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EIGHT
14. C. IN PUT
WILLS
On Account of Good Drainage
System, There is Little Mud
on Camp Grounds From Rain.
The dally instruction of the North
Carolina militia that la In camp at
Aumond, near Augusta, for ten ilaya
will differ from that given the Oeor
ga soldiers, In that Instead of fol
lowing a program announced a! the
beginning of the encampment, tne
North Carolina men will receive their
Instruction by orders laaued from the
headquarter* daily.
Toe order observed today follows:
Infantry.
A M.—Elementary drill of company
In extended order Patrolling. (Lec
ture by Instructor to officers and non
comm.seolnnd of each battalion, fol
lowed by practical work).
P M -Ijocture by Instructor to all
officer* and non-commissioned offi
cer* of each battalion on (Ire discip
line. etc., and principle* of attack.
Instruction of officers of First Bat
talion In first aid.
Battalion parade First call, 6:16
p. m
Assembly.
Companies not engaged In the cere
mony of parade will stand retreat In
company street*.
Cavalry.
A M Squad. Adjustment of equip
ment
Equitation.
Extended order
Patrol work
Troop Equitation.
Wxtended order
Advance guard.
Stables.
P. M Officers and non-commls
soined officers' school.
Tactical ride officers, (patrol
work).
Water
By order Captain Mallory,
W. II WALDRON,
Captain, Twenty-Ninth Infantry, Ad
jutant.
Camp’s Arrangement.
The arrangement of the various
companies makes the camp such that
It Is nearer tile main roadway than
the (ieorala catnp was. The tents of
the regulars, Company 11., 29th In
fantry, are of course situated In their
same position The two troups of
North Carolina cavalry occupy about
the same position on Ihe field as the
fieorgla cavalry held. It la noticed
that the horses of the North Carolina
troops aie well kept; the men are ex
pertenced, and the cavalry as a whole
makes a splendid showing
The soldiers, It Is learned, are well
pleased With the camp, especially the
camp site. It la spacious In fact, It
la observed now that It would have
been possible to put the militias Of
(ieorgls ami North Carolina on the
field there at the same time.
Splendid Drainage.
The Incessanl rain since the arri
val of the new soldiers has made the
road from O'Dowd's comer to toy
camp grounds muddy, but a* far as
the camp site Itself is concerned
there Is little or no mud. due to the
(act that there Is n splendid drainage
svatem built When preparations
were made for the catnp. before any
tioops at all hull arrived, the Import
ance of a good drainage system was
kept In mind, and the present rain*
•have proved a good test-
A good mnnv of the soldiers were
In the city late vesterdny afternoon
and last night, having boen granted
leave from headquarters They were
not long In getting things In proper
shape at the camp and the entire
body arrived too late to begin pitch
ing 'their tents until after dark.
SPORT DOPE
ißv J. H. S.>
Th. ruin wiuhtd out thr *»<'ond tilt
of th. Cotnback - Hable »<*rlMi >e-t<*r
day afternoon and tha reault la that
a double-header will be pulled off thin
afternoon, the find a«me darting at
J o'clock and the latter at fbe, that l».
If the rain doea not again awamp the
diamond, which, at the time of writ
In* It'a very evident that each will
he the caae.
There waa only one game In the
Booth Atlantic league played yester
dav, Columbia beln* the only city In
thle aone (where Kamra were allied
uledl that waa able to "fill the bill.'*
The Comers won. thereby shoving Jim
Fox's aggregation down a notch. The
reason of the downward step being
mentioned Is Manager "Babe"
Bronthera still has Ideas of rapping
that leading position at the top of the
percentage column
Thera are three men on the leant.
Winchell, Shaw and Berger, respec
tively that are hitting over three him
drod There are three or four more
In line that by a little improvement
can also bring their averages up to
this mark
The hatting averages will again be
published In Sundaes Herald, l.et's
see who's going to finish around this
mark.
The Jacksonville Crowderllea will
art lie In Augusts tomorrow morning
and In the afternoon will pry the lid
off of the find game of the aerlea.
These lads hate always managed to
furnish Ihe Augusts Tans a great deal
of the "real stuff' In haaeball. Re
member tht 14-lnnlng game? Of course
Its realised that this team Is a second
division one hut never the leas the*
are pulling up a good article of ball.
BASEBALL WEATHER
National League
Chicago at New York, clear
Pittsburgh at Boston; cloudy
Ctn<lnnatl at Philadelphia; cloudy.
Rt I Alula at Brooklyn, clear.
American League.
Philadelphia al Chicago, dear
Washington at Cleveland; clear.
New York at Detroit; cl«wr.
Boston at Rt Louis, clear.
Federal Leaguo.
Chicago al Baltimore, cloudy.
Rt l»uie at Plttghurgh; clear,
lndlaoapclte at Buffalo; clear.
Kansas City at Brooklyn, cloudy
Nolle* —Yon will find our goods
marked at a lower price at the start
Our IS per cent reduction la e<iu«l to
the usual onefialf price Trotieera
fk per cent off: Hati, J 5 par cant oV
at F. Q Mer'.ng.'
Great Interest in The Movement
ol German Liners on Seas
New York—With war formally de
clared between England and Germany
there waa keen Interest In marine cir
cle* Uat night regarding the movement
of trana Atlantic steamships, particular
ly Harman llnera. which are scurrying
to port to avoid possible capture.
The arrival of the treaeure-laden
Kronprlnxessln Cecelie at Bar Horbor,
Me., today led to the belief here that
another North Herman I/loyd liner, the
Kataer Wilhelm 11. hour* overdue In
New York, may turn up unexpectedly In
eome other American port. *Thl* vessel
lift* not been heard from alnoe touching
at Cherbourg July 29th.
German ateamahlp agenta here are tak
ing every precaution to prevent any
hoetlle movement against their vessels.
The Vaterland of the Hamburg-Ameri
can I.lne I" guarded at her Tloboken pier.
Company official" are adopting meaaurea
to fruatrate any attempt to Mow up the
vessel. The Herman oounaul In New York
today directed that all the French walt
era on the Vaterland be dlacharged.
At the Vaterlanda pier laat night a
searchlight waa turned on every paaaiug
venae I The Vaterland waa being load
ed with coal all day but it waa atated
no movement would be made to aend the
veaael to Hermany nor would the Im
perlator, now In Hamburg, leave that
port
Of other Herman vessels for which the
company expreaaed anixety tonight the
Prtnx Rltel Friedrich of the Hamburg-
Amerloan Line waa hugging the New
coaat trvlng to keep within the
American neutrality lime on her voyage
to New York from Went Indian imrta
The President Lincoln of thla line, from
Hamhtirg. waa apeedlng toward Nan
tucket. peeking neutTal water#
I.lttle hope wa" expeeeed by the Ham
burg American I.lne officiate tonight
that they would hear anything direct
from two of their puaaenger llnera now
In the Kngllah port of Falmouth. the
Kronprlnaeealn Cecelie and the Print
Adalbert
Cable advlcea told of the Hamburg-
American liner Belgla, from Boston to
Hamburg, off the Kngllah coaat today
and apparently fearful of capture
With at leaat one German cruiaer
known now to be borering off the At
lantic coaat. no surprise waa expressed
tonight when a large paaaenger ateam
ahlp allpplng paat Fire laland with only
running llghta abowlng. proved to be the
White fftar l.lner Olympic from South
ampton and Queenstown
Nothing had been heard tonight from
the Kmnprln* Wilhelm, the North Oer
man-l.loyd ateamahlp whlob left port
sudderrh laat night with coal and carrv.
Ing It waa thought a Mg gun on her
forward deck Her destination waa re
ported ae being Bremen, but Incoming
veaeela later reported ah* turned aouth
after paeatng Ssiulv Hook It was
thought her mleaton waa to supply the
Herman cruiaer with fuel.
The North German-Ulovd steamer Bar
baras waa being coaled and provisioned
todav Nothing was announced aa to
Intentions at her owners.
THE MASSES MUST BEAR THE BURDEN
About 400 Servians eager to return to
their country aw’armed out on the Brook
lyn pier where the Hreek steamship
Athlnal lay tonight and demanded pass
age. Thla was refused, the agents in
forming them that orders from Athens
were that no Servians should be given
trn import a ion.
Some of the Servians pushed their
way aboard and established themselves
as stowaways, mingling with two hun
dred Italians and 800 Greeks already on
board. The ships officers feared they
could not weed out tlie Servians before
the vessel sailed to morrow for Mediter
ranean ports.
To the Woman Who
Realizes She Needs Help
You are nervous. You have “crying spells.” You are
dejected. You don't sleep well. You have backache. You
have lost ambition for your work. You are beginning to
feel old and look old.
These symptoms, more than likely, are produced by some weakness,
derangement or Irregularity peculiar to the lemintne organism.
Dr. Pierces Favorite Prescription
(In Tablet or Liquid Form)
will aid you In regaining youthful health and strength - just as it has been
doing for over forty years for women who have been in the same condition of
health you now find yourself It soothes and invigorates. It upbuilds and uplifts.
Your medicine dealer wHI supply vou in tablet or liquid form, or send 50
one-cent stamps for trial box. Address Dr. V. M. Pierce. Buffalo. N. Y.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasaaf Pellets regulate Staunch, brer and Bowels. Easy la take.
Reorganization Sale!
Since the announeenient of our Reorganiza
tion Sale, our I'riees have been a Magnet.
Shoo buyers have been coming here from
near and far to buy shoes for the whole family.
Our entire stock is going at Cost.
3fic3&cleit/
730 Broad Street. Opposite Monument.
.HE AUGUSSIA HtHALU. AUL.USIA, GA. r
Americans Buying Berths in The
Steerage at Greatly Increased Prices
London —Americans today crowded the
offices of the American Express compa
nies and the steamship lines, trying to
get checks cashed and secure passage
home. The express companies aided
many of ohoae in financial straits and
the steamship companies booked hun
dreds of passages, although it is prob
able no sailing guarantee ran be given
until safety Is assured by the navy.
The greatest demand was for berths
on American liners. Persons who usu
ally travel In the most luxurious cabins
were buying berths in the steerage at
greatly Increased prices.
The main office of the International
Merchants' Marine was jammed all day
with Americans and a like condition
prevailed at the office of the Cunard and
Canadian Lines, all of which are still
doing business. The German Line of
fices are dismantled and . the clerks left
In charge made no attempt to attract
passengers.
The express companies offices which
opened at an early hour were crowded
all day. They were well supplied with
currency and honored checks up to fifty
dollars. The American express company
supplied the temporary wants of more
THE
ALBION HOTEL
—— WITH
Restaurant and Near Beer
Saloon
extends a cordial invitation to the
Officers and men stationed at
Camp Wheeler to make themselves
at home in all departments of
this hotel on Broad Street.
Opposite the Monument
than 3,000 persons up to two o'clock this
afternoon when It closed for the .day.
There were still hundreds in line desir
ing gold in exchange for their checks.
They were .toffd to return tomorrow.
The Wells-Fargo Express Company
was open all day. During the morning
the cashiers were busy honoring checks,
but the rush stopped early in the after
noon. The company’s manager said he
could meet the temporary requirements
of holders of drafts for some time to
come.
Individual Americans are helping their
countrymen by advancing temporary
lonas. Herbert C. Hoover, a Califor
nian, opened an office today in the
American consulate and advanced
amounts of $25.00 and upwards to per
sons unable to get money by other
means.
Many Americans tell pitiful tales of
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5.
trials on their f ight from the continent.
Those from Germany or places more rev
mote were forced to go several days W
without sleep and in some Instances/
without food. ■"
Not So Strange After All.
You may think it strange that so
many people are cured of stomach
trouble by Chamberlain’s Tablets. You
would not, however, If you should give
them a trial. They strengthen and
invigorate the stomach and enable It
to perform its functions naturally. Mrs.
Rosie Rish, Wabash, Ind., writes.
“Nothing did me the least good until
I began using Chamberlain’s Tablets.
It is decidedly the best medicine for
stomach trouble I have ever used.” For
sale by a’ 1 Dealers.
SIO.OO Suits, all wool blue serge,
fancy cheviots and mohair, the best
value in Augusta. F. G. Mertins.