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THE WEATHER
(Forecast* till 8 p. m. tomorrow.)
Augusta and Vicinity.
Fair tonight and Sunday.
Georgia.
Fair tonight and Sunday.
Comparative Data.
May 20th, 1916.
Highest temperature record. 95 in 1902.
J,oweHt temperature record, 41 in 1594.
Lowest thle morning. 55 degreea.
Precipitation yeHterday, 0; normal. .12
River Stages.
River stage at 5 a m. 7.4 feet.
Change In 24 hour* ending 5 a. m. .0.
E. D. EMIOH, Local Forecaster
Harper’* Weekly, recently bought up
by the Independent. Ims had an ex
istence of 59 years, while the absorbing
publication was established OK years
ago.
The Jand. a tree which grows pro
fusely in the Indian Punjab, a very
dry region, la chiefly remarkable for
Its very long tap root, 8-4 feet In one
remarkable specimen und descending
vertically 64 feet Into the earth.
The cohlppuH of Eocene times, earl
iest forbear of the modern horse, stood
about two feet high and almost cer
tainly welkhed less than 100 pounds,
his antiquity being now a matter of
only 3,000,000 years or so.
Section laborers on the government
railroad In Alaska have recently won
a strike by which their wages are In
creased to 49 3-8 cents an hour. Steam
shovel engineers dram SIBO a month,
and the pay of other employes la on
a like scale.
"Punch" which should be roundly
rewarded for Its fortitude and bravery
in taking such a chance, has actually
re-discovered that ancient Joke about
the servant who expected “two and
six If I eats myself and two shillings
If you eat me."
Mrs. Jane Roberts of Provo, Utah, who
recently passed her 108r<l birthday,
was the most Interesting figure In a
photograph taken that day of five gen
erations of her family, all female and
ranging down to Baby flood, two, her
great -great-granddaughter.
When a bandit who looked to weigh
190 pounds and who wore a black cot
ton handkerchief over his face held up
a Denver grocer recently and expe
rienced the sensation of having a
shower of dollars thrown In Ids face
by the Intended victim he Is reported
to have turned nnd gone away from
there with "frantic steps" as our best
novelists say.
BOY BCOUTB IN BIRMINGHAM.
The Boy Scouts have made a
great record for themselvea during
the big Confederate reunion. More
than 600 acouts In khaki uniforms
were on duty when the reunion
started, and the manner In which
they conducted themselves through
out elicited the highest praise and
commendation of visitors and par
ticipants alike The youngsters
had their share In the glory of
the great occasion, from all ac
counts, and the efficient services
they rendered formed an Inspiring
feature of the Interesting exercises.
Two of the scouts were stationed
on each street corner In the busi
ness section of the city, who gave
directions and escorted the arri
vals to their respective headquar
ters And their deportment wiA as
orderly and respectful to the old
vets as could have been expected.
They were quiet and gentlemanly
In every thing they did, and withal
there were no boisterous demon
strations. or ostentation about any
of their activities. It must have
been fine to see them escorting
the old soldiers up to the reunion
headquarters, direct their charges
to the registration booths, salute
and depart.
The Birmingham I.edgnr. speak
ing of the beautiful behavior of the
Boy Hroute, says of them, that
they "gave more help at this re
union than anybody else,” adding
further, "we simply couldn't get
along without them, that's all
there is to It." This shows how
useful a boy can be when he Is
made to feel that he Is of some Im
porlance and charged with respon
sibility.
At the reunion of the Blue and
Uray at Gettysburg battlefield, the
Boy Hcouts from Dixie were con
spicuous for their manly and gal
lant attention to the old soldiers,
tenderly ministering to their wants
and looking after their safety and
comfort. These scouts were Vir
ginia boys; they were from (he
stste that gave us Washington,
Jefferson. l.ee and Hlonewall Jack
aon. and which is called the mother
of stales and statesmen. Conse
quently. the Boy Scouts of Vir
ginia were to the manner horn.
The splendid way that they con
ducted themselves on that memor
able occasion not only attracted
attention on the battlefield, but
elicited favorable comment In the
newspapers of the big cities of the
North.
Now we have substantially the
tame good report from the Ala
bama Boy Scouts. It looks ss If
there Is good scout material all
ever Dixie. Alabama Is next door
neighbor to Georgia and whs
formed out of Georgia territory,
and there Is no reason why Geor
gia troys shouldn't be the equal of
any slate In the South. All they
wsnt It the chance und they will
mesure up to the requirements of
the occasion And. there Is no
doubt about tt. that a youngster
can turn round a time or two while
a grown-up Is getting ready to
start, In certain ways and under
certain circumstances.
It Is now the time of the year
when Boy Scouts are In their ele
ment on the banka of the beauti
ful Southern streams, and In the
•'woodland stretches. wild and
wide." it won't Ire long trefore It
will be vacation time and he tw
getting bis tramping togs and his
fishing lackls ready for camping
out There's health and strength
In open air actlvltiee for the boy.
a swell ss much useful knowledge
to be gained from a familial Itv
with life In the woods, fishing,
studying trees, plains and flowers
Vacation time spent In the coun
try will add large I v to his stork of
existences ae well as harden his
muscles and build up his frame
Georgia troya are hard to beat, but
the Alabama scouts have the stuff
they are mdae of tn no uncertain
WHAT IS YOUR INSPIRATION?
Please take a good look at this example of ancient
sculpture. You have probably seen plaster or bronze casts
of it in our local art stores;
Maybe the esthetic sense
it not sufficiently developed in our grubby cosmos.
Howsoever that may be, we publish a picture of the
Victory today merely as an example of HOW LITTLE it
requires to INSPIRE THE CULTURED CLAN.
For ourselves, the mental picture of a wife who loves
us, in spite of the facts that she well knows all our little
weaknesses and frailties, and the limitations of our char
acter, is a far greater inspiration to us than this cold image
of Victory by an unidentified creator.
The sculptor did very well when he carved this im
age, but he couldn’t put a soul into it, no odds how cunning
his hand.
It may be very ordinary and very low-brow of us, but
honestly—we prefer to regard a living woman with a pul
sing heart in her breast as our inspiration!
TO BE WELL BORN IS CHILD’S BIRTH RIGHT?
As a nation we are pretty well awakened to the need
of carefully caring for the annual crop of babies.
Now let us go a step further and give each baby a
hard and fast guarantee of its birthright—that of being
well born.
This can be accomplished by giving more thought and
attention to pre-natal care, particularly of the working
woman who is about to become a mother.
Forty per cent of the babies that die in the first year
die before they are a month old. This is directly due to
improper pre-natal conditions.
If we were as wide awake to this fact and gave it as
much serious attention as France, for instance, this one item
could be erased from death’s ledger.
In France, big employers provide special rest rooms
for the working woman who is expecting a child. If for
any reason she is undernourished she is furnished at cost
or in some cases free of charge with the needed diet that
will keep her physically strong and healthy.
Two months before her baby is expected she is given
leave of absence with pay. In some cases, when neces
sary, provided with expert medical attention.
The day will come when industrial America must pay
attention to the same problem—why not begin now?
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER
(By Gilson Gardner)
Washington—That the senate Is
likely to refuse to confirm Gouts D.
Brandeis. the president's appointee for
the I’nlted Slates supreme court. Is
the Inference drawn by politicians at
the capitol from the senate vote re
jecting the confirmation of George
Ituhlee for the Federal Trade Com
mission.
Special Privilege, acting through a
fiction known ns "Senatorial Courtesy"
has removed Rubles, the one good man
on the Federal Trade Commtaalon.
Brundela Is next In line for the aenate
special privilege guillotine. Since the
Kublee vote, the frlenda of Brundeia
fee! leaa confident.
The same Influences which opposed
Kublee oppose Brandeis. and the rea
sons for the opposition are fundament
ally the same. Kublee uml Brandeis
were for a considerable lime associat
ed In their public service labors. Kub
lee helped Brandeis draw the bill which
became the Federal Trade Commis
sion law Both were attorneys on the
public side In the Bulltnger Investiga
tion. An hh acting member—pending
confirmation of llic Federal Trade
Commission, Rubles has tried to carry
out the original purpose of the law",
which was to curb the brutalities of the
competitive system and make trade
freer for the weaker man. Unfortun
ately, a majority of the Federal Trade
Commissioners are entirely out of
sympathy with the purposes of this
aet. Commissioner Hurley and Com
missioner Davies are more interested
In using th ccommlsston to secure In
the United States the German cartel
plan for co-operation among munufae
tnrers seeking foreign markets than
they aii' in protecting the consumer,
under Hurley's direction, has devoted
most of Its time to this subject, and
to trying to find a way In which the
lumber business could add lo Its profits
without entailing the penalties of the
Sherman anti-trust law. In these ac
tivities of the commission. Kublee has
been a minority.
The senate's vote In the rejection
of Kublee and in Us opposition to
Brandeis Is bl-partisan. Special priv
ilege acts through both parties, that Is
the strength of special privilege. There
are about as many reoaotbinary sena
tors In one party as in the other and
In eases like this there are always
enough to b recruited from the "oppo
sition" party to carry out the pur
poses id special privilege
"Senatorial courtesy” was nominally
the ground for opposing Kublee. Gal
llnger annonunced that the appoint
ment was "prsonalty objectionable" to
him. Kublee comes from Galllnger’a
state and has been a political oppo
nent of Galllnger. A recent develop
ment of the theory of senatorial cour
tesy leaves It to any senator to veto an
snnitln appointment whether If « lo
cal or national character by saying tl
Is personally objectionable. Other
senators, seeing an opportunity to In
crease their power by the exercise of
a similar veto oxer somebody In Ihelr
state, fall Into line and support the
senatorial courtesy theory This en
ables all the vicious Influences In the
eenate to co-operate to block all good
appointments.
In spile of the fact that Rtiblee's ap
pointment was strongly supported by
President Wilson, thirteen democrats
opposed him. They were Bankhead, of
Alabama: Broussard, of teiulslana.
Chamberlain, of Oregon; Ularke. of
Arkansas; Hardwick, of Georgia. Mar
tin. of Vtcirlnta: Merlins of New ter
even the department stores
>ffer it for sale at as low as
SI.OO.
It is called the “Winged
Victory” but its proper name
is “The Nike of Samo
thrace.”
This statue is said to be
the greatest inspirational
object of art that has come
within the ken of man.
Poets invariably have a
replica of it in their studies;
authors enshrine it on their
working desks. Painters
adore it. Young women who
quote Shelley and affect
pallid complexions rave over
the Victory.
It seems, that to these
artistic souls, the Victory
typifies “the attainment of
the insurmountable.” This
is the way one of its devo
tees naively described it to
us.
sey; O'Gorman of N. Y.; Reed of Mis
souri; Smith of Georgia; Smith of
South Carolina; Underwood of Ala
bama; Vardatnan of Mississippi.
Republicans who xvere willing to
disregard party lines to line up against
special privilege were :Clapp, of Min
nesota; Kenyon, of Iowa; I.a Follette
of Wisconsin; Norris, of Nebraska'
and Poindexter, of Washington.
.The record of the democratic party
as worked out by this democratic con
gress in the matter of a bigger navy
and raising money to pay for prepared
ness will not be the target for criticism
at the republican and progressive con
ventions. The reason is because there
will be no record.
The ways and means committee does
not propose to report its bill until the
naval affairs committee has reported
Its program and the naval affairs com
mittee apparently is determined to de
ny the reporting of the naval program
iouk enough no that the conventions
will be over before congress acts on
the subject. May 25th is now set as
a tentative date when the naval affairs
committee may report its bill.
I-or five months the ways and means
committee has marked time. Chair
man Claude Kltchln savs there Is no
need for haste. He cun tell better how
much money will be needed when the
army and navy hills have become law'
Standing on this position the commit
tee has done nothing. No bearings
have tuken place and no legislation has
been formulated. Representative Kttch
in says he has an Idea that the rich
ought to pay the hills and therefore
hopes to be able to report a bill in
creasing the rate of taxes on the big
ger incomes und taxing war munitions
profits. Moreover Congressman Hull
author of the income tax law. has been
looking into the Inheritance tax ques
tion ami may be ready to report a fed
eral Inheritance tax. One thing Is cer
tain The republican convention con
not view xvlth alarm the record of this
congress In these matters, nor can the
democratic convention point with pride
DAILY
CARTOONET
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SPRING POEM.
I
There’s sumpln In the air
I’ve noticed everywhere;
For work I have no taste.
It seems an awful waste—
I guess it’s Spring.
II
(We can’t do this here second stanza
because the blonde stenographer insists
upon whlHtling ”<’hinatown My China
town” which is nothing at all to whistle
on a bright spring morning. Like en
shrining lilies-of-the-valley in a joss
house, huh?)
UPLIFT BOOZE.
(By Herby Cough-man.)
Your wage lo what you make it.
If you can compel somebody to pay
you SSO a week when you are worth only
sls. you are n born .salesman.
Envious people say you are a con man.
But what do you care?
Get the coin.
Why do I get SIOO a week for writing
Uplift Ooze?
Why? Why? Why?
Nobody knows!
HE ADMITS IT.
Actor named Hen Harney spends
SIOO for page advt. In a theatrical
weekly to admit that he originated
ragtime In I-oulsvllle in 1898. Is
burning alive or just hangln' too
sympathetlc-like ?
WAR MAP.
This slows the public square in Mex
ico City. Cross marks where gasoline
station will l>e established by the stand
ard Oil < *o. as soon as American troops
occupy the Mexican capital:
AMONG LIFE’S ETERNAL ENIGMAS,
AMARYLLIS. NOBOBY KNOWS
WHAT CONSTITUTES THESE:
Genius
(’hop Suey
I’-’.SO shoes
lnger»oll*
Hamburger
Sense-of-humor
Military "tactics.”
The Brown's Mills Silver Cornet hnnd
will practice Thursday at Johnson's liv
ery stable. The first time they prac
ticed there the horse- kicked up unite
a rumpus, but now they seem to enjoy
the music.
WORKS 16 YEARS ON CHESS
PROBLEM.
How would you like to labor sixteen
years In composing a chess problem?
Sounds ridiculous, doesn't It? It has
been done, however, and to Robert IT
Ramsey, of Germantown. Fa., goes the
title of long-distance champion prob
lem worker
The average composer Is content to
devote his energies to this task a
month or possibly two. Kantsey. how
ever. Is no ordinary problemist. Many
years ago he undertook to construct a
four-move study called "Ramsey's
cage," Ills Initial version was called
unsound. He reconstructed the posi
tion only to have It "cooked" again.
After some years Ramsey again turn
ed his attention to the composition, hut
this specimen also met the fate of the
others Finally he realised his ambi
tion.
LAWRENCE IS HOME OF CAPTAINS.
Lavrenee, Mass . msy rightly be term
ed the "City of College Captains." Here
Is the <oM of honor: Bingham, captain
Harvard track team, l.ynch. Yale fresh
man baseball; Riley, IWrtmoulh track.
Perkins. I'artmouth baseball: llertog,
Massachusetts Tech rreshntan track:
Carroll. Niagara track Reagan. St
John's football: ltevlln. Holy Croaa foot
ball. In addition Lawrence Is the borne of
’V I - T - ■!’». ■ M■ r\ i 'Jf '
BITTER ROOT KID TIES ROOKS TO HIS NECK
WHILE ON ROAD TRAINING FOR FIGHTS
(By Harold Johnson.)
The soldier-rookie who hiked 18
miles a day, toting, unconsciously, a
brick in his haversack, didn’t have a
thing on the Bitter Root Kid.
Paradoxical as it may seem the B. R.
K. is not a patent medicine ad. He’s
a bonafide 13!l-at-the-ringside-fight
ing-man and the latest to take issue
with Ever Hammer < r Chicago.
Early each night the B. R. K. ven
tures forth from his place of abode
to train for forthcoming engagements.
Before starting he ties sacks contain
ing rocks about each shoulder and
HOW TO EARN MONEY AT HOME.
Funny Oilmop, of Birdseed, Miss.,
writes: I work in a pancake factory
during the day and after working hours
at home l made $3.50 clear profit in two
months by taking old doorknobs and
tying them on a piece of broom stick.
Then I sold them to married women
to use after 2 a.an., instead of the cus
tomary rolling pins.” Very original,
Kannly.—Ed.
liosie Kookoo, of Soupbone, N. J.,
writes: “It is very easy to make extra
money. With the money 1 make extra
I can go to a movie show and buy a
newspaper occasionally. It’s x-ery sim
ple. It's like this: Everybody knows
what a nuisance it is to pick pins out
of a shirt when it comes hack from the
laundry, so I make little pins made out
of xx’ax and sell them to the laundries.
When the shirt comes back all you
have to do is din the shirt in a wash
tub of hot water, xvhirli will naturally
melt the pins, thereby you avoid the
trouble of searching for them.
GENE AHERN.
When a St. Raul xvoman recently re
covered $1,050 because a meatman hit
her over the head with a pork roast n
"hobo” was asked his version of the
affair and burst out lyrically thus:
"Slap me xvlt' n hamhurg den an’ I'll
settle fer a ten spot; or tap me on de
ehin xvlt' a ham an’ it'll cost you no
more than five."
For His Own Profit!
When a storekeeper offers to sell
“something just as good" in place of the
staple article you asked for he has a rea
son.
He prefers temporary profits to your
satisfaction.
It is an unfair practice, because it
hurts not only the customer, but the reput
able manufacturer.
Happily it is a practice thrown into
the discard by up-to-date storekeepers.
You are protecting'your own interests
in insisting on getting what you ask for.
The brands advertised by this news
paper are made by reputable concerns.
Remember the names and ask for them by
name.
wherever the B. R. K. goes the rocks
go with him. He does this to harden
and strengthen his shoulders. The
bright idea struck hint years ago when
he fought In Montana.
Instead of working out afternoons
in a gymnasium the Kid' awaits for
the shades of night to settle on the
scene then he busies himself under
the glare of electric lights. As his
battles arc scheduled at night, Bitter
Root explains his is the only system
to follow.
He says the glare of light makes
boxing principally a question of tlm
ing blow and judging distance.
DR. CHAS. LANE WILL
SPEAK AT ASBURY CHURCH
Dr. Chas. Lane, one of the Chautau
qua lecturers, will speak as Asbury
Methodist Church Monday evening at
8:30 o’clock for the benefit of Asbury
Sunday school. He Is a very able and
very humorous speaker and a large
number will doubtless be In attendance.
A small admission fee will be charged.
SAYS SOUTHERN WEALTH
DOUBLED IN 25 YEARS
Chattanooga, Tenn.—John Skelton Wil
liams, comptroller of the currency in an
address before the Tennessee Bankers’
Association today stated that the book
value of the wealth of the Southern
States has considerably more than dou
bled in the past 25 years.
He pointed out how millions that had
been kept stacked for reserve purposes
in three large cities, a greater amount
than the entire banking capital of the
South in 1880, had been released by tho
reserve banking system ror commercial
purposes and was more responsible for
the present Southern prosperity than all
the Kuropcan orders.
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APRIL CIRCULATION
DAILY AND SUNDAY HERALD.
The circulation ot the Daily and Sun
day Herald for the month of April, 1916.
was as follows:
April 1 13,700
April 2 ....12,635
April 3 13,700
April 4 13,900
April 5 13,945
April 6 13,425
April 7 13,880
April 8 13,780
Apr! 9 ....12,725
April 10 13,685
April 11 ....13,915
April 12 ....13,685
April 13 14,140
April 14 14,150
April 15 14,030
April 16 ....12,700
April 17 ....14,145
April 18 ....14,100
April 19 14,050
April 20 ....14,140
April 21 14,175
April 22 ....14,100
April 23 ....14.165
Apri 24 14,150
April 25 ....14,130
April 26 14,140
April 27 ....14,206
April 28 ....14,200
April 29 ....14,210
April 30 ....12,880
TOTAL FOR APRIL 414,785
DAILY AVERAGE 13,820
The Augusta Herald, Daily and Sun
day, has a circulation in Augusta ap
proximately twice as large as that of any
other Augusta newspaper. Advertisers
and agencies invited to test the accuracy
of these figures in comparison with the
claim of any other Augusta newspaper.
The Heraid is the only Augusta daily
which publishes in its own columns a
detailed statement of its circulation.
The Herald is a charier member of the
Aduit Bureau of Circulation.
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For good health, good ap
petite, good digestion, spring
fever, malaria, kidney & liver
trouble. Produces good blood,
puts energy and vim in your
system. Everybody should
drink it. Order a five gallon
bottle delivered to your home.
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Agents.
PLANTING COTTON
SEED
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AUGUSTA, GA.
90-DAY COTTONS.
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1 INCH STAPLE, BIG
BOLL.
Cleveland and Ideal.
IV4 INCH, BIG BOWL.
Keenan; Webber, Columbia,
Hurtovilto and also 1 3-8
inch, big boll, antiwilt
Keenan.
IV* INCH STAPLES
Allen’s Flora Dora and Sun
flower.
1 7-8 INCH STAPLES
Sea Island.