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SIX AUGUSTA HERALD. Published Every Afternoon During ill* Wed; end on Sunday Morning. THE HERA ED PUBLISHING CO. Entered nt the Augus'a PostofflOt a* Mill Matter of the tfecond-r lass. ftU&SCRIFTioir RATES: Dr.lJy and Sunday, 1 vear $6.00 Daily and Sunday, per week Dailv and Sunday, per month • r ' ,) Sunday Herald. 1 » ear LOO ' PMOKE« Buslntos offke 37 ( Wan* ad phone 2SJ Society 2616 Mann*’* Editor 3 * ~ foreign SepREAENTATIVB The eniemin A Kent nor Co., 225 Fifth Aye, New York City. 121$ People * Gas Build. Itig; Adam* St., and Michigan Blvd.. Chicago i *”Tr •• :• i .T Kllnck and W I > M Ow< f are the only authorized traveling representatives for The Herald. Pag no money to others unless the can show written authority fron« Business Manager of Herald Pun ishing Co. ” Add rear 1! • m »’» atlons ° the AUGUST a HERALD, ffl Pf »id :■ t . Augusta, OflU No < ornnitinh a»ion 111 he published lit The Herald nles* the name of the writer Is signed to the article. ”t|;# Augustn Herald has a large.- city Circulation. and a larger total circula te.? than tny other Augusta paper This fit* >i been pi over* by the Audit Co., or New York. , *~The Hrr.iiil (iiiar.n’iin' Ad'varttaaraW per cent, mors Home Carrier City Clr culatio.i in Augusta than Is given by spy other Augusta paper. This guarantee will he written In s v *ry contract snd The Herald *lll he and willing at all tlinsa to give full ac c**» to its records to all advertisers who wish to tes* the accuracy of this guararitee In comparison with the cisinis of other Augusta uswspspers 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 so. t E D EMldll. Local Forecaster. 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- INDOOR SPORTS - - - - By Tad j|il | ill ill mm ii ! !jpii|«s| uttle fgon-v i c 1 L!_ ■. \ j rW j / \ to vajork a! l IWTVfc. OFPicel _.TT I Yf y,\ ( ITHIW< l-Ll-l - B 4 11 \ ove KAJOV/J it? J - J\ iTKK / G6E bjHAt JJ—'-'Vnr Ai^cu 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. Dorr TAILORING For Men of Taste. The River Swamp Chill and Fever Cure This valuable remedy for Chills and Malaria is my own remedy that i have been stf-lUns for vears and it hardly ever fails to cure the most obstinate cases of Chills and Fever. Price, 50c Bottle L. A. GARDCLLC, Druggist War] Map /^Coupon Latest European War Map S’ Given by THE HERALD to every reader presenting this COUPON and 10 cents to cover promotion expenses. BY MAIL— In city r outside, for 12c. __ Stamps, cash or money order. This is the BIGGEST VALUE EVER OFFERED. Latest 19U European Official Map (5 colors)—Portraits of 16 European Rul ers: ail statistics and war data—Army, Naval and Aerial Strength Populations, Area. Capitals. Distances between Cities. Htsrories of Nations Involved Previous Decisive Battles. Hist >ry Hague Peace Conference, National Debts. Coin Values. EXTRA 2- color CHARTS of Five Involved European Capitals and Stra tegic Naval Locations. Folded, with nandsome cover to fit tbs pocket. \ 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. FORD IS THE CAR The Wife and Boys and Girls can drive as well as the men. See Lombard.