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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY T.
Ten Minutes Walk
FROM BROAD AND JACKSON STS.
In an excellent down town neighborhood, I have
for Rale an attractive six room house, containing
modern conveniences.
Lot 45x132 feet. Price $2,750.
WM. E. BUSH
4 and 5 Library L3uildinjg»
A Rare Opportunity
Is offered this work for the purchase of a homo on an Invest
ment basis. 6-room, 2-story house In fine order. Electric lights
and modern conveniences. Just otT Greene street and near oar
line. Price, $3,500. If you have some money to invest or are
looking for a nice home In a choice neighborhood see us Monday.
Martin & Garrett
STOCKS =
Orders executed to buy and sell stocks, bonds
and investment securities on the New York Stock
Exchange. We solicit your business.
ARGO & JESTER
7 Library Building. Phone 12.
STEPPING ALONG THE
ROAD OF SOUND PROGRESS
It U satisfactory to note that th'
interest In daily Increasing In the
Andrews lltob. Company store. Peo
pie go there to eaTe money, thAt'v
the aupreme teet. Sound progress
1b manifest In every department. Th<*
store organization Ih strong stocks
are fresh and complete, values nr;-
exceptionally good. The company aro
'IS#
PERCY E. MAY, President. DR. THOMAS R. WRIGHT, Vice-Prest.
J. Q. WEIGLE, Cashier.
ERNEST H. MOBLEY
:: GENERAL CONTRACTORS ::
Estimates Cheerfully Furnished on all Claasea of Buildings.
PHONE 2202. 109 MONTGOMERY BLDG.
TURKISH BATHS
Rehabilitated!
Open from 9jOO a, m. to 11 p, m., Harison Building.
C. S. SYLVESTER, Proprietor.
VALENTINES ? ?
Large and Beautiful Selection.
At the Lowest Prices.
RICHARDS’ STATIONERY COMPANY.
“Prosperity ol 1906 Is About To Return."
Build Now or Pay More
Which Will You Do?
INDUSTRIAL LUMBER COMPANf
Home Builders. Phone 282
Money To Loan.
3 to 5 Years, On City And Summerville Im
proved Property, And For Building Purposes.
JNO. JAY COHEN & CO.,
735 BROAD ST.
RARE OPPORTUNITY
iXZSS DIAMONDS
If Interested, would be pleased to show them.
Have you seen our display of ANTIQUE JEWELRY?
Repair Department. L. f. SCHAUL & CO.
POPULAR PRICED JEWELERS. 840 BROAD STREET.
experienced enough to thoroughly
comprehend trade conditions and
wlde-ttwuko enough to make every ad
vantage count to the Interest of their
patrons. Hoad their advertisement
In this paper, and see where b'g mon
ey enn be snved by the wise shopper,
who take* advantage l of tin- unusually
good offerings contained therein.
To the building up of a large Hank
ing account Is the making of regular
weekly deposits. It also protects the
man or woman against privation In
hard times. SI.OO Is sufficient to
start a savings account with this
bank and your money will earn Four
Per Cent Interest.
You Try This Plan.
The Augusta Savings Bank,
"WHERE SAVINGB ARE BAFE.”
30 years In the Savings Bank Busi
ness.
FERTILIZER MEN
SAY SEASON
ISJATE
I
Factories in Augusta Pro
duce Over a Hundred
Thousand Tons a Season.
The fertilizer season has opened up
j well, The fertilizer men of the city
say they think the season of 1909
; will be as good as that of 1908, al
though It will be a later season. It
is usual for fertilizers to start to
moving about Christmas or soon af
ter. This year has been very lat§,
and the movement has only started
to moving strongly In the past two or
three weeks.
The season usually lasts from Jan
uary to the end of March and some
times It goes through to the middle
ot April, To get out the amount of
fertilizer that the district calls for
the mills have to run night and day.
It. becomes a race with time for a
while to see If the orders can be
filled on time, as some of them are
for special kinds of truck farming,
and if very much delayed the orders
have to be cancelled, as the farmers
cannot use the goods If they are late.
Richmond county uses an enormous
lot of fertilizers, and what Is prop
erly termed the Augusta district uses
at least 60,000 tons a year. These
are three fertilizer mills In the city
and their total output Is about 110,-
000 tons. The majority of the ferti
lizer Is shipped to the Augusta dis
trict, but some of the mills ship to
North Carolina. The most of the stuff
however, is for South Carolina and
other parts of Georgia. There are
fertilizer mills at Charleston, Savan
nah. ColumbuH, and other large cities
In the states and therefore the local
mills only handle what, might he call
ed homo trade. At times the mills
Children’s Week
at McCreary’s
Entire stock of Boys’ Knee Pant Suits, sold at
$7.50 and $8.50 to go at a* g g
this week &
All Boys’ Suits sold at $5.00 and $6.00 d* -3 C
to go at J O
All $3.50 and $4.00 Suits, to go
at
All Odd K„ee percent off
McCreary’s
“Home of Good Clothes”
742 Broad
of the same corporation In other cit
ies have more orders than they can
fill, and then It becomes necessary to
send them here or to some place
where they can be filled at once.
BUSINESS COMES
ALL IN A LUMP.
A peculiar thing about the fertiliz
er business is that the business comes
almost in a lump. The farmers, in
stead ot buying or ordering early in
the season, wait until the week before
they want to put the stuff in the
ground, and then want It at once.
Many of the contracts aro made to
deliver the stuff within a certain time
after ordered, and often there are so
many rush orders on hand it Is im
possible to till them. Another diffi
culty Unit confronts the fertilizer men
is getting cars io ship the stuff. The
railroads are busy when the heaviest
rush of the season eomes on and it
is a hard matter for them to get the
cars to the mills. If the road is short
on local cars they have to dig through
the yards and find every foreign car
that can be used. The foreign cars
can only be used, when going in the
direction of its road. For instance
if a man in Alabama has a Georgia
car. he can only load it for Georgia.
If it was loaded for Louisiana, or
Mississippi he would be liable for a
flnV under a reeeut law.
Another problem that confronts
both the roads and the fertilizer men
is the rushing of the cars to their
destination. If the cars are on the
way about ten days, or for some
reason are delayed in the yards that
length of time, when the fertilizer ar
| rives the man will only have a car
of hulk fertilizer, as the acid In the
mixture eats the bags in about eight
days. The larger amount of acid the
quicker the sacks are eaten.
The fertilizer factories use a solu
tion of acetate of lime to preserve
the bags When an order is received
1 1 he number of bags wanted and the
j grade is sent to the bag room fore-
I man. He then prints the' required
number of bags, soaks them in the
solution, and then sehds them into
the mill. The bag room men often
print several thousand bags before
the season starts. They usually
know what kind of fertilizer is used
generally and have the hags ready,
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
BAR ASSOCIATION
10 HOLD ANNUAL
MEETING
Will Elect Officers and
Pass Resolutions on
Deaths of Judge Snead
and Mr. Miller.
The annual meeting of the Augus-
Ita Bar association which was post
; poned from January will be held
Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock in the
| city court room. The most import
ant business to come before the
meeting will be the election of offi
cers for th*; ensuing year.
The meeting was to have been held
!in January, but as the association
1 gave a banquet to Judge Wm. H.
j Taft, at that time, it was decided to
I postpone the meeting for a month.
1 The regular routine business that ac
re umlates during the year will be dis
-1 posed of. Resolutions of regret will
1 be passed on the death of Mr. Frank
11. Miller and probably 011 the deaso
of Judge Claiborne Snead, who, al
though he was not a member of the
Augusta Bar at the time of his death,
was form-rly a member. Judge Snead
was the first judge of the city court
in Richmond county.
The present officers of the associa
tion are:
President —Major .1. C. C. Black,
ice-president—Major Jos. B. Cum
ming.
Secretary—Geo. T. Jackson, .Tr.
Treasurer —Bryson Crane.
HERALD SUBSCRIBERS.
Who for any reason do not get their
papers promptly and regularly will do
us a great favor by telephoning 297
Subscription Department —and have
complaint properly attended to.
WM. T. McKENDREE, Mgr.
BUFFET PARLOR CAR, AUGUBTA
TO JACKSONVILLE, FLA.,
VIA. CENTRAL OF GEOR
GIA RAILWAY.
A magnificent Pullman Buffet Par
lor car is now being operated between
Augusta. Ga., and Jacksonville, Fla.,
via. Savannah, Ga., over the Central
of Georgia railway and the Atlantic
Coast Line. Leaves Augusta dally
at 7:30 a. m. city time. Seats can
be reserved in advance at Union
Ticket office, 741 Broad street and
719 Broad street or Terminal station.
Feb 3 % 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 20
VALENTINE POST CARDS.
The Augusta Trunk Factory has a
beautiful assortment of Valentine
post cards. Also the comic Valentine
cards —funny ones. Don’t forget the
fact that the Augusta Trunk Factory
is headquarters for trunks, valises
suit cases and leather goods of all
kinds. They carry every requisite
for the comfort of the traveler. The
Augusta Trunk Factory, remember, is?
at Ssl Broad, “wrong" side of street
but on right side of prices.
CHILbREN'S WEEK AT
M'CREARY’S
This is to be children's week at
McCreary's. Their spring goods are
already arriving and they must mak-*
roopi for them. To do this they
have made unheard of reductions la
hoys’ suits and pants, as they cannot
afford to carry them over. It will
Interest mothers and heads of families
to read McCreary’s “ad” In today'.
Herald.
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except the soaking of them in the
solution. If soaked in the solution
j and allowed to stand for several days
the bags will rot.
The factories In Augusta have about
10 mills together. Each mill, run
| ning 10 hours a day. is supposed to
make 250 tons. This is hardly ever
done and the average is about 200
I to: i day. At that rate 2.000 tons
lof uft is shipped away from Au
gus::i every day during the busy sea
| so: takes about 35 men to the
I msil. besides the scalemen. truck boys,
jni - iiioned iu the different parts
iol the machinery, oilers, etc.
CENSUS BILL SENT
BACK TOJjONGBESS
ROOSEVELT REFUSES TO SIGN
IT BECAUSE IT IS A VIOLA
TION OF THE CIVIL
SERVICE RULES
CHANCE FOR GRAFT
By Non-Competitive Ex
amination Method Poli
tical Influence will Come
Into Pressure.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The presi
dent has vetoed the census bill, be
cause it provided for, non-competitivt
examinations. The message accom
panying the return of the vetoed bili
to congress foliows:
To the House of Representatives:
I herewith return, without approval,
H. R. 16954, entitled “An act to pro
vide for the Thirteenth and subse
quent decennial censuses.” I do this
with extreme reluctance, because I
fully realize the importance of sup
plying the director of the census at
aB early a date as possible with the
force necessary to the carrying on of
his work. But it Is of high conse
quence to the country that the sta
tistical work of the census shall be
conducted with entire accuracy. This
is as Important from the standpoint
of business and Industry as from the
scientific standpoint. It is, therefore
in my judgment, essential that the re
sult should not be open to the sus
piclon of bias on political and per
sonal grounds; that it should not be
open to the reasonable suspicion of
being a waste of the people’s money
and a fraud.
WANT APPOINTMENTS
BY SPOILS SYSTEM.
Section 7 of the act provides in ef
fect that appointments to the census
shall be under the spoils syatem, for
this is the real meaning of the pro
vision that they shall be subject only
to non-competitive examination. The
proviso is added that they shall be
selected without regard to political
party affiliations. But there is oniy
one way to guarantee tbit they shall
be selected without regard to politics
and on merit, and that is by choosing
them after competitive examination
from the lists of eligibles provided by
the civil service commission. The
present director of the census in his
last report states the exact fact about
these non-competitive examinations
when he says:
POLITICAL PRESSURE
IMPORTANT PART.
"A non-competitive examination
means that every one of the many
thousands who will pass the examina
tions, will have an equal right to ap
pointment, and that personal and po
litical pressure must in the end, as al
ways before, become the determining
factor with regard to the great body
of these temporary employments. I
can not too earnestly urge that the
director of the census be relieved
from this unfortunate situation.”
TREAT APPOINTMENTS
AS PERQUISITES.
To provide that the clerks and oth
er employes shall be appointed after
non-competitive examination, and yet
to provide that they shall he select
ed without regard to political party
affiliations, means merely that the
appointments shall be treated as the
perquisites pf the politicians of both
parties, instead of as the perquisites
of the politicians of one party. I do
not believe in the doctrine that to
the victor belong the spoils; but 1
think even less of the doctrine that
the spoils shall be divided without a
fight by the professional politicians
on both sides; and this would be the
result of permitting the bill in its
present shape to become a law. Both
of the last censuses, the Eleventh
and Twelfth, were taken under a pro
vision of law excluding competition;
that is, necessitating the appoint
ments being made under the spoils
system. Every man competent t<-
speak with authority because of his
knowledge of and familiarity with the
work of those censuses hns stated
that the result was to produce ex
travagance and demoralization.
COMPETITIVE
METHODS SHOULD
BE USED.
In view of the temporary character
of the work, it would be well to waive
the requirements of the civil service
law as regards geographical appor
tionment, but the appointees should
be cnosen by competitive examina
tion from the lists provided by the
civil service commission. The non
competitive examination in a case
like this is not oniy vicious, but is In
effect a fraud upon the public. No
essential change is effected by pro
viding that it be conducted by the
civil service commission; and to pro
vide that the employes shall be se
lected without regard to political
party affiliations is empty and mis
leading. unless, at the same time, it
is made effective In the only way in
which it is possible to make it ef
fective, that is by providing that the
examination shall he made competi
tive.
I also recommend that If provision
is made that the census printing work
may be done outside the government
printing office, it shall be explicitly
provided that the government author
ities shall see that the eight-hour law
1* applied In effective fashion to these
outside offices.
THIS BILL IS
AN IMPROVEMENT.
Outside of these matters. I believe
that the bill is, on the whole, satis
factory and represents an improve
ment upon previous legislation on the
i subject. But it is of vital consequence
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HEPHZIBAH SOCIAL NEWS
HEPHZIBAH, Ga.—Miss Anna Pal
mer entertained last week in honor
of her guests, Miss Middlebrook and
Miss Clark. The inclemency of the
weather emphasized the admirable
forethought of the hostess in early
serving chocolate in the drawing
room. No more appropriate feature
may have graced a function in this
art loving and intellectually enter
prising village than the drawing con
test of the “Billy Possum” type. The
art committee upon deciding whose
"lines had fallen in pleasant places’’
awarded a Teddy bear to pay his last
respects to Billy ’possum so perfect
ly lined by the artistic skill of Miss
Emmie Kilpatrick. Delicious refresh
ments were served in the court of a
pleasant evening. Those who enjoy
ed Miss Palmer's function were: Mrs.
Julian Smith, of Augusta; Miss Mid
dlebrook, of Covington; Miss Anna
Wright Clarke, of Louisville; Miss
Gunim, of Miiiedgeville; Miss Maud
Rack, of De Bruce; Mrs. Foster Rey
nolds, Mrs. U. B. Frost, Mrs. Free
man, Miss Emmie Kilpatrick. Miss,
Bessie Smith, Miss Mary Palmer,
Mias Fryer.
Miss Clarke returned to Louisville
Monday afternoon. Miss Middlebrook
and Miss Mary Palmer went to Au
gusta Tuesday 'to attend the “Shep
herd King.”
Mrs. White Godard is the guest of
Mrs. Sim Averett.
HOTEL ARRIVALS
Mr. C. C. Young, of Lexington, S.
C., is a guest of the Albion.
Mr. R. E. J. Skinner is registered
at the Albion from Atlanta.
Mr. J. G. Seigler, of Aiken, is a
guest of the Albion.
Mr. Geo. T. Price of Charleston, is
at the Albion.
Mr. Jones A. Williams, of Ham
burg, S. C., is among today’s arri
vals at the Albion
Mr. W. L. Phipp,, of Atlanta, is
among today’s arrivals at the Albion.
Mr. A. L. Muhlberg is registered
at the Albion from Savannah.
Mr. E. T. Whatley, of Savannah, Is I
a guest of the Genesta.
Mr. W. H Turner, of Atlanta, is
a guest o' the Geresta today.
Mr. W. H. Dodd is registered at the j
Genesta from Madison.
Mr. J. G. Perkins of Perkins, Ga. j
is at the Genesta.
Mr. Richard Battle is among the i
Atlanta guests at the Genesta.
Among thr arrivals at the Genesta
is Mr. Jerome Folliette, of States
boro.
that wo should not oWce again permit
the usefulness of this great decennial
undertaking on behalf of the whole
people to be marred by permitting it
to be turned into an engine to fur
ther the self-interest of that small
section of the people which makes a
profession of politics. The evil ef
fects of the spoils system and of the
custom of treating appointments to
the public service ,as personal per
quisites of professional politicians are
peculiarly evident in the case of a
great public work like the taking) of
the census, a work which should em
phatically be done for the whole peo
ple and with an eye single to their
interest.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The White House, Feb. 5, 1909.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7.
Miss Gumm, Miss Fryer, Mr. Mc-
Kibbin and Mr. Schaffner attended a
party Friday evening at Gracewood in
honor of Mrs. Brown, at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Jones.
Mr. Sam Palmer, of the Daniel
Sons and Palmer Co., Millen, Ga.,
was in the village last week.
Miss Clyde Hicks has returned to
her home in Augusta, after a pleasant
visit to Misses Nannie and Robbie
Weathersbee.
Mrs. C. E. Miller, while in Waynes
boro, received a “letter shower” last
Saturday in celebration of her seven
ty-fifth birthday. But instead of
seventy-five letters she received
ninety-five letters from as many ap
preciative friends.
Among this week's pleasant social
functions was an entertainment in
honor of Miss Clarke and Miss Mid
dlebrook. Mrs. Virginia Inman Da
vis acted as host.ees. Three tables
of trail were enjoyed at which the
hostess conscientiously omitted the
contest feature. A delicious salad
course was served, followed with
chocolate and cake. Those present
were: Misses Middlebrook, Clarke,
Lottie Henderson, Emmie Kilpatrick,
Moss, Gumm, Fryer, Anna Palmer,
Mary Palmer, Mrs. Inman Davis, of
Augusta; Mrs. Francis and Mr. Me-
Kihbin.
Stomach Gases
and Torpid Livers
Give Way Before the Peculiar Puri
fying Power of Stuart's Char
coal Lozenges.
A Trial Package Sent Free.
The foul gases of the stomach and
the torpid action of the liver are easy
victims for charcoal to overcome.
This great natural cleaner and ab
sorbent will most certainly be relish
ed by -a system afflicted with gase
ous or sluggish tendencies.
Charcoal has long been known as
a great absorbent of gas. A panful
of charcoal will positively purify a
room filled with foul odors and de
cay. Its absorbing ratio is one hun
dred times greater than its own
volume.
The ancients gave charcoal for
many human ills successfully. The
North American Indians used it for
snake bite, poison from eating wild
herbs and cured what they called
“stomach bad medicine’’ with it.
Willow charcoal seems to be the
best product for human use, and no
doubt the peculiar curative property
of the willow is represented in a
chemical quality in its charcoal.
Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges are
pure willow and sweet honey blended
by tremendous power and compres
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Two or three lozenges eaten after
meals will prevent the process of di
gestion from producing noxious
gases. They will vivify a lazy liver
and aid every organ which is most
likely to be overcome through Its con
tact with impurities.
They cleanse the stomach and in
testines, bring purity and sweetness
out of fermentation and decay and
aid digestion by allaying gas. They
will aid you and your stomach. The
beneficial effects are made evident
after each meal when you use char
coal as Stuart prepares it. To al
lay gas at night they are excellent
and one arises in the morning with
out that terrible neauseatlng bad
breath which destroys apatite and
renders one miserable. >'
All druggists sell Stuart's Char
coal Lozenges, price twenty-flva
cents, or send us your name and ad
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Stuart Co., 200 Stuart Bldg., Mar
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