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THE AUGUSTA HERALD
AUGUSTA. GA.
Diily—Afternoon Sunday—Morning
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A THOUGHT
Tha heart ii deceitful above all thinga, and
desperately wieked. —Jer. 17:9.
Of all the evil aplrlta abroad at thla hour In
the world, lnalncerlty la the moat dangeroua
Froude.
QUIPS: By Robert Quillen
Conservatism "Mine la feathered."
The Sphinx, however, wasn't a candidate.
It takee throe generations to moke a gentleman
or a. Nordic.
In election year static la a relief at tlmra. It
Isn't platitudinous.
Ton t*ver hear of a cheerful winner, having a
nervous breakdown.
Moat decent people love all of humanity -except
th» part they know Intimately.
Another way
to get your bus
band In early it
to tell him sup
per Is late be
cause you were
out at target practice.
This campaign should be thrilling to ladles
who enjoy meetings of the sewing circle.
A man has two chances: To get money, or to
cuss those who have money and get an office.
The thing that makes war between America
and Japan probable la the belief that It Is probable.
Famous houses: The White House, a full house,
Colon I. the one Jack built, nnd die little green one
on K street. .
The ns* that spoke In Biblo limes didn't spend
twenty minutes Introducing the speaker of the ev
ening-'
The worst form of disrespect to the President
consists of saying one has a high respect for tho
I’resldcncy.
A food fel
low, as a rule. Ii
one who enjoy*
having you watch
him upend money
on himself.
That Hollander who ray* America has nothing
to compare with Dutch windmill* should «eo our
cheer leader.
ime automobile now In America to t.S person*
- Headline. There are too many of these sixth
tenths persons driving.
A wife* endearing word* express her belief
that flattery will make you silly enough to go lit
debt for a fur coat.*
You must hand It to them. The Hebrew chil
dren made brick without straw, and we can't even
vote without straw.
Correct this sentence: "Nothing doing," said
the rirucglst.
Foolish Flings** Tom Sims
A Mount Vernon (III.) man who poisoned his
wife may find he made a mistake In not being a
rich man's son.
Another t-rnate committee la making another
probe. This is regarded as a aura sign of a hard
winter.
tme big voje getter for Coolldge ta the Wash
ington haso hall team did so well this Heaton.
Think of the Washington base ball team win*
Pin;; so many gurnet, and the field covered with oil.
The uuto Industry uses more than 80 per cent*
of the rubber supply, the rest probably being used
.for necks.
Women are good looking, but funh.v. One in
Illinois who poisoned her husband sa>* aha loves
him
Robbers stole a Springfield, (III.) bank's safe,
the building Itsell being too heavy to carry away.
What people want to know U not. "Will It Kill
the odor of onions?" it la "How about the odor
of Invotleg ?"
The patters are so full of the presidential cam
paign news It ta hard to find anything to read.
Mobbed hair la nbhut like all modern Improve
ments. It Isn't the initial cost. It's the upkeep.
There la talk of a balloon trip to the north
pol Well, the pole will Ito near here before long.
A puncture In tho ego la harder to fix than
one in the auto
Marriage la becoming an Incident to men agd
an accident to women.
SPIRIT By Hal Cochran
Sure, you've got worrlee! We've all got our
►here about tills, about that or the other It eeeme
that they come to ua out of the nlr, and when one
|om there enters another.
It a euey to fret and go fumin' about and Juat
feol thr.t the world hea gone smash. We often lote
trust but wa cater to doubt, and we let our old
feelinge get rash.
Then, where doe* it get you? Why, no place
at all '. There'a nothing turn * gained juat by wor
ry. You tnay think It helpa. but It'e only a stall
Cet that fact through your head In a hurry.
Juat atop all your frvtUn'; much more you’ll I*
*gettln', If only to smile you will try. W'hatevet
you're doin', Just cut out the atewln’—-Instead. keep
your spirits up high. * .
“POLLY OF THE CIRCUS”
THE theatres used to present each season a
pretty little drama entitled, "Polly of the Cir
cus. "
And we never failed to thrill at Folly's words
when she told her preacher benefactor, and later
her husband. In most dramatic fashion why she
wanted to leave the parsonage and go back to the
old circus life. With frenzied gesture and In high
pitched voice she described the litmus, the sawdust,
the clowns, the shriek of the lions, shouts of the
bareback riders, and the mad whirl of It all. "I
love the life, I love It! ” she shrieked Into the red
dening ears of the mm-plussed parson.
Of course'Polly loved the circus. Wc all love it.
Most of us go there for the same reason Polly so
vividly described —the gay crowds, the walls of the
caged animals, and the general, gay, mad bedlam.
And you who love big crowds, excitement, gay
colors, kind lots of noise—yea, verily, bedlam Itself
—must not overlook next Saturdays Oeorgla-Fur
man football game. Thla Is true even if you do not
like football or do not understand it.
There'll be crowds at Warren Park. Te godi
and little fishes ! Such crowds you have never
aeon in Augusta at one time before. And there’ll
be lote of excitement, gaiety, and a good time for
all
Over at “Home Folks" cigar store Bill Wallace
la custodian of the little pasteboards that entitle
you to a seat In this great amphitheatre, where for
an hour or two you may forget all your worries of
home and office and join In with other thousands In
a brief spell of excitement that thrills and cxhlli
ratca
And so, when we think that thera are people
In Augusta who have not yet secured the coveted
pasteboards—why, er, honest folks, we are Just
downright sorry for them. Then't don’t cost but
$2.00 apiece.
KEEPING UP YOUR - END.
YOl'lt cost of living Is only about 62 per cent
higher than It was before the war, according
to economists. In other words, you can buy'
as much for $1.62 as you could for $1 in 1914.
This claim must get the average man's goat
once In a while, as he checks up and discovers that
he’s spending a lot more than In the good old days
when he could buy a meal for a quarter.
The Joker t» In thu fact that the economists
fall to make allowances for the advanced standard
of living.
It may be true that your bills for basic foods,
rent, clothing necessities, etc., are only 62 per cent
higher than before the war. And that, by spend
ing $1.62, you can buy as much as you formerly
could for $!.
Hut, since 1914, an advancing standard of liv
ing has added Hems to the list of “necessities" that
were without question In the luxury class back
yonder.
The "coet of living" is more than the matter of
enough to clothe the body warmly, supply It ade
quately with food and shelter.
The ’’coat of living" also Includes non-essen
tials which the average person Imagines he must
have In order to maintain hts social standing. A
lot of foolishness Is Included, such as the waning
of the respectability of patched trousers and mend'
ed furniture.
It isn’t so much tho Increased price of what
we used to buy, aa it la a matter of the price of
things wo formerly never dreamed of buying,, And
tliat'a chiefly why the average man finds he has
less cash on hand after paying hia hills, not to men
tion that the average Income may not have in
creased apace with the ao-calied advancing stand
ard of living.
It Is possible to llva almost as cheaply now as
*0 or 110 years ago—provided one would be satis
fied with the old-time standard of living which
suplled only the simplest and most urgent wants
And. ns a matter of fact, none of us would
have to work mors than a few hours a day If wo
returned to the old-time standard of living. We
have to work long hours because we demand more
commodities and service In dally life thnn was tho
custom long ago.
The Increased coat of living la to considerable
extent the price of increased standard of living.
HAVE YOU GOOD JUDGMENT T
GOOD judgment la the moat fundamental thing
In life, claims a speaker addressing Union Col
lege students.
That's putting It a bit broadly. But good Judg
ment undoubtedly Is the moat Important function
of the brain.
Huccess depends largely on It. So does happi
ness- which la possible only by wise selection of
a mate, friends, personal actions and mental attl
tuds toward life.
Good Judgment ts to considerable extent Inborn
In all women. Men usually have to acquire It.
And It can be acquired by broad education,
open-mindedness, determination to learn both stdea
of the question thoroughly, and by a sense of
values baaed on contrast.
The speaker tells the college students that In
school they should get the ability to reject th*
wrong and select the right Instinctively. A
Unfortunately It cannot t|* done Instinctively.
Snap Judgment la rarely Wood Judgment.
Deliberate thinking—reasoning—l a necessary.
The fallacy of most •‘lntelligence tests" la that
they are baaed on ability to think fast rather than to
think "straight."
The beet thinking ta alow thinking Genius I*
not *n exception—tt Is one-sided, rarely has good
Judgment.
Children often wonder why they have to go to
tehool and learn so many thing* that they'll never
uae directly In later life.
The answer |* that the purpose rs to develop the
power to recognlte. understand, analyse and value.
Thai la the goal, rather than filling a brain witn
dates and facta Ilka pouring gaaotlne Into a motor
car.
The old-timers educated to Impart facts. Tho
new way I* to impart the power to reason and
utllixe, with recognition that to know where to find
any desired knowledge when needed Is better than
to be able lo pronounce all tbs words tn th# dic
tionary. rattle off all the dates In history, or recite
the classics by heart
Mathematics, for Instance, may not be put to
much us In *n sdding-machln# age. But it develops
reasoning—the power of good Judgment, of being
able to determine valuea.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, GA.
MaJ. Oen. Hquier says: "In the
World War the Central Powers In
troduced three new Instrumentali
ties of warfare—the Zeppelin air
ship, the super-submarine and gas.
The Allies Introduced the tank."
He overlooks the most Important
Innovation of all—Propaganda. It
won the war.
Chemlsta promise that. In the
next war, It will be possible to gas
an entire nation, put It to sleep for
4 hours while the invading enemy
overruns Its soil.
The Germans had a similar delu
sion when they tried their first gas
attack on the Canadian lines.
What do the chemists think the
enemy nation would be doing In the
meantime? Its own chemists would
trot forth sorpe secret protection.
Every spear has Its counteracting
shield. Defensive disarms offen
sive, The race for supremacy is
futile.
Now and then you read of odd In
ventions. "scientific toys” for labor
atory research. The X-ray used to
be that. Now It's applied exten
sively In discovering internal can
cers. abscesses of the teeth, swal
lowed metal, concealed diamonds
secreted by smugglers.
The latest Is use of X-ray for lo
cating wires tn partitions of a
house, and Joists for driving nails,
behind plaster.
The wildest scientific discovery
eventually Is used In some practical
way.
Our army's pursuit planes, now
traveling "only” 165 miles an hour,
by the end of the year will bo dis
placed by Improved types making
200. Speed of observation planes
will be increased from 120 to 160.
The goal of flying Is speed. Quite
natural, since the airplane still is
primarily a mllltnry devil." Grad
ually the goal will shift to economy
of production and to safety. Then
flying will take Its place with autos
and railroads. The quest for speed
rather than safety is delaying that
day.
An army officer, high up, says:
"Tha essence of strategy is sur
prise, which can be attained only
through secrecy.”
That's true in warfare, though
radio Is making It Increasingly dif
ficult to proservo military secrets.
In regular life, the essence of
strategy Is accomplishment—worth
and reliability. Success Is not mys
terious. Ed Howo has a lot on his
side when ho claims that It's easier
to succeed than to fall. Life, after
all, Is warfnre—the Individual
against the entire field.
Flowers that bloomed 90 million
years ago are being reconstructed
from fossils by Yale scientists.
These experts, rummaging in an
excavation meaningless to the un
trained eye. are able to picture the
long ago In most minute detail.
Scientists are the greatest dctec
tivs. Sherlock Holmes goes in for
science Instead of crime detection.
That's why he pursues villains only
In fiction. The average crime de
tective gets at least half of his re
sults by such unromantic things as
double-crossing nnd "pipe lines"
Into the underworld.
The news sorpetime* reads
»trnnger than fiction. In Texas an
old lady Is reunited with her hus
band from Whom she was ktdnsned
r>:t years ago by her parents a few
weeks after the w-eddlng In Ten
nessee. The father, now 73. sees
hts mlddle-iived son for the first
time. If It were In the movies t*»»
critics would label It "Impossible.”
FABLES ON HEALTH
Childhood Problem
L>o von tench your boys and girls lo
face bravely the minor difficulties of
which childhood ts full?
It Is one of the most important
functions of a parent, and one of the
most neglected.
Th* average "mother cornier*"
grows out of the protective Instinct
of the mother. It Is the mother In
stinct to protect th.- world, to take
the child's part under all circum
stances and to keep It away from th*
realities of life.
As science penetrate* Human re
actions It I* made plain that the
modern mother must tsach her chil
dren to face the trying moments of
life and to tell them they can be
wrong aa wall as tight.
How much development of future
character lies In these moments be
tween mother and child can never
be estimated, but It Is now a scien
tific fart that if a child can be
pieced squarely against the pttty
difficulties of his young life and see
them through, he will be much better
prepared to face tho major difficul
ties
Pus* tit* should think this over and
act accordingly!
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A BUMPER CROP.
Gilbert to Wed Before
Sailing For Berlin
WBy Harry b. hunt
ASHINGTON—October, 1924,
is destined to be a big month
in the life of S. Parker Gilbert, Jr.,
youthful financial genius, who
while in his twenties, as under-sec
retary of the United state Treasury,
won from the government's fiscal
workers the title of “The Brains of
the Treasury.”
On October 8 Gilbert will be mar
ried to Miss Louise Todd of Louis
ville, Ky.
Three days later. Oct. 11, he will
uail with his bride to take up his
labors as agent general in the ad
ministration of German reparations
under the Dawes plan.
THE Gilbert-Todd nuptials, in
cidentally, will cause quite an
exodus of official and social
notables from Washington to
Louisville. Gilbert, as a most
"eligible’’ young man during the
days of his service as under-secre
tary, was socially as well as offi
cially popular..
His bride-to-be, who has spent
two winters in Washington, where
she was active in amateur society
theatricals, is regarded as virtual
ly a Washlontonian.
Announcement of the Oilbert-
Todd engagement, however, was
somthing of a surprise to their
friends here. Gilbert had been en
gaged. by rumor, at various times
to various Washington buds, and at
one time it was whispered he was
to become the son-in-law of his
then boss, Secretary Mellon.
All these rumors, however, prov
ed baseless, and Gilbert’s friends at
last decided he was wedded to fin
ance; that he was an unromantlc
individual after all, with a heart
as Impenetrable as the chllled-
Bteol vaults in the treasury sub
basement.
BUT the reparations Job re
vealed the romance. It hadn’t
been expected to announce the
Speaking The Public Mind
CITIZEN WRITES ABOUT
RIVER TRANSPORTATION.
Augusta, Ga., Oct. 2, 1921.
To The Herald.
I have read Mayor Smith's testi
monv In the injunction proceedings
brought by several citizens of Au
gusta to prevent the purrhase of a
boat by the City Council of Augusta,
and believe the public is entitled to
some facts in connection with the
possible effect of water competition
on rail rates.
To begin with, it Is admitted that
formerly water competition at Au
gusta. and other inferior cities, influ
enced rates from all territories. Often
this water competition was only po
tential, hut its influence was reflect
ed in rates from non-water compe
tltives points. However, this prac
tice was outlawed by federal statute,
which prohibits the carriers from dis
criminating against one city in favor
of another. It would he the rankest
di crimination against a point inter
mediate between Augusta and Cin-
UNUSUAL PEOPLE
“ $1
Says Bobbing
Is Barbaric
' "
Sylvester X,. Arau. Italian noble
man and barber of Camden. Me.,
has never bobbed a head of hair.
Soya it's barbaric. He's run his
shop for years without once hav
ing told his customers of his ex
ploits as a soldier under Garibaldi.
engagcmtnt for a couple of monthp
yet. and the wedding wasn’t to have
been until January.
Cut even the most able financial
wizard keep his mind on repara
tions. in Europe, while his sweet
heart was back in Louisville, Ky.,
U. S. A.?
Gilbert and Miss Todd decided
that he couldn’t. At least that he
shouldn't have to try.
A sweetheart in Louisville, It was
agreed, would be a bigger handicap
than a bride in Berlin.
So the date of the wedding was
advanced four months, the hurried
invitations sent out and Gilbert re.
served the bridal suite on a liner
for France.
MUCH mystery has been main
tained as to the reasons, if
any, hack of the recent, week
end visit of Senator Mcdil McCor
mick and Mrs. McCormick at the
White House.
Medill, having just been defeated
for rencmination as senator from
Illinois, it is figured would hardly
be called in for a political confer
ence.
“What then?”’ the curious asked
"Ah! Maybe an ambassadorship!”
The fact that McCormick is a
“lame duck,” it is held, would be
no bar to his eligibility for a diplo
matic post. Frank Kellogg was
picked as ambassador to Great Bri
tain, after having been defeated
for re-election to the senate by the
youthful Farm-Laborite. Henrik
Shipstead.
As a member of the senate com
mittee on foreign affairs McCor
mick has had a finger in shaping
our diplomatic policy. And he is a
dependable Republican "regular” on
all questions touching our foreign
relationships.
Also, which Is a controlling fac
tor in the selection of ambassadors,
he has enough millions to enable
him to accept such a post.”
clnnati. for instance, to maintain
rates lower to Augusta than to such
intermediate point. The hope that
that old basis will ever be restored la
absolutely groundless.
As Illustrating the possible future
effect' of water transportation at Au
gusta. from points from which water
competition does not exist, take the
rate on first class, Cincinnati to Sa
vannah. where they really have water
transportation, and compane It with
Augusta. The rate to Augusta is
$1.51 per 100 pounds and to Savan
nah $1.68 per 100 pounds. I might
add, in this connection that the rate
on first rlass is' Illustrative of the
general adjustment, the lower rated
classes being to Savannah different
ials over Augusta in proportion to
the amount of the rate. Furthermore,
the rato on Iron and steel articles.
Pittsburg to Augusta is 62c as against
6fic to Savannah, while the rail and
water route from Pittsburg to Sa
vannah via Baltimore is quite logical.
In'connection with the question un
der discussion. It might be well to
add here that formerly, in addition to
depression in the rates to Augusta,
due to water competition. Augusta,
and other larger southeastern cities,
also were favored under the old "base
point” system of constructing through
■|tes. which provided that rates to
nearby small points were made up
over the larger city, using the local
rate from the larger city to the small
town as the factor beyond the base
point. As an illustration, the rate
from Cincinnati to Thomson. Ga., was
the rate to Augusta, plus the rate
from Augusta to Thomson, although
the shlpmnet did not move to Augusta
at all. This practice also was out
lawed by federal statute, and is
equally as dead as King Tut.
This same question has been raised
Aunt Het
"I wish Pa would carry a
cushion when he goes down
town, so he wouldn’t be for
ever snaggln' the seat of hia
pants on dry goods boxes."
(Copyright. 1924, Associated
Editors, Inc.)
By William*
by every other city in the United
States, located on a stream at, all
navigable, and the elimination of the
old ’'base point” ib'stcm, whereby the
larger cities enjoyed lower rates than
the smaller ones, has come In for its
share of criticism. Neither is the work
of the railroads, but, on the contrary,
both are covered by federal statues,
and are manifestly just and easily
defensible. No one with any Infor
mation on the subject would consider
for a moment the possibility of a boat
operating on the Sgvannnh river
changing either. We are forced to
come to competing with our neighbor
ing cities on basis of equal rates from
equi-distant points, except where
water transportation may be used at
lower, than the carriers publish,
and knowing, as I do. the amount of
tonnage moving to Augusta on which
a saving can be effected by the use
of water transportation here. I can
tell you without fear of contradic
le’ Iton that the "Altamaha” can
handle it all.
CITIZEN.
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In the crypt chapel under the
House of Commons in London Is pre
served an altar cloth reputed to have
been made by Queen Elizabeth.
The heart of a patient In Charing
Cross Hospital, London. continued
to beat for four and a half hour after
she had stopped breathing.
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Pain Neuralgia
Toothache Lumbago
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