The herald and advertiser. (Newnan, Ga.) 1887-1909, June 16, 1899, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE HERALD AND ADVERTISER. VOL. XXXIV. We have now the largest stock of Groceries ana Provisions, Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats, etc., that we have ever carried. Special inducements on Flour and Tobacco. Genuine Cuban Molasses. Everything needed in the home and on the farm. We make special efforts to supply the needs of the farmers. We Want Your Cash Trade! We Want Your Time Trade! Buy “International” Stock and' Chicken Powders —best in the world. Prevents cholera in hogs and chickens. Price 25c., 50c., and $1.00. »©“■ Give us your trade and we pledge our best en deavors to please you. Arnall & Farmer Mdse Co., Greenville St., Newnan, Ga. Some Tremendous Hot Weather Bargains! This week you can get Solid Oak Suites of Furniture for $9—worth more money. Good Cooking Stoves for less than you can buy them else where. New shipment of fine Trunks, almost at your own price. See them and we will sell you. Get one of our Woven-Wire Cots for summer and keep cool. We have a select lot of Lounges, and will sell you one cheap. See our Water Sets, also; best on the market for the money Get a Refrigerator. You can find the best here. Best and most substantial Iron Beds on the market. We have several Sewing Machines that we will close out at bargains that you don’t find every day. Baby Carriages and Go-Carts—a full assortment, from $5.00 up. For the finest Coffins and Caskets ccme to see us. Will serve you for so much less money than you have been paying that you will be surprised. Reese’s Furniture Store. Saw-Mill-s— With “never-slip” Friction Feed; “Bull Dogs” for last plank; Gauge Roller; new Head-Blocks; guar anteed to saw accurate lumber. Write for prices on Saw-Mills, Corn Mills, Engines and Boilers. R. D. Cole Mfg. Co., NEWNAN, GEORGIA. The Herald and Advertiser and the Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal one year for $1.75. Or, The Herald and Advertiser and the Weekly Constitution one year, $1.75. NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY. JUNE 16, 1899. THE STAIRWAY OF STARS., CHARLES HANFORD, Jit. There’s a stairway all hidden, to our gaze now forbidden— We mortals see tittle, you know; And there’s never a gap, but a star for each step, Up the way that good people must go. There’s never a stop till we reach the fair top And tread on the surface of Mars, And the dreams given birth down here on the earth, We’ll forget on the stairway of stars! Then we are shriven—that’s the meaning of heaven— All the heaven we ever may claim; To be sinless is all the best soul may call Its glorious portion and name. And the joys that we treasured are small to he measured, For heaven gives only great pars, And no vain earthly tiling the greatest may bring Up the bright stairway of stars! But the journey seems long while we tarry among The magnets that hold us down here, Yet in a twinkle of sight we’ll make the greut llight When we start up the wonderful stair; And Clod will be glad timt we labored and had Enough faith just to cover our scars, For He knows that men all arc weak and may fall E’en from the stairway of stars! MILITARISM AND TRUSTS. Gorman Says they Should bo the Is- sue-Predlcts a United Demoracy When the Fight Begins. New York World. Washington, June 4.—Senator Arthur Pue Gorman, the Democratic leader in Maryland, and a conspicuous and influential leader in national Democratic politics, said to-day: “Silver to-day attracts lesB atten tion than imperialism. In every campaign there is one issue which towers in importance above all others. Party platiorms invariably touch upon many subjects, but history has shown that some one plank always rises supreme.” To the question, “How about the issue of 10 to 1 in the next cam paign?” the Maryland man had given the above reply. He continued: “In th6 campaign of ’84, when I was chairman of the Democratic Execu tive Committee, we talked about many questions in the platform, but the principal battle cry was ‘Turn the rascals out’ and ‘Open the books of the Treasury.’ On this issue we won a brilliant victory. In ’88 the tariff was the issue, taking a place of im portance above everything else. In ’92 the force bill, reduction of tariff and civil service reform were the is sues. Four years later the money question—silver or gold—attracted the greatest attention.” “And the prominent issues in the next contest will be?” “The questions of militarism and of restricting organized capital from its encroachments on the public,” quick ly replied the Senator. “My deliber ate judgment is that the battle against that class of trusts which obtain by legislation undue power to restrain trade will be the overpowering issue. The Democracy has always opposed trusts, but heretofore this issue has been of secondary importance. Dur ing the last few years, however, trusts and combinations of capital, organized to restrict trade and crush the small dealer, have become so dar ing, seriously menacing our form of government, that it is highly impor tant that some decisive action should be taken to restrain them. “It will be a difficult matter to form a bill to throttle trusts and bring them within the meaning of the law. Cor porations organized to transact a fair and legitimate business, with no aim or intention of destroying the small dealer, must be protected. But the great, powerful, law-breaking mo nopolies who flaunt their power and their illegitimate transactions in the face of the public must be grap pled with. The business interests of the country must be protected. Many trusts are formed to corner some article of merchandise or manu facture which is necessary to the hap piness and comfort of consumers. These monopolies fix their own prices, squeezing millions of dollars annually out of a credulous public. Through their massed capital trusts often are able to dictate and control legislation, “State legislation, designed tq tope with organized monopoly, cannot alone b§ effective. The national leg islature must deal with this great question. If the Democracy is again ushered into power I have no doubt that some sweeping legislation will be enacted to confine them to a proper and legitimate sphere of business,” “Do you think the Democratic party will be united in the coming contest?” “Yes, I really do. In bygone years there have been differences of opinion between men of the same political faith, and at times there has been such bitter feeling between partisans that men who did not believe in the platforms enunciated have left the party, but, like the prodigal son, they invariably have returned. To my mind, there is no reason why the Democratic party should be split. We cannot hope to win so long ns we are unable to present a solid front.” The correspondent called Mr. Gorman's attention to the cablegrams from Manila suggesting the dispatch of more troops to put down the re bellion. “It is not surprising to me,” the Senator said, “that Otis calls for more help. We are confronted to-day with a condition of nffnirs too broad iu scope and to deep iu meaning for the ordinary human mind to comprehend. Never before in the history of the American republic have questious of such magnitude presented them selves. We have taken into our pos session and under our wing a class of people half civilized, treacherous Tagals, foreign in nature, custom and habit to the worst specimen of the American, and are endeavoring to force upon them a form of govern ment which they do not want and which they could uot enjoy even though it were fastened upon them. “Does Otis, after allayiug strife and bringing the Filipinos into submission, need more men to hold the Tagals in a subdued state? These are questions of interest to every American. My opinion is that the Filipinos are as fur from being whipped to-day as they were when the insurrection began. The warfare to which they are used is iu no sense civilized. Ou the con trary, it is a guerrilla fight, and as such may be continued indefinitely. Wild, roving bands of naked savages, who make their abode in the interior hills of the land, would forever me nace American authority, even if such were to be firmly established. “Haviug gone into this troublesome dispute, however, there is but one tiling to do—continue the fighting, Ail the men and all the money neces sary to bring the war to a close should be the motto of every true-spirited American. It is too late now to with draw. It would he a confession of our inability to cope with these bar barians and to whip them into sub jection, and it would be ignominious for tiie American forces to back out of the Philippines at this time. My ad vice to the Administration is to give Otis all the men he may need and to instruct him to force fighting until some sort of a solution of the problem is reached. “As I have said repeatedly in my public utterances, all the trouble could have been averted if the peace treaty had been amended. We could have sent our peace commissioners back to meet the Spanish envoys, with instructions to release the whole of the Philippine Islands, save Ma nila, and sufficient territory contigu ous thereto for a naval and coaling station. If this had been done we would not to-day see this bogus white elephant. There would be no war in the Philippines. There would have been little loss of human blood and but small expenditure of public mon ey- “If President McKinley had been of the same mind after returning from his Ohio trip as he was when he left Washington, Otis would not be calling for more troops, there would have been no endless rebellion in sight, and the United States would have been content with the possession of a naval and coaling base. If the peace envoys had been free to carry out their original instructions to de mand the cession of Manilla and suf ficient contiguous territory for a naval and coaling base; if they had been left free to conduct the negotiations without being shackled by further in structions, the peace treaty would not have provided for the acquisition of the entire archipelago. “Three members of the peace com mission, Day, Davis and Gray, were averse to carrying out the President’s instructions regarding the acquisition of the entire group of islands. About this there can be no doubt. “A policy of imperialism must in evitably be followed by militarism. Therefore, the acquisition of outlying territory, together with several mil lions of peopld, entails upon the Gov ernment manifold dangers and re- sponsihlities. Just now it is not pos sible to get the public ear on any question outside of our own imme diate borders. The reason for this is simple enough. To-day our people are enjoying to a marked extent pros perity which they have not known for many years. Not since the Baring failure has there been as much pros perity in the land as daring the past year. “The war with Spain, which created a demand for labor in every branch of trade, set the mills runnifag on full time, created a market for American supplies, and gave employment to millions of laborers who had been in idleness for three or four yearB. The remarkable rise in the price of wheat and other farm products, the millions of dollars spent by the Government in preparing for war, the purchase of every conceivable line of supplies, guns, ammunition, cannon, food, clothing, transports, war vessels, all these things combined to create a condition of prosperity. “When the merchant, the farmer nnd the day laborer can sell their pro ducts, when therp is a demand for their commodities, when the supply falls short of the demand, thou we find a wave of prosperity sweeping over the land. So it is, I sav, the public ear is not turned to the mo mentous questions growing out of the Spanish war. A public speaker who hns for his tonic bitter denunciation of the Administration’s policy in the far East is given but scant attention. The people have no time to listen to the arguments pro and con on im perialism, but are quite satisfied to pursue the even tenor of their way. “But there is a time for every thing. When this fickle and uncer tain prosperity has passed away, when business conditions again settle down to their normal state, as they most certainly will do very soon, when the prosperity bubble has been pricked, then the American people will begin to look about and give serious thought to the grave ques tions of to-day.” What you want is not temporary relief from piles, but a cure to stay cured. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve cures piles, and they stay cured. Q. R. Bradley. Trifling Causes of Oreat Wars. Leslie’s Wookly. Many wars have had trifling causes. A dispatch altered in one or two points by Bismarck brought on the Frdnco- German conflict. Palmerston Bald facetiously that only three men in Europe ever knew what the Schles wig-Holstein troubles which led to two wars were about, and two of them died before the conflicts began, while he, the third man, had forgotten. A slighting reference by Frederick the Great of Prussia to Madame Pompa dour of France was said to have been one of the causes of the Seven Yenrs’ war, sometimes called the “war of the three petticoats,” from the fact that the France of Pompadour and the Russia of Catherine II. joined the Austria of Maria Theresa against Frederick. According to John Bright, England and her allies drifted into the Crimean war without realizing it until after they got in, and they did not know what they were fighting for even af ter they started; while it is certain that everything which was supposed to have been fixed by that conflict was disturbed afterward. The results of the quarter of a century of wars beginning with the commencement of the French revolution and ending with Waterloo “pleased nobody and settled nothing,” according to Sheri dan. The average person who lived in those days knew as little about the causes of the slaughter as old Kaspar did about the battle of Blenheim when questioned by little Peterkin. But the rise of the people to power in government has had a tendency to diminish the number of wars. The example which the United States and England set when, during Grant’s first administration, they settled the Alabama-claims controversy by arbi tration, is having an influence all over the world. Africa has been peaceably divided up among several nations in the past quarter of a century. China Is being partitioned to-day among half a dozen countries in the same amicable manner. The partitioning of North America between England and France in the eighteenth century caused a series of wars which, with a few short intervals, lasted about eigh ty years. In Our Great Grandfathers' Time, big bulky pills were in general use. Like the “blunderbuss” of that de cade they were big and clumsy, but ineffective. In this century of en lightenment we have Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets, which cure all liver, stomach and bowel derangements in the most effective way. If people would pay more attention to properly regulating the action of their bowels, by the use of these little “Pellets,” they would have less frequent occa- 1 sion to call for their doctor’s services to subdue attacks of dangerous dis eases. The “Pellets” cure sick and bilious headache, constipation, indi gestion, bilious attacks and kindred derangements of liver, stomach and bowels. OABTORIA . Btari th» _yf The Kind You Have Always Bought NO. 36 The Recent Rapid Growth and De velopment of Trusts. Review of Reviews. But few people appreciate the ex tent to which prices and rates are fixed by monopolies and combina tions. Outside of grains, vegetables,, and fruits in manufactured forms and of live-stock, it is difficult to purchase any article upon which there is not an artificial price, fixed either by the- producers of the article itself, by the producers of the raw materials used in making the article, by the dealers in it, or by agreements between any or all connected with the manufacture or sale of the article. Competition, insido the different industries exists only to n limited extent, if at all. Outside competition (of one prodnetf- with nnother) is becoming more and more important, and lienee we see the great trusts in affiliated industries getting together. Besides the incorporated trusts, which probably number more than 500 in the United States (and are cap italized at 10,000,000,000 to $8,000,- 000,000, although their actual capital - is probably less than $8,000,000,000), there are perhaps 500 more agree ments and pools between competing - ' manufacturers and transporters which, from the standpoint of the consumer, are ns effective, injurious, and obnox ious to just the same extent as are the great corporate trusts. These agree ments are often, if not usually, kepfr secret, and the public lias little or no knowledge of them until some com petitor or former member announces the facts or briugs suit against the trust. The steel rail, steel beam, nail, chemical manufactures, anthracite coal, and insurance trusts are or were of this class. None of their agree ments had or could have any legal recognition, and some of them were- not oven written agreements. And yet these have been among the moat effective trusts as respects raising os sustaining prices. His Life Was Saved. Mr. J. E. Lilly, a prominent citizen, of Hannibal, Mo., lately had a won derful deliverance from a frightful death. In telling of it he says: “I was taken with Typhoid Fever, that ran into Pneumonia. My lungs became hardened. I was so weak I couldn't even sit up in bed. Nothing helped me. I expected to soon die of Con sumption, when I heard of Dr. King’s New Discovery. One bottle gave great relief. I continued to use it, und now am well and strong. I can’t say too mach in its praise.” This marvellous medicine is the surest and quickest cure in the world for all Throat and Lung Troubler. Regular sizes 50 cents and $1. Trial bottles free at Bradley’s, Reese’s nnd Holfn- Drug Stores. Every bottle guaranteed. Professor’s Son—“Papa, when is the next big meteor going to fall?” Papa—“I don’t know, child.” Son—“What good does it do to be a college professor, I’d like to know!” No Right to Ugliness. The woman who is lovely in face, form and temper will always have friends, but one who would be attrac tive must keep her health. If she hr weak, sickly and all run down, sbo- will be nervous and irritable. If sh» has Constipation or kidney trouble, her impure blood will cause pimples, blotches, skin eruptions and a wretch ed complexion. Electric Bitters is the best medicine in the world to regulate stomach, liver and kidneys and to pu rify the blood. It gives Btrong nerves, bright eyes, smooth, velvety skin, rich complexion. It will make a good- looking, charming woman of a run down invalid. Only 50 cents at BracF- ley’s, Reese’s and Holt’s Drug Stores. When little Billy, the parson’s sou, saw the chickens that were suffering from the gapes, he ventured the opin ion : “P’raps, pa, they’ve been saying over some of your sermons out here in the yard.” Volcanic Eruptions Are grand, but Skin Eruptions rob life of joy. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cures them;-also, Old Running and Fever Sores, Ulcers, Boils, Felons, Corns, Warts, Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Scalds, Chapped Hands, Chilblains. Best Pile cure on earth. Drives out Pains ancL Aches. Only 25 cents a box. Care guaranteed. Sold at Bradley’s, Reese’s an^ JJoH’f} Drug Stores, He—-“How happy it must have been in Eden before the fall of our par ents!” She—“Why, Tom, what are yott thinking of? Golf hadn’t been in vented at that time, and bicycles were unknown.” Bismarck's Iron Nerve Was the result of his splendid health. Indomitable will and tremendous en ergy are not found where Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and Bowels are out of order. If you want these qualities and the success they bring, use Dr. King’s New Life Pills. They develop every power of brain and body. Only 25 cents at Bradley’s, Reese’s and Holt’s Drug Stores. No-To-Bie for Fifty Cents. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak men strong, blood pure. 50c, !1. All druggists.

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The herald and advertiser. (Newnan, Ga.) 1887-1909, June 16, 1899, Image 1