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NEWNAN HERALD & ADVERTISER , -f'i- s f }eo VI Lewi a 2VmchO9 354 P.flgewood Ave VOL. XLIV. NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1909. NO. 30. the Garment That Wears. Construction is as important as style or fabric. You get the best in our “CURLEE” Pants. Each gar ment has the correct style, high quality, perfect fit and big value that have made the “Curlee” a “repeater” wherever shown T. & We also carry a full line of the cele brated “Clansman,” “Americas” and “Jefterson” brands of oxfords. Remember, we are always prepared to supply your wants in heavy gn> ceries, either for cash or on time. G. FARMER SONS CO. Come, Let Us Show You Through C OME, let us show you through our new building and see what an immense stock of goods we have. On the first floor, as you enter from Court Square, we have our dry goods depart ment, where we carry at all seasons one of the largest stocks of goods in the city, consisting of Shoes, Slippers, Hats, Caps, Dress Goods of all kinds, Clothing, Overalls, Crockery, Shirts, Hosiery, Underwear, etc. C.After showing you through this department, we go into the Buggy Emporium, where we sell two of the best- known buggies—and both made in Georgia, These are the “White Star,’’ made by the Atlanta Buggy Co., and the Jackson G. Smith Barnesville Buggy. We keep from twenty-five to thirty-five bug gies on hand all the time, and are glad to show them. In this de partment we also have harness of all kinds, at prices to suit every one. C_Next, we carry you to the Grocery Department, where you will see the largest stock of heavy groceries to be found in a retail store. Here we can supply you at all times with Oats, Hay, Bran, Lard, Meat, Flour, Salt, Sugar, Coffee, Corn, and everything in Groceries. C.Come to see us and let us show you through. We will be glad for you to visit us. -8* H. C. ARNALL MDSE. CO. TAKE DOWN MY KNAPSACK. “Git my old knapsack. Mary, and my uniform of Krny; Git my battered helmet, Mary, for I’ll need ’em all to-day; Git my canteen an’ my leggin’s, reach me down my rusty gun. For I’m goin* out paradin’ with the boys of ’61. “Never mind them bloodstains, Mary; nevermind that ragged hole; It was left there by a bullet that was seeking for my soul; Just brush them cobwebs, Mary, git the bonnie Hag of blue. For I’m goin’ out paradin’ with the boys of ’62, “These old clothes don’t fit me, Mary, like they did when I wna young; Don’t you remember how neatly to my manly form they clung? Never mind that sleeve that’s empty, let it dangle loose ami free. For I’m goin’ out paradin’ with the boys of ’63. “Pull my sword belt tighter, Mary; fix that strap beneath my chin; I’ve grown old and threadbare, Mary, like my uni form. and thin; But I reckon I’ll puss muster, ns I did in days of yore, For I’m goin’ out paradin’ with the boys of ’64. “Now I’m ready, Mary; kiss me, kiss your old sweetheart good-bye; Rrush aside them wayward teardrops—Lord, I didn’t think you’d cry; 1 ain’t goin’ forth to battle; cheer up, Mary, sakes alive I I’m just goin’ out paradin’ with the boys of ’65.” Home of Jefferson Davis Now Refuge fer Old Soldiers. After the death of Jefferson Davis his widow and daughter made Beauvoir a winter home until the death of Win nie Davis, when the estate was sold to Mississippi for a soldiers’ home. Since then thirty cottages and barracks have been erected for the accommodation of the veterans. They are very simple and primitive, by no means as luxu rious as those provided for Union vet erans in the soldiers’ homes of the North. Most of the inmates wear the beloved Confederate gray, and some of their suits are stained and frayed and patched. They are all old men, most of them with patriarchal beards, and the monotony of life is relieved by fre quent visits from excursionists, who can reach Beauvoir by trolley car every twenty minutes. The Episcopal Church of the Re deemer, which was erected at Biloxi by the late Charles F. Howard, the lottery king of New Orleans, in mem ory of Rev. Dr. Hinsdale, formerly president of Hobart College, contains several fine stained glass memorial windows for the Davis family. That dedicated to Jefferson Davis hears an inscription to the effect that he was “persecuted for righteousness sake.” There are windows in memory of Mrs. Davis and Miss Winnie Davis, and for several grandchildren of the Confeder ate President. The latter was erected by his daughter, Mrs. Hayes, wife of a banker at Colorado Springs. There is also a window in memory of Mr. Howard, ai d one in memory of Dr. Hinsdale, who came down here for his health after his retirement from the presidency at Hobart, and for several years officiated at the little Episcopal chapel which still stands in the rear of the churchyard. It was in that chapel that Mr. Davis and his family wor shiped. The present beautiful struc ture was erected by Mr. Howard some time after the death of Mr. Davis. Mrs. Hinsdale st’ll makes Biloxi her home, and i3 doing some admirable lit erary work. The lottery king had a beautiful res idence here, perhaps the most costly in Biloxi, and his sons, Frank and Harry Howard, have also made Biloxi their winter home. There is a movement on foot to pur chase a part of the farm upon which Jefferson Davis was born and preserve it as a historic memorial, as the birth place of Abraham Lincoln will be pre served. The idea was suggested by the Lincoln anniversary ceremonies. Gen. Buckner, of Kentucky, and other admirers of Mr. Davis, called a meet ing at Louisville and organized the “Jefferson Davis Home Association, to acquire and improve in such manner as may be hereafter determined, such portion of the native place of Jefferson Davis, situated in the counties of Christian and Todd, as may be desira ble,” etc. Gen. Buckner was made president of the association ; Thomas D. Osborne, of Louisville, secretary, and Capt. John L. Leathers, of Louis ville, treasurer. The latter is author ized to receive money and committees have been appointed in each of the Southern States to solicit funds. In 1793 Samuel C. Davis, father of the President of the Confederacy, emi grated from Georgia to Kentucky and bought a farm of 600 acres, partly in Christian and partly in Todd counties, and erected an humble log cabin in which Jefferson Davis was born June 3, 1808. Sameul Davis afterward kept a hotel and advertised that he would erected a brick house of worship upon the spot, costing nearly $10,000. There was considerable sentiment in the trans action. The property was deeded to Mr. Davis by the owner and in turn deeded by Mr. Davis to the trustees as a gift, although it cost him nothing. Not withstanding the infirmities of his ad vanced age—this was three years be fore his death Dr. Davis attended the dedication of the church and made a short address expressing his gratifica tion that the site of his birth had been dedicated to the worship of God, and, in closing, pronounced this blessing: “May He who rules in heaven and upon earth bless this community, indi vidually and collectively, and may His benediction rest upon the house for ever.” Within the vestibule is a marble tab let bearing this inscription: JEFFERSON DAVIS, of Mississippi, was born June 3, 1808, on the silo of this church. He made a Rift of this lot. March 10. 1886, Before the church was built the cab in was moved to the rear of the lot, where it stood until 1897, when it was taken to pieces and removed to the grounds of the exposition that was held at Nashville that year. At the close of the exposition it was taken down again and re-erected at several other places for exhibition purposes. The material is said to he now stored at Richmond, Va. It was the ordinary log cabin of the frontier, built of tim ber cut from the place, hewn into shape by hand, and fastened with heavy wooden pins. It is proposed that the association shall purchase a lot adjoining the churchyard at Fairview and re-erect the cabin there, with such protection as may he necessary. Gen. Buckner has an option unon the land desired, and is trying to raise the purchase money before the option expires. It is the intention to complete the plans so that appropriate dedication ceremo nies may be held on June 3, 1909, the one hundred and first anniversary of the birth of Mr. Davis. Davis’ Centennial Will Be Observed. Emphasizing the patriotic duty of the members of the Confederate veter.- ans’oamps in properly preserving the history of their former government and keeping the memory of its heroes green, Gen. Louis G. Young, command ing the Georgia division, U. G. V., has issued a circular letter to all of the of ficers and camps of the State. The sec tion of the letter calling attention to the coming centennial of Jelferson Da vis is stressed as being of the greatest importance. Gen. Young does not think that the day should pass in any Southern community without some fit ting tribute being accorded the memo ry of the great Southern chieftain. The recommendation is in accord with a suggestion transmitted some time ago from the general headquarters of the United Confederate Veterans. The letter is signed by Gen. Young, as di vision commander, and is attested by Mitchell King, chief of stall. Stirring portions of it are as follows: "Memorial Day, April 26, is near, and your commander wishes it observed in an appropriate manner by every Confederate organization in the divis ion. President Davis’ birthday, June 3, also approaches, and it is more than ever incumbent upon us to pay the highest tribute to the illustrious head of our Confederate Government, who, although entitled to the highest place in the niche of fame, is not appreciated as he should be by the present gener ation. We must assist history in set ting this right. As a means to this end it is recommended : That the schools he asked to have the children prepare sketches of the life of Jefferson Davis as soldier, statesman, patriot and Christian gentleman, and furthermore that his picture he placed in all of the schools of the South. The 3d of June next is a fitting day on which to act upon this recommendation, and all the officers and all the camps are urged to further it. “The annual reunion of r.he U. C. V. is appointed for the 8th, 9th and 10th of June at Memphis, Tenn. Your com mander wishes the representation of the division to be the largest on record. “There has been good cause in the past for the complaint that many offi cers and camps thoughtlessly post poned the payment of their dues, and that some do not pay at all. Your com mander confidently hopes that delin quency is forever at an vision. Duty, pride in our and love for the Confederacy should impel us all cheerfully and promptly to meet onr obligations. This is essential dispense food and lodging to travel- j to the preservation of our order.” ers, both man and beast.” | This letter will be read at the next Seal of the Confederacy. Sernp Book. During the closing days of the Civil War, when the collapse of the Confed erate Government became a certainty, Jefferson Davis, President of the Southern States, summoned his body guard and personal servitor, a negro, at the Southern capitol in Richmond, Va., and said: "Jones, I hereby hand you solemnly and sacredly the seal of the Confeder ate States of America. The Southern Government is about to fail. The seal, which we must and do hold sacred and undefilable, must he secreted where no man in the future will profane it by public gaze and examination. 1 en trust this mission to you. I hereby charge you with this seal’s disappear ance. Hide it, and let no man know where it is. Tell not even me. And let the secret die with you.” Jones, an intelligent and faithful ne gro, accepted the task. Ami to this day he has fulfilled it with sacred fidel ity. The seal, an enormous silver af fair, which had been made in England and imported through the Federal blockade of the South, he secreted, l'o-day, as an employee of the station ery room of the United States Senate, and 76 years old, he tells the story, witli this detail. But to no further point of narrative can he be induced to go. The secret will die with him: “I was horn a free negro in Raleigh, N. C., 75 years ago,” he said a few days ago, in telling the story. "When a young man i went to New Orleans and got a job as waiter in the St. Charles Hotel. It was there that I first met Col. Davis and his family. They hatl come over on one of their periodi cal trips from their plantation in Mis sissippi to purchase a carriage. Col. Davis took a liking to me and asked me if I cared to work for him. Of course I leaped at the chance. That was in 1855. Thereafter I never left Col. Davis until he died. I served with him in prison at Fortress Monroe, and his trials were mine. “When defeat became certain, just before the close of the war, during which I had constantly served as Col. Davis’ bodyguard and servant, he en trusted to me the sum of thirteen mil lion dollars in gold and silver coins and English notes, to convey from Rich mond to South Carolina. This surn was under my exclusive charge for four weeks. No one knew of it except Col. Davis, Capt. Parker of South Car olina, (a Confederate officer, to whom I was to deliver it,) and myself. I had it in two trunks and conveyed it on the railroads as common baggage (al though I guarded it) to its destination in Newberry. S. C., where I delivered it to Capt. Parker. “After returning to Richmond from the trill,” continued Jones, “Col. Da vis entrusted me with the mission of hiding the seal beyond a possibility of resurrection. It was a big silver slab weighing ten pounds. I accepted the responsibility, not without some doubts and misgivings, but, thank heaven, I was able to do what he charged me with, and to-day there is no man except myself who knows where it is.” “Could you put your hand on it to day?” was asked. “Yes, yes, I probably could,” an swered Jones, after hesitating a mo ment. “1 think I could find it. But you Can be assured that 1 shall never look for it. and that no one else shall ever find it. It Was a sacred responsi bility which Col. Davis gave me. I shall carry the secret to the giaVe.” Jones is getting old, and walks with the aid of a cane, which was presented to him about three years ago by Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow of the Confed erate President. The cane has a buck- horn handle, the antler being from a deer shot by Col. Davis upon his plan tation more than fifty years ago. Upon a small silver plate on the cane is this inscription: “To James H. Jones. In Grateful Memory, from Mrs. Jefferson Davis.” The following tribute to the South, written by Senator Carmack, shows the late editor’s pen at its best, and has been pronounced the most beautiful lines ever written about this section : “The South is a land that has known sorrows; it is a land that has broken the ashen crust and moistened it with its tears: a land sacred and riven by Some War Time Stories. Romo Tribune-Herald. Some interesting war reminiscences are furnished the Tribune-Herald by a Spring Creek veteran who signs him self “Old Pap.” He says: “I was in a company led by Lieut. Seay. Jim Polk Edmonson was our Major, and Wheeler was our General. The last raid he made in Tennessee my company was left at Athens, Tenn., to operate on the railroads around Dalton, Calhoun, Resaca, and Cleveland, Tenn. We carried torpedoes and jack-mules and kept the railroad torn up all the time. We did not have any place to stay, hut were always on the move. “As for close places, I was in plenty of them. They were all close and closer. But when the war was over and I got back home, l was lonesome almost to death. I had no money, noth ing to make a start with, and had to draw rations from the Government. From this you can draw a faint idea of how the Johnnies felt and lived. We had no breath to plow any length of time, hut we would sing war songs and try to he merry as best we could. “All of us had frost-bitten feet. Some of us had shoes and could not wear them. Some of us had no shoes at all. But we worried along somehow. “In that day and time the men wore hats of oat-straw platted at home, and home-made clothing. The women wore home-made clothing, too, and it was fashionable to wear hoops, made out of bamboo briers. At one time the bam boo got scarce in my part of the country and the women were all out of style. “Well, those days are over, and one of the few pleasures we old vets have left is meeting our old comrades. I have only one of my company in this county, Bill Duncan. Like myself, he is on the gray order. It will not he long until all of the old Johnny Rebs will have crossed over the river.” When Southern Valor Won. Gen. Sherman’s army was approach ing Fayetteville, N. C., opposed by only a few hundred Confederates. These were holding the enemy in check while Gen. Beauregard, who command ed the Confederate forces, was with drawing his troops to the opposite side of Cape Fear river, upon the southern hank of which the city is located. A long wooden bridge spanned the river. In order to get possession of this bridge, and thus cut oil the retreat of the Confederates who were opposing his advance, the Federal commanders sent a force of mounted men who made a detour far to the right, entering that city from the east and making a sud den and determined dash for the bridge, which the Confederates had already prepared for the torch. Gen. Wade Hampton, with his escort and some staff officers, was still in the city, as was also a commissary detail of fifteen Kentuckians from Col. Breckinridge’s brigade. With these latter volun teering their services, Gen. Hampton, in a counter charge, met the oncoming columns and in a moment the gray and the blue were mixed in deadly strife." But revolvers, sabers, clubbed rifles, and Southern valor won, and the YanJ kees were whipped and driven from the city with heavy loss and the Confeder ate skirmishers were saved. Woman’s greatest fuult—?—?—?—? When the boy Jefferson was about 15 j meeting of the local camps, years old the family moved to Missis- _ _ , sippi and settled near the town ot Car-! There Has Recently Been Placed ir . , c , , In all the druK stores an aromatic, , rollton. The Kentucky farm has passed pleMant herb cure for woman’s ills, | through the hands of several owners j called Mother Gray’s Australian leaf, and has been divided into several I It is the only certain regulator. Quick- tracts. In 1885 the trustees of Bethel Baptist church of Fairview purchased nine acres surrounding the cabin, which was standing at that time, and 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. md in the di- j the plowshare of war and billowed with o!’r?“ ni ™!;tyi the graves of her dead, hut a land of legend, a land of song, a land of hal lowed and heroic memories. To that land every drop of my blood, every fiber of my being, every pulsation of my heart is consecrated forever. I was horn of her womb, I was nurtured at her breast, and when my last hour shall come I pray God I may be pillowed upon her bosom and rocked to sleep within her tender and encircling arms. ” That couple has been married for four years and the only thing running around the house is a picket fence. Nursing Mothers and Over-burdened Women In all stations of life, whoso vigor and vitality may have been Undermined and broken-down by over-work, exacting social duties, the too frequent bearing of children, or other causes, will find In Dr. I’lerce’s Favorite Prescription the most potent, invigorating restorative strength- giver ever devised for their special bene fit. 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This world-famed specific for woman’s weaknesses and peculiar ailments is a pure glyceric extract of the choicest na tive, medicinal roots without a drop of alcohol in its make-up. All its Ingredi ents printed in plain English on Its bottle- wrapper and attested under oath. Dr. Pierce thus Invites the fullest investiga tion of his formula knowing that it will he found to contain only the best agents known to the most advanced medical science of all the different schools of prac tice for the cure of woman’s peculiar weaknesses and ailments. If you want to know more about the composition and professional endorse ment of the "Favorite Prescription,” send postal card request to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y., for his free booklet treat ing of same. You can’t afford to accept as a substi tute for this remedy (if known composition a secret nostrum uf wikiwum oompusir Hun. Don’t do it.