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NEWNAN HERALD & ADVERTISER
VOL. XLV.
NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1910,
NO. 46
Farmers’
Supply Store
[LEADING THE KG
FOR
Fall Business.
Reduced prices on all Clothing,
Shirts, and Low-cut Shoes for ladies
and men.
We have for summer and fall
sowing Georgia-raised Rye, Barley,
and Appier Oats.
Grass Blades, Pitchforks.
Car-load Shorts—the best feed
to start your fattening hogs.
SPAKE ME MY DREAMS.
Spare ma my dreams I Whnte'or, 0 ruthleBS Time,
_Thou takcBt from my humble earthly store;
Whate'er of grief thou layest ut my door.
To make for tny sad soul a wintry clime,
Sp«ro me my dreamB, fantastic or Rublime,
That dally I may con them o’er and o’er,
And learn to love their grace and beuuty more,
And weave them Into glittering strands of rhyme.
My soul Is like a doep, melodious wood,
Pei fumed by flowers and watered by sweet
streams;
No trampling feet of men In evil mood
Con enter there while fancy brightly beams.
Oh, ruthless Time, whatever else of good
Thou takest from my store, sparo me my dreams!
THE "PASSION PLAY.”
[The letter published below was written by
Mrs. R. H. Hnrdnwoy to her daughter. Mrs. J. H.
Strickland, of this clty.[
7. fi. Farmer & Sons Co.
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Telephone 147
BUGGIES,
WAGONS,
HARNESS.
Through this section prospects are fine for a good
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can depend on—one that will "deliver the goods.” We
have it, and the name is "WHITE HICKORY.”
We sell two of the best buggies—the "WHITE STAR”
a nd "JACKSO^ G. SMITH” Barnesville buggy.
See our goods, get our prices, and we will sell you.
H. C. Arnall MDSE. CO.
TELEPHONES 342 and 58.
Nuremberg, Germany, July 11, 1910.
Dear Mattie: We are here from this
afternoon at 4 o’clock till to-morrow at
10:30 a. m. We travel none at night,
and divide long distances by stays over
night at principal points. We came
from Oberammergau, where we saw the
“Passion Play” from 7:46 a. m. to
noon, and then from 1:46 till 6 p. m.,
making an intermission of almost two
hours at noon. Our stopping-place was
with Ludwig Wolff, a singer in the
chorus, and whose wife is sister to An
ton Lang, the “Christus” of the play.
The choruses, in singing, moving and
costumes, are something wonderful. It
is composed of twenty-four girls and
seventeen men. A French artist of Mu
nich staged and costumed these—that
is, designed them, the natives making
the costumes. The tableaux are mar
velous in arrangement, color and light
ing. The thentre seats four thousand
people, the seats being on an incline
and facing a stage at one end, which is
left entirely open, that end of the thea
tre being left off. Back of the stage
and facing the theatre, leaving the open
space between, is a temple-like build
ing in which were all the tableaux and
part of the acting, including the cruci
fixion. The choruses stand on the open
space, rain or shine, faeing the audi
ence. Over and beyond them can be
seen from the higher seats the beauti
ful mountains, clouds and forests. For
the tableaux the chorus divides and
swings back to the temple front, and
then the certain rises on the tableaux,
some Binger chanting a solo and gestic
ulating in explanation. The tableaux
begin with Adam and Eve in the Gar
den. The men in the chorus have nat
ural long hair and beard, running from
dark to blonde. The girls also run from
brunette to extreme blonde, the two
finest voices being blondes. The girls
wear white flowing dresses, escaping
well the ground, and over that a grace
ful circular cape, all having some indi
vidual way of holding or dropping the
capes, which are a few inches shorter
than the skirts and beautifully banded
in metallic stripes set on. All have
girders and cords, but those of the men
are heavier, as also seem their capes-
The centre figure in the chorus is a tall
man who't-arries a golden mace, and he
leads going off and coming on, as well
a3 in wheeling for the tableaux. His
robe Gecths of heavy cream cloth,
trimmed in gold ami silver. On each
side is a man in crimson cloak, (all the
men wear cream robes beneath;) then
a blue one, then a -greet!,, then two
shades of red, (i-errucot.ta and crimson,)
then a blue—all the colors being the
same, in order to the ends, tit each end
being twelve girls. There wore no out
right yc-llew dresses in the chorus, gold
being used largely ip. the trimming, and
all, men and women, wearing a gold cor
onet. A st ring band in the music pit
played, and a director directed them. In
coming on and going off the stage one-
half came and went from either side up
wide, narrow steps into a sort of Greek
port’eo, cod then on to their dressing-
rooms. These porticos and balconies
formed scenery in connection witii the
temple-like place, the last being in
front.
All of this wasVon a- Sunday. Some
people wept freely; .some were almost
hysterical. A minister lmd told me he
felt on seeing the play that he had
spent a day with his ,Lord. I didn’t
feel this way, but more as if I had
spent the day in sight of the devil. Of
course, these village folkH are sincere
or began the play centuries ago in sin
cerity; but sincerity is not all that is
required in our relation to God. It
should be based on the eternal verities
as set forth in the Word of God. It
seemed blasphemy to dramatize the
plan of salvation; to imitate the trage
dy of the ages, the climax of the uni
verse! It was setting at naught the
blood of Christ! r
Anton Lang, the “Christus,” rode a
little donkey in the triumphal march
into Jerusalem. He ate the passover
and administered what purported to be
the “Lord's Supper.” He washed , the
'Disciples’ feet, all of them—that is,
one foot of each—in less time than it
takes our Primitive Baptist brethren to
wash one old saint’s foot. It made my
blood run cold, though I saw soldiers
around me wiping their eyes. But
these soldiers had never seen a little
church in the wilderness at worship.
When the curtain rose for the cruci
fixion the two thieves were already on
their crosses, but Anton Lang was not
yet raised from the ground, which was
done in the face of the audience, and
he hung twenty minutes, (that is the
set time,) before they took him down.
The scene was just as I liave had in my
mind thousands of times—a scene never
to be repeated, for He said, “It is fin
ished”—and I know He has triumphed
over death. I knew the man there was
Anton Lang and not my Savior, and as
he enacted the scenes and repeated the
words I felt resentful in my heart. He
went through the scene with the thieves,
and this, too, has run through my im
agination a thousand times. His voice
was not as loud as I had expected when
he uttered the sentence beginning,
“Eloi, Eloi.” I imagined he was awe
stricken and could not exclaim it with
a loud voice.
Who do you suppose was the best ac
tor on the stage? “Judas.” He was
persuaded and hounded by the Phari
sees. Ho was ashamed, and went be
fore the Sanhedrim and offered back
the money, and when they wouldn’t
take it he flung it at them. Then he
came out remorseful and hanged him-
Belf. He represented sin, human sin,
and it seemed not presumptuous to
portray it. “John,” too, was good—
a youth, handsome but not effeminate.
Eloei Zwinck, the “Virgin Mary,” is
the daughter of Zwinck, the “Judas.”
It iB difficult to get one to assume the
role of “Judas,” and I think they must
have had an artist to train Zwinck and
give him a more prominent part to sat
isfy him. His figure stood out remark-
bly. He is an extreme brunette, with
very long black hair and whiskers.
His costume was «—robe of brownish
terra cotta, and his scarf a rich orange,
making both the man and his make-up
unmistakable.
But did I finish telling about the
mock crucifixion? After he had followed
out the plan and seemed to die, a Ro
man soldier seemingly pierced his side
and a red fluid ran out. This gave me
the horrors. Then came Nicodemus
and Joseph and begged the body. Lad
ders were put up and all taken down by
suspending clothes in a most decorous
manner. This physical Btrain of keep
ing still and being suspended is the
greatest trial to Anton Lang in the
eMv. .
Nine people out of ten were delight
ed, and it rpust have been a great treat
to the Catholic priests present. Many
Jews came, too, from the large cities.
It reminded me of the crush at the Cot
ton Exposition in Atlanta. The Ger
man people from tho country came in
their full costumes) and were a sight,
all the women wearing full, shortish
skirts and a full colored apron tied with
strings in the back. We had heard of
these simple German folk, hut they
have their play and all their town
thoroughly commercialized. No seats
tfre less then a dc-ilar, and most of them
run up (c- $2.60 and $4. Too hoard is $0
a day, and none taken for less than
two nights.
Mrs. Eager has included all this
her plans, and is very glad it is over.
PJuude tel! ai.-.ter I enjoyed her letter,
and will write :it; my first)opportunity
I am rather stealing tiiir. time, as I
promised ltu:h I’d go to bed, and I will
just h ' soon ::s I’ve finished this letter,
Woiii-.d rain at Lucerne, Switzerland,
and somewhat bad weather over since,
except yesterday, for tho “Passion
Play.” It was raining when we left
this morning, and the folks wore just
pouring into the theatre, and we met
i rains loaded going in. They are going
to play four times a week now instead
of two, as first arranged, from May to
October. It took three engines to car
ry us to Oberammergau Saturday. Vou
know it is up in the Tyrolean Alps, high
up on (lie mountainside. The river that
ran right by our house was clear
crystal yesterday, and this morning it
is a swollen, muddy stream, carrying
sticks and all sorts of trash. The face
of the country is changed, and we have
been in a valley most of the day—a val
ley of hops, potatoes, wheat and hay,
Women working out in the hayfields
I will try and send more post-cards
soon.
We met Mary Lyndon in Oboramma
gau yesterday. She said they had ten
folks in their party lodged in six
houses, as they could getsroom.
I wilt,write to Jennie and Corrille
some time soon. Have you heard any
thing from Lila? ,
Love to everybody. Mother.
Itch Kelieved at Once.
, That terrible itch disappears with
the FIRST DROPS of a simple com
pound of oil of wintergreen thymol and
glycerine mixed in D. D. D. Prescrip
tion. This soothing, healing lotion,
used externally, kills the eczema germ
instantly.
Heretofore the D. D. D. remedy has
been sold only in $1 bottles; but as
special offer, any sufferer in this town
who has never tried D. D. D. can now
try this remedy in a special bottle at
26c. It cures the itch instantly. We
KNOW tfaia. John R. Cates Drug Co.
Providence takes cave of children and
fools unless they are looking for good
investments.
Open House in Alabama.
Harris Dickson In Everybody's Magazine.
Judge Greer’s father, Col. Greer,
emigrated from Virginia and settled
with his slaves on now lands in Ala
bama. Greer House—white and spa
cious and open—fronted a public road
along which passed the westward tide
of travel. But the traveler did not pass
—he stopped in and rested a week or
two. Few were brisk enough to escape
tho Colonel’s watchful oye. And once
inside his gate, the wayfarer found it
harder yet to leave.
When the weekly stage coach came
rattling along, two negro boys waited
for it at the top of the hill, one with a
bucket of ice water, the other with a
pitcher of sangaroo. Added to this was
an invitation from the Colonel for the
strangers to rest beneath his roof. At
meal times Isom, the butler, wont down
to the big gate and blew the dinner
horn, a broadcast invitation to the wide,
wide world.
Why should not the Colonel invite nil
within hearing to partake of his dinner?
He had more than ho could oat; there
wore no hotels for the stranger; trav
elers must get very hungry—and thirs
ty. The underlying spirit was not new;
it was the same simple spirit which
graced Sir Roger de Coverley. But the
manifestation was different, a manifes
tation that suited tho country.
Col. Greer felt deely his obligation to
those who honored him by muking his
house their temporary home. Did they
not bring him political news, tell good
stories, and keep him informed as to
the current evonts of three States? All
they got in return was a few fried
chickens, home-cured ham, cornbread,
fruits, melons, cigars, wines, and—tho
Colonel admitted that his toddies wore
fairly good, for he made them himself.
Everybody laughed and prospered on
Deerfield Plantation. Sleek horses
drew the carriages; cows waddled to
the milking; Bhiny mules marched be
fore the plows; fat negroes grinned
with dazzling teeth at fatter chickens
that tempted the frying-pan.
When the Colonel returned from a
; ourney, every human being on tho
plantation gathered around him before
he could shake off the dust—and he had
a present for everyone. HiB pockets
bulged with gew-gaws. and trinkets,
pocket-knives, band-combs, tobacco,
and sardines.
Somehow tho droughts managed
to skip Deerfield, and destructive
storms went around it. Bad years
didn’t hurt the Colonel, and he made
the good ones an excuse for helping his
neighbors. He wrote freely—not for
profit, but for accommodation—on tho
back of various promissory notes drawn
by his acquaintances. His rich acres
gave value to the aulogruphs. When
pay day came, ho had to sell his plan
tation and move to-Mfnsissippi. That is
one reason why Judge Greer, his son
suidied law and set out to make a liv
ing in town.
Dysentery is a dangerous disease, hut
can be cured, Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Romoily has heen
successfully used in nine epidemics of
ilvsentery. It. has never been known 10
fail. It is equally valuable for children
ami adults, and when reduced with water
and sweetened, it is pleasant to lake.
Sold by all dealers.
Tables Turned.
Nnt!omJ Monthly.
A good story, is told of Congressman
IT. W. (Hank) Palmer, of Wilkeabarre,
Pa.
'Hank” has the reputation of bring
quite a story-teller, and iB at all times
ready to spring something funny at the
other fellow’s expense, but it happened
that this time Hank’s joke was turned
on himself.
In was back in the early eighties
when the scarf stick-pins were so much
in stjde. Hank .purchased u conspicu
ously large pin, tho design of which was
a potato bug, green in color, When
asked what it was. Hank would answer,
“An Irish potato bug.”
It was up to United States Commis
sioner Honn of the name town, who is
a typical German and very unassuming
to turn the joke on the funny Hank,
who had been having u lot of fun with
his Irish potato bug, till he ran across
the little commissioner, who eyed the
pin very closely, but failed to make
any remark about it, fearing that Hank
had some joke attached to It.
Honn was about to walk away, .when
Hank said to him: "Mr. Honn, what
do you think of my new pin?”
Mr. Honn adjusted his heavy glasses
and scrutinized the pin very closely,
and asked: "Hank, vot iss dot?”
“That’s an IriBh potato bug,” said
Hank.
“Veil, veil,” said the commissioner,
“dots der largest bug I efer see on such
a small potato.’’
A Rocky Road.
Dawson Nowa.
Those are hard times for the country
newspapers. Tho Eatonton News has
changed hands again, (the third time re
cently,) the Thomson Free Lance has
suspended publication, and the Madison
Advertise)* and two or three others are
in financial trouble.
The increased cost-of living, the ad
vance in wages paid printors and other
employees, and the increased cost of
type, print paper and other things nec
essary to the making of a newspaper,
while tho prices of job printing, adver
tising and subscription remain at what
they have been for years, makes it
hard for local papers to exist.
As the Greensboro Herald says, a
crisis is coming in the lives of the week
ly newspapers, and the question is,
how shall it be met? Some of our con
temporaries are now discussing the ex
pediency of raising their subscription
'rates, and a very interesting paper on
this subject was read at tho recent
meeting of tho Georgia Press Associa
tion in Americus by Editor Christopher
of the Montezuma Record. In the
opinion of The News, however, such a
step is not feasible. As every country
publisher knows, the big city papers,
which are made up from tho dailies and
issued at very little additional expense,
compete with his own paper in th«N ru
ral districts, and as long ns tills is the
case and tho city papers nro circulated
at a price thut is but littlo more than
the coat of the blank paper on which
they are printed there will be very lit
tle chance for him to inSroaso tho price
of his own publication.
But, as the Greensboro paper Bays, a
crisis is coming for the weekly news
papers, and their publishers had just as
well begin to devise some way of meet
ing it. For the reason stutod above
Tha News is frank to say that it does
not know how it is to be done. Not
withstanding that tho cost, of labor and
other expenses have doubled during the
past few years The Nows is to-day is
suing at the same price of $1.00 a year
a paper nearly three times tho size of '
the ono it printed ten years ago.
Marriageable Ages.
In Austria a “man” and “woman”
are supposed to be capable of conducting
a home of their own from the age of. 14.
In Germany the man must he at least
18 yours of age.
In France the man must be 18 and the
woman 16; in Belgium the same age.
In Spain tho Intended husband muBt
have passed his 14th year, pnd the
woman her 12th.
In Hungary, for Roman Catholics, the
man must bo 14 years old and the woman
12;. for Protestants, the man must be 18
and the woman 16.
In Greece the man must have seennt
least 14 summers and the woman 12.
In Russia and Saxony they are a littlo
more sensible, and a youth must refrain
from entering into matrimony till ho
can count 18 years, and tho woman till
site can count 16.
In Switzerland, men from the age of
14 and the woman from the age of 12
ure allowed to marry.
In Turkey, anyyouthfmd maiden who
arc old enough to walk, and can under
stand the noeoMnry relit
vice, are allowed to bu unitot
GOOD NEWS.
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“Good News travels font,” and the
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citizens ure telling the good news of
their experience with the Old Quaker
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reading:
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,thnt J wus a eonnttint sufferer from
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ing into my shoulders, and even as far
ns my neck. When 1 procured Doan’s
Kidney Pills at Leo Bros’, drug store
1 was in quite a serious condition, and
placed oil my hopes in their bringing
mo relief. I was not disappointed, for,
after a short use, they entirely cured
me. 1 have not had the least sign of
kidney trouble since, and I willingly
give Doan's Kidney Pills my indorse
ment.”
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A woman adds a postscript to her let
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Be sure and take a bottle of Chamber
lain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy with you when starting on your
trip this summer. It cannot be obtain
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Changes of water and climate often
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