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THE AUGUSTA HERALD
AUGUST A, GA.
Daily—Afternoon Sunday—Morning
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A THOUGHT
Cmh from anger, and foraaka wrath; fret not thy
self in any wise to do evil.—Pa. 37:8.
Keep cool and you command everybody.—St. Just.
Hand-Me-Downsßy h*i Cochran
CONSIDERING the clothes that a youngster
outgrows. They have oft been a problem for
mother. Sulta and things will not last 'cause a
child grows too fast, so they're handed right down to
hla brother.
The sewing machine runs a pace that Is keen as
the altering work is begun. A tuck may be taken and
stylo Is forsaken. This hand-me-down Job Is no fun.
A pleasant smile's shown by the «on who Is grown
as he watches mom cut down his clothes. He should
worry! Why. shoot, he will get a -new suit, Is the
thing that he cheerfully knows.
That's not true with the other —the poor little
brother. In place of a smile ho Just frowns. New
suit hopes departed, he's kinds downhearted at hav
ing to wear hand-me-downs.
DO LOAFERS DIE YOUNG?
THE old saying, “hard work never killed any
one." Is disproved by Dr. Raymond Pearl of
Johns Hopkins University. ,
It stands to reason. A machine >a capable of Just
so much work before it becomes worn out. A ma
chine lasts longer. If It Is used only occasionally,
than If It runs daft after day.
And the body Is a machine.
I'p to the age of 40. It appears very difficult to kill
a man by physical hard work, occupational and in
dustrial hasards being excluded from consideration,
Dr. Tearl reports.
But after 40, hard work begins to shorten life.
That a why a man should make hay while the sun
of youth shines. The bulk of his hard effort should
come before he leaves hla thlrtlea behind.
At 40, It is not time to take a banc seat. But It Is
time to play the game less strenuously, and to rest
more. Whether or not a man la able to do so, re
penda to considerable extent on whether he wasted
h!s twenties and fritted away hla thirties.
Henry Kord Isn't the only wise old owl who be
lieves that most people cannot expect to accomplish
much until they are 40 or older. Possibly this Is true
of the actual accomplishments. But the efforts that
flower Into accomplishments can take place In early
manhood.
The seed planted In the twenties and thirties
sprouts in the forties and bears its best fruit In the
fifties and later.
Hard work does not wear out a man as quickly
when he works outdoors, Dr. Pearl finds. This ap
plies to men who do hard physical work Indoors,
quite as well as to men who work sitting in a chair
or standing behind a counter.
The natural life Is outdoors In the fresh air and
sunshine. An Indoor worker can get considerable of
these in his spare moments, and they form the real
fountain of youth.
Death comes when the body-machine Is worn out.
Just as an auto Is ready for the scrap heap after It
has done so many miles.
Foolish Flings Tom Bim»
Weglth 1« » burden of which nomeone glwgyg
•(And* ready to relieve you.
Vneaty lies the head that feara a crown of Ion?
hair.
The honeymoon ia over when he reallaea It len t
♦he etova aa much an the fact that ehe can t cook.
If every night waa a moonlight night there would
be no bachelora.
Time curea everything except whlskera.
Home la any place you hang your hat where you
pleaee
Our big naval guna. It aeema. are aimed at peace
Nothing looka more funny to a email boy than hia
new teacher.
Slapping a man on the back la all rlghf ut timer,
but at other tlmea It lan t atrlking him the right way.
A young fellow telle ue that while he waa aa bury
ae a bee aomeone etae etepped In and got hia honey.
A crank often geta thlnga going when the aelf
atarter faila to work
The queatlog of the hour la, "Poeon't It get dark
earlier?"
A doctor la a man who meana well.
The only way tome men can feel at home la to
fee! bored.
Being mad at the world In general telle on you
quirked than a email brother.
Indicatione are that )aaa mualc waa going ao faat
It will be acme veara before the atuff can be atopped.
Bet the man who Invented klaalng ran all the way
home and hid under the bed after hia firat expert
ment.
Savings depoaita are Incregaing tn the United
State*, perhape beeauae you muat pay acme down on
the auto.
Fourteen Indian natlona held a dance In Mexico,
tame, no doubt, when compared with a debutante's
dance.
Evolution la alwaya mistaken for revolution
They have quit aaklng. "Am I the firat you ever
lovedr Now they aak, "Am I the laat you will tie
♦o?”
Ohio woman waa fined SIOO for pulling a neigh
bor* haJr. but It may have been worth twice that
amount to her.
SHOULD BE PROSECUTED
CRIMINALLY
SUCH character* as Gaston B. Means and Georgo
Remus should be dealt with In the courts in
the extreme. Means was formerly connected
with the department of Justice. It was this man who
requested the calling of the senate committee to
gether in order that he might furnish evidence
against Attorney General Daugherty which would
prove absolutely the guilt of the attorney general In
many shady cases. Means appared as a witness and
it w'a* his evidence which proved so damaging to
Daugherty and furnished grounds for Indictment of
the high official. Now on the verge of the election
and when both candidates of the democratic and
third party are charging the republican leader,
Daugherty, with criminal offensea while in office,
this man Means has given to the former attorney a
statement denying the truthfulness of his sworn
testimony given before the congressional Investigat
ing committee.
Means now claims that the statement given to Mr.
Daugherty was not sworn to and that it was a
statement which he had not read, llut signed in order
to pacify tha friends of the former official who Is
now under fire In the campaign. That his statement
will be credited by the public Is not generally be
lieved. It Is too fishy. However, a man who Is will
ing to make a statement In conflict with his sworn
statement Is devoid of character and deserves severe
punishment. There should be some way of reaching
him legally and the full limit of the law administered
In his esse.
Another gentleman, who should receive the atten
tion of tha courts is George Remus, the ex-bootleg
ger. who Is now serving a sentence In the Atlanta
federal prison. This man was one of the chief wit
nesses in ths Daugherty Investigation and his evi
dence was backed by facts and contributed a great
deal towards the findings of the committee In the
prosecution of the Daugherty case. Now he comes
forward and gives to the friends of Daugherty a
contra-statement to that of which he had sworn to
be true hefora the Investigating cogimitte. He, too,
Is a degenerate criminal and should be made to suf
fer equally along with Means. These men have
ehown their willingness to perjure themselves for
the promise of pay or to secure freedom. A mar.
guilty of perjury Is a dangerous citizen and one who
should be dealt with through the most extreme
measures.
If there Is anyway In which Gaston Means and Re
mus can be reached through the courts, there should
he no mercy shown to them, but the extreme pen
alty of the law should be Imposed.
PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE
ELECTRICITY followa the path of least resis
tance. So doea falling water, rushing back to
Us sourct, the sea. So docs the agile mercury
from a broken thermometer, obeying gravity by dart
ing down to the lowest level It can reach.
Man. too, obeys this natural law—follows the path
of least resistance.
In other words, man inclines to the easiest way.
While tt la natural for man to follow the easiest
way. his progress comes by taking the more difficult
roads or paths. Progress Is not unnatural. But na
ture makes us pay the price.
We never get anywhere by following the easiest
way.
It la easier to sleep on the ground, exposed to the
weather. But man, beginning wltn his first crude
huts, on to the luxurious skyseraper apartment house
of the modern city, has taken the more difficult wny
knowing that efforts reward la worth its price.
The comfortable home Is well worth the energy ex
pended In getting It and In maintaining It.
Work la not the pleasantest thing In the world,
despite the Big Talk of ihe platitudes most of
which are written by laxy dawdlers. The philosopher
who urges mankind to totl la rarely energetic him
self. But that doea not lessen the truth and wisdom
of hia teachings.
Work la not the most enjoyable way of putting In
our time. It certainly Is not the easiest wny—the
path of least resistance. Yet we all know that work
ia what moves us ahead brings us our Necessities
and comforts.
Men are resigned to their lot and are not follow
ing the line of least resistance —when they work at
their daily tasks.
But when work Is over and man relaxes, he slips
into the easiest way.
Particularly in his reading matter. He drifts
through the entertaining, recreational news—scan
dal, crime, the unusual. These are the easiest way
requiring no brain effort. Too bad. that political
news and speeches require thought nnd. accordingly,
get Uttle of the attention they deserve. Yet If people
every four years gave a bit more thought to national
politica. It might lead to easier ways In their Job of
makiug a living.
it's a mistake to kid national politics. Admittedly
a dry subject. It la really a priaefight In which prices
and living conditions are to large extent determined
for the coming four years.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
HOGS AND TOBACCO.
Georgia papers arc laving before their readers the
significance of the tart that a* against the $1,000,000
which Georgia la getting Into the atate this year for
tobacco 150.000,000 ia being sent out of the state for
meat*. The Augusta lleraid thinks that this meat
could have been raised In Georgia just ns cheaply If
not more cheaply than In other states.
"Hogs did not bring much of a price in Georgia last
year." says the Herald, "but what difference did that
make when hogs are not being grown to sell, but to
eat? The point Is; tv* have to send all of our to
bacco money and $14,000,000 besides out of the state
to pay for meat that can be raised.hers cheaper than
where ws buy It from.”
This Is understanding the case, for the fact Is that
the Georgia farmer sends all of the money he gets
for his raw tobacco out of the state for manufactured
tobacco, ready to chew and ett»oke. The tobacco bill
of Georgia Is, ws imagine, several times $0,000,000.
The wonder Is where the money comes from to pay
for all the things which the people of the overage
Southern state get from elsewhere. For what is true
of Georgia In this business is every bit as true of
South Carolina.—Charleston News and Courier
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA,
Sweden the Happiest of
Scandinavian Countries
This it the second of three stories
by Milton Bronner about what’s flo
ing on in Scandinavia. Bronner has
Just visited in Norway, Sweden and
Denmark.
(By MILTON BRONNER)
STOCKHOLM—By comparison with
Its neighbors, Sweden Is the happiest
of the Scandinavian countries.
It has the largest population. It has
the biggest farming area. It has
wonderful water power possibilities
already largely developed. It has nig
iron ore resources. Its timber re
serves are enormous. Its budget Is
balanced.
Unlike most of the countries Jn Eu
rope, its currency, by comparison with
the dollar, has maintained Its pre
war status instead of being depre
ciated
HOUSING SHORTAGE.
Rut like its Scandinavian neighbors,
Sweden Is suffering from the endeavor
of wages to overtake the high cost of
living.
It, too, has a housing shortage. It,
too, has suffered from business de
pression. It too, has had an unem
ployment problem. And It, too, is un
favorably impressed by our immigra
tion legislation.
The Swedes are "Nordics ” They
are, therefore, supposed to he welcome
in our country. But. whereas. Jn
past times of business depression here
as many as 20,000 Swedes entered
America In fine year, now the quota
is rigidly fixed at 9561.
Out on the farms the people resent
this. In the big cities industrial
leaders like it. If the young men are
kept at home, there is a ready sup
ply of labor when business picks up.
It all depends upon whose ox is gored
FEWER UNEMPLOYED.
In Sweden, as in all white men's
countries, there has been a. flow of
people from the country to the cities.
And a couple of y*-nrs ago over 150.-
000 men were unemployed. This has
since sunk to below 40,000, of whom
K.OOO received public aid and 19,000
were put on relief works, such as
road building.
Although Sweden Is nearer to Rus
sia than any of the Scandinavian
countries, and although It has politi
cal relations with that country, the
Bolshies have not been able to pro
pagandize as they have In Norway.
They went up against a stone wall
In the Swedish Social Democratic
party, which is one of the strongest
in Europe. Under the able states
Coolidge-Wilbur Case Has
An “Inside” and Outside
By HARRY B. HUNT
WASHINGTON— The semi- of
ficial story is that Secretary
of the Navy Wilbur was
called hack from his Pacific coast
vacation to stop naval officers'
complaints of the predicted ruin of
the navy, due to cuts by the budget
bureau In their estimate of the
money needed to keep It going dur
ing the coming fiscal year.
On the "inside” it's whispered
that President Coolidge blames
Wilbur himself ffur not stopping
this kind of tnlk sooner.
They say the president called
him on the carnet on account of
it. It must have been a strong rail,
too, for the secretary came a-run
nlng.
Wilbur didn't out-and-out criti
cize the budget cuts. But he did
make some speeches, emphasizing
the country's need for a strong
navy. And he did It Just at a mo
ment when his subordinates were
doing plenty of criticizing. The im
pression It gave was that he sym
pathized with them.
JP there’s one thing more than
any other, that the president
counts on to help him at the
coming election. It's his reputation
as a money-saver.
The budget cuts, coming Just
now, If given, the right kind of
publicity, ought to strengthen him
Immensely, liis campaign mana
gers think. But is isn't the right
kind of publicity to have them held
up to the people ns ruinous to
such things ns the navy.
All the more irritating, this
isn’t being done by the president's
political opponents. The talk comes
out of a department which an ap
pointee of his own is head of and
Is supposed to be able to manage.
lie hasn't done it, so far ns 11
this navy budget gossip is con
cerned, nnd there's good reason »o
believe reports that he let him
self in for a severe reprimand.
EVEN though the president Is
angry enough, maybe, to let
his secretary out of the cabi
net. naturally he won’t do it at
present.
It wouldn’t look well in cam
paign time.
In fart. It never looks well. It's
all right for a cabinet member to
resign on account of ill health, be
cause he has i ersonai Interests
which demand his attention, to ac
cept another appointment, ns to
the Supreme t ourt. or to run for
the senate, for Instance. But a
cabinet dismissal, or what amounts
to one. ts not favorable advertise
ment for any administration.
BI'T a president who Is re
elected may reorganize his
cabinet without in the least
embarrassing himself politically.
And that, politicians are betting, is
what CoolUge will do, and do dras
tically, If he gets In again.
FABLES ON HEALTH
SOME KITCHEN HINTS
Keeping the pantry and kitchen
in sanitary condition was another
problem Molhe Mann took upon
herself when the hvgiene course
whs started at her school.
The Mann kitchen was a bit old
fashioned without the tiled floors
and such as go into ninny more up
to-date places.
Food chambers should be closely
watched. They should frequently
be washed with snd scrubbed with
hot soapsuds. Ise a brush. A
few drops of ammonia in the water
will help. Dry with a cloth and let
the sun hake upon it.
Glean the ice box thoroughly and
frequently. I'm this when the ice is
low. Hot. soapy water should be
used on the ice racks. The Ice
chamber should bo particularly
well ecrubbed. The waste pipe
should bo removed and boiling
poured through It.
The pantry should be most care
fully watched to ace that no fruits
or vegetables are rotting and that
no foods are giving forth bad
odora.
Keep the shelves carefully wash
ed and disinfected for It is froth
here that the food for the table
cornea and no chance of contami
nation should be taken.
man, H. H. Branting, who not long
ago was premier, the Social Lstro
crata have held their own. Today
In the Riksdag they are the strongest
numerically in both houses. Whereas
the Communists make a pitiful show
ing-one member In the upper and
seven members in the lower house.
SOCIALISTS ACTIVE.
The influence of the Socialists has
been felt in wise legislation regarding
the eight-hour day, accident insur
ance and old age insurance.
But where Sweden stands unique In
the world is in its nandling of the
booze question. The laws are largely
the Invention of Dr. Ivan Bratt. Hence
they are known as the Bratt system.
The whole object has been to restrict
drinking and at the same time take
away from dealers the profit Interest
in the business.
The sale of spirits Is limited to,li
censed companies, so-called system
companies, which, according to the
law, are not allowed to give their
stockholders a dividend of more than
5 per cent upon capital invested. Any
surplus goes to the state and the
municipality. Beverages containing
more than 3.6 per cent alcohol may
not be sold for consumption off the
premises, otherwise than directly
from the shops of the system com
panies.
The right of purchase with regard
to spirits and strong wines, contain
ing more than 22 per cent alcohol, Is
generally limited to a maximum of
about four litres per month.
USE CONTROL BOOKS.
Such right of purchase Is given to
only one person in each family. In
the case of individuals known as ex
cessive drinkers, the right of pur
chase is either reduced or taken away
entirely.
To facilitate control, each person
allowed to purchase drink is given a
control book, containing requisition
forms, which are handed in at each
purchase with the siglnature of the
possessor. The right to purchase
is limited to the particular shop for
which the book has been lffsued.
With regard to drinking on prem
ises, this license Is stilt given to pri
vate restaurant owners, but on con
ditions which make the economic in
terests of the restaurant as far as
Possible Independent of the amount of
booze consumed.
No guest may receive more than a
fixed amount of liquor and even then
the drink is served only in connec
tion with meala.
THE president, as all know,
took over the official family
Harding left to him. He
couldn’t very well make changes in
it and carry out his announced in
tention of continuing his predeces
sor's policies, which it seemed to be
good politics for him to profess to
stick to.
However, it’s no secret that Cool
idge has ideas quite different from
Harding's. That was proved con
clusively by-the thoroughness with
which the Republicans' old man
aging group was cleaned out. di
rectly after Coolidge’s nomination
at Cleveland, in favor of the pres
ent new managing group.
That was the psychological mo
ment for changing party manage
ments.
Next March will be the psycho
logical moment for changing cabi
nets—if Coolidge is re-elected.
Attorn -y-General Stone snd Sec
retary of the Navy Wilbur were
Coolidge selections. The former, as
suming a continuation of the Cool-
idge regime, may stay on. If any
of the other cabinet members ec,
it will surprise Washington.
m
More than 1000 different kinds of
poison gases have been perfected—
ready to be used in the next war. '
Science, which has created our
material civilization, is also de
stroying It. Reminds you of a
child building a house of cards so
it will have a structure to knock
down.
Satan lives In a laboratory.
A few Kentuckians are being ar
rested under the new state law
against slander and malicious gos
sip.
If this were a national law and
strictly enforced, nearly all of us
would he In Jail within 24 hours.
Of the many forms,of cowardice,
the foremost is saying behind a
person's back what one wouldn't:
dare sav to his face. Be a decent]
fellow, is a god slogan. Spike
slanderous rumor. If it reaches
you, let it go no farther.
Americans are smoking 65 cigar
ettes for every 58 used a year ago.
One result will show up years
OUT OUR WAY
The daily test
SUPPOSE you tested everything before
buying . . held it under searching
light, examined it, turned it critically;
over and over. Not then could you feel so
sure of it as of advertised goods you have
never seen.
Wares advertised have already been
tested. They have proved their worth
under publicity that would have illumined
defects. Thousands of buyers have tried
them before you—and been satisfied.
Without this satisfaction, they couldn’t con
tinue to be advertised goods.
That thousand-fold testing goes on each
day. Advertisers invite it. They believe in
their wares, and prove their wares justify;
belief by advertising to you daily.
Read Herald advertisements to know of
the best —to protect yourself against un
wise buying.
Advertised goods stand the test of
economy they cost less in the end
The Augusta. Herald
hence increased lung trouble,
bronchitis and tuberculosis, also
throat ailments. The cigarette is
too easy to inhale. A safer smoker
Is the cigar—to inhale which re
quires leather lungs.
lor this reason. It's a pity wo
men—turning to tobacco-—don’t
smoke cigars instead of fags. A
confirmed cigaret smoker’s lungs,
dissected are found saturated with
tiny bits of carbon from in
halted smoke. This is health ad
vice, not preaching.
Old documents, come to light in
.New Hampshire, show that Judge
Jonathan Lawrence 72 years ago
paid these prices when he traded at
the “general store.”
Butter, 20 cents a pound; eggs 12
cents a dozen; apples, 19 cents a
peck; flour, $5.25 a barrel; gloves.
28 cents a pair; flannel 30 cents
a yard; sheeting, 12 cents a yard.
Some of these prices are not as
low as you’d expect. Prices reach
about the same high peaks every 50
years. Wheat sold for $3.50 a bushel
at tinmes after the Napoleonic and
American Civil wars.
At the American Legion conven
tion in Massachusetts 500 delegates
came by auto, only 41 by train.
This doesn’t surprise railroad men.
They say the auto has cut tre
mendously into the railroad pas
senger business business. So will
the airplane, later.
Here's a prediction; Populariza
tion of flying is* close at hand. The
SATURDAY, SEPT. 27
airplane will come into common use
almost as quickly as the radio.
There's only one auto for every
36,000 people in China. The causo
cheap human labor—so cheap that
machinery cannot compete with it
as yet.
At that, though, China Is only
about 20 years behind American
in the matter of autos. She is the
greatest undeveloped trade market
in the world. You’ll probably live
to see the time when more Amer!-s
can goods will be sold in China than
all Europe combined. An advan
tage is that the Chinese pay for
what they get.
Sister Susie's Dress
Fails to Stop Runaway
MACON, Ga.—When Julian Res
pess, 12, persisted in leaving home
against his mother’s wishes, she
dressed him in one of his sister’s
dresses and gave him the backyard
to roam in. Julian chafed under tV
restraint, however, and traveled al
leys until he came to Chappell's Al
ley, where he is alleged to have
sneaked a pair of overalls from the
wash line in the rear of a negre
dwelling.
Police were notified and after a
chase of several blocks, the youth
was overtaken by Patrolmen
Peavy and Carroll, of the motor
cycle squad, where he was held un
til his mother was notified.
By William*