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THE AUGUSTA SUNDAY HERALD
VOLUME AAV., No. 3
Burton-Taylor-Wise Co.,
“THE SATISFACTORY STORE.”
Monday Morning We Start The New Year With A Perfect Fusilade of Bargains!
In Accordance With Oiu Keeping, We Quote For Monday The Lowest Prices Known To Mercantile Augusta. Advance Orders
For Merchandise Are Rapidly Arriving And In The Lot Are Goods Which Cannot Be Bought Today for Nothing Like The
Price, Especially In Ginghams and Percales; Madras, Both In White And Colored, Lonsdale Cambric, Embroderies And
Mflny Other Specials Mentioned Below. Read Every Item Below, Carefully, And Then Follow Your Convictions,
See Low Prices, Wash Goods
Monday
New 36-in. 12 l-2c Percales in both light
and dark colors, at .. 10c
New lot of soft line mercerized Madras
white grounds with neat figures and
stripes which would be cheap at 25c
special sale at 19c
15c to 25c White Madras in remnants:
lot of new patterns at • .. 10c
12 l-2c 36-in. Dark Percales in remnants
some side bands, special, at .. . .B%c
Remnants of 10c Dress Ginghams, good
for children’s dresses, at .. 6i/ 4 c
New lot of Apro n Ginghams, nice assort
ment of check s should be 7V 2 c, at .. 5c
All of our 10c Flanneletts reduced in this
sale to 7%c
10c to 15c Cotton Dress Suiting in rem
nants to close quick, cut to 5c
Entire stock of new Calicoes, at .. .. 5c
Breaking Up Solid South
Would Not Help Republicans
SOLID SOUTH KEEPS THE
NORTHERN STATES SOLID,
SAYS JUDGE TAFT TO
BIRMINGHAM DEL
EGATION
WELCOMES AGITATION.
Judge Taft Says He Does
Not Mistake the welcome
Given in the South for
Partisan Upheaval—Will
Make Southern Tour.
Judge Taft’s speech to the Bir
mingham delegation Saturday after
noon in reply to a very telling, ad
dress by General Rufus N. Rhodes of
that city, contains sentiments which
will be of interest not only to south
erners but to people in every section
of the country. Mr. Taft's utter
ances in regard to the south are of
peculiar interest, taking as he does
the position, that the breaking or the
south would not necessarily result in
benefit to the republican party, be
cause of the fact that the solidity of
the south has made a number of
states in the north solid.
The great purpose to be achieved
in the breaking up of the solid south
Judge Taft held would be the oblit
eration of sectional political lines.
Judge Taft made it plain that he did
not take the enthusiasm with which
he had been welcomed in the south
to mean that it indicated a great
revolution or upheaval of a partisan
character.
His remarks in full were as fol
lows:
“Gentlemen, the first thought that
comes to me after hearing what I am
Quite free to admit is very sweet
music to me, is a sort of trembling
fear that after four years such a
meeting as this and such expressions
of good will may be impossible—that
it shall be like the man who went into
office with a majority and went out
wt*V jjnanimity. I think the Scrlp
tu *savs something about waiting
until after you take the ar
mor off rather than when you are
putting it on.
“Of course, I am deeply touched by
the very eloquent words that hava
been addressed to me by General
Rhodes, as an evidence of there be
tng in the south today among the in
fluential men an earnest hope, not
that the south is to take one politi
cal complexion or another, bnt that it
is to become a place where politics
New Spring Stock of Dress Ginghams, Both Solid and Fancy,' Fine Line, At !0 Cents.
are as they are in the rest of the
country—a subject of uncertainty; a
subject for discussion; a subject for
independence of action.
“In reference to the visit to Bir
mingham, of course I shall visit your
city. If it be possible for me, I
shall go there on my return from Pa
nama. This is very uncertain, how
ever, because it is uncertain hoy/
long I shall have to stay there, and I
have certain fixed engagements in the
norfh and at my own home in Cin
cinnati which may prevent. If I
can stop on my way from Panama,
I’ll advise you by cable from Pa
nama.
“But in any event, I am coming to
the south early in my administration,
and coming to the important cities of
the south; Birmingham in many re
spects, especially in the respects that
General Rhodes has referred to, is
one of the most important cities in
the south, because it represents the
mining interests of this section,
which are so numerous.
"Birmingham, I have always felt
more or less near to for a peculiar
reason: I was on the bench and
bad to appoint a receiver for operat
ing the Queen and Crescent railroad
from Cincinnati to New Orleans, and
that included Birmingham. Therefore,
I never fel? that Birmingham was
quite so far from Cincinnati as a
good many other places that arc geo
graphically nearer.
“The Gridiron reminiscence is one
that is savored a little bit with tar
tar sauce, but it is always pleasant.
“As to the bar and the bench, in
whose name Judge Weekly has spok
en, of course I should feel very much
at home with them, because we law
yers know, even after the time has
passed since we were lawyers—that
is my case —that there is a bond of
freemasonry between judges and law
yers that not only makes for their
own pleasure and happiness when
they meet, but I am sure makes for
conservatism and soundness in main
taining the public weal and saving
of our institutions those things that
are valuable.
“Now, 1 cannot go to Birmingham
before I go to Panama; I am sorry to
say that. But it is impossible for me
to do go.
“I hope you will not think that I
have misunderstood your coming,
that I am misled into supposing that
this means an extreme movement on
the one hand, or that, it is merely an
Expression of (hospitality on the
other. I hope you will not suppose
that I think it indicates a great revo
lution or a landslide of a partisan
character. What 1 welcome is an
agitation, which means independence
(Continued on page three.)
A A, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUAitY 3, 1901)
January Sale of Embroideries
Never Before Equaled in Our Existence.
15c to 20c Cambric and Swiss Edges and
Insertions, many in match sets; all at
one price 10c
25c to 35c Wide Embroideries, at. ..15c
35c to 50c Corset Cover Embroideries and
Flouncings with wide bands to match,
at 19c
50c and 15c Wide Flouncings, at 25c
35c to 50c wide shirt waist bands at . . 25c
Advance Bargains in White
Goods.
12W and 15c White Lonsdale Cambric
at 10c
15c and 20c White Madras, at 10c
White Check Muslins for Children’s Ap
rons, at V 3y 2 c
36-iu. 2~-<, Soft White Nainsooks, at .. 14c
36-in White Pajama Checks, at .. ..10c
40-in. White Lawns, good thing for lin
ings and Aprons, at 6%c
OVER EIGHT HUNDRED
PERMITS ISSUED IN 1908
Building Inspector’s Re
port Shows May Was the
Most Active Building
Month.
At council meeting Monday night,
Mr T. M. Campbell, buildSlig inspeo
tor, will submit his annual report,
which contais many interesting fig
ures.
During the year just ended, 809 per
mits were issued, representing a to
tal expenditure, for building and re
pairs, of $362,021.55.
Tne most active building month of
the year was May, when $45,072 was
spent in the erection of new struc
tures. December ranked as next
best, with $41,410 expended.
It is a noteworthy fact that more
than twice as much money was spent
for repairing in the month of Sep
tember, after the flood, than during
any other month of the year, per
niits representing an outlay of $17,.
901 having been issued.
A table, showing the number of re
pair and building permits issued dur
ing each month, and the amounts rep
resented thereby, is as follows:
Building
Month. Permits. Amount.
Jan 26 $ 8,667.00
Feb 13 12,992.50
March 14 17,600.00
April 23 39,015.00
May 26 45,072.00
June 18 39,056.20
July 53 25,945.83
Aug 18 21,530.00
Sept 4 5,000.00
Oct 14 37,610.00
Nov 11 8,315.00
Dec 16 41,410.00
Totals 236 $302,213.53
Month. Permits. Amount.
Repair
Jan 31 $ 1,433.00
Feb. 35 4,371.00
March 24 3,492.00
April 35 3,388.00
May 36 1,024.00
June 41 5,421.00
July 19 3,591.75
Aug 56 2,370.25
Sept 42 17,901.00
Oct 49 3,109.50
Nov 53 6,051.00
Dec 151 8.740.50
Totals 573 $59,799.00
STEVENS' BLAYER GIVEN 25
YEARS.
SAN FRANCISCO. —ln Whan
Chong, the Korean who shot and kill
ed Durham White Stevens In this city
last March, was today sentenced to,
25 years Tn the state penitentiary at
San Quentin.
PANIC STRICKEN
MOB INJURED
QUEEN
ROME.—Not one among the res
cuers has shown more self-sacrifice
than King Victor Emmanuel, and the
Queen, too, has taxed her health and
strength to the utmost in giving relief
and assistance to the Injured. Anx
iety for the sovereigns is increasing
in Rome.
Apart froi* the great strain which
their majesties unquestionably are un
dergoing theca is danger from the
earthquake shocks which do not Beem
to have ceased; from walls that have
not yet been levelled; from great pit
falls in the streets, broken streets
and from disease.
The injuries suffered by the Queen
resulted from a panic among the pa
tients in one of the improvised hos
pitals at Messina, when the tremb
ling of the earth and the rumbling
noise indicated another movement of
the earth. The queen was caught In
the rush of patients, who, panic
stricken, were seeking safety in the
open. The panic was soon quelled,
however, and the queen’s injuries,
which proved to be little more than
contusions, were attended to.
NEGRO HANGED IN
TROUP COUNTY JAIL
Lucius Truitt Who Killed
Doc Tatum Paid Death
Penalty Saturday.
LAGRANGE. —Lucius Truitt, a ne-l
gro, who killed another'negro, Doc
Tatum, several months ago, was le
gally executed in Troup county Jail
at 1 o'clock Saturday. Truitt, stated
Just before the trap was sprung that ;
he had nothing against any one and
that h<- was guilty and deserved his
punishment. He was cool and com
posed when he walked to the gallows.
Truitt was convitced In the Novem- ]
ber term of court and confessed to i
having entered Doc Tatum's house, j
a few miles from LaGrange, crushing
his skull yith an axe and attempted ]
to kill Tatum’s wife, leaving them
both for dead. He left those parts, i
but was captured a few days later
by Sheriff Florence. Truitt's wife has
recovered
Truitt's neck was broken and in 12 j
minutes he was pronounced dead. I
big Clearance Sale of Ali
Winter Goods
Entire Stock of Cloaks in Both Ladies and
Childrens, at HALF PRICE.
Entire Stock of Blankets and Comforts,
reduced to ONE THIRD OFF
25 Per Cent Off on Entire Stock of Men’s
Women’s and Children’s Winter Under
wear. /
Attractive Bargains For
Monday.
New 36-in. striped Motor Suitings at .15c
All 10c Outing, reduced to 8c
36-in. 12 1 /dc Percales, at B%c
36-in good heavy smooth Sea Island, at 5c
HACKMAN CARRIED
MEN IB JOIN THE
NIGHTJIDERS
UNION CITY, Tenn.—The defense
rested its case in the night, rider
trials Saturday afternoon and the
state began its rebuttal testimony
which will be concluded Monday. The
grand jury likewise made Its final re
turn including several Indictments,
and was discharged.
When court adjourned uuAii Monday
] Mrs. Wad Morris, whose sensational
j confession of (lerjury Saturday was
j the star feature of the trial; accom
panied by her husband and baby, un
der the protection of six soldiers, left
for Dresden, Weakley county, where
she will live in future. She was In
such terror of her life that she did
not even wait to get her two chil
dren or her personal effects.
The state put btu one witness on
the stand before adjournment, Bob
Curlln, driver of the hack which ply
cd between Union City and Walnut.
Log on the lake. Curiin drove some
of the defense’s witnesses to Walnut
Log the night the fish docks were
burned and saw them leave his con
veyance to Join the right, riders.
On cross examination he said he
took two quarts of whiskey with him
on she drive and at the end of it had
a little less than a quart, left. Asked
if this had not made him “feel his
oats,” he grew indignant, and rev
plied:
“What, drunk on a quart on an
hour's drive? Why, I can prove by
Uncle Bill Gibbs that I drink a quart
before breakfast and never feel it.”
Asserting that on the witness stand i
Friday she had deliberately perjured i
herself for the defense and consci- j
ence-stricken, desired to tell the
truth, Mrs. Morris, wife of one of;
the eight alleged night riders, asked '
to be recalled Saturday. Wad Mor-1
rls swore he was present, the night
Capt. Rankin was killed and recog
nized some of the defendants. Mrs.
Morris, his wife, on the stand Friday j
swort that her husband was at home
that night. She left the stand pale
and trembling and sent for the attor
ney general.
“1 have done a great wrong," Ah“
said. “I have told a lie. My hus
band was not at home that night. Ho
was with the riders. I was forced
by my relatives to testify as I did.
I want to see my husband.”
Her brother-in-law tried to get. her ;
to leave the city with him hut the |
attorney general ordered him away 1
and took Mrs. Morris to her husband,;
The meeting of the young husband j
and wife, separated since October 20
was but pathetic, •
DAILY AND SUNDAY $6.00 PER YEAR
Unusual Pick Ups On Laces
Some odd pieces and broken sets of fine
French Val and round thread Laces,
worth up to 25 c, to close quick price 9c
2 to 4-in. Platt \ <d Edges and Insertions,
worth 10c to 15c, at 5c
2 to 4-in Cluny Bands, at 10c
You Can Save Big Money
Here Monday On
Spreads, Sheets and Towels.
Extra size Spreads, good heavy quality,
nice line of patterns and which would
be cheap n+ $1.50, now 98c
72x90-in. Seamless Sheets, at 49c
20x40 in. Ootton Ilhck Towels, at .. . 10c
Large size, knotted fringe Damask Towels
at 19c
ROOSEVELT SENT
SUPPLIES TO
111
Has Offered Use of Battle
ships to Italy and Will
Ask Congress to Aid Suf
ferers.
WASHINGTON.—President Roost*
veil Saturday night, announced that
he has sent two supply ships with
$300,000 worth of supplies to Italy,
that he will ask congress for addi
tional aid and that he has offered
the use of the battleship fleet to
Italy.
The
egram, made public at the Whit-*
House, which he sent to Patrick Mc-
Gowan, chairman of the American
Italian general relief committee, New
York city.
TOM LONGBOAT WON
THE MARATHON RACE
Dorando the Italian Quit
After He Had Gone More
Than Sixteen Milcc.
BUFFALO, N. Y. —Tom Longboat,
the Canadian Indian, won the Mara
t.hon race here Saturday night, Do
rando, the Italian, quitting after hav
ing gone inure than sixteen miles
After alibi witnesses had been call
ed Saturday the attorney general ask
ed that Mrs. Morris be permitted so
correct her testimony. She took the
stand and said:
”1 was persuaded to tell a lie Fri
day on the stand. I was told by
Joe Hlgg and Jack Long, that unless
\ swore that, my husband was at
orne that night she soldiers would
hang him. They also threatened me
and I was afraid, so I told this lie.
Now, I want to tell the truth.
The wl’nes* bore the taunts and in
nuendoes of the defense's attorneys
and the glares of the Implicated men
patiently but she was badly fright
ened, and often seemed on she point
ol collapsing She declared the at
torney general refused to listen to
her until she had summoned some of
her relatives to advise her.
The defense attempted to show that
some of the acused men were Odd
Fellows. Judge Jones sharply shut
out the testimony with the remark
“Odd Fellows must he tried the j
same as any one else tn this court."
15. EBB SMS SBE
15 MISTREATED
Story of Almcat Savage
Treatment l»y Her Hm
bnnd created sensation in
Court.
i
MEDIA, Pa.—A dramatic reclt.nl ol
wrong alleged to have been Itrswcted
on her, Mrs. M. Florence Erb, who
with her sister, Mrs. Catharine Bet
sel, is charged witli the murder of
Captain J. Clayton Erb, at ihe Erb
country home on the night of October
6, told a story of almost savage
cruelty that, created a sensation Sat
urday in tho Delaware county court
room whore the trial has been In pro
gress since Tuesday. Captain Erb
was held up by his widow Saturday
as having committed needs of bru
tality that startled all who heard It.
On Stand Seven Hours.
Mrs. Erb was on the stand for
seven hours, being one of -.he first
witnesses called by the defense which
opened Its side of the case today,
The commonwealth claimed Ihe
shooting of Captain Erb was deliber
ate, while the defense Is trying to
show that Erb was killed by Mrs.
Ueisel in self-defense.
Mrs. Erb told of her life at Red
Cables, the Erb country home, since
1906, when she first went to live
there with Erb. Who told a har
rowing story of having been beaten,
thrown out of the house on cold
nights, and of having been called vile
names by tho husband on many oc
casions. Quarrels, she alleged, were
of dully occurrence. Even some ol
the servants in the house, she furth
er alleged, insulted her and she was
only laughed at by her husband.
Did Not 3ee Shooting.
She did not see the actual shoot
ing ,she declared, hut recounted the
quarrels she had with the Captain
prior to the shooting during whicj
she threw several household articlee
at him when he attempted to shoot
her. Fearing for her llfe> she went
en to say, she sent for her sister,
who came to her assistance and ths
t-hootlng followed.
VIRGINIA LEAGUE DIDN’T
ELECT THEIR PRESIDENT
RICHMOND, Va.—The Virginia
State baseball league did not meet
today to elect a president, as was
i xpected. The meeting will be held
Instead at Lynchburg on January 11