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Augusta The Most Beautiful City In The Country
I American cities are no longer con
■ Ht to have thair fame rest upon sis
■ ■ achievements alone, their bank
■ Barings, their increase in popula
|ft or their accumulated wealth.
I By have found out irom experience
I It the general public is influenced
I I other and finer considerations in
. King up their estimate of a city,
1 B these cannot be ignored. There
I leonstant striving for more efficient
I Aernment, and for improved rneth-
Ift and conditions. Modern residen-
I ■ sections, well paved streets em-
I Kish and beautiful, handsome pub-
I I buildings, parks, playgrounds ar v )
I Ihs, gieat business structures and
II attractive environment —these are
I; Inc'of the essentials of a truly pro-
Bssive community and make it fa-
I Bus throughout the civilized world.
BVhen you meet people just return
j B from a trip abroad they do not
I m' about trade and commercial mat
■s, but of the beautiful sights they
■v,. the works of art in the picture
Bleries and the beauty and grandeur
■ the scenery with which they were
■pressed, and which make for a
fcater enjoyment of life. The eye
Bng the hand-maiden of the intel-
Ht, whatever attracts and delights
ft effects most powerfully the intel-
Bual faculties.
■The past twenty years have wit-
Bsse.l remarkable improvement and
■vancement in the city building in
Bnerica. The beautification of cities
Is become the post graduate course
■ the leading architects, and as a re
lit, what were once merely aggre
I-tions of unattractive piles of brick
ederal League Players Exhibiting Inferior
Article of Ball As Compared
With Organized
1 New York.—Many fans In cities where
fl e ;Federal League does not play won
-9 r what sort of article of baseball the
really are offering. From
■servation of about twenty games play-
Ijy the Brooklyn efub at Washington
■irk, we present this opinion.
■To the nian who is not a student of
■ seball and does not appreciate all the
Hier points of it. there would be found
I lie difference between the Federal
ow ; nd that In the two major leagues,
te, pitchers seem to use the same as
rtpient of curves, the batters seem to
the- Lali just as hard, the fielders
ein to make about the same stops and
rows and the same general assortment
attics in runnig the bases is witness
w th no noticeable difference in the
eed of the runners.
But to the thirty-third degree student
the g me, certain facts will be ap
rent at times that throw a spirit of
■gust into the Observer. Seml-occa
uially a play will occur that illustrates
cilily Why many of the men now with
» Feds were once turned down to the
■liters by the big leagues. Four such
■ uses arose in one game the other day.
Thinking.
|At one time there was a man on sec-
Kd. a fast runner, with nobody out. The
fter hit a tremendously long clout,
t so high up in the air that the field
■ chasing it had an even chance of
I latching It. The runner on second went
■alf-way to third and waited to see
Bjiether the ball, would be caught.
■ hen the fielder made the catch, the
■inner had to hustle back to second
■ape. A clear thinker would have stay-
Id on second to watch the play. If tiie
I ielder had missed the ball, the clout was
I o long that the runner would have got
I tome with ease. Or if, as happened,
I he fielder caught it. the runner could
I ave made third without trouble after
■ he catch.
Double Steal.
I Another time there were men on first
I tnd second witli two out. A snap throw
I >y the pitcher trapped the man off first
■ ind he was in a sure—death run-up.
■ When the man on second headed for
I hird, the first baseman threw the ball
■ here to cut himm down. After half a
■lozen throws back and forth, the two
| nen were safe on the bases ahead, hav-
Ing negotiated a lucky double steal.
I Cow. since the two were out, why didn't
I he infield simply run down the man off
■ Irst and pay no attention to the other
■ ellow? Thai's what a quick witted team
■ vould have done.
I Another Bone.
■ Bone number three was pulled by
■ ilonte Cross, umpire on bases. A throw
I rom the shortstop beat the batter to
I irst by several steps. But the first
I lacker dropped the ball. “Out," said
I though the bull had not been
I Held by the baseman for as much as a
full second. “It was held momentarily"
he explained after a big argument had
been quieted. Never before had nnv-
Ibod.v in the press box seen an umpire
■ interpret the word “momentarily” po lit-
I orally.
I Coeckel umpire behind the plate, pull-
I other b, )ne which was in direct
Isolation of all baseball rules. A play-
LJ m ‘ k ? d on a ca,led third strike and
The, PUt s° Ut °f ,he * ame b y Goeekel.
Tnen, when it was that team’s turn to
FIGURES SHOWING AUGUSTA’S GREATNESS IS * COTTON MARKET
The Following Figures for the Past 16 Years Give a Correct Idea of the Great
ness of Augusta’s Cotton Business. In Each Instance the Amount Used
by Local Mills is Merely Approximate, it Being Impossible to
Get Exact Figures.
Year. Receipts.
1898- 303,902 bales.
1899- 273,786 bales.
1900- 285,329 bales.
1901- 306,705 bales,
1902- 291,714 bales.
1903- 299,236 bales.
1904- 442,690 bales.
1905- 360,418 bales.
1906- 370,620 bales.
1907- 358,649 bales.
1908- 359,962 bales
1909- 360,927 bales.
1910- 334,907 bales.
1911- 550,224 bales.
1912- 341,294 bales
and mortar, have been transformed
into smiling communities, whose va
ried attractions lure the class of
wealth and leisure.
Coincident with the demand for
more business-like administration of
municipal affairs, there lvasi taken
place a steady development, partly
by local city governments and partly
by private enterprises, but both to
ward making cities more healthful
and attractive. It has been found
that the reclaimed and reconstructed
city, especially if it has the atmos
phre of historic interest attached to
it, is a paying investment in its
power to draw the strangers within
its gates. There are few diversions
more entertaining than visiting a
city and viewing its points of interest,
in which the spirit of progress and ag
gressiveness is accentuated when old
land marks are carefully preserved
and pointed out. What would Boston
be without its Bunker Hill and Bos
ton Common?
It is worth knowing how the rest
of the world lives, and to observe how
obstacles are overcome, and what
methods are used to adorn, embel
lish and expand an old town whose
early efforts were devoted to money
getting and industrial growth. The
ambition of cities to be famous for
their cultural advancement creates a
rivalry, which in turn, acts as a stim
ulant to still further effort in that
direction. Under this double acting
impulse we are likely to see greater
things in the near future.
One of the crowning acts of Napo-
take the field in the opponent’s half of
the inning, the manager pleaded with
His t.'mps to let the player back, saying
his team was so crippled by injuries that
he didn't have another infield substitute
left. The umpire let him return to the
game.
The Passing of “The Patch”
The patch referred to here is not
the patch on a garment—time-honor
ed badge of decent poverty—for, un
fortunately, that sort of patch has not
passed. The other kind of patch is
rapidly becoming a matter of history.
On every farm there used to be a
turnip patch and a potato patch; in
the garden was a strawberry patch;
and a folk-song celebrating the activ
ities of the rabbit in the pea patch is
proof that the latter was a well
known institution.
But now has come the passing of
the patch. The blackberry has been
“cultivated;” turnips grow in fields;
tomatoes are planted by the acre;
rows and rows of onions—miles of
GEORGIA AT A GLANCE.
The land area of the state is 58 725 square miles.
„ ~. 1900 1912
Capital.... $ 89,790,000 $ 202,778,000
„ ~P ro, d . l ? 106,655,000 202,863,000
Cotton Mills— . ’
Spindles active 815,545 1,956,894
Looms active 19 398 39 842
Cotton used pounds 145,833;i15 278,894,’317
Cottonseed Oil Mills—
Products—Value $ 8,064,112 $ 17,084,000
.Pig Iron made, tons 67,033 35,000
Coke made, tons 73,928 43,000
Lumber cut, feet 1,308.610,000 801,611,000
Improved farm lands, acres 10,615,644 12 264 000
Farm lands, buildings, value $183,370,120 $ 477,603 000
Agricultural Products, value $104,304,000 $ 269 220 000
Cotton crop, running bales 1,300,184 1,880 000
Grain, bushels—
£° rn 34,119,000 54,510,000
Wheat 5,011,000 1,256,000
° ats 7,010,000 7,571,000
Livestock —
Cattle 899,000 1,073,000
Stieep 336,000 174,000
Swine 1.. .. 1,424,000 2.098,000
Mineral products, value $ 3,448,233 $ 6,000,000
Coal mined, tons 315,557 170,000
Iron ore mined, tons 336,189 233,000
Railroad mileage 5,730 7^42
National Banks—
Resources $ 23,563,136 5 102,684,216
Capital $ 4,306,000 $ 14,945,000
Individual deposits $ 10,864,848 $ 47,821,518
Other banks, deposits $ 22,260,235 $ 75,036,502
Common school expenditures $ 1,980,016 $ 4,420 000
Property, true value $936,000,000 $1,590,000,000
Local Mills. Shipments.
53,500 bales 250,402 bales
53,500 bales 220,286 bales.
53,500 bales 231,829 bales.
53,500 bales 253,205 bales.
53,500 bales 238,214 bales.
53,500 bales 245,736 bales.
53,500 bales 389,190 bales.
53,500 bales 307,314 bales.
53,500 bales 317,120 bales.
53,500 bales 305,149 bales.
53,500 bales 306,462 bales.
53,500 bales 307,427 bales.
53,500 bales 281,407 bales.
45,000 bales 498,426 bales.
60,000 bales 390,224 bales.
63,000 bales 278,294 bales.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA.
leon's greatness, when he became em
peror of the French, was the recon
struction and beautification of Paris.
New streets and boulevards were laid
out, bridges were built over the
Seine, monuments and triumphal
arches erected, and the city was
adorned with palaces, libraries, pic
ture galleries and gardens. Paintings,
statuary and works of are were
brought from the capitals of Europe
to beautify and adorn Paris. He made
Paris the most magnificent of the
world’s capitals.
While no possible contingency is
held out for Augusta ever to rival the
magnificence and splendor of Paris,
nevertheless, the lesson of Paris is
there for her to earn. Thousands of
tourists flock to Paris annually to see
what canot be seen elsewhere. Each
one pays tribute to the po'yer and
might of the great city and when he
comes away, he carries abroad the
wonders of the French capital. Au
gusta can only develop her opportuni
t'es according to the decrees of fate.
The Savannah River is greater by
Tor than the Seine. The encircling
hills are far loftier, and can become
more healthful and beautiful and her
valleys more fertile and productive.
Her revolutionary history is ful of in
cidents of the most intense interest
and the earier events of her history
are indissolably connected with the
birth of the American nalion. All of
these things and many more, can be
pointed and emphasized when Augus
ta attains the full measure of the
civic fame to which she is entiled by
destiny.
onions—’stretch away into the dis
tance; the pea patch has expanded
into a truck farm.
One reads of 175 acres of strawber
ries planted on “cut-over” pine lands
in Mississippi, on which the yield
amounted to a total value of $38,000.
Thi big berry crop—amounting to 21,-
875 crates —was shipped in carload
lots, mainly to Buffalo, N. Y.
In California they think nothing of
planting 100 acres in asparagus.
Three thousand ears were necessary
for the shipping of the 1914 "Bermu
da” onion crop of Texas, a crop that
has brought millions of dollars into
the state.
These are afew instances of big
operations in the way of vegetable and
berry raising. They are cited merely
to emphasize the fact that the patch
is passing.
And now let us consider briefly the
difference between fact and truth.
What does the passing of the patch
portend? I don't know. But I should
greatly like to know.
The passing of the patch Is closely
related to the whole trend ot moaern
life; it is one link in a chain which
which apparently will have no end.—
Anne Sherrill Maird, in Souther Wo
man’s Magazine.
HOW THE WAR STARTED.
“I made a pool of Percy last night.”
“Yes, I heard that you accepted
him.”—Philadelphia Ledger.
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The H. H. Claussen Company’s Plant, Augusta, Georgia.
PETERSEN o b v a e k nl
are being used by Wholesale and Retail Bakers from Coast to Coast. They represent the most ad
vanced and modern ideas in oven construction today.
BAKES EVERYTHING -BREAD,CAKES,
ROLLS, PIE, PASTRY.
Temperature always uniform. Under quick and absolute control.
Every baker should investigate our Peel and Rotary Ovens before selecting an oven for his shop.
They are always dependable and give entire sati-faction. They offer the greatest service value and
money value in ovens today.
Ask any Baker.
Built only by
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How the H. H. CLAUSSEN CO. kept the quality in every loaf.
Clean Electric Delivery Service, Too, Etc.
Q. V. ELECTRICS
Are Waiting to Serve Augusta Merchants
Below we illustrate a 1,000-lb. G. V. Electric in the service of the H. H. Claussen Company, one of the New South’s foremost bakeries.
You have no doubt seen this smart electric delivery “Eatmor" Bread about your city. Notice how clean it is and how noiseless as it
runs from door to door;
This is only one of 67 machines w e have in this one line of trade. The General Baking Co., of Buffalo and New York, use 17, the
Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co., 18, while other bakers in Denver, Kansa s City, Hartford, Chicago, St. Louis, etc., hav e found them very efficient.
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H. H. CLAUSSEN COMPANY
THE PETERSEN OVEN COMPANY
112 Adams St., Chicago. 111.
Eastern Office, 718 Tribune Bldg., New York, N. Y.
Western Office, 508 Pacific Bldg., San Francisco, California.
G. V. Electrics are used in 42 of the 48 states and ia nine Tor
egn countries. Successful since 1901. Hundreds from 6 to 13
years old doing good work. Six standardized models with inter
changeable parts- All experimenting done. Buyers assured of
practical help in the selection and installation of our machines;
also inspection throughout their long life.
973 G. V. Electrics are Owned and Operated
by 25 American Firms. "We sell the fleets.”
As to the South, G. V. Electrics are successfully used in
Baltimore, Richmond, Norfolk Atlanta, Augusta, Savannah, Mo
bile, Montgomery, Meridian, Memphis New Orleans, Galveston,
Dallas, Tampa, Fort Smith. El Reno (Okla.), and in seven Cali
fornia cities, also Vancouver, Manila, etc.
CONSULT YOUR CENTRAL STATION
Ask the new business manager of the Augusta Railway &
Electric Company about the electric truck or the General
Vehicle Company. Find out what current would cost you. Its
cheaper than gasoline or horse feed since you BUY IT FOR
CHARGING AT NIGHT. Then ask us for data about our ma
chines in your line of business.
GENERAL VEHICLE CO, Inc.
General Office and Factory, Long Island City, N. Y.
New York Chicago Boston Philadelphia
‘‘AUGUSTA IN 1914"