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TUESDAY, SEPT. 15 Augusta Trunk Factory, SAVED FROM THE FRESHET GREAT REDUC TION SALE STILL ON Few Slightly damaged Trunks from the water which we will sell at great sacrifice. TRUNKS, VALISES, SUIT CASES, LEATHER GOODS, ETC. Augusta Trunk Factory, 851 Broad—Wrong Side St., Right Side of Prices. 7^9 I Social Qossip j (s<- 4> WEARY THE WAITING. There's and end to all toiling some day—sweet day! But how weary the waiting—weary: There's a harbor somewhere in a peaceful bay, TVhere the sails will be furled and the ship will lav t anchor—somewhere in the far t away— ut it's weary the waiting—weary! there’s an end to the sorrow of souls 7 oppressed; •ut it's weary the waiting—weary! joniewhere in the future, when God thinks best, le will lay us tenderly down to rest, \nd roses will bloom from the thorns in the breast— But it's wearv the waiting weary. (There's an end to the world with its stormy frown; (Hut how weary the waiting weary. There's a light somewhere that no dark can drown, Vnd where life's sad burdens are all laid down— y crown— thank God!—for each cross a crown; iut it’s weary the waiting—weary. FRANK L. STANTON. 4% Ihe Planters loan and Saving bank 705 Broad Street. The Oldest Savings Bank ‘ln the City. In successful operation 38 years and growing more popu lar with the people and stronger In their confidence each year. In selecting a bank for your Savings Account do not fS * I to investigate the facilities and strength of this bank. Resources Over $1,000,000.00 Safe As “Safest.” The same careful attention to small accounts as to the larger ones. Deposits May Be made by Mail. L. C. Hayne, Prey. Chas. C. Howard. Cashier. Knowing Its Right Its Gratifying Tasting-ls Satisfying. We want you to know our Ice Creams as we know them, yes—They are made personally by our Mr. Howard. Light—yet firm and different. THE SAVOY 4» turning Goods of all Kinds r i Brooches, Necklaces, Scarf Pins, Buttons, Studs.- Every thing in Black. Wm. Schweigert & Co. Cost is small— Telephone Us — Phone 593. LET Us REPAIR Your Trunks, damaged by the water. Can make them ovei stroug as new— PLATT—KELLEY. Miss Lillie M. Kelley and Mr. John Platt were quietly married Monday evening, September the fourteenth, at eight o’clock, at the home of the Rev J. M. Bowden, who officiated at the marriage. Numerous friends extend cordial congratulations. The President and Mrs. Roosevelt with other members of the family, will probably reach Washington about September 22. Already prepara tions are being made for their home coming at the white house. The wall coverings will be removed within the next few days, and the summer linens taken off the furniture, throughout the house. The white house lawns have rarely looked more beautiful than now, and Mrs. Roosevelt’s at tractive old-fashioned gardens ar e a riot of colors. Your Earning Capacity Think of the time when your earning ra pacity will he lessened, or it may he cut off al together by accident or misfortune. Think of what you can save now. THEN SAVE IT. We pay four per cent, compounded semi-an nually. IRISH AMERICAN BANK. “The Bank for Your Savings.” MISS PITKIN WINS APPLAUSE IN ELLA WHEELER WILCOX PLAY At the Bungalow, Mrs, Ella Wheeler ; Wilcox's home at Short Beach. Thurs- ! day afternoon was presented Mrs. i Wilcox’s latest play, "Art vs. Cupid" with Miss Helen Pitkin, the writer and artist of New Orleans, in the title role, and Muriel Purdie as the little Cupid. Mrs. Wilcox made a happy hit when she decided to give her play at her summer home, The Bungalow. Miss Pitkin rose to every require ment, her beatuy. poise fine experes sion and enunciation winning for her the admiration of her audience. Art nearly triumphed, when dream of love was shattered, but Cupid won at last and the scene closed with Art in the loving embrace of Cupid. "Art and Cupid” was written by Mrs. Wilcox while in Honolulu, and was produced with much success at the society functions given In her honor while she was sojourning at this paradise of the Pacific —New York Times. BISHOP ELLIOTT SOCIETY. The Bishop Elliott Society will hold a meeting at 9t. Paul's Chapel Wed nesday evening, September 16th, at 5 o'clock. A full attendance asked. —Mrs. Henry M. Sours has return ed to Macon after a visit to Augusta relatives. —Mrs. W. L. Davis and family have returned from Buckhead, Ga. —Miss Virgina Anderson has re j turned from Atlanta, j —Miss Daisy Jackson will leave | Thursday for Shorter College. Rome. I Rome, Ga. Friends of the Secretary of State and Mrs. Root have received cards announcing the birth of a daughter to ! their son-in-law and daughter. Lieut, and Mrs. U. S. Grant, third, at Col ! lege Hill, the Root country place at Clinton. N. J. Mrs. Grant before her marriage. last November, was Miss Edith Root, the only daughter of the Secretary and Mrs. Root. —Miss Mamie E. Gresham accepts a position with the C. & W. C. R. R. after September 15th. —Miss May Cooney left today for Aiken where she will be one of the bright young students at St. Ange la’s Academy. I —Mrs. Edward Rurweli has return ] ed from Asheville, N. C. —Mr. H. B. King has returned from j Jamestown, R. I. Mrs. King will spend a few days In New York before returning home. —Mrs. John Harper Davison and ' Miss Alice Davison have returned from Asheville. —Mr. William Craig is in th e city. Miss Bessie Craig left yesterday for Agnes Scott, where she will be for. tho season. —Mrs. Norman Shelverton and Mas ter Page Shelverton are expected home tonight i after a visit to Atlanta relatives. —Miss Hilda Gehrken is spending some time in North Carolina. —Rev. S. B. Carpenter has returned : from Philadelphia. —Mrs. T. D. Caswell will go out to Bath tomorrow to spend a few days with Mrs. Henry North. —Mr. Adolph lesser will leave Sat ; urdav for Los Angeles, where he will probably locate. j —Mrs. William Rigsby and Master Boswell Rigsby have returned from North Carolina, where they spent the summer visiting various mountain re sorts. —Mrs. Eugene Murphey returned home this afternoon after a stay of several weeks in Dalton and Atlanta. —Mrs. Thomas Goodrich and Miss • Janet Walker are at Rome, where Miss Walker will enter Shorter Col lege. —Col. Grabowskii has returned to the city. —Mr. Frank North is located at Oklahoma for th P cotton season. —Mr. Overton Lowe has resumed his studies at the University of Geor gia. —Mr. and Mrs. George Evans, of Edgefield, were In the city yesterday. —Mr. Martin Gary 1b visiting rela | tives in Edgefield. | —Miss Mary Fortson, of Washlng- I ton, who has spent a great deal of tlnip in Atlanta, where, as the guest of her brothers, Mr. Blanton Fortson and Mr. Edwin Fortlon, will spend I the winter in Athens, where she wT.I have charge of the musical depart -1 ment of the Lucy Cobb. —Atlanta Journal. FURNITURE NEEDED. The Bishop Elliott Society solicits second hand furniture for flood suf ferers. Those desiring to aid In this mat ter will phase notify Mrs. W. W. Smythe, 928 Reynolds street, or Mrs. Hollingsvorth. Montgomery Bldg. A wagon will he sent for furniture. LEILA R. SMYTHE Panther Spring Water 10c per gal lon. Phone 1046. Quick delivery. SOLD MUCH ICE AND KEPT THE MONEY Detectives Williams and Bartley ar rested Sam Handers Tuesday morn ing for larceny after trust. It seems that he wes a driver for the Independent Ice Co., and he sold about 600 lbs of Ice and failed to make anv returns. He will have a preliminary trial at recorder’s court Wednesday morn ing. Mother’s Baby Will wonruM im*** *•*» nick. Ur. Thornton'* Knny-'l>**Ou»r, th-? grf'nt Ruby M«dMr»'\ in 411.tr.tM tfi.fi to urr your child of <J| t*.*thing troubb** In th* ■lorn nnd bowH* It I* nonthfr* • t».ft rurally* nnd nov*r fn ll* to b*n rfb If It do**, your will refund »h»* 2 you 1 ur It. For T*Plhlng, Hurnrnor Cowl plaint*, Diarrhoea, indlcp'Stlori, Klali»l*nr*, nr , |t I* un«*<4'i>ill»<l. H» nd for < *‘r?Jfb s•** of wonder ful curra. Dru4Kl«t* and country rnrrrhnnta mil It for 2f*» p*r bo*, or acMfJ 1 4t 04 Ad4lrraa. lCn*y- Twther Jd«*dlcln«» Co., ariwrii, Ok. THE AUGUSTA HERALD ffilihUe V&p C/ CLOTHING STORE. Men’s Suits and Top Coats WHATEVER YOU BUY AT WHITE’S YOU CAN DEPEND UPON ITS RELIABILITY. FALL “TOGS” THAT COMBINE STYLE AND GENUINE MERIT. We could discourse at length on the perfection of each line at its respective price—our providing has reached a standard never before attained. For the Fall and Winter garments cut with inimitable style-—built with an honesty of labor as well as perfect knowledge of requirements for service that assures you the best you can got. Suits SIO.OO, $15.00, $20.00 to $40.00. YOUTH AND YOUNG MEN SUITS. It’s a matter of some pride with us that we’re getting so many young men interested in our clothes. We take a good deal of care to have the sort of stuff that they seek. It’s rather ultra in some ways; hut it has in addition to the extreme cut and fadish ideas, tho ster ling quality that makes it, worth buying. Suits $lO, sls, $lB, S2O, $25. Little boys and big hoys who dress in young style, find here the smart fashions, and worthy qualities that are desirable. Suits $5, SB, $lO, sl2. The Furnishings and Hats Reflect the Perfections of the Clothing—in Style and in Value. .*. Y .’. MIMISTI MAY GET II UTILE ill TONIGHT As a result of a West India hurri cane now sweeping along the Florida west coast, there has been a slight disturbance of the element In Au gusta, and Observer Fisher says there may be rain tonight or .Wed nesday. •'The Gulf coast depression Tins been practically harmless one,” he said, "but we may get some ruin Tuesday night or Wednesday. Oth er effects will be a cloudy overcast sky and blustering winds.” Meanwhile, Augusta is feeling the need of a downpour. Scarcity of wat er Hiipply has made it Impossible to sprinkle the streets, and a stifling cloud of dust hangs over the city. A heavy, washing rain for three houis would do Augusta more good, outside ol a pletV'il wat,,r sbPP'y* ,han ary other one tiling right now, say the city engineers and physicians. little GIRL SENDS $1 FOR AUGUSTA SUFFERERS "Being not unacquainted with woe, I learn to help the unfortunate.” Little Miss Jennie Ruth Harms of Somerville, Mass , who used to live In Savannah, perhaps never read this quotation from Virgil’s Aeneld, but she was In harmony with its sent!- ment whfn nh»* *wnt $1 for relief of the Augusta flood sufferers. In a letter to th. Morning News the little girl said; ' Please give this $1 to some little girl like me In the Au gusta flood; because I got all burned out In Ihe Chelsea fire. She is a daughter of Mr. Fred A Harms, formerly a resident of Havan nah who was living In Chelsea a few months ago when a large pan of the Boston suburb was destroyed by fire. They lost some of their property in the fire, and the loss made the little girl have a tender sympathy for other little girls who were similarly unfor tunate. Tho above from the Savannah Morning News, tells of one of the most touching Incidents upon the Au gusta flood The dollar was sent to Mayor Diinbsr along with twenty three others by the Morning News, accompanied by the following letter Savannah. Os., Rept. 14, 1908. lion. W. M. Dunbar, Mayor. Augusta, Gs. Dear Sir: We enclose herewith $24 00 receiv ed by us for the Augusta sufferers and duly acknowledge through the Morning News SI.OO of this amount was contri buted by Miss Jennie Ruth Harms of Summerville, Mass. We attach her letter. With best wishes, we are. Yours truly. The Morning F. O, Bell, Pres. HUNDREDS IDE HQMELESSJY FIRE MUCH VALUABLE PROPERTY IN THE DESTRUCTION OF A MAINE TOWN BY FIRE DARIiTuEEDS Many Heroic Rescues ami Narrow Escapes From Death ami Valiant Flu lit' iiiK of Fire. SACO, Me. Six hundred persons were made homeless, hulf n million dollars worth of damage done and nine million feet of lumber destroyed when first swept over this town to day, consuming eighty-five tenement houses and threatening, for a lime, Ihe complete destruction of the place. There were many heroic resent s ind narrow escapes from deal A and R wus only after a long and arduous struggle that the firemen w"re aide to subdue Ihe Homes. Haco slands Immediately opposite llidd-ford, and If help had not bepn rusher) across the river this morning Ihe town would now be a waste ol ashes. The blaze originated In the lumber yard of George A. Grossman and Sons. A high wind carried live sparks and fire oroke out simultaneously In many quarters. PRETTY STRONG ’ STATEMENT BUT THIS HAIR GROWER WILL BACK UP EVERY WORD OF IT. Parisian Sage, since !t has been In troduced Into America, has au im inense sale, and here are t ie reas«%is; It Is safe and harmless. It cures dandruff In two weeks by j Killing the germs. It stops falling hair prompt'y. It stops itching of the scalp Im- I mediately. It makes nny man's or woman's | hair soli, lustrolis and lururi.int. II gives lile and beauty to the hair. It Is not sticky or greasy. It Is the daintiest perfumed hair ; tonic la iho world. 1 1 Is the host, the most pleasent. and Invigorating hair dressing made It Instantly stops all odors arising from perspiration of the scalp, and i keeps the head cool In warm weather It Is a scientific preperatlon, net a guesswork nostrum Fight shy of tho druggist why offers you a substitute; he is unworthy of your confidence. We guarantee Parisian Kngc to cure dandruff In two reeks; to stop fall ing hair; to make dull lifeless ano colorb v hair beautiful and lejurlmt; ito cure all Itching diseases of the scalp or money back. The price Is only 50 cents a Ivrge hot,Me at Alexander Drag Co., or by express, all charges prepslo, from the American makers, Giroux Mtg Go, Rdf vlu, M. Y. FLORIDIAN WANTS ORPHAN CHILDREN* Miss Jessie A. Owens of Span' Writes to Mayor Dunbar for Couple of Destitute Children. Mayor Dunbar has re olvod the fol lowing letter front a citizen of Florida: Hparr, Fla., Sept. 12, 1908 Mayor of Augusta, Augusts, Ga. Do you know of any nice llli'n children 'hat wore left orphans by tho flood In your city? I would like some ol good paroi.'eee, for my objec; In to give them a first clans education and make gentlemen and ladles of them. I have no desire to waste money on (hose who would he too dull to tako advantage of opportunity offered. I like bright minded children with g aid dispositions, those of whom 1 could feel proud elf In the heat company. Let me hear from you please. Very truly, MIHH JESSIE A. OWENS. P H. —Prefer children from 5 to 111 years of age and would like to have a brother and slater, or two sisters. FALL OPENING 1908 Parents Are Invited to Attend Our Showing of |j|| L. Sylvester (Sb Sons Boys’ and Ch ildren’s Department. PAGE THREE NO SERVICES WEDNESDAY AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH For ohvlouH reasons tho regular Wednesday evening services al the First Baptist church will not be held tomorrow evening. The postponement of the service Is only temporary and the regular meet- Ing will probably he resumed tomor row week. Health Never Falls to Restore Gray Hair to its Natural Color and Beauty. No matter how long It has been gray or faded. Promotes a luxuriant growth til healthy hair. Stops it* falling out, nntl positively remove* Dan druff.. Keeps hair soft anil glossy. Re fuse all substitutes. 2% times as much in tl 00 an 50c. size, la Not ■ Dye. 9$ and 50c. Dottiest, at druggists head 1c fur Inn lx«.k " The Caro ot tli. Hair. ” I’ll ho Hay N|ac. Cw, Newark, N. J. Hay'* Uttrllna Soap c ,„, p,„ plM r<d, rouyl) and chapped hand* and all akiu dia •awa Kaepa akin fine ami auft 2Sc dniaifUfa Bend 2c tnc trvm book "ThaCani of the hkin ’• FALL AND WINTER CLOTHES FOR BOYS AND CHILDREN of the famous BAM PECK make They are the best clothes boy’s can wear for they are made of excellent materials, splendidly put together, and combine stylishness and wearing qualities to an unusual degree. We show many varltlea of Bloueee, Russian Bailor and Bloomer Suite, In all the weeeet designs, colors and pat terns for boye from 2 12 to 16 years. $5 to sl2