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York City
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office.
HERALD 'PHONES.
t ßusiness Office, Bell 297,
City Editor, Bell 299.
Editorial, Bell 296.
pUgusta, Ga., Saturday, March 3.
The billion dollar trust is lure.
The K. A. L. has passed th legisla
tive stage.
The Porto Rican hi.l has gotten Into
the Senate.
The long-exported report of the in
dustrial commission is at hand.
'the l.'ernblieans got in a great grand
t j;d i .’ay !n the House yesterday.
V. England is preparlr.?’ r.O.nort mor re
irfnrcements for Lord Roberta, but ir
explanation is given.
Ituller is taking all the credit to him
self. Hut the Queen’s own know that
Lord Roberts did it.
Congressman Kppc" is dead at the
Garfield hospital in Washington, th
result of an attack of appendicitis.
The New York Polo Association an
nounces tournaments under Its aus
pices at Aiken. S. C., March It) to 24.
The Columbia State is right. What
has become of M'ss Jewett, of Boston,
now that the Baker family is said to he
in distress?
The Washington Post’s rartoon of
Cronje's surrender is labeled “Sixteen
to One.” since Roberts had -18,000 an *
Crcnje 3.000.
The Richmond and Washington Air
gets its charter from the Vir
ginia Legislature. The 8. A. L. is
coming right along.
It is now learned that the Boers
could have captured Ladysmith with
Hie more assault. Ammunition in the
town was exhausted.
The loss of the Gale City is much de
plored. The Ocean Steamship com
pany, however, has been very fortunate
with its steamships.
The sheiff at Iberia, La., had so
many hangings yesterday that he ha.i
to ask the governor to put off a “couple
of thery for a couple of weeks.”,
f
Tt is stated’that at Colenso women
have heen occupying the trenches and
dying with their boots cm. Their hus
bands kept them there because they
were goo<j shots.
The Savannah Press says: “Hon.
Dan G. Fogarty, of Augusta, is a can
didate for solicitor of the cu.v court of
Augusta. He says ho has nothing to
. urge against his opponent, Mr. C.
Henry Cohen, except that he has had
had the place for sixteen years. Mr.
Fogarty thinks this Js long enough and
will try to persuai!lo the governor."
Commissioner of Agriculture Stevens
of (jlorgia says the department has
*Siold. on a reasonable estimate 1,000,(H)0
tags this year than,
indieatu*. said the cots/
.“that farmers are sow
•mV 1 Went of ground
key' jh •ve \» a Jen- <lap* I
<>“* *• iw fnjun’•
Taxes In Installments.
It Is known that throughout Geor
gia there /.s, while ready to acknow
ledge that city an enterprising town,
a ?plr t to criticise Atlanta as over
hoggish. Down In their hearts Geor
gians are prornl of the advances of
their capital city, but they can not
but keep orally chunking at her when
her newspapers end her people set up
the standard ol “we, the oijly." It Is
work like this notice, clipped from the
Atlanta Journal, that Is the founda
tion for the most of the talk at At
lanta: • \
“Two years ego Atlanta adopted the
plan of paying taxes on the fnstall
men plan. Taxpoyers were given the
privilege of paying one-fourth of their
taxes each quarter and u very large
proportion of them took advantage of
this privilege. The plan has worked
well both for the city and taxpayers.
The city relieved of the necessity of
borrowing money In the spring and
summer to meet Its current expenses,
and a large class of citizens find It
much easier to pay their taxes in in
stallments than fn bulk.
“We observe that the state of South
Dakota has adopted the Atlanta plan
nnd Its citizens may now enjoy the
privilege of installments and when
they do so no' interest Is charged on
the unpaid portion until the last quar
ter.
“The avowed object of the law is to
benefit citizens of moderate means and
we suppose it does so.
“In several other states the advisa
bility of adopting the Installment tax
paying plan Is being discussed and
seems to be meeting with great favor."
Under a resolution and ordinance In
the city council of Augusta Introduced
and passed ion years ago, Augusta col
lected taxes on the Installment plan.
Atlanta took the cue from md pattern
ed after the Armstrong ordinance after
K had been In successful operation for
ten years. And the Atlanta Journal Is
too enterprising for news and for !n
--fcrmatlon not to have known this to
be true.
Mr. Scott at Work.
Newspaper reporters seem, to he
keeping on tab of Mr . Thomas K.
Scott. We fin ( | that, in Charleston,
they have reported him as arranging,
with other railroad officials, for a di
rect lie ' of steamship connection from
that port to Porto Rico. In Washing
ton, Ga.. he is told of as interested in
harnessing Anthony Shoals and build
ing big < tton factories. The Reporter
of that city says:
“Col. Thomas X. Scott, of Augusta,
general manager of the Georgia rail
road, was here Friday. Col. Scott came
to Inspect the grounds selected for the
SIOO,OOO cotton factory and was much
pleased with the site. The place se
lected l y the promoters, as originally
stated in the Reporter, is the property
of Mr. J. M. Callhan near the cem
etery. Quite a number of our most
prominent citizens met Col. Scott at
the depot and went with him to the
plac,. s' tccted for the factory.
“ ‘Why don’t you gentlemen go
ahead an,j build your factory?” asked
Col. Scott.
“ ‘flow about Hie elecirie power?”
replied Mr. W. T. Johnson.
“ ‘Oh, that will ho here in time,”
eaid the colonel.
“Very few people appreciate the
wonderful opoprtnnity presented to
Wilkes county at this time. With the
elect tie line making a circuit of the
county and the wonderful power trans
mitted from Anthony Shoals here will
give this place a great advantage over
all neighboring towns.”
By the way, The Herald is glad to
hear such excellent reports from
Washington. The newspapers there
are bragging that in live years the
(own will have 10,000 population and
we believe, from what we have seen,
that it is correct.
The Lenten Season.
Lent, which began last Wednesday,
extends over a period of forty days,
beginning forty days before the Eas
ter Sunday, and closing with that day.
The time is reckoned according to the
old Jewish method chaining in ancient
Biblical history. These people at that
time calculated the time by the moon
instead of the sun as is done today.
It was the custom for Easter to
come on the first Sunday after the
first full moon after the 22d of March.
Forty days preceding this time as sta
ted (Lent would begin.
Lent is a season of fasting, prayer,
repentance and alms giving. It is pre
sumed bythe church that the devout
tnen*lsei*mill observe the season. It
Is pile give up as much as
way of the pleasures of
r W' qndl') personal sacrifices.
In <oc o<?}; a 'lt world, it is noticeable
that Wtnt one postponed, and the
svifilferts A unlly are closed be
fore the se on sotg ln p ub u 0
Aouses Viose on special
ttays ntf oJ to the sa
the ocea^ ion b-t on ac _
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PUBLICITY
THE REHEDY.
How to Regulate
the Trusts.
Long-Expected Report of the Indus
trial Commission.
(Special Corerspondence.)
Herald Bureau, Washington, D. C.,
March 1. —The long anticipated report
of the industrial commission before
which appeared representative citizens
from all over the country to throw
such light as they could on the vital
question of combinations of capital,
was finally submitted lr> congress to
day. The report itself is a voluminous
document, while the testimony which
accompanies it would fill a library.
The difficulty of arriving at an intel
ligent opinion was very great, for as
the report points out, the witnesses
were eit-htr those who are directly in
terested in the success and perpetua
tion of the trusts, or else were vio
lently hostile to (hem, and in either
event the evidence was more or less
prejudiced. They have endeavored,
however to sift out the truth as far
ss possible and suggest the remedies
whirh seemed most practicable and ex
pedient.
Publicity is the keynote of the rem
edy whirh the commission proposes
and (he suggestion that whenever any
prospectus or announcement soliciting
subscriptions fails to make full dis
closure of the purposes to whirh the
stocks or subscriptions are to bn ap
plied, or Whenever any material in
formation is suppressed, such prospec
tus shall be deemed fraudulent and the
promutters, with their associates, held
“legally responsible.”
When we realize how many corpora
tions are capitalized at four or five
times the value of the plants, and the
Blocks distributed to the Lord knows
whom, for the Lord knows what, we
can see that the enforcement of the
above provision would prove an effec
tive check on the octopus. But “en
forcement.” There’s Hie rub. When
combinations get big enough to squeeze
out the minnows and to own states and
governments it becomes a difficult
matter to “enforce" laws which have
well been defined as a cobweb where
the small files are caught and the
great break through.
Only today statistics are given out
which show that the trusts already
chartered in the state of New Jersey
aggregate in capital a coo! two bil
liotis and a quarter! New Jersey her
self didn’t realize it until the figures
were counted up, and even now it is
impossible for (he human mind to
comprehend 6iich figures. As the work
of organizing trusts is just getting un
der way we may well wonder where
this concentration of power will end.
Only a few Of the witnesses ere as
candid as Chairman Gates, of (lie Ara
ericr n’ Steel and Wire company, who
frankly confessed that hiS company
was formed because “its organizers
wished to he the wire manufacturers
of the world.” But the same broad
truth holds good in the case of most
of them, just the same.
The bi-ennial joke of unseating the
democratic member from the Fourth
Alabama district is up again. At eaeh
election the Jeffersonian ipkis out,
serves about hnlf the session pend
ing a contest by the perennial Mr. Al
drich, of the republican party, is
rromptly unseated, and Aldrich serves
cut the other half of the term. The
democratic congressman, Mr. Robbins,
was served this way in the fifty-fourth
congress, in his next race he failed of
the nomination, but Plowman, the
the democrat who was nominated and
elected, was unseated in favor of Al
drich. At the last election Robbins
svccepde r i in getting the nomination
and election again. But Robbins now
l obs up with a contest and it is a
foregone conclusion that he will be
seated. CHARLES J. BAYNE.
The New York Sun announces that
“Democratic county conventions in Il
linois the beginning to instruct the del
egates to vote for the Hon. Carter
Harrison for governor.. The handsome
young mayor doesn’t want the compli
ment, but he may hav e to put up with
it.’’
count of the scarcity of the aud : ences.
At many of the leading theatres in
New York many of the matinees for
Ash-Wcdnesday were declared off. In
Augusta, tt was noticed last night that
many of the usual theatre attendants
were missing.
4 nother’s
Hope
ks&sX. itSefeu
KlfaN ~1
is that when her
little ones
are born,
they will
"V \ be vigor
\ ) ous and
■A healthy.
Her hopes
will be fully realized if she will
prepare herself during pregnancy
With MOTHER’SUjmtia*MM
wuiviv I I! '"'11 '
ITi;il)V ivl, '
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hr IM'URtrKfu Tor
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THE -A.TT GrTTST_Aw HEEAUD
DORR (
The Tailor,
Hatter
and Furnisher,
is ready to
supply all of
your
requirements
in the
above lines
at
816 Broad
QRAND QPERA U|USE
SATURDAY, MARCtM
K. L). Stair ) resents
Comedians
Ward and Vokes
AS THE FLOOR WALKERS
40—PEOPLE—40
Including
LUCY DALY,
Margaret Daly Voltes, The Chicago
Ladles’ Quartette, Hattie Bernard,
Will West, George Sidney,
John W. Early.
TWO DOZEN PRETTY GIRLS.
Seats on sale Thursday morning.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
HONDAY AND TUESDAY,
March 5 and 6.
Matinee Daily.
W. A. Brady and Thos. O'Rourke
Present
THE FAMOUS JOHNSTONS
In Connection With the
JEFFRIES-SHARKY PICTURES.
Prices 15-25-85*50.
Sale of Seats Saturday Morning.,
1 ’
MISS GOW
Is prepared to take orders for
artistic, hand-pa’.nted dinner, lun
cheon and score cards in the latest de
signs. Also table decorations, includ
ing many effects In crepe paper,
2 Cummin^Breet.
to read
NOVEL ?
The
Best
Tooth
Brush
Wc hsve just received an
importation lot of Special
Tooth Brush from l’aris.
Il is positively the best
Tooth Brush that can be
made.
We ordered these brushes
with a view of supplying a
demand of our patrons for n
brush of exceptional value
and reliability. The price is
35 c
witli a positive guarantee. If
the bristles fall out we will
give auotter brush, and wc
will gladly do so.
A bruali of handsomer
finish, lmcr bristles and more
solid worth is not to be had
in the nr.iverse—Just try
them Ask for the “Stone
wall,”
ALEXANDER DRUO CO.,
708 Broad St.
Oriental Tooth Wash’
will Keep your Teeth'
white and clean, gums
healthy tfc breath sweet.
250. Try it.
JOS. B. CUMMINQ,
PRESIDENT.
C. Q. GOODRICH,
VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER.
On January Ist the
Equitable Building and
Loan Association offered
to the public its G% full
paid stock at par. So
promptly did the people
respond and take advan
tage of this investment,
the Association has only
a limited amount of
their 6 percent Full Paid
StocK to offer at par.
After the amount offered
is sold a premium will
he charged. Remember,
this investment is offer
ed you at par SIOO per
share, and each certifi
cate lias coupons attach
ed covering the interest.
The stock is redeemed at
face value. If you have
funds to invest, call on
or write to the secretary.
Equitable Building and Loan
Association
Room 327, Dyer Building,
Augusta, Ga.
[lll 1 swill
Are the distinguishing fea
tures of my output. As to
prices and value, it is not
necessary to advertise advice.
A. H. MIEQEL, Tailor.
Strictly High-class and
Up-to-Date.
No. 9 —Library Row —No. 9
s For Trucking
u±j For Home Gardens I
Tdl For Field Planting
33 For flower Gardens [
s For feeding Birds. I
Of the Highest Quality. Call on
Alexander Seed Co.
“Egg-O” and other Poultry pow
ders and egg producers. Large
packages, price 25c
Excelslon Stock Powders, one of
the best tonics to give your stock.
Large package, price 50c.
Onion Sets and Asparagus Roots
now ready.
Our 1900 Illustrated Seed Cata
logue given free. Call for It
Alexander Seed Company.
905 Broad Street
DRUGSTORE
FOR SALE
■v.
Contents of Panknln Drug
Store, No. 519 Broad
street. Cheap for cash.
—apply—
ALEXANDER & JOHNSON
705 Broad Street.
For Sale!
429 Fenwick street
House of Five Rooms.
Also 618 Elbert St.
House of Six Rooms.
APPLY TO
Clarence E. CM,
REAL ESTATE
832 Broad St.
CUTPRICES^
FROJ-l THIS DATE UNTIL MARCH ist I
we will make special reductions ,
on all Winter Weight Woolens
This Includes a large line of Fine
Trouserings, former price ten and
twelve dollars; now closing them
out eight dollars per pair.
JOHN B. JONE 6
IMPORTING TAJJ,9R
831 I»road‘i3t.
In
PAINTS!
QUANTITY!
QUALITY!
An
Advantage
\ Our large paint contracts
before recent rjses gives us
A PAINT ADVANTAGE
and we are not greedy.
Carter’s
We have soie agency In
Carter’s White Lead,
which we sell at sea coast
■ pricoe. There’s more of
Carter’s Lead sold than
aay lead in United States.
Atlantic
n
We buy
ATLANTIC LEAD
! In 12-ton lots, which gets
1 the lowest price to anyone,
75c Gal.
We are selling cheaper
J jobs a large amount of
our bulk and can 75c gal.
paint. A pearl gray is pop
ular.
Guaranteed
' There’s no better mixed
| paint in America than
our $1.20 Tripod Ready
Mixed Paint. We make
good any shortcomings.
Tens of thousands of gal
lons sold and not a com
plaint.
N. L. Willet Drug Co.
—Paint Jobbers.—
Golf, Hunting, Fishing.
FLORIDA
WEST COAST HOTELS
PLANT SYSTEM.
TAMPA BAY HOTEL
Tampa, Fla.
Fine Golf Links; Professional in charge
A. E. Dick, Manager. Now Open.
HOTEL BELLEVIEW, Belleair, Fla.
W. A. Barron, Manager. Now open.
SEMINOLE HOTEL, Winter Park, Fla.
O. L. Frisbee, Manager. Now open.
OCALA HOUSE, Ocala, Fla.
P. F. Brown, Manager. Now open.
HOTEL KISSIMMEE. Kissimmee, Fla.
H. DiefTenbach, Lessee. Now open.
Dudley S. Phlnny, Asst. Manager.
Address the managers at the Hotels.
NEW YORK OFFICE 290 Broadway.
NOTHING BUT THE FIST
IN THE LINE OF
Bocf, Pork, Mutton, Veal
and Sausage. Dressed Chick
ens and Turkeys always on
hand at 12G5 Broad street.
Bel* Telephone... 342
Strowger “ 754
-EL ZE3L ILLE 3
Gaooa Delivered Free of Expense.
HOT STUFF!
COKE.
Don’t Get Left
Order a Load
Before it is All Gone!
the
Gas Company
Sell it Cheap.
DYER BUILDING
SURETY BONDS.
We have been appointed agents of
THE AMERICAN BONDING AND
TRUST CO., of Baltimore, Md.
Capital $1,000,000.00
Additional stockholders’ lia
bility $1,000,000.00
Surplus and reserve (March
31st. 1899) $ 520.000.00
Issues bonds on bank officers, contrac
tors, postmasters, employees in post
offices, adminisirators, executors, guar
dians. assignees, state, county and mu
nicipal officers, etc. See our new blan
ket bank bond.
Mulherin & Armstrong
Strowger Phone 307 817 Broad street.
”~^HE^ESTTRrTxjGUSTAr^ W '
The best cutter and fitter.
The best stock of Imported Woolens.
~TAfe best Journeymen Tailors.
■r'-'flie best 50c. and SI.OO Shirts.
’ The best Collars and Cuffs.
The best Underwear for the price.
F. G. MERTINS,
j The Tailor and Furnisher.
MARCH 3
Aristook County Mai*
Potatoes for sale. The fines®
strain in the world. Pricijl
60c peck, $2.00 bushel, $4.50j
barrel —You will make Pojjf
tatoes, and plenty of them®
if you plant these ; no failuM
under any circumstances
L. A. QARDELLH
Drugs and Seeds,
612 Broad Street!
FOR RENT
A good house, modern In
every particular, desirably
located on Walton Way
-ALSO
-4 Rooms and bath at 414
Reynolds street
Price only $1125 per
month
JOHN W. DICKEY.
PROF. P.M. WHITMAN.
209 7th St., Augusta, Ga
4UVES FREE EYE TESTS for .11 defeft ts
swht, grind, the proper glaeaei and WAa.
RANTS them-
LenMs cut into your fixate while yon viit
FREE OF CHARGE,
Stationery
Blank Books, all kinds. "
Letter, Note and Cap Papers.
Envelopes, all grades.
Inks, Pens and Penholders.
Lead Pencils, 10 cts. dozen up.
Typew rlters and Supplies.
100 Sheets Carbon Paper, $1,50.
Waterman’s Fountain Pens.
Office File Boxes.
Duplicating Machines.
Mimiographs and Supplies.
All kinds of Stationery, supplied an
short notice.
JOB PRINTERS.
RICHARDS & SHAVER,
Booksellers, Stationers and
Printers, Augusta, Ga.
Do You
Want
To Engage Help
To Rent Rooms
To Get a Job
To Buy, Sell or Ex
change anything
Herald Want Ads will do the
trick. Small expense; returns
are quick
Best Pill
For the Liver
Dr. Gilder’s Liver Pills.
Oldest Pill Hade In the South, 25c.
N. L. Willet Drug Co. t
Make Them.
LADIES**"^
SHAMPOOING AT HICKOTS In the
latest end most artistic manner.
Hair thoroughly dried before leav
ing the room. All diseases of the
scalp treated. “CONSULTATION
FREE.” Manufacturers of the CEL
EBRATED MAGIC HAIRALINE.
for the hair.
Meet Me At HICKEY’S
212 & 214 Eighth St.