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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28
To Insure Promptness, Augustans
i Urged to Mail Xmas Gifts Early
Matter of Handling Christmas Mail, a Task to Behold, is One
Importance to Public As Well As Postoffice Department.
Augusta Patrons Asked to Help Prevent a Congestion.
The Augusta postoffice is in receipt
of a circular letter from Daniel C.
Roper, first assistant postmaster gen
eral, Washington, D. C„ on “Handling
Christmas Mail.” It is a vitally im
portant matter to both the public as
well as the department, for, if the peo
ple want the best the service can af
ford, th,ey are expected to co-operate
with the postoffice department in meet
ing certain requests made of
With the aid of the people of Augusta,
the local postoffice expects to fully
meet with the conditions.
“Extraordinary measures,” say the
circular, which is addressed to the
postmaster, "should be devised to
promptly dispatch and deliver mail
during the Christmas season and they
should be perfected well in advance of
the rush period. Mall must not be
permitted to accumulate and clerks and
80,000 Bales at the Atlantic States,
70,000 in Other Warehouses and
on the Streets ot Augusta Now
Augusta is Rapidly Moving Toward 200,000 Bale Mark,
Having Received More Than 150,000 Bales---Barrett &
Company Building Warehouse and Others May Follow.
f’here are more than 80,000 bales of
ton at the Atlantic States Ware
house and soon the great warehouse
will be filled to capacity. Including
the compress warehouse the Atlantic
States can hold about 100,000 bales of
cotton. There are more than 70,000
bales of cotton, with the exception of
several thousands on the streets, in
the local warehouses other than the
Atlantic States, the great majority be
ing in the various factors’ warehouses
on Reynolds, Eighth and Seventh
streets. Augusta, therefore, has more
than 150,000 bales of cotton in stock
and the staple continues to come in at
FI SCARE 111
AUGUSTA MILL
Hotbox at the Augusta Factory
Caused Much Excitement.
General Alarm; SSOO, S2OO
and $9 Fires.
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Considerable excitement was caused
yesterday afternoon when a call was
sent to the Augusta fire department
announcing a fire at the Augusta Fac
tory. One company was dispatched
to the scene immediately. When they
arrived the smoke was pouring out of
Ike windows in the lower part of the
(SklUilding. In the exeitement a general
■tiparm was turned in. The fire was
merely a “hot-box” in the wheel room.
At 3:40 o’clock this morning a house
No. 931 Walker street, caught fire from
unknown causes. The damage amount
ed to S2OO. The house was owned by
Mary E. Anderson and was occupied
by Ida Brandon, colored.
Sparks on the roof of 793 Milledge
vllle road at 7:25 o’clock this morning
amounted to $9 damage. The house
was owned by Molly Fields and occu
pied by George railing, both colored.
A hay shed, owned by Mrs. Emma
Hankinson, of North Augusta, near the
swamp in Beach Island, was burned
Wednesday night, the origin of the fire
being unknown. The damage was part
ly covered by insurance and amounted
to SSOO.
FORMAL INSTALLATION OF
PASTOR OF REID MEMORIAL
Will Occur at the Morning
Service at Reid Memorial on
Sunday.
Rev. S. L. McCarty, recently chosen
pastor of the Reid Memorial church,
will be formally installed as pastor on
Sunday. The committee appointed by
tbe Augusta Presbytery for the instal
. legion service are. Rev. J .L. Brown
lee, of Madison; Rev. J. D. McPhall,
of Waynesboro, and Mr. W. P. Egbert
of Augusta. The insallation will oc
cur at the morning service.
Mr. C. A. Rowland, chairman of the
Layman’s Missionary Movement of the
Presbyterian church, will speak at
night.
REGULAR SERVICES
AT ST. LUKE CHURCH
The services Sunday at St. I.uke
Methodist church will be conduct#! by
the pastor. Rev. J. F. Roberts, who will
begin his second pastorate at this
church. The congregation are very glad
that the conference saw fit to return
him.
Morning service at 11 a. m., Sunday
school at 3 p. m., evening service at
7:45 p. m.
For the evening service special muslo
has been arranged which no doubt will
be enjoyed by a large congregation. You
gre cordially Invited to attend all serv
ices at this church.
Thanksgiving Service of Jr. 0. U. A. M.
and Daughters of America
liHllI iHll be held In the Auditorium of the John MfflcdfO School, at 3:30 p.
m„ Sunday! November 29th. The members of No. 29, nad Liberty
Council, No. 12, are requested to meet at their Council Chamber, I. O.
O. F. Hall, on May Avenue, at 2:30. Member* of No. 21, all visiting
brethren and the public are cordially Invited. Music and speaking.
W. R. JOHNSTON, Chairman.
L. M. LIVELY, R. S.
carriers should be encouraged to put
forth their best efforts at this season.
While it is not desired to work a
hardship on the employee, it must be
kept in mind that the Christmas sea
son is an emergency period Justifying
the employment of clerks and carriers
for more than eight hours daily if this
Is found to be necessary. Careful su
pervision must be exercised in ordef
that the time of the whole force may
be utilized to the best advantage.”
Other instructions are also contain
ed in the circular.
The timeliness of gifts depends upon
their being received on or before
Christmas Day, and only early mailing
will insure this. The practice of mail
ing packages late in the hope that they
will reach their destination on Christ
mas is likely to defeat its own object
through unavoidable delay' due to the
consequent congestion of the mails.
the rate of from 2,000 to 3,000 hales
per day'. It will not be long before the
Augusta warehouses will be filled to
capacity and, in fact, all of them are
filled now, except the Atlantic States
and it is nearing its capacity.
Barrett and Company are building a
galvanized iron warehouse, a tempo
rary structure, near the Atlantic
States, yvhich will hold between 8,000
and 10,000 bales and more of these may
be erected later. It is believed that
Augusta will soon have 200,000 bales
of cotton on hand and it will be neces
sary to compress some of it or go into
warehouse building on a large scare
in order to handle much more.
AT THE STRAND
"Sport and Travel in Central Af
rica,” a Pathe photo-play that is
something out of the ordinary, is be
ing presented at The Strand today
and this evening continuously. It is
intensely interesting, entertaining and
educational, and furnishes a most un
usual spectacle, full of thrills, laughs
and the most astonishing sights.
It is from a bird that dwells in the
heart of the Afriaan desert that the
maribou feathers, commonly used in
decorating women's apparel, are ob
tained. The capture of the maribou is
shown.
Farther on a colony of aigrettes was
discovered, and a demonstration given
of the method of securing their valu
able feathers for millinery purposes.
Two and three-quarter pounds of the
feathers secured by the expedition had
a value of $1,200.
The party soon arrived on the Abys
sinian frontier, and that night a ioud
trumpeting revealed the presence of
elephants near at hand. Early the
next morning a hunt was organized,
and in a short time several monster
elephants had fallen before the rifles
of the hunters.
Having scoured the jungle from end
to end, the hunters faced about for
home, proud of the thrilling pictures
they had secured and congratulating
ea h other on the hair-breatli escapes
from changing elephants and leaping
leopards which market the trip
throughout.
MR. W. M. HUNTER TO
LECTURE AT ERSKINE
He and Mrs. Hunter Leaving
Saturday For Due West, S.
C., Fo&Only a Few Days.
General Secretary W. H. Hunter of
the local Y. M. C. A. and Mrs. Hunter
leave today for Due West, 8. C., where
Mr. Hunter goes to deliver an ad
dress before Erskine College on “Life
Work” from the standpoint of the Y.
M. C. A. secretaryship. They will re
turn the early part of next week.
Mr. Hunter is a graduate of Erskine
and recently has been taking the life
work series offered by the school. Each
year an address is made before the
entire student body by one who has
been taking the series.
EVENING PROGRAM AT
ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL
The following is th# program for
evening service of St. Paul’s Episcopal
church Sunday:
Bt. Paul’s Church, Evening Service.
Nov. 30th, 1914, 8 p. m.
Processional Hymn No. 39
Gloria W. Jackson
Magnificale H. Smart
Nunc Dimmittis J. Turle
Hymn No 439
Sermon.... Rev. G. Sherwood Whitney
Gloria Williams
Offertory Anthem—“ The Radiant
Morn Hath Passed Away.”
Woodward
Presentation of Alms.
Recessional Hymn No 43
•T LOOTS SAYRE,
Organist and Choirmaster.
PREPARE PLANS FOR
LEVEE BELOW CUV
Mr. Wingfield Instructed By
Rivers and Canal Commission
to Prepare Plans For Levee
Between East Boundary and
C. and W. 0.
The River and Canal Commission
had an important meeting Friday af
ternoon when matters pertaining to
the work on the levy were discussed.
Mr. Nisbet Wingfield, city engineer,
was instructed to prepare plans as
early' as possible for the levee between
East Boundary and the C. & W. C.
railroad and bids for this work will be
advertised for within the near future.
Mr. It. Roy Goodwin, purchasing
agent of the commission, reported pro
gress in purchasing the property be
tween Sixth street and East Boundary
on Bay', which property' is necessary
In order that the levee may be con
tinued below Sixth street.
A. J. Twiggs & Sons will soon re
commence on the levee w'ork.
LINCOLN COUNTY BOY
ON BRITISH VESSEL
Grady Powell, Son of Hon. W.
C. Powell, is on One of His
Majesty’s Battleships Off the
Coast of France.
Augustans will be interested to learn
that Grady Powell, son of Hon. W. C.
Powell, of Pansy, Lincoln county, Geor
gia, is in the English navy and Is on one
of the big bgattleships of His Majesty’s
fleet off the coast of France. Both Mr.
Powell and his son are well known In
Augusta,
The following is a very Interesting
item concerning young Powell in Mr. J.
H. Boykin's enterprising paper, the Lin
coln Journal:
“It will doubtless be a source of much
interest and surprise to know ttiat Lin
coln county is represented in the great
European war now raging across the
water. At least one young man from
this county is enlisted in the conflict and
on tlie side of the Allies. We allude
to Mr. Gradv Powell, who is an officer
on one of the big battleships of the
British navy.
‘•Mr. Powell is a son of Hon. W. C.
Powell, of Pansy. He was formerly in
the United States navy for several years,
and after retiring from that service at
tended the Georgia State University
where he completed a law course. He
located in Canada and was engaged in
tlie practice of his profession in that
country at tlie outbreak of the war.
When England called on Canada for vol
unteers for the army and navy he en
listed in the latter and was commis
sioned as an officer.
‘‘Mr Powell was off the coast of
France when last heard from. Several
Lineolnton friends have recently re
ceived post cards from him. His fleet
has not yet engaged the enemy, hut
they are expecting to be attacked at any
time, as the Germans are getting more
aggressive on water as well as on land.
“Lincoln county enjoys a unique dis
tinction in having a representative in
this great war, and those who know
Grady Powell will not doubt for a min
ute that he will give a good account of
himself during the progress of the con
flict, especially when there is any
fighting to be done."
HOTEL ARRIVALS
Hofbrau Hotel.
N. P. Carrigan, Ohio; J. R. Lawhon,
Atlanta; R. Brantly, Georgia; J. P.
Rhodes, Jewell; H. W. I). Ford, city;
H. H. Hulsey, Savannah.
Genesta Hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Henderson and
Daughter, Pennsylvania; J. P. Elliott,
Columbia, S. C.;J. W. Connelly, Wash
ington, D. C.; P. Hanley; J. C. League,
Columbia, S. C.; D. H. Dugger, Atlan
ta; C. L. Friddle, North Carolina; A.
T. Thacker, Atlanta.
Albion Hotel.
A. V. Quarles, Atlanta; J. T. Cohen,
Atlanta; Dr. Bell, Georgia; B. Logan,
Georgia; C. E. Wilcox, Atlanta; J. P.
Deadly, Canada; J. Herzfield, Mary
land; L. Linger, New York; J. Alva
harns, Maryland; W. G. Sevls, Phil
adelphia; W. H. Greenwood, Massa
chusetts; P. W. Cook, Washington, D.
C.; W. Kixey, New York; W. L. Min
ich, Pennsylvania.
Plaza Hotel.
C. L. Berd, Atlanta; D. Tunston,
Washington, D. W. P. Coleman,
Atlanta; S. M. Roberts, Atlanta; W.
P. Barney, Alabama; J. P. Blackwell,
South Carolina; J. T. Blocker, South
Carolina; R. J. Walsh, Georgia; H. F.
Teysen, South Carolina; C. E. King,
North Carolina; 8. M. Wallace, Mary
land; T. C. Herbert, South Carolina;
Mrs. R. King, Chicago.
Melbourne Hotel.
W. J Mercer, wife and cnild, At
lanta; J. H. Hanley, Charleston; M.
Lage, Charleston; E. A. Jackson, At
lanta; L. 1,. James, Macon; Mrs. Ida
Craven, Atlanta; Joe Bennett, Law
senville; J. C. Janes, Savannah; H. L.
More, city; Mrs. S. C. Maylor, Nash
ville; J. Williams, Camak.
“REEL LIFE" AT THE
MODJESKA THEATRE
An elaborate program Is being pre
sented at the Modjeska Theatre as a
final climax to a week of good and ap
preciated pictures.
“Nipped,” a two reel Domino feature.
This Is a strong play of Mexican-Japa
nese intrigue, Is the leading production
for today and evening.
There Is a Royal comedy, "Phil’s Va*
cation.” that. Just simply keeps the
spectars wild with Joy, or rather af
fording a laugh a second.
"William Henry Jones' Courtship,” a
Vitagraph production also deserves
prrvnlnent mention. Thera Is plenty of
humor and It* Interesting from the be
ginning until the end.
An Edison production. "Mystery of a
Sealed Art Gallery," wll keep the spec
tators' Interest facilities keyed-up to the
highest pitch, the mystery not being
solved until the end
“Zudoro.”
"Zudoro," the new Thanhouser serial,
the first chapter of which win he shown
at the Modjeska December second prom
ises to eclipse In popularity even the
record-breaking "Million Dollar Mys
tery,” which up to the time ha* set u
standard that no other serial, of similar
character, ha# been able to surpass. IJr.
Daniel < 'arson Goodman, the author ha*
succeeded In creating a play which, while
maintaining a consistent continuity of
plot, yet tells a complete story in each
of the episodes, a. point which Is bound
to prove distinctly popular with the
Modjeska fans.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
GAIETY AND GRACE
IN EVENING FROCKS
Chic Combinations of Velvet
and Lace in Black or Con
trasting Colors---The Gay
Touch of Artificial Flowers,
New York,—With fluffy flounces ami
full skivts, of materials, light and airy,
the evening gown of the season seems
sparkling with gaiety and life. Flounces
of lace, chiffon or fine net are tastefully
combined with velvet, thus giving what
might have bean heavy a delicate, breezy
touch.
Cloths of gold or silver are strong
features of the season’s novelty fabrics.
These are entirely different from meHl
cloths which we have previously used;
they are warranted not to tarnish and
are as light as silk and as transparent as
chiffon. On gowns of shell pink tire
Black Lace and Velvet Over a Char
meuse and Metal Net Underallp.
silver is most attractively used as a
tunic, or as a long and graceful sasli.
Cloth of gold on white is dainty and
charming beyond words. It also com
bines with almost any of the other col
ors, dark otr light.
A combination of black panne velvet
and cloth of silver Is stunning In its
simplicity. The three-flounced skirt Is
of silver, each flounce bound with a bins
strip of Itself, wit lithe edge unpressed,
that It may look almost like a cord. The
bodice is made of a strip of panne vel
vet, which Is placed basque fashion over
an underbodice of net. The edges of
the V-shaped neck and the extremely
short sleeves of the net are outlined
with a narrow passimentcrle, composed
alternately of one long bead and a rhine
stone. In the front at the point of the
V nek a bright red rose gives life and
zest to the entire costume.
The gown of black lace and velvet
which Is used for the Illustration Is
made over a slip of white eliarrnettso
having an outer lining of gold metal not.
The bodies of black chiffon velvet Is
made in a surplice basque effect. The
plain net across the front Is ovetr tbe
metal net. The sleeves are a mere
ruffle over each shoulder. The wide
skirt of lace through which glimmers
the metal arid white Is rather short, iih
Is the style fbr the dresses for day or
evening wear. A rosy, colored flower Is
used at the closing of the waist.
A gown simple and wonderfully effec
tive is made of salmon colored chiffon
velvet. The skirt Is full shirred several
times at the top to make the gathers
fall easily and gracefully. At the bot
tom of this skirt Is a slx-lnch ruffle
gathered over a thick cord. The edge Is
not hemmed, but finished with a ma
chine-made pieot. The waist Is com
posed of a net and lac« foundation, over
which Is draped a wide piece of the bias
velvet with pleat edges, giving the ef
fect of a low waistline and reaching as
high as the point of the V neck. At
the back the velvet drooped lower than
tbe front, showing Dm latest line around
the hips.
Another dress worthy of note Is made
on an undersllp of white charmeusc ami
metal net. The lower section Is of
heavy golden yellow net with a heavy
design all over It In long, narrow gold
heads Alxjve that Is a flounce of
Chantilly with a waist of brocade. Over
this waist. Is wr/1-ti a chemise of trie tan
and-gold lace through which the outline
of tbe underwnlst Is visible.
Cloth of gold Is used for the second
Illustration with a bodice of shell pink
panne velvet, which divides in the back,
tho lower portion extending Into a sash.
The sleeves and flounces ori tho skirt are
of the shimmering cloth of gold.
The artificial flower it a feature of
almost every gown. It adds the note of
contrast, the brilliant touch that gives
zest or the depth of charades' necessary
to the successful completion of any
*°These flowers are made of silk and
velvet lri color* natural or unnatural.
The Important thing Is not how near to
tin lure thev run be made, but. to have
tho color contrast which tells, on the
dress It Is to lie worn upon. Itoses made
of cloth of sliver npd tied with stream
ers of dull blue plcot-edged ribbon are
worn at the waist of a dress, with
bodice of white satin having a brocaded
velvet pattern In hazy pink, green and
dull blue, snd skirt of pink taffeta,
which was caught up on one tide by
these roses, making one side of the
,I,era perceptibly shorter than the otheg.
An entire dress of cloth of sliver
would have been cold, Indeed, without
the addition of a brilliantly shaded pink
rose worn Just at one side of the square
Dutch neck.
Black in all the suite hie fabrics Is
made into gowns for evening, and with
out the aid of the popular flower might
be dull. Indeed.
Paris set the style of not wearing
A Frock of Cloth or Sliver Combined
with Shell-pink Panne Velvet
gloves with evening gowns and so we
have taken It up and the gowns are
sleeveless and worn with the arms and
hands bare. It truly is sensible, not to
say economical. But when gloves are
worn they are more often white than
colored, and only the woman in mourn
ing would wear black gloves with her
black evening dress.
The foot gear for evening gownH are.
of course, slippers. There was much
talk of sandals and low-heeled slippers,
but It has been merely talk, for (be
heels are, If anything, higher than ever.
To he always correct, It Is safe to have
slippers the color, or the predominating,
coli/r of the gown. But Hllppets of
gold-and-sllver cloth, or satin brocaded
with silver and gold, or some of the
wonderful tapestries may be worn to ad
vantage with many. But with those the
greatest discrimination must be used.
Properly worn they add a distinctive
touch, hut worn without thought they
are apt to spoil the effect of tlie entile
costume.
The picot edging, which I have
spoken of In the fore part of my letter,
Is a strip of cloth machine hemstitched,
with the stitching cut through the ex
act center, thus adding a picot edge to
both edges. This gives a finish to ma
terials like velvet which Is not clumsy.
This Is also used cm edges of sashes
where silk has been used instead of rib
bon.
AT THE BIJOU
Today Ih a big day at the Bijou—or
tonight will be, rather.
Tbe management has arranged for
two extra features to be given In ad
dition to the regular vaudeville show
and the three reels of picture*. All
who wish to witness the extra part of
this evening’s performance are
urged to be in the theater by 8 o’clock.
Many theater-goer* In Augusta have
been heard to express their desire to
see what goes on behind tho big cur
tain and tonight the Bijou will present
a distinct novelty In leaving the big
curtain up before the show opens and
thus affording Its patrons an oppor
tunity of witnessing the "scenes be
hind the scene*." Tho *tago hand*
will be at work and the actors and act
resses will be seen "making up” In
lheir dressing room* 1n plain view of
the audience.
The other extra attraction will bo a
demonstration <rf tho new ball room
dance* given by little Miss Sara Clark,
of Savannah, who bears the reputation
of being one of tint most graceful dan
cers In this part, of the country.
Tho vaudeville offering will be “A
Bogus Bishop,” a, long laugh from be
ginning to end, and the pictures for
today aro "A* a Man Choose*.’’ "Help!
Murder! Police!” nnd "Sou! Mate*.”
Tho picture* alone are worth the price
of admission.
MR. 0. A. ROWLAND AT THE
GREENE ST. PRESBYTERIAN
One of the rno*t Interesting pulpit
event* of tomorrow will be the addres*
at tho Greene Street Presbyterian
church, by Mr. C. A. Rowland of Ath
en*. A* the chairman of the Layman’*
Missionary Movement of the Southern
Presbyterian church, Mr. Rowland has
just returned from a prolonged visit
to Japan, Korea, and China. In his ad
dress tomorrow at 11:15 a. m. he 1*
going to tell of the countries, the peo
and the mission* In these Interesting
countries. There is to be no special
collection taken.
Christmas is on the way.
Shop early and save your
temper. Save your dollars
also by saying when shop
ping in Augusta: ‘‘l saw it
in The Herald.”
THE WISE DRY
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