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HOME EDITION VOLUME XIX, No. 123. Judge Nat E. Harris, Prominent Macon Man, Announces For Governor Macon, Ga.— Judge Nat E. Harris, one of Hie most prominent lawyers of Macon, lias formally announced his candidacy for governor. Judge Har ris has many friends and acquaint ances all over the state and has re ceived many assurances of strong sup port from ifiany sections. Judge Harris’ Announcement. To the People of Georgia: It is doubtless known to many of you that my name has been mention ed in connection with the race for governor at the approaching primary. I have received warm commendations from persons living in most of the counties of the state, and with the lights before me, I have determined to enter the race. While most of my life has been ■siient in the center of the state, yet the geographical argument, though a strong one, is not controlling. I would prefer to make the race for all Geor gia—not for any particular division or locality. I yield to no one in my lovo for South Georgia; it is a grow ing empire, and Macon, my home, claims to he a part of it. If a line be drawn through the state from east to west, and from north to south, Macon would be found near the cross ing. She stands alike for all Georgia, and that is what 1 would prefer to stand for in a race like the one in question. Dade or Charlton, on the border, is as much entitled to the Too Much Warm Weather and Too Little Rain in Month Just Past Mercury on April 29th Went to 90, Just Three Degrees Under Highest Ever Recorded Here at This Season of the Year. Only 1.59 Inches of Rain, 1.91 Inches Below Normal. The average daily, excess in tem perature above the normal for* tho month just past, according to inform ation furnished by the monthly mete orological summary just issued by Local Forecaster E. D. Emigh, is 2.2 degrees. The average daily normal , temperature for April in Augusta is 63.2 degrees, and last month the daily mean temperature was 65. The mont'i began with a mean daily temperature of 59 and ended up with a mean daily temperature of 76 de grees. The mercury column on tlje 29th of j the month reached 90, the highe. 1 i'ecorded. Tt has never been over 9..' degrees here in April.- nor lower than two - degrees below freez ing. The minimum temperature last month was 40 degrees. With all the warm weather Augusta had this April the/pecorda show that still there is ,a deficiency of 28 degrees accumulated since the first of the year. While April was slightly ahead in Engineers Fighting the Culebra Cut Slides Now Have Less Fears That Canal Won't Open on Time Panama.—Rock and dirt are still moving down the Cucaracha Slide in to the Culebra Cut. but the engineers who have been fighting the treacherous slides in this vicinity are at last gain ing upon nature. Fears that the open ing of the canal, set for January, 1915, would have to be postponed indefinite ly, have been growing less each day. for the dredges and steam shovels have been taking out the dirt and rock much faster than it slid into the canal. The Culebra Slide, just to the 'south of the Cucaracha trouble, is entirely at rest and it is hoped it will remain so. but the canal engineers will watch this treacherous hillside with some an xiety as the "rainy season approaches. Breaks already are showing far back from the canal prisim and these may indicate a movement which might any day precipitate tons of crushed rock and dirt into the canal for the tireless dredges and steam shovels to remove. The coming wet season will be likely to loosen anything ready to slide. Dredging and hydraulic pumps are washing away vast Quantities of loose soil, greatly relieving the pressure which has forced so much of the dirt innto the canal prism. At the toe of the slide the dredges have been busi ly engaged in removing the dirt out of the channel itself while far up the side of the slide other hydraulic opera tions are tearing at the very heart of the hill. Within a short time two new large dipper dredges will be engaged. These are the largest yet built of this type. One already has been received on the isthmus and is almost ready for oper ation. At the same time the dredge 'Vorozal” will begin deepening the channel which now averages about 25 feet, to the required 45 feet. This deepening of thfe channel, the engineers believe will be, a tedious oper ation. for the weight o's the hillsides at Gold, Culebra and Contractors hills Is constantly forcing the bottom of the canal upward. It la anticipated that this will continue until the weight on the hillsides has been sufficiently les sened. According to figures just compiled there have been removed from the canal prism between Gamboa and Pe dro Miguel, which Includes the entire Culebra f'ut area, a total of 27,000,000 cubic yards If dirt with a probable 6.000,000 cubic yards remaining to be excavated. • —— The recent announcement of Col George W. Goethals. governor of the Panama Canal Zone, that there would be no immediate reduction of the wage scale, averyti what threatened tp become a seisous labor difficulty. The unions represented on the isth mus met and formed the Metal Trades Council and obtained strike sanction from their parent bodies to be prepar ed for any emergency that might arise. No further action, however, is con templated by the unions. It Is general !, believed. 'Vork lias begun on landscape gar < ning in the vicinity of Gatun Lock* end Dam The top of the darn Is being graded for tropical plants. The work is being done by H. H. Re*,|, super THE AUGUSTA HERALD protection and encouragement of the executive as Fulton or Bibb, near the center. Will Be Faithful to Trust. If the people will honor me with the office I will try to administer it faithfully, honestly and efficiently. I believe in the honesty of the pv pie and I know they are entitled to an honest and economical administra tion of their affairs. As the issues of the campaign develop 1 shall deal with each one as it comes to the front, in fair and frank expression, that all the people may know exactly where I stand. The people are better than they arc represented and honesty is the best policy to follow in dealing with them. So I have been taught—so 1 have al ways believed. The state is so large, and the inhabitants so numerous that I cannot get to look all of them in the face and talk to them as 1 would wish to do, but my record is before you. Whatever it is, whether it is much or little, it is written in the history of yOur state. I put my cause in your hands, peo ple of Georgia. If you honor me with your suffrage, by giving me the office, I will endeavor to be the governor of the whole state .and to carry out your will as the platform discloses it to me —with honesty, devotion and an eye single ift all times to the best inter ests of the commonwealth. NAT E. HARRIS. Macon, Ga., May 1, 1914. the matter of warm weather, it was sadly deficient in rainfall. During the entire thirty days only 1.59 inches of any one day was but .87 of an inch, rain fell, and the most recorded on on the 14tli. April last year was als<* “badly off" with respect to rainfall, the total being only 1.92 inches. The average rainfall in this ection for April is three and a half inches. It mqy be interesting to know that since January Ist, this year, the ac cumulated deficiency in precipitation is nearly six inches. The farmers are hoping for rain; they say their crops need 1t; that the soil fs dry and dusty, and that to furnish the proper amount of moisture to supply the undersoil, for the benefit of corn and cotton especially, p. heavy rain is needed ev erywhere in this section. Jrfist month was the time for "April showers,” but they were few, the only thunderstorms occurring on the Bth and 12th. visor of the Fourth Division It is planned to beautify the grounds sur rounding all the locks just as fast as the construction work has been com pleted. . The navigable reaches of the canal will be aiowed to grow up in their natural tropical verdures, confined within certain limits. Already in many places the canal looks more like a natural water course than one con structed by the hands of men. At Cristobel it is proposed to build a tropical park along the land ends of the wharves of the Panama Railway. Discarded canal machinery is being sold to several private corporations in South and Central America. Venezue la has had a commission on the Isth mus which purchased considerable dredging machinery with which to deepen several harbors. A number of the large dredges that dug their way through Culebra Cut have been sent to Porto Rico where they are soon to be engaged in harbor work. Many of the locomotives that hauled the spoil cars out of the cut have been sold to South American concerns. Because of their wide gauge they are not suitable for railways in the United States. BIND CONCERT LUKE VIEW TOfliy Augusta Military Band, Under the Leadership of Mr. C. C. Howard, Will Give Concert From 4 to 6. There will be a splendid concert at Lake View this afternoon beginning at 4 o’clock by the Augusta Military hand under tl*e competent leadership of Mr. C. C. Howard. These hand concerts are enjoyed by many hundreds of peo ple, who go to the lake and get a tooling off on the benches under the Hhadn trees and within a few fee? of the lake Itself. The following is the program for this afternoon: 1. March (Hall) —The Commander. 2 .Selection (Cohan) —On Broadway. 3. Hong (Fisher J —Peg o' My Heart. 4. Overture (Fllmore)—Joy to tljq World. 6. March (Carlari—-Tleschlc. Intermission. 6. National March (Lumpe)—Daugh ters of America. 7. Indian Intermezzo (Murzlan). 8. llTravatore: Anvil Chorus (VerdJ). 9. overture (Rockwell) - Fires <>( 'Gold. ' Ift. Star Spangled Banner (Brooks). THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 3, 1914. Our House furnishing Club Plan Is a dignified and convenient one. It enables one to buy the same as for cash, and pay monthly. The small fee for carrying is almost en tirely offset by the Purple Stamps which we give on monthly pay ments. Let us explain it to you. Imported Novelties in Reed For the sun parlor, breakfast room or porch no more beautiful dec orated effects or practical usefulness can be obtained in light, grace ful, reed furniture than the imported novelties that we have recent ly received direct from the makers. Pliant of construction yet very strong—it will live with you and yield faithful service down through the years. The whole arrangement of our Summer Furniture Section is, we are told, as restful and harmonious as we intended it to be. SIO.OO Reed upholstered Rockers ancK Chairs for $7.98 $13.50 Reed upholstered Rockers and Chairs with large pocket on side $10.95 SIO.OO Seagrass large arm Rockers and Chairs, for.. $7.98 $15.00 Rattan Lounging Chairs, for .. $12.49 $12.50 Rattan Reclining Chairs with pocket amis, for. . $9.98 $2.50 Matting Covered Utility, Boxes $1.98 $25.00 genuine Red Cedar Chest, with tray, for $21.95 $20.00 genuine Red Cedar Chest, with tray, for '517.95 SIB.OO genuine Red Cedar Chest, with trays, for $15.95 $4.00 Jumbo Porch Rockers, made of solid oak with double cane seats, in green or golden oak. Special $2.98 $2.50 Porch Rockers with double rattan seats, in green or natural .. ... $1.75 $5.00 solid oak Mission Porch Swing hung in vour. porch for *.. $3.49 An Opportunity To Brighten Up Your Floors With New Beautiful Floor Coverings. Rugs of Thoroughly Reliable Qualities at Jy Spring Wool Suits, Half Price ¥ ml n * Weres23.9s to $45. Now sl2 to $22.50 \ T * Black and Colored Silk Dresses Greatly Reduced Weft* $19.95 to $35, now sls to $25 ANDREWS BROS. CO. 870 BROAD STREET A WELL FURNISHED HOME-. Complete, Cozy, Beautiful. Greatly Reduced Prices. $60.00 Wilton Rugs, sizes 9x12, for .. . $49.98 $50.00 Wilton Rugs, size 9x12, for.. .. $35.00 $35.00 Seamless Axminsters size 9x12, for . . . $27.50 $16.50 Seamless Brussels, size 9x12, for .. sl3 50 SIO.OO Crass Rugs, sizes 9x12, for $7.98 Sport Coats in Wool Greatly Reduced Were $15.00 to $27.50, now $9.95 to $15.75 New arrivals in Taffeta and Moire Coats .. sl2 50 to $1.5.00 All that your heart desires should he yours now. For highest grade “Quality” Furniture at Andrews— Artistic, Correct, in the latest style—is now priced at surprising reductions. Substantially less than usual. $15(100 Dining Room Suite in Ma hogany or Oak, Reduced to $119.00 This is one of our best selling suites and is built to last a lifetime. It consists of eight pieces. A 60-inch s ideboard with large bevel mirro.*; large China closet with mirror back, and bent glass doors on sides; a 42- inch Hcrving table with drawer for linen; a 54-inch roung dining table, extending to seven feet and six inches when open; and four genuine, leather seated chairs; all for .... ..... SI 10 00 $35.00 Three Piece Mission Library or Hall Set Reduced to $21.50 This suite is well finished and is upholstered in genuine Spanish leather. A 54-inch settee, large arm chair and roomy rocker; special ... -827-50 Straw Mattings, measured Tor, nnd laid 25*' to 400 per yard Estimates for Window Shades furnished cheerfully. Phone 2971. Bamboo Porch Shades at 81 98 to 8298 Hung free of charge. The Fight —tor clean, salutary pillows is on. We have just received a shipment of new sanitary, dustless, odorless, germles* Emmerich Pillows. —"ihe kind that coax contented sleep. Your bedroom may be ever no beautifully furnished but—if you are still using the same old pillows you are neglecting one of the most important comforts and luxuries of the home. We have a pillow that will meet both your wants end your purse. Come in and make your selection early. 8 Cool Dainty Waists , Worthup t 051.50,0Q 0 to Close for wuu Of whit* voile, trimmed in . finny lace, embroidered de signs, crochet buttons and \((fa Vil * Square neck or mad<} high with net yoke » / Waists, high neck or with * collars Half Price y Were SI.OO to $2.98, now to $1.50 $6.00 PER YEAR—S CENTS PER COPY. HOME EolTlo||| Double Purple Trading Stamps Before Noon $1.50 Ginghams Mouse Dresses, for SI.OO $1.50 Empire style in Crepe Kimonos.. SI.OO Remnants of Em broideries at Half Price. Closed summer knit Union Suits SI.OO 50c Crepe Kniek* erbocker Drawers, the pair 39^