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PAGE FOUR THE AUGUSTA HERALD Fublln) -d Every Afernoor During ’.he Week and cm Sunday Morning Oy THE HKRA.LD PUBLISHING CO. finierrd a: ihe Augusts PostofUee as Mall Matter of the Second Class. ” SUBSCRIPTION KATEH: Daily ami Sunday. 1 y***’ W.W Daily a ad Sunday. « months i.OO Daly aod Sunday, i months .. .. 1.50 Daliy and Sunday, 1 month 60 Daily and Sunday. 1 week H fiundov Herald. ] year 1.00 Weekly Herald, 1 year .. - .. .50 Business Off. *. Telephone 29? City Editor 995 Society Editor 29V FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES lbs Benjamin A Kenlnor Uo., VL> I-'lfth Ave., Ns* York. City 110* Boyce Building, Cbt-sgo. Address all business communications to IHE AUGISIA HLRALD ?S1 B/o*d Street, Auguu'a Otu •iy you want the news YOU NEED THE HEiiALD. ' Augusta, Ga., Tuesday, April 27, 19C9. No cum/fiunlcsuion will an? pi'lillahcirt In Th* H'-rald unlea* the n-rna of the wHt*r in to the article. The Hera id 1* the official advertising medium of the CBy of Ai.guala and of the County of Ittehrnond l or all legal notices end advertising. There is no better way to reach the homes of the proeperou* people of thle city ami section than ihrougii the col umns of The Herald, Dally and Sunday. Telephone th« Ctnulatlon Department, yiione 297, when leaving Augusta, and uriange '.o have The Herald sont lo you by mail each day. The Augusta Herald has a larger city circulation than any other paper, un<l a larg<r total circulation tliar. any other Augusta paper. This ha* been proven by the Audit Co., of Now York. Make a Store EARN Yor Favor. A atori- ahold earn your patronage before It reeelvea It. It can't do this tittles* Its advertising la aggressive, adequate, ecmllnuous -for *t</ro>ndr. give you store-news, and keep you In touch with store-events. They keep you Informed of what the store Is doing for you; what It Is able to offer you, of bargain or of service or of novelty. The store's ads. give you fcn equal chance to secure special bar gains with the shopper whose time permits and whoso Inclinations lead to dally shopping trips. The store whose ads. do not do this Is not "earning" your patronage. To the other cities In the Hally league: The lust laugh Is the best. ("astro made a mistake when he de clared he was ponnyless. The poor man need not hope to find friends. That must he a mistake about folk-- growing lazy In the spring, Ever notice how much extra work the spring poets put in? Those young Turks must be u heartless set. to even think of depriv ing a man of his Job who has as many wives to support ns Abdul Manihl. Somebody Is advocating a new coin, of the value of two cents What's the use, when a soft drink or a street car ride cos's five cents? The sign "Keep off the grass" can hardy be intended to apply lo avia tors when their (lying machines prove unruly and take the most direct roti'e to terrH flrtna. The Russian who Is proving such n good Marathon runner ts said to have fought In Manchuria That sufficient ly explains where he got hIK training In the art of running. "Few die and none resign" does not apply to Turkish ofllclals just now. The entire cabinet resigned, and did It quick, when the young Turks got Into Constantinople, The Tennessee legislature the other day voted down a hill for com pulsory education. That unlettered Jury seems to have put Illiteracy at u premium in Tenm It has always been said Hint a sea voyage is good for the health. And by that token our friend, Clprlano Castro. Is in a fair way or becoming a distressingly healthy man. Another orderly lynching, this time In Alabama Seems like the states are vlelng with each other as to which of them can have the most orderly ones Mr. Harrlman says that his trip to Hu rope is merely an outing. Wonder what he can be out for In Europe, whera no railroads or other ltkvt thing* are lying aroc.i loose? Now a physician claims to lmvo discovered that appendicitis Is caused by too much sleep If this theory be accepted ns true this complaint will probably lose much of it* present popularity. The ThomasvlUe Times Enterprise spake a great truth when it said that the man who states that whlakev Is not a sure cure fe. snake hit.- will not he the most popular matt in the world by any means. Since he has succeeded In running up the price es bead the vegetarian., of the country regard Jimmie Ratten as anything but n friend to thetr cause, and surely they have a good reason. Captatn l’eter Wains Is to under, take so convince the jury that he t* craav without the assistance of alien lata. He will at least save a lot ot money by this course, and probably succeed quite as well. Turkey and Russia are finding con ‘{dilutions to be ver> bud things We ulao have one which has been causing lots of trouble for over half n cen tury England without any constitu tion to spasik of seems to get along beat. A BEAUTIFUL MEMORIAL DAY SENTIMENT IN BUSINESS. Yesterday was Memorial Day in Augusta, and It js safe to say that hardly before in Its history was there a better or more fitting celebra tion of the day and what it means to the people of the South. The pathos and devotion of the “Old Veterans” somehow seems to come out stronger and to strike more acutely the tender heart strings of the people along the line of march. The old faded and tattered and shot rent battle flags, the muffled roll of the drums, the slow and faltering st4ps, the bared heads as they salute the Monument, the thin ning ranks, all make a picture that grows more and more pathetic on each succeeding Memorial Day. More and more, too, are the military organizations, and the people generally of the South, especially here in Augusta beginning to help and Join In a fitting celebration of Memorial Day. Hut one of the most beautiful sentiments of the day, It seems to us, was expressed by a business house here In Augqsta In Its advertis ing yesterday afternoon In The Herald, its store was closed so that its employe' s might join In the celebration of the day, and In its regu lar advertising space In yesterday’s Herald under memorial borders was the following single sentence and sentiment; "THIS SPACE IS DEDICATED TO THE CONFEDERATE DEAD WHO ME IN UNMARKED GRAVES—THE UNKNOWN HEROES WHOM WE HONOR BUT CANNOT NAME.” Not only did this merchant, close his doors and Buspend business along with the rest of the city, but he went a Rtep further and paid the unknown heroes of the Confederacy a sincere and heartfelt compli nir-nt. It strikes ns that it was a beautiful Thought and sentiment, a r»nl contribution to Memorial Day and Its splendid observance here In Augusta. THE PARDONING OF EX-GOVERNOR TAYLOR. Governor Willson of Kentucky on Friday last pardoned ex-Governor Taylor, ex-Secretary of State Finley and several others, for complicity in the assassination of Governor Goebel, of that state. Since Gov. WEI-.ori has done this It must be ai-sumed that it is legal; but it is cer tainly a strange proceeding to pa don men who have never been tried, and are therefore presumed to be Innocent by the law. Nine years ago William Goebel, democratic governor-elect of Ken tucky, was assassinated, while the legislature was convasslng the votes. He was declared to have been elected, and the democratic lieutenant governor, Beckham, was Inaugurated. Immediately after an official in vestigation of the murder was begun, and a conspiracy discovered hav ing for its object this assassination. This conspiracy embraced tho republican state house officials, and one of these, Caleb Powers, was ar rested. Kx Governor Taylor and the others escaped to Indiana, whose governor refused to honor a requisition for tln-lr arrest, on the ground that they would not receive a fair trial in Kentucky, and all these years they have lived in Indiana as fugitives from justice. I» the meantime Caleb Powers was tried, found guilty and sen fenced to death. He was granted a new trial, and by resort to teebnf ealltles he was saved from the gallows, and eventually, last year, was pardoned by Gov. Willson. But he v.as pardoned as a criminal con victed of murder as an accessory before the act Gov. Willson, who is also a republican, states that Taylor could not have had a fair trial had he come back, and since he (the govornoi) believes him Innocent he has Issued a pardon to him. But in doing litis Gov. Willson has done that which will confirm belief in Taylor’s guilt In the minds of those who had previously doubted it. To say that a man could not get a fair trial nine years after the commission of a crime is all rot.. If Taylor was afraid to be tried, and chose to accept a pardon—which cun only apply to one who is guilty— to protect him against arrest and trial, the conclusion is irresistible to unbiassed minds thut tho man is guilty. *. .o innocent man would fear a trial after nine years to such an extent tiiat to escape it he has will ing to huve the brand of fain put upon him. And Taylor’s acceptance of a pardon for the crime for which he feared to be tried is convincing circumstantial proof that he is guilty. Governor Goebel s assassination was planned by a band of conspira tors, mid the republican governor of the state at tho time, Taylor, was one of these conspirators. Sift THOMAS TO SAIL ANOTHER RACE. From Naples conies the news that. Sir Thomas Upton has deckled to Issue another challenge to the New York Yacht club (or a race (or the America cup. Whether his tea stands In need of further adver tising .lust now. or whether the tine old sport, thinks that, he has waited long enough for luck to have changed, is not Indicated. Hut the positive statement Is made that he has fully determined to make another trial to win the America cup. The challenge Is not to he issued until next August, and the race in to he sailed In the fall of IttlO. Meantime Sir Thomas' designers are already at work upon the plans for two challengers; for ho will build two this time, or different patterns, and after trial select the fast est sailer of the pair for the race. This will give him several uumtliH the start in the preliminary work; hut Sir Thomas, scrupulously fair In sail ing the races, considers It ulso fair to take such advantages as he may be able to find or create, as cannot be ruled out. Of course, the challenge being issued the Now York Yacht club Is bound to accept 11. That was one of the conditions under which It was made the custodian of the America cup. It must accept every challenge that Is made In compliance with the rules, and sustain Its right lo hold the trophy cup or surrender it to a better sailer than It eaa produce. Throe times before has Sir Thomas challenged and sailed to win the cup, having failed each time to win it. His former challenges were issued iu quick succession, and he Ims waited so long this time that it was thought he had given up all notion of ever trying for it again. Hut his Iri.h 1h up mice more. His formal challenge is to be sent In August and then at once will preparations be made for the next great cup race. JOAN OF ARC. THE MAID OF ORLEANS. Amid imposing ceremonies |n Kt. Peter's church in Home a few days ago the canonising of Joan of Arc was Completed, and hence forth she will rank as one of the saints In the Homan Catholic church. This Is the culmination of a movement that was begun sevoral years ago . The ecclesiastical points Involved 1n this canonization do not con cern the lay members, ami they are such as few of them would under stand The church authorities In this matter acted after the most careful Investigation, and their action Is conclusive. That Joan of Arc was a most extraordinary woman is certain. In all the pages of history there Is no counterpart to her. There have been other women who rendered distinguished service, who won martial achievement or who died a martyr's death. But there never was a woman In all the htstorv of the world who came out of ob scurity. rendered such Important service and met such a horribly traglo fate, as did the "Makl of Orleans.” There may be much that Is legendary in her history, and with the Imperfect records of those times it is probable that much that Is pure ly fanciful and imaginary has been interwoven with her history. But of the main farts there Is no doubt, and these present Joan of Arc In a light that makes her worthy of the highest veneration that can be paid her by man. Sin was the daughter of peasant parents in a little secluded vil lage. A great international struggle was in progress upon which, under the contentions of ambitious rulers, hinged the destiny of ht;j. country and In a large measure of the world. Victorious English armies were Invading France, and the French armies under their weakling king were cowed by continued disaster, and all scented lost to France. Then Jean of Arc appeared She was then but sixteen years of age. For three years previous this simple peasant uiald in her seclud ed village claimed to have heard supernatural voices, in obedience to which she had come to deliver France. She Impressed the king and his advisers l>\ her earnestness, and under her guidance and Inspiration French defeat was turned into victory . but the girl was raptured by the English She was tried ns a witch, by enemies embittered against her for having changed their course of victory to defeat, and after cruel Indignities and despicable methods of manufacturing evidence ngainst her she was convicted and publicly burned at the stake. The unworthy French king whose crown she had saved and the French army which she had led to victory, did nothing to trv to save her By them she was shamefully abandoned to her fate. Nor among all the English noble*, gallaut soldier* though they wore, was there a •Ingle one moved to compassion by this pure, heroic voting" girl, her helplessness In the midst of enemies and the horrible death decreed for her. No honor that is now bestowed on the Maid of Orleans can atone for the barbarous cruelty of her enemies or the cowardly abandonment of her by those who should have saved her at any cost, but simple Jus tice to her memory and acknowledgement of the services she rendered make the highest honors that cau be paid her name none too groat. THE AUGUSTA HERALD. THE EXPENSIVENESS OF POOR ROADS Many Millions Are Lost Annually to the Farm ers by Not Having Good Roads direction of Mr. Logan Walter Page, has assembled some significant facts Only aoout 150,000 of the 2,100,000 miles of roads in the United States have been in any degree improved. Almost 93 per cent of our public roads may be said to be in a state of nature. This statement in itself is not necessarily startling. A man, even a congressman, might make the la comic rejoinder, "Well, what of it?” Just this—if our public highways were as good as those of France the gain to American producers would ex ceed a quarter of a billion dollars an nually. The average cost of hauling pro duce in this country is 25 cents a mile per ton. In France it is 12 cents a mile per ton. Were our roads, then, equal to .nose of France there would LITTLE BOBBIE’S PA By William F. Kirk " There was a poaker gaim up to our hpuse last nite, Pa & Ma & Mister & Missus Ohara & Mister & Missus Schultz. I stayed in the bedroom but I herd them talking wile thay was playing. Beefoar the crowd cairn, pa was i talking to Ma & me about poker, i Poker, sed pa, is a matter of intel j leek (ts how the cards run. poker has been played by sum grate men, such as Daniel Webster & Senator j Opie Reed & me, Pa sed. Thare Is only one (1) unfortunate thing about this poker party wich !we are going to have tonite, Pa sed, \ & that, is the terrlbul percentage in my favor. I feel like a thees in the J (lark, Pa. sed, wen I beegin to think about the poor Oharas &, the poor • Schuitzs. Why do you feel so had sed Ma. Beckaus 1 am going lo cleen them ■all, sed Pa. Wen the last loiterer j has ree-tired from the poker tabel | tonite, Pa sed, & the lights in the ; palace of the victor has been ex-tin- { guished for the nite, you & me will 1 have a busy time counting our munny, I sed Pa to Ma. That is Why I feel a ■little guilty, Pa sed, to think that I iam gbing to taik this eesy munny I frum our hiving fronds, wich have never done us no wrong. How do you know that yu are go ing to win ail this kale? sed Ma. My deer Watson, Pa sed to Ma, that, is vary sitnpel. In the first place, you must reemember that I am j the poker kid. I used to play with 'Doc Owens every time [ went acrost jthe Atlantic, & you can taik It froni me that I used to maik him want trr jump overboard. I used to play with ,jßetcha a Milyun Gates, & he was al j ways mltey taim wen it caim to a | duel with tne. I have played with | them all. Pa sed. & many & many | a gamboller have I seen cum & go, Pa sed. That is why, Pa sed, I hate to | steel tho candy from them childern, the Oharas & the Schultzs. I NEWS AND VIEWS Those Spring Hats. If the ladies’ hats become much larger the milliners who send them home will have to do as they did in Scriptural days when the sick man wns let down on a bed through the top of the house. The roof was taken off.- Dublin Times. The New Zeppelin Airship. According to a Geneva cable in the New York Sun, a new Zeppelin air ship Is now being completed which will have a luxuriously furnished sa loon cabin, with two bedrooms, onti with a bed for the commander and the other with hammocks for the crew Germany, at this rate, will be equip ped for dropping bothbs from the heavens before any of the powers that are preparing for this sort of warfare.—Albany Herald. Handing Out Hot Air. All that hot air handout out Mon day by Little Joe about port rates, 1 festabltshed, dosing down the man ufacturing plants of the state, is too absurd for consideration. He must have taken his audience for simple tons. —Dalton Citizen. Will Be Blue Enough, "The six so-called ‘bolting’ con gressmen from Georgia are ail right. They arc true blue democrats and know what they are doing," says the Wavcross Herald. And they may be stlli "bluer” when the time for the next election comes around. —Colum- bus Enquirer-Sun. SOME SOCIETY NOTES Miss Ethel Barrymore. Ethel Barrymore hopes her friend Jeffries will "Mistah Johnsing," it the negro teases the champion into fighting him. —Savannah Press. Mrs. Carrie Nation. Carrie Nation may be actuated by good principles but she has some ter ribly foolish ideas. Her latest is to make every state in the Union ‘as good us Kansas Is.”—Columbia State. Mist Emma Goldman. Emma Goldman has been declared not a citizen by the New Y'ork courts it might have been added that netth er Is sbe a man. —Rome Tribune Herald. Mrs Hetty Green. Mrs. Hetty ttreen has gone to live with her newly-married daughter. be a gain to our farmers of 13 cents a mile per ton. During the crop year, 1905-06 our more important farm product*, which were hauled from the places where they originated to shipping points, weighed in the aggregate 85,487 million pounds. The average length of haul of farm pro ducts In the United States is 9.4 miles. Hence, a saving of 13 cents a mile per ton would have meant to our farmers a gain of 158,900,000 on their more important crops during the single crop year 1905-06. According to the freight figures of the inter statee commerce commission about 250 million tons are now annually hauled to points of shipment. Were our roads equal to those of France the annual gain in hauling, based on these figures, would be $305,000,000. — The Outlook. | Then the peepul caim, & Pa & Ma 1 beegan to play with them. I was set ! ting in the bedroom & I cud heer Pa ; saying sumthing all the time. The first ten minnits of the gaim he was saying Ha Ha, I sure like to have all my old pals around me, let me tell you a funny Uttel yarn about the Swede wich had jest calm down t.o Minneapolis from the lumber woods. After that, Pa dldent say anything wich I cud hear excep That’s Good. I herd Pa say it fifty (50) times, & he had a vary deep voice wen he sed it, like Mister Manteli wen he is playing Othello & has jest choked his wife. Pa wasent having a vary good time, I guess, beckaus after a wile he beegan to talk ugly & Ma was trying to maik him quit. I will not quit, sed Pa. In the first plas, Pa sed, thare is only two (2) kinds of peepul wich can beet me playing poaker, the ignorant Irish & the bonehed Germans. Then the Oharas & the Schultzs got vary 3oar at Pa & beet him play ing ail the moar. I peeked out of the bedroom & saw Pa opening a pot. & Mister Ohara raised him & all the rest dropped out. Then Pa saw the raise and took three (3) cards & Mis ter Ohara stood pat & it was Pa’s bet, so he bet five dolars & Mister Ohara raised it five & Pa laid down. Thare goes another five, Pa sed. I know it is gone, sed Ma, but it seems to me you mite have used it to bet ter" advantage. How? sed Pa. By checking the bet, Ma sed, & then rail ing Mister Ohara wen he bet the five (5) dollars. It is asinine, Ma sed, to bet off five dollars aggenst a pat hand. I may not know much about, cards, sed Ma, but I think you are a awful’ Gretehen at the gaim. Tho only way you cud maik Doc Owens jump overboard wud bo to push him oaver, sed Ma. Wen the gaim was over, the Oharas had sixty dollars ahed, & the Schultzs had fifty, & Ma had eighty. Every body won but pa. Which would not be worthy of note, of oourse, save for the avalanche of sad mother-in-law jokes It will preci pitate.—Washington Herald. Miss Edna Wallace Hopper. Edna Wallace Hopper, the actress, is going to study law but even at that she will have a hard time winning any libel suits against those critics who have been ripping-up her noting here of late.—Wilmington Dispatch. Miss Mary Garden. Mary Garden says no woman can be a prima-donna and a wife at the same time and be successful at both. She proposes to stick to the prima donua business.—-Macon News. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ HERALD ECHOES ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦❖♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ The Ambulance Chasers. The Augusta Herald has a stinging editorial on the “ambulance chaser” among the lawyers. Speak softly. Some men have climbed into high of fice who In their young professional days were openly accused of being ambulance chasers.—Americus Times- Recorder. Dissenting Expert Opinion. The Augusta Herald has discovered that it is now safe to kiss blondes. The usual reservation should be made, we judge; "In the dark of the moon."—Anderson Intelligencer. Bar Rooms and Free Lunches. The AugWsta Herald says: “A Buf falo doctor thinks there Is danger in free lunches. Not in prohibition states, however, where free lunches no longer exist." Isn't it a reflec tion on our Christian civilization that the only man who furnishes at hls place of business free food for the hungry is the saloon keeper?—Jack sonville Tinies-Union. Hardwick a True Democrat. The Augusta Herald resents cer tain sorts of attacks on Congressman T. W. Hardwick, and The Herald is right. Whatever may be said of Hard wick, it cannot be charged that he deserted hls party In congress and assisted in sustaining Cannonism, an idea in government against which de cent political thought In America Is In revolt.—Macon News. Widows and Kidnappers. The Augusta Herald remarks that kidnappers are also busy In Missouri, as a widow of sixtv-four has just married a youth of nineteen.—Elber ton Star. Good Place to Send Uncle Joe. The Augusta Herald says there are cannibals In Texas. Send "Uncle Joe” Cannon down there. He eats 'em alive.—Rome Tribune Herald. Why Not the Best Clothes? When you need a phy sician you don’t take any old doctor nor do you look for the cheapest. Why not seek the best when looking for clothes? Best style, best value — clothes in the best off taste. , Dorr Clothes are the best that can be made and cost scarcely more than the ordinary. DORR Tailoring, Furnishings For Men'of Taste A CARD: do not prescribe for your ills. That’s your doctor’s busi ness. If you are really sick, you cannot; afford to take chances with the thousand and one so-called “cure-alls” or "quacks.” Go to a reputable doctor, and if you need any medicine let him advise you. It’s the safest way. It’s the cheap est way. It’s the only way. .We Fill Prescriptions THAT’S OUR BUSINESS L, A. GARDELLE S FAMILY DRUQ & PRESCRIPTION STORE HAYS —a— Finest No. 1 John- son Grass Hay. Several Cars. Choice Alfalfa Hay. N. L. Willet Seed Co. 309 JACKSON ST. SPECIAL Fresh Eggs ... 25c dozen Virginia Hams 16c pound Virginia Shoulders, at 13c pound Republic Coffee at 25c pound j. w. McDonald SUCCESSOR TO E. J. DORIS, Corner T3th and May Ave. Phone 533. HARGRAVE 112 West 72D Street, New York City "NEW YORK’S MOST ACCESSIBLE HOTEL.” Six lines of transit, including ELE VATED and SUBWAY EXPRESS STATIONS, on block. Located be tween Central Park and Riverside Drive. An absolutely fireproof, mod ern. high-class family and transient hotel. Appointments, service and cuisine unexcelled. All rooms with private bath. European plan. $2 Per Day and Upward Send for booklet and map. Also Grand View Hotel, ADIRONDACKS, Lake Placid, N. Y. THOMAS PARKES. TUESDAY, APRIL 27. DELIGHTFUL Ice Creams —and— Drinks at ALEXANDER’S < FOUNTAIN. Vanilla Cream Strawberry Cream Chocolate Cream Ice Cream Sodas Egg Drinks Buttermilk. Pure Fruits Used. Alexander Drug Company 708 BROAD ST. 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. Awnings Wall Paper Mattings T. 6. BAILIE & GO. Baths Turkish.. SI.OO Russian 75c Shampoo 50c TURKISH BATH HOTEL, HARISON BUILDING. 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 Auguste Canning Go. frank; rouse Pres, and Treas. PHONE 477. Base Ball Goods OF ALL KINDS. WHOLESALE AND RE TAIL. TENNIS GOODS. Richards Stationery Co, 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 and Supply Co. Lombard Iron Works and Supply Co. LET’S GET TOGETHER AND TALK IT OVER The more you know about the various outfits, the better pre pared you will be to make a ju dicious decision when placing the contract for the Plumbing in your new house. The Henry Huff Co, “THE SIGN of SATISFACTION" ’PHONE 472. 611 Broad St.—Show Rooms and Office.
