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THE AUGUSTA HERALD
AUQUSTA, GA.
Dudy—-Afternoon. Sunday— Morning
Entered at the Auguata, Ga„ Peat Office as
Mat! Matter of tha-««eopd claaa.
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NEW SOUTHERN REPUBLIC
THE birth of a new republican sovereign
ty is heralded on this fide of the big
pond. It is a federation composed of Hon
duras, Salvador and Guatemala, and in pe
riods of greater world calm, it would have
attracted more attention. Dr. Bonilla, a
former president of Honduras, who c»mc
here as a commissioner in the recent boun
dary dispute between Honduras and Gua
temala, has been summoned home by the
provincial congress, which will sign the
constitution for the federation.
A rescript of the constitution gives grat
ifying evidence of the continually widen
ing influence pf the principles of democ
racy as defined by our own great charter.
Another gratifying feature connected with
the primary steps of the new republic, is its
attitude, as indicated by Dr. Bonilla, al
luding to radical thought and propaganda.
“No bolsheviki or soviet sympathizers need
apply” is the way he expresses it.
America should hold out a friendly hand
and should welcome this latest addition to
the sisterhood of republics. It has long
been apparent that the perpetuation of di
visions in the countries to the southward
would prove dangerous to the growth of
democratic ideas, and that the merging or ;
welding of common interests among the ,
smaller states was the one strong induce
ment to peace and prosperity in South Am- i
erica as well as in North America.
The United States has no fear of this
poi al combination being established
near the Panama Canal. Iri union there is
strength, and the combination is favorable
to the development of liberty, fraternity
and equality through the welding together
of common interests, in whatever company
of stales such a union would tend to pro
mote the basis principles upon which our
forefathers constructed our free govern
ment.
WHERE THE FARMERS’ MONEY GOES
HOW do farmers spend thf*ir money, in
waste and extravagance? Ray Stan
nard Raker denies it. In the Progressive
Farmer, he has an article in which he
chalh nges current opinion on a spendthrift
wa i rue.-s that the Southern farmer in
dulged in during the period of inflated
prices for farm products.
V, idle traveling through the rural South,
Mr. I’aker observed that while some farm
ers bought automobiles when they should
have bought tractors and pure bred Btoek,
yet the extraordinary returns were largely
converted into improvements for land, and
for living conditions, for “those comforts
v. hich are common necessities of town life,
or even of farm life in the North—home
water supply, plumbing, proper lighting,
Wl 1 ■bines, boiler furniture,--mus
ice.l ir„ .ruments and the like.” The tele
phone “that great harmonizer of commun
ity life, has been spreading, and if perhaps
too many automobiles have been purchas
ed, most of them are cheap cars which
have added untold values to decent com
munity life in the country.”
This shows good judgment. The far
mers are now suffering from the effects
of deflation, they have the encouraging
thought that the inevitable revival of pros
perity will find them better prepared than
ever before to put farming on a business
he.sis, and enjoy more fully the delights of
life in the country.
SWEET POTATO SYRUP
THE bureau of chemistry, department
of agriculture, has been conducting
an experiment with sweet potato syrup at
Fitzgerald, Ga.. to determine its value as
an article of food, as well as the cost of
manufacture. The experiment seems to
have met with marked success, and it is
now thought that the new industry will
bring millions of dollars to the growers of
sweet potatoes and to the manufacture of
sw’oet potato syrup in the South.
Each member of the Georgia delegation
in congress ht»s been presented with a
quart bottle of syrup manufactured at
Fitzgerald, by the department of agricul
ture, a» a tangible result of the experiment.
Six hundred gallons of syrup were made
and distributed to bakers, candy makers,
biscuit manufacturers and other large
users in order that they might give the
syrup a thorough trial. It was found that
from one bushel of sweet potatoes one and
six-tenths gallons of syrup can be made and
the by-product makes an excellent food for
hogs and cattle.
Sweet potato syrup is about half as sweet
as Georgia cane, although sweeter than
corn syrup or glucose. It is also a fact
that many refuse potatoes that are now be
ing fed to hogs and cattle can he utilized
in the manufacture of sweex potato syrup.
Figures as to the usual cost of the syrup
will not be given out at this time, hence,
there can be no comparison with the cost
of other syrups. Hut enough is known of
sweet potato syrup to say that its manufac
ture is perfectly feasible and that it makes
a perfectly palatable syrup for table use.
XX e will wait to hear the bureau’s report
in detail.
THE STORY OF SCRANTON, PA.
SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, is the third |
largest city in the state, ranking next !
to Pittsburgh in wealth and population.
Scranton is a city built over the coal mines.
New York prides herself on her subways,
but long before she ever dreamed of hav
ing them, underneath Scranton, the earth
was honeycombed v.ith subterranean
chambers and passages. In fact. Scranton
is a city built on stilts, and if those props
! should fall from any cause it would prove
| most disastrous to Scranton.
Scranton's early history is interwoven
with that of Augusta, Georgia, although
its inhabitants may not be aware of the
fact. P. A. Scranton once lived in this city
and had a wholesale grocery store on
Broad street just above the Planters’ Ho
tel. . When the mining fever broke out in
Pennsylvania, Scranton went there and en
gaged in the manufacture of steel. The
city of Scranton was laid- out and named
for him. He organized a stock company
that became very successful.
Meanwhile, the process of making Bes
semer steel was discovered in Germany.
Scranton called his stockholders together
and told them that he was going to Ger
many to learn to make Bessemer steel and
he wanted an indefinite leave of absence.
They replied that 125 per cent, which they
were making, was good enough for them,
but if he wanted to sell his stock in the
company, they were ready to buy. The
trade was made and Scranton went to’ Es
sen where he entered the great steel works
as a common laborer. Here he worked
until he became familiar with the Besse
mer process, when he returned to America
and to Scranton.
Immediately Scranton set to work to or
ganize a new company after his arrival,
and he got things to going pretty quickly.
Then the old company made a proposal
that they merge the companies under one
management, which was accepted. When
Scranton died he left an estate valued at
forty millions. In ancient days, cities were
built near volcanoes, but the. city of Scran
ton is built over 88 coal mines with an an
nual output of 33 million tons of anthra
cite coal.
These mines have produced more than
223,000,000 tons of coal, which means that
the coal industry has contributed about one
billion to the wealth of the city of Scran
ton. More coal is mined annually in Scran
ton and the Scranton coal basin, than is
produced in any other city in the world.
SELLING A TOWN
THE city of Hopewell, Virginia, was
built up during the war for war in
dustries. At one time it had a population
of 30,000, and was a complete modern city,
with factories, paved streets, hotels, the
aters, etc.
When the war closed the big factories
stopped and the population vanished.
There seemed nothing to do hut to sell off
the buildings as scrap. Hut as told in
"System,” Mr. Hunter Grubb of the Du
Pont Company, who was sent down there
to dismantle the place, believed that the
town could be saved by the proper promo
tion spirit. So, instead of ripping it to
pieces, he began to boom it. Now they
have secured 23 substantial industries to
move into the place, which seems likely to
be prosperous.
If a city that is apparently down and
out, and which was built on such transitory
foundations, can be restored to life and
progress, how much easier it should be to
put the breath of new' advance into a place
like Augusta, which is built on permanent
and substantial foundations.
The experience of Hopewell in securing
good industries shows that it is not impos
sible to obtain new enterprises when peo
ple understand how to get them.
The thing that seemed to be the most
powerful factor in inducing business men
to locate in Hopewell, was the appearance
of life. Hefore they invited any “pros
pects” to visit it, they had all the restau
rants, stores, hotels and churches and oth
er functions going in good shape. It was
the appearance of life anti progress that
sold the place and induced business men
to move in.
A place may have many natural advan
tages, but if there is a spirit of dead con
servatism business men do not want to lo
cate there. If the place seems alive and its
business men appear full of determination
to go ahead, the town naturally attracts
new residents anti enterprises.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
FINE CROP 9 IN JEFF DAVIS COUNTY
4 4 11 * * ('HOPS In this county nrc looking f Inf
I Th© farmer* usad very little fertiliser this
A yearn and made their crops ns cheaply is
|Mi»»lhl«. This section lmd a fate spring, but since the
weather moderated crops were planted and worked
in the moat favorable s *i»Hon ever known in this sec
tion. Cotton looks promising, as well as tohacco.
sugar cant, peas, etc. The corn crop doesn’t look
as well as other crops, but It will make an average
yield. This section was blessed with one of th?
finest oat amt wheat crops ever made this spring
The crops are all practically made and laid by. While
Jeff JDavla county Is not crying h;'fd times us much
as other counties are, but good times are certainly
staring us right in the fuce Hazelhurrt News ami
Enterprise.
Crops in this section took a sudden spurt when the
rains began and they have been making up for lost
time ever ginee. Cotton stood the drouth remark
ably well, but the old corn was cut off in part Kvery
thing has come out fresh and flee now and premise*
a magnificent yield The cotton acreage was largely
reduced, but In the place of cotton various farm
products are being raised that will tend to reduce
the cost of raising or prove to be more profitable
than all cotton. This cotton crop will be made on
less money than any cotton crop In ten years We
are Just now on the eve of a great revival of pros
prtety.
i
Still, the Idle poor don’t e*» eed the idle rich.
Now the league wants to be admitted to America
Some dogs think every moofilight night Is their
day.
Holey roads don’t always lead speeders to heaven.
Another thing the sun never sets on is Hrltlsh trou
Ides
Prohibit tobacco and well still have our nickel
cigars.
When Maiding was young he perspired to be presi
dent.
Our far-flung foreign commerce seems to have
t»een flung too far.
’ Turk* Take Ismid headline Home people will
drink anything.
Perhaps thiy’ll Include the house-senate war in the
|wae# resolution.
Havings accounts Increase f per cent Quick. Wftf*-
•on. another probe!
rtecau-e >ou *r always on time, you don’t ha*# to
buy things that way.
Pax lowa says the Ism you wear the longer you live
t«ong lies Pav*owa!
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
Hun 's a simple bit of counsel that will help you when you motor,
la NO ru n n r v. hat community ytf*: dwell:
W’u ti. ffie cop Upbraids you. Jb-Kr forget that you're a voter,
And an independent citizen as well;
Though hi:-? Judgment as to speeding proces him awful as a guesier
And his language seems perhaps a trifle strong,
Do not seek to argue with him, simply answer, “nosir—yessir”—
i*or the cop is always right and you are wrong!
I was once a charter member of that band of foolish come-ons
Who have "rights" that they insist on all the time;
Ho I argued with policemen and gftt summons after summons.
Till the judges came to think me steeped in crime.
i have had my little lesson, I ft&ve cured that form of weakness,
And I pass the information right along:
Though the officer he haughty, keep an attitude of meekness—
For the cop is always right, and you are wronp!
You may think that he is stupid, that he’s muddy in the garret—
And on.various occasions you are right—
Hut the diplomatic driver has the sense to grin and hear It,
For he knows it’s only foolishness to fight.
It’s a waste of time and temper, it’s a wholly hopeless striving,
So I’ve put this bit of counsel into song:
Itich or poor, obscure or famous, just remember, when you’re driving,
That the cop Is always right and you are wrong!
THEY’LL DO THIS EVERY YEAR
One more annual holiday for orphan kiddies. Knights of. Columbus
have decided to designate a national Orphans’ Dry. Orphans will he
tie;.ted to music, cakes, games, ice cream, 'n’everything. Joseph Grace,
Andrew Jsrrick and I’asquale Dilucia are shown here eating goodies at
the New \erk picnic.
English Girls bail In films;
Are Lazy and Unpuntcual
By VIOLET HOPSON,
(The Famous British Movie Actress.)
LONDON—I want to say right away
that English girls <lo not "fair* on the
films in the ordinary sense of the
word, ft Is an unfortunate fact, how
over, that very few girls In this
country succeed in becoming screen
stars, while on the other side of the
Atlantic such stars appear to shoot
up In bewllderlngly rapid succession.
To be perfectly frank, both Mr.
Walter West—the Broadweat produc
er and myself have made many ef
forts to "discover" promising British
talent but although we have given
every possible encouragement to
quit, a number of English girls, the
results have be«n distinctly disap
pointing. We have found, for In
stance. that girls who have been only
too anxious to “walk on” In the early
• 'ages have become lazy, unpunctual,
*• l unwilling to work at hours that
might have been Inconvenient to
them.
Personal Impressions.
My own iniprerslon is that, these
girts are generally Inspired by sheer
vanity to seek "crowd*** work, for
they appear to be highly Indignant
If they are offered "character" parts
where they do not "screen" as beau
ties. while few If any of them are
willing to undergo the hard drudgery
that is really neopp nn*-v for tue- . to
learn their business from A to "A.
°ne thine T do know from hard
fuosonnl experience, and that i <* in it
*»nre Is no easy road to success In
Oim acting. I am rather afraid that
Which Street In I ondon
Is the Most Interesting ?
LONDON—A general vote on the
question: ‘ Which is the most Inter
est iiu street In London?” would prob
ubly be remarkable chiefly for the
wide difference between the Opinions
t\S men and women. It fa hard to be
lieve that It was merely coincidence
that the first three women to whom
the question was put should have re
plied at once. “Recent Street!” Three
members of the Savage Club who ini
modiateiv named the Strand as their
wholce did so without Intending to be
taken seriously.
Regent Street, its broad and gently
rls : ng sweep linking the two circuses,
with the pick of the world’s merchan
d so in Its shops, and Its lavish dis
idav of wares dear to the feminine
heart, undoubtedly has a fascination
for women that no other street In the
metropolis, and probably In the world,
possesses Just as the Strand fln-li
greater favor In the minds of most
men.
*‘f have always regarded the Strand,
said Joseph Marker, the famous scene
painter "as being by far the most
interesting of all London’s streets
memories of it goes hack fifty
wars, and Its attraction for me |« as
pr< at as ever. No street in London
ha* witnessed more of the pageantry
of tlo* past, few are richer in histor
ical association* And no other street.
T fancy has the p-wver to produce a
more violent nostalgia In absent
Londoners ”
It is worth while remarking here
that to PisraHi th<» Strand was evp
the most Interesting and romantic
street In the capital, although he had
also n considerable liking f..r Fleet
Street, the crams of which had long
since h<en enthusiastically extolled
n> La mb and Dr Johnson.
On t)>i> nttur lmn.l. Sir n-KlniiM
m onmreTd. R A., nnst president of
ln»t!tut- of H-ltinh Arcb'trnt*.
thinks the S?-and is too crowded to
be ovepwh Vmlntlv 'nterest’ne
"And Psll-mati,” he told me “is
too spacious and dignified Piccadilly,
again, is too short and too narrow.’
the east end of the circus In particu
having a disastrous effect on the
’’The on’v streets of adequate width
f',T, rort'n-il *>ln<-> „,| (V,
Miv-l-ml Rn».l, ml of ron-n" >t.«
rm*'«nkmrnt from rtr ,i T »
to WcstmiPste- which .however Is
ha“dlv s street ••
And T.ouis N Parker, who b’ame*
the architecture for Mxol’lnr struts
♦hat to him would otherwise he num
bered among the most interesting
an vs
"?S Whitechane* Pond •« street?
That to mv mind woo’d take seme
heating Church Ft-eet
♦•'* has manv m**its—it is hipv ft
winds and It 1s lined with nl’"*tnc
•hong Ts a g t-e#t? The*c
'« ”ttte Vft of »♦, hut whnf fVe.
Is r-'vlshfne Tt Is ♦ *>© sn,-q f r * M
"■hifh one <»r*t the best v’e«* ( ,f >s*
*'*•**’* and Shebeen’>«••* nr I ** r'ten
w iv« ♦*>«*,**-» it* enhh\ s Moreover
It *« difficult rq r t
•■♦l-«-nv• *rw!th TP's.i on « gate*.*,,*
1 plurrm * •• V ~v
INHERENT
»V PR WM. r Psn*e r * N
OW thn* f* mt,.in
xv© may be hearing
D*« about relttiv
I*} On th# other
hand we m»y find
a tendency to #*•
ten t the %c »;»© of
that id** \ from
| a Is.
| 1* thebe any ah
i *«'bu© rtuht a fid
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(¥/ 1
iwwht <» tr* iMn*« ..»'i r»i»int<y
the American girl who sets out with
a wnole-hearted ambition to arrive
at the top of the tree as a film artist
Is inclined to be somewhat more thor
ough in her methods than is the En
glish girl. She Is more apt to realize,
for instance, that she must study
human nature everywhere—in the
train, in the tube, on the racecourse,
on the football field. In the street,
and In the restaurant. She watches
manners and memorizes types.
The Girl Who Succeeds.
The girl who wants to succeed
must study literature, too. The hero
ines of all great tragedies and the
She must study history—particularly
great romances of ancient and mod
ern times should he familiar to her.
social history—so that she may know
how people behaved, how they ate.
how they drank and how they
dressed in the days of long ago. A
study of poetry, too .will stimulate
her imagination and help her In por
traying scenes of romance.
A gfrl requires a strong person
ality If she Is to succeed over hero
these days.
So many English giris are inclined
to think that the possession of a
pretty face alone will raise them out
of the reach of "crowd" and small
parts. They do not realize that in
acting for the screen they will not
have the aid of speech to portray the
• motions they may he called upon to
depict, and that they must actually
live and feel the parts they play if
I they ore to become successful in their
profession.
wrong and right? Is virtue, to quote
from the first high school essay of
William H. Seward, "The beet of the
vices”? Do things become right or
wrong by reason of circumstances,
and not by any Inherent properties?
I think we can face that question
calmly, and say that human conduct
in the moral sphere is largely a rela
tive matter.
For myself, I do not like the deriva
tion of the word '‘religion’’ from the
words which mean "to bind back"
hut rather from those which mean
"to lie along side,'' “to he related."
Religion Itself Is a matter of relation
ships. or relativity.
But some things are fixed, far be
yond the shifting degrees of conven
tion. they inhere in the very structure
of human life.
There Is a little unidentified poem
which 1 think is profoundly true:
It might have been that the sky was
green.
And the grass serenely blue;
It might have been that graphs on
♦horns
And figs on thistles grew.
It might have been that rainbows
bright
Hefore the showers came:
It might have been that lamba were
fierce,
And l-ears and tigers tame
It might have been that cold would
melt.
And summer heat would freeze:
It might have been that ships at sea
Would sail against the breeze.
And there may be worlds unknown,
dear.
Where we might find the change
From all that we have seen or heard
To others just as strange.
Hut It never could be wise, dear,
In hate to act or speak;
It never could he noble
To harm the poor or weak;
It never could be kind, dear.
To give a needless pain;
It never could be honest
To sin for greed of gain.
And there could not be a world, dear.
While Ond is true above.
Where right and wrong are governed
By any law but love.
That Is the first and final act of
moral relativity—our relation to the
law of love.
Treat your
nerves right
When tea or coffee
causes annoyance, try
INSTANT
POSTUM
Charm without harm
in this table drink
There's a Reason
Sold everywhere
by grocers
BAKED BANANAS.
Take as many bananas as needed.
Cut in the center and put in a cake
tin, into which the Juice of one lemon
and one-half cup water has been put.
Sweeten to taste.
Beat the white of one egg (for six
bananas) and spread over top. Bake
til! eggs are browned. Serve plain or
with cream.
Only Seven More Days to
Pay Third Quarter City
Taxes.
MR. MERCHANT
The Augusta Herald is prepared to deliver your
message by its own carriers, every afternoon and on
Sunday morning, in many of the propsperous homes in
over 70 of the progressive towns in Augusta’s territory.
A distribution sheet showing just how many
covered in each of these towns will he furnished on re
quest.
There are over 70 towns in the nearby trade terri
tory tributary to Augusta in which The Herald main
tains a carrier—Home Delivered Service. In some of
*
the larger towns, The Herald maintains a force of 7
carriers. Many of the towns require 3or more Herald
carriers. There are 87 Herald carriers employed in
The Herald’s out of town delivery.
HERALD
DAILY—AFTERNOON. SUNDAY—MORNING.
IN SUNDAY’S HERALD
BIG MAGAZINE SECTION
The Strange Tragedy of
a “love Hungry” Orphan
How the Hitherto Unexplained
Motive for the Slaying of Viola Fay
Morris and the Man Who Loved and
Killed Her Has Been Revealed
Through Letters Showing the Rest
less Search of an Adopted Beauty
for the Affection She Was Denied
in Babyhood. A Big Double Page
Story Profusely Illustrated and of
Intense Interest—
IN SUNDAY’S HERALD
BIG MAGAZINE SECTION
A merchant was recently persuaded
to purchase an excellent parrot. This
one had travelled far and could jab
ber in several foreign languages. He
ordered it to be sent home. That same
day his wife had ordered a fresh
spring chicken for dinner. On leaving
the house she said to the cook:
"Mary, theres’ a bird coming for
dinner. Wring its neck and have it
cooked for Mr. Richards when he gets
home.**
Unfortunately the parrot arrived
THURSDAY, JULY 14
first, and Mary followed instructions.
At dinner he was duly served.
"Wnat’s this?" exclaimed Mr.
Richards.
Mary told him.
"But, for goodness sake. Mary," he
said, "this is awful. - That bird could
speak seven languages."
"Then, why the divil din’t he say
something?" asked Mary.
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