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IHt AIGLISTA HERALD
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Augusta, Ga , Sunday, May 9, 1909.
No communication wilt uu pHOlwlie.l
lr< Th# Harald unlaaa IP# n.mo oi ilia
writ*# ia alana.l to tl.a urilcio
Tli# Haraltl la the official adver lining
morlium of the City of Angusta and of
the County of Richmond lor all legal
notices and advert lalng.
Thorn J» i.n l.e'l»r wny to r..,.• 1. th»
home# of the prospsToun people of tlila
city and aectton than through t v, e col*
umne of The Herald, Dally and ounday.
Talephon# tha Circulation Department,
Phone I*!, whan loovlng Augusts. and
arrange :o have The iittald aout to you
by mall eaoh day.
Tho Auguala Hoi aid haa a larger otty
circulation than any othei paper, and a
larger total d"culailon than any other
Auguata patter Tide haa hean proven
by the Audit Co , of New Vork.
It’* (hn buitlne** of newspaper
advertising to Hud buyer*, and
It doc*.
Spend a lit He money advertis
ing your buslnegg. and you’ll not
need to spend a lot of time wor
rying aliotit your buiines*.
The advertised store Is sel
dom afraid of the bill collector.
"In the good old slimmer time” Is
not an Inappropriate song, as mat
tars stand at present.
Teddy evidently forgot to take bis
prayerbook with him, as he good out
killing I lons on Sunday 100.
The black cap would seem most
approprlstc for the black hand, and
would probably uffort a cure.
A Rhode Island men has a money
counting machine. H Is certainly a
wonderful machine If It onn count the
money that some people have.
Dr. Wiley says there It little genu
ine whiskey. And ns yet he Ima not
sampled the wet goods served by the
blind tigers.
Aunt Hetty Green advises women
to mind their own buslnes. This
doesn’t seem such very bad advice
to men, either.
Jimmie Pstten Is hnck In Chicago,
and perhaps we shall soon hear some
thing drop, although It may not be
tne price of wheat.
If Teddy keeps on killing Ilona so
f&st the stuff he has bargained to
send in at a dollar a word should
command a premium.
New York I* to have a hotol thirty
one stories high It Is probably in
tended for the aecommodatlon of high
flyers who visit that city.
The warning that SIOO counterfeit
bills were In circulation doe* not seem
to give the people a great deal of
worry They don’t even try to find
out how these counterfeits may ha
known from the genuine.
A rich and eccentric old German
who recently died In Ht laiuls be
queathed SIOO,OOO to a society for the
cultivation of vocal music. These
are believed to be the highest notes
for singer* riachod this season.
‘Chattanooga 1* tho only wot town
In the South Atlantic baseball lea
gue,” declare* the Brunswick News.
Must wo infer from this that tho
Brunswick booxo boat carried out all
the fluid stuff from Jacksonville?
A Massachusetts judge the other
day ruled out a SI,OOO word hypothe
tical question lu a murder trial on the
ground that tt was nonsense pure and
simple That Judge certainly has
hts share of good hard sense even If
he Is a Judge.
The esrloe# street railway* are es
tablishing conscience funds, snd con
tribution* to them are coming In.
But as they come In nickels this new
source of Income will hardly to
crvMse the dividends to an apprecia
ble extent
It I*ll*l strange at oil that none of
the Atlanta papers favor biennial ses
sion of the legislature. The solons
are good company, furnish a lot of
stories for the papers and Incidental
ly spend quite s hit of money lu At
lanta during each aosstop.
A woman tn St. Louts applied at a
druggist's for something to cum the
hluee, and he kissed her Bat it
Isn’t at all necessary for the girls to
go to the druggist for that kind of
medicine, for them are fellow* who
will gladly deliver It to them at their
homes.
CJol. Mann of Town Topics, has
had to dig $40,P00 out of ht* jeans,
that amount having been awarded In
a Jury to h Pittsburg man whom ht
had lib vied In ht* paper. Suppose
It had been a oitUen of some other
city than Pittsburg who had brought
salt, what troald the figures hare
bars ?
MR. BARRETT’S ANNOUNCEMENT OF KIS CAN
DIDACY FOR THE MAYORALTY.
In this Issue of The Herald appear* the formal announcement of
Mr. Thomas Barrett, as candidate for mayor of Augusta in the approach
ing primary. Mr. Barrett’s name has been prominently mentioned in
this connection for quite a while. In fact he has long been popularly
looked upon as the candidate, but not until now has he ofliclally made
this announcement.
It will occasion no surprise, hut will be accepted as a matter-of-faot.
the time having come for such official announcements to be made. The
situation has been so thoroughly canvassed, and Mr. Barrett looked
upon as a logical candidate meeting largely the general wishes of the
people, that it is not at all likely that there will be any opposition. For
once Augusta wti! escape a hot municipal campaign, and a chief execu
tive will be elected who Is acceptable to all the neople, and who will go
fn as mayor without a political axe to '.'ri:id, without political friends
to reward or political enemies to punish, and who can devote himself
to promoting the city's lute-eats solely for the city’s good, without being
bound by other pledges or pulled by political strings. This augurs well
for the city, jirt.l entering a new era of municipal progress.
Mr. Barrett is gplendiuty equipped to serve as Augusta’s chief exe
cutive )t,. was born In Augusta, has spent bis entire life here, and Is
devoted to Augusta with unswerving loyalty. He is a successful bus
iness man, who hat, moat siioe,-:;' fully managed large business Inter
ests. He l.e- had experience in dealing with municipal affairs, having
previously served In the city council with distinguished ability. And
he is yet a young man, of that age when Judgment is matured while the
physical powers are yet unimpaired, the age when a man is fitted for the
best service. Altogether he is a candidate to the people with
confidence, and with faith In a meet successful administration under his
mayoralty.
Augusta is facing a great future. The general revival of business
all over the country, Augusta's growing Importance as a winter resort,
and the notv life that, will follow the installation the great power
plant upon which work has been already begun, will all conspire to
cause Auguata to make more rapid progress than at anv previous time.
To this u progressive business administration will be the greatest aid.
And such an administration the city will have with Mr. Thomas Bar
rett as Kb mayor.
GOOD OLD AUGUSTA.
A close observer of men and things has said that In the bosoms of
all successful town builders you will find two acute emotions—affection
and faith. Common knowledge verifies this observation. Tho men who
will build up towns are the ;nen who love the town and who have faith
In Its future. With thin as a basic condition, what of Augusta's pros
pect#?
Do our people generally have an affection for their city? It has
passed into n saying In Augusta that a man once having drunk Savan
nah river water Is never thereafter satisfied If placed beyond reach of
it, and will again return to Augusta. What is this but tha folk lore
way of expressing in homely proverb a common condition—the Au
gustan can never be ns happy anywhere else in the world as In Au
gusta. As with the Italians It is "See Naples and die,” so with Au
gustan* It Is "Bo in Augusta to live.” They love Augusta.
Even the strangers within our gates catch this feeling. Winter tour
ists come here and they return the next season. Men who have tried
all the winter tourist resorts of tho country unhesitatingly assign the
preference to August# The President of the United States Is an Au
gustan from the sentiment of love fur the city born of ono winter's rest
detioe here. Mr John I). Rockefeller, In one way the greatest man the
world has produced, has been won by tho charm of our city and has
become a regular winter resident. And so'there are hundreds of oth
er*. permanent citizen* and transient, the compelling charm of our city
causes them to love It.
Uood old Augusta! Dear old city, nestling in the valley of the Sa
vannah, surrounded by tho wood crowned hills! justly called Tho Beau
tiful Queen of the Savannah Valley, the next oldest city in the state,
the city of handsome streets and stately treeß, the city with a proud
history In peace and In war, the city of brave men and fairest women.
Oh, yes, August atm love their city, and there never yet was a son of
Augusta
* * * With soul so dead,
Who "never to himself has said
This Is my own, my native land;
Whose bosom ne'er within him burned
As home his footsteps he returned
From wandering on a foreign land.
Have they faith in Augusta? Most assuredly thoy have, for there
Is solid foundation for such a faith. Augusta occupies tho central
strategic position of n section of great agricultural resources, ns .vet
barely touched. Thu Savannah valley Is destined to become the home
of teeming millions, and the agricultural products of this valley alone
will reach figures which tho liveliest imagination as yet dares not to
conceive. Of this great section Augustu Is the natural centre, by rea
son of her position on tha groat river which gives her an outlet to tho
sou. And then Augusta lies where the waters break through the hills
into the low country, with thousands of horse power of water energy
at her doors ami millions of horso power within her radius of action—
and water power will be the greatest factor in tho development of fu
ture industrial life. Augusta has always grown steadily, but she stands
now on the threshold of a greater growth, with the change In condt
tlons that are being wrought by the harnessing of streams to electric
dynamos.
The two great requisites in man to constitute them town builders,
love of their city and faith in its future, are possessed by our people
in superlative degree. And that moans success. It means a greater Au
gusta, a great otty as far ahead of the present, as the present Is ahead
of the town visited by W ashington in 1791; and a coming greatness of
which tho first .-.welling buds are already apparent to him who has eyes
to see.
THE CHILD LABOR LAW IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
11h« recoutly enacted child labor law is now lu operation tn South
Carolina, and, as all laws must do which make n radical change in old
customs, H seems to give considerable trouble. It was passed, of course,
principally with an eye to the cotton mills, and to correct the evil of
child labor In these mills wbteb have been the subject of much dis
cussion.
The new law requires , mio h detail work tn the scouring of the ne
cessary certificates for children under 14 yearn to work tn the mills. An
affidavit lias to be scoured by tne mill employing the child from the
father, mother or guardian, setting forth the reasons why the child Is
forced to earn his own living. This certificate Is to be endorsed by the
local magistrate or clerk of court The mill then lias to notify tho de
partment in Columbia, which Issues a certificate numbering tho child so
employed. The mill then sends a receipt for the affidavits In this
tuamiwr a compute record will be kept of nil the children working In
the mills of the state under the exemption clauses.
The cotton mill managers are co-operating heartily with the two
state Inspectors appointed to look after the enforcement of this law and
the greatest cause of worry Is I to handle the several thousand'chil
dren who work in the mills so as to allow all who are entitled to work
under the exemption clause* to do so. and those who are not allowed
under the law to work to he excluded. The latter cases are the ones
which have already attracted u great deal of attention mid discussion.
An Instance ha* been brought up wtthtn the past few davs \
widow working In the mill* in Columbia has a child about 10 year*
old. Under the law tlie child cannot work tn the mills and cannot
come to the mill with the mother, who is bound to work there In or
der to support the child and herself. The mother cannot leave the child
at home by hiuiself, nor can she bring him to the ml!! with her This
Is one of the many oases which have been reported And this is no
. criticism of the act, because, of Course, the law was framed for the best
Interests of the child and the mother, hut tt is just one of the situations
which come up lu constructing the act.
While the enforcement of the law will at firs! be attended with a
good deal of confusion and trouble, and perhaps occasional hardships
will be encountered. In the long run it will doubtless prove beneficial to
the children whom it was designed to protect, to the cotton mill opera
tive# generally, and also to milts.
The operation of the law will be closely watched tn our state for
conditions in the two states are much alike, and a law or svstem found
to be beneficial in yu« will have the same effect tn tin* other.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD.
DEATH OF TREASURER PARK.
The news of the death of Captain
Robert E. Park, which occurred in
\ Atlanta Friday afternoon, will cause
i sadness throughout the state. It
rame unexpectedly, since no intima
! t lon. had' been given the public that
Ihe was seriously ill. Capt. Park had
!an extensive persona! acquaintance
| all over the state, and his popular
ity was attested by successive re-elec
tions tet the responsible state office
| lie had filled so long with marked
' ability and fidelity, and to which he
had again been re-elected by a fiatter-
I ing majority for another term, which
It was decreed for him not even to
enter. ✓
Capt. Park was onn of the remain
ing but fast passing heroes of the
civil war. When scarcely more than
a boy be enlisted as a private, at the
first call to arms, and almost from
he.first battle, until he fell severely
wounded at the head of his company
in the battle of Winchester, Sept. 19,
1864, he participated in nearly all the
great battles in Virginia. Wounded
ho was taken prisoner ,and was not
released until he returned home, a
cripple, after the end of the war.
Than Capt. Park no more gallant sol
dier served under the Southern flag,
and as the passing away of another
of these remaining heroes his death
will be mourned.
After returning from the war Capt.
Park studied law, while compelled to
go about on crutches, and he devel
oped Into a successful business man.
He was also a scientific farmer, for
some time the editor of an agricul
tural paper and the owner of a model
farm near Macon.
Capt. Park was a citizen of whom
any state might feel proud, worthily
and successfully filling every place in
a varied experience during a long and
us f |ul life, and as such he Is mourned
by his surviving comrades in arms
and by his fellow citizens generally.
Failed Also as a Sprinter.
The Augusta Herald says “Sultan
Abdul Hamid has proven a failure
as a standpatter, but he has estab
lished a reputation as a good sprint
er whon the necessity arrives for
testing his speed.” Orangeburg
Tlmes-Democrat.
THE GRAND JURY PRESENTMENTS
The grand jury has completed Its
labors and made its presentments.
With more than usual interest these
were awaited this year, and doubtless
they have been attentively read by
citizens who take an Interest In pub
lic affairs. And this should include
all citizens, If It does not; for the
management of our public homo af
fairs concerns the people most di
rectly.
The grand Jury, drawn from the
best qualified of tlio county’s
as the representatives of tha people
examine all the county’s affairs and
passes on them. All the various
county Institutions, all the county of
ficials, everything in which the coun
ty as a county is interested, comes
before them, for approval or condem
nation, and for suggestions and or
ders as to the future courses to be
pursued.
The present grand jury has dis
charged its complex duties with great
est care, as its presentments Indicate.
Our county is a large county, with
many varied interests and divisions
of the public service, but all these
were examined with care, and a read
ing of tho presentments will give the
citizen a full and clear understanding
of the county affairs. For this la
borious task, so well performed, the
grand jury deserves the thanks of the
people.
As to the county institutions, from
the grand jury presentments these are
seen to be in excellent condition. An
immense amount of work has been
done on the public roads, largely In
the way of permanent Improvement.
The County Home, County Farm and
Reformatory are In fine condition, and
the representatives of the people have
In all th.s great business found noth
ing to condemn.
Several recommendations were
made which show that the grand Ju
rors not only considered the past but
had an eye to the future, for the bet
terment of conditions in certain re
spects. They recommend the abolish
ment of tho fee system in the county
offices In line with the sentiment of
other progressive counties. They also
recommend the passage of a law sim
ilar to South Carolina’s in relation
to carrying pistols; the establishment
of a juvenile court; a law to punish
child desertion, and a law making
It a felony for a person to overeheck
hts bank account without promptly
covering such overdraft.
One specially gratifying feature In j
the presentments is in the financial j
showing made for the county, which
shows a decrease in the floating in
debtedness of tho county from $95.-
064 97 to $65,994.07. The county has
not one dollar of bonded indebted
ness.
The grand Jury is to be commended
on the thoroughness of Its investiga
tion and the completeness of its re
port. and the county is to be congratu
lated on its excellent condition, as
shown by this report#
FINE PROSPECTS FOR THE NEXT FAIR.
The preliminary work for the Georgia-Carolina Fair is being pushed,
and already the progress made has advanced so far that it is certain
that the fair this year will score a great success. The board of manag
ers, under President James U. Jackson, have the experience of the pre- •
vious fairs to guide them. They no longer have to (eel their way, as
it were, along untried paths, but they know what is needed and the
best way to get it, and with the confidence born of this knowledge they
can go ahead. And this they are doing.
Contracts have been made between the Fair Association, and the
Associated Farmers’ Clubs, and the Poultry Association, whereby these
latter associations will join in with the fair, and in a way which will
assure the agricultural exhibits and the poultry exhibit to be not only
better than they were last year—which is saying a great deal—but better
than any other like exhibits that may be put on in the two states.
The agricultural display last year was admitted by competent and
impartial judges, who had seen the exhibits at other fairs, to have been
the best of them all. It was put on by the Associated Farmers’ Clubs,
and they will again put in these exhibits. Since last year the number
of these clubs has been increased, and besides they have learned much
about the collecting and arranging of exhibits which will be a help to
them. In addition to this there is a great improvement in farming, great
er diversification and better methods of cultivation, which will show in
the exhibits, and all this together assures an agricultural display
much better even than the line display made last year.
The poultry exhibit last year also was the btßt in this section, and
it will be remembered that it required an enlargement of the building
to contain it. The arrangements already made indicate that another en
largement will again be required this year, for the Augusta Poultry As
sociation and their annual poultry show have acquired a national repu
tation which attracts leading poultry fanciers from ail over the coun
try. For the next fair, for instance, the H. O. Havermeyer estate, fa
mous for its poultry and pigeons, has already applied for spaoe, as also
have poultry fanciers in distant California.
A feature of the poultry exhibit will be a large aviary, constructed
of wire netting on the grounds adjoining the poultry building, where the
birds can be shown each in their compartments on the ground, which
will be a decided advantage over the small cages, and in addition al
low the introduction of new features which will add to the general at
tractiveness of the exhibit.
In other departments the preparatory work is also well advanced,
and promising like improvement, and altogether this assures, even now,
a most successful fair, and this should inspire all to work still more
hopefully for greater success. Nothing succeeds like success, and success
being thus early assured, all who are interested in the fair should work
to make it a memorable success.
The fair last year was good. It compared favorably with other fairs
held in this section. Even financially It managed to break even, which,
under the circumstances, was a success. But last year there was a com
bination of causes operating against the fair. The crops in this section
were poor. The price of cotton was low. And Augusta had just been
visited by a flood which had disorganized everything. This year .the
Indications are for fine crops; the price of cotton will be better than
last year, for general business conditions are constantly improving; and
there will be no post-flood conditions to contend with.
With all this, he who cannot see that the Georgia-Carolina Fair next
fall will be a matchless fair and in. every way a great success must be
afflicted with the blindness that wilfully refuses to see wnat is openly
apparent.
MISSIONARIES IN JAPAN
Ms
A return missionary from Japan states that no effort is being
made to force Christtasity on tie Japs, that their old religions are
simply decaying and cast aside, just as the butterfly casts
aside the shell of the cocoon in order that it may emerge into a
brighter and more beautiful life. Christianity stands ready for
acceptance and is taken as a substitute for the worthless faiths
that are I cing discarded. We trust this missionary will find his
way into the Augusta Herald office before he returns to his Asiatic
fields ol' labor. —Amerlcus Times-Recorder.
There would seem to be little use for this Rev. gentleman to visit
The Herald office, since there are no heathens here, ‘and to seek out
heathens and preach the gospel to them is his chosen profession. And
even if there were a heathen or two lurking in The Herald office, since
“no effort is being made to force Christianity on the Japs” by those
whose business it Is to do so and which they are maintained at great ex
pense to do, it could hardly be expected, that he would show greater
zeal away from his regular work. Hotvever, if he should do us the hon
or of making a call we should be very glad to meet him.
But this brings up the question, if no effort is being made by the
missionaries in Japan to convert the Japs, why are they there, and why
are the people forced to give up their money—which often means to
deprive themselves or their children of what they should have—to main
tain missionaries there? We are told that “the old (Jap) religions are
simply decaying and being cast aside” and “Christianity is taken as a
suostitute for the worthless faiths that are being discarded.” How is
this process going on?
The Japs are an intelligent people. They are studying the west
ern (Caucasian) nations and adopting from them whatever they find su
perior to what they have themselves developed. They have sent thou
sands of their young men to our country and to Europe, to study our
institutions, and as a result of what these have seen and learned and
taught their people, Japan has remodeled her army and her navy, her
governmental and industrial systems, and has become . great and pro
gressive nation. And Just as Japaan has adopted the Christian indus
il and social system, because she "ound them better than her own,
so she will eventually adopt the Christian religion for the national Japa
nese worship of hand-made gods of wood and stone.
To this end missionaries are not needed, nor can indeed be any
help. The Japs will not be converted by their preaching, but by what
they observe in Christian countries. The missionaries in Japan have
long since realized this, and hence this little army of men and women,
living on the fat of the land in Japan on the money collected for
their support at home, “make no effort” to force Chrisaianity on the
Japs.”
WHEN WILL LITTLE JOE BE INAUGURATED ?
This seems a strange question to ask. Ordinarily these things
are ilxed by law, and a certain time is set for the installation of public
officials, a time which everybody knows and concerning which there is
no doubt. But it is a fact that as to the time when Mr. Brown will
be inaugurated, nobody knows.
This does not mean that- there is a deep conspiracy to keep Little
Joe out of the office to which the people elected him. It does not
mean that Governor Hoke Smith has formed designs to keep the man
out of the executive office whom he kicked so sumpiarily out of the rail
road commissioner's office. It is simply due to the fact that a change
sas made in the gubernatorial term and that, in making this change,
it was neglected to fix the exact lime for the governor’s installation.
So Governor Smith holds over until his successor is installed, and just
when this will be done nobody is able to say.
That is strange, isn’t it? Here Little Joe is all ready. He has
perambulated around over the state and (presumably) invited every
body to come to see him in the executive mansion. His inauguration
suit is all ready—thanks to the business acumen of Col. J. Lindsay
Johnson, his friend, who will have him inaugurated in a suit of jeans
made in his (Coi Johnson’s) mill. And the steer is ready behind which
Little Joe is to ride to the capitoi, for it is reported that this is the
ultra-democratic method of conveyance he has selected for the occasion.
Like a bride arrayed for the brid il, Little Joe is ready and waiting,
but the day and the hour of his inauguration no mau kuoweth.
But it will be some time la the latter part of next month, when
the June roses are in bloom. The legislature will convene on Wednes
day, Juue 23. and select the date. The concensus of opinion inclines to
the following Saturday. June 26 However, until that time comes no
body will know, and some other day may be selected
SUNDAY, MAY 9.
There are scarcely
half a hundred really
first class tailoring es
tablishments throughout
this broad land of ours.
There are lots of places!
that sell clothes, and
some are fairly good
clothes, too, but really
fine tailoring means
something far above the
ordinary.
Where refinement and
taste reign in a locality
there’s always a demand
for really high class
clothes.
That’s the excuse for
our existence Dorr’s
clothes represent the
best that can be made.
DORR
Tailoring, Furnishings
For Men of Taste
Si S
ALABASTINE
YOUR WALLS
Typhoid Fever, Diphthe
ria, Small Pox the
germs of these deadly
diseases multiply In the
decaying glue present In
all kalsomines, and the
decaying paste under
wall paper.
FOR SALE BY
ALEXANDER
DRUG CO.,
708 BROAD.
THE FINAL TEST OF A
TAILOR’S ABILITY
Is found in his “COME
AGAIN” trade.
We point with pride to
our many satisfied custom
ers who are again ordering
thir Mid-Summer Clothes of
us.
Hundreds of Patterns to
choose from.
$15.00
TAILORS
Scotch
Woolen
Mills,
735 Broad St
JAPANESE PAPER
NAPKINS.
25 Cts Per 100.
—for
PICNICS, FISHING
PARTIES, BARBE
CUES.
Richards
Stationery Co.
Baths
Turkish SI.OO
Russian 75c
Shampoo 50c
TURKISH BATH HOTEL,
H ARISON BUILDING.
NO RETURN TICKET.
The accommodation train had pull
ed up on a siding to let a fast ex
press pass. As it was backing on to
the main track again, it happened
that the conductor put out his Land
for an Irishmen s ticket.
"No, ye don’t!” exclaimed the Celt,
holding back his ticket. "Oi'll not
pay ye wan cint’s worth while th’
trains goin’ th' wrong way!”—Judge.
