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NEWNAN HERALD & ADVERTISER
VOL. XL V.
NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1910.
NO. 38
Farmers’
Supply Store
Sorghum Seed.
Now is the time to plant Sorghum Seed as a feed crop..
We have the Early Amber, Orange and Red Top varieties.
Tobacco.
2,000 lbs. “Merry Widow” Tobacco just received. We
■sell this Tobacco at wholesale prices. Buy now and save
2 cents a pound, as the extra tax will go on soon.
Horse Feed.
Try some of our Alfarina. It comes as near making
old horses and mules young as anything you can feed on.
It is fine for both young and old stock.
Much Time for a Little Money.
We have received a shipment of 8-day Clocks from the
factory.' We are selling a $2.50 Clock for $1.9S, (cash,) as
long as they last. A good Clock saves a family more con
fusion and time than any piece of furniture they can have
in the home.
Clothing.
We handle the celebrated Curlee Suits and Pants. We
have the Curlee Pants in $2.50 and $5 lines. Try one pair
of these and you will have no other.
Shoes and Oxfords.
FOR LADIES.—“High Point,” $1.75.; “Dixie Girl,”
I $2; “Virginia Creeper,” $2.50. FOR MEN.—“Americus,”
|$3.50; “Pilgrim,” $3.50.
All grades and prices. Men’s, women’s and children’s
I shoes always in stock. Can fit anybody.
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Farm Implements.
Scovil Hoes, Handle Hoes, Hyde Cultivators, Little
Joe Harrows, Grain Qradles, etc.
We do our best $>■ serve and please the farmers of our
sounty. . Come to 9g,e us. You will always be welcome at
our store;.' Yours to serve,
|7. G. Farmer & Sons Co.
19 Court Square :: 6 and 8 W. Washington
Telephone 147
PASSED OVER.
Into the mldBt of the fold there came
A pure little lamb one day,
But enemies threatened Its tender frame.
So the shepherd, who knowoth his sheep byname,
Lifted and bore it away.
Still the Mock strua-fflos on, In storm or calm, .
’Mid dangers at home or abroad,
And the way seemeth long. But the little white
lamb
Bides safe In the fold of God,
Into earth's wide-spreading garden there grew
A pure little bud, one day.
But atones beat about It, and cold winds blew,
So, the gardenor, loving, wise and true,
Plucked it and took It away,
And bllsht lhat mildews, and wind that blows, 4
May smite with n pitiless rod,
But neither can roach whore the little white roso
Unfolds in tho garden of God.
Into tho shelter of homo there sped
A pure littlo soul one day.
And love lavished wolcome upon its dear head,
But the Savior who saw where its pathway led,
Pitied and called it away.
And tho hands that clung, and tho eyes that wept
Know never tho way it trod.
But, oh I for the joy of tho white soul, kept
Unstulned in the presence of God.
Oh, ye who wait in tho empty fold—
In the garden despoiled of bloom—
In tho lonely home while the yoars uro told.
And tho path that leads to the City of Gold,
Seems hid from sight in the gloom,
Be glad, for the treasure you cherished of yore
In your Father’s safe care doth remain,
And the Love that bereft will as surely restore
His own to their lost ones again.
MONUMENT TO CONFEDERATES.
Robert Patton Chapter, U. D. 0.,
Originated the Movement Which
Resulted in Dedication Ex
ercises on Wednesday.
Sandusky, Ohio, June 8.—A monu
ment to the memory of Confederate
officers and soldiers buried on Johnson’s
Island, Sandusky Bay, Lake Erie, was
dedicated to-day. The movement to
erect the statue originated with the
Robert Patton Chapter of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, of Cin
cinnati, Ohio. The chapter purchased
the cemetery in 1908, when it was
found that the spot around which so
many historic memories clustered was
being neglected and practically aban
doned. Its only visitors were the vet
erans of the Grand Army post, who ev
ery decoration day held memorial ser
vices for their former foes.
Prior to this, however, one effort had
been made to save the cemetery from
the neglect into which it had fallen. In
1889 a party of editors and officials of
the State of Georgia visited the island,
They saw only broken fences and weed-
grown mounds. Stirred by the sight
they returned home and raised a fund
which provided headstones of Georgia
low About a
If you have decided fully that you will not purchase
automobile, come and let us sell you one of our celebra
M Barnesville or “White Star” buggies—both Georgia
pde, and no doubt the best buggies for the price that can
found. They must be built right,. else we would not
so many.
Come and see our stock of buggies. Will be glad to
. I
Jow you, even if you do not buy.
C. ARNALI, MDSE. CO
TELEPHONES 342 and 58.
marble for each of the 206 graves,
was then found that 54 of them must
remain nameless, for the momory of
the dead had vanished.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Hoffman,
Federal commissiary-general of prison'
era, leased forty acres of land on John,
son’s Island in the fall of 1861, from L,
B. Johnson. The intention waB to use
this land solely for the accommodation
of Confederate Officers, and although in
the subsequent years of the war small
bodies of privates were from time to
time sent to the island it was usually
through error and they were invariably
promptly drafted to other prisons. The
island lies in Sandusky Bay, about three
miles from the town of Sandusky, and
the post was known officially as “Depot
for prisoners of war, Johnson’s island;
near Sandusky, Ohio."
The greatest number of prisoners
confined on the island at any one time
was about ?,000. This was just prior to
the close of the war. All in all about
10,000 officers and soldiers were impris
oned there and about 220 deaths were
recorded. Fourteen of the dead were
buried on the mainland.
When the first prisoners died Mr,
Johnson gave his consent to their burial
on the island and the cemetery was
laid out under his personal direction
No lease on the land was ever executed
or any compensation given for its ueb,
Subsequently at the close of the war,
Mr. Johnson, at his own expense, built
a wire fence aronnd the plot and kept
it in repair for several years. Later
on an officer from the Columbus Feder
al barracks visited the island and had
the original fence moved and a more
substantial one erected in its stead,
For many years afterwards the ceme
tery was allowed to fall to decay until
in 1881 the veterans of .McMeen’s post,
Grand Army of the Republic, of San
dusky, Ohio, paid a generous tribute to
the men who had fought against them,
They had the cemetery weeded and
cared for, and on Memorial Day follow'
ing held services there similiar to those
held over the Union dead in. Oakland
cemetery, Sandusky.
Every succeeding Memorial Day up
to three years ago they carried out
similar services. As the veterans were
all men in advanced years they were
forced in 1907 to discontinue their trips
to the island. They decided also that
in view of the fact that up to that time
no interest had been shown in the Con
federate graves by either the relatives
or friends of those buried there, there
was no demand on them to continue
the services.
This action by the Grand Army post
becam^ widely known and drew the at
tention of the various Confederate or
ganizations throughout the country to
the neglected condition of one of the
most memorable landmarks of the
great struggle.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
became interested. The campaign was
headed by Robert Patton Chapter
which raised funds for the purchase of
the cemetery and then issued another
Appeal for a fund to provide a suitable
monument to the dead.
Money was liberally contributed
throughout the South and a substantial
amount was also raised in the North.
The commission for the monument was
given to Sir Mezas Ezekiel, who execu
ted the statue in his study at Rome and
shipped it here a few weeks ago. The
first photographs of it will be copy-
ighted by tho Daughters of the Con
federacy and sold, the proceeds to he
added to the monument fund.
The historic value of Johnson's island
lies not merely in the number of famous
soldiers who were confined there during
the war, but also in the many stories of
attempted daring rescues which cluster
about it. For three years'plot after
plot was laid to free the thousands who
lay in captivity on the iasland. Every
attempt, however, failed. The main
guard of the island was the gunboat
Michigan, now the Wolverine, which
frustrated more than one sensational ef
fort at rescue. The Wolverine, which
is still doing duty in the United States
service, was the first steel vessel ever
built .on the Great Lakes.
The statue occupies a position on the
shore of Sandusky Bay near the en
trance of the island cemetery and faces
to the south. It represents a Confed
erate/soldier in uniform.. The right
handwlutches a musket, the stock of
whicty rests on the ground. The left
hand iB raised to the forehead, shading
the eyes, and the figure seems to be
peering into the far distance, toward
the Southland.
The statue rests on a pedestal con
structed of South Carolina marble, upon
which is engraved in large letters
1 ‘Erected by the Robert Patton Chap
ter, United Daughters of the Confeder
acy, of Cincinnati, Ohio, in memory of
Southern soldiers who died in the Fed'
eral prison on this island during the
war between 'the States. Dead, but
sceptered sovereigns who rule us from
the dUBt.”
On the base is this inscription, “The
stone upon this was inscribed and placed
by the Grand Lodge of Mississippi in
remembrance of the Masons who sleep
here.”
On the ends of the base Btone are
the words, “Confederate Soldiers,
They were masons.”
Church Growth.
Albany Herald.
Whether the world is growing better
or not—a question on which clergy and
laity are not fully agreed—it is appar
ently an established fact that the
church, the various religious denomina
tions being considered as a whole, is
enjoying a steady growth in the United
States. And so it may be said that
whether they are growing more relig
ious or not, the percentage of church
membership is increasing to an extent
that ought to be encouraging to thoee
whose labors are given to the church,
According to a special census report
of religious bodies for 1906, now in
press, church growth in the United
States was greater than the increase in
population between the years 1900 and
1906. In the large cities the growth of
religious organizations and comrouni
cants were greater in the years men
tioned than the increase in population
while outBide the big cities the rate of
increase was approximately the same
as that of population increase.
Out of every 1,000 people in 160 prin
cipal cities with a population of more
than 25,000, there were 469 church
members, while for area outside these
cities there were 363, and for the en
tire country there were 391. As com'
pared with 1890, the report shows
gain of 51 outside of them.
Female members in 1906 outnumbered
the male members by 32 per cent, out-
side the cities, while in the principal
cities the excess of female members
was proportionately less, being 23.
per cent.
Mark Twain as An Editor.
The late Mark Twain spent two yearB
of his life in Buffalo, including the
‘honeymoon” pariod, for it was while
he was editor of the Buffalo Express
(1869-1870) that he married Miss Olivia
Langford, of Elmira, N. Y.
On assuming the editorship of the
Express on August 21, 1869, the man
who was afterwards to become one of
the world’s greatest humorists, said
editoriolly:
"1 only wish to assure parties having
friendly interest in the prosperity of
this journal that I am not going to hurt
the paper deliberately and intentional
ly, at any time. I am not going to in
troduce any startling reform or in any
way attempt to make trouble. I am
simply going to do my plnin, unpre
tending duty—when I cannot get oiit of
it. I shall work diligently and honestly
and faithfully at all times and upon all
occasions, when privation and want
shall compel me to do so. In writing I
shall always confine myself strictly to
the truth, except when it is attended
with inconvenience. I shall withering'
ly rebuke all forms of crime and mis
conduct, except when committed by the
party inhabiting my own vest. I shall
not make any use of slang or vulgarity
upon any occasion or in any circum
stances, and shall never use profanity
except in discussing house rent and
taxes. Indeed, upon second thought, I
will not even then, for it is inelegant,
un-Christian and degrading. I shall
not often meddle with politics, because
we have a political editor who is al
ready excellent and only needs a term
in the penitentiary to be perfect. I
shall not write any poetry, unlesB
conceive a spite against the subscri
bers.”
One day Mark took an invitation to
furnish a mental photograph as a text
for half a column.
I have but little character,” he
wrote, “but what I have I am willing
to part with for the public good. I
would have been a better man if I had
had' a chance, but things have always
been against me. I never had any pa-
ents, hardly—only just a father and
mother—and so I have had to struggle
along the best way I could.” Then he
went on to answer the questions put to
him. Some of these questions were:
What is your favorite object in Na
ture? A dumb belle.
Where would you like to live? f In the
moon, because there is no water there,
If not yourself, who would you rather
be? The Wandering Jew, with a nice
annuity.
What is your idea of happiness?
Finding the buttons on.
What do you most dread? Exposure
Wh&t is your ajm in life? To en'
deavor to be absent when the time
comes.
What are the sweetest words in the
world? Not guilty.
What is your motto? Be virtuous
and you will be eccentric.
Sidney Smith cut the following from
a newspaper and preserved it for him'
self: “When you rise in the morning,
say that you will make the day blessed
to a fellow-creature. It is easily done
A left-off garment to the man who
needs it; a kind word to the sorrowful
an encouraging expression to the de^
jected—trifles in themselves as light as
air—will do it at least for the twenty-
four hours. And if you are young, de
pend upon it, it will tell upon you when
you are old; and if you are old, roBt as
sured that it will Bend you gently and
happily down the stream of time to
eternity. By the most simple aritk
metical sum, look at the result. If
you send one person away happily
through the day, that will be three
hundred and sixty-five in the course of
a year. And suppose you live forty
years only, after you commence that
course of medicine, you have made
fourteen thousand bix hundred persons
happy—at all events for a time.”
CERTAINRESULTS.
Home Cure for Eczema.
Does it not seem strange that
many people suffer year in and year
out with eczema?
A 25-cent bottle of a simple wash
stops the itch and yvill surely convince
any patient.
This wash is composed of mild and
soothing oil of wintergreen mixed with
thymol and glycerine, etc., and known
as D. D. D. Prescription. We do not
know how long the D. U. D. Laborato
ries will continue the 25c. offer, as the
remedy is regularly sold only in $1 bot
tles and has never before been put on
the market on any special offers.
If you want relief to-night try a bot
tle at 25c. on our personal recommen
dation. John R. Cates Drug Co.
The Sunday-scnool teacher had just
explained to the juvenile class that the
first parents were made from dust.
“Now, Edgar,” Bhe said to a bright
little fellow, ‘lean you tell me who the
first man was?”
“Henry Clay,” was the prompt
Indians Don’t Swear.
Dob MolnoB Register nnd Lender.
The father-in-law of three hundred
Indian children! This is the remarkable
task Dave Guyette, a former Iowan,
but now a resident of Muskogee, Okla.,
has faced.
Prior to the granting of Statehood to
the combined Territories of Oklahoma
and Indian Territory under the napie ot
Oklahoma it was necessary under the
law for all minor Indians to have a
guardian who could givo bond, mtlke
contracts, leases, etc.
Mr. Guyette, after failing to obtain a
farm at tho opening of tho Cherokeo
outlet, settled at Tahlequah, the capital
of the Cherokeo Nation, in 1893. Act
ing as tho fiduciary officer of a trust
company Mr. Guyetto was appointed by
the Federal Court the guardian of more '
than 300 Cherokee children.
Speaking of his experiences in his pa
rental capacity, Mr. Guyetto, who is
visiting in Des Moines, said: “Until the
advent of Statehood I was about the
busiest individual in these United
States. A family of 300 children with
their mothers can load a person a rath
er strenuous life. I waB necessarily of
ten in the homes of these people, and
must commend one feature of the life
of the Indian woman to her white sis
ter, and that is the fact that children
are never.given corporal punishment.
I never saw a Cherokee mother
strike her child, scold or punish it in
any way. She might neglect the child,
but abuse it never. She couldn’t possi
bly swear at the child, whatever the
provocation, as there is no swear word
in the Indian language. Even when
they learn English Indians don’t
swear.” .
If you are not satisfied after using
according to directions two-thirds of ;a
bottle of Chamberlain’s Stomach and
Liver Tablets, you can have your mon
ey back. The tablets cleanse and in
vigorate the stomach. improve the di
gestion, regulate the bowels.
The Jim Crow Law.
An attempt to have the court pass on
the authority of common carriers en-^
gaged in interstase commerce to make
“Jim Crow" regulations met with
failure when the court dismissed the so-
called Chiles appeal from its docket.
The question arose in a suit which J.
Alexander Chiles, a negro, brought for
damages against the Chesapeake &
Ohio Railway Company.
ChileB bought a through ticket from
Washington, D. C., to Lexington, Ky.
At Ashland, Ky., all the passengers
except those in a sleeper wore required
to take other coaches. Over the ob
jection of a brakeman, Chiles insisted
on riding in a coach set aside for white
passengers. He was compelled by the
conductor to go into the coach for col
ored persons.
In the suit for damages the railroad
relied on the defense that it had acted
in conformity with its regulations. The
Supreme Court of Kentucky found
these regulations, in regard to sepa
rate coaches for tho two races to be
reasonable. Inasmuch as Chiles had
been furnished accommodations equal
to those provided for white passengers,
according to the trial jury, a verdict
was rendered for the railroad company.
From this Chiles appealed and the Su
preme Court affirmed the decision of
the State Court.
Bloodine Liver Pills cure sick head
ache, biliousness, dizziness, dyspepsia,
and constipation. 25c. a box, mailed
by The Bloodine Co., Inc., Boston,
Mass. Sold and guaranteed by Brown
& Brooks.
ply.
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1 hi.il.
Even the real estate men occasionally
build castles in the air. '
Many a Newnan Citizen Knows How
Sure They Are.
Nothing uncertain about the work of
Doan’s Kidney Pills in Newnan. There
is plenty of positive proof of this in the
testimony of citizens. Such evidence
should convince the most skeptical
doubter. Read the following state
ment:
J. T. Nolan, 12 First street, Newnan,
Ga., says: “The great relief Doan’s
Kidney Pills gave me is sufficient evi
dence of their worth. For three years
my kidneys were out of order, and
caused me much misery. I had darting
pains through the back and loins, ana
whenever I did any work that required
any stooping or lifting I was in abso
lute misery. The kidney secretions
finally began to act imperfectly, and
from this I conclude 1 that my kidneys
were at fault. Reading about Doan's
Kidney Pills, I decided to try them and
got a dox at Lee Bros. ’ drug store.
They improved my condition so much
that I cannot speak too highly in their
favor.”
For sale by all dealers. Price 60
re . cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name—Doan’a—and
hake no other.
A certain spinster in Indianapolis,
who has lived alone in her beautiful and
stately home for many years, is one of
the city’s most notable housewives. No
childish fingers have ever marred the
brilliance of her mirrors and windows,
or played havoc with the handsome
bronzes and vases in the daintily cared
for dining-room.
At the home of her brother, where
seven children romp from morning un
til night, the same exquisite perfection
is impossible, as may be imagined. One
day the spinster’s small niece returned
home after a tea party at aunty’s, and,
in an awed tone, said, "Mamma, I saw
a fly in Aunt Maria’s house, but
(thoughtfully) it was washing itself.”
Old Lady (to boy who has fetched
her a glass of water) — “Thank you, my
boy. You were very quick about it. ”
Boy—“That’s nothin’, ma’am. I’m
used to it. I had a job carrying water
to the elephants in a circus.”
For Rheumatism and all Blood
Eruptions and Liver Complaints.
Brown & Brooks, Newnan, Ga.
Drug Co., Turir, Ga.
Turin