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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. Many Women Praise This Remedy. If you have pain in the back, Urina- ,ry. Bladder or Kidney trouble, and want 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