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TUESDAY, AUGUST 4. SPETH MUST MAKE ROOM For Fall Goods. Note these prices. Herald’s Label Contest Slips issued on All Purchases. Razors and Straps $3.50 Razors $2.25 SI.OO Razors.. 57^ $3.00 Razorssl.97 $2.00 Straps..97^ $2.50 Razorssl.s4 SI.OO Straps..s7^ $2.00 Razorssl.ls 50c Straps ...27^ Boys’ Indian and Cow Boys’ Suits to go at 79^ Girls’ Indian and Cow Boys’ Suits to go at 79^ All Brass Fire Sets, Fenders and Screens at Half Price and Less Refrigerators, the Best Made $125.00 Seeger $97.75* 80.00 Seeger $69.75 55.00 Seeger $44.75 50.00 Seeger ~ $39.75 80.00 Eddy $69.75 50.00 Eddy $39.75 40.00 Eddy $29.75 30.00 Eddy $19.95 25.00 Eddy ..$16.75 Nursery Refrigerators $6.00 Refrigerators $4.25 4.50 Refrigerators $3.25 4.00 Refrigerators $2.79 3 Cents Table value up to 10 cents. 7 Cents Table value up to 15 cents. 15 Cents Table value up to 35 cents. 3 37 Cents Table value up to 50 cents. 50 Cents Table value up to SI.OO. $2.50 Fly Fans $1.97 10c Flv Swatters W 5c Fly Swatters.. .... 3^ Wizard Mops $1.50 Mop and SI.OO can Polish for .$1.47 $1.50 Cedar Mop $1.50 50 cents bottle Polish Free. SI.OO Cedar Mop SI.OO 25 cents bottle Polish Free. £I.OO Garden Rakes .... 79$ 75c Garden Rakes .. .. 50< 50c Garden Rakes 35^ 35c Garden Rakes 23 4 30c Garden Hoes ...37^ £I.OO Shovels 63^ £I.OO Spades 63^ KNIVES KNIVES £B.OO Pocket Knives $4.79 £7.00 Pocket Knives $3.79 £4.00 Pocket Knives $2.50 £3.00 Pocket Knives ..$1.79 £2.00 Pocket Knives 97^ £I.OO Pocket Knives 67^ 75c Pocket Knives .. .. . 47^ 50c Pocket Knives 33^ 25c Pocket Knives 17< loe Pocket Knives 64 L. P. SPETH THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA. COUNCIL ARGUED TWO HOURS ABOUT PURCHASING NEW FIRE EQUIPMENT Considerable Wrangle Precipitated by Report of Minority of Committee, Authorized to Call for Bids for Apparatus for New Engine Company. The reading or the minority report of the committee which had in hand tlie purchasing of the equipment for the new fire station in the sixth ward, precipitated a warm argument in council yesterday afternoon that kept tlie members there until after supper time. t’otincil convened at 4:30 and adjourned at 10 minutes to 8 o'clock. Two hours or longer were taken up with tlie discussion of the merits of two different niakes of fire engines. The councilman heard from most in the discussion were Messrs. McDon ald, Kent. Moore, Smith, Boyce and Allen. Mr. P. D. Hebert, represent ing tlie American-LaKrance Fire En gine Corny puny, and Mr. M. R. Sand ers, representing the Segrave Eire En gine Company, were both present and each argued before council for the machine he sold. Majority Report. At the beginning the clerk read the report of the fire committee, of which Councilman Itaworth is chairman, recommending the purchase of the A merirun-LaFrance engine, which was as follows: The fire department committee, which «as authorized to cull for bids for fire apparatus for Engine Com pany No. 7, to-wit: One triple com bination pump chemical engine and hose motor car. and one combination chemical hook and ladder motor car, begs leave to report: “After duly advertising for bids and after full consideration of the intuits anti prices of the apparatus submitted, your committee recom mends the purchase of tlie American EaFrance apparatus provided the ma chines offered conform strictly with the plans and specifications on' which the bids are submitted, and. provided Unit l he live years maintenance bond guarantee and the special ten-year pump guarantee contained in the bid, he properly secured, and, provided further that the apparatus before it is accepted by the city, shall stand the official test of the National Board of Eire Underwriters. “The triple combination pump chemical engine and hose motor car to cost $8,700 and the chemical and hook and ladder motor ear to cost $5,350. PROTESTED AGIST HOFBRAU PETITION Committee From St. John and First Batist Churches Before Council. Objected to “Com bination” Singing With Sa loon.' Judge E. H. Calloway, Messrs. J. T. Both well, K. A. Heath, Fred Wood, h- S. Arington, W. J. Hollingsworth, Rufus Brown, H. C. Boardman and Rev. W. T. Wiggins, representing tlie bt. John Methodist church and the First Baptist church, appeared before city council at its regular monthly meeting yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock and through Judge Calloway filed a verbal protest against the city permitting singing and piano playing carried on in the dining room of the Hofbrau Hotel in connection with a near beer saloon. Judge Callaway stated that either the near beer sa loon or the singing and piano playing was bad enough to be carried on separately in the city, but in this in stance what t'ho two churches vigor ously objected to was the "combina tion” of the two. Mr. Frank Miller, proprietor of the Fofbrau Hotel, was present before council and in a petition asked coun cil to allow him to have one singer and a piano player perform in the dining room of his hotel. There has been singing and piano playing in the Hofbrau for the past week or two, it having been permitted by the mayor, the permit being sub ject to revocation. week, according to Mayor Hayne, in his explanation to the committee from the cTittrches at the meeting yesterday, it was deemed wise to t evoke the permit with, the Close of business Saturday night. The churches, both of which are only a few hundred feet away from the Hofbrau Hotel, learned that such ! a petition would he presentod to I council at the meeting Monday, and .they resolved to protest against coun- I ell granting it. After hearing from Mr. Calloway i and then Mr. Miller council voted to i refer the petition to the police com ; mittoe with power to act. The Horrors of Stage Fright In tha Woman's Horre Companion Ap pears a »tory entitled "The Diary pf a Beauty,’’ In the course of which an ac t.reaa describe*!, as follows, an experi ence she had with ctaga fright: “Ail at once, everything changed: the stage became mom* thing like the plat form of a gallows, all those rny/Jad eyes fixed upon me wore mocking and Jeer ing at rne and ready to break into roam of laughter at my failure, the people on tlie stage were Impeding me and ore venting rne from acting- T could have shrieked aloud with anger. I began to forget my lines, and the prompter ha 1 to repeat them. At last I felt my wlll ] power slipping away from me and I tried to reach a chair on the stage but be fore I wns near enough I sank to the ; floor. The curtain was immediately I sent down. The people crowded around me and curried me into my dressing room. As I was being taken off the stage, I hetrd the stage manager in front of the curtain npoiogllng to the audienre and saying that I had fAlnted. I was very glad that they thought it was purely physical, hut ns a mitter of fact it was purely mental. I soon felt per fectly able to stand up and walk about if T wished, hut the desire to move whs lacking. Mr. Hart came in and jattf-d my hand and said a few encouraging words. He thought, ms did everyone else, that I was 111 wha nl collapsed.’ STEP LIVELY, PLEASTI One ounce of hustle is sometimes worth | more than a pound of knowledge,—July ; Woman's Home Companion. or a total of $14,050, payable six months after date of delivery and ac ceptance without interest.” Minority Report. After this, by request of Councilman John W. McDonald, the report of the minority of the committee. Messrs. H. H. Jones and Jno. W. McDonald, was read. It was of considerable length, and went into detail showing why the Seagrave motor car should be pur chased in preference to the LaFrance. The bone of contention was the pump feature—the Seagrave being equipped with a centrifugal pump while the Da France carried a rotary pump. It seemed that the minority of the com mittee doubted that the committee had gone far enough into the investi gation and this only prolonged the discussion in council. At the request of Councilman Smith. Chief Reynolds. Capt. O’Connor and Mechanician McDonald were sent for. Tlie statements later made by the mechanician, who was taken by Mr. Warren Walker, of the civil service commission, to Savannah to investi gate the engines there, caused coun cil to request for Mr. Walker and Mr. Ceo. W. Wrißht. president of the civil service commission, to be sent 4 or, too. LaFrance in Savannah. It developed that the LaFrance ap paratus in Savannah were not work ing satisfactorily, but in the opinion of the members of the civil service commission yho saw them operated, it was because under the new admin istration in Savannah incompetent men handled the machines. After council had propounded nu merous questions to the gentlemen called in and to City Engineer Wing field, it was finally decided to allow so many minutes each to the repre sentatives of the fire apparatus. After council listened then to two good “talkers” Mr. Allen said that al though he had voted for the Da France engine he recognized the fact that the city wanted to get the best engine it could ami suggested that each of the two contending companies send its en gines to Augusta to he. tested before experts from the National Hoard of Firo Underwriters. This action was taken. VESSELS ARE OFFERER GOV’T Steamers Flying U. S. Flag May be Used for the Trans- Atlantic Service. New York.—Steamships flying the American Hag and engaged in the coastwise trade for the most part are to be offered to the government for trans-Atlantic service. OlTera of many vessels have been sent to Commie loner of Navigation Chamberlain at Washington. The question of insur ance although the rates may be thought excessive can he settled*after the ships are found, it Is said. The most suitable vessels for the trans- Atlantic trade are the Pacific liners now engaged in the trade with Asia These might be brought through the Panama Canal. Of vessels already in Atlantic wa ters the best for a strans-oceanic ser vice would be twenty-three of the bouthern Pacific Line, all fit for over ocean sailing. The vessels of the American Line fly the flag of the United States and can continue to cross the ocean in safety. In addition there are two Red Star steamships that are now of American registry—the Finland and tlie Kroouland. This makes six ships of the International Mercantile Ma rine ihich are immune. There are besides available ships of the Red D Line, the Ward Line, the Clyde, Old Domlnian and other lines in the coastwise trade. KNIGeHTS OF COLUMBUS. St. Paul, Min—With delegates delegates present from every part of the United States and several other countries, the annual convention of the Knights of Columbus opened here today and will continue until Thurs day night. BABY RESTS ATOmTH nraswith CUTICURA SOAP Became of its extreme purity, delicate emollient properties and refreshing fragrance. Assisted by Cuticura Ointment it is equally effective in the treat ment of heat rashes, itchings, irritations and chafings. Samples Free by Mail CfiMotjr* Ho*p and Ointment Hold throughout tha worM liberal sample of eaoh mailed free. with JJ2-o. book. Adlrea* ' Cuticura,' Dept 271 a, Hoatoa. THE WISE Producing more genuine Bargains than any house in Augusta. Keep posted on our daily bulletins if you want to save money. 1 ■ 59c 50 inch Shepherd Check Dress Goods at 39c 40 inch black and white striped Voiles 35c 50c 36 inch striped Skirtings reduced to 39c 19c Galatea Cloths, all reduced to .. .15c 35c figured and striped Crepes, all reduced to 15c Silk Jersey top Petticoats, in black and new shades, worth $3.00 each, $1.98 All 50c Table Covers and Center Pieces 1 reduced to 39c $2.50 Nainsooks at per piece of 12 yards reduced to $1.98 85c Pepperell Sheets, special at 69c SI.OO extra size Sheets, special at. . .85c Extra size hemstitched Sheets, special 1 at :$1.19 25c 36 inch White Nulinon for skirts.. ,15c 15c full bleached Turkish Towels at. 10c Extra large size heavy Huck Towels, worth 15c, at 10c Entire stock of Laces at 1-3 OFF Entire stock of Parasols at... 1-2 PRICE Men’s all linen white hemstitched Hand kerchiefs at 10c Men’s all pure linen hemstitched Handker chiefs, worth 19c, at 15c 25c black and white Silk Tissues at.. .10c Ladies’ white hemstitched Handkerchiefs, worth sc, at 21-2 c 10c Torchon Laces at 5c SI.OO 72 inch all linen Table Damask at 79c NINE