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Public Mind
About Let* Kicking.
To The Herald.
I noticed the other craning the plea
of someone of your good citizens for he*
kicking In your Interesting Public Mind
Column. He* right. Tm a Yankee
from lip In the "Frozen North," but
thank Heaven wit i a Tenideno* In the
Sunny South of tome nine month* in
the year.
If there be any one place on the globe
where optimism ehotild lie rampant II a
Augusta Os. Home fellow hollers: "Yes.
but look at the price of cotton." True,
conditions have cut down the price of
your staple, but good Lord, what about
past years? When 1 see a merchant
or farmer crying hard times and going
around with gloom written ah over him
1 put him down as a failure. Why?
Well, here's the reason For years, In
most cases, he has been working and,
utilise he It a fool, at a substantial
profit Certainly the Hccunlulatlona of
yeais of hard work are more than
enough to tide him over a short lean
period. Anyone living ftom hand to
mouth Is no good anyhow, and th* fel
low who It hollering hard times already,
It th* one who ftilod to provide for the
proverbla, "rainy day.” Look out for
him to slick you whether cotton be six
cent* or Nlxieen.
Winter 1* coming on—dreaded In Yatf
kueland, balled with delight In your stm
klsxed Eden. Why the very joy of liv
ing in Ueorgta for the next six months
Is enough to make one cheerful Hav*
you fan Is? You have, and prorraetlna.
lion It chief mining them. "Yes I'll hav*
that still reauy for you sure, Haturday.”
Alas! 'tl* Tuesday when you don your
glad rugs to sue your utlmlrlng sweet
heart.
“Come in surely at R this evtnlns and
we'll talk over that matter." Quite
probably your prospective victim Is nut
at the Country fluh cursing a little
white sp re which refuses to go where
he desires. Nothing meant by It. mind
you, abject apologies In the morning,
but It kind of upsets th* busy man's
schedule Th# whole story Is that you
Southerners are not so almighty keen
In the I'lutst for th* elusive dollar. You
take time to live, while up ataive that
line our wives and chicks do the living,
we men the slaving.
No. your correspondent I* right. This
Is neither the tint# nor the pa'* to lie
pessimistic, rather, you should thank
your lucky star* that you can register
from bonny Augusta, (la. W, K. M.
DESERTIONS IN
U. S. ARMY, Li
No Question of Detention Bar
racks Value, Says Judge Ad
vocate General, in Report To
day.
Washington, D. C. —Desertion* In th*
United Hue* ermy Inst yen' **r« lower
t,j many hundred* than ever before In
It* history, eecordlng to the annual re
port today of Judge Advocate (leleral K.
H Crowder. The records showed a vale
of desertion of 2.45 per rent.
Thia low rale I* attributed In targe
part of the heneflrlent legislation by
congress aittlgHtlng the treatment of de
■etter* and other military offender*.
General Crowder hold* that there ran
be no rpieatlon a* to the *ucre*e of the
detention barrack* »y*t*m. which I* now
In Ita Inception.
IDE PRESIDENT
IN PITTSBURG
Pittsburg, Pae— President Woodrow
Wilson came here today to addreae a
philanthropic religion* tniut* meeting
of men In celebration of the found
ing of the Toung Men's Christian As
sociation's Pittsburg branch, sixty
year* ago, and ot the organisation
movement Iteelf In larndon In 1*44
The president had let It be known
that hie vlelt would be of a non-po
lltlcal character and no public recep
tions were arranged.
IS EXECUTING
ALL DESERTERS
Ground Beyond the Trenches at
Agua Prieta Mined -Barbed
Wire Entanglements Up.
Douglas, Arli.— Wtese preparations
•ontinus at Ague Prieta. Honors, Just
sons* the border. without regnrd to
the trues declared at Naco between the
•unison and the Investing Maytorena
forvea.
The ground hevond the outer
trenches at Airua Prteta haa been
mined and barbed wt-e entanglements,
carrying a high tensh n current, have
.been placed about the besieged town
The Maytorena forces under Colonel
Reyna* have retired, but the sarr!m<n
heeevee further attacks wJI be made.
Reports from Naco say <i«n, 1111 lls
executing deserters ss rapidly as they
are timed hack «o him by the border
patrol here.
German Garrison,
Antwerp, Leaves
London, 4:37 a. it*.—A dispatch to
The Timas from Flushing, dated Fri
day. says:
“A telegram from Breda Nether
lands.. states that only a few hundred
men of ths Oerman landstrum remain
In Antwerp. During Wednesday night
■and the early hours of Thursday the
last of the garrison t coops marched
out of the town, going southward by
the railway. The Bavarians threw
machine guns, probably anaervieeabl*
Into the SchedlC
A Group oi Dancing Beauties and Scene of tfie “Wonderful Chorus” with Mclntyre and Heath in “The Ham Tree,” Grand, Tuesday, Oct. 27
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1 IRE BE THEi
BANDITS KILLED
Bellingham, Washn. Two more of
five bandit* who robbed the First Na
tional bank of Sedro- Woolley of $30,000
last Saturday night, killing a boy and
wounding two citizen* a* they fled,
were shot and killed by officer* early
today. One of the five wa* killed and
another wounded and captured last
Thursday after a fight with n posse,
one of whose members wa* *lain.
Both victim* of the officers' rifles
today carried heavy money belts. On*
had 11.&44 and the other $1,543.
More than $6 000 of the stolen mon
ey was recovered from bandits who
fell In last Thursday's fight.
THE FIRSTBRITISH
SUBMARINE LOST
London, 10:20 a. m.—The admiralty,
j through the press bureau. Issued to
day a list of officers and men of the
British submarine E-3 with the state
ment that It Is feared no hopes for
the safety of the submarine can now
be obtained.
Berlin official advices, under date
of October 20th. said the British sub
marine E-S was sunk on Sunday,
October ISth. by Herman warships In
the North Boa.
The destruction of the E-* ts the
first loss sustained by the British sub
marine service tn the present war.
The tioat was comparatively new,
having been completed In I*ls. She
carried a crew of sixteen men.
German Spies Get
Swiss Sentences
Genova, (via Pad*, 12:40 a. m.)—
Three German spies, having head
quarters in Geneva, were sentenced by
ths Third Military Tribunal here Fri
day They are Lieutenant Colonel
lOtto Ulrich, of Berlin; Dr. Wnhiander
| and Herr Kohr, a chemist. They were
charged with plotting against Eng
land and France and thereby violating
Swiss neutSHltt)*.
Colonel Virlch wa* dot present. He
was sentenced In default to serve two
v.-ar* In prison and to pay a fin# of
k'2oo <ll.OOOl. Dr. Wohlgnder must
serve three year* and pay a fine of
£4O and Herr Kohr must remain In
prison two months and pay a fine of
£2O. All three were sentenced to ex
pulsion from Switzerland for life after
serving their sentence*. v
SICK RATE U. S.
TROOPS, VERA CRUZ
Washington, D. C.—The percentage of
•lekne** among the American military
force* at Vera Cruz waz higher for the
army but lower for the marlnea for the
week ending October 2tat than for the
previous week. A statement Issued by
the war department showed that the
sick ret* for the week ended October 21
was 1.57 per cent for the army and 1.79
per cent of the marines against 1.37 per
cent for the army and 2.05 per cent for
the marine* for the preceding week. The
number of those remaining sick at the
end of the week wa* 79 compared with
67 for last week.
CENTRAL WESTERN TEAMS
STRENGTH BE REVEALED
Chicago.—The full fighting strength of
leudlng football team* wa* expected to
be revealed In centra) western game*
scheduled for today.
Chief Interest centers In the Chlcago-
I’urdne struggle at Chicago nnd the
Minnesota-low* gome at lowa City.
These contest* will have Important bear
ing on the "big nine'' championship
race Wisconsin will meet Ohio State
at Columbus. Illinois I* expected to
pile up a litg score against Northwest
ern.
The Mlrhlggfc Aggie* will meet Ne
braska at Lincoln. Notre Dame Is
scheduled to clash with South Dakota
tn Sioux Falls.
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Acme Play---Scene Prom
'‘Arizona.’’ at the Grand
Monday Afternoon and Night.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
FIERCE BERMAN
ATTEMPTSTD
CROSS VISTULA
Russian Report Says Efforts
Thwarted at Point Near
Ivangorod Where River is
Quarter Mile Wide.
London, 4:12 a. m,—Describing the re
cent fighting, thq Petrograd correspond
ent of The Poll, says the Germans had
determined to cross the Vistula In the
neighborhood of Ivangorod where the
river Is a quarter of a mile wld*.
"They pushed near enough to the for
tress to bombard It with heavy guns."
the correspondent declares, "but they
caused small damage and the bridges
were entirely unharmed. Doutbless they
may have omitted to destroy the
bridges, hoping to utilise them for cross
ing. but this omission greatly factllted
the Russian advance. The garrison of
the fortress Joined the field army In
driving back the German forces at this
point."
"Russia has already won three bat
tles. Galicia. Augustnwo and Warsaw,"
continues the correspondent, "each time
by an snormoua risk consciously taken
and each time the enemy has trumpted
a grwt victory at the precise point that
a risk was taken until the final result
opened the eyes of Ih# German strate
gists to the real nature of the Russian
tactics."
VANDY CAPTAIN DECLARED
ELIGIBLE; TO PLAY N. C.
Nashville, Tenn.—Word wa* receiv
ed here todny that the executive com
mittee of the southern intercollegiate
athletic association had declared Sikes,
Vanderbilt's captain and left halfback,
eligible It had been charged that he
played summer baseball He will plav
In the game with North Carolina to
day.
Professionalism Charged
to Alabama Quarterback
Knoxville. Tenn.—Quarterback Jop
lin of the Alabama football eleven, will
not play In the Tennessee-Alabama
football gam* today, It was announced
by Coach Graves, of Al&bzma, this
this morning. Charges of profession
alism against Joplin were preferred by
the University of Tennessee athletic
authorities Friday.
Florida-Sewanee; Former
Outweighed Almost to Man
Jacksonville, Fl*.— Outweighed al
most to a man, the University of Flor.
Ida eleven meet* the strong Bewnnee
team here today. While the Florida
lads were confident of a good show
ing. It wa* (Yeely admitted that only
the size of the score was In doubt so
far a* Sew ante was concerned.
McINTYRE AND HEATH.
Those who remember "The Ham
Tree," which comes to the Grand next
Tuesday evening, one performance only,
will tell you it has all the good quali
ties of musical entertainment, pleasant
melodies, rollicking comedy and pictures
que settings. During its career as a
Klaw arid Erlanger production it led the
field of lively entertainment. That was
six years ago.
Its revival by John Cort this time
should yield Its own reward for It
brings back a musical play that was al
ways enjoyable with the two black blos
soms of laughter, Mclntyre and Heath,
in their original role, one as a “cham
ber maid" In an Alabama staule, and
the other a sure-enonugh minstrel man.
From the time the Georgia Minstrels ar
rive at Magnolia Springs until they ap
pear In the Nlncklebacker Mansion on
6th avenue. New York, Mclntyre and
Heath as laugh producers are In a class
all by themselves. How Alexandra Ham
bletonian from the livery stable, pluyed
by Mclntyre was lured away to become
a minstrel, and how he became strand
ed down In Florida, finally to get on his
feet with the actor man when they Im
personate a Rajahonl and Rajah to de
ceive the wealthy Mr. Nicklebaeker,
never falls to convulse the audience. The
Ham Tree and the Egg Tree are glow
ingly described by the optimistic actor,
while the former “chambermaid," chron
ically pessimistic suffers the pangs of
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Scene from “Fine Feathers,” at the Grand This Evening.
hunger. A new feature has been add
ed In “Ebenezer" a trie'.; mule. “Ebe
nezer” is a real thing and he knows his
business. Indeed, so sprightly is the
animal that when he comes on the stage
everybody but Ills trainer and the man
who attempts to rid* him, are very busy
in their dressing rooms—it Is doubtful if
anyone can remain on Bbernezer s back
If he seriously objects, which he very
often does, to the deught of the audi
ence.
It Is said that John Cort has done
much In his revision of this musical
comedy this season in surrounding his
stars with pretty chorus girls, chorus
men, costumes that charm and music
that pleases, and a notable cast, which
Includes Edward Wade, Arthur Barry.
John Lorenz. Otto Johnson, Edward S.
Holden. Norman Woodward, Mildred
Beverly, Mabel Elaine, Jack Bell, Winnie
and Jack Crisp.
ACME PLAY “ARIZONA" MONDAY.
The next Acme play to appear at
the Grand will be "Arizona” and It
will be presented next Monday, after
noon and night. "Arizona" will be
presented by the author, Mr. Augustus
Thomas. Mr. Cyril Scott will be seen
In the leading role, of Lieutenant Den
ton. Mr. Scott has been given a
splendid supporting company, and will
have Mill Gall Kane in support of him,
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3».
Miss Kane will be seen as Bonita. 3Yr,
Scott is not unknown to local theater-,
goers, he having appeared here sev
eral seasons ago in a speaking com.
pany of “The Prince Chap,” and all
are looking forward with much pleas - i
ure to seeing him in the role of Lieut,/
Denton, and as a screen star.
ing this Acme play the next to appear
will be the “Dollar Mark,” with the
gifted young star, Mr. Robert War
wick, in the leading role. Mr. War
wick is an actor of unusual merit and
he scored a big hit at the Grand last
week in his splendid performance of
“The Man of the Hour/” "The Dol
lar Mark” will be presented under the
direction of Mr. Wm. A. Brady and
this announcement alone means that a
company and production complete in
every respect will be had. All seats
for Acme play night performances are
reserved with the advance sale open
ing one day in advance of all Acme
play attractions. Performances begin
afternoon, 8:80; nights, 8:30.
AT VERDUN, IS NO *
GERMAN ARTILLERY
Geneva, (via Parle, 12:40 a. m.)—-
None of the German heavy artillery
has arrived before Verdun or Belfort
as yet, according to a correspondent
of the Trlbtftie, who has returned to
Basel, after visiting the French and
German frontier for a week. i
The Swiss government has been of,*
flcially Informed that there are about
200 cases of cholera in Austria-Hun
gary.
CZAR SAYS HE’LL
FREE ALL ITALIANS
Rome, 6:35 a. nv—The Russian am
bassador to Italy has notified the Ital
ian government that Emperor Nicho
las. desiring to give Italy ya further
proof of his friendship, Is ready to set
at liberty all Austrian prisoners of
Italian nationality taken by Russian
troops In Galicia, He will send these
men to Italy on condition that the Ital
ian government does not return them
to Austria
Says German Ring,
Verdun Closing
London, 10:05 a. m—The German
ring around Verdun, according to th«a
Cologne Gazette, 1* becoming c10,*2
daily says a Central News dlspatS*
from Copenhagen. All the French at!
tacks have been In vain
Colonel Grey, a brother of the for
elgn secretary, who wa* captured neat
nl7«e n w.fT lrP '/ ,h .r n * Erltl " h hTO
plane wa* brought down by the Ger
mans has been sent to the prisoner*
camp at Darmitadt.