e«d to tho workhouse for three months for klcY'ng his mother in law 7Ms when the constitution forbids ! the imposition ot cruel and unusual pvuishruet't \V*....er are we drlf* | »** _ fiven if 1t be admitted as the Washing* i Herald suv < < n. that to hi.xs a tv ung lady Is a miss demeanor, ti) lami As cb* lodge was wrong in dec.dies that 1* may tvnstltute as aault aud sattei. Mr Taft Is said to be so good that h* onlv says Fie when he gets mad. A man who could roil out a llttl (u as word than that when * the ocens>>n requlttd would i*st\ to be better filled 4vr the firosMeucy la then Sid ■ ut lilt*; ariogancc 1 A PLAIN BUSINESS PROPOSITION. The disposition on the part of the railroads by their rates and priv ilege], to build up Nashville and Richmond and Lynchburg and Danville a» wholesale and distributing centers, and the refusal to grant like privileges to Augusta and other cities of the South, Is very seriously threatening the life of the wholesale trade, certainly Its growth and ex panslon in this section of ihe South. AiigiiHta wholesalers have entered vigorously In the fight for fair and equal treatment, and the effort of the railroads to build up certain cities at the expense of the wholesale trade of a great many cities of the .South will be stubbornly fought ana contested Ai- the firs' step In this fight. The Herald wants to see a freight bureau established and ma‘ntalncd here In Augusta for the protection and furtherance of the city'a trade and commerce. From a number of letters and expressions that The Herald haa already received on this subject. It la conservatively estimated that the wholesale trade of An gusta In groceries alone can be Increased annually over $3,000,600. In a few years, with fair and equal t reatment, instead of $1,500,000 Invest ed and employed In the wholesale grocery trade of Augusta we could eon. fidently expect to see this amount doubled, as the wholesalers of Au gusta would he on an equal footing with other cities In their hustlo for business and trade. Instead of doing a $7,000,000 a year huainess In the wholesale gro eery trade, Augusta would soon s. e these figures mount to $10,000,000. to $15,000,000, to $30,000,000, with a consequent Increase in the men employed and the general prosperity that would result to the entire etly from Ihe proper growth and "xpansier] of the city's wholesale Inter ests. The wholesale trade of Augusta Is too Important to be sacrificed and the present attitude of the ral.roads, If persisted In, means the elimination ol Augusta aa a wholesale center. Just as Its refusal to make ihe Augusta wholesalers rates on carload lots on C. D. & K. classification has gradually transl .red all this business or at least the profits In this business to the mills and Jobbers of a few favored cities. Augusta's trade Is being sacrificed to build up Nashville In the West, and Virginia cl les In the Kast are being favored to such an ex tent by Ihe railroads that they are Invading Augusta's territory from that direction also. Ten Tnousand dollars a year spent In maintaining an efficient and vigorous freight bureau Is the first step In pushing Augusta's claims as a JObblng and distributing point. It's work that will mean new life to Augusta. It's work that will open up new territory and donflle Ihe wholesale business of the city. LOOKING TO THE <NTERSTAT E COMMERCE COMMISSION. The question of Increased freight rates on grain end provision shipments from the woHt to the south Is now up to the Interstate Com merce Commission, it alone stands now between the railroads and the people, by Its decision to curb the rapaclousness of these great corpora tions, or to make the people of the South the victims of their greed. To the commission the people look with confidence to save them from being made the victims of this uujust exaction. For such this proposed Increase of freight rates Is. It may he grant ed that there has been a decrease In their Ineomes, since the panic. This lias been the common fate of all Business Interests. They have all suffered from the effects of the gamblers' panic on Wall street, and no one Interest has the right to recoup Itself for these losses by sad dlltig Its share of Ihem on others, and thus make these bear a doublo portion of this loan. Huainess is uow reviving Figures that have been published show that tho transportation business Ih rapidly Improv ing Home or the railroads are now actually doing a heavier business than they wore doing during the corresponding months last year. The outlook Is for an Immense carrying business next fall and winter. And In view of all this Increased rates should not be allowed. Even If the business continued bad, and Ihe outlook was such as to foreshadow Increased shrinkage In the carrying trade (when the oppo site Is true! and It appeared reasonable and Just to the railroads that their Incomes should be Increased by heavier tolls, It would still be un just to allow this proposed schedule to stand. For it Increases rates on shipments of certain freights Into the south. These Increases are on goods consumed by the southern people. It is a fact, which none will dispute, thai the consumer at last pays tho freight. To increase these rates would no an, then, that to make good the losses sustained by the railroads the southern people alone should he taxed. If It were found neeessary to allow the railroad to Increase their rates. In Justice to all Ihe people Ihe Increuse should he so divided that this burden fell upon all alike. To pluro the advance on goods con sumed by the southern people, and not advance tha rates on ship incuts going the other way, would be a gross Injustice, Just as It would he an injustice lo the people of othor sections to place all this burden upon them. So It appears that this proposed raise of Height rates by the rail roads Is unjust because It Is not)necessary; but that even if It was necessary. It Is still unjust to make this burden fall upon ihe people ot the south alone. For the state ot Georgia It is estimated that this ad ditional Height charge on Hour, grain and meat would amount to sl. UOtl.tlOO a year It Is not right to tax the people of this state In tills man ner lor railroad service which benefits alike ihe people of each end ol the line, while none of the Increased burden Is put upon the people of the states at ihe other end of the Hues. In singling out these classes of freight for a raise the railroads have discriminated against Ihe south, ami for his reason this raise should nol be allowed to stand even If II be lo*ld that the railroads must be granted a lurger income. And the Interstate Commerce Commission should hurry Its decis ion as much as possible. The Injunction Issued by Judge Speer, re straining the railroads from collecting this additional toll until after the eoimnlsslon should have rendered Its decision, was set aside by Judge I‘ardee, and Ihe railroads are now collecting this additional toll, ll Is true that jhey have been required to give bond to cover this difference, and that they must refund It after the commission shall make Its do dslon. but everybody knows how tedious and costly It Is to collect a Just claim front the railroads S*v h claims, when they are collected at last, often exceed tn cost and wort y what they are worth. The commis sion should end this enfotv d additional payment by rendering its de cision at the earliest invisible moment. As to What this decision will be there can be no doubt. The com mission cannot allow ihis Injustice to stand THE RACE RIOT IN SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS. Another race riot Is to bo added to the record This time It oc curred In Springfield, 111. The usual story Is to be told Several per sons have 'leen killed, a still greater number Injured, property has been destroyed, and In the end order has been restored by the employment of troops. These race riots ate of constant occurrence, and they are all alike In their loading details whether they occur in New Orleans or New York, In Atlanta or Springftolgd ill. Tho race riot In Atlanta some three years ago and the race rtot in Springfield. 111., are strikingly similar In all their details. The cause ol both was the criminal assault of white women by negro brutes. It led to great Indignation among the while men. which in the ease of the more Impetuous and less responsible among them caused attacks on negroes; and the more violent among these resenting these light at tacks by Insufferable Insolence and a resort to deadly weapons, the riot was on. and only the protection ot white troops aiding the officers of Ihe law prevented a wholesale massacre of negroes. When the Atlanta riot occurred, It will be remembered how se vere In their condemnation were many of the Northern papers, not of the blacks who were responsible for It. but of the autnorities for not suppressing the disorder quicker It will be Interesting to note what these same papers win har> to say now, that an exactly parallel ease has occurred m a Northern city. There Is only this difference; In Atlanta there had been a Serb s ot these brutish crimes; tn Springfield, so far as known, the one which precipitated the rtot was the first of Its kind. Consequently there was fsr greater provocation In Atlanta In both cities the authorities tried to quell the disturbance, when It first broke out. by calling out Ihe fire department This plan failed iu Atlanta, and because It failed and Ihe subsequent greater disorder followed, the Atlanta authorities were most mercilessly criticised by the saints who sat In safety bTvond th«» lltu* <«f tlnn&t'r Yet with the example of Atlanta before them as a guide, the failure of streams of water to settle the Instpient riot snd the adverse criticism ou th.s rmrs* of action, the authorities of Springfield did cvaotH the same The fire department was called, out to deluge the rioters and this fallma troops were ordired front all parta of the state to stop what was on the point of vergti.g Into a general massacre of the negroes Quiet Is uow restored In Springfield but race antagonism will bo stronger In all that section for all time to come Another bloody object lesson nss been presented to show that the race question is not a Southern question but is exactly the same where vac uie twe races live together tu considerable number*. AUGUSTA'S BUILDING BOOM. The sound of the saw and hamme is being heard all over Augusta and the music is a very pleasant one to ihe ears of ail our people. Mention has already been made in The Herald of this activity In build ing going on all over the city, es peclaily in Summerville, North Au gusta and the suburbs. In the heart of the city among the more ambitious and larger buildings going up or soon to be erected may be mentioned the new Irlsh-Amerf can Hank building, and this splendid brink building is soon to be followed by the contract for the new Union .Savings Hank building on the comer of Itroad and Bth s treets. Then there is the Vason building now nearly completion on the (too block of Broad, and in the near future the New City Hall and the New Post Office building to he erected on the square opposite the Union Station All told, we could not look for bet ter evidences of prosperity and growth and development that Augus ta is showing than in the great record of building opt rations both for resi dences and for business and public buildings that Is being made by the city at the present time. THE WORK OF THE NEWSPAPER FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD. The New York Evening Journal tak ing as its text the splendid fight that ihe Atlanta Georgian has made for ihe abolishment of the infamous con vict lease system in Georgia, pays (hat paper and Its editor, F. L. Seely a deserved compliment. The Geor gian's work in this matter has at tracted national notice and commen dation. Mr. Rrisbane, the editor of the New York Evening Journal goes on to say: "It is reassuring to know that throughout the nation other news papers and other editors, many re ceiving very slight, thanks for tbeir work, are carrying on similar cru sades. "The real work, of course, is not done by the editor or the newspaper, hut by the intelligent readers, the citizens who find their energies and their Indignation focused in the news paper columns. The founders of this nation were wise when they gave to the nation the liberty of the press, which means liberty for '.he citizens to express their views and demand reforms in that modern forum, which Is the dally newspaper. "There are supine, spineless and worthless and dishonest newspapers, plenty of them, unfortunately. Hut luckily for the country there are many hpnest and aggressive, more anxious lo give than to receive. Almost ev ery city and town, certainly every state, has its newspapers representing ihe public conscience and lighting for needed reforms, and those newspap ers are really, us they should be, the governing power, the improving, re forming, growing force in this na tion, for they are the visible talk ing representatives of the citizenship Itself.” This Is a very fair summing up of tho work that a good newspaper is constanly endeavoring to do for the people that It serves and for the com munity in which It is published. WILL THE GOVERNOR VETO THE BILL? One of the bills passed by the legis lature during its last hours was a bill authorizing policemen and firemen to ride free on the street cars. It re ceived a large majority in both houses, sufficient to have overcome the governor's veto, had he vetoed it. As the legislature had adjourned before the bill was submitted to tho governor ne could take no action on it. and should he veto it now, it would be dead. That the bill should have received a large majority in both houses Is not strange, for tho same reason that a bill creating a very unpopular law cun never secure votes enough to pass. Legislators have a natural fear of offending Ihe dear voters, and the faet of having voted ugainst a blil granting street car privileges to fire men and policemen would be used against a candidate in any future race he might run. To vote against a bill of this sort requires no small amount of moral courage. Is such a blil right? Of course, for firemen and policemen to have the privilege of riding free is very pleas ant for them. All their friends will wish that they could have this prlvt lege, as indeed it would be a fine thing If all of us could ride free. But do these city employes have a greater right to ride tree than do other peo ple? Why should a fireman ride free and a mall carrier pay his fare? Why should a policeman ride free and a school teacher pay fare? Why should these two classes ride free snd s city employe of another department, say the health or scavenger department, whose salary is smaller, pay hts fare? This Is clearly an unjust discrimina tion among city employes Then again, what right has the city to require a private corporation to render tree service to anybody ? If our state can pass a law compelling the street railways to transport free one class ol cititeus. It has tits same AN EXTRA SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE. For the first time since the present state constitution has been in force the general assembly of the state will be called to meet in extra ordinary session. This is a very serious matter. Legislatures are costly things. What with mileage and other fixed incidentals, to simply call this body together will cost the tax payers not less than $20,000; and If they remain In session more than a few days, the cost will run up much higher than that. The framers of our constitution very wisely tried to guard against extra sessions, and hedged their assembling about with such stringent conditions that un til now no necessity for an extraordinary session sufficiently great to Justify such a meeting Has arisen. Now, however, the necessity exists. The present convict leases ex pire by limitation before the next regular session. It is absolutely nec essary to determine what the state shall do with them when the pres ent system expires. The governor has no authority to determine this. No other officials have. The convicts cannot be left unprovided for. And so, the legislature having failed to take action which It was its bounden duty to take, no other course was left the governor but to call an extraordinary session of that body. The responsibility for this heavy and avoidable expense must rest on the general assembly. It knew that the convict lease was about to expire. It knew that the duty of making future disposition of the con victs rested on the legislature. Y'et, knowing all this, it idled away a fifty days session without attending to this duty, the greater part of this time literally frittered away. And as a consequence the people must now be saddled with the burden of this additional heavy expense. Our state legislature meets annually in a fifty days' session. Within that time there Is no doubt that all needed legislation could be passed. It is a reflection upon the leadership of the legislature, when that body Is allowed to pass its allotted time in wrangling over petty measures with the result in the end of leaving uncompleted action that was ab solutely necessary to take. A pretty mes 3 the j resent legislature has made of its work any way. It has passed appropriation bills without regard to revenues. When the state tax rate had already been put up to the highest con stitutional limit, and since the state had already suffered a great diminu tion of Its Income by the abolishment of the liquor license system, and must suffer further diminution by the abolishment of the convict lease system, appropriations were voted as though the state treasury was pos sessed of a flock of geese that laid golden eggs. Pensions have been In creased, agricultural colleges have had large appropriations voted them, numerous fixed appropriations have been enlarged and none reduced, and then, to crown the whole puerile record, the legislature adjourned when it was legally compelled to do so with its most important work undone, saddling the additional cost of an extra session on the state when It is certain that there will not be money enough in the treasury In the ordinary course to pay the bills it has made. Surely Governor Smith has been most unfortunate to have had during his term of office such a legislature as this. right to compel It to give free trans portation to all citizens. Clearly this is wrong. If a city thinks any class of Its employes deserve free transpor tation on the street cars, it should buy this from the company whicn has transportation for sale, just as It would do If it desired these men to have free shoes or free hats. Besides all this, the law in question Is in violation of that correct prin ciple, so lately adopted, of no free passes for anybody and reduced rates for all. It is the entering wedge to a return to the old system of favoritism, under which before the abolishment of the free pass evil a few had their transportation free, and the unfavored ones were required to make up to the carrier corporations what they lost In extending this free service to the favored ones. When the railroad com missioners violated this law by allow ing the railroads to give free trans portation to the state immigration agent, Indignant public protest soon compelled them to withdraw this priv ilege. Did the legislature now do right In giving this same special priv ilege to two other classes? Wtil the governor sign the bill or allow it to become a law without his signature; or will he veto it? During his campaign Governor Smith openly and bravely declared his oppo sition to such a law. What he will do now, after the law has been passed, . remains to be seen. THE DEATH OF IRA 0. SANKEY. The death of Ira D. Sankey at his home in Brooklyn last Thursday night recalls the services of the greatest singer this age has produced The infirmities of age had several years ago compelled his retirement from active work, and very little had been heard of him until the sad news of his death recalled his re markable gift and services to his countrymen. It has been nearly forty years since the name of Sankey became a house hold word In every Christian home in the land, as the sweet singer of re ligious songs associated with Dr. Moody in his wonderfully effective re vlval work. The two worked to gether, the one exhorting and the other "Binging, by their combined ef forts the means of leading thousands into a higher Christtau life. They visited every city in this country, many of them repeatedly, and alsc made several tours of England, every where successful In furthering the cause of real Christianity by the im pressions they made on the hearts and consciences of men. Mr. Sankey was possessed of a re markably dear and sweet voice. As a boy his singing attracted attention In his native village, and it so im pressed Dr. Moody, when he heard the young man sing at a religious con vention, that he at once enlisted him as a companion worker in his revival work; and It is a question whether It was Moody's preashing or Sankey's singing that was most effective tn the joint services they conducted. But It was not only In singing, but In composing music also, that San key was a great musical genius. He composed many songs, all of them melodiously attractive snd inspiring and several of them undoubtedly de stined to be added to the elastics of religious songs, which at once became favorites in the church service of all denominations, not only in English speaking countries, but throughout the world. Mr. Sankey survived his great co laborer in revival work several years. After the death of Moody little was heard of him, and he devoted himself principally to writing a history of gospel songs. Now he has gone to his reward. HARRIMAN AND HANSON. The usual sweet tempered and good natured editor of the Atlanta Geor gian in his single shot editorial of Friday says: “The rumor is afloat that Mr. liar, riman, who has included the Central of Georgia in his few dozen tx '•..ads, with which he plays sleight of hand as a pastime, intends to send a prac tical railroad man to replace the president of the Central of Georgia. "We don’t want to be presumptu ous at all, but for Mr. Harrimau's in formation we might remind the gen tleman that our friend, the Major, has had more experience at banking -or perhaps when that word is used in connection with railroading, it sh mid be termned financing—as a republican politician, and as the angel of a news paper or two, all of which was very handy before the era of the strenu ous life, and Mr. Harriman's getting hold of the road." The Central railroad under the pres idency of Major Hanson has made a very good record as a railroad, de spite the fact that the Major is not a practical railroad man. He has wisely lett the railroad part to com petent and able and practical railroad men. It is not according to The Herald's idea of railroad presidents, that they run politics, or own and run news papers, or run even railroads, solely in the interest of bigger profits ami with no attention to the public. In fact we have said much of this same thing a great many times, not indeed with reference to the pres.dent of the Central, for in regard to the matters that seem to disturb the Georgian in this connection, we are not so well informed. The Georgian concludes its little message to Mr. Harrlman with tho following; "We think the citizens of Georgia will agree with ns that Just now an a«-a*ound rallrotd man can be of more use to the state of Georgia, and If Mr. Harriman has been hesitating on making the change because the Georgian has not given Its approval, we wish immediately to remove that barrier and extend a hand-shake to the new representative of Mr. Har riman In advance of his arrival. “We have nothing In the world against the Major personally, but then a change wouldn't be objected to " 4 ANOTHER FORGOTTEN ORDI NANCE. The anti-spitting ordinance is not the only one of the minor city ordi nances which of lste seems to have become very much of s dead letter. Complaint Is made that the ordinance against bicycle riding on the side walks is much disregarded In the residence portions of the city. The extensive laving of cement sidewalks hss furnished a track of such tempting excellent* to bicycle SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 Come in Now For Fall Clothes r>,, x Lots of men who know the value of first choice are leaving their order now. Come in anyway and take a 100k —you’ll find it quite worth while. We enjoy showing them —they make new friends for us everyday. Then, with such materials and patterns, Dorr Tailoring shows to the highest ad vantage. DORR Tailoring For Men of Taste 724 Broad. Augusta. Willet’s Formula “Alfalfa Stock Food.’’ Made of ground Alfalfa hay, and ground sound grains with no "filler." Exclusive agents, car lots wanted in each town. For horses and milch cows. Ingredients—4o per cent, ground Al salsa hay, 50 per cent, corn chops, other ground grains, etc. Analysis—Fat 2:63 per cent., Pro tein 14.75 per cent. Carbohydrates, 51.75 per cent.; Fiber, 17.00 per cent. Price—One sack (100 lbs.) $1.80; two sacks t2OO labs. $3.50; 1 ton (2,000) lbs) $33.00; 2 1-2 tons, $32.50; 5 tons, $32.00 At a cent and 3-4 a pound. Nine quarts per day for 30 days will cost about $3.75; 10 quarts about $4.30; 12 quarts about $5.15; 15 quarts about $G,45. CLVBfS. < OFAKERIC4 Kftms CITY x “The Place to Get 'Em Right." A. H. Ml EG EL, TAILOR. 213 Mclntosh Street, Leonard Building. riders that they cannot resist the temptation of riding on this forbidden ground. It seems cruel to deny them this forbidden pleasure, but inasmuch as children and- decrepit old peopH use the sidewalks, and these often narrowly escape being run over and not always successfully avoid such an accident, there are those who think that the ordinance relating to bicycle riding on the sidewalks should be observed. Several complaints on this score have recently been presented to The Herald, and it is in compliance with these requests that attention is di rected to this matter. A LARGE ORdlr’fOß NEW STEEL CARS. Announcement is made that the Harriman lines are In the market for G.OOO new steel cars, an order that will cost between six and seven mil lion dollars. Car equipment com panies are preparing their bids for this order and specifications have al ready been furnished for a large num ber of these cars. This is but one of the many signs that the business of 'he country is fast getting back to the size and volume that It enjoyed before the re cent panic. It Is already being predicted that with the business to be in the fall that the railroad companies will be unable to handle all the business offering, and many of the large ship pers hnve already taken up with the railroads the question of furnithing cars and devising ways and means im handle the business.

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The Augusta herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1890-1908, August 16, 1908, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 19