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City and Southern Railway Reach Agreement;
Gates To Be Built By Former at Sixth Street;
City To Purchase 35 By 830 Feet For Levee
Ordinance Will Be Introduced
in Council Monday Night
Which Is, in Effect, An Agree
ment Between Southern
Railway and City
SOUTHERN TO HAVE
EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO
BUILD TRACKS ON TOP
LEVEE, BELOW STH ST.
Purchase Price of Property 35
Peet Wide By 830 Feet Long
Between Sixth and Seventh
Streets to Be Arbitrated.
Work to Proceed Rapidly
With Levee.
An ordinance will be presented In
city council Monday night at Its regu
lar monthly meeting, which Is, In ef
fect, an agreement between the city
anil the Southern Hallway for I he for
mer to build gatea at Sixth »true',
where the railway crosses the levo#
and to give the Southern the exclu
sive right to build tracks on the loves
from Fifth tto First streets. Connec
tion by railway with the wharf, whlcn
Is cseentlsil to the success of the hargs
line, will he by the Southern which
road agree to build and nmlntnln the
tracks on. the, top of the levee between
the streets mentioned.
The city Is to purchase from the
railway a strip of land on the rlvof
hank 85 feet wide by 830 feet long be
tween Sixth and Seventh streets, to
I* used for levee purpose*.
Ju*t ns soon aa the city can sell the
*250,000 of flood protection bonds, now
being advertised, work will proceed
ott the levee and It Is planned to carry
It as far ns the O. A \V. <" and Const
I.lnc yallroads below Sand liar Ferry, j
ns soon 8k possible.
Mr. It. Hoy (loodwln of Alexnnder-
Qootfwln-Duvall Company, purchasing
agent’for the River and Canal Com
mission, Is proceeding well purchasing
property on Bay street wMoh must be
used for levee purposes.
A. J. Twiggs * Hons are working as
rapidly as possible on (lie rip rap
work below Fifth street and as soon
as some money Is realised by the an n
of the first Installment of the *760,060
flood protection bonds \Oted last spring
wprk on the levee will proceed rap
idly.
The Ordinance.
Hera la the ordinance which will ho
read v> city council Monthly night und
which will undoubtedly bo passed:
'ih« 2t> Council ol Auguatu Hereby
Onla na— that the mayor or the olt,
of Augusta he authorized, In behult
of the city council of Auguata, to en
ter Into a contract with the Houthecj
Hallway Company, containing ilia fol
lowing stipulations
j. That the Southern Hallway Com
pany ahall aell to the city council ol
Auguata a atrip oi laud approximately
<l6 feet wide lit 6110 feet long, to I>•
uaed by the Liter and Canal Com
miialon in furtheianco of the levee
scheme now being built by the city ol
Auguata; tile price to be paid for aai'l
atrip of land to be determined by an
arbitration In which the city council
of Augusia ahall select one apprataer,
the Southern Hallway Company shall
select one appraiser, and the two, upm
failure to agree, to select an uuiplru
The finding of said hoard of appittlx
ers to be final and conclusive un both
parties.
2. That the city council of Augusta,
In addition to the price fixed by sn:d
appraisers, ahull add thereto the cost
of moving the cotton platform and
tracks of the Southern Railway Com
pany on said strip of land.
3. That the said the city council ol
Augusta shad obtain permission Iron;
the war department to erect gates at
tile railroad bridge.
' That the city council of Augus
ta. in consideration of the Southern
Railway Com pun . agreeing to permit
gate* to be built at their railroad
bridge, hind themselves that the gules
will not be closed until the water In
within six inches of the base of thi
rail as at present laid upon said brldg\
Additional Cats.
6. The city council of Auguata fur
ther agrees that In the event of the
Southern Hallway Company double
tracking, the city obligates Itself to
put In an addltlon.il gate
6. The city council of Auguata
agrees further to grant the option '■
the Southern Hallway Company for
the sole right lo lay tracks on thi
top of the proposed levee from Centro
or Fifth street to First street, also
the exclusive option for the right to
lay tracks on the level ground between
the levee and the river. The Houlh
«-n Hallway Company, on Its part, t '
exercise this option within reasonable
lime from the completion of said love*
and the establishment of said gate;
and when the said Southern Hnllwir
exorcises the said option to lay safi
track 1 aa hereinabove set forth, ih.nl
they shall obligate themselves to keey
the top dressing of said levee In re
pair.
T. The city council of Augusta fur
ther agrees that If the Southern Rail
way Company exercises the option
hereinabove set forth within reason
able time from the date of the com
pletion of said levee and the estab
lishment of said gate, the city will
grant permission foF track or tracks
to be laid across Centre or Fifth sire t
and if necessary will furnish Ukt.
Southern Hallway Company with i
strip of land for right-of-way pup
poses from Fifth street to the top ol
the levee.
DEPARTMENT PUBLIC HEALTH
Report for the Week Ending
October 31st, 1914.
Communicable Dictates.
White Colored
Diphtheria .. .. 2 1
Typhoid Fever 0 1
Previously reported— not released.
White Colored
Bcarlet Fever 1 0
Diphtheria 9 1
VITAL STATISTICS.
While Colored
Marriages 3 »o
Births .. .. .. .. .... 1* f
Deaths , ... . 3
8. C. WILSON.
u Secretary.
BELIEVES COTTON 10
REICH 10 CENTS BY
NEXT SEPTEMBER
Prominent New York Cotton
Firm Advises Customers to
Buy the Staple Now and
Gives Reasons Why it Thinks
Cotton Will Advance,
Rensworf, Lyon & Company, a big
New York cotton firm, believes that
the pri •< of cotton will be 10 cents
by Hep -r Ist, 1916, and urges Its
custom* i buy, giving the follow
ling route,, .is to why the price should
j advance:
First It looks assured that the fed
eral reserve banks which will open on
November 16th, will have *136,000,000
to loan on cotton (In the Houth at
6 cents per pound. (Hlx cents In the
Houth means about 7 cents here.).
Second —If federal reserve banks
stand ready to loan $136,000,000 out
side money lenders and Investors will
gain courage enough to duplicate the
operation, ns even the Kngllsh gov
ernment Is talking of buying *100,000,-
000 worth of cotton outright. These
two Items alone would enre for 8,000,-
1 000 bales at **3o per bale.
Third -The HritlHh and American
governments after a conference havo
definitely declared that cotton Is not
j contraband of war, hence It can be
I shipped to any of the belligerent na
lions, arid even Germany, Austria and
Russia nmy yet obtain a fair supply
of our cottons, the only question now
being freight room, anil that ques
tion will also be solved.
For arguments sake, lot us pre
sume that the mills of the United
Hiatus and Canada will actually take
7,000,000 ’ ales, that our seasons ex
ports finally foot up 6,000,000, which
also looks reasonable. Tills would
only leave 3 or 4 million bales to be
eared for by the Wade Federal Re
serve Hank Idea; and after next year's
crop Is planted this overplus will not
sell cheap even though the war con
tinues.'
SPLENDID RECITAL AT
HEPHZIBAH HIGH SCHOOL
Miss Katherine Sneed Made a
Splendid Impression on Friday
Evening.
Th# roclta! by Mis# Kuthefrine Sneeil
at the 11 lnh school adltourium on last
Friday evening; wan u pronounced luc
re#*. Mies Sneed has but recently
come to llephztbuh from Memphis,
Term., find by her skill uh h performer,
her Ability as a soot her, and her Winn
only magnetism. lorn won scores of
fYttnds anil admirers.
Wherever she Appeared on the pro
gram Friday evening she was greeted
with enthusiastic applause. Her piano
number* showed a thorough mastery of
her art. Particularly beautiful was her
rendering of Waher’s "Hondo Hrll
llant©," and McOoweVs “To a Wild
R«n»e.” Along \ th her piano training.
Miss Fneed has had superior Advant
ages in voice culture, having studied
under the host teachers In this country,
being a graduate of the Cincinnati ami
Chicago Conservatories. ller vocal se
lections on this- occasion charmed nnd
captured her audience. “Nocturne.**
I‘en/.a and "From the land of the Sky
Blue Waters’* brought forth continued
and repeated appl.itise. “Ah* Let Me
lvesm," "A Howl of Ttoses,** and “Per
fect l»av* were also deeply appreciated.
Miss Sneed was assisted In n very
creditable manner by three of her pu
pils, Missus Itlchnrds, Taylor and Cars
well, and by Mrs. 11. \\. tieweli, who
did splendid work as accompanist.
Reader for Evening.
Mrs Mhv> \\ Ini inn was Header for
the evening, and her humorous eeloc-
Hops were very much enjoyed. •
iUiphxlUah deems hei st it fortunate to
have Miss Booed In her midst, and the
High school Is to be congratulated pn
securing her un the heat! of us music
department. The manner In which sh«
has lakeu hold of the public school Hing
ing ln«M already attracted much atten
tion amt the patYon* of the school ail
tniplate marked Improvement a-eng this
line. 9
At the redial Friday evening Princi
pal 11. W Sewell si oke in hlgneat
pi also of Mlsb Surf'd ami her work and
the music lovers ol llsphilbah and the
public genera,) heartily commend his
«\«ry utUittnce.
REV. J. A. SMITH TO
THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
Will Prtyich Special Sermon
Thia Evening---Knights to
Meet at Castle Hall at 7:30.
The Grand Cb«nc*Uor of th« Knight*
of I’yUiiM, of Georgia, Hun, H. M. Stan
ley, liu* requested ovary .odgv lit (ho
domain to uGomt iltviiut service during
ilu» month of November. The Aufustit
Pyihiana have m«dc all anangrm.nu
to attend the service of the Guru* i*. j»-
ttai church thi* s\rniu* whan Kev. A.
J. Smah will deliver a edition
Assemble at Castle Hall. .
To thia end the Knights will assemble
at Cattle Hall, Jttl nth street at 7:10
o’c.ock and march in a body, tkrone«|
b> the filiform Rank. Service* brain at
» o'clock.
As usual, on tlu** occasions, a large
attendance l« looked foi. With the eoul
weather awrmtcidng the attendance in
creases and with many Initiations ahead
thing* Will be very interesting duVtng
the winter setiscn
Confer Ranks.
Monday night Fountain City lsodge,
No. .d». will confer tank work and in
their utbal cordial wa> welcome the
members who visit them.
Tuesday night Vigilant Lodge will
confer the .ltd rank upon three candi
dates and a Urge attendance is looked
for.
On Thursday nigh; the members of
WrHdinwn I-edge all. m.-et m weekly
sesaion and they look or an interesting
gathering.
fL'fn.OO suits to order of the finest
wooiens. out by an artist cutter, mads
with snap and sty is. F. G* Mwetins.
SEVENTY-EIGHT
DIVORCE PLEAS
GRANTED OCT. 31
Superior Court Disposed of
Unusually Large Number of
Libels For Divorce in Morning
Session on Saturday.
Seventy-eight verdicts were signed
by Judge Henry C. Hammond In su
perior court Saturday morning, grant
ing uncontested petitions for divorce.
I Of this number twenty-one were seo
i ond verdicts, granting total divorces
In cases where a first verdict was
! signed In the last term of court; fifty
seven were first verdicts. The pres
ent list of cases, therefore, represents
fifty-seven divorces which have not
betii reported before. Verdicts were
signed in the following cases:
H It. Williams vs. Mattie N. Wil
liams, first verdict; Willis Bentley vs.
| Mary Bentley, first verdict; Isabelle
I. vs. Clarence Bow*-, second ver
dict; Emma Smith vs. Fed K. Smith,
lirst verdict; Beulah H. Moure vs. An
derson Moore, first verdict; Mamie
Cadden vs. Calvin R. Cadden, first
1 verdict; Mela Buck vs. Marlon Buck,
, first verdict; Martha Campbell vs.
Harry Campbell, first verdict; Cath
rine Matilda Ulmer vs. George D. Ul
mer, second verdict; Mrs Lena Eldsou
vs, Janies J. Eidson, first verdict;
Lucy Francis Hickman vs. Virgil Hick
man, first verdict; Emma Lou Warren
Hess Vs. Frank Dias, first verdict;
i Abram Green vs. Gertrude Green, first
verdict; Charles A. Waddell vs. Maud
Waddell, first verdict; Nellie Rogers
vs. Bennett Rogers, second verdict;
, H. R. Gordon vs. Fannie O. Gordon,
lirst verdict; Effle Smith vs. Jesse
Smith, first verdict; Wm. Flndall vs.
! Lula Dnvls Flndall, second verdict;
Addle Kiser Dodd vs. John F. Dodd,
: Hrst verdict; Jannle Young vs. Ma
rlon Young, first verdict; Jennie A.
j isdell vs. Walter ledell, second ver
| diet; Nellie Estelle Hrldwell vs. John
| W. Brldwell, first verdict; Simon Hut
j to vs. Dora Hutto, first verdict; Mary
I C. Norris vs. J. S. Norris, first ver
dict; Mrs. Maggie Meyers vs. J. E. ]
Meyers, first verdict; VV. H. Meyers
vs. Josephine Huffman Meyers, first
verdict; Constance T. Bellamy va J
Russell Bellamy, second verdict; Lucy
Aiken Cush vs. John W. Cash, first
verdict; Elsie Boyd Willis vs. Walter J
Willis; D. G. Bignon vs. Pearl Coral
Illgnon, second verdict; Beter Nuvack |
vs. Elizabeth Flake Nuvack, first ver- I
diet; Kullie Hlzentore Garner, vs. James !
Garner, first verdict; Lena Chesney I
vs. F. P. Chesney, first verdict; Ellul
I Byrd vs. P. T. Byrd, first verdict; 1* !
J. Whitehead vs. H. W. Whitehead,]
I second verdict; Emma K. Farrell vs.
A. A. Farrell, second verdict; Mary
| Mallory vs. Charles Mallory, first Ver
j diet; Mattie Whitmore vs. Jack Whit-
I more, second verdict; Samuel Dupreo
GUliurd vX. Lula H. Gilllard, first ver
| diet; B. F. Chapman vs. Hattie Chap
man, first verdict; Ruble Reynolds
1 Clerc vs. Edward L. Clerc, first ver
dict; Mrs. Jennie M Wood vs. Henry
IN. Wood, first verdict; Cassle B.
Creech vs. Tobe Creech, first verdict;
Tanner A. Lockmun vs. Lei tie Lock
man, first verdict; Isabelle Mackey vs.
John Mackey, first verdict; Dorcas A
Jones vs. S. P. Jones, first verdict;
May Elliott vs Fred Elliott, second
verdict; Herbert 8. Edwards vs Clan
IC. Edwards, first verdict; Geneva
llninnerman vs. A. J. Hrunnerman,
i second verdict; Rubena Dunbar va
David Dunbar, second verdict; William
May vs Annie Lou May, second ver
dict; Lillian Pntterson vs. Charles A
Patterson, first verdict; Lillian Lemm
leln vs. Clarence I-emmleln. second
verdict; Gus Johnson va. Susana John
son. first verdict; M. 8. Smith vs. Ar
tie Smith, first verdict; S. L. Rahurne
\e. H B. Haburne, second verdict; Ad
da' G. Page vs. H. J. Ptige, first ver
dict; Lesser M. Randall vs. John E.
Randall, first verdict; Bam Dixon vs.
Idu Dixon, first verdict; John H.
Steadman vs. Willie M. Steadman,
first verdict; Thomas C Huff vs. An
nie T. Huff, first verdict; Robert!
I Townsley vs Hattie Belle Townsle.v.
! second verdict; Mary oldest vs. Ed
] Oldest, second verdict; B. E. Gregory
j vs, Annie R. Gregory, first verdict;
i Aurelius A. Sogrest vs. Jennie May
Segrest, first verdict; Ella Pinckney
vs Robert Pinckney, first verdict; Is
rael B. Brown vs. Gladts R. Bruw,
firjt verdict; Archie Mllledge vs.
Ophelia Mllledge, flret verdict; W. B.
Wethers, Jr., vs. Sarah Wethers, first
verdict; Wade C. Smith vs. Blanche
Smith, first verdict; Esther M. Hufl
vs Joe Huff, second verdict; Marls
! F. Thomas vs. Leon T. Thomas, sec
ond verdtet; Addle M. Mathews vs.
Louts J. MHthews, second verdict;
Ruth H Harmon vs. Thomas J. Har
mon, first verdict; Quests I’. Inman
I vs. B Forest Inman, first verdict;
Laura l.ee Cornelius vs. James Cor
| nellus. first verdict: Robert C. Frasei
! vs. Mary B. Fraser, first verdict.
MR. DAVENPORT SANFORD
IN BUSINESS FOR SELF
Popular Young Augustan As
sociated With Mr. I. M. Flem
ing in Fire Insurance.
There are many friends in Augusta
of Mr Davenport Sanford, formerly
of Martin A ilnrrett, real estate, who
wilt l>« interested In the anommeement
that he will'on tomorrow begin In
business for himself, being associated
In general fire Insurance with Mr. t.
M. Fleming, recently manager of the
Atlantic Ice and Coal Corporation In
Atlanta.
The stjle of the new firm will be
Fleming A- Sanford, and the offlcei
will be located at 20** Jackson slree,.
Mr. Santord and Mr Fleming both
have scores of friends In Augusta who
hope for them alt the success in the
world.
W. P. MANNING MUSIC CO.
MOVES TO NEW QUARTERS.
i The Manning Must,’ Company, as
snnounced elsewhere In this Issue. Is
now lo ated In new quartets. at No.
SU Jackson street New fixtures and
furnishings and extensive remodeling
plans will, when completed, make their
new home one of the moat attrsettva
musle stores In the whole South.
| This firm handles a representative
[ line of pianos, \tetrolas and all other
musleal Instruments and has built up
a large trade In Augusta and sur-
rounding territory.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
The Seventh Annual Negro
Fair, Which Was Brought to
Close Friday, Was Big Success
Multitudes Attended the Great Negro Fall Show, and There
Was No Shooting, No Cutting, Nothing to Mar the Pleasures
of the Patrons.
(By Silas X. Floyd.)
All things die, even fairs. The sev
enth annual negro fair, which was
closed on Friday night, was a remark
able success, all things considered.
From the opening address by Dr. C.
T. Ualker on Tuesday up to the close
on Friday night, every step had been
planned with military precision, and
every feature was carried out as
p.anned.
'1 here were several things which
contributed lo the general success ol
the week. 'I he splendid wtuther was
one thing; the co-operation of the
public, both white and colored, wis
another thing; and the service rend
ered by the Augusta police force wax
a third thing. Uhe presence of a
large number of Augusta's “finest”—
plain clothes men and uniformed of
ficers—must not he overlooked In
speaking of the general conduct and
good deportment of the great crowds
we had at our show last week. It Is
a good thing to have the policemen
around. Our record of arrests was only
live for the week, and the cases weri
so handled that it was not necessary to
send a single offender downtown to
the barracks. We had extra-fine ser
vice from the cops this year, sure!
Wo had more exhibits left by our
white friends than ever before. O'lf
executive committee made an appeal
to them and the response was gener
ous. Due to this vie had a general
postoffice continued on the grounds
with a colored man In charge; and the
following white exhibitors left theli
exhibits over from the white fair;
J. B. White and Company, O’Connor-
Schwei-rs Paint Company, the Chero-
Cola Company, the Sib'ey Manufactur
ing Company, Rowland and Company,
dealers In peas; D. “Irsl'y, Ihp Au
gusta Mattress Company, the Metro
politan Life Insurance Company, the
Ricilmond County Board of Health, the
Augusta Browing Company, and on,
or two others. This certainly helpei
to swell the appearance of things anj
kept the main building from looking
bare.
The one new exhibit In the maia
building, which attracted much atten
tion, was the exhibit of the People'l
Furniture Company, a company oper
ated by colored men at the corner ol
Dugas and Campbell streets. The men
put on at our fair one of the hand
Let Augustans Start to Living at Home
and Buying From Home Merchants
“Live at Home Week’’ Should Start a Revolution in Home
Peoples’ Methods of Buying---If Augusta is a Good Enough
Place to Reside in and Make Money in, it Ought to Be a
Good Place to Buy in.
Has it ever occured to Augusta peo
ple to ask lor Augusui-made guods when
they go into u. store? Possibly to a
few ol them, but very few. Hoes it
ever occur to an Augusta merchant to
shove lo tlie iron*, ulnc.os niudt* in Au
gusta? Again tile answer is a few of
them, but a very few al that.
Ihe idea ol "live at home week,”
which begins November 14th, is lo start
Augusta people lo buying from home
merchants and home manufacturers. As
Ihe Herald staled yesterday, probably
♦iioO.GGO goes away from ilus city each
week to enrich business concerns of
oilier places. It doesn’t seem lo occur
to people that every dollar that is spent
with an Augusta merciouil or manu
facturer heips to enrich this community
that much.
Why shou d an Augustan go into a
furniture store and ask to buy any otheV
kind of mattress tlmn the ones made
hcic? They make them here just as
good as they do any where else. How
ever, the chances are that if the mer
chant should say to his customer that
he has an Augusta-made mattress which
is just as good as the one made in Grand
Rapids, the customer would say let me
have the mattsess from Grand Rapids.
Or if lie should want brooms and Au
gusta blooms are offered him he would
say that he wanted a broom made in
New York or New Jersey. Now, Au
gust .-made mattresses, brooms, and a
great many other articles including va
rious kinds of cloth, wagons, paints,
soft drinks, etc., are Just as good and
Just as cheap as those made elsewhere.
Just the same as Richmond county hay,
oats and livestock make just as good
food as articles from the West, and a
campaign will he waged to get the home
fo.ks to buy these artic es.
Push Augusta-made Articles.
In the first place the merchants of
Augusta will he asked to push Augusta
made articles and in the second place
the peop © will be asked to specify Au
General Election in Georgia to Be Held
Tuesday; County Treasurer Race On
In This State Progressives Have Candidates Against Messrs.
Smith and Hardwick For Senate---Democrats Urged to
Vote---Constitutional Amendments Are Important.
Tuesday la the day of the count/,
state and national election.
In Georgia there Is opposition to the
democratic nominees for the United
States senate. Senator Hoke Smith und
Congressman Thomas W. Hardwick.
Messrs. C. W. McClure and Rufi
Hutchens are the progressive candi
dates, so styled, for the two highest
offices In the gift of the people of
the state. Hutchens was a hopeless
tagender 1n the senatorial primary
Then he ran as a democrat, now he Is
running as a progressive. The demo
crats of Georgia are urged to turn out
In large numbers for. while the can
didacies of the progressives Is not seri
ous still the apathy of the democrat#
might allow them to poll a consider
able vote by comparison.
In Richmond county thrre la a race
on for county treasurer between Capt.
Geo. F. Ltimback and Mr. B. 6'. Wal
ker. The election of a county treas
urer was made tie canary because ft
ti e death of Treasurer Walter A.
Clark, who had been re-elected for tho
next two years.
The constitutional amendments to be
voted on are most Important, tine of
them Is to decide whether or not any
more new counties shall be formed,
another is to decide whether or not
somest exhibits of parlor and dining
room furniture ever displayed in Geor
gia at a fair by colored people. B. X.
Dent Is manager of the People’s Fur
niture Company, and is a success la
his work.
The K. of P. drill was not up to
the standard of other years; but with
minor exceptions the football gamq
the horse races, and the horse show
were quite creditable. There was i
decided improvement in the numbef
anJ quality of the babies entered in
the baby contest. More interest was
taken In that event this year than evet
before by the wives and mothers.
Good Conduct.
By far the best thing exhibited on
the ground was the conduct of the
people. Multitudes were brought to
gether and had a good time and de
parted In peace, without any cutting
or shooting or things of that sort. And
next to this, by far and away an
other significant thing was the ex
tensive patronage of our white friends
We have already spoken of the kind
ness of the white merchants and busi
ness men of Augusta who made do
nations of money and merchandise to
our work, but we speak now of ths
attendance of many of these same
white friends and many others on the
grounds every day*. On Thursday
alone, at the football game, there were
more than 500 white spectators.
It u not necessary to make this a
long story. If I talked on and on for
two or three columns, I could not,
then, for myself and associates, thank
everybody sufficiently for their kind
ness to us, and for the patronage giv
en our show.
The out-of-town attendance tvas nut
as large as we expected; but the local
patronage was all to the good. Out
rural friends are evidently sufferinj
from the depression caused by the wax
and the consequent low price of cot
ton. We hope things will soon right
themselves in the country districts. It
will not be long, if the suffering con
tinues there, before we are bound fe)
feel it in town.
Figures are not ready for the public
as yet, but while we came out on the
right side of the ledger, I feel eu r e
that we have not earned enough mon
ey to buy out Wall Street.
Thanks, thanks, thanks, to one and
al'l
gusta-made articles In buying. Why
should you buy from the West when the
best hay in the world is grown right
here near you?
Then, too, there is another idea to be
pushed. It is to get Augusta people
to buy clothipg, shoes, hats, etc., from
Augusta merchants. A local photog
rapher told a Herald reported the other
day that when the people of means in
this city get ready to have their pic
tures taken they make it convenient to
he In Atlanta or New York and this
despite the fact that there are photog
raphers here just as good as can be
found anywhere.
Augusta drygoods merchants go to
New York and other markets to buy the
very best coat suits, cloaks, furs, etc.,
but many Augusta women would think It
was simply terrible if they did not have
their latest suits from PaVis via New
York.
Some Augusta men think no Augusta
tailor is good enough for them. Un
less the tailors are from Fifth avenue
the clothes are on the bum. The same
Is true with regard to shoes, hats, etc.
Now. if Augusta is a good enough
phice for some people to get thelv mon
ey in, it ought to be a good enough
place to spend it In. The man who
has made his fortune dealing with Au
gusta people and the people of this sec
tion of Georgia and South Carolina and
is too good to spend his money with his
neighbors Is—oh well, never mind what
kind of a man he is. And maybe he
hasn’t looked at the matter In just this
light. However, this opinion will he
ventured, that he is worth not half as
much to the city as the laboring man
who makes $3 a day and spends it all
at home.
Watch for the future announcements
about ‘live at home week.” Thefre is
a great deni for Augusta people to think
about in this plan and it should be tbe
beginning of a revolution In th# heme
folks’ method of buying.
county officers shall be elected for
four years Instead of two and etui
another gives the right to any county
to abolish the office of county treas
urer if it so desires.
It Is believed that within the next
two years the office of county treas
urer |u Richmond county will be aboi
ls ed and It will be combined with
that of some other office, probably the
tux collector or clerk of the county
commission.
The terms of the clerk of court,
sheriff, treasurer, tax collector and
tax receiver are now for two years
and If the constitutional amendment Is
adopted they will be elected for four
years.
The polls In the city of Augusta on
Tuesday will open at 7 a. m. and close
at 6 p. m. In the country districts
they will open it 8 a. m. and close at
3 p. m.
The following will be the location
of the polling plates In the city:
First ward, 466 Broad.
Second ward, court house.
Third ward. #34 Broad.
Fourth ward. 126* Broad.
Fifth ward. Bread and Crawford
avenue.
Sixth ward, old village headquar
ters.
Task of Judges to Select Names of
New River Boats Not a Small One
However, Names of Winners of the Fifteen and Ten Dollar
Prizes Will Probably Be Ready For Announcement Early
This Week---Work on the Two Steel Barges is Progressing
Although the three judges, Messrs.
J. M. Hull, T. J. O'Leary and H. H.
Bell, appointed by the president of
the Merchants and Manufacturers' As
sociation to award the prizes for the
names for the two boats for the Au
gusta-Savannah Navigation Company
have been working hard over the lists
of names submitted, the task has
grown to such proportions that a de
cision has not been reached yet.
Over 1,300 Names.
Not only have over thirteen hun
dred names been submitted by per
haps half as many contestants, but
when duplicates are allowed for there
are something like seven hundred
names for the Judges to consider and
to make the problem more difficult,
a very large number of the contes
tants have accompanied their sugges
tions by careful arguments and sup
plementary information In behalf of
the names they have submitted, show
ing why their Ideas are
appropriate. x
The judges, in their desire to give
the most careful consideration to the
matter before rendering their decision,
are going thoroughly over all sued
argumen' i, which, while it Insures a
decision based on all the information
which the Judges have at their dis
posal, also makes the task an arduous
one.
The judges hope to have their labors
ended early In the week and the win
ning names, as well as the names of
the successful contestants proposing
them, will then be announced.
Facilities at City Wharf.
In view of the delay in the con
struction of the new city wharf, ar
rangements are being made for put
ting the facilities of the old wharf in
first class condition, so that when the
barge line is ready for operation early
In December there will be some means
at hand for handling the freight, al
though naturally not with the economy
and despatch that the arrangements
included in the plans of the new term
inal would have provided.
Th government is making good Us
promise to have the channel in good
condition by the time the new com
Remarkable Features of Coming Term
ol Superior Court-Eleven Murders
When the Richmond county superior
court begins its session Monday morn
ing, November second, there will be
eleven indictments, charging murder,
on the calendar and between 75 and 80,
lesser offenses, such as assault with
intent to murder, larcency after trust,
forgery, etc.
The fact that there are so many
murder cases indicates that a tidal
wave of crime has been sweeping over
this city and Richmond county. One
of the murder cases is against Jim
Bush, a negro who killed his wife in
1898 and escaped. He %vas identified
several months ago in Savannah by
an Augusta negro who ‘‘turned him
up.” as the court officials would say.
There are three white imen to face
the charge of murder. Two of the
cases are interwoven in a peculiar »>rt
of way because two brothers were
killed within a month of each other on
the same farm. In August Sam Rhodes
snot and killed Walker Green, his
brother-in-law because of some minor
difference, so it is alleged, apd ever
since Rhodes has been incarcerated in
the Richmond county jail awaiting
trial. Three weeks ago Walker Green’s
step son shot and killed Green's broth
er. John Green, just after the two men
had reached home from Augusta
where they had been to attend the
circus exhibition. After Walker Green’s
death .John Green looked after the
farm for the widow, Vernon Anderson,
the 17 year old son of Mrs. Green by
a former marriage, lived with his
mother, and when John Green and An
derson came home, they had an argu
LARGE FIRE IN
ORANGEBURG
Four Sales Stables and One
Business House on Main
Street Burned---Damage Yet
Unknown.
i
Saturday night at 8 o'clock news was
received In Augusta of a large fire In
Orangeburg S. C., which destroyed four
large sales stables, one business house
on Main street and several head of live
stock.
The house on Main street which was
burned, caught from sparks from the
stables. Several other frame buildings
caught but were extinguished before the
flames gained a headway.
The cotton platform several hundred
fee: away, with probably 200 bales of
cotton on It, was threatened.
The cause of the fire and the damage
Is not yet known.
BODY OF MISS STEINER
ARRIVES ON SUNDAY P. M.
Will Be Taken Immediately to
City Cemetery Where Burial
Services Will Be Conducted
By Rev. Wm. Johnson.
The body of Miss Kate Steiner, whose
death was announced In The Herald
yesterday afternoon, will arrive In the
| city from Memphis this afternoon short
ly after 2 o'clock, and the remains will
be taken In charge by the W. E. Platt
| undertaking establishment and- conveyed
! directly to the City cemetery", where the
; Interment will occur In the Steiner sec
tion. The Rev. 'William Johnson, rec
tor of the Good Shepherd, on The Hill
will conduct the cAemonles.
Miss Steiner's death has caused grlet
among the friends of the Steiner family
In Augusta ns well at her own friends.
She was a daughter of the late Dr. H.
1 H. Steiner, one of Augusta's best known
and most prominent physicians.
Follow the crowd and you will find
the place where you get the finest
clothes at a reduction of 2S per cent
off; furnishings 10 per cent off. F. G.
, Mertins.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1.
pany is ready for business. Two snag
boats have been working for some
time past at various points between
here and Savannah and that part of
the work, It is understood, has now'
been completed. The Tugaloo Is no.v
engaged in dredging operations near
the eastern boundary, and the suction
dredge Augusta left Savannah several
days ago and is now on her way up.
the river, so that In a short time the
bars, which during the low water of
the summer formed such a serious Im
pediment to navigation, will be re
moved and the channel will be clear.
An allotment of *15,000 has been made
for the Savannah river between Au
gusta and Savannah, out of the lump
appropriation carried by the rivers
and harbors bill, and this it is be
lieved, while less than the amount to
which the river Is entitled, will en
able the army engineers to keep the
channel free from obstructions and
thus avoid a recurrence of the condi
tions which tied up navigation a few
weeks ago.
Rushing Work on Boats.
Work on the barges is being pushed
as rapidly as possible and it is ex
pected that one of the barges will be
launched within a fortnight, aftar
which the machinery, which arrived 4 n
Savannah a few weeks ago, will he
installed and the trial trips run with
a \ r iew to delivery early In December.
The second boat will be gotten Yeady
as soon after the first one as pos
sible, but attention Is being concen
trated on the first boat, at the request
of the navigation company, so that
the service may be inaugurated at is .
early a date as possible.
While it was originally hoped to be
able to start service early in Octo
ber, a number of difficulties, which
were entirely beyond the control of the
navigation company, were encountered,
delaying the final delivery of the boats.
The constant efforts of the officers
of the company have resulted in these
difficulties being practically all over
come and the boats are now well on
their way toward completion, so that
operation early In December may ha
confidently expected.
invent which resulted in Anderson's
shooting Green. He, too, came to the
city and surrendered to Sheriff Plun
ket. Mat Wade, white, shot and kill
ed Willie Goodwin several months ago
about eight ur.lles from the city on the
Washington road. It is alleged the
provocation was slight.
The following additional murder
cases will be tried, all being negroes:
George Queen killed Lyman Evans,
on Butler’s Creek.
Tom Davis killed another negro at
the Dip, a suburban negro saloon.
Fred Mllier killed a negro named,,
Bignon. _g
Will Slappy, alias Moore, killed ar
negro at a local brickyard.
Frank Tilley killed his uncle.
Albert King killed his brother.
Berry Simpkins killed another ne
gro.
Henry Rabon, a white man. is to face
trial for killing John James, his broth
er-in-law while the latter was eating
breakfast at a table In Rabon’s yard.
It Is charged that Rabon fired on
James through the window and when
the first shot did not produce death
he became disgusted with the shot gun
he was using and took a pistol and
fired at the prostrate man, finishing
the job.
There were ten of the allegWi mur
ders committed with fire arms, and
the other was a stabbing. The fact
that so imany members of families
slew each other and the remarkable
number of deaths because of the pis
tol toting habit are the remakable fea
tures of the coming term of cuort.
SMOKER FOR FOUNTAIN
CITY LODGE, NO. 35
Fountain City Lodge, No. 35, K. of
P.. will have a "smoker” Monday night
at 8 o’clock.
They will work out the “second de
gree.” All members of this lodge are
urged to be present at this smoker.
An interesting and enthusiastic meet
ing is expected.
Cored His RUPTURE
I was badly ruptured while lifting a
trunk several years ago. Doctors said
my only hope of cure was an operation.
Trusses did me no good. Finally I got
hold of something that quickly and com
pletely cured me. Years have passe.V
and the rupture has never returned, al
though 1 am doing hard work as a car
penter. There was no operation, no lost
time, no trouble. 1 have nothing to aell
but will give full Information about how
you may find a complete cure without
operation. If you write to me, Eugene M
Pullen, Carpenter, 48-A Mircellus Ave
nue, Manasquan, N. J. Better cut out
thia notice and show It to any ethers who
are natured —you may save a Ilf* or at
least stop the misery of rupture and
the worry and danger of an operation.
HOTEL
Collingwood
West 36th Street,
New York City.
SETH H. MOSELEY.
Half Blk. from Herald Sq. & 6th Av.
In midst of leading department stores
and theatres.
Select accommodations for discnml
nation people win personal uiteutlun
and service Impoaalbie In the larger ho
tels. Your patronage is earnestly so
licited.
Room without bath 11.50
Room without bath for two $2.00
Room with bath $2.50
Room with bath for two $3.00
Parlor Bedroom with bath $5.00
Special attention given to Isdles and
families Restaurant at moderate Drtree
Oo you know of any othor
improvement you can make
to your home that will add
so much to its intrinsio valut
as having it wired for elec
tricity?