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NKWNAN, FRIDA V, M A R. 20.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
How He Did It.
Why People Should Pay Their Bills.
“It is strange,” said a veteran mer
chant yesterday, in discussing current
business conditions, "how many peo
ple fail to realize the importance to I mysterious
In Memoriam.
! On Feb. 22, 1909, the dear little spir-
l it of Dorris, the infant daughter of
i Mr. and Mrs. E. McJenkins, took tain W
its (light to heaven. “As the shadows nent official of an Eastern line, we
1 steal over the earth, softly closing the had in our employ a hrakeman who,
flowers and touching them to sleep.” for special service rendered to the road,
i silently and lovingly in the province of was granted a month s vacation,
a bright awakening, so she fell asleep. . “He decided to spend his time in a
Nature softly and gently severed the j trip over the Rockies,
vital chord, and she passed serenely him with passes,
into rest on
sea
Harper's Weekly.
“When I was connected with a cer-
tern railway,” says a promi-
We furnished
Strew Flowers Now.
Pacific Oriel Fellow.
“No flowers.” These words frequent
ly accompany the announcement of day
and date of a funeral. “No flowers” -
the husband, wife, sister, friend, has
closed the history of life. During its
prime was the time for flowers; flow
ers for morn, and noon, and night;
flowers strewn upon the path at the
roadside; roses for the couch; forget-
Don’t
the other shore of that | "He went to Denver, and there met j me-nots all along the journey.
■that never yet has a number of his friends at work on one I wait till the last page of life’s history
merchants and others of paying their borne on any wave the image of
accounts regularly, or with flue atten- homeward
tion to the rules of trade. People fre
quently buy a large bill of goods with
out paying anything upon it at the
She is not dead. She has passed
through a transition state that will en
able her to live with Him in glory and
time. Or they run a series of small {immortality. If a pure life—and such
bills until the aggregate amount due is
quite large. Then they overlook or
neglect to pay for the stuff. Month
after month passes. No attention is
paid to the statements that are sent
them, and finally the merchant finds
that he has been carrying the unpaid
account six, twelve or even eighteen
months. Whatever profits there were
on the goods have been largely wiped
out by the delay in getting the money
for them. And then quite often the
parties become much aggrieved when
an insistent demand is made for pay
ment.
“It is all wrong. A merchant wants
all the custom he can get, but custo
mers who hold him off so long are not
desirable. I often wonder if these peo
ple) realize that the merchant can’t
settle his accounts every six, twelve or
eighteen months. The merchant pays
his rent monthly; he pays his lighting
bill monthly; he pays all of his help
monthly, or semi-monthly ; he pays his
advertising bills monthly; he pays his
freight bills monthly, or more fre
quently; he pays for his goods either
practically spot cash to get the small
discounts, or in ninety days. His ex
penses must be met monthly. When
people favor him with their patronage
and then withhold payment for the
goods for so indefinite a time, they are
embarrassing him, and they are embar
rassing the community. I tell you, if
people would pay their accounts, and
make it a rule to do so regularly, we
would hear less about business depres
sion. When the people omit paying
their accounts they are hurting the
entire business interests of the commu
nity, and in the end hurt themselves.
It is an endless chain business. Our
interests are all in common, and sooner
or later the truth is brought home to
all that that community is kept in the
most healthful state, in a business
way, where prompt and regular settle
ments are required.”
The complaint of the merchant quoted
above really voices the feelings of the
entire merchant class of the city. They
feel keenly, and justly, that those of
their debtors who fail to pay their ob
ligations when they are able to do so
are working an injury to them ami to
the city'. There is no city, we believe,
where the merchants are mure consid
erate than they are here in Americus,
where they endeavor more to meet the
requirements of their patrons, and to
show them every possible concession.
But it is not possible here or anywhere
else for merchants to allow outstand
ing bills for goods sold by them to con
tinue unpaid indefinitely. No merchant
wants to go into bankruptcy, and yet
any merchant who is willing to allow
such a condition of affairs to continue
knows that he is on the road to financial
wreck. Poor collections, it is safe to
say, do more to put merchants into the
hands of receivers than any other sin
gle agency.
The merchants are right in demand
ing that those who are indebted to
them make efforts to settle their ac-
coun.s regularly, in full or in part, and
not fall into the unbusiness-like meth
od of deferring payments to some un
known time in the future. If all
adopted this method of prompt payment
business affairs here, and in other
towns too, would soon take on a much
brighter aspect. Inasmuch as the vast
majority of people are paid for their
services weekly or monthly, there is no
apparent reason why they should not
pay for the goods they have bought
more promptly. If this were done there
would probably be no living beyond in
comes—the evil that is said be so com
mon among American people. The man
or woman who adopts the policy of
prompt payment of debts has an easy
conscience, is devoid of uneasiness
about accumulating’obligations, and is
on the road to Easy Street. The one
who adopts the reverse policy is more
than apt to be soon floundering in the
morass of debt and suffering the conse
quent mental anxiety and loss of credit.
An injury to one class in the eommuni- I
ty is undoubtedly an injury to the en- J
tire community. Whatever tends to
harass and depress business in any of j
its branches is speedily found to be a |
detriment to the welfare of the whole
community.
Americus is largely dependent upon
its position as a trading centre for its
prosperity and progress. We all recog
nize that. When the business men are
suffering from poor trade or poor col
lections the whole community goes un
der a cloud. Sometimes this is, in a
measure,.unavoidable. But all too fre
quently the condition referred to is cre
ated unnecessarily by people who are
amply able to pay their obligations
failing to do so—putting off to next
month, or next fall, the settlement of
just debts that should be paid now.
was hers—is a perfect title to a home
in heaven, where the heart-sick and
the weary may find rest, (and death
alone gives this possession,) God quick
en its coming, and bless its eternal
stay. Many times we find ourselves
looking for a face that we cannot see,
and listening for a voice that we can
not hear. From the fireside and the
home life the babe has taken its eter
nal leave. It cannot be that earth is
our only abiding-place. It cannot be
that our life is a bubble, burst up by
the ocean of eternity to float another
moment upon the surface, and then
sink into nothingness and darkness for
ever. As a pebble dropped into the
placid bosom of the lake awakens the
waves that widen, and yet grow wider
and wider still, till they reach the
farthest shore, so her gentle life shall
shine and speak to her loved ones, and
find echo in their better lives. There
is a realm where the rainbow never
fades, where the stars will be spread
out before us like the islands that
slumber on the ocean, and where our
loved ones that pass before us like vis
ions will stay in our presence forever.
But the grave is not the end. We look
beyond to the great fact of immortali
ty, and cling to the fact that we are
immortal: that there is a life beyond
the grave;—and, comforted by such re
flections, we can say of our departed
ones:
"Ah the mists have risen above us,
A i the Father knows Hia own,
Fare to fare with those who love up.
We uhull know as we are known.”
A Friend.
CAUSE FOR ALARM.
Loss of Appetite or Distress After
Eating a Symptom That Should
Not Be Disregarded.
Appetite is just a natural desire for
food. Loss of appetite or stomach dis
tress aft»r eating indicate indigestion
or dyspepsia. Over-eating is a habit
very dangerous to a person’s good gen
eral health, and an insatiable appetite
is a sure symptom of diabetis.
It is not what you eat but what you
ligest and assimilate that does good.
Some of the strongest, heaviest per
sons are moderate eaters.
There is nothing that will create
sickness or cause more trouble than a
disordered stomach, and many people
laily contract serious maladies simply
through disregard or abuse of the
stomach.
We urge every one in Newnan who
is sulfering from any stomach derange
ment, indigestion or dyspepsia, wheth
er acute or chronic, to try Rexall Dys
pepsia Tablets, with the distinct un-
lerstanding that we will refund the
money without question or formality,
if, after reasonable use of this medi
cine, they are nqt perfectly satisfied
with the results. We recommend them
to our customers every day, and have
yet to hear of anyone who has not been
benefited by them. We honestly believe
them to be without equal. They are
made from the prescription of a physi
cian who devoted all his time to the
study and treatment of stomach trou
bles. They give very prompt relief,
neutralize the gastric juices, strength
en the digestive organs, create good
digestion' and assimilation, naturally
regulate the bowels, promote perfect
nutrition, and create a permanent cure
of all unhealthy symptoms.
We urge you to try a 25c. box of
Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets, which give
15 days’ treatment. At the end of
that time, your money will be returned
to you if you are not satisfied. Of
course, in chronic cases length of treat
ment varies. For such cases, we have
two larger sizes, which sell for 45c.
and 89c. Holt & Cates Co., Newnan,
Ga.
The lad had returned from college,
having completed his first year.
"What study do you like best, son,”
asked the proud father.
”1 hardly know, father,” said the
lad, "1 like them all so nearly alike. I
suspect 1 take more delight in algebra,
though, than any other. While at
school I learned to prove some very as
tounding problems.”
"Tell us one of them,” asked the
mother.
“Well, ” answered the lad, ”1 learned
to prove that a cat has seven tails.”
The fond parents were amused, but
were curious to know his reasoning, so
they asked for an explanation.
"Well, it’s this way,” the lad pro
ceeded : “One eat has one tail; no cat
has six tails. But one cat has one tail
more than no eat. Therefore, one cat
has seven tails. ’’
The “seven ages:” Friendship, love,
courtship, marriage, honeymoon,
“troubles,” death.
of the Colorado roads. They gave him ! has been written and passed—until the
a good time, and when he went away
made him a present of a mountain
goat.
"Evidently our hrakeman was at a
loss to get the animal home with him,
thorns along the way have done their
deadly work and ail consciousness
ceased, and they bring in flowers with
joyous faces to mock the dead past.
Bring flowers while their perfume and
as the express charges were very heavy I gladdening beauty can awake the
at that time. Finally, however, hitting heart’s emotions, brighten the eye and
upon a happy expedient, he made out a I fill the soul with joy. Scatter flowers
shipping tag and tied it to the horns of all along the way through life, and at
the goat.. Then he presented the beast j death, whether )there be flowers or
to the office of the stock-car line.
“Well, that tag created no end of
amusement, hut it served to accomplish
the end of the hrakeman. It was in
scribed as follows:
“ ‘Please Pass the Butter.
“Thomas J. Meechin,
“Brakeman S. S. & T. Ry.’ ”
What a Man Can Do.
By a simple word of endearment,
spoken without sham or effect, a man
may make a woman’s heart glad all
day. His little word will set the joy
bells ringing in her heart, and put a
song upon her lips that will fill the
hours with music.
A real sensible, level-headed woman
does not desire a soulless, meaningless
string of vapid love words howled at
her every time the one man of all the
world comes along, but she does re
quire and need his constant, sympa
thetic response in a calm, sustained
sort of way—a way that makes his
“little girl” and “dear” seem genuine
and inspiring.
A woman, even the most astute, and
apparently forbidding looking, needs
love and sheltering, and no one can
provide them as the man she learns to
love. But it is the real, true, protect
ing love and sheltering he must give,
else she soon knows, and then unhap
piness is hers forever.
That was a beautiful expression from
Ingersoll, who, in answer to the ques
tion: “Is Death the End?” said:
“Over the grave bends Love sobbing,
and by her side stands Hope and whis
pers: ‘We shall meet again.’ Before
all life is death, and after all death is
life. The falling leaf touched with
hectic flush, that testifies of autumn’s
death, is in a subtler sense a prophecy
of spring. The idea of immortality,
that like a sea has ebbed and flowed in
the human heart, with its countless
waves of hope and fear beating against
the shores and rocks of time and fate,
was not born of any book, nor of any
creed, nor of any religion. It was born
of human affection, and will continue
to ebb and flow beneath the mists and
clouds of doubt and darkness as long
as love kisses the lips of death. It is
the rainbow of hope shining upon the
tears of grief.”
An Alabamian, meeting an old darkey
formerly in his service, put to him the
usual question:
“Well, Ned. how are you to-day?”
“Tol’able, sah, tol’able!” cautious
ly replied Ned. "I’d be all right, sah,
if it want for de rheumatism in mah
right laig.”
“Ah. well, Ned, we mustn’t com
plain,” said the questioner. “We’re all
getting old, and old age does not come
alone.”
“Old age, sah!” was the indignant
protestation of Ned. “Old age ain’t
got nothin’ to do wid it, sah. Here’s
mah other laig jest as old, an’ dat’s as
sound an’ soople as kin be.”
The poultry editor of a country pa
per received this letter from a poetical
summer cottager:
“Dear Editor: What shall I do? Each
morn when I visit my hen house I find
two or three fowls on their backs, their
feet sticking straight up and their souls
wandering through the fields Elysian.
What’s the matter?”
The prosaic editor replied by return
mail:
“Dear Friend: The principal trouble
with your hens seems to be that they
are dead. There isn’t much that you J
can do, as they will probably be that
way for some time. Yours respect
fully, etc.”
No Need of Veterinary.
"We run a livery, feed and sales sta
ble. have a city transfer, and handle
hard and soft coal, and consequently
we need a good many horses.” say Be
dell Bros., of Mount Carmel, HI. "We
have used Sloan’s Liniment and Veter
inary Remedies for years and find they
give perfect satisfaction. As long as
Sloan’s remedies are in our barn we do
not need a veterinary surgeon. We are
j never without them and eonscientious-
I ly recommend them to all horsemen.”
Colby Bros., of the Mineral City Liv
ery. Fort Dodge. Ia.. write: “I have
used Sloan’s Colic Cure. Liniment and
Fever and Distemper Remedy for the
past ten years, and since I have been
using them I have never had a veteri
nary in my barn, and have not lost a
horse from either colic or distemper,
and will say that any man with a horse
or horses who keeps Sloan’s Liniment
and Veterinary Remedies in his barn
will never have occasion to call a vet
erinary.”
Sloan’s Treatise on the Horse sent
free to any horseman. Address Dr.
Earl S. Sloan, Boston, Mass.
faded stalks of grain, the loves that
were garnered in life will beautify and
gladden the end with a halo of remem
brance nothing can pale. There will
then remain no “aching void” wherein
remorse may lodge to fester and breed
sorrow, but all will be peace and joy
and gladness.
Margie is six years old, and her fam
ily are Presbyterians. Some of Mar
gie’s little friends are Episcopalians,
and Margie was much impressed with
the idea of their sacrifices. This year
on Ash Wednesday she announced that
she would eat no candy for forty days.
A few hours later someone saw Margie
with a large peppermint stick in one
hand.
“Why, Margie,” said her friend, “I
thought you,had given up candy for
Lent.”
“I did mean to,” admitted Margie,
"but I’ve changed my mind. I’m giv
ing up profane language instead.”
How Do You Feel?
Do you experience a sense of weari
ness in excess of the natural tiredness
justified by your labor? Do you lack
natural ambition, and have spells of
despondency, with dark forebodings of
the future? Do you worry about really
unimportant matters, and feel cross
and fretful at times? St. Joseph’s Liv
er Regulator is what you need, either
liquid or powders, as you prefer. It
will better your condition. The liquid
sells at 50 cents a bottle, powders at 25
cents a box, by druggists and general
merchants.
MALARIA
Malaria is due to impurities and poisons in the blood. Instead of being'
rich, strong and healthy, the circulation has become infected with germs of
disease which destroy the rich, red corpuscles that furnish nourishment and
strength to the body, and reduced this vital fluid to such a. weak, watery
condition that it is no longer able to keep the system in health, or ward off
the countless diseases and disorders that assail it. The loss of these
red corpuscles takes the color and glow of health from the cheek, and we
see pale, sallow faces and washed out, chalky complexions among the first
symptoms of Malaria. But Malaria is a general Systemic disease, and as
the blood becomes more heavily loaded wit’A its germs we have more serious
and complicated symptoms; the impure blood having its effect on alt parts
of the body. The appetite fails, digestion is weakened, chills and slight
fever are frequent, and the sufferer loses energy and ambition because of a
constant tired-out and “ no account ” feeling. The lack of necessary nour
ishment and healthful qualities in
the blood causes boils and abscesses,
skin affections, and in some cases
sores and ulcers to break out, and
sometimes the patient is prostrated
with a spell of malarial fever which
may leave his health permanently
impaired. To cure Malaria both a
blood purifier and tonic are necessary,
in order to remove the cause and at
the same time build up the system
from its weakened and run-down
condition. S. S. S. is the medicine
best fitted for this work. It is the
most perfect of all blood purifiers, and
the purely vegetable ingredients of
which it is composed make it the
greatest and safest of all tonics.
S. S. S. goes down into the circulation and removes every trace of impurity
or poison, and at the same time gives to the blood the health-sustaining qual
ities it needs. It cures Malaria thoroughly t ud permanently because it
removes the germs and poisons which produce the disease, and while doing
this tones up and strengthens every part of the system. When S. S. S. has
cleansed the blood the symptoms pass away, the healthy color returns to
the complexion, the old tired, depressed feeling is gone, and the entire health
is renewed. Book with information about Malaria and any medical advice
free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
During 1900 I was running a farm on
the Mississippi river and became soimpreg-
nated with Malaria that for a year I was
almost a physical wreck. I tried a number
of medicines recommended as blood purifi
ers, chill cures, and Malaria eradicators,
but nothing did me any good until I began
to use S. S. S. The result was that after
taking it for awhile I was as well and
strong as I ever was. I have never had a
chill since nor the slightest symptom of
Malaria. I hope others will be benefited
by my experience, and with that end in
view I give this testimonial, knowing that
S. S. S. is the best remedy for Malaria.
Amory, Miss. S. R. COWLEY.
A correspondent sends the following
to a remote rural organ of the people:
‘‘Our esteemed fellow-citizen, Mr.
William B. Puckleton, has had several
new ‘No Trespassing’ signs erected on
his place. We have had the pleasure
of perusing the one facing the Hedge-
viLie Pike. It reads:
“ ‘NOTIS
“ ‘Trespasers will be persekuted to
the full exten of 2 mean mungrel dogs
wich ain’t never ben overly soshibil
with strangers an 1 dubbel barl shot
gun wich ain’t loaded with no sofy pi 1-
lers clam if I ain’t getin tired of this
helraisin on my property.
‘Yurs respeeful, Bill Puckleton.’ ”
The chap who climbs the ladder of
success sometimes kicks out the rounds
behind him.
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CHICAGO.ILL.
Read What He Says About
Gray Hair
Cray hair is simply faded hair. Hair
"turns” gray simply because the blood o(
the scalp (ails to supply the roots of the hair
with the natural secretions that give it color.
If your hair is gray—don’t dye it! Colors
obtained by the use of dyes are but tempo
rary and are immediately detected. 1 bey
don’t look natural. My preparation labeled:
E. Burnham’s
Gray Hair Restorer
(NOT A DYE)
Ry its nourishing properties restores the
hair to its youihful condition and stimulates
the deposit of matter that gives it nature s
color.
The dealer, named below, sells E. Burn
ham's preparations. Call there and ask for
a FREE Sample Bottle of Gray Hair
Restorer, Hair and Scalp Tonic or Cucum
ber Cream and a copy of the Gift Booklet,
entitled "How to Be Beautiful” which con
tains valuable secrets every woman should
know. If you cannot call, send ten cents
(lo cover mailing expenses) direct to E.
Burnham, 70-72 State Street, Chicago, 111.
JOHN R. CATES DRUG CO.,
Successor to Huffaker Drug Co.
Your Cotton Crop Can Be Increased
It costs no more to cultivate an acre that produces
two bales of cotton than an acre which produces only
one-quarter of a bale. Why not see what you can do
with
Virginia-Carolina
Fertilizers
Other men have been able to double and more than double
their yield per acre with a liberal application of Virginia-Carolina
Fertilizers.
Messrs. Lucas & Jackson of Kelsey County, Tenn., used Vir
ginia-Carolina Fertilizer on about 55 acres planted with cotton, and
say: “We have the finest crop of cotton we ever saw, and all the
people around here think the same. We actually counted 447 bolls
on one stalk. Another stalk had by actual count 409 bolls, forms,
squares and blossoms. On about 8 acres we expect to make about
2 bales to the acre, and an estimate of adjoining farms not so fer
tilized and under other cultural methods, will yield only 1 bale to
five acres.”
An interesting picture of the cotton plants referred to will be
found in the new 1909 Virginia-Carolina Farmers’ Year Book, copy
of which may be had from your fertilizer dealer, or will be sent
free, if you write our nearest sales office.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co.
Sales Offices
Richmond, Va.
Norfolk, Va.
Columbia, S. C.
Atlanta, Ga.
Savannah, Ga.
Memphis, Tenn.
Sales Offces
Durham, N. C.
Charleston, S. C.
Baltimore, Md.
Columbus, Ga.
Montgomery, Ala.
Shreveport, La.
RED TOP and
DR. M. S. ARCHER,
Luthersville, Ga.
All calls promptly filled, day or night. Diseases
of children a specialty.
DR. F. I. WELCH,
Physician.
Office No. 9 Temple avenue, opposite public
school building. ’Phone 234.
DR. T. B. DAVIS,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office—Sanatorium building:. Office ’phone 5
call; residence ’phone 5—2 calls.
W. A. TURNER,
Physician and Surgeon.
Special attention given to surgery and diseases
of women. Office 19Vi Spring street. ’Phone 230
K. W. STARR,
Dentist.
All kinds of dental work. Patronage of the pub
lic solicited. Office over Newnan Banking Co.
WE HAVE RECEIVED LARGE SHIP
MENTS OF EACH VARIETY. NICE,
RECLEANED, WITHOUT TRASH.
SEE US BEFORE BUYING. WE’LL
SAVE YOU MONEY.
M. C. FARHER
& Company
A Wheel Off
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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