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TWO OVERWHELMING WAS VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE ADOPTION REPORT APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE Citv Council Had Lonq Session Last Niqht and Fire and Police Departments Win Out 15 to 3 MAYOR HAYNE AND MESSRS. BOYCE AND VAUGHAN OPPOSED Councilmen Sustain Sub-Com mittee of Finance Committee and Police Department Oets $05,000 and Fire $75,000. Over the i rotest ol Mayor Hay no anil ('otinellm •• F 1.. Boyce anil J Vaughan of 1 tie Third Ward, city council nst uiglit adopted the riqairt oi the appropriation* committee, liit li embodied the ri port of the sub committee of the finance committee, h an overwhelming majority. To he exact. Vi re acre fifteen vote* for adoption and only three against. All wf the nr nit.e» cf counsll except j!uy.ir I lay no and Meaar*. Itoyre nnd Vaughan ited tor the adoption of the report with the exception of Conn oilman Boyle, of the Second' Ward, who wax anie nt. Council wrangled for about an hour on the question hui at 10:15 the vote was finally taken, which waa very conclualve ll Is underatood that Mayor llayne would have vetoed the matter had the vote been at all close, hut It waa so overwhelming that It could have been easily carried over the mayor's veto as there were more than two-thirds in favor of it. The reiKirt of the appropriations committee provides for a total amount to he a, proprlated ol 1*11.410 out ot an estimated Income of 1*72.491, an I thp difference between these amounts w ill be saved and applied to the build of the new city hospitals, or rather the completion of the new city hospitals. Police and Fire Department*. As was expected, the hone of con tention was the appropriation for the police and fire department* Ma'or Hay tic and Messrs. Boyce and Vaugh an wanted an appropriation of I'm. fOO for the police ami |7ti,ooo lor the fire do art o' 1 i ■ 11 Co members wanted an appropriation d >05.000 for the police and s7s.'.mi lor the’ flic d. p.irtmen When C • report of the ap. roprln turn cenni) ttee ♦)•»• , l?p‘ ! b ll l ' rV-ti Mr Itn rs pft ' r M»e Hecnri'l \V H rd r "-d If* Gin fiHon. I'hcro were «i ve I seconds to the motion, fine from Mr Moore, of the Sixth Ward w i dertcr* d that be believed In . ui’.ln down but ndCC> the extent v 1 leh ‘in i ; li' e:ite» of reducing ex pen es believed in Mr tic c moved that the appro l ii .Con for the police department lie y;p! umt nnd t •• fire deiUrtment at* propria-ion s?n.nAo. Mr Boyce, (leaking to Ills motion, asked about i n appropriation of $2,000 Tor the Civil Service Commission over and S '.ue the proposed $95,000 for the police and *75.000 for the fire depart ment It was explained that $1,500 of this was for the salary of the »ec rotary of the rlvll service board and j. oil "for olflce expenses, Including telephone, stationery snd other neces sary equipment The mayor explain ct that the commission wanted *2,500 that the subcommittee had cut Ihem down to *2.000. Mr Boyce said that one Item ot expenditure for the police department was *2.’!a per year for telephone* and he brought out the tact that the gen enral offices of th<> police depart ment*. that is the chief, captain ami lieutenants, have telephones In their homes paid Tor by the city This was explained because of the fad ihHt Ihe officers are frequently reeded .<t the barracks when olf duty and they cun he communicated with. Feeding Prisoners. It was aso brought out hv Mr Bon e that a total of *532 70 was out lust year for feeding prisoners When prisoners are locked up at tne bar racks thee are fed from local restau rant* until some disposition is made of the case* or they are sent to the countv Jail or to the stockade Chairman I’ilcher of the police com mittee, answered Mr. Boyce’s ques lions on this line, saying that a great lnauj prisoners are brought In Satnr clay and have to stay until Monday in the barracks before they are tried before file recorder. Also there are a great many prisoners charged with state offenses who are locked up at the barracks nnd who have to lie fed while their cases are being investi gated. Mr. Boyce called attention to the 1 J* e 1 . fr« f ,n ‘ j G^ v k< , Ss •; yjg> J „ J "TtitRCS A REASON.” f .^agMerf Report of Appropriation Committee As Adopted by City Council The following Is the report of the appropriations committee adopted bj city council last night: , The appropriation* committee begs leave to submit the following as Its rrport of Income and appropriation* for the year 1914: Income. Appropriation* Cash on hand January 1, 1914 $ 21,941.31 Assessor*, hoard 0f.......... * 1,900.00 Hills payable 75,900.90 Bridge*, rivers and wharves.. 490.00 1,500.01 Business licenses 105.000.0 u Canal 00,000.00 19.009.00 Cemeteries 3,000.00 11,000.00 Charities Civil service commission Contingent fund 7,000.00 Costs . 4.50.00 Corporation franchlsea 14,500.00 Curbing and aldewalka 10,000.00 Discount and In ter eat 1,000.00 4,000.ft0 Dog tax 1.700.< 10 00 Klectlon* xoo.oo Fire department 500.00 75,000.00 Fire alarm and police telegraph 200.oi: 6.000.00 Health Health sewera 5,000.00 5.000.00 Hospitals * „ *®>*®**2 Indemnity Insurance 2,000 on 2.000.00 Insurance dues •••• 10,000.0* Interest on tmnds 131,000.00 1.1K,000.00 Litigation 3,000 00 Macada mixing 72,000.00 KO.OOOOO Medical College 19,500.00 Military .'ssll'SJ I'ensb.ns ...j 4,(00.00 Plumbing 1 4.100.00 9,000.00 I'oltro • 2.300.00 95,000.00 Printing 3,000.00 Public work 200.00 10,000 00 Heal estate 11,000 01. 1,000.00 Hecorder’a court 12,500.00 1,200.00 Scale* 200.00 Scavenger 14,000.0 J Sinking fund 52.000.00 32,000.00 fttreet cleaning 9,000.00 Street llshtlng 41,600.00 Street sprinkling 2,500.00 2,500.00 Tax digest 175.000.00 Tax digest prior to 1914 1,500.00 Tree and park commission 10,000.0 ft Waterwork 115,000.00 32,504.00 Total appropriations and current expenses $811,410.00 Sun lua *1,091.21 Grand totals $872,491.31 $872,491.31 Improvement. .. Cemeterv Improvement $ 1,000.n0 I'Hiniliq; Center Street Bridge i 500.00 rip. house (sixth ward) 12,000.00 lolb, telegraph 10.000.00 I Ire alarm 2,000.0*) WrlghtslMiro road sewer extension 10,000.00 mm dandling Fifteenth Street Bridge 10,000.0) I tea I estate (house unu lot Fifteenth and Hicks streets) 1,575.00 Incinerators 6,000.00 Waterworks pipe extension 5,000.00 Total $55,075.00 fact that horseshoeing Tor the fire slid police departments made a con sideruhle Item and lie asked if the city did no! employ a competent hofsertuier. The reply was that the City employed a man to shoe all of the hol es and mules owned by the city with the exception of those in the fire and police departments Another Item which Mr. Boyce call ed attention to was the feeding of policemen. This whs explained by Mr Pilcher, who said that police on extra duty, up iHte at nights, etc., had to have food and the city paid lor It The *'2.hOo which Is appropriated for uniforms for the policemen is re turned to the city by the policemen who pay for their owu uniforms. Burns' Detective* Paid $6,000. It was brought out, also by Mr. Boyce, that last year the police de partment cost a little more than *103,000, but that *6,000 of this was paid to Burns' detectives for working on the street ear murder cases. Mr Boyce said that Macon, with approximately as many people ami about the same size territory to cover, gets along with *BO,OOO appropriation tor her police dei artment nnd he couldn't see whv Augusta couldn’t gel along with *90.000 Mr Pilcher warmly praised the members of the civil service commis sion lie said IhHt they have the In terests of the city at heart thHt they nro all taxpayers and are high toned men. He said that he w>ted for a resolution some time ago to decrease the number oT men In the fire and police departments because he thought the commission wanted reduc tions Mr Pilcher said that the two departments were placed in the hands of u civil sci vice commission to get them out of ivolltlcs nnd he did not think council should cripple the com mission a! the outset Mr. Raworth Made Appeal. Mr Haworth, who was chairman of the sub-committee which formulated the expense reduction plan, made an THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. earnest appeal for the adoption of the appropriations committee’s report, lie said that he uml Ills committee had looked Into the question thorough ly nnd It was their honest conviction that the police and fire departments could not get on with less than *9,1,1100 and *75,000, respectively, without being crippled seriously. Mr. Kawoith said that he challenged any man to say that ho had the interests of Augusta more at heart than lie himself had them nt heart, and added (hat he was elected without solicita tion and without opposition and had no axe to grind and no idea but to serve the best IntervatH of the city. He pleaded for the report to be adopt ed, not on personal grounds, but be cause ll will he for the best interests of the city. Mr. Boyce said that council was go ing before the people to get bonda voted and yet within the past tew >eam the fire rates have been raised. Mr. Allen called oil by Mr. Pilcher to answer Mr. Boyce, eair tout there had been no general raise In fire rates, hut that the rates on dwelling houses occupied by tenants had been Increas ed some and also that the rates on furniture had Increased some. He Halil also that the large values, notably cotton, lumber and other risks, had been reduced. Mr. Allen said that he had been connected with the tiro de partment either hb an insurance agent or city official or both for twenty-five years and had made ft - study of it It was at this point that Mr. Pil cher aakeit Mr. Allen If he paid much to the city in taxes. Mr Allen re plied that he paid a considerable amount. Continuing, the Kentleman from the second said that lie had recently been In conference wtt:h the re-rate men from the Southeastern Tariff Asso ciation and that the entire city had been re rated and a good rate given to the Hill, because or the promise of the city to build a fire station up there. Mr. Allen said that Augustas Hoarseness Hava you got hoarsens** that continues? Or do you get hoarse once In a while, whenever you get the slightest cold? Hoarseness meuns a catarrhal condition of the vocal cord*. Th# vocal cords are way down In the larynx nnd when affected by hoarseness should cause serious concern. Feruna has been found to be an excellent remedy for such rase*. We have received testimonials from responsible people who have been relieved of hoarseness by Feruna. Should you want to read a lot of excellent testimonials on all subjects write for the “Ills of Life” sent free by th* Peruna Co. Co lumbus, Ohio. Psruna can also be obtained In tablet form. Ask your druggist, or send to u* direct. fire department Is classed by the In surance people as Mrat-class as far aa It goes, hut It does not have enougu men to man the companies properly, the department has to cover too much territory and there la Inadequate water supply In the southwestern part ot the city. Mr. Boyce sought to bring out i.iat the decrease In rates In recent years on some risks had been caused ny the Installation of the sprinkler system and not to any Improvement In the fire department. Mr Pilcher asked If every adminis tration prior to the preaent. one had not tried $« build up the fire depart ment and Increase efficiency and Mr. Allen said that It had. Mr Boyce claimed that the fire rates were as low several years ago. when Mr. Allen was mayor and when there were only slxty-two firemen as they are now. Mr. Allen said that the basic rate was fixed by the construction of buildings an dthe water supply. He said that the Insurance on dwellings In many parts of Augusta waa cheaper than in Atlanta. Mr Kent, of the fourth, said that he voted for the resolution passed some time ago for the fire department and police department to be cut eight to twelve men respectively, because he thought it was only a suggstion to the civil service commission. He said that he would vote to sustain the ap propriations committee’s report, as he believed that when the question ot cutting down expenses was consider ed that the start should be made with officials higher up who get good pay. Start with the mayor and go on down the line, was his Idea, and let the fire nnd police departments alone, that is If these two departments cannot be made better. , „ „ , Mr Martin, of the sixth, said that after Investigating the matter 'he had decided that the $95,000 and $75,000 appropriations were for the best and he would so vote Mr. Martin had been In Tavor of the $90,000 and $70,- 000 Then came the vote, whir'll re sulted In the adoption of the report by fifteen to three. At The Grand ‘‘ZIEGFELD FOLLIES." The latest series of the "/iegTeld Follies" Is to be exhlbttefl at the (Iraml Monday, March 30th. As this is the first presentation here of the famous /.iegtcld Show the demand tor seats will be unusual. The cast oi the immense organization comprises tiie names of one hundred and fitt.t' entertainers, the most important of whom are .lose Collins Frank Tinner U>on Krrel, Nat Willis, hlizabeth Hriee Stella Chatelaine, Ethel Amor ita Kelley, Anna Pennington, William l.e Brun, Murray Queen. J. Bernard Ovllyn, Harry Gribbon. Peter Swift, Max Schock, marles PuriTT. Florence < iardner, Lottie Vernon, Bessie Cross, Bose Wertz. May Hennessy, Dorothy Ilodfrey Val Dayne, Dorothy Newell, Aimee' Grant, Addison Young, Beta Spear, Lillian Tashman, Charles Mitchell, Fawn Conway, Charles Scribner Flo Mart, Arthur Koso and Eleanor Dell In addition to tna principals mentioned above will be a largo and talented beauty chorus, "THE ROSE MAID” STORY AND CAST. With every minute of Its two acts said to lie as refreshing and colorful as a full blown rose, “The Bose Maid operetta, boasting a more elaborate production than any of the Viennese musical offerings ot recent vogue, ib announced for perfvirmances at the Crand Saturday, matinee and even ing. Since its first performance In New York last year when it ran into its second season, this tuneful work with its pretty romance of the gay Duke of Bnrchester and a little rose girl has proved fairly irresistible to music-loving theatergoers. Instead of the old fashioned open ing chorus, "The Bose Maid” begins with a rout! ing dance In the Duke s ball-room. The gaiety girls bring down the house with their riotous fun to music throbbing with seductive and sensuous motives. Every scene is plaved to haunting measures that M»t tiie audience humming "The Rose Waltz," the "Mandarin Duet, the "Night of (Badness" gong and the "Moon Song" are sale to be especial ly charming. Whether It be a comedy episode or a situation In the gay life of the hero and his fond little Daphne, there is a fitting melody to please the ear and start each susceptible toe a-ttpping. *■ While the piece abounds In laugh able buffoonery furnished by no less than five comedians, this may be taken hs a concession to popular taste and never detracts from the operatic merit of the score. "The Rose Maid” is enduring neenuse It lias been provided with the elements of success along legitimate lines, be cause of Its fascinating story told in notion and song, and because It has so many attractive numbers that will be whistling favorites for months to come. THE HEPHZIBAH FARMERS AGRICULTURAL CLUB The progressive farmers of tho Hephztbah district have organised an agricultural club with a membership roll of 4S. The following are the officers of the club. R. H. Rurkbalter, president. F. P. Reynolds, vice president. O. K. Rroarder, secretary. ,t A. Carswell, treasurer. Directors: T. S. McLerder, C. C. Henderson. M. H. t’sher, Oscar Farm er P. Timm They have let the contract for a club house, which is to be completed in sixty days, at a cost of $1,075. It will be located at the west end of the town, on the Louisville road ad on land given by the President. Mr. R. H. Rnrkhaller. A large number of progressive farm* ers from Carolina ha\ e moved Into that vicinity on account of the productive ness of th* soli together with Its prox imity to a good market. Hephslbsh also offers exceptional school and church facilities and Is high and heal thy. CHAPTER 38 IN GENESIS TOO WARM FOR MAILS "The thirty-eighth chapter of Gene- Nta has no business In the Bible and would never get through the mails If thn United States authorities read It.” That was the statement of M W. Connelly, of the Memphis News-Bclm itar, to the member* of the Southern Newspaper Fubllshers’ association at the Hotel Ansley Tuesday morning. Mr. Connelly had been speaking on the problems of newspaper* In espec ial reference to what goes Into their columns, and cited the chapter In the Hilda to show that the good should ever predominate over the evil In a newspaper. "That chapter and others should never be allowed to go through the mails,’’ he said. “Yet look how the Bible has endured for centuries. There Is so much good In It that the good triumphs over the evil. That Is the way every newspaper should he. Sometime* we cannot keep obnoxious stuff out of our papers, but we can al ways see that the good Is paramount to the bad. Do your best. That is worse than the worst of somebody else.”—Atlanta Journal. OUR HISTORY AS IT NEVER WAS “We have taken Yorktown,” said Washington, "entirely with American soldier*. Therefore let us turn It over to Great Britain lest somebody charge us with violating our treaty obliga tions.” “I have written this declaration of Independence, gentlemen," said Thomas Jefferson “but Inasmuch as I am sure there will be objection to tt on the part of the British government, I sug gest that we turn It over to King George to place In the British Museum as an evldenec of what might have happened had we not been so discreet.” “I have captured the Serapis,” said John Paul Jones, ‘‘but that is no rea son why she should not be restored to the British navy. If we were selfish enough to use her for our own pur poses we could be Justly accused of trying to take advantage of the British nation, and inasmuch as this would set a precedent for the conduct of the 1 Panama Canal, It cannot be done.” Somehow what the ex-boss said about the present boss reminds us of what a certain ex-president said about a present president along in the au tumn of 1912. THE OHAPPELLE ARRIVES FROM SAVANNAH TODAY The Chappetle will dock at the city wharf today with a cargo of freight from Savannah. This Is a new boat plying the Savannah between Augusta and the sea and Is making regular trips. The return trip to Savannah will be made Friday. TELEPHONE ACHIEVEMENTS ' ,)lJ; TELEPHONE SERVICE OF TO-DAY THE CREATION OF THE BELL CO. In no line of human endeavor has the In ventive brain of the scientist contributed more to the world's progress than by the creation of the art ot telephony, of which the Bell system is the embodiment. When the telephone was born, nothing an alogous to telephone service as we now know it existed. There was no tradition to guide, no experience to follow. The system, the apparatus, the methods— an entire new art had to be created. The are of electrical engineering did not exist. The Bell pioneers, recognizing that success depended upon the highest engi neering and technical skill at once organ ized an experimental and research depart ment which is now directed by a staff of over o up engineers and scientists, In eluding former professors, post-graduate students, scientific Investigators—the graduates of over 70 universities. From its foundation the company has continuously developed the art. New Im provements in telephones, switchboards lines, cables, have followed one another with remarkable rapidity. While each successive type of apparatus to the superficial observer suggested sfnil larlty, each step In the evolution marked a decided improvement These changes, this evolution, has no* only been continuous, hut Is continuing. Substantially all oT the plant now In use. Including telephones, switchboards, cables and wires, has been constructed, renewed or re-constructed in the past 10 years. Particularly In switchboards have the changes been so radical that Installations costing In the ngggregate millions have fre quently been discarded after only a few years of use. Since 1877 there have been introduced 53 types and styles of receivers and 73 tvpes and styles of transmitters. Of tho 12.000,000 telephone receivers and transmitters own ed by the Bell Company January 1, 1914, none were in use prior to 1902, while tne average age Is less than five years Within 10 years we have expended for construction and reconstruction an amount more than equal to the present book value of our entire plant. lxmg-dtstance and underground transmis sion was the most formidable scientific problem confronting the telephone experts. The retarding effect of the earth on the telephone current often Imralred conversa tion through one mile underground as much tus through 100 miles overhead Overhead conversation had Its distinct limitations. No possible Improvement In the telephone transmitter could of itself solve these diffi culties. The solution was only found in the cumu lative effect of improvements, great and small, in telephone, transmitter, line cable, switchboard, and every other piece of appa ratus or plant required in the transmis sion of speech. While . te limit of commercial overhead | LETTERS. Mr. Thomas Sharkey writes: I am at a loss to understand the atrlbillous attitude of the Individuals who Insinu ate that the refreshment emporium 1 conduct Is on a moral plane with “Hagar Revelly.” It has been my con tinuous endeavor to conduct such a re sort that were Anthony Comstock .to honor me with an official call his ac tivities would be In a state of innocu ous desuetude. How any one famllhV with my long career could suspect me of being an accessory to any form of turpitude is utterly beyond my compre hension. Frequenters of the Boston Public Library who are sojourning In GIRLS! HAVE BEAUTIFUL LUSTROUS. FLUFFY HAIR—2S CENT DANDERINE Removes every particle of danruff, stops falling hair and is a delightful dressing. To be possessed of a head of heavy, beautiful hair; soft, lustrous, fluffy, wavy and free from dandruff is mere ly a matter of using a little Dan derine. It is easy and inexpensive to have nice, soft hair and lots of it. Just get a 25 cent bottle of Knowlton’3 Dandertne now —all drug Stores rec ommend it —apply a little as directed and within ten minutes there will be an appearance of abundance; fresh ness, fluffiness and an Incomparable talking had increased from strictly local to over 1,000 miles as early as 1893. it was not until 1905 that conversation could be had over long-distance circuits of which as much as 20 miles was in underground cables. By 1906 underground talking distance had in creased to 90 miles. By 1912 It was pos sible to talk underground from New York to Washington. It was then that the construction of un derground conduits irom Boston to Wash ington was determined upon,—not that it was expected to go a thorough underground talk between tnose places, but in case of storm or blizzard, to utilize immediate sec tions in connection with the overhead. Our persistent study and incessant expe rimentation have produced results more re markable still. We have perfected cables, apparatus and methods that have overcome obstacles here tofore regarded as Insuperable both to long-distance overhead and underground conversation. Underground conversation is now possible between Bostvin ann Washington, four times the length of the longest European underground line. Tnis enabled the Bell System in the recent great storm, so de structive on land and sea, to niantain com munication Tor the public between all the principal points on the Atlantic seaboard. Telephone communication is established between New York and Denver, is poten tentially possible between all points in the United States, and by 1915 will be an ac complished fact between New York and ban Francisco. In our use of methods or apparatus, we are committed to no one system. We own, control or have the right to use inventions necessary to operate any system recognized or accepted as the most efficient. The Bell ."stem must always recognize, and in its selection must always be governed by the necessities of a national service with its complex requirements, which Is Infinitely more exacting than local or limited service. These achievements represent vast expen ditures of money and Immense concentra tion of effort wntch nave been justified by results of immeasurable benefit to the pub lic. No local company unaided could near the financial or scientific burden of this worn. Such results are possible only through a centralized general staff, avoiding wasteful duplication of effort, working out problems common to all, for the benefit of all. The pioneers of the Bell System recog nized that telephone service as they saw It, was in the broadest sense a public utility: that upon them rested a public obligation to give the best possible service at the most reasonable rates consistent with risk, ln vestment and tne continued Improvement and maintenance of Its property. Without this expenditure of millions and concentration of effort, the telephone art as It exists could not have been developed. What we have done in working out these great problems in the past should be ac cepted as a guarantee of what we will do in the future. THEO. N. \ AIL, President THURSDAY, MARCH 19. You Need New Spring Clothes You mnv roly upon our styles and quality. 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