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SIX THE AUGUSTA HERALD Published Every Afternoon During the Week and on Sunday Morning, THE HKRAJ.D PUBLISHING CO. Entered at the Augusta Pos'offloe as Mell Matter of the Seeond-elase. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Dally end Sunday, I year $6.00 Dally and Bunday per week .It Dally and Sunday, per month 50 Sunday Herald, 1 year 100 PHONES: Business Office 297 I Wont ad phone 296 Society 2613 I Manag'g Editor 299 News Room .299 I Circulation 2079 FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES—The Benjamin A Kentnor Co.. 225 E'fth Ave., New York City, lilt Peop'e’s Oas Bulld- Ina: ■ Adams St., end Michigan Blvd., ChleAgo, TRAVELING REPRESENTATIVES— J Kllnck and W D. M. Owens are the .only authorised traveling representatives for The Herald. Pay no money to others unless they csn show wr’tten authority from Business Manager of Herald Pub lishing Co. Address all business communications to THI AUGUSTA HERALD, 7211 Broad St, Augusta, Oa. No communlostlon will he publlahed In The tferald unless ‘ th» name of the writer la slrnrd to the nrtlc'e. The Augusta Herald has a larger city clreulstlon, and a larger total circula tion than any other Augusta paper. This has baan proven by the Audit Co., of New York. The Herald Guarantees Advertisers 60 per cent, more Home Carrier City Cir culation In Augusta than la given by any other Augusts paper. 'This guarantee will be written In every contract and The Herald will be ready and willing et all tlinea to give full ac cess to Ita records 1 au advertiser* who wish to test the accuracy of this guarantee In comperlann with the claims of other Augusta Newspapers. THE WEATHER Augusta and Vicinity. Pair tonight und Thursday; cooler to night. For Qeorgla and South Carolina Pair tonight and Thursday, cooler to night. Comparative Data. May », 1914. Highest temperature record, 92 In 1902. lanwrat temperature record) 18 In 1911. laiwrsl (hie morning, 45 Precipitation yesterday, .01: normal, 0 10. Rlvr stage at I a m . 8.2 feet. Rise In 24 hrs ending 8 a. m 0.3 foot. DISHONEST NEWSPAPERS The Atlanta Journal quotes Collier'* response to a correspondent who wrote to thst ptper to esk: "Why don't you stand on tho side of the nation and call the slates to arms to defeat the unworthy surrender of the Panama rant IT' To (hit Collier's responds; "Your letter It an admirable speci men of tho loose thinking and loose writing that paapla uae who reud dis honestly edited newspaper*. Just where did you get the Idea that any body In this country plans to ‘sur render" the Panama canal to any for eign nation?'* Collier's then succinctly gives the free tolls proposition an It sees It; "Shall the shipping trust pay for Hie privilege of using the Panama canal —which has coat the United Htatts i good many million dollars or shall the people pay one more tax to spe cial privilege by surrendering the ca nal to combine-owned shipping? div ing something lor nothing Is generally bad policy for any Individual or any nation That la the Wilson Idea of this matter." Thin la the true Idea and we feel very sure that It la the Idea that pre vails among moat American citizens about th# tolls question, but It Is Col llgr'a reference to the mischief which dtahoneetly edited newspapers achieve that especially Interests us. It is a far easier thing to bring peo ple to lake a certain aide of a ques tion by deceiving them as to the facts than through an appeal to mason. Ignorance la a menace to the success of democratic government, but It is nothing Ilka the menace of deliberate mendacity and misrepresentation. Dis honest, or even careless and inconse quent purveyors of newe era the most formidable foaa to Intelligent opinion in the world and the only really seri ous barriers (T* the success of demo cratic government. We hear educated and cultivated men express doubts now and then of the discretion and common sense of the people, yet It often happens that these very persona are feeding their minds upon tho fantastic and sensa tional distortions which unscrupulous editors are dialling out to them daily. Wa would trust the opinion of tht moat Ignorant man In the world, pro vided he had got his facia straight, against of the educated sensa tionalist who had taken his crooked nnd mis-she pen. It Is better to read no news at all than to read the perverted, dlstlgured and miss-colored stuff that la pre sented under the guise of news fur the purpose of swinging public opin ion to the support of sogie particular Interest, but th* trouble with the pub lic I* thst the average citizen takes fust on* paper and that generally be cause Its views and opinion* coincide with hi* own—end gets no chance to compare and fudge the new* ha ac cepts There I* no way to protect public opinion from dishonest Journalism and It will not be protected until each re spectable Individual recognizes that be Is hlmsalf responsible for the growth and power of unscrupulous publications when he buys them, reads •hem und leaves them about his house for bis chiiuren und hta et-rvaul* to poison ihcir minds with. Sidelights On The War and The blurse Girl of Vera Cruz By a Veteran Washington, D. C. —The fever-port of Vera Cruz had been captured four times before Uncle Sam seized It on April 21b'. Once it fell to General [Winfield Scott, once to the allied j force* of France, England and Spain i au«l twice to tho buccaneers ot the Spanish Main. I know several men today who were present at the aleze of 1847. It la probable none, of these veterans of the first Mexican scuffle will see ser vice this time, although I have Just seen a letter from Brigadier General Horatio G. Gibson, U. S. A., retired, 87 years old, In which the venerable flgfoter offers his sword to the Star* hnd Stripes and refers to Major Gen eral Leonard Wood as sponsor for his physical and mental ability. General Gibson served through the Mexican, Civil and several Indian wars. It was March 7. 1847, when the fleet bearing General Scott and his little army appeared off Mexico's principal seaport. The troops lauded without much trouble after the city had hern bombarded, hut ft took a sanguinary siege oT thirteen days to capture the defences. Trenches were dug and regular operations conduct-.d So our troops this time commence their march toward the capital with much less a handicap than General Scott's. While the troubles of the United .States which culminated In the Civil War were brewing Mexico grew nrro gant to this country and to Euro peans, The crowning Insult was President Mlramon’s seizure of $830,000 In spe cie from tho British consulate. Great Britain, France, Spain and Prussia decided to move. Meantime, the great Benito Juarez, the General Washington of Mexico, was conduct ing a revolt In tho north. Jlo over threw Mlrainon, but the f orelgn troops kept on their way. On Decem ber 14, 1881, Vera Cruz was seized by a Spanish force under General Prim. The result was the elevation of Max imilian to the throne and, after the European troops had been withdrawn, the unfurlunato Austrian's execution. The pirates with force equal to » respectable Hrmy captured Vera Cruz In 1883 They burned, slew and rob bed for many days before they were driven to their ships. In 1712 me notorious buccaneer kings l/mrent and Van Horn, seized the port anu held It ten days. They killed hun dreds of Mexicans carried awsy wo men captive und did an Immense amount of damage. To this day the nurse girl of Vera Cruz, seeking to still the fretful child, says: "Be quiet or 1 will give jou to Van Horn. I whs much Rtnused by the 111-in formed If w'eil meaning persons who cried out that Dictator Huerta had given sufficient reparation for the In sult to the flag at Tampico by his meager and bnlf-liearted apology. From tho tllea of tho navy depart ment I have dug up a report from Commander .1. Blakoly Creighton, U. 8 N., commanding the Oneida, who witnessed Japan's atonement for' an offense against our bluejackets. It rends: "Hlogo, Jal an, March 14, 1888. lion Gideon Welles, secretary of the United States navy, Washington, D C.—Sir: I have the honor to commu nicate the particulars of the execution of tho Japanese official Tall Zanzu taro, retainer of the Matslalra Blzen, No Klma, who ordered his troops to fire on the foreigners at this place on the 4th ultimo. "This execution was witnessed by in* at the request of our minister, Gen. R B Van Valkpnberg. and Is as follows: "1 left the legation at about 9 p. m , in company with tho officers attach ed to the foreign legations and pro ceeded to Hlogo, whero we were met by a guard, who escorted us to the temple where the execution was to take plHee "There was a large number of peo ple on each side of tho street leading to the temple, and quite a number of soldi*" s drawn up Inside and about tho temple We were shown Into a room adjoining the Japanese officials, whero we were asked if we wished to question the person shout to be exe cuted, to which we answered In the negative. They also took the names of every ofTlclsl present. "After waiting about half an hour we were conducted by the Japanese offlcla's Into what appeared to b* the principal room of the temple, which was lighted with candles, and in front of the altar was raised a platform of about a foot In height which extend* ed across the room and which was placed on the right of the altar, with in a few feel of where the execution was to take place, w ith the Japanese officials on the left • "In front of the altar was a green cloth and in front of that a red one We wore Informed that the execution would take place on the red cloth Seating ourselves upon the mats on the platform wo awaited the execu Hon •'ln a few moments «he prisoner rim* In. dressed In the usual Japan ese dress of a person of rank accom panied hy the executioner, who was his pupil and most lnttmntn friend. He walked with a steady, firm step In front of the sltar, where he knelt In prayer He then arose and went to the red cloth, where he knelt and mad« the confession that 'he w-aa (he officer :hat ordered his troops to fire upon the foreigners and also to tire upon them when they were trying to escape’ and that 'he was aorry for what he had done.* "Ho then disrobed himself to his waist reached out for a knife that was rear him which he thrust Into his bowels nnd drawing It toward his right side and leaning forward at the same time the execution with one blow from hi* sword. • severed his head from his hody. This occurred about 10-98 p m The Japanese then bowed to tho floor on which we all did the same "* were then asked If we were satis fled with what ho had witnessed, when we replied In the affirmative After the lat**e of a hew moments we were Informed that all wa* over when wo arose and took our depart ure Tho whole scene was on* of great solemnltv and very impressive. "Very respectfully. "Your obedient servant "J. BLAKELEY CRPIGMTON. "Commander." Let us hope w* will have peace again eoon, The jingo** are not found j among the veterans. War is worse than Sherman said It was. This de scription, which I copy from The In dependent, Is all too true: "No more thunder of artillery no more blare of trumpets, no more beat or drums; only the low moan of pain i and the rattle of death. In the tram I plod ground redly-glimmering pools, lakes of blood; all the corps de stroyed, only here and there a piece [of land left untouched, and still cov ••red with stubble; the smiling vll : lages of yesterday turned Into ruins and rubbish. The trees burned an I hacked In the forests, the hedges lorn w ith grape shot. And on this battle-ground thousands and thous ands of men dead and dying—dying without aid. No blossoms of flowers are to be seen on wayside or mead ow; but sabers, bayonets, knapsacks, cloaks, overturned ammunition wa gons, cannon wagons blown Into the ulr, cannon with broken carriages. Near the cannon, whose muzzles are black with smoke, the ground is bloodiest. There the greatest num her and the most mangled of dead and half-dead men are lying literally torn to pieces with shot, and the dead horses and the half-dead which raise themselves on their feet—Buch as they have left them —to sink again, then raise themselves up once more and Tall down again, till they omy rulse their head to shriek out their pain laden death-cry. There Is a hol low way quite filled with corpses trodden Into the mire. The poor creatures had taken refuge there no doubt to get cover, but ,8. battery had driven over them, and they have been crushed by the horses' hoofs and the wheels. Many of them are still alive a pulpy, bleeding mass, hut "still alive.” It Is Impossible to depict It accu rately. Flies were feeding on their open wounds, which were covered with them; their gaze, flaming with fever, wandered about asking anu seeking for some help—far refresh ment, for water and bread! Uoa., shirt, flesh and blood formed In the caso of most of them one repulsive mas*. Worms were beginning to gen erate In Hits mHHH and to feed on thorn. A horrible odor filled every place. All these soldiers were lying on the hare ground; only a few had got a little straw on which they could repose their miserable bodies. Some who had nothing under them but clHyey, swampy ground had half sunk Into the mud In formed; they had not the strength to get out of it. Others lay In a puddle of horrible filth which no pen could consent to describe. in Masloved. a place of about fifty houses, there were lying, eight days after the battle, about 700 wounded It was not so much their shrieks of agonv as their abandonment without any consolation which appealed to heaven. In one single barn alone sixty of these poor wretches were crowded. Every one of their wounds ; hsd originally been severe, but the> had become hopeless In consequence of thotr unassisted condition, and their want of nursing and feeding, [ almost all were gangrenous. Limbs | crushed by shot formed now mere heaps of putrefying flesh, faces a mere mass of coagulated blood, cov ered with filth, In which the mouth was represented by a shapeless open ‘lng, from which frightful groans kept ! welling out. The progress of the putrefaction separated whole inortl The Whip of Interest Drivn tke 0. *■—\ NsA “PUT DOWN THAT WHIP, \\ father, or ill take it FROM Your In “The Story of Waitstill Baxter'* By KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN. Author ol "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Faria” It Will Be Our Next Seri? 1 MMMfc mhmhmmhb Beginning K in Saturday 9 s issue THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. Bed pieces from these pitiable bodies. I The living were lying close to dead 1 bodies which had begin to fall into putrefaction, and lor which the worm were getting ready. These sixty rnen as well as the greater number of the others, lay fur a week In the same situation. Their wounds were either not dressed at all. or only in a most Imperfect way— since the day of the battle they 'lay there, Incapable of moving from *.ie spot—only scantily fed. and without suffiicent water. The bedding under them corrupting with blood—through whose quivering limbs a stream of poisoned blood hardly circulated They had not been able to die, and yet how could they expect ever again to return to life? Low Scores Were Made at the Traps Yesterday The high wind of yesterday was a. I great handicap at the trap, but not withstanding this, the meet was con sidered a success and a great deal of pleasure was derived from it, so I what's the use of "kicking." Comparatively low scores were made yesterday, but of course this: was caused by the wind. Following are the scores made: Shot at. Broke Goodrich 100 89 Chafee mo 87 Dunbar .. ..too 83 Twiggs ioo 83 Quick 100 ,9 Fierce 100 76 Barrett 60 53 Dorrlck 60 51 Evans 60 Bowen 60 36 Williams 60 36 Dendy 50 33 Sibley 50 17 Westmoreland 20 15 Elliott 50 27 Ramsey 50 22 Stovall 50 16 Jones 50 21 Thomas 50 23 Child Cross? Feverish? Sick? A cross, peevish, listless child, with coated tongue, pale, doesn’t' sleep; eats sometimes very little, then again rav enously; stomach sour; breath fetid; pains in Btomach, with diarrhea; pains In stomach with diarrhea; grinds teeth while asleep, and starts up with terror —all suggest a Worm Killer— something that expels worms, and al most every child has them. Klckapoo Worm Killer is needed. Get a box to day. Start at once. You won’t have to coax, as Klckapoo Worm Killer Is a candy confection. Expels the worms, the cause of your child’s trouble. 25e„ at your Druggist. Sick Headache. Mrs. A. L. Luckle, East Rochester. N. Y„ was a victim of sick headache and despondency, caused by a badly weakened and debilitated condition of tier stomach, when she began taking Chamberlain's Tablets She says, “I f,-y* :«hem pleasant to take, also mild Bn*'"'t-feettve. In a few weeks’ time I was /restored to my former good healih." For sale by all dealers. / ■ ■— ■ i I »M»' a " Bread is the staff of life. SENSATION FLOUR makes the best. ’Nouqh said. Yes, we make Linen Suits Make them in the best style that they can be made in; make them to your meas ure, and the prices run from $12.00 to $25.00 per suit. Shirts to order, too. The finest shirts by the finest makers in the country. DORR Good Taste Apparel WALL PAPER Mattings, Shades, Pictures T. G. Bailie & Go 712 Broad Street awnings” DROPSY SPECIALIST Usually give quick relief, have entirely relieved man . Fpemingly hopeless cases Swelling and short breath soon gone. Often gives entire relief In 15 to 25 days TriaJ treatment sent free. DR. THOIVfAS E. GREEN Successor to Dr. H. H. Green’s Sons Box P Atlanta, Ga FORD CAR The Wife and Boys and Girls can drive. SEE LOMBARD IRON WORKS Augusta Herald APRIL CIRCULATION DAILY AND SUNDAY HERALD. Tho circulation of the Dally and Sun day Herald for the month of April. 1914, was as follows: Arril 1 10.455 April 16 10,444 April 2 10,499 April 17 10,509 April 3 10,465 April 18 11,202 April 4 11,037 April 19 10,525 April 5 10,630 April 20 10 803 April 6 10,459 April 21 10,519 April 7 10,738 April 22 12,119 April 8 10,743 | April 23 43,619 Arm 9 10,739 I April 24 13.95 R April 10 10.476 | April 25 12 504 April 11 11.088 | April 26 11.325 April 12 10.635 April 27 41 379 April 13 10.484 I April 28 1L634 April 14 10.428 | April 29 11,710 April 15 10,510 | April 30 11,473 TOTAL APRIL 334,474 DAILY AVERAGE 11,449 Th* Augusta Herald, Dally and Sun day, has a circulation In Augusta ap proximately twice as large as that of any other Augusta newspaper Adver tisers and agencies invited to test the accuracy of these figures in comparison with the claims of any other Augusta newspaper. ROYAL CAFE 817 Broad Street. Next to Dyer Bldg. Excellent Cuisine. Service Unsurpassed. THINK OF US When In Need of Drugs, Patent Medicines Toilet Article* or anything kept In a First-class Drug Store. YOUR PATRONAGE APPRECI ATED Phone 2214 nnd we will send for your prescriptions and deliver promptly. Kandall’s Pharmacy Just a little notice to tell you of Tennis Rackets, Balls, Nets, etc., Base Balls, Gloves, Bats and aIL Croquet, the lawn game. Society Stationery in boxes and by the pound, envelopes to match. Pads, Ink, Pens, Pencils. Richards Stationery Co. Special This Week WATER COOLERS AT COST. 2 gallon, was $1.50, now $1.06 3 gallon, was $1.85, now $1.30 4 gallon, was $2.25, now .. .. $1.55 6 gallon, was $2.75, now .. $1.84 We are Closing Out our Stock of Tinware. Values up to 50c, special at, each .5^ BOWEN BROS. 865 Broad Street. STOP OVER AT OLD RELIABLE KIMBALL HOUSE ATLANTA, QA. Most Central and Convenlest Location In tho City* EUROPEAN PLAN. Our Restaurant on* of the Best in the South. 150 ROOMB. Hot and Cold Running Water. 81.00 per day. 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Wa strongly recommend the heavy cloth binding, ns it is a boaW that will lost forever. MAIL ORDERS-Ki’hfi book by parcel pott. include EXTRA 7 cents within tfo miles; io cents 150 to 300 miles; (or greater distances ask postmaster amount to include for 3 ibs. WEDNESDAY. MAY 6. TRY THE TADEfKIA it is a Clear Havana Cigar of the Very Highest Quality The even bum, work manship and aroma of THE TADEMA Cannot be Excelled. Burdell - Cooper COMPANY DISTRIBUTORS. Phone 23. 718 Broad St SCREENS DOORS WINDOWS Buy the Black Metal and Bronze Wire Screen with frame of bone dry stock; have our ex perts make measurements and fit the screens in the building— it will mean more peace, com fort and happiness this summer. Don’t waste money on cheap adjustable screens. Buy the sub. stantlal kind. Send for book of designs and price list, and let us show you how a small invest ment will yield large comfort.’ THE PERKINS MANUFACTURING GOMPANY Read Herald Ads i/DNGl]^