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PAGE EIGHT TO-MORROW, FRIDAY, A T = Burton=Tatylor=Wise Co.’s PRICES REIGN SUPREME! All losers by the high water, in such as Bedding of all kinds, Sheets, Pillow Cases, Spreads, Blankets, and Comforts and all Ready«to-Wear Garments, should visit our store Friday. See how the prices are cut. Special Ready To-Wear Bargains Ladies’ Odd Skirts, made of niee Panama, $5.00 values in this $2.98 sale at ** Ladies. Black Satin Petticoats, cheap AQr at SI.OO, on salee at Ladies’ SI.OO downs, 69c at Ladies’ 75c downs, 49c at Ladies’ 50e Drawers, 35c at Ladies’ 39 c Drawers, 25c at Beautiful line of new waists, just ar rived for fall wear. $2,50 and $3.50 <*| 4 Q Batiste Waists at Lots of Bisr Special Sales, Not Mentioned for Friday. So Be On Hand, Early, and You Can Get Some Great Pickets. Boy Dying From In'iury, Said: “Papa Taught Me to be Brave” NKW YOKK Edward llurkc. 9 I year* oM. was on hi* way hpnte with ] groceries fur hi* father's mid day { mt'til. In Greenwich street. when. In j dodging a w agon he stepped In front i of « r»r which ran over him, cruah- Ina In.lll leg* . Mr ««• Inkfii to St Vincent's hoapltal. followed by lit* father, who la n city Ireman. and hi* mother. In the hospital preparation* were made to administer ether, and, al | lhough *o weak he could hardl) turn Ilia head, the hoy whtspsred "I don't want that a tuff." airetching out a hand and placing It In hla mother* | "I don't want to he put to aleep I I want to talk to mamma and papa ■J don't want you and papa to j worry,” roatlnued the boy feebly •'Papa alwaya taught me to be brave, j and I want to be, and you niuat be. too I am not afraid to die I did i i no much want to grow up and be a i big fireman like papa aonie day. but ” The lad a voice died away, and h • lapaed Into uncon*rlou*nc**, from i which he did not wake CENTRAL Or GEORGIA TRAIN HURTS NEGRO •bmumwm Ran Info Wni(oit, Threw Mules In Ditch Anil Hurt Drift***'. Thnraday morning nbout 930 o'cliwk t Pierce Mttchel. a negro teamater for the McKenat* Brick company, waa I atruck by tha Inbound Central of Georgia pa»*engrr train, while trying to oroaa the track* *t Del.'Algle ave nue The train wa* In charge of fondue tor flrown. The negro wa* driving hi* team, and when he atarted to crow* th ■ track* he could not »ee the train on account of aome bo* car* that were on the aiding The engine utrurk the wagon, tearing It Into splinter* The negro waa rut badly and ha* a fearful ga*h aero** the forehead It la thought that he will die. The mule* were thrown Into a ditch but did not sustain any Injury. The ne gro wa* put on Ihe train and car fled to tha depot, where the arnbu lance rarrled him lo the Lamar ho* pita! LOCAL AND PERSONAL. Several change* are scheduled to be mad# lu the residence aectlon at Hephtbah during th* month My J H Hawkln* a well known rtlien of itllcbaU, Ua. wtu mov* to the tiling* nod occupy the K. P Clarke resi dence Mr .1 A Smith, of Stella vllle will move nfo the Howell house and Mr S N Averett will, at an early date, move Into a handaonte new ! residence which I* now In courac of conalructlon. Itlchmond I/odge No 412. F ft A. M , will hold ll* regular monthly meeting al Hcphslbah Friday night. A good attendance I* egpectod, and several Auguata gentlemen who ar“ numbered among the membership will In all probability he present. The Woman'* Itaptlst Mlsalonary I'nlon of Georgia announced a Mix * lunar,, iunt!!’!*". to be held al the lta|.tl*t church In S|>rcad, (la. on September 12 and II Invitation* have been rent to superintendent* of all asKoclaflon* throughout the state and a large attendance la expected [The pttrpo*,. of the Institute la to In crease the number of active mission 'ary worker* In the state, stimulate i Interest In the movement, and dis cus* way* and mean* to make the work more effective A number of | Augusta ladle* will In all probability attend. Mr A T Murphy, formerly with Smith Brother*, ha* Just accepted a position with Neely ft Co , at Wayne* bt.ro, a* bend bookkeeper, and wbl In .future make that city hi* home He It* an excellent young man, of fine i business ability , mid he ha* a host of ’ friend* In the city who will h». glad to know of hi* promotion Mr K P. Clarke, of Hephalhah, passed through the city today on hi* way lo Athena, where he will enter ; the Stat,, Normal School at the bo i ginning of It* fall term IN RECORDER'S COURT. The defendant* before the recorder Thursday morning were: Mas*. In.yd and lleli Sander*, charged with simple larceny The women were found guilty and hound o\er to the city court The case* of .leasle Goldfield, A Goldstein Sam Crtatberg and Sam Fell for lighting were dismissed Mike Kelly, a negro, was given $i s<> or 6 days for cursing on the street. * Jo# Lewis, a negro wa* given ISO or go days for beating hi* wife Ser geant Reynolds testified that the ne gro had been receiving food at the Salvation Army, Bedding 72x90-in. Hemmed, ready for use iQr sheets, at VC 81x90 in. Linenc finish, heavy sheets c Qr* cheap at 75e now.. & 42x3(5 in. Pillow Cases, 10C Extra iarge size bed spreads whieh you would find to be eheap at $1.25 QtJ . Speeial sale at VOv Special prices on Blankets and Comforts for Friday and which can’t be secured later. ALL AVAILABLE HELP IS NEEDED _____ Worker at Salvation Army Station Says Necessity is Greater Now Than a Week Agio. The relief committee at the Salva tion Army station Is doing good'work The station Is crowded all day with those who an- waiting for their food. A very pathetic case was found Wed nesday liy on# of the assistant*. An old Ticgfo woman, who says she Is PH years of age. was In the house with an old man who was paralyzed and unable to help himself. The sole [ support of this couple was a hoy about 15 yeara old. who has been trying lo get them some food The i negroes In the neighborhood would not clean out the house for them and | the floor was shout six Inches deep In mud The boy has been In the : Itahlt of picking up everything that he saw In the streets and bringing it home. The house resembles a Junk shop It has been cleaned and the old couple are now iu a comfortable position. Ml*s Mogle. deaconess. Is making her headcptsrter* at the Salvation Army station, and she I* doing nobb. work Ml** Mogle said. Thursday , morning: ‘‘Th, people are ns badly off now is* they were at the flrst of the week. |We need all Ihe help tha we can get, [a* there will be more hungry pebplo In Augusta thr.v weeks from now than there Is at present We ar-> |,loins all that we can to relieve ihe [suffering hut some of ihese people are without work and will be for two |or three month*, and when the relief : fund runs low the suffering will be ! awful." ONE OF McHORTON'S BOYS RAN AWAY AND STOLE. Several days ago a negro ho., Harry Luca*, after stealing some things, ran away from the Shiloh Or phanage The boy wa* caught and was before the recorder Thursdav morning charged w tth larceny from the house Rev Oan McHorton through hi* al tornev. asked that the boy be re leased and turned over to hint Judge Ploqtlet let McHorton ha.c him on the condition that he keep him at the orphanage and not allow him to get out. VETS GOING TO TACOMA BOSTON, Mass Tacoma. Washing ton h** beer, selected for the next { convention of the Spanish Mar V#l «ran*. iItJS AUGUSTA HERAT U Special Cuts for Friday 10c Dark Percales, l\/ c at * /2^ 12 1 4e 36-in. Percales,. 10C 10,. Dress Ginghams, 15c to 19c Fancy 'Wash Suiting, . ,B%c 10c Solid Clianibray£, 7^c V/> Dark Outings, 20c to 25c White Madras, 10c 8c 40-in. White Lawns. 27-lu 85c to 90c Black Taffffeta, Silks, at OVC CONTRIBUTORS TO FLOOD RELIEF FUND Below is shown a list of contrlbu- 1 tions received up to date by Mr. E. 1).! Hook, secretary and treasurer of the Relief Committee. He stated this morning that he had been unable to compile an altogether complete list, but that the following showed a ma jority of the contributions received up to Tuesday night. Augusta Contributions: National Exchange Bank .$ 500.00 Augusta Railway ft Klee. Co. 300.00 He el ft Co., (cotton) aOO.Oui C. Cochrane ft Co 200.00 J. H. White ft Co 150.00' Pope ft Fleming 100.00, (’has Estes 100.00 [ Wm DA. Wftiker 100.00 Davison ft Fargo 100.00 j Webb's Lodge F A. M 100.00 j Georgla-Carollna Brick Co .. 100.00 I Georgia Vitrlf.ed Brick Co. 100.00 I’llgrlms Health ft Life Ins Co 100.00 J. R Lamar 100.00 Burton Taylor Wise Co 100. On; lavndon A Thomas 100.00 j Wm H Barrett 100.00 j Wm. K. Bosh 100.00 - Xugtista Brewing Co 100.00 St Valentine Society 87.58 j St. Haul s Church 50.00, Irvine Alexander 50.00 ! Porter Fleming 50.00 Louis Brooks 50.00 Sehw arzehlld ft Sulzberger Co 50.00 I T I Hickman 50.00 Darker Photo Place 25.00 J. S Hall 25.00 [ Burke ft Loriek 25 00 Wm H Fleming .. 25.00! E. F Grsneker 'lf 00 Tabernacle Christian tas'n . 25 on J L Ethercdge 25.00; Mulherln ft Marks Shoe Co. . 25 00 .1 M Berry 26 00 • Jos. B Gumming ~ 25.00 : Bryan Camming 25.00 'Jas P Verderv 25.00 Mr* Muse* Wadley .. .. ~ 20.00 : Sarah H. Dunbar . .. .. .. 20.00 ,Wm Lyon Martin 10.00 Empire laulge K of P 10.00 Judson W. Lyon* 3.00 i G N. Stoney 5.00 Mrs Marie Grencker .. .. .. 5.00 Mis* Minnie Moore 2.00 Ml** Clio Moore t.OO . W. Van Keuren 500 Frank W. Coffin 500 Rev J W Whitehead .. .. 1.00 Klbert Johnson .50 Nurse Alumni 1 Jessie Thurmond . .. .... 5.00 A M Sherrill 500 F M Dugas ft Son 5.00 Dr l II Stinson .. 1.00 Colored IVacon*' I'nlon .. .. 20.00 j A Friend thro, p Pryor .... 11.00 ML Calvary Bap. Church .... LOO Cash and checks received from out xvf town; Checks From Atlanta: Dnc for City of Atlanta .. . 1 250.00 lOuv fur City of Atlanta ..$ 250.00 Atlanta Journal 703.00 Atlanta Journal 226.00 Atlanta Constitution 100.00 Through Atlanta Constitution Asa Candler 100.00 Through Atlanta Constitution Petty cash 5.00 Through Atlanta Constitution J. L. Prior 2.5.00 H. M. Beutell 25.00 R. E. Park, State Treas. .. 25.00 Mrs B. F Abbot 25.00 Frank M. Butt 25.00 j Wm. Worth Martin 5.00: Sam i Bingham's Son 10.00 Parian Paint Co 10.00 Am. Commission Co 5.00 Atlanta's cash contribu tions $1,789.00 j Carload of Provisions Checks From Savannah: Sav Ben Ass n . $ 500.00 City Council Savannah 500.00 Check* From Macon: MeCaw Manu'fg Co $ 100.00 W. A. Wclihtn 10.00 M. E Goode 10.00 Creeks From Cotumbu*: Rhodes-Browne ft Co .. .. 25.00 Georgia Home Ins. Co $ 100.00 VV. E. Markwalter 10.00 Checks From Waynesboro: Popular colleetlon through It. C. Neely and M. W. Ful cher $ 278.03! Check* From Douglass: Ga ft Fla Rlwy ft- Emp. $ 210.00, City of Douglass 90.00 1 Check From Statesboro: Popular Subscription $ 100.00 From Eaton ton, Ga 30.J0 From Vienna. Ga 21.74 B. H. Bloat)!. Wrlghtivllle, Ga 18.7.5 C S. Hauser. Louisville. Ga.. 12.13. McPherson ft- Co.. Cuthbert. Ua 5 00 C. E Smith. Tennllle, Ga ... 5.00 W. V. Almand, Conyers. Ga . 3.50 J. M. Atchison. Campton. Ga. 1.00 Brown. Jewell Co , Chatta- * nooga 25.00 J. C. Senior* ft Co., Salisbury. N. C . . 25.00 H. H. Taylor, Philadelphia.. 3.00 Joseph W Smltley, Schenec tady. N Y 100.00 Cgbttrn. Hill ft Co., Winston- Salem -.. .. 50.00 Landmark Lodge. F A. M , Charleston 50.00 Dr. S. C. Tatujn, Centro, Ala. 10.00 The following Is a list of contrlbu ' tion* received Tuesday by Mr Hook ;H. 8. Jones .. .. 82.00 C T. Walker, col. com.. 73.55 Richmond v«i# s S S.oj ' Wirt* ft Herulcn 20.00 See Our Window Display of Fine Battenburg Scarfs and Center Pieces for Friday 10 o’clock, uptown window. A line of center pieces worth up to In down town window. % '* A line of center pieces and scarfs, worth up to $2.00. Your choice of the lot q a in this sale at 10 o’clock VOC A. J. Carr, Milledgeville. . .. 10.50 Reid & Co 200.00 C. J. Rhodes, Blythe canvass 10.50 Taylor Bros.. Tobacco 25.00 E. A. Pendleton 25.00 Commercial Club 100.00 Associated Charities 20.85 John W. Brown 10.00 Jas. C. C. Black, Jr.,.. .. 50.00 Ed. Moyes & Co., N. Y.... 100.00 O. R. Eve 20.00 Out of town by Dun bar 799.35 Total (today) $1,469.27 This list does not include the city's appropriation of $5,000 and the Board of Charities' donation of $4,000. In addition to the above. Mayor Dunbar this morning received cheek for $678.00, from the Savannah Morn ing News, accompanied by the fol lowing note: Savannah, Ga., April 1, 1908. Hon. Wm M. Dunbar. Mayor. Augusta. (4a. Dear Sir: We enclose herewith onr rheck for $678,000. subscriptions ro the Augusta sufferers received through the Morning News, this day. We hope to be able lo send you m-me. With our best wishes, we are, Yours very truly. The Morning New* F. G. Bell, Presiden'. Cash contributors to Woodlawn Methodist church: Mr. K. G. Kalhfl' isch !.$ 5.00 Dr. DavUlsort 50 Mr. P. J. Caulev 50 I Mr. Patch 25 | Mrs. Allen Wingfield 3.001 Mr. R H. Sikes 1.00 Mrs. E. Red fern 1.00 I Stranger 1.00 l Mr, Bishop Alexander l.ou ! Mrs. W. Whaley l.on| Mr. Belding •'<> Mr. S Sylvester 5n ! Mr W. W. Woodward 6.ttb Rev K. L. Campbell 2.00 Mr. D. L. Kuikhe 2.00 1 Mr. Wm. H. Fleming 5.00 Mrs. King 25 Total. $29.00 The following Is a list of the con tributions received today: Chaw J Montgomery $ 10.00 Lieut Col. C. P. Terrett $25.00 Mayer ft laxewenstein. N. Y. .. 10.00 C T. Walker, col. committee. . 23.50 Thou. E. Watson 50.00 Stt'uchan ft Co.. Savunn&h .... loom) Atlanta Paper Co lO.ou Total $228 50 Manager Harry Bernstein of the Grand arrived this morning and a' once took control of affairs at the theatre. He says Fanny Rice Is the same favorite as of old and states that the bookings for the approaching season are extraordinarily fine. The southeast play houses will have a flue line of shows this season. THURSDAY SE3TT. O Flood Flotsam Among the large local contributors to the flood relief fund is the firm of Von Ktmp. Vaughan and Gerald, who gave a hundred lollavs several days ago. Through some oversight it has not previously been acknowledged. Mr. J. M. Rosier, who lives about three miles from ,he city on th' old Plank road, announces that all who wish to conic af:cr it may have water free of chame. He has plentiful sup ply of fine pure water. The Hr raid today received a com plaint over the phone front a resident of the Power house district, to the > f fect that that section was not being properly looked after by the relief organizations. The complaint was re ferred to the proper parties and the matter will he attened to. All com plaints should he made to the Asso ciated Charities heniPimmers directly and thus avoid delay. The sv 3tenia;izlag of th" relief work continues steadily. The num ber of unwor'hy ones is being rapidly reduced. Many negroes art inking advantage of the free distribution anti th're ire reports of some white peo ple acting unworthily that will be carefully looked into. Announcement is marie that the Air- Dome will be opened next Monday nieht. The only ihlng preventing is the lighting question and the man agement has been assured by tho el. e:i " light people that things ..ill I e running in fin sham Sonic of | ;he vaudeville teams are already oft - the way to Augusta. Hunl-' ds of Vugustans are fn ! <>bi .‘d to Mr I yen McCloud Mr. McCloud lives on Matt!. Row tnd hnft a v'-ry tine punip in ills yaid When 1 ihe w. 'ei w is Jmt off. he hitched up ' his wagon and loaded it with water. He is now a familiar sight In th-i streets He hi* hem hauling wu'ter . inre Friday and if anyone wishes to pay him tor It, h' tell* them to buy somethin! else with the money. At times when they insist on paying for it. h" drlv’s off and tells them to get vater from someone who ha* It f«r i ale ft Mr McCloud Is a poor man himself, but he Is a man wph whom the web (are of others come* belore his own. On if ihe flrst places to he cleaned up ind pat In order iftw the flood wa-- th" Augusta |to*t otflee. Th# c 'liar* wer* Inundated and mud stood -everal Inches d-<p when the water was pumped out. This Is now all gon * eoftt of yhitwash *lll b* the ba lemsnl interior and quick lime prink ed about to ki'l all impurities hat might have been left tty the water. Work of filling up hole* washed out in several places oft he government iot will be(ln la ft tew dug#. w