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PAGE FOUR Tht AUGUSTA HERALD Published Every Afternoon During the Week and on Sunday Morning by THE HEKAI.D PUBLISHING CO. Snteml .it the Augusta Pottoffice as Mail Matter of the Second Class. ION HA'i'KS: Daily and Sunday, 1 year ss.oo Dally and Sunday, 6 months 3.00 Dally and Sunday, 3 months .. .. 1.50 Dally and Sunday. 1 month 50 Daily and Sunday, 1 week 13 Sunday Herald, 1 year 1.00 Weekly Herald, 1 year 50 Business Office, Telephone 297 City Editor 205 Society Editor 25$ FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES- The Vrecland* Benjamin Agency. 225 Fifth Ave., New York City, 11 OS Boyce Build ing. Chicago. Address all business communications to THt AUGUSTA lit KALI) 731 Broad Street, Augusta Ga. “IF YOU WANT THE NEWS YOU NEED THE HERALD." Augusta. Ga.. Saturday. Jan. 23, 1909. N't communication win bo published In Th* Herald uni. u a the nit in" of tho writer la wlkiiml to the article. -Tile Horn Id Is the offlolitl advertising medium of tho City of Augusta and of the tjouhly of Hfrbmond lor all lea-il notices and atlvertlaing. There Is no belter way lo reach th'* 1 homes of the prosperous people of lilts rlty and M-ctlon than through the col- I umna of The Herald. Hally and Sunday, j Telephone llte t'lreulatlon Hepartment, ’ Phone 397, when leu\*lng Augusta, and arrange lo have The Ih i.ild seat to you i by mall each day. The Augusta llenild has a larger city' Circulation than any other paper, and a I larger loin! circulation Ilian any other: Aturusla neper*. This has hern proven by the / * 111 Co., of New York. Poor Chattanooga, It cannot even have a North Chattanooga connected by a bridge. H!non the president's salary has been doubled will Mr. llryau have | cause to feel his defeat twice an keenly? Speaker Cannon's salary h»H been raised to $15,000. And the iiucaUon Is. will that bonus make him use harder or softer swear words? Harry Thaw hns concluded that he doesn't went to he tried for Insanity Just now. Harrv does things that appear quite sensible. Home is still without a Y. M. C A. Those Homans are more heath : epTah than people generally had cred Hud them with being. $o far it is not reported that the fanners are fulling over each othe- In taking Mr. Watson's advice for each one of them to give Mr. Sully one dollar. Cornels were worn 4,000 years ago. rt*ill, the researches of archaeologists have not revealed that the ladles of these times punished themselves b> v, earing high heeled shoes. Oonyressninn Willett explains that he was led to pull chestnuts out of The (Ire for other fellows, but Inf,’ mutes thnl he will never again make Just such a fool of himself. During the last six months It Is asserted that revenue officers des troved 316 stills In Georgia. Cor n still fabrication too much noise Is be i log made about It. At least, when Mr. Hoosevelt Rets deep Into darkest Africa, there will be eagerness to hear of a message Seni by him, Instead of the dally dread thin Is fell now. "Hrcad killing folks In Georgia," cries out Urn Homo Tribune-Herald In alarm. Pass a prohibition law* to stop the selling or making of bread. A simple ami approved remedy, see? President-elect Taft Is now on his way to Panama to look tho situation over If that dum controversy had not been raised he might have re mained with us until March. Senator Fnraker snys he has never written a letter that the world eould not read. That New York artist who is said to be looking for a perfect man should now know where to find him. Mr. Roosevelt's “corking time," whleh he said he had enjoyed since having been president, Is now made more corking by tho numerous vials of wrath that are being uncorked and poured on him. The young Cuban Republic 11. la already beginning to put on airs. The members of the now eougreas have agreed among themselves to wear silk hats and frock coats while on duty. The Baltimore American figures that Mr Tillman's profits on the 1.440 acres of selected limber land he was after would have been about $l4O, 000. No wonder he was mad when the deal w-as shown up and fell through. The Fatrburn News says that some how It can't get enthused over Taft’s vtslt It would have a different tale To tell If It was near enough to Au gusta to meet Mr. Taft. His smile, and what Is behind H, is irresistible. That report that a poet In New York was robbed of $20,000 was a coldblooded Incentive to turn the spring poets loose on Innocent pub lishers The fellow who perpetrated this fake deserves a dose of fishhooks and saddletacka. • A New York legislator has Intro duced a bill that provides twenty years in the penitentiary for this as flnity business. It’s no use, the as Unity will provide punishment enough. Just look at Affinity Earle, only two years engaged in it aud a! ready In a madhouse. fwo TESTS OF A DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLE. Democracy means rule by the peo ple. In theory our form of govern j ment is a democracy, although in real ity It is not that. The framers of ; our constitution were evidently afraid of the people, and the instrument they I framed to serve as the organic law of the nation shaped a government ■ ihat was clothed in the forniß of ! democracy as nearly as possible, and preserved the spirit of monarchism as far as tho framers dared to go. That is why the president was not lto be elected by popular vote, nor the United States senators. That is’ I why the president was given the veto power and why, above all, a supreme • court was created which gave a small \ hoard of officials holding office for life the power to set aside any law enacted by the representatives of th" people and approved by the president, j It is this that has been the found ation cause of all our national trou bles since tills government was or- ganized. The American spirit Is democratic, and it chafes at the restraints put ; upon It by the constitution. In the matter of electing senators, for In stance, the people demand the right, lot election, and In several stales they do elect them by popular vote, in evasion of the provision of tho con stitution which prescribes that the | people shall not elect them. In this evasion of (he constitution our state has taken the lead, electing Its United States senators by popular vote, 1 which is then ratified by the legis lature lo comply with the form of the law which hns been violated. Other Htnt.es have followed Georgia's lead, among them Oregon, i In that slnte t lilh spirit of true de mocracy has Just been subjected to a severe test In this matter. At, the last regular election George 11. Cham berlain was elected senator, receiving n majority of the votes east by the people. Chamberlain Is a democrat, und it so happened that the stale leg Islature has a republican majority. I! was predicted that this republican legislature would fall to recognize the expressed will of the people and elect a republican to represent the state of Oregon In the Untied States sen ate. Under the constitution it should have done this, for this was clearly the Intention of Its framers; but the democratic spirit triumphed, and this republican legislature of Oregon rose above partlsantsm und above the j constitution In defense of a true dem ocratic principle. While the democratic principle of election of public officials by popular i vole was thus asserted In a republl- 1 can stale, almost at tho same time i It was repudiated In a democratic stale, and that slate our own. which first asserted the right to elect Unit ed Bates senators by this method. In the primary election in Atlanta Woodward had been elected mayor of that city. This wan the popular election, but us In the election of a United States senator, this popular verdict required the endorsement of (ho regular election, as the method j prescribed by law. In the Oregon] rase Hits was election by the legisla ! lure, and In the Atlanta caae the reg ular municipal election. And In the formal municipal election tn Atlanta one of the candidates defeated by ; Woodward in the primary announced as a candidate, and was allowed to defeat the candidate elected by popu lar ballot. It Is true Ihat Woodward had acted I very unbecomingly In personal mat ! ] tors after the primary election. But the people were well acquainted with his personal character when they elected him, und they chose him. not withstanding these personal blemish es, for the record he hud made as an efficient official. The democratic principle of choos ing public officials by popular vote was subjected to a crucial test in Atlanta as It was In Oregon, and it jis singular to note that In a state ! nominally republican it was sustained, which In a state nominally democratic this democratic principal was trod ! under foot. A BLOW AT THE TRUSTS Another big line has been assess ed against the Standard Oil coinprAy. | It was not Judge l.andis. this time, i who Imposed the fine, nor was the fine quite so spectacularly large. Neither was It against the Standard Oil company direct. The flue was i lor 11.623.000, and It was Imposed by ] a Texas court agaiust the Waters | Fierce Oil company, which is one of j the numerous branches of the Stand aid OH. The Judgment was con tested In the higher courts, just as j was the judgment of Landis' court, j but this time the l>ig Irust was less fortunate and the Judgment was as firmed by the United Stales supreme court. • It Is assorted now hv those* who claim to be fully posted that nothing | can save the big trust front the pas ment of the big fine, except to make a showing of the insolvency of the branch concern. It Is most brob able that the corporation's attorneys will find a way to evade payment of this fine, but the main point is the establishment of a principle long successfully resisted, which will simplify the regulation of the big interstate trusts. This decision establishes the prin ciple that a state has the right Kr fix th" conditions on which corporations shall do business within its own ter ritory. Of course, as the New York Am j erican points out, outside corpora* : tionh have tho same rights In selling goods as the local Institutions —but no more! The statutes of Texas may or may not be wisely conceived. Even Texas champions of reform dis fer on this point. But it is of im mense importance to the final solu- i lion of the trust problem that tlic |tale authorities should not be bea‘- ' n down under the heavy hand of centralized power. The separate states should have a chance to make bold sallies and ex periments toward the best ways ol making large corporations servo the commonwealth Instead of impeding Its progress. The particular state Ihat first de ! monslrates the true solution of the trust problem will win the lead in economic development, and will m due time compel the whole country lo follow Ihat lead. THE GOOD ROADS SCHOOL. The arguments for good roads are so unanswerable Ihat. nobody doubts them, and everybody wants better roads. Two important factor have hitherto stood in the way of improved road building. The first has been the question of securing the labor needed at low cost, and under proper | control. The new convict law simpli fies (his difficulty. The second factor Is the prevalent Idea that road Im provement is so cosily that it Is be yond tho reach of any but the wealthier counties in which the cities are located. This is erroneous. While road improvement costs money and requires a suitable equipment and in telligent supervision, It can be shown Ihat the annual expenditure neces sary to attain satisfactory results can be adjusted to the finances of the county In such way as to lay no un due burden on the taxpayers, and in fact to reimburse them handsomely by Increase of land values and by the saving of time and discomfort in rural traffic and social activities. The State College of Agriculture, through the Good Roads School, pro poses to make this proposition clear and definite; lo show in detail how convict labor can be economically employed; and lo explain the best principles and methods of road con struction and maintenance, and how to Intelligently apply them consist ently with a gradual and reasonable expenditure by the county concerned. Beginning next Monday, and con tinning through the week, this Good Hoads School will be held In Athcrr,, with lectures each day and evening by competent Instructors and g:>id roads experts. One of theso is Judge W. P. Eve, of Richmond county, a roc ogntzed authority in the state on road building, who will lecture on gravel as a road building material. There will be no charge for attendance, and It Is probable that the road superin tendents of nearly every ccunty In the atate, as well as ether: I • r eated In road building, will 'at'o --d. Throughout the s.atc 1. ; ■ \ road construction is th > < d ", ( 1 this movement Is being i ■ i slated by the change in our i .\. syst’em, which will cause most of ti< state and county convicts to be here after worked on the public roads. Counties which heretofore have paid little attention to road Improvement, and have been content to rock along under the old system which kept the roads barely passable, nro catching the spirit from the more progressive counties, and the day of bad roads is almost past in Georgia. With the hundreds of convicts at work on the roads, and the intellt gent direction and up-to-date methods tlint will be adopted, and which this Good Roads School is designed to leach, a wonderful Improvement in the public roads of the state may be expected in the near future. During his last day on the golf links Mr. Taft beat the whole bunch. It is now Mr. Rockefellers turn 10 show what he can do with the stick. Sam Houston's Indian Wife. Left alone to die of hunger and shunned by her tribesmen, is the story of Melissa Houston, the Indian wife of Gen. Sum Houston, tirst prost- I dent of Texas. This woman is. ac i cording to the best authority, 114 years old. She is a full-blooded Kiowa, and at one time was a belh ol the famous tribe of warriors. She lives in her tepee on the banks lof the Washita river, throe miles 'rom the agency. As the white set 'ler knew ii would offend the men hers of her tribe should they render assistance, they refrained from doing so. She is given small rations once P week, enough to sustain life, but .-he refuses anyone the privilege of cateriug her tepee. Gen. Houston lived among the Che rokee tribe when he was quiet young, but later came southwest ami cast his lot with the Kiowas and married Melissa.—New Orleans Slate. THE AUGUSTA HERALD CASTRO ENJOYS LIFE IN BERLIN To Punish French Incivility; Spends Much Money In Kaiser's Town President Castro of Venezuela Is safe If not sound, in Berlin, while his enemies at home In Caracas are furiously raging together and imagin ing vain things. The president of Venezuela is said to be a shrewd per son and remarkably foresighted. He was not many years ago a cattle ranchman and, having some trouble with the government, he organized a revolution and made himself provis ional president. In 1901 he was regu larly elected to the office, according to the measure of regularity in ’’Lit tle Venice,” and since that time he has ruled his people mightily and made faces at all the nations of the earth, bringing down from time to time their warships. But the hills that stand about Caracas are lofty and hedge that city in so completely that Castro could fSugh hts foreign enemies to scorn. He found the busi ness of being president far more prof itable than raising cattle, and, if re ports are true, he has taken care that he could tell with some degree of precision who would gather them. Having a precedent set by one of his illustrious predecessors In office, It is now said that he op.ened, some time back, a bank account In Europe and made liberal deposits t>f gold to the credit of that account. Then, when the affairs of his government were at a most critical stage, with war threat ened by Holland, it suddenly appear ed that the health of the president demanded a trip to Europe. This created much speculation, and it was believed that a man who could drink $75 worth of wine for his luncheon Augusta’s Taft Banquet. Augusta has shown becoming mod esty in waiting for so long a time to claim the privilege of entertaining Mr. Taft with a banquet, but when she did it she threw her whole soul into it. There were distinguished guests, gathered from the winter colony "on the Hill” and from the salubrious summit of North Augusta. Among the most notable of those in a 1 tendance, outside of Mr. Taft himself, was John D. Rockefeller and the two great men met at last. Mr. Taft’s greeting to the oil king, so the veracious chroniclers of the event inform us, was the he "went around the golf links In eighty-eight —which to tho unitiated, does not mean tho year eighty-eight, but lit eighty-eight strokes. The oil king, for some strange rea son, did not talk golf but repiled by remarking that, he was sorry that,he was not able to get near enough to Mr. Taft during the earlier part of the day, at “the public speaking" to be ablo to hear him. We are left to infer that he wan dered around in the most democratic sort of fashion, seeking a vantage point of view as best he eould, and was jostled and elbowed by the crowd, like any ordinary citizen. It would be impossible to say how many other notables were wandering around In that crowd. Augusta Is so used to distinguished men that she pays no attention except to the most eminent. But there was one notable absen t 00 Over in Aiken, just eighteen miles front Augusta, was Mr. Harriman. There can be no doubt that he was invited to be present on such an occasion. But it is a known fact that he was ] not present. Was it not possible for the great 1 railroad magnate to lay aside his ha bitual reserve long enough to meet end mingle with guests whom Taft | mid Rockefeller were willing to fra i ternize with? Mr. Harriman has done a great many thirgs to make hlntself ttnpop n>r in certain quarters, hut we fear 'm lies committed a blunder V i it >v 1 he hard for him to over . o o,- lMantft Journal. MEN IN THE PUBLIC EYE. MR. ANDREW CARNEGIE. If it is true, ns reported, that Mr. Andrew Carnegie is financing the graft investigation in Pittsburg, it may bo that he has at last discovered a means of achieving his ambition of dying poor.—Washington Herald. PRESIDENTELECT TAFT. In an attitude of eircumamblency townrd Georgia ‘possum and yams, President-elect Taft doubtless felt that he was the South's even if the South is not exactly his. —Louisville Courier-Journal. HON. CHAS. P. TAFT. Mr. Charles P. Taft, brother of the president-elect, has withdrawn his membership front the Church of the Covenant, Cincinnati, of which he was one of the trustees, because its pas tor expressed in writing his regret at tiie liberal religious views of William H. Taft, In his letter of resignation, Mr. Charles P. Taft assked to be re leased as one of thoso guaranteeing the pastor's salary, it seems that he pursued a dignified course and tho only one open to him under the cir cumstances. —Savannah Press, MR. HARRIMAN. Certain kind-hearted ones are seek ing to provide a halo for Nero at this late day. This should encour age Mr. Harriman to believe that some one will sav a few kind words in his behalf a thousand years or so from now.—Washington Herald. SENATOR CLAY. Senator Clay of Georgia is opposed to the increase of the salary of the president. He thinks sumptuous liv ing is unnecessary and says that the simple life is the best for the general Interest of tho country.—Dublin Times. and proceed regularly through an ex pansive menu card was certainly not suffering from indigestion. It was sur mised that President Castro's health was not actually bad at the time of his fugitation, but that he discovered Venezuela was fast becoming an un healthful place of residence for him, and he left. Reaching France, he was treated with marked incivility, not to say positive rudeness, by the government officials. He resented this treatment and shook the dust of Paris from his feet, and went as fast as steam could carry him to Berlin. There he finds the climate more con genial, and he says he purposes to punish France for her bad manners by spending 2,000,000 marks in Berlin that he had intended to spend in Paris. This will make Paris very sorry. In the meantime things are out of joint over in Venezuela. While the president of that interesting re public is in Berlin drinking wine lav ishly at sl2 a bottle, a mob has arisen In Caracas crying, “Down with Cas tro!” breaking down statues and graven images and slabs which he had erected at public expense, and with elaborate forethought, as memo rials of himself, and also wrecking the property of his friendly newspa per and that of his particular friends. This seems to Indicate that Castro’s health did actually require his re moval from the capital. While all this excitement was going on in the mountains, down on the coast Queen Wilhelmina’s ships were towing the navy of Venezuela into a Dutch port. Altogether, President Castro is an in teresting personage.—Baltimore Sun. Immigration Decreasing. The announcement from the depart ment of commerce and labor that the number of aliens leaving the United States during tho last year was greater by 46,570 than the number ar riving would at first glance seem dis couraging to those of us who look forward hopefully to the coming of immigrants to the Sotuh, but that interpretation is not the necessary one. The return of immigrants in great numbers to the old country probably means that they have been disap pointed in the North; that they have failed to find a new land of bound less opportunities, but instead have discovered that the goodly region has already been possessed and that com petition In it is sharper and severer than in the old home. In the meantime, the South remains practically unknown to the people who have contributed to the streams of immigration in former years. Lands are still cheap in the South; the op portunities are, indeed, immeasurable, but in Europe they do not know it or are not ready to believe it. The awakening to the truth that the ter ritory in the North is no longer vir gin may cause some of tho enterpris ing spirits of the Old World who would make a fresh start to come to the South.—Charleston News and Cou rier. ' Iv POINT AND COUNTERPOINT This May Save the Cemetery. “At Gary, Ind., it is reported that an enterprising highwayman stole the pest house. Next thing he will swipe the cemetery.”— Augusta Herald. It Is not election year and he will not have any use for the cemetery.— Waynesboro True Citizen. But He'll Soon Go to Africa. .. The Augusta Herald says: “Sen ator Tillman, like Governor Haskell of Oklahoma, promises to give Ted dy fits later on. But Haskell is for getting to make good this promise, and perhaps Tillman will prove equally forgetful.” Not a bit of It. Nothing will save Teddy from the lambasting of his life but a failure of Senator Tillman’s health. —Orange- burg Times-Democrat. Birmingham's Sunshine and Moon shine. Atlanta claims to have had 60 per cent of sunshine last year, and some folks will doubtless claim that this should be credit ed to the prohibition law, which Is intended to make things dry. —Augusta Herald. If the other 40 per cent of Atlanta was moonshine, no wonder they had eight times as many arrests Christ inas as Jacksonville. —Jacksonville Ttmes-Unlon. Straight Advice, Too. The Savannah Press complains that "First it was the straight front, then straight hips, now straight backs." Well, wasn’t It straight goods, all the time? Then quit your growl ing, says The Augusta Herald. —Gris fin News. For the Haven of Happiness. Yes, Pauline, when a courtship gets under full sail it is gen erally headed for the sea of ma trimony—Augusta Herald. And there are squalls ahead, Pau line. Keep your weather eye open. —Hartwell Sun. "According to the Commerce News a ‘beautiful rainbow' was seen by the people of that town Christmas day. Not so strange, observes The Augus ta Herald, since Christmas comes but once a year—but these things should n't be told. —Fairburn News. When He Sent His Order. It was the paragrapher of the Birmingham Age-Herald who dis covered that the sentence "Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs" contains all the letters of the alphabet. Wonder how he was led to make this discovery? —Augusta Herald. That's easy, Birmingham had gone i dry.—Commerce New*. If You Desire Really Fine Tailoring You’ll Come To Dorr s We dorft fn'a’ke cheap clothes. We don’t try to skimp and try to see how cheap a suit can be made —our aim is to find out how much value can be put into the garments we make. That’s why Dorr clothes are as fine as can be made. They cost slightly more than the ordinary, but their value is a hundredfold greater. DORR Tailoring, Furnishings For Men of Taste. FORTUNES are made on land near cities, with fifty thousand or more inhabitants. Augusta is rapidly growing West ward. Land for sale by the acre: Summerville, High Point, near Country club, Monte Sano, David son, Fairmont, Wheless, Apply to Clarence E.Clark REAL ESTATE. 842 BROAD ST. AUGUSTA, GA. Some of the jealous dailies outside are telling Atlanta that dogs won’t eat ’possums. As to that, dogs won’t drink near beer. —Hartwell Sun. The latest triple alliance is com posed of the House of Representa tives, the United States Senate, and the Ananias club.—Columbia State. Higher tariff on peanuts is some thing else for consumers to chew upon —Jacksonville Times-Union. Colonel Nevin says the most popu lar poem in North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama is, “Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes.” But the three i’s in prohibition make a man look cross-eyed in trying to find a drink. —Griffin News. If it is true as it is said that the nearest way to a man’s heart is through his stomach Georgia is sure To The Building Trade! We are pleased to advise that the capacity of our Keystone Lime Kilns has been increased to now the largest in the south, en abling us to offer the famous “KEYSTONE” WHITE LIME in this territory for prompt shipment. • “KEYSTONE” is the highest priced, but the strongest, whitest and best Lime for Brick Work and Plastering. It is packed in the best cooperage. We can sell you good TENNESSEE LIME at lower prices. Let us quote you Delivered Your Town, car lots’ or less. Carolina Portland Cement Co. SOLE DISTRIBUTORS. CHARLESTON, S. C. Eureka Roofing The Roof without a fault, you can put it on right over shingles. For sheds, barns, etc.; It has no equal. You can use It In the fire * limits. We will give you a little booklet telling all about this roof. Come, write or telephone, us Augusta Builders Supply Co., 643 Broad Street. Telephone 321. "Prosperity of 1906 Is About To Return.” Build Now or Pay More Which Will You Do? INDUSTRIAL LUMBER COMPANY Home Builders. Phone 282 BLANK BOOKS and Office Stationery Fit your office and counting room with a sup ply for the New Year, at PENDLETON’S BOOK STORE SATURDAY, JAN. 23. Our Prescription Department We are proud of the record of our prescription department, because it is a clean record one that any physician or phar macist would commend. Vv e can not help beingren thusiastic about it. We appreciate your patron age. If you have not dealt with us we invite you to /lo so. Alexander Dreg Co 708 Broad St. Quick Bicycle Delivery. Plant in Your Gardens Now Extra Early Peas and Onion Sets and Turnip Seed And get the best and freshest from L. A. Gardelle’s Seed Department 620 BROAD. Wood, $4.50 Per Cord. Will deliver mixed Oak and Pine Wood promptly any part of the city, for $4.50 per cord. Split for the stoye. Good wood and prompt ser vice. COAL. 1 carry only the best Domestic Coai. Jellies and Blue Gem. Yard 'phone 92; city office 16. R. H. McDaniel. ly winning the next president.—Ogle thorpe Echo. The proposition to increase the pay of the president to SIOO,OOO might suggest that a bigger man is worth more money.—Colleton News.
