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SPECIAL NUMBER What The Y. M. C. A. is Doing For Augusta (By Walter Nl. Hunter, General Secre tary, Augusta Y. M. C. A.) The Young Aten's Christ an Asso ciation of Augusta, has a history ex tending over a period of some 35 years, in which time the association has had several homes, being located now in its own building, at Ureene ' and Ninth streets. In its early life, this organization had a hard struggle for existence and weathered a good many severe s.cvms, but as the years went by, the citizens began to real ize that this association was one of the real constructive factors in the city, and from that time to this it has not failed to serve the com munity. What is the Young Men's Christian Association? This ciuestion has been •alted and answered over and over again, each time calling lev an additional ex planation, for the movement has grown jn size and scope so rapidly that even the leaders in this great work are at loss to keep up with the tremendous for ward movement. Beginning here in Augusta some 85 years ago with a small band of consecrated young men. without money or prestige in the community, •nd without a suitable equipment, the association lias gvown from year to year, until now with a membership of nearly one thousand, and a building large but still inadequate, its influence is felt In every part of the city, and every day men and boys by tbe hundreds spend a part of their le'sure time at the rooms. The whole idea is to help men employ (heir spare time in constructive amuse ments and work. If you will vend Luke 2:52 you will find that the Alaster in creased in wisdom and statue, and in favor with God and In favor w'th man. This gives you the foundation on wh'ch the association works. He grew in wis dom—mental'y, hence the educational featu.es. In statue —phvsleally. hence the gymnasium and physical work. In favor of God —spiritually. And in favor with man—socially. Here then, is the function of the Young Men’s Christian Association . namelv: the work of assisting men and hoys to follow in these four dimensions, to gvow phvsicallv. mentally, soo'n'lv and spirit tinl’y. It might tie well to go a little further and say that, in Its last analy sis. the real Job of the associat'on is to produce the incentive for men to grow hevond the limit for- their own pro tection and use. Into the realm of the overn’us. To grew along these l ! nes un til thev overflow into the community in pane, unselfish service. The giving to a man tire vighi kind of poise so that he may be a valuable citizen. Mission of the Association. The mission of the association, then Is unique. It is not, in thg conduct of Its work, a copy of something else, nor an ecroachment upon the duties of any other organization. Neither is it a com bination of desirab'e privileges to be had at a nominal cost. The association stands for everything that means an all-around development of the men and boys. But however that may be, lam sure that we will all agree that the men and boys of the community have a right to look first to the fundamental factors in tbe common’ty life, those things which most vitally affect his own persoal development. 1 have been ask ed what I considered the fundamentals, and I am constrained to use tlie same list compiled bv one of the association lead ers. Mr. Walter AI. Wood, of Philadel phia. Tile list Is given in the following order: Home, School, Church, Civic Life, Vo cation ami Recreation. These six agen cies attect more than anything else the personal development. Each one of stands for a definite thing. The Home stands for Fellowship; the School for Development; the Church for Inspiration; Civic Life for Co-operation; Vocation for .Self-invest ment; Recreation stands for Self-recov ery. As enthusiastic as I may he over the association, 1 do not include it in this list of essentials. Now this test may be applied to any individual, and we may take his measure by the list mentioned. If the test is applied we will most likely find that he is short on some essentials and long on some others, and that is where the Young Men's Christian Association comes in with its service that counts, in cutting down the longs and building up the shorts in the essentials that mean more to a man than anything else. It is a job that no other organization has attempted. Spitndid Work of Physical Department. The association in Augusta, appreciat ing these facts, has applied itself to the task of assisting the men and boys of this city in a most practical way. The activities consist in the main of a good physical work under the direction of Mr. William Boyland, a man of years of ex perience in his line, and emphasis is here laid upon the duty of every man and boy to keep his body clean and healthy. To learn how to play when off duty. To learn most of all, that rec reation means self-recovery and not dis sipation. To tliis end, all the year around, tire physical department aids and dlrecls such sports and exercises as are seemingly needeful, and the mem bers have responded in no small way. A local Basket Ball League last winter furnished enjoyment to some sixty men and ineldental'y entevtirned their friends by tile hundred with the weekly games played every Thursday night during the winter. Regular classes are held during the fall, winter and spring to the num ber of about fifteen each week, and the attendance at these clnsses ran about fifteen hundred every month. The swim ming pool affords opportunity to hun dreds every week during the heated sea son for comfort and swlmm'ng, and an annual swimming meet held at the Lake each summer, gives a chance to those who wish to show their skill before the public. The Boy* Work. Included in the membership of the as sociation are some two hundred and fifty boys from the grammar and high schools ■ of the city. These boys are under the direction of Mr. Dan G. Halford, the special secretary for boys, and the ac tivities are arapged ns test suited for their deve orment. In many ways this is an association within an association, for the work is along the same general lines, recognizing at all times the indi viduality of each boy. Aside from the general activities In the building Includ ing the gymnasium work, swimming, and Bible study, a great deal of attention is given to outdoor life, and the annual summer encampment Is always attend ed by a large number of the hoys. This camp usually lasts about two weeks, and the cost is divided so that the expense is comparatively small. Included In their activities at camp is always the Bible Study Course. tVhile In camp the hoys are under the strictest supervision of adult leaders, who ure at all times with them. Religious Work. The association maintains weekly meetings at several of the shops held at the noon hour during the winter sea son. The men at these places appre ciate these services addressed by the pastors of the city churches. On Sun day afternoon a meeting is held at tho association building for men, and every Tuesday night throughout the year the Tuesday Night Bible class meets for supper and then for Bible study under the leadership of Dr. J. R. Sev’er. This class had an average attendance last winter of about forty, and has always held up well during the summer months. A good deal of attention is given In this class to doing extension work in needy • places. , The fellowship enjoyed every Tuesday night at the Bible class supper MR. IRVIN ALEXANDER juju- President Y. M. 0. A. served in the building, means much to the men, and is continued right through the year without a break. The Lobby and Reading Room affords opportunity for self-deve opment. Here are to be found all the good magazines and papers, and here everyp day in the year numbers of men and boys employ some of their spare time in reading. The game rooms afford many hours ot amusement, and the J.obby lias become a great meeting place for the men of Au gusta. Extension Work. Realizing that the work of the asso ciation should not be confined to the four walls of the building, this organiza tion has reached out to serve the com munity. Along phys cal lines, the as sociation has served acceptably, the city fire department and the city schools, conducting work for the benefit of the men and boys, and extending the work to the girls. The association lias al ways co-operated with the churches and Sunday schools in their activities, and aided in every possible way their work. The use of the building as headquarters for the big Baraca convention recently serves as an example of this kind of service. The committee rooms are used almost every day for various committee meetings and are always open to such. The Chautauqua. One of the most prominent features of extension work ever attempted by the association was the inaugurating of the Augusta Chautauqua a little more than a year ago. This plan was formulated by tlie officers of the ssociation, and successfully carried out in the early sprin gos 1913. The response at that time was Bueh as to give confidence to the committee in charge, and they promply signed for the return of the Chautaqua for tlie next year with a much better program, and on a larger scale than ever. The success of the as sembly in Alay last, the second annual event, was such that the Augusta Chau tauqua has been made a permanent in stitution in this city, and will be put on from year to year under the auspices of the Y. Al. C. A. Always effort is be ing made lo make this institution better and bigger each year and to have it as one of Augusta's permanent annual events. Tlie attendance for the seven days last May was approxiamtely thirty thousand. At the milllla encampment this sum mer. the association will conduct a tent for the use of the enlisted men. with practically all Hie association features. Including reading room, writing tables, entertainment, games, etc. Tills is a service which we bel'eve will be greatly npnreclftted bv tbe officers and men, and will contribute largely to make their stay here in our city, pleasant. New-eomers to the City. At the Union Station, and In the ho tels young men coming to the city are confronted with this sign—" The Young Men’s Christian Association offers to any young man coming to this city to make it his home, one month’s member ship In the association free.” "Let ui help you become settled In our city. ’ li this way every year a large number o young men, who come to the city with no friends or work or home, ate direct ed to the association building and assist ed in getting a start. The employment features of the work, has helped many to find work when they needed a job, and the regular association features has hoped steady him afterward and keep him on that job until he made good. Here is one instance: A year c fr more ago there came to the city a young man from a small up-state town. He had four dollars in his pocket. As soon as he landed he saw the sign mentioned above, and came to the secretary’s of fice. lie was welcomed, given a cool ing bath and a membership for a month 111 order that he might become better ac quainted. and then within a few hours he was placed in a position by the sec retavy, and referred to a good honest boarding house, all within the space of a lew hours. lie Is still with the same company that employed him then, and has within the year been promoted un til he now has a creditable pos tion. This is only one of the many cases that might be cited. Advice and counsel form no small part of the work of the employed staff. With in the year hundreds of men and boys come to the office for advice and coun sel which Is always given without stint. Many are helped with sympathy when they need It more than anything else. Membership. Our membership now stands at 920, Including 257 boys. This is, so far as (lie records show, the largest in the his torv of the institution. We can not ex pect any greater gain for the plant now is worked above the limit. The dorml tcry Is full to overfowing, and every ■lay the baths are overcrowded, and we have actually lost members within the past year because of the lack of proper facilities to accommodate them. The atttendance at the building last year ex clusive of Sundays was more than 99,- 1)00 or an average of 275 every day. The attendance at the basketball games and social features was about four thousand, and many times the building was filled to the limit. Do we realize what these f'gtires mean? It means for one_ thing that a big proportion of those 275 men and bovs who have come to the building every day would have sought recreation and amusement in less wholesome places. It means the safeguarding of the lives of nearly three hundred met and liovs every day in the year. Wtr can’t Augusta have a building sultabb »o tlie needs which have a'ready bee’ demonstrated?. Are we to spend all o’ our money in the erection of busines houses and none for ft'e fel’ows who need a place like this? What we need me.” than material building Is more chnrao ter building. The Manaqement. Tbo management of the affairs of ■ association has been placed In the In of the following hoard of directors Psesldetr —Irvin Alexander. Vice-Pres'dent —C’has. E. Whitney. Recording secretaV' - —Theo. F. Balk. Treasurer —W. C. Lyeth. I MR. WALTER M. HUNTER •If Secretary Y. M. 0. A. Directors—S. A. Fortson, J. G. lidd ing, H. H. Alexander, W. C. Lyeth, H. C. Boardman, Bryson Crane, P. A Steiner, 0.8. Strougliton, Then. Balk. W. C, Moran,' Dr. \V. 15. Clark, W. M. Row* land. William Martin. George W. Wright, W. I. Curry, L. G. Beatse, C. D. Carr, Irvin Alexander, Chas E. Whitney, T. I Hickman, Rufus H. Brown. These directors are elected by the membership for a term of three years, the terms of seven expiring each year. This board employs the secretarial staff which at the present time consists of Walter M. Hunter, general secretary: William Boyland, pliys'cal director, and Dan G. Halford, boys' secretary. What Does Wealth Mean to You? It makes us stop and think to see an item like tills: Hammond, Lid.—Receiving a 'letter from Greece that he Is heir to a $7,000,- 000 estate, Mathias Canstante, a steel worker here lias hired five close friends at $5,000 a year apiece to help him spend his money. That is all they will have to do. This man lias the same view of riches that the Huns and Goths had fifteen hundred years ago: lots to eat and drink, money to spend! This power that wealth gives, the room for living and serving, the long reach of it toward the futres Under the fostering of science —to all things Mathias Constants is blind. What docs wealth mean to you? What dream of yours would come true if you had $7,000,000 al your command tomorrow? —Collier's Weekly. QUERRY. Trooper—l've got to attend rifle practice tonight. Friend—Are you learning to be a pickpocket?—Judge. Residence oi T. L Hickman lift nilibhili'ctV' _ 0. LLOYD, PREACHER, ARCHITECT Big Motor Truck of Whaley Bros. ! ■ • jEf:;Jw# jgßg&gW i'jsS2y3r< 'ffSi Jit ’ - lit * i iinT’ ilf' JKJ’jb! THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA. The Warehouse and Wharfage Facilities of the Barge Line Wili pe Modem in All Particulars Tlie Terminal Warehouse and Wharf o the Barge Line will be lo cated on the site of the old steamboat terminal and wharf. It will be mod ern in every particular, will have ad vantages vastly superior to the old river terminal, which in its day was good enough for the packet boats which plied the Savannah, but which have served out their usefulness and will now be a thing of the past. It will be connected with the Au gusta & Summerville Railroad tracks, which will give it direct connection with every railroad concentering in Augusta. It will also be connected with all the cotton mills, factories, foundries and manufacturing plants in this district, as well as every wholesale establishment and ware house. The advantages arising from the rail connection with the river alone, will be simply incalculable. Manu factured goods from one of the Au gusta mills will be taken to the ter minal, loaded on a barge for Savan nah, where it will be take the steamer via the Panama Canal, for its desti nation in China, Japan or any of the Oriental countries. Fireproof Steel Warehouse, The plans and specifications of the terminal being constructed by the city provide for a wharf three hun dred feet long by ninety-six feet wide, built of rein forced concrete and carried by a combination ot wood and i concrete piles. Upon this wharf a fireproof steel ' warehouse is to be biult, two hun dred feet long and sixty feet wide. The wharf and warehouse will be out- I side the levee, but at an elevation ot which will insure safety from tlie flood stage of the river. The track connections will be brought in be tween the warehouse and the levee. Along the river edge of the wharf there will be a track on which will be j aperated an electric crane. Two electric storage battery trucks will also be provided and to enable these trucks to run down to the boats at ordinary stages of the river, a combi nation of inclined platforms will be built leading down from the deck of the wharf proper and so arranged as to give access to the decks of the barges at all stages of the river. Loading and Unloading Facilities. As the cargo houses on the barges have large hatches in the top, this combination of electric cranes and au i toinobile trucks will make possible j the very rapid and economical dis ! charge of the cargo. Provision has also been made for freight chutes to facilitate the rapid loading of the , barges. j The boats will discharge their car go at the up-stream end of the wharf, dropping down to the lower end for loading so that the upper end of the warehouse a wagon ramp will be pro vided so that drays, when backed up to tlie warehouse to get freight will have the floor of the dray, about on a level with the warehouse floor, mak ing it possible to truck directly onto the dray. At the other end of the warehouse, where the outgoing freight will be re ceived, wagons will drive directly in- to the warehouse to load and unload, and wagon scales will be provided in side the warehouse for this use. What the Net Gain Is. The net gain to Augusta, in having the barge line is simply incalculable. They are the capstone to the work that nature had already accomplish ed for this favored locality. To have neglected to improve this grand opportunity longer would have left this city behind where she was in 1861, when the barge line called the Iron Steamboat Company, was in ope ration and Augusta, by reason of her Cheap water rates, was the chief trad ing point of the territory for a radius of miles around. The War of Secession came on and the barge line was destroyed. When the war came to an end, railroads were built into Augusta territory trom every direction, diverting the trade into different channels and in other directions. Packet Boats Re-Adopted. Instead pf re-building the barge line and re-aserting her dom nion over the teritory that nature intended for her, she went back to the old packet system and allowed her territory to be cut up and parcelled out among rival cities and towns. This has been going on for fifty years, during which period Augusta has, at times, shown actual loss in population and importance. This, too, in spite of the fact that she en joyed the finest advantages in loca tion over competitive cities. There was abundant individual enterprises here, but it was misdirected. One by one other railroads were built into the city, but Augusta con tinued to use the old paddle wheel boats that had been done away with elsewhere, and hence her grant wa terway to the sea Tel! into disease. The Awakening Came. Some enterprising and public-spir ited gentlemen, having had some ex perience with boats and boat lines, de termined to investigate the subject of river navigation fully and find out the best methods of utilizing our great natural highway to the sea, tbe fe’uv annah River. Alter a thorough investigation of the subject of river navigation, both in this country and in Europe, tlie self propelling barge of the tunnel type was found to be the most modern ap proved style of river boat in use. Tlie result is that we now have a modern boat line with modern aermi nal facilities for loading, unloading and storing freight with first-class rail connections at this end of the line and first-class connections with steamship lines at the other end of tlie line. With these suparoir advantages, for the rapid, economical and certain movement of freight, there is nothing now that stands in the way of the success of tlie enterprise. Unques tionably. this new line must prove a powerful iactor in the future prog ress and advancement of AugusS® American and German Plows Tested (Front the World's Work.l In Buenos Ayres a few years ago an American salesman of plows wished to demonstrate to a local customer the superiority of his goods over that of a German competitor. The Amer ican consul arranged for the test. The German plays proved to be al most exact du licates ot the American implement in design and rather bet ter in finisu. Wasting no t.ma in ex planation, the American salesman called over a powerful peon and or dered him to swing with all his strength with a 10-pound sledge upon the share of one of the American plows. The husky Besque spat upon his hands, hunched his muscular shoul ders, swung the heavy hammer in a wide circle, and brought it down on the spot ind cated. A note as clear as that of a bell rang out and t.ie plow went bounding across the floor but, save for the patch of red paint that iused to and came off on the hammer head, the share was unmark ed. When the operation was repeat ed upon one of the German imple ments, the first share was completely shattered, tile pieces being scattered about the floor like so much broken crockery. Thinking that possibly the faultiness of this share had been an accident of construction, perhaps of overtempering, the dealer requested the peon to swing upon the second sample- This blow demonstrated that the German implements were not even consistent 1 nthelr defective ness ,so rthis share doubled up under the blow and folded lovingly in around tho hammer like a flower going to sleep at night. There were tears in the consul’s eyes as he wrung the salesman's hand in congratulation but all he said was; ‘And they still accuse us of exporting wooden nutmegs!” Freezing a Patient to Cure Him Freezing of living persons Is the some whnt heroic remedy proposed by the Russian scientist Bachmetleff, for t lie Koch bneillus is killed at six degrees Centigrade below freezing point, it being the cause of tuberculosis so that by congealing the person affected with the disease the microbes are all killed. Then he brings back the subject to life by * very gradual applying Ills method of va rious animals such as rat and others by producing artiflc'al respiration In them at the same time that the freezing pro cess is going on, and lie thus product s suspension of life by cold, which Is of great interest to science ind may also prove of much uti’lty. Freezing of cat tle In winter would thus preserve them without food, and they could also be transported over gVeut distances when in this slate. Many other applications of the idea oan be Imagined. Of coti'se. the method lias not as yet been applied to the larger animals, nor 10 living per sons, hut in prlclple th's does not ap pear to be impossible, ard it now re mains to be proved whether a human can he actually frozen and then brought back to life.--The Scientific American. Extraordinary Advantages Offered to Manufacturer, Jobber and Merchant Will Continue to Work For Upbuild ing of City There is no surer index to the re<il commercial prosperity of any community than tlse number and tlie energy of its financial institutions. Tlie banks of Au gusta have recorded its growth through the varying fhictnsit'ons of its h story, as faithfully as the delicate instruments of the weather bureau have told the story of the temperatures, the rainfall and tlie winds. More than this, they have ex ercised a restraining influence on specu lative tendencies, which the wonderful- | ly rapid increase of the city and of the state might have fostered. They have i encouraged this development and they | have done much to guide it along safe ! and conservative lines. They have extended their Influence j and have become the clearing house for the industrial enterprise of this section ; of Georgia. They have been, and are in such close touch with state interests that they record immediately any flue- j tuations in the growing prosperity in j every section of the state. Indeed, their j splendid statements, issued from time t«» | time, reflect the healthful conditions of trade and commerce and manufacture in i a territory far beyond the boundaries of j Georgia. Their affairs are under guidance of conservative men. who collectively and individually have reputations established far and wide for safe and sane methods. Changing conditions have gradually re duced the prevailing rates of Interest. The decreasing charges for loans and discounts have been justified by tlie in creasing demands for money and by the more substantial methods adopted in furthering tlie legitimate growth of the city. Augusta’s banks have always been a strong factor in its solid ty. They have at all times assisted legitimate enter prises and today shows a more liberal spirit than ever before. It is safe to say had it not been fur the assistance given by the banks Augusta’s great cot ton business could never attained its present i'repositions. Augusta Clearing House. The Augusta Clearing House Associa tion includes in its memebership all the banking institutions of the city. The commercial growth of the com munity is in no way more surely indi cated than by the Increasing aggregate of clearings. The following tabulations shows this growth during the past twelve yeavs. In this connection it is only right to consider that -here is absolute ly no attempt at padding, and if the same method obtained here as in some other cities the figures would greatly be enhanced. The clearings since 1899 are shown in another table. No. $ Fire Hall, City of Augusta - • G. LLOYD PREACHER, ARCHITECT Store and Olfice Building, Saluda, S. C. A |§L V I s :< </'■■%>£ \ <>. . v ■ ■&£*■■ -4p> • % A wYr'?? 0. LLOYD PREACHER, ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER “AUGUSTA IN 1914" A careful analysis of the figures wIP show conclusively that Augusta has pro gressod finely and steadily. Where de creases ave shown as in 1908, it must be noted that financial conditions through out tlie country were unsettled general ly. All still remember the troubles that came over the nation following the mon ey stringency in 1907. which were felt at their worst here the year following, but in the other instances of decrease, general, not local, conditions, and the cot ton crop prices were to bloiue. It s true that comparatively small va-* nations in batik statements within limit ed periods may not indicate more titan dally or temporary changes in business conditions but increases of such great importance cannot be taken to mean anything but substantial, healthful and permanent growth, which is character istic of the Augusta of the past and the Augusta of 1914. Property in Mud (Toronto Globe.) in otic of his works John Rusk in notes the lact that he is possessed of a certain piece of mud on the Thames a short distance below Lon don, which for a great many genera tions was looked upon merely as a muil bank: it was of so little value that no one took particular pains to find out: how it came into the family, because there was no use for it. But one day at sonius discovered that the mud In this Lank made good chimney pots, and ho found out who owned the mud bank, and he got permission to make chim ney pots from that mud, and they gave hint a certain number of chimney pots or their equivalent for the privilege of using the nuid bank. Mr, Ruskin says that lie never looks out upon the roofs of the house in London when tlie wind is high and sets the chimney pots being blown off, but what bo thinks there Is so much more revenue coming to him for the use of his mud. and he asks how this disposition can be justified, what right he had to take from the genius who discovered this method of making chimney pots “and the laborer who is performing his part of the work, when he is giving noth ing in return. This is the essence a? land ownership. It is the distinction between land ownership and land use.