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HAS DEMOCRACY FALUN DOM ID THE
ANGLO SHOD COHMIIT) OF AOGUSTA?
Dr. M. Ashby Jone 3 Preached on “Drink Vs. Democracy.”
Compares What Has Been Done in Russia With What Au
gusta Has Failed to do. Suggests Closing Augusta Saloons
As a War Measure.
At the First Baptist rhtireh Sunday
morn ilia Dr. M. A*lil>y Joikb, the pax
tor, announced hr hIK RUbJeet "Drink
versua Dsmocrary," h* chose a* hla
Isxl !<u 6:16--“Therefore my poopl'-
tiavs none Into captivity for lack of
knowledge." We give below a synop
sis of the sermon
Men come to believe that llm fa
miliar things of life are inevitable.
Those customs and Ideas which have
been anded down from father to son,
and which have woven themselves into
the routine thought and activities of
men are Judged to be Inherent and
Inseparable from life itself. Many of
the evils of the world are tolerated
because men have accepted them with
out question as a part of the world
scheme. The cheap philosophy "what
always has been, always will lie," lias
allowed many vices to grow old In
safety, because It has prevented them
troin being brought by Indictment to
the liar of men's Intelligent Judgment/
It is due to this habit of the human
mind that the traffic In intoxicating
drink has remained secure in our so
cial system tintll recent years. That
which foretells with logical certainly
the banishment of this baneful habit
is that men have learned that noth
ing which hurts Is necessary, and that
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PILES
CURED
Without tha
knife. detection
from business:
without c%ut»-
ry; no rt*n*#r.
No one need suf
fer from this
com pin I n t
when this
human a
cure Is
awsJUna them
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I GUARANTEE RESULT*.
Rheumatism In moot of Its forms
Is permanently cured by my system
of treatment.
Ectems, Plrnplee Erysipelas or any
erupt tvs diseases of ths sktn promptly
cured.
Bladder and Kidney Teeublee, un
der my syatem of treatment shew
signs of Improvement at once.
Ulcere- I care not how lone-stand-
In*. 1 usually curs them In a short
while. ,
Consultation snd adrice free end
confidential. Office houre. * a. m te
7pm dally: Sundays. 10 to ! only
OR. GROOVER. Specisliet.
304-7 Dyer Bids- Augusts. C
| not only the habits and customs of
men, but even human nature itself
I can For this reason the
. Indictment against intoxicating drinks
' is being made out and this roost an
cient foi' tb human life Is being sum
moned to trlarv before the Intelligent
Judgment of men all over the world.
Prohibition of Vodka.
Among the many Intensely Interest
ing developments of tills present war,
none have been more significant or
sensational Ihan the prohibition of
vodka in the Russian Empire. Russia,
which has been called a nation of
drunkards, became sober In a night.
One who has known this country for
marly two generations, reports "the
very expression of Russia has chang
ed.” Intelligence and self-control now
look out of the eyes of a new Russia.
The explanation Is simple and equally
revealing. When Russia fought with
Japan, the ditto dwarf was sober
alert, far-seeing, and efficient. The
great giant was drunk, stupid, and
Ineffective, and was humiliated in the
eyes of the world on a score of battle
fields.
V\ lien Russia conies to fight for the
very existence of her empire with the
trained intelligence and supremely or
ganized efficiency of the Germans, she
will not depend upon drunken soldiers.
The same principle has been followed
out In all the armies of Europe, though
not on quite so heroic a plan. In
deed. we are now becoming accus
lorned to the principle that where vi
tal Interests are Involved, we cannot
trust alcohol In any form. When wo
would depend upon men, we demand
men v/ho do not depend upon alco
hol. For this reason the secretary of
the navy banished alcohol from our
ships of defence, and the people feel
safer for his action. For the snme
reason most of our great railway sys
tems have prohibited the drink habit
among their employes, and the com
mercial world generally Is proceeding
upon the principle thnt efficiency and
alcohol arc deadly enemies. In our
own community when we reached that
critical hour in the recent strike when
life and property were Jeopardized by
the super heated passions of men, the
first wise act of our authorities was
the closing of the drink houses of the
city. Indeed It may tie said that the
argument on this phase of the question
Is closed. No sane man will claim
v llh sincerity that (he drink habit Is
a help to society. The only debatable
phase of the question Is the extent of
the hurt and how far may a man In
ouige before there is some serious hurt
to his mind and body.
Why la It Tolerated?
Why, then, is tills evil tolerated?
The answer Is Impotent and Inade
quate we can't help ourselves. We
may prohibit, tint the prohibition does
not prohibit. The difficulty of this
paradox Is the failure to analyze It.
I' all depends upon whose prohibition
II Is, as lo whether It will lie effec
tive. In Russia the prohibition does
prohibit. In Georgia, 1n many parts
of the state, prohibition does not pro
hibit. In Russia when the government
(old Us officials to null up the bar
room doors and place the seal of (he
empire upon them, they remained closed.
In Georgia, when the government gave
the same order, the people of Augusta
lore off the seal, and opened the doors.
What ts tlio explanation of tills differ
ence?
II Is startlingly significant Russia
Is mi oligarchy and Georgia is a de
mocracy, The same people who malic
Hu- law In Russia pul the force of
• heir wills back of the law and it was
obeyed. The people who made the law
In Georgia have left the law Impotent
for lack of the authority of their will
back of the law. Mere Is oligarchy's
challenge to democracy on the Issue
of efficiency. It Is being claimed in
many quarters today, even In our own
country, that a Tew people can rule
all the people better than all the peo
ple can rub* themselves. And there
Is much to be said In support of the
claim. Where only h few people arc
to be consulted, au agreement is easier
and once a few people are agreed it lx
easier lo give Unit agreement an au
thoritative execution. That is true
In the great corporations, whloii are
oligarchies That was true lu Augus
ta under martial law We had for a
few days an oligarchy, liy agreement,
and for a few dais we had absolute
prohibition. The day oligarchy jlold
ed to democracy the liars opened and
have been opened ever since. We niav
accept It as a principle that no law
will ever lie enforced unless the au
thority which creates It shall be the
authority which executes it. We must
face the fact, we shall never have true
democracy until the "all tile people"
who make the laws shall be tlic same
"all the people" who enforce the laws.
Democracy can never prove itself su
perior lo oligarchy until the people
have as much RESPNCT for the laws
which they make for themselves, as
they have FEAR of the laws which a
few people make for them. Every
open bar In Augusta today Is an ad
vertisement of the laek of respect In
which the people of Augusta hold their
own government
Oligarchy No Moral Test.
Gn the other hand oligarchy Is no
moral test of a people. Since their
laws are made for them, and their
obedience Is under coercion, they are
relieved of nil moral responsibility.
The people of Russia ean receive no
merit for being sober today. Aa on
yesterday the government made them
drunk, so today, the government makes
them sober. Not so in a democracy.
Our moral reaponslblllty is two-folil.
We are first responsible for the kind
of laws which we make, and then un
der obligation to keep our own laws.
Mere lathe vital advantage of demo
cracy. its aim ts not primarily’ at ef
ficiency, but at CHARACTER. We
have learned the first lesson, and most
boisterously demand the right to make
our own laws. But we have yet to learn
an even more vital truth, that we are
undsr a supreme obligation to OBEY
the laws which we have made. This
Is the real and only true meaning of
a vote In a democracy. Not the mere
expression of an opinion, but the ex
pression of our WILLS, vitalizing the
opinion.
It Is a piece of political and moral
cowardice to hide behind our officials
and attempt to shift the responsibility
upon them. They are simply our mor
al agents. Elected by tlje people and
dependent ti|Kin the people for their
political future, thev are sensitive to
the WILLS of the people. They quick,
ly learn what law* have the WILL
of the people back of them Aa x
people we stand, under our form of
government today convicted as dts
loyal to our own democracy. We art
I unwilling in a bid* by our own author-
I U>. \\ t grv nut democrat*. (or Wt
Constipation a
Penalty of Age
Nothing Is so essential to
health In advancing age as
keeping the bowels open. It
makes one feel younger and
fresher and forestalls colds;
piles, fevers and other de
pendent ills.
Cathartics and purgatives are
violent and drastic In action and
should bo avoided. A mild, ef
fective, laxative-tonic, recom
mended by physicians and
thousands who have used it. Is
the combination of simple herbs
with- pepsin sold by druggists
everywhere under the name of
Dr. f’aldweli'f# S-'yrup t’epain.
The price Is fifty cents and one
dollar a bottle. For a free trial
bottle write to Dr. W. B. Cald
well, 661 Washington Ht„ Mon
tlcello, 111.
refuse to rule ourselves according to
the principles which we ourselves have
laid down,
Has Democracy Broken Down.
Let us fairly face our own local sit
uation. We are told that we cannot
enforce the prohibition law of Geor'
gla in the city of Augusta. Is that
true'.' Are we ready to confess that
demorcacy has broken down In this
Anglo-Saxon community? I answer.
No; It is not true. It Is giot a fact
that ’we CANNOT enforce the law;
but that we WILL NOT enforce the
law. Hovering upon the outskirts of
Augusta, like wolves which horizon
the camp of ttieir victims, are un
speakable dens of Iniquity. These
"dips of death" are so horrible that
decent men cannot look each other lri
the face and tell the story of their In
famy. They are stirring the prurient
curiosity of our boys in their teens,
who are drawn by the mysterious veil
of vice which hangs Invitingly across
their entrances. Mere Is a threat to
every home, and a menace to the most
vital sorb Interests of this commu
nity. They are law breakers. Shall
wc sit Impotent in the lace of this
challenge?
During these coming winter months
of commercial difficulty, who believes
that there will he a single bar-room
that will suffer from the financial
stringengey. On the other hand there
will be deflected from your grocery
stores, hardware stores, clothing stores
and every other legitimate avenue 'if
trade, money which should he buying
the necessaries of life, Into the coffers
of this lawless liquor traffic. There
will come to us during these days
an ever Increasing number of appeals
for help. If you will* follow these ap
peals to their sources—and usually
you may he guided by the smell of al
cohol—the overwhelming number of
them will l>o accounted for. not by
the war in Europe, but by the deadly
war which alcohol Is ever making upon
our social system. We are discussing
many plans of economy and readjust
ment of our life lo the unusual con
dltluns sored upon ns by the war.
Why wouldn’t it be a good tiling to
try enforcement of the prohibition law
for the next six months? I,caving ouh
every other consideration, it would tie
a good commercial measure a war
measure if you please. At any rate,
let us took our situation fairly in the
face, We must not shirk our responsi
bility. We are in a state of captiv
ity. But we have not been hound by
any outside Influences. If we are tin
potent, it comes from iHjr own weak
ness.
A BUSINESS TRANSACTION.
"My djar, the teacher turned nut
hoy Bill out of tils seat today, and
told him lo go home for good."
“Well. I'll write that teacher a note
and tell him (here'll tie the devil to
pay if my Bill Isn't re-seated.”—Bal
timore American.
It’s Some Trouble
To Find a Chef!
YOU know how difficult It Is to find a
GOOD Cook! Well!—Well!—We inter
viewed a dozen—two dozen Chefs, be
fore we found one who had never made
Catsup in any other way than with
CHOICE TOMATOES and Hltth-grade Sugar
and Spices and NO Preservatives. The CHEF
who believed In the HOME RECIPE was
the one we engaged to make GIBBS CATSUP
for YOU. Order it
Gibbs
Tobasco Catsup Apple Jelly
»-o«. Bottle —lO c Gl*** _ joe
ORDER FROM YOUR GROCER
Gibbs Preserving Co., Baltimore, Md.
01555
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GAr
btoRGiA nr
WINS ANOTHER
DAMAGE SUIT
Sealed Verdict in U. S. Court
in Case of Blacksmith Drost,
Suing For $20,000 For Per
sonal Injuries, f opened Tues
day.
•A scaled verdict was returned by
'he Jury in the case of P. C. Drost,
salt for $20,000, against the Louisville
and Nashville and Atlantic Coast Lln«
Railways, lessees of the Georgia Rail
road, in the United States district
court, now in session in Augusta, and
was read in open court shortly after
the session was opened, at 10 a. m.
Tuesday, 'i lie verdict was rendered
for the defendant.
The ease of Craig and Jenks vg.
I-rank It. Hall was continued Tuesday
for want of Jurisdiction.
'I tie case of the Duckworth Com
pany vs. The Farmers Oil and Guano
Company was reassigned for Novem
ber 28th.
Tlie case of llarnesberger vs. Kirk
patrick, in equity, was passed by the
court until all Jury business is disposed
of.
, In the case of the United States vs
Charles Griffin, counsel for the de
fendant announced that a plea of
guilty would he entered rfs soon as
the defendant was brought into court
- in the Case of the United States vs.
Hugh and H. M. Phillips, charged with
peonage, a motion to have the case
continued was allowed.
Alter the above business was trans
acted the case of the United States vs.
Trank Hookey, colored, charged with a
\ Eolation of ttie United States Postal
laws, was begun, Hon. Wm. H. Flem
ing representing the defendant and U.
K. District Attorney Donaldson and
Assistant IT. H. District Attorney Cod
ington, representing the government.
Hookey is a former letter carrier of
the Augusta postoffice and is charged
with having opened a letter that pass
ed through his hands while on duty,
lie firmly maintains his innocence.
Lime Treatment
in Tuberculosis
In the May 25, 1912, issue of the
Journal of the American Medical Asso
ciation appeared this statement concern,
ing calcium (lime) medication in the
treatment of pulpionary tuberculosis
(consumption):
“Under the systematic, .continued and
persistent regime of calcium assimila
tion, Van Gleson has seen a number of
his patients improve, undergo an exuda
tion or partial consolidation in the lung,
which then resolving would appear to
contribute to the walling off and clos
ing of the lesions. Hand in hand with
this course of events, the sputum clears
up of tubercle bacilli, which finally dis
appear, and ihe patients are discharged
with healed pulmonary tuberculosis."
K«liir-al medical journals seldom speak
s<» positively about a remedial agon*, yet
this testimony coincides with that from
many consumptives who have secured
like results tlrtough the use of Eck
nian's AUenUiv*i v
Since calcium is a constituent of this
remedy- for pulmonary tuhere.uinsis ami
allied throat and bronchial affections, its
healing power may in some measure be
attributed to the manner In which this
element Is $0 yotnblned with other in
gredients Win be easily assimilated hy
the average fD’SCm and it does not Irri
tate tin- stmipu lt;
Eckman’iu Alterative contains no opi
ates, narfiy.taj or ha bit - forming drugs,
so it Is sH’tiy'l’e try. If your druggist is
out of it, ask him to order, or send di
rect to -r
Eckman Laboratory, Philadelphia.
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With your system in its present condition you are very apt
to be laid low by more serious ills. Now is the time to right
the wrong. Now is the time to bring to your aid
Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical
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(In Tablet or Liquid Form)
This wonderful remedy helps to restore stomach to its natural health
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regulates the bowels and purifies and enriches the blood.
Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery is absolutely free from alcohol
and injurious drugs. You can take it and be certain you will find it a true
blood-maker, tissue-builder, and restorative nerve tonic, and that it will
produce no evil after-effect. Thousands—probably many of your own
neighbors—are willing to recommend Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis
covery because it has made them stronger in body, brain and nerve.
Yon can get Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery In
tablet or liquid form from dealers in .medicines—or
send 50 one-cent stamps for a trial box of the tablets.
Address Dr. Pierce, Invalids’ Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y.
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Why Not Talk This Way
In Augusta, Ga,?
The Dunlop Tire and Rubber Goods Company, Ltd., of
Toronto, announces that its advertising appropriation has been
increased in spite of the policy of retrenchment adopted by
some Canadian manufacturers.
The company’s advertising manager has issued a signed
summary of conditions which have led to the increased ad
vertising.
In the course of this summary he says:
“One hundred courageous manufacturers and five hun
dred patriotic purchasing agents are worth more to Canada
at the present moment than a million sermons or editorials
on humaneness in war.
“Realizing that one of the big sticks in Canada’s Come
back is to be wielded by the purchasing agent, every man
occupying such a position in Canada should have a creed
something like this hung over his desk where he who runs in
for an order may read:
“ ‘I have hitched the firm’s wagon to the Made-in-Cana
da star.
“ ‘I will specify on all purchases that Canadian materials
must be used or the order will be subject to cancellation.
“ ‘I know that in so doing I will thereby be encouraging
the other fellow—whose traveler calls on me, to buy my
firm’s goods and possibly at a higher price, too, than he
would have to pay for the foreign article.’
“Let us be assured that Canadian purchasing agents as a
body have lined up behind the Made-in-Canada slogan, and
we can expect to see Canadian advertising manufacturers as
sume the defensive.”
Same germ, you see.
It’s busy with the Canadians just as it Is down here in
the South with us.
Made-at-Home, Raised-at-Home, Used-at-Home.
It is appealing to thinking people everywhere, because
it is a sound proposition.
Note what the gentleman has to say on the value of AC
TION in the premises:
“One hundred courageous manufacturers and five hun
dred patriotic purchasing agents are worth more to Canada
at the present moment than a million sermons and editorials
on humaneness in war.”
Prattling about patriotism is one thing and expressing
patriotism by patronizing Home Industries is quite another.
That Canada fellow is right. Action, not talk, is what’s
needed.
It’s what we need here in Augusta .just as they need it in
the land of the Maple Leaf.
The Purchasing Agent! He may represent a big chain
of stores or hotels. He may be buying for an immense rail
way system. He may be the supply man in a big bank or
mercantile concern. , He may be the merchant himself.
Or—
The Purchasing Agent may be a little woman in a home,
buying supplies for her family. More active and actual pur
chasing is done by women these days than ever before.
No matter who does the buying, or for whom it is done;
the point is precisely the same:
If the home section is to flourish and its enterprises to
behave after the similitude of the green bav tree, THE PEO
PLE MUST PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRIES.
When are Augusta folks going to learn that their own
best interests are conserved by buying their goods from their
own neighbors—in their own towns, their own cities?
We’re proud to say that there is a big improvement—a
gracious increase, a cheery outlook, for the Hame Manufact
urer.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24.
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