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NEWN'AN, FRIDAY, SEP
DREAMING.
If I could but command my dreams
Each aultry summer day
When down my cheek* the te;.id streams
And little stream lets stray,
i would cut out all work awhile
And calm myself for rest.
While from my dreams I chose the style
Which suited me the beat.
I’d dream that on an iceberg I
Was from the world apart.
With twenty-one drink-mixers nigh.
Each gifted in his art-
While seven slaves waved over me
Fans like o'er Pharaoh swayed.
With all things else that I could nee
Deliciously trapped.
Capt. (five's o ime interesting
details of shooting a deserter, and the
preparations to take Chepultepec on
arrival of Lhe beige train: "Notwith
standing the extreme activity of the
American army," he says in his diary,
‘and the enervating influence of a
semi-tropical climate, the health of the
men remain exceptionally good. While
our supplies have not always been
abundant, they are suflicient when sup
plemented by what we can procure
from the natives. It has been strictly
against the orders of the commander
in-chief to forage on the natives with
out paying for such things as are pro
cured. In the main the men are dis
posed to obey this order, but now and
then some reckless fellow is caught
red-handed, and as a matter of course
is put through a course of military cor
rection that will remind hirn that he
must remember both the military and
divine command: ‘Thou shalt not
steal.’ It’s a pity that the glory of
our arms are occasionally clouded by
the rigid and murderous enforcement
of the rules of war. Yesterday a Pole
hy name of Poniatowski, belonging to
an Ohio regiment, was shot by order of
a drum-head court martial. It appears
that he was c«ught making his way to
j\ie enemy, and charges of desertion
wops preferred, on which he was tried
and found guilty. Generul orders were
read to oaeh regiment that they must
witness the execution, which it was
supposed would serve as an object les
son to the balance of us. At sunrise
we were all assembled on a plain fac
ing some precipitous cliffs. The cul-
i»iit. seated on his coflin, was borne
along before the men in a transport
wagon to the cliffs, a lew hundred feet
in front of us. The tiring squad fol
lowed, and a detachment from our
v.owij’fwiy was sent forward with the
condemned man as a kind of escort.
The team was halted and the culprit
alighted. He seemed quite self-pos
sessed, and showed no signs of nervous
ness or trepidation. A Catholic priest
attended him and administered the su
preme unction. When the religious
service ended a sergeant hound a black
handkercief over the eyes of the con
demned man and stood him with his
back to the towering clilfs. The firing
squad of twelve men were ranged in
front of him at a distance of twelve
paces. In a clear and distinct voice the
poor devil said, placing his hand over
his heart: ‘Fire here!’ A moment of
awful suspense followed, and the lieu
tenant, commanding the squad, gave
the order: ‘Ready, aim, fire!’ The
leaden missiles had done their deadly
work, and Poniatowski sank to the
earth dead. He was laid in the crude
wooden box which served tor his coflin,
and it was placed in the open grave
which had been previously dug. It was
a sad. gruesome sight, but every sol
dier svas impressed that he had only
paid the penalty as a deserter. Such
is the discipline of war. The sight
haunted me for weeks, and I trust 1
may never see another American sol
dier condemned and shot to death. The
army is assembling about Chepultepec,
and it is the purpose of ‘Old buss and
Feathers' (Gen. Scott) to carry the
walls by storm. We are waiting for
our seige guns from Cherubusco, with
which*Capt. Lee will batter them to a
breach, the doing of which will conster
nate the enemy sufficiently to make
him less active }\hen the final word is
given to storrMosfc-' works. Although
we have driy Frida. Mexicans from ev
ery position),Drewrjidt been done with
out the cost V, »iny valuable lives.
We know thatcfiit re are hot times ahead
of us, hut there is nothing for us to
do but back/our ears and go at it. 1
frequently think of the quietude of
home, and why I should seek the ‘bub
ble reputation,’ even in the cannon’s
mouth. ”
-Dr. Henry Robinson is a very proud
man. In the first place, he’s proud that
he helped to lick his yankee friends
some forty years ago; he’s proud of
his Apollo-like personal appearance:
he’s proud that ids church has a corner
on democracy; he’s proud he lives in
the best town in Georgia ; he’s proud
of the Fourth District A. & M. School;
but all this aggregated pride paled into
insignificance when his wife returned
from a three-weeks’ visit, bringing
vith her her 200-lb. baby, Howard,
flic likeliest lad you’ve seen since
Buck was a yearling.
—For some years Col. Sam J. Boy
kin has practically abandoned law fori
other fields of endeavor, in which he
has met with abundant success; hut,
like the good old veteran he is, he has
now returned to his first love, the law.
He is one of the best in Georgia.
— Mr. J. C. Webb, of Piedmont, Ala.,
is visiting in the city this week.
— Our excellent ex - postmistress,
Mrs. Jennie B. Smith, and her daugh
ter, Mrs. Mattie Cobb, visited friends
at Tyus Sunday.
— Miss Pearl Zachry has as her guest
this week Miss Cora Stephens, of New-
nan.
-Miss Virgie Young entertained
quite a number of friends Monday
evening.
— Mrs. Jas. J. Cruse, of Newnan, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. W. A. Thorn
ton.
— Mr. and Mrs. J T. Coleman had
as their guest Monday Mrs. Emmett
Beall, of Bremen.
—Miss Elia Smith, of Jonesboro, is
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Smith.
—After spending a week with her
sister, Mrs. W A. Thornton, Mrs. J. H.
Chandler returned to Newnan Wednes
day.
—Miss Mollie Bullard was the guest
of her p irents, Mr and Mrs. I. W.
Beck, this week.
— Miss Bessie Bledsoe is visiting rel-
ativesjn Cullman, Ala.
—Mrs. Selina Bartlett is visiting
friends and relatives in Newnan.
—Mr. Grady Cole has made a busi
ness engagement with that enterpris
ing firm, Merrell Bros.
—Judge and Mrs. Jas. Beall, accom
panied hy Miss Mary Lou Bledsoe and
their children, are visiting Tybee this
week.
-Mr. and Mrs. Benj. Hogan have
returned to Hogansville, after a pleas
ant visit to the family of Mr. and Mrs.
L. M. Turner.
—Mr. and Mrs. W. L. McClure are
visiting in LaFayette, Ala.
— Harry Bledsoe is attending a busi-
nes college in Atlanta.
—Miss Senie King and cousin, Miss
Ame-lia Power, are visiting in Bowdon
this week.
Mrs. A. K. Snead and children re
turned from Blue Ridge Monday.
—A lot of big wigs from over the
State are slated for speeches at the A.
& M. Fair among others, Mr. It. F.
Duckworth, of the Farmers’ Union
News, and Prof. DeLoach, of the
State Agricultural College.
Misses Mayme and Lona Hayden,
of Atlanta, were the guests of Miss
- earl Zachry Monday and Tuesday.
— Miss Belle Hitchcock, of Atlanta,
is the guest of Miss Ruby McKown.
—Mr. W. G. Griffin, of the enterpris
ing firm of Jackson & Griffin, is visit
ing Eastern markets in the interest of
their business.
—Mrs. L. J. Brock is sojourning at
Borden Springs.
-We are pleased to note that Col. L.
M. Farmer, of Newnan, made a splen
did donation to the A. & M. School last
week. He gave the sum of $500, which
will be expended in equipping the me
chanical shop of that institution.
— It is not common with Judge W. F.
Brown to pul on airs, but he pleads
guilty to being some “bigity" since he
took a two-weeks’ bath in the surf at
Wrightsville Beach. We are pleased to
note that the Judge’s physical condi
tion is much improved in consequence.
Miss Davie Underwood, of Ogle
thorpe county, is the guest of Miss Al-
lie Beall.
--Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lyle are visit
ing relatives at Ensley, Ala.
—That good, easy old coca-cola boss.
Col. Asa Candler, will be here at the
fair, and tell us what he knows about
making two dollars sprout where none
were planted before his patents got
their hooks into the public's giils.
—It’s scandalous! They are all buy
ing atomobiles. The horse, the mule
and the goat ain’t in it any more as
speed hikers. The latest thing that
shimmers newly along our highways is
that comet-annoyer, the machine of
Mr. C. B. Simonton. It only cost him a
couple of thousand, but she burns the
wind as well as gasoline.
—Peonage is not so bad after all.
Col. Jim Smith only wants his niggers
to stay at home and attend to business,
and not he gadding about over the
neighborhood. If it takes flogging to
do this, then let him administer the
bastinado, for everyone knows a nigger
who gets a licking every time he needs
it will do four times the amount of
work the unflogged nigger does. I
think Uncle Sam is meddling where he
has no business when he fools with Col.
Jim Smith.
—Mrs. Chas. K. Henderson, of New
nan, visited her parents, Hon. and Mrs.
L. C. Mar.deville, Friday and Saturday.
— Miss Lucile Arnold, of Grantville,
is the guest of Miss Marie Bradley at
her elegant home on South Rome street.
— Mrs. B. F. Boykin is spending the
week at Ridley.
not to be wondered at, since these gen
tlemen usually make lesser legal lights
of these diggins "stand from under.”
— Mr. P. W. Reese, of this city, but
latterly of Panama, has flung up his
job of 3150 per, and Tuesday sailed for
the good old U. S. A. We are looking
for him on every train. Welcome
again, lad, to the land our daddies
took from the injuns.
Miss Marie Bradley left Thursday
for Cartersville, where she will spend
the ensuing week as guest at a heuse
party.
—Mias Ruth Whatley, of Newnan,
after a pleasant visit to Mrs. J. F.
Creel, returned home Monday.
—Mrs. L. H. Willis, of Chicesha,
Okla., is visiting Mrs. G. A. Hogan.
—Mesdames C. E. Roop and E. M.
Bass are visiting Piedmont Springs.
Only Twenty Studeba*
ker Wagons Left.
What it Costs to Be a “Good Fellow.
x.) Mil
—The Governor of Oklahoma, who has
floundered into the meshes of the law,
has (so the report goes) employed both
Sid Holderness and John Newell as
counsel. They are now in Oklahoma
for that or some other purpose. Jt is
In the street vernacular of the day
one hears it -aid, "He’s all right; he’s
a good fellow!"
To be a really "good fellow" in its
broadest sense is one of the most ex
pensive positions one can occupy in the
social world to which a "good fellow"
must belong. Had you ever fiagured it
out, brother?
Well, suppose you do a little think
ing, and thus compute the cost.
To be a "good fellow" you must be
at least loose in your morals just ap
ply the air semi-occasionally. You
must enjoy stories not intended for
parlor purposes; you must "chip in"
when the "gang" says “dig up;” you
must never be caught in the realm of
ultra morality or higher intelligence,
for if you are, you will be accused of
"shaking the boys.” In other words
you must "go the gaits” all the time,
every day. upon all occasions, in order
to be a "good fellow.”
And now as to the cost. You will
find it takes more money than you can af
ford ; the habits of a "good fellow" lead
him away from the better influences
of society ; he prefers a questionable
story from a vile tongue to the uplift
ing impulses imparted by a good book ;
he finally prefers the tastes and habits
of the vulgar to the paths known only
to virtue; he questions the motives of
those who are really worth while, and
scoffs at those who refuse to be led
into the ways of the unrighteous. In
deed, the cost of being a "good fellow”
can scarcely be computed, but many a
man has at the last concluded that the
job is a hard one and the reward hut
“tinkling cymbals and sounding brass.”
Many a physical and commercial
wreck is strewn along life’s boneyard
above which is written—"He was a
good fellow, but a blamed fool."
Clerks have been discharged, bankers
have suicided, officers of the law have
been removed from power—all because
of being a "good fellow.”
It is a good thing to avoid the "up
keep” of such a reputation.
Medical science is now nearly unani
mous in its belief that colds are ac
quired by infection, just like measles
or scarlet fever. They run through
schools and factories and families.
People who lead outdoor lives and dwell
in well ventilated houses are least sus
ceptible to them if they do not under
feed or over-indulge in alcohol, and if
they do not pile on so much clothing
that the splendid armor of the human
skin is pampered and weakened. Plen
ty of cold bathing and exercise, light
underwear, free use of water inside
and outside of the body and sleeping
with wide open windows will help to
resist the infection. From the filthy
street car, underheated and unventila
ted, there is no escape for most people
in cities, nor is it possible to avoid fre
quent exposure to the flying germ. But
it is in everybody’s power to furnish
himself protection against the ravages
of aerial disease-breeders by putting his
system into condition to repel the at
tack.
Some weeks ago the wife of Judge
Blank of San Francisco lost her cook,
and since she had no other resource,
she rolled up her sleeves and for a
week provided such meals as the Judge
had not enjoyed since those days when
the Blanks did not keep a cook. The
Judge’s delight was so great that, by
way of appreciative acknowledgement,
he presented Mrs. Blank with a beau
tiful ermine cloak.
Quite naturally the incident was a
good deal noised about among the so
cial acquaintances of the Blanks, and a
spirit of envious emulation was devel
oped in certain quarters. It was in this
mood that Mrs. Danver recited the sto
ry to her husand.
"What do I get, Harry,” she asked,
“if I will do the cooking for a week?”
"Well," said Mr. Danvers, "at the
end of a week, my dear. I’m afraid
you’ll get one of those long crepe
veils."
Excursion Fares via Central of Georgia
Railway Company.
To Valdosta, Ga., and return—Account
Grand Lodge Supreme Circle of
Benevolence of United States, to
be held Sept. 2S-Oct. 4, 1909.
To Los Angeles, Calif., Portland, Ore.,
Seattle, Wash., San Francisco,
Calif.. San Diego, Calif.—Account
Alaska - Yukon - Pacific Exposition
and various other special occasions.
For full information in regard to
rates, dates of sale, limits, schedules,
etc., apply to nearest ticket agent.
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.
Jack; Powell.
J. HJVIcKOY.
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.
8- room house, large lot, Greenville
street. Price $4,500.
6-room house, Second avenue.
75 acres, 3 miles of Newnan, with
two dwellings. Price $2,000.
100 acres, near Welcome; rents for
six bales cotton; good improvements.
Price $2,700.
150 acres, near Welcome; rents for
eight bales cotton. Price $3,300.
33 acres, near Newnan. Price $1,650.
FOR RENT.
8- room house, large lot, Greenville
street; $15.
9- room house, LaGrangc street; $20.
See me if you want to buy a house
and lot or farm, or rent a house.
J. H. McKOY
’ Phone 260.
H. P. Woodroof,
President.
. P. Woodroof,
r ice-President.
P. L. Woodroof,
Sec’y and Treas.
Professional Cards.
T. E. SHEFFIELD, M. D.,
Raymond, Ga.
General practitioner. Calls attended promptly
day or night.
THOS. G. FARMER. JR.,
Attorney-at-Lavv.
Will give careful and prompt attention to all
legal business entrusted to me. Collections a
specialty.
Office over H. C. A mail Mdse. Co.’s.
DR. M. S. ARCHER,
Luthersville, Ga.
All calls promptly tilled, 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.
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 us a chance. CA fresh supply of Orange and Amber Sorg
hum Seed just received.
WOODROOF SUPPLY CO.
AT THE OLD BRADLEY-BANKS COMPANY CORNER.
PRICE
$15.00
# WLS
PRICE
$15.00
SANITARY felt
MATTRESS
Office No. 9 Temple avenue, opposite public \
3chool building:. ’Phone 234.
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 19V*.> Spring street. 'Phone 230
K. W. STARR,
Dentist.
All kinds of dental work. Patronage of the pub
lic solicited. Office over Newnan Banking Co.
Residence 'phone 142.
The Gholstin Sanitary Felt Mattress
is Made Under $100 Forfeit.
If you owe for this paper settle up.
We agree to forfeit S100 to any purchaser who finds
other than staple cotton in the Gholstin Sanitary Felt
Mattress. For sale only by
Scroggin Furniture Company