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Augusta, Ga., Friday Dec. 10, 1909.
No communication will be publlsliou
In The Herald unites the name of the
writer Is signed to the article.
The Augusta HemlO has a larger city
circulation than any other paper, ana a
larger total circulation than any other
Augusta paper. This has been proven
by the Audit Co., of New York.
Notice to Advertisers
The Hnrald is preaching
the doctrine of’ Shop Early
during the holidays because
we believe it makes for sat
isfaction, service and best
business values to the whole
community—to those who
buy as well as to those who
sell.
In the rush of a daily
newspaper catching the
mails, aiul the latest pos
sible news, early copy is
also important to the satis
factory work of the com
posing room,, the stereo
typer, the press room and
tile mailing and circulation
departments.
During the holiday rush
its doubly important. Ho
we ask again advertis
ers desiring spare in The
Herald, in order to secure
best results, to furnish ear
ly copy and this means copy
in The Herald office the
day before publication is
desired.
Also It should In* remembered that
Napoleon hunted In Africa before he
returned from Elba.
t harlcaton la building a seworuge
system II a a the sacred buzzard fal
len from Ids peili star,'
President Taft called nobody a liar
In his message, hut then tills Is only
his first regular one.
The new minister to China has been
appointed, hut the public is listening
In vain to hear him suy something.
There's good In all things. If you
only look at It right. The present
weather, for instance. Is line for kill
ing hogs.
The man who predicted a hard win
ter Is not regarded us such an unmi
tigated faker as he was held to he up
to the present time
Over In South Carolina they call
selling the remnant stocks of the
closed dispensaries “liquidation,"
That seems appropriate.
«
A Western woman claims that large
feet are the sign of brains. How
ever that may he. they certainly sup
ply a Hood understanding.
The country weeklies will now again
he relieved of nil trouble In getting
wrappers. The Congressional Rec
ord has resumed publication.
Russia Is having two submarines
built after the most approved designs
The Ozsr probably thinks that they
afford the safest retreat from bombs.
With all this talk about forest con
servation there cornea not a single
Protest against the slaughter of well
shuped young trees cut down annually
to be used as Christmas trees
The Dalton Clttsen will probably
cither be brighter or duller after its
next Imup. Editor Shop# la to be
married, and getting married always
makes a man better or worse than he
was before.
The Mississippi convicts raised
1225.000 worth of cotton last year, ex*
elusive of the value of the seed. That
rounds well, but you don’t hear of
automobile endurance runs over Mis
sissippi roads, do you?
The President's message contained
IT.OOO words At a dollar per word,
which is the price paid some high
writers he will evidently earn
his pay, since he has several mort*
special luejbtaac* u> write.
“THE PAINT AND POWDER CLUB"
In th t local coluninH of The Herald announcement has been made
of a social organization recently formed In Augusta, the name of which
Is the Paint and Powder Club. The aims of the club are three fold:
social enjoyment, Intellectual Improvement and charitable benefits. The
club bag already made a good start and the membership is enthusiastic
about the future.
It is a dramatic club and the members are now preparing to give a
play in January, the proceeds of which will be donated to the Mary
Warren Home, a most worthy charitable institution. The play selected
Is called "Yonr.g Mrs. Wlnthrop," on® of the most successful comedies
of recent years, and those who are directing the rehearsals for the
coming presentation fee! confident of an artistic and finished produc
tion. The club will give another play soon after Lent, and that, too,
will be for the benefit of some other worthy charity.
The Herald is pleased to express good wishes for the Paint and
Powder Club. The meetings of the club will be pleasant and mutually
beneficial. The study of the best Iri the dramatic art. is bound to be
helpful, while the mone* derived from performances will be large and
will he given to organizations that ar e worthy and needful. The first
performance of the club will probably net the Mary Warren Home sev
eral hundred dollars.
The personnel of the club has already been announced In The Her
ald, and it not only shows social standing, but presents names of sev
eral possessing real histrionic ability. The cast of characters for the
first performance 1« small, but a larger one Is necessary for the Easter
play, ami new additions to the club will be added In ample time.
The friends of the Mary Warren Home will work for the financial
success of the play, and the club will look to the artistic success. Both
organizations have the best wishes of The Herald.
TEXAS’ BANNER COTTON COUNTY
Ellis county Is In central Texas, and Waxahachle is Its capital. It
claims to bo the only county out o 800 cotton-growing counties to make
over 150.000 bales of cotton In a single year. This It did in 1900. At
the prices then prevailing for cotton, says a crop spondent of the Man
ufacturers' Record, the crop of that county brought the immense sum
of $8,250,000, while the cotton seed from that crop brought a little over
~100,000. making a total for the crop of $9,150,000. Other field crops
grown In that county during the same year were valued at. $0,000,000,
while the value of fruit, vegetables, pdtiitry eggs and dairy products
would swell the year’s aggregate crop to the sum of $13,000,000. Ac
cording to the last census that county had a population of about 50,000.
Allowing five persons to each family, this would mean a per capita of
S3OO, or SI,BOO per family.
Texans feel proud of tills showing, and with good reason. Still It Is
nothing so very remarkable, when considered fully. Ellis county is sit
uated In the heart of the Ttxas cotton belt, and it is a large county.
• hat explains why It Is the leading cotton producing county, just as
Burke county years ago held that position In Georgia.
While Ellis county, Texas, Is (he banner cotton producing county,
some other county In the South is the banner peach growing county,
another the banner tobacco growing county, and so oil. The soil and
climatic conditions are so varied In the South that almost everything
can lie grown except tropica] plants, and some sections excel l n one
thing and some In another. But there Isn't any county In the entire
South that doesn’t offt r excellent opportunities In some way, and It Is
•Ills which wll) make the South the richest country In the world agri
culturally, when agriculture shall be advanced to th e level of other In
dustries.
THE MYSTERY OF THE LOST PIE
For weeks before Thanksgiving the country had been told how the
president was to he made the recipient of a giant pie for his Thanks
giving dinner. Everybody was Interested | n this story, for everybody
likes pies, everybody likes the president and everybody likes whatever
Is out of the ordinary. Hence the general public Interest that attach
ed to this pie,
It was duly baked, by the pastry rooks of Newark Not only was
It large of size, so largo that It required two men to put it in the oven,
but was temptingly constituted In Its Ingredients. It was easily the most
wonderful pie baked since those four and twenty blackbirds were baked
Into a pie as a dainty dish to set before a king. So also was this giant
pits a dainty dish, for be ll remembered that It was a mince pie, con
taining Its proper proportion of wine, brandy, cider, and other flavoring
juices to give It the rare mince pie flavor.
Having been baked the pie was shipped, In carp of a guard of honor,
who reported that II had been duly delivered to the chief of the White
.muse pantry. But In vain did ihos,. pastry cooks wait In happy mood
for distinguished mention of their pie on the White House Thanksgiv
ing menu. There was mention of „ue big Rhode Island turkey, of
white Tennessee 'possum, and of other famous dishes, but not a word
about the pie . A telegram to Seerelarqy Carpenter from the disappointed
pastry rooks broughl the reply that "No such pie has been received
here.” That raised the question: What became of that pie?
II was certainly delivered at the While House, yet it didn't reach
the president's board. Like the proverbial slip 'twlxt th t . cup and the
Up, this famous pie slipped away somewhere between the president's
door and his table. It Is plain that somebody swiped It Who did this
deed?
Mark hints are thrown out that Captain Archibald Butt Is suspected
of being the guilty parly. The circumstantial evidence against hint is
thus summed up by ill* New York Sun: "No man knows more about
Ihe diversified cuisine of the American nation. On miuee pies, as on
all other confections of the festival board, h e is the consummate au
thority We have noticed that in this confusion and uproar over the
disappearance of the mammoth pie Captain Butt, usually the first to
step between the president and the undeslred, has remained mysterious
ly silent. If the Newark pie builders want to know the truth they
should buttonhole Captain Butt."
Meantime no trare has been found of the missing pie, and serious
consequences may follow The course of national events has been
changed 1,, time past by less trivial incidents than this.
OUR WAR WITH NICARAGUA
That our country Is now at war with Nicaragua will not be admit
ted by our statesmen. There has been no declaration of war. There
have been no armed collisions between forces of these two countries.
Hence there is no state of war between them.
But diplomatic relations have been severed with Nicaragua We
are rushing troops to that country. We have warships on the way,
and more, we have warships in Nicaraguan ports, with their decks clear
ed for action and their guns pointed on these cities. If that isn't war,
what is It? Surely it Is not peace. It Isn’t play nor bluff Something
may occur at any moment to bring on an actual collision which we have
prepared to meet. It is the first stage of war—and even if fortunately
peace be made without passing into the Mage of actual fighting, it Is
war ?
What Is It about? The people don’t know Our government In such
eases acts for us, without asking advice as to what it should do. or con
sent as to what It determines to do. Our war with the Filipinos Illus
trated how our government is absolute In such matters. It has entered
Into these warlike measures against Nicaragua for reasons that seem
wise and sufficient to the president and those associated with him in
the government, but concerning which the people know nothing
Two Americans were executed by order of the Nicaraguan govern
ment. hating been taken prisoners engaged l n nrmod insurrection
against the constituted authorities of that country Of course their exe
cution was wrong, not warranted under international law, and our gov
ernment should demand and force redress for this crime And this It
will do But it is not for this that the war Is on. Whatever reparation
our government was pleased to demand for this wrong could haw been
secured through diplomatic action That our government went further
shows that there is other reason Ilian this for Its warlike course.
The mineral resources of Nicaragua are great. Since Spanish rule
of that country was shaken off these resources have remained practical
h undeveloped American capitalists have secured larg,, holdings in
that country. Is it possible that the purpose of our government ts to
so change conditions ln Nicaragua that American mining interests may
be developed In that country without undue interference or the fear of
such interference by a petty local government? It will he remembered
that it was just this reason that led England to her war with the Boers.
Another reason Is hinted, that Germany or Japan are about to gain
control of Nicaragua, through whose territory lies the best practical
route for hu isthmian canal, and that we are nipping In the bud plans
thal would ultimately ripen into a rival canal to our big Panama ditch
This reason is absurd. Neither Germany nor aJpan has any such de
signs.
But whatever the real reason tor our present warlike attitude to
watds Nicaragua, the result will be the domination of that country just
as at present we dominate Cuba Of this there ts no doubt, however
much our people may be ln the dark now as to the real reason for
this war.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, GA.
RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD
Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan Controls Nearly as Much Money as the
Entire Money Circulation of the Country
J. P. Morgan by securing the con
tra! of the Equitable Life Asurance
Society, w-hlch has until now been
controlled by Thomas F. Ryan, has
become the most colossal figure in
financial affairs Ir, the United State*.
I The money that he controls eclipses
In amount that under the direct con
trol of John D. Rockefeller, includ
ing the great Standard (til interests.
Mr. Morgan has for many years
been a rich man and his Influence has
been marked in Wall strict and in
Washington, From this time that
Influence will be more powerful and
far reaching than before.
The New Yorker, who was appeal
ied to two years ago to save New
! York from a panic and who responded
! to that appeal, now has two large in
surance companies with the vast re
sources under his control. The Equi
table Life Assurance Society which
hr- has just acquired has assets and
resources to the value of 1482,339,509,
and the New York Life Insurance
company, which he has controlled for
some time, has assets and resources
Of $494,408,807. This gives the fi
nancier control of over $978,000,000 In
but two organizations. He absolute
ly controls th< National Bank of Com
merce and the First National Bank,
both in New York, with a combined
capital of over $450,000,000, and he
has a preponderating Influence in
other hank sufficiently large to give
him banking resources of nearly
$60,000,000. In addition he Is either
In control of or largely interested in
trust companies that command In
round numbers $330,000,000. The
grand total of the resources over
which .Mr. Morgan has at least a pre
ponderating Influence reaches the
enormous figure of $2,231,117,831. This
Is Independent of his influence ano
“John," she said, "I simply can't
run the house on the allowance you
are giving me. Once It was plenty,
but prices keep going up and up all
the time. I’ve had to get trusted
here and there for one thing and an
other, hoping I would be able to save
enough somehow to pay up, but I find
that It Is impossible.”
"I raised your allowance only about
six months ago.”
“I know It; hut almost every thing
has gone up since then."
“Why, five years ago your allow
ance was only a little more than half
us big as it is now, and we lived just
as well then as we do at present."
“Of course we did. You don't real
ize how things have gone up. Prices
have been almost doubled for about
everything.”
“Well, where the dickens do you
suppose I’m going to get any more
money to hand over to you?"
"I don't know. You must get it
somewhere or we'll have to quit liv
ing as we do."
“I've reduced my personal expenses
In every way I possibly could. Do
RICHEST MAN IN MEXICO—AN OLD RANCH
MAN WHO RAISES A FEW HORSES
Gen. Luis Terrazas is Mexico’s
wealthiest man. Gen. Terrazas is
seventy-nine years old, the same age
us President Diaz. The lives of both
men have been full of stirring ad
venture it was ln reward for dar
ing military sirvice that pen. Tarra
zas obtained from the government
large gifts of land which placed him
upon the road to the great fortune
which he now possesses.
It Is conservatively estimated that
(Jen. Terrazas Is worth not less than
$200,000,000. His property holdings
are chiefly In the state of Chihuahua,
but he also has large Investments in
other parts of the republic.
Gen. Tnrrazas Is the greatest land
and live stock baron ln the world, It
Is said. He owns fifteen ranches in
the state of Chihuahua. The ranches
embrace an aggregate area of more
than 5,000,000 acres. For many year*
special attention has been given to
raising horses upon these ranches.
More than 5,000.000 head of horses are
grazing upon the Tarrazas land.
The mule supply for most ol Mexl
REPUBLIC LOR ENGLAND
There Is no denying that society is
more than a little concerned at the
great freedom which certain leaders
of the labor parly and others have
recently been allowing <thmselves in
speaking of King Edward's place in
tho constitution.
I understand that these speeches
arr not sporadic or accidental, but
must be reckoned as the first hints
of the opening of a mire definite cam
paign against monarchy in this coun
try.
Informal exchanges of opinion have
already, i believe, been made between
certain labor and Irish members, and
the speeches to which I have refer
red and the questions which have
been put in the house about the
i Prince of Wales' position in the navy
i are the first results.
There is no doubt that an attempt
ts about to be made to raise again
the banner of republicanism, which
has been furled and hidden away in
England since the early days of the
reign of Queen Victoria. There Is an
extreme section in the radical party
which would give Its support to this
propaganda, and the Idea that It has
also the sympathy of l.lovd-Ge, rge
may hav* given rise to the rumor that
there are stritined relations* between
i him and the king —New York Herald,
There is one consolation: one
doesn't have to buy meat for a Christ
mas present,—Atlanta Journal.
Making Both Ends Meet
holdings in the United States Steel
Corporation, of wfiieh his partner is
the chairman of the finance commit
tec.
The total money in circulation in
the United Status on the first of Sep
tember was $3,096,273,826, so it can
|be seen at a glance that the New
| York financier is a man to be reckon
jed with when it comes to figuring
I the finances of the country.
The effect of the purchase of the
i Equitable is to retire Thomas F.
! Ryan from control of one of the big
! gest corporations in the world and to
place J. Pierpont Morgan on a finan
cial pinnacle where he stands alone.
His properties are too in better shape
than those controlled by Rockefeller.
He has no court decisions declaring
his organizations in restraint of trade,
hanging over him and he doesn’t have
to wear a wig to keep his head warm.
Morgan is now the real man 01
the hour. It is no wonder that when
his private yacht, the Corsair, struck
a submerged rock in the waters
around New York a few days ago
the news was cabled around the
world.
If he should be lost for a wek as
John Jacob Astor was recently the
country would be on the verge of a
financial panic. Mr. Morgan is In
his 73rd year, while Mr. Rockefeller
is but 71. Both men are still plan
ning and still using their money to
make more money, while Mr. Ryan
has had to quit the game at the ten
der age of 59. He is going to take
a long rest.
It is said Mr. Morgan has his plans
laid to form the Central Bank, /hich
may be the result of Senator Ald
rich’s financial measure, and he
could do it, too, if he wanted to and
would throw his strong hanking capi
tal in that direction. —Savannah Press.
you know that I've quit smoking and
that 1 don't wear tailor-made clothes
any more? I cant afford it. I’ve
had to give you about everything I
eould earn. You keep demanding
more and more all the time.”
"I know r . It’s simply awful. But
what can I do? I have to run the
house, haven't I?"
"Certainly, but something’s got to
be done. By jove!”
"What Is it?”
“I’ve just thought of a scheme.
What's the use of our trying to get
along on my salary and be compell
ed to save and skimp all the time? I’ll
quit my job.”
"John! Have you lost your rea
son? You haven't any capital to go
Into business, and there's no chance
for either,of us to inherit anything.
How are we to live if you give up
your position?”
"Live? We’ll live in luxury. X’!!
show these poople who have been try
ing to make it too expensive for us
to remain on earth confound them!
I'll write a play.”—Chicago Record-
Herald.
co comes from the Terrazas ranches.
These animals now number more than
1,000,000 head, and are scattered over
the different properties. Gen. Ter
razas’ cattle holdings number mors
than 1,000,000 head. Several hun
dred thousand head of goats and
sheep graze upon his land. It Is s.-rd
that the choicest grass lands in
Northern Mexico are embraced in the
Terrazas estate. Streams of run
ning water pass through them and
the grass grows luxuriantly the great
er part of the year.
Some Idea of the vastness of these
landed possessions mhy be had when
it Is known that more than 10,000
men are kept constantly looking after
the live stock. The services of 1,-
000 men are required to "ride the
fences." It Is the duty of these fence
riders to see that the w-ires are kept
Intact, so that the live stock cannot
escape from the pastures. Many thou
sand miles of wire were used in con
structing the boundary fences. More
than a score of towns, some of them
of considerable size, are upon the
ranches. —Kansas City Star.
THE SMITHS
John Smith—ls not very high
sounding; it does not suggest aristoc
racy; it is not the name of any hero
iln the die-away novels; and yet it is
good, strong and honest. Transferred
! to other languages, it seems to climb
the ladder of fame. Thus, in Latin,
it Is Johannes Smithus; the Italian
smoothes it off into Giovanni Smith;
the Spaniard renders it Juan Smithus;
i the Dutchman adopts.it as Hans Sch
midt; tbe French flatten it out into
j Jtan Smeet, and the Russian sneezes
and barks JonlolT Smittowskl. When
I John Smith gets into the tea trade
| in Canton he becomes Jovan Sehim-
I mit; it he clambers about Mount He
j via, the Icelanders say he is Jahne
Smithson; if he trades among the
| Tusearoras he becomes Ton ’Qa
j Smitta; in Poland he is known as
Ivan Sshmttttweiski, and should be
i wander among the Welsh mountains
| they talk of John Sshnrid; when he
goes into Mexico he is booked as Jutll
; F’Smittl; If of classic turn he turns to
i lon Smikton, and in Turkey he is ut
terly disqulsed as Yoe Seef.—Phreno
; logical Journal.
1 1111 i
Public Sentiment and the Law.
No law is enforced any more rig
orously than the sentiment of the
: people demand. It Hoes not matter
! what sort of a law it Is, if the
| sentiment of the people is not in favor
! of its enforcement it will not be en
-1 forced as all laws ought to be.—Co
lumbus Enquirer-Sun.
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NOW
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ciate more than a Dorr
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Dorr Clothes are just
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the same class as a
diamond of the purest
water.
But—
Order NOW.
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MEN IN THE PUBLIC EYE
MAXIM GORKY.
Report has it that Gorky has been
! bounced by the Socialists because he
! has become too prosperous. It is hard
luck that a man can’t drink cham
: pagne, just because he is a bit uncon
t ventional. —Atlanta Journal.
HENRY OSTERMAN.
Henry C. Osterman, head of the car
equipment trust, is a live bird at anj
rate. He visited Detroit the other
oay and amused a large crowd by
lighting cigars with twenty-dollar
bills. If he had to work real hard for
those yellowbacks he would have been
more careful with them.—Brunswick
■ News.
SENATOR TILLMAN.
Ben Tillman Is developing into a
regular old tight wad. He kicked at
the ten-dollar-a-plate Taft dinner and
now he’s fussing about paying an ex
jtra dollar for excess baggage.—Bruns.
I wick Journal.
DR. COOK.
Dr. Cook’s secretary says the ex
plorer is not by any means "broken
down." It's a five to one shot that he
is still further from being "broke.”—
Columbia Stale.
GOVERNOR BROWN.
The Atlanta Constitution et al. hav e
been slobbering all over Governor
Brown because he refused to commute
Particular People Patronize
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Druggist and Dealer in
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620 Broad St.
_ Christmas
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Augusta, Ga.
CONTRACTOR
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the sentence of a negro for murder
ing a white man. They took this
case to show how strenuously the
governor is in upholding the law and
the will of the people as expressed
in the verdict of juries. Now, gen
tlemen. if you want to you can just
chaw away on the Elliott case in this
connection a leetle bit,—Swainsboro
Forest.
SENATOR CLAY.
Senator Clay is right afteMhe sugar
trust. He would show r no cy to
the men who have been for years sys
tematically robbing the government.—
Athens Banntr.
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