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THE AUGUSTA HERALD
AUGUSTA, GA.
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A THOUGHT
Tha anta ara a paopla net strong, yat they prepare
their meat in tha eummor.—Prov. S0:t8.
Look era thou leap, aee ere thou so. Thomas
Turner.
QUIPS: By Robert Quillen
Progress: Slush funds; hush fundi: mush funds.
The happiest homes ara those whsro tha piano
keys are sticky.
There s always a way for the darlns. Muscllage
will stop falling hair.
One atate right left la that of wondering why other
amtra select such Senators.
A ha-man la one who doesn't put anything on hln
furs after shaving except, whiskers.
One good way to develop a ross-bud mouth la to
eat persimmons too soon.
Yet one feels
an honest mas
culine prlds wbstt
one observes a
woo husband
bossing a large
fat wife.
Jjk
The funny part la that gum ohewers usually fssl a
little superior to tobacco chewer#.
Vanity Is essential. It enables us t# think' our
head is level merely because our f*#t ar# cold.
“AH diseases are disappearing." Th# Itch, how
ever. has consolidated Ita position In th* palm*.
Wouldn't It bs awful If this country should need
sav.ng tome tlm* between election years!
T.\* League will prevent eome wars; but always
there will be some nations guilty of being small.
11 Isn't that Americans are conservative, but that
they cant stay mad while they're prosperous.
> i s
iliurf I'reteitJ
ed assurance. Al
no something to
run t h • ear
over.
X>nubUs*a Snmson killed those people with a bon*
Our colored brethren us* bon** to br**k on* another.
Why bo surprleed that women thought less of th*
ballot utter getting It? That a the way they ar*
about husbands.
We Ilk* Wales better and better. He docen t brag
of the miltng* he gala out of hla nickel plnted fliv
ver.
The Alllea are lucky. If Germany had confeaacd
n. tuol defeat think of the loan a!.* would have de
ntrvn !< 0.
'■'orrect thta sentence: “That w*» my first horas
hooh ride In years," auld he, "but I can alt down
without difficulty.”
| Readin’ Matter By Hal Cochran jj
WHAT do you read, when you read, young man?
What ia It that takes your tya? What aort
of script do you dally ecan; what aort ot
I
books do you buy?
Newpapera, surely, for eueryone doea. eo's to know
What'a th* new* of the day. Kcarehead* and scan
dal make leadin' folk* but* era they're throwin' th#
paper away.
Car ads that acrea.ni from the etreet car aides; bill
board* that fair aeem to yell. A man always sees
'em whenever he rldea and he read* ivhat they're
aimin' to tell.
I-ateat of novel* that come from th* shop where
bookworm* and othar folk* drift. Qood tilling title*
that make a man atop. Tales that glv# tiredness a
lift.
Constantly tradin'! Were all at th* game, and
from this unto that »c will roam. The beat readin'
matter? Allow me to name, the letter# you get front
back home.
WASTE.
AN engine without steam la powerless. A cigar
without a match la not of much comfort. Good
wad* and transportation connections without
aytdrm and service arc useless beyond being a mon
umental mark pointing to lack of co-ordination and
card' f * oversight on the part of soma one who
should l»e more attentive to duty.
It teem* a pitiful waste of energy, a direful ex
tract ponce of funds to erect the substantia! fram
ing for a house and then let the skeleton go uncov
ered nrd subject to the ravage* of destroying cle- |
tnent*.
Ec.ually I* it a w&vtr of energy, an extravagance
of funds, to build two magnlflclent and splendid
strotche* of roadway, and then for tho roadway to
be made of doubtful service because of the existence
of a "rotten" link In tho chain.
The story Is told that on* night during this week J
a cltlxen county, South Carolina, came
to Augusta to attend the fair. Knroute home with I
hi* family after a day spent In the city, the McCor
mick citizen arrived at Furey's Ferry about k:IO p
m. to find the ferry boat was moored to the South
Garollnu side of the river. For upwards of three
quarter* of an hour he hallooed and hallooed to
arouse the ferryman acroas th* river, and all to no
avail. Finally, a man living on th* Georgia aide,
groused by the repeated call* of the man waiting to
I cross to the Carolina side, rose from his bed and
rowed across the river In a bateau to rouse the ferry
man, which he accomplished after some lapse of
time, by calling and ahaklng the man. Upwards of
an hour was consumed by the Carolinian in getting
across the river to continue his Journey homeward.
If the Furcy's Kerry road Is to prove of real and
worthwhile benefit to the people of Georgia and
South Carolina, for which it was designed and built,
there should be, and that right away, some provision
made for prompt and satisfactory service In getting
across the river at the ferry site. Otherwise this
splendid piece of roadway will he like unto the en
gine without steam, the cigar without a match, the
house-frame without the covering.
Which shall It be?
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BORAH, THE MAN OF THE HOUR.
SENATOR WILLIAM E. BORAH Is to be the
bull frog In the little mud puddle. He Is to
become the chairman of the Senatorial commit
tee of Foreign Relations, succeeding Senator Lodge
as the head of the most powerful committee In the
upper branch of Congress. Borah Is from Idaho,
the smallest western stats, but henceforth It will
wield the greatest influence In the effaire of the
United States, and, Incidentally, will be a consider
able factor In world affaire.
Senator Borah la from a state that caste only three
electoral votes. It Is the smallest unit In the galaxy
of 48—according to Ita electoral voting strength.
Senator Borah Is not only head of the Foreign Rela
tione committee, but according to the seniority rule
be will be entitled to head the Judiciary committee
and the committee on education and labor. How
over he will refrain from the two latter positions a*
his hsnrls nil) he full with the work of the Foreign
Relatione without attempting to run the entire ma
chine.
The domination of New England In the Senate la
now numbered with the things that were. The big
intellect* and political atrategleta have passed from
the scone, and the virile western country, by keeping
their best and most ambitious men In office, Is going
to the front, and taking the high position* and gain
ing control. Wyoming Is another state having only
three votes In the electoral college, end Senator
Frances E. Warren from that state made the Senate
committee on appropriations, which Is likewise one
of the moat powerful. Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah,
a atate with four vote* In the electoral college, is se
cond on the commltte.e Senator Smoot It also chair
man of tha Finance committee, which ranks along
with the most Important.
This group of small states in tho far West, com
posed of Idaho, Wyoming and Utah, having a total
of ten votes, Just on* half as many voles as Texas
and lesa than one fourth as many as New York,
exercise control of the Senate ae absolute ae that or
Now England ever wae. Nor Is this the whole story,
for other and Important committees are controlled by
the senators from the West. The seat of power has
gone from the East and Is now locatod In the ex
treme West. Though it Is a long way from base
there It nothing else to do but stand It!
THE AUGUSTA SURVEY
THE printed report of the Augusta Survey
which has Just come off the press la a most
attractive and Important volume. The cover
state* that It is a community Improvement study of
Augusta snd Richmond County. Ths report Is pub
lished and distributed by the Augusts Kiwanls Club.
The foreword states that this la the first compre
hensive community study ever undertaken In which
tha actual work was done by local penpl* under di
rection of trained expert*. More than 300 local peo
ple snd forty trained workers participated In the
studies.
The Survey was conducted under the auspices of
Augusta's civic organisations, assisted by the Georgia
Council of Social Agencies and financed by the J.
11. White Foundation. It was directed by Carter
Taylor. John Sylvester was chairman of the Exe
cutive Committee.
The volume contains reports of special committees
on Coordination, Family Welfare, Education, Recrea
tion. Housing, Industry, Agriculture, Religious Life,
Jails and Health. It thus covers the broad field of
the entire social organization In Augusta and gives
a most detailed and comprehensive view of the or
ganization of social forces in the city It contain*
247 pages clearly printed and Is Illustrated with 43
well chosen views of the various phases of the social
activities of Augusta.
It is a mine of facts as a result of vhe careful com.
pllatton of statistics gathered after much painstak
ing effort on the part of the members of the differ
ent committees. The** statistics are made more In
telligible and available through the use of numerous
charts bringing out their significance.
It la Interesting to note that result* ar* already be
ginning to show. The most vital recommendation
of the entire survey which same from the commit
tee on coordination providing for the employment of
a Secretary to establish a Council of Social Agencies
has already been put into effect. The Council l*
now at w. rk organising a Social Service Exchange,
'which was also recommended in the same report.
The careful study of the entire Survey report will
well repay any cltisen of Augusta interested In the
progress and welfare of the city. The report can
b* obtained through any member of the Kiwanls
Club, which has assumed the responsibility for it*
distribution, cr the Board of Commerce.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
Family Affairs Not Taboo
In Politics in Britain
BY MILTON BRONNER
IONDON. —In the United States
j iv* are very much against fam
* Ily affairs in politics and are
quick to raise the charge of despot
ism when a man puts bis relatives
Into Jobs.
But the British haven't the same
feeling In the matter. The Parlia
ment- which has Just been dissolv
ed. is a striking example of this.
In America we wouldn't like the
Idea of father and eon being In con
gress. But In the last. Parliament
Arthur Henderson, a member of the
Labor cabinet, was not only a mem
ber of the hods# of comment*, but
had two sons alongside him. Lloyd
Georg* and Sir Alfred Mond, two
leaders of the liberal party, each
had a son In the house of commons
also. And so had Col. W. C. Nichol
son.
In the late election campaign
quite a number of fathers and son*
stood for parliament with every
chance of success.
PEOPLE who have once occupied
“royal" position* are supposed
to have acquired tact even If
they were not horn with It, but
Marle-Chrlstlsa, dowager queen of
Spain, who was by birth an Aus
tlran princess, can't be numbered
among them. ...... .
Not long ago the visited the fa
mous palace of Versailles and In
this place dear to the heart of
Frenchmen, began talking with her
suite—ln German. One of the schol
arly conservators of the palace, see
ing she had chosen that tongue, also
■poke to her In German.
Folks Set Their Clocks
By Jusserand’s Coach
BY HARRY B. HUNT
WASHINGTON. With the
passing of Jean Adrien An
toine Jules Jiissorand as
French ambassador .to the United
Ktatee, Washington will lose the
last of her horse-drawn state car
riages.
While the rest of Washington
officialdom long ago adopted the
automobile as a means of trans
port, the French ambussador has
clung steadfastly to the old low
swung barouche—known to our
modern youth Is “sca-gulng
hacks.”
One of the sights of upper Six
teenth street, “Embassy row,” has
ben Jusserand and his wife going
for their dally airing. Promptly
at 4 o'clock every day rain or
shine, winter or summer, the Jus
scrand equipage, with coachman
and footman on the box, the tri
colors of Franco worn In Jaunty
cockades on their hats, has drawn
up before tha embassy entrance for
Monsieur the Ambassador and Ills
lady. And as promptly at 5:30
they have returned.
Clock* could be set by their go
ing and coming, so regularly were
they timed. The regularity of th»
routine with which Jusserand
regulated his day Is now regarded
as old-fashioned as the “sea-going
hack" to which he clung for
travel.
ONLY once In his 22 years of
service here did the fever of
progress stir Jussorand's blood
to the point where he willingly
used an auto. That was the day
President Wilson read his mes
sage to Congress calling on Ger
many to cease submarine hostilities
against neutral vessel*.
This speech, It was recognized,
was a presage of American entry
Into tho war on the side of Franco
and her allies.
For that one day his horse
drawn vehicle could not keep up
with the little ambassador's urge
for action. So he got an auto, and
with the French and American
flags flapping from the sides of the
radiator he dashed madly about
the cupltn! up and down, in uml
out, through the streets for
hours.
The German embassador had
been handed his passports and
Jusserand was celebrating In ono
mad automobllo orgy!
NEXT to Jusserand, the last
public personages In Wash
ington to cling to the horse
and carriage Instead of using an
auto were Postmaster General
Burleson snd David Houston and
Edwin Meredith as secretaries of
The Initial Cost and Upkeep Don’t Worry Us Any More
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■■ a»
“What, you know German"* she
exclaimed In surprise. “From what
place do you come?"
“From Rhelms, madamc.”
And the queen, remembering how
hard the Germans tried to capture
this place, said with the acme of
tact:
“Ah, you are almost German!"
PRESIDENT DOUMERGUE, of
the republic of France, like the
late President Wilson, thinks
the number 13 Is his Iqcky number.
It played a large part in his early
life, culwminatlng In 1913 when he
became premier. And he was
chosen president on the thirteenth
of June, which was the thirteenth
day's session of the republic.
I*UIE British are great people for
Interrupting their public
speakers and either asking
them questions or answering ques
tions they have rhetorically put.
This Is called "heckling” and is
expected by spoakers and audi
ences alike. In the parliamentary
campaign. Sir Robert Horne, ono
of the hlg guns of the Tory party,
was thundering away 1 about the
necessities of traffic. "What Is the
most expensive market In tho
world?" he boomed. And before he
could tell the answer, a mar in the
audience boomed right back at
him:
“Newmarket!"
This Is the name of a famous
race course where many a Briton
has bought a ticket on a sure win
ner and come to grief.
agriculture In Wilson's adminis
tration.
Burleson used horses because
he loved them. Some people
thought It was a poso with him,
but it wasn't. He preferred walk
ing to autolng, und when ho didn’t
drive down to the postoffice de
! partment he took shank's mare
and hiked It.
Houston and Meredith clung to
the horse and carriage as a part
of the tradition of the office. It al
ways had been held the proper
thing for the heads of the Depart
ment of Agriculture to use horses.
It made them seme closer to tho
soil, and was supposed to heighten
them In the regard us farmers gen
erally.
With the modernizing of govern
ment under tho Harding adminis
tration, however, Will llays asked
for and got an automobile for the
postmaster general and another
was granted Secretary of Agricul
ture Wallace.
Which left Jusserand and his
barouche the only reprcsej**atlves
In official life of the old order of
transportation.
MUCH has been written, both
In fact and fiction, about the
Influence of a wife on a hus
band's career.
Whether it is a mere coincidence
or whether the fact had something
to do with the result, it Is of
| possible significance that Senor
I Juan Uianoy Gayganos, who suc-
I cecils Jusserand as dean of the
I diplomat Id corps, because of Ills
i long service in Washington, has,
like Jusserand was a Miss
Richards of New York. Senora
ltlano was a Washington girl,
formerly Miss Alice Ward.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
FERTILISERS AND CREDITS
Commercial Fertilizer (Atlanta)
gives clear impression through sev
eral articles in Its November num
ber that Southern fertilizer manu
facturers are at last resolving to
drop uneconomic practices and put
the Industry on a sound basis. One
of Hambone's meditations has been
tnken to heart recently: "Ef’n I
ovuh doe. git to whah I kin make
hofo en's meet, I sho’ gwlne take an'
tie 'em in a hahd knot."
Interest of tha South ns a com
munity would be well served by a
thorough rationalizing of conditions
In tho manufacture and distribution
of commercial fertilizers, pnrticur
ly In the fields of credits and com
petitive activities. Needs must
where necessity dives and the hard
experience of the last few years has
perforce brought some order out of
the credit chaos. Forces now op
erative in economics are compelling
further improvement in that de
partment.
themselves have much
to gain through an eventual reduc
tion of their fertilizer purchases to
a cash footing. The spread be
tween spot and time quotations 1s
an Intimation of the high charge
fm bad credits that fertilizer prices
carry; a charge that all users must
bear in some degree. Fertilizer costs
contain, besides other items that
can be eliminate#; items arising out
of Inefficient operating, destructive
competitive practices, unintelligent,
collection methods ami so on Th*
beat sign noted for the future Is a
lively awareness among ths manu
facturers themselves and their dls
tributors thta the industry must
set Its house in order.
South Carolina farming policy
long ago settled on liberal fertiliza
tion as a prime factor and chang
ing agricultural conditions seem
likely to increase rather than to de
crease the application per acre of
artificial fertilization, with the sup.
plementlng of such materials by
the use of legume crops, green
manures and the various other
measures for supplying the plant
nourishment and notably the humus
that South Carolina soils require.
The'farmer has a very large interest
In the improvement of conditions In
the fertiliser industry and will wel
come every proper effort toward
that end. —The Columbia State.
GAME, AND SUPER-GAME
CHICKENS
"When I lived In Washington, Ga.,
a good many years ago," said Dr.
Frank Willis Barnett, in a reminis
cent mood, “we had a neighbor who
owned a great big gawky looking
rooster that fairly lived In our flow
er beds and garden. I got mighty
tired of it—threw a billet of stove
wood at it one day and didn’t miss
Its head by an Inch. Then I %iew
that wouldn’t do—killing a neigh
bors chicken. Happened to mention
it to a friend of mine who lie.*d out
in the country, and he said be
raised pit games and he would bring
me a game rooster who would knock
she marauder about a bit and make
him change his habits of range. So
he did, and the very afternoon he
brought tho game rooster in, my
neighbor who owned the nuisance
rooster, Insisted on coming over to
dinner. My conscience began hurt
ing me after I got there. I thought
It a rotten thing to do, to turn a pit
game loose on that old Shanghai or
whatever it was, and maybe get him
killed. So I excused myself and ran
back over home to lock my game
up—and found the roosters had got
ten together. That neighbor's roos.
ter had Just about killed the bor
rowed game—and was putting on
the finishing touches when I res
cued him. I didn't say anything, of
course, but about six months later
I mentioned It to a lady who had
a plantation and was a great chic
ken fancier. She like to have died
laughing. "That certainly Is a joke
on you,” she gasped after a while.
I gave that old rooster to your
neighbor. He is an English game,
of pure blood and can mighty near
whip a bulldog.’ So It proved to me
that appearances are no saL crite
rion. That English gam» looked
like an old feather-legged Shanghai
that would run at the first on
slaught. One can never tell.”—Bir
mingham News.
STILL GREAT IN DEFEAT
Whenever may be said about the
causes that led to Democratic de
feat on Tuesday, nothing can be
truthfully said In derogation of th*
splendid fight that John W. Davis
made personally amid great handi
caps. No more admirably equipped
candidate has ever been nominated
for the presidency, and If merit
alone counted, Mr. Davis would
have been triumphantly elected. It
was not his fault he hnd to breast
a flood that made success impos
sible and that he has been carried
down to defeat.
An honorable gentleman, an ex
ponent lawyer, a skillful diplomat,
well versed both In demestic and
foreign politics, Mr. Davis would
inivo made an Ideal president, and
it is the country’s loss that he is
not permitted to serve it as such.
With many years of active life be
fore hinv it Is impossible to believe
that this accomplished statesman
will not again figure prominently in
its affairs. John W. Davis Is too
great a man to be obliterated by one
defeat and the Democratic party
is too old and historic an organiza
tion to be permanently cast down by
n reverse at the polls.—Philadelphia
Record.
Poll Tax For All
(From the Macon News)
Mr. Julian E. Ross, representa
tive elect to the General Assembly
from Richmond county announces
that he will offer a bill making It
compulsory for every male citizen
of tho state betwene the age of 21
and <0 to register and pay poll tax.
Th* penalty for failure to meet this
requirement will be ten days on the
chaingang for every year of delln
quncy, provided that he may be re
lieved of this penalty by paying up
his taxes with an additional sum
of 31.00.
Ih a general way this Is a reform
for which Th# MScon News has
contended many years. Ws do not
know what is the central Idea Mr.
Rose has In mind. If It is to make
participation in elections compul
sory, we think the wrong angle <s
taken. We do not believe that any
man should be compelled to vote,
regardless of whether he has stu
died the men and measures to be
dcided upon.
Ths point ws have always wished
to stress Is that every man should
contribute something to the sup-
More Digest “Propaganda”
(From the Greenwood Index-Journal)
The Literary Digest has embark
ed upon two new campaigns. One
is to conduct a nation-wide poll on
the question of Income fax pub
licity. The Digest wants to tell the
Congress what the people want and
ft not slow to get busy in the busi
ness. Congressmen and Senator
should be very grateful to The Di
gest for its unselfish labors in the
public interest. They have no
means of knowing what the people
want unless The Digest tells them
—in the opinion of The Digest.
The other campaign appears to
be a boom for Governor A 1 Smith
Speaking The Public Mind
CRYING NEED OF FUREY’S
FERRY BRIDGE
To The Herald:
Your editorial calling for build
ing of the Furey’s Ferry bridge
without much further delay is
timely. I want to say, however, that
the Georgia highway authorities
were always friendly to building
that road, the trouble and delay
was caused by the fact that Colum
bia county would not agree to pay
her quota. Nothing therefore could
be done. The moment It was pro
posed to Mr. Holder that the City
of Augusta and Richmond county
put up the quota of Columbia coun
ty he said: “Do this and we will
build the road at once.” And it was
built at once. We have a fine road
there now and we owe a world of
thanks to Mr. Neal, state highway
engineer and to Mr. Holder. And I
should not fall to say, to Mr. Wm.
Greenslade, the able district engi
neer. who died in January. He was
from the first a champion of that
road and bridge. He advocated the
building of that bridge at once and
UNUSUAL PEOPLE
Proud Pete
—l—————i M
I —MBK—MMMWH ■
Chief Big Head, also known as
Gros Tete and Pete Wright, is chief
of the Slave Indians at the far
northern post of Fort Norman, N,
W. T., Canada.
Pete Is the recipient every three
years of a naval uniform, brass
buttoned and laced, one large Union
Jack, and 325 in one dollar bills,
in return for which he Is supposed
to hold his tribe In firm allegiance
to the British crown. As well, on
becoming chief, he was presented
water Is heated and every day finds
with a solid silver medal. This
weighs one pound and a half, and
Tete is very proud of this white
man given insignia of his exalted
position. Th* chief Is a strong
churchman.
ATLANTA
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$6.41 ROUND TRIP
THANKSGIVING
NOVEMBER 27TH, 1924
FOOTBALL
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vember 23th.
Half Far# for Children.
PULLMAN ACCOMMODATIONS
Those desiring Pullman accommodations to Atlanta should make
reservations early.
GEORGIA RAILROAD
SAM D. WILKES. P. A., W. W. SNOW, D. P. A.,
809 Broad Street. Phono 45.
K. F. WESTBERRY, U. T. A., M. C. JONES. C. T. A.,
Phone 1889. Phone 681.
Augusta, Ga.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16
port of the government. If he has
no property on which he pays taxes,
he at least gets the protection of
his life hnd liberty, and the ma
chinery of the state which makes
this possible is expensive.
Registration should be Incident to
the payment of the poll tax, but as
we understand it, there would be no
effort to make him vote, and thl* Is
as It should be.
We have not only advocated the
payment of a poll tax by every man
between 21 and the usual age of
exemption, but we have contended
tjiat J 1 was too small In amount.
It would work no hardship If every
male citizen between the ages spe
cified had to pay at least $2 Into
the public treasury for the enjoy
ment of all the safeguards tlmt or
ganized society throws around him.
Two dollars from each of these
citizens would make up a goodly
aggregate for the State at a time
when many strange sources of re
venue are being suggested. The
poll tax Is a logical and equitable
tax, and the measure deserves sup
port.
for the Democratic presidential
nomination iq 1928. The Digest did
its part in helping to ease Presi
dent Coolldge hack into office and
appears by the Smith propaganda
to be very much interested in keep
ing the Republicans in power. For
it is certain that Governor Smith's
nomination would split the Demo
cratic party in a few more large
size splits than it now suffers from.
After the knifing of John W. Davis
the New York Democrats ought in
dencency's sake keep quiet for A
spell at least. And The Digest
might take a little more time to di
gest the situation.
so impressed the highway commis
sion to begin preparing plans for
the bridge last January. His death
seemed to put a stop to further im
mediate steps.
When that bridge Is built I
should liketo see it called “Grecn
slade Bridge" as a memorial to him.
X am sorry that our new district
engineer, Mr. Whittier, is not so en
thusiastic about the early building
of that bridge as Mr. Greenslado
was, but X hope Mr. Whitter will
come around on it. Mr. Whittier tells
me that it will not be built prob
ably until after five or six years
end that he thinks there are a num
ber of bridges, all within the state
of Georgia, that should be built
first. I do not think it is logical
to contend bridges all within the
state should be considered first,
because inter-state bridges if they
serve the traveling public are just
as important and deserving of con
sideration as all state bridges.
Georgia, besides, would pay only
half the cost and such bridges are
as essentially all within the state,
from standpoint of cost, as any
others. I doubt whether there Is any
bridge In the state now needed
which leads to a large city market
and would serve so many people in
that respect as this bridge. An im
portant trunk line road, already
built In two states, should undoubt
edly do away with a ferry as soon
as possible. That road makes the
distance from Greenville to Jack
sonville nearly eighty miles shorter
than one via Athens, Macon, etc.,
so that this bridge is of much more
than local Importance. I-ast year the
South Carolina highway authori
ties were In favor of building that
bridge “very soon” and probably
have not changed their minds if
they have the co-operation of all the
agencies in Georgia.
H. C. MIDDLKTON^
Aunt Het
‘Tvs been waitin' to have
a good cry for a week, but
nothin* won’t happen to get
me started.”
(Copyright, 1924, Associated
Editors, Inc.)