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TWO Mary Warren Bridge Party Tomorrow Afternoon Mr* Henry North's Mnry Warren bridge party for tomorrow afternoon la developing splendid proportions. Al eady there are fifteen tallies made up and three are tiring constantly added to, and still there la room for more. It la Mrs North's wish that table* will be made up before the afternoon of the party ao that all who anticipate at tending ran phene her and ahe will reaerve a table and locate the others MISS MARGARET RUSSELL ENTERTAINB WITH DANCING PARTY. One of the moat thoroughly enjoy able parties of the holiday aeaaon waa the one given last evening by Mlaa Margaret Russell, the atlraetlvr young daughteh of Mra. Htephen It Russell, at her home on the Hill, a Jolly gathering of fifteen congenial gueatu who apetil an hour In playing rarda and the reat of the evening In dancing and In the enjoyment of the delirious buffet sup per which waa ao temptingly served. The JtiißHcll homV was very bright «nd festive In Ita holiday attire with the green of smllax and house plants, the crimson of gorgeous polnaettlas and the fragrant spiciness of crimson cArnstlons. THE MISSES SHIPP ENTERTAINED IN TIFTON. Misses Aline and Kllae Khlpp enter l.talned Friday evening with a dinner in 1 nonur of Mlsa Mattie lye Stanford, of Augusta, who Is visiting them. The house -was prettily decorated "With Southern smllax, ferns, holly [etc., carrying out the Christmas colors. [Seated at the table wore: Misses Mat [tle lye Stanford, Myrtle Hightower, Mary and Ferol Mathis and ICilse and NAllgie Shipp.—Tlfton I tally Gazette. •—Mr. and Mrs. Harry O'Nenll, of [■Charleston, are spending a few days iWlth Mrs O'NenU's parents. Mr. and IlMrg. William Plumb on lower Telfair fMtreet. -•Miss Lillian Wilson Is here from 'Converse College for the holidays. —Miss Dorothy Morris and Mlsa An tis Kllse Wilson will leave early In January for Washington, D. C., for Several weeks. -e-Mr. and Mra. F. J. Riley and their pretty little daughter, June have re turned to their home In Fitzgerald, tin. hfter a visit with Mr. Riley's mother Mrs. M. J. Riley on upper Kills street Mrs Julian Morrison, of Virginia, 5s visiting Jter parents, Mr. and Mra Charles W. Crawford. —Miss Elisabeth Grady's friends will lie delighted to learn that she Is row stile to all up. —Mr. and Mra. Held, of Washington, Og., have returned home after a visit with Mr. nnd Mrs. D. H. Livingston. *-After spending the Christmas aea aon with Dr. and Mra. A. K. Hally, Mr. and Mra. HandTord have returned to their home In Monroe, N. C. Mr. and Mrs Frank Bouska and CONTRABAND IN COTTON CARGOES President Wilson in Referring To U. S. Note to Britain, Says Honest Ships’ Manifests Necessary. Washington, D. C.— President Wlmti I a ooiiftrmatton of this mornliw’a fmhllcaOon of the sending of the Am arliwn note to (treat Hrltaln and of lt« (••.intent* with the statement that the Toverntnent could deal confidently with he eubjert, only if supported hy abac ttilely hono-st manifest* lie mid the ami I emlauraeßnietit to the government tn dealing with the whole matter wan that aiane ahlppere hod concenleil run trahand In the i-argues of non-oontmhand articles. f<a- example under a oarao of cotton. So lona ae there were In • tancea of that kind, the President paid, suspicion wna eaat on every shipment and all cargnoa were liable to doubt and to ssorch ORDERS TO BATTLESHIPS. Washington.— Secretary Daniels dt teoted the battleship llhode lelnnd to- Wlay to proceed to New Orleans to par tlelpate on January Bth In the cole bratbui of the eentennlal of the bnttle of New Orloaua. Other ahlpa also will he aent. The battleship Delaware lina been ordered to Vera Crut to re lievo the Khode lalaml. Pilee Cured In 6 to 14 Daye J'rugglst* refund money If I’ABO OINTMENT falls to cure llch'ng, lillnd. Bleeding or Protruding Plies. First application glvea relief. NOe. GRAND New Years Day Matinee and Evening. "Polly of the Circus" With Elsie St. Leon. A lienl Circus on the Stage. Seats on sale tommorw 10 a. m. PRICER - Mat. 25 c to SI.OO Even. 25c to $1.25 School Children any Seat in Theatre at Matinee. 25c Society at this tatde If it la shy a player, Hy phoning her, these arrangements ran lie made and the game will be sys tematical Fifty cents Is the price of tickets and each table will secure a prize. Tlie game wll begin at three thirty. As haH been previously stated, th» money made Is for the building fund of the Mary Warren Home, a cause that appeals to all. their two attractive children are hero from Lincoln, Neb., for a visit with Mrs. Uouska's parents, Mr. and Mra George Hell on Greene street. The continued altho slight Im provement In the condition of Mrs. Janies Anderson Is the occasion of pleasure to her friends. MR. AMD MRS. RFVNOI 08 ENTERTAIN FOR PROF. AND MRS. AND MISS TUSSING. I’rof. and Mrs. Henry Tossing, of Tanwanda, N. Y., and their daughter, Miss Margulerite Tossing, were guests yesterday of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rey nolds at a spend-the-day party that proved very delightful. Other guests entertained were Mr, and Mrs. K. & Luqulre, Mr. and Mrs. James B. Bow den, Mr. and Miss George Tusslng, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Gay, Miss Eddie Tossing, Mlsaes Mary Belle and ft) ay da Luqulre, Mr. I). Timmerman of Edgefield, and Mr. Edgar Thompson. NEEDLEWORK GUILD OFFICERB INVITED TO CLUB RECEPTION. The Augusta Woman’s Club have sent out Invitations to the officers of the Augusta branch of the American Needlework Guild to their reception on Friday, New Year's Day, at the Albion lintel. The hours nro from four to six. —Miss Velda Young, one of the prettiest and most attractive young women In Columbia, Is the guest of Miss Margaret Palmer. Miss Young Is hero to attend the dance at the Lakeside Club this evening. The slight Improvement In the condition of John Jackson who has been ho 111 with pneumonia, will ho learned of with much pleasure by his many friends as well na the friends of Mr. and Mrs. James U. Jackson. PHILOMATHIC CLUB. The Hhllomathla Club will meet at four o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the Y. W. C. A. —Mlsa Annie O. Wright has return ed from a visit with relatives In At lanta. —Mr. William M. Nixon has return ed from Hot Springs, Ark. Mr. and Mrs. Fortin and Miss Adole Fortin are spending this week In Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Shroder and little Mnry Hliroder will pass through Augusta tomorrow on their way from Charleston, where they spent the hol idays with Mr. Shroder'* mother. FRENCH OFFICIAL Paris, 2:50 p. m.-~Tho French of ficial statement on the progress of the war, Riven out thla afternoon refera to comparatively minor French successes and mentions violent bombardment of certain French posit lona hy German artillery. The French have occupied a village In Belgium: they have gain ed ground In the Argonne and they are Investing Stelnbach, In upper Al aacs. clrmaToffTcial Berlin, (by wireless to London, 3 p.m.) —The German official atuteinent given out In Berlin today says the German at tacks In Poland have made progress, and that Russian advances have hem re pulsed. In the west the Germans claim gains near Nleuport nnd Yprea, they derated the French not f ir from Hte Mrneliould captured a trench west of Apremont and repelled attacks elsewhere. DIPTHERIA EPIDEMIC Hoboken—Under penulty of being closed, all theatres and moving pic ture places tn Hoboken must he thor oughly scoured and fumigated to help prevent the further spread of dlptherla now epidemic here. An order to that effect was Issued today hy the board of Health. Nearly 180 cases of dlp therla have been reported. HISTORY AND EUROPE'S WAR. Chicago.—Scrupulous avoidance of tin European war was observed In the prep aration of the program of the American Historical Hoclety which met here- today for Its IRth annual conference. Teachers and wrltera of htetorv from all over the country were present and their topics were for the most part safe ly neutral hy several centuries WAR KILLS MANyT/TmOUS CRESTA “ICE JOCKEYS” ; Qenava The famous Crests bob-sletgli | run at 8t Mortis will never again see | many of Its well-known 'tee Jockeys," whose exploits excited Interest among the visitors. Including the Crown Prince lof Germany and the heir to the Aue | trlnii throne "The Grand National" j l<ob-aMgh ••crews" composed In a great i part of English tsfftcers, hate been deci mated hy war During the retreat to the Maine and the advance to the Alette, leapt I lent ley. Copt It 8 Dawson, Ueut. K. i.mlck were killed and Cupt. 1.1 Webb-Bowen was seriously wounded j All four of them steered hoh-sletghs to victory In the Grand National, several (winters heating the Crown l'rlnce with I his German cr«w Among the wounded | officers are Captain Stutt. the well known Alpinist and skier Capt Aher crotnhy, a daring Creala Run rider nnd young Lord Carherrv, who revolutionised hoh-slelgblug at St Mivrltx, hy Intro ducing the prone poidton of the crew St. Merits will he "dead ' this winter and perhtips for many winters without the elite of Its English sportsmen. The Crown Prince of Germany was personal friend of all the English of ficers mentioned, and on frequent occa sions during his wlntW visits to St. Mortis Jn the lust five years they were I tits guests at dinners and luncheons. Whenever You Need a General Tonto Take Grove’s The old Standard Grove's Tasteless : chill Tonic Is equally valuable a a a I General Tonic heeauee It contains the well known tonic properties of QUIN INE and IKON Drives out Malaria, •nrtchee Blood. Builds up the Whoft By stem. tOc.—l Advertisement.) FARMERS, ATTENTION k, DAIRY and CREAMERY VALUE OF A GOOD BULL. Prepcdent Dairy Sirs of Pure Breeding Pays For Himself. The question la often asked, "What Is it good sire worth?” I.et us figure a little, writes H. E Erdmslne In Kimball's Dairy Farmer. .Suppose a naan baa ten cows, producing on an average 200 pounds of butter fat per year. From these ten cows he should raise at least four heifer Calve* each year, or eight heifer calves during the two years u dairy hull Is usually kept. When a good sire Is mated to sue!: cows the resulting heifers will often produce 75 to 150 pounds more butter fat each yeur than did their dams. But suppose each of these eight heifers produces only thirty pound* more than tint da ms. Then during six year*, the average milking life of a cow, each heifer would, produce lfiO pounds more but- The ability of the grade Guernsey to produce butter fat at a profit has been demonstrated many time*, but a teat at the national dairy show, IMJ, which wn» carried on for the purpose of showing the advantage of keeping records, also demon strated th» economy of the Guern sey cow In the production of but ter fat. In this test a grade Guern sey cow for nine consecutive dnv* produced butter fnt worth 33.1 t cents per pound at a food cost of U. 9 cent* per pound. ter tut than would liuve been produce l had the sire been no better than tin dam. One hundred and eighty pound ot fat at 25 cents ure worth $45. Multi ply this by 8 and you have $llOO. ot the amount that the extra quality of the sire has added to the value of tin product of his eight heifers. The man who Is In the bustnesn to make money —and who Is In It for any other ren son?—cannot Ignore this phase of the business. Usually when a man finds out thal his cows ure not what he wants he la In such a hurry to sell them and buy good ones that l»o will sell them for what ho can get and pay almost any price for what he wants to buy That Is a mistake. Unless Ills cows are actually robbers he had better keep them and mate them to good sires. Then by raising the heifers from the best cows, testing nnd weigh Ing the milk from all the cows often enough to know what each one Is do tng, he can gradually build up bis herd. Thla takes time, but It ta surprising what ten yearn—or even five—of this kind of breeding will do. Of course there are often opiiortunitles to buy a few good cows, but It Is usually the poor cows that are offered for sale Remember, a dulryinan seldom offers to sell a good, tested cow. Unless he Is going out of business he will sell only his poorer cows. It behooves .every dairyman to get the use of - a good sire and then raise the good helf ere— those from the best cbws. Bad Flavors In Milk. Whore a cow has been a long time In milk and Is near the end of her lnctn tlon |>ertod this may cause undesirable flavors, especially when she Is fed en ' tlrely on dry foods. The feeding of clean, wholesome foods, with roots to ; supply succulence, will often overcome the trouble, but If n cow bo close to the ! end of her lactation period It Is well to j let her go dry. A cow’* milk la not i normal In either flavor or composition : Just before or after freshening. It ! should not be used after she freshens ! until it reaches a normal condition, j which usually means fire days, nnd j Where It la Impossible to dry a cow be 1 foro she freshens her milk should noi | be used as bumau food during at lenst the Inst fifteen days before she conies In.—Northwestern Agriculturist Making Butter on the Farm. The farm bnttermnker should be careful nut to overwork butter. It Is desirable thut butter have a firm, waxy body, nnd this caunot be obtain od by workiug more tlmn necessary to remove the buttermilk. Butter pua | sessed of a firm and waxy body has a ! keeping quality superior to that which la worked until It Is salvy and there Is little or no grain. The butter paddle Is probably the poorest Implement de vised for the working of butter, par ticularly so if the paddle U used with a slappy effect. In working with the paddle or other Implement a cutting and squeezing motion should be em ployed,—Kaunas Farmer. Brewer*' Grain* For Milk Cows. Brewers' grain*, wot or dry, are good feed for dairy cows, says Hoard’s Dairy tmm. They are comparatively rich In protein, and so far as protein la con eerned brewers’ grain* are not needed when nlfntfn Is used, but very often brewer*'grain* furnish nutrient* cheap er than other feeds and can be fed to advantage wen with hay rich tn pro teln. IHE AUGUSTA HEHALD. AUGUbI A, GA. FARMERS, ATTENTION ! DAIRY POINTERS. If milk is at too low a tem perature at the process of *epn ratlng there is sure to be a loss of cream, and cream is too valu able to waste. Silage 1* the very best winter pasture for the dairy herd. It produces more nearly than any thing else summer conditions In the winter stable. This is the time to pick up good heifer calve* to re enforce the dairy. Never buy a calf from a grade sire. When the cream break* and the butter begins to form cold water should be used carefully to assist In the separation. A chum that I* not perfectly clean will taint and spoil the butter. PREPARING CREAM FOR MAKING BUTTER There are two systems of preparing cream for buttermaking. The first is to churn aweet cream aod the sec ond sour or ripened cream. There are many advantage* of the latter over the farmer, the most Important being that, first. It churus quicker and more easily. Second, it produces the finest flavor and aroinn obtainable, and also these characters are uniform. By this Is meant that different churnings, all equally ripe, will produce a more uni form good butter thftn they would have done if they had been sweet cream, because the variation Is less In ripened erenm. Third, there Is much less loss of fat In the buttermilk. Butter tnnde from ripened cream keeps better on the average than sweet cream butter. In well ripened cream there is practically a pure culture of lactic bacteria, and It Is found, where eo many of this species are present, that they prevent the growth of those bacteria which produce the bud flavors and aromas. The temperature Influences the ripen lng, for difforent organisms have dif ferent optimum tbest) temperatures. So, unless the cream is set at the optimum temperature of the lactic bac teria, other organisms which are barm 1 f .-.' C. v : ; -n- * '**•"'■ .§ . ..!(>*• '• %■ ‘ The Holstein cow as we see her today Is the result of centuries of earnest thought and careful devel opment on the part of those who have been breeding her, writes A. -A. Hartshorn In Kimball’s Dairy Farmer She has become *uoh a great producer that those who are now breeding Holstelns have a dif ficult task to perform If they ex pect to continue this improvement. If they do not breed wisely our breed will become less rather than more valuable as dairy animals. The Illustration shows the udder of a Holstein that produced 1.164.31 pounds of butter fat In a year. ful will develop. It has been found that below 00 degrees ripening is slow and the butter produced Is rather bad flavored and churns with difficulty The best temperature is about 75 de grees. There are three methods of ripening cream—namely, first, allowing to ataiid until sour; second, adding homemade starter; third, by using a pure culture starter. It is found that excellent butter is made hy allowing the cream to sour Itself; but like sweet cream, It does not give uniform results. The secwtil method la often practiced. Some clean, good buttermilk or sour milk Is taken and strained through n muslin cloth Into the cream. The quantity depends on the amount of cream to be ripened and the length of the ripening period, bnt the flavor la often impaired be- | cause of the number of putrefactive, bacteria present, and the butter does rot keep so well. The third system | produces by far the most uniform but ; ter. The cream is first pasteurized be tween 165 and 170 degrees and then cooled to about 70 degrees, and then ' the starter Is added nt the rate of j about 2H to 5 per cent of the cream, ! but It la better to use less starter and give a longer ripening period. Al though this method Is considered best. | excellent butter has been made by al lowing the cream to soar Itself, and the only advantage that can he seen la that it produces a more uniform quality at each churning. v Improvement of Dairy Cow*. It Is poor policy to (ry to Improve upon any breed of dairy cattle by crossing one breed upon another. This has been done In some cases, but It never gets ono anywhere. There may be exceptional Instances where Individ uals hare proved good, but for each of these there will be hundred! that will be wort blest. TRY WISE FIRST On Your Ready-t»o-Wear IT WILL PAY YOU Entire stock of Coat Suits, One- Piece Dresses and Sep- Unlf Orion arate Coats reduced to "dll il luu Entire stock of Furs at HALF PRICE Entire stock of Sepa rate Skirts at HALF PRICE $3.98 to $5.00 Silk Pet “s. $2.98 $1.50 Shirt qn p Waists at s2.soßath a< qq Robes at... 1 $3.50 Bath 09 qo Robes at. . $4.98 Bath <j»q qq Robes at... $1.25 Kimonos at. THE WISE DRY GOODS CO. “The_Shoj3_of_Quality” 858 Broad St. Augusta, Ga. iulSumi, UC.ocmbt.rt tu. $2.00 Kimonos b j at 1 $3.50 Kimonos gg SI.OO Sateen qq p Petticoats at.. $1.50 Sateen aa Petticoats at $1.25 House oq~ Dresses at... Ladies’ Knit or fl Petticoats at.. Ladies 1 n« Sweaters at .. 7 3,1