The Augusta herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1890-1908, September 13, 1908, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 18

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PAGE FOUR IHE AU6USIA HERAIi) 711 Broad St., Augusta, Ga. Published Every Afternoon During tht Waek and on Sunday Mcrninq by TH6 HIRALD PUBLISHING CJ. fnttrad at tha Augusta Pos.offics a* Mall Matter of tha Second Class. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Dally and Bunday, 1 year *6 u Daily and Sunday. 6 months 3-0 u Daily and Sunday, 3 months I.sx Dally and Sunday. 1 month SO Dally and Sunday, 1 week ~ 1J Sundfcy Herald, 1 year. ..... 1.0 Weakly Herald. 1 year SO TILIPHONII Business Office 257 City Editor ?V9 Society Editor No oommunlcatlon will be published *n The Herald unless the name of the writ* la signed to the article NEW YORK OFFlCE—Vreeland Hen In min Agency, Hrunewick Hu tiding* Fifth AretiAie. Ifew Tortr City CHICAGO OFFlCE—Vreelend-RenJ-i min Agency W H Kentnor, Mr . 11°* Hoyoe Building. Chicago. 111. The Herald Is the official advert lain* medium of the flty o' Augunta and I the County of Richmond for all legui i»o tloee and advertising Address * - unloatlorte cr, THt AUGUSTA HIRALD. 73 Broad St., Augusta, Oa. “IF YOU WANT TUB NEWS YOU NEED THE HERALD.* <ws||^k> Augusts. Os.. Sunday, Sept. 13, 1904 Circulation of Iho Herald for 7 Months. 1908 February 210,4** March 226,57* April 222.012 May ~ 243.866 June 241.829 July 241.202 August 219.700 DAILY AVERAGES. For 7 months 7.648 For Align** 7.846 There Is no belter way to reach . the home* of the prosperous peo ple of thl* city end •eetloti than through the column* of Thu Her ald Dully and Sunday. Parties leaving Auguat* e»n have Th* Herald sent them by map each day. Phone 297, Clreul*t>on Depart nient, If you leave Augusta, »o that Tha Herald can reach you each day. Mr Bryan put th. Axing** on Uncle Joe Cannon nil light, didn’t ho? A* a trilKl buster Priuldent Uastrn ECeni: a much greater success than our man with th<> Big stir*,. Taft hae a (Inorgla cook, hut It la the Georgians at large who will cook hi* goose for him. \i waa aald of the clißrge of the ].ig)|i Brigade after It waa over, no II tfust he aald of the i xtrn none lon "HdSielindy ha* blundered " Mr Dele, say* that hla meal*, while out on 111* campaign lour, coat him only IH centa | , day. 11,. do. a not, however, alnte who para th„ balance. Tfce people are Atiniiclhg th,, tm t lona I democratic campaign, and ao far they hav a not made a howling sue ceaa of It. The aevere defeat of John Oaiy Kvsna In Hotith Carolina I* lull an other pointer to ahow that the |>eopln everyWhem want a new deal. The Honaton Poat atatea that n Texas iad ar nllow, d a collar button and It canaod hla death. Hut that Isn't atrunge, aince In Texa* they wear bra** collar button*. Captain John Hhlpp. who awnm down Kill* *lreet during the recent flood fa*f enough to overtake and lateh a big flab. 1* a nhlp that i» well navigated To Jud*e by the sensational shake atorlea aent out from Valdosta the et pres* company muat be doing a good buslnea* In that town through It* Jug carrying department Jf our atnt,. legislator! war,, paid by the piece for all the work they do, they would have finished the work that called them together In extra session long ago. But whv should (he Kansas City paragrapher who spoke of "Kansas' a mailing corn crop" b,. given the wa ter cure, a* the Atlanta Georgian de mandt? It seems that the corn cure would be moat appropriate. At least there I* some comfort In the thought that Teir babbling extra session cannot, like the habbilng brook, go ob forever If will expire by the statute of limitation, If It can't adjourn For all that I* being said about the young Turk* In Turkey It will pmb ably be found that by thanksglv Ing da' they are not as numerous her,' as ao much untie* of them enexmragext us to believe. Pretty women kissed Hlsgcn re cently when he made a speech Now. If they would treat Tour Watson as well he would at le**t get something ntc* out of hla rar,. for Ute presi dency. Will all who believe the Btory In the Marxru Telegraph and other papers to the effect that Jo*. Brown Intends to stump the state In the Interest of Bryan, please rise and stand until they are counted * IT-- ' ' *—* •>• Sill The Aoierlcu* Time* Recorder say* that there are really only two parties In Georgia tn this light, the deruocrau and the postmaster* That , would mahe it the sstne old fight between the out* and the tna. MAKING THE DOLLAR DO MORE WORK IN AUGUSTA THAN EVER BEFORE. Can we not make the dollar (lo raor,. work In Augusta next week than ever before? Every one of our citizens ls loyally, patriotically and earnestly giving his time and energy and means to the work In hand Why not apply the same rule to the dollar In our midst? Put the Idle dollars to work Just as we have put the Idle men to work A dollar has no more right to sit around these days and snooze and lake life easy than any one else. There's plenty of work here for every idle dollar In the community, and one of the best things to start with Is to pay your bills. If a 1,000 people Monday will start out their Idle dollars In paying bills, we ll have men and money both ut work In Augusta, and It’s a strong combination. WHY NOT BE PROSPEROUS? Rather a suggestive sentence and yet It means just what It says as applied to the people of the country as a whole or to the people of Augusta. The people of this country hSve too many natural advantages, too many resources, to be affected by io-called trade depression unless they want to be Splendid crops are being harvested, manufacturing Is being resumed new markets pre being opened. As the Saturday Evening Post says: “Depression Is the unreason able state. The United States enjoying a period of trade depression looks like a man with a house full of corn, oil, wine and honey, who Bits down to munch a ham sandwich because his banker spoke unkind ly to him ■' Augusta has made up Its mind lo do business this year and she Is doing it, THE FALL FAIR IN AUGUSTA. * Augusta* Fall Knlr ran and will be made the best ever given by the Georgia Carolina Fair Association. The backbone of the fair is of course the splendid farmers’ clubs association among the farmers 1 n this section of the two states, and which Is especially strong In South Carolina Under the auspices of the farmers' club's movement, splendid agricultural exhibits will be made "second to none In the Soiftb. A fair would not be a fair unless there was a midway and races and balloon ascension and air ships, and of these there will be a plenty. A poultry show and a pet stock show are also Included. The Herald feels assured that Augusta's fall fair this year will he the big gest and best ever. ——- - - ... . ~ - ■ -—■■■—■ ■—» ■ ■■■■■- NO LETUP IN THE WORK. There Is and ran be no let up In the work of rapidly rehabilitating and renovating the city. A vast amount of work has already been done— a vast amount still remains to he done. With th ( . same energy continued and Intelligently directed the re maining work will soon be finished. But the splendid record that Au gusta has already mnde should be maintained until every bit of flood damage has been repaired Let there be no let up In the work still to be done either by the city or the Individual citizens, TRADE AND BUSINESS ARE GOOD IN AUGUSTA. Augusta hi* n trade renter, aa a business renter, hns no right to complain Trade Is good and Is going to be hotter. As The Herald stated otn,. weeks ago, If you am not getting your share, It la beeausa y eit ar.. not In position to hnndb- It, or because th,. people do not know that you have the goods and can render thp service. Well, from now on, with cotton coming Into town In larger quant! ties there i- no reason why Augusta should not make tills year's busi ness a record one. THOROUGH WORK OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. All of the city departments, as well ns the Individual citizens and properly holders, have done splendid work In repairing and wiping out the flood damages. But In the nature of she ease tho brunt of this work has fallen upon the Health Department of the city, and Dr. Eugene Murphey and his Inspectors and Mr. Harry Heaver, superintendent of the scavenger ser vle,. and Ihe men tinder him, have done a splendid public service In th, prom [it and efllelent way In grblch this work has been done. The emergency work has been done and done well, and we feel ear,. that the rest that remains to h e done will h,» as steadily pursued. Th,, rltL in- ran rest assured that Augusta Is clean and sanitary onre more and will stay so. MR HEAR3T AND THE INDEPENDENCE LEAGUE CANDIDATES SHOULD VISIT AUGUSTA. Last Friday evening In Allants Col John Temple Graves was offi rlally notified of his nomination for the vice presidency by ihe Indepen dence party. This was the last of the offlelal notifications, and it was Ihe most pleasant and significant of all. Although Uol Graves Is not 1 at the present time a resident of this State, he Is as he will ever remain, a Georgian, and It was most fitting that the notlfleatlon ceremony should have been held in the capital of the stale It Is there where he did his great work In the two news paper* he established and It Is Atlanta with which his name must al ways be most closely connected, no matter how high the honors the future may have in store for him, or so what city they may call him. The meeting was a great ovation to Uol. Graves, and to his running males and the executive h"*d of the patty as well. But this was no surprise to the well Informed, to those who have looked beneath the surface of present political nondttt >us iu this state. John Temple Graves Is of ad Georgians in public life today the most admired. There are other Georgians as great as he. there are others as prominent, or who have done as much. But there Isn't one of Georgia's public- men who hss been as active a* he. and Is held In such general esteem. All others have enemies: John Temple Graves hss none. Hq Is the one Georgian In public life today whom all Georgians love, and against whom no one harbors an unkind thought. There have been those who have made light of the Independence parly movement In this state. They did this because it conflicted with their plan* or notions, and because it was a now thing under she Bouth ern sun The great and enthusiastic meeting In Atlanta demonstrated that, so far as Atlanta Is concerned, this notion was erroneous There are people iu Atlanta who look vith favor upon the movement, and there can be no doubt that now. Ince they have seen the party lead era fare to face and have heard them speak. It will grow in favor. And this applies to other cttles and other parts of the state as well It has been stated that this distinguished party of Independence league leaders proposes to visit other cities In Georgia Thev should hv all mean* Include Augusta In the eltle* they will vdslt. The people of Augusta love Uol Graves They know little of Mr Hlsgen -h --head of tue ticket, but they must admire him for the gallant fight he has made against the Rtaudard Oil octopus They would like to «• Captain Yancey Carter, the tndc|>endem-e party candidate for govern or, who Is not without friend* here as has been shown by a nubile endorsement of his candidacy recently made. And. above all thev would like to meet face to face Mr, Ilearst, the founder of th,. par the Man of Mystery.'' as Lincoln Stefflns called him. the man who U so bitterly vilified by those who fear him, bu' who without question H one of the most ts»wetful men In the Interest he wields tn the countr today. Few Augustan* have seen him, hut many would be greatlv pleased to meet him The Ilearst party should by all means visit Augusta. They would get a reception hete equal to that given them In Atlanta And August* 1« a greet city, tfc. capital of the famous tenth district, the metropolis of eastern Georgia and western Carolina 1» woult( be a mistake of the party managers ft In their Uluerary of tne state they fa.i to Include Auguste. / THE AUGUSTA HERALD THE EFFORT TO PLAY POLITICS IN THE PRESENT EMERGENCY A few days ago tha Chronicle pub- Ished a sensational story with scare headlines and set the local politlc.il pot to boiling again In Its charges against the city administration of discrimination in the emplovm nt O', men needed for emergency wotl: on the streets of the city. As a result of these charges, we find the follow ing clipping In the Ttmes-llecorder of Amerieus. Municipal politics In Augusta seems to be a pretty dirty sort of business. The charge is openly made that worthy men, with fam ilies dependent upon them, were J denied work on repairs and cann ing up, because they were "not right " politically. The gulltv pol Itteians ought to be tarred and feathered and run out of the city on a rail. A tuzzard would be preferable company. Tills 1? putting Augusta In a bad and unfair light and at bad time be fore the people of the whole state, and ph the statements of the various elty officials have shown.ln an un true light as well. Is it a proper thing to do to attempt to make po litical capital out of the present sit uation to divide again the people of the etty Into warring factions, when Augusta needs the help and assist ance of every one of its citizens? There has been plenty of politics In .""itsta for the future, enough to cult even the most politically inclin ed of our citizens, of either political faction. We think that even the Chronicle with its tncreasng desire to run tho politics of the city will , find plenty here to amuse itself for the future. But the point that The Herald j makes is that this Is no time for the j Chronicle or any of our citizens to j attempt to make political capital out j of Augusta's present emergency and distress, or to publish to the world distorted and untrue situations If they ran be made to appear to reflect upon the present city administration which Is struggling bravely and energetical ly and loyally with the situation that confronts our entire people. ■ «■» ■ THE PATHOS OF A YOUNG EDI TOR'S DEATH. The Thomson Free Lance came this week with its editorial head rules reversed, in token of mourning. The cause was the death of Its editor and | principal owner, Col. James W. j Green. There was a peeuliar pathos tn this because this mourning issue was only its second number. Col. Green was ] a Virginian, who had made Thomson his home. He was still comparative- I ly a young man, a lawyer, and a man nt sterling worth, who had rapidly i made friends in his adopted home. In his earlier years Col. Greene had been a newspaper man, and the old I love remained with him sufficiently strong to lead him to think of start trig a paper in Thomson. That little ‘city already had two papers, both of i hem fully up to the average of week ly papers, and to start another one [under these circumstances was a bold i undertaking. But this Col. Green de | elded to do, believing that a well edited, progressive paper would not only be a paying Investment, but a strong factor in the upbuilding of the community. So the press and printing plant were provided and Installed. While this was being done Col. Green was taken 111 Hut he prepared the copy, and front his sick bed directed the printing of the first issue. It was printed and the first copy brought to him. a newspaper such as any edi tor would have Juat reason to be proud of, well printed and typographi cally as neat as a paper could be made, with an excellent news serv ice and a strong editorial page. And the next day he died; other hands got out the second Issue of the paper, of which the hading article on the editorial page whs the story of the editor's life and death, written by a I friend. Death ls always sad, but sometimes It Is glorious. Wolfe, dying on the plains of Abraham with the shouts of victory raised by his soldiers ring ing In his ears, died a glorious death. The man who dies In the hour of sig nal success over a legion of adverse circumstances dies a glorious death. Such was ihe death of Col. Green. He had succeeded In the worthy ob- Jcoi he had undertaken. He had cause to feel joy in the success h“ had won and he died before the long struggle for maintenance had begun, which would weary and perhaps turn all present joy to bitter disappoint ment. In his death the press of the state has . >st a star that had Just risen and whoso flrsi appearance gave promise of a brilliant course When Every Oay Shall Be Sunday. An Indiana paper aava that Sunday and Day are the names of two fann er* near Martlnton. Sunday has five sons and Day five daughter*. Three of the Suudar boys already mar rted Day girl* With she other two brother* courting the remaining sis ter* It look* a* thoug'' every *“»> | »"«ld b* Suudar hr and bye.—Griffin {New*. RETURNING HOME AGAIN. A great many of the people of Augusta were away on their vacations and holidays and so missed the flood and freshet scenes, but most of them lost no time In returning hom e by train or boat when they heard of Augusta’s loss. But today it ls saf e to say that most of Augusta’s population are all home again and hard at work. Hundreds who generally stay longer have returned earlier, and Augusta’s army of energy has been largely in creased. All told, we Imagine that Augusta at the present time has more of her population at home and at work than ever before. KEEP THE PUMPS GOING. The work of pumping out the cellars of the city is steadily going on. Keep the pumps going all over the city until every cellar is so dry that it will stay dry. A great many of the blocks have been pumped only to find water again the next day in the cellars. This is a little discouraging to the many makes of pump that have been so busily at work, and yet in the nature of the case there remains nothing to be done, but to set the pumps working again and to keep on pumping until all the cellars are dry and can be made clean and sanitary once more. So keep the pumps going and let the work go on. BRITISH AND AMERICAN SYS TEMS OF TAXATION. The burden of national government is a heavy one to be borne by the people of all civilized countries. Gov ernment functions take such a wide range, calling for such heavy expen ditures which must be met by col lecting the money out of the people under some method of taxation, that the burden In the aggregate is bound |to be heavy. The total annual or | dinary expenses of our government now exceed $600,000,000, and the gov ernment expenses of other leading countries are in proportion. All this money is collected from the ! people by taxation. Under our sys j tem of taxation nearly all of this is derived from two sources, internal revenue and duties on imports, th§ latter usually supplying the greater part. Both methods are a tax upon the consumer. The excise tax collect ed by the government upon a gallon of whiskey or upon a box of cigars Is carried from the manufacturer through the jobber and retail dealer to the consumer, and the man who drinks the whiskey or smokes the 1 cigar pays the lax. Likewise also with the tariff tax. The duties col i lected on sugar or salt are carried from the Importer through the job ber and retailer to the consumer, and the family which-uses these necessi : ties of life pays the tax. In both systems It Is the consumer who pays, which means that the poor man pays, not relatively but abso lutely, as much tax for the support of I the national government as the rich j man. He often pays more, for the poor man with a large family may, and In many cases does, consume more of the necessaries of life on which the taxes are laid, than the i millionaire who may have no family and Is of the Hetty Green order. In other words, under our system of taction the cost of operating the federal government is placed princi pally upon the poor, and the rich escape their share of this burden. In England It is different. Approx imately 40 per cent of the entire re ceipts of the British government from taxes are derived from two sources— death duties and the income tax. According to the report Just issued by the government for the fiscal year | ending March 31 last, the gross amount that passed at death during the year was over $1.5i5.000,000, which produced In death duties about $72,500,000. In Great Britain immense fortunes are less common than in this country. In the year 1906, which was notable for the number of mil lionaires that died, of twelve estates probated only two reached $15,000,000 and the entire twelve barely amount ed to $100,000,000. In this country two estates recently appraised, that ;of Russell Sage at $64,000,000, and that of William B. Leeds at $40,- 000.000, together exceeded that suip, and neither was subject tft a federal tax. The British Income tax, according to the same government report, pro duced $159,000,000. At the same time only 20 persons had incomes assessed at more than $250,000. 241 persons be tween $50,000 and $250,000. and 517 persons between $25,000 and $50,000. For the year 1906-7 the gross income was nearly $4,720,000,000, and the in come on which the /ax was collected $3,200,000,000, the difference between the two sum* showing In a way the extent to which small Incomes are favored. This shows the difference between the English and our system of taxa tion. In our country the rich are practically exempt from taxation while In England they bear their share. Our system Is based on con sumption of goods; the English ays- I tem on ability to pay. Who will say that the English system ls not the most equitable and just? What we need is a federal income and Inheritance tax. to make the rich contribute their Just share towards the co»t of operating the government. Our own John Temple ls the only i vice presidential candidate who Is I now m the public eye, as b» is tne t nly one who It a bigger man than [ tue bead of bis tlckeL MUST VOTE FOR JOE BROWN. There is no denying the fact that the idea of Hon. Joseph M. Brown becoming governor of Georgia is very repugnant, to a large number of voters. The Atlanta Journal is, with much reason, believed to belong to this class. Hence it is not strange, as is really the case, that many let ters are addressed to it on this sub ject. Recently it published several such letters, in which the writers declared themselves opposed to Joe Brown to such a degree that they would vote for his opponent, or seeming to seek endorsement for or justification of such a course. With these letters as its text The Journal preached a strong sermon, concluding as follows: The Journal cannot undertake to dictate to men of the highest Intelligence and most approved democratic loyalty In the past as to what course they shall pursue. We can only speak for ourselves, and while we recognize the force of the arguments which have been brought to bear, we must main tain the view that having gone into the primary, we must abide the result. We entered the primary in good faith; we did not contest the result of the election and we feel bound to abide by It. We intend to abide by It, tn letter and in spirit, and so far as we can Influence others will seek to persuade them to do likewise. Party discipline is more effective than unorganized warfare and our own advice is to work out our regeneration within the party lines. How the conscience of those papers must lash them —assuming that they have a conscience—which have been snarling at The Journal on the as sumption that it was antagonizing Joe Brown and encouraging opposi tion to him. Unequivocally and as plain as words can express it, The Journal announces that it intends to abide by the primary, in letter and in spirit, and more than that, ‘‘so far as we can Influence others will persuade them to do likewise.” The most abject apology is due it by those papers which have so viciously and causelessly proclaimed other wise, if in their criticisms they were honest. There can be no question that those who participated in the primary are in honor bound by its result They may vote for Taft or Watson in the presidential election without a breach of faith, for the state primary was •not in any wise connected with the national election, but they must sup port Joe Brown in the October elec tion. The only thing which would relieve them of this moral obliga tion would be fraud in the primary by which its result was reached. This is claimed, and those who now say that they will not vote for Joe Brown in the regular election base their right to do so on the fraud as serted to have been perpetrated in the primary. This reason is not a valid one. If fraud was perpetrated, In illegal reg istration or voting, protest should have been made at the time and a contest entered. This was not done. If the assertions of fraud are true, then the party defrauded slept over its rights. No contest having been entered the bare assertion that frauds were committed cannot be allowed to void the result, and release the opponents of Joe Brown In the pri mary of their moral obligation to sup port him in the election. As The Journal well says, having gone Into the primary we must abide the result. Unless we wish to kill the primary system and again allow the negro to be the deciding factor In our state politics, the result of the primary must be sustained at the polls no matter how bitter the pill may be to the defeated party. Is it possible that the extra session is prolonged becat&e that blind tiger has returned to the capttol, and the legislators have grown ho fond of hint that they Just can't leave him? * mmm> • • i The Houston Best has quit counting t the days that intervene between the present and the day of Brvan a elec j Holt. Have the Texan* quit looking , ahead in confident anticipation to [those postmastvrahips? SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 Have You Seen Our Selwyn Stripes 9 * ■ They’re the newest feature for Fall Clothes. But our stock is not confined to any on e style of goods. With ample capital we command the choice of all productions. COME IN NOW FOR FALL CLOTHES. Avoid th e rush that’s sure to come and take first pick of our beautiful goods. DORR \ Tailoring, Furnishings for Men of Taste House Raiser J. W. G-iffin, practical house raiser and mover, can be found at 841 Broad St., McAuliffe’s Plumb ing Shop. DISINFECTANTS NOW IS THE TIME TO USE THEM SIN SANITARY FLUID. The ideal disinfectant. True deod erizer and germicide; a powerful anti septic and purifier for the sanitary purification of dwellings, schools, hos pitals, water closets, sinks, slaughter houses, stables, etc. One pint 20c One quart 35c One gallon SI.OO Five gallons, per gal 75c Special prices made on Barrels. N. L, WILLET SEED COMPANY 309 JACKSON ST. 'Phone 498. T. G. BAILIE I 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 Columbia Bicycles YOU GET BETTER VALIJ FOR YOUR MONEY WHEN BUY A COLUMBIA. Price, $40.00 BO WENBROS. 908 Broad Street. PHONE 55.