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if,748 COPIES YESTERDAY VOLUME XIX. No. 186. NEWS OF VALUES THAT WILL SET THE TOWN ASTIR A DAY OF OPPORTUNITY THAT EVEN THIS STORE NEVER EQUALLED Inventory time is fast approaching and we find we have entirely too many goods for this time of the year. As a substantial and resistless inducement for you individually to help us reduce this tremendous stock to normal conditions, we offer you Enormous Discounts on Every Article in Our Store Sheets 60 dozen full size Sheets, regular 65<- value, nut to ' 38* Best standard Sheets, extra large size, worth $1.25 ear'll, cut to 76* FIGURED LAWNS In all this season’s best patterns, worth 71/ 2 c a yard, at .3V 2 * High Class Silks at Cut Prices Yard-wide Messaline Silks, in all ihe popular colors, also white and cream; regular $1.50 quality, cut to 79‘- Taffeta Silk, full yard wide, in white, pink, light blue; regular $2.25 quality, cut to sll9 Our regular $1.25 Messaline Silks, full 27 inches wide, in all colors, also black and white, reduced to, yard fJgC Japanese Wash Silk, 32 inches wide, in all the best styles for waists and men’s shirts; $1.25 quality, reduced to, yard * 69C .Shirtwaists Reduced Grand assortment of White Voile and Crepe Waists, new est creations, worth $3.98, tomorrow they will go at ' $2 80 Black Taffeta and China Silk Waisrts, worth $5.00 to $6.00, cut to S 3 89 20 dozen White Waists, slightly mussed from handling, worth $1.50 to s2.uo each, will go Monday, at 680 SPECIAL NOTlCE— Having received a vast number of letters from our customers who always do their shopping after they are paid off on Saturday evenings, stating that they do not have any time to shop other than between the hours of 6 and 10 o’clock p. m., therefore we will be compelled in future to keep our doors open until 10 o’clock on Saturdays to accommodate them. Seven Spools of Coats’ Thread for 25^ Best quality of Table Oil Cloth, white and colored, worth 25c a yard, at 18^ Corylopsis Talcum Powder, worth 25c a box, at 10^ ... NEWS OF SOCIETY ... CRANFORD CALENDAR. T uesday. Mrs. Bryan Cuniming. Friday. Mrs. J. C. Lee. Regular monthly meeting for July will be held on Friday morning at 10 o’clock. boating party for MISSES O’DOWD A delightful boating party was given yesterday in honor of the Misses Marie and Marion O'Dowd of Augus ta. who are the guests of Miss Helen Kehoe. The party left Tybee about 10 o’clock, spending the day at Warsaw and returning to the island about 9 o'clock. Invited to meet the Misses O’Dowd were Miss Helen Kehoe, Miss Mary Djgan, Miss Lucile Golden, Miss Anita Butler! Miss Lucy Logan, Miss Kath leen Dooian, Miss Katharine Storer, Vr Dan Kehoe, Dr. Frank Kehoe, Mr. Augustus McCarthy, Mr. Frank Glea son Mr. Leo A. Morrisey, Mr. Mal colm Logan, Mr. Clint Logan, Mr. Charles Hogan, Mr. William Harty and Mr. Robert Doyle. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Golden chap eroned the party. —Savannah Press. TWILIGHT AND DAWN. [ saw the morning with purple ouiver and burnished how, stand tip toe on the horizon and shoot sunbeams at the vanishing darkness of night, nnl then reach up and gather the stars and hide them in her bosom, and then bend down and tickle the light till it woke with straws of light till it woke with laughter and with song A thousand bugle-calls from the rosy fire of the east heralded her coming; a % housand smiling meadows Hssed her garments as she passed, rid ten thousand laughing gardens n furled their flower-flaggs to greet l r-r The heart of the deep forest throbbed a tribute of bird song and the bright waters rippled a melody , f welcome. Young life and love, ra diant with hope and sparkling with i hi- dew- -drops of exultant joy, came 1 ind in hand, tripping and dancing .J j, er shining train, and I wished that ,j',e heaven of the morning might last * "'«aw the evening hang her silver crescent on the sky snd rival the splendor of the dawn with the glory of the twilight. I saw her wrap the shadows around her. and with a lull ai. on her lips, rock the weary world t. rest: then I saw her fill her dip per full of dreams, and slip back to | hf , horizon of the morning and steal i,e stars again. The gardens furled their flower-flaggs and the men- THE AUGUSTA HFRAT.D dows fell asleep; the songs of the deep forest melted into sighs melancholy waters whispered a pen sive good night to the drowsy birds and sleepy hollow’s. Life and love, with a halo of parting day upon their brows and the starlight tangled in their hair, walked arm in arm among the gather ing shadows and wove all the sweet memories of the morning into their happy evening song, and 1 wished that the heaven of the evening might nev er end. So, The mornings come, the evenings go, ‘Til! raven locks turn white as snow. The evenings go, the mornings come. Till hearts are still and lips are dumb. The mornings steals the stars in vain, For evening steals them back again. Thus life steals us from the dust. We wake to think and sleep to dream, ’love, and laugh, and weep, and sing, and sigh, until death Bteals us back to dust again.—Extract from Gov. Bob Taylor's Love, laughter and Song." Miss Lyndon, who graduated at Wesleyan College three years ago, is the first woman to have received an earned degree at the University of Georgia. She marched with the sen iors on commencement day. She re ceived the R. M. Instead of the A. B. degree. Miss Fllseh. a teacher of Au gusta, was the first woman to have received thetaiaster's degree from the State University. That was in 1899 and it was an honorary degree.—Wes leyan Christian Advocate. DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA. The regular monthly meeting of the Augusta Court, Daughters of Isabella, will be held Tuesday evening at eight thirty o’clock. A full attendance of members Is requested. IN HONOR OF MISS WIEL. Miss Bettle Wiel. of who re turned home yesterday, has been de lightfully entertained ior the past two weeks, while the house guest of Miss Emma Shelling. Miss Stelllng entertained with a guessing contest in which the prize, a box of corresponding ca/ldß were presented to Mr. Fritz Atkinson and the ladies’ prize a box of stationery, to Miss Ceclle Wlngard. TEMPLE AID TO MEET, The Temple Aid Society will hold Its regular monthly meeting Wednes day afternoon at four o’clock at the Synagogue. You have participated in many sensational sales at this store, but we promise you that by way of genuine value-giving, this sale will outclass any and all sales you have ever attended, barring none a broad statement, we admit, but you’ll find the values here precisely as we claim. Bear in mind, please, as you read further that this is Von Kamp, Vaughan & Gerald’s announcement and every statement made has been carefully weighed and can be thoroughly relied upon. Don’t, think for one moment that because the prices are so ridiculously low that the goods offered are unworthy'—every article in this sale is up io the high standard of quality always so rigidly maintained at this store. BEAUTIFUL WASH FABRICS AT BARGAIN PRICES Checked Crepes, Colored Ratines, Moired Poplins, Silk Tis sues, Striped Voiles. — All this season's newest fabrics, in all the newest colors; regular 29c, 35c and 45c values, will go tomorrow, at, yard 15C 60 pieces of pretty striped Crinkled Seersucker, in pink, cadet, light blue, red, tan and navy; regular 19c quality, will go Monday, at, yard ' 10' ' Entire stock of regular 12%c Standard Dress Ginghams, will go Monday, at, yard ftC Great Bargains in White Goods White Ratine, full 28 inches wide, worth 25c a yard, at 10 c White Serpentine Crepe, worth 19c a yard, at.. .. IOC Fine white mercerized striped Crepes, regular 39c quality, cut to, yar d 250 I.arge variety of Boucle Crepes, for waists and dresses, worth 39c a yard, cut to 250 Extra heavy weight white RatJjie, full 40 Inches wide, worth 79c a yard, cut to 480 The Popularity Store -Broad & Jackson Streets. Milk and Ice Tor Sick Babies Previously acknowledged .. ..$44,55 Cash 6.00 Cash 50 Total $50.05 MEET OF THE ASSOCIATED CHARITIES. There will be an Important meet ing of the directors of the Associated Charities of Augusta on Friday July lltn, at 12 o’clock. Every member of the board is urged to be present. Election of officers will be the prln cipfi.l business. E. S. HOLLINGSWORTH. MISS LESLIE VERDERY TO ENTERTAIN FOR VISITING FRIENDS. Miss Jjeßlie Verdery will entertain a trio of visitors Tuesday afternoon nt her home on Walton Way, the guests of honor being Miss Natalie Cooper, oT Atlanta, who Is her house guest, Mrs. Alva Cooper, of Raleigh, who is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Cooper, and Mrs. Walter McEwing, of Memphis, who Is visiting Mrs. Vernon Cooper. Rook will be the form of diversion. EASTERN STAR TO MEET. Elizabeth Cnapter, No. 34, Order of Eastern Star, will meet Tuesday af ternoon at five o’clock, at Masonic Temple. COLORED CIVIC LEAGUE TO MEET. | An Important meeting of the Colored Civic and Improvement L-ague on Hnn day next, July 12th at Antioch Baptist church. The meeting Is called for 4 o’clock In the afternoon, and there will he an addrees by Dr. R. <3. Williams. All Interested are cordially Invited to be present. ASSOCIATED CHARITIEB ELECT DIRECTORS. At a meeting of the Associated Charities of Augusta, held June 29th, the list of directors was revised and only those willing to serve the asso ciation a* It now stands were re elected. The present directors elected to serve for the next term are as fol lows: H. If. Alexander, H. C. Boardman, Mrs. Wm. Butt, .1 A A. W. Clsrk, If T. Creo, resignet.. Miss Mary C f'uth bert, Sam Kortson, T. 1. Hickman. W. THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. = AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. SUNDAY MORNING, JULY JULY 5, 1914. Jeweled Ball a Brilliant Event nmy* in r * » ' MRS. PERRY BELMONT. Paris. The most brlUlun> event so far this season has been the Jewel hall given by the Countese Jacques de Brog lie, in her mansion In tho Avenue de Mcs slne. The value of the Jewels worn reached many millions of dollars Mrs. Perry Belmont, wearing emeralds, was one of the women moet admired. Mr*. Ogden Mills wore diamonds; Mrs. Kathe rine Duer. pearls and diamonds and Mra Harry Lehr, rubles. J Hollingsworth, H. C. Hammond, Mr*. J. A. Hauser, Mr*. H. B. King, Lansing Lee, B. B. Lester, T. W. Boy less, Mrs. I). Nachman, Mrs. Charles I’hlnlzy, E. A. Pendleton, T. E. Oertel Mrs. C. A. Rowland, WnV M. Rowiand D. Slusky, G. S. Whitney, C. K Whit ney and J. G. Welgle. BISHOP ELLIOTT 80CIETY. The Bishop Elliott Society will meet. Monday afternoon at six o'clock at the Parish House of St. Paul. Mrs. Antoine Carr and Miss Mildred Walton are spending some time on the isle of Palms. Mr. .tame* Harvey Butler I* visiting Ills parents In Vienna, Ga. Master* Frederick Battle and Julian SHk Bengalines, Boucle Crepes, Silk Crepona and all the other' imported Wash Fabrics, ranging in prices from SI.OO to $1.25 a yard, will go Monday in this great sale at the ridiculously low price of, yard SGU Great Bargains in Domestics 40 pieces of the best regular 22!&e quality of extra heavy weight FeatheT Ticking, will go Monday at, yard .. . . IJ|G Two cases of regular 12$£c yard-wide Bleaching, will go Monday, at, yard fIC Regular 1214 c Mattress Ticking, will go in this sale, at, yard.. . .go John P. King Sea Island, regylar 7!4c quality, special for Monday, at, yard ejo White Curtain Swiss, worth 19c a yard, at 10 ( - McMichael left yesterday for Culbert son, Ga. Mr. Moffitt and Mr. W. W. Simp son are spending the week-end on t’.ie Isle of Palms. Miss Corlnne Browne leaves this week for a visit with relatives li Statesboro. Miss Esther Graham, of Columbia, Is visiting Miss Isabelle Graham. The condition of Mr. Berteau Ver dery, the young son of Mr. and Mrs Leonard Verdery, who was Injured Thursday by an automobile, Is such that It hail not yet been ascertained Just how serious his injuries are. Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Timmerman leave Monday for their home in Can ton, Ga., after an extended visit with Dr. Timmerman’s sister. Mrs. E. T Murphey. l>r. Timmerman has been under medical treatment ever since his arrival In Augusta, ill health was the occasion of his visit, but his hosts of friends will he delighted to learn that he Is very greatly Improv ed Miss Myra Pearce and Miss Anna Rut'n Holmes left yesterday for a visit with friends in Johnston, H. C. Miss Isabelle Dean, who has been visiting Miss Holmes and Miss Pearce has re turned to Johnston. Miss Florence Mounce Is the guest of Mrs. J. Hill Foster In Madison, who Is entertaining a house party fit young people. Mr. and Mrs Landon Thomas leave Wednesday for New York, where they will be Joined by Mieses Emily and Ellen Thomas, who have been with Mrs, John Hays Hammond on the North shore for tne past week, and sail for Europe for the summer. Miss Anne Thomas Is In Colorado spend ing the summer with her aunts, the Misses Thomas, of Kentucky, who have a summer home there. Mrs. K. U. Baxter and children leave this week for Beaufort. Mr. and Mrs. Porter Fleming leave this week Tor Allennurst, N. J. Mr. Charles Crawford has returned Irom Glenn Springs Mr. Ernest Watkins has joined his : family on Sullivan's Island. Mr. H. H King has Joined Mrs. King and Miss Fannie Cashln at the King summer home at. Asheville. Mrs. Taylor Mulligan leaves today for Mllledgevllle, where she will spend the week, visiting relatives at the Rftndford House. Miss Addle Barries and Miss Mary Cuthbert are spending the summer in California. Miss Jennie Simpkins Is visiting Miss loiurs Tobin on Elbert street. Mr. Cornelius Garrett ha* returned from New York. Mrs. Irvin Hockoday and Miss Jen nie llockoday have returned to Colum bia. Mo., aftc-r a visit of several weeks with Mrs. Albert T. Davidson. Mrs. J A. White of Atlanta, who hij been visiting Augusta relatives, ami Mrs. Georgia Lovett are spending the week-end at Urovetown. Mr. and Mrs. J, O. Guest and their little son, .tames, Jr., are In Atlanta. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Percy May $6.00 PER YEAR—S CENTS PER COPY.^ Pillow Cases Fruit of the Loom Pillow Cases, will go in this sale at, each .. .. ..16* Special lot of extra good Pillow Cases, worth 1 7V 2 c each, will go at 9* oxl2 full size Jap Matting Rugs, worth $6.50, cut to $1.98 Great Bargains in Ready-to-Wear $3.00 Auto Coats will go Monday, at.. sl-75 $5.00 I.lnene Auto Coats will go, at $3 89 White Voile and Ratine Dresses, worth $8.50 and $9.00, reduced to $3 98 One-piece Dresses, worth $6.50, reduced to.. $2 98 Percale and Gingham House Dresses, worth $1.76, reduced t 0 79C A few pretty Silk Dresses to close, at H«lf Price $7.60 Silk Kimonos will go Monday, at.. .. Beautiful Crepe Kimonos, worth $1.76, cut to <J§C Extra Special Remnants of fine Laces for curtains, worth 390 to 50e a yard, will go Monday at 10C Cotton Napkins, hemmed, ready for use, worth 80c a dozen, out to 3§C Cotton Towid Crash, linen finish, worth 7s4c a yard, will go Monday at $t%C 35c Linen Hnek Towels, will go Monday, at ~ 21^ Regular 15c Cotton I luck Towels, reduced to 8^ Wide Taffeta Ribons, worth 10c a yard, at, limited .. 7^ will sympathize with them on the con tinued Illness of their young son, Ed win. Mr. and Mrs. Tnomas Getzen will go down to the Isle of Palms about the middle of the month for an out ing. Little Miss Frances Getzen Is still with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Getzen, on Carolina Heights. Mr. and Mrs. Carlton Hlllyor leave Tuesday for Chautauqua, N. Y., where they will be for tne rest of the sum mer. After a pleasant visit with Mrs. M, M. Parish, Mrs. R. W. Bparling has returned‘to her home In Valdosta, Ga. Mrs J. J. Tyker and Mrs. Will Win ter loft this morning for a two weeks’ stay on Sullivan's Island. Miss Kate Hailey, oT DecatuT, Ala., is the very attractive guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Wilson on Bohler Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Preacher are enjoying a two weeks stay In Naw York. Mrs. D. I). Holmes, with her son, Earl, of Fellsmere, Fla., are now the guests of relatives here. Her many friends are glad to w<tfcome her, as Augusta is her old 'home. Miss Martha Maglll, of Atlanta, is the attractive guest of Mrs. A. L. Franklin at her pretty home, on Wal ton Way. Mrs. J. H. Whitehead returned | home yesterday, after a very ipleasant two weeks visit with relatives and friends In Fellsmere, Fla. Air. Walker Merry Is spending the weekend with Jilb family who are on Sullivan's island. They will return Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Will Dawson and Mrs. Anderson Sibley motored Friday to Savannah for the week-end. Mr, An derson Sibley and Mr, James Hill left Friday night for a motor trip to Char leston. Miss Maybelle Bailey, of Ellenton, 8 C., is spending a Tew days with An gust a friends. Mr. and Mrs. Ingalls Thomas and their small daughter, Ixniise Wilcox Thomas, left this morning for Sulli van’s Island, where they will spend several weeks. They were accompa nied by Misses Fannie Curry, Lillian Robinson and Forence and Ada Wil cox. Miss Dorothy Dorr and Miss Eliz abeth Dorr are visiting Miss Susie Pearson In lat Fayette, Ala. They will be joined In a few days by Miss Lillian K. Balk, who Is now attending a house party at Cedartown. Mrs. Sturman Pollard and Miss Sa rah Pollard, of Kansas City, are visit ing Mrs. George A, Bailie. Misses Sadie and Annahelle Cohan and Mrs. 8. Fourth -left this morning for Tybee. Mlbs Florence McNeill Is attending a house party that is being given by friends at Myrtie Boacli, near Sum ter, 8. C. Mrs. Jeff D. Thomas and Ml-ss Vir ginia ThomaH leave this we.'!; for Dayton, O. The Extra-Cent a Day Band of the First Presbyterian church will liuve 11,748 COPIES YESTERDAY charge of the Wednesday evening serv ice. A most Intereßting program >»■»- heen arranged, among the numbers of which are some pretty musical selec tions. Extracts will be read from a letter received by the pastor from Mr. Clm*. Rowland, who. with a party, 1* making a trip around the world to study mission work. Tho letter is written from Japan and Is full of Interesting notes. Mrs W. W. Fry Is chairman of the meeting on Wednesday evening. The public Is cordially invited. —The Ladles’ Foreign Missionary So ciety of the First Presbytrt-tan church, of which Mrs. O. R. Eve Is president, will meet in the Telfair building Mon day afternoon at 6:30. An effort is be ing rnude by the members of thl* his toric society to snroll every lady of the First church a member of this society. Many new names will be presented on Monday. This Is said to be the oldest Bodies’ Missionary Society In the wofrld. its principal work is the supporting of Miss Elizabeth Fleming as a missionary in China. DUBLIN 80CIAL NEWS. Dublin, Ga. —An interesting event of the past few days was the marriage of Miss Ruth Smith and Mr. William Henry Burk, both popular member* of Dubllin social set. Thl* 1* Interesting event took Place on ThuZiday at the First Baptist church, ant, was wit nessed by a large number, of friend* of the young people. Prior to the wedding a number of beautiful entertainment* were, given for Mis* Smith and Mr. Bone. The most elaborate of these wa* a large eveningg reception which wae tendered them by Mr. and Mra B. B. Ford am. Miss George Robertson entertained with a large bridge par ty one afternoon for Miss Smith, and Mrs. A J. Toole gave her another beautiful bridge party. Mis* Dell Lesterand Mr. James Smith were married on Thursday af ternoon at the Methodist church. A number of prenuptial entertain ments were given Miss Lester and Mr. Smith. Mrs. D. 8. Brandon compli menting them with a pretty reception, and Mrs. M. V. McLlnery giving Miss Lester a luncheon. The last meeting of the year of the Auction Club was held on Tuesday with Mrs. E. J. Blackshear. The af ternoon was greatly enjoyed. Mlsi Frances Webb won the top score prize a combing Jacket. The club prize foi the year. A pretty card table fell to Mrs. J. L. Weddington. Miss Don nelly Hooks made the next scene ant received another card table. The club will reorganize in Octo ber. Mrs. Benjamin Lewis and Mri Cleveland Pope will entertain with l large reception on Wednesday ofter noon next at the residence of Mrs Lewis on Academy avenue. Mrs. Qullllan Underwood. Mr*. L Edward Musgrove and Ml** Marii HAnnuh will be the charming honor cen. Mrs Jame* 8 Simon*. Mi** An nle Simons and Mr. Jame* 8. Si mons 111. will leave in the near fu ture for an extended «tay in Pendle ton. 8. C. A party composed of Mils* Mami Ramsey, Mr. T R. Ramsey and Ml* Hightower wilt leave on the tenth To Denver and other western cities.