Georgia Historic Newspapers

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THE AUGUSTA HERALD
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onlv anthnriiad travallna representatives
sis The Herald I*nv no monsv to othara
.mtaaa thry ran ahnw nrlttan authority
f am Business Manager of Hal'd I’ub
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THC AUGUST A HERALD.
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per c»ni. mure Hopm Cwrlir City Cir
culation in August* it*an Is clv«n Id
iiis> gfuer Auguaia pnp«r.
This guaranie* will ba writtan In
every contract and Thi llcrald will be
i«*d> and allllng at ell times to give
fill itctees to It* records to ell edver
tlifers who wleh to tret the accuracy of
feu* guarantee in COfnpfcrlSoH with the
(ie*ii.* of other Augus.a Newspepers.
THE WEATHER.
August* and Vicinity.
I'naalllad waul har tiiiilßlit and Wed
nesday , prolwtily Ilk la I rains.
South Carolina ana Ooorgta.
Urmolilvd weather tunight and Wednea
ila), prolwhly 8m al ralni, eld or lut Ih -
want port lon WefUtaatla) ■
Comparative Data.
April 7th. lilt.
Highest temprrnture rncord, *8 In 19W.
I.nwret lr in per ii i nro rooortl. J 5 In 1898.
lower! Ilila morning. «>.
I'feeipttatlon yesterday .0. mWmal .17.
Ittver stage at 8 a. til., 8 8 feet.
j*"aU In 21 lira rnrilng 8 n. in , 0 4 foot
B D. EMIOH. local Koreanster
PAN-AMERICAN IF ANY INTBR.
VENTION.
Tit pea la merit In the suggngtlnn
that the 17nila<1 Htatcs Join with Ar-
Kent inn and Itraall, ratliar than with
any European powara. If It la found
necessary to tak* active atapa to re
atore order In Mexico. They are our
natural allies Rapreaanlallve Thomp
eon. of Uhlragn. point a out that any
notion along with Great llrllaln, tier*
many or France might lie fraught with
ilangor to the Monroe doctrine. If
th< United (ttataa ahould art alone. It
would he Itupoaalble to convince the
Hpiitilah-A mat-lean "people tis the aln
oorlty of our fnirtmae. They are
Huat'lcloua nf ua now. and could aee
in intervention enly an attempt to
grali territory. ,
Bui If the I'nllad Rtataa ahould act
In tichalf of pcaor In conjunction with
the more auhatantlal Rotith Amerlcnn
nattnna, auaplctoaa would he allayed
Aa Mr Thompaon aaya, theae oottn
trlea of South America have become
rich and powerful, and It la due them
that they ahould have acme recogni
tion In aucli action aa la being urged
upon thla country.
The, Monroe doctrine waa formu
lated at a time when all the Spanlah-
An.rli-au atatea were In a atate of
coneuuit turmoil. They cloaely ra
aemhled the atatea of Central America
of the prraent lime. No dependence
waa to be put In their govemmenta
Revolution* ao weakened them that It
waa Been they would be an eaay prey
for foreign aggreaalort If they did not
have a protector. In that role the
United Stalea ha* never had the credit
due her from the countrica that have
been aaved whole by the Monroe doc
trine. hut a great aervlco haa been
rendered nevertheless. \
Now that there aeema to he a great
m«a«mre of stability about the gov*
ernmenta of three or four South
American alulae, II la only Just and
right that they altould he Invited to
Phare the reaponelbillty for the west
ern hemlaphere,
Jf Huoh Joint action could be taken
the United Htatea would be net be
fore the South and Central American
people In the right light. If any kind
of Intervention become* neceanary, It
ecqma the moat plaualble And the moat
natural. Even If the United State*
did moat of the work. It would l>e
worth much to thla government to
enter Into solemn covenants with her
larger. southern neighbors that there
ahould be no larceny of territory aa a
result of an Invasion on behalf of
phacc
SOON TO BE IN OPERATION.
Gradually the federal reserve hank
ing system, which la to be tip* mean*
of providing the Untied Slates with
long-needed elastic cuiVency. la being
shaped Into readiness for operation,
and It I* now betieved that the na
tions. new financial machinery will
hoop be running.
Interest la centered Juat now upon
the president's selection for the per
sonnel of the federal reserve board,
announcement of which la expected
to be ramie In the very near future.
Thu* far. hardly a name has been
mentioned As the success of the new
system depend* largely upon the fit
ness of the memliera of the hoard
for their by no means easy taak. It
is expected that the president has lieett
careful to tick the heat qualified men
gfaose service* could b# secured v
The selection of the twelve reserve
citle* ha* been made with due regard
Saw geographical distribution and for
tha Important* of tha rltle* In thalr
respective regions Nnlnrully, that
ara Htlna whoaa Inhabitant* faal that
thoy were sllghteil, but aa ona took*
ovar tha Hat—Naw York, Huston, I’hll
adalphla, Chicago, Bun Francisco, I tai
ls a. Atlanta, t’lavalnnd. HI, l/iilla,
Mlnnaapoitn, K annua City and Itlch
rnond—on# doaa not 'raadlly aaa how
It Could lia tt ntarlally changed for th«
heller, Howavar, minor change* may
he made, Tha protest against giving
Mlaaourl two raaarva citlaa may havr
effget Tha omission of Naw Jets,ls
from representation la declared hy
eoma to ha a mistake. That argument
may Int ronaldarad.
Great expectation of beneficial ra
suits to tha Intainsaa of tha whols
country from tha oparatldn of tha naw
ayatam ara evidant and with tha right
man narnad to dlract It. such expectn
tlona may anon Ita renllxed.
MINUTES IN
MANHATTAN
(By Gotham Knickerbocker.)
New York—When tloorgu W. Hol'lt,
of tha Waldorf-Astoria, decided »sv*
ara) yanra ago that ha would put an
end to iha hUHlnaaa oT numerous indl
viduals who were flocclng Ills patrons
out of several millions a season, lie
did thiugs thoroughly, lie hired Joe
Smith, of Scotland Yard, and told him
It was worth f2t,000 a year to have
the famous lioaterly cleaned of ver
min.
Joe Smith organised a squad of ten
meu and women, known to Mr. Iloldt
and himself about the Waldorf, where
they circulate In Fifth Avenue clothes
Mr Smith and Ilia squad have just
finished thalr annual • spring clean up.
Kitty Quick, "l*ord ifarrv" Havens,
and a third suave gentleman‘were at
the head of the process!':,i of ejected
They were sorely nettled at being
prevented from consuming a plot to
sell stock In an Inuiglnary gold mine
for SIO,OOO.
A week previous one of the Smith
women agents. iiHaalng herself as a
shoi par who look tea In the Waldorf
frequently, observed Kitty, "laird
Harry" and three others, two women
and a niHti, very active In entertain
ing ft healthy patron They had the
plot so far along that the victim was
about to consult a "lawyer,” She
satisfied herself that the lawyer, the
wealthy patron! would consult ( of Ills
own volition, as he thought, would lie
a confederate of “I*ord Harry." he of
the mauve spnta and Kngllsh walking
suit and the elegantly gowned Kitty.
Joe went into his office and studied
the Waldorf collection of & 000 photo
graphs. These show faces of confi
dence persons, hotel thieves and In
ternational crooks and Joe Ims been
twenty years In assembling tlipm lie
also looked over the Imposing finger
print art gallery of the hotel secret
service, consisting largely of Interest
ing duplicates from the police head
quarters of the metroiiolises
Kitty was there Hnd »n was Harry.
A few hours Inter a captain of wait
ers removed from the table at which
the confederates were dining a set of
ONE OF THE MEN WAS INTENTLY WATCHING HIM.
CHAPTER SIXTEEN.
When Bill was called into his em
ployer's office and a ecu sol of selling
some figures on contract* to a rlvai
firm he emphatically dented the
charge and wanted to know who had
accused him of such « thing. Tilts
the boas would uot tell, hut did tell
him that he had been seen working
over the books after the others had
gone home Aso that ft was known
to the firm that he had been seen m
a gambling house on a certain night,
tht* he had been followed home; and
the detective the Tlrm ty»d employed
to watch Bill, after the suspicion rest
Commission Governed Cities
( Igiolavllle f•oiirler Journal.>
In Iftftt Ik* Kiiiisits illy Him Issomt
a booklet show tna tha progress of mil
nidi si gnvernn ent by eonmdsslon At
that time only thirteen cllles, outside
of Te*«s, were commission governed
SU* of the thirteen war* In Kansas
and three In lowa
Me enily the Blur has Issued a new
edition of the booklet, "because of the
continuous demand for Information <*n
the subject.” Tha present compilation
shows that more than three hundred
Cities, located In thirty-sight stales,
have adopted commission government,
elllur In complete or modified form.
Kansas lias thirty-eight such cities;
Pennsylvania hss twenty-eight; 1111 -
nolo has twenty-three; Texas and Ok
lahoma nineteen each; New Jersey
seventeen: Michigan and South t»u
koia thirteen each; California twelve;
Wisconsin and lamlnlana ten ea< h;
lowa and Alabama nine each; Wash
ington eight; Massachusetts, Colorado,
Mississippi and Tennessee seven each;
North Carolina. Worth Itaknta arid
Minnesota six each; West Virginia.
Utah ami Mouth Carolina five each;
I Florida!, Missouri, i Hilo lind < >r« gon^
glasses of which they had had Just
I lime to take one sip He lists] gloves.
The glasses were soon In Joe
! Smith s studio. They were dusted
j with a prepared powder and photo
i graphed Joe smiled.
That afternoon Jos, who Is a pol
ished gentleman In appearance as
well as In reality, strolled up Peacock
Alley and met Kitty of the $l5O Paris
hat.
Kitty blushed and slumped a dainty
slipper.
“An Idiotic detective, 1 suppose,”
she said.
“A detective,” answered Joe, "Quite
correct and aa you do not anawer
Dj query I will say further that you
must leave tne Waldorf Immediately
«r g.i to Jajl for about fifteen years. -
"What have you got on me?" she
replied, descending lo the vernacular.
“A photograph and two fine seta of
finger prints "
She loTt, dabbing her handkerchief
to her eyes. "l*ord llnrry" and the
rest were highly Indignant, too. It
wag all a mistake. But thoy went —
also fifteen other persons In various
stages of docility. /
Peacock Alley had hud* its annual
spring cleaning.
I have always been much InKSrest
ed In studying the rich hoy life of our
Streets The ingenuity of these lads'
exploits Is appalling Home of the
leaders grow up to he ruptslna of in
dustry and others wear the uniform
of Klin Ira.
For instance, a gang of ten or
eleven boys, nil living In a very re
strict'd area (hoys two blocks away
are their hereditary foes) divide up
two score tenements Each hoy goes
through ills tenements, knocking ot
the doors and asking the housewives
If there are any orders for groceries
Home of the women are
(although they need not he because
they are not the intended victims),
but here and there one will say she
needs a cake of soap, or a quart of
potatoes, or a new broom.
The members oT the gang meet at
their "hang-out/* and they compare
I notes. Tiiey need three cans 'if corn,
HOW BILL GOT ALONG
ed on him. had overheard Bill talking
about money he had won In-the gamu-
Ung house
"Now . what have you to sav to that,
young naan?" asked the bo*s.
"I have ihls'to say." answered Bin.
"that It's all a terrible mistake, and
the real culprit is some one else, prob
ably the one that ageuses me. Also
we are wasting time by not getting
at him before lie escapes."
“What w. re you doing in that gutuo
ling house?” asked the boss.
"You know 1 gave yog your present
job because I believed in you and that
you were a steady hard-working
young man with no bad habits, and
fHE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA.
three each; Idaho, New Mexico snd
\\ yomlng two each: Arisons, Arkansas,
tionrgla. Maine. Maryland. Montana
iinil New York one each.
New Orleans, with a population of
S.'IP.OOO, Is the largest city in the list,
others of the larger cities are Jersey
t’lty. a«7.no«, Hi Paul 214,000; IBoi
ver. 211,000; Portland. 207.000; Oak
land, 150,000; Birmingham. 132,900;
Memphis. 131,000, Omaha. 124,000;
l*nwelt, 104,000; Bpokane. 82.000; I)ef
Moines, 44,000; Kansas t'lty, Kas . 42.-
000,
It la worth noting that no city, one*
having adopted the commission plan,
ever lias voted to return to the old
ward plan. "In only four or five cities,
up to the present time, has there been
iny effort to abandon commission
government, and In every Instance the
people have voted to retain the new
rule.”
In Kentucky commission government
Is now confined to the second class
cities. Hills were passed In the recent
general assembly to enable third and
fourth class cities to adopt It and this
undoubtedly will Increase the number
of commission governed cities.
two brooms, ten cakes of coap, etc.
The gang strolls over to the gro
cery store on N'inth Avenue. The
leader goes In and asks the grocer
for a bottle of ginger ale. This
causes the grocer to go to the re
frigerator In the rear. The gang
sweeps in. They knock over the
boxes and the barrels, grab what they
can and tear away in different di
rections. Seldom are they caught.
Then the "orders” are filled. The
proceeds are equally divided and the
“gang'' starts a game of crap or *‘i itch
penny." They gamble until one boy
has all the money. He thereby wins
the distinctive honor of being leader
In the next raid. He divides his
"pile” Into two equal parts. One
halt he spends with the "gang." The
rest he has 1 the right to squander In
the company of a chosen companion.
fs not thos an adventurous life?
In the country the boys would use the
same Ingenuity In catching muskrats
or shooting squirrels Hemmed in hy
the city they make the ?>eet of their
environments.) )
WHERE IS HE NOW?
Nearly everyone who has traveled
In rtussla has at some time or other
run afoul of the official ‘Ted tape" of
that country. *
I lls trunks had'been examined, and
the traveler was about to pass"lnto the
city when an nfflrial who had been
scanning his traveling papers stopped
him.
“These papers rontaln Irregular
ities," said the official sternly. “You
cannot stay In Russia."
"Very well,” said the traveler; "I
s|EIII take the next train back to Ber
lin ”
“Good! I*et me see your passport
entitling you to leave the country.”
“I have none."
“Very well Then it is quite im
possible for you to leave Russia. I
will give you twenty-four hours in
which to decide what you are going
to do." —Youth’s Companion.
UNCONTROLLED.
"Yes." *:ild Mrs Twlrkenbury. “my
daughter has published several poems
hut all of th.ug autonomously.”—Chris*
lan Register.
so, aoon as you take charge of that
department tivuble starts. Now. ex
plain to me what you were doing In
that gambling house, if. as you say,
you were not gambling."
This Bill could not do without tell
ing about the money hts friend Jim
had taken from the people he worked
for. but had since paid back, ao be
told the boss. "All 1 can tell you is
that 1 was not gambling, and the only
reason I was there was to try to get
back some money my room mate had
lost. J finally got this money and re
turned it to him. That was what your
detective hoard me talking about m
my room when I opened the door un
The Week Before
Easter at Dorr's
Exclusive fea
tures in Cra
vats, Shirts ,
Hosiery, etc .
Hats that are
ne ces s arily
co rre cf be
cause they are
Dorr's.
DORR
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Augusta Herald
MARCH CIRCULATION
DAILY AND SUNDAY HERALD.
The circulation of the Dally and Sun
day Herald for the month of March.
1414. was as follows;
Mar. 1 ....10,285 | Mnr. 16 ....10,804
Mar. 2 1*0,279 Mar. 17 10 471
Mar. 3 ....10,321 Mar. 48 ....10,409
Mar. 4 10,382 Mar. 10 ....10,109
Mar. 6 10.414 Mar. *0 19.183
Mar. « 10,394 Mar. 21 ....10,848
Mar. 7 ....10,978 Mar. 22 ....10.410
Mar. 8 10,401 Mar. 23 ....10,324
Mar. 9 10.384 Mar. 24 ....10,381
Mar. 10 10.892 Mar. 25 10.751'
Mar. 11 ....10,417 Mar 28 ....10,414
Mar. 12 «... .10,419 Mar 27 10,4)9
Mar. 13 ....10,532 Mar. 28 ....110 >3
Mar. 14 ....11,374 Mar. 29 ....10.495
Mar. 15 10.412 Mar. 30 ....10.434
March 31 10,431
TOTAL MARCH 323,4.71
DAILY AVERAGE 10,497
The Augusta Herald, Dally and Sun
day, has a circulation In August:* ep
proximately twice as large aa that of
any other Augusta newspaper. Adver
tisers nnd agencies invited to test the
seeuraey of these figures In compir'so.i
with the claims of any other Augusta
newspaper.
expected and caught him listening. !
thought at the time It was someone
from gambling house who had follow
ed me home with intent to get the
money from me if possible. That Is
all 1 have to say. but I shall try m*
best to find out w-ho really sold the
figures on those contracts."
"That's all for the present,” sail
the boss
As Bill walked back to his desk he
noticed one of the men intently
watching him, but Bin gave no sign
that he had observed him.—H. C.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow.)
Wm. BCHWEIGERT, A, 8. MORRIS, THOS. S. ORAY,
President. Vic* President Cashier.
Union Savings Bank
Corner Broad and Eighth Streets.
f
Capital . . .. .. .. ~...5100,000
Surplus $ 50,000
Stockholders Liability SIOO,OOO
Protection to Depositors $250,000
DIRECTORS:
Wm. SCHWETGERT, T. S. RA WORTH,
A. R. MORRIS, B. J. DORIS.
FRANK X. DORR, R. ROY GOODWW,
BOWDRE PHTNIZY, C. HENRY COHEN,
JNO. P. MULHERIN. THOS. S. GRAY.
Depository United States Court, Northeastern
Division Southern District of Georgia.
KENNY’S COFFEES ARE THE BEST
Mocha, per lb.. .. 35^
Java, per lb 35^
Manacaiba, per lb. 30£
Bogota, per lb.. . .30^
Pelf Rising Flour .‘ 80°
No. 3 Tomatoes, 3 for 2f*C
No. 2 Tomatoes, 2 for .... 150
Sugar Corn, 3 for 25 G
Red Velva Syrup, 3 for 25-
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Let Us Keep You In the Style
-New Hats from your Old Ones
Ladies' & Men's Felts, Straws, Panamas
Cleaned and re-blocked to latest models.
Panamas made to any width brim
or crown.
No injurious chemicals used.
German Hat Go. and French Ory Cleaners
AUGUSTA, GA. 660 Broad St. Phone 1217-J. .
We would like for everyone wishing to pur
chase a good Hair Brush, and one that will last not
less than 5 years, to stop in and see the Brush that
we offer for SI.OO.
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The Modern Drug Store.
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