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SATURDAY THE AUGUSTA HERALD Every Afternoon Except Sunday. OXS TEAft $5.0-'i eix MuHVll? .. 2.50 fHRKH MONTHS 1.25 ONE MONTH; 45 Onts ON]-': WEEK 10 rents Acklrr".'s .'.ll communications to Th Augusta HeralO, Augusta, Ga. Eastern Representative Charles S Faulkner & Son, 23 Park Row, New York City YOU WILL FIND THE HERALD Ir. Atlanta—At Hotel Aragon and "Durand's. In Savannah —At the DeSoto Hotel and at Estlll's news stand. In Macon—At the Brown House and Hotel Lanier. In Charleston—Ai the Charleston Hotel. In Columbia—At the Grand Central. In Jacksonville—At the St. James Hotel. In New York City—At the Hotel Em pire, Waldorf Astoria and Fifth Avenue Hotel. Parties falling to find The Herald on news stands and railroads will confer a favor by reporting the fact to thia 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 _ i - Mr 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, ' ' 1. -A I’^K hr IM'URtrKfu Tor m ■l l v i Jgg 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.