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SIXTEEN Safety Security m——■w——■ In determining an Investment Security is the first considera tion. Your banking home should be selected with the same esre, The Planters Loan and Sav ings Bank fills every require ment of safety and security for your funds. The officers of thle bank Rive their close, personal attention to its affairs. Responsible Banking has been the policy of this institution since the first day its doors were opened—44 years ago. That this policy is appreciated is indicated by the constant and gratifying growth in business. On the score of Safety, Secu rity and Responsibility, we In vite your account ThePianters Loan & Savings Bank 'OS BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, QA. L. C. HAYNE, Prsaidsn- GEO. P. BATES, Cashier. Dull Times Has Brought This The Famous Economy Save a Dollar Shoe FOR MEN AND WOMEN The Best Shoe value in the world for the money at regular prices. Now for a limited time reduced to actual cost, viz: All Economy $2.50 Shoes All Economy $3.00 Shoes All Economy $3.50 Shoes This includes our entire line of Men and Women’s Shoes. Not a pair in the house is excepted. An Attractive Line of EVENING SLIPPERS at ACTUAL COST TO US. ECONOMY SHOE STORE 310 JACKSON ST. STORAGE ALL KINDS. WE SELL LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, MANTELS, TILE. GRATES, ROOFING, PLATE GLASS. "Concrete for Endurance." WHALEY BROTHERS PHONE 3247. Save That Extra Dollar If your wages were cut one dollar a week you would manage to get on all right; nor would you miss the extra dol lar you so often have left over. SAVE that dollar. Start putting your extra money in our Savings Depart ment and plan to save a certain amount out of every week’s wages. Don’t discourage yourself with the thought that saving is a hardship, for it is EASY after you get started and form the habit. Sick Two Year* With Indigestion. "Two years ago I was greatly bene fited through using two or three bot tles of Chamberlain's Tablets,” writes Mrs. 8. A. Keller, Elida, Ohio. “Be fore taking them I was sick for two years with indigestion." Sold by all dealers. Save delay and annoyance by doing your Christmas shopping now. Shopping Bargains are always found in The Herald. Price f o iiiort Satisfaction THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. SOCIETY LEADER RAISES FUND FOR CHRISTMAS POOR MRS STUYVESANT FISH. New York. —Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, recognized as tho dictator of New York's most exclusive set, is to be one of the patronesses for the Christ mas Fund entertainment which will lie given at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on December 16th, for the benefit of New York's poor families. The pro ceeds of the entertainment will bo expended in supplying wholesome din ners for deserving poor on Christmas Day and for clothes and fuel. ONLY SKELETONS OF ONCE FINE IIS REIN Black Ruins in Track of Armies Fighting a Short Distance to North of Vitry-le-Francois. Vitry-le- Francois Black ruins which have Just ceased smouldering, houses whose interiors have been de molished by bursting shells, leaving only the skeletons of their structures standing, others with sides blow'n out, still others where only a chimney stack remains erect are common sights in this portion of the tract of the ar mies fighting a short distance to the north. Amid the desolation, In half shelter ed shacks, sit women and children and old men, tittering scarcely a word ex cept about their husbands and fathers and sons away with the army, and frcmi whom news Is rare, if it caines at all. Lack of laborers makes it almost impossible for the villagers to start anv repairs. Trade is at a standstill and the common articles of domestic necessity are difficult to obtain owing to the dislocation of transport. Disappeared. Only a mile or two from Cltry the villages of Erighleourt and Courde ntange have virtually disappeared, ex cept for dlsorderely heaps of bricks, tiles and stones which a few weeks ago were houses The fighting around here was some of the most terrible of the war In Its Intensity. The fields are dotted with deep holes made bv bursting (ierman and French shells, while all about aw small mounds showing the burial places of German and French soldiers Interred where they fell. Even in the drainage ditches along the roads many graves were has tily made and small crosses formed of two broken branches of trees placed over them, without name or number to indicate the occupants. The Church of Courdem&nge. with the exception of one house which did ! not appear to have been hit, seemed ito have sufered less than the other ' structures of the village. This was Possibly owing to Its strong wall* which are five feet In thickness. At one comer, where a large shell struck, there Is a deep Indication, while splint ers knocked out stones here and there and shattered all the stained glass windows. Three Days' Duration. Thr Mule In Courdemnnge lasted nearly three days before the Germans hurriedly departed through Vttry-le- VYaneols. In the streets of the vll i 'use the ground was thickly covered with corpses which were later Interred by the inhabitants. Further away from Vltry is Nor mee, near Fere Ohanvponotse. Normec before the war. possessed about 100 , houses. Now there are but 60, the I rest having been blown to pieces or | burned. The village passed from hand to hand several times during the Ger man retreat to the Alsne. it Is placed In a capital position for defense from any side, and the opposing forces fought desperstely for its possession In Its single street 510 German bodies i were picked up on one day. as well as j about 100 French dead. Everywhere | near was the scene of furious combats j and graves strew all the fields, while the excellently constructed and shel tered trench. , on all sides remain as | they were during the battle, with pieces I of exploded shells and aecountrements spread about In the upper part of the barn of a farmhouse in a small ! opening whence a shower of machine Igun bullets was poured on the advanc ing French with awful effect. GO TO SYLVESTER’S You don’t have to wait until after Xmas to huv your Suit or Overcoat. You are now face to face with the most tremendous merchandising event in Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s Clothing ever offered to the people of Augusta. Never before in our fifty business years have we EVER had such LARG-E STOCKS and such EPOCHAL VALUES. These lines of Suits and Overcoats we offer at reduced price, are the best made, the most beautifully tailored and the finest finished garments we have ever had in our house. One of the greatest features of this remarkable sale is its propitious date, providing opportune advantages and economies to the Holiday Shoppers of Gifts for Men, Boys and Children that amounts to nothing short of a real ben efaction. Come! — See!! —Be Convinced!!! MEN'S SUITS $15.00 SUITS $12.00 SIB.OO SUITS $14.40 $20.00 SUITS $16.00 $25.00 SUITS $20.00 $30.00 SUITS $24.00 $35.00 SUITS $28.00 Men’s Overcoats Mackinaws and Balmacaans SIO.OO OVERCOATS SB.OO $15.00 OVERCOATS $12.00 SIB.OO OVERCOATS $14.00 $20.00 OVERCOATS $16.00 $25.00 OVERCOATS S2O 00 $30.00 OVERCOATS $24.00 $35.00 OVERCOATS $28.00 MEN’S ODD TROUSERS $3.00 Trousers $2.40 $4.00 Trousers $3.20 $5.00 Trousers $4.00 $6.00 Trousers $4.80 $7.00 Trousers $5.60 ALL BATH ROBES AND SHORING JACKETS REDUCED $4.00 Bath Robes and Smoking Jackets .... .$3.20 $5.00 Bath Robes and Smoking Jackets ..$4.00 $6.00 Bath Robes and Smoking Jackets $4.80 SB.OO Bath Robes and Smoking Jackets $6.40 $9.00 Bath Robes and Smoking Jackets $7.20 SIO.OO Bath Robes and Smoking Jackets SB.OO $12.00 Bath Robes and Smoking Jackets $9.60 THIS IS POSITIVELY A CASH SALE 9 c cf(m6, Nlaii Orders Will Receive Prompt Attention AFTER HOSPITALS AND DOC TORS FAILED—EX-ZEMA-FO CURED. D. Holmes, Ozone Park, Long Is land, N. Y., writes: “While you have not asked for a testimonial, I fee! that it is due. A preparation such as EX-ZEMA-FO should he known to everyone. I was a sufferer of that terrible disease called eczema for seven years, doctored with the most eminent New York specialists and several various Skin Hospitals to the expense of over S3OO. Two bottles of EX-ZEMA-FO cured me, and the best of it all was that I was able to give up the use of a salve, which was what they all prescribed. Your remedy EX-ZEMA-FO is a clean liquid, did not soil my linen and went right to the spot. I have been recom mending it to every one afflicted with this disease and results have been the same as in my case. EX-ZEMA-FO is the only prepar ation of its kind sold on the guar antee that it cures or money is re funded. FOR SALE PY rroet'e Phanmcjr. sot Broad, Cor. Cen tre; The King Pharmacy. 1256 Broad St.; ItandaTs Pharmacy, 15$} Walton Way. Before Shopping Read Herald Ads THE CHRISTMAS GIFT Hurd’s Fine Stationery, best made, in Christmas Boxes. Waterman’s Fountain Pens. Leather goods, as Lap Desks, Music Rolls, SANTA, the infallible judge of Christmas Pres ents, would say: Buy at RICHARDS and SAVE MONEY. RICHARD'S STATIONERY CO. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11. Boys’ Suits & Overcoats $ 3.50 Suits and Overcoats. . ..$2.80 $ 5.00 Suits and Overcoats.... $4.00 $ 6.00 Suits and Overcoats.. ..$4.80 $ 8.00 Suits and Overcoats.. .. $6.40 SIO.OO Suits and Overcoats.. ..SB.OO $12.00 Suits and Overcoats.. ..$9.60 Men’s Letter Cases, Pocket Books. Bibles, Prayer Books, Hymnals. Books for children. Toys. Toys. Games, Games.