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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
NO ALUM
IN
ROYAL BAKING POWDER
Confidence Increasing In All
Lines of Construction Work
Columbus, Ga.—The Industrial Index
®ays In its issue for this week:
“There is perceptible improvement in
business conditions in the Southeast.
“There has been some gain in the
volume of business. There has been a
notable increase in confidence, which is
even more important. The people of this
section have gone earnestly about find
ing a way out of the difficulties, and
they are doing it. Their efforts and
their growing success are encouraging
them to a wonderful degree.
“The Buya-aßale-of-Cotton movement
is spreading throughout the South. It
is helping to place more money in cir
culation and to keep cotton out of a low
pfrice market. This and other plans
which are being placed in operation, in
cluding the loaning of money on stored
cotton, is adding materially to the vol
ume of money in circulation —eventually
to amount to millions.
“It is notable that the reports for the
week show much substantial activity
and a substantial amount of construction
work in the Southeast. There is a very
considerable gain as compared with last
w«ek. and this is a reliable indication of
general conditions.
“The Industrial Index publishes this
■week more official requests for bids for
construction work of importance than it
has carried in a number of weeks. This
fs a cheerful reflection of actual condi
tions.
“Waterpower is to be developed, two
factories established. Summer residences
erected and an electric railway line con
structed by two companies which have
been organized in northern Alabama,
capitalists of that state and of Pennsyl
vania being interested.
Speaking
... THE...
Public Mind
Poland’s Hopes.
To The Herald:
Should the czar of Russia with the
aid of his present allies triumph in the
present war of Europe, he will have a
unique and magnificent opportunity
of righting a fearful wrong by re
establishing the ancient Kingdom of
Poland, so cruelly and ferociously
dismembered and partitioned out be
tween Russia, Prussia and Austria
du-lng the eigthteenth century.
Should he do this, the czar will have
earned the admiration of all true
lovers of freedom and will have made
very considerable atonement for the
misdeeds of his ancestors in this and
other matters, ENGLISH.
A Canal Alarmist.
To The Herald:
England controls all important
straits on the globe except the Pana
ma Canal. As is well known, it has
demanded that we shall not fortify
this canal, probably because it hopes
some day to get hold of it.
We should fortify it so strongly that
it will always be secure from English
greed. There is no telling what might
happen with England on one side of
the canal and its ally Jajr.n on the
other. H. E. C.
No Sympathy for "Tourist."
To The Herald: *
I am sorry our good old Star-Span
gled Banner gives protection to this
animal who styles himself “Tourist."
I am pleased to know that we have a
secretary of state who looks after all
classes alike —the so-called “common
people,” as "Tourist” styled them, as
well as the aristocrat. There are too
many like "Tourist” in the United
States, who get their wealth from the
so-called common people and spend it
in Europe. This class ought to get
what is coming to them. It is too
bad that our good people have to mix
with such trash as “Tourist,”
T. F.
THE EAGLE 9 S MATE
WITH MARY PICKFORD.
In Five Rests of Motion Pictures.
Cast of Characters i
Anemone Breckenridge.
MART PICKFORD
Lancer Morne .. .. James Kirkwood
Sally Breckenridge ....Ida Waterman
Abner Morne Robert Broderick
Fisher Morne .. ..Harry C. Browne
llagar Morne Helen Gilmore
Myra Morne .. ... ... ..Estelle Kibby
Lake Ellsworth R. J. Henry
Rev. Hotchkls Russell Bassett
In “The Eagle’s Mate” a vitally
gripping drama of the mountain coun
try abounding In honest, exquisite
and poignant thrills, written by Anna
Alice Chapin. Mary Bickford portrays
the delightfully fascinating character
nf little Anemone, a dainty slip of
beauty, adorably girlish, tantallztngly
wilful, gloriously feminine. From her
peaceful little valley home, Anemone
ripes to great heights, and In the stress
of that mounting, realizes the stern
est self-sacrifice for love, that later
results In the full accomplishment of
her womanhood. . .
The Mornes of Virginia are a law
less mountain clan, a strong, fierce
folk scornful of any law save that
writ large in their own hearts. They
dwell on a nearly Inaccessible peak,
called the Eagles' Eyrie, and because
of their craggy abode and their fierce
natures, are called the 'Eagles.
I ancer son of the leader, has been
sent to college by Anemone's aunt,
Hrs Breckenridge, who Is a Morne
herself, though Anemone, her petted
*and cherished niece. Is ignorant of
-.this fact, as are the rest of the towns
people. Lancer s father Is arrested
for * moonshlning. and L*ncer shakes
off the shackles of civilization and
leads the clan to the rescue of Ms
father. Joining the Mornes I" their
lawless life in the Eyrie. Fisher
Morne the brutal and uncouth cousin
of Lancer, falls in love with Anemone,
“Twenty corporations have been form
ed with minimum capital stocks aggre
gating $444,200.
“Among the items of construction
work to be done, as reported this week
are:
“Apartment houses. Mobile. Ala., and
Savannah, Ga.; fraternal building, Fort
Myers. Fla:; casino, $30,000. near St.
Petersburg, Fla.; church building, Cor
nelia, Ga.; paving, Plant City and West
Palm Beach, Rla.; sewers and water
works, Dade City, Fla.; school building,
Panama City, Fla.; courthouse and Jail,
Bay county, Florida; warehouses. Ar
lington and Atlanta, Ga., and Palatka,
Fla.; 6-story warehouse. Columbus, Ga.;
bridges, Elbert and Madison counties,
Georgia; road construction, Citrus coun
ty, Florida.
"Construction contracts have been
awarded as follows;
“Bank building addition, Savannah,
Ga.; church building, Augusta, Ga.; pav
ing, Madison, Fla.; road construction.
Chambers and Marengo counties, Ala
bama; laundry building, $16,889, St. Au
gustine, Fla.
"Industrial plants will be established
as follows:
“Cooperage plant, Tuscaloosa, Ala.;
lumber plant, Mobile, Ala.; pipe plant,
Gadsden, Ala.; power plants, fertilizer
plant and crushing plant, Florence, Ala.;
ginneries, Bessemer, Ala., Rowena and
Taylorsville, Ga.
"Electric railway is to be constructed
between Florence and Huntsville, Ala.
“LaFayette and Lyons, Ga., will vote
upon issuance of municipal improve
ment bonds. Etowah county, Alabama
will vote upon $200,000 of road con
struction bonds.”
Attributes War Conditions to Politics.
To The Herald:
Did the workers of America, and
particularly of Augusta, note that
congress appropriated $2,000,000 for
the relief of rich tourists caught by
the war in Europe? It has also con
tributed SOOO,OOO for the relief of the
American workers who did not take
their usual trip abroad this year on
account of being thrown out of em
playment as a result of the war.
Already the workers of America are
suffering from lack of the necessities
of life, due to the high prices born of
capitalist greed. The poor are cry
ing for bread. The cry has been heard
in Washington, and congress, with its
usual promptness, has answered the
cry in its usual capitalist way—it has
ordered a£ investigation.
The workers out of work can now
have “investigation” pot-pie three
times a day, and perhaps, if they are
not all starved to death before No
vember, some of them will be wise
, enough to know that—
With Republicans out and Democrats
in,
The worker has nothing to lose but
his skin.
With conditions reversed (and It’s of
ten tried).
The worker is certain of losing his
hide.
Then vote the Socialist party an In
ning
And banish forever the art of skin
ning. C. L. L.
Devote Revenue from Near-Beer
Saloons to Work on Streets.
Augusta, Ga., Sept. 18, 1914.
To The Herald:
I read In your column devoted to
Speaking the Public Mind, an article
signed “Long-Suffering,” about the
bad condition of the streets in Au
gusta Ga. It is time one is making
a complaint for without an excep
tion Augusta has the poorest kept
streets of any city of its size I know
of, and believe me 1 have visited a
lot of them.
Some of our citizens claim the near
beer saloons do no good to the city,
I therefore suggest that the good city
council vote for the “surplus revenue”
derived from this source in payment
of licenses be expended in fixing up
our streets and I think after they have
spent the next eigthy-seven thous
and dollars in this way we will all
Ree a big change In the looks of our
thoroughfares,
The streets we have now are a dls
and being repulsed by her, abducts
her and carries her off to the Eagles’
Eyrie. Lancer and Anemone have
met and have felt an irresistible at
traction for each other. When Ane
mone flndes Lancer at the Eyrie, she
begs him to save her and send her
back to the valley. But with the wild
daring of his clan, Lancer tells her
he intends to have her for himself,
fights Fisher for her, and conquers.
Anemone marries Lancer to have her
aunt from paying the immense ran
som Fisher would exact for her re
turns, but tells Lancer she hates him
—and finally convinces, him that she
does. In anger, Lancer replies that
he will never speak a word of love to
her unUl she asks him to, and they
live in the Eyrie as strangers. Fisher
shoots Lancer and lays the crime on
Anemone. The wounded Lancer de
mands that Anemone be returned In
safety to her aunt, declaring she Is
Innocent. Anemone learns that the
sheriff is leading a posse up to the
Eyrie to attack the Mornes, who have
been betrayed by the traitor, Fisher,
and she returns to lead the clan
against the representative of the law,
for she has learned to hive Lancer and
now longs to be hereelf considered an
“Eagle." fihe reaches the clan in
time to warn them, and the baffled
posse returns. Anemone’s aunt, at
the crucial moment loyal to the
Mornes, comes to the Eyrie and shows
them through the action of the traitor,
Fisher, the folly of outlawry and Its
inevitable end. Lancer, now the ac
knowledged leader, through the sweet
Influence of the noble little Anemone,
recognizes the truth of his aunt’s
words. The Mornes promise no lon
ger to rebel against their state. Lan
cer and his bride begin their honey
moon in the Eyrie, and Anemone Is at
last truly happy as the Eagle's mate.
At the Grand Monday, matinee and
evening.
Queens on Whom the Hand of War Bears Heavily
FOUR ROYAL WOMEN. t
Here are four of the royal women who must wear, brave, smiling faces before their people while they know their
relatives fight some on one side and some on the other side of (he dreadful general conflict in Europe
From right to left above, the Katserin of Germany and the Queen of Ituly; below, Elizabeth of Belgium and Mary
of England.
The German Empress has six sons a* the front. Queen Elena’s father, the doughty old King Nlcholns of Mon
tenegro. Is flghtnng fiercelv with ills handful of mountaineers while site knows not what minute the machinations of
the two great opposing coalitions wdll draw In her adopted land. Queen Elizabeth Is an exile In England after be
ing prevented from fighting in the trenches of Antwerp beside her husband.
Her native land is Bavaria and Bavarians and Belgians slay eaeli other on Belgian soil. Queen Mary has seen
the Prince of Wales march off with the Grenadier Guards, a sickly youth whom site lias carefully protected. Her
other son, Albert, was aboard the warship Colllngswood when he was stricken with appendicitis and put ashore fuf a
dangerous operation. She has many relatives on the line of battle.
grace to the city and should be fixed
up In first-class condition at once,
and kept so.
I ask you to give this card a space
In your columns.
A TAXPAYER.
HOMWTIE
1 ABOUT EVEN
The Zeppelin Has Proven of
Little Use Except in Bomb-
Dropping---Service Highly
Developed
Paris,—The honors of the air are
about even in the campaign so far. Per
haps a little advantage lies with the
Invaders. But the Zeppelin, the great
German dirigibles, have proved of little
use except in bomb-dropping.
Tile English and FYench have learned
a great deal about the enemies' move
ments with their own dirigible balloons,
although these have not been used for
bomb throwing.
The aeroplane service of both sides Is
so highly developed that the surprise at
tack has been practically eliminated
from warfare.
Sir John French in an official report,
praises his aeroplane squadron and de
clares that they have kept him con
stantly Informed of tne movements of
the Germans. The French fast mono
planes make long journey* to Germany
and the German Tabes Penetrate into
the Interior of hVance.
The war has proved one thing: That
an aeroplane flying a mile high is prac
tically safe from both rifles and artillery.
Not one hit is made for five or ten thou
sand shots, and when reaching its mark,
the spent bullet usually Inflicts only mi
nor damage. The German aeroplanes are
many of them completely armored be
low.
Several battles in the air between
aeroplanes have been reported. The
story that Roland Garros in an aeroplane
rammed a Zeppelin and brought the
crew and himself to destruction has been
denied, but such Incidents are to be ex
pected because the French aviators have
all taken an oath to dash into the first
Zeppelin they sight.
The most stirring incident so fur was
the act of a Russian aviator to rt-ash
into a German filer, bringing both to
destruction.
PROTEST WINE TAX.
Washington,—More protests were
lodged with the ways and means com
mittee democrats today against the
proposed tax on domestic wines in the
war revenue bill. Chairman Under
wood announced, however, there was
no disposition to change the plan of
taxing them, and the committee de
cided to increase the tax on dry wines
to fourteen cents a gallon, to equalize
It with the 20 cents proposed for sweet
wines.
PLAGUE ON ‘BOARdT
Catania, Sicily,—Ths American con
sul here has refused to give a clean
bill of health to an Italian steamer
bound for New York because there
were three cases of the plague on
board. The Italian authorities after
investigation, admitted the Infection,
and look precautions to check the In
fection and eliminate all danger.
Invigorating tn ths Pals and Sickly
The Old Htandard general strengthen
ing tonic, GROVE'S TASTELESS
chill TONIC, drives out Malaria, en
riches the blood, builds up the system.
A true Tonic. For adults and chil
dren. 60c.
IHE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, GA.
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