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NEWNAN HERALD & ADVERTISER
VOL. XL VIII.
NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1913.
NO. 38
Everything for the Farmer
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You will always find at this store b, full line of
■everything needed on a well-regulated farm. We
■carry feedstuffs, corn, oats, bay. Best ground
feeds—“Vim,” “Old Beck” and “Primo ” Also
bran, shorts and cotton seed meal.
For Forage Crops—
“Early Amber,” “Orange” and “Red-Top” sor
ghum seed; “Unknown” and speckled peas.
Flour—
“Obelisk” and “DeSoto” are the best grades of
flour, and we sell both. These flours are made
from soft winter wheat, and can always be de
pended on to make good, wholesome bread.
Every sack is guaranteed.
Syrup—
“Peacock” Georgia cane syrup is the best made.
Ask for this brand and take no other If you do,
your syrup problem will be solved, We have the
“Peacock” syrup in barrels, half-barrels, and 5
and 10 gallon kegs. We also keep genuine Cuba
molasses.
Farm Tools—
Scovil hoes, Hyde cultivators, guano' distributors
and cotton planters.
Shoes—
The “Star” brand shoes are better. We have
them in work shoes, for men, women and boys;
also finer shoes and oxfords for,dress.
A Cordial Invitation—
Winter has gone and spring is now with us. We
have moved the big stove and will put in ice wa
ter for the comfort and enjoyment of our friends
and customers; so when you come to town drop
in and see us. You are. always welcome at this
store. ^ •
T. G. Farmer & Sons Co.
TELEPHONE 147.
ASK THE PURE FOOD INSPECTOR
You would not ask Hal Fisher or Dan Manget
to sell you 10-4-4 fertilizer at a price they
would ask for an 8-2-2. When you buy mixed
feed be sure and see what is on the tag—not
only the analysis, but the ingredients. On
some you will find “oat feed,” which is only
a fancy name for oat hull. Oat hull has no
feeding value whatsoever. You insist on a
feed high in protein and fat, and low in fiber.
If you do this, you will get a pure feed. Note
the analysis of our PRIMO FEED—protein
11.5, fat 3.5, fiber 9.5.
McBride Grain & Feed Co.
For Sale in Newnan by H. C. Glover Co., H. C. Arnall
lAdse. Co., T. G. Farmer. & Sons Co. and I. N. Orr Co.
On sale also at Grantville, Moreland, Sbarpsburg, Turin
and Palmetto. Ask your dealer for “Primo Feed.”
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BUGGIES! BUGGIES!
A full line of the best makes. Best value for
the money. Light running, and built to stand
the wear. ‘ At Jack Powell’s old stand.
J. T. CARPENTER
THE HEART OP HER.
With gontlo patiefico that no man might boast
Sho does her daily task year after year;
Meeting her worries as they come, she walto-
In her brave Bmilo there is no sign of fear.
Putting behind her each white little ghost
Of longings that were once ao dear, so dear,
She lives her life to-day-to-day and here I
Not always speed those days on happy wings,
Not always from her heart trills forth a song;
Sometimes it tromblos on the tender lips,
Yet in tho bravo oyos courage lingers long.
Seeing—and understanding—still sho sings:
To her a wondrous faith and strength belong.
PerhapB some day tho ono who knows hor best
Will know how through the storms and stress
Sho stood steadfast through troubles multiplied.
When every day dull doubt and pnln wore rife.
Smothering all within hor faithful breast,
When he had turned hiB back on hope, on life-*,
Sho Bhowed tho auiot courago of a wife,
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GOODDY & McELROY, 10 W. Washington st.
Tells of the Capture of Jefferson
Davis.
Judge John H. Martin, of Hawkins-
ville, has written what he claims is the
first accurate account of the capture of
President Jefferson Davis, and the real
facts as to where it occurred. Judge
Martin relates some interesting in
cidents in connection with that memor
able event.
I have seen a number of articles
published describing the place where
President Davis was captured, and not
one of them was correct,” lie sayB.
Different parties have described it as
being in different directions and at dif
ferent distances from Irwinville. Some
have said that his tent was pitched in
a thick woods; while, in truth, there are
no thick woods, except in the branch a
few steps from and north of where the
tent stood. Some one writing about
the monument contemplated to bo
erected at Fitzgerald to the blue and
gray, in The Macon Telegraph a short
time ago, stated that Fitzgerald cov
ered the exact spot where the tent
stood, when in fact Fitzgerald is 10
miles distant.
«t‘I propose to give an accurate de
scription of the place, in order that the
truth may be known and go down to
present and future generations correct
ly. In order to be sure that I was cor
rect in all my statements, I wrote
Judge J. B. Clements, of Irwinville,
who, with his father, Hon. R. W.
Clements, (who then lived near the
spot and personally knew the facts.)
Judge Clements kindly answered all
my questions, and sustained my recol
lection of the facts.
‘‘R. W. ClementB, who was my close
and intimate friend, showed me the ex
act spot where the tent stood, and
gave me the details of the capture.
For over thirty years I passed the spot
at least four times a year. The tent of
Mr. Davis was on lot of land No. 51, in
the third land district of Irwin county,
and in the 901st district, G. M. The
tent stood about a quarter of a mile
from the northwest corner of the lot,
and about 75 yards from the original
ast IqfiOne^df''-loF'NoT" 61 and the
west line of lot No. 52 ( l^jols of land in
Irwin County are inj Inquire shape and
contaii 490 Vires each, and the land
lines r in noftth aijd Bouth and epst and
Bt. The spa$ is due north of and
about me and ,a q'harter mile^ from Irp
winvill 3. " ' v ■- <•. ,
"Pnsideht jiavis sind patfty Crossed
the O imulgee river at Poor Robin
Spring i ferry, near Abbeville, and trav
eled th 3 road leading from Aljbevjlle to.
Irwinv lie. The tent was pitched on the
west side of this road, and about 15:01
20 steps from the road as it then ran.
The road was afterwards changed and
made to run further to the east, on the
land line between lots Nob. 61 and 52,
and so runB now. The tent was in an
open spot west of three large pines.
There waB no undergrowth, no thicket,
no small pine saplings, and nothing but
pine trees and wiregrass surrounded the
tent. Of the pine trees eaBt of the tent
two of them seemed to have the same
roots. Lightning struck and killed all
three of the trees. About the time
Fitzgerald was being settled some fif
teen yankees went to the place and cut
down the stumps of the three trees and
had a wagon to haul them off. JuBt as
they had finished cutting down the
stumps Mr. R. W. Clements and his
son, Judge Clements, appeared upon
the scene with double-barrel shotguns
and ran them away.
"A few steps north of where the tent
Btood a branch runs from east to - west
across the Abbeville and Irwinville
road, and on each side of this branch
the woods are thick. There were two
detachments of Federal cavalry pursu
ing Mr. Davis. One detachment went
by Bowen’s mill, and the other took
the Abbeville and Irwinville road—the
same road Mr. Davis had traveled.
These two detachments met, one going
north and the other south, near the
branch, and, in the darkness taking
each other for foes, engaged in a fight
on the road, and north of the branch.
In this fight two men were killed and
one wounded, and a horse was killed on
the east side of the road, about 150
yards from where the tent s ood. The
two dead men were taken back to Ab
beville and buried. Between where the
horse was killed and where the tent
stood bloody rags were found on Some
slumps on the'west side of the road.
'■‘At the time of the capture Dr.
White kept a hotel at Irwinville, and it
has been Baid that Mr. Davis, the even
ing before his capture, wetif into Ir-
winvllle and bought suppliea and con
versed some time with parties at the
hotel without disclosing his Identity.
Mr. Davis had with him some brandy,
and the Federal Boldiers took it and
poured it out on the ground.
“In 1886 I cut from the branch, close
to where tho tent stood, a -beautlful
bamboo walking cane and sent it to Mr,
Davis, and he in hiB own peculiar hand
writing, wrote mo a letter, which I
have framed, and it is now hanging in
my parlor. From that letter I make
the following quotation: ‘The cane you
sent me iB doubly valuable by its asso
ciation with a sad misadventure which
has been the theme of many scandalous
falsehoods I cannot remember other
wise than or a crowning misfortune
without shame. ’
The place where Mr. Davis was cap.
tured is unchanged, except that the
three pine trees are gone. The round
timber has never had an axe in it. It ia
a pretty place. It was always tho wish
of R. W. Clements to donate the land
to the State, on condition that it be en
closed with a substantial fence and a
tablet placed there, and on condition
that the State should forever retain
ownership. Mrs. Clements and Judge
ClementB authorized me in 1898 to ten
der two acres of the land to the State.
I wrote Gov. Candler nhout it and he
promised to look after the matter, but
afterwards said that he had inadvertent
ly overlooked it. Mrs. Clements and
Judge Clements are still anxiouB to
carry out the wish of Mr. Clements,
and I am authorized to tender it cn
their behalf to the State on the same
conditions. The State could accept the
land and have- erected a substantial
fence, and then turn it over to the
Daughters of the Confederacy to erect
a suitable monument, it being provided
that when the Daughters cease to ex
ist the land shall forever remain the
property of the State and not allowed
to go into private or Federal control. 1
intend bringing the matter before the
next Legislature. It is a shame that
the spot -bps not been appropriately
marked, and I do hope that tho State
will accept the land and take Bteps to
have it properly taken care of.",
Brown Not a Pardoning Gover
nor.
Atlanta Constitution.
The Constitution offers Gov. Jos. M.
Brown to the country as an antidote
for Gov. Coleman Livingston Bleuse,
of South Carolina. The two men are
executives of adjoining States, but
proximity is about the only thing they
have in common. BIcase typifies the
siriister elements in Southern states-
manthip: Brown, the more sturdy and,
we! believe, the representative. Gov.
Brpwn’s action the other day with re
gard to applications for executive
clenency is a pertinent illustration,
Bhase will go out of office with the sou
briquet of the "pardoning Governor,”
.probably having to his credit a more
dangerous misuse of the pardoning
power than any executive of South
-Carolina since reconstruction. Gov.
Bcown is going out of office with a
reputation for thorough and consistent
clemency, but clemency never tainted
witli maudlinism or subverted to the
manufacture of personal political
capital.
As the terms of all Governors ap
proach completion they are swamped
with applications. That happened re.
cently with Gov. Brown. From mis
demeanor convicts on up to life-term
era, they clamored for leniency. These
applications had, of course, firat gone
through the mill of the Slate Pris
on Commission, which sits also at
a hoard of pardons. In some cases
they had sent applications on to the
Governor with favorable recommen
dations. Into each one of these ap
plications the Governor made exhaus
tive personal investigation. He waded
through court records and other evi
dence. Only two cases out of tho
batch gained executive favor. Some
were refused outright. Many were
returned to the commission with a re
quest for more complete information.
Many Governors would gladly have
shirked the labor and responsibility,
accepted the recommendations of the
Prison Board and issued pardons by
wholesale. In declining that easy re
course, Gov. Brown has done a service
to law and order in Georgia. He has
established a healthy, precedent.
Heaven knows, society now works
against a heavy enough handicap in its
war against the criminal. Its burdens
are too often increased by injudicious
use of the pardoning power, abused in
answer to hysterical or political ap
peals. The deterrent effect of the
courts is too often lost by breakdown
in the office of executives. If Gover
nors of other States will develop the
backbone shown by Gov. Brown, the
entire country will be the gainer.
Unequaled in History.
Ghditanooga News.
The energy which the people of the
South put into their war for secession
was Indicative of tho capacity of a people
of Anglo-Saxon origin.
The tremendous growth of the South
In every way in the past thirty years
haB largely been a product of the same
sort of energy, determination and cour
age. At Appomattox an old civilization,
one of a high degree of development
and with glorious traditions, passed,
For fifteen years tho South endured a
period of travail. Then the progress of
tho now South may bo said to have be
gun.
For the defense of tho old regime,
tho South had put into the field a larger
proportion of White population than
any other country had entered in any
war in history. From 1861-65 a total
of 600,000 men wore enlisted. In the
Union armies, from first to last, 2,-
000,000 men wore enlisted. Considering
the disparity of numbers and the great
er disparity of resources, the lack of a
navy and tho failuro to receive any for
eign recognition, the struggle of tho
South for Independent sovereignty is
without a parallel in the annals of time.
Tho South fought until tho (lower of Its
manhood had poured out its blood on
the field of battle;—until its lands were
desolate and its homos in ruins.
Tho principles for which tho South
fought its people believed to bo right,
else they would not have made such a
sacrifice; but, whether right or wrong,
it is useless to discusB here. Tho ver
dict of the sword was against the South
and no Southern man now regrets tho
decision. Whether or not a State had
(he constitutional right to secede was a
disputed question in 1841, when the
Now England States in tho Hartford
convention declared that right; it was
a disputed question in 1828, when South
Carolina defied tho power of tho Gov
ernment to coerce the Stato. The right
wob specifically maintained in the Con
stitution of Now York and other States,
and no ono may now say that the right
did not exist at tho time of tho Civil
War, because in no way except through
that conflict could tho question bo de
termined.
We.helleve that the time will come,
if it is not already hero, when the ver
dict of American posterity will be that
our forefathers, whether they wore the
blue or gray, were equally right and
equally American heroes. No such con
flict as that of the sixties would have
been possible in any other nation, and
the deeds of men of both armieB in
contending for their principles will bo
the,nation’s moBt cherished memory.
We believe it may bo maintained and
established that the average efficiency
of the men of tho Southern army was
higher than has over been devoloped in
any army of the Bame size in the histo
ry of the world, and tho South may
huve legitimate pride in the deeds of
tho veterans of this army. As time
goes on tho disposition to honor these
old men is the stronger all through the
South. When in c instantly diminishing
ranks they march in reunion parades
bearing those tattered flags under
which they fought, spontaneously our
hats are removed in reverence and tears
come to our eyes,
Nor <jid they fight in vain for their
political principles. Much for which
they contended they secured. The sov
ereignty of the StateB and the cherished
principlo of local self-government are
now in all essential rcBpecta well estab
lished. * Their labors later in restoring
the South brought rich fruits. By rea
son of the conflict and consequent isola
tion, the South had developed as a
manufacturing conter during the Civil
War, and the lessons were not lost to
the people afterward. The South’s in
dustrial output is now of as much val
ue as was that of tho entire country in
1880. The energy and hardihood which
had enabled 600,000 men to resist four
limes their number for four years were
turned to agriculture, mines and manu
facturing, and it is for this reason
largely that the South now blossoms
like a green bay tree.
All honor to the heroes of the gray,
with their deathless record of splendid
achievement—a record which won for
them the respect of their adversaries
and the admiration of the world.
Take Plenty of Time to Eat.
There is a saying that "rapid eating
is slow suicide." If .you have formed
the habit of eating too rapidly you are
most likely suffering from indigestion
or constipation which will result even
tually in serious illness unless correct
ed. Digestion begins in the mouth.
Food should be thoroughly masticated
and insalivated. Then when youj)B
a fullness of the stomach or feel di
and Btupid after eating, take one of
Chamberlain's TabletB. Many severe
cases of stomach trouble and constipa
tion have been cured by the use of
these tablets. They are easy to take
and most agreeable in effect. Sold by
all dealers.
Veree 22, chapter 7, of Ezra has all
the letters of the alphabet except j.
Just brush the dust off your bible ana
see if this is not true.
Boys, Grow Corn!
Washington, June 9.—“Boys, grow
corn!” is now established as the slo
gan of the Department of Agriculture,
The sentence haB taken the plaae of
Horace Greely’B advice: “Young man,
go West." |
In tho past five or six years the de
partment haB shown by demonstration
that for young men there is greater
opportunity in producing the gold of
tho corn crop than, there ever was in
gathering tho gold from the placer
mines of California.
For no 10-year period has the corn
yield of the United States exceeded an
average of 28 buBhelB per acre. Not
even tho most fertile State has ever
produced over 54 bushels per acre. Yet
practically overy section of the
country yields of over 100 bushels are
continually being produced by good far
mers. It is obvious, then, thnttheeorif
yield of the United States can he easily
■doubled by the spread of good farming ,
methods. Or, if such a yield iB beyond
our needs, the, scresge devoted to corn
can he greatly reduced and the land
devoted to other needed crops.
Untold millions enn be added to th<f
wealth of the nation by increasing the
corn production. No other lino of ac
tivity offers such opportunities.
Tho hopo of the department and the
country is in tho boys. They more
quickly than men grasp the scientific
principles underlying the successful
breeding of corn for greater crops.
Youthful enthusiasm guarantees that
the principles, once learned, will be ap
plied to actual corn production with
conscientiousness and perseverance.
Consequently we see the great and
growing organizations of Boys’ Corn
Clubs, promoted bv schools, States,
independent organizations, and the
national Department of Agriculture.
Ench year tho champion hoy corn-
growers of each State are given a free
trip to Washington, where they meet
tho President and receive diplomas
from the Secretary of Agriculture.
Tho work of getting boyB interested
in championship corn contoBts has ad
vanced to a point whoro the deport
ment Ib now Bhowing its hand—how it
intends to utilize this organization of
boys in the future. A bulletin has
just boon issu’od on the subject, and one
sentence in the bulletin might have
been written in this form:
Wanted — A boy in. every corn
growing county’M tho United States,
who can provo hia ability as a farmer
by several years of superior work in
the corn contests, to act for the rest
of hiB life as the official seed corn
grower and distributor in his county
for tho Government. Pleasant and
rofitable work. For further informa-
ion applv to office of Corn Investiga
tions, Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C."
In other words, it is tho intention of
tho department to effect a permanent
organization of boy champion corn-
growers. Ono in eacn county is de
sired. By improving seed and furnish
ing it to tho farmers of his county he
will help toward tho general plan for
doubling the American corn crop.
Tho name of the new bulletin is:
"How to Grow an Acre of Corn.” It
Is a corn-grower’s text-book, written
in Bhort, pithy paragraphs, each giving
a suggestion on how to improve corn.
"BnyB have splendid opportunities to
produce better varieties than have ever
been produced," is the promise held
out.
It is also pointed out that while corn
sells commercially for 50 or 76 cents
per bushel, the successful corn-breeder
can sell hiB corn to his neighbors for
seed for $2 or $3 a bushel. A boy who
can grow 100 bushels of thiB sort of
corn on an acre spendB a very profita
ble summer.
Every boy in town, village or the
country who has accesB to an acre of
ground ought to write to his Congress
man for this bulletin and get into the
corn-growing contest.
PEEDS, NOT WORDS.
Newnan People Have Absolute Proof
of Deeds at Home.
It’s not the words but deeds that
provo true merit.
The deeds of Doan’B Kidney Pills, for
Newnan kidney sufferers, have made
their local reputation. Proof lies in
testimony of Newnan people.
Mrs. A. M. Askew. 76 E. Washing
ton street, Newnan, Ga., Bays: “The
cure Doan’s Kidney Pills made in my
daughter’s cbbo has been permanent.
Since then I have taken Doan’s Kidney
Pills myself and have been cured of
annoying symptoms of kidney com
plaint. The trouble was brought on
by an attack of la grippe which weaken
ed my kidneys. The kidney secretions
were unnatural and caused me no end
of distress. I felt weak and run down
and was indeed in bad Bhape when I got
Doan’s Kidney Pilla from the Lee
Drug Co. It did not take them long
to remove the trouble.”
For sale by all dealers. Price 60
cents. Foster-Milbarri Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United'
States.
Remember the name—Doan’s—and
take no other.