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PAGE FOUR IHt AU6USIA tItRALi) 731 Broad fct., Augusta, Ga. Published E vary Afternoon During the Wot* anti on Sunday Morning by the HERALD PUBLISHING CJ. Entered at the Augusta Postoffics at Mall Matter of the Second Class. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ©*l»y and Sunday, 1 year f 6 y Dal y and Sunday, 6 rronths 3 0»j Dally ar.d Sunday, 3 month* I,oC folly and Sunday, 1 -oonth .60 ally and Sunday, 1 week ,'ii unday Harald, 1 year 1»lK* Weekly Herald, 1 year TELEPHONES. Ouslnena Office B*/ •ny Editor • 1 Society Editor No communication will be published ii- The Herald unless the name of the writ is signed to the article. NEW YORK OFFICE-~Vr'' ard Iter.- Jnmln Agency', llrunawlcfc Rutldlng, Fifth Avenue, New York Oily. CHICAGO OFFICE—Vr' eh,nd Renl» mln A gen i-y W 11. Kenfnor, Mn r . IJ I Hovot Building, Chicago. 111. *"*°Tlt# Herald Is Hie offlrlaJ advertising rr.rdluir of Ihe City Augiisin and < t the County of I\\< h: -nd for alt legal no tines and advertisin' Address all business communications to nil AUGUST A IIIRALD, T 3; BrOSd •«., Ai/qusts. 0.. ■'IF YOU WANT THE NEWS YOU N6FD THI HERALD.' 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 a e •o POINTS AND COUNTER- ♦ ♦ POINTS. ♦ * • 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. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ SOME POLITICAL DOPE. 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 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. ♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦♦♦a • • ♦ LITTLE FLASHES OF WIT ♦ ♦ • **♦♦**♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* 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 ) 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. \ 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. » ] 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. Special Rates from May to Octoban i Write for booklet and mao.