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MONDAY, DECEMBER 14
EMERGENCY IN
CHARTS, Ilff
Infeeds of Hydrographic Officee
Urged Before Naval Commit
tee. The Coasts Surveyed.
Washington, D. C. —The needs of more
money with which to complete the Am
erican navy's chart equipment is urged
in a statement before the House Naval
Committee today from Captain Thomas
Washington, in charge of the naval
hydrographic office, in which emphasis
is aid upon the fact that the British
government's charting of the world is
more complete than that of any other
nation. Speaking of the survey work of
his bureau, especially around Cuba, Cap
tain Washington says he has “no doubt
that, had Admiral Cervera known of
these channels we found down there,
those ships of his might not have gone
into other anchorages and we would
have no knowledge of how to get in
there between those reefs.’’
On O.her Coasts.
“The same" continues Captain Wash
ington, "is true of other coasts that we
have surveyed. We keep such as we
deem confidential; do not send them to
other nations and, similarly, I have no
doubt that the British and other nations
have many more confidential charts than
we have. When we have charts that
the merchant sailors use, we send them
to other nations complimentary.”
The navy department has advised the
committee that the charts for which
merchant ships are clamoring are most
in demand for the English Channel,
North Sea, Straits of Dover, the North
of Ireland and Scotland, the west French
coast and Denmark, Norway and Swe
den. The navy’s greatest chart emerg
ency was for the vicinity of the eastern
Mediterranean and Turkey which the de
partment started in to reproduce and
has mostly finished, "knowing if a shut
down of British charts occurred, that is
the part where the navy would feel the
first blow.”
i It is pointed out also that the British
'dmiralty has two or three agents in
this coutnry, at New York, Philadelphia
and elsewhere from whom American
ships get charts and sailing directions
and that it has detailed charts of ap
proaches to American and Mexican ports
and for Panama approaches.
Sick Two Years With Indigestion.
“Two years ago I was greatly bene
fited through using two or three bot
tles of Chamberlain’s Tablets,” writes
Mrs. S. A. Keller, Elida, Ohio. "Be
fore taking them I was sick for two
:ars with indigestion." Sold by all
ialers.
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CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Beautiful fumed oak Library Set, upholstered in Spanish
leather—Chair, Settee and Rocker. Regular price s4o.oo,special at
Odd Rockers to match at .. .. .... . . $4.75 to $9.00.
Dining Room Sets
We have dining room sets and odd pieces iu all finishes and at all prices
McDougall Kitchen Cabinets
We are agents in Augusta for the famous McDougall Cabinet—the pre
mier of them all. Costs no more than vastly inferior kinds and has many
exclusive features.
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MAXWELL BROS.
973 BROAD. HOME FURNISHERS
ONLY WOUNDED SOLDIERS IN STREETS
OF FRANCE WHERE ONCE FASHIONABLE
WOMEN SPED IN THEIR MOTOR CARS
Washington. —Appeals to America to send necessities for wounded
soldiers returning from the battle front in western Europe were in
cluded in a letter just received here from a Red Cross nurse at Dinard,
Brittany.
"Where fashionable women in luxurious motor cars sped through
the avenues,” wrote the nurse, "soldiers hobbling on sticks and crutches
or wheeled in chairs appear. Women and children swathed in crepe wan
der in dumb groups in the Esplanade. The shops are full of soldiers’ ne
cessities. Everywhere, high and low, young and old, the seamstress, the
shopkeeper behind her counter, the young girls taking their morning
walks, even little school girls, grand-mammas and nurses, are all knit
ting.
“Strong, vigorous young men one never sees. Only wounded soldiers,
old men in mourning, and priests ceaselessly on their errands of consola
tion and pity.
“In this hour of tribulation, France has turned devoutly and rev
erently to religion. The tone of the press has changed—-a reverent and
hurnbie seeking after divine help Is felt in their articles. It is not only
the women and the ancients wno now pray, for over many hospitals cols
hang a crucifix and hardened and indifferent men turn in their agony to
the ever present clergy.”
OFFICIAL BULLETINS
GERMAN
Berlin, (By Wireless to London, 3:10
p. m.) —An official communication is
sued today by the Uerman army head
quarters says;
"Light attacks by the French in
parts of our positions between the
River Meuse and the Vosges Moun
tains were easily repulsed. Other
wise nothing of importance remains
to be reported from the western thea
ter of the war.
From East Prussia and Southern
Boland there is nothing to report.
"In Northern Poland our operations
are taking their normal course."
RUSSIAN
Petrograd. —The general staff of the
Russian army has given out the follow
ing communication under date of Sun
day, 13th:
"There has been no engagement of im
portance on any of the fronts. In the
region of Mlawa we continue to force
back the German troops who are in re
treat.
"On the left wing of the River Vistula
there lias been no change.
“In the region of Mount Buekla, Aus
trian columns are coming down the
nortsern slope of the Carpathians.”
From Par
. lor to
Kitchen
We have a com
plete stock of fur
nishings for the en
tire home. The larg
est variety from
which to make your
selection.
FRENCH
Paris, 2.44 p. m. —The French offic
ial statement given out in Paris (his
afternoon reports comparative quiet in
Flanders, and artillery exchanges of
relatively minor importance else
where. In the Meuse, German bat
teries are said to be moving to the
north. In the Woevre district the
French captured a trench and repuls
ed two counter attacks. The advance
of the French line into Alsace has
brought it to a point north of Alt
kirch and about ten miles to the east
of the frontier.
PROHIBITION DEFEAT IS
FORECASTED IN N. Z.
Wellington, N. Z. —An indication of
the defeat of national prohibition Is
given in a preliminary count of the
poll made public here as follows:
The vote in 56 license districts gives
for national prohibition, 199,860; for
national continuance, 290 697.
•In 12 no license districts the vote
for national prohibition is 40,689 and
for national continuance 36,771.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
Speaking
... THE...
Public Mind
(The Herald welcomes contributions
to the “Public Mind” column. In fact
it is a column for the people to speak
their mind on every question of pub
lic interest. However, the editor of
this column -equests that contributors
make their communications io the
point. A half dozen short communi
cations are worth a great deal more
anyway than one a column in length.
One can say a great deal in a dozen
or more lines and in a quarter of a
i column can almost write a history.
Verbum Sap.
EDITOR, SPEAKING THE
PUBLIC MIND).
LET’S HAVE A SI,OOO LICENSE.
To The Herald:
1 have read with keen Interest what
has been printed in the newspapers
concerning the law enforcement cam
paign now in progress in Augusta,
it is a very pretty little plan that has
been worked out by the gentlemen fa
voring the SSOO license and no liquor,
but it is impracticable and is a mtn
[ promise with the law, as Mr. IT. H.
j Alexander stated.
I recall that a few years ago there
I was another agitation for law en
il'orcement and it was decided to put
Ithe license at S3OO with the under
standing that no liquor be sold. The
; license of S3OO caused only about
$27,000 to flow Into the city treasury
that year and conditions were worse
| than ever before. There was appar
j ently some slight attempt to enforce
the law during the first few weeks
of the year, but after that there was
no attempt. The locked clubs which
sprung up all over town when the
pronouncement went forth that no
liquor was to he sold in the near-beer
saloons, degenerated into borrooms
and t"he clubs on the second floors, In
jmany inst -nces, were abandoned be
cause people would refuse to climb a
] flight of stairs to get a drink when
there was so many places on the first
floors where they could buy it.
When we first had the SI,OOO license
it was with the idea of running the
dives out of business. It probably
did run out some and the city secured
$90,000 revenue the first year and this
lyear about $90,000 has poured into Iho
coffers of the city by reason of the
SI,OOO lice lse.
It may be all right for Mr. J. P.
Doughty, Sr., to talk about not letting
the question of revenue enter into the
discussion, but the question of revenue
will certainly enter when city council
begins to deliberate on the matter.
Council must raise money to keep (he
city off the rocks. The hospitals must
bo finished, the levee must, be finish
ed, the enormous payrools must be
met, and if the gentlemen who have
planned to cut the city's revenue down
one-half to one-third will devise some
means, other than by adding rrore
taxes, to secure this money then coun
cil will, no doubt, listen to their propo
sition.
To soil near-beer license at SSOO
carries with it just as much guaran
tee that the holder will not ho molest
ed as to soil one at SI,OOO and neither
gives him any guarantee. If he de
liberately rhooses to take the risk of
selling liquor in violation of law he
will take the risk as readily with a
SSOO license as he would if It was dou
ble that amount.
There is no middle ground in this
matter. Lei council put on a nominal
(license of SSO and enforce the law or
SI,OOO and let things run as they are.
| Because Macon or Atlanta charges
Inear-beer saloons several hundred
dollars and forces them to acjl noth
ing but beer —if, indeed, sucll is the
case—is no reason why it is right.
Lie’s be fair. Let the. ’"cense remain
at SI,OOO or have practically no li
cense at all. If the near-beer dealers
(are given licenses at $00 4 ea’.h and
then violate the law close them up
and keep them closed. City council
should weigh this question well and
(not stultify itself, if it listens to the
SSOO plan and acts favorably on it
then tt. same conditions will exist by
February first that exist now and the
city will have lost $50,000 in -evenue,
while the near-beer dealers will make
“a killing.”
A TAX PAYER.
To The Herald:
In Friday’s Herald T noticed a com
jmunlcation signed “Subscriber,” in
which the writer advocates that thn
merchants give the clerks two days
holiday, at Christmas. I havo been
informed that the majority of sales
people in this city work from 8 and
8:30 a. m., until 6 p. m., during the
week and until 8 and 10 p. m. on Sat
! urdays, winter and summer. Then at
(Christmas, many of them work even
ings for a week or more preceding the
holiday. •
1 am also told that the only holidays
clerks have are Thanksgiving Day,
Christmas Day, Fourth of July and
half holiday Memorial Day. So if the
merchants can arrange to give their
salespeople both Friday and Saturday,
this year, it would no doubt he ap
preciated and enjoyed by them.
"ONE INT EKESTED.”
Answering Bachelor.
i To The Herald:
rs you will allow me the space, T would
iike to make a few comments regurdlng
"Bachelor" and “In’erested.”
I don't brieve Bachelor Is looking for
a wire that will shine Ids shoes, if he
Is, then the longer he remains a bache
lor, ttie better off he will tie, to sat
nothing of the fortunate escape his lady
l friends are making. If Bachelor Is 100
lassy to polish his own shoes and top
stingy to tay for it being done, he cer
tain! would make ft very poor husband,
i A mm who will not make every effort
to [A i vent his wife having to do drudg
ery had best remain single. When I
had a wife I wag perfectly willing to
tio.ish her shoes If it Would help her, but
I would never have allowed her to pol
ish mine, and If I’m ever fortunate
enough to get another woman to share
rn\ misfortunes, I’ 1 do the same.
'’lnterested” halt the wrong Idea con
cfAidng toe girl that Is “Found run
ning up and down Bro d street.” Broad
street is as good a place for ladies as It
is for men, and while tny business pre
vents my st tiding around gazing, I do
enjoy looking at many modestly dress
ed and handsome ladies as I pass up and
down the street. 1 must admit that
there are many who dress and act with
the sole object of attracting men. and
theysgenerally get all (hat Is coming ti<
them, and you can’t hame the men.
"Interested" Is mistaken In saying
that men think most of the "flirt."
There are mat y men who like to have
their fun, hut wnen they go to select a
wife they geneially go deeper than ,'ne
qua Itiee which go to make up a flirt.
Bet us refrain from writing things
that will discourage our good women
n walking out on the stveets, but rather
eneourag< them to come out, that wu
may mingle with them and gain some
Inspirit lon that will lead us lo higher
and nobler ways of living. WIDOWER.
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popularity. Inserts of elastic enable the strength of the garment
to he more perfectly applied and actual reduction is thus accom
plished with comfort. The boning is of double watch-spring steels
—very pliable but extra strong—and is guaranteed not to rust. The
crowning features of Rengo Belt corsets are their thoroughly strong
materials and tailoring—without which all other reducing corsets
fail. $1.50 up.
Weather 1
CONSUMPTION Of
COTTON IN NOV.
420,663 Bales as Compared
With 456,356 in November
Last Year. Stocks on Hand
December First.
Washington, D. C. -Germany, In the
last fouY month? received only 1,052
bales of American cotton, one thousand
bales of which were sent lasi month, as
shown today by Census Bureau statis
tics. November’s total cotton exports
were, slightly more than one-half aa
much as November a year ago, while
the shipments abroad during the last
four months showed a decrease of $2,-
802,000 bales,
Cotton used 111 the United States dur
ing November showed a decrease com
pared with November, 1913, and the
quantity of cotton on hand November
30th In independent warehouses was 1,-
747.000 bales more than at that time
last year.
November Figures.
Washington, D. C. (’niton eonsumed
during November was 420,803 bales, ex
clusive of Unters, compared with 456,-
356 In November last year, the Census
Bureau announced today. Consump
tion for the four months ending Novem
ber 30th, was 1,071,378 bales, against 1,-
843,004 last. year.
Cotton on hand November 30th in
manufacturing establishments was 1,-
000,705 bales compared with 1,426,638 a
year ago and in Independent ware
houses 5,(0)8,374 compared with 2,262,-
714 a year ago.
Exports wove 760,929 hales against 1.-
501,259 last year, and for the four
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Imports were 13,274 bales against ».-
281 last year and for the four months
67,828 against 28,084 a year ago.
Cotton spindles active numbered 20,-
441,315, against 30,949,387 a year ago.
Unters consumed was 25,739 bales,
against 26,242 a year ago; and for the
four months 107,509 hales, against 111,-
961 last year; on hand In manufacturing
establishments 78,373 bales, against 58,-
823 a year ago and In independent ware
houses 56.809, against 31,151 a year ago.
Unters exported was 7.267 Weis and
for the four months 14,064 bales.
War Affects U. S.
Army-Navy Cost
Washington, D. C.—The cost of the
American army ration lias Increased to
such extent on account of the European
war that It will require $130,000 more to
feed the soldiers during the coming year,
titan during the present yeai. Even tho
I Vice of horse food has so Increased
that SIOO,OOO ntore must ho paid next
year for army forage.
These are some of the results of the
war affecting Ihe army, made public to
day. The navy also Is affected. The
war freight rates have made It Impos
sible for the navy to meet out of Its
appropriations the cost of sending coal
to Its various stations. Congress will
he asked lo authorize the use of the
money ordinarily spent In paying freight
rates on coal for tho maintenance of na
val colliers to be used Instead of com
mercial vessels for this purpose.
FOOD FOR BELGINAS.
Amsterdam (via London 10:37 a. m.)
Tho Norwegian steamer Obldcnse,
laden with foodstuffs for the Belgians
arrived at Kotterdam today from New
York.
Here you can get a beautiful and most
useful feift for your rnother, wife, sister or
daughter, at one-half the original price.
Imported embroidered quilted robes reduced
to $8.25
Ladies’ heavy bath robes reduced
to $2.50 and $2.98
Tea Gowns, made of the best crepe de chine,
in all colors, reduced to $7.50
Flannelette Kimonos, regular value $1.75,
reduced to SI.OO
$3.00 Messaline Silk Petticoats, reduced
to. . . . $1.75
$3.50 Messaline Silk Petticoats reduced
to $1.98
We carry a full line of ladies’ Underwear,
in crepe de chine, jersey silk and lingeries.
Entire line marked down to 1-2 Price.
Every Suit, Coat and Dress in the house
will go for less than 1-2 price.
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CONVICTS IN NIGHTIES.
Boston. —Night shirts are to he worn
tonight by Inmates of the state prison
in Chnrlcjton for the first, time, It is
said, in Ihe history of penal Institu
tions.
.Sixteen hundred of them are ready
for distribution among the prisoners,
each of whom will be supplied with
two.
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