The Augusta daily herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1908-1914, June 18, 1909, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6
PAGE SIX THt AIIGUSU HERALD Published Every Afternoon During the Week and on Sunday Morning by THK HEKAAD PUBUSNIVG CO. Entered at the August* :’on toss Ice as Mail Matter of tne Second Class. SUBSCRIPTION RATKB: -Dally and Sunday, 1 year *6OO Dally and tjunuay. 6 months 3.00 Dally and Sunday, * at on tha .. .. 1.60 Daily and Sunday, 1 month 60 Dally and Sunday, i week 13 Run A- Herald. 1 year 1-00 Weaßlv Herald, 1 year -60 basin*?* Offtca, Telephone 297 Chi Edit oi 209 Society Editor 286 FOREIGN REPRESENT A TIV ES The Benjamin A Kentnw Co.. 226 Fifth Av«„ New York City 11 US lloyce Building. ClUaag'>. Addraaa all hualn*-*e communication* to THt AUGUSfA HtKAID 711 Broad Ht »*l Auga.it, Ga. "IF YOU WANT rHK NEXYe TOU NKKD THE HEUAL.D.' August*, Oa. f Friday, June 18, 1906. No communication elll jv pioii»hed !n The llsr-dd unl*n» the name at the wH*>** 1? Mgi.t-d to the article. Hie Herald l» the official advertising ttKditnn of the City of Augtuui and of the County of Richmond lor all legal notices end advertising. There In no heller way to reach the homes of the proapsroun people of this city and section than through t*»e col umn? of The Herald, Dally and -xinUay. Telephone the Circulation Department, Phone 2 %'i. when leaving Auguata. and arrange .o have The Herald sent to you t<> mail each day. i I * Augusta Haranl ha« a larger city cite ilafton than o* * > other pap‘*r, anil a 1 , .g*t total emulation than any other AUgaatn. paper. This has t*e*n proven ny the Audit Co., at New York. 7614 COPIES, IS THE DAILY AVERAGE ISSUE OP THE AUGUS TA HERALD, FOR A PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS, ENDING APRIL 30TH, ItCB. There W> generally compensation In all things H 18 said Hw»i bailiing suits thla season have proportionate Jy decreased In size as much aa ilia liatß Increased. Because the Ueorgda undertaker* met at Tybeu the Charleston Boat in tl mates that the resort was (loud. One Maine county la said to make $12,006,(run on potatoes? Ho they have moonshiners in that county who make Kin? Hardwick and Herbert aeem to have a hard time of It tryhiK to get an umpire that will suit. They must both be full fledged fam., A newspaper muu In South llaro llria la among the few who pay an Income tax Hut he la al»o a farmer, which explains this mystery. There hae been no news from BwnilO Tumbo for several days, nut Üb; yel no apprehenslou Is fell llutt he is down with the sleeping sickness. Hryan county will be represented In the legislature by Mr, Klrkllghler. Hy hla name lie should he u good mini lo wtah not to have on the other side. How recklessly br,,ve these actress htltiling multi millionaires me! After all the divorce suits they at 111 con- Unue to marry these footllght ; favorites. A Michigan woman wauis a divorce because her husband talks In his alo>»y He was probably dreaming about his affinity when Ula dream he dime atullble, Senator Uaeon hu« been made an I.L.D hy the University of Georgia This may he an abbreviation of Heath (M Lunged Demosthenes or of Learn ed I sum, Democrat Dustin Fniuutu, who seems to lit the role of villain In the Howard Gould divorce case, would apparently get oMctly what tie deserves If he were given a good dustin. Hi iutor ('lay la suspected of having a long spaech on the tariff up #ls ale*>ve. Just beeswse he gave It us Ids belief that congress might remain In session until September A nagro woman in Mississippi who 1 lusiated that the white people should address her as Miss Is now reported missing Is It to be Inferred f oin tills that she got what she wanted? A certain man In Atlanta is prevent ed from marrying because he cannot Prove hla Writ) But the fact that he Is living should be accepted hn prlma facie evidence that he was boro. ll would be real funny, though, If It should turn out that ('astro had hi* guns shipped by another steamer while the government ofthduis were devoting their time to u couple of dw coy a. The t\. C. T. V chums that seven teeu of our presidents turned the win* glass upside down But why not include ail. since uoue of them made a habit of sipping through a straw? When a delegation of English par sons visited Use Kmecr recently he received them at Potsdam, Now Isn't a place with a such u wicked natrui a nice place in which to receive mini Wars? The commencements have now all ■ecu successful!) pulled off. Those ho acted as principal, in ihem are -H called graduates, though in real truth quite a pari of them were mere ly qultuan* There Is always a good feature ..bout everything, if you will only look for It. Knr irtstance, as you mop your perspiring brow these days you inaj chuckle how safe you are from tailing a victim to the coal man's jupacleusoeSe. SOCIALISM AND AN ANTI-SOCIALIST SPOOK In another column is printed a communication from a gentleman in Clarkson, Md., who seems to bo a most vigorous anti-socialist. Of what would be the final result of the doctrines of socialism put. into actual practice he seems to have a clear conception, hut this spectre ap pears to have so frightened him that he sees spooks In all things. To condemn the public school system, because the socialists endorse, it, is like the Indian who atood so straight that he leaned over the other way. Socialism Is impossible and wrong because It. would destroy all per sonal liberty. This socialists deny, but under the principles of govern ment they advocate this would be Inevitable. Where all ’the means of production and distribution are owned by the public It would necessarily follow In the end that the liberty of the individual must be lost; and, tinless anarchy, supervened, the mass of the people must become slaves to obey tho command of the bosses. Suppose that Socialism were established, and the factories, farms, mills and shops now privately owned were owned by the government and managed by those who operated them, and nobody could work ex cept It he for the government which, briefly and fairly stated, is the socialist Idea. What would follow? All would apply for the work that was easiest done, and nobody would apply to do the hard and disagree able work which yet Is obliged to be done. It would become neces sary for some one to have authority to choose the parties for each kind of work, and this would mean that every man would be subject to work at the command of the boss for the time being, and at such work as designed hy him. The present preacher, because he was a large man or perhaps because the boss had It In for him, would be put to cleaning out ditches, and the present doctor, because It was decided that less doc tors were needed, would be put to work In the cotton mill. This is the logical conclusion of the theory of socialism reduced to practice, and It Is Incomprehensible that good and intelligent, men, as many of the "comrades” certainly are, should be ao blinded as to fail to see It. But because the evils of communism and the destruction of indi vidualism are so great, it does not follow that undiluted Individualism would he a great blessing. This would In fact be as bad as socialism, and either would mean anarchy. It requires a mixture of tho two to constitute the perfect social system. The cause of right Is always the mlddh ground between any two extremes. To condemn the public school system, because it is similar to the socialist ideal and for that reason approved by them, is absurd. As well condemn our public postal system, our weather bureau or any other branch of the government service. To find the proper mean between individualism and communism so ns to place on the right level the relationship of man to man Is the great soclnl problem. And towards this the world is moving. Hy the process of evolution government has developed from patriarchal absolu tism through successive stages of inonarchial tyranny to the present form of constitutional government, and this process of evolution into a belter form Is at 111 going on. "The slavery of socialism” will never be on us. The-Intelligence of the world has reached n stage to make this fear causeless. There will be no revolution as a prelude for society "to be built up all over again.” The process of evolution now going on will preveut that. The present agitation Is but the ripples of this process of evolution which will make our government still better than It is, and more adapt ed so twentieth century conditions than It has been. MORE ABOUT LITTLE JOE’S JEANS SUIT A great man once cried out. in anguish of soul to be delivered from his fool friends. Little Joe Brown, soon to be made governor, is prob ably doing the same, In the unseaming modest manner for which he has become famous. Home time ago the announcement was made that he was to he diked out for his Inauguration in a suit of Georgia made jeans. This bring such an extraordinary thing it: caused considerable notice, and many pleasant little references were made to it. Then came the Macon Telegraph, which orlginatd and persistently (luriiu the campaign sent up the howl for Brown and Bread, (and hy rca n of this performance lays the flattering unction to its soul that It elected Little Joe and therefore has a sort of a proprietary right over him l ami severely/ lambasted those papers which had referred to the jeans suit In a lighter vein, denouncing this as "the rattling of dry bones at a ghost dance," and with a solemnity like unto one who had soon a ghost declaring that such a suit was "nice enough for a king.” and quoting Little Joe to the effect that "not In pomp or undue pride, but In the line with true progress, I whl take pride In wearing tho best sutt of clothes t list can be built ill my state.” And now comes the Martelta Journal. It didn't join In the dema gogic howl of "Brown and Bread” during the campaign and therefore does not now feel that It has proprietary rights over Little Joe which to exhibit require It to make a show of feeling offended over a little good natnred Joking. But It Is the staunch friend of the governor eloet, very close to him as Its towsman and neighbor, and In a ceri tain sense his personal orguu. And the Journal says; Little Joe (Brown Is not particularly anxious to wear jeans at his Inauguration as governor, but the suit was tendered by a Cobb count! factory, and out of courtesy to tho gentleman who owns it, he accepted the proffer. Toll It not In Gath; publish It not In the streets of Askelon. Men tion It not above u whisper, t.hnt the Maconite may not hear It. ‘‘Little Joe not particularly anxious” to wear that suit of jeans; in fact the very Idea Is repugnant to him, but because it "was tendered” him by some body whom he could not well refuse, “out of courtesy" only and over bis mental protest “lie accepted the proffer" and will wear the suit. What becomes of the exalted patriotism which led him to announce that he would wear the suit of Georgia Joans 9 What of the declaration put in hl» month that 'I will take pride in wearing” this suit? What of tlu’ democratic spirit It was claimed to express? What of the hold challenge of The Telegraph that “there Is a difference between patriot- Ism and demagogy " Little Joe not particularly anxious to wear this suit of Jeans; wearing It only because he hadn't the moral courage to turn down n proposition that was not agreeable to him, and hts loud mouthed, sdf appointed champion declaring In effect that If it wasn't patriotism which led to this unconventional Inauguration costume It was demagogy, Well may Little Joe cry out; “Save me from my friends.” THE RAM OF THE MODERN WARSHIP As everybody knows, the armor-clad warships of the present order are each provided with a rati). The Philadelphia Record has devoted some inquiry and research to the subject, and lets the public into the discoveries thereto which It has made ft says: / A modern ram Is nothing more than a huge steel beak, or split, which Is fitted to the prow of tho battleship for the pprpose of de- KtrevliiK an enemy's ship In time of war b( the force of colllslof In deed, should a vessel succeed In driving her ram against another war ship the blow If delivered at full speed, would bo sufficient to crush ill the ship's side and sink her Immediately. A battleship’s ram weighs about fort) tons and Is cast all in one piece It is of solid steel and capable of striking a tremendous blow. V bpll proof man of war may be made but the skill of the naval architect Is unequal to the task of designing a ship that can resist tho ram. ‘Great care must he exercised In fixing such a heavy piece of steel. The method geuueally adopted Is as follows: The ram 1s suspended from a strong derrick, tho bottom end of which Is attached to ‘he extreme end of the vessel's keel plate The gap between the ram and the un complete luill is sailed tight compartment. The weapon Pxed that it s tikes Just below the armored holt where resistance is muakest. while ll is so shaped that the ramming vessel can by reversing her en glues. easily dTsentagte herself from the ship she has struck" AH this Information is very Interesting, and it would have been still more Interesting to have told the cost of these rams Such Ini mouse pieces ol forged ste.q must cost quite a neat price to mate' and still more to handle and put In their places on the ships If the figures were given the) would probably show that these great rams on our warships contain steel enough to put up several skyscrapers, aitfl that their cost would go far in that direction. And this for rains that ase of no practical use That thoy oould deliver a powerful blow may bo true enough, but the fact is they never do Not since tb( battle of Liseu was fought. In which the Austrian ships rammed the Italian and won the fight, have ships been rammed In battle, and the Austrian ship- which did this were not Iron clads and carried no rams Modern battleships, when they fight at all fight at long range. They remain a mile or two apart, and what few actions at sea hare taken place since modern warships were built have all been decided In that manner of fighting Tin n Is no reason to believe that It will be differ ent In any future battle that may be fought. The warships will have no more use for rums than the men have r grappling irous to hold ships together while the crew of one capture the o*ber by a boarding attack. Yet a costly, cumbersome rmu is built Into each ship. It shows bow hard It Is to break away from old customs estab lished when' there was a reason for It, but which are aow useless. THE AUGUSTA HERALD RETURN OF THE IMMIGRATION TIDE It May Not Be Altogether a Blessing, But Indicates a Return of Prosperity Last year the number of passengers coming to America was 635,000. against 1,683,000 the year before. The number leaving America was 859,000, or about 90,000 more than the year before. More people went back than ■came over. The tremendous falling off of incoming travel was due, of ! course, to the large emigration of foreign working people who, accord ing to the Review of Reviews, "al ways flock back to the old country befose and during a period of Indus trial depression." The earnings of the great Atlantic steamship companies bore witness to the effects of the slump. German and American lines passed their dividends and even the proud old English ships withheld all returns from stockhold ers. However, the reaction set in about three months ago. The inevitable improvement in business turns the tide of travel towards these shores. Whatever may be the effect, ten thou sand immigrants reached New York In a single day during the latter part of March. Italy furnishes about one third of the immigration and Austria- SOCIALISM A MENACE Editor Herald: The Patriarch, 1320 Arcade Way, Seattle, Washing ton, gives In its issue of June sth a long article from you, headed, “J. A. Wayland a Martyr.” You neglected to state that he is now under arrest by the federal authorities. Ml. Wayland's decliue in no way affects Socialism. It is going on en slaving men’s minds quite effectually in all parts of the land. Rich men and ministers are becoming its stand ard bearers, white multi-millionaires like Rockefeller and politicians like Roosevelt do more for its spread than the "comrades” themselves. But Secretary Meyer of the navy, has just roused to its spread in that department and drastic measures are proposed for its weeding out. Some time ago I sought to inform the au thorities of the Socialists in the navy, but, the Washington papers de nied me the opportunity. The public schools of the land are pointed / by Socialists as the great breeders of Socialists. They say the child that receives his education at the bands of the state is prepared to ask for everything else from the state ftlso, and we see to what an extent this is now done. To break with Sooialism the coun try must break with its idol of popu lar education first of all, then It must break with fraternalism in ev erv form that it possibly oaj>. If the country loves Its Idols too well to do this; then the slavery of Socialism will be on us for a short time until revolution clears it away. After that society will have to be built up all over again. The Patriarch believes with me on education and Socialism. FRANCIS B. LIVESEY, Clarkson. Maryland. GOOD TIMES COMING There are many othrfr signs of good times coming and In largo part al ready here. The farming population, which Is naif of the country, is en joying extremely favorable markets. Wages are tending upward again. Real estate is rising. The financial resources of the country were never before so great. Gold accumulates and bank reserves are ample. There is much confidence in tho future of trade and Industry, and there was never loss danger of evil in govern mental issues or political unrest. Clearly, the country is moving ou wurd into a period of great business growth and prosperity. It Is going to mark up new records by wholesale imd keep on doing that sort of thing for several years, at least, before the next serious setback. —Cleveland Leader. NEWS AND VIEWS The Most Famous Otty. “What is tbe most famous city of the world?" a correspondent ashe. We've been trying to think of the sev eral which have laid claim to that dis tinction, but at present there's no doubt about the fact that it's Nairobi, S. A. — Atlanta Constitution. Better Let Well Enough Alone. It is said that our good friend*, the prohibitionists, will ask the leg islature to give a knock-out blow to neawbeer, just as if there was suoh a decoction In Georgia. Better get busy and assist in enforcing the pres ent law, and let the legislature alone. —Durian Ginset to. The rigid enforcement of the pres ent law probably would be more pleas ing to the prohibitionists than to have a stronger law that would not be en forced, —Columbus Enquirer-Sun. Easy at Falling Off a Log. The biggest trouble that we see about our Geosgla pdttors is that they dou't spend enough time on their editorial page The people like to read the editorial page juat as much as they do the local nows. if an editor is wideawake and takes au interest in his gape- and town, it’s no trouble to get up the #d" page.— Mitliown News. The Georgia Peach This appetiamg product of the. old red lulls of Georgia is now tickling the palate* of ouc northern neighbor* and by way of parenthesis, burtdug holes in their pockets And well it ! may. If the sun shines on a fairer, . sweeter fruit than the Georgia peach, i let It be brought out. as the wonder ! of the world.—Macon County Citizen i Ip One Senae an Improvement. A Florida mob lynched a man under ! sentence of death a few days ago. Still, from one point of view, that may be looked on as something of an improvement. —Washington Heaald. Hungary about one-fourth. The Re | view of Reviews thinks that if no ■ sudden drop comes in the stream of ! immigration this year will make a J new record. Possibly the increased i (ariff bill will cause the foreigners to I seek the home market in America whi/h is shut out from them in Eu rope. This is one of the bad effects i of the high tariff. Kept up nominally jin the interest of the working man, it may flood the country with the so- I called "pauper labor of Europe.” This j phase of the tariff question has been ! discussed several times in The Press. !So the return of the foreign tide to ! these shores may not be altogether a blessing, but it is assuring in this one thing that it indicates a return of business prosperity. In that way we may look with complacence, even with satisfaction, upon the inward flow of “stranger people” from the old world. It is a fact, however, that the tide of summer tourists to Europe is not as great as it was. People return ing to Savannah from Europe report that tlv big ships are not, carrying the crowds that they used to haul across the sea.—Savannah Press. SOME INHERITANCE FIGURES Probate H. H. Rogers’ will offers a fairly clear idea of the money lost to the national government by the want of a Federal inheritance tax. The will leaves trust funds totaling $560,- 000 to relatives outside of Mr. Rog ers’ personal family. New York will tax these 5 per cent, or $27,000. Of $400,000 bequeathed to the members of Mr. Rogers’ brother’s family, the executors will pay the state 5 per cent, or $20,000. The $10,000,000 m vestment in building the Virginian railway and the SIOO,OOO given the town of Fairhaven, Mass., for public purposes are, exempt. Subtracting these four items already noted, the residue passing to Mr. Rogers’ widow, son and daughters, and taxable at 1 per cent, will be about $50,000,000, and the taxes payable mostly to New York state, but a little to Massachu setts, will be $500,000. Thus the to tal inheritance tax due from this mon umental fortune is $647,000, the two states cited, New York and Massa chusetts, receiving all. Had Mr. Rogers lived another year and had the senate accepted the pro vision for a Federal inheritance tax in the Payne tariff bill, the presi dent’s approval of this feature be coming a certainty last March, the national government’s levy upon the Rogers estate would have been sl,- 500,000. This is an averaged charge of 2 1-2 per cent on an assessed valua tion of $60,000,000, the basis of the foregoing figures. Double taxation in name truly enough It would still be no excep tional hardship to let the states col lect their share and also lay the government taxes. Mr. Rogers’ heirs would then forfeit $2,047,000 of $60,- 000,000. The Morrison heirs in Eng land will pay the Imperial treasury $10,000,000 out. of sso,ooo,ooo.—Balti more Sun. *♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ POINT AND COUNTERPOINT* ♦ ♦ Hasn’t Right Calibre Gun. There are mosquitoes in Africa so large that many of them will weigh a pound. This is vouched for as being absolutely true. Augusta Herald. Then it will not be long before the news will reach us that Roosevelt is shooting mosquitoes.—Elberton Star. A Careless Reader's Mistake Some of our exchanges have printed a story to the effect that there are mosquitoes in Africa that weigh a pound each, but we fear it isn’t true. —Anderson Mail. The Herald said that many of these mosquitoes would weigh a pound. This is absolutely true, although we are unable to state the exact num ber required to weigh a pound. Made Cross by Hot Weather. The Columbus Ledger runs an entire column In which every sen tence begins with “Columbus.” That may please the Columbus ters, tint Is calculated to make other follts very tired. —Augusta Herald. Augusta has always been a bit jenlous of Columbus and tfce more we progress the more The Herald complains. If this paper would devote more space to the upbuilding of its home-trade, pos sibly It wouldn't be necessary to complain of the prosperity of other cities 60 much. Cheer uu, old man; that hot spell will soon pkss. And Augusta is not jealous of her sister city on the Chaty tahooohee which is so worthily try ing to follow our lead, and of which we are proud. Now, if Columbus too had a bridge like our famous bridge, there might be cause for jeal ousy, but she hasn't. Not Sufficient Relief. A new law In Wisconsin for bids the use of profanity. Won der what they expect a man to do in that state when he hits his thumb with the hammer while driving a nail?—Augusta (Ga,) Herald. Sauk his thumb, probably.—New Haven. Conn., Union. Case of Mistaken Identity. The Augusta Herald says: "The race of martyrs Is not yet extinct. A Chicago man allowed his wife to shave him so that she might give a dollar so saved to foreign missions." And just to think that Teddy makes as much money as this poor woman with only two wags of his tongue! But it was the man In the case who was the martyr, and who suffered to help to support the foreign mission aries In their lives of ease in foreign countries. For Sizzling Days The Dorr 4 ounce Coat Made of pure silk made according to our special patterns They fit and wear well and weigh practically noth ing. Nice enough for church wear with the comfort of shirt sleeve? %7 Dorr Tailoring , Furnishings For Men of Taste. ICE CREAM FREEZERS 1 Quart $1.15 2 Quarts $1.40 3 Quarts $1.65 4 Quarts $2.15 6 Quarts $2.65 Bowen Bros. 908 Broad St. OMEGA The Flour that is called for everywhere and by everybody. Take no substitute for it. No flour yields such pure and appetising products as Omega Flour. mfm. Distributors Augusta, Georgia Not a Necessary Conclusion. Some one has evidently frozen the pnragrapher of The Augusta Heraid as he chirped thuslv: Ice may not be sent by mail but some mighty freezing letters have been delivered by that mode of conveyance for all that.— Brunswick Journal. LITTLE JOE BROWN Only 1 a tew more weeks till “Blue Jeans Joe." as the Macon Telegraph cal-s the new governor, will take hold. Then, perhaps, crops will do better and bread will be cheaper. By the war, that's about the first thing we want the "Brown and Bread" dispen sation to do, viz , to put down the price of flour.—Swainsbcro Forest- Blade. The Norfolk Landmark says: "We wish Georgia would go on and in augurate Big Joe Brown and stop talking about It." It 111 behooves the Landmark to get grumpy. Doesn’t It appreciate the pleasures of anticipa tion? —Savannah News. We are Impatient for the guberna torial Inauguration In order to see how "Little Joe" will look In the jeans breeches.—Dublin Times. Governor-elect Joseph M. Brown FRIDAY, JUNE 18. PURE, DELIGHTFUL, \ THIRST QUENCHING DRINKS —at— * ALEXANDER DRUG CO’S SODA FOUNTAIN. Our syrups and creams are made up from pure fruits and cream. We want your patron age and offer you good service. 708 Broad Street. We close our Fountain On Sunday. GYPSINE The beautiful finish for walls, easily ap plied, almost as cheap as white w'a s h 10 colors to select from; send for color card, showing shades. 2 packages worth 90c will do over a large room. L. A. GARDELLE Drugs and Paints 620 Broad 620 Broad HUMPHREY INSTANTANEOUS HEATERS No kettle watching; hot water in a second of time. Ask for Heater Booklet. The Henry Huff Co. '“The Sign of Satisfaction.” Office Showroom ’Phone 472 611 Broad PLUMBERS, High Class Vacant Lots at Reasonable Prices for sale by Clarence E. Clark REAL ESTATE, 842 Broad. PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGINES AND BOILERS Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills, Injec tors, pumps and Fittings, Wood Saws, Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys, Belting, Gasoline Engines, Mill Supplies and Repairs, S t l o a cT»t lombard Foundry, Machine and Boiler Works and Supply Store, AUGUSTA, GA. JAPANESE PAPER NAPXINS. 25 Cts Per 100. —for PICNICS, FISHING PARTIES, BARBE CUES. Richards Stationery Co. has fallen in love with the newspaper boys. He has appointed Three of them on his executive force. — Waynesboro True Citizen. It appears that the Joe Brown “Jeans" are not just the plain old fashioned ‘jeans" of our fathers. We trust Mr. Brown's democracy will wear just as well, nevertheless.—Ma con News. Governor-elect Joe Brown of Geor gia is starting out well. He has ap pointed a newspaper man as his seo ,-tarv. —Anderson Mali. Even His Enemies Praise Him. Governor Bmith seems to be along the right line, when he suggests th# substitution of a prison supervisor for the prison commission. Why so many expensive salaries? — Rome Tribune- Herald.