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h'EWNAN, FRIDAY, JAN. 8.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
Disfranchisement Law in Force.
Atlanta Journal.
On (ho first day of the presnet year
the new Constitutional amendment pre
scribing the qualifications for voters in
Georgia, known as the disfranchise
ment law, came into effect, and with it
arise responsibilities which are of the
utmost importance. In order that the
qualifications declared to be necessary
may be kept clearly in mind, we repro
duce the five sub-divisions bearing upon
this subject, together with the para
graph defining the duties of regis
trars :
1. All persons who have honorably
served in the land or naval forces of
the United States in the Revolutionary
war, or in the War of 1812, or in the
War with Mexico, or in any war with
the Indians, or in the War Between the
States, or in the war with Spain, or
who honorably served in the land or
naval forces of the Confederate States,
or in the State of Georgia in the War
Between the States; or
2. All persons lawfully descended
from those embraced in the classes enu
merated in.the sub-division next above;
or
.'i. All persons who are of good char
acter, and understand the duties and
obligations of citizenship under a re
publican form of government; or
4. All persons who can correctly read
in the Knglish language any paragraph
of the Constitution of the United States
or of this State and correctly write the
same in the Knglish language when
read to them by any one of the regis
trars. and all persons who, solely be
cause of physical disability, are unable
to comply with the above requirements,
but who can understand and give a rea
sonable interpretation of any paragraph
of the Constitution of the United
States or of this State, that may be
read to them by any one of the regis
trars ; or
6. Any person who is the owner in
good faith in his own right of at least
forty acres of land situated in this
State, upon which he resides, or is the
owner in good faith in his own right of
property situated in this State and as
sessed for taxation at the value <jf five
hundred dollars.
Par. 5. The right to register under
sub-divisions one and two of paragraph
four shall continue only until January
1st, 1916. But the registrars shall pre
pare a roster of all persons who regis
ter under sub-divisions one and two of
paragraph four, shall return the same
to the Clerk’s oflice of the Superior
Court of their counties, and Clerks of
the Superior Court shall send copies of
the same to the Secretary of State, and
it shall be the duty of these officers to
record and permanently preserve these
rosters, Any person who has been once
registered under either of the sub-di
visions one or two of paragraph four
shall thereafter be permitted to vote;
provided he meets the requirements of
paragraphs two and three of this sec
tion.
It'will be seen from the foregoing,
and it is perhaps well remembered,
that during the seven years beginning
with the first of this year a permanent
registration list will he made up, con
sisting of the old soldiers and sailors
who have served honorably in any of
the various wars in which this country
Ijas been engaged, and of the descend
ants of such soldiers and sailors. When
this class of voters has once been prop
erly placed on the registration list, they
will remain there as long ns they live;
provided, of course, that they pay their
taxes and are not convicted of an infa
mous crime.
It is, therefore, of the utmost impor
tance that due diligence should be ex
ercised from the very first day of the
new law. not to allow anyone to regis
ter, particularly under these para
graphs, who is not entitled to the priv
ilege.
The registration books are, of course,
open at all times, except within the
prescribed period immediately before
an election, and it therefore devolves
upon the Tax Collectors of the State to
exercise unusual diligence in accepting
the registration of voters.
The list compiled by the Tax Col
lectors constitute merely prima facie
evidence of the right to vote, how
ever. The work of the board of reg
istrars, under the new law, assumes
an importance which it has never had
before. It is their duty, as it has been
heretofore, to revise the registration
lists as they come from the hands of
the Tax Collector, but because the list
will be, as we have pointed out, a per
manent list in large measure, it be
comes all the more important that they
should exercise the greatest possible
care in preparing and certifying this
list. Only men of the highest integrity
and abiilty should be placed on the
board of registrars, and they should
keep before them at all times the exe
cution of the new law, according to the
will of the makers of it.
An evangelist who is holding a meet
ing at Ottawa succeeded in getting
every woman in the congregation to
remove her hat by the following re
quest made at a recent meeting :
“Ladies will please ^remove their
hats. I know that in these days it is
sometimes very hard for women to take
off their hats at public services, and I
don’t expect the impossible. They tell
me that so much false hair is being
worn that women can hardly get their
hats off without disarranging their
hair very much. Now, I’m not un
reasonable about these matters. I
won’t expect you who are wearing false
hair to take your hats off. The others,
of course, will remove their hata.’’
A Bouquet Thrown After a Fair New-
nan Girl.
Miss Fannie Lillie Arnold left Mon
day night for an extended visit to “The
Land of Flowers,” where a warm wel
come awaits her in the hearts and home
of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Haskell, at their palatial
winter residence a few miles south of
Ocala, surrounded by magnificent
groves of orange and other tropical
fruits, delightfully situated on the
sparkling waters of Lake Wier—-where
a private naptha launch makes boating
and fishing a pleasant pastime in that
land of sunshine and perpetual summer
—where ice is unknown, except in deli
cious fruit-ades. A popular winter re
sort hotel, in close proximity, for seek
ers of health and pleasure, makes it
possible to infuse gaiety into any even
ing that threatens monotony. Pure
white horses contribute to their pleas
ure in long drives over the dust-white
level roads, embowered in palms,
pines, magnolias, and innumerable
grand forest trees, the picturesqueness
of whose scenery is world-famous. Hav
ing spent last season with them, it was
a case of mutual charm, and they fain
would have our Georgia girl come again
and brighten their home from beam to
rafter. Our thoughts follow her to her
destination, where the warmth and
welcome of Christmas cheer, illumina
ted with a myriad of electric lights
from a private plant, give brightness
to the picture, among her favored
friends of fortune. How much we will
miss our young friend, whose presence
Sh the synonym of big-hearted helpful
ness! Poet or novelist never endowed a
finer character. She reminds one of
Shakespeare’s heroines—modesty and
vivacity striving for supremacy in her
well-rounded character. Joyous in the
happiness of others, with the keenest
sympathy for those who need it; a
magic touch to soothe the brow of pain,
an angel of light to the sick and sor
rowing— North Newnan will miss her
magnetic personality and sigh for her
return.
When "The Red Old Hills of Geor
gia” again hang out their banners of
green and gold, and the gentle breezes
of “Spring-time in Dixie’’ woo her re
turn, let her remember that her native
State is the biggest and beat east of
the Mississippi; that she is a resident
of Coweta county, the garden spot of
the world, and that her own Newnan is
a city set on a hill, whose light cannot
,be bid, where many fond hearts beat
devotedly to her! N. L. C.
Newnan, Ga., Jan. 1st.
MEN ARE HELPLESS AS CHILDREN
The First Mustangs.
McClure’s Magazine,
The first horses of the Western plains
were probably brought there by the
Spaniards. In 1545, almost 50 years
before Jamestown was settled, Cor
onado, the Spanish captain, was roam
ing about the plains of New Mexico;
and he tells of the dogs used by the In
dians to haul their plunder on lodge
poles, indicating that they had no
horses at that date.
j In 1716 the Spanish again worked
j their way eastward across the plains,
! and their letters tell of the astonish
ment of the Indians at seeing the
horses they had with them. The ex
pedition was constantly losing horses,
and there is little doubt that the first
droves of Western horses originated
from these strays.
In the early days upon the plains
they were as great a pest to travelers
as they are to-day. Woe be unto the
luckless camper who allows a band of
wild horses to get close enough to his
gentle horses, turned out for the night,
to sweep them off. It is almost use
less to follow, for the call of the wild
comes to the gentlest of horses when
he is thrown with a band of his kind
that have been born and raised free of
all restraint. It is a well-known fact
that the hardest one to "cut out’’ the
leader of them all in a mad race across
the prairie, is the old, gentle, well-
broken saddle or work horse, once he
gets a taste of such freedom.
Why It Was.
Harper’s Weekly.
A party of Northerners was touring
Virginia some years ago, and as the
crowded train was crawling through
Stafford county, near Fredericksburg,
an old wizened woman, with a basket
bigger than herself, came aboard and
edged diffidently into the vacant place
beside one of the men. After awhile
her seat-mate decided that it could be
no harm to draw her out a little for the
benefit of the rest of the party.
“This is very poor land that you
have around here, madam,” he began.
“Mighty pore,” she assented hum
bly.
“I never did see such worthless
soil.”
“No, suh,” with an air of deep de
jection.
"Don’t you ever sow any crops at
all?” he kept on.
The ancient dame did not lift her
head “Naw, suh,” she drawled.
“This hyer land around hyer was
sowed ’bout three foot deep with Yan
kees ’long ’bout forty years ago, and
we ain’t been able to raise nary crap
since.”
Diplomacy.
Llppincott’s.
Harold visited on terms of intimacy a
household that boasts of three good-
looking sisters—Betty, Babbie and El-
j len—anti of these Harold has not quite
made up his mind touching a certain
1 important contingency.
On one occasion, when he had called
[ early, and no one was yet downstairs,
| Harold was half-dozing in a Morris
j chair in the library, when suddenly a
pair of soft little hands covered his
eyes and a sweet little voice comman
ded :
“Guess who!”
Immediately Harold was up a tree.
He couldn’t determine whose voice it
was — Betty’s, Babbie’s, Ellen’s? A
wrong guess would mean complications
too awful to comptemplate. Finally,
however, a happy solution of the diffi
culty offered itself, and Harold blandly
announced:
“It’s the dearest, sweetest little girl
in all the world!”
“Dear Harold,” murmured the young
thing, as she removed her hands.
One of the Tammany delegates at
the Denver convention was approached
by an old acquaintance, who was badly
down in his luck. Sidling up to the
Tammanyite he said:
“Say, Bill, lend me a twenty, will
you? I’m short.”
The New Yorker went down into his
pocket, fished out a big roll and handed
a ten-dollar bill to the seedy one.
“Say, Bill,” said he of the “touch,”
“I said twenty.”
“I know you did,” said the politi
cian, “but I think this way is fairer.
You lose ten and I lose ten. See?”
When Rubbers Become Necessary.
And your shoes pinch, Allen’s Foot-
Ease, a powder to be shaken into the
shoes, is just the thing to use. Try it
for breaking in new shoes. Sold every
where, 25c. Sample free. Address,
Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. Don’t
accept any substitute.
I used to be very much afraid that
my children while playing with others
would be exposed to some contagious
disease, and they were constantly on
the lookout for trouble of this kind,
says a writer in the Delineator. One
day little Lousie (aged four) came
rushing in from the street where she
had been playing with a crowd of chil
dren. In a very excited manner she
burst out, “Well, mother, two of the
Meyers children have [something, but
sister says she don’t think we’ll catch
it, though.”
“Well, what is it, darling?” I asked.
“It’s the pigeon toes,” she replied.
CURES
SKIN DISEASES
I here is an evaporation from the body going’ on continually, dav and
night, through the pores and glands of the skin. This is nature’s way of
maintaining the proper temperature of our systems and preserving the soft
ness and flexibility of the skin, and so long as the blood is free from impur
ities no trouble will result. When, however, the blood from any cause
becomes infected with humors and acids, these too must be expelled, and
coining in contact with the delicate fibres and tissues with which the skin is
So abundantly supplied they produce irritation and inflammation, and the
effect is shown by Eczema, Acne, Tetter, and skin affections of various kinds.
1 hese impurities and humors get into the blood through a deranged or
inactive condition of the system ; the members whose duty it is to carry off
the waste and refuse matter of the body fail to properly perform their work,
and this impure, fermenting matter is left in the system to be absorbed by
the blood. The skin is not only affected by poisons generated within the
system, but poisons from without,
such as Poison Oak, Poison Ivy,
Nettle Rash, etc., enter through the
open pores and glands, and so thor
ough^ do they become rooted in the
blood that they are ever present,
or return at certain seasons of each
year to torment the sufferer. Salves,
washes, lotions, etc,, cannot cure skin
diseases. True, such treatment re
lieves some of the itching and dis
comfort, and aids in keeping the skin
clean, but it does not reach the real
cause, and at best can be only palli
ating and soothing. A thorough
cleansing of the blood is the only certain cure for skin diseases. S. S. S.
a gentle acting, safe blood purifier, made entirely of vegetable ingredient.4
of the forest and field, is the proper treatment. S. S. S. goes down into the
circulation, and neutralizes the aci^s and humors, thoroughly cleansing and
purifying the blood, and curing skin affections of every kind. It supplies
to the blood the fresh, nutritive qualities necessary to sustain the skin and
all other parts of the body, and rids the blood of any and all poisons. S. S. S.
cures Eczema, Tetter, Acne, Salt Rheum, Poison Oak and Ivy, Nettle Rash,
and all other skin troubles, and cures them permanently by removing every
trace of the cause from the blood. Special book on Skin Diseases and any
medical advice desired furnished free to all who write.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GAi
I have used vour S. S. S., spring and fall,
for the past two years, with the result that it
entirely relieved me of a form of Eczema
which my doctor was unable to cure. My
arms, lower limbs, and, in fact, the biggest
portion of my whole body was affected, and
when I first began S. S. S. the itching, etc.,
was worse, but I continued the remedy with
the result that the dry, itching eruption en
tirely disappeared. I think a great deal of
your medicine, and have recommended it to
others with good results. It is the best blood
medicine made, and I can conscientiously
recommend it for the cure of all blood and
skin affections. CHAS. HORSTMAW.
Wheeling, W. Va.
Things the
FARMER
NEEDS
We sell Texas Red Rust-proof Oats,
Ditching Boots, Ames Shovels,
Shoes, Hats, Overalls, Tobacco,
Sugar, Coffee, Flour, and everything
else needed at home or on the farm.
Come to see us, and we will trade with you.
When Taken Suddenly Ill—Here is
a Common-Sense Safeguard.
Big, strong man is a helpless infant
when he is suddenly ill.
The sturdiest chap in town usually
loses his self-control, and is utterly
unable to regard his condition with
the common sense that characterizes
his every-day actions.
For example : He comes home tired,
eats a heavy dinner and sits down to
read and smoke away a quiet evening.
Suddenly he notices a weight on his
stomach; then sharp pains around his
heart, and a feeling of suffocation.
Thoughts of “heart disease’’ rush over
him, and in his agony he fears the
worst.
His trouble was acut£ indigestion,
brought on by over-loading his tired
stomach.
A couple of Rexall Dyspepsia Tab
lets would have given him instant re
lief—would have saved him hours of
suffering.
Carry a package of Rexall Dyspepsia
Tablets in your vest pocket or keep
them in your room. Take one after
each heavy meal, and indigestion can
never bother you.
Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets cure stom
ach trouble by supplying the one ele
ment, the absence of which in the gas
tric juices, causes indigestion and dys
pepsia. They enable the stomach to di
gest all kinds of food and quickly con
vert it into rich, red blood.
We know what Rexall Dyspepsia
Tablets are and what they will do. We
guarantee them to cure indigestion and
dyspepsia. If they fail, we will refund
your money.
Price, 25 cents per full package.
Sold only at our stores or by mail.
The Holt & Cates Co., Newnan, Ga.
Refuses An Inheritance.
St. Joseph, Mo., Jan. 2.—The fol
lowing message was received from
Harry Goodwin, of Denver, by local at
torneys who have been searching for
him to pay a $2,500 inheritance from
his grandfather.
“They can give the money to mother.
I don’t want it.”
Goodwin’s refusal is the more re
markable because he is now supporting
himself in Denver by working as a
dishwasher in a restaurant. Ir. a letter
received from him he says:
“No more dead men’s money for me.
Four years ago my father died and left
me $1,800. 1 immediately began drink
ing. and because of that spree I had a
failing out with the girl I was engaged
to. Then I never drew a sober breath
until 1 ended up in a hospitnl. I don’t
want the money. Let my mother have
it and use it as she wants.”
You will always notice how a crank
makes all the other cranks think they
aren’t.
A Narrow Escape.
Youth’s Companion.
The disputes which old “Squire”
Bemis was called upon to decide were
many and various. He asked no fee.
“All I require is that you’ll abide by
what I say or you needn’t ever come to
me again,’’ he told his Bushhy clients.
“You’ve helped me out a good many
times. Squire, ” said Ephriam Gregg,
on one occasion, “and I look to ye to
do it now. Bill Henderson’s colt broke
loose and got into my garden yester
day, and between what he’s tore up
and what he’s et, I should say ’twould
take about four dollars to cover. Can
you get it out of Bill, think?”
“Square” Bemis shook his head.
“Bill’s been here before you,” he
said, gravely, “and I’ve been with him
to look over the colt. I’ve advised him
not to prosecute unless you tried to.
The damages his colt has sustained
from your blackberry vines would come
to considerable more than four dollars,
Ephriam. But if you insist on—”
“I’m not insisting,” broke in Eph
riam. “On the whole, Square, some of
them squash vines might not have come
to much anyway. So we’ll let the
whole thing go.”
A Neighborly Request.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
She was a massive lady with a ter
raced chin.
“Sir,” she said, ”1 am Mrs. Pawkins,
your opposite neighbor. I very much
dislike to make complaints, but I feel
that this time the circumstances amply
excuse me.”
“Proceed, madam.”
“I would like to ask you, sir, if you
could not improve the character of the
food of which you daily partake?”
“And why should I do this, madam?”
the householder mildly asked.
“I will explain, sir. I have a dog, a
pet dog, and whenever he is given an
airing he runs into your yard, sir, and
pokes the cover from your garbage can
and devours the remains of your break
fasts and your dinners—and I find that
they are not of a character to agree
with his extremely delicate digestion,
sir. Do you understand?”
“Perfectly, madam. I will give the
matter my earnest .consideration.”
“Pray no.” said the lady with the
terraced chin, as she moved majestical
ly down the front steps.
What Others Say About It.
Many of the best pqople in Tennessee
and adjoining States recommend St.
Joseph’s Liver Regulator as being a
splendid laxative and liver medicine.
Its occasional use will keep the system
in good condition, thus assisting nature
to establish good health. It will re
move the bile and effete matter from
the system, and, as a rule. Nature
“will do the rest.” Try it. It is well
indorsed. It is made in both liquid and
powders. Druggists and dealers sell it,
liquid, 50 cents a bottle; powders, in
tin boxes, 25 cents a box.
A SURGICAL
OPERATION
If there is any one thing that a
woman dreads move than another it
is a surgical operation.
We can state without fear of a
contradiction that there are hun
dreds, yes, thousands, of operations
performed upon women in our hos
pitals which are entirely unneces
sary and many have been avoided by
LYDIA E. PINKHAM’S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND
For proof of this statement read
the following letters.
Mrs. Barbara Base, of Kingman,
Kansas, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
“ Fur eight years I suffered from the
most severe form of female troubles and
was told that an operation was my only
hope of recovery. I wrote Mrs. Pinkham
for advice, and took Lydia E. Pinltham’s
Vegetable Compound, and it has saved
my life and made me a well woman."
Mrs. Arthur K. House, of Church
Road, Moorestown. N. J., writes:
“I feel it is my duty to let people
know what Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege
table Compound has done for me. I
suffered from female troubles, and last
March my physician decided that an
operation was necessary. My husband
objected, and urged me to try Lydia
E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound,
and to-day I am well and strong.”
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
ham’s Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, and backache.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynu, Mass.
H. P. SHORT,
Veterinary Surgeon.
I have located in Newnan. and offer ray services
to tha public as a Veterinary Surgeon. Examina
tions free of charge.
Can be foond at Glover & Potts’ sale stables,
'phono 111.
M. C. FARflER
& Company
The New Year
Call at our office and get a .
Calendar for 1909.
H. C. FISHER & SONS
INSURANCE AGENTS.
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A Wheel Off
Or any of the numberless mis
haps that occur to the best
of vehicles in consequence, of
bad roads, or careless driving:
can be repaired in the best
manner, durably and efficient
at E. R. Dent’s repair shops.
Our work always gives
thorough satisfaction, as the
testimony of our former pat
rons shows. We also make the
best buggy sold in Newnan.
E. R. DENT