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If you have not read an ad. in a week you are not “in touch" with things in this city no matter what else you've read 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.