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THE AUGUSTA HERALD
AUGUSTA, GA.
Daily—Aftarnaon Sunday—Morning
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A THOUGHT
The Sabbath wii made for man and not man for
the Sabbath.—Mark 2:27.
The poor mnn'a day.—Orahame.
QUIPS: By Robert Quillen
Another thing that la ailent and atrong la Llmber
ger.
Horn* wives use a quick-working polaon and aome
fry everything.
The music we like heat In a tr.ovle theatre la the
“Refrain from Talking."
Some kind friends should lend Spain a book about
England and Ireland.
The moat prolific cause of war la the conviction
that one can lick tho other fellow.
The worst thing about the Itch for office Is that
election may make It settle In the palms.
The hap p I est
people nre those
young enough to
thin); the back
scat was made to
hold six.
The thing that makes tho capitalistic system hateful
Is mediocre ability as a money getter.
If you think the Idea of self-determination didn't
take hold, study modern children.
If at 12 ho believes In Santa Claus, at 26 he be
lieves he Is tho only man who ever kissed her.
A lot of men who dnnr.e now couldn't get by If
sk!: ts were long enough to step on.
Japan Is still sore about Immigration. Well, doubt
less It la more trouble to amuggle them In.
Ki me aliens learn Americanism slowly, and some
are Incolorant even before they come over.
The grandmoth
•
cr who used to
die when the team
played at home Is
the >;ay lady with
lobbed hair In
the third row.
l u nch Is an ensy language to learn. The hard part
Is to make Frenchmen understand It.
The world progresses. Once mud was used to make
houses; now It Is used as political argument.
personally, we don't believe the story about tha hen
that developed a taste for clay and Is now laying
brick.
Virtue may be Its own reward, but It doesn't make
you bullet proof If the dry agent thinks your quart of
vinegar Isn't vinegar.
Correct this sentence: "I have never broken a law.' 1
said lie.
CRAWLIN’ IN By Hal Cochran
IN the woo hours of night, when there's nnry a
light, and you're Blcoptn' as tight ss can he. a
1 little tot rises and quickly surpiises his folks
with a chuckle of glee.
You know what's the matter on hearing a patter
of tiny feet down through the hall. That woe tiny
mile, are you've slept through the night. Into bed
with you wishes to crawl.
lie sneaks through the dark on his every-nlght
lark and he comes to the edge of your bed. He
whispers, "Say, dad, gee 1 wish that I had some
covers to cover my head.”
And then lie will hop into bed with Ills pop and his
mother will cuddle him tight. This thrill's made you
glalf you're mother or dad, as tt'a come In the
wee hours of night.
Foolish Flings By Tom Sims
Woman would be safer behind s steering wheel
If you could tell what they were driving at.
Our expert opinion Is that the man who call* sweet
perspiration doesn't know much about it.
A common dog is the saAst watch dog. Get a
pedigree.! pup and they may steal him too.
lint h jour reputation. When you lose a good
reputation it may take you years to find another one.
This world could be twice as bad a* It !*. The
season* on Mart are twice as long as ours
F.et the man who namea collars gets sorry for
what he has dine later.
M.n are known by the company they keep; women
by the i lollies they keep on wearing,
After practicing eating gravy for 49 or 60 years
aotm men still spill It on their vest*.
Men art rot always superior to animats. When a
dog stnrts Itching he can scratch anywhere.
The only way for the weather to satisfy people t»
not to have any.
Beauty and brains together are twlc« too much.
It t -ok six days to make the world, but It frequent
ly seems to have been changed overnight.
T) e man who doesn't know where he Is going Isn't
going very far.
T’leaae be quiet. In Florida a man got shot for
yelling at his wife.
Nr. ).lrl Is an old mat) until she give* up Use parlor
to Irt her younger sister have a chsnee.
A aucreas la a man w - ho blamed everything on
himself.
Fortune never smiles on a man because he Is a
Joke.
Distance will lend quite a hit of enchantment to
•ummer.
AUGUSTA NOW HAS EVIDENCE OF
WHAT A STADIUM WOULD
MEAN TO CITY.
AVANNAH Hoard of Trade and the City of
Savannah congratulate you and the City of
Augusta Augusta for the pace you have act
In furtherance of pure amateur athletic sport."
So reads a message received Saturday by Spencer
1,. Hart, secretary of the Augusta Board of Com
merce, from Gordon Saussy, prominent business man
and civic leader of Savannah.
Augusta appreciates such messages from Savan
nah—her sister city. The relations between these
cities have always been good, and that they are to
be more closely cemented In the future goes with
out saying.
Mr. Baiissy'* message, though, Is but added evi
dence of Iho fact that Augusta Is being placed on the
msp In a more prominent way than before In the
city's history.
Football fans from four states, with Georgia and
South Carolina predominating, were In Augusta
Ssturday to witness the Georgla-Furman football
game. All roads leading Into the city were Jammed
with automobiles, and each train reaching the city
added vast numbers to the thousands already here.
If Augusta could have a half dozen such events as
this each year, the growth and the prosperity of the
city would be nothing short of phenomenal. We do
not mean a half dozen footbnll games, but that many
great amateur sporting events.
Such a situation can only be brought about by
the erection of a permanent stadium, seating 20,000
or 26,000 people, with a vast athletic field that would
bo In keeping with such a structure. The eyes of
the entire southeast are now focused upon Augusta
as being potentially one of the leading amateur sport
centers of the South, and If Augusta Is to maintain
this fortunate reputation a stadium mu-t be built—
It must he erected at once.
The Herald respectfully suggests to the Alumni
Associations here of the University of Georgia, Emory
University, and Mercer University that they hold a
Joint meeting during the present week, while Interest
In such matters are running high, and put In motion
some definite plan for a great stadium here.
Augusta's young men are now taking the reins In
civic affairs, and It Is a happy omen that such Is
true. The success of Saturday's football gime, which
was largely engineered by Spencer L. Hart, George
Hancken, and George Barrett, Is concrete evidence of
this fact. Thro are mnny such men—young men—in
the alumni associations, and If they will but put
their heads together they can make Augusta hum.
Bet’s have a stadium!
OLDEST MAN IS 163.
OLDEST living man In the world Is the Man
churian giant, Yuan Kwo-Chang. He claims
lie's 103. Orientals accept him as authentic.
The Chinese, In particular, believe he doesn't exag
gerate his age. Marshal Chang pensions him, 200
yon a year.
And yet Yuan, living his life In a half-barhario
Mongolian district, hasn't actually 'lived” as much as
the average American of 30.
What counts Isn't the number of birthdays, but
bow much happens between birthdays.
Our generation, amid scientific marvels and with
the whole world HUmally at our door ns a result of
transportation magic, crams Into one year ns mucTl
experience, learning, sensations and Impressions as
our great-grandfathers got In a dozen.
In the one-minute march from deatj) cell to electric
chair, the condemned murderer lives through an eter
nity. In a second of sleep, you can "go through”
years of life as vivid ns the real thing, though It's all
a dream.
Time la relative. •
Save JIOOO. With It, you can travel more than
Marco Polo In his whole lifetime. Or Columbus or
nny of the early explorers. The main difference <s
that you will not have their hardships. And you will
be exploring the known Instead of the uncharted.
Men now In the prime of life will have a chance to
live 1000 years, by approaching medical discoveries.
So claimed tha eminent Gerniais ecientlat, Professor
Frits Haber, recently. He expects the elimination of
causes of natural death.
After enduring a few centuries, people would br
gin to curse the scientists who condemned them to
the 1000 years. Life begins to get dull after the
eightieth birthday or before. The averse old person
Is quite calm ns he contemplates the approaching
end—more than resigned, he Is willing. He has
tasted life to Its full extent and Is ready for another
world.
Thin earth la not Interesting enough to he a per
manent home, nor even for 1000 years. Life Is a
journey. And it gradual sameness makes any long
trip tiresome toward Its close. Te ocean may be
at Its best, delightful. ltut passengera still thrill
when they sight land—-destination—nenrly as much
so as early explorers.
THE ZEPPELIN DOMESTICATED.
THE big Oerman dirigible ER-3 sailed across to
these shores and hung up at Lakehurst, N. J..
airdrome Wednesday as naturally ns If she were
a native American. Her safe arrival in this country
after a continuous voyage over land and sea of B,ooc
•nllcs, constitutes a world record and Is a wonderful
triumph at this stage of nvlatlon that places leng dig.
tance travel by nlr beyond the experimental stage.
The ability of the giant airship to contend with and
overcome a 60-mtle an hour gale was thoroughly
demonstrated, as was also her adaptability to all
aorta of weather conditions. This leaves no doubt
of a properly constructed airship being no longer
dependent on light winds and clear sky that It may
bo sent where and when It pleases those who operat“
the ship to send her.
The practical utility of an aircraft for transporta
tion purposes Is now established beyond perudven
turs. The carrying capacity, of the Loa Angeles, as
the 211-3 has been named, Is so much greater than
the heavler-than-alr type that the former can he de
pended upon hereafter for the trade lines of the air
It Is probable that this type of airship will be used
for the rapid mall end express service. The accom
plishment of the Zeppelin In negotiating the trans-
Atlantlc voyage marks an era In long distance trans
portation for freight and passenger traffic.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, GA.
Speaking The Public Mind
To The Herald: I read with In
terest a letter In your paer by the
members of the Eagles Band and D.
M. I.lneul. as instructor, and I went
to say that it is a down right shame
on Augusta that she does not en
courage and try to back and de
velop her own. May 1 ask why?
Tho Eagles Band of Augusta Is con
gratulated at other cities on their
splendid music, and yet It seems
that when we have some great
event we had rather Import a band
from elsewhere, as good as to say
that our hoys do not come within
a thousand dollars of other hands.
May I suggest thaht even a five
hundred dollar donation to our own
Augusta talent would he well
spent, and soon we could boast of
our excellent hand and could feel
proud of such an enterprise. I also
wish to slat'- that I am not a mem
ber of the Eagles Band, not even
a member of the order, but I do
feel that these hoys are making a
great sacrifice to deny themselves
of a great many pleasures In order
to give Augusta a real hand and
they nre going to succeed regard
less of how little appreciated they
may he. But I do feel that It Is
not right and that it is a great in
justice to our own boys to say to
them by actions that they are not
competent to furnish music for a
football game. Yet I suppose If
the F. O. E. in Augusta should boy
cott the game Saturday I am sure
the receipts would bo much less. \
Wake up sleeping Augusta, get
behind these public spirited boys.
Such ns you have in the Eagles
Band, and give them only a half
showing and soon you will be proud
of your own Augusta Eagles Band.
A FRIEND.
GIVE THE NEGROES JUSTICE,
SAYS COLORED CITIZEN.
To tho Voters of Richmond Coun
ty: On the first Saturday In No
vember. 1024, you aro asked to vote
on a $350,000 school bond Issue for
tho purpose of building three school
houses. Of this amount the color
ed people will pay a little more than
$50,000, but will not receive one
penny of the same for their schools.
A few years ago the colored people
supported the Tubman high school
bond Issue. They did not expect
nor did they receive any of this
money for their schools. Recently
they have been taxed along with
other citizens to build the Hepzi
buh high school, tho Monte Sano
school, a school at Blythe and oth
er Improvements in white settle
merits without getting any of this
money in return for the education
of their children. In tho face of the
above facts and others not men
tioned. I cannot see how any fair
minded person can truthfully say
that tho colored people have been
given a square deal.
It is an outrage upon Justice for
tho Board of Education to ask the
voters of tills county to vote for a
Hunt Getting Ready For
a Long Vaudeville Show
(By HAARY B HUNT)
WASHINGTON. D. C—For the
humorously inclined, there is a
vast range of possibilities in
the situation that will Inevit
ably arise ns a result of the approach
ing election.
No matter who Is elected—Coolldge
and Dawes. Davis and Bryan, or I.a
Toilette and Wheeler —the United
States Senate Is certain to be the set
ting of some situations that for sheer
humor will out-reach the wildest
imaginings of the burlesque librettist
or the comic supplement srtist.
For those who do not take their
politics and their congressmen and
senators too seriously. Washington
during the next Congress will be bet
ter than a sideshow.
CONSIDER the situation In the
Senate should the Coolldge-
Dawes ticket come through a
winner.
Dawes becomes vice-president. Ills
sole duty Is to preside over the Sen
ate; to decide points of order In ac
cordance with the rules and prece
dents mid to be nn Impartial arbiter
In the matter of procedure. He has
no vote, except In case of a tie, and
no voice in debate.
Down on the floor, on the Repub
lican side of the aisle, will sit Sena
tor Hrookhart of lowa, who fought
Dawes ns the randldnts of his own
party and demanded that he he re
moved from the G. O. 1\ ticket.
Will Dawes recognize Hrookhart
when the lowa senator arises to make
some remarks? If ho does, or If he
doesn't, Interesting and explosive
filings mav happen Match and pow
der keg will be In Juxtaposition The
possibility of a blowup will be ever
present.
CONSIDER. too. the dramatic
-asslbllities underlying nn av
erage speech of Caraway of
Arkansas Caraway la the
Democrats' most expert skinner, and
he specializes In taking the hide of
the <: O P elephant.
Students of the effect of mind
over matter will crowd the Senato
galb-rles to watch the physical and
emotional reaction on Dawes as
Caraway slips his knife through the
Republican cuticle nnd proceeds to
lay bare the carcass beneath. Cara
way carves with a careless hand
which has pricked the risibilities of
much more repressed men than
Dawes.
Can '"Helt-nn'-Marla" Dawes. In
such a situation, he expected to fol
low the traditions of vice-presidential
ethics?
UNUSUAL PEOPLE
Speaks Chinese
Fluently
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Helen items.- Zumbrun.4. of
Peking, China, met no tnnnv nabob*
of the oM Chinese regime that *he
learned to Kjn-ak "mandarin** with
a prrfi ft at s-nt. Now, vi*itmg tht*
county for the fir*t time, nhe'* hav
n* h r trouble, as ahe speak* Chin
ese to ne toailUy ami fluently than
American, Iter father i* John P.
Z.umbrun. proprietor of the Camera
Craft Company in Peking, and ha*
dene much photography for high
Chinese official*, including the cx
j emprror.
$350,000 school bond which excludes
every negro school In the county,
hut will take more than $50,000 of
colored people's money. If this is
done it would help repudiate the
southern white people's claim of be
ing the negro's best friend. It
would blast the negro's hope of get
ting proper school houses and
teaching facilities In the city of Au
gusta and Richmond county, and
it would not be Just nor would It bo
honorable.
This attempt to deprive the ne
groes of the benefits of the taxes
they must pay if the present school
bond Issue is carried, is too unjust
to he encouraged or supported by
those who are friends to the color
ed people, by those who believe In
a square deal, by those who love
Justice and by those whose religion
Is based upon the prinicples of truth
and righteousness.
I appeal to each of you In the
name of Justice to strike a death
blow at the grave wrong that Is
aimed at the colored people of Rich
mond county, and I most earnestly
appeal to our weekly and dally pa
pers, the white and black minis
ters of this city to use their great
influence against this unfair and
discriminating school bond Issue.
If any of you have doubts In
your minds as to what course to
pursue. 1 ask that you please con
sider tho paths of rlghetousness and
duty. You owe It to yourself and
your fellowman to be Just and up
right. No one who loves Justice
can conscientiously support the
present school bond Issue.
I am aware of the fact that the
Roard of Education at present with
Its unlimited taxing power may
carry out this unfair building pro
gram by putting an extra school
tax upon the people If the bond is
sue falls. If they do then they
alone will ho responsible for the
raw deal which the negroes of
Richmond county will receive. They
will not have your support and
your conscience will he clear.
Owing to the unfairness of the
present school bond Issue I believe
It should be defeated at the polls
and a new bond Issue voted upon
later that would Include all the
people. A vote for the present
school bond Is a vote to take some
school over $50,000 In school taxes
from the colored people of Rich
mond county without giving them
one penny In return for the Im
provement of their school. I do
not believe your conscience will
permit you to do such a grave In
justice to them. Therefore I hope
you will use your Influence against
tho present unfair school bond lßsue
which is to be \oted upon on the
first Saturday In November.
If you do not care to vote against
the school bonds, you may stay
away from the polls and the re
sult will be the same as a vote
against the bonds.
Yours for the right.
ERNEST A. LYONS.
No Btage drama will have anything
on the tenseness of that time. Re
pressed emotion might bring on apo-'
plexy. Unleashed emotion would
bring real fireworks.
ON THE other band, should the
Davls-Bryan band wagon bring
the Democratic, candidates to
Washington, consider for a mo
ment the agony of soul and spirit
that would tear at the very vitals of
Henry Cabot Lodge when he arose In
his chair and sought the privilege of
recognition from "Brother Charley!”
Next to having to appeal on bend
ed knee to the Council of the League
of Nations for permission to run for
re-election, one can think of no pill
quite so bitter, no humiliation quite
so complete, as for this blue-blooded
dean of the Senate aristocracy, long
the sage and intellectual leader In the
upper house, to be compelled to ad
dress this newcomer from Nebraska:
"If the president please.”
There, indeed, would be a real
drama of soul. Or melodrama.
IN EITHER case, whether Bryan
or Dawes presides In the Sixty
ninth Senate, there will be on
the floor a thorn In the side of
either or both parties as the situation
may decree. La Follette and Wheeler.
They will he there aa senators un
less one of them is there as the pre
siding offlcr whll ethe other sits at
the White House.
Suspense? Human Interest? Drama?
That’s what Washington Is going
to be full of nothing else but, as Tom
HefUn would say.
Fewer business failures during
September than In any other month
so far this year, totaling the whole
country. This reflects credit streng
th and fundamental soundness of
business.
In thc_ first nine months of 1921,
over 15,000 business concerns
fnl ed. A lot, yea. But not many,
out of the total of American l its!-
mas organizations—approaching
two millions.
Increasingly Germany reports a
lnrger foreign trade balance— ex
ports exceeding imports bv nearly
112 million America» dollars In a
month. That's ?t a rate if almost
1340 million do lara a year.
It would bo a lot, for reparations
payments—ls the German govern
ment received this surplus, which
It doesn't. It goes into the pockets
of German business men. That's
one Joker In the plea that Germany
Isn't able to pay nnless she has big
foreign markets. Of course, her
government can collect this sur
plus, In taxes. Will ehe?
Prominent doctor die*. It's dis
closed, his Income In the last 10
years totaled $150,000, or $15,000 a
yrar. Not to be sneezed at. But
this physician devoted another 10
yenrs to going to medical school
and sitting around waiting for pa
tient* after he graduated. Figure
It by average*, and hi* Income over
the entire 20-yrsr period was only
$2,500 a year.
Success Is a system by which we
c llect back pay for effort that was
underpaid at the time, when we
were "learning how." So part of
ths pay for work you're doing
row may not come until later
ear*. The crop is »lo\v in growing;
the harvest, quick.
An unattractive horse sold for
$34 and was used between the
shafts of a delivery wagon. Joe
BIJo, the owner, discovered that
his nag had the makings of a race
horse. He puts the horse on the
track under the name of Btl'y
White—and Billy already paces a
mile In 2:10.
The case reminds us of human
opp 'ftunity. Many a man it. fig
uratively. in a delivery-wagon Job
though capable of fast w*ork on
the racetrack. Opportunity i* sim
ply the chance to demonstrate
ability. Bui the opportunity ts
worthless unless the man, like the
horse, can make good. Success |3
nine-tenths made before so-called
opportunity comes.
Prohibition "tightens up." Here's
something that wouldn’t have
seemed possible a year ago:
A man and his wife of Metuchan.
N. J„ are fined 50 cents in U. S.
district court for making a gallon
of grape wine, though the mau'3
defense was that he fermented the
wine for his 111 wife. The fine is
amall. inconsequential The em
phatic thing is the enfo-ceiuent of
the law. The trail still leads into
the desert instead of wetward.
Chiiin stores tighten their grip.
In nine months the Woolworth
stores ring up in their cash reg
isters nearly 141 million dollars in
nickels and dimes, compared with
125 millions in the corresponding
months of last year.
That rate of gain is about the
same as for most of the other lead
ing chain store organizations. Re
tailing seems destined to become
as centralized as industrial produc
tion an dtransportation.
A fourth of the fatal accidents In
the 67 leading cities are caused by
autos. Census Bureau announces.
Motorcars kill twice as many as rail
roads, eight times as many as street
cars.
Nearly all auto accidents are due
to carelessness, either of driver or
"the other party."
Pleading for caution Isn’t effective
enough. Permanently depriving
speeders of licenses Is one cure. Oth
ers are examinations for eyesight,
judgment (Aid sanity.
Banks In New York state have
30,000 accounts whose owners are
unknown, the money running Into
the millions. Depositors simply for
got their money or disappeared. One
large Ohio bank Is said to have
orected its building largely out of
unclaimed deposits of soldiers who
never returned from the Civil War.
A neglected bank account horrifies
people. They take for granted the
neglect of a greater treasure —na-
tural ability. For every money
spendthrift, thousands are spend
thrifts of time.
Speculators are betting on better
times ahead. In September nearly
13 million shares of stocks changed
hands on the N. Y. Stock Exchange.
Sales in September of last year
were under 15 millions.
Indivdual plungers make mis
takes. But the market as a total
seldom errs In guessing the future
It anticipates general business con
ditions three to six months in ad
vance, stock prices rising ahead of
booms and crashing downward In
advance of depression.
What Is opportunity one day Is
not so another. Recently, If buy
ing high-grade Industrial stocks,
you had to pay on the average $lO5
for what would have cost only SBO
In 1910.
On the other hand, for s9l you
could buy leading railroad stocks
that sold for slls In 1910.
The betting is on Industry rather
than railroads, for profits.
These prices are averages for 20
leaders in each group. Exceptions
vary.
New York City’s real estate will
be assessed at a valuation of over
12,000 million dollars next year, for
taxation. Uneasy In their graves
must rest the Indians who sold
Manhattan Island for a Jug of fire
water.
The value of our largest city’s
real estate is more than half the
amount of the national debt. In a
year it has Increased by 1581 mil
lion dollars. The working public
has to pay tribute to this gigantic
sum—rent. The levy made by high
land values Is one of the foremost
reasons for high cost of living.
You go to the average store to
buy. The rent Is a big item, and
customers in the long run pay It.
As the trade gets bigge>, more peo
ple swarming on this particular
piece of land the rent tendency Is
up. Which Increases the toll on the
people's pockets.
Nearly all retailers agree that
high rent is a leading problem in
merchandising. The public tolls and
produces wealth. Generations die.
Their efforts gradually become
frozen into higher land values.
FABLES ON HEALTH
Exercise In Bed
*'X guess the trouble with you.
as with most people, in doing your
setting-up exercises In the morn
ing is that you don't want to get
up,” comments the physical expert
to Mr. Mann.
That's all right. Don't get up!
Start your exercise in bed and soon
you will be awake and ready for
them.
The thing to do is this:
When you have awakened, begin
to yawn. Keep It up! Yawn four or
five times for you will be stretch
ing your chest r.nd getting a good
inhalation.
Then stretch! Make tt a good long
stretch and roll over, stretching
again and again.
You still don't have to leave the
bed!
Some leg exercises can be done
once the covers have been kicked
off.
Lie on your back and bend your
knees upward, inhaling deeply and
then exhaling, relaxing for a mo
ment. Then kick both feet vigor
ously and pump the air with them,
as though riding a bicycle.
After that you can leap out of bed
and start floor exercises.
Aunt Het
"Fa would o' made a pow'-
ful good detective. Thera
ain't no place I can hide my
blackberry wine where he
won't find It."
(Copyright. 1924. Associated
Editors. lne.)
(ADVERTISEMENT)
Board of Education Auditor
Gives Figures on School Costs
Augusta, Georgia, October 18, 1924.
Editor The Augusta Herald.
Augusta, Ga.
Dear Sir:
As Auditor of the Richmond County Board of Education I have been
very much Interested and concerned in certain communications under
the head of "Advertisements" that have been appearing in your paper.
I have several times felt like replying to them. The one of yesterday
afternoon, however, is so full of flagrant error that I feel compelled to
answer that one anyway.
The statement that the Board levied $120,000 to build the schools at
Monte Sano and Hephzibah and then had to borrow $90,000 more to
complete them Is absolutely untrue. The party writing this card might
have followed the injunction of our old friend David Crockett and have
teen made sure that he was right before going ahead. He could easily
have obtained definite information If he had applied for It at the office
of the Board, for the bookkeeper has positive instructions to give any
inquirer the fullest Information desired, even to the minutest details,
and had he requested this information he would have found that the
actual cost of these schools was as follows:
MONTE SANO SCHOOL BUILDING:
Contract with Palmer-Spivey Constr. Co $100,029.50
Fees to Scrogg & Ewing, Architects 5,001.62
Miscellaneous Labor and Material 21.25
Total Cost -..5105,052.37
HEPHZIBAH SCHOOL BUILDING:
Contract with Schweers & Anderson ~559,681,79
]/eea to Willis Irvin, Architect 3,579.53
Opera Chairs for Auditorium 1,595.10
Stage Curtain for Auditorium 248.83
T. G. Brittlngham, for Water Connections, etc 68.69
, J- A. Young, for Electrical Fixtures 214.6 U
Sand for Filling In Yard 31.3 U
Materials for making Cabinets and Equipment 266.82
Labor for Building Cabinets, moving equipment from old
building to new, etc 152.37
$65,838.03
Less Sale of Old Building 506.00
Total Cost $65,332.03
Cost of Monte Sano School Building $105,052.37
Cost of Hephzibah School Building 65,332.03
Total Cost of Buildings $170,384.40
Proper vouchers for every expenditure are on file in the office of
(he Secretary of the Board of Education and are subject to Inspection
by any taxpayer.
The actual levy for these buildings was $125,000, for which it will
appear that the cost In excess of anticipation was only $45,384.40—but
It must be remembered that tho levy was not intended to cover equip
ment and the above figures for the Hephzibah School cover equipment
as well as building. There is quite a difference therefore between the
charge that these buildings cost $90,000 in excess of the levy, and the
actual facts In the case.
I do not know who Is writing these communications or advertise
ments but permit me to say that it would be very much more manly in
i." 2? 'J h ?.J vm 2 ld , slßn h i» name and let us know who he is. Cards pub
lished wqthout signature are In very much the same category as anony
nious letters.
W. J. HOLLINGSWORTH,
Auditor Richmond County Roard of Education.
(ADVERTISEMENT)
Why Do Our Schools Cost
More Than in Other Cities?
All citizens want good schools, but most citizens want
schools economically managed,—at a total cost that the
community can afford and not out of proportion to the
amount spent by neighboring communities. The school
tax of Columbus last year was $6.00 per thousand, of
Jacksonville $6.00 per thousand, of Savannah $5.00 per
thousand, of Atlanta $6.60 per thousand, of Macon $8.61
per thousand, of Augusta $14.00 per thousand, —$3.00 of
which went for new school buildings. Augusta’s expen
ditures, however, exceeded the receipts from even this
$14.00 tax, and a debt has been earned over to this year.
Augusta’s tax for the present year has been fixed at
$12.00 per thousand, —still far more than in neighboring
cities.
Yet if the citizens approve the $350,000 bond issue
at the polls November Ist, a still higher tax rate must be
imposed.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
POLL AND PROPHETS ALIKE.
Political polls and political pro
phets are much alike. The prophet
usually. If not always. Is influenced,
sometimes unconsciously, but in
fluenced Just the same, by his de
sire. and political polls are Just
as fallible and subject to error and
Influence as the person conducting
them. How, for Instance, could
anyone expect the widely-advertis
ed Literary Digest poll to show
very much democratic strength in
the country, when by the admission
of the Digest, it has sent its straw
ballots to 402,186 republicans and
only 141,868 democrats, according
to the admission of party members
as they voted In 1920?
In democratic Georgia, it is not
to be doubted that a political poll
very easily could be made to show
a Coolldge majority, or a La Fol
lette majority, if only the right peo
ple were polled. But such a poll
wouldn’t mean anything, which is
tho case with most political polls.
They are Interesting, but they sig
nify nothing.
In 1912, It will be remembered,
the republican national managers,
engaged In a struggle to re-elect
Mr. Taft, conducted a poll, and con
vinced themselves that Mr. Taft
was assured of 290 electoral votes.
He received only 8 when the coun
try voted In November, yet we are
disposed to believe that the poll
vas undertaken not so much for
use as political propaganda as pri
marily for information.
Political polls are valueless be
cause there Is no way of regulating
them, no way of making them fair
and no assurances that they repre
sent real sentiment. That is es
pecially true of newspaper polls.
They are much like newspaper
ballot contests for the prettiest or
most popular girl, or school teach
er. There is no limit to the num
ber of times a person may vote, pro
vided only that he or she has tho
energy to collect the ballots, which
cost nothing and may be had for
the asking.
In a nation-wide poll, such as the
Literary Digest Is taking, the re
sult might be worth something if
there were any way of checking
the signatures of the persons who
sign the ballots against the known
signatures of the persons to whom
the ballots are sent. Otherwise,
such a roll can mean nothing.—At
lanta Journal.
THE REPUBLICAN SPLIT.
The more the republican belabor
La Follette and Wheeler the more
they betray their fear that their
party is broken in two. This la
undoubtedly the fact The party
Is split as It was 12 years ago. and
a part of the republican party canG
win. The republicans went to New
England and took a pronounced
standpatter for their presidential
candidate. Then they thought It
would be clever to give a western
man the second place on the tick
et, and for that they picked out
a Chicago banker, the man who let
“Blue-eyed Billy" Lorlmer have
$1,255,000 for a few hours, while the
state banking officials were count
ing the assets of Billy's trust com
pany. Politically speaking, they
might as well have nominated a
man from Wall street. La Follette
ts going to carry several western
states, and the president will fall
short of the required elestoral votes.
—Philadelphia Record.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19
Wilbur’s Botanical
Laboratory Open New
Branch at 408 Jackson St.
The Original Herb and Root
Store With Three Branches.
Headquarters In Augusta
Geo. A. Wilbur stated yesterday
in an interview that he had Just
opened his - third branch at 4ox
Jackson street, where he was form
erly located before he opened his
other Augusta store at 224 Jack
son street. The other branch is lo
cated in Macon, Ga„ and he was
glad to state that an excellent busi
ness was being done at all three
stores.
The new store at 408 Jackson
street, is the store with the white
front and the large red and white
cross, you cannot miss it. because
It is a Wilbur branch and no other
herb stores are like It. The Wilbur
Botanical Laboratory was the first
and original herb and root concern
to open In Augusta, and the South,
they. have the confidence of the
public, because their remedies have
met with success and this is veri
fied by the many letters that Dr.
Wilbur has received many testt
monal letters telling him of the
success of his remedies. Other stores
of this kind have imitated many of
Dr. Wilbur’s remedies and ways
of doing business, but the pubHo
should take notice and see for*
themselves that the name Wilbur’s
Is over the door of the store they
enter, then they may be assured or
getting the right remedies and the
proper treatment.
Call at either 224 Jackson street
or the new store, 408 Jackson street
and see what the Wilbur Botanical
Laboratory has to offer you in the
way of getting well and staying in
that condition, but as mentioned
above, be sure that you are in Wil
bur’s store, as his reputation Is such
that many other stores throughout
the South are trying to do busi
ness in his manner and you may get
In the wrong store and not know
It until later, so be sure and see
that the name WILBUR'S is over
the door you enter, then you are
safe and you can also have that
feeling Of security in knowing that
you will get the ri£ht treatment at
the right price.
Wilbur's Botanical Laboratory,
324 Jackson St. 408 Jackson St.
Main Store Branch Store
Getting Up Nights
Can Be Stopped SoVrJ.V Ut
that you can be rid of this strength
sapping ailment, have more pep. he
free from burning sensation, pain !n
groins, backache and weakness 111
send you Walker's Prostate Specific
free and postpaid under plain wrap
per No obligation. No cost. If It cures
your prostate gland trouble, you can
repay the favor by telling your friend .
—ls not, the lose is mine. Simply send
me your name and prove that you can
feel 10 years younger and be rid or
prostate trouble.
I. B WALKER, 2168 Gateway
Station, Kansas City, Me.
Only One More Day to
Pay City Taxes.