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PAGE SIX It Is Greater Augusta Now Than Before the Flood AUGUSTA RETAIL MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION From Ito 10 miles, your Railroad Fare paid both ways on purchases ot SIO,OO or over From 10 to 20 miles, your Railroad Fare paid both ways on purchases ot $20.00 or over From 20 to 30 miles, your Raiircad Fare paid both ways on purchases ot $35.00 or over ACETYLENE SUPPLIES AND GAS FIXTURES. Brill Electric Co. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. llogrcfc Hardware Co. AUTOMOBILE 8. Feld * Co. BAKERS. II H Clauarn, llolllßgKWorth A Co BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS. Hlcharda Stationery Co, BICYCLES AND SPORTING GOODS. Spalli Bren. V A Hamatrwil * liro. CARPETB, MATTINGS AND RUGS. T O Halil'' A Co. .1 L. Bowles Furnlturu Co. W K. Walker a Co .1 II Whlt«- A Co. W C Rhoads* a Co. CARRIAGE HARDWARE. II H (’oakery. Jos II Da), CARRIAGES, WAGONS AND HARD WARE. H I! Coakery. Job II Hay. Fla Id A Co Lyon A Kelly CIGARS AND TOBACCO. BurdellCooper Tnbuern Co. .1 J Millar * Co how Augusta Was Settled A (ilimpse at the City When Population Consisted of hifty-Six Souls It will hr of great Interest to Ail kumnii. to learn how Augusta ««i settled <ionrinl Oglethorpe ordered that a trading post ho erected on tho rlaht hank of tho Savannah rlvar Just h«low tho hand of navigation amt that It hr called Augusta In honor of an English pr!nrra» of that nainr Thla waa In 17tt»i In auawor to an Inquiry from I .on don In 1789. Augusts was reported sa a place that arnt from 10 to 12 boat loada of ihtir aklna a yoar to Savan nah for shipment to England, tho aklna warn valued from 1.200 to J.SOO pounds a load In the aarlt part of 1720 the population of Au gnats waa Mr Kannrdy O'Brlan, flvo man and thtoo wopion. In bla block “Be A Booster!” , ( Through th# courtvay of th# Arch Booster Mr. Bamu#l Oraydon. of th# "Booal club." o f New York.l The Booster Club of Augusta IS Doing Greet Work in the Present Emergency. Get in the Game. Be a Booster. CONFIDENCE AND ENTHUSIASM BACKED UP BY DETERMINATION NOT ONLY RESTORED ONE OF THE SOUTH’S GREATEST TRADING ' CITYS TO IT’S PROPER DRESS, BUT IT IS NOW, AND EACH SUCCEEDING DAY TO BE THE CHIEF TRADING POINT FOR MANY MILES AROUND- - \ YOUR RAILROAD FARE F»AII> BOTH WAYS, HERE AIND BACK OIN THE FOLLOWLNG BASIS houar Mr Tliomaa Sinlih, one man and one woman Meaara MrKenzle and Frailer, flvo men and one wom an Mi John Miller, two men and one woman Mr Thomaa (loodale, two men two women and two chll dieri Mr Samuel llrown. two men and on# woman and one child Mr Sandora lion, two men Mr A Snd let one i an. one woman and on# ehlld Mr A Tailor, one man and one woman Mr William Clark one man ami o e woman Mr. Henri Or era I reel on man. one woman and four children Mr Lock lan McKean, two men, to women and one child Mr William Orey, two men. two women and one child Mr William Calshet n two women and two children Mr If you live 100 miles or over, your Railroad Fare paid both ways on the following basis: 11 your purchases only amount to one-half the required amount we pay your fare one way. GET A SHOPPERS GUIDE AT ANY OF THE STORES BELOW CLOTHING AND GENT'S FURNISH ING6. I. C Levy Son A Co. J W!1ll„ Levy Co. K S McCrearj a Co. II .1 Porter a Co. L Sylvester A Hons. .1. Miller Walker .1 B. While A Co. CROCKERY, GLASS AND CHINA WARE. Lee A (Vella. .1. B While A Co. DEPARTMENT STORES. J. H. White A Co DRY GOODS. C J T Bulk A Bleak lay Burton Taylor Wlbb Co. K L. Hunter Dry Goods Co. (Inc.) Mullarkv A Sullivan. Von Rump, Vaughan A (Jerald. C. J. Strom. ELECTRIC CONTRACTORS AND ELECTRIC supplies. Brill Electric Co. FRUIT DEALERS. T Hrhludi. I'.'hbl. FURNITURE. J L Rowlon Furniture Co. It W Burnham Furniture Co. Jones Furniture Co. Thomas a Barton Co. .1 II While A Co A O. Rhoades A Co. GAS AND STEAM FITTERS. T. G. Brittlngham. GENERAL MERCHANDISE. C. J. Strom. GROCERS. Castleberry A Wilcox. Hollingsworth A Co. .1 L. Janes A Co. Jones A Shewmake. MarkH Grocery Co. A Waklemar, I! J. Bates A. Co. VV. B. Hell. A. J. Harket. O L. Hall Carrlgon A Mahoney, It A. Plain. Geo. F. Sullivan. GUNS AND PISTOLS. V'. A Hemstreel A Bro. HARDWARE. Augusta Builders and Supply Co. Hogrefe Hardware Co. HATS. Great Eastern Shoe Co., R. G. Tarver, Manager. I ('. Levy Son A Co. J. Willie I.evy Co. F G Merlins. K S McCreary A Co. Itlee A O'Connor Bho e Co. L. Sylvester A Sons. ICE DEALERS. A Waldemar. Calabern waa not a resident of Au Ku«til, he was a trader with the Creek Indiana A total of 29 men. 16 wo men and u children. The earliest account that we lihvc of Augusta Is from "A Stale of the! Province of Georgia attested upon oath at Savannah, Nov. 10, 1740." It saya In part that The reason; that the traders liked Augusta was that they had protection here, as a handsome fori was built on the high Imnk of the Savannah with 12 to In men and their offirers as a garrison. Another and Important reason was that the land here was very fertile and a good crop could he easily rtlsed Augusta was thriving an that Gen Oglethorpe ordered that a road be cut from Augusta to Old ( Kbeneier and from Augusta to t..#l Cherokee tn 'liana, so that wo might be able to call them tn our assistance against the French It also ways that there wore three trading posts here, hut In a very had condition on account of >he 111 regulation of the Indian trade A Larqe Tradlnq Past. Augusta was for years the largest trading post in the state and against the wishes and th,. Injunction of the governor ajarea were rented from South Carolina to work the Held* In March. 1740 a complain; was entered at Savannah to the effect that the slaves were doing all the work here and a white man could flml nothing to do It doea not say w hat was dona about the complaint. In 1750 It was ordered that a ehuroh he built to one of the curtains of the fort (now St Paula) and that a minister be procured This was the fitrthereat advance that the Church of Knglnnd had made In the Indian territory Rev. Jona than Copp, a native of Connecticut and a graduate of Yale, who had re cently been ordained by the Hlahop of lam don was given the pastorate. He was to receive a paraona the glebe land worked for him, and 20 pounds a year His report says on hia arrival there was no parsonage, the glebe laud was not cultivated snd the 20 pounds was very doubtful The number of the congregation was 100 and the number of communi cant* was eight. The glebe land was afterward* supposed to have been ab sorbed In the county lands. Rev Copp stayed In Augusta until 1756, when he went to South Carolina The ! pulpit was empty until 1764. when Re\ Samuel Trlnk accepted the pas toratc 'Fin 1751 a provincial assembly was rteld lu Savannah for the welfare of the province ar« Mmiti Ocbrg# c« dogan and David IVutglass represent* ed Augusta At the convention it was decided that the armament of the fort a. Augusta !>e 12 U'pouodern, ! cannon. 10 1. 2 S. * O, pounder*, cannon, and 2 10 pound haunter* The fore# to consist of ISO regulars. 150 Indians and 150 militia to be the r* 1 sene There waa also to lie a com pany known as the Hangers, to con THE AUGUSTA HERAT. D JEWELERS. Prontauts. A. J. Renkl. L. J. Schawl. Wrn. Schweigert. LIME, CEMENT AND PLASTER. Augusta Builders Supply Co. LUMBER. Industrial Lumber Co. MEAT DEALERS. A. Connor's Sons. MEN'S FURNISHINGS. August Dorr’s Sons. Howe A Co. A. H. Meigle. F G. Mertlns. MILLINERY. C. J. T. Balk. NEWSPAPERS. Augusta Chronicle. Augusta Herald. OPTICIANS. Dr. Godin. OFFICE SUPPLIES. Richards Stationery Co. PAINT MANUFACTURERS AND PAINT DEALERS. O’Connor Schweers Paint Co. PHONOGRAPHS, llosslgnol, the Music Man. PIANOS, ORGANS AND MUSIC DEALERS. Cahl 0 Piano Co. McArthur Music House, Itossiguol, The Music Man. Thomas A Barton Co. REGULAR SERVICES AT ST. JOHNS CHURCH Work Done by Pastor anti Officials has Cleared Away Results of Freshet. Announcement Is made that regular services will he held at St. John's Methodist church Sunday. Mr. VVal ton and the officials have shown com mendable enterprise In their efforts to get ready for worship tomorrow, and as a result are In n position to an nounee a week earlier than was at firs thought possible. Although the beautiful new church carpet, the floors of thp Sunday school building and parsonage required im mediate attention, and they hardly knew which was most Important, work begun early Monday morning Services will he held In the Sunday school room. Sunday school beginning promptly at 9.30 o'clock The Young Me-.ru Bible Class will hold its rega lar session in the church gallery. In this latter connection it is not amiss to note that a former member of the class, now residing in Athens, sent a contribution of s:'.o to the re lief fund for Augusta flood sufferers, which was raised to personal sollrl tatlon and by a liberal subscription front his own means. » aim i ■- i... The Moral of Ihe whole situitior, Is—Use Gas ASST- CHIEF SCHMJFELE THANKS CITIZENS FOR SERVICES RENDERED George C. Schaufele, assistant chief of the Augusta lire department, de sires to express through the columns of The Herald his own and the deep appreciation of every member of ev ery company encamped on Broad street, just below Monument, during th,, flood, for the kindness shown them bi families residing In that Im mediate neighborhood "The good people treated us mighty nicely while *,■ were down there dur -Ist om ht| water. *a d ChlsC Bchan fele this morning "and so far as I know nothing has been said about It In the patter* They sent us hot cof fee and lots of good things to eat that came In right handy when provisions ran low " Personal!* the assistant chief also extends In this connection his appre ciation to neighbors of the headquar ters, on McCartan street, who were kind to him while he was "laid up" there from injuries sustained in an ac cident to the buggy while responding to au alarm from the Georgia Iron Work* Are last Saturday night. The Marat of the whole situation la —Use Gas (:f! of a captain, a sergeant and 29 I UIVU. v Takes this method of announcing to their out-of-town trade of fwo states that they intend to make this a Gala week, and offer a great inducement that you may come and trade, we paying your Railroad fare here and back From 30 to 50 miies, your Railroad Fare paid both ways on purchases ot $55,00 or over From 50 to 75 miles, your Railroad Fare paid both ways on purchases ot $65.00 or over From 75 to 100 miles, your Railroad Fare paid both ways on purchases ot $85,00 or over SOME BOOKINGS FOR THE GRAND Merry Widow Coming Early in Season—Notable Attractions in Partial List. Wednesday, Sept. 9, Fanny Rice. Friday, Sept. 11, Olga Von Hatz feldt. in “A Daughter of America.” Monday, Sept. 14, "Forty-five Min utes From Broadway.” Sept. 16. “The Wolfe.” Sept. 17. "Devil's Auction." Other pmy - during tho season will he A 1 G. Fields. Bridge at Midnight, Human Hearts, The Merry Widow, Adelaide Thurston in a new play. The PRINTERS. Chronicle Job Printing Department. Phoenix Printing Co. PLUMBERS AND HEATING CON TRACTORS. T. G. Brttingham. E. J. Erbeldng, Halluhan A Costello, Theo. G. McAuliffe. PLUMBING AND STEAM FITTING SUPPLIES. E. J. Erbelding. Haliahan A Costello. Theo. G. McAuliffe. REAL ESTATE. John R. White. Alexander A Steiner. ROOFING CONTRACTORS. D. Slusky. SHOES. Callahan A Dobson Shoe Co. John P. Dill A Co. Elliott Trunk Co. Great Eastern Shoe Co., R. G. Tarver, M anager. Mulherin-Marks Shoe Co. H. J. Porter A Co. Hire A O'Connor Shoe Co. J. Miller Walker. J. B. White A Co. SASHES, DOOS AND BLINDS. Industrial Lumber Co. While They Last We Will Sell Cotton Seed Hulls at $6.00 Per Ton (Cash) at The Mill We do this in order to make room for the new crop. These Hulls are not damaged and are perfectly sweet. * ii' The Buckeye Cotton Oil Co . Phone 287. Savannah Road, on Belt Line. Traitor, The Great Divide. Brown of Harvard. The Girl Question, The Thief, The Three of Us, Francis Wil son in Half a Rogue, Cat and Fiddle, The Red Mill, Florence Davis in Un der the Greenwood' Tree, The I-i°n and thp Mouse, His- Honor the Mayor with Little Chip and Mary Marble, Norman Hackett in Classmates, Faus, The Follies of 1907, Paul Gilmore in the Boys of Company B, Coming Through the Rye with Frank Lalor, E. H. Sothern, Cohan and Harris Min streis. The Shepherd King. The Clans man, The Honeymooners, Buster Brown, The Jefferson Boys, W. H. Crane, Max Figman The Man of tho Hous, Lew Dockstader, James and others. Those bookings are not complete and the above Ufct is merely partial. SUNDAY, SEPT. 6. SEWING MACHINES. McArthur’s Music House. .1 SHOW CARDS. H. D. Griffin. STOVES AND HOUSE FURNISH INGS. R. W. Burnham Furniture Co. Jones Furniture Co. i Speth Bros. David Slusky. A. G. Rhodes Furniture Co. TOILET AND FANCY GOODS. Savoy Specialty Co. TOYS. H. H. Clausen. T. Schladaressi. TRUNKS, SATCHELS AND LEATH ER GOODS. Augusta Trunk Factory. Elliott Trunk Co. WAGONS AND BICYCLES. Lyon A Kelly. WALL PAPER. T. G. Bailie A Co. W. F. Walker A Co. W. C. Rhoades A Co WATGH MAKERS. Pronfauts. A. J. Renkl. L. J. Schaul. Wm. Sohweigert. WOOD AND COAL. A. Conner's Sons. Some of the best attractions that are expected are not included because they have not yet definitely closed contracts and the management is anx ious not to give out misleading in formation. ANDREWS BROTHER SEND MONEY FOR RELIEF Augusta, Ga., Sept. 5, 1908. Augusta Herald, Augusta, Ga.: Gentlemen: —Enclosed find our cheek for $25 which we would be pleased to have you turn over to the relief committee for us. Yours very truly, ANDREWS BROS. COMPANY, by G. W. Andrews, Pres.