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THE WEATHER
(Forecasts till 8 r> *»■ tomorrow.)
•'or Augusts and Vicinity.
Generally fair tonight and Hunday.
v For Georgia.
Gshmiillv fair tonight and Sunday.
Comparative Oats.
Kept. sth, 1311
Highest temperature record, !ir» in 1878
lx>wt*t temperature reciad bl In 1892
Lowest thin mummy,, 60.
Precipitation yesterday <>. normal 09.
River stag* at 8 a in.. 8.8
Rise in 24 hours ending at 8 a m , 0.4
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COTTON CERTIFICATES.
The newspapers prinleil In Au-
Kimla during the period extending
Uto to IB3r. show that the mer
chants advertising their wares,
carried announcements lint cot
ton ami tobacco woolil he token
In exchange for merchandise.
This was the rule and not tho
exception
This proves that the traders of
Aogustu cotton and lohucco wan
regarded at that time 11s being as
good if not a better medium of
exchange than money.
Money hud n fixed value, where
as cotton tout tobacco appreciat
ed with every uubaeqaenl trans
action. lou can aend money to
Liverpool to pay for goods and
the merchant would have to pay
the exchange. Hut if you sent
cotton or lohaoco. you not only
gained a profit you the shipment,
but you received 11 premium on
the exchange
The Bank of Augusta was estab
lished in 1810, the first In the
Booth, and gradually the custom
of tisrlerlng cotton or tobacco
gave way before modern methods
of transacting business for if
Smith owed Jones ♦»(>, It was
found more convenient to take the
cotton to Augusta and aell It and
pay him with the proceeds than
to kill Ihs debt with the bale of
cotton and atlll leave tho ac
count unadjusted. having to pay
or he paid the difference In some-
Ihlng else
In other words. In these primi
tive limes, when all the commer
cial transactions with European
countries, were carried oil by
means of sailing vessels that took
often from six to nine months to
make the round trip, ready money
tnii acarce and cotton was cur
rency, tobacco was currency, Indi
go wai currency.
If you had no cotton, tobacco and
Indigo, perhaps you had gold dual
or oiler skins The trade of those
times wsa barter and exchange
There was not much high falulln
glitter and tlnael about It, but
everybody had a plenty to c«t and
wear and some got rich.
At that time, as It Is st present,
cotton wss more Important than
money. It was the basis of credit
then, as it Is now It wsa then
an International medium of ex
change and It Is now the world's
greatest export. It was then used
aa currency, to aettle accounts,
pay indebtedncaa and purchase
merchandise; then wouldn’t cot
ton be good for tile Maine thing
now ?
Oh, Iml the stress of war has
demoralised the trade of the
world and the market! of Kurope
are closed to cotton. Welt, If
that puts the final quietus on
exerythlng. let It go at that
Meanwhile, it might b# advis
able to kMp watch on thr cotton
you hav* nmrtc. which represent*
a year’a intelligent. watchful
lal'or. It c«n't ha produced at laaa
than 10 ceuta par pound, aa thing*
ata today, and thara ara plenty
after It at tha prawent price* pro
vailing, which I* laaa than thr coal
of production.
If th* market* ara all cloaad,
wa will hav* to wait till th* mar
ket* ara all opened. The war In
Europe can't laat forever. and
whan It la over, cotton la hound
to go up. Even while It laata.
the clothe* on the aoldier* are
wearing out faater than aver, and
they will aoon need more clothe*,
and a plenty of them
Don t crowd your cotton on re
luctant hu> era If they Just want a
little, let them have .luat a little
cotton will keep until they do want
It. Time* are getting brighter al
ready. Wall youraelf of every
makeshift before parting with
your cotton To dump a large
quantity of vuttoi on th* market
at tins time would in tile dtaaa-
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THE MEXICAN SITUATION.
The Mexican sltuution Is by no
means assuring under the provisional
presidency of General t'arranza
After the elimination of the Huerta
regime, it wan Imped that tranquility
would he restored in thai distracted
country and the people would be al
lowed to resume peaceful avocations.
But owing to the ominous intimations
emanating from there. General Kun
nton has anked for reinforcements.
Sines the Installation of Carranza,
hla sets have been of a very disquiet
ing nature to the authorities at Wash
ington. He is continually harraasing
American citizens, under one pretext
or Hiiother, and for s considerable pe
riod of time all communications were
severed between the City of Mexico
and Vera Cruz
One of the principal causes of com
plaint agalnat him. la the persistent
collection of double duties from mer
chants on linportatlona through the
port of Vera Crus These duties are
imposed and collected by the officers
of (he American army stationed there
and In forcibly collecting duties in
addition to those already paid by the
merchants, he gives offense to the
Amertcun government.
In consequence of the offensive at
titude of Carranza toward this coun
try, that the proposed withdrawal of
American ships has been delayed, and
subsequently, the offensive acts have
been increasing It was far this rea
son that General Kunstau has asked
for reinforcements.
From all accounts, there is a most
on fortunate condition of affairs pre
vailing throughout the republic. There
is no security for life, liberty or prsp
erty amid the niter absence of law
and order. Murders are an every day
occurrence, grown too common to at
tract attention, and executions for
trivial offenses, or mere pretexts, are
about as common an murders What
in to he the upshot?
11 la rather dlncouraglng. after all
the expense and the trouble that the
American government has gone to. In
maintaining an army on the Mexican
frontier for the purpose of aiding the
Mexican people In securing for them
selves the Meanings of peace and good
government to find at this late day.
all Us efforts have been In vain.
There must he a limit somewhere, to
human endurance and If Carranza
will pause long enough to find out
where he la at, it may be that he w ill
find that he Is almost iq contact with
the limit.
SPLENDID SPIRIT SHOWN BY THE
COUNTRY BANKS AND MER
CHANTS.
Macon * million dollar hank la using
a half-page ad tn th* dally purr*,
notifying tha farmer* and country
merchant* that cotton warehouse re
ceipt* will he accepted by It aa col
lateral anti that on a basis of s cents
for cotton
A splendid aplrlt I* being allow n In
thl* section l>y the country banka and
the country merchants, who nr* stand
ing shoulder to shoulder with the far
mer*. In financing, ami preparing to
handle, warehouse and hold hold tha
cotton crop. City banka can well af
ford to Join with these force*.
Augusta a* a big cotton center and
with ll* atrong bank* can he counted
on lo Join In this movement. The
banka of Auguata, under the new cur
rency law, by Joining In the allied re
serve associations, can by the use of
cotton warehouse recelp'a. bring a
good many million* of currency Into
thl* section to help the farmer*, mar
chanla and factor* and warehousemen
In handling and storing th* cotton
crop. Columbia and Macon and Char
leston and Savannah and Athens and
all of tha larger town* and elite* In
the Mouth are preparing lo take ad
vantage of the government * offar to
secure currency to move th# crop*
The splendid spirit of tha eountrv
hank* and country march, nt* will
meet a ready and sympathetic reapnns*
at the hands of Augustas Mg t<ank«
and her wholesale and Jobbing estab
llahin -nt- Application tn the govern
ment through proper channel* will
secure the currency needed to finance,
store and handle the cotton crop.
Prompt action should U* taken on
these line*.
SLATON S DISAPPOINTMENT
His defeat must naturally he a hu
miliating disappointment to Governor
Slaton.
At the beginning of his candidacy
he had e\ cry reason to expect to be
elected.
He had the prestige of being gov
ernor of the state and the power of
the governors Influence.
He had u political machine at his
heck and call.
He had an unlimited amount of
money to spend, and he seems to have
spent »n unlimited amount—more, In
fact than was spent by any other
Georgia candidate.
He had 11 majority of the newspa
pers supporting him
He had a divided opposition—a fac
tor heavily in his favor.
And yet the governor was beaten,
and beaten badly.
His defeat was due. In part, to sev
eral mistakes The appointment of
West was one. His entanglement with
Hearsl whs another. His underhand
attempt to knife the county unit rule
wa,s still another; und. Incidentally, If
he had been successful he would now
he the next junior senator-elect.
A vital blow to the governor's
Repudiated, After All
The News was perfectly amazed
at the first information that the state
democratic convention had reaffirmed
tho county unit rule for elections In
this state. It was inconceivable that
a convention, representing the pro
gressive thought of the Ntate, should
hate endorsed and perpetuated a sys
tem which Is repugnant to every sense
of equity ami Justice nnd which is
utterly inconsistent with the heat de
mocracy. It was unbelieveable that the
convention, in the face of protests
from thousands of citizens should
have included an approval of the
county unit rule in the platform
However, there tt was. in black and
white, a part of the platform!
Imagine, therefore, with what sur
prise und gratification the announce
ment was received from E. T Wll
hams of the platform committee, to
the effect that the paragraph on the
county unit had been positively and
specifically omitted. It appears that
several copies of the platform as giv
en to representatives of the press for
Speaking
... THE ...
Public Mind
THAT CABARET SHOW.
The article, signed by One Who Is
Ashamed, which appeared in a recent
issue of The Herald, expresses my
aentiniamt exactly, and I wish to adil
protest to the closing of the only
place of amusement In Augusta, that
ts out of the one-atreel village class.
1. too, am ashamed to see such In
considerable. and petty argument ad
vanced. ns ihat shown by the resi
dents that live In the neighborhood of
the Mofbrau. namely: That it disturb
ed their peaceful slumber to hear a
young lady sing rag-time songs at all
hours of the night, which was the un
earthly hour of 11: SO. Reside* being
trivial. It -Greek* of provincialism
It Is certainly very strange, that
these same righteous and sanctified
cittsena. make no proteat to the clos
ing of the opera house, where It is a
known fact, that during the opera sea
son. scores of young ladles disport
themselves in pink union suit* and
show their shapely limbs to our young
Americans which is far more demor
alising and degrading, than to drink
beer and Helen to Jnet one, properly
dressed voting lady, sing rag-tlm*
song*. Ami alao. twenty-five or thir
ty people and a brass hand. certainly
make more note* than only one sin
ger and a piano
t would suggest that th* manage
ment of the llofbrau procure a Maxim
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA.
chances was the exposure of his in
adequate tax returns. His remote
connection with the Frank case af
fected some voters.
What hampered the governor most
of all. however, was his Reactionary
rectord. When that was given to the
people of Georgia Slaton was doomed.
It was a record that he could neither
deny nor explain.
And so it was that the governor
was overwhelmingly defeated. Out ol
more than two hundred thousand
totes he received less than one-third
He was therefore the minority choice,
although in a five cornered race ha
did secure a plurality. The fact that
two-thirds of the voters of the stale
failed to vote for him shows that they
were against him. There is high au
thority for the statement that he that
Is not for you is against you; and
that fact nullifies all of the governox's
specious argument as to the number
of votes given him and the number of
counties carried by him.
Tlie News is inclined to believe
that Mr Slaton is now in the same
box with Joseph M. Brown He has
been permanently displaced in Geor
gia politics.
publication contained this paragraph
with the word ''omit" beside it. in
publication this direction was not
followed, and the platform appeared
in print with the county unit rule ap
parently a part of It.
Knowing that the county unit plan
was objectionable to Messrs. Smith,
Felder and Hardwick, whose forces
were in control in the convention, the
News simply could not understand
it. Numerous other newspapers and
many citizens were likewise deceived.
They will learn now. with relief and
pleasure, that the convention after ail,
repudiated the county unit plan.
Beyond doubt the new executive
committee, in providing for the next
gubernatorial election two years hence
will arrange for the nominee to be
decided by a majority or plurality
vote However, the News hopes that
the time will speedily eome when this
matter will not lie within the prov
ince of any committee. We hope that
the method of conducting primaries
will he fixed by law.
Silencer, surety, there would be no ob-
Jectlon then.
(Signed! YOU NO AMERICAN.
North Augusta. 8. C.
To The Herald:
In reply to your appeal In The Herald
of yesterday afternoon. 1 beg lo suv
seriously .
That the God. whose we are. Iho.i to
creation and by redemption, ha* said
"Thou alia 1 1 not lake the name of the
Lord thy God In vain!”
Thns I*, of fltself. enough: but when
we consider who He Is and wliat He
has done for us; that Ills other name is
law*. "Love divine all love excelling ”
and that every comtnsnd He gives re,
is msniit for our good, lo lift us up to
better living thro' honoring Mini and
siwvlng others, then we will set nor
selves, by His grace, freelv giv>n. lo
obey Him, and thus grow into His Uk*.
ness
God's great and holy name Is ’oo sa
cred and too precious to be lightly used.
We would not dare he eo familiar ait*
an earthly king, how then shall we pre
sume towards the king of kings snd lord
of th whole earth*—our maker. *> e-
Mfrvtr. Saviour!
One other thought: There Is a great
•ptritual battle going on between good
and evil, on which aide shall we tike
oiw stand—on God's or with Satan—
with Him who saves or the ore that de
stroy a? Shall wa win or shall we os*,
eternally •
God wive* Salon destroys; God m.ikta
sliv*. hut thr other kills!
Lei u* therefore honor U«d uw our
hesvts. with our tongues and in oor
live* To wrhom be sll the glory!
Very respectfully,
, MRS A SMITH IRVIN A.
A Miracle
To The Herald
Election* sre of different kinds Along
on* basis of division they can ho di
vided into honest elections and St).-cess
ful elections They ran be divided into
Popular Election* and unpopular elec
tions
llul at east one election which ha*
liken place In the laet tm.> thou«..A
yeare has startled mankind. It flu Into
nn category ever discovered before.
James J. Montague, in the New York
| American, savs: "South Carolina made
a hundred years' progress in one Jav
when Rile got rid of Cole Blease as a
political incubus."
How did she manage it? It seems so
incredible to think that the majority of
the people could have found out the real
j state of affairs through any perspicttcitv
iof their own. If thev did, it is the first
time In the history of America. 1 speak
of the Majority, mind.
Tiie very principle of popular suf
frage is the suppression of .Enlighten
ment. For consider: What we cab
the Heiter Element, the educated pm
| I lie of tlie community, the professions,
tlie press and the pulpit, the business
men and merchants, and those who di
rect the operations of industry, must In -
evitably be in the minority. The world
lias got room fee- far fewer superintend
ents titan workmen. And if the people
needed a leader they would naturally
turn to one of the superintendents rath
er tlnn to one of tlie workmen. Thev
would grant that tlie nnn of superior
education would know more about how
to govern them than his more ignorant
la-other. Therefore why not grant that
tlie educated man knows more about
who to elect to govern tlie country?
But popular suffrage makes the edu
cated vote a mere drop in a bucket com
pared with the vote of the whole people.
Whether the Better Element is pre
pomerant in'South Carolina, or whether
they have merely succeeded in getting
the tetter of the mass of tlie people for
tills one election, tli fact remains that
the intelligent tiling has been done. How
they did It we don't know. But God, wot,
the end justifies the means.
HATS OFF.
ASKED CARDINAL TO RETRACT.
Paris. — A dispatch to the Petit Pa
risien from Rome says that the Amer
ican ambassador, there asked Cardi
nal Mercier. archbishop of Malines,
who was in Rome attending the con
clave. to retract a declaration the car
dinal had made concerning the de
struction of Louvain by the Germans,
The cardinal refused and the ambas
sador declared that the former need
not count on safe conduct for his re
turn trip to Malines. Cardinal Mer
cier started for France yesterday in
company with Cardinal Amette, arch
bishop of Paris.
Good Times Ahead
'I'HE sudden breaking out of War
* caused many to “run to cover.”
Like the chicken on whom the rose
leaf fell, some of us became a prey
to fear and were ready to declare
the sky is “falling.”
Now our vision is clearing, our alarm
has fled, we have recovered our poise and
our courage. We are seeing, also, our op
portunity. Swiftly and almost overwhelm
ingly has come to us the perception of the
fact that the competition of Continental
Europe has been taken away. We are
faced with a condition and an opportunity
both tending to our advantage as a coun
try of industry, agriculture and trade.
Good times are ahead, if Americans see and
seize the present opportunity for enlarging
their industries and trading.
There is Big Work to do and Big
Profits to be had
Your “Palm
Beach’ r will
look chilly with
the first cool
snap.
Better order your
Fall Clothes now.
Our showings, right
now. are magnifi
cent,but the choicest
cannot be replaced
when sold.
S4O, etc.
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THE AUGUSTA HERALD
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
AUGUSTA HERALD.
August Circulation, Dally and Sunday
Herald.
The circulation of the Daily and Sun-
Herald for the month of Augug%
1914. was as follows:
1 . .. /. .. 12,032
- 15,010
•“ 14.802
4 12.404
5 13,022
6 14.805
1 13,043
9 16,441
9 14.905
19 18.918
11 18,885
12 18.711
13 18,834
14 18.783
In 17,702
16 11,635
H 17.610
19 12,405
19 13,536
20 12,598
21 12,795
22 13.065
23 14,335
24 12,605
25 12,745
-« 12,749
27.. .. .. ~ 12,855
28 12,835
29 V 15.073
30 11.8S0
31 13,077
Total -August 443,928
Daily Average 14,320
The Augusta Herald, Daily and Sun.
day, has a circulation In August, ap
proximately twice as large ae that of
any other Augusta newspaper. Adver.
tlsers and agencies Invited to test the
accuracy of these figures in comparison
with the claims of any other Augusta
newspaper.
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The Wife and Boys and
Girls can drive as well
as the men.
See Lombard.