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per cent, mo r* Homo Carrier City Cir
culation In Augusta than m given by
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BUILDING UP AND TEARING
DOWN.
We hear a groat deal of fine senti
ments about "building up* ’ and
"tearing down.” They are rather gen
eral and vague but most persona are
ready to believe that it la a good thing
to build up and a bad tiling to tear
down.
Kven the moat wicked and abandon
•d Of heart will glow with righteous
conviction over tho general proposi
tion that tearing down la bad and
building up la good, but no sooner nre
these worthy loaaonn Inculcated than
there comee a long list of exceptions.
Home building up. It appear*, la very
naughty Indeed und In such cases tear
ing down Is not only excusable, but be
comes a furious and frenxled duty.
It Is Important to find out, In tho
first place what Ih worth building up
iinil what le worth pulling down.
It Is unsafe to submit utterly to the
leadership of any one on the Important
question, since all human nature Is
prime to err and none are so wise and
Impartial u» to escape blindness anil
distortion of vision when their own
personal Intereetn happen tn ho ln
i olved.
Hr nor. when thr apostle of building
uj• begins to preach tearing down, lot
an take stock i-urcfully of thr right
rod wrong of thr question, etch man
thinking so fag ok te possible- for
hlrnaolf and without thr guidance of
any one even remotely Interested for
or against the matter in a personal
We think every citizen In Augusta
honestly desires to hulld up Augusta
each In his own way and each after
his own particular fancy
Nobody wants to tear down Aligns*
to, though In pursuit of mistaken Ideas
of progrrso there urn those who are
unconeciously pursuing this mischie-
vous course.
one thing Is certain, and that is.
that the general desire for progress
progress anil growth, even though it
may take wrong directions, even
though the conflict between those who
have varying and antagonistic notions
of what ought to remain hulk up and
what ought to be torn out and torn
down may result In halts and
confusions will hrlpg shout progress
and growth very surely. In fact, wo
have enough evidence st band right
now to convince the most down heart
ed that despite the strong antago
nisms and the unnecessary conflicts
and obstructions. Augusta Is moving
forward at a great iiacs.
She will move fusler still when her
people find out that her resources are
grent enough to support developments
that apparently Infringe upon one
another When her people recognise
that competition means growth ana
cease to fear It ami when the "live and
let live" sentiment Is more widely felt
and understood.
THE BROAD GLARE OF GOOD
CROPS.
The rule or ruin policy of come of j
the powrr* In Mk buslnse*# has It* !
limitation* Huccenc la fairly aasurod
ao far a* giving psuse to public oonfl- j
rteno* and obstructing large operations
goea but even here. auecsss la not far
teaching
With record breaking crops coming
In, with a thirty three million dollar 1
surplus in the treasury, with the tariff j
stripped of Its sin* of favoritism and ,
oppression and rendered an effldentt ;
revenue getter, prosperity I a Inevitable j
and not to be disguised.
We might have had bad years and
poor crops, In which case, the privtl- I
< ged classes would have had a fine op
portunity to fool the public, but thanks
to good fortune the prophets of evil
have not l>een aided by outside cir
cumstances They can create psycho
logical conditions to suit themselves
In their efforts to check the reform of
ihe liemorrntlc administration, but
they rannot control natural and trta
terlal conditions.
Tha moat persuasive spinners of
slarmlng yarns and the most subtly
magnetic of hypnotists are powerless
to blind the great masses of the people
to actual facts.
Prosperity throws a searchlight s<>
broad In Its luminous power that tt
dulls the glittering eyes of the mea
r crista and conjurers snd disperses
their subjects.
Had the fates decreed that the years
of tha l>eniopratls In Washington were
to Iw accomi>a/ilod by poor crops the
Intelligence of the tnsssrs would have
been put to a more severe test The
Democratic measures sre wisely cal
culated for the greatest good to the
greatest number: bad crops might
Lava hidden their wlsdgfn for a ttwi*
out to the less ImpiOsslonabl# am!
n ora thoughtful rlilieh ths justice ami
good sense of these measures would
SOU liavw been apparent.
INDOOR SPORTS * * s By Tad
H teim lafevgS"-);i pmwn
«rfF% \ 1 T fit A (T
BOSS ' aoa» roc fa . " m
TMt FiKSr time. If f ;
Turkey Being Equipped
For New Conflict With
Greece; Peace Pamphlet
London—ln a striking peace pamph
let circulated today G. H. Perris states
that the twelve chief armament com
panies of Great Britain have capital
of $220,000,000 and that the total capi
talization of the British armament
Business Is nearer s£>oo,ooo,ooo tlkgu
$250,000,000.
"Turkey is being equipped for u
1 new conflict with Greece,” he com
ments, "and with complete Impartial
ity of any other kind of commerce
Greece is being simultaneously equip
ped for this eontjirt, which meal *
i deal li to legitimate commerce, another
1 arrest of civilization, and a shame to
j humanity. While the British foreign
I office is endeavoring to maintain
peace In the Near Hast, the British
admiralty is lending "missions" of
naval officers to both sides, in order
to hasten, In co-operation with the
contracting syndicates, the prepara
tion of their war forces. So it is all
over the World with ail accompnni
| incut of varlagsted scandal. Russia,
, Turney, Greece, llaly, Spain, Norway,
Sweden. Japan, Chinn, Canada, Aus
tralia, Jtrnzll Argentina, Chill, Peru,
; Mexico -there Is not a feud, or the
j possibility of a feud, but these trades
iron nro »t hand to egg on the rivil
adventurers, ami to equip them with
j the latest instruments of the seism e
I and art of wolesaie .lomU-idi*”
Issues More Stringent
Orders For Suppression
of Drink Habit-Czar
Berlin—From at Petersburg I learn
that the Czar has Issued more gtrln
gent orders for the suppression of the
think evil among his soldiers Oifi
•ers are forbiddc i to drink vodka In
I camp, on manoeuvers or while on any
duty with their men. AM cases of
drunkenness are to be dealt with in
severe manner. Commanding officers
;>aro ordered to discourage (he drink
-1 tug of alcohol and ar • ecominended
Ito set the example themselves. Off!
! cers commanding regiments are or
dered to Improve the mess live of the
! officers under them. Tito Introduc
tion of games, the addition of ltbra
i ne« to the mess premises, the fat-lib
i ties for tu> Study of foreleg lan
guages are especially recommended.
Vodka Is forbidden to the men ai
all times, nmi the most stringent
measures will be taken to prevent
i them from buying It No soldier will
|be allowed to receive mone-. from
home, If he h» known to he tncltnei
i !o drink, without special permission
I from his commanding office, Corn-
mnndlng officers are especially rec
ommended to Inv; rove the lot of the
ntnn by Inatltutlng games which will
keep them out of doors and occupied
during their free time
Special orders are also Issued 'or
the spiritual welfare of the men, espe
dally those young soldiers who may
be addicted to drink Medical offi
cers are to deliver lectures periodi
cally to officers and men on the harm
ful effect of alcohol.
1 - “S' * 1
Increase Teleqraphic
Detachment German Army
Bsrlln. October Ist will see an In
crease of ths telegraphic detachment
! of the Orman army by a new liattal-
I ton. The designation of these troops.
however Is now only a reminiscence
t for there will henceforth be no army
, telegraphic eery Ice. The telegraph
has hern replaced by the telephone
j The only d'eadvantage of telephonic
service that It Isavea no written re
|(-ord Is considered to be much note
] than counterbalanced by the fact that
, the telephonic service Is faster snd
1 does not require a specially trained
' staff. The general commanding will
1 hereafter have at his dls|H>snl thirty
1 wagons, drawn bv I*o horses and
] equipped yvlth slxtv telephones and
about *B miles of eable and wire.
WtNTKP: OOLOMCD B<~>YS TO C >R-
I rv rspers In Colored Territory Apfdv
Sub S'atlon No 1. WS: K lock St. ts
THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, GA.
WHEN BIG STEVE TOLD
OF BLAZES IN A UGUSTA
Looking Backwards in History
of the A. F. D.
Ding-dong!
Big Steve is ringing from Its tower
at the Intersection of Greene and
Eighth streets.
Looking Backwards.
Let's glance back a bit to tile time
when Augusta bad a volunteer fire
department, when the citizens put-out
fires for "glory” only, and went back
to tied—ls a night fire—with ,a wet
pair cf trousers and coat hanging on
II clmlr in their room. Then they got
up and went to work, iih usual next
day. You see every able-bodied man
was a fireman those days. They did
well—God bless old volunteers. Aryl
then came the paid department, anil
we all know their splendid history,
for Augusta has a fire protection sys
tem second to none in the South (Sa
vannah might be excepted).
The Old Tower.
The old Bell Tower. Well, It stood
Just In the centre of Greene and Eighth
streets, and the keeper of the bell kept
Ids lonely vigil up on the sixth round
of the tower (a room with a bed. etc.,
was his housekeeping), and hisi to
keep an eye open for a blaze in the
city limits and then ring Big Steves
It seems there was no more senti
ment ns to this good old hell than
to the very nails In the tower that
held It tip, for when the city council
dretded to abolish (he volunteer sys
tem of responding to fires, "Big Steve"
was sold to a foundry In another city
and so passed away along with the
tower that was Its home for many
yea rs.
TH« Old Firs District*.
Augusta, in the dais of the fir*
tower, was divided Into fire districts,
nine of them. These districts covered
a large space, and the locating Just
where a fire was. caused a good deal
of hunting around. The districts were
as follows:
District No. 1 tvas bounded by Hous
ton. Greene. Centre and the river.
District No. 2 was in a square en
closed by Houston, flreene Centre and
South Tbuindary stress.
District No. 3 by Greene, Centre,
Jackson and the river.
District No. 4 wns enclosed bv
Greene, Centre, Jackson and South
South Boundary streets.
District No. 5 was lhat part of town
within the limits of Marhury, Greeno,
Jackson ami the river.
District No. fi was houndsd by
Greene, Fenwick, Jnckson and Mar
bury.
The seventh district was that which
was en closed by Marhury, Greene, the
river and as far west as a block be
yond Mill* street, the city limits reach
ing to a point along that way.
The eighth district was that bound
ed by Jackson, Fenwick, Marhury and
Adams street
The ninth district was the smallest,
being between Fenwick, Marhury,
Greene and a block west of Mills.
An old record g'ves the following:
First District One tap hell.
Second District Two taps hell.
Third District Three taps bell.
And s<> on up to the ninth district,
denoted by nine taps.
Tsn Taps, Fir# in Hamburg.
Ten taps told that a fire was In
Hamburg. Twenty taos after 3 o'clock
at night vyns the military alarm.
The rules were:
"The tower bell will strike the dis
tricts only for fire; but the market
bells wtll ring after striking the dis
tricts.
The military alarm Is left blank to
be filled st any time when deemed
necessary by the proper authorities
Hinging for any public oecash n notice
will be given.
•'When an alarm of fire Is raise ' m
the street, and no sign Is seen by the
tower watchman he will not strike the
bell until either of the market bel's
strike the district, unless Informed by
seme person the location of the fire
Any person wilfully Informing the
tower watchman or market watchmen
icf a fire when there is none, for th-j
I purpose of getting up a false sinrm.
will bo fined the full extent of the
law."
The Present System.
What a change now from the -jid
tlme way of locating a fire! The pub
lic well know the excellent, almost hu
man devices that give the fire hoys
almost the exact location of a blaze
when nno occurs.
The present electric alarm system
was adopted In January, 1886, the mat
ter having been fought hard in council
for a long time. Chief Platt put forth
every exertion to get the system es
tablished anil he had a hard fight of
it. Twenty street alarm boxes were
the nucleus of the system. On June
Ist. 1886, the system was first oper
ated here. On the 7th of June, the
bell tower watchman, Mr. Dominick
('onion, after serving that office for
sixteen years, found his Job gone.
When They Ran With Reels.
The volunteer firemen did good work
when they were in charge and they
also provided great gala days for the
Augusta public. These gala days came
along in the first putt cf May. The
event was called "Firemen’s Day.” It
was the reddest letter day of the year
in the old town. The event, of course,
passed away with the inauguration of
the paid fire department, but in the
memory of many the day is tsill green.
The rivalry was great in those days
between the volunteer firemen. There
were a good many companies and each
had Its favorites and backers When
firemen's day came around the boys
ran with the reels and had a big time
generally.
The railroads ran excursions into
town and the city was crowded with
visitors. The town was given over to
the firemen and they held it in trust
for one day. ;
Th* Volunteer Department
During those days the volunteers
who fought fires for glory made up
the following companies.
Washington, No, 1.
Clinch, No. 2.
Vigilant, No. 3.
Gazelle. No. 4.
Mechanic, No. R.
Stephens. No, 6
Richmond, No. 7.
Citizen, No. 8.
Alert, No. 9.
Dixie, an. 10.
Clinch, Vigilant. Gazelle and Rich
mond companies Owned steamers.
Georgia, Independent company, also
owned a fl.v engine
For years No. 6 held the record for
fast time In the reel races and Clinch
and Richmond pushed each other oloSi
in the honors for long distance Stream
throwing In the steamer contests.
Th* First Parade.
The first firemen's parade that the
annals of the city tell us about was
on February 22. 1839. This was tin;
beginning of the parades that we-c
the event of the year In the city. After
the parade mentioned above, the time
of holding the Jubilee was put to the
second Tuesday in May.
Vital Statistics
DEPARTMENT PUBLIC HEALTH.
Report for the Week Ending
July 11, 1914.
Communicable Diseases.
White Colored
Typhoid Fever 3 0
Previously reported—not released
White Colored
Measles 0 3
Vital Statistics
White Colored
Marriages 3 0
Rlr -a 11 3
Uuatlts •"> 10
S. C. WILSON,
Secretary.
Cheap Mountain
EXCURSION
JULY 23, 1914
VIA =
Charleston and Western
Carolina Railroad Company
From Augusta, Georgia
To the Following Points at Rates
Named.
FARES
To Asheville, N. C $4.00
To Brevard, N. C $4.00
To Hendersonville, N. C $3.50
To Lake Toxaway, N. C. $4.50
Tickets on Sale for Morning Train
July 23, with Final Limit Returning
July 28. 1914.
Through Pullman Parlor Buffet Car
between Augusta and Asheviflei
Leave Auqusta 11:00 a. m.; arrive
Asheville 7:30 p. m.
For rates, etc., call on
M. C. JONES, C. T. A.
K. F. WESTBERRY,
Union Ticket Agent.
ERNEST WILLIAMS,
General Passenger Agent,
Augusta, Georgia.
BLANCHARD & CO,
UNDERTAKERS
& EMBALMERS
1368 Broad Street.
Phone 3138.
Efficient Service Guaranteed
THE LADIES of AUGUSTA
are Cordially invited to attend a
Gas Cooking Demonstration
Conducted by
MISS ELSIE G. CARING
Supervisor of Domestic Science, Public School System
Rochester, N. Y., to be held at
The office of the Gas Light Company of Augusta
every evening at 8 o'clock, week July 13th to 18th.
A fine Cabinet Gas Range will be given to the
lady holding lucky ticket at the end of the week.
Watch Daily Papers for Menu.
The Gas Light Company of Augusta
Even Play Time
Calls for Proper
Clothes
For the seaside,
the mountains, for
golf or for tennis,
we have a new
Shirt. Collar is
adjustable, high up
around tho neck or
buttoned back to
expose the throat,
$2.50.
For dancing, too,
we’ve a very light
weight soft pleated
shirt .. .. $2.00
DORR
Good Taste Apparel
Augusta Herald
JUNE CIRCULATION
DAILY AND SUNDAY HERALD.
The circulation of the Dally and Sun
day Herald for the month of June, 1914,
was as follows:
June 1 10,779 June 16 10,97(9
June 2 10,1169 June 17 10,9(5
June 3 10.864 June 18 10,934
June 4 10,884 June 19 10,980
June 5 10,885 June 20 11,478
June 6 11.489 June 21 10.840
June 7 10.865 June 22 10.928
June 8 10.898 k June 23 10,820
June 9 10,917 June 24 10,810
June 10 10.909 June 25 10,902
June 11 10,934 June 26 10,973
June 12 70.974 June 27 11,543
TTune 13 11,314 Jure 28 10,837
June 14 .....10,975 June 29 11,018
June 15 ..... 10,979 June 30 11,057
Total June 329,741
Dally average 10,991
The Augusta Heiuld. Dally and Sun
day, has a circulation in Augusta ap
proximately twice ks large as that of
any other Augusta newspaer. , Adver
tisers and agencies lnvted to test the ac
curacy of these figures In comparison
with the claims of any other Augusta
newspaper.
“VOTES FOR WOMEN ” STATIONERY
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National American Woman Suffrage Association.
The stock is a white SUPERFINE FABRIC FINISH and
each 'sheet contains the water-mark, “VOTES
FOR WOMEN.”
RETAILS FOR 35 CENTS.
Oan be had at
Richards Stationery Co.
WALL PAPER
Mattings. Shades. Pictures
T.G. BAILIE & CO.
712 Broad Street
AWNINGS
SUNDAY, JULY 12.
For the Garden!
—Bush Beans,
—Pole Beans^
—Turnips,
—Beets,
—Collards,
—Cabbage,
—Tomatoes,
—Squash,
—Potato Plants.
—Clet our July Bulletin !
N. L Willet Seed Go.
AUGUSTA.
GARDEN HOSE
Large shipment of
Garden Hose just
ceived direct from
factorv.
Hose Reels,
Hose Pipes.
Large assortment
Lawn Sprinklers.
THEO. G. MULIFFE
115 Jackson Street.
LADIES LISTEN
For Experienced Hairdressing
Phone 2621-J or 928.
Save your combings and do not
send your work out of the city
Have work done by one of most
experienced lady hair dressers In
South —Mrs. J. Will Ergle, 502
West Avenue. North Augusta, S.
C All work sent for and deliver
ed. Satisfaction guaranteed.
FORD
IS THE
CAR
The Wife and Boys and
Girls can drive as well
as the men.
See Lombard.