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SUNDAY. MARCH 15.
STATEMENT SHOWING RECEIPTS, DISBURSEMENTS
OF TREMENDOOS INTEREST IN AUGUSTA NOW
Clerk W. Lvon Martin of City
Council Has Just Finished
Complete Statement. How the
City Will Procure SIOO,OOO
For Hospitals
AUGUSTA GETS $417,000
FROM TAX DIGEST: $60,000
RENT FROM THE CANAL
She Paid $117,000 Interest on
Bonds; Spent $865,000 Laat
Year, but Will Spend $65,000
Less in 1914.
Mr. Wm. Lyon Martin clerk of council
has Just finished a complete statement
of the receipts and disbursements of
the city of Augusta for 1913. The state
ment will prove of tremendous inter
est Just now while there is so much
talk of economy going the rounds.
Few citizens know how the tax pay
ers' money is expended and a great
many have no definite Idea how the
revenue, other than taxes is secured.
The money expended for the levee is
not Included as it is secured from the
sale of flood protection .bonds.
The statement shows that, in round
figures, the city last year spent $865.-
000. This year the city should not
spend over SBOO,OOO. according to lead
ing members of city'council, inc luding
the sub committee of the finance com
mittee. which reported a plan of re
ducing expenses. This committee re
commends that scl.otit $65,000 lie taken
from the budget of last year.
There arc other counoilmen, how
ever, who believe that the retrench
ment should I e even more drastic than
the sub coinn lttee recommends.
1 the ;l sn of reducing the police
department to $:m.090 and the fire de
paVtcon' to $70,000 is successful then
the a ; ■ ro; riations will be $75,000 less
than iuM year.
It will be noted in the statement
that the near l eer licenses last year
Iron-lit in $47,000. This year, with a
SI,OOO license, twice as much revenue
should i e ol tained.
Tlie revenue from ordinary buitlness
licenses was $70,167.35 and will he
about the same this year.
From her waterworks last year the
city received over $135,000. There may
be a falling off in this ip 1914 because
of so much lack water rent being col
lected in 1913 and therefore not so
much will be or inc.
Cana! Power Pent.
The interesting item of -1 never
rent also appears in th- Au
gusta gets a little- ever - voar
from her canal, v.-l-.i h bred
small Uj comparison to waat she
shoulr.yf “ceive.
The tax di-rest brought in $417,000
last yrt r which will show a slight in
crease this year. ft would show a
larger increase but for the fact that
the 1 ulldings on the sites of the Em
-1 ire ami Chronicle office build
ings have been torn down. but
the new ones will not be complete be
fore the fall of this year. Therefore
tax on the land to he occupied by the
beddings is about all that can be as
sessed.
In the disbursement columns of the
statement is shown how the city s
money was extended. The public
works department, with an expendi
ture cf $329,000 last year, is expected
to get along with considerably less
than $200,000. The police department,
which last year cost over SIOO,OOO, will
(this year cost $90,000, or $95,000 at the
ooutside. (
The fire department which cost over
$76,090. -.-ill cost either $70,000, or the
outside $75,000.
The department of public health,
which cost pver $85,000. will got along
with a little over $75,000.
August! paid $117,000 last year in
Interest on her bonded indebtedness
With the city spending $65,000 less
than last year and her receipts being
S4O 000 to $50,000 greater than last
year, a little ever SIOO,OOO will he se
cured this year to pay on the new city
hospitals. It will require a total of
$200,000 to finish them.
FRENCH IST
PHI SIT
Desire That Monument Be
Erected on Some Site Select
ed By U. S. Along Canal.
Pari*. —Desire to have a monument
erected at Panama in commemoration
of the relation of France to the great
enterprise of connecting the Atlantic
anti Pacific oceans was informally ex
pressed to Amhasasdor Herrick today.
The project was explained by Louis
Jaray, secretary of the influential
group of Frenchmen composing the
France-American committee, which
has already secured the approval of
the French foreign office of the plan.
President Wilson, It was pointed out,
approved the idea when it was men
tioned to him last year by Wm. Mor
ton Fullerton, who was visiting Amer
ica as commissioner of the Lyons In
ternational Exposition. Mr. Fullerton
explained that the suggestion of Ga
briel Hanotaux, former French min
ister of affairs and president
of the France-America committee, was
that the monument should be raised
from subscriptions gathered among the
French people.
It Is the wish of the committee that
the United States government, if it ac
cepts the suggestion, should select a
site for the monument along the ea
nal.
Delicious Leqitimistes at
Sheron’s. 60c per pound.
Horse Racing at Fair Grounds Tues
day, March 17th, 3 o’clock. Gents, 50c;
Ladies. 25c.
JEFFERY MOTOR CARS
Reliable Auto Co.
Where Nearly $1,000,000 was
Derived By the City and How
It was Expended Last Year
GENERAL BALANCE SHEET, 1913.
Statement of Receipt* and Ditburement*.
Cash on hand January 1, 1913 $29,772.18—3 $51,272 18
Not amount borrowed 21.50t1.00
DEPENDABLE RECEIPTS;
TAXATION—
Tax levy 1913. for;
Ordinary current expenses $166,335.04
.Municipal and interest on public
debt 166,335.04
Paving and macadamizing streets.. 83,167.52
$+15,837.60
Tax levies prior to 1913 1,478.18
$417,315.78
SPECIAL TAXES:
Insurance premiums $ 10,826.99
Tax penalties and interest 2,006.30
Sherltt s costs 432.00
$430,581.0/
SPECIAL DISBURSEMENTS;
Curbing and sutewaiKs +12,394.78
Realm sewers 4,141.02
Street sprinkling .. .. 2.44/.3l—s 18,983.11—5449,564.18
LICENSES, PEK-VIITS AND FRANCHISES:
llusiuess licenses, ordinary * i 0,107.25
iNear-Uepr licenses 47,000.00
Vehicle licenses 5,062.50
Motor licenses 260.00
Dog licenses 1,982.00
Steam and Electrical Railways
tor use ol streets 14,688.08 —$139,159.83
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES:
Waterworks $125,229.25
Plumbing 5,073.52
Plumbing inspection 1,393.50
$131,096.27
Canal power rent 00,607.87
Wharfage .’ 406.47
Scale fees 229.18
Cemeteries 3.155.00 —$196,094.79
MISCELLANEOUS:
indemnity insurance $ 2,286.51
Fines in recorder's court 12,658.50 —$ 14,946.76
Sale of City Code 1.75
Totai dependable receipts $799,763.81
OCCASIONAL RECEPITS;
S'ale and rental ot real estate .... 17,238.44
Reimbursement advance cellar
drainage 3,676.20
Discount and interest 6,812.02
Departmental credits and sale of
usual properties 7,106.67
Sale ol' livp stock 2,912.05 $36,745.83—55836,511.39
$887,783.57
DISBURSEMENTS.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT AND FINANCES:
Salaries of councilmen $ 2,700.00
Salaries General ofiices 17,810.00
Elections 780.85
Boards of Assessors 1,193.86
Assessment 1913 (Somer's System) 4,974.72
Other expenses 2.109.37 —$ 29.568.80
PUBLIC SAFETY:
Fire $ 76,710.98
Police 100.429.17
Pensions %.... 4,559.84
Fire alarm and police telegraph 6,959.65
Military 2,086.26
Indemnity insurance 3.497.34 —$194,243.24
PUBLIC HEALTH:
Health Department $ 27,824.99
Hospitals 25,499.97
Medical College 20,899.92
Cemeteries 11,100.00 —$ 85,325.22
PUBLIC WORKS:
Engineering and other expenses $ 11,369.46
Streets ana drains 111,634.27
Street cleaning 9,265.40
Scavenger 14.588.54
Canal 10,620.25
Waterworks 52,469.97
Reai estate 3.387.07
Bridges, river and wharves 2,374.94
Central Ave. sewer continued 230.00
Live stock 13,250 50—5229,190.41
LEGAL DEPARTMENT:
Salary of City Attorney .. $ 2,000.00
Salary of Recorder 1,200.00
Paid Claims 5,601.23—$ 8.8Q1.23
ASSESSMENT ACCOUNTS:
Curbing and Sidewalks $ 19.517.60
Health Sewers 13.858.70
Street Sprinkling 2,995.44—$ 36,371.74
INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL OF BONDED
INDEBTEDNESS:
On Ronds $117,954.69
Sinking Fund 38,000.00
Redeeming City Bonds 5,159.03 —$161,113.72
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNTS:
Street Lighting $ 42,008.90
Tree and Park Commission 11.266.83
Canal and River. Commission 123.10—$ 53,39883
SUNDRY UNCLASSIFIED ACCOUNTS: ~
Contingent Fund $ 13.138.30
Business Licenses 255.03
Dog Tax 4.50 »
Cellar Drainage 28.85
Charity 3,600.00
Printing 3,055.81
Interest on Floating Debt 3,183.25—$ 23,265.80
IMPROVEMENTS:
Extension of Fire Alarm and Police Tel $ 17,224.40
Fire Department 383.37
Butt Memorial Bridge 24.447.57
Park and Plaza 2,607.93—$ 44.663.27
Total Disbursements $865,942.26
CASH BALANCE 21,841.31
$887,783.1TT
11 Feet Under Ground, Cannon
Ball, Relic Revolution Days, is
Found By Hotel Excavators
Is Three Inches in Diameter and Was Probably Shot From
Gun Which Was Located on Site of St. Paul’s Church.
Found By Workmen Digging Hotel Ada Foundations. .
While excavating for the founda
tion of the Hotel Ada, corner Barrett
Plaza and Walker Street, workmen
found imbedded eleven feet under the
ground in the stiff clay, a cannon ball
which was probably fired from a gun
at the fori near St. Paul's Church
during the Revolutionary War. The
ball Is about three inches in dame
ter.
An explanation being sought re
gardina the ball having been found in
the clay, the answer which appears
| most feasible is that at the time the
ball was shot there was a creek run
ning through the city very near the
exact spot where tne ball was discov
ered. Tie stream which was known
as Beaver Dam Creek, of course,
caused a considerable depression In
the surface of the earth, probably to
the extent of ten to twelve feet. The
ball, it is thought, was shot into the
clay embankment on the side of the
stream and lay there ever since and
when the creek ceased to exist and
the depression in the earth removed
it was disturbed. If the ball 'had
THE AUGUSTA HERALC, AUGUSTA. GA.
Rheumatism
Remarkabl# Horn# Cur* Givtn by One
Who Had It—H# Wants Every
Sufferer to Benefi\
Send No Money—Jus: Vour Address.
Yciire «*f awful suffering unit misery
hrtvr tnujfht this mm Murk 11. .luckeon
of flyracuse. New York how trrrlhle an
eneim to human liupplnss* rlinunnmm
le, and Imve k wn him sympithy with
unfortunates who n** within its
irmep. lie want* every rheumatic vic
tim to know how he wan cured. Head
what he nay*.
“I Had Sharp Palm Like Lightning
Flashes Shooting Through My Joints."
"In the spring of 1893 l wa* attacked
by Muscular and Inflammatory Hheiima
tlsm. I suffered a* only flume who have
it kn«.w. for olti Uno v tinu i 11 s•* I
remedy after remedy, and doctor after
doctor, but eurh relief a* l received wn*
ohly temporary. Finally, I found h rem
edy that cured me completely, and it has
never returned. 1 have Riven It to a
number who were terribly afflicted amt
even bedridden with Rheumatism, uim
it effected a cure in every case.
I want every suffer A* from any form
of rheumatic trouble to try this marvel
ous healing power. Don't send n cent;
simply mail your name and address and
I will send it free to try. After you
have used it and it has proven itself to
be that long-lot ked-for means of curing
your Rheumatism, you may send the
mice of it. one aoiuur* but* understand,
I do not want your money unless you
.ire perfectly satisfied to send it. Isn't
that fair? Why suffer any longer when
positive relief is thus offered you free?
Don’t delay. Write today. MARK It.
JACKSON. No. 822 Gurney Bldg., Syra
cuse, N. Y."
Mr. Jackson is responsible. Above
statement true. —Pub.
been in black earth inste-aa of the
yellow clay It would have been
thought that It was In an old well,
which had Tor years been covered up
or in a jost hole long since tilled
up. It Is not believed that any can
non in these days could have shot a
ball 1 1 feet into the earth.
Mr. Charles Estes, Augusta’s oldest
citizen who lias recently celebrated
his 95th birthday, says that many
years ago Beaver Dam Creek ran
through the city from the river, start
ing at the Riverside Mills, crossing
Broad Street, between Tenth aii't
Eleventh Streets, across F.llis and
across Greene at the Southeast cor
ner of Tenth, on by the site of the
present depot and then on to what
is now known as Beaver Dam Ditch.
There was water enough for swim
ming in an arm of the creek, which
extended to the present site of the
First Presbyterian Church, and the
boys of generations ago ÜBed It as a
bathing i»ol.
Smallpox From Influx of
Thousands of Mexicans
San Antonio, Texa*. —Smallpox con
ditions In south Texas, due to the in
flux of thousands of Mexicans, It is
declared, have assumed serious pro
portions.
A movement is on foot In San An
tonio, it was announced Saturday,
sponsored by I)r. D. Berey, Texas
county health officer, to request that
the federal government instruct army
surgeons along the border to vacci
nate each person who crosses from
Mexico.
Seventeenth Infantry
is Going to Eagle Pass
San Antonio, Texas.—Headquarters
of the Southern Department, U. S A.,
were officially advised today that
headquarters and staff of the second
brigade and the Ninth Infantry have
been ordered to Laredo for patrol duty
while the Seventeenth Infantry, from
Sort McPherson, Ga., haa been sent to
Kagle I'ass. The organizations were
Instructed to entrain Immediately, wtlh
field service equipment.
MR. GEO. W. SUMMERS IS
ANNOUNCED FOR COUNCIL
Well Known Civil Engineer to
Run in the Sixth. Now Two
Candidates From That Ward.
Friends of Mr. George W. Summers
held a meeting last night and nomi
nated him for council from the Sixth
Ward. There was much enthusiasm
shown at the meetlnit which Is said
to have been largely attended.
Mr. Summers is a we!) known Au
gusta civil engineer who has a great
many friends In this city.
There are now two candidates from
the Sixth Ward. Mr. H. A. Kortson
having announced some time ago.
ONE MORE CASE.
Waahlngton.—One more case oT bu
bonic plague in Havana has been re
ported to the public health service.
It is a light one, however, arid sur
geon General Blue said the situation
was weil In hand.
"W'e have great confidence In what
Is being done by the Cuban health au
thorities,” said the surgesn general
today. "There need be no undue a
pre’nensl m at this time on the part
of any of the Southern states.”
Cured His RUPTURE
I waa badly ruptured while lifting a
trunk several y*t irs ago. Doctors «;iid
rny only hope of cure was an operation.
Trusses did me* no good. Finally I got
hold of something thnt quickly and com*
p>tely cured rue Years have pissed
and the rupture has never returned, Al
though I am doing hard es a car
penter. There was no operation, no lost
time. no trouble. I have noth ng to sell,
but will give full information about how
you may find a complete cure without
operation, if you writ#- ro me. Eugene \f.
Pullen. Carpenter, 854 Av<-
nue. Manasquftn. N. J Better cut out
this notice and show It to any others who
are ruptured you rny save a life or v.
least stop the misery of rupture end
the worry and danger of an operation.
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Women Ask For Them
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the world,-bought in every civilized nation
by the pet pie who know most about really
good shoes.
The newest patterns built on the finest lines
•-the best leathers, the widest range of sizes
—these are the reasons the women of the
7 world prefer WALK-OVERS. v
Come in and get fitted to this new
WALK-OVER model.
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Be Sure to Read the “Wants”
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Look at These
PIANO BARGAINS
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Terms to Suit
Your Convenience
Leave orders for R. J. Watson, Piano Tuner and Repairer.
A. A. Thomas Piano Company
PHONE 686. 639 BROAD STREET. AUGUSTA, GA.
a '' DSM er
Each can be purchased with an as
surance that they are exactly as we rep
resent them to he.
They are bargains Genuine bar
gains well worthy of your immediate
ittention.
They were taken in exchange on
St ult z & Hauer, Melotona and Excel
one Player Pianos. Uprights and oth
ers in stock for your inspection.
SSOO Seliurnan, Mahogany, Art Case, for .. . .$275
SBSO Kingsbury, Rosewood Case, for $l4B
S4OO Hailey, Walnut Case, for $225
SBOO Muelhauser, Mahogany Case, for $125
SBSO Bradley, Mahogany Case, for $195
S4OO Carlisle, Mahogany Case, for $250
$750 American Player, Mahogany Case, for . .S3OO
SBSO Helming Player, Mahogany Case, for .. $495
SBSO Electric Player, Mission Oak, for $395
SI,OOO Nunns & Chirk Square, Carved Rosewood
Case, Pearl Keys, for $125
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