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PAGE FOUR THE AU6USIA HtKALU 731 Brorfd St., Augusta, Ga. Published Every Afternoon During th« Week end on Sunday Mrrnlng by THE HERALD PUBLISHING C.) Entered at the Augusta Poa.office 01 Mail Matter of the Second Class. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Dally and Sunday, 1 year VI tr Daily and Sunday, 6 months 300 Daily and Sunday. 3 montha 1* Daily and Sunday. 1 month $0 Dally and Sunday, 1 waek ii Sunday Hereld 1 year .... 1 Weekly Hereld, 1 ysar 00 TELEPHONES. Buelnese Office 227 City Editor Society Editor ~2V* No communication will be published in The Herald unless the name of the writ* Is signed to the article. NEW YORK OFFICE —VreHarul Ben iamin As*nny, Brunswick lUitMlnf, Fifth Avenue, New York rity. CHICAGO OFFlCE—Vreelend Hen in min Alter.'v W II Kentfior, Miff, 1101 Boyce RnUdln*. Chicago, 111 The Hern Id la the nfSetnl ndvertlelng medium of the city o' Augusts HfHl I the County of Richmond for all legal oo tlres end advertising Address ell business communlcetlone io THI AUGUSTA HI HALO. 7». Broad St., Augu«t». Oa. ")W YOU WANT TUB NEWS YOU NBBD THE HERALD .’ August*, Oa., Saturday, Sspt. 12, ’OB Circulation of Ihe Herald for 7 Months. 1908 February March 226,578 April May 241466 June 241.829 July 241.202 AugUft 219.700 DAILY AVERAGES. For 7 montha .. 7.6411 For August .. 7,846 Thera la no better way to reach the homea of the prosperous peo ple of thla rlly and auction than through the rolumna of The Her aid Dally and Sunday. Partial leaving Auguata can have The Herald eent them by mall eao*t day. Phone 287, Circulation Dopart mant, If you leav a Auguata, eg that Tho Herald oan reach you each day. That extra aearioti Itaa legislated for three weeks now and hadn't dot"' au> thing. V'.meihlog a wront;. If the rugnlai army la Im rciomd to loo, one m n |.orbitpi a full reglutuir cini.d b< aiaili.mnl at the arsenal un (lie Hill Wash t ll uniat nuiural, after all, that John D a inceatrv ahonld have been traced buck In one of tboae obi lubber barons? It ap|i<aia that Mr llryHn line eon aldcraUu talent lor muiwlttiglnr which he mav develop If his eto mice drive hint to tl. A thorrtleaa roac baa now been pro paanted It la atilt called a rota, l>< rauae a thornlea* roa* by any other iiaine would not smell aa tweet A faahloti paper aaaerla lh:tl "The can’t Keep the sleuth gown down. Hut how can It come up. II It fit* as rloac aa tbuy aay ll doea? An Allnnta man «»» lined |l7 ~e the other dav for hugging a girl. If tl war an Atlanta girl thla tvaa oei talbly an o*cea»lv« bin Taft haa quit dancing and gone fishing That ahowa thal he Is n.c a man of good Judgment, to dance wb«ix 11 la hoi aid go flatting when II turns cool. Our South Carolina mend* i greatly relieved that their primary la ova. I’rtmaHea can be made vert unco intertable thtbga, aa we ha\u experienced on this aide of Hie rive. A whole family t» killed bv gaa In New York the other du> In view of the tael ihat Heat at la about to turu loae hi* independence League or:, tore la thla atate, Georgians ahounl he careful Ye* raullne. ft I* tnic thn: **»«' n'd indy 104 years old. 11l New York, a ■ i rlln>» hei Inngcrltv l<i thi' 'set th>>. *h„ naver won- a coiset Hut •‘l'" did not say that her ••l»t •'«• , '*‘ vfr Imn *que<-sed have seen ilie sheath gown, but no wheat how a* y*t." **>» di l ' bachahu paragrspher >'t the Horn* I*lhurc Herald So he ha« lieici visited a seashore WMrt* go fat that • sirs session has cost the people Ol the itat* (tboiu IJk.IHN* nltd all Ihorr U to 'ho* for It I* talk ld>i H Mt*t hereafter be said tha. talk I* rkrtp, without a guallfyln • pbraae. No Pauline ihst gander which *■>• contributed to the Okarteston New.* and Courier * Hryao rampalin mu I wa«n‘t the mate of the goose tha laid the golden <■«* And even ho seems It* have disappeared ••VVhal trill Ihe. do with th* sheath foan In the winter time when lh> wind* begin lo bio* ' ask" U- Thonaaavllle Time* Kiilerprtse Why, do with them what the teau sir!* han i to do in tha autnmer dme. pad them, of pour**- Btgthy Rve sailors remained ini Meihourn. on French Iran when the deet ealted Perhaps the) had heard of the preparation- the lan* were waking to receive iheni. and ha. 1 their doubt about die nature ol th. , Intended weicomet THE CALL TO BOOKB. Next week the public achools will start ngaln. and that brings up the qtieatlon of school hooka and aehool aiippllea. In the matter of aehool hooks great advance* have been made In recent ear*. Thla h. meant to apply not to text books ao much aa to the manner In which they are aobl. There are thou- old fogies, of course—who aerl oualy doubt whether the newfangled books are better than the old, Hnd who cite the old blue back speller and Murray’s grammar aa proof to auataln their contention that they arc not. However, there |* not ao much changing of text books aa there was Nome yearn ago, when If meant al moat an entire change at the begin ning of each aehool year Changes now are inor,. rare; about the only one made In our local achools this year being the substitution of Evans’ grammar for the one previously In use, and of Evans' grammar It may be said that It la conceded by com patent critics to be superior to any other extant. In the price of school hooka also a gre»i improvement baa been made Formerly they were sold at fearfully exorbitant rales, although then there were scores of publishing houses printing and supplying these booka. But "what was then gained by com petition among publishers was lost in the latitude It left dealers, and the result was high prices. Now the school books are made by the book trust and while, like all other trusts, ll gathers riches for llaelf by charg Ing nior,. than It should for Ha prod nets, because It can avoid the leases j due io oversupply of demand and be j cause |t does fix the price to be charged by dealers the price of school books lo consumers haa been reduced. Th,. trade In second hand hooks has become a regtilur branch of the aehool book trade. Children are taught to take butter care of their books and the books themselves are better made, so that they will last more than one term, ft effects quite u saving to pay part of Iho purchase price of new books In old books, or to buy second hand books Instead of new ones. For this reason Korn* dealers In school books also carry a stock of second hand books to sell, and buy all sec ond hand hooks that are offered them, parents who desire try^save money will look up these dealers Ah to other school supplies, paper, pencils, Ink. etc., there nre many dealers besides the regular book stores which carry theae in stock. They are offered In great variety of style and price, but it la always best to purchase even theae of u reliable (b aler, aa Inferior artlclea can only cause th„ child vexation and lack of Internal In the buying of school hooks and school supplies as much care should be taken as In the purchase of any thing else. Some people seem to for get this. WOMEN AND STREET CARS. The iiiaiiner of women In Rotting ;nIT Ihe atreel ear* ha* lona been :i jstanding subject for the arrow* of the paragrapher. more eapeclally In! the North In the South ihe conduc tor' aaalat lady passengers lo enter nnd leave the car* hence they rarely i 'attempt to leave It until li ha* come to a aland, and li doean'l make much (ll(Terence how they get out. Hut In the North conductor* are nol so eon alderale, lor they allow their lady passenger* to Ret on or ofT a* beat | they may t'lider sm-h eondltlons it jntunt often happen that they will get .-IT while the car la ykt In motion ;and a* everybody know*, thin cannot ‘he done without doing It Ihe right way. To get off Ihe ear. while l( is In motion, without facing In the direc tion Ihe momentum I* being lytertod, Invariably results In a ludicrous ey jperlenre, If nothing more And It has been observed as a curious fart that women almost invariably gel off the car without facing forward, and a* u j consequence arc thrown off their fee. If the car happen* to he In motion It I* nol man'* superior wisdom which saves him from making tht* same mistake, hut only because ho ha* learned from experience the right way. Few men will wait to leave the car until |t has come to a com plete stand, and they have learned only by having been Jerked off their feet a time or two how It must be done Few women have learned thl*. and *vi It often happen* that one re (flirt a lesson In this school. It l> now proposed to make It !m | possible for women to get off the car without looking forward while doing so. by a very simple device, which, !Is being adopted la Chicago It can only lie worked on the pay-es-you enter cars, which have been Intro duced in that and other Northern ‘cities and conslsta In moving the handle When a passenger desires to leave the ear the door t* opened hy | a mechanical device otierated by the motorman. and the passenger, having nothing to grasp except a handle a. ; the forward end of the step, cannot I help tactna lot ward when slapping, off the car. This may be all right in the North, where It Is the custom lo allow ladle to stand in the aisle ar.d hang to straps while men occupy seats. We have no need for such devices in the South, ever, if the pay-as ymi enter cars should be introduced here. Such a thing as a lady standing so long as one single Beat in the car was occupied by a man is Inconceivable In the South, as also would he a lady having to Jump unassisted off i car while in motion. Ho In the South they may get off facing forward, backwards or sideways, without dan ger of being tripped up or without the need of a device to compel them to get off the right way. And who will say that the South ern custom is not the best? THOMAS W. LAWSON. One of the most spectacular nun of the present time is Thomas YY I*awson, of Boston. He Is the most gigantic faker of the present ago. Lik" P 'I. narnttm, he has discovered that the American people love to be hum hugged, and he Is turning this know! edge to account in a practical wnj to gather money into his coffers. A man Of great literary ability, a finished cas list, devoid of all pity or compas sion In his make-up, like an Intcllnc tual spider ho weaves hlr. web with consummate skill, and devour* all ho catches then In. \nd just us Harmin' paraded himself as the prince ot hunt bugs and yet succeeded In hutnhugg ing the people again and again by repeating the same old trick with tin apparent show of sincerity, so Tom Lawson dupes th people again and ngaln by variations of the method he lias worked so long and found ,o ot fectlve. Lawson s plan s by means ol pub licity to bull or bear certain storks. When the break comes he or course Is on the right side, and his dupes are tho lambs thal an shorn. How much Lawson Is making out of this heartless villainy may never bn known until aftqr he tdiail have pass ed Into Judgment, to reap his last re ward, and perhaps not even then Put by the way he continues to work the game It may be safely concluded that he finds It very profitable. Just, now he Ih booming “National Stock" of the American .Smelting Trust. He Is artfully spreading tho bab as none hut he ran do, and thn suckers are doubtless biting the hook It conceals. It will be the same thing ovi t again. lo a twothlrd page ad. In :t recent is up ot the New York Wo: *f Tom Lawson Introduces the subject by the following amazing declaration and statements: "What Is the use of denying; the whole world Ih stock gambling. It should not he so, but it Is so Sen stors and ward politicians, bishops snd curates, Judges and court criers, nwiers, doctors, tin keen, tailors and newspaper editors and all-round slar gsxing moralists, and, and. and— tltclr n.oliiers, wives and sweethearts, and Faro Jim and Ituce Track Dan nnd all the gang "Some believe that the whole world is not stock gambling, hut I to whom they all eonte for a ‘heart- 1 o-hears 'don't for goodness’ sake give us away Investment' know that broadly speak mg all H|e world is stork gambling And way not? The age Is a dollar age, a glvp-me-easo-and-conifort-and luxury and glve-it 10-me quick age, and the only respect able short cut ro quick and easy money Is a stock gamble. "The bishop would not game In stocks or In anything else, but hi* hov Is at college end his daughter must be brought up and while he snd bis good wile have ail and more u> supply their Individual wants It Is their duly 'to Invest their little for tune to the best advantage' Red Mike Is dead on lo how ihe turn was tutned that shot Morgan nnd nis I pals to the top of life's ladder and It Is good enough for his swag a!' ! right, ail right.' From the indolent rooster on the top round to the one glued to the rung In the mud nnd all I ihe In between*, they are all gambling lin stock* Few call thrlr act gamb ling, but lo tit* who hun- tin hopper 1 end of the business, to ns who long al The hopper's content# with unshad ed gl.it ■ we know si I the "nvt A nents.' 'speculation*,' tilers’ and 'bust -1 ness ventures' bear the sane tag—- i stock gambling.' 'something lor noth ing ' When the Philadelphia High church public purist was contidi ntia’ ' ly told that Marrlman *ii» to jump .h* Ciiion ParIIU- dividend to 10 pet eont. overnight and he p-trenased r., not) shares at 150 with Ills earihly nil, $50,000. us margin, and when I'n I ton Pacific Jumped Hi I'**, and tils $50,000 turned into s_>' ,CMH). he Know !He had only been Investing. H'ti when I'nlon Pacific afterward dropix-d i like a ’.Oil front the blue to 100 and I his lltSO.Otlo hrd disappeared In pair v.llow attnosphTe. and hb invest t mem was a vacuum into which had I been sucked all the hinds of which I he was (runlet Hit- coroner fount! I plneed to his suicided retntiltis thl truth tag 'All that remains of a ' Rambling thief ' “ ; What of Tom 1-awsoti's broad as j aertlon that "The whole world 1* i ttock gamtiling?" It la not true, lit erally. of course Hut unfortunately | iheee i« list much troth In It. Th. 1 ; gambling spirit, 'he desire to get something lor nothing. Is all 100 com mon, ’ur great- *t national rum* In temperance or the curse of the drtna evil, In comparison with this gamb ring spirit In It* degeneration of ' inoraltti a* well a* the imperial wne. I it bring*, la sea reel y worth comlder- Img Tn lbs correct loti 'he strongest I efforts of reformer* should be dl reeled Vttd what of Tom l.awson. who | sees so clearly thl* evil of ihe gamb ling spin and who know* so well I s terrible cnnsenttegeea, pro* tit itlng hi* great talents to * ncournglug It, that | lie nuxy gather to the slv '- i of the 1 victims whom he lutes to deaf Tao ttouf THE AUGUSTA HERALD AS THE HERALD SAID. Bui Fell Short of His Opportunity Th<‘ Augusta Herald, in comment ing upon the man who was selected to trace the pedigree of the Rocke feller family and who found they were of royal descent, says that he was a man who did what was ex pected of him.—Thomasvllle Times- Enterprise. Hlsgen’s Candidacy. To the Tennesseean Hlsgen’s name look' Ilk* a typographical error. But that Isn’t, she worst fault it has, ob serves the Augusta Herald. Hfs can didacy Is a political error.--Nashville Tennesseean. Eryan’s Speeches Canned. The Augusta Herald says that Mr. Bryan has bee.n talking speeches in a phonograph. So even our children will not escape from the eloquence from which few Americans now liv ing have been able to escape.— Homerville News. The People Are Weary of Them. The Augusta Herald says: "The people are weary of Big Sticks and bosses. They are tired of autocrats snd overlords. -Savannah Press. Martyrs Galore in Georgia. Talking a'bout. martyrs, isn’t. Geor gia full of them? asks the Augusta Herald. What, are all of us thiraty prohibitionists, held down to neat'- beer and contraband bottled stuff, if not martyrs? Richmond Times. Wonders Never Cease. The Augusta Herald thinks the sev en wonders of the world are the sev en men who are makiug the race for the White House. Wonders never cease.—Elbeiton Star. Impelled Only by Love of Truth. The Augusta Herald says South Carolina Is not as tightwadlsh as Texas. But Augusta has to talk that way for fear of forfeiting the life saving privileges of North Augusta, S. C. Houston Post. TALKS ABOUT AUGUSTA. One Heavy item of Loss. It Is said that those who sold fur- j nltitre in Augusta, Ga.. have lost over $l2O 000 by the flood doing damage to the furniture sold - Marietta Journal. The Forests Must Be Saved. Now they say that the Augusta flood was due to the cutting of the forests, and dire things are predicted by the experts unless plans are adopt ed for the protection of that. Industry. Thomasvllle Times Enterprise. A Gigantic Undertaking. Augusta is figuring on building a levee six miles long, sixty feet wide at the base and ten feet wide at the top, to restrain the waters of the Savannah river. The levee is esti mated to cost over SIOO,OOO. hut the, price will he cheap if it should have the desired effect.—Dublin Times. The Curse at Her Door. While Augusta has heen relieving some of the want and distress on thj Carolina side of tho rlvor. South Cam llna has been dispensing her mean liquor to residents of Augusta, thus adding to the distress on the Georgia side of the Savannah. Aiken county mav be reaping a profit from her liquor business, but she is sowing the wind and will vet reap the whirlwind. —Fidg”fleld Advertiser. A City of Wonderful Energy. The overflow of the Savannah river was a severe blow to Augusta. It damaged the city a Rl-eat deal; hut what difference does that make? Tin' energetic citizens of that town went to work just as soon aa the water re ceded, to Topalr all damage and to restore the city to what It was before the overflow Certainly, great prog ress has heen made. Getting the wa ter out of the cellars was a big job All kinds of engines and pumps were put to work nnd for days there was a steady flow of water from the cel lars. In a few days everything will he in shape and the overflow of the Savannah river in August 1908, will only be remembered as a part of the history of the eltv. Edgefield News. ♦ ► WITH OUR CONTEMPORARIES « wv▼»rw▼ w w » ▼ ▼ ▼ May Go Back Too Far. The fa*h(on-maker* of Parts are turning backward through the cen turles for Ideas Heaven grant that they will stop before they get to the Harden o % Eden- Albany Herald. Did You Expect Anything Else? Th,. cotton crop Is short, but “Ut ile Joe and the gang are not running the price up like they promised us the. would. We arc getting very im pa!..\ Alpharetta Free Press. Like Cause Produces Like Effect. In the shadow of Mncoin's grave a race riot was waged Had there been no provocation there would have been no riot It shows most forcibly that 4here is no Mason * Dixon line limit «hen su.-h crime* are committed.— Waynesboro True Cltlien. The Open Door in Manchuria. The member nt th*. ttrtttsh parlia ment who expressed the opinion that the open door In Manchuria Japan promised 1* an open sham was. It would appear, not (ar out tn his judg ment -* Richmond News Leader. Roore Artist* Suffered. The boo*, artist* have suffered ter rtbb in the last few day* on account of the express company being unable lo make deliveries However, the • Itlcr joints h»v.- been doing a rush ,lns business. Anderson Intelligencer, INFLATED REPORTS CAUSED_FAILURE A. Booth and Co., Failure Due to Inflated Reports of Sales and Money Panic CHICAGO. —Inflated reports of sales by managers of branch houses, extending over a period of three years, and resulting in a misleading annual statement, it Is learned, were responsible for the receivership pro ceedings for A. Booth & Co. The Chicago banks which were the principal creditors of the corporation discovered th c character of these statements a few days ago in an audit of the books, and at once took steps to protect creditors. An official of one of ...te four Chi cago banks which hold nearly sjoo,- 000 of the firm’s paper said that the receiver was appointed after the banks had learned that, some persons connected with A. Booth & Co. had issued misleading statements concern ing its volume of business. The Booth brothers are reported not to have known anything about these faise statements. The fact that the last annual state ment does not account for new money proceeds of the last stoekß is also be ing Investigated. Secretary Cochran has a different explanation to make. "The panic of last fall and vege tarianism to which the poor people vver e forced when thrown out of em ploment,” h f . declared, “are responsi ble for most of our troubles. "It is a well known fact that the company supplid two-thirds of the oysters, fish and all sea food eaten in this country. The bulk of this trade ts among poor people. The company's chief business has been upon fish that retail at 8, 10 and 12 cents a pound, especially in large cities. We de pended mostly upon our fresh water fish business —the largest in the world—in which the trade came from working people—herring and lake perch and such cheap varieties. When th e working people wor e thrown out of employment and stopped buying fish our trade fell off tremendously. Trade has just begun to pick up and if the bankers had not taken alarm and had given us a little more time j we would have come out all right.” FARMERS MEETING IN EDGEFIELD TODAY Will Organize Club to be Allied With Savannah Valley Association. The farmers of Edgefield territory are holding a mass meeting today for the purpose of organizing a far mers’ club there which will become allied with the Savannah Valley As- I sociated Farmers’ Clubs, making a j total of eight clubs belonging to the j organization on the other side of the ] ! river. These are the Schultz Hill, Beech j i Island, Ellenton, Salkahatehie, Clark's j Hill. Bennett’s Spring and Meriweth ;er clubs. All of them are In prosper ous condition and will have displays at the Georgla-Carollna fair in Au gusta this fall. There fs one club in Richmond county which is a member of the al lied clubs, this being the Richmond County Agricultural Society. It will ihold a meeting next Saturday, whlrh will be the last until after the Geor | gia-Carolina fair. t The organization of the Edgefield club will be formally eoirsummated at the meeting today and immediate ap plication will be made for entry into the central organization. The club will probably be one of the largest and strongest in the association. HUNTING CANDIDATE TO OPPOSE CUMMINS Former Governor nnd For mer Secretary of Treas ury are Favored. [>KS MOINES. la.—Tho (laud-pot organization is looking about tor a candidate whom they may use to op pose fiovernot Cummins at the No vember primary election, to fill the unexpired term of Swnator Allison. Former governor J act son and for mer Secretory of the Treasui y Leslie M. Shaw are looked upon with favor. Jackson, while not eager to make the race, yesterday told a delegation he would give tho matter his considera tion. A delegation has been «ent to t’hieago lo confer with Shaw, Con gressmen Haughen ami Smith have refused to mike the race, preferring a sure place in the lower house than a chance In the upper Mouse. MERRY WIDOW ADS HAVE REACHED CITY The advance advertisement* of “The Merry Widow" have reached th city. This, the greatest of operatic hit* of recent year* is scheduled to play here under the management of 1 Henry W Savage about the middle of | October, but Its Importance account* I for the earliness of the preliminary ■ advertising These are In the shape I of large photographs, vine framed and wreathed. The s'und* were placed in prominent places and attracked much i attention. THE CAUSF. Uingntri l.tnnlg n It ru- >• ply awful ter be afflicted wit' dls' “spirit uv untv ' * r>. ...I ►. nt...u about lately. Torpid Thoma* -1 know dal along dat dem cookto schools wur ri■■ foro runners of some national calamity! I I‘uek. Come, Take a Look. new neckwear of the Dorr Kind Is Here. \ Just a word to say that never before was such an offering of neck fixings shown by us. Fancies of various schemes and innumer able shadings. Plain colors in a score of different tints, all made according to the Dorr Standard of style. 50c to $3.50 DORR Tailoring, Furnishings for Men of Taste House Raiser J. W. Giffin, practical house raiser and mover, can be found at 841 Broad St., McAuliffe’s Plumb ing Shop. Amusements rNext MONDAY NIGHT THE GRAND Geo. M, Cohan's Successful Musical Play, “45 MINUTES FROM BROADWAY.” I Scotch Welsh A KID BURNS Francis Gordon PLAIN MARY Seats now selling. iPßices 50c, 60c, 75c, SI.OO, $1.50. 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. “Be A Booster!” Ihaßmsir ( Through the courtesy of the Arch Booster, Mr. Samuel Graydon, of the “Boost club,” of New York.) The Booster Club of Au usta IS Doing Great Work in the Present Get in the Game. Be a Booster. READ HERALD WANT ADS. SATURDAY. SEPT. 12 GET THE RIVER MUD OFF. hygea Furniture Polish 25c Bottle Will make your furniture look an other sort. VARNISH STAINS For funlture, woodwork and floors. Call at the store ad we will help you get rid of all traces of the freshet. L.A.GARDELLE DRUGGIST, 620 Broad St. For Sale 33 aoreß, Hhar Wrightsboro road, sever, miles from Augusta. 15 acres cleared balance pine, oak and hickory. Four room house and barn. Bold spring and branch. One mile from Graig's Crossing, price $1,000.00 APPLY Clarence E. Clark 842 BROAD ST. AUGUSTA, GA. T. G. BAILIE & COMPANY 832 BROAD ST. Large assortment of Wall Paper and Compe tent Force of Workmen to do Prompt Work. Big Stock of MATTING, CARPETS AND RUGS. REASONABLE PRICES ON EVERYTHING ICE ICE