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BASNESVJLLE. CA.
THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1899.
BUB INGERSOLL DEAD.
CoL Robert G. Ingersoll, the great
infidel, is dead, having died suddenly
•t his home in New York last week.
He was a brilliant man, a great ora-|
tor and anjndependent thinker, and
yet with all his efforts he has induced
no one to espouse the cause against
religion which received the opposition
of his life. In this particular his life
is a miserable failure for he died with
out having made much impression
upon the world.
As an orator Col. Ingersoll was
great. The language used by him
was often beautiful and he could paint
word pictures as few other men could.
To show his style, we reproduce here
his impeachment of intemperance
which is one of his masterpieces:
“Intemperance cuts down youth in
its vigor, manhood in its strength and
age in its weakness. It breaks the
father’s heart, bereaves the doting
mother, extinguishes natural aflection,
erases conjugal love, blots out filial
attachments, blights perennial hope,
and brings down mourning age in
sorrow to the grave. It produces
weakness, not strength; sickness, not
health; death, not life. It makes wives
widows, children orphans, fathers
fiends, and all of them paupers and
beggars. It feeds rheumatism, nurses
gout, welcomes epidemics, invites
cholera, imports pestilence and em
braces consumption. It covers the
land with idleness, misery and ciime.
It fills your jails, supplies your alms
houses and demands your asylums.
It engenders controversies, fosters
quarrels and cherishes riots. It crowds
your penitentiaries and furnishes vic
tims to your scaffolds. It is the life
blood of the gambler, the element of
the burglar, the prop of the highway
man and the support of the midnight
incendiary. It countenances the liar,
respects the thief, esteems the blas
phemer. It violates obligation, rev
erences traud and honors infamy. It
defames benevolence, hates love,
scorns virtue and slanders innocence.
It incites the father to butcher his
helpless offspring, helps the husband
to massacre his wife, and the child to
grind the paracidal ax. It burns up
men, consumes women, detests life,
curses God and despises heaven. It
suborns witnesses, nurses perjury,
defiles the jury box and stains the
judicial ermine. It degrades the cit
izen, debases the legislator, dishonors
statesmen and disarms the patriot.
It brings shame, not honor; terror,
not safety; despair, not hope; misery,
not happiness; and with the malevo
lence of a fiend it calmly surveys its
frightful desolation, and unsatisfied
with its havoc, it poisons felicity, kills
peace, ruins morals, blights confi
dence, slays reputation and wipes out
national honors, then curses the world
and laughs at its ruin.”
SATISFIED WITH BABTLETT.
It seems to be the prevailing opin
ion that the constituents throughout
this district are satisfied with the rec
ord of Hon. Charles L. Bartlett, the
present congressman for the sixth dis
trict. The following news item from
the Constitution from Macon is pretty
generally endorsed:
“Congressman Bartlett has com
pleted another tour of the sixth dis
trict and he finds his political fences
in splendid condition. In every one
of the ten counties of the district he
receives assurances of most cordial
support for re-election. There is no
indication whatever that he will have
any opposition for renomination next
year, and the probability is he will not
be opposed in the general election by
the candidate of any other party. He
will be overwhelmingly re-elected as
the democratic nominee. There is
perfect harmony in the ranks of the
democracy throughout the district
and the people are entirely satisfied
with Mr. Bartlett's record in congress.”
Did you get a sample of Dr. Tich
enor’s Antiseptic ? If so, don’t throw
it away—it’s too good to be wasted.
Try it when you get hurt Qr have
colic. It will do its business <jpick.
WHITE PRIMARY *
The city executive commirtte imet
in the office of Col. J. J. Rogers,
chairman, Thurday July 20th. with all
members present.
Alter a full discussion it was order
ed that a white primary be held at
the city hall on Friday, July zfith, for
the purpose of nominating candidates
for a mayor and three aldermen. All
qualified white voters shall be entitled
to vote, the poles to be open from 10
o’clock a. m. to 3 p. m.
The Australian ticket shall be used,
that is, a ticket containing the name
of every candidate in alphabetical
order, to be printed and furnished by
the executive committee. All candi
dates for mayor shall be assessed SI.OO
each and candidates for aldermen 50
cents each all names and money to be
handed to the secretary of this com
mittee by noon, Thursday, July 27th.
It is further ordered that anew
city executive committee of five be
elected at the same time, whose
names are to appear on the ticket,
without assessment. The primary
will be held by the executive commit
tee as previously provided for.
J. J. Rogers, Chairman
B. H. Hardy, Secretary.
For Mayor and Aldermen.
The following is announced as the
ticket for Mayor and Aldermen, in
the primary Friday, favoring a pro
gressive and an economical business
administration :
For Mayor
W. B. Smith.
For Aldermen
W. M. Howard,
W. C. Stafford,
J. B. P. Milner.
Announcement.
The following named gentlemen
will be supported in the primary for
Mayor and Aldermen, Friday, July 28:
For Mayor
J. L. KENNEDY.
For Aldermen
J. F. TAYLOR,
V. O. MARSHBURN,
J. F. HOWARD.
BETTER PRICE FOR COTTOj*.
The New Roundlap Bale Worth $2.00
More to the Mill.
Mr. T. W. Pratt, President of the
West Huntsville Cotton Mill, Hunts
ville, Alabama, who is known as one
of the most progressive business men
of Alabama, in addition to his exten
sive cotton manufacturing interests is
running what is said to be one of the
largest cotton ginning plants in the
world, Mr. Pratt has made a thor
ough investigation of the Roundlap
bale in his mill, and recently publish
ed a letter, in which he said that cot
ton in this form was worth $2.00 a
bale more to his mill than square-bale
cotton. Recently he telegraphed as
follows:
‘•After two years experience with
the Roundlap bale of the American
Cotton Company as a manufacturer,
I can positively state that my expe
rience is that it can be sampled equal
ly as well as the square bale; that it
saves 8 per cent in waste; that it un
winds to the core perfectly, and saves
much labor in the opening-room. Mix
ed or false packed bales arc never
found. For the plantee, ginner and
manufacturer it is the greatest inven
tion of the age.”
ELIMU BOOT APPOINTED.
Hon. Russell A. Alger has resigned
as secretary of war and President Mc-
Kinley has appointed to the position
Hon. Elihu Root, an eminent lawyer
of New York. Mr. Root was born
in Clinton, Oneida county, New York,
on February 15, 1854. His father,
Oren Root, was a professor of math
ematics in Hamilton College from
1849 till 1885. The son was gradu
ated from there in 1864, adopted the
profession of law and settled in New
York city, where he has attained high
reputation. In 1873 she was Unit
ed States district attorney for the
southern district of New York.
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup
has been used for over fifty years by
millions of mothers for their children
while teething, with perfect success.
It soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pam, cures wind colic and is
the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It
will relieve the poor little sufferers
immediately. Sold by Druggists in
every part of the world at 25 cents a
bottle. Be sure and ask for Mrs
Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, and take
no other kind.
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Acts gently on the
Kidneys, Liver
and Bowels
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Bob Taylor on “Sweethearts.”
•‘Do you want me to tell you how
you may know when a boy has been
hit with one of Cupid's arrows. He
begins to shave his pimpled face and
makes desperate efforts to sprout a
mustache; he begins to wear collars
bigger than his shirt, and a necktie
like a moring glory; he has his trousers
creased daily, and his patent leathers
polished; he has a dreamy look and
blushes whether he will or not; he
feels like a culprit, and dares not look
you straight in the eyes, lest you dis
cover his secret thoughts; he cannot
refrain from sending boxes of caramels
and French candies and fruits in sea
son. The effect of the amorous
wound is blood poision, producing
temporary insanity, followed by soften
ing ot the brain.
•‘Did you ever see a fair young girl
wed a hog and tenderly pat him on
the jowl; and did you never hear her
call him ‘darling?” I have, and she
wasn’t my wife either. Did you nev
er read in Shakespeare’s Mid summer
Night Dream, how the deluded Ti
tania wove garlands of flowers fgr the
brow of an ass? I have seen it
done many a time in actual life.
‘‘lt is common for girls to link their
precious lives with good clothes rath
er than with heart and brains.
“The world cannot do without you
girls; but before it claims you, let me
whisper a word in your ears. Have
all the fun you can. Giggle and laugh
as much as you please. Dance, and
romp, and skip and hop until your
hearts go ‘flippity flop,’ and the blood
eddies in your cheeks like roses that
bloom in the spring tra la. Extract
every drop of sweetness out of every
passing hour. Sleep and dream and
dream again. Be happy now; for the
clouds of sorrow will lower soon, and
some day the troubles of real life will
come."
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED
by lrcal applications as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
inflamed condition of the mucous
lining 01 the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is inflamed you have a rum
bling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed Deafness is
the result, and unless the inflamma
tion can be taken out and this tube
restored to its normal condition, hear
ing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Ca
tarrh, which is nothing but an inflam
ed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars; free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
The H. J. Heniz Cos will ex
hibit their pickles and condi
ments at H. H. Grays Saturday
July 29th. All the ladies are
cordially invited to call and
inspect 'their goods,
J. C. COLLIER CO.
Do not fail to visit our August clearing sale* All summer merchan
dise must be sold as it is a rule of the store not to carry goods
from one season to another#
THIN DRESS GOODS.
former price we mean it.
§ MILLINERY.
trimmed hats
sailors, etc. at half price.
loc vest at Sc
Men’s Straw hats at half price
We are loading our guns for the fall trade. Our buyer leaves for
Boston and New York in about 15 days and we must sell to make room
for our large stock. Bargains are here for you.
6ollier Department Store.
BARNESVILLE, GA.
The Colored Teachers Meet.
The meeting of the Pike County
Teachers’ Institute was held at the
C. M. E. Church, Barnesville, Ga.,
beginning July 3, 1899. At the close
of a very profitable session, the com
mittee on resolutions offered the fol
lowing, which were adopted:
Resolved, we the teachers extend
to Rev. A. J. Cobb and his members
our thanks for the use of their church
and courtesies shown us during the
session.
Resolved, that we extend our
thanks to the Board of Education for
the wise management of our schools
in the county.
Resolved, that we feel under many
obligations to our able and worthy
county school commissioner, Edward
Elder, for his untiring efforts in fur
thering the cause of education.
Resolved, that we extend our hear
ty thanks to Prof. G. F. Oliphant for
the wise and instructive manner in
which he handled the little problems,
which have been so tedious to many
teachers.
Resolved, that we extend to the
chairman, Prof. N. E. Blanton our
hearty thanks for the able manner in
which he presided, and the courtesy
shown to each.
Resolved, that we extend to our
secretary, Miss Helena M. Brown,our
many thanks for the faithful perform
ance of hex duty.
Resolved, that these resolution be
printed in the Barnesville Gazette,
Pike County Journal and the Griffin
Echo.
Committee (W. J. Sewell,
on < G. H. Parks,
Resolutions ( L. G. Robinson.
Helena M. Brown, Secretary.
A CHILD ENJOYS
The pleasant flavor, gentle action,
and soothing effect of Syrup of Figs,
when in need of a laxative, and if the
father or mother be costive or bilious,
the most gratifying results follow its
use; so that it is the best family reme
dy known and every family should
have a bottle. Manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Cos.
A, tan shoes.
Bpm Men’s tan shoes
fNgH Ladies’ tan Shoes
fa OJ* MATTINGS
DOMBTKA m AND rugs
r j ces Also
window shades, cornice poles,
furniture, harness, etc.
Neckwear.
All gents shirts, hosiery,
suspenders, neckwear, collars,
and cuffs at cut prices.
Our cut prices are real. Ev
erything in our store cut dur
ing August.
An Easy Way Out of it.
A certain Irish member of parlia
ment, popular and a bachelor, had
been very polite to the daughter of
the house where he was visiting.
When the time came for him to go
the too-anxious mamma called him in
for a serious talk.
“I’m sure I don’t know what to
say,” she went on; “ ’tis reported all
around that you are to marry Letitia.”
“Just say that she refused me,”
quietly advised the parliamentarian.—
San Francisco Argonaut.
A TEXAS WONDER.
hall's great discovery.
One small bottle of Hall's Great
Discoyery cures all Kidney and
Bladder troubles, removes gravel,
cures Diabctis, Seminal Emissions,
weak and lame backs. Rheumatism
and all irregularities of the kidneys
and bladder in both men and women.
Regulates bladder troubles in children.
If not sold by your druggist will be
sent by mail on receipt of sl. One
small bottle is two month’s treatment
and will cure any case above men
tioned. E. W. Hall.
Sole manufacturer.
St. Louis, Mo, formerly Waco, Tex.
Sold by W. A. Wright, Barnesville.
READ THIS.
Temple Texas. April 16,, 1899. —
I have used Hall's Great Discovery
for bladder and kidney trouble, and
would not take a thousand dollars
for the benefit received from using
one bottle. I feel that I am per
manently cured.
W. R. Tyler, D. D. S.,
Formerly of Barnesville.
Coca Cola.
Do you drink Coca Cola? If you do
not you cannot realize what a pleas
ant exhilarating drink it is. Coca
Cola is a Georgia product and is
manufactured in Atlanta where the
office of the company is located. Its
sale has reached phenomenal propor
tions, milliohs of gallons being dis
pensed from the soda founts through
out the country every year. If you
don’t drink Coca Cola go to the
nearest soda fount and try it.
SLIPPERS.
fCut
price s
pers.
Prices so low that you will ap
preciate having a store to
trade at like ours.
f CLOTHING
A 1 1
A1 1 summer
coats, vests and
suits at one
third of former
price.
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Pike County Sunday
School Association-
Will hold its regular annual meet
ing at Bluff Springs camp ground on
Saturday the sth day of August 1899.
Every Sunday school superintendant,
teacher and scholar in the county is
an active member of the association
and is expected to be present and
participate in the pleasures and exer
cises of the occasion.
A report from each school will be
expected giving their numerical
strength in officers and teachers, gen
eral attendance etc. The exercises
will begin promptly at 9 a. m. and will
consist of short addresses and recita
tions from the different schools inter
spersed with music selected and led
by the chorister.
The public generally, especially all
parents and those interested in the
Sunday school cause are invited to
attend. There will be a basket din
ner spread at 12 o’clock. In the
afternoon the prize banner singing
contest will occur, in which any
school is urged to participate. Su
perintendants of the county are asked
to bring the matter before their re
spective schools and insist upon their
attendance. A grand and glorious
time is in store for all who attend.
Jno. T. Hunt,
Pres. Cos. Association.
J. B. Head, Secty.
Pike Deposits In Griffin.
An official order was issued by Gov
ernor Candler Saturday to the tax
collectors of the state authorizing
them to make their deposits in the
state depositories, which are named
in the ‘proclamation which accompa
nies the order. The Griffin Banking
Company is made depository for the
counties of Spalding, Pike and Henry.
You can't cure dyspepsia by diet
ing. Eat good, wholesome food, and
plenty of it.—Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
digests food without aid from the stom
ach, and is made to cure.
Dr. W. A. Wright,
L. H. Holmes, Bamesville.
Milner.