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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24. Total Cost ot a Road Kept Good Until the Bonds Are Paid oft D. C. —While it is fre quently easy for a county to issue bonds and borrow money for improv ing the local highways, the raising of the money to retire those bonds at maturity is often not so simple. Many counties, in borrowing money for bonds, figure that the amount of mon ey raised represents the total cost of the road, forgetting that the road must be maintained and repaired if, at the end of the term of the bonds, the county is to have anything to show for its investment. The question of financing country road building is discussed fully in De partment of Agriculture Bulletin No. 136, entitled “Highway Bonds,” which is written by the Office of Public Roads in Collaboration with James W. Glov er. professor of mathematics and in surance. University of Michigan. In tills bulletin the authors discuss fully the various methods of financing road building and retiring debts for road lonstruction, and also deal frankly with the actual total cost ot a road during the life of the bonds. On the total cost of a. road, the authors cite the following two examples as afford ing at least a basis for estimating the total minimbum cost of a mile of road: Total Cost of a Mile of Road Built With 20-year Bonds. Bituminous-macadam: Cost of construction ($10,500) under 5 per cent serial bond with interest for 20 years $16,012.50 Cost of annual repair and maintenance ($600) for 20 years 12,000.00 Total cost for 20 years... .$28,012.50 Brfckj WESTPORT QUAR TER SIZES. 2for 25 CENTS Correct cut-away shape to satisfy fashion’s edict and the Easy-Tie-Slide-Space to satisfy comfort and convenience, found in all w/ion Collars America United Shirt Sc Collar Co., Troy, N. Y. Jt./Hri e/ LION SHIRTS. Sjjo U J-. 00 A residence without eloetrio eorvico it scarcely more mod ern today than a residence without water service. Do your Christmas shop ping early and avoid the rush. There’s no time like the present. It will pay to say “I saw it in The Herald.” PIANO LESSONS. BARRINGTON BRANCH Peabody Conservatory Piano diplo ma. 1909: subsequently studied in Berlin, Vienna and London with GABRILOWITSCH, GODOWSKY, and MARK HAMBOTTRG. Telephone 6988. IN MEMORIAM ANNA E. JESSUP DIED NOVEMBER 22, 1914. Another life is ended; another home o'ershadowed; tnother mother has gone! Across the trackless way—into the land of light, she has passed forevermore. Strange and paradoxical though it may sound, I am both glad and sorry lam sorry to lose the best and truest friend I ever had on earth, yet I am glad to know that her gentle and unobtrusive spirit is at rest in the vast protectorate of God Were there no such thing as divine dispensation, this visitation would be unbearable: its mystery would be In explicable. The most appropriate sentence that I can recall at this moment, is the one attributed to the late President Mc- Kinley, which he spoke to those who watched by his bed side at Buffalo, N. Y He said: “It’s God’s Way—His will be done.” Such words remove from a sorrow much of Its tragic aspect. They throw a light on Its darker side. They sweeten its bitterness. They lend to It a beauty all their own. She has Joined lhat brilliant throng beyond the river, in that gorgeous world which lies beyond the pale of earthly things, so remote from all that we have ever seen or known. that distance has no meaning, and It will be to me at least, as it was to the famoti English laureate, when he said of his friends Arthur Henry Hallem: “Yet in these ears till hearing dies, fine set. slow bell will seem to toll The passing of the sweetest sou) That ever looked with human eyes.” E. S J. under 5 per cent serial bond with interest for 20 years 26,426.73 Cost ot annual repair and maintenance ($300) for 20 years 6,000.00 Total cost for 20 years . . . .$32,426.73 The authors point hut that the ac tual cost of building and maintaining a specific highway can be determined only after the character and volume of traffic and actual wear and tear have been studied for a series of years. The figures quoted above, of course, will not apply to ordinary macadam, gra vel or clay roads, but in all these cases the interest on the bonds must be met, and there must be expenditures to maintain them in condition. The poor er the drainage and the less perma nent the character of the road founda tion, the greater must he the percent age that repair costs will hear to the fist cost. Similarly, the question, of whether the actual surfacing is de signed to withstand the character of traffic and weather to which it is sub jected also has an important bearing on what it will cost the countv to keep the road in such shape that when the bonds are paid the locality still will have a valuable property to show as a result of its borrowing and repayment. Speaking ... THE... Public Mind Help Augusta’s Poor. To The Herald: Would not those good women and ex cellent institutions, who are bending all their energies to help the stricken of the European war -one, at least share with what they obtain, with the suffering poor, expected in increased numbers. In our midst this winter? The Rockefeller Foundation Relief Ship has just arrived at Rotterdam with 32,000 tons of food to say nothing of similar ship-loads, al most weekly, from many 'other places throughout this country, New York alone has given -. 175.2-08 in money up to date, for the Red Cross and food and medical supplies. Even all this may not suffice to adequately relieve the situa tion. But should not a part of our charity begin at home, but not end there? is not a. division right, in this case? And what better dispenser of such charity than the Associated Charities of Augusta? And to what better cause can some of the money contributions be appropriated than to this necessary and praiseworthy organitlon, and to help maintain it, and thereby prevent its closing its doors, as threatened? It would be a dire calamity, and mortifica tion to see this done. So let it be hoped these zealous women will consider dividing the proceeds of their good work in the way of clothing, food and mon ey. JUSTICE. To the Herald: One seems to hear on all sides now expressions of the opinion that we should not help the Belgians with our charity but rather turn our benevo lence toward the indigent poor at home. I sincerely hope, and I cannot help but feel, that the people who express this thought have never really given the matter proper attention. What a revolting and humiliating proposition! To hear people crying out from the housetops and bewailing their mis erable little woes and their petty, in significant hard-luck stories in' the face of this stupendous and heart rending cataclysm of despair in Eu rope. gives one a feeling of disgust. Instead of rising in our Just indigna tion and strength as a young, rich and virile nation, and extending all of our help, instantly, immediately, to those destitute and broken people who have lost all, all, everything they had In the world, and who have nobody to look to on earth but us, —we must harden our hearts to them, foorsooth, and turn our attention to our own wretched poor at home WHOM WE NEGLECTED ALL THIS TIME! Do we need a staggering and pitiable cal lamlty like that in Belgium to make us attend to home charity? If half the city of Augusta were in THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, GA. 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Insist on "Brownatone” at your hair-' dresser's. Abide only by die Kenton Pharmacai Co.. ,)12 R, Pike St., Covington, Ky. Sold and recommended in Augusta by Green & Horsey Drug Co., and other leading dealers. ashes, half the men dead, and half the women and children wandering in the country round about without food, without blankets, without a place of shelter, then we should be somewhat justified in withholding half of our sympathy from Belgium and bestow ing it at home. But no. \Y p are all here. Our homes are still standing. We have got fuel and food (much more than enough for everybody) —Thanksgiving din ners, egad! The price of cotton is not unreasonable. The government has provided us against any fear of finan cial panic. And yet we cannot spare out of our abundance to give to a people which is crushed, as no nation on earth has been crushed, whose country is destroyed, and whose blood is crying from the ground. “By the way!” we say, “Haven't we got some poor devils somewhere around Here?” We had forgotten about them. Certainly we cannot help the Belgians. We can’t afford it. We must see about these poor devils. And we each forego maybe one cran berry from our groaning board and smirkingly present it, with a few brief and appropriate remarks, to Ihe Asso ted Charities. O, the shame of it'. Good people, don’t take away from the Belgians to give to your poor. If you have to give up something, may be one superfluous Christmas toy for your children, or one extra and un necessary article from your table, let not the recording angel write in the book beside your name that when the world was in its dire extremity you gave nothing. If you were going to distribute your charity at home, the time has not been lacking. One can almost hear an unearthly voice, borne on the wind across the desert of the years. “The poor ye have always with you; Me ye have not al ways.” ENOUGuT said. “How does the report begin?” de manded the king. "It is greatly to be regretted”— "Never mind the rest of it,” replied the king. “We were licked.”—Detroit Free Press. Bonaparte and Meyer May Tell Congress of Navy. S V .-. CHARLES BONEPARTE. Washington, D. C. —Representative Gardner, the vigorous advocate of a stronger navy is determined that the contemplated congressional hearing upon the inadequacy of the army and navy shall he widely comprehensive. Among those whom Mr Gardner will call when the hearing provided In his recent resolution Is adopted will be Charles J Bonaparte, formerly secre tary of the navy! George von L. Mey er, formerly secretary of the navy; Henry L. Htlmson, formerly secretary of war, and J. Bernard Walker, edi tor of a scientific magazine. The hear ing on Mr. Gardner's resolution for the appointment of ari Investigating com mission is expected to be set by Chair man Henry of the rulea committee, for tally in December, 10<tPURCHASE 31 V' • PjCT. THE SURETY COUPON ■Hi pw..-• i'm■V'j Surety Coupons Appeal to You More Strongly Than Any Other Trading Stamp. Last week on two occasions, we pave away sets of 30 Free Surety Coupons and are doing so Wednesday of this week, and will continue to do so at frequent intervals. In addition, we give Double Surety Coupons on groceries us well as other merchandise before noon and Saturday nights. THIS MEANS that you collect a full book of Coupons worth exactly $2.50 in practically half the time it takes to collect a book of other trading stamps, which makes The Collecting of Them Practically Twice as Profitable as the Collecting of Other Trading Stamps. AGAIN, the convenience of spending these books must appeal to all. Frequently it happens to any one that there are small items to be purchased, such as stationery, toilet goods, notions, neckwear, furniture polish, etc., which you are practically prohibited from buying with any other stamps, because with them, you must redeem the full book at one time. In the case of Surety Coupons, however, you are given in exchange for each full book, twenty five small certificates worth ten cents each, which.you can use in making purchases in amounts that small if you wish. Does this not appeal to you? And, Again, You DO Not Pay Anything Extra on the Merchandise you buy at White’s, due to Surety Coupmns, while parties who give other stamps have stated very plainly that it was necessary for them to Charge Extra an Amount Equal to the Cost of the Trading Stamps, and we believe their statement to be true as far as they are concerned. Because in Their Case, there is practically no profit in return, due to the fact that so many other parties give the same stamp and redemptions can be made anywhere. SURETY COUPONS are given by only one store in Augusta, J. B. White & Company, with the exception of gro ceries, of which there are quite a number of good accounts, and are given in acknowledgment of the continued pat ronage of its friends. When a book is started we know that to fill it the customer will make future purchases here and we are willing and glad to give the customer the money which would otherwise he expended in other channels of ad vertising to induce their future patronage. It is a “co-partnership” sort of affair and the Coupons represent the dividends to which the customer is justly entitled, because of her loyalty to this store. Collectors of Surety Coupons represent those who, at all times, Get The Most for Their Money, Because »i Ist—They buy at White’s where nothing is higher and the great majority of articles lower than elsewhere. 2nd—The Surety Coupons can be used in buying at Special Sales at White’s. For instance: Last week’s Cut Glass Sale where one book and 48c would have purchased values to $lO. 3rd—Because they get more Coupons on their purchases of a given amount than they can elsewhere. DECREE PRICES FOR FLOUR Ai POTATOES German Bundesrath in Mani festo Arranges for Sale Throughout German Empire Heavy Penalties for Violations. Berlin (via. The Hague and London, 10:47 a. m.) — The Bundesrath today is sued a decree fixing the price which growers are to charge for potatoes throughout the empire For purposes of classification the country lias been divided Into four sections. Thp first consists approxi mately of the territory to the east of the Elbe and here the price Is llxed at 2.79 marks (66 cents) per decaliter (9.08 quarts). The second section is the Kincdoni of .Saxony and the dis trict of Thuringia, where the price Is 6k 1-2 cents per decaliter. In the thir l action, which is northwestern Ger many. the price Is 71 cents and in the fourth section, comprising the west ern anti southern portions of the em plr>. 73 cents. These prices are for the best qualities. For inferior quali ties the price is six cents less. For 10 Days, Another measure adopted by tha bundesrath was to i rolong by 30 days the protest on hills of exchange Iri Al sace. I/orrnlne, East Prussia and a fen cities in West Prusa a Tile regular time of protest taken with this ex tension glees at present a protest period of 130 days. The bundesrath decree also that ev ery attempt to buy or sell gold coins of the empire at prices above their nominal value, or the aiding In sued transactions would he punished by Im prisonment for one year and a maxi mum fine of 9,000 marks (11,290*. At t ■ l , same tlin< tlm coll >. destined for such transactions would be confis cated. By City of Berlin. A decree lias been Issued for tie’ city of Beilin uud Lire province of 30 Surety Coupons FREE To Every Visitor Wednes day, Apply Stamp Desk, First Floor. THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY Brandenburg which sets forth that It is the dutyof everybody to supervise with care the use of wheat flour. Ba keries, hotels and restaurants using wheat flour must finish their baking before 2 |>. m. every day and they may not begin preparations for linking pre vious to K p. m. Wheat bread may not be placed freely at the disposal of guests In Inns, cases and restau rants (MYourliD olPimples = Pi ' byllslng CutioiraSo&D Exclusively And CuticuraOinfmenf occasion ally. They succeed when other* fail. Nothing Fietter at any price. Samples Free by Mall CiiMeum Suap end Otnf rn*nf gold throughout thr world Uhl li ofeti free, with 32-p *— l ' *.ei.ggg • ('.ottmirg." Ijgut. JMM HonUjw Oh! What Fun! Santa Claus , in New Y ork.T ells Folks How Joy ful this Christmas Will Be. Coming to White's Friday. Santa Glaus was 1n New York Monday after noon. He visited tile big stores In the tall buildings and told them about the won derful toys and everything he had for this Christ mas. Tomorrow he will he In Wash ington, to talk with President Wilson about the m e r r y' season coming, lie will encourage t h n Boy Scouts to dn their duty during the rush and hurry of the Christmas season. Then he will resume tits Journey South. When he arrive- Iri Augusta he expects to see every little boy and girl, who Is h friend of his, at White’s. His ruddy, smiling flic will be the signal for s «ood time. Remember that lie arrive* s.t 4 o’clock Frida; afternoon, and hewants you to be there. Santa Claus lia nuide the Journey here through snow and Ice and wind. Just to -c, hts little friends. He was warmly end snug ly tucked In his sleigh, but the Journey was a long one. Have you traveled very f.ir at i time? Isn't It tiresome, even If you are warm ly dressed? At White h* will have pretty little gifts for every little ho) and girl. He won't forget any of you, Be *ur<- to he there 10<tPtlRCHASE ■ V r KF S •' THE SURETY |COUPON| THREE