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About The Augusta daily herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1908-1914 | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1909)
MONDAY, MAY 24. PARKSVILLE, MODOC AND EVANS Fine Old Towns on The C. & W. C. R. R. m Fine Farming and Good Prospects. >Notes and Personals. By A. 11. Upon arriving at Parksviile my first inquiry was naturaly after old friends—among them Mr. L. F. Dorn. This active promoter was about his business at the Twin City Works. A new friend. Dr. W. G. Blackwell, took me in hand, and before I got through The Herald was indebted to him for sundry courtesies. The town has a magnificent site for a tourist hotel, and the whole community is hopeful of its erection. The “Mountain” looks out in all di rections over beautiful views of hills, fields and valleys, one would suppose that a modern hotel, such as is pur posed in structure and management, ought to command a fine patronage winter and summer. The Twin City Power Co., wuth Thos. O’Conner, of Waterford, N. Y., Mr. John S. Griffin and Family of Evans, Ga. as president; H. M. Nabstedt.as en gineer, and L. F. Dorn as local pro moter, is progressing finely. The Ambursen Hydraulic Construc tion Co., of Boston, is financing this several million dollar proposition. Fifty men are grading a road from Parksviile to the Savannah river, where the dam is to be made. The passage way through the im mense dam and the spill way, are by entirely new methods. Seventy-five or eighty families of laborers will soon be provided homes, and while , Mr. C. C. Pollard and Miss Minnie Roberts, of Evans, Ga. it is too early to give details of this important enterprise, the public is glad to know all about it is promis ing. With L. F. Dorn as president. Dr. J&gl MRS. B. M. BUSSEY, Modoc, S. C. W. G. Blackwell, vice president; W. P. Parks, cashier, and a strong board of directors, the Bank of Parksville f Is steadily growing. Rober on Bros. & Elkins is now the f- ccupying the fine brick etcrc T Talbert is at the old sta;: 1, v .. n he is not superintending his farm nearby. J,. F. Dorn & Son have another store, whiie R. N. Edmunds has his same enterprising establishment. Mr. Edmunds has a record of six dollars of,bad accounts in nine years. We owe him one for his last fling when he said “one dollar and five cents of this loss was through two darkies—one of them died, and the other went to Georgia, the same thing! ” An hour or so with Dr. D. A. J. Bell gave me much interesting per sonal information, and we hope to hear from him through our paper. Mr. J. A. Miller, father of Dr. W. C. Miller, of Augusta, has an attrac tive poultry business. Mr. Milier will make a specialty of Rhode Island Reds hereafter and has some fine black Orpingtons he will dispose of cheap. / Hon. T. G. Talbert, formerly united States representative from South Carolina, is devoting his whole time to his plantation interests. The directors of the bank are: Messrs. L. F. Dorn, W. G. Blackwell, W. P. Parks, W. R. Parks, Wm. Rob ertson, J. C. Morgan, 0. D. White, W. M. Elkins. We certainly hope the $1,500 our good friend Miller has in his poultry plant will give it the success it de serves. Rev. L. B. White is pastor of the Baptist church, with Rev. John Bus sey as Sunday school superintendent. Rev. T. B. Lee is pastor of the M. E. churoh. Mr. L. E. Born, Parksville, /* S. C. The work of the Young People’s society is a most interesting literary and religious feature in the town. MODOC. Modoc claims honor with Parksville in the Twin City project, as it lies really nearer to it than does the lat ter. Modoc certainly has prospects of great developments when this elec trical power shall be in operation. The store of Mr. M. H. McDaniel is a credit to the town. This gentle man is a member of the prominent family in the community, known ar successful farmers. Mr. J. H. Marshall is proprietor of the Marshall House, where is af forded good entertainment. It was a great pleasure to be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Bussey while at Modoc. The postofflce in its management is a model, and may well be com mended to some places where mail is carelessly handled. EVANS. Is in Georgia, and is in the midst of a progressive farming section. By the help of our bright corre spondent there, Mr. C. C. Pollard, I soon got my bearings and found my self at the home of Mr?. S. J. Griffin, where I dined. This lady dispenses hospitality with the ease and pleasure common to her clan, being descended from the Keiths, a family intertwined as every body knows with the best of South Carolina and Virginia stock. On the homestead is found the tomb of Marshal] Keith, first cousin to Chief Justice Marshall. Mrs. Griffin has among many inter-] esting relics a daguerreotype of Mrs. Keith, a sister of the chief justice, who died at 103 years. Evans abounds in prosperous stores, among them those of W. J. Rountree, T. C. I.amkln, O. L. Rich ardson, T. J. Waller, W. T. Walton, Parißh & Freeman, P. M. Mulready. Under the kind guidance of Mr. Social Gossip MR. WILLIAM KELLY TO WED MISS MABEL ZEIGLER Cordial, and_most sincere, is the interest felt in the announcement from Mr. and Mrs. Harry Zeigler, of their daughter, Mabel Cecelia, and Mr. William Kelly, of Savannah, the marriage, which will be a beautiful home event, to take plane the latter part of June. The bride to be is the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Zeigler. By birth she is a Savannaliian, but has made her home in Augusta sufficiently long to win many friends by her beauty of person and her sweet, charming man ner. She is a dainty blonde with golden DELIGHTFUL SOIREE. A delightful event which is antici pated with much pleasure by younger Augustans will be the dance soiree, which wiil take place at the St. Pat rick’s Commercial Hal!*tm the even ing of Friday, June 4th, at 7:30, given under the personal direction of Mrs. E. M. St. Amand. Cards of invitation can be obtained from any of the chil dren. Morris orchestra will be in at tendance. —Mrs. J. H. Chapman is back from Bamesvile, Ga. Children Gave Up Picnic to Help Rebuild Burned School The Ladles Auxiliary of the Church of the Good Shepherd will give an ice cream festival at Hickman park next Wednesday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock. All the members of the parish and their friends are asked to come to the festival. The festival is given as the result of an appeal from the Sisters of St. Mary, of Sewanee, Tenn., asking that help be given them so they can rebuild their school which was burned a short time ago. DR. SOULE WILL GO TO IRRIGATION MEET Charleston wants the next Congress and Will Make Every Effort to Get it. SPOKANE, Wash. —Andrew M. Soule, president of the State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts at Athens, Ga., will represent that in stitution at the National irrigation congi'ess which will have: its seven teenth sessions in Spokane, August 9 to 14. Writing to R. Insinger, chairman of the board of control, Prof. Soule says among other things: "I trust the meetjng of the congress will be an unqualified success. Un less something unforseen arises, I hope to have the pleasure of being present on that occasion.” It may be interesting to the people of Georgia to know that South Caro lina, through the commercial club at Charleston, is a contender for the 1910 congress. It is believed that South Carolina will have the support of the United south. Chicago and Pueblo, Colo., will also make bids for the meeting next year. The plan to have the 1910 gathering outside of the west is favored by many, as it will be an educational movement to take it either to the south or west, where irrigation is not so well understood as in the west. AIKEN PERSONAL AND SOCIAL NEWS • Special to The Herald. AIKEN, S. C.—Miss Carrie Morgan the principal teacher of the school near Bethcar, has just completed a successful school term Friday and | was In the city Saturday, and after ! a short visit tp her aunt., Mrs. Mary ! McCarty, left for her home, near | Clarks Hill. Miss Ruth Morgan of Clarks Hill, | has returned to her home after a pleasant visit to Jier cousin, Mrs. Mary Goss, of Kitchings Mill, j Capt. Claude Sawyer was at Ridge I Spring Saturday on legal business. 'John Griffin, J. P., I had a view of i some fine farming. Himself a suc cessful modern-day farmer, Mr. Grif fin took great interest in showing the farms of Mr. M. T. Gray and oth ! ers. Mr. Gray works among his hands, leading the way, and going on to the improvement of his place, which in a few years has quadrupled ;in value. The estate of Mr. Chas. Bohler, tax 1 collector of Richmond county, irs widely known as one of the most up ! todate to be found anywhere. Here, {as elsewhere in this section, cotton I raising is giving way to grain and other rotating crops. Mr. A. Bindewald, of Augusta, is establishing here an immense poultry plant, under the management of Mr. E E. Mclntosh, of Vermont.. Mr. Mc- Intosh has a fine record for Madison Square Garden prizes, and orginated | the strain of Columbian Wyandotte*. ! A group of Evans young ladies ; kindly agreer to let. us have their photo for publication, but as It. did not do them justice, it does not. ap pear. It was pleasant to meet Mr. F. 8. Gray and I regretted missing Captain Hensley, who was at his post on the road. Young Bee* for sale. Hemstreet Bro*. THE AUGUSTA HERALD hair, great brown eyes, and a shell like complexion. She has a beauti ful, graceful figure, and a decidedly chic air, that is most attractive. It is with «the sincerest of regret that her friends realize that her marriage will be the occasion of her making her permanent home in held old home —Savannah. Mr. Kelly is one of the well know’n young business men of Savannah. He is prominently identified with the SavejUh’s commercial world and is also very delightfully known to Au gust friends made during his fre quent fisits to this city. —Friends of Mr. Roy Freeman, who spent, several months here last winter and who is now r located In New York, will sympathize w r ith him upon the death of his younger broth er, which was occasioned by an acci dent while swimming in the tank of the Syracuse University, which he was attending. —Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Parr leave tonight for Macon, Ga. —The many friends of Mr. Claude Brown will learn with deep regret that he is indisposed at his home on Bridge Row. The school was one of the best chari ties in the South. The Junior Auxiliary was to have had a picnic 'last week, but they have decided not to have the picnic and to give the money towards re building the school. The Sisters of St. Mary take the children of the Tennessee and without, cost teach them. The Sisters since the fire have been without adequate clothes or money. They appeal to all the parishes in the South. DR. EVANS MAY BE BISHOP CO-ADJUTOR Special to The Herald. COLUMBIA, S ,C.—Friends here and throughout the state of the Rev. William E. Evans are interested in the movement that has started among the Episcopal lajity of Virginia to make Dr. Evans bishop co-adjutor of that state. Dr. Evans is now serv ing as rector of the church of the Advent at Birmingham. He wns formerly rector of Monumental Epis copal church at Richmond. He served several yenrs In Columbia as rector of Trinity church, preceding the late Dr. Churchill Saterlee, who in turn preceded the Rev. Dr. Charles Martin Niles. Dr. Evans delivered a numbei of lectures in leading cities in South Carolina. SMITH MAKES REPLY TO MAJ. CUMMING Counsel For Strikers Sets Forth Argument. In a card given to the Atlanta press early Saturday afternoon, E. A. BalJr vice president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, replied, thru Burton Smith, attorney for the brotherhood, to the charges of Major J. B. Cpmming, general counsel of the Georgia railroad, who Saturday morning published a card stating there was no real question of white suprem acy involved in the strike. Mr. Smith’s statement, follows: “Major J. B. Gumming, general counsel of the Georgia railroad, has issued a card in reference to the strike on that road. Major Cumming stands so high in Georgia that his mere support of any position carries much weight to that position, and for that reason, as counsel for the firemen, I wish, briefly to call at tention to Mr. Scott’s card. "Major Cumming , in substance, takes the position that there is no race question involved with the fire men and that the railroad has made no attack upon white supremacy. Let us see what Mr. Scott himself has said upon the subject. In his card, published on Tuesday, the 18th, ex plaining the cause of the strike, Mr. Scott says that the firemen made the following demands: “ ’All firemen who are hired will be placed in freight or yard service, and the oldest, white firemen will stand for passenger engines or runs. “ ’Passenger, thru, local freight and yard engines will not be block ed by non-promotable men.’ “Mr. Scott goes on to say that ihese demands present an insurmount able obstacle to agreement., ‘because the adoption of such stipulations would utterly and completely destroy the reasonable rights of seniority in runs which had been acquired by ne gro firemen by long service and who had been found worthy of promotion simply as firemen by reasom of their efficiency and faithfulness.’ It would seem that this very lan guage of Mr. Scott’s says that he gives the negro superiority, Mr. Scott further says, referring to the complaints of the firemen: "But the gravamen of their and Mr. Ball’s efforts was the destruction of the col ored fireman’s right of seniority as described and the appeal to feeling and prejudice in alleging the Georgia railroad’s practice made the negro firemen superior to the white.” t. hat more is necessary to show Ask About Our Club Plan, The Easy Way To Furnish Houses &>? \/ AUGUSTA S ONLY DEPARTMENT STORE Tuesday Always Bargain Day Housefurnishings Department OUR TUESDAY HOUSEFURNISHING SALES, RECENTLY INAU GURATED, HAVE ALREADY TRANSFORMED TUESDAY, A DAY LOOKED UPON AND ACCEPTED BY MANY STORES AS ONE OF IN EVITABLE DULLNESS, INTO A DAY OF EXTRAORDINARY ACTIVI TY. WE OFFER SUCH MERCHANDISE AS IS ABSOLUTELY NEEDFUL, EVERY BARGAIN IS GENUINE AND A MONEY SAVER. DOUBLE “S. & H.” GREEN TRADING STAMPS, BE FORE 12 O’CLOCK, IN THIS DEPARTMENT. : Silver Plated Knives , 98c It is quite a treat to get these splendid Landers Frary & Clark’s all steel, heavy silver plated knives, at the price we make for this sale. Neat pattern, regular $2.00 set, Tuesday, at* .. Sable Tumblers , 50c 200 dozen pure crystal glass table tumblers, heavy colonial pattern, large size, fine for serving ice water, 80c dozen regular, Tuesday, at Water Bottles 25c 200 heavy Colonial pattern Water Bottles, 75c values, .. . $2.50 Reading Lamps , $1.49 100 extra large nickel plated B. &H. Reading Lamps, with centre draft, complete with chimney, burner, and 10 inch white dome C I 4 Q shade, extra large size, $2.50 values, Tuesday, at Bowls and Pitchers $1.29 Bowl and pitcher sets, extra large roll rim bowls, large size pitchers, tinted with pink, blue or green and white and gold, regular $2.50 I OQ values, Tuesday, set .. Cut Glass Pieces $2.98 Just about. 100 pieces in this lot left from our recent, big sale. Many desira ble pieces, pretty patterns, comports, bowls, nappies, vases, celery trays, su gar and creams, etc., worth from $4.00 to SB.OO, CO Qft Tuesday, choice Canary and Cage $2.98 Famous Canaries from the llartz Mountains, se lected, full throated singers, real “rollers,” many a bird alone has been sold for $5.00, that did not sing half so sweetly. Come hear Them sing and pick your choice, canary and solid brass CO QC cage, two cups and cedar swing, for .. Table Tumblers , 39c Thin, plain lead blown water tumblers, good standard grade from our regular stock, cheap at 60c dozen, the regular price, TQf special tomorrow, dozen that the Georgia railroad has made the race issue? Mr. Scott also condemns Mr. Ball, the vice president of the Firemen’s Brotherhood, upon the ground that his (Mr. Ball’s) action will, If success ful, "mean an end of industrial free dom for the negro which has ever been the South's proud and rightful boast In other pursuits." The South gives the negro a fair opportunity to work in his sphere, but t tie South does not wish to see the negro competing with skilled labor. Especially is this competition ob noxious in the case of a fireman, be cause the white fireman must put his clothes In the same locker where the negro puts his and practically use the same dressing room as does the negro. The record shows that the real is sue Is the race Issue and that that issue has been made by the railroad. Mujor Gumming’# conclusions are not sound. The cause of the rail road Is a bad cause and while I have a profound regard for the eminent ability and character of Major Gum ming, I do not believe even bis dis tinguished name will be able to sus tain that cause. BURTON SMITH, Attorney B. of L. F. & E. Crank Sifters 10c 150 heavy tin crank sifters, IA„ regular 25c value, at .. .. TRAINMEN TAKE NO PART IN VIOLENCE TO FIREMEN MAGON, Ga. Macon has sustain ed little inconvenience from the strike of firemen on the Georgia rail road, save the delay in the movement of trains. Little uftort has been made to observe schedules with the situa tion as it is, but so far no sort, of violence has been reported here. The strikers generally are taking no part In the damage to property or the hindrance to the movement of trains at this point,—Atlanta Georgian. MAYOR OF LITHONIA SAYS NO VIOLENCE IN THAT TOWN "Absolutely no acts of violence or semblance of violence have been com mitted at Llthonia in Ihe strike of the firemen of the Georgia railroad, and out citizens are Indignant at the re ports of disorder there that, have gained currency,” said A. M Brand mayor of Llthonia Halurday rqprn ing. "These reports,” continued Mr. Brand, “have been spread abroad by the authorities of the Georgia road in the public prints and in Manager Scott’s complaint to the governor to PAGE SEVEN create sympathy for the railway, and it is being done to the great injury of (he law-abiding people of Llthonla. 1 have investigated the alleged In slances of disorder In my capacity a* mayor and have ascertained that they are entirely unfounded. Bhot* Fired From "Train. "It was said that shots were fired Into a freight train last Tuesday night. I learned from a number of reputable citizens that these shots were fired by men on top of the truln, supposedly special officers of the road, and that the men fired out across the town as the train was pulling out of the sta tion. “As mayor of Llthonla I intend to protect the property and employees of the railroad from any violence and I also intend to protect the citizens of LI then I a from acts of disorder on the part of the road’s employees. I put. the road on notice now that I won’t stand for the shooting up of my town by thely employees. Only last night two irten claiming to be em ployees of the road and swaggering about the town were found to be carrying concealed weapons and were arrested and locked up by the mar shal. I am thoroughly tired of sland erous reports being circulated about Llthonla.’’
