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FRIDAY. APRIL 3.
NEW HE SIX
MOS. U HUT
Went Into Operation Oct. 3rd,
1913. Decrease in Customs
of $22,500,000.
Washington,—The Underwood -Siin
moni tariff act went Into effect six
months ago today and present Indi
cations nro that it will not reduce
customs revenue any more thnn was
estimated in congress at the time of
passage. According to the treasury's
March statement, customs revenues
amounted to about $2«,000,000, which
is about $1,500,*00 less than th->
Pa.vne-Aldrlch law produced in March
1913. Thnt was a marked increase
over February, when February reve
nue* fell more than $10,000,000 com
pared to the same month of 1913.
The average decrease in customs
revenue for the six months the Under
wood-Simmens act tins been In oper
ation is placed at about $4,000,000, but
officials were confident today that 1
would be reduced In the coming six
months. The Hnnual reduction was
estimated about $45,000,000 a year.
Despite reports of an unexpected
failure of income tax returns to prom
ise the revenue necessary to offset the
difference in customs, officials were
inclined to believe that the government
would find Its • original expectations
realized.
FREAK FORTUNE
MTSMEDE
Crew of Steamer Saved From
Ocean Grave. Struck By
Schooner in Fog.
Newport News, Va.—But for a freak
of fortune, in that the Impact shifted
the coal in her bunkers so as to give
her a list on the side opposite from
that in which two holes were opened
when she was struck amldshlp early
yesterday morning off the Virginia
capes by the schooner Augusta W.
Snow, the American steamer, Robert
M Thompson, Captain Cavlleer, from
Philadelphia for New Orleans, prob
ably would be at the bottom of the
Atlantic ocean now, instead of being
safely moored at the shipyard here
awaiting survey and repairs.
Struck Amidship.
According to Captain Cavileer, the
Thompson was proceeding cautiously
in a fog, with signals sounding, when
the Snow, with all sails set and run
ning eight knots or more, loomed up
out of the gray mist and struck the
Thompson amidship. The schooner’s
bowsprit hit the steamer’s stack and
turned it around, tearing loose the
fastening rivets. Two big holes were
torn n the steamer’s side and the wa
ter poured into one fire hold, run
ning the firemen out. However, the
fijrce of the collision shifted the coal
in the steamer’s bunkers and she listed
so that the holes were soon above
’ Vit ter.
Two Steel Plates.
Captain Cavileer then sent men over
the side and had them put on two
steel plates to cover the holes. He
claims this is the first instance on
record where such repairs were made
at sea by a steamer. The other hole
was covered with canvas and the
steamer righted. She then came on to
this port, the naval tug Patapsco, at
tached to the Atlantic fleet, having
in the meantime taken the Snow in
tow. The schooner's bow was crushed
in and she quickly waterlogged. Her
crew was saved.
Says Time Has Come For
a “Pan-American Policy”
Philadelphia.—lnternational rela
tions and obligations of the United
fc*tates is the general topic under dis
cussion at the meeting of the Ameri
can Academy of Political and Social
Science, which began here today.
John Barrett, director general of
the Pan-Americon Union, presided at
the opening session. He declared
the time had come for a "Pan-Ameri
can policy as substitute for the Mon
roe doctrine.
“By that,” he said, "I mean a Pol
icy acceptable to and approved by
all the American republics belonging
to each and all on the same basis of
attitude and action.”
Order to Hold Up Any
Mexico Refugees Released
Washington, D. C —lnstructions to
hold up under immigration laws any
of the Mexican refugees interned at
Fort Bliss who may be released under
pending habeas corpus proceedings
have been sent by Commissioner Cao
nilnetti to border inspectors. In case
the habeas corpus is granted the ref
ugees will be immediately re-arrested
and their light to enter the United
States tested.
FIGHT ON CAMPBELL ST.
ENDS IN BROKEN SCALP
Two colored boys. Will Williams and
('has. Jackson, got In a fight this aft
ernoon at 2:30 o'clock in a pool room
on Campbell street, Just beyond the
Union Station. Jackson iu» playing
pool when Williams came In and said
somethin? to him which he did not
like. This led to further complications,
•which cried In Jackson hittlnsr Wil
liams across the head with a club am!
breaking the skin of the cranium for
the space of two inches. Witnesses
state that it was a blow that would
have felled an ox.
appreciation.
"Of course you admire Marc An
tonv's oration."
"Yes,” replied Senator Sorghum, “I
admire his originality. He managed
to ring in a touch of novelty by start
ing ‘Friends Romans, Countrymen,’
Instead of 'Friends and Fellow-Citi
zens.’ ”
A GENTLE OPTIMIST.
“Who Is your favorite poet?”
“I don’t know his name He's the
weather expert who writes the ‘fair
nnd warmer' predictions.”
90c “Stronghold” Seamless
Sheets, 81x99 Size
Kxtra long—Btid Just a* Important, of extra quality. The well
known "Stronghold" Sheets live up to their name ns to strength.
Made from the beat sheeting cotton produced; hand torn and Iron
ed, and finished with wide hems.
$1.50 Bedspreads, (jjjg
at
Full double-bed size Spreads,
with neat pearl hems; attrac
tive rnlsed niaraellles pat
terns: real SI.OO vnlttea, and
all perfect.
SI.OO Hemmed 7Qn rln-i
Napkins I du Uul.
18x18 size; firm, serviceable napkins, in a num
ber oT pretty new patterns; hemmed ready for
use.
THE EVEINT OR EVENTS lIN SUIT SKULINQ
Purchase of Blauner Bros’ Suits
With Crepes Leading The Fashion Race We Offer.
25c White Crepe 27 in. 1 "VL ~
wide C
It is well to consider quality as well as looks when buying thin fab
rics. Here’s a handsome, snow-white crepe that will “Htand up”
under severe and continued laundry tests without losing a "bit of
its snap and beauty. It is extra width, too. so that a small yard
age is required for the dress or waist. Lastly—you can buy it for
half price, 12MiC yard.
*
Purchase of
J|p Children’s Dresses
%ll SI. OO CA r Sl.soOftr
Values •J"*' Values 'O*'
AT 50C—' Gingham, Llnene, Percale, and Chambray
«|S|ffilg|jl Dresses. Some have white bodice and blue skirt,
others are trimmed with bands of material of con-
W 7] trasting color; still others have plaid collars, cufls,
I / and belts. Sizes 2to 6 and 6to 14 years.
I / AT 98 c —Children’s pretty and serviceable Dresses
\ of llnene, zephyr gingham, and percale. White
irl Dresses have striped collars, cuffs, and bands.
I 1 Some of the most attractive models have plain
colored bodice and pleated plaid skirt. Sizes C to
14 years.
AUGUSTA M. & M. ASSOCIATION
ENUORSES GEORGIA R. R. PLANS
Letter Sent to Hon. Murnhy Candler, Chairman of the Rail
road Commission of Georgia, With Regard to the New
Service on the Georgia.
The following letter has been sent to
the Georgia Railroad Commission:
Merchants and Manufacturers' Asso
ciation—Augusta, Gtt.. April 3, 1014.
Hon. Murphy Candler, Chairman Rail
road Commission of Georgia, At
lanta, Ga.
Dear Sir: A meeting of the trans
portation department of this associa
tion was held on March 23, 1914, and
on that date the following letter war*
addressed to Mr W. H Brand, superin
tendent, Georgia railroad:
“You have railed the attention of the
transportation committee of the Mer
chants and Manufacturers’ Associa
tion to the fact that your road is pre
paring to put on two new through
trains between Atlanta and Augusta
and to make certain changes in the
connection of the other trains, as will,
in our opinion, be greatly to the ben
efit of Augusta, as well as to the con
venience of the traveling public.
"The only objection we find in the
changes submitted is the discontin
uance of train No. 12, known as the
75c Table Dam nq«
ask, at
fil-lnch full bleached Satin
Damask of heavy, durable
quality; ten new open-border
pal terns.
Worth $25 and 010 QC
$30.00, at - -tPlt.uJ
We know, and you know, what to expect when we announce a sale
of Suits from Blauner Bros., New York. Ye’re sure of record-break
ing crowds and enthusiastic buying, and you’re sure of real wonders
in value-giving.
This time we were especially fortunate, because we got more suits
and greater values than ever before—garments of superb character,
known from coast to coast for their excellence and superior style.
When scores of stunning models, worth all the way from $25 to
S3O, are represented, it is impossible to describe all,
Here’s a brief listing:
The Styles
Eton and Fancy
Black Suits, self
trimmed jackets.
Moire and satin
trimmed jackets,
lace collars and
cuffs. Batiste col
lars and cuffs. Satin
bows in back. Tunic,
tier, pannier, peg
top & ruffled skirts.
Picayune train, which starts at Oatnak
nnd reaches Augusta at 7:4. r > a. m„ and
It is our opinion, after considering this
disadvantage and comparing it with
tile numerous advantages to be gain
ed on the through trains and rc-ar
rnnging of schedules of other trains,
that, taken as a whole, the changes
proposed Mill he beneficial to Augusta
and contiguous territory.
Yours truly,
(Signed) PAUL MtTSTIN,
Uorri. Trans. Dept.
Since the above we have been ad
vised by the management of the Geor
gia railroad that train No. 12 will not
be discontinued and this association
now gives Its unqualified endorsement
to the changes ami additions in sched
ules proposed by the Georgia railroad.
In our Judgment, the proposed
changes and additions to the Georgia
railroad schedules will prove of Im
mense value to commercial Augusta,
as well as th" general traveling public.
Other lines entering Augusta wili
put on trains to connect with the fast
THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA.
LOWEST PRICES OUR CHIEF ATTRACTIONS
SCHNEIDERS
THE PEOPLE'S STORE - A STORE FOR EVERYBODY
The Cloths
Gabardines, French
Serges, Diagonal
Serges, Wool Pop
lins, Silk Poplins,
Granite Cloths, Nub
Crepes, Honeycomb
Cloths, Diagonal
Whipcords, and Al
ligator Crepes.
BIGGEST SILK BARGAIN OF ALL!
SI.OO Yard Wide Satin fJI c
Messaline ” " **
This is the superb, Roft, firm weave that the majority of women
can easily distinguish from the numerous counterfeits. It lias the
real satin luster, and never loses it, no matter how long worn.
Your first and only chance to buy SI.OO Messaline for
trains on the Georgia railroad, which
will give the nearby patrons of the
Augusta merchants additional trains
on which to come to Augusta and do
their trading and return home at con
venient hours on the same day.
The proposed schedules afford the
traveling public from and through Au
gusta to western points the best and
most convenient schedules that have
ever been In effect or proposed by the
Georgia railroad
Should citizens of towns between
Augusta nnd Atlanta petition your
honorable body to order the fast trains,
Nos. 19 and 20, to make stops not now
contemplated, we feel that it will be
impossible to maintain the proposed
fast schedules If additional stops are
made and urge that the petition of
tho Georgia railroad be granted with
out change.
We feel a deep interest in this mat
ter and believe it of such Importance
to the city of Augusta that It is our
desire to send a delegation from this
association to Atlanta on April 13th
to appear before your honorable body
in the Interest of these proposed
schedules,
M, * M. ASSOCIATION.
P. H. Rice, President,
F. H. Brinson, Sec.
THE WHIZZARD.
Since a hot wave is known as a "Saz
zard,”
We might call a snowstorm a "Snlz
zard,”
But the worst comes along
With the blast fierce and strong
When a Blizzard,ls turned to a Whiz
zard.
Stylish Lonjf Kid Gloves
$2.50 Gloves. 12 Button length $1.75
In white and block. Fashioned of fine, soft quality kid; perfect
in fit mid satisfactory in wear.
$3.00 Gloves, 16 button length $1.98
Kxeellent White Glace Kid Gloves, at the zenith of popularity at
this time oT year.
UUt CKI.KBRATRD SHORT FRKNCH I.AMHSKIN GI.OVKS; sold
with an unqualified guarantee for service Fitted nf the counter.
Hacks are smartly embroidered. White, blnrk, tan, and gray. The
greatest value In Augusta, .t* , v
for
The Colors
Any and all colors
—staples and novel
ty shades are all
here. Included are
Navy, Rust, Tango,
Mahogany, Reseda,
Copenhagen, labra
dor, Hairline stripes
and Smart Checks.
Leaders in Laces, Embroideries
and Trimmings
18-inch Shadow Lice Flounc
ing, the quality priced at most
stores for 50c. Especially
wanted for three-ruffle dress
es and for two-piece fronts for
waists. White only, -■% p
yard ZdC
8c and 10c VAL 'fp
LACES, Yard .. ..
Thousands of yards of exquis
ite new patterns in French and
German Val. laces, many not
to be offered in other stores at
all—and those you do find
priced at double Saturday's
Val. offerings sustain our posi
tion as the house of novelties.
Corsets, Including: the Famous
Crown, SI.OO to $2.00
Stout, average, and Blender figures are provided for, with a thor
oughness that means absolute comfort and correct style for every
woman.
A Bargain Landslide For Easter Shoppers.
Purchase of
600 Dozen Untrimmed Hats
Fine Hemp and Milan Hemps
Every New Shape. Every Color.
Saturday's wonderful sale results from one of the biggest and
timeliest purchases in our history. We haven't had the good luck to
Invite you to such a millinery treat this season, and the thousand*
of women seeking Faster hats will need no urging to take advai
tage of the amazing values.
Choice of sailors, Watteau models, shepherdess effects, the new
tame and bandeau hats. In scores of variations.
Purple, the new blues, greens, and browns, brass shades, tango,
black, atid many other colors.
$2 and $2.50
VALUES,
95c
Beautiful Trimmed Hats
$5.00 and $6.00 $2 95 ° to SIO.OO $4 Q 5
Now, more than ever. Is the superiority of King's Palace Millinery nnd its Incomparably low prices ap
nrftci&tpd
' The two prices featured tomorrow for trimmed hats will buy really exquisite ('rations, brimful of style,
and fashioned of highest class materials. Many are copied from Imported hats —all are superbly at
tractive
Hundreds and hundreds of models trimmed with flowers, wreaths, small fruits, ribbons, fancy feathers,
wings, and pompoms. 9
Uoscbud Trimming. Those
dainty wreath effects are em
ployed almost everywhere this
season, and are especially
fetching on hats and thin
dresses. In red, orange, pink
and light blue mixed |")|/ ~
with green. Yard .
$1 FLOUNCINGS
45 inches wide .
Here are the wide, elaborate
Financings sought after on
every hand for making spring
garments.
In beautiful qualities of voile,
crepe, and swigs, embroider
ed, half their depth In largo
and small flowers, with scal
loped edges.
Uses Rolling Carpets to
Find Books in Library
Paris. —The French National Library
has had so many complaints recently
about tho Irritating length of time it
takes to find a book, that the architect
and the director, M, Recourd arid M.
Homolle, are experimenting with a
system of distribution by means of
tolling carpets. Though entirely new
to France, tho scheme Is In operation
In Berlin and, I believe, has been suc
cessfully exploited In several towns In
the United States. The Idea here Is
to place telephones In the different
rooms used by readers. They will ask
for the book they want over the wire
to the central office. The librarian
and Ills assistants will then order It
from its place on Ihe shelves and In
two or three minutes it will arrive on
•t rolling carpet near the seat of the
reader who has asked for It.
M Recourd is quite proud of “his"
idea and he is regarded as something
In the. nature of a genius by the hab
itues of the National Library.
Jellv Gum Drops at Sheron’s.
The old sure-to-please kind.
MRS. UNDERWOOD’S FATHER ILL
Orlando, Fla.—J. H. Woodward, a
wealthy resident, of Birmingham, Ala.,
ill here, is somewhat Improved to
day. Ills daughter, Mrs. Oscar Under
wood, wife of the democfstic house
leader, Is with him.
Purchase of 6,000 Yards Imported
Novelty Silks and Crepes, I
worth 25c and 39c I£2v
Hoyond doubt the widest choice of spring novelties offered under
price this season. Any color and fancy effect you can think of will
be foun<l In this clearance of an importer s overstock.
40-Inch plain and fancy crepe.
27 Inch embroidered crepe, satin stripe voile
Shadow striped silk, mercerized chiffon, plain marquisette.
85c 27-inch Colored Ratine 19c
The correct weight and weave for stylish coat suits nnd one-piece
dresses; light blue, | Ink, Copenhagen, hello, old rose, gray, tan. and
white. Ilotli tnbrle and dje are of quality to wtthsluud the hard
est test* of the tub,
$3.00
VALUES
$1.49
Silk Boot Hose 25c
Women’s pure thread silk Hose, reinforced with lisle tops and
solos; black, tan, navy, bronze, king blue, tango, purple, pink, sky,
and white.
Our Greatest Offering of
Spring Waists, QC
$5.00 Values - JO
FEATURING SILK
BLOUSES.
If you have waited for a really big jff
waist opportunity, here It Is. No (
end of lovely models, a few of which
are briefly described: rjftu /.jdSSi 1
The New Silk Crepe do Chine 1 ESaKaf - ! ■ v -li jf-' fr" jgffljfS/
Blouses, with roll collar and silk cord B rar- \\ s4Siw/
and tassels at neck; hemstitched deep ft aoWf.l fUnM*'/
shoulder and collar; in tango, maize, HVfMK J\FxSt/
flesh, black, and white. v,a] ■ lß> Jjf tyir/
Plenty of Striped Tub Silk Shirts. ‘
Chiltons and shadow laces over net
and over crepe do chine are numer- / \
Combination Waists of shadow lace J \
Effectively trimmed Waists of Chlf- If s '“"’vA
son taffeta and Jap. Silk, in black fcT\ F
Choice, *2 98 : U
3 (EIIS SERVICE EMI
I SUCCESS 111 PARIS
Its Operations Have Been
Considerably Extended; Has
Proved An Unqualified Suc
cess.
Paris. Political events of the past
few weeks have temporarily knocked
the constitution off Its balance but
despite upheavals matters are resum
ing the even tenor of their ways With
the possible exception of the Social
istic party there seems to tie an unan
imity of opinion that the working of
the three years’ service Isw has been
an unqualified success and, encour
aged by the evidence, Its operations
have been considerably extended.
In last year's trill no provision was
made for tire, necessary Increase of of
ficers or for the organization of tho
new (rivalry regiments or for the sup
ply of new artillery material. But
tills has now been remedied and a
scheme Involving tire expenditure of
more than $K,500,000 has been ap
proved
Unequalled War Strength.
France today has a war/Urerigth
hitherto unequalled In the U rtory of
the nation, and the figures are a
striking tribute to tho'success achiev-
3 Timely Values in HAIR 600JS
$3 Switches, 28 Inches long; three-stem p* pn
kind; beautifully waved wliOy
$4 Switches, 24 Inches long; large, P 4 an
fluffy six-strand stylo V*• 00
$2.50 Transformations, to go entirely Cl JIQ
around the head; all shades VI i*f3
$4.00 and $5
VALUES
$1.95
ed by the three years’ service law.
Had this 'measure not been brought
Into operation last yiar France would
now have bail an effective foroe of
no more than 517,000 men, as opposed
to the XNB.OOO of Germany. Compari
sons with the fighting strength of
Germany tiro Inevitable because the
whole system of European armaments
Is rogulsted by what Germany Is do
ing or has done. Thanks to the new
law, however, there arc now 232.530
more men wearing the French colors
than there were a year ago. The in
crease has enabled 100,000 more men
to be placed on the eastern frontier,
so that a minimum number of re
serves is necessary to bring that sec
tion of the army up to full war
strength.
The Racialist element In the cham
ber of deputies have all along been
opposed to the "three years’ service."
but all other political factions have
given their undivided support to the
measure. It Is acknowledged that the
condition of the army from the sani
tary viewpoint is not satisfactory,
principally owing to the spread of al
coholism and tuberculosis in France.
In order to prevent the deterioration
of the men’s health It la Intended to
bring all the old barracks up to the
sanitary level of those recently built
FOR CESSATION HOSTILITIES.
San Francisco —To arrange Tor a
conference at Washington aimed at
bringing about a cessation Of hostili
ties In Mexico is the mission of Gen. ;
G ('. HrezetiH, of Vera Cruz, who ar
rived hero today enroute to Washing
ton.
THIRTEEN