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Your publicity-problem Is half
of your store-problem. It should
have the attention of "the
boss."
VOLUME XIII., No. 239
716
BROADWAY
AGAIN READY FOR BUSINESS
After Augusta’s Great Overflow We Are Glad To Announce That We Are Ready
With One of The Greatest Arrays of Bargains That We Have Ever Offered.
NEW ARRIVALS
In the Ready-to-Wear Department.
Nobby Little Suits and Tailor-Made light weight Sepa
rate Coats for early fall wear and cool mornings.
$5.00 Black Silk Petticoats, at $3.98
A few odd Panama Skirts, worth $5.00, to close, quick
price $2.98
New lot of Voile and Panama Skirts, just arrived, fine
selection. Remarkably LOW PRICES.
BOVS AND GIRLS
WHO ARE GOING AWAY TO COLLEGE
We wish to impress upon you that we have one of the
best selections of Blankets, Comforts, Sheets and
Towels that we have ever had, and at prices that we
will challenge the entire market. On Blankets we
will surprise the most exacting buyer. Good Tan and
Grey Blankets, as low 39
\ fl-S . • • •• ••
Cotton Wash Suitings
FOR EARLY FALL WEAR.
34-in. Cotton Suiting in fancy Checks an d Plaids,
would be cheap at 19c, special at B%c
10c Fancy Cotton Ducks, at ’sc
10c Solid Chambrays, in the new shades, at 7 y 2 c
36-in. 12i/ 2 c New Percales in both light and dark colors.
, at 10c
10c 36-in New Fall Percales, at 7%c
THE FLOOD SITUATION IN BRIEF
City council lias appropriated $5,000 to the relief fund.
Judge Win. F. Eve, commissioner of revenues, has placed $4,000 of
the funds of the county board of charity at the disposal of the relief
committees.
Atlanta has sent SSOO, Moultrie, Oa., S3O, Swainsboro, SSO.
The members of the Georgia state senate have raised SIOO.
The Augusta Typographical Union has appropriated SSO.
Citizens have subscribed liberally to relief work and approximate
ly $4,000 has been raised in this way.
The iota! relief fund now reaches above SIO,OOO and the situation is
well in hand.
The damage to the streets can be covered by SIO,OOO, says Com
missioner of Public Works N'isbet Yvingfield.
Superintendent Lawton B. Evans states that the damage to school
property amounts to about $4,000.
The greatest damage suffered by individual firm was to Nixon Gro
cery Co. The Riverside Mills probably suffered to a like extent, accord
ing to an official statement.
The street car service will probably be partially resumed Sunday
and within a few days will be normal.
The Centre Street bridge can be comtrueted of steel at a cost of
$50,000.
The damage to farms below the city In vicinity of Augusta wlil
amount to approximately $.‘,0,000, all crops being destroyed in the low
lands.
All telephones In the city will be in operation Sunday, except in a
few Isolated Instances.
Sufficient water to supply the needs of the city will be supplied at
different intervals during the day until the normal supply is once moro
available. There Is no danger of a famine.
The heaviest railroad loss was suffered by the Charleston and
Western Carolina, which lost about $75,000.
Other railroads, including the local electric railway, lost compara
tively little beyond the Inconvenience In the wav of loss of time.
The damage from the flood is much less than estimated by many
during the time the flood waters were receding.
AUGUSTA IS RISING
FROM THE VEEP WA TERSI
>
> "Every day from now on. un•
> til further notice, the water
> will be turned on from 8 o'clock
> In the morning until 11. We ere
•using steam pumps to maintain
• the pressure, having secured per
> mission to get steam from the
> boilers of the Sibley and King
• mills and the Inter-State oil
> sMU. Mr. Stuart Phlnlay vary
> generously volunteered to give
> us water of Turknett Springs.
> which yields about oae-half mil
> lion gallons par day, and this
> will be thrown Into the pipes by
> a big steam pump, along with
> the ether water. It la very lm
• port ant that the people be atrlot
> ly economical In the use of we
■ ter.
John D. Twiggs, jr.,
Supt. Waterworks.
THE SUNDAY HERALD
BUR.TON-TAYLOR.-WISE COMPANY
Water Will Be Tnrned on
at Stated Honrs Daily-
Street Repairs Progress
Rapidly—Will Work All
Day Sunday—Cars Run
Today.
From the greatest tragedy of na
ture that has ever been witnessed In
Georgia Augusta Is rapidly recover
Ing The waters of the record break.
Ing flood have receded, the city Is re
suming business on a normal basis
again The anguish occasioned by
anxiety is over the worst Is known
and the people are facing stern real
ity. The situation in well in hand lu
ovary department, according to nffl
clal statements, and thare Is no long
or need to fear. The fearful features
tbet generally characterize similar
dlaasters in othar sections of the
world have beta lacking. Mo rob
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. SUNDAY MORNING. AUGUST 30. 1908
NEW FALL ARRIVALS
In Dress Goods and Silks.
The public knows our reputation in these linos, there
fore it is needless to comment upon them, you can
come here expecting bigger bargains than over.
Trunks, Suit Cases and Hand Bags
From One of the Largest Manufacturers in the World
And on which we can save you about 25 per cent. New
lot just arrived. $5.00 large size dr j n O
Leather Suit Cases, at 4^0.V0
Great Silk Sale
Watch our window for the greatest values in Black
Taffeta Silk that Augustans have witnessed in many
days. Values which should be 85c to 90c, cop
Our special Monday at 10 o’clock, at OVC
Here Is a Chance to Buy Some
Muslin Underwear at a Sacrifice
Consisting of Gowns, Corset Covers, Chemise, Drawers,
and Skirts, slightly tumbled from handling. They
must go, lot too small to carry over; come early and
you can buy them at a fraction |/
above /2 *
FLOOD SCENE AT GREENE AND JACKSON STREETS
bery, or other offensive actions be
ing reported from any section of the
city.
Repair Work Proureeaea.
The work of restoring the city to
its former condition has already far
advanced and every vestige of dam
age by flood wit) be removed with
in a remarkably short space of time.
Of course there will be landmarks
and other lasting signs of the disas
ter to be observed for years, but the
real trouble la over The suffering
people have been relieved, the needy
supplld and the wont it over
Last ntgbt D< Eugena Murpbey,
president of the Board of Health, Is
sued the following statement:
The Health department has the slt
,union well in hand, ao far an M la,
ronoprned F!ft**n *xtra man war'?
added to tb* regular force Saturday
morning and an many more will be
added Sunday morning.
The acavenger department la work
Jng from daylight to dark and an noon
a m electric light* are turned on a
night shift will be added. Superin
tendent Heaver will put on twelve
extra twohorxe team* Sunday worn
Ing and keep them at work a« long
as necessary.
Ths whola fttrtu* •{ the Health l**pt
I win fc« at work Murid*.?. Arrang«us#nH
hav* rna/1* to • mnm*nci »mp yivtt
i r»llara Monday morning and dur ng Hun-
I de v oil will ha pour»d into all < Hi*rp
K. E Aft? It PI f BY, A* it,
Pro* dtn
| TJi« usual ekaraaterleWc !**«*«« sti
I flood wm the rapid H of fit* river,
which Is hardly ever recorded in Hi**
annals of ;t city ho fur r«/not*4 from
i 'mountslnotiH regions. While »h*- w'atlior
I bureau and the federal governn • it
*Washlngton leaned flood warning* the
day previous t* wiim not estlti uicd 'lm
| tha rlvei would upproach anywtn r* nasir
; t tia hHght It resell ad. As a con i*n nemo
peop* were f aught on*- or two blocks
fiom horn* and wei* unable to •
thare or get In coriitnurihuttlon for tern
days, so fierce were the '<iir«int* and In
I adeuuata the means of trsnepot lion by
Witter.
Street Damage 110,000.
Tint summary <A the local stun'lon
I ground completely so fur .4* off H
[ Mr. .N<;abei Wingfield, Co/nmis l uonnr #f j
If You Are In Need of Anything in
Spreads, Sheets or Towels, don’t miss this sale. See how
These prices are Lowered.
Full size heavy Spreads. These would be good values
at $1.25, at 99c
$2.00 Fringed Spreads, at .. $1.49
81x90 in. Linen Finish, good heavy Sheets, worth 75c,
69c
20x 10-in. I luck Towels, at 9 C
I .urge size, Full Bleached Turkish Towels, cheap at 19c
at ‘ 13c
Great Array of Bargains in
White Goods
Ordinarily these goods can not he bought for almost,
twice the money.
36 in. 25c Soft fine White Nainsook; this quantity is
limited, at 14c
10c 36-in. Soft, nice Bleaching, 16 yards for .... SI.OO
8c 10 in. White Lawns, at 6c
6*/l and 71/G* White Check Nainsook, at 6c
15c l<> 25c While Dimities, at 10c
New lot of fine White Madras, worth up to 20 and 25c,
at , .*. 10c
public Works stated to Th- Hamid Hat
I urdiiy thnt he had traveled over all the
Mtrsefg dumuged fry water and mnbi a
j ciireful estimate of the daifiag 1 lie
I states that 910,000 wll cover vut.j.iity all
I the lows and (ail th.* streetn in tie- sain''
condition th'-y %■/«»r* I# *f •• • tin m »*,<|
The greatest destruction was in the
j loss of the (‘enter street hr Mg*, hut it
*ls stated by Mr Wingfield that till« /;«
j i»e repiaoed by a m. J • n »tr i> :u-»* » <
j u cost of not over fiVt.OOft ms the piers nr*
j still Intact.
The drawbridge problem Is now voiy j
! much simplified says Mr. Wingfield and
j It Is quite certain that this will be taken :
■in eon si deration Wh* 1 fhn *»• w I 1 if
* Is put up.
Hufrerlritendent l,nwton M Kvans -ild
I "The Hoard of KdU'litlor. has «uft"i'"d '
i tbf'Unutd 014 Pfe£* Ttu j
DAILY AND SUNDAY SG.OO PER YEAR.
GEORGIA IRON
WQRKS_BURNED
Loss Very Small, l»at Aant.
Chief Schaiifele Sa ■ -
tuinrd Painful In
|urlci by Being ,
Thrown from
Buggy. I
The Interior of ill* Iron foundry fff
the Georgia Iron Works wim gutted
by Haines last night Unit started lU
the southwest corner of ths building
»bout 9 o'clock und burned almost
unchecked until <sa> light. The flume*
found nothing to prey upon but th#
roof and scant Interior wood worm
The exterior structure was left prac
tlrnlly intact, an none of the wall#
fell The damage Ih estimated by M.r.
Andrew I’erklns mid Gen Mgr. Haus
er at $2,000 or $2,500.
In rcHpondliiK to th,, alarm, Aral
Chief George C. Heliaufole, who was
al No. : engine house when th* call
'lime In, drove al full spued Into g
lu In ni Kollork and Fenwick street#
1 lln- tin ye overturned and lie wag
I II own under the wheels, Hiistaltilng
I t'vo broken ribs, (tie lowed on each
ide |(o struggled to Ills fest, made
bis way in a dead run to the fire and
worked like a Trojan until the flames
I were under control. Flnnlly at the
earnest ollcltallon of fellow firemen
and frlenda. In consented to give his
Injuries attention and was taken to
(he office of Hr George H. Lehman,
illy physician. He was hurt palnfuk
I' and suffered urcat pnln, but hS
Injurlei; ur. ot necessarily serloii*.
The steamer from No. I engine
house lapped n plug at Fenwick and
McKlniie streets, then It was only by
run 11 1iik a lln,- of hos,. 900 feet lu
I netii down Fenwick street, over
fences and through the hack of the
Independent Ice company's plant,
across a railroad track and over the
canal, that the firemen could bring
to hear mi attack on the Hemes at
close rpiurters Only one line of hose
was operated, owing to th<> extreme-
I lew water pressure, by reason of
the flood
News of the lire spread rapidly and
hundreds of people flocked to th«
re, n< The (' & W. 0. railroad trank
along th, south side of the canal waa
lined with spectator* and many peo
ple waded through a muddy lan,, to
watch the Are at rtos# range.
Mr Andrew Ferklna said It woffld
be posalble to resume work In the
foundry again Monday, ao small was
ttie actual ilatuag,. to either equip
ment or structure. The only damage
• to roof and akeleUtu woodwork
j Ui”.da.
Spend more for advertising
tills August than ever before
—and do more business this
August than ever before.
716
BROADWAY