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NEWNAN HERALD & ADVERTISER VOL. X L I V. NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1909. NO. 45. M Y It A B Y The Galveston Storm. DONE LAYING BY Now Comes the Big Meeting, and Here are Some Things You are Certain to Need: AYe have good Flour at the right prices. Good Coffee at a good price. Shorts to start your pigs and hogs. A word to ( the wise is sufficient. Meat is very high and going higher. Cotton Seed Meal and Bran always on hand. A\ T e have some Clothing and Pants we will sell at low prices. You will soon have to pull your fodder; then you will need a pair of “Gold Medal” Jeans Pants, and a pair of “DEW-PROOF” SHOES. Try a pair of “Stronger Than the Law;”—they will do the work. LADIES’ SHOES.—“High Point,” “Dixie Girl,” “Vir ginia Creeper.” These are popular priced Shoes, are war ranted solid leather, and are wear-resisters. Ice water always on tap. T. G, Farmer & Sons Co. 19 Court Square : : 6 and 8 IV. Washington Telephone 147 4 ❖ Semi - Annual Stocktaking ••mmmfSaie AA’e will begin our semi-annual stock-taking on Aug. 23, and in order to reduce our stock of sum- mer goods to make room for fall goods we will sell at greatly reduced prices for’cash all Lawns,Dim ities, summer Clothing, Slippers, low-quartered Shoes, etc., and it will pay you to get our prices, not only on these goods, but on everything i in the m house. m V The farmers are about through work for a*Q* while, the prospects are good for a fine crop of cot ton and a good price; so come and buy one of our buggies—a “White Star” or a “Barnesville,” it makes no difference, as both are good ones, and you <8» will make no mistake in buying either. And per- rfjp haps you will need a new wagon to haul your cot ton to market. If so, we sell the best made—the old reliable “W hite Hickory.” You know its repu tation "the best wagon on the market to-day.” A full and complete stock of heavy groceries— _ Hay, Corn, Bran, Alfacorn, Shorts, Flour, Salt,^fr Oats, etc. Sole agents for Chattanooga Plows. H. C. ARNALL MDSE. CO. *5> * Sleep, little one, in thy tiny bod; A white star is hovering- overhead; A bird flies west through the darkening day: Sleep, little one, while I kneel and pray— Mother of Jesus, thy tear Never be mine for my baby dear. A spirit waits at the door of dream, With lips asmlle and with eyes agleatn To lead thee into the woods that lie Beyond the gates of the evening sky. Mother of Jesus, roads ore wide; Bring him back if he leave my side. Go. Fly with him where the bird has flown And see the field with the stars o’erstrewn: And I will hide in my Land of Bliss To bring thee home with a mournful kiss. Mother of Jesus, thou dost know Why it is that I love him so. Daniel AVebster Again. Montgomery Advertiser. Some time ago The Advertiser called attention to the interesting fact that the birthday of Daniel Webster is now an almost forgotten date, and that lit tle attention is given it anywhere in this country. We also spoke of him as ‘‘one of the greatest, if not really the greatest, of American statesmen.” Thereupon the Washington Cost thus comments: “Intellectually Webster is to our country what Plato is to Greece and what Bacon is to England—its greatest mind; but he was not our greatest statesman, except in debate. As a pol itician he was far below Van Buren, and as a law-giver he is not to be men tioned in the same class with Alexan der Hamilton or Henry Clay or Thomas H. Benton ; and while he had a larger intellect than Calhoun, the South Caro linian had the finer mind for its extent and the clearer vision for its horizon. “But in forensic debate Webster is first of Americans, and he is quoted as authority more frequently and more confidently than any other man who ever sat in either House of Congress. “It is a notable fact that Ben Hill, the ablest man the South has sent to the House or Senate since the War, got the most of his politics from Dan iel Webster.” The Post doesn’t seem to agree with our estimate of Webster’s statesman ship, though it admits that he was without a superior in debate. Noting The Post’s comments, the Macon Tele graph calls attention to the fact that Webster, by his conservatism and his devotion to the Constitution, lost caste with many of his Northern admirers. At one time he was looked on as the pride and glory of New England espe cially, and of most of the Northern people generally, and was not without hosts of loyal admirers and adherents in the So«th. But the abolition sentiment was en veloping and overrunning the North in the latter part of Webster’s life, and he could not indorse the injustice and intolerance of the leaders of that party. In a speech in the Senate delivered some time in 1850 he pointed out the wrongful course the North was pursu ing with regard to slavery, and appeal ed to them to show fairness and toler ance to their Southern brethren. In a speech delivered at Capon Springs, Va., in 1851, he used these emphatic and prophetic . words : “If the Northern States refuse wilfully and deliberately to carry into effect that part of the Constitution which represents the re storation of fugitive slaves and Con gress provides no remedy, the South would be no lorger bound to observe the compact. (The Uniun.) A bargain cannot be broken on one side and still bind the other side.” These were brave and truthful words, flatly spoken, but they did much to weaken Webster’s hold on the people of his own section. His justification of secession, if the North continued to vi olate the Constitution and intrude on the Constitutional rights of the South, was a red rag shaken in the faces of the abolitionists of the North and they never forgave him. Secession is a ques tion of the past; abolition did its work and there’s an end to it; but the North has not forgotten nor forgiven Webster for his manful efforts to stop the tide of malice and intolerance which was sweeping everything before it. In the words of The Telegraph : “Webster patriotically desired to ehe the violent manifestations of the anti-uavery movement and thus to save the Union, and it was largely due to him that Clay’s measure, the com promise of'l850, was accepted and tem porarily sustained by the more conserv ative elements in the North. But while Webster’s position on this grave question pleased the battling South and endeared him to Stephens, Toombs, Hill and othfeV Southern Whigs, he an gered the abolitionists, disappointed his own friends, and was never forgiv en. In bravely standing by the Consti tution in the face of the clamor of rad icals and the less outspoken disapprov al of the Northern masses, he virtual ly brought his brilliant career to an end and died two years later a disappointed man. “Even now the average Northern historian will speak of Webster as a man who, though of towering ability and vast achievement, was at a crucial moment found wanting All this rqay possibly in a' measure account for the slight notice taken of his recurring an- I niversary. ” I The following interesting description of the torriflc storm which visited Galveston a fow days affo was written by the 15-year-old daughter of Mr. E. S. Daniel, of Palmetto, she heini? on a visit to her brother, J. B. Daniel, at the time. | Galyeston, Texas, July 21, 1909. Dearf jHoniefolks:—I shall try to write you some of my to-day’s expe riences, although I don’t know when the letter will reach you, as part of the bridge which connects Galveston with the mainland is gone; so of course the trains eannot run. Well, to tell the truth, we had a big stornj out here this morning, which would have caused many fatalities and great property loss had it not been for the protection afforded by the sea-wall. It was the first severe test the wall had had since it was built. Wish you could have seen the waves. They were ter rible. I never saw a mad sea before. The water lacked only two feet of reaching the top of the wall; but even then the waves lashed over and filled the streets to a depth ef two feet. It was’t so had at first, so we took a car and went out to see the gulf; but the spray and wind were so fierce that we positively couldn’t stand on our feet. We got as wet as “drowned rats” from the waves lapping over the top of the wall. Botli Murdock’s and Break ers’ bath-houses were swept out of ex istence, besides three fishing-piers. It was awfully rough for awhile, with boards and rocks flying in every direc tion. When we reached home Perle (Britt’s wife) was so frightened she didn’t know what to do. Everybody was going up town to the tall buildings for safety, and the water was pouring into the street at such a rate that we decided to go down to the terminal to Britt’s office ; hut when we reached there he had gone home after us; so there we were—Britt not knowing where we were, and it rain ing so hard one could scarcely see how to walk J besides, the wind was blowing at the rate of a mile a minute. When I started back home I had to wade through water two feet deep. I reached the corner where I caught a car, after waiting for it in the rain and wind about fifteen minutes. It came at last and I started for home, but only got as far as the street car station, where the car got stranded in the water, and there I was, five, blocks from home, and my only chance of getting there to start wading through the water again. When I at last reached home Britt had just gone back to the terminal station, having been told by the neigh bors that we were there. So I was in worse trouble than ever, for the cars had stopped running, and I had to wade a mile in the rain back to the termi nal. When I reached there they had gone to a more substantial building for safety, so I just put out again and found them in an electric theatre, with Perle and Dorris (Britt’s baby), scared out of a year’s growth. The broken glass out of the windows was Hying in every direction, and the theatre threat ened to collapse every minute ; so we struck out to wading again, in search of a better place, and finally landed in the Trust Building, where we stayed until 3 o’clock, with not a mouthful to eat. Dorris was about half sick, and the cars were not running, so we couldn’t get home. Britt tried to hire a carriage to carry us, but the driver charged $8, so he got a little grocery wagon for $1.50, and here we went through to sea. Well, I laughed all the way home, thinking how funny we looked sitting up in that dinky little wagon. We at last reached home in safety, and after it was all over we went out to the beach to see how conditions were there. I have never seen so much debris in one place before. The waves had washed up immense trees ori the boule vard. All of the iron railing was washed from the top of the wall. The tide is still high, but was worse be tween 11 and 12 o’clock. The wind was so strung that it carried one lady near ly over the wall, when two men caught her. This was the most exciting experi ence I ever had. Every one thought I would be ready to pull out for Georgia on the first train, but it did not dimin ish my love for Galveston in the least. With much love, Mary Daniel. Don’t he afraid to do your duty be cause someone ridicules or opposes you. A man who has opinions of his own ard the courage to advocate them will l.e sure to have opposition in this world, because he runs across or contrary to other people’s opinions; but just keep right ahead if your cause is right and your conscience clear. Don’t worry about what other people say ; life is too short for that. Some will abuse you through envy, others for want of principle, and some because they hon estly differ from you ; but if you keep right on openly, manfully and intelli gently, and with your proper dignity of character, honesty of purpose and self-respect, those who differ from you will respect your opinions. The Young Lawyer. Gen. John S. Wise gives some good advice to young lawyers in the Circle Magazine: “No man can know, when he starts out,” writes Gen. Wise, "what sort of law he is going to get, and no man without practice ought to refuse any case he can get, if it is reputable. The affairs of life are intermingled with each other like crabs in a basket. One may lift out the smallest crab and find it hung to the largest. So of law. Some of the best cases I ever had arose from little matters which, when they came to me, seemed almost too insig nificant to bother with. And I have learned as much law from little eases as from large ones. “Soon after I came to the bar a druggist had a fight with a man who kicked his dog, and I defended iiim. Out of that ten-dollar matter came large business. Not long afterward two men caught an Arctic seal and made money showing the animal, until they quarreled. Then I was called in and I had a receiver appointed for the seal. In that case I learned enough of the of fice duties of receivers to make me a pretty good lawyer on that subject, and it brought from totally unexpected di rections a large amount of business. “So never despise little eases if you have not large ones to occupy you—is my maxim to this day. It would be more emphatically so if I were younger and more dependent. “When a young fellow first appears in court he cannot he too careful in creating the impression that he does not think he knows much. The Judges are busy and impatient, and the law yers are hired to throw an adversary down and rub sand in his eyes if they can. “An old lawyer touseling a young one is, as a rule, as merciless as a cat tossing a mouse, and enjoys it in much the same way. If he delays in giving the finishing blow it is because he knows he has the victim at his mercy. “So, young fellow, when your time comes go at your business in a ginger ly fashion at the start. No matter how much you know or how bright you are, remember you are still an amateur pitted against a professional, and act so modestly and deferentially that the old brutes may have their bowels of compassion stirred toward you. Do not invite assaults. You little dream how hard the old fellows can hit. Wait un til you are toughened up a bit. You will get tough pretty soon. What is Legal Tender ? Washington Cor. Brooklyn Eagle. “[ venture to say that not one bank er in a hundred, and not a single mem ber of the Senate or House, can tell you accurately what parts of the United States currency are legal tender and what not legal tender, ” was the sur prising statement of a Treasury official the other day. “Learned Senators, who are devising a new currency sys tem, would have to resort to the laws in order to find out just exactly what is meant by this term. “A great many people know that the definition of legal tender is one of a character which by law a debtor may require his creditor to receive in pay ment, In the absence of u special agreement. But when it comes to stat ing just what money is legal tender, you will find the bankers all at sea. “Gold certificates are not a legal ten der, hut are receivable for customs, taxes, and all public debts. Silver cer tificates are not a legal tender. Neither are national bank notes. They are re ceivable, however, in payment of taxes, excises, public lands and all oth er dues to the United States, except duties on imports. Trude dollars and fractional currency are not legal ten der. Fractional currency is receivable for postage and revenue stamps and also in payment of any dues to the Uni ted States leHS than $5, except duties on imports. Foreign gold and silver coins are not legal tender. “The following are legal tender, in all that the term means: “Gold coins of the United States, standard silver dollars, subsidiary sil ver coins, minor coins of copper, bronze or copper nickels up to twenty- five cents, United States notes or greenbacks, demand Treasury notes, Treasury notes of 1890, Columbian half- dollars and Columbian quarters. Sub sidiary silver coin, including Columbian half-dollars arid quarters, are legal ten der up to $10. ” Summer Excursion Rates to Tybee. Central of Georgia Railway will sell ten-day tickets Newnari 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. Flour by any other name would smell as wheat—to the shorts. Retribution Comes. Columhua Enquirer-Sun. It sounds strange, hut the fact re mains that the hot-bed of abolition in ante-bellum days is up in arms, so to speak, against the negro. Burlington, Vt., one of the northernmost cities of New England, is confronted with a question similar to that which disturbed the peace of Brownsville, Texas, and the people are acting not unlike their brethren of the South. The trouble was caused by the decision of the Gov ernment to quarter twelve hundred ne gro cavalrymen at Ft. Ethan Allan, three miles from that city. According to a dispatch from Burlington, white people have refused to eat in restau rants with the nergoes, and citizens of Burlington and Winooski are demand ing separate cars for whites and blacks on the trolley road "Jim Crow” cars, as they are called in the South. The first trouble started at Winooski, a lit tle town a mile from the fort, with 1,400 inhabitants. Winooski, while offi cially a dry town, is supplied with two or three kitchen “cubbies,” and the col ored soldiers are in the habit of visit ing them. The dispatch further says that “there lias been trouble enough al ready with only a portion of the color ed regiment here, and the natives are becoming alarmed over the prospect of what may result with the whole de tachment in town. The race prejudice has already extended to the restau rants, cafes, moving picture houses, and even the country papers are clam oring for the soldiers to lie moved. This is the first time in the history of New England when colored troops have been stationed within its borders. It would appear that the day of retri bution is coming to the people of New England, They have abused the South ern people all these years for no more than they themselves are doing even now. Too Easy. Tit-rutd. “I huve arranged everything.” As she looked up trustingly into his eyes, the young and beautiful girl’s hand stole confidingly into that of her astonished lover. “ Every thing !” he exclaimed. "Yes, dear. I went frankly to fath er and told him the whole story, how we first met, who you are, and, in deed, all the circumstances; and he made not the slightest objection. Then I went to mother and told her the same thing, and she said that she was very glad. So, dear, there is nothing more to worry about. ” He looked at her vaguely. “Didn’t you tell me,” he said hoarse ly, “that your father would probably get mad at the first mention of our love, and try to throw me downstairs?” “I think I intimated something like that. ” “And didn't you tell me that your mother would probably go off into hys terics anrl refuse positively ever to let me enter the house again?” “Something of the sort, dearest.” “And didn’t you give me to under stand that we would probably have to meet clandestinely, and that, in all probability we would have to elope and take the chances afterward of the old folks’ forgiveness?” She smiled winningly. “Yes, dear; hut just think of it. It has been arranged so nicely, without one of my forebodings coming true. Indeed, I may say that father and mother are both delighted. Now, the only question is when to fix the wed ding day. ” But the young man shook his head. “I’m awfully sorry to disappoint you,” he said, “but I guess I'd better go home and think this over. Every thing seems too easy.” You must not say ‘‘as silly as a goose” any more, for naturalists have been studying this animal of late years, and they have come to the conclusion that she is the wisest Old bird going. She never quarrels without cause: she sees danger before ahy other fowl; she has more courage than the rooster; she is far braver than the gobbler, and if given a fair show, she can beat off the fox. A flock of geese squatted around the barnyard at night is a much greater protection than the watchdog. They are light sleepers, and will give the alarm the instant they see a stranger moving about. So, in future say, “As wise as a goose,” and give her all credit. WESTON, Ocean-to-Ocean Walker, Said recently : “When you feel down and out, feel there is no use living, just take your bad thoughts with you and walk them off. Before you have walked a mile things will look rosier. Just try it.” Have you noticed the in crease in walking of late in every com munity? Many attribute it to the com fort which Allen’s Foot-Ease, the anti septic powder to be shaken into the shoes, gives to the millions now using it. As Weston has said, “It has real merit.”