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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12
‘Augusta Years Ago
Looking Backward Concerning Residents and Happen
ings in the Younger Days of Augusta; and Other Items
BY HENRY F. SAXON.
FIFTEEN YEARS
AGO—
The Augusta Railway 4 Electric
Corporation put Into operation a
12 minute schedule on the belt line.
Cara were to leave the car barn on
Third street every six minutes, one
going via Summerville, tho other
via Monte Snno. It was forecast
at that time In tho newspapers that
■'the advent of thh preen enrs and
the 12 minute schedule will mean
much for tho good of Augusta and
the suburbs, Summerville and
Monte Gniio."
The Old Blue-Back Speller was
paid tho following tribute In the
editorial columns of the Herald:*"ln
the old blue-back speller tho words
were so grouped that In the pro
cess of going through the lessons
all the words of the English lan
guage were presented to tho stu
dent. and by the old method of class
spelling and spelling matches they
were so impressed upon the student
that few children Who passed
through these sehols failed of being
fairly accurate spellers . . .To (
teach ihe « .art spelling of English
words there never has been, and
probably never will ho a text hook
the equal of the old blue-hack spel
ler.”
And now? Well, they learn a
group of letters to he a symbol for
something, animate or inanimate or
what-not. Its Just a pleturo des
criptive of something Thus: r-a-t
Is n picture that describes the little
rodent, or a large one, that Is so
terribly Inspirational of fear In
some women of less sophistication
than the modern girl And r-n-t
represents the ogrei to the child’s
understanding, that catches and
destroys that little r-a-t.
‘‘Dr. and Mn. L. A. Gardalte and
family have returned to the city
sflcr spending several weeks with
Mrs Harrison on Carolina Heights,
North Aucustn.”
“’Sunday afternoon E. (1. Knlb
flelsch was the donor of a hlg Joy
ride in the new auto chemical en
gine hearing his name. The party
consisted of Mayor Dunbar, Mr. and
Mrs. KalbfleUch, Miss Mary Hall,
Misses llertha and Edmund Keener,
Miss Mary Carter; Messrs. Fred
Walton, ,1. I’. Hnxon, and Chief
Frank Reynolds The machine was
driven by Mr. Rlppey, The party
went out as far ns Heplizlbnh, and
returned in shout two hours.”
Tha General Officara and clerks of
tin l Georgia nml Florida railroad ar
rived In Augusta In a special car.
“The general offices of tho G. and F.
company arc located In the Heotiard
building and occupy Ihe entire fifth
floor. Resides the clerical force the
following general officers have
come to Augusta: A. Pop*, frafflo
manager; E. I<. Tlemls, Ist vice
president; J. M. Turner, general
manager: W. A. Swallow, chief en
gineer; and W. H. Alexander, au
ditor,”
Deaths, Sunday, September 2*.
IMS:
John T. Fuller, at the residence
1322 Hnrrctt street. The remains
of Mr. Fuller were taken to ltone
vllle, On., for Interment.
Miss Mamie A. ltooney, at the
residence of her brothers, corner
Campbell (Ninth! and Hopkins
streets. Pall bearers: ,T. O .Flynn.
.1 J. O’Connor, M. J. Cnllahnn. T. F.
Caahln. H. P. ltlce, Jerry Collins,
I>. 3. Bolster. E F. Flynn.
Francis Ceclla (Reason. Infant
daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. James P.
(Reason. 17*7 Starnes street.
.John P. Cartwright, nt residence
1283 IfrKlnn* Kunornl eer
\ Ice* from St. I‘nul'ii Episcopal
church. Rev. O. Sherwood Whitney
officiallng Honorary pall henrera:
.1 W. Jansen. It. <l. Stcbbins. Henry
Kenndev, T. V. Cashln: active: J.
.1. Butler. Jack Overton. A. R.
Klrech. John H. Carswell, Jkium
Tiunn. P. T. Llvlntilon.
Sunday nfternoon lectures wore
given nt the T. M. C. A. on Mir
cesslve Sumlav during the month of
October by Dr. M Aahby Jonea.
Evangelist H. K. Fraser. Jadire
V.noeh 11. Callawav. Rev. William
Johnson, and Rev. Howard T. free.
“Mm Louite Both wall who line
been vising Mra, John <\ T.ee dur
ing the nbaeene of Mr. nnd Mra.
Jnmea T Bothwell In Baltimore. la
now the guest of Mlaa Pena Tallin
ferro."
"Mra M. Ashby Jonea hue re
turned to the rltv from Kentucky,
and after spending a few dnya with
Mra Pee, on the Hill will move to
the home Doctor' Jonea hnn taken
>Ol lower Greene afreet,**
"Mr*. Henriatta Alaaandar and
Mias Adelaide Itnrnea have arrived
In New York from Europe and will
be In Augusta on the first of Oc
tober.
"Judge Henry C. Roney, Mra.
William Richard eon and Mra Eu
gene Murphev will leave shortly for
a nleaaure trln to New York."
"Mra. Ida Woodward nnd Mlaa
Woodward ace vlstlng Mr nnd Mra.
Jamie Bothwell. Jr . on the Hill."
Mylaa B. MrSweeny, former gov
ernor of South Carolina, died Tuea
dav. Sentemher IS, 1909. at the
Johna Hopklna boapltal In Haiti-
Wore. Ilia rentslna were brought
to Hi mpton s C for Interment.
"Mia* Marian Martin will spend
the month of October on the gueat
«>f Mr». B, s. Dunbar. Jr "
“At a meeting of the Opera
House romnany held Wrdnendav,
Frank X Dorr woe ejected prest
dent nnd Thomas S. C.rny aecretary
end treasurer"
Judge William Fred Eve of the
city court, moved hla offices from
the county court house to quarters
•in the fifth floor of the Dyer build
in"
Mies Marion Rood returned to
day from n rummer delightfully
spent In the mountains of North
CV-' iina ”
“Mite EMishetb Cctart la at
tending school at Gunaton Hall, In
Washington "
The Canal Committee of the
city council of Augusta held a
meeting tile night of June SO, H>99.
to discuss the matter of charging
such mills «s used water potnf
front the Augusta canal at night,
an extra rate. Representatives of
the mills affected appeared before
the committee nnd protested the
raising of the prlee. claiming that
as the mills were barely ntnklng
a living eurli an Increase In charge
would work a hardship on them
and he an Injuat're. Others chal
lenged the right of the committee
to make the extra charge, declar
ing that there was nothing In their
contracts that specified how many
hours they should run Mayor
Jtobbe presented the city's side of
the matter and called attention to
the fact that the ordinance of IRRf.
under which the contracts were
made, did specify Just how many
hours tho mills were to run.
The result of the conference was
In the nature of a compromise as
the committee decided to reduce
the price from II 75 to 91 for water
power used at night. Two excep
tions were made; one in the case
of the Cotton Oil mill that runs
only six months in the year yet
paid for the entire year; the other,
in the case of tho electric light
plant which operated only at night.
These two were allowed to continue
on the old basis.
Small fines in the recorder's
court were tho rule rather than
the exception in the days when
Judge Edge Baxter was on the
bench, in 1899, as witness tho fol
lowing accounts of one session of
tho court:
"Fred Tudor, Isaac Tudor and
Glover lllxon were summoned to
appear before Judge Baxter this
morning. The Tudors threw water
on a certain party Who does
plumbing. Tho plumber was work
ing on (he flrst floor and had the
pipes disconnected. Tno Tudors
turned on the water on the second
floor. There was a small sized
flood on the first floor. The plum
ber got mad. He had a right tn
get mnd. Tho Tudors (smftll hoys)
threw rocks at him when he remon
strated with them. Tudors: $1.50
a piece.”
“Wade Hancock, P. fl. Childers,
harbors, and Alonzo Barnes, col
ored. In court. Alonzo had taken a
razor from the shop. Renmon
strated will) ho grew obstreporous.
They hit him. Alonzo fined $5.”
•’John Swinlgnp from Macon,
came to Augusta on an excursion.
Got soused. Judge Baxter: “.Swln-
Igan, you must leave town by to
morrow and the case will he dis
missed.” Swlnlgan: "I will leave”
Ho did.
“The Tudor hoys again. They
had thrown rocks at another hoy.
Htunrt Kerr. Kerr shot nt them
with a parlor rifle. Any man
would do the same If he was ex
asperated by those boys ns I was.',
said Kerr. ‘Five dollars for you all,'
wild Judge Baxter.”
Shipwrecked on I-nke View were
two well known young Augustans,
Joe Mulherln nnd Charlie Blggnr,
on the night of Juno 30, 1899. They
were rescued and "first aid" ad
ministered by sympathetic by
slanders nt the boat club house.
They were pretty well wet-up. A
hack—not a taxi, as now-a-days—•
was telephoned for and tho two
fresh-water murlners were brought
Into town for dry clothes.
"CLOSED THIS MORNING—The
Planters Hotel closed Its doors this
morning. The hotel register Is no
mors on tho counter and no guests
will he received until tho hostelrln
opens up on August Ist under a
new management.”
LUXURIANT RAILWAY ACCOM
MODATION IN 1855
From the Constitutionalist A Re
public (Augusta), May 13, 1855
"Office of the 8. C. H. R. Co.
"AugUßtn, Geo., May 11. 1855.
"Mr. Editor:—ln an edltorlul of
your paper of the 10th Inst., nn Im
pression Is given out that the Bouth
Carolina It. R. Company had wil
fully departed from a specific
agreement and contract made with
committee of the Washington Ar
tillery, In tho manner of transpor
ting their company and guests up
on tho occasion of UU'lr late anni
versary nnd plcnlo from Augusta
to Marsh's Turn Out.
"I Individually made the prelimi
nary arrangements with tho com
mittee, nnd consented to furnish a
special train consisting of two
passenger nfid one baggage jar. It
was distinctly stated to the com
mutes that I was dependent upon
other points for locomotive nnd car
power, having none nt tny com
mand In Augusta, but thnt 1 would
do all In my opwer to have their
company accomodated nnd trans
ported to Mnrsh'n Turn Out.
“On the morning appointed by
the committee it wan found that
but one passenger car remained nt
my service nnd command. A box
car with seals nnd choirs substitut
ed In place of «ho extra passenger
car designed to have been furnish
ed. The fact was duly made known
to the committee before starting,
nnd In n subsequent communica
tion with the chairman of commit
tee, expression of satisfaction was
given that every effort had been
made to accommodate nnd give
satisfaction to nil.
"Our passenger cars average CO
seals In my nrrnngemets for two
ears It was presumed thnt there
would not he (o transmit mors than
the aetunl capacity of the enrs
would warrant being seated, name
ly 110. It was therefore not con
templated to provide for over this
amount, and arrangements were
not made to accomodate three hun
dred vet no party was left who
came before starting of train.
"Upon return trip from Marsh's
Turn Out to Augusta, the company
wns furnished with three passen
ger ears, one baggage car with
seats and our box ear. This exceed
ed my sgreemet with committee.
Everybody was provided with nnd
furnished s seat both coming and
going, and If not used tt wns volun
tary and not made obligatory
through neglect to furnish accom
modations.
"Undertaking Individually to ac
commodate the committee nnd com
pany It was fully my wish, desire
nnd purpose to have every arrange
ment with the committee fully car
ried out If the committee have
had Injustice done them nnd their
comp«nv failed to receive every ac
commodation In my power to give
and extend 1 alone, end not the
Smith Carolina Railroad, should re
ceive blame or censure, If there Is
the least apparent cause for such.
“Jos. E. Marley."
SPECIAL SERVICES
Begin This Week ftt Oreeno
Street Presbyterian
A series of special evangelistic
services will begin this week at
the Greene Street Presbyterian
church Wednesday end Thursday
evenings will be devoted to prep
aratory prayer services, and Vrl*
day evening the evangelist. Rev.
Robert King, P. D., will preach. The
meetings will continue through the
next work, concluding Sunday the
S*th.. with eervleee at 11 a. nv and
g p. m Pr King te the evangelist
of the Synod of Georgia. His
preaching Is more the style of a
pastor. In fact, he. was until a year
ago In the pastorate and la soon to .
become a pastor again He preaches
the gospd In a manner which wins !
the hearts of his hearers The
Or.ene Street congregation le In
viting everyone to come to these
special services.
- OUR AIM -
To Sell You Merchandise at Lower
Prices—To Make You Like to
Trade at SCHNEIDER’S.
Breaking October Records
$5.00 Electric Iron
The tremendous response last Mon
day has prompted us to repeat this
offer.
This is the “COLUMBlA”—Guaranteed for five (5)
years, Monday at
MEN
WE HAVE THE
OVERCOATS
Every Possible Choice at Every Price from
$15.00 to $35.00
All Wool Plaid Backs—Tan, Brown,
Dark Green, Powder Blue, Grey and
Black.
Men! It’s
Sweater Coat
Time
Ag a Special Feature we are
Offering up to SIO.OO Values
for
$5.75
Also at Thig Price Are Slipover
Styleg!
Featuring Two Big Suit
Specials in Our Men's
Department
For Monday Only
Men’s Two-Pants
Suits
'
Men’s Suits
Every on* a htgh-cl«sa gar
ment. for business or for
best tailored from ths fin
est suitings the mills pro
duce—showing all favored
shades and patterns. You'll
he surprised when yog see
these. The price Is only—
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
Every mate
rial that’s
good and ev
ery pat tern
and color you
could possibly
wish for, at a
saving of at
1 e a st SIO.OO
to $15.00. The
price is only
s 2O
$24.50
Schneider’s
PAY CASH—PAY LESS.
$9-95
Boys’ Wool Caps
—51.50 values
for 95c
Men’s Silk Hose
—sl values 69&
Men's English
Broadcloth
Shirts . . . $1.69
$ 2.50 Overalls
for men. Cannot
advertise the
name at . . $1.90
‘Kirschbaum’
Brand
SUITS
For Men and
Young Men
That sell else
where up to SSO
—our price
$35.00
These suits car
ry the guaran
tee of fit or your
money back.
They’re superb
ly tailored i n
styles that are
the newest and
best !
New Powdf
Blue,Dove Gra
Forest Green,
Plaid g , + n •
other patterns.
Men’s Spor
Ribbed Vests
and Coats
$4.95
Fancy .and hlg'
color combination
Four pockets.
Apron n
Gingham OC
Silk Hose—full sash- ■« rn
ioned, $2.25 value .. .. ) I i3U
$1.50 Silk Hose, Qr
all colors ddC
Red Diamond DUper Cloth-
Ten yard bolt, sealed S 4 ■7Q
sanitary packages.... »lifO
Childrens $7.00 Winter Coats-
Very desirable styles and ma
terials—all #il Qfi
colors **fiDo
SIO.OO Childrens mnd Jnnlorm Vel
vet Dresses.
Sizes from 2 to 12. Made of
best materials, several differ
ent styles—childi-ns »p ‘vr
colors vvilu
Womens $3.95 Bathrobes—
Made of_Corduroy—variety of
colors, styles and an nr
sizes
Women’s $1.25 Night Gowns—
Outing Flannel slip-over ir.
style, different colors.. /DC
SB.OO Wool Blankets—
Gray anil white, blue and
white, brown and white, lav
ender and white, pink »r est
and white. Pair QJiDU
$4.00 Quality Crepe Back Satin,
In all colors including the new
shades of brown, 40 Inches
wide, all silk. Mon- sa OQ
day, yard waiUU
Salesladies Wanted
Wanted—experienced Salesladies for Ready-to-Wear
and Dry Goods. Must have experience and come
well recommended. Otherwise don’t apply.
$3.50 Quality Silk Satina—
All colors, 36 Inches At gQ
wiiie. Moriday, yard.. v I i*fw
$3.00 QaaUty Wool Crepes—
-54 inches wide, all wool; va
riety of Colors. Mon- si qq
day, yard ghuU
25c Dan Klvcr Ginghams—
Guaranteed fast colors, Iciest
fall shades. Monday 11*1,*
special, yard I 0 2 C
25c Golden Rule Cheviot*—
In solid blue and fancy ir
colors. Monday Only .. IwC
SI.OO CHECK rrs.
SUITINGS 03C
Wool mixed; 40 inches wide—
broken assortment of desirable
patterns.
$1.50 SILK CREPE nn.
DE CHINE— OOC
39 inches wide; full line of
colors, including black. All-silk.
50c COTTON nn.
buttings— Z3C
36 inches wide; fancy checks,
medium and dark grounds; close
ly resemble wool patterns.
79c BROCADE CUT ra
SILK TUSSAHS— D4C
Suitable for linings, fancy pil
lows, etc. 34 Inches wide —rose,
hello, tan. orchid, black, green,
blue aud Pekin.
50c TURKISH BATH
TOWF.LS— Z DC
37x44 inches; snow-white bleach.
Extra heavy double thread.
BOYS’ SWEATERS
Exquisite
NEW
BATS
All the dash of the fall sea
son is in these
hats. Sectional crowns, ben
gallne Insets, gold ribbon
feathers and pompons are
the clever trimming touches.
New and becoming styles
carried out in the popular
Fall shades. A special of
fering at
$2.45
and $4.95
Little Miss 7 to 14
Years, Here’s Your
WINTER
COAT
#
Plain or Fur Trimmed
For Only
*9.95
i
They are as
warm as toast —•
and with style
features just like
mother’s!
Variety of Colors
EXTRAS
$3.50 French Serge At) an
54-ln. width, all woolsZi4u
$4.50 Poiret Twill, aa qq
56-ln. wide, all shadef.sZit)Q
Nine-Quarter Unbleached
Sheeting, jr
Monday ‘fOC
Quarter 79C
25c Bed 4 Q
Ticking I JC
25c Percales, I r.
32-inch IOC
$3.00 Quality Brocade Satin-
Black and brown A 4 *7 Q
Monday 0 ■ • I 0
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To Please You Every Time or Refund
Your Money If You Are Ever
Dissatisfied.
A Small Deposit Will Hold Any Coat Until Wanted
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A Small Deposit Will Hold Any Coat Until Wanted
Women Who Desire the
Utmost in Style and Value
Will Do Justice to Them
selves by Seeing These
Stunning
Dresses
If we could convey to you in
print their slenderizing, youth
ful lines, their distinctive and
pleasing styles and the fineness
of the materials—we would be
swamped with response! But
come In —and be prepared to
see frocks out of the ordinary.
f9.75H14.75
Our Boys’ Department
Is Complete
SUITS
SIO.OO values .$6.45
$13.50 values ~..59.79
$15.00 values $11.79
$18.50 values $14.75
Sizes 6 to 18.
COATS
Of Luxurious Elegance!
With fur collars and cuffs, in every material that
good coats are made of. They look their worth
and will stay that way this season and next. If
you want one actually worth more than you pay
for it, make your selection now.
Specially
Priced
to Sell at
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12
Hundreds of Women
Have Told Us There’s No
Place Like Schneider’s for
Winter
Cents
—And it’s true, because here
you’ll find both style and
economy.
Featured Are Coats at
$19.75
$24.75
• $29.75
The elegance of fine fabrics
and fur trimming—the authori
tative styling and skillful tail
oring place these coats In a
class by themselves—and this
class Is far above their sale
price!
Choose from lustrous bolivlas,
velours, duvetyns and suedes.
In black, navy, browns, etc.
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OVERCOATS
SIO.OO values $6.45
$13.50 values $9.45
$15.00 values $11.75
$13.50 values $14.75
$25.00 values $17.75
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