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THE AUGUSTA HERALD
AUGUSTA, GA.
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A THOUGHT
«jj l:aeh ui to number our daya, (bat we may ap
p'.y cur heart* unto wiedom.—Pa. 90:12,
1 wasted time, and now doth time waste me.—
Shakespeare.
QUIPS: By Robert Quillen
Moat of us are opposed to child labor as well as
other kinds.
The civilised ptoples are those that pay the hig
•at pricea for beads.
A hick town is a place where nobody cares how
nasty the Jail is.
Comedy. Act 1: "Preserve State rights." Act II:
"Please send Federal troops."
It must be a comfort to have Mr. Dawes along
when a tire blows out.
The klan can't be lucky always. Teople will quit
denouncing It after a time.
We are a dis
respectful people,
and most audi
ences snicker at
a Joke that is
hoary with age.
HAW
Competition Is becoming so keen that only the big
crimes get on the first page.
It’s only a question of time until anybody ran be
elected by the office-holder vote.
Every man Is a hero to his aon except the one who
tries to help work slgebra problems.
The American standard of living seems to mean
•bout 15 gallons of gas each week.
Nature la funny. A cold stops up the hend, but It
never affects the tongue that way.
Another aid to fame Is to possess a name peoplo
can remember easily and pronounce easily.
A n Arkansan
farmer dropped
dead while read
ing a letter from
his son In col
lege. It probably
&
contained no request for money.
We have come far when a candidate’s promise to
enforce the law Is considered brave.
Every onoe In a while you pick up a publication of
some k.nd that doesn’t mention Wales.
The savage desert tribes of Africa pay no taxes, so
It Is a mystery what makes them savage.
The smaller the town the less money In required to
make him speak patronizingly to the "common peo
ple."
Correct this sentence: "He saves every cent h>
can ", said the man. ’’but everybody calls him a good
fellow."
THE LAST PAYMENT By Hal Cochran J
WHEN cometh the first, there’s no doubt you
ate cursed with a payment on this or on
, that. Though you're up to your neck you
must write out a check so the promise you made will
stand pat.
The mailman will ring and a node* he’ll bring,
]ust a notice that something Is due. It Just makes
you think so you get out the Ink and you scribble n
payment or two.
The story’s the same; It’s Just part of the game. It
was easy to purchase and charge But Installments
that come, though they cut down the sum, make the
promise you made loom up large.
It eecmi that it’e true that some folks —maybe you
—ln their payments on charges grow rash If you
let payments go It Is best that you know, In the first
place you’d better pay cash.
But, In case that you charge, whether little or
large, send the monthly amount unafraid. Just keep
• t It until you can get the real thrill when the final
installment la paid
Foolish FlingSßy Tom Sims
Candidate* for office will pitch hay or do almost
anything except enter the bathing beauty contests.
All we wish is that these randtdatea would slack
up on chargis until it is cold enough '.o get hot abou'
them.
In New Mexico, a man lived ill years, which cer
tainly is lots of just s.tting around.
If Mars really talked to the earth the had the
wrong number.
The only elephants in the political parade* are the
whit* elephants
The thermometer has bestowed a few honorary de
grees this summer.
Two former Cleveland newsboys are buying rail
roads. If they had started out as bootlegger* they
would own the country.
One really nice thing about an election Is it leave*
congreramcn no time to tend to government buainea*
Da Follette hopea to find in union* there is
atrength.
Kllence Is golden and Coolidge a campaign contri
bution.
Davit ha* been so busy he must be sway behind
with his hay pitching
This "Ain't gonna rain no more" aong must be
getting In it* work from the drought* being reported.
Banana shortage last summer, rain shortage this
summer, maybe next summer we pan ha\e a *e>ng
shortage.
TRIAL BY NEWSPAPERS.
AVERY interesting though paradoxical situa
tion presented itself recently in Kew York in
a rate hearing case between the people and the
Pennsylvania Railway Company—owning and con
trolling the Long Island Rallroad-r-and the Transit
Commission of that state. Whether or not legal
counsel should go to the Press with the facts involv
ed in his case and not be rebuked by the court for
so doing seems to have been threshed out to the dis
advantage of the railway company and the commis
sion.
Although the railway company was well repre
sented by "high-paid" lawyers and “press agents,’*
who prepared a statement for The New York World
presenting their side of the case and were not rebuk
ed by the commission for so doing, the volunteer
lawyer of the people, Maurice Hotchner, found a hot
rebuke awaiting him when he appeared before the
Transit Commission, because he gave to the papers
some Interesting information that he turned up re
garding the financial deals of the Interlocking rail
road companies.
Ah, trial by newspaper! was the cry. The dignity
of the Commission had been assailed and counsel for
the people whs charged with having committed a
gross breach of professional conduct!
Did the “cut and dried" statement to the Press by
the "press agents"—the pests of newspaper offices—
reflect on the dignity of the commission?
No!
It would seem that the commission went out of Its
way on the one hand to side-step the question of
“professional conduct." It would be hard to Imagine
paid "press agents" preparing a statement to be pre
sented to the public through the papers involving le
gal issues and submitting it for publication without
the approval of their legal counsel. Then if coun
sel for the railway company approved the statement,
and certainly such must have been the case, both
counsel for the people and the railway company
were equally guilty. A plain case In legal parlance
of "particeps rrlmlnls". The principle was the same
though one method was straightforward and the
other accomplished under cover.
That courts should be permitted to function with
out outside Interference Is a fact that no one would
question. It is for the courts only under our system
of government, to determine what construction shall
be placed on laws enacted by legislative bodies, and
any question us to what the Judicial opinion should
be. coming from sources other than the Judiciary, is
unwarranted Interference of the constitutional
rights and proper functlortjng of the courts.
I tut In this Instance It seems that the Issues In
volved were questions of facts more than ones of
law. Much is more or lees the case in all rate hear
ings. If the statements given to the paper on be
half of tho people were true then the dignity of the
commission was not reflected upon, nor was the
railway company damaged. If the commission ana
rullwsy company was dealing fair and square what
had they to fear from truth?
Until nomo Judicial bodies deal more fairly, respect
that should be accorded them by the public will not be
forthcoming. Though railroad officials are always
making nice speeches to tho people about the rail
roads being “their friends" they will never Impress,
to say nothing of convince, their auditors of tho
truth of the statement until their methods In deal
ing with the people have been changed from "under
the table” to an "open and above-board policy.” As
long ns the public supports the railroads It is Jusr
and proper that a square deal should be demanded
from tho railway*.
Speaking editorially on tho New York case Editor
& Tubllsher says:
’ The pious nonsense concerning 'trial by newspa
per' was classically shown up by an incident of the
week in New York. The Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, owning and controlling the Long Island
Railroad, recently notified the thousands of l,ong Is
land commuters of a decision to boost fares 20 pc
cent, l'ubllo hearings were begun by the Transit
Commission. The railroad was well represented by
high-paid lawyers nnd press agents. The unorgan
ised commuting public found a champion In the per
son of Maurice Hotchner, a lawyer, who took, with
out compensation, leadership of n fight against the
rate increase
"Mr. Hotchper soon turned up some Interesting in
formation regarding the financial deals of the inter
locking railroad companies. He made his finding!'
public through the press. Ah. trl.n by newspaper!
The volunteer lawyer on Wednesday came before
the Transit Commission to proceed with his case and
found a hot rebuke awaiting him. The Transit Com
mission indignantly denounced him for having given
his evidence io the newspapers The dignity of that
body had been assailed. The charge was that the
lawyer had committed a gross breach of professional
conduct.
’’The New York World. In presenting this incident
to the public revealed that, whereas Mr. Hotchner
had frankly gone to the newspapers with statements
of his flnd.ngs, the railroad company had been doing
precisely the same thing through its press agents.
Said the World: ’The Long lslund Railroad sent
last night to the World, and presumably to the other
newspapers, a statement of the hearing as interpret
ed by Its publicity department. No mention of this
was made by the Transit Commission.’
‘‘Search this matter of ’trial by newspaper’ through
and you find that for every Incident of ill-advised
conduct by n newspaper In affairs touching court
proceedings there are ten thousand incidents Vhere
the press has stood at the rail of justice ns the guar
dian and protector of the public right, the represen
tative of the man in the street. The danger Is not
that newspapers shall take too great an Interest in
public affairs, whether in the courts or elsewhere It
is that they shall take too little.’’
BOY SCOUTS BACKING DAVIS.
BOV SCOI'TS are for John W. Dnvts, Democratic
nominee for president, which Is another
mighty good sign that Mr. Dnvts will get there
with both feet.
The nomine* happened to be at lister Park, Col
orado. during the time that the Boy Scout* of Amer
ica were holding their annual session at th* T. M.
C. A National Encampment, and amid great en
thusiasm and with a lots of ceremony, Mr. Davis was
made an honorary member of th# organisation.
Kour groups, on* ftom each of the four sections of
the country. North, East, South and West, partici
pated, and each of the groups presented Mr. Davis
with the insignia. This looks like getting thing* in
powerful good shape With the Boy Scouts pulling
for Davis "it's a long pull, s strong pull, and a pull
altogether" Mr Davis will have to do something
simply awful between now and election day to get
beat with such tacking behind him Th* Boy
Scout* are the boys that fear no noise, and whatever
the youngsters go after they generally ret
| Huntsville (Ala ) husband left home because she
! bobbed her hair, hut ;h's may only serve to Increase
' bobbing in Huntsville
Artist fought s duel with a cotonel m Cabourg
France, and von. maybe because he was ejulck on
I ’he draw.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
Speaking The Public Mind
BARNWELL BANKER
AGREES WITH HERALD A 9
TO CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
Barnwell, B. C., Sept. 15, 1924.
To The Herald: Your paper has
had several editorials lately against
capital,punishment, all of which
agrees with my Idea exactly on this
great moral question, and you will
pardon me If I give you some idea
of the legal electrocution of a life
by the state of Georgia a few days
ago. A press account of the "first
hanging” In Georgia in the electric
chair, and the graphic account and
manner in which it was handled, if
possible, made the act more grue
some and Inhumane, and It seems
to the writer such a pity that the
great state at the last legislature,
when they had a golden oppor
tunity, failed to abolish capital
punishment entirely. Warden Lew
is, twenty years In charge of Sing
Bing prison, says It Is his opinion,
observation and experience that
"hanging does not dpter the crimes
of murder." Then why not make
those that commit murder labor the
balance of their lives to support the
aged, the afflicted, the poor and
others that need charity. Oh, some
ono says they will be pardoned. If
so, that’s a reflection on some one
else; the act does not warrant the
great state of Georgia in taking a
life they cannot give, and in this
great age of civilization and Chris
tianity.
Listen to the account of the ex
ecution a few days ago, if the re
port be true. Its horrible, and we
all should shriek.
"The prisoner was brought for
ward. they placed him in the elec
tric chair, they told him to move his
left leg one way, the right leg the
other way, hold up the right arm,
put your feet close together, and
you will find the galvanized cap
very tight, hut If you can and will
bear it, it will make it easier for
you. After 21 minutes of this aw
ful ordeal, then we heur word
given to the electrician, put it to
him! Give it to him! All this with
in the hearing of the condemned
man and the audience. Oh Lord,
how long will we continue this bar
baric parties? We who oppose cap
ital punishment for any crime hope
tho great old state of South Caro
lina will take the lead In abolishing
capital punishment at the next ses
sion of the legislature, as she has
taken tho lead In many other great
causes.
Very truly,
HARRY D. CALHOUN.
RABBI STRAUS ON
MATTER OF PRAYER.
Augusta. Ga.
To Tho Herald: It is not often
that I raise my voice In protest, but
during the Inst day something has
occurred that seems to be out of
place.
At the joint meeting of all tho
local civic organizations Wednesday
noon, tvlth the mayor of Jackson
ville speaking, thanks was returned
for the meal. This Is as it should
be, however, when this Is done at a
UNUSUAL PEOPLE
Expects To Go
To Congress
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Miss Nellie Cline of Lamed.
Kas., traveled 18,000 miles in an
auto through 32 counties to win
the Democratic nomination for
Congress. And now she Intends to
repeat the performance in cam
paigning for the general election.
And she is confident she ll be elect
ed. Miss Cline was admitted to
the bar In 1912 nnd elected to the
Kansas House of Representatives
in 1920 She was returned in 1923
in spite of a Republican landslide.
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SAILOR • BE.WAQE'.
L iCopvnehi 1921. S\ NFa Secure. Inc I J
meeting of any sort where all
creeds and faiths come togehter,
thanks should be said in a non
sectarian way. There Is no reason
why the dogma of any particular
creed should be utilized. It is a
known fact that the grace ’can be
given so as to be non-denomina
tional; so that all people attending
may feel that they are participating
in the company.
The method used by the local Ro
tary Club seems to the writer to be
the best solution; all rise for a short
period in silent thanksgiving, each
speaking silently for himself. If
this is not satisfactory then the
blessing could be asked in "God’s
name.”
These remarks hold true for all
prayers or benedictions given at a
public affair.
Thanking yotl for your kind at
tention, I am
Sincerely yours.
HERBERT C. STRAUS. *
FABLES ON HEALTH
Care of the Feet
"Looks like you couldn’t put your
best foot forward," scoffed the
office wit as Mr. Mann arrived
limping.
His pet corn was at it again and
h:.i head was on his feet, as it were.
There are not many people who
try to make their feet behave. They
watch their falling hair and their
decaying teetii and all such mat
ters, but their crippling feet get
scant attention.
Shoes and stockings are lmpor-
Ford, Fed Up On Flivver Rattles,
Wants to Take Shimmy Out of Dance
MR. AND MRS. BENJAMIN B. LOVETT WHO WILL HELP
HENRY FORD TAKE THE JAZZ OUT OF DANCING
HUDSON, Mass.—Henry Ford,
who turned antique dealer when
his presidential timber was ruled
off the market. Is taking up re
forming again.
It's tho grtHt man's great weak
ness. First It was war, then bank
ing, and now It's dancing that has
become his pet aversion.
So he is going to reform It—take
the shimmy out of It, as he did in
his flivver; make it stand on its
own feet; and put the whole busi
ness on a safe and sane basis.
But 1 story, at last, has taught
Henry that It Is difficult to bring
about a reformation single-handed
For although he shakes a mean
hoof himself, when the fiddler
strikes up, he can hardly compete
with a first-class finale-hopper.
tant items, and they will be later
remarked upon. llut care of the
feet themselves is Important.
The feet should be washed thor
oughly with a good antiseptic soap.
This habit should be established
from the day shoes and stockings
are first donned.
Wipe them thoroughly, parti
cularly between the toes. Cut the
nails square and be careful they are
not trimmed below the top of the
toes; otherwise Ingrown toenails
may develop.
The proper time for the foot bath
is at night. Whether hot or cold
water Is used depends upon the
constitution and habits of the per
son.
For persons of advanced age a
tepid bath Is best; particularly If
they are subject to rheumatism.
Quite old people should not as a
rule, take regular foot baths but a
spongo bath once or twice a week
will suffice.
RETURNS TO AUGUSTA
Wm. H. McGuinn to Engage
* In Lav/ Practice Here
After an absence of nine yeara,
Wm. H. McGuinn has returned to Au
gusta to make this city his home and
engage In the practice of law. He
has an office with W. T. Gary and
James B. Mulherln, 722 Lamar
building.
Mr. McGuinn studied law at the
University of Detroit. Kmory Univer
sity. and at the Atlanta Law School.
He graduated last June. He is mak
ing his home here at 914 Greene
street.
Mr. McGuinn has been renewing old
friendships and again getting in touch
with affairs of his home city since he
returned to Augusta. He expect* to
engage in a general law practice.
So he has turned to puritanical
New England for help. Here in
quiet Hudson, not far from his
Hayside Inn, where he runs his an
tique shop. Henry found a couple
of dancers who still remember the
W'altz, the square dance and the
minuet.
At first he thought of putting
them in his antique department,
but then he decided to invite them
to Detroit for the week of Septem
ber 7th, to start the dancing re
formation there.
Inspired with the zeal of cru
saders, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin B.
Lovett accepted the invitation.
They ai“ now practicing up on the
dances of yesteryear and before,
with which they hope to put jazz to
route, and make Henry happy.
By William*
Snappy Comeback By Hodges Company
Thursday With “All Aboard for Cuba”
Premier Comedian to Bring Two of His Best Numbers
Here for Next Engagement—Tickets Now Selling. Big
Season Indicated for Imperial
"All Aboard for Cuba," the next
presentation of the Jimmie Hodges
Musical Comedy Company, which
appears at the Imperial on Thurs
day of next week for .the first of
five performances Is one of those
lively peppy bits of musical fool
ishness that pleaSes the fancy of
every class of theatre patron. It is
full of funny lines of clean and
clever comedy, bright and snappy
songs by beautiful voices and mag
niflcient specialities.
Aiding and abetting like in every
Jimmie Hodges attraction, to con
tribute to the success of the piece,
comes the “Rainbow Jazz Orches
tra,” under the master hands of
Messrs. Roth and Reichman. This
Jazzy harmony group of boys take
the cake when it comes to deliver
ing real classy musical accompani
ments for a high-class musical
comedy show.
The costumes and scenic effects
are of the same calibre characteriz
ing the two shows Just finished
here by Jimmy Hodges and which
were the cause of so much favor
able comment all over the city.
Jimmie Hodees and his spon
taneous style of comedy have made
him very popular here and all are
agreed that his work is sufficient
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Hair-raising action supplies the thundering accompa
niment to this solo of outdoor romance—Jack Hoxie surs
does gallop! He starts at high speed and when he hits
the high spots the stunts he supplies will raise you from
your seat! His terrific sevc-nty-foot plungs over the cliff
is only one of the big thrills in this western romance!
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
to make any show a go, if comedy
is required to that end. Fine as
Jimmie Hodges’ personal contribu
tions to every one of his bills may
be, they are by no means the only
reason the people of Augusta like
his shows. Jimmie Hodges’ pro
ductions fayed three days last
weke and three days this week to
record houses at the Imperial,
which is plenty of evidence that
the people like them. Every house
was crowded—they kept coming
back for more.
“All Aboard for Cuba" and
Jimmie Hodges’ own "Georgia
Minstrels" are going to play to
more big Augusta audiences next
week and the week after, for they
are bringing the same bunch of
stars back with them and stage
and costume effects just as gor
geous and just as wonderful.
“All Aboard for Cuba,” opens
next Thursday with a matinee at
3 o'clock, showing also Thursday
Friday and Saturday nights, with
another matinee on Saturday.
Jimmie Hodges’ "Georgia Min
strels” play Monday following,
matinee and night.
Prices: Nights. 25. 5(1 and 75
cents; matinees 25 and 50 cents.