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TWO SPEC! TAXES ILL BE DUE FRIDAY large Number of Business People Must Visit Ordinary and Tax Collector First Day of Year. A large number of people will havo to pay visits to the offices of Or dinary A. R. Walton and Tax Collec tor C. 8. Bohler tomorrow, January first, for special taxes due the state arc payable then. Roth the ordinary and the tax collector will be In their offices all day. All persons paying the special taxes will register with tho ordinary and pay to the tax collector, except the near-beer dealers, who pay directly to the ordinary. The following Is a majority of the special taxes due tomorrow: Photographers: 110. Automobile sgents: SIOO. Bicycle dealers: $lO. Billiard and pool: st>o for each table. Cigarette dealers: $26 Mercantile agencies SIOO. Social and fraternal clubs: S6OO. l.oan agents: $lO. J.ocnl Insurance agents. $lO. Shooting galleries: $26. Skating rinks: SIOO. Corporations, $lO to S2OO, depending upon capital stock. Typewriter agencies: $26. Soda water fountains: $5 for each "draugh* arm.” Packing houses: S2OO. Piatul and cartridge dealers: $25. I'awn brokers S2OO. Heal estate agents: $lO Wholesale near-beer dealera and manufacturers: SI,OOO. Retail near beer dealers (those sell ing unde five gallons), S3OO. Bottling plants $26, one filling head: $76, two fllltng heads, and $125, three filling heads. EUSfll WELCOME IBIS Bella and Whiatlea of City, Aided By Those “Walking Egypt,” to Give New Year the “Glad Hand.” Tonlffht, beginning nhnrply nt 12 o’clock hih! continuing for five min ute* » tier, tin* holla Mini whistles of nil the largo plants In AugUMtn will break forth in a mighty din, uahcrlng in the new year and ushering out the old and worn one. The old year will be given n mighty above to its grave In history and the new year, beginning tomorrow, 1915, will be given the glad hand. The old custom will be observed Just as well ns In the past. Many of the churches will observe It by “Watch night;” a tew negro churches by the famous Walking Egypt” method; and, of conn , the many “night larks” will be flying around in their efforts at (elebrntion. and last but not least, there are the aforesaid bells and whis tle.; to give tone to the event. Seat, old year. Welcome, 1916! AUGUSTA HAS A GREAT MANY TOURISTS AND MANY MORE ARE COMING (Continued from Preceding Page). mlnghnm. of Kingston, Ontario; and Senator and Mri. W. A. Hindman, of Pennsylvania. Mies liosa ('nates, who has been so extensively advertised. has arrived. Miss Coates will leach .lancing at tho Inn this winter She Is, as evrrylKHty knows, the star pupil of the renowned Maurice, and was Premiere Hansens* with Oils Skinner In the New York production of "Kismet The Bon Air eontalns shout seven ty five guests already. A great num ber besides have been here and gone away. Tho management says they had trouble holding people on account of the frightful weather. They are Marling off, however, even better than last year, and have not the slightest doubt of doing ttietr usual hustneaa. They cannot do much better, of eourae, because the Bon Air ts always full to Its utmost capacity. Rome well-known names appear on the register, many of whom have spent winter here before. One i*rty from New York a itli names familiar here Includes Mr. aud Mrs F. P Freltnghuysen, Mr. Walter Watson and Mr Kills Wainwrlght A great number of New Yorkers are on the book. Oenerat Rush O. Hawkins. Mr Thomaa It. Hidden, Justice Joseph K. Newbtirger of the New York supreme court, fir J. \. Word tea, fir H, F. Swift. Mr ami Mrs. It H. Williams, Mr. and Mra. V. V. ft Williams and their son. Mr. O, V. S Williams ts a member of tho Rapid Transit Company of New York. Mr C. A. McCormick and Mr. J. M Waterbury of New York, are In a party with the Messrs S B Hlalue and Davis Elkina, of West Virginia, sons of the late United States senator. Hampton Terrace le going to open on January 10th, according to present plans A few more weeks wilt undoubtedly show Augusta tn the midst of the big gest and most prosperous tourist sea son she has almost ever known The merchants In town will be put to tt to supply the wanta of all this transient imputation, who. one dares to hint, may be rendered romparattvety "hard tip" on naaount of the war, but who nr# still far from paupers! YOUNG PEOPLE OF ST. JOHN S INVITED TO PARTY TONIGHT There will ha a aortal meeting of the Young Peoples' Society of St. John's Methodist Church tonight at » o'clock to which all tho young people of tho congregation are cordially In vltod. The meeting will he accom panied with an entertainment in the way of "sturju" and gstu«* and de licious refreshments will be served. SB SPPIffiIONS FOR NEAR-BEER LICENSES Finance Committee of the City Council of Augusta to Pass on the License Question This Afternoon. The finance committee of the city council of Augusta will meet Thurs day afternoon to pass on the appli cations for near-beer licenses. Up until noon there has been eighty-eight applications filed and It Is probable that thin number will he Increased by ten or a dozen, making the total num ber about 100. The near-beer licenses will he pay able In 1016 In four installement!*, tho first Installment being due Saturday. Tomorrow, the first day of the year, will he a legal holiday and the city offices will he closed. The second In stallment will he payable on the first of April, the third on the first of July, and the fourth on the first of Octo- BLEASE PARDON RECORD, 1,544 S. C. Governor Signs Papers Setting Free Fifty More For New Year’s Clemency. Columbia, S. C. —Twenty-tight hom irides, three men serving sentences for criminal asoault, and throe sen tenced to prison for participation in the, unMuee.eH.Hful attack upon the Spartanburg County jail In 1913, were among the fifty beneficiaries of Gov ernor (’ole L. Bleaao’a New Year clem ency. Included In the Hat of clem ency were sixteen full pardons, twen ty-four paroles and fifteen commu tations. Tho governor pardoned one mur derer, already paroled, and paroled seven, three of whose sentences were the life term given all murder con victs except those sentenced to death in this state. The governor had prev iously commuted the sentences of the other four who were paroled yester day. In addition Governor Blease granted commutations to nine men convicted of murder, cutting their terms to five or ten years. One- man convicted of manslaughter was pardoned; six were paroled and four received commutations. Two convicted of criminal assault were pa roled and one, previously paroled, was pardoned. Of Interest wits the full pardon given to Robert Wilson, Horace Finch and W. It. Belcher, sentenced last No vember to three years each for the attack on the Spartanburg Jail, where was confined a negro suspected of criminal assault. The negro subse quently was acquitted. Yesterday’s clemency brings the number of ‘‘state convicts” In the pen itentiary, at the state farm and on the county chalngangs to 149. This week the governor has exercised clemency In ninety-nine cases, bringing bis total to 1,644 for his term of office, now a little less than four years. The papers were signed yesterday In order that those convicts released might reach their homes by New Year’s Day. LARGEST APPLE CROP 111 HISTORY 1914 Yield For the United States Largest Ever Pro duced in Country; 114,000,- 000 Bushels More Than 1913 W..*hington. —This year’* apple crop w«* the largest ever produced tn the I'ntted States. Estimates announced today by the agricultural department plan'd tho 1914 yield St 259,000,000 bushels or 1t5,000,000 more than was produced last year. These figures represent the actual "agricultural yield," the department explained and should not he confused with those of the commercial crop, which comprise the marketed portion of the total production. In 1913 tho commercial crop was estimated at 40 per cent of the agricultural produc tion. Using the same proportion for the 1914 lists, thts year’s commercial crop would total 103.600,000 bushels. The states leading In production of apples lldj ycur were: New York. 49.400,000 bushels: Uenn sylvanls, 23 100.000; Michigan, 17,- 200.000; Virginia, 16.300.004; Ken tucky. 14,700,000; Ohio, 13.300.000; Missouri, 12.5.>0.000; West Virginia. 12.4tHt.iH>0; North Carolina. 9.000,000; Tennessee. 8,600,000, and Washington, 8,300,000. Augusta-Aiken Rate of Two Cents Per Mile May Be Stop ped By An Injunction (Continued from Preceding Page). Atken will he 40 cents and there will he eight sor.es Instead of five. The fare from Belvedere to for school children will continue to be f|\e cent end the general manager Intimated tti.it some sort of commutation rete will he arranged for the regular pas sengers of the Aiken road end It Is inferred from this that the rate for adults who travel daily from Belve dere to Augusta, Instead of being ten cents for each straight fare will be less, being a very small Increase over the present tote MARCONI MADE SENATOR. Roms. 1030 a. m.— •GngPelmo Mar coni. of wireless telegraphy fame as* appointed a mem tier of the Italian senate today by King Victor Eman uel Near-Beer Dealers Failing to Pay State License Facing Indictments Between Six and Eight, According to Solicitor General, Who Have Failed to Pay 1914 Tax Which Was Due First Day of January Last. That there, are a number of near beer dealers In Augusta who haven’t paid the state tax of 1300 for 1614 Is the assertion of Solicitor General A. L. Franklin, corroborated by a state ment from Ordinary A. R. Walton. It Is understood that unless these deal ers pay that license Immediately their cases will be presented to the next grand jury and Indictments obtained. ■GIfTS DEE NEARLY HALF Arrivals at N. Y. in 1913 Were 1,334,914 and in 1914 They Were 733,504. New York.—lmmigration through New York this year decreased 45 pet I cent, ~s compared with 1913, accord ing to figures announced today by the commissioner of immigration. Dur ing 1913 arrivals numbered 1,834,614 persons of whom 1,163,963 were aliens end 170,921 returning Americans. In 1914 arrivals were only 733,604 ol | these 673,675 were aliens and 159,826 were citizens. The number of departing aliens was greater by 37,818 than last year During 1918, 281,068 persons left New York; during 1614, departures were 418,886. Immigration officials and represen tatives of tho Immigrant aid societies explain tho decrease—aside from the war os due to the curtailing of work In the United States and to an effort I by foreign countries to restrict emi gration by providing work at homo j and bettering the condition of their | working ( lasses. PRiHfIN 1920, HE SAYS National Dryness Predicted at That Time By First Prohi Governor of Kansas. Topeka, Kan.—“lf the liquor traffic In a state and not a national issue why does the government Impose a heavy tax on It and grant a license to people to engage In tho business?" | John P. St. John, first prohibition ! governor of Kansas, put that question i today to the National Convention of the Intercollegiate Prohibition Asso ciation. "The contention that tho liquor question Is purely a state issuo has no foundation In history, Justice or common sense," he said. "A prohibitory amendment will ho adopted by congress not Inter than 1917, and three-fourths of tho stateH will have ratified It not later than i 1920. And five years thereafter tho t liquor politicians and the liquor press will he ready to swear that they were ; always for prohibition." Brussels Life Not Bad; Food Stogy But ! Prices are the Same ! Paris.—An attache of the Belgian foreign office, who escaped from the capital recently, says life there Is not las disagreeable as In other Belgian cities, largely on account of the influ ential presence of the American mln | ister. “The price of food has not greatly | Increased, and the people who have money to buy It are not suffering,” ho j said. “But the bread which ts strict ; ly rationed (300 grams a day for each Inhabitant) Is Hack, stodgy and Indi gestible People with weak stomachs, ! like myself cannot eat It. This bread question Is serious. The lower class es are accustomed to eating large j quantities of bread; soaked tn milk or [broth it forms the main article of tho | childrens’ diet. The regulation black bread Is so doughy that It cannot be i soaked, and 1 know that a great many [very young children are dying every day from intestinal diseases brought on by improper feeding. "The lack of fuel Is another hard- I ship. Nearly all the coal that comes by canal from Charleroi is taken hy tho Germans, who manufacture ben zine for their automobiles from tt In j large retorts that they have set up In | the surburbs of Brussels, and It Is j very difficult for the people to get j even the small quantity they require j for cooking purposes. “Every week 2.600,00# francs (SSOO - 1000) war Indemnity has to be paid over to the German treasury officials. This Is n grievous burden to all classes and j Increases the already heavy taxes front 150 to 200 per cent. | "No consideration will Induce the au thorities to Issue passports, and the inhabitants are to all Intents and pur -1 is'ses prisoners tn the gloomy city. I slipped out of the city at dusk, and i after wandering for four days In the i woods, got In the house of a nephew I close to the Dutch frontier. There 1 watted until I got a ehsnce to cross the I frontier unpercelved.” SHOOTS HIS WIFE AND THEN COMMITS SUICIDE Pensacola, Fls.—\V J. Qualls, a Wal ton county farmer, late yesterday shot j Ills wife to death and then committed , sutotde. He used a double-barreled shotgun. His daughter, who reported j the tragedy, said that Qualls also ! threatened her with tho gun and that she heard shots after she had fl»d from the house Neighbors summoned ! by the gtrl found the Invites of Qualls and his wife lying on the front porch. I The daughter said she knew of no rea -1 son for the shooting. THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA. > The state license was due on the ; first day of January, 1914, and the ! state license for 1915 will be due to morrow. The near-beer dealers are | liable for twice the amount of the tax | for failure to pay on time and If the ] matter goes before the grand Jury j their acses will be even more serious. ; There are between six and eight deal ers who failed to pay the 1914 tax. II PHILIPPINES INDEPENDENCE SODNJAIGER Would Mean That Internal Dis order Would Be Made the Pretext For Some Foreign Power Seizing Islands, Says Worcester. Washington.— A private dispatch from Manila saying the recent dis turbance In the Philippines, though dangerous, were insignificant in ac complishments, was laid today before the senate committee considering the ultimate Philippine independence hill by Dean C. Worcester, former secre tary of interior of the islands. The dis patch reached him yesterday from his personal friend, P. G. McDonnell, edi tor of a paper in Manila, for whose ac curancy Mr. Worcester vouched. Mr. Worcester said the disturbance w-as what might be expected if inde pendence was granted. He said Philippine politicians "who love to fish In troubled waters,” are In favor of immediate independence, that the “vocal" sentiment of the Islands was in favor of it, but the predomi nating real sentiment was opposed to it. Mr. Worcester was asked for his views ns to what would happen if in dependence were granted within the next three or four years. "Quarrels for office would spring up in the first Instance," he replied. "The electios would soon become farces. Shortly the feeling between the differ ent factions would result in bloodshed and anarchy. Not very long afterwards there would he aggression against for eigners growing out of the disorder and that aggression would be made the pretext for some foreign power seizing the islands.” “The Man Without a Country”; Troubles Caused by Red Tape Pari*.—A remarkable instance of red tnpe in the administration of French affairs is furnished by Louis Dumont of Velizy In the department of Seine and Oise. He describes himself as “the man without a country." Dumont was horn In Geneva, Switz erland, thirty-three years ago of French parents, though the official registers of France declare them to be "unknown." Eight days after his birth he was brought to France and has lived here ever since. When he ap plied to be placed on the recruiting lists, the council of revision declared that he was a foreigner. “Very well." thought Dumont, "I’ll have myself naturalized." But the naturalization bureau also has Its red tape To he adopted as a citizen of the French republic It Is necessary that one prove that he is a foreigner. Dumont went to Switzer land and though on one doubted that he was born on the hanks of Lake Le man, he could not produce any official document proving Ills Swiss national ity. Dumont finally succeeded In getting a certificate of birth on Swiss terri tory, but the Swiss administration add ed the words: “Still he Is not a Swiss Dumont came hack to Velizy with this document and presented tt to the magistrate of the commune who de manded a declaration from him as a foreigner. "1 lecture something,” the function ary demanded, “even if Its Chinese." Dumont thought he could accept this ofictal advice so he declared himself a Chinaman. Shortly afterward he was arrested for false declaration. He has since been aide to prove his good faith to the transaction hut he was f lned sixteen francs, and ta still un able to get himself recognized as either Swiss or French, and consequently Is unable to Join the regular army or the foreign legion asks Them to unite in A WAR AGAINST TH£ WAR London, 1:30 p. m. —Carl Liebknecht, Socialist member of the German relch stug, who recently attracted attention to himself by being the only member who voted against a new war credit, has sent a New Year's message to British Socialists tn which he coils upon the workers of the world to unite tn a war against the war M. Liebknecht declares the masses everywhere loath the war and he says thnt among German workers there ts a much greater degree of opposition to It than generally has been supposed. TRY BLOOD *TRANSFUSION. New York —Gcrvtlle-Reache, former ly leading contralto of the Manhattan Opera House, and the wife of Dr. Geo G. Kambaud, was reported today to be seriously ill at the Roosevelt Hob j pttal. i At the hospital It was said that an ! operation of blood tranafualon had been performed laat night In hope of saving her life. Mme. GervlUe-Reach, aince the close of the Manhattan Opera House, hat been active tn concert work in New York and other cities of the United States and Canada. Society —Mrs. Turner Howard will leave about the middle of January for An napolis, where "she will spend the rest of the winter. —Misses Margaret and Katherine Jennings, of Atlanta, are visiting their brother. Dr W. D. Jennings on the Hill. Before returning they will visit friends in Columbia. —Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Moody will'regret to learn of the ill ness with fever of their bright little seven year old son, Walter Thomas Moody. —Mr. Clark Howell, Jr., of Atlanta, is visiting Mrs. George Barrett. MISS STEARNES TO ENTERTAIN. Miss Constance Stearnes will enter tain a number of friends this evening at her home on the Hill. MRS. TURNER HOWARD ENTERTAINS. Mrs. Turner Howard had a few friends with her Informally yesterday afternoon for afternoon tea and other social diversions, the occasion proving as do all of which Mrs. Howards Is hostess, one of decided charm, par ticularly enjoyable being the tea at which ail the guests w-ere seated at a table prettily adorned with ferns and fragrant Roman hyacinths which were used in the silver centre piece and al so in cut glass vases which surround ed it, and the beauty and charm of the occasion was added to by the bright sparkling talk of the congenial group of guests present. MARY WARREN BRIDGE GREAT SUCCESS. Mrs. Henry North scored a great success with her bridge party yester day afternoon for the Mary Warren Home. There were as many tables as the three large rooms and the hall could accommodate, with a prize, a deck of handsome cards, for each table, among the winners being Ms. T. B. Irvin. Jr., Mrs. R. B. Heath, Mrs. Stew art Phinlzy, Mrs. Harry Goodrich, Mrs. C. A. Withers, Mrs. Thomas L. Davis, Mrs. Jordan Sanford, Mrs. Carter Bur dell, Mrs. T. D. Caswell, Jr., Mrs. Charles Mell, Mrs. Samuel Fortson, Fortson, Mrs. Brasstein, Miss Caroline Crane, Miss Joyner, Miss Happer, Miss Rem sen, Miss Eve and Miss Louise Smith. MRS. PHINZY ENTERTAINS FOR MISS FRIERSON. Mrs. Charles Phinizy entertained very Informally, but very beautifully today with a luncheon given in honor f Miss Mary Ann Frierson of Athens, who is the guest of Mrs. James Mc- Gowan. MISS MARION MOORE ENTERTAINS. Miss Marion Moore entertained at her home on Walton Way with rook in honor of visiting friends. There were four tables and the prize, a big box of candy, was presented to Mr. George Livingston. After the game a delicious supper w-as served and the evening ended with music contributed by Miss Erma Erma Sturgis and Miss Lucy Livingston. The parlor decorations of pink and white were carried out in all the pretty details of the evening, from the flow - ers, the prize, the color tones of the and the pretty pink gow-ns that w*ere worn by all the young girl guests. Those present were: Misses Marion and Gertrude Moore, Lucy and Louise Livingston, Ruth Al len, Erma Sturgis, Katherine Hol combe, of Thomson, Maydelle Wise man, Sarah Moore, Helen Wiseman, Margaret Johnson and Messrs George, Joe and Paul Saxon, George and Ar thur Livingston and Victor Sturgis. MR. STURGIS ENTERTAINS. Mr. Victor Sturgis entertained a party of friends Monday evening with a moving picture party, his guests being Misses May Livingston, Marlon Moore. Emma Sturgis, Lucy Living ston, Katherine Holcombe of Thom son, Gertrude Moore, Maydell Wise man, Louise Livingston, Mrs. J. S. Read of Washington. Miss Lucy Liv ingston, and Messrs. Joe. Saxon, Geo. Livingston, Edward Livingston, Arthur Livingston and Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Read of Washington, who chaperoned the spung people. MISS WILCOX ENTERTAINS WITH FIVE HUNDRED. Miss Florence Wilcox entertained twenty friends this afternoon with a fascinating game of five hundred, the prizes offered for the contestants being a dainty set of hand embroidered collars and cuffs, a btg box of Huy lers's end a Santa Claus filled with bonbons. The parlors given over to the play ers were adorned with Christmas sug gestions and the consolation, awarded by the guests selecting crimson stock ings from a miniature Xmas tree. Af ter the game a salad course and ices were served. —Sirs. Dunbar Lamar has as her guests at her hospitable home on Reei-h Island Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Williams and Mr. and Mrs. W. P. La Fitte of Sylvanta. These young people are brides and grooms their marriage being a double event of last Tuesday. Mrs. Eugene Williams Is very pleas antly known here as Miss Boykin and Mrs. W. P. Williams ns Mrs. Ia Fitte. —The many friends of Miss Julia Wall will regret very much to learn of her recent illness DEATHS BEALL. MRS. MARY E.—Wife of the late Mr. William M. Beall, died In Atlanta last Friday. The body of deceased will be shipped tig. Augusta. arriving here at 2:25 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Fun eral services will be conducted from St. John’s Methodist Church, and tnterment will follow tn the City Cemetery. SUICIDE FROM ILL HEALTH. Lynchburg, V*. —Henry E. McWane, president of the Lynchburg Foundry Company, committed suicide here to day, probably because of ill health He was 54 years old. Hts company maintained a plant at Anniston, Ala. NORTH AUGUSTA WATER & GAS GR. FORMED Capitalized at sso,ooo—Mr. James U. Jackson, President, Mr. W. R. Dawson, Vice Pres ident, and Mr. C. R. Dawson, Secretary-Treasurer TO PUT IN GAS AT SOME FUTURE DATE Waterworks Property Trans ferred From Augusta-Aiken Railway and Electric Corpora tion to New Owners. It was announced in The Herald of Tuesday that Messrs. William R. and Clifford R. Dawson had purchased the North Augusta waterworks system from the Augusta-Aiken Railway and Electric Corporation. The Messrs. Dawson on Thursday formally trans ferred the property to the North Au gusta Water and Gas Company, a cor poration organized and chartered un der the laws of South Carolina with a capital stock of $60,000. The officers of the new corporation are as follows: James U. Jackson, president. William R. Dawson, vice president. Clifford R. Dawson, secretary and treasurer. Improvements will be made at once and Mr. Paul Bush, the contractor, will begin work tomorrow. The prop erty will be taken charge of by the new owners Friday morning, January first. The fact that the name of the com pany Indicates that there will be gas handled led to the inquiry as to when gas will be put in. Mr. James U. Jackson, the president, stated in reply to this question that at some time in the future the company expected to build a gas plant and would begin to Investigate cost, probable number of consumers, etc., within the near fu ture. However, no definite statement Is to be had as to when the gas plant will be Installed. A deal of such proportions as Mr. Jackson and Messrs. Will and Clifford Dawson have put through is of great importance and shows that even in alleged hard times there is a great deal going on around Augusta. With such energetic and able busi ness men as Mr. Jackson and tha Messrs. Dawson to handle the prop erty, it will be a fine success, no doubt, from the start. “WATCH NIGHT” SERVICE, SIBLEY PRESBYTERIAN The Sibley Presbyterian church, cor ner Broad and Eve streets, will ob serve "Watch Night” services tonight, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Boyd, pastor of the church, will have charge of the gathering. The meeting will break up at 12 o'clock. ALEXANDER INDICTED. C hicago.—An indictment charging Colonel Charles Alexander, a wealthy resident of Providence, R. 1., with vio lation of the Mann white slave act, was returned in the federal court to day together with an indictment charging attempted bribery against Miss Jessie Elizabeth Cope, of Los Angeles, the woman he is alleged t» have transported. LEGAL NOTICES BANKRUPTCY NOTICE In the District Court of the United States for the Northeastern Division of the Southern District of Georgia. —ln the matter of Kent & demerits. Bank rupts. In Bankruptcy. The petition of the trustee in the above stated case for an order of sale having been read and duly considered It is ordered that the trustee do sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash at the store tn Thrift. Go., late ly occupied by said bankrupts, on the ninth (9th) day of January, 1915, at 12 o'clock noon, all the stock of merchan dise, fixtures notes and accounts and other property belonging to the said bankrupt’s estate. That the said property be first offered for sale in such lots or parcels as in the judgment of the trustee will cause the sale to bring the beat price, and then offered for sale in bulk. And that the trustee do accept and report for con firmation either the best bids for the several lots, or the best bid for the whole ns may appear to the best interest of the estate. That said sale be advertised in each issue of the Mlllen News and in two Issues of the Augusta Herald. That no bid be accepted unless accom panied by a certified check or other sat isfactory securities for at least ten per cent of the amount of said bid. This December 17th, 1914. JOS. GANAHL, Referee in Bankruptcy. T. W. Anderson. Trustee; d31J50 STATE OF GEORGIA. RICHMOND COUNTY— Whereas. W. J. McKnlght, of sajd countv, did execute and deliver to Nixon AWright. on the 10th day of March, 1914, to secure a note for $553.00, due Novem ber Ist. 1914. a bill of sale to the prop ertv hereinafter described; and Whereas. In said bill -of sale appears, among othera, the following clause; "if this debt Is not paid at maturity, I au thorize the said Nixon & Wright to take possession of said property by them selves or agents, and. after advertising the same for ten days In the paper In which sheriffs advertisements of said county are published, sell the same at public auction to the highest bidder;" and Whereas, default was made in the payment of said principal note of $255.00, due November 1, 1914: Now. Therefore, by virtue of the au thority contained In said bill of sale to secure Indebtedness as aforesaid will be sold on the 12th day of January, 1915, between the usual hour* of sale, at the Court Houee tn said Richmond county, Georgia, to the highest and best btddsr for cash, the following described prop erty, to-wtt: One dark Iron-gray mare mule (Beck), 6 years old. One dark bay mare mule (Maud) about 10 years old. One two horse wagon in good running order; One one-horee wagon In good running order. Terme cash This December 31st. 1914. w. j Mcknight. By his attorneys tn fact, Nixon * Wright d31;J511 .riURC”*Y, DECEMBER 31 SPECIAL NOTICES Pursuant to the requirements of the charter of the Board of Trustees of the| Masonic Hall, in the City of ..ugustn, anl election of two members to succeed twc« retiring members, will be held in the** Lodge Room In the Masonic Temple, on Friday, January Bth, 1915, at o clock p. m. WM. K. MILLER, Chairman. J 8 JOSIAH T. CLARKE, Secretary. TRUSTEE'S Pursuant to an order granted by the Hon. Joseph Ganahl, Referee in Bank ruptcy, I will offer for sale to the high est bidder, for cash, at the store lately occupied by A. Boenert, at Harrison. Ga., on the 2nd day of January, 1916, at 12 o’clock noon, all of the stock of Mer chandise consisting of dry goods, notions, hats, shoes, etc., belonging to the estate of A. Boenert. An inventory of said etocks shows that there is on hand over $1,800.00 worth of stock. Said stock will be first offered in lots and then offered in bulk, and the high est bid, whether the same is in> lots or In bulk, will be reported to the Referee for confirmation. No bid will be accepted unless the same Is accompanied by a certified check or other satisfactory security foe at least ten per cent of the amount « said bid. THOS. J. SWTNT. Trustee of the Estate of A. Boenert, Bankrupt. d3l MERCHANTS BANK* DIVIDEND NO. 31. Augusta, Ga., December 23, 1914. THE USUAL QUARTERLY Divi dend of $3.50 per share on the capital stock of this bank has been declared by the Board of Directors, payable Janu ary 5. 1915, to stockholders of record this date. Checks will be mailed. E. E. ROSBOROUGH, J 4 Cashier. LEGAL NOTICE~ In the District court of the United States for the Northeastern Division of the Southern District of Georgia.—ln the matter of Alton Howard, Bankrupt. In Bankruptcy. To the creditors of Alton Howard of Augusta, Ga., in the County of Rich mond and District aforesaid, a bankrupt. Notice is hereby given that on tile 30th day of December, 1914. the said Al ton Howard was duly adjudged a hanky rupt, and that the first meeting of his creditors will be held in my office inY Augusta, Gs(., on the ninth (9th) day of ' January, 1915, at 12 o'clock noon, at which time said creditors may attend, prove their claims, appoint a trustee, ex amine the bankrupt and transact such other business as may properly come be fore said meeting. This 30th day of December, 1914. JOSEPH GANAHL, d3lc Referee in Bankruptcy. STATE OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY— Whereas Lev Parker, of said State and County, on the Bth day of March, 1913, executed and delivered to Carter Bur dell, of said State and County, a Secu rity Deed conveying the property here inafter described, which deed is record ed in the office of the Clerk of the Su perior Court of Richmond County, Geor gia. in Book 7 T's, folios 524-525; And whereas the terms and conditions upon which said Security Deed was given are set out in a certain Bond for Titles also dated March Bth, 1913, and recorded In said Clerk's office in Book 8 D’s, 235-236. And whereas, in said Bond for Titles, Lev Parker agreed that, in the event he should fail to pay any one of the an nual Installments provided in said Bond, or fall to pay any taxes on said prop erty, and such default should continue for a period of thirty days, the said Car ter Burdell should have the right to col lect the indebtedness by selling said* premises at public outcry, to the high est bidder for cash, at the Richmond County Court House, after the. same kind of advertisement and at the same time and place as is prescribed for Sheriff’s Sales; And whereas Lev Park r has failed to pay the installment dve October 15th, 1914, and has failed ot pay the taxes on said property for the years 1916, 1911 1912 and 1913; Now, therefore, pursuant to the pow er contained in the aforesaid Bond for Title, there will be sold on Tuesday, January sth, 1914, between the legal hours of sale, at the Richmond County Court House, at public outcry, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described prop* to-wlt: All of that tract of land, with Im provements thereon, lying and being in Richmond County, Georgia, on the north side of Mcßean Creek, containing one hudred and eighty five (186) acres, more or less, bounded on the North, now or formerly, by L. W. Dye. on the East now or formerly by lands of Pedigo & Lyons; on the South by Mcßean Creek and on the West, now or formerly, by lands at Green; said tract of land having such metes and bounds as will more particu larly appear by reference to the plat at tached to the deed from L. W. Dye to Lev Parker, said deed being dated March Bth, 1913, and recorded In said Clerk’s office tn Book 7 T’s, 517-518, and said plat being recorded in said Clerk's office In Book 7 T’s, folio 522. This 7th day of December. 1914." LEV PARKER, By his Attorney in Fact, Carter Burdell. d 10,17,24,31 STATE OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY Whereas, Langdon M. Atkins of said State, County, did on February 4th, 1909, execute and deliver to Ramsey & Leg wen, a partnership composed of William W. Ramsey and Glenn W. Legwin, his mortgage to the real estate hereinafter mentioned, said mortgage being given to secure a note for five hundred eighty three dollars ($583 00) due on November Ist, 1909, with interest at per cent per ' annum and 10 per cent attorney’s fees; and. Whereas, In sold conveyance a power of attorney is given to Ramsey & Leg wen, upon default In the payment of the/ note, to advertise said realty tn any newspaper In said county once < a week for four weeks, and sell the same at public outcry before the Court House door tn said '"•"'my on any regular sales day. said Ramsey & Legwen having also the power to execute, as attorneys In fact for Langdon M. Atkins, a deed to the purchaser at said sale, which said deed shall divest out of the said Lang don M. Atkins all title he has in and to said realty and vesting the same in the purchaser thereof; and Whereas, there has been default In the payment of said aforementioned nott when the same became due. Now, by virtue of said power contain ed in said deed, there will be sold before the Court House door in said County within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in January, 1915, to the highest bidder, for cash, the following described realty, to-wlt: The life estate ot Langdon M. Atkins, and all his other right, title or interest In and to the home place of Thomas Atkins, situated in said State and Coun ty, and bounded on the North by land* of Hancock and lands now or former:/ of Walker; East by the Blount & Dick erson place; South by the Dickerson place and lands of Z. W. Collins; and West by the lands of W. E. and A. C. Walker. Said life estate given to Lang don M. Atkins in the fourth item ot the will of his father. Thos. Atkin* Also all of the life Interest of said Langdon M. Atkins and any other right title or Interest that he may have In and to the western part of said horns place, containing one hundred and fifty acres, mere or less, bounded North by lands now or formerly of Walker; Be pi, by land* of Leila A Winter; South hyf Z. W. Collins; and Weat by lands of w, E. and A. C. Walker. Said last men tioned tract waa set apart to said At. kins tn th- Inst division of the partition er* appointed to divide said land. Terma of sale cash. Purchaser to pay for papers. LANGDON M ATKINS, By Ramsey & Legwen, his Attorney is Fad. dll.lß,25 $j