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About The Augusta daily herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1908-1914 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1909)
PAGE FOUR IHt AUGUSTA HERALD Publish'd Every Afternoon Dur;i,is We#k and on Sunday Morning I: THE HERALD PUH '.is: UNO C>. En/rred at the Augusta Postoff If ■■ Mall Matter of the Second Class. " SCBSCRIPTIOM RATES: Dally and Sunday, 1 year . .. ..»dt>o Dally and Sunday, C months 3.00 f tally and Sunday, 3 months .. .. luO tally and Sunday. 1 month M Dally and Sunday. 1 week •>» Sunday Herald, 1 year LOO Weekly Herald. 1 year .. .. . . .. M Business Office, Talepl ■ 287 City Editor Edl'or .. 1 FOREIGN REPRSai NT A TIVE S The - Benjamin Agency, ~2:> Fifth Ave , N>w York City, 110* iioyce Huild inf. Chicago. Addrt**s all business communication* to IHt AIGUSIA HI KALI) 731 Broad Street, Augusta On. "IK YOU WANT THE NEWS YOU NEED THE HERALD. ' Augusta, Ga., Saturday, Feb. 13, 190 S No communication will ue published In The Herald unless the name of the writer Is signed to the article. "The Herald is the official advertising medium of the City of Augusta and of the County of Richmond for all legal notice* and advertising. "Thera la no battar way to reach the homes of the prosperous people of tills city and section than through the col umns of The Herald. Dally ana Sunday. Telephone th» Circulation Department. Phone 287. when leaving Augusta, and arrange to have The Herald sent to you by u..i1l each day. The Augusta Herald has a larger city circulation than any other paper, and a larger total circulation than atiy other Augusta paper This has been proven by tbe Audit Co., of New York. That Brownsvlllo matter la to be settled on the 33rd. And this will be skiddoo. One more threatened war with Ja pan has bean averted, but how many more limes will wo escape It? Upton Sinclair says that mu triage Is a tragedy. Then the merry grass widows must he tragediennes. Since Cleveland's picture hns been pul on the gold certificate In all fair ness Bryan's picture should be put on tho silver certificates. That new senator < from Indiana seems to be a man of variable height. Rome days he Is much taller Ihftn on other days. If the papers tell the truth about him. Old Mnlds nre now called Bachelor Girls, But that’s all right; jimt an other case of a rose by another name smelling just ns sweet. The money circulation may bo $33 per cepltti, as the experts claim, but personal experience snilslles quite n any of us that the per pocket a cir culation* Is very much smaller. A large shipment of whitewash has been ordered for Panama. There'll pr< bably he need of many more ship :■ erf before that big ditch Is fin tailed When Mr Tnfl gels that new au tomobile he may even bent Mr. Boose veil's record of a 90-mlle ride in one clay, and return In condition to sit down to supper. An Illinois Kiri backed out at the altar beenuM the brldcgroi V did not shave for the wedding. But for all that ho had a pretty close shave- In being saved from matrimony . South Carolina proposes to supply; free books to the pupils In her pub lic school*. Occasionally South Caro lina take* the lead In a tnovo In up right direction. Mr. Taft Is to he made a “Mason at sight.” without the usual Initiatory ceremonies. Perhaps the Masons adopted this course for prudential reasons, to save their goat. A Texas young woman has made a new record at gun play. She not only plugged two Innocent bystanders but actually winged the man she watt using (or her target. It may be true that love Is blind, but you can't prove It by citing tint ordinary lover who can see more ex rellencles In Ills girl than anybody else can discover. When women go down town and spend an afternoon loafing they call It shopping, and when men spend an evening loafing they call It lodge meeting. Not so much difference as ter all. Stolen kissoa are valued at $lO each In Chicago. They are doubtless cheap at that, and If they could only command the cash !u every Instance an appreciable wave of prosperity would soon be apparent. Those t.eorgln papers which feel so Jubilant because this Is an off year in polities win pleaae not Jubilate so loud We are to have a mayoralty election In Augusta this year so don't spout your joy w here We can hear It \\ ondor If by some hook or crook It could not be made to appear that all bill collectors belong to u trust.? This would be a capital way to be re lieved of paying those little bills they take so much pleasure In bringing around. But even that dollar-a word eon tract for African letters wasn't as good as the SIO,OOO a week contract to ride In a circus Mr Roosevelt has cause to regret being In such a hurry to bind himself by signing the first contract. ».) Because Mr Roosevelt intends to leave Washington at once after Mr. Taft'* Inauguration some papers say he I* theatrical. If he had decided to remain they would have said he waa trying to meddle with Taft's bus Iness Teddy can't please some pa oars, no matter what ho may do. ST. VALENTINE’S DAY TOMORROW. Tomorrow is St. Valentine's Day. It is a day celebrated with many qmint and "curious customs dating far back Into the realm of the past, and also with some of more modern origin of a quite different na ture. its observance this year will probably not vary much from other years, and wherein the day falling on Sunday interferes with these of servances they will be anticipated the evening before. The; St. Valentine Day observances were originally of a religious na ture, hut gradually the religious significance of these were lost sight of, and instead it became the day of the lovers. Some of the superstitious customs still survive, by which girls endeavor to lift the veil of the fu ture and :< e the- face or lea*n the identity of the man they are to mar ry. But even these are falling Into disuse, except among the illiterate. The prettiest custom of St. Valentine's Day however remains, and It Is worthy of even stl! more extended observance. Thlt Is the giving of appropriate St. Valentine’s presents, especially by young men to the ladies of their choice Much lnt ocent pleasure and happiness may be found In the observance of this custom, and many vows of undying love and devotion doubtless grow out es It. For this repron Sa. Valentine’s Day will always be a red letter day for lovers. There are other customs observed In connection with this day which are disagreeable. One of these Is the sending of the so-called comic Valentines. For days uefore these are on sale at all notion stores, which Is evidence of the extent to which they are sold. These comics are horrible caricatures, with a sting in each one of them, and they are sent out anoymourly, sometimes only in a spirit of fun and often with the; Intent to annoy and insult. It Is a custom which has nothing to commend it, and should he frowried out of existence. Another unworthy celebration of the day is the pranks played by hoys of a nature but little diort of malicious mischief, such as removing gates, swapping signs, clandestinely ringing door bells, and other like pranks, sometimes carried to a point, where serious damage is done. This custom fortunately is falling more and more into disuse, a course that can he aided by the vigilance of the police. It should not have any place In *a civilized community. With lhe special social features for which It gives an opening and the custom of present giving among lovers St. Valentine's Day will al ways be a favorite day with the voting people, and Its pleasant customs deserve all the encouragement that can he given them. SELECTING NAMES FOR THE CHILDREN. Kev. Father Kelly, a Catholic priest, of Npw York, lias attracted considerable attention unto himself and started not a little discussion, by hi: refusal to baptize children under such names as “Flossy, Evelyn, Dukes, Lillian, Jewel, Pearl, Socrates, Hannibal, Caesar” and the like. "It is far better to give children plain and beautiful names,” he says, and living up to this conviction he lias refused to be made a party to Inflicting on children names that are bizarre and sometimes ridiculous. Ills course can only be commended. According to the records, when baptism was first instituted, the person baptized was given a new name by the baptlzer. The choice of name was left to this official, a right, which he exorcised by virtue of his sacred office. In course of lime this custom was modified, when baptism was administered to children, and the- priest gave the child the baptismal name chosen by the par ents. This Is the prevalent custom now. Formerly also a person bore hut one name, but this single-name sys tem was found Insufficient, and for several centuries now in all Chris tian countries the two-name system has obtained. Each person car ries his nr her family name, derived from the father, to denote the fam ily. and a baptismal name to distinguish the person. This Is the most practical system of naming people ever devised. The family name leaves no choice, for It is fixed by the accident of birth. Tho baptismal name Is one of choice altogether. An entirely new name may he coined, or one of the many old standard given-names may he applied. Of these latter the old time honored names are the favorites, hut sometimes fond parents are not satisfied with these, and inflict on their children names which are Inappropriate In after years and sometimes ridiculous. "Rosebud” may bo appropriate as a given name for a chubby little Infant, but It Is grotesque for a faded old maid. Into which Hits chubby infant may possibly develop. “Charlemagne" may seem a proper name for Ills baby hoy to gome doting father who fondly hopes lilh son will become a great man, hut It will be ridiculous when that hoy has become a grocery clerk or a tailor. So the gyod old priest Is right; for baptismal names children should be given one of the many such names which have been in use for many generations, and which are beautiful in their plainness and by the custom of the ages which have preserved them. A ZONE SYSTEM PARCELS POST. Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, has hit upon an Idea of a parcels post that It is believed will result In, th<- Introduction of this system “as a natural thing and without a big fight in congress.” it is the addi tion of a zone systefci to the genera! plan. The demand for the establishment of a cheap parcels post con tinues to grow. Almost all other countries have a parcels post now. ns advantages are recognized, And there Is a constantly-growing demand that our government fall In line, and give to our people at home the same benefits which It now grants (he people of other countries un der postal arrangements with their governments. -The objection lo a parcels post In our country has come from two sources, the express companies and the merchants In tho smaller towns. The express companies don’t want it because it would compel them to reduce their rates, and so diminish the enormous profits they now derive out of the parcels carrying trade. The merchants In the smaller towns oppose It because they font- that the parcels post would lead to a still greater extension of the mnil order evil, and transfer much of their trade to the larger cities. As far tiK the first objection Is concerned the good of tho people Is of greater Importance than the enrichment of the express companies The second objection Is to he overcome by the proposed zone system; according to the plan advocated by Postmaster General Meyer. This Is that the government should deliver through the mails pan eels weighing not to exceed eleven pounds at the rate of 12 cents per Pound, anywhere In the country, but that the country storekeepers should he protected b\ giving them within their zones tho advantage of a stilt lower rate. For this special service he proposed to fix a rate of .» cents for the first pound and 2 cents for each additional pound up to the- maximum weight fixed for the whole parcels post system. The way this would work out would he that tho country store keeper from whose place of business radiate several rural delivery routes would he able to deliver goeds to any of his customers on any of tin* routes running from his town at an average cost of a Uttlo over 2 cents per pound or 23 cents so r the maximum bundles of eleven pounds. This Is the plan which Is being advocated now bv Senator Bever idge. and It Is probable that the experiment will he tried In a few places, ns was the rural free delivery system In US experimental stage. That such a pian would prove of great benefit to people living In the rural districts cannot be doubted, and like the rural free delivery system, Its great advantages will probably ho demonstrated by a trial, and then the plan he carried Into general operation on all rural mail delivery routes. PRESIDENT TAFT AND THE CRUM NOMINATION. The effort to force the ratification bv the senate of the appoint ment of Or. Crum to he collector of the port of Charleston has been abandoned. It has appeared that this appointment cannot be confirmed at this session, and so the republican leaders have derided not to waste any more time In useless wrangle over this question. That settles the ( rum appointment so far as President Roosevelt Is concerned. What will become of it after that? Not having been finally acted on bv the senate It will constructively remain before that body after March t Hut the cpiestlon arises: Can Mr. Roosevelt make an executive appointment after he has ceased being president? To allow Crum’s name to go before the senate after March 4 would amount virtually to that With the president dies Ids cabinet, and also all appointments ho may have made that were not continued by the senate. There is no law on this point, hut common sense Indicates that this must he the wav. lhe various members of the cabinet could hold on to their port folios, for there Is no law requiring them to resign. But consideration of the fitness of things Indicates that tin* new president should have a free hand In making appointments, unhampered by the acts of his predecessor. In case he did not choose to retain any of the present cabinet officers in his cabinet, he could of course request their res ignation which would he equivalent to a dismissal; hut recognising nls right to he allowed to make tils own choice unhampered and unem barrassed, the members of the cabinet will resign, every one of them, then. If Mr. Taft desires any of them to hold a portfolio under him he will make the re-appointment. It he prefers to appoint some other man. he Is free to do so without the necessity, unpleasant to both, of kicking out the Incumbent Crum s appointment belongs to the same category. Mr. Taft mav or may not desire to retain Mr. Roosevelt's appointee to this office, and 1: s'n V l ' hi- left free to exercise his judgment wphe.it any em barrassment. Hence Crum's nomination should be considered with drawn. whether he himself recognises the eternal fitness of things and does so by his own act. or not. The Crum appointment being out of the way, Mr. Taft Is free to act He may re-appoint Crum. If he believes this Is best, or he may send in another name to the senate, if he believes the appointment of another man will be better for all the interests concerned. And should he take this latter course he cannot In fairness be blamed by anybody, any more than he can be blamed If Instead of Mr. Roose velt s appointees for the various cabiuet offices he prefers other uieu of lus own selection. il£ AUGUSTA. HERALD IT IS CALIFORNIA'S MOVE/ Race Problems of the Pacific Slope and of the South Arc Alike Ultimately, the people of the south | will sympathize with the people of | the Pacific coast in their “race ques tion;” they at least understand the embarrassment, the loss, the bitter humiliation that the presence of a colored race, inferior and antago nistiv by nature to the white, entails, but they will be “slow to anger” in the cause of the westerners. The number of Orientals in Califor nia is 55,904 in a population of 1,485,-! 053, while in Nevada the number is; decreasing and Is now below 2,000. In South Carolina the majority of the population is colored, and the Ameri can negro averages In moral charac ter, Intelligence and understanding of the duties of citizenship far lower than do the Chinese and Japanese. In a word, the south would gain if it could exchange with the Californians ten of its colored American citizens for one of their Orientals. Under the shadow of our "problem,” what time have we to think upon the men ace, if it be a menace, to these west erners—who, by the way, plume, themselves on their part in the sub jugation of the white southerners for the advantage of the blacks less than half a century ago, and who sent rep resentatives to congress for years, commissioned to vote for the exalta tion of the negro to that political place in the south, to which he would be entitled if mere numbers were the test? True, six year 3 ago, Senator Perkins, of California, awoke to the fact that the south had a .race prob lem, and that California might profit by seeking an alliance with the south in congress, but that was a single Incident of its kind in a thousand, il lustrating that the Californians pre fer the domination of an alien race over white men so long as the white men be not Californians. In the remote contingency of a se rious war with an Oriental nation the south will, of course, contribute more than its quota of men and mon ey for the defence of "the old flag.” AMERICANIZING CANADA. More than half of (he 5,000 immi grants who entered Canada in De cember were from the United States. In tho year 1908 nearly 150,000 came in and 57,000 of them were 1 from “the States," as our neighbors ' over the border put It. Tjfts sort of j thing is giving the Canadian North-1 west a vast Region of much vitality j ■and promise and swift growth, a de- ! 1 diced American tinge. American i books and magazines, American fash j ions, American slang and American I ideas, too, ate much in evidence. American money Us one of the great ; ost sources of prosperity. American l enterprise is leading the most active ! j and growing section of the Dominion along the road to very American i wealth and industrial power. Old fashioned Canadians, intensely loyal to their own country and to I Great Britain, do not like this Amer- I icanizing of the Dominion's wide ex panse of wheat lands in the North west, hut they are unable to stem ihe tide. If Canada Is inviting enough to enterprising men and important enough as a place for their work and j their investments, the Americanizing will go on. And what Canadian wants his country to fail or slacken its pace lu any phase of growth which attracts the honteseekers from the I United States?-—Cleveland Leader. ♦ POINT AND COUNTERPOINT ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦❖♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦* ♦♦♦ Another One Has Been Saved. A white man has been convict ed of murder In South Carolina. As he only killed his w'ife, how ever, he hns been recommended to the mercy of the court.—Au- , gusta Herald. Guess they thought a man who was smart enough to get the drop on his wife, was too valuable a man to be lost lo the country. Brains and In dustry will tell on all occasions.—• Rome Trlbune-Horald, Some Tough Citizens In Florida. There should he no more mis givings about that Gatun dam. Mr. Taft walked over It and it didn't settle any more.—Augusta Herald. There are men right here In Jack sonville just like the Gatun dam. They wouldn’t settle if Mr. Taft walked over them.—Jacksonville Times-Union. Will Leave it to the Leavitts. When Mrs. Ruth Bryan gets her divorce, what will she do with the name? Will she hold to It. or Leavlt*? And will Leavitt be willing to leave it witl> her? —Augusta Herald. Ah. leave It tor them to settle.— Columbus Enquirer-Sun. Mr. Taft and the Old Maids. When Mr. Taft advised tne old maids not to be in a hurry to get married, he only preached to them what they had practiced; and wasn't that the right thing to do"—Augusta Herald. Mr. Taft was simply wise enough to pass out a little well enrned com mendation.—Orlando Star. They Deserved What They Got. Jack Blnns and little Joe Brown are the two public men that are now being kissed by sentimental ladies. It's the penalty they must pay for greatness.—Augusta Herald. > It must be admitted, however, that | the ladies always exercise consider able discretion when they go Into the kissing business. They rarely ' waste their energies on the undeserv j lug.—Rome Tribune-Herald. - --- Don't forget that Augusta is stfß ; Taft's temporary home town—Atlanta {(L'onstltutiou. Compared to the people ©f the north, the southerners are warlike; in the war between the states practically all the southerners went to the front, 1 and today one takes for granted that every southerner of 65 is a veteran. That is not true of the north; the veteran was rather exceptional in 1865; the northerners are business people and they avoid fighting, nor that they are afraid, but *, because fighting is mighty poor business — “there's no money in it.” For tho present, therefore, the south should ! keep in mind that this Pacific agita- 1 tion about the Orientals is not its quarrel; we have troubles of our own and plenty of them, and our congress men should wait with patience and serenity for the western Yankees to seek an alliance, and should require abundant hostages for their good faith. If the Japanese question j should take on the proportion of a pervading race issue (there are about five times as many negroes in Char leston county alone as there are Japa nese in the whole state of Califor- \ nla) and should loom big enough to ; merge the southern question with it ; so that an alliance of formidable j strength could be formed with the west, one which might include the re- ] peal -of the fifteenth amendment in its program, the south might, with wisdom, begin to take notice. But, in the meantime, it is to be hoped that southern congressmen will not i lose their heads, and organize a gal- j lery claque for westerners who have never been the south’* friends in ra cial questions, and whose race prob lem is for the moment contemptible i in importance, howaver they may in flate it. * If the white Americans of ihe Pa cific coast wish the race problem set tled in the United States, let them make a beginning, let them move for the repeal of the war amendments to the Constitution, and let them move ; in force. In that event, there will j be response from the south. —Char- ; leston News and Courier. GROWING MILITARY BUDGET Pensions and the military and naval budgets already threaten to ex ceed the aggregate heretofore con sidered the record. The pension ap propriation exceeds $160,000,000; the naval appropriation bill calls for $135,000,000; that for the army just reported is larger than last year and passes $98,000,000. The total of these j three items as they stand is over $390,000,000, but this is not the pos- i sible aggregate of authorized mili- j tary and naval expenditures. The ap- I propriations for fortifications and for the military academy are carried in separate bills. The former last year was in the neighborhood of $10,000,- 000; whereas West Point rarely costs more than $1,000,000 for its regular maintenance. Again there are items legitimately military or naval carried in bills thu. titles of which do not suggest their presence. The sundry civil bill is of ten a catch-all of this character. Tak ing all the possibilities of appropria tion by indirection into account it may be assumed that appropriations at this season for wars past and for pre parations for wars that may be will surpass $400,000,000. To be sure all this money will not he expended the coming year, for certain projects may not attain the stage where payments are made steadily as obligations are presented or fall due, the records of which must be sought in the reports , of the several auditors. One of the auditing officials remarked, when asked to give an estimate of the pos sible military and naval expenditures that the requirements would demand his study and inspection of at least six appropriation bills if his reply was to be such as would enlighten a business man seeking to calculate the scope of his expenditures.—Boston Transcript. WITH OUR CONTEMPORARIES. The Other Side of Prohibition. The president of the Oklahoma prison board announces that "prohibi tion has filled the Oklahoma jails.”— Savannah Press. Should Try the Real Thing. All England has been upset for sev eral days about a woman who pre tended suicide to escape creditors. She will receive the profound sympathy of those who have tried every other method and failed.—Rome Tribune- Heraid. How Harriman Got Even. Several years ago, when Mr. Harri man began to operate in railroads, the Vanderbilts, unaware of the latent resources of the future money king, snubbed him; but Mr. Harri man has evened matters at last by obtaining control of the New York Central and reducing the Vanderbilts to the rank of minority stockholders. —Atlanta Georgian. V*i ser Than Alexander the Great. Alexander the Great sighed for more worlds to conquer and died of disapointment at thirty-three. John D. Rockefeller is content with his one world, and will live on. unworried and happy, until ho is a hundred, ac cording to his family physician.— i Washington Herald. A Suicidal Policy. It is stated that $250,000,000 goes from the smaller cities and towns to the mall order houses every year. As the Waycross journal says, the man who sends mon y away is doing his level best to strangle his home town. —Americus Tlmes-Recorder. An Enviable Condition. In Lookout Mountain district, Dade county, the Dade County Times seems to have unearthed the champion law- 1 abiding community of the state. The Times vouches for the truth of the l siuiemeut that there have been but If It's A Dorr Hat It's Right And our offering of early spring styles shows some of the neatest, nob biest styles in soft or stiff felts we have ever seen. There are .one or two young men’s shapes that are distinctly new and different from the ordinary. $3, and $5 DORR Tailoring, Furnishings Dunlap Hats Went to Contract -For -1,000 tons of Tomatoes 100 tons of Sweet Pota toes. 100 tons of Beans. 100 tons of Peaches. Augusta Canning Co. FRANK ROUSE ' Pres, and Treas, ’.Phone 477. Baths Turkish SI.OO Russian 75c Shampoo 50c TURKISH BATH HOTEL, HARISON BUILDING. two lawsuits in that community for the past twenty years, and further adds that the J. P. books and records have been known to lay in the court house at Trenton for a period of four years without the business of the dis trict making it necessary to carry them home.— Marietta Journal. 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 TENNEBSEE LIME at lower prices. Let us quote you Delivered Your Town, car lots or less. Carolina Portland Cement Co. SOLE DISTRIBUTORS. CHARLESTON, S. C. Fire, Fire, Fire! You are safe from fire, wind and weather when you buy our roofings. Tin, Corrugated Iron, Rubber and Composi tion Roofings. Our price is the most interesting part of it Augusta Builders Supply Co., 343 Broad Street. Telephone 321. “CHIROPODY.” AND MANICURING AT HICKEY'S HAIR DRESSING PARLORS. ROOM 213 HARISON L JILDING. “Hickey’s Barber Shop.” 221 EIGHTH STREET. “Prosperity cf 1906 Is About To Return.” Build Now or Pay More Which Will You Do?" INDUSTRIAL LUMBER COMPANY Home Builders. Phone 28 2 -ATURDAY, FES. 13. Garden Seeds For small Gardens. GARDEN SEEDS For market gardens. GARDEN SE*EDS 1 For country merchants. Fresh supply of all popular varieties. No failure when you get your Seeds from L. A. Gardelle’s Seed Department 620 BROAD. Remember This About Prescriptions. A good prescription may be spoiled by bad drugs. A com mon one may be greatly in creased in efficacy by superior drugs when compounded by a good prescription druggist. We use the Highest Grade Drugs and employ the Best Li censed Druggists, and no pre scription is ever changed with out specific instructions from the doctor writing it. Alexander'Drug Go, 708 Broad St. Hot And Cold Soda Water. 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, Wheleas. Apply to Clarence E.Clark REAL ESTATE. 842 BROAD ST. AUGUSTA, GA. Engines AND BOILERS £*r, bath an* Sblngi* Villa U)*o»oi% mM and Titling*, Woodtain, (plllMra aftt, PuUay*. Baiting, Oatoitn* Infia*a “““ar°* LOMBARD, fuadjy, HmNm m( Brils tail uri tyft; Stag AVGUSTA, aA.
