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VOLUME XII., No. 236.
,RIVER RISING
WITH MORE
Obeerver Predicts Savan
nah Will Go Two Feet
Above Danger Line With
in Twety-Four Honrs
Overflow in City Only in
Lowest Districts.
► RIVER FORECAST.
►
> As a result of the heavy to ex
> cessive rains wh'ch have fallen
> in the upper Savannah valley
> during the past 48 hours, the
“ river will reach a maximum
> stag* of thirty-three feet, in the
> next twentt'-feur hours.
D. FISHER, Observer.
k ,
• WEATHER FORECAST.
\
■ For Augusta and vicinity: Rain
• and cooler; Wednesday fair.
1 For Georgia and South Caro
■ lina: Rain tonight; Thursday gen
> orally fair.
rigs: water
RECORDS.
The Savannah river is on the ramp
nee and before the setting of tomor
row’s sun probably th“ h'ghe3t river
in vaars will he witnessed In Augus
'n. Above the city, in every direc
tion, regular downpours and deluges
have been general during the past
24 hour-, and torrents of water are
hc ; ng i cured into the river from the
upper watershed.
As a result of the unusual condi
tiors the highest river since Feb. 9.
1908. more than five years ago, will
he ’'eon in Augusta, or two feet abovo
the danger line. Water will be out
in some isolated places in the lower
and snPheru sections of the city, hut
rot much material damage is expected
to property in the city, unless the
downpour is repeated w-ithin a short
time. The prediction of the weather
bureau is for 33 feet within 24 hours,
and this has not been equalled since
1 902.
Btdotv Augusta the lowlands will
be floi aed, and probably much dam
age will be done to some of the
crops planted in the river swanipc.
farmers are bending every
ennrg;, to ward off any damage pbs
sible. but it is practically useless to
attempt to move anything.
EXCESSIVE RAINS
IN WATER SHED.
Disaster has followed in the wake
of many of the downpours above the
city. Athens. Ga., was one of the
worst sufferers by the rain, and over
five and one-half Inches of rain fell
there yesterday and last night. At
Greensboro, Ga.. the downpour reached
two and one-half Inches Green
ville, S. 0„ suffered more than any
other section, the precipitation there
going above six Inches. At Toccoa,
Ga . the rain was nearly two inches;
Newnan was four inches, and Spar
tanburg. S. C., nearly two and a half
inches.
In many sections of the western
belt the downpour has been equally
as incessant, though in most cases
it has been in Ibsb quantities.
At 1 o'clock the river gttage showed
24 feet, with rapid rise in progress.
RAINS HEAVY
IN EASTERN BELT.
The weather situation generally is
thus summarized by Observer Fisher:
The rainfall in the eastern portion
of the cotton belt has been exceed
ingly heavy and la caused by a mo<>
crate depression now overlying the
East Gulf states, while in the rest
of the belt the showers were consid
erably scattered and occaslonally
heavy.
Cool weather continues to dominatf;
all northern districts, being largely
under the influence of the high pres
sure area extending from the upper
Mississippi valley, eastward to the J
Atlantic coast.
As a result of present meteorologi
cal conditions, rain and cooler is In-1
dlcated for this section tonight, and
fair Wednesday.
FARMERS MOVING
FROM LOWLANDS.
News reaching the city at noon to
day says that farmers along the river
below Augusta are moving corn, hay,
cattle and farm Implements from hot-i
tom lands to the hilly, in fear of a
flood. They got word that an enornt- [
ous rise in the river was predicted. |
Case Heard in Barber Shop:
Face Lathered Judge Signs Papers
COFFEYVILLE, Has—A lawyer
had a client In Oklahoma whose land
was about to be *»ld. He wanted an
injunction Issu'di until the raae would
be tried
The lawyer hunted all over tho
coart house for Judge Van Leaven, and
finally found him In a barber shop,
jin honor’s face was smeared with
lather, and the barber was busy. ;
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
RAPIDLY
RAIN COMING
March 3, 1884 32.2 feet
May 21, 1886 32.5 feet
July 30, 1887 32.3 feet
July 31, 1887 34.5 feet
August 1, 1887 32.0 feet
August 4, 1887 33.1 feet
August 10, 1887 33.9 feet
March 30, 1888 32.8 feet
September 30, 1888 38.7 feet
September 11, 1888 .. ..38 7 feet
September 12, 1888 33.9 feet
February 18. 1889 33.3 feet
February 19, 1889 32.9 feet
March 9, 1889 32.9 feet
March 10. 1889 35.1 feet
March 11. 1889 35.5 feet
January 20, 1892 32.8 feet
January 21, 1592 32.5 feet
February 14, 1900 32.7 feet
February 15. 1900 32.0 feet
February 8, 1903 32.0 feet
February 9, 1903 32.2 feet
and some expect even a greater in
crease than that forecasted by Ob
server Fisher.
At three o'clock the river register
ed 25 feet at the bridge guage and
was rising at the rate of six inches
per hour.
PDIIDE CSPTIED
FREEBOOTERS
MARINETTE, Wis.—The steamer
Monroe was raptured here last nirht
with her crew of two men. and the
police hdleve they have ended the
career ot a pair of daring freeboot
ers or the lake.
They have been sailing from port
to port since navigation opened, and
(he fact that thev generally left at
night aroused suspicion against them,
rspecially as robberies were general
ly reported the day after their de
parture from- a port. The hold of the
vessel was iound to contain a varied
assortment of goods believed to have
been stolen.
The officers wait, d until they be
ieved the alleged freebooters were
asleep, and then row . d out to the
Monroe with lmifTicd oars. The men
were captured before they were fully
awake ar-d had no chance to use the
loaded rifles that lay nenv them.
HOLE STEERS
EITJfIIIITE
Farmer Throws Rock, Hite
Steer and an Explosion
Results.
PLYMOUTH, hid.—Oscar Huff, liv
ing near Bremen, lost two valuable
steer in an unusual manner. His
cattle were grazing in a field where
Mr. Huff was blasting stumps. While
he was absent the steers ate a quan
tity of the dynamite which had been
left lying near a etump.
When driving them at evening, Mr.
Huff threw a stone at the herd. The
missle struck one of the steers that
had eaten of the dynamite, and the
shock exploded the stuff In the ani
mals stomach and the steer was
blown Into smithereens. The crash of
the explosion Jarred the other steer
and It, too, blew up. The shocks
were heard distinctly for several
miles.
PASSING BAD MONEY
GOT THEM IN TROUBLE
Two Men Are Accused of
Having Passed Bogns
Quarters, Owning to Al
leged Practical Joke.
DERTOIT, Mich.—Luclen P F.
Tull, of New York, and Richard W.
Meacham. of Dayton, Ohio, charged
with passing couterfelt quarterdol
lars, were arrlgned and furnished sl,-
000 ball each
Meacham stated that the complaint
arose through a young woman who
had been given some bad quarters
Tull obtained through their having
been deposited in gas meters of a
New Amsterdam gas company, of
New York, with which company Tull
Is connected. Meacham said that the
young woman understood that the
money waa bad, and that the transac
tion had been intended as a joke.
The lawyer stopped the barber long
enough to Introduce himself to Judge
Vanl-earen, and then, as the barber
went on with the shaving the law
yer argued hia ease.
The Judge listened to his state
ment and then announced his will
ingness to Issue the restrs'ning or
der The bsrher raised the judge In
his rhair long enough for bint to sign
the Injunction order.
Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity— Rain tonight, cooler; Wednesday fair.
UGUSTA, GEORGI A, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 25, 1908.
Widow of Capt. Hains’ Victi
IlllUsi&L'.
’ f i i
MY GOO, THE LIGHT!
WROTE DYINC
SUICIDE
WASHINGTON.—"I am sinking
lower and lower from the effects of
asphyxiation. My head Is bursting.
Th E room Is (lancing before my eyes.
Good God, -what a sensation. I am
being lifted. The light! My God, the
light! Here I am going, good-by
I’d
The pencil trailed over the rest, of
the page in unintelligible scribbling,
and then dropped from the band of
the writer as the deadly fumes of Il
luminating gas, turned on‘ with sui
cidal Intent, filled the lungs of the
dying man and made him uncon
scious.
Gradually the furnes penetrated the
rest of the house, and the door of tho
little attic room was burst open.
Dying on the bed was Arthur O,
Adams. 35 years old, a book binder,
of Salt Dake, Utah. He was dying.
An ambulance was summoned, but
the physician was unabl,. to restore
consciousness, and Adams died within
a few minutes.
The tragedy occurred in a board
ing house at Sio’fwelftfi "street N. W.
HER LIFE SAVED
BI CORSET STEEL
NEW YORK- -Mrs. Edv/me. Hale
Graves, of South Orange, was drlv
tng through Dlewellw.vn Park in her
auto when a pls'ol l<,llft crashed
through the rear of the t nneuu and
strm; her in the back 't flattened
out against the corset ste;| and left
a large area of brtilaed flc»l; from
the aevere blow. Mrs Graves faint
ed and wit attended by a physician
at the Essex County Coil itry Club.
ITALIAN ACCUSED
OF DOUBLE CRIME
ROCHESTER Minn. Archie Urra
bee, of Chicago, and O. J, Hlege, of
Dake Menton, Minn., were shot down
yesterday, and an Italian, Franzo
Guole, of Chicago, Is accused of the
crime. The men are laborer* in con
atructlou work, and quarreled.
Mrs. William E. Annis,
widow of the victim of the
Hains-Annis tragedy. Be
low is a photo of Mrs. P.
C. Hains, whose testimony
will play an important
part in the trial of her hus
hand, his brothel* for the
killing of Annis.
MRS. PMILGILMDRE
SEimncE
Wife of Well Known
Actor is Member of Sioux
Falls Waiting Colony
Reasons Not Given Out.
(By Jaa. J. Chafee.)
SIOUX FALLS, S. I)—Not ihe least
Interesting of the many "divorcees”
now resident in Sioux Falls is Mis
Paul Gilmore. Mrs. Gilmore, who is
rather well known In Augusta,
Uhrough her distinguished husband,
has been in this various!' 1 attractive
little city for three months, having
taken a cottage in a "classy" section
of the town to await the expiration
of the required six months.
The reports and miners concerning
ihe connubial infelicity of the famous
actor and his wife have been many,
hat when the many faets, alleged and
otherwise, in connection with ihe ease
are silted down the truth remains
that she Ih lu re and that Hhe does
not deny that she is here for the
usual purpose.
Will's L« PIT PSOSUITII
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Inasmuch as Monday, September 7th, I9OR lias been set apart, tty the
labor organizations throughout the country as Labor Day."
And. Inasmuch, as a proper observance of that day Is conductive
to the happiness and well-being of a large proportion of tint citizens of
Augusta.
I hereby proclaim and declaee Monday, September 7th, next, to
■ be a holiday In the elty of Augusta.
And I hereby request and direct the’ heads of all departments of
tie city governnyent to allow all employes ample opportunity to observe
the lay.
And I hereby urge all merchants, manufacturers and other ntn
ployers to give Micli employes at least a half holiday In order that
they may attend the ceremonies and entertainments that have been an
ranged by the lot il organizations
This Augusta 25th, 1904. W. M DIJNHAU,
Attest— Mayor, C. A.
WM. I.YON MARTIN, Clerk of Council.
Youngest Stowaway on Record;
The Stork Was Responsible
NEW YORK -Whin the Hamilton
avenue ferry, Plerrepont, hove into
her slip at Smith Ferry today there
j was one passenger aboard Who had
i not paid his fan- and this fact was
Immediately entered upon the annals
of the pollen department as tit, voung
cst, stowaway recorded. However the
fact that the little fellow did not put
In his appearance until the big ferry
was In mid-stream may aid material
ly In helping the little fellow out of
1 his predicament,
The stork, that gay old bird, was
the cause of the whole trouble
Mrs Guilds Anilines, of No . f,V:
Henry sirett, Brooklyn, a passengi
of the Plerrepont was taken sudden
I 111 and then carried Into thu stat
ANSEL LEiDINii
IN CAROLINA
PBIMY
COLUMBIA, S. (’, -The democratic
primary for the selection of a gov
ernor and other state officials, one
United States senator, seven con
gressman, a legislator and county of
ficials in 42 counties is proceeding
quietly throughout the state. A full
vote will bo polled as interest is in
tense not only in tin* local contests,
but in the gubernatorial and sena
torial races.
Governor Ansel will be re-elected
by about 20,000 majority over his op
ponent, Stale Senator Cole L. IMease,
who is being scratched on account of
his personal morals as well as be
cause he has befriended the dlspen
sary grafters. There are seven can
didates for United States senator,
among them able men. A second race
is certain, and it looks now as if ,this
will lie between Mayor It. G. Rhott,
of Charleston, and IC. t). Smith, presi
dent of the South Carolina Cotton
Growers association, and national or
ganizer of the general cotton associa
tion. A second race wiil tie neces
sary to determine the selection of a
member of the state railroad com
mission.
The members of the legislature are
being selected for ihe most part on
their personal popularity, though
many of the candidates are pledging
themselves to vote for the repeal of
Ihe law establishing the state muni
gralion department.
EIGHTEEN DIED
UNDER EAEEIND
BUILDING
CHELSEA, Mass —Eighteen men
are reported (filled and a number In
jured in the collapse of the brink
block In Chelsea Square at noon to
day.
IMPEACHMENT OF
PRISON BOARD
IMMINET
ATLANTA, a. -Preliminary steps
looking to Impeachment of the prison
commission, will be developed In tlm
house Wednesday morning, when Mr.
Jackson ol Jones county, will offer
a resolution providing for the ap
pointment of s committee to bring the
procedlngs against members of the
boa rd
room for women passengers, where
others cared for her The Plerrepont
was met si inr slip by an ambulance
surgeon from tip. Hudson street hos
pital, and as he ratio. out of the state
room he smiled and lifting the little*
bundle Into Ihc ambulance said. "Its
a boy!”
AT SPARTANBURG.
RPARTANRt KG, Hf l!<uvi rain
h.ts been falling situs H o'clock lot
night and the vote In the primary
•lection will b< cut short as a resiiP.
treams are swollen md people in
country are having irotdtli* get
g to the polls. All telephone! wire*
v down.
DAILY AND SUNDAY $6.00 PER YEAR.
jOMMITTEE score
PRISON BOIRD
i
The Legislative Committee
Exonerates Board From
Graft- Charge.
ATLANTA. Ga 111 extra session,
called by the governor for the solu
tion of the state's convict problem,
the two houses of the Georgia general
assembly convened at 9 o'clock Tues
day morning at the capitol.
In both houses the message of Up'
Smith, suggesting the dlspositlon”of
the stale’s convicts and urging the
lawmakers to keep in view for the
future the extension of Ihe stale raij
road to the sea, was read.
in the senate the report of the
Felder investigating committee was
read and given the closest attention.
The report was rend In the house a I
lit tin later, where i( received equally
careful attention.
The governor urges In his message
that the legislature keep In view the
working of convicts on the extension
of the slate road to the son. bill real
|zi s that some simpler plan must bo |
adopted for Ihe present. He com-!
mends the plan ol working (lie eon
victs on the road, with a bill to raise
revenues for this purpose. While the
governor does not mention (lie source
from which these revenues may lie
raised. II is understood he favors
strongly a tax on "neur beer” for this
purpose.
The message of the governor also
strongly condemns by Indirection the
present orison commission.
The message was referred to the j
committee on penitentiary, on motion
of Mr. Candler.
Committee's Report.
The committee appointed by the
legislature to Investigate Into the
charges of cruelly and Inhumanity In
the state convict system, and incom
petence, negligence and corruption Tn
(lie administration of the system, by
the prison commission and llh subor
dinate officers, made Ith report this
morning to the special session of the
legislature.
The prison commission was cen
sured in the strongest language for
"grave negligence In (lie discharge of
its duty."
The charge that Jake Moore had
been for years trafficking In convicts
and Retting money from lessees for
Ids work wus sustained. Concerning
lids the report says;
“We are utterly unable to conceive
how a high-minded state official could
close his eyes to tho Impropriety and
reprehonslblllty of such conduct. The
committee found that while Moore
was In the employ of the state as
'warden he was in business with Los
see Hamby, and (hat Ihe prison com
mission was aware of the partnership.
The commission declares this partner
ship was highly Improper, and that
the prison commission should have
discharged Moore Immediately.”
The commission found that for
years the deputy wardens and guards
have been In the pay of lessees, and
terms this pay as "virtual bribery."
And the committee, "accepting as
true" the denials of the prison com
mission, that they had been award of
llilk practice before It was called of
ficially to their attention last Novem
ber.
Mr. Adams, of Chnthnm county, In
troduced a bill providing for tho oh
tabltshment of children's courts and
Mr Berry, of Hall county, Introduced
ii hill abolishing the convict leave
system by a constitutional amend
ment at the termination of the pres
ent lease. The house had no further
business sill shortly beTore noon ad
Journed until Wednesday morning at
10 o’clock.
AT GREENVILLE.
ORF.KNVIDDK, H. C. Rains tho
heaviest In years has been falling for
Ihc past twenty-four hours Mitch
damage is bMng done and all streams
are greatly swollen. Several cotton
mills located on these streams are In
grave danger of being washed away.
What The Capable Merchant Thinks oT
Advertising And Why.
• Have you ever thought of It that when a man le tick—when he Is
not earning money—la exactly the time when he cannot AFFORD to
hire a doctor?
If you haven't, you have probably heard a merchant advance an
exactly similar doctrine about advertising. There ARE merchants who
figure that In “dull times,” when money li not easy to get, they cannot
afford to epend it for advertising space.
If there Is any essential difference between these two Idea
wherein does It lie?
Of couree, most men realize when ANYTHING ELSE EXCEPT
THE BUBJECT OF ADVERTISING IS INVOLVED—that at a tlmO
when a thing le NECESSARY is no time to quibble about whether or
not It can be “afforded." But, as Ic advertialng, a few men imagine that
none of the laws of business apply to trial.
Nothing else, so effectually line* up the competent business men In
contrast to the Incompetent ortee at title very matter of advertising.
When "time*” are "good" and mcr.ey "i-.my," the REAL nr rchante ad
vertise liberally BECAUSt. IT IS NECESSARY TO STORE PRES
TIGE AND GROWTH. The lee* capable merchant* advertlae more or
lea* liberally, according to the mood of the moment, merely to "be In
the ewlm."
When the “pinch" comet —and timid people get a little scared at
shadows, and Inclined to "stampede" with any flock of human shtap
that comu tumbling along the capable merchant t> as hit opportunity,
seta hit more or lest square Jaw at a fighting angle, and begin* to
leet the efficacy of newspaper publicity in timet of atreie and atorm.
He makes newspaper adve-tielng hie ally, hi* dependence. He stakes
more on It than all other helps combined.
And it dose not fall him It "pulls him through" the hardest busi
ness conditions that ever happened. And h* comes out of Ih* ftgM
twic* as strong aa he went into IL
Spend more for advertising
this August than ever before
—and do more business this
August than ever before.
KERN EFTS NEWS
IISJ SICE
Democratic Vice-Prcaiden
tlal Candidate Formally
Notified and Responds in
Pleasing Vein.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.—William ,T.
Bryan, democratic candidate for pres
ident, delivered his keynote speech
on Ihe trust situation today, In con
neetton with Hu- notification of his
rumilngmnto, John W. Kern, of the
hitler's nomination for vice president.
Mr. Kern also delivered his formal
speech of acceptance.
In his trust speech Mr. Bryan flays
Mr. Taft, the republican candidate,
tho republican leaders, who have
blocked the enforcement of existing
anti-trust, laws, and the republican
platform, which, he declares. Is Ink"-
warm on the subject of private mo
nopolies.
said In part:
I appreciate most highly tills groat
honor conferred upon me by the
unanimous vote of tho reprixtontatlves
of my party In national convention
assembled, and 1 shall strive most
earnestly tn earn a continuation of
the confidence and good will manifest
ed by that action. I did not seek
this nomination. Indeed, If my own
personal desires had been consulted,
another would have received the hon
or, but It having come to mo without
solicitation I prize |t nil tho more, and
accept l| with n full sense of the
(burdens and responsibilities. As a
candidate 1 shall try to wear the
honor worthily, and as faithfully as
I can. discharge all the duties prop
erly devolving on me as one of your
standard bearers, and if elected I
promise lo serve all tho people of
I lie republic by the conscientious dis
charge of tho duties of tho office.
Praises Bryan.
It Is pleasing to me tn bo associated
In this campaign with the distin
guished gentleman lo whom the stand
ard of the party has been committed.
For years wo have been friends, l
recognize In him a man of spotless
character and high ldoalH, always aot
uuted by patriotic motives and an
earnest desire to promote the wet
fare, the honor and glory of hla
country, lie became your candidate
because ills nomination was demanded
by the rank and fl,le of the pnrty,
which demand was emphasized by a
popular movement in his favor, which,
as it proceeded, so grew in volume
and force as to become Irresistible.
A distinguished republican the oth
er day referred tn his Itifiunnce with
Ills party as a one-man power. If
by that lie meant to say that Mr.
Bryan possessed the power, tu a mark
ed degree, to influence the thought
and arouse the conscience of the re
public as no other man of his time,
or if lie meant that by Ills upright
life, Ills consistent course, his ap
pnuls for right Uvlng and patriotic
action, he has earned tho confidence
and personal affection of millions of
lilh countrymen, and gained the re
spect and admiration of all tho peo
ple of the world who love liberty and
humanity—then the distinguished
gentleman wus right with respect to
ihe one man power of William Jen
nings Bryan.
"Shall the People Rule?”
The republican nominee for vice
president. In his recent Speech of
acceptance, affected the belief that
Ihe question, "Hhull tho people rule?"
Implied a charge of venality ugalnet
(lie American electorate. He affirmed
with great emphasis, that, tinder re
cent republican administration the
people have ruled without, hindrance.
It Is passing strange Unit In it re
public like this there should be oe
cast Oil for a discussion of this ques
tion. It Is s government of the peo
i pie and bv Ihe people. They pr< sun>-
I ably govern themselves through their
1 1 servants whom they semi In represent
' I thorn In congress Their will, when
(Continued on pago two.)