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VOLUME XIX, No. 137.
BRITi'S DRINK
BILL INCREASES
$25,000,000 More Last Year
But With Decrease in Per
Capita Consumption.
London. —The drink bill of the
United Kingdom for the past year
shows an increase of twenty-five mil
lion dollars. The United Kingdom Al
liance, whose mission is to decrease
the consumption of alcoholic liquors,
makes this report, and suggests that
the increase is probably due to unpre
cedented prosperity, for the Kingdom
has never experienced a greater wage
bill. The encouraging feature, ac
cording to the alliance, is a decrease
shown in the per capita, which at
tained its maximum during similar
trade revivals in 1874 and 1899.
A discouraging feature is the in
crease in the consumption of spirits,
which leads with an increase of 1,267,-
000 gallons. Beer is second with 1,-
002,000 gallons and wine third with
131,000 gallons. The share of each in
dividual in the United Kingdom in
the drink bill for 1913 was eighteen
dollars, while the average for a fam
ily of five persons was ninety dollars.
Since these figures do not allow for
the boys and girls under fifteen years
of age and the total abstainers, it may
be assumed that among the drinkers
the average per capita expense for
drinks is much higher than stated.
From Alcoholism.
During 1911, 2,802 men and 2,074
women were certified to have died in
England and Wales alone as the re
sult of alcoholism. This number does
not include those whose deaths have
been accelerated by the use of alco
hol. Dr. W. C. Sullivan is quoted in
the report as making the estimate
that twenty per cent of the suicides
in the United Kingdom are due to the
use of alcoholic stimulants.
A startling feature of the infant
mortality furnished by the alliance is
the tact that in 1912, 1,176 babies
under one year of age were suffocat
ed while sleeping with their parents,
or other elders, and the organization
claims that most of these cases can
be laid at the door of alcoholic indul
gence. The organization also points
out the effect of alcohol on the phy
sique of the race, on crome and on
divorce.
Without anaesthesia or modern in
struments, native surgeons abong the
Bedouins of the Algerian hinterland
have become so skilful that they do
not hesitate to undertake operations
as delicate as trepanning. This re
port is brought by H. Hylton-Simpson,
who, accompanied by his wife, has
just returned from a scientific expe
dition among these almost unknown
nomadic tribes of the desert. The
explorer and his wife live among the
natives and established the closest
relations with the ruling shieks of re
pute villages.
Skilled Surgeons.
They found that surgery had grown
.0 be a really skilled profession.
Hylton-Simpson was lucky enough to
come into contact with a friendly Ara
bian physician who arranged a meet
ing for him with eight of the tribal
surgeons. From them he collected a
mass of interesting information and a
valuable collection of native surgical
instruments. Their saws, lancets and
probes are of the crudest’design, but
prove highly effective in the hands of
their native operators. The only
training these native surgeons have
is instruction from their fathers.
Very few of them are able to read or
write.
Trepanning operations are probably
more common in this country than
anywhere else in the world because
of the frequency with which the na
tives resort to stone throwing in a
fight. The use of an anaesthetic is
unknown and pain is regarded with
such contempt that the people seem
impervious to it. Hylton-Simpson
saw one case in which a boy was
operated on for fifteen days for the
removal of a small piece of skull.
The operation was successful and the
patient recovered. Besides surgery
the natives claim to have discovered
two hundred cures for various dis
eases.
May Provide the Rhine
With a "German Mouth”
Berlin. —lt is stated that the chief
administrative officials of the western
provinces of Prussia have reported
favorably on the idea oT providing
the Rhine with a “German mouth."
In i articular, the chief president of
Hanover anticlpales great benefits for
the province from the execution of
the project.
The government departments con
cerned are now to be entrusted with
the detailed examination of the va
rious plans that have been put for
ward. In all of these the Emestuary
is taken as the point where the new
mouth will open on the sea, but there
Is a great difference of opinion as to
where the Rhine should be tapped.
One engineer has solemnly propos
ed the new waterway should be deep
enough to accommodate steamers of
the largest size, but this ambitious
scheme wiR,, almost certainly be pre
vented from realization by the enor
mous cost involved.
A much more modest plan which
I rovldes for legs than 15 feet of wa
ter is expected to cost not less than
$1*5,000.000.
The whole Idea of a German mouth
has been much discussed, and Is back
ed by so much patriotic sentiment
taht it will probably be realized even
if its economic aspect should be
rather doubtful.
PRINCE OF MONACO SELLS
YACHT; LORD INVERCLYDE
Southampton, Eng.—The famous yacht,
Princess Alice, formerly owned by th#
Prince of Monaco; end used by him In his
deep sea researches ha* teen purchased
by Lord Inverclyde who will twice a
party of friends on her to Can Francls'o
for the opening of the Panam4-Pacific
inttrnat oafti Exposition.
THE AUGUSTA HER ATT)
“POISON NEEDLE” IS
WORKED IN LONDON
Pretty Young Wife of Stock
Broker Foils Assailer; Pricked
Her With “Needle.”
London. —Stories of "poison needles"
in New York were recalled here today
ty a daring attempt to harm the
young and pretty wife of a well known
stock broker, which took place in a
tube lift, or subway elevator.
She came to town to meet her hus
band by appointment at his office in
Leadenhall street. She went shipping
first and reached the "City” or finan
cial district, by the Central London
tube, getting out at the Bank.
On entering the lift for the street,
she was jostled by a tall man and
walked across the lift and stood by the
further gate. There were about thir
ty people in the big cage, but the man
followed her and jostled her again,
and, suspecting that he was a thief
desirous of stealing the purse which
she had swinging on her right wrist,
she clutched it with her left hand al
so.
At the same moment, the man stand
ing Just behind her, she heard a little
"ping” against her right ear, a noise
much as would be made by drawing a
stopper from a tube, and a phial was
thrust under her nose. The lift had
stopped, and the exit being the gate
farthest from the lady, she turned and
started to get away from the stran
ger.
As she followed the other pasesngers
hurrying out she felt herself faiting,
and she only had time to reach the lift
man and say to him: "If anyone says
that I belong to them don’t let them
take me away," when she lost con
sciousness. The lift man caught her
and saved her from a fall. The tall
man got away.
She remained unconscious for ten
minutes, and on recovery gave the
name and address of her husband, who
w'as fetched at once.
The police were told, but they think
they have a poor chance of capturing
the man. It is presumed that he had
hoped to support her just as she was
losing consciousness, and after she
was out of the lift have helped or car
ried her up the few steps and put her
in some conveyance and taken her off.
Inspector Lines, chief Inspector of
the police of the Tube Railways, in
clines to the belief that the motive
was robbery, but the official police do
not hold that view. Lift attendants
of all the tube stations have been cau
tioned, and a special watch is being
kept.
New Secretary of War
Shocks Turkish Soldiers
Constantinople.—Not since Its sup
posedly invincible battalions were rolled
back by the Bulgarian advance at Lyle
Burgas has the Turkish army experi
enced a greater srhock than the order is
sued by the new secretary of war. En
vers Bey. that hereafter all' Turkish
soldiers must eat with a knife and fork.
The enlisted men are not only alarmed
at the prospect of handling the strange
Implements, but are hurt by the lntfma
tlon that faithful hands, which have al
ways served the primary purpose- of con
veying food to their mouths, should be
deemed no longer fit for that useful
service. The Turkish private is not prov
ing an apt pupil. When his superiors
are absent he squats upon the floor and
devours his food in the good old-fashion
ed way, but at the approach of an of
ficer he scrambles to a seat at the table
and fails to wielding his new weapons
with all the skill he can command.
The civilizing process Is not to stop
with teaching the Turkish soldier table
manners. The edict has also gone forth
that he must learn to read and write.
Refusals to Rent Houses
To Families With “Kids”
Vienna.—The refusal of landlords In
Vienna to, rent flats to peraonß with
children has become such an obstacle to
families of the working classes that they 1
are suffering real hardship in their quest I
for suitable living quarters. The con
dition of affairs has been presented to
the city council and a proposal made to
lower the taxes on houses whose own- I
ere would permit children to live In :
them. While this particular motion was
shelved It is not Improbable that some
thing may be done in this d retd lon. ■
Since taxes on house property In Vienna
amount to more than 42 per cent, of the
gross rentals, any reduction would be
etxremely welcome.
Workers living In suburbs sre found '
to be badly crowded, as many as eight
persons sometimes occupying a flat that
consists of one small room and a
kitchen.
Woman's Name Added to
British Flying Corps
London.—The name of Mrs. Wini
fred liuUe r was today added to tho
strong flying corps of the British
League which will aid Ulster In case
of invasion
Prom her childhood Mrs. Buller has
been fascinated by mechanical
science Se was an expert motorist
while still In her teens. She made
her first aeroplane flight in a Bre
guet machine In 1910 with the Ill
fated airman, de Montalent.
In December, 1911 Mrs. Buller took
to flying herselT. entering the Bre- j
gnet School of Kl>ing at Doual, In the
north of France, the only woman pu
pil. There she passed eighteen i
months learning not only how to
guide an aeroplane, but how to braze i
turn, or weld all Its fittings.
On her third flight she was allowed
to conduct the machine herself and I
Immediately started to circle the fly
ing ground Instead of taking the pu- i
pH’s u tial short straight first flight.
She received her piio'a certificate o a
April 2, 1912. I
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 17. 1914.
Our Housefurnishing
Club Plan
Is dignified and convenient.
It enables you to buy the same as
for cash and pay small amounts
monthly.
Only a small fee for carrying and
this is almost entirely offset by the
Purple Stamps which are given on
monthly payments.
Let us explain It to you.
At $13.95 Dresses , Worth $25 to $35
Black Taffetas, Silk Walrus Crepes,Charmeuscs,
Crepe de Chines, in black, moss green, navy, amethyst
and rose. In the newest models.
At $3.98 Dresses, Worth $5, $5.95, $6.50
In white and colored Crepes, white and colored
Ratines, striped Crepes and Voiles, lace trimmed. The
models are new and varied, all the new ideas are
represented. Most of them are for morning wear, but
a few of them are fancy enough for afternoon wear.
House Dresses in Percale for 09<\ worth SI.OO.
House Dresses in Gingham for worth $1.50.
New Waists in Voile, Crepe de Chine and Crepe,
for $1.25, $1.75, $1.98, and $3.98
Colored and White Crepe Dresses
for $8.95, worth $12.50
In rose, tan, green, pink, blue, copen and white,
trimmed in net ruffles, satin pipings and tucks.
Spring Wool Suifs-Selling Now Less
Than Half Price
$19.95, $21.95 and $23.95 SUITS for $9.95
$25.00 SUITS for $11.95 $35.00 SUITS for $15.95
$27.50 SUITS for $12.95 $37.50 SUITS for $17.50
$29.75 SUITS for $13.95 $40.00 SUITS for $18.95
$32.50 SUITS for $15.00 $42.50 SUITS for $19.95
Silk Poplin , Silk Moire and Taffeta
Silk Suits Greatly Reduced
$25.00 SILK SUITS $13.95
$32.50 SILK SUITS $16.95
$35.00 SILK SUITS $17.50
Extra Size Black Wool Skirts for $6.95
In Crepe Poplin, sufficiently full for stout fig
ures, yet giving the new narrow effect.
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New Black Wool and Fancy Check Wool Skirts,
in the short flared Pcplum and the new long Poplurn
effects $3.98, $5.00, $5.95 and $6.50
$
Wash Skirts in the newest models, in Pique and
Ratine Crepe $1.50 and $2.00
ANDREWS BROS. COMPANY
870 Broad Street
Double Purple Stamps Given Before Noon
Jlrtistic Creations in White and Novelty Summer Dresses
The Former Ideal For Commencement and Graduation Exercises.
In novelty crepes trimmed in handsome laces and with silk girdles.
Beautifully flounc
ed and draped in
the loveliest ways.
Dresses for $25
Worth $32.50 & $35.
Dresses for
$17,506 $19.95
Worth $25.00.
Novelty Dresses
$32.50 to $45.
Quality and Variety Are the
Strong Features of This Store
Nowhere else will you find as extensive a showing of really good furni
ture and floor coverings tit, sucli nominal prices as these. Each article is
representative of the best of its kind, and our wonderful assortment insures
our suiting every taste and every purse.
All Odd Leather Rockers Reduced
To Make Room for Our Large Display of
Summer Furniture.
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SIO.OO Leather covered Rockers, mahogany
or oak frame 17 50
$12.50 Jyeather covered Rockers, mahogany
or oak frame *9 95
$16.00 leather covered Rockers, mahogany
or oak frame *1250
We Have Decided to Handle the Leonard
Refrigerator Exclusively
A 8 WE BELIEVE THAT THIS 18 THE BEST REFRIGERATOR MADE. CONSEQUENTLY WE
ARE CLOSING OUT ALL OTHER MAKES AT LESB THAN COST.
$60.00 One-Piece Porcelain Lined Odorless Refrigerator 150 pounds lee capacity, to go for §35 00
SSO 00 White Enameled Lined Ramsey Refrigerators, 200 pounds Ice. capacity, to go for .. S3OOO
S3O 00 Steel Lined Ramsey Refrigerator, 100 pounds Ice capacity *lB 50
$25.00 White Lined Ramsey Refrigerator, 75 iiounds Ice capacity *1650
$20.00 Steel Lined Mascot Refrigerator, CO pounds Ice capacity *1495
Make Your Hot Porch Cool
The Clip-Wood Porch Bhade
makes a perfectly delightful
room of your porch. It com
pletely excludes the sun, but
permits the enjoyment of re
freshing breezes. Blzes, 4
feet, 6 feet, 8 feet and 10
feet wide; prices $2.25, 93.00,
94.25 and 95.50.
We alto have the cheaper
Bamboo Porch Bhades, In 6
feet, 7 feet, 8 feet and 10 feet.
Prices, 91-98, 92-25, 92-49 and
92.98.
Hung Free of Charge
97.50 Children's All Reed Go-Carts, jHth 3-4
Inch rubber tires *595
$2.50 Folding All Reed Go-Carts, 3-8-Inch
rubber tires *l9B
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THIS WONDERFUL 3
PIECE PARLOR
SUITE
Upholstered in best leath
er over tempered steel
springs and stuffed with
ciu-led hair and moss.
Regular price 7 Cfl
$52.50, special . .Ot’liJU
SIOO leather covered Rockers,
solid mahogany frame *1395
$18.50 leather covered Rockers,
solid mahogany frame . . . . 11500
$25 00 Leather covered Rockers,
solid mahogany frame 110-95
$4.50 Solid Oak Porch Rocker*, with double
cane seats; panelled green or golden oak fin
ish, special *2 98
$2.25 Maple Porch Rockers, with double rattan
seats, painted green or natural finish for •175
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