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11,762 COPIES YESTERD4Y VOLUME XIX, No. 194. IHTER’IIL MEET OF THE BLIND Mo s t Interesting Exhibit at Conference is Showing of Workings of Braille System in China. London—Perhaps the most Interesting ev]llllit at the Interna tonal conference O' the Blind Is the showing of the work ings of the Bra tile system In China. do ’ m<l "• Hil * Murray make it for the I'lind Chinese to read that the afflicted fMltdid the persons with sight and now Itnnv Chinese whose eyes are perfect use •he methods invented for the sightless. The Hill-MuVray system has been in full working order at the Pekin Institute since 1879. Mr. Hill-Murray was a Glasgow man, son of a sawmill worker at Port Dundas All accident cost him his left arm and ' " fanned his living as a postman until i s religions studies led him to theeon -1 aision that mission work was his metier. After'seven years the Bible So -1 it tv asked him to go to China as agent and he consented. nne of the first things In China that impressed Mr. Hill-Murray was the ex tt'toidiimry number of blind men due to tm- long unchecked ravages of small- I ox. ophthalmia and other diseases. The proportion is said to he one in ROO of the population. By a brilliant inspiration Mr Hill-Murray decided to employ num erals represented by Braille symbols fir the ins sounds in use in common speech in China. The system was found so surprisingly c isy that the most ignorant blind per son who takes the trouble to learn, fates Miss Gordon Cumming, “acquires the arts both of reading and writing flu enth in less than three months.” And now sighted persons are learning by ex acts tile same system.** Yuan Shih Kal not long ago paid an unsolicited but well-merited tribute to the work done by Mir. Hlll-Murrav and Ills supporters in China. Twenty-nine countries were represent ed ;it the Conference Delegates from practlfally every European country were present, while the Colonies, India, Amer i n China and Japan were fully repre sented. To the blind at work In the exhi bition room was a revelation. So deft were the workers that it was Impossible to pity. One chief feeling was one of deep admiration for the skill of men and women who could produce articles that would add lustre to the reputation of a sighted worker. Delegates to the Trades Union Congress; London Londur —At the trade union congress which is to be held in Portemoutli In September, delegates from the United Slates, Panada and Germany will be among the overseas visitors. The Am erican Federation of Labor has alrady notified the Congress that W. D. Ma hon, president of the Street and Elec tric Railroad Employees of America and Mathew Woll, president of the Inter national Photoengravers of America will be the federation delegates. Mr. Ma hon. together with L. V. Bland of Chi cago, are going to spend some time in Europe for the purpose of making a special study and Investigation of the municipal ownership of tramways. The Trade and Labor Congress of Canada has appointed Alphonse Vaovlile, M. P., as their delegates. Some interesting statistics about the labor movement have been given by the Parliamentary Council of the Congress. Never in the history of labor organiza tions has labor been so consolidated as it is today. Recently the three organi zations covering the railroad employees linked up and brought their forces to a total of more than 300,000. Then this body entered into a binding agreement to act in unison with the transport workers and the miners so that this al liance easily constitutes the largest and most formidable labor combination in the wf.vld. Its members number more than a million. Develop Germany's Canal System; Already Good Berlin.—Plans are being laid for a further ambitious development of Germany’s already admirable canal system. Experts are starting a study of all phases of a waterway to con nect the Rhine with the North Sea through German territory. Two projects will be taken into ac count, one of which would restrict the canal to Internal traffic. A depth of about 15 feet is provided for, which would enable the Rhine steamers to reach the North Rea. If this plan were adopted it would also be neces sary to deepen the Rhine between Co logne and Wesel. The whole expense is estimated at about $125,000,000. The other project has been worked’ out by an engineer named Rosemever, : nd provides for a ship canal with a liepth of water sufficient to enable ocean-going steamers to reach Col ogne from the North Rea. This pro ject would entail the expenditure of a much larger sum of money, but it Is < nnstdered to be feasible and lias many influential supporters. For “Guidance of Makers and Wearers of Corsets" London.—The Council of the Institute livglene have Just published the fol .-atnc recommendation* for the guld ,)f makers and wearer* of corsets: That the requirement* of modern dree* ml *he exigencies of modern civilisation . • to make the wearing' of eome f/.riii "f cornet a practical necessity to majority of women. T 1 it manv corset* still In u*e are gjv constructed, and tend to pro ,l injurious compre»*lon *nd dlsplacc m'ent of Important Internal organ*, and ... . terferc with the Important function* of respiration, circulation and digestion. T , t owing to the spread of knowledge eg the tmportam* of freedom o* movement and the need of physical ex errlse In strengthening the muscle* of * I ~-k and abdomen the objections!.- . . . of the I ..St are becoming , It less worn, and aVe gradually ed t.v llgliter and more flexible cor* 1, . constructed on hygienic lines T l at the Injurious effect nttrhuUd to .... ..caring of corset* pan be gr»atl" .red If not entirely removed, by ■ doptlon of properly constructed . . ■„ Wl cl t.j«lr right adJuitnasiiL —:: : . THE ONE PAPER IN MO"" HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES - - THE AUGUSTA HERALD Double Purple Trading Stamps Apply on All Morning Purchases Mid-Summer Reduction Prices Are on in earnest at this store. Prices in some instances are as low as Half of their regular values Unparalleled bargains are to be had in every department , but as it is a Clearance Sale we suggest an early visit to insure a full choice. Some Unusual Bargains in the Heady=to = Wear Department Choice, of Wool Suits, ranging in price from QC $17.95 to $39.75 0' $25.00 black Taffeta Dress, size 36, suitable <*o qc $25.00 black Taffeta Dress, size 14, $6 95 $22.50 black Poplin Dresses, sizes gQ $17.50 Wisteria Poplin Dress, size 36 $2.50 $17.50 Navy Wool ( repe Dress, size 36 $4.95 . $17.95 Navy French Serge Dresses, size 16, trimmed navy and green plaid silk $4.95 $22.50 Tango Cropc de Chine Dress, size 42 . .$7.95 $35.00 Tango Crtpe de Chine Dress, size 30 $7.95 Black Jap Dresses $15.00 values at ' $7.95 $19.95 values at $10.95 $25.00 values at $9.95 $5.95 Colored Linen Dresses at $2.50 $37.50 Cream Net Die--, size 16,at $9.95 Cotton Crepe and Voile Dresses # 14 Price 50 Cotton Crepe and black and white stripe Voile Dresses, long Russian Tunics, OP QC worth $12.50. at OU.IO 50 Cotton Crepes and black and white striped Voile Dresses, with long Russian Tunics, C*C QC worth $13.95 OOiuJ AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 12, 1914. Andrews Bros. Co. 870 Broad Street • - Augusta, Georgia Beginning Monday, we will sell (to consumers Only) Coats Spool Cotton at, The Dozen Following Items Are Half Price Parasols, Cretonnes, Silkilines, Curtain Nets, Curtain Swiss, Curtain Voiles, Onyx Hosiery Ono lot 35 1 Onyx Mark lisle Hose, GZ{-* (all sizes) special Monday only .. Children’s Sox 25c Children’s Plaid Top Sox 19^ 25c Children’s White Silk Sox 19tf 25c Children** Dlack Silk Sox 19^ 25c Light Blue Silk Sox 19^ $1.25 (‘rope and Nainsook downs .. .. ! 98^ SI.OO Crepe and Nainsook downs 89£ Double Panel Reulloped Nainsook Petticoats .. 89^ Extra size double panel Sealloped Nainsook l’(*ttteoats SI.OO Scalloped Pitpje Petticoats at SI.OO Black Crepe Waists, Black Jap Waists, leather Hand Bags, Silk Hand Bags, Children’s Rompers, Short Sleeve Middy Blouses, $6.00 PER YEAR—FIVE CENTS PER COPY. 11) I Vt All Colored Wool Skirts, Navies and fancy black and white plaids $5.00, $5.95 and $6.50 values, dh 0q pr now $1.50 White Pique Skirts OO New models in Shear Lawn 'X/ Drinn Waists, all *"BS Laces and Insertings 5c and 10c Torchon Laces and Insertings at .. . .21/# 10c and 15c Cotton Clunv Inserting-. •2L«- 19c and 25e Cotton Clunv Insertings .. . .5^ SI.OO White Ratines 50^ GLOVES 75c black and white 16 button length Silk Cloves 59^ $1.25 and $1.50 embroidered 16 button length black and white Silk Cloves 95£ % $1.75 black embroidered 16 button Silk Gloves ' 95^ Lot Odd Corsets worth from SI.OO to $3.50, OUC A complete outlay of Summer Furniture, includ ing porch and lawn goods of most attractive designs. Let us explain our house furnishing Club Plan. 45c a 11,762 COPIES YESTERDAY