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NEWNAN HERALD & ADVERTISER
VOL. X L I V
NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1909.
NO. 49.
DONE LAYING BY
Now Comes the Big Meeting, and
Here are Some Things You
are Certain to Need:
We 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.
We 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 Go.
19 Court Square :: 6 anti 8 W. Washington
Telephone H 47
We have more nails now than we
4 have room for, and if you are building,
or intend to build soon, we can save you
money on the above articles.
W e want to sell in the next i 5 days—
10 Kegs 40’s, Wire Nails
15 Kegs 20’s, Wire Nails
15 Kegs 12\s, Wire Nails
40 Kegs 10’s, Wire Nails
*8* 35 Kegs 8’s, Wire Nails
8 Kegs 6’s, Wire Nails
5 Kegs 4’s, Wire Nails
25 Kegs 3’s, Wire Nails
5 Kegs 10’s, Finishing Nails
5 Kegs 8’s, Finishing Nails
We also have 30,000 lbs. Barb W ire
—not wire that sells by the rod, but by
^ the pound—and is the best heavy 4-
inch Barb W ire.
Get our prices on
well as on all others.
these goods, as
' H. C. ARNALL MDSE. CO. *
L I F E ’ S ROUND.
Day after day, day after day,
The same turmoil and worry;
The sumo pursuit of earthly gain,
The Hhine unceasing hurry; -
The same protest 'gainst fate's decrees,
The same hard lessons learning
As we stumble along, poor human throng.
Down a road that lias no t urning.
Day after day, day after day.
The same swift shocks of battle,
The same wild cry of the elans who die.
The same half-heard death rattle;
The same white lips that breathe a prayer
To heaven still unheeding,
While the world goes on us it e’er has gone
And the Bands of life are speeding!
New Registration Will Disfranchise
Many White Voters.
James Callaway in Macon TeK graph.
There were some during: the cam-'
paigti of 1906 who opposed the disfran-
chisement movement, preferring: our
ideal system of a Democratic white
primray, a system for which Virginia
and North Carolina would have willing
ly paid millions of dollars at the same
time, fearing the Supreme Court would
declare unconstitutional that device
known as the “grandfather clause.”
And if that clause was declared uncon
stitutional, (and President Taft said
in his 4th of March message that it
would so declared,) then confusion
would arise, as all educated negroes
could vote and certain whites could not.
But on the stump all over Georgia
Mr. Hoke Smith assured the people
that no white man would he cut off
from the ballot. He declared that his
disfrancisement bill was the white
man’s protection.
After this bill became a law it some
how proved unsatisfactory to its
authors. A new registration law was
passed by the Legislature as one of
Gov. Smith’s “policies.” At the time
it was thought it was done for the
purity of the ballot, and to cut olf ne
gro voters who could qualify. Conse
quently not much opposition was man
ta drummers. But these farmer votes
were not purchased that defeated Gov.
Smith. The farmers acted like free
men.
So the cities and towns are to carry
the next election, the farmers being
practically disfranchised by the new
law passed in the interest of the big
cities and towns. This control by big
cities and towns was a feature of Mr.
Smith’s last campaign. The order,
known as “Rule No. 8.” adopted by
a partisan committee in Gov. Smith’s
interest, exposed the grasp for auto
cratic power—us much a weakness
with Gov. Smith as love of sensation
is a disease with Dr. Broughton.
Gov. Brown recommended that the
Legislature annul the now six months’
law and restore the old registration
law, so as not to disfranchise the far
mer vote; but the Legislature, under
other influences, saw lit to continue
the new law so as J.o give city and
town voters the advantage over their
country cousins.
Do Not Decide Important Questions
When Discouraged.
Orison S. Marden in Success Magazine.
I have often heard people in mature
life say, “If 1 had only kept on as I
had begun, if 1 had only persisted in
carrying out mv ambition, 1 might
have amounted to something and been
infinitely happier.”
Multitudes of people have led miser
able lives of regret, with thwarted am
bitions constantly torturing them, sim
ply because, in a moment of weakness
and discouragement, they turned hack.
I know a number of talented young
men and young women who went
abroad to study music or art, and who
returned home when they were dis
couraged and homesick, only to regret
it ever since.
knowledge your mistake than to go on
and sacrifice so much.”
Whatever you do, or how heavy the
burden, do not lay it down at such a
time. No matter how dark the way,
or how heavy the heart, wait until the
“blue” depression or the discourage
ment has passed before taking any de
cided step.
Official Programme U. I). C. for Sep
tember.
QUESTIONS.
1. Give an account of the early life
of the War Governor of our State.
Where was he educated? .When his
capital was exhausted, what vocation
did he follow in order to complete his
education?
2. What, profession did he adopt?
When was he elected to the State Sen
ate? What office did he hold when
nominated Governor in 1857? Was lie a
1 candidate for Governor, and in what
work was he engaged at the hour when
the high honor was received?
3. Was he well-known throughout the
State? What distinguished man was
nominated as his opponent for Gover
nor? When was .Joseph E. Brown re
elected to the office, and how many
terms did he serve? What other offices
did he hold after the war?
4. When the Legislature of Georgia
met in 1800 what appropriation did
Gov. Brown advise in order to save the
State from invasion? Give the popula
tion and resources of the State.
5. Before Georgia seceded from the
Union, what fort did Gov. Brown de
termine to seize in order to protect the
river in case of invasion? How did the
secession convention of Jan. 16 com
mend this energetic and patriotic con
duct of the Governor? Tell of this se
cession convention. What Federal ar-
The Danger in Face Creams. 1
Philadelphia North American.
"If women knew the danger that
lurks in stale face creams they would
exercise more caution in the use of
these complexion aids,” said a well-
known druggist.
“People who would not think of em
ploying rancid oil or stale fats of any
kind simply as an application, seem to
lose all fear of the same elements
when they have been melted together
in the form of a toilet preparation.
“A cream, salve or ointment con
taining various oils and greases is al
lowed to remian on the dressing table
lor a space varying all the way from
two months to a year to be applied at
irregular intervals. Of course, the
temperature of the average house is
not low enough to keep the preparation
long fresh in winter, while in summer
it will become unfit for use in a few
hours.
“You know what a disagreeable fla
vor table oil takes on when kept long
in a warm room or closet.
“Actual eases of face cream poison
ing are by no means rare.
"The skin absorbs the rancid stulT
with all its germs, and the latter pass
slowly but surely into the blood. If
there happens to bo an abrasion of the
skin where the stale cream is applied,
the results are much more rapidly de
veloped.
"The proper place for all such prepa
rations is the refrigerator or other cool
spots where perishable provisions are
kept.
“Every wise woman makes her own
toilet cream, and under no considera
tion will she keep cream longer than
six weeks.”
One man’s success may spell disaster
for another.
COWETA’S TWO OLDEST CHURCHES.
EBENEZER (BAPTIST) CHURCH.
COKE’S CHAPEL (METHODIST) CHURCH.
These churches are located in the Sixth district, and were organized over seventy-five years ago. For a long period they were the leading churches of these de
nominations in the county, each having a large and wealthy membership.
ifesttd at the time. But the real ob
ject in view Mr. Smith himself haa re
vealed. In his reply to the Atlanta
drummers who called on him in a body
at his Peachtree street home a few
days aeo, the ex-Governor said:
“Only (riudulent balloting defeated
us last year, and there are new regis
tration laws now. These laws mean
that no man can register falsely with
out laying himself, open to very immi
nent punishment. Pie will be ashore
at our elections next year, for the new
registration laws requiring one to reg
ister six months before election will
prevent buying of votes.”
All this seems to nullify the declara
tion that the disfranchisement act was
for the white man’s benefit and protec
tion.
But who are the white men whom
this new six months’ law will affect?
The white voters of the cities? No; for
they are of easy access to the registry
books. What class of men will it cut
off? Those remote from the registra
tion books.
Why was this done? Because it was
the farmer vote, fhe country folks,
who defeated Gov. Smith. The towns
were more for him. fhe farmer vote
elected Joe Brown.
Although it was proclaimed that no
white man would be disfranchised un
der the disfranchisement bill, yet a
sinister measure was put through the
Legislature to practically disfranchise
the farmer vote of Georgia, 'those
farmers, remote from the registry
books—seldom in town—no campaign
on hand to incite them to register—are
the ones whom trie new law will strike
down. They are the ones, as ex-Gov.
Smith says, who “will be ashore at our
elections next year.” Why drive them
ashore? Why set a trap to catch them,
so that they be left ashore'' Because
the farmer vote defeated Mr. Smith.
The ex-Governor says the new six
months’ law will prevent buying of
votes. “A voter vuculd have too
much time to change, you know,” said
Mr. Smith, as he winked his other eye
at Mr. Kelley, the leader of the Atlan-
I have seen medical students with
great enthusiasm, who became so dis
heartened by the drudgery in anatomy
and chemistry and the revolting -lights
in the dissecting room, that they left
college with disgust and went home,
only to despise themselves ever after
for not having the pluck to gu far
enough to know whether they were
really fitted for a physician’s career or
not.
Young men often go to law schools
with the idea of becoming great law
yers, hut. in trying to wade through
Blackstone and Kent, they get com
pletely discouraged and drop their
studies, feeling that they are not cut
out for lawyers.
Boys who have never been away
from home before sometimes go to col
lege and decide, during a fit of acute
homesickness, to throw up the whole
thing and return home. They usually
feel humiliated ever after for their
cowardice and weakness.
How many boys have gone back to
their country homes from the city be
cause of homesickness or discourage
ment, when, if they had held out a lit
tle longer till things brightened up,
their whole careers would have been
changed!
How many young writers and artists,
and young people learning trades,
have given up in a moment of discour
agement and gone into vocations
against which their whole natures re
belled, and did not change later be
cause they were afraid of being laugh
ed at, or were not sure enough of them
selves, or did not have sufficient conti
nence that they could hold out and
would not give up again!
If there is any time a person needs
nerve, grit, and stamina, it is when
temnted to turn back, when the coward
voice within says, “Don’t you see how
foolish it is for you to try to do this
thing? You have not the means nor the
strength. How foolish to sacrifice
years of comfort and pleasure at home
among the people who love you for the
sake of doing what you have underta
ken ! It is better to turn back and ac-
seiuil did Gov. Brown next decide to
take? Give an account of the seizure.
6. After the mooting of the second
State Convention, what military meas
ures were taken to strengthen the
State and how many regiments did
Gov. Brown organize? Of what Uni
ted States mint did he take possession?
7. When President Davis asked Gov.
Brown for a regiment of soldiers to go
to Fort Pickens, Fla., how did the men
show the ardor of their feelings?
8. The Governor’s message to the
Legislature in 1861 showed how many
regiments from Georgia in the field?
To what do you attribute Georgia’s
great majority of armed troops over
other Southern States?
9. Relate the episode of the purchase
of guns by a Macon firm which gave
Georgia’s Governor a great reputation
abroad. Upon what occasion did Presi
dent Davis commend his promptitude
in demanding the property from the
Governor of New York?
10. Mention some of the grave prob
lems before the Legislature of 1862.
To encourage the raising of grain and
meat what law was made? What were
Gov. Brown’s views upon the conscript
law?
11. In 1863, the Governor called for
how many troops as home guards? Of
what men was the body composed, with
what were they armed, who was com
mander, what was the name and how
did it originate?
12. When Milledgeville was invaded
by Federal forces, what efforts did
Gov. Brown make to save the State
property? Tell of the convict company
organized bv Gov. Brown. Describe
the last session of the Legislature held
while Georgia waa a member of the
Southern Confederacy. What was the
value of Confederate money? What
was the condition of the State at the
end of the War? Tell of the arrest of
Gov. Brown and his defense before An
drew Johnson.
Answers to questions may be found
in “Georgia Land and People,” by
Mitchell, and “History of Georgia,”
by Evans.
When the Exercises Began.
J wig').
Senator Dolliver, of Iowa, can tell a
humorous story as well as Mark Twain,
and to get the real flavor of the fun in
the following one should listen to it as
it is told in his dry, inimitable way:
"Sugar was sugar when I was a hoy.
It cost from 25 cents to 30 cents a
pound at that time, and children were
not allowed to eat as much of it as they
do nowadays. It v/as a rare occasion—
sort of family event when a barrel of
it was brought home. At such times I
can well remember how the precious
cask was solemnly conveyed to the big
closet store-room under the stairway,
rolled inside and the door carefully
locked and the key turned over to the
housekeeper.
“One of the many tragedies of my
boyhood occurred one fateful day when
she accidentally forgot to lock that
door! I sneaked into the closet to help
myself to the sugar—got caught at it
—and before 1 could get my head out
of the barrel the—er—exercises be
gan.”
On3*day last Hummer a German en
tered the establishment of a photog
rapher in a Southern town, and after
several glances about the place ob
served mournfully that the photogra
pher did not seem to have the proper
ties essential to the taking of a picture
he desired.
”J should like a picture of meseif
veepiri’ peside my vife’s grafe,” he
sairl. "Maype you fix a grafe here in
de shop for me?”
“I am afraid I haven't the necessary
accessories,” said the photographer.
Then, with an attempt at facetious
ness, he suggested :
“Couldn’t we arrange to have the
portrait made at the grave itself?”
“Dot’s in Bennsylvania,” sighed the
German. “It vould be too exbenaive
to go there. Yust you fix up some kind
of a grafe here in de shop. I could
veep on dot. It’s no trouble for me to
veep anyvere.”
If you are in a small place it may be
because you won't fit in a big place.