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Planters Loan & Savings Bank w
705 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
Organized 1870
UPON THE ROCK OF 44 YEARS DAILY EXPERIENCE, this
Institution h 3« built Its well-earned reputation for
SOLIDITY, STRENGTH AND SAFETY
Thousands of our people certify to a happy experience here, and
(rive Just c redit to this bank for the success of themselves and
tliclr children, in their effort to scqulre flnanelal Independence.
OUR BEST FACILITIES ARE OFFERED to those seeking
br-nl. connection#, and no efl ort la apared to enhance the Interest
of our deposltora,
WE SOLICIT THE ACCOUNTS nr careful, conservative peo
ple, and give the same careful attention to small accounts as to
the lareer ones.
SAFETY LOCK BOXES In five different alr.es. $3.00 to $20.00
per year.
DEPOSITS MAY BE MADE BY MAIL. •
Our Mailing Department has been established with great cars
and the accounts, of depositors living out of town are handled with
accuracy and dispatch.
L. C. HAYNE, President. GEO. P. BATES, Cashier.
Look Out for Dollar Day
y
It's the Biggest Day of Days
For Your Dollar in Augusta
Watch What a Dollar Will
Do an Dollar Day in Augusta
Friday July 3rd is Dollar Day
nOfeb? Goes That
Telephone Bell!”
|l<V And more fhan likely yow're boey with
Jf/ *dhn or right io ftie ml list of some important
' Bor ym’r.gntlhfn Id tint Wlophone,—and the stairs
have got to be climbed, whether you like It or not.
Now you don't tsy to mat along with on* water faucet,—
why wMt one telephone* Why not have an Extension Wail
Telephone to bring the calls to you*
Sara the wearing tsatapmp stairs, or down. Have a Ball
Telephone at soar alhos* Storeys.
11-00 per month in residences.
SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE
AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
"VOTES FOR WOMEN" STATIONERY
The Official Water-marked Writing Paper approved by
National American Woman Suffrage Association.
The stock is a white SUPERFINE FABRIC FINISH and
each Bhect contains the water-mark, “VOTES
FOR WOMEN.’’
RETAILS FOR 35 CENTS.
Can be had at
Richards Stationery Co.
\aNDERBILT Tiofef
uT/urtlj Juu rtA ti/nW east at liftirb wA'Mut'.Xui X»r/r
WALTON H.MAHfHALL, Manager
An Ideal Hotel with an Ideal Situation
Glimmer 7jtrtes'
Don’t Overlook a Real Opportunity
SKE
MORRISON
Satisfactory Contractor
For a first-class store on the host cross street in Augusta tiooil
for shoe business, millinery business .grocery business. nu\ kind o!
business.
o*ll ithone 3475. 102 9th btreet
Owner will remodel and Improve for A-1-Tenaat
Savannah Paper Says Thai
Dr. Ashby Jones Considered
As Successor of Dr. Pickard
Says Dr. Jones is Extremely Popular in Savannah. First
Dr. Jones Had Heard of Matter Was When Herald Man
Showed Him the Story This Morning.
Th#* following is from the Savannah
X <• wh of Sun-ciay:
It ih understood that an effort may
l»<* made to g»*t the Rev. M Ashby
Jones of Augusta to succeed the Rev.
1 >r. William L. Pickard as pastor of
the First Baptist church of Savannah.
I>r. Pickard s acceptance of the pres
ideney of Mercer University at Macon
leaves a $4,000 pulpit vacant, and it is
not likely the congregation will he
satisfied with anyone shoft of a big
preacher. They have become used to
scholarly preaching and will cast about
for a man who Is Dr. Pickard’s peer
in this respect.
That Dr. Jones would be welcomed
by the congregation is gcnerlly he
lieved, as he is able and eloquent and
personally is most attractive. That
the choice of Dr. Jones would be a
popular decision, from the standpoint
of the public generally, is certain, as
he is a power with the masses.
The lew times he has been in Sa
vannah he has made friends by the
score. As the speaker at banquets on
two <>r three* occasions he has proved
to In* the feature. Anri It is under
stood that bis Influence in Augusta Is
powerful for good.
'We would consider ourselves mos'
fortunate If we could get Dr. Jones,”
said an officer of the First Baptist
church yesterday. “We are not go
The Piles of Yellow Gold Shown in
SchweigerVs Window Are Prizes in
herald's “Shower of Gold” Contest
DIU you ever gee a thousand dol
lars in gold? If not take a walk up
Broad street this .afternoon or any
time tomorrow and look in Schwel-
Rert’s jewelry window at the corner
of Seventh street, there you will
have a chance to least your eyes on
piles of "Yellow Gold," the inetal that
has been at one ■ a curse and bless
ing to mankind since the beginning
of civilization: that men have fought
and died fpr the possession of.
This gold however, will not tie the
cause of any but friendly fighting.
It Is the first, third and fourth Grand
prizes in The Herald's "Shower of
(iold for Cables" subscription contest
tiiat closch tomorrow night at 10
o'clock, in which the candidates hold
ing tile largest number of votes will
he awarded these prizes. Go down
and take a laook at it. You may have
a little friend or relative in tho con
test that you can help win one of
these prizes by paying your subscrip
tion tor a preiod to The Herald
Votes alone will win, and votes can
bp secured only on paid-in-advance
subscriptions to The Herald.
Rivalry In this great contest is now
at It's greatest height; candidates
are hustling about among their
friends gating subscriptions and votes
County Authorities Stop Big
Cock Fight Scheduled For kth
Shipment of 43 Birds From Mississippi Here. Ore of This
Number to be Selected to Fight Local Bird. Fight Was
To Have Been Held Near City.
TH# Richmond county authorities,
having learned that a cock fight, the
biggest ever held In this city, was
scheduled for the Fourth of July, near
tho city, have given orders that it
cannot take place in Richmond coun
JULY IS! IS
DIVIDEND Ms
Banks and Industrial Corpora
tions Will Pay Their Semi-
Annual Dividends on This
Date.
t/n July int a number of Augusta
banka ami other corporations will pay
aeiftl-anmial dividends and a consul- |
erable amount of money is to be dls- .
tributed.
The following nre among the eon- ;
eerns that will pay:
John I’. King Mfg. Co.. .1 per cent i
on } 1,000,000 (common), SOO,OOO.
John P. King Mfg. Co., 3V» l>er cent •
on $300,000 (preferred), $10,500.
Warren Mfg. Co., per cent on
$1150,000 (preferred), $K.500.
Atlantic States Warehouse Co.. 3 1
per cent on $200,000 (common). SO,OOO
Augusts Savings iiank. 4 per cent on
$50,000, $2,000.
Merchants Rank. It's per cent on
$200,000 (quarterly), $7,000.
National Exchange Bank, 4 per cent
on $400,000. $16,000.
Planters Loan ami Savings Bank, S
per cent on $50,000. $4,000
Cnlon Savings Bank. 4 per cent on
SIOO,OOO. $4,000
Georgia H. R. and Ranking Cot 3
pel cent on $4,200,000 (quarterly),
$ 126.000.
HAD CftNCERIURE;
MAN IS ARRESTED;
W M, Barentlme. who claims to
have a cure for cancer and who Is
said to have had a considerable num
ber of patients tn Augusta, was ar
rested Saturday and placed In pjall
charged with a misdemeanor, it Is
charged that lie was practicing with
oi t a license, which Is a misdemeanor
Hi was released this morning under
a $1 000 hond.
It |h understood that the Richmond
County Medical Society ts Interested
In the ci So and that the members
claim Ui.rcnttinc has no cure for can
car.
fHE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
inK to find it easy to fill Dr. Pickard's
place. His service has been excep
tionally successful. But Sinerf he Is
to leave us our duty . is to get the
strongest available man for his place.
I cannot speak for the officers of the
church, as we have not given any con
sideration to the problem yet, but per
sonally I think it would be a master
stroke if we could get Dr. Jones."
First He Had Heard of It.
The above appeared in the Savannah
Morning News of yesterday. Dr. Jones
was seen this morning by a Herald
reporter and the Morning News story
was read to him. He said that it was
the first tie had heard of the mat
ter. Dr. Jones came to Augusta from
Columbus. Ga., several years ago anti
has endeared himself to every mem
ber of the First Baptist church as
well as to large numbers of other Au
gustans with whom lie has come In
contact. lie is in the forefront in
movements of a public spirited na
ture ami is universally esteemed.
It is safe to say that Dr. Jones
“would not he given up without a
struggle and Augusta’s advice to Sa
vannah will he to seek elsewhere for
a successor to Dr. Pickard. Of course.
Dr. Jones did not intimate what he
would do in tile event a call was ex
tended to him from the Savannah
church.
to cast against the close tomorrow
night; everybody is talking about who
will win the big prizes and everybody
who can, is helping their favorites.
Now is the time to help if yoji are
going to, as there will positively be no
extension on the length of the con
test.
Candidates should make every ef
fort to secure EXTENSIONS on sub
scriptions that have been turned in
at an earlier period, as the same bo
nus' will be allowed on EXTENSIONS
as if the full term had been turned
in origginally.
A five-year extension on a subscrip,
tion secured during booster period,
will entitle the candidate to 680.000
votes. Think of what a few such ex
tension, would mean to a candidate.
Tlie ballot box will positively close
promptly at 10 o’clock tomorrow,
(Tuesday) night Candidates In Dis
trict No. 1 must have all of their bal
lots in tlie box at “Shower of Gold”
headquarters by tha t hour. Candi
dates from Districts No. 2 and 2 may
mail their ballots in on tlie first train
leaving after the dosing hoiu.
"Shower of Gold" headquarters are
located at 639 Broad street, with the
A. A. Thomas Piano Company. Phone
236.
ty. It Is understood that a Missis
sippi bird whs to tight a local bird.
A shipment of 43 game roosters from
Mississippi has been received here and
it wa.. intended to select the gamest
chicken from that number to fight the
local bird.
DIDN'T SEEM POSSIBLE.
'For the making of billiard balls 509
elephants are needed every year,” said
cite famous nig game hunter In his lec
fure on India.
"How strange.” whispered Mrs W'n
sonie to the lady who sat next, “that
people pan teach such great beasts to
do such delicate works' —Stray Stories.
Today the sweet scholastic dears
The primrose path are treading.
And many of them drop “carets"
In favor of a wedding.
Kansas City Journal.
Fats Make
the Hottest Fire
And as the digestion of food generates body heat, so the
more greasy, heavy food you cat, the hotter you are.
One can fee] several degrees cooler and more comfortable In
summer by selecting proper food.
Grape-Nuts
is made of carefully selected wheat and barley and contains all
their nutritive values, Including the mineral phosphates, tgrown
In the grain), that are especially necessary for rebuilding the tis
sue cells of body and brain.
Grapenuts is thoroughly baked <l6 to 224 hours) which hreaks
down the starch cells. Therefore it la ca.- I> and quickly digested
—generally tn about one hour.
If you care to feel cool and fit mak, Grape-Nuts a part of the
mummer diet —a delicious part!
“There’s a Reason”
—sold by everywhere.
Does your skin
itch and burn?
If you are suffering with eczema,
ringworm, heat-rash or other
tormenting skin eruption, try—
Resinol
Ointment and Resinol Soap. You
wirl be surprised how quickly the
itching stops and the skin becomes
clear and healthy again.
Prescribed by doctors for 19 years. All
drußgiatfl Bell Reainol Ointment (50c and
$LO0), and Resinol Soap (25c). For trial
size free, write to Dept. 17-S, Resinol,
Baltimore, Md. Refuse imitations.
$750,000 OF BONDS
MATED MONDAY
Understood Thai First Install
ment Will be Advertised for
Sale Within a Short Time.
The $750,000 issue of flood protec
tion bonds, voted on June Ist, were
validated today. The manner of vali
dation is as follows: the solicitor gen
eral brings a procedure against the
city council of Augusta in behalf of
the state of Georgia asking that coun
cil show that the law has been com
plied with in every respect. The city
makes answer through its attorney
and if the Judge of the superior court
is satisfied that the conditions of law
have been complied with the bonds
are pronounced valid. It is understood
tliut the first installment will he ad
vertised for sale within a short time.
MRS. ANN JAMES DIED
AT HER HOME YESTERDAY
Deceased is Survived by 141
Direct Descendants—Funeral
Services Held Today.
Tlie many friends of Mrs. Ann
James, widow of the iate Robinson
James, regret to learn of her passing
away, which occurred yrsterday at her
home on the Deans Bridge road, 12
miles out from Augusta.
Mrs. James was loved by all who
came in contact with her. She was
horn seven years after the war of 1812,
therefore, at the time of her death
being in the 96th year of her age. She
I,ls survived by 141 direct descendants,
who surround the home that has been
tiers for many years.
She is survived by nine children. 59
grandchildren and 82 great-grandchil
dren. The children are Messrs. J. E.,
Freeman, Barney and Robert James,
Mrs. C. A. Owens, Mrs. Virginia Byne,
Mrs. 1). H. James, Mrs. J. H. James,
and Miss Missouri James.
The funeral services were held to
day at the Mt. Lebanon Baptist church,
Rev. W. !. Delph officiating and the
interment was in the church ceme
tery.
MATRON OF SHILOH
ORPHANAGE DIES
Miymie Norris, wife of John Norris,
died last night at the Shiloh Orphanage,
where she had served as matron during
the past two years. She was an es
■ fieient trained nuvse, and as such was
well-known to many of the prominent
wi Ite families of tlie city. The imme
diate cause of her death was typhoid
fever. She will he buried from the col
ored Presbyterian U urch, comer Telfair
and Tenth streets, tomorrow afternoon.
LETTER-HEAD PROBERS
Washington.— Senator Kern, chair
man of the privileges, and elections
committee, today named Senators
Thompson, Lea, Hughes. Kenyon and
Clapp as a sub-committee to inves
tlgi* te the use of senate stationery to
promote a mine at Cold Hill, N. C.
WiSE
“House of Bargains”
You must examine closely
the list below in order to ap
preciate the wonderful values
offered.
Ladies’ House Dresses, Kimonos and
Shirt Waists Placed at Quick
Reduction Prices.
Regular SI.OO Homo* Dresses, all neatly
made of Percales, in a good range of stripes,
and figures, assorted sizes, special at ..79^*
Ladies’ regular $1.25 solid and floral Crepe
Kimonos; for special selling at 98^
$5.00 $6.50, $7.50 and $8.50 Silk Kimonos,
your choice at . .$3.98
Ladies’ $1.25, $1.50 and $1.98 White Voile
Lingerie and Lawn Waists, all on one table
at one price, special to close, at 98^
Beautiful line of ladies’ fine Crepe Kimo
nos; regular $2.00 values, all reduced
to $1.49
$2.50 Crepe Waists, all reduced to. ..$2.49
Ladies’ Colored Satine Petticoats,
worth SI.OO, at 69^
Ladies’ Silk Ruffle Satine Petti
coats, worth $1.50, at 98^?
Ladies’ Silk Messaline Petticoats,
in a good range of colors, at $1.98
Some Unusual Bargains
in White Goods
19c White Crepes at 15^
35c White Crepes at 29^*
50c White Crepts at 39C
Fancy white go oils, worth from 15c to 25c in
the lot at one price 10^
Mill ends of 25c White Crepes at .. .10^
44 inch all-linen Suiting, worth 85c per
yard, at 59^
36 inch all-Linen White Suiting at .. . .25^
25c White Madras for men’s shirts, ladies’
waists and children’s dresses . 15^
Seethe Domestics—How They
Are Cut in Price.
71/2C yard wide Bleaching at 5c
71/2C yard wide Sea Island at s<^
Yard wide fine, soft grade Bleaching,
special at 10£
7%c yard wide Bleached Pepperell
Drilling at 10<^
714 c Apron Ginghams at 5^
71/2C Solid Colored Chambravs, in a good
range of colors, at
All of This Season’s Fine
Colored Wash Goods Very
Much Reduced for a
Quick Close
All $1.23 colored Ratines, reduced to ..
All 50c colored Linenes reduced to ~ . 39£
All 35c colored Linens reduced to .. ~
$1.25 40 inch White Flaked Crepe
reduced to 75d"
$1.50 40 inch Black and White Striped Crepe
reduced to SI.OO
All 35c colored Ratines at 19£
White Etamines with small black stripes.
worth 35c per yard, at.. 19c
All 35c fancy Crepes, including solid
colors, reduced to 25<*
15c Printed Crepes at .. .. 10^
15c Printed Batiste all at . 10<*
MONDAY, JUNE 29.