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Now Isn't this a a wool mean! Re
ferrlng to the sugar I ruat invest iga.
tlon, of course.
Benjamin Devil is in jail In New
York, but old Nick ol the name name,
la still ai large and putting In extra
work In his line.
Perhaps Evelyn took to keeping
that anake with her iih a pet because
•he thinks Harry will succeed In get
ting himself turned loose thla tltne
"Wonder If Mrs, Catt wonra a rat?'’
asks the Jacksonville Thnes Union.
Of course not; If she wears anything
like it, it's a rail.
If Turkey can't get a national
hymn any other way the Ingplniilou
for composing one might he furnish
ed by hanging old Abdul on a sour
apple tree
The Ella (Jingles case In Chicago
read* almost like a New York atory.
Chicago is determined to remain u
close second to the eastern metrop
olis.
The senate added 847 amendments
to the tariff bill as ll passed the
house. That will give the conference
committee something to chew ou
quite a while
Mlsb Elkins is announced to visit
Paris The Duke of Abruzzi nlso
prrfbtfhl) hits completed his explore
tlous in the Himalayan mountains,
•mi may try to recover from the
fatigue in Prance.
Governor Brown Imu begun to pay
bis political debts The paper* an
nounce that "Gov. Brown, tu rucog
cltton of the Farmer#’ Union, hu* np
pointed Mr. J. L. Barron keeper of
public bulldtugs ’’
President Taft ha* announced hi*
lr.te.ntt->u to visit Augusta again next
September Having drunk Savannah
river wnwr for two months he could
not remain away longer and lit* happy.
Tip' Snvanneh Press evidently
thinks that time flies fast in North
Carotins It says that state hits been
dry a year or more. But perhaps
aotnc North Carolinians fee] that
way. and The Pres.-- got it from them.
Some peop'e contend that there are
a* many Indium in he oountn now
a* there ever were This may be true
as to some tribes, but certainly not
of the cigar store Indian, a tribe
once ao numerous and mow almost ex
tinct.
The fellow In Snvttnnah who made
an Odd Fellows’ sign to a return
ranter and then robbed him was an
odd fellow all right. He is now a
candidate to do odd work on the
road*.
Those English statesmen cannot hs
as shrewd as they get credit for be
ing if they were they would get
some big dry goods store to advertise
a great bargain counter sale for the
day set by the suffragettes for a raid
on parliament.
In Wilmington one collector rlioti
and killed another, and was* theuj
promptly locked up In jail It is de
plorable for men to kill each other, >
but If it 1$ to he done there would
be some consolation in the fact if it
were confined to collectors
Governor Brown has appointed 't j
new colonels to serve on his .staff
To preserve the democratic simplic
ity of his administration he will prob
ably order that their uniforms con- 1
slst of Georgia eans. and their j
weapons of long handled gourds.
R- prosertutive Littleton of Rlch-j
tt d t\ introduced the longest (
petition Friday morning that was ever
presented to the house. It was tvo
hundred feet long, and strong i n pro
portion, in favor of compulsory edu
cation.
A SLOGAN FOR AUGUSTA.
Tho contest opened by The Herald for the coining of a slogan for
Augustans is creating the keenest interest. Not only are the people of
Augusta Interested, hut the papers of other cities are watching the r<-
suit. Ft is a new idea, bn* its practicality and value is at once appre
ciated so soon a a it is well considered. Hence it i•- that suggestions
are multiplying, and the Hlogun Editor's desk is being loaded with sug
gestions. And for this reason, because during the last two days the
number has so greatly Increased, bowing that mon people are giving it
thought and it is desired to get the benefit of the greatest number and
variety, tha'c it has been decided to leave the contest open another week.
Now let everybody try. Even those who have sent In their sug
i ■ sfton may try again. Having given further thought to the subject
may have led to a new inspiration. At arty rate it costs nothing and may
win the prize and better than tha , may become the, slogan of Augu tans
to help enthuse the spirit to lead to a Greater Augusta.
What is a slogan, as contemplated under this proposition? Ordi
narily it is a battlecry, or a cry to arouse the people 'to action. "Re
member the Alamo" was the slogan of the Texans which kindled the en
thusiasm that led to Texan Independence and later to Texas becoming
one of the great sisterhood of slat* "Remember the Maine" Is well
remembered as the slogan which led 'to the victories of the Spanish war
and the liberation of Cuba. A d ogan for the people of a city would
he a kind of trade-mark for that city, concise and expressive, popular
to use, and Instantly recognized as pertaining to that city as "Whore
the ocean breezes blow" nt once fixes the mind on Tybee Island.
Hur-li a happy phrase coined and popularized by the people would
become a standing advertisement of the greatest value for Augusta, in
a distinctive and suggestive expression which would be all her own.
Who will it be to make the suggestion of the many that are being
made, that shall be pronounced the best by the judges?
COTTON PICKING BY MACHINERY
Commenting on the statement that a young man in Augusta has in
vented a cotton picker, the Edgefield Advertiser does not take, a very
optimistic view of it. That tho Invention is a practical machine it does
not doubt, but the information that it, can tie placed on the market for
SSOO or S6OO at, most kills its enthusiasm. ‘‘At that price,” says our con
temporary, "only a few fanners in Edgefield can afford such a luxury.”
This is a mistake. A practical cotton picking machine would not
be a luxury. It would be a necessity. It would reduce the price of
cotton picking and in this way soon pay its cost. Those farmers who
had such a machine would be enabled to produce cotton cheaper than
those who bad not. This would compel all progressive farmers to equip
themselves with those machines, and. as in the case of wheat threshers,
small farmers whom It would not i«jv to make such an investment
would be served by enterprising men who operated cotton pickers for
hire.
Th> trouble with a cotton picking machine Is not its price. This
might he depended on being reduced n> the lowest possible figure in
a short time, since improvement would lead to Its simplification. When
linotype machines were first invented the price was so high that only
the big dailies were able to equip themselves with them, but subsequent
Improvements have produced machines so reasonable in price that even
the smaller weeklies now find them within their reach, and are rapidly
supplying themselves with these labor-saving machines. So it would
be with cotton picking maohlnes.
Bur the trouble with such machines Is that they must do their work
at one operation, and cotton does not all open at once That a machine
can be constructed to pull cotton locks out of the bolls and deposit
them In a wagon or other receptacle cannot be doubted. This Is a me
chanlcnl operation which a machine can be constructed to perform,
without a doubt, in fact many such machines, operating on different
principles, have been Invented and found to be practical cotton pick
ers. But no machine can be Invented to work at different times at
the same time, and this is what would be required of a cotton picking
machine to make it of practical value to the cotton grower.
When cotton nitons In the boll it requires picking. If this is not
done promptly a large part of it will be blown out by the wind, or drop
of its own weight. Thousands of bales are lost annually on litis account,
because the hands are not available to pick the cotton as fast as it
opens. Granted that a machine has been invented which will pick all
the cotton that is open on the stalkß, when shall It be used? if it be
used when half the cotton Is open the remaining half would he practi
cally deulroyid. for after a machine has been driven through n cotton
field the stalks would he so broken that no machine except a thresher
could work them over again. And if t.ne picking should be delayed un
til all the cotton bolls had opened the best half of the rrep would be
lying in the dirt and perhaps growing again.
For this reason a cotton picking machine, to he of practical value,
can never be invented Small hand picker* might he made, and many of
various kinds have been made which pick separate bollß, but all these
are very little if any Improvement upon expert fingers.
And so for all time to come, unless a kind of cotton ran be produced
which shall open nl! its bolls at the same time, human fingers will re
main the only practicable cotton picking machines.
A PEEP INTO THE FUTURE
The foretelling of future events or conditions is called prophecy.
Yet all such foretelling Is not prophecy. The astronomer who calcu
lates the time of an eclipse of the sun or moon, and a year or longer
before It occurs tells exactly the hour nnd duration as well as the lo
cality from which this eclipse will be visible, is not a prophet. He
(Uas not prophecy, In that there Is In the future event he foretells no
element of doubt. He tells what 1* certain to happen, based on the cal
culations lie has made, and which he has proven and found to be cor
rect.
The farmer who plants a fluid In cotton in Aprti can safely make
his arrangements for picking cotton out of that field In August. This
does not constitute him a prophet, for experience and reason teach him
that this result Is absolutely certain So In various ways, with more
or lea* certainty, future events or conditions niuv be foretold that par
take not of the nature of prophecy, which Is foreknowledge by some
supernatural channel, but by a conclusion reached by reasoning
from known causes to their known effects.
In this way taking a peep Into the future of this section, what doe.g
It show ?
A rich country, the home of teeming millions. Great cities where
there are now small towns. The lands all cultivated like a continuous
garden The tbwns connected by superb roads. Tim rivers and streams
everywhere harnessed to industry, supplying the power for countless in
dustrial plants, giving cm pi ymant to millions of busy workers. To
sa\ that tills will lie the condition of the country around Augusta a
hundred years hence is not prophecy. It is simply foreseeing what
must surely coma to pass from causes which are in operation now.
It Is foreseen that in another century our country will have n popu
lation approaching near to a billion Of this there Is little doubt..
Where will they be sett kid? The North and West are now filled to a
degree t||;rt in some part* ihe population Is crowded. The stream of
immigration has already turned Southward. This stream will grow, un
til this section too will be populated so densely thpt It will seem tilled.
Out suit, can sustain a population ten times atl.t more ils present
uujjihor And within a century, from these causes operating, the popu
lation of the state n litoh ia at present about 2,500.000 "ill have in
creased to 25 000.000 or perhaps 50,000.000.
And people must work This t* the law of human existence. What
work will those million; do? Till the soil Everywhere in the world
It applies that the denser tile population, the more valuable the land
and the more carefully t* it tilfsd With such a large population there
"ill he no Idle land. No land allowed to lie waste and unimproved.
Every acre will bo cultivated. In the effort to make it yield the most it
may he made to yield. The farming population will he mauv times
doubled.
So also will be the Industrial population. In a hundred yuan the
world will require annually a hundred million hales of cotton. The
most of It will he grown tu our cotton belt. And the most of it will be
manufactured here The mills to make tho cloth to clothe the world will
be located In the South.
ln addition to this there will be innumerable other Industries, de
veloping our mineral and other resources And all this Industry will
promot" trade So will there he employment for the millions whose
home this section will be.
This is not propheiv It Is not a fancy dream It is the cold rea
soning from cause to effect, almost as conclusive as a mathematical
demonstration
And when this condition shall urriv. with the time that must bring
It, what of Augusta' This fair city will still be here, for this is the
place designed by nature ter ihe central city of this great valley which
opens Into the Piedmont section r h<» river will have become a great
highway of traffic. The city of 50.000 will have grown to a great me
tropolis of many hundred thousands The business blocks will extend
far into the present residence section. The suburbs will stretch for
miles in every direction. City lots vrul command prices that now seem
fabulous, while they arc so cheap. The yonng man who acquires city
property now and holds It, will leave his children rich In landed
wealth.
This is what a peep into the future reveals. All can see this who
will look. And the wise ones will look and profit by what they se<x
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
MORGANATIC MARRIAGES.
The report that Mias Elkins is go
ing abroad has revived the gossip
concerning her engagement to the
Duke of Abruzzi, and speculation as
to whether this w-ill lead to a meeting
and reconciliation between the cou
ple and ultimate marriage.
As the public understands, the
i Duke met thr? lady in Italy, fell in
| love with her, paid court to her and
sought to win her for his wife. He
j had wort her love and secured her
| promise to marry him, when his rela
| rives raised objections. The Duke
| is of royal family, first cousin to the
King of Italy, and it is regarded as
a mesalliance and a disgrace for one
of royal blood to marry other than a
! princess. The Duke, who appears
] to be a manly man despite the fact
! that-he is a prince, was disposed to
disregard this barrier, bur in this he
was over ruled by bis family. Tho
dowager queen, his grandmother, as
’ well as the King’s and who rules the
family in matters of etiquette, was
firm in her opposition. The family
council issued its emphatic veto on
! the proposed marriage, and if the
Duke • married her under these con
ditions i’t would moan the forfeiture
j of all his birthrights as a royal prince
of Italy.
There have been royal princes who
have paid thlß price for their love,
; but for reasons which appealed to
i him , the Duke of Abruzzi did not
choose to adopt this course. Perhaps
; the lady herself refused her con
sent to 'this sacrifice. At any rate
l it wasn't made. Instead he proposed
a Morganatic marriage, which the
| lady declined. And so the interesting
| case stands, and as all the world loves
I a lover so ail the world is interested
to see the ending of this romance.
There seems confusion in the minds
lof many as to what constitutes a
j Morganatic marriage. Such marriages
are not uncommon in Europe, where
they are consummated in cases like
this. These are marriages between
princes of royal blood and ladies of
plebeian hirtli, in which in marriage
the left hand, instead of the right is
given, and for that reason they are
also called left handed marriages. In
such marriages the wife does not
share her husband’s rank or station.
Although the marriage is considered
legitimate, the wife Is not recognized
by 'the husband's family, and while
he forfeits by such a marriage none
of his rights as a royal prince, his
wife does not share them nor do the
children of such a union Inherit
them.
Of course the wife should share all
the honors that may be her hus
band’s by right of birth or achieve
ment, and as an American girl the
lady did rigli’t in refusing a marriage
which did not include all this. Now
what will he the further course of
this true-love which has encountered
such rare breakers? Will the old
dowager queen relent, or will the
Duke sacrifice family ties and high
station as the price of his love?
RETIRE THE GALLOWS
On Friday las't there were tw-o exe
cutions in Georgia. Two men, con
victed after a fair trial of murder,
paid the penalty of this crime as the
law directs. This was hanging them
by the neck until they were dead.
In regard to capita! punishment
there is a difference of opinion. Some
people are opposed 'to it, and others
believe that it is the only adequate
mode of punishment for certain
crimes. Those who oppose it do so
from motives of humanity; they be
lieve that the infliction of capital
pnlshment is brtftal, cruel and de
meruornltzing, and that some other
mode of punishment could be adopted
not open to these objections. Those
who favor capital punishment for
certain crimes do so because it is
commanded in the Bible, and because
they believe that this is the only
mode of punishment, that provides
adequate atonement for the crime
committed, and adequate protection
to society against the spread of such
crimes.
Much can be said on each side of
this question, and it will probably re
main an open one for generations to
come.
While agreement on this point is
impossible, there is another on which
advocatas and opponents of capital
punishment would easily agree If ft
should only be presented to them.
This is that executions should be
more humane If the execution of a
death sentence he in the most hu
mane maimer possible It would be
the next thing 'to the abolishment of
capital punishment, and the advocates
of this would favor it. And since capi
tal punishment contemplates only
snuffing out the life of the criminal
and this can be us effectively done in
a more humane manner than by
hanging, those who belteve in capital
punishment cannot object to it.
Hanging a matt by the neck is a
horribly cruel and barbarous form of
execution. I'nder the most favorable
circumstances exceedingly revolt
ing, aud sometimes it becomes posi
tively fiendish ln Its details Of the
two hangings In our state last Fri
day one was of this character. The
cotton rope that was used
stretched to such an extent that the
oonTict's feet touched the ground.
This making strangulation impossible
IN THE LAND OF PLENTY
Providence has smiled upon he farmers of this section this year.
The seasons have been all that could have been desired. There were
no late killing frosts in the spring. A dry May gave splendid oppor
tunity for working out the young crops. And since tho latter part of
May there have come a succession of generous rains which have made
the grass grow, to be sure, but which have also made the crops grow
in a way to delight, the hearts of the farmers.
And so we have reached nearly the middle of July, with beautiful
sunshine tempered by cooling breezes succeeding another general rain.
The corn crop is made, except the latest plantings. And such a corn
crop as is now r ripening its grains in the fields of this section has per
haps never before been known. Fortunately the acreage also is large,
a result of the low- price of cotto n and the high price of grain at plant
ing time, and so the yield of corn this year will be far beyond the aver
age and greater than the best previous yield.
Not only the corn but the forage crops are exceedingly fine. The
yield of hay of various kinds this year will be extraordinarily large,
and since after all these early summer rains a dry latter summer may
be expected, the prospect for curing it in fine condition is good. This
will mean an abundance of feed on every farm, and full corn cribs and
barns make the farmer independent.
The cotton crop also is very promising at this time. Although not
as far advanced as the corn crop, it is all that it could be desired to be
at this season. The plants have had no setback and are fruiting splen
didly. It was the hot dry- weather about this time last which
biighted the cotton prospect, just as the hot winds (despite the fun made
by politicians about Governor Smith’s declaration to this effect) cut
short Georgia’s prospect for a two million bale crop two years ago. But
this year we have had the hot spell, and r.assed it without injury to
cotton, and all indications are that the weather conditions will remain
favorable, assuring a top crop as well as a bottom crop for the first time
in several years. The largest cotton crop for this section is now' in
sight.
And prices are high. Spot cotton is selling at 12% cents, and the
tendency is upward. Some of our farmers are now selling their cotton
for 12 cents for future delivery, and others are holding off, believing
that the price wili be still higher. There will be the rare combination
next fall of a good crop coupled with good prices,
Add to this full corn cribs and barns, with the smoke house ac
companiment, and peas, potatoes, cane and other by-crops which all
promise well, and it appears that this section will be truly a Land of
Plenty next fail. The fanners will have more money than they ever had
before, and besides will have more supplies at home than they ever
had before. The plenty of the farms will overflow' into the towms, and
prosperity will smile upon this entire section her most contentment
and joy-giving smile.
It will be prosperity with a big p, after two years of leanness.
ARE OUR PEOPLE “OVERCHURCHED”
This is a question that is now being discussed. The Charleston
Post, speaking for that city, is inclined to think that they are not.
It reasons that seventy churches, lhe number credited to that city, is
not too much, since that would give an average membership of 1.000
to each church. Even with less than 20 per cent of the population
church members or church attendants, bringing the average down to
150, it does not think that the city is overchurched.
Augusta has proportionately still more churches than Charleston.
Just how many churches there are In Augusta nobody seems able to
say with the assurance that the number is right. But that churches are
very numerous is a fact that is patent to all. Two o n one city block is
by no means a rarity, and they are found on almost every street.
Greene street is studded with them. In the heart of the cotion sec
tion stands the church. Among the busy provision warehouses the
church is sandwiched. On the main streets and on the side streets, in
the older parts of the city and in the newer parts and out in the sub
urbs as well, everywhere are churches.
If the number of churches be a measure of the goodness of the
people this would be an excellent showing for Augusta, since it would
prove that we were far advanced towards the angelic stage. This claim
cannot be made. Still it may be reasoned that a very large number of
churches is a good thing, since churches are uplifting agencies and of
these the more the better.
But there is another view to take of this matter. The better a
church can he supported the greater is the amount of good it can do.
And since the support, of a church must come from its membership,
as a general proposition it must apply that the larger the membership
the better the support of the church. This being true, why should
churches be multiplied, when there are enough? The complaint of al
most ali pastors is concerning empty pews, and it is only on the rarest
occasions that any church is crowded. Yet the church building con
tinues, and principally of those denominations which are already amply
provided with church accommodations, with the inevitable result that
many of these churches are starved, and very few get as strong support
as they need.
What would he sufficient to constitute one strong church, equipped
to enter fully into ali modern church activities in a way to accomplish
the best results, if divided among several churches, would meat; a
number barely able to keep tp the appearance of life. And the very
appearance of sofne of our many churches is proof that this is the case.
If this is true ,are we not overchurched? Would the cause of re
ligion not be better served if the number of our churches were smaller,
which would mean churches better equipped to fulfill their mission?
THE PROGRESS IN NAVIGATION
Next fall it is planned to have a grand Hudson-Fulton celebration,
In honor of the discoverer of the Hudson river and of the inventor of the
steamboat which made its first trial trip on that river, from New -York
to Albany. A feature of that celebration will be a parade up this river,
ln which the central figures will be reproductions of the two original
vessels, accompanied by a fleet of modern craft of all descriptions.
‘‘De Halve Maen” —The Half Moon —is now' being built in Holland,
an exact counterpart of Henrik Hudson’s vessel on which he discovered
the Hudson river and sailed up the stream for a considerable distance,
in 1609. As nearly as possible, from old drawings and descriptions, the
ship is being built and fitted up in every detail to be just like the ship
commanded by the Dutch navigator. The ship, when completed, will be
placed on the deck of a trans-Atlantic liner to be brought to New York,
for the great ships of 300 years ago were such toys, compared to mod
erns ships, that it is not deemed wise to attempt to sail it across the
ocean.
Simultaneously a duplicate of the Clermont is being built on Staten
Island. This was the name of Fulton’s steamboat, although the popular
name given it while it was building was Fulton’s Folly. But it is his
tory now- how on August 17, 1807, almost exactly 200 years after Henrik
Hudson had first sailed up the river which now bears his name, the
little steamship built hv Robert Fulton sailed over the same course at
the then wonderful speed of four miles an hour.
In strange contrast with these two spirits of the past will appear
Ihe modern ships, for there will be present, to join in this parade some
of the finest warships of various nations, as well as ocean and river
craft of all descriptions. It will present an impressive and striking ob
ject lesson of the progress that has been made in navigation within the
past three hundred years.
Instead of the little sloop, so small teat it could not now be trusted
to sail across the ocean, there are the great 20.000-to n ocean liners and
battleships, and 20.000-ton sailing vessels like the great ship Preussen
now sailing in the Pacific ocean, and instead of the 4-miles-an-hour baby
steamboats there are ocean greyhounds which cross the Atlantic in four
days.
And with this object lesson in the progress in water navigation will
come the thought of aerial navigation. Just one hundred years after
the first steamboat was navigated the first flying machine successfully
sailed the air. It is true this was only a trial test, and not so much
of a flight after all. But the same applies to Hudson's first attempt.
And just as fro m the little Clermont has evolved the Mauretania, so out
of the little Wright aeroplane, (which demonstrated the possibility of
aerial navigation as Fulton's steamboat demonstrated the feasibility of
steam water navigation! what may not be expected to follow;
If a century hence a celebration in honor of the first flight of an
airship be held, as this Hudson-Fulton celebration is to be held this
fall, what sort of airships will acc impany the little aeroplane that shall
be built in Imitation of the Wright machine?
the rope was cut, and the victim,
with blood flowing from his mouth
and piteously begging for water in
his dared condition, was again carried
upon the scaffold, and suspended by
the neck until death ensued from
strangulation after fifteen minutes
of torture.
This horrible experience should be
the weight to turn the scales to de
cide the abolishment of the gallows,
and the adoption of a more humane
method of Inflicting capital punish
ment. Several stakes have adopted
electrocution, but this is, if anything.
more cruel and revolting than hang
ing. The electric chair is worse in
every respect than the gallows. Death
can be brought about by other means,
unattended by any revolting circum
stances. Such a method should be
adopted as the prescribed way of in
flloting capital punishment.
It has been recommended by Gen.
C. A. Evans, one of the state's prison
commissioners and one of the most
humane of men. Why should not his
motion be heartily seconded from all
sides? Why should not the plan he
suggested be adopted and made the
StrWDAT, JULY It.
I F you consider it
* worth while
pear somewhat different
ly dressed than is the
great majority, you can
find much of interest in
our Tailoring Depart
ment. Many of the ex
clusive patterns in high
grade woolens that come
to us from the leading
weavers of England. Ire
land and Scotland can
not be found elsewhere in
the Southern States.
Dorr
Tailoring , Furnishings
For Men of Taste.
Sweet
Soaps
ALEXANDER’S
Just received a lot from
COLGATE & CO.
Sells
At 10c Cake.
3 for 25 Cents
WHITE CLEMATIS.
ALMOND CREAM
GEROSA
COLD CREAM
708 BROAD ST.
FAMILY DRUGGISTS.
Bath Brushes, Large Sponges,
25c to SI.OO.
Canning Goods
HOME CANNERS (28G degrees or
more) hold 14-qt, fruit jars. Scien
tific, $13.50 net.
FACTORY CANNERS—Steam pro
cess, same as home canners —2,000
cans per day, $95.00.
MASON FRUIT JARS—Quarts and
%-gailons. Get prices.
RECEIPTS given for all processing
work.
SOLDERING OUTFITS, SB.OO.
GET LITERATURE showing prooess
and descriptions of canning ma
chines.
N.L.WM Seed Go.
Augusta, Ga.
JAPANESE PAPER
NAPKINS.
25 Cts Per 100.
—sor—
PICNIC, FISHING
PARTIES, BARBE
CUES.
Richards
Stationery Co.
COOK’S
Goldblume
The Best Brewed
law by the legislature now sitting?
Georgia is not ready to abolish cap
ital punishment, but she is ready to
retire the gallows, and let the crimi
nal adjudged unworthy of longer life
pass out of it as painlessly and easily
as passing into sleep. All that Is
is needed is a man to champion this
cause. _
