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THE AUGUSTA HERALD
AUGUSTA, GA.
Deily—Afternoon Sunday—Morning
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A THOUGHT
Wealth maketh many friende but the poor it sep
arated from his neighbor^—Prev. 19i4.
Wealth may be an excellent thing, for It means
power, It means leisure, It meant liberty.—Lowell.
QUIPS: By Robert Quillen
In the modern novel, too many of the graphic de
scriptions are pornographic.
Slowly but eurely Jackie Coogan It developing to
fit a smaller salary.
America now hat half of the world's gold tnd
about *6 per cent of its brass.
The East !« the section of country that thinks the
way Hiram Johnson doesn’t.
Typical street: Service Station, Ladles’ ready-to
wear (6), Hot dogs. Service station.
If the election goes to the House, a lot of Its
members won't go back to the House.
Wild life lent
really disappear
ing. It la Just
moving to the
cities.
Mud slinging la especially reprehensible If the
mud la 99 per cent plain truth.
England has always railed cracker* "biscuit."
New she calls them a political Issue.
This Is the era of elastic currency, elastic reduc
ing corsets and elastic morals.
There la one good thing about the saxophone. It
is never advertised as "distinctive".
The night had a thousand eyes long ago, but they
didn't look through holes In pillow cases.
America has many factions, but all unite in
making war and hacking Waller Johnson.
A man Isn't old
until ho begins
to lie when tell
ing how strong
he was at thirty.
One reason Why we must elevate the Navy's guns
is because ws elevate men who shoot the bull.
Of course some evidence le too nasty for lady Ju
rors. But think of the poor Judge. He may he n
gentleman.
What the average man wishes to know Is which
aide of China la making the world safe for democ
racy.
One thing that keeps America free of revolution
Is the fact that one exciting sport season blends Into
another.
Correct this sentence: "I'm craiy to see that pic
ture." said the wife, "but I must darn John's socks
this afternoon."
Sentiment Dishes » y hm oochmn
I PEEKED In a eupl<*rd where dishes are kept,
so a story I'd like to relate. They all looked the
same as all dishes except a cup and a saucer
and pi: le.
The cups shy a handle; Its thick aa can be. it's
not like our china today, it hints of the old, you
van easily see and It's lona since they put It away.
The saucer la cracksd and it's full of nicks; an
odd piece of china to keep. But there on the shelf,
like an heirloom. It sticks. Just a memory fait In Its
sleep.
The dear litile plate's of a faded-out hue. Just a
victim of old Father Time. It etui holds a painting
of I.lttle Boy Ttlue, and the veree of lhat nursery
rhyme.
Just three worn old dishes I always will see. With
much better dishes they're piled. But. always, thsy'l!
lie a heap grsater to me. They were mother's when
she was a child.
Foolish Flings By Tom Sims
Next (bin* you know everybody will he talking
about Christmas.
They ha\# been saying Jazz music wa* don* with
for about three yeirs, but It isn't played out yet,
Lois of fellows stand around and make excuse*
while lot* of other fellows are making a sum-css.
The railroad crossing kill* almost as many a*
double croetlng.
Y ou can t kies a girl three day* who doesn't know
how.
Statistic* say there is a business revival, but you
don't hear much shouting.
If ignorance were bile* all the groucheg would be
happy.
The coal bln lg a hae-hin no longer; now it'* a
n# sn't-bln.
Open mind* and open mouths don't go together.
When a man starts out to make a fool . ( himself
h# always find* • crowd eager to help him.
We must take our hate off to winter, and get new
one*.
Human nature i* what makes a man mad when
•omeon* atoal* the same overcoat he did
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BY ALL MEANS LET’S BUILD A HIGH
SCHOOL
THE HERALD Is entirely In sympathy with the
Board of Education In th# movement to
vote $300,000 of bonds for a Boys High School,
and this paper will lend Its every effort to that end.
For the benefit of those who have not yet read
the legislative act authorising an election for school
building purposes, we will explain at the outset that
the voters of this county will ballot In a special elec
tion November 1 on the question of Issuing $350,000
In SO-ycar bonds. It Is provided that the bonds bo
sold at a rate of Interest not greater than 5 per cent.
(They will be readily purchased at 4% per cent);
that the bonds be of SI,OOO denomination, and that
11 bonds he retired the first year, 12 the second year,
and alternate between 11 and 12 thousand dollars
for a period of 30 years, seventeen bonds being re
tired the last year. The act further provides that
$300,000 of this Issue be spent for a Boys High
Bchool in the City of Augusta, $25,000 for a achooi
at Hood's Chapel, and $25,000 for a school In the
119th District. This will cost the taxpayers only
about half a mill.
As staled In the beginning, the Herald feels that
Augusta needs a Boys High School; that the boys
now completing the grades In our grammar schools
ore entitled to a modern school building with mod
ern equipment, and that the need Is so apparent, and
so fully appreciated by every one, as to make any
argument In Its favor entirely unnecessary.
Now, at to the two new rural schools. The voter
cannot go to the polls and endorse the SBOO,OOO for
a Boys High School without at the same tlmo agree
ing to sp<jmd $50,000 for two new schools In the
country. This, ws feel, Is unfortunate, but Is a sit
uation that cannot be remedied at this time.
The Herald hopes the entire $350,000 bond Issue
will be ratified, and believes It will be ratified. At
the SAtne time ws do not believe the expenditure of
$50,000 for two new rural schools at this time Is Jus
tified. We say this In all fairness to our friends liv
ing outside the city, and base our position on the
fact that thero Is at this time a far more pressing
need for now grammar schools In the city than ex
ists in the country.
The Davidson School, for instance. A veritable
flra-trap—out of dnte and Inadequate In every sense
of the word. Than, there Is the D’Antlgnac school,
where a similar situation exists, not to mention tho
Hill School. These are Immediate, demanding,
pressing needs, that cannot be overtooKed.
Wa are told that the two new country achools
would be erected within a few miles of other county
schools that are adequate for all demands and en
tirely modern. Trucks are now being employed to
haul children to school In the country, and these
more substantial rural achools could be used, at
least for many years to come, In serving a much
broader rural territory.
Inasmuch as It appears that the legislative act Is
so worded as to compel a vote either for or against
the entire bond Issue, the Herald hopes the entire
Issue will be ratified. When the next General As
aombly meets, though, we feel that the Board of Ed
ucation should seek legislative authority to divert
fbO.OOO of the bond Issue from the rural schools to
be applied In building city schools where the de
mand is far more Imperative.
The Herald wants to see the country districts have
good schools. They now have better schools, rela
tively, than those In the city. A Boys High School
would mean as much to the rural resident, In a
sense, as to the city dweller. The bulk of the bond
lesue would be devoted to the education of his chil
dren along with the children of the city. Surely,
then, he can eee the logic of eliminating such fire
traps as the Davidson, P’Antlgnac and Hill schools
before building new schools In a country district
that le conveniently contlguoue to a modern rural
school.
Just why ISO, OOO was included In the bond Issue
for these new rural schools Is a matter with which
the Herald Is not familiar, but there la no denying,
In view of the facts, that the pressing school needs
where the population la greater should be met be
fore there le any expenditure for achoole In a com
munity with a problem far lose acute.
The Herald hopes to see this 1300,000 bond Issue
ratified by an overwhelming vote, and we believe
that the Board of Education will see the apparent
wisdom of meeting this execrable school situation In
the city befors building two nsw rural schools.
We believe that the Board of Education. In spite
of Its many extravagances of the past. Is now bend
ing its efforts in the right direction and will sooner
or later solve the school problem of Richmond Coun
ty in an Intelligent and highly manner,
We are Rank to say lhat our endorsement of the
bond Issue plan (or new- schools la given because wc
believe the taxpayers of the county are protected
from an unreasonable current tax in the future, and
we (eel that a vast majority ot the taxpayers are In
hearty accord with this position.
The success ot this bond Issue, and any bond Is
sues of the future, will depend. In the Herald'* opin
ion. upon the rightful expectation that the limita
tion of the taxing power of the Board of Education
will remain permanently at tom* reasonable figure.
The first matter facing the Board of Education In It*
new plan of building modern and permanent school
structures. Is a fair and Impartial trial of the 10-mlll
tax limit that goes into effect In 19I*. With bonds
for new schools, ths laxpsyers have evary reason to
expect a rate In keeping with that of other counties
of this else, which happens to be. Just at this time
considerably under that of ten mills.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, GA.
G. 0. P. Credit Nats’ Glory to
Famed “Coolidge Luck”
BY HARRY B. HUNT
WASHINGTON'. —A new explana
tion of how Washington came
to win the American League
baseball championship emana
tes from Republican national head
quarters.
The strength of the team and
the prowess of its individual play,
ers, while they may have contrib
uted something to the result, were
not. It seems, to controlling fac
tor. According to these O. O. P.
adherents, "Coolidge lurk" Is to l>e
credited with having brought the
pennant to Washington.
yearningly It wan the spirit mys
teriously Instilled Into the team by
th* way Cal threw out the ball on
the opening game of the season
that put It on Its toes and enabled
It to play championship ball., Cool
ldge, rather than "Bucky” Harris,
tho National’s manager, should be
recognized by loyal fans ns the
real gazabo of the national game.
CONVERSELY, It Is claimed that
tho National's victory, through
"foolldge luck," Is also another
stroke of luck for Coolidge.
By giving the president the
chance to welcome the victorious
team back to the capital, it gave
him the chance to make the best
speech of his career ad one which
probably was more widely read
than any political utterance he
ever made.
It gave him the chance to throw
out the first ball In the opening
game of the world series, getting
him bigger headlines and more
publicity than any other single
event of the campaign. That
chance to have the center of the
slags In the opening of the world
series Is sn advantage which noth
ing Davis or I.a Follette can do
can equal By putting him in the
picture as the "First Fan." It en
dears him to many thousands who
are fans first, voters afterward.
AT least that’s tho way the
Coolldgltes in the capital fig
ure it. They also maintain
that Ci-nUdgo's speech of wol
Capital Once Again Is
Right-Side-Up
By HARRY B. HUNT
WASHINGTON —For one week,
at least, Washington has ex
perienced all the thrills of a
metropolis. Like the old prospector
who has made a strike and plays
millionaire for a day, she has had
her fling.
From a rather easy-going, de
liberate. If-not-today -then-tomor
row-will-do town, following all the
clrcumloeutions of red tape and
maintaining a formal and dignified
mien befitting the national capital,
Washington changed for a few
brief days to the heetic hurry and
mad rush of a busy burg that has
Important matters on hand on
which hangs nothing less Important
than the fate of the universe.
The streets were packed with
jostling, hustling crowds rushing
inadly hither and yon. Taxicabs
flashed wildly through the thronged
thoroughfares. Hawkers called their
wares along the curbs and specula
tively inclined gentlemen hung out
signs announcing ware for sale
more precious than gold and ru
ble* —tickets to the series.
For after 38 years of striving,
Washington had at last landed a
world’s championship baseball se
ries, and for the time nothing else
counted. The whole town went on
a spree, and a hundred thousand or
so fanatical fans from other cities
rushed In to help the Jollification.
IMIERE was a headache when It
Is all over, of course. The high
elation of such periods doesn’t
last.
And when Washington settles
hack to the humdrum of being just
the national capital, with nobody
more Important than the president
and the cabinet members, or oc
casional foreign dignitaries like the
I’rlnee of Wales or King Benjamin
to plqtte Its interest, things are go
ing to seem mighty prosy. There
may even be a bit of remosre, as
the residents view accumulation of
work left undone which must now
be tackled, and the deficit in their
snvlngs accounts due to dare-devil
plunging on grandstand seats at
world eerie* prices.
But for the once It was one grand
orgy. Inauguration of presidents,
parades of returned victorious ar
mies, never sent the said capital
to such heights of delirious reck
lessness. Even Calm Cal Coolidge
celehrnled his nineteenth wedding
anniversary at the hall park—and
Cal Is beyond all question tile mild
est, coolest and most collected ball
fan in the capital.
BEING president, or even chief
justice of the august and theo.
retically sedate supreme court,
need not rob a man of his human
qualities.
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come to the returning ball team refu
tes afl previous claim that he Is lack
ing a sense of humor, that he Is no
sport and that he is merely a cool,
unemotional Intellectual machine.
Certainly the president attempt
ed a lighter touch In his speech of
welcome than la usual with him.
He even Joked a bit, or attempted
it, which was almost unheard of.
If his humor lacked punch. It was
perhaps due to his Inexperience In
turning a funny phrase; for cer
tainly it was evident that he was
trying to Jazz the situation within
the limits of presidential dignity
and decorum.
COOLIDGE welcomed the team
"as the head of an enterprise
which conducta some business
and maintains a considerable
staff In thia town." He said that he
had hopes that with the conclusion
of the world series ‘t'he people of
Washington may gradually resume
Interest In the ordinary concerns of
life."
So disrupted had government
workers become during the closing
weeks of the baseball season, when
Washington was still uncertain of
the pennant, the president said,
that "I contemplated action of a
vigorously disciplinary character."
And ho praised as "a correct,
constructive and statesmanlike pro
gram" the suggestion of Congressman
John F Miller of Seattle that a spe
cial session of Congress be convened
at once In ofder that congressman
would have an excuse to be In Wash
ington at the time of the world
series.
IT Is no exaijgeratlon to say that
the lmalnesa of government haa
hoen sorely handlcapned by the
Washington baseball victory
Coolidge spoke more in truth than
In test when he said that.
The town has been simply base
ball crazy since about Sept. 15.
From Coolidge down, the pennant
race has held the center of Interest
for officials and workers. The elec
tion rhsult, except for Coolidge,
will not he half so Important.
At least so thinks William How
ard Taft, who has served In both
Jobs. Dignity and formality are all
right, and within bounds must be
mtalntalned in these Jobs. Bill
thinks, but it does public officials
good to come down off their high
horse and think and talk like
average human beings once in a
while Instead of seeking to main
tain an attitude of superman su
periority.
Bill demonstrated his belief, both
by words and actions, the other
day when the members of the su
preme court gathered at the White
House to pay their respects to the
president before resuming their
judicial labors after the summer's
vacation.
It was, of course, a format occa
sion—so long as they were with
the president. Some of the mem
bers of the court sttempted to
continue the formalities, after they
emerged from the executive pres
ence, when photographers asked
them If they wouldn't pose for a
photograph. They demurred. Pos
ing for pictures wasn’t seemly for
supreme court justices, they sug
gested.
Then up spoke Bill, the chief
justice of them all, in informal
terms;
"Come on," he said, waving his
arms at the reluctant ones. "Can
the chatter. Line up and do your
stuff. You might as well; they’lll
get you anyhow. And smile while
you’re about It!”
Which, we submit, shows that
Bill is a pretty good scout.
FABLES ON HEALTH
DECEIT
There was a nerve specialist In
Anytown who was fond of telling a
story about a woman who came to
him for consultation.
When she had been a child. the
psychiatrist lesrnec sh» dovel'med
the habit of "getting sick" when
ever there was anything card to os
tackled at school.
On the occnslon of a particular
arithmetic quls the child realized
that she had been negligent In her
studies and was likely to "not pass."
So she made an excuse to her
mother. Three months before this
child had been quite til. Memory
ot thl* Illness and Its escapes from
duties occurred to her and she pre
tended to he again troubled.
It worked. She escaped
Now at this period of her life the
"attack" was intentional and pre
meditated. But continuous use of
the same device to get out of per
plexing problems resulted in the
•'sickness" being registered h.v the
"unconscious mind.” In later years
the sickness would bob up handily
whenever any difficulty was encoun
tered. By this time the woman did
not realize that the whole thing was
not sickness at all. but a form of de
fense built up through the years
and now seeming to be a reality.
Such cases are numerous and
should cause parents to watch care
fully the actions of their children
lest they develop conditions similar
to that here described.
EDITORiALGOMMENT
THE DOCTRINE THAT SHOULD
WIN
Governor Bryan, the Democratic
nominee for Vice President, is talk
ing horse sense In his speeches out
West. He is laying down propositions
that ought to win the day. What he
Is preaching as current Democratic
doctrine is "co-operation based on
the Jeffersonian principle of equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none, to protect the Nation. State,
city and town from 'selfishness and
greed’ of the 'special privilege class.’ "
That 1b a whole platform In Itself,
and sticking to that creed, Bryan is
destined to win a block of votes that
will surprise when election returns
come In. He is rendering patriotic
service, likewise, in reminding the
farmers of the manner In which the
Republican party has failed to bring
about relief for their condition and of
the specific remedies the Democratic
party has prepared for their trou
bles. Just how the country is to go
In November depends largely on the
farmer vote and the vice presiden
tial candidate Is one man who ap
pears sensible to that fact. —Char-
lotte Observer.
CANNED
(From The Wall Street Journal)
The big advance which can stocks
have enjoyed in recent years only re-
UNUSUAL PEOPLE
Learns to Type
Late In Life
% 111
M. <J. Youmans, Cincinnati, 91
years old, is learning to operate a
typewriter In one of the classes at
the Central Y. M. C. A. at Cin
cinnati.
Youmans goes to school every
day and enjoys being in the class
with 30 other students. He says he
does not want to learn typewrit
ing to become a stenographer, but
since his hands are somewhat
shaky on account of age he can
no longer write a steady hand so he
will write letters on the typewriter
in the future.
Aunt Het
v * - • .
“I don't know of anybody
I'<J like to vote for, but
there's three men I’m poin’
to enjoy votin' against."
(Copyright. 1924, Associated
Editors, Inc.)
Bv Williams
fleets the remarkable growth of the
canning Industry. Canned goods to
day are as tasty and healthy' as fresh
—and cheaper—and many a hostess
has smiled to herself as some guest
complimented her on her spinach or
peas from the tin, declaring that
fresh vegetables were so delicious and
“that awful canned stuff" unbear
able. But perhaps the prize story
in this line goes to a small seacoast
village famous for its lobsters. Here
Summer visitors go to enjoy the
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that had once contained canned
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