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THE AUGUSTA HERALD
AUGUSTA, GA.
Daily—Afternoon Sunday—Morning
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QUIPS: By Robert Quillen
Perhaps the worst form of vulgar ostentation I*
eailng cloves.
One fault of social ambition la that It makas
tradesmen wait too long for tholr money.
That river of mud In California has gone too far.
Some of it la coming In on tha raldo.
H'a rather fine, thla wllllngneaa of the candldatea
to save the country from one another.
So far eclentltta haven't been able to Invent a
loud speaker that beats tha aelf-mada man.
Youth: "The world needs reforming.” Maturity:
“The world la hopelc|s.” Age: "God bless the
world.''
A man Isn't
really old until
he can't enfliuse
about a .400 hit
ter.
Ail have faults. Thera la something rotten In
Denmark, but Llmburger originated In Belgium.
Something must be done to protect the game In
order that wc may have something to slaughter.
It is a good Idea to kiss the children good night.
If you don't mind walling up for them.
After all. perhaps It la better for China to learn
war during her apart time at home.
Kvery alien should be here three months before
being permitted to quality as a Nordic.
“Cal or chaos,” says Dawes. If Cal alone can save
us. wouldn't It lie awful If he should die!
I'iillMophy In
the quality thnt
make* a man
cull It D bnlil
spot after It
rem hp* down to
bla rare.
Never call another man a hypocrite until your
b;n-); yard I* na clean aa your front yard.
Tho only objection to food convereatlonallata la
Hi? /act that *o many of them attend the movlee.
A writer aaya man's "Inherent bellicosity'* causes
nil our trouble. What about his verbosity?
Don't worry. If he called three tlmee while you
were out. he wasn't, trying to gtv* you anything.
Correct this sentence: "Honest, I'm not sick," said
th> >m:ill hoy; "1 Just don't like to stay up late.'*
LI’L HERO By Ha] Cochran
WlllC.V you comb a kid's hair, why It surely
would seem that he'd kindtt be proud of his
looks. But listen here, folks, that la only a
dream that you read of In fairy-tale books.
A child stands and frets, while his features are
scrubbed. At the washbowl ha seldom stands pat.
Il< a kinds frald that he II likely he dubbed a sissy
or somethin' like that.
When you dresa a boy up In the beat suit he's got
and you know that he couldn't look better, he'll hon
estly tell you It's all tomtnyrot and hs'd rather go
round In his sweater.
Aw, ya can't make a hero of real little boya by
w:.shin's and trtmmln's and such. Just bandage a
finger they've cut on some toys and you give 'em the
real hero touch.
Foolish Flings By Tom Sims
More men have loafed themaelvea to death than
Worked themaelvea to death.
Dtvcuv? comes not when they ntf tired of each
olhc-, but when they are not tired of someone else
Many s pair of pressed trousers haven't a nickel
In their pockets.
Seme people can't see the point unless you get
down to brass tacks
The anti-every thing Is all right In his place,
which Isn t on top of thq earth.
If Dempsey whnts to fight hs might try a Job
as n rent collector.
i:.".ts In the pantry coat more than they are worth
The suit, that dreams are made of Is found In ths
va'itty case.
M a who cun t fight should hate pleasant dispo
sitions.
Many a girl reiemtdes her mother because they
wear llto Lame clothes.
"Knowiiu; thyself" isn't much ure unless you cun
convince others.
A wt. husband makes his wife do what she wants
to uo.
A rolling stone may gather no moss, hut a still one
gathers no gloss.
i'en who don t pay as they go have a hard time
coming back.
"'her - thrres smoke there are hills for n.
lie who hesitates is lost—ls he docs it tu the mid
dle of ths street.
Bite your clgaret ashes to put on the slippery aide
walk this winter.
If fools get elected It is because the fool vote in
the biggest.
Men who think they know everything have no Idea
of what they know.
Better turn up your toes than turn up your nose
Too much money may go to a man a head and
then again It may go to his bootlegger.
People are like grapes: earns are allowed to fer
ment while others Just become grape juice.
METTER SHOWS AUGUSTA IT CAN
BE DONE.
THE decision of the business men of Metier, the
county seat of Candler, to build two commo
dious tobacco warehouses, and the announce
ment that a cool million dollars would be available
to back the project If It was needed, calls to mind an
Interview In the Herald last spring with George 1,.
Williams, banker of Metter, who suggested that Au
gusta erect a great tobacco warehouse and make
thla city the tobacco center of Georgia and South
Carolina.
When Mr. Williams and other business men and
farmers of his thriving little city found that no other
city would handle the proposition, they got busy and
put It over for Metter. It was Mr. Williams Idea
that a Mg city like Augusta would bo a more logical
point for a central tobacco market than Matter or
any other town In this territory, pointing out that
millions of dollars are required to handle the to
bacco crop and that Augusta would naturally afford
better banking and railroad facilities than a smaller
city.
A delegation of prominent business men of Met
ter recently made a trip to Winston-Salem, N. C.,
tha great tobacco center, for the purpose of secur
ing new Ideas both aa to growing and marketing the
waed. Tha Southern Tobacco Journal, a magazie
published there In Interest of tha tobacco Industry,
not only gave them editorial mention, but reproduc
ed an article from the Augusta Herald, written by
Mr. Hugh Middleton, which told of Mctter's decis
ion to develop her own tobacco market.
Mr. Williams has written Mr. Middleton as fol
lows:
"The article In the Herald was picked up In full
by the Bouthern Tobacco Journal and an editorial
given along with It about this section. We have re
ceived letters, telegrams and calls by the hundreds
from tobacco farmers wanting to settle here. I nm
kept busy trying to place them. Most of them want
to rent or share crop; some want to buy. The editor
of the Southern Tobacco Journal at Winston-Salem
Is coming to Metter to live.”
Mr. Williams further pointed out that hundreds
of Virginia and North Carolina farmers ere from
time to time coming through Augusta prospecting
Commenting on the situation. Mi. Middleton says:
"Our point here Is that this little town Is doing
what Augusta ought to do. on a Targe scale. Wo
have as good land as they have for tobacco. But a
market la necessary before It can be raised. Virginia
and North Carolina farmers—especially those fur
ther north—are not cotton raisers. To get these
farmers hire we will be obliged to furnish a market
for other things than cotton. Bong hefore 1800 this
aroa was a great tobacco country. Look at the old
estate settlements here; in Lincoln and in Wilkes
(before 1800) and tee tho large amounts of tobacco
listed as crops. The old Tobacco Road In this
county brought the great tobncco crop of upper
fleorgla to New Savannah for shipment. Wo. should
do ss the South fleorgla towns nre doing-PRO
mote TOBACCO GROWING."
The editorial from the Wtnston-Bnlem Magazine
ta reproduced n« follows:
•'A committee of prominent business men from
Matter. Georgia, visited Winston-Salem. N. C, last
week In the Interest of the Matter tobncco mnrkrt.
The committee Included l\vi> bankers and the pro
prietor of a large department store. These gentle
men were greatly surprised with the magnitude of
our local tobacco industry. The principal business
of the commttteo was to consult with those who will
conduct the two largo warehouses that will be built
at Metier. The committee Informed us thnt not only
would two commodious warehouses he built but that
nil necessary houses for handling tobacco for buy
ers would be eroded. While here tho following tel
egrams were received by Mr. A. J. Bird, hanker and
chairman of the committee:
” 'Oraymont. Summit, Garfield, Portal. Millen, Pu
laski, Register. Claxton, Olenvllle, Ucldsvllle. Onk
perk.‘ Sllltnan. Norrlston. Nunez. Wesley, and Adrian
territory will market tobacco at Met ter If buyer:!
are secured. The Metter Klwanls Club Is one hun
dred per cent behind the Metter market.'
"Mr. Bird also received the following message
from the Grnymont Hoard of Trade:
" ‘Graymont territory will plant a good nercaga of
tobacco next year which will be marketed at Mstter
if market la established there.'
"There is no doubt hut that Metter will have a big
tobacco market Metter has the advantage of loca
tion- with a big acreage planted within *5 miles of
the place. We (tho old man) have been to Metter
and looked over the situation and he can write with
knowledge. The farmers In the Metter section nre
entitled to a market because they are 3"> miles to the
nearest market, anil most of the farmers were forc
ed to go 100 miles to market their last crop. The
tobacco grown In the Metter section Is of a superior
quality, snd Metter itself Is a new town, only 15
years old. with a eltlsenshln that Is wide awake,
progreasive and with a Wplrlt that Is to sav the least,
highly commendable. Tobacco men will find Matter
n delightful place to atop at and a good place In
which to live.
"Be aay nil of this because It Is true, and wo (the
old man) would say tho same If he did not expect to
become Identified with the Metter market.
"As we stated shove accompanying the committee
referred to were Mr. A. J. Bird and 1.. H. .Sewell,
hanker: and Mr. Jake Kino, merchant."
FARMING ACTIVITIES IN TOOMBS.
MR. THOMAS PILCHER has recently returned
from a business trip to Lyons. Toombs coun
ty. He reports that there is now the great
est farming In Toombs; that the farmers*atl have
money and that business Is good.
in Toombs county a small acreage was planted in
cotton and cultivated Intensely; consequently, a
pood yield of cotton Was had and gathered before
the wet weather eet in. There was very little
trouble because of the boll weevil, and cotton stalks
are now being burned In this country as a precau
tion against Infestation by weevils next year.
But the greatest profit made In thnt part of the
country was from diversified crops. Tobacco grow
ing Is becoming very popuktr all through that sec
tion and It Is found to be very profitable They are
growing a very much finer quality of tobacco than
North Carolina, abd It Is expected for a colony of
North Carolinians to settle in Toombs county, Geor
gia.
Another big aource of profit to the fanners of
Toombs county Is Jersey potatoes. These come on
the market about two weeks earlier than tho ordi
nary potatoes and sell readily for shipment to
northern markets. The farmers around Lyons have
realised as high aa sls per car on Jersey potatoes
Thssc are but few of the examples of the way di
versification 1» making the farmers around Lyons
rich.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, GA.
Many Leading Citizens
Endorse Bond Issue of
$350,000 For Schools
Letters Received By Board of Education from the Mayor,
S. A. Fortson, Inman Curry, H. H. Alexander, Dr.
Shaw, John Phinizy, Frank Turner, R. L. Chambers
and the Builders Exchange
Letters endorsing the bond Issue
of {350,000 for a new Richmond
Academy and rural schools at
Hood's Chapel and In the 119th
District, have been received by the
Hoard of Education from Mayor
Julian M. Smith, H. A. Fortson, W.
Inman Curry, H. H. Alexander, Dr.
H. W. Shaw, the Augusta Builders
Exchange. John I’hlnlzy, Frank H.
Turner, and R. E. Chambers. These
letters were made public Saturday
by Lawton B. Evans, superinten
dent of education, and they are
given in full as follows.
FROM MAYOR SMITH
As the time for the proposed
bond election Is rapidly approach
ing, I wish to assure you of my
hearty support and approval of
this most worthy measure, and
furthermore I deem It the duty of
every broad-minded and progres
sive voter of this County to go to
the polls on November 1 and vote
for Its passage. Our boys at the
Richmond Academy are greatly
handicapped by the lack of facili
ties that such a high school should
have. There Is probably not an
other high school In this section of
the country, certainly of its slzo
and class, that needs a larger and
more modern plant than our Rich
mond Academy. The $50,000 allot
ted to our rural schools will also
be a substantial and much needed
aid In Improving educational ad
vantages In the county. Our boys
and girls desreve the best that we
can offer In the way of education,
for the future of Augusta and Rich
mond County shall depend upon
these men and women of tomorrow.
FROM 8. A. FORTSON
I think It is quite apparent to
everyone that tha Academy of
Richmond County Is sadly In need
of better and larger quarters.
My observation Is that the Acad
emy Is efficiently conducted by
those In charge of Its teaching
staff, and I believe they are greatly
hampered In their work by the
crowded conditions pnd lark of
proper teaching facilities.
While ns a general proposition, I
am opposed to Bond Issues, there
seems to be time when It Is the
only method of'flnnnclng Immediate
needs which seems to be the case In
this Instance.
I think the need of a new Acad
emy building Is of such vital Im
portance to this community that
every tax-payer should be willing
to vote for this Issue.
FROM W. INMAN CURRY
I Just want you to know how
thoroughly Interested I nm In the
election for school bonds to be held
November Ist, 1924. I am heartily
In favor of this Bond Issue, and
I would appreciate you calling
upon me for any assistance that I
might be able to render.
I think the Academy of Rich
mond County Is one of the finest In
stitutions in the South, snd under
the capable and elTlclent leader
ship a>f Major George P. Butler It
Is going to continue to grew, not
only In size, but In Its usefulness to
our community.
It Is most Important that we
meet this continued growth with a
"O'renter Academy.”
(ADVERTISEMENT)
A Few Questions About
Need of New Schools
Are two new schools, costing $50,000, needed in the
■county,—one to be built within a few miles of the new
school at Blythe? Is a new high school,, costing $300,-
000, needed as much as new grammar schools for white
and colored? Will another bond issue be sought next
year or the year after? Why does not the Board of
Education submit to the public a building program for
five pr ten years? Let the tax payers know what capital
expenditures are to be asked of them. Then, if the Board
of Education is made to operate within the 10 mill limit
for current expenses, as Boards of Education elsewhere
are doing, the tax payers will know the cost ahead of
them in higher taxes.
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: FROM H. H. ALEXANDER
I want to say that I am heartily
in favor of the proposed bond Issue
, of $300,000, for a Greater Academy
and $50,000 for Improvements to
our rural schools. I shall lend mv
best efforts to see this plan go for
ward.
FROM CAPER A. KREPS
The Augusta Builders Exchange
completed Its organization last
evening, and It gives me pleasure to
inform you that its first act was
the adoption of a resolution endors
ing the proposed bond Issue for the
erection of additional schools, and
pledging the support and influence
of its members in the apparoach-
Ing election.
FROM JOHN PHINIZY
I cordially endorse the plan pro
posed for an adequate plant to meet
the urgent needs of the Academy of
Richmond County. This honorable
institution should have ample facil
ities for carrying on the splendid
service which It has contributed to
this community for these many
years.
I trust that this movement for a
greater Richmond Academy will
meet the enthuiastlc support of the
public which it so richly merits.
FROM h7w. SHAW
I am heartily in favor of the
bond Issue for a better Richmond
Academy and additional rural
schools. I think every one recog
nizes the inadequate quarters of the
present Academy and the necessity
for better facilities for teaching of
children in our rural communities.
FROM FRANK H. TURNER
Realizing that education is the
bedrock of good government, and
desiring to add my mite to the
advancement of the movement for
a greater school system in this
County, this note Is addressed to
you.
In my opinion the proposed bond
Issue for $350,000 for a Greater
Richmond Academy, and $50,000 for
the Improvement of our rural
schools, Is something that should
call forth from the voters of this
County their earnest consideration,
and when this shall have been done,
I am satisfied that such voters will
cast their franchise in favor of this
bond issue.
FROM R. L. CHAMBERS
Say to the committee and our
splendid Board of Education, that 1
heartily endorse the proposed bond
Issue of $350,000 and I think you
are eminently correct In saying
“The time lias come to build a
Greater Academy." I heartily en
dorse your idea of building two new
schools in the rural districts, for I
fed that the farmers children havo
r.ot had the advantages of schools
given them that we city folks en-
Joy.
I am for more money being spent
for our schools. I want to see our
children get the very best, and you
can not get this by trying to seo
how- cheap you can employ your
teachers and how sorry your school
buildings are, and neglect tho
equipment. I do not think we
should ever consider how little
schools can be run on. but rather
consider the benefits and advan
tages that the children may have.
Put Hnrrisburgers down for It.
Take-Off on the Marines
Peeves Admiral Plunkett
By HARRY 3. HUNT.
WASHINGTON. —Army and navy
officials are, unofficially, hav
ing no little fun out of the
hornets' nest stirred up by Rear
Admiral Charts Plunkett, command
ant of the Third Naval District at
New York, In seeking to censor a
Broadway play in which certain ma
rines Indulge In language and discuss
situations so startling as to cast
doubt on the efficacy of the marine
corps as a medium of moral uplift.
The “Old Tars 1 ' and "Devil Dogs”
about the navy building are getting
a lot of smiles out of Plunkett's ef
forts. particularly, to expurgate the
profanity In the play.
They concede that as an officer of
long experience, Plunkett probably is
an expert judge of profanity: but most
of them were under the Impression
that he had lost his sensitivity to
strong language, even by men in uni
form.
That profanity Is not unknown In
the service, and that it Is even in
dulged In, under provocation, by high
officers, Is asserted by one officer who
recalls that when Admiral Plunkett
was in command of the big naval
guns which Uncle Sam sent up to the
front on railway mounts, shortly be
fore the armistice, lie himself was
moved to picturesque and expressive
expletives on one occasion when one
of the big guns wouldn’t fire.
BUT," OBSERVES an officer of
marines, "the cussin' done by
' Plunkett when the gun would
n't go off wasn’t a whisper to
the stuff our boys ripped out when
the thing was fired.
"I was with an outfit of 75 artillery
that had Its horses parked about a
quarter gs a mile from where his Na
val Nibs h\l his big roarers lined up,
and when those babies cut loose
wow!!
“The concussion blew our pup
tents away. It gave us headaches. It
woke u* out of a sound sleep after 35
hours of hauling ammunition. It at
tracted German bombers. It played
hell with the horses.
"From hattery commander down to
the lowest rear-rank private we all
Wasted the admiral from stem to
stern. We raked him and his crew
with all the cuss words we had known
before enlistment, with others we had
UNUSUAL PEOPLE
Up Pike’s Peak
72 Times
K
Rev. Joseph B. Cherry, 66, of
Omaha. Neb, has climbed Pikes
Peak, in Colorado, 72 times since
1901. He has made the trip over 18
different routes, the average cover
ing about 14 miles.
Aunt Het
"It ain't much hard to train
a child if you begin by hav
in' more sense than It's got."
(Copyright, 1824, Associated
Editors. Inc.)
By Williams
learned In a year and a half of ser
vice, and with still others which bub
bled up out of sheer Inspiration.
“How the admiral must have
changed since those days, to let a few
ordinary book cuss words get his
goat.’*
THE ADMIRAL'S concern over
the “welfare of the service,”
through possible slight cast
upon It by the play In quee
tion, also stirs an old side-kick of his
to reminiscence. .
"When Is the admiral's sense of
humor,” this old officer Inquires.
"Just because a play Intimates that
our marines drink and have their lit
tle affairs he fears this will stop en
listments. When he was supervising
marine construction in dear old
Quincy, Mass., he knew better than
that.
"And does he remember the trip
of the special squadron to France
18 years ago?”
T UST WHAT these old-timers re
‘ call, or claim to recall, in their
I "kidding" of Plunkett and his
* moral crusade against "What
Price Glory" would make almost as
thrlllng a play as the drama against
which the admiral has turned his
heavy batteries.
His navy fellows are enjoying it,
fully. Doubtless the producer of the
play Is also, for the publicity he has
given It is packing the place to the
galleries each night. And far from
harming enlistments, It may be help
ing them.
"After seeing that play.” one visi
tor remarked as he stumbled out of
the th-ater, "I’d Join the marines my
self if I was five years younger and
not married. Yes. even If I was Just
five years younger!"
WILBUR’S BOTANICAL LABORATORY
LARGEST IN THE SOUTH.
GROWING LARGER EACH YEAR.
TTie business of the Wilbur Botani
cal Laboratory which Is located In the
Johnson Bldg., between Broad and
Ellis street. They are permanently lo
cated here and Is a system of homo
treatment of disease by the use of
roots, herbs, barks, berries, seeds,
blossoms, etc., which are prescribed
for Individual cases and compounded
by specialists In this science. The
firm does a tremendous volume of
mail order business which Is effected
by the use of a free consultation ser
vice through the mails and In this way
patients from every part of tht coun
try are treated as well as those who
live right here In Augusta.
Strange as It may seem the founda
tion of the Wilbur Botanical Labo
ratory dates as far back as the 17th
century and is the oldest business of
its kind In America today, and Its
Don’t Smother Good
Intentions
You have intended to buy a New
GAS RANGE and Water Heater
for months—but—for some reason
you have not done so. Do not
DELAY making a selection TO
DAY—buy while our Premium
Sale is on and secure a beautiful
China Set FREE. >.
MAKE YOUR HOUSE A’
HOME by installing a Modern Gas
Range and Water Heater.
HOT WATER
is always in demand for cooking and
laundry purposes, in time of illness,
for bathing and for the morning
shave and the most efficient method
of securing HOT WATER SER
VICE is by installing a GAS
FIRED WATER HEATER.
GAS SERVICE
for cooking, water heating or room
heating purposes or for industrial
uses is an insurance of ever-readyi.
fuel when and where you want it.
TO SERVE TOC FATISFACTORILT
THE GAS LIGHT COMPANY OF AUGUSTA
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12
SISTER MARY’S KITCHEN
Breakfast: Baked pears, boiled rice
with thin cream, French toast, maple
sirup, creamed potatoes, broiled ba
con, toasted muffins, milk, coffee.
Luncheon: Mock oyster Soup, whole
wheat bread and butter, ccitage
cheese, red raspberry Jelly, oatmeal
cookies, milk, tea.
Of course, the youngest of the
juniors will not Indulge in the pepper
salad for dinner and perhaps he will
forego the French toast for break
fast. As for the rest he will cat his
way through the day's menu with the
family.
Mock Oyster Soup.
One bunch salsify, one half-inch
slice bread. IV* cups water, 1H cup 3
milk, two tablespoons butter, one tea
spoon salt, 14 teaspoon pepper.
Wash and scrape salsify. Cut In
quarter-inch slices and put In kettle
with water. Cook slowly for an hour,
adding water if necessary. Add breaH
to milk and bring to the boiling point
but do not let boll. Add to cooked
salsify, season with salt, pepper and
butter and simmer below the boiling
point for ten minutes.
Btuffed Pepper Salad.
Four medium-sized peppers, one cu
cumber, two hearts celery, one tea
spoon minced p:/-sley, cup nut
meats.
Cut a slice from stem end of pep
pers. Remove seeds and white fiber.
Parboil for five minutes. Chill. Dice
cucumber and celery. Add nuts and
parsley and combine with enough
boiled dressing to make moist. Fill
peppers with mixture and serve on a
bed of lettuce.
present owner, Geo. A. Wilbur, Ph„
G.A.M., is a direct descendant of the
founder. Dr. John Wilbur. Mr. Wil
bur Is the great grandson of Dr. Dan
iel Wilbur, the Quaker Preacher and
a descendant of General Nathaniel
Green, whose great-granddaughter
was his grandmother. Those families
are prominent members of the So
ciety of Friends, (Quakers). Mr. Wil
bur has been In the drug business
continuously since 1874, and has been
connected with the Wilbur Laboratory
since 1892. Although he has a com
petent staff of assistants, Mr. Wilbur
still gives his personal attention to
the direction of the business.
BEWARE OF IMITATORS.
The Sign of the White Cross.
WILBUR LABORATORY,
Jackson near Broad, Augusta, Ga.