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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER S
Tariff Question Was Used to Carry Two Augusta Wards for Coolidge
Cross Word Puzzles and Too Jany Elec ions
Will Surely Break Down the Strongest Minds
Just As Augustans Were
Recovering From the Mah
Jongg Attack, New Puzzle
Scheme Comes Along to
Overthrow the Equilibrium.
Life's Just One Thing Be
fore and After Something
Else
By RICHARD W. RILEY
Now that the "Christian” general
in the big rumpus over in China
has captured Whangdoodle, or what
ever it is, old King Mah Jongg has
been dethroned. As a direct conse
quence of which, as is the weakness
of public sentiment, former en
thusiasts of the pagan game are
flocking to the shrine of the cross
word puzzle. Thoroughly American,
easy to pronounce and to spell, the
new game is calculated to do much
more for the national weal and is
also scheduled to tend toward build
ing up the morale of the army of
flappers and sheiks.
Augmenting the scrap in China
has been the New' York "Tong
War", for by this agency Mah
Jongg lost his foothold in the TJ. S.
A. about two weeks before he would
have had the game manufacturers
waited for the influence of the poli
tical trend in China to reach this
country. Naturally, the new' game is
a welcome Innovation to the boys
who sell games, because they had
already accomplished about a two
hundred per cent, distribution on
Mah Jongg and were just casting
about to discover new games to of
fer, to slightly alter the well-known
Alexandrian phrase.
Crossword puzzles are going to
come in mighty handy, especially
at this stage of the country’s rede
structing that is, so closely on the
heels of the presidential campaign.
People are already so “crossed-up”
over different matters in connection
with the election that most of them
are cross-eyed anyway, and they
must have some sort of pastime of
a nature that will further disturb
their mental equilibrium so as to
act as a counter-irritant. The cross
word puzzle admirably fills the
bill.
HARD TO MATRICULATE
IN CROSSWORD SCHOOL
Now, personally, the writer pre
fers to remain in ignorance of the
great degree of ignorance crossword
puzzles are said to show up as ex
isting in everyone. They say that
you can take a college triple npst
graduate, set him down to a table
and stick a crossword puzzle under
his nose and in just about 'steen
seconds he discovers that he will
need further instruction over a
space equivalent to a Rip Van Win
kle snooze in order to qualify for
entrance in the crossword school.
Now. it may not be as tough as all
all of that, but it ain’t exactly young
and tender, we are told. At present,
the scribe has a fairly flattering
opinion of himself and cares not
to have that esteem shaken by a
jolt via the crossword puzzle route.
Luckily for the human race, there
are those people among us who do
find pleasure in discovering what
bis bloomers they are when it
•oom°s -to knowing things. Cross
word puzzles are for those. If you
are packing an excess of ego in
your make-up, brother, you'd best
lay off the new game, because that
oualitv is bound to take a grand
flop if you hit a lick at the elusive
little squares. You’ll just be look
ing at yourself in a virror. with
out a trace of vanity, because your
brain will be turned inside out and
you snalyzing its contents. Non
isn’t that a pretty picture to paint
for the average of the species of
the animal family of which a few
attain the grade of human.
Nevertheless and however, should
vou deride to take the vital step
that will lead you in devious paths,
alive with mental devils that tor
ment and tantalize you nuts, and
come out alive, you will be a bet
ter man of woman. You will know
yourself better and you will know
the king's English will
know the name of the househol 1
animal.” we are told by no less an
authority than his honor. Judge
Charlie Skinner, "which is spelled
with three letters, the first of which
is ‘c’ and the last t. All such h>ts
of higher learning are a direct re
sult of crossword puzzles.
MR. LEW SCHAUL
DOESN’T CARE FOR IT
Lew Schaul, someone whispers to
us is not a convert of the new
ggme for the reason that whenever
he puts out ail that work on the
square he must have some clrcu.ar
objects coming in. The return must
be figured in round r -’* mb "*’" ot
in a pass-book not a dictionary.
His nibs, Mayor Julian Smuh. ac
cording to his rradiatingo-ating secretary ,
Bill Sherman, cannot play
because his rotundity will not per
mit his heaving-to close * n °u* b ,
the subject. Mr. Shcrman if
someone can persuade etat on TEX
to broadcast the puzzles he 11 bet his
new suit to a ’’buzz’’ he can fig
ure out what it’s all about
Eugene Emigh. Uncle Sams of
ficial garden wotercrand cott
blossomer, says he doean ’ „h,Mv
game »o much because it is entirely
too "dry.*’ but for folks who ike It
be supposes Its "generally fair
Barney Hartman isi the % > cum of
a dead-sure “crush on the fad He
aavs h» Is watching for one of th
puzzles* to eome out listing some o
the luscious fruits, to the J ul j’ es
which he Is such a staunch ad-
puzzles are rapidly taking
root all over town, but Itwuldta
rename‘an™the converts. Of
fewr.-as
savors a bit too much of a charg
to spend a dime, in Sunday s Herald
and will run every day in the wee*
except Saturdav’s. Watch for ‘hem
and then see if there ia anvthlng
like a •"■etching of the blanket m
this yarn.
HILL SCHOOL WINS
Third grade at Hill School. Miss
Helen Hart, teacher, bas the cham
pion "thrift class’ of Augusta. They
were the first to win 100 per cent
* Thfs rS class has thirty-three pupils
and every one has a savings ac
count. They keep a chart and
evervone naves every wees.
Miss Sims’ class of thirty-six
have won the 100 per cent ’thrift
pennant” and have over half the
class hankers. They were th* aecond
class in Augusta to win this pen
nant.
SIMPLE RULES FOR PLAYING LATEST
PUZZLE GAME, WHICH STARTS TODAY
The first rule by which to suc
cessfully ferret? out the words In a
crossword puzzle may be expressed
in a single word, "concentrate.” For
without thorough concentration of
the mind there Is no hope to com
plete the reading, and unless the
reading is complete there is no sure
way of knowing that what you have
is correct.
Answers are not necessary. Each
puzzle proves Itself.
For instance, just to get some of
those who are not familiar with the
principle started off, start out with
the very first word.
Not the list of numbered keys
under the puzzle and follow it close
ly. Note that wherever a word
commences in the puzzle there ap
pears a number corresponding to a
key phrase in the list bearing the
same number.
HOW THE GAME
IS PLAYED.
No. 1, in the upper left hand Cor
ner of the large square, shows, by
the number of white spaces hori
zontal word has four letters. Ref
erence to the horizontal list below
shows that word No. 1 means rapid
A little thinking, and the first word
occurring to you as meaning rapid
is "fast.” Then, let s try fast. Fit
those four letters in the first four
white spaces from the left. The
next natural question is, "How do
you know that is the right word?”
Let s prove it. The first word ver
tically down the left hand end from
the top also has four letters, which
we see by the number of white
spaces between the upper left cor
ner counting down to the first black
space. Reference to the list of ver
tical words. No. 1 is described as a
matted cloth used in making hats,
and we know that it contains four
letters. Everyone knows that most
men’!) hats are made of felt, and
felt has four letters. That proves
the first letter in fact. Now the
second vertical word is described
in the list as a rich silk, generally
Interwoven with gold. This brings
us to the third letter in fact, or "s.”
as the first letter in the next word.
This might take you quite a while
to figure out, because it is not such
a common word. Milliners, dress
makers and department store
clerks ought to get it, hut ordinary
folks, all of them, don't know that
"samite,” pronounced "sam-it,” is
the word. The definition in the ver
tical list is just what Webester says
it is. Now. we have proven “f” and
"s,” the first and third letters in
"fast.” The third vertical word, ac
cording to our list, means the lining
of a beef stomach, prepared for use
as food. Who has not heard of it?
Who has not bought a can of it at
the grocery store? ‘lTripe” is the
word, and we have ‘proven that
"fast” is the first horizontal word.
Crossword Puzzle
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34 —™
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This puzzle should not be hard
for anyone. All the words are short,
and the more difficult ones are well
keyed.
HORIZONTAL
1. Rapid.
4. An antiseptic powder.
7. Heavenly body.
10. A large body of soldiers.
12. Profane declaration.
14. A vampire.
16. Contraction for it is.
18. Travels by wind.
20. Journey.
21. Join.
22. Veracious.
23. News note.
25. In favor of.
26. Bird home.
27. Employ.
28. Sooner than.
30. Since.
32. X . .
34. Second note of the C major
scale.
36. Eat away.
39. Thus.
40. The color of the skies.
41. Burden.
42. Part of "to be ”
44. Withered.
47. Grammatical article.
48. Grab.
50. Doctrine.
51. Conducted.
53. Newspaper sources of revenue.
54. Rodents.
66. Cushion.
58. To -elate. (Usually the begin
ning of a flirtation.)
60. Opponent. ( A prefix that has
common use as a complete
word.)
61. A narrow street.
62. Mountains of Switzerland.
64. Rhvthmic arrangement of syl
lables ln verse.
66/ Contraction of ever.
67. Strike.
6*. Makes an error.
TO. Large cupola.
71. Slangy term for clothes.
72. That which goes oht.
73. Increases.
VERTICAL
1 L Matted cloth used In making
How? Here Is the solution as far
as we have gone:
THE SOLUTION
THUS FAR.
.FAST
E A R
. L Ml
T I P
T E
E
Now pick up the thread where
this leaves off, and build your other
words in the same manner, always
bearing in mind that the first let
ters of each horizontal word, when
put together in accordance with the
groups of white squares in the puz
zle, constitute the vertical words,
vice versa and so on, until the large
square white spaces are all taken
up with words.
It may be necessary to use a dic
tionary in numbers of cases, and
this is an excellent plAn and there
is also a good reason for its being
necessary to the solution of the va
rious puzzles. Reference to the
dictionary for words fitting the def
initions given in the lists under the
puzzles and that will fit in the puz
zles gives you the definition twice
and the spelling several times thus
expanding the sadly lacking vocab
ulary of the average adult person of
today.
Study the process outlined in this
until you thoroughly understand the
principles of the game, then get
down your dictionary and go to it.
As a reward for your work get
that priceless possession, word
knowledge, without which any per
son Is not adequately fitted to face
the world to best advantage. At
the same time, you will become
thoroughly devoted to the best
game yet produced for Indoor play
ing. without physical exertion, but
which affords every mental gym
nastic known to science.
These puzzles will appear every
day, except Saturdays, in The Her
ald from now on, indefinitely. Save
them, if you haven’t time to work
on them now, and give yourself
some pleasant, profitable hours.
DR. W. T. BULL DEES
ASHEVILLE, N. C.—Dr. 'Wil
liam Tillfnghast Bull, graduate of
Columbia University, for many
years a member of the Yale foot
ball coaching staff and in charge of
the second team, died here Satur
day after an illness of over a year.
He was 56 years of age. The body
was sent to New Haven, his for
mer home, Saturday afternoon.
WHITE BLUEBERRIES.
WHLTNEYVILLE, Me. White
blueberries are the paradoxical
fruit grown In Whitneyvllle. This
freak of nature has been developed
on land owned by Newell Albee,
who is extremely careful of his
treasure and allows only a very few
to be picked.
hats.
2. A rich silk, generally inter
woven with gold.
3. Lining of beef stomach, pre
pared for use as food.
4. Near.
5. Proportion.
6. Abbrevation for company.
7. A political organization, larg
er than a county, smaller than
a nation.
8. Result of a lack of water.
9. A flower; also a color.
11. Mother.
13. So.
15. Get up.
16. Conclude.
17. An affectionate name for a
Stradlvarius violin.
19. Stringed instruments of the
guitar family.
24. First person singular objective
pronoun.
26. Adverb of negation.
27. Pertaining to a city.
29. Dangerous rocks.
31. A nodule of stone having a cav
ity lined with crystals. (The
only word ln the puzzle not in
the abridged dictionary, but the
keys will help.)
33. Mid dsys.
35. The largest deer.
37. Aged.
38. A receptacle for water for
washing. „ ~ .
43. A river In France, from which
a famous battle of th* World
War got its name.
45. Sufficient.
46. Church officer.
47. Expert.
49. Struck with a bat.
50. Form of the verb to b*.
52. Accomplish.
63, Associated.
55. Row*.
57. On watch.
£9. Greek letter corresponding to G;
from that the name of a cura
tive electric ray.
60. Among.
63. Hardens.
65. Abbreviation for railroad.
67. A*.
C 9. Same as 67 vertical.
70. Accomplish.
(Copyright 1924, NEA Service Inc.)
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
5 DIPTHERIA GASES,
3IRTHS AND DEATHS
EVEN DURING WEEK
Five cases of diptherla are re
ported to be In the City of Augusta,
according to the records of the
local health department. Four of
these cases are among white peo
ple and one among V l ® colored.
Twenty-one births and il deaths
are also reported. There were 18
white births and 13 white deaths,
while there were only 3 colored
births and 7 colored deaths.
According to the report of Harry
Gordon, secretary of the Augusta
Department of Health and local
registrar of vita! statistics, the
births during the past week are as
follows:
WHITE
To Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Gould, 1125
Dugas street, October 31, a son.
To Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Thompson,
1708 St. Luke street, November 2, a
son.
To Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Mills. *OO
block Twelfth street, November 1,
a son.
To Mr. and Mfs. H. C. Ansley,
1928 Starnes, street, October 20, a
daughter.
To Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Algood.
1415 Cooper street, November 4, a
son.
To Mr. and Mrs. N. Agostas. 819
Ellis street, November 4, a son.
To Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Phillips,
207 Forrest street, November 5, a
daughter.
To Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Griffin,
Lenwood, October 31, a son.
To Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Timmer
man, 715 Eleventh street, November
1, a daughter.
To Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Meyers,
230 Reynolds street, October 23, a
son.
To Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Barton,
1421 Silcox street, October 31. a
daughter.
To Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Casev,
1319 Broad street, October 30, a
sen.
To Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Rhodes,
731 Moore avenue, November 1, a
son.
To Mr. and Mrs. James Hadwtr,
Williston, S. C., November 5, a
daughter.
To Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Atkinson,
1606 Central avenue. November 2,
a son.
To Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Smith, 1642
Walton Way, November 5, a daugh
ter.
To Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ferrell.
1417 / Broad street, November 3, a
daughter.
To Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Thompson,
909 Greene street, October 31, a son.
COLORED
To Albert Williams and wife. 1415
Ninth street, October 22, a son.
To Robert Danielß and wife .708
Hopkins street, October 31. a som
To James Adams and wife, 1720
Ellis street, November 6, a daugh
ter.
Communicable diseases.
New cases reported:
White Col. Total
Chicken Pox 4 0 4
Diptherla 4 1 5
Mumps 10 1
Pnuemonia, lobar ... 2 0 2
Small Pox 0 2 2
Whooping cough .... 2 0
Births reported 18 3 21
Deaths reported 13 7 21
Stillbirths and deaths of non
residents not included.
HARRY GORDON.
Secretary Board of Health,
Local Registrar V. S.
SIBLEY PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH.
Services will be held at seven
thirty this evening at Sibley Pres
byterian church, Rev. W. B. Clem
mons officiating. A cordial invita
tion is extended all Interested to
unite in these services.
RUPTURE
EXPERT
AND
AUTHORITY
WILL BE AT
RICHMOND HOTEL
AUGUSTA
Monday and Tuesday
Nov. 10th and 11th
TWO DAYS ONLY
Dr. Hutson, the founder of the
Huston Truss Co., of New York
City, who personally makes this
visit to our City Is one of the
HIGHEST AUTHORITIES on
Rupture in the country. He em
phatically states that “Any redu
cible rupture regardlese of ite size,
how long standing, or age of the
subject, can b e held in Its normal
position by our truss, with perfect
comfort and relief, if the truss Is
properly fitted to the case."
Expert fitting, with over thirty
years of scientific knowledge of
rupture enables u* to produce re
sults not obtained by any other
truss. Each Huston Truss is se
lected, made and fitted by Dr.
Huston, especially for the person
who la to wear It. It Is the lest
word in truss manufacture —no
under leg etraps or bulky pads are
used In Its construction, nothing to
wear out—Clean and sanitary.
Our Hold and Cure Pad
(it will not slip)
This pad developed after years of
experiment, will hold any rupture,
relieve the preasure from within,
stimulate the tissues, to contract
and permanently close the opening
In the majority of cases. Wear a
Huston Truss and get results.
Sleep in it—bethe in it.
Do not miss this chance to have
this truss made for you—lt may not
come again. No charge for qplvlct
or demonstration. Remember the
date and hotel—ask for Dr. Huston.
Permanent Address
The Huston Truss Co.
7 Pine St New York, N. Y.
UNUSUAL AUGUSTA PEOPLE
Academy Boy Is Herald Carrier; Is
Thrifty and Enterprising Lad
JOHN HENRY CARSWELL is
one of The Herald carrier boys and
has been carrying Route No. 66.
along the 1400 block of Cooper
and Estes streets for more than
two and one-half years. Since tak
ing up his work as a carrier, John
has put aside wvlngs amounting to
S3OO, from his pay and has bought
and paid for two bicycles In that
time. John is a bright boy and his
paper route seems to agree with
himas he presents a splendid physi
cal appearance. His week day de
liveries average 108 papers and his
Sunday deliveries are around 125.
During the time that he has been
employed with The Herald he has
not lost a day and has failed but
one afternoon to be promptly on
hand when the papers were ready
to go out. /
John was born at Louisville, Ga.,
December 16, 1909. His home 1s at
846 Liberty street, where he lives
with his parents. He is now at
tending his first year at the Aca
demy of Richmond county, and
prior to his entering the Aeademy
was at the Woodlawn grammar
school, where he made a splendid
record ns to attendance and In his
studies. He attends regularly nt the
Second Baptist Church Sunday
school, where he also holds a splen
did record, and is a regular contri
butor from his earnings as a paper
boy to church and Sunday school.
In the week-day afternoons when
he Is not engaged on his paper
From Tending a Sick Cat
to Playing Detective, Are
lobs of the Messenger Boy
Western Union Lads are 0 ailed on Queer Errands in
Augusta. They Know the City and “Know The
Ropes’’ and Can Perform Almost Any Duty
Scurrying away in the dead hours
of the night or during the the sun
light of the daytime with the little
yellow sheets on which are In
scribed messages of varied phras
ing and intelligence, ranging all
the way from commonplaces of the
business world to tragedies and Joys
of the individual life, does not com
pose all the activities of a West
ern Union Telegraph Messenger
boy’s dally round. For often times
these uniformed harbingers of 111
or glad tidings are called on to per
form service that might with all
propriety be said to place them as
a general utility factotum In the
daily tumble and whir of the busi
ness As well as social world with
its multitudinous and kaleidoscopic
phases.
Just recently In Augusta there
came a call from a home In the
city to "send a messenger boy,
please”. The messenger boy on ar
riving at the home learned that his
mission was to plav "ambulance”
to a kitty-cat that had been given
a bath by Its mistress and she was
unable to rid the feline coat of the
effects of the soap used In the bath
and was afraid that it would cause
the hair to fall away from the hide.
Therefore, it was necessary that the
cat should he taken poste-haste to
the rat-and-dog Infirmary amt
placed under care and treatment
of the veterinary. The lady owner
of the cat was extremely positive
in her caution to the boy to "take
good care of her and don’t squeeze
her or let her fall, for she Is the
only pet we’ve got in the house, and
I wouldn’t have her hurt for any
thing.” The boy was careful snd
arrived at the hospital with kitty In
no worse condition than when she
was sent away from home. As to
how the little pet of the home has
fared since arriving at the hoapltal
the boy was unable to say aa he
has heard no further word In regard
thereof.
GO HOME FOR KEYS
OF BUSINESS MAN
Among some of the unusual serv
ices out of line with delivering mes
sages that have recently been per
formed by the Western Union mes
sengers was recently when a busy
office man, whose home Is on The
Hill, remembered when he arrived
at his office and reached to his hip
pocket for his keys—yes, Jteys—to
unlock his door that he had left
them at home. The reeultant dilem
ma was solved when he thought of
the Western Union messenger al
ways ready for errands and prese
ed one Into service. Hie keys were
brought to him speedily and he was
saved the ill-luck portend of re
tracing his steps howeward.
Another boy a few days ago was
dispatched to help a professional
man of the city remove hie office
furniture and holdings to new quar
ters. Quite frequently boys have
been sent for to attend a man’s of
fice. answer the telephone and meet
callers at the office during the ab
sence of the owner. Mesenger boys
are frequently celled on to atand In
line at the theater when a ticket
sale is on and obtain tickets for
people who are unwilling or unable
to attend to the r: atter for the. t
selves. . , ..
It Is not Infrequent duty for the
Western Union boys to perform In
carrying notes, even letters, boxes
of candy, flowers, etc., from a love
lorn swain to the maid of his choice
and ambition. The boys have almost
come to look on it as a part of the
telegraph business when they are
called on to play P nrc ?' po !' t , I m ,® n
and deliver turkeya at Thanksgiv
ing or Christmas time, and make
delivery of Christmas packages ot
all aorta that one does not wish to
run through regular mall channels.
The boys not only act the part or
porter and mailman In connection
with tlie regular calling T”®*"
senger carrier , they ere of’times
Initiated Into a detective role, or
play the part of nurse, or are called
on to deliver livestock from one pan
of the city to another. In addition
to lomctlmM assisting in moving an
office man’s furniture, they some
times are called on to make delivery
of household goods, and for various
and sundry other performances.
They escort women snd children
home, perhaps, after dark has fal
len. or a child maybe Is piloted to
school by one of the boys.
LOST AUTOMOBILE IS
FOUND BY MEBSENGER
As an embryo detective a mes
senger boy not so many nights
past, found a lost automobile that
a lady driver had mialaid on Broad
street. A messenger was pressed
Into service and within a very short
space of time had delivered the car
to It* owner, saving her the trouble
and delay incidental to a police in.
suMKly IIP |yjg|
—Photo by T.ontel!
JOHN HENRY CARSWELL
routs, John helps around his fath
er's store. He says that although
this does not pay him In dollars
and cents, he realises that he is
getting far more out of It than
money can give.
vestlgation and the expense and un
certainty of an aHvertisemcnt. An
other boy was sent to a business
man’s residence to fetch the spec
tacles that the man through In
advertence had left behind. An
other boy had ihe fun of swinging
a washtub on to the handlebars of
his bike and delivering it at some
distance from the point of pur
chase.
Vielng with the cat-delivery to
the cat and dog Infirmary told of,
was the delivery of a pony from a
location on The Hill to a residence
in the down town district.
Often in the line of regular duty
the boys are called on totmake de
livery of messages that will tax
their Ingenuity and qulckthtnklng.
Such as. for instance, a death mes
sage addressed to some person In
the following manner, "John Smith,
near Augusta.” It maybe that John
Smith Uvea at Orovetown or Be
lalr, or some other rural point
where there is no telegraphic com
munication to he had at Dlght. And
it may be that when the hoy ar
rives at the place "near Augusta”
he discovers that the person for
whom the message Is Intended Uvea
yet a further distance, but the mes
sage must be delivered and he sets
about to complete the service. It
may lead him a number of miles be
yond the original point, but ho
must go. and doe*.
The boy* come across many in
teresting experience* In their line
of work, some amusing, some dis
heartening, Borne throwing them in
the paths of tragedy as well as
comedy. But the boy Is always
ready when the call comes, and
whether rain or sleet or snow, storm
or calm or sunshine begarbs the
hour he Is on the Job when the buz
*er ssounds.
A messenger boy's work Is not
unremuneratlve nor Is hi* e
perience for naught, for as a gen
eral rule they are thrifty and often
times they ae placed In line for
work of a higher calling and more
attractive following. The foundation
Is often laid through a messanger
boy’* fidelity to duty towards big
things In life, and the stories of
mesnanger boys who have risen
important professions find places or
trust and honor# are by no means
uncommon.
RED CROSS DRIVE
For 6,000 Local Members to
Begin Tuesday
Armistice Day, November 11, will
the opening of th* local Red Cross
Chapter's Annual Roll Call, when
canvassers will personally visit
home and business house in the
community and glv* everyone an
opportunity to renew hi* member
ahip in the organization.
With a goal of 6,000 members,
the campaign will continue for IS
day*, closing November 27 Under
the direction of E. C. B. Jlatiforth.
Jr., who i» chairman of the local
Roll Call campaign, detail* or or
ganization have been completed and
plans perfected for a *peedy .so
licitation of th* entire community.
Tho following organizations will
assist with th* solicitation of mem
bers. Representatives of th ®, *’**
gusta Chapter. American Red Cross,
th* American Legion, Civlc Clubs,
and other patriotic organization*^
Last year tha local Kcd Cross
Chapter enrolled 2,000 members as
compared with 6,000 which it ex
pect* to procure this year. , .
Five type* of memberships wl .l be
solicited thl* year. They are *6O,
$25, $lO, $6 end $1 ®*™ b *”™ P * h( .
"From each membership, the
Roll Call chairman stated, only
fifty cents goes for national and
international work pf the K u
Cro«*. The rest of the money.re
mains hern to carry on the lor ;*‘
work of the Red Croe# Chapter.
Therefor*, from $25 membership,
$24 50 Is spent locslly, while 50 cent*
goes Into the atlonal Re<l .
treasury With the money which It
receive*! the national organization
carries on Its relief work for dls
antrr sufferer* and many other n ®’
tlvltlra national and International
In scope " "The Roll Call 1* the only
means of support for ••ther »•
local activities of our chapter or
the broader work of the "Clonal or
gnnlzatlon. Tho Red Cross holds no
tax day* or special membership
drives other than It* annual com-
Deign,” lie added.
The eight Southern states In thl*
division enrolled the largert Red
Cross membership last year they
have had alnce the war. Rod Cross
workers expect that this year’s re
turn* will alio show a substantial
Increase over tho prevoUU member
ship.
Augustan Discovers !
Body of North Augusta
Youth In the River!
Ed Kennedy, 21, Thought toj
Have Been Drowned After I
Fainting In Water No
Evidence of Foul Play.
Funeral Sunday Afternoon
The body of Ed Kennedy, young
white man of about 21 years of
age. of North Augusta, was found
lying face downward In the water
off an island In the Savannah river
about four miles above the Stevens
Creek dam at about 11 o’clock Sat
urday morning by Major George P.
Butler, who was out hunting at the
time.
Major Butler says he was In that
vicinity hunting with Anton Mar
kort, of the Richmond Academy
faculty. Saturday morning, and that
he became separated front Mr. Mar
kert. Major Butler went to the
Island and made his way to the op
posite edge, the Island being about
a quarter of a mile In width and
very thick with undergrowth. Upon
reaching the north side of the
Island, Major Butler was walking
along the edge, he says, when he
noticed a colored Jersey In a Jam
of logs In the water. Investigation
showed that a man was lying there
In the water, with a shotgun be
side him. The man was dead when
Major Butler found him. A hur
ried examination of the body dis
closed no evidence of foul play and
the gun contained two loaded shells,
Major Butler says.
Major Butler, who had heard
voices shouting ft* If calling some
one. shouted In the direction from
which the voices had come, and
when some men came up he found
that they were friends of the un
fortunate man. They put the body
in a boat and took It to the South
Carolina side of the river, where
it was put in an automobile and
driven to Kennedy's home in North
An gust a.
DOCTOR COULD FIND
NO MARKS OF VIOLENCE
Dr. W E. Mealing, of North Au
gusta, says he examined the body
thoroughly, nnd found no marks of
Violence nnywliere about it. The
doctor stated as his opinion that
the young man probably fainted and
fell in the water, drowning before
ho could recover from the faint anu
before aid could reach him.
The office of the sheriff of, „ n
county was notified. Dr. Mealing
says, and Deputy Sheriff R 01 ’ 1 " 80 "
got in touch with the Bher *" ° f
Edgefield county, opposite which
the islnnd on which the bod*' whs
found Is located. On the oplnlon of
Doctor Mealing and the Aiken
deputy, the Edgefield Bh,,rlff J 8 B ®' <s .
to have stated that It was evident
that no Inquest would be n^ < * 88ary ’
Funeral services for young Ken
nedv will be held Sunday afternoon
from The residence. 462 West Ave
nue and Interment will be ' n “J ln
set Hill Cemetery. North Augusta.
Surviving are: His mother, •
Carrie Kennedy; two brothers. Da
vid nnd Harris Kennedy, and one
sister. Miss Wlnne Kennedy.
A PLEA FOR _
! DUMB ANIMALS.
°lt will Interest all ,. fld ®" d ®
dumb nnlmals to know that In New
York City the S. P- C. A. went y
inutltuted a course In kindness t
animals” In the public school* of
th Mrs C . lt IT. Clay Preston, director
of' the Department of Humane
Education of the American Socle y
for the prevention of Cruelty to
AnimSls, emphasized the benefit to
the ybungst. rs themselves through
tho course, and a. Brooklyn j
clpal. who has under her care a
number of "officially rated sub
normal boys, 1* enthusiastic over
humune education in the ■c*’”'?'*’
Quoting her: ’lt has made a
wonderful difference ln ° u r " ub ‘
normal boy* to be made
of the S. P. C. A. They arei zest
ful ln bringing poor, ‘Poured
animals to me for humane d l®P° aa >’
and whereas before they liked o
tease poor dogs, now It Is their
pleasure to bring them to school
for Institutional care, or for adop
tion by some grown person who
will give them a good home, good
care and the petting that their
frightened heart* crave. But more
than all It has softened the rough
ness and uncouthnes* ln their
characters and made them general
ly more helpful, reliable, respectful
and self-respecting. One boy was
Instrumental ln prosecuting an
adult who had treated a wounded
dog most cruelly- One of our lowest
grade boys found five kittens tight
ly tied up ln a package. He brought
them to school. They were strong,
healthy kittens and lived, In spite
of the smothering. This class of
subnormal boys brought In seven
ty-eight cats and on* dog In one
month. Previously storekeepers
continually complained of these
boy* for stealing candy and the
like. Since we have the boys in
terested tn humane welfare there
hive been no more complaints.
"The broad purpose of the course
Is to correlate humaneness with
ethics, morality, nature etudy, com
position and art. An outstanding
feature of the tests was the sharp
stimulus noted ln the childrens
faculties of observation and expres
slon." , .
The course adopted was P r *<' a c*d
by teachers from an accredited
training echool, and Includes
struction supplemented by draw
ings and expert information on tne
value, care, feeding and treatment
of horses, dogs, cats, birds and less
considered pets. , .
There are, also, cited Incidents of
klndpess to animals In the live* of
Abraham Lincoln. Theodore Roose
velt and other great men I" hls
tory, and many a child would be
delighted and helped In owning and
properly caring for some pet that
would otherwise be homeless.
If Augusta does not feel at thl*
time that *he can arrange such a
course. teachers In the public
school* can help wonderfully by
devoting even a short period, one#
a week, to talks to th# children
on kindness to animal*, and also
the helpfulness to the children
themselves. Inspiring nobility of
character.
Tho Christmas holdidays are not
so far off but that all might plan
In their then more or less leisure
time to adopt some of these waif
animals that would more than re
ward one’s kindness with their gen
tleness and faithfulness.
Many a boy would rather hnve
a "sure enough” dog for Christmas
than most of the things they get
at that time. So. during the holiday
season, when they are free from
school duties, let's hope the child
ren will remember to help the
lovable and dependent animal
friends —and tho grownups can do
much to interest and encourage
them.
FIVE
KLAN AND ‘EQUALITY’
!N DAVIS SPEECHES
ONLY ADVENTITIOUS
TO TARIFF QUESTION
Men Who Worked for Re
publican Ticket in Fourth
and Fifth Wards Tell How
Coolidge Ticket was Put
Across—Will Form Per
manent Republican Organi
zation
While large numbers of political
wiseacres are making the positive
statement that speeches by Davis
on the Ku Klux Klan and the ques
tion of negro "equality” were re
sponsible for the defection of the
normally Democratic voters In the
Fourth and Fifth wards of Au
gusta, political leaders of thoso
wards, who worked quietly for
weeks in an effort to divert votes
to the Coolidge column, now de
clare positively that the tariff
question was the only Issue used in
their argument, and that any
speeches by Mr. Davis that might
have been objectionable were only
incidental to the tariff.
The vote In the Wurth and Fifth
Wards In Augusta was as follows:
Davis Coolidge LaFollette
4th Ward 175 287 56
sth Ward 174 411 79
Basing their fight for the Repub
lican ticket on the fact that a high
tariff on cotton goods would mean
employment for the mill people 365
days In the year, these leaders say
this argument was used, and the
results show how effective It was.
At the same time they deny the re
port that the mill authorities
themselves had anythihg to do with
the political upheavel.
These leaders, who ask that their
names not be used for fear that
their purpose might be misunder
stood, declare that they will form
a permanent public organization
at an early date and ask every
white man In the county who
favors a protective tariff to Join It.
It is not denied by these men
that the position of Mr. Davis on
the Klan and the negro failed to
have some effect, yet they disavow
the reports that this was the fun
damental Issue and point to the
tariff Issue as being responsible for
the defection. The fact that many
communities In Georgia, recognized
ns Klan strongholds, gave Coolidge
scarcely a vote. Is pointed to by
them as evidence that another Is
sue was used In throwing the
Fourth and Fifth wards to the Coo
lidge column.
HUNDREDS STAYED
AWAY FROM POLLB
These leader# declare that hun
dreds of voters In Richmond
County remained away from tho
polls last Tuesday because they
preferred to vote for Coolidge, but
felt bound to the Democratic nomi
nee because they voted ln th#
presidential prefernece primary.
Here Is th# statement, ln sub
stance, of one of these leaders:
“The Davis speeches merely
served as wind to fan the kindling
fire into flame. At the bottom of
the whole ech**iie of things is the
protective tariff. For yeare now,
the South has been rocking along
over the same old paths and roads
traversed by the father* and
grandfathers of the present gene
ration, with thought only for the
fact that ’Father always voted that
ticket, and so will I.’ Never an
Idea of their own, never a thought
about whether their fathers were
Infallible or the same as humans
are today. Independence, the
guaranteed right of every pesson
under the constitution, has Been
absolutely a minus quantity among
the voters of Georgia and the rest
of th# South ever since the Civil
War, ns far aa politics Is concerned.
The citizens supposed to rule with
their votes have bene ruled by their
votes.
WROTE DECLARATION
OF INDEPENDENCE
"The people of the Fourth and
Fifth by their action at the polls
Tuesday wrote their own declara
tion of Independence from the most
back custom of voting a Democra
tic ticket Just because their daddies
did It.
“To get back to the influence of
the tariff: The Republican party
favors a tariff for the protection of
American industries and products,
to which the Democratic party 1*
opposed. Th* factory employees
the two now Republican ward*
have been talked to and shown
where the tariff would be a bene
fit to the South, end especially to
the textile workers and farmers.
"The Republican-made tariff had
been the ealvatlon of the peanut
farmer* at a time when their crsc
appeared entirely hopeless. The
cotton mills would, under a proper
tariff, be enabled to run full time
th# year round and keep their
forces at work earning much
needed money.
"The big part of the work was
done before election day, and what
was done Tuesday was rqerely
surface work, to sort of check up
and see what results our efforts
were bearing. The argument for a
tariff, favored by the Republicans
and opposed by the Democrats, '
then, was the basic cause for the
Coolidge victory In the two wards.
This, as a starter, augmented by
th# influence brought to bear from
th# tenor of th# Democratic nomi
nee’s speeches above referred to.
accompllshd th# trick to the pro
portions shown in th* official tabu
lations.
"Now, th# answer to the ques
tion ln concrete form:
“The Fourth and Fifth Ward* of
Augusta went Republican because
of th# baslo principles of the two
parties, In which the voters had
become educated In th# past sev
eral weeks, coupled with the two
blunders mad* by th# Democratic
nominee ln hie campaign.'"
TO HOLD EXAMINATION
t The Civil Service Commission in
vites special attention to th* fact
that ln an examination held recent
ly tn Augusta, Ga.. and other cities
throughout the United States for
principal of home economics, In
dian service, applicant* were not
secured in the number desired, and
that this examination will be held
again on December 10th. .
Persons Interested ln this or other
examinations should apply to the
Secretary of the United State# Civil
Service Board at the local post
office for detailed Information and
application blanks.