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PAGE FOUR mt mm\ herald 711 Broad St., Augusta, Ga. Published Every Afternoon During the Week and on Sunday Mornu.g by THE HERALD PUBLISHING CJ. Entered at the Auguata Poa office a* Mall Matter of the Second Class. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Dally and Sunday, 1 /ear IS.O Daily and Sunday, 0 month* 3 C*. Daily and Sunday, 3 month* Lot- Daily and Sunday, 1 month AO Dally and Sunday, 1 week li Sunday Herald, 1 year 1.00 Weekly Herald. 1 year .. .. .. *• SO TELEPHONES. Busin tea Off«ce City Editor Society Editor . No communication will ba publlahed In The Hereid unleaa the name of the write la aigned to tha article. NEW YORK OFFICE— land* Ben iamin Ageev y. Bninawlek HuUdUig. ***> Fifth A van tie. New York City CHICAGO OFFlCE— Vreeland Benin min Agsnry W H Kentnnr. Mir. not Boyce Building. Chicago, 111 ’ Tha Herald la the of Octal advertlalng medium of lhe city Aur»»*a and l ibr County of HhhrnOt»d for all legai no tire* and mdverllalnf Addreaa all huainaaa communlcatlorta to THE AUGUSTA 111 KALD. 7*l Broad Bt . Auguata, Oa. *-7f~YOU want the news YOU NEED THE HERALD,' Augusta, Ga., Monday. Bepl. 14, 1908, Circulation of The Herald for 7 Months, 1908 February 210,488 Mxnh 220,678 April 222.012 May 243,866 j June 241,829 July ...241,202 August 219.700 DAILY AVERAGES. For 7 month* .. .. 7.816 For August.. ~ 7,846 » Thrra la no tmiiar way to roach t'na homes or the proapvruu* pro pit- of this city and o-rtlnn than through th* oolumna of The Her aid Daily and Sunday. Partlaa laavlng Auguata can hava Tha Harald arnt them by mail aaon day. Phons 29/, Circulation Oapart mant, If you laavg Auguata, ao that Tha Harald oan react, you each day. The extra session now bids fair to tip as long ns the regular session. If every day were Hnndsy. whsl n happy life this would be —excepting of course, the hard worked preachers. Michigan baa elected a doctor as governor lie aUould lie able to cure all the states pollllcal Ilia One thing shoo'd make airships veil popular with s certain Tlai s in |wo|de. No speed limit can be of fectlvely enfuirud iigalnst them farter bad more oala tnaii eouid he Stacked on Ihe gromid on which they grew farter's votca will he like that only the other way. Tl,e sheriff elec' nl Anderson roun ty, K f., lips ilia beam at 421 pounds He should certainly be aide to hold down hla Job properly "Why la It ihe Gabon water works operates at a loss?' asks the Dalton CHI,so Perhaps Ueeimse fhattanooga la an near The Cuhimtni* l.editcr senna of the opinion thai Ihe legislature Is worse than the convict iessc ayateni Does ■ the Atlanta Gouglmi agree lo this ' Now the legislators atari another Hew week tinkering on that convict bill Perhaps they will llnlsh lb" Job this week or si Icaat, pet a week s , time nearer the fltilah Th» tffdloatlon* DOW ate that North Carolina* campaign contribution* will run ahead of Trxa*' llut even at that it la excessively uvwltmt in Use Judge Taft sajs that Mr. tiryan was roaponslble lor the Philippi)--- sai And this is s shoe Hist pluchg* ao hard that the Judge can't he eon aigned to the Ananias rlub tin saying IL The poultry show at ihe Two State fair In Augosts this ><sr will be the ffn-sr by tar ever held In this scethm There will l>< thousand dollar chick mm— but the> will onl> be to look at. not to oat. The esteemed Houston Tost Is In formed Vbai our irslned hlttac snake baa survived the flood, and did vnllnnt service as a life saver while ronuttun Icatlon wnb North Augu- a wsa a. terrupted Thert* are Delds of ootlon In thi* ►ex-tlon from whlrh all ihe eotfttn practically has been picked -Tin man who figures on a tug crop will find himself woefully mlstak.n No Pauline, the anarrhteis ar. not na had as they have been painted If they were they would mosi certainty support Taft, seeing as he would wake ibe biggest target The Macon Telrgraph says that the t-eople of Oeorgla are going to do Hin-s good democratic voting this yesu Karly at.d often used to be the rule but lhe rt-alairsliou law Is a wore handicap to that Klberton has takvn the lead of the state The sheath gown haa appeared there, not on a dummy, but on one ot tha most charming society girls However she fled almost as soon as She was discovered on t h, perch of the hotel, and only a few wer,, tot innate enough to sec th v eight j AUGUSTA'S SUPERIOR SCHOOL FACILITIES. The schools of Augusta will open j in a few days. In thousands of horn' a j preparations arc being made for I*, i for ihla Is a subject which touches directly every family. Tbs children j must bo educated, and In nearly | every family there are children of I f neat lona] facilities of a place a sub- i Joel of the greatest Importance to the ; greater part of Itk population. In our country there are Schools I everywhere. In the cities, in the \ towns, In the villages and in the conn ! try communities there are schools. j and thanks to our free achool system J no child need now be compelled to! grow up without the privilege of hav ing attended schools Bui there a e schools and school*. All are good, no doubt, In a way. Of school* it cannot be said that there are good, bad and Infferent, but It rliukt be aald of them that there are goon, bet ter and best. And the subject, of ed neat lon being one of such Importance, and one In which nearly everv family is Interested, It is that place which porievM'H the best educational faclll- Ilea that in this t'-specl la the beat place of realdunee for a family In which there ate children. Augusta’s i ducat! mat faculties are the best. ! There may be other cities which have I as good, hut none which have better There la first our phbllc school system. Including grammar achoo.i and high schools for boys and girl*, it Is under the supervision of one of the beat educators of Die stale, a man who la himself the author of successful text books, and has the finest corps of principals ard teach ers, Not only that, our local public schools are physically the le st equip pod The Hnost public «. hnol Imlld Ing In the state has Just been com pletcd In Augusta, and the kindergar ten, training school department for hoys and girls, ns well as play grounds (.nil olher accessories, make trhonl attendance more pleasant to the children. In addition to these are the numer ous private sch'S'is, adopted for ln lan. classes all Ihe way up to a cou-g 1 plete college course. There are j parochial schools In which all grades are taught, leading to Ihe College of ihe Marred Mi'-ir* equipped to grunt , It A. diplomas. There Is a military ; academy, partly In charge ol the na j Ilona! government. There are bust ' nest, colleges, where all branches of, commercial business arc taught, and among them the oldest Institution of i its kind In Ihe State, The medical ; branch of the state university Is 100 it ] id here In addition to ail these | various regular s-hool* and colleges j there are night schools, wlilcli may : In- attended by those who are com j pelted to work during the day, ao [ lhn< lb Augusta the way to obtain an education I* more open, more pleasant, more within Ihe reach of aH and for more different ptiTposea, than 1 In almost any olher place lu the t out) try. for ihuge who iiavt children lo ed' omit' mi place run hr more dcalrah'o than Augusta Not enough prominence I* *hett lo thi» city's superior edu cttloiMl facilities, in fact, very lltUo; lb over sold glimit And yet Augusta Ik niir o( the foremost cities In the country In thl» respect. It I* true that (iovsrnor-eloct Hrowr., the grent enrd writer, might at least j w rite a card to let ns know that lie j la with the people In this fight to elect llryati hut then he doenn't i choose to do It. and there you are. Mr Harnman announce* that hoi Intends to do more railroad building thin rear than tor a lon* time The l ao-cailed adverse legislation does not eslst tn the eyes ot the practical rail- 1 road kin*. Only the politician* can see It. THE CONVICT QUESTION AND THE EXTRA SESSION. For three weeks the legislature has now been In sltlln*. called together In extraordinary session by the Oov ernor. They hud only one subject lo consider, a subject that Is many-sided It Is Irue. hut to which they hsd al ready devoted considerable lime and study at the regular session Ht-nee It does not appear unreasonable for the people to be Impatient when afler thro,, weeks' tlm,» devoted exclusively lo this question, Ihe general assembly has (ailed to dispose of It. The witting of the legislature la s heavy expense to the slate Roundly It Is estimated that Ita cost ta 11.000 per day. The state la not bankrupt; (ar from It. and yet at this time It has no money to waste, or to spend In extraordinary expense that can be avoided. The state's Income has been reduced by the cutting oft of liquor licenses. It will be further reduced by the falling olf In convict hire The ordinary expenses have been In creased. and ihe tax rat« la already up lo the constlfcltonal limit la view of all this, to add to the atate'i expense b> a legislative session whl- h ha* all th« appearance of a kill time test seems very peculiar and very ag gravattng to Ihe people to say the least of It. Why Is II that no agreement t* reached, or not even apparent pro* j leas toward* agreement Is made* The two Louse* arc dead locked. Why j i should they remain that way, while a debt Is being piled up against the state? Men may honestly differ as to j the proper thing to.be done under - circumstances. Their convictions j may be so strong that they believe j It their duty not to surrender them, i If this be the cause of the deadlock, | why don't they confess It and ad ijourn? If that b e th e cause of their failure to agree nothing Is made by i remaining in session, and they should j have adjourned long ago. If that be not the cause of the long ; deadlock, what Is It? Ar e they play ing politics with this question? This ! Is th<- belief that is gaining ground among the people. It may be 111- I founded In fact, but appearances lend It color. The legislature should do what It was called together to do, and do it quickly, They have killed time enough. The convict leases will ex plr ft In a few months, before the next legislature meets, and the disposition of the convicts after that time should be provided for by law. The present legislature cannot fall to do this with out falling short of Its duty, and this consideration makes the present non action and deadlocking Inexplicable, What is the legislature going to do about It, with the eyes of th e people upon them in disapproval over the manner In which they are killing time over it? Mr Chapin aifys that "a prohibi tionist doesn’t have to be a total ab atalner" Hut we knew that before. Rome of our most ardent, prohibition ist* try to bring prohibition about by drinking all they can get hold of. Mince It ha* been announced that lllsgen is to make a speech In Thnnv asvllle the Tlmes-EnVerprlse Is notify ing the ladies that he has had kisses enough. Ilut Hlsgen hasn't said so, and he ought to know best. THE TRUTH ABOUT BROWNS VILLE. tinder this heading Mr. Albert Blge | low Talne, In Pearson* Magazine, gives some further Information about i that notorious shootlng-up of a town. The Innocent heading of the article j gives no Intimation of the sensational charges which are to follow. But such charges are made. Whole volume* have been spoken j and written on thi- subject, but when I one reads the article by Mr. Paine, j which Is "a chapter of thp Memoirs of Captain ‘Bill’ McDonald of Texas," It can readily be understood that the article may cause the whole question to be threshed out again. Congress has spent much time trying to get ! down to the bottom of the trouble, I hut If Mr, Paine haa any authority ! for what he gives as facts the public [ may demand ' that some action he taken against the officers In com i mand of the negro troops at the time the outbreak occurred. Mr Paine does not mince matters. He openly charges that one of the ! captains (white) was with the ne groes at the time the town was being "shot up" and that the captain be rame frightened and left them, there- j hy necessitating the commander of ; Fort Brown to send a squad of his negro soldiers to look for him Mr. Paine openly charges that Major Pom rose. In command of the soldiers, ] did all In Ills power lo shield the guilty when he knew they were guilty. Captain Bill McDonald of the Texas ! Hungers went to Investigate the mat- ' ter and did make a lull Investigation hut In this article Mr Paine state < that the officers of the fort not only had failed to take action towards pun ishing the guilty, hut even failed to i give truthful answers to the Rangers. , Alter Captain McDonald had ques tioned Ihe men at the fort in the pres ence of (he officers and had to his j satisfaction established Ihe guilt of | thirteen, Sir Paine quotes Captain 1 McDonald as saying lo the officers, j among whom were Major Pemroae and Captain Mncklln: You are sorrier than these nig j ger*. because you. as their officers, - and mrq of the l tilted Mtateg army, ought to he tlrst lo hunt out the guil ty ones. Instead of trying to hide them As tor Macklln there. I think he was out with the ulgxer*. and when he didn't come home with them ' he having got scared and hid out, I ; reckon they thought he had got j caught and put in jail.' Captain Bill then turned lo District 1 Attorney Kleiber, who was in the room, and aald, according to Mr Paine: "I want to make complaint against [ these men here for being accessory’ lo . this murder by trying lo cover It up. i It this thing Is going on In the army It's time Ihe country found It out." At no tluie in Ihe entire article j does Mr, Paine soften his utterances j The article ta bold and (earless and ihe reader Is allowed to draw hla own conclusions It would lead one to believe that In the event of the iu»*t t'onftfMH* « dßnuKTftUr on * \ ar* BIB) thine* yet to b* brought to ib« •ur(ac* In that U.» • graceful affair which i»Ucetl a Main j upen tha uniform i)( tha I'OllvU State* i army. j THE AUGUSTA HERALD ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ * « ♦ POINTS AND COUNTERPOINTS ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Steer-Plowing Contest. It is announced that there will be an airship at the Floyd coun ty fair next fall. All hot air, of course.—Augusta Herald. Is there to be another steer-plowing contest up there?--Atlanta Georgian. A Puzzling Question. It is said that 1,000,000 Hlsgen and Graves buttons have been ordered. This makes it clear that It Is not. intended that they should be worn by voters exclusively.— Augusta Herald. This brings up that old knotty ! question: What becomes of these but i ton ’ —Bremen Gateway. A Tantallzinq Subject. For mercy's sake, boys, quit talking about those 750 barrels of whiskey burned In the recent dis tillery fire In Kentucky. It Is not wise to keep before the mind of auy one the fact of a great loss that has been sustained.—Augus ta Heralff All right, but It didn't affect that dispensary across the river, did it?— Klberton Star. Question of Knee Bracelets. Knee bracelets to be worn with the sheath gowns! Is this purely for show?—Atlanta Georgian Guess so: can’t, see any knee-ces slty for them, but are willing to be shown. —Hartwell Sun. Strongest Water Power. The strongest water power Is a woman’s tear drops. The Rome Tribune-Herald makes this sage remark. One of Its editors has only recently married, which seems to explain this observation. — Augiißta Herald. No. our wife laffs.—Rome Tribune Herald. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ TALKS ABOUT GEORGIA ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Georgia Shy On Campaign Money It has been remarked that Georgia Is not competing for first place as a contributor to the democratic cam campaign fund and It's beginning to look as If Bryan need not expert hut very little unless he comes down here and takes up a collection —Columbia Enquirer Sun. Georgia's Famous Blind Tiger. The story that a man has been ar rested for running a "blind tiger" in the Georgia Stat,. House In Atlanta has been confirmed, which shows that this Atlanta man has keen judgment In choosing a place of business.--Char leston News and Courier. Georgia Legislators are Wise It Is quite evident that the mem bers of the Georgia legislature, which is now holding a special session to settle the convict lease question, get pay by the day and not by the job.— Anderson Mall. Georgia Waits to be Instructed Georgia is patiently waiting for John Temple to come and put her wise to the new order of politics he has absorbed In New York We are not expecting to do any of the absorbing act ourselves though. None of us si'e »s spongy, politically as John. Oglethorjre Echo. Georgia Peach Growers Bobbed A Chicago broker a few days since' sent a Georgia peach grower S2B In j payment for a carload of peaches. The j Georgian sent bark the cheek with the following endorsement. "Contri buted for a monument to the illustrl- i one cow that kicked over the lamp In that town." —Anderson Mali. Georgia Horseswappers The Georgia horse swappers' con vention Is now In session tn Wrlghts vllle, and we suppose the Individual liars of the Goober State will suspend operations for a day or so out of re spect to the professionals.—Houston Post Georgia Snakes "Has the snake any true personal friends?" Inquires the Baltimore Sun. Certainly; hosts of them—ln Georgia and Alabama—Washington Herald. <>•♦♦<♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ • <• ♦ THE 9HEATH GOWN ♦ ♦ ♦ • ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ The Milwaukee Sentinel experts to hear that the sheath gown causes j rheumatism, but Is more apt to learn | that it produces eyestrain.—Houston Post. tmmmmmmmmrn Is the sheslh gown any more tan tallring than an ordinary knee shirt? Why not go the limit and not beat around the bush?—Thomasvtlle Tlmes-Enqutrer An Atlanta woman is to wear a j sheath gown Hope the Georgian will 1 send her up this wav so that we can get a javep at one of the things.— I Commerce News. The end of the summer la nearlv | here and we may have to watt until j next summer belore seeing any sheath gown Anderson Mail The "merry widow" iid and aheath I skirts are not so had lor one seaaon ! of lashkms freakish creation —Mcr I rlweather Vindicator "If vou see It In the sheath skirt. It's so ’ says the Nashville American And If It's la the sheath skirt you're bound to see It.—Columbia Enquirer Run - Sheath gowns have been outlawed in Pennsylvania, where a magistrate] ha« refused to help a merchant col- 1 I iect the prk> of one of them This ] | places them In the *am> catigorv j .with gambling debts.—Home Tribune. [ llrra.it, J C. S. F. RAILROAD TO HAUL NEW COACHES I Six Passenger and Many Freight Cars Will be Pnt on Line Construc tion Work Advancing Rapidly. According to an authentic report the Georgia & Florida railroad has ordered six new passengers coaches and many frieght cars to be put on th e Hue of the road now in operation. Work on the connecting links is re ported as progressing well and the road may be opened through to Au gusta within the next few months. Construction work is being rushed through without much publicity and those in touch with the situation are confident that It will only be a mat ter of a few months before trains will be operating through from Au gusta to Madison, Fla. The opening of the road will place a great section of territory available for settlement and no doubt advance ment will be noted all along the way as soon as the road is completed. It will, of course, be thp means of bringing much more business to Au- j gusta. WARM ELECTION MNDJIRLEM One of Most Hotly Con tested Flections in Co lumbia County Held Sat urday. On« of the most hotly contested elections ever known In Columbia county was held In the Hfcrlem diu trict Saturday to decide the question of local taxation tor schools It re quires a two-thirds majority to carry the special school tax and it was wort by a margin of only four votes, the balloting being 76 in favor of local taxation and 36 aegmst it. Many property owners in Harlem kicked strenuously against the pro posed taxation and some of them now declare (hat they will contest the mat ter. Three or four tax payers in the Harlem district own property to the extent of ten to fifty thousand dol lars and yet have no children to send to bcIjoo! and they declare that it .8 an imposition for them t<* have to stand the increased taxes along with others who will derive direct benefits. However, the great majority of the citizens are enthusiastic over the suc cess of the measure and as a result Ihe Harlem Institute and the public school of the district will probably be rated among the best in the state hereafter" as they were already up to a high standard. WILE! TO SUCCEED DEAOJROTHER MONTGOMERY Ala—Democrats of the Second Alabama district in pri mary election today nominated S. H. Dent of Montgomery to succeed the later congressman A. A Wiley in the long term and 0. C. Wiley, a brother of the dead congressman to fill the un expired term. Thera was no oppose tion to Mr Wiley but five candidates entered for the full term W. H. Samford of Troy, a son of the late Governor Samford injected prohibi tion into the campaign and the race was close between Mr. Samford and Mr Dent. With some of the rural districts to hear from the reports at this hour in dicate the nomination of Mr Dent ay at least 500 majority over Samford. The other candidates were Thomas H Hall of Montgomery; C. R Brick en. of Luverne and A. C. Sanders, of I’ike county. CLOSE FRIENDS DIE SIMULTANEOUSLY Bennett and Cronch Com mit Suicide in the Same Way at Same Time. NEMF YORK—Fiank V Bennett, formerly manager of the Hotel O.u hara, and protege of Dan R Hanna, ton of the late Senator Mark A Hanna, committed suicide today in his apartment* In the hotel Gotham Almost simultaneously George Crouch a former financial writer and a close mend of Bennett ended his life In the brokerage office or Miller and Co., in the Hoffman house. F -eh man ahot hlmoelt In the right temple with a revolvt r. llcnnett left a note for Dan K Hanna the content* of w hich have not been divillged. It is known that he guffered ser ious financial reverse* In the stock market recently, and this, togeth with hi* removal from the manage ment ol the Gotham bv the receivers of the hoiei, is believed to have prey ed on hi* mind. THE HIGH HANDED COLRTS. Mr*. Galey (wl-fi newspaoer, an grlly) It'* * crying shame ihe w; those high court* pay no attention whatever to Ihe wt*he* of the people' Such high handed proceedings I nev: • heard -G of Mr Gslley—What'a the troutiU [ now, dear? Mr*. Galey—Why, In the Fas* tt d yorce cas-.' the court d*cld d ft: n.imea of the co-r.nponden;* ahoul.i [uui bv made public. ArjonscL Have You Seen Our Selwyn Stripes 9 ■ They’r e the newest featur e for Fall Clothes. But our stock is not confined to any one style of goods. With ample capital we command the choice of all productions. COME IN NOW FOR FALL CLOTHES. Avoid the rush that's sure to come and take first pick of our beautiful goods. DORR Tailoring, Furnishings for Men of Taste For Sale 33 acres, near Wrightsboro road, seven miles from Augusta. 15 acres cleared balance pine, oak and hickory. Four room house ! and barn. Bold spring and branch, j One mile from Craig's Crossing, | price $1,000.00 APPLY Clarence E. Clark 842 BROAD ST. AUGUSTA, GA. READ HERALD WANTS. “Be A Booster!” • ( Through the courtesy of the Arch Booster, Mr. Samuel Graydon, of the "Boost club,” o f New York.) The Booster Club of Augusta IS Doing Great Work in the Present Emergency. Get in the Game. Be a Booster. Looking For a House ? —tt—— Mg*mp.TWiw!tnMK*:iiMU finr wekip m High-class Houses, Flats and Rooms in every part of Augusta advertised in THE AUGUSTA HERALD and many at mod erate rents. . Advertisements recieved at Herald Of fice or by Telephone. TELEPHONE 297 LOST If you have lost anything: 4%'U have failed to find it UOIN’T GET MAD. It’s your own fault; you haven’t tried a HERALD WANT “AD.” MONDAY. SEPT, u GET THE RIVER MUD OFF. Hygea Furniture Polish 25c Bottle Will make your furniture look an other sort. VARNISH STAINS For funiture, woodwork and floors. Call at the store ad we will help you get rid of all traces of the freshet. L.A.GARDELLE DRUGGISTS 620 Broad St. T. G. BAILIE & COMPANY 832 BROAD ST. Large assortment of Wall Paper and Compe tent Force of Workmen to do Prompt Work. Big Stock of MATTING, CARPETS AND RUGS. REASONABLE PRICES ON EVERYTHING