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/ Chas k Wickeraham Pros’ t. A & W P R F NEWNAN HERALD & ADVERTISER VOL. XLIV. NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1909 NO. 36. TAKE WARNING! 'I All stock feed is high, and going higher. Everybody should sow Sorghum and Peas. In Sorghum seed we have “EARLY AMBER,” “ORANGE” and “RED TOIY J II Try some of our Alfalfa ground feed. It is’cheaper and better than Corn or Oats. 11 We have a fresh stock of International Stock and Poultry Powders. H Medicated Salt Brick—the best physic for rundown stock. Takes the place of salt, and is always ready, as you only have to place the brick in your horse-trough. 11 Chicken Peed—we have it, and COR NO is the best. 11 Cotton Seed Meal, Shorts and Bran. H Four thousand pounds best Compound Lard at best price. T. Q. FARMER & SONS CO ♦ DO VOL NEED A NEW BUGGY? v Q t -Now is the time and this is the place to buy one. ^e call your attention to the many new and hand some designs shown, all of which we can recommend as the latest styles in the vehicular line. Our stock is now complete' with Top Buggies, A Runabouts, etc., fitted with either steel or rubber ^Ctires. Our motto is to furnish the trade with the best Buggies that can be produced for the least money, and the success which has followed our ef forts, as evidenced by the large yearly increase of our business, we believe enables us to serve your best interest in offering you the most up-to-date line of Buggies in the trade, and at the most attrac-Gy® tire prices, considering the superior quality of the work. Having just finished our new Buggy emporium, we are in better position than ever before to take care of our customers. Come in and see our stock of “White Star” and Barnesville Buggies. H. C. ARNALL MDSE. CO. THANKSGIVING. Thankful for God ami lhrht. For life and love; Thankful for Christ, and for HU might That loads above. Thankful for labor and the cares That meet us on the way; Thnnkful that with the thorns and snares. Bloom roses of the May. Thankful for more of joy than pain. For the rose that hides the thorn; Thankful that every day that’s slain Gives promise of a morn. Thankful for a world of good. For more of right t han wrong: Thankful for friends, for all things true. For life, for love, for song. THE CONFEDERATE REUNION. Gen. Clement A. Evans, in Orders. Takes Particular Notice of Wirz Shaft and Restora tion of Davis' Name on Cabin Bridge. New Orleans, La., May 30.—Gen. Clement A. Evans, commander-in-chief of the ITnited Confederate Veterans, and those who are making plans for the reunion which will be held in Memphis on June 8, 9 and 10, are determined that there shall be no grounds for the charge that the old veterans them selves have been slighted during the festivities, or that social features at the gathering have overshadowed the parts played by the men whose careers have made the reunion possible. Memphis will make the treatment of the old veterans and the hospitality shown the men who fought the South’s battles from 1861 to 1365 the principal feature of the reunion of 1909, although nothing will be lacking in the way of elaborate entertainment for all who at tend. The hospitality of the people of Tennessee on former occasions has re cently been the subject of several or ders issued by the general commanding, and to-night Gen. William E. Mickle, adjutant-general and chief of staff, by command of Gen. Evans, published several orders touching upon what would be expected of those who will enjoy this hospitality, and laying down certain restrictions. General Order No. 14 says: “As there prevails among the mem bers of our federation a great deal of uncertainty as to what provision will be made by the Memphis reunion com mittee for the enertainment of the sponsors and maids of honor who may be in attendance at the approaching re union, the General commanding feels that he should let those interested un derstand exactly what will be done. “The committee is very desirous that there should be a large attendance of sponsors and maids of honor from de partments, divisions, brigades and camps; and are determined to do ev erything possible to render pleasant the sojourn of all sponsors and maids who come to Memphis, and shall see that they are supplied with invitations to the various balls and entertainments that are given ; but the committee can not attempt to meet the hotel expenses of the two thousand who will be pres ent, or provide them with escorts or .carriages. These must be provided by those who elect the young ladies to these positions. Neither can the com mittee allow them in the parade, even though they supply themselves with carriages, as the line must be made as short as possible, that the old heroes, for whose pleasure the reunions are given, who are rapidly growing fewer in number and feeble in body, may not be shut out of the entire line of march. The only provision that the reunion committee will make will be to supply hotel accommodations at the Peabody Hotel (the general headquarters) for one sponsor and one maid of honor from general and department headquar ters for June 8, 9 and 10; and furnish carriages for them and for the sponsors and maids from divisions in the pa rade.” Gen. Evans also takes official cogni zance of the restoration of the name of Jefferson Davis on the Cabin John Bridge, near Washington, D. C., say ing: “The General commanding also takes pleasure in expressing the satisfaction he feels in announcing officially that the name of Jefferson Davis has been [restored to the tablet on ‘Cabin John | Bridge.’ As Secretary of War of the ' United States Mr. Davis had been | largely instrumental in constructing j this aqueduct, and commemorating this j feat his name, with others, had been placed on the tablet; but during the i War Between the States partisans I caused it to be chiseled off. Mr. Davis ' being at that time the President of the Confederate States. By this restora- j tion an act of justice has been done to j one of America’s greatest statesmen. The fact in itself is triviai. but it is mo mentous in significance. It emphasizes the truth that our countrymen will rec ognize worth ; that Mr. Davis, who was thoroughly Southern in his sentiments, can be truly valued by those who were once his enemies, and that he was act uated by lofty motives and conceptions of duty, as were other statesmen and soldiers of the Confederacy. “It is possible that this desirable re sult would never have been reached had not our glorious women taken the matter in hand and pushed it to com pletion. The Confederated Southern Memorial Association started the work in 1907, and Mrs. J. Enders Robinson, of Richmond, and Mrs. W. J. Behan, of New Orleans, assisted by the IJ. D. C. and kindred organizations, have the thanks of all Confederates for the ac complishment of this work.” Another order issued by Adjutant- General Mickle at the headquarters of the Confederate Veterans Saturday quotes Gen. Evans as follows; “The General commanding announces that the Georgia Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, ever ready to defend the honor of all who discharged with fidelity the civil and military duties upon which they were honorably engaged in the Confederate service^ has made the vindication just ly duyCapt. Henry Wirz, commandant of the Andersonville prison, by erect ing at Andersonville. Gu., a handsome monument to his memory, witli suita ble i^eriptions, and dedicating it with impressive ceremonies on the 12th of May, 1009. The justice due Capt. Wirz has been tenderly done by this noble band of Southern women, with full knowledge of his innocence of the charges made against him.” Taft * Tribute to Southern Valor. Macon Bvenir.n News. Nothing truer, more generous or more just could be asked of a Northern man, leven though President of the whole'people, than the tribute paid to Southern valor by Mr. Taft in his speech at Petersburg, Va., at the un veiling of a monument to Northern sol diers. President Taft said; “Wi) stand here in the center of the bloodiest and most critical operations of the last year of the Civil War. only a few miles distant from that dramatic scene at Appomattox between Grant and Lee which marked the great quali ties of the heart and soul of each, and which was the real end of the terrific struggle between the two sections. “Here in and about Petersburg, the outworts of Richmond, the home of the Confederacy, were carried on those be sieging operations begun late in the sp^ing of 1864 and continued with the courage and the tenacity of purpose chdcactiatic of the Federal commander for nearly a year, a.pd resisted with the bravery and strategy and wealth of expedient of the Confederate leader, until the forces of the South, worn out by the constant assaults and the inces sant hammering, were compelled to yield to the greater numbers and the resources of the North. “In the time which has passed,” the President continued, “the bitterness of the internecine struggle has passed away and we now treasure as a com mon heritage of the country the brav ery and the valor of both sides in that controversy. The army of the Poto mac, under Grant and Meade, was sec onded and supported by a generous gov ernment. It was hardly so with the Confederate forces. Scantily clothed, rarely on more than half rations and for considerable periods reduced to an allowance of bacon and meal hardly sufficient to sustain life the long win ter through, their shivering infantry manned the ever - extending siege works against the vigorous assaults of the Union army until their depleted ranks were no longer equal to the de fense, and they gave up a contest which by any other soldiers but the tried and seasoned veterans of the army of Northern Virginia would long before have been abandoned.” There have been other Republican Presidents before him who have praised the South’s heroism in the great war in figures of speech and flowery phrase, but none of them said anything finer than this, because it is the bedrock, ab solute truth, that could only be spoken at the risk of giving offense to the vic tors, the glory of whose triumph was outpointed by the Southerners in their defeat. Your nation may have art, poetry and science, all the refinements of civ ilized life, ail the comforts and safe guards that human ingenuity can devise ; but if it lose this spirit of personal and local independence, it is doomed, and deserves its doom. As President Cleve land has well said, it is not the busi ness of a government to support its people, but the duty of the people to support their government; and once to lose sight of this vital truth is as rlangerous as to trifle with some stealthy narcotic poison. Of the two opposite perils which have perpet ually threatened the welfare of politi cal society—anarchy on the one hand, loss of self-government on the other - Jefferson was right in maintaining that tne latter is really the more to be dreaded because its beginnings are so terribly insidious.—John Fisk. Ask lor Allen's Foot-Ease, A powder for swollen, tired, hot, smarting feet. Sample sent free. AI30 free sample of the Foot-Ease San itary Corn-Pad, a new invention. Ad dress, Allen S. Olmstead, LeRoy, N. Y. Boys Need Protection. Dublin Courier*DiHpatch. Progressive Dublin is sadly behind the times in some respects. We have made material advancement along many lines, but there is yet something we have not attended to. There is here an urgent need for a Young Men’s Christian Association building, which we have not yet erect ed. It is natural for young men to desire some place where they can have recre ation, can enjoy innocent games, where they can meet and mingle freely with one another, can lounge, rest and read. The association of young men with each other is necessary to their exist ence. When a place is provided where these young men can meet in an atmos phere that is wholesome and where all forms of vice are burred, a great step forward will he made. Club life is the bane of the existence of young men. In clubs they are taught to gamble, drink and generally follow the wayr of the world. If some thing better is not provided, they will join the first club that is organized, it matters little what it is. It has been found in cities that the Y. M. C. A. is the best auxiliary that society can have outside the church. It provides a home tor the boys and young men, where they are sure of congenial companions and where the wickedness of the world cannot enter. Those who know say that Y. M. C. A.’s pay a better dividend on the in vestment than any other building of like character. The merchant is sure of better service from his clerks, the banker feels safer regarding the money handled by his bookkkeeper, fathers and mothers spend many less anxious moments regarding their boys, minis ters find a greater help in leading boys to a better life, and society reaps a big reward in that better citizens are made of those who are later to take the place in the world of those who now manage the affairs of church and State. Recently in Jacksonville, Fla., a bus iness man investigated the good done by the Y. M. C. A. and donated $5,000 towards the erection of a building in that city. He continued his investiga tions and later voluntarily contributed $5,000 additional. In the modern Y. M. C. A. buildings there is a reading room, athletic department, assembly hall, sleeping quarters, dining room, and other necessary adjuncts to the care and comfort of boys and young men. That Newnan needs such a building all must admit. What is needed is for some one or some set of men to take the initiative and raise the money with which to erect and equip the building. What is every one’s business, is no one’s business. That is the reason a start has not been made. Good Morning John L. Hunter in Notions Did you ever stop to think for a few minutes of the power of a cheery “good morning?” What is going on in the lives and hearts of the people around you, you are not likely to know much about, and you never can estimate the amount of good that a bright, snappy, cheery "good morning” of your3 will do as you come to your work day after day. Not many people wear their hearts | on their sleeves, and you can never tell where the aches are and where the ! next break is going to be. You never lean tell how down-in-the-mouth, how j lonesome, how cheerless may be the j one along beside you. Remember, | though, that it is the way you say it in the look that is on your face when you say it. It may be the hand-clasp that goes along with it that makes it possible for “good morning” to save some person hours of despondency. When you come to your work in the morning let hope ami sunshine flow through your face and through your voice and upbuild the other fellow’s courage. Let people know that you have got barrels of faith in them and they will return it to you a thousand fold. Let others see and believe, what ever is the condition of the clouds, that you can be sunny inside, that you can carry sunshine, and that you can give sunshine toothers. Don’t he slow about it, either. Give the word and the hand that means inspiration. Summer Excursion Rates to Tybee, Central of Georgia Railway will sell ten-day tickets Newnan to Tybee and return, every Saturday, May 27 to August 21, 1909, inclusive, at rate of $10. Summer excursion tickets will also be on sale to principal resorts in the United States and Canada. For further information call on G. T. Stocks, ticket agent, or address J. C. Haile, general passenger agent, Savan nah, Ga. Anyway, the chap who thinks he knowH it all doesn’t know a lot of things that is said of him behind his back. A Bad Practice. Elborton Star. The practice of "paying negroes out of trouble” is dangerous to society. Ofttimes, beenuse a negro is a “good hand ” responsible white men go be fore the court officers and pay his fine, after bargaining with the culprit to work it out on the farm. If a negro (or white man) commits a crime and is brought before the bar of justice and proved to he guilty of what he is charged with, he should be sent to the chaingang and not allowed to go free, and sooner or later commit some other crime. The courts too often impose sen tences of fines when they should be penitentiary sentences. Sorry, low- down, worthless negroes and white men should be placed in confinement and made to work. Negroes often boast of the fact that they cannot be sent to the chaingang, as “the white folks will pay them out.” Such a state of affairs should not he allowed to exist in any commu nity. One negro can shoot another and as soon us he is arrested he sends for his “white boss,” who employs a lawyer and instructs him to look after the ne gro’s case. The negro promises to work for the white man if he is cleared in the courts. In many instances, when the case is called in court the negro pleads guilty of a misdemeanor; the Judge fines him so much and costs; the white man pays the fine and the negro goes to work for him. In nine cases out of ten he com mits another crime before he works out his fine. It would be far better to let the land “lay out” than for its owner to com pel a community to be worried and bothered with a “jail bird.” This question is worthy of serious consideration by the Judges and Solici tors over the State. The Star believes in meting out jus tice both to the whites and blacks. But if more criminals were sent to the chaingang instead of being “paid out" there would be less crime committed in Georgia. Impose chaingang sentences intead of fines. Put the guilty on the roads and free the innocent. That is justice, and that is all any fair-minded man could ask for. Pussy Helps. RochoHter Herald. For some time past a large maltese cat, which appeared to be an outcast, has taken up its abode in the ham on Oscar Willard’s premises, which are rented by James Rogers. Mr. Rogers keeps a valuable horse in this barn, and for several weeks he has noticed this large cat wua on very friendly terms with the horse. It was a com mon occurrence when he cume to the barn every morning to find the cat perched on the horse's back, sound asleep. Yesterday morning Mr. Rogers was awakened at an early hour by a noise on the outside of the door, and upon opening it in came the cat. It would not eat a mouthful of anything, and continually pulled at Mr. Rogers' trousers and kept running toward the door. Its strange actions caused Mr. Rogers to go to the barn, headed by the faithful animal. There he found that his horse had been loose in the barn, and, after doing sonsiderable damage, had fallen and become wedged down, and nearly exhausted by efforts to rise. After the horse had been helped to its feet the cat made one leap and was on the horse’s back, purring and acting in every way as if satisfied with its noble deed. MAKES RAPID HEADWAY. Add This Fact to Your Store of Knowledge. Kidney disease advances so rapidly that many a person is firmly in its grasp before aware of its progress. Prompt attention should lie given the slightest symptom of kidney disorder. If there is a dull pain in the back, headache, dizzy spells ora tired, worn-out feeling, or if the urine is dark, foul-smelling, ir regular and attended with pain, procure a good kidney remedy at once. Your townspeople recommend Doan’s Kidney Pills. Read the statement of this Newnan citizen: C. L. Baker, 112 Jackson St., New nan, Ga., says: “Riding over rough roads has been a severe strain on my kidneys, and as a result I suffered off and on for years fr >m a dull aching in iny back. The kidney secretions were also disordered and from this l realized that my kidneys were in an unhealthy condition. A short time ago 1 learned about Doan’s Kidney Pills and procur ing a box at Peniston’s drug store 1 began their use. They relieved me promptly and I am sure it will not be long before every symptom of kidney trouble will be banished from my sys tem.” 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.