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HOW WILL AUGUSTA’S RICH MEN DIS
POSE OF THEIR FORTUNES?
In these days when much is being said about the world
wide brotherhood of man, the interest of individuals in the
fortunes of others, and a general trend jn the direction of
philanthropic endeavor, the question naturally arises as to
what disposition will be made of many of the large fortunes
that have been accumulated by captains of industry and fi
nance in this country. Will these large fortunes be be
queathed by their owners to their heirs for extravagant dis
sipation, or will at least a portion of them be directed into
channels of philanthropy for the promotion of charitable and
educational work?—a course that would seem to be the
natural consequence of the trend of modern thought.
Newspapers and magazines have contained much of late
with reference to the manner in which fortunes running up
into the hundreds of millions have been disposed of in the
wills of their owners; and indeed the manner in whkh many
rich men, still living, have directed millions of dollars to the
endowment of beneficent institutions.
In this connection, it would not be inappropriate to re
view what has been done in this line in Augusta in the past.
True, Augusta has had no citizens to leave estates amounting
to fabulous sums, but even so, there are a number of valu-'
able institutions now flourishing in our midst and accomplish
ing much for the benefit of humanity which owe their ex
istence to comparatively small bequests of less than $500,000
that; were left them by humanity-loving citizens in the past.
It is The Herald’s purpose to publish a series of articles
dealing with the manner in which Augustans have disposed
of their fortunes—those who left them for the benefit of hu
manity—and while everybody has a rather indefinite knowl
edge of the origin of the city’s endowed institutions, they will
doubtless be surprised at facts that will be brought out in
these articles which show what immeasurable good has been
accomplished by a wise management of comparatively small
endowments. Undoubtedly a revelation of the fruitful re
sults attained with fortunes left for charitable and education
al purposes—results no doubt far exceeding the expectations
of the donors—will create a desire within the hearts of Au
gusta’s rich men of today to emulate the example of the city’s
pioneer residents and devote at least a portion of their life’s
accumulations to the betterment of mankind.
The aeries of articles will cover the origin and activities
of every endowed institution in Augusta. The initial story
appears in today’s Herald, dealing with the Augusta Orphan
Asylum, now known as the Tuttle-Newton Home, the name
having recently been changed in honor of the two men
whose fortunes made possible the vast amount of good that
the institution has accomplished during its existence of near
ly three quarters of a century. Herald readers are invited
to read this article and acquaint themselves with the ines
timable benefit to more than fifteen hundred unfortunate
children that was made possible by an endowment fund of
only $250,000; and look for another story next Sunday.
THE IMPORTANT BOOK REVIEWS.
Seems as how the periodicals leave out the most im
portant book reviews. Novels and histories and books of
poetry and all those are reviewed at length, but how about
reviews of dad’s bank book and mother’s cook book and oth
ers along that line? They’fe the most important books of all,
take it from the full assemblage of the family in council con
vened.
Just to supply the deficiency here are some of the book
reviews the members of the family would like to see every
week or so:
Dad's Hank Hook—This book is filed with interesting
reading in the first few pages and the blank pages in the back
of the volume pique the interest and arouse curiosity as to
just what will be indited there. Book is statistical in char
acter with the last figures given not being as impressive as
those first appearing in the book. Persons accomplished in
reading between the lines can read "summer vacation’’ and
"summer clothes" for the entire family into the last figures
shown. %
Mother’s Cook Hook—Heavy looking volume, jammed
with the best sort of reading. To have mother read aloud
from this book while hitting it up between stove and pantry
in the kitchen, is to get one of the real sensations of the sum
mer book season. It is interesting to know that mother man
ages to get more out of a perusal of this book than anyone
else.
Sister s Pocketbook—As thin us the airiest romance ever
penned. No one ever takes this book seriously. An inter
esting hodge-podge of odds and ends, samples of various
moods, etc. Everyone is defied to find anything of any real
value in this volume.
THE FUTURE.
A young man said, "If there was only some way I could
see myself in the future, how much easier it would be now.”
We can see ourselves in the future if we are willing to
make an honest inventory of our intentions. Hero are a few
formulas to go by.
If 1 am thrifty, honest and interested in my neighbors I
am pretty sure of a home, a good income and many friends in
after years.
If 1 am selfish, grabbing and looking after my own in
terests, only, the future will contain money in plenty, perhaps,
a house and a few acquaintances who avoid me except when'
my money will benefit them.
If 1 want to do big things and am willing to make the
sacrifices to attain my desires, I’ll get them.
And. so on through a great long list of ifs that will show
you w hat you will be in years to come.
Hut, you must be honest with yourself in looking ahead."
You’ve got to go beneat h.vour daily attitude toward life and
tind out if the attitude is grounded on solid rock. Otherwise
the formula will not work.
GENTLE BUT FIRM.
A noted golf player says that four out of five golfers
lay the foundation of their foozling, by gripping the club like
grim death instead of holding it in a manner which may be
described as "gentle but firm.”
The same might be given for the failure of many
men to accomplish their “drive" for whatever they desire.
The business man grasps his books and his accounts so
lirmiN that ho drives into th<* burthen of
The professional man often clings to the ethics of his
profession with a grip that approaches fanaticism.
The athlete pursues his ideals with a persistence that
leads to “going stale.”
1 hey have no flexibility, no ease, no smoothness.
hoiks don't like to deal with a person or an institution
that is apparently on a strain. They like to feel that there is
a certain freedom of action about the transaction.
From a purely commercial standpoint it is good business to
develop gracefulness instead of rigidness.
Don't take your work or yourself so seriously as to cause
too tight a hold on the stick.
Filtered lit the Augusta. Ga., Poatof
flc* as Mall Matter of the Second la**.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
TODAY'S POEM
Dear Doctor:
I am feeling better
But pained to get your recent letter,
Informing me the ronaui 'iition
Decreed against your operation.
Old friend, you know I love you dearly
And sympathize with you sincerely.
I know you mum be disappointed
To have your fondest plans unjointed
By inexperienced condjutors
Who thus presume to be your tu*,Drs,
These leaser men of narrow vision
Who Interdicted your Incision.
Truly, them* mal-practitioners grieve me
Vf >* on my own account, believe me,
For I am quite without ambition,
Except as it might be my mission
To offer my collaboration
A« subject of your operation.
Well, well, let these vain fools content
them;
I have a plan lo circumvent, them.
Let uh accept their'crass decision.
Not even hinting our derision;
Then, when I'm well again, and hearty.
We'll plan a little surgeon's partly.
I'll offer, for your vindication.
My two-weeks summertime vacation.
Whose spending money I'll invest in
A newly vulcanized intestine,
And if your conferees should venture
Again to cavil or to censure.
Or, If some slip and Its resultant
Should make them, for the nonce, ex
ultant.
Together we’ll defy and thwart ’em
And prove you right—-a: my post mor
tem.
(By O. B. JOYFUL.)
Judge George J. Judge Judges in the
Juvenile court at Buffalo, N. Y.
Alex Dines dines in his own restaurant
at Wellsville, N. Y.
Where’s the Poor Fish Who Said Latin
Is a Dead Language?
Miss Edith Rice, of Germantown, Pa.,
has translated into Latin some popular
songs.
F’rinstance—
"Keep the Home Fires Burning" is like
this:
Igries foci serve avide expectant,
Longe cum nbsint tui
Vident (lonium,
Nubila per astra
Refulgent argentum,
Nu ben at mm persolvo
Dum revenieni.
And this is the way Caesar sang "Oh,
How 1 Hate to Get Up in the Morning"—
O! O! me stirgere mane odissc,
O’ si maneam in lectuio!
Child cat miserl znllti
Tubae audire vocem
Burgcndum tibi, Kurgendum tibi,
burgendum tbi prime luce, etc.
'Member "K-K-K-Katy" song? This is
how Marc Anthony might have warbled
It to Cle&patra:
U—g—G—Gala, pulchra Gala,
Es sola pu-el-el-ella quam adoro,
17bt lu-luna lucet. supra bibtle,
Espectabo in culinuria porta.
Over here we sing, "How Ya Gonna
Keep ’Em Down on the Farm After
Tney’ve been Pare#?”
Beyond the Rubicon they handle it this
way:
Uui cos tenebts ngricoiaa
Post Parse viderunt?
Latia Is now the most popular study
in the Germantown high school.
Mrs. Abner Whiffletree is of the opinion
that if some bright teacher could invent
a method of translating arithmetic so her
little boy could sing it lie wouldn’t have
to do the 6-A work over again next school
year.
This, however Is one way to solve
arithmetical problems.
"If eight men worked three days cut
ting down a tree, how long would It take
six men to cut It down?" a student was
asked.
Like Mrs Wlffletree s little boy, this
student wasn't up to his ears in arithme
tic. lie thought long and earnestly. Then
he wrote:
"The tree, having already been cut
down by eight men, could not be cut
down by six men."
MEBBE SO.
When the frost is on the pumpkin
And the fodder s in the stack.
Weudon’t know—we re Just supposin'—
That’s when Woodrow will get back.
Medicine laodgc (Kap.)
Republican.
OBSERVATIONS
In Columbia ami Vensxuela the Ameri
can dollar la at a discount of 20 per cent.
Here at home It ta at a discount of about
ou per cent.
People that do not respect our Idealism
remember that we have one-third of the
S'orld s aold under our thumb and respect
us anyway.
Congressman l.a Guardia charges the
War Department with an Itch for spend
ing money. Well, the people scratched
for It, didn't IjeyT
Italy won't pet all ahe wanted, but she
will art enmish to make everlasting ene
mies of the southern Slavs and Greeks.
W# are Informed that red rust will
nanse a damage of about seven million
bushels to this year's wheat crop If
1 .entile hears of this he will think our
wheat belt has gone over to the Keds.
If Meilcan rebels under General Ange
les keep up their winning streak, they
will soon graduate tot be dignity of pa
triots.
The first task of the wire compsnles
after the lines are returned will be to
think of a good reason why It is no long
er possible to cut the rstes as they talk
ed of doing some weeks ago
\ViJson has removed the embargo on
gold shipments In an effort to reduce our
suppli of gold and loner prices Exceea
of gold doesn't affect prices aa much as
ticess of greed.
Of course you understand that the 11.-
S#o,uo«,i'o« revolving fund asked for by
the railroad a i*.u mat ration will be used
to make the wheels go round.
When the conference didn’t wish to do
the wrong thins snd was afraid to do the
right it \ t .etabltahad a >.
on the m theory that the next genera,
lion could tight It out.
betting (lermany Into the league In or
der to persuade her to sign the treaty la
consistent enough We know thst she
can t be trusted In the league, but we siso
know that her signature len t worth any
thing.
The Hun constitutional convention has
arranged for thr trial of persons accused
of losing the war. It la our understanding
that the devil lost ths war. Ist ths trial
proceed
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been relieving eye strain with
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THE COVENANTER
LETTERS
ARTICLE EIGHT CONTINUED
Reciprocal Concessions.
Under Article VIII we covenant to
keep within the Junius we agree to lor
teii years, when tne whoie p.an L sub
ject u* revision— meantime, snouifi cui.ui
uons change, the council *as power to
increase tne limit lor any government
neeuing it. More than 1h.3, vo can it
any time withdraw from an the obliga
tions oi the League, including this one.
on two >ears' iiotlce.
It is to be noted that we agree to .Jmit
our armament in consideration of the
lact that every other Leagu-; member
inqJtefc a similar promise as 10 lie arma
ment. Our reduction and limit are to be
proportionate to those of other members.
Their reduction lessens the necessity lor
our defense as does the compulsory it—
duction of the armaments of our enemies
in this war. We are not thus left
"naked to our enemies, ” whether of this
war or ajiy tuture war In any other way
than that they axe equuMy "naked” to
us.
Plea for Consistency.
The necessity for reduction of ar
mament to avoid danger of war baa
long been recognized and cuuiesced in
by all nations except Germany. We were
among the most earnest in eekJng a
limit or reduction of -armament. ut the
Hague Conferences but Germany per
ernptorialy refused. Are we now to
change our attitude on this crucial ques
tion Did we think that in urging *t at
tne Hague we were to make ourselves
"naked to our enemies” by entering
such an agreement? Were we onlv hypo
crites when we pressed It upon the con
ferees at the Hague?
If the great continental powers of
Europe and Asia, where the danger of
war is much more probable than here,
can afford to limit their armaments by
convention, can we not lo so, when the
Atlantic separates us from Europe, and
the Pacific from Asia?
More than this, :s there not a humor
ous phase of this objection when we
consider the consistent course of tnla
country since the beginning of its his
tory? In spite of the urging of AVasn
ington and many of his successors, we
never have had an adequate armament
until after war has come. Not even loi
mere police duty have v/e had a suffi
cient regulas army In time of peace.
From soon after the Civil War until
the Spanish War, a period of thirty year,
with Indian campaigns frequently ie-
CUXTing, for a people increasing fr-.m
fifty to ninety millions, we had only
25,000 men in om regular army—and
since the Spanish War, we have never
been able to increase that army beyond
one hundred thousand: while in ail thf
details of proper preparatory equipment
we were wanting.
We can be sure, therefore, that the
Council will recommend a limit of arma
ment for us that Congress will never
desire to exceed and will probably fall
short of in actual practice. We should
be justified is l far more concern if the
League imposed on us specific obligation
as to a minimum armament.
Not Unconstitutional.
But it is satdtTiat it is unconstitu
tional for our treaty making power to
agree to a limit of armament. The Su
preme Court in many cases has decided
that the treaty-making power conferred
in the constitution is a very broad one
and that it includes the making of con
tracts with other nations on any subject
matter usually within the scope of treaty
making between nations, and that there
are no limitations on it except that a
treaty can not change our form of gov
ernment or cede land of one of our stales
without its consent. Now the limitation
of armament has been a very frequent
subject matter dealt with in treaties.
Indeed, every one remognizes that it is
a most appropriate subject in this very
treaty of which the League is a part in
respect to the fixing of the armament of
Germany More than this, we have a
treaty with Great Britain for one hun
dred years in which we agreed to limit
our armament, and we have religiously
kept it—ln 1817, we mutually agreed
with Great Britain not to put a naval
armament on the Great Lakes between
us and Canada, and that treAty is still
in force. It would be difficult to im
agine a more Convincing precedent than
this. In the Clayton-Buhver treaty of
concerning the construction of a
canal In Central America from one ocean
to the other, we mutually stimulated
not to fortify the canal when built. Our
power to limit armament In a treaty is
thus indisputable In view of precedent
and judicial authority. Our duty by
joining with the family of civilized na
tions In such an agreement, to put a
stop to the awful race in armaments, if
unrestrained, sure to involve the world
again in all its evils, is equally clear.
RE-ENLISTING MEN GIVEN
MILEAGE FROM NEW YORK
Brett—The privilege of Ptating their
preference to units in which they wish
to serve upon rcenlietment has now
been given to soldiers who sign up for
another term in the army. This an
nouncement. has brought a goodly num
btr of reenllstments in the Eighth In
funtry which is eventually to be rnad
a tmrt of the famous Second Division
now in the Army of Occupation.
Under the re-enlistment order, men
will be given their mileage from New
York to the place of original enlistment
In the United States, the sixty dollar
bonus and a month's furlough, the lat
ter Immediately upon re-enllstment. If
i n islble Mileage, however, is not given
for the imaginary return trip to France
from the first place of enlistment.
''Whoop.** cried a doughboy, as he
read the order today "A month's fur
lough and money to spend."
'.Sixty dollars, why that won’t last a
week in France just now,” said another
doughboy somewhat dejectedly. He en
listed in New York
' Sixty dollars’ What do you moan*
Two hundred and twenty-five dollars
for yours truly,*' replied the former He
had enlisted in San Franciaco.
All Soldiers
and Sailors.
ATTENTION!
T<--J2*y July 15th. has been
fixed as th. day for the Home
coming Welcome of all Richmond
t'ounty sailor, anu soldier*. The
program includes a format wel
come In the morning, awtmmlng
•ports and barbecue In the early
afternoon, baseball game In the
late afternoon and street dancing
at night In addition to the bar
becue free refreshments will be
served throughout the day
The program is not Hm.ted to
service men tn Augusta. Every
man In Richmond County who was
In the service, whether a native
or not, la expected to Join In the
festivities It doeent matter how
long you were In the service And
you are not expected to wear the
uniform We want the day to be
as Informal aa possible
Our plan la to send a card to
every man tn advance Thu card
Is to be kept ami presented to the
committee at the morning pro
gtam. a hen badges snd probably
a aultab e medal from ths city
will be given to all men having
cards. These badges will sntttts
th« wearer to all free privileges
during the day Will you co-oper
ate with the Welcome Home As
•octal'on by filling out the follow
tic bark and sending It AT
ON 'K to J Edgar Probyn -Secre
tary. T. M C. A , Augusta
Name.
Street sad No
R F P Post ifflce
Takes What the
Doctor Ordered
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CTVj'jvr. J? Oslo.' Jbo.
"Four months aboard ship" for one’s
health is a pleasant doctor’s prescription
—if one has the price. Mrs. S. Carbo,
wife of the Cuban consul at Hong Kong,
is taking the dose without a grimace, by
going from Hong Kong around South
America up to Cuba and return.
WYOMING JOINS THE
DRYS JULY FIRST
Cheyenne, Wyo.—Wyoming, long the
oasis of this section of the west, will en
ter the ranks of prohibition states on
July 1. Sale and manufacture of liquor
within the state will cease on that date
regardless of whether national prohibi
tion is effective in the nation.
Under terms of the constitutional
amendment adopted by the voters £t
last November’s election, Wyoming would
have gone dry January 1, 1920. When
the legislature met last January, how
ever, it was deemed advisable to put
the state law into effect July 1, this year,
at the same time that it appeared na
tional war time prohibition would be ef
fective. A law was passed by the legis
lature authorizing this.
In addition to the power placed by
state law in the hands of a state prohi
bition commissioner, there will be a law
enforcement league, privately financed
and privately operated to enforce the new
law. This league already has begun the
work of keeping Wyoming free of il
legal manufacture and sale of liquor aft
er July 1.
State house gossip is that Fred L.
Crabbe, now superintendent of the Wy
oming anti-saloon league, will be chosen
prohibition commissioner.
"Not only bootlegging but commercial
RESORTS—Atlantic City, N. J.
& trait |f|
•Summers t>ufwq
Health and Re creation..
WomSrCHARLES
on tfie Beachfront
every Convenience and Luxury
*itt\ thorough Service and
Courtesy predominant .
lie Booklet. Floor Plan
Road Map cSpeciatßates
Leech Manager
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PURE SWEET MILK-—RICH BUTTERMILK-FRESH GOLDEN
* BUTTER—-HEAVY PURE CREAM.
Contain Physical Energy and Nourishment in highly concen
trated form—PRIME ESSENTIALS in the Hot Weather diet. . v
Our Dairy Products are rich in Purity and Wholesemeness.
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MEMBERS AF TK£ ASSOCIATED PRESS. '
The Associated Press P exclusively entitled to the use of republication ot
all news dispatchea credited to it or not. otherwise, credited in this paper and
alao the jocal news published herein.
traffic in liquor must cease in accord
ance with the wishes of the people," said
Mr. Crabbe. in a statement to the Asso
ciated Press. "The voters gave the larg
est per capita dry majority of any state
In th* union and the are going to see
that the law will be enforced. The law
as passed by the legislature is one of the
most drastiv: of its kind.”
Saloons in Wyoming now pay a com
bined revenue of $500,000 for privilege of
operating. In the face of the approach
ing ‘dry spell" breweries are turning to
gthc-r lii-es. Most of them will manu
facture "soft" drinks.
La;a gathered in the three largest
cities in the state —Sheridan, Casper and
Cheyenne—shows virtually every bar
room and saloon has b<**n spoken for by
proprietors of fcandy shops, soft drink
parlors, cases, music stores and restau
rants.
Saloon men are cleaning out their
stocks as rapidly as possible. It is stat
ed with authority that respectable citi
zens of the stale who lay 1n a moder
ate supply of liquor now for their own
use after July 1 will not be molested, but
the authorities have announced there will
yOU VAC A 77 ON f/N
WXNESVILLE NC- ■
3.000 FEET ABOVETSEATEVELS^
EAST OfgJHEROCKIES^^
ever
HOTEL GORDON '
gs’ V tfy Located high up in the Blue Ridge Mountain,.
\ \rV*v\' W Alwayi cool. Thoroughly Modern, Hot and Cold / 'Yi
wHW Running Water in Every Room, Private Bath, Sleeping Porches. 'V ! ?£Gi^y
f’7 / ENTERTAINMENT AND SOCIAL LIFE
HJ/ ESPECIALLY FEATURED
r’Fjzl social hosiers to make you (eel at home. Amusementa of all
kinds; Excellent orchestra. Dancing, Tenuis, Horse-back lidding.
wJJvjM Fishing, Swimming, Picnics, Afternoon teas etc. We cam our L ‘ 1
WA reputation of aetting: jik%Lj
\ THE BEST TABLE IN THE /V'%
MOUNTAINS
jpf Open from Jut 15th. to October 10th. jfr— '
AT
F. 0. DUNHAM, Prop. Wayhesvi/ ls. N. CT
> Private and Public Baths, Elec.
TL n 1- WW _ tricity and All Modern Conven-
Tne Dunham Hotise!^Tx tm LThe t r e e ß^c d .i,.^ , ¥r.
WAYNESVILLE, N. C. (3000 feet altitude) ble; Fresh Country Produce.
The Service Tlenses the Most Exacting. Most Beautifully Located; a full
view of a!! the Mountains, which is grand, inspiring and never to be for
gotten. Trees, flowers and wide verandas. Courtesies of the Hotel Gordon
extended to our guests.
Rates: $2.50 to $3.00 per day. $14.00 to $17.50 per week. MRS. D. U
DURHAM, Prop., (A woman of years experience in this business.)
WILLIS & FOREMAN
CREAMERY
227 Eighth Street. Phone 668.
be eternal and vigilant warfare waged
on the man who seeks to buy now and
sell later.
Mail order business practically is at a
standstill, the Reed law having stopped
much of the importation into nearby
states.
The real health builder, keeps the
stomach and kidneys right, try Mer
tins' Crystal Water. Phone loi. —adv.
THE DAVIS SPRINGS
Pure White Sulphur Water
Modem hotel accomnoodatiug 200. Electric
lights, baths. Famous uhle. Special ac
commodations for delicate children. Phy
sician in attendance Indoor and outdoor
* porta. sll to sl4 week; $32 to $44 month.
Open June 1 Davla Sprgs.Co. Hiddenite.N.C.
New fork’s (Unnlrsi ICoratum
A select residential hotel - at Gateway of beauti
ful Central Park - convenient to every thing - yet
comfortably distant from the area of confusion.
Special Summer Rates.
ifotrl Manhattan Square
50 W«t 77th Street, at Central Park.
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