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SIX A.J.RENKL m jj\\\ A. J. RENAL, AUGUSTA'S LEADING JEWELER Social News of Aiken Aiken, S. C.—Mias Reti Murttn, wlio bk Peg in Peg o' My Heart" delighted an Aiken audience last Saturday night at The Slone theatre, was the charm* ing guest Sunday at dinner of Mr and Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock of New York and Long Island at their winter homo here. Sunday evening l>r, and Mrs. T. C. Stone had Miss Martin and her slater as their guests. A party of Augusta people came over to witness the performance. A Aiken, the resort and winter colony, ■ rapidly filling with guests for tint Btisi'ii. which Is now beginning. ■ Mrs. J. (\ Mallory of New York Is Hie for the winter. W Mra. William Thaw of Pittsburgh P is taken a cottage here for the sea son. C. B. Pouter and family have opened their Aiken home for the winter Mr. and Mrs. J Milton Allen ot Bar Harbor, Maine, are to occupy their cottage here after this week. G. A. Cochran of New York is at Wilcox's for a short stay. J. F. Champlln. who will have charge of the new Highland Park hotel, which will altirow open Its doors for the re ception of tourists on New Year's Day, is a guest at Wilcox's. T. Morrison Carnegie is at Wilcox’s Mrs. Thompi Hitchcock went to New York city Tuesday for a week's stay. Mias Helen Robinson, who spent the summer and fall months In the moun tains of North Carolina, Is the guest of her sister, Mrs. W, H. Purdue. Rev. and Mrs. Dargan and fatn ly left Wednesday for Greenwood, where thsy will make their home In the fu ture. Rev. E. A. Driggers, the newly appointed pastor of Bt. John's Metho dist church, will arrive here this after noon. C. K. Henderson, W. M. Hmoak. Rev Phillip J McLean and G. K, Toole at tended the Raptlst state convention at Charleston last week. Miss Tut Youngblood of KUenton ts the guest of Mrs Will Hahn. Mrs. W. K law of Kingsport. Tenn. was the gueat last week of her sister Mrs. William M. Rtnoak. Dave W. Gaston. Jr.. Is spending a few days at the national capital Josef Hofmann, the eminent pian ist, arrived here lust weak from New A Few of The Hundreds of Gifts Renkl Suggests For Her Tlinmond Rings La Vallieres Bar Pins Cameo Brooches Gold Bracelets Watch Fobs Pearl Rings Toilet Sots Card Cases Link Buttons Manicure Sets Wrist Watches Society York and has opened his winter home for the season. The Esther Marion Chapter, Daugh ters of the American Revolution, met Monday afternoon with Mrs. William fcimoak J. 11. Hawkins, formerly located In Aiken, Is the guest of friends here for a few days before locating at i Manta S. C. Congressman and Mrs* James F. Byrnes left Aiken Inst Saturday for Washington. Col. D. s. Henderson. K. P. Hender son, Col. Claude 10. Sawyer, J. B. Sul ley and Herbert H. Gyles have been in t. olutnbia last week in attendance upon the supreme court. Senator John K. Williams spent sev eral days In Columbia last week. SANDERSVILLE news Sandsrsvills, Ga.—Mtss Mantle Lou Cole of Macon arrived here Tuesday to Visit her aunt, Mrs. 1. W. Newman Mtss Louise Cheatham has us her guest this week Miss Carrie Belle Reid of Forsyth. Mr and Mrs. Comer Taylor and lit tle son left during the week for Jef fersonville, Gu . w here they will visit relatives during the holidays. Miss Mary Rawlings and guest, Mtss r.l xuhcth Brow n. of Pnrugould, Ark, spout a few days recently with friends and relatives In Savannah and Au gusta. Miss Martha Sibley, who has been the house guest of Mtss Mabel Kuw- I lings, returned to her home In Mtl i ledgevUlo Inst week. Mrs. T. P Bunklty entertained at cards Wednesday for Miss Toto Mc- Gregor of Warrenton. Ga.. the guest of Mrs J J Harris. Mrs K. L. Searboro was hostess Sat urday at it Kpend-the-day pum. given in honor of Mrs J. J Harris and her guest, Mtss McGregor of Warrenton Mrs. I buries Deltl of ljiredo, Tex was the guest recently of Mrs S G Lang, Sr. Mrs. I. w. Newman was hostess Tuesday afternoon of the Round Table Literary t lub Two Instructive papers, Fighting Temerairc," by Joseph Mallard Turner, by Mrs. T. Y Mn arty, and John Constable, by Mrs I Newman, were read. The out er-town guests were Mrs Hen It.nut ttn ‘ l Mr. Ellison Gilmore of TenuUle. This year as never before are we prepared to supply your needs in the Gift line. Our stock is larger and our assortment is more at tractive than heretofore, while our prices are exceedingly reasonable. There will be no trouble for you to make your selection from our past stock, for nothing has been omitted to embrace every article that the discriminating buyer might wish. We do Engraving—the right kind. Bilk Umbrellas Electric Lamps Chests of Silver Vanity Cases Neck Chains Gold Watches Chafing Dishes Dinner Gongs Baking Dishes Gold Loekets Stick Pins Goat Chains Thimhleß Opera Glasses Fountain Pens . '.VB. r><l^. > ; v kuL- Farm Land Rentals Must Be Based on Something Else Except Cotton It 1915 Crop is to Be Curtailed Since 70 Per Cent, of the South's Cotton is Made By Tenant Farmers and Renters, Farm Land Owners Have Now a Heavy Responsibility-- Mr. R. C. Neely, of Waynesboro, Sets a Magnificent Example That Landlords Throughout the South Should Follow---The Time iu Hand When Ar rangements Are Being Made For Another Year. The season is now on when tenant farmers and renters are beginning to make their arrangements for another year. In view of the absolute necessity of curtailing the cotton acreage in 1915, not only to protect the surplus cotton crop to be carried over from this year but also to put farming in the South ion a live-at-home basis, this is a I critical time. | if land rentals for the coming year | are to remain on a basts of so many i bales of. cotton, the cotton crop of 1915 I cannot possibly be cut sufficiently. If the tenant former and the renter iare to make their own foodstuffs and : foodstuffs and quit living out of a tin ' can and a paper sack, land rentals must be based upon something else besides cotton. The farm land owner has a heavy responsibility resting upon him at this time. Seventy per cent of the cotton crop is made by tenant farmers. The other thirty per cent is made by land-own ing farmers. If land rentals are based on eotton next year as they were this vear. It will require 4.000,000 hales of eotton 'in 1915 to pay farm land rentals alone, I even though the tenant farmer did not [produce a single bale to put on the ‘ market. The man who has been making most of the cotton—the tenant farmer- is not responsible for the over-produc tion of the staple that is today, he j cause there Is an over-production, | selling for less than the cost of pro . duct ion. ! The landlord and the banker and the supply merchant is to blame. They have made cotton the so-call ed "money crop." They hnve requir ed as the first consideration, that the farmer raise so many hales of cot jlon to pay land rentals, to secure ad i vances of money s and provisions with DIE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. THE STORE OF DEPENDABLE GIFTS Our Book of Suggestions Will Be Mailed Upon Request I which to make his crop. If half an average cotton crop Is made in 1915 and the Kuropean war continues —as is more than possible—• cotton will bring even less this time next year than it will bring today. If farm rentals for 1915 are based ! entirely on cotton, as heretofore, there will lie more than half an average crop produced next year. What ts the remedy? Mr. H. (\ Neely, one of the most ex tensive planters of Georgia, controll ing 2,000 plows in Burbo County, stated a month or two ago that next year he will place farm rentals, so far as he and his tenants are eoncerntd, on a different basis. Instead of renting a place for ten hales of cotton, for instance, he will tako five bales of cotton and so many bushels of corn, or five bales of cot ton and so many bushels of oats, or five hales of cotton and the equivalent of the other five hales In hogs. In no other way can the end at which the South is now aiming be reached. Whether a farm land-owner has one or a hundred tenants, a hundred or a thousand acres, If he lives up to his responsibility in the present crisis, he must substitute farm products of ether kinds for at least one-half of the amount of cotton that he has been receiving for land rentals. The landlord cannot shift the bur den of responsibility onto the shoul ders of the tenant farmer. Substituting corn or oats or other j farm products for cotton, the land lord not only will receive as large a revenue, hut he will lend encourage ment to the tenant farmer to produce ' foodstuffs and feedstuffs and make himself and his farm self-ususiainini;. ! A visit to this store will prove a revelation to you, for we are showing the newest designs in Jewelry, Cut Glass, Sterling Silver and Novelties, you have ever seen. There will be little effort to decide on your Gift if you will look our large stock over and be convinced that we are leaders in Christmas Gifts. We will keep your purchase until called for, or instructed to deliver. Renkl’s Wonderful Assort ment of Gifts For Him Cuff Links Scarf Pins Fountain Pens Cigar Cutters Gold Watches Military Brushes Tie Clasps Cigar Lighters Desk Clocks Pocket Knives Thermos Bottles l Diamond Studs A. J. RENAL, AUGUSTA'S LEADING JEWELED Hold Royal Academy Exhibition in Spite of European War London.— A misleading report has been current that the Royal Academy has decided not to hold its summer exhibition in 1915. Nothing of the sort has ever been contemplated. In nil the wars in which England has been Involved since the Academy was founded in 1778, the summer exhibition has been held without a break. The Academy has determined to abandon the winter exhibition of works by the Old Masters, but It will hold instead an exhibition of contemporary work contributed by the various so cieties outside the Academy, as well as by some of the Academians, In aid of the war funds. This exhibition promises to he well supported by artists, and will open on the first Monday In the New Year. Several of the largest galleries In the Academy will be devoted to the exhi bition. WOMENS CLUBS IN ENGLAND ASSIST IN STOPPING GERMAN SPY London.—Women's clubs in England have been enlisted in the movement to head off the activities of possible German spies and Austrian and mun women have been asked to resign or discontinue their attendance at many clubs which formerly welcomed them. A number of prominent literary women have urged that English wom en should be as cautious as English men about their associates and should shun all women of German or Aus trian sympathies at a time when chance remarks might give valuable Information to the enemy. Reports from Belgium and Holland of the activities of women spies who served as governesses and servants In Belgium and Dutch families have also thrown suspicion on German and Aus trian women in service in various parts of England. The Belgian refu gees who are In England have Issued general warning against German wom en as well as Germen men. and their tales . f how Belgian cities were be trayed by German spies in all walks o( life have alarmed the English, Alarming tales have been printed in l.ondnn papers of alleged German spies high in social and financial cir- A. J. RENKL Ink Wells Desk Calendars Book Racks cles, and practically all of the leading men’s clubs have asked men of Ger man or Austrian birth to resign or re frain from frequenting the clubrooms during the war. Many supposed spies high In official life voluntarily left England before the movement against suspected persons became so acute. Charges were generally made that even Germans who had become naturalized had often done so only for business and social reasons and were at heart Germans as much as ever. NO SHOTS FIRED BY TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MEN AT FRONT IN A MONTH Bar Le Due.—Tens of thousands of soldiers in the active fighting army at the front have not fired a shot for a month or two at a time. They serve their fortnight at the extreme firing line, some hours a day In the trenches or just next to them with their own artillery throwing shells over their heads, but never having the chance to empty a cartridge at their adversaries. The intervals in the re serve lines are spent In hard work, trenching and fortifying, repairing roads, building shelters for themselves and the horses and in towns, where quartered, keeping streets clean. The private is becoming thoroughly tired of the war, but his attitude to ward all the unromantic aspects of his work Is fine. He understands that in mending a road he is contributing to the success of the French armies just as though he were firing a gun. Al though he wants the war to get on ward and end, he cheerfully takes the commonplace with the excitement. Some of the excellent roads back of the lines are being repaired with poles cut from the forests laid crosswise, making the old-fashioned American ‘'corduiuv road.” Have you twelve friends in the world ? If so: you will want them to receive some evidence of your good will at Christmas. Instead of expensive gifts, the custom now to send Christmas cards is more universal than ever. We have prepared a special package of Christmas Greeting Cards from steel engravings, consisting of twelve of our most popular designs. They come in envelopes all ready to mail and the lot is sent post-paid for one dollar. This assortment is an unusual value and you will have much satisfaction in sending such a stylish and artistic token of a Christmas remembrance. Order Now. J. P. STE\ ENS ENGRA\ ING CO., Atlanta, Ga. Emblem Rings Match Boxes Vest Chains Shaving Sets Smoking Sets Watch Fobs GigajC.Cases Signet Rings Safety Razors, / •" • // / /.* Silk Umbrellas Wine Sets SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13. f|fs I ; •JBu' ' Jawjj $220,000; BUBONIC PLAGUE. Washington.—Deficiency appropria tions submitted to the house today in cluded an estimate of $220,000 to con tinue the campaign against bubonic plague. Three hundred thousand dol lars was appropriated for the current year, but the New Orleans campaign proved a heavy drain on the fund which will be exhausted within two months. JOHNNY EVERS’ BETTER. New York.—Captain Johnny Evers of the Boston Braves, ill with pneumonia, was said today to be resting easier. County Tax Books close this week. Candies- For your Xmas Tree. The good kind. All prices—any quantity. )LHAVWO^& Earle Hollingsworth. 946 Broad. Phone 1««8.