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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16
Committee Explains Origin and the
Purpose Law Enforcement Movement
Address to the People of Augusta by Committee. Present
ing Resolutions at Cotton Exchange to People of the Entire
City.
The following is an address to th»
people Cl Augusta by the committee
of citizens on law enforcement:
TO THE CITIZENS OP AUGUSTA:
At the meeting of the city council
held Monday afternoon, for the pur
pose of fixing licenses for the near
beer saloons, the undersigned com
mittee, representing the meeting of
citizens held at the cotton exchange
in the interest of better law enforce
ment in the city of Augusta, request
ed the council to postpone action on
this question until Friday night of
this week. This was done in order
that the people of Augusta may have
the opportunity to register their opin
ion.
The meeting at the cotton exchange
adopted the following resolutions:
“Whereas, the present unrestricted
sale of intoxicants in the city of Au
gusta, in open violation of the state
law, is damaging to the reputation of
our city and hurtful to the moral life
of our peole, we respectfully and earn
estly urge our city council:
"First, to reduce the number of li
censes issued to near-beer saloons to
not more than fifty, restricting their
place of sale to such territory as will
furnish easy surveillance by the po
lice. And that such license be issued
to ne one who heretofore has been
guilty of violating the police regula
tions or whose place of business either
by reason of location or otherwise,
could be considered unfit.
“Second, that the license be placed
at five hundred ($500) dollars, thereby
eliminating the implied permission,
which the present thousand-dollar li
cense is claimed to give to conduct an
illegal business. And that the civil
service commission be instructed to
see that the sale of whiskey and like
intoxicants is absolutely prevented.”
Since these resolutions represent
the only formulated petition to coun
cil on this subject claiming the pub
lie’s support, it is only fair that the
authors should give to the public a
simple historv of the movement they
represent.
About ten days ago three citizens
met together for the purpose of dis
covering some method by which the
city of Augusta might be delivered
from the intolerable condition of fla
grant violation of the prohibition law.
They decided to invite twenty citizens,
representing different phases of opin
ion and varied interests in the city.
Seventeen of these gentlemen re
sponded to the call without knowing
before hand even the subject to be
discussed. When the question was put
before them it was discussed in two
divisions, first, what is desirable, and,
second, what is practicable. For four
hours these men, representing every
phase of opinion on this subject, earn
estly sought for the best solution. In
the final decision each yielded some
thing of his own personal ideal, and,
with the exception of two, voted for
the above resolutions.
Still seeking for a wider expression
of public opinion, this gfoup of men
sought to select 150 names which
would represent, in some way, every
interest of the city.
These men were invited to the cot
ton exchange, not as a mass meet
ing to forward any particular view,
but the number was limited in order
that there might be a free forum dis
cussion.
The resolutions proposed were in
tended simply as the contribution of
the thought of the smaller group, for
discussion and amendment by the lar
ger meeting.
Again there was the expression of
the most divergent view’s. But this
meeting also was characterized by an
earnest desire to unite upon somi
practicable plan. Once again indi
vidual views, as to the best methods,
were sacrificed to the larger purpose
of obtaining the best results possible
These resolutions were again adopted
with only three dissenting votes.
These resolutions are now presented
to the larger citizenship of Augusta
for approval or disapproval. Our ap
peal is now to the individual.
Before you decide whether to sign
or not to sign, consider the signifi
Hog-Killing Time Comes With Cold
Weather to Fill the Smokehouse
Lucky is the Farmer Who Has Hogs to Kill, But the Season
is Fraught With Peril For Hog-Killing, Like Hog-Raising,
is An Art and Important---Clemson College Expert Gives
Valuable Pointers on Slaughtering of Hogs and Curing of
Meat, Showing How Best Results May Be Obtained.
Hog-killing time is at hand.
The farmer who has porkers to
slaughter knows the justification of his
good judgment In having given atten
tion to hogs. He begins now to fill
his smokehouse against tne needs of the
coming monthß—and in the meantime, to
live off the fat of the land, enjoying
feasts of sausage, ribs, chittlings.
The present is the harvest season for
the hog raiser. He has fresh meat to
eat and to sell.
At this season next year—or more
properly, next year when the weather
gets cold enough to kill hogs—there will
be. throughout the South, a much larger
number of farmers who will be killing
hogs. Others who at the present time
have onlj a few hogs to kill, will this
time next year have ess cotton to sell
and mefre hogs to kill—if they are wise.
But the killing of hogs, like the rais
ing of hogs, Is a more import ur. matter
than many farmers realize.
Many hogs are killed on the farm,
according to P. H. Calvin, livestock dem
onstration expert of the Clemson Agri
cultural College at Clemson College, S.
C.. and theft - meat so cured that It is
hardly palatable. Mr. Calvin has pre
pared a statement on hog killing, In
which he gives some pointers that are
valuable and helpful at this time and
for future reference.
A great deal of the meat killed is
either too dry when cured, too hard,
more or less tasteless, too salty or has
one of a number of other faults which
are due to slaughtering improper kinds
of hogs and to Improper methods in
handling the meat. These faults count
against the meat, decreasing the value
and the price, if It is offered for sale.
Even if It is not offered for sale, but Is
consumed at home, the farmer owes it
to himself to have the very best.
The livestock agent at Clemson ad
vises that the ideal hog to butcher is
one that is fat but not too fat; and It
Is preferable that this fat has been put
on with good farm crops which hsv*
perhaps been harvested In the fields by
th* hogs themselves. Such crops are
rape, soy beans, peanuts and com. What
Is fed a hog during the fattening period
cant fact tha* thus far this is the only
plan for the betterment of conditions
on which any considerable number of
citizens h ve united. That it would
be impossible to adopt the individual
ideas of every man is readily ap
parent.
The question is not whether these
resolutions express all that you want,
but do you want all that they ex
press? Requests for about 100 li
censes are now pending before coun
cil at a cost of SI,OOO each. It is dis
tinctly understood, as claimed by the
holders of these licenses and as in
terpreted by jurors of the city, that
tihs amount would purchase from the
city of Augusta the privilege to sell
all forms of intoxicating liquors which
the applicants may choose or invent.
'Now’ in opposition, these resolutions
ask that the number of licenses shall
be limited to one-half: that the places
of sale shall be so restricted as to
put them under the direct eye of
authority. They also demand that the
license shall be reduced to the sum of
SSOO. But we further request that the
privilege of selling whiskey and its
vicious family of intoxicants shall be
absolutely stopped. In lieu of the old
arrangement, which permitted the vio
lation of the law in consideration of
the payment of SI,OOO, we now insist
upon the payment of SSOO as a bond
to insure obedience to the law.
The question naturally arises, if
council adopts the petition will its
provisions be enforced. We already
have the put lie promise of a majority
of the civil service commission (and
we have no doubt of the willingness
of the other two to make the same
statement), that should council in
struct them in accord with these, res
olutions, they can and will see that
their provisions are carried out.
Will council comply with the re
quest? We feel assured that it de
pends entirly upon the citizens of Au
gusta. Your councilman rightly rep
resent the w’ill of the people, but in
order that they may know what
that will is, it must be so expressed
that they will understand it. To this
end these petitions are being placed at
locations in the city convenient for
the signatures of all citizens. As is
ever the case, in matters of public
importance, the responsibility cumea
home to the individual citizen.
For the benefit of those who may
not be able to sign the petition In
person, the committee appends here
with a form which will answer the
same purpose, as securing an expres
sion on the vital matter.
I hereby desire to express my
approval of the petition as pass
ed at cotton exchange meeting Fri
day last and ask that my name
be appended to the petition to be
presented to council in connec
tion with the granting of near
beer saloon licenses for 1915.
Signed
Address
The committee urgently requests, on
account of the pressure of time
council having decided to take final
action on the license question next
Friday evening at 8 o’clock, that as
many as may desire to assist in this
earnest effort for law enforcement in
Augusta will sign the attached in
dorsement and mail or hand same to
any member of this committee.
(Signed)
J. G. BELDING,
JOHN PHINIZY,
,T. P. DOUGHTY,
W. H. BARRETT,
DR. R. L. HENRY,
M. ASHBY JONES.
THOMAS W. LOY'LESS,
ARCHIBALD BLAOKSHEAR,
HOWARD T. OREE,
SAM A. FORTSON,
T. I. HICKMAN,
Committee.
Influences the flavor of the meat.
The killing should be done on a clear,
cold day, but It is not necessary to
wait for a zero morning, when every on*
might suffer, to do tne butchering. It
is important that the carcass cool out
quickly and if the day is rather warm
the butchering should be done In the
afternoon since it is usually coldest at
night. All feed should be kept from the
hog for twenty-four hours before kill
ing.
Bleeding should be rapid and complete
and as soon ag the hog is dead he should
be scalded, scraped, and the internal or
gans removed as soon as possible. Wa
ter at a temperature of 150 to 155 de
grees gives the most satisfactory re
sults on the farm and keeping the hog In
water at this temperature for 1 1-4
minutes should cause the hair to loosen
and slip easily.
The carcass should be hung up and
washed with clean, cold water and the
internal organs removed as soon as the
hair has been completely taken off. Next
the carcass should he spread open as
Wide as possible, thoroughly wushed out
with clean, cold water, and hung In a
cool place until the next morning Two
12-lnch sticks inserted crosswise In the
opening will help to keep the carcass
open and will let It cool out more
quickly.
Of the two common methods of cur-
Ing meat on the farm, dry salting, which
Is understood by most farmers, often
produces meat which becomes too hard,
dry and salty, but excellent meat may
be made by this method. The other
way Is to immerse the meat in a brine
solution. This is one of the very best
met heals and danger of unsatisfactory
results is reduced to a minimum.
The brine solution is as follows for
each 100 pounds of meat'
12 pounds common salt.
3 lbs. brown sugar,
3 oz. salpetre.
* gal*, water.
These ingredients should be boiled to
gether gently for an hour. It is best
to make- the brine the diy before Im
mersing as it should be cold when used.
A well cleaned syrup barrel is a good
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
fIE SHUT Hi fIE ©LASS
* At the last it biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder. Proverbs xxiii., 32.
vessel for the brine and meat. The
pieces of meat should be nicely trimmed
and placed in the barrel meat side up,
ami a heavy weight placed on top. Then
the brine should be poured over the
meat so that the top piece of meat will
be at least two inches below the sur
face of the brine.
The brine should be examined frequ
ently and should it become Vopy or taint
ed each picee of meat should be careful
ly washed and a new brine made.
Small pieces of meat should remain in
brine from SO to 40 days and large hams
might remain 50 days. When the meat
he ; been ill brine the required length of
time, It should be taken out, hung up
for two or three days and then smoked
Three oV four days of continuous smok
ing should be sufficient if a tight house
is used. After smoking, the meat should
bp allowed to cool, and may then be
wrapped'in paper and placed in a strong
hag which is tied tightly and hung up.
The outside of the hag should he paint
ed with a solution to keep out insects.
A paste made of lime, glue and water
will answer the purpose.
A. R. C. ALUMNI FEAST
MONDAY, NOT FRIDAY
Committee in Charge at Meet
ing Last Night Decided to
Make Change in the Date.
The annual banquet In honor of the
football squad given by the Richmond
Academy aluimni will be at the Genesta
Monday evening—not Friday evening,
as formerly announced. Several of the
city's most prominent men will be in
attendance, some of them being on the
list of speakers.
It is proposed to limit the attend
ance to those who are Academy alum
ni. This step has been decided upon
on account of the fact that there are
a large number of ardent supporters
of Academy athletics who are not al
umni of the institution. A large num
ber of these have expressed a desire to
show by their presence on such an
occasion, their interest in the football
activities of the school.
The committee in charge of the af
fair is composed of Messrs \V. Inman
Curry, Clarence I.evy and George
Hains. All expecting to attend are
urged to get in touch with one of these
gentlemen at the earliest possible mo
ment.
The guests of honor will be the 1914
football squad, Messrs. John Wilson,
L». N. Learned and E C. R Danforth,
Jr., coaches of the team, Mr. Boykin
Wright, president of the Board of
Trustees of the Academy, Mr. James
L. Fleming, president of the Board of
Education, Mr. Lawton B. Evans, Su
perintendent of Schools, Mr. T. I.
Hickman, chairman of the High School
Committee of the Hoard of Education,
and Major George P. Butler, principal
and commandant of the Academy.
The announcement to change the
date was made following a meeting of
the committee in charge last night.
CHARITY COMMITTEE
FAVORS HELPING
ADJUTANT YATES
The charity committee yesterday af
ternoon unanimously recommended
that council make an appropriation of
SIOO to aid Adjutant Yates of the Kal
vation army in his work during the
month of December. Adjutant Yates is
In need of funds right now to help al
leviate distress. The motion to fur
nish him with SIOO was made by Mr.
F. L. Boyce. Chairman Frank W.
Moore, as well as all members of the
committee, favored assisting the ad
jutant.
It was the sense of the committee
that the charity committee each year
- xtend aid to the Salvation Army.
STOCK COMPANY
BASIS FOR THE
BASEBALL CLUB
President Kalbfleisch Suggest
ed at Meeting Last Night That
a Certain Number of Men Put
Up Money and Own Club.
The proposed meeting of the stock
holders of the Augusta Baseball As
sociation last night in the rooms of
the Merchants & Manufacturers’ As
sociation proved to be rather an infor
mal affair. However, the several gen
tlemen who did report, immediately
settled down to business and for al
most three hours one of the liveliest
discussions took place. Everything
was talked on from the hat hoy to
President Ban Johnson, but un
doubtedly the most important was how
the future ball club would be run.
President Kalbfleisch suggested that
the public subscription plan bo cut
out, as it was not a business plan and
besides its pretty hard to run a club
on this kind of money, and that from
cither four to twelve men take hold of
the club, buy it in full—that Is, pay
up the debt to the league, settle for
the new stand, etc., —and run it on a
"cold blooded business plan.” And
should this suggestion be acted on he
also stated that the gentlemen who
would be engaged in the deal would
come out. with the best end of things,
for the simple reason that there is not
near as much expense to go through
with this season as there was last.
Liked Idea,
The few stockholders present liked
this Idea and voiced their praise of the
movement. The idea is to gather up
all small bunches of stock, and If pos
sible for the club to he owned by Just
four men, no outsiders with stock at
all. The plan could he no better, there
is not but one hitch and that’s the
four men. But President Kalbfleisch
thinks that they will not he so hard
to find, if so why get twelve, there
fore reducing the smount that each
man will have to put up.
It is figured that SII,OOO will give
Augusta a ball team next year, and
one that can he depended on. This
amount defrays expenses from the be
ginning of Jhe season until the end.
paying for the new grand stand, put
ting a cover over the negro bleachers
and adding a few more yards of seats.
$1,490 and a guarantee of SSOO, it is
understood will have to be paid the
league. Now the former sum, an old
debt of the local club was once paid
up, or so near to It that there la no
uhp arguing the point, hut had to ho
again obtained from the league to
meet certain expenses that were push
ing at the time for Instance $1,700 for
the players' hack salary.
"Poor Bill HsckstL”
Yes, at the time this money was
obtained from the league, or rather
Just previous to it the club's circum
stances were somewhat as follows:
Just back from a long road trip, with
back salary owed to them the players
Just simply had to have the. mopey,
the club's hank account was overdrawn
to the extent, of *XOO. Mr. W. W
Hackejt was, and Is, secretary and
treasurer and of course this great
problem was put on him, by the "bill
collectors."
Something had to be done, Mr Haek
ett was rrior.- than excited, rather,
Judging from the vivid description
portrayed by Mr. Kalbfleisch at the
rreetlng. Well, the only way to settle
the bills was to borrow from the lea
gue. The league lent it to them. It
wouldn't have done for Augusta to
drop out of the circuit Just then, going
like a “house-afire," second to top and
besides a spoke in the Sally wheel
would he missing.
Another Meeting, Maybe.
A movement will be inaugurated
to get the necessary men to run the
club, about the latter part of this wpek.
The problem has to be settled before
Christmas, in order to settle down to
more business before the official meet
ing in January. It was suggested that
another meeting he scheduled. All
present were agreed on this move:
however, as it seems rather a hard
proposition to get the stockholders to
gather in the evening it was suggested
that someone call on them, and those
that they can not see, and who will
not attend the meeting. Just take It for
granted that they agree to what those
prosen say. That’s about the size of
the little hut interesting conference
last night.
With Big Leagues.
Flans are being formulated In the
art of getting money. During the meet
ing telegrams were sent to two major
league clubs, telling them that Warren
Park was open for spring practice—
this of course meaning a little more
money In the coffers of the local ball
Club. These two clubs were the
Pittsburg Federal league club and the
New York Americans. The telegram
to the former cluh brought up a little
argument as to whether the local club,
being a member of organized baseball,
had a right to extend grounds to an
outlaw team.
Plans for the rebuilding of the
grandstand will soon ho on exhibit in
one of the Broad street windows.
INSTALL OFFICERS AT
GROVETOWN B.Y.P.U.
0
Interesting Program Will Be
Rendered at the Grove Bap
tist Church Thursday Evening
Th installation of officers of the
Baptist Young People’s Union will
take plane at the Baptist church at
Grovetown Thursday night at seven
o’clock. Central time, Rev. R. E. L.
Harris, member of the Executive
Board, will conduct the ceremonies.
The following officers will be install
ed:
Hllllary H. Mangum, Pres.
Will Burnett, Vice-Pres
Julian T Harris Secretary.
Fred Huffman, Tress.
Group leaders:
Misses Clara Mangum and Mary
Hamilton, Messrs. Murray Ivey and
Jas. Barden.
The following program will be run-
Don’t Neglect
Ts THROAT
i Hf Troubles
because the swollen glands
Jr and Inflamed membranes often
affect other tissues and impair
their healthy action.
SCOTT’S EMULSION affords 1-4
great relief because its cod J
liver oil is speedily con- / j
verted into germ-resisting
fj"icarr?*
tissue—the glycerine is > wmsim
curative and healing, j »■*
while the combined emul- i
sionstrengthcnsthelungs j SW*..
to avert lung trouble. i
REFUSE SUBSTITUTES and j Va*,
INSIST ON SCOTT 3
dered:
Processional—Onward Christian Sol
diers.
Song (congregation)—Work for the
Night is Coming.
Prayer Mr. B. P. Jordan.
Song Ry Choristers.
B. Y, P. IT. Mottoes.
B. Y. P. IT. Aim.
R. Y. P. U. Rally Cry.
Scripture Reading, Tim. 2:ls—H. 11.
Mangum.
Srripture Reading, 1 Thes. 5:22-
Will Burnett.
Vote to ratify election of officers—
Church Officers.
Song- Resignation—Mrs J. B. Wall.
Installation Ceremony—Rev. R. E. L.
I larrls.
Song (congregation) Yield Not to
Temptation.
Benediction Rev. Arthur Moness.
MEETING AT BON
I ON SATURDAY
Big Cotton Mill Men to Come to
Session Board of Governors,
American Cotton Manufactur
ers Association. Meet With
Railroad Men Saturday Night
Preparations are about complete for
the meeting Saturday afternoon at 3
o’clock at the Bon Air Hot I of the
hoard of governors of the American
Cotton Manufacturers’ Association,
Tracey 1. Hickman, of Augusta, presi
dent, and also for the meeting Satur
day night of tlie board of governors
with representatives of the National
Association of Cotton Manufacturers
and the general managers of the prin
cipal steam and electric railroads of
the Southeast, which wlll’also be held
at the Bon Air.
The two meetings will cause the
presence here of a number of the most
prominent cotton mill and railroad
men of this part of the country.
At,the meeting Saturday night the
advisability of adopting the cotton
knhkl uniforms for use by all railway
employes on trains will lie discussed.
Should such action he advised the uni
forms, of course, would riot he used
until next summer. In fact. It Is said
It would take the manufacturers until
then to supply the want of the thous
ands of railway employes of the coun
try. The idea Is offered as a means of
using up a part of the exceptionally
large cotton crop or this year.
On the hoard of governors of the
American Cotton Manufacturers' As
sociation are:
T. I. Hickman, President, Augusta,
Gn.
C B. Bryant, Secretary and Treas
urer Charlotte, N. C
John A. Law, Chairman, Spartan
burg, S. C.
Scott Maxwell, Vice-President, For
do va, Ala. and Messrs. C. B. Arm
strong, Gastonia., N. , J T. Broad
bent, New York. N. V ; Fuller E. Cal
laway, La Grange Ga.f J W Cannon.
Concord, N. C.; J P. Gossett, WU
lliunston 8 C ; Jas. ft. Hammett,
Anderson, S C.; flart. H. Lanier
West Point, Ga ; Alexander Make
peace, Fall River, Mass.; James Mayn
ard Knoxville. Tenn.; A W. Me-
Lelian. New Orleans, L. ; IV. C. Ruf
fin. Mayodan, N. C.; Arthur R. Sharp,
Boston, Mass.; Leroy Springs, Lan
caster, H C.; A, A Thompson, Ral
eigh, N. C.
Representing the National Associa
tion of Cotton Manufacturers will
he:
Messrs. R. M. Miller, Jr., Albert
fi. Dunesn and Dr. C. J. H. Wood
berry, all of Boston.
Hot Springs
Liver Buttons
A Thrill of Happiness for the Liver
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Soggy, heavy, lazy livers make life
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Once you know the Joy of a clean,
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from an over-supply of waste matter,
you will hail this prescription from
Hot Si rings, Arkansas, as being the
one best friend you have met in a long
while.
Hot Springs Liver Buttons are sold
almost ever.\ where that you see a drug
store sign. The price 1r 25 cents, and
In every box is a suggested diet slip
that will be found an Invaluable help
toward the cure of stomach, bowel and
liver troubles.
If your druggist Won’t supply you,
Rend 25 cents and we will send you a
package direct.
Hot Springs Chemical Co., Dept. 10,
Hot Springs, Arkansas.
BBH STRUNG
UP IN CAROLINA
Mob Storms Jail at Hampton,
Procures Prisoner and Riddles
Body. Attempted Assault.
Brunson, S. C.— Last night at a lata
hour a moh stormed the county Jail at
Hampton and procured a negro whose
name is unknown and carried him to
a point about midway between Brun
son anil Hampton, strung him up and
riddled his body with bullets.
The crime for which he suffered was
the attempted assault on a respectable
young lady last Saturday, the details
of which are not procurable. For
tunately he did not succeed In his
designs. ,
Men’s Wool Shirts. Sweaters, Wool
Sox, Wool Gloves, Wool Pulse Warm
orN, Ear Muffs, 10 per cent off, at
Martins.
DECREASE IN FOREIGN TRADE.
Washington, D. C.—Foreign trade bal
ance in favor of the United States for
the week ending December 12th showed
a decrease of almost a million dollars
from the previous week, it was $20,989,481
ns shown by statistics today nt the De
partment of Commerce giving the value
of tmpdrts and exports of the country's
12 principal customs districts, handling
80 per cent of the exports.
For Christmas
Every woman
would appreciate
Lillian Russell's
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It contains Miss
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Save delay and annoyance
by doing your Christmas
shopping now. Shopping
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in The Herald.
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” syrups, ”
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