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THE HERALD
ADVERTISER
VOL. XLIV.
NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 29,' 1909
NO. 18,
HEADQUARTERS
FOR LOW PRICES
On Groceries and
Farm Supplies.
We anticipated the market, and bought very
heavily before the advance. We have
now in stock—
400 barrels Flour at miller’s cost.
4,000 lbs. Tobacco at factory prices.
750 gallons pure Georgia Ribbon Cane Syrup.
1,000 gallons New Orleans Syrup, from the lowest to the
highest grades.
3,000 lbs. best Compound Lard, bought before the rise. We
can do you good on this lot.
Just Arrived.
One car-load Texas Rust-proof Oats, one car-load 90-Day
Burt Oats.
Our stock of Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes is complete.
All farmers wanting supplies for their farms and
tenants, either for cash or on time, will
find it to their advantage to see
before placing their ac
counts for the
new vear
T. G. Farmer & Sons Co.
You are always welcome at our store.
'DEAD, WITH A LILY
HAND.”
Dead, with n lily in her hand—
All. but we cannot understand.
White are her hands. so white ami fai
White ns tin* lily lyitur there;
Ami one white lose that is not s - elea
As the soul that is sainted now. I wee
Lily-white, rose-white, is her face,
White with the plow of G< d’s own rn
And you look down, too and to weep.
And marvel anew of her still sleep,
Marvel because her voice is stilled;
Aye, with a marveling are you filled.
What of it all?
Ah. we may as
\ak it, or ki
What was tlu- ■ u unions that whispered low
tut of the dark, ami far beyond-
We may not know what day has dawned.
See how her lashes lie onlior cheek.
See how her lips seem near to speak;
What is it vaguely comes i<» u.
While we are standing, curing thus.'
Nothing- and all things—near, so near
That we would fain believe her here.
White is the lily in her palm,
White is her face of holy calm —
Could wo hut know what wondrous peace
Came with her r< title soul’s release!
Ah, but we cannot understand—
Dead, vv ith a lily in her hand
[VV. D. Nisbet.
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STOVES
AND
RANGES
Twenty-five new Stoves and
Ranges jus^ in this week.
300 Cotton Collars, any size from 10 to 23.
40 Leather Collars, any size from 17 to 23.
1,000 of the best Ileel Bolts you ever saw.
5,000 lbs, Scooter Plows, any size, long or short.
75 of the best Plow Stocks in the city.
Oliver Plows, points and repairs.
Blacksmith Tools of all kinds.
100 Bridles—the best assortment in the citv. Prices
from 90c. to S3 each.
Garden ’Wire. Don’t fail to see our extra heavy fence.
It will hold a small chicken or a .large cow, and costs only
$4 for 105 feet.
Poultry Wire, all kinds, 1 to 6 feet.
Garden Seed.
Tragedy of the Misunderstood.
Stokely Hunt.
A writer in a current magazine ex
presses the opinion that the greatest de
fect in the rush of modern business and
the gravest obstacle in the way of the
average young man’s success is the
failure to make one’s self clearly un
derstood. The lesson was driven home
to me by a strange coincidence with
in a few minutes after I read the ar
ticle. It was one of those cold and
dreary nights in December, such as is
described in Poe’s “Raven.” I found
on my desk a letter from a Western
man with whom my relations had al
ways been most cordial, and to whom 1
had only recently written a heart-to-
heart letter with sincere Christmas
greetings. To my utter astonishment,
the letter seemed to have reached him
in the wrong mood and he had misun
derstood me. His reply was a bitter
tirade that would fill a ward politician
with envy at the ease with which he
hurled epithets and sinister threats.
The usual close, “Yours in the spirit
of Christ,” to such a letter was blas
phemous.
I leaned back in my chair, and, to
quote from Poe, pondered, weak and
weary. The chilling gusts of wind rat
tled the windows and the drizzling rain
made one shiver. But the night was
scarcely more gloomy than my own
heart. My thoughts ran along the
tragedies of the misunderstood.
I thought of a little child with her
heart unstained by evil. With purpose
as pure as ever throbbed in an angel’s
heart, but witn undeveloped judgment,
she tried in an unfortunate way to do
something nice for her mother. Her
mother, failing to understand the child
ish motive, punished the error where
she would otherwise have caressed her
thoughtful child. Innocent childhood,
in turn, failing to understand the pun
ishment for a well-intended deed, nev
er loved and trusted its mother so
again. And thus began a life of trag
edy.
Two little brothers playing together
failed to understand each other. An
gry words and blows followed, and then
chastisement at the parental hand.
Two friends failed to understand. A
oistol Hashed. One soul was swept
into eternity and the other into the
throes of lifelong remorse, welcoming
relief upon the gallows.
A wife, true as steel, was misunder
stood. A happy home was wrecked,
and two wretched souls with heavy
hearts and disgraced children, went
their separate ways.
The faithful pastor of the village
church, preaching the gospel with all
the earnestness of his soul, was mis
understood and unappreciated by his
Hock. He died with a broken heart.
Brought to themselves over the casket
of death, his monument was built, not
in cold marble, but in a living work of
grace in human hearts.
A devout layman, pouring out almost
his life-blood in following a divine call
of service to his fellowman, was mis
understood and abused by those for
whom he labored so unselfishly. Even
his godly pastor, being human, failed to
understand, and pronounced anathemas
upon him from the sacred desk. In his
distress he flew to the God who alone
understands the secrets of our hearts
and was comforted.
But there is another crowning trage
dy of the misunderstood that will be
told in all ages wherever man is found.
From the day of His birth until the
stood, became the lirst Christian mar
tyr. in the hour of tragic death lie saw
the Savior standing on the right hand
of God, and with a Christly spirit and
understanding cried, “Forgive them.”
Just then 1 heard a voice. It may
have been a maiden, but to me it sound
ed like the voice of an angel. It was
singing a song that 1 heard in mv Mis
sissippi home in childhood days. “We
Shall Know Each Other Better When
the Mists Have Cleared Away.”
Yti, thank God, when the sunshine
of Hi? eternal love has dissolved the
mists of human infirmities, and we
come.Torili in 11 its likeness, knowing as
we M!e known, and communicating
with each other in perfect spiritual fel
lowship. we shall know each other bet
ter, ,ve shall understand, and. under
standing, we shall love oa
ter.
No.dpuht then we shall,
it was that in human blip
understood and misjudged each other
and were led into unfortunate criticism
that hindered the operations of the
Spirit in each other’s lives and circum
vented each other’s influence.
How much coldness and aloofness,
how many criticisms, harsh words,
broken hearts and deeds of violence are
caused simply by a human weakness in
failing to understand!
But, after all, if the misunderstood
could only understand, would they he s<t]
perplexed, or would they not, in loving
forgiveness, go cheerfully on in unsel
fish service? /
However dark the night of misunder
standing, look with hope to the morn
ing ; for there is a day coming, a glad
and happy day. when we shall know
each other better.
Ai'd then we shall understand.
jt her bet-
Jfonder how
ness we mis-
A\ e sell Landreth’s and have a complete stock
ihand. We have also what you want in Garden Tools.
KIRBY - BOHANNON
HARDWARE CO.
TELEPHONE 201.
on
Economic Side of Prohibition.
Knoxyille Sentinel.
Oiir esteemed contemporary, the
Menjphis Commercial-Appeal, is, we
think, unduly excited,by the prospect
of State-wide prohibition legislation. It
addresses itself to the economic side of
prohibition in Memphis, and we believe
it takes a narrow, one-sided, uneco
nomic view. It says that prohibition in
Memphis “would destroy immediately
about $5,000,000 of property values,”
and polity about 1,000 places of busi
ness, of which some are used for saloons
and some for wholesale liquor houses.
It says further:
“You destroy the jobs of people upon
whom about 5,000 of the population de
pend. You take the jobs away from
about 2,000 room-rent or house rent
payers or home owners. You deprive
the city itself of about $300,000 of di
rect revenue in the way of excise taxes
and property taxes. You depreciate
the rental value of about $5,000,000
worth of property in the town. Nat
urally. the tax value of the property
will be reduced.”
The same sort of dire prophecies
were made for Knoxville, and not one
of them has been accomplished. The
114 places of business occupied by Knox
ville saloons and the property used for
wholesale liouor distribution before the
sale of liquor was forbidden in this city
are all occupied. The business ot the
city has gone ahead in spite of the
general depression last year. Econom
ically, Knoxville makes a better show
ing than Chattanooga. in spite of the
laree liquor trade which has been con
centrated in Chattanooga, or, better " tfir the ha |, of
said, on account of it. Crimes have
been greatly diminished. The people
are generally employed, and the author
ities say that never has the general
level of temperate and industrious liv
ing been as high as it is now.
If Memphis has 1,600 business houses
devoted to the sale of liquor and a pop
ulation of 5,000 dependent on it, Mem
phis has a tremendous handicap to its
future prosperity and welfare. Mem
phis ought to congratulate itself on the
prospect of the removal of this incubus
and the employment of its citizens in
work that will upbuild instead of pull
down the community. Those 2,000
house-rent payers or home owners ought
to he putting clothes on the backs and
shoes on the feet of the children of
Memphis instead of taking them off.
They ought to be making and selling
furniture, hats, plows, tools, instead of
a poison to steal the minds and con
sciences of their fellow-citizens.
Those whoisesale liquor houses whose
trade with neighboring States would
Joe Brown Milking a New Record.
Atlanta, Jan. 23. -Joseph M. Brown
is making a new political record for
Georgia. Never before has a Governor-
elect, the office once within his grasp,
spent his time and money traveling
over the State for the purpose of meet
ing and talking with the people who
elected him.
Candidates confronted by opposition
have traveled over the State from Ra
bun Gap to Tybee light and made the
welkin ring with their eloquence, while
they caught the voters by flattery and
handclasps. But the election over, the
successful candidate has gone about his
own business, exhibiting himself but
little to the people until the day of his
inauguration,
“Little Joe” Brown lias completely
reversed this programme. While he
was a candidate bidding for the public
suffrage, he remained in the seclusion
of his Atlanta office or his home, and
did his campaigning through the news
papers and the mails.
But following his election he is now
doing that which his predecessors did
only while they were candidates for of
fice. He has visited already many Geor
gia counties and met and talked with
the people, and it. is his purpose, if pos
sible, to go ipto every county in the
State be£efe he formally assumes the
bttice of Governor.
It is an innovation in political prac
tice which Georgians are not slow to
appreciate. There is no question that
the Governor-elect has made many
warm personal friends by these visits
—some who were not his friends when
lie was a candidate.
Another interesting feature in this
connection is Mr. Brown’s announce
ment to his friends that he does not
wish his induction into office to bp at
tended by any unusual ceremonies, such
as an inaugural parade, military or oth
erwise. He wants no brass bands or
trumpet blasts to announce his entry
into the executive office. Mr. Brown
was moved to make this statement as
the result of a number of letters re
ceived from various sections of the
State announcing the determination of
“Little Joe Brown Clubs” to come to
Atlanta to take part in the inaugural
parade. He says he feels that lie is a
private citizen until he has taken the
oath of office, and that there is no need
of military display or excitement of
any sort over the event.
Two years ago when Gov. Hoke
Smith was inaugurated, lie was es
corted to the capitol by a long military
parade, and followed by a civic proces
sion in which Hoke'Smith clubs from
many parts of the State participated.
The inauguration ceremonies took place
out of doors upon the capitol grounds,
as it was decided that the hall of the
House of Representatives could not be
gin to accommodate the crowd that
wanted to be present.
. This year there will be a reversion to
the old style. The inauguration will
take place in the hall of the House of
Representatives, as formerly. Mr.
Brown will come from his home in Ma
rietta by trolley car. and from the ter
minus of the Marietta line will repair
to the capitol on foot if the weather
and the state of his health permits:
otherwise by street ctar. He will noti
fy the Legislature of his presence in
(lie capitol and place himself at its dis
posal. Escorted by a committee ho will
the House, take the
oath administered by Chief - Justice
Fish, of the Supreme Court, deliver
his inaugural address, and then proceed
to take charge of the executive office,
where it is his announced purpose to
remain strictly attentive to public bus
iness during his term of office.
The inauguration will take place on
•June 26, the Saturday following the as
sembling of the Legislature.
The Governor-elect proposes to con
tinue his visits to various sections of the
State until the first of May, when he
will begin to prepare for the inaugural
and the subsequent duties which will
devolve upon him. He will be in South
Georgia until the middle of February,
will spend the balance of February and
the greater portion of March in Mid
dle Georiga, and will devote the re
mainder of his time to North Georgia.
agony of Hi3 death men did not under-1 be stopped by a prohibition law could
tand Him who came to do a work that
never man did, and even after these
passing centuries the world does r.ot
understand or fully appreciate our
Lord. Coming to bless, He was the
most presecuted man that ever trod the
Judean hills, and at last, dying on the
cross at the hands of His countrymen,
He cried in the hour of supreme agony.
“My God, why hast Thou forsaken
me?” Yet, in His divine nature. He
looked upon His persecutors and un
derstood them. Then He cried, “Fath
er, forgive them, they know not what
they ds.”
Stephen, because he was misunder-
ily select something more useful to
send them. Memphis’ prosperity de
pends directly on the welfare of the
faimers and planters of West Tennes
see. Mississipni and Arkansas. All
other lines of business in Memphis
would benefit largely and permanently
if the sale of whiskey and other brain-
befuddling and nerve-racking liquors
could be stopped in her tri-State terri
tory.
Mrs. Hiram Otfen—“Why, Bridget,
at this rate my dishes won’t last any
time.”
Bridget—“Don’t ye worry, ma’am;
they'll last as long as I will, fur I’ll be
l’uving ye the-morrow.”
John Gorham, of Texas, Sends Mes
sage to His Coweta Friends.
h'ditors Herald and Advertiser:
Enclosed find check, which will pay
me up to May 1, 1909. Here is wishing
you and your people a happy and pros
perous new year.
I also want to warn your people (be-
cause 1 love them all) about the next
cotton crop. Texas will plant fifteen
million acres in cotton this year, possi
bly more, with the possibility of mak
ing three-fourths of a bale (and proba
bly one-half a bale) to the acre. You
can have no idea how fast Texas is fill
ing up. People are coming here from
every corner of the world as fast as the
ears can bring them. Now, Texas has
fifty million acres of land ready for
cultivation that will make fine cotton
without fertilizing at all. All we need
is the people to produce it, and they
are coming fast. ‘ Land is increasing in
value rapiiRy. The land upon which I
now liye, bought eight years ago for $25
per acre, is easily worth $100 per acre
to-day. In fact, 1 would not take that
for it.
Now, you will see, from my-stand-
point, (and 1 am correct; at least, I am
honest.) that your people must do
something else besides raise cotton, be
cause you can’t compete with Texas at
all. I believe I know what I am talk
ing about, for I have raised it in both
sections, and consider that Texas has
from 3 to 4 cents per pound the advan
tage of Georgia. Get your people to
diversify, improve their lands and raise
other crops that will in the end make
them more independent, for 1 tell you
now I believe what cotton we make
this year will have to bo made cheap,
and Texas will make her cotton cheap.
Of course one can’t tell what the in
sects may do for Texas cotton ; neither
do I know what they may do for you ;
—but Texas, beyond any doubt, is pre
paring to plant the largest cotton
crop in her history, and is in fine shape,
financially, to take care of it.
Now, Messrs. Editors, these are the
conditions as I see them, and 1 write
this note of warning to a people whom
I love with my whole heart and de
sire to see do well. Through The
Herald and Advertiser my entire fami-
I ly join me in love and heat wishes for
| all the Coweta people. 1 know you
have the welfare and success of your
people at heart; hence I have written
you as 1 have. Take it for what it is
worth, and once again ask your people
to think well before planting too much
cotton. Yours devotedly,
John Gorham,
Waco, Texas, Jan. 8th.
Medicine and Theology.
New York Tribune.
The following story was told by John
L. Mahin, in a recent address, of the
Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis, now
of Brooklyn, when he was pastor of
Central Church, Chicago.
Dr. Hillis had a number of doctors in
his Chicago congregation. It was a
fashionable c urch, but it didn’t get
Dr. Webster. He didn’t go to church
at all, hut had the reputation of “mak
ing good” in his practice. Mrs. Hillis
was taken sick one day and became so
very sick that her husband didn’t want
to take any chances, so he sent for Dr.
Webster. He came, took care of Mrs.
Hillis and she recovered.
Dr. Hillis called and said to the physi
cian : “Doctor, I owe you a great deal.
1 would like to know the amount of
your bill. 1 will pay you $50 on account
to-day and the rest as soon as I can,
but I want to know the total amount,
so that 1 can make arrangements to do
so. ”
Dr. Webster looked at him for a min
ute and his characteristic reply showed
his appreciation of Dr. Hillis, |who
“made good” in his own line, for he
said: “I will tell you what I will do.
I will keep Mrs. Hillis out of heaven
as long as I can. and you keep me out
of hell as long as you can.”
MUST BELIEVE IT.
Hezekiah Butterworth was one day
meditatively strolling through Boston
common when an old acquaintance ap
proached him with steps unsteady from
drink. The intoxicated man’s hard
luck story found quick response in the
sympathetic nature of Mr. Butterworth.
and the desired “loan” was forthcom
ing.
As the man was about to hasten away
with the coin Mr. Butterworth, placing
his hand on his old friend’s shoulder,
and looking him square in the eyes,
said: ‘Patrick, I hope you will buy
the food you need with this money and
quit your drinking. Remember, Pat
rick, there is a hereafter.”
Whereupon the other man, returning
the solemn gaze of the old writer, said :
“Th-that’s right, He-He-Hezekiah.
but I d-don’t believe we’ll either one
live to see it.”
When Well-Known Newnan People
Tell It So Plainly.
When public indorsement is made by
a representative citizen of Newnan the
proof is positive. You must believe it.
Read this testimony. Every backache
sufferer, every man, woman or child
with any kidney trouble, will find profit
in the reading.
W. D. Hill, 61 Murray street, New
nan, Ga., says : “Some years ago I re
ceived a severe fall, and, as a result,
my kidneys became affected. After
that I was a constant sufferer from
backache, the pains sometimes extend
ing into my shoulders, and even as far
as my neck. When I procured Doan’s
Kidney Pills at Lee Bros’, drug store
I was in quite a serious condition, and
placed all my hopes in their bringing
me relief. I was not disappointed, for,
after a short use, they entirely cured
me. I have not had the least sign of
kidney trouble since, and I willingly
give Doane’s Kidney Pills my indorse
ment.”
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name—Doan’s—and
take no other.