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THE AUGUSTA HERALD
AUGUSTA. GA.
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herein.
ALWAYS ROOM AT THE TOP.
YOUNG m*n who are wondering wh»t lino of
work to follow will be interested In this. So
will others who, already started, find the road
to success rough and steep.
Each year American Industry needs 40,000 new
mining, electrical, hydraulic and other engineers. Yet
our engineering colleges are graduating only 9000 a
year. So claims the National Industrial Conference
Board.
Colonel Barbour, editor of Mining and Metallurgy,
challenges the board's claim. He says: "Nothing
could be more absurd. Moreover, such a statement
is tragically harmful to the currant graduate and the
young man who Is about to decide on an engineer
ing course of study. The engineering profession is
already over-crowded ”
Every business is over-crowded, for that matter,
except branchee of skilled labor where strict union
rules hold down the number of apprentices.
As far as mera numbers are concerned, we have
too many engineers, too many doctors, too many
lawyers, too many newspapermen, too many archi
tects. too many retallers~-snd so on, the list la vir
tually endless. I
No matter what you decide to “take up,’’ you find
thSt a disheartening army of others has the same
inclination. Even in aviation there Is a waiting list.
No field exist* In which success la easy.
The fact that success Is difficult proves the exis
tence of sharp competition—over-crowding.
But over-crowding le mainly due to the presence
of a multitude of Incompetents. For every general,
there ara thousand* of privates who haven't the
makings of a general, who couldn’t make good at the
top no matter how often opportunity knocked at the
door.
There are many electrical engineers, but only ono
Edison. Many surgeons, but only a few Crlles and
Mayos. Many criminal lawyers, but only a few
Dnrrow*.
Plenty of room at the top. for the right man. If
you are confident that you have the ability and
stlck-to-it-lveneee to make good, young fellow, go
ahead. Don t falter, don't weaken, don’t be discour
aged by "over-crowding.”
A business, trade or profession may be over
crowded with numbers—but never with ability.
WHY THE SOLID SOUTH.
COTTON It the staple product of the South. Th«p
South has a monopoly of American cotton,
which clothes the world better, cheaper and
more admirably than any other fibre. There are no
real substitutes for cotton. For this reason the
whole world le bended together to get American cot
ton as cheap as possible. Those in control of the
money powers are working every Imaginable scheme
to represe the price of cotton and gain control of
the crop. There are more expenecs attached to the
handling of cotton from grower to consumer than
any other staple product.
Furthermore, while everything that the cotton
grower need* 1* hedged around with a high protec
tive tariff, no duty will rales the price of his pro
duct beceue* It la *n export end nothing that Is Im
ported comes In competition with It Therefor#
everything that the cotton grower has to buy has Its
price boosted at his expenee end there are no com
pensation* for hla losses. Even the wheat and sugar
that the cotton grower consumes 1* heavily protect
ed. and the steel and Iron, and the agricultural Im
plements that he employe In hie farm work. All of
thee* are protected by a tariff wall raised so high
that they may be transported to other countries of
the world and aold at a profit, though they are sold
i beeper abroad than at home. It le manifestly to
the interest of the cotton grower and all who are de
pendent upon him to have the South remain solid.
Fifty years ago while the South was In the throes
of the reconstruction period and when she was pros
trate and helpless, she we* preyed upon by lawleet
bands of scalawags. car)>et baggers and harpies who
followed In the wake of the armies. While a state
of chaos approaching anarchy prevailed, the Lodge
force bill, the purpose of which was the destruction
of the whit* civilisation of the South, was Introduc
ed In Congress, and but for the Democrats of the
North the condition of the South would have been
indeed helpieee. In that trying time Tammany Hall
stood by the South and helped to defeat the Infamous
bill. The South has net yet forgotten.
Horatio Seymour and Samuel J. Tilden, of New
York, were staunch friend* of the South, as was also
Sam Banda!! of Pennsylvania. John W. Davis will
take his stand beside* thee* In point of ability as
well as keeping the sacrifice Mr. Davis made In their
behalf. He championed their cauae nobly and no
reproach attache* to any of the heads of the cam
paign. The South will remain solid so long as this
section le discriminated againet hy the hostile legis
lative attitude of the tariff-protected interests of the
North.
CHAMPION QUAIL EATER DEAD.
COT,. MAHCELLUB THORNTON, who died re
cently at Hickory, N. C., enjoyed the distinc
tlon of being the champion quail cater of the
South and held Ms title against all comers from the
period Just succeeding the War Between the States
up to the time of nls death. The record he estab
lished smashed a tradition of long standing.
It happened In this way. There were some bright
bright young reporters on the Atlanta Constitution,
of which Colonel Thornton and Smith Clayton were
two then striving for fame. Colonel Thornton after
a time left the Constitution and started the Atlanta
Evening Post which subsequently became the Jour
nal. The two men were In the habit of meeting every
night at Henry Durand's restaurant at the old Union
Depot In Atlanta.
On one of these occasions a discussion arose In re
gard to the unthruthfulneas or verity of the tradi
tion that a person was Incapable of eating a quail a
day for 90 consecutive days. Colonel Thornton ex
pressed It as his belief that the thing could be done,
whereupon a wager wa* made and the colonel under
took the task of eating 90 quail In 90 days In order
to disprove the fallacy of the theory that It could
not be done. Both the Constitution and the Post
fairly bristled with accounts of each day's experi
ence and great interest was aroused In the gastro
nomic feat.
On the 90th day of the test, In the presence of a
considerable crowd that had assembled to witness
Its termination, Colonel Thornton was In fine fettle
and took his bird In great gusto. When he had fin
ished he proclaimed himself the champion quail eat
er and called for the stake that he had won. Im
mediately there was a great clamor In the crowd on
account of the last bird not having been a quail.
During the red hot discussion that ensued Colonel
Thornton arose and looked at his watch. There was
Just one hour lacking for the time allowed for the
wager to expire. Colonel Thornton said that In or
der to satisfy everybody that the quall-cattng con
test was on the square he would eat another quail,
which he proceded to do. Harmony was restored
and an Important queatlon was settled. So far as Is
known there has been no subsequent attempt to dis
turb the colonel's title to the championship.
A CORRECT UNDERSTANDING.
IT is an 111 wind that blows no good, and It would
be strange Indeed were there no compensations
for the victory of the Republicans. But, won
derful to relate, the good news comes this time fron.
hard boiled Massachusetts. It Is nothing more nor
less than the overwhelming defeat of the child labor
constitutional amendment which gives congress the
power to regulate or prohibit the work of all per
sons under the ago of 18 years. The most striking
psrt aljout the result of the referendum is not that
it was defeated by a vote of 698,000 to 247,000, but
that such a crushing defeat should have been given
to It in the state were one would have supposed the
amendment would have received the greatest sup
port.
The result Is taken to Indicate that the Massachu
setts voter* are beginning to clearly understand the
child labor situation In the South In spite of the at
tempt to create an orroneous Impression. A cam
paign of misrepresentation has been carried on In
order to Impose upon the Ignorant and easily gulled
to create public sentiment against the southern cot
ton mills by allegations of the abuse of the child
labor law. It now develops that an educational
campaign In Massachusetts was the cause of the de
feat of the amendment. Alexander Lincoln, assis
tant district attorney. Issued & statement showing
by the United States census of 1920. that there was
more child labor employed in New England than
there wa* In the South. Mr. Lincoln'* statement
follow*:
"The impression seems to be prevalent that young
children In large numbers are employed In South
ern cotton mills, under conditions which are harmful
to their health and welfare, and that by reason of
such employment the cotton mills of the South are
able to compete with the cotton mills of New Eng
land so successfully as to threaten the destruction
of our cotton manufacturing Industry. This Impres
sion Is without any Justification In fact.
"The Federal Census of 1920 shows that at that
time only 481 children under 14 years were working
In cotton mills In the Southern States where cotton
manufacturing to any substantial extent Is cnrrled
on (North Carolina. South Carolina. Georgia, Ala
bama and Tennessee.) Since that time the laws of
those States have been strengthened so that such
labor la now prohibited there except in Georgia,
where special permits may be Issued to orphans or
children of widowed dependent mothers between 12
and 14 years of age. Forty-two permits have been
Issued In 1924. With this exception the labor of chil
dren under 14 In factories in the South Is non-ex
istent.”
Here followed a table of figures from the censu >
report showing that in 1920 there were 10.918 chil
dren under 18 employed In Industrial establishments
in five New England State* as compared wtth 9,653
children under 16 In Industrial establishments In the
five leading industrial States In the South. Mr. Lin
coln concluded with this enlightening statement:
"That present conditions of child labor are not a
serious evil 1* attested by Raymond O. Fuller, a rec
ognised authority on matter* pertaining to child la
bor. He says:
“Nine out of 10 people etlll think of child labor In
terms of bygone conditions, or of conditions that
represent only a fraction of its total amount today.
They think of it in terms of the spectacular, horri
ble conditions calling for drastic methods of reform.
Such thought does not fit th* present situation. The
worst evil* of 40, 90, even 10 years ago have been
removed or vastly abated.
"The trouble of New Englandcotton manufacturer*
are not due to the competition of Southern child la
bor. They are chiefly due to the location of the
Southern hills in the cotton producing territory, to
lower cost of living and cheaper power, and to the
willingness of the Southern working man and work
ing woman to work for longer hours and lower
wages
fHE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
WEEKLY SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
Peter's Great Confession
Th* International Uniform
Sunday School Lesson for Nov.
16. Matthew 16:19:-20.
By WM. E. GILROY, M. D.
(Editor of The Congrcgationaliit.)
TEXT—Matth
ew 16:13-20.
When Jesus came Into the coasts
of Caesarea Phillipl, he asked his
disciples, saying, Whom do men say
that I, the Son of man, am?
And they said. Some say that
thou art John the Baptist; some,
Ellas; and others, Jeremlas, or one
of the prophets.
lie said unto them, But whom say
ye that I am?
And Simon Peter answered and
said, Thou are the Christ, the Son
of the living God.
And Jesus answered and said un
to him. Blessed nre thou, Simon
BarJona: for flesh and blood hath
UNUSUAL PEOPLE
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MRS. R. M. WAN AM AKER
Mrs. R. M. Wanamnker, widow of
tho lute supreme court justioe of
Ohio, surprised her friends recent
ly hy enrolling as a student In
stenography.
She announced that if she is suc
cessful in tliut she will continue
her studies to include a secretarial
course.
Widowed when the late Judge
Wannmaker committed suicide by
leaping from tlio window on the
fourth floor of a Columbus hospital
several months ago. Mrs. Wana
maker found herself at a loss for
something to occupy her time pro
fitably.
She is an accomplished musician
hut she felt a musical career dl.l
not offer the possibilities she
sought.
So she abandoned her musical
studies to hecome a typist.
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not revealed it unto thee, but my
Father which Is in heaven.
And I say also unto thee, That
thou art Peter; and upon this rock
I will build my church: and the
gates of hell shall not prevail
against It.
And I will give unto thee the keys
of the kingdom of heaven; and
whatsoever thou shalt bind on
earth,, shall be loosed In heaven.
Then charged he his disciples,
that they should tell no man that he
was Jesus the Christ.
G. K. Chesterton, the gall known
English Journalist, lias called at
tention to the fact that when Jesus
would establish His church on
earth He chose as the rock upon
which to build it neither the sub
lime John, nor the guileless Nathan
ael, but a man full of human weak
ness like Peter, whom Mr. Ches
terton characterizes as a "snob.”
Peter was something of a "snob.”
though he was probably not con
scious of it. His impetuousness and
self-confidence made him think of
himself as just a little more depend
able than the rest of the disciples.
Did he not say to Jesus, "Though
nil men deny Thee, yet will not
I?” His religious prejudices, also
were so Intense that he had to have
a vision on the housetop before he
would receive a Gentile upon com
mon ground.
The Gospel story, Doth in the
New Testament, and in the records
of the triumph of the Gospel in the
Church, is the story of how weak
men, and proud men, and ambitious
men, like Peter, have been trans
formed Into humble, courageous,
saintly men, whom God has chosen
for the outworking of His pur
poses.
The beginning of Peter’s trans
formation was his meeting with
Jesus, but Peter with all his faults
and weaknesses was a sincere man,
and lie had this fine characteristic
that he knew greatness when he
saw it.
That Is not altogether a common
quality in men. Our confessions
mnrk our characters and ideals.
There are men who never acknowl
edge greatness in anybody. Better
to think one’s self superior to
some others. If one knows likewise
one's Inferiority, than to have a low
estimate both of one's self and of
one's fellows. Life without a master
Is no life at all.
Peter knew Ills master, and he
was capable of a whole-hearted al
legiance.
What did he mean when he said
to Jesus. "Thou are the Christ, the
Son of the living God?” It is doubt
ful whether Peter was at this stage
of his life much either of a theo
logian. or of it metaphyslckrti. But
this confession meant that with all
his heart and soul he yielded him
self to the mastery of Jesus Ho
found in Him all that was divine
and glorious.
It is this hearfelt .confession that
constitutes the true recognition of
Jesus. He cares little for the ac
knowledgement that is only from
the lips. He reproached those of His
day for calling Him, "Lord, Lord.”
while they failed to do the things
that He said.
Is Jesus different today? Does He
demand from us any less real a
confession and surrender of our
lives?
Is Jesus really divine to us? Do
we yield to Him our lives and serv-
ices as to the Lord of the realm
of Love and Truth?
"Thou art the Christ, the Son of
the living God.” What U the proof
of this confession? It is Jesus Him
self. He demands nothing from the
soul that does not wholly enrich
and purify our lives. We could
conceive of no acknowledgement
that would lift the soul to higher
goodness than this sincere surren
der of the soul to Christ.
i
The highest place that heaven af
fords
Is to our Jesus given;
The King of Kings and Lord of
Lords
He rules o’er earth and heaven.
It Is In Jesus of Nazareth that
God and man meet. Peter had dis
covered this. Perhaps Peter did not
understand all the greatness of the
confession that he made, but at any
rate it meant all that it could mean
to him.
When men can find a mastery
that will produce better, purer,
more beautiful living than the mas
tery of Jesus, let them turn to
some other name. But where can
such mastery be found? 13 not the
highest life for humanity Just where
It was for Peter —in the confession
with the lips and the full obedience
of the heart, "Thou art the Christ,
the Son of the living God?”
EDITORIAL COMMENT
ANTS OR GRASSHOPPERS?
In Its advertising columns Tues
day morning The News published
an Interesting and significant
photograph. It showed three car
loads of canned fruits and veget
ables coming to South Carolina
from the State of California.
Just a few weeks ago South Caro
lina folks were wondering what
they would do with all the peaches
that had been produced In South
Carolina trees, and complaining
because the people in New York,
Ohio and other points in the Unit
ed States couldn't eat them up fast
enough to keep prices high. Much
of the fruit probably rotted because
it couldn't be sold fast enough, and
down in Georgia, it was said that
they were thrown by the bushel in
to creeks. ,
Now when the winter season Is
approaching and the peach trees
no longer produce their luscious
fruit we South Carolinians find
that we still like to eat peaches and
other fruits and vegetables. But we
haven’t any of our own, so we must
send 3,000 miles across the Conti
nent to the California folk, who had
sense enough to preserve in cans
a part of the great product of their
fruit trees and vegetable plants,
and who are thus able to supply the
rest of the world at a profit to
themselves.
Everybody knows the fable of the
ant and the grasshopper. The for
mer laid up a part of his summer's
foraging to provide against the
needs of a barren winter. The grass
hopper was content to live on the
abundance that the summer pro
vided and took no thought for the
future. When the frost killed the
vegetation he was forced to beg of
the ant for the means of existence.
Canning of fruits and vegetables
Is no secret with the Calfornians.
South Carolinas can do it as well as
they. But we Just don’t. Are we ants
ov grasshoppers?—The Greenville
News.
A STATESMAN AND A GENTLE
MAN
In searching for reasons and ex
cuses to explain their defeat, the
Democrats must realize that no
responsibility for yesterday's dis
aster can be attached to John W.
Davis. He waged a vigorous cam
paign and demeaned himself
throughout as an able, courageous
statesman. He Is Vastly stronger
today in the confidence of the Am
erican people than he was four
months ago when the choice of his
party alighted upon him.
In fact. The Times believes that
there Is a general disposition on the
part of the American people to ad
mit that of the candidates who
sought the presidency in this elec
tion, Mr. Davis is by al! odds the
most qualified for this high office.
It was a hopeless task which vaa
laid upon Mr. Davis by the New
York convention. The nomination
was robbed of any worth which it
might have had by the long and
hitter fight which preluded it. The
Democratic party was torn from
center to circumference by this
strife and not even Mr. Davis was
able to heal the wounds.
'Then he failed to secure the sup
port which he should have received
at the hands of his own party. Mr.
McAdoo hied himself to Europe and
left his followers to find their
places. Upon his return he rushed
to a hospital for an operation. The
consequence was that Mr. Davis did
not receive from Mr. McAdoo that
I support which he was Justified In
i exnrctlng.
Mr. Davis did his best. He fought
hard from the beginning to the end
■of the campaign. He never lower
By Williams
his flag. But the fates were against
him. The undertaking was too
much even for him.
In defeat, however, he bulks large
in the thoughts of the nation. He
was revealed himself for what he
really Is, an honest-to-goodness
statesman and a gentleman un
afraid.—The Asheville Time*.
FABLES ON HEALTH
For Sleeplessness
Many people complain of slepe-
Isssnese.
Surely. Mr. Mann of Anytown
was never bothered by such a trou
ble, and a great flood of worries
generally muddled his head to
such an extent that he was gapy to
get sleep as an escape.
Until recently people thus trou
bled worried a great deal about the
condition, but modern science
teaches that there Is no great cause
for worry, as rest may be had
without sleep and the evils have
been exaggerated by the suf
ferers.
Nevertheless, since it does prove
a mental disturber, there are a few
simple aids that might be tried—
and these Involve getting a better
circulatory distribution.
Get out of bed, stand erect and
rise to tiptoe position. Repeat
this rapidly until a good blood
flow is felt In the calf of the legs.
This will indicate that the blood is
leaving the head. Then lie down
again. compose yourself and
breathe deeply and rapidly. This
will generally act in a relaxful way
and sleep will soon follow.
All Judges and barristers are re
ferred to In British courts as
"learned.”
Crossword Puzzle
ifei
The seventh Greek letter, the pre
fix meaning double , and certain
American Indians constitute the
hardest nuts in this basket. These
two and three-letter stickers, how
ever, are completely keyed, so you
should not have much trouble.
HORIZONTAL.
1. Three persons.
5. In old time.
8. Slumberer.
11. Third person plural objective
pronoun.
13. Ladles.
14. Prefix meaning double.
15. Seventh letter of the Greek
alphabet.
17. Decay.
18. Wager.
19. The great blue and yellow ma
caw.
21. Vessel.
22. Stnte of mind.
23. Adverb of negation.
24. Devour.'
25. Lair.
26. Alcoholic beverage.
28. The danger color.
30. Paid newspaper notice.
31. Entries or particulars.
33. Very.
34. Puts clothes on.
36. Bitter European fruit, regarded
as the granddaddie of tho
plum.
37, A weighty volume.
She’s Nelson’s Fiancee
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Lieutenant Eric Nelson (below) has received numerous restardt for
his part In th# world flight. Her# Is the one he likes beet. Her name is
Ruth Butler. She live* In Dayton. 0., Nelson's home station. Ruth Is a
former Follies girl. A reporter found her picture on the instrument
board of Nelson's plane. Then the lieutenant admitted their encase,
menu ••
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16
EXALTED RULER
Of Elks Urges Members
to Vote
COLUMBUS—PIans for the hold -,
ing of the 1925 Elks’ convention at
Portland, Oregon, will be disucs
sed there the latter partof this
month when John G. Price of Co
lumbus, new grand exalted ruler,
vlsitß that city to complete ar
rangements for what he expects to
be Elkdom'B greatest.
Mr. Price will make many ad
dresses on his Pacific tour. While
the greater part of these will be
devoted to fraternal discussions,
he will also urge all members of the
order to take an ctlve part In na
tional elections.
“We, as good citizens,” he said
“owe it to ourselves and to our
country to help direct affairs of our
government by the use of the bal
lot.
Leaving here October 22. Mr.
Price’s itnerary includes stops at
Terre Haute, St. Louis, Kansas
City, Pueblo, Colorado Springs,
Denver, Ogden, Salt Lake City, San
Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Liv
ingston, Billings and Chicago, re
turning here November 18.
New types of fish can be pro
duced by changing the tempera
ture of the water In which they live
experiment has shown.
The world's largest gold nugget,
weighing 630 pounds and valued at
about $60,000, was discovered In
Australia in 1872.
VERTICAL.
1. Faithful.
2. Exist.
3. Aged. r 1
4. Without remorsSk
5. Opposite of no.
6. Conjunction.
7. Pour forth.
9. Every boy has longed to wiggle
his:
10. Fondle.
12. Blemished.
14. Marks out plainly.
16. Malicious burning.
18. Hard wood, used for making
pipes.
20. Suitable.
21. An American Indian. %
25. Structure to hold back water.
26. Past tenee of 24 horizontal.
27. Typographical measurements.
29. Completed.
31. Wrath.
32. Fixed.
34. Perform
35. As. \
FREE SHOW.
SUNBURY, Pa —“A free ticket
for any show for 15 paste-board
tops from milk bottles" advertised
a local movie house. Next morn
ing scores of milk bottles tops
were missing from front porches
all over the city. The advertise
ment did not appear again.