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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26
Augusta Planning to Celebrate Inauguration of “White Way”
Is Pillar at Broad and Center “Cursed?”
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City Lets it Stand Because of Sentiment
City officials blame sentiment for
their failure to remove an old pillar
that has stood at Broad und Center
streets here, almost in the middle of
the sidewalk, for forty-six years, but
there are'folks who say that fear of
some terrible vengeance has stayed
the r hands.
W. H. Wise, commissioner of pub
lic works, simply says, "it ain’t in
the way," and lets It go at that.
Hundreds of pedestrians, going to
and from their work, walk uncon
cernedly around the post daily. Farm
ers, of a Saturday afternoon, waiting
for their wives to conclude their shop
ping In stores up tho street, lean
languidly against its base and ex
pectorate with nonchalance in the
gutters about it. And then, in the
evening, when the corner light comes
on, merry children play innocent
games as they circle about the col
umn.
Only the older residents know the
story of the pillar. And since It is
supposed to be harmless enough un
les* disturbed, Its history is forgotten
until some question of Its removal is
raised. The recent paving of streets
in that section has brought the ques
tion up again, but the concensus of
opinion today is that unless it Is torn
away by the elements It will stand for
all time to come.
The story goes that the day before
the tornado of 1878, a minister, lay
ing claim to the gift of prophecy,
was preaching at an open-air meeting
In front of the old market house in
“P. G” Minstrels Big Success;
Promoters High y Congratulated
“P. G.” Minstrels played at
Houghton School Thursday and
Friday nights to packed houses
practically every seat being taken.
The audience was held seat-bound
during the entire program which
was a scream throughout. The
minstrel Is made up solely of local
talent, and was considered one of
the best ever staged in Augusta.
The songs were of the latest and
best out. also the Jokes were new
and good. Misses O’Neal furnish
ed fine music for the occasion.
Tom Rush, with his monologue,
was a laugh from start to finish
and was called back several times
by a deafening encore. The comedy
sketch entitled "Circus Day”
brought many laughs and is con
sidered one of the best sketches
ever put on stage in Augusta. The
musical trio also made a hit with
NORTH AUGUSTA
To Take Up Matter of
Securing Gas
C. P. Holzderber, assistant to the
president of the Southern Gas &
Power Company, will address a
mass meeting of citizens in North
Augusta Tuesday night at tho
North Augusta high school audito
rium at 8 o’clock. Mr. Holzderber
will explain the steps that will be
necessary to be taken in order to
have an extension of the gas lines
of Augusta run over the river on
North Augusta.
There has been a movement on In
Nwth Augusta for some time to
'get gas facilities for Its residents.
The Greatest Step
Forward in
Chiropractic History.
THE NEW
iMJROCALOMETER
The Missing Link in
Chiropractic Discovered.
THE one great object of the Chiropractor is to get sick {people
well, in the shortest possible time, at the least possible expense.
THE majority of diseases are caused by certain vertebrae (small
bones of the spipe) being out of place, pressing on the nerve and
thus preventing the all important vital force from flowing unin
terruptedly to the different organs. This interruption of trans
mission causes disease, as organs involved are unable to function
normally. The logical thing to do is to relieve the pressure on
the nerves so that normal transmission will again prevail. The
result is that the effect (disease) disappears, because the cause
(nerve pressure) has been adjusted.
THAT is what the Chiropractor does, I, e., relieves the nerve
pressure by means of Chiropractic adjustments given with the
bare hands alone. Chiropractic, like other sciences, is progress
ing daily, and it has now reached the point where the NEUPO
CALOMETER has been invented, not to treat your disease (chi
ropractors never treat) but—
To determine the exact
place in the spine where trans
mission has been interfered
with.
IT proves beyond a doubt the truth of the philosophy, art and
science of Chironractic, proving to the most skentical person that
Chiropractic indeed “GETS SICK PEOPLE WELL.”
LEONARD KNOWLES, D. C.
PALMER SCHOOL GRADUATE.
THIRD FLOOR MASONIC TEMPLE. PHONE 286.
the center of Broad street at this
point, and predicted the building
would be destroyed by a tornado. He
y.eu declared that but one of the big
concrete pillars supporting the mar
ket house would be left standing. And
catching a new vision, the Godly man
aaid any attempt to move the pillar
would be fatal; that the person who
tried it would be struck by lightning.
The next day the storm, predicted
by the preacher and long to be re
membered here, broke over the city.
The market house was tumbled down,
while one pillar, true to the prophecy,
remained standing Other damage
was done in that section of the city,
and it is related that a big river
noat moored to the dock two blocks
from the market house, was picked
up bodily by the wind. and hurled
into a clump of trees oh the South
Carolina shore.
As to the pillar, It was found some
years later that it would he necessary
to move It to make certain street re
pairs, and when a few men were
finally found who would undertake
the job, they dropped the pillar after
carrying it about 50 feet. The work
men thought they had been struck by
lightning, but it was found inter that
a practical Joker had touched off a
giant firecracker.
And so the pillar stands today
where the workmen hurriedly left It
many years ago. tl is known as the
"pillar with a curse," and whether
the powers-that-be are afraid to
move It or not, the chances are that
it will stand where it is ad Infinitum.
tho audience, and so did tho female
impersonator, but the afterpiece
entitled "Uncle Remus’ Jubilee”
was truly a knockout. Every one
In the audience was well pleased
with this and was one of the fun
niest plays ever known in the ama
teur minstrel world. Casey Jones,
as "Big Emma," with his speech
and candy, also his costume,
brought many laughs and will be
remembered a long time. The en
tire program was a complete suc
cess throughout and Mr. Page is
being congratulated on having
given such a wonderful show In
such short time. The performan
ces were given for the benefit of
May Park Community Club and
Mr. Page wishes to thank every
one who taken part in any way
for their support and co-operation.
Mrs. J. B. Davenport, Jr., has had
charge of the canvass to secure a
list of citizens who want the gas
line In an effort to show the gas
company that the people of North
Augusta mean business.
The people of the town are be
ing urged to attend the meeting
Tuesday night and hear Mr. Holz
derber. It Is anticipated that he
will have a message for North Au
gusta that every person In the
town, particularly the household
ers, will want to hear.
North Augusta boasts an accred
ited stats high school, which rep
resents a centralization of several
schools. It has electric lights and
the homes are supplltd with a fine
quality of spring water. The ad
vocates of the gas line say that on
ly gas Is now needed to place North
Augusta In the rank of the bests
towns In South Carolina.
To show the patient this exact
place, and to show him what
happens when the correct ad
justment is given.
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Booking west from "Pillar With
a Curse," at Broad and Center
streets.
DR.SCARBOROUGH
Will Speak at Curtis Church
Wednesday Evening
Baptists of Augusta and vicinity,
as well as many others, will be In
terested In the announcement of
the coming to Augusta of Dr. L. R.
Scarborough, who speaks at Cur
tis Baptist church Wednesday eve
ning. October 29th, at eight o’clock
under the auspices of tho Augusta
Baptist Young People's Union.
Dr. Scarborough Is considered
among Baptist ranks, the world’s
most noted teacher-evangelist be
ing president of the Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort
Worth, Texas, beside having been
the director of the $75,000,000 cam
paign Tor several years.
He comes to speak in ths In
terest of the closing of this cam
paign and the launching of the new
South-wide program for 1>25 and It
is hoped all Baptists within a ra
dius of 75 miles of Augusta—both
in Georgia and South Carolina—
will avail themselves of this rare
opportunity to see one of their
greatest leaders in action.
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THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
700 AUGUSTANS ARE
EXPECTED TO ATTEND
“AUGUSTA DAY” AT
FAIR IN WARRENTON
Local Delegation Will Be
Headed By Eagles Band.
Warrenton Preparing to
Royally Entertain People
Prom This City
At least seven hundred Au
gustans are expected to aecom- '
pany the Eagles Band of thirty
pieces to Warrenton to attend the
Warren-Glnscock fair on “Augusta
Day,” Wednesday, October 29th.
.sud P. Wilholt, an official of the
fair reports that plans are being
made to care for that number of
Augustans, and the people of the
two counties except their friends
from here to accept their Invita
tion. ,
Last year "Augusta Day” was a
delightful event and thoroughly en
joyed by the three hundred or more
who went from here. Business men
of Augusta or their representatives
are expected to make the trip. Tho
occasion has now become a fixed
event and much work is done by tho
fair officials to make the occasion
one of pleasure for all who partici
pate.
Marion Symms, chairman of the
automobile committee reports that
he needs eight automobiles to trans
port the band. Securing automo
biles for the trip and other details
are being worked out by Mr. Symms
and Spencer L. Hart, secretary of
the Board of Commerce. Several
hundred letters have been mailed
out by the board, requesting those
to whom they have been mailed, to
advise the committee whether or
not they will make the trip, and
how many they can carry in their
automobile, and in the event they
cannot go, will an automobile bo
furnished.
bright McConnell
NAMES COMMITTEES
FOR THE LEGION HERE
Appointments of committee for
the year 1924-25 of the Louis L.
Battey Post, American Legion, have
been completed by Bright O’Connell,
commander, and he announced Sat
urday that they are as follows:
Officers— Bright McConnell, com
mander; Wlnton B. Armstrong. Sr.,
vice-commander; B. F. Hartman,
Jr. vice-commander; R. C. Thomp
son, adjutant; Kllet C. Walker, fin-*
ance officer; Miss Alma Brown,
historian; Walter Martin. Sgt at
Arms.
Executive Committee —Glover
Bailie, Emil Barinowskl, E. C. R.
Danforth, Jr., Herbert Gray, Clifton
H Kreps, R. L. Rhodes, Norris
Sherry, Louis Smith, Harry Waller.
Llason Committee —M. C. Baines,
Veterans’ Bureau; Spencer L. Hart,
Board of Commerce; C. R. Tracey,
American Legion Auxilary; S. S.
Underwood, United States Arsenal;
Dr. T D. Coleman, Reserve Offi
cers; Rodney S. Cohen, State and
Nations! Departments.
1 Service and Relief Committee—C.
|R. Tracey, chairman; Landon
Thomas, W. P. Congdon, Jim GnrdU
ner, Claude Hill. Three others to be
appointed by chairman.
Americanism committee —Clif-
ford T. Sego, chairman; Joseph B.
Cummlng, Owen Coleman.
Legal Committee —Albert O. In
gram. chairman; M. W. Lestor,
Geo. Barrett.
Membership Committee—Wlnton
B. Armstrong, chairman; Oeorge
Newberry, M. C. Baines. Louis
Smith, Harry Shearer, Norris Sher
ry, Walter Martin.
House Commutes Marlon
O’Connor, chairman.
Entertainment Committee-
Frank Dolan, chairman; Elmer I.
Ransom. George Harding, E. W. P.
Bond. __ _ ,
I Athletic Committee —D. H. Gul
ley, chairman; Oeorge. Newberry
John Wilson. Robt. Lee Sumerau
Educational committee—E. C
Stulb, chatrOn.ii; Abram Levy, Jr,
William M. Robinson, Jr.
Cemetery Commltee—John Wit
son, chairman; M. C. Baines, Geo.
Hains.
| DEBT OF $2,100
Expected to Be Wiped Out
By Asbury Church
Sunday la anticipated and looked
forward tp by the membera of As
, bury church as a day that will go
down on records as one of the
|of the greats#t time* In Its hls
-1 tory. The people of this church are
not only praying and planning to
raise a debt of $2,100 on Its build
ing, but are expecting to go over the
top with this movement.
There have been conducted for
i the past week a series of meeting*
1 by Rev. B. P. Read, a former mem
ber of Asbury church, which meet
ings will continue through Wednes
day evening of next week. There
la a great manifestation of God'a
spirit In each service. These meet
ings are not only of Interest and
help to those already In ths reli
gious world, bet result In conver
sion each night.
■ Services will he held Sunday
, night, beginning promptly at eight
I o’clock. The congregations have
1 been Increasing In number and In
terest each night, and It Is hoped
i that Rundny night will be even a
I still greater service than any be
fore.
There will be Sunday school In
the morning at ten o’clock, a ehll
’ dren's service at 10:45, and th*
morning servlet will begin promptly
at 11:15 a. m, and service again
Sunday night at eight p. m.
All are most cordially Invited to
come out Sunday night to the serv
ices. and again Monday to all the
services during the day.
BROTHERHOOD CLASS
The Hunday echool of Woodlawn
Methodist church will holde Its an
, nual rally day exerelsce Hunday
1 morning at 9:45 o’clock.
The Brotherhood Bible Claes will
have specie! exercise# In their class
bungalo. Mr. Oeorge Murphey will
address the cl***, with severnl
rpeakers assisting ** an addetaolnd
speaker*. As an added attraction
th# Brotherhood Quartette will
render a selection. All men Invited
to meet with this class Hunday
morning.
UNUSUAL AUGUSTA PEOPLE
Fireman Series 47 Years;
Only 21 Days Out Service
Jones Williams Sikes Is the old- t
est member In point of service In
the Augusta Fire Department, and
from a standpoint of age is the t
second oldest. He has served con
tinuously for 47 years as a fireman
in Augusta, beginning his career
with the old Volunteer Department,
with which he served for ten years,
and entering the paid department
whne it was organized and in
which ho has continued for 87
years. His record of “always on
duty” is unbroken during these
years except for 21 days 12 years
ago when laid off because of a bro
ken foot, which injury was sus- j
tained while exercising in the en
gine liouso gymnasium. He has
been present at all of the hlg fires
that have occurred during his years
of service and has never failed to
answer a general alarm except one
time, this being at the Clark Mill
fire In the early part of tho present |
year. Ho was off duty at tho time. |
He has served the department In
varying capacity from private to
assistant foreman, and is at this
time engineer and driver at No. R
fire station on Gwinnett street, the
only horse eqnipned fire apparatus
in the city. Tn the old days of the
volunteer department he was one of
the fastest runners of all tho com
panies and was at different times
on the rope-teams of Gazelle No. 4,
Citizen No. 8, Alert No. 9, and Dixie
No. 10.
Jones Williams Rilkes was horn
December 28, 1859, at tho home of
his parents on Jones street in the
rear of where today stands the Y.
M. C. A. building. He is the
“youngest" old man In the fire de
partment and today Is better able
to stand physical fatigue and strain
than some men many years his
Oh Boy! Reporter’s Essay
on the Pajama Situation
Is the “Cat’s Whiskers”
All the “Inside Stuff” Revealed In Gripping Detail.
Real He-Men—Here In Augusta at That—Are
Wearing the Blooming; Things These Days
By RICHARD W. RILEY
Does a real he-man wear paja
mas? This la the burning quostion.
It Is impossible to form an an
swer for this question by casting
about for the opinions of others, i
for different men's opinions differ
on the subject. The only common
sense way to do It Is Just to ask
every man you see If he wears
pajamas and Judge for yourself
whether or not the subjects are
"he-men.” The old adage that "ap
parel oft proclaims the man” has
no welglß In deciding this vital Is
sue, for ball players, movie actors,
pugilists and drug store cowboys
all wear ’em, that Is, all of those
who make up thery classes and
who care to wear them, do so. and
Its none of your or my business If
they do! Or don’tl >
The present-day "nightie," or
pajama. Is the outcropping of an
era of evolution, so to speak, em
bracing a period of some several
hundred years, more or less. They
started out with the now lowly
night-shirt and cap, but the cap
wouldn’t stay put and the shirt
persisted In working up around tho
shoulders, so that the lower ex
tremities were chafed with the
woolen blankets In wlnter-tlme and
tho resultant nudity simply would
not permit company In the sum
mer time. Thus, and therefore,
pajamas, adopted from the Hindoo
"pyjama,” came Into use as pro
tection against both these evils.
Made In one or two-piece eglts.
the trouser portion Is securely an
chored so that It will stay whore It
belongs, and In the one-plecs af
fairs, nothing can creep up around
the shoulders and make n fellow
dream he Is being strangled by a
Russian Cossack sears. True, the
two-piece suits do present nulnanoa
of this kind, In that the coats are
not “hitched” and do sometimes
work up around the neck and cause
th# wearer to Indulge perhaps a
bit too generously In the use of the
most widely spoken of all langu
ages.
PAJAMAS NOW WORN
BY REGULAR "HE-MEN”
To say that this garment ts not
worn by he-men Is to cast asper
sions In the direction of a great
majority of the men of today.
Granted, that a great majority of
the young spurts ars not exactly of
the "he” variety. Judges, doctors,
preachers and policemen, they all
wear the blooming things, and It Is
even hinted that prohibition en
forcement ofTTccrs wosr th»m. Ro
how in thunder are you going to
get away with condemning the
folk who wear pajamas? You Just
can’t do it.
There are two case* in th# city
which present possibly the most
striking comparison on the subject
that could possibly bn brought to
ths front. The pair to he compared
sre Frank Miller and Bob Dressel.
Both these fellows are of artistic
temperament. That Is, they are
artists In their respective lines. Mr.
Miller as a theatrical man end Bob
Dressel as a sign-writer. It la only
natural that they should hsvo
temperament. It Is understood,
among enthusiasts of the handball
courts of the “Y”. that Mr. Miller
wenre pajamas—In his sleep of
course. They say he has quite a va
riety of patterns and colors, his
favorite suit being of delicate blue
silk, reserved for the summer time.
All the city's hsberdashers are
stricken dumb when Frank Miller
walks In and calls for pajamas, be
cause they know he la a connois
seur In the psJama line and la hard
to please. Now, Bob Dresstl thinks
that pajamas were made only for
Hindoos snd sheik* and that a per
fectly good man like Frank Miller
la Just wasting himself by wearing
the dern thing*. T)<ib say* he had
Just as toon sleep In a dress eult
and a idled shirt as a suit of “night
pants.”
DYING “WITH BOOTS ON"
ALL OUT OF STYLE
The ones popular vogue in the
glorloue alx-gun West of dying
with your boots on Is all out of
whack now. That custom has hern
relegated to the heap whereon Is
pil'd the Kentucky colontl's Julep
and the Georgia major’s flghtln’
nock. Even the terrors of the plains
wear •’ole.Jammers” fthst’s th#
way K looks In Hindoo.) Evan the
JONES WILLIAM SIKES
Junior. He has never drank alco
holic liquors to unusual extent, and
Is not a tobacco user beyond chew
ing, which accomplishment ho ac
quired when he was hut eight yenr*
of age He In active and healthy,
and were one not Informed, he does
not appear the age he acknow
ledges. He Is the father of four
daughters and one eon, and five
youngsters call him “Grandad.”
redskins of the Oklahoma reserva
tions have taken them up.
Inquiry among tha haberdashers
of the city discloses that there Is
an immense sale here on this class
of wear. Old men, young men and
mlddlc-ng<d men buy them, they
say—even the women buy them, for
tl’imselves and their husbnnds.
Vcars ago, the countryman had an
Idea that tho night-shirt wns a
hunch of rot. Nlght-shlrts became
popular. Then came tho pajnmns
from the Near East, with their
subtle appeal. East may he East,
rnd West may be West, but the
pajnma now belongs to all of them.
It la the development of human
tastes and desires, rounded out from
the molds of what some aro pleased
to call a better understanding or
the new era of efficiency.
Borne pcoplo call pnlnmoe "ef
feminate, ’’ without knowing that
men were first to wear them and
women only adopted the style after
the time In history when the cry of
"equal rights” was first being
heard.
I’ourlng all this stuff Into one big
eauldron and letting It simmer
down to whnt Is left wVn all the
water Is boiled out, you find the
basic fact that accounts for the
popularity of the pajamas as a
sleeping garment for men and wom
en; comfort. Hence the rage. While
not constituting what might be
termed very formal dress, still a
man, clothed In pajamas, slippers
and bathrobe, may appear In any
company without stepping outside
the rules of modesty. He couldn’t
do that with a nlght-shlrt, and ho
can’t get away with P clothed as a
great many of them are for their
slumber period.
Consequently, we are forced, In
tho face of such overpowering evid
ence, to cast our vote In favor of
the pajama.
"What’s become of my winter
pajamas?” said an Augusta hubhy
to his better half recently, when he
read In The Herald that Mr. Emlgh
had predicted frost.
"Why dear,” she replied, "they
were too big for you and I gave
them to Mrs. Blank next door. They
fit her perfectly—end. and, er,
they're so becoming to her, too.
You’ll have to get some new ones.”
Ain’t it ?
MASS MEETING
At the Monte Sano School
Monday Night
Ladles of the seventh ward *re
active concerning th# candidates for
th# school board.
An enthusiastic meeting was hold
Baturday evening at which a mass
msetlng was planned for Monday
plight at the Monte Hano school.
The ladles Invite all voters of the
sovonth ward to attend the meet
ing, et which there will be a gen
oral discussion of ail the rules and
regulations governing tho election,
and suggestions as to possible nom
inees.
Notice of thle meeting will be
found elsewhere.
(ADVERTISEMENT)
Are Two New Schools
Needed In the County?
Are two new schools, costing $50,000, needed in the
country,—one to be built within a few miles of the new
school at Biythe? Is a new high school needed as much
as new grammar schools for white and colored ? Will
another bond issue be sought next year or the year after?
Why does not the Board of Education submit to the pub
lic a building program for five or ten years ? Let the
tax payers know what capital expenditures are to be
asked of them. Then, if the Board of Education is
made to operate within the 10 mill limit for current
expenses, the tax payers will know the cost ahead of
them in higher taxes.
easiness Men Are Highly
Pleased With Prospect of
Elaborate Lighting System
Work on Lights Progressing Rapidly and Broadway Will
Soon Bo Brilliant Spectacle—Plans Are Under Way
For Celebration When Lights Are Turned on
HUNTERS KILL BIG
RATTLESNAKE; HAS 21
RATTLES, 4i/a FT. LONG
L
W. 8. Williams snd Pnt Pat
terson, colored nlmrods of Au
gusta. killed a rattlesnake Fri
day that had 21 rattlers and
was four and a half feet long.
It was as big around ns a
Ford tire. The snake wns killed
In a clump of bushes between
Hepslbah and Deßruco, near
Wingfield’s Orchard.
Williams said tho reptile wan
about 23 years old wns ono of
the largest kllkd tn this sec
tion this yenr. In their excite
ment. the hunters shot the
snake to pieces, and were able
to only bring to town the rat
tlers as evidence of their thrill
ing snake battle.
FIVE CANDIDATES IN
RACE FOR EDUCATION
BOARD IN THE 7TH
Acting on a resolution passed at
a special meeting of the Hoard of
(Education relative to members of
, that ibody to be chosen from the
soverith ward, a mnss meeting of
citizens of the seventh ward wns
held at the Kumrncrvllla school
Friday evening und It was deter
mined that all parties desiring to
offer themselves to be voted on as
members of the Hoard of Education
from the seventh wurd, must file
their names and 35 with Joseph B.
Gumming not inter tliqn 12 o'clock
noon Wednesday, October 29.
Citizens of tho seventh ward who
have signified their Intention of of
fering for membership on the
hoard are Ferdinand l’hlnlsy, Geo.
C. Blanchard, E. Allen Pendleton,
Mrs. A. H. Brenner and Dr. W. C.
Kellogg. Mrs. Brenner and Dr.
Kellogg recently tendered their re
board to Governor Clifford Walk
er, and will enter the contest for
re-election. They have as their
reasons for resigning that they
thought that the citizens of tho
now sixth ward should bo given the
right to choose their own repre
sentatives on the board, and for
ibis reason declined to hold over
their commissions, as allowed by
law.
John Sylvester presided over the
meeting and Tom Htnfford was
elected secretary. George Elliott,
Dr. W. J. Cranston, Mrs. Will Alex
ander and Joseph B. Cummlng were
elected ns a committee of five to
handle tho desall» incidental to the
election. Mr. Cummins was ap
pointed as clutirrnan of tho corn*
mlttoe.
The city registration list used
1 In th# recent city election will be
! lined and this will be supplement-
I cd by the county registration list
■ It will he announced by Mr. Cum
mlng where the voting place will
bo located. The polls Will open
and close the same hour of those
for tho bond election, wjilch Will
be hold at tho same time.
SOCIAL AGENCIES TO
HOLD FIRST MEETING
HERE NEXT TUESDAY
The Augusta Council of Social
Agencies will hold Its first meeting
at 6:30 P. M., Tuesday. October 28.
In the assembly rooms of the
noard of Commerce In th# Lamar
building.
Twenty-four different welfare or
ganizations In tho city have al
ready appointed delegates to repre
sent them on the council and this
number will be Increased after the
meeting.
The coming together of these re
presentatives from the various
agencies hi Augusta Interested In
promoting the welfare of the com
munity, to discuss their common
problems and to outline methods of
more effective cooperation Is Itseir
an Indication of the growing com
munity spirt and social conecloue
nese In Augusta.
VISITING MINISTERS
To Conduct Services at St.
Luke Methodist
DA Elias F. Dempsey, educa
tional secretary of the North Geor
gia Conference, will preach at Bt.
Luke’s Methodist church Sunday
morning at 11:15 o'clock. The
Hunday night service will be tea
iurcd by a sermon by Rev. W. B.
Norton, pastor at Warrenton, Ga„
th# evening services commencing
Sunday echool open# at 10 o'clock
Sunday morning and KupL W. T.
Ellington say* he expect* a large
attendance of the fact that Bun
day I* the beginning of 'Chil
dren’s Week.”
FIVE
City Electrician D. R. Snider an
nounced Saturday that work on
the Broad Street white way is now
Progressing very satisfactorily.
All the material is reported to have
arrived and fixtures are being put
in with all speed possible. Practi
cally all the foundations are ready
and Installation of the cores is in
progress. Mr. Hnlder says the
work of putting up the standards
will in ail probability begin the
niiddlo of this week.
The Augusta-Aiken Railway tk
Electric Corporation Is now at
work installing the transformers to
take caro of tho new circuit, six
transformers In ail being used. Two
are being rigged up at the corner
of Fifth and Reynolds Streets, two
at Ninth and Jones and two at
; Thirteenth and Jones. The trans
, formers are huge afTnlrs, being
I about the size of a barrel, mounted
on two pieces of rail Iron supported
;by two poles. An Idea of the im-
I menslty of the transformers may
bo gained when it is known that
each ono weighs 2,800 pounds
nearly a ton and a half, and is tho
largest typo that can bo bought for
such a purpose.
Mr. Knider says all tho under
ground wiring has been put in and
' that practically nil tho preliminary
work Is done. Some trouble was
I experienced with some of tho foun
dations, hut this is being rapidly
overcome nnd no more trouble Is
antlelpnted to cause further delay.
With fairly favorable weather
and everything else in Its favor, tho
! work con go ahead nnd wilt pro
bably ho entirely completed within
the next 80 dovs. Mr. Rnfder says.
The switch that will control the
new lighting system wilt bo located
at tho power house, It Is under
stood.
PLAN TO CELEBRATE
OPENING WHITE WAY
It Is the Idea of Mr. Rnlder, In
view of the fart that so few cities
•have such systems, to have some
sort of appropriate ceremony at
tached to the opening of tho white
way. One suggestion to him has
heen that arrangements he made
for the mayor and members of
council, accompanied by other pub
lic officials, conduct a program
of exercises at the power house and
on Broad Street on the occasion,
having tho mayor throw the
switch that will light the "way”
for th# first time. Revernl busi
ness men having establishments on
Broad Street have an Id they would
he glad to co-operate In the plan of
celebrating the flrat “davllght”
night on Augusta’s main thorough
fare.
“The people of Augusta do pot
all realize the full Import of the In
tensive white wnv system we are
Installing,” said Mr. Snider Satur
day. “They do not aeem to get the
Idea that It will mean, not onlv ft
mors beautiful eltv by nlcht, hut
a nation-wide form of advertise
ment that will carry the name of
Augueta to every city In the coun
try as the first municipality east
of the Rocky Mountains to adopt
nuch a aysfem. With the Installa
tion complete, Augusta’s Broad
Street, from Fifth to Thirteenth,
will he ablaze with aun-Rke bril
liance. tha heat- |l"hted thorongh
, far* this side of Salt Lake City.
Utah."
"Los Anrelea, Cal., has ops of
these systems,” Mr. Snider con
tinues, "snd It Is on rscord ns nnft
of the most rnotdlv growing towns
In the whole United States Au
gusta Will take her pine* beside the
moat progressive elMea nnvwhere
when this lighting plant is finish
ed. The cost to the eftv Is relative
ly small to put tbs system In and
smeller In the mater of upkeep.
The merchants and property
owners on Broad Street snd the
Augiijde-Arken Railway A Electric
Corporation chipped In and helped
the city to buy If. Thus Augusta
la far more fortunate In having
nuch hielp than most any other eltv.
meat of which muat pay for their
own systems without financial aid
from anyone."
BUSINFSB MFN PLFABED
OVER THE PROSPECT*
The Broad Street business men
are enthusiastic over the approach
ing opening of th# system.
Edward Bheehan, Jr., of "Home
Folks,” seye: ’The opening of the
whit# way will mark ft great step
forward for Augusta, making of
Broad Street a really beautiful
thoroughfare at night I believe
It will stimulate business by keep
ing the crowds down town longer."
W. N. Austin, manager of the
Milton Smith Clothe* Shop, saye:
“The crowd Is going to follow th#
light as it alwaye does. There
fore. th# Intensive white way 1#
going to do a great deal toward
bringing about a freer business
condition In Augusta than now
exists.”
Don H. Culley, member of the
firm of Culley A Hair, thinks that
"th# white wny Is one of the beet
atepe toward beautifying the
city taken In years end will un
doubtedly mean a great deni to the
business Interests on Broad Street.”
L. J. Schaul. Jr., of L. J. Schaul
A Company, says that th# “white
way planned and now being Install
ed le Just what ha* been needed for
a long time and will mean a de
cided Improvement In the appear
ance of Broad Street and better
business by having more people on
th# streets at night.”
F. P. Oracey, president and gen
eral manager of J. B. White A
Company aaye: "We are pleased
to not# the progress being mad#
with th# construction of Augusta’s
Intensive white way and believe It
will mean a distinct advantage to
the olty both from th# standpoint
of It* attractiveness to visitor* and
Its offset on gensrsl conditions."
Dr. J. Robert L«wl*. of Gar
dalle’s and Lewis A Olive’s drug
stores, sold that he la "highly ela
ted over th# prospects of having
the whit# way on Broad Street,
and that It I* undoubtedly a fore
runner of better business. Th#
white way and th# new arrange
ment at the monument are Just
two more excellent algns of the up
building of our eltv with better
lights and better streets”
K. E. Ferris, of F. E. Ferris A
Company, save: "I think the con
struction of the white way will ha
a great Improvement over the pre
sent system of llrhtlnc on Broad
Htrect snd believe It will bring bet
ter business for the merchants and
be the means of advertising Au
gusta on a brooder scale than
could be accomplished In almost
any other way.”