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FOUR THE *UGUSTA HERALD PuWi*i • iCv«-r\ Afternoon During th# Week * rid on Sunday Morning. THE HERALD PITRt.TSHINO CO. Entered at the Augugtn Pom’office a* Mall Mntier of the Seoond-rlaaa. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Ds'ly and Sunday. 1 year ..SO.OO Dally and Sunday per week 13 Dally and Sunday per month 50 Sunday Hernld. 1 vear 1 00 ’ PHONES Office ?97 W-nt nd phone 2 r '« Society . .SfllA I Mnnag g Editor Ke»ra Room 299 1 (hrr-ulnf on ..209$ FOR EIfJN RE PR ESENT X T IVES—The Pentamfn 0 Kenfno- Cn 22' F'f»h Ave . Wrv Tork Ofty. 121® Peon 'e*a (Inn TPilld log- Adnm« St rd Michigan Rlvd., *Me-ro TR * VEI.INO REPRESENT t EJP'ctr ->» d XV D 'I Otyone are the on'’- t**o’el'nvr renderntatlvee for Thf Ife’-a d pay ro money to other* *hev or. »> shnv W th’W nnthor‘tv f r r-m P Mo’vjrer of Hernld Puh • « ■ «* nr% ». 1 t 1 on* to TWF Atjr-IRTA HTRAI D. 7*»R St Anrueta On V r < "rnmt>vM" ’"nn •• |l| to ptlhllehed In fr ‘bt •tr>t er* th*» nimc of the p-"'*!» • s-in-m* l <o the nr’to'e lhe August* Herald naa a larger city circulation, and »» mg r lou*. circula tion man any utlier Augabia pa par Tftift Oaa been proven ny ihu Audit Co., of *%#w X i/rk i lie AlefaiU UuaiiutlvoH Advertiaara ju pef cent nmr* Home Carrier City Clr cula: on in Auguntu titan ta given by any other AuguMa j.ipar. This guarantee wilt be written In every contract and Tha Hr*vld will he ready and willing at a 1 time* to g'.ve full *C- Cf*a to lie records ail ndvertiaera who wnh to t«*i»t the accuracy of this guarantee in comparison with the claims of other August* Newepnpcra. HUERTA'S HABITS. Charge Nelson O’Rhaughneasy, 1,1 hi* official report of affairs ho hud observed In Mexico, touched upon Huerta's habit of alcoholic stimula tion. "He drinks,” nay* O'Shuughnca ajr’s report, ''much like the nervous and overworked broker or buaineaa man In America who finds It neces sary to ttc| four or five drlnka Into his system In the morning before ltd feels Just fit; and Huerta enn hold an awful lot.” Huerta may be able to "hold an aw ful lot," but when business men or political adventurers get to the point that It t ikes four or five drinks to start them going In the morning, It’s h pretty sure thing that disaster is only u few paces off. EXERCISING THE SUFFRAGE HERE IN AUGUSTA. As yet Augusta has not developed any militants among the auffrugetlea or Indeed shown any surface Indica tions of the feeling for suffrage that exists among the women of the city. And yet every now and then the ladles pull off an exercise of the suf frage that shows the men folks a thing or two. The recent annual election of the Young Men's l.lhrury Association la a cas« In point. The suffragettes seem to huve outpointed the men voters at every point. Here's tho atop' of lu<w the women voters put their program over at tho recent library election. According tut one of tho directors, the procedure was as follows: "At the last meeting of the old hoard of directors, held last week, a committee composed of the five lady members of the board was appointed to nominate n board of dlrictors and officers for unotlier year. This was an Innovation, the usual method heretofore, at least for several years, being for tho members, that is the subscribers, of the library to meet on tho duy tis the annual meeting and elect their hoard, etc. "Now this committee met and prepared Its list of directors and officers for the library for the en suing year, and culled tbe annual msetlnr for Friday afternoon, at & o'clock at tbe library rooms. Only three days' notice wns given L of this nnnuni meeting, which was \ too little. The committee refuses to let the proposed nominations be known. In other words, the committee took the position that members or subscribers were not to know who they were to bo ask ed to vote for until they got to the ballot box A state or national convention of mere men voters couldn't fix up a •late or carry It through any better than the suffragette* on the board of the Young Men’s l.lhrury Association. Here's hoping they will extend thetr activities to the polls and to ths ballot box in all elections. MeREYNOLDS, OBSTRUCTOR. If we recall II correctly, there was gome talk about a year ago to the •ffert that the attorney general had decided to send In his resignation in the coming August, because of the Indignation which had t>ecn created against him, apropos of the Oamlnettl esse In California, but August passed and the hope that Mcßcynolds would make place for a more efficient and a more progressive attorney gemSil gradually died down, We cennot feel that those who had doubts of Mr. Mcßi-ynolds' fttnrss for hts high position at that time have tn the meantime been glvA cause to rv trgrse thetr opinion, bm we do feel that those who gladly accepted a lent eut and favorable view of Ills hesita tion to proceed In that case are at thi. time staggered and confused to find him Irving to obstruct tbe New Haven Investigation. Mr. Mcßeynolds, In hts protest to the Interstate commerce commission agalnrt the examination of the tnanu ger and directors of this wrecked and looted properly, made the point that such an examination might have a bad effect upon "any criminal prose cution which the government may hereafter desire to Institute." This |jP fMjpSPw sounds plnttnlhln enough, but the force of it is entirely lost when wc realize that Mr. Mcßeynolds has taken no step* In the direction of crlmlnnl prosecutions of the New Haven au thorities, imr, Indeed, In the direction of any criminal proceedings at all. Mr. Folk, when he said: "It Is not a question of of wheth er the truth shall he suppressed,' sounded ttie true note. It doesn't mat ter so much whether or not certain gentlemen go to Jail as It does that tho country shall know and under stand the nature of such rascalities — and the manner In which they are committed. What we need is Buch In formation as will result, ns Mr. Folk said. "In legislation that will cause It to be as grave, a crime to plunder the public through tt corporation ns It Is now personally to rob an Indi vidual." The history of the ruthless destruc tion of this great piece of public prop erty presents one of the big problems of o>n day. The promise of possible future prosecutions of the managers and directors of the New Haven Is especially vague, since no steps to ward them have been taken.. In the meantime, tho question of cleaning up the matter and letting a flood of clear daylight Into the mysteries of these hlgh-flnanee robberies Is urgent, Tbe New York World reminds its readers ibat tbe department of justice Is no more "tbe government" than I* the Interstate commerce commis sion, which ts ncting under a reso lution of the United States senate. Jl pointedly remarks: "Had Attorney Genera! Mcßeynolds done Ids full duty In respect to New Haven corruption, no Investigation would have tieen necessary. The In quiry wns ordered bcieaus'e ths ds partment of justice had not lifted a finger to expose or punish the men who are responsible for great corpor ation crimes Involved In the plunder of this railroad. Now, at the last min ute. Mr. Mcßeynolds rushes In with protests against possible Immunity tn possible prosecutions which he, as the government," might "desire hereafter to institute, hut which lie has never shown the slightest Inclination to In stitute. the commission ts to be commend ed for Its refusal to bo tied and gag ged. lost It do its work. The coun try will at least have the facts, whteft Is more than tt can expect from At torney General Mcßeynolds. Vital Statistics DEPARTMENT PUBLIC HEALTH. REPORT FOR THE WEEK END ING MAY 16TH, 1914? Communicable Diseases. a , , .. White Colored Scarlet Fever 1 Measles 0 Diphtheria j 0 Previously reported not released. . White Colored M'nrlet h ever 4 1 Measles 17 Vital Statietlca. . White Colored Marriages 4 a Births .. 7 l>»atli« $ 17 GROG WAS FIRST USED IN 1740 Admiral Vernon Made the Flrat to Keep Hie Men Sober. Secretary Daniel*' order prohibiting alcoholic liquor* on hoard ships ~f the navy and a: ifmry yard* ha* (riven ri«e to the queetlon regarding the origin of Ihe word "grog”' Vice-Admiral Vernon of the British squadron operating In the Weat in die* in 1740. the man for whom Washington's home waa nnmed, is *ued au order from which the word ■'grog" ortelnated. Hla purrose wa» lo regulate the naval ration In order to improve the personnel, to remedy INDOOR SPORTS efi d> a» By Tad The Fitzgerald Leader-Enterprise says: Ex-Governor Joseph M. Brown In assailing organized labor for their ef forts to organize negroes In the same sphere of Individual uottvltles loses sight of the fact that to maintain a universal wage rate, for which labor strives, It Is essential that all those employed in a particular craft co-op erate to that end. In tho mines of Alabama tbe contractor does not give preference to the color of a man's skin, tint to the man who will produce him tbe most coal for the least cost. The negro, through Ills ability to live cheaper than tho white man and being content with Ichh of ths decencies of life for Ills family, wus able to work for less and did until they also became organized Into a union and begun to demand a living wage for thetr labor. This did not raise the negro to a po sition of social equality In the mining towns of Alutiunia but enabled the white man to better cope with the mining corporations, Herure a fair price for his labor and secure to ttie negro a similar wage rule for the men who prefer to employ colored miners. The stevedore's occupation for tho most part in the South has been filled by the negroes. To some of the port* white men from the North began to flock when commerce revived and worked for a time side by side with negroes. The wages for this class of work was entirely out of proportion to the efforts demanded and the white men organized a stevedores' union. Their demands being denied them, of course they struck, und the negro not being organized promptly took the places of their competitors at a smaller Pres’t E. J. Glenny Has Enough Compliments to Go Round Th« Herald cheerfully concedes all the credit that ts due other newspapers in this city and elsewhere fur any good Piece of work dons. A generous spirit should pervade the mind of every newspaper limn and no real newspaper man will endeavor to detract in the slightest from Just praise that is be stowed upon n contemporary. There fore. w hen a compliment Is paid to tho staff of one paper tt should make the members of the profession prouder of their calling, for compliments are the sweetest kinds of morsels to the hard worked members of the Fourth Estate as they “get hut little here below,” re muneratively speaking, except now and then u pat on the liack with the cheer ing smiles of their friends who say. "you had a good story today, old man." We will not mention what huppens when the story Is not so good or when some cruel fact Is published about peo ple who call themselves "the elect." This may seem to be a round about method of reaching the mark aimed at tut nevertheless tt lays the founda tion for what we are about to say. Our morning contemporary publish ed several dsys ago an editorial under the caption “Compliment for the Chronicle," in which s letter from President E. J. Glenny, of the New Orleans Cotton Exhange was quoted. Mr Glenny paid a very fine compli ment to that paper for the manner tn which tt handled the recent cotton conference. It seemed from Mr. Glenny'* letter at least tnferentlally, that he did not think there was but one paper tn Au gusta which handled the conference ably, so the managing editor of ths Herald addressed Mr Glenny a letter In which It was stated a frank expres sion was desired regarding the manner tn which this paper handled ths con existing condition* and promote tem pemnce. The need of *uch a reform at thxt time wa» pronounced, for It had lons been customary to Include a liberal amount of alcoholic liquor In sailor*’ ration*. The kind of liquor provided depended of courae on the part of the world at which the ahtp* were eta Honed: *a!lor» tn the home squadron were given beer, while wine waa pro vided for those In the Mediterranean and new rum for tho*e in the t'nlted State*. Because of the demoralisation ot thi men brought through over-indul gence In rum the order providing for THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, GA. BROWN AND THE UNIONS t From The Fitzgerald Leader-Enterprise wage. It became self evident that the condition of the white tnan would either have to fall to the level of the negro or the negro's would have to be correspondingly raised to that of the white man. For the sake of self preservation the white man decided it best to raise the nigger than to reduce the white man's standard to that of the negro. There are no mixed unions (white end black) In the South of which we have any reeord. Trades that have skilled men of both colors are organ ized In separate unions and the fact that no black union man has ever been a delegate to the Georgia Federation of Labor ts evidence that our ex-gov ernor was not well informed on his premises, Lubor unionism Justifies its exist ence in the higher standard of living conditions of the worker, und hi* fumily, a standard to which all reas onable mon must be willing to con cede ho Is entitled. That there muy lie abuses of power and at times un reasonable coercion may be admitted, hut we sre well aware that organized capital resorts to extreme measures In the hope to stem the tide against the transition from the old order of cor porate industrialism to a fairer divis ion of the net products of nldustry. We hold no brief for any labor union, but years of observation show that American labor has maintained its higher standard of living solely through its organized efforts and the sacrifices that have been made In be half of their fellowmen In the indus trial battles of the past and to labor especially would It profit to remember that "in eternal vigilance lies their freedom.” ference. He was Informed that It was not ths desire of the Herald to detract one lota from the glory of its neigh bor, that It cheerfully conceded that what he said of the other paper was trua, and a plain statement was want ed, without the straining of his con science In tho slightest, as to how the Herald handled the convention Mr. Glenny wrote as follows: NEW ORLEANS COTTON EX CHANGE. E. J. Glenny, Prest.j W. P. Stewart, Vice President) Henry G. Hester, Becy. & Supt-t H. W. Kuntz, Aset. Becty. New Orleans. May 14, 1914. Thos. J. Hamilton, Esq., Managing Editor The Augusta Herald, Augusta, Georgia. Dear Sir: I am tn receipt of your letter of the 1-tli Instant and desire to say that my communication to Mr. Hammond was a spontaneous outburst of my feelings for the work done not only by ths Chronicle but by the paper which you represent. I had no Idea that my let ter could even be construed Infer- ns a reflection upon the Her ald, as your paper certainly was fully up to everything that could be asked of an afternoon paper. In faot, I have on fils as a record of the meeting cop ies of both the Chronicle and the Her ald. With kindest regard* and the fullest appreciation for all that you have done toward mnklng this meeting a success, I remain. Yours truly. E..J. GI.KNNY, President. the use of diluted liquor waa given. According to this order a quart of water had to be mixed with each pint of the We*t Indian beverage and the uaua ration waa divided, naif to b* given before II o'clock In the fore toon. and the other half to be gDen late In the afternoon. The tnen, in their reaentment at the interference on the t art of their auprtor. Ironically dubbed the dilut ed drink 'grog' in hie honor Admi re' Ve-non had bean nicknamed “Old Grog," because it was hi* cue tom to wear Y heavy atom coet of ’•rosaraln” or a* the common Eng lish form was "grogram ” IHQOOa vSPOt2TS • U>oKira6 Ai THE “VoO£ViiC.l-^ <?oeev” g ivtS no>-> 7H£ 0.0. The comfort of clothes wearing is not only in the feel but in their appearance. A man, .accustom ed to the niceties of dress, isn’t comfort able in a thin suit if it doesn’t hang right. Holo Cloth gives every comfort of lightness and cool ness, and it looks well on all occasions. It looks the dressy suit it is and doesn’t get out of shape. DORR Tailoring For Men of Taste Augusta Herald APRIL CIRCULATION DAILY AND SUNDAY HERALD. The clreulr.t on of the Dally and Sun day Herald for the month of April, I9it, was as follows: April 1 10,485 April 1 10,449 April 3 10,465 April 4 11,037 April 5 10,630 April 6 10,459 April T 10,739 April g 10.749 April 9 10.739 April 10 10.476 April 11 IF 088 April 13 10,6.15 April 13 10,464 April 14 10.428 April 15 10,510 April 18 10,444 April 17 10,509 April 19 11,Hu? April 19 10,525 April 20 10,893 April 21 10,5)9 April tl 12,149 April IS 13.618 April 14 13.986 April 35 11,504 April 16 11.325 April 17 12,2,9 April 28 11.834 April 29 11,740 April ID 11,473 TOTAL APRIL 834,474 DAILY AVERAGE 11i14g The August* Herald, Dally and Sun day, ha* a circulation tn Augusta ap proximately twice a* large a* that of any other August* newspaper. Adver- j Users and agt-ncle* nvlted to test the accuracy of theae figure* in comparison with the claims of any other Augusta newapitpor. 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Mark each bundle plainly with number of votes contained therein. SUNDAY. MAY 17. BINAIICNAUONggI