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Yes; a want ad. campaign, if
persistent enough, will find a
!ob for you—perhaps in one
lay, perhaps in ten days; BUT
wen in "dull times" there is
fork to be had by the detfir
nlnfid seeker.
VOLUME XIII., No. 225.
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NUMBER OF LIVES LOST OVER
THE COUNTRY IS
APPALING
MAN-MADE SLAUGHTER
Could Be Prevented By The
Proper Enforcement Of
The Law
CHICAGO. —Five thousand, six hun
dred and twenty-three men, women
and children killed and injured—this j
is the slaughter that went to wake an!
American holiday.
Five thousand, six h'. l dred a’>J
twenty-three men, women and chil
dren, and mostly children, maimed for
life or dead—this Is the indictment
tiip.f ihe American medical as ocit
lion, through its official journal, in
grifii rows of statistics and a biting
editorial, brings today against ti.e
Amercan people before the Irr ot b :-
nianity.
The bull fights with which the
American taunts his Latin neighbor,
into insignificance, the tragedies of
the football gridiron which hare
raised such a storm of indignation,
are trivial in comparison, and only [
the gladiatorial conflicts of pagan
Rome rival the carnage of the Am
erican Fourth of July. And ths
Romans did not kill children.
The terrible loss in some places is
all the more shocking because of the
low statistics in other places, which
shows that the loss is not an inevit
able one, but that it is a man-made
daughter, preventable by the making
and enforcement of laws.
F3HUIEIIT USE
BE IILSM6ED
Postmaster And His As
sistant Are Regular Dead
' Beats.
BIG STONE GAP, Va.—One of the
cleverest pieces of fraud in the an
nals .of this section of the state was
that discovered by Postoffice Inspec
tor Robinson, when he arrested David
McCiunahan and Elijah Stacey, on
the charge of obtaining goods under
false pretenses and of using the mails
for fraudulent purposes.
McClanahan was postmaster and
Stacey his assisiant at Golden Spring.
Buchanan county, a little place in the
wlds and a great distance from any
railroad.
The men, it is charged, had been
ordering goods by mail from mail or
der houses in Chicago for the last
two years, sending money with the
orders by registered mail, and the
stores looked upon them as good cus
tomers Most of the orders were for
high grade watches and jewelry.
When the article arrived, it is al
leged a cheap imitation was seeured
and mailed back to the house with a
letter claiming the company had not
seDt what was ordered and requesting
that ther money be returned, atfd it is
charged that not until they returned
a paste diamond ring to one of the
houses, requesting that the money be
refunded on account of the ring not
being as represented, did the mail or
der people have any suspicion that
they were being defrauded.
PROGRAM FOR IRE
BANKERSJVIEETING
NEW YORK.—Advance proof* of
the program of the annua! conven
tion of the American Banker*' asso
ciation to be held in Denver, Septem
ber 28 to October 1, give, among
those who will make addresses to the
savings bank section, the following:
Monday, Sept. 28—Address by Hon
Pierre Jay, bank commissioner, of
Boston. Mass., on "The proper treat
ment of savings deposits when taken
by state banks and trust companies.”
John C. Griswold, secretary Excel
sior Savings Bank, New York, on
"The effect of the recent panic on
the eastern mutual savings banks."
On Wedneeday, September 30, ad
dresses will be made by B. E Wal
ker, president of the Canadian Bank
of Commerce, Toronto, Ont.. "Abnor
mal features of American banking."
Woodrow Wilson, president of
Princeton University, Princeton, N.
J., "The banker and the nation.”
On Thuredt' October 1, there will
be addresi oy Alexander Gilbert,
prrident of ihe New York Clearing
House, and president of the Market
and Fulton National Bank, New York.
The banquet of the executive coun
cil of the association given by the
banker* of Denver will be held at the
Dearer club, Monday evening, Sep
tember 28
Are you Doing Your Share to Notify the World that Augusta is Ready for Business Once More?
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
MARTIAL LAW
DEIGNS IN
RAWHIDE
RAWHIDE, Nevada.—Martial law
reigns today following the fire yester
day which almost totally destroyed
the town. Three thousand people arc
homeless and many without food. The
loss in property is $750,000.
The fire started in Dr. Gardner’s of
fice in the Rawhide Drug company’s
building and spread quickly as the
town was practically without fire
fighting apparatus. The volunteer
fire department and 500 miners work
ed heroically, but the buildings, most
ly built of wood, were soon in ashes.
More than a ton and a half of dyna
mite was used in demolishing build
ings in the effort to stay the fire's
progress.
A report that two commercial trav
elers had been burned to death can
not be confirmed. All hut one gro
cery store went up in flames and a
famin e "’as feared, but late last night
a relief train from Reno arrived with
a supply of provisions that will last
for several days.
CUTTING FOREST
USED AUGUSTA
FLOOD.
ATLANTA, Gn. —A report has been
made by V M. Schoen, chief engineer
of the Southeastern Underwriters’ as
sociation, in which he states that un
less the forests of the southern Ap
palachians are better presPrved, fresh
ets such as overwhelmed Augusta
may be expected with increasing fre
quency.
It was the depleted forests along
the banks and at Ihe rise of the Sa
vannah river that added materially to
the Hoed which swept over Augusta,
he says. Every year that, aves con
tinue to hew at these forest the dan
ger of similar floods will increase. In
the end. unless there is a check, the
timber wil Ibe goi.e, there wi'l be no
restraint to the water in time of
heavy rain, all wil; pour down to the
rivers, and such catastrophes at the
Augusta flood will become quite com
mon .
In concluding his report he says:
"There is reason to believe, that
heavy freshets in rivers taking their
rise in the southern Appalachians are
to be anticipated more frequently in
the future titan in the past, owing to
the rapid cutting away of the timber
on the water, sheds comprising tha
drainage of "(hose streams which
means an increasing probability oi
such occurrences as that which over
whelmed Augusta last week."
Engineer Schoen spoke warmly Fri
day morning of the need of protecting
the forest of the Appalachian range.
-it is a tiling ot the gre*est In
portance,’’ tie said. "The continued
destruction of Ihese forests will work
irremediable evil. When once they
are gene, there wit he no protection
agains floods. They must be pre
seved."
COTTON SEED CRUSHERS
EXHIBIT AT THE FAIR
ATI.ANT&. Arrangements have
been perfected tor the Cotton-seed
Cruahers' association, of which W. H.
McKinxie, of Montezuma, is prest
dent, to have an exhibit of the pro
ducts of cotton seed at the State Par
to be held in Atlanta, October Bth
to the 24th.
This arrangement follows the sug
gestion of termer President L. A.
Ransom, of the Interstate associa
tion, In his speech at Louisville, Ky.
At this exhibit there will he experi
ments In cooking with cottonseed oil,
reasoning food with cotton-seed oil
and washing with soap made from the
same oil.
Tne exhibit Is being gotten up by
Fielding Wallace, chairman of the
publicity committee, of Augusta; W .
M Hutchison, of Atlanta, and th»
other members of the committee.
It will be ready for the opening ot
the fair.
universalisT*church
HAS REVIVAL SERVICES
ATLANTA, G*.—Rev. E D. Ellen
wood. pastor of the Harris Street Unl
versalist church, has just recently
closed a very successful revival In the
Universal church at Camp Hill, Ala
During this service, which las'ed for
five days, a handsome new church
was dedicated. The church was
erected at a cost of IIO.OOU and Is one
of the handsomest in Alabama Dur
ing the revival 47 new members were
added to the church, 24 ot whom
were men.
During Julv and August Dr. Klien
woed attend'd the University of Chi-
Forecast so r Augusta and Vicinity— Showers Tonight and Sunday.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SEPTEMBER 5. 1908.
CLAUDIA, WIFE OF CAPT. HAINS
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Mrs. Claudia L. Haius, Wife of Captain Hains, from a recent Photograph.
Attempt To Lynch Old Man
Who Mistreated Little Girl
NEW YORK.—An infuriated mob of
a hundred women, aided by a few
men, attempted to lynch Peter King,
75, for mistreating 8-year-old Eleanor
Blood, in the- basement of an apart
ment house at One Hundred and For
ty second street and Eighth avenue,
today.
The police reserves of the West
HUGGED IIWOMAN
THEN GOT JAILED
ATLANTA, Ga.—An alleged offer to
hug a young lady is worth $17.75, ac
cording to the ruling In the case of
E. T. Randall, a contractor, tried In
police court Friday morning.
Randall was arraigned In court
upon complaint of Mrs. Jessie Simp
son, of llti Lowell street, who claim
ed that Randall had insulted her bv
offering to hug her while she was 4*
her own home and talking in him on
a purely business matter. She stated
to tne court that she was talktng with
Randal In regard to making some re
pairs on her house, when he sudden
ly remarked that he would like very
much to hug her. She then call'd
Id the polic- and had a case entered
against Randall.
When called upon to make his
statement Randall denied that, lie
had made anv sueh statement to Mrs.
Simpson. He said that the case
was entered on account of a rnlsuu
derstandlng Randall told the court
that Mrs Simpson had stated to him
that her husband, being dead, she
missed hi* hugs and caresses very
•nttfh. Mrs. Hlmrson denied making
such a statermnt
cago. Much to the delight, of his en
tire congregation Dr Kllenwood will
fill hi* own pulpit on Sunday morn
ing, September 13th. On this dav
he will preach on "The Religion of
Labor. 1 '
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street
station had to charge the women with
drawn eluhs to bring King off alive.
He was badly beaten and bleeding
and his clothing was in rags when he
was landed at Ihe station. The mob
was led by Mrs. Anna Blood, the
mother of the little girl. The girl
said King had enticed her to the base
ment by promises of candy.
HDUSEANQSENATE
STILLJISAGREE
ATLANTA, Ga.—The committees
appointed Friday by I lie house and
senate on convict, bills could not.
agree and n--w committees were ap
pointed this morning. They went
into conference at noon and had
reached no conclusion, the house mem
bers of new conference are Hall, Wise
and Slater; the senate member* are
Senators Stephens, Farm and Willi
ford: the house members of the firs'
conference were w.illng to concede
the lease system should end April,
!‘»OS, provided In the opinion of the
Governor of the state bus sufficient
fund", at that lime to make ehange
The senate conferees were unwilling
lo aeeept 'his, holding out for un
conditional abolishment of system
Boosters’ Club
meets at Elk’s
hall to-night at
8:30 p. m. By or
der of the presi
dent.
BODY OF NEGRO
FOUND FLOATING
IN lEO
Coroner Ramsey held an Inquest
Saturday morning over tire remains
of the negro man who wan seen float,
ing down the river Friday. Mr. Meal
ing caught the body and notified the
coroner. The man lias not been ident
ified. The Jury returned a verdict of
death by accidental drowning.
THIEF WAS MARKED
WITH MANY BUCKSHOT
Found Several Days After
He Received The Wound.
ATLANTA, Ga.—Almost'(lead from
the effects of a load of buckshot
which took effect la his face, Rob
ert Janies, colored, was found at 115
Thurmond sireet Friday afternoon by
Officer Rowan and sent to tin Grady
hospital for treatment. Upon belryt
located at the home of one of his
friends James admitted that he was
shot on Thursday morning while rob
blhg the chicken house 01 J. N Wtl
li* at 234 t'hapcl str< • t.
The shooting occurred Thursday
morning .at 4 o’clock The shot was
fired by Mr. Willie .as (he negro was
coming out of iris hen house, the pro
prletm- of Ihe house being awakened
by a burglar alarm which went off us
I hr* chicken hour- door was opened
Officers were railed to the sr-r-ne It.
mediately after the shooting and fol
lowed the ti'-rro several blocks by
means of a trail of blood.
James when found Friday morning
was tinashle ts open either eye and
bis face was torn into bits by the
heavy load of buckshot which hit
him. He will b" held at the Grad/
hospital tintll his wounds are well,
at which time h« will he placed on
trial for burglary.
DAILY AND S UNDAY SG.OO PER YEAR.
GUN-SILENCING
DEVICES IBE
TESTED
HARTFORD, Conn. Minim Percy
Maxim hau returned from Springfield,
where final tents were made of Ills
gun-silencing devices. Me expresses
himself as more than gratified at the
results of the experiments, which
showed that a firing party in ambush
could not be detected at 250 yards.
The tests have been conducted be
for© a board appointed by tin* com
manding officer of the Springfield
armory.
Mr. Maxim said: “The principle I
make use of is applicable to heavy
ordnance, and I am arranging to equip
ft modern 3-inch field gun with a si
lencer. 1 believe l am right when I
say that, making the locating of a
position of Hindi a gun Impossible, will
altogether change conditions in war
fare.”
E.P. EARLE HUNTING
HIS SEGfIND WIFE
MIDDLETOWN, N. Y After having
offered rewards varying from SSO to
$260 for informal lon as to the where
about* of Wife No. 2, Ferdinand IMu
ney Earle atarted for New York on n
clew that ho received that his wife
was there.
Since Ills arrest on a charge of an
sault In llie second degree, la having
beaten his “affinity," Earle lias kept
very dose to bin minnuer home a'
Monroe. He apparently expected that
Ills "affinity" would return to him.
Thursday, however, hearing nothing
of her, he went to tlcnlral Valle,
and Highland Mills, and in each of
Ihe places offered a reward varying
from, SSO to $250 for Information lead
lug to the discovery of Mrs, Earle's
whereabouts. Nothing was forlhcom
lng and ho returned here, where h <
received a telegram from New York
which, il. Is believed, told him.
SPERRY’S FLEET
AGAIN SAILS
i ______
MI'TPOI'RNK Amid the booming of
salutes from shore batteries arid ships
In the harbor, the din of whistles of
scores of stuamboats, and the ent.hu
Hlnstie cheering of thousands of spec
liters along Iho water front, lift* n
of the American battleships, led uy
Rear Admiral Sp'*ery’s flag.hip, the
Honnecticut, started promptly at 8
o'clock tills morning o». Its I,:; Id mile
cruise to Albany, W'hi Australia The
New Jersey remained nehlnd to await
American mall for the Med which Ih
expected shortly.
The fleet was accompanied down
the bay as far as the head lan< »* by
Phonograph Lectures On
The Tuberculosis Question
NEW YORK The phonograph, Tor
a number of years a source of pleas
ure to great numbers, Is now to cu
tor upon a new and serious role. A
Leach county fair visited by one of
the tuberculosis exhibitions of the
slate charities aid association a large
talking machine Is to be used lu
conned loti with the exhibition The
people, will hear a voice telling them
that In this country every day through
out Ui*’ year over 400 lives are yielded
up In tribute to the great white
plague, more than were lost at th* 1
awful Iroquois#- theatre (Ire several
yearn ago, and It will tell them that
There’s No Way
To Reach More Quickly
To Reach More People
In the City of Augusta and
The People of Georgia and South Carolina
Than Through the Columns of
the Daily and Sunday Herald-
If You Want Results -
Use The Herald.
If you have any kind of work
to offer, to any kind ot a work
er, your want ad. will find
more eager readers than the
most interesting news dispatch
in the paper.
CHINESE AMBUSH
FREAO TROOPS
BETWEEN FIVE AND SIX HUN
DRED CHINESE WERE IN
HIDING WHILE FRENCH
WERE IN OPEN
FRENCH LEADERS KILLED
Chinese Decapitated Them
Carrying Off The Heads
Amid Cheers.
VICTORIA. B. O.—Nows was re
reived by the Empress of India from
South China of nn ambush of 100
French troops. Tirailleurs and Le
gionnaires on the Tonkin border.
Captain Floury, leader of tho force,
and Lieutenant Dolattre wore shot
down soon after the fight, opened. Be
tween 600 and 000 Chinese had po
sition on the low hills at each side
of a guiley through which the French
troops entered the village.
Tho French captured tho village
twice, It being retaken by the Chi
nese. Kinds were exchanged during
the greater part of the tight, at from
20 to 50 metres. When Captain Floury
and Lieutenant Delattre, who went
to assist their leader, were Hliot the
Chinese threw thcuiselvoH upon their
bodies not yet dead and decapitated
them, carrying away their heads amid
cheers.
SEGRDEVNCHED
IN EfiBEV
COUNTY
ATLANTA, Oft. A apodal to tho
Georgian from ('nlrpitt, f]a., hh.vh:
"Nowh reached here thia mornng
of a lynching that took plan* at Host
br. ICarly county, hist night. John
Towiih, negro, an ex-convict, Ih al
loged to have entered th«• homo of a
Mr. Wheeler, a respectable whlt«» man,
I hurHclay night, ami attacked Mih.
Wheeler, whoso screams frightened
him away. A posse ruptured him and
ho was coffined in tho calaboose at
Kestlcr. I jiihl night a crowd of cltl
-7.«iiß cuiotly took him from tin? caln
boo* o arid hanged him to a tree ono
no north of tin* town.
"il Ih «ald ho confessed to entering
th«. Wheeler yard to steal chlckenH,
but hr denied entering tho hoimo and
attacking Mrn Wherlrr.”
v-cores of excursion boat* «.i
laundicH, all loaded to fulled, capac
ity by cheering well wishers of tho
fleet who watched until the last whip
of il*c great armada had disappeared
from sight.
iiion! of these deaths from the dlswtsn
were unnecessary. The voice will
fell Ilium how to prevent the spread
of the disease, eie. It will warn the
luliahltnnt* of the rural) districts that
to nail their windows shut is to drive
a nail In their coffins. They will
be asked to (brow open the olofd
shut up parlor which Is used only for
an occasion like u wedding or a fun
oral to let In the fresh air and sun
shine They will he told how the dis
ease may be cured, how It may be
prevented, etc. detections from comic
opera and popular airs will be Inter
spersed to Interest the visitors to the
exhibition.