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FOUR GERMANS IN BIG HURRY IB THE ANTWERP FORTS Pound Away Desperately With Artillery. Estimate Killed in Present Engagement at Eight Thousand. London, 2:16 a. m.—Tho Tolosraph'a Antwerp correspondent, telegraphing about fighting tgrmind Antwerp under date Saturday, say* In part: "The Germans continue their des perate efforts to rapture Antwerp. They are In ft desperate hurry to ac complish It, pounding away unceas ingly with (lh«lr artillery st Forts Waelhem and Wavre-St, Catherines and flinging th>*U lntantry forward In frantic efforts. ••Their losses have been enormus nnd the numbera killed are estimated as high as 8,000 during the present move ment. Clover ,Ruee. "The Belgians udopvted u clever ruse at Waelhem. After the bombardment had lasted several Hours the fort ceased to reply wher«M|.‘On the Ger man staff, thinking the Jfort out of action ordered the Infantry *o advance In close formation. The Belklan gun ners waited unlll they could See the whites of their eyes und then .opened a murderous fire. "Thus far the fort* in the outer .rlr.it of the Antwerp fences have sunv»; d little barm from the German bombard* mrnt. The German big guns are not being worked by regular soldiers but by men In citizens clothing. Krup Employes. "Undoubtedly these men nre em ployes of the Krupp factory, hastily stimmonrd to replace the losses among the regplar gunlayers. The heaviest German guns are located north of VII trorde, where foundations of reinforced concrete have been prepared. "The German shells have practically wiped out most of the little villages and hamlets In tho outer circles of the Antwerp defences. The Germans still . bold Maltnes, although nt a heavy cost as the town Is subject to a constnnt bombardment from the Antwerp forts." PRODUCTION OF FOOD COOPS IN SOUTH, THEBE Opening Session of South eastern Congress in Atlanta. Probable Request for Procla mation by President. Atlanta, Colton grower*. whole sale merchant*. bankers, rommls aloner* of agriculture and others vit ally Interested In the campaign for Increasing tha production of food crop* In the South mot horn today at the opening of tha Southeastern Food- Crops Congress Tho congrr** which will adjourn tomorrow, was called by tho Georgia Chamber of commerce to devise means to Induce southern far mers to plant food crops sufficient for their own use, so that whatever profit they may derive from their cot ton will not he expended for meats and provisions. Request to President. Charles J. ltuden. president of the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, said today that President Wilson probably would be requested to Issue a proc lamation asking that the people of each cotton producing county organ ise for the purpose of adjusting the matter of diversified props so that sufficient food crops will be produced to satisfy the demands of the South Atlantic States, thus protecting the cotton crop for the next .year. Mr. Haden also stated that the president prohahlv would be petitioned to re quest the governors of the cotton states to appoint five commissioners In each county for the purpose of ef fecting the proposed organisation. The Initial meeting of the congress was held In the state copilot. FEAST OF TABERNACLES OBSERVED IN AUGUSTA Service* at the Telfair Street Synagogue Sunday Night and Monday Morning. The Feast of the Tabernacles which lasts for eight days, was observed at the Telfair Street Synagogue at *:SO o'clock Sunday night and again at 11 o'clock Monday morning. The first •nil last days of the Feast of the Tabernacles are observed by the Jews with holy services In the synagogues. A description of this festival In RIIIohI days Is found In the Hook of Nehemlsh. vtll, 15. It Is similar In many ways to a thanksgiving festi val. It Is understood that it Is a fsaat after the type of which the American Thanksgiving Day of the present time was fashioned The observance of the festival In this country has great ly chngcd In the course of time For merly It was the custom for the Jews to dwell In temporary huts or booth* to remind them of the wandering of their ancestors In the wilderness Fur themioore. It was to remind them that Ood has kept them safely through the year. A few of the urthtalgx Jews •till observe this custom. WOMEN MAY~iE~STRONG •mi enjoy life whether In the hont« or business world If they esn keep at bay those ailments peculiar to their •ex. If every woman reshied how L.) dls K. Plnkham's Vegetable Com pound, that simple remedy mads from roots and herbs, goes to the root of the trouble and overcomes such symp toms as backache, headaches, nervous ness and Irritability, they would bo healthier, happier and stronger. If you puffer front any form of female IP* why don't you try it? It will pay you to do ae. Complete Story t o h f e War o n T y One Cent D^y THE HERALD has arranged to supply its readers with an ACCURATE and COMPLETE book of the world’s greatest war on an attractive plan which will appeal to every reader. A large 40-page part, printed on enamel paper, will be issued every two weeks, and PART ONE will be ready NEXT THURSDAY. Millions of newspaper readers throughout the country now want the TRUE STORY of the war from an unprejudiced viewpoint and WITHOUT FEAR OR FAVOR. This story is now being prepared by Willis J. Abbott, the well-known writer on international subjects and author of several war books, assisted by a large staff of able writers and artists, who «re collecting FACTS from various authentic sources, after all the EXACT facts are KNOWN. Thus a CONTIUOUS true story is formed, and the WHOLE SERIES becomes a COMPLETE WAR BOOK, such as has never be fore been attempted. 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Gs.—After a llnsering Illness of nearly eight year* caused by a stroke of paralysis as the result <»f overwork, N (1 Barksdale, one of Wilke* County's West known ctttxens passed to hi* reward Thursday. Fu* mini ami Interment w«* in the city Cemetery of \\ aahington uu Friday NEW PART ISSUED EVERY TWO WEEKS afternoon. For elevsn year* Mr. Barksdale was connected with tha Georgia Railroad In tha local office. From hara h* went to Augusta to accept a position in the home office of the railroad which he held for about ten year*, until hie broken health necessitated hla removal from Augusta to hi* old home In Washington, Frior to hi# death ha waa critically ill for three weak*. THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. . 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Thi* complete story of the war now engaging all Europe and overflowing into both Asia and Africa will be absolutely indispensable to all who wish to keep informed accurate ly of the facts of this historic and epoch-marking coflict. SAVE YOUR COUPONS mrsa THURSDAY sa sss mill of Mr. M. H. Preacher of this place. The little fellow was standing near ; the shaftin* playing with a whip 1 which became entangled with the xhnfttng carrying him with It. The machinery waa stopped as soon as possible and It waa found that one arm waa broken at the elbow, the bone protruding several Inches; the skull fractured, several riba broken and Injured internally. The physi cians In attendance entertained no hope of recovery. DYINgT AS HE THOUGHT. SAID HE STOLE $20,000 New York,—Herbert Baton, the EVERYBODY V Tn T oV° WHY The underlying causes of the war; the tangled secret diplomacy that, instead of averting the conflict, compelled it; the character of the rulers and political lead ers who dominate the embattled peoples; the nature and power of the states engag ed; the size and characteristics of the warring armies and navies; the financial cataclysm caused by the outbreak of hos tilities and the methods taken to lessen and to end it. are all subjects fully and lucidly discussed in the opening chapters of this unique history. young clerk, who thinking he was on ' his death bed, confessed, according to the police, to thefts involving about $20,000, probably will live to stand trial. That was the opinion express ed today by physicians On Saturday it was thought Eaton had only a few days to live. He had been shot by a detective. Eaton began to show signs ot re covery. the physicians stated, after his wife had visited him and prom ised to make a new start with him as soon as his troubles are over. ALL-SAINTS’ DAY. Gray skies and wind-blown rain and far MONDAY, OCTOBEV From sound of shop and street, A tranquil hill and grass-grown gravoa Where town and country meet. And silent throngs with flower-tilled arms And mem'rles bitter-sweet Violet* and tears for them who sleon. Faith that some fairer day I Will give them hack, but our beloved -A Whom life has swept away Ftir these a bitter, hopeless grief And lips that cannot pray —Adel.. E. Shaw, in Southern A'oman a Magazine. - READ HERALD WANT ADs*