F 294 .P9 E4 Copy 1 1 Auguata, ^Mrnta OF TO-DAY ®!|? (^n^m Olttg of tl|? Bmtb Ktlmtu BUtm ^ublisljf & BttDrr titr AusJ^trcii nf Augusta 2IO60? Nd. 205 1. p. (i. E ••• ••• • ii.vKi • * « • • • •• • • » • • • Glass JESa^i- ^Iks, 3eneVo|eJ ^nJ prohc\-\v<. ord^r o/, ^£Msf^_Uee., n'c^- THE COMING CITY of jt the SOUTH 11 A«n«0ta, O^a An Illustrated folder published under the Auspices of t \ Augusta TXulig?, 1. f . (§. E No. 205 .. AND WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AT .. CINCINNATI AND ST. LOUIS SETTING FORTH THE ADVANTAGES OFFERED THE HOME SEEKER, IN THE "GARDEN SPOT OF THE V. WORLD" AND THE OPPORTUNITIES AFFORDED FOR INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL INVESTMENTS. ^ i I \ u 1 I NA/HERE WE BROWSE I \ 'i. i I if I f I I I 11 SCENE AT LAKE \ IhU 1-AkK. Al 1,1 SIA. CEOKGIA. Au0uata iCobgp 1. p. (i. Tilka. Nn. 205 i^ I \ i i I ■J? ^ I I I I I i I i i? i«ixxxxx3««tt£Ss«o«a«a««jxxi£\\\\vv B. W. BARROW, Secretary. T. S. RA WORTH. W. 11. MUNDAY. Exalted Ruler. ■it J. J. MILLER, Treas. J. J. EVANS. Esteemed Loyal Knight. F. E. BEANE. Esteemed Leading Knight. H. C. MORRISON, P. E. R. C. D. PERKINS. J. B. KEENER. C. FLEMING. ELKS CLUB BUFFET. ®l|? Work at tljf INCE the organization, May, 1891, of the Augusta Lodge, No. 205, B. P. O. E., it has ever taken a prominent position for the ad- vertisement and development of its home cit}'. At ils inception the lodge embraced in its membership a number of prominent citizens who at once co-operated with every movement created for the good of dear old Augusta. At various periods books and pamphlets descriptive of the city and its territory have been issued under the auspices of the lodge. In all of this work they have received liberal and hearty support from the people at large, to which at this time grateful acknowledgment is made. In presenting the latest of the number of the books issued by the Elks the reader is requested to carefully examine its contents and become familiar with the beau- teous and many natural advantages of Augusta, Ga., justly called the Queen City of the South Atlantic States. 1 • i I •y / / / i ELKS CLUB BILLI.^RD ROOM. 1. 5 1 :XX«X3t1£SMat1«t«OtX«S«M«£5SS«M«S»«XXVKV%Jt^^ ^WfCunB- Auguata ICnbg^, l.f,®. Tilks, N0. 2D5 U%\\\-\\%\\\^S\>%%N%%*»XX3^X?t%%*1^5iX343«XXX3aSXXX$««tX3«kXXX3»SkX3S3^^^ W. R MUNDY, Exalted Ruler. F. F.. BEANE, Esteemed Leading Knight. J. J. EVANS, Esteemed Loyal Knight. LOUIS BROOKS, Esteemed Lecturing Knight. B. W. BARROW, Secretary. J. J. MILLER, Treasurer. C. L. BAILEY, Esquire. H. C. PARKER, Ti7fr. W. H. STALLINGS, Chaplain. 1. H. COHEN, Inner Guard. J. H. McKINZIE. W. P. HIXSON. A. LYMAN, Organist. TRUSTEES J. B. KEENER. AUDITING COMMITTEE J. J. EVANS. C. D. PERKINS. H. C. MORRISON. CLUB GOVERNING BOARD W. R. MUNDAY, President. W. S. MORRIS, Vice President. C. FLEMING. W. P. HIXSON. W. A. LYON. F. G. TURPIN, .Manager. T. S. RAWORTH. E. J. HANSBERGER. J. B. KEENER. H. C. MORRISON. H. C PARKER, Secretary and 1 rcasurer. DEWEY, The .llasotlr. LIST or MEMBERS OF AUGUSTA, GA.. LODGE, NO. 205, B. P. O. ELKS, JULY i, 1904. ALEXANDER, T. W. ADAMS, J. H. ALLEN, R. E. ARMSTRONG, J. P. ARMSTRONG, T. JOS. BREDENBERC;, J. H. BRENNER, J. A. BOHLER, C. S. BLIGH, T. C. BARROW, B. W. BENNETT, J. J. BARRETT, THOS., Jr. BAILEY, C. L. BARRETT H. GOULD BALLANTINE, R. L. BEANE, F. E. BENNETT, W. S. BEACHAM, W. W. BELL, GEO. H. BEESON, C. W. BINDEWALD, A. BLACKSHEAR, A. BOWE, W. F. BOARDMAN. R. H. BODEKER, F. J. BRILL, ABE BROOKS, LOUIS BURKE, J. A. BUSH, GEO. BUSH, F. C. BAILEY, T. J. CAVANAUG, W. F. CARTWRIGHT, A. H. CARTER, J. B. CHAFEE, O. J. CHAFEE, J. W. CLARK, J. W. COHEN, C. H. COHEN, L H. COONEY, W. J. COOPER, F. L. COURTNEY, E. W. CRANSTON, J. M. CRAWFORD, C. J. CROSLEY, J. W. CROWELL, D. F. DALY, T. J. DANIEL, E. L. DAN FORTH, W. P. DAVIS, L. S. DAVIS, J. L. DAWSON, W. R. DERRY, W. R. DeVAUGHAN, l. p. DIMMOCK, W. H. DORR, L. A. DORR, F. X. DORR, O. J. DOBSON, C. R. DOUGHTY, J. J. DOWNEY, M. J. DREGER, W. T. DUNBAR, A. S. DUNBAR, A. S. EVE, O. R. EVANS, J. J. EVANS, L. T. FLEMING, C. FORD, T. R. FRANKLIN, A. L. GANAHL, JOS. GARRETT, T. C. GEHRKEN, FRED GODIN, H. J. GOETCHIUS, J. E. tiREDIG, W. G. c;reen, C. D. GUESS, R. S. HAMMOND, H. C. HANKINSON, R. W. HANSBERGER, E. J. HEATH, G. E. HEGGIE, NEWT HEMPHILL, S. A. HENRY, L. J. HERMAN, W. A. HILL, A. E. IHXSON, W. P. HORKAN, P. D. HOWARD, GEO. H. HOWARD, T. G. HUNT, R. W. INMAN, J. W. JACKSON, J. U. JACKSON, W. M. JESTER, W. G. JONES, A. D. JONES, GEO. C. JOSSEY, J. T. JOWITT, GED K.-WANAUGH, J. E. KEENER, J. B. KELLY, P. A. KENNEDY, HENRY KENNEDY, J. J. LAGERWALL, T. LAWRENCE, B. LESTER, B. E. LEVY, J. WILLIE LLOYD, JUDD Q. LOWE, F. E. LYMAN, ARTHUR LYON, E. J. LYON, W. A. LYON, J. LLOYD MARKS, W. B. MARKS, C. F. MARSH, J. F. MARTIN, C. N. MAXWELL, H. C. MEEHAN, J. T. MILLER, J. J. MILLER, L. T. MILLER, J. M. MILLER, D. F. MILLS, R. L. MICHEL, H. F. MORRIS, W. S. MORRIS, J. H. MORRIS, W. J. MOTHNER, JOS. MORRISON, H. C. MULHERIN, W. J. MULLARKY, J. A. MULLARKY, W. J. MUNDAY, W. R. MURPHEY, E. E. MURPHEY, R. H. MEYER, F. CARL MYERS, S. H. MILLER, C. M. McAULIFFE, C. V. McAULIFFE, T. G. McARTHUR, W. A. McDANIEL, A. H. McGEE, W. E. McKENZIE, C. F. McKENZIE, J. H. NEEDHAM, C. C. NEILL, WM. NORRIS, M. J. NURNBERGER, W. H ODOM, H. O. O'DONOHOE, W. J. O'CONNOR, T. H. OETJEN, HENRY PALMERI, L.'j. PARKER, H. C. PATTERSON, R. S. PERKINS, C. D. PIKE, F. W. PIKE, F. W. PHINIZY, BOWDRE PHINIZY, FRED'K. PILCHER, A. C. R A WORTH, T. S. RAE, CLARENCE RAWORTH, H. F. RENNIE, T. H. REYNOLDS, F. G. RIPLEY, H. A. RHODES, P. A. ROBBE, C. A. ROBBINS, J. B. ROBERTSON, J. L. SAPP, J. A. SAUL, W. II. Jr. SCHWEIGERT, WM. SHAW, F. G. SHERON, P. F. SHERON, W. J. SHERON, T. J. SHEEHAN, EDW. SMITH, J. W. SMITH, H. C. SPETH, F. L. STALLINGS, W. H. SYLVESTER, S. M. STEMBRIDGE, H. II, TARVER, W. O. THOMAS, A. A. THOMAS, J. D. TIMMERMAN, G. W. TISCHER, A. F. TURPIN, F. G. THOMPSON, J. W. VASON, T. C. WALLACE, D. G. WALKER, WM. D'A. WARD, I. P. WARD, J. J. WATERS, W. A. WELTCH, GEO. P. WICKER, G. T. WILLINGHAM, R. K. WILSON, W. I. WINGFIELD, NTSBET WHITE, W. P. WRIGHT, BOYKIN WHITE, CLARENCE \N\ \\V\\\N\\\%V'CVX>>V^^^^'^^^^^^^^^'*^^^^^^^^^^^^'^^'* N\\\\\N%\\\\X>\ ■ 7 0f tl]^ g'nittli ««J^xx\ss%ssx%xs%%>>5>^%^%x%>%x^^^^^^^^^^^^^vv^^v^sxx%^>»^3^%%%3«t3«x\s>^J«x EORGIA, the greatest in area of any State east of the Mississippi River, embraces 5.9475 square miles, and nearly equal in size to all New England. It was settled Febru- ary I, 1/77, l^y Gen. James Oglethorpe, and was the last of the original thirteen colo- nies. On its n(.)rthcrn border are North Carolina and Tennessee ; on the northeastern side. South Carolina : on the east, the Atlantic Ocean ; on the south, Florida, and on the west, Alabama. Containing in its greatest length, from north to south, 320 miles and nearly four and one-half degrees of latitude, it has a great variety of soil, climate and production. Two hundred and thirty-one varieties of hard woods are found here, while the yellow pine, world renowned for its lasting qualities, luxuriates as it does nowhere else on the face of the globe. Its agricultural and vege- table products comprise almost everything grown for the pleasure or subsistence of man. Its mineral products consist of iron, coal, limestone, gold, lead, copper, marble, granite, slate, bauxite, kaolin, ochre, sienna, fullers earth, and asbestos. Georgia ranks first in the Union in the production of marble, granite, peaches, melons, and lumber, and, ex- cepting Texas, in cotton; and she stands third in the |M-iHliiction of cotton goods in the South. Fifteen years ago Georgia marble was little known beyond the limits of the ■ State. Now it is the most famous in America, ^nd is recognized as the best for building purposes. The demand for it extends through- out the United States, and shipments have been made to Hawaii. From here was shipped the largest block of marble ever quarried in the United States to go into the capitol of Minnesota. In the construction of the new 'Stock Exchange, in New York City, Georgia marble is one of the main materials, as it is also in the new capitol of Rhode Island. In noting the wonderful natural advantages and re- sources of the State, a gentleman who has recently traversed and studied the State, has written as follows : "I have gathered a very fair idea of the many and varied products of the great State of Georgia, and it leads me to say that I believe that if you build a high fence around the State and yet the people therein could live independent of any other State. You have here the coal to burn ; the lumber, marble and granite to build with ■ the cotton and the mills to weave and spin it into cloth ; a soil that can produce all that we need to eat — wheat, corn, oats, rye, cattle and hogs, all kinds of vegetables, and the finest fruit I have ever seen. Could anyone wish a better location ?" \NN\\^<%%^SX3S%1»^%%>%%>N>^>t^^%^^kXSi3iXN3t?«^%%Sai?ikXSaC^^ •wwwwwww RICHMOND COUNTY COURT HOUSE. I \\\V«%\A>%XJ«N%^1*Si\V\NN\\N\NX\N>\N>NNN%>\A\\\V%>>NNNSNN\NNN\%%SS\>;^<*\VXXSXXV^ ^««XXXX1««1«8W««C«XX«««1S1«V«SV<%>>>>^ '^ JACOB PHINIZY, Piesident. HAMII,TON H. HICKMAN, Vice-President. CHARLES G. GOODRICH, Cashier. RUKIS H. BROWN, As.sistant Cashier. Georgia Railroad Banl( AUGUSTA, GEORGIA COMMENCED BUSINESS DECEMBER 31, 1892 CAPITAL. $200,000.00 PROFITS, $229,216.77 DEPOSITS. $2,548,670.00 DIVIDENDS PAID TO DATE. $128,000.00 CAREFUL ATTENTION GIVEN TO ALL BUSINESS, ESPECIALLY ITEMS FOR —=—==— COLLECTION =""-^^-= . I V. i n \ n n Augusta, tl]p i^amt of IGn&gf Nn. 205. 1. f . (§. S. 5^%^^^^%\%^5^%%^^?^%^^^^^'^'►^'►'^'^'^'^^>»'^'^'^'^***^'^'^'^'**^*'^'^*•'^'^^'^'^^ % s "^:«k55 JGUSTA is a city of fifty thousand iiiliabi- tants, located at the head of steam naviga- tion on the Savannali River. This fact en- ables it to command very low rates of freight. Young blood has taken charge of the city's affairs, and her ablest and most representative citizens now aspire to municipal honors and to the guardianship of the city's interests. Con- sequently, her government is well administered, her credit is good, and her tax rate is very low. The greatest canal in the South is here, and is owned by the city, which furnishes power for manufacturing plants at the nominal cost of $5.50 per horse power, the cheapest in the world. The electric railway system of thirty miles is operated by power from this canal. The city is notably healthy, with a perfect sewerage system and water works. Cheap freight rates, solid financial institutions' and fortunate geographical situation have been great factors in Augusta's growth and development, as the report of clearings for four years evidence. Clearings in i8y8 were $38,368,242.52. In 1902 they were $74,505,821.98, an increase of nearly 100 per cent, in four years. Write to the Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce for further information. The above are a few of the reasons why Augusta has risen from a frontier Indian trading post to a city of importance, and whose great achievements have made her name known throughout the world. Augusta is surrounded by a fertile country, whose possibilities have never been measured. The agricul- tural resources have never been developed. The agri- cultural resources are varied, and all seasons of the year are growing seasons for some sort of products. Within two miles of the city's limits therre are plant- ers who have gathered 100 bushels of corn from an acre. 5*%%141«X%>XXS%SV%A>N\N\NV>N\NN\\\\S\\\\XVVN\\\X\\NN\\\XNXX\N\\N\XVi\XX\\\XV>;XX\VkX>V\>^^ 10 N\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\%\X%>\VV%S%^^SX%%SVXSXX3«SXXS««««««XXS%X\\N\X\\X1<1t%A1^%%X ^. OF OUR THE SUPERIORITY I BRICK CONSISTS OF Hardness, Smoothness and Durability THE BEAUTIFUL CHERRY RED COLOR IS HIGHLY ORNA- MENTAL and MAKES a VERY ATTRACTIVE BUILDING. . . . RED AND BUFF DRY PRESSED BRICK. Prompt Shipments. Big Stock. Samples Free. f GEORGIA-CAROLINA BRICK COMPANY I f, HOWARD H. STAFFORD, PRESIDENT. I AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. \\N\\%N\%N\N\NN\\XN%%XX%JS3«SXS<^\\\\\\\\S\\N\X i ^ ^ ^ I ^ H.H.COSKERY THE CARRIAGE AND HARDWARE MAN OF GEORGIA. ij I AllCIISTA . GRORGIA. < AUGUSTA, \ A. H. McDANIEL, \ ^ • POST OFFICE, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Office and Warehouse, North Augusta, Depot. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Lime, Cement, Plaster, Hair, Latlis, Sliingles. ROOFING PAPERS of all DESCRIPTIONS. Wood Fiber Plaster and . . Cement Plaster . . Land Plaster and Fertilizing Lime. I I 11 I Wi)n^ Augusta is f-^^il^^ « IE distance by rail of the following named cities from Au,L;usta is given as follows: Aiken, S. C i8 Atlanta, Ga 171 naltimore. Md 613 Boston, Mass 1027 Charleston, S. C 138 Chicago, 111 956 Denver, Col.. 1712 Jacksonville, Fla ■ 303 Kansas City, Mo 1073 Louisville, Ky 647 Macon, Ga 125 Nashville, Tenn 462 New Orleans, La 667 New York, N. Y 800 Norfolk, Va 517 Omaha, Neb 1 100 Philadel])hia. Pa 701) Portland, Ore 3013 L'art Royal. S. C 112 Richmond, Va 473 Salt Lake City. Utah 2261 Savannah, (ia 132 St. Augustine, Fla 341 St. Louis, Mo 778 St. Paul, Minn 1366 Tampa, Fla 543 Thomasville, Ga 291 \A'ashington, D. C 571 Wilmington, N. C .' . 277 ^%\%V%itV%X1t1£X\XX%%S%\\\\\N\\\%\V%V\\\\V\\\\S\\\\\\NN\N\\\\\\\XX«,1iatXXS{XS«XS«j^^%>>?t?k%>\NN>>\\N\NVNN\NN\\W>\> 12 ^1KSJ««>««»H«»V^ i TlieNationalBankof Aiipsta | j J. B. WHITE & CO. I i? 5 AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. L. C. HAYNE, President. FRANK G. FORD, Cashier. A ..^o. Capital, $250,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Protits, $135,000.00 A ».:;•». CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED UNEXCELLED FACILITIES FOR HANDLING COL- LECTIONS, for WHICH WE REMIT DAILY i I i AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. LEADERS IN No matter what prices are quoted you, we will always be lower. Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, 'i Furniture, Carpets, Etc* I J. B. WHITE & CO. I AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. X1W%V\VN\X^£SS!<^XX3tV1»^?«i$tX%liS%%XS3«3M»»»^^^ I I People's Oil Co. 1 1 "» "Ibargains ^ ^ .....^ ..W. .«....W...1W ^ i i^ AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. H. C. BOARDMAN, Manager. High Grade Burning and Lubricating Oils* We are in a position to handle your orders from barrel to tank car lots For all kinds Burning Oils, Engine, Machine, Spindle and Loom Oils. Write for prices. 1^ I / / I I Boots, Shoes, Hats and Trunks, -AT- Great Eastern Shoe COMPANY Ik 915 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. | THE \ \\\\\V\\\V\\S\\V\.V\\\N\\\\\\\V\\SN\\V\\N\N\\ \ N\\\NV\\\\\\\\VVSVXX\%\V\\S\\\\\\\\\\\\N\\\N ®ij^ i>0utl| (BvtiXt Natural A&tiautag^s. HE ijlicnoiiR'iial strides made by the South during the past decade in industrial lines has attracted attention from every section of the globe. The wonderful development is easy to explain when one compares the South 's great natural advantages to those of other sections. The following practical thoughts are from ihe pen of one who has given much study to the two great man- ufacturing sections of our country, and his opinion should be carefully read : "With no competitors, New England was under no disadvantages. With the South as a competitor her natural disadvantages count against her with full force. The natural advantages are with the South ; most of the artificial advantages are with New England. Which set of forces is most powerful ? "It is an economic truism that natural advantages per- sist and are of progressive force, while artificial advan- tages diminish and finally disappear. The South pro- duces cotton, coal, lumber, iron, and it is close to the consumer. New England produces neither and is distant from the consumer. "As population becomes denser, this fundamental advantage of the South, which can never be lessened, will exert continually increasing force. Cheap raw materials, cheap labor and near-by markets are economic magnets far more powerful than any opposing forces, and they are certain sooner or later to attract to their support the forces arrayed against them at the outset. "These opposing forces, spoken of above as artificial advantages, are plentiful capital, highly developed skill, varied developments, capable management. All these New England has in abundance; but she cannot pre- vent their free migration. They are all the creatures of opportunity, and if the South offers the opportunity, skill and capital will go South and quickly create the varied development." The Southern States, with the immense purchasing power of a cotton crop, worth annually $330,000,000 — to say nothing of their other products — constitute a market which is appreciated by all the manufacturing world, and which has contributed more than any other section to sustain the American manufacturing interest. Georgia, the Empire State of the South, leads in this respect as in all others, and Augusta's immediate terri- tory has a large purchasing capacity. Many classes of our manufactories, therefore, find a sufficient home mar- ket for their product, and all kinds of manufactories requiring only a home market would have most flatter- ing prospects here. Indeed, the difference in transpor- tation from the Northern factories and those of the South, to the Southern consumer, is sufficient to enable the Southern manufacturer to control the Southern pat- ronage, leaving out the diiTerence in cost of manufactur 14 II Augusta-Aiken Railway^ r :and Electric Company CHARTERED UNDER THE LAWS OF NEW JERSEY CAPITALIZATION Bonds 5 Per Cent., 50 years, Preferred Stock, Common, $3,000,000 800.000 1,500,000 Orrir-PBC; •' JAMES U. JACKSON, President vjrri^^c.na.|^ j. Mcknight. Sec. itreas EXECUTIVE committee: — C. G. GOODRICH. THOS. BARRETT. Jb , H. H. GUMMING. I This Company owns the Augusta Railway and Electric Company, and the North Augusta > jj* Electric and Improvement Company. The Augusta Railway and Electric Company a Jr owns about 33 miles of Trolley Line in Augusta, Ga., and suburbs, and also the Electric Lighting Plant of the City. ^1 \ \ The North Augusta Electric and Improvemeiit Company \ \ HIS Company owns the famous Winter Resort Hotel, Hampton Terrace, under lease to the celebrated hotel manager, Mr. C. A. Linsley. The Hotel for the Season of 1904 and 1905, will open Dec. 1, 1904. Tourists duriiiii the coming Winter should not fail to visit this hotel. The Company owns the Augusta and Aiken Railroad. The road runs from Augusta to Aiken, a distance of twenty-three miles. Visitors to Augusta should avail themselves of the opportunity to take a ride over this road to see the manufacturing towns of Clearwater, Bath, Langley, Warren\ille and (Jraniteville, through w hich the road runs, and to Aiken, the noted winter resort. 1 he Company also owns 4,000 acres of land, just opposite Augusta, Georgia, 1,000 acres of which have been platted into lots, and are sold on convenient terms. The town of North Augusta has sprung up like magic, and now is a thri\ing town of 1,300 uihabitants, with complete Water Works, Sewerage System and Electric Lights. 4,000 acres of the Company's land is offered for sale in five and ten acre plats, for small farms. An in\estment in the securities of this Company or its land will surely yield good returns. i H n II 15 Vt'tVtXXXIt^Jt^JSSS^ywSiS^^SSV^kSkXX^^VX^Vlt^^JMiVVVV^JtStSSSC^^ ^ ®I)^ banking SuHtttuitnna 0f AuguBta. ^S3iS>%1VXX%%XX%J^X%S3t«>i3«S3SXXX%1^\\X1ikXXXSXV«XX\«XXX3«^ I'ROGRESSIVE community has no factor niore important to its financial or business successand prosperity than its banking in- stitutions. Their influence is felt in every branch, — commerce and industry. And, to a large extent, just so far as those insti- tutions are safe and enterprising and perform their duty to the community, to that extent is that community en- terprieing and prosperous. To their care, protection and distribution is confined the capital which "sustains its connnerce, supports its manufactories, and rewards the labor of its toiling multitude." Augusta has reason to point with pride to its banking institutions. Through national and world-wide dis- orders and panics these institutions have, by their care- ful and conservative course, progressed steadily and established themselves on an enviable and substantial basis. Our city is the l)anking centre of a large section ot countr\-. rich in natural resources, abounding in fertile lands, and conducting large and varied interests. The influence of her institutions is felt throughout Georgia, South Carolina and in other States. They aid in mar- keting the great cotton crop and lumber of the South, thereby transferring each year from the Northern and European money centres millions of dollars to our sec- tion, to be distributed throughout our Southern cities and plantations. We have eight banks, several build- ing associations and one trust company. Banking Capital. Capital Stock Surplus Georgia Railroad Bank $ 200,000 $199,085.38 National Bank of Augusta National Exchange Bank Planters Loan and Sav. Bank. Augusta Savings Bank Irish-American Bank Union Savings Bank The Equitable Trust Co Merchants Bank 250,000 400,000 50,000 30,000 15,000 30,000 285,000 SO, 000 130,000.00 91,667.01 35,000.00 44,000.00 17,500.00 33.000.00 1 1 .004.60 2 s, 000.00 ^ r n % A SOUTHERN OUTRAGE. S ESTABLISHED A. I). 1846 V\%%%%XSXSkXS%S%\\%%N\XXJik1ikXSJ^%%5tSXXXSS>.?kV«%S5S \ <^/m Importer and Wholesale and Retail Dealer in I Liquors, Fine Wines, I Havana Cigars. I Day & Tannahill I ^ AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. ^ Wholesale Hardware BUILDERS' AND BLACKSMITH SUPPLIES I Mineral Waters, Etc. p I 601 and 602 BROAD STREET, | AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. AGENT FOR VEUVE-CLICQUOT PONSARDIN. URBANA WINE COMPANY. P ANHEUSER-BUSH BREWING ASSOCIATION s^ Carriages, Harness, | Saddlery ^ \NNN\N\\\\\\\\XX*VV1£J>%?«XSXSW Depot for 8TUDEBAKER WAGONS, COLUMBUS BUGGY GO'S BUGGIES. IMMENSE STOCK LOW PRICES ^ ^ This Is the Place to Get Best Values for y Your Money I Day & Tannahill, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. ^uqusto^TJiDing ^. I Brewers of Fine Export and Draught Beers 1 THE VERY BEST MALT AND HOPS ARE USED IN ALL OF OUR PRODUCTS 'aMMn 111 ^""f'slli^ ff«ii%^4 i =m^t \\\\\\\\\ 17 ?«X.««tt£XJ«tV%XVS?^1«»XS3tXS3tX5iS%3^ ®l]p (Eltmatp of AitgitHta :XS5<3««SSSSS3>^XXSXXSXX?«SS3iXX38X%?aS^^ HAT AUGUSTA and its immediate terri- tory is the ideal place to spend the winter is evidenced by the rapidity in which the tourist business has developed here in the past few years. The following facts con- cerning the weatlier of this section have been carefully compiled and can be accepted as au- thentic : When the National Weather Bureau was first organ- ized, with thirty-five stations, Augusta was included in the list. Mr. D. Fisher, the present observer for this station, furnishes the following official report of the weather here, covering twenty-two years in which the station has existed : Augusta's Location. Latitude, North 33 degrees. 28 minutes,; longitude. West 81 degrees, 54 minutes. Temperature. Mean annual or normal temi)erature, as compiled from the record of observation taken during a period of twenty-two years, 64; average Spring (March, April, May) temperature, 63.7 ; average Summer (June, July, August) temperature, 79.6; average Autumn (Septem- ber, October, November) temperature, 64.1 ; average Winter (December, January, February) temperature, 48.6; highest temperature ever recorded (August. 1878), 105; lowest temperature ever recorded (January, 1886), 6; range in temperature for twenty-two years, 99. Precipitation. Average annual (rain, sleet, hail and melted snow), 48.19 ; average monthly Spring precipitation, 4.14 : average monthly Summer precipitation, 4.71 : average monthly Autumn precipitation, 3.23 : average number of days annually with precipitation, 1.18. Weather. Average annual clear days, 129; average annual parll\ cloudy days, 139; average annual cloudy days, 97. Frosts. Average date on which last killing frost occurred, March 17. Humidity. Mean annual relative humidity, 75 per cent. This report shows that we have one of the most equable temperatures of any section of the country, vvith just enough rainfall well distributed throughout the year, while our Summers are three or four weeks longer than in the Northern States. The temperature rarely exceds 96 in the warmest days, and when it does, it occurs only a day or two at the time, and the evenings and nights are generally cool enough for com- fort and refreshing sleep. As a result, sunstrokes are almost wholly unknown, and there is no necessity for cessation of work from the heat. We generally have a half dozen freezes in the winter (just enough to kill vegetation and the germs of disease), and sometimes light snow, but we have none of those long, dreary, rainy spells that characterize the Northern climate. On the contrary, our Winterr days are mostly cool, crisp and bright, and the late Fall and early Spring months are characterized by beautiful Indian Summer weather that cannot be excelled by any climate of the world. A range of sand hills that encircle the city on the west and southwest (accessible by electric railway) have long been famous for their sanitary advantages. In slavery days the ricli cotton planters had their Summer residences there, and owing to the dry atmosphere the National Government established an arsenal there as early as 1834, which it still maintains. Since the war these hills have been built up into a beautiful suburban village, which is inhabited mostly by our wealthier classes, and which has become one of the most popular and extensive winter resorts for Northern people in the South, so much so that two magnificent winter hotels have ben erected. The Hotel Bon Air on the Sand Hills, and the Hampton Terrace on North Augusta Heights ; a more ideal spot could not have been selected than the location of these hotels. Augusta's Great River Advantages. The Savannah River, upon which Augusta is located, ranks high among the rivers of the United States and of the world. Its valley is vast and rich and empties its rich product into the lap of Augusta. The value of its agricultural products reaches into the millions. Its timber and minerals are yet hardly touched. It is one of the most charming valleys in the world. The climate is equable. The products varied. The people are as happy who live in this valley as any people to be found on all the earth. Protected by the Alleghenies from too severe winter winds, neither too far south nor too far north, the Winters are mild and the Summers more agreeable than many regions in higher latitudes. The Savannah River is famous for its water powers. There is no range of mountains so beautifully set in relation to the sea as the Alleghenies, or Blue Ridge to the Atlantic Ocean. The distance from the foot of these mountains to the sea is less than three hundred miles through Georgia and South Carolina. Between the foot of the mountains and the sea rolls a beautiful land interspersed with a rare quantity of rapidly run- ning streams, furnishing more water power for manu- facturing purposes, it is said by all high authorities, than any other similar area perhaps in America. The reason of this is obvious The water power of the Savannah River all lies above and at Augusta. Augusta is 121 miles Trom the sea, and is upon the edge of the level or lower country, and the upper country stretching to the Blue Ridge. These large water powers should be utilized by capitalists, and no doubt will be. for better or cheaper power can not be found elsewhere. A few vears ago a survey of the water of this river and its immediate tributaries, with that of other rivers, was made by Mr. Geo. F. Swain, S. B., Instructor in Civil Engineering in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for the United States Government, and his report is interesting. Water power is determined by fall and volume. The amount of fall is accurately de- termined by a carefully made line of levels. The time allotted to Mr. Swain enabled him to visit only a few of the most important water powers, and even in these instances the only instrument of measurement he could r.se was a small Loche pocket level, with which, he says, in some cases he was enabled to arrive at "quite close approximation of the fall, while in others the results obtained are liable to large errors." The water powers of the .Savannah River, as given by Mr. Swain, are as follows : Min. Blue Jacket Shoals 1650 Trotters Shoals 57oo Cherokee Shoals 560 Greggs Shoals 825 Middleton's Shoals 1060 McDaniel Shoals 1600 Totals 1 1. .305 Max. Max. 2050 5800 8100 21.750 800 2100 1050 3200 1500 4000 2275 6100 15,775 42.950 BROADWAY, AUGUSTA, DURING ELKS CARNIVAL. Tl^c H^s^aitalitg of tlyc X\%\\\>%%%X%^%?^S%V^AS»?S3WWk%>%%>V\\N\\\\\\NNNNNN\\NN\\\NN\V\NN\NN\\\\N\\\N\\\N\\\SNNN\\\SN\N/ f he following letter is one of many that have been received by tlie Augusta Chamber of L'onimerce evidencing that to the stranger the latch-string at Augusta ever hangs on the outside, and that a hearty welcome awaits those who go there from elsew'hcre to live AUGUSTA, GA., March i, 1904. The Chamber of Commerce, Augusta, Ga. Gentlemen : — Replying to your favor asking my opinion as to the advantages offered by this section to Northern home seekers. I am pleased to say that they are many and substantial. It is my experience that too much cannot be said in behalf of the wonderful re- sources and natural advantages with which this South- land has been blessed. I came here seven years ago and have been very successful both in farming and dairying. My farm and dairy is located two miles west of the city, where I ha\e \2^ high-class Jerseys, and I can grow almost everything needed for man and beast. My corn crop for the past year averaged 50 bushels to the acre, and I have made as high as 60 bushels of oats to the acre. The climate is fine, as m3'self and family have never had better health than what we have enjoyed since coming here. It also gives me pleasure to speak of the kind and cordial treatment we have received from our neighbors and the public generally. We have often heard of the warm-hearted hospitality of the Southern people, but our experience is that the half has never been told. Before coming here I lived in Kentucky and Penn- sylvania, and my experience is that one can make a better living here with half the money invested and half the labor than in either of the above States. I am glad to note that the Chamber of Commerce is making an effort to bring Northern and Western people here, and I will be glad to assist them in every possible way, for I know that there are lots of folks who would come here if they knew that one could make here three crops per year, and you could work out-doors all the year. Yours \'ery Truly, ' W. M. MORTON. 5!«SSV«i1«NA%X\!<%%^XV«XJ«XXVikX!ik%^£XXXXXX?^ I i I Union Savings Bank I i i 5 Augusta, Georgia. 5 Transacts a General Banking Business. Accounts of Corporations, Firms and Individuals Solicited. Four Per Cent. Interest Paid on Special Deposits. % The Largest Tailoring and Men's Furnishings House in the South. i August Dorr's Sons \ WM. SCHWEIGERT, President. THOS. S. GRAY, Cashier. \N\\\\\\S\N\\S\\\\\%NS%%%?^1^%XN%5i%N%?kVVV%\^% Broadway, Augusta, Ga. \ I I Augusta Stock Yard Co. ^ 5? AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. • ? FEEDING THROUGH STOCK A SPECIALTY ^ g Strict Personal Attention Given all Consignments ^ • Quick Sales and Prompt Returns • / Our Yards are Connected with all Railroads Entering Augusta ^ J Reference Unicn Savings Bank / S Long Distance Telephone ... "Ji \\\\\SNN\\\\N\NX%\N-»N\\V%NX>\N\N>\\\\-v\\\\V\ /\\\\\N\\\N\>NS\NN\\\\NN\\\>>\S\NN\\S\\N\X>^ / / / THOMAS & BARTON CO. THE GREAT MAIL ORDER HOUSE PIANOS, ORGANS, FURNITURE SEWING MACHINES, BICYCLES, ninv PARRJAPP^ MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, Etc UMDI UHnniHULO) The Store that has the Goods, and can save you money. 706, 708. 710 BROADWAY. WAREHOUSES: 705, 707, 709 ELLIS STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. A. P. PADGETT DEALER IN HIGH GRADE Wines and Liquors ? 1301 BROAD STREET, I Augusta, Georgia. i I • VV\\\\N\\\\\N\VV\\\\N\\\\\N\N\ WWN W^W \\ / ^ ^NV\\\\V%%XVV\V1<3^iai\\\\%\\\\\\\\\S\\VX»%%?ikNNS\SSSNV\'^»\\%%\%%%XXV>kV%%Sk5«XX3SS>»JS>»>^a«S3»0«S»k^^ \ I£ i)t the most proniiiK-nt features of the lilk order is the Club. This is conducted as an adjunct of the organization. Mem- bership in tlie lodge confers the privilege of membership in the club. None are eligi- ble to membership in the club who are not lodge members. The Elks occup_\' one of the most prominent and com- modious buildings situated on Broad street in the heart of the business portion of the city. On the second floor of the building the entire suite of rooms is de- voted to club purposes, and consists of a parlor, sitting room, reading rom, cafe, billiard and pool room, dining room and lavatory, bath room and barber shop. The culinary department is on the lower floor. The entire third floor is devoted to the lodge room and auxiliary working rooms. The appointments and furnishings throughout are elegant and substantial and well adapted to the purposes for which it is used. The reading room is supplied with the daily paperrs, together with the current periodicals of the day. Altogether, the Elks and their club are a firmly established institution in the city of Augusta that have by good management and well- directed enterprise won for themselves the respect and confidence of the public. • • \ I I • AUGUSTA LODGE ON DRESS PARADE. XXXX%StS%%\\NNN\N\\NN\NNN\N\\\\V\\\\N%NA\^>kVi«1<«V % \ \ PERKINS INCORPORATED 1889. I MANUFACTURING ^ COMPANY LUMBER SASH, DOORS AND BLINDS ! \ i ^ \ AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. | i CLARK MILLING CO. | AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Flour, Meal, Grits, Bran, ShipstufFs. Chicken Feed a Specialty. Hotel Bon Air and Hampton Terrace use our Flour. Hii;li Grade Products. Ask for Prices. ; Capacity 800 Barrels Per Day. ^ Lombard Iron Works and | Supply Company f AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. FOUNDRY, MACHINE AND BOILER WORKS AND SUPPLY STORE. Engines, Boilers, Bridges, Roofs, Tanks, Tower and Build- ing Construction ; Cotton, Saw, Grist, Oil. Fertilizer, Cane and Shingle Mill Machinery and Repairs ; Building, Bridge, Factory, Furnace and Railroad Castings; Railroad and Mill Supplies; Belt- ing, Packing, Injectors, Saws, Files, Oilers, etc.; Shafting; Pulleys and Hangers. Cast Every Day. I Capacity for 300 hands. Atlas and ErleENGINES, Kort- g ing and Leader Injectors, Turbine Water Wheels, etc. High ^ Grade MILL BOILERS Built to Hartford Spccitications a g Specialty. S LOCOMOTIVE I TENDER TANKS > Write us before < 5 You Buy. J f. \VM. B. YOtlNG. President. PERCY E. MAY. Cashier. I »5 i. I % E. A. PENDLETON, Assistant Cashier The National Exchange Bank of Augusta AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. CAPITAL STOCK, $400,000.00 SURPLUS FUND, $100,000.00 | WE RESPECTFULLY SOLICIT THE ACCOUNTS OF BANKS, CORPORATIONS, FIRMS AND INDIVIDUALS. Wni. B. Young W. H. Harison, Jr. T. O. Brown H. H. .Alexander DIRECTORS Joseph H Day F. L. Fuller S. Lesser Warren Walker P. D. Horkan David Slusky Thomas R. Maxwell I I 7?, ^ Augusta ^ I ^ f XIC of tlie features notable in Augusta is her splendid school system. The Board of Ed- ucation of Richmond County was organized in 1872 by act of the General Assembly. It consists of thirty-seven members, being one of the largest boards of education in the L'nited .States. It has jurisdiction over the schools of the entire county, as well as those of the city. There are no city schools in the eyes of the law as distinct from country schools. One board of education has charge of the whole area, city and country alike. The same length of term, the same qualifications of teachers, and the same monthly pay are prescribed for the rural districts and those of the city. The result of this has been not only to build up a fine system of city schools, second to none in the country, but to surround the city with a well-educated rural population who have as good school advantages as if they lived in the city. This makes Richmond County, as well as Augusta, an excep- tionally good place for people to live in on account of its unique and unrivaled educational advantages. The revenue of the Board of Education consists of about one hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year, of which fifty-five thousand dollars are raised by local tax- ation, and the remainder comes from State and Endow- ment Fund. With this amount the Board of Education maintains a famous high school and twelve other large schools in the city, and fifty smaller schools in the rural districts. Over eight thousand children enrolled last year in the puWic schools, taught by one hundred and sixty-eight teachers. The schools run nine months in the year, but the teachers are paid liberally for twelve months. There are kindergarten schools for the reception of young pupils, and there are night schools for those who are compelled to labor during the day. Some of the finest school houses in the State, with com- plete and perfect equipment, with skilled teachers in charge, constitute the pride and glory of our city. TIIBM.XN ll[i;[l SCHOOL. i / SOUTHERN SECURITIES J^ CORRESPONDENCE INVITED.. ! ^ ^ CLARENCE E. CLARK I REAL ESTATE AUGUSTA. GEORGIA LOANS A SPECIAL FEATURE I \ I f f i I AUGUSTA. GEORGIA Commenced Business February I. 1904 MAURICE iV.Xr.TO.W Pirsidnit - U'M.J. HOUJNGSn'OKTH, yia-PiesI ALBERT S. HATCH, Cashier Dl RECTORS Maurice Walton Wm. J. HollinKSworth Wm. H. Barrett Charles T. Pimd James V.. Tarver William Martin 1,. L,. Arrington Henry H. Cumniing Bryan I^awrence John J. Bvans Thomas R. Maxwell George S. Murphey JJocs a genriai Bankhtg Buiififss. accounts. Payi, inicirst on ipixiai {Savings) I I Accounts of Merchants, Cot-potations and /ndividua/s solicited. ^ Prompt and courteous attention guaranteed. Send its your coilecduns. I Geor Yellow Pine Lumber, Doors, Sash, Blinds and all varieties of Carved, Scrolled, Turned and Moulded Work in Georgia Yellow Pine. Prices fixed to suit the Northern and Western trade. Catalog and other printed matter mailed at request. Augusta Lumber Co. > i C. H. HARMAN, General Manager. AUgUSta, Ga. I 25 # r S ^. 1 f 'A \ Georgia Chemical Wori(s h i AUGUSTA, GEORGIA ^ RICE SMITH, President and Manager. - L. C. HAYNE, Vice-President, t A. SMITH IRWIN, Secretary and Treasurer. t High Grade Fertilizers and Acid Pliospliates f i i ^ CAPACITY: i • 5^ AUGUSTA FACTORY, . _ _ - 35,000 ^ ^ I PON PON FACTORY, - - - - 35,000 ^ ^ TOTAL, -- = --- 70,000 ^ i^ t EQUAL TO 700,000 BAGS FOR EACH SEASON. J ^ y y EVERY BAG FULL WEIGHT 200 POUNDS H I; Quality Best Mechanical Condition || II Excellent, Analysis Guaranteed. ... ^| \% ' \%. ^Sttt,VV\X\V%\X^\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\1CMiSi«X\V%%V^V\\VN\\\\VNS\\\N\\VWXV\XV%%X\VV\\\\\\\NS\V\i^ / 27 ^. >»N\\\\\\\\\\N\\S\N\\\V\\NNN\\S%%%%%\\\\\\>»\N>>%\\\N\\S\\\S\\\\!>>\\SNVVV\%X^X\%NSN\\\S\\\\\N\\\ »om? iFartB About Augusta >,\\N\N\\\\\\V\\V\%SNNNN\%S%XNNNN\W^\\\NSN\\\NNN\NN\S\\NNS'<^\\N\\\NN\\\\S\\NNNNVSNS%W\\\N\%ri HE City owns its waterworks, valued at $1,000,000, and the Aiio-nsta Canal, valued at $2,000,000 : also real estate worth $300,000. The city receives $12,000 per annum from cor])orations for use of certain streets, riu- assessments on real estate were re- duced 10 per cent, in 1897, 5 per cent in 1899, and 5 per cent, in ujoo. The assessments on cotton mill plants were reduced ahout 25 iier cent, in the year 1899, and 5 1-2 per cent, in 1903. Net income from canal and water works for year 1903 (exclusive of repairs to canal dam), $99,094.40. Total interest on bonded debt for year 1903, $81,666.00. It is the policy of the City Assessor of real estate to assess property at 80 per cent, of its real value. From the above it will be seen that the city receives from its property nearly $18,000 annually more than its interest on its bonded debt. W'hat other city can make a similar showing? N\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\NN\\\\N\N\NV\\\\NNN\N\\\\\\NN\\\\\\\\\\S\\\\\SN\\\\\\\NS\NN\N\\N\\\N\\V I I 1' \\ ^ HON. R. E. AIjLEN. ^ \\\\N\N\\N\NS\N\S\N\N\\N\\\\NNN\ WILLIAM F. EVE. .lu.lKf City Court, and Ex-Officio Com- TiiissiniK-r Knail.s anti Revenue. Rioli- niniiil. (^ounty. Gf'Ors:ia. N\NS\\N\NN\SN\\\\N\\\\\\\N\\\W^ I if %\N\\\\\\\\\NN\\\\NN\\NNN\\N\N\\\\N\\\\N\\\SNN\\N\\N\N\\\\\\\NS\N\NS\N\NNN\\\N\\\N\NN\N\\\N\ 28 2 '^ ^\adff SUMMER DAYS IN MICHIGAN The best place in the world to spend YOUR VACATION DAYS Pure Air, Boating, Fishing, Golf, Everything to Amuse, Good Hotels, Low Rates. Mackinac, GccrEian Bay, The Soo, Huionia Beach, Pt Aux Barques, Hundreds of Island and Coast Resorts. The air of Mich- igan is a known Specific for Hay Fever, Asthma and Kindred dis- orders. Let us talk the matter over with you, our agent will gladly call. Write for Booklet and Information. CH&D WABASH) CH&D to St. Louis WORLD'S FAIR TRAINS Through Trains Daily to St. Louis ROUND TRIP RATES Coach Excursions Tuesday's & Thursday's All our trains stop at our World's Fair Station at the Main Entrance, near the big Hotels on the way to Union Station. Tlie only line having a statkin neor the Fair Grounds. F. J. PARMALEE, T. P. A., 1 fi N. Prior St. G. EDWARDS. Passenger Traffic Manager 'SlSfiS' SUMMER IN THE COOL NORTHWEST The CH&D runs through trains to Chicago connecting there with roads for the famous Wisconsin Resorts, also for Yellowstone Park, Alaska, Colorado and the West. 4 Trains Every Week Day LOW ROUND TRIP RATES Write or call fur Information Atlanta, Ga. Cincinnati, Ohio I J. WILLIE LEVY LEADER IN • I High Art Clothing j 844 BROAD STREET, i AUGUSTA, - - GEORGIA. ^ rOR /lA/Y A/VO OOK AUGUSTA]GA. Eldorado Farm • Augusta, Georgia. Standard Bred Horses AND Registered Jersey Cattle CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED ADDRESS \ Amory S. Dunbar ^jaSXJSXX%\\V\%\%V\%N\\\\%\NSkN\?w\VkV%V1£XXXXXXi^ $X\\\\N\\\\\\\\\V\\\XV\\\X\\'WVVVVXX%XV%5««XSkX Augusta, Georgia. 29 ^brtli ^xx^xxstn ^httxxt and Jm^icoucnient Qlxx. HE North Augusta Electric and Improve- ment Co", is a corporation owning various interests in South Carolina, which consist of the Augusta & Aiken Electric Railway, Hampton Terrace Hotel, the steam railroad connecting North Augusta with the South- ern Railway and leased for twenty years to the South- ern Railway, the North Augusta Water Works and Sewerage System, the North Augusta Electric Light Plant and about 5000 acres of land, which is admirably situated for building lots, manufacturing sites, dairy and truck farms, etc. Handsomer or more promising ]M-operty than those enumerated this country does not afFord. One of the very safest securities now on the market is the five per cent. First Mortgage Gold Bonds which cover these properties. In fact, the actual net earnings from them are already more than double the interest, with the hotel and trolley line in operation only one season. The development of the North Augusta interests was the result, not of chance or accident, but of keen business foresight and calculation. Mr. James U. Jackson was the originator of the entire group of North Augusta enterprises, and by a brilliant series of operations he financed the whole and placed them on a sound business basis. He first organized the North Augusta Land Co., which ])urchased an immense tract of land lying within a mile of the business centre of .\ugusta, and rendered it readily accessible by building a magnificent steel l)ri(lge at a cost of $85,000. which he presented to the city as a free gift. The rapid development of North Augusta then followed. The streets and parks were laid out by Mr. Walter M. Jackson, the general manager, whose assistance in the details of the management from the inception of the great enterprise has been invaluable. Elegant, well-ke])t driveways here abcnmd, which are lined with neat cottages and elegant residences. Promi- inent among them is the elegant and ornate residence of President James U. Jackson, with its broad porticoes extending around three sides. Another stately mansion with broad porticoes and fluted columns is that of Gen- eral Manager Walter M. Jackson. The views of the surrounding country from their homes are very fine, and they stand out as conspicuous objects and can be seen for miles away. The homes of Colonel Jack Cranston, Dr. Weltch and otherrs are sumptuous and ornamental, and add greatly to the beauty of the sur- roundings. On the crest of the hill, at an elevation of 350 feet above the level of the city, is the magnificent hotel, Hampton Terrace, named for South Carolina's fovorite son, the famous Wade Hampton, the dashing Confed- erate cavalry leader, the loved and honored statesman, who illustrated his native State in the United States Senate, and also as Governor, a true gentleman of noble ancestry. Hampton Terrace, which perpetuates his memory, is worthy in every way of the great name and fame of the grand old Southern gentleman. Hampton Terrace, another of the great enterprises which James U. Jackson has brought to a most suc- cessful and happy conclusion, is laid out on the most elaborate and artistic scale. It is probably the most complete tourist hotel in the South. Sl'KNK O.X THK .MKEN & AUGUSTA lt.\ILWAY. In building the Augusta & Aiken Electric Railway and putting on the extensive improvements at North Augusta, President James U. Jackson has placed him- self at the head of Southern developers. He has planted investments here aggregating $1,000,000 in foreign cap- ital, and so successful have been his ventures that others are sure to follow. It is probable that the road will be 30 extended to Columbia, forty-five miles distant, with a branch to Edgefield. The great developments resulting from the building of electric roads was gone into at some length by a magazine writer not long since. The city of Indian- apolis has become the focus of a vast system of these roads. The writer in question spoke of having made the trip from New York to Detroit, almost the entire dis- tance, by electric lines, and prognosticated that ere long the gaps would be closed, so that the journey from New York to Chicago might be made. Throughout New England the electric lines have become an established institution, and they radiate in all directions. President Jackson's activity and enterprising spirit will not rest with the great opportunities presented by the South. He has shown himself to be a skillful financier as well as a successful manipulator of great proportions. He took the Augusta Southern when it was a narrow gauge and reconstructed the road. He also was instrumental in placing the bonds of the Mari- etta & North Georgia, which is destined to become the great highway of travel between Atlanta and the North- west. He was elected vice president of this road in 1885, when it was a little narrow gauge road, extending from Marietta up a short distance beyond Blue Ridge, Ga. He planned the extension of it to Knoxville, and con- verted it from a narrow to a standard gauge. The road was doing a good business, and its bonds were in de- mand at between 95 and 100, when he resigned his posi- tion as vice-president. As vice-president of this road, Mr. Jackson developed, among other things, the great marble quarries which are today furnishing building marble all over America, and among some of the notable structures built of this stone can be mentioned the Minnesota State Capitol, Rhode Island State Capitol, Corcoran Library and New York Stock Exchange. The Augusta & Aiken line, although it has been in operation but a short time, has had to double its equip- ment of rolling stock. It is 23 miles long and connects the three famous winter resorts. North Augusta and Aiken in South Carolina and Summerville in Georgia. It also connects the great manufacturing and commer- cial city of Augusta with the thriving manufacturing towns in South Carolina — Clear Water, Bath, Langley, Graniteville and W arrenville. I r • N%\X<«$kA\>kX\%VS«%X3«XX<««XSX«}«?«\\\\N\NN\\N\\\\\\\^k%\\%S%%>i' »^/.>o ■» /i?'^ '"'H.''>'> h. '»«X*1£««^^ J. V. H. ALLEN & CO. | ^ General Insurance Agents ^ No. 737 Broad Street I Augusta, Georgia \ i i 9- The John P. King Manufacturing Co. | AUGUSTA, GKORGIA MAKERS OF 1 Cotton Goods! ^ For Shoes and Hats » We ask our readers and Menibeis y^ to buy from the i? OF UNIHORM EXCELLENCE FOR CONVERTING i^ AND JOBBING TRADE I I Rice & O'Connor Shoe Co. t ^ '"-T^c^i^>?^"^ V. They represent the following first-class firms Stacy, Adams ii' Co. Men's Shoes The Famous $3.50 Eclipse Men's Shoes Queen Quality Ladies Shoes Mernam's Children Shoes ,3iv%\XSXX?««W«3SJ««S3C««S3S3WS5««W»-*Vk>iX%S?^^ J^ 'f. JOHN J. EVANS I iNMAN&CO.i Hardware Plows Guns Pistols Ammunition Cutlery Bar Iron 8 1 i Cotton .... Merchants i I 605 Broad St., Augusta, Ga. ? | AUQUSta, ' GGOrgJa \ I / • ^ / • i? HENRY C. MORRISON 647 BROADWAY, Augusta, - Georgia. General Contractor FOR ALL CLASSES OF BUILDING The Home The School The Cotton Mill The Public School V%VXXX\N\\\XX\\\\XXXX\XWXXVX\ ' DAVID SLUSKY I / i^'fffii, ■fj^ffi^iipii' " Ililjililii , fff-!. ":^ !i'-± W- 1^ '' & r,r. I c Tin Roofing and Galvanized Iron Cornice Work. MANTELS, TILING AND GRATES. 1009 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia. 3iVVX3tiaS3SVXX30SXXXXXXXXVXXXXXXX%%XX3«i3S3S3»X3«XXX i K\.SSSXS%SSX''^:%SSXS%SSSai\SSSX\%SS%X%%%\%%.S%S\% 33 H. H. CABANISS, Manager. UGUSTA boasts the oldest newspaper in the South— THE AUGUSTA CHRONI- CLE, established in 1785. This venerable newspaper, which has been published con- tinuously for 119 years, last year passed into new hands and has taken on new life. May, 1903, it was purchased by Mr. H. H. Cabaniss, so long identified with the successful management of the Atlan- ta Journal, and Mr. Thos. W. Loyless, associate editor of the Atlanta Constitution. Under its new management, the Chronicle has been greatly improved, its subscription list has been largely increased, and now ranks among the best Southern dailies. As before stated, the Chronicle was established in 1785, and, with the exception of breaks during that year and a few years later, has among its property complete files of the paper — a diary of the world's happenings for near- ly one and a quarter centuries. The Chronicle in the past was the medium through 34 which the statesmen of the South reached their con- stituencies, and during the lives of Benj. H. Hill, Alex- ander H. Stevens, Robert Toombs, and contemporary public men, the Chronicle was the most widely read of any paper in the South. They thought of no other journal when attempting to reach the mass of people in Georgia. It was for a hundred years the newspaper in the South. Today it carries on its lists looo or more names — heads of families — whose predecessors have been readers of the Chronicle for four generations. Time was when, in wills, men bequeathed to eldest sons their subscriptions to the paper. At this time his- torans and sketch writers seek the file rooms of the Chronicle for needed information. The Chronicle was a weekly until 1837, when it be- came a daily. It was first edited and published by John E. Smith, State printer for a number of years. The pa- per at that time was a weekly of small dimensions. The next editor was a Mr. Driscoll, native of Ireland, and a journalist of considerable ability. In 1821 Mr. Joseph Vallence Bevan asumed charge of the editorship. Un- der his management the paper was enlarged and much improved and appeared as a semi-weekly. Toward the latter part of 1822, and after the death of Mr. Bevan, John K. Charlton, Andrew Ruddell, and John B. Len- nard became proprietors, and Mr. T. S. Hannon made the paper a ' tri-weekly, but in 1824, at which time Wil- liam J. Hobby took charge, it was reduced to a semi- weekly. In 1825 A. H. Pemberton became proprietor and so remained for a number of years. Under his manage- ment the paper was nearly of its present size, but a single sheet. For ten years Mr. Pemberton managed the paper alone; in 1835 he associated his brother in business with him as A. H. and W. F. Pemberton. -On December 31, 1836, the Pembertons sold out to William E. Jones, proprietor of The States Right Sentinel, who merged the two papers, and on January 3, 1837, issued the first number of The Daily Chronicle and Sentinel. In venturing on such an untried experiment in Augus- ta as a daily paper Mr. Jones remarked that he did so "with some diffidence, but no apprehension." The time, he thought, was opportune and the future would sustain his venture. In 1839 Mr. Jones formed the firm of William E. Jones & Co., which was succeeded one year later by two brothers, James W. and William S. Jones, the former being the editor for a number of years. In 1849 William S. Jones bought out the interest of James W. Jones in the paper, the latter, however, continuing to act as edi- tor. About this time telegraphic dispatches appeared in the paper. In 1846 Colonel James M. Smythe edited the paper, and with great ability, being one of the very best inform- ed politicians in Georgia. During the war Dr. W. S. Jones terminated his con- nection with the Chronicle, disposing of it to the late N. S. Morse, a Northern man, who at that time was a pronounced and ardent Southern sympathizer. Mr. Morse on March 24, 1866, sold the paper to Mr. Henry P. Moore and General A. R. Wright, and in No- vember of the same year the Hon. Patrick Walsh became connected with the Chronicle. Mr. Walsh was a prominent citizen of Augusta, who by his business tact and experience, did much to sustain the paper during the troubled years just after the war. He was one of the kindest and mo,st generous of men, and advanced the money with which to purchase the Chronicle of Mr. Morse. General Ambrose R. Wright was one of the celebrated men of Georgia. During the war he rose to the rank ot major general, being particularly distinguished for his impetuous gallantry. After the war he edited the Chronicle up to the time of his death. Up to May i, 1873, the Chronicle was owned by Mr. Henry Moore, with the Hon. Patrick Walsh and the late General A. R. Wright as co-partners. On the date last mentioned Mr. Moore severed his connection with the paper and Messrs. Patrick Walsh and Henry G. Wright assumed control of the Chronicle, the latter being the son of General A. R. Wright, and a man of great talent, who ranked with the foremost of the edi- torial profession. On March 17, 1877, the Constitutionalist and the Chronicle and Sentinel became consolidated under the management of Messrs. Walsh and Wright, as the Chronicle and Constitutionalist, under which name it remained until 1885, when it became known under its present name. Under the present management its influence in affairs of State and upon all public questions is as marked as that of any paper in Georgia. 35 Aitguata I 3w i HE City is well supplied with church privi- leges, numbering twenty-three, and embrac- ing every denomination, the following of which is a list: Berean Baptist Church. Curtis Baptist Church. Church of the Good Shepherd, Episcopal. First Baptist Church. Church of the Atonement, Episcopal. Sacred Heart Catholic Church. St. Patrick's Catholic Church. First Christian Church. Christ's Mission Church, Episcopal. St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Congregation of the Children of Israel. Holy Trinity English Lutheran Church. St. Matthew's Lutheran Church. Asbury Methodist Church. Broad Street Methodist Episcopal Church. St. James Methodist Episcopal Church. St. John's Methodist Episcopal Church. Woodlawn Mission, M. E. First Presbyterian Church. Second Presbyterian Church. Reid Memorial Church, Presbyterian. St. Andrew's Mission, Episcopal. GEORGIA VITRIFIED RRIGK & GLAY CO. ^ g i FRANK R. CIvARK, President. D. F. JACK, Vice-Presideut. JOHN M. CLARK, Secretary. CLARENCE E. CLARK, Treasurer. S. P. PLANT, Manager. AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. MANUFACTURERS OF VITRIFIED, SALT GLAZED SEWER PIPE, DRAIN TILE, VITRIFIED PAVING BRICK, and SIDEWALK BRICK, HIGHEST GRADE HAND MOULDED FIRE BRICK and REFRACTORY MATERIAL THE LARGEST CLAY PLANT IN THE SOUTH 36 1904 PRESS OF THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE, AUGUSTA, GA. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Rl 014 499 394 9 r^f. l->v . .Y