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SIX ME AUGUSTA HERALD l’ubll*h.d Every Afternoon During the Week end on Sunday Morning. THE HERALD PUBLISHING CO. :-rttereO «t the Augusts Pos'offic. ae Melt Metier of the Seronrt-class. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Ds'ly end Sunday. 1 year M-00 Pally and Sunday per week ••• .11 Pallv end Sunday, per month -eo Sunday Herald 1 veer • ■ 1 00 PHONES: Ouelneaa Office 297 W-nt ad nhone 210 Society 2010 1 Manas'* Editor 299 Newe Hoont .. . 2H I Olrcnlnt'on ....2936 FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES—The penlamln A* ICentnor ho., 720 F'fth Ave., New York City. 121* I’eon'e'e Oee Build ■»: Adame St . end Michigan Rlvd., ■'ilcero TR » VET TNO REPRESENTATIVES — .1 Kllnrk and W P M, Owene ere the < nuthorl7ed fnvellne retireaentetlvee frr The Hern'd Pov no money to others .-leer they ren ehnw wr*tf»u nnthnr'ty 'cm Rnelneee ?.lenn*er of Herald Pith ■ • ho A tdreea all hneineee coirtmtinlcatlone to THE AUCUSTA HERALD. 7?,fi Pronrt St. Augusta. On \,, commt rtfi tion will he published In »u ttcrnld unlee* the name of the - -'tir -la at*ned to the article. The Augusta Herald haa a larger city circulation, and a larger total circula tion than any other Augusta paper. Thla haa been proven by the Audit Co., of ■w York. The Herald guarantees Advertisers oO per cent, tnor* Home Carrier City Cir culation In Augusta than Is given by nny other Augusta paper. This guarantee will be written In every contract and The Herald will he ready ond willing at a 1 tlmca to give full ac ceaa to lta racorda 1 all advertlaors who wlah to taat tha accuracy of thla guarantee In comparison with tha claims of othar Augusta Nswapspara THE WEATHER Augusta and Vicinity. Showtrs tonight or Thursday. South Carolina and Georgia. Showers tonight or Thursday. Comparative Data. June 17, 1914. Highest temperature record, 97 In 1879. Lowest temperature record, 60 In 1899. Lowest this morning, 66. Precipitation yesterday, 0; msmal, 0.18. River stage at 8 a. tn., 8.7 feet. Itlao In 24 hours, ending at 8 a. m., 0.4 foot. TO D. EMIGH, Local Forecaster. CAPMAION OF CROAKING. While It hs« been perfectly evident to those who uphold the democratic administration that there has been a deliberate campaign of calamity and depression being waged, In the hope ot baiting trust legislation, the presi dent’s decisive opinion that thla Is the case, oalinot fail to strengthen some of the well meaning, but weak-kneed. At the least, we think It will shame some of the most barefaced and bla tant exploiters -of ill fortune Into all cru'r . Tin. chorus of-the croskers can not for long halt tha onward and up nurd rise of prosperity, but it can dis hearten the weak and blind many to i ppoft unit ten that otherwise would be grasped aim improved. It is a mis chievous and cruel policy that springs only from the selfish motive of poli ticians nnd trust magnates, who de sire to cling to every possible advan tage, whether fair or unfair, In the hop© of securing a return to the old syatem ot special privilege. The public Is considerately warned that “thinking men" are thinking*)ust . as the selfish trusts and the conniving ''outs" of the republican regime would have them think, but we rather guess that the public does a little thinking on its own hook now and then, ami is quits as ready to trust the men la Washington, whose works are open and aboveboard as to follow the •'thinking men"—so-called, by thom s elves DIVORCE—LEBB OR MORE? There is a great deal of hypocritical talk about the evils of divorce, but Professor George Itrandes, the Danish literary man. Is not by any mes• i, swelling the chorus that tincear' ,g!y deplores the Increase of divorce In America. "God give us more divorce!” he exclaim# when asked for an opinion on the fr#quenry of divorce In Ame rica “More, not less, divorce Is a gift to humanity.** declares Professor Hran des “Anyway, we all know that mar riage ts a great ,11ml of civilization and one of the lew signs of Justice In the world." "To me," he continues, "there Is no situation In the world more hideous than that created by the compulsory living together of two human beings Who have ceased to want to be to gether and for whom all points of men tal or physical contract have ceased U> exist '"l have watched women and men writhe against these chains. In Italy, where there Is only the civil act of marriage, tins bond Is made 'lndis soluble.' I think this a crime. In America you have approached more nearly to human Justice. You hold out a hope for luture happiness to poor human beings - at least a hope." Happily, there Is a medium course between sobbing over the Increase of divorce and praying with Professor Hrandes for more of It. The "Indissoluble bond” sounds very grand and noble to some minds, but the question for civilisation to decide te whether a better morality, a higher respei t for the home and a keener sense of loyalty to husband, wife, and children is conserved with or without divorce. If we measure morality by the number of married couples con fined under the same roof, we need not question whether divorce Is right or wrong. Hut this is not the gunge that satieties many minds. The test of divorce ts nut in the fact that homes i are broken up, nor can the assumption that the children are sufferers from divorce be accepted by man? minds. If it could be demonstrated that children are happier, ideals of loyalty are stronger and devotion to the re sponsibilities of the married relation ship truer and keener In those coun tries and states in which divorce Is prohibited, then the claims for the Indissoluble tie, would be unquestioned, but can these claims be substantiated? The problem before society Is: How to make the marriage tie a serious and lasting responsibility. Is the sense of responsibility Increased or diminished by divorce? We cannot revere the home, when it Is a home only in out ward semblance and by name. «'hil dren who are so unfortunate as to ma ture to manhood and womanhood in these hollow and meaningless homes, do not gel: the benefit of home influ ences, about which we talk glibly, but analyze scarcely at all. On the con trary. the hypocrisy and hollow mock er' of such homes are bound to have en embittering and hardening effect upon the children who grow up In them. Contempt for one parent or the other, and sometimes in a measure for both, the effect of growing up In a home which would have been disrupted had self-respect ruled. At the same time, no one can be foolish enough to assume that easy and frequent divorces are desirable. They are as great a menace to the morality of a people as Is the acceptance of the matrimonial bond as final and Indis soluble. They encourage Inconsequent marrying and Inconsequent marrying calls for more divorce and again more Inconsequent marriage a very cork screw of degradation. What we need in the United States Is not a sharp check upon divorce, but serious thought as to how to regulate and ar range It so .that It may serve the gur poee both of human Justice and of moral tone AUGUSTA A 8 A SUMMER RESORT AND AMUSEMENT CENTER. With the recent heat spell broken — In which Augusta suffered in common with the rest of the country—the indi cations are fur a busy and pleasant summed ahead of our people. With the State Qun Shoot in Au gusta which has brought over a hun dred aportsmen from all over the state, melding many entries from South Carolina and Alabama, and the South Atlantic Tennis Tournament being held on the courts of the Country Club, and with work being actively pushed to make ready the camp for the va rious state troops, that will be mob ilized In Augusta this summer, there is every Indication that Augusta Is go ing to have a busy and a pleasant Bum mer. It is high time that we pushed the slogan COME TO AUGUSTA. Other cities maintain regular bureaus whose business is to get conventions, to run excertuons, to bring the people to town, of course, a city must offer some attraction. For years and years, every summer, it has all been going out—to the moun tains, to the seashore, to the North and East and West, and nothing coming In. Tills summer it begins to look tik* Au gusta is going to get on she nap. This summer we are going to bring a good many people to Augusta. A little concerted effort and a groat mhny more people can he brought to Augusta, both for pleasure and for business purposes. As the Herald has already suggested there Is no reason why we shouldn't have a series of STATE DAYS in Augusta this sum mer, with appropriate exercises and amusements. We suggest that Augusta hold a GEORGIA DAY In Augusta thla sum mer, and that Gov. John M. Slaton and the State House Officials, be asked to participate. Excursion rates and a se ries of special invitations to trade In Augusta on Georgia Day, when special showings and bargains will be offered by Augusta merchants, will be a splen did advertisement for Augusta, and will serve to widen the trade area of this city. We suggest that Augusta hold a South Carolina Day this summer, when Governor Blouse and all the South Car olina State House Officials be asked to be the city’s guests for the occasion. Excursion trains should be run from all over South Carolina, and people should he urged to visit Augusta, where again a special series of South Carolina trade specials would be of fered in the way of proving to all com ers that Augusta Is a good place to trade In and to do business in. Many new friends and much new territory could be covered with a series of con certed efforts in which all tinea of trade would be asked to participate this summer. l<et's put Augusta on the map and keep it there thla aummer. At the Casino Willie Kllas, the well known Au- Ituatn new boy. will he sen In the amateur vaudeville at the l<ake View Casino this evening. 1*- will be the distinct feature of "Amateur Niaht.’ There will be a number of ether per formers of thia city to make their ap pearance on the Casino stage this evening, but when it conies to Retting applause none of them beat Billie. Cash prlaes will be given the win ners aa follows: First prixe J 5, secotul prise |8 and third prise II The amateur contests will take place Immediately following the first allow, which will be opened with the regular two reels at motion pictures at 1:15. On account of the amateur perform ances, It is likely that the management will give but one performance of "The Girl in rink" or “The Two Senators.' which plays for the last time this evening. Ihe bill will be ehunged to morrow. It ts therefore advised that Casino patrons be on band eaily to night. as an unusually large crowd is expected. l -fOVI A CLOWNS •! Ls A, ic/ J'. | | laws* 1m \ .S®EL ; " :l ' ; ru/z OH Men " /W/ * MORC cwee*FW . . j. A WISE KITTEN. Walter lived with his grandmother In a small* village. One day he was sent on an errand which took him by a pond. lie was wfilstltng as he went along, kicking the dust with his bare feet, but suddenly he stopped and looked at an object which was floating on the water of the pond. "That is a flour bag." he said, “and it looks as though there were some thing alive inside it.” Just then an end of the bag sank Into the wrater and Walter was sure he heard a faint meow. lie did not wait to remove his elotlies; he threw his hat on the bank and plunged Into the pond. Walter could swim, and as it was not far from the shore, he soon had the bag and lifted it out of the water. As he lifted it a little white kitten broke through the wet end and fell into the pond. Walter caught it And took it to the bank. He dried is as well as be could with his hands, and then put it in his hat. The kitten was weak* from being in tlie bag and fighting for its life, but it meowed in a faint voice, as though to express thanks to his rescuer The sun was warm, and Walter's AFTER THE WEDDING AN ILLUSTRATED STORY OF THE WAY A HOME WAS MADE. I y jji ■ -V- ~ L- • L ■ 1... AFTER THE WEDDING “I’d Rsther You Didn't Go Around With Them.” When Jennie got home, after being out with the two acquaintances who lived In the same apartment house, she was late and found that Tom had arrived from work ahead of her. "Hello, girlie,” said Tom. "Whetss've you been; out for a walk?" Then Jennie told him where she had been and the good time she had had that afternoon. * "I'm glad you had fun." said Tom, "but I bate to see you going out with those two women; they're not the kind that will do you .any good, and I'd a whole lot rather you didn't go around with them " "1 can't see why!" exclaimed Jennie. "I've had a whole heap of fun this afternoon. What do you think I'm going to do ail the tiin< sit home and look expectantly at the door for your homecoming every night? Well. I'm not, and. what's more, every chance 1 get to go out and have a good time I’m going to go.” "Please don’t talk like that. Jennie. I know a whole lot more about thia world igid the people In It than you do, and If you’ll just listen to me. everything will con e out all right, and before long we ll have a mighty nice little home l got some pretty good news in the office today, and I think before very long I'll get a boost In salary and I think It's to be a good, substantial boost, too, and that more patience, glVlle. and everything will be tine and dandy." Liut Jennie was looking out of the window aa if she had at heard him—U. C. TO BE CONTINUED. THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, G.A. INDOOR SPORTS By Tad clothers were soon dry, and so was tiie kitten's fur. When Walter came to a house where he knew the people, they gave him a saucer of milk, which seemed to be all that the kitten needed to restore it to good health. "I do not see how anybody could be so cruel,” Walter told his grandmoth er. as he showed her the kitten. "I am going to call her Pond Lily, because she is so white and I found her in a pond." Pond Lily grew to be a large cat, and was very fond of Walter. She fol lowed him about like a dog, and he taught her to jump over a stick and many other tricks. When it was time for Walter to get up in the morning she would go to his bed and purr; if this did not awaken him she would pat his cheek very soft ly with her paw. AVhen he opened his eyes she would jump down and run around iq ft circle chasing her tail. On thp Aunt door of the house was an old-fasfcioaed bell, from wrtieh the wire was run down the side of the door frame tft the hall. Pond Lily pulled the wire once with her paw, making tbis wire ring, but she was punished, and she never did it again. Walter's grandmother had a great many pieces of old-fashioned silver. w'hich were kept on the sideboard in the dining room. One night Walter was awakened by hearing the bell ring; he thought he must have been dreaming, but he lis tened and soon he herd it again. He jumped out of bed, the bell still ringing, then it stopped, and he heard some one run through the yard. His grandmother was awake by this time, and had lighted a lamp. They went into the front hall, and there was Pond Lily sitting by tlie wire. When she saw them she ran to the dining room and me-ow-ed. Walter and his grandmother went into the room, and there on the floor was all the silver in a pile and the window was open. Then they knew what Had happened. Pond Lily had seen the burglar and frightened him away by ringing the hell. Wliy she did not run to Walter’s room and awaken him in the usual way they could not understand unless she thought the burglar might harm Walter if lie came down stairs, and tried in her own way to save the silver without calling him. Walter and his grandmother thought this was the reason, although the neighbors thought it w r as quite exten sive reasoning for a cat to do. Hut Pond Lily was the pride of the village for many years, and Walter’s friends tried to get him to change her name to one more suitable for a brave cat. hut Walter would not consent. "I found her in tlie pond,” he would say, "and she is as white as a lily. I do not want to change her name.” (Copyright, 1914, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate, New York City.) Tomorrow's story—“ The Adventure of Jussy-Puss.” THE WAYS OF THRIFT (Copyrighted, 1014. American Society for Thrift.) A NATION WHICH KNOWS THE VALUE OF THRIFT. Belgium has little need to dispense charity among; her people; she uses the Preventive method instead —the promo tion of thrift. The government teaches the children thrift. And thrift in the individual, thrift in the family, co-oper ative thrift in business national thrift and prosperity are the result. Belgium holds her own in the industrial and com mercial world in the face of the keen est com pc tion with her large and pow erful neighbors. Deposits in the government savings bank of pne frank up may be made through any postoffice in the kingdom. Deposits are made by the use of special adhesive stamps which are pasted in a bank book and which are virtually re ceipts for the money deposited. The books go through the mail free of postal charges. The government authorizes small deposits for tlie encouragement of children and farm laborers, and rural postmen carry with them stamps for this purpose, suggesting and inviting the use of them. Thus ideas of saving are instilled into the minds of the children and tlie house hold is inspred with a spirit of thrift. Tlie people live within their means and do not try to keep pace with those whose Incomes are greater. The majority are neither slaves nor prodigals and their declining years are provided for. The observe*- is impressed by seeing on every hand men and women still in the fresh ness of youth retired from bread win ning and enjoying life on the capital he has saved by reasonable economy'. They have lived and spent wisely, and enjoyed life in moderation. Frequently they have traveled a little, and are fa milial with art. music and the drama. Belgium is a land practical}' devoid of paupers because of the government policy. Instead of old age pensions and charity, by its systems of inculcating thrift the government pays the indi vidual on h i savings, and provides for the prevention of dependents. Through the hanks the government insures the citizen s life and gives him an annuity if he will save to pay for it. The en dowment policies are m dr payable at the end of ten, fifteen, twenty or twen ty-five years, or at the ages of 50, 60 or 65 years. The nation is prosperous and many individual fortunes are large. • Thrift Is not taught In the schools of the t’n ted States, and children grow up knowing neither the value of time, mon ey or U l or. To meet this urgent need for thrift teaching the American Soci ety for Thrift is devoting much t me to the school children, and through them the parents, for that purpose, encourag ing home ami school gardens, holding! contests and offering prises for the best stories of Imtlv dual thrift. “A gar den thrift contest” showed a small gen eral knowledge of the value of gardens as tman* to reduce the costs oi family food. Augusta Herald MAY CIRCULATION Dally and Sunday Herald. The Circulation of the Dally and Sun day Herald for the month of May, 1914, was as follows: May 1 10,799 May 16 11,265 May 2 11,390 May 17 10,695 May 3 10,685 May 18 111,839 May 4 10,749 Mav 19 10,661 May 6 10,754 May 20 10,643 May 6 10,704 May 21 10.654 May 7 10,689 May 22 10,689 May 8 10,699 May 23 11,259 May 9 11 234 May 24 14.795 May 10 10,810 May 25 It 654 May 11 10,629 May 26 10,699 May 12 10,631 May 27 10 689 May 13 10,593 May 28 10 734 May 14 10,639 May 29 10,733 May 15 10,629 May 30 11,343 May 31 10,840 TOTAL MAY 334.651 DAILY AVERAGE 10,795 The Augusta Herald, Dally and Sunday, has a circulation In Augusta approxi mately twice as large as that of any other Augusta newspaper. Advertiser* and agencies Invited to test the accuracy of these figures In comparison with the claim* of any other Augusta newspaper. UNCON VENTIONALITIES. “Never mind closing the door as you go out. Skidmore: the room will need a little extra ventilation. "Sir, in returning this manuscript to you we take pleasure in pronounc ing it by all odds the worst rot that ever was submitted to us.” “I’m lending you this money, you worthless cuss, merely to get rid ot you.” “I can't understand how you got in, Mr. Grigshaw; I've told the girl I am not at home when you call.” Rubber Bathing Caps of the latest style, SI.OO. GARDELLE’S, 744 Broad THE AUGUSTA DAILY HERALD’S “Shower of Gold” Contest Foi* Babies of Augusta and Vicinity. Nomination Blank GOOD FOR 5,000 VOTES FREE. I hereby nominate Address Parents' Name *• 'Phone No District No Tour Name and Address .. .......... ...aaaaa.. ........a. ..*• ea.a.ae...a..a.....aa«#e##.e.e#eeee* Only the first one turned In counts. COUPON BALLOT GOOD FOR 25 VOTES I The Augusta Daily Herald’s Great “Shower of Gold” for Babies of Augusta and Vicinity. For Baby Parents' Name Address District No This Ballot Must Be Voted Before June 19, 1914. Coupon ballots most be neatly trimmed along heavy black llnea, and where more than one Is being cast, must be securely pinned or tIM together. When these Instructions sre carried out It will be necessary to make out only the first or top ballot. Mark each bundle plainly with number of votes contained therein. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 17. A white Holo Suit is a thing of beauty Of the same mate rials as the other Holo Cloth, but creamy white. Light in weight and porous it’s refreshing to wear it. Does not draggle or wrinkle it’s refreshing to see it. It’s a high-class Summer Suit. DORR Good Taste AppareJ Going to Build? If so, get the right ma terial and right price. Lumber orders for rough or finished stock. Mill work or estimates are all carefully supervised by officers of this company, and you can make no mis take in sending the busi ness here. SASH, DOORS,BLINDS, SCREENS,MILL WORK Let us know your wants by mail or telephone and' we will do the rest. The Perkins Manufacturing Co. Phone No. 3. 620 13th St, Read the “Wants” \