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NEWNAN HERALD & ADVERTISER VOL. X LIX. NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1914, NO. 47 In Our New Quarters We are now established in our new quarters on the corner of Jefferson and Madison streets, and extend a cordial invitation to our friends to drop in and see us. We are beginning now to replenish our stocks in preparation for the fall trade, and shall be “ready with the goods" to supply ev erything in our line that may be needed. We advise our friends to keep cool and not get demoralized on account of the war in Eu rope. Ours is a great Government, and will provide means to take care of the South's cotton crop. Be of good cheer. Everything will turn out right in the end. When You Want The best goods, the quickest service and the lowest prices, give J. T. SWINT a trial order. If you try him once, you’ll be sure to try him again. Fresh fish every Thurs day, Friday and Saturday. Telephone 54 SINCE SHE WENT HOME. The twilight nhadowH linger longer here. The winter days make grey the circling year. For oven nummer wlnda are chill and drear- Since nhe'went home. Since she went home— The robin’s note haB touched a minor strain. The old glad songs repeat a sad refrain. And laughter sobs with hidden, bitter pain Since she went home. Since she went home— How still the empty rooms her presence blessed! Untouched the pillow that her dear head pressed: My mourning heart finds no place for rest— Since she went home. Sinco Hhe went home- The long, long days have crept away like years. The sunlight has been dimmed with doubts and fears. And the dark nights have wept in lonely tears— Since she went home. — I Robert J. Burdotte. T. S. PARROTT Insurance-—All Branches Representing Fire Association, of Philadelphia Fidelity and Casualty Co., of New York American Surety Co., of New York Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co., of Newark, N. J. 14 1-2 Greenuille st., Ouer H. C. GlouerCo. That Marital Promise to Obey. Dorothy Dix. in Atlanta Georfrian. A young woman who is going to be married asks me to define the meaning of the word “obey” as it is U9ed in the marriage ceremony. She says that she is willing to swear to be loyal, faithful and helpful to her husband, but that she expects him to defer to her wishes and judgment as she expects to defer to his, and that she has no intention of blindly obeying him, so she hesitates to make a vow that she cannot keep. Therefore, she wants to know whether the word “obey” is to be taken literally, or merely figura tively, in the marriage service. The word "obey” has no meaning whatever in the marriage-service. It is nothing but a lie, which should be eliminated, for it forces a woman to commit perjury at the most solemn moment of her life, and at the moment that she should most intend to keep the vows that she is making. When the modern girl swears at the altar to “obey” the man she is marry ing she has no notion whatever of do ing so. Her heart may be running over witli love for her husband; she may be giving him a boundless devo tion, and pledging him every service of brain and hand, but the one thing that she has no expectation whatever of do ing is to obey him. And the man knows this. Whatever else he expects of his wife, he doesn't expect obedience. He doesn't even arrogate to himself the right to be a master to her. She is neither a child nor a slave to be ordered about and subject to his commands. Why should an intelligent wo man, old enough to get married, be made to promise to obey? If she has not sense enough and sufficient judg ment to know how to conduct her own affairs, and what to do under the stress of life, her place is not at a man’s side in a household, but in some institute for the feeble-minded. If marriage is the right sort of a marriage it is a partnership of a man and a woman, who unite their fortunes and lives, and establish a home. Each partner has everything that he or she has in the world invested in this ven ture, and both should have the same authority. When two men go into partnership in business there is no question of obeying the other. They confer together; they discuss ways and means together; each yields certain points to the other, and in this way they work out a harmoni ous plan of action. And this plan prevails in every house hold that is a success. The wife re spects her husband’s judgment and fol lows his advice along certain lines. The husband really admits that his wife’s opinion on certain other lines is of more value and weight than his, but neither blindly obeys the other. There is a theory that in the old days when women were more subject to men than they are at present, the word “obey” in the marriage service literally meant what it says, and when a woman took that vow upon herself she intend ed to keep it. I doubt this being true. It has ever been the privilege of the slave to deceive the master, and our meek looking grandmothers probably had their tongues in their cheeks, just as much as we have, when they humbly promised to obey the husband they meant to hoodwink while they did as they pleased. At any rate, the independent, intel ligent girl of to-day is not going to give blind obedience to any man just because he is her husband. She hails from Missouri, and has to be shown that his way is a better way than hers, his judgment clearer than her own, be fore she accepts it. The old idea that it was necessary for woman to venerate her husband as an oracle to prove her affection for him is an exploded myth. A man does not necessarily have to he a Solomon in or der to be lovable. Indeed, many of the most sympathetic, agreeable and fas cinating men in the world are in no danger of setting the river on fire with their brilliancy, and they have wabbly enough judgments. In many a family the wife is the clear-headed one wno runs things, and she does it without loss of dignity to her husband or loss of affection for him. In the face of the actual conditions of modern society it is absurd that wo men should still be made to promise to •‘obey” the men they marry when neither the wom'-n intend to do it nor the men expect them to do it. The Cotton Market. Savannah Nows. There is a market for cotton. The domestic mills are offering ten cents for it. In fact, they are actually buying in the interior a little at that price. But cotton is worth more than that. If it were not for the wnr in Europe the cotton exchanges would be open and it is safe to say that cotton would be sell ing for at least 12 cents. It sold in Liv erpool the other day at 111 cents. There is no good reason why the far mers should be in haste to sell—no good reason why they should rush it to mar ket. In a little while the exchanges will be open and there will be ships to carry cotton to the European markets —at least to the markets of England, France and perhaps Russia. These markets, together with the domestic market and the markets of the Orient, will take all the cotton that will bo forced to sale by maturing obligations of cotton far mers and to meet necessary expenaes of harvesting and marketing, thus pre venting a slump in the price. There is no doubt that the domestic mills intend to get the cotton just ai cheaply as they can. It is pure bus! ness with them. They are not influenced in the least by sentiment. Of course, they regret the war in Europe, but as it favors them, they propose to make the most of whatever advantage it of fers them, even though the cotton pro ducers are losers. When the cotton exchanges are opened the price will be made largely by them It is well understood that the present cotton crop isn’t a large one—a little more than 13,000,(100 bales, according to the Department of Agriculture. It isn’t large enough to force the price below what it was when the war in Europe broke out, and if it were not for that war the price, in all probability, would be about what it was a month or so ago. The closing of the cotton exchanges practically gave the millB the whip hand. It enables them to put their own price on the cotton that hast to be sold by farmers who are pressed for money for expenses and to meet obligations. Those who insist that the future mar ket is inimical to the interests of the producer and friendly to those of the millB have a chance now to question the correctness of their contention. The price, there are good reasons for thinking, will advance now that the Senate has passed the bill admitting foreign ships to American registry. The warring nations of Europe are call ing for our wheat. They must have it or starve. If wheat can get into the ports of Europe cotton can. Of that there is no reasonable doubt. There is almost as much need for cotton by En gland, France, Germany and other Eu ropean nations as there is for wheat, since the poor cannot buy bread with out money and the cotton factory popu lations have no way to earn money with which to buy bread if the mills are without cotton. So, jt is pretty safe to assume, looking at the whole situation just as it is, that the mills will not get a great deal of cotton at 10 cents a pound. The Guilty Kaiser. Mnron Tolugniph. If war is hell, there is a single and related term that fittingly describes the man who is wilfully responsible for a continent-desolating struggle that might have been avoided. That man is Kai ser Wilhelm, the so-called “war lord” and megalomaniac in the palace at Potsdam. After this man had hastily declared war on Russia and secretly perfected plans for an unannounced invasion of France, he exhorted his people in a pub lic speech to “go to church and pray God to help our gallant array to show our enemies what it means to provoke Germany.” Russia and France had provoked” Germany by a hurried pre paration for a war which the kaiser's significant acts and unreasonable de mands hnd made inevitable. It was Germany’s sanction that en couraged Austria to begin a war for the annexation of Servia; it was Ger many that issued an imperious ultima tum to Russia to cease her precaution ary mobilization; it was Germany that insolently demanded of France a con fession of what she expected to do in case her cruel enemy of 1870 engaged her Russia ally in war; it was Germa ny that thon promptly declared war on Russia and invaded France without for mal notice. Germany was the aggres sor from the outset, and yet the war- lusting kaiser tells his people to pray that God may help a ruthless fighting machine teach the nations what it means to "provoke” Germany. One is almost tempted to say that if the Emperor of Germany is not com pelled to sue for peace on hiB knees, there is no longer any room for poetic justice in this world. Throughout his reign the kaiser has oppressed his own people in order to perfect a gigantic military machine. Throughout his reign he has watched eagerly for the opportunity which he has now forced. Gladly would he fill the world with mourning if by so doing he could gain undisputed ascendancy in Europe, llow can the disinterested ob server do other than hope that his mil itary machine will fail him? I’ossihle Russian schemes of torritorial expan sion in Europe deservo scant sympathy even though Russia has been wilfully “provoked,” but who can look unmoved on the spectacle of France fighting for life —for her very national existence? History will deal kindly with the Gor man people in general, hut it will speak unpleasant truths about the domineer ing Prussians, and it will find not even a thin veil with which to cover the moral nakedness of the self-seeking, war-lusting Kaiser Wilhelm. Wise Forbearance at Washington Macon Telegraph. There will be fewer sneers at the ex pense of President Wilson’s "watching and waiting” Mexicans policy now that we contemplate the madneBS of all Europe at war and behold a continent filled with terror and mourning. Al though at the outset there was not a single principle involved worthy of the name. There has never been a sufficient reason for war on Mexico by the United States, but at any moment since the assassination of President Madero a better pretext could have been found than that seized by Austria in order to begin a war for the annexa tion of Servia—the act which lighted the llame now burning throughout Europe. While the President’s pacific inter vention in Mexico transcended the limits authorized by the Monroe doc trine and unquestionably would have precipitated hostilities had Mexico been a stronger power, he resolutely set his face against actual war from first to last, and for this the men of all parties and opinions may now well praise and thank him. To his derided policy of “watching waiting” is due the wel come and most gratifying fact that the United States, alone among all the great powers of the western world, is not now at war. The Oase of L, L. Cantelou. The case of L. L. Cantelou, Claredon, Texas, is similar to that of many others who have used Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He says, “After trying a doctor for several months, and using different kinds of medicine for my wife who had been troubled with severe bowel com plaint for several months, I bought a 2f>c. bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. After using the second bottle she was entire ly cured.” For sale by all dealers. It’s a Smile that Wins. Pictorial Review. The trolly-car was well filled with people—tired people. Women who had been shopping, men who had been working—their nerves on edge from hours of relentless effort and the dis appointments of the day. Some tried to bury their feelings in evening pa pers, some stared blankly into space. The heaviness of the unventilated car rested on them all. Life was a dreary, sordid thing. At the next stop, the last passenger to enter was a woman carrying a baby. The crowd shoved and the baby whim pered. The mother shook her just a little and the whimper turned into a wail. The men frowned behind their papers or glared above the sheet. Those who had no papers scowled at the mother for daring to travel with a child during the rush hour. And then the miracle! A motherly- looking woman with a bunch of gay roses in her hut snapped her fingers at the baby and smiled. The baby Btopped crying. The motherly person tried it again. Thrn time both her eyes and lips smiled and she nodded her head until the flowers on her hat danced. The expression of the baby’s face changed from surprise and curiosity to open delight. It waved its hands. It talked in eloquent "goos” and “gur gles” to the nodding flowers. The peevish expression vanished from the mother’s face and maternal pride ap peared in its stead. Those who had no papers yielded frankly to the baby’s conversational charm and their neigh bors began to peer interestedly around the corner of their pages. By the time the baby was going through futile con tortions to reach the nodding roses the entire mental atmosphere of the car had been sweetened. And this miracle was wrought by a smile! “Papa,” said little May, who had just been chastised for disobedience, “I wish you had never married into our family.” Whenever Vou Need a General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove’s Tasteless chill Touic is equally valuable as General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic propertiesof QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents. The Drink Evil. Rob Burdetto. My dear boy, men have fought, bled and died, but not for beer. Men liked tea, my boy, but they hurled it into the sea in the name of liberty 1 and they died rather than drink it until they made it frep. It seemed to be worth fighting for, and the best men in the world fought for it. The history of the United States is incomplete with the tea left out. As well might the historian omit Faneuil Hall and Bunker Hill as tea. But there is no story of heroism or patriotism with rum for its hero. The battles of the world, my son, have been fought for grander things than free whiBkey. The heroes who fall in the struggle for rum, fall shot in the neck, and their martyrdom is clouded by haunting phantoms of the jimjams. Whiskey makes men fight, it is true, but they usually fight other drunken men. The champion of beer does not stand in the temple of fame; he stands in the police court. Honor never has the delirium tremens. Glory does not wear a red nose, and fame blows a horn, but never takes one. I do not know one good thing about a saloon. It is an evil that has not one redeeming thing in all its history to commend it to good men. It breaks the laws of God and man; it desecrates the Sabbath; it profanes the name of religion; it defiles public order; it tram ples under foot the tenderest feelings of humanity; it is a moral pestilence that blights the very atmosphere of town and country; it is a stain upon honeBty: a blur upon purity; a clog upon progress; a check upon the nobler impulses; it is an incentive to falsehood, deceit and crime. Search through the history of this hateful thing, and find one page over which some mother can bow her grate ful head and thank God for all the sa loon did for her boy. There is no such record. All fits history is written in tears and blood, with smears of shame and stains of crim6, and dark blots of disgrace. Mrs. Ives had entertained her bridge club, and as she had to prepare con siderable food, having gotten her hand in, sho decided to invite a few people, to whom she was indebted, for the next evening. She made out her list of guests and sent her little daughter Eleanor to de liver the invitations. Eleanor's first stop wbh At Mrs. Jordan's. She gave the invitation and as she was about to depart, Mrs. Jordan said: “Why, Eleanor, I’m afraid your mother is undertaking too much after having had the bridge club last even ing.” “Oh, 1 guess not,” replied the child, “I heard her toll father this morning there was stuff enough left for three parties.” How to Cure a Sprain. A sprain may be cured in about one- half the time required by the usual treatment by applying Chamberlain’s Liniment and observing the directions with each bottle. For sale by all dealers. In live minutes a 150-ton bridge was moved out and replaced by a 760-ton bridge on the Lehigh Valley railroad here, It took exactly two minutes and fifty seconds to roll the new one into place. Traffic was not interfered with, the time chosen for the bridge moving having been carefully planned in rela tion to the movement of trainB. The new bridge, which is a double-tracked Bingle span structure over 100 feet long, wus already fitted with a bal lasted track laid on a concrete founda tion, and as soon as it was in place it waH only necessary to join the rails to make ready for the passage of trains. The steel spans are 10 feet deep and rest on rockers, bo that trains passing immediately afterward were able to travel at full speed, as if there were no bridge there. NO REASON FOR IT You Are Shown a Way Out. There can be no reason why any reader of this who suffers the tortures of art aching hack, the annoyance of urinary disorders, the pains and dangerof kidney ills will fail to heed the word of a resi dent of this locality who has found re lief. The following is convincing proof. Mrs. J. B. Bridges, 614 W. Solomon St., Griflln, Ga., says: “I suffered a great deal from headaches and dull pains through the small of my back and at times I was so lame I could hardly get about. I often became dizzy and was bothered by the kidney secretions, when a friend advised me to try Doan’s Kidney Pills. I got a supply and it did not take them long to relieve me. My system was toned up and my kidneys were restored to a normal condition. I haven’t suffered from kidney com plaint since. I gladly confirm the en dorsement I gave Doan’s Kidney Pills some years ago.” Price 50e, at all dealers. Don't simply aHk tor a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs/ Bridges had. Foster-Milburn Co., Pro prietors, Buffalo, N. Y.