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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9
Hear Augusta-Aiken Railway Matter
in Columbia Beginning on Thursday
Protests Against Increasing Rate---Claims That Commission
Has No Legal Power to Require Auditor of Railway Com
pany to Appear and Have Books Submitted As Evidence.
Columbia, S. C.—The contest before
the South Carolina railroad commis
sion between Augusta? Aiken Railway
and Electric Corporation and citizens
of Aiken, over the petition of tl\e for
mer for authority to increase passen
ger rates on Augusta-Aiken interurban
trains to a flat rate of two cents per
mile will be re-opened Thursday. Pre
vious hearings and decisions of the
commission have been dismissed and
evidence of both sides now before the
commission ■will not be considered m
this hearing.
Inability of the commission through
lack of legal power to comply with
the request of Aiken interests to re
quire the auditor of the petitioning
corporation to appear at the hearing
and offer as evidence the books of the
company was interpreted as a blow
to the opposing side. It was known
that the strength of the corporation's
case at the previous hearing was
largely due to the inability of the
No Barber Shops After January First
Unless State Examination is Passed
After January Ist, Augusta men
may have to take to the woods to get
shaved. After that fatal date, barber
shops which once stood in metropoli
tan grandeur in the heart of Augusta
may move to the depths of virgin for
ests or to Hamburg.
, Either there will be an exodus of
&.000 barbers from Georgia cities of
over 5.000 population, or else these
wielders of combs and scissors will
take examinations before the new
state board of barber examiners or
quit barbering. if they neither move
nor take exams, and continue to
practice their art, they will either be
fined from $lO to SSO or confined to
Jail for thirty days. These are the
provisions of the “better barbers” law,
AT THE BUOU
Today is the first day that the Gard
ner - -Lawson Company at the Bijou,
presents “The Black Bird,” another
one of their repertoire of musical com
edies that is sure to please any
LEGAL NOTICES
TRUSTEE'S SALE.
Pursuant to an order of the Honor
able Jos. Ganahl. Referee in Bankruptcy,
dated November 21st, 1914, I wil! sell at
public outcry, to the highest bidder, for
cash, on December 10th, at 12 o’clock
noon, at 1248 Broad street, the property
and effects of John F. Holmes, doing
business as The Model Grocery Com
pany. Said effects consisting of a
stock in trade and fixtures peculiar to a
retail grocery store, including two
horses, wagons and harness an electric
cash register, an electric coffee grinder,
one meat sheer, one iron safe, oyster
stands, desks, scales, shelvings, count
ers, showcases, etc. The said property
to be offered for sale first in parcel and
then in bulk. No bid will be accepted
unless accompanied by a certified cheek
for at least ten per cent, of the amount
bid, and all sales will be subject to the
confirmation of the Court. A list of
the stock in trade and fixtures can be
seen upon application at the office of
the undersigned in the Chronicle Build
ing. LOUIS LB GARDK BATTEY.
n29,d6,9 Trustee in Bankruptcy.
MEETING OR CREDITORS.
In the District Court of the United
States for tlie Northeastren Division of
the Southern District of Georgia.—ln the
matter of Mrs. R. J. Williams, Bankrupt.
11l Bankruptcy.
To the creditors of Mrs. R. J. Wil
liams of Augusta, Ga., in the County of
Richmond and District aforesaid, a bank
rupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the 7th
day of December. 1914, the said Mrs. R.
J. Williams was duly adjudged a bank
rupt, and that the first meeting of her
creditors will be he d in my office in
Augusta, Ga.. on the twenty-second
(22nd) day of December, 1914. at 12
o'clock noon, at which time said credi
tors may atiend. prove their claims, ap
point a trustee, examine the bankrupt
and transact such other business ;ts may
properly come before said meeting.
Tills Sth day of December, 1914.
9dc Referee in Bankruptcy.
Saturday Matinee
UI ailU and Evening
Sidney R. Ellis Presents
The Singing German Dialect
Comedian
AL H. WILSON
(“METZ")
In His Song Adorned Comedy
WHEN OLD NEW YORK WAS
DUTCH
New Songs.
When I First Met You Moon-Moon-
Moon. When the Roses in Spring
Bloom Again. Mr. Bear and others.
SEATS ON SALE TOMORROW.
PRICES:
Matinee 25 ( ' *° 75^-
Evening 25 c to sl 50
4 lit
DRINK
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YOUR’tOROCtR MAS .IT
commission or Aiken interests to ob
tain access to tlje records of the pe
titioner. With the corporation consti
tuting a holding company for at least
five distinct organizations, according
to infirmation given out by the com
mission, the commission was unable to
determine the exact financial status of
the petitioner in so far as the railway
affected the holding company. Sena
tor Williams, attorney of Aiken, de
clared they were unable to meet the
showing of the petitioner because of
the ex parto nature of their evidence,
and it was said the effect to procure a
subpoena for the auditor was intended
to remove this handicap.
The commission dismissed all action
at previous hearings and agreed to re
open this matter on the showing of
Aiken interests through subsequently
obtained evidence. The hearing was
set to begin at 10 o’clock and may
continue two days. A decision would
probably be rendered within a lew
days.
passed by the legislature last sum
mer, effective January Ist.
Out of 5,000 barbers affected by this
law, E. E. Limbaugh, president of the
examining board, says, according to
an Atlanta paper, this morning, that
less than 500 have put in applications
for examinations. These applications
have to be in by January Ist, so it
behooves the chin-scrapers to hurry.
After candidates have passed their
exams, they are given licenses for one
year, at $2 a license. Fines or im
prisonment await those who practice
without a license; if a proprietor of
a shop employs unlicensed men his
own license will be forfeited. The
law applies equally to white and col
ored barbers.
one, no matter what mood he may
be in when he enters the theater.
The patrons, by splendid attendance
this week, have shown the manage
ment of the Bijou that they aie grate
ful for its having secured a really
good company that presents a really
good show. The “continuous show”
policy of the Bijou has also met with
unanimous favor. Come any time after
2:30 p. m. and see a complete show,
including three reels of motion pic
tures.
The picture at present is “A Fight
for Love,” in thiee reels.
Among the musical numbers now
being sung are, “You Won My Heart,”
Thelma Fraley and Chorus. “Go Out
No More," Ethel Bruce and Chorus.
“Michigan,” May Lawson and Chorus.
“Stars and Stripes,” Company.
After tomorrow there will be a com
plete change in songs, show, pictures
and everything on the program.
AT THE STRAND
Jack London’s “Valley of the Moon”
is the feature picture at the Strand
today. It is being shown in six parts
under the direction of Hobard Bos
worth. There are many lovers in Au
gusta of Jack London’s books, as was
evidenced by the crowds that filled the
Strand today. The theater looks for an
equally good patronage this evening,
if not better.
Tomorrow the Strand puts on one
of the greatest pictures that has ever
been shown in Augusta, “Aristocracy,”
with Mr. Tyrone Power in the leading
role.
Society dramas are not an uncom
mon variety of pictures. They can be
seen any day at any place. They are
palmed off on the unsuspecting as true
portrayals of modern life in the higher
circles of society. Very often they are
so untrue that the effect of the pro
duction borders on the ridiculous, yet
they keep on coming. If they didn’t,
the producers would he at a consider
able drawback to find something to
produce in their stead.
One won’t go as far as to say that
"aristocracy” is altogether true to life,
but if real persons were placed in the
same positions which confront the
characters of this story, their actions
would in all probability, be very much
like, if not exactly the same as those
of the main persons of this picture.
Their parts are sincere, none of therm
are forced and a cast of capable play
ers performs in the leading roles, most
obviously well trained in motion-pic
ture technique.
Tyrone Pow r er is the latest legiti
mate actor added to the long list of
Famous Players stars borrowed from
the stage for a short time. His rendi
tion of the part of Mr. Stockton, a self
made man of A merica Is sincere, pow
erful and dramatic. Diana, his wife, is
played by Marguerite Skirvin in a
manner that loaves no room, for im
provement. Edna Mayo is sweet, pret
ty and pathetic as Virginia, the daugh
ter of Stockton and the step-daughter
of Diana. Arthur Hoops appears in his
familiar role of heavy. He is a pen
niless foreign prince, utterly without
honor* but possessing a magnetic at
traction which he exercises ove.r the
unfortunate woman whom he happens
to desire.
The picture will he shown every
hour, beginning at 10:30 a. m
INSURANCE FIRE SALE
- - : -AT—.--
FOURCHER’S, 572 BROAD ST.
This stock, composed of Guns, Bicycles, Rifles, Pistols, Air Guns, Roller Skates,
Foot Balls, Indoor Balls, Punching Bags, Pocket Knives, Scissors, and Table Cutlery,
Hunting Coats, Leggins, Caps, and Carpenters’ and Mechanics’ Tools, Motorcycle
Horns, Lights, Oils, etc., was slightly damaged by smoke. The Companies insist that this
stock must be turned into cash, regardless of cost, at once. Don’t miss looking over this
lot of goods before you make your Christmas purchases. Every article in store will be
sold at from 20 to 50 cents on the dollar.
CASH ONLY. DOORS OPEN AND SALE STARTS TOMORROW (THURS
DAY) MORNING, DECEMBER 10th, AT 10 O’CLOCK.
INSURANCE FIRE SALE, 572 BROAD STREET
RESIDENT DEPUTY D. S.
REVENUE COLLECTOR
Mr. H. W. Perkins, After Mon
day, Will Devote Entire Tii»3
to Augusta. New Man For
Savannah.
After Monday, December 14th, Dep
uty Revenue Collector Harry W. Per
kins will devote his time exclusively
to the city of Augusta, and will he
known as the resident deputy collector
of internal revenue for Augusta.
The above announcement will be
gladly received here, for there has
been more business in Augusta alone
i'than one man could take care of since
the “revenue stamp” and “special tax”
acts went into effect.
Mr. Perkins now has, and has had
for some time, all the territory be
tween Augusta and Savannah, includ
ing both Augusta and Savannah. In
formation here is that another deputy
collector has been supplied by the gov
ernment for Savannah, and Mr. Per
kins, after Monday, will remain in
Augusta all the time, giving all of his
time to revenue business here, re
ceiving returns of special tax payers,
examining articles that should bear
the “war tax” stamps, and attending
to all other business that comes under
his office, which heretofore, often has
had to be postponed because Mr. Per
kins’ numerous duties kept him in
Savannah as much as if not more than
in Augusta.
The new arrangement will be of
great benefit to many people in Au
gusta who are paying tax under the
government’s new revenue laws.
At The Grand
AL H. WILSON IN “WHEN OLD
NEW YORK WAS DUTCH.”
As refreshing as a breath of spring
ozone fresh from the meadows is A 1
H. Wilson in the quaint offering,
“When Old New York Was Dutch,”
in which he will be seen as Metz von
Freiburg at the Grand Saturday,
matinee and evening. The Dutch of
early New York were interesting peo
ple and the author of Mr. Wilson’s
vehicle has endeavored to picture them
as true to life as possible. The dif
ferent scenes of old New York and
the sea coast surrounding it are all
the story calls for, and of absorbing
Interest when comparison is made
with the New York of the present
day. The play is a delightful com
bination of humor and pathos, made
more interesting, perhaps, by the
tuneful folk songs introduced by Mr.
Wilson at appropriate intervals and
which are as captivating as any of
the songs that this comedian has made
popular in the past. They include
“When I First Met You,” “Moon,
Moon, Moon.” "When the Roses in
Spring Bloom Again,” and “Mr. Bear.”
INCENDIARIES AGAIN
AT WORK IN AUGUSTA
House on Center Street Was
Set on Fire Wednesday Morn
ong at About 1 O’clock.
Burning Lightwood Found in
Icebox.
At 1:15 Wednesday morning the fire
department was called to a tkt at ikft
Center Street, a building of which the
lower floor is occupied by M. B, Car
roll's meat store and the upper rented
to negroes. Captain Battle, of No. 2
Engine House, was in ehnrge of the
fire and discovered unmistakable signs
of incendiarism.
The blaze was started at the foot
of a staircase at the hack, the only
means of reaching the floor above,
where the negroes lived, and when the
department arrived on the scene part
of the stairs and a partition had been
burned away, so filling the upper
floor with smoke that a negro woman
narrowly escaped being suffocated to
death and had to be rescued through
one of the front windows by Captain
Parker and James Butler, of Engine
House No. 1,
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
On the floor near the place where
the fire had started Captain Battle
found a one-gallon can of kerosene,
which circumstances first aroused his
suspicions. The can was full, how
ever, and tli ere was no evidence of
the oil having been poured over the
stairs or floor. The proprietor, on be
ing interrogated, said that he kept
the can of kerosene near a grate some
ten or fifteen feet from where it was
found, which showed plainly that
somebody had had a hand in the game.
Later, on opening the ice-chest where
meat was kept, smoke was seen pour
ing out and the chest proved to con
tain a pile of lightwood which had
been set afire inside. Fortunately,
when the .oor of the place was closed,
this fire was choked by its own smoke.
The mysterious originator of the
fire is being sought by the police. It
is thought that this is the %equel to
a number of incendiary fires the last
of which occurred some months ago,
Don’t Let This
One Bounce Off
Take this straight from
Uncle, it won’t cost you a
red cent —when you are
ready for a tobacco that will
absolutely satisfy that crav
ing for a smartless, biteless
smoke that smells sweet
and clean and tastes good
and wholesome, just you
mosey around to the near
est shop where they ex
change pipe food for the coin
of the Republic and ask for
Fringe
Albert
the national joy smoke
St' PtPC *«!'
and that the old "fire-bugs” are at
work again. No clues to the identity
of the guilty parties have so far been
divulged by the investigating officers.
M CHANGES !N
S, L L. CIRCUIT
Columbia, S. C. —The South Atlantic
league will open the 1915 season with
out changes in the circuit, stated Pres
ident Corish, of Savannah, in a letter
today to Columbia club officials. Al
bany will retain its franchise, having
refused the offer of Montgomery, re
cently ejected from the Southern As
sociation, for a transfer.
This is the one tobacco in these good old U. S. A. that’s
minus the tongue bite and broil. Why? Because they’re
taken out by a patented process controlled exclusively
by us.
Buy a tidy red tin of P. A., 10c, or a toppy red bag, sc, to carry
on your hip for pipe and cigarette ammunition; but for home
and office use buy the joyous crystal-glass humidor that comes
with a pound purchase of good old P. A. It keeps the tobacco
pipe-fit and in prime smoking condition down to the last pipeful.
Paste this little suggestion in your hat against Christmas—the
P. A. crystal-glass humidor makes a man-size gifty gift
It J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., Winston-Salem, N. C.
FAIR WEATHER WELCOMED
AFTER MANY DAYS RAIN
Sunshine Felt Good Wednes
day, and Will Be Out Again
Strong Thursday, Says Mr.
Eraigh.
The prediction by Forecaster K. D.
Kmigli for fair weather was welcomed
in Augusta Wednesday. After a siege
of lmd, rainy weather for more than
a week, no one is displeased over the
indications that the sun is soon again
to shine in Augusta. It did Wednes
day, and. Judging from the forecast,
will Vie out bright and warm Thurs
day. No change in temperature is ex
pected.
It was slightly cooler Wednesday
morning In Augusta, and a similar
change was experienced in most all
other cities.
MISS BATTLE’S VOICE
FOR SUNDAY MEETING
Will Be Heard at First of the
Services Held at Dreamland
Theatre By the Y. M. 0. A.
It is announced that us a special
feature of the musical program for
tiie first of Uie Y. M. C. A. bi-Sunday
meetings, to be held this winter at the
Dreamland theatre, Instead of tile Y.
M. <’. A. building, Miss Margaret Bat
lie will sing. It is expected that the
theatre w ill ho crowded to Its capacity
for the opening service, next Sunday
afternoon at 4 o'clock.
As previously stated, Rev. J. Henry
Harms, president of Newberry College,
Newberry, S. C., will deliver the ad
dress of the meeting.
The public is cordially invited to
1 come.
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