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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22. Is Trade That Cosnes to Augusta From Points Along the Augusta-Aiken Interurban Line Worth Keeping ? It Amounts to Probably Quarter of a Million a Year Proposed Increase of Trolley Fares 100 Per Cent Will, if Granted, Turn Away From Augusta at Least Half of This Retail Business, Yet People of Aiken County Who Are Customers of Augusta Have Been Left to Fight Single- Handed---Believed Now That the Fight is Lost Unless Something is Done and Done Quickly Here in Augusta to Save the Situation---Augusta’s Apparent Indifference is Resented Across the River. WALTER E. DUNCAN, Staff Correspondent, The Augusta Herald. If an Augusta factory or an Augusta industry which turns loose in Augusta $200,000 a year should suddenly announce its intention of mov ing away to some other city, it is only reasonable to suppose that the people of Augusta would at least concern themselves enough to invite the manufacturer to reconsider and remain in Augusta. Trade is not so plentiful right now that Augusta can afford to lose SIOO,OOO or $200,000 a year that now comes here. At least, it is worth try ing to keep if it can be kept. Yet, when week before last the petition of the Rail way and Electric Corporation, asking that the corporation he allowed to increase the passenger fares on the Interurban lines 100 per cent, was heard before the South Carolina Railroad Commission in Columbia, the only representatives of Augusta present at that hearing, at that critical time, were the representatives of the Augusta-. Liken Railway and Elec tric Corporation urging that the petition be granted. Not a word of protest from an Augusta business of commercial or ganization was heard. Thq fighting was left entirely to the people of Aiken and other places along the line In Aiken County—the very people whose $200,000 a year in trade Augusta business houses are receiving, and at least a big part of which Augusta will lose if passenger fares on the interurban line are increased. In other words, to be able to trade in Augusta and patronize Augusta stores, the 15,000 people living along the Augusta-Aiken interurban line must fight for the privilege, or dig down into their pockets and pay just twice as much for transportation to the Augusta market as at present— as far as Augusta is concerned, anyway. That is the situation. And unless something is done and done quick ly, passenger fares on the Interurban are going to be increased, perhaps doubled- for even the legal representatives of the people on the other side of the Savannah River who were at the hearing frankly admit that they fear the Railroad Commission will grant the Augusta-Aiken Rail way and Electric Company’s petition unless additional protests are made —and when the 15,000 customers of Augusta retail stores living along the route of the interurban line find that they can come to Augusta only by paying twice the fares they have been paying for the past twelve years —fares thr.t they consider excessive—fewer of the 16,000 are coming to spend their money in Augusta. A Dangerous Sentiment. As a matter of fact, there is devel oping at Aiken and at other places along the Augusta-Aiken Railway and 'Electric Corporation’s line in Aiken County a sentiment favoring boycot ting Augusta retail stores as far as is possible, unless in appreciation of the trade which comes to Augusta from the other side of the river Au gusta business interests do not join them even now at the last moment in the fight they are making. They feel, these customers of Augusta, that they have been left with the bag to hold Augusta has not concerned herself about the mattei until now. They have spent their own money sending counsel to Columbia, and they have thereby manifested their desire to continue spending their money in Au gusta, but so long as Augusta is will ing to sit supinely by with folded hands, apparently silently supporting the Augusta-Aiken Railway & Electric Corporation in its efforts to double the fares, they feel quite naturally that if Augusta can get along with out their trade they can get along well without buying in Augusta. 20,000 Customers. The Augusta-Aiken interurban line is one of Augusta’s best feeders. Along the line between Augusta and Aiken are Belvedere, Clearwater, Johnstown, Bath, Warrenville, Glov erville, Langley and Graniteville. Liv ing in these towns and ajdacent -thereto and in Aiken they sppnd an nually in Augusta —$200,000 —is ex tremely low. It will amount to more than a quarter of a million dollars. For twelve years, ever since the inter urban line began operation, these peo ple have been acquiring the habit of trading in Augusta. For 25 cents they could run into Augusta from the farthest point on the line. It is a fact that can be proven that since the interurban line began operation the stores in Aiken, a town with a popu lation of more than 4,000 and with up wards of 6,000 during the winter sea son, have not carried the same class of goods as before. The merchants of Aiken have lost in trade to the mer chants of Augusta. So deeply did the accommodations afforded by the in terurban line cut into the trade of one of the leading dry goods stores of Aiken that the concern moved to Edgefield. Those that are left in Aiken would today not only a doubling of the trolley fares, but would be well pleased if the cars would discon.inue operation. No Help From Augusta. A few days before the hearing of the petition of the Augusta- Aiken railway & Electric Cor poration, praying that it be per mitted to increase the passenger rates, Mayor Herbert E. Gyles of Aiken, conferred with the secret tary of the Merchants and Manu facturers}' Association of Augusta and asked that the people of Aiken be joined In protesting and com batting the petition by that asso ciation. He received little en couragement. “I was informed,” Mr. Gyles said , * "that the Merchants rnd Manu facturers' Association had inves tigated the matter and that it did not feel that it ought to take any action in the mater. I was sur prised. I thought that the Mer chants and Manufacturers’ Asso eiation was the Au gusta’s business interests.” v Mr. Lombard Brinson, secretary of the Merchants and Manufac ture’ Association. *tate<T>e*ter day that the association had taken no hand In the matter for the reason that it did not believe the petition would be granted by the South Carolina Railroad Com mission, „.. . "We feel that the fight could better he made by the people along the line than by us.” he said. I -. told Jfr. Gyles so when he talked with me" Had Heard from Corporation. Mr Brinson admitted that a repre sentative of the Augusta-Aiken Rail way * Eelectric Corporation. Mr Wood, had appeared before a com mittee of the Merchants and Manu facturers’ Association and discussed ' the proposed increase of passenger rntes on the interurban line, and that after the showing made then. It was decided that no action should be taken. The people living along the Inter urban line were not given an oppor tunity to be represented at that hear ing. A Meeting Called. When informed by The Herald yes terday that the South Carolina Rail road Commission, which after the hearing week before last reserved its decision, will in all likelihood grant the petition of the Augusta Railway & Electric Corporation, unless further protests are made—it being under stood that two of the three commis sionprs regard the proposition favor ably—and that the people on the other side of the river are very much ex ercised over the apparent indifference of the business interests of Augusta in the matter, Mr. Brinson conferred with the chairman of the street rail way committee, and after going over the matter with him, dispatched a telegram to each of the three South Carolina Railroad Commissioners ask ing that the decision be held up until a statement showing the expenses and revenue of the interurban line could be secured from the Augusta- Aiken Railway & Eelectric Corpora tion and representations made by ths association. At 11 o’clock tomorrow morning a meeting of the street railway commit tee and the transportation committee of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association will be held, at which time action will be considered. In view of the telegrams sent to Colum bia it is presumed to be the intention to at that time ask the Augusta-Aiken Railway & Electric Corporation for a statement of business done on the in terurban line covering a normal period of time. Wouldn’t Show Books. At the hearing before the South Carolina Railroad Commission it is understood that the claim was made by representatives of the Augusta- Aiken Railway & Eelectric Corpora tion that the interurban line is not making expenses. An estimate of the revenue and the expenses was made by Mr. Pardee, but Mr. Gyles of Aiken, and others who were present at the hearing declare that Mr. Pardee- ad mitted when questioned closely that his estimate might be far below or far above the actual figures and that they were only estimates which might be cut into half and then not hit the nail on the head. At the Columbia hearing the Augusta-Aiken Railway & Elec tric Corporation declined to sub mit its books showing the actual business done by the interurban line. . A Comparison. It is understood that the contention of the Augusta-Aiken Railway & Electric Corporation is based upon the fact that It is not receiving fares on the interurban line between Augusta and Aiken in conformity with the fares .charged on other interurban lines, and the Duke System of Inter urban railways in the Piedmont sec tion of South Carolina is cited as an instance. The people of Aiken County contend that while the fares on the Duke System are based on the shorter rail road mileage between the same points served by the Interurban line, the ac commodations on the Duke trolleys are superior to those of the steam railroads—faster time is made, there are through cars with separate coaches for white and colored passen gers. smoking compartments, comfort able seats and toilets, while the ac commodations on the Augusta-Aiken line are not to be considered Only after many representations made to the corporation did the South Caro lina Railroad Commission at last suc ceed in forcing it to partition the cars, dividing the white and colored pas senger*. The straw seats are uncom fortable. An hour and a half Is re quired to make the trip of a fraction more than 23 miles between Augusta and Aiken and should a car leaving the terminal station in Augusta stop to take on or let off passengers at each of the stations between that point and the passenger depot In Aiken—as Is oftentimes the case— would atop exactly 75 times during the one trip. There are no Rmoking com partments. no toilets, and Ice water Is not provided on the cars. During the intense cold weather of the past few 'lays the heating ar rangements of the Augusta-Aiken Interurban cars havs been so Inferior that It has been, on some of the cars at least, not only very uncomfortable but little better than a punishment for the passengers to ride. The Belvedere Contention, i People living at Belvedere presented at the- hearing in Columbia, through their representative, a legal point, it is claimed that many of these peo ple purchased lots at Belvedere on representations made to them by a land company owned and operated by tli-3 same company which owned and operated the trolley line that a flve cent fare would obtain between Au gusta and Belvedere. With that un derstanding and assurance, these peo ple built homes at Belvedere. Most of them are in business in Augusta. Others have children attending the schools here and in North Augusta. To double the fare between Belvedere and Augusta is, they contend, an In justice and works a hardship upon them. It is stated that the land at Belve dere was bought up by the land com pany at something ’ like sls an acre. One 50x100 foot vacant lot was sold at Belvedere not many months ago for $1,600. It is stated by a resident of Belve dere that the matter will be taken in to the courts beforq the people there will submit to an increase in the trol ley fares, and at Aiken the disposi tion is to fight to the end. With the people who want to trade in Augusta worked up to such a frame of mind, even though they re sent Augusta’s apparent indifference in the matter so far, and with the pro posed increase in fares almost a cer tainty, unless further protests are made. If what those who have been actively protesting against the Au gusta-Aiken Railway & Electric Cor poration’s petition have reason to be lieve can be relied upon, is it not time for Augusta to wake up and do what can be done even at the eleventh hour to savo to herself that portion of the trade that comes from the other side of the river which will not come if the trolley rates are doubled or in creased? BON I HELP IS HERE IN dEH Carload Arrived Yesterday From North. Will Prepare for Opening of the Hostelry on December 16th. The Bon Air Hotel will open on De cember 16th. A splendid season is ex pected by Manager Trussell. On yes terday a carload of help strived from New York and will bo busily engaged in cleaning up the building and grounds from now until the opening day. The Partridge inn opened some time ago and has a considerable number ol guests. The Hampton Terrace will open soon after the Christmas holidays. SPECIAL TAX MUST BE PAID BY NOV. 30 Internal Revenue Collector Harry W. Perkins Receiving the Returns. Certain persons, firms, companies and corporations in Augusta, a« welL as in every other city in the United States, liable to special tax under the revenue act of October 22, 1314, more familiarly known now as the ’’war tax," must make their returns to Deputy U. S. Col lector of Internal Revenue Harry W. Perkinß, by November 30th, one week from tomorrow, or be subject to fines and penalties imposed by law. Mr. Perkins for the past few weeks has been extraordinarily busy, spending most of his time on the streeL collect ing the special tax. Were it not for him keeping close behind the places subject to the special tax, the money would come in very slow. The special tax-year begins on July Ist of each year and ends on the 30th of June following. Special tax liability is reckoned from the first of the month during which business is commenced and ends with the tax year. According to the official announcement made here, under the act of October 22, 1914, the Kpecial taxes imposed for the tax year ending June 30, 1911, are payable dur ing the month of November, 1914, and will be reckoned as from the first day of that month. On the reverse side of the special forma that are filled out by those lia ble to this special tax Is a list of the articles taxable and the amount of an nual tux to each. The amount now duq however, is but for eight-twelfths, or two-thirds, of the annual amount stated. Manufacturers of cigarettes, cigars and tobacco, of which Augusta has none, are taxed according to the amount of their annual sales. Manufacturers of cigars, whose annual sales exceed 40,- 000,000 cigars, must pay a tax amount ing to $2,496 a year. There is a cigar manufactory here, ’ but its tax will be nothing like this. CIVIC IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE ASKS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS The Civlo Improvement League of the colored people of Augusta is an nouncing Thanksgiving Day as a day of general contribution for the work of that organization. It Is well to make this appeal for the poor and destitute during these cold hard days. The league Is ssklng that every mem ber of the race be ready to make some contribution w.,en tagged on Thanks giving Day. Let this taj day he a day of free will offering for the cause of up lifting. Boys' suite and pants, a full line, at Martin's. Oo you know of any other improvement you can make to your home that will add eo much to Its intrinsic value ae having it wired for elec tricity? THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, GA. Phoenix Printing Company Now in Their New Quarters at 627 Broad Street Have One of the Most Complete and Modernly Equipped Print ing Establishments in the South---Have Added Attractive Line of Office Furniture, Stationery, Etc. 1 ew people in Augusta realize the immensity of the present plant of the Phoenix Printing company, which re cently moved into new and more com modious quarters, 627 Broad street. Formerly its home was at 715 Ellis street, but on account of the large In crease of business this removal was found necessary, hence on the four teenth of the present month the vast maeinery, type, office, fixtures, etc., wore installed in the present home. There is a hit of very Interesting history connected with this modern and up-to-date printing establishment, which will be read with no little de gree of interest by the thousands of friends of the present proprietors Rack in the early year of 1577 the founder of the present large business, Mr. Thad C. Jowitt, Sr., established a small ‘'print-shop” on Broadway, or rather, what was then known ns the old Opera House alley. The place of business was of course small, hut to him a very important one a mere hole, as It may he termed, l.ater lio moved to other quarters, this time further down Broadway, upstairs, and Increased his force three or four peo ple. Tn the meantime his business kept growing. Here he remained for some time, but the building was eventually destroyed by fire, which necessitated another move. This time in the rear of the old Arlington hotel, on Ellis street, near Jackson. Not for once did the pioneer printer become dis couraged. Pluck and determination were some of his good qualities and characteristics. Once more was it pre destined that tiic home of the little print shop he destroyed by flames, but Phoenlx-llke, It soon arose from Its ashes and with hard labor and energy was in a short time in an entirely new ‘‘dress,’’ together with the newest and most modern machinery for the several departments, employing a competent force of skilled artists and took the initiative as "preservers of the art pre servative.” Having had his usual foresight tn training his two sons In all departments, he retired (this was some eight years agol. Thus it will be clearly seen that the present large plant is the untiring effort of brains and conservative business dis cipline. The present homo of this modern printery is one of the most ideal for a business of this kind that you would find anywhere. Three floors are em ployed, comprising 16,000 square feet. Being desirous of leading in their lino and feeling that Augusta needs a thor oughly modern appointed printing es tablishment, the present proprietors, and sons of the pioneer printer, Messrs. Changes Now Taking Place on Bay Street Obliterating Many Quaint and Interesting Landmarks Here Is Suggested That, if Possible, Transplant Some of the Beau tiful Trees to Augusta’s Parks-- There’s An Irish Yew in Yard of Richards Home---A Bit of Interesting History. The changes now taking place in Augusta will obliterate many land marks in her history. The building of the levee alone has necessitated the demolishing of homes that once repre sented all that was worth while in her domestic and social life. Especially does the sweeping away of the homes along Bay street between Center and Lincoln streets destroy what to the historian and the lover of the quaint and picturesque Is the most Interest ing portion of Augusta. At one time Ray street within the limits men tioned was the center of the city’s so cial life. Tiny quaint old houses they seem to us now but men and women of culture and fine social position dis pensed within their walls a gracious hospitality. Some of them must once have boasted grounds of considerable extent for there are still to be seen rare trees and shrubs long since out of fashion and some of them almost extinct. It Is a pity that all these things that are associated with the beauty and grace of an historic! past should pass Into oblivion. Might it not be possible to save some of these old fashioned trees and shrubs for the coming generations, who may know more of what Nature has so lavishly bestowed upon us than the present utilitarian race. Thero is, feu example. In the garden of the old Richards place, on Bay street, corner of Elbert, a tree rare and beautiful the Irish yew. Whether It would bo possible to trans plant It or to secure a slip from It I do not know,-but It would be an orna ment to our city parks. There Is In the same garden a hedge of the sweet laurel, much beloved by our grand mothers, who used It not only as the ornament of their gardens, but as ths flavoring for certain dishes. Many other old-fashioned favorites, the sweet-shrub, the lantena, the spieras and the snowball, are waiting there the ruin that Is to overtake them. Would thit some lover of these -mute children of beauty might find a place for them In some corner of his own garden or in the city parks. The Richards home, which up to a few months ago was occupied and had been for many years by the family of Mr. Joseph Milligan Richards, was originally the old rectory of Bt. Paul's c hurch. Several years after Dr. C. C. Williams came to Augusta the new Gieerie street rectory wax built. Pro vlous to that, for nearly over half a century, the Richards home had been Kt. Paul's rectory. The Rev. William Henry Clarke, who preceded Dr. Wil liams as rector of Bt. Paul’s, was a great lover of flowers and his quslnt did garden Is still recalled by older Augustan*. Fragrant old-time little Roman hyacinths bordered all the beds, that are still laid out. in the same quaint patterns. Previous to Mr. Clarke’s occupancy of the rectory It was the home of the Rev. and Mrs. Edwin Ford, so far many year* It has been hallowed by a religious Influence,' as It were, and the flowers have been characteristic of old-time sentiment The old Irish yew tree was planted In the years that are gone by the Rev Dr. Ford. Supplementing It was a magnificent rosebush which was trailed In the shape of a cross. When In bloom, which It was almost all the year round, the cross was a gorgeous Beddings and Thad C. Jowitt, have just installed a complete outfit of steel dio and copper plate engraving presses which wilt enable this old and popular firm to do all kinds of engraving, call ing card 4 society ami wedding station ery. emobsßing, lithographing, etc., that hereto could not be supplied by an Augusta firm, all orders for this high-class work being sent to out-of town concerns. They have also added a new two-color Mlehle press, which will enable the plant to do all classes of color work. This Is one of the most Important acquisitions to Augusta's list of modern and up-to-date industries that lias been noted in a long time, and one tho citizens of the city will read with tho greatest Interest. It not only attests to Augusta’s thrift and Improve ment, but also to tho fact that Messrs. Jowitt have confidence in their unlive town and feel that, by continued ap plication to business, giving the trade the best fTTtve ■ to bo had in printing art, they will fill a long-felt want. They have also installed 20 electric motors, generating the current direct to each and every machine, thus sav ing the annoyance and "old-time method” of having shafts running the entire length of the hulldtng In ordef to transmit the power. All floors are equipped with tile latest system of In tercommunication telephones, Which Is a great convenience to firms of tho immensity and Importance as Is this one. The dressing rooms for their em ployes nre provided with lookers and shower baths; there is reallv nothing lacking that could make It more mod ern in Its every appointment. Another and important method employed l>y the Bboenlx Printing company is tho use of transveyers for transferring printed and blank stock front one place in tho establishment to another. This sa.ves constant handling and reduces the cost of production. The Jowitt brothers will carry a large stock of office furniture and fix tures, Including desks and filing de vices, both wood ami steel, and nil tho latest supplies of every kind for the office. In other words, it will he tho aim of this progressive firm to keep in stock anything the business man may wish, and to supply his every need In printing, lithographing, engraving, steel die, embossing and exquisite crest, monogram and Initial social stationery. Tho Messrs. Jowltts will be pleased to see their friends at any time In their new quarters, nnd have you Inspect nnt of the finest and best equipped plants in the South. A warm welcome awaits you at all hours of the day. mass of pure white blossoms. The yew tree signified death and the cross twined with exquisite flowers eternity, and the floral or horticultural com bination spoke eloquently of the long gone past, when this *ll e was one of the few notable ones Iri the city, then comparatively now. Another bunch of plants or trees that would show effectively in a pub lic park are the japonlcaa that are at the old Joslnh Sibley home, now owntjd and occupied by W. T. llanklnson. And still another tree of historical value, as It were, is the weeping willow that grows In thn Ham Denning gar den at the foot of Lincoln street. The Denning place was owned many years ago by the Galrdners. English people, MaJ. J. T. Gatrdner having served with distinction under Wellington. The tree Is grown from a scion taken from the grave of the great Napoleon Rona parto. Just why Major Gatrdner plant ed this tree In his garden is not known, possibly It was to keep In perpetual re membrance the fact that the great Na poleon was a thing of the past. It might be r good Idea to plant this tree also In one of the publlo parks. INSTALLATION OE OF C. OFFICERS To Be Conducted at 4 O’Olock This Afternoon By State Deputy M. 0. Carroll, Jr., of Atlanta. There will be an Installation of of ficers in the Patrick Walsh council, No. 677, Knights of Columbus, this afternoon at 4 o’clock. In the K. of G. hall. State Deputy M. C. Carroll, Jr., of Atlantic will conduct the Installa tion. The following are the newly-elected officers to be Installed: Grand Knight, C. C. Mulherfn Deputy Grand Knight, J. T. Fogarty, chancellor, W M Nlron Warden. George C. Meadowcroft. Financial Secretary, R. B. Heslen. Recording Secretary, C. V. Mark waiter. Treas'irer. C. J. Sweeney. Inside Guard, F. J Bherman. Outside Guard, Albert Markwalter. Lecturer, J. J. Tarleton. ANNUAL THANKSGIVING SERVICES THURSDAY A. M. All the churches of the Ministerial Al liance will hold their annual Thanks giving service Thursday morning st 11 o’clock at th* First Presbyterian church. Dr. W. It. Dillard, pastor of the HL Jsm»» Methodist church, will preside. Offerings will he sent for the relief of the homeless Belgians. Suits, $9.50. $11.25, sls end $13.75, all wool, 'nicely made. F. G. Martin’s. Bankers Sound Note of Warning; Say Conditions To Be Distressing Unless Farmers Sell Some Cotton One Banker Says By Refusing to Sell Cotton Farmers Are Checking Evidences of Prosperity Which Are Being Mani fested in Other Sections SAYS HONEST FARMERS WILL GO TO CREDITORS AND MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR LIQUIDATION OF INDEBTEDNESS Enormous Stock of Cotton in Augusta Now and Many Thous ands of Bales Being Held on the Farm, All of Which Farm ers Refuse to Sell. Bankers of Augusta nre a unit in de claring that there is absolute neces sity for farmers to sell a largo portion of their cotton. Of course, they are not referring to farmers who do not owe money, for they can do ns they please, but there are comparatively few farmers who do not owe money that their creditors are In great and pressing need of now. "I ant not an alarmist,” said one prominent banker yesterday, “but with nearly 160,000 halos In Augusta now unsold, with cotton stacked up In front of almost every farm house and with an apparent resolute determination ot many farmers not to sell no matter how badly their creditors may bo pressed for money, I fear that there will be numerous financial embarrass ments after tho Christmas holidays. One who makes a day-light trip from Augusta to Atlanta will lie convinced of (lie truth of the assertion that there are many thousands of trnles lying in the yards of farm houses, in addition to tlie hundreds of thousands that are lu warehouses in tills section of the South, and (lie owners do not have any notion of selling. Checking the South, ‘‘By their refusal to sell their cot ton the farmers are cheeking In the South the evidences of returning pros perity which are manifesting them selves In other portions of the coun try. They are holding their cotton, causing It to do neither them nor their creditors any good. They should know that the war is to be of long duration and that it will be a long, long time before they see ten cents cotton again. Then, too, by holding this crop they are piling up a tremendous surplus, which will help bear down the prices of next year’s crop. I maintain that 1 am l'ar from an alarmist, but .if the farmers do not sell their cotton and llciuldato some of their Indebtedness there Is ijrotng to bo a grave crisis In Ihe South; there will bo bankruptcies In startling quantities and the bard times we shall see will he the worM In many years, possibly In the history of thlH section of the South, barring the civil war. The Honest Farmer. "The honest farmers will go to tlielf creditors and make sotna arrangements for their Indebtedness. They will find those whom they owe most reasonable people, willing to meet them half way and do anything to help them next R. R. Commission to Consider Tuesday Petition to Take Off Georgia Trains Expected That Picayune Pa trons Will Make Strong Pro test to Taking Off Early Morning Train Into Augusta MANY THINK FAST TRAINS SHOULD BE ONES TAKEN OFF IF ANY TRAINS ARE TO GO People Between Augusta and Thomson Would Rather Have No Fast Trains and Oo Back to Old Midnight Express. Say Through Travel Being Built Up at Expense of Local Travel On Tuesday the Georgia, railroad com mission will consider the question of tl|e Georgia railroad taking off Iwo of Its trains. Horn# time ego a petition wa* filed hy the railroad officials re questing permission to tako off the train which arrives here at 11 o'clock each morning and leaves at 4:45 p. m. This train comes from and ••eturns to Union Point. The commission wa* asked In the same petition for permission to lake off the two fast trains, one of which arrive* in Augusta each day at 6:25 p. rn. and the other leaves at 12:80 p. m. for Atlanta. However, Oene.ral Manager Wlekersham subsequently an nounced that" inasmuch as traval was picking up a little ha would not ask for permission to take off the fast trains. The question wa* raised that the peo ple between Camak and Union Point would not be served hy the proper train service if the so-called Buckhead train, due here at 11 a. m., was taken off, be cause It would compel them to spend the night in Auguata whenever they came here. In deference to them the rail road officials decided to change their Plan* and ask for the picayune, that comee Into the city at S:4S a m., to he abolished, anu also the Ruckhend going out al 4.45 p. m., and allow ths pica ynne to run to Union Point. That meant that the train arriving at 3:45 a. ni. and Ihe one leaving at 4:46 p. m. would run no longer If the railroad com mission allowed tile road to take .them off. However, the abollton o f the pica yune train Into Augusta, which service I* time honored In the history of the Georgi i road, and the plan to have the first train Into Augusta each day at 11 o'clock a. m. Immediately aroused the commuters and other patrons of that train between Augusta and Thomson and they are protesting vigorously for the retention of the picayune and do not care particularly whether the Buckhead Is kept on or not. They want to get Into Augusta to their work early such morning; they eay they have purchased homes along the line of road because of the picayune bringing them to the city each day In time for their work and they do not care whether the picayune conies from Union Point. MllledgevlUe, Camak, Ms con or Athens. Just so It comes slong In time to get them to Auguste about 2 o'clock. Bo there will be conflicting year. But tho merchants, the cotton factors and tho hankers cannot extend credit to people who refuse to regard their obligations and arbitrarily fix a price of ten cents on their cotton and tell their creditors they will not sell until it reaches this figure. They vir tually tell their creditors to go hang when they ask for payment of debts. ”1 repeat, nnd you cannot make It too strong, that the honest farmer is going to tils creditors, lay all of his cards on the table and make some ar rangements for paying all or large portions of bis indebtedness. He must do this or the business depression we tlilnk we are experiencing will bo In significant by comparison to what we shall see after Ehrlstmas. Be Just to Creditors. "A farmer should calmly sjialy*» the situation and be just to his cred itors. Talk about hard times, why the farmers who have not paid any of Uielr debts haven't felt the hard times. They have been able to sell their cot ton seed, some potatoes and other ar ticles, In addition to a few bales of cotton, and have lived all right. But what about the country merchant, tho city merchant, the country banker and the city hanker whom they owe? Do not these people have their obligations to meet? Of course they do, and they are the ones on whom the brunt of the hard times Is falling. All of us know that tho law of supply and de mand governs prices nnd this year vvltii a bumper cotton crop and a largely curtailed demand we shoqld expect nothing else besides low prices. We would have had low prices even though there had been no war, al though 1 do not. of course, pretend to say that they would have been as low, as now. Over 145,000 Bales. "Our more than 145,000 bales of co4-i ton in Augusta now, If sold, would bring over $5,000,000, and suppose this money was turned over ten times. $50,000,0110 of debts would be paid. I do not say that a farmer should sail all of his cotton but it Is not fair to his creditors for him to hold it all. If he doesn't, want to pay all of his in debtedness at least give his creditors some of his cotton as security, be cause when they cannot collect money that Is due them they have to ask for extensions from those whom they om and additional collateral is asked of them.” opinions and interests represented at the meeting of the railroad commission Tuesday when the matter will be heard, aml f>< i: mlily decided. Take Off Fast Train. There are a great many patron* of the Georgia railroad who think that If any of the trains are to he taken off they should be the two fast trains that make only eight stops between Augusta and Atlanta and which serve no local patrons of the road. The first stop of the fast train that leaves here at 12:80 each day 1» at Thomson, 37 miles from Augusta. When the fast train service wa* In augurated the si'tiediilea of the night trains were changed and InHtead of leaving here at 12:15 a. m. and making stops at various station*, the night ex press now leaves here at 2 a. nt. and makes only about the same number of stops ns the fast trains In the day time. The express, which left Atlanta about 1 a. m. and arrived her at 7:15 a. m., also made stops at towns like Orove 'town, Harlem, etc., whereas It now ar rives at 2:20 s m. sod does not .g at these places Now, If the picayune should ho taken off people between Augusta, and Camak anxious to come to August* could not. reach here until Id e. m. For merly they could arrive at 7:15 a. m. and 8:45 a .ni. Now they can arrive at 3:45 a m., and, as stated. If the new ar rangement goee through they cannot ars rive until II a. m. _ _ People between August*, and Thom son Infinitely prefer the old eystem that* the present one and their protest will grow even stronger against the proposed additional change The outcome of ths case will he watched with Interest General Manager Wlekersham, In * recent statcm.nl. declared that the Georgia was the last road to ask to take off Iraln* and that ho was trying tot take off ns few as possible. Patrons of the road assert that they) appreciate Mr. Wlekersham’* efforts td give good service, but that hv is mak ing things hard for th* local travel** and correspondingly adding to the conn fort of the through traveler. NOTED WMM DOCTOR SPEAKS HERE THEM Public School Teachers Will Hear Dr. Caroline Oeisel aft Tubman---Public Also Invit«4 Instead of meeting in regular session the teacher* of the white publlo schools of Augusta, at the request of Superin tendent of Schools Lawton B. Evan*, will attend a lecture on "Health,” td he delivered Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock at the Tubman high school by Dr. Caroline Gelsel a noted authority on questions of civic benefit, under thS auspices of the Woman’s Club of this city. The public Is Invited. This Tuesday Is th* regular day fog the meeting of the teachers’ normal class, which Is divided Into two s*c< lions, under Buperlntendent Divans and Mr. T. 11. Garrett, respectively. Shirts, 75c, $1 and $1.(0 at Martin’* FIVE