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Beralfl anfl Jldwfttr. NEWNAN, FRIDAY, DEC. 2-1 A C II U 1ST M A S C A K <> L . Without the tlriflin«r snows li»* deep, And winter wimlu arc* ilrrar; Th«* r»tnr their quint vitfil keep Abovo the dyintr year. Within the Mnrninfr loirs are jjIWmI Ahla/e with cheery glow; I 'orKot the tempest fierce and wild. The winter’a icc and snow. And there around that ruddy blaze The hnppy voicea ainir In notes of irratittlde and praiue. A enrol to their King. A carol from that joyous band. To celebrate the birth Of Him who aliowur.** with bounteous hand (*ood will and peace on earth. And ho may kindly love abound. All at rife and turmoil ceuso; Thromth every land let HonjfH resioum] Of trlarinome joy and peace. Saving the Rural South to the White Race. The Progressive Farmer, of Raleigh, N. C., the most widely circulated farm weekly in the South, prints a no table article urging ambitious white tenant farmers to buy land now, and declaring that tho whole South must stand together to encourage tho devel opment of a class of prosperous small white farmers us the backbone of the country. The big plantations, it de clares, hold back progress The article says: "We hope we have seen about the last of Southern white farmers leaving the farm to take work in the cotton mills. We are anxious to bcc the man ufacturing enterprises of the South build up, but we are more anxious see (he farm lands of the South held by prosperous small white farmers, and to see these small white farmers have their part in the agricultural awaken ing now going on. “Someone lias wisely said that in all nges and all countries tho men or the • lass who own the land sooner or later make themselves the aristocracy of that country. We have not come to this ' ondition so rapidly in America ns in -other countries because of the abund ance of cheap land resulting from the newness of tho settlement and the sparseness of population as yet: but in the long run the history of other coun tries must be repeated here. "These thoughts came very forcibly to mind as we rodo through a cotton mill village the other day and saw its hundreds of white employees - men, women, and children—who have left the farm to become the homeless hire lings of the cotton manufacturers. The negroes, finding no place in manufac turing for them, are left on the farm and are becoming landholders in rap- tdly increasing numbers. Prof. W. E. DuBois, a prominent Georgia negro ed ucator. has just published a map show ing thnt since 1900 Georgia negroes have increased their land-owning from 650,000 to 15,000,000 acres, and now own within the State of Goergia alone an area larger than tho entire State of pc I a ware, “Not only this, but tho negro chil dren are going to school and develop mg healthy bodies in the open air and healthy surroundings of country life in stead of being shut up in tho cotton mills, over-worked, under-educated and poorly developed physically—as the tendency must lie in all cotton mills so long as tho Legislatures of the South are too subservient to the less humane mill-owners to enact needed laws of restricting child labor in the mills—the less humane mill-owners, we say, be cause there are many thoughtful and far-seeing mill-owners who heartily fa vor stricter regulations. “Remember, we have no ill will to ward the cotton manufacturer; we have no ill will toward the negro. We •do realize very strongly, however, that the safety of the South depends upon the presence of a large white rural population. The drift to the towns and the cotton mills not only allects thisdi rectly, but also indirectly, because when once tlie population of a community becomes predominantly, negro, the small number of white people left may be forced to move out in order to find sufficient numbers for a society of their own. “It was a wise saying of James Oli ver’s, ‘Happy is the land that is tilled by the man that owns it.’ and the great need of the South to-day is to encourage tho holding of small farms by white farmers. We say this in no ill will to the negro—in fact, it should not be necessary for us to say this, be cause no one else in the South has preached more persistently than we the doctrine that it is the intelligent, pros perous negro who helps, and the igno rant poverty-breeding negro who makes us nil poorer—but we say this for the good of white and black alike, because the best interests, of both races demand that the rural South maintain its large white population. Unless this is done the negro himself will not pro gress as rapidly as he would with white guidance, and unless this is done the cities of the South must also inevitably go backward. “We urge every white tenant-far mer, Hnd especially every white man who for any reason is thinking of be coming somebody’s hirer! man in town Instead of owning his home in the coun try, to buy land. The great planta tions of the South, for the good of our Bection as a whole, must be broken up. We must encourage the spirit of houe- ownng, with every man sitting under his own vine and fig tree, and we must especially encourage the development of a great class of small white farmers. “The saving the rural South for the white race is one of the most impor tant problems now before the people of the cotton belt. “In this connection, there is another thing that ought to be mentioned, and that is the problem of immigration. The Farmers’ Union and other far mers’ organizations are right in protest ing against the coming of large num bers of Italians, Russians, Hungarians, Foies, etc. This would only make a bad matter worse, and complicate mat ters still further. What would help, however, is the coming of a large number of wide-a-wake Northern and Western farmers, buying small forms among us and making their farms ob ject lessons in stock-raising and other lines of diversified agriculture. These Northern and Western farmers will also set a good example for our South ern people in that they are ready to do any and all kinds of work with their own hands, entirely independent of hired labor. As a Southerner, reared on the farm and a descendant of gen erations of Southern farmers, we must confess the need of our people at this point, and the help that wo would get here from an increased number of wide-a-wake Western settlers, besides the aid they would render in keeping up the balance of population between the two races in the South and pre venting the predominance of a colored farming population, which, wo repeat, would be undesirable for both whites and blacks and ruinous to our section as a whole.’’ The Measure of a Man. As a vigorous juggler with the En glish language, a talker of terse prose, the late W. C. Brann, editor of The Iconoclast, had no superior. He had a unique and individual way of putting things that even Elbert Hubburd has not been able to approach. Brann had his own idea of the yardstick by which to take the measure of a man, and that yardstick was his conduct at home. While all of his conclusions cunnot bo accepted, what he has to say on this subject is vigorously put and well worth reading. It is as follows: "Tho place to take the true measure of a man is not the market place or amen corner, or field or forum, but at his own fireside. There he lays aside hiB mask and you may learn whether he is an imp or an angel, king or cur, hero or humbug. I do not care a copper what the world says about him, whether it would crown him with glory, or pelt him with bad eggs. I do not care what his religion may be. If his babies dread his coming homo and his wife swallows her heart every time she has to ask for a five dollar hill, he is a fraud of the first water, even though he prays night and morning un til he is black in the face and shouts hallelujah until he shakes the hills. But if the children run to the front gate to meet him and love’s own sunshine illu mines the face of his wife when she hears his footsteps, he is pure gold and hiB home is heaven, and a humbug nev er gets that near the throne of God. “He may he a rank atheist and a red flag anarchist, and a Mormon or mug wump; he may buy votes and bet on elections; he may deal from the bottom and drink beer until he can’t tell a sil ver dollar from a circular saw, but he is infinitely better than the man who is all suavity, but who makes his home a hell —who vents on the head of his helpless wife and children the ill nature he would liko to inflict on his fellow-man, but dare not. “I can forgive much in that fellow mortal who had rather make men swear than women weep ; would rather have the hate of the world than the contempt of his wife; who had rather call anger to the face of a king than fear to the face of a child.” The peculiar properties of Chamber lain’s Cough Remedy have been thor oughly tested during epidemics of in fluenza, and when it was taken in time we have not heard of a single case of pneumonia. Sold by all druggists. Giving Him a Chance. Mrs. Wilson’s husband was often obliged to go to New York on business, and frequently did not reach his home until the arrival of the midnight train. Mrs. Wilson had been in the habit of sleeping peacefully at these times with out fear, but a number of burglaries in the neighborhood during one of her husband’s trips to New York had dis turbed her calm. On the night of his return Mr. Wil son was stealing carefully up the front stairs, as he was wont to do on such occa sions, so that his wife would not be wakened, when he heard her voice, high and strained: “1 don't know whether you are my husband or a burglar, ” came the ex cited tones, “but I am going to be on the s fe side, and shoot, so if you are Henry you’d better get out of the way.” Hexamethylenetetramine. The above is the name of a German chemical, which is one of the many valuable ingredients of Foley’s Kidney Remedy. Hexamethylenetetramine is recognized by medical text books and authorities as a uric acid solvent and antiseptic for the urine. Take Foley’s Kidney Remedy as soon as you notice any irregularities and avoid a serious > malady. Sold by all druggists. In Memoriam. Would the woods forever remain si lent and none but animals enjoy the shadows and sunny slopes, or know the flowers and the r.ut-trees? The little Indian children hnd awakened the ech oes for centuries, but treaties with the white people sent them West. Many as they were, only one name has come down to us- -Senoia—a little princess of the Cowetas. Her name is perpetu ated in the thriving little city east of us. But youth succeeds youth, and as God’s purpose is to keep the world go ing, the white pioneers came, bringing their little ones with them. The first to be born were a girl and a boy. The girl was called Caledonia, her name suggesting the land of Bruce and Wal lace. She grew up unusually beautiful. She fell asleep before years had with ered her or time had frosted her hair. The boy was the son of William Nim- mons and Susan Potts, and they gave him his mother’s family name. So staunch a Presbyterian was he, it seems he too should have had a name to hark back to the thistle and the heather. But he was Potts Nimmons, and was so known, as infant, youth, man, soldier, veteran, and at last, Uncle Pctts Nim mons, the aged saint, whose sufferings, in his last dnys, moved all hearts. A pleasant companion, a kind neighbor and a good citizen, he had none of the worldly wisdom as expressed in crafti ness and double-dealing. Cupid ensnared him into the best life partnership he could possibly make when he married the beautiful Mary Jane Corbin. When he was called to the front by the Con federacy she gave her energies at home toward the cause. Together, no doubt, they gave away as much as half their income. To mis sionary causes, to the poor and needy, they ever contributed. But perhaps their greatest gifts were those which took under their roof quite a number of boys and girls to help them toward an education. They eo-operated in thus “scattering abroad” for their fellow- men. One of their chief charities was nursing the sick and ministering to their needs. Mr. Nimmons loved little children and always had a pleasant word of greeting for them. To in some manner acknowledge the friendship thus cultivated, a child brought some flowers in her little hands to lay beside him when he passed away. There must be great reward for these good people who have practiced self- denial all their lives in an effort to better humanity. Or was it self-denial, this generous outflow that gladdened their own hearts? Many who hold large means are shriveled and poor in soul compared to these two, who were nover rich in this world’s goods, but never too poor to give. It would seem that their hearts and hands were full with their own household, for seven children were born to them. Three sleep beneath the sod upon the hill. Two sons and two daughters are known in our midst—worthy children of these good parents. He rests with his kin dred. Green be the memory of this guileless gentleman—this first citizen of Newnan. Isroa B. Hardaway. Newnan, Ga., Dec. 16th, 1909. The greatest danger from influenza is of its resulting in pnuemonia. This can be obviated by using Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, as it not only cures in fluenza, but counteracts any tendency of the disease towards pneumonia. Sold by all dealers. BUGGIES AND HARNESS THE BEST MONEY WILL BUY The Whip deal is still on hand. Middle Busters and One-horse Turners, (steel beams,) two of the best plows ever put in a field. Come to see me ; am always at home. JACK POWELL. Did You Ever Wear a better Hat than a “KNOX” or “JOHN B. STETSON” at $5.00? Did You Ever See a snappier ^tyle for the young chaps than the “IMPERIAL” and “NO NAME” at An Acute Observer. A one-armed man sat down to his noonday luncheon in a little restaurant the other day, and seated on the right of him was a big, sympathetic individ ual from the rural districts. The big fellow noticed his neighbor’s left sleeve hanging loose, and kept eye ing him in a sort of how-did-it-happen way. The one-armed man failed to break the ice, but continued to keep busy with his one hand supplying the inner man. At last the inquisitive one on the right could stand it no longer. He changed his position a little, cleared his throat and said: “I see, sir, you have lost an arm. ’ Whereupon the unfortunate man plucked up the empty sleeve with his right hand, peered into it, looked up with a surprised expression, and said: “By George, sir, you’re right.” Many persons find themselves affect ed with a persistent cough after an at tack of influenza. As this cough can be promptly cured by the use of Cham berlain’s Cough Remedy, it should not be allowed to run on and become trou blesome. Sold by all dealers. Laap Year means nothing to a wo man! She would not avail herself of its illusory and transitory advantages if this were her sole resource. The bachelor is a somewhat stupid animal, hardly game enough for pursuit. He is easily trapped—but then he is gen erally easy. In his vanity he may im agine Cupid at his heels and himself in demand where maidens are supposed to languish, but in very truth he is a cull, and often damaged goods. Leap Year should have no terrors for him.. A man who is not harvested to domes ticity in three years need have no. - "fur tive fears for the fourth. jL,et him ponder on these things.—K.ifisas City Journal. When he toes to tf.ie theatre coachman doesn’t have to have a seat. the $3.50? Did You Ever Buy either for less, in the beginning of a season? We offer every one of the above makes in our ^tore for N. ORR COMPANY ONE MORE MONTH ONLY is left in which to purchase the furniture you had intended to get this year. Now, listen: I have decided,/in view of the short crops in our vicinity, and the large stock I have on hand, to make some sacrifices during the montjh of December POSITIVELY, I am going to sell FURNITURE SURE ENOUGH CHEAP. I propose/to unload more real bargains in the furniture line the next' 30 days than has ever before been known in this city. So, if you are going to need Bed-room Furniture, Dining-room Furniture, Parlor Furniture, or any other kind, your cash will talk loud at this store, and you will save from 25 to 50 per cent, on your purchases. Now, get right and get busy. Yours for an honest and a square deal, Marhury’s Furniture Stoe 19 Greenville street. Newnan, Ga. s mm pills for backache, rheumatism, kidney or bladder trouble, and urinary irregularities. 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