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OUR VIRGINIA LETTER A Picture ol Winter Drawn from Real Scene. SNOW COVERED HILLS j A Town So Full of Churches That it Takes its Name IFrom Them- The glorious Indian summer with its many fascinations, been here with all its grandness. There are few things more beauti ful to look upon than the succes sion of ridges and hills and mount ains, all robed in their autumn garb, the varying contrast of the leaves, the rich fertile farm lands and the place which surrounds it all. This is the panorama which has been presented for nearly two weeks. The smoke from the burning mountains has been so dense at times as to obscure the sun. Saturday night the scene began to change. About mid night the welcome sound of patter ing rain was heard, falling gently and steadily, just such aa to glad den the heart of the farmers, who were becoming discouraged at the poor stand and sickly condition of the wheat crop. By ten o’clock Sunday morning a snow flake now and then could be seen mingling with the rain. In a short time Mother Nature had all hands picking geese, soon covering some of the high points. I must confess there has not been the same fascina tion as when a boy I used to watch it and join in snow balling the many sports of a deep snow, and "Carry me back,” not to "old Virginia,” but to “old Georgia’’ would echo through my mind. The mountains are now covered with snow. Passing an old mill with an overshot wheel the sight of hanging iciles made me shiver and go deeper into my overcoat. I am at Churchville, a small village, eight miles west of Staun ton, nestled in a beautiful narrow valley, surrounded by very high hills, taking its name from having so many churches, There are five churches, representing that many denominations. The past political campaign was very quiet here, almost no speak ing. There are a great many re publicans in this and Rockingham county, most of them having been drawn off by the “readjuster” movement, having no idea at first of becoming republicans, but after getting into the party are ashamed to go back. I suppose the world will still wag, even after such a re publican landslide. Hope it will not cover the new railroad and the growth of Cartersville. J. C. H Churchville, Va., Nov., 22, 1904. A paymaster for aa eastern iron company, according to a dis patch in the Des Moines Daily News, recently lost a satchel con taining $16,000 in cash. Louis Fry, a poor boy, fond the satchel in the road. Discovering the value of its contests, he took it home to his parents. The paymaster did not miss the satchel untill he arrived at the furnaces. He rushed back Ayers We know what all good doc tors think of Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral. Ask your own doc tor and find out. He will tell Cherry Pectoral you how it quiets the tickling throat, heals the inflamed lungs, and controls the hardest of coughs. ■ ,!• Ayr’ Cherry Pectoral !* well known In onr family. We think It )• the beet medicine In the world for conshs and cold*." Katib Pbteksuw. Petaluma. Cat ..S#c.,fl.OO. j. a. aver co.. —"K ,,u -. ■ for - Hard Coughs One of Ayer’a Pills at bedtime wUI nasten recovery. Cently laxative. H poem for Coday EACH IN HIS OWN NAME By William Herbert Carruth mgESi FI HE mist and i lanet, A crystal and a cell; • ' i A Jellyfish and a saurian, And cares where the cavemen dwell; IThen a sense of law and beauty, \And a face turned from the clod— IT Some call It Evolution, And others call it God. A haze on the far horizon, £i) • The infinite tender sky; T Tue ripe, rich tints of the cornfields, And the wild geese sailing high; And all over npland and lowland The charm of the goldenrod— J* Some of us call it Autumn, •* And others call It God. Like the tide on a crescent sea beach, A When the moon is new and thin, jj T? Into our hearts high yearnings FJ - *1 Come welling and surging in— K J* | J* JJj Come from the mystic ocean %1 M TANARUS/ Whose rim no foot has trod— C® "7 Some of us call it Longing, p3L& jL And others call it God. St A picket frozen on duty, g/t A mother starved for her brood, X t X Socrates drinking the hemlock, And Jesus on the rood; * I The million who. humble and nameless, X The straight, hard pathway trod— O Some call it Consecration, And others call it God. immediately to look for it. As he passed the house, the boy hailed him and inquired if he had lost anything. The paymaster said he was looking for a satchel, “well 1 I guess I found it, mister,” said the boy. The money was founs undisturbed. The paymaster re warded young Fry by giving him 35 cents. Trifling: People Beat Time. Soma of the papers ara saying hard things about the negro who “beats time.” as they call it, that is, to want and exact the highest prices for their labor, and then do as little work as possible therefor. The negro is good at that, but the negro is not the only one. we have known white people that would hire themselves to a man and then would kill all the time possible. It is plain, simple steal ing, A negro or man who will hire to a man and then stop work ing every time his back is turned, is not honest, and will steal if he had a chance. It is this class of people that is out of employment most, and are in trouble the often est. In plain words, if a man hires another to work for him a day and he gets in only nina hours he has swindled his employer out of one tenth of a day’s work. But Set this man who has swindled his employer out of an hour each day, one whole day in ten days, hap pen to hfre a man to work for him and see how hard he is on his la borer. He will hardly give him time to take a drink of water, when the week before he had beaten some previous employer out of more than half a day’s wages in a week. Well, the solid truth is, that a man who will not give honest work for honest pay is a thief and will, show it when he has a chance. —Ex. A POLICEMAN’S TESTIMONY. J.M.Paterson night policeman of Nashua, 1 a.,writes, "Last winterlhad a bad cold on ray lungs and tried at least a half dor.en advertised congh medicine* and had treatment from two physicians without getting any bene fit. A friend recommended Foley’s Honey and Tar and two thirds of a bottle cured me. I consider it the greatest cough and lung medicine in the world.” Healthy Mothers. Mothers should always keep In good bodily health. They owe it to their children, Yet it is no unusual sight to see a mother, with babe in arins t coughing violently and ex hibiting all the symptoms of a con sumptive tendency. And why should this dangerous condition exist, dan gerous alike to mother aud ohild, when Dr. Bosehee’s German Syrup would pnt a stop to it at once? No mother should be without this old and tried remedy in the houst—for its timely use will promptly cure any lung, throat or bronchial trouble in hersfelf or her children. The worst cough or cold ean be speedily cored by German Byrup; so can hoarseness and congestion of the bronchial tubes. It makes expectoration easy, and gives instant relief aud refreshing rest to the cough-racked consumptive. New trial bottles, 25c.; large size. 75c, At druggists D—eow THE NEWS, CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER, 24, # 1904 Form for a Love Letter. To the Editor of the Post-Dispatch. In answer to the appeal of’’Mary White” for some reader to help her out in the matter of writing a love letter, I wish to state to Mary that she has my sympathy, as I have been in love myself and can therefore imagine her perplexity. I desire to submit the following for her assistance: “My Darling; I love you. Every minute that I am from your side seems like 60 seconds. If you only knew how my heart throbs with love when I think of you! No one in the wide world can soothe my aching, heart and oh, how I wish I were clasped in your loving em brace with those dear arms about me. But dearest, do not think that the dumb waiter of indif ference has carried the cold ashes of affection from the hot-blast base burner in the guest chamber of my heart to the sub-cellar of oblivion, for such is not the case. This heart of mine is flaming with an incandescent flame of love that has grown so hot that I have to drink liquid asbestos to keep it from frying my lungs. Until we are one my happiness will not be complete. Your ever affectionate. Mary White.” Brigham Young. THE METHODISTS. North Georgia Conference Meets at Marietta this Week. The Methodist ministers of Brr tow county any many lay members of the church are attending the meeting of north Georgia confer ence at Marietta this week. There are ten changes which are rendered necessary, because that number of ministers have served four years in the churches which they are now attending, and will be moved. These are Rev. C. W. Byrd, of the First Methodist church; Dr. Luke G. Johnson, of the Park street; Dr. H. M. Quillian, of the Payne Memorial, and Dr, S. R. England, at St. John's There are 38 preachers who have served their churches for three vears, and they are liable to change. There are 73 pastors who have served two years, and they, too, are subjected to change at this conference. Many of the one-year ministers will be returned to their places for another year. The conference has lost several ministers by death, aud their places will have to be re-filled. These are Rev. W. A. Dodge, Rev. E. W. Ballinger, Rev. J. IfT Myers, Rev. T. F. Pierce, J. L PerrytnanP W. P. Rivers; one transferred to Idaho, Rev. T. P, Graham; one who leaves to reside in the city of Jerusalem, Rev. P. L. Stanton. There will be several transfers from other fields to upper Georgia, among them Dr. W. W. Wadsworth The Toilers in Oar Factories. N<* workmen in the world can do sn much or use the satttfe intelligcuce that our own American work-men and women are capa- Pble rf. That is why America is now beating the world in manufac tures ; af'. due to the brain and muscle of our i Yankee men and l Unfortunately where 1 there is smoke, dirt and dust and little sunlight there also can be found the germs of disease. Nature’s great disinfec tant is sunlight. It is in th ffietory, the work shop, the office, that men and wmeu suffer from diseases which are in the dust and the had air. Snch disease striu enter into the blood in two ways, either threoffh the lungs or stomach. After years of experi ence in an active prac tice, Dr. R. V. Fierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., discovered a remedy that is a blood-maker and tissue builder, at the same time alleviates a cough. He called it Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis covery —an alterative extract that assists in the digestion and assimilation of the food —so that the blood gets its elements from the products of digestion, the liver at the same time is started into activity and there is perfect elimination of waste mat ter. The germs of grip, malaria, catarrh or consumption find a fertile field if the body is not kept in perfect order and the blood pure. Because the stomach is diseased there is a diminution of the red corpuscles of the Uiood. This is why one is sleepless, languid, nervous and irritable. Sensitive stomachs groan aloud at the irritating cod liver oils, but they will get all the food elements the tissues require by using the "Golden Medical Discovery.” The " Discovery ” is absolutely a non alcohplic and non - narcotic medicine. There is nothing else "just as good.” Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets, the best laxative for old and young people. They cure constipation and biliousness. and it is said that Rev. Nath Thompson may come from Texas. On tlie'Sunday during the con ference in Marietta, Methodist preachers will occupy nearly all of the pulpits in that city. Bishop Duncan will preach at the Meth odist church. The sessions of the conference will be held in the Cobb county court house. The itinerant and other clergy of this church will aggregate over 600, and the laUv members over 100,000 Dr. William Wallace Duncan, one of the bishops of the church south, will preside over the delib erations of the body. The con ference will be in session for six days, and will deal with spiritual, educational and financial matters. The meeting will adjourn after the assignment of the various Methodist preachers in this district to their fields of labor for the year 1903, There are some 250 pastors to be assigned appointments, and the occasion is one of great inter est to the ministers as well as to the thousands of church-going peo ple whom they are appointed to serve. The hospitable citizens of Mari etta will extend an elegant and am ple reception to the visitors to the conference. Bishop Duncan will be the guest of SenaUft and Mrs. A. S. Clay, at whose elegant home the presiding elders and bishop wifi meet in d<aily executive session, as secret sessions of any legisla ture. DOESN’T RESPECT OLD AGE. Its shameful when youth fails to show proper respect for old age ,but just the contrary in the case of Dr. Kings New Life Pills. They cut off maladies no matter how severe and irrespective of old age .Dyspepsia, jau niece, Fever’Coustipation all yield to thisperfect Pill. 25c,at Youngßros. Dr ug Store. The Christmas number of Scribner’s Magazine is unusually beautiful in its pictures, both in color and black-and-white, and is filled with sketches and short stories that are not only amusing and entertaining, but are good literature and full of character, as well as adapted to the Christmas season. Specially noteworthy art featnres are the colored frontis piece. by Maxiield Parrish; the illustrations in color for same. ’’Scenes from the Old Ballads,” by Beatrice Stevens; the drawings, by Walter Appleton Clark, showing Christmas scenes in an *ld French village; a drawing of a mother and child in colors by Sarah Stil well, accompanying a poem by E. S. Martin, and the beautiful colored cover by David Ericson. PHYSICIANS PRESCRIBE IT. Mafiv broad minded physicians pre scribe Foley's Honey and Tar, as they have never found so safe and reliable a remedy for throat and lung troubles as this great medicine. Kouji Dyspepsia Our© OigMts what you eat. i CASTORIA The Kind Yon Have Always Bought, and which kaa linn In use for over 80 years, has borne rigmitnra f I-* * nd Mi *o. amal snpervferto* stupe Its Mmht. Allow no • to deceive ytm All Counterfeits, Imitations and M Jnt-e-gnod* are feat Experiments that trite with and endanger the health at Infants wad Children-fcperlence against Bsp-lniinl What la CASTORIA Castoria Is a harmless an bat flats *r Carter ON, Fill goric, I>rops and Seething Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor ether Parentis substance. Its age is its guarantee. It deetreys Warns and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Year#. 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