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The man who has a house to rent and the man who wants to rent-a house have a "ijews- Interest'’ for each other. Here again the little ads. act as "in troducers.” VOLUME XIII., No. 259 Government Report of Conditions That Caused Recent Freshet Abnormal conditions attending the tremendous ralnfa*. of August, which caused the flood, has been outlined in the regular publloa .or. of the climuto iogical service of the department of agri culture for the Georgia section. The bulletin is oomprehenslve and most in teresting in view of the fact that tho unprecedented deluge caused the loss of many lives and millions of dollars worth of property. Accompanying the published statistics regarding the rainfall is a map cover ing the territory where the heavy rains fell. In Lincoln, Greene, Morgan, Oconee Oglethorpe, Clark, Elbert, Hart and part of Jackson and Franklin counties in Georgia the rainfall ranged from 8 to 110 Inches, the neaviost being right at the intersection of Hari, Madison and Elbert counties, where the deluge assumed tho proportions of a flood and over 20 inches fall was registered. The same precipitation was recorded in parts of South Carolina and this caused the great onrush of water that enveloped Augusta when it came roar-i ing down the Savannah river valley. PROPERTY DAMAGE. The department has been careful in getting up its estimates and concerning the destruction wrought by the flood in the immediate vicinity 61 Augusta issues the following table: Money value of property destroyed, in cluding railroads, etc $1,000,000. Money value of crops destroyed $50,000. Damage to farm lands by erosion de posits SIO,OOO. Money value of losses occasioned by en forced suspension of business, prominent among which is the shutting down of four large cotton mills for three monts $60,000. Money value of property through flood Seventy-Five Babies Helped Through Milk and Ice Fund Se v ©nty-five babies comfortable and hyglanically fed during all the lpng, hot summer months. Seventy-five mothers who would otherwise hav e been helpless lookers on at the suffering and deprivation of their little ones, made happy by the knowledge’ that everything hu manely possible for the safeguarding of their health was done in a manner more than satisfactory. An uncountable number of really ill people and convalescents furnish ed for weeks at a time with the life giving fluid, either in its first sweet form or in the butter-milk, now con sidered so essential for certain dis eases. Certain tubercular patients having life sustained in them exclusively by she many quarts of milk they have consumed daily. Hundreds and hundreds of pounds of ice given away every day, ever since the first warm days, made it more of a necessity than a luxury. Ice given not only where It was imperatively needed to keep sweet the milk used for the babies, but where any kind of sickness made it welcome, or where any form of help lessness made It Justifiably given. Countless numbers of bottles of pre pared baby food or powderß for pre paring the cow’s milk distributed wherever there was a need for them. Money in the treasury still for milk and ice and prepared stuff for the babies, to be used all during October, and probably—if the demand Is not too great—during a part of Novem ber. This is what The Herald milk and ice fund has done and Is doing and is going to continue doing. Never has the Augusta public been engaged In an enterprise bringing in SUCCESSFUL MEN FROM GEORGIA ORPHAN HOMES Few realize what an Immense In fluence the Orphans Homes are leav ing on the world. I wap In a city In Georgia recently aud a man said: "Did you know that th e lending wholesale druggist was reared In the Orphans Home?” 1 said: "I am not snrprlsed, because it Is often times the poor boy who has a helping hand reached out to him that rises to the top.” In another city a leading divine was proud to speak of a Georgia or phanage as his foster mother. He was but one of«*nany noble sons and daughters. The legal profession is also invaded by orphans One of the most prom inent lawyers In Georgia, one who hue always stood for the defenceless. Is an honor to that old home that also /ta»e to Georgia a governor and a mgfh-r of BUI Arp Recently South Georgia laid many flowers upon the grave of one of her noblest lumber men who was s poor orphan boy. Go Into business houses, in one of these stone four orphan boys have won their way up to success. The pressman of one of Atlanta's big dallies for years was a big. brawn? eed haired orphan boy, uow succeed . THE SUNDAY HERALD I warnings principally by merchants on I me south side of Broad street) $50,000. AN AUGUSTAN IN THE DELUGE. An Interesting story 1s told by an Augustan who happened to be in tho territory when the heavy rain began to fall. He states that be was out driv ing near Athens the afternoon before the great deluge came, but a torrential downpour came washing up things fear fully. The top buggy was almost crush ed by the weight of water and the situation approached the danger Hue ot a wuter spout. However, the next day as he was traveling out of the city tho storm broke loose in all its fury. The train passed noar the foothills of tho Appalachian range and entered a cut just at the time the elements turned loose what seemed to be all the water In the atmosphere. The result was In describable. Hhe air was suffocating and the water descended to earth with a deafening roar. Almost before the passengers .realized the cause of the trouble the water was pouring down on the top of the coachos as though the locomotive had taken a track directly un der some great water fall. From the Steep hillside rivers sprang like magic and gathering force as tney came up rooted trdes and' tore ugly gapes into the surface of the eartn. The fearful light was almost as bad as darkness and the roar of the falling water and the rush of the miniature rivers made it almost impossible to de cido what to do. The engineer was dazed and he slowed down Ills engine and barely crcegied through the danger ous gorge, fearing that a revolution of the wheels might send the train and Us occupants down Into some washout. When a safe point was reached the train was brought to a standstill and still the deluge continued. It was this fearful state of affairs that caused the great calamity to „ugusta. Farmers In the territory, whether they were on low lands or highlans suffered untold damage from the rain, enough falling in a day and a night to provide sufflcent moisture for a whole year. such satisfactory returns as that in which it engaged in the early part of this summer, when anything from dimes to many dollars were sent in to swell she fund to be used for the sick babies under the care of th‘ district nurse, who saw whore help of this kind was sorely needed but who thought herself helpless to sup ply It. The Augusta people came forward generously with this help. Miss Big gar used most widely what was given, and the result a belter general state of health in West End than has ever before been known at thiß season, and a record of far fewer deaths than have ever before been recorded. No one besides Miss Biggar made, any very desperate efforts along this particular line. No one was conscious ot making any very especially heroic sacrifice to contribute to the life-giv ing fund. No one feels the poorer today, either in purse or in personal strength, because of the effort result ing so magnificently, and yet see what the result has been! There is a wonderful lesson in all this, something that is especially needed at this particular time when there is so much to be accomplished for personal and public good. It is true that human intentions lag ever behind human achievements, and it is equally true that human ef forts when rightly actuated achieve far more than seems humanly pos sible. Just a little putting out of the hand In helpfulness, Just a smile here and a dime there, a word of euenurage ment in one place and a little sub stantial aid in another. In short, Just a ray of the sunshine of love, and 10, the whole earth blossoms in beau ty and fragrance! ing In Detroit, while his brother Is foreman of a big Chicago candy fac tory. The Orphans’ Homes of Georgia are steadily sending out a stream of useful men and women who bless ev ery sphere of life, but who are not known to have come from the Or phans' Homes. Do They Succeed Always? Vo, nor does every family succeed. Often the neglected ones have become so vitiated that only In after years will their good lessons be taken to heart, but every child's course In life Is modified, changed, uplifted by the Orphans' Hornes. Nearly 3,000 of the most destitute, annually pass under the Inspiring Influences of the many noble superintendents, matrons and teachers who work with heart, hand and brain to uplift them Georgia Owes One Day's Work to Them. What could be wiser than the re quest which some twenty homes In the southern states, eight In Georgia. making that every one give t>, some orphanage in his state one day's earning In 365. They have agreed on Serurday. October 3rd, and they hope ia-4 iroui {100,000,000 to 1300,- AUGUSTA GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, S iiPTEMBER 20, 1908 Atlantic Transport Liner Which Reached Port Afire V - ' NORTH SUM IKES MORE KICKS At the time when tlie petition that is in circulation for the purpose of having a North Augustan elected to the position of chief marshal is presented to council, a mass meeting of the citizens is to bo held for the purpose of expressing their indignation of the way in which the money derived from the dispensary is used. It appears that the complaint is that the streets are being paved and tho sewerage repaired on tho side streets and the main and most important streets are neglected. 'rite citizens want tho main roads from the bridge to the town, proper, to bo put. in condition. They claim that it is so sandy that It is be coming nothing more than a sand bod. They are going to further express their indignation, on account of the fact that no tab is put on the amount that is to be expended for the purpose of claying the roads, and that one man has complete charge of the work. They say, in* works where he pleases, hires 9$ many men as lie wants to .and makes out his own pay-roll. Augustans are watching with interest, the recent up-hcavel of politics in the little town across the river and many surmise as to the out-come are made. CARELESSNESS OF NURSE KILLED FOUR PATIENTS SAN DIEGO Cal-The carelea sness of Mary Arthur, a nurse at the DEMURRAGE CHARGES MADE DURING FRESHET Large Firms Complaining About Action of Rail roads at Time When it Was Impossible to Empty Freight Cars. Great complaint is made by large firms in Augusta concerning rt niurrage charges being made by railroads on freight Shipments delayed by the flood. Industrial concerns, including various brick plants and lumber companies, which were bard hn by the freshet, seem to bo catching the brunt of the demur rage charges. Most of these concerns were In me valley and railroads approaches were ton, lip a d washed away HO that freight billed to the firms at Augusta could not I, deliver'd o the alib nf the compa nies as usual. It appears that the tall ronds contend that In delivering the Shipments a' their freight depots In Au gusta they have carried out I belt part of the shipment agreement us described In the hills of lading Consequently they hav, entered many d< niurrage claims on carloads of ma terial which have been standing In the ears since the freshet. Of com tins amount will run up to high figures and those having shipments entering the city about the time, of tin freshet are facing a grave attua .on in the way of freight It Is understood th .* a era -erted effort will he made by III" '» '-ms In Augns'a 000 Will be gathered In on that an nual work day for the orphans. The following homes ask this help that they may help the helpless: Baptist at llapevllle. Methodist at Decatur and Martin. Christian at Bald win Hebrew at Atlanta Presbyterian at Clinton. S. C., Georgia Industrial Uyuig at Jlaeoa. _ The Atlantic Transport Liner Minnehaha, came in to port recently with her forward bunkers on Are. For three days the crew under Capt* Sidney Lay land, whose picture is here shown, worked unceasing ly to keep the flames un der control and they suc ceeded in so doing. HOUSE AID SENATE WILLGETTOGETHER ATLANi.v, Oa. By a votf* of 27 to U the action of Friday on the convict bill was roconßidered by the nenate bin morning and the amendment wd:* Stricken by a vote of 25 to 10. This action clears the way for a compro mise. It in now believed that th** IhoiiHo and Hcnatc will %et. together nnd send tn ( bill to the governor 'during the day. ■ M if* ' *tj l>y Itn; lullriKgOf the ro.i<l« to i «»iu»-f6t the trnnxportiitlon corn pan I** to r* th*lr rJ«*murnißo ord'-r* ho that no extra rhinvs will be entailed. The brick end lumber compantcM are of the opinion thni tl.f-y have already had «uf flcicrit Itoublc on account of th* flood . no la their petition to the road* they will probably recount the fact that they are/ liirxe nblpper* and entitled to the highest < onelderaJlon in matter* of this kind. f'alllny in thin the concern* lntere*t*d may tak« i» a I r ••pa to prevent the col lection of th*' elaintH anu the fjijeMtion will profmbly have to be Mettled by the court. ln*tn»v*H of charge are mud» |ln which delivery who to be made a* usual to brk k and lumber yard* aero** the river, but It was ImpOMflhlc- for the transfer to be rm»4« and con**uuently tli Hhlpment* were held up on thl* wide or id ithe brick and lumber companlofl 1 Imply **rv»d with notice of arrival ttid *»fhcr customary Information. The affair jn In a * on*ldcrable tangle i Ju*t at present nnd It may b* norne time i befon I* I- Iffhtened out la a satU [factory tuaaavr* VON KAMP, VAUGHAN & GERALD BROADWAY AND JACKSON STREET The Stream of ‘Newness’ Is Now a Flood And With the Ever Increasing Current Stacks and Stacks of Bright New Fall Goods Are Being Dumped Into “THE POPULARITY STORE.” WONDERFUL LOW PRICES = FOR TOMORROW’S KEEN SHOPPERS We haven’t space to tell you of the wonderful opportunities our store al ways contains; opportunities that the wise woman who wishes to dress better than her neighbors at less cost, seizes with avidity. We cannot, even tell you of all tin’ chances you will miss tomorrow if you do not take advantage of our special offerings in Dress Goods, Silks, Wash Goods, Underwear, Blankets and Suits which once seen no true woman can resist. 12V 2 c IMITATION FRENCH FLANNEL AT, A YARD C.non yards of I lie newest fall styles of imitation French Flannels In stripes, cheeks and fiorai tie signs, for Klmonns, Wrappers, Women’s Shirt Waists and Children's Wear, worth per yard, will go tomorrow at, limited Stylishly, Beautiful Apparel for Autumn and Winter Symmetric grace arid swagger style are woven into our new presentations of Fail and Winter garments. We have never shown more prepossessing groups, as those who have already visited us this season will attest. Even fashionable material is here in a broad scope of colors, shades and patterns Prices Meet Every Expectation In Our Usual Money-Saving Way. We re assert our claim that for high-calass serviceable garments our prices arc always as low as is consistent with reliable merchandising. We’re 'never undersold, quality for quality. We make a specialty of Suits at. .$15,00, SIB.OO, $22.50, $25*00, $30.00 and $35.00. mai Aiinn'ilmnc' Where an alteration is necessary, it, is made All AlreraTiOnS ll CCI |, y experts free of charge, assuring a cor rect fitting, stylish and serviceable garment. ::::::::: Ail the latest styles of Cloaks anil Walking Skirts are now ready for in spection. We guarantee prices to he lower than any house in the trade. 25c Veilings at I Ic Yard We start the season in this section with u most tempting bargain 25 pieces black silk not veil inga, in all the newest meshes and weaves, vail cub size dots, worth 25c per yard, Ilf” will go tomorrow, at New Fall Dress Goods - eign and domestic weaves. The foreign fabrics were, imported com prise the styles that are confined to us. 300 pieces of the newest weaves in double width wool Dress Goods, in all the prevailing shades, worth hoc, 75c and 85c per yard, on centre AQ -50 j n( .)i Chiffon Undies’ Cloth, in all colors also black, worth $1.50 QO everywhere, special tomorrow, at, yard yOv Ginghams Ginghams s, non yards q' good Apron Gingham nil slzo chocks, lu blu •, brown, groon and red, worth 8c per yard, will ko C/t at 100 pieces of solid colored Chambrys for chlldron’s dii uses and bovs and men’s shirts, worth 10c tier yard, cut to /2C* Special Sale of Handkerchiefs for School Children o(X) do/en white Iminstit< li<•*! cotton handkerchiefs, bought to sell at 5c each, for a special leader, we will let them go tomorrow, at (limited ten to a customer) ’ I OOt) law handkerehiefs for hoys, worth 75r per dozen A />_ special lor tomorrow, at, 100 Doz F all Size Sheets T* ,t' 1 46c only, at, (limited six to a customer.) All Standard Calicoes In shirting and dress styles, worth 7t/a- per yard, at, yard, (limited) rnp /"\ I A I 500 dozen Children’s extra quality, fast, V _ f Vi 1/\L# black, heavy ribbed 110 o, worth 15c J| -' per pair, will go tomorrow, ut DAILY AND SUNDAY $6.00 PER YEAR. COTTON PLAID SUITINGS, O - AT A YARD OL An exact Imitation of $1 no Wool Dress floods, In rich colorings, just tln> tiling for children’s school dresses, worth !!)<’ per yard, as un extra special, we will sell 100 pieces, between Iho hours ot 0:30 ami 1 o'clock tomorrow, ut q _ yard ... ... .......OL 25c Wide Taffeta Ribbons 15c You can bq sure that there will be a rush for tlioin tomorrow, as AiigustHiiH are quick to dis cover such gi iiuln,. bargains Kdo pieces of high quality Bilk Taffeta millions, 5 inches wide, all colors, worth 25c per yard, cut * r to 15c John P. King Sea Island 100 pieces of John P. King best, quality Sea Island worth 7 ‘/fee per yard, •a 5c 200 pieces of extra heavy Whit,. I.lnenn, Just the tlilnc. for children's early fall coats, worth 15c pur yard, cut to .. .. Limited Igyards to a customer, oC 41.19 Table Damask, 75c </d --40 pieces of 72-in. bleached Irish I alien Table Damask, worth J sl.lO per yard, rut to .. wW You can’t advertise inade quately without somebody knowing it. You can’t adver tise adequately without some body knowing it.