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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23 ONLY ONE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS OPEN UNTIL 9 P. M. TONIGHT T IkJ T r f l T?* Q With its vastly augmented force of salespeople , its efficient service , big stocks and prompt delivery * ¥ lIAJL A Jlj LJ offersyou the best conditions and circumstances under which to effect your eleventh hour purchases, CHARGE PURCHASES Made tomorrow , upon request , will he put on January bills, payable February Ist , 1915 fiRDfFR T FS “ More For a Dollar Than a W XI 1 -1 XI/ *3 vJ Xv XI/ XV. X XI/ L/ Dollar Will Buy Elsewhere" Surety Coupons With Groceries THURSDAY'S SALE Surety Coupons With Groceries FRUIT Lemons, dozen 17^ Oranges, large, dozen 20^ Grapefruit, large, each 7$ Apples, fancy, peck 40<*“ Celery, Bunch 10^ Cranberries, quart 10^ DRIEDFRUITS Peaches, 3 lbs 25^ Apricots, 2 lbs 35^ Prunes, 2 lbs 27^ Apples, 3 pkgs 25^ Raisins, layer, lb 10^ Figs, layer, lb 18^ Dates, 1-lb. pkg 14^ Raisins, seeded, 1-lb., 2 pkgs 23^ Raisins, cluster, pkg 23^ Currants, 1 lb., 2 pkgs 25^ Dates, loose, lb 12^ Raisins, Sultan, 1-lb. pkg 19^ Dates, Dromedary, pkg 10^ Crystallized Cherries, lb 60^ Crystallized Pineapple, lb 48^ Crystallized Apricots, lb 68^ Shelled Nuts, Walnuts and Almonds, lb. 72^ Walnuts and Almonds, lb 24^ Almonds, paper shell, lb 24^ Brazil Nuts, lb 18^ Orange and Lemon Peel, lb 15^ Pecans, paper shell, lb. Mixed Nuts, 2 lbs 35^ SUGAR 25 Pound 4 | / A Sack: for.. nP ■ •t'" We give stamps with Sugar. Why It’s a Crime to “Shop For Fun” Merchants in all the big cities de clare there is a constantly increasing number of women who have so much spare time on their hands that they make a practice of shopping idly, hour after hour, from one store to another, selecting goods which they have no intention whatever of buying. In an afternoon one such woman jpill often order hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise, knowing full well that she will send it back to the Store as soon as it is delivered at her home. Occasionally a woman probab ly does this in order to create an lm- CHENEYS EXPECTORANT Cures Croup, Colds, Coughs Tickling In the throat, running of the nose, sore throat. Best medicine for whooping cough. Tried and tested for fifty years. Sure and certain to cure. Try Cheney's Expectorant, 25c at drug stores. —(Advt.) MEN’S TOGGERY The stream that brings us the newest and best things in Men’s Haberdashery never stagnates. For the smartest Shirt, the choicest Tie, the correct thing in Gloves, or for anything that’s “the thing” in Men’s Toggery, come here. Into this store is always a flow of the brightest and newest of correct things in Men’s dress requisites. That is why so many of the younger men in town trade here, and why we’re looked upon to set the pace in Men’s wearables. M£ CREARY S 7? 7? DWf s cie l ast d ay m which vou may attend to those many v/IVI L/IvIVL/ VV little details which have slipped your memory until now. TOMORROW IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY^! presslon of oppulenee with her friends, but usually it is only to gratify an Idle whim or to pass a few hours, for which she can think of no better use. This practice of using the stores and shops as places of amusement rather than of business is one that is posi tively wicked In its consequences to the merchants and their salespeople. The merchant suffers from the loss entailed in the damage that often oc curs to the goods while in the hands of the purchaser, as well as from the loss arising from the cost of delivering and bringing back this merchandise. He also suffers from the lost time of the sales persons who make the sales and the lost time of all other employes of the store who handle the goods be fore they are sent out. But it is salesmen and women to whom those who shop "Just for fun” do the greatest injury. In most stores the wages of those who do the selling are based on a cer tain percentage of the value of the goods they sell. Thus when, a sales girl gives two hours or so to waiting on a woman who is shopping "Just for fun,” and will return the goods she orders sent C. O. D., she is suffering a serious financial loss Not only does her record for that period show no profit to her employer, but during the BAKE THAT CHRISTMAS CAKE WITH CALUMET BAKING POWDER And thus be sure of success. Include a can of this celebrated Baking Powder in your next order and get one of the illustrated cook books FREE. We sell and guarantee Calumet to give perfect satisfaction. Monday and Tuesday, special, pound cans of Calumet 23^ FRUIT CAKE National Biscuit Co. Minerva 25.. .. 95^ Minerva, 5s $2.25 Chesepeake Baking Co., size 5 .. .. $1.39 COTTOLENE Size 4.. 55^ Size 10 $1.30 COLD MEATS Sliced Boiled Ham, lb 35<^ Sliced Bologna Sausage, lb 20^* Luncheon Corn Beef, lb 28^ Sliced Hogshead Cheese, lb 20^ Souse Meat, pickled 20^ Pork Sausage, country style, pound. .. Kingan’s Breakfast Bacon, 1-lb. cartons 35^ Brookfield Sausage, lb 23^ Pickled Pig Feet, dozen 28^ PLUM PUDDING R. and R., No. 3 53^ No. 2 33^ Individuals.. .... .. .. 10^ TRUSTeF time wasted in this way she might have made a number of sales, which would have helped materially to se cure her an Increase In salary. It is no exaggeration to say that in some of the New York stores the re turns run as high as 26 per cent, the great bulk of whicli Is made up of goods returned for no better reason than that the customer never did want them. With the salary of the sales person based on the amount of her sales, this means that her possible earnings are reduced one-fourth by these returns. This Is a serious thing, and it should he pressed home on the women who are in the habit of shop ping for fun, or who order things sent to their homes simply to Impress some companion with her financial stand ing. The merchant Is powerless to pre vent this injustice. Present-day com petition will admit only of payment of salaries on such percentage basis as will allow him to compete with other merchants. Nor can he refus to ac cept the illegitimate return of mer chandise unless the other merchants Join him. The whole matter Is one of educating the public, principally the women, as to why they should not re turn goods. They should he shown how the workers are directly injured by the practice and, in a spirit of char ity, if no other will prevail, they should he asked not to amuse themselves at the expense of the store's employes. If such an appeal has no weight with the women who shop "Just for fun," It is suggested that they should tie ap oaled to from the standpoint of hy giene. It should he an easy matter to convlnee any sensible woman that. It is Impossible for a store to offer Im maculate merchandise when so much o' it is handled, mussed up and soiled through the abuse of the return priv ilege. H EPHZI BAH BAPTIST DEACONS. The Hephslbah Baptists, at a call ed conference, Just after preaching last Sunday morning went Into the eleetlon of two deaeons. Messrs. .1 R. Banks and .1. M. Hitt were chosen, making the board of deacons now eori sist of these two rind Messrs. Jas. A. Carswell and Hiram W. Hev-ell Rev. R. R. 1,. Harris Is pushing the church work on all aides with marked suc cess. THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. | AT THE STRAND CLASSMATES. It will give a great deal of plea sure to the many patrons of The Strand to know that ‘Classmates,” be ing shown today at The Strand, is one of the celebrated Klaw & Krlangcr attractions, in three parts. If you haven't been to The Strand today, drop in this evening. It Is generally understood that there are no better pictures made than those produced by Klaw & Krlariger. To day's at The Strand Is a stirring story of love and ndventure. The first part of the picture opens as follows: Rert Stafford Is In love with his mother’s ward, Sylvia Ran dolph, who does not reciprocate his FIREWORKS SAFE, CONSERVATIVE SALUTES, Vesuvius, Toy Pistols, Sparklers, Trick Cigars, Sand Poppers, Popping Matches, Buster Buttons, Wed 'Porches, Balloons and Novelties. Our line has been especially seh cted for hoys and girls to properly make merry at those glad times. These goods are less harmful than fruit, cake,and without them Christmas wouldn’t be ( hristmas. For sale at mod stores in the city, at Cast. Boundary foot of Hlis Street, at foot of North Augusta bridge; and in all cities and town around Augusta. HOLLINGSWORTH CANDY CO. CANNED VEGETABLES Peas, sifted, 6 cans 75 Tomatoes, No. 3 cans, 6 cans 530 Corn, Sugar, 6 cans 55^ String Beans, 6 cans 45^ Sweet Potatoes, No. 3 cans, 3 cans.. . .29^ Beets, Baby, 2 cans 29< Asparagus Tips, Robin Hood, 3 cans... Tomatoes and green Peppers, 2 cans...29^ Lima Beans, 3 cans 37tf Lye Hominy, No. 3, 3 cans .27 Pumpkin, No. 3, Van Camp’s, 3 cans..2s^ Spinach, No. 3, 2 cans 25^ Tomatoes, pulp, 3 cans 14^ CHEESE Cream, lb.. .* 20^ BREAKFAST BACON Laurel Strips, lb 24^ Majestic Strips, lb 29^ CHRISTMAS TURKEYS Dressed, pound 25^ FLOUR Golden Harvest, 24-lb. sack 95^ Self-Rising Jersey Cream, 24-lb. sack... 90^ RICE Fancy Head Rice, 10 lbs 68^ SNOWDRIFT COMPOUND Size 5 55i£ Size Ift sl.lO Size 20 $2.20 feelings as she Is in love with Dun can Irving, son of Old Irving, the storekeeper of Pine lievel, S. C. Dun can Is a rnanly chap, but his father Is a habitual drunkard. Mrs. Staf ford has a daughter, Phyllis, but Bert Is her favorite. Sylvia's preference for Duncan makes Bert jealous and ne picks a quarrel. T omorrow. Tomorrow, Thursday, The Stran 1 offers another Paramount production, "The Rose of the Rancho," featuring Bessie Barrlscale. It was produced under the direction of Jesae L. Lanky, In California, In Hie exact locale of the piece. There Is a tide In the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omßted, all the voyage of their life Is hound In shallows, and In miseries. —Shakespeare. MINCE MEAT Surety Brand, jar 43^ and 73^ Packages, 3 for 25^ CANNED FRUITS, No. 3 Peaches, 3 cans 70^ Pears, 3 cans 68^ Apricots, 3 cans 69^ Cherries, 3 cans 75 < Plums, 3 cans.. 65 < Apples, No. 3, 3 cans 27^ Peaches, No. 3, 3 earns .27 < Blackberries, No. 2, 3 cans.. .. 271 Pickled Peaches, No. 3, 3 cans .. .. . 99<* Pineapple, sliced or grated, N 0.3, 3 cans 64^ Pineapple, chunk, 3 cans 50^ POTATOES Irish, peck 30^ COFFEE Rio, lb 19^ E. C. D., lb 29< Bourbon Santos, lb 25^ Mocha and Java, lb.. .. 38^ PURE LARD Size 5 80^ Size 10.. .. $1.60 Size 20 $3.00 BUTTER Surety, bast creamery, lb 38^ EGGS Guaranteed strictly fresh, dozen 36^ HAMS Swift Premium I Pound, * AT THE BIJOII "The King and the Olrl." for which the scone Is 1hI(1 In the apartments of an heiress In Paris, France, Is the pre sentation of tho Teddy Bear Girls at the Bijou today and tomorrow only. It's a comedy success that succeeds — In other words makes you laugh—you can’t help It to save your life. With the show the Bijouscope is showing "Tho Terror of a Great Olty," a three reel feature, a picture that Is alone worth the price of admission. Among the musical numbers In "The King and the Girl" are “I've Got Ev erything I Want But You," by Berg, Miley and chorus; "Ilello Winter,” by Miss Louise Wright and chorus; "Hwlm for the Shore," by Miss Mar- THREE OPEN UNTIL 10 P. M. THURSDAY trie Wright and chorus; "After AwbCa" by Wright and Mliey; "Dream* of A Honeymoon,” "Dear Old CMrU" and others. The really big advertising successes have been made by men of Imagin ative ability who were really ahla to see things that were not — to oonstruo the Intangible Into eventual actuali ties. The “cut and dried" kind of thinking never put a newproduce on the market and made It stay theme— Facts. PARALYSIS Msy' hr »r. Chase's Hpedal Blood and Hen TefcMa Itr.OiHsm N. Tsatk Stnat, FkikuUlakLTTr Files BSSS The Or.Bomk. Ran—^