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THE HERALD AND ADVERTISER
VOL. XLIV.
NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1908.
NO. 3.
FLOUR!
'Four hundred barrels Flour, bought before the rise. W6
offer this lot, while it lasts, at wholesale prices. We have
also a car-load of Bran and Shorts.
COFFEE &TOBACCO
For the next thirty days we will sell 8 lbs. best BULK
ROASTED COFFEE^ for $1.
We have on hand 2,000 lbs. TOBACCO, and will make
a run on this lot for the next thirty days at WHOLESALE
COST.
THOUGHTS AT EVE.
Twilight comes, and, lowly fnllinK.
O’er the landscape casts a shade;
Soft the bird its mate is callinK
To its nest in yonder tflade.
On the lake the virgin lily
Folds its silken .robes awhile;
All is solemn now, and stilly.
’Neath the evening’s gentle smile;
’Tis the hour when mem’ry dear
Whispers words I love to hear.
Thoughts at eve, Uow oft returning,
Bring me many an old refrain;
Sad they are and full of yearning,
Mingling sweetness with their pain;
Words too oft but lightly spoken
In the days so long gone by;
Vowb we breathed, how quickly brpken
Flowers we gathered, soon to die.
O, how swiftly years have lied
Since diverging paths are tread.
the evening bells are pealing
With codoncc soft and low;
Mem’ry, nil It* charm* revealing.
Whispers of the long ago.
Lonely herd I sit and listen,
Let no worldly cares intrude.
While the stars come out and glisten-
Blest is Nature’s solitude.
Sweet it is alone to be
From the world’s annoyance free.
Friends of youth, I oft regret thee,
Looking back to childhood’s shore;
Still I miss, and ne’er forget thee.
Though we meet on earth no more.
In the churchyard some are sleeping,
Others seek a distant clime;
Lonely vigil I am keeping,
Soothed by mem’ry’s song divine.
Hope’s soft whisper. "Do not grievo,”
CrownB with j>eace these thoughts at eve.
— [Arthur Lewis Tubbs.
SHOES.
We have as strong a line of Shoes as was ever offered in
Newnan. They were bought direct from the shoemaker’s
bench, and represent the very best productions in stylish
and serviceable footwear.
Our leaders in men’s everyday wear are “Dri Sox” and
“Hickory Calf,” while “Americus” men’s FINE SHOES
are unquestionably the best.
For ladies, our “High Point” and "Dixie Girl” have few
equals. None are superior.
UNDERWEAR.
Doubtless these cool mornings remind YOU that you’ll
'need some heavy Underwear, and WE wish to remind you
that we have what you want at $1 per suit. Nothing bet
ter ever offered you at the price.
T. G. Farmer & Co.
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Just....
Hardware
Heating Stoves from 83 to $15.
Cook Stoves from $6 to $25.
Fire Shovels from 5c. to 25c.
Fire Tongs from 20c. to 25c.
Fire Sets from $1 to $5.
A good Lantern for 60c.
A better Lantern or 85c.
The best Lantern for $1.
Log Chains, heavy and light.
Wagon Bridles; they are beauties.
Hay Forks.
Seed Forks.
Seed Scoops.
Pistols, Shot Guns and Rifles.
Pocket Knives and Razors.
Table Knives and Spoons.
Galvanized Wash Tubs and Buckets.
Oil Cans—glass, galvanized and tin.
A new lot of Seven Top Turnip Seed.
Kirby-
Bohannon
Hardware Co
Telephone 201.
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Some Statements as to the Convict
Question Corrected.
Benjamin M. Blackburn in The Outlook.
; The reputation of The Outlook for
accuracy and fairness in its presenta
tion of public matters is too valuable, I
am sure, to suffer through its corres
pondents, who may not, in every in
stance, be temperamentally so well
equipped as its editors.
The article on "The Convict Lease
system in Georgia,’’by A. J. McKel-
way, in your recent issue, is a case in
point. L beg to correct a very manifest
bias in his account, toward those with
whom he has been so recently enlisted,
and against those toward whom he has
so recently occupied a position of op
position in a political contest in Geor
gia.
The history of the convict lease Sys
tem in Georgia is a matter of common
knowledge. That the lease system
our State could in any sense play
part as a political issue is an after
thought of the State primary election
in which Gov. Hoke Smith was defeat
ed by Hon. Jos. M. Brown. It was not
an issue in that campaign. It was not
mentioned by Gov. Smith, either in his
platform or in his numreous speeches
Mr. McKelway draws a biased bow ii
his disposition to make Gov. Smith and
his friends the heroes and Jos. M.
Brown and his friends the villians
the tragedy of the convict lease sys
tem.
Mr. McKelway rather adroitly seeks
to create the impression that the con
vict lessees contributed largely to the
campaign fund of Mr. Brown. This is
untrue, and in the very teeth of the af
fidavit filed by the successful candidate
under the rules prescribed by the State
Democratic Committee. He also seeks
to leave the impression that all thoBe
interested in hiring convicts supported
Mr. Brown. This is also untrue. As
in the case of our citizens, they were
divided upon that question. For in
stance, of the two legislators criti
cised (Messrs. West and Brock) it is a
fact that the former supported Mr
Brown and the latter voted for Gov
Smith. The same is true as to the
partnership referred to by him between
Col. West, one of Georgia’s foremost
citizens, and Dr. Holmes, of Valdosta,
Ga., a most excellent gentleman and
distinguished physician and surgeon.
Mr. West supported Mr. Brown and Dr.
Holmes supported Gov. Smith.
At the outset, Mr. McKelway says
that "the convict lease system is an
inheritance” from the period of recon
struction. He assigns it t to Gen. Huger
and the "scalawag Gov. Bullock.”
When the writer comes into the atmos-
prior to the recent investigation, Gov.
Smith accepted the convict system
without protest or complaint. Hi5 de
claration in his recent message to the
present Legislature, even after the
matter was in agitation, was that he
had nothing to recommend in its stead.
The long continuance of the Georgia
convict lease system is therefore the
sin of no one man or set of men, and
its reform will he the virtue of no oiv;
man or set of men.
The convention which nominated Jos.
M. Brown foi Governor, June 23, 1908,
did declare against the convict system.
It was the first Democratic convention
ever to do so in Georgia. But it was
, pot at the instance of Col, Pendleton,
«o Mr. McKelway states. Col. Pendle
ton has for years, with the writer here
of and other Georgians, opposed the
system of leasing and hiring convicts
to private individuals, and his position
"was well known.
The suggestion of the plank protest
ing against the system in the platform
of the Democratic State Convention did
not, however, originate with him. The
suggestion of this first convention edict
against convict lousing in Georgia came
from an influential Baptist minister,
Dr, John E. White, of Atlanta, the
pastor of Governor-elect Brown, who
afterwards preached a strong sermon
against it. The plank was drawn in its
final strong statement by Hon. Hew-
lette A. Hall, of Newnan, Ga., in col
laboration with others, and it was in
keeping with the ascertained convic
tions of the Governor-elect, Mr. Brown,
and his friends, including ex-Gov.
Terrell and Col. Pendleton. It was
unanimously adopted by the conven
tion. This was the beginning of the
public agitation against the system in
Georgia, and the unbiased historian
will give the platform of the conven
tion nominating Jos. M. Brown credit
for contributing more towards its abo
lition than any other factor. The first
effective blow at the system was
struck in 1903, during Gov. Terrell’s
administration, when convicts with
sentences not exceeding five years
were placed upon the public roads.
I beg to say that Mr. McKelway’s
reference to "ex-Gov. Terrell, who, as
Attorney-General of the State had
acted as attorney of the ‘convict king’
in Jp dispute with another of the les
sees,” is not a true statement in letter
or spirit. In 1899, while Attorney-Gen
eral, when the convict system of Geor
gia was the long accepted method of
handling the convicts, he acted in a
friendly way in settling a personal dis
pute which had arisen between two
parties hiring convicts. The State not
having any interest in this private con
troversy between these parties, it
would have been entirely proper under
the law for him to have acted as the
attorney of either of them, but this he
did not do. The differences were trivial
and easily adjusted. When offered a
fee for this kindly service he promptly
declined it. This is the sworn evidence
in all the testimony given that in any
way coupled his name with the convict
lease investigation. Mr. McKelway’s
criticism of the Prison Commission
does an injustice to Gen. Evans and the
other two members. The Prison Com
missioners, while censured by the inves
tigating committee for acts of commis
sion in connection with the discharge
of their official duties, were exonerated
by the investigating committee of all
misfeasance or malfeasance, and this
report Jwas made without examining
any of the numerous witnesses offered
by them. Benjamin M. Blackburn.
Atlanta, Ga., September ID, 1908.
Re-establishing Party Regularity
iu Georgia.
Americas Times-Recorder.
It is now almost a question of verac
ity between Chairman Hall, of the
State Executive Committee, and Gov.
Smith as to whether the latter said, or
did not say, that it was high time the
Democratic party in Georgia was get
ting b{\ck_ w old-time regularity,
Whether the Governor salu it oh not,
and no matter to what extent he helped
to break up the regularity, the idea is
a good one. Party regularity had bet
ter he established at as early a date as
possible, ami persevered in. There is
nothing to lie gained by dilly-dallying
with the ‘Lily White’ Republicans, the
Indepemtenee Leaguers, the Populists,
and other dissenting voters. We have
seen the grievous results of it, and are
still seeing them in this campaign.
It was due to Gov. Smith and his al
lies that the party lines were broken
down, Two years ago they believed
that it would enhance the political for
tunes of Hoke Smith to remove all bar
riers to white voters voting for Smith
for Governor, regardless as to whether
they were Democrats or not. All that
was necessary, they urged, was that
the voter should stand to the nominees
of the party in the State primary, re
serving to himself the right to VOttt as
he chose in other elections This
scheme succeeded in bringing about the
election of Smith. On the second ex
periment it succeeded equally as well
in bringing about his disastrous defeat.
On the principle that the "burnt child
dreads the fire” the Smith folks, still
full of ambitions for the future, now
WHnt the old strict party system re-es
tablished. No more letting down of the
barriers for them. They have consigned
Tom Watson to tho "dump heap,” and
they believe their interests will here
after he best subserved by fighting en
tirely within strict party lines. The
idea is right, even though it is advoca
ted from selfish motives, and by those
who were chiefly instrumental in de
stroying the very thing they are now
seeking to re-establish. The idea that
men shall be allowed to assist in select
ing the Democratic nominees for cer
tain State or local offices and reserve to
themselves the right to refuse to affili
ate with the party in other elections, is
abhorrent to the sense of justice.
There is no better way to disorganize a
party, to render it ineffective in the
hour of danger, to demoralize its rank
and file, to encourage its leaders to all
sorts of political chicanery. Appealing
for support in local or State fights to
the voters of other parties on the spe
cious plea that they will not be bound
by their participation in a Democratic
party primary beyond the actual con
test then on, is damning to the whole
theory of party organization, destruc
tive to its solidarity, and an opening
wide of the gates for all kinds of
treachery and trading.
Confederate Veterans to Meet Next
Week.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. lO.—Plana have
been completed for the entertainment
of the Confederate veterans who will
hold their State reunion here Oct. 22
and 23,
The meetings of the old soldiers will
take place at Broughton’s Tabernacle,
and will be presided over by Gen. John
W. Clark, of Augusta, who is State
Commander. At the opening session
addresses will he made by Gov. Hoke
Smith, Mayor Joyner and Major Jos.
B. Cumming, of Augusta. The after
noon of the first day will he devoted to
routine business. 1
Headquarters will be at the Kimball
House, and from that point the annual
parade will form at-1 p. m. on the sec
ond dny. The parade will be one of
the most inspiring in which the veter
ans of Georgia have ever taken part.
In addition to the visiting camps, al
local camps will join in full force, to
gether with the local militia, civic bod
ies, and pobably school children.
The parade will move from Peachtree
street and Carnegie place promptly at
1 p. m., and the line of march will be
through Peachtree and Whitehall to the
State Capitol, They will pass in re
view before Gen. Gordon's monument
oil the Cfipitol grounds, after which
they Will disband and return to the city
by automobile and trolley car.
Nearly $10,000 has been raised for
the entertainment of the visitors, and
the homes of a largo number of Atlanta
citizens have been thrown open for the
entertainment of the veterans. No
pains will he spared to make their visit
not only comfortable but pleasant.
No meetings will be held except on
tho first day. The programme for the
morning session is as follows:
Convention called to order by Gen.
John W. Clark. State Commander,
invocation by Rev. M. J. Cofer.
Welcome on behalf of the State-
Gov. Hoke Smith.
Welcome on behalf of Atlanta—May
or W. it. Joyner.
Music.
Adjournment for lunch after an
nouncement of committees.
Following is the programme for the
afternoon and closing session :
Business meeting of association, be
ginning at 2 p. m.
The veterans will be entertained at
the tabernacle during the evening of
the first day.
An invitation has been extended Gen.
Luke E. Wright, Secretary of War. and
himself a Confederate veteran, to at
tend the reunion.
Insulted By Printed Letter.
Cincinnati Journal.
The American Carriage Co., Cin-
phere of the recent campaign he refers I cinnati, had informed a customer that
to Jos. M. Brown as the son of the his order, taken by a traveling sales-
former Governor "who made the con- j man, could not he filled unless payment
vict lease in 1874.” The unfairness of j was made in advance, and they received
that reference is as inaccurate as its j the following letter from the buyer:
bias is apparent. The father of the “Jentlemen—I want you to under
present gubernatorial nominee did not Btand « r that ■[ ain’t no dam tool when
, .. J i bort that Bill from that read Headed
make the lease of 1874. He was not A(?en t ov yores he tole me that you
Governor of Georgia in 1874, as the cent him all the way frum cyncynita to
statement would imply. Nor was he git that order for buyers, i thot he
Governor in 1876 when the act was wuslying and i told himihortaH rny
, , ,, . , . , , goods from the jobler and he told me he
passed and the convicts again leased. , so | ( ] ^ e jobler and would sell me just
Hon. J. M. Smith was then Governor, I like he sole the jobler, now you writes
and it is a well-known fact that he and ; me a printed letter and sez if i send
ex-Gov. Brown were not on good terms, j you the n ? unn ® y you will send me the
The Legislature of 1876 renewed the :,j urn f 00 l ud do that, i would not mind
lease of convicts because the old lease
had expired. There was no opposition
to its renewal, and therefore the state
ment that ex-Gov. Brown "was ac
tive in securing” the renewal of the
lease carries an intended implication of
venality which the simple history of
the facts does not justify, especially in
a Bit sendin’ the munney and risk git-
tin the Bugys but when i reckerlect
how you and yore agent done me i re
fuse to do. if you would of treted me
rite and rit me letters in ritin and not
of sent me that nuaepaper print like
i was a dam fool and could not read
ritin i would a tuck the Bugys and pade
the cash, now i don’t want no more of
vore printed letters, i wont stand sich
CAN’T BE SEPARATED.
its suggestion of relation between the I from no house, i am fifty seven year
convict lease system and the recently- °l e the l a *t of this comin jinuwary and
successful candidate for Governor.
Georgia’s method of handling its con-
the fust man has got to put my back
on the ground yit. i may not have as
much larnin in gramma as you got but
victs has been a responsibility shared i kin whin you or enny uther dam yan-
by all her Governors and legislators.
This statement is as true of Gov.
Smith as of others. In all his "cam
paigns, in all his inaugural addresses
and messages to the General Assembly
ky that wants to try ritin me a printed
letter. ”
He had received a typewritten letter.
Many a man is a bul! in Wall street
and a bear at home.
Loftiest Building in the World.
There is the keenest interest in the
new Equitable building. It is to be the
loftiest in the world. The plans have
been filed. It is to be erected in New
York.
; With its tower the new Equitable
building will have sixty-two stories and
will be 909 feet above the curb, 209
feet higher than the Metropolitan tow
er with its forty-six stories. The flag
pole will run up 150 feet higher.
These plans provide for a main build
ing of thirty stories 489 feet high,
which will ho more than twice as high
as the main building of the Metropoli
tan or the Singer company. This main
building will have a frontage of 167.7
feet on Broadway, 152.3 feet on Nassau
street and 304.2 and 312.3 on Pine and
Cerlar streets, respectively.
Above this main building the tower
will run heavenward 420 feet, making
the total height 900 feet. There will
be twenty-eight stories in the tower.
It will be finished with a cupulo.
The facades of ffie building are to ire
of brick and granite, with trimmings of
terra cotta. The design will be of the
Renaissance type, presenting hays set
between great pilasters of Corinthian
and Doric pattern, the corners being
offset with clustered columns. The
bays will be elaborately decorated with
carved work. The roof of the main
structure will be finished with cupalos
several stories high set around the base
of the tower.
To carry the people up and down in
this big place there will he thirty-
eight passenger elevators built in two
rows in a great elevator corridor fin
ished in ornamental bronze. Eight of
these elevators will run to the top of
the tower extension. In addition to
these there will he a number of eleva
tors exclusively for freight transporta
tion.
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Some Newnan People Have Learned
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Backache and kidney ache are twin
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You can’t separate them.
And you can’t get rid of the back
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If the kidneys are well and strong,
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"Why can’t I have eggs for supper?”
"You can’t have eggs for supper,”
answered the landlord of the Plunk-
ville House, "because an affinity gen
tleman is going to lecture on affinities
at the town hall to-night. I presume
you have some public spirit?”
He had.
HAD QUIT WORK
READY TO 6IVE UP IN DESPAIR
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