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Gerald and fldcertiser. NEWNAN, FRIDAY, JAN. 15. W II E N A G R E A T MAN I) I K K . u to-day, Thft Haifa aro hung Imlf-mant to- Hut they’ll all 1><» high to-morrow! Thi« in the big world’a cruel way Ah! thin 1h how we Borrow! A moment'h griff, a brief delay From plow and field and furrow The flag* are hung half-maat to-day, Hut they’ll all be high to-morrow! We mourn one hour, we paune to pray. (Sad prayers that we must borrow!) One little while we softly say Poor words of pain and sorrow; The flags arc* hung half-mast to-day . Hut they’ll all he high to-morrow! | Charlea Hanson To Don’t think me grouchy, but I've a kick coming. You know when a thing goes wrong you must find some one to Illume for its miscarriage. I’ve tried to saddle my orthographical, ety mological, syntactic! troubles first on the proof-reader and then on the typo ; but I have ut last come to the conclu sion it is neither of these worthies who mars my efforts at perspicuity, but it’s that imp they keep about the office commonly known as the ‘‘devil.” lie’s the fellow who has been befuddling my work. Here is his latest effort at pour ing sand into my literary gudgeons: Thinking I hud some little idea of Es- culapius and the sign of his physic- rnongering craft, I made use of the fol lowing introductory remarks on the spread of human ills, in a recent para graph: “Since Esculapius obtained his diploma as a pill-peddler, and the cuduceus became the sign of the craft, ” etc. That handy angel (the “devil”) who does chores about the shop, and dumps odds and ends into the Gehenna box (known to the craft as the hell- box, which I euphemise as aforewrit- ten, for reasons.) has got a literary maggot in his head, and essays to “read proof.’’ In his effort he handed me this good one—he called the ”‘ca- duceus” the "cadences.” Well, when reduced to its final analysis there is hardly enough difference between them to raise a rucus over. The caducous is just a bundle of snakes and a pile of wings and a cadence, a rythmical or measured flow of movement, as in poe try, music, oratory. I trust the indul gent editor and a longsufl'ering (the New Testament makes this one word ; why not we?) public will bear with me in my efTort to bolster my reputation ns a philologist. 1 don’t know hut what St. Paul was right when he alluded to the fact (speaking of spiritual mysteries) that a man must become as a babe and a suckling before he can become eligible to the exalted office of Christian. Hut, bless your eyes! when he does get wise to his calling, he’s a caution to the heathen. From this idea I take my ’cue. llad 1 let my Carrollton compatriots re main in mental darkess as to the scin tillations of wit and wisdom that ema nate ftom the columns of The Herald and Advertiser they’d not he wanting to know “Why didn’t the correspond ent of The Herald ami Advertiser cor respond this week?” Editor, it ain’t no use; they’ve got wise, and must have it. This is the youngest of our hanks; but, considering her years, she is mak ing surprising strides in commercial progress. If her business increases for a few years as it has for the past two. it will be abreast with the best of them. At a recent meeting of the di rectors both the cashier, A. K. Snead, and the assistant cashier, L. S. Sims, were given a substantial raise in their salaries — a deserved compliment to their splendid efforts. Pythhinisin is known throughout the world us a leading esoteric order. Carrollton claims to have the livest body in Georgia. A recent demonstra tion given of its virility, in conferring a side degree, impresses me that the Mystic Shriners might profit by attend ing some of their seances. I’ve seen both, and they are neck and neck as to devilish ingenuity. When a town is growing you can’t disguise the fact. It’s as plain as put ting a ten-pin trail in the trough at the distal end of the alley. And as a sign infallible that she has a plethora of confidence that she is making broad her limits, and is doing business on a more pretentious scale than when she was in knee-breeches, she purchases for her police new uniforms. Carrollton has risen to the dignity of this demand, and our gendarmeries in their spick-and- span-uniforms are as blue as gizzards, and as active as—well, as a good )>olice- man should be. Newnan, (addressingyou aggregatedly) we have raised you one. The public offices of this town have be- in the year just passed and go forward, reaching forth for grander achieve- mehts stored in the unraveled skein of 1909. —That beautiful nllumnium card case hearing the name “Yaarab,” sent me by Eugene V. Haynes & Co., jew elers, Atlanta, is a most excellent re- 1 pository for one’s “annual.” — Few men are blessed with better neighbors and stepchildren than am I. The latter cheer my drooping spirits with the products of all vintages. - Duty is one thing and skylarking another, which remark reminds me that Carroll county once had a sheriff whose devotion to the demands of justice was as unswervable as the fealty bestowed upon glabrous-pated Ceasar by his fa mous Tenth Legion. It was he who withstood the attacks of an infuriated populace that sought to lynch a prison er in his charge. We know the rest. This faithful officer was here (luring volubility of my output of windjam ming, it has caused me some good, val uable time, and much earnest labor. It has at least borne me evidences of such success as to make me proud that I have batted the two years of time —It may be said without fear of suc cessful contradiction that Capt. Jas. B. Martin, a resident of this city, owi s the most antiquated firearm this side of the European continent. It has a well- authenticated record of 423 years; id thus engaged into a frazzle, and won | est, it was used by one of Richmond’s the approbation of our local literati, halberdiers at the battle of Bosworth. To each of those who have patiently - 1485—the field on which Richard III. followed my mental meandeijings since ' was slain. The record shows that this l began to trudge the slippery puth of letters, I promise (if my right hand loses not its cunning nor my poorly stored mine of information becomes not exhausted) to give them some lines that will now and then cause them to plow their locks with an Alwain comb. infantryman was he who shot the king’s war-horse from under him, on which occasion King Richard shouted: “A horse, a horse! My kingdom for a horse!” At this period the gun was a matchlock, which could be discharged only by applying a match. It was soon —Mr. John R. Adamson, the former a ft er converted into a fire-lock, or efficient cashier of the Carrollton Bank, has resigned that position and moved to his farm near Rome. We wish him I a prosperous future in his new home. —It is mighty comforting now and then to get the ear of a friend and dis- the holidays, and I was thrown in his CU3S ^ mer '*" s all( l demerits of friends company not a little. I found him gen teel and companionable 'to a degree. He is now an officer ut the Federal prison near Atlanta, and a better one Uncle Sam has not in his service. If Fulton county would honor herself by electing one of the most capable men in Georgia as her sheriff she need not go further than the Federal prison ;-- Joe Merrill is the man to whom I al lude. —“What you going to say, what you going to do,” when you are invited to a turkey dinner? Personally I am like the eat in the fable; I have but one shift, and not like the fox. who had them by the score; -so when I received an invitation to dine witn mine excel lent friend, Brooklyn Broadnax, and his charming wife, I did not cudgel my brain for an excuse, but took a long, soothing, appetizing draught of nepen the and donned my best “bib and tuck er” for the occasion. To make it plain, the menu consisted of a stall- fed gobbler, which kicked the beam at 25 pounds with its clothes off and inter nal improvements removed. The gar nishments that adorned the steaming platter of baked turkey would have made the mouth of a sybarite leak at the corners, could he have seen that tempting mound of “turkey doings.” Without entering into details, I may be permitted to say that the concomi tants of that collation were on a scale not less munificent than the dressed gobbler. The occasion was rendered more agreeable than it otherwise would have been by the presence of other in vited guests. These were my good friends, Dr. and Mrs. II. R. Robinson and their sons, Howard and Edward. In compliment to my excellent hosts, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Broadnax, I must say that their hospitality was greatly enjoyed, and that their splendid home and home life are models of excellence— the equal of any and surpassed by none. May they live to have many happy re turns of that grand Christmas festival. —Carroll county is tickled to the fainting point with her new traction engine and its train of cars. It is a complete success. The county and city have done considerable macadamizing, and find the traction engine and cars indispensable. W. A. Neal & Sons, At lanta, from whom this equipment was purchased, have been quite active in the good roads movement. —That Christian gentleman, Col. W. H. Daniel, has scores of friends in Carroll who deplored his recent acci dent, but now rejoice in his rapid recovery. Some of the newspapers convey the erroneous impression that since his injury he has quit entirely the service of Judge Adamson as private secretary. It is true that he was una ble to go to Washington this winter, and recommended to Judge Adamson that excellent young man and splendid stenographer, Willis Davis, who will attend to the correspondence in Wash ington ; but Col. Daniel still retains a considerable portion of the work, such as he can do at home as well as in Washington, including the distribution of documents, plants, seeds, besides at tending to a great deal of routine cor respondence. -Charles Adamson, jr.. West Point’s textile expert, was at home for the holidays. Come again, lad, and leave us a hank of your hair. —Mr. Wales Ayeoek spent two or three weeks in Washington before the holidays, acting as temporary private secretary to our esteemed friend and Congressman, Judge Adamson. It may he truthfully said that no Congressman had a better private secretary during Wales’ brief term of service. —Robt. Fitts, jr., spent the holidays with Newnan friends and relatives. —“Labor omnia vincit improbus.” Latin is a dead language, and for this reason tombstone scribblers think it an appropriate tongue for epitaphs, and come so numerous and large the City the likl> . There is little or no excuse Council has promoted that worthy sen- egambian, Tol Davis, from brevet jan itor to first rank, with full pay and al lowances. —The holidays were more or less punctuated and ornamented by gay throngs of young people, who attended a series of balls given by the Carroll ton Cotillion Club. The scintillations of beauty and the giddy maxes of the waltz, both are charms that the terpsi- choreanly inclined cannot well resist. —Let us profit by the mistakes made for my using it. except that the rascal who wrote my text was able to put in Latin a more forcible and laconic ex pression of an idea that I desire to use than could I in English, to-wit: “Stub born labor conquers all things.” For a couple of years 1 have written two or three pages weekly for your patient readers, and if you have survived the ordeal of reading it, it is not my fault! I have made it as nerve-racking' as my puny command of the language would allow. Notwithstanding the malignant new and old. It is so pleasant to assai their weak points, and then exclaim: “What a pity!” While engaged in a seance of this kind be sure of your ground. Know the relations that exist (if any) between your auditor and the person or persons being discussed ; then you may hash his or her reputation to suit the demands of gossip. On a cer tain occasion a lady friend of the wii- ter, (Mrs. X.,) who was educated in Griffin, was discussing with him old friends and acquaintances who resided there in her school days. It soon be came obvious to the writer that she knew most people who resided there. After making numerous inquiries about this one, that one, and the other, she asked: “Did you know Miss Mollie D.?” Rising equal to the demands of the query, she gave him some good, warm information about her and anoth er girl’s mental caliber as school chil dren.. “Yes,” said she, ”1 knew her well; she and Mattie M. were consid ered two of the brightest girls in school, but it was a notorious fact that neither of them could do an example in long division, and I do not believe eith er of them knew the multiplication ta ble.” The writer was amused no lit tle at this recital, but did not venture to make his informant wise to the fact that one of them had subsequently be come the wife of the Carrollton corres pondent of The Herald and Advertiser. For the enlightenment of the lady (she will get wise when she reads this) we beg to remark that this correspond ent’s wife has demonstrated her ability to teach her children the multiplication table, and so easy was long division that she taught it to them with one hand tied behind. It is the remark of the neighborhood that she has raised a bevy of intellectual giants. --I made a recent call on the newly- installed county officers, and found them as busy as the proverbial “bee in a tar bucket.” The Ordinary, Judge W. J. Millican, “sat to the saw like a veteran scribe,” and Mr. D. F. Pierce, Clerk of the Superior Court, has dem onstrated a wonderful adaptability at pan-handling his patrons for coin ; Hon. G. P. Braswell, the one-in-the-hill Com missioner of Roads and Revenues, takes to his work like duckies to water. While not hankering for a job of trans lating to glory any unfortunate “bad man” by the hemp route, l could dis cern, from the cut of his jib, that Sheriff W. A. Garrett was not the man to let a hemp-ripe culprit escape the noose, or to refuse his pro rata costs. It is conceded that, as a Tax Collector, Pack Kingsberry made them come down with “the dust”; but it is said by those who know him that Matt Grif fin, the new Collector, is one of the finest dime-chasers now in the tithe gathering business. For judicial acu men Judge Jim Beall can give his con freres cards and spades. - Dr. Homer Boatright, one of Geor gia’s brightest young physicians, is taking a post-graduate course in New York City. He will remain with these Eastern Brobdigians two or three months. —Misfortune is the common lot of man. It enters alike the palace of the prince and the hovel of the peasant. But since it has invaded the household of my esteemed friend, Capt. Thos. S. Parrott, and taken a devoted wife and mother, l beg to assure him of my most profound sympathy. I. trust his grief may be assuaged in some measure by the little one who is left as a bond of that union thus rudely broken. May the sustaining grace of Him who “doeth all things well” attend him in his hour of sore affliction. —I regret to chronicle a painful acci dent that befell Messrs. E. C. Blalock and Virgil Vines by the falling of a scaffold on which they were at work painting a sign. Their injuries were painful, but not serious. . -- The following is a list of officers of the Carroll County Masonic Conven tion. which will meet in August: J. D. Hamrick, W. M. ; J. R. F. Brown, S. W.; Jas. Beall, J. W.; R. F. Hyatt, Secretary and Treasurer; J. W. Gober, Chaplain; D. H. Hamrick, S. D.; M. L. Moore, J. D. ; Wm. Freel, S. S.: G. W. Burnett, J. S.; J. Z. Bedingfield, Tyler. —Hon. H. W. Long is spending a month with Alabama friends. —Mr. C. R. Turner, of Atlanta, was in the city Saturday and Sunday. flint and steel, and was borne in Crom well’s campaign against Charles I. by Edward Bowen, a fusileer in the cele brated “Ironsides,” Col. Tomlinson s regiment. The gun was bequeathed by this soldier to his son, Horatio, who soon afterwards immigrated to Ameri ca. bringing this weapon with him. He served in Virginia with Braddock and Washington, and barely escaped with his life at the massacre of Braddock's men by the French and Indians. The gun descended as an heirloom to Hora tio C. Bowen, a descendant of this grim warrior. Horatio C. fought with Gen. Jackson at New Orleans. It was he who sent the leaden missile into the brain of the intrepid Gen. Packenham. He was publicly thanked by Gen. Jack- son for the heroic part he took in the battle. Congress awarded him a gold medal, and had a Government engraver to inscribe the name of Horatio C. Bowen on the barrel of the gun; also the part he took in that great battle. The gun has since furnished meat for four generations, as it was used by the early settlers for huntnig deer, bear and turkey. The family set great store by this old weapon. In the percussion era of gun-making it was converted into that type. Could the old death-dealer talk it could unfold some stirring tales. Always Keeps a Bottle in the House. “About ten days before Christmas I got my hand hurt so badly that I had to stop work right in the busy time of the year,” says Mr. Milton Wheeler, 2100 Morris Ave.. Birmingham, Ala. “At first I thought I would have to have my hand taken off, but someone told me to get a bottle of Sloan’s Lini ment and that would do the work. The Liniment cured my hand and I gladly recommend it to everyone.” Mr. J. E. Matthews, proprietor of St. James Hotel, Corning, Ark., says: “My finger was greatly inflamed from a fish sting and doctors pronounced jt blood poisoning. I used several appli cations of Sloan’s Liniment and it cured" me all right. I will always keep a bot tle of Sloan’s Liniment in my house.” Mr. J. P. Evans of Mt. Airy, Ga., says: “After being afflicted for three years with rheumatism, I used Sloan’s Liniment, and was cured sound and well, and am glad to say I haven’t been troubled with rheumatism since. My leg was badlv swollen from my hip to my knee. One-half a bottle took the pain and swelling out.” “I suppose that you carry a memen to of some sort in that locket of yours?” “Yes: it is a lock of my husband’s hair. ” “But your husband is still alive!” “Yes, but his hair is all gone.” HAD QUIT WORK READY TO 6IYE UP IN OESPAIR Restored to Health By Vinol ‘‘I was sick, run-dowu and finally had to give up work. After trying a number of remedies and several phy sicians, I was just about ready to give up In despair. I saw Vinol ad vertised and decided to try it, and It has done more good for me than all other means combined. It has built me up and restored my strength until I now feel twenty years younger, and am able to attend to my work again as usual.” Job Jeavons, 103G Lind street, Wheeling, W. Va. The reason Vlnol is so successful in such cases is because it contains tonic iron and all of the strengthening blood-making and body-building ele ments of cod liver oil, but no oil. Vinol Is unexcelled as a strength creator for old people, delicate children, weak, run-down persons, and after sickness—and is the best known rem edy for coughs, colds and bronchitis. We return your money il Vinol falls to give satisfaction. HOLT & CATES CO.. Newnan. Ga. Atlanta and West Point RAILROAD COMPANY ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRAINS AT NEWNAN,GA. NY 39 No. 20 No. 34 No. *42. No. t44 No. :« No. 40. No. 17. No. 41 NO. 37 No. 36. .... 6:45 a. m. . . 7 :35 a. m. .... 9 :03 a. m. ... .10:40 a. in. .... 3:25 p. m. . 6:40 p. in. .... 5:32 p. m. .... 6:45 a. m. . 8:27 a. m. .... 0:33 a. m. . 12:28 p.m. .... 5:12 p. m. . ... 7 :10 p. m. ... 6 :23 p. m. 10:40 p. m. iv only. *DaiIy except Sun- All other trains daily. Odd tSunda: day numbers, southbound bers, northbound. even num- When shown positive and reliable proof that a certain remedy had cured numerous cases of female ills, wouldn’t any sensible woman conclude that the same remedy would also benefit her if suffering with the same trouble ? Here are two letters which prove the efficiency of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Red Banks, Miss.—“Words are inadequate to express xvliat Lydia E. Pinkliam’s Vegetable Compound lias done for me. I suffered from a female disease and weakness which the doc tors said was caused by a fibroid tumor, and I commenced to think there was no help for me. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound made me a well woman after all other means had failed. 3Iy friends are all asking what has helped me so much, and I gladly recommend Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com pound.”—Mrs. Willie Edwards. Hampstead, Maryland.—“ Before taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound I was weak and nervous, and could not be on my feet half a day without suffering. The doctors told me I never would he well without an operation, but Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has done more for me than all the doctors, and I hope this valuable medicine may come into the hands of many more suffering women.”—Mrs. Joseph H. Dandy. We will pay a handsome reward to any person who will prove to us that these letters are not genuine and truthful — or that either of these women were paid in any way for their testimonials, or that the letters are published without their permission, or that the original letter from each did not .come to us entirely unsolicited. What more proof can any one ask ? For 30 years Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has been the standard remedy for female ills. No sick woman does justice to herself who will not try this famous medicine. Made exclusively from roots and herbs, and lias thousands of cures to its credit. Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health free of charge. Address Mrs. Piukliam, Lynn, Mass. A Happy and Prosperous New Yeai To all is the sincere wish of H. C. Arnall Merchandise Company. We take this occasion to express to all our customers our hearty thanks for the very liberal patronage, as well as numer ous favors, received from them dur ing the year 1908. We beg to assure them it has been in variably our effort to render good ser vice and fair treatment in every transaction. We wish you and yours much hap piness during the coming year. Yours very truly, H. C. Arnall Mdse. Co. HEADQUARTERS FOR EVERYBODY -BOYS, MEN AND LADIES, Who want first-class Wagons, Buggies, Harness, Mules or Horses. We sell them every day in the year—Sundays excepted—and each and all must be as represented, or your money will be refunded. A big lot of steel beam Middle Busters and two-horse Turners—the best money can buy. I wish to call special attention to my steel-beam one-horse Turner—the queen of the field. Every farmer should have at least one to each mule. ■ You all know me, and know where I stay. Come to see me; I m al ways at home. JACK POWELL.