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NEWNAN, FRIDAY, NOV.19.
A C E N T U II Y F It O M NOW.
If you anil I should wake from Bleep
A century from now.
Hack to the* grave we’d want to creep
A century from now.
WeM witness such a startling change,
Find everything ho wondrous strange.
We’d hurry back across the range,
A century from now.
A woman forty, fat and fair,
A century from now.
May warm with grace the Speaker’s chair,
A century from now.
The Cabinet may he a Mod
Of girlies way of hut ami frock,
Who talk, hut will not mei d a sock,
A century from now.
The people will all fly on wingfl
A century from now.
(Not heavenly, but patent things,)
A century from now.
They’ll soar aloft, devoid of fear,
On pinions of a chain less gear.
And change their flyers once a year,
A century from now.
There'll bo no r< 'aurants at ull
A century from now,
The home will have no dining hall
A century from now.
The chemist all our wants will (ill
With food in tablets, and to still
Our thirst we’ll simply take u pill,
A century from now.
The Lynching and Race War in Illi
nois.
Augusta Herald.
The State of Illinois maintains her j
lead as the great lynching State. While
the lynching and race war at Spring-
field is yet fresh in mind, where almost
in the shadow of the statue of Lincoln
two negroes were lynched, and four
other persons killed and sixty injured
in the race riot that followed, there
has been enacted almost a duplicate
horror in Cairo, III. One negro and
a white man were lynched, and the
mob became frenzied and war on
the negroes began. Their homes were
burned, and that more of them were
not killed was due only to the fact that
they took to flight early and that sol
diers arrived on the scene.
The cause of the riot was the usual
one. A white girl had been brutally as
saulted and killed. Almost at the door
of her home she had been caught by two
black brutes, dragged to an alley not
far distant, and there her dishonored
and disfigured body had been found the
next morning. One of the brutes had
been caught, and officers were trying
to get him away to save his worthless
life when they were overtaken by the
mob, which brought the prisoner back
to the city. Here the mob spirit broke
loose. Led by women, some of whom
are snid to have been the wives of lead
ing citizens, the mob banged the negro
in the most prominent square in the
city, the brother of the dead girl tying
the rope around his neck. The body
was then literally torn to pieces with
bullets tired into it until it fell to the
ground, and then it was dragged by the
wild mob to the spot where the crime
had been commited and there burned
in the presence of thousands of infuri
ated citizens.
Then the jail was broken open and a
white wife murderer taken out and
lynched, and the search began for the
other negro fiend, which bade fair to
develop into a war of extermination
until the mob fury was checked by the
arrival of troops.
These terrible events ore to be de
plored, not on account of the fate of
tlie brutes whose crimes provoke them,
but on account of their fearfully de
moralizing effect upon society. The in
creasing number and exceeding vio
lence of these lynching bees ih the
Northern States bring home to the
people of that section the gravity of
the race problem as they have not been
able to understand it before.
In the South there have been lynch-
ings, and each lynching lias called
forth from certain people and papers
in the North severe condemnation of
the Southern people. Ilut it is seen
now that the same cause produces the
same effect in the North. When their
wives and sisters become the victims
of brutes, Northern men will as quick
ly and terribly avenge the crime as
Southern men. And as the negro pop- i
ulation in the North increases, the
number of these crimes increases.
Some solution of this trouble must be
found. Denunciation of the mobs will
not cure it. Those who denounce are
quick to act the same way when they
are brought face to face with the same
condition. Protection by law of these
brutes against mob vengeance, to the
extent of killing would-be lynchers or
of punishing officials after a lynching,
(as is now to be done in a well-known
case) will not cure it. All such things
j have but the effect of encouraging that
class whose ignorance and vieiousness
predisposes them to such crimes.
What is needed is the death penalty
for every crime or attempted crime of
this nature, and then a trial and execu
tion of the sentence as speedily as by
drumhead court-martial. Such a law.
enforced in this manner, would quickly
make this class of crimes become rare,
and would entirely stop the resort to
lynching.
The more the law in its execution is
made to appear as the protector and
champion of such brutes, the more will
their crimes multiply. Of this truth
the terrible affair at Cairo is but an
other object lesson.
A Ham Lewis Story.
Charlotte Observer.
The lion. Janies Hamilton Lewis,
lawyer, politician, orator and racon
teur, told a good negro story while in
this State with his friend, John W.
Kern. It was at Asheville, at a ban
quet at the Battery Park Hotel, and
everybody was in a receptive mood.
‘‘An old darkey,” said Mr. Lewis,
‘‘being called upon to testify in a per
sonal injury case against a railroad,
showed signs of playing‘possum. Un
cle Rastus made out as if he was as
ignorant as a new-born babe.
1 ‘‘ ‘Uncle Rastus,’ said the lawyer,
cross-examining him, ‘how far is it
from Washington to Alexandria?’
“ ‘Yas, sir, boss, it’s, it’s—-I don’t
know, sir, how fur hit is, sir, I ain’t
never heered nobody say.’
“ ‘What would'you say it was?’
“ ‘I can’t say, sir.”
“ ‘Forty miles?’
“ 'Y'as, sir, ’bout dat, sir.’
“ ‘Well, isn’t it nearer twenty?’J
‘‘ 'Yas, sir, IJspec’ hit is, sir.'
“ ‘How about fifteen; ain’t it more
like that?’
“ ‘Yas, sir; yas, sir, boss; I spec’
dat’s mo ’lak hit, sir.’
“ ‘Well, Uncle Rastus, if it is fif
teen miles from Washington to Alexan
dria, how far is it from Alexandria to
Washington? Answer that.’
“ ‘Boss, dat’s too much fur de ol’
man; he ain’t much on figgers. No,
sir, l ain’t had no schoolin’.’
‘‘ ‘Don’t you know, old man, that if
it’s fifteen miles from Washington to
Alexandria, that it’s fifteen from Al
exandria to Washington?’
” ‘No, sir, 1 don’t know as it’s dat
way. It ’mout be sir, an’ den ag’in
hit mountn’t.’
•‘ ‘Don’t you know that if it is a
certain distance from one point to an
other that it’s the same distance back?’
” ‘.ledge, kin L ax him er question?’
said Uncle Rastus.
“ ‘Yes, if you like,’ declared the
court.
“ ‘Boss, how long is it fum Christ
mas to New Year’s?’
‘‘ ‘Seven days, of course.’
“ ‘Cose hit are, but it’s er powerful
long jump from New Year’s back to
Christmas, ain’t it? Dat argifyin’ dat
you’s doin’ won’t wuk, sir.’ ”
A Religious Author's Statement.
Rev. Joseph H. Fesperman, Salisbury,
N. C., who is the author of several
books, writes: ‘‘For several years I
was afflicted with kidney trouble and
last winter 1 was suddenly stricken with
a severe pain in my kidneys and was
confined to bed eight days, unable to
get up without assistance. My urine
contained a thick white sediment and I
assed same frequently day and night,
commenced taking Foley’s Kidney
Remedy, and the pain gradually abated
and finally ceased and my urine became
normal. I cheerfully reccommend
Foley's Kidney Remedy. Sold by all
druggists.
Mrs. Ferguson—‘‘George, when you
smoke so much in the house I have to
get the curtains washed every month.
Think how expensive that is.”
Mr. Ferguson —‘‘Yes, but 1 am get
ting my cigars at half price nowadays.
Think how much money we are saving
that way.”
Fertilizing Wheat.
Prof. A. M. Soule in Southern Farm Magazine.
The advisability of using commercial
fertilizers on wheat is borne out by the
following data obtained in experiments
made under the writer's direction, and
further illustrate the importance of
supplying soils with vegetable matter
on which complete fertilizers are used.
On rather thin land on which cowpeas
were plowed under and an application of
nitrate of soda at the rate of 7-J pounds
and muriate of potash at the rate of
37.5 pounds were applied, the cost of
a bushel of increase was 22 cents. On
the same land treated in like manner
an application of 105 pounds of acid
phosphate and 37.5 pounds of muriate
of potash gave a bushel of increase at
a cost of 16 cents. In these two in
stances the increase from the use of
fertilizers was between lu and 11 bush
els per acre. Acid phosphate alone ap
plied at the rate of 500 pounds per acre
gave a bushel of increase at a cost of
27 cens. We are of the opinion that
practically the same increase would
have been obtained from possibly half
the application, which would have re
duced the cost of a bushel of increase
quite materially. Where a complete
fertilizer was used at the rate of 300
pounds per acre the cost of a bushel of
increase was 27 cents. These figures
are quoted to show that fertilizers
properly compounded and used on
wheat will increase the yield quite
markedly and at a cost that is profita
ble to the farmer. Besides that, all the
fertilizer applied to the wheat crop is
not used by it, and there is a residue
left in the soil which will put it in bet
ter condition for succeeding crops.
A Sad Death.
LaGrange Reporter, 12th inst.
All LaGrange was shocked when it
was announced Tuesday afternoon that
Miss Marie Barnett, one of the teach
ers at LaGrange Female College, was
dead. Miss Barnett had been ill sev
eral weeks, but was reported out of
danger when a sudden turn resulted in
death within a short time. Everything
that medical skill and careful attention
could accomplish was done, but One
wiser than mortals here below had
need of her in a better world.
Miss Barnett was the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Barnett, of Luther
ville, and was a distant relative of
Prof. Smith and family, with whom
she was a special favorite because of
her lovable disposition and strong char
acter. She graduated from the college
in 1907, and at the time she was strick
en with fever was employed as teacher
of Latin in the high school department
of the college, although she was only
about 21 years of age. Her mother,
who was Miss Strozier, of Greenville,
was also a graduate of the LaGrange
College.
The remains of this talented and
beautiful young lady were carried to
Greenville Wednesday morning, accom
panied by sorrowing relatives and
friends. The sympathy of all LaGrange
goes out to her parents and other loved
ones, and to the college, and all feel a
personal loss in her death.
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Buggies—no accumulations from la^t season or
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you.
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Gussie—‘‘Cholly says he met you and
—aw—that you remarked he was a puz
zle to you. ”
Miss Peppery—‘‘Yes, he reminded
me of the average puzzle the moment
he was introduced to me. ‘So simple
when you know it.’ ”
It’s Enough
The Fourteen Errors of Life. Thought fis man’s most dangerous
_ . weapon and his best friend.
To attempt to set up our own stand-
ard of right and wrong, and expect ev
erybody to conform to it.
To try to measure the enjoyment of
others by your own.
To expect uniformity of opinion in
this world.
To look for judgment and experience
in youth.
To endeavor to mould all dispositions
TO THE CITIZENS
OF NEWNAN
Reese Drug Co., druggists, handle Gil-
hooley’s Irish Liniment, and they back it
alike.
up with what might be called a Govern-
Not to yield in unimportant trifles.
To look for perfection in our actions.
To worry ourselves and others about
what cannot be remedied.
Not to alleviate, if we can. all that
needs alleviation.
Not to make allowance for the
weaknesses of others.
To consider anything impossible that
we cannot ourselves perform.
To believe only what our finite minds
can grasp.
To live as if the moment, the time,
the day, were so important that it
\wuld live forever.
To estimate people by some outside
quality, for it is that within which
makes the man.
The eye of little Willie’s teacherjwas
sad and sorry, for, notwithstanding
that he was her favorite pupil, he stood
before her convicted of the heinous
charge of theft of taffee from a fellow
pupil.
It was the first offense, however, and
she did not desire to inflict corporal
punishment — an oral lecture, she
thought, would fit the case.
‘‘Bear in mind, Willie.” she conclud
ed, ‘‘that these temptations may be
resisted if determination is used. Al
ways turn a deaf ear to temptation.”
‘‘But, teacher,” he answered, ‘‘I
ain’t got a deaf ear.”
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case of kidney and bladder trouble that
is not beyond the reach of medicine.
Cures backache and irregularities that
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ment bond. In fact a guarantee certificate
goes with every bottle, to the extent that
if Gilhooley’s Irish Liniment does not cure
Eczema, Rheumatism, in any form, Salt
Rheum, Lumbago or any skin ailment, you
are out nothing, as the druggist you bought
it from will give back your money and take
the certificate for his pay.
The matter is entirely in your hands.
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Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
GEORGIA—Coweta County :
payment to the undersigned. This Oct. 8, 1999.
Prs. fee, $3.75. W. M. BOHANNON,
Administrator of T. T. Bohannon, deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all creditors of the es
tate of T. T. Bohannon, late of said county, de
ceased, to render in an account of their demands
to me within the time prescribed by law, properly
made out; and all persons indebted to said de
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