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NEWNAN, FRIDAY, OCT. 22.
T.HE FIRST KNIFE.
I'd like to k< back to where I lived some : ixty
year* Bflto,
I’d like t« r bunt lip all the kida —the kids I used
to know—
I’d like ter find the : wimmin’ holes and climb the
I’d lik
If I
e to look arou
'*• triad
iou!d find the
had.
• thj
With every
lost some things
I’ve le t my ki'e nrul marble >
chalk and Htrings,
And later on I've lout some tl
lot to me.
J'yo lost in speculation more t
lipped away I guess I’ve
irblc . too, and tops and
t meant a
than e'er I hope to
11, you bet that I’d lx*
the firnt I ever
Rut if I bad rny choice of
triad
To find that brand-new knife
had.
if I could just go ba< r. to-<;ay two thousand miles
!'«! sneak away all by myself to where I played of
Rehind Rat Haye:;' wagon : hed, and I would look
again
To • • »!' I could f.nd a crack I might have dropped
nanre of the State Sanitarium; the
salaries of State officials ; the expenses
of the State University and its
branches, and obligations which the
State has to meet under appropriations
for 1910.
The other "school of thought” holds
the view that the 1910 appropriations
are liabilities which must be met out
of the tax money now being collected,
*. • ime h and hoar the wild bees , . .. . . . , . . . nr . ,
and all of which is due by Dec. 20, al-
Mi, anr) you tin bet that I'd ‘ though it is not all paid into the Treas-
knife I lout the rr.it i ever j ury until April 1, the Tax Collectors
having until that time to make their
final returns.
The situation then is this : Tf Geor
gia has no obligations to meet in 1010
out of the income collected in 1909, the
Treasury will be nearly $2,000,000
ahead: if it must meet these ohliga-j
tions out of this income, then Mr. Rich
ardson’s statement of a shortage ap
proximating $728,000 will come pretty
near being correct.
As stated, whether the taxes collect
ed this year are for the expenses of ;
this year, or in part for those of 1910, j
! it is still a fact that a large portion of I
the expenses of next year will be paid j
| out of them, as has been done for the
i last thirty years or more,
j If the law is one thing and the facts
of the situation another, then both
sides may he somewhere near right:
but if they coincide, then somebody has
made a blunder.
Reference to the past history of the
matter does not throw much light on it.
Sometimes the tax act for a particular
year has been approved within that
year; at other times the year before.
But, as stated, whatever the custom or
history of the matter, it is undoubtedly
true that the taxes collected in any
particular year are used, with the ex
ception of the money due the school
Lknif.-
r had!
STATE TREASURY DEFICIT.
A ’Junta Cor. Columb i Enquirer-Sun.
Atlanta, Gn., Oct. l(i.—A semi-politi
cal discussion of the State Treasury
situation has been in progress all this
week, the chief feature of which lias
been former Gov. Hoke Smith’s con
troversy with Expert Accountant Alon-
r.o Richardson as to the accuracy of the
latter’s conclusion that the State faces
a deficit of $728,000 on Jan. 1, 1910.
Gov. Brown has remained out of the
controversy. lie very wisely employed
for the purpose of investigating and
ascertaining the condition of the Treas
ury the same expert accountant that
was employed by Gov. Smith to audit I te a C hers! to pay the appropriations of
the department upon the death of for- j the f 0 n 0VV j nK year
mer State Treasurer Bark, prior to the | The achool teachera 0 f Georiga are
thus carrying a great burden for the
State, and, as a matter of fact, there is
where the real deficit in the Treasury
appointment by him of the present
State Treasurer, J. Pope Brown, And
upon Mr. Richardson’s statement Gov.
Brown stands.
“There it is,” says Gov. Brown, re
ferring to the expert’s report whenever
questioned about the matter. "The
report speaks for itself. 1 employed to
make this report the same accountants
as were employed by my predecessor.
That is all 1 have to say.”
To the partisan charge made that
ATonzo Richardson made to Gov.
Brown, approximately a month ago, a
statement showing that the State
Treasury would have aboyt $2,000,000
to the good on Jan. 1, Gov. Brown
makes no answer; neither does Mr.
Richardson.
"I stand upon my report as pub
lished,’’ says Mr. Richardson. "I chal
lenge successful refutation of any
statement or of any figure in it; not |
one of them can ho disproved.”
And so it goes, with the prospect
that the controversy will continue into
chw State campaign of next year. It
is possible that the difference between |
the two "schools of thought” as to the
real condition of the State Treasury
may grow out of different views as to
tip' application of the State’s income.
Treasurer Pope Brown, who repre
sents the Hoke Smith “school of
thought,” stated in a speech at Car
rollton the other day that if Georgia
were to go out of business on Jan. 1,
and wind up her affairs, collecting all
that was due and paying all her obliga
tions which hail matured at that time,
Hie State would he approximately $2,-
000,OOt) to the good.
In making this statement it is evi
dent that Mr. Brown considers that the
comes in. On Jan. 1 next they will be
due about $1,250,000 for services ren
dered during the summer and fall
months of the present year. But it
could not he paid because the State did
not have the money.
The common school system of the
State was established in 1870. The
schools were opened and the teachers
employed, although no provision was
made to pay them. The public school
system at that time cost about $200,-
000 a year, as compared with $2,250,-
000 to-day. Right then and there the
State got behind. It began to pay the
teachers the year after they had ren
dered service, and has continued to do
i so, in part, ever since. From year to
year the school fund has increased, and
while the State was able to pay part of
it when it was due, the greater part of
the debt has been carried over into the
next year.
It is this situation that the Legisla
ture is called upon to remedy, and it
can only do so by supplementing the
State’s income from one source or an
other to an extent sufficient to meet
the emergency. Whether it shall be
done by a bond issue, by suspension of
the sinking fund payments in the re
tirement of State bonds, or by increas
ing the Governor’s power to borrow
money, is a matter for the Legislature
to decide. But that it should be done
without further delay, practically ev
erybody in Georgia is agreed, no mat
ter which side of the Treasury contro
versy they are taking.
C. R. Huger, the jeweler, 1060 Vir-
taxes and other income collected up to I ginia Ave., Indianapolis, Ind., writes:
Jan. 1, 1910, are subject only to the ‘‘I was so weak from kidney trouble
State’s indebtedness prior to that that l could hardly walk a hundred feet,
time, or for 1909. Were that supposi- Four bottles of Foley’s Kidney Remedy
lion correct. Mr. Brown’s statement! beared my complexion, cured my back
us to the status of the Treasury would I a £ 1°,“™ n n i ITfEiK'? 8 d ! sa PP earcd -
j and 1 can now attend to business every
probably be true. j day, anu recommend Foley’s Kidney
But, whether or not it is the law of | Remedy to all sufferers, as it cured me
the case, it is nevertheless a fact that i J l ^ e r the doctors and other remedies
Iho taxes collected up to Jan. l. 1910. had failed ; . Sold by all druggists,
arc used, first to pay the school teach-, "What! You’re going to marry Tom
cis for their services in 1909 to the ex-1 Speed? Why, lie's awful!"
"What makes you think so?”
The Proud and Prosperous Negroes of
Chicago.
New Orleans Picayune.
News from Chicago is printed this
morning to the effect that the ne
groes, of whom there is a large colony
in that city, are eo prosperous that
they are invading tne best residence j
districts with their homes, and are
crowding their children into schools
which were hitherto only attended by
whites.
Education will never give the ne- J
groes the social position they crave, i
This is an age when material wealth is
the only passport to social advance- J
ment, and if negroes can get so rich in j
the most aristocratic white residential j
districts, and force themselves into so
cial recognition, nothing in the way of j
law can prevent it.
Of course, there is no such advance- ]
ment for the shiftless, propertyless
negroes, but those of them who are
able to accumulate wealth in the North- j
ern States should all go there, as j
doubtless they will, and seek social
recognition by the whites.
For much more than a century North
ern statesmen. Northern philanthro
pists, Northern divines and Northern
newspapers have been teaching the ne
groes that they should he on the same
social level with the whites, and after
waging a bloody and terrible war to
demonstrate the fact, were able finally
to incorporate that declaration of
equality into the National Constitution,
and it is upon that Constitution that
they are demanding social equality.
As they cannot get such recognition
in the South, it is natural that the ne
groes should turn Northward to the
people who gave them the guarantee.
They are going into the Northern
States in a steady stream, and the fact
that they are attaining great prosperi
ty there will carry off constantly in
creasing numbers. The negroes are
migrating to the Northern States un
der the operation of powerful political
and social influences, and it is going to
be demonstrated by the next census
that the movement has been very much
greater than is imagined.
The dispersion and distribution of
great numbers of the Southern negroes
through Northern States will be the
solution of the race problem, quietly
and peaceably attained.
The old-time negroes had their best
and truest friends among the whites in
the Southern States, but the new ne
groes, whose aspirations and ambitions
are for social recognition by the white
people, must go to the Northern States,
where alone in this country they can
hope and expect to realize it.
Mr. F. G. Fritz, Oneonta, N. Y.,
writes: “My little girl was greatly
benefited by taking Foley’s Orino Lax
ative, and I think it is the best remedy
for constipation and liver trouble.”
Foley’s Orino Laxative is mild, pleas
ant and effective, and cures habitual
constipation. Sold by all druggists.
A tourist returning to the East on a
trans-continental line, when passing
through a forlorn-looking town in the
desert, heard two men conversing as the
train stopped for water. "Good-bye,
Bill,” said one. "I am leaving this
burg with just one pair of pants, and
not another thing on earth.” "You are
lucky, old pal,” replied Bill, "that’s
more than anybody else ever took away
from here.”
li nt, possibly, of $1,500,000; and after I
that the balance, some $2,000,000, is
used to pay the appropriations for 1910,
including nearly $1,000,000 for pen
sions, (which must he paid out in Feb
ruary, \ about $100,000 for the mainte-
‘ ‘ l hear he’s been blackballed by every
club in town.”
“Yes; I’ve heard so, too. That sort
of husband won’t have much excuse for
staying out at nights, will he?”
So Ti
It may be from overwork, but
the chances are Its from an in
active LIVES
With a well conducted LIVER
one can do mountains o: labor
without fatigue.
It adds a hundred per cent to
ones earning capacity.
It can be kept in healthful action
by, and only by
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WHIPS
WHIPS
When I sell 216 Buggy Whips at $1 each,
j|j call at my place and 1 will explain. The U. S.
Government prevents my telling you through
this paper.
Remember, I have a full line of brand-new 7
Buggies—no accumulations from la^t season or
dusL-wom goods to offer. And when I make
prices and terms—the buggy will go home with
you.
COME TO SEE ME. I’M ALWAYS AT
HOME.
Jack: Powell
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0LAXATIVE
Tax Collector’s Notice
FIRST ROUND.
I will be at places named, and at times specified
below, for the purpose of collecting State and
county taxes for the year 1900 :
Madras. Monday, Oct. IS, 8 a. m. to 12 m.
Palmetto, Monday. Oct. IS, 1:30 p. m. to *1:30
m.
C.rantville, Tuesday, Oct. 19, S a. m. to 11:30 a.
Moreland, Tuesday, Oct. 19. 1 p. m. to 4 p. m.
Newnan, Wednesday, Oct. 20.
Sharpsburg, Thursday, Oct. 21. S a. m. to 11
Turin, Thursday. Oct. 21, 1 p. m. to 4 p. m.
Senoia, Friday, Oct. 22. 8 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Haralson. Monday, Oct. 25. 11 a. m. to » p. m.
Sargent, Tuesday. Oct. 26. 11:30 a. m. to 1 p. m.
1 will have with me the registration books.
1 will be in my office in Newnan each Saturday
until the books close by law —Dec. 20.
W. S. HUBBARD.
Tax Collector.
Electric
Bitters
Succeed when everything else fails.
In nervous prostration and female
weaknesses they are the supreme
remedy, as thousands have testified.
FOR KIDNEY, LIVER AND
STOMACH TROUBLE
it is the best medicine ever sold
over a druggist’s counter.
for all stomach troubles—indigestion, dyspepsia, heartburn, gas in the stomach, bad
breathjsicb headache,torpid liver, biliousness and habitual constipation. Pleasant to take.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
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l’rumolea a luxuriant growth.
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She, o at Druggists
Petition for Leave to Sell for Reinvest
ment.
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
After four weeks’ notice, pursuant to section
2546 of the Civil Code of Georgia, a petition, of
which a true and corpect copy is subjoined, will
be presented to the Hon. It. W. Freeman. Judge
ol‘ the Superior Court, at the court-house in said
county, on the 23d day of October. 1909.
T. F. RAWLS.
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
To the Hon. R. W. Freeman. Judge of the Supe
rior Court of said county : The petition of T. F.
Rawls respectfully shows :
That he is the guardian of Cynthia O. Ben
ton, heretofore duly appointed as such guardian
in said county.
2. That he desires to sell for reinvestment at
private sale the following property, the same be
ing a part of the personal estate of his said ward,
.•it: Five shares of the capital stock of the
Luthersville Banking Company, Luthersville, Ga.
3. Said stock pays S per cent, dividends annually.
4. Petitioner desires to invest the proceeds of
lid sale, or a part thereof, in the improvement
of the real estate belonging; to the estate of the
said Cynthia O. Benton, which is necessary to the
profitable renting of said lands, to-wit: The build
ing of dwelling houses for tenants, necessary
barns and lots, digging wells, etc., on said real
estate.
5. Petitioner shows that notice of his intention
to make this application has been published once
eek for four weeks in The Herald and Adver
tiser. a newspaper in which county advertisements
•e usually published, as required by law.
T. F. RAWLS.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this Sept.
i, 1909. L. A. PERDUE. Ordinary.
UMBELS
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Executor's Sale.
GEORGIA—Coweta County :
By virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary
of said county, granted at the September term,
1909, will be sold at public outcry, to the highest
bidder, for CASH, on the first Tuesday in Novem
ber, 1909, at the court-house door in said county,
between the legal hours of sale, the following real
estate, as the property of the estate of Gabriel L.
Johnson, late of said county, deceased, to-wit:
A certain tract off the north half of lot of land
No. 58. in the Fifth district of said county, and
described as follows: Begin at that point where
the southeast corner of this tract corners with
lands of W. B. Berry estate and lands of Mrs. G.
W. Peddy and run north along original land line
to the Newnan and Roscoe road, thence north
westerly along said road to the original north line
of said lot No. 58. thence due west along said orig
inal line 15.58 chains to County Farm, thence due
south along County Farm line 20.57 chains to
Gibson lands, thence due east along Gibson
lands 22.27 chains, thence due south 14.05
chains, thence due east 7.70 chains to J. E. Fcath-
ston lands, thence due north 14.05 chains to the
northwest corner of J. E. Featherston lands,
thence east along line of Featherston and Mrs. G.
W. Peddy to beginning point,
Also, one-quarter acre, more or less, out of lot
No. 57, in the Fifth disti ict of said county, and
described as follows: Begin at the northwest cor
ner of the Park Arnold parcel of land and run east
along said corner line to lands of Alfred Arm
strong. thence along said Armstrong line north to
the southeast corner of Seaborn Smith parcel of
land, thence west along said Smith line to origi
nal lot line, thence south along said original lot
line to beginning point.
Also, one-quarter acre, more or less, out of lot
No. 57, described as follows: Begin at J. E. Feath-
ston’s southeast corner, where Palmetto road
crosses original lot line, ar.d run southwesterly
along said road to the Cunningham lot. thence
westerly along Cunningham land to the north
west corner of Cunningham lot, thence northeast
erly in a straight line to the southwest corner of
J. E. Featherston lot. thence east along original
land line to beginning point.
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CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY CO.
CURRENT SCHEDULES.
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Also, a certain tract or parcel of land comprised
of fractions of lots Nos. 57 and 72, in the Fifth
district of said county, described as follows: Be
gin at Seaborn Smith's southwest corner, on orig
inal line between lots Nos. 57 and 58. and run
north along said line to where the Potts land
crosses said original line, thence easterly along
said Potts line and lands of T. O. Stallings to the
northwest corner of Jones Wide nor land, thence
southerly alone the west lines of said Widener
and J. E. Featherston and the one-quarter acre,
more or less, hereinbefore described, and the
Cunningham lot, to the southwest corner of the
Cunningham lot, thence easterly along said Cun
ningham lot to the Palmetto road, thence south
erly along said Palmetto road to the northeast
corner of Frank Neeiy lot. thence westerly along
the north lines of Frank Neely, Alfred Armstrong
and Seaborn Smith to original laud line, which is
beginning point
in^heSe? 'nthdfctrbAof''s aid county, and beint;
the wit half of lot^No. IS. contamins
and WestPoirit railroadand lands owned by F. « •
Eberhart, it boinj? 100 acres, more or lean.
(Tin-house n'a<*e in the southeast corner, Isaid gi»;
house place beinx 5 chains and GS links north and
south, and 6 chains east and west) said tract co
taining 199 acres, more or less. . .. . Th j s
The above property sold for distribution, l n
Oct. 6. 1909. Frs. fee. $23.91. JOHNSON
Executor last will and testament of Gab-.e
Johnson, deceased.