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NEW NAN, FRIDAY, SEP. 17.
S E P T E M B E It.
Thr golden-rod iH yellow,
A ml the corn iH turning brown;
The treee in apple orchards
With fruit are hanging down.
The gontian’fl blue»t fringes
Are curling in the huh;
In dusty penis the milkweed
It« hidden silk has spun.
The sod go a flaunt their harvest
In every meadow nook;
And asters hy the brookHide
Make asters in the brook.
From dewy lanes at morning
The grapes' sweet odors rise;
At noon the roads all flutter
With yellow butterflies.
Our Carrollton Correspondent
C. M. S.
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"Believe me, I speak as my understanding in-
struets me, and as mine honesty puts it to utter
ance.’’- I Shakespeare.
Capt. Loiik concludes his diary :
"Oct. 10, 1847. It was a grand event
when wo made our triumphal entry into
the capital of the Montezumas the
^rand old City of Mexico. Though we
have strict orders not to molest the
natives, cither in person or property,
it would amuse you to see the swagger
ing deportment of the American soldier
ns he parades the streets of the Mexi
can capital. One would think, to ob
serve his antics, that he is the all-con
quering Caesar himself. It is generally
known that an American soldier has a
fine opinion of himself; but since we
put Santa Anna out of business he
thinks (judging from his actions) that
he owns Mexico, Central and South
America. We now have but little to
do. There are continual rumors of
peace. From indications here I can
see no use of prolonging the struggle.
There is no organized resistance to our
arms, though the guerillas are quite
active. They are regarded now as a
kind of banditti, who, when caught,
are shot without the form of trial. Our
command lias been chasing these pred
atory scoundrels over hill and dale for
the past month, but, like the red fox,
they are long-winded and not easily
caught. The city just now is quite
gay. The young epauletted officers —
and older ones too, for that matter-
are strutting about the city in new
regimentals. The grand dames of the
4>W Mexican regime are giving quite a
number of fetes and balls, and there
being no greasers here, they must per
force invite American officers. The
native women of the capital are tho
prettiest 1 have seen since my advent
into Mexico, and 1 have seen many good
lookers in different parts of the re
public. It appears that the women arc
beginning to make a virtue of neces
sity that is, they recognize that their
armies have been beaten at every
point—and they, by blandishments and
cajolery, are making the American of
ficers think they are becoming recon
ciled to our presence. That is good
tactics as well as common sense. It
is no infrequent thing to see gaily
dressed ollicers and native ladies gal
loping hither and thither about the city
a spectacle that would make Ameri
can wives and Mexican husbands and
fathers a little sore could they witness
it. it is well, since our gallant officers
have led such a strenuous life, to let
them have I he pleasure of ladies’ soci
ety. We of the rank and file have many
little tete-a-tetes with the bourgeois
element of the fair sex. it almost
makes one reconciled to being at war
in a strange land. it. will soon end with
us. One can’t eat his pic and have pie.
We hear that peace has been declared.
Then we must bid adieu to the sylph
like forms, dark eyes and raven tresses
of the sweet Mexican senorita.
"May 1, ISIS. After a six-months’
rceupancy we set sail to-day for New
Orleans or Mobile. The boys are just
howling with joy at the idea of return
ing home. We are now at Vera Cruz,
the best port on the Mexican coast—
one that does three-fourths of the ship
ping for the republic.
"May 2. We weighed anchor this
morning, and now our transport, the
‘Dolphin,’ is a dozen or more miles
from the Mexican shore. Adieu to the
land of the Montezumas and the sweet
Mexican beauties. May it soon become
rehabilitated, and her beauties renew
fond vows with absent husbands and
lovers. May the indulgent gods grant
us propitious winds to waft us to home
and loved ones.’’
If there is one country newspaper
above another that challenges my ad
miration for its tout ensemble it’s the
Griffin News and Sun. Its editor, Col.
Douglas (Ressner, is on the qui vive for
all manner of news—such "hot stuff”
as causes the public to rise and take
niontal observations. His animadver
sions on the political situation are con-
jeded by all who enjov Haying a polit
ical adversary as the quintessence of
euuhemised invective. His patron saint,
Junius, would be awful proud of his
disciple could he but read some of the
cal lid th ; ngs said by this manipulator
of latter-day English — this editorial
sleuth who camps on the trail of "the
Divinely Called One,” and other heroes
of the Macon platform. Though a bach
elor, inured to the hardships of a bed
for one, he is a gushing admirer of sin
gle and disunited femininity, as may
be seen by many odes and sonnets
"written to his mistress’ eyebrows”
which appear in his excellent sheet.
Tiiis is wise and well, provided he car
ries them to a logical conclusion. The
Colonel believes in the eternal, gram
matical, rhetorical and linguistic fit
ness of things. This brings us to the
milk in the monkey’s face. In the last
issue of his weekly edition this remark
able malformation of a French sen
tence appeared: "Epenge pour la
bain.” Knowing the Colonel to be au
iait on his Gallic, I’m sure the compos
itor marred the word "eponge” and
made it “epenge,” which word can’t
f»e found in anybody’s dictionary.
—Private interests usually suffer
vhen corporate demands are made upon
the individual. This was clearly shewn
when Hon. L. C. Mandeville was on
the eve of building a $40,000 hotel on
the vacant lot formerly occupied by the
old Southland Hotel. Mr. Mandeville—
good, easy man that he is—allowed a
bunch of capitalists to dissuade him
from his laudable purpose of building a
hotel. Bernard Bass has taken advan
tage of this delay in building a hotel
and hM put up a first-class hosteiry on
Newnan street, where he feeds the
hungry hundreds. His cuisine is pre
sided over by an educated Hottentot
who beats the Jews on fixing good eats
and drinks. His Mocha-Java blend cof
fee is the finest north of New Orleans,
and his porter-house steaks dissolve
into a loblolly in the feeder’s mouth.
—After spending a couple of weeks
among his Coweta friends and rela
tives, Capt. Jim Martin has retuned to
his former haunts of peace and pleas-
I ure. He says since his return he feels
| as did the parrot that belonged to a
I circus and was sold to a private family.
The bird became moody and sullen, and
would not talk. Christmas came, and
with it the holiday festivities, and
among others a big gang of fantastic
riders. On seeing these the bird began
to laugh. And when they cavorted
over the premises, running their horses
hither and yan, Polly shouted, “By
jing, home again!” Capt. Martin is
home again to his friends!
—Messrs. Joe Ramey, Morris Spon-
cler, El Carpenter and Jim Brewster
were in this metropolis Sunday on an
auto jaunt. The lads happened to the
ill luck of having a tire to retire from
active service. Failing to get it repair
ed, they returned to Newnan on the
evening train and came back Monday,
(Hubor Day,) and after laboring with
the machine some three or four hours,
got her in walking order. They pulled
for home in the afternoon. The auto’s
a fust skeeter, but she ain’t as safe as
a yoke of oxen.
-Mr. A. P McKown, of Douglas,
spent the early part of the week with
his daughter, Mrs. Allen Beddinglield.
- Miss Vannie Phillips has returned
from a month’s visit to Jetferson, Ga.
—After spending the summer with
their grandmother, Mrs. Jennie B.
Smith, Miss Adolph Covington and
Master Clay Covington returned to At
lanta Tuesday.
- Mrs. W. A. Thornton has returned
home, after a week's visit to Newnan.
Mr. M. M. Bradley has returned
from the East, where he purchased a
super!) stock of dry goods lor his house.
— At Le Petit Trianon, her beautiful
home on Rue Dixie, Madame Holder-
ness, consort of Hon. Sidney llolder-
ness, entertained most pleasantly the
Matrons’ Domino Club Friday morning.
The better to enjoy the balmy Septem
ber breezes the guests were received
and entertained on the elegantly col-
onaded portico. When the games were
over a delightful salad course was
served.
—The following delegates will repre
sent McDaniel-Curtis Camp, U. C. V.,
at the Confederate reunion in Athens
on Sept. 28-29: S. W. Harris, G. W.
Muse, .1. C. Russell, C. W. Worley and
W. L. Craven.
For tlie benefit of entomologists 1
will give a story told me by Mose Kiser
of a cross between the chinch and spi
der. Mose is a saw-mill man, and, like
most of his calling, has “roughed it”
in tlie piney woods. “My saw-mill,”
said Mose, “was cutting lumber in
Flint Corner of Carroll county. It was
14 miles from anywhere or anybody. It
was what you might call a godlonesome
camp. The force consisted of myself,
Buck Dyer, the sawyer, Jitn Dolan, en
gineer, and a dozen nigger loggers and
otfbearers. A couple of rude shacks
alforded shelter for us—one for the
‘coons’ and the other for white men. As
we had a good deal of timber, and
were likely to be there for the winter,
we nailed tine shack up so it would turn
the wind and rain. There’s where our
trouble began. Any fellow can tell you
chinches do well in a logging camp
where weatherboarding and the like is
used. It ain’t no use describing to a
suffering martyr how a chinch can use
his ripsaw; but you fellows who know
nothing of their keen bills and diabolic
ways will have something to anchor be
hind your eyebrows when you know the
joys that come to a well-bitten tenant
of a logging shack. Nobody can tell
you how these musk bugs find their
way into the woods, but they get there
all the same. We soon had a fine
chance of them sticking around in the
chinks, and it didn’t take an expert
bug-driver to see that they were get
ting all the good chewing that was
coming to them. They were real fat
and sporty, and when you’d fondle
them they’d fling oil a perfume that
was a cross between a billy goat and
a polecat. Our bedding seemed to be
headquarters for most of them. We
took a day off and slaughtered every
innocent infesting the bedding. Then
the question came up as to how we’d
keep them off the beds. We fell upon
the project of putting a ring of syrup
around the beds. For soma time this
put the bugs on short rations. They
got busy. It wasn’t long before the
beds and clothing were chock full of
them. We caught some of the latest
arrivals and examined their feet, but
there were no syrup stains on them ; so
it was clear to our minds that they did
not cross Molasses Creek, (as the boys
called the cordons.) We noticed that
the chinches w'ere a little larger and a
bit more potbellied, like a spider;
their boring machine was larger, and
their bite more painful. We tumbled.
The chinches had crossed with the spi
ders, which put a rope factory behind
their mongrel legs. This new bug
climbed upon the ceiling and, fastening
his cob to it, let himself down on his
rope ladder to our bed3. It was like
Jacob’s ladder;—the chinches and half-
chinches glided up and down it all
night. When we made the discovery
we gave it up. Although it was mid
night, we burnt the shacks and took to
the woods. No human flesh could
stand the combination drill of a spider
and a chinch, so we burnt them out of
house and home.” This story has the
earmarks of truthfulness, and we re
gret Mose did not save a sample of his
new-fangled bug for inspection.
—Genial Jack Travis, our popular
County School Commissioner, accompa
nied by Mrs. Travis, were the guests
of Newnan friends Tuesday.
—Miss Christine Fitts has returned to
Bessie Tift College to attend the fall
session.
—Miss Minnie Lou Culpepper, of
Ensley, Ala., was the guest of Miss Ev
elyn Brown last week.
—Rev. W. E. Dozier is visiting his
aged mother in South Carolina, who is
reported seriously ill. On account of
his absence there was no preaching at
the Presbyterian church last Sabbath.
—The City Court has been in session
the past week. Quite a number of
criminal cases were tried and a large
number of convictions resulted.
—The disciples of Esculapius are be
coming thicker in Carrollton than bear
tracks about the north pole. The latest
arrival, who comes to take a slice of
the professional pie, is Dr. B. H.
Brock. Welcome, Doc! Stick your
scalpel in'your boot-leg, a bunch of pills
in your pocket, grab your aramenta-
rium, and give the ailing ones what
they need.
—The Heart and Dice Club were de
lightfully entertained Friday afternoon
by little Miss Lillie Hale.
—The sa-fa-la-do-ra-me devotees had
the time of their lives at Whitesburg
Sunday. The warblers gathered from
far and near, and the dulcet reverbera
tions made the crossties wiggle and the
rails quiver. Let the same good old
song echo down the aisles of Time:
"It’s the old ship of Zion, hallelujah!
hallelujah !”
—Mrs. Robt. Jackson and Mrs. D. F.
New were the guests Tuesday of Mrs.
Eph Powell, at Turin.
--Mias Mvrtice Camp, who has been
the summer guest of her aunt, Mrs. J.
Y. Blalock, has returned to her home in
Houston, Tex. She will spend a week
in Newnan en passant.
—Those charming young Washing
tonians, Madanioiselles Cleo and Kath
leen Almon, who conduced so great
ly to the social gaiety of Carroll
ton while spending the summer with
their aunt, Mrs. H. R. Robinson, and
other relatives, departed Monday for
home.
—Miss Claire Holmes, of Newnan, is
the guest of her cousin, Mrs. Glenn
Holmes.
—The horse-swapping brigade were
in town Tuesday a thousand strong.
Some fine equine ruins were the sub
ject of many dickerings. Ye who have
not seen a Carrollton first Tuesday’s
horse-swapping demonstration should
take a day off and see the sights.
—Mr. Geo. H. West visited Atlanta
Sunday, where he spent the day in at
tendance on Mrs. West, who is a pa
tient at St. Joseph’s Infirmary.
—The A. & M. School had a splendid
opening Tuesday. Quite a number of
celebrities in the educational line were
present. A couple of gold cash prizes
were offered to students by Hon. L. C.
Mandeville for the best student’s re
cord the eusuing scholastic year.
- The city public scools opened Mon
day with an unprecedentedly large at
tendance. Addresses were made by
preachers, pedagogues and other pro
fessional men. The prospects of the
schools were never brighter. Teach
ers were on hand with sleeves rolled
up for business. The “licking boss”
likewise was in evidence with his suave
smile, which, on occasion, means a hot
time for the unreinforced bosom of the
youthful recalcitrant’s pantaloons. Mr.
L. C. Mandeville, philanthropist, al
truist and patron of all good works,
will give prizes to students who make
the best school record the ensuing
school term. First prize, $10 in gold;
second prize, $5 in gold.
—The Jews have opened an excellent
clothing store near the postoflice. Let
the gentle Gentile now give good mon
ey to the Lord's anointed for raiment
wherewith to bedeck himself.
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Public Sale of Valuable Campbell
County Lands.
GEORGIA—Carroll County :
By virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary
of Carroll county. Ga.. granted at the November
term, 1908, of said Court, will be sold before the
court-house door at Fairburn, Ga.. during the le
gal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in Novem
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lowing real estate, to-wit:
A certain plantation in the Eighth district of t
Campbell county, Ga.. known as the Music place, i
consisting of S25 acres, more or less. Each lot 1
and fractional part of lot will be sold separately. ;
Sold as the property of Jethro Jones, late of j
Carroll county. Ga., deceased. This Sept. 10,1909.
W. T. JONES, Administrator.
To the Debtors and Creditors of E.
Dominick & Co,, of Turin, Ga,
m You are hereby notified that I have purchased
the interest of Henry Dominick, deceased, in all
the assets of the firm. All persons holding claims
against the firm will present them to me for pay
ment. and all persons owing the firm will call and
settle with me. This Sept. 1, 1909.
E. DOMINICK.
TO THE CITIZENS
OF NEWNAN
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