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fierald and Advertiser.
NEWNAN, FRIDAY, AUG. 6.
THE LITTLE HOY'S BABY PRAYER.
Dear God, I need you awful bad;
I don’t know what to do;
My papa’s croHH, my mamma's nick;
I hain’t no fren' but you.
Them keorless angels went and brung,
’Stid of the boy I ant,
A weenchy, teencby baby Kiri
I don’t h«<! how th<!y dast!
Say, God, I wlsth’t you'd take her back
She's just an good tin new;
Won’t no one know she’s second-hand.
Hut ’ceptin’ me an’ you;
An’ pick a boy, dear God. yourself.
Th«* nicest in your fold;
Hut please don’t choose him quite ho you ok
I’d like him five years old. '
The Carrollton contingent of G
Company, 5th Georgia National Guard,
have returned from St. Simon’s. While
on “the tented field’’ they nay they
covered themselves with glory and sun
burn. Their glory consisted largely in
running with a fine lot of “summer
girls” who disported in parti-colored,
diaphanous bathing gear, which is
inore’n likely to make the average land
lubber think he is entering on the mil-
lenial dawn when they allow him to
frolic with them. Well, they are all
back; none got lost; and if things go
as they should, a year hence Carrollton
will he the boss of the company. She’ll
furnish all the men and all the officers.
Since we furnish the brawn, let us also
furnish the brain.
Callaway of Atlanta, and Messrs.
Edgar Henderson of Cedartown, and
Richard Thornton of Atlanta, were in
cluded among the guests. The young
gentleman is a charming entertainer.
— You’ve frequently heard that the
Dutch had taken Holland, but nobody
has ever claimed that Carrollton is in
any danger of being taken by the Jews.
They come and go with the passing of
the wild geese, sadder but poorer ras
cals. The average CarrolItonian can
tie a knot in a Jew’s business any day
in the year. The last one we had was
forced to go into bankruptcy before he
had time to repack his goods and leave
town. Next.
—The Young Matrons’ Club, from
what I can gather, is doing a power of
good. At their last session Mrs. Chas.
E. Roop entertained the young dames
delightfully. Among other resolutions,
they favor a curfew law which will
run all belated (or inclined to be bela
ted) husbands into their homes before
the town clock strikes !) p. m. At first
blush this may seem a little rough on
the festive “hubby,” but, when you
think of it, the good wife really is en
titled to hi- society o< cai ionally.
'Therefore, for the common good, let
him be run in.
—The Roop building is being thor
oughly renovated by its au courant du
jour owner, Col. Chas. E. Roop. The
new plate-glass front is the cynosure
of all passers, and well comports with
Carrollton’s glittering strides of pro
gress.
—Quite a number of our Masonic
fraternity attended the recent Masonic
Convention at’Newnan.
Mr. David Reese, of Atlanta, was
in tlie city Sunday.
perplexed to know why he did not learn
to swim or put on his storm-coat when
the “hurricane” comes. It rained
here the other nightit rained flugens ;
—but. thank the Lamb! no one was
drowned, except a few hundred En
glish sparrows that were found lying
on the ground, toes up, next morning.
No requiem.^ were sung, no obsequies
observed, for their sepulture. The
Thomas cats and their families were
invited to take charge of the remains.
Frank Raskin, of Atlanta, was the
guest of his father, Mr. J. W, Baskin,
Sunday.
—A twelve months’ trial has given
the average Georgia legislator a bad
opinion of “nigh-beer. ” They recognize
the necessity for licensing “the good
old foam” on a 4J per cent, alcoholic
basis, as the raw and unfermented pro
duct called “near-beer” has afflicted
their thirsty constituents with intesti
nal troubles. They tacitly acknowl
edge that Ex-Gov. Smith was not badly
wrong when he said “the people should
be allowed beer and light wines for ta
ble use,” by the introduction of a bill
to allow beer contaimng 44 per cent, of
alcohol vended from beer counters.
But, alas! for the backbone of his ex
excellency! As soon as the shouting
of the prohis’ disapproval of his “beer
and light wine” scheme reached his
sensitive ears he receded from his for
mer conservative position, which all
reasonable people were about willing to
indorse. The people will have some
thing to drink besides water. Deny
them one thing, and they latch onto
another. Coca-cola is now the fad, and
Tom Watson says it is the worst slum-
gullion ever taken into the human
stomach that whiskey ain’t a marker
to it!
The Park Improvement Club (run
mainly by both the sugar and salt of
the earth the women, heaven bless
’em !) is heaping up a lot of coin for the
beautifying of the park. When they’ve
done with it Central Park will look like
a cowherd's lot.
—It’s going to come mighty unhandy
for we Carrolltonians when Uncle Sam
makes Postmaster Smith move the of
fice to Mandeville, which will he on the
1st of September. It will be located in
the old opera house building, with a
nigh-beer joint for a neighbor. For
pure, unadulterated cussedness, it does
seem that Uncle Sam cun heat the
Jews and they’ve been beating the
Devil ever since he opened up his sul
phur wwks,
Quite a number of (larrolltofiians
attended the Confederate reunion at
Bowdon last week. The occasion was
in honor of K Co.. 34th Ga. Rgt. The
speakers were Dr. W. W. Roop, Col.
John Nowell, Prof. V. I). Whatley,
Rev. W. D. Knight and Rev. C. M. Lip-
ham. The repast, which w«s in the
form of a barbecue, was ample to feed
the 2,500 who thronged the little city
to hear the good story of how brave
men withstood the hosts of a powerful
nation. The “Lost Cause” yet lives
in the hearts of the people.
“Little they’ll reck" whether the
Georgia Legislature allows girls and
women to “ride man-fashion” or not,
just so they don’t put an embargo on
baby carriages and catnip. At least,
that’s what Col. and Mrs. John O.
Newell’s neighbors say of them since
that neat bundle of infantile feminin
ity was presented to them by the stork
a few days ago.
-The Central of Georgia is going to
have an “old boss" sale on the 1st of
September. It is generally known that
Carrollton handles more freight than all
the towns through which she passes,
from Chattanooga to Gridin ; and, as a
matter of course, our “old boss’ “ re
mains is something tremendous. Among
other things to he sold are nineteen
barrels of “case goods,” a petrified
grandson of Lot’s wife, sixty dozen
cases of crinoline of the vintage of ’80,
one hundred trunks and valises in va
rious stages of dilapidation, and other
wreckage too numerous to mention.
1 am usually an apologist for any
thing the* Carrollton or the A. & M.
School baseball boys do. I have done
my best to maintain tneir reputation,
both at home and abroad; but it is lay
ing it on willing shoulders most too
heavily to suppose I can keep on lying
for them plausibly when they let such
scrubs as Buchanan beat them. Now,
boys, 1 am not hurt at your allowing
the Buchanan players to whitewash
you, but L do think it is time to fall on
some of those fellows with your bats
and win an occasional game. It would
encourage ms to tell the world of your
prodigious achievements if you’ll just
win a game now and then. And, be
sides, the girls will think better of you
if you’ll smite the enemy occasionally.
Mrs. C. M. Boynton, of this place,
died a few days ago, after a lingering
illness.
-The charming Misses Cleo and
Kathleen Almond, of Washington, Ga.,
are the admired guests of Dr. and Mrs.
H. K. Robinson.
—’The spot was picturesque beyond
the poet’s wildest, fancy, but it was
just such an one as suited the occasion.
Chaperoned by those genial souls, Capt.
*nd Mrs. L. P. Mandeville, quite a
lumber of visiting young ladies and
gentlemen gathered at the festive
board of Mr. J. A. Mandeville, who en
tertained them at his Ballard Spring
camp. Misses Gladys Levins and Lula
- -House parties are great things.
Both the youngsters and oldsters in
dulge in them. Little Miss Mildred,
the charming daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Shaw, entertained a few
friends the past week at a pleasant
function of this character. Misses Hat
tie Tumlin of Decatur, Mary Lewis of
Douglasville, and Nell McKown were
amo.ng her guests.
—Hugh Word doesn’t want any more
of Uncle Sam’s mail service money.
He has bought the grocery business of
Herrin & West, and will quit his rural
route.
—Joshua was “some punkins” when
it came to making the sun stand at at
tention on the field of Gideon, and the
moon to walk about and stand still in
the valley of Ajelon ; but ’Squire Moon,
of Victory, brought Mr. W. M. Price
and Miss Lula Allen to a standstill
when he put the matrimonial fixings on
them Sunday. He warrants his nup
tial thongs to stand the most insidi
ous assaults of the divorce courts.
—It’s grand to have a bungalow be
side the sea, and to hear the sad waves
whisper of the rascality they've done:
it’s bully to have a cottage in some
sylvan retreat where the unhallowed
footfall of the bill collector falleth
not; but there are a lot of good,
harmless Carrollton boys who would
have thought it nuts and cheese-cake
could they have been one of the party
of pretty Dolly Vardens who attended
Miss Annie Pace’s country home enter
tainment Tuesday. It’s a hollow mock
ery to have such a gathering without a
few boys, don’t you think, girls?
— Miss Elizabeth McClellan has ta
ken her departure for Dowellton,
Tenn., accompanied by her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Horace McClellan.
Mrs. W. A. Coleman has as her
guests Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Kings-
berry, of Birmingham, who will remain
for a fortnight.
A couple of years ago I made an
off-hand shot at describing a new in
dustry in our local precincts—the intro
duction and cultivation of ginseng. In
a spirit of levity I described it as an
exotic that had to be grown under a
parasol to ward olf the deadly rays of
the summer sun. This description was
not literally true, but had a foundation
in fact, since it must be grown in a
semi-shade. 1 was shown a splendid
plot of the plants a few days ago,
grown by Messrs. Bass & Williams.
The plants or roots were obtained from
Tennessee, for which they paid five
cents each. They are grown under a
lattice, and show 5,000 or 6,000 healthy
plants. These are now in seed, and
each plant is supposed to average fifty
seeds, which are worth a cent each,
making the seed alone worth $2,500;
and the crop of roots, when deracina
ted, will make 500 lbs., worth $7 a
pound, making the roots fetch $3,500,
or an aggregate of $6,000 for the roots
and seed. The process is a little slow,
but it is as sure as the crow’s-feet that
gather about the eyes of senility. A
few hundred plants, properly cared for,
will furnish our farmers their “chew
ing and smoking." and money besides.
Try a few.
Noah had a pretty well-mixed car
go when his craft set sail from the
port of a deluged world. We are told
by the Good Book that he took on
board a pair each of all vertebrates.
There is no specific mention of the En
glish sparrow being scheduled among
the passengers; but it’s dollars to
doughnuts he was there under an alias,
for he is in evidence here to-day. Since
his progenitors witnessed the "opening
of the windows of the heavens and
breaking up of the great deep” that
submerged the antedeluvian world, I'm
—I am in receipt of a souvenir pos
tal card from mine excellent friend,
“Cliffy” Mandeville, bearing date the
28th ultimo and coining from Montreal,
Canada. The card bears an excellent
picture of the city reservoir. The card
is ridden by the iconograph of his maj
esty, Edward VII., by the grace of God
King of England, Scotland and Ireland,
the empire of India, and the much-
beloved suzerain of Canada and Aus
tralia. It is to be hoped that the wri
ter of the card is getting his money’s
worth of enjoyment.
—We have some shrewd investors in
this village, though it seems a bit
queer that a couple of good business
men like Mr. W. D. Bass and his El-
drid should go to Gulfport, Miss., to
invest in real estate when Carrollton
and Carroll county furnish the finest
kind of opportunities for good invest
ment, both in lands, stocks and bonds.
Keep your money at home where it will
be safe.
The families of Mr. A. A. Simon-
ton and Mrs. Paul Jack spent a week
camping at Simonton’s mill recently.
—Miss Annie Ruth Sewell, of At
lanta, is the guest of Dr. and Mrs. H.
R. Robinson.
—Mrs. Edward Stewart and children,
of Atlanta, are the guests of Mrs. IT.
C. Stewart.
—Mrs. Martha Sigmund, of Lithonia,
who for the past several days has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. G. F.
Cheney, left Monday to visit relatives
in Alabama.
—Dr. and Mrs. S. T. Harris and
children, of Valdosta, are spending a
month with the family of Judge Sam
son W. Harris.
—Lack of time this week prevents
me continuing the Long diary. Will
conclude it later.
—There is life and energy in the
white man yet. The country has not
gone to the “demnition bowwows,”
nor will the labor market be turned
over to a lazy, shiftless, irresponsible
set of nigger loafers. A couple of
weeks ago I began the installation of a
meter system for Carrollton, hiring
negro help at $1 a day. The lazy ras
cals worked one day and struck for
higher wages. I let them go without re
monstrance, and inserted an advertise
ment for white labor in each of the lo
cal papers. At the appointed time I
had more applications from white men
than I needed. For the last week the
white crew have done more and better
work, man for man, than did the ne
groes. This shows conclusively that
contractors and others should give
white men preference over a set of va
grants who work a day or two in the
week, and then quit. The negro must
either become more reliable, or else go
to the wall.
Don’t grumble. The most unfortu
nate class of people living upon this
green earth are the grumblers. They
rob home of its joys, society of its dues,
and themselves of the best things of
life. From the days the children of
Israel “grumbled” and were sent on
their tedious wanderings “for forty
years in the wilderness,” up to the
present hour, the world has been full of
grumblers. It is “too hot” or “too
cold,” “too wet” or “too dry.” People
in reasonable circumstances have visions
of the poor house, while the rich grum
ble that they can’t get rich faster.
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a certain, pleasant herb cure for wo
man’s ills., try Mother Gray’s Autra-
lian-Leaf. It is a safe and never-failing
regulator. At druggists or by mail 5Uc.
Sample package FREE. Address, The
Mother Gray Co., Le Roy, N. Y.
BOYS,
Only Twenty Studeba=
ker Wagons Left.
I’m going to sell them. No weather
beaten vehicles in the lot. If you need a
wagon come to see me; know I can sell
you.
Better Buggies, for less money, than
any dealer on earth can offer.
My Harness are all made from the best
Western stock that money will buy.
Come to see me; I’m always at home.
Hack: Powell.
J. H. McKOY.
REAL ESTATE AND RENT
ING AGENT.
FOR SALE.
New 5-room cottage, Second avenue;
price $1,500.
7-room house, Second avenue; rents
for $10. Price $1,250.
4- room house. Fourth street; rents
for $5. Price 400.
Two 3-room houses, Sixth street;
rents for $6.50. Price $750-$100 cash
and $10 per month.
5- room cottage. Spring street, all
conveniences. Price $1,500—$100 cash
and $20 per month.
5-room house, Jefferson street.
100 acres fine farm land, with two
settlements, near new railroad survey.
150 acres land, close to good school
and church. The new railroad will
have a station near this place.
These farms will bring more money
when railroad is completed.
See me if you want to buy a house
and lot or farm, or rent a house.
J. H. McKOY
’Phone 260.
T. E. SHEFFIELD, M. D.,
Raymond, Ga.
General practitioner. Calls attended promptly
day or night.
THOS. G. FARMER, JR.,
M. P. Woodroof, D. P. Woodroof, P. L. Wood roof.
President. Vice-President. Sec’y and Treas.
WOODROOF SUPPLY CO.
I
Comes before the people of Newnan and surrounding country with
an entirely new and select stock of goods, consisting of Groceries,
Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, and all kinds of Farmers’ Hardware.
Everything in stock is first-class, has been bought for cash,, and
discounts taken on all bills. We are therefore prepared to. give
the best goods at the lowest prices, and this, coupled with cour
teous treatment and prompt delivery, we feel sure will bring to us
our share of custom. We would thank all our friends to call and
give us a chance. C.A fresh supply of Orange and Amber Sorg
hum Seed just received.
wool )ROOF SUPPLY CO.
AT THE OLD BRADLEY-BANKS COMPANY CORNER.
Attorney-at-Law.
Will give careful and prompt attention to all
legal business entrusted to me. Collections a
specialty.
Office over H. C. Arnall Mdse. Co.’s.
DR. M. S. ARCHER,
Luthersville, Ga.
All calls promptly filled, day or night. Diseases
of children a specialty.
Why Hoard it Away
THOS. J. JONES,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office on Hancock street, near public square.
Residence next door to Virginia House.
DR. F. I. WELCH,
Physician.
Office No. P Temple avenue, opposite public
school building. 'Phone 231.
DR. T. B. DAVIS,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office—Sanatorium building. Office 'phone 5 1
call; residence 'phone 5—2 calls.
W. A. TURNER,
Physician and Surgeon.
Special attention given to surgery and diseases
of women. Office 19 l Spring street. ’Phone 230
K. W. STARR,
Dentist.
And miss the comforts and
pleasures of this life? The
man who economizes at the
expense of some Mosquito
Xets this summer does so at
the expense of his physical
comfort.
Be wise and make life real
ly enjoyable by investing to-day in some of our Mosquito
Xets. The ‘‘Perfection” kind fits any bed.
All kinds of dental work. Patronage of the pub
lic solicited. Office over Newnan Banking Co. !
Residence ’phone 142.
All kinds of job work done
with neatness and
at this office.
woik uone
dispatch Scroggin Furniture Company