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PAGE FOUR IHt AU6USIA lItKALO 7Jt Broad 6t., Augusta, G». Published Cvsry Afternoon During the Woek and on Sunday Morning by THE HERALD PUBLISHING CJ. Entered at tha Augusta Po*.office at Mall Matter of the Second Claee.' SUBSCRIPTION RATLS Dally and Sunday, 1 ytear o- Dally and Sunday, ft months i Ou Dally and Sunday, 3 months I.&t Dally and Sunday, 1 month 50 Dally and Sunday, 1 week .14 Sunday Herald, 1 year I.ou Weekly Herald, 1 year 30 TELEPHONES Bualneie Office ?*'i City Editor * 2U9 Society Editor No communication will be published in The Herald unlees the nsme of the write Is signed to the article. NEW YORK OFFICE —Vr*e|nn«l-Jleri in min Asi'ri'-y. ftmnewldk HulUJlns. i*lfih Avenue, New York City. CHICAGO OFFICE — fienja min Aaency. W. II Keritnor, M< r , 110 H Boyce RUlldlnif. Chlr*i«o, 111 Tin* \p ill fnr4lum or the rity Au|p'"*tt *o«J I the Cminty of Ulrhmend for all IcfaJ no tice* and ndvertlelnif Address all buslnsai >tions to THE AUGUSTA liIKALO, 7tl Broad It., Aoguata, 0,. «|F YOU WANT THE NEWS YOU NEED THE HERALD. 1 Augusta, Oa., Monday, Auguat 24, ’OB Circulation of Iho herald For 6 Months, 1908 Fahnmry 210.4*8 March 226,578 April 222,012» Msy 243,860 June 241,820 July 241,202 There li no better way to reach the homei of tha prosperous peo / pie of this city amt Hoctloh than , through the columns of The Her- I eld flatly and Hominy. Parties leaving Aoguata tin have The Herald aent them by mall each day. 'Phont 297, Circulation Depart ment If you leave Augusta, eo tlm The Herald can reach you each d,ey. Anl to think thst tomorrow the IdflslttotH are to go at It again, even before the dug ilave end! , White polltlca makes strange bod fellows, |i also ipilte aa often makes estranged bedfellow*. ua a close o!t aerver bios discovered Th, belief that the Springfield riot will help Ihe cotton pickers It; 111 loumh'tl Town negroes ere absolute -1) wot llt leas as cotton pickers. The fellow who fools like hurrah It of lor 111; *- tv will nut great dang, ol being emitted aa a drunk. That inline has a hlccoughv sound A hi* fire In Taft, Mont., recently , destroyed fifteen buildings Tall« political gtrospecl-, are going up In smoke al a rale equally fast At least the Springfield riot la helping to solve the race question in part The Springfield negroes prompt ly started to rare for the Houtn At Princeton a beer farm la said to haws been established This kind of news may Increase the desire of anme of our city folks to "get out on a farm.” The Washington Herald classes the automobile as the champion fool kill er of the age. It does ancin to merit the title, but It kills mostly fouls of only one class of society. U I* reported that a cork legged man has just completed the trip walk Ing from Han Franrlaca, to Lincoln to aee Bryan This I* a corking good nature fake of a feat accomplished without teat. I| seems that the least that army ofTtrera could do would he fnrthwl'h to oxpel t’apt Union from all their associations A man whu murders another In a bathing suit Is unfit to hp an officer In the armv. It Is gald that the prohibition ran dldstc for vice president will visit Rome. From this It t» understood that Rome la either the >< st or the worst town In the state, from a pro hibition standpoint. Hut which? “Houston wives put up more pre serves, jellies and pickles than any wive, tn the wtjrld," according to the Houston Post nut Isn't It the redheaded widows who are respon sible for most of the pickles? Why should defeated isindldntes go to Texas to work, as Is suggested by the Houston LV»»t* It they wanted to work they could do that at holm son ihr very fact that the, ran for office shows that the, were after Jobs that d m't require work Our consul at l*ara. Hratll Informs our government that lm|K»rted b*rr sells for ft In gold per bottle in that place, and home brewed near-beer for S 3 to 49 cents per bottle. Ho there are places which suffer worse than any town tn drouth etrlrken Georgia The Brunswick Journal hit a hull’s eye when it observed jhst "the people of the South may be allowing apathv towards the wants of the campaign but she la there with the votes, and the, are no expenee to the rand; date." The Savannah Press declares that , It la to the evetlaatlng disgrace of Springfield. 111. that a negro >■ ,eat old was hanged bv the mob Hoe, The Presa mean thai the mob »«■«! guilty of Inexcusable process liutliin I and should have liaugcu tout helot •, ha got so oidT J THE OPENING OP THE COTTON SEASON. I'p to Haturday night 379 hales o! new cotton had been received In Au gusta. Of these very licur y r,n< h»H came In Haturday. For the corrr-s ponding dale last year only 6 baler had berm received. This shows that the season Is beginning earlier this year ihan last. Cotton Is opening very ranldlv In the fields Wound Augusta there are few fields lhat are noi ready for tie - - pickers to Login and many fields are already white wtih the open bolls. All the ginneries will begin their sea son’s work at once, and from the gins of Richmond county 'he receipts this week will be a full average week's receipts when the cotton sea son Is In full swing. What applies to Richmond county also applies to the other counties In Augusta's territory. Not quite so ae cesslble to Augusta as the f irms In Us Imim-dln'' -gclntty the ginned pro duct from more distant counties may not r.sieh the city warehouses nn 11■ • so promptly, but before the end of this week the receipts will mount high. Cotton will be pouring In. The cotton season will be fairly started This means that other business will also acquire that activity which each beers In Its respective relationship to the cotton business. Merchants who sell to farmers will begin to led the effects of this trade. Mer chants who hope to gd a share of this trade must now actively cam paign for It. For to the city work Ingmen and the ordlno'-y country trade will now he added the trade Of the farm':' whose pockets are lin 'd with the saka ps9ce of Ills first hales ' f cotton, and who Is now In cond.tlon to provide what during the time he was busy making his crop he was compelled to defer. Cotton Is king, everybody known how cotton is the life of business In the South. When ihe farmers pros- I per all prosper. When the farm®.' ITias plenty of money all business is | good, That time has come. Every | body now ret a bustle on them, for | the busy thne Is here. THE KAISER'S BEST FRIEND. The report comes from Berlin that ! the Kaiser Is still very down hearted | over the death of Hr. von Lucanua. This old gentleman recently died at the advanced are of seventy eight years, and It may seem strange that the Kaiser should so greatly feel his lohh. since the old doctor was not the emperor's family physician. Hut he was much more, and weli may the Kaiser say: "1 shall never find any one to take his place." For the service the old doctor rendered was of a very peculiar nature. It was his business to nttenrt to thus, officials who had displeased thdr sovereign, or In whom he had lost confidence. To these persons Hr. von I.ueamts would go and eon I \lnen them that the state qf their health peremptorily required that they ! resign thdr office Immediately. W'lmt 'methods the doctor employed or what arguments he used, to convince them of this fact is not known. H Is only know n that he was singularly success ful, and in every ease the resignation would qulckiy follow th„ doctor'- nil vice. There was no occasion for the Kaiser to act harshly or to cause comment or criticism by dismissing an undesirable official from office- - thanks to Hr von Lticfcius' services t.ic voluntary resignation of the un desirable avoided all that In this manner the iron Chancellor. Bis marck retired to private life; and hv this means Count von I’osadowsky. the secretary of th,< Interior, vacated hts offle,. only a short' time before the doctor's fatal Illness. No wonder the Kaiser regarded the doctor's services ns Invaluable, and that he should say that he would never find any one to take I * place A mnn who can convince another to do something which naturally would be the last thing he would like to do. Is not easily found. It was because h,, had Pr, von I.u eanus that the Katser needed no Annanlas -club, that he never found It necessary to denounee an,one a* a nature faker, or that he never was under the necessity of "firing" anv oD(i out of office. Pr. von l.ucnnus j was the good genius who saved him [ from all that. Huptxise President I Roosevelt had such a friend' Nearly j all th® troubles h,- has had during Ids administration would hyve been averted. Th,* Bellamy Storer trouble could not ha»> occurred, for Bel { larnv would hare voluntarily and eag erly retired to private life to pro j serv« his health. The controversy j with Pr bong could not have hap pencil for Pr. laiug would hav> felt i that eonaldcratton for hts itealth de ' manded that he quit telling what he knew about animals The llrowna jvllle trouble would have been settled without a rumpus, for all those negro troopers would hare been convinced by the great Pr. von l.ucanus that their lives depended upon promptly asking to h,' dismissed from the army , \m! suppose tjciertior Smith had | such a friend! l.lttle toe Brown would have been convinced promptly [that tua health required Utat he re tire to private life, and by promptly resigning the necessity for kicking him out of office would have been avoided, and Governor Smith would have succeeded himself for a second term without opposition. If Gov ernor Health now bad a Pr. von I.u earius, the members of the prison commission would rea, u<. that their health could no logger stand the strain of office, their resignations would be handed the governor today, the legtslatur could wind up the business of the extra session tomor row, and all the wrangle that will now follow would have been averted. Ho It Is easy to understand how great the peculiar service rendered the Kaiser by Pr von Lucanua, and why the Kaiser should so deeply feel his loss. What a pity that every ruler could not bav e a friend with th,. peculiar gift possessed by this old German doctor. CAMPAIGN FUNDS AND PRESI DENTIAL ELECTIONS. Mr Alfred Henry Lewis, in the Broadway Magazine, presents some in -1 foresting figures showing the cam jpalgn funds of the two great parties since 1860. These figures are of | course not given as authentic, since Unit would hi an obvious Impossibil ity. But they were estimated with I the greatest care, on information ob tained from all available sources, and iippcoxlmately or relatively are prob ubly correct enough for all practical purposes at this time. The figures for I the Republican party for 1896 were | obtained by Mr. l.ewls from Mr. ilanna himself, and so the largest of thcsi sums, which fairly staggers credulity, seems to be the most un questionably correct. Before the war huge campaign fundH were unknown. Corrupt prac tires had not then crept Into our po litical system as they have now, and there was little use for much money. It la recognized that there are legiti i mate campaign expenses, these are 1 never large. Where large sums of I money are used they are spent for more or less Illegitimate purposes. It was with the advent of the Re publican party .as a political power 1 that large presidential campaign funds began, and it Is Interesting to note the close relationship between , the size of this fund and the re sult of the election In almost every Instance. Following is the table j>n ' sent< d by Mr. Lewis: • Republican. Democrat, i iB6O t 106,M0 3 60,000 18(11 125,000 50,00(1 1808 160,000 75,000 1872 250.000 50,000 1870 950,000 900,000 1880 1,000.000 356,000 18H| 1,300.000 1,400.000 1888 1,350,000 855,000 j 1892 3,000,000 2,350,000 1896 9,000,000 675,000 1900 6,500,000 600,000 190| 5,000,000 1,250,000 < In the election of iB6O money was used in large amounts for the first - time. The Republicans used It. and Unrein was elected. In 1861 the Re publicans spent a still greater amount, and were again successful. In 1868 the same cause was followed by the same result; and In 1872 the gnat Inttuence of money In the result of the election wad" first strikingly dent : onstrated. in that year Grant and Greely wore the candidates. Horace Greely was the fusion eiiqilblate of the Demo crats and liberal Republicans. The Democrats raised the usual campaign fund, about }50,000, whleti seems to have te en about the sum required to j meet the necessary legitimate cam paign expenses Greek's election seem ei| certain, but a quarter of a million ! spent by the Republicans gave Grant die biggest majority over before given a presidential candidate. This seems to have opened the eyes of the Democratic campaign man agora, and In 1876 they raised an amhunt nsarly equal to that of the Republicans Each party spent about $1 jyOO.oOO The result was the ele«s | Hon ot Ttlden, although he was trick led out of the of flee hy the action of |the electoral commission Artiln In lsXrt the Kepi Si leans put up a still larger rainpalg. fund, and elected Garfield. But In tBBi Cleveland was backed by a larger fund than was raised by the Republicans, and Cleveland was elected Then in ISBS the Republicans had a fund nearly twice as large as the Democrats, and Cleveland was defeated. In the follow ing election. In 189?. | the same two candidates were again pitted against each other. Hut the Democrats had at their command the largest campaign fund they ever ’ mist'd, and Cleveland was again' elected. It was In 1896. however, that -the most money was used. Itanuu was the Republican campaign manager. He began by paying McKinley's persona! debts, and then, by fat frying Ihe pre datory , corporation*. raised the enor mous sum of $9,000,000 to defeat ltryun, and succeeded by a close shave in both presidential clectlona since then renditions have been much the same If there was a very targe fund raised fUT the Democrats In 1904 without corresponding results iln votes, this is easily explained by Ihe fact that the money was spent to secure Barker's nomination, after which little Interest was taken In hl» election by those responsible for his ( being the eapdldate. All Oils Is hopeful for the Denic ! crats this year Republican success | at the polls Is seen hy the above table to he largely riiqienttcnt on the else of that party's campaign fund With $9 Oiklooo tn 1896 the Republicans elected their candidate hy a very narrow margin The change of only ' a few thousand votes In cerlatn states would hair elected Bryan This ‘ year Ilr<an I* much more popular than he was then, and the Democrats are Halted It |» not probable that th* il» publicans ~m rai*-- s'• mo "0" fMs iear. aiiif ev~i If they could, that amount would not elect Taft. 1 Democratic victory is tn the air It j mai be seen tn the table of campaign | expenses sa compiled by Mr Lewis. THE AUGUSTA HERALD HERALD ECHOES. Georgia Full of Martyrs. Talking about martyrs, says The Augusta If'- id. Isn’t Georgia full of them? What are all of us thirsty prohibitionists, hgld down to near beer and contraband bottled stuff If not martyrs?—Jacksonville Times Union. Appropriate Post for Fairbanks. The Augusta Herald says that If Mr. Taft should be elected It is said lhat Mr. Fairbanks Is to be given a ministerial post. In that event the eternal Illness of things would be preserved by sending him to Chile.— Klberlon Star. The Ghost a Less Substantial Evil. A New York man complains that he is haunted by the ghost of his inother-in-law, and The Augusta Her ald insinuates that he should be glad that he isn’t haunted by the real lilng.—Columbus Ledger. John Temple’s Distinction. The Augusta Herald points out that John Temple Graves is the firt-l presi dential candidate with a full triple name since John Quincy Adams.— UouglaH Enterprise. Freak Legislation. The Juc kßonvll'x- Tlmes-Unlon claims that freak legislation In Geor gia Is causing the freak parties to get their candidates from this state. The Augusta Herald tninks that this Is certainly a freak observation. — Rome Tribune-Herald. A Fellow-Feeling. The Augusta Herald thinks that ihe man who tried to nominate Bry an in (he independence convention in Chicago, and rmrrowly escaped being thrown out of me window, knows ex actly how the mar, felt who proposed in the state committee piectfng that Watson's name he placed on '.he Bry an electoral ticket. —Blakely Re porter TALKS ABOUT AUGUSTA. Augusta Has No Booze Boat. Augusta seems rather envious of the fact that Brunswick has a booze boat. The thirsty ones kick here ahouts because there’s only one boat. —Brunswick Journal Augusta Has Some Smart Men. That man In Augusta who was ar rested for runniyig a blind tiger In connection with a clothing store, had a pretty correct Idea of the fitness of things. Sell a man a suit, and fill his own and his customer’s pocket at the same time. —Elberton Star. Augusta's Sea Shore Suburb. Within thirty days It is believed that the whole population of Augusta and other Georgia towns will have been completely bathed at the Isle of Balms Charles'on News and Courier. Augusta Has No Asphalt. Eyn hour men In Augusta fall down and are nfclgd up In the as phalt.—Columbia State. Augusta's New Attraction for Romans Inlormatinn has been given out that a man lost a poeketbook in Augusta containing eighty-two dollars. /We presume that city will be swarming with visitors for the next few days.— Rome Tribune Herald. Augusta's Faithful City Employes. Augusta lias one faithful rity em ploye who Is determined the elements of nature shall not interfere with his pay check; during a rain storm re cently, one of the city street sprink lers kept right on with his assigned duty Brunswick Journal. SOME POLITICAL DOPE. Second Bite at the Cherry. The Geotgla legislature gqt away; without doing anything In 'ho con vtct lense scandal, but Ciov. Hoke • Smith will bring them back and put them on tTlo Job. —Charleston Cost. Against the Prison Commission. Wo are in favor of abolishing the prison commission, with all of its trimmings, at once. It has been a very expensive ornament.—Darien Ga *eltc. Afraid of Tom Watson. It won't do to fool with Torn Wat son. This has been demonstrated. Recent political history In Georgia shows this Only two tears ago dem tiertts commenced coddling tip to him snd ever since they hate lieen in trouble. If they don't cut adrift from him entirely they will go from bad lo worse.—Columbus l.edgor. Anolhi r View of Watson. Thomas K Watson, the honest po r ullst candidate tor the presidency keeps dwelling on the fact that Wil liam .1 Bryan, the man whom thej South has gon" era*v over, refused j to vote for Mr Crisp, of Georgia fit I speaker of the house, because he | hsd been a confederate officer Mr | Watson declares ;h:>t Mr Brvan has; j never denied the charge, and until he did make fnll and com plot W'dcnlal, i lie would continue to make this polu. i I against him Aiken Recorder. Watch the Railroad Organs. Bv the way. isn't It strange that j with opposition springing up every i where against the democratic nomi nee* that the democrats continue to | tight among themselves. It la true j that Hoke Smith has been defeated. 1 lS' he <» -ti l the democratic gov j ernor of Georgia, but hr onpot.ltlon : hat defeated him never leave an op portunity to attack him. We do nu mean Hon J M Brown, the party nominee, tfut the dally papers of the Mate that art* owned or controlled by the railroads hutch hem and you will ate (hat they never let an op portunliv pass to put a sfsh under Hoke* short ribs. —McDuffta ,P"» grc»s. SUMNER l ROSE TALKED Addressed Fair-Si*ed Crowd and Explained Most Points in Doctrine He Endeavors to Incul cate. Sumner W. Rose, the Socialist lec turer, who has been in the <vty two day'H, spoke last night to a fairly good crowd at th ( . Superba. on the issues and doctrines of Socialism and the candidacy of Eugene V. Debs, Social ist nominee for the presidency. The speaker was Introduced by Mr. A. W. Delquest. Rose started out by saying that certain statements ajv pearing in Augusta newspapers re garding his address at Aiken were misleading. Thes e paragraphs he en deavored to correct. He said he did not take the posi tion that Socialism would supersede Democracy. He said that in his opin ion th e next great party struggle would be between Republicanism and Socialism. He refuted the accusation that So cialism countenances Immorality, by citing instances In the Mississippi legislature and the city council of Milwaukee, where the Socialist con tingent of representation held out against immorality and fought for de cency. "Some people sav we break up the family,” he went on. "As 1 came in th e front door yonder I was greeted by a bright eyed yoqng man, whose wife came in a few moments later. Ho pointed to her'with pride, saying; 'That's my wife.' And yet some people say wo ar e breaking up the family. I find that Socialists are marrying wives in the communities where I visit. And yet some peo ple say we are breaking up the family.’* In answer to a question propounded Saturday night at the court house, the speaker endeavored to explain the poslton of Socialism with regard to the black men. He said that his party creed did not demand or expect social equality bcTiveen two races arguing that by the initiative and referendum law the white people would take care of themselves. He claimed, though, that Socialism gfves every man an equal chance to enjoy the fruit of his toil, whether he were white, black, red or yellow. He said that a Socialist might be lteve in any religious creed extant, and not violate any creed of his party. H P added that the Jews made "mighty good Socialists, at which the Hebrews in the audience sat up and took notice, applauding. "It is Sunday," suid Rose, "and I'll use a little of the Bible ki my lec ture." Whereupon he took as a text the passage: “By their fruits ye shall know them.” and marched up before j the Judgment Bar of Christ two | classes, the “plug hat gentry," as he : called them, and the wool hat brigade. The lecture was closed a eulogy of the candidate. Debs, which struck a part of the audience favora bly. anil they responded with boister i ous applause. DRUNK SON-IN-LAW SHOT WIFE’S MOTHER Mrs. Sarah Meechaxn, While Trying to Protect Son is Shot. T.A PORTE, Ind.—Mrs. Sarah Mar garet Meecham was shot and killed yesterday by her son-in-law, William ; Delph, while trying to protect her son, | William Edward Meecham, from i Delph's anger. Delph, a truck farmer, had been drinking heavily with his brother-in ' law, George Meecham. They took home two quarts of whiskey, which | they drank yesterday morning. They quarrelled with William Meecham and other relatives, and Mrs. Mee chain was shot while endeavoring to hasten William Int 6 the house away ■ from Delph. LOOKING OUT'FOR NUMBER ONE. ,"Both sides alike were bravo," says Admiral Dewey. "North and Souih, soldiers and sailors. And the bravery of the recruits was a thing to be seen to he believed. "There used to be circulated, though, a story about a Connecticut recruit. This voting man. after he got Initiated, fought weU. but In hts first engagement he was very nervous. A chum of his was ig the line ahead of him. and when the bullets began to fly the chum began to dodge. "Then upon the recruit shouted ex citedly ; "'Hey, Jim, don't duck. I'm be hind ye!'" Bt. Louis Republic. A DREADFUL THOUGHT. One day Mary, the charwoman, re ported for service with a black eyi. "Vx h.v, Mary." said her sympathetic ; mistress, "what a bad eye you have.” “Yes tn " "Well, there's one consolation. It might have been worse." “Yes'ni." "Tou might have had both of *he:u ! hurt.' "Yes'm. Or worse'n that: 1 nilgnt | not ha been married at all."—Every | body's Magazine. MARY AND THE KITTEN. I.lttle .Mar i ergs playing with htr !»et kitten. The kitten scratched her. and she exclaimed. You arc a darned I old kitty.” Her mother told her she must never utter such a naughty word again, and j to be sure to Impress It on her mind, i washed her mouth out with soap and i w ater The uext day Mary was again play ing with the kitten, and again iron bi r arose when she was heard to re mark : "You is just the same kind of a kitten you waa yesterday."—Septem ber DeUueat.r. Fall Styles Are Here This Is but one of the shapes In new Derbies. W e have styles to suit all figures, faces and tastes. Soft hats; too. Most up-to-date styles for young men ever seen in hats. Come in NOW. DORR Tailoring For Men of Taste 724 Broad. Augusta. ICE ICE ICE Telephone us your orders and we will see that they are filled promptly. Give the driver an order for a coupon book and save trouble of making change. Ice delivered all the time, week days and Sunday. CONSUMERS ICE DELIVERY CO. 332 ’Phones 333. John Sancken, Mgr. GIN w W"i-lim 6l ■ uusyai UX.IUIIg, lll factors. Pipes. Valves and Fittings, Light Idw, Shingle, end Lain Mitts. Gasoline Engines Cene M'llsm atoek. LOMBARD IRON WORKS AND SUPPLY COMPANY. Augusta. Oa. To Sell More, Tell More! You cannot get the best out of your business until you put the best into it. There's POSITIVE value to steady, strong, persistent ADVERTISING. I prepare ad. copies that speak for you, and solicit business with Mer chants, Firms and Banks. No corres pondence school ideas, but ideas of actual experiance. H» D. Griffin, P. O. BOX 738. Looking For a House? ■■——■i ■■ »ii i immiwT High-class Houses, Flats and Rooms in every part of Augusta advertised in THE AUGUSTA HERALD and many at mod erate rents. Advertisements recieved at Herald Of fice or by Telephone. TELEPHONE 297 THE WANT ADVERTISEMENTS ARE ’•HUMANIZING!” When morn people come to use and answer classified advertise ments, more people will know each other — More People With Interests Will Meet more people will find channels and opportunities for reciprocal ser vice. Truly, the want ads are "humanising" people-ahamlng away the acorn of small things, the scorn of "bargaining," cf exchanging useful but not used things for useful and unable ones. USE HERALD WANTS TOR RESULTS. MONDAY, AUGUST 24. PLANT i .At One e : FALLTHP& — CABBAGE SEED Fresh Stock GARDELL’S Seed Department 620 Eroad St. Xmocimdx ADVERTISING CLVBSV C OF.MERICA CONVENTION J KANSAS CilT / REPAIRS SAWS, RIBS, Bristle Twine, &r .. far any make of Gin ENGINES, BOILERS and PRESSES and Repairs for same. Shafting, Pulleys, Belting, ki-