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NEWNAN HERALD & ADVERTISER VOL. XLIX. NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1914. NO. 31 Most Men Know Pretty well the advantage of ready clothes; you’ve only to slip into one of our Hart Schaffner & IHarx \ Suits to appreciate more than ever the luxury of ready ser vice. You see the fabrics made up ready to wear; you save the time and annoyance of try-ons; you get what you want when you want it; you can see how the suit looks on you— fit, drape and all. You buy a sure thing. Made by Hart Schaffner & Marx means that each one of these benefits is brought to its best possibility; it means you get the service of the best tailors in the world; the cre ations of the most skillful designing, and the finest qualities that can be had. Here at this store you’ll see the most fashionable models in the blue-and-white, black-and-white, and gray-and-white chalk stripes; you’ll find a big selection in hair lines; grey checks, shepherd plaids, club checks, and every new weave and coloring that’s good. You’ll be sure to like the variety here, you’ll like our idea of a sure thing—it means hundred per cent satisfaction. Come in to-day; we y ll be glad to show you Barnett-St. John Co. \ The home of Hart Schaffner & Marx good clothes Too Much Soil Stimulant. Macon Telegraph. Commercial fertilizers for the soil are 'ery much like stimulants for the human system. When the habit is formed of renewing the strength of the land by the use of fertilizers the requirement ecomes greater and greater all the time. Stimulants are all right if proper- > applied and used in connection with other methods—natural methods, too— t at are adapted for keeping up the soil. en cann °t live by bread or meat alone, a . ma n who depends upon artificial stimulants for his strength, energy and productive power will soon find his strength and energy gone and his body ? easy prey of all the ills that human hte is heir to. 1 he same thing is true of the soil. e best land can be easily ruined by e excessive use of commercial fer- • lzers unless other measures are adopt ed to keep up its strength. Where fer- 1 !* e * 8 are depended upon entirely the S 1 becomes the breeding place of Rerms and bacteria that bring disease 0 the crops. The natural way of re- D'- v. ing the soil is to diversify and ro- •j? 1 cr op3 and let the land rest. ne old Jewish idea was to let the land re ^ one year in seven, so that it would M ega,n the elements which it had given U P m prducing crops. In the South, where cotton is our f no 'pal crop, the farmers have neg- t( 'I the planting of leguminous crops rf a rnea p 8 of keeping up the fertility • e soil. The mad race to raise cot- m \ear after year on the same land, 1 never a change, has caused the -irmers to forget all about the effect 1 the one-crop system was having upon their lands. They realized that more fertilizer was needed each suc ceeding season, and that new diseases were constantly breaking out in the crops, but they did not stop to reason why. Like the confirmed drunkard, “they never blamed the booze” for their ills. At this season of the year the South ern farmers ought to plant cowpeas on every spot of land about their farms, even if there is no intention of gather ing them. The cowpea is regarded as one of the most valuable leguminous plants. It is quick to grow, flourishes everywhere, supplies nitrogen to the soil, and puts the land in good physical condition. The chief object in planting cowpeas is to return to the soil the store of nitrogen which has been taken out by other plapts. The vines make good hay, but are more valuable when turned under, as they increase the drouth-resisting quality of the soil. It is a long-established fact that soil without humus is not a productive soil. The soil may have abundance of plant food, but unless the humus is there its productive power is poor and uncertain. The cowpea, like all leguminous plants, possesses the power of gathering ni trogen from the air and storing it away in the soil. The secret of good farm ing is in alternating those plants which get nitrogen from the air and those which take it from the soil. If the farmers would study these things they would find it much easier to reduce their fertilizer bills, and at the same time add to the real productive ness of the soil. When God gave us a soil and climate capable of producing such an endless variety of products He expected the “talents” to be used, and those farmers who conform to the laws which He made will find their avocation beset with the fewest diffi culties. Our War With Mexico Sixty-Odd Years Ago. Savannah News. It was sixty-eight years ago this week that the war between the United States and Mexico, which ended less than two years later with the treaty of Gaudaloupe Hildago, began. The first encounter between troops of the two nations occurred on April 25, 1846, not far from the site of Brownsville, Tex. Capt. W. J. Hardee, who was born in Savannah and was in charge of the Confederate defenders of Savannah as Sherman approached the city in 1864, was captured by the Mexicans in that fight. The command to which he was attached was outnumbered nearly 10 to 1. The war consisted of two distinct campaigns, or activities in two distinct areas. Gen. Taylor, who began the fighting, pushed southwe3tward from the Gulf coast near what is now Brown- ville, fighting the battles of Palo Alto, Itesaca de la Palma, Monterey and Buena Vista. The northern campaign was over before the southern campaign, which started at Vera Cruz and ended at Mexico City, began. The navy dur ing the war was of value in escorting troops to Vera Cruz and in the work of blockading other ports. A number of vessels took part in the siege of Vera Cruz, one steamer being under com mand of Josiah Tattnall, also born near Savannah and afterwards famoua for his saying, "Blood is thicker than] water,” for his work with the "Mcr- rimac” in the War Between the States, and for the part he played in the de- j fense of Savannah. He was wounded I at Tuxapan. Henry R. Jackson com manded the First Georgia Regiment of i volunteers in the war. General Winfield Scott consumed twenty days in the capture of Vera Cruz, in March, 1847. Tampico did not figure in the war news very much. In nearly every battle of both campaigns the American forces were outnumbered. The total number of regulars in the United States Army was 21,506, and of volunteers 22,027. Gen. Taylor’s north ern campaign lasted ten months, that of Gen. Scott ending with the occupa tion of Mexico City, a few days more than six months. The northern cam paign resulted in the election of Zachrv Taylor as President of the United States in 1848. Four years later Gen. Scott was a candidate for the Presi dency, but was defeated. If the present Mexican situation should result in war historians will be in terested in parallels between the move ments of the American army and navy in this contest and that nearly three- quarters of a century ago. Politicians will, no doubt, wonder whether it will make any army officer's name so prom inent and himself so popular that he will be elected to the Presidency. They will remember that the war with Mexico, the War Between the States and the war with Spain 3ent army men to the White House. A nice thing about having only one bad habit ia you can spend ao much more money on it. Our Southern Friends are Proud of Mexican Mustang Liniment because it has saved them from so much suffering. It soothes and relieves pain soon as applied. Is made of oils, without any Alcohol and cannot burn of (Sting the flesh. Hundreds of people write us that Mustang Liniment cured them when all other remedies failed. J MEXICAN ustang Liniment The Great Family Remedy for Sore Throat, Colds, Mumps, Lameness, Cuts, Burns, Backache, Rheumatism, Scalds, Sprains, Bruises and the ailments of your Mules, Horses, Cattle, Sheep, and Fowl. Since / 848 the forcmor,t ‘Pain C j(/:licucr of the South. $ ————— Price 25c., 50c. asd $1 a bottle. Take this to your dealer and say you want Mexican Mustang Liniment.