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MONDAY, JANUARY 12.
THE CITY COURT
BEGINS SESSION
Many Pleas of Guilt This
Morning. One Acquittal.
Oscar Slade Tried on Charge
Selling Cociane.
Judge Eve began the criminal ses
sion of the city court at 10 o'clock
this morning. There werg a consid
erable number of pleas of guilty.
John Myers received SSO or six
months for larceny front the house.
Cbas. Thomas, alias Eli Eanham,
was given eight months for being an
escape.
Moses Harden received eight
months for simple larceny.
Gilford Williams, alias Cock Robin,
was given ten months for simple lar
:eny.
Paul Allen was given eight months
lor vagrancy and sentence suspended.
L. A. Cox, also charged with va
grancy. pleaded guilty and was given
a similar si|itence with a suspended
sentence.
John A. Watkins pleaded guilty to
cheating and swindling and was given
S4O or six months.
Ed Harper was found not guilty of
simple larceny.
Albert Williams, charged with lar
senrv from the house and malicious
mischief, went on trial at 1 o’clock.
The jury in the case against Oscar
Slade, charged with selling cocaine,
had not agreed at 2 o'clock p. nt.
Worms The Cause of Your Child's
Pains.
\ foul, disagreeable breath, dark cir
cles around the eyes, at times feverish,
with great thirst; cheeks flushed and
then pale, abdomen swollen with sharp
cramping pains are all indications of
worms. Don’t let your child suffer —
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relief—lt kills the worms—while Its
laxative effect add greatly to the
health of your child by removing the
dangerous and disagreeable effect of
worms and parasites from the system.
Kickapoo Worm Killer as a health pro
ducer should he In Vvery household.
Perfectly safe. Huy a ho- today. Price
25c. All Druggists or by mail
Kickapoo Indian Mod. Co. Phiia. or St.
Louis.
BUSINESS TRANSACTED
IN ORDINARY’S COURT
The following business was trans
acted in the ordinary’s court this
morning:
The will of Mr. Matthew Rice was
probated in solemn form.
In the estate of J. J. McCarthy, let
ters of dismission were granted to T.
F. McCarthy, administrator.
In the estate of Elizabeth Vandyke
letters of dismission were granted to
L. A. Vandyke, administrator.
In the estate of D. B. Dyer, admin
istrator was directed to make titles
to Nellie G. Lawhorn.
Wonderful Cough Remedy.
Dr. King's New Discovery is known
everywhere as the remedy which will
eurely stop a cough or cold. D. P.
Dawson of Eidjnon, Tenn., writes: "Dr.
King’s New Discovery is the most
wonderful cough, cold and throat and
lung medicine, I ever sold in my store.
It can t be beat. It sells without any
trouble at ail. It needs no guarantee."
This is true, because Dr. King’s New
Discoyery will relieve the most ob
stinate of coughs and colds. Lung
troubles quickly helped 'by its use.
You should keep a bottle in the house
at all times for all the members of
the family. 50c and SI.OO. All Drug
gists or by mail.
H. E. Bucklen \ Co., Philadelphia or
St. Louis.
SAIER SIGNS WITH CUBS.
Chicago.—Victor Saier, the Chicago
National's first baseman, w r hose de
fection to the Federal League has
been rumored for a week, set doubt
at rest today when his contract for
three years,with the local team was
received by President Murphy.
IRE MORNING WITH THE RECORDER
At 10.30 Saturday night there was a
sensation on Broad street near Kol
lock, when Moody Holmes, a negro,
appeared round the corner flourishing
a razor. He proceeded down the mid
dle of the sidewalk slashing right and
left as he went and cleared Augusta’s
peaceful pedestrians out of his way as
the wind scatters leaves. A serious
panic was averted only hy the timely
arrival of a policeman who, with the
aid of a gun, forced the man to throw
away his razor. He Is a quiet and
sober enough citizen this morning, re
members nothing, and refuses all com
fort. He will have time to reflect on
the nefarious effects of alcohol for sev
eral weeks In the ennobling atmos
phere of the Jail.
Arrested While "Hunting for Her
Children.’’
Melinda Holliday came before the
recorder this morning on a charge of
being drunk. When asked if she had
violated the 6901 h section of the code,
she hesitated and shifted to the other
foot. The recorder: "Are you guilty
or not guilty?” Melinda shifted back
again and was much disconcerted.
"Yes. sir, I'n guilty of being sort of In
here.” she said, pointing to the officer
who had arrested her (laughter.)
■’But, white folks, I declare I wasn’t
drunk. He thought 1 was drunk, but
I wasn’t. I was out huntin' for my
children. He says: 'Move on den’. I
sajs ’Wait till I find my chlllun,' and
de nex' thing he had me in de Control
Wagon, an«J here I Is.” The usual
sentence of 13.00 or six days for drunk
enness was. In her case, held over for
Investigation. Another case of mis-
FOR UPBUILDING OF AUGUSTA
PLANS MOST CAREFULLY LAID
%
Difference Between New Methods Outlined and Past Per
formances. Work is Contemnlated in Advance, Nothing
Left to Chance. Success Surelv Ahead if Definate Plans
Carried Out by the Organization.
If there were any sceptics In Au
gusta as to the ability of the M. &
M. Association to build a greater Au
gusta through tho new methods out
lined and formulated hv the McKeand
workers, all were converted yesterday
when the scheme was outlined in the
papers.
The difference between this and
past performances of the kind is that
this is builded properly. Nothing Is
left to chance or opportunity. The
old organization seldom had any defi
nite policy that was concrete. All was
vague and left to chance. The work
wag performed as it came .up.
Now the work is laid out in ad
vance. Each day each employe, offi
cer, committeeman and member knows
exactly what is expected of him. The
whole scheme is co-ordinated and all
parts fit together Into a definite whole,
making an organization that is bound
to succeed if there is anything be
hind it.
Old Story of Advertised Goods.
In the case of the M. & M. Associa
tion, Augusta is behind it. It is the
old story of advertised goods. If the
product is right the advertisement
need only to get the people to give it
one trial to ensure the ultimate suc
cess. So if we can get the people of
the country to look into Augusta ev
eryone of us knows that its attract
iveness from various viewpoints will
make it an easy ‘'seller.”
One old-timer in public service, a
man who has been identified with ev
ery movement of this kind that Au
gusta has begun within the last gen
eration stated yesterday that now for
the first time he began to understand
why success had not before been real •
ized. “We meant well,” he said, "and
R. J. HOME COMPANY
ALLEGED BANKRUPTS
Petition Filed in Office of U. S.
Commissioner Skinner This
A. M. Petition Also Against
Keysville Merchants.
An involuntary petition In bank
ruptcy was filed this morning at
10:25 o'clock in the ofifee of IT. S.
'Commissioner C. J. Skinner. Jr.,
against R. J. Horne Company, of this
city, by Attorney P. C. O’Gorman or
the Carter White Lead Co., Standard
Oil Company and Palstergon Wall Pa
per Company, creditors, alleging un
paid debts of SI,OOO or more, and also
that the R. J. Horne Company is guil
ty of an act of bankruptcy.
A schedule in the matter will prob
ably he tiled in a few days.
An involuntary petition in bankrupt,
cy was filed in the office of Commis
sioner Skinner Saturday night at 9:45
o’clock Adkins Bros., mer
chants of Keysville, Ga. The credit
ors in this matter are W. B. Brigham
& Son, R. ,T. Bates & Co., and Smith
Bros., all wholesale grocery houses
of Augusta.
RESIDENCE IS ROBBED OF
CLOTHES SATURDAY NIGHT
Henry Roberts, living at 512 Sibley
Street, Saturday night reported to the
police that his house had been en
tered by burglars and a suit of clothes,
and a brown vest had been stolen
The parties, it Is understood, gained
an entrance to the house through a
window. The detectives are working
on the case but as yet have made no
arrtsts.
understanding was when John Mack
came up for being drunk and cursing.
Lula Brown, a witness, was asked:
"And Lula, you say he was cussln’?”
She replied quickly: “No, sir, he’s my
brother-in-law.”
Two young negroes, aged 14 and 15,
were each sentenced to one hundred
dollars or ninety days for throwing a
brick into a church and hitting one of
the congregation. The brick was aim
ed at a colleague who, when hotly per
sued, had sought Sanctuary. one of
the boys had also been flourishing an
old pistol which he claimed to have
found. The mother ot one of the boys
was in court and pleaded eloquently
from the hack of the room, but only
succeeded in extracting a promise of
Investigation and possible remittance
on good conduct.
Walter Berry, colored, will also serve
ninety days for wife-beating, which,
it appears, he has indulged in freely
during the post two yearse. From his
expression as he left the court, we
should like to recommend to his wile
to the "out of town” ninety-one days
from today.
A leal transfer company will be held
responsible for damages to a buggy
which was run into and almost de
stroyed Saturday by one of their driv
ers with a big cotton wagon. The
driver was sentenced to pay ten dollars
or serve twenty days on the chaingang.
An Incident of the case which brought
out a smile was when one of the wit
nesses had occasion to say. discredit
ing the testimony of another cotton
I driven for the defense, “Why Judge,
[them two cotton wagons was at least
a hundred feet in front of each other!”
tried'to do but did not have the ad
vantage of experience and trained di
rection. After looking over the scheme
and diagram published this morning
1 am convinced that a definite plan
carried out by an organization such us
this seems to be will bring success if
anything cam
No Lack of Faith.
"There is no lack of faitli in Au
gusta. We all believe in it and al
ways have had, else we would no;
have so repeatedly tried. I doubt if
any city ever had more unselfish de
votion than has been shown in pre
vious commercial organizations here
in Augusta. Time of the most valu
able sort has been given by our busi
est men and money has been forth
coming in generous volume and I am
one of those who proclaim that it has
not been wasted. We have 1 had to
learn, as other cities have, and now
we seem to be on the eve of getting
aJiead properly.”
And this sentiment is manifest all
over Augusta. The live wires in tho
M. & M. Association have the faith of
the people behind them and under the
trained men now here are getting the
support they deserve.
The week-end will see one feature
of the work completed. It is believed
ttiat the funds necessary to finance
the organization for three years will
have been pledged before the cam
paign is over.
Augusta is just the same as other
cities. It has all the elements of
growth in it if only the proper culti
vation is needed. And now- under the
M. & M. Association this cultivation
is assured. Success Is most probable
because it is being sought properly
and determinedly.
01MIGBIBT
BACK Oil JOB
Mexico City.—Nelson O’Shaughnes
sy. American charge d'afaires reach
ed the federal capital from Vera Cruz
early today. He suffered no incon
venience by his fifteen-hour wait at
Orizaba while the track was cleared
after a freight train has been burned.
Rebels Mutinied.
Vera Cruz.—Today’s reports show
that the cutting "of the Mexican Rail
way between Esperanza and Maltrata
on the line from Vera Cruz to the
capital during the night of January
10th, was not done by rebels but by
part of a battalion of regular troops
garrisoning Orizaba. The troops mu
tinied and some of them atacked a
freight train from which they obtain
ed a quantity of provisions and other
supplies. They fled to the mountains
after burning the freight train.
ANNUAL MEETING OE
MEMBERS OE Y.M.C.A.
The members of the local Y. M. C.
A. will meet in annual session at the
association building at 6 o’clock Tues
day afternoon. The hoard of direc
tors for the year will he chosen. Re
ports in the various departments will
be submitted.
Immediately after the members’
meeting adjourns the new hoard of
directors will convene and elect of
ficers for the year.
It Is understood that there will be
a few changes made In the board and
that the number of members on the
board will he increased. The corps
of officers will remain about the
same, according to unofficial reports.
The directors will be served a sup
per by the Ladies’ Auxiliary in the
parlors of the Y. M. C. A. immediate
ly after the business meeting.
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WHEN you use Shaving
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creamy lather is full of the same
soothing, healing, antiseptic balsams
that make Resinol Ointment and Res
inol Soap, so effective in the treatment
of skin affections.
25c. *t must druggists, or mailed on receipt
of price. For trial size stick free, writs
to Dept. 21-S, Retinol, Baltimore, Md.
Resinol Shaving
me AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA.
Daysey Mayme
And Her Folks
The woman never lived who put
us much faith in her husband as she
put in the holding qualities of a step
ladder.
With a pail of hot soapy suds In
one hand, a scrubbing brush In the
other, and a grim determination to
conquer a fleck of dust on the picture
moulding, she will climb* to the top
steps of a ladder us wabbly and in
firm and treacherous as the more
talked of ladder by which one reaches
social distinction or fame.
Neither did any woman ever own
a step-ladder that hadn't the spread
ing qualities of a hen. A step-ladder
belonging to a man has a greater sta
bility than its owner; one belonging
to a woman shows Its utter disregard
of her by falling opart the day after
she buys it.
Neither does any woman ever own
a step-ladder If there lives a neigh
bor within ten blocks who has nnk to
lend. Mrs. Lysnnder John Appleton
has kept house thirty years and never
owned a step-ladder; she always bor
rows from her Most Intimate Friend.
As a result of the blind faith every
woman puts in a step-ladder, Mrs.
Appleton h«s brought suit against her
Most Intimate Friend for $50,000 dam
ages.
With her arms and legs done in
piaster casts, and a bandage tied
across one eye. giving her the appear
ance of winking the other, she re
lates the following grounds for com
plaint:
"For thirty year* I have borrowed
a step-ladder from my Most Intimate
Friend, and though 1 broke it the first
time I borrowed It, she lias never Apol
ogized to me for having such a poor
ladder to lend.
"It was so rickety when I borrowed
It last spring that I had to hold on
with both hands and wash the win
dows with my feet. I have had to use
It six years upside down, and last
month when I borrowed It to stand on
to reach rny preserves I found the only
way I could climb it was by balancing
myself on rny head. I have had to
become a contortionist; I have lie-n
" • .
NEW =YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
346 BROADWAY, NEW YORK
SIXTY-NINTH YEAR
TO THE POLICY-HOLDERS:
Our sixty-ninth was, in some respects, our greatest year, Some of the notable facts are these:
New Business (109,763 Policies) $232,800,000.00
Gain over 1912! 34,000,000.00
Rieka in force Jan. 1, 1914(1,101,655 Policies) 2,273,000,000.00
Gain over Jan. 1, 1913 103,000,000.00
Dividends allotted (1914) 17,600,000.00
Increase over 1913 2.200,000.00
Income 124,000,000.00
Disposition of Income:
Death claims 26,000,000
Matured Endowments, Surrender Value, etc 25,000.000
Dividends 15,000,000
Expenses, etc., including Taxes ($1,352,956) 15,000,000
Added to Reserves 43,000.000 $124,000,000.00
THE INVESTMENTS OF THE YEAR (OUTSIDE OF LOANS ON
POLICIES) WERE $41,740,459.14
INVESTED TO PAY 5.07%
As followi:
Domestic and Canadian, State and Municipal Bonds $8,421,095.17
INVESTED TO PAY 4.78',
Representing thirty-four cities, ten counties and five school districts, located in
twenty-two States, and two Provinces.
Foreign State and Municipal Bonds 7,149,471.41
INVESTED TO PAY 4.40%
Representing eleven oOuntries.
Railroad Bonds 9,856,651.23
INVESTED TO PAY 5'
Loans on Business Properly 15,189,078.66
INVESTED TO PAY 5.58%
Loans on Farms (New Department) 920,885.17
INVESTED TO PAY 5.50%
Miscellaneous Bonds 203,277.50
INVESTED TO PAY 4.88%
ANALYSIS AND EARNING POWER OF LEDGER ASSETS ON DECEMBER 31. 1913:
Railroad Bonds (4.27%) $311,949,214.47
Foreign Government and Municipal Bonds (4.19%) / 83,022,625.44
Policy Loans (5%f) 133,507,619.52
Premium Notes '(5% +). . 4,598,039.71
Mortgage Loans, including Farm Mortgages (4.97%) 152,970,898.44
State and Municipal Bonds (4.04',) 53,177,784.79
Miscellaneous Bonds (6.67' I ) 7,003,132.23
Stock (Received from Reorganizations) 284,046.88
Real Estat, Owned (4.36%) 9,196,586.10
Cash (2.50%) 7,140,755.82
TOTAL $762,850,703.40
AVERAGE EARNING POWER OF ALL ASSETS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1913:
4.54' u
INCREASE IN EARNING POWER SINCE DECEMBER 31, 1905:
0,32
TRANSLATED into income, this increase, if maintained, will yield an added income, in 1914
and annually thereafter, of $2,441,000.00
LIABILITIES:
Reserve to cover contract obligations $642,598,782.00
Other reserves (taking securities at Market Values) 105,898,958.00
. $748,497,740.00
The low price of bonds and the high rate obtainable on real estate mortgagee made the year a good
one for investment.
The wording of the Federal Income Tax was materially improved and polioy-holdere generally bene
fited by the intelligent responso to our letter to policy-holders, sent out lait April. The united protest of
policy-holders against unfair legislation is something that all legislatures, Federal and Stata, will have to
reckon with in the future.
A statement consiating of 168 folio pagaa, giving in minute detail the transactions of the year, schedules of
the Company's assets, and a vast deal of additional information, will be filed with the department of Com
merce in Washington, with the Government of each State (except one) of the United States, and with the
Governments of all the leading Countries of the world. A brief of this, containing important details, will be
sent to policy-holders during 1914, and will be mailed to any one oa request.
January 8, 1914. DARWIN P. KINGSLEY, President.
deluged with jam and hot Burls, and
hove been the target of diMhpans and
bars of soap and scrubbing brushes
thrown tit me by the top round; but
I remembered thut Friendship is a
Priceless Pearl, and never complained.
"Yesterday, when I was on the top
round, the ladder spread without pre
liminary warning and landed me in
a Jar of apple butter. Then I deter
mined to tiring suit for damages, and
I have decided further than that—un
less this woman gets a new step
ladder to lend, we will drive her from
the neighborhood.”
At The Grand
“Officer 666.”
That the tastes of the large army
of amusement seekers In America arc
leaning more and more toward plays
of a farcical nature, is the belief of
nearly every firm of theatrical pro
ducers. The public wants tp be amus
ed rather than Instructed, Is the way
they figure the situation, and the pres
ent season would seem to bear out
this assertion. Take the hits of the
New York state during the past sea
son. Ninety per cent of them were
musical farces, comedy dramas,
straight farces or musical plays, all
constructed with the one Idea—to cre
ate laughter.
"If you have a play that has good
comedy lines and sltuHtlons," they any
to would-be authors, “let us read It
If It contains bright lines—ls tt has
speed and action If It Is dean. In
short, If It has a punch In It we will
produce It for you.”
In “Officer 866,” which will he pre
sented here at the Grand Wednesday,
matinee and evening, Is found a farce
that contains all these desirable at
tributes. It was written by Augsetin
Mac Hugh, an author heretofore in
known to fame ns a playwright. Tha!,
however, need not count against Mr.
Mac Hugh. A man need not be the
author es » long string of hits to l,s
able to produce one more. It's the
first one that counts. After that he
may add to his string as fast as he Is
able to turn them out. Get them pro
duced, too, If he first write* one suc
cess.
"Officer 686” Is an odd title. The
title of the play constitutes fifty per
cent of Its attractiveness. One of the
first problems that. Geo. M. flohan
seeks to solve when he has a play
idea Is an attractive title, and few
men In this branch of human endeav
or tiave been more successful In their
selections than has this famous young
author. Beats now selling.
Society
THE FLOWER TOUCH.
The big velvet flower* of the mo
ment are charming when they give
Just the requisite touch of vividness
to a gown which is subdued In tint,
but when you begin to place them «t
the waistband or on the corsage of m
frock that Is a decided shade you must
use discretion In your choice of a bar
motilslng color, for you can spoil the
Whole effect of your toilette hy this
one Jarring note. Most of these flow
era are fashioned In velvet and are of
the r>se, dahlia, or Iris variety, snd
the dahlia in black with gleaming
rhinestone center Is perhaps the most
effective of all,
TO STIMULATE
SOUTHERN GENIUS.
The Dixie Club of New York, presi
dent. Mrs. Henry Pearson, Is a club
composed of Southern women living
In New York and It has for Its ob
ject the preservation of the traditions
of the Mouth, Its hospitality, Its music,
art and literature.
In order to foster literary talent In
the Mouth, and to help it to find ex
pression, the Dixie t'lub Offers a pre
mium of SIOO for the best e* my on
"The Woman of New Mouth,” written
hy a Mouthern woman.
The following conditions will con
trol the competition;
The essay must be 3,000 words long,
but must not exceed this length. It
must bu typewritten, urni bo written
>
on one side of the paper only.
A fictitious name must he signed to
the essay, with the writer’s real nans
In a sealed envelope accompanying It.
No essay will bo returned unless
stamps for the purpose are returned
with It.
The winning essay will become th*
property of the Dixie Club.
The Judges will be three eminent
literary men end women of New York
selected by the committee having the
competition In charge.
The competition closes on the first
day of March, 11)14, and the reading
of the winning essay ha made
the feature of the annual breakfast at
Delmonlco's of the Dixie (Hub In May.
All contributions must be addressed
to Dixie Literary Contest, 440 River
side Drive, New York City.
Mrs. O. O. Gilmer, Mrs. A. M. An
derson, Mrs. O. D. Batchelor, commit
lee.
DAY IN CONGRESS
Senate.
Met at noon.
Henator Ashhurst introduced a res
olution for a congressional investiga
tion of the Michigan copper strike.
Houss.
Met at noon.
Republican Leader Mann absent be
cause of a slight Illness.
Representative Nolan of California
Introduced a bill to pay a minimum
wage of $3 a day to every federal civil
service employe.
Representative l-Vmtar of Illinois In
troduced a bill providing for the res
ervation of rights to mine radium
hearing ores on all public lands and
development through the interior de
partment.
Representative McCoy of New Jer
sey Introduced u hill prohibiting inter
locking directorates In federal hank*
and financial Institutions.
Various member* presented a flood
of petitions urging congressional In
vestigation* of conditions in ths Mich
igan copper field and the Colorado
con) strike district.
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FIVE