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Augusta, Oa., Tuesday, Aug. 25, 1908.
Circulation of The Herald
for 6 Months, 1908
February 210,488
March .... 226,678
April 222,012
May *43,866
June 241,820
July
Thcr« Ik no better way to roach
the homes of the prosperous peo
ple of thlet city ami section than
through tlio columns of The Her
ald I mil) and .Sunday.
Parties leaving Augusta can have
The Herald sent thsm by mall each
day. 'Phone 287, Circulation Depart
merit if you leave Augusta, so that
The Herald can reach you each day.
This years' bumper peach crop has
hcoti very profitable to the railroads.
They got the most of the money.
No Paulin**, a torn place In a gar
m« nt ko skillfull) mended u» not to
hr* easily noiwl is not a darned
fraud
Fighting Bob Kvans Is now to em
ploy himself writing a book. It should
afford comfortable reading In th**
winter season
Mr lisrrtman'K little son is re*
ported t» hive killed a hear. Like
father. Ilk.- son; the old man also is
a hear kith r.
in' Washington a man has been nr
reaped, rhnrard with getting the bet
ter nt a gas met* r. If he be found
guilt) he can make a fortune selling
the 'secret of his process
Mr Brians appointment to apeak
In Macon has been canceled. Is he
going to leave us to fight it out atone
wttfc? Toni Watson, John Temple and
the Tail cohorts?
"Clive him that asketh thee" is
the perverted scripture quotation used
by the Houston Post to stimulate cant
patr.ti contribution; Bui that in
junction referred to coats and not to
campaign funds.
The two Servian princes who are
In this count!' to find an heiress to
marry should find It an easy Job.
Their ancestor was a swineherd and
some of our heiresses are -daughters
packing house magnates.
* It is said that 1.000,000 llisgcp and
Graves buttons have been ordered.
This makes it nlear that It la not )u
t fin dec! that they should he worn by
voters exclusively
One of the negroes lynched lr
Springfield ws* olgh'v yeata old Doi
this dleoredlt the old proverb that
“And old dog lever learns new
irlcks?"
Our neighbor* arms* the river arc
In the agony of their first primal
today This la usually the worst, nl
though it slmost aiwsvs requires a
second primary to determine who*
wh" In South Carolina
Some of our ooniomporarie* are
wondering whether Joe llrown will
vote for Bryan I.lt tin Joe mav be ho
busy on election day that he will not
have time to go to the polls More
wevs of killing a il"g beside* chokim:
hltr, to death on butter, you know
" Candidate Hhermsn has been pre
sented with a loving cup eighteen
inches deep How very considerate
and k'ud Hein* so d« ep he may < ■
cepe swallowing ihr dregs of dlsa'v
|iotutnien( which will be in his cup
on Nov. *t
The Oglethorpe Echo has a head
line "Watson Spring* on a l oom "
Hue ever, (his retei to * water spring
and not to an aerobatic performance
of the McDuffie statesman in po:
tie*.
There must be sent* mistnke In
that elory sbotti * Philadelphia m •
tnrman Inheriting tIM.OOO and still
holding on io his Job It must hav
been a conductor, who alms to en
ter Ihe millionaire class before he
««’•».
Now 11 those uhletes anil racers
who worked so hard during the Olytn
pie games would come to Qevu-gl*
sad engage in a re*l lively cotton
picking contest, whst * fly ’ Uilnjt
that would be. But iben, that would
be vvie k, *nd *o ~*uuuf be etueied by
•pari*.
ART WORKS AND THE TARIFF.
Mr*. Jack" Gardner, of Boston,
has Rotten into deep trouble with
the government. Mrs. Gardner Id ver.- .
rich, and Id a lover of fine &rt Thin
love dhe 1s fortunate In being able
to gratify, not only In visiting and
view Inc thf* great art collection* of
the world, but also In buying many
rare pli-oea for herself. Bhe made
aomo quite extensive purchased In
this line in Kurope, which she brought ,
over to this country to enrich her
own private collection.
Now we have In our country what
we call the tariff system, originally j
adopted and made a part of our eon j
slltutlon as a means tor raising rev
entto to support, the government. Hit i
der republican administration thl.s i
has been expanded Into what Is rail
ed the proteetlve tariff system, that j
Is. these tariff duties are regulated j
so a« to give protection to home In
dustrles. It Is hrgued that, by mak
tug the lrp*,rt duties on things that
can he made at home ho high ns to i
he quite or nearly prohibitive, their |
making at home will he encouraged
sod home producers, and through (
them the country at large, will h*
benefited. It Is a beautiful theory,
hut It doesn't always work up to j
spec!llcatlons, as when a cent, per j
pound duty In put on sugar, and the
American people are forced to pay i
one cent additional on every pound ;
of home-grown sugar, without hono
uring enybody but the sugar trust. 1
And In passing It mav be noted that ;
for this one reason. If for no other,
the Amerlean people should vote out
of power the republican party, which
Is the father and the defender of this
Iniquity.
Rut we have the protective farm
In all Us glory, finder It American j
nrth.ls demanded high protection for ‘
their products, and they got it. A j
tariff of from 20 to 45 per cent ad
valorem has been put on all works of j
art, for the protection of American j
nrtlats
This Is a heavy price to pay. and
Mrs Gardner sought to evade this 1
payment. She succeeded on the pre. |
Mentation that the art treasures she!
Imported were to he open to public |
Inspection the law allowing such to j
he relieved of the Import duty, llav !
Ing them passed by tbe custom house
under this plea, the good lady forgot ,
all about her obligation She placed
the articles In her home, under lock
and key. securely protected from the
vulgar gaze.
This becoming known, the govern
ment entered suit, arid not only has
she now been made to pay the fnll
duty, some 170.000, but she ts threat
ened with criminal prosecution.
This has led to quite a discussion,
and there are many who hold that
Ihe duty on objects of art should be
abolished, lierattse It acts as a bar to
their importation, and thus helps keep
our country poor In such treasures.
In other words It Is advocated to
commit another wrong, because the
first wrong does not work right. Hill
two wrongs never yet did make right
j If we are to have n high tariff
system and so long as our govern
ment expenses grow- continually high
cr and we continue the tariff system
ns the principal source of Ihe gov
ernment's Income the duties must l»-
high it is better to have them on
liivmie io- tar a» pos-ihle, tlym on
th,- nercssnrU’K of life. It may seem
hgrd for n rich old lady to pay $70,000
for a few pictures, after having paid
a purchase price ot 1» times this
amount for them. Just to he enabled
to lock them up In her room In Bos
ton Hut people who are able to
spend so much money for such luxu
ries *r P able to stand the additional
cost of high import duties Mr*.
Gardner Is more able to pay this
$70,000 toll on her pictures ihati the
poor widow Is able to pay the one
rent toll on the |hhiih! of sugar she
buvt for her stok baby.
The tariff system Is wrong; hut so
long as wo must have It and must
Mavo high duties. It la belter and far
more Just to put the heaviest burdens
on luxuries, and lighten them as much
a* imssllde ou the necessaries of life
And this question constitutes the
chief difference between the repub
Roan and the democratic parties.
CONVICTS ON CITY STREETS.
The proposition has been made to
place the cpnvlcts of the countv on
th,. streets of Atlanta, ami It Is he
tng much discussed In that city. Of
course there are some people who
favor It. There never yet was a
j proposition made. It mattered not
how ah urd. Impracticable or even
dangerous, but some people would
be found to support It. So with this
proposition to work convicts on th--
streets of Atlanta, to construct part
ment*. build sewers, etc.
The scheme ts unconstitutional, but
I Its advocates hope to have a eonsti
| rational amendment passed, allowing
| the proposed change It Is not prob
| able that the people would adopt p
In the first place. It would be dan
geioUH to work the convicts on Ihe
j city streets. Among them arc alway*
J s Urge proportion of desperate men,
I who would ty practically Invited to
attempt an escape under the faro;-
j able conditions that would he pre
Then It wouii] be disgusting and
' demorailiina, to see these sebra work
ers with their clanking chains, their
' brutish aspect and their heavily arm
ed guards, a regular spectacle on
the streets. For the sake of the In
fluence It would exert on the young
, and th P dlsgußt It, would arouse in
| the old. It could not be permitted.
Then also, it would he unjust to
the many workingmen who now gain
a support, for their families from this
work, to displace thepi with convicts
! and put them without work. In At
| lanta as In other cities there are prole
ably men who have been In the city
i employ In these departments for
I years, and who by reason of this long
service have become almost unfit for
i any other work. It, would be most
i unjust to these men to discharge
them, that work might be provided
j for convicts.
The legislature will have nothing to
I do now, except to make the best pos
! Bible solution of the convict question.
1 And this they will do. Such a propo
sition as that to he made by Atlanta
will scarcely receive serious atten
| tlon.
CASTRO AND VENEZUELA.
ft. has been several weeks now
[ since Holland announced Its Intention
lor giving Castro a spanking. Castro
and Venezuela have come to he
synonymous terms, since they mean
the same -Castro being the ruler of
tJiat country. Hut Holland hasn't
done the sqanklng act yet, and prob
ably will let It. go at that.
Before that President Roosevelt had
intimated that It had become neces
tnry for him to give Castro a spank
ing. The birches, In the shape of
war ships, were laid ready to hand.
But Castro is not rubbing the seat, of
hi* bre i lies, because that spanking
also did not materialize.
And before that various othpr na
tions had promised to do the same
to Castro. Germany and France did
undertake ft a few years ago, but
ihey soon desisted, the effects of the
attempt leaving greater smart with
them than with lh<- party to he elms
tls«d. And so Castro remains, the
great utiipanked neodcr of a spank
ing.
A strange and peculiar figure In
International i>o!lllr>, Is this Castro.
He is from one of the smaller of the
Venezuelan states, and until a few
years ago was entirely unknown. Mel
was elected a member of the Vene
zuelan congress In 180 S, from his
mountain slate, and there won his
, first distinction somewhat like our
own Jerry Simpson a few years prey
i ions. Jerry became famous as flic
! soekless statesman, because he wore
’no socks. Castro went him one hot
ter, and became famous as the bare
| footed statesman, because he wore
| neither shoes nor soeks. Like our
: Jerry, hr was mercilessly ridiculed
Iby the party in power, who were
misgoverning the country. Castro re
turned to his native state, where, tin !
like our I-rrv, he organized a revolu
tion. ile led an army against the
government and w as successful In bat
tle. And then he was elected pru
dent.
Castro Is a patriot. He believes
In the doctrine of Venezuela for Veil
ezuelaiis. lie saw how his country |
i was being exploited. American, Eng
lish, French, German and other for !
oiun capitalists had managed to se
j ■ ure all manner ot valuable conces- j
a lons, through corrupting the graf.
seeking officials of the country. (’as !
j tro declared: "I .hall drive them out, I
ami not rest content until the econo
i line life as well as the political ad- j
| ministration of the country !s in na- 1
live hands." This Is what he Is try
I Ing to do
til course he has the peon'e of hi
country wiih him all but the imi!l
-ilclans, who envy him his power and
fame, or who wan' a more prominent
. litre* at the public
f- ed trough, and to get It would be
willing to take sides with the d<-
I spoilers of their country. Several
revolutions have been organized
against Mm. but secure as he Is In
I he support of the people he has east
] ly defeated all of them.
Surely this Castro Is a great man
Me may lie feathering him own nest
a* Ills enemies charge ho Is doing
hut he cannot be doing ibis too gross
-1 U or the people would ret on to P
and turn against hint. But for hi*
country he Is certainly trying to per
fugm tin- g oat'-st • possible service,
for Venezucl i Is being almost as bad
ly robbed by foreign exploiters as
our people are being rohhed by do
•neatlc predatory trusts And to have
| pursued this policy of driving out the
foreign exploiters for ten years, and
wMI considerable success, without i
1 successful revolution at home or a
i desperate conflict with some foreign
power, marks him a man of great
1 ability.
Venezuela contains a population of
j less than 3,000,000. Although rich In
natural resources, these are as yet
but little developed, aid ihe dbumry
must be railed a poor country. It
should he an easv inat'er for even a
third class foreign power like Hoi
j mud to whip such a country. Hut
; (Here is the Monroe doctrine which
; forbids the taking of snv American
territory by a Kuropcan power S -
I what can any tCimipcan country do’
j Bombarding a tew seaports will not
! enforce their demands. They cannot
transport armies to march Into the
Venezuelan mount sins, or would not
dure to undertake it. And >ben pi
' all the controverrlea si:h foreign
i power* Hu m hr.» always so man
i«od aa to have the law on his aide
Ao It ha* never got beyond the three
of spa-king whenever Castro suc
ceeded In lauding another heavy blow
on some hunch of foreign »v plotter*
TNtev say h* la nutocrw lr and de
spotic, and probably this Is true \
| country in the condition of bi» emit
jiry cannot be successfully governed
I I iropt by s strong hard. Hut in his
. va> h- t» a ps:rw», and certainly a
f man ut great ability as a rp'er, I
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
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•o POINTS AND COUNTER- ♦
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Difference Between Praying and
Preying.
"In the meantime Tatt is also
gaining strength; Admiral Cer
vera has come out in his favor.
The admiral has no vote, being
as he lives in Spain, but he is
praying for Taft."—Augusta Her
ald.
Yes, but Taft Is not banking so
much on Carvera's praying as on
Sheldon s preying. Jacksonville
Times-L’nion.
When They Fall in the Water.
The Augusta Herald rises to
remark that airships are unlike
truth, when crushed to earth
they never rise again.—Thomas-
vllle Times-Kntorprtsc.
What do they do when they fall
in the water? —Rome Tribune'Herald.
Still unlike truth, for an airship
would float on Ihe surface, while trulh
Is always found "at the bottom of
Ihe well.”
An Experience That Few Have
Escaped.
One Georgit* editor is honest
enough to confess that he has
been benefited by the prohibition
law. The Columbus Ledger slates
that "We have seen ihe time
when it seemed as If the keyhole
had been entirely taken out of
the door." —Augusta Herald.
Possibly The Herald man has never
had the experience. If an. all the
more fortunate he is.—Columbus
Ledger.
Glad to Have Some Excuse.
"Since a 'Woman in while’ lias
been reported walking Ihe streets
of Waynesboro at night, it is said
the married women won’t lot
their husbands go out.” —Augusta
Herald.
Why J’auline! You don't have to
cage him to keep him home after
dark? —Waynesboro True Citizen.
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What tha Contest Will Be.
Shall the prison commission he
abolished? That Is the contest be
fore the coming extra session. Mem
bers of the commission are said to
oppose the idea.—Americus Timwh
Recorder.
Not Much Prospect for Fun.
Yar.bey Carter, Ihe candidate for
governor on (he independence league
ticket has already challenged Little
Joe Brown to a series of loint de
bates. Will Col. Albert Cox please
conio forward? —Moultrie Observer.
Sowed tha Wind, Reaped the Whirl
wind,
Cotton tvas 13 cents a pound when
"Little .!(>•" anil the old gang beat
Hoke. I* Is now less than lrt cents.
But Atlanta Street Railway stock is
up sec- till notches The people of
Georgia lave already seen and many
have acknowledged the folly of the
thing.—Alpharetta Free Press.
Little Joe ia a Wise One.
fn declining to be a candidate for
re-election as governor of Georgia
Little Joe Brown exhibits hors P sense.
He knows that the people will find
out before Ills first term expires the
"Interests" that elected him. and that
his name would he "Dennis" should
hp try to fool the people again.—
Orangeburg Tlmes-Democrat.
Will They Stick to Joe?
Didn't all the voters who took part
In the state primary pledge them
selves to support the nominee, both
Smith and Brown supnorters? That
ought to give Brown something over
200.000 votes, which surely ought to
elect In Georgia.—Oglethorpe Echo.
Just Playing With Them.
It Is mean in Tom Watson to keep
a lot of democrats on the fenee dur
tng the present campaign. But prnb
ably Tom thinks these Georgia deni
ioerats deserve the puulshißent.
Darien Gazette.
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The man who invests in an air
niilli in certain of quick returns —Val-
dosta Times.
The funerals will be held In the
Temple. The Interments will be made
In the Graves —Jacksonville Tlmes-
Onlon.
From a law-abiding standpoint
Springfield is 111.—Americus Times-
Recorder.
AVlth seven presidential candidate*
In the field. It would look as If the
country was engaged In a game of
seven up.—Elberton Star.
The president has had somewhat
to ray about "raw material." Does he
refer to tbs numerous narks blistered
by the big stick?—Atlanta Cotirtltii
tlon.
When a man's wife goes off on a
summer trip, leaving ihe man at
home; and when the man isn't lone
some morning, noon and night of
every dav of her absence. It ts a re
ttectior' upon ei'hcr that man ov ul*
wife—Albany Herald.
"What is the greatest blessing In
'be world?" asks an exchange. »a«v
The neighbor that don't keep a phono
graph.—Atlanta Georglzn.
Vs we und> rstsnd It, *he oircii* -*
haw* agreed that they will hereafter
charge 25 cents for admission to the
snake charmers teut whan touring
Georg!* -Houston Boat.
The Columbus Knqulrer-Sun says
if you shou-d be bitten bv u mad d.g
you dbould suck the wound rt once.
Suppi'M she dog tailed to btte you
wnere you could, then what?—Dalton
Ciliteu.
TAX RETURNS SHOW
GREATJ CREASE
Between Four and Five
Million Dollars Increase
Over Last Year.
ATLANTA, Ga—The tax returns of
the state show un increase of SX,-
29«,139. Toe total valuation of all
property in Georgia will reach |706,-
000,000. Five counties are yet to be
heard from. It Is stated, however,
that the figures from these counties
will not materially affect the figures
as given.
In the list of gains, Fu.ton county
takes the lead with an increase over
last year ot $2,124.-30. The next
largest gain is from Mu“(*>gec county,
which show ar. increase of $802,032.
The largest decrease is from Colquitt
country, which shows a falling off
from Ust year of $679,802. The next
largest decrease is made in Coffee
county, which gives a decrease of
$461,413.
In the return received, riuetv-eighr
counties show an increase, while for
ty-eight counties show losses. Public
utility corporal ions, the comptroller
general says, will show a decrease of
from three to four millions of dol
lars from last vear. Thi- 1 will place
the increase for the entire state in
Ihe neighborhood of from four to five
millions of dollars.
EUCEHCiH'S
PICK PROHIBITION
Would Call a Special Ses
sion of Congress and
i Wipe Out Liquor.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.—"lf Jam j
elected president anil inaugurated on
the fourth day of next March, 1 w ill j
call a special session of the congress
of the United States the next day
anil ask Ihe members to legislate the !
liquor traffic out of existence.”
This declaration by F-ugene W.
Ohufin. prohibition candidate for presi- j
dent, found hearty approval in the
crowd which met him yesterday. Mr j
Ohafin made an enthusiastic prohmi-i
tion speech to the crowd of working |
men. He continued:
"If e verv man who really believes
in prohibition wd. vote for me this!
fall I can carry the electoral vote of
every state in the unio.i. '
KILLED ICED CLERK
WILD HEW ME
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CHICAGO. —Frank Bryant, 23 years I
old, was arrested in Chicago last
night, and confessed he murdered
Thomas Brady, an aged clerk, Sun
day night, in Springfield, Ills.
Brady and Bryant slept in the stove
of George L. Forsythe. Bryant said
he drank a pint of whiskey after he
went to lied and. as a result, could
not go to sleep.
At 5.30 o'clock, after tossing for
hours, Bryant went into Brady's room,
he says, and heard the old man groan- j
Ing and moaning.
"1 wasn't feeling good." said Bry
ant, last night, "and told the old
man to shut up. He muttered some
thing and kept on moaning. Then, I
grabbed an axe lying on the floor,
and hit him on the head.”
sllSTpoOce
FRAUDULENT
ST. I.Ot’IS. Mo—Another shake
up Is in store for the St. Louis po
lice department by Governor Folk's
ivdtrs af'er a day of investigation of
wholesale charges of fraud at the re
cent state primary election and to
silence charges that he, as father of
the new primary law. Is responsible
lor the political scandals growing out
of Its first trial. Governor Folk al«o
staled In had told Circuit Attorney
Sager that he had Instructed Atior
nev General H.id’ey to lend him any
aid be might require In probing elec
tion frauds.
MISSING CLERK.
HAS SURRENDERED
Had Been Snfferinn Hard
ships in Woods for Ten
Days.
BALTIMORE Md— After a terri
ble existence of ten day*. In which
he la- hv day hidden In the woods
In momentary fear of discovery anl
arrest, corning our only under th»
cover of nigh' to purchase the neces
sities of life. Robert l ee Cochran, the
missing clerk from Building In spel
ter Preston'* I’lfloo who It charged
with embezzling $,'.«5 from the city,
walked into the Eastern police ats-
I tlon yesterday and surrendered.
Shaking In every limb wiih flushed
face and glazed eves, and giving
evidence of suffering Cochran walked
|up to the de*k and announced that
itc was the man wanted.
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.
A Wrong Number
On the telephone is annoying. Often times
it is caused by the subscriber calling a number
from memory or speaking indistinctly. It is
important to consult the directory before call
ing a number. It is necessary to give tbe
number promptly and distinctly.
For Information, Efficient Service, Reason
able Rates Call 9050.
Southern Belt Telephone Telegraph Co.
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Only Melts in Your Mouth
Pride Sunset Kisses.
K? V
Trade Supplied By
The Biscuit and Candy Co., "
AUGUSTA, GA.
To Sell More,
Tell Morel
You cannot get the best out of your
business until you put the best into
IE
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.
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 25.
PLANT
-:=At Once==
FALLTURNIP &
CABBAGE SEED
Fresh Stock
GARDELL'S
Seed Department
620 Broad St.
New York’* Moit Accessible Hctai
THE HARGRAVE
112 West 72d Street.
A high-class, modern- fireproof
house. Plx line* of transit “within a
block. Including the Express Subwav
Station, the Elevatr-l (6th and Jih
Av(» I, and nil west *ide surface cars.
Five minute* from Otand Central
Station and the amusement and shop
ping centres; yet In the midst of the
west side re'-idence*. between part
s*nd river—cool. comfortable and
homelike.
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