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THE AUGUSTA SUNDAY HERALD VOLUME xm., No. 280. I A Big Bargain in Ladies Cloaks .Ladies’ 52-in. Black and Castor Coats. These are limited, and can not last ~54.98 Monday we place an array of Bargains on sale that should interest every Dry Goods buyer in this community. Some of these values may seem almost impossible to you, but if you will make us a visit Monday we can better verify these facts. Such a collection of seasonable merchandise at such low prices has not been offered the people in quite a while. Silk and Heatherbloom Potticoats Every woman in Augusta should visit this sale and se cure one of these remarkable values: . Good quality, extra wide imitation Heatherbloom, black petticoats, which would be cheap at SI.OO, sale price as long as they last 75c Genuine Hydegrade Heatherbloom, ticket on each skirt in black and colors. These wear better than silk, at $1.98 $5.00 blaek and colored silk petticoats, at $3-98 Silk Slaughter Continues One entire center counter of odd pieces and remnants of plain taffetas and fancy silks, worth up v o SI.OO Quick; selling price only 39c Outings, Ginghams and Percales 82-in. New Dark Fall Percales, should be Sc, in this sale at oc New lot of good quality of apron ginghams, in a fine range of patterns, at 5c Remnants of new Fall Dark Outings, at 5c ASSAULT ON SPARTANBURG JAIL REPULSED BY USE OF FIREARMS Several Per tons Wounded When Mob Sought To Capture Negro Aseailant of Miss Lillie Dempsey. SPARTANBURG, S. C.—ln th« hexrt of Spartanburg with its 20,000 popula tion a mob of infuriated oitlaen*, at times numbering a thousand or more, fought today and tonight with the mili tary and civil authorities for the pos session of John Irby, a negro who is alleged to have attempted to ravish Miss Lillie Dempsey earlier in the day while | the young woman was on her way here from Saxon Mill village, three miles away. Four persons were wounded, one of them seriously and John Spark*, a restaurant keeper, was arrested and held without bail on the charge of shooting j Sheriff Nichols, who was slightly wound i ed in the exchange of ahots between the mob and the authorities who were pro tecting the prisoner. Beginning about noon the crowd, sul len and hent on vengeance on the re ar-, roamed about tho court house , square, approaching at times the very gates of the high wall enclosing the jail. I.ate tonight the sltuatien became alarming. The crowd wae augmented by 500 people from Greenville, There was some shooting In the street and the mob mbved into the public square. The first shot came from a window of the Jail and it was followed by others from the same quarter. An answering slwt was fired from the crowd This br-kc a window In the Jail and slighMy wounded Sheriff Nichols. His attor ney. offered 11,000 ball tonight but this was refused. Those wounded by the of fers when they fired on the crowd were: Grover Fowler, 14 years old, shot In the <rm and hands Brnest Foster, 20 years of age sertouely wounded In the side and shoulders and Garner 22, years old slightly wounded In the hip. all mill operative*. just before night fall, the guard at the Jail was augmented by the arrival of the Morgan riflea. fifty atrong from Olft',.l. a suburban mill town and later by a company of state troops from Laurens. The Hampton guards. 40 strong, the local company of stats troops had been St tha jail since 1 o’clock today A hundred regulation army rifles, protrud ing from windows, doors, and porch's 4|Pthe buildings present'd a formidable • r-position for the consideration of the inob leaders. Governor Ansel left his home in Greenville, 40 mllee west of here nr, a special train tontght. As this Is a prohibition town the main source of sup plying the demand for liquor is thtough the office of the gouthern Eapr'SS ewr,- peng and the establishment was at used BURTON-TAYLOR-WISE CO. THE SATISFACTORY STORE THE GOOD NEWS CONTINUES THE DOLES-COOK BIIGMOEURION The Dole*-Cook Brigade of the Sur vivor*’ association will hold a Brigade re-union on the state capitol steps the first day of the re-union. The follow ing order has been issued. Doles-took Brigade, Survivors’ Association. Atlanta. Oa., Oct. Ist 190 K. This is to notify the surviving mem bers that there will be a Re-union of the Brigade on the afternoon of the first day of the Division Re-unlon, whicli oc curs at Atlanta, Oa., on the 22nd and 23rd. of October. H. W. Thomas, W. W. Hulbert Secretary. Commander. early this afternoon, insofar as the de livery of whiskey was concerned. n . her* were threats of dynamiting the Jail, and j precautions were taken to prevent all known supplies of tlie explosive guard. While today’s crim of th" n#*gro Irby was the chief cause of the rnohs fuiy! the presence In the Jail of two other negroes, against whom there was from i time to time, recently been threats of violence added to the excitement. One of these negroes, Clarence Agnew, wrecked a passenger train on the main line of the Pouthern railway two weeks ago, near Duncan, H. C., and the engi neer and fireman were killed In that wreck. It was expected that Agr.ew would be tried at the last term of court but fer some unexplained reason he was not | tried. The other negro. Will F-- er. was | twice convicted of the revolting murder of John Young, a white man list No i vevnber. Irby's arrest was effected shortly , after the commission of ids crime arul close to the scene of his attack- Il<* raptured by Mill operatives, was Liken before the young woman who Immedia tely identified him and was then car ried Into the woods. His captors wer ! about to lynch him when mounted po jll arrleved arid wrested him from tho crowd, not however, before the negro | had been badly beaten. Tne negro was I *sken to the jail arid almost Immediately the storming of the jail began ! Sheriff Nichols swore In a number of i deputies and the militia was ofdored j out. The mob tried to gain ing ”♦**» by means of stepiadders but lua*. too was 1 mpffee' AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, 1908. W. J. BRYAN MADE TWENTY SPEECHES WAS GIVEN BIG RECEPTION ON WINDING UP OF HIS LATEST TOUR AS TO STATE TICKET Urged Voters To Elect the Democratic State Ticket As Well As Support ing the National Ticket. KT. JOSEPH, Mo. With a record of j twenty speeches delivered during the day ! Wrn. J. Bryan brought to a c!<a in ibis city flaturday night his latest tour. The j reception accorded him w.ia a fitting fi j nale to unprecedented demonstrations i which marked his progress through this j state. He was up and doing as early Ins seven o’clock in the morning. Hat j urday’s journey, which was through right counties of the state, m'gir well be termed a “Harmony meeting" for aboard the special train were represen tatives of the several factions of >he democracy of Missouri, who were out spoken In their determination to actively support the national and state tickets. These included Wrn. B. Cowhard, n'-mi ' nee for Governor, former governor l*on | Htephens, Davis A Ball. Judge Win. If. | Wallace and 11. F. HtahH, th» deb ited i candidate for governor, W. K. Fainter, I nominee for lieutenant goveronor. I Htnte 1 hfilrman. Itube<- and former I DaVtg Kiafo is. J From the moment of his first ut- J terance until he had concluded his re • nv rks here, Mr. Bryan declared that the electoral vots of the state o' Mom ;url w*h safely democratic and he devoid; • nsldcrahle time to urging the peo ple to elect the state tlcke us well i s » legislature which would send to Wash ington a democratic senator. He sought | to Instill In the minds of hi* hearer*, I ibe fact that a democratic /Ictory this 1 v. ,r meant a return of prosperity. He did not overlook president Roosevelt In ' d missing tr • trust question and r* d ,i communication from th<- act-ng at- | I torney gen oral if tha United Stales, j Now is the time to get your supply of fall underwear before the stock is broken for it oan not last long at these prices: Ladies’ Bleached Ribbed, long sleeve corset covers, 25c Ladies’ long sleeve medium weight bleached vests and pants, at 25c Big assortment of Children’s vest and pants, ranging in price from 15c upward. Men’s Ribbed Cotton Shirts and drawers, at .. .. 49c Blankets and Comforts Included in this sale. Comforts, made of nice, soft carded cotton covered with silkoline, tacked with wool zephyr, on sale at . .sl-19 Comforts made of soft white carded cotton,, Almost like down, covered with fine delicate colored floral silkoline, at .. .. $2.49 Beautiful soft half wool silver gray blankets, worth $3.50, on sale at $2.98 Fine 11-4 all wool plaid blankets, at $4.85 11-4 Soft next to wool gray and tan blankets at . .$1.39 New Fall Dress Goods One Center table of 38 in Mohair, 36 in. Armures, 38 in. Wool Serges, 38 in. Wool Panamas, 38 in. Wool Mix tures and various other weaves, all at one price 49c Late Cassia Chadwick, who has just now been re vealed as a smuggler by a hook written by William H. Theobald, former con fidential agent of the U. S. Treasurer, whose picture is shown to the left. At the bottom is shown Mrs. Chatlwiek’s hand covered with jewels, as was her custom. I which he Interpreted as a dlffct re- I fusal on the part of the law Jepartmerit j of the government to prosecute a cor * r*oratkm for conducting it* bust**** in ifstralnt of trade. He produced th * let | ’er, he said, to show the Iniquity of the ! trusts, end attacked the president, a* Ihe charged, for shirking his duty. Mr. I Taft, is usual got Ms share of frill r ism. the democratic '*ndld>t* pointing r«ut that his republican opponent was go lf 9 nrotird the country making pre-mines which he knew h" could not fulfill, for 1‘ tie so id the republican party wnt unable to of for any real reforms. Cassic Chadwick Revealed As Smuggler . , —> '-.I •Pr ■ :< While speaking at Glasgow to a big ! crowd, an Inclpfcmt panic occurs*!, caus ed by some one making a outcry that a train was coming. Men, women and children In their desire to get off th" track were knocked down, several wo man fainted and two old men and n » old woman appeared to be badly hurt. Mr Bryan urged tho people to bo calm. The train was flagged and tho ( DAILY AND SUNDAY, $6.00 PER YEAR. Monday a Good Time to Buy Your Sheets, Spreads and Towels 72xfi0'in. 50c shtets, at 39c Extra large size, fine heavy white bed spreads, which if you paid $1.50 for, you would get, good value, our sale price ,98c White and colored bordered heavy buck towels, In both hemstitched and plain hemmed, at 19c Good size bleached turkisli towels, at .. 13c Good size knotted fringe Damask towels, at .. ... ..19c Ladies Beautiful Tailored Suits in a profusion of styles, simply bewildering to the eye at prices surprisingly low. All we ask you to do is to inspect our stock and get our prices and they will do the rest. Nicely tailored suits, commencing in price as low as $lO. Magnificent line at $15.00, $20.00 and $25.00. j fright was over. The crowd again sur- I geo around the candidate's oar and ho j spoko a few minutes longer. . tr. Bryan left at midnight for Lincoln where tie will remain until Tuesday j mort.lng When he again starts west - j ward spending three days In N* hraakn : and making flying trips to Colorado md | j Wyoming. * Bleaching and Sea Island 36-in. Soft Cambric Fin isli Bleaching, at .. ,6%c j 36-in. nice, fine smooth, I saa island, this will wash | soft and bleach, at sc' GOV.GLtNH IPPEILS FOB DEB NB3W YOltK--(iov. itohsrt B. Glnnn, of North Carolina, speaking at tha de mocratic travelers Isagus hero Hatur day, appealed to tils hearers to support Ihu whole national democratic tlukst and lie assured thorn that if Mr. Bryan is elected he will “luk* cars of tho trusts In Andrew JackMou fuahlon.’’ Tha gover nor Him lan d that Mi . Taft is not th# nominee or 'ho people hut is tho p*r souul candidate of President Uoosovsit. “And now come* tin* liusband of Miss Alien Roosevelt” continued Guv. Glenn, tslling uh that Mr. itoosavelt. is goihg to he president again In ISIS. Hhades of Washington. Hhud'n of Jefferson, God forbid, that thin country Hubrnit ui such a inonurchlal scheme an that.” bpcaklng of the labor injunction piarik Inserted In Ma democratic platform. Governor Ghoin said. ”1 was a delegate to the convention and know whereof 1 speak when 1 say that republican* threaten'd that, by tho KM ot Riflgty, Alter thiy imd turngd down labors request, they would elect Taft. They said w« would not dare to put the injunction in the platform. If We did not IriN'-i t It, they said, we would be offered u fair fight in the cam paign.” Ho said that although Bryan Ims been twice defeated, be is stronger today than any candidate before the country In years. ’’Any man who says the Booth Is go ing republican dot« not know what he is talking about ” H.ild the governor, "The Houth will vote democratic, not because of secitoiiul feeling —God knows we me for tha union and tilt United Htal<» country and one flag -but wa will vote democratic for the sake of ail take, cun of the masses and not the classes." THE POPPING OF POPPER. A young person named PerctvaJ Pop per Once propose d to u girl prim uml proper, Hhe replied: M U*s it go; HUII, It s more coniine 11 Taut First to pop to papa, Mr Popper.** Llpplncotts. WRIGHT INVITED TO VIRGINIA. WAHHINOTUN Hecretary Wright has received invitations from Norfolk and Lynchburg, Vn., to sp«ak on bchulf of Bnc.rutM.ry Tuft before th* class of th* campaign, but has not decided whether to accept. He will iJHtak at Richmond on th* 21th Instant. He said today that he did not expect to speak in Tennessee during tha Campaign.