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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. 1... .....••••■••••■•■HninntmuiiniMiitMiiiiiiiiiiuuiiiiiiigituiiiiiiimiuunmiutiiMlMtnitiiHiiiHilHHniiiiiiinaiiiHilnriiiiiiimiiiiiiiu? 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. 1 1 •• 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. The Appearance of Heaviness Disappears When RENGO BELT Reducing Corsets are worn by stout and medium women. Their great strength and elastic freedom eliminates, also, the feeling of heaviness. These characteristics belong exclusively to Rengo Belt corsets. They are the direct achievement of the famous patented Rengo Belt feature, which has proven its worth by over five years of growing 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 VOLK’S * Suggestions For Your Xmas Gift* /ZT\ MM ffrilill i Jm I l|g | A i ■ '■if y* * pA 11 \J In i [7 j f ') r JBM+ montns 1,405,049, against 4,206,650 a year ngo. 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. VOLK’S Ladies’ Ready-to-Wear 1046 Broad St. id#' CONVICTS IN NIGHTIES. 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