Newspaper Page Text
NEWNAN HERALD & ADVERTISER
VOL. X L I V
NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1909
NO. 50.
DONE LAYING BY
Now Comes the Big Meeting, and
Here are Some Things You
are Certain to Need:
We have good Flour at the rigid 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 Jwear-resisters.
Ice water always on tap.
L 1 T T L E N E W L O V E .
Oh, little* new Love, come Ink** my hand,
There’s a white moon over the lea,
And 1 know a way where the roses sway
And a path where there’s none to see.
"Hut how do you know tin* way wo wo?”
Said little new Love to me.
Oh, little new Love, I’ve a Won! to say
That’s as tender as word may he,
And a tale to repeat that is old and sweet
And as true as eternity.
“But why do you tell this tale so well?”
Said little new Love to me.
Oh, little now Love, when Spring is fair
And the heart of a man beats high,
Each maid may learn in her own sweet turn
The secret of "how” and "why,”
But the dust must stay over yesterday,
To little new Love said 1.
I Theodosia Garrison.
An Editorial Tirade.
under the law, and his ringing manner
of voicing his opinions on that line, has
given encouragement to Judges, jurors
and others in all parts of the State.
It is the fact that the Governor "hit
the bull’s eye” in no uncertain manner
is what caused The Journal’s onslaught.
Those who have watched its columns
for three or four years were not sur
prised—though they smile at its antics,
7. G. Farmer & Sons Co.
I 9 Court Square :: 6 and 8 IV. Washington
Telephone 147
So use more bagging and ties,
for every little bit helps.
We have in ^tock the fol
lowing articles that we can
<£, save you money on:
One
Three cars Bagging
One car New Ties
One car Pure Wheal Shorts
car Dalton Bran -best in the worid
Georgia Rye in sacks
4
4
And a few bushels of Barley and Wheat.
Just received a shipment of Quaker Chicken
Feed and Alfacorn.
Anything in Case Goods that you buy by the
case we will sell you at wholesale cost.
See us before buying, for we can save you
money, since we carry everything in stock.
You cannot miss the place. Look for the big
store.
H. C. ARNALL MDSE. CO.
4
Atlanta Cor. Macon Telegraph.
Atlanta, Oh., Sept. 3.— The editorial
in the Atlanta Journal of this morning
entitled "The Cheap Hosannas of the
Claque,” caused a smile all oVer At
lanta, if not throughout the State.
It was so much like The Journal—so
full of its brutal methods of dealing
with matters that excite its jealousy—
that it caused only a smile. The tirade
was aimed at Gov. Brown, because,
forsooth, hundreds of people through
out the State—and other States, from
Maryland to Teaxs— had approved his
course in dealing with two recent ap
plicants for executive clemency.
Though Gov. Brown’s decision in both
cases was given with the clearness of
a judicial opinion, and though the spir
it of both was so exalted as to wring
tributes from friends and opponents
alike, The Journal tries to make it ap
pear that a comparison with some for
mer pardons has been suggested. It is
only in The Journal’s own conscious
ness that such a comparison has been
made.
The Journal applies the word ‘‘dema
gogue’’ to the Governor because he has
been complimented upon his decision.
It refers to the "little coterie of boot
lickers” who are "slopping over,” and
it uses many other high-sounding
phrases to snow its own feelings in the
matter. The Journal probably does
not know that half, or more, of the let
ters and telegrams of congratulation
that have reached the Governor’s desk
came from former supporters of Gov.
Smith and from avowed "opponents”
of Gov. Brown in the late campaign.
Probably the first telephone message
to reach him came from The Journal
office —not from the controlling spirit,
however. It was a message of con
gratulation.
The Journal makes much of the Gov
ernor’s refusal to send Mitchell, the
Thomas county man, to the State farm,
and says the Governor had no right to
send him to the prison farm.
The public here fully understands
what is the matter with The Journal.
The Journal said during the cam
paign that Mr. Brown was weak, easi
ly influenced, and that if he were
elected somebody would hold the reins.
He is demonstrating daily how little
The Journal knew of him, or rather
how willingly it would misrepresent
him to earrv its purpose, and this is
where the shoe pinches.
Instead of being weak, Gov. Brown
has proven to be a giant in strength;
instead of being dominated by “influ
ences,” he has shown that he has a
mind of his own, and that it is his own
level-headed conservatism and common
sense that is dominating affairs with
which the executive has to deal.
There are many instances daily of
the Governor’s strength of character,
and his high conception of duty, as well
as his total disregard for political
expediency. If he had been susceptible
to "influences” the appeals that were
made in the Mitchell ease would have
swept him off his feet.
They all came from his faction, and
his warm political friends made the
strongest of them. Hundreds of wo
men wrote appeals, and many appeared
in person. A weak Governor, under
the circumstances, would have caved
under this influence, and might have
signed the pardon—even adding, "This
is the happiest day,” etc.
During a hard-fought contest for
an appointment to one of the Solicitor
ships, some time ago, Gov. Brown was
beseiged on all sides by men who en
deavored to dictate what would be
“good politics.” "You can’t afford to
do so and so.” they would say. An
leading politician went to him with a
letter from another political leader,
urging the Governor to appoint a cer
tain applicant, as not to do so would
be “bad politics.” The Governor rose
from his seat and, placing his hand
upon the shoulder of the caller, said
with much emphasis: ‘‘Let me tell you
something. When it comes to straight
politics I will play with most any of
’em, but when the judiciary is involved,
I arr, going to cut politics out. If the
courts of Georgia ever become political
machines it will not be through any act
of mine.” It is this spirit that has
characterized all of Gov. Brown’s acts
in dealing with pardons, appointments
of Judges and Solicitors, and with all
matters involving the effectiveness of
the courts. His love of law and order,
his devotion to the rights of all classes
Pay Your Debts.
Elberton Star.
As the fall season approaches, and as
we have talked on many questions con
cerning the fall business, we wish to
make a few suggestions to those who
owe money—in debt to these very same
business men and merchants. Do as
the Good Book says: “Owe no man
anything but to love one another: for
he that loveth another has fulfilled the
law.’’--Romans, 13-8.
Now listen : If you have made a good
crop and Providence has smiled upon
you, pay what you owe. It is wrong to
eat meat and bread furnished by your
merchant and then not pay him. It
makes no difference if you think you
paid too much for the provisions; in
fact, you should have raised your own
meat and bread at home—but you don’t
and you therefore should pay for these
out of the first money you obtain after
selling your cotton.
The Star loves the farmers and is
willing and ready at any time to do
anything it can to advance their in
terests, but we also love and admire
the merchants of our town and commu
nity. Without them we could not exist.
In the darkest hour of our business ca
reer these merchants—Elberton mer
chants—have stayed by us. If we are
worth anything financially, they are
responsible for it.
These merchants have borrowed mon
ey from the local hanks to carry you
over the summer while you were mak
ing your crop. The local hanks bor
rowed the money from the New York
banks. To settle with the big banks,
the merchants have to settle with the
little banks, and the farmers have to
settle with the merchants in order for
them to meet their obligations.
The money system of America may
not be just, the credit system is an
abomination, hut we are responsible
for it, and therefore should meet our
obligations, whether we acted with
good business judgment or not.
The merchants are not to blame.
Neither are you individually. The con
ditions exist, and the best, we can do is
to be honest and pay up all along the
line.
All of us are friends and neighbors
many of us are related by ties of blood.
Our interests, therefore, arc mutual
and if one prospers all will feel the
benefit.
Owe no man anything, hut love one
another.
Be honest.
The Laborer Worthy of His Hire.
Codartown Standard.
It is a great mistake sometimes a
very expensive one—for a community
to expect her public servants to work
without something like adequate com
pensation, There should be enough pa
triotism among public officials to make
a willingness to serve at reasonable re
muneration, but the people should also
be patriotic enough to pay for what
they get.
Wo have especially in mind at this
time those officials who were left high
and dry when the convict lease system
was knocked out by the Georgia Leg
islature. There used to be good money
in the offices of Solicitor, Sheriff and
Clerk, but there is pretty poor picking
in them now that the revenue from the
convicts i? no longer available, They
| can now receive no compensation for
what they do in criminal cases except
as the fines are made to cover the
costs. While it would Beam that, as a
general rule, all who violate the law
should he made to pay at least as much
as it costs the county to try them, as a
matter of fact it is not always deemed
best to do so by the Judges.
Under the new law, counties that do
not work their convicts get absolutely
nothing from those who are put to
work on the roads elsewhere, and the
Solicitor, Sheriff and Clerk have to do
their work for nothing, getting fees
only when fines are paid in cash, and
even then having them cut down fre-
quotly through the tender-heartedness
of Judges.
There may have been a time when
the office of Solicitor-General was too
protfiable in Georgia in fact, it is a
very good office yet in the counties hav
ing large cities, where the criminal
business is heavy and the Judges gen
erally do not hesitate in imposing
fines; hut in the average ‘‘country
county” throughout the State the of
fice has been badly crippled in revenue.
The Sheriffs never have received
enough of the costs in proportion to the
amount and character of their work, as
far as the smaller counties are con
cerned, and that office is also hard hit.
The Clerks, of course, have civil busi
ness with which to help maintain their
ofiice, but it has suffered greatly
through the change in the law.
The truth of the matter is that in
the furore over the abolition of the
convict lease system, the matter of
compensation for these officials did not
and could not receive the proper
amount of attention, and the matter
was left for subsequent adjustment.
The Standard has long been a believ
er in the salary system for the pay
ment of public officials, and is now in
favor of it more than ever since the
former fees of these officers have beep
so greatly diminished,
Face the Sunshine.
Which way are you facing?
There are many flowers more beau
tiful than the sunflower, arid yet
there is one thing we always love
about this homely plant. It always
looks straight up into the light of the
sun. Look at it in the morning. Then
its bright yellow blossom is lifted to
ward the east, as if it were waiting
for the sunshine to warm it and open
its petals a bit wider than they ever
have been opened before. As the sun
slowly wheels up towards the noonday,
and then on down into the western sky,
the sunflower keeps on turning, turn
ing, till at last the hills shut out the
light of day, and then it goes to sleep.
Life, beauty, glory, are in the light of
the sun.
Is there not something beautiful in
the way the sunflower keeps its face
always up into the sun? Why is it that
frowns come into your face and mine
sometimes? You know that it is so.
How apt we are to get out of patience
and hastily say things we ought not.
and for which we are sorry afterwards !
Ah, you know why it is. We have
fogotten to look up where our sunlight
is, and where there ought to be glory
of beauty and the shine of love, only
the shadow falls.
But you and I want the sunshine in
our faces and in our lives. Every day
we feel that longing. We are not quite
happy unless we feel that those we
meat see in us something to lose.
There is just one way we may be sure
the heaven-light is in our hearts, and
that is by looking up to Him.
Small Kenneth was celebrating the
anniversary of his birth. ‘‘How old
are you?” asked a neighbor.
“I'm four,” replied Kenneth, ‘‘and
I’m glad of it. I was getting awfully
tired of being three all the time.”
One day when his sister Eloise, aged
five, told him a certain man who lived
near them was dead, he said: "What
is it to be dead?”
After a few minutes’ hesitation she
said: “To be dead, well—that’s when
you are all in.”
Big Concern Starts Soon.
Atlanta Georgian.
By the latter part of next October
the great cement plant of the Piedmont
Portland Cement and Lime Co., at Da-
vitte, Polk county, Ga., will be in full
operation, turning out its daily quota
of 550 barrels of high-grade Portland
cement and 300 barrels of lime.
A quarter of a million dollars has al
ready been invested in this plant and
property, $05,000 in the most approved
type of cement working machinery
having been installed within the last
six months. Capitalized at $41)0,000,
with every dollar’s worth of stock sub
scribed and some of the best men in the
South behind it, located in a region
pronounced by experts to be second to
none on earth in the quality of raw
material, the big Atlanta company is
expected speedily to assume a com
manding position among the cement
factors of the Southern StateH.
At a recent meeting held in the At
lanta offices of the company, in the
Austell building, .1. C. Bass, of Car
rollton, was elected president, while
the hoard of directors elected at the
same meeting is composed of men well-
known in Atlanta and throughout the
State for sterling business qualifica
tions arid successful careers in the
world of finance and commerce.
The revised directorate of the compa
ny is now as follows:
J. C. Bass, Carrollton: C. W. Wood,
Carrollton; D. F. New, Carrollton; E.
I,. Connell, Temple; Walter Sims, Bir
mingham; W. G. T.vus, Milner; E. S.
McDowell, Griffin; A. A. Barge, New-
nan; E. L. McGee, Rome; E. C. Les
ter, (secretary), Atlanta; M. C. Mor
ris, Atlanta; W. E. Jenkins, Atlanta;
D. A. Thompson, Covington; A. A.
Camp. Winder; H. J. Copeland, Mc
Donough.
Every Woman Will Be Interested.
If vou have pains in the back, Urina
ry, Bladder or Kidney trouble, and
want a certain, pleasant herb cure for
woman’s ills, try Mother Cray’s Aus-
tralian-Leaf. It is a safe and never-
failing regulator. At druggists or by
mail 50c. Sample package FREE. Ad
dress. The Mother Gray Co., LeRoy,
N. Y.
The Manacles on Jefferson Davis.
Mobile, Ain., Sept. 2.—The Rev. .1.
W, Kaye, an Episcopal minister of
North Broad street, Philadelphia, who
guarded Jefferson Davis in Fortress
Monroe after the fall of the Confedera
cy, and was present when manacles
were placed on him, gives an aocount
of the affair said to have never been
made public before, Mr, Kayo is on
his way home from the Pacific coast.
"1 never would speak of my connec
tion with tills matter.” said Mr. Kaye,
"except that 1 want to keep history
straight and to exonerate Gen. Miles
from the charge that the Southern peo
ple have made against him, that he
was to blame for tiie indignity that was
heaped upon the lea’der of the Confed
eracy.
"Gen. Miles had no more to do with
the putting of irons on Jefferson Davis
than 1 had, and I was nothing hut a
lieutenant. Charles A. Dana, who was
Assistant decretory of War under Stan
ton, came to Fortress Monroe and ex
amined the prison and the way in
which Mr. Davis was kept, and on his
return to Washington Gen. Miles re
ceived orders to put irons on the distin
guished prisoner, and there was noth
ing else for him to do hut to obey or
ders.”
Mr. Kaye gave a graphic description
of the manacling of the great chief
tain. ”! had charge of the detail that
went to Mr. Davis’ cell to put the irons
on him,” continued Mr. Kaye. “Mr.
Davis knew that not a man in the par
ty was acting from his own wishes,
but nevertheless he resisted strongly
and cried out that he would rather die
than submit.
"Mr. Davis was thrown on his back
on the cot in his coll and the black
smith welded the iron on his hands and
on his ankles, and not until this was
done did the prisoner break down. He
threw himself on his bed and cried like
a baby and begged for a gun to shoot
himself, and there was not a single sol
dier in the detail hut that felt lie would
give his own life to shield this man
from the ordeal through which he was
passing.
‘‘The irons were kept on Mr. Davis
only a few days,” said Mr. Kaye, "and
after that he was allowed many privi
leges. He wiih allowed to receive
gifts, and it was then not many days
before his wife was allowed to see hirn.
We all knew Unit it was a mistake to
put irons on Mr. Davis, hut there was
nothing cIhc to do hut to obey orders
from the Department.”
America Leads the World,
It has been proven that a map |n the
United States has a working power
twice ns great as the German or
Frenchman, three times that of the
Austrian, and five limes that of the
Italian. America ranks first place to
day among the manufacturing nations
of the world and produces moro than
the combined output ot her greatest
competitors. A few years ago this coun
try ranked fourth in t.he list, hut to-day
she grows twelve million dollars rich
er with every setting sun.
8 “To-day,” says an English newspa
per, ‘‘many a foreigner sits down to
his breakfast made of cereal manufac
tured in Niagara Falls; a beefsteak
from Omaha; a slice of bacon from the
Mohawk Valley; and his bread from
wheat ground in Minneapolis. On his
way to his office he can ride in a car
made in New York, propelled by ma
chinery made in Schenectady, over a
railroad constructed by American en
gineers and largely of American mate
rials. On reaching his office he sits
in a chair made in Chicago; before a
roll-top desk made in Buffalo; his let
ters are written on a typewriter made
in Syracuse; he signs them with a
New York fountain pen and dries them
with sheets of blotting paper from
New England ; the letters are put away
in files made in Grand Rapids. Look
ing over his evening paper he reads of
the placing in American shipyards of
orders for American battleships for
European and Asiatic nations.”
Money, no doubt, is a power, but a
power of well defined limits. It will
purchase plenty, hut not peace. It
will furnish your table with luxuries,
hut not with an appetite to enjoy them.
It will surround your sick bed with
physicians, hut not restore your sickly
frame. It will encompass you with a
cloud of flatteries, hut never procure
you one true friend. It bribes for you
into silence the tongues of accusing
men, but not accusing conscience. It
will pay some debts, but not the lar
gest one—your debt to the law of God.
It will relieve many fears, but not
those of guilt—the terrors that crown
the brow of death. He stands as grim
and terrible by the dying bed of wealth
as by the pallet of the poorest beggar,
whom pitiless riches has thrust from
her door.
Gladness is appreciated: only
those who know wnat aadnoas is.
by
Esau sold his birthright for a meso
of pottage. Boys are cheaper; they
take a cigarette.