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SUNDAY, AUGUST 16
JAS. T. BOTHWELL, PAUL MUSTIN. f. L. FULLER,
President. Vice-President. Sec. & Treas
AUGUSTA GROCERY
COMPANY.
WHOLESALE GROCERS
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COFFEE ROASTERS.
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AUGUSTA, ■ GEORGIA.
TRIANGULAR SLOCK.
D. P. O’CONNOR SCO.
WHOiesAie fißoceas.
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! Provisions, C", in,
,• Hay, Plour, Etc
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Best Market Prices
fto Always Quoted.
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ce ints for Saborosa Cigars. The
” best 5 cent Cigar in the World.
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25 Eenwick St. Augusta, Georgia.
AUDLEY HILL. ARTHUR H. MERRY.
HILL <& MERRY,
Wholesale Produce Provisions
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General Commission Merchants.
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
Tropical and Domestic Fruits,
Produce and Provisions.
Established In 634-636 Mclntosh St.
1693. Triangular Block.
AUGUSTA, - - GEORGIA.
new m cooes
FIRM IJJUGUSTA
Mr. James McElwee and S.
P. Thomas Will Open up
at J. Willie Levy’s Pres
ent Stand.
Augusta is to have another new
dry goods firm within a very short
time according to plans that have just
been made public. Messrs James Me-
Jilwee and S. P. Thomas, backed by
ample capital will open up in the
store now occupied by J. Willie Levy.
Mr. McElwee was formerly connect
ed with the original J. B. White Co.
and was a charter nu mber of the firm
of Burton. Taylor, Wise Co., but sold
out his interest and went west In
search of health. Since his return he
has been connected with Von Kamm
Vaughn & Gerald. He is one of the
best known dry goods men In the
city.
Mr. Thomas came originally from
South Carolina and has made for
himself a large number of friends on
this side of the river. He Is also an
experienced dry goods man antj at one
time was buyer lor the P. D. Hor
kan Co.
There are many who predict a
great future for the new concern and
it adds one more store —a little
more evidence of progress and ex
pansion—for Augusta and the increas
ing trade now coming to this city
makes It an easy matter for all the
new stores to maintain a splendid
business without detriment to those
already established.
RAILROADS MUST
DELIVER PROMPTLY
ALL UNCLE SAM’S MAIL
On the dally bulletin sheet, mailed
to postmasters throughout the coun
try from the headquarters of the post
office department at Washington, ap
pears the following regulation, regu
lating the method of remunerating
railroads for the transportation of
mails, In case of delay:
Unless It is shown to the satisfac
tion of the post office department that
the failure to operate a train or trains
was' unavoidable, the deduction will
be made at pro rata, or 100 per cent
of the amount due to be earned by
the railroad between the pointß of
failure. If the failure was unavoid
able, the route reopened without nec
essary delay and the mails not di
verted. the mail being re-established
promptly, 50 per cent of said amount
will be deducted. Where, however,
there has been a total suspension of
mail service over all or any part of
a route for a period of sixdays or
more, deduction will be made for the
entire period at 100 per cent of pro
rata, without regard to the cause of
the failure or diversion of malls."
Since First Steamboat Piled
Waters ot the Savannah
Trattic on the River
Has Contributed to
City’s Prosperity
(Continued from l’age 3.)
and the R. K. Lee within a mile of
Savannah; the Eclipse blew up at Mili
Stone Landing, and the J. O. Lawton
at Gunn Stump Landing. The vessels
which lived out their lives were the
Washington, on which La Fayette vis
ited Augusta; the Ivanhoe, Forester,
Santee, Hancock, Fashion, Columbia.
Union, Express, Inez, St. Claire and
| Ilaudry Moore.
The Charleston line, or the one ply
ing between Hamburg and Charles
ton, had fifteen boats; the Henry
Shultz, which blew up at the Au
gusta bridge from an explosion of
powder In her hold; the William
Lowndes, which burned at Flour Gup;
Cain, which burned at the foot of
Campbell street, near the present lo
cation of the Riverside Mills; the
Caledonia, which sank about the
same place; St. John, which sank at
Gray Point; Edgefield, whlci sank at
Horton’s Ferry; Duncan McCralg,
| which blew up at the dock; the Pen
dleton, Liberty, Andrew Jackson,
John D. Morgan, John fitnney, William
Reabrook, Clargeston, and Augusta, of
Charleston.
It will be seen that about seventy
steamboats navigated the Savannah
from about 1820 to 1865. As many
as fifteen In a week would arrive and
depart, but the dangers of .he voyage
were many. About thirty wpre de
stroyed, some thirteen burned, six
blown up, and eleven sunk. Three
were lost at Gray’a Point, two at
Blanket Point, the rest were scattered
along the river.
The names of most If not all the
steamboats navigating (he river have
been presented to us, and we have
pretty full accounts of the catas
trophes closing some of their careers.
The Steamboat Company of Georgia
had at various periods some thirteen
boats: The Enterprise, Sant Howard,
Savannah, Augusta, (No. 1.), South
Carolina, Georgia, Tugalo, Cherokee,
Tennessee, T. H. Metcalf, D. L.
Adams, Augusta (No. 2), Chatham.
The boats’ named Augusta had Ill
luck, the Augusta No 1 being dee
troyed by tire at the elty bridge, and
the Augusta No. 2 burned at. Gray's
Point The I) I, Adams, was sold
for use on a South American river,
and the Chatham was captured while
running Hie blockade during the war.
Since the war the boats put »m
the river have been the W. T. Who
less, which was burned nt ..avannah;
the Alice Clark, which wis lost, on
the Carolina coast; the Mary Fisher,
which eank at Paraehuela; the Katie,
the Ethel, New South, Progress and
Advance,
The boats at the present time run
ning on the river are; The Two States
and the Augusta.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
Wholesale Grocers of New Orleans Declare
Railroads Not Frank in Rates Raise
NEW ORLEANS.—Geo. P. Thomp
son, president of tho Wholesale Gro
cers' association of New Orleans, dis
cussing the situation regarding tlit
proposed advance in rates, said:
“Tho railroads have met with onr
commercial people and have promised
:hem a 'square deal' and we have
been given their assurance that no
discrimination will be shown either
in present advances or those to come.
"This looks beautiful oil the sur
face, but is in reality a waiver of tho
main issue—to raise or not to raise
rates.
"The railroad managers are In
trenched behind the plea that higher
rates will mean prosperity lit every
walk of life—a complete rejuvenator,
as It wove—that everything springs
from the loins of the railroads, and
once the coffers of the railroads are
replenished the car of commerce will
resume her triumphant march which
has been somewhat interrupted by
lack of the usual axle grease during
the past year
“The direct question was put to
tho railroad representatives at the
.conference of the Board of Trade
last week, to wit: If you advance
rates, as contemplated now, will you
make tho same proportionate reduc
tions when freight movements are
again in full swing?'
"This question was unanswered.
Not one of the representatives of
fered any relief for the future.
"In mitigation of the contemplated
,action the railroads offer the solace
that tho advance is exceedingly in
finitesimal; in fact, so small it will
Texas Complains Against Rate Increase
Which Costs Texas $2,600,000 Annually
WASHINGTON—If tho hearing on
the complaint filed by the Texas rail, j
road commission against tho railroads
in the Southwestern territory shall
disclose such conditions of combina- !
Hon in restraint of trade as sro set
forth in the complaint It is expected
that the interstate commerce commit)-1
slon will certify so much of the com
plaint as relates to the alleged com |
hination and conspiracy to raise rates
to tha department of Justice for tho
prosecution of the railroads under tho
Sherman anti trust law.
The reason for this aetlon Is the
fact, that, the complaint filed with the
commission, growing out, of the recent
advances on all lines of freight traf
fic Into Texas from St. Louis, Kan-
Isas City and Arkansas points asserts
that the Increases arc not only so un
reasonable and unjust as to bn viol
ative of the provisions of the Inter
state commerce law, but also that the
sixty-seven roads that are made de
fendants, together with the Santa Fo
and Rock Island in that territory,
have entered Into a conspiracy to
raise rates, and are engaged In a
combination to restrain trade In viol
ation ,of the provisions of the anil
trust law.
The complaint Is signed by Allison
Mayfield, chairman of the Texas rail
road commission, and by R. G. David
son, attorney general of that state.
It undertakes to compare the alleged
cost of maintenance and operation of
the railroads with the actual cost
and the claimed Indebtedness, which
Is supposed to Justify the increase,
with th e actual Indebtedness. Thu
railroad commission of Tc:as, It ap
pears, has appraised the cost of con
struction and operation of the roads
as well as the actual Indebtedness
upon which the rates may be futrly
based.
Among olher points made In the
complaint Is that In 1891 the rate on
first class traffic from St. Louis to
Texas common (mints was 81.113 per
100 pounds; that by 1903 these rates
had been advanced to $1.37 and that
the rate effective August 10 makes
advances fully 10 cents higher. As
Illustrative of the volume of traffic
Anarchy Struggles With Anarchy
in Movement For Russia's Reform
BERLIN—The tragic struggle of re
form and faction In Russia moves
forward In its slow, lumbering way,
crushing Its many victims like the
Car of Juggernaut. Anarchy struggles
with anarchy. The wild anarchy or
the desperate revolutionaries Is oppos
ed by the calculating anarchy of cor
rupt officials and drumhead court
marllals. Wild pal riots, oppressors,
governors and tyrants perish togeth
er. The assassin's knife and the
hangman's rope dally claim their vie
tlms.
From the midst, of this terrible
strife tlmre comes a passionate en
treaty that those things shall cease.
On the startled ears of reactlonarlcs
and revolutionaries alike fall the pow
erful accents of the eountgeoim old
man, Tolstoy, who still dares to
preach and to practise before an In
credulous world the fundamental max
im:. of Christianity.
How shall the long agony of Rus
sia be ended? From Tolstoy's herm
itage routes the same answer »ti
came centuries ago from Galilee "if
a man smite thto on one cheek, turn
to him the other "
Impossible and Impracticable ld< al-
Ism! many will exclaim after read
ing Tolstoy's noble manifesto against
government by executions" In Run
sla Jeans of Nazareth was despised
and rejected not only by the Romans
but also by tbs l< w», and it la Tol
stoy's late to be both hated by the re
actionaries and reject# d by tbs rev-
Olutlonarles.
lie plainly tells the revolutionaries
that "boßld'-s b' lng terrible they a#e
also stupid, tv-fanse of the blood
thirsty methods they adopt—all these
bombs and tunnelings and these re
volting murders and theft* of money.”
Force is no remedy on either sld>*.
Thai Is the essence of hIH gospel.
You cannot make men free by such
only mean about (wo dollars por per
son and will hardly be recorgnlxed
by the consuming public. A little
multiplication of this little tax of two
dollars by the population of the llni
ted States will reveal that someone
will ho called on to pay tribute to
tho railroads of approxiately J! 80,-
000,000 per annum! Not such an In
fantile proposition after all, Is it? And
after this has soaked in please an
swer the question: Who will assume
this burden, the merchant, the manu
facturer or the consumer?
"The commercial element fools
that the slogan of tho railroads, ‘Ad
vance rates or lower salaries,’ is posi
tively unwarranted. Were it clearly
demonstrated that one of these alter
natives was unavoidable we would
naturally and quickly respond by ac
cepting the lesser of the evils high
er rail's rather than sen the compen
sation of employes cut with the pres
ent high-priced foodstuffs and other
necessities of life. But neither of
ilieso extraordinary measures is Im
perative at this time. Co-operation
on the part of the transportation
companies and the people Is essen
tially the key to the situation Rates
In a number of Instances are nl
ready too high, and equalization
where discrimination exists would set
free the channel of business where
congestion chokes off movement, en
abling the merchant to Increase dis
tribution, thereby Increasing transpor
tation and adding to tho revenues of
the railroads. But an additional tax
will only retard tho easiug up of de
pression which has begun afti r weary
waiting."
affected In these advances, it is shown
that tho 40,000,000 tons of traffic Into
i oxas In 181* 1 has bee Increased more
than 400 per rent; that the gross
earnings of the toads leading to that
territory had Increased from $35,000,-
000 to $00,000,000 while the cost of
operation decreased from 80 to 73 per
cent. During the same period tho
gross earnings per mile lllcroasod
from $4,000 to s7,n>B and the net
earnings Increased from $7Ol to sl,
906. The complaint shows In detail
the earnings and operating expenses
of the roads leading from the Mis
sissippi and Missouri territory to
Texas common points. It Is claimed
that the rale advances which go into
effect August 10 amount to an In
crease on Iho aggregate traffic af
fected in Texas of $2,600,000.
In addition to tho allegations of
conspiracy on tne part, of the rnnds
complained of to restrain trade In
violation of the anti-trust law, it Is
further set forth In tne complaint
that ill violation of the railroad rutn
law tho proposed advances are un
just, unreasonable and excessive.
Eight freight, schedules which have
recently been filed with the commis
sion are made the basts of tho com
plaint, and all are claimed to have
been .ou k „t about, by an unlawful
agreement between the defendant, car
ilors and tho Southwestern Traffic
, association, of which they are mem
bers, or whose members represent,
through power of attorney, those who
are not.
It declares that the increased rates
will fall primarily upon commodities
1 of prime utility and dally necessity;
that they will seriously disturb trade
relations, causing loss to shippers and
the consuming public.
The interstate commerce commix
slon will tomorrow notify railroads
concerned In the Increased ratcß to
Texas common points to reply to the
complaint tiled today by the railroad
eomnilHHlon of Texas within fifteen
days. It Is usual to give twenty days
for the filing of a reply to a com
plaint, but in this case the commis
sion, In order to expedite the consid
eration of the esse, reduced tho lime.
external prftcesHWsi. It Is In their
In-art that, the change must he
wrought, and It Is to the heart and
conscience of the nation of governor
and revolutionaries alike, that Tol
stoy make his appeal.
Ilia vivid pictures of the horrible
realities of the present situation, of
all the sordid and hatefiil dotal:* of
mi execution, stir one with sin me and
remorse even thousands of miles
away. The highest official must blush
to hud his own direct responsibility
lor the hangman's work so clearly
r#-veali-d, and the most comfortable
citizen must grow restless as he
realizes that these d#-e#|i, are done
professedly on his behalf.
For the moment the physical force
revolutionaries have been beaten
down, but Tolstoy Is kindling a great,
or revolution In the hearts of his
fellow countrymen of all classes.
WRIGHT WILL COMPETE
I’AKIH Wilbur Wright stinoiinos
bis Intention of competing very short
ly for the prlz#- of $60,000 offered by
thi- Dully Mall to the aeronaut who
succeeds In Hying In a machine heav
ier than ulr from London to Man
chebter In one day, and without
stopping more than three times to
replenish his fuel tank*.
A Oran# F amity M.Olein..
"1# giver me pleasure to apeak .1 good
word for LP-etrlo ItUtter.," write. Mr
Prank t'onlaii of No. gt#i Monro,n t-,,
N< w York "li « u grand fnrnlly melt
clr,c for dysp-palc snd liver oomptl-’u
Mona, while fin In me bark ami wc-ik
kl-hicya II cannot lu. 100 lilgldy racorn
oieitded.” Electric Hitlers regiilai# too
dIK-a#lve functions, purify the blood, tfi'l
Impart renewing vigor mul vitmity to the
week and doldlMated of both .* xea Hoi*
Under guarantee at all driigfl.ts. ftOe,
For R'-al Estate call on or write
Hacked, Hell Hr Dendy. Planters
l/oau in Havings llank Bldg
Allen l Baxley
Wholesale Grocers
Special Brands of Flour:
“Easter Lilly”
“Challenge” and
“Pastry Cream.”
Sole Agents For
“Ralston’s Purina Stock
and Cattle Leeds.”
ALLEN Augusta, Ga. b Sxuey
W. B. BRIGHAM, Sr. W. B. BRIGHAM, Jr.
W. B. BRIGHAM & SON,
WHOLESALE
Groceries and Provisions, Plour,
Meat, Grain and Hay.
LEADING BRANDS OP PLOUR:
Pure Gold, Water Lily, White Swan
Jersey Lily and Vanity Pair,
Tobacco, Cigars and Specialties.
AUGUSTA, - GEORGIA.
Office and Warehouse on Ga. R. R. track, 9.32-934 Walker St.
MOSES C. MURPHEY. MUXEDCE MURPHEY.
JOHN *. MURPHEY.
MURPHEY <Sb CO.
Wholesale Grocers
“THE OLD RELIABLE.”
ESTABLISHED 1644.
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Every order given our sales
man is filled-—Every article we
ship is guaranteed : : : : :
Warehouse and Shipping Cor. 7th &. Fenwick St
OFFICE 628 BROAD STREET.
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