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EIGHT “BACK TO THE FARM” Ill—How the R. F. D., Tele phone, Trolley and Good s?oads Are Moderniz ing the Farm. fey €. V. GSLECGIRY. (Copyright, 1510, by American JTchh Arro clatton. ] THE farm In no longer the Iso lated, lonely place (lint It lined to be or (bat ninny people seem to think It Is yet. Karin ►k under modern conditions Is n busi ness and In most eases is coining to be ran In a business way. The first atep in the modernizing of the farm came with the Introduction of the ru ral free delivery 111 ls!l“. I’ul in at first •a a sort of experiment, a concession to the Insistent demands of the tin tional grange and other farmers' or fanlzntlons. It spread rapidly and soon became indispensable. It was a potent factor In waking up the farmers One of the first and greatest results was that the dally paper for the farm was made a possibility. Before the advent of the rural fre< delivery the farmer who kept within THE TELEPHONE II AS HAN IHI I TCT> FAKE LON El/ If. Kiss « • week of the markets whh doing well. An a result he usually mu linked to strike all the slumps in tho market when he hud stoek or grain to sell. With a market paper delivered at his gate eai'h morning he cotlld follow prices of farm produce closely amt take advantage of a rising market. Tills one factor alone has paid the cost of the rural free delivery many times over. The market reports were not the only part of the paper that benefited the farmer. He uo longer got Ills new a a week old, hut Imd it served up al most ns hot as if lie laid lived In town This daily contact with the things that were happening In the world bright ened him up, rubtied off the dust und gave him a now interest in life. The shift less farmer who went to town two or three times a week on the pretense of “getting the mail,'’ only to waste half a day or so each time and maybe come home “boozed up" tu On bargain, was deprived of his excuse and fell into the habit of s|>eiidlug his extra time fixing up about the place The farmer who had been enterprls lng before became more enterprising and had nioro time to put ilia Idea Into practice. Along with the It V. D. cntne better roads, and when the farmer did go t< town ho could make the trip In much less time than he did before. His dal ly papers and magazines made him at well Informed us any of the business men of the town. The days of the "hayseed '* were numbered. Along with the It. |\ I). came great increase In the circulation of the agricultural papers. The old type of pupers edited by men who hud seen little of furmlug except from a car window came to uu etui about this time, and their places were taken I>\ papers edited by men who had grown UP on the soil und who hud never goi very far away from it. These pi pera taught the farmers the value of better methods They tuught what theee methods were and how the' could be a|>pllad. Above all, they in spired the farmers to do the best Uie\ knew how, to respect their calling and to put it on a business basis. Along with tbe K. F. 1). come tbe telephone Home of tbe first lines were little more than cheap instruments connected to a barbed wire fence, but they aerred the purpose. Then follow ed lines put up on willow poles and finally modern lines as sut<stantlally built and ns efficient as money could buy. An automatic device to prevent any one listening except tbe pnrtie talking Is In use In some localltlet Moat communities prefer the party line, however, issruusc of its aocial features Often after supper on a stormy winter evening sonic one will put in a general call and furnish some Instruments I musk* for the lament of every one on tbe line. Then some one else will sing a song, some one will run off a few musical records on a phonograph, and an otherwise lonely evening will lie passed pleasantly Immediately after dinner ia generally conceded to be the "women folks'" hour at tbe phone They will stand and visit, often a dozen of them at a time, until the proverbial loneliness of farm life Is entirely forgotten. Tbe principal use of the telephone Is for business The modem farmer re lies upon his telephone as much as does the business man Most of the b. READ HERALD WANTS telephone lines are connected with the central switchboard in town, so that u toll call will get any one In the conn ty or In the slate. Market and wenth er reports' are sent out over the rum lines at certain hours each day. If the market Is especially good the farmer can call up the lieal buyer and con tract bis hogs at once, or If he prefer he can call up the rallv.l7 freight of flee and arrange to have a stock cat ready for him the next morning. In most communities the practice of “changing work” at thrashing time is still followed. This used to necessitate a day’s work notifying the neighbors, and thin frequently It all had to la d. ne over again on account of a break down to the machine or bad weather Now the notifying Is all done in u few moments by phone. On many occasions a prompt tele phone call has brought the nenresi doctor to the bedside of a sick child who,would not Inive lived until a trip could he made to town for the doctor Tlilh Is one of the reasons that a tele phone Is seldom taken out after V lias once been put In In a hundred minor wavs the telephone has become neces sary to the farm folk. Often after the farmer has left for town lib; wife will think of something she wants him to get. All she has to do Is to call up the store where he does his trading and leave a message for him. Whim the young folk* want to give a parly the telephone will quickly bring In every one In the neighborhood. A Stray horse is soon located and brought back home. In weather too bad for the mall carrier to get through important let ters can be received over the tele phone. One other step Is necessary to enable the farmer to make the greatest use of the rural free delivery and the tele phone. II Is the parcels post. Bocal merchants have objected to n parcels post on the ground that It would favgr Ibe mall order houses at their expense. Oiils can he overcome by giving a low er rate to packages that go over a rural route only. A parcels post of this kind has been recommended by the post mnstcr general. lie figures that It would prove profitable for the govern ment, turning the postal deficit into a surplus. With a cheap parcels post In operation on the free rural delivery routes the connection of the farmer with tile town will be complete. Me can onler parcels from town and have them delivered at Ills door a few hours Inter. Things which he cannot get in Ills local town lie can procure from 11 mall order house In two or three days. The farmers are united In demanding this convenience, and It is hound to cotne before long. The filial step In the emancipation of the farmer was taken when the trol ley line and the automobile cntne Into general use The trolley has meant better schooling for Ills children. It has brought theaters, lectures and bet ter churches within reach of the farm er’s family. lies* of all, the competi tion with tin* cities has brought about n much needed awakening of the coun try schools mid the country churches The trolley Is a great convenience ill taking produce to market. Most of the cars will stop at any farmhouse or crossroads to pick up a can ol cream, a crate of chickens or a pas senger. Trolley lines are ft great fac tor In hastening the “back to the land" movement. The farmer who lives near a trolley line has no desire to go to town because he has all the conveniences of both town and coun try. Wherever a trolley line puncture:; a city the crowded population spreads out into the country. At first the city peo pie move Into the country only to have n pleasanter place to live while still carrying on their business in the city. Once in the country few of them ever regret the change. Most of them say that they would not go back to the city to live under any consideration. What the trolley lines are doing for the more thickly settled districts, good ronds, automobiles and driving horses nre doing for those communities which are not yet densely enough populated to support a trolley line. Tile good rouds movement started with the ad ■ •... -. Ah TEOLLEY LINKS A!tK UKLPIKO THE "BACK TO WIK LAM>" UOVKMKNT Tent of th>> II F. I> While country roads in many places are far from be ing Ideal as .vet. still the length of time when they are not fnlrly passable has been reduced to tt minimum. Most of the main loads are well graded, and neurly every farmer has a road drag vrlth which to keep the road along his farm smooth Graveled roads are be coming common, and macadamized nnd oiled roads are being extended Into the country. All these modem improvements have nddod much to the profits of farming They have added more to Its pleasures Titer t-ave given to the farmer tbe ad vantage* of the city without taking away any of the advantages of the farm. They have made the farm the Idea) place to live. READ HERALD WANTS I R. C. HE IS FBI SATURDAY, NOT FRIDAY Date With Atlanta High Neces sarily Changed. Think! Prep School Football Champion ship of State to Be Decided Here. Augustans Shouldn’t Miss It. The frame* between Richmond Acad emy and the Atlanta Hoys’ High will be [flayed Saturday instead of Friday. This change has been made in re sponse to a telegram from the Ath letic Director of the Atlanta Institu tion to the effect that it had been found impossible to make the trip here Friday, as had been originally planned. Inasmuch as practically all the games of the season had been Htaged on Saturday, the local man agement was very anxious to have this one pulled off on Friday. This being impossible, it. was decided to accept the next best thing and play on the usual day. Under no circumstances would the management consider the cancelling of the game. It is the first opportunity Augustans have ever had to see a championship football game arm the management would not, for a moment, consider the possibility of depriving them of this opportunity. Great Enthusiasm. It is doubtful if there has ever been an athletic contest in the city that has aroused such interest as the Saturday battle. The people have taken to the game and will undoubted ly be out in force. Kvery man who has ever seen a football game will be there and there will be hundreds of others who will be attracted by the great fight the locals have been put ting up throughout the season. It would not be far out of the way to predict a two thousand crowd. Miegel Back at Quarter. Miegel proved conclusively, in the Porter game, that he is tDo man for quarter, and he will be found at that position running the team Saturday. This means that the Academy will put in tin* field the strongest line-up of the season, Saye being shifted to guard and Davis being on tin* job at his regular position, right half. The Charleston News and Courier said that Saye played the best game, in the Porter contest, of any man on either line. His defensive work was especially noticeable, time and again breaking through and getting the man before he had well started. The Academy boys are expecting the hardest game of the season and are straining every effort to get in the very host of condition. If the Boys* High crew should happen to emerge victorious, they will know they have been in the toughest scrap In which it has ever been their lot to engage. 20 YEARS AS K. OF P. OFFICER, NOW RETIRES M. E. Layfield Given Worthy PlSte---Keeper of Records and Seal---in Vigilant Lodge, Held For Long Time By Geo. Schaufele. Vigilant Lodge No. 2, Knights of Pythias, met Tuesday night and elect ed officers for the coming year. A notable feature of the election >vaa the selection of Mr. M. E. 'Layfield, one of the younger members of the lodge, to fill the office of Keeper of Records and Seals, which has been supplied by Mr. Geo. C. Schaufele for the past twenty years. Mr. Schaufele has made a splendid officer, but as he had held the place for such a long time, as he stated Wednesday morn ing, he wished some .younger man to have It. Mr. Layfield was the popular choice of the lodge, and It is assured that he will prove a capable succes sor to Mr. Schaufele. Splendid Attendance. The meeting Tuesday evening was marked by a fine attendance and every member is enthusiastic, over the work as it Is now progressing. They as well as ihe members of the other K. of l*. lodges in Augusta are await ing with the keenest interest the com ing of the Supreme Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, Hon. Brigham S. Young, who will be here for a day or two the first part of January, with all the Grand Lodge officers of Georgia. Plans of entertainment axe now being perfected. The New Officers. The result of Vigilant’s election is as follows: Chancellor Commander, Jos. 8. Pilcher N ice Chancellor Commander, Jas. A. Cannon. Prelate, John H. Lewis. Master of Works, W. F. West. Keeper of Records and Seals, M. E. Layfield. Master of Finance, R. L. Onkman. Master of Exchequer, 11. T. Wiggins. Master at Anns, W. A. Green. inside Guard. J. M. ltaynle. Outside Guard. W. P. Schleln. Mr. Geo. C. Schaufele was elected trustee for three years, succeeding Mr. Geo. 8. Culpepper. There are three trustees in the lodge and one’s term expires every year The trus tees to serve with Mr. Bchaufele are Messrs. Frank West and W. A. Green. Other Meetings. The officers of Woodlawn Lodge will be elected at a meeting of the lodge called for Thursday night. The officers of Fountain City Lodge will be elected at their next meeting, next Monday night. Mre McClain’s Experience With Croup. "When my boy, Ray. was small he whh subject to croup, anil I was al ways alarmed at such times. Cham berlain's Cough Remedy proved thr better than any other for this trouble. It always relieved him quickly. 1 am never without It in the house for T know* It is a positive cure for croup,” writes Mrs W R. McClain Rlalrs ville, Pa For sale by all dealers. $9 MV tll.tJl, f 15.00. $18.75 Suits and Overcoats, all-wool Hart, Sehaffner and Marx and other makes spvnd isU*.v)o, save $4.00. F. G. Mkrtina* AUUUbiA HtKALD, AUGUSTA, GA. DEFERS HIMSELF AS A SACRIFICE Life Prisoner Proposes In oculation With Cancer Germs to New Warden of Sing Sing Prison. New York.—ln a letter to Thomas Mott Osborne, the new warden of Sing Sink prison, a life prisoner in the prison at Auburn, N. Y. t offers him self as a sacrifice for inoculation with cancer germs to ascertain whether the disease is contagious. The new warden of Sing Bint{ prison, whose home Is In Auburn, and who was closely associated with reforms in Auburn prison, stated that he knew the prisoner well and vouched fully for his sincerity. “He is a man of better than the average education, of refinement and had a family of preat esteem," War den Osborne explained. "He erred and was sent to Auburn for life. In prison he has read much on medicai matters and has been Intensely interested in cancer research. His hope also Is that Ills sacrifice will benefit the many sufferers from cancer." Wouldn't Allow It. Warden Osborne said that he would take up the case with the new attorney general, Egbert E. Woodberry. It also became known today that this man offered himself for the same purpose a year aito, but Attorney General Car mody ruled that the state of New York could not allow it. Warden Osborne officially took up his new duties yesterday. He met a few prisoners whom he described as "friends I met while serving my ex perimental term in Auburn.” The warden also met fifty members of the Golden Rule Brotherhood, a prison or urcuixatinn which is expected to put all prisoners on their honor through their co-operation. The new warden said he planned to extend the personal liberty of the con victs and to plve them more recrea tion in the hope of strengthening them physically and thereby improving their mentality. LEO FRANK REMITTITUR NOT HANDED DOWN Atlanta, Ga. —The remittitur on the final appeal in the ease of Leo M. Frank was not handed down Tuesday by the supreme court to the superior court, and it is believed that the re mittitur will be held by the higher court until after the supreme court of the United States has announced whether it will sanction a writ of error 11 nd hear the constitutional phase of the case. Frank cannot be arraigned in the superior court to have a new date for the execution of his sentence fixed before the remittitur is handed down by the state supreme court. LEGAUJOTICES” STATE OF GEORGIA, EICfTMOND COUNTY— V. M. Mills vs. Jolcey Belle Mills, in Superior Court of said County, January Term. 1915 —Libel L. Divorce. To the Defendant. Joicey Belle Mills in the above stated case you are hereby requited in person or by attorney, to Dr and appear at the next term of the Su- j perlor Court, to be held in and for the ' County aforesaid on the third Monday j in January, 1915, then and there to an- i swer Plaintiff in action for Divorce, as , in default thereof, the Court will proceed ' thereon as to Justice may appertain. Witness the Honorable Henry C. Ham- i mond. Judge of said Court. This 29th day of October, 1914. DANIEL KERR, J. W. BURCH, JR., Clerk. Atty. for Plaintiff. n28,30,d1,2 J ST ATK OF GEORGIA; RICHMOND COUNTY— Rhoda Estelle Phillips vs. Martin W. Phillips, in Superior Court of said Coun- ! tv January Term, 1915. —Libel for Di vorce. To the Defendant, Martin W. Phillips, in the above stated case you are hereby required in person or by attorney, to lie and appear at the next term of the Superior Court, to be held in and for the County aforesaid on the third Monday in January, 1915, then and there to an* swear Plaintiff In action for Divorce, as in default thereof, the Court will pro ceed as to Justice may appertain. Witness the Honorable Henry C. Ham mond. Judge of said Court. This 9th day of November. 1914. GEO. B. POURNELLE. nIUOdI.2 Clerk. STATE OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY— Mildred Jamison vs. William L. Jami son. in Superior Court of said County, January Term, 1915—Libel for Divorce. To the Defendant, William L Jamison, in the above stated case you are hereby required in person or by attorney, to be and appear at »»e next term of the Su perior Court, to he held in and for the County aforesaid on the third Monday in January, 1915. then and there to ap swer Plaintiff In action for Divorce, as in default thereof, the Court will proceed thereon 9s to Justice may appeartain. Witness the Honorable Henry C. Ham mond. Judge of said Court. This 9th dav of November, 1914. GEO. B. POURNELLE, nMOdl.2 Slerk. STATE OF~GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY— J. O. Sullivan vs. Annie S. Sullivan, in Superior Court of said County, January Term, 1915—Libel for Divorce. To the defendant, Annie S. Sullivan In ' the above stated case you are hereby required In person or by attorney, to be and appear at the next term of the Su perior Court, to he held in and for the County aforesaid on the third Monday In January, 1915. then and there to an swer Plaintiff in action for Divorce, as !in default thereof, the Court will pro ; ceed thereon as to Justice may apper | tain. Witness the Honorable Henry C. Ham mond. Judge of said Court This 2?th day of November. 1914. DANIEL KERR. J. W. BURCH, JR., Clerk. Atty. for Plaintiff n?T.-S.dl .2 SOUTHERN RAILWAY. SALE OF UNCL .MED AND RE FUSED FREIGHT. Augusta, Georgia, November 17th, 1914. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT ' Friday, December 18th. 1914, the I Southern Railway Company will sell at public suction at 12 o'clock noon for freight and other lawful charges, two c r.vuis of poles consigned to and re fused by A. J. Twiggs & Son. Terms Cash. W. J. Townsend. Agent. __ nIS 2Sd2 8 I STATE OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY— Chas. v. Len on vs. Amanda Lemon- Libel for Divorce. Tbe defendant, Amanda Lemon, is hereby required to appear at tbe Su- I perior Court of ssid Coun y on the third | Monday In January. 1915, to answer to this petition In action for divorce, in de fault whereof the Court will proceed a« to Justice shall appertain. Witness the Honorable Henry C. Ham mond. Judge of Mid Court, this 23rd day of November 1914. DANIEL KERR. Clerk of Court. T r HARRISON. I Atty. tsw l ijOaUif. n 21,25,42,5 THE WISE DRY GOODS CO. Are you helping your organization win the $300.00 cash prizes offered by us? Each has a Registration Day, entitling them to 50 free votes for each person registering on their day and spending as much as 10 cents. Monday, November 30th— Children’s Home. Tuesday, December Ist Daughters of Isabella. Wednesday, December 2nd —Mary Warren Home. Thursday, December 3rd— Mt. St. Joseph. Don’t Forget the Day of Your Choice and ask your friend to come in and register and count 50 free votes for them. The one se curing the largest number of registrations on their day will be given 5,000 votes free. The time is getting short, so don’t delay. The $300.00 will be a nice Christmas gift for someone. In addition to this, we are offering some great values in Christmas Goods as well as staples in Dry Goods. See center tables strewn with substantial suggestions for Holiday Gifts Nice Juicy Oranges at, Cdlt Fine Juicy Sweet Apples at, 1-2 Cent Try Wise First—lt Pays THE WISE DRY GOODS CO. 858 BROAD ST. AUGUSTA , GEORGIA WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER Z Friday, December 4th— Salvation Army. Saturday, December sth Woodlawn Baptist Church. Monday, December 7th— Woo dlawn Methodist Church.