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About The Augusta daily herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1908-1914 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1909)
PAGE SIX lHt AUGUSTA HERALD Published Kvrry Afternoon During ;h« Week and on Sunday Morning by THE HERALD PUBLISHING CO. Entered at the Augusta Postoffice as Mall Matter of the Second Clan*. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Dally and Sunday, 1 year f«. 00 Daily and Sunday, 6 months ...... 3.00 Dally and Sunday, 3 months .. .. 1.60 Daily and Sunday. 1 month 60 Dally and Sunday. 1 *eek 13 Sunday Herald, 1 yenr 1.00 Weekly Herald. 1 ye.ir .6" Business Office, Tel* phone .... 2^7 City Editor 209 Society* Editor 29« FORE loiT REPRESENTATIVES Th" Benjamin 4k Kentnor Co., 226 Fifth Av. . Nee- York City llofc Boyce Building. Chicago. Address all business coinmunleat I'itii to THE ALOIS IA HtKALI) 721 Broad Street. Augusta Ga. •'IF YOU WANT THE NEWS YOU NEED THE HERALD. < E92^P^*jni> Augusta. Ga., Thursday, Apt II 15, 'O6 No communion lion will ou popllahod In Th» Hot.tin union* Ih* nuino 'll tft<- «rrii»r )» «I|t;u,d to th« article. Th» BcrdUl I* tbe official advertising medium of the City of Ai.gusla and of the County of Ul< htnond lor all legal holloas and advertising. There I* no bettor wny to reach the home* of the prosperous people of tltis city and section than through the col umns of The Herald, ttnlly end Sunday. t),, Circulntloti Department, phone ttitT. when leaving Augusta, and arrange ;o have The Herald sent to you by mall each day. The Augusta Herald Ima a larger city circulation thau any other paper, aud .1 larger toial c!*Vuli,tlon than any otto r Augusta paper This hue .been proven by the Audit Co . of New York. Mr Harrlrrmn gayg ho Is n new man But you ntav afcly he! yout hottritti dollar that tie is still up to the nn>r>e old tricks. !low th» good thing* of life crowd on each other 1 Here Is the Easter reason Juat pa.-f, and the first plcnlcr are almost rl;i". A wise mart say* that Mryatt Is bound to go down In history. Very likely, silica going down seeing to hi Mr .Bryan’s long milt. Tilt 1 present advance 111 cotton Is a return to Ihe old time 'planting spur!" In the price. It Is cotton planting time just now, you know. The first points scored (luring tin present bueliall semen went the vac cine point- won by the New York players, on (heir way home. Klottr Is steadily rising, according to the market reports. For all that It wtll/wlll oe necut-sar: to use yeast powders In Hulking up bread. The Washington Herald suggests a nesr ltkener* between charity and the proposed tariff on stockings In that the miter tints uncover a multitude of shuts. There are sixty four women's clubs In Atlnntii lu view of Ibis fact It doesn’t appear so strange that Sun day school children send black.hand tellers. If President Plsr of Mexico it. elect Pd mam more limes It may he safcli predicted Dial he will Dina preslden of that country. This Is what Is be !ng done. Columbus Is sighing for a new rivet bridge They have read so much ah ,ttt Augusta’, famous bridge that th**> ate longing to have one like It In other elite The Brownsville Herald says that “Hell Is In Texas." That offers an explanation for the many red-beaded widows In ami around Houston they wore scorched. A m w diamond held has been dls covered In Africa If thin thing Is kept up we shall all be wearing tlla montis yet, unless the duty on them is made too high. Front the record made so far the claim made lor It seems to be true, that the aeroplane Is as .afe as the automobile to the pedestrian and In nocent bystander. Of course the tariff tax Is entirely a question of duty, as the .larkson x I lie Times I nlon points out, and It Is strongly attempted to make It a very Payneful duty, at that. Now Abe Hummel Is to return to New York slut touring Europe. The little old rascal wasn't as near dead as he pretended to lie when he played sick to get out of the workhouse Several stenographers In Trent , N. .1. kissed a handsome office boy, and now they are down with the measles This should be a warning to stenographer* not to kiss young office hoys. The ordinary Ills of life may now be easier borne. The baseball season 1* In full swing and a lot of trouble may be drew tied by trying to pick the right team to stake your money on from day to day. A close observer of men, women and things claim* to have discovered that there are fewer red headed worn en now than formerly. But wait un til auburn tresses become fashionable ugaln. and red dye takes the place ot the present blond bleach Pastro I* now somewhat like that king of France who, with forty thou sand men. marched up the hill and then marched down again Castro sailed to Martinique and then he sail ed bark again to his starting place. We have all beard of bouncing ba bies but a baby In New York fell front an elevated tram to the roof of a trolley ear and from that to the ground, without being seriously hurt How was that for a bouncing baby? THE AUGUSTA SPRING MUSIC FESTIVAL. The time for the firat annual music festival of Augusta is drawing near. The dates are April 20 and 27, a week from next Monday and Tuesday. These dates were selected months ago, since when those In charge have b -en at work perfecting the fletailß of the great event. Now the efforts are all to be concentrated, to make this festival a mem orable occasion. To &lr. James Farrell, as the president of the Augusta Press Club, has been entrusted the direction of the work of the publicity depart ment, which gives assurance that this work will be well done. And this is most important. This Is the first grand music festival ever given in Augusta, and ax a new thing It requires extra effort to bring it properly before the people, not only of Augusta, but of the surround Ing territory. There are music lovers everywhere, and this treat pro vided for them in Augusta ix of such superlative order that none should miss II who can possibly take it in. To this end the greatest publicity should be given to It now, and all music lovers should join those offici ally selected to lead In this work. There will he a number of music festivals given this spring by va rious cities in this section. Without any disparagement of the others It may be confidently claimed that Augusta's will be the best. Augusta was first In .lie field, and for this reason had the pick of the musical tal ent of the country. Not only that, the artists originally selected to ap pear at th« Augusta Music Festival will be here, Mme. Barnet Mine. Rlder-Kelsey Miss Neva Van der Veer, Mr Reed Miller, Mr. Oustav Holmqulst, and the great ltamrosch Symphony Orchestra. Not one of them har canceled his or her engagement with Augusta, making it nec esnary at the last, moment to jump up a substitute. They will all be here a: ont .naII- planned, to contribute their best efforts to making the Augusta Musi . i- estiva I a grand ten is, and winning new fame in the grand tourist centre of the South and the city clnitned as bis fa vorite winter home by President Taft. To the music lovers of two states a rare treat will be offered by the Augusta Music Festival. THE MACON NEWS IN A HARD TIT. (ri an article covering the principal space on its editorial page the Macon News performed a series of literary acrobatics which probably n *• cessllaled putting the writer In a straight jacket, since they evidenced that for (he tine being he w entire! bughouse. The Innocent cause of It all was a typographical error mad by The Herald. In an editorial The Herald stated that Augusta held the ninety fourlh place In the population table of American cities, and fourth place In 'loorgin The latter was a slip of the pen, which escaped the proof t- ader. caused hi writing “fourth" instead of “third,” a trick the hand plav ij on the mlrni following “ninety-fourth." Everybody recognized this error, because Augusts has always been the third city in Georgia as far buck its any person now living can remember.. Hut the poor News had been laboring hard to make it appear tna! Maeon was now running eloso up to Augusta in population, so close, ill fact, that Macon probably wax ahead. So absurd was this claim that the papers of the stair generally had Jibed The News so mercilessly on It crazy notion tlial It had a sobering effect, and It was showing few er symptoms of Its mental disorder. The unfortunate error made by The Herald <•«ux< <t a t -lapse, and like the sow that returned to her wal low the lasi Hiale of our iinfortunute c. Qtemporary is worse than Its first. According to the census of HtiiO Augusta liad then a population ot -!!t, 1 41, and M icon of 211,272 In other word* Augusta nine years ago contained nearly double the population of Macon. lu both cases this included only the city proper. Since that time Macon has annexed sev eral of her suburbs while Augusta has annexed none. But If Macon should annex all her suburbs she would not then have as large a popu lation as Augusta hud In 1900 exclusive of any of her suburbs. How In view of these plain and palpable facts anybody should get the Idea Into their head thill Macon Is nearly as large as Augusta shows that then I* no accounting for the vagaries of a mind that becomes posse- Bed of a crazy notion. We are sincerely sorry for our bright eoiitcinpor.tr-.-, which otherwise Is a credit to a city of Macon’s size. And we advise It to keep calm, go to hear preaching and keep Its mind eff flgtt't K and population statistics, or the shock it will receive when the (■••dsiik returns next year shall show Augusta further ahead of Macon than was the ease ten years ago might prove fatal. THE ASSESSMENTS OF FARM PROPERTY Since the deadlock between the Governor and the prison commis sion over the purchase of a farm for the stale to he used as a eonvlct farm somebody has looked up farm assessments. II will be remem bered that the commission recommended that the slate buy the Wim berly farm for 290,000, which was si the rate of $15.00 per acre, while lhe gov-rum- favored the Greer farm, which was offered the stale for $7.i,000, at the late of $12.50 per acre The governor, after having per sonally Inspected both places, gave It as hisj opinion that irrespective of the price asked the Greer place was the mqnt valuable place of the two. This seems to be borne mil by the assessment records, which show that the Wimberly place was assessed at $2.72 pffr acre, while the Lf’er place was ns-es- dat $6.00 per acre. Assuming that the owners of both were equally honest In making their tax returns the Greer plaee would In north more than double the price of the Wlmbenv place. The owners of the Greer place tried to make the state pay double ils value lor the farm, when they offered it for sale, and the owners of the Wimberly place tried to pull the state for nearly five times Its real value. While these official figures undoubtedly sustain Governor Smith in his contention they also show that there Is a great Inequality In as sessments In the first place neither farm and what applies to these farms probably applies to all furm property In the state—was as sessed at Its full value, as the law requires. In the next place there I- a great difference In this undervaluation. Since the selling price of two farms was nearly the same per acre It may be assumed that there Is not such a great difference In their mu market value. Yet one farm was assessed at more than double the value of the other. 4nd this condition doubtless applies to farm valuations generally. It shows that we need for the eountry what we have in the elites, boards of assessors to pass upon the assessments. It is an Injustice to those who make near-honest returns to allow others to escape their lust share of the tax burden by under-valuation of their property In making assessments CANALS AS DEVELOPERS OF COUNTRIES France is preparing to spend $120,000,000 to construct a canal from l-.'oes to Arles, and $10,000,000 additional for building a brunch to Mur sollles Russia Just passed through a disastrous war and a still more disastrous Internal upheaval. Is perfecting a gigantic plan for connecting the Battle with the Black sen by a canal, England, so small as to be ncee'-dble si alnifw-t all points from the ocean, vet completed the great Mancie sti r canal only a few years ago, and while Germany dug the I'd canal Utmvst St, all countries the value of canals Is appreciated and canal building is being pushed, except In our own country. It is true we are digging the Panama canal, the greatest canal ente-prli > ver undertaken But 'hts rnnnl 1s not tn our country. It Is a thousand miles from our nearest port, and except for military pur poses will he of as great benefit to other countries as to us. Of canals 10 develop our country we are digging none, nor are seriously planning to dig any let canals aiv the greatest developers. It wss her canals which made Holland, a little old marsh, a world power, It was her canals which enabled China to reach a high stage of civilization a thousand years before northern European civilization began. It was the Erie canal lu New York which gave that state the lead over Virginia, supe rior in every wav and the leader until this canal was built. Canals and national progress have always been closely c mnected. The introduction on railroads for a time caused the value of canals to b. disregarded It was believed that In transportation they would take the place of canals This has now been found a mistake Railroads are good in their place, providing quicker transportation, and whe ye canals are Impracticable. But river and canal transportation must a 1 ways be far cheapest, and as the bulk of transportation constantly* Increases and Its cost Is of the greatest Importance. It follows that de velopment must be greatest where water transportation is most abundant. In our present plans of nations! improvement we are entirely neg lecting canals This Is a short-sighted policy. The national govern moot could not spend money In any wav to bring greater results than by improving water routes of tran*jKirtatlon and providing new ones— Improving iho navigation of rivers and digging canals. In the great International trade and Industrial competition we are allowing ourselves to be handicapped by not developing inland watet transportation which Is and must always remain the cheapest—as is being done by competitor countries. THE AUGUSTA HEKALU HOW TARIFF SCHEDULES ARE MADE The Protected Interests Writing Them as Usual in the Good Old Way Of course, Henry y. Lippitt and James R. Mac Coll sought to raise the duties on the grades of goods that they produce pusl as Samuel M. Nich olson sought to keep up the duty on files, and Henry G. Thresher to look after the jewelry schedules. Of course, too, Senator Aldrich meant just what he said when he explained that, he could not read half bis let ters on the tariff, and that the tariff policy will be “just to every section and to every" interest in the coun try." Bui what a task that is! And there is at least a shadow of a pos sibility that the men aud women who buy the mercerized fabrics and the 1 hies and the jewelry may not, reach! quire so closely the ears of the tariff makers as the manufacturers. The \ newspapers of the country are the consumers of white paper, and they j made their views so well known at Washington that a special committee! of republicans and democrats unani-j mously recommended material reduo j HOW THE DAYS GOT THEIR NAMES Formerly the days of .he week were numbered one, two, three, four, five and six, beginning with the Sab bath. Eve* now the custom still prevails among certain modern Greeks, and Slavs and the Finns. Many old-fashioned and orthodox Quakers, particularly in the north of England, still hold to this custom, which was the common one in the days of the Apostles and dowm-TO the fourth century, as well as usual among the Jews and the Arabs. The orthodox Quakers use tbe humerical system in preference to the ordinary on the ground that the gods and god desses, from whom the names were taken, were not of the highest re spectability in point of morals. The week was originally only a convenient quarter of the lunar month. Hence it began on Monday or noon day. The Italians still cal! Monday the first and Sunday the sev enth day of the week. Tuesday is de rived from the Norse Tiw, who cor responded to Mars, the god of war, a 1 met a moony little boy who didn't spin a top; He wouldn’t play at marbles, the priggish little fop; He wouldn’t, jump, he wouldn’t hop; he wouldn’t, even run, Or join with other boys at all in any boyish fun. He merely stood and gazed and heaved a lonesome, lovelorn sigh When a certain little schoolgirl went tripping primly by. “A’ou little chump," said I, “why don’t you run and play and shout.?’’ “I can’t,” said he, “for I’m the boy they write the songs about.” I saw a pretty country girl with her arms across the gate; Hour after hour she lingered there, although ’twas getting late. Said 1, "What are you doing here —don't. you help your ma to scrub? Don’t you ever feed the chickens, or perform before the tub? Why don't you sweep the kitchen floor, or milk the waiting cow? Oh. do anything at all,” said I, “and go and do it now.” “Oh, no,” said she, "since Joe’s away [ can only pose and pout, And nothing more, for I’m the girl they write the songs about.” It was- a man of middle age that next I came across; He sat and sobbed and monologued about some awful loss. I thought perhaps a child I d died, perhaps tils faithful wife; Whatever the misfortune, it had ruined all hts life. He talked about a girl that died some twenty years ago. And how his burning love for her said girl did never know. "Oh, shucks!” said I. “Cheer up for once and cut. that sobbing out.” “I can’t,” said he, "for I’m the man they write tbe songs about," HERALD ECHOES Those Pajama Teas. The Augusta Herald heard of a so called series of “pajama teas” there abouts, and, we fear, does not take over-klndlv to the Idea. Now that It has been proposed to cut out the sug gested tariff on tea. however, per haps those Augustnns will feel able to go in a trifle stronger for raiment. —Washington Herald. Peculiar Quality of Tigers. The Augusta Herald says: "Atlanta is loudly demanding more policemen. Prohibition has seemed to make -this necessary" It is strange, but trim, that those tigrrs require more watch* Ing when they are blind than when they are not. —Jacksonville Times- Unton. What Baseball Dope Did. A man in Philadelphia was sent to the lunatic asylum the other day on •whose trial it was found that he never read the edttorials in the newspapers. The Augusta Herald suggests that it was the baseball dope tttat did the work for him. probably.—Anderson Mall. A Payrveful Subject. We feared that it would come. It has come. The Augusta Herald says the present tariff hill is “Payneful to contemplate.” Americus Times-Re corder. Seeing Double in Macort. There were twenty-two cases of drunkenness tried in recorder's court at' Macon Monday. Why should the editor of the Augusta Herald marvel tuat they see double when counting population?—Winder News. Illiteracy and Moral Character. Hereafter let sarcasm and ridicule cease when unlettered men are chosen as jurors, says the Augusta Herald, j When they are men of good moral character they are the peers in the jury box of the most learned. The Cooper jur> demonstrated this—Knox villa Tribune. Horrible thought! Hope we will | never be with one of those 500-button gowned darlings when a bee buzzes down her back.—Jacksonville Times -I'nlon. lions in schedules. But the consum ' ers of mercerized cottons, files, and I jewelry may not make such an ef i tectire protest as the consumers of j white paper, and their interests will jbe overlooked accordingly. These ! things may fce luxuries, too.Y Miss Tarbeli’s report that M r Lip ! pitt wrote the tariff clause that most | affected his own grad of manutac jtured wares was only a tribute 10 I his alertness. Our busy maDufactur : ers cannot be blamed for looking af ter their “interests.” The only hope of the consumers, however, is in con gress. Is there the sfightes pros* pect that the Payne bill or the Aid rich bill or the Aldrich Payne bill will (display anymore consideration for the i consumer than any other tariff bill? j The schedules arr being set in the isame old environment. The men who ! raised the campaign funds are in | Washington, ari l >ney win! tlieir "in- I terests”s protanted. The consumer ! merely voted, and their “Interests" j are deemed of minor concern, unfor- I tunatelv. —Providence Journal. most disreputable person in the eyes of Quakers. Thursday was Thor's day, Thor being az god warrior who was. morally, no better than he ought to be. Wednesday again was Wod en’s day, Woden being the god of bat tle-rage. The Romans called this day Mercury’s. Friday was supposed to be the luckiest day of the week—-for women. it- was called after the Norse Friju, the godess of Love, and is the best day for weddings. For I the pagan Romans it was also the Jay > of Venus, though the Christian Rr. j mans called it the day of ill-luck be- 1 cause Christ had been crucified on ! that day. Saturday was called after j Saturn and Sunday was known, to the : Christians as resurrection or sun-day. i The week of seven days was im- | ported from Alexandria into Greece, ; and into Italy about the time of Christ. The Greeks had previously divided their month into sets of ten days, the Romans into sets of eight days, three and a half sets being equal to one month.—New York World. THE MODELS (By Wex Jones) MRS. TAFT. Mrs. Taft has been appealed to by prohibitionists to exclude wines from the white house table. When a chap's married and even though he is presi dent, folks kind of Intuitively know, who is the boss, —W'ilmington Dis patch. MISS ETHEL BARRYMORE. It is reported that Ethel Barry more has married the son of a rich rubber king. She will doubtless test the stretching capacity of her father-in law very soon.—Elberton Star. MISS FANNY CROSBY. Fanny Crosby, the blind hymn wrl ter, recently observed her 89th birth day, at which time the aged singer was the guest of the Fanny Crosby Circle of Wing's Daughters in Bridge port, Conn. —Atlanta Georgian. MISS EMMA GOLDMAN. Emma Goldman, who is in this country again, is one distinguished foreigner that is willing to appear be fore American audiences without clytrging an admission price. Instead of trying to accumulate wealth, Em ma's efforts are said to distribute or destroy it.—Columbia State. MRS. HETTY GREEN. “Extravagance is what brings on a. panic." says Harriman. Hetty Green realizes this and has gone back to a sls a month flat.—Americus Times- Recorder. MISS BERTHA KRUPP. And now the Krnpp giri, of Essen, in Germany, the only woman in the world who can make Hettv Green’s pile look like a stack of whites, wants a divorce. Serves her right. A wom an wfth her money should have mar ried a Georgia editor, anyhow.—Ma con News. It's (rue the new spring hats are very conspicuous, but there is one thing in their favor; after wearing them this season they can be used next >\ nr as peach baskets —Elber ton Star. Perhaps after all Roosevelt was using rare good judgment in going to South Africa. If we had left as big SOME SOCIETY NOTES You Never Saw a Finer line of SHIRTS Than we are showing now. It’s a regular Shirt Ex position here tllese days. All the best shirt-makers have contributed, and ev ery inanuiacturei knov. s that when we offer his products, it is an added endorsement of their worth. That’s why we have first choice of the productions of Savoy. Manhattan, Majestic—all the best because they are Dorr’s. $1 to $4 Tailoring, Furnishings Broadway, Augusta Want to Contract —FOR— -1,000 tons of Tomatoes SB.OO Per Ton 100 tons Sweet Potatoes $9.00 Per Ton .100 tons of Beans 100 tons of Peaches Price not fixed on Beans and Peaches yet Augusta Canning Co. FRANK ROUSE Pres, and Treas. PHONE 477. 12 LOTS Near Gwiwnett Street and Railroad Avenue. Will sell separately or as a whole, at a bargain for cash. For sale by Clarence E. Clark 842 Broad. 20-H. P. Model der 5 Pass, Ford built of Vanadium steel. No car at any price has better steel. The best touring car built for SBSO. Roadster $825, Let us show you how quiet, easy and smooth it runs, also all kinds of auto supplies and repairs. Lombard Iron Works aud Supply Co. Lombard Iron Works and Supply Co. And Still They Gome (impossible to Stop Them) No combination on earth can stop the men from coming to us. We have the goods and know how to make them up—That’s why. Pay Us Less And Dress Better $/5 Tailors Scotch Woolen Mills 735 BROAD. a hole in the treasury as he has, wc would move off and leave it, too.— Dalton Citizen. V ’ We had hoped that Mr. Roosevelt would mingle with Italian royalty if for nothing else but to hear the Inside story of the d'Abruzzl-Elkins engage ment. —Atlanta Constitution. And the procession of Cart wheel hat boxes going front the milliner's shops to various destinations, makes Mere Man doubt there ever was any [thing but Prosperity.—Brunswick Journal. THURSDAY, APRIL 15. Results are What Count!! You always get the results your doctor expects when you have your prescriptions filled atV Alexander’s Our prescription department is equipped with the purest in gredients; and three Careful men to handle the business. REASONABLE PRICES TO ALL. Alexander Drug Company 708 BROAD ST. PHONE 44 Dalmation Insect Powder Good powder will be very scarce and high for the next 12 months. There are all grades now on the market, and when you are offered any at less than GO cents per pound you are getting a second grade of powder. I made a contract six months ago for four kegs. My usual high grade ponder. Every grain will tell. It means death to flies and roaches. The price is 60 cents per pound, and same in 5 lb. lots. v L. A (iardelle Druggist. 620 Broad Street. Awnings Wall Paper Mattings T.G. BAILIE & CO, Base Ball Goods OF ALL KINDS. WHOLESALE AND RE TAIL. TENNIS GOODS. Richards Stationery Co. Baths Turkish SI.OO Russian 75c Shampoo 50c TURKISH BATH HOTEL, HARISON BUILDING. Scholarships We believe in High-grade Work; Thorough Instruction; Efficient Bookkeepers and Ste nographers. In our Commercial Depart ment. we teach Practical Book keeping from start to finish. Our Penmanship is not sur passed in Georgia. We teach the famous Chartier System of Shorthand. A Sys tem so simple that a child can learn it, can write it, and, best of all, can read it. It can be written faster and read better than any other system in the vvorld. The very fact that It can be learned with so much less study than is required for other sys tems, gives our students twice the Xtime for Typewriting, Let ter-Writing, Spelling, and all tho§e subjects that are absolu tely necessary for a practical business success. Business men of Augusta are beginning to appreciate this j,nd are sending to the Moss Busi ness College fer their offlee help. Day and night sessions. Call, write or phone for full information. Phone 1090. The Augusta Business College A. C. MOSS. Principal
