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TWO Augusta Cannot Afford to Fail to Pass Bonds Polls Open at Eight A. (If. and Close at Three P. M. — 2,009 Votes Are Needed—To Fail to Finish the Levee Would Be Like the Htan Who Built His House Upon the Sand NO BUSINESS TO GO ON IN AUGUSTA MONDAY FROM 12 UNTIL 4; BUSINESS HOUSES CLOSE SO EVERYONE CAN VOTE FOR THE BONDS Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association, Realizing the Tremendous Importance of Carrying the Bond Election, Secures Consent of Members to Close the Stores CITY EMPLOYES WILL ALSO GET A RECESS DURING SAME HOURS Splendid Co-Operation From Merchants Who Comply With Request of Bond Committee to Close Up So All Em ployes May Voto For Bonds. From 12 o'clock tomorrow until 4 there will Im no buslnes* going ou on Broad street, or In tho business din trlct anywhere, lor tho merchants liave agreed to cloao tlher doora ho that lhoy and their employes may vote for tho bonds. Tho Merchants and Manufacturer*' Association Itavo been especially active In working for the bonds and have aaaured tho com mittee In ehargH of the election that eevry one of their more than 350 members will vote for the bonds. The Herald is (printing below u Hat of the inerchuntH who have agreed to cloae their store*. Alnioat all agreed to close from 12 to 4, Homo to close from 1 to 4, and the special commit tee to ask tho merchants to cl.me met with the most oordial co-opera tion in almost all Instances. Those proprietors who were unable to be seen ire asked to close their stores the same as the ones who were seen. In speaking of the co-operation which was received frqpi the mer chants, Mr. j. A. Hood, chairman of the committee to see the mercliantH on 10(H), 1 luO and 1200 blocks of ltroad, and tho manager of the T. U. Maxwell Furniture Company, says: "It was a real pleasure to take (he petition of the Merchants and Manu facturers' Association on the 1000, 1100 ami 1200 blocks of Broad Street, asking the merchants to close their stores on Monday, the best day or the week for bustness, from 12 to 4 o’clock. "On these blocks the merchants re sponded almost to a man, and were glnd to think they could do something that might help In successfully pass lug the bonds, besides voting. ' There wede a few that live in North Au gusta and have no vote in this elec tlon, although their business Is In Au gusta and they pay taxes In Augusta would say yes sir, we are with you, w-e will close Our stores or do any thing that the M. and M. calls on us to do that might help cum the bond Issue." Have Worked Hard. Chairman James M. Hull, of the ■pedal bond committee of the M. and la., and the members of his commit tee have worked tirelessly on the bond issue and they believe that suc cess is In sight. It la understood that the mills nod lumber companies of jthe city will either close between 12 end 4 or give their employee plenty of time to vote during the day. The city employee will have a yocess In all departments from 12 until 4 and every one is expected to go to the polls and vote for the bond issu. Work will be suspended In each department between the hours men tloned. The wholeeale grocers and tho packing houses or the city have agreed to allow their drummers, wherever registered t.S stay In the cty Monday to vote (or the bonds. 1 he Contract to Close. The following Is the contract which the merchants In the business district signed to close their stores tomor row-: We, the undersigned members of KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE: VOTE FOB THE BONOS UNO THEN RECISTER FOR THE CITY PRIMARY Registration Offices Open in All Six Wards Tomorrow Morn ing For City White Primary For Naming of Councilraen In Most Cases Voting Places For Bonds and Registration Offices Close Together. The registry offices for the city white primary election for the choos ing of councilraen will open on Mon day morning and continue open through the last Saturday In June. So far there la opposition In only one ward, the Sixth, where Meaara 8 A Portion and Geo. W. Summers are the candidates. The following are the other candi dates who have announced and who ere so far unopposed: First Ward, Mr. Gordon l-amhack; Second Ward. Mr. Wilbur Boswell; Third Ward, Dr. Geo T Horne; Fourth Ward. Mr. L. C. Davis; Fifth Ward Mr. J :i. Koon. The following Is a list of the regis try clerks and the places where the registry offices will he located- First Ward, 21S Fifth Street. Smith's meat market. Henry n . Good rich. Second Ward, Greece and Klghth Street*. Boston Confectioner*, John U Sheehan , Third Ward, Bread Street, Planters tho Merchants and Manufacturers' Association believing that the pas sage of the bond election on June Ist is essential to the security, continued progress and development of Augusta, do hereby ledge ourselves to close our respective places of business ou the llrst duy oT June, 1914, between tho hours of 12 o'clock, noon, and 4 o'clock p. m., In order that we and all persons In our employment may have an opportunity to visit the polls and vote In fuvor of Hiiid bonds. Those Who Will Close. The following Is a list of those who will close; J. A. Mullarky J. 15. Tarver Company, Alexander Seed Win O. White, Company, L. J. Hchaul, Model Grocery Hire ft O'Connor. Company, Shoe Co., Armour ft Co., Mulberin & W. B. Brigham Marks Hhoe Co.. ft Hon, l/oula P. Spelh, Tunt ft Co., Andrews Bros., Sulzerherg ft H. L. Sulsbury, Hons, broker, Morris A Co., Ratcher ft Nixon, Hmlih Bros., J. W. Creasy, Swift ft Co., Byon ft Kelly, ,T. U Janes ft Co. N L. Willett T R. Maxwell Seed Co.. Furn Co., Burum ft Co., Parlor Market, Co., H. H. Claussen M K. Kelly Dry Company, Goods Co., Scott ft Davis, Gas Bight Co., H. J. Markwalter Walk Over Boot I). Slusky, Shop, Cohen Bros., Florshelm Shoe Culpepper Bros., Store, Marks Gro. Co., Commercial Of- Whitney-Eve Co., flee of the A. Wingfield Hwd • A lly Co., Company, Richards Sta- The Jones Furn. tlonery Co., Company, McCreary ft Co, Caple ft '''o, Ferris ft Arring W O. Rountree, ton, Croft ft O’Connor The Bootery, I. Ruhcnsteln, T G. Bailie ft Wallace ft Her- Company, man, A. J. Renkl, W. R. Jones, Phoenix Printing K. M Crosier Co. Company, M. Tanenbaum, Wm Schwelgert •M. Bern, ft Co.. Maloney' F. Co., W. R. Munday & M. Grossman Company. J. H. Wilhelm, Imperial Tea Kubanka Bros., Store P. C. Ktuanue’l, Chas A. Meyer, Hightower F. Co. M. Shoron ft Co., W. M. Holr.iann, J. P. Dill ft Co., J. K. Hefner. The Mentor Co., Silver Block Fur. Cook MrKte Shoe Company, Company, More ft Hints, J, 1,, l.ovell, Golden Bros., I. Handler. A. G. Rhodes T. F. Cuthbert, Furn. Co.. Guarantee Shoe Dietz Bros, Company. The Great East- Plxie Repair ern Shoo Co. Works. Wise D. u. Co., Augusta Auto VonKamp, Oil Co, Vaughn ft Oer- J. Kdelstein, • aid, W B. Toole & J. B. White ft Company, Company, Masters ft Agee Mcßlwee ft Company, Thomas Hotel. J. B Selgler Fourth Ward. 126 S Broad Street, Chapman Drug Co.. J. F Reeder. Fifth Ward. 1770 Broad Street, Wil liam Williamson. Sixth Ward, Police Barracks, on Walton Way, j R Pollock. It will be the most convenient thing for e\ery man who goo# to the polls tomorrow to vote for the bonds at the same time to qualify to vote In the city white primary for couttell tnen. In roost cases the |tolls for the bond election and the registration of fices will he located close to each other and In the Sixth Ward thev will be In the same place. In the First Ward the bond election will be held at 46S Broad and when one votes for the bonds he ean step around the comer of Filth and regis ter for the city primary. in the Second Ward one may vote at 313 Rlgfith and walk a few steps and register for the city white pri mary at Klghth and Greene. In the Third Ward one may vote for the bonds at Tenth and Telfait and walk across to Broad and register at. the Planters Hotel registry office. In tho Fourth Ward, while one is off from Ills work he may aH well leave 1341 Greene Street, where he votes fo r tho bonds, and go to 1268 Droud and register for the city pri mary. In the Fifth Ward one inay vote at 1810 Broad Street ai d come on down to 1770 and register for the city elec tion. In the Sixtli Ward all one has to do Is to walk across the room, after he vote* for the bonds, and register for the city primary. places for tho bond election: First Ward. 408 Broad Street, south side, just, below Fifth Street.. Second Ward, 313 Eighth Street, west side, between Ellis'and Greene Streets. Third Ward, 956 Telfair Street, southeast corner of Telfulr and Tenth Street*. Fourth Ward. 1341 Greene Street, north side, near Margaret Wright Hospital. Fifth Ward, 1810 Broad Street, Just ■west of Crawford Avenue. Sixth Ward, Police Barracks on Walton Way, former Village of Sum merville headquarters. CARS 10 SIOP SO PEOPLE MAY VOTE For Convenience of Voters of the Sixth Ward Cars to Stop Between Eight and Three O’Clock and Wait For Voters. For the convenience of voters of the sixth nwrd, those persons who are reg istered on Walton Way between eight ». m. and three p. m. tomorrow. The car will wait a short time so that each person may voto and hh the ticket Is a short one and it requires hut a mo ment to vote, not much time will be lost. This will he quite a convenience to large numbers of people who live on the Hill. of course'she KNEW. The accomplished and obliging pian ist hud finished several selections In the hotel parlor, and the guests were discusing other numbers. One turned to an elderly lady and said: "Now, for Instance, there Is a Mozart's Twelfth Mass. You remember that, Mrs. Ills comb?" 'Remember It? I should say so. Why my husband served through the war in that very regiment!"—Argo naut. A Plea From a Union Man For the Ponds to Be Voted Monday Augusta. C.a., May SO, 1914. To the Editor of the Herald: Sir— Will you allow mo a short space to express my sentiment In regards to the coming election, which I feel will bo for one of the most Important things that Augusta bus ever undertaken, and will bo for the cause, which we should all feel proud of and the up-bullding of our beautiful city, and the suc cessful completion of that great hos pital as great a monument as any city can boast of. Now here, wo hoar of a great many claiming thut they would not vote for the bonds. You ask why. They tell you because there Is too much graft and way down 1n thetr heart s they urn as anxious for It as we urc. They say that taxes will Increase Well 1 believe that taxes will doubly in crease If we lose it. Now for in stance. you who were in the park the other night could see, and tell from the looks of Mr. Pope that Augusta or any other city could not have se lected a more faithful Intellectual or a more honest looking gentleman than the one they have seleeted for the chairman, and you will see at the winding up of affulrs, that he is a man, that you will commend and praise to the highest. And then again suppose tt Is lost. Drummers Urged to Vote For Bonds Before Leaving the City A Vote Not Cast is Equivalent to a Vote Against the Bonds. Every Person Who is Registered Earnestly Urged Not to Go Out of City Before Voting For Bonds Tomorrow. The special bond committee of she Merchants and Manufacturers' Asso ciation, ns well a* the special bond committee of the River and Canal Commission urge that all of the trav cling men who are registered to vote for the bonds before leaving tlve city tomorrow morning. If it will Require missing a train to stay here atid vote then the traveling men should be wil ing to do so, because the election Is of the greatest Importance to Augusta and it Is assumed that lie w ill be will ing. for drummers are a city's great boosters. It Is believed that the great THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. MEETING LIBOR MEN ON SUNDAY Dr. Littleton Will Make Ad dress. Expected That the Bond Issue Will Be En thusiastically Endorsed. There will be a meeting of the union laboring people of Augusta at Gabor Hull tills afternoon to discuss the bond issue. Hr. J. -dt. Littleton and others will make addresses and It is qxpeeted that a large number will attend. It is believed that tho labor men will endorse the bonds enthusi astically and that they wit poll a large vote for them on Monday. The bond issue question is of vital Importance and Dr. Littleton’s address will be listened ao with the most in tense Intcres.tt REV. DR. THIOT LEAVESAUGUSTA Pastor of the Curtis Baptist Church Leaves For Newbern, N. C., Tomorrow Afternoon. Re--. R. w. Thlot, for more than four years pastor of Curtis Baptist Church, Broad .Street, this city, will leave tomorrow afternoon at 2:40 o'clock, via of the C. and VV. C. Rail road. Mr. Thiot has done a most won derful work iu Augusta, and his folks are sad that he has seen fit to leave them. In the years of his minister)' he has touched almost every phase <>f the city's life, and his departure will be a great loss to the church and the community. Mr. Thiot has done a most unusual thing within the last two weeks. Find ing his church in most mellow mood, he decided to hold a protracted meet ing. He began two weeks ago, and preached at night only. The result has been twelve additions with oth ers to follow. Mr. Thiot will leave the church free of ull debts for current expenses, and the debt on the church building has been provided for by guilt-edge notes, which will be paid as they fall due. Mrs. Mason will retnainFwith the church as missionary, and the work will he conducted as under the pastor ate of Mr. Thiof. Christian Htrvka, a paper pub lished in the interest of Curtis Church, will be continued, both here and in New Bern. The. Tabernacle church at New Bern has agreed to stand by the pastor in this department of pub licity. v Mrs. Thiot will not go at once to her new home, but will remain for a few weeks' rest at her mother’s, Mrs. P. B. Mondays off Grovetown. The new pastor, Rev. A. J. Smith, of Louisville, Ky., will arrive some time this week, and will preach his first sermon Sunday. you lose J2'>o,ooo from the govern ment. and then this present crowd you have in office may go ahead and borrow the money anyhow, and have it to pay hack probably in five years. Well, what will he the consequence? You will probably have to pay streqt taxes, house rent taxes, the grocery man taxes Who pays it? Why the common people, and then you know that It will fall to the next mayor and council and they will have to raise It. So you see if you vote against It you will be voting hardships on your next administration, and If it Is lost, 1 doubt If Dr. Littleton or any other sauo man, would w-ant to be mayor or councilman. Then again, can't you se that or ganized labor has a better foot-hold today, than they had B year s ago, and don't you think we will be in a better positon In 20 or 30 years from bow to pay It back, than we are now, because we are paving a good open road so that our children will get more out of life than we are and let us all Union men, go to the polls and put one 'n for something we know- w ill benefit us now and our to come. Yours truly, WII.LIAM L COFFEY, 1438 Walthon Way. Member B. R. C. of A. laical. majority of the traveling men will not be Inconvenienced because they can either get a later trnlu or secure an automobile. The election tomorrow Is of tre mendous Importance to Augusta No one who Is registered should fall to vote, because a vote not cast at all is equivalent to a vote against the bonds The bonds must carry tomor row. but they will not be able to do so unless there Is the most earnest an l most realous Interest taken In the election and every one who Is registered Is urged to vote before leaving the city. IT S UP TO AUGUSTA TOMORROW, HER PEOPLE MUST VOTE BONDS MUST'BE 2.009 PRO BOND VOTES Total Registration is 3,013. The Registration By Wards. Remember That Two-Thirds of Those Registered Must Vote For Bonds to Win. There are 3,013 persons registered to vote in the bond election. It will require 2,009 votes for Che bonds to win. There are always numbers of deaths between the time the registry oT[lces clase and the date of the elec, tlon. There are always a certain num ber oT people who are ill on election day and unable to vote, while some are carried out of the city providen tially because of illness among their relatives elsewhere. So it will thus be seen that It is up to every man to vote tomorrow. If this was to be like other elections there would be no cause for worry, because it is certain a majority of Augustans favor the bonds. Unfor tunately it must be two-t'birds of the registry list and 2,009 votes must be cast for the bands in order for them to win. Here is the registration by wards; First Ward 503 Second Ward 436 Third Ward .. -. 375 Fourth Ward 632 Fifth Ward 656 Sixth Ward 411 Total 3,013 Necessary to win 2,009. THE WEATHER. Washington, D. C.-~Forecast: Georgia: nnd South Carolina: Partly cloudy Sun day and Monday, probably local showers. Cool Night Shirts Made of cool sheer Nainsook, Cam bric, etc. Neatly trimmed. SI.OO values 75$ Pure Silk Shirts A most beautiful assortment of pat terns. Regular $3.50 value .. .. j. $2.25 NEW NOBBY STRAW HATS Almost an endless variety of stvles. We can suit almost anv man. $1.50 to $5 00 GEO. H. BALDOWSKI, JR. “ THE LITTLE STORE AROUND THE CORNER.” 228 Jackson Street. Phone 2443. Finish the Levee and Her Future is Assured—She Must Not Take a Backward Step By Failing to Vote the $750,000 Bond Issue to Finish Levee WORK HAS ALREADY PROGRESSED A LONG WAY TOWARD COMPLETION Man Who Votes Against the Bonds Assumes a Fearful Amount of Responsibility, Says Dr. J. R. Littleton Augusta is to decide tomorrow whether she is to go forward or back ward. If she votes the *750,000 bonds with which to continue the levee, her futi ) is assured. If she does not, the people of this city will blush With shame, for the news will go out to the world that Augusta has started a levee to protect herself from floods, has. advertised to the world that she offers inventors protection and has fallen down. For weeks the bond question has been agitated in Augusta. At first there were some people who did not incline to the Idea and thought that a spe cial tax or a raise in taxes, sfliould be the means used to get the neces sary revenue. However, after all. the plans had been threshed out, it was decided that to Issue bonds was the best plan. In this manner suc ceeding generations will have to solve the problem, for it will be up to the City Fathers of the future to provide for paying the bonds. To issue the bonds will require no raise in the tax rate. It will be just the same Augusta voted *1,000,000 of bonds in 1912 to build a levee, and this sum was not enough. There were people who opposed building a levee, but since it was decided to build one, then It is up to the city to finish it. As Hon. William H. Fleming said, in his address In Allen Park Friday night, it is up to the people of Augusta to vote bonds to finish that which she has started. He said that it would be an almost Identical case with the Biblical character who built his house upon the sand and “the rains descended and the flood* came ana beat upon that house and it fell.” Mr. Fleming pleaded with Augustans to build upon a rock and the oniy way to do it is to vote bonds to finish the levee. It is like a man building a house and putting no roof to it, if Augusta starts the levee and does not finish It. As Dr. Littleton stated Friday night, the. man who votes against the bonds, takes on himself a fearful re sponsibility, for he, himself, would not think of voting against a proposition which might cost the life of a single citizen of this splendid city. city. A flfinancial statement of the disbursements of the River and Canal Commission has been prepared under the direction of Mr. Frederick B. Pope and it has been pronounced absolutely satisfactory. The people know that the money has been expended wisely and Judiciously. The earth work portion of the levee from the point where It croses the canal near the Warwick Mill, to a point below the North Augusta bridge, Iras been built, gates have been put In wherever needed, and now the city needs money to continue the work. No aid can be secured from the government if the city does not vote the bonds. If she does vote them, then it may reas mably be xpected that he government will help with an appropriation of *250,000, with which to pave the levee next to the river. A Man’s Best Friend IS HIS TAILOR. It’s the tailor who puts good clothes on a man’s beck, and sends him out on the public highways to be admired by every human being as a properly groomed individual. We fit men of all sizes and shapes. You don’t have to worry whether you are short, tall, fat or thin. We’ll build the clothes to fit you to perfec tion. We Give the Cash Sales Slips in the M S» M Libel Contest Get all your men folks and friends to do their trading here and get the Cash Slips for votes. “Gotham” Negligees Are the Shirts for style, fit and workmanship. The colors are guaranteed fast. $1 00, $1.25. $1.50. $2 00 Initial Linen Handkerchiefs Almost any initial, neatly hem stitched. 6to box. SI.OO value 75$ SUNDAY. MAY 31.