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NEWNAN HERALD & ADVERTISER
VOL
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NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1910.
NO. 17.
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Flour Season
Now is the time to buy your flour. We have
kept our eye on the market, and bought heavily be
fore the rise. Therefore, we can sell you flour at
the right prices, either for Cash or on Time.
HEAVY STOCK GEORGIA RIBBON CANE
SYRUP—In 5 and 10-gallon cans and half-barrels.
We have the best syrup that can be bought.
SEED OATS.—Texas Rust Proof Oats. 90-
Day Burt Oats.
FEEDSTUFF.—Alfalfa corn, ground feed, feed
oats, corn, hay, bran and shorts—all bought in car
load lots.
COFFEE.—The best bulk roasted coffee, and
more of it for your money than you can get any
where.
PLOW GOODS.—Hames, traces, collars, best
and heaviest single plow-stocks, bridles, breeching,
and lines. We sell the Hutcheson plow-lines.
SHOES.—Best work shoes for men, women
and children.
IN FACT, we are prepared in every way to sup
ply all needs for man or beast for making your
crops. Would be glad to have you call and get our
prices both cash and on time.
LIFE.
A llttlo dreamlnjr by tho way,
A llttlo toiling day by day.
A llttlo nain. a llttlo strife.
A llttlo Joy—and that Is life*
A little short-lived summer’s mom.
When joy seems all so newly-born,
When ono day’s sky Is bluo above.
When ono bird sings-and that Is love.
A little sickening of tho years.
Tho tribute of a fow hot tears,
. Two folded hands, tho falling broath,
And peace at lost—and that Is death.
Just dreaming. loving, dying so.
The actors in the drama go—
A fitting picture on « wall,
Life, Lovo, Death, tho themes—but is that all?
—Paul Lawrence Dunbar.
T. G. Farmer & Sons Co.
19 Court Square :: 6 and 8 W. Washington
Telephone 147
Just a Starter for 1911
1-Ve ask the people of Coweta and adjoining counties
to come in and make our place headquarters for this year.
We have a large store, it is filled with the best goods,
and these goods are sold at the lowest prices.
We invite your attention to our large Grocery room,
where you will find the largest stock of Groceries and Feed-
stuffs in the city. Have just received a car-load of Syrup,
and can sell you a barrel at a low price. Prices range from
18 to 50 cents per gallon, and can be bought by single gal
lon or 5 and 10-gallon kegs, and 25 and 50-gallon barrels.
FLOUR, FLOUR.
Five hundred barrels of Flour in the house--any kind
you want, and every sack guaranteed. It will pay you to
investigate our prices on this lot, as we have 1,000 barrels
to be shipped Feb. 1; so we must make room for this big
shipment.
We have the best horse feed known—Alfacorn. Try a
sack and be convinced.
Have in stock a complete line of Plows—any kind—
and everything that goes with a plow. Now is the time to
get a Chattanooga Plow.
Get our prices on Barbed Wire. The heaviest 4-inch
Wire at 3c. per pound. This Wire will run 15 feet to the
pound. One car-load only at this price.
H. C. ARNALL MDSE. CO.
’Phones 58 and 342
What is Wrong With Our Pub
lic School System?
Lipptncott’s Magazine.
One of the officials of the West Point
Military Academy made a remarkable
report not long ago concerning an' ex
amination of candidates for admission.
Formerly only grammar school subjects
were included in the examinations for
intending cadets, but later it was pro
vided by law for a slightly higher test.
Geometry and algebra were added to
the other topics, the idea being to ele
vate the requirements for admission to
about the close of the first year in a
good high school. The following data
are enough to make the average patri
otic citizen blush:
Of 861 young men who applied for
admission, only 314 remained to take
the mental examination, the rest being
excluded by the physical test. Will it
be believed that 223 of the candidates
failed in one or both examinations? Of
the 614 who took the mental examina
tion, 265, or 84 per cent., failed in one
.or more subjects. Of these, 154 failed
in algebra and 237 in geometry, while
129 failed in grammar. Yet the ques
tions were far from difficult, such as
almost any boy who has been a year in
a good high school should be able to an
swer without difficulty.
It is possible to gee some light on this
subject through the data given by the
candidates. ,
Of the 314 young men examined men
tally, 295 had been educated in the pub
lic schools, with an average attendance
of nine years and eleven months. This
is almost exactly the time allowed for a
normal boy to pass through the grades
of the grammar school and one-half of
the four-year course at a high school.
But these boys had had still further ad
vantages, for they'had averaged three
years and three months in high schools,
or not quite enough for graduation in
the better clnss of such institutions,
This, however, is not the worst. There
were 189 who had Btudied the classics,
and 125 who had been in college a year
or more. Of the 125 there were 82 who
failed to enter West Point.
A detailed analysis would probably
result in an even more deplorable show
ing. It is not true that this was an un
usually poor collection of young men.
Many of them passed competitive ex
aminations in their home districts, and
none were sent up who were not sup
posed to be of more than ordinary abil
ity. All of them had been given nine
months' notice of examination, with in
structions to prepare in the following
subjects: Algebra, through quadratics;
geometry, high Bchool; English gram
mar; English literature_and composi
tion, very elementary; United States
history, high school; general history,
high school; geography, descriptive, of
the common school. A general idea of
the questions likely to be asked could
be easily secured from published exam
ples of former years. And yet the fail
ures were in the vast majority. This is
one of the strongest indictments ever
made against our common schools, and
it is, unfortunately, unanswerable.
The West Point incident is given in
order to make the reader understand
that the subject under discussion is not
an academic one, but a matter of vast
practical importance. In a recent ex
amination in a private academy of high
standing, where boys are prepared for
college, 23 out of a class of 25 failed to
pass their examinations at the end of
the year. Is it to bo supposed that con
ditions in the public schools are any bet
ter?
Fundamentally, the trouble with our
system of public education is that chil
dren learn a little about a great many
things, without gaining much really defi
nite knowledge of anything which is
likely to stand them in good stead in
later life; and, what is equally bad, they
do not acquire methods of accurate
thinking. This criticism applies to ed
ucation in every branch, and has been
true from the beginning, because our
theories have been wrong. But just
now it is peculiarly true that our public
school system has defects which are so
palpable, and for which remedies are so
easily found, that we should no longer
permit things to remain as they are.
Our public school system is decidedly
behind those of several of the enlighten
ed nations of Europe, notably Germany
and Scandinavia, and we ought to real
ize it. This is a blow to our national
pride, but unless we frankly admit our
faults, there is little prospect either of
repentance or of bringing forth works
meet for repentance.
It cannot be too strongly impressed
upon the American, people that the so-
called “three R’s” are not grounded
in the youthful minds of this generation
as they should be. Reading, writing
and arithmetic are the tools of the hu
man mind. Without them, almost noth
ing of an intellectual sort can be accom
plished. We ought to put the very best
tools in the handB of our children, and
they should be kept in the best possible
condition. Prof. Barrett Wendell, of
Harvard University, recently told in a
lecture-how one of his brightest stu
dents did not know the letters of the
alphabet in their order, and in conse
quence was much hampered in the use
of a dictionary. When it comes to
writing) we have retrograded. At va
rious times much stress haBbeen laid on
varioUd systems of penmanship, which
have been in turn adopted and discard
ed) with the result that few children
write do well as they should, or so well
as their forbears at the same age. As
to composition, most children are befog
ged at the simplest test.
Is Marriage a Failure?
Savannah Prraw.
When one reads the account of the
divorce suits in New York filed by the
GouldA the Astors, the Vanderbilts and
Brokaws, he is inclined to answer that
in mat£r conspicuous oases “marriage is
a failure. ” Among the prominent peo
ple, some time called “the idle rich,”
lack of high and definite purpose in life
inclines one to the belief that marriage
iB a failure. People who go “the pace
that kills” seem to be intent upon pil
ing up examples showing the looseness
of the marriage tie and the emptiness
of life itself. But they do not fail in
their domestic life alone. These people
often fall short of their duties as good
citizens, of high-minded business men,
of moral agencies, as well. They fall
down in all of their relations in life, and
marriage is only one of them. We hear
the statisticians say that one marriage
in every twelve results in divorce.
Many of these unfortunate people are
found wanting in other ways. This
man, or the woman, will be found to be
undesirable citizens in some of their re
lations to their country and fellow-
men, This is notably due in the conspic-
iibuMiistances given above.
But the other day a noble woman was
laid away in a distant city. Hor life
was long past 80 years; in fact, she was
nearing the century mark. Upon her
finger as she was placed in her coffin
was the wedding ring put there over
seventy years ago. She had outlived
husband and children. Of a dozen sis
ters and brothers not one survived. All
the ties of her generation had been sev
ered. The people who had gathered in
her home in the halcyon days of South
ern beauty and hospitality had been
called beyond. The wealth which had
once been hers had been swept away
by the decay of the old regime. Many
of the people whom she had befriended
and loved remained to attest her worth
and to mourn her death. Faithful in
every relation, she had lived a life of
goodness and virtue, and those she left
behind, even to the fifth generation, re
mained to call her blessed. The church
which she had joined and brightened by
her attendance and good offices stood
sponsor at her grave as of one who
kept the faith and one who "though she
were dead, would live again.” She
had been a mother, a grandmother, a
great-grandmother and a great-great
grandmother. Her life had blended
lights and shades as all long lives must,
and as her years were added the shad
ows lengthened, but her faith and her
goodness had grown stronger and bet
ter; her heart had taken on no bitter
ness. She was full of sweetness and
light and charity and cheerfulness, and
her last act had been one of minister
ing kindness for the little ones of the
household.
Hers was an eternal answer to the
question, is marriage a failure, is life a
failure, are faith and hope and love
mere empty words or have they a su
preme and superb meaning which illu
mine and sanctify the world? The thin
gold band upon her finger bore the Big-,
net of 70 years, assumed when “life
was sweet and love was young and both
were hers.” Fro n the graves of the
dead who have lived aright, and from
the homos of the living who are strug
gling and conquering and glorifying,
comes the unchanging verdict, “He
liveth long who liveth well,” and those
who are true to themselves cannot be
false to God or man.
A Traveling Salesman,
H. F. Beers, 617-7th Ave., Peoria, Ill.,
writes: "I have been troubled for some
time with kidney trouble, so severely
lieved, and cheerfully recommend them
to all.” Foley’s Kidney Pills are heal
ing and antiseptic and will restore
health and strength. Sold by all drug
gists.
Women derive a lot of pleasure from
boing able to pity some one.
Dixie.
New York World.
The chief of the division of music in
the Library of Congress, who has com
piled a book on American songs, de
clares “Dixie” to be flrst'jn "patriotic
popularity, ” and the statement will not
be disputed as regards New York and
its suburban and seashore environs.
In this city and at all Eastern water
ing-places “Dixie” is as popular as it
is in the South. The playing of the air
at a dinner or in a theatre or in any
public assemblage is the signal for an
enthusiastic outburst of applause which
is never accorded to other native airs.
To what extent this sentiment for
Dixie” is shared in the West and in
other parts of the country north of
Mason and Dixon's line need not be
considered.
Lincoln thought “Dixie” the best of
American tunes and jokingly remarked
that he regarded it as contraband of
war. Its words are puerile. What is
there inspiring about " 'simmon seed
and sandy bottom?” But there is a
swing and “go” to the Southern Bong
which enlivens a crowd, where the for
mal measures of “America,” too in
frequently played, or the saddening
strains of “Maryland, My Maryland,”
fail of their effect in awakening enthu
siasm. Much of the vogue of “Dixie”
in New York must be attributed to the
efforts of an active minority in popu
larizing the air. It is a legacy of the
Lost Cause for which tho North is'
growing to have an affection.
Montgomery Advertisor.
The Chattanooga Times insists that
"Dixie" stands first among American
songs and music, all over the country.
“There are few,” it says, “who fail to
catch the infection, as there are fow
who can fail to be thrilled by a lively
air so replete with martial associations
and so stirring in itself. Northerners
nover had as much sectional feeling as
existed down South, for obviouB rea
sons, and they not only look good-na
turedly upon the enthusiasm of tho
Southerners for ‘Dixie,’ but sharo
their passion for this wonderful tune.
Other patriotic airs make the heart
swell with pride of country, but it
takes ‘Dixie’ to make the blood really
leap.” There can be no doubt of the
popularity of this soul-stirring produc
tion. It may lack the depth and inspi
ration'of some of tho great songs and
tunes of the world's composers, but any
one who will watch and listen when
"Dixie” is played in any sort of crowd
or at any sort of gathering is bound to
admit that it has in it something that
goes to the hearts and the senses of the
people of all classes..
What War with Japan Would
Cost.
Ilnrper’fl Weokly.
The Civil War cost the Government
$4,000,000,000 while it lasted, and has
since cost an equal amount in pensions;
total, $8,000,000,000.
Using these figures as a basis, and
considering the greater number of men
engaged, the greater losses due to mod
ern firearms, tho higher pay, the great
er cost of rations and all other supplies
and equipments, and with the fighting
(D. V.) 7,000 miles away, we find that
tho assumed two years of war would
cost the Government alone fully $6,000,-
000,000 while it lasted. Added to this
then would be a pension list that would
easily amount to a total, for the follow
ing fifty years, of $6,000,000,000 more;
a grand total of $12,000,000,000.
The present cost of the army is about
$1 per inhabitant, or $6 per voter. To
some this burden amounts to 60 cents,
and to others $6 to $60, depending upon
the amount one contributes, by mode of
living, to the revenues of the Govern
ment. Yet, whatever the amount one
now so contributes, no ono now feels
this burden. Now, take the Govern
ment cost of $12,000,000,000 deduced
above; it amounts to about $135 per in
habitant, or over $800 per voter. This
begins to be a real burden, but so far
we have only tho Government cost.
In seeking losses to business interests
one naturally turns to tho railroads with
their enormous capitalization of $19,000,-
000,000. An hour spent with Mr. James
J. Hill convinced me that the total ton
nage to and from the Orient is almost
insignificant as compared with the
gross railroad tonnage. As ho express
ed it, "A hole in the ground with coal
at the bottom furnishes more traffic
than all our ships on the Pacific.” The
cessation for two years of Pacific trade
would therefore not seriously hurt rail
road earnings. He admitted, however,
that the assumed war would upset busi
ness generally, that all roads would suf
fer in consequence to an extent hard to
estimate, and that Bhould the Japanese
effect a landing on the Pacific coast the
losses would shift from millions to bil
lions, and thoro would be the mischief
tu pay generally.
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is a
very valuable medicine for throat and
lung troubles, quickly relieves and
cures painful breathing and a danger
ously Bounding cough which indicates
congested lungs. Sold by all dealers.
Deep Plowing and Big Crops.
Birmingham AuoHcraM.
W. C. H. Vann, of Abbeville, won the
first prize in the corn contest, and Geo.
A. Lehnert, of Tuscumbia, Colbert
county, won the second prize, his crop
being only six pounds short of Mr,
Vann’s. Mr. Vann lives in Henry coun
ty, and Mr. Lehnert in Colbert county,
and the inference is that all the coun
try between the two producers is capa
ble of like results when 3-horse plows
are used in farming in this State.
Mr. Lehnert raised 142 bushels and
three pounds of corn on his acre, and
the list of facts connected with his acre
is as follows:
Soil—Dark red loam.
Broken—April 20, eight inches deep,
with a 3-horse breaking plow.
Fertilized—June 24, one-half acre
with well-rotted farmyard manure, the
other half none.
Variety of Seed—“Early Prolific” and
‘White.”
Planted—April 1.
Cultivated—May 14, 28; June 9, 20.
Size of Plat—180x210 feet.
Width of Rows—Three feet.
Thickness in Drill—Thirteen inches
apart.
Plants to Acre—5,400.
Growth of Plants—Thrifty from be
ginning.
Ears to Stalk—Two.
Laid By—June 30, with a cultivator.
Harvested—Oct. 10.
Bushels—142 and 3 pounds.
Total Cost—$9.70; market price, 80c.
per bushel, $113.40.
Profit—$104.70.
Mr. Lehnert did even better in rais
ing BWoet potatoes on a plat containing
a little more than an acre. Again his
3-horse plow was U3ed, and the net
profits on the plat were $277.76. Nor
was this all. On a piece of ground con
taining 44,000 square feet he used the
3-horse plow, and he sowed on it bird
oats and Japan clover. He cut at har
vest time a little over six tons of hay,
which netted him $65.55.
It is the old, old story of good farm
ing. The 3-horse plow is needed in
Alabama as nothing else is. The
scratching of the surface is simply eco
nomical waste of energy and soil. The
experience of Mr. Lehnert should be
told and retold in every county in the
State, and the Age-Herald regrets it
does not possess a picture of this 3-
horse plow.
Hero the Judge took a hand in exam
ining the venireman.
“You don’t seem to understand the
questions addressed to you by the at
torneys,” he said. "What they want
to know is whethor you have formed or
expressed any opinion in this case.
That is to say, have you told anybody
whether or not you believe tho defend
ant guilty of the crime charged against
him, or have you said to anybody that
you believe him to be innocent?”
“Course not, Judge,” answered the
venireman. “It ain’t necessary for
mo to express no opinion about him.
I’ve known him for thirty years, and I
know blame well ho stole the cow—”
“That will do, Mr. Skiles. You may
Btand aside.”
AVOID HARSH DRUGS.
Many Cathartics Tend to Cause In
jury to the Bo welt.
If you are subject to constipation you
should avoid strong drugs and cathar
tics. They only give temporary relief
and their reaction is harmful and some
times more annoying than constipation.
They in no way effect a cure, and their
tendency is to weaken the already weak
organs with whieh they come in con
tact.
We hqnestly believe that we have the
best constipation treatment ever devis
ed. Our faith in it is so strong that we
sell it on the positive guarantee that it
shall not cost the user a cent if it does
not give entire satisfaction and com
pletely remedy constipation. This pre
paration is called Rexall Orderlies.
They are prompt, soothing and most
effective in action. They are made of
a recent chemical discovery. Their prin
cipal ingredient is odorless, tasteless
and colorless. Combined with other
well-known ingredients, long establish
ed for their usefulness in the treatment
of constipation, it forms a tablet which
is eaten just like candy. They may be
taken at any time, either day or night,
without fear of thTfir causing any incon
venience whatever. They do not gripe,
purge nor cause nausea. 'They act with
out causing any pain or excessive loose
ness of the bowels. They are idoal for
children, weak, delicate persons and
aged people, as well as for the most
hearty person.
They come in two size packages, 12
tablets 10 cents, 36 tablets 25 cents.
Remember, you can obtain them only
at our store—The Rexall Store. Holt
& Cates Co.
For sale in Palmetto, Ga., by.T. E.
Culbreath.
When the fighting Bpirit possesses a
man he will fight like all possessed.