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FOUR THE AUGUSTA HERALD Publlahsa Every Afternoon IHjrlrig ths Week Anil un Sunday M'irnhi* THE HERALD n ill.lWHlNii DO Mitered al the Augusta Poet office m M»U Mailer of the Second - r lane ■ flatly and Sunday. 1 year W■** Dally and Sunday, per week It Dally and Sunilay, per month M Sunday Herald. I year I n » PHONES: Rnatneea Office 797 t Want ad phone lit Society ttlt 1 Marne's Editor 799 New, Room ,0 1 ■ »• . -r r, Ifrotdktotf Represent at fv ffii— The Benjamin A Kentnor Co., 27f. Fifth Ave. New York City, 171* PeopVe flsa lltilld Ing; Adame 8t„ and Michigan Hlvd., Chicago TRAVMUNO nFJTnKPKNT ATIVKS J Kllnck and W D M. Owens are the only authorlaed traveling repreeenlallvea for The Herald Pay no money to oihera unleae they can nhow written authority from Buatnrea Manager of Hrt-ald I’ub llehlng Co, Address all huelneae communloellona in TMI AUQUITA HERALD. 711 Broad Street. Auguata, <ia. No communication will lie puhilahed in The Herald unleae the name of the writer le signed to the artlrle Th« Augusta Jitra d h«* a dly circulation, and • larger total circula tion than »ny other Augueta i*«p«*. Tl»la has been proven by the Audit Co., ui New York. The Herald OuaranUee Advertiser • per cent, more Home Carrier City Cir culation in August* than la given by any other Auguata paper. Thla guarantee will be written In eeery coiitruct and The Herald Wi4 b« ready and willing at all tlrnea to give full accttae to lie record* to ail adver ttears who wlah to teat the accuracy of tma guarantee in comparison with the claims of other Auguata Newepapera. THE WEATHER. Auguata and Vicinity. ÜBaalUcd weather tonight and Sun day. probably tain. •outn Carolina and Qaorgla. ÜBgattled weather tonight and Sun day, probably rain. Comparative Data. March 2lat, 1914. Illghnat lemperalure reooriL*7 In 141*7. Lament temperature record, 2* In 1894. lamrat thla morning. >6. Precipitation yeaterday, .0; normal, #l7. River mage at Sa. m 9.1. Ripe In 24 houra ending 8 a m . 0.1 foot. R M RMIUH. Bocal Forecaster. SENATOR JONES, BUBBIDYIST Senator Jonca of Waahtngion took the prcnlilent'n hint. Ills Insulting unit violent talk can have but one effect upon clear-minded people: that of giv ing them a very decided Impression that the nhlp nuhaldy advocatca arc put to It for argument and ere forced to resort to stirring up feeling. We never Jeer at a man who re tracts from a falsi- position. The sen ator's open admission that he had spoken hastily and unadvisedly Is Just that much to his credit, but It Is not In the least to his credit that hl» eagerness to serve the lumber and shipping Interests should have led him Into such a flagrant error He has done the beat thing he eould do In re tracting—the thing we desire to see this nation do before anything so hu miliating as a threat shall occur. The New York World wants to know If Benator Jones la afraid to stats his real position. "Henator Jones favors a ship sub sidy, and he does not liave the nerve to ssy so. Henator Jones wishes t« transfer a million or more dollar* ev ery' year from the treasury of the United Hlates to the treasuries of the various companies that constitute our coast wise-shipping monopoly, and he is not brave enough to say so. "Henator Jones prefers to base his subsidy argument# upon the misinter pretation of a treaty. He rejoices In his ability to piny upon words. He delights In splitting hairs. He wrap* himself In the flag, and, while serving the lumber and shipping Interests, he asks his countrymen to observe how much more nwlaui In his American ism he Is than the president. "Why cannot the members of con gress who have enlisted under the sub sidy standards be perfectly frank and open 7 Why do they beet about the bush? Is treaty-breaking more at tractive to the American people than ahtp auhatdlea? When a monopoly fa vors both, Is the aervanl of that mon opoly more respectable In the guise of • treaty-brenher than In the garb of a subsidy Ist ? ‘‘Senator Jones did not explain this point." MEXICO AN OBJECT LESSON Eager and determined pressure has been exerted In certain quarter* toward war with Mexico for more than a year now. When the Wilson administration came Into power thla demand was very insistent. It was doubtless the hope of many thst the Interruptions which war would bring would render the democratic administration without power to put through Its proposed re forms and keep Its pledges to the peo ple. The Incentive of most of the war enthusiasts Is property Interests In Mexico, hut to those who have striven and hoped for armed intervention all along have been added a number of persons, who from partisan prejudice and other causes, are fired with a general desire to find fault with the administration's policies Add to these the clamorous antagonists of William Jennings Bryan—who believe that n» good thing can come out of the state department—with B-yaji in It —and there we are; with a noisy and voci ferous little crowd, working overtime to create dissatisfaction and anger with the Wiaon administration for watching and waiting over Mexico. No careful student of the sentiment of the people of this country Is mis led by the criticisms and carping* of tius eiymuQt. mad# up aa It is of pro fesatonal Jingoes, political antagonists and special Interests In Mexico. President Wilson's wisdom In avert ing this trouble Just as long as such a course Is possible will he recognised even by his critics In the course of lime, when the proportion of things Is made clearer by proper focussing and sufficient distance. Huppoee he hail yielded to this pres sure a year ago? We should now be In the thick of wur with Its numer ous abuses. Its fresh burdens of tax ation, Its Jobs, contracts and grafts and Its suffering and sorrows. As It Is, w« look bark upon a year well spent In securing the most bene ficial legislation the country has seen since Its founder* first dreamed out their plans for establishing a country for thf pcoßlc. There was work to do within doors which was Imperative. There still re mains work to be done, which should not he pul aside except for the most compelling causes. Mexico Itself furnishes n deeply Im pressive object lesson of the evils from which the Wilson administration I* striving to free this country. In com paring and contrasting the conditions In Mexico and the conditions now pre vailing In the United Htate*, we find a very certain vindication of the presi dent'* policy of watchfulness nnd de liberation. Although those who clamor for war will not admit It, the disturbed and turbulent condition of the Mexican* is the outgrowth of misrule In Mexico, for which the ruthlessncs* and greed of Hlg Business are responsible. The errors nnd evil tendencies Into which this country hss been drifting have run riot In Mexico. We have set about checking the drift here which has swept the Mexlesn republic to dis aster. While we are separating gov ernment and business in the United Htnles, we look upon the spectacle ol government In Mexico subjugated and dominated so completely by private business Interests that the question ha* now resolved Itself to a struggle for supremacy between these conflict ing Interests, with government by «*- shhs I nation- or any other prooesn promising temporary order -In high favor. l-ooking without prejudlre or «n --tjinogianiH at this question, nre we not Justified tn trusting to the Judgment and discretion of the man In Washing ton who ha* so gently and so firmly worked out our own deliverance from these evils, through Inw and reason? HEAVY FREIGHT FROM THE SOUTH From the ’Cincinnati Enquirer. Thin prediction that ouslness would expand #nr. extend, through greater activities upon* the opening of the spring, lias been confirmed through (lie growing demand for freight ears, there being railed Into service mere than 43.000 additional ear* between Kr-hrtiury 14 and March 1 of thl* year. The call ha* been from every sec tion of the country, but thu soutn ha* been the principal factor In contribut ing to tho Increase In the ear image, nnd tlu> reports of the Pennsylvania railway exports, who give attention to probable freight*, make such a snow ing of Increased production In early fruit* nnd vegetable* In Florida tliut every prospect I* for a continuation of heavier tonnage than tn any of the year* that have passed. The vegetable acreage In Florida ha* Increased fully 10 to 20 per cent over that of last year. The celery rrop Is by far the lar gi *t that Florida ha* ever produced. I luring the coming two week* fully 250 ear* of Florida strawberries are expected to be moved to northern mar kets. The estimate 1* that about 4500 car loads of Florida tomatoes will be ship ped out of the state tht* year, while hundred* nufre carload* will he sold In the state Itself, owing to the In cre&sed number of winter visitors and residents. The spring thus starts In finely 'n bringing additional truffle and tho consequent revenue to the transpor tation Interest* of the country, and Die south t* giving business to those Interests In the usually dull months of the year, tho lean months when the central and northern sections are rouHlng from the enforced dormancy of tho winter ami getting ready to transact the work of the year. Tho Immense travel to Die south this year ha* also helped measurably to Die receipts of the -allway# of all parts of the country and tided In mak lug fine average receipts for them. A LESSON IN FARM MARKETING. How On* Producer Sold His Potatoes at a Higher Price From The Country Oentleman Two farm wagon* stood In a public market, both loaded with baga of po tatoes A woman stopped before the first. "How much are potatoes today?" she asked. “Ninety cents a bushel," suld tho owner. "Oh, my!" exclaimed the w-uman. "That seems high; 1 paid only sixtj cents for the last." •"Taters'ye gone up." said the grow er indifferently, and the woman went over to the second wagon and asked the same question The owner's man ner wits In marked contrast. "These are the best potatoes tn the market, ma'am." he said "Let me show them to you and tell von why. In the first place I raise the kind with small eves, so there'll be no waste In peeling -pottoes are too high nowa days to pevl away. Then I sort Diem l>y sixes. In each bag you'll find a large stxe for boiling, frying end fan cy shapes, and a medium site for bak ing. The talking site cooks quicsiy, all done at the same time, and saves coal or gas, whichever you u»e We wash all our potatoes clean at home, too. You could put one of these bags Into your parlor and not soil the car ted —and you don't have to pay me for any dirt. I'm getting a dollar u bushel for them " Ho sold her three bagg. Why Not Commission Government For the Good City of Augusta ? Reduced tax rated Business government, managed in business fashion! Employes chosen for efficiency rather than for thoir ability to poll warda! An awakened civic conacianco and civic spirit! Thoas are just a tew advantages tha more than three hundred cities that have adopted commission government have got out of the new rule. Without exception tha messages from the cities that have the re form tell how commission govern ment has brought efficiency out of inefficiency; how it has aroused a new interest on the part of tha citizens in thair municipal govern ment. The teatimoniala of some of these commiaaion govarnment cit ies are here given: CHICAGO HOPES FOR THE NEW RULE. The Commiaaion Form Is the Best Weapon for the Metaphorical Mur der of the New Boas, a Writer (Wilflain I- Cheney In the Chicago I*°st. I Cities of a million and more Innab- What The Editors Are Saying In protesting against the establish ment bv an American of a *team laundry In l-tkln. the Chinese gov ernment apparently overlooks what us subjects are doing In tn« way o! opposition to steam laundries In America. Possibly our esteemed brother s con viction followed upon looking ' in tne store window#," but what we • Un l difficulty In understanding Is why he should have deemed It necessary to look In that direction —Exchange. Senator Beveridge insist R that no such political hybrid exists a« B re publican progressive, that J!® 1 as well speak of a white blackbird, that a man who claims to he m claa sifled Is not progressive enough to he a progressive and not republican enough to he ft republican. But what Is the senator, himself hut a I rogresslvc republican who has no vet progressed far enough to align himself with the progress, the democratis?—Louisville Post. A 12-year old daughter or the late Ceorge \V Vanderbilt inherits Bllt more and $5,000,000, but the question is, will she ever have a husband who can spend It wisely? l„hn O Rockefeller uses n bicycle to follow the golf balls, but If he was an expert It might he necessary for At Random Strung By HENRY P. MOORE GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE, IN VENTOR. The life of George IVeHtlnghouse reiulM like a romance rather than »•> actuality. , Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt was the richest man on Dlls side of the water when Westlnghouse was 21 years of age. lie had tamed Ills at tention from steamboats and steamship line* to railroads and had made the New York Central the leading line be tween New York and Chicago. Young Westlnghouse. feeling confi dence In Ids great Invention of tho ntr brake. sought the financial backing of the commodore, whch was necessary to perfect the device and place It properly before the public. ••Do you mean to tell me you can stop h railroad train by wind?" de manded the commodore. "Well, yes; Inasmuch as air Is wind. I suppose you are right." replied the youth. . , ~ "I have no time to waste on fools, returned Vanderbilt, and the inter view ended abruptly. Bat Westlnghouse, while crestfallen at the uncivil treatment he had re ceived at fh<' hands of the greatest transportation magnet In America, was not cast down or discouraged, for he knew he hold the secret that subse quently made high speed on railroads possible and revolutionized truffle systems and Inaugurated a new era In railroading. Financial Aid From Other Source*. He sought and found financial aid elsewhere with which to develop one of the greatest Inventions of any age. and bad tho satisfaction of seeing u Installed and In use on all the Van derbilt lines as well es other lines of railroad throughout the civilised world- Meetinghouse'* Inventive genius first manifested itself at the early age of 15, w hen lie produced a rotary steam engine. Four-years later he construct ed a device for replacing derailed cars on the track. Hut his Invention* were not con fined to railroading; 50 years of his useful life were spent in making valu able contributions to the electrical as well as the engineering field. His in ventions and Improvement* tn the line of rallwav signal*, the development of the alternating current system for electric lighting and power, conveying natural gas over long distances, oir springs for motors, and last but not least, a geared turbine system for the propulsion of vessot*. although this last was the product of the conjoint collaboration of Admiral G. W. Mel ville and John II MueAtplne. Ksq. Hit Effortt Well Rewarded. lfe was the head of many compa nies. both In America and In Euro pis which manufactured hts devices and Improvements and which were organ ized and financed through his own ef forts. in those various enterprises an army of 60.000 men are employed nnd the aggregate amount of capital ts J200,- 000.000. His estate Is valued at $50,- 000.000 . . IBs inventions received the highest recognition both in America and by foreign nations 1 sist December he received from the principal engineer ing society of Germany the celebrated Grashof goM medal. But the path of Mr. Westlnghouse was not always one of roses. In the memorable panic of 1907 he. together with his various ventures, suffered and his pet enterprise, the Westlnghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, went Into bankruptcy. It was released a year later, and was reorganised on a plan of which Westlnghouse was the proponent. But .instead of putting the father and THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA. Runts have not yet had the courage to try Commission Government. Per haps an earthquake or a tidal wave or file Angel Gabriel Is needed to stir them up If Chicago’s great fire hbd come forty years later. It probably would have resulted In some form of city commission It was premature, however, and now It is only known as a ealsmltous memory. The commission has been the most useful weapon lor the metaphorical murder of the city boss. All other "reform" administrations have been spasms of virtue succeeded by other and contrary convulsions. Tne cer tainly with which the voters have re pudiated mavors and oouncllmen elected on platforms of goodness al most gave rise to the belief that vir tue atfer all. Is not so alluring Hut the commissions told other stories The voters seemed to like good gov ernment as dispensed by the commis sioners Virtue appeared to take on other aspects anil to assume attrac tions. Ho rte have waited for the time when Chicago and the other great metropolis would be Inoculated with the Idea. But there has been no Moses to lead us out of the metropolitan wil derness. nnd the proposal to establish a commission for two and one-half millions of people Is still academic. him lo use a motorcycle In order to cover the long distances— Exchange. The Institute for teachers of negro schools In Brooks County .ust closed Is said to have revealed marked pro gress among the negro fanners. One of the schools features Industrial edu cation. If it continues to do so and other* Tollow Its example not only the farmers out other negroes In Brooks County are likely to show in creased prosperity, wnile the county records will show fewer serious crimes and fewer arrests for vagran cy and gambling. It is important that negro children be taught first how to work well with tneir hands. They are more likely to become con tented, well-fed, well-housed, well clothed men and w omen, good citizens of their county and state, if they are taught in that w.iv, than if an effort is made to stuff their heads full of things for which 90 per cent of them will never have the slightest use and that on the other hand are likely to make them discontented and cause them to look down upon manual laltor.—Savannah Morning News. The governor of South Carolina says that he would rather be Cole Bleuse than anybody else In the world. This recalls the remark that the ne gro barber In Chicago made about Col .1 Hamilton Lewis: "That white man sure has got a good opinion of hisself." —Norfolk Virginian Pilot. builder at the head of the concern, he was objected to on account of alleged extravagance nnd another elected in his place. Robert Mather Installed. This was In 1911, and out of It grew the bitterest sort of a contest, when he attempted to regnln the control of the company and resume its presi dency. Robert Mather was selected by the bunking interests nnd other creditors In order to destroy the Westlnghouse influence In the ass. trs of the electric company. Mather was an experienced lawyer as well as a skillful manipula tor of corporations. He was also un expert ns a driver of that device of low speed and high pressure which Westlnghouse did not invent known as the steam roller. So when the annual meeting was held. Mr. Westlnghouse went up against the op erations of a steam roller and was flat tened out In a manner quite as deadly as has recently become usual In politi cal conventions. The truth of it was that 'Westing house feared that his electric company would be swallowed up by his great rival concern, the General Electric Company, anil for this reason he had held no annual meetings for five years and his stockholders were kept In tho dark as to the condition of the com pany. This was his excuse for his one-man dominating policy ami this was also the cause of his stockholders' harsh treatment towards hint. Wat Never Known to Sell. It was proverbial, In Pittsburgh and New York, that Mr. Westlnghouse once having acquired an Interest was never known to sell It. Ho always dominated every concern that he went Into nnd he never left his friends with the bag to hold. And he always in sisted on the little stockholder getting a square deal. George Westlnghouse wns not only a great lnv« ntor but a great organizer and a great optimist as well. He be lieved firmly in skilled labor and well paid labor and he is the reputed author of the half-holiday for laborers on Saturday. It took Just six years for Mr. West lnghouse to accomplish the rehabilita tion of Ills fortunes which were so ad versely affected by the panic of 1907 but at last the task was completed nnd he was restored to the control of ev ery one of them. It was a gnvit financial feat and In its accomplishment ho took Infinite pride. In point of fact, it Is said that in the resumption of control he mani fested more pride than in the success of his Inventions. This very remark able man -remarkable ns well for his achievements as for his love for his fellow man died retaining the full possession of his usefulness to the lust at the age of 68. THE THIEVING EAR OF CORN From the Breeder's Gazette. Twelve ears of corn will plant an non* If one of tho planted ears hap pens to be "no good" there Is a twelfth of an acre missing. An acre of corn may he worth $"0 to S4O. so to discov er n thieving ear Is worth from $2 50 to $3.40. One can pick out the ears of poor germination at slight cost, if he will test his corn before he be comes rushed with spring work. And while about It reject the ears that al though germinating do not send up strong, vigorous young stalks. Lusty, vigorous young things grow surest in to profit, whether they be pigs. lan bs, colts or cornstalks FEMINIST APHORISM. "We, of the weaker sex. are strong er than the stronger sex, because of the strong weakness of the strouser for the weaker sex"— Boeton Tran script. Krazy Kat Copyright, 1114, Interna uons! News 1 Bervlee. IT’S A FUNNY OLD MOON (HouTL (Ksß\ I —i— (hooTN v j /WEtl,/ SOAdET/Atg. 60T A 6BKAY Bk> cr l MOOMS / THtAJ SO/Mel \TMdE. 108. 0/ULY GorJ \A PAtr OP X 7 r 0 * ■/ • />v» g r /Yhcn/VSvVaX UUB- OPTfcNS I Got AjO HCCHSJ A TAcuw' \ \6CftEJ '/ja*. * # fimn UST&ANGfc) ( UN&EEDj ■‘l?/* -<& . Polly Wears the New "Sock less Sandal" Again Tomorrow. Young men will delight in the Spring Clothes we are turning out now for the well dressed men in this vicinity. Never n season showed prettier goods, nnd the styles are sueh that cannot be caught by readymade or so-called clothes to-order con cerns. DORR Good Taste Apparel. WALL PAPER Mattings, Shades. Pictures T. 6. Bailie A Go 712 Broad Street. AWN IN G S’ GRAND TONIGHT Return Engagement of The Nation-Wide Musical Comedy Success. “THE ROSE MAID” With A Rosebud Garden of Girls. SEATS NOW SELLING. 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Augusta Herald FEBRUARY CIRCULATION DAILY AND SUNDAY HERALD, Ths circulation of tho Dally and But. day Haraid for tha month of Ftoiuary, 1914, wai aa foilowa: Fah. 1 ,„.tMtS K*b. ! ...,I0««2 F*b. 2 ....10,905 Feb. 4 .... 10,744 Keb. 5 ....10,320 Feb. 4 ...,10,349 Feb. 7 ..,.10,934 Feb. 1 ....10,270 Feb. 9 ~..10.350 Fab. 10 ....10.353 Feb 11 ....10.341 Fob. 12 ....10.347 Feb. 13 ....10.322 Feb. 14 ....10.384 TOTAL FEBRUARY 293.00# DAILY AVERAGE to,add The Auguata Herald, Dally and Sun day. haa a circulation In Auguata ap proximately twice aa large aa tnat of any other Auguata newapaper. Adver tiser* and agenclea Invited to teat th# accuracy of tneaa flgurea In comp, aon with the clalma of any othar Auguata newapaptr. Clank Cooks Loose Leaf Ledger Office Supplies filing Devices Transfer Cases Richards Stationery Company FOR TRUCKERS N. 1. Willet Seed Co. AUGUSTA. * 100,000 Asparagus Roots, Lettuce Plants, Cabbage Plants, Potato Plants, Watson Watermelons, Cantaloupe, Beans, Peas, Cucumbers. Magnetos recharged, price $3.00. Special price to dealers. Reliable Auto Co. GARDELLE’Sr Feb !« .....10,490 Feb 1C ....10,457 Feb. 17 . .1t',744 4 Feb. 13 ....10.391 Keb. 19 ....10419 Feb. 20 ... .10.414 Feb. 21 ....11.131 Feb. 22 .... 11 390 Fab. 23 ... .10,319 Feb. 24 ... .20.247 Feb 25 .. -10.244 Feh. 24 ....10,214 Feb. 27 ....10,291 Feb. 28 ....10.441 NiUloNM.mil