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NEWNAN HERALD & ADVERTISER
VOL. XLIX.
NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, FEBR U ARY 27, 1914.
NO. 22
Farmers’
Supply Store
We have now entered fully into the new
year, and, as usual, are well prepared to take
care of the trade of the friends and customers
who have taken care of us.
Those who did not sow oats in the fall
should do so now, using an early variety of
seed, because all feedstuffs will be high. We
have for sale the famous 90-DAY BURT OATS
—a variety that we can recommend highly.
GEORGIA CANE SYRUP in 5-gallon and
10-gallon kegs, half-barrels and barrels. The
PEACOCK BRAND is the best syrup made,
and we can sell it at jobbers’ prices.
A full line of PLOW TOOLS, STOCKS,
TRACES, HAMES, BACKBANDS and BRI
DLES. Can dress up your mule with a com
plete outfit for the plow. HUTCHESON ROPE
for plow-lines.
Will say, in a general way, that we carry
in our store everything needed on a well-regu
lated farm. We buy for cash, in car-load
lots, and you will find our prices as low pro
portionately as cash discounts in buying can
make them.
Come to see us. You are always welcome.
T. G. FARMER & SONS COMPANY
Fresh ILvery Day
In The Year
I desire to call your attention to the fact that there is scarce
ly an article sold in a grocery store that I don’t keep. There
is scarcely a day in the year that I don’t get new, fresh goods
of some description. I carry all the leading brands of canned
goods—
Heinz’s, Van Gamp's, Walter Baker’s, Lowney’s
and many others, all these goods are strictly first class, guaran
teed to be fresh and pure, and 1 believe the people appreciate
the best.
A full line of smoking and chewing tobaccoes.
All goods guaranteed as represented or money refunded.
Monthly accounts of prompt-paying customers solicited
J. T. SWINT
The Grocer - - Telephone 54
DON'T KEEP TINKERING WITH YOUR WHEEL
Bring it here if there is any
thing wrong and we’ll make
it right in one quarter the
time you would spend on it
and then make a poor job of
it after all. We repair bi
cycles in the “know how”
way. See what’s wrong at
once and go about the right
way of fixing it. We are
right in our charges too.
Askew
Newnan, Ga.
R. L.
u Jackson St.
EVE AND THE RAINBOW.
["Eve saw the first rainbow." aaya n New Jer-
ncy divine, refuting: a skeptical weather prophut.]
Her heart leaped up when she beheld
That rninbow in the skies,
And still its colors unexcelled
Dwell In her daughters’ eyes,
Tho rosy hues of living hope.
True blue of every shade.
Rare yellow fleekB with sold that cope.
And witching greens, inlaid.
And still the hearts of later Eves
Leap up when they behnld
The promise passing showers yield
Of bright hours to unfold.
Tho light of love that shines through mists
Of doubting and of pain.
The light of faith that still insists
No loving is in vain—
These set the arch of diving hues,
Like glories of the skies,
That with each gladdened day renews
The soul in woman's eyes.
It is so through her girlhood years
And through her days of strife.
And after showers of cleansing tears
Wash bitterness from life.
Fortify Against the Boll Weevil.
Albany Herald.
That the boll weevil has proved to be
a menace to prosperity is clearly dis
cernible when the light of investigation
is turned toward the territory between
the Chattahoochee river, (which is the
dividing line between Alabama and
Georgia,) and Rio Grande river, which
flows along the western border of the
State of Texas. In that span of hun
dreds of miles are to be found aban
doned farms, labor emigrated, many
mercantile establishments on the verge
of bankruptcy, banks that were, but
have ceased, because there is no money
on which to run; farm lands that were
at one time held as a valuable posses
sion, but now representing a bad in
vestment—in fact, a general state of
chaoB, in which the home, the church,
the school, the community, the county
and the State, are to a greater or
lesser degree shaken by the devasta
tion of the boll weevil.
Since 1894, at the rate of sixty miles
a year, the boll weevil has marched
steadily forward across Texas, Louisiana
and Mississippi, virtually across the
State of Alabama, and it will likely
cross the Chattahoochee river and start
on its journey of devastation across the
State of Georgia some time during the
present year—at the outside, next year.
What has been done in other States will
be repeated in Georgia unless the far
mer arouses himself and makes use of
the natural weapons which God has
placed in his hands for fighting the
pest. For nearly nineteen years the
farmer of Georgia has had opportunity
to adjust himself to a new condition of
things. Some far-reaching good has
been accomplished through the State
agricultural schools, the Department of
Agriculture, has as well as various
other departments, which have been
making experiments and ascertaining
just what crops can be grown success
fully, and just what is needed to en
rich the soil to make it produce, and, at
the same time enrich itself.
That corn can be grown in Georgia as
successfully and profitably as in any
other State of the Union has been dem
onstrated annually for several years.
Land that a few years ago produced
less than thirty bushels of corn is now
yielding more than one hundred, and, all
things considered, at a less expense.
The farmer of yesterday is learning
anew the theory of farming from the
young man of to-day. Oats are being
grown in Georgia, and bumper yields
secured—in fact, any kind of forage
crop that can be grown in any State
can be grown successfully within the
borders of Georgia.
Last year cattle-buyers from the
Middle Western States made trips into
the South and bought up thousands of
head of cattle, which they shipped
West for fattening. In the section to
which this stock was shipped long, hard
winters are experienced, and it is neces
sary for the stock-raiser to lay up
great quantities of hay, fodder, oats,
and various other forage crops for the
cattle during the winter months. Pas
turage in that country will hardly ex
tend over a longer period than from
April 1 to Oct. 30, and sometimes not
even so long as that. After the West
ern stock-raifer comes into the South
and buys up our cattle, ships them
West and fattens them, he sells them
in the open market and it is known that
the business is profitable.
With the boll weevil staring us in the
face, and ruin written in words that
one who runs may read—at least so far
as the late cotton crop is concerned —
and with the knowledge that every
forage crop grown in the United States
can be grown in paying quantities in
Georgia —with perennial pastures and
running streams—why is it that the
Georgia farmer cannot step into his
own and raise crops to feed cattle to
grow fat, to be sold to buy more land
on which to grow more feed and cattle?
God has richly blessed the South, and
it is now time that this section were
claiming its own.
Buying to Save Money.
Buying Foley’s Honey and Tar Com
pound saves money because just a few
doses stops the cough and cold and one
bottle lasts a long time. It quickly
heals raw and inflamed surfaces, stops
tickling throat, harsh, rasping coughs,
croup, hoarseness, bronchial and la
grippe coughs. J. F. Lee Drug Co.
Courtship Among Animals.
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
Surprising though the statement may
soem, it is a fact, borne out by the
careful study ‘of scientists, that prac
tically every form of marriage con
tract known to men, from free love to
the soul-mate theory, can be found in
the animal. Male anilfials even have
their bachelor clubs, and that wonder
ful naturalist, Ernest Thompson Seson,
has related how little societies of ani-
mails are establshed among deer and
antelopes. These societies usually con
sist of three or four young bucks,
which range and feed together in per
fect friendship. They nre quite happy,
and never quarrel or light until some
lady intrudes. But once a doe joins
the herd, goodbye to peace. Tho
brothers fight among themselves while
the doe looks on and enjoys the sport,
until one of them drives oil the others
and goes away witli her.
There are four distinct forma of
marriage among monagamous animals.
The first cloaely resembles the trial
marriage, and is the type represented
by the moose. The male selects a
mate and is faithful to her so long ai
she pleases him. and when bIio no
longer charms Hm, he pomptly di
vorces her and finds another mate.
The second type of animal marriage
is that which lasts through the breed
ing season only. Some animals seek
their mates again next season, hut
among rats, rabbits and squirrels the
separation is permanent, although
among foxes, coyotes and smaller ani
mals the father, who presumably hates
the worries of domestic life, usually
stays away until the children have been
reared, and then returns.
The third type of animal marriage is
that common among wild geese, pigeons
and possibly owls. The union lasts
through life and if one of the pair dies
the other never seeks a second mate,
hut mourns disconsolately until death.
The fourth type of marriage is the
nearest approach to the ideal married
life, and, curiously enough, iB found
most commonly among wolves. Wolves
marry for life, and only the death of
one leaves the other free to marry
again. Furthermore, there is even a
genuine display of chivalry and affec
tion between such animals. It is re
corded that two wolves in the London
zoo were very jealous of each other and
frequently quarreled. One day during an
unusually furious dispute the male ap
proached the female angrily as if to
bite her, but juBt as he reached her he
stopped as if held back by something
within him. The female then ap
proached timidly, gently licked his
face, and domestic happiness was once
more restored.
Marriage, it appears, is almost uni
versal in the animal world. Bachelors
and spinsters are very rare, yet after
the brief period of mourning is over,
the bereaved animal has little difficulty
in finding a new mate.
Perhaps the most interesting point in
regard to this subject is that animals,
like men, often have proved that mon
ogamy iB the ideal married state. A
polygamous race increases faster for a
time, and produces offspring of ap
parently unusual intelligence and de
velopment, but it is a notable fact that
deer, which are most polygamous, are
lowest down in the scale of develop
ment and are most seriously scourged
by the epidemic plagues.
You Cannot Purchase Happiness.
One cannot buy love for paltry gold;
neither can happiness be purchased, us
if it were a pleasant beverage. You
cannot put it on and lay it olf, as if it
were a garment of brocade, decked with
gewgaws and costly jewels. You can
not take it on your plate at the ban
quet table and eat it. Midnight revelry
and dissipation say, ‘‘Happiness does
not dwell with me.” Neither is it
found in excitement, exhilaration and
in worldly frivolity. Everything has
its price. Wealth comes only by toil,
but people are miserably unhappy be
cause gold dollars will not roll into
their coffers without their earning the
gold. The vile and unworthy pant for
the respect of the virtuous when they
do not deserve it. The indolent in
valid wants health without temperance
in all things. What a happy world this
might be if everyone were willing to
pay a quid pro quo—a fair equivalent—
for every good thing received. People
do have all they pay for. For this rea
son nothing but hitter complaints and
murmurings bubble up from unhappy
hearts. People pay the price of un
happiness. And they receive a full
equivalent.
The Best Cough Medicine.
‘‘I have used Chamberlain’s Cough
Remedy ever since I have been keeping
house,” says L. C. Hames, of Marbury,
Ala. “I consider it one of the best
remedies I ever used. My children
have all taken it and it works like a
charm. For colds and whooping cough
it is excellent.” For sale by all deal
ers.
The chanceB are that the man you
hate is the man you have injured.
Wars Are Uncertain Affairs.
The dramatic collapse of Bulgaria
just at tho height of her success
seems to tho London United Service
Gazette the most recent example of the
dnnger of that form of prophecy which
tries to forecast the issue of a cam
paign. The manner in which such an
ticipations and predications are so
often falsified in war is remarkable.
Wno does not remember the confi
dent predictions at the outset of the
Boer War in October, 1899, that the
campaign would be over in a few months?
Thirty thousand men were deemed suf
ficient to dispose of President Kruger
and his pretensions, and forty thousand
were sent to maintain the force for
the necessary length of time at that
strength. Yet two and a half years
were to elapse, and from first to last
some three hundred thousand men were
to be sent to South Africa before that
task was accomplished.
Of the Russo-Japanese War, on the
other hand, it was foretold that it
would prove u long and protracted
struggle, but it was brought to
a swift conclusion by tho desper
ate valor of the Japanese. It is
the same with nearly all the wars of
the last half century. Surprising de
velopments occur, generally in tho early
stages, and tho whole course of events
changed. In the Spanish-American
War, for instance, tho general im
pression was that the struggle would
he long and severe. Nobody foresaw
that the ahipH of Spain would offer
such a feeble resistance, und that her
fleet would bo practically destroyed af
ter a few hours’ fighting.
But perhaps the most classic in
stance of war prophecies unfulfilled
was the war between Austria and
Prussia in 1866, which settled the ques
tions of Schleswig-Holstein und the Prus
sian supremacy in Germany. The suc
cess of Austria was held to be a foregone
conclusion, and no one anticipated
that the Prussians, even though armed
with the needle gun, would resist the
Austrians, with their superior numbers,
their great military tradition and their
warlike reputation. Yet the result
was decided in one pitched battle, in
which, to the surprise of the world, the
Austrians were completely overthrown,
and the Prussians remained masters of
the field after a campaign which only
lastud seven weeks, in tho American
Civil War experts were ready to de
clare that the Federals would never win,
and in the Franco-German War of 1870
the prophets were busy estimating the
preciso date upon which tho French
Emperor would appear in Berlin.
These instances illustrate tho truth of
the remark that prophecy is the most
gratuitous form of error, and that in
war, as in life, the only broad truth re
maining is that nothing is certain.
Love, Life, Death.
The early sunlight filtered through
the filmy draperies to where a wonder
ing baby stretched his dimpled hands
to catch the rays that lit his face and
flesh like dawn lights up a rose. His
startled gaze caught and held the dawn
of day in rapturous looks that spoke
the dawn of Self, for with the morning
gleam out came the greater wonder.
It was the mystery of Life.
Across a cradle where, sunk in satin
pillows, lay a still, pale form as droops
a rose from some fierce heat, tho evening
shadows fell aBlant, and spoke of peace.
The twilight calm enclosed the world in
Bilence deep as Truth, and on the little
face the wondering look had given
place to one of sweet repose. It was
the mystery of Death.
At head and foot the tapers burned,
a gulden light that clove tho night as
Hope the encircling doom. Across the
cot where lay the fair, frail form, his
hand reached out to hers and met and
clasped in tender, burning touch. Into
the eyes of each there came the look
that is the light of life; that spoke of
self to each, yet told they two were
one. It was the mystery to which the
mysteries Life and Death bow down
■ the mystery of Love.
To keep your hair and scalp dandruff-
free and clean, use Harmony Shampoo.
This liquid shampoo gives an instanta
neous rich, foaming lather that imme
diately penetrates to every part of the
hair and scalp, insuring a quick and
thorough cleansing. It is washed off
just as quickly, the entire operation
taking only a few momenta. Harmony
Hair Beautifler, $1. Harmony Sham
poo, 50c. Both guaranteed to satisfy
you in e*ery way, or your money hack.
Sold only at the more than 7,000 Rexall
Stores, and in this town only by us.
John ft. Cates Drug Co.; Stanley-John-
Hon Drug Co.
Woman is the most patient of all
mortals. She will toil and moil, spin,
sew and cook. She will nuree Bick
children and wait on her husband. She
will sacrifice all, surrender all, forego
all the ordinary pleasures and pastimes
of life, and obey implicitly the call
of duty. In return she asks and must
have her husband’s sympathy and love;
without it the world appears a blank.
A few words of encouragement and
sympathy from the husband to the tired
arid discouraged wife rest and en
courage her more than anything else.
Negro Farm Ownership.
Homo and Kormstond.
Nearly one-fourth of all the negro
farmers in the South own the farms
they cultivate. In Georgia one-eighth
of them; in Florida nearly one-half of
them; in Kentucky and Oklahoma more
than one-half of them; in Maryland and
Virginia more than three-fifths ofjthem,
and in West Virginin more than four-
fifths of them.
In loss thun fifty yearB the negro has
acquired possession of twenty million
acres of farm land. In the aggregate
the holdings of negro land-owners make
an area a little larger than the State of
South Carolina.
During the last census period farms
of the South cultivated by white’owners
increased 12 per cent.; but the farms
cultivated by negro owners increased 17
per cent.
In Mississippi, Alabama and North
Carolina the farms cultivated by white
owners increased only 9 per cent.; but
the farms cultivated by negro owners
increased 19 per cent., 21 per cent, and
22 per cent, in these three States.
In Arkansas white farm owners in
creased 8 per cent., but negro farm
owners increased nearly 23 per cent.
In Louisiana, where there was an ac
tual loss of negro farm population, there
was nevertheless an increase of 14 per
cent, in the number of farm owners.
In Georgia the farms cultivated by
white owners increased only 7 per cent.,
but the farms cultivated by negro own
ers increased 38 per cent.
In 1880 Georgia negroes owned 680,-
664 acres of farm land, but in 1912 they
owned 1,212,789 acres.
They gain steadily in the number of
farms owned in Georgia. In the last
census period 4,323 negroes rose out of
tenantcy into farm-ownorHhip.
But since 1910 the total amount of
land owned by whites in Georgia de
creased 392,172 acres!
Stone School-houses for Ben Hill
County.
Fitzgerald, Ga., Fob. 18,—The Ben
Hill county board of education at its
meeting the other day accepted the
plans for two stone school buildings to
cost $2,600 each. These are central
buildings for several districts which
have been consolidated. One building
will he in the Williamson district and
one in the cotton mill district, and each
will have ten acres of land for the
teaching of agriculture experimentally.
Messrs. Farmer & Garbutt, of tho cot
ton mills, donate the ten acres for that
school, while the district furnishes the
lund for tho other school. Each school
will also have a thorough course of do
mestic science under Miss Lottie Hen
derson, who teaches it in the other
schools of the county. Those two build
ings make five of tho same size in the
county, all built of stone and each hav
ing lund for experimenting in farming.
With b face that vainly endeavored
to appear mournful and eyes that vain
ly Btrove to produce a respectable flow
of tears, Patrick Murphy O'Dolan
strolled into a dry goods store.
"I want yer to tell me,” he mur
mured, ‘‘phwat tho custom is for th’
wearin’ iv mournin’?”
‘‘Well,” mused the assistant, ‘‘of
course, it varies. If it's u very dear
relative, you should wear black clothes;
if it’s a less near relative, a band of
black on the sleeve or hat; or, if it's
for a friend, just a black tie.”
For some moments Patrick Murphy
O’Dolan considered.
“Well,” he whispered at length,
“givo me a Bhoo lace. It’s me wife’s
mithor!”
30,000 VOICES!
And Many Are the Voices of Newnan
People.
Thirty thousand voices—What a
grand chorus! And that’s the number
of American men and women who are
publicly praising Doan's Kidney Pills
for relief from backache, kidney and
bladder ills. They say it to their friends.
They tell it to the home papers. New
nan people are in this chorus. Here’s
a Newnan case.
A. M. Askew, 76 E. Washington St.,
Newnan, Ga., says; “You may use
my indorsement for Doan’s Kidney
Pills, as they have been of benefit to
me as well as others of my family.
After seeing one or two cures made by
this remedy in my own home, I did not
hesitate to try it myself for an annoy
ing attack of kidney trouble. My back
pained me most of the time, and morn
ings 1 was stiff and lame. If I did
much stooping. I suffered from a dull,
heavy ache across my loins. A few
boxes of Doan’s Pills rid me of every
symptom of kidney complaint.”
For sale by all dealers. Price 60
centB. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, Bole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name—Doan’s—and
take no other.
“The very sound of some people’s
voices is exasperating."
"Quite true. Especially when they
say, ‘move on,’ or ‘pay up.’ ”
To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take LAXATIVE BKOMO Quinine. It atop* the
Cough si»d Headache and works off the Cold.
Druggists refund money U It fails to cure.
H. W. CKOVK'S signature on each box. 2Stt
