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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7.
Delightful, Warm, Sunshiny Weather
. is Augusta’s Fortune in November
Augusta is enjoying exceptionally
mild November weather. Friday the
temperature at noon registered 72;
Thursday at noon it was 75, and this
week the record on the average has
been approximately 10 degrees above
the normal for this season of the year.
The normal is now 57.
Along with the pleasant, warm
NAME FOR IRE
ROW PAPER
Contestants Submitting Names
fco be Chosen From Must Have
Them in by Saturday Noon.
At the regular Rotary meeting on
Wednesday a committee was appoint
ed to select a name, for the Rotary
weekly publication, the first issue of
which will appear next Wednesday.
Members of the club were urged to
send in suggestions to Mr. Rufus H.
Brown, at the Georgia Railroad Bank,
and a special inducement was offered
in the form of a ton of coal presented
by Mr. Son Ellis, to be given as prize
to the member whose suggestion is
adopted by the committee.
At 12 o’clock on Saturday the con
test will close, and no name sent in
after that time will be considered.
A number of members have sent ir.
suggestions. All are urged to rack
their brains at once, for tomorrow it
will be too late.
The greater part of the work of the
last meeting was routine business, and
the report of the proceedings was not
given to the press.
RECORDS OF THE
GRAND CIRCUIT
New York. —The Grand Circuit sea
son, which has just closed, was the
most successful and the most sensa
tional in the long and honorable his
tory of the harness game.
The racing world went wild a decade
or so ago when Maud S trotted a mile
in 2:09 3-4. During the past season
400 heats were trotted in time better
than the one-time awe-inspiring mark
of Maud S. The average time for 408
heats in trots was 2:09 4-5; the aver
age for 353 pacing heats was 2:06 7-10,
and the grand average for both classes
was 2:08 36-100.
The fastest trotting average for a
single meet was 2;07 7-10 for 18 heats
in Syracuse, N. Y. The fastest aver
age for pacing was established in
Kalamazoo, Mich., when 29 heats were
paced for a 2:05 1-5 average.
The biggest money winner of the
year was Peter Volo, the marvelous
three-year-old trotter who won $33,-
609. The biggest pacing winner was
King Couchman, with $13,750.
Tommy Murphy, the whirlwind
reinsman. smashed most of the exist
ing records by winning $90,931 during
the season with a string of 26 horses.
W. R. Cox, with 22 horses, was second,
ani “F'.fi” Geers, with 15 on his string,
was third.
Peter the Great was the best sire.
His sons and daughters won $98,155.
At The Grand
“STOP THIEF.”
The play the thing ’tis said, and its
right, but to make it presentable and
playable, a cast suitable must be en
gaged, and to that end Bert Leigh and
Miss Hazele Burgess will be seen in
the leading roles of the greatest
laughing farce comedy ever produced
and that’s saying a w'hole lot.
"Stop Thief’ is the title of the farce
written by America’s best comedy
writers, Mr. George M. Cohan and
Carlyle Moore. Mr. Cohan has writ
ten some of the best musical cemedies
such as “45 Minutes from Broadway,”
“The Yankee Prince,” “The Little
Millionaire,” and many others. In the
comedy of “Stop Thief the scenic
production is the same as used at the
Gaiety Theater, N. Y„ for one solid
year.
The cast supporting Mr. Leigh and
Miss Burgess is very strong in force
comedy. They are Mr. Boyd Trous
dale, Edward Lawrence, Harold Hu
bert, Edwin Pye, Clyde Smith, Paul
Linton, Ernest Hickok, Dale Dever
eaux, James Lasserre, Miss Edna Oli
ver, Miss Forrest, Miss Marie Lati
more. Miss Helen Acker. "Stop Thief
will be presented at the Grand next
Friday, matinee and evening.
HOTEL ARRIVALS
Hofbrau Hotel.
Miss N. E. Ellis, Virginia; Miss R
Williams, Virginia; W. McCake, South
Carolina; H. B. Sims, South Carolina;
J. Redrick, Jacksonville, Fla.; E. Bamy,
New York; .1. E. Clark; J. S. Moses,
Columbia, S. C.
Albion Hotel.
J. W. Eenfwell, Cincinnati; R. G
Frity, New York; P. Hall, Atlanta;
Mrs. J. K. Comer, Georgia; J. C. Mc-
Neelv, North Carolina; F. S. Perrin,
New York; H. M. Neals. New York;
W. C. Lee, Washington, D. C.: C. W.
Phillips, Atlanta; L. S. Bombs, Mas
sachusetts; W. Kerr. Atlanta; E. R.
Wardlaw; E. D. Miller, Virginia.
Geneeta Hotel.
H. Hennsken, New York; *IT. B.
Luckett, Atlanta; J. E. Bruss, South
Carolina; R. G. Daniel, Georgia; P.
Newsome, Georgia; D. P. Farmer. At
lanta; A. N. Tomlinson, North Caro
lina; J. J. Thomston, Georgia.
Cap. G. Hooper, North Carolina.
C. H. Billings, Ohio; T. .1. Oonnoy,
Maryland; D. L. Owen. Mississippi.
Planters Hotel,
J. M. Mcßlinch; T. J. Hudgins.
Georgia; T. B. Jones, South Carolina;
Mrs. A. L. Meary, Massachusetts; W.
J.T. Andrews, Georgia; W. J. Quartle
laum, South Carolina; C. J. Yates,
I Georgia.
Plaza Hotel.
W. A. Yarborough, Georgia; G. T.
Dallas. Columbia. S. C.: J. C. Johnson,
Kentucky; Mrs. and Miss Helesman.
South Carolina; F L Durkle, Georgia;
A. B. Reaves, Georgia; A. J. Matthews,
Georgia; L, C. Fuller, Atlanta.
weather, the days have "been fair—
sometimes not even a cloud in the
sky. While the temperature is moder
ate over the country, there is probably
no other place that Is now and will
later on during the winter have more
pleasant weather than Augusta, Ga.
The forecast for the next twenty
four hours is for fair weather with no
noticeable change in temperature.
111. S. COURT OH
NOVEMBER IBTH
Fall Term Will Begin With
Judge Emory Speer Presiding.
Large Docket, Both Civil and
Criminal.
The fall term of the United States
district court will be opened in Au
gusta, Judge Emory Speer presiding,
on the morning of Monday, November
16, at 10 o’clock, according to official
notification which came to Deputy
United States Clerk C. J. Skinner, Jr.,
Friday afternoon.
On information obtained by local at
torneys it was announced several days
ago that Judge Speer would open court
here November 16, the regular time.
This will be the first term at which
Judge Speer has presided in two years,
his bench being filled first by Judge
Foster and then by Judge Sheppard,
the latter from Florida.
The new district attorney, Hen. Earl
M. Donaldson of Bainbrldge, Ga., will
make his initial appearance in Augus
ta at this term of court. Mr. Donald
son is Mr. Alexander Akerman’s suc
cessor.
There is a good sized docket, both
civil and criminal.
JURORS DRAWN
FIR NEXT WEEK
Seventy-Two Names on List
For Jury Duty in Superior
Court, November 9th-14th.
A panel of seventy-two jurors has
been drawn for appearance in superior
cou*rt next Monday morning at 10
o’clock. This unusually Targe panel was
drawn to avoid a possible recurrence of
the situation which paralized the pro
ceedings of the court on Thursday when
the jury for the Rhodes case was being
selected. The panel of thirty-six jurors
was run through on that occasion and
only six men selected out of that num
ber. The court was then forced to draw
and notify another panel of thirty-six,
from which the other six were selected,
and before the jury was assembled four
hours had been consumed.
Tha following names have been drawn
of juVors who will present themselves in
court at 1° o’clock Monday morning,
November 9th:
Messrs. A. IT. Howell, Wm. H. Dun
ham, B. G. Prescott. R. J. Horn, A. F.
Whitehead. Luther S. Arrington, Frank
T. White, James Doyle, E. F| Luke. John
Olfson, H. A. Lawhon, E. F. Verdery,
Charles H. Newton, C. B. Holley, E. B.
Pollard, J. T. Neal, James B. Payne,
E. M. Crozie*r, M. L. Jones, Fred W.
Bills, C. C. §tulb, Porter Fleming,
Gaorge N. Kiroch, A. H. DeVaughn, F.
L. Jones, W. A. Lynch, Bryan I*aw
rence, W. J. Heffernan, 'George Wright,
J. f). Welch, John ,T. Fortson, A. K.
Howland, D. Slusky, Sellers W. Wilson,
IP. H. Roe, Morgan Newman, L. H. Clin
ton, S. B. Owens, R. H. Bikes, Jr. Ollie
It. Mufrah, John T. Blichington, Wes
ley James, H. S. Chafee. John P. Kee
nan, A. M. Shirrell. Ed J. Kelly, A.
Weiseiger, Wm. 11. Revllle, J. M. Wolfe,
J. IT. Cohen. Thos. P. Livingston, Otis
A. Lazenby, John C. Pope, G. Mads
back, Jesse W. Hadeen, W. K. Jackson,
A. H. Merry. Ralph H. Arrington, C. L.
Macmurphy, Dan G. Halford, J. W.
Thurman, M. A. Glllman, J. A. A. W.
Clark, J. E. Fulcher, J. P. Wood, A. A.
Parr, I. Sandlefr, W. R. Eve, J. 11. Levy,
Henry Sancken, J. W. McNair and
George B. Barnes.
“REEL LIFE” AT THE
MODJESKA THEATRE
That Keystone comedy shown Fri
day at the Modjeska Theater simply
keeps the spectators in an up-roar of
amusement; it took the prize. That
Is, outside of “The Million Dollar
Mystery." It was undoubtedly the hit
of the week, In fact, it was something
unusual in the movie line. It was the
kind of comedy that makes one imi
tate. There were several fellows who
tried to practice some of the methods
of “Gentleman of Nerve.” However,
none seemed to get the right idea, of
how to get off with it. Maybe it was
the local condition—Oh, blame it on
the war.
Saturday's Program.
The feature being shown today and
evening is an American production,
entitled “Sir Galahan of Twilight."
This story of a love tragedy in the
open country is shown in two reels.
It’s interesting throughout. “The
Warning,” an American play, is also
not lacking in Interest.
“The Way of the Redmen,” a Selig,
another cracker-jack picture on the
program. "Seth's Sweetheart,” an
Edison production.
Seth has some sweetheart, and be
tween the two lovers and, of course,
a few other incidentals who Invari
ably keep "buttlng-in,” a skit Is stade
that keeps the audience in the best of
humor and incidentally making them
laugh till they Just "can’t” anymore.
Without a doubt the plays being
shown at the Modjeska today and
evening, and in fact, all the time, are
of the variety that cannot be beat
interesting, laughter-bringing plays
that arouses enthustsm to the last
notch.
Let’s take a fling at the Modjeska,
you will never regret It.
EFFICIENCY IDEAS.
"A big concern In New York puts
its office boys on roller skates. • Thus
they can over the vast floor space to
better advantage.”
"Now If the girls are allowed to tan
go on their various errands much will
be gained "
.HE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
SENTENCE SI
RHODES TO RANG
Verdict of Guilty Returned By
the Jury at 5:30 P. M. Friday.
Judge Hammond Passes
Death Sentence.
After remaining out twenty minutes,
from 5; 10 to 5:30, Friday afternoon,
the Jury brought in a verdict of mur
der against Sam Rhodes who killed
his brother-in-law on May 23rd.
Thq prisoner showed no emotion
when the verdict was read. He was
sitting near his counsel with his
mother and members of his family,
tilting his chair back on two legs,
chewing gum. His slightly contempt
uous expression never changed
throughout the trial. He is a very
young man, only 22 years old.
When the fatal verdict was read
Mrs. Rhodes, the prisoner’s mother,
cried out. She rose to her feet and
began incoherently to plead with the
judge. The prisoner also, before be
ing sentenced, made an appeal to the
court, declaring that he had acted
solely in self-defense, but Judge
Hammond answered that the case had
been tried on its merits before twelve
of the prisoner’s countrymen, and that
th# judge’s duty was to pronounce the
sentence imposed by the law of this
state as the punishment for murder.
Before passing sentence, however,
Judge Hammond took occasion to say
that lie was himself opposed to capital
punishment.
Death Sentence.
His mother stood with him when
the prisoner came forward to hear his
sentence. The judge spoke slowly and
deliberately: “I sentence you to be
hanged by the neck until you die. You
will be hanged in the enclosure at the
Richmond County jail, on the 27tli of
this month, and you will be permitted
to have any members of your family
present and also your attendant phy
sician.”
In the silence which followed, Mrs.
Rhodes put her hand up to her face,
as though she had grown suddenly
dizzy, and, reeling slightly, she wound
her way to a chair and quietly fainted.
The prisoner stood unflinchingly fac
ing the judge as his death sentence
was read. He was perfectly compos
ed and, apparently, unmoved.
Motion for New Trial.
Immediately Mr. Wm. H. Fleming,
the prisoner's counsel, got to his feet
and announced that a motion would he
filed for a new trial. He filed the
motion on Saturday with the clerk,
which will automatically stay the ex
ecution until after the hearing of the
motion. In the event of a new trial
being refused, the case will be ap
pealed.
BROKE BOTTLE OVER
J. P. HOLLINS’ HEAD
In recorder’s court Friday morning
Duff Kennedy was given $25 or 50 days
for breaking a pint whiskey bottle over
the head of J. P. Hollins. The two
men became engaged in a row an 1
Kennedy gave Hollins a lick over the
head which broke the bottle and the
glass cut Hollins’ head and faefe se
verely. It seems that Kennedy was
released on bond and he showed up
40 minutes late in recorder’s court, for
which offense an additional fine of one
dollar or two days was attached.
Joe Sturkey was given $lO or 20
days for disorderly conduct.
Dan Elem was given $lO or 20 days
also for disorderly conduct.
A fine of $lO or 20 days was given
an automobile speed fiend who wa3
making 27 miles on Broad street, ac
cording to tho testimony.
The police on Friday morning ar
rested Estell Sullivan, a negress who
stabbed Louise Rhodes, another ne
gress, several days ago.
Prospective Manager Coming to Center
With President ot Augusta Ball Club
M. G. Dudley, Who Won Penants For Thomasville in Geor
gia State League, Being Considered By President Kalb
fleisch and Other Officials For Manager of Augusta Club
in 1915---Ten Players Already Under Contract.
President Kalbfleisch, of the Au
gusta baseball association, is expecting
M. G. Dudley, manager of the Thom
asville team in tho Georgia State to
arrive In Augusta Sunday to discuss
the question of managing the Augus
ta club next season.
Dudley won the pennant for Thom
vllla two years ago and had Ills team
in the post season series this year.
He is a catcher and is an excellent
man. Dudley was here, for a short
time when Ed Ransiclt managed the
Augusta Club, but he was a kid then
and lacked experience. He was re
leased and for the past few years has
been managing clubs with success in
small leagues. He is a college man
who Is now In the cotton business in
his home town in Mississippi.
Mr. Kalbfleisch stated Saturday
morning that he was not sure wheth
er Dudley would he the manager or
not in 1915 but he let it be known
that ho nnd the other officers of the
Augusta club are seriously consider
ing him. There are also some other
men whom tho Augusta club Is con
sidering for manager.
Mr. Kalbfleisch has In his office the
“The House Next Door,” in five
parts, Is peing presented at the Strand
today from 10:30 a. m. to 10:30 p. m.
eontin lously. Tho prices at all hour#
are children 5 cents and adults 10
cents, the same as always. «
The second series of the Strand war
pictures, showing scenes in the war
zone of Europe that are as realistic
as the fighting Itself. This Is an ad
ded attraction that tho Strand shows
every Saturday in addition to its reg
ular daily feature photo play.
Press criticisms in every town
where “The House Next Door” has
been seen are flattering. During the
day today hundreds and hundreds of
people saw this film. Tonight, with
tile weather Ideal, there will bp the
usual Saturday night throng down
town. And ‘‘The House Next Door*
is worth any couple’s twenty cents
a id more.
KHAKI UNIFORMS
DISCUSSED BY THE
CIVIL SERVICE BOARD
Mr. Hickman Will Submit
Samples of Khaki Material
For Inspection By Chiefs of
Departments.
At the regular meeting nf the civil
seVvlce commleelon held Friday night at
fire department headquarters, one of the
most important matters which came up
for consideration was the letter of Mr.
T. T. Hickman, president of the Ameri
can Cotton Manufacturers’ Association,
touching the movement to have kliakl
cloth adopted next year fo*’ uniforms of
employees on steam and electric rail
ways, and for city uniformed officials.
The proposition to use cotton goods In
stead of the present blue serge is in
lino with the general tendency of the
day towards home consumption of cot
ton, and the idea met with unqualified
approval.
Mr. Hickman lnvJtrd the chiefs of the
police and fire departments to come to
his office on Monday to look over sam
ples of khaki and also of made-up uni
forms. The commission placed Mr.
Hickman’s letter on file and directed the
secretary to accept the invitation.
PONT SPECULATE WITH YOUR
ADVERTISING APPROPRIATION
Spend your advertising money in the
newspaper that will give you the greatest pos
sible number of people who are able and will
ing to bu ywhat you advertise.
The Herald guarantees a daily paid cir
culation in Augusta approximately double
that of any other newspaper. The total paid
circulation of The Herald is larger than that
of any other Augusta newspaper.
Politics, friendship, sentiment, promises,
excuses or cut-rate will not pay you dividends.
Tal kto 95 per cent of “everybody”
through The Augusta Herald.
Say when shopping in Augusta: “1 saw
it is The Herald.” It will pay you. Try it.
AT THE STRAND
signed contracts of ten players for
next season already. They are pitch
ers, Stone, Barker, Wtnchell and Noy
enhouse; Outfielders, Smith, Burgess
and Dunning, and lnfhilders, Perry,
Kelly and O’Neal.
The Augusta Baseball club has dons
remurkably well during the regime ol
President Kalbfleisch. It started last
season with a debt to the league o!
$1,413; it had to spend SI,OOO to im
prove tlie grandstand bleachers and
fence; S9OO had to go Into the lengu i
guarantee fund; SSOO went for uni
forms, equipment, etc.; $1,275 was the
cost of railroad fares, hoarding, lodg
ing, etc., while the team was being
gotten together, making a total of $4,-
493.
The club now has SBOO In the league
treasury; it has an improved grand
stand, bleachers, etc.; has two play
ers (Kelly and Burgess) who cost
SSOO, and eight other players and SSOO
worth of equipment. All of Its open
accounts In Augusta have been paid
and the only money owed ia to the
league, which Is $1,790. It Is estimat
ed that the club’s assots are fully $3,-
000.
A good aeason ts expected next year.
THOS. E. WATSON
NOT TO RETRIED
BT JUDGE SPEER
Judge Speer Has Filed a Cer
tificate of Disqualification in
Case and it Will Not Come Up
in Augusta at This Term of
Court.
The case against Thomas E. Watson,
editor of tlie Jeffersonian Magazine and
the Weekly Jeffersonian, will not be
tried at (lie coming session of I lie
United States court In Augusta. Mr.
Watson ia charged with sending obscene
matter through the malls.
The news that he will not he tried
wma received In tlie following despatch
from Macon Saturday morning:
Macon, Qa.—United States District.
torney Earle M. Donaldson stated today
that Judge Emory Speer had filed a cor
tlflcate of dlsnualiflentlon in tho Wat
son case and as no other Judge had been
designated to preside it was very prob
able that the ease would not ho called
at (Ids session of tlie court In Augusta.
Mr. Watson was Indicted several years
ago and tlie Indictment was quashed by
Judge Foster presiding for Judge Spec,.
The lasi grand jury, whan Judge Shep
pard held court here, also found an in
dictment, hut It doesn't seem likely that
the case wild he, tried any time soon.
BUCK UP.
Cut out this talk about your luck
And figure irnore about your pluck.
In fine
Remember that when things go wrong
’Tls just the time to buck up strong;
Don’t whine.
Some think the others have the luck.
Well, let ’em havo it. Just you buck
The line.
Put up a good an : sturdy fight
And things will romo your way all
right.
Don’t whins.
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5 to 10 O’Clock
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Ladies’ long sleeve knit Corset Covers,
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Boys’ Grey Sweaters at 25c
Men’s regular 50c Negligee Shirts
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Good line of Roman stripe Ribbons
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