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fierald and JMotrtistr.
NEWNAN, FRIDAY, .JULY 2 4.
Official Organ of Coweta County.
Jah. E. Brown, Thor. S. Parrott,
BROWN & PARROTT.
Editors and Purmsiiers.
A STATE'S SHAME.
The revelations made uh a result of
the investigation of the convict lease
Rystem, now being conducted by a
joint committee from the House and
Senate, are most startling. Witnesses
have testified to the existence of con
ditions at some of the convict camps
that will cause a cry of horror and in
dignation to go up from every part of
the State. The details brought out in
the testimony of various eye-witness
es is a story of cruelty and brutality
and mismanagement that forms a dark
chapter in the State’s history, and that
these conditions should have continued
so long without exposure fairly stag
gers public credulity.
Like many others, The Herald and
Advertiser has heretofore regarded the
lease system as probably the most
practicable method of handling the
State’s convicts—having in mind at
the same time the large income derived
from this source;—but if the disclos
ures already made are Finally corrobo
rated by the evidence of trustworthy
witnesses, then we are in favor of
abolishing the lease system in toto.
This will be demanded not only in the
interest of humanity, but for the pro
tection of the State’s good name.
Just what scope the pending investi
gation will take we do not know, but it
should be thorough and searching. We
are not inclined to place much cre
dence on the testimony of an ex-con
vict, a discharged employee, or any
other person who may have a personal
grievance against a lessee or peniten
tiary official; but if the conditions de
scribed really exist, surely there will
be proof in abundance from reliable
sources to establish the charges that
have been made.
Willy Randy Hearst, now sojourning
temporarily in Yurrup. is adding fresh
laurels to his fame as a fakir. He
printed in his newspapers one day last
week a reply to an alleged cablegram
from Samuel Gompers, in which the
labor leader is quoted as having urged
Hearst to support Bryan, etc. Hearst
improved the opportunity (?) by saying
some nasty things about Bryan and the
Democratic party, in his usual nasty
style. And now Gompers says he did
not send the cablegram, or have any
other communication with Hearst. It
is apparent, therefore, that Hearst
trumped up the story of the Gompers
cablegram in order that he might vent
his spleen on the Democratic party
Willy Randy is a dandy.
Official figures have been prepared
by the chief clerk of the committee on
appropriations of the Senate and House
showing the total appropriations made
at the last session of Congress were
$1,008,397,234.56. Of this amount $95,-
382,247 was appropriated for the army
$122,663,885 for the navy, $163,053,000
for pensions. $222,970.88 for the Post
office Department, and $111,958,088 for
sundry civil expenses. The applica
tions for public buildings throughout
the United States aggregated $20,789.-
750. A comparison to the total appro
priations for the last session of the
Fifty-ninth Congress with those of the
first session of the Sixtieth shows an
increase of $87,599,309 for the latter.
At a conference of members of the
National Democratic Executive Com
mittee with Mr. Bryan, which took
place at the latter’s home a week after
the adjournment of the Denver conven
tion. it was decided (1) that no cam
paign contribution would be accepted
from corporations, (2) that no contri
bution over $10,000 would be accepted,
(3) that all contributions over $100
shall be made public Oct. 15, (4) that
contributions under $100 shall not be
published, and to) that no contributions
will be received after Nov. 1.
A Pupil's Tribute to Old Teacher.
[Remarks by Dr R J- Blgham at the First Meth
odic church Sunday evening in connection
with the death of Prof. Daniel Walker.]
“If the rehabilitation of a man moves
us, we are certainly to be moved by
the contemplation of the recovery of
a whole country from the ravages of
war or other devastating cause; and
though the recovery of France after
the last struggle with Germany is one
of the most stirring chapters in the
history of nations, we of the South
have, in our own case, a story of indus
trial,' civil and political regeneration
second to no such history that ever
transpired. It took us from the close
of the Civil War till 1900 to regain the
per capita wealth of the South in the
early sixties, and while we did this by
many means and measures, yet no
force operated during this period more
vitally and fundamentally than that in
hered in the schoolmaster. Lord
Brougham paid, in some connection, a
just tribute to the influence of teachers
n England which may he adopted as a
description of their influence among
us—
1 ‘Such men -men deserving the glo
rious title of Teachers of Mankind-
have been found laboring conscientious
ly, though perhaps obscurely, in their
blessed vocation wherever I have gone.
Their calling is nigh and holy; their
fame is the property of nations; their
renown will fill the earth in after ages,
in proportion as it sounds not far off in
their own times. Each one of those
great teachers of the world, possessing
his soul in peace, performs his appoint
ed aourse; awaits in patience the ful
fillment of the promises; and, resting
from his labors, bequeaths his memory
to the generation whom his works have
blessed, and sleeps under the humble
but not inglorious epitaph, commem
orating one in whom mankind lost a
friend, and no man got rid of an en
emy. ’
“I think that the death of such a
man as Prof. Daniel Walker ought to
be the occasion among an intelligent
people of serious thought, and believe
that the boys he taught—who are now
men—would reflect credit upon them
selves by building over his dust a fit
ting testimonial of appreciation and
love. I will be glad to contribute.
When Moses died the children of Israel
mourned many days, and honored
themselves by doing so. If a factory
burned down in our midst we’d soon be
at the first of it, but would scarcely
ever hear the last of it; and if the cot
ton crop of this county should fail our
lamentations would exceed Jeremiah’s.
And yet a man like Prof. Walker is
worth factories and cotton crops un
numbered. Like Gov. Nprthen, and
Prof. Kellogg, and Prof. Mayson, and
Mrs. Montgomery, and Prof. Calloway,
he modestly made an inestimable con
tribution to our loved land by teaching
the children of the Confederate soldier
that ‘peace hath her victories not less
renowned than war.’ As for me, I re
member him with reverence, and I
would, if I could, put on his dear head
an evergreen wreath such as I would
deny, in justice, to thousands of other
men I have known.
“In early life he gave his heart to
God, and, casting his lot with the peo
ple called Baptists, zealously and mod
estly served in their ranks to the end
of his days. He walked evenly through
life and humbly before God, and his
sunset was dignified without ‘sound and
foam.’ I take my hat off to him as he
passes on to his reward, and I do not
doubt his right to the tree of life. As
it was a privilege to sit at his feet in
my youth, so now I am honored in be
ing permitted to join my tears with
those who weep because they see his
face no more. May God raise up out
of his family a successor to his place of
usefulness in the great church to which
he belonged, and in this community
where he spent so many years of his
life.”
Deal Jackson, the well-known negro
farmer of Dougherty county who has
been furnishing Georgia’s “first bale”
for several seasons past, repeated the
performance last week. The bale was
marketed at Albany on Friday, heat
ing last year’s record by two days. It
was shipped to Savannah, and on Mon-: tional cure on the market.
A Tribute From Florida.
Prof. Daniel Walker is dead! Al
ready this intelligence has carried sad
ness into hundreds of happy homes,
where the deceased was held in highest
esteem. A pioneer in higher education
in Coweta, his long life was devoted to
this most laudable work. An accom
plished educator; a consecrated Chris
tian soldier; a citizen of whom his sec
tion was justly proud; a husband,
father, friend and neighbor whose spot
less life may well be accepted as a
model for emulation — he towered
among his fellows. Forty years ago
(ir. 1868) it was the writer’s pleasure
and good fortune to be a pupil of this
pastrnaster of his profession. Mr.
Walker possessed in an eminent meas
ure the capacity of promoting self-re
spect and awakening ambitious intent
in the minds of his pupils. As an evi
dence of the success which crowned
his efforts in developing the scions of
later representative citizenship, my
school associates of that last year of
intense application to books were such
honorable men of to-day as Dr. T. J.
Jones, B. T Thompson, W. C. Grace
ard J. T. Carpenter of Newnan, Hon.
S. E. Leigh of Grantville, Hon. J. A.
Aycock of Carrollton, and Prof. A. F.
Trimble of Hogansville. The finished
artist could not wish more perfect pro
ducts of his handiwork.
Matriculates of his successful insti
tute should place in the Newnan library
an oil painting of Mr. Walker, there to
remain as a silent reminder of tiis well-
spent life and a lasting testimonial to
his contribution to the cause of educa
tion. W. C. Leigh.
Jacksonville, Fla.. July 21st, 1908.
There is more catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few
years was supposed to be incurable.
For a great many years doctors pro
nounced it a local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly fail
ing to cure with local treatment, pro
nounced it incurable. Science has
proven catarrh to be a constitutional
disease and therefore requires consti
tutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney \-
| Co.. Toleuo, Ohio, is the only constitu-
It is taken
All-day Singing at Mills Chapel.
The singing at Mills Chapel on Sun
day last was a great success. The
weather was fine, and the singers be
gan to arrive early. At 9:30 o’clock
an arranging committee was appointed
as follows: D. E. Davis, of Newnan,
chairman; C. H. Newton of Macedonia,
J. B. Broadwter of Newnan, and J. B.
Henslee of Senoia. The committee ar
ranged a programme for the morning
session and called out leaders as fol
lows; Music by D. E. Davis, 20 min
utes; F. E. Hinsdman, 20 minutes; J.
S. Moore, 20 minutes ; recess, 10 min
utes ; J. B. Hutchens, 20 minutes; J.
B. Entrekin, 20 minutes. A recess
was then taken until 1:30 p. m., and
during the intermission dinner was
spread in the grove above the pond. It
was found to be quite equal to the de
mands of the occasion, and all fared
sumptuously, the Mills Chapel ladies
fairly outdoing themselves in their
efforts to furnish refreshment for the
“inner man.” Quite a number of our
citizens also entertained singers and
visitors in their homes.
After dinner everybody returned to
the church for the afternoon song ser
vice, the programme being as follows;
Music by W. T. Phillips, 20 minutes;
L. M. Smith, 20 minutes; J. R. Thur
man, 20 minutes; recess, 10 minutes;
B. B. Welden, 20 minutes; J. B. Hens
lee, 20 minutes ; C. H. Newton, 20 min
utes; Mr. Mote, 10 minutes; Mr. Mor
gan, 10 minutes.
Some of the singers came 20 to 25
miles to help us out in this joyous song
and praise service, and they will al
ways have a warm place in our hearts.
Knowing these brethren as we do, feel
sure that their highest aim is to make
others brighter and better by praising
God in song. A musical voice is one
of God’s rarest gifts, if the talent thus
bestowed is improved. Unfortunately,
though, some of our sweetest voices
are untrained. The young people
should give mure attention ti the cul
tivation of their voices, for music is an
inspiration to salvation. J. B. H.
Newnan, Ga., July 22d.
The First Lady of the Land.
Waycroaa Herald.
A charming little woman is the lady
who is soon to be the first lady of the
land—our land ; of medium height, fair
of face, graceful of figure, highly edu
cated and with the manners of a born
gentlewoman, such is she.
Dressed in plain white, without orna
ments or frills save a plain gold ring
on her finger, this pleasant little lady
in the role of hostess at the reception
of the notification committee last Sat
urday, won the hearts and the admira
tion of all.
Mr. Brown certainly has two things
in life to be proud of, to-wit: When
he married Mrs. Brown, and wh§n he
was nominated for Governor of Geor
gia.
Mrs. Brown is also proud of Mr.
Brown, and she showed it by the
sparkle in her eye and the ingenuous
smile upon her face when he had fin
ished his speech of acceptance. Quiet
ly, however, and on the sly, she in
formed us that she now feared that the
next Governor of the Empire State of
the South might develop into one of
those cyclone orators that we read
about during the last gubernatorial
campaign. We do not, however, join
Mrs. Brown in her misgivings on this
score, for we now fully understand thi»t
“Little Joe” has a guiding star ana a
balance wheel that will keep him with
in proper bounds.
Mrs. Brown has three chidren, two
boys and a girl, fine looking trio, bet
ter looking mayhap than their father,
but not nearly so handsome as their
mother.
The Governor’s mansion will be well
graced by her presence. There will be
no ostentatious display or gaudy and
unnecessary formalities and surround
ings. but a charming little woman with
intelligence and refinement will dis
pense the hospitalities at the Gover
nor’s home and make those who visit
her happy.
SOME SPECIALS
FOR
Saturday and Monday
MEN’S AND BOYS’ STRAW BATS
We have on hand entirely too many Straw Hats for this season of
the year, and in order to reduce the stock we will make the following
prices for Saturday and Monday—
All $3.50 Hats, special price $2.75.
All 3.00 Hats, special price 2.25.
All 2.50 Hats, special price 1.75.
EXTRA SPECIAL
We have a few Hats carried over from last season. Some are real
good styles, but slightly soiled. These you can buy at half price. You
will be surprised at some bargains we are prepared to offer you.
H. C. GLOVER CO.
Communicated.
How to Treat Milk Fever in Cows.
There is a disease among milch cows
with young calves known as “milk fe
ver,” and it will kill in a short time if
the right means are not resorted to in
saving their lives. When taken with
this dreadful disease they begin to
shake and jerk all over, and lose the
use of their limbs. To relieve them in
a few minutes, inflate the udder with
air, which can be done by placing the
tiny tube of a bicycle pump to the ends
of their teats, and fill the udder as full
of air as it will hold. This is a sim
ple remedy, but a sure cure for a cow
with milk fever.
Humbly submitted,
Mrs. J. H. Summers.
day was auctioned off before
ton Exchange at 20c.
the Cot-1 internally in doses from 10 drops to a
teaspoonful. It acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
n , ,, . , , , , tern. They offer one hundred dollars
Col. Bob Lowry, of Atlanta, one of for caje it fails to cure. Send for
the dozen or so white Republicans
Georgia, says Taft will get a large
vote in this State. Perhaps; but Bry
an will get the ele»t«raJ vote, and this
is what counts.
The world never offers
what it owes him.
to pay a man
circulars and testimonials. Address
F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for consti
pation.
There are 200 kinds of patent horse
shoes.
The Man for President.
Jacksonville Times-Union.
Relative to the report from Hot
Springs, Va., published in your to-day’s
issue, stating that correspondents from
a number of the Southern States, (in
cluding Gerogia, the State of my birth
and in which the greater part, prob
ably, of my life has been spent,) de
dares that the Republican ticket can
(therefore will) be elected in those
States, is. in the case of Georgia, either
the hot air escaping from the conglom
erated imagination of a Republican-
Democrat, or the intentional misrep
resentation of conditions as they exist
in the Empire State of the South. The
fiing at Hoke Smith, “Intense feeling
against the policies of Hoke Smith in
that State (Georgia) is looked upon as
the foundation of the bitterness of the
Georgia Democrats toward the election
of Bryan, as they look upon Bryan and
Smith as representing the same
ideals,” merely emphasizes the fact
that he (Smith) is as far ahead of pre
vailing opinions in Georgia as was Wil
liam Jennings Bryan in advance of pop
ular ideas in the republic in 1896.
When the sun ceases to rise in the
east, when old ocean no longer re
sponds to the irresistible influence of
the queen of the night, after the liber
ty-loving. self-respecting people of the
grand old State cease to exist, then, and
not until then, may “A Correspondent”
safely predict that “Georgia Will Go
Republican.” W. C. Leigh,
Jacksonville. Fla., July IS.
The prodigal son wrote the old man
as follows;
“I got religion at camp-meeting the
other day. Send me $10.”
But the old man replied:
“Religion is free. You got the
wrong brand. ”
—All together! That’s the word!
The Denver convention was perhaps
the most harmonious the Democratic
party has ever held; and while there
are many who oppose the nomination
of Mr. Bryan, there would have been
opposition to any other candidate, no
matter who he might have been. But
Mr. Bryan is something more than Mr.
Bryan now; he is the Democratic nom
inee, and it behooves all good, true
Democrats to fall into line and pull to
gether for victory next November.—
Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
“I hear you’re teaching your son to
play draw poker. Do you think that
wise?”
“Certainly. He is bound to learn
from someone. If he learns from me
it keeps the money in the family.”
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Prescription Druggists
10 Greenville St., Newnan, Ga.
ABOUT
That Pair of
Oxfords You
Want?
We buy our shoes on measure
ments that are different from the
shoes carried by the general stores.
We buy our shoes on measurements
just the same as the city shoe store,
and we are prepared to fit your
foot intelligently—just as it should
be fit for your comfort and satis
faction. Come in and sit down and
let us fit you. It is very difficult
to give you a shoe that will be sat
isfactory, by sending out just such
a size as you might call for. We
know the shoe business, and we
can fit a shoe on your foot better
than you can.
W. M. ASKEW.
We Want
To Fit.