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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
ALL AUGUSTA MILLS
RUN ON FULL TIME
Augusta Factory’s Hundreds of
Hands Returned to Work Yes
terday Morning After Mil!
Had Been Closed a Month.
COTTON MILL MEN ARE
OPTIMISTIC OVER FUTURE
Some of Them Are Buying Cot
ton at Eight Cents Per Pound
Which is Cheaper Than They
Have Been Able to Buy it in
Years.
With th* return to work y**tcrday
morning: of thn hundred* 'of employ
re of the Auffiiffta Factory, after an
nbaene* from work for a month while
the mill whs abut down, all of the Au
ffuita cotton rnllln are tuning; ori full
time.
The local cotton mill inon are very
optimistic over the future. They «ay
that the orders for yood are not so
very great now, but with the Inability
oi many of the European mills to fur
nish cotton goods to Houth American
and other countries the demand for
American goods Is certain to come.
Home of the Augusta mills have
been purchasing cotton for about 8
cents per pound, believing that it Is a
splendid purchase at that figure, and
Indeed It Is because It Is mueh cheap
er than they have been able to buy
raw cotton for n number of years.
Home mill men declare that cotton
purchased at eight cents per pound
will enable the mills to make money
The reason xmtdgned why man:' Amer
ican mills have not made money dur
ing the past few years is that the raw
product was too high In comparison
with the price of the finished goods.
PEERLESS SOLD
FOfIJIJO
At Auction in Courthouse To
day Some Remarkable Sales
Were Effected.
Th<» auction naleii at tha Court -
house today caused iome excitement.
The bidding never ran high except
nver one plat of land between Gwin
nett, Campbell, and Carrie streets,
the property of a colored family. The
property was sold to be divided among
the four heira to the estate. Piecemeal
the lota were bid up to $10,060 but
the real 'bidding did not start until
the property was put up as a whole.
Mr. K. J. Doris, appearing possibly as
agent then entered the field and bid
against the heirs up to $11,500. My this
time the bidding was sifted down to
Mr. Doris and C\ ft. Blodgett, colored,
one of the heirs. Blodgett's next bid
was $14,000. Mr. Doris hid on up to
$15,700 and Blodgett secured the
property at $15,800.
Charles Blodgett la remembered by
« great number of the white people of
Augusta as a particularly able and
industrious negro, who used to work
here as a brick mason Some yearn
ago he moved to 1 jOS Angeles where
he has amassed a considerable for
tune.
The 1811 model, 7-passenger Peer
less automobile which was adver
tised to he sold in the : auction
brought only $»00 A representative
from also every garage In town at
tended the sale, hut evidently the
car did not come up to their hopes.
It wna b rought here from Savannah
at the time of the encampment by
Prank E. Hall, who had bought it
from J C. Crabtree The latter levied
on the car to recover $352.00 which
was stilt due him on ttie* purchase
money. The car had been used as
a taxi and was In a deplorable con
dition It had to he towed from the
garage to the courthouse. Ml. Crab
tree hoiißht tt In himself with very
little bidding against him
The Bicker property In Blythe. <>a .
which was advertised to he sold was
withdrawn late yesterday.
DEW STHKIIKK
101 BOTH COIIITS
Mr. B. W Barrows Resigns
and is Succeeded by Mr.
Harper. Mr. Harper to be
Succeeded by Mr. Capers.
Mr. R. W Marrow who E.na been
stenographer Of the superior court
for a nuei ber of yaar». has resigned
to take effaot October flrat anil Mr
* O' Harper, at present stenograph -
• r of the city court, will succeed htm
Mi 1-Yank \V. < ’apera la to become
cten igrapher of the cltjr court begin
ning October first
Mr. Harrow la a v*r> competent
stenographer. havlns barn slenog
raphar of the city court before h*
'tent to the superior Mr Harper ha*
tH>rn stmoßTnpher of the city court
Tor six or seven vearr and Is also a
vary competent man
Mr Oa,t*cr* has ('sen stenographer
at the Plantere' Cotton OH Company
for the past few years
Chamberlain’s Linimsnt.
if you are ever troubled with aches,
pain* or soreness of the imiecles. you
will appreciate the good qualities of
ChamtM-rlajn's Liniment. Many suf
ferers from rheumatism and sciatica
have need It with the best results. It
I* especially valuable for lumbago and
lame hack For sale by all dealers
Rave your money Suit* to order.
®< the finest woolen*. |;'t (10. fab 00,
*-* ***. made with snap and style, at
F. 0. Martins, the tailor of today.
WAREHOUSE CO.
FORMED TODAY
At Meeting in M & M. Rooms
Augusta Bonded Public Ware
house Company is Organized.
The Augusts Bonded Public Ware
house Company wan formally organ
ized a; a meeting held this morning
In th<* M. dr M. rooms 1n the HarUjon
building.
The following board of directors was
elected: Mr W. B. Brigham, presi
dent; Mr Rutherford Walton, secre
tary and treasurer; Mr. W. M. Row
land, Mr. E. G. Martin and Mr. Jan.
1,. Barksdale.
The company obtained Its charter
August 24, 1914. The charter mem
bers are: W. M. Rowland, Walter It.
Brigham, A. P. Carr, Jas. I/. Barks
dale. W. !.. Jones, Rutherford Walton,
K. Martin, R. G. I.nndy, H. S. Dun
bar, Alex Cranston, Rolit. Walton, J.
S. Bussey, R. G. Rales, Emory Wil
liamson, J. K. Hothwell, E. 1,. Merritt,
K. 1,. Baynes, W. M. Nixon, H. H.
Alexander, W. R. Dawson.
As outlined In the charter, the pur
pose of the company is to make gen
eral storing of meat, grain, hay, can
ned goods, household furniture and all
other kinds of merchandise and per
sonal property; the receiving and dis
tributing of carload lots of merchan
dise; the making of reasonable charges
for storage services performed, etc.
The company, It Is stated, will be
ready for business by Oct. Ist. It
will operate under the Georgia law,
which makes bonded public warehouse)
receipts negotiable paper.
The new company la organized at nn
opportune lime In view of the situa
tion confronting the farmer and hla
cotton.
UNIONS WILL MAKE
LOBOR DAY SUCCESS
In This They Are Confident.
Plans as Outlined Indicate
Big Day for Augusta Sept. 7.
It Is proposed and Intended to mnko
1014 Igihor Day the greatest that haH
been celebrated ever In this city, an I
the various labor unions have joined
hands In preparing for this feast of
the working man in a manner that In
dicates it will be what they planned It
should he.
Every business man and organiza
tion. in fact everyone, is invited to at
tend and participate In tiie pleasures,
and every business man is urged to
close his doors for the entire day so
that his clerks and employes may have
their part In the only day of the year
which Is really their own.
There have been committee meetings
from time to time and Secretary Prank
Wright nnd Business Manager K. \V.
Mills of the Augusta Federation of
Trades, under whose auspices the cele
bration will be held, have been tire
lessly snd unceasingly engaged in the
work of perfecting the plans for the
entire day’s program. There has been
no hitch In the plans as outlined for
the day.
On next Sunday The Herald will
carry a complete program of the Pa*
hor Day celebration in Augusta.
PILCHER & DILLON IS
NAME NEW COTTON FIRM
Composed of Messrs. Jos. S.
Pilcher and W. P. Dillon, Jr.,
at No. Five Warren Block.
A new cotton firm, to be known as
Pilcher A IMllon. has been organized
and will bo engaged in business at
No. r> Warren Block. The members
of the firm are, Messrs. Jos. S. Pilch
er and W. P. Dillon, Jr Both of
these young gentlemen have a large
number of friends in Augusta and
throughout this section of two states,
snd a bright future is predicted for
them. Mr. Pilcher has been in the
cotton business for the past twelve
of fifteen years and hns had there
fore a great deal of experience
Mr. lilllon hns hren connected with
Ihe sales department of the National
sash Register Company. Although
occupying the same building as that
occupied by Spears .* Pilcher, cotton
factors, Pilcher K nillon are not suc
tesaor* to Spears A Pilcher, the lat
ter concern continuing in business st
the same stand.
COURT HOUSE NEWS
The following notice of the „ Px t
session of the City Court will be ot
intercut to lawyers
Augusta On. Sept j, 1914.
Not Ice to the Members of the Bar:
, r <vil cases triable at the August
term of the City Court will he tried
the week heginntng September 21st
1!U« Counsel desiring to try any
case will on or before September mh
notl v tiie clerk and opposing counsel
in writing of surh Intention. An
| >uses Will be assigned in the order in
, " '"‘ h the> appear ot, the issue docket
of litis court. Objections to the as
signment will he heard and determln-
If, * l . 1* "clack, Monday, September
*4th. in thv city Court room On or
hefoie September I*ih the clerk will
prepare a list of cases a (signed. Five
ceres will lie assigned for trial each
day No case. In which there is a de
murrer undisposed of. will |>e tried
wind am c, eve,
Judge City Court.
The criminal branch of the city
Court will convene heginntng Sey,n,.
her Hth
114. TR and sl9 75 Suits, tile
finest goods and beet makes. F. G.
Martins.
PEACE AND WAR . . - By T. E. Powers
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REDUCE RICHMOND COUNTY TAX
RATE 71 CENTS PEP THOUSAND
Meeting of the Board of Commissioners Held Today. Coun
ty Rate Reduced Two Points and State’s Rate Had Al
ready Been Reduced Five Points.
The hoard of commissioners held a
I regular monthly meeting this morn
ing in tiie Courthouse, at 11 o'clock,
itt which after disposing of a great
j deal ol routine business, they came
(to the discussion of the lax rate. It
I was predicted they would touch on
that question.
j They reduced the rate of Richmond
I county taxes two points, from 57
I cents on SIOO to 55 cents.
This action was brought about and
< ntado possible through Ihe fact that
jthe taxable property of the county has
increased enormously during the last
| year This year's digest shows an
Increase of from six to eight hundred
1 thousund dollars over last year's dl-
I gert.
The state having already reduced
their tax rate from 50 cents to 45
cents on SIOO, this makes altogether
1 a reduction of seven points It will
! make the taxes of the residents of
I Richmond county less by 70 cents on
i ench SI,OOO.
The hoard also passed an order on
jibe rural mileage, officially endors
| ing the report to Atlanta of 503.34
■ miles of public highway In Richmond
county.
They further considered several
petitions concerning roads
There was nothing else of particular
public Interest
Chamberlain’s Colic. Cholera and
• Diarrhoea Remedy.
"I advised the ‘boys' when they en
listed for tho fe4p«nish war to take
j t hatnberialn's Colic. Cholera ana
I Diarrhoea Remedy with them, ami
I hove received many thanks for tho
advice given." writes J 11. Hough
| land, Eldon. lowa "No person wheth
-ler traveling or at home should be
1 without this great remedy.” For solo
[ty all dealers.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, GA.
HOTEL ARRIVALS
Hofbrau Hotel.
Miss Bessie Jordan. Atlanta: J. L.
Reynolds. North Augustu; T. D.
I.ewia, City; B. Brushous, New York.
G V. A. Law. Columbia: I*. Bullock,
United States; J. B. Girard, Columbia.
E A. Porter, Atlanta.
Planters Hotel.
S. J. Jackson, SjMvanta; C. O. Green,
Atlanta; J. I>. Call, Raleigh; J. A.
Pickett and wife. Columbia; V. R.
Mitchell, Jacksonville, G. S. Rylan.
der, City; (>. M. Talkington »nd wife,
Belton. S. C.; M. M. Wells, South
Carolina. •
Albion Hotel.
J. W. R. Bozeman. Atlanta: J. Haw
kins. Philadelphia: A. H. Hutchins.
Atlanta: R. K. Hodges. Atlanta. C. V.
Strickland. Atlanta: H. L. Netnhouse.
North Carolina: R. M Collondy. At
lanta; F. B,I*Glenn, 1 *Glenn, Atlanta: j. M.
Farmell, Atlanta; ti, T. Dobbins. At
lanta.
Genesis Hotel.
J. C. Day: M F. Hurst. Atlanta:
A. C. Murdock. Atlanta; M r. Reese.
City: M. T. Ward, Macon; J. M Ryan,
New Jersey J. J. Fellow. South Car
olina: Miss M. Meyers, Allendale, S.
C : F Cambell. Atlanta: H. Klein.
Charlotte: O. A. Bryant, Columbia;
T H. Holmes. Atlanta; J. H. Snee
graw, Georgia.
$5.00 for Palm Beach Suits; $2 50
for Seersuckers. $3.75 for Linen, at
Martins.'
Repainting Smokestacks ot Treasure Ship at
Sea to Disguise Her on Run Back to America
: • 1.
KRONPRINZESSIN CECILIE.
On the now famous flight or the Hamburg-American liner Kron
prtnxessin Cecllle t>ack to the United stales from the coast of Ireland
with more than *13.000.000 in bullion Capt. Pollack did everything he
could to escape Hrltish or French cruisers. Hi* first thought was to re
cti.at the huge smokestacks to make them look like those of the white
Star, an English line. He sent his lalnter* aloft while the ship was
speeding ns she had never before Capt. Pollack figured he could make hi*
ship appear to war vessels at a distance as the Olympic, which was due
In Ns- v e*V 'Cbursdev. August K
He. therefore, had his men c olor the smokestacks with black to’ a.
EFFECT OF 10
ON TOE SHOE '
MERCHANT
Scarcity of Raw Materials
Causes Advance in Prices-T.
Sources of Supply of Import
ed Leather Cut Off.
A prominent shoe merchant of the
city, an authority in the leather trade,
has given The Herald the following
interesting interview on the present
condition in the American leather
trade and markets, resulting from the
general European war situation:
“In all my business experience In
the leather trade I have never before
heard of such a rush for leather sup
plies and articles as has prevailed lor
the past two weeks. Shoe manufac
turers all over the country are des
perately trying to cover themselves in
securing a sufficient quantity of raw
materials to keep up with the greatly
increasing demand. With the import
ant European raw leather supply
sources cut off, no more of these ma
terials can arrive. While the past few
days sole leather has advanced four
cents a pound in our local markets.,
while calf-skins have gone up 25' .
cents in value, with very little avail- ’
able for purchase.
European Calf Skin Supplies Cut Off.
“Fifty per cent of our calf skin sup
ply is now cut off, mostly coming from
Russia, Germany and France. The
French government has issued an
edict allowing no more hides or skins
to be shipped out of France, requiring
all of the French supplies for tanning
purposes for army use. Communica
tion with Russia, one of the largest
supplies of skins, has been cut. The
same conditions prevail with regard
to Germany, Switzerland and practi
cally all the countries on the Conti
nent. England is exporting no cattle
skins, reserving the supply for army
purposes.
Bankers Must Finance Purchases.
“Skins from India, the largest mar
ket for supplies in the world, and
China, are unprocurable because of
the excessive costs of war risk insur
ance and the impossibility to finance
the movement on London, as all of
those countries have been in the habit
of drawing on London for business.
Ways and means will ultimately have
to be found to finance these purchases
directly on the bankers of New York,
but none of the countries are as yet
ready or able to discount long bills
on New York in dollars, which has
never been done heretofore as the
usage has been entirely pounds sterl
ing on London, the latter being the
basis of concluding trails; c‘wns and
making of calculations in , <Tiu Ance,
in buying or selling.
Americans Have World's Markets.
“Germany and France have been
large producers- of leather. Besides
supplying their own markets to a
great extent they have been largu
shippers to all countries of the world,
more particularly to the South Ameri
can countries. All the tanneries in
the belligerent countries are now shut
down tight as a drum and, therefore,
the supply of leather for the world
must come from American tanners,
and American tanneries alone, as
leather is a commodity almost as nec
essary as wheat, the demands from alt
countries have already become enor
mous and these different nations will
have to find ways and means of fi
nancing purchases of leather the same
ar. they have done or will do for the
purchases of wheat.
“The tanning industry, which is
known to be one of the richest trade
aggregations in this country, is cer
tainly in a fair way towards further
augmenting its wealth while the pres
ent war in Europe lasts. This is al
ways the case when an article in de
mand exceeds the available supply.
“Quotations of leather these days do
not last for twenty-four hours. No
goods are being sold for future de
livery at a given price. All prices are
subject to change without notice."
NEWCOMB nNS
TO ALBION HOTEL
Manager Again Personally in
Charge. Reasons For Transfei
of Hotel Savannah.
The reasons given for the change 1
management of the Hotel Savannah, t
Savannah, from the Newcomb Hotl
Company to J. B. Pound, are tho bll
health of the president, Mr. J. A. Net
comb. and his desire to retire from a
tive management of the affairs of te
company.
The final details of the transfer
were arranged yesterday morning.
Mr. S. J. Newcomb, manager of tt<*
Albion Hotel here, who returns to t|s
city to personally remain in charge,,!’
speaking of the sale through the S
vannah Morning News yesterdy.
stated:
"Our business here has been pr*
fectly satisfactory. There were feo
reasons why we were willing to fed-
First, because we were offered vry
attractlve terms for the investmr.t,
and, second, because J. A. Newcr.ib
desires to retire from active busigss
and get his affairs where he willtot
be required to give them as much *r
sonal attention.
"We feel that we have been arong
the moat successful of hotel me in
the South. We have never had a-os
ing proposition. In selling our !a*«-
on the Hotel Savannah to Mr. Pund
w* are turning the property ove to
a worthy successor. The people of>* -
xannah need have no fears as tathe
hotel being conducted on the hlgest
plane. We appreciate the kindnesaimL
friendship of the people In Havanah
and regret very much that our alive
associations must be broken. We bpe
to retain our many friendships ere
and trust we may be frequent visors
In the future to the City BeautifY
"The organization of the hotel aid
he continued with no apparent cha»*-
and the operation of the hij.'jftesswni
not suffer one iota from the tratrfer
of ownership.''
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