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VOLEfos tal., No. 242.
fUGUSTA FAST RESUMING
! HER NORMAL ACTIVITY
>n Every Side Gigantic Efforts ai« Putting Things
to Right—Every Official Workirte, Thousands Lab
oring and Streets, Buildings ant Canals are Being
Placed in Former Excellent Coi lition.
The special relief committees in charge f the work of taking care
of the flood sufferers are:
From citizens: Capt. W. B. Young, clnai nan and Messrs. Bowdre
Phlnizy, Thomas Barrett, Jr., R. E. Allen, ito.fe. Pope, Thos. W. Loyless
and Charles Estes. \
From council: Messrs. E. G. KaibfleischJ, • E. Woodruff, R, ,T. Bates,
Austin Branch, J. P. Saxon, all from councd, and Messrs. E. B. Hook
and CB. Matheny from the city at large. J
Mr. C. A. Rowland, president of the Assvciated Charities, is also at
tending by special invitation and is assisting in managing the work in
a splendid manner, in the estimation of his co-laborers.
WATER ON DAILY, FROM 8 TO 11 A. M.
The water supply of the city is plentiful to supply the needs of the
city and will be maintained I
The water will be turned on dptily from 8 o'clock to 11 o'clock unti.
the regular supply is available again.
NORTHERN MAILS ARRIVE
BY REGULAR ROUTE
For the first time in a week, northern mails came into Augusta to
day over their regular route. Pouches am handled from Washington to
Denmark, S. C., by the Seaboard and into this city by the Southern. For
many days since the flood, the Ha cks of the latter system were under
water for miles and miles, making it impossible to operate trains, and
the Seaboard was also inundated. The submerged tracks are now clear,
however, ana no further delays are anticipated. The mail arrived to
day about two hours late.
SIX MILLION GALLONS
BEING PUMPED TO RESERVOIR
Commissioner of Public Works. Nisbet Wingfield, states today that
it is quite certain that the regular puaiping station on the canal will
be supplying 6,000,000 gallons of water daily to the reservoir on the Hili
lv, Saturday. This will be sufficient to supply the city’s needs in every
respect, but in addition to ths the aux ilary pumps now in operation
'..i1l bo kept at work, increasing the vfclume of water a couple of mil
lion gallons daily. Mayor Dunbar also states that this feature of the
work is progressing satjsfaetorly. Mr. Wingfield is now devoting his en
tire; time to the canal; Maj. Twiggs is handling the waterworks and
Mayor Dunbar is taking care of the business end of the street work.
WASHERWOMEN ARE
ALLOWED TO USE WATER
A general report is being circulated to the effect that the police act
ing under official orders have notified w'asher women not to use the city
wate r for washing and much inconvenience is being caused thereby.
However, Mayor Dunbar and th e police authorities deny that any such
order has been issued and that any statements to this effect are er
roneous. Policemen, or lothers, giving such statements are doing so with
out authoritv and the onliy restriction placed on the use of the city water is
that it shall not be us<j d in washing off sidewalks and yards.
THOUSAND PEOPLE
SUPPLIED BY GOVERNMENT
Capt A. H. Huguetj of the quartermaster’s division of the United
States Army states that he has been advised by the war department to
purchase food and clothing, including shoes and blankets, for as many
people as the advisory board of the general relief committee may recom
mend. It is quite probable that over 1,000 people will be supplied in
this manner The geijeral fund raised by people and cities throughout
the country will be used to supply mattresses and other furnishings
while the war department’s appropriation will go through the regular
channels of systematic distribution. The goods will be purchased here
and Capt. Huguet hais stated that local prices are very satisfactory on
th" supplies he will purchase for distribution.
WORK TO REPAIR CANAL
WILL BEGIN AT ONCE
The canal committee of council will meet Thursday afternoon at 4
o’clock for the purpose of awarding the contract for the construction of
the banks where th<Jy are broken. The work will have to be of perman
ent character and done according to specifications of the city engineer.
As soon as the contract is given out work will be started without de
lay. ,
CAR SCHEDULES
\S AT PRESENT USED
'lhe Augusta Railway and Electric company is trying to maintain a
schedule on all its lines, but of course this Is more or less interfered
with by heavy trade at times. The Fake View line cars pass the mon
ment at 25 and 55 -minutes after the hour and leave the Lake at 15 and
,5 minutes after the hour. They leave East Boundary at the same min
utes.
Summerville cars pass the monument about Ift, .20 and 50 minutes
after the hour, as near as possible, but no schedule is certain.
The Monte Shno line cars pass the monument on the hour and
every half hour, ns near as possible. The rurpin Hill line operates
one car every 4ft minutes, passing Jackson and Broad street pvery
even hour and 20 minutes before and 20 after the odd hours.
The Summerville line is supposed to pass the Pavilion at 15. 35
and 55 minutes past the hour. Monte Sano, on the hour and the half
hour.
However, there is nothing certain about the schedules, and they
will change after 6 o'clock as some of the cars will be taken ofT so
more light can bd supplied.
Paid SIOO For Roosevelt’s Books
Says They Are Worth But $2.50
NEW YORK. —The original star
copy of the writings of Theodore
Roosevelt made matter for a ' .ton
In the supreme court before justice
Blscboff yesterday.
Jesse Watson, a lawyer of 60 Wall
street, bought a copy of the writings
in December last from the Keller
Firmer company, which publishes
them. He agreed to pay $6,600 for
the 22 volumes, at the rate of $350
a month. He paid three monthly
Installments, $1,050 in all, and then
stopped, having complained' to the
Killer-Farmer company that the edi
tion was not up to specifications.
The publishers sued him for the
y'-r ice, and got a $5,661 Judgment
| fcfSUlt.
•„ / lawyer is now malting a motion
to open the default so that he can
come in and defend the action. He
proposes to allege in bis defence that
1 *hen be agreed to buy The Individ
ual Star Copy," he understood that
he was to get 22 volumes bound in
full Morocco, full rreneh levant, hand
tooled, and to cost not less than SIOO
a volume Also Mr Watson expected
a letter in the author's hand com
tnindins the Million, and that Volume |
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
;1, the "Naval Wars" volume, should
have an autograph dated January 10,
1903, the date of the original publi
cation.
Instead of being worth sloo or more
a volume, he says, the books are
worth about $2,50 each. So he asks
; the court to allow him a counter
claim of $6,545.
SENATOR WILD
SLIP TJE EDITOR
ATLANTA, Ga.—ln a speech Tues
day morning when he rose to question
the personal privilege Senator Knight
said he did not oelleve the charges
made against him by the Atlanta
Oeorrtan were In malicious spirit, but
If the charges were so made pe would
hunt, up Editor Seeley and slap hi*
face. Senate passed vote of con i
d«PCM.
Forecast for Augusta and Vicinity— Fair tonight and Thursday.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 2 1908
II OS BRIDGE
WILL BEGIN
IT ICE
The North Augusta bridge will be
built as rapidly as workmen can put
it up, according to authentic state
ments given out today. There Is
much discontent heard on some sides,
but the city has taken the matter in
hand and now the work will proceed
as soon as a contract can be award
ed.
While the city and the Augusta and
Aiken Railway company have not yet
agreed on :he terms Mayor Dunbar
states that the public can rest as
sured that the way will be opened for
traffic without further delay.
It is quite probable that before the
work is even completed an amicable
agreement will be reached between
the two contending factions, ihe city
and the Railway company, so that all
complications will be averted.
It is quite probable that an agree
meent will be reached tomorrow and
contract awarded so that construc
tion of the approach may ue actually
under way within ihe next 24 hours.
At any rate Mayor Dunbar has is
sued a statement which is regarded
ns a declaration that will set aside
the question of building the repairs
to the bridge and Ihe work will be
pushed through at once and the high
way opened to the public so that the
people over tile river may again come
to Augusta with as vuch convenience
as heretofore.
HAL LOSS
IB Lip TRADE
ON ACCOUNT OF THE PROHI
BITION WAVE NOW SWEEP
ING THE COUNTRY
NEW YORK—Enormous financial
loss to the liquor trade has lready
occurred, owing to the prohibition
wave that is sweeping the country,
and the end is not yet.
This is admitted by E. Freund, of
the Wine and Spirit Gazette, of this
city, which Ib published in the inter
ests of the wine and liquor importers
and manufacturers of the United
States.
"The large importing houses in
Now York are doing practically no
buying abroad,” said Mr. Freund,
and will do none until their present
stocks are exhausted. The imports of
win" and liquors for August were far
| behind the imports for the same
month in preceding years.
“The wineries of the Pacific coast
in particular have been hard hit.
"The association will, however,
work up a limited amount of grapes
on a co-operative hnsis, the growers
to have a share of the wine, that will
keep, whereas the grapes would not.”
It was this association which some
months ago, passed a resolution con
demning intoxication and favoring the
temperate use of light wines at meals.
Bhe association proposed to organize
an educational campaign throughout
the United States along the line.
DEMOCRATS CUT
REPUBLICAN
MAJORITY
BURLINGTON, Vt.—Partly cor
rected returns this morning show that
the republicans swept the state of
Vermont yesterday by a plurality of
28,000 and a majority of 26,000. The
plurality shows a falling oft of 3,849
as compared with 3,539 In 1904 Rouse
velt's plurality In the state in that
year was 30,000.
The race for governor with returns
from all but 12 out of 126 cities and
towns Ik as follows: George H.
Prouty, republican. 43,570; James R,
Burke, demoerat, 15,608; Campbell,
prohibitionist, 729; Imribar, socialist!
439, and Backus, Independent, 1,100.
On the face of these returns, Prnuty's
pluralty Is 27,968, and his majority,
25,699, figures which the twelve re
malning towns will swell.
THE PERRY BILL
NO! APPROVED
ATLANTA, tit—By the lack of a
Constitutional majority in the hons«
today the- Perry bill providing for th*
Constitutional amendment to end the
convict system was lon. The vo'e
was 116 for the bl'l and 35 at dost It
the .icctasary majority being 122
VOtMk
Leo Tolstoi and Wife
Count Leo Tolstoi, and his wife, from their most
recent photograph.
Holland Preparing For War;
Venezuela Is The Enemy
NEW YORK—“Holland is prepar
ing for war wth Venezuela, aud if the
complications now exlstng between
the two countries are not suffcleutly
solver otherwise by an apology from
President Castro there will be no hes
itancy on the part of my country In
compelling the Venezuelan executive
to behave.”
Mr. H. A. Hyde, of Amsterdam, Hol
land, a prominent, electrical engineer,
who is at the Hotel Astor made the
HISGEN PREPARING
FORJAMPAIGN
NEW YORK.—Thomas L. Hlsgen
candidate of the independence party
for president of the United (Rates,
is resting at Elmhurst to prepare for
the long campaign trip upon which
he will start, this afternoon. In com
pany wllh William It. Ilearst, he will
endeavor to speak in every Important j
center In every state of the union.
They will tour the HouDi In the
early part of their trip, and will he
Joined by John Temple Graves, the !
candidate for vice president, at one
of the big Southern cities
It Is not expected that they will '
return to this rlty until the day la
fore election, when the Independence
party's campaign will be wound up
In a big rally here.
CONVICT QUESTION
TO BE SETTLED SOON
ATLANTA, Oa. It Is generally be
ileved that the lawmakers will decide
the convict question by Katurdav,
when final adjournment of the extra
session will he tsken and everybody
go home. Of course, In order to reach
this happy ending, as It might b«
termed In view of the worry and
vexatios of spirit that has existed, it
will be necessary for the members
of the tipper and lower house to get
together on the big question. Tho
house has alresdy aeted, In a wav,
and so has the seriate, |f t,lie work of
yesterday rountg for anything, and
the next thing In order !■ for a eon
ference eommlttee, made up of mem
bers of both houses, to bring the two
bodies together
ft may bn stated In this connection
that steps looking toward*, an agree
men; between the two houses has al
ready been brought about by the prep
aratlon of a convict bill which It Is bn
llnred will meet the approval of all
parties This w.lll probably be intro
ducid today or tomorrow.
above declaration n discussing the
Venezuelan crisis and the feeling in
his own country.
“There is a great deal of exclto
. ment in Holland over the situation,"
| he continued, and a wave of martial
i feeling is sweeping over the country.
I There Is no rilspoatlnn on the part of
I Holland to allow President. <'astro to
expel her minister and offer Interna
itlonal affronts without resenting It in
j the natural way.”
RUSSELL SHOE HAD
WORTHLESS BONDS
NEW YORK It has come out that
the executors of the estate of Russell
Wage have found In the Hage safe de
posit vaults In the Mercantile Harety
Deposit company and on his stock
and register about $1,071,000 par
value of bonds and 18,000 shares of
stock and strip which also are prac
tlcally worthless.
In addition, there are some "open
accounts" upon which the executors
expect to realize but little, included
In (lies,, worthless securities an- min
lug shares, railroad shares, bank and
trust company Issues, shares In ware
house concerns. In grain elevator com
panies, In Industrial concerns and
steal companies. Improvement shares,
electric railroad Issues, land grant
scrip, defaulted state bonds of Geor
gla and North Carolina ami defaulted
town bonds.
Much of this paper cam ■ Into Mr.
Hage s hands early In his career, and
at the time he *ot them they looked
good enough so satisfy so astute a
Judge of the value of securities as was
Mr, Hage.
The defaulted state bonds were ar
qAlred at the time when the state and
national governments were Issuing
paper to provide funds for railroad
building.
STOLE ART SQUARE,
THEN GOT ARRESTED
Two Colored Women Will
Have To Fare Simple
Larceny Charge.
Detect Iv# Bartley arrested Massy
Loyd and May Handers Wednesday
afternoon for simple larceny.
ft seems that .Massy Loyd bought
an art, square from another wofrKn,
but the square was stolen from the
yard before she got It. The woman
then had her and the Hander? woman
arrested for stealing It. The ease
will be aired before the recorder
morning.
DAILY AND SUNDAY $6.00 PER YEAR.
SEVEN DROWNED
il PENOBSCOT BAT
SQUALL STRUCK AND CAP
SIZED SLOOP, THROWING
PROMINENT SUMMER
VISITORS INTO THE
WATER
SIX WERE WOMEN
Vacation Was Drawing To
Close And Party Were
Taking Farewell Sail
Together—Three
Saved Were. Men
DEER ISLE. Maine.—This resort
is in mourning today ns the result of
Dm catastrophe jestevduj cost,
the lives ol seven wonilnent summer
visitors. While u party of ten was
sailing ou Penobscot bay in u 35-fool
sloop which «as In charge or Uun
tuln Haskell, of tills place, the boat
was struck by a sudden squall ami
capsized, Us occupants thrown
into the .valor. Seven of the,victims
of the disaster were drowned, lliu
oilier three being saved only after a
hard struggle in the waves kicked by
ihe mummer storm.
The drowned:
ERAWLEY, MRS. LUCY S„ Phil
adelphia.
EVANS, MISS ELIZABETH (’.,
Mount Holyoke College, Mass.
HUTCHINS, JASON C„ Hunger,
Maine.
KELLOGG, MISS EVELYN, Balti
more, Md.
KELLOGG, MISS LU’ITE, lliilll
mote, Md.
TOKKO, MISS ALICE, Washington,
D. C.
To It HO, MISS ELEANOR, Wash
ington, D. c.
Tlte saved were Crawlev, Prof Ed
win s.. Philadelphia; Evans, Henry
11., Mount Holyoke, Mass.; Haskell,
Captain Snniuei, Hum |n|e, Me
Tim ladles of lailie Kellogg and
Miss Evans were recovered. There
was some hope Ihat Mr, Hutchins had
been saved as when last seen he was
making a brim struggle through the
choppy seans toward Bnrren Island,
nearby A boat was sent from this
place last night In an effort to locate
him or hie body, but rftibnied with
out having Been anv trace of him.
Willi Captain Hnskcl! the party of
ilghl hearted summer vacationists
started out for a sail In Penobscot
bay If was drawing near the close
of tho vacation s, main for iiiohL of
them nml they had planned thin as
their last outing together. The wind
wtui from the southwest and Hqiially.
HEAVY GUST
STRUCK ABEAM
All the party were perched high up
on tho weather side aa the hoop rut
through Die wave s with the wAter ul
most coming over tin walls on tho
lee aide, whi'ii Captain Husk' ll gave
a shout of warning that he was going
to tack, anil then throw over tho
tiller.
.1 list at this moment the host rose
high up on a wave, exposing her to
tile full brunt of tin- wVu! An utt
usually heavy gust struck her and hi
a twinkling the sloop went over on
her beam ends- and the party of ton
were thrown Into Ihe water.
For one brief moment It was every
one for one’s self. Captain Haskell,
however, took In the situation at one
quick glance. He had been clinging
to Hie sheet and his tenacious hold
f,ml not Im-cii loos* tied by tin- sudden
plunge into the waters of ihe bay.
He saw that the boat's tender was
rig) t shli up and, shoutin'* to Prof
Crnwh y and Henry Evans, who were
nearest to him, he directed .hem to
make for the tender, doing so at tiie
name time himself.
Prof. Crawley, was still clinging to
the overturned sloop, looking for hm
wife, while KvaftH was trying vainly
to locate Ills i-lster.
In tin meantime Haskell had gain
ed Hi" tender and had clambernl
t,board. Cutting II loose from the
overturned sloop, he picked up the
oars, and bringing up the boat near I
Crawley and Evans helped theni|
aboard, persuading them that Met
LET THE PEOPLE KNJW
WHEN YOU ARE READY
FOR BUSINUT ONCE MORE
Kvery hour of the day Augusta business c//(cerns, especially
In tho retail districts, are returning business. The work of cleaning
up, of rushing now .goods, supplies and machinery has steadily been
glmx on.
Give tho good nows to all tho people of tho city and to the
world as fast as possible that Augusta Is ready once more, for the
biggest and beat business in her history.
M
The merchants and the m fiufacturlng plants who are going
to do the business are those who are ready to do tho business and
who let the people know they are ready outre more.
THERB'B GOING TO BE PLENTY OF ( JSINESS FOR
THOSE WHO ARE ABLE TO HANDLE THE BUS NESS.
“Constancy to purpose” in
advertising is right in the be
ginning-will make the small
est success germ grow up to
full size unfailingly.
INS POISONED
TOE BOY’S MIND
TAUGHT HIM TO HATE HIS
MOTHER AND USE PRO
FANITY TO PERFECTION
MRS. HAINS WORRIED
When She Learned That
The Boy Was To Testi
fy She Became Hys
terical.
BOSTON, Mass.—T. Jenkins Halns
poisoned tho tniml of little Peter
Halms, a 7 year-old boy, against his
mother and taught, him to swear until
lit* was letter perfect in profanity, ac
cording to the declaration of Mrs.
Claudia Llbbey Halns, who is In a
slu.li' bordering oil collapse, at the
news that the lad 1h to testify against
her at Ills father’s murder trial.
Hysterical and weeping, tho wife
of the man who killed William E.
Aunts, placed no blame on Captain
Conover Halns, hut repeated over and
over as the teatH flowed down her
chucks:
"If my boy appears on the stand
to testify agaliiHt me It will be be
cause of the connivance of T. Jenkins
Halns. He poisoned my boy’s mind.
He poisoned his mind against me—
his mother.”
So great wns her grief that. It was
wllh tho greatest difficulty Ihat sh«
was restored to a state of calm.
Even when this was accomplished sho
gave way to tils of weeping at inter
vals Finally she said:
"T. Jenkins Halns dopmvert my
son. He taught him to swear. He
taught him sn entire vocabulary of
profanity and coached him until he
was letter perfect. Ho makes him
repeat oaths over and over again like
a parrot, unill poor little Peter is.
at the age of 7, accomplished in Vila
language.
"It Is lie. T Jenkins Halns, that has
poisoned Ihe poor little lad’s mind. It
Is in, that inspired the plan to place
the boy on the witness stand to at
tack the name of his mol her.
"From the mouth of that baby boy
issues language that would lift the
liulr of persona of respectability, and
T. Jenkins Halns coached him in ev
ory word of it.
"When Hrsl I wns shocked by
Peler's utterances. I questioned hint
and learned tho trulli from lilh own
lips, that my brother-in-law hail been
his teacher.
"Whole sentences, phrases too ter
rible to repeat, and epithetß of the
lowest gutter were taught to him let
ter by letter, tiulll In pronunciation
he was perfect.
"The poor little fellow seemed sur
prised lion anyone hlioiilil chide him
for using sueii language, and he did
not realize what the words really
meant. ’
Mrs. Halns was so distressed that
her lawyer, Frederick L. Norton. In
whose offices she made her statement,
that he forbade her to say more. She
shortly after left the offices, her cy<i#
red from weeping, ami her head
bowed.
It lias been derided to place Peter
f. Halns and his brother, Thornton
Jenkins Halns, on trial at. the samo
time In the Queens county supreme
court. \
ADMIRAL GLASS VERY ILL.
BERKELEY, |t.-ar Admiral
Henry Glass, retired, formerly coni
launder of the Pacific fleet, has been
to Paso Robles Hot .Springs In a last
effort to save his life. Two months
ago he underwent an operation. Ho
baa been suffering from a complica
tion of diseases.
only way they could help the women
folks was from the row boat. But
even then the women wore hoyond
help.
The accident, however, had been
seen from Nagle Isle, not far away,
and u sloop was sent out to pick up
the survivors. The rescuing parly
reach'd the tender Just In time and
pulled the three exhauf* men
aboard.