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About The Augusta herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1914-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1915)
SATURDAY, JANUARY 9* MATERIAL MEN WILL REDUCE PRICES Meeting Held Friday Afternoon ---Committee Expects That Answer Will Be Secured From Labor Men in Short Time. Mass Meeting Sunday. A number of contractors and mate rial men met in the offices of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Asso ciation rooms Friday evening and dis cussed plans for starting some work to relieve the situation with refer ence to the unemployed. Represen tatives of the leading contracting firms and material dealers in the city were present and a plan was formu lated for each to reduce prices In order that sufficient inducement may be made to property owners to build something. Representatives of all material deal ers xceept brick were present and Mr. Howard H. Stafford, president of the Georgia-Carolina Brick Company, was out of the city. It. is expected that Mr. Stafford, on behalf of the brick men, will readily agree to a curtail ment in prices. It seems that there is nothing left to be done except to hear from the labor men as to what they will do. At the meeting of the committee of thirty held Thursday afternoon a com mittee composed of Messrs. Lassiter, Bills, Harrison and Copeland was ap pointed to see the various labor or ganizations and explain the plans to them, with the idea in view of the union labor men making reductions in wage, temporarily. Under the plan proposed there would be reduced cost of material, reduced fees for archi tects and contractors and reduced pay for workmen on all work started prior to April 1, 1915. It is understood that there will be a mass meeting of the labor men Sunday. The following reductions vere agreed upon yesterday afternoon: Lumber —Ten per cent reduction on all lumber, material ahd wood. Hardware—Ready to go into com petition on prices and then cut ten per cent in favor of all purchasers. Lime and £ement and Kindred Building Material, Including Paint— Ten per cent cut on present profits. Architects—Twenty per-cent cut on their fees. Electricians—Cut on small jobs five per cent: on large jobs running up to ten per cent.- Contractors—They have tried in the past to figure on a 10 per cent profit; will now cut 25 per cent off this 10 per cent- Plumbers—On percentage work they ordinarily make a profit of 15 per cent; they will cut this 7Vi per cent. On contracting will cut off as much as possible. Tinners—Will cut 12% per cent on sheet motel work. Among those present, besides the committee, were C. W. Bowen, C. V. McAuiiffe, F. E. Gibson, G. Lloyd Preacher, Roscoe Perkins, J. C. Ram sey, McKenzie Construction Company, T. G. Brittingham, C. B. Holley, M. E. Dyess, George E. Toale, Whitney-Eve' Company, Joseph H. McNeil, E. J. Er belding, A. H. McDaniel, Russell K. Whaley, F. P. Branch, C. E. Brown, J. 8., Story, H. T. E. Wendell, David Slusky, Thomas Campbell, Morris Plumbing Company, M. R. Toole, Pal mer-Spivey Company, M. J. Meehan, J. W. Sibert, T. J. Daly, J. C. Lee. PICKINGS FROM "PIC” By A. DAVISSON Dr. F. H Phillips was in the city Friday greeting friends, who are sin cerely glad to see him recovering from his recent severe illness. It is good to see a man of so many arid varied responsibilities cheerful and enterpris ing under the handicap of poor health. Mr. J. C. Evans, banker and cotton factor of Warrenton, falls in with the general notion that matter of “grad ing" in cotton this season makes many a problem in trading. Too many farm ers yielded to discouragement early in the season and allowed their cot ton to go bad. Recovering from de pression and going about to gain an other footing such farmers find their mistake too late and suffer a loss that might have been prevented. Like those of other good towns, the banks of Warrenton are doing what they can consistently with the Inter est of the banks to help the farmers get out of the old and into the new year. Mr. Steiner Branch of Grovetown, Mr. Sam N. Chapman of Harlem, Mr. H. M. Clary of Thomson, Mr. Culpep per of Dearing are visitors to Augusta today. Dr. T. Ray of Sharon was conferring with Augusta M. <fc M. officials Friday with a view to having that body help toward getting "Buck” train back. People of adjacent territory like to cofne to Augusta. The city welcomes them. Everybody knows this. We all like wise know the railroads are only too glad to have profitable trains run. After all. It is no matter of sentiment but Is properly a calm, cool calculation In business. The general public keeps on wonder ing, Of what value after all. to all con cerned. are those “through” trains? Mr. J M. Ivey has been on |Jie road along two semi-monthly routes, for a year or so for the C. D. Kenny Co. Mr. Ivey finds business much improved over November and December, both as to sales and also collections From names and figures he gave me as to old accounts. It *s easy to see the splendid effort retail merchants are making to straighten up old scores. Mr. Ivey spoke especially highly of his trade at Washington. Warrenton, Thomson. Dearing. Harlem and Aiken. At one of these towns he had this week the best business he has ever had there In collections. , The remains of the late Mts. Maggie Boyd were Interred in the Harlem cemetery, and not elsewhere, as I was atiflrst Informed. The question of bankrupts and bank ruptcy was b*!ng bandied about by the boys. "Why does he look so cheerful nfter It'a over.” came up as a query. Vari ous cynical solutions were proffered, is He has enough left: and, He can live for awhile on sympathy; and. He IN REEL LIFE V/iLD - in jjjj If ( 'LOW WRATS The \ 1 ( <v|ftTT£R vjrm ‘TOE ) . ~.. .... .^ k NINfcTV MILES hour. A If H V f GET OOTAJ Ik chasing kangaroos >n AusTßalia _j!l can be helped easier to a fresh start, and so on. Of course the true reason with an honest debtor was at last agreed on—that he is relieved by mak ing a clean breast of it, and glad to find that the old world with all Its unkindness is at bottom sound and ready- to help a deserving unfortunate. And we all know the purpose of this benign law is the protection and resto ration and not abuse of a man’s credit. 4T MODJESKA There are seven reels of thrilling pictures being shown at the Modjeska theatre today and evening. The fol lowing are the titles of the produc tions on the program: ‘‘Perils of Pauline,” the second epi sode; "Lucy's Elopement,” a two-part Thanhouser play; "Athletic Family,” a Vitagraph production; “A Rose at the Door,” an Edison play, and “A Record Breaker,” a Komic comedy that produces the laugh. The Perils of Pauline made its de hut yesterday at this theatre. The result was a packed house—in fact an overflowing one. And the best part of it was that the opinion was voiced on all sides that the series could prom ise no better than bring the same crowd back each day. That first epi sode shown yesterday, composed of two reels, was simply fine, and it is stated by those who have seen the entire production that it is the best thriller that the movie people have produced. Now that Pauline has settled the fact that she will travel around the world and in the company of the "villain to be”—look forward to a lively time; her perils begin. The first episode was good, however those to follow will be more than twice as good. Following is a short synopsis of one of today’s plays, “Lucy’s Elopement." It is a two-reel offering dealing with the familiar subject of an elopement. In spite of the fact that this has been done over and over again in almost the same wax, this is made very en tertaining. Considerable suspense Is aroused over the hero’s successful at tempt to get the girl down the rope and off to the minister's before the irate father appears. Mlgnon Ander son and Morris Foster play the young couple. The photography is good and this production makes good use of stock situations. AT THE BIJOU WEDDING ON STAGE. The Allen and Kenna Musical Com edy Company today presents the Avia tion Girls In “Finnegan’s Picnic” at the Bijou. The shows run continu ously after 2:30 p. m. A special feature of this evening’s performance will be the marriage of two of the members of the comuany on the stage—a spectacular although not cn unusual scene. Outside of the three reels of pic tures, the complete program of the Bijou’s show follows: Mike Finnegan Ludlow Allen Fritz Shultz Jack C. Russel Oscar Chetum Billy Cochran Jlmmlt Catchum Paul I^ndrum Margie Mason Irene Landrum Hazle Nutt Grace Dredon During the action of the comedy the following musical numbers will be in troduced. Opening, ’Soldiers in the Park”—• Entire Company. "Ragtime Dream” —Billy Cochran and chorus. “Going Crazy*’—l.udlow Allen. “Song and Dance”—Elenore Browne. Ragtime Selections —Bonita Trio. “Can’t You See I Love You"—Octet. Song (selected) —Irene Landrum and Chorus. Finale —Entire Company. COUNCIL TO FIX SALARIES TONIGHT Annual “Stated” Meeting of the City Fathers For This Purpose. Committees Busy on Appropriations There will be a meeting of the city council of Augusta at 8 o’clock Katur say night to fix salaries. It will be the annual "stated” meeting of coun cil for this purpose. It is understood that there will be practically no changes In the salary ordinance. Other matters will doubtless come to the attention of council Saturday night, among them being the question of fire protection for North Augusta. The committees of council are hard at work on appropriations. Each committee will ask the appropriations committee for a sum which it deems sufficient to run that department. EMPIRE LIFE IN HANDS OF STATE Company Solvent, But Applica tions For Policy Loans Fol lowing Petitions For Receiver and Stringent Financial Situation, Causes Step to Be Taken. Judge Henry C. Hammond signed an order Friday night placing the af fairs of the Empire Life Insurance Company in the hands of State In surance Commissioner William A Wright. The petition asking for such an order to be granted wan filed by Attorney General Warren Grice. It sets fo’rth that there have been two suits filed against the Empire asking for receivers, one through the superior court of Fulton County and another before the state insur ance board, that weeks of litigation resulted in which there was much publicity. The publicity of the matter caused the policyholders of the com pany to become alarmed and they have made many demands for policy loans which the company, owing to the stringent financial situation, is unable to meet. The company has twice been de clared solvent, once by the superior court of Fulton County noi another time by the state Insurance board. The placing of the company’s affairs in the hands of the state insurance commissioner is for the purpose of protecting the policyholders, stock holders and creditors of every sort. Action was taken by the officers of the company itself because to turn it over to the Insurance commissioner seemed to them the prudent way to handle the situation. With General Wright operating the officers and directors THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. will be free to make some disposition of the company, either sell it to some other Insurance company or put it back on its feet again. J. E. Brown in Atlanta Friday night again asked Judge Ellis of the supe rior court for a receiver. His first petition was denied several months ago. The hearing will be on Jan uary 26th. MERTINS SUED 15,DOMES Mrs. A. C. Claiborne Alleges She Fell on Ice in Front of Store, Dislocating Hip. Ice Said to Have Been Caused From Water Used For Wash ing Store Windows. Mr. D. T. Roughton, attorney for Mrs. A C. Clalrborne, lias filed sull in the city court for $5,000 against F. G. Mertlns, tailor and haberdasher of 852 Broad street, for injuries re ceived when she fell In front of his store, on December 15th, and dislocated her hip. According to the petition, Mertlns had his windows washed that day and the water had run down, on and across the sidewalk in front of the place and, owing to the severely cold weather, had become frozen. The petitioner alleges at 10 o'clock a. m„ December 15th, she was going in an easterly di rection on Broad street and slipped on the ice in front of the store, dis located her left hip. It Is alleged that she has been in the hospital ever since the accident, has incurred physicians’ bills of SSO and hospital bills of sls per week and will continue to incur physicians’ and hospital bills, and that she has suffered great physical and mental anguish. The petitioner states that she Is 74 years of age. SPLENDID MUSIC SUNDAY AT Y. M. C. A. MEETING If the weather is favorable —and the prospects are that it will be—the Dreamland theatre, at Broad and Campbell streets tomorrow afternoon should be filled to capacity with men and women to hear Rev. Mr. Cunning ham, the newly appointed paator of the Broad Street Methodist church, who, they say, is an excellent speak er. He has chosen for his subject for tomorrow, "l Don’t Believe It.” The music will be furnished by the choir of the St, John Methodist church and an orchestra of six pieces. A spe cial program has been arranged. The doors will be opened at 8:30 and the service will begin at 4 o’clock prompt ly. All seatH are free. An unusually fine number of tomor row's meeting will be the recitation of "Life’s Game of Ball," by Mr. E. E. Woods, whose recitation at the recent Elks’ Memorial won so much favor. Mr. Woods Is especially rood, and the announcement that he Is to be heard Hunday will very likely mean that the Dreamland will be crowded. ST. JAMES CHURCH FINE PROGRAM FOR JANUARY Dr. Walter R Dillard be*«n an Intar aatln* of *«rmon» la*t Sunday. Dar**, oon*fr*fcatlon* attended both morn- Inr and nlicbt. Jud*lnff by the wny the flr»t two Htrmom wer* received, It Is IN REAL LIFE certain that Dr. Dillard will bp by Increasing congregations with each Bucceeding Sunday. The music committee is glad to report that St. James’ organ has been overhaul ed and completely renovated and tuned by an expert organ builder, who has It In charge for several weeks. The organ builder pronounces this organ one of the best In Augusta. Mr. Rob Irvin will fireside at the organ Sunday and has an excellent program for morning and evening. Below Is given J)r. Dillard’s monthly program: January 10th, A. M.—Majesty of the Daw—Family Government. P. M. —The Daw Against Profanity. January 17th, A. M. —Majesty of the J.aw—Civil Government. P. M. Tin* Diw of Purity. January 24th A. M. —Majesty of tha Law- -Church Government. P. M. —The Daw of Honesty. January 31st, A. M.—The Law and the Gospel. P. M.—The Law of Human Life. If you are a member of thin church you ought to come to church every Sunday. If not a member, we cordial ly Invite you to come. The New Year word Is- Go to Church! “WHILE YOU WAIT” Newspaper advertis ing is the one form of appealing to the public that brings immediate results. There are no long delays. It works while you wait. Results are tangible and easily calculated. It is no trouble to tell whether it pays. It is not a matter of guesswork. If the re sults are nht as expect ed, it takes little analy sis to find out what is wrong. There is no other medium that can com pare with the daily newspaper for satisfac tory returns to the ad vertiserr FARMERS, ATTENTION I CORNSTALKS AND SNOW. It is sometimes a good pi,an to leave some of the cornstalks standing. Every fourth row left standing will hold a lot of snow on the land. At the North Da kota experiment station it was found that one-fourth of the cornstalks left standing stopped about as much snow as when all were left. This will iu many cases mean a good deni to ttie next crop. The added moisture will make the soil less liable to blow, and the standing stalks will check the wind h good deal, near the surface. tills also de duces the drncTig. Better try leaving a few rows and see If it does not pay. SOIL EROSION IN THE SOUTH. Large Areas Are Lost to Agriculture Through This Cause. The following statement regarding soil erosion In the south Is taken from the last annual report of the bureau of soils of the United Stales department of agriculture: In a study of soil erosion in the south It has been found that large areas are lost to agriculture annually through erosion. In some states vast areas, amounting to ns much ns 00 per cent of the arable land of these sections, have been abandoned. The character of the erosion varies with the tyi>e of soil. Usually on the heavy cluy soils “sheet" or surface erosion is found. With Increasing proportion of sand In the soil the erosion changes to the “shoestring'' type, then to the gully type, with rounded tslges, and Anally to the gullies with caving edges. All methods for prevention and con trol are based either on Increasing the capacity for absorbing the water as It falls or on decreasing the velocity of the run-off. A new method in use In one locality In the construction of what are known ns "Christophers," the dis tinctive feature of this plan lying In the manner of disposing of storm wa ters. Across an Incipient gully Is built a dam. through which Is passed a sewer pipe connected with an upright pipe on the upper side of the dam. Water tills the VHiley uutil It reaches the top of (he upright pipe and then Hows down this pipe into the next lield. The water left standing below the mouth of the upright pipe is grad ually removed by a tile drain. Huller For Peas and Beans. We are using n lioiuciiuule machine to thrush beuuw mu! cow peas that does good work without cracking tha beans and peas. They can be separated from the straw very easily by using a pitch fork und are clean enough to sell ufter being dropped twice through a steady breeze. The only material we had to buy In making this iiinehlno was the nails, writes C. 1.. Brown of Colorado in Farmers' Mall anil Breeze, The cylinder may he a piece of hard wood log. Ours is ten Inches In diameter and fourteen Inches long. The concave is made of a piece of oak. For teeth we used No. Id nallH with the heads cut off. The nails were driven In far enough to leave about one and one-half feln TH* rtOLIjKll. inches protruding. In putting in the cylinder teeth we stretched n string diagonally across to mark the row of teeth. This makes the machine run •tendler, as a whole row of teeth will not strike the concave all at onee. The teeth are set ahou£pn Inch apart and spaced so thore or the cylinder will pass between the teeth In the concave without sir) king. The machine Is mounted on two posts set firmly In the ground. Gearing was obtained from an old binder. The double sprocket A is from the reel gear, B Is the rrnnk arid C the flywheel. Our cylinder makes five revolutions to one of the crank. LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. Be sure you are not keeping two head of stock where you have grain and roughage to Winter only one. It Is better to keep one animal well than to half keep two. Would it not add to the health of yourself and family If you would se lect some of the choicest, smoothest arid healthiest hogs from your herd and feed them those rations which uro clean, pure and wholesome, then kill these animals for your winter's meat supply? The business farmer likes the type of stock that brings the quickest and most sure returns. That’s the renson the dairy cow Is so popular with men of this kind. The cow that Is allowed to fall off in her milk flow is seldom made to regain It at a profit. The abused cow Is always the ugly cow. Likewise the ugly cow has near ly always been made that way by abuse. THREE FARMERS, ATTENTION 1 LIVE BTOCK NOTES. Silage Is a good thing for dairy cows, for fattening steers, for feeding ewes and fattening lambs. But new doors In the pens when It Is necessary. It Is dan gerous t<> have holes in the floor ing of the pigpens. Give each colt Its regular grain ration and enough clean. bUght hay to koep It growing and thrifty. Flockmnsters should carefully guard against exposing flocks to drafts. When they lio In drafts catarrh Is ltnble to be the resulL If the pigs are cold and pinched they can make no gain. Look out for them, protect them, or you will be the loser In dollars. Keep the colts fat, and you will have an easy keeping, hardy horse. POINTS TO OBSERVE WHEN BUYING A HORSE In buying a horse be sure to choose one of quality, says a writer tn the American Cultivator. See that he has good heels, well rounded and tough, wiry feet. See that he has good joints and a proper slope to his pastern, not straight up and down, so every time the weight of the horse comes down there is a great Jar, and the Jar passes up from tendon to tendon, clear to the muscles of the shoulder, but if there is a slope to the pastern there Is a spring there, and the jar is broken, and remember that practically two-thirds of the horse’s weight is carried on those front legs, so It Is very neces sary to brenk that Jar. which will certainly lie there if there Is no slope to the pastern to make the weight come down easy. We do not want a horse sprung in the knees, because It Injures those knees; we want the spring at the pastern. We want a clean, flat leg. covered with fine, silky lmlr, because the Imlr on the leg Indicates the quultty of the bone under that lmlr, also the quality of the tendon. The horse that has coarse, kinky hair on his leg has a poor quality of hone. Why do we want that sloping pastern on the hind legs'; Because there Is the propelling power of the horse. If that In selecting a horse see that the animal has a clean, ernooth, well built hock, because If the horee hae a loom, beefy hock It sprains very enally. If It sprains on the Inside nature puts on a patch and we call It a spavin, if It Is one of those hock Joints that show a hock our valiire then the patnh put on la called a "curb” The Illustration shows a curbed hock. pastern Is straight he has no leverage, no fulcrum power In that Joint If It la straight behind und you pat him to work those tendons shorten up a little, the nukle knuckles over and we call him “cock tinkled.“ Then your horse should he well mus cled on iirm and shoulder and on his thigh, especially well muscled over the loin, because Ihuse muscles are worked hard. > Then ho inusl have a short back; be must ho comparatively long from the point of the shoulder to the point of the hip, hut Ids hack should be short ened up by a jrood length of hip and well coupled loin, high wither and some slope to the shoulder. Of course, a run ning horse und a trotting horse need a very sloping shoulder. A horse to have n good walking gait must have some slope, so he cun put Ids feet ahead. Then, again, (it- needs some height to his withers, so In- can pick up Ida feet and put them ahead with a clean me chanical action without stubbing his toes. Fosd Sheep Liberally. A fleece of good quality cannot be grown on u poor, half starved eheep. If the ewea are allowed to get poor during the winter the chances are that the lambs will he weak and will per ish for lack of nourishment and from cold, while the lambs from a well cared for ewe will he much abler to stand tbe cold If they should happen to he dropped when tbe weather la cold. Trim the Foil’s Feet. The feet mid pastern Joints of horse* re often deformed or Injured through •rejeganess p, keeping the feet proper ly trimmed during the growing period The colt’s feet should always be looked after, ns It* future usefulness and value ns n grown horse msy easily be reduced through curelesanesa la this matter. ,
