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iiWHiiiii nwi> I NEWNAN HERALD & ADVERTISER VOL. XLIV, NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1909. NO. 33. MONDAY, MAY 17th, 44 CLOVER DAY At P. F. Cuttino & Company’s Just at the high tide of Spring buying we offer some very desirable mer chandise at astonishingly low prices. “Clover Day” presents an opportunity to our patrons once each month to secure some great bargains. Below we men tion a few of the many good things offered : About 5,000 yards of wash goods, including printed lawns, dimities, organdies, ginghams, cotton voiles, batistes, suitings, etc. —goods that have sold regularly at from ioc. to 50c. a yard. “Clover Day” prices, 5c., 7 i-ec., ioc., 15c. a yard. \\ here the pieces are small—that is, less than dress lengths—the remnant will not be cut. A large quantity of white lawns, consisting of Persian, India and French lawns—20c. qualities at ioc.; 25c. qualities at 15c. About 5,000 yards ot embroideries and laces, in lengths of one to twelve yards, at half or less than half regular price. Large lot of handkerchiefs for men and women. Strictly all-1 inen hemstitched handkerchiefs are offered at following pri ces by the dozen only : 50c. doz. lor women’s ; $1 doz. for men’s. Also, lot of hand drawn work linen handkerchiefs lor women at 60c. per half dozen ; regular value 20c. each. Silks and dress goods will also be offered at tempting prices. IN THE ANNEX. IN THE ANNEX. A lot of women’s silk and net waists, ranging in price from $3 to $12, will be offered at $1.99 to $4 99 each, or less than half-price' 1 on many styles. Our entire stock of women’s percale wrappers, kimonas and negligees at great ly reduced prices. Lace curtains in a large variety of styles at one-third to one-half off the regu lar price. Rugs in all sizes up to 9x12 feet at greatly reduced prices. A few more white shirt-wa sts at 59c.; worth up to $1.50. ALWAYS TRY TO BE HERE EARLY ON “ CLOVER DAY.” 4 Come, Let Us Show You Through 4 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. CAfter 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. 4- H. C. ARNALL MDSE. CO. 4 WOMAN. Woman ! thou loveliest gift that here below Man can receive, or Providence bestow I To thee the earliest offerings belong Of opening eloquence, of youthful sonpr; Lovely partaker of our dearest joys! Thyself a tfift whose pleasure never cloys— Whose wished-for presence gently can appease The wounds of penury, or slow disease— Whose loss is such, as through life’s tedious way, No rank can compensate, no wealth repay; Thy figure beams a ray of heavenly light To cheer the darkest of our earthly night; Hail, fair Enslaver! at thy changing glance Boldness recodes, and timid hearts advance, Monarchs forget their scepters and their sway, And suges melt in tenderness away. —[Winthrop Macworth Praed. TRAGEDY OF THE ALAMO. Austin (Tex.) Special. Seventy-three years ago three of the most heroic figures in American history wrote their names on their country’s scroll of fame in letters that time will never fade. On the eighth day of March, 1836, was enacted the final scene in the tragedy of the Alamo, in which David Crockett, William Travis and James Bowie, with their handful of devoted and fearless followers, yield ed up their lives. There were less than 200 of these daring spirits within the walls of the ancient mission at San An tonio, Texas, and they were opposed by an army of more than 6,000 Mexicans, under command of Gen. Santa Anna. The Alamo, the old Spanish church ed ifice, wherein was enacted one of the sublimest tragedies of the entire histo ry of the American continent, is now little more than a splendid ruin at San Antonio, but around it have been writ ten song and story that will never die. Every one of the heroes of the Alamo was an American frontiersman. On Feb. 22 Santa Anna crossed the Rio Grande at the head of an army for the purpose of putting down the re- February a messenger came from San ta Anna demanding surrender he was sent back with words of defiance. The Mexican army surrounded the old stone building, and a big gun was wheeled into position and opened fire. Crockett was asleep when a cannon hall an nounced that the opening of the last fight had occurred. Coi. Bowie was bedfast from a wound, but Travis was in active command. Crockett sprang from his bunk and saw in a minute that the gun was with in rifle range. Crockett was a dead Castillo’i wanted to spare the lives of the remaining Texans, and besought his commanding general to do so. Crockett heard Santa Anna’s refus al, and, dropping his gun barrel and clutching his knife, he tried to break through the fighting cordon that sur rounded him and reach the Mexican general, but fell riddled with bullets. Meantime, Col. Bowie, who lay on his bed in another room without being able j to take a hand in the fight, assumed j command of the wounded in the hospit al room, and ordered them to sell their shot and he picked off five Mexican j lives as dearly as possible. The door way to this hospital room was very narrow—so small that scarcely more than a single person could get through it at a time. Lying on his bed, Bowie used his pistol and several other pistols that were loaded and handed to him, for he was as great a shot with the pistol as Crockett was with the rifle. Every shot killed a Mexican. Santa Anna saw he was sacrificing men as fast as Bowie could pull the trigger, and he resorted to a most horrible ex pedient. The cannon that the Texans had used in their defense was wheeled up so that its muzzle was right at the door of the little hospital room, and a load of grape shot and canister turned loose chat de stroyed every living soul in that room. Even after this cannon shot was fired Bowie leaped from his bed and plunged his knife into a Mexican and both fell dead together. History records that four persons escaped this massacre, and they were all non-combatants. One was Mrs. Dickinson, wife of one of the gunners with rifles loaded and handed to him as fast as the Mexicans at tempted to use their cannon. Finally they were actually driven back by Crockett’s accurate aim. Then the Mexicans let things settle down to a state of siege. This the Alamo seemed well calculated to stand. The walls were thick, and though built more than a century previous, were solid and could withstand the long range firing of the Mexicans. The windows were high and very narrow, and there were few doors. For five days the siege continued, and then San ta Anna decided to try to carry the place by assault. The entire building was surrounded by a high adobe wall, since torn down. Dawn of March 6 showed the Texans'guarding this wall, which was strong on three sides, but weak on the north. The place was entirely surrrounded and the devoted souls in the old stout church building knew that their fate was sealed. The storming parties were held at bay by the Texas riflemen on j Texan officers, and her daughter, Emi- | three sides, hut a column under com- ly ; the other two were negro servants, volt that threatened to sever Texas I mand of Gen. Castillon attacked the | Miss Emily was an infant at the time, from Mexico. This invasion of Texas I weak north wall, and made a breach. Afterward she was known as “The stirred up all the fighting blood in the j Then came the most desperate hand-to- Child of the Alamo.’’ gallant spirits. Gen. Sam Houston, hand fight of which history makes re- ..p or twoyears ^fter f was married’ commander-in-chief, thought best to cord. a. the Mexicans came pouring in preacher I ret,re across the Colorado river and | The Mexicans were beaten back a*a.n , unjte(| wjf| . me jp the ho|y ! await reinforcements. Col. William and a«ain, but each time they renewed ,. Travis, in command of the regular gar- I the attack they made better headway, rison, did not agree with him. took ref- the outer wall was carried and the Texans retired within the church. It was butchery then, and no slaugh- . , , , , , , . ter house was eve. more completely was mighty cheap but I couldn’t very blood-soaked. Into the very last part Wi ; 11 f’la.n without making myself of the old building the Texans were j jealous or causing him to suspect crowded and separated from each other th ? waH ab , 0 ^ ll ; in different parts of the structure, j Y ™, 8a * ^ ftU that wa * tw " Still they fought on, with dubbed guns. j yea ™ - Crockett was still on his feet and I Yes - After that I began to be sor- •,i , i ff, „„ u, i,„,i ry I had given him anything, with a band of five or six. He had , ...... nothing left but the barrel of his rifle, i Our idea of a flirt ia a nf“ L does and with this he laid about him. Gen. | not overlook ar^hets. ■"“ u " ‘ I -■ • | uge in the old Spanish mission at San Antonio, and determined to make a ! last stand against the Mexicans. Col. James Bowie, famous as a duelist, | agreed with his plans. David Crockett : joined them almost immediately. The three intrepid commanders had a mere handful of men and only one small cannon. Against this company came the great Mexican army. The doors of the makeshift fortress were : barricaded, and when on the last day ot i bonds. You see in my excited condi tion i made a blunder and gave him a I S5 bill instead of $2 ), which I intended : to hand him. I suppose he thought I The Two Sinners. She was a woman, worn and thin, whom the world condemned for a sin gle sin. They cast her out of the king’s highway, and passed her by as they went to pray. He was a man, and more to blame, but the world spared him a breath of shame. Beneath his feet he saw her lie, but he raised his head and passed her by. They were the people who went to pray at the temple of God on that holy day. They scorned the woman, forgave the man; ’twas ever thus since the world began. Time passed on and the woman died; on a cross of shame she was crucified. The world was stern and would not yied, and they buried her in a potter’s field. The man died too, and they buried him in a casket of cloth with a silver rim, and as they turned from the grave away, said, “We buried a noble man to-day.” Two mortals knocked at heaven’s gate—stood face to face to inquire their fate. He carried a passport with an earthly sign, but she a pardon from love divine. O, ye who judge ’twixt love and vice, which think ye entered Paradise? Not he whom the world had said would win, but the woman atone was ushered in. The main figure in the trial was a lazy darky named Dick Sutton, urrest- ed at the instance of his wife, who al leged that he contributed nothing to her support and refused to work. During the examination of Sutton the young lawyer asked: “Dick, have you any fixed income?” Sutton was puz.z.led by the term. Counsel explained that the expression meant a certain income—money paid not for odd jobs, but for steady em ployment. ”1 think I has a fixed income, sah,” said Sutton. “And what is this fixed income?” was the next question. “Well, sah,” answered Dick, with a broad grin in the direction of Col. Martin, "de Colonel allers gib me fo’, dollars an’ a sack o’ flour on ’lection day !” Mr. Simple “I see that this here piano-playin’ Paderewski has got the rheumatism in his hand so he can’t play.” Mrs. Simple—“Then why don’t he use one of them mechanical pianos?” Never judge an a>“f • hv. v b l i/ouii a—and I take no " ,