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Newnan, Ga., Friday, Oct. 14, 1887. !
ALL MEN EDITORS.
The Man Who Would Admit That He
Could Not Run a Newspaper Not
Yet Discovered.
‘•Hipronyroous Cranv " in Memphis Times.
1 have never yei discovered t lie man
who would acknowledge anything else;
No Place for Young Men.
Kansas City Letter to the Louisville Courier-
Journal.
; Kansas City is overrun with clerks
I and other commercial young men in
i search of something to do. The city
is likewise full of business, and many
merchants accumulate large fortunes
in a few years; but the proprietors,
like their brethren in the older cities,
see no reason why they should divide
the profits with their ompolyes, and as
. , , , 1 they can obtain plenty of the latter,
he might confess that he had mistaken ...
. ... , they are never afraid of a strike. J he
cost of living is vegy high in Kansas
City, and clerk hire is correspondingly
low. Add the two together and you
obtain the total produced by the same
process in the Eastern towns. The re
suit benefits Kansas City, because the
clerk when he goes away, as he usually
does, never takes any money with
him, but leaves it behind ill the pockets
of his employer or boarding-house
his calling in becoming a minister; lie
might say that he was never built for a
lawyer, or that medicine was not to Ids
taste ; he might own up that he could
•iot run a saw-mill, a locomotive, a ho
tel, a school, a steamboat or a saloon;
out he would never admit that he could
not make a newspaper a howling suc
cess.
I discovered this psychological fact
several years ago when a friend of mine j k p ej " f , r
took a trip to Europe and asked me to worked in that wholesale dry-
run his paper foi h.m while he was goods store four years for $40 a month,”
away. Xow r , if there was any one j 8a j d a y OU ng man, pointing to a five-
thing that I thought I could do then, story building in front of which the
it was to conduct a newspaper; so I j 9 i deW alk was littered with boxes of
promptly acceded to his request and , good9> « and j i abo red like a galley
was installed as editor. I determined j g i ave? too, but I could never get any
in the first place that I would sound i more salary. I came out West to make
j»ublic sentiment, and find out accurate- , ny f or tune in the commercial business,
ly what my readers wanted, lime aie and j was then 23 years old. I went to
a few of their opinions: , Omaha, Atchison, Denver, Topeka and
; everywhere else, and the only thing I
I could get was that place over there.
Every town in the West w T as crowded
with young men in search of profitable
employment, but willing to take any-
1 1 thing that would keep them alive. I
was considered very fortunate when I
secured my clerkship, anti as compared
Peo-
“Your editorials are too Ion
pie don’t read anything longer than
fifteen lines nowadays. They believe
in paragraphs.”
“Why don’t you give us some edito
rials? Those short comments are no
worth reading. They give us no idea
of a subject.”
“You ought to give more personal
and society news. Surely the move
ments of respectable people are of much
more importance than the records of
the police court.”
“What makes
with the others 1 was. I could have
: gone to my home, a pleasant little
Pennsylvania village of 20,000 inhabi-
i tants, and taken a much easier place at
! S75 a month, but I was too proud to do
U ,u ^ oul P a P ei it. I had come West to make my for-
witli all this slush.-' Nobody caies to j tune, and I would not change my in-
read that kind of stuff.” j tention.”
“I can t see why you fill your panel “Do you retain that idea ?”
with so much trivial local news, when j “i c i ung to it for four years> but at
so many important events are taking j atd - bave come to ray senses. I resigned
place elsewhere . j three days ago and am going back home.
For goodness sake, gi\e us a rest on yj v p e0 p[ e always wanted me stay
this foreign news. Nobody here cares there> aild they will kill the fatted ca f f
what the royal idiots are doing in Eu- ^ f or uie j can obtain employment there
l '°l )e -_ • as soou as I want to for a salary double
Why don t you cater moie to tjie that I received here, with the work
ladies t They are the greatest newspa- mucb lighter and the cost of living not
per readers, and it seems to me you j half s0 great< No more Kansas City
ure in saying what to him seems the
truth. They are usually clean. They
do not pander in their news-gathering
to the tastes of salacious readers.
slight them entirely.”
“Look, here! You arc making a
mistake in publishing a woman’s pa
per. If you expect to succeed, you
will have to put something stronger in
it.”
“As soon as you quit publishing this
infernal base ball news you can renew
my subscription
for me. I have had enough. The ex
perience of four years has taught me
thagl 1 can make a fortune just as easily
in Pennsylvania as out West.”
The Carlin-Dupree Wedding.
St. Paul Glolie.
The Carlin-Dupree wedding, that
“What’s the matter with your paper : t°ok place Saturday on the Cheyenne
now? It has no base ball news in it. j River, sixty miles northwest of Pierre,
That’s the only department I read, and ; was ^he great event of the sea-
if you can’t give us more than you do. j S!)n ’ as ^ was ^ ie first time in the liisto-
wliy you can stop my paper.” i 1 ' of that section of the country that
“You could greatly improve your pa- j a " man n ^te has married a
per by publishing articles of the best j sc l uaw * The groom, Douglas Carlin, is
humorists occasionally.” j a aiundson of I territorial Governor Car-
“I can’t understand why you stuff i °f Illinois, and is the nephew of
your columns with the alleged humor j ^ ai ‘^ n °f the regular army. The
of Bill Xye, Bob Burdette arid the fun- ^‘ide * s ^ ie daughter of Frederick Du
ll y papers. Nobody wants to read that j I uee * a ^ renc h half-breed. Her mother
kind of truck.” * s ^ ie °f the Minneconjou band
“Well, I see you are publishing a red j The ceremony was perforrn-
hot prohibition paper now. You will j e< ^ ' ) - Justice Kinnie in the presence of
make a great many enemies by eiu-P'^® Sioux Indians and 30 whites,
bracing that folly.” After the American ceremony was per-
“I hear a good many complaints ; an old squaw came from a hut
among the prohibitionists of the luke- : an ^ chanted a dismal song as an indipa-
warmness of your paper. They say that j ^ ou ^ )at ; ^ IK ^ aas wer ® satisfied,
you have gone back on the cause.” j ^ i ie me( ^ tane man °f the Sioux then,
“There is one thing lacking in your ; " head covered with a buffalo
paper. You are not spicy and person-: 1( ^ ,e > binned herbs and invoked the
al enough. People want personalities passings of the Great Spirit, after
nowadays. They want to be shook " hieh t\\ o Indians rode white ponies
U p ’* * " | across the plains and presented them
“You ought not to indulge so much to the bride,and groom as the approval
in personalities. Maintain a judicial j the Great Spirit. The feast then
tone, and avoid anything like heat or' conim onced, which consisted of ten ox-
malice.” cn roas t e d whole arid 100 dogs boiled
“If the paper had more sporting news '■ sou P- _ The latter was not sampled
in it and fewer religious notes, it would the wnites. xlie presents made
be more popular.” Urom.the father-were 500 cattle, fifty
“Religious people complain a'-great P on i es > ail( l tliirty domestic buffaloes,
deal about you filling your paper with Dancing-was commenced .and kept up
sporting news, and neglecting the af- -three vdajs without intermission. As
fairs of the Church.” ‘ ' | ta^t as one Indian was!-exhausted" an-‘
Such was the advice I got. It was 1 0, J ler tooLliis place, and the ball went |
plain that in order to satisf y everybody j on< - The bride is an ordinary looking j
I had. to double the size of the paper ^ education. She was j
or discontinue its publication entirely.; c at lrt . a -of black silk, with beaver j
I concluded to adopt the adviceliu see- fur trmftnu**. red .ribbons and elk j.
- teeth ornaments.' She does riot look:
striking, but is regarded to be worth-til0,-1
Cooks villa.
Mr. Editor:—Everything is calm,
quiet and serene in our little ville.
Cooksville High School closed Friday
night, September 30th, with an exhibi
tion and supper. There was a large
crowd in attendance and it was pro
nounced quite an enjoyable occasion.
Rev. Mr. Owensby preached a very
interesting sermon at Cooksville acade
my last Sunday evening.
Cooksville Farmers’ Alliance met
last Saturday and elected delegates to
the County Alliance, which convened
at Liberty, October 3d. This associa
tion is growing rapidly in this county,
and will doubtless prove of great ad
vantage to the farmers.
Cotton is being gathered and sold,
and the farmer receives that familiar
autumnal invitation from the mer
chant—“Come to see me; your note is
due.”
Mrs. H. L. Hendricks has been spend
ind some time with her mother, who
has been quite sick at her home in
Franklin.
Mrs. Nancy Brown has been quite
sick, but we are glad to know she
improving.
Dr. John Cook and family are visit
ing relatives in western Heard.
Mr. Sam Owensby, of Owensbyvifie
was visiting relatives and friends in
this and adjoining neighborhoods last
Saturday and Sunday.
Master Lee Bruce is threatened with
fever.
Mrs. Paschal Wood, we are inform
ed, is quite sick.
Judge W. H. Cook, after a recess of
some time, is again mingling with the
fair sex. Success to you, Judge, in
your matrimonial pursuits.
There is certainly extreme need of ;
long bridge across New river at Cook’
bridge. Then, ye who have the power,
why not give us the bridge ?
Wanted—by a young man of this
neighborhood, a young lady by the
same name of the fellow that slept in
the lion’s den.
Dr. J. W. Cook, a rising young phy
sician from Houston, Ga., has been vis
iting his mother and brothers at this
place. Calamity Jim.
Oct. 4th.
If you want to have your baby
healthy and beautiful, four things are
necessary; Fresh air, good food, bright
sunshine and Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup.
Note. Be suspicious of persons who
recommend any other article as “just
as good,” and take nothing else but Dr.
Bull’s Cough Syrup.
GEORGIA STATE FAIR,
October 24th to 30th,
—AT—
Macon, Georgia.
Most Liberal Premium List Ever
fered by Any State Fair in the
United States
Of-
Special Features Every Day !
OBITUARY.
tions. I became l>y turns rapturously
religious and sublimely skeptical. 1
wrote like a litterateur one week, arid
like the correspondent of a sporting
000 in her own right, ahdisthe heiress to
the Dupree estate arid AG0,0(KJ in cash,j
and other securities. The Indians now
journal the next. I constructed -pan- "“y 1 il,umnb uo > v
derous articles 011 the tariff and a.< an ' u '§ art l ttti great honor for a white-man
offset penetrated the giddy of the sld- marry-a I is this case they
Gilbert—Died, of typhoid fever,
September 26th, 1887, Minnie H. Gil
bert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. H,
Gilbert—aged 7 years, 9 months and 13
days.
l*t was the writer’s pleasure to know
Minnie very well, and we do not know
of one who possessed so many rare vir
tues of her age. A kinder or more obe
dient little girl it has never been our
pleasure to know. At school, by her
kindness and sweet disposition, she
! gained the friendship and esteem of all
ier associates. Around the fireside,
she was all a kind father and mother
could desire;—obedient and kind, ever
ready to do all she could to make
home happy and pleasant, to her
brothers arid sisters she seemed greatly
devoted. During her sickness she did
not murmur nor complain, but bore it
with a patience seldom found I11 one of
her age.
While all was done for her that could
be done; although a fond mother and
sisters, with anxious hearts, watched
by her bedside, it pleased an all-wise
Providence to remove her from our
midst. When her last moments came
she closed her eyes and quietly fell
asleep in her Saviour’s arms, and her
sweet spirit winged its flight upward
to the God who gave it, there to meet
her two little sisters, gone before. We
can almost see them, beckoning us to
follow them, to enjoy the endless bliss
they now enjoy. But, oh ! how sad it
was to give her up! Such a bright lit
tle light, so quickly to expire, only to
shine the brighter in - heaven. To* the
bereaved family we tender our heart
felt sympathy in their sad bereavment.
They should feel comforted with the
consoling reflection that Minnie is—
Freed from sickness and suffering.
Saved from ail earthly taint, forever;
Pure as a fresh-driven snowflake,
The gift has returned to the Giver.
Among the white-robed, sinless angels,
And close to the dear Shepherd’s breast,
She is testing l he pur<- joys of heaven—
Sweet rapture and infinite rest.
But. oh! the sad hearts that are aching,
k And the home that’s so darkened to-day,
Since its light, its joys, $nd its gladness,
Were silently borne away.
Beud near in thy pity, dear Savior,
Beneath thine out-spreading’M ing
May their stricken hearts rind shelter,
A' refuge through their sorroM'ing.
May the sweet star.of faith .ever shining,
Through deepest and sorest, distress,
Point the way turougli these, dim, dusky
shadows.
Towards fadeless and pure happiness.
Towards yonder bright city eternal.
Where sad partings never mav come,
Where the dear little • nes waiteth
TO-Welcome their dear family home.
; ; " A. E. Hindsman.
PueketGStntion, Ga.
rejoicing- going on
throughout the entire ^botimls of the
reservation. -. • '
Growth of Southern Newspapers.
Hivcttord .Oomiuit
There is no better evidence of. South
ern prosperity thj.ni the new life ex-
offset penetrated — „ r .._ ..... . _ l , .
dies and dished up an editorial, on mC ,uo pleased
ciety. I wrote learnedly about hare
ball and developed an easy co^yhoy
style in. mv literary critiques.- I no
ticed every local plank walk that had
been-laid and every waterniekm Tawn
party that ha;l been given one week;
and the next 3 -wrote about the early
•extermination of Europe. I gave my
views about agriculture in a way that
infatuated tin? eiffire Granger element.
I wrote up a public official in a judicial
way, and nobodj paid am attention to nor agree with a good deal
t. I denounced another official in a
lurid, red-lieaded style, and contracted
a serious ease ol doctor’s bill on account
of it.
When T had been an editor for about
six weeks I became aware of the fact
that if the owner of the paper did not
return soon he would find nothing of
his journal left except the mortgages
on the type and press.
Give Them :t Chance.
That is to say, your lungs. Also all
your breathing machinery. Very won
derful machinery it is. Not only the
larger air-passages, but the thousands
of little tubes and cavities leading from
them. Q
When these are clogged and choked
with matter which ought not to be
Wednesday, October 26th,
—WILL BE-
Confederate Veterans’ Day.
On that day there will be the last
grand review of all surviving ex-Con-
federate Soldiers by
Ex-President Jefferson Davis.
On this occasion there
present most of the
Living
There
bers of
will also be
Confederate Generals.
are but four surviving mem-
Mr. Davis’ Cabinet.
They are Messrs. Reagan, Watts,
Davis and Memin^er. It is feared the
latter’s illness will prevent his attend
ance; but it is assured the other three
will be there.
The entries of all kinds of exhibits
Exceed all Other Fairs*
A close comparison of the premium
lists of all the other State Fairs shows
that the Georgia State Fair’s Premium
List is
Larger and More Liberal
Than any offered in the LTiited States.
Horse Racing.
The State Fair Race Track has no
equal in t he South. It is a full-mile track.
It is an old well-beaten Track; and
the city of Macon, at < r reat expense,
is having it now put in the best possible
racin" condition. There are more
and better horses entered to-day than
there have been at any two State Fairs
heretofore. The premiums are large and
the best stock of the South, including
KENTUCKY and TENNESSEE, will
be on the course.
Lowest Railroad Rates.
The Railroads have put the rates
within 130 miles of Macon at ONE
CENT a mile, and for distances further
than that, within the State, at $3 for the
round trip. These are the MOST LIB
ERAL RATES EVER OFFERED in
the South. Special low railroad rates
will be given to all without the State.
Accommodations.
A committee of citizens of Macon lias
been appointed to provide ample ac
commodations for all visitors. There
will be no difficulty in entertaining
Fifty Thousand Strangers.
For all further information on any
subject, address
E. C. GRIER, Secretary,
Macon, Georgia.
NO, THANKS !
I don’t want the earth! I
shall be satisfied with a reasona
ble fragment of it! Some men
would probably gobble the entire
globe if they had a chance; but
I am no iiog! All that I want
is a fair share of the public pat
ronage; and if, after comparing
my goods and prices with those
other enterprising merchants,
the average wayfarer does not
vield me the palm for selectness,
quality, cheapness and general superiority, why then I will call
in my friends, divide out my goods and chattels and retire from
the field. In these piping times it is useless to try to do bus
iness unless you have money, experience and gall sufficient to
sustain you in competition with the Ishmaelites of the mer
cantile profession. Recognizing the importance of these val
uable aids to success, I Hatter myself that I am fairly well
equipped for the fray, and bid defiance to all competitors.
Now, do not be misled by these desultory remarks. I would
not have you believe that I am one of the Vanderbilt heirs, or
that I have a resident buyer in New York, or that I have been
in business since before the war, or that I expect to run an
auction house. Neither assumption would be just to me, nor
to the veracious medium through which this announcement
will find its way to the public. * I simply mean that I have a
large and well-assorted stock of CLOTHING, DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES, etc., and am selling them at prices that will
bring tears to the eyes of my esteemed competitors when they
find it out. But I can’t help their embarrassment. If they
oversleep themselves and allow me to get the drop on ’em in
the matter of mercantile bargains, it is not my lookout. 1
sometimes find it necessary to sit up at night in order to do
this, hut it is one of the hardships of the trade that must be
occasionally endured. Indeed, I frequently toss upon my
sleepless pillow for hours at a time, devising schemes whereby
I can best serve my customers with the choicest there is in the
land, and at prices that they will be forced to esteem as bless
ings in disguise.
My stock of Clothing, Gents’ Furnishing Goods, Shoes,
Hats, Dry Goods, etc., is fastidiously select, and will bear close
comparison with any similar lines kept here or elsewhere.
My stock of Groceries comprises everything needed in the
way of eatables, and is always large enough to supply the de
mand—whether for cash or on time.
A. P. JONES.
J. E. TOOLE.
JONES & TOOLE,
CARRIAGE BUILDERS
AND DEALERS IX
HARDWARE,
LaGRANGE, ga.
Manufacture all kinds of
Carriages, Buggies, .Carts and
Wagons. Repairing neatly
and promptly'done at reason
able prices. We sell the Peer
ess Engine and Machinery.
CAN
YOUNG MAN,
Catch your eye, I would like to
call your attention to my large
and varied assortment of Gents’
Furnishing Goods, Shirts, Col
lars, Cuffs, Hosier}-, Underwear,
Neckwear, Handkerchiefs, etc.
I keep the latest, nobbiest styles
and make a specialty of all goods
in this department.
The celebrated “Pearl Shirt”
is one of my most popular lead
ers. Made to order, if desired.
I keep also a complete line of samples, including the finest
Cassimeres, Cloths, etc. Will take your measure and insure
as good a fit and in as late and fashionable style as can be se
cured from any tailor in the country, and at half the cost.
I. P. BRADLEY.
Next door to Newnan National Bank, Newnan, Ga.
FURNITURE!
CARRIAGE AND WAGON '
REPAIR SHOP!
We are prepared to do any kind of woik in
the Carriage, Buggy or Wagon line that maj
be desired and in the best and most work
manlike manner. We use nothing bur the
best seasoned material,- and guarantee ;all
work done. Old Baggie.- Lnd Wagons.over
hauled and made new. New Buggies and
Wagons made to order. Prices reasonable.
Tires shrunk and wheels guaranteed. Give
s a trial. FOLDS A. POTTS.
Newnan. February 11. 1<K7.
work. And wliat they do, they cannot
do well.
Gall it cold, cough, croup, pneumonia.
JERSEY BULLS!
hibitetl by the. Southern press in tlie j Tner - e ’ your lungs cannot half do their
wide range and thoroughness of their !
news-gathering. The representative | piiCU1 iiu„m,
Southern papers are abreast of the j uitalTh, consumption or any of the fam- j beef Cattle
country in their enterprise. We can-! re °* [U‘ 0:i y a ’>d nose and head and
. . ^ lung obstructions, all are bad. All
we see m j ought to be got rid of. There is just
Southern- newspapers, but it is a pleas-1 one sure way'to get rid of them. That
ure to come in contact with their open-' K To ta ^ c ' e Bosrtiee’s German Syrup, nr Mai W A Turner
which any druggist will sell vou at 73 ur vv * 1 timer,
cents a bottle.' Even if everything else J. T. REESE
has failed, you may depend upon this
I buy and sell more FURNITURE than all the dealers in
Atlanta combined. I operate fifteen large establishments. I
buy the entire output of factories; therefore I can sell you
cheaper than small dealers. Read some of my prices :
A Nice Plush Parlor Suit, $35.00,
A Strong Hotel Suit, $15.00.
A Good Bed Lounge, $10.00.
A Good Single Lounge, $5.00.
A Good Cotton-Top Mattress, $2.00.
A Good Strong Bedstead, $1.50.
A Nice Rattan Rocker, $2.50.
A Nicfe Leather Rocker, $5.00.
A Strong Walnut Hat Rack, $7.00.
A Nice Wardrobe, $10.00.
A Fine Glass Door Wardrobe, $30.00,
A Fine Book Case, $20.00.
A Good Office Desk. $10.00.
A Fine Siik Plush Parlor Suit, $50.00.
A Fine Walnut 10-Piece Suit, $50.00.
A Nice French Dresser Suit, $25.00.
I respectfully invite everybody to examine my stock and get
! my prices before buying your Furniture. I have the finest as
| well as the cheapest Furniture in Atlanta.
I will sell cheap or trade for
6 or S fine Jersey
Bull Calves, from registered
stock. Call on undersigned
Write for prices.
A. G. RHODES,
85 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga.
A new Dakota town
tants and five saloons.
has 118 inhabi-
uess and prevailing sincerity. , There
is another noticeable point. The South
ern editor has never been timid about
i expressing his mind, except in certain
directions where liberty of discussion
could not be allowed. At any rate, he
expresses his miml now with refreshing
j candor and frankness. He is, perhaps,
no more free from prejudice than the
! rest of us, but lie seems to take pleas-
•JOHX W. HUGHES.
FRED B. LAW.
for certain.
Newnan, Ga., Sept. 1, 1887.
DR. THOMAS J. JONES.
The annual expenditures by Europe
upon military and naval purposes, ac
cording to a recent English publication,
amount to nearly 4si8,c.73,000,iXK), while ;
the total of the national debts of El’- Respectfully otters his services to tlie people
rope reaches the astoumlimr amount of i in Newnan and viciuity. Office on Depot
*->i -mo a-,7 «-.o . street, R. H. Barnes old jewelry office. Res-
i ,7 7 i /vVi ,w\ nAn 1 . i Uttci slim near- jdence on Depot street, third building east ol
h 000,000,000 IS paid for interest. . a. & \v. n. depot.
HUGHES & LAW,
HATTERS
AND
GENTS’ FURNISHERS!
VALISES, U M BR ELLAS ETC
PEACHTREE STREET, - - - ATLANTA, GA.
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