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TWO 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?