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PAGE FOUR Tht AUGUSIA HERALD 731 Broad St , Augusta, Ga. Published Every Afternoon Ourlr.g ihe Week and on Sunday Morning by THE HERALD PUBLISHING C J. Entered at the August'* Poe.office at Mall Matter of the Second Cleat SUBSCRIPTION RATES Dally and Sunday, 1 year %AX> Dally and Sunday, ft months 3 CX* Dally and Sunday, 3 month* 1 Dally and Sunday, 1 month W Dally and Sunday, 1 week • I jJ Sunday Herald, 1 year ••JJJ Weekly Herald. 1 year . w TELEPHONES. Business Office City Editor Society Editor No communication will be publlehed In The Herald unite* the name of the wrur a signed to the article. NEW YORK OFFICE -Vr.v!.n'l-li-r In mil, Ai'i.iy. Hrun»'vlrk liulldtn*. i Hfth Avrnu», N»w York ' CHICAGO or ricr 'V ' min A*.nry W 11 Krninor. Mir. HOY Bo>.» lliilldin*. Chicago. 111 Tl.» llciald !« Hr official ndverllrlntf ~t r’liy V A‘iri"» nn' l the County of 111. hmond for »H trK»i no ' Mo*« an<l advertlalnf __ AdJr... nil butlnw, communication* to IHI AIIGISU HERALD, 731 Broad St., AuQusts, Ga •'IF YOU WANT THE NEWI __ t _ , YOU NEED THE HERALD. <SHi|^sn> Auguata. 0,.. Tuetday, 6«P» 29 ’ 1,08 Circulation of lhe Herald for 7 Months. 1908 C. b ,nh 226,67* ff :;»K DAILY AVBRAQES. For 7 month* FYir A UK”* 7 '* 4 “ Them I, no b«U*r wav to reiich tbn homes Ilf th» prri*p#roufi l-*'*- pin „f thii city will section than through the nolunma of Itio Her ald Dully and Sunday. Parties laavlng Auguata can hava The Herald aan* th*m by m »" * , ® h day. Phone 297, Circulation Depart mint. If you Itav, Augu.la, *o that Tha Horald oan raaeh you each day. However not nil the oily polltt elnne have I oiled will. Standard oil. If thin thing of nalllnit campaign Ilea keep* on at the preaenl rale the price of builder*' material la bound »o advanea. A hill inllector In Arknnaaa killed n men the other day. So there im people who ale even worse afflicted •hsn we HsftMit political iWrlopmontH * lv *’ n riuf* j»r u* H»«* lc»nK »‘ ‘ , ‘’l , t* , d prov i*rb thsi thsr« U honor amonu thlevea." And poor old Judge Tafi. he eland' by In alienee and wondera how It all happened, white the people forge! all about hie being a candidate The Anderson Mall paragraph,-r ha* broken Into rhvnie again Wonder whai the people id Vndereon have done to be thus punished ’ Yea f’anlloe. tha! KngHnh company that was aald to In- Insuring igalnei the Plectlon of Hryan eom« ttnie ago aemna to hav« quite writing poll.de The papera atill continue to print the picture that wa* taken when Taft und PYiraker ea. ao lovingly together. Hut why ahouldn't thev’ The Queen Hess ruff b> the latent wrinkle In faahlon lt’a to wear around the nerk, though and will not Interfere with the sheath arrangement Of the aklrt. Haskell promises to be a thorn *n the aide of the Man with lhe fll* Ftlch Teddy's ears will not ivae burning him between now and No vember 6. Col Sid l.ewta la onee more to wield lhe editorial pen on The Ish maellte The enemies of tb<- demo rratle iiarly will now get some more of what I* coming to them. Mta* KHaabeth White, who la man aging a fashion exhibition, declare* Yhat a good tlgure la a tine a el That I*. figuratively speaking, of rout**- No wonder the presidential cam patgn got to running at the rate of gflO revolutions per minute when Standard Oil and anti Standard Oil avle greaae weiv I t>• t ally applied A* lubricant* The law rener. tile New s Herald evidently confuses the democratic hand wagon with the water wagon, for ft advise* lo “Get on the dene, crattc bandwagon If you waul to he In the awlm " It la about lime to revise that old not ton that |watrlnr oil upon It will calm the doubled water* See what effoci the {touring of Standard Oil tl|M.n the poltllral water* had Mr Bryan I* giving the profit; of The ('omninncr to the democrat!, campaign fund but that ha* not »erv ed to make Mi Hlsgcn give the prof It* of his aale grease factory to the Independence party campaign fund It la well for Mr Ifoesexelt that ha got that s:*A»ord rontraet when hr did He would prohshl' have a hard time signing up two- sot half the figur* altar navi u.outb THE COMBAT OF THE GIANTB. From a Mat* of apathy the presi dential campaign has auddenly be come one of Intense interest, by rea son, of the fact that President Roose velt and Mr. Bryan have engaged In the moat aensdtlonal and unique po lltlral duel which ever signalised a presidential campaign. It Ir a com fat of njnnla, and while there are other Temps" thi y sink Into Inslg rdflcance heaidi- tht* battle royal, as did the ttttle fights during the com bat between Hector and Achilles at the alege of Troy, The apathy of the voters In this campaign may In- explain'd probably by <h‘ tact that to them there does n't appear to be any great difference between the two old parties. They were both formed many year* ago, u|K,n Issues which have either been settled or given place in Importance to other issues, and U|«>n these later Issues there Is no dlstlnci line of demarkatlon between them. This Is the cause of the lukewarm Interest taken by the people generally In the election, a condition which has been changed by the tremendous combat between the two greatest |,olltlcai gladiators of the present time, which was suddenly started without prevl ciis nolle, or v/arnlng. Men like to see a tight. It la the taint of barbarism In the blood frotri which none have as yet been entire ly redeemed. If It bo but a dog fight in the street, men will stop to sc- |f out, and Instinctively become lie- champion or take the aid., of one or the other of the lighters. Ho with every other contest, whether It bo between brutes or men, whether It be n physical or Intellectual contest. It la (Ills Instinct In men which has suddenly Invested the presidential campaign with the keenest Interest, and it can be safely predicted now that the result of the election will be determined by the outcome of this contest If Mr. Hryan gets the I let ter of the president, Mr Hryan will bn elected If Mr. Knoaevelt prove lhe victor, Mr. Tuft will reap the benefit. This la nol lo lie regretted, ex cept in the one thing that In this I contest Mr Taft has been compelled to fight by proxy. It lias long been !•<•<•<igutxed by th. clearest thinkers that party platforms, or even party ifflllgtlons, count for little, and tha In office It is all In the man. Ho a contest Ilk* that now on I* ell right if It were between the two princi pals. In the giving and Inking of blows which will follow both contest uni* will bn better understood than they ever weie before, and muen more certainly than by platform planks or party pledges would the people be enabled to know what to expect of them In office. If Mr Hryan prove the victor, that la If during this combat It be revealed j that lie would be> the better man for president, he will be elected. Hilt J II Mr. Roosevelt should carry off the i honors In this combat, the people may believe that he would tie a b.' ter man for president than Mr Hryan, but still they couldn't votr for him. Because Mr. Roosevelt took Mr. Tafl s place when he saw that hlr, proioge was unequal to his npponunt before the election, he i mild not step Into hi* ahoes after the election. Fur thla reason Mr. Rooaevevlt did wrong In engaging In th'a e.mt.al. lie niav have done It Just because he like* to tight but It I* he'plng In! doe-dyo the people. For It Is nol Roosevelt but Taft whose qualities should be brought lo It,.h’ However, since Mr, Hryan Is get ling the better in this duel between j the giants, und the tndtvtattons arc that he will trull the Terrible Ted dy behind his chariot, It promt-c* to be another rise of "All* well thill . nds well." THE POLITICAL MENAGERIE. For many year* the two leading parties have been represented by anl mat by cartoontats and other* who Im.l occasion to give pnrtte* a physl cal representation The republican party *** represented by the el* pliant, and to the donkey was assign cl the honor of representing the detn erratic party. Just by whom or how ti es.’ representations originated ts A matter ol doubt and doesn't matter the main point Is that the' were originated and generally accepted, so bat now everybody know* that the elephant represent* the republican and the donkey the democratic party. The donkey especially t* not re garded as an animal worthy of high | honor, but for all that hi* selection !aw the party representative Is not taken as a reproach, and It Is not • only republicans but democrats them selxes who accep. and uae the donke> as their party representative, for It Is (well unders’ood that In this no re j coach 1* Intended or Implied Th* great Tammany organization, lo- aiionge*! lailltlcal orgaxitsation lin the country outside of the two area’ parties, ts also represented by an an In a; It i* the Tammany ttger He ha* borne ihl* honor for many !' • # - aed <s a* fulls r-wcoguited is 1 1 . presenting Tamman,. a* the ele pliant and donkey are understood 'o represent the two old parties. The menagerie ha* now been en larged by the addi'ion of the camel. It represents the prohibition party, 1 and Is to be used just as the othe.- three animals are used In that con nection. The camel seem* to have been selected because he la associat ed with drouth, and may seem appro priate for a party opposed lo drink ling, but he may have been chosen 1 simply because he Is humpbacked. At jany rate he has now become the rec ognized animal representative of the prohibition party. [ This will require still further en largement of the menagerie. The populists, socialists arid independence parties all ar<- entitled to representa tion, and It must come. For the pop ulists It Is already suggested that the Thomas cat he adopted and for the socialists the zebra, but these sug gestions seem not to have struck the popular favor which Is required to make them authentic. But since parties are to he repre sented by animals the menagerie should be enlarged to contain an animal for each party. Home Inci dent during the present campaign will probably furnish the inspiration which shall lead to making the happy choice. THE NEW CONVICT LAW. The new convict law, passed after so much wrangling and at such heavy expense, after a four weeks' extra session of the legislature, does not seem to be clearly understood. Few have read the full text of the law, and consequently all kinds of errone ous notions In regard to It are en tertained. The following brief synop sis will aid to u clearer understand lng of It: Under the terms of the new convict law the 2,400 misdemeanor convicts and the 2,000 felony convicts which the slate has to handle are disposed of ss follows: The counties are forced to main tain und work the misdemeanor con victs, each county taking lhe number It ronvlots. The counties are allowed to buy or lease farms upon which both the misdemeanor and felony con vtcl* may be worked In ordor to raise supplies for the rotid work It may be engaged upon. Counties desiring to work their quota of felony convicts upon the roads must notify the prison comnils slon not later than February 10, 1900 and annually thereafter before that date. After this first distribution Is made to counties desiring to work their quota, then counties desiring more may apply in the commission and shall have them without, cost, except that an equal amount of con vict labor Is to be returned to conn ties furnishing lhe convicts when those counties are ready to work their roads. Two or more counties may combine Into districts and work their convicts together, alternating In the use of the gangs. The prison com mission, when in funds, Is to organize and equip road gangs for working roads in counties not able to maintain their own gangs Municipalities are to be allowed ! t hire any number of convicts they tie sire, at SIOO per year each. The prison commission fiiav. with the consent of the governor huv or lease for five vears. additional farms upon which to work convicts. Kach state Institution may have the use if fifty convicts when It desires them If any felony convicts remain after then* plnns have been exhausted, thf governor and the commission may dispose of them (felony convicts only) as the. think the heal Interest of the state demands, for a period of not more than one year after March :lt, and to no Individual or corporation Interested In the amount of lahor a convict may perform per day. The commlasion is made n bureau of information for road building, and four supervisor* are provided to aid the counties In road work DO YOU APPROVE OF BUSINESS ENTERPRISE? Perhaps there are times when you feel that some of the business men of the city are not progressive enough Ingrained in your nature Is an ad miration for the "hustler," for the person who does things who Im proves whatever he touches. You admire the merchant who In brief apace, lakes a moribund store and makes It glow with life a credo to the city. You are sure that. If'we had more sueh men, the city would benefit amazingly. \ careful observer once noted the colncldenee that most large cities were lock ed on the hanks of rivers. It ts equally certain that most large store* "happen" to he onterprlalng adverllaera In (act. aggreaalve advertialng ts ; the one Infallible teat of enterprise in a merchant. It stamps him pro gressive alive Slav \l| other ' signs of life" about a store are mis leading If a store I* not aggressively advertised The merchant know this This editorial Is to urge all those |>ooplo who believe In progressive ness. In enterprise, to be consistent - to patronize the progressive and en i terprlstng Stores The safe test ! the corf's advertising You can buv advertised things and know that yon ; are helping to make enterprise worth w hlle and know toe. that you are at Inn monev for yourself. You ean buy of the non advertising merchant If you want to encourage and re ward non progress!tenes* In buglnes*. ! a* well aa to run the risk of aeenrltig for 'ourself a Very doubtful burgs, i I Progressive people should patronize iprogressive merchauu. THE AUGUSTA HERALD POINT AND COUNTERPOINT. Influence of Bryan. Mr. Watterson's experience, as he has detailed It so strikingly and frankly. Is a case in point, arid Mr. Rldder's Is another. Both are significant and Important pointers on the Increasing strength of Bryan. Augusta Her ald. The late Mr. Cleveland lived to support Bryan and now some of the old disaffected leaders, who vowed they would never support the Nebras kan, are among his staunchest friends —Savannah Press. One Kind of Prohibitionist, Mr Chapin says that "a pro hibitionist doesn't have to be a total abstainer.” Bftt we knew that before. Some of our most ardent prohibitionists try to bring prohibition about by drinking all they ean get hold of.—Augusta Herald. They are prohibitionists for the other fellow. They can “order” all they want for themselves.—Newberry News. Each Star a Glory of Its Own. Simultaneous with the disap pearance of the sheath gown in Klberton the bright paragraphs in The Star reappeared. Now, could there have been any connection between these two events; and If so. what was It?—Augusta Her ald. One Star considerately withdrew for a short time In favor of the other star. —Elberton Star. Michigan'* Doctor-Governor. Michigan has elected a doctor as governor. He should be able to cure all the state’s political Ills. —Auguata Herald. Yep; but he will have to do some awful amputating stunts. —Hartwell Sun. Augusta's Flood and Noah's. Those esteemed paragraphers who have been shedding alligator tears over the North Augusta bridge should take notice that the trolley ears have resumed their regular schedules, making trans fers by means of a temporary sus pension foot-bridge, and that the dispensary stock was saved.—Au gusta Herald. Ah. Thanks, awfully. Then Augus ta's deluge was unlike Noah’s.—Bain bridge Democrat SOME SOCIETY NOTES MRS. HETTY GREEN. "Aunt Hetty Green continues to ad vorate economy of dress,” says the Birmingham News. She ought to see one of those "Salorue” dances! That would hold her for a while, we im agine!— Washington yerald. MRS. EVELYN THAW. The Chicago Record-Herald is re sponsible for the statement that Evelyn Thaw is contemplating a lec ture tour. Oh, for the old ducking stool. Macon News. MRS. RUTH BRYAN LEAVITT. It Is stated that Mrs. Ruth Rr.van l.eavttt. daughter of William Jennings Bryan, has written a political play, which Mary Manning will prnhabiy producc.- -Savannah Press. WIDOW JONES. The “Widow Jones” of Mobile, who has been made an issue In the Stand ard Oil Investigation, has turned up in Indiana. She has married again and says that she was In the best financial condition of her life when she i old out her oil wagon In Mobil, for »l,ti(m. Amerlcus Times Recorder MISS ANNA PECK. Miss Anna Peck, of Providence. R. 1., snceeedcd In reaching the summit of Mount Huaacaron in Peru, 25.000 feet high This is said to be the highest point ever reached by man or woman amt this New England lady will probably continue to look down on the regj of the world for the re mainder of her life Bet she's a New England school marni, and wears nose glasses.—Chattanooga Star. WITH OUR CONTEMPORARIES S gns of Republican Alarm. Ila- tact that President Roosevel I is violated nil precedent and estal llshoil rules or propriety by entering actively into the campaign an dicta •or and general manager for tho republican party, fumlnhea conciti slv*> evidence of the fact that Bryan lias developed unexpected str.nglh la hi* prom tit race for the presidency . The republicans are worse alarmed Mi.in they have been nine* 1 Cleveland made his ccond race.—A'banv Her vld. . Out Next Governor Shipp calls hint ‘the idol of the people ol Georgia " Just between Shipp and tin he is not entirely un like some ot the idols we see In tin* picture books—-but we promised to cut this out until alter tie election. —Fltrgerald Enterprise. New Complications in Cuba Cuba has developed a new • nerro party" in polities. The belief is .»c --pressed In Washington that the with drawal of the American troops front Cuba will be de'ayed considerably bevond the lime fonneriy set f* • that event. —Lumpkin Independent. Case of Lion and Asses. Then* are a sight of 'hose jump ln« on nick Orav for his failure to register during a season ot great per aonal trouble, who would have gone to ihe funn' house" under sbnllar conditions instead of taring the fu ture with the manliness displayed b,f Gray. Macou New a. THE NIGHT RIOER KJMFiED ATLANTA, Ga.—Charles S. Barrett, national president of the Farmers' Union, In an Interview in reference to the reported threats of cotton burn ing to glnners. said. "I have heard from every state in the South and I am satisfied that these reports make mountains out rs mole hills. “Wherever a thing of tl)is kind oc curs it is Immediately magnified a thousandfold and spread broadcast. If afiything of this kind has taken place It is to be attributed entirely to irresponsible law-breakers. "The Farmers’ Union has put itself squarely on record as frowning down upon such lawless proceedings' and the rank and file of our organization will tolerate nothing of this kind.” NEGRO GHAUFFEOR UP FORJPEEDIIG Leonard Mitchel, a negro chauf fer for I Jr. E. E. Murphey, was ar rested Monday night for speeding an automobile. He pleaded guilty ami was given S.4U or GO days. The ne gro turned the corner of Centre aud Broad streets at about 25 miles and hour and zig-zagged up Broad. A companion, who was on the machine, became afraid and jumped out. THE MAYER BUILDING DESTROYED BY FIRE About a Half Milliou Dol lars Was Lost. The Fire Thought To Be Work of Incendiaries. ERIE, .Pa—Losses aggregating half a million dollars were inflicted short ly after midnight Tuesday morning when fire completely destroyed th; fienry Mayer building, a five-story brick structure at Fifteenth and S'ate str -ets. The building was one of the file * in the city and was oc cupied by some of Erie's most im portant mercantile establishments. The' heaviest losers, partly insured, are: Henry Mayer, owner ot the building, 6200,000; 0. A. Curtze, wholesale grocery, 6100,000; Jacob Haller, wholesale grocery, 675,000; Lawrle Bros., furniture, $50,000; Schabaker, wholesale fruit, $50,000. The blaze is believed to be the work of incendiaries. MRS. H. L. WILSON HAS LEFT THIS WORLD A Beloved Woman Has Passed To the Great Be yond. JORDAN, S. C.—A glow has been cast over the whole community by the death of Mrs. H. E. Wilson, not that her death was unexpected, but because people loved her so. She had been an Invalid for more than two years, but had borne her suffering with Christian fortitude. She leaves her husband. Dr. Wilson, and five small children, to mourn her loss. The sympathy of this whole county goes out to this grief stricken family. The long and sever drought has at last been broken by a fine rain that fell here today and yesterday. By the middle of October the cot ton crop will have been gathered. The crop will make maybe 50 per cent of a toll crop. INJURED CHEMIST DIED IN HARLEM HOSPITAL ■ • Tided To Commit Stzicide When His Wife Accused Hint of Bigamy. NEW YORK.—Geor.xe von d* j r Pchuienberg, a chemist, died In Har lent hospital at 3 a. to. Tues Pay from injuries r**crlv ed by jumping down an airshaft at ms Kasl I2ath street to end his life, when his wife accused him of bigamy and called i police man 10 arrest him. Although ton ilrr Schuh-nhorg in a moment of consciousness a few mo meats before his death denied to th* hospital attendants he was a blga mist, the tcciulng wife in-dated later that he was. and declared that she had a slgtud confernion from him which admitted he had a wife before he married her. and that five tears ago when they were married, thi wile was living She said also th* wife was si'll living, and ottered to prote her asttertkns by brers *h,, received from her only a few weeks age. TWEECMCUTH RESIGNS LONDON. Lord Tweed month. Lord president of the council in the Drtitsh cabinet has resigned. The reason given for the step is "con tinued til health,” though ins men tal condition shows Improvement, WHAT HE KNEW. "Do you believe that love makes the world go round?" queried the sen timental maid in the big tourtug car I don't know about that." replied the practical young man at the steer ing wheel, hut tt Is gs-oltne that makes the wheels go round on a grade like this.” tnd realising that tt was a hop>- Seas case, the s. Vt. closed her faco j «nd proceeded to gat interested in the scenery.- Chicago New*. Dorr Clothes. Another Reason Why- In ordering a Dorr suit, not only are you assured of getting the Best that tailoring art can supply, but there's also the advantage of having the largest stock from which to make a choice. Ample capital aids the Dorr taste to secure the choicest in the market. Get Measured NOW DORR Tailoring, Furnishings for Men of Taste WE ARE OPEN. for business six days of each week aud for 52 weeks of each vear. We're telling von so us to have von keep it in mind that. ;cu can drop ir. any time and buy THAT WALL PAPER you're reckoning on getting for your house. Paper that’s becoming for every room you have can be had here. I Plain, embossed or with gold, when I might of us, the prices are guaran teed correct. W. C. Rhoades & Co., OPERA BUILDING. 'PHONE 757 DISINFECTANTS NOW IS HIE NYIE ro USE THEM SIN SANITARY FLUID. The ideal disinfectant. True deod erizer and germicide; a powerful anti-1 septic and purifier for the sanitary purification of dwellings, schools, hos- ! pitals. water closets, sinks, slaughter j houses, stables, etc. One pint 2Cc One quart 35c I One gallon SIOO Five gallons, per gal 75c j Soecial prices made on Barrels. N. L. WiLLET SEED! COMPANY 309 JACKSON ST. ’Phone 498. ANNOUNCEMENT! On account of the very large increase in the volume of our business we found it necessary to increase our force of cutters we have been extremely fortu ante in securing the serv ices of Mr. A. J. Peters, the mention of hi* name being a sufficient guarantee that our former high Standard of excel lenrr In the cutting department will be maintained. We have also Increased the capacity of our workrooms and with the large* stock of Foreign Wool ens in tin entire South we are oenipped to denzinetrate to you that the proof of the pudding Is tn the eating thereof” and not tn the emission of hot air. JNO. B. JONES. Importer and Tailor. THE GENUINE ARTICLE. "The lleutch nt Is a real soldier of fortune." Indeed?" "Yes; he hgs Just Inherited half a mill lon."—Kuisas City Time*. TUESDAY, SEPT. Floor \ Stains ~—?jf-- Walnut. Mahogany. Cherry. Rosewood. Oak (light). Oak (dark). / in Pints, Quarts Half-gallon Gallon cans for inside floors. J for John Lucas & Co.’s floor s L. A. Gardelk Paint Dep’tmen 620 Droad. For Salej 1485 Harper Street, „ rooms, 50x100. PRICE $1,200.00 Apply to Clarence E. Clark 842 BROAD STREB rr - T. G. BAIL! & COMPANY 832 BROAD ST. > Large assortment * Wall Paper and Compe tent Force of Workmen to do Prompt Wor 1 Big Stock of MATTING, CARPE 1 AND RUGS. REASONABLE PRICE* ON EVERYTHIN' House Raiser J. W. Giffin, practice house raiser and movei can be found at 841 Broa' St., McAuliffe’s Plum’ ing Shop. 4&S Enary VfJtifif jTjKgP?w^ \ m l* tnter-r•*■<! aud »} MHkv3fwtL2L'JuL *u«>nttfc*> wonderful! ■ S* *Mm*BVELWhirlings. The new Yaching »>yri • • ! mv "''•’c*' *' 1 1 m ■_• ha cannot mu P»y IARY E I*. a.’.’ppt no \V f > ' thar, tmt •end stamp for h i, unrated l»eok—•'•uletl . It frlreg * ill partiru• art and <tlr*»- ’ | oii* in- • m al iADIe to ladu». MA RVFI. <«». •A r.fi aid fttreet.PlE W \ Oltli. Augusta Paint & Wall Paper Cr 307 Mclntosh, Corner Ellis. * Large assortment Wall Paper and lail force to do prompt wo:M All kinds of painting! House and a Spc«k ialtv. Old Furniture R P paired and Renovatecr Estimates Furnished on Application. : : PHONE 2254