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About The Augusta herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1914-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1915)
ttiUSPERITY FOR SOUTH IN 1910, NOTE HE BINES President of Southern Railway Declares War’s Effects on Business in South Proving Only Temporary. The World Must Have Its Cotton. Washington. Fairfax Harrison, president of the Houthern Hallway, declared today that war'll effect on hualnesK conditions in the Houth wa* proving only temporary, n«ld demand for cotton was growing arid predicted a general revival of business. “The world must have cotton,” h« said. “The demand, both for export and for American mills Is Increasing and there has been a substantial ad vance In prices wince the low' point, when the depression was at Its worst With a larger movement of cotton there will come an Increased demand for merchandise of »ti kind*! in the Houth and a general revival of busi ness. To Othsr Crops. M Bouthem farmers are meeting the situation confronting them by plan ning to reduce the acreage of cotton planted in 1916 and to devote the land thus released from cotton to other crops and to livestock. Statistics of the United States department of agri culture and reports of the agricultu ral agents of the Southern Hallway Company show substantial increases in the acreage planted in fall grains In every .Southern state, and the pros pects are that a larger acreage of corn will be planted In the spring. Bettor Prices. •‘With s smaller crop of cotton, tha Southern farmers will be assured of a better price for the crop of 1916, and for that part of the crop of 1914 which must be carried over and, with a lar ger production of grain they will profit from the inevitable European demand result lug from the withdrawal of millions of men and draft animals from agriculture in the countries which are at war.” Mr. Harrison Added that many Koutherd manufacturers realized op portunities for export business grow ing out of the war .and that reports indicated they were ”takin# intelligent Steps to secure a share of their trade.” GET BUSINESS LICENSE FROM TREASURER Office of City Treasurer H. H. Morris Will Be An Extremely Busy Place For Some Time. Tbe office of city treasurer, H. H. Morris, will be Bn extremely busy place tomorrow ami for itom* time thereafter, became business people of every description will be procuring business licenses for 1916 Them will be near-beer dealers ami various other kinds of business men procur ing licenses. The business license ordinance was passed at a meeting of council n short tlr ago. Now la the time to procure charity licenses from the clerk of council. Merchants bavins drava must also procure licenses therefor at Ilia time. The firs* Installment of near-beer tax for 1916 Is due tomorrow. FINANCE COMMITTEE MET TO CONSIDER LICENSES The finance committee of the city council of Augusta met yesterday af ternoon and passed on a large num ber of near-beer licenses There were a total of 90 applications made to con duct near-beer saloons In teh city In 1916. SIOO DAMAGE*TO MR. MARTIN'S RESIDENCE Fire damaged the residence occu pied by Mr. \V. l.yon Marlin at Troupe street and Itlrhmond Avenue about SIOO today. It Is believed that the fire was cauaed by s defective flue. Knglne t'nmpHMV No * responded und seen extinguished the blase. says traffTc' in liquor THE ONE GREAT CAUSE Topeka, Has- Traffic In liquor was held to be the one great cause of so cial poverty and economic waste by Harry <» McFaln estenslon secretary of the Methodist Temperance Society, speaking today before the convention of the Intercollegiate Temperance As sociation A great fores for Improv ing social conditions he said. Ilea in an organisation of college men to work for prohibition Mrs. Frances R Heauchamp. presi dent of Ihs Kentucky W. (’. T, IT., •declared women have power to force adoption of nationsl prohibition and national woman suffrage “Hangers and dlfflruttlea of an un rsalmdated Immigrant imputation are around about ua In this country." she said. FRENCH OFFICIAL Paris. 2:4# p. m. The French of ficial statement given out this after noon shows that the artillery ex changes on the hattlefront In France have not diminished In severity or frequency. Various places are men tioned where artillery fighting has taken place At some no roaults are given while at others the French claim successes, aa for Instance nt Stein bach in Alsace The statement claims the repulse of six I’.emiMu Infantry attacks at a point between the Meuse and the Moselle and aavs that French aviators have Besotted from the air tbs railroad sta tion at Mots Society BUNK AT MIDNIGHT. i The old ship that left port one year logo today was sunk at exactly 12 I o'clock last night by the brand new j vessel, 1915, and all her cargo lost. 'This cargo, which at the beginning of the voyage was thought of value, was 'at the time of the winking not much worth, as it consisted of resolutions i broken, promises forgotten. Great Ex pectations not realized and tne like. 7’he many storms that the ship 1914 experienced (for that was her name) on the Sea of Time had caused her cargo to perish, and had it ever ar rived In port, it is doubtful if it would have brought any decent amount of salvage. The pilot of 1916 Is a very young man, ami his name is Hope. He is now about seventeen years of age, but feels with the old of the Captain. Courage and Engineer Energy and First Officer Faith, that ell will be well the voyage that he now under takes for the first time. We are all of us passengers on this ship whether we would like to take passage or not. I>*t us have faith in the captain and crew ami do our, UEBT. There Is ONE who *ver ! watching the progress of this vessel, and HE always guides the pilot aright. ~ O«*o. W. Real). THOUGHTB FOR THE DAY. Here are what Judge Caul J. Mc- I Comilck has announced as the "Thir teen Mistakes of Idfe.” “To attempt to set up your stand ; arde of right and wrong.” "To try to measure the enjoyment jof others by your own. “To expect uniformity of opinions In this world. < “To fall to make allowances for in experience. “To endeavor to mould all disposi tions alike. “Not to avoid unimportant trifles. “To look for perfection In our own actions. “To worry ourselves and others about what cannot be remedied. "Not to help everybody, wherever, however, and whenever we can. "To consider anything impossible, thst we cannot ourselves perform. “To believe only what our finite minds can grasp. ”Not t - make allowances for the weaknesses of others.” AT THE SANS 80UCI. August \ society was strongly repre sented last evening at the Sans Boucl when the last dance of the old year whs danced, and the New Year we lcomed with the tripping of feet and ithe glad bright laughter of the many | guests In attendance. Just as the | midnight hou»* pealed out Old Father Time appeared and was burled be neath a lop ’ of confetti, and being res* | urrectod by some wonderful maglo | was transformed into the New Year, who was greeted by the tooting of | horns, the merry dancers and the jolly good time being kept up till long after midnight. Mrs. James Farr left thlr afternoon for Savannah, where she will visit Mrs. J. W. Thomas and Mrs. Kenneth Wood. Miss Grace Houston, of Columbia, is visiting M * Florence McNeill. WATCH NIGHT PARTY. A number of friends wore entertain ed last night by Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Cannon with a “Watch Night” party. The early part of the evening being spent In the playing of games and the I enjoyment of supper afetr which there | was music rendered by Mrs W. N. Uavls ami Messrs. Cannon and as the old year died and the new came In it was welcomes with a burst of glad some music. Mr. and Mrs. Cannon's guests were Mr. and Mrs. (V 11 Creslein and Mrs. M E Ragsdale. Mr. and Mrs Claude I Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. James I*. Bow - [dsn, Mr. and Mrs. J. It. Turner, Miss ! Eula Brannon, Mr. and Mrs. W. N. !l>avls and Mr. Frank Cannon. Mr and Mrs. Maurice Klein have returned from a bridal trip north and are spending a few' days with tin* | bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Simmons, on the Hill, before going to their home in Greenville, S. C. Misses Katie and Irene Warren, of Florence. S C. are the attractive guests of their cousin, Miss Nellie Million WOMEN WHO DEMAND NEW STYLES BLAMED FOR LACK OF WORK. American women who demand new ■styles of clothes each recurring season are largely responsible for conditions which have thrown thousands of 'workmen out of employment, accord - 1 ing to Mias Juliet Stuart l’oynts. of Boston, In an address made in Bhila * delphta before the nationu! confer ence on the unemployed. Miss l*oynt» declared that caprice l on the art of women who refuse to wear Inst year’s clothes has had quite as much Influence recently in depress ing the industrial world as the war Manufacturers cannot provide steady employment for their people, she said because they never know whni to nmkc until the Inst minute. Miss I‘oynt* said labor unions could help conditions by discontinuing the practice of drawing sharp lines of de marcation between the trades SCRIPT DANCE AT MISS ISABELLE GARRETT’S. A Jolly crowd of the younger set of boys and girls enjoyed s script dance last evening at the home of Miss Isa belle Garrett when the old year went out accompanied by the flying meas ure of the merry young guests At a late hour supper w is served and dancing resumed until half after I twelve. Among the guests were Misses Isa ' belle Garrett, Anna Eve. Julia Fargo, Susan Barrett. Uarollne Brown. Emma ! Twiggs. Lout*;* Walker. Belle Walkej*. Beg ram Williams. Ruth Inman. Sara ; Wade, Anna and \**rtan l'unbar, i Henrietta Alexander. Frnnkte Inman. [Sarah Hall. Anne Russell; Messrs. Henry North, Miller Walker, Bowdre Mays, t'harles Bhlnliy. Jr. Jos Allen, j Traeey MaMhewson. Jos Matthewson. i Herbert and Milledge Matthewson, ■ Joe l.ee. Momer Uassells, Stewsrt 1 Walker Tobin and Gould Barrett, Eynn and Gus Tobin, Barney Punhar. War ren Sanford and Thomas Alexander. IN HONOR OF MISS AIKEN. Miss Julta Aiken, who Is the house [guest of Mr*. Rainwater on the Hill, |was complimented by her hostess with ts grtNitly enjoyed bridge party yester day afternoon at her home on the Hill, j The card tables w ere placed In the i!*rlors which were still in their holi day attire wjth many fragrant Klllar ' •'•v and bride rose* The highest j score wa* tv, h<\p by Ml** Margaret : Kusholl, who was awarded a so. ' box of stationary, and the consolation, al*o a box of stationary, was cut by Miss Louise Clark. Miss Aiken was given a pair of silk stockings . After the game a delicious afternoon j lea wa* served. • —Mr. Harold Aiken* of Atlanta, was 'the guest during the holidays at the home nt Miss Timm. -—Mrs. C. 11 Clanton, of Atlanta, is the guest for a few day* of her sister, Mr*. W. N. fielding, and i* receiving a very cordial welcome from her old jhome friend*. ■—The Illness of Master Julian Thomas Moody Is the occasion of re gret to the many friend* of Mr. and ; Mr*. Walter Moody. It 1* feared that [the little fellow ha* pneumonia. —Mrs. T>. B. Plateau and Mis* Gladys Plateau, who have been visit ing Augusta relatives for the past fortnight, will leave Hunday for their home in Oreenvllle, H. C. —The friends of Miss Bertha Am ram will he glad 10 hear of her con valescence from an operation for ap pendicitis. Havannah News. New Year arrived In Hephzibah with moonshine and melody at 12 p. m. last evening when Misses Hnead, KlchardH, Harris and others with Messrs. Frost, Walker, Hiehards and others favored their friends with a delightful vocal serenade. They sarig some of the mo*t delightful old melodies which In the crisp midnight New Year’s air struck home to the hearts of the happy villagers as the New Year was usher ed It, With ptaCv, gladness unu music. NEAR-BEER TAX COMING SLOW At 1 O’Clock Only Five Dealers Had Paid State Tax Due To day. AI 1 o’clock today, only five appli cant* for neur b<»f»r license's had reg laterod wrlth Ordinary A. R. Walton, HH required by law. Up to the Barrie hour there had been only 34 regis tration* from appllcantH for special license*. Tax Collector Bohler had received loss than $1,500 of lk-enae money. The law requires appllcantH for near beer and Hpeeial licenseM to register, on Jan. 1, with the ordinary and to pay in, on the name day, the amount duo, the near beer money being paid lo the ordinary and the special llcen.se money to the tax collector. This near beer license in the S3OO due ne statu, the SI,OOO city lax being paid to the city treasurer. Until this tax has been paid, a man Is doing business Il legally and is subject to indictment. The penalty for failure to comply with this law may he a fine of double the amount of the tax or a sentence of 12 months on the gang. There will, undoubtedly, be a rush to the offices of the ordinary and tax collector f r the next few days on the part of those who are subject to this tax. There seems to be a mistaken im pression on the part of some that be cause the city offices are closed today the tax Is not due till tomorrow’. COUNTERFEIT DOLLARS IN CIRCULATION HERE “Phoney” Silver Dollars Turn ed Loose By Parties Who Have So Far Escaped Arrest. Have you seen Rny counterfeit sil ver dollars? (Ituslness of facetious ones remarking that they haven't neon silver dollars of any kind.) There are some floating around the city and It may be that you will be the goat. Hurd to earn, by the sweat of your manly brow, the sum of one bone and then to find said bone crippled to the extent that it I* unable to perform its functions, isn't tt? Hence he careful about accepting silver dollars; take one hundred "brownies” or twenty "Jits" Instead! The police department Is making ;t determined effort to find the person or persons who are putting the "phon ey" money Into circulation. One or two arrests have been made but he evi dence was Insufficient to make a case. It ts believed that the matter will be cleared up in a few days. g. and f. Freight-Train DERAILED YESTERDAY P. M. • A Georlga A- Florida freight train was derailed at the eleven mile post, near Melton, <!%t . on the Augusta Southern track yesterday afternoon, tearing up 50 to 100 yards of track and delaying traffic for three hours or more Augusta Southern train No. 2. com ing to this city this morning. Just be fore reaching Wrens, On., was <tis oovered as having one of the passen ger coaches on fire, caused from a de fective flue. The train stopped at Wrens, and extinguished (he flames coming on to Augusta without further delay, forty-five mlnutea waa lost. DEATHS I'I'.VAN -OI.ADYS FI.ORIA, the eight year old daughter of Mr. and Mr* John 11. l>uncan, died till* morning at S:4O o'clock, at the real dance, 1913 Broad street. Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon nt S o'clock. Rev. Dr. Boyd will officiate, and the Interment will follow In the \\ u..t View cemetery. Besides her father and mother, deceased is survive I by one brother. Marion, and one Bister, Runlet* Belle. WHERE WILL YOU LUNCH TODAY ? Why not try the Tea Shop which begin* thl* week serving n de -1 bit'iip lunch for 35 cent*. From 12 to 3 p in. Beat focal, quick, correct service, t'ome once and you’ll come again. 314 Jackson St. THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA. SCHNEIDERS MAMMOTH ANNUAL SHOE SALE Beginning Saturday, Jan uary 2, at 9:00 A. M. 6,400 Pairs of Women’s High est Quality Shoes-AII Styles- Aii Leathers, $3 to $5 Grades at Thr- entire stock of two of Lynn’s largest shoe manufacturers, whose product is known every where for its superb qualities of style and wear—the very latest models, bought for cash at a price which enables the (/.TI. Schneider Co. to give its patrons a great shoe bargain. These bargains are your opportunities—more than 100 up-to-date styles to choose from. You won’t stop at one pair—you’ll buy two or three pairs, so good are the values and so attractive the styles—positively none sold to dealers and not more than three pairs to a customer. Among the bargains are the following: Patent coltskin, button and lace styles with black cravenetted tops, j* eo w pair • $2.00 Tan Russian and Gunmetal Calfskin, Eng lish walking Shoes, with rubber soles; pair Bl) GREATEST SALE OF COATS, SUITS AND DRESSES IN THE HISTORY OF AUGUSTA For weeks we have been preparing for this mammoth event—every effort has been made to secure the highest quality garments, the smartest styles—the nobbiest effects in tailoring and trimmings the biggest and best manufacturers have contributed from their surplus stocks. Owing to the immensity of our purchases and the unusual depression prevailing in the trade WE ARE ABLE TO SELL THESE ELEGANT COATS ACTUALLY BELOW THE COST OF PRODUCTION Come and see these wonderful bargains—the rich materials —the luxurious linings garments positively unmatchable for less than $20.00, $22.50 and $25.00 in any store in town. All Sizes (or Women and Misses. Extra Salespeople to Wait Upon You. Positively no Mail or Telephone Orders. ON SALE SATURDAY $lO to sls Women’s A|j and Misses Suits... <|)«Kvv Made of extra good quality Wool Garbadines, French and Men’s Wear Serges, Diagonal and Fancy Mixtures; all made in the latest winter models. Special while they last qq S2O Women’s & Misses’d* A ■TC Suits Reduced 10... . v* lef Choice of Fine All-Wool Serges, Crepons, Broad cloths, Pebble Weaves, in black, navy, brown, green or plum; all made in the latest winter models; your unrestricted choice SIO.OO Women’s and Misses’ SIO.OO f to $15.00 Silk or Serge Dresses at tJF Choice of Serge and Satin Combination, Silk Pop line, AH Silk Taffetas, All Silk Messalines. A wonderful collection. You can now buy two or three dresses for the original price of one; special while they last qq SUITS OR OVERCOATS £ | QQ Thy Overcoat* are In auto, convertible and regular collar styles, all wool velour* and caaslmore*-smart light and dark mixed pattern*—lined with Parmer satin—Popular 5!-inch length; sixes 32 to 4« chest. The Suit* are three-button sack model*. In a variety of smart mixture* ami blue serge—sixes from 15 years to 44 chest meas ure, * Tan, black and gray buck shoes, in button styles, all wanted heel, toe, ca/-v gaiter and military styles, pair *P^.vJvf Patent coltskin, button and lace shoes, with cloth tops, In all colors, et» n A J)2. UU THE COATS AT fl*r Collection ot Stunning Models Values SIO.OO to $15.00 Y® Zebeline, Boucle, Brocaded Plush, Mixtures, As trakhan and Plush. In the new flare and ripple models—one smart Fox Trot model—of black zebeline, with fine coney fur collar; all sizes. $12.00 Overcoats and Suits For Men and Youths / *Oll Regular $12.00 Vulues Overcoats In the prevailing as well as auto styles—in plain black kersey or smart mixed patterns. The suits are single breasted models, of fancy all wool mixed pat terns —gray, brown and tan effects, as well as blue serge all sixes, 15 years to 44 chest. FRIDAY, JANUARY 1. Patent coltskin, button shoes, with brown, gray and brown buck tops, 00 Gunmetal calfskin, button and lace shoes, gray and brown cloth and buck tops; also with black cravenetted and Of! tops; pair
