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FOUR 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 (ania / "Two fairs for one fire” it 11 im ■■ i ■' n V^rwiDnof atfecfftelwo PanamaKpo site, i Platinotfto|oand visit Grandutm>on , -/Arizona on/hewn) / four SaniaFe trains / & da? including > California linjifed “Jltc Santa Fade™? San Francuoo Exposition opsni i February SO, doses DsosmGcr 4. 1913; Su Dis*o Espnsitioa opens JtaiMry L elos«s Docembsr 31, 1913. ticket* will k« •cU *i* direct li*c« *t tkoui an* Ur* Ur round tnp, March 1 to Navatnfor 90.1919. witk lik*ml »tup>«»v«r* end return limit. The wml vietwetruniN fare* te California nr* in 41m> new. Aok for folder*. Write te C. 1* 8a Mr**—. Ctn l Cnlaniaatian Agant. 9901 Rttlwtv 1 arkang#, Cktrafo. for Art*on* nad Snn Jenqnin Valley land kenklrt*. P. * Retm, Bml Put. Aft, 2 W. Pryor BL, Atlanta, Gn 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 • \ 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. BULLi l HEAD 1 CATSUP : AH*! ■ f v ;. BM9 ' I S . -, S I Have You Stomach Trouble? Is Your Liver Out of Order? Lassitude—undue fatigue—sleepless nights—low spirits—poor appetite— nervousness—a general feeling that there is nothing good or worth while in the world —are indications that your stomach, liver or bowels are not working naturally. 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 Discovery (In Tablet or Liquid Form) This wonderful remedy helps to restore stomach to its natural health and strength and to secure proper flow of the digestive juices, a good appetite and full digestion of the food you eat. It invigorates the liver 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. Dr. Pierce s Common Sense Medical Adviser—a great doctor book—a family book of 1008 pages, doth bound-answers many important questions regarding sickness. Your free copy A^ b ;S7n t 0 Pay Wrappi "S «> walling charges from 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. f