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SPECIAL NUMBER
Augusta Growing Fast and on Solid Foundation
A Record of One Hundred and Seventy-
Nine Years of Steady Growth and Prog
ress-Second to No City in the U. S.
A City and Section Whose Production ,
Progress , Expansion and Riches Should
Interest All
Within a Short Time Many Improvements Now Under Way
Will Offer Unsurpassed Advantages For Manufacturers,
Home Seekers and Capital.
Fort Augusta in 1736: Greater Au
gusta in 1914.
Between these two lines lies the whole
story of Augusta, as we know it,
scarcely realizing the growth that has
been attained. The. contrast is mar
vellous. Just a little fort, a few white
men and a- constant inflow and out
flow of Indians a log cabin or two, and
that is all that there was of Augusta
in 1735.
Today we have a city of nearly 60,-
000 persons, with finely paved, wide
streets, an excellent lighting system,
great manufactories, railroads, fine
business houses, and the thousand and
one improvements that go to make up
a modern, progressive city.
And it has all come through steady
growth. Never has there been any
of that sudden, ephemeral advance
ment. so characteristic of later found
ed towns. With no backsets other
than tho»e that were nation or section
wide, Augusta ltas gone steadily tor
ward, ever growing, ever improving,
but sometimes so steadily that some
of its citizenship have hardly been
been aware of the growth and for
ward movement. Today the result is
that Augusta is one of the most solid
cities in the country. What it has it
keeps. None of its have
been attained hurriedly, but once here
they have remained to add their share
toward the general improvement.
It is wise for readers of this special
edition that some attention be paid
to the past that a correct idea of the
present may be arrived at.
Th Census Figures,
Prior to 1810, few' accurate figures
are obtainable regarding the popula
tion of Augusta, but after that date
we have an accurate idea how the city
has advanced in ten year periods.
Prior to 1880, all the growth was with
in the legal limits of the city, so that
u greater percentage is shown than in
the last thirty years, when Augusta’s
noted suburbs began to thrive, dratv
ing their strength from Augusta city
proper, yet not showing up in the cen
liuures. The territory now within tlie
city limits, since the annexation of
January first, according to the 1010
census, is actually 47,766. Of course
when North Augusta and its territory
are taken into consideration the
amount is really over 60,000.
The census figures for .100 years foV
-1810 261
1830 6993
1840 8133
1860 11056
1860 12493
1870 15389
1880 21891 '
5890 33300
1900 39331
1910 41040
1914, City Directory' 55530
Named After a Princess.
In 1735, when Savannah Town, in
South Carolina, a few miles below Au
gusta, on the river, was drawing.the
trade from Georgia into her sister
state, an order W'as given for the set
tlement of Augusta.
Realizing the importance of dircflng 1 .
In behalf of the Province of Georgia,
the rich and extensive Creek and
Cherokee Indian trade, which hud
been monopolized by South Carolina.
Mr. Oglethorpe ordered that a town
should be marked out at the head of
navigation, and just below' the falls.
In honor of the wife of the then
Prince of Wales, but after King George
TIT, he probably called it Augusta; and
within the next twelve months a small
garrison was concentrated for the pro
tection of the post. Warehouses were
constructed, and in them w’ere placed
goods suitable for barter with the na
tives.
Regulations were promulgated and
enforced, looking to fair dealing be
tween seller and purchaser and the
red men, soon perceiving that the pur
pose of the distinguished founder was
to permit no commercial interconrse
save by licensed and responsible tra
ders, quickly transferred, in large
measure, to Augusta the extensive
traffic hitherto conducted at Savannah
Town, subsequently known as Fort
Moore, and situated a few miles be
low the present village of Hamburg,
in South Carolina.
In the establishment and develop
ment of Augusta, Kennedy O’Brien, a
merchant of the place, and Roger de
l.acey, a noted Indian trader, were
chiefly instrumental. Their energy
and enterprising, as displayed in this
connection, were conspicuous. To
O'Brien was the town largely indebted
for the funds requisite for its found
ing. and by him was the first commo
dious storehouse there erected.
A City in 1798.
The curtain rose upon a feeble trad
ing post, quiet, isolated and located
upon the extreme verge of European
colonization in Georgia. Progress,
becked now and then by Indian wars,
pestilence and storm, went doggedly
forward. Suddenly the trading post
took itself the name of a village. Ra
ter it was known as a town, and in
1798 it was formally chartered by the
General Assembly of the state as “The
City of Augusta, Georgia." Scattered
records show the growth of the town,
both residentlally and commercially.
Two warehouses for the harboring of
corn, gave way to more and larger
warehouses for the storing of tobacco,
and as the cotton industry grew and
Augusta became the center of the
greatest trading in the world, the to
bacco warehouse gave way to the im
mense warehouses for cotton and
barges, poleboats and river boats,
and wagon trains plied between Au
gusta and the outer world. Early in
tlie history of the cotton Industry ex
ported to European countries. As
trade Increased the city grew. From
a village of a half dozen houses at the
river’s edge, she has grown into a city
of 53,000 inhabitants, enjoying, in one
line only, the trade and reputation of
the largest inland cotton market in
the world.
In 1767 the town consisted of eighty
houses, one church and two forts.
The outbreak of Hie Revolution sus
pended progress. In January, 1779,
Augusta was captured by the British,
and after hard fighting and brutali
ties of the worst sort, was re-captured
or evacuated, on the fifth of June,
1781. From that time on Augusta was
a most loyal child of the Revolution.
A Noted School.
The famous Richmond Academy,
one of the most celebrated institutions
of learning in the country, was es
tablished in Augusta in 1783.
In 1780 Commodore Oliver Bowen,
tlie hero of the American Revolution,
died and was buried in the church
yard of St. Paul church.
The city was Ihen connected with
the outside world by stages, which
left Augusta several times weekly.
The First Steamboat.
Having delivered to the world that
greatest of inventions, the cotton gin,
in 1808, Augusta presented the first
boat operated by steam. On the first
of February, 1788, the general assem
bly of Georgia granted William Hong
street tiie privilege of using a neewdy
constructed steam engine. A Georgia
histirian, in speaking of Ropgstreqts
boat as against Fulton’s being the first
navigated, says: “This of course, is
hut inference; but, however it may
lie, one thing is that in 1788 William
Doings tree t, of Georgia, had conceived
the idea of the Clermont, had, by the
mighty agency pf steam, made a ves
sel wtilk on the water like a thing of
life." It Is well believed that Rong
streel's first boat was put on the wa
ter in 1806, a year before that of Ful
ton’s.
On March 19. 1825, the Marquis de
Lafayette' visited Augusta and was
elaborately, entertained.
The First Railroad.
In 1833 the first railroad ever con
structed connected Augusta with the
the'outside' world, linking her W’ith
Charleston, S. C., by way of Hamburg.
The suecess of this enterprise stimu
lated Augusta. A publio meeting was
held to consider a railroad between
Augusta and Athens, and it was from
this meeting that the Georgia Rail
road extended from Augusta to
Greensboro, Ga.
in 1837 Augusta’s cotton receipts
were 190-.000 bales.
The first survey for the celebrated
Augusta canal was made in the fall of
1844, and in May. 3845, the work of
construction Was begun. The plan of
tlie canal provided for a depth of five
feet, twenty feet in width at bottom,
and forty feet at the water surface.
At this time Augusta’s population was
7.502 and its trade was immense.
The First Cotton Mill.
In 1546-47 the Augusta Cotton Mills
were organized. It was the pioneer
of the city’s now numerous cotton
factories.
In 1854 the Augusta and Savannah
Railroad, better known now as the
Central of Georgia Railroad, entered
the city.
in 1859 and 1860 the city’s water
works were installed. The source of
supply, which bad been Turknett
Springs, -was changed to the Savan
nah River.
Tlie Civil War was a heavy drain
cm the resources of Augusta. Out of
a white population of 10,000 over 2,000
soldiers were railsed. The Confederate
Monument on Broad stret, erected by
the Radies’ Memorial Association,
stands as a monument to the memory
of those men.
In front of St. James Methodist
church on Greene stret is another
monument to the Confederate dead,
erected in 1873 and the high chimney
in front of the Sibley Mills, the rem
nant of the powder factory of those
days, is a third.
A Military Police.
In 1869, under Mayor Allen, Augus
ta's polioe force was put on a military
footing, in 1871. under Mayor Estes,
the Augusta canal was enlarged. At
that time the canal was seven miles in
length, contained three levels and was
turning the wheels of several large
factories. The actual work of en
largement was begun in March, 1872,
and completed July, 1875. at a cost of
8972,883.15. The present length is
seven miles; including second and
third levels, nine miles. The result of
the enlargement has been to give a
tremendous impetus to the cotton in
dustry in Augusta, to largely stimulate
other industries and to add wonder
fully to the waltli and poplation of!
the city.
In 1873 the Macon and Augusta, and
the Port Royal and Augusta Railroads
entered Augusta.
In 1876 the Hoard of Health of tlie
city was created.
Many Manufactories.
Augusta today stands the third
largest city in tlie state. Her popula
tion is conservatively, put at 55,530.
Within her limits the hum and whirl
of life and trade brand her what she
is. The city is, perhaps, one of the
most prominent tourist restorts in the
South. From December to May three
large and fashionable hostelrics ;we
alive with those who seek the soft,
warm air of the Queen City of the
Savannah.
Augusta's manufactories have been
her life, as manufactories are the life
of any town. To speak of the manu
factories of Augusta is to speak of
cotton. As early as 1800 cotton had
become the Htaple article of com
merce. In 1834 factories having been
made possible by the invention of Ell
Officers and Directors of the Albion Kaolin Co.
Col. Cal Lamar, llephzibah, Ga., President
Albion Kaolin Company
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Whitney, began to spring into light.
The first of these was the old Rich
mond factory, on Spirit Creek, which
up to a few years ago was operated
since that date. In 1850 the Mcßean
Manufacturing Company was char
tered. In 1854 Bellvtlle factory on
Butler's Creek, was chartered.
A Great Power Canal.
Silk manufacturing apeared as ear
ly as 1839, and it was believed with as
great faith then as now, that Augusta
was admirable situated for silk cul
ture. Accordingly a company with a
capital of $500,00 was organized for
such an industry. In the same year
a company with a capital of $450,000
was organized for the manufacture of
beet sugar.
As has been said, the construction
and enlargement of the Augusta Ca
nal gave an impetus to trade in Au
gusta which few believed could he.
The city has forty churches, five
hospitals and sanitariums; five ho
tels in the city and three tourist ho
tels which represent an outlay of
hundreds of dollars, and accommodate
R2OO guests two commercial city
clubs, tlie Country Club; nine hanks.
Seven railroads enter the city.
It is estimated that the population
from which Augusta draws, that is
within a radius of 100 miles, is 1.850,-
274, and that he annual commerce is
$100,000,000.
A Shopping Center for Two Great
States.
Augusta is tlie cheapest shopping
city in tlie south: she is the center of
the largest asparagus growing indus
try in the world; she is the largest
shipping point for domestic and ex
port use of all type of American
grown cotton seed! she is the largest
distributing point in tlie south for
southern forage seeds, such as cow
peas; velvet beans, soja beans sov
ghum, millets, etc.; Augusta has close
to her limits several springs of drink
ing water, which is shipped all over
the south. These springs are abso
lutely chemically pure and contain
ing less mineral matters than the fa
mous Poland waters. Augusta is the
center of a tremendous peach, melon
and eantalope industry; and she is
one of the very largest hay growing
and shipping centers of native hay in
tlie south.
Augusta Known All Over the World as
A Great Cotton Market.
In no line of business has Augusta
grown more steadily than in its cot
ton handling. More than a half mil
lion bales of the fleecy staple have
been received during tlie year while
the average of twelve years is more
than 350,000. In this regard the su
premacy of Augusta began long ago.
As soon as the cotton gin was in
vented near Augusta by Eli Whitney,
the industry of cotton cloth making
took on a new impetus all over the
world, and the local merchints of
that day soon established a wide
spread reputation l’or fairness and
progressiveness. Tlie business has
grown until today in all the inland
cities of the world only one out ranks
Augusta, and that ity has a natural
advantage In its location on tlie coun
try's greatest river, navigable all tlie
year around, ttiat is suprmaey mili
tates against Augusta's claim to great
ness in the cotton world.
Here is located next to the largest
cotton warehouse in tlie world, with
u capacity of 80.000 bales, and so con
structed that their insurance rates
are of the very lowest, being excelled,
it is stated, only at Bremen, on the
other side of the Atlantic.
In 1791 the entire export of cotton
from the United States was hut 189,-
000 pounds, all told, or about 379
bales; but at this time an inventive
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA.
genius was at work on a machine des
tined to revolutionize the textile in
dustries of the world. Eli Whitney,
who was born in Westborough, Mass.,
l>ee. 8, 1765. after completing his ed
ucation at Yale, came to Augusta.
Young Whitney worked out the idea
of a machine for preparing cotton for
the market, and in 1793 received a
patent for his famous gin. His ax
perments were made in and near Au
gusta. and about two miles south of
the city is still to be seen the dam
used by him to run his works. A tab
let on the walls of the Richmond
county court house commemorates his
memory and invention.
In 180,0 Augusta was considered
finite a cotton emporium. For the year
1791 the entire export from the Unit
ed States, it has ben said, was only
879 bales. For the year ending Octob
er 1, 1800, the export from Georgia
alone was 3,444,420 pounds, or 6,859
bales. In 1802 a Liverpool price cur
rent quotes Georgia Sea Island cotton,
20 and 35d; upland 14 1-2 and loc. In
1806 the Augusta quotation was 15
and 15 3-4 c.; in 1808, It was 12 and
13c; in 1810 10 and 11 1 -4c; figures in
dicating a rapid increase in acreage
onpetus to Augusta. Huge warehouses
were erected and foundations, broad
and deep, were laid for the immense
cotton business the city now pos
seses.
In 1845 there were twelve ware
warehouses. capable of holding 70,000
bales of cotton, and three new ones
were begun. The wharfage front was
2,500 feet and had cost $150,000. In
1845 the cotton receipts were 202,019
bales.
Postal Receipts and Bank Clearings.
The steady growth of the city in
recent years is shown in figures more
accurately than in any other way.
Elsewhere in this issue may be found
tlie bank clearings, which ran from a
little over $48,000,000 in 1899 to more
than $127,000,000 in recent years, a
startling fact indicative of great ad
vancement in every walk of business
life.
Scarcely less Important are the
annual receipts of the United States
post office at this point. Year by year
they have advanced in almost regular
ratio, with the exception of the panic
year, when a small decrease was
shown.
The figures for the past dozen years,
taken seriatim, are:
1899- . .$ 62,47i.54
1900- 63,634.88
1901- 67,7X4.44
1902- 74,227.13
1903- 81,443.62
1904- 88,759.87
1905- 101,887.39
1906- 111.529.83
1909- 124,221.95
1910- 135,556.81
1911- 143.494.11
1912- . 152,128.90
1913- 156,159.91
A Flourishing City With Unsurpassed
Facilities.
Augusta is one of the most solid
cities In the south. The occasional
periods of depression that sweep the
country find the “Queen City of the
Savannah Valley” little disturbed. Its
credit is at the highest, and its mer
chants and manufacturers of the best
rating. Situated at tile head of nav
igation on the Savannah river, it en
joys a water transportation that
brings low freight rates and makes it
a noted distributing point for the two
states on which it borders. Just now
it faces a period of progress that is
only half credited by those who have
always considered It a city noted for
its conservatism. During the past
two years there has been a rejuvenes
cence that has aroused admiration
everywhere. A great water-power
J. CAREY LAMAR
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H. H. CLAUSSEN
Director Albion Kaolin Co.
development on the river above the
city furnishes hydro-electric pow
er at an extremely low' rate, which
means the removal of one of the hin
drances to the city’s growth in recent
years. Its.suburbs have been annext
ed. not only increasing the population
within the corporate limits, but ad
ding greatly to its taxable wealth.
A Noted Winter Resort.—The Most
Successful in the South.
Few places in the south have a wi
der fine reputation as winter resorts
than Augusta. With a mean temper
ature of forty-eight degrees for the
three winter months, it unites a sa
lubrity that has made it famous over
tlie entire continent. Mr. John D.
Rockefeller annually spends a period
of rest at the noted Hon Air Hotel on
the hilltop. Here also comes Presi
dent Taft when he can slip away from
his duties. The Armours, the McCor
micks, Henry C. Frick, ,T. S. Kuhn,
Robert Lincoln, and many others,
whose names are familiar throughout
the nation, spend a part of the cold
season here and are yearly more and
more pleased. Thousands of those who
go to Florida at the height of the
season return by way of Augusta,
which serves as an excellent medium
between the warmth of that noted
land and their homes farther north.
Scores of those who came to Augus
ta for a few weeks *ere so charmed
that they have become landholders
and builded themselves pretentious
residences in w’hat is known as the
cottage colony on the hilltops that
surround the city proper The Haipp
ton Terrace and the Partridge Inn are
two other winter hotel resorts with a
deservedly good reputaation for ex
cellence of cuisine, service and ap
pointments. Golf is played all .the
year round, the number of sunshiny
days adding much to the city's attrac
tiveness as a winter resort. The dou
ble course of the Country Club is
known wherever golf is played
in American. while the course
of eighteen holes at the Terrace is
scarcely less famous.
Remarkable Climate.
Augusta's lame us a winter resort
is largely due to its excellent climate,
especially the relatively large number
of days on which the sun shines. No
better proof of these statements can
be obtained than is found in tlie re
sume of a meteorological year pre
pared by Local Forecaster E. D.
Emigh, of the United States Weathr
Bureau, who says:
Th mean temperature for the year
was 66.0 degrees, or 2.4 degrees above
the normal. The highest temperature
rcorded during the year was 99 de
grees on June 4. and the lowest was
21 degres on January 4th.
Seasonal temperature normals:
Spring, 64 degrees; Summer, 64 de
grees: Autumn. 64 degrees; Winter.
47 degrees. Annual mean tempera
ture. 64 degrees. The highest temper
ature ever recorded was 105 degrees,
August 2, 1878, and the lowest w r as 3
degrees, February 4, 1899. Range in
thirty-six years. 102 degrees.
The rainfall for the normals: Spring,
11.59 inches; Summer, 15.39 inches;
Autumn, 8.96 inches; Winter 11.96
inches; normal annual railfall, 47.89
inches.
The last killing frost occurred in
the spring, February 25, and the first
killing frost, autumn, November 22.
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Average date on which last killing
frost occurred in Autumn, November
10.
During tne year there were 110
clear days, 139 partly cloudy days, ami
116 cloudy days. The average cloudi
ness during the year on a scale of 0
to 10 was 5.4.
There were 2,821 hours of sun
shine during the year, or 63 per cent
of the possible amount.
During the year the wind blew an
average hourly velocity of 6.1 miles.
Tlie maximum velocity reached was
38 miles an hour from the northwest
on .March 15. The prevailing wind di
rection was from the west.
Mean relative humidity for the year
8 a. m., 82 tier cent; 8 p. m., 66 per
cent; annual, 74 per cent.
A Fine Truck Raising District Around
Augusta.
Augusta is tlie most excellent point
for vegetables, trucking, and our cli
mate is such that we can have as
large a winter crop as summer crop,
and a crop that is far more profitable
than summer crops.
The following are the garden vege
tables that grow to perfection about
the city; those marked with cross (x)
mark are equally as good for fall and
winter crop as for spring or summer
crop. For the garden: (x) beets, (x)
cabbage, (x) carrots, (x) celery, (x)
collards, (x) kale, (x) mustard, (xl
lettuce, (x) onions, (x) parsnip, (x>
rape, (x) radish, salsify, (x) spin
ach, (x) turnips.
Augusta is also as good a habitat
for the folowing crops as can be found
elsewhere, and for some of them the
location is absolutely ideal: Heavy
forage crops; rye, barley, cat-tail mil
let, chufas, cow peas, peanuts, teosinte,
German millet velvet beans, kaffir
corn, pop corn, beggar weed, milo
maize, rape. artichokes, sunflower
and soja beans.
Miscellaneous Field: Corns, cotton,
oats, potatoes. (Irish and sweet), rice
(upland), wheat, pumpkins, watermel
ons.
The Albion Kaolin Company
A Successful Enterpris
Auqusta As a Clay and Kaolin Center Stands High—lts Rav
Materials Shipped All Over the United States and Rani
Among the Best in the World
A strong Company, Well Officered—Mr. Cal Lamar, Pres
dent; Mr. L. C. Hayne, Vice President; Mr. J. C. Lamar
Secretary and Treassrer; Mr. H. H. Claussen on the Boari
of Directors.
In a different section of this paper is
a pane advertisement of the Albion Kao
lin Company. In this illustration are
shown some views of the Kaolin Com
pany's mine located near Augusta. From
these mines is mined a clay product
which is shipped and sold in all parts
of North America. It is used primarily
in the making of clay pottery, china
ware, and newspapers. In making the
newspaper product it is necessary to be
manufactured in conjunction with a
wood pulp and the necessary chemicals.
The wood pulp comes from Canada and
in no other part of the world can it be
secured. The same is true of Albion
Kaolin clay. The clay is not mined in
any other part of the world except in
Oeorgia and South Carolina, and the
only ndne in Georgia is that of the Al
bion Kaolin Company. Mr. Cal B. La
mar. president of this company, and also
the founder of same, lives on the place
having a beautifully arranged home on
a very highly elevated plat above the
mines within about one-half mile of
them. In the page advertisement is
shown an illustration of his residence
giving one a general idea of how it looks.
Mr. Lamar is a very well-known figure
around Augusta, visiting this city at
quite often intrvals. His brother, Mr.
J. C. Lamar, is the secretary of the com
pany and is also president of the North
Augusta Fertilizer Company, as well as
being interested in the South Carolina
Clay Mines. Mr. L. C. Hayne is the
vice-president and Mr. H. H. Clausseti,
with the three officers, compose the
board of directors. Each of these gen
tlemen are too well and favorably known
to go at length on comment. However,
let it be said that anything they at
tempt has always been a success. There
fore the Albion Kaolin Company is one
of the largest enterprises in Augusta's
vicinity. While it is true the mines are
located outside of Augusta, in fact they
are within one mile of Hephzibah, at
the same time Augusta claims it as one
of Its enterprises. in addition to the
“AUGUSTA IN ISI4I
Grasses: Johnson, vetches, i u ®
bur clover, Bermuda, Japan c ®
Herds, crimson clover, white c ®
orchards. Awnless broome, rescue®
Para grass.
Among the larger fruits, snl
fruits and nut bearers, the folio®
grow well about the city: Che®
figs, peaches, some summer and ®
winter apples, some pears perm
mons, plums, quinces, ra’spbe®
strawberries, grapes, muscadines®
berts pecans walnuts and chestn®
A Poultry Center.
An interesting industry about 1
city is that of poultry growing I
have a large and lively pet stock®
and some good poultry farms. ®
more poultry farms are said t®
soon started, one with SIO,OOO ca®
The principal birds are Wyand®
Rhode Island Reds, Plymouth R®
Reghorns and Brahmas. In the ®
ter of Black Breasted Red Game ®
tarns, Augusta bears off Ame®
national honors. Recently at ®
ison Square Garden, New ®
Augusta birds, won the first ®
w’here millionaires were comp®
with their birds and where practi®
the best birds of the world were!
exhibition.
Peach Raising.
The most favorable climate and
about this city, too, exist for peae
Peaches, in fact, throughout the ni
today, are known as Georgia peae
Aside from a certain district in so
Georgia possibly Augusta is the r
largest center in the south for
industry. The kind usually grow:
the Elberta, though other peai
have been put on the market in
last five years. If the San Jose s<
by spraying, is kept down, there is
end to this peach business in this
ritory. The soil adapted to it car
found on most all of our railroads
of the city—namely: a loamy soil \
a good red clay foundation.
Georgia railroad alone, in one y
has shipped about 325 cars of peae
gathered from the orchards along
line. Rarge areas given-over to pe
culture too, on the railroads that I
to Columbia, Greenville and Char
ton.
As regards labor, farm help is
so scarce here as in other portion
the United States. Farm labor her
in far greater supply than it is in
of the Piedmont sections of the so
and tlie supply here is far more ea
obtained too, and in greater num
than it is in the north, middle w
or west, and it is far cheaper, sls
month and board—rent free—is at
the usual price for farm labor.
In the matter of farm lands, pr
vary here as they do elsewhere, :
vary acording as Is the locality
desirableness of the land itseif.
general, however, land values in
country in in the Augusta territ
may he said to vary from $25 to $t
an acre.
The Men Who Made It.
But allowing for the advantage!
soil and climate and location, Augi
could never have reached the post
she occupies in the citton world ha
not been for the traders—the
who buy and sell and manufaci
cotton, compress it and ship it abr<
for he it known that Augusta annu
sends across the ocean, either dire
or through some other market tern
thousands of bales of cotton wt
has first gone to the compress :
been rewrapped for its long oc
voyage, to Liverpool, to Bremen,
Havre, or even to the far dist
Orient, Japan being one of the larg
buyers of American cotton.
From the very beginning Augu 1
merchants showed the right metl
in handling the cotton products. It
no easy task to overcome the dil
dence of the farmer—even his lat
hostility toward the city man —ant
get him into a friendliness with
city folk, and this is exactly whai
a certain extent the broker has
da.
illustration of Mr. Lamar’s home in t
page advertisement, are shown tit
views,—two of the mines and one of
plant. Tills company affords empl
ment for from fifty to one hundred
borers at various times, some of wh
live in Augusta, others living near
mine. There are one thousand acres
ground occupied by the Albion Ka<
Company, and it is said to be the be
that there is enough clay in this tr
of land to supply the demands for c
for the next one hundred and fifty yea
comparisons having been made based
what has been used In previous times,
is a very interesting proposition to
through the mine, and Mr. Lamar 1
extended an invitation to any one w
wishes to visit this plant, and to sh
them just how clay is mined, how it
shipped, etc.
Niagara’s Level
(From the New York Times.) 1
Secretary of War Garrison does
in recommending to the House coi
mittee on foreign affairs that t
power companies at Niagara be hi
ited, as in the present regulations,
withdrawing but 15,600 cubic feet
water per second from the great cs
aract on the American side. He do
ill, we think, in urging that the r
strictions upon importing elect!
power from the Canadian side be i
moved. Water seeks its level,
knows no national boundaries. T
American falls would be depleti
their grandeur and scenic besu
would be Impaired if more of Nil
gara's waters were sucked away (
Canada’s side. The companies c*
little on whicli bank of the river th(
plants are built provided they 'may s
♦heir electricity in the United State