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THE HERALD AND ADVERTISER.
VOL.. XXXVI.
NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1900.
NO. 4
THE FARMERS’
SUPPLY STORE.
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10 - Cent Cotton Means
Great Prosperity
CON FESSI ON AL.
For the Southern farmers. And also means that after the ac
counts are paid there will be a good balance to go for cash
trade. We want your cash trade, and can sell you cheaper
for cash than any of the exclusive cash houses.
We carry the largest stock of general merchandise in
,Newnan, in proof of which we mention the following lines, viz:
The finest line of Gents’ Furnishings, (especially.)
Shirts, Collars, Ties, Hosiery and Underwear."
Hats and Caps.
We have the celebrated Strouse & Bros.' Clothing, includ-
a large assortment of extra Pants
v MEN’S SHOES.
We are agents for the N. Hess & Bros.’ Men's fine Shoes
—the best Shoe ever offered to the trade.
LADIES’ SHOES.
■ The "Imperial" is the best;—fits nicely and wears well.
EVERY-DAY SHOES.
For Men, Women and Children. The ‘‘Cannon Ball" Shoe is
the best. Ask for them at our store. You can get them no
■where else.
A full line of Capes at popular prices—from 50c. to $10.
We are headquarters for Domestics and all heavy Dry
Goods.
See us on the following articles in Groceries and Farm
Supplies, to-wit:
Bagging and Ties,
Sugar and Coffee,
Tobacco and Snuff,
Come to our store; ask for what you want; we have it.
WGF Agents for the celebrated “White Hickory" Wagon.
Arnall & Farmer Mdse Co.,
Opposite Virginia House, Newnan, Ga.
Lord God, whom we besought so late,
Thou wouldst- not suffer us forget
Thy Name and our weak human state—
Have patience, Lord, a little yet.
To day no pomp of empire (ills
The wintry land; amazed and nwod
We watch Thy slowly-grinding mills
Mete out to us our just reward.
To-day by foemen sore beset,
Dismayed we draw ourdestined lot;
We prayed to Thee “Lest we forget,”
And, even as we prayed, forgot.
With foolish, rash, vainglorious words
And sorry self-suthciency
We boasted, grinding on our swords,
As those who lay their armor by.
Wherefore the curse upon us lies
Of warriors all unready found.
Of braggarts blinded to despise
Their fee before t|ie trumpets sound.
Humbly we call upon Thy Xume,
Kre sounds once more the grim assault;
We do confess, 0 Lord, witli shame,
Our fault, our very grievous fault.
(live back our fathers’ stern disdain
Of idle brag and empty boast,
So shall we stand erect again
And face unmoved the hostile host.
16 lbs. Standard Granulated Sugar, $1.
Arbuckles’ Coffee, 12ic. per lb.
Good Rice, 20 lbs. for $1.
Fancy Head Rice, 12 lbs. for $1.
■California Hams, 9c.
:Side Meat, 9c.-
Best Hams, (sugar-cured) 12k.
12 lbs. Keg Soda, 25c.
Best Cream Cheese, 15c.
TINWARE.
Good Dish Pans, 10c.
2-qt. Dippers, 6c.
ENAMELED WARE.
Milk Pans, 10c., 15c., 25c.
Coffee Pots, 30c., 40c., 50c.
Dish Pans, 40c., 50c.
Dippers, Be!
CROCKERY.
Plates, (best make) set of 6, 27c.
% Bowl and Pitcher, 68c.
Decorated Cups and Saucers, (per set) 68c.
DEGENERACY AND CRIME.
at MANGET’S.
at MANGET'S.
Harold N. Mayer In Chicago Tribune.
Occasionally we see the word “de
generate” used evidently with no.
clear idea of meaning attached to it.
Some five years ago Max Nordau
wrote a lengthy book which was
translated into English; a careful
reading of tbe work will do little to
clear tbe uncertainty in the use of the
term, as Nordau evolved a polemic
tending to prove that modern BOCiety,
education and philosophy were all de
generating.
It is not in this sense that the term
degenerate is used by Bcieutlflc men.
It is only within a few years that we
may be said to have bad a sience of
anthropology dealing with the defec
tive and delinquent. The insane,
idiotic, de«f mutes and other defec
tives were found to have an unusual
number of defective ancestors, and to
present several well-marked signs of
physical defect. When criminals
were studied it was found that tbe
habitual criminal had a disproportion
ate number of ancestors who had
been insane, hysterical, epileptic or
addicted to alcoholism. In addition
to this it was found that as a class he
was much more liable to physical dis
ease, that insanity was common
among them, and if carefully observ
ed certain physical defects could be
noted. In brief these were a want of
symmetry in the skull, face and jaws,
the teeth were usually irregular, the
palate highly arched, the ears either
large or small and frequently missha
pen. Tbe arms and legs were often
of unusual length and frequent
ly out of proportion to tbe trunk.
Such defects occur in normal persons,
and when found they are not to be
regarded asa sign of criminal tenden
cies. All that can be said of them is
that they are frequently found In the
insane and idiotic; hence, when they
were noted with a like frequency
among criminals it was a fqir deduc
tion that criminality might also be a
defect, the product of heredity, en
vironment and original structural de
fect.
The foregoing is a fair statement of
the work of the criminal anthropolo
gists of tbe last twenty-five years.
They have discovered nothing new
nor that which is peculiar to this gen
eration, but have classified the signa
of tbe degenerate so that they can be
recognized and studied. Indeed, with
this new science it is surprising what
lightjbas been thrown upon the histor
ical monsters, Ivan the Terrible, Nero
and others. Many of these were
found to be strikingly degenerate, if
not actually insane. The close rela
tion of criminality, lunacy and ner
vous diseases in general can no lon
ger be denied.
Admitting this proposition, shall all
degenerates be excused from punish
ment on tbe ground that they are
diseased persons? If snch a rule were
adopted it would result in a gener
al jail delivery. Nearly nine-tenths
of the criminal population almost
all tbe so-called habitual crim
inals, are degenerates,, and most
of them present the well-marked
physical signs of their defects. Such
a rule would limit the punishment of
crime to those more or less accidental
cases in which violence results from
sudden passion or to a momentary
yielding to a sudden temptation. This
latter class are the least dangerous
to society and commonly commit only
the crime for which they are punish
ed, while the habitual criminal is a
constant menace, returning invariably
to his criminal career as soon as lib
erated.
If we admit that the habitual crim
inal is a degenerate and that his an
cestry and congenial defects are re
sponsible for his criminality, it is
none tbe less certain that a modern
reformatory is one of tbe best means
of overcoming these defects. In it be
is taught self-restraint, industry and
i is compelled to lead a regular life. A
well conducted reformatory is the
best means for correcting a wayward
tendency. A more advanced crimi
nal jurisprudence will recognize that
detention is not for puuishment, bnt
for prevention, and the law will have
to consider the individual and not
measure the detention by the offense
to society; the latter is to be regard
ed as an index only of the dangerous
character of the individual.
The degenerate Is not insane; be
may become so, but when mental dis
ease shows itself it is possible for the
skilled examiner to tlx the time when
and degree to which the mental pro
cesses have departed from the nor
mal. In dealing with the degenerate
the law cannot fix the degree, but, ns
in the reasoning powers, it must as
sume a certain staudard to which all
men conform. There are all grades
of intellectual capacity, from a day la
borer to a savant, but lhey are all held
to n like accountability. It Is only
when the mental deficiency Is so
marked that the individual can be
classed as an imbecile or an idiot that
the law excuses the commission of
crime. In its legal relations degen
eracy is to be classed with imbecility
and Idiocy; it Is a primary defect ex
isting since birth. Insanity is a dis
ease of the brain, in which the mind
and reason are overthrown, and when
crime is the result of such disease it
is excused.
In saying that criminality is a pro
duct of causes over which tbe indi
vidual has no control we do not here
by excuse tho commission of crime,
but are led to Its proper treatment by
the seclusion of the offender. We put
him away, not in anger but in sorrow,
until such a time as his criminal pro
pensities are cured.
Degeneracy, unless so marked as to
practically amount to imbecility, can
never be a defense for crime as long
as our criminal procedure is cast upon
present Hues. Insanity can always be
a defense, because there is tbe rec
ognizable change in the person which
identifies a disease of the mad.
We shall not discuss the question
of degeneracy being a “disease.” It
would ail depend on what definition
we gave to the word disease, hence
we shall not Bay that crime is or is not
a disease. All we can afilrm Is that
the criminal testifies to casuailty, and
he is as much a product of hereditary
and atructual defect as are idiots and
imbeciles. This recognition does not
mean a throwing away of tbe legal
safeguards to crime, but its proper
recognition will lessen crime and ren
dpr life and property more secure.
Possibly the handsomest Doll ever
seen in Newnan is tbe one nouf on
display at Holt’s Drug Store. It will
be given away as a cash purchase
inducer.
Mrs. Frank Leslie.
(Ihicago Chronicle.
Mrs. Frank Leslie, recently I
moved from tbe editorial and finan
cial management of the Frank Leslie
Publishing Company, as she alleges,
through the trickery of the board of
directors, who obtained control of
sufficient stock to give them a major
ity of the voting members, bag re
tired from active b\)9iao§R t ftud she
will spend th« rest of he* days in pnt
ting into hooks the thoughts and ex
perieaoes of her busy Ufo. She tolls
tn interesting story of her struggle to
recover the wrecked business which
her husband left at bia death. His
last request to her was to pay his
debts and save his name. She says:
“When it appeared certain to me
that everything would have to go and
I would be driven upon the street
worse than penniless, a woman came
to see me. She was a stranger. She
said she bad heard of my brave strug
gle and threatened ruin, and banded
me a check for $50,000. The name
on the check was Eliza Jane Smith,
Ood bless her I Sbe did not want se
curity, but wanted to make me
present of the money. I would not
accept it and gave her notes, payable
in installments of $5,000 each. I paid
the pressing dents, and with these
out of the way I was able to boom the
business. Six months later the first
note became due and I bad met with
such success that I was able to give
my benefactress the entire $50,000,
instead of $5,000. During the first
year I lived in a garret and spent only
$30 on myself. I made an average of
$100,000 a year, paid off the debts of
my husband and laid by enough to
take care of me to tbe end of my
days—a good enough record for
woman.”
To the Deaf.
A rich lady cured of her deafness
and noises in the head by Dr. Nichol
son’s Artificial Ear Drams, gave $10,-
000 to his Institute, so that deaf pcQ-
pie unable to procure the Ear Drums
may have them free. Address No.
1472, Tbe Nicholson Institute, 780
Eighth Avenue, Netf York.
The Smithfleld Ham.
Washington Star.
“One of the best, and apparently
not tbe least appreciated, of the many
Important food products which Amer
ica sends to England and France is
the celebrated ‘Smithfleld,’ or ‘razor-
back,’ ham, for about thirty-five
thousand of such hams are annually
shipped to those two countries from
this city,” said a leading exporter of
provisions in New York to a writer
for the Star a day or two. “In Eng
land, where the domestic hams have
a tendency to be fat and coarse, our
Smithfleld hams have among connois
seurs a very high reputation for lean
ness and great delicacy of flavor, both
of which qualities are not thought to
be excelled by even the famous
Westphalia hams of Germany. As
the British consumer is willing to pay
a fancy price for the product, some
of our choicest ‘razorbacks’ are ex
ported to John Bull’s markets.
“The name ‘razorback’ is derived
from a small town on Pagan creek,
near Norfolk, Va., where, some one
hundred years ago, the hams were
first cured by a man named Todd of
Smithfleld. The animal which pro
duces the Smithfleld ham Is a semi*
wild hog that is found in the moun
tains of Virginia, Kentucky and Ten
nessee. Tbe hog peculiar to these
regions is long-nosed, slab-sided, and
haB unusually long legs. It is not a
prepossessing animal, but when prop
erly fed it supplies a ham that Is un
excelled anywhere in the world.
“Much of tbe fine flavor that is
characteristic of these hams Is largely
due to the care that is exercised by
tbe farmers in feeding the hogs. In
summer the young ‘razorback’ is al
lowed to run wild in the woods, and
his meat thereby gains a gamey flavor
by tall, when be is turned into a field
from which crops have been gathered
in order to fatteu. In the district
which produces the most Smithfleld
hams there are large quantities of
sweet potatoes and peanutB grown.
“Both these foods fatten the ani
mal with astonishing rapidity, but the
fat is still Boft. So the next step is to
pen the hog up and give him corn
and plenty of clear water. With thiH
diet the animal’s flesh hardens quick
ly to the desired extent, and he is
then ready to kill. The curing is
done with Liverpool salt and salt
petre, after which the hams are
waahed clean and slowly smoked for
forty days over green hickory or red
oak wood. Many farmers raise the
hogs, bnt few cure them. They are
sold to skillful curers, wbo supply the
market.” _
Feelings of safety pervade the
household that uses One Minute
Cough Cure, the only harmless reme
dy that produces Immediate results.
It is Infallible for coughs, colds, croup
and all throat and lung troubles. It
will prevent cbnsnmption.
Horse Hair for Violin BQWi-
New York Sun.
Tbe horse hair used in making vio
lin and other similar bows is imported
from Germany, A considerable part of
the hair thus imported, however,
ooming originally from Russia. Horse
hair for these purposes is white and
blaok; tbe black is the heavier and
stronger, and this Is used in bows for
hues viols, because it bites tbe big
strings better. In preparing the bait
for use in bow-making tbe white
hair, used for violin bows, is bleached
to bring it to its final whiteness. Tbe
standard violin bow is twenty-nine
inches in length; larger bows are
made to order. Shorter bows are used
by younger persons; but the bow
commonly seen in the bends of a vio
lin player Is twenty-nine inches long.
Horse hair for violin bows is imported
in various lengths of thirty to thirty-
six inches, bnt mostly in lengths of
tbirty-six inches. Hair sufficient for
one bow is pnt together in what Is
called a bank; the hanks are tied, up
in bnndles of a dozen; these are bun :
died in grosses, and the gross bandies
are put together in great grosses, in
which shape the hair is imported;
There are many grades and qualities of
the horse hair, but the best is not very
costly. A bank of tbe best white can
be bought for 20 cents; It might cost
30|cents more to have it put into the
bow. To rehair a bass viol bow costs
more, the bulk ot hair required being
greater.
Has Cured Thousands, Will Cure You.
If you are troubled with Kidney or
Bladder Troubles, such as Dropsy,
Brigbt’s Disease, Catarrh, Gravel of
tbe Bladder, Albumen in Urine and
unhealthy deposits, or too frequent
discharge of tbe urine, pain in the
back and bladder, dropsical swelling
of the feet and legs, etc., we guaran
tee that by using Smith’s Sure Kidney
Cure, a complete cure will be effected.
Price 50 cents. For sale by G. R.
Bradley.
Paying the Doctor's Fee.
Edward Bok in Ladies' Home Journal.
“It is an amazing fact that of all
bills sent to a family, that of the doe*
tor is iu hundreds of families tbe last
one to be paid; and in more cases
than it is pleasant to contemplate it is
never paid at all. I have recently
gone to the trouble to make some in
quiries into this matter, and have
been astounded to find that not one-
fourth of the bills sent by doctors are
paid with anything like promptness.
There is a quickening of the con
science; a simple realization of a
proper sense of duty needed in this
matter. It is high time, in the case
of huudredB of families, that this
matter should be brought home to
their sense of fairness and justice.
And as with them the doctors have
for so many years been tbe Inst to re
ceive their due in the payment of
their bills, it would be only Biiftple
justice that hereafter ‘the last shall
be first.’ No worker in tbe field of
human industry deserves better at
the hands of the people whom be
serves than the doctor, and to pay his
fee promptly and cheerfully is tbe
least we can do for the service which
he gives us.”
For sprains, swellings and lamenese
there Is nothing so good hb Chamber
lain’s PUJn Balm. Try it. For sale by
alt Newnan druggiats and W. A. Bran
non, Moreland, Gh.
Every editor receives them. Tbe
postmaster sends them to the editor.
The postmaster is not to blame. For
instance, there was a man by the
name of, well—say Tim Short, who ,
sent ua three notices to stop hij. pa
per; he didn’t want it any longer.
We wondered what was the matter.
Upon investigating the subscription
book we found out Tim was short $10,
He had never paid a cent and
■topped the paper as a matter of
economy—to us. He didn’t want na
to lose any more by him. A few daye
afterwards Short was at church and
his melodious tenor rang out loud and
clear in that stirring old song, “Jesns
Paid it All.” He might have been
mistaken, but his earnestness im
pressed us. So the next day we sent
a receipt in full, and not knowing be
had made an assignment of liabilitiea
to the Lord.—[Newspaper World.
A Night ot Terror.
“Awful anxiety was felt for tbe
widow of the brave Gen. Burnham, of
Macbias, Me., when the doctors said
sbe could not live till morning,”
writes Mrs. S. H. Lincoln, who at
tended her that fearful night. “Ail
thought sbe must soon die of Pneu
monia, but she begged for Dr. King’s
New Discovery, saying it bad more
than once saved her -life, and had
cured her of Consumption. After
three small doses she slept easily all
night, and its further nse completely
cured her.” This marvelous medi
cine is guaranteed to cure all Throat,
Chest and Lung Diseases. Only 60a.
and $1. Trial bottles free at G. R.
Bradley’s, Reese’s Drug Store and P.
R. Holt & Son’s.
One good action is worth more than
a hundred good Intentions.
Cold Steel or Death.
There le but one small cbance to
save yonr life and that Is throngh air
operation,” was tbe awful prospect
set before Mrs. 1. B. Hunt, of Lime
Ridge, WIs., by her doctor after vain
ly trying to cure her of a frightfol
case of stomach tronblj and yellow
jaundice, lie didn't count <5it tfie
marvelous power ot Electric Bittera
to cure Stomach and Liver troubles,
but sbe heard of it, took seven bot
tles, was wholly cured, avoided sur
geon's knife, now weighs more end
feels better than ever. It’s positive
ly guaranteed to care Stomach, Liver
and Kidney troubles, and never dis
appoints. Price 50 cents at G. R.
Bradley’s, Reese’s Drag Store and P.
R. Holt & Son’s.
Tbe untruth of to-day is called a
lie; the untruth of a hundred years
ago is called a legend.
A Frightful Blunder
Will often cause a horrible Burn,
Scald, Cut or Bruise. Buckien’s Ar
nica Salve, tho best in tbe world, will
kill tbe pain and promptly heal it.
Cures Old Sores, Bolls, Felons, Corns
and all Skin Eruptions. Best Pile
Cure on earth. Only 25 cents a box.
Cure guaranteed. Sold by G. R.
Bradley, Reese’s Drug Store and P.
R. Holt & Son.
There is no happiness in having and
getting, but only in giving; half tbe
world is on tbe wrong scent in tbe
pursuit of happiness.—H. Drummond.
A Monster Devil Fish
Destroying its. victim, is a type of
Constipation. Tbe power of this mur
derous malady is felt on organs . and
nerves and moscles and brain.
There's do health till it’s oyercome.
But Dr. King’s New Life Pills are a
safe and certain cure. Best in tbe
world for Stomach, Liver, Kidneys
and Bowels. Only 25 cents at G. R.
Bradley’s, Reese’s Drug Store and P.
R. Holt & Son’s.
