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FOUR THE AUGUSTA HERALD AUGUST A, GA. Daily—Afternoon Sunday—Morning Entered at the Augusta, Ga., Post office as Mail Matter of the Second Class. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED 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 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*