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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31
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YARDS II Fill
01 LEVEE
Will Be 30,000 Cubic Yards of
Excavation in Fourth Section
of Levee Between East
Boundary and C. and W. C.
Bids to Be Opened Jan. 17th.
In the fourth section of the levee,
from East Boundary to the C. & W.
S. Railroad, there will be a quarter
of a million cubic yards of earth fill
and 30,000 cubic yards of excavation.
Bids will be received on January 17th,
at the same time as they are received
for building the fourth section of the
levee, for changing the Houston Street
sewer so as to have it empty into the
Beaver Dam Ditch instead of the
river.
The following is the announcement
asking for bids:
Proposals Wanted.
Sealed proposals, addressed to the
City Council of Augusta, Georgia,
will be received by the River and Ca
nal Commission at its office 747 Broad
Street, Augusta, Ga„ at 12 o'clock on
Tuesday, January 19th, for furnishing
all labor and outfit and constructing
section No. 4 of the earth levee at
Augusta, Ga„ requiring 250,000 cubic
yards of earth fill and 30,000 cubic
yards of excavation. This will be
scraper or wagon vfork.
Also at the same time and place
bids will be received for the construc
tion of:
960 lineal feet of reinforced con
crete box sewer 7 feet by four and
one-half feet.
420 lineal feet of 48-inch brick
sewer.
530 lineal feet of 42-inch brick
sewer.
760 lineal feet of 36-inch brick
sewer.
330 lineal feet of 24-inch pipe sewer.
Certified check for S3OO will be re
quired with each bid.
The city reserves the right to re
ject any and all bids.
A bond will be required from the
successful bidder.
Plans and specifications can be
had on application to the under
signed.
NISBET WINGFIELD,
Chief Engineer.
747 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
AT THE BIJOU
The verdict of those who have at
tended the Bijou this week —and their
name is legion—is that the Ches Davis
Musical Comedy Company is just
about the best that has appeared in
Augusta in many a day. The girls
are good looking and graceful, the
dancing is away above the average,
tjie singing is most excellent, and the
comedy—well, you simply have to see
Ches Davis, in his negro impersona
tions, in order to properly appreciate
him.
“A Night on Bingham’s Roof Gar
den” was the offering yesterday and
this laughable farce will be presented
' again today. The scene is laid in
New York City, a roof garden afford
ing the setting. Ches Davis, as Jake,
the waiter, Mae Riley, as Miss Bing
ham, the owner of the garden, and Joe
Varneli, as the manager of the garden,
appear in the leading roles.
The Imperial Quartet delighted the
large audiences at each of the shows,
with their selections. This is one of
the very best quartets appearing here
in a long time. At every appearance
they are forced to respond to several
encores and then to a number of ’cur
tain calls.
Mae Riley Was prevented from ap
pearing in any of the performances
yesterday on account of the fact that
she was called out of town through
the illness of her mother. She will
return today and will sing the m tu
ber that has already made her so pop
ular in Augusta—" He's a Devil.”'
An added attraction this evening, at
9 o’clock, between the first and soj
’ ond shows will be the ’’Tango Con
test,” in which local ladies and gen
tlemen will take part. Among the
gentlemen will be Rob Irvin and
"Scribbie” Tyce.
Y. M. C. A. GYMNASIUM
CLASSES INCREASED
Attendance Since Holidays
Most Gratifying to Those in
Charge; Especially Increase
in High School Department.
Gymnasium work at the Y. M. C. A
has started off with a rush after the
holiday season. All of the classes are
well attended, the increase being very
■ gratifying to those in charge of tha
physical department.
The greatest increase over the fall
' session is in the high school boys de
partment. Since the close of the foot
ball season all of the Richmond Acad
emy football players have taken up
gymnasium work. On account of the
practice hours conflicting, they were
unable to attend these classes during
the fall.
The high school boys have gone
about th r organization of a basket
ball league, games to be played regu
larly on the Y. M. C. A. floor. If plans
on foot materialize, this league v
consist of four teams. There Is some
excellent basket ball material In the
Aaademy and the games in this league
should be well worth seeing.
The schedule of Y. M. C. A. gym
classes is an follows: Business men,
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 8:15
p. m.; Young men, Tuesday and
Thursday, 8:30 p. m.; high school boys
Jflonday, Wednesday and Friday, 4:00
T>. m ; grammar School hoys, Tuesday
and Thursday, 3:30 p. m.; and Satur
day, 10 a. m.
HOURLY TEMPERATURES
Degree*
0 A. M. 37
7 A. M 37
8 A, M 38
9 A. M 39
10 A. M 42
11 A, M .44
12 noon 47
1 V. M 43
2 B. M 60
THE I.C. RHYNE'
TRUCK ARRIVES
Modern Apparatus For New
Sixth Ward Engine House Has
Many Excellent Feautres.
The “L. C. Hayne” motor combina
tion hook and ladder truck, for the
new engine house in the Sixth Ward,
has arrived and is quartered at fire
headquarters. It is ready to be in
spected and accepted by the fire com
mittee of the city council, of which
T. S. Rawortli is chairman.
Tho “L. C. Hayne" is the most mod
ern and up-to-date of any piece of
fire fighting apparatus. The motor
is six cylinder, developing eighty
horsepower. The weight of the truck,
fully equipped, is about 10,000 pounds.
The equipment consists of a 40-gal
lon chemical tank, 200 feet of hose, 4
chemical hand extinguishers, and a
full quota of ladders, ranging from the
50-foo* extension to the 12-foot roof
ladder.
An especial feature of the equipment
is found in the tires, these being the
Dayton Airless Tires, adapted by the
highest class fire departments
throughout the country. The new fire
fighter carries the only tires of the
kind in Augusta. These tires are not
pneumatic or solid, but by having the
inside in sections, produce a semi
cushion effect. Inasmuch as there is
no danger of blowout or punctures, no
extra tires have to be carried. There
will be no such thing as having to
stop on the way to a fire to change
tires.
The “D. C. Hayne” was constructed
by the Seagraves Company of Colum
bus, Ohio. The public is cordially in
vited to come up to headquarters and
inspect the new truck.
The engine for the new Sixth Ward
fire house, which is located at the cor
ner of Troup Street and Central Ave
nue, has been delayed due to changes
being made to reduce its weight. It
is expected to arrive within the next
sixty days. The new engine house
will, probably, be opened for service
immediately upon the arrival of the
engine.
At The Grand
THE “OLD HOMESTEAD.”
There are somethings we cannot es
cape. For instance there Is the smile
of April, the violets in springtime, the
early potato, and Denman Thompson’s
“The Old Homestead.” The reason
we cannot escape them is because na
ture is too good to us. Nature has a
kindly, as well as a wise foresight.
She gives us what we need, Just when
we need it, and she knows our moods
better than we do. “The Old Home
stead” has been as perrenial as spring
time for twenty-nine seasons. It is
useless to talk about Wie merits of the
famous old masterpiece, for two gen
erations of playgoers have laughed
with dear Uncle Josh and have had
their hearts touched by this beautiful
picture of rural life, the most beauti
ful and the cleanest that has ever been
seen on any stage. The grand old
New England idyl returns to the
Grand next Wednesday, matinee and
evening, with all the well-known fav
orites in the cast, the famous musical
features and new production, under
the personal direction of Mr. Frank
Thompson.
“POLLY OF THE CIRCUS."
There is a famous paragraph in the
discipline of a great church which
puts the circus rider under the lain,
along with other objectionables. The
liberal element of the denomination,
who strove in vain to have the para
graph expunged, might have their op
ponents invited to see Miss Elsie St.
Leon, in “Polly of the Circus," and
which is oone of the tenderest and
most touching plays that will he seen
at the Grand tomorrow, New Y’ear’s
Day, matinee and evening.
This is one of the greatest scenic
productions on the roao and It Is due
to that' genius, Frederick Thompson,
who originally built and designed the
huge Hippodrome, and Luna Park,
Coney Island, New York. It Is an ex
quisite Idyl, full of humanity and hu
mor—a three ring circus with a ser
mon, thrown in. The company is well
balanced and coherent and the Htage
settings deserve no less praise than
the work of the company. During the
course of the play there Is shown a
circus with all the equipment of
clowns, bareback riders, acrobats,
ringmasters and aerial acts, including
George St. Leon, one of the best
known circus performers In the coun
try; and the trained horses, the lights,
the noise and the smell of the saw
dust ring. Seats now selling.
MEIS MAUDE ADAMS.
If Barrie is fortunate In having Miss
Maude Adams as the Interpreter of
those always charming and sometimes
idyllic heroines that he so cleverly
sets in modern surroundings, It Is also
to be said with equal fairness that
Maude Adams is fortunate in having
these same heroines to enact before
her public. This particular actress
and this particular dramatist seem
necessary to one another. Their
biggest successes have been in com
mon. It is true of Barrie that essen
tially he Is a dreamer. He 'is also es
sentially human. In his latest long
work, “The Legend of Leonora," In
which Miss Adams is being awaited at
the Grand next Tuesday, evening
only, author and actress have scored
an It was expected they would. It ! s
held that no one hut ,1. M. Barrie
could have written such a play as
"The Legend of Leonora.” The heroine
Is the embodiment of many vagrant
memories, some naive, some winsome,
some humorous, all reverent. She Is
herself a legend, a legend of many
Cotton Seed Oil Mills All Running
At Full Capacity, Day and Night, Now
No Retrenchment, No Curtailing, and Absolutely Normal Con
ditions Prevail in the Industry---Cotton Seed Have Ad
vanced in Price Ten to Twelve Dollars a Ton Above Lowest
Prices Paid Since European War Depressed Cotton Market
No Hard Times arc knocking at the
.doors of the cotton oil mills.
Augusta’s four big cotton oil mills,
employing a large force of hands in
addition to the regular office forces,
are at the present time all running in
full force.
That is. tho cotton oil mills arc run
ning night and day. From Sunday
midnight until Saturday midnight the
big mills arc running in full blast,
with two shifts of workmen, a day
shift and a night shift, the one re
lieving the other.
This condition, it is understood, ap
plies to practically all the cotton oil
mills throughout the Augusta terri
tory, as well as those inside the city.
Instead of shutting down or curtail
ing their forces, the cotton oil mills
are fully and completely manned, run
ning at full capacity. The regular
office forces of ali of the Augusta mills
are intact, no man having been laid
off.
No Retrenchment.
While this is the busy season of tho
cotton oil mills, there is nothing in
the general condition of business as a
whole that has influenced the mills
to adopt any policy of retrenchment.
They are operating just as they oper
ated at this time last year and the
year before, with possibly a few more
men employed now above the total
Telegraphic Business, Dependent Upon
Other Business, is Markedly Improved
While a Month Ago Half a Dozen Men Were on Extra List at
Augusta Office of the Postal, All Making Only Part Time,
These and Four Additional Extra Men Have Been Put on at
Full Time With Regular Force---More Than Forty Men
Now Employed.
The telegraphic business is a busi
ness peculiar to Itself. It would be a
physical impossibility for the tele
graphic business to show improvement
in a steady and substantial way un
less other iines of business were like
wise steadily and substantially im
proving. The telegraphic business is
absolutely dependent upon other lines
of business.
A month ago the Augusta office of
the Postal Telegraph Company, which
is a relay point for this district, had
six men on the extra list who were
making only two-thirds time, some of
tlie regular men losing time in order
to give them employment.
Now, at this, which is usually one
of the dullest periods of the year—be
tween the Christmas and the New
Year —all the force at the Postal, reg
ular men and extra men, are making
full time, and four additional extra
men have been employed.
These facts speak for themselves.
The Postal has told no man since
Mules From South Carolina Cotton
Fields Shipped to Europe to Pull
Cannon and Army Wagons
Hundreds of mules that last year
dragged plows in cotton and
corn fields of South Carolina will next
year pull army wagons and heavy
pieces of artillery on French soil and
the battlefields of other foreign lands.
Within tho past few weks several
shipments of mules have been made
from points in South Carolina to
Memphis, Tenn., from where they are
reshipped via New Orleans to France.
At Springfield, just over tlie Aiken
county line in Orangeburg county, a
shipment of two or three carloads is
now being made up to go forward dur
ing the next few days. Other carloads
have been collected from that section,
assembled at Columbia and shipped
west for reshipment to Europe.
women. One of the dominant things
relating to tho unfolding of the play
is the skill and understanding with
which Miss Adams interprets the
author's idea. Motherhood Is the cen
tral theme and she shows it, as the
author evidently meant it, as the
crowning light of womanhood. Barrie
sits hack and marvels at the extent
at mother love. This Is nothing new
for a dramatist, but Barrie takes a
novel way In making his purpose
clear. Miss Adams Is always welcome
and it would look as If she is going
to he particularly so In this play,
w'hlch is the chief offering of her not
able double fill. Seats on sale Sat
urday, 10 a. m.
DR. BARRETT ADDRESSES
MEETING AT LOMBARD’S
Dr. George Barrett, the new pastor
of Asbury Methodist Church, address
ed a good-sized audience at the reg
ular w’eekly meeting at Lombard’s
Iron Works held today at noon. These
meetings are held under the auspices
of the Young Men’s Christian Asso
ciation. The regular Friday meeting
at the Charleston Kt Western Carolina
shops will not he held, due to the fact
that, the day will he a holiday In the
shops.
Scene from Polly of thf’Circus to b« seen at the Grand New Year’s Day, Matinee and Evening
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
number employed during the busy sea
son at this time a year ago.
In other words, business conditions
are entirely normal, so far as the cot
ton oil mills, and the considerable
number of men employed in these mills
and their office forces here in Augus
ta, are concerned.
Cotton Seed Prices Up.
At tlie present time tho cotton oil
mills are paying more for cotton seed
than they have at any time since tho
market dropped following the out
break of tho European war. That is
encouraging. The lowest prico that
the mills have paid for cotton seed
during tho past four months was sl4
a ton. They are now paying front
$lB to $22.50 a ton. These quotations
apply to seed purchased by buying
agents of tho mills who arc sent out
through the outlying districts, and uro
not the prices paid for delivered seed.
The cost of handling tho seed, freight
and drayago and agents' commission,
is about three dollars a ton. and, there
fore. for seed delivered at the mills the
farmers receive the difference.
Since the rise in the price of cotton
seed, many farmers who declined to
sell their seed at the lower prices are
now turning then into money, which
is putting more money into circula
tion and helping to relieve tho situa
tion all round.
the European war began that be was
not longer needed, said Mr. F. A. Wood,
manager of the Augusta office, who is
very much gratified at the business
improvement that is shown by condi
tions as they actually exist lii tils of
fice.
For a few weeks one of (he linemen
employed in connection with the Au
gusta office of the Postal was asked
to lose two days a month. He agreed
to do so. He has now been put back
on regularly, working every day and
receiving full pay.
The improvement in business at the
Postal office Indicates improvement
all along tlie line. Business could not
have picked up in this peculiar line
unless there had been marked im
provement in all other lines.
At present there are more than forty
men employed in the Augusta office
of the Postal, all receiving full pay
and some receiving additional pay for
extra tine.
South Carolina has never raised
enough mules to supply her farms in
the past, but has always imported
each year thousands of work animals
from tlie middle west, but tlie two
thirds cut In the cotton acreage, made
compulsory .next year by legislative
enactment, has left the farmers witli
more mules than they reasonably
know what to do with, it was, there
fore, welcome news to many that
agents from the middle west, where
the European governments now at
war sought to secure an immense
supply of mules, were in Mouth Car
olina—and probably In other southern
states buying up mules to complete
the big shipments.
Good prices and earn money are
paid for the mules.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’
MEETING POSTPONED
Meeting to Effect 1915 Or
ganization Postponed From
Tomorrow Till Tuesday, Jan.
sth.
The meeting of the county roads
and revenues board of commissioners,
scheduled to take place tomorrow, has
been postponed till Tuesday, Jan. 5.
At this meeting there will he effected
the organization for the coming year,
a chairman being elected and commit
tees appointed. Two new fomrrdsslon
ers will become members of the board,
Messrs. M. It. Bund and M. C. B. Hol
ley, succeeding Messrs. G. If. Nixon
and K. F. Verrlery. Mr. Nixon has
been chairman for the past year
THE CHANGE OF 40 YEARB.
Chicago.-—Ft. Carolines Court Hotel,
forty years ago was the center of many
of Chicago’s select social functions,
will become a shelter next week for
unemployed and homeless men, It was
announced today.
The hotel will be maintained by
funds given by churches.
'Speaking
...THE...
Public Mind
WHY PEOPLE ARE NOT HONEST.
To The Herald.
Please allow me space to answer
Small Merchant. He asks why are
honest men not allowed to make an
honest living. I can plainly tell him
the reason: because they have not got
the chance of it. The infernal mer
chants will come around with a sweet
tongue pretending to be the poor, old
farmer’s best friend and they are their
worst enemies. They will cheat and
swindle the poor farmer out of every
thing he makes and then bring him
out in debt besides; and will come
around with a smile on his face, slap
him on the hack and give him a cigar
or apple to try to keep him in good
lienrt.
It looks strange to me that the. mpr
chnnts arc getting all the farmers’ cot
ton and everything else lie makes for
nothing and they Just double the prices
on their goods to get everything the
farmer makes. The farmer will carry
cotton or somthing to market and the
merchant will put his price on it and
get it for nothing and when the farmer
goes to buy a piece of cloth or some
thing from the merchant he lias got
to pay what the merchant asks for it.
He Isn’t allowed to put his price on
anything! not even his own things.
Small Merchant is talking about peo
ple not being honest. I think he Is
taking a bite out of his own back. 1
never have seen an honest merchant
yet. A merchant that will cheat and
swindle you out of ever.vflittig you
make will do anything. FARMER.
EXPENSES OF MANAGEMENT OF
COTTON MILLS.
To The Herald:
All over the country corporations
nre reducing their expense accounts
in every conceivable way. The presi
dent of the Southern Railroad volun
tarily reduced his salary 20 per rent.
Is It the Intention of the heads of
our local corporations to redut e ex
penses during these hard times? The
cotton mills especially have been suf
ferers for several years. T hear all
over South Carolina reductions have
been made in salaries. Will the di
rectors continue to pay the large sal
aries that are now in vogue here? It
would seem that the directors. If they
appreciate the fact at nil that they
ore trustees for the stockholders,
would either reduce the expense ac
counts in every possible way, or re
sign their positions. If tlielr friend
ship for tho presidents exceed their
loyalty to the stockholders, then it is
time for them to resign. What say the
cotton mill presidents and tile direc
tors of cotton mills?
STOCKHOLDER.
AS TO UNEMPLOYED IN
AUGUSTA.
To The Herald:
It Inis been estimated through our
local press that there are between
three and four thousand out of em
ployment in Augusta. This statement
is ularming and most appalling, but
thunks to the FACTS that it Is an ex
aggeration in large form. Hoy does the
party making this statement gain Ills
facts? Why was this rumor circulat
ed through our press? Why do wo
wish to make bad matters worse?
Why do Hoy wish to make it appear
to tlie public that Augusta is beyond
redemption? (Far from that). Why
do they wish to scare the merchants
so ns to force them to close down
tighter on tlie wage-earners? Why' do
they wish to make it appear to tlie
prospective builder that it is useless
to build as you could not sell or rent
only at a great loss? Please give mo
tlie intentions of tills rumor. Don't
misconstrue my meanings so as to be
lieve that there are a very few out of
employment, as there are today many
in need of work. Facts gained from
officials of (ho different organizations
show Unit this class have out of em
ployment: White, 471; colored, 212.
Total of 683. Augusta being an or
ganized town, you have about 75 or
80 per cent of the unemployed. Al
low the remaining 20 per cent, 3J7,
out of employment will give you u
total of 1,000.
Listen--1,000 wage-earners without
employment. Do you know what that
means to tlie majority of this 1,000?
No meat, no butter, no coffee, Just
bread. Did you ever stop to think
that'when men are In this state of
mind they say: Damn .Society, This
language may seem shocking, but it
conveys a condition and demon
strates a fact, it is tlie city’s and
county’s business to do something. Do
you offer no relief to tin- working man
who wants to work and keep his little
brood together when a condition con
fronts him for which he is in no sense
responsible. U is useless to suggest
chahty, or a bread line. This will
they will reject. Won’t some step be
taken to relieve this 1,000?
Let the wage-earners cease work
then the wheels of commerce sus
pend operations, put them hack to
work and the wheels will resume ope
ration.
Augusta’s richest assets are its
workers, those who each day toil in
mills, workshops arid factories. Under
present conditions these 1,000 who
vyere an asset have become a lia
bility.
The workers are not entitled to
mere consideration, hut action from
this authorities. Thera should not be
an idle man in Augusta who desires
employment.
WHAT IK THE REMEDY?
Tho city can npply a remedy—Build
sewers, pave streets, build sidewalks,
build school houses. Do all tiiut is
needed, Our present streets are a
disgrace. We need more sewerage.
Begin the Tubman Hchool at once.
Act now for Augusta’s sake.
Think picture the idle man tho
menace the contented worker -a
Friday and Saturday
New York Standard Granulated
2C Lbs. die
for ll ■ 1 J
Lowest Price In Augusta
Only to purchasers of' SI.OO worth of Tea, Ooff e,
A. Ac P. Making Pow<lO\ Spices or Extracts.
SNOWDRIFT COMPOUND
No. 5 Pail No. 10 Pail ... .SI.OO
No. Lip P;iil $2.00
Swift’s Premium Hams, lb. 19c
8844 B 844
A&P
Butter
lb.
38c
blessing. Mr. Employer, divide lime
with your men. Lot them all live
Don’t starve some and fatten others.
Ponder deeply and art.
Note the immediate action of our
congress in sending relief to the
stranded Americans in Europe at the
outbreak of the war. It took Just
seven hours to draft a bill, pass and
order six millions In gold out of the
United States treasury. Could you
conceive of any such legislation to aid
the idle wage-earners?
For the sake of Augusta, act men.
ROSS <’OPERAND,
President Augusta Federation of
Trades.
ANNUAL NEW YEAR
SERVICE AT THE FIRST
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
An old custom will be curried out
Friday morning: at the First Presby
terian Church Ht 11:1ft o’clock. Tluß
of holding the annual New Year ser
vice.
For a number of yearn it has been
the custom of thiN church to hold ser
vices on the first day of the new yenr.
Rev. Jos. R. Sevier, pastor of the
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
J. S. BLACK DRUG CO.
Has purchased the stock, good will, etc., of
Smith’s Pharmacy, 1776 Broad St., and in the future
will serve the public with a complete line of Drugs,
Toilet Articles, Cigars, Tobaccos, Etc.
The new firm has made additions to the stock
and is in a better position to meet the demands of the
trade than ever before. Mr. J. B. Black, manager,
will be in charge of the prescription department, giv
ing this branch of the business his best attention. With
a good force of assistance, the firm will still go by
the name of Smith’s Pharmacy.
Prompt Attention to All Orders.
Motorcycle Free Delivery.
Smith's Pharmacy—2 STORES—J. B. Black Drug Co.
1776 Broad St., Phone 350. 1676 Broad St., Phone 2708
Good Bye to the Troubles ot 1914
The bills of New Year’s eve will
ring out h peck of troubles.
Hut, after all, 1914 was not as bad
a year as some of us feared.
It has taught us many valuable les
sons. It has made us more self reliant.
We arc in better shape to welcome
1915.
What will the New Year be?
It will be just as good as we make
make it and no better.
Begin planning today. Look to the
future with courage.
He aggressive.
Advertise—
Let the world know you intend to
make 1915 your biggest business year.
church, extends the invitation to all
who would like to Join In these ser
vices, to be present.
THE ALTERNATIVE.
"What will we do if meat gets any
higher?"
’’[ guess we’ll have to turn valetu
dinarians."—Baltimore American.
GRAND
TOMORROW MAT.
NEW YEAR’S DAY. EVEN.
“Polly of the Circus"
—With—
ELSIE ST. LEON.
Seats Now Sailing.
PRICES:
Matinee 25c to SI.OO
Evening 25c to $1.50
Special School Children’s Matinee
—2sc any part of theater.
FIVE
Brook
field
Eggs
Coz.
33c