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The Augusta Young Women's Christian Association.
The Splendid Work This Association Is Doing for the Women of This City
(*y Martha Brown Benson)
The Augusta Y. \Y. C A. was or
ganized in February, I9i>9. For sev
eral years before this date, Mrs. A. G.
Jackson had been, interest d in estab
lishing an association here. As pres
ident of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the
Y. M. C. A., she and her devoted board
had done much for the welfare o' the
young men of the city—-it was only
to be expected that her thoughts
often turned to her "little sister," in
the community. When the National
jßoard of Y. W, C. A. began to look
into the matter of establishing an as
sociation in Augusta, they naturally
turned to one who had done such good
work in a similar organization. Miss
Adele Qisbro, representing the Na
tional Hoard, spent some weeks in
Augusta, enlisting the co-operation of
various good women, active in church
work and charities. Among many
who helped to make the association
1 Possible, none were more prominent
lhan the late Mrs. George It. fiibley.
One of the earliest and most devoted
friends, her memory will ever be
1 cherished by the directors and mem
;■ hers of the Augusta association.
A mass meeting was called at St.
DEVELOPMENT OF AUGUSTA’S PUBLIC WORKS OEP’T
TRACED 01 COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
Work Beinq Done on the Levee
—Building Against a Flood of
400.000 Cubic Feet Per
Second
History of waterworks,
STREET PAVING, ETC.
Power Canal Was Built From
1875 to 1878—Pays Five
Per Cent Net on the Cost of
Construction.
By Nisbet Wingfield, City Engineer
ind Commissioner of Public Works.)
Eor mliny years tho city of Außuxta
•as been quit* active in the «onstrnc
ion of permanent municipal improve
lents. It is probable no city if
he size and financial ability of An
•. usta can equal ttiis city in a showing
f meritorious improyements.
Power Canal.
The first lame under
ikcn by tile cily of Augiista was Hie
evelopmcnt of the water power in
ie Savannah river. At the time Ibis
•ns construi ted in 1575 in t STS, the
loderri system or electrical develop
tent was unknown The develop
lent was made in (lie only way prae
cal. that is by building; a diverting
un at Ihtg in-ad of the slioals and
irrying the water down in a point
here the full fro nitliaf water to tho
ver would have a sufficient power
> run the mills. This was done, an !
le power canal lias furnished the vn
oils Industries in Augusta ajiproxi
ately 12,0l)(i horsepower. II was do*
ded in tile beginning that Ihe de
ilopment Was not made lor the pur
>Se ft making money from the ra
il Itself but that the increase n.
xes, by reason of the development
Mowing the introduction of cheaper
Iwer. and tin- consequent increase in
pulafion and business, would be
ffielent return. Therefore the ex
pttonally low rate of $5.50 per h. o.
ir year was made, and all water pow
sold on this basis. The total fn
rae Is sufficient to pax .7 per cent
t on the cost of the canal, which
is $1,000,000. This power runs all
the mills of the city and the street
IlWay and lighting plants.
Waterworks.
Many years ago, the city hullt a
int to furnish water in its citizens,
ie source of supply was from Turk
tt Springs, near Wrightshoro road
ove Fifteenth street Water was
aught to the city through wooden
)es, that is logs xVith an opening
red through from end to end This
int Was built some years before the
tatruction of the power canal. As
• the power canal xvas built, the
V having outgrown the crude dev el -
ment at Torknett Springs, a new
itply of wafer was provided for by
(Iding the pumping station at end
icanal near the present site of Lom
.•d Iron Works. A standpipe was
J cted near this point and power
Jnp was put in which was run by
( ter taken from the second level ol
t canal and emptying into the third
(el. The water for consttrqfitton was
een from a basin which was built
t abovp Thirteenth street anil car
el to the pumps at Lombard’s
Jiough a 16-Inch pipe down Fenwick
Jot. When the demand outgrew the
(j.itlty of this station, a new sta
h> was built on the first level of
d danal, pbovc Thirteenth street. A
sling basin xvas constructed which
Jupied all of the space now eonsti
t!ngf Allen Park. In periods of ri as
,-bly good water in the river tills
eln Was filled and the supply was
h off when muddy water came, amt
p t left In the basin allowed to set -
w In this way the water was par
ody clarified by settlement of clav
it eilt, which is the coloring mat
tl As the Savannah river water, in
WtlAtural State, carrii's in suspension
‘ye volumes of clay am} sill, it xvas
pd that the xxater could not be
oferty clarified by sedltnatlon only;
ts'efore. where It became necessar;,
tbxltend the plant on account of in
■Wd consumption, the entire sys
was changed and a new pump
w station was built above the city
beif half-Way between the city anil
at licks. A reservoir was construct
®k f P ortion of the city °f Augusta,
1 mechanical filter plant was ron
n(ife<l at an elevation which madej
thgSklble to run the xxater from the I
usuVolr through the filter plant by
dudly. After passing the filler plant j
F '-cater goes to a small reservoir i
taPef xb’ clear water 1 asln.” and
they"’ 1 ' basin It flows to tile city'
■hugtv'ty. On ae■■mint of the ele-!
bat*. <6 i large portion of Suinnie-- !
.ti'nv sixth ward of city of Au- J
John’s Church, February, 1909, and
the association definitely established.
Mrs. A. G. Jackson was elected as
president and the board of directors
chosen' Worn the various evangelical
denominations of the city.
Augusta women responded admira
bly and 800 memberships were se
cured. Subscriptions were generally
made by our citizens, ami the work
auspiciously launched.
Mr. E. C. Hill, at that time general
secretary of the Y. M. C. A., was one
of the earliest and most devoted
friends of the work and did much to
bring it favorably before the public.
Such was the beginning. Has the Y.
W. C. A. "made good?”
Two branches of the work are such
as “can be seen and bandied”—fea
tures of which statistics can be given.
The association operates a home for
young women—this is not an ordi
nary boarding house —but a home
where the self-supporting, self-re
specting girl can find comfortable
lodging, simple nourishing food and
the refined and wrolesorne atmos
phere of a Christian home. All at a
moderate cost. The restrictions are
gustaf it was necessary to have an
independent plant for the high ground
which is all that portion of Monte
Kano nnd Summerville above and
west of Hickman street. At the clear
water basin there are pumps which
take tile water after It has been fil
tered and carries it to a standpipe at
the top of the hit] on Monte Sano
avenue. From this point it is dis
tributed to the territory described
above. Owing to the large area cov
ered by the city, it has been neces
sary to lay a great many pipe lines
and as a consequence we have a great
er mileage distribution systtm per
thousand Inhabitants than any city in
the United Htatcs. We have now in
the city system approximately 105
miles of mains.
Sewers.
With the exception of a porlion of
the territory recently annexed, all por
tions of the city have been supplied
not only with sanitary sewers but
with storm sewers to take care of al'
rainfall. On account of the level pla
teau on which Iho old part of the
city extended, which made it difficult
to gel a proper fall for the sewers,
and on account of the exceedingly
heavy rainfalls which sometime occur,
it has been necessary to make these
sewers unusually large and the cost
las been correspondingly great. That
portion of the city north of the canal,
extending from the mills to East
Boundary street, has been drained by
sewers entering the river at various
points. There were nine main out
falls in tbe river and a number of
smaller outlets. On account of the
construction of the levee It was eon
skil led best to change these openings
so that . nothing .would go under the
levee bank. To change the drainage
we arc now constructing a sewer-on
Eleventh street from Reynolds street
to the third level of the canal and
along Reynolds street an intercepting
sewer is being constructed from Eighth
street to Fourteenth street, so that all
drainage wtiich heretofore has gone
into the river will now turn back to
Reaver Dam ditch through Eleventh
street. We have in the city, up to
date, 95 miles of sewers, 7H miles of
which are storm and sanitary sewers
combined, and 19 miles of sanitary
sewers.
Streets and Bridges.
Of recent years vast improvements
have been made to the streets through
out the city. The first permanent
paving put down was on Broad street
from Fifth to Twelfth, when a sheet
asphalt xvas constructed, tho Improve
ment being paid lor jointly by tho
abutting property owners and the city.
This was followed by Relgian block
pavement on Ninth street from Broad
to Walker, and following this numer
ous streets have been paved xvlth brick
and several have been laid with small
Belgian Mock land on concrete, the
space between the blocks being filled
xvlth cement, making a roadway prac
tically as smooth as brick. The city
owns and operates a stone quarry at
the beginning of the canal, from which
it quarries stone for macadamizing
streets. This stone breaks up in such
a way that it cannot lie used for any
other purpose but macadamizing. In
addition to the macadam streets there
have been surfaced with gravel streets
In various parts of the city, so that
now we have n total of approximately
80 miles that hax’e been permanently
Improved; other streets on which it
has been Impossible so far to make
permanent improvements, have been
surfaced up with road machine and
properly ditched, so that xvo now have
a total of 180 miles of streets which
can he used advantageously for traf
fic. With the exception of the cost ot
Broad street, which was partly paid
lor by the property owners, all ex
pense of the street improvements have
been paid in full by the city out of the
general fund. As fast as practical per
manent masonry arches are being con
structed over the canal on various
streets. We noxv have masonry bridg
e of tliis kind on Fifteenth, Thir
teenth. Twelfth, Eleventh, Ninth and
Twiggs streets. The city also owns
Hie two bridges across the river, on,
at Fifth street and the other at Thir
teenth street. Many miles of curbing
and sidewalks have been put in. the
curbing being of granite, most of It
from Llthonla or Stone Mountain.
About ten years ago the city passed an
ordinance requiring that cement side
walks be constructed wherever new
walks are laid or old walks have to
he repaired. Following this general
scheme we are fast getting all parts
of the city paved with cement walks
xvhieh adds greatly not only to the
comfort of pedestrians hut to the gin
eral appearance of the city. Since the
extension of the city limbs of three
years ago, necesasrlly a large portion
of the street Improvement fund has
been spent in the new territory. Roads
in this section are fast being gotten
into proper shape, so that many miles
such as any careful mother places
about her young daughter. There has
been an average of 15 young-women
in the home each month since its es
tablishment, five years ago. A little
calculation shows how far reaching
work has been. While recommenda
tions are required of all permanent res
idents —-transient guests are always re
ceived and the door never chut, night
or day, against any young woman de
siring temporary admission.
Physical Culture.
The association also operates a
gymnasium which has proved most
popular feature and one of the most
help ul. Each director has been a
graduate of a normal school of the
highest class, Columbia University,
Hr. Arnold’s and Sergeant's Schools.
The teachings has been along the lat
est and most approved lines, tactics,
floor work, apparatus, folk aVtd fancy
dancing, swimming, rowing, basket
ball, tennis, etc. The classes have
embraced women of all ages, young
ladies, business women and matrons.
When it. is remembered that a very
small fee puts their instruction be
fore our women, the question may
of new' streets have been opened up
for building.
The city has recently constructed a
fire-proof building in which to house
the city prisoners. This is located n
the upper part of the city near the
river and there has. been provided • a
farm of about 80 acres on which" the
women and men who are not aliie l 'to
work on the streets are employed.
Vegetables and other food stuff for
the prisoners are raised and hay, corn
and other stock food grown and sup
plied to the othdr city departments
This arrangement has enabled the city
to take care of its prisoners at a min
imum cost and at the same time treat
them humanely. There is scarcely any
stlckness, adn since this arrangement
has been in vogue the work obtained
from city prisoners lias been greatly
increased.
In front of the passenger depot, be
tween AValker and Telfair streets,
there was a street dividing two blocks,
one of whith belonged to the United
States for site of the new postoffice
and the other belonged to, the city.,
By arrangement with the United
States government a portion of these
two blocks and the street were laid
off into a plaza which is oho of -The
most attractive spots now- in the city.
The old water works basin, which was
on the ground between Fifteenth
street and A’oung street on the east
and west, and May avenue on the
south, and the canal on the n'bfth, was
shaped up and' made info Alf?n Park.
*•> artificial lake was constructed by
supplying water from waterworks
train Improvement work of evt’y kind
has been extended in every <iilection,
so that tlie city is fast developing into
a modern and model community as far
as civic improvements .can make It.
City Pier and Wharves.
One of the mots important under
takings in recent years has been the
establishment of a modern river trans
portation service. There are now un
der construction two steel barges which
will be self-propelled which will ply
regularly between Augusta and Sa
vannah. To meet the requirements o?
the increased business which this new
!jne will bring about, the city is now
about to commence the construction
of a new wharf and terminals. The
elevation of this will be on a level
with the levee and will be between the
levee and the river, so that by the use
of a hoist freight can be handled di
rect from the boats to the'upper pie-.
There will be a steel warehouse and
railroad connection. From the lower
wharf a driveway Will extend up to
and over the levee for use of those de
siring to handle freight direct from the
boat to wagon. This will be located
immediately below Fifth street, on thy
river, in tire same location as the old
wharf. It is expected t’o have this
ready by fall.
It is probable that no improvement
of the many which have been under
taken by the city in recent years iv
as important, or Will be as far-reach
ing in its effect as the construction
of tile levee, which is now going for
ward. The watershed of the river
above Augusta is 7,295 square miles.
Owing to the preclpltious banks and
the hilly country through which the
river and its tributaries flow above
Augusta, all water that falls on this
area is confined practically to the
channel of the river until it reaches
Augusta, which is at the foot of the
hills. In certain periods of excessive
rainfall the floodtide in the river gets
to such a height that it overflows the
bank and passes directly through the
business and manufacturing portions
of the city and also covers a large
residential area. This low ground ex
tends from the upper city limits to a
point eight miles below the. city at
New Savannah. After most careful sur
veys and observations it was found
that the only feasible way to prevent
the flood from coming into the city
was by building a levee along the
river bank from high ground above
Augusta to high ground below Au
gusta, a distance of eleven miles. The
route selected ~wns close to the- rtver
bank from the point of beginning near
Lake Olmstead to East Boundary
street and theflee through the farm
lands on the nearest high ground to
the river. The work is now practi
cally completed to Sixth street. At
point of beginning concrete bulkhead
was placed in the canal to prevent the
water from coining Into the city from
above if anything happened to the ca
nal bank. The general construction
of the levee is earth fill with the rive:
side protected from erosion ,by pave
ment. White streams are crossed
back of the Sibley and King mills and
Hawks dully, reinforced concrete bulk
heads and gates have been constructed.
At Southern Railway, at Sixth street,
there will be a steel gate operated
from concrete wing walls. The bank
will be protected along the entire city
front, a distance of approximately
thtx o miles. This starts at the bot
tom oi tip' river with heavy trench
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA,
well be asked why our classes are
not even moye largely attended.
Business Woman's Club.
A very successful club has been
formed among the young women
members of the association. Formed
primarily to increase the efficiency of
its members, and incidentally to pro
mote good fellowship and healthful
recreation.
This club lias been complimented
by being elected a member ot the M.
& M. Association.
Work of Committees.
Through various committees, the
board of directors have endeavored to
broaden the lives of the young women
of ou r city—ever remembering tne
motto: “I have come that they might
have life and have it more abundant
ly.”
There have been cooking classes,
millinery classes, classes in first aid
to the injured, Ilible classes, vesper
service, teas, receptions, exhibitions,
lectures, many things to interest and
benefit the members. Bible classes
taught by Mr. Guille, Dr. Sevier and
Dr. Jones have proved delightful
features.
stone and from this trench rock up the
Slope flat paving stones are being
placed. This work will extend to the
top of the levee. The height of the
levee is designed to carry one-third
more water than the greatest flood We
have so far experienced. The three
largest floods of which we rave rec
ord, have carried approximately 300,-
000 cubic feet of water per second by
Augusta. Each of these floods came
from different parts of the watershed,
and if the.same rainfall bad occurred
over the entire watershed, as hap
pened two years ago in the tributaries
of the Mississippi river, the flood
.Would . ; have been largely increased.
Therefore i.vve are building against a
Tlbod ofqlOp.OdO cubic feet per second.
The city; authorized, by vote, the ex
penditure bl: $1,750,000 to be obtained
by sdle'of bods, $1,000,000 of which
have been •sold and Die balance will
be stild as fast as the work can be
done. As soon as the right-of-way can
be obtained below Fifth street, the
work will be pushed, contracts having
been let to East Boundary street. There
Mr. Nisbel Wingfield, Augusta’s Able Commis
sioner Public Works
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Mr. Nisbet Wingfield, Augusta’s
able eity engineer and commissioner
of public works, also chief engineer
of the River and Canal Commission,
Is a native of Dade County, Georgia.
He was prepared tor college at Kirk
wood, Ga., and then entered the Uni
versity of Mississippi at Oxford, and
afterwards he attended the Univer
sity of Tennessee at Knoxville. He
selected civil engineering as a profes
sion early in life and so shaped his
college courses.
Mr. Wingfield started out as a rod
man for the Texas & Pacific Rail
road, advanced to level man, then
transit man and finally was made
resident engineer.
Lter Air. Wingfield was in charge
of a party on the location of the P.
A. Road in Florida. He wasengineet
of bridges on this road and had
charge of the construction of all the
bridges between Pensacola and Ma
riana, including the bridge three
miles in length across Escambia Bay.
After leaving this road he became
tne locating engineer of the L. N. O.
& P. Railroad between Memphis and
Vicksburg. He had personal charge
of the bridge across the Yazoo River.
After tnis work was complet' d he
was on levee construction between
Vicksburg and Memphis, under Cap
tain Marshall of the United States
army, later chief of engineers.
Mr. Wingfield built the waterworks
at Chattanooga, Tenn., and operated
them for several years as general
manager. While he was located in
ChntfanAhsta he also had charge of
the construction and oreration of
waterworks plants in»Meiidian. Miss.,
and Little Rock, Ark. A; an engi
neer lie has planned and constructed
waterworks plants, or additions, in
most o:' tile important cities of the
South, including Austin, Texas. Mont
The work of the general secretary
is impossiule to adequately describe,
or reduce to statistics. The associa
tion is truly “the handmaid of the
church,” one of its great aims is to
"keep good that which is good."
It is not a relormatory, nor a re
fuge, but a help to the well rounded
development of Christian character in
young, women. Its mission is three
fold, spiritual, mental, prysical.
There are many Christian women
who would like to act as “big sister”
to the “little sister” of our city. The
secretary is their deputy, the arained
worker woo carries out their wishes
and makes practical their dreams.
Who can estimate the good that lias
been done, the good advice, the sym
pathy, the aid. spiritual as well as
the aid material?
Fresent Board.
Mrs. Charles H. Phinizy has been
president since Feb., 1910, and under
her able administration the work has
grown slowly and surely.
Of great executive ability, she
unites a rare talent for leadership
with the charm and magnitude which
makes devoted personal followers.
was a tremendous amount of work and
expense in getting the necessary right
of-way, as the river bank was occu
pied by the Charleston and Western
Carolina Railroad termina's, a cotton
compress, an ice factory and a great
many other structures which had ro
be moved. The bridge at Thirteenth
street was extended by the addition
of one span so that it would land over
the levee. The same form of construc
tion will be made at the Fifth street
bridge. All sewers going through the
levee are being changed so that in
stead of opening under the levee as at
present, the outfall will lie to Beaver
Dam ditch, and the Levee will lie solid
without a break except at points where
the bulkhead and gates have been con
structed. If we are not too much de
layed by right-of-way trouble, it is ex
pected that the city will be protected
from floods by the end of 1915. All
parts of the work is being pushed,
good headway has-been made consider
ing the many difficulties, and the work
done is up U the standard in every
particular.
gomery, Ala., Birmingham, Ala.,
Knoxville, Tenn., Norfolk, Va., Macon,
Ga., Tampa. Fla., Danville, Va.,
Clarksville, Tenn., Lexington, Ky..
and numerous smaller cities. He con
structed sewers and street paving in
Chattanooga, Tenn.. Atlanta, Ga., New
Orleans, La., and many small towns.
He also made plans for power devel
opment on the Tennessee, Hiawassee
and Savannah Rivers.
In 1898 Mr. Wingfield was em
ployed by the City of Augusta to build
the new waterworks plant. While
tilts was under construction it was
decided by the city administration to
have all of the public works of the
city in charge of one man. Air. Wing
field was selected for this position
arid he has held it ever since, through
all the various change of Politics. He
is officially known as city engineer
and commissioner of public works.
Since lie has been in charge o that
department the city has expended, in
cluding the cost of the work done on
th? levee, between $4,000,000 and $5,-
000,000. The character of the work
has been first-class and cost less than
that obtained by any other cit for
similar work. Air. Wingfield has
been a member of the American So
ciety of Civil Engineers for twenty
years, he is also a member of the
American Waterworks Association
and the American Society of Alunici
pal Engineers.
Every particle of the levee work is
being done under Mr. Wingfield’s
direction. He is an able official and
so highly is he regarded that changes
of administration never affect his
status. There have been times when
officers lost their official heads be
cause of a change in administrations
but Mr Wingfield go-’e right along
undisturbed for Augusta needs him
in her business.
Her efforts have been warmly second
ed by the board of directors, drawn
from the various churches of the city.
They have always acted with a re
markable unanimity of purpose and
warm feeling o' comradeship.
No Debts or Obligations.
The association has been scrupul
ous in its business dealings. All of
its accounts are promptly paid.
Not a debt or obiligation stands
against it. Its subscribers are mem
bers are assured that whatever sums
are entrusted to its keeping are
faithfully and economically edminis
tered.
Pine Heights Tea Shop.
No mention of the association
would be complete without the Pine
Heights Tea Shop. The efforts of the
young ladies composing this “goodly
company” are directed toward the
building fund. So successful have
they been that a good numbe- is al
ready in hand.
Nor should the interest and aid of
many friends among our winter vis
itors be forgotten. Familiar as the
work is to many of them in other
cities, they have shown a warm and
A Rich Territory Will Be Open To
Augusta By Rail To Elberton
A Short Survey of What This Nearby Trade Territory Means
Both to Augusta and to Elberton—High Time Augusta
Business Men Began to Plan For Increased Territory and
Trade.
The imperial location of Augusta
should comand the trade of the entire
Savannah Valley.
What part of it does She get?
Her easy supremacy over rival cit
ies in the matter of water rates on
freight to and from tlie coast, would
enable her to supply this trade to the
great advantage of both the city and
the territory.
If she could but reach it.
A great portion of the trade has lain
at her very doors, year in and year
out. practically, ever since the advent
of railroads, but lacking these facili
ties, it has gone elsewhere, to build
up remote hut rix-al markets.
Meanwhile, Augusta, wrsich is en
titled to this trade by every reason
known to logic, has stood silently by
and xvatched it pass from her.
The Railroad to Elberton.
The railroad to Elberton has been
an Imperative need for half a century.
It is more imperative now than ever.
From the upper windows in the Em
pire Building can he seen distinctly,
with the naked eye, tho blue outlines
of Graves Mountain, In Lincoln coun
ty. Do the people there come to Au
gusta to trade?
No. Their trade flows tip hill in
stead of down. They go to far off
markets where they pay more for sup
plies and get less for their cotton,
while they are in sight of the cheapest
market to buy in and the highest mar
ket to sell cotton in, in the entire
south.
It is a -ease of “thou art so near and
yet so far.” They have railroad trans
portation that takes them away from
Augusta and they haven't got railroad
transportation to bring them to Au
gusta, and hence they go away from
their natural market to sell their pro
ducts and their supplies.
They used to have to come here, but
now they don't have to come and they
don’t come. Its a strange state of af
fairs, hut nevertheless, it exists, and
you can’t rub it out.
A Rich Territory.
A railroad to Elberton from this city
would open a scope of country forty
miles in width, that is noxv destitute
of rail facilities. It would puss through
the counties of Columbia, Lincoln and
Elbert, than which there are no bet
ter in Georgia.
Notwithstanding the fact that they
have been cut off from their nearest
market and the best market in the
south, and their trade diverted to
strange and remote markets, they are
today in a most nourishing condition.
What would they be if they couid
utilize their God-given advantages?
Could obtain the highest price for
their cotton and buy their supplies at
the lowest figure, and could reach
their natural trading point within an
hour’s time?
Can you picture the transformation
that xvould he brought about, the
grand development that would follow,
the increase in xvealth and population,
the expansion In values and import
ance?
Far Reaching Influence.
Besides the prosperous and flour-
UNITE! IS I Nil)
MAZE IN ENGLAND
An American Recently Visiting
London Was Struck With Saa
Pace of Average Londoner,
London.— An American recently visit
ing London lias been struck with the
s:ul face of the average Londoner. Aft el
examining the physiognomies of several
passers-by be lias come to the conclu
sion that severe looks on the part of
those he passed in the street are the
rule, not the exception. This is the ex
perience of nearly every stranger. The
I-ondon scowl are “puckered eyes,"
“moody glances.”, “mouth drawn In tight
lines, drooping at the corners." and a
deep vertical frown drawn between the
eyebrows.
"Marmaduke.” <C. K. Jernitiglrim) so
long famous as the satirist of "Truth"
consulted on the question, said. "Laugh
ter is a new Craze in England. It is
within the last 2fl years that the general
public in this country has learned to
laugh and to understand that laughter Is
not disreputable. The middle class, i. e
the self-su porting and commercial class
has rnadep a lot of new discoveries with
in the last 2.7 years. It has discovered
night-time, and it has discovered laugh
ter—or Borne, laughter. There are wise
and experienced pot it tofu ns who firmly
believe even _ today that Gladstone would
never have risen v io the eminece he at
tained had he ever made a joke. The
late King Edward when Prince of Wa'es,
started the theory that it was not sinful
to smile. The dinner fable of the Up
per Ten of Upper Tooting used to he
more solemn shun a funeral. Now it is
"AUGUST A IN 1914”
practical inte’rest in its progress in
the Augusta association and the build
ing fund is the larger lor their gilts.
The directors have always found
encouragement and enthusiasm in the
unselfish labor of the young women
of the Pine Heights Tea Shop.
Greatest Need.
The great need in a suitable build
ing—a proper house and setting for
all the good work projected. Will
not the day soon come when Augusta
will provide such a place, dedicated
to the needs of her daughters:
Help of Our Women Needed.
Such, presented in a feeble way, is
the scope, aid and need of the Augusta
association. It is a great undertak
ing, requiring the inter est, the prayers
the sympathy, the gifts o our women.
Surely there are several hundred wo
men in our city willinz and able to
help such a work “make good.” If
they will but respond to the appeals,
with t’ce aid of our subscribers, among
the business men oT the community,
such a wofk can be,done as will make
our city attain more nearly the ideals,
toward which each true dweller with
in her bounds, ardefttly strives.
ishing counties of Lincoln and Elbert,
that are within a stone’s throw of Au
gusta. the connection With the Sea
board and the Southern systems at El
berton wotild reclaim the progressive
comities of Hart, Franklin, Haber
sham and Rabun in Georgia and por
tions of South Carolina, North Caro
lina and Tennessee, that formerly were
tributary to this city hut whose trade
xvas diverted by the rail lines built
across it running north and south.
This territory noxv lias no outlet for
its product to navigable water except
in the most roundabout way. Cotton
raised in the districts in question goes
all the way to Norfolk for export, El
berton alone shipping more than 30,-
000 hales annually.
Here is a clear loss to both Elberton
and Augusta on this business. The
distance from Elberton to Augusta is
not exceeding 75 miles, against more
than 400 miles to Norfolk. Of course
the excess in mileage is added to the
cost of the cotton. In other Words, the
producer pays the differential, which
is the expense Of hauling 325 miles.
Advantages of a Nearby Market.
But this is not all. Not only the
price of cotton is affected, hut corn,
meat, fertilizer, bagging, ties, sugar,
molasses salt and at! other articles ot
merchandise that enter into the house
hold.
Augusta being the nearest point
where cheap water rates of freight
can he obtained is also the logical
point xvhere supplies of lumber, hard
ware, brick, lime, cement and all bulk
goods can he shipped from the coast
into the interior at the minimum .cost
of hauling, which is the water rate of
freight.
Consequently the Elberton merchant
tan not only obtain these articles in
the Augusta market cheaper than else
where, but he can save the difference
in freight besides.
Time has not been taken into con
sideration. but it is quite an element
to the merchant of a small town, all
the same. It is a grep.t convenience to
be able to go the city to adjust your
account with your cotton factor and
be able to see the wholesale trade, all
at the same time and on the same
trip.
The Elberton & Eastern.
The Elberton and Eastern railroad
has built down to Tignall in Wilkes
county and there it has stopped. The
people of Lincoln county got together
and raised enough money to continue
the road to Chappell's church, in six
miles of Lincolnton.
It is a question whether it will stop
there or come on to A.ngusta It is
another question, xvhen it starts up
again, will it come to Augusta, or will
it go around this city and connect with
the Brinson Road at St. Clair.
Both of these roads have built into
our territory and stopped just without
our gates, it is up to the people of
Augusta to find out their destination.
As it stands at present, they are
taking from this city trade that would
otherwise come here and has come
here in the past. These are questions
xvell worthy of consideration.
demoralizing the country. Prior to the
revolution laughter was a new idea in
Fiance. George Robey, the "prime min
ister of mirth." is responsible for a
great deal of the modern tendency to fri
volity. The expansive smile belongs to
tli e.stage. The Victorian .sotnbreness
is passing away.”
r— —i
The first newspaper printed in the
English language, wtfti its old-Engllsh
type and its quaint account of events in
foreign countries, was a pamphlet is
sued In 1621. Its title, “Cbrrant or
Nevves from Unite, Germanffe, France,
and other - places.' is us curious as its
contents. For many years it bad been
supposed that no copy of the Cornint
was in existence, but recently a copy of
tills interesting document was discover
ed. -Popular Mechanics Magazine.
COULDN’T HELP HERSELF.
Patience—Peggy is not the kind of
girl to take a back seat.
Patrice —She took one today, all
right.
"Where?"
"She was with .Tack on ills motor
cycle."—Yonkers Statesman.
PLENTY OF FREE TRIPS.
“VoUr wife needs to ride out in the
open air.”
"All right, doc. I'll drop word among
the real estate agents that I might
look at property In the suburbs.” —
Kansas City Journal.
NOT SO FEEBLE;"”
"I fold TTnele Simon that lie was
getting too old and feeble to attend to
business."
“Did- he take it kindly?’.'
“He threw me out of the office.”—
Boston Post-