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FRIDAY, JUNE 5. BURGESS WANTS QUICK ACTION Wants Judge Sheppard to Pass As Quicklj As Possible on Findings of Arbitrators in G. & F. Award. Assistant Grand Chief F. A. Burgess, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers, is in the city conferring with engineers of the G. & F. road arfd Judge H. C. Roney, their attorney, in regard to getting an early hearing from Judge Sheppard in the appeal from the award of the arbitrators. It will be recalled that an average in crease ufjten per cent, was given the engineers and firemen recently by a board of arbitrators. Mr. A. W. An derson tiled a dissenting opinion to that rendered by the other two arbi trators and the road's counsel, Mr. W. H. Barrett, has appealed the award to the United States court. Mr. Burgess wants the matter to be threshed out by the court as soon as possible so that the matter can pro ceed on its way to the United States supreme court which will be the court of last resort and to which court the railroad officials, it is understood, will carry it. In the event the decision of the arbitrators, which was made un der the provisions of the Erdman Act, is upheld, the increased pay of the men will date from last March. FRANCHISE TO THE street enr Special Meeting of City Coun cil Held at Noon Today. Ordinance Adopted. A special meeting of city council was held at noon today at which an ordi nance, upon motion of Councilman Boyce, was passed, to authorize the Augusta-Aiken Railway & Electric Corporation its assessors and assigns to extend and construct a street rail way track and to operate its cars there on with electricity or other power, with necessary overhead materials and equipments, beginning at the intersec tion of Walton Way and Monte Sana Avenue, commonly known as the O'Dowd corner, and connecting with its present track at said point, and then extending westerly by a single track on said Walton Way to thei lim it of the City of Augusta in the direc tion of the locality known as Aumond; this grant of franchise to be effective for and during the term of a different charter of the Augusta-Aiken Railway g. Electric Company; provided, how ever, the said Augusta-Aiken Railway & Electric Corporation shall have the right insofar as this grant of franchise is concerned to discontinue the opera tion of the proposed extension of said railroad and to remove the tracks and appurtenances thereof it any time it •may see fit after the close of this wear’s military encampment at Au mond and for other purposes. The Ordinance. The Council of Augusta hereby ordains :’** Section 1. That the Augusta-Aiken Railway & Electric Corporation, be, and it is hereby authorized to extend, construct and operate a single track railroad with electric or other power, with necessary overhead material and equipment, beginning at the intersec tion of Walton Way and Monte Sano Avenue in the City of Augusta and then extending westwardly by a single track on said Walton Way to the limit of the City of Augusta in the direction of the locality known as Aumond; this grant of franchise to be effective for and during the term of the existing charter of the Augusta-Aiken Railway & Electric Corporation; provided, however, the said Augusta-Aiken Rail way & Electric Corporation shall have the right in so far as this grant of franchise is concerned, to discontinue the operations of the proposed exten sion of said railroad and to remove the tracks and appurtenances thereof at any time they see fit, after the close of this year’s military encampment at Aumond; provided further. that should said Augusta-Aiken Railway & Electrlo Corporation exercise its right to discontinue the operation of the proposed extension of its railroad, then said franchise and all rights thereun der. shall expire forthwith. Done in Council, under the Com mon Seal thereof, this day of ■■ 1914. Approved this day of ■■ —, 1914. MAYOR, C. A. Attest: Clerk of Council. It was necessary, however, before hand, to pass a resolution suspending the ordinance requiring a forty-eight hour notice of the ordinance before its first reading. This resolution was unanimously passed upon motion of Councilman Martin. “FOR SALE —AN INDIAN GIRL;’’ MERELY A CANOE Atlanta, Ga.—Quite a flutter of harmless excitement was caused at the Athletic Club till* morning when a notice appeared on the bulletin: For sale, an Indian girl ” The notice was signed by a well known member of the club, a bachelor In high standing socially. He offered rea sonable terms, and fellow club members were not alow to become interested. Just when the situation became acute, and suggestions were beginning to be made that the federal authorities be called In. It developed that the Indian girl” In question, was not a dusky hair ed damsel, but merely a canoe at Fast Lake, which the owner was endeavoring to get rid of. Barbecue Metropole Saturday Get Hid of Your Rheumatism. Now is the time to gat rid of your rheumatism. You can do It If you apply Chamberlain's Liniment. W. A. tookhard Homer City N. Y., writes: "Last spring I suffered from rheuma tism with terrible pains In my arms and shoulders. I got a bottle of Cham berlain's Liniment and the first ap plication relieved me. By using one bottle of it I was entirely cured.” For ■ale by all dealers. Always Lead to Better Health. Serious sicknesses start In disor ders of the sotmach, liver and kid neys. The best corrective and preven tive Is Dr. King's New Life Pills. They Purify the 8100d —Prevent Con stipation, keep Liver, Kidneys and Bowels In healthy oondlton, Give you better health by ridding the system of fermenting and gassy foods. Effec tive and mild. 26c. at your Drug gist. Hucklen'a Arnica Salve for All Hurlu. Another Cannon Ball is p ound on the Site of the Hotel Ada While removing some dirt this morn ing in the basement of the Hotel Ada, preparatory to putting in the flooring, employes found an old cannon ball This makes the second cannon ball that has been found on the site of the Ada and it is assumed that both found their places during the Wor of the Revolu PROGRAM OF EXERCISES AT WOODLAWN CHURCH Exercises appropriate to Flower of Mission Day will be conducted by the Woodlawn Woman’s Christian Tem perance Union on Sunday afternoon, June 7th. Following is the program that will be carried out: Voluntary. Hymn, "Christ for the World We Sing.” Devotional—Rev. J. O. Brand. Life of Jennie Coffedy—Rev. R. E L. Harris. Reading from Flower Mission Text Cards—Members of W. C. T. U. Recitation—Mera Neary. Special Solo. Reading—Miss Sarah Campbell. Song, "Great is the Lord” —Choir. Recitation, “A Child to a Daisy"— Ethel Walton. Song—R. J. Armstrong. Recitation—Lois Brand. Duet, "The Lord Is My Shepherd"— Misses Taliaferro and Long. Reading—Mary F. Harris. Hymn, “Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me." COUNCIL TO MEET IN AFTERNOON IN SUMMER Announcement was made by Mayor Hayne at the special meeting of City Council at noon today that beginning next month, council will hold its reg ular meetings during the summer on the first Monday, at 4:30 p. m. instead of 8:30 p. m. WANTED—CARRIERS. WANTED: BOYS (WHITE) TO CARIf? The Herald. Apply at Subscription Office, Broad St. M3ltf Hart Sehaffner & Marx Clothing, all Wool and Silk; latest styles; $15.00 to $25.00. F. G. Mertins. OUR JUNE SALES OF GENTS High Quality Clothing Are Great Opportunities Gentlemen who desire to be well dressed at surprisingly low cost, will find here everything to meet their requirements. Fine Clothing and Haberdashery Look at These Prices $27.50 to $25.00 Suits to go at .. $13.50 $22.50 to SIB.OO Suits to go at. , $12.50 $17.50 to $12.50 Suits to go at .. .$ 9.50 High Quality Palm Beach Suits SB.OO to SIO.OO Suits, all colors, at $6.50 Come and See Them. High Grade Metric Shirts $3.50 and $3.00 Metric Silk Shirts .... $2.50 $2.00 Metric Shirts $1.35 $1.50 Metric Shirts $1.15 SI.OO Shirts . .85^ Remember this is the Quality Store. Our line of goods in every department is of the highest grade. STRAWS AND PANAMAS Immense assortment at PRICES TO PLEASE YOU Come in and look. Barksdale & Satcher Men’s Fashion Shop. 314 JACKSON STREET tion when there was a great deal of fighting in Augusta and Vicinity. The Ada is progressing rapidly and has reached the height which it will have when complete. The roof is now being put on and the building will be ready for occupancy by the first of September. TWO CASHIERS HELD UP. New York.—Two cashiers of the lo cal office of the American Can Com pany, were held up as they were leav ing the New York County Bank at 14tli Street and Ninth Avenue today and robbed of $2,300. The highwaymen jumped into an automobile and es caped. Summer Wearables Suits, Linen Crash.. .. $5 (Ml Suits. Palm Beach $6 50 to $8 00 Suits, Mohair .. $lO to sls Suits, Serge and Fancy . sll to $25 Suits Flannel, all wool, SB-00 Pants, the washable kind $1 to $3 Pants, all wool $3 to $7 Hats, Blum & Koch straw.. • • $1 to $3 Hats, Panama $3 to SB Suitß to order. all wool.. . .. . $25 UP Spend SIO.OO, Save $5.00 F. G. n/lertins THE CLOTHIER. CHE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. THE WISE DRY GOODS CO.’S Big Stock Reducing Sale Places Before the Public More Genuine Bargains than You Will Find in Any Other Place in Augusta 25c Bobonet Rufflings, at 10c 35c Bobonet Rufflings, at 19c 25c Windsor Ties at 19c 24 inch Straw Suit Cases, fine to take away with you on your Summer qo _ vacation, special at VOC $1.50 Leatherette Suit Cases, QO _ special at VOC> \ SI.OB Shirt Waists, qQ _ reduced to VOC WISE DRY GOODS CO. 11l $1.25 White Pique Skirts. qo _ SI.OO Satine Petticoats. /\Or' M ossa line Silk Petticoats, QQ worth $3.00 each, at *pl.VO Broken lots slightly soiled Shirt Waists, worth up to $1.50, > reduced to OvFC 50c 72x00 inch Sheets, special at, OVC 85c 72x00 inch Sheets, 7 SI.OO 81x00 inch Sheets, 70C special at " 15c 42x30 inch Cases, Entire stock of Silk,Crepe, Linen, Ratine and Voile dresses from SIO.OO and above in this sale reduc ed to HALF PRICE One lot of Crepe de Chine & Meteor Dresses, worth up to $25.00 each, your choice to close at $9.90 ELEVEN