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fieiald and fldcertiter. 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