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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. 19 Court Square :: 6 and 8 W. Washington Telephone 147 BUGGIES, WAGONS, HARNESS. Through this section prospects are fine for a good cr op, and a good price. You will need a wagon that you 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. 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