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SUNDAY, APRIL 27
MAGNIFICENT “VICTORY ARCH" OR
"COURT OF THE ALLIES" WILL IE
CONSTRUCTED TO BOOST VICTORY LOAN
Augustans Conceive Unique Plan of Making Broad Street Res
plendant With Light and Color During Drive Massive
Arch Will Be Constructed Overnight.
It does not take an Aladdin's lamp or
Fairy Tales to wake the enthusiasm of
Augusta people; real genius and brainy
men conceive and do things.
That Augusta is to have a Victory
Arch known as “Court of the Allies” is
evidence of this fact, and announcement
of w’hich will be received with keenest
interest.
That it is not to cost hundreds but
thousands of dollars is also a fact, and
another fact ip regard to this proposi
tion is that it is to be built over night.
This Victory Arch means much to Au
gusta at this juncture, it means Au
gusta is going to do something that
would be a credit to the metropolis of
America. A-great Arch through which
wonderful pageants are to pass, under
which the brave boys who fought io?
country; under which our fair women
will go with their bedecked “oats and
decorated automobiles, and where en
thusiasm will run so high that the Vic
tory Loan will be augmented and Au
gusta will go over the top in a blaze
of glory is the purpose of this plan. A
description of this arch which is to be
built in a night is given in detail by the
eonceiver of the idea. This arch will
be a potent factor in the Victory Drive
of the Augusta zone and the Victory
celebration May 6-7th. A prominent
gentleman took a party of friends to the
middle of Broad street yesterday after
noon and described what the people o.f
Augusta will wake up one morning and
see. The last sentence is a mistake,
they will stay up all night and see.this
wonderful “Court of the Allies” or series
of arches at the corner of Jackson and
Broad street being erected mid the glare
of electric lights, the enthusiastic plaudits
of patriotic men and the encouraging
hurrahs of fair women.
How It Will Be Done.
There are to be eight columns, ap
proximately forty feet, one at the corner
of the Union Savings Bank, one at the
Masonic Temple, one at the Genesta
corner and one at the Howard corner, and
four in the center of Broad street, on
the outside of the railroad track. From
each column there is to be an arch, or
a .series of arches forming three cano
pies; the first arch is to extend from
the Union Savings Bank to the Masonic
building. The second arch, from the
Masonic building to the arch on the
north side of the railroad track in the
center of Broad street. A continuation
of that arch to be run from the west
side of Broad street, to the east side of
Broad street, continuing the same arch
“SLIDING SCALE" FOR GOVERNING PAY OF
POLICEMEN AND FIREMEN IN EFFECT SOON
Will Increase in Salaries for B cth Departments and That
Police Force Will Be Reduced Five Men —Salaries of Pri
vates Will Range from S9O to SIOO Per Month.
The sliding: scale” for governing: the
salaries of policemen and firemen of Au
gusta will b ■ put into effect shortly. It
is likely that city council will adopt the
system at the next regular meeting.
The scale for the police department,
as recommended by the police commit
tee of council, specifies S9O per month
as the starting scale; $95 for those pri
vates for have been on the force over a
year, and SIOO for privates of three
or more years’ service. Sergeants, it Is
understood, will be increased sls per
month over their present salaries, lieu
tenants, $35, and the chief. SSO.
Tn order for this scale to be put in
operation it will be necessary for five of
the temporary or substitute men to be
put off the force. This matter was taken
up with the civil service commission,
which, at its meeting Friday night, de
cided that this slight reduction could be
made without lowering the efficiency of
the department.
MEN WELL KNOWN IN NATIONAL AFFAIRS TO
DEBATE HERE DURING CHAUTAUQUA
Leslie M. Shaw and Charles
Zueblin Will Debate Question
of Government Ownership of
Railroads.
Leslie M. Sluiw, secretary of the treas
ury In the cabinet of President Roosevelt
and twice Kovernor of lowa, will debate
on the sixth night of the Chautauqua,
with Charles Zueblin, well-known writer
and lecturer on national and internation
al problems, th great subject of “Gov
ernment Ownership of Railroads”. Mr.
Zueblin will speak for government own
ership. and Mr. Shaw will take the nega
tive side.
The speakers in the debate have been
chosen by the Chautauqua management
for their comprehensive expert knowl
edge of the entire matter and also their
ability as public speakers. Mr. Sb a w
and Mr. Zueblin will discuss the question
from every angle in an authoritative
manner, and then having heard both
•ides of the question, people will be more
able to arrive at a Just and fair con
clusion on this important problem.
Mr. Shaw is known as one of the lead
ers of conservative thought in financial
and governxr.ental heres. Not only was
he secre Ury of the treasury under
Roosevelt an-* governor of lowa, but he
has been president of two great banking
institutions, the Carnegie Trust Company
of New York and tin* first Mortgage
Guarantee he Trust Company of IMiila
SAME OLD STORY-ONLY TWO BIRTHS
REPORTED HERE IN WEEK JUST ENDED
Anyway. Augusta is holding Its own
in the number of births reported each
week. No decrease has been shown for
about a month.
According to the vital statistics for
th* week ending Saturday there were
two births against eleven deaths. Both
births were colored La.st week there
were two births against eight deaths.
All of which, as repeatedly pointed
out by Board of Health officials, goes
to show that the births are not being
reported in Augusta.
During the past month not more than
ten births have been reported to the
Board of Health, against about fifty
deaths. If All births w*ere registered,
they would always exceed the mortality
ft* Datin'.
The Department, of Public Health re
jWrt for the week ending April 26th fol-
Communicable Disease*.
White Colored
Diphtheria 2 o
Small Pox 2 0
Previously Reported—-Not Released.
White Colored
Measles .... .. ( 0
Vital Statistics.
Whits Colored
Marriages ..... ..... .....9 0
Births o 0
Inaths Z Z
Laboratory Report.
Daily examination of city drinking
water
Highest, 6; Bacteria per e c. No gas
producers.
Lowest. 6; Bacteria per c. c. No gas
producers.
8. C. WILSON, Sect.
SESSION or SUPERIOR
COURT HERB IS CLOSED
The present session of Superior Court
In Aujusta came to a close Friday night,
and tn#* only matter handled hy tho court
on Rriturday was that concerning the Au
gusta - Savannah Navigation Go.
The Grand Jury is yet. to report. Thla
report Is not expected before Wednesday
vi Tuesday of the present week.
Oldwnobiie Service.
from the column on the northeast side
of Broad street, to the Union Savings
Bank. A similar arch will be built on
the four columns on the opposite side of
the railroad track. the arches being:
higher than the trolley lines. The third
arch will be from Howard's corner to
the Genesta and from both of those cor
ners to the center of the south side of
Broad street. The arches completed,
these three arches will make three cano
pies over our magnificent Broad street
boulevard. These large columns which
will support the arches, will carry an
ivory and gold effect and an irridesccnt
color effect bedecked with the varied
colors of the rainbow. The columns will
be decorated according to the ethics of
the ”C , ourt of the Allies.” France will
be represented on the column at the
Union Savings Bank Corner. England at
the Howard corner. Belgium at the
Genesta corner, and Italy at the Masonic
corner. The center arch will be be
decked with the grand and glorious col
ors of our great country, and occupying
the entire canopy historic presentations
will be draped with becoming effect.
Electric lights and the flags of the Al
lies will form festoons and decorations
such as will bankrupt the encyclopedias
to describe, and this arch will take
hundreds of men to build; thousands of
dollars worth of material, is going to
be built by men who love their homes,
love Augusta, but above all, are enthus
iastic and patriotic and love the grand
est country on the globe.
THE CONSTRUCTION WORK.
It has been arranged that this work
is to In* done by electric light, but those
who watch it as it goes up. see the plain
boards, tin* painters brush being applied,
see the artistic hand of genius arrang
ing decorations, will see thrown upon it
a flood of light, from early eve until
the coming of morn and all night will
the passer-by gaze in wonder and admir
ation that Augustn, First in War. First
in I’eace and First in the Building Over
Night of a great Areh for Liberty and
Victory.
The most remarkable portion of this
story is that this arch is not to cost the
anything to the City of Augusta, the
Victory Loan Committee, or anyone
connected with the great pageant, it is
the donation of patriotic people who feel
that they are going to do something for
Augusta and arc* going to do it right and
have the Victory Loan finished in such
style, that the entire United States will
be talking of what the great city on the
banks of the Savannah has accomplished.
Also, the f?re committee has agreed
upon a "sliding scale” similar to that
recommended for the police force, blit the
flrement w’ill not be reduced in number.
The proposed system will mean that
about 38 ftf the 68 men on the police
force will get salary increases, that num
b3r having b en at work more than a
year.
It is practically certain that’city coun
cil will put its stamp of approval on
the arrangement. Councilman Jack Cal
lahan of the third ward, chairman of the
police committee, has been lighting sev
eral months for salary increases for the
policemen, and hi sefforts had much to
do with a satisfactory arrangement be
ing agreed upon. The fire committee of
council has also been active for more
remuneration for the fire fighters.
The "sliding scale” is advocated by
Mayor White, who stated shortly after
his inauguration that he bdieved such
a system the only practical way.
delphia. In 1908 he was made perma
nent chairman of the International
Monetary Commission.
Reared on a farm. Mr. Shaw went to
Cornell College lowa, where be received
the degree of B. S. and M. S. He studied
law at the lowa College of Law 1 , and re
ceived his law degree from this institu
tion and practiced law at Denison. lowa,
until he was elected governor of his state.
Shortly after beginning his career as a
lawyer he entered the banking business
arid was interested in banks at Denison,
Manilla and Chester Ooak. lowa.
Mr. Shaw brings to his discussion of
the negative side of the question of gov
ernment ownership of railroads a life
long experience as a successful business
man. a keen-thinking lawyer and an ac
complished speaker. He will admirably
state the case of those who believe that
government has no place in conducting
the railroads.
Charles Zueblin has studied national
and international problems all his life.
He is known as an effective and eloquent
exponent of democracy in the broad sense
of the word. To him democracy m«*ans
the life of all by co-operation of all for
the welfare of all.
For sixteen years he was a member of
the University of Chicago extension staff,
lecturing on civic and moral questions for
the most part, outside the university
walls. He has travelled over half a mil
lion miles speaking before religious and
labor organizations, chambers of com
merce, civic leagues and mixed audiences.
Mr. Zueblin is the author of a number
of books on social problems, among them
being “Democracy** and the "Overman”,
“The Religion of a Democrat’*.
TELEGRAPHERS MEET
THIS AFTERNOON
The Commercial Telegraphers Union
of Augusta will meet In # executive ses
sion this afternoon at 4 'o'clock at the
Labor Hall, tilxhUi and Kills streets.
Mr. Max Wllk, president of th#* Au
gusta Federation of Trades, is expected
to deliver an Important address. Other
speakers will be on the program.
Employees of the Telephone company
nre cordially invited, especially the lady
operators, whose Interests will be at
atake as well as the telegraphers.
Many out of t#i«w’n telegraphers will he
present to submit their views on tho
telegraph and telephone situation.
EXAMS FOR RURAL CARRIER
AT NORTH AUGUSTA.
The United Mfatcs Civil Service Com
mission has announced an examination
for the county of Aiken. F C. to be held
A**sunt* and Aiken on May 24th. to
fill the position es rural currier at North
Augusta and va#ancles that may later
ocrur on rural routes from other post
office In the above mentioned county.
I’he examination will be open only tn
citizens who are a'-Dmlly living In the
territory of a post office In the county
and who meet other r#*qultem#*nts. Ap
plications should be forwarded to the
commission st Washington at the earli
est practicable date, and the nec«'*sary
forms and application blanks may he ob
tained from the United States Civil
Service Commission At Washington.
AUTO FOR HIRE— 7-PASSENGER COLE
All hours day or night, and will give
beat service possible Please give me a
call. L. 8. Caatieberry, 006 Ninth Bt.
Phone 2703.—Adv.
Old,mobile Service.
REAL ESTATE AND
BUILDING ACTIVITIES
BOOMING IN AUGUSTA
Well Known Real Estate Man
Notes More Activity During
Last Three Months Than for
Previous Three Years.
MUCH PROPERTY IS
CHANGING HANDS
Augusta Stands Next to Atlanta
in Comparison Between Geor
gia Cities of Building Activi
ties During March Little
Likelihood That Lumber Will
Be Be Cheap Again for Many
Years.
“There has been more activity in the
real 0.-tuto market during the past three
months than in the preceding three years
all put together.” declared Mr. Joseph
W. Beasley, next to the oldest real es
tate man in Augusta, while talking to a
Herald representative yesterday regard
ing the Herald's "Own Your Own Home”
campaign. Mr. Beasley commended the I
campaign in sincere terms, stating he
was positive that the vast amount of
publicity that had been given the mat
ter was responsible, in a measure, for
the increased activities in the real estate
business.
Mr. Beasley pointed to the fact that
people of small means are investing in
real estate to a degree never before
equalled inAugusta. and he considered
this an evidence of prosperity in the
community, in fact a most convincing
arguments along that line than transac
tions in which large sums are involved.
He spoke of a number deals that he has
consummated during the past sixtv days
as a result of which working people had
acquired the land on which to build a
home or else Improved property. Refer
ring to some of .these, Mr. Beasley men
tioned the following recent purchases:
Charles F.Talbert, two houses and
lots on 1700 block of Ellis street. $2,000.
William McDowell, house and lot on
Garden street.
Will Williams, property on Dean street.
Mamie Cozart, property at 619 Eve
street. SBOO.
Thomas E. Langston, property at 617
Eve street: SBOO.
Martha Taylor, 613 Eve street. SBOO.
F. (». Howard. 600 Eve street. SBOO.
Hattie P. Fitzgerald, 601 Eve street.
S9OO.
James Key, 5iJ7 and 625 Eve street,
$1,600.
Mamie C. Ray, lot on Morris street,
The Hill.
Besides the sale of this small property,
Mr. Beasley also reported the sale to
Gus Antonapolus, the business block at
the corner of Broad street and Crawford
avenue, In which a sum around SIO,OOO
was involved. The improvements on this
property consist of a two story brick
building with three stores and a barber
shop fronting on Broad and dwellings
overhead and fronting on Crawford
avenue.
This property belonged to the Schra
meck estate and was sold through Mr.
Beasley by Jake Schrameck, executor.
The purchaser is one of Augusta’s most
enterprising and most progressive Greek
citizens. This is the third piece of valu
able property he has bought in a short
length of time.
Building Projects.
While the number of construction
projects in actual operation may be con
sidered small, there are many property
owners who are having tentative plans
drawn with a view to building residences
to rent later in the summer. In this
connection it will be interesting to note
that (luring the month of March, accord
ing to the monthly business report of the
Federal Reserve Bank, Augusta stood
second from the top in the list of Georgia
cities with respect to building operations.
Atlanta headed the list with work started
on eighty new’ buildings of an aggregate
value of $619,576; while Augusta came
next with fifteen new buildings, costing
$40,710. The cost of new buildings in
Savannah on which work was begun- dur
ing the months was given at $24,425;
Macon. $35,135; Brunswick, $32,610. Out
side of Georgia, Anniston, Ala., showed
$26,800; Montgomery, $13,790; Mobile,
$53,950; Tampa. Fla. $a1,220; and Knox
ville, Tenn., $49,612.
Lumber to Remain High.
Men In Augusta, w’ho during the past
three months, have held that the cost
of building will sooner fall to pre-war
levels, have, with few exceptions, been
converted to the conclusion that not in
many years. If ever, will such a thing
occur. There has within the past sixty
days, been a slight decrease in lumber
prices and a decided decline In the price
of cement, but one prominent architect
told a Herald representative that he
expects both to go up within the next
few weeks and that material which is
bought at the present prices will repre
sent a saving over that which will have
to be paid later. With a great demand
for lumber from all parts of Europe, It
stands to reason that there is going to
be but little, if any. decline in price In
this country, and that as this demand
will continue for years, with the United
States and Canada as tin* chief sources
of supply, the socalled high prices arc
likely to become stabilized.
There are a few far sighted Augustans
who realize there is going to he a de
mand for houses in 'Augusta next fall
and they are g#lng ahead with plans to
supply this demand. Mr. Jos. Fargo is
having plans drawn bv G. Lloyd Preacher
for the conversion of his Greene street
residence, into several modern apartments
Mr. Fargo having purchased the Mar
ion Ridgelv home on The Hill for his
own use. Plans are also being druwiHfor
Mr. Uharley Schlev for turning the old
Sibley place on Telfair street into an
apartment house. Among the new build
ings are two modern flats which Mr. E.
S. McKinley is erecting for renting pur- j
poses on the 400 block of Broad street. !
Other land owner* In the first word nr#
also seriously contemplating rebuilding
before the renting season opens.
START MOVEMENT
FOR Y. W. C. A. FOR
COLORED GIRLS
Opening of the Blue Triangle
Club Is Forerunner of Bigger
Things.
The Blue Triangle club or K#*crr*atlon
(’enter for colored girls of this dly Is
situated at Ninth Street and Wrightnboro
Itoad. It has two large and comfortable
cluhrooms fitted up with Labh-s and
chairs, arxl various tabic games.
The formal opening was held during
the second week of the present month.
Each evening of the entire week a pleas
ing program of music, songs and read
ings was carried out by girls of the vari
ous units, On W#dncsduy nigh* of that
week Mrs. L. ft Arrington and Miss Tor
ry visited the Center, and #gich made a
helpful and inspiring talk to the girls and
the friends who were there assembled.
There are fifteen units comprising 350
girls This organization Is finding great
favor with th«* people of the clty, and it
Is encouraging nnn helpful to the work
for them to hav«* the advice and #*o-op
e rat ion of the officer* of th# while Y.
W. (*. A.
Th#- fed# rated clubs of color# d women
of tills citv. which has fostered thin
movement from th<* beginning, looking to
the #*stab)ishni#*nt of a permanent colored
V W. C A. boarrl here. Is asking th#*.
colored women of Augusta to attend a
meeting at M# Gregor Hall tomorrow
< Monday) afternoon, at 6 39 o'clock, In
stead #»f Hun day. The object #»f this
ine#>tlng is to formulate plans for the
raising of funds for a a athletic building.
AVERA, GA. CITIZEN
DIES IN ARIZONA
Annouin ement Is mad#* of the death of
P. A. Hulllvan at Turnon. Arizona, on
April 22nd He la survived by *••. wife,
rnothrr. slater and b other, all of Avera.
Georgia. •
If Germany Is financially unable to pay
In full, why not uppwtAt a receiver?—Co
lumbia Record.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
New Maanger Columbia Tail
oring Company, 945 Broad
Street.
Mr. •‘Ed” Wilson has arrived in the
city to take active management of the
local store of The Columbia Tailoring
Company, 916 Broad street Mr. Wilson
comes to Augusta from Athens and • a
thortmgh and experienced clothing
salesman having been associated with
his present firm for many years, in fact
IVir. "LU VV lIoUII
he was one of the first men to manage
and introduced the • Columbia Tailoring
line in this section of the state.
While having been in the city only a
few days Mr. Wilson has already made
many new friends, both for himself and
his firm.
In speaking about the tailoring end of
his bu si (less Mr. Wilson said: The kind
of tailoring that made your suit will
bring it back again”. 1 don’t believe there
is any better tailoring firm on earth,
and 1 desire to go on record as saying
that the same painstaking workmanship
that has built good clothing for the pat
rons of this firm throughout tin* South
will aid the men and young men of this
city in getting more wear out of a Co
lumbia made suit, equally as much style
as can be found anywhere and no place
excepted.” Mr. Wilson Is a most pleas
ant and-affable gentleman and is wry
glad to enroll as a full fledged Augusta
booster.
GRANITEVILLE LABOR
TROUBLES ARE ENDED
All Mills at That Place Are to
Resume Operation.
Announcf-inf-nt wan marie SnUirriav
that through the mediation of D. .1 Aiken
H. J. Hugh on and William L. Brvant,
the labor troubles at Granite vilb* and
Warrenville have been nettled to the
satisfaction of all parties concerned and
the mills will resume operations in full
as soon as possible.
The Hickman Mill will resume opera
tion Monday. All operatives who arc
either living at the mills or who Imve
moved away have given the privi
lege of returning and occupying their
old homes and will he given positions
in tlm mills.
Mr. H. M. Reeves. Southern
Representative of the Newark
Shoe Co., With Headquarters
in Baltimore, Md., in Augusta
This Week, Assisting Mr. J. M.
Hayes. Manager of the Au
gusta Branch.
Mr. H. M. Reeves, Southern repre
sentative of the Newark Shoe Go with
headquarters in Baltimore, Md.. Is in
Augusta this week, nasi sting Mr. J. M.
Hayes, local manager of the Augusta
branch and says that he Is very glad
to get back to Augusta again, lie was
here the opening day and says that the
number of shoes sold here on the open
ing <lay whs considerable larger than
in most stores in other cities the size
of Augusta. Mr. Reeves complimented
the local manager Mr. J. M. Hayes and
Hays that it Is evident that tin* public
In Augusta will come to appreciate the
Quality of their medium priced hlioo
The Newark .Shoe Go., hi*- operating
hundreds of stores in the principal clti ;
in the United States and Mr. Reeves
states that If the business continues in
grow as it has here, his company will
be forced to open another pfore or it
least look for larger quarters Mr
Reeves will be In Augusta all this week
and Mr. Hayes Invites the public In
drop In nnd look over the wonderful
values they are offering.
PLANNING TO WELCOME
RICHMOND HUSSARS
Mon of 106th Field Signal Bat
talion to Be Entertained on
Arrival Here.
The executive committee of the An
gurta Welcome Home Association v 111
meet Sunday afternoon at the Y M g
A at t o’clock for the purpose of
formally planning for th#* horn#! roming
of the 106th Field BaffaUlon, which ic
partly composed of old Troop K, Rich
mond Hussars.
The duto of the arrival of tho 100th In
Augusta has not’ yet been learned, hut
plans for the entertainment of tho men
are to be made In advance.
No-action In the matter of sale# ting
h delegation #*f Augustn citizen-: to
10 Pennsylvania to purticipat#* In H *
welcome borne of tin* 28th Division h;
yet been taken, as the place and f \ lt
of th<* parade has not yet Im n i
A telegram from th#* governor #»f ivn
nsyl vania Is expected during the fires
etil week, giving the nee# usury detulls
RIVER COMPANY WILL
PAY RECENT CLAIMS
Judge Henry (' Hammond, In nupcrior
court Saturday morning, Issue ! an order
to J. L. d<* ’JJrevili#*, t#*ce|vei for tin*
Augusta -Ha varnish Na Igatlon <,, , to
puy at on«*e all undlspuf# I Halms again: :
the company that hav#* arisen sin## the
r#*# «dv#*rshlp. The claims not in dispute
total about $4,590, and will be paid dur
ing the # #»rnln: w# #*l(.
There Is an Indebtedness against tin*
company existing prior •## fh* ; rc#-#*i*.# *•-
ship of about $19,009. wbhb is covered
by bopds Thai # grtllty of r»u# h # lalms
and the matter of handling them iil i.« ;
argued before Judge Hammond on Wed
nesday.
Will Attend Convention of tho
Chero-Cola Bottlers at Co
lumbus, Ga.
Mr. lliirrv W, H. fllltch, nss slant man
ug#*r of the f'lx ro t’>/ Bott I; re, I*|r« nf
I# ft yesterday for Atlanta. lnt# r going
to (.'nlurnhu* Ga, wb*r## It#* will .rtt>iid
th#* annual convention #»f u,e n<i << titt
er* and salesmen of the (‘hero Gob ('*» n
r>anv Tin convention will c#,nv#*n# un
Tuesday, nt v. hlch Urn#* r«»pr« *#entat|v#*s
from fmirfeen slat#** will be (resent.
Mr. IfiiU’li has r»*c*ntly assor i.ite him
self with the tonal plant her- j n#t is
oontlder#x! one of th#* rtiini #otnpete* *
salesmen end dvertlaer* handling s#/ft
drink* in th* lioulli.
MEMORIAL DAY HERE
IS MOST IMPRESSIVE
IN HISTORY OF CITY
Thinned Ranks of Confederate
Camp March to Tune of
“Dixie” by Richmond Acade
my Band.
WORLD WAR HEROES OUT
IN SPLENDID FASHION
Exercises at Court House and
at. Cemetery Well Attended.
Memorial Address at Ceme
tery by Hon. John J. Foster.
-T'"'. thinnoc! milks of Aucusla a camp
inn " l!? ' l ,,'marching to the
V ,‘,'n . 1 V. x " I’Uiy.'vl by ihn Uliihmoml
A, .I'lmiiy linn,!, with a litll.- group „f
.Nmiush Anim.'an War veterans ami a
hX n*' t " U| ' of V,' urM ' Var veterans iS
tl an wake, proudly passe,! down iiraail
1 .Saturday afternoon, with Scrgt
Berry Benson in the lend and others In
tile gray uniforms closely following him.
H was tin* usual reminder to Augusta
and her younger generations of the grim
.struggle ot the 60s. of the lost cause; lot*
which thousand* of the South's best gave
t k ir lives, and there were many dimmed
,V ,h !‘, throng that followed
these new and “old” heroes to the City
< cinetery to again bedeck the graves of
loose with us only in memo! \ and to
mar words of praise spoken for'these de
parted ones.
BIGGEST AND MOST
impressive of- parades.
Never has there been ti greater crowd
mud along Broadway, nor has ever be
lore in the city's history a longer line
ot automobiles and pedestrians followed
such a parade to tin* burying ground.
The exercises of the day began at the
courthouse with an address by Cupt
George Mains, veteran of the World War,
and a turn valued oftlot?r of the
Filth Division.
After Mr. Mains’ address the veterans
adjourned to Confederate lift*!. where
they were entertained at luncheon bv
the ladles of Chapter A, United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy, of which Mrs.
Cary Lamar is president.
The spacious hall wh'h decorated with
quantities of spring dowers and Confed
erate flags; conspicuous among the sev
eral pictures of the heroes of the sixties
was a recent picture of General Lee,
painted by B. I*. Carter, and which was
shown for the first time, the unmounted
canvas being crowneel with a Lav anil
laurel wreathe.
ROSES AND POPPIES
AS TABLE DECORATIONS.
Itosi a anil poppies were featured In the
I iliLmli eoradons Rom a in „ll their
springtime loveliness. In all their delir
ious fragrance. And poppies, not the
crimson popples of Flanders held hut
IK' deep-toned, outline Ik-eked fall for
nla popples that also bloom no luxuriantly
here, Orest musses of them formed hall's
ol gold placed with the roses down the
renter of till the tallies, at which the
eighty-live \et rans were seated; pop
pies that seemed to have the luminous
How ot the sun Without which they
radiated within until the entire hall
Roomed flood'd with the glorv of the per
• 'ct spring day. The men. eighty*five of
them, for the Heplizihah l.ovs of the
sivtien wore honor guests also on this
occasion, enjoyed to the fullest the delic
ious luncheon, personally prepared and
served by the chapter. Creamed chicken,
ctearned rice, potato Rula<l. lettuce to
matoes. green peas, hot rolls and butter,
coffee and ice cream mid cake After
luncheon the guests, with few exceptions
all veterans, mixed and mingled, meeting
old friends, talking over old linns, and
ending un with the singing of ••Dixie”
led by Miss Anna belle White, and with
Mrs. Ada damp Walden at the piano,
lno much praise cannot be given to
. I mum- lor tlu* beautiful success of
this always happy occasion, or for the
devotion and untiring energy which she
ami her most capable corps of workers
i aye to thiH occasion, which made it one
notable in the social annals of Chapter
A. If there iN any one thing in which
irs. Lamar excels, it is as hostess, and
each ami every guest present yesterday
Bit the magnetism of her ulwuys gra
cious hospitality.
AUGUSTA'S FAIREST AND
□ F.ST WERE ON BROADWAY.
lii the afternoon Augusta s, fairest and
l»» st assembled on both sides of Broad
Mreot to watch the annual march of the
men in gray and their friends to the
cemetery to honor the dead. Maybe tlm
line of gray -clad men was not so long as
In previous year*, and If Is possible that
a few more of the veterans were com ■
pell ed to ride tn automobiles lice,', use of
their Infirmities, but the little hand
marched as proudly and uw firm of step
as in bygone days.
Augusta s polico officers, mounted,
headed the parade, followed by the loyal
Luries Drum and Bugle Corps, which ap
peared at its best. Mounted officers
from <anip Hancock, headed by Col.
John W. Clark, marital of the day. were
f; xt in line and tnen came n detachment
of mounted soldiers from the camp, fol
’owod by veterans of the Spanish-Amnr
lean War.
The “new” heroes of Richmond County
l he veterans of the World War. appeared
next m the parade, headed bv MaJ. Thad
g Jowl It on horseback. Heading the
• boy veterans” were a half-dozen or
o.on Red (Voss nurses, and bringing up
the rear enrne five Y. M. C. A. officer*.
ACADEMY STUDFNTS
MAKE FINE SHOWING.
Next In the line of inarch were the
Richmond Academy students in dress
uniform, each youth carrying a rifle and
brought up in the rear by the academy
land. • The academy boys dropped from
the parade on the 600 block of liroad
street to permit the veterans, headed by
b’ergt. Berry Benson to pass down tho
street Behind Mr. Benson marched the
» r ' p n In gray, among them being Mims
Mary Hull, who. until she marched with
the Keystone troops here last year was
«r» unreconstructed rebel. Behind the
veterans were n number of automobiles
eafrying the men In gray who were too
Infirm to participate in the march Fol
lowing tins'* automobiles were the camp
fire girls, the K. of jv Uniform Rafik.
Hun the Ii A It.. IT. f>. r . rnlti',l
States Navy League and last came the
One Hundred Club mounted, headed by
1 ’apt. Tracy Hid:man. The academy
boys egain fell Into line and brought up
the je«r iitit.il the cemetery was restchsd.
HON. JOHN J. FOSTER
MADI. MFMORIAL TALK.
j*roee< ding to an open Platform In th#
cemetery, beautifully decked with flow
ers, the memorial services wore thers
taken up by the veterans and other In
ter* ft.-, j organizations. The opening
prayer was mad by Roy. Allen H Wil
son. Col. John W. Cluck was master of
eei«-monies.
The immortal address wan made by
lion John .1 Foster, who was hi (.reduced
bv Hon. Lawton It. Evans with a well
chosen word or two. Mr Foster, in his
• ulogy of the men of the 60s and his
tribute to the departed brothers, was lit
Pis lx rt lie made «n eloquent address
that was hlgh.lv enjoyed bv ‘ho kirgo
.’Mjrtjence and which left an Indelible itn
nreKHlon. The services ended with a
. rave,- by Rev. A. M I*l err» of Ht.
.bii.iif Methodist. Church, and then the
b rotation of the graces was begun.
A pretty feature of the exorcises at
i4m cemctiry were pongs bv v. M C. A.
men the slngem being J Edgar I'robyn,
E T. White. J. L Hatties, O. M. Mnrrah,
Harry Wall. Roy Muller and E. U. John
son.
JESSE JAMES LACEY!
COLORFD. IS CHARGED
WITH HORSE STEALING
•b a .laini w Lacey, colored, faces S
charge which In the yesterday when the
west was wild and wooly was consider
ed far more h mhous than homicide, and
ft.en resulted the accused dangling st
•I* ct»«! if i top* lx m-ath some forlorn
Ire* or eri the #,f. r|ul gallows.
' J* x* ,In ox's Lacey is charged with
I hor striding an offense that Is counted
a felony eton at lids day in tL** Htute
of Georgia
A few days urn Mr J O. Davis report
• d that his horse had been stolen near
1.. Fiery |'ark, on tlx* river a iew mllr»
belt,.v uigustn. Thu loss was advert la
< ' and reward oifered. A day or so
•go Mr I. A. Brown found Jesse Jamrs
l.geiy jn Dp)omhln r.mtity with the horse
(*f»»l huggv all-i cd to have been stolen,
brought Larev to Augusta qiid turned
nlm over to the police. ft Is sold that
tPe horn .has b# n Identified mm the ons
stolen shim Mr Davis .1 #•*♦«#» James
Lacey wan brought to Augusta Friday
afternoon. ,
WRETCHED STORIES OF “DOPE” ADDICTS
ARE UNFOLDED IN OFFICE OF POLICE
SURGEON BY VICTIMS SEEKING CURE
Nearly 100 Cases Now Under
Observation of Dr. W. D. Jen
nings, Jr.
NEW CASES ARE SHOWING
UP IN CITY EVERY DAY
?,eporter Hears Pitiful Story of
Two Morphine Users, Who
Are Seeking Relief from
Frightful Habit.
Do you know any ‘dope’ peddlers In
Augusta?"
“Yes, there are several doing business
here, but I get mine mostly by prescrip
tion."
A girl of about 25. of pleasing manner
but nhabbily dressed, thus replied to a
question propounded by Dr. W. 1». Jen
nings, Jr., in his office in the Lamar
building Saturday, where tlie morphine
addict had gone to get. the police .surg
eon to ‘get her off the dope.”
"New ones lire drifting in hero every
day.” Dr. Jennings told n Herald man
who was In the office when he was ques
tioning the girl. “They are nil eager to
‘gel off;’ It costs them ns much ns $3
and $1 a day to use It, and besides Mince
we have begun a campaign to break up
the morphine practice it is difficult to
get tho stuff.”
WILL B(£G, LIE AND
STEAL TO GET MORPHINE.
They will beg. lie or steal to get mor
phine, according to the doctor; in fact,
In* said, an addict would barter his or
her very soul to satisfy the craylng.
After the girl bad been given a pre
script ion for eight grains, which would
last her until Monday, when she is to go
to the Stockade for treatment, a man
who appeared to be about 26 years old
cants In to see the doctor. He told
the police surgeon thnt ho had been using
eight grains a day and that for the past
two and n half years his “dope” had cost
him an average of $3 a day.
“I can’t keep on like this." lie told
Dr. Jennings. ”1 am steadily going tn
pieces; I’m not fit to handle my work
and besides the cost is greater than I
can stand, since 1 spend more for the
stufff than I make.”
75 TO 100 ADDICTS
KNOWN BY OFFICIALS.
His was a typical case, Dr. Jennings
told the reporter. lie said that since
he hml recently begun Ills investigations
with the view of breaking up the prac
tle* tl there had been from 75 to 100 ad
dicts brought under his observation; that
he had sent several of them to the Stock
ade find were giving them treatment,
and that he expected to send scores of
others In the next few Weeks.
Tho girl vrho first came Into the police
surgeon’s office said she had spent as
much as $lO a day for morphine, this be
ing on occasions when she could not get
a prescription for it and wuh forced to
buv from the peddlers.
'Phis young woman had evidently seen
better days. In fact. Dr. Jennings said
he had known her when sb whs In good
circumstances and In a much better phy
sical condition than she is now. Tlv
girl’s shoes were practically threadbare,
the stocking protruding from one shoe.
She suld she was employed st a board
ing houw* and earned $6 per week.
PATHETIC SCENES IN
HIS OFFICE EACH DAY.
Pathetic scenes arc being enacted daily
In the offlco of the police surgeon. Many
of Die addicts xb nit town luive learned
that he Is willing to give them treat
ment free of charge, that he will send
thorn to tin* stockade and gradually w#*«n
them away from tip* morphine; thnt they
Kf< not i" be punished, but kindly treated
until n cure has been affected and then
given their freedom.
Two new cases hn#7 been disposed of
and arrangements made for their treat
ment when The Herald reporter left' the
poltue surgeon’s office, und In the wait
ing room them sat a third addict who
vhs soon to go Into the little office nnd
tell his wretched story as Ihe others had
done and beg for an opportunity to begin
Ilf#* all over again to b** the same man
he was before this frightful habit grip
ped him and irmd<* of him an outcast.
NORFOLK LEDGER DISPATCH.
Norfolk, Va. —Fire early today «om
plefely wrecked tho building occupied by
the Norfolk Ledger Dispatch gutting
tunny -private offices and that part of
the structure nceupled by the business
depurlmeiits of the newspaper and the
railway administration's ticket office i
Tin* merlin ideal equipment of the paper
which was In u fire proof annex in Die
rear, escaped damage.
The loss Is estimated at $200,000.
Chandler Service.
New Modjeska Matinee Friday
in Compliment oi Old Vets
Auguota Herald Tenders Old Confcds Matinee Party, Through
00-Operatjon of Manager M jller of New Modjeska.
The Augusta Herald Invites each and
every old C?onfod#»rate Veteran in lhls
city nnd section to h«* lta guest of honor
nt a apwlal matinee Friday, 3:to p. tn.
sharp, at the New Modjeska Theatre to
witness that great and stirring war pic
ture "Hearts of Humanity.” Thin rnsD
nee party of the Herald Is made posalhla
through the <or#llsl cooperation of Man
ager Frank J. Miller <»f the New Mod-
J There Is no formality, no red tape,
connected with the Herald’s matinee
A FLY IN THE GASOLINE
C*u»e* Mr. Floyd Harmon a steepens night in the swamp
Mr Harmon rtlal' a hla troulilt-K wtillo
fllllnvc lilh bltr Cadillac at I(oiihI«tio1>,
*33 Broad Htr-et: "Vrn." Hold Mr.
Ilarrnon. "1 am purely glad to »ee llioh*’
pumps aßalri and I am Strom?
for ireitinx Hum up my way. I.ast
week I bouKht *asollns In one place
where the man said It was «a*. and
insybe It was. I ain’t eayln*; hut I
am savliiß that 'Old faithful' jhmi «ot
to cutting up aomethlng fierce, Wc did
manage to pull in low wllhln sight of
the biggest swamp I was ever In and
she coughed a couple of times then
went stone dead, so out we crawl*, dig*
out the tools, start finding what stop
ped ns. After considerable tinkering
slid testing wo yanks ors the gas feed
pipe and blows through It and sure
enough out she comes right in my hand
a couple of flics. Then we started
Victory Loan
Notes
READY FOR DELIVERY.
WE HAVE A SUPPLY OF SSO AND SIOO NOTES FOR
THOSE WHO DESIRE TO PAY CASH IN FULL.
The Augusta Savings Bank
827 BROAD STREET
39 Years of Faithful Service
MRS. LEAGUE'S DEATH
WIDELY MOURNED IN
GREENVILLE COUNTY
The following tribute to tho beautiful
character of the late Mrs, VV\ R League,
mother of Mil. .Janies It. League of Au
gusta, who died hist Monday.is from last
Tuesday’s Greenville Daily News and will
b> read with much Interest by tho many
friends of Mr. I, eaguo:
"The funeral of Ms. Fannie Moon
League, wife of Dr. \\ i\ League of
Simpsonvlllc, will be held this afternoon
at 4 o'clock from tin family residence In
Simpsonvillo. The following nephews will
serve as pallbearers: It. M. League. \\ .
D. League, G. F. League, J. W. Moon.
J. A. Moon and J. T. Chiles. Tin* death
of Mrs. League occurred at a sanitarium
In Spaftanburg where she had been un
der treatment for nearly n week.
"Mrs. League was reared and passed
her life in Greenville county. At the time
of her death she was in her seventy-first
year. She was tin* daughter of a valiant
Confederate veteran, tin* late Jns. 11.
Moon, and her mother's maiden name
was Miss Ashmore. B* sides her husband
she Is survived by a sister, Mrs. George
IV League, and the following children;
J*mos it. League of Augusta, Un., Mrs
Cook of Colorado, Mrs. A. S. Howard of
Kimpnonvillc, \V. IS. League of Simpson
villc, IL F. League of Charlotte and F.
11. League of Greenville. She was un
uunt of G. F. League of Greenville,
“The deci asi-d bad b «*n for years a
devoted member of tlx* Baptist church of
Simpsonvilb* and all who knew her real
ized that hers was a practical religion
for her daily lift* b *rc testimony to the
faith which she professed. She was an
ideal mother and home-maker, as is evi
denced by the fact that she reared a
large fumil> of children who have not
only succeeded In a material hut
have made a positive contribution to the
social and religious life of their respec
tive communities.
"Just as it ta impossible to silence
grief with words when the heart pleads
for' utterance in tears, ho it Is limn*- .bio
to pay adequate tribute to the memory
of one whose life was ho full of self
sacrificing devotion to Christian duty, as
a wife mother, and friend. Her pres
ence will be mlss'-d but the fragrance
and benediction of a benutlful life will
linger to bless and to Inspire those who
knew and loved her. The sympathy of
a host of friends goes out to Dr. League
and tho sorrowing children in this hour of
bereavement.”
FIRST OPEN-AIR
CONCERT TODAY
Program Made Up of Popular
and Familiar Numbers.
The first of the open-air Sunday con
certs. which will b’> staged at All- n Park
Hits afternoon nt 5 o’clock, promises to
draw a tremendous crowd. Th<- pro
gram consists largely of popular and
fam'd far numbers, as selected by J. Louis
Sayre, director of tin- Community Or
chestra. Tin* community singing will bo
under Hie direction of J. Kdgar Probyn.
The program follows:
’America.” with the Orchestra.
Orchestra
(a) ‘'Hindustan.**
lb) "Missouri Waltz.’*
<r) "Sand I Mines.”
(d) "For Your Roy and My
Hlng-Song— ,
(a) "Smiles.**
ill) "Love's Old Sweet Hong.”
, ‘(c) "Onward. Christian Soldiers.”
(e> "Huwanes River.”
Orchestra—
(n) "Reaches in Georgia.”
(1>) "Out of the ICitHt.”
O) ' Ifcutitiful Ohio,"
(d) "Jit Du."
te) "Indlsnola.”
"Star Spangled Wanner," with Or
chestra
Oldsmobile Service.
The Saltna Journal Is now complain*
Ing that Ore overseas runil service is too
swift. Many ('lirlatmaM package - mailed
five months ago are now being d-diver-d
to the addresses, when g delay of a lew
more months would tiring them in Jusi
in time for next Christmas.—Kansas City
Ktur.
Chandler Service.
party to the old Vets No tickets are
necessary, the war tux Is paid. All that
is necessary Is for nil the old Vets win*
want to see lids thrilling and wonderful
picture to be lit the New Modjeska
promptly nt 3:30 p. m. Friday, as the pic
ture stairs at that hour and aimpty say
to the door man. "Herald :> Matinee
party.” Special reset \- d seats for the
Herald's Old Ve*s matinee party have
her'* arranged for and everything will be
done to. make the party a suceess Re
member the hour and date ami come.
about rtnyllKlit, popping nml skipping,
running muMt of the time In low until
wn struck v follow who sold iih Morn#
real gasoline and after mixing It with
the Mtuff th# other follow ttlli'4 an#
wn got lir-iv. Ho fill her up, wo don't
want any morn trouble for u while.”
THIh Ik only one of many experiences
related at my fillluK atatlon, tluean’t it
strike you with the Itnporlanee of
eiirefillness? Don't you want to keep
yrttir gasoline clear? Troulile at nlitbt,
on n lonely roni] Is not to lie wlnheil
for. Hen your win, ant It In Its natural
state, no air, no force pumplnu. My
pumps are i>atentei| nml icuurnnleed
by fiovernnient protection to do Jtn.t
what la necesHnry to Insure you safety.
Try ItoNslKmil'H way, stop at 53.1
It road Htreet, the host of nil I'lllinit
Htatlons.
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