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Wh«n Granddaddies stroll
in to tell us that a certain
yoang hopeful is to start
outfitting at the same store
his Granddaddy did, it
makes us fell like one of the
familyl
Suppose it’s the glow that
any merchant feels when he
finds that the principles
upon which his business has
been built have stood the
test for generations.
' Anybody can sell a cus
tomer once, but permanent
success comes because the
customer finds it worth
while to come again.
The best of everything
men and boys wear.
Prices moderate.
L. Sylvester
& Sons
Established Over Half a
Century.
At Reconsecration oi
Flag Day, Wilson Tells
Why America's at War
(Continued from pan* one).
ti* and in all aorta of guises The
mintary masters under whom Ger
many la bleeding Me very clearly to
what point fate haa brought them If
they can aecure peace now w'lth the
Immenee advantage Ht 111 In their
handa which they have up to thla
point apparently gained, they will have
iuatlfled themaelvea before the Ger
trinn peoples they will have gained by
force what they promteed to gain by
It"
FIRST TIME IN HISTORY
The president recited again the Oer
min aggrCaelona which drove the
United Staten to war Ho declared
fho» purpose for which American *ol
dltrp now carry the Htnr* and St ripen
to Ktirrtpe for the first time In history'
nr* not new to American traditions
l.cmiiee tho realization of Germany'*
War alms mint eventually mean the
undoing of the whole world. He spoke
as follows
Mv Fellow Citizen* We meet* tA
•oelabrate Fla* Day because thla flag
which we honor and under w'hlch we
serve la the emblem of our unity, our
power, our thought and purpoae an a
nation It has no other character than
that which we give It from generation
to generation x x x We celebrate
the day of ita birth, and from lta birth
until now it haa witnessed a great hla
tory, It has floated on high the symbol
of great events, of a great plan of
life worked out by a great people We
are about to carry It Into battle, to
lift it where It will draw the fire of
our enemies. We are about to bid
thousand* hundreds of thousands, it
may be million* of our men. the young,
the strong, the capable men of thp na
tion. to go. forth and die beneath It
on fields of blood far away for what?
For some unaccustomed thing? For
something for which It has never
sought *he fire before? American ur
mles were never before sent across the
seas. Why are they sent now? For
some new purpose, for which this great
flag haa never been carried before, or
for aoiu. old. familiar, heroic nor pose
for which it hat seen men, lta own
men. die on every battlefield upon
which Americans have borne arms
since the revolution?
FORCED INTO THE WAR
‘These are •| , i**tlong which must
he answered x x x
“It Is plain enough how* we were
forced into the war The extraordi
nary insults and aggressions of the
Imperial German government left us
no self-respecting choice but to take
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Important Notice
Have you seen the J. B. White & Co.
Ad Today on Page Three?
They advertise daily in The Herald.
up arm* In <l*fen*«of our rights a* a
free people and of our honor a* a sov
erotgn Kovernment. The military mas
ter* of Oct many denied Us the right to
he neutral. They filled our unsus
pecting communities with vicious spies
and conspirators and sought to cor
rupt the opinion of our people In their
own behalf. When they found that
they could not do that, their agents
diligently spread sedition amongst us
and sought to draw our own citizens
from their allegiance—and eome of
thoee agent*) were men connected with
the official embassy of the German
government lteelf—here In our own
capital. They sought by violence to
deetroy our lnduetrles ar,l arreet our
commerce. They tried to Incite Mex
ico to take up arms against ue and
to draw Japan Into a hostile alliance
with her, —and that, not by Indirection,
but by direct suggeetlon from the for
eign office in Bei'lln. They Impu
dently denied ue the uee of the high"
seas and repeatedly executed their
threate that they would send to their
death any of our people who ventured
to approach the coaate of Europe xxx
What greet nation In such circum
stance* would not have taken up
arm*/ Much as we had desired peace
It was denied us, and not of our own
choice. This flag upder which we
serve would hav# been dishonored had
we withheld our hand.
But that Is only part of the story,
We know now as clearly as we knew
before we were oureelves engaged that
we are not the enernlee of the Ger
man pebple and that they are not our
enernlee xxx xTney are themselves
In the grip of the same sinister power
that has now at last stretched Its ugly
talons out and drawn blood from, us.
Tlie whole world Is at war because
ghe“whole world Is In the grip of that
power and Is trying out the great hat
tle which shall determine whether It
Is to he brought under Ite mastery or
fling Itself free.
BY FORCE OR INTRIQUE
“The war wan begun by the military
master* of Germany, who proved to bo
aI no the manterM of Austria-Hungary.
These man never regarded nation* as
peoples, men, women and children of
like blood and frame a* themselves,
for whom government* existed and in
whom governments had their life.
“They have regarded them merely
as serviceable organizations which
they could by force or intrigue bend
or corrupt to their own purpose. They
have regarded the smaller states, in
particular and the peoples who could
be overwhelmed by force, as their nat
ural tools and instruments of domina
tion. Their purpose has long been
avowed, x x x x
“The demands made by Austria
upon Kervla were a mere single step
In a plan which compassed Europe and
Asia, from Berlin so Bagdad. They
hoped those demands might not arouse
Europe but they meant to press them
whether they did or not. for they
thought themselves ready for the final
issue of arms.
“Their plan was to throw a broad
belt of German military power and po
litical control across the very center
nf Europe and beyond the Mediterran
ean and into the hearty of Asia; and
Austria-Hungary wh# to he as much
their tool and pawn as Ssrvla or Bul
garia or Turkey or the ponderous
states of the east. Austria-Hungary,
indeed, was to becyme part of the cen
tral German empire, absorbed »and
dominated by the same forces and in
fluences that had originally cemented
Ull 'lermim states themselves. The
dream had its heart at Berlin. It
could have had a heart nowhere else,
It contemplated binding together ra
cial and political units which could be
kept together only by force —Czenchs,
Magwynrs. 'Croats. Serbs. Mourns n
tans. Turks. Armenians -the proud
slats* of Bohemia and Hungary, the
stout littl# commonwealths of the
Balkans, the indomitable Turks, the
subtle peoples of the east. These
peoples did not wish to ha united.
Th«j.v ardently desired to direct their
own affairs, would he satisfied only by
undisputed Independence, x x x x
AN AMAZING PLAN
*’Ajid they ginve actually carried
the greater part of that amazing pirn
Into execution. Look how things
stand From Hamburg to the Persian
gulf the net Is spread.
"is It not easy to understand the
eagerness for peace that has been
manifested from Merlin ever since the
snare was set and sprung? Peace,
peace, peace has been the talk of her
foreign office for now a year and more,
not peace upon her own Initiative, but
upon the initiative of the nations over
which she now deems serself to hold
the advantage. A little of the talk has
been public, but moat of It has been
private Through all sorts of chan
nels It has come to me. and in all sorts
of guises, but never with the terms
disclosed which the German govern
ment would be willing to accept. That
government tias other valuable pawns
Itv Its hands beside* those 1 have
mentioned. It still holds a valuable
part of France, though with slowly
relaxing grasp, and practically the
whole of Belgium. Its armies press
close upon Russia and overrun Po
land at their will. It cannot go fur
them; It dare not go back. It withes
to close Its bargain before It is too
late and has little left to offer for the
pound of flesh It will demand.
MILITARY MASTERS
“The military masters under whom
Germany Is bleeding see very clearly
to what point fate has brought them.
If they fall back or are forced back
an Inch, their power both abroad and
at home will fall to pieces like a
house of cards. It Is their power at
home they are thinking about now
more than their power abroad. It la
that power which l* trembling under
their very feet; And deep fear has en
tered their hearts They have hut one
chance to perpetuate thir military
power or even their controlling po
litical Influence. If they can secure
peace now with the Immense advan
tages still \h their hands which they
have up to this point apparently gain
ed, they will have Justified them
selves before the German people, xxx
If they fall thelu people will thrust
them aside. A government account
able to the people themselves will b*
set up In Germany as It has been In
England, in the United State*, in
France and In all the great countries
of the modern time except Germany.
If they succeed they are safe and Ger
many and the world are undone; If
they fall Germany Is saved and the
world will he at peace If they suc
ceed. America will fail within the men
ace We and all the rest of the world
must remain armed, as they wilt re
main, and must make ready for the
next step In Ujeir aggression; If they
fail, the worldTnAy unite for peace and
Germany may be of the union.
BY ANY AGENCY
“Do you not now understand the
MERCHANTS WHO INVEST IN AUGUSTA HERALD AUV citUSING GET LARGE PROFITS
new Intrigue ,the intrigue for peace,
and why the masters of Germany do
not hesitate to use any agency that
promises to effect their purpose, the
deceit of the nations? Their present
particular aim Is to deceive all those
who throughout the world stand for
the rights of peoples and the self
government of nations; for they see
what lmmfnse strength the forces of
justice and of liberalism are gather
ing out of this war. They are em
ploying liberals In their enterprise.
They are using men, in Germany and
without, as their spokesmen whom
they have hitherto despised and op
pressed. using them for their own de
struction —Socialists, the leaders of la
bor. the thinkers they have hitherto
sought to silence. Let them once
succeed and these men now their tools,
will be ground to powder beneath the
weight of the great military empire
they will have set up; the revolution
ists in Russia will be cut from all suc
cor or co-operation in western Europe
and a counter-revolution fostered and
supporetd, Germany herself will lose
her chance of freedom; and all Eu
rope will arm the next, the final strug
gle.
“The sinister intrigue is being no
less actively conducted in this country
than in Russia and in every country
in Europe to which the agents and the
dupes of the imperial German goverh
ment can get access. That govern
meit h&s many spokesmen here, in
plates high and low. They have
learned discretion. They keep with
in the law. It is opinion they utter
now. not sedition They proclaim the
liberal purpose of their masters; de
cla-e this a foreign war which can
•t iu< a America with no danger to
either her lands or her institutions;
set England at the center of the stage
and talk of her ambition to assert
economic diminion throughout the
world' appeal to our ancient tradi
tion of isolation in the politics of the
and it ek to undfcfnUne the
g « »'frr.ment with false professions of
loyalty to its principles.
BETRAY THEMSELVES
“Rut they will make no headway.
The false betray themselves always
in every accent. It is only'friends and
partisans of the German government
whom we have‘already Identified who
uttar these thinly disguised disloyal
ties The facts are patent to all the
world, and nowhere are they mors
plainly seen than In the United States
w here we are .accustomed to deal with
facts arid not with sophistries; and
the great fact, that stands out above all
the rest is that this is a peoples’ war,
a war for freedom and Justice and of
self-government amongst all the na
tions pf the world, a war to make the
wmrld nafe for the peoples who live
upon* it end have made it their own,
the German people themselves includ
ed; a:;ii that with us rests the choice
to break through all these hypocrisies
and natci t cheats and masks of brute
force and help set the world free or
else «*ahd aside and let It be dominat
ed a long age thVough by sheer weight
of arms and the arbitrary choices of
self constituted masters, by the na
tions which can maintain the biggest
armies and the most 'rresistihle arma
ments —a power t 3 which the world
has afforded no parallel and In the
face of w’hich political freedom must
wither and perish
For its tjitre is hut oho choice. We
have madfe it. Woe be to the man or
group of men that Keek* to stand in
our way in this dny of high resolution
when every principle we hold dearest
is to he vindicated and mndo secure
for the salvation of the nations. We
are ready to plead at the bar of h.is
tory, and our flt r r shall wear a new
luster. Once more we shall make go d
with our lives and so Mires the gr-at
faith to which we were horn, and t
new' glory shall shine, fin the face o?
bur people.**
RUSSIA RELYING
ON U. S. MISSION
To Clear Up Diverse Views on
Wilson Message. One Dis
cordant Note in Press Com
ment.
(BY THE UNITED PRCSS.) ,
Petrograd.—Russia Is relying on the
American mission, now here, to clear up
diverse views regarding President Wil
son’s note Most newspapers today hail
ed the message in terms of glowing eu
logy. hut the Workmen's and Soldiers'
Gazette was frank in declaring Its dis
belief of one portion.
“President Wilson.” the editorial as
serted, “says the Germans are intri
guing to divide the Allies. We do not
believe this old .story; we believe only in
that there is a class struggle between
the world's working men and imperial
ism. We mutt say that in the notes
from France and England we do not see
any expression as to the Russian prin
ciple nr ‘no annexations.’
Is in Plain Language.
In strong contrast to this expression
was the following from Retch:
“President Wilson's message is in plain
language without any of the tricks of
diplomacy The true representative of
democracy speaks as democracy must
speak throughout the world Radical
and socialist messages from America.
England and France do not put us in
good light. Hoth our friends and our
enemies rgeard Russia as powerless. Rus
sia has delivered an ultimatum to the
'allies but the only force behind this is
our power and our threat of a separate
peace.”
Elihu Root and the other members of
the American diplomatic mission arrived
almost sithultaneously with the Ameri
can railroad technical commission. Both
bodies were anxious to begin their work
of co-operation with Rusaia at the earl
iest possible date.
Pro-War Partite Lead.
American and allied officials here were
Interested today In figures showing that
the pro-war parties were leading in the
Petrograd municipal elections. These are
the‘Social democrats and the social revo
lutionists. whoso candidates appeared to
he leading •
The first national convention of work
men and soldiers was In convention here
today with thousands of delegates in at
tendance. One of the first things a
grtoup of these delegates did was to
visit the Academy of Science and request
permission to vote in its deliberations
Tne\ announced If this request was not
granted they would attend the next
meeting uninvited
Minister of War Kerensky today be
gan mobilising all women physicians in
Russia for special war service.
TRUNK OF WHISKEY IS
FOUND IN A TAXICAB
Atlanta, Qa —A J Prayer, a M-ywr
old German, waa arrested and held In
$7.6<)0 hat! yesterday for violation of the
*tate prohlhigon law A trunk of whis
key waa found In a taxicab In which
Prayer was ruling
Investigation showed that Prayer fail
ed to register, and that he lived within
the restricted half mile »one of Fort Mc-
Pherson lie may he prosecuted on both
these charges.
WILL WITHDRAW NATIONAL
GUARDSMEN TO CAMPS
Charleston, S. C.—The national guard
organism!lone of the nine states Included
In the Department of the Southeast will
be recalled to their regimental training
camp* at once and placed under tnten
*l\c ti.t‘mng to fit them for immediate
overseas duty or any other service the
war department may direct, according to
letters sent out by Maj Gen Leonard
Wood to the governors of all states tn
hla department.
General Wood stated that his action
was necessary In order to get the guards
men Into divisional camp* as early as
possible, ao their recruiting may be haat
*ned an dthetr equipment may be com
pleted.
SHOWS AN INCREASE IN
LOSSES BY SUBMARINES
London. —The weeks shipping losses
through the submarine warfare, as of
ficially announced late yeftterday showed
22 vessels of more than 1,600 tons sunk
and 10 under that tonnage. Twenty
three ships were unsuccessfully attacked
by the German U-boats.
This week's figuros show a considerable
Increase in submarine activity as com
par-hI with tenant weeks. Last Wednes
days statement reported a total of ofcly
23 vest els sunk, against the 38 now an
nounced The aggiogmt# Is the largest
of nnv for a month past. Last week only
IS vessels of mere than 1,600 tone were
pqnk and UUtk of It-aa than that ton
/ %
’i he figures of submarine sinkings be
gan to show a falling off early in Ma>
from the heavy totals of April when dur
ing one week, that which ended on April
22, forty vessels of more than 1,600 tons
were sunk and 16 of smaller ‘tonnage
During the week ended May 6 the total
of the larger merchantmen sunk fell to
24. For each of the three following
weeks the total of vessels of the larger
class stood at 18.
Cotton Bloom on 6th
Mr. L. F. Reardeb, of Midville,
Claims to Have Had
Earliest Bloom.
Th- first cotton bloom In this section
of th- state in reported from Midville
by Mr. L. F. Rearden. who secured a
bloom from hla field on June *th.
There have been considerable numbers
of bloom* found In varloua field* *lnc«
that time Mr Rearden feels very
proud of hla eariy uiuum, idle.in* It
to have been the earliest anywhere
about.
local! oof lodoe
TO BUY SSOO BONDS
At a meeting of Woodlawn Lodge,
No. 91. 1. Q. O. F.. resolution* were
passed for the purchasing of SSOO of
Liberty Bond* by thl* lodge.
It waa also decided to hold the Jsth
anniversary of th* lodge. which occur*
on next January 4th. at the Second
Baptist church.
TO CLASE ALL SATURDAYS
New York.—Beginning with thl*
week, the suirar trade will he closed on
all Saturday's until further notice.
To insure Victor quality, always
look for the famous trademark.
“Hie Master's Voice." It is on
•L genuine products of the Victor
Talking Machine Company.
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If you enjoy
good music,
you need
a Victrola
If you believe in the power of music to elevate your
thoughts and broaden your intellect, to stir your imagination
and quicken your emotions, to soothe your mind and lighten
your toil, you can appreciate what it would mean to have a
Victrola in your home.
With this wonderful instrument you bring music into your
life each day to add to your happiness and make your home
more complete.
Hear your favorite music to-day at any Victor dealer’s. ' He will gladly play for you
the exquisite interpretations of the world’s greatest artists who make records exclusively
for the Victor. And if desired he will demonstrate the various styles of the Victor and
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Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden, N. J.
Important Notice. Victor Records and Victor Machines are scientifically coordinated and synchronised by our .pedal
processes of manufacture, and their use. one with the other, is absolutely essential to a perfect Victor rerr pduction.
New Victor Records demonstrated at all dealers on the 28th of each month
Victrola
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Warning: The use of the word Victrola upon or in the promotion or sale of
any other Talking Machine or Phonograph products is misleading and illegal.
2ND GAME TODAY
Of “World'B Series.” Probable
Batteries.
The second game of the "World’* Se
ries" of the Ne.Hl League will begin
at Warren Park this afternoon at 4:30
o’clock.
Shorty Kilpatrick, manager of the
downtown team, and C. Glllman. the Up
town manager, are very reluctant aSout
disclosing the personnel of today’s line
ups but it is strongly hinted that Hens
ley and Daniel* will be the Downtown
batteries, opposing Smythe and Bannis
ter.
FIRESTONE'S THREE-YEAR
TEST OF THE SUPER
SIZE CORD TIRE.
A dozen test cars traveling three
hundred miles a day for* three years
was the crucible from which came the
Firestone Super-Size Cord Tire, a new
product recently announced by the
Firestone Tire A Rubber Co.
With infinite patience the Firestone
Company continued it* tests of various
sizes and type* of cord tire* in an ef
fort to develop a distinctive equipment.
The test cars were routed over all
sorts of road*, the driver* working In
two eight hour shifts, covering 150
miles each shift. The driver* were re
quired to keep an accurate log of their
trips, showing what distance of the
road wa* smooth, muddy or rocky and
the grade of the hill*.
By an analysis of the wear on the
tires and the driver*' loga, the testing
department at the factory wa* able to
determine just what improvements
were necessary. It wa* found that Uie
best cord material molded Into an ov
ersize tire gave the "Moat Miles Per
Dollar."
Testa of thl* type—known a* the
Firestone Super-Size Cord showed a
mileage of from S.OOO to K. 500 miles,
vsrylng according to the road condi
tions. The Tests also showed that th*
Super-Slse Cord would Increa*-, th*
mileage from two to five mile* per gal
lon of gasoline because of It* greater
resilience and flexibility.
the McCullough sunk.
San Francisco.—The U. S revenue cut
ter Mct'ullcugh was sunk by the Pacific
Steamship Co.’* steamer Gnvernor In a
collision off point Arguello yesterday, ac
cording to a wireless received her# short
!ly before noon.
The McCullough'* crew was taken off
before the veesel went down and ther
| were no casualties. ,
wbaSSKmmAi
:..%i iUaft rel
jM
Victrols XVI. S2OO
Victrola XVI. electric, $250 H
Mahoraay or oak “
M'BEAN FARMERS
RAISE FOODSTUFFS
Want Co-operation From the
Board of Commerce in Re
gard to Providing a Market
For Foodstuffs in the City.
Th* farmers around Me Bean, realizing
the seriousness of the food situation,
have gone into the business of raising
foodstuffs and want co-operation from
the city in getting a market. The fol
lowing resolutions have been passed bj
the Mcßean Agricultural Club:
Whereas. The Food shortage which is
brought about by the world war has
reached an alarming extent; and
Whereas, The officials of the United
States have been stressing the necessity
of producing all the food possible in the
United States for the purpose, if pos
sible, of relieving the situation that con
fronts the world; and
Whereas, The city folks of the several
cities of the United States have expressed
the willingness and a desire to help the
farmer In whatever way possible to raise
more food; and
Whereas. We the members of Mcßean
Agricultural Club, realizing the serious
ness of the situation, are MXfOit* to con
tribute our little part towards Increasing
the food supply
Resolved. First, that we plant as much
as a half acre in aweet potatoes, and as
many more as possible; one half acre In
Irish potatoes In the fall, provided seed
can be procured, also plant one bushel
or more of California black-eye peas,
provided seed can be procured; also one
peck of bush buster beans, provided seed
can be procured by the 16th of June.
Resolved, Second, that we call on seed
committee of the Chamber of Commerce
of the City of Augusta for assistance
and terms.
Resolved, Third, that all or a* many
aa possible of the above be planted
Resolved. Fourth, that copies of this be
sent to the Board of Trade, the Augusta
Chronicle and the Augusta Herald for
publics tion.
FUN DAY AT SAVANNAH
FOR T. P. A. CONVENTION
Savannsh, G*.—Today I* the Mg fun
day of the annual T. P. A. convention
that la In session here thl* week Two
l thuusacd people went to Tybee Beach
THURSDAY, JUNE 14.
this morning at 10:30 o’clock and aje
enjoying an all-day outing. At noon
probably the largest feast that has
ever been spread on the island was
tendered to the T. P. A.’s and their
friends. Surf bathing is also being en
joyed, In addition to a number of con
tests that have been arranged by the
entertainment committee. The T. P.
A.’s will remain on the Island until late
tonight.
The election of offers will take
place tomorrow.
Open Bids For Fire
Alarm Building
Bids will be opened before the fire
alarm and police telegraph committee
Thursday afternoon for the construc
tion of a two story fire proof building
on the city hall lot. The plans are by
Architect Preacher. There are a con
siderable number of bidders.
Try D.D.D.
for Eczema
A Liquid Wash for Skin Disease
tSc. 80c sad * iJX
To Orlvs Out Malaria and Build Up
Tha System.
Take the Old Standard GROVE’3
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking aa the formula la
printed on every label, showing It la
Quinine and Iron In a tasteless form. 50a
TOMORROW AT THE
DREAMLAND
"THE RAILROAD RAIDERS."
Helen Holmes. Episode >fo. ,6. 3
Heel Drama.
"HELP! HELP! HELP!"
Rig V Comedy.
"HIDDEN TREASURE.”
Frank Daniels. 1 Reel Comedy.
"NUREMBURG WATCH."
Earl Williams "The Scarlet pun
v ner." J Reel Dramn *