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THE AUGUSTA HERALD
AUGUSTA, GA.
Daily—Afternocn Sunday—Morning
Entered at the Augusta, Ga., Post
office as Mail Matter of the
Second Class.
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PRESS.
The Associated Press is exclusively
entitled to the use of re-publication
of all news dispatches credited to it
or not otherwise credited in this paper
and also the local news published
herein.
A THOUGHT
Whira na eounaal it, »Ht people fall! but In tha
multitude of eounttllora there ie eefety,—Prov. 11:14.
Whatever advice ye give, be short Horace.
Quillen’s Quips
• • • By Robert Quillen • • •
Few men are broad enough to understand both
golf and a wife.
It might be wiser on September 12 to assemble
our maimed war veterans.
Ona-thlrd of tho world's wealih Is in hysterical
circulation. America has It.
"Murder Isn't debatable," said Roosevelt. But he
hadn't listened to lawyers much.
How quickly news travels ! Our baker haa
Irarnad that the wheat fanner ia aavad.
Thla country needs no more people, anyway, ex
cept perhaps a few more effective southpaws.
In the old day*
everybody gave
way before th*
kin*, but now
,whorly I* treated
that way except
4 truck driver.
About the time a nun la fit for self-government,
be yaama to govern tha other fellow.
A bruve man la a doctor who attend* a caee of
rei-re* and prescribe# a regular Job.
on* queer thing alxiut the row in Brsall I* that
Hie Marine* haven't landed yet.
Still. It 1* difficult to go wild about ta* reform
while taking a 25 p«r cent reduction.
Another good way to learn self-control I* to have
a wife who talk* In that ton* of vole*.
Th* office rudlcal aay* th*r* lan't much comfort
in cither 1 li: party If you hat# a millionaire.
it aound* un
reasonable. but If
you travel far
ntough In th*
open you'll get to
wher* you can't |
smell hot dog*.
, J
iL §Mh viva
Th* hnrdeat Job, at preaent, aaema to be to prove
a candidate both human and aafe.
Even the old-faahloned girl might h*v* co-op
erated more If you h*d needed both hand* to
drive.
An American can talk aa radically a* anybody,
but he calma down when ha gete authority,
Funny that low guye can break out of Jail when
Bume of our beat cltlien* seem unable to break In
Correct ihla sentence; "The other boarder* have
aeen me wear thla frock a doaen time*." **ld *he,
• but I don’t care.”
(Protected by Aaaoclated Editor*, Ittc.)
The BUBBLER
By Hal Cochran
A place In truth, where age and youth have mingl
ed day and night. Juel atadlng there, He welcome *
rare, an ever tempting eight.
A man of gray will pa** It* way. He * weary, hot
and alack. Ambition'* gone; he linger* long, and
then It trlcklea back.
A tot of four will cry for more, *o atater hold* him
high. He'* held until h# get* hla fill. And then—
they paa* on by.
A bualnea* man will alyly acan th# people who Im
bibe He'a tempt'd then, you know It when he Join*
th* thlraly tribe.
If# your* or min*, w* fall In Una and alp In deep
content. Thne age and youth, to twit th# truth, are
really pleaeure bent.
Oh, Bubbler email, you help ua all. I Join th* folk*
who pauee and bow to you, like other# do. Teura 1*
a worthy cauae
Foolish Flings
By Tom Sima
As a mat think* »o Is ha, until hta wlf* change*
hla mind.
Ignorance tan't to vary much Ml** In the aya* of
tha law,
Where la tha money you aava on coal during tha
hot month*?
Ha who wait* to laugh laat vary oftan ha* no
laugh coming.
All left of tha *ummar girl a wearing apparel It
the outaklrta.
Rom* marry for batter or wore*, and aom* Juat to
argue.
School day* threaten to return No Joy la perma
nent.
A watch ha* 1*0,144.000 tick* a year, but a camp
er acratehlng would awear he hae more tick* In a
minuta.
Olraffea can are behind without turning thalx
head*, eo wouldn’t It b* terrible If goaalptng women
were Ilk* giraffe*?
Farmer* near railroad* and pike* ahould paint
their cow* a bright rad.
Rat*, according to Waahington expert*, are In
creasing. but thla may be propaganda to booat tha
au*i stocking trad*
ANOTHER WEEK FOR THE WEEVIL
IF the farmers can hold the boll weevil In check
for another week there will be little danger of
the pest doing much damage to the cotton crop
this year. So far the season has been most admir
able for the destruction of the weevil. The farmers
have worked with a determination to drive the wee
vil from his lair and so far they have succeeded. A
continued dry and hot season of a week will have the
desired effect of eradicating the weevil in this sec
tion.
While the acreage is not full, yet there will be
more cotton produced In this section than at any
time during the boll weevil regime. The plant was
never finer and the squares and bolls are develop
ing rapidly and soon it will be too late for the wee
vil to get in his deadly work. But from now until
the boll la matured, we should watch and dust and
keep Informed absolutely of the flret appearance of
the weevil. Now that the crop is practically made,
let us hold that which we have regardless of the rav
ages of the weevil.
IMPROVE SYSTEM OF ROAD SIGNS
WHILE Georgia Is fairly equipped with road
signs on the highways, yet there are many of
the roads which are not thoroughly posted.
This is an all-important matter end such signs
should be posted at Intervals enabling the travelers
to find their way without inconvenience. It may be
said that the careful driver experiences no trouble
in finding the way from one point to another and
that It Is only the reckless driver who sometimes
fall to see the signs directing to this or that point.
There Is much in this contention and the argument
i s worth while, but there remains nevertheless, an
absence of signs on many of the Important high
ways which has proved a great Inconvenience to
the traveling public.
Georgia can well afford to spend the amount nec
essary to complete the system of posting signs en
abling the public to traverse the highways to reach
their destination without inconvenience and loss of
time.
No doubt the highway department will see to It
that all main highways will be thoroughly posted
with signs for the benefit of travelers and tourists.
CAN AND PRESERVE NOW
Tint! Is the season for canning and preserving
fruits and vegetables. Next winter It will be
too late. The housewife who sees to It that
the pantry Is well stocked with canned vegetables
and preserved fruits will have something to be
proud of during the winter months.
This has been an unusual season for vegetables
and fruits of all kinds. They have been plentiful
and of the finest variety. The family which Is not
supplied for the winter is not only unfortunate, but
negligent of the opportunity they have had this
yoar.
It ia not too late to do canning and preserving. If
you hove not so done, do not delay but begin to can
now
TY COBB’S VAIN REGRETS
TY COBB la reported as having expreaacd re
gret* that he did not follow the profeaalon of
■urgery rather than that of baseball, for, as a
surgeon, he might have rendered far greater acrvlco
to humanity. In thla It I* begged to moat respectful
ly take l**ue with Ty. It la certain that had the
calling of surgeon been pursued by Cobb there would
have been loat the splendid career of a baseball star,
and with no assurance that he would have reached
such exalted position lit the realm of surgery.
"There I* a destiny that ahapea our ends, rough
hew them ae we may", and oft times It occurs that
thi* destiny shape* more suitable one's calling In
life than were It left to one'* selfish wish. Devel
opment of the physical man has been too much neg
lected In the past, and Ty Cobb with all of his co
lossal physique and his extraordinary energy would
not have, perhaps, attained to the pre-eminence In
the operating room that haa been awarded him on
the baseball diamond.
Perhaps Ty failed lo appreciate hia own accom
plishments. In hla excelling In manly aports he has
furnished a fit example for the youth of our country
to emulate In cultivating athletics that are In them
selves the best preventive of the surgeon's knife. In
providing amusement, entertainment and thrills, all
In one, he has done more to restore shattered nerves
and relieve brainfag than all of the compounds In
th# pharmacopoeia.
Without detracting from the surgeon's Importance
and value to humanity. It Is pointed out that should
the effect of witnessing a game of baseball be re
duced to an absolute science, ae It may be In future
years, It may take He place In the treatment of nerve
troubles that are now under the care of physician#
and that are often th# hardest to cure. And, why
not?
Old Doctor Mell, one of the greatest and most be
nevolent chancellor* of the University of Georgia,
used to be a martyr to neuralgic headaches. In lec
turing before his class on mental philosophy he
would tell the boys that the best remedy In tho
world for menial weariness and that "tired-feeling"
was to go flahing. and next to thla, to go hunting
While all that th* doctor eald In regard to hunting
and fishing was true the same was also true In re
gard to baseball and other athletic sports. They are
paying more attention to such nowadays than they
did In those days, and there are more Ty Cobb*
coming on.
Nearly every day Is sun day now
Th* aky 1* the limit for th# man who keep* look
ing up.
Man want* but little here below hi* chin In hot
weather.
Somebody i* alway* favoring a drastic change for
everybody else
Some people think aa If they had the headache.
Only a abort time before fall, not, however, a fall
In price.
Some of our farmer* are becoming #o well edu
cated they can't tell when It 1# going to rain.
Fish never realise what a time you had getting
bait.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
Stogies Cause of Pittsburg Being
Named ‘Smoky City, ’ Says Cressy
BY WILL CRESSY.
Pittsburg is where you change
cars for Allegheny. (In pro
nouncing Allegheny you do not speak
it, you sing It.) Also where you
change your color, your collar and
your large bills when you pay your
larger hotel bill.
Pittsburg has two class A hotels,
each higher in price than the other.
Pittsburg is called "The Smokey
City" in honor of the Pittsburg
stogies which are made there and
smoked elsewhere.
Pittsburg is the largest steel city
In the world. (There are two wayß
of spelling steel; I am taking the
safe way.)
Pittsburg Is a beautiful city—
about three miles out.
Pittsburg has the largest Shrine
in the world.
Pittsburg Is the Capital of Poland
and Jugo-Slaria.
Pittsburg has more millionaires to
the square foot than any city In
America. (“Square" is an adjective,
referring strictly to its subject
“foot.”)
Pittsburg workingmen believe in
"Strike While the Iron’s Hot.”
The Penn. R. R. passes through
Pittsburg. The B. & O. dodges It.
Pittsburg's School System is a
moidel. Every scboolrom Is hung
with mottoes; for instance:
“Eearly to mine and tarty to smelt
is the way Andrew Carnegie always
It Is Customary to Boost
National Capital, But—
BY HARRY B. HUNT
WASHINGTON— It's the cus
tomary thing to togs bouquets
at Washington. Perhaps it's
a sort of nutlonai pride, a sense of
obligation t° stick up for our na
tional capital that leads writers here
to stress the undisputed beauty of
that does exist in many of the pub
lic buildings, the parks and in cer
tain of the more select residential
districts.
And, as it is these beauty spots
that are always emphasized on the
attention of visitors viewing the
town, they also catch something
of the booster spirit and go away
discoursing on "beautiful Washing
on.”
But no city, not even Washing
ton, deserves all bouquets. Brick
bats also are in order. And, con
sidering the fact that it IS the
national capital and SHOULD be
the Ideal municipality of the na
tion, Washington la deserving of
as many brickbats as the average
busy and begrimed industrial city
of our hundreds of much-maligned
“Main Street” towns.
WASHINGTON is, mentally and
physically, a city of false
fronts. There Is more pre
tense here, per city block, than In
nny burg between Broadway and
Hollywood.
Possibly this Is a reflection of
the political Instability which al
ways threatens a large part of the
population witli change. Under
civil service, of course, government
Jobs are not so dependent on the
whims of changing administrations
us in years gone by.
But it Is not the civil service
employe who helps hold up the
city's false front; it Is the tem
porary political Job-holder, (he big
duck out of a little puddle who
conies to Washington expecting to
be a big duck in a big puddle.
In nine times out of ten, or 99
out of 100, he finds the city wholly
unimpressed by his advent. But
he feels Important and Is deter
mined to make others recognize his
Importance.
So he puffs out his chest, grows
gruff and grnwly with his "sub
ordinates” who perform the actual
duties of the office, rents a home
which costs him most If not a "
of Ills government pay chock each
month, and Joins tho "false front
fusileers.”
THESE mental false front# are
matched by the physical false
fronts of a large part of the
city.
What appear to the eye of the
casual passerby as handsome resi
dences of cut stone will be re
vealed. on closer examination, to
bo ordinary brick structures, with
cluttered back yards and cramped
areaways, with simply a veneer
facing of stone In front.
What appear to he three-story
houses are normally but two stories
In reality, there being nothing be
hind the third story front but some
bracing or a quickly sloping roof
over a small storage apace.
Great apartment buildings, sug
gesting commodious and comfort
able living quarter*, with spacious
and Impressive entrance foyer*,
are oevealed aa high-priced tene
ments. with small rooms arranged
In small suites and the only slze
able thing about the Individual
quarters being the amount of rent
demanded monthly in advance.
Usually these rent at around SSO
per month per room, with the
large majority of suites consisting
of but two or three rooms.
SUCH quarter*, of course, nre
not conducive lo that "Ameri
can home life'' which, of all
places, should he found in the na
tion * capital. Hut they have “the
front.” , ,
Newcomer* to Washington quick
ly find that a "house, In capital
parlance, doe* not mean a home.
It mean* aimply a place with a
fr How« of brick cells, built aolldly
from street to atreet. are cut Into
sections IS. 20. 24 feel in width
and called “house*."
If you Insist a house means n
building standing by itaelf. with a
bit of yard on each side you lire
Aunt Het
&
ID"
•'The boa* in the family I* the
one that keep* »*\:n folk*
ought to git a divorce If they
can t live in peace."
(Copyright. 1124. Associated
Editor*. Inc.)
felt.”
“ 'Tit a wise son who knows his
own father's second wife.”
"Eat, drink and be married, for
tomorrow the goes to Cleveland.”
"A smudge on the note is one of
the noblest works of God.”
When you see a Pittsburg man
informed that what you want is not
a house bu a "detached house.”
And for the desired detachment
you must pay cash at a prescribed
rate per square foot of the ground
so "wasted.”
m
A Turkish court decides that po
ker Is not a game of chance, hence
It isn't gambling. The case is ap
pealed to a higher Judge by a pros
ecutor, who doubts that poker la a
"aure thing” except when a crook
deals the deck.
Poker not gambling? Seems
queer to us. Hut some of our
American court decisions must
seem equally ridiculous to tho
Turks. A mountain can be seen
with accuracy only from a distance.
The great Immortal, Tom Saw
yer, would have envied the experi
ence of Morris Semelmacher, 15, of
New York. He was sent to deliver
a box of cigars aboard a steamer.
Passengers invited him to eat. Be
fore he knew it, the ship was head
ed cast. Morris got a free ride to
Germany and back.
This Is a striking example of the
uncertainty of life. And life wouldn't
be half Interesting if It were not for
the unexpected. Nature la wise and
kindly in veiling the future. If we
knew what was coming, existence
would be duller, less thrilling.
Corporations gradually get the
public under more perfect control.
For Instance, It develops that
Frenchmen are like Americans, In
that they Jiggle the phone receiver
hook when they get slow service.
So the telephone company In Paris
makes this arrangement: As calls
flash on Central's board, they are
numbered and handled In order.
Every time u subscriber Jiggles his
phone, he loses his place and moves
down the line.
We'll nil be tamed to stand with
out hitching, one of these days.
In the electrical Industry, possi
bilities for expansion are unlimited,
says President Swope, of Central
Electric Co.
Electricity will take the place of
the coal furnace. This is a certain
ty, though many of us will not live
to see It. We are rapidly moving
Into an Electric Age. Electricity,
controlled by a fingertip applied to
a button, will be man's slave. Pow
er will come from falling water and
from coal burned at the mines to
generate "Juice’’ incidentally saving
long coal hauls.
The elder John D. Rockefeller la
traveling more slowly. He finds that
a trip of 200 miles In one day tires
him too much.
Speed Is the gait of youthful in
dividuals and youthful nations. As
they get older, they begin to reallxe
that they have all eternity ahead
of them, so what's tho use of rush
ing?
The wise man doesnt allow any
thing to annoy him. A hundred
years from now. It won't matter
anyjyay. The destination Is the
cemetery. Why hurry?
Fables on Health
Laxative Foods
Food* with a laxative value were
recommended to Mr. Mann, of Any
town. ns the summer days grew hot
ter and the prospects of upset stom
ach# became greater.
Far better than the use of artl
tlflclal laxative Is the eating of food,
particularly at breakfast, which
contains a laxative property. Par
ticularly good are atewed prunes
and figs, or raw fig#, nnd moat oth
er fruits with the exception of ba
nanas
At the other meals at least one
green vegetable should be eaten
during the summer day* when
fresh vegetables are moat preva
lent.
In addition the*# food# contain
the minerals and phosphates which
science ha* found to essential to
human well-being.
It might be added that such dlshe*
a* rice, cornstarch, boiled milk nnd
fine wheat flour bread are to he
avoided by persona seeking food* of
laxative quality.
“If Every Wife Knew
What Every Widow Knows —”
DAMON G. DOUGLAS
Life Insurance Service
«Oe MARION BUILDING RHONE 55ft.
walking along the street holding his
hand palm up, on a level with his
shoulder, he i 3 simply practicing up
for luncheon, so he can carry the
tray without spilling it.
Pittsburg has a population of
588,200. The two hundred are
Americans.
Unusual People
She’s Foremost
Composer
.. ;i J
;.y
Mrs. H. 11. Beach, of Hillsboro, N.
11., was recently named national
chairman of music from the League
of American Pen Women. She Is
recognized as one of the country’s
foremost women composers and has
composed hundreds of songs, or
chestral symphonies and Instru
mental selections. Two of her best
known songs are: "The Years at
the Spring" and “Oh, Love But a
Day.” Mrs. Beach sings, as well
as plays, her own selections at con
certs.
Speaking Public Mind
NEW FERRY SERVICE
BIG ASSET FOR CITY.
To The Herald: The public—
merchants of Augusta, tho citizens
of McCormick county and the trav
eling public generally—l am suro
will thank The Herald for recently
getting so energetically behind the
matter of making Furcy's Ferry
a public ferry without more delay,
and in accordance with the original
agreement with the federal govern
ment. The McCormick Messenger
also did valuable public service In
this regard. The desired results
have been accomplished. The high
way department In Atlanta was In
stant in Its response also, and gave
Its efficient services to the matter.
The merchants of Augusta will
Immediately begin to get more
trade.
The efforts of those who started
this road project five years ago,
with the object of also having a
public ferry, have all been brought
to fruition, thanks to a large
amount of co-operation everywhere.
It is undoubtedly the purpose of
the State Highway Commission in
Atlanta to have Installed at Furey s
Ferry one of the most modern fer
ries to be found anywhere—so that
It will be a fair substitute for a
bridge until we get that final con
summation. Mr. Holder, chairman
of the Georgia Commission, told me
when recently in Augusta that this
ferry would be thoroughly modern
ized.
As Is well-known, after northern
travel to Florida gets to Greenville
It can save about eighty miles hy
coming over this road to Florida
The ferry will doubtless be mod
ernized before fail, so that this road
can be heralded (by signs and oth
erwise! to the travelling public and
the results should be a large vol
ume of tourist travel through Au
gusta from that direction this fall.
HUGH C. MIDDLETON.
The sea-cucumbers turns Itself
Inside out when It wants to hide.
Some Chinese cities have streets
that are only three feet wide.
Most birds are reatless when a
change of the weather Is likely.
There are 2,225 miles of lighted
streets In London.
CHENEYS
EXPECTORANT
*- tMSTMBr mtuer
SUMMER COLDS.COOGMS FLU.
AND BRONCHIAL TROUBLES
SAVE TREES
BY WATERING
Off? /maxOM Fiji
poor system
T\ftß *'TRt£. FOOT 2f3TLM
Thirsty trees, suffering from lack
of moisture In the dog days of Au
gust and September, may be saved
from stunted growth, premature
shedding of foliage and possible
death in many instances, by proper
watering.
When it Is remembered that an
ordinary tree requires about thirty
barrels of water daily, which it
must take from the ground, It is
not surprising, the Davey Institute
of Tree Surgery points out, that
even though lawns are sprinkled
constantly, many otherwise flour
ishing trees are parched with thirst.
The results are retarded growth in
late summer, premature loss of
leaves and often death.
Using a garden fork spade up the
ground around shade trees whose
HERE IS WHY
GRANDPARENTS
FELT SO FINE
i
Thece Is no magic about the way
our forefathers kept hale, hearty
and in the pink of health. The minute
they began to feel badly they were
convinced something was wrong with
the kidneys, stomach, liver or bowels
—and they took a good tonic to regu
late these important organs, to give
comforting relief, to brace up the
system and keep them feeling fit.
For three generations Stuart’s
Buchu and Juniper Compound has
given relief and better health to those
who feel the need of a good tonic for
the kidneys, liver, stomach and
bowels. Thousands know what a
quick difference It makes In the way
you look, eat, sleep and feel. This
Is why Stuart's Buchu and Juniper
Compound has stood the test of time
and is sold and recommended today
by all leading druggists.
! STUART’S
guCHjjoN'PER.
a C OMPOUND j
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AN Hotel of Distinction convenient to the
fashionable shops, theatres, business centers,
and railway terminals.
Thirty Fourth Street East at Park Avenue
Overlooking the famous Murray Hill Residential Section
TARIFF: Single room with bath, $4 per day and up.
Double room with bath, $3 per day and up.
WALTON H. MARSHALL, Manager
PAY FOR CURES ONLY
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I cure to stay cured. Nerve. Blood and Skin Dla
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14$K Broad Bt.. over Schwelgert'a Jewelry Stor*. Augusta Ga Phan* 111?
Don’t chuckle if you put over a substitute
when an advertised product is called for.
Maybe your customer will never come
back.
Ren Mulford, Jr.
MONDAY, AUGUST 11
diameter Is not over six Inches.
The spading should be in a circle
of about four feet in diameter, and
should form a slight basin by bank
ing the edges and hollowing out the
center to contain water. Then with
the fork drive holes in the basin so
that the ground is perforated with
holes the depth of the fork tines.
Turn on the garden hose and let
the basin fill up with water. When
it soaks away repeat the process of
filling once or twice. Next rake the
ground, loosely covering the basin,
and perforations with a dust
mulch to prevent rapid evap
oration, and baking of the surface.
Be careful not to pack the dirt
down.
Repeat the process every ten days
during August and September, and,
should a heavy rain occur between
waterings, set the date for the next
watering ahead ten days.
For trees whose diameter is over
six inches holes should be perforat
ed in the turf in a swath from two
to four feet wide, circling the tree
from the outer edge of the tips of
iits branches. This will reach the
outstretched drinking roots beyond
the drip. Turn on the water and
let the hose give this area a good
soaking for several hours, repeat
ing the operation every ten days as
in the case of the smaller trees.
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Round Trip
Summer Fares
irons Augusta, Ga.
Going and reluming via
Savannah and steamship
New York . . $49*28
Boston .... 62.28
Philadelphia 45*12
Baltimore . . 39*65
Going via Savannah and ship
returning rail, or vice versa
New York . . $52.85
Boston .... 67*90
Fares to other resorts proportion
ately reduced. Tickets include meals
and berth on steamer, except that
for some staterooms an additional
charge is made.
For tailing data, accommodations and other
information apply to City Ticket Office. 811
Broad Street, Phone 661, or IP. C. Kilgore,
D. P, A„ 737 Broad Street , Phone 62
Central of Georgia Rjr.
Ocean Steamship Co.
Merchants 0 Miners Trane. Co.