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fieraiiS and fldlcmiser. NEW NAN, FRIDAY, AUG. 27. T H K CO(jU ETTE . Fair Reioie wav«*] her fan with glee, And being in a playful mood. She Have the airy toy to mo, And bade mo flirt it if I could. The pleasing tank I Boon began, Hut jealous pangs rny heart-strings hurt. “My dear, I cannot flirt a fan, Hut with your leave I’ll fan a flirt.” Out Carrollton Correspondent “Believe me, I apeak a.< rny understanding in- Btnicta rn“, and an mine hone sty puts it to utter ance.”—-[Shakespeare, It's up to Tho Henry County Weekly to explain what is meant by “the Old One’s” invocation to the Deity on its editorial pane. The whimpering:, hoary one is thrust upon the reader without a word of explanation or introduction, lie weeps, he wails, he supplicates the "Throne of Mercy and his jeremiads move us to shed a peck of strong, salty tears. It reminds us of those good edi torials, taken bodily irons the scrip tures. by Commodore Vanderbilt’s edi torial son-in-law, Sheppard, of whom the Commodore said: "Sheppard would make a tine reporter of the New Jerusa lem News." Bud. the trend of all things in life tends to the meandering paths of sorrow ; for the love of a sorrow-strick en race, gild your pages with words that will cause a ripple of mirth to bub ble from their lips. The Jews had a tine conception of life, and incorpora ted that excellent idea in the Book: "Eat, drink and he merry, for to-mor row ye may die,” was their motto. Pa gan Rome gave utterance to the same idea in these words: Dura vivimus, vivamus!” Should we sigh and whine? Misses Mabel and Imogene Wilson have returned from Bremen, where they spent the past week. Mrs. F. .). Creel entertained the Sewing Circle, and gave a delightful collation in honor of her charming guest, Miss Ruth Whatley, of Newnan. The following young gentlemen ac companied Roy Mandeviile on an auto mobile excursion extending over a pe riod of three days, making the citios of Bremen, Cedartown, Rockmart, Car- tursviile, Marietta, Atlanta, Griffin, Newnan, Whitesburg and Clem: John Power, Davis Brown, Hugh Lee Griffin, Reese Adamson, and the usual number of guardian angels. Messrs. Waites and Lloyd Aycock attended the obsequies of Fred Wiley at Cedarlown last week. Mr. B. F. Bass is at present an in mate of nil Atlanta sanatarium. His friends regret to learn the serious na ture of hie illness, Dipt. Long makes some interest ing remarks anent the physical condi tion of Mexico, and as well to the bi- r.nrre Aztetic religious customs, etc. Hear him: “One who follows the standard of one’s country into a land rich in scenery and tradition is unob servant indeed if one fail to see and note the many curiosities falling under one’s observation. In the several cam paigns in Mexico, of which t have had a soldier’s part, 1 have had many op portunities to witness Nature’s grand eur, and to observe evidences of a civ ilization much older than that of Eng land, France or Germany that of the Aztecs. But little remains to-day to remind one of the former greatness of Shis people save a tew temples and pyramids, reared by this wonderful race. The most famous of these pyra mids is that of Chilutah. Its base cov ers a half-acre, and its crest is more than 200 feet above the plain. The structure is composed of huge sun-dried bricks, two and a half feet square by six inches in thickness. In the vernac ular, these bricks are called adobe, or, according to the American manner of simplifying all foreign words, ‘dobv.’ The crest is 150 feet square, on which elaborate preparations were made for sacrificing human lives. The sacrificial altar, a tremendous oblong polished stone, was placed in the center of this elevated plateau. The summit is reached by a winding road that girdles it like the spirals of an auger. From this aerie 1 had a fine view of the sur rounding country. In the near-by sur rounding plain were many haciendas, dotted here and there with groves of of orange and lemon. The indolent na tives were lolling under their shade. An occasional muleteer might be seen driving his loaded asses to near-by bar rios. In the hazy distance could he seen the semi-aitive summit of the volcano of Popocateptl, which I subsequently learned was in a sodpatora stage ; or, to he more specific, an area of more or less corroded and disintegrated volcan ic rock, over which sulphuric gases, steam and other volcanic emanations escape through various orifices, fre quently giving rise to what ai - e known as mud-volcanoes, mud-cones or salses. Let us return to the crest of Chilulah, from whence our mental vis ion has carried us across the beautiful Mexican plains to the gaseous crest of Popocateptl. At the stone altar of Chilulah the Aztec priests were wont to conic at sunrise to make a human sacrifice to that great luminary. Local >radition informs us that the priests hound their victim back downward to tho stone, leaving his hare breast ex posed. and the sacrificial knife—a keen, gleaming implement—was plunged into the victim’s breast, and with a peculiar curve of the wrist, begotten by daily use, the heart of the victim was in stantly cut from the body and fell into an urn while still pulsating. Like old er religions, these blood atonements were made to propitiate a supposed an gry deity. Think for a moment of a self-appointed agent of a bloodthirsty deity seizing one of your fellow-coun trymen and offering him as a sacrifice to placate an angry god! We, who know better, should shudder to think of such barbarism. One religion suc ceeds another. The sacrificial altar of the Aztec priests that was erected on the pyramid of Chilulah was removed to the City of Mexico, where devout Catholics have made it the corner-stone of the famous Cathedral of San Miguel a handsome fane whose spires kiss the cerulean ether. Thus we see the barbaric emblem of sun-worshipers in corporated with the temple of semi- barbarism. Since the dawn of time ild t religions have yielded to those of a later period. The following lines from Byron beautifully illustrates how the pantheon of antiquity has yielded to each succeeding religion: " ‘Kven Rod* must yi eld; religions trike their turn; ’l was Jove’s, ’tis Mahommet’s, and other creeds Will rise; with other year-, f ill man Hhall learn Vainly his incense Hoars, his victim bleeds; Foor child of doubt and death, whose hopes arc built on creeds.’ —Fred Wiley, a former resident of this place, and employed as electrician at the Central railway yards at Cedar- town, was fatally hurt by a boiler ex plosion Friday morning. Mr. Wiley was an excellent young man, and his death is greatly deplored by his numer ous friends here. — Miss Carrie Long, of Jasper, Ala., returned home Sunday, after a visit of soveral weeks to relatives here. She was accompanied by Miss Luta Boykin. —Carrollton has an innovation over our former archaic method of running only a nightly current of electricity, by making it both a day and night ser vice, which meets with growing and popular demands. —Miss Alice Weems is visiting An niston, Ala., this week. -Miss Natalie Jones, of Grilfin, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. W. Griffin. Mr. A. 0. Haile, the popular sales man of the Mandeviile Mills, has re turned from an extended business trip. — Mr. Neal Moses, accompanied by his sisters, Misses Corinne and Angie, left Monday for Tybee. Mrs. Ben New is making a week’s visit to relatives at Whitesburg. Mr. J. A. A.veock is at an Ashe-’ ville, N. C., sanatarium. I am glad I am a prohibitionist. The poor “antis,” like the Jews, are being persecuted for the “spirits’ ” sake. Our success in making Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina and some other Southern States a toper’s Sahara, makes us more intolerant of opposition to our views than were the Lord’s ser vants, “the Puritans of Plymouth,” who took delight in roasting the New England witches. If we grow a little stronger, and elect a “prohi” Presi dent of the United States, and tho sev eral Legislatures of the several States, we'll put some laws on the statute- books that will consign a beer or whis key drinking man or woman to the stake. Then we’ll have a return of the good old times that marked the auto da fe, and each of us will vie witii the other to excel that saintly Torquemada who consigned tens of thousands of his Spanish countrymen to the flames be cause they would not acknowledge his holiness, the Pope, as the vice-gerent of Omnipotence. The millenium is coming. Lord send the day, and help us to get right! —While that aggregation of wisdom, known as the Georgia Legislature, were aggravating the liquor men and their adherents, why didn’t they, like the Alabama Legislature, pass a law making it a penal offense to publish a whiskey advertisement in any newspa per in this State? We are after the snakes, and want to kill them wher ever found. The crusade is on. Let us push the war into the big yankee towns. They’ve no more right to mix mint julips than has a Georgia colonel. What would poor old Jack Falstaff say if he could witness the prohibition tendencies of the times? He’d at least touch Prince Hal for a few hundred pounds to provide a modicum of sac against the coming drought. And Dol ly Tearshee sweet wench would wear a strip of crepe on her hat out of sympathy for the pot valiant Jack. Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Long, who | have been visiting relatives here, re turned to Cordova Saturday, j —Mrs. S. J. Boykin entertained the Ladies’ Domino Club at her home Fri day afternoon. —Mrs. W. M. Meadows is visiting Mrs. M. T. Trawick at Opelika, Ala. —Mr. Francis Long, of Jasper, Ala., joined his wife here Tuesday evening. They are the guests of Mrs. Long’s father, Hon. H. W. Long. —Cedartown has a modest way of assessing nigh - beer license. She makes it only S10.000. It is needless to say there are not more than a dozen in operation. —Mrs. Kate Thompson died Friday morning. -That excellent dress-parade far mer, who wears his whiskers busted out in the middle, (I refer to Hon. Martin Calvin, of Experiment,) will talk to us on the 6th of October at the A. & M. auditorium about making the Chinaman add an inch to his shirt-tail to make a wider market for our cotton products. As Mr. Calvin is in the ex perimental business, tnere seems to be no good reason why we should not make the Chink amplify the length of his nether garment, and thus double our cotton mill capacity. —In the passing away of Mr. W. H. Worthy, Carrollton loses one of her pioneer citizens. He died Tuesday morning, and was followed to his place of sepulture by a large concourse of friends and relatives. —A fellow-citizen who seems to have an idea that I am authority on bugs laid a peculiarly rigged insect on my work-bench a day or two ago. The rascal had a head at each extremity ; was a little longer than the ordinary June-bug, and wore clothes of the I same irridescent hue. it was girdled about the center with a nice waist band, which might be called its equa tor. On each side of the equator were two distinct sets of legs, each built for going forward. By experimenting awhile with the bug’s locomotive equip ment it was found that one end of the bug would fold its legs and let the other do the trucking. As soon as the active end grew tired he’d raise a bris tle on his top-knot, which signal meant for the other end to unfurl its legs and start its propellers. Both heads were in accord as to the direction to be pur sued, to-wit: For instance, the end that had ceased walking was going in a westerly direction , the end resuming the journey would make a sudden half circle on a kind of turn-table located near the umbillicus, arid would then proceed west. Experimenting further with the double-headed scarab, I placed some feed about an inch in front of both heads. The rascal must have been mighty hungry. Each head gave a lurch at the bread. Tho band snapped, and they began slowly to sever their dual copartnership. By the time each had reached the feed trough symmet rical lines were drawn about their rear ends, and two prettier bugs were never seen. This transformation was wit nessed by the Ordinary, a Justice of the Peace and a deacon, any one of whom will be glad to explain how one double-headed hug made a pair of June buggies. —The Georgia House of Representa tives did their duty by the poor old Confederate veterans in the matter of passing a service pension bill, but the country at large is at a loss to know why the Senate dallied with the sub ject, and finally allowed it to go over to the next session as unfinished busi ness. Heaven knows, the old fellows and their widows have waited long and patiently, and when it seemed that their hopes were about to he realized the careless Senators quietly took their own per diem and hade the veterans wait a year, two or three. Fie, gentle men, fie! Shame on your heartless dal lying ! —The many friends of Dr. J.. D. Hamrick regret to note that he has ad vertised his belongings for sale, prepar atory to going West. It will be a very difficult matter to fill the places of the excellent Doctor and his interesting family. —Mr. Tyre Watson, who makes his home by the big sea water at a hamlet called Savannah, is the guest of his pa rents in this city. —Mr. Joel Burnham, of Atlanta, tore himself loose from the alluring past time of handling the bargain hunter’s coin to relax his energies among his Carrolllton compatriots. Rest is re juvenating to the salesman who keeps on the treadmill of mercantile endeav or. —Mr. and Mrs. Jasper N. Pope have as their guests their daughter. Mrs. J. A. Reese, of Atlanta, and children. —The Elks have heard the beautiful lines: “Music hath charms to soothe a savage. Rend a rock and bust a cabbage.” And to convince the public that they agree with the above sentiment they have installed a new upright piano. —Besides many other attractions in her elegant home, Miss Pearl Zachary has installed a new piano forte. —Carrollton is running piano-wild. George Lee Hamrick invested a thou sand dollars in one. We have seen many fine instruments of the kind, but this one knocks the spots off anything we have seen. —Mrs. J. T. Young left Friday to meet her sister, Mrs. Katrina Klipper, at lallulah Falls. They go thence to North Carolina, where they wilt re main a month. —Mr. and Mrs. Win. H. Shaw, ac companied by their children, are camp ing at Lovvorn’s mill this week, where they take the unsophisticated minnow from the liosom of his family and give him a grease-bath in the frying-pan. 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-Leat. 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 O YS 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. Gome to see me; I’m always at home. Jack 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 raih'oad is completed. See me if you want to buy a house and lot or farm, or rent a house. J. H. McKOY ’Phone 260. Professional Cards. T. E. SHEFFIELD, M. D., Raymond, Ga. Gec>eral practitioner. Calls attended promptly THOS. G. FARMER. JR., Attorney-at-Law. Will Rive careful and prompt attention to all legal business entrusted to me. Collections a 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. THOS. J. JONES, Physician and Surgeon. Office on Hancock street, near public square. Residence next door to Virginia House. DR. F. I. WELCH, Physician. H. P. oodroof, President. D. P. Wood roof, Vice-President. P. L. Woodroof, Sec’y and Treas. WOODROOF SUPPLY CO. 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 U3 a chance. C.A fresh supply of Orange and Amber Sorg hum Seed just received. WOODROOF SI PPLY CO. AT THE OLD BRADLEY-BANKS COMPANY CORNER. GfclOLS PRICE $15.00 PRICE $15.00 SANITARY FELT MATTRESS 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 19Vi* Spring street. ’Phone 230 K. W. STARR, Dentist. All Wnda of dental work. Patronage of the pub lic solicited. Office over Newnan Banking Co. Residence ’phone 142. Tf tr/Mi attta frtv fbio The Gholstin Sanitary Felt Mattress is Made Under $100 Forfeit. We agree to forfeit SI00 to any purchaser w r ho finds other than staple cotton in the Gholstin Sanitary Felt Mattress. For sale only by Scroggin Furniture Company