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TEN Society A THOUGHT. H* who oontidera too much will porform too little—Schiller, PROGRESS. The light lit dim. 1 ran not ere the road; And yet I know It etretrhrr on before. Behind, lorr»-er, lire what I have trod I muet prana on and on forever more. If I should linger, crouched upon the ground, Waiting the coming of a day more bright I might hold back the etepa of thoM around; So 1 muat Journey steadfast through the night. What If the rond Is dark, the way un known? What through my faith be weak, my footsteps slow? It will not help to linger here alone- - The path lies there before mo I must go! —Caroline H. Ruagess. FEMINISM’S MARCH. Pretty girls donned men's Hon ors and played baseball yesterday at the annual I.ahor Pay carnival •f tha Prexel Riddle Bible clnesea gt Lansdowne. — Philadelphia Pub lic l.edgsr In these piping times of triumphant ly advancing feminism such a news Item might pass unnoticed hut for the at element that the ball playing girls In trousers officially represented tha Tlrexel Riddle Bible classes,says an ex change Under the circumstances It la but natural to wonder shat these girl Bible students and their teachers think of the following passage from Deuteronomy, 22.5: The woman shall not wear that which pertalneth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a wom an's garment: for all that do so are an abomination unto the Ixird thy Pod ♦ IranUng that tha Mosaic law In all Ita particulars need not he applied lit erally by the t'hrlatlan of modern times, end that the masquerading Rosalind us the Hhakespearenn stage la a pleasing rather than an offensive spectacle. It remain* to he said that the conservatlva mind receives s rude and bewildering shock In the presence of female Bible atudents shouting anil contending In trousers on the rough and-tumhle diamond. »■ -w■— MRB. WILFRED NEILL ENTERTAINB. Mrs. Alberta (lehrken was the lucky recipient of the pair of silk hose of fares! as a prlr.e at the meeting yester day of the Thursday Coterie which waa entertained by Mra. Wilfred Neill. Mra. Evans Mel gel, the guest of the occasion, was also presented with a pair of silk hose After the game aft ernoon tea was enjoyed. The Coterie will tie entertained next Thursday by Mr*. Ralph Wilson. HAS WILLIAM EVER BEEN CROWNED KAIBER? That Emperor William has never been crowned as Kaiser I* one of the etorlea now going the rounds. Al though not a new story It Is neverthe less Interesting In view of recent events It ts said that the (lerman ruler wished to be erowned Emperor of Her many after the manner nf Char mlemagne and was not content with the title of Herman Emperor, borne by his two predecssors. When the rulers of some of the smaller Herman states, ever Jealous of Prussian dominance, refused him the title he had set his heart on, William II refused to be crowned at all. There la another story going the rmitwla, that he postponed the ceremony until tt could take place tn Westminster Abbey. While this •lory makes Interesting reading It Is probable that tt possesses no other merit. WEDDING GtFT CONFISCATED. A perfectly - good wedding present has gone to war Now you know that Is no way for a wedding present to act. but tilts one really Is not altogether responsible It didn't volunteer Neither did the giver or the gtvec vol unteer for it. And the government that took It needed It, so you see Hint In the last analysts no one was to blame. The present was the beautiful motor °»r given to Mr and Mrs. Chauiioev McCormick, who were married In i’srts leas than a month before the war was declared. The car was presented by Mrs. McCormick's uncle. Mr dames CANCER. CURED Sound and Well ‘Ka.jjs K. F. Murder and of others. RANEY’S BLOOD REMEDY dW II him! will cur* your cau No knife, no pain. no lon* drawn out suffering Juat a few drop* before each meal Th* flrat bot tle will show an Improvement In your condition, a frw twit lea *f /act th* cure. Aak your druggist for thle priori*** remedy. If he doesn't carry It, eend ■> u* Price $2 a Bottle AJao cure* pellagra, scrofula, holla, syphilis and all furnu of blood 1101*011 Inherited nr ac quired. ulcier*, catarrh, rehum*- tiam. Jaundice* carbuncle*, erae ma. loat manhood, female trou blea and all kindred complaint*. Raney Medicine Co., ATLANTA, GA. Leering, at whos< apartment the wed rllr»:T took pl&c*. The* ohr was re quisitioned by the French government —Mrs. James B. McKle's friend* will be very pleased to learn of her im proved condition after a painful ill ness. Mr. and Mrs. Turner Howard and Mr. George Howard have returned from a motor trip to Asheville. Mr. G. VV. Heah has returned from Columbia, 8. C. Misses Abide, Gwendolyn and Florence Yates, and Miss Lillian Du gan have returned from a very pleas ant visit to friends in Atlanta, Ala bama, and Tennessee. Mr. Theodore Yates left Wednes day for the University of Georgia at Athens. * Miss Ollle Ilembert, who has been visiting Miss Abide Yates, has return ed to her home In Wilmington, N. Miss Naomi Davidson is now in 'barge of the music department at Kress s. and will be glad to have her friends rail on her there Miss Mary Hall is enjoying a de lightful stay in North Carolina as the guest of Mrs. Kenneth Baird She will remain until October first. —-Miss Jennie Henson has return ed home. Miss Olive Benson will re turn next week and they will at once begin their studio work. MARRIAGE OF MISS McCORKLE AND MR. HERBERT BOHLER. Numerous friends throughout the city will he Interested in the an nouncement of the marriage of Miss Myrtle McCorkle and Mr. Herbert Bohler, which took place last even ing at nine-thirty o'clock, a quiet as- MILLEN MAYOR SOUNDS CALL FOR ORGANIZATION BUM-BILE CLUB; WOMEN MEET TO AID MOVEMENT Maaß Meeting of Citizens to Be Held Friday Night to Set Campaign in Motion-- Many Individuals and Business Houses Have Already Bought Their Bales - Decided Im provement in Conditions Apparent in Jenkins County. Five County Fair to Be Held to Eucourage Farmers to Be gin Diversified Farming and Stock Raising Next Year. WALTER E. DUNCAN, Staff Correspondent, The Augusta Herald. Millen, Ga.—Thr call to the colors has been Hounded by Mayor S. W. Palmer of Millen, and Friday night at the city hall a maaa meeting of cltl senH will ba held for the purpose of setting In motion an active "Uuy-a ltale" Campaign here. This week’s Is sue of tile Millen News, to be printed today, Thursday, contains the call signed by the mayor and by Mr. VV. M. Brinson, clerk of council. The members of city council will meet un officially to lend their support, moral and otherwise, to the movement. So far thero has been no concerted action among the people of Millen In the “Buy-a-Bale" movement, but this Is nut to say that the patriotic sen timent has not fallen Into fertile ground here, for It lihh. It has been spreading hers us everywhere throughout the South and now has crystallized into the call .lust lusued for an organisation meeting. Already several Individuals, banka and business bouses have bought their bales at 10 cents a pound. On the sidewalk In front of the Jenkins Coun ty Savings Hank, one of the most en terprising and progressive financial lnstltutlonH of this section, are dis played two bales, one bought by the cashier, Mr. E. A. Thomas, and one by the bank. I»r. Q Hell, d ugglst. Dr. S. J. Helt and Mr S. Silver, mer chants, are among those who have already caught the patriotic conta gion, paid their sf>o a bale for dis tress cotton, which otherwise must have been sold for S4O or less and re tired It from the market. Ktght now Mr R. \V. Turner, cashier of the First National Hank. Dr. U. Thomp son and otliers aro In the market fur a bale or two each of distress cotton, which they are willing to buy at 10 cents anil hold for 10 cents or better. Women to Join Counter Movement. A* aoou in* the Milieu "Buy-a- H«le" club la act In mutton, Mrs. «\ V. I'el.ourh. prualdent of tho Women', flub, will cull a meet l»K «f the women of Milieu. Tho aplemlld example Bet by the wo men of other elttea. pled); in* Ihemaelvea fur a period of twelve months or until cotton la Netting In the open market Air 10 rente a pound, to buy unly cotton mude goo,'* for wearing apparel for themrelvee and children ho far aa la practicable, and for their household* will be emulated. At Wayneaboro laat week the women of that city adopted a reaolutlon to thla effect and the Idea la spreading. Unleaa there ahall awn be n decided Improvement In the market, the movement will en list the co-operation of Southern women, from Virginia to Texas. Mlllen may b* depended upon, there for* to do her proportionate abate ami a llttl* more than her proportionate ah are -for that la the way thing* are don* down here In the "Buy-a-llale" movement, which from Ita modeat be ginning leaa than three week* ago haa. It 1* now eattmated, taken throughout the South a round million bale* off the market, retired them on a 10-eent baala, helped many a ten ant farmer and many a deserving far mer who operate* a email place of hie own to meet hi* pressing obliga tions. kept money In circulation. Im proved business condition a. advanced th* market price of cotton by ettmul latlng demand, backed up the formers’ holding movement like a stone wall - and which, though It haa already In aplrad hop* In the farmers' breast, and revived courage and strengthen ed determination for the fight th* peopl* of the South have before them for th* protection of the cotton crop and for th* safeguarding of every Southern ntiqcet. present and future, ha* only fairly begun. To Seek Outt.de Aid. Inspired by the action of Mont gomery. Ward * Company, who have announce,! that they will huy and hold Ifi.OOfi bale* on a 10-cent baala and by «N» incur * Company and olbet fair at the parsonage of ALsury Methodist Church, Key. A. It. Echols officiating. The bride wore a becom ing tailored suit of blue poplin with a black velvet hat. Mr. and Mrs. Bohler have an unusu ally large number of mutual friends whose congratulations they are re ceiving at the home of the groom's father, H 32 Barnes Street, with whom they will make their home. -Mr. and Mrs. W. A. I.attimer have returned from the North Car olina mountains. - Little Miss Eleanor Kve Dunbar, who has been with Mrs. A. I*'. Otis, and little Miss Elisabeth Otis for the summer, left this afternoon for Wash ington, It. C., where she will be for the winter with her grandparents, Judge and Mrs. William M. Dunbar. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Richards and Mr. arid Mrs. Eugene Fuller will oc cupy the Armstrong residence on the Hill this winter. Mrs. Minnie Battle Allyn has re turned to Sharon. Accompanilng her was Miss Mary Roth, a charming young Bh*rxin woman who was with tier during her stay in Augusta. THE MISSES BREDENBERG ENTERTAIN. The Missis Bredenlierg entertained with two tables of bridge yesterday afternoon at their home dn lower Broad Street. TO MEET MR. GILLISPIE. Mrs. .1. W. Cartledge will entertain the I. B. H. A. Monday afternoon at tliree-tbirty o'clock and again at eight In the dvenirfg, the occasion, being In compliment to Mr. Gilllspie, an officer of the 1. R 8. A„ who will be In the city for a brief vigil. All members will be made most cordially welcome. AUGUST A. NS GIVE CONCERT IN SARDIS, GA. Mrs. Robert Cothran, Miss Helen Battle and Misseß Anna Elise and Lil lian Wilson have returned from Sar dis, Ha., where they gave a concert during the recent convention of the Burke County Teachers’ Institute. large concerns with business connec tions In the South, the merchants of Millen are planning to do as the mer (hunts of Hatcsburg, M. C„ and of Waynesboro and Hylvanta and other places have already done to ask their wholesale!*, jobbers and manufactur ers In the North, East and West -to buy one or more bales, at 10 cents a pound. In Millen and to hold It here until the market price advances to that figure nr better. It Is probable that at the Friday night mass meet ing concerted action will be taken along this line by the merchants. All Co-operating to Help Farmer, From the beginning of the European war and the attendant crippling of business In the country the business houses of Millen have been doing all In their power to alleviate the dis tress of the farmer growing out of a depressed cotton market because of the war and because of overproduc tion. Here, ns elsewhere, there has been manifested a splendid spirit of co-operation. There has been no dis position on the part of any one to en force payment of maturing accounts. Though the banks of which there aro three the First National, the Bank of Millen and the Jenkins County Savings Hank have advanced a great deal of the money with which this year’s crop In this section has been made, they are willing to wait. Ware house receipts deposited with them carry the farmers' paper along indef initely while Un» farmers hold for belter prices Even advances hnve been made all along and are still made wherever It Is possible. Daniel Sons & Calmer, the C. Parker Com pany, Corbett A Wilson and other large mercantile houses are taking cotton off the handa of their custo mers, lit trade or when applied on ac count, at a premium over and above the market price, 10 cents being the prevailing basis. The First National Hank has applied for Its tjuota of the emergency currency. Conditions Show Improvement. While never at any time have there been any panicky signs, the farmers were until a few days ago less hope ful than at the present, not so de termined to fight the battle through and win their victory. The situation held out less hope than at present. "The Improvement not only In the market price but In the feel ing of the farmers and the people generally Is very apparent." said Mr. I. O. Parker, cashier of the Hank of Millen "l think that all of us, particularly the farmer, Drink — Maxwell House Blend quality COFFEE The most delicious cup that ever graced a dining table. S«aW4 Ties M Grenn. Check-Neal Codec Co., h~W.ll. JachMsnlW THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA- Footwear With a Clearly Defined “Air” of Distinction Woman has never seen grace and beauty of line combined so effectively as in the new fall and winter footwear. So long as the “Moyen Age” prevails in stylish dress so long will makers of fine shoes bend all effort to combine beauty with an air of distinc tion in their productions—cleverness, smartness and beauty. For the street, house and “occasions” there is a wealth of attractive, new models to select from here. Correct, but modestly priced. Early purchasers have a decided advantage in selection. Our Line of Men and Women Fall Footwear is Now Complete rl/?I 3L Over Favored by our close relations with high class manufacturers, we are fortunate in being able to show the best class of authoritative lasts in both high and low shoes for street, house and dress wear. Before-the-war prices still prevail. now take the view that Just what has happened has been the great est thing that could have be fallen us, though it makes us suffer. Not a farmer in this county who will need legislation to force him to cut his cotton acreage next year—from now on, they are going to raise food crops, home products, and think more about filling their smokehouses and corn cribs than about how many bales of cotton they can possibly depend upon. "What do l think about the 'Huy-a-Hale' movement? 1 think it is the salvation of the country In the present crisis. What im provement there has already been noted Is due to nothing but the 'Buy-a-Bale' movement, for the farmers holding their cotton off the market could not have forc ed the price up In so short a time had not the distress cotton been taken care of. Then It has put a great deal njore money tn circu lation than there would have been had the distress cotton brought no more than market price.” “I AM GLAD TO SEE THE AU GUSTA HERALD CARRYING ON THIS CAMPAIGN. IT IS PROVING A BIG HELP. AS LONG AS THE NEWSPAPERS CONTINUE TO AG ITATE THE BUY A BALE' MOVE MENT. IT WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD, AND AS LONG AS IT KEEPS ON SPREADING CONDI TIONS ARE BOUND TO CONTINUE THE IMPROVEMENT ALREADY Beginning to be felt." Warehouses Rapidly Filling. Jenkins County produce* about 20,- 000 bales of cotton a year. The coun ty's greatest production has been 23.000 bales. It will be this year be tween 20.000 and 23.000. I am inform ed hy those who are In position to know It Is conservatively estimated that 75 per cent of this crop will be retired from the market as It Is gath ered and held for upwapris of 10 centa. Nothing like 25 per cent of the picking to date has been sold, and the warehouses are rapidly filling. Re sides. there are throughout the county majty farmers who are storing their cotton at home. Kvery energy Is be ing exerted to get out the fall crop and the ginneries are kept busy The Atlanta' Compress Company, with ample facilities for storing. Is taking ears of practically all the cot ton In this Immediate section, issuing receipts which are In a large measure forming the temporary basts of credit and otherwise serving to tide every body over- relieving the farmer, the banker, the merchant with their creditor* Small Farmers to Be Congratulated. I am Informed that most of the i_ cotton that has been marketed so TRIM Short skirts and trim looking footwear are in separable this season—if a woman is to consider herself well dressed. And that is why makers of fine shoes have never produced such fetching examples before. Ordinary styles have no part in the new fall and winter stocks. You Do Us a Favor The minute you cross the threshold of this store you confer a favor upon us. We incur an obligation whether you wish to purchase or just look about. And knowing this we exert our efforts to repay the debt without loss of time. Some one once said “it is not what we take up but what we give up that broadens out life” and on that principle this store is ever building. We are al ways under obligation to customers here. And there’s no time at which we consider the obligation completely filled. You do us a favor when you cross the threshold here. Walk-Over Boot Shop C. A. NICKERSON, Manager far In Millen has been sold by those with expensive farming in terests; that the average small farmer has been held off and still has practically all of his 1914 crop either ginned and stored at home or in the warehouse or in the field. The wisdom of his course has already been demonstrated. Cotton has already begun to ad vance, and he could sell today if he did not see a betetr day ahead and realize a few dollars more per bale than did those big farmers who turned loose at least a part of their crop at the market's low est ebb. But the total sales in Millen have been comparatively small, considering the large production in the section for which Millen Is the market, and big farmers and little farmers are alike tightening their hold now that increasing demand for the staple has begun to advance the price. Tuesday It was practically Impos sible to buy cotton at 8 cents at Mil len. A week previous several hundred bales were sacrificed at nearly a cent a pound less than that figure. Tues day Mr. J. D. Lyons, one of the lead ing cotton buyers located here this season, succeeded in buying just twelve bales at 8 cents. He was rather discouraged over his day’s work or would have been had not his public-spirited habit forbade. New Bank Building Going Up. If, though cotton Is being held off a war-depressed market, anyone should think things are at a stand still In Millen. he la mistaken. Bus iness Is as a matter of course off in volume compared with normal years, but It Is still going on uninterrupted. People are living Just the same as usual. And even building Is In prog ress. The Jenkins County Savings Bank Is erecting on one of the most promi nently located corners In the city, di rectly opposite the Kstelle Hotel, a handsome new home, a three-story brick structure which, completed, will cost nbout $15,000. The bank will occupy one of the ground floor rooms, another will be rented, the second floor Is to be fitted out In offices and the third floor converted Into a Knights of Pythias hall and lodge room. Getting Ready for Fair. In spite of the prevailing conditions, or more properly, because of prevail ing conditions, the Five County Fair A 111 be held at Millen, October 14-18, Inclusive. Jenkins. Burke. Kmanuel, Screven and Bulloch are the counties Included and which will help to make up the Mg ehbw. Mr. J. K. Burk halter. editor oli the Millen News, and Mr. J R. MtMer. editor of the States boro News, ale the promoters of the fair and moving spirits behind It. It will be held i-*r the first time next The new popular lasts in Men’s Shoes are, we think, the most decid edly neat dressy kind that have ever been shown. Their is an air of refinement about them that men of taste will appreciate on sight. Nothing adds more to the general ap- pearance of man’s attire than neat, com fortably fitting shoes. month, but will be made a permanent institution While the Idea behind the Five County Fair was originated before the European war disturbed business and farming conditions and depressed the markets in this country, after the situation it thrust upon the South was realized, there was no let up in the plans, making for the fair. Rather there was seen to be a more urgent reason why the fair should be held, because the prime purpose is to teach the cotton farmer to depend less upon cotton, to make the most of his op portunities, to raise food products, livestock and cattle, and to raise grain and hay crops—to live at home on the farm and make cotton a surplus money, rather than a ready money, crop. Public-Spirited Farmers. One of the most ardent supporters of the fair movement is Mr. C. Parker, president of the C. Parker Company, a progressive farmer who incidentally has produced this year In addition to his cotton enough corn, oats, hay, po tatoes and hogs to feed his farm, man and beast, for the next twelve months. Mr. Parker runs about 250 plows, and while he raises a great deal of cotton, he raises everything else In proportion. He Is a strong ad vocate of diversified farming, and when he saw In the Five County Fair an opportunity to demonstrate to his brother farmer the common sense of cutting the cotton acreage and to take advantake of present conditions and help teach living at hime, he Joined heartily In the movement. To Give Away Seed Oate. Another progressive and public spirited farmer is Mr. E. G. Dan iels. of Daniels Sons & Palmer. Mr. Daniels has profited by rais ing oats. This year he made a splendid oat crop. He is deeply Interested In the fair and has agreed to give away during the five days of the fair county show enough Fulgum seed oats to get all the farmers In this section started tn raising them. Premium lists for the fair are now being printed and will be distributed within the next few days. At the fair particular attention will be given to the livestock Industry. Jenkins County, it Is announced by Mr. Burkhalter. will contest for the First District prises at the Georgia - Carolina Fair at Augusta this Fall and at Savannah. Learning that the Central of Geor gia Railroad contemplates taking off the accommodation train reaving here at 5 o'clock a. m„ for Macon, the people of Millen are signing a peti tion of protest which will he laid be fore the State Railroad Commission. The petition now has about 800 sig natures. -. .. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18. NE A T REV. DR. DILLARD WILL LECTURE THIS EVENING Tonight at S: 15 o'clock at St. James Methodist church. Dr. Dillard will de liver his instructive and helpful lecture on Child Culture. This lecture is high ly praised by those who have heard Dr. Dillard deliver It before. All who are interested in any way in the proprt bringing up of the child are cordially In vited to be on hand this evening. No admission charged and no collection to be taken. St. James Methodist Church, 433 Greene street. Diseased Blood Calls for Help Nature’s Willing Workers Always at Your Service. If It Is ereema. pimple*, boll* or worse— your safeguard 1* 8. 8. 8., the famooa blood purifier. It Is always lined up to attack diseased blood. And It always doe* the work. It does the work after disap pointment, after alleged specialist*, mer cury. lodides, strychnine, arsenic and other destructive drugs that hare reaped a har vest of mistakes and left a host of Invalids guessing as to what la to come. S. S. S. la not such a drug as the cupidity or Ig norance of man would be able to produce. It ta Nature's wonderful contribution to our necessities. It ta wonderful because It can not be Imitated; can not be made any other way than to assemble Nature's prod ucts and produce what a boat o 2 men km-w as 8. 8. 8., the world'* greatett medicine. There are people everywhere that bad an old aore or ulcer tbat defied all the aalrea known. And yet 8. 8. 8 taken Into tbeV blood Just naturally put Into that old sore' the element! tbat made new tlaaue, new flesh. and covered It with a new mating of healthy akin. Get a bottle of 8. 8. 8. today of any drugget and be on the way to perfect blood health. But be were of substitute*. For special advice consult the medical department. The Bwlft Specific Co., fi.l Swift Rida. Atlanta. Ga. It U lit* and baa helped a multitude.