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PAGE TWO Pro/. Ira J. Williams Praises Downer Demonstration Farm Oom*J«»k>B*r of Agriculture, e J Watson, of South Carolina- and Prof Ira W. Williams, of tb Un*u-, Slate* department of acrteultutv, who is In onatga of farm demunsir: lien work »n Houtk CarollDa hi em yesterday and last night in Aug,” ia. i'rof. William* dgt'nrrod so aJ driae ,o tfa beard of •*-)-(<■•, of Downer school at beeoh I aland yes terday where one of tb* govern ment's demonstration farina will hi located next year Mr Wataon was also soheduied to make an :.ddr**i!. but he was taken 111 white en route to Augusta Friday night and has not been able to leave his room since eoming to the olty, though he was somewhat improved last night. Plot. Williams I* firmly convinced that the demonstration work now being carried on in South Carolina will be of Iminerar hi-oe'lt to tb-j farmers of the state next year's work will be conducted in alxtuen counties In tlir state and over 30(1 small farina will be operated uhder the manage Blent of the government. These farms are laid out by Prof. Williams and Improved farm machin ery and astsetsd ssud tiro used ex eluatvsly. / The cultivation It car lisd on under the moat modern methods and results arc universal 1y tstlsfaotory. Bouth Carolina Is new leading ail other southern slates Ib Uiis olaaa of work, accoidaog to ih- beat Information Obtainable and there is no doubl but that in. work wul spread as Its value Is demon Mrttsd. Williams is Georgian. Prof Wllllanit Is a Georgian and ha* had a large amount of pruotkal experience In farm work and bis demonstrations are unusually sens iurti-r He stated some of tbu Ant work of this oharac'«r nv*r at tempted In the south whun b. e* tabllahed Um Model Bchool at Turn pie, Oa.. when- students wrrs taught p netloal work It whs Ibis school that alao inuuguralsd the system of hauling pupils to and from school gad the method la now In genarnl li lt many scot ions of Iha country. Prof Williams will remain In An Juste today, aolnx over to P.dgeflald , londay morning and he will ad diva, a meeting ol farmers there at gona Dr. 1,. U. Goodrich, also of the national ilapartuisut of sgrlcul turs was at tb* meeting yraterday, hat be did nos some to Augusth After the meeting at tin school Was over the party went over to thj fleorh Island farmers club house where a farmer's mcutlng whs held, ami the recent hood wa* the subject for dhcuselon. Many of the Hooch Island termers lost large drops vi[ coin and hay on account of th j flood and they are of the opinion Ihnl something should be done to I protect the lowland*. Mu) Ilsrry Hammond prepared * lei of resoltiflona favoring the »» t ihllsbnivni of Immvns* reservoirs up above August* lh.it XRN'ld hold flood waters In check and coni uucntly would profecl lovlnnd farm era This could he eocoinpllehed by ihimlng she river as eolfahle points edd It Is asld lo to- a vety ailslaciorv solution of the problem utid to prevent low water al any flute The resolution* favoring Ih carrying out of euch a project were adopted by she clnti. After the business m.-etlng was over the crowd went to the dlnlrg hall where the usual barbecue wns served THERE: ARB THREE KINDS of furniture— thr good kind, tho indifferent kind, the bad kind. You will be able to gel hut one kind here the beet there is. , No matter what sort yon want, whether for parlor, dining room, ball, library, or bed room, we have just your want. A vast ooll«elioti and all nt prices most reasonable. We invite you to call, insect the stock, ask the price. We are sure you will IfJiy. The J. L. Bowles Furniture Co., 904 Broad St. Aujusta's Oldest furniture Store. MRS. O'HANLON'S FUNERAL SUNDAY . i ——. i The sad nows of the death of Mrs. j Catharine .lane O’Hanlon while not | unexpected will cause sorrow not | only among her Augusta friends, but j her friends In her former bomo In Macon, <,n. The deceased wee born in the old and historic "( asih Hayne” about six miles from Wilmington, N. C., on July 1 Uth. Jklll. Mr* O Han lon lived to the extreme.y old age of kk years and although she has been suffering with great fortitude and always had a kind and Cneliy word tot those who were around her. In spite of her old ag* a few years ago In company with one ul her daughter, she visited her birth place. Her reminiscences wen- reple.e with Interest. flhe fr*,u ntly re ferred to the firs - iliac she saw the puffing , nd cumbersome engine arid > ars on the old Augusta aud Charles ten ,allroad, when sht> stopped In Hamburg In the early thirties of the last ury. while •■* route from her old hum; in North <;*.olin to Tier new one at Macon, til Mrs O'Hanlon remembered the falling of Ihe etars and oflcn sang and recited with pleasure the hymns that she learned ;p; a child from the o'd family cluster. It Is doubtful U there aru any copies ot ‘hast- songs In print toduy Hhe was from the well-known and distinguished families of Llddons, (,'ostons and llcauforls ol the Caro lines Mrs O'Hsnlun was a estlm able Christian lady and waa a friend to the orphans It was her custom | after she was confin'd lo her house lo have the poor families com* to the house and get a regular supply of |ood. Ijeforu she becumo an In valid her lace was 1 familiar slgnt to the poor of Augusta aa ahe came to thgtr homes to help them. Mrs. O'Hanlon is survived hv two daughters, Mrs. Drury V. Heims and Mr*. Hubert Toombs Barksdale and tw-u grand-children, Mrs. Jsroer A Anderson slid Mr. It. L. Harks dele, all of this city. The funeral services lake place Sunday afternoon from lh>> residence of Mr. .lame* A Anderson, 310 El bert street. The services , will be conducted hv Rev. Howard T. Tree wltii h*v Fletcher Walton nsrlstlna The interment takes place at the o‘d family section at he Hose Hill ceme tery at Macon, tin PH BRIDGE LT FIIIEO FERRY Beeoh Island Farmer* In tend To Do Away With Sand Bar Boating Sys tem. It's goodbye to Sind Bur fwrr.v if thr project launched by Beech istgnd farmers st ihe meeting of their cluh Saturday la curried out. A movement was started with great enthusiasm to at once In* augumte work which will result ulti mately in the establishment of a bridge where the historic old terry has been In operation for more than a hundred years. Messrs. J. 0. Lamar, Randolph Dun bar and J M. Westbrook were ap pointed as a committee to get up neo* cssat v Information aud data for the community ao that tlu v will be In ixe ait lon to get down to business with something definite to work upon. A large meeting tva»* planned for the flint Saturday m November and a number of prominent citizens in Au gusta will be Invited *o , ake part tn the discussions. A big barbecue will be nerved on the grounds find the necessary money win subscribed to provide refreshments in a liberal man ner so that the OMeting wbl l>o a great on*, tn the estimation of the promoters. It is planned to ml*** a large amount of the money needed by public sub script ton from i»eopie tn the commit!) Ity It is thought that Richmond and Aiken counties can be Induced to pro vide the remainder. There arc many largo and wealthy planters around Be.-eh Island and they will spare no effort to get the bridge constructed. If the movement Is a success the ferry will, of course, be abolished and history and romance will give way to modern push and progress CAROLINA NECRO ARRESTED HERE Th* )><'!:** <IM a XC'd pl*c* of xvorlt Saturday for th* South Carolina an thorlttrs A t*l*phoo* moasaai' »aa r*o*lv*d at th* barrack* Frtduv ntjtht to th* t’(T*ct that Klmor* Scott had shot another n*ftro tn Atkon and aat tliouxht to harv started to Augusta. Tin pot . cnu ii *< r.- ord*r*d to watch out for htsn and about J o’clock Chief Nutria arrested him He was a«nt to Aiken Saturday afternoon about dusk. Ho was also .hot In the hand Ha said It wa* done by the negro he shot "CUBcbfleld■--Tb# Cool of Quality." T. P. (. WILL lit BODTHJIT FAIR Committee Named Laat Night To Conior With U. C. T.—Mr. Reynolds Made Report on New York Trip The September meeting of Post E, T I* A , that was postponed until the first Saturday nignt. in October was held Saturday night in :he club room in the Albion hotel. Thu meeting was called to order by Presi dent Harry Calhoun, after which Rev. Richard Wilkinson led In a short prayer. The minutes of the last meeting were read and thi establishing of it traveling mens booth In connection with the U. C. T.’b was discussed to home length. It was unanimously decided that th<- booth be erected and a committee was appointed to confer with the committee from tho UC. T. council. The committee wa* Prof. b. L. Osborne, chairman, Mr W. R. Mundy and Mr. M. H. Grey The matter of getting the hunting, drinking water , literature, etc, for the boort was referred ;u the committee. It waß decided that ih* mereneut friends of the organi zation* and Utelr other friends who visit the booth be given cigars .Sonin of the wholesale house* will be ask ed to contribute. The following committee to get the cigars was ap pointed: Messrs. Miller, Mallard aud Odom. The president announced that Capt. F ju. Heane, secretary olj the Fair association had Informed him that Friday‘of fair week was to he *•1 aside as Traveling Mens Day. The action ol Mr. Heane was cordial ly Indorsed by the meeting The president further said, that Mr. Heane Was going to try and get a special rate for the admittance of l raveling men on this day. Ihe action ot a caucus which tele graphed to Valdosta, that the T. P. A.’s were willing to give their moral und financial support to the aid of ih* city in securing the Georgia and Florida shops was endorsed. A motion was made that a letter he sent lo the (’ & W. C. officials asking that the passenger train that leaves the ylly at ft o'clock a. m. bo chmiged, as the hour of arriving In the city hat; been changed, so that It ranches the city sin hour later. Tho following committee was appointed to write and present the letter Mr. John H. Keener, chairman: Capt. Fry and Mr Sherman At this Juncture Prof. Osborne was asked lo made a short talk He spoke of th> traveling men In gen eral. The good they were doing an 1 their good reputation. The talk was very min h enjoyed. Mr Jos. S Reynolds, then, made hie report of the Prosperity Con gress that w«e held In New Yora. Mr. Reynolds went as the represen tative from Augusta He spoke of the reception that was given him on his arrlvul In New York. The court esy with which h* was treated Ho was one ot she live men to address the congress und although. only twenty minutes whs allowed him for hi* speech, he asked for thirty min ute* and the request was granted. When hie time was up and he was closing, there were erte* from the audience for more. Mr. Reynolds then spoke until he thought that he had told them of the ad'anlaeoa of Ihe south and especially of Georgia He said the member* of the con gross were very anxious lo loam of the business opportunities In the south. There were only four south ern men Ht the congress that Mr. Reynolds could locsle. Mr Reynolds was telling them Ol tho stlk mill In August* snd showed two fishing lines that were gotten from Hemstreets One of th< tn he threw Into the audience, where It was cut Into pieces and passed around The other was given to Mr Grant, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce at Washington, at his request He intends to put It on dis play at hie i*fflc* Rev. Richard Wilkinson gave tt short, but much appreciated talk, utter which the meeting «>* ad journed with a snort prayer. DR. WHITNEY HOME FROM UICM Roctoi' of St. Pawl’B Conduct HcKiilax' Services Todujr. The Hex G. Sherwood Whitney. D. D. ractor of Bt. Paul* Kplscop’'! church, returned last nlsht from hi* xaeatlon and will conduct regular services today at his church. Dr. Whitney spent the greater por tion of hts time while away !u the city of Bouton, where he enjoyed n moat delightful visit. He la In the best of health, fully recuperated after the strain of the summer month*, and will enter again Into hit work with renewed energy and zest, R. H. HOQG TRANSFERRED. Mr R II Hoax, for a long time > local manager of the Swift Packing I company Interests, has been transfer red to Atlanta, where he takes the .position of general produce salesman at the Gate City branch. He wtlt bu succeeded here by Mr. M. O Martin, of Mississippi. HON- T. E- WATSON WILL SPEAK TO BURKE COUNTY PEOPLE Mr. Tout Watson. poiHiltat candi date for president, will speak to th* people of Wurke county in the court | house at Waynesboro, Monday at j noon. THE AUGUSTA HERALD. High Grade, Tailored, Made g* fa ¥ To Order Suits, For i T*Uu! Every suit is thoroughly guaranteed in every particular. We' absolutely guarantee that the materials are ALL WOOL. We absolutely guarantee the finest tailoring and we guarantee perfect satisfaction as to the fit of the suit. Choice of styles rests with you, selections to be made from a complete Style Sheet, depicting all of the new and good styles. Selections of materials may be made from an assortment of about two hundred of the prettiest weaves and colors or combinations of colors ever shown in Augusta. Nothing shoddy or cheap looking about the suits—and they'll bear as close in spection as to inside workmanship, as the exterior finish. In fact, they are just about the best values you, or anyone else in Augusta, ever saw for the money. Elsewhere they'll bring 25% to 50% more than we're asking. Other Suits $lB and S2O. Take a Look at the Samples the first Time You Are Up Our Way. 25% t050% REGAL TAILORING CO «»• 857 SAVINGS. Richards & Hogan ; of Augusta, Oen'l Mgrs. BROAD. WIL THE [I BOULEVIRD Bl I ■ •* Committee Will Appear Before the Aiken County Supervisor* To Get Funds A delegation of Aiken county citi zens, accompanied by several Inter ! ested Augiißtans, will go over to Aiken tomorrow to appear before the meet ! Ing of the board of county supervls- I ors In the interest of the Augusta ! Aiken boulevard and It Is believed that u sufficient appropriation will b« raised to guarantee the establishment of the highway. Mr. J. C. Lamar, of North Augusta, is president of the boulevard associa tion, and Mr. Jas, R. League, secre tary. They will go over with the del egation and they hope to land the en terprise. Much of the money needed will be given by public subscription and the road will be built without de lay If the supervisors look with favor upon the movement. Only 11 miles of new roadway will have to be open ed up and the remainder of Ihe dis tance will be composed of old roads brought up to a modern standard. If the road Is finished according to pres ent plans It will be one of the finest boulevards In the country. Atlantic Coast Line, now operating freight and passenger service to and from the East to Augusta direct via Robbing and Sumter. Old schedule resumed. Leav e Augusta 2.30 p. m., arrive New York 2.45 p. m. See reg ular schedule Ad. for arrival and de parture from other points. 30-1-2 3-4 DR. GREEN "ATTENDED FARMERS' MEETING Went In the Intereat of flic Agricultural Depart ment of the Georgia-Car oliua Fair. Dr. J. K Green, president of the Sawinnah Valley Associated Farmers’ club*, attended the meeting of the Clarks Htll club yesterday aud de livered an address to the members ' He went tn the Interest of the agrl ! cultural department of the Georgia | Carolina Fair and tt is quite certain that the club will put on a splendid exhibit. Meetings of the farntera’ clubs will : be quite general between now and tho , time of the fair, which wll be the first week tn November. Tteech Island and Clark's Htll held meeting* yesterday and next Wednes 14kJ the Schultz If 111 club will meet Dr. Green »1 1 go down to MlUetvllle. S C. next Friday, where a new chib desires admission to the aasocU tlon and It Ib quite probable that It 1 will be allowed to come tn with [ thanks There are other meeting* scheduled to take place within the time men j Honed, but the dates and detail* of ;the gatherings have not yet been on nounred. WAS ARRESTED FOR STEALING MONEY Officer Stone Brought in James Miles on Saturday Night. Officer Stone arrested Janies Miles Saturday night for larceny from the house It appears tuv. he stole a jtuiall amount of money. NIMY RECOGNIZES TIE JEWISH RIGHTS The United States army has recog nized the Jewish rights in the observ ance of the rites of the church of that faith, by allowing all the sol diers to be absent during Roshasho nah and Yom Klppftr, the Jewish I Christmas and New Year. The date of Roshashonah has already passed, but Monday will be Yom Kippur, and consequently will be observed by the members of the church. The letter In full is as follows: War Department, Office of she Chief of Ordnance, Washington. 36189-472. The Commanding Officer, Augusta Arsenal. Sir: I am directed by the chief of Ordnance to inform you that. In ac cordance with Instructions of the sec retary of war, you permit soldiers of Jewish faith to be absent from their duties for such length of time as may be necessary for them to attend divine services on September twenty sixth and twenty-seventh and Octo ber fifth, next. Respectfully. (Signed). George Montgomery. Major. Ord. Dept., U. S. A. All soldiers of Hebrew faith will be pcrnil'ted to be absent on the dates speriflejl above by reporting their de parture and return to the acting first sergeant. (Signed) D. A. Lyle. Col., Ord Dept. IT. S. C.. Corn'd';'. PISTE SCHOOLS oti nm Water Will Be Hauled To tlie Schools From Some Spring. No Fear Need Be Felt. The public schools are not gtiiny to open until October liiih, bm Mi. private Institutions Have decided open Monday. October sth. St. Mary's Convent will open Mon da.' and the water will be hauled to . the school, so that no parent need 'be afraid to let their children nan In at the opening The water will ibe brought from .one of the springs ; near the city and Is absolutely pure, i The school Is in good shape for the opening. The walls and exterior parts of the buildings have been re paired attd are in better shape that, before the .ilgli water. ’Uhe faculty will be the same as before and the curriculum will lie up to the usual hirh standard. The Richmond Academv will also jopen its historic dOQf! Mol r . ,*ie i Academv Is the only school that has not postponed their original dat. tor the opening. It has always been iheir custom to open about the first of October. The night schools that are operat 'd at the John Milledge and Augurs jta Kie«' Sch. Mil will open Monday night. These schools are a great thing for the boy or young man who has to work In 'he day. He can go to th« so schools for a couple of hours three times a week and it will in no wav effect his* regular cmploj j mem. The boys are beginning to The Question of Theatre-Gowns Is Agitating Augusta Women Now Have you selected your costume for “The Merry Widow, - ’ next week If not, it is most important that you do so right away. The social season is, for one reason and another, opening rather slowly this Fall, and the women of Augusta who have been engrossed with many impor tant. things concerned with their homes have had little time and thought to give to personal adornment. Now, how ever, they realize that it is time for them ,<o begin, since the season is open ing in the theatre with such princely productions as “The Merry Widow," which means, of course thaf elaborate toilets have to be planned for the gor geousness of the raiment on the stage. If it were not for this necessity of hav ing something ready to wear Friday evening and Saturday matinee and night most of our well-gowned women declare they would wait until after seeing the costumes in “The Merry Widow” before NEGRO ARRESTED FOR_FORGERY Detectives Williams aud Bartley ar rested Will Jones Saturday night for forgery. The negro found another negro's account, book with the Union Savings Bank and forged his name on a check for Jo. NIGHT FOREMAN WAS CAUGHT IN A BELT VIENNA, Ga.—Millard Sheppard, thf* night foreman at the Vienna cotton oil company was caug.il n a belt at the mill Saturday morning and Instantly killed. The body was badly mangled, one arm bring *om from ihe frame and marly every bone being broken. Young Sheppard was a member of a prominent Dooly county family and had a largo circle of friends here. The re mains will be sent to UnadUla today for interment. W. H- ANDERSON SUES MRS- T- E- WISE FOR $lB7 W. H Anderson entered suit against Mrs. T E. Wise Saturday morning at the clerk of court s office for $lB7 with interest since July, 1907. The t'l in;ifT claims that he fixed Mrn. Wise's house and was only paid In part for the work done. The amount he Is suing for ts the amount due. | reallae the need they have of an edu cation and are taking advantage of i i hose opportunities. About a hun dred pupils are enrolled at each I school. The night classes at th John Milledge school are under the i supervision of Prof. E. M. Osborne, who Is assisted hr Prof. W. F. Parks. At the Augusta Free school i it is under the charge of Prof. A. F. Otis with Prof. W. H. Sturman ns the assistant. The Tubman High school will open , Monday as water can be gotten at the school. The drinking water Is I to be brought to tbe school in bar i rels that have been thoroughly 1 dearu.ed and will be pure The Sacred Heart Convent will i.pen l heir .loors Monday. This ever I popular institution has a large en rollment this year and it is predicted tbat the present term will be one of I the best in the school s history. The | damages that were caused by the ! watet have been repaired and every | thing Is rn lint-class tba SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4. selecting their own, since this opera is said to be as remarkable for its beauti ful and strictly up-to-date toilets as for its snatchy melodies. After ail, though, this would seem to argue a certain lack of faith in the in fallibility of the Augusta dry goods merchants and milliners, something that would be manifestly unfair since all of us know, that is all of us who have taken pains to acquaint ourselves with well-founded actualities, that the mer chants on Broad street may be relied upon ta do just as unfalteringly Ahe cor rect thing in the way of majfuig ap proved selections as may the merchants of Broadway of JMfth Avenue. No, you can't go far wrong if you choose your gown \or “The Merry Wid od’ at any one of the shops whose of ferings are heralded in today's paper. AT MULLARGY and SULLIVANS. There are to be found here some rare ly attractive princess suits in all the most approved shades of silk, any of which would he most attractive to wear to the theatre. Or, if you prefer to wear a skirt you already have with one of the newest waists, lovely crea tons in white, black, cream net or in col ored silks may be seen at Mullarky and Sullivan's. There are also at this most attractive store any number of beauti ful dress materials with which to make costumes to wear to “The Merry Wid ow, ’ or any other dramatic o. social function. R. L. HUNTER’S Hunter is making a brilliant showing of tailored suits this week, some of tho most beautiful models to be had in'“Au gusta. A number of these are quite sufficiently dressy to be worn to tho opera, being extreme models of the fav ored Directoire style, while others again are severely plain, depending son their excellent effect upon the beauty of their lines and the fineness of the materials. Quite attractive also are the handsome wool suitings at Hunter’s, any one of which would be ideally suited to an elaborate th' toilet. VON KAMP. VAUGHAN AND GERALD. In addition to the many beautiful tailored suits that are being offered at Von Kamp, Vaughan and Gerald’s they are showing a great many lovely dress accessories that will be In evidence at the opera on Friday night. Among these are the new and incomparably graceful Directoire sashes in black and In many of the most delicate evening shades. There is also to be seen here everything new in the way of neck wear. THE ANDREWS BROTHERS DRY GOODS COMPANY. To judge from the sinking propensi ties of the thermometer it is going to be so cool next week that furs will be In great demand and the exceptionally beautiful ones to be seen at the An drews Brothers Dry Goods Co., will form what will probably be the richest addi tion to the "Merry Widow” toilet*. These furs are beautiful in material, graceful in design and are very prettily lined. Taken all in all .they probably make the handsomest display of furs ever seen in Augusta. A great many of the neck pieces and muffs are being shown in Andrews's windows today. BURTON-TAYLOR WISE k.O. The foundation of a gown 1* of course everything and to have on exactly the right kind ot petticoat for the elaborate evening gown to bs worn to “The Mer ry Widow” Is to be sure that one's *kirt is hung in the most perfect man ner possible. The unquestionably cor rect petticoat Is to be found at Burton- Taylor and Wise's in silk, in satin or In heotherbloom, and m every couceivibU • tin 4*i