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Beraid and fliiwrliser. N E W N A K, F RID A V, A ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. Till': SHADOWS ARE GROWING LONG. AN K A S T E R I’ R A Y E R . Romany eyon, trnr-blimlr<1, Hcarcoly hoi* The* gracinuK hoju* and prominc*»•! t h«• spring; Though Iruf ami bud art* rich in prophi v, They have no vinion of the bloHsoming. Oh. f»od <if pity! at t>»i• Banffrtidc. May all the? ? wef t, glad proniiM- of the day Steal inlo troubled heartH, and there ahifh Grant vinionu unto auch aa tin ne, we pray. Joseph W. Dukes. It is with hesitancy that I offer a word of comment on the life and char acter of my deceased uncle, and broth er, J. W. Dukes, because of my inabil ity to do him justice in words; yet no young man can touch such a spirit without receiving sufficient inspiration to stimulate desire to express openly what he feels inwardly. Laboring un der this impression, I want to express in brief how J know J. W. Dukes im pressed young men, and how I observed him to impress older ones. While it is true that any eulogy on a truly great character is all but mockery, my mo tive is pure and my desire is born of love. Since the time of my earliest recol lection Joe Dukes, as he was common ly known, maintained his place as a trusted citizen of Coweta county, and a consistent member of Macedonia church, both of which places he filled with a high degree of credit. He at tended to his own business religiously, and to that of his neighbor whenever and wherever duty called. He lived by the hypothesis that what is mine is mine and what is yours is yours, and he worked as faithfully for the execu tion of the one as for the other. He believed in and exemplified the princi ple of rendering “unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s.’’ Who can blame a man for looking after his own interest, so long as he does it honestly and honorably, and gives the other fel low a square deal? The world would be better by far with more of this kind. •I. W. Dukes was married to Eliza beth Sanders while both were young, and entered the arena of life more than a quarter of a century ago, with a poor man’s start for him and his devoted wife, lie was a strong member of his father’s splendid family, and was re ceived into the family of his wife as a son and a brother. He came as near making each day count for something permanent ns any man 1 ever knew. He was a husband and a father in the true sense of those terms. He reared two noble sons and an excellent daugh ter, who are living monuments to his memory. He did not attain to surplus wealth, but he had reached a high de gree of comfort in home and in the plendid part he did for his children, with the faithful help of the wife and mother we love so much. When the way looked dark and rugged his counsel was safe. He was the friend and confidant of young men, and a man of unquestioned integrity among men of his age. It is a source of great strength for young men to get close to a character with such keen, conscientious scruples and undaunted courage for right. Every young man ot this as well as all generations needs a touchstone about which he can an chor his little ship in safety, until he is strong enough to launch out on the rough waves of the sea of life. Blessed be the memory of that citizen whose very presence in the community is a fortification to the young life about him, however unassuming that life may be, as was that of my beloved uncle to me and to many others of my genera tion. As a part of the backbone and sinew of a great republic, J. W. Dukes had watched a half-century pass into histo ry, and he was in the thick of the fight for the progress and development of his country. He was quick to read the handwriting on the wall, and faithful and eager to warn his countrymen of danger, in temporal as well as spiritual affairs. The home, community, church and State can ill afford to lose such a man—yea, impossible to lose him, be cause what he has stamped on human hearts will bear fiuit for generations to come. J. W. Dukes was small of stature, fnir of mind, great of soul. He has performed his mission well; he has done his part towards accomplishing that whereunto he was sent. It now rests with the beneficiaries of his splendid life to emulate the example he has set before us as possibilities and as our duty. The same All-wise Providence who gave this life took it away. While it seems hard at this time for us to say “Thy will be done,’’ yet what more or less could a Christian say? May the love and wisdom of heaven bless the deeds and principles of his life to our eternal good. E. O. Sanders. Pratt City, Ala. There Has Recently Been Placed In all the drug stores an aromatic, pleasant herb cure for woman’s ills, called Mother Gray’s Australian leaf. It is the only certain regulator. Quick ly relieves female weakness and Back ache. Kidney, Bladder and Urinary troubles. At all druggists or by mail 50c. Sample FREE. Address The Moth er Gray Co., LeRoy, N. Y. All is not gold that glistens in the mining advertisements. is Setting on My Old Kentucky Home. -Jacksonville (Fla.) Times-Union. Communicated. Encouraging. A personal ietter from a gentleman of Jacksonville, Fla., to a relative in this city, touches on the all-absorbing topic of prohibition, inclosing a cartoon from the Jacksonville Times-Union that speaks louder than words— “What possibilities are represented in the head-lines : ‘The shadows are growing long over the Old Kentucky Colonel,’ and what a field of hope in the foot-note, ‘The sun is setting on my Old Kentucky Home.’ A hazy mist hangs over all, bearing in large, dim letters, PROHIBITION; and yet with all this staring him in the face, the ‘old Colonel’ keeps in view the warning sign, ‘Keep off the mint-bed,’ and looks at his small jug of old bourbon with a despondent air, as if the time were drawing near when it would vanish with the new regime. The Jackson ville editor seems to have seen the ‘handwriting on the wall,’ as the Blue Grass State has sprung the key-note of prohibition, nation-wide—the condition that is coming.” The writer adds, "You and I may not live to see it, but the intelligence of the twentieth cen tury will not longer submit to so foul a scourge as the liquor traffic. There is some activity in Florida in the interest of a legislative enactment against the sale of alcoholic liquors. The next Legislature will probably be called upon to pass on this momentous ques tion.—W. C. L.” Thank God that others see in the dis tance what the sleepless eye on the W. C. T. U. watchtower of mother love has seen for a long time, and that the prayers that have been offered in this cause since the days of Frances Willard are being answered in our day. There is no lost effort in a God-given cause. May we all have a part in speeding the day, for we are all laborers together with God, who has commanded, “Work, for 1 am with you.” If we consecrate ourselves to this most heroic service, we will see early in this century the dethronement of this gigantic evil, and realize what the inspired John saw when he exclaimed: “The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and His Christ.” Nellie Leigh Cook. Newnan, Ga., April 2, 1909. True Womanly Beauty. No woman can be truly beautiful who lias a yellow complexion caused by a torpid liver. To be beautiful a wo man must have good health, and this can be accomplished by occasionally using St. Joseph’s Liver Regulator (ei- ether liquid or powders, as you like best.) It keeps the bowels open, pass ing off the poisonous, effete matter, and in this way purifies the blood and assists in clearing the complexion. All women should occasionally use St. Jo seph’s Liver Regulator. Liquid, 50 cents a bottle; powders, 25 cents a box. 1 would rather fill my purse with money and keep its gates ajar to my happy girls while they linger under my roof than to clutch it with a miser’s hand until all the harpstrings of youth are broken and its music forever fled. 1 would rather spend my last nickel for a bag of striped marbles to gladden the hearts of my barefoot boys than to deny them their childish pleasures, and leave them a bag of gold to quarrel over when I die. I abhor the pitiless hawk that circles in the air only to swoop down and strangle the laughter and song of his own family.—Senator Bob Taylor. Resolutions Adopted by Elim Bap tist Church. Mrs. Martha Grimes, widow of Cal vin Grimes, deceased, was born June 1, 1829; died Jan. 19, 1909. Five chil dren survive her, namely: Mrs. J. T. Cash, Mrs. John Ilaisten, Mrs. Ec Bar- field, Calvin Grimes and Mort Grimes. In many respects Sister Grimes was an ideal woman, modest, gentle and pure. She delighted in goodness, and exer cised charity towards all. The manner of her going away was doubtless in an swer to her prayer. After singing sev eral favorite songs, and assuring those around her of being in the presence of God, her soul took its (light from earth to heaven. Though her shoulders were stooped with the burden of a long life, to those who knew her she was beauti ful. What a gentle hand in sickness! -—what a voice to soothe pain! And was there anyone who could so fill up a room with peace, purity and light as she? What a sad day it was when the children and grandchildren came home and she could not greet them, for her voice was forever stilled. Come back, mother; take your old place in the home; open and read to us from the bible; kneel and pray, and look upon us as of old. But, no! it would not be fair to call you back. You had troubles, aches and bereavements enough while here. Tarry by the throne until we join you. Keep a place right beside you for us, your sons and daugh ters, in the eternal homestead of God. As a church, be it resolved— 1. That we thank God for the life of this dear sister, and submit to His will in placing this, one of His brightest jewels, in His home above, and thank Him for the assurance that she is reaping the reward of the faithful. 2. That we extend to the family our sympathy. 3. That a copy of these resolutions be placed upon the minutes of our church. Adopted March 6, 1909. C. B. Grimes, J. A. Bilbo, Mrs. J. C. Jackson, Mrs. L. M. Wiggins, Committtee. Little Nellie evidently meant to say “dignified” in her sarcastic description of her mother’s visitor. She had not taken very kindly to the visitor, and, upon her departure, little Nellie stole to her mother’s side and whispered in her ear: “Mamma, Mrs. Maxwell acts so cru cified !” Some time since the market went bad for a man in a small town near this city, and when he took accounts of stock he found that about the only things he had left were a shirt, a few collar buttons and a trolley ticket. “Mary,” said he, meeting the sharer of his sorrows and joys, “I’m ruined. So is the bank. So is the firm. 1 have lost my house and my money and ev erything that I owned.” “But, John,” sweetly interposed the loving lady, “you still have me.” “That’s so, Mary.” responded the heartless John. “I never supposed that! any of the liabilities would disap- ; pear. ” A husband was being arraigned in the court of first instance in a suit brought by his wife for cruelty. ”1 understand, sir,” said the coun sel, Mr. Gale, addressing the husband, “that one of the indignities you have showered upon your wife is that you have not spoken to her for three years. Is that so?” “It is,” quietly answered the hus band. “Well, sir,” thundered Mr. Gale, “why don’t you speak to her, may I ask?” “Simply because I did not want to interrupt her,” replied the husband. WORTH MOUNTAINS OF GOLD During Change ot Life, says Mrs. Chas. Barclay Graniteville, Vt. — “I was passing through the Change of Life and suffered from nervousness andotherannoying symptoms, and I can truly say that LydiaE.i’inkham’s Vegetable Com pound lias proved worth mountains of gold to me, as it restored my health and strength. I never forget to tell my friends what LydiaE. 1’inkham’s Vegetable Compound has done for me during this trying period. Complete restoration to health means so much to me that for the sake of other suffer ing women 1 am willing to make my trouble public so you may publish this letter.”—Mas. Chas. Barclay, ILF.I)..Graniteville, Vt. No other medicine for woman’s ills has received such wide-spread and un qualified endorsement. No other med icine we know of has such a record of cures of female ills as has Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. For more than 80 years it has been curing female complaints such as inflammation, ulceration, local weak nesses, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, indigestion and nervous prostration, and it is unequalled for carrying women safely through tlie period of change of life. It costs but little to try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, and, as Mrs. Barclaysays.it is “worth moun tains of gold ” to suffering women. Atlanta and West Point RAILROAD COMPANY ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF TRAINS AT NEWNAN, GA. A 1 '. 35 H:45 a. in. No. 19 : No. 18 9:03 a. m. No. 33 10:40 a. m. No. 20 . 6:40 p. in. No. 34 5:32 p. in. No. *42 6:45 a N o. 44 . . 8:27 a. m. No. 38 9:33 a.m. No. -Tii 12:28 p. m. No. 17 5:12 p. m. &o. 41 7:10p.m. ^o* 37 6:23 p.m. No. 36 10:40 p. m. tSunday only. ‘Daily except Sun day. All other trains daily. Odd numbers, southbound; even num bers, northbound. livery case of Rheumatism has its origin and its development in the blood. It is not a disease which is contracted like a cold, but it is in the blood and system before a pain is felt, and the changes in the weather or any physical irregularities, such as a spell of indigestion, bowel disturbance, etc., are merely the exciting causes producing the pains and aches, which are the natural symptoms of the disease. Rheumatism is caused by an excess of uric acid and other corrosive, irritating poisons in the blood, which are carried through the circulation to every part of the system. Every muscle, nerve, membrane, tissue and joint becomes saturated with these acrid, irritating impurities, or coated with fine, insoluble caustic matter, and the sharp, piercing pains or the dull, constant aches are felt with every physical movement. When the blood is filled with uric acid poison, perma nent relief cannot be expected from liniments, plasters, or other external treatment. Such measures give temporary relief, but in order to conquer Rheumatism and bring about a complete cure, the uric acid and other inflammatory matter must be expelled, and this cannot be done with external treatment. S. S. S. cures Rheumatism because it is a perfect and entirely vegetable blood purifier. It goes down into the circulation, neutralizes the acids, and dissolves the irritating depos its which are pressing on the sensi tive nerves and tissues and produc ing pain, enriches the weak, sour blood, and removes every atom of impurity from the circulation. So instead of being a weak, sour stream, distributing uric acid to the different parts of the system, the blood is strong and healthy and therefore able to supply every mus cle, nerve, bone and tissue with nourishment and strength. Then the inflam mation and swelling subside, the pains and aches cease, and not only is Rheumatism permanently cured, but under the fine tonic effects of S. S. S. the entire general health is benefitted and built up. In all forms of Rheuma tism, whether acute or chronic, S. S. S. will be found a safe and reliable treat ment. Special book on Rheumatism and any medical advice you desire will be furnished free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA. Sometime ago, I had Rheumatism and had to quit work. The pain in my back and between my shoulders was so intense I could not rest or sleep. I tried everything, but nothing did me any good till I heard of and took S. S. S. This med icine cured me sound and well. It purified my blood and made me feel like a new man. CONRAD LOHR, Anderson, Ind. 122 E. 19th St. I was severely troubled with Rheumatism. I had it in my knees, legs and ankles, and any one who has ever had Rheumatism knows how excru ciating the pain is and how it interferes with one at work. I was truly in bad shape—having been bothered with it for ten years, off and on. A local physician advised me to use S. S. S. I did so. After taking two bottles I noticed the sore ness and pain were greatly reduced. I continued the medicine and was thoroughly cured; all pain, soreness and inflammation gone. I recommend S. S. S. to all Rheumatic sufferers. J. L. AGNEW, 803 E. Greenbrier St., Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Newnan Hardware Co; Has a complete line of up-to-date HARDWARE. Stoves,Ranges, Farm and Garden Implements,Build ers’ Hardware, Carpenters’ and Mechanics' Tools, Paints and Varnishes, Paint Brushes, Poultry Netting, Hog and Cattle Wire Fencing, etc. In fact, we are head quarters for everything in the hardware line, and al ways treat you right. Newnan Hardware Co., GREENVILLE STREET, Telephone 148. RED TOP and WE HAVE RECEIVED LARGE SHIP MENTS OE EACH VARIETY. NICE, RECLEANED, WITHOUT TRASH. SEE .US BEFORE BUYING. WE’LL SAVE YOU MONEY. M. C. FARflER & Company R. 0. COLE MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHED 1854. Building material of every description, moderately priced. Engines, Boilers, Corn Mills and Saw Mills. 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