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Tour publicity-problem ts half of your store-problem. It should have the attention of "the boss." 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.)