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EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
AUGUSTA, GA.
Wtuader if It 1* really true, ns some
people clsim, that Little .loo's per
egrinations around the state of right
belong to the gum shoving class?
In »ome of the Wtetern statva hyp
notism Is to bo Outlawed, But It will
require more (lih.ii a statute to pro
vent pretty girls front hypnotising
susceptible youths.
Succeeding the campaign against
liquor and hissing comes the crusade
against corsets. That ■seems to be
carrying the reform movement Into
lit* waist places.
A Memphis preacher thinks that
Sunday baseball Is no worse than so
ciety gossip. Realty, It Is itot ns bad,
for the said gossip doesn't even have
tut umpire to hold it to the rules.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
are having a little love feast, set
tltng the question of the location of
the Wlrs monument. That comes of
not making the proper choice the first
time.
If anything more was needed to
prove that President Taft has a for
giving spirit It was found In the fact
that he has forgiven the chief of the
weather bureau for what he did on
March 4.
Profesyor Frederick Starr predicts
that Mr. Roosevelt w'lll succumb to
the "sleeping sirkm ss" In Africa,
l’rof. Starr may be a knowing savant
but he ccrtaiuii doesn't know Mr.
Roosevelt.
How unreasonable some people can
•*>! Here comes the Jacksonville
Timos-Unlon asking that President
Taft give the South u square deal.
Being so round, how can he do things
on the square?
Cooper's attorney admonished the
jury to remember that !t was not
common malefactors they were trying,
but gentlemen murderers, or words to
that effect. That should bring in a
verdict of not guilty.
The discovery has now been made
that In all of President Roosevelt's
voluminous messages the word "econ
omy” doesn't appear once The eon
ditlon of the national treasury also
shows that It had no part In his ad
ministration.
Th* Am or Sous Tlmes-Recorder
wants to know whether it h> the man
or the woman who gets drunk, since
he has been told rhat a kiss Is In
toxicating. Why doesn't he make the
discovery by a practical test. Instead
of trying to lead others Into making
the experluieutt
THE STATE’S FINANCIAL CONDITION
There are few people, even among the citizens of Georgia, who are
aware of the faet. that Georgia 1a Probably of all the sisterhood of states
in the best eondlllou financially; yet auch la the case.
It Is tan- that there are several states whlclv have no bonds out
standing against them, while our state has a debt, including all outstand
ing obligations, of $7,127,202. But. to offset this, Georgia has productive
or Income bearing property of great value, such as no other state pos
st-sM.s. riiia la the mate s railroad, the Western arid Atlantic.
This property Is now leased out for a term of years, at an annual
rental price of $420,012. Just what this railroad Is actually worth no
body knows, hut since the Income It. yields at s'per cent wouid repre
sent a capital of $K,400,210. and aft! per cent a capital .*f $7,000,200,
It Is plain that'the real value of the state railroad at thte time is greater
than the state's de|,t. This places Georgia ahead of those states which
have no public debts but at the same time have no Income yielding pub
lic property.
Rut this is not all. Out of the state's regular annual income SIOO,OOO
Is set aside each year to he applied to the liquidation of the state
debt. This may look like a glow process, but it. will eventually result
In the liquidation of the entire debt. Then, if the present policy bft con
tinued, of adding SIOO,OOO per annum to the sinking fund and of issuing
no new bonds, Georgia will be added to the list of bond-free states, and
at the same time be the owner ol productive property of great, and
Increasing value.
It Is well to think of this sometimes, for it means less taxes re
quired for the support of equal state government than will be required
by any other state.
THE POLITICAL FUTURE OF THE SOUTH
Responding to the toast "The Future of the South,” at the twenty
third annual dinner of the Union League club of Chicago on Washing
ton's birthday, Mr. .1, .1. Willett delivered an address which com press
es within a narrow compass a of information about -the South,
and deductions front this as to the future which makes this address
one of the most notable contributions to the present discussion of this
absorbing subject. The -address Is being circulated In pamphlet form,
and its reading combines pleasure with profit, for not only is the
subject matter presented In a way to give a better appreciation of
the glowing material future of the South, but It Is told In an Inimit
able way that makes It entertaining from beginning to end
Discussing the political aspect of the situation, Mr. Willett points
otit how (tie great West Is the daughter of the South. The fight to
subdue the Western wilderness was begun by Virginia. The lands of
Ihe Ixmislana purchase and all the great Western domain were ac
quired through the Influence of Southern leaders t'hen in control In
Washington. Lewis and Clark, both Southerners, first blazed the way
Into the Northwest. Tho West Is tho true daughter of the South,
and the object of her true pride.
Hut now, Mr. Willett points out, the times hnve somewhat. roversedN
tilings. "We now sea our presidentelect, himself a son of the West,
going South among the benighted savages of opposing political faith, to
do some blazing and missionary work. He has eaten of our 'possum
and has drunk of our ’slmmon beer, local substitutes for oriental salt,
and Is now one of us. By his genial frankness and whole-heartedness,
he has shown us that he understands our idoals and aspirations, and
personally, lias won our hearts.” j
Mr. Willett happily Illustrates the difference between the Taft meth
od of winning tho South and that employed by his predecessors In
office, by relating the old fable of Aesop about, the contest between
the north wind and the sun in nn effort to make a traveler on the
highway -take off bis coat. What the north wind was unable to accom
plish with his fiercest blnsts was easy of accomplishment for the sun,
smblng In genial warmth upon the traveler. So also what all the
methods of force of previous administrations fatted to accomplish In
driving tho South out of her position of political isolation may be ac
complished by Mr. Taft through his sympathetic conciliatory policy.
This does not necessarily mean that the South will become repub
lican, but ns again illustrated by a humorous sketch, the South will
await developments and at the proper time Indicate her preference.
The brains of the South,” says Mr. Willett," which were once through
self defense In politics trying to preserve Its vested Interests, nro now
engaged In business. They are building railroads, cotton factories, iron
Industries and all other kinds of manufacturing establishments. In com
plete control of its own affairs at home, the South Is not caring very
much who are holding Jhe offlcea at Washington, dooming It best
that her Rons bo more profitably employed In building up the home and
developing Its matchless resources, than being mere officeholders. AU
we ank Is that our president-elect will stand by his generous expressions
of friendship uttered at Augusta and Atlanta, nnd give us clean, honest
and high-class men to hold offices under hint, nnd men tor whom wo
have respect and confidence. VVe are entitled to this and we ask for
nothing else.”
TAKING IN THE SUBURBS
A movement Is being pushed in a half hearted sort of way to an
ucx to the city some of Its southern suburbs. These should have been
a part of (he city years ago, since only an Imaginary line separates them
from the city of which they are In reallf* a part. And why this annexa
tion proposition Is not vigorously pushed to osrly consummation Is hard
to understand, In view of the Importance of thlß action to the city.
The regular decennial census Is to be taken next year. According
to the imputation figures of this census the various cities will be classi
fied The larger their population the more consideration will they re
ceive at the hands of the government. When a city desires the best pos
sible postal service, is in need of public buildings and has a number of
other things which It desires the federal government to do for it, the
population figures it hss to present is the first thing considered. This
shows the advantage nt all times of being in condition to make the hest
possible showing In this respect.
There Is a special reason at tilts time for Augusta to be actively
moving In this matter. Macon is making desperate efforts to gain third
place in Georgia, by taking In all her suburbs. The rankftf a city Is a
matter of Importance. Not merely Is it an advertisement the nearer
a city can be to the head of the Hat, but It brings material good things,
which It Is not necessary to point out. Augusta has always ranked
third of the Georgia cities, and for her now to allow Macon to capture
this position would do our city real Injury,
Yet this may happen, unless our people shall bestir themselves and
consummate the annexation at least of these southern suburbs before
the next census enumeration begins.
The Herald had directed attention 1o the necessity for this annex
ation. and to Macon's design for getting ahead of Augusta, which has
riled the Macon News. It makes dally flings at The Herald, not out of
pure 111 temper so much as to spur Its people to action. So It says In
its last Issue-. ,
The \ugustn Herald continues in a choleric condition about Its
collar on account of the threatened ascendency of Macon Into third
place among the cities of Georgia and the consequent loss of the
place by Augusta. Really The Herald is a good paper and its lack
of knowledge of conditions tn and about this city Is all the more
astounding for that reason.
It then proceyds to tell how. after all the systematic annexation
Macon has pursued for several years. It has not yet taken tn its largest
suburb. South Macon, which "has more folks living tn it than Summer
ville. NelllevlUe and Hnrrtsonvllfe combined ever Augusta way, and is
as densely populated as Is Greenr'slreet, Dublin. Canaan. Shake Rag,
Pinch Gut and many of the other component parts of Augusta as at pres
ent constituted."
All this ts absurd vaporing, of course, but It shows how desperately
In earnest those Maconltes are trying to steal Augusta's place in the
census tables. Of course fltyv cannot succeed. If we shall also take on
a few suburbs, since Augusta and her suburbs Is at least 25 per cent
more populous than Macon and her suburbs. But If Macon annexes
everything In sight, as she ts trying to do, and Augusta annexes none
of h>r suburbs, there ts great danger that Macon will usurp Augusta's
rightful place.
« This should spur our people to immediate action
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
THE RAILROAD SAVINGS IN GEORGIA
During the Panic Year Their Net Earnings
Nearly Equaled the Previous Year's Earnings
The first work of the new rate ex
pert, George F. Montgomery, of the
railroad commission of the state, was
to pre;iare and make public the rec
ord of railroad earnings in Georgia
so rthe fiscal year ending June 30,
! 308.
He shows that the gross earnings
of all the railroads in Georgia for
the period In question were thirty
eight million five hundred and seven
ty-six thousand seven hundred and six
dollars ;the operating expenses were
slightly less than thirty millions, and
that the net earnings were eight mil
lion five hundred and seventy-one
thousand nine hundred and twenty-six
dollars.
The net earnings, therefore, during
a panic year, when all the railroads
of the country felt the general stag
nation, were only one hundred and
THE LAW
BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX
The sun may be clouded, yet ever the sun
Will sweep on Its course till the cycle Is run.
And when into chaos tho systems are hurled,
Again shali the builder reshape a new world.
Your path may be clouded, uncertain your goal,
Move on, for the orbit is fixed for your soul.
And though it may lead into darkness of night,
The torch of the Builder shall give it new light.
You were, and will be; know this while you a 2,
Your spirit has travelled both long and afar.
It earne from the Source, to the Source it returns;
The spark that vras lighted eterntnly burns.
It slept in the Jewel, it leaped In the wave;
It roamed in the forest, it rose from the grave;
It took on strange garbs for long eons of years,
now in the soul of yourself it appears.
From body to body your spirit speeds on;
It seeks a new form when the old one Is gone;
Ami the form that it finds is the fabric you wrought
On the loom of the mind, with the fibre of thought.
As dew is drawn upward, in rain to descend
Your thoughts drift away and in destiny blend.
You cannot escape them; or p<<ty, or great,
Or evil, or noble, they fashion your fate.
Somewhere on some planet, sometime and somehow,
Your life will reflect all the thoughts of your now.
The law is unerring; no blood can atone;
The structure you rear you must live in alone.
From cycle, through time and tftrough space,
Your lives with your longings will ever keep pace.
And ail that you ask for, and all you desire,
Must coine at your bidding, as flames out of fire.
Y'ou are your own Jevil, you are your own god.
You fashioned the paths that your footsteps have trod,
And no one can save you from error or sin,
Until you shall hark to the spirit within.
Once list to that voice and all tumult. Is done,
Yogi- life Is the life of the Infinite One;
In the hurrying race you are conscious of pause,
With love for the purpose and love for the cause.
THE BIBLE ON INAUGURATION
DAY
President Roosevelt was sworn into
office four years ago on a now gilt
edged Bible bound In red morocco.
He was following the precedent by
which the Clerk of the Supreme Court
furnishes the book for the case. Mr.
Taft took his oath on the cen
tury-old frayed and stained Bible of
the supreme court itself.
At his first inauguration McKinley
used a monster Bible presented by
bishops of the African Methodist
church Mr. Cleveland used on both
accessions to office a Bible inscrib
ed "Stephen Grover Cleveland, front
his mother."
Followers of the prophets and
soothsayers will be Interested in the
chapter and verse which Mr. Taft's
lips shall touch as the Clerk of the
Supreme Court holds the open hook
before him. It Is of record that on
his first Inauguration McKinley bent
to these words:
"Give me now wisdom that I may
go out and come in before this peo
ple; for who can judge this Thy peo
ple that is so great?"
On his second installation, six
months before the tragedy at Buffalo,
Mr. McKinley kissed these lines in
Proverbs xvi.:
"He that handleth a matter wisely
shall find good: and whose trusteth
In the Lord, happy Is he.
“The wise in heart shall be called
prudent; and the sweetness of the
lips inereaseth learning."
Usually the Bible on inauguration
day opens near the middle. It was
’‘ltrch 4. 1905, prophetic remtador
front 11 Kings of one whose progress
was "like the driving of Jehu, the son
of Nlmshl; for he drlveth furiously.”
—New York World.
HERALD ECHOES
Augusta, which contributed to th"
list, says through The Herald: "The
greatest disappointment tn the in
auguration ceremonies was the failure
of the 'Beauty Squad’ to parade owing
to the inclement weather." —Savan-
nah Press.
In order to keep The Augusta Her
ald tn a state of editorial jlmjants
The News is going to announce for
the sieenth time that Macon is head
ed for third place in the list of Geor
gia cities.—Macon News.
in the view of The Augusta Herald
Macou's new soap factory should help
clean the politics of (he later city.—
Amerirus Times-Recorder.
In a South Georgia town they re
cnitiy held a voting contest to find
out who was the ugliest man in town.
Another way to find thi out. Suggests
The Augusta Herald, would be to re
quire who was the most disappointed
when the Jag iratn arrived, with his
order unfilled. —Oglethorpe Citizen.
; fifty thousand less than during the
previous fiscal year, and the deficits
were only one-half as large as they
were during the fiscal >ear ending
June 30, 1907.
It should never be forgotten that
during a period when the cry was
going up teat railroad regulation In
(Georgia was ruining the railroads,
they were In reality fariqg Just ten
times better than the railroads of the
country as a whole. This is to say,
the decrease in net earnings of all
the railroads in the country was ten
times greater than the percentage of
decrease in net earnings for the rail
roads of Georgia considered alone.
These facts and figures, as to the
earnings of railroads in Georgia, giv
en out by Rate Expert Montgomery,
are authoritative and official and de
serve to be kept clearly in mind by
j tho general public.—Atlanta Journal.
DOWN IN A SUBMARINE
In describing the sensations under
water in a submarine, one of a crew
said: “The first sensation that yoir
feel when she goes under the water
is the compression. The farther doWn
she goes, the heavier the compression
becomes. This is noticed mostly in
the ears. A ringing sensation comes j
to you, and as you drop the ringing
becomes more pronounced. It is sim
ilar to hearing a bnzz saw in the dis
tance, and then as you get nearer
the sound is heavier. When the boat
stops sinking and starts ahead, the
feeling becomes less pronounced, artd
In a short time you pay little atten
tion to It. This is the case every
time we submerge. Under the water
and below the level of the water there
Is aboslutely no motion. When the
wave line is 10 feet below the level
of the sea, the boat goes below this,
as everything is done to give the en
gine all its power to run the boat
without any interference from the
waves. A speed of about six to seven
miles an hour is maintained while
submerged.”
The longest the boats stay down is
about six hours, and then the bat
teries must be recharged. This is
done by the gasoline engines. The
principal objection to a submarine
boat is the noise. The engine is placed
right in the room where the men
eat and sleep, and the noise from the
engine not only makes conversation
very difficult, but It also Interferes
wits sleeping. According to the men
who have made several cruises on
this type of boat, the noise of tire
engine is the one thtng that they can
not get accustomed to. When the
men try to sleep o n their first night
out It is nearly impossible. After sev
eral days they become partly accus
tomed to the noise, but their sleep Is
broken This is the same on every
trip. The men selected for service
jon a submarine must first serve a
full enlistment on one of the large
■ boats The service, on account of its
| many hardships, pays better than for
any other branch of Lhe navy. The
] men are allowed $1 every time they
submerge and $R extra a month.—
Philadelphia Press.
SOME POLITICAL DOPE-
Making a Gum Shoe Run.
If Little Joe runs— But isn’t
Little Joe pounding the pike right
now k)‘ that quiet and unobtrusive
little way of his?—Macon News.
Too Previous by Far.
Those gentlemen around whose ears
the gubernatorial bee is buzzing are
most too previous. “Little Joe" will
serve the next four years as chief ex
ecutive.—Merbweatber Vindicator.
No Fuss and Feather.s
Governor-Eieot Joe Brown has given
out that he doesn't want any "fuss
and feathers" at his inauguration.
The affair wiil be "simplicity" itself.
Perhaps he remembers the Hoke
Smith inauguration, and has taken a
SHIRTS
DE LUXE
Just the most artistic de
signs ever brought out in
men’s shirrs—just the
highest class shirt mak
ing to suit the excellence
of material.
We’ve all the best makes
of shirts, but it matters
not who the maker may
be, if it comes from
Dorr’s you are asstrred of
the best both in make,
material and selection.
sl, $1.25, $1.50 $2,
$5.00
Tailoring, Furnishings
For il/len of Taste
FORTUNES
are made ori land near cities, with
fifty thousand or more LiffiTTbitants
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.
warning thereby.—Rome Trtbune-Her
aid.
Space Rates Campaign.
Four months before the governor
elect of Georgia has been inaugurat
ed those newspaper correspondents
in Atlanta are trying to start the
campaign two years hence. But those
correspondents are evidently writing
at so much per column.-—Brunswick
Newt.
Biennial Session.
The dallies have taken up the bien
nial session movement, in fact Gov
ernor-Elect Brown has signified his
intention of suporting the measure
which means, possibly the matter will
be brought to the attention of the
general assembly this summer
through the medium of the governor's
message. If we mistake not Editor
Dick Grubb, of the Darien Gazette,
should have the credit for this move
ment, if successful for with but little
aid he has kept the matter before the
people of Georgia for years with
scant encouragement. —Montezuma
1 Reriord. /'\
SHELBY COUNTY. ALABAMA IS FAMOUS FOR ITS SUPERIOR
LIME ROCK, AND THE HIGH-GRADE LIME IT MAKES, and the
KEYSTONE WHITE LIME KILNS
Did more to earn this enviable reputation than all others combined.
KEYSTONE is THE LARGEST PRODUCER of High-grade Lim» fn
the entire South. Let us tell you about it, and about the distinctive
"KEYSTONE" COOPERAGE.
We are also the largest distributors of TENNESSEE LIME,
which, of course, we can sell you at less. Write us. }
Carolina Portland Cement Co.,
SOLE DISTRIBUTORS. CHARLESTON, S. C.
“CHIROPODY.”
AND MANICURING AT HICKEY'S HAIR DRESSING PARLORS.
ROOM 21S HARISON L 'ILOING.
“Hickey’s Barber Shop.”
221 EIGHTH STREET.
THURSDAY, MARCH CT,
Want to Contract
—FOR—
-3,000 tons of Tomatoes
SB.OO Per Ton
100 tons Sweet Potatoes
$9.00 Per Ton
100 tons of Beans *►
300 tons of Peaches
Price not fixed on Beans
and Peaches yet
Augusta Canning Go.
FRANK ROUSE
Pres, and Treas. PHONE 477.
Baths
Turkish *. SI.OO
Russian 75c
Shampoo 50c
TURKISH BATH HOTEL,
HARISON BUILDING.
SODA WATER
Ice Creams
THREE KINDS,
Hot Chocolate
WHIPPED CREAM.
Everybody says we make the
best. Try it yourself and see
what you think of it.
NEW PERFUMES, JUST'OUT
Select Lily of the Valley, $1.50
per ounce.
SOMETHING VERY FINE
TRY IT.
Alexander Drug Go.
708 BROAD.
PORATABI.E AfTO 3TATSQNARI
AND BOILERS
law. filth »u<s Stunsle ail la. Injeotwie,
Pumps and Fitting., WoodSlw*. Spltti.re,
Shifts, Pulleys. Betting, Quotln. It n glass
uAOßjTocg LOMBARD,
fatulij, (its-An and Boiier Writ wd Scjpij Sink
AUGUSTA, QA.
Coal Weather
Is here and we're here with the
Coal. There Is heat In every
ounce of Coal we sell because it
Is clean Coal. See us before you
buy, whether you want a ton or a
carload.
CONSUMER’S ICE
DELIVERY CO.,
JOHN SANCKEN,
Phones 332 and 333. Manager
(iardelle's
Infallible bed Bug
Poison
the same that almost every family
in Augusta has been using for 10
years—absolute protection for 12
months.
25c BOTTLE AND BRUSH.
Use This Month,
620 BROAD ST.
