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Augusta, Ga., Thursday, Sapt. 9, 1909
No communication will bo publlahoo
In The Harold unions the name of the
writer la alirrod to the article.
The Augusta Herald haa a larger city
circulation than any other paper, and a
larger total circulation than any other
Auguala paper. Thla haa been proven
by the Audit Co., of New York
"You’ll like Augusta”—the city
which will put on the beat fair In two
state* next November.
Cook or Peary, who Is entitled to be
styled the discoverer of the north
polet
You can't pet too much of n good
thing, and this proves that discover
ing a north pole is not a good thing.
Cotton Is now coming In with n
rush, and every bale that Is sold puts
S6O Into the farmer's Jeans.
The oyster supply also Is said to
be extra large this year. Kverythtng
is more plentiful this year than usual
except booze.
Those Atlanta young men who have
invented a flying machine which they
fly at night must have Invented ri
night hawk.
A new Cook hook Is blng prepared
for the press and will he out ns soon
ns the work can be done. But It
will contain no cooking recipes.
Now, Instead of trying to And the
pole, arctic explorers will probably
be trying to flml that brass tube Dr.
Cook burled at the pole.
A record breaking crop of Ben
Davis apples ts said to be ripening on
the trees. Everything makes a noise
like prosperity tills year.
"The open door" Just at this time
Is not located In Asia and does uot
refer to trade. Ask any school boy
If this Isn't true.
The "good old summer time" will
soon bo over, and if you have any
summer promises remaining unfulfill
ed the time Is growing short.
If there’s a reason for everything
that Is being done, what Is the rea
son why the dear girls wear dresses
to button up in the back?
French duelists seems to bo getting
very careless. The other day two
captains fought a duel In Pnris with
•words, and both were quite severely
wounded
Mrs. Melody, a Chicago widow, Is
suing for a big slice of the fortune
left by "Silent" Smith. She will
doubtless feel equal to her name If
she succeeds.
Mr Roosevelt will probably side
with those who believe that Dr. (took
Is not a faker. For you see. If Dr.
Cook's story Is discredited the pole
will not have been discovered during
bis administration.
Caruso has announced that he will
wear a gulden brown dress suit. But
the Idea Is not original with him, for
he evidently got It from reading about
the inauguration of Gov Brown.
Mrs Annie Besant claims that she
was born in Bern 12,000 years ago.
That explains where she got all those
antiquated notions she 1* trying to un
load on gullible people.
Dr Cook Is generous, but he Is mis
taken when he thinks that there Is
honor enough for both In the claim
that each was the first to set foot on
the pole.
The Elberton Star telllnic about a
man by the name of Plano, neglect* to
state whether he square or upright
The fart that he la a preacher can
not be accepted as an Infallible guide.
An Atlantic City parson has an
nounced that the men In hta church
may smoke while he preaches. But
shouldn't he allow the women of hts
congregation an equal chance to pre
pare for the hereafter?
It would be serving Chattanooga
exactly right for the Tourists to heat
the stuffing out of that team, got to
gether Just for this set of games. And
the Tourists are Just the boys to do
that very thing
From present appearances It will re
quire a big dose of that loving ktna
ness which Editor Dick Grubb like*
to talk about to settle this little mat
ter that har been sprung by those
pole discoverers
Lily Langtry is said to be writing
her memoirs 1 ney will be inter
esting doubtless, but not nearly so
much as a biography would be writ
ten bv some one acquainted with the
facts and not dlaortmlntin* enough
not to tell all.
A LABOR PROBLEM THAT SEEMS TO BE VERY
FAR-REACHING CAPITAL SAYS TO LABOR
TAKE WHAT YOU FIND IN YOUR PAY EN
VELOPE, BE SATISFIED, OR GET OUT
Possibly the only thing in recent months that has seemed to mili
tate against the great wave of prosperity that Is surging all over this
country, has been a cumber of very acute labor problems and strikes
that hive broken out In various cities, Industries and sections of the
country.
We have had the firemen’s strike on the Georgia railroad, in which
not so much a question of wages was involved as there was a issue,
which resulted, however, in the raise of the wages of the negro firemen;
there have been street car strikes in a number of cities, but the most
serious and far-reaching has been the strike of the steel pressed car
workers at McKees Rocks, Pa., in which some very interesting questions
have been brought to the surface. They are vital both to the labor and
capital interests of the country, anti they affect as well the entire body
of the people.
Mr. Paul I' Kellogg, who has "been investigating the causes of the Mc-
Kees Rocks trouble, thus states the Issue:'' It was a case of the em
ployers saying to the employes: 'Take what you find In your pay envel
opes and he thankful. Don't bother us with questions. If you are not
satisfied with your Jobs get out and make room for the many who are
ready to take them.’"
From the standpoint of the non the Issue is thus stated: "It is a
elean-rut illustration of she part which the Slavs may play In the indus
trial life of this country. It. Is the protest of the half nsslmilated, the
half-Americanized, the half-skilled against the very Industrial policies
which have brought them here and which, by the deploying of fresh mi
grations, tend to keep them all down to w-hat the company calls "ordinary
day labor." ... It finds American workmen casting their lot with
the Slavs, and It finds public opinion In the Pennsylvania steel district
backing up their joint cause.”
From the standpoint of the employers it introduces a new system
of administration and Industry, The new system Is thus described:
"They established a track system by which even a crude working
force practically drives itself In turning out cars, and a pooling system
of payment which keeps the labor cost per car within a fixed charge to
the company and which unloads the hazards of lost time and mistakes
In construction largely upon the men. The strike has been
over a sweeping reduction in wages (as against 1907) which the men
Inld up to this new system. Their grievances crystallized In the charge
tha. they had no means of knowing what was coming to them on pay
day, and that when they complained about It they were given neither
rate nor redress.
"They will not tolerate petitions or meet with representatives of the
men, and they refuse to arbitrate. They hold that so long as a man ac
cepts employment In their works he must accept the terms they grant
or quit.; that so long ns he can quit work the man w,io thinks himself
under paid has no grievance; and that (If one 1s to believe the Pittsburg
press) wnether one man or a thousand quit work Is none of the pub
lic’s business. Its part is to keep the peace. That ts what the company
pays taxes for.”
Mr. Kellogg’s statement of the case of the McKees Rocks trouble
brings out some very grave and portentlous problems tbat seem bound
to nffect tho relations of capital and labor throughout the whole country,
as the ease Is a very acute one and brings out In striking contrast the
demands of the Interests of the men and the employers.
WORK AND RIGHTEOUSNESS
It Is significant, that just so Boon as the Red-Shirt convention
rloHod In Anderson, Richard Carroll started his big negro revival
meeting In that city. Carroll preaches the doctrine of “work and
righteousness" as the only "salvation" of the negro. However,
Carroll’s doctrine of "work and righteousness” might very profitably
lie preached by our white preachers for the benefit of a considerable
number of whites. Laurensville Herald.
It Is Indeed significant when ,i negro preacher preaches the doctrine
of "work and righteousness" to negroes. Too much, when not preaching
d'>ctrlnal sermons, has the subject of these discourses been the very
opposite, and In a groat measure the fact that the negroes, as a race,
have not made greater progress has been due to the fact that they have
(brought more of "forty acreß and a mule” coming to them as a klft, of
some government office or other soft snap where they wouldn't have to
work, or of higher education and social equality. If there Hhall now come
more negro preachers and negro leaders to preach to and teach their
people the righteousness of work It will not only promote the harmony
that now exists between the races in this section, hut It will tend hi the
material advancement of the colored race, and this will bring with it
moral elevation.
The negroes In Richmond county pay taxes on a million dollar's
worth of property, nearly all of which represents teo accumulation of tho
reward of honest efforts It Is the negroes who own property who form
In largest part, If nol exclusively, that portion of their race which holds
the respect of all. and who are to be emulated by others ns their exemp
lars When the negroes themselves look down upon the lazy. Idling and
shiftless of their rare in contempt, then the time will have come when
the relationship between tho races will be fixed, and abidingly agreeable
and mutually helpful.
Our Laurensville contemporary very correctly observes that the
number of negroes who practice the righteousness of work Is now much
greater than It wns during lted Shirt days. It was Idleness and the
vlslousness begotten of Idleness which was the underlying cause of those
troubles.
It further scores a centre shot when It says that "the doctrine of
work and righteousness’ might very profitably be preached hv our white
preachers for the benefit of a considerable number of whites." Work
is the keystone of nil success The successful men are all men who
work, and thin applies not only to success materially, hut In every
other way The white man Who Is poor and Is not engaged In regular
work because morally degraded and vicious, the same cause having the
same effect upon the white man as upon the black. And the white man
who has the means to live without work and for that reason engages In
no useful occupation almost Invariably goes to the dogs morally, for
It ever remains true that Satan finds some mischief still for Idle hands
to do.
Work and righteousness are very closely related. It Is a doctrine
that cannot be preached too much
YOU’LL LIKE AUGUSTA
Yes, you'll like Augusta everybody does. President Taft U com
ing back this Fall and Augusta Is going to give hint a right royal and
warm welcome, and Rockefeller and Harrlman and a thousand and
one celebrities along with tho rest of the common people who can spero
'the time and the cash will also be on hand for the opening of the tour
ist season and the new golf links, the Georgla-Carollna Fair, and do a
little shopping and resting and recuperating, and talking over the sit
uation.
The Herald's Idea for a slogan for Augusta seems to be worrying
s few of our sister cities of the state They already like the lino Tho
Hernld has been running at the head of Its editorial columns; "You'll
Like Augusta." ami ihe Columbus Enquirer sun says; "Should a progres
sive city have a slogan? Augusta’s ts "You'll like Augusta." "Buffalo
Means Business" "1 will" Chicago; "Detroit life Is worth living;" "Make
Kansas City a good place to live and do business," etc.
Yes, we would like to see Columbus have a good slogan, an appro
priate slogan-something restful and peaceful. For many years Colum
bus was the only tow- n in the world that sleeping cars ’ nevar ran
through. Maybe they have sleeping ears nowadays that pass through
Columbus If so. we suggest for Columbus' slogan “Take a sleepor and
wake up In Columbus, or Why take a sleeper whon you can sleep in
Columbus-"
Columbus Is a good town and should by all moans have a slogan,
SPECIAL MARKET NEWS OF THE HERALD
At this soaeon of the year, the people of the Bouth. farmers men
chnms. cotton factors, business men, In fact nearlv si! our r-ople are
interested In the Dally Market News. Realising the s rea: business Im
portance of furnishing Herald reade-s and subscribers at the earliest pos
sible moment with this market news, 'the Herald has a special corre
spondent in New Orleans with an office In tho Cottou Exchange Building
who wires The Herald each day wha ; tho Now Orleans market te dolnt
A similar service comes by wire each day from New York,
You get the day', markets In The Herald lj hours ahead of the
market service of the morning papers—you get tho nows of tho
koto Jus; Is >rt get the news of the world tho dav bgpnpns In The
Herald In addition to the regular city edition. The Herald also mib
■ iahes a Special Market Edition, devoted to market r.awa and vlow» P 'nr
out of town subscribers. - * ror
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Fifty reals a month brings you The Dslly and Sunday Herald and
you tl find It worth money for the market new# alone these days,
THE AUGUfiTA HERALD
THE PEONAGE CASES IN PENNSYLVANIA
The Charges Against the Steel Trust Seem Much More Substantial
Ihan Charges Against Southern Employers
The prosecutions for peonage In
Pennsylvania are most untimely—they
are either based on such misrepresen
tations as were uncovered In the case
of Florida and other states, or they
should have been Instituted many
years ago. For the testimony offered
and considered suffirtent to warrant
prosecution now has been offered
many times before—a congressional
committee published a book full of
*£uch testimony in its investigation
of the old Homestead riots. The
charges now made discover only the
ordinary business method of certain
corporations that have grown exceed
ingly wealthy, while practicing them;
may we not inquire what is beneath
the sudden activity of the department?
While President Roosevelt was horri
fied at the suggestion of peonage in
the South, nothing seemed wrong
about Pittsburg, and he encouraged
the special agents with praise and un
stinted money to discover guilt where
investigation promised political capi
tal without a hint of what existed un
der his eyes and nose.
Might the complaints of the Italian
government as to the treatment of im
migrants have something to do with
this abnormal activity In a solid re
publican state? Is It necessary that a
foreign nation apply the spur before
our government can get busy with Its
plain duties? The thought Is humiliat
ing, but there Is enough apparent
truth to Justify the suspicion that hu
miliation is warranted by facts.
The peonage discovered in the South
was that of a hard driver to a defense
less laborer —in every case where
wholesale charges were made involv
ing assured practice the proofs were
thrown out of court. Now cruel men
are to be found wherever there is
MR- THAW’S MOTHER
When Mr. Harry Thaw was recent
ly refused a release from the New
York Asylum for the Criminal In
sane, he remarked, "with deep feel
ing," we are assured by a sentimental
writer, “I am so sorry for mother,”
While it is by no means discredit
able to Mr. Thaw that he should at
last, have been moved to feel “so
sorry” for his old mother, it is to he
regretted both for her sake and for
his that he was not impelled to that
mental attitude some few years earlier
Much of the bitterness of unrelenting
regret might have been saved to many
people, and months and even years of
deep humiliation avoided thereby.
Better than all of this, however,
would it have been for both Harry
Thaw and the elder Mrs. Thaw had
♦he voting man been c ” nsid .
enough in earlier years to have been
"glad for mother.” That was the
great thing he neglected and omitted
to do She lavished wealth upon him;
she did all she knew how to make
his existence bright and happy. She
wanted him to enjoy life—*> e glad.
Had he accepted her contributions to
his pleasure— misguided as they may
have been— With righteous apprecia
tion and employed them in man.y.
and honest way, he might have been
very glad. Indeed; and glad tor his
old mother's sake
"Sorry for mother!” After dagfing
her down to the depths of despair, as
ter leading her along pathways of woe
unutterable and anguish indescribable
to he "sorrv for mother” Isn't much.
Probably it" is the best a shriveled
and sordid nature such as Harry
Thaw’s has to give; and if that be the
case, let him have such credit as
may he due him for tt. As he sits in
his Isolation at Matteawan and re
views his wretched past —if he does
that--is. may not, of coiusa, renr.elv
a dop cridei: situation in any marked
degre if now :nd then he feels "sor
ry for r.:;nher. ’ As least, however, it
will do it.m ro harm—Washington
Herat t.
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♦ EDITORIAL FUNNYGRAPHS ♦
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The King of Spain has shaved his
! side whiskers. Just as well he did
i so and saved some of the Insurgents
the trouble. —Atlanta Journal.
A young lady in Macon allowed her
I lover to wear her watch and he went
j off and married another girl. In
place of watch she ought to have
"chained" him. — Laurensville News
Herald.
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They are planning some life-saving
tests In Washington. One Is that
married men who go home late at
night shall be accompanied by a di
plomatic friend. —Savannah Press.
There Is one advantage in Walter
Wellman's expeditions to the north |
pole. No one has to go after and find
| him. He always finds himself—or!
j rather he neve- gets lost. —Macon i
I News.
I
A man In Wilmington Is said to
have painted a spider on hts bald
spot. In order to scare away the files,
i Think how foolish the poor fellow
will feel when some one tells him that
scientists say flies can't see.—Elbep
ton Star.
A Chicago judge has ruled that as
the head of his household a man may
eject his mother-ln-iaw. Truly, he
may but very few men are disposed
to hunt trouble. Atl&nts Constitution
It is feared that In future people
will not be allowed to use the abbre
viation Ala., because it so near ale.—•
Rome Tribune Herald.
It has been suggested that Mr. Har
, rlman who has lost 10 pounds and
Mr. Taft who has many pounds he
desires to get rid of, should pool their
tissues and make the net result a
Joint concern.— Birmingham Age-Her
aid.
An optimist Is a man who beltsres
the time will come when the fashion
in women's hats will change but once
in three seasons—Anderson Mall.
President Taft has consented to be
preeent and open the Oeorgla-Carcllna,
fair In Augusta this fall. Other at
tractions are yet to be announcetL—,
Oglethorpe Soho. J
ignorance and helplessness—we would
not hold Col. Roosevelt guilty if the
contractor who furnishes women bear
ers for his camp equipage should be
shown to have used hippopotamus
w-hips and plain sticks to urge effi
ciency on the long march or to re
press discontent when the waterholes
are found dry on arrival. But he
charged guilt to a whole people on the
mere suspicion that wrong had been
committed by an individual or a cor
poration was he fair while insisting
on justice and and equality of oppor
tunity with his mouth?
Let the Pittsburg cases he prosecut
ed with one-half the acrimony that
characterized the conduct of cases in
the South—we shall not believe all
Pennsylvanians are brutes, even
tnough some be proved cruel and
heartless. But men and women do
not face bullets for imaginary wrongs,
nor do they rise against the rapid
fire guns till conditions become intol
erable. There have been no such
mobs in the South as we have repeat
edly seen about the mines and found
ries that evolve the Pittsburg brand
of millionaires—not even against the
wicked Standard Oil have employes
become so embittered and so desper
ate as to face the soldiery day after
day, and send their women with sticks
against sabers and bayonets or even
to strike. Isn’t It a bit strange that
a corporation to which employes have
been remarkably loyal—a corporation
at which a strike was never aimed,
should have been selected as the type
of overgrown and malevolent wealth,
while the iron masters now driven to
the front of the stage should have
been selected for especial favors, even
to the nullification of the law?—Jack
sonville Times-Union.
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♦ TALKS ABOUT GEORGIA ♦
Crime in Georgia.
Georgia doesn’t ascribe all the
crime to the weather, as the Florida
Times-Union avers: much of the
crime has been traced to the use of
fire water of the Jax brand.—Bruns
wick Journal.
The Georgia Peach
It transpires that the Georgia peach
growers made a cool half million dol
lars on the peach crop recently mar
keted, notwithstanding the fact that
It was killed a score of times last
spring—Washington Herald.
Can Only Work in Georgia.
If Georgia people can neither drink
nor gossip there is nothing left for
them to no but to go to work.—
Adalrsville Banner.
COLDFEETO THE MONK.
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Your New Hat,
Sir?
We’ve quite the hand
somest lot of styles this
season that we ever
saw. Every worthy
shape, every worthy
make, ever}' worthy
shade.
We can fit your in
dividual taste or we
know what best suits
you —Soft or Stiff.
$3 W $5
DORR
Tailoring, Furnishings
For Men of Taste.
LOTS
On High, Broad, Greene, Telfair and
Walker streets, and Georgia-Caro
lina Avenue, near Country Club,
Lake View Park and Fair grounds.
Rapidly increasing in value. Will
sell on installment. Liberal dis
count for the casu. Apply to
CLARENCE E. CLARK
REAL ESTATE. 842 BROAD.
Hot Time For Georgia Coming.
1910 bids fair to become tile most
caloric year, politically speaking,
Georgia has ever known.—Meriwether
Vindicator.
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OFFICE STATIONERY
OFFICE DESKS AND CHAIRS
FILING DEVICES
HIGH GRADE STATIONERY
RICHARDS STATIONERY CO.
DUNLAP HATS
THURSDAY, SEPT. 9.
TO MY
PATRONS
In view of the recent cuts and
demoralization of the Patent
Medicine business in Augusta, I
simply make the statement to
my friends and patrons that you
need not go elsewhere for your
medicine in this line, but I will
meet any cut price and sell
them for CASH as low as the*
lowest, and you know that you
will get the genuine goods from
me and no bogus or Imitation
goods.
L. A. Sardelle
DRUGGIST
ALEXANDER’S
DRUG STORE
By reason of prevailing local
conditions is meeting the prices
set by others.
Its standard of excellence,
however, will not be lowered as
long as It continues In business.
Our prices are cash on all
reduced articles.
The Rexall Store
Alexander Drug Co.
COOK’S
Goldblume
The Best Brewed
