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The Herald and Advertiser
NEWNAN. FRIDAY, OCT. 2
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
IN ADVANCK.
Stop Importing and Buy “Made
in America.”
It. C. Forbe**, in Atlanta Gnorjcinn
'‘Business as Usual,” is Great Brit
ain’s slogan during these war-ridden
days-not "On to Berlin, “ as in France
anil Russia, or "On to Paris," ujt in
Germany.
John Bull is first, last and all the
time a shopkeeper, a man of business,
not primarily a man of bullets.
If Britain, a belligerent, can adhere
to "Business as Usual," why should
the United States, a non-belligerent,
allow her business to languish?
Our national slogan at this epochal
leaf-turning in the world’s history is
with great need — “Made in America."
We have been buying from foreign
ers some two thousand million dollars’
worth of goods a year, much of which,
except for snobbishness, we could do
very well without.
Also, we pay an additional tribute of
one thousand million dollars annually to
Europe in the form of an “invisible
balance," details of which were re
cently given in these articles.
To such a pass have we come that
our foreign trade returns make now the
worst showing in a generation. Our
foreign purchases exceed our foreign
shipments by well over half a million
dollars daily.
It is time to call a halt.
It is time to keep some of this money
at home.
It is time to pull out of debt rather
than sink deeper into it.
This can be done by loyally rallying
to the "Made in America" battle cry.
Congress must rise to the extraordi
nary occasion.
The public also must do their share.
So, ton, must, our financiers, our
manufacturers and our merchants, to
say nothing of our inventors, our scien
tist s.und our chemists.
The suggestion that all our stores
from end to end of the country ar
range to hold a "Made in America"
week of special sales promises to be
taken up by alert, patriotic merchants.
Already the "Made in America"
sign is appearing in ably written ad
vertisements and in shop windows,
while "Made in America” stamps and
labels are springing into vogue.
The great, old-established, success
ful carpet firm of W. Si .1. Kloarie is
featuring “Made in America” carpets
and rugs.
The most successful tobacco organi
sation the world Inis ever known is
booming "Made in America" goods.
The most enterprising chain of drug
and chemist’s stores in the United
States is prominently advertising
"Made in America" articles.
Women’s wear anil men’s wear
"Made in America" is proving a pull
ing card for those firms quick enough
to grusp the value of this patriotic ap
peal.
The less we import from Europe for
the present the less Rold will we be
obliged to deposit in European war
cheats.
We ull want to see the nation's busi
ness boom.
We all want to see labor fully em
ployed.
Wo all want to see the country’s
financial machinery set in full motion.
We ull want to see the exchanges
reopened without causing disturbance.
Very well. Help to bring this about
by buying "Made in America" goods,
t hus keeping our own money for our
own employees and their employers.
The Man Who Shipped Bale of Cot
ton to Senator Hoke Smith.
D«ww>n NewM.
Mr. Geo. B. Turpin, of Richlund, was
in Dawson Saturday. Mr. Turpin has
been in the limelight considerably of
late by reason of the fact that he
shipped to Senator Hoke Smith at
Washington a bale of cotton and drew
on him for it nt 12 cents a pound, and
at the same time wrote Senator Smith
a letter stuling that he was relying on
his (Smith’s) statement during the
campaign that the farmers would get
that price for the staple by reason of
the measures he was advocating and
the nid that would be extended by the
Government. Eater Turpin wrote Con
gressman Crisp that should the draft
not be honored to auction off the bole on
the floor of the House of Representa
tives to the highest bidder.
The bale of cotton bus not reached
Washingion yet, and what will become
of it there no one knows. Senator
Smith is quoted ns saying ho presumes
that Mr. Turpin bus enough money to
pay the freight on it back to Georgia.
Stop Those Early Bronchial Coughs.
They hang on all winter if not check
ed, and pave the way for serious throat
and lung diseases. Get a bottle of Fo
ley's Honey and Tar Compound, and
take it freely. Stops coughs and colds,
neals raw, inflamed throat, loosens
the phlegm and is mildly laxative.
Best for children and grown persons.
No opiates. For sale by all dealers.
It takes more than a heroic resolu
tion to resolve one into a hero.
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Grove’s
The Old Standard Grove’s Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contain* the
■well known tonic propt-rtiesof QUININE
and IKON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 50 ceuls.
Our Greatest Food Crop Year.
Albany Horabl.
The next crop year is going to spell
“Opportunity with a big O" to the
Southern farmer.
The existing condition of business
depression in the cotton-producing
States is showing steady improvement.
There is a feeling of optimism abroad,
and it is reflected throughout the busi
ness world. That it will grow is a
reasonable hope which conditions fully
justify.
But no matter whether the war in
Europe terminates within the next
three or four months or continues far
into the coming year, it can he stated
in most positive terms that it will be
absolutely necessary for the Southern
farmer to make radical changes in his
methods next year.
For it is certain that a considerable
part of the 1914 cotton crop must be
carried over into the coming Beason.
Even should the farmers succeed in
getting the bulk of the 1914 crop
otr their hands, several million bales
would inevitably remain in the pos
session of those who, whether from
patriotic or selfish motives, have
acquired or will acquire 1911 cotton.
And this cotton, which is certain to be
a very considerable part of the present
season's production, will be on the
market at the same time the 1915 crop
is offered to the mills of the world.
It would be suicidal, as every intelli
gent person can readily understand, for
the cotton farmers to plant for more
than half a crop next year. Diligent
eirorts are being made to work out an
effective plan for curtailing the 1915
cotton acreage, and out of the numer
ous measures suggested it is hoped that
a means will he found for solving the
problem.
But whether more or less than half
a crop of cotton is to be planted next
year, nothing is more certain than that
the safety of the individual farmer in
the cotton-producing States depends
upon the food crops he is to produce.
For years The Herald has urged upon
the farmers of Southwest Georgia the
growing importance of making their
farms self-sustaining. We have en
deavored to demonstrate the financial
folly of buying for the farm grain and
meat which can be produced on the
farm at a cost far below what must he
paid the West for its oats, corn, hay
and meat.
Now the South has an object lesson
which is more powerful in its appeal to
the formers than any editorial sermon
The Herald or any other newspaper
has been able to preach. It is an ap
peal of stern, hard facts, and it falls
upon the farmer’s pockeLbook with a
tremendous emphasis which even the
strongest appeals to reason have
lacked.
The farmer will plant greatly in
creased acreages in food crops in 1915
because he must plant them. Not co
plant them would be to invite over
whelming disaster. Ir. will be a great
food-crop year, and it will be particu
larly valuable because it will demon
strate to our section the possibilities of
diversified agriculture as they have
never been stressed before.
If we are to have the boll weevil
next year, he will come at the best
possible time, for he will nrrive to find
less cotton growing than in a score of
years, and wide fields green with vast
plantings of food crops.
Positively Masters Croup.
Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound
cuts the thick, choking mucous, and
clears away the phlegm. Opens up the
air passages and stops the hoarse cough.
The gasping, strangling fight for breath
gives way to quiet, breathing and peace
ful sleep. Harold Berg, Mass, Mich.,
writes: "We give Foley’s Honey and
Tar to our children for croup and it al
ways acts quickly.” For sale by all
dealers.
A Homely Truth.
Miicon Tt*U*trruph.
Suppose Georgia's corn bins were full
and her smoke-houses strung with old-
fashioned Georgia-cured hams and
shoulders. What would Georgia care
how long they fought in Europe?
It is said that farmers are compelled
to grow cotton because the supply man
will not lend them money or furnish
supplies except on u contract to grow
so many bales of cotton. This is the
excuse of the man who is willing to
take his children out of school and put
them in the cotton field.
The farmer who now finds himself
loaded up with cotton and nothing to
eat is hoping prayerfully that some
thing will he done by somebody to pull
him out of the hole.
The farmer who has for several years
made it a practice to produce a surplus
of feed has $1.25 corn and25-cent bacon
to sell and can hold his cotton without
help from the Government or anyone
else.
Perhaps a boll weevil invasion is
needed to impress upon Georgia far
mers the value of forage crops.
May Raise Their Rates.
Macon THwirraph.
There is a strong probability that the
railroads in the North and West will
raise their passenger rates all along the
line within a short while, and there is
also a probability that freight rates
will he raised in all sections of the
country before much longer.
This is the result of a crisis which
has overtaken the railroads, not so
much on account of the war as because
of the "high cost of living" to railroads,
as well as people. The claim is made
that the net profits of the railroads
have been decreasing for six or eight,
years, while their expenses have been
increasing. It costs the railroads more
to do business than evJr before, though
their revenues are said to be consider
ably less.
President Wilson recently said in de
fense of the railroads: "The interest of
the producer, the shipper, the mer
chant. the investor, the financier and
th«^whole public in the proper main
tenance and complete efficiency of the
railways is manifest. They are indis
pensable to our whole economic life.”
This means that when the railroads
prosper the effect is reflected to the
public. When the railroads suffer we
all feel it. This is shown particularly
at the present time in the languishing
condition of the lumber business of
Georgia and Florida. The railroads are
the largest customers of the lumber
mills, but they have been forced out of
the market by the fact that they are
not able to carry on the improvements
which, ordinarily, they would he mak
ing.
Some recently published statistics
show that the net income of the rail
roads of the United States for the fis
cal year 1913-14 showed a decrease of
$122,090,000, and the increased value
for the same period was $13,000,000.
While the taxes of other property have
increased 03 per cent, during the past
twelve years the taxes of the railroads
have increased 101 per cent. All wages
have gone up, the cost of materials has
increased, interest has advanced, and
the public is constantly clamoring for
better service.
These are some of the reasons why
the lawmakers are beginning to soften
towards the railroads. The interest of
the public demands that the railroads
be saved from bankruptcy and that
they are also encouraged to c irry on
their work of improvement. The con
stantly shrinking net income of the
roads is their strongest bid for greater
consideration at the hands of the pow
ers that control the matter of rates.
No Justification for Low Prices
ProKroRsive Farm«r.
The very first things we ought to re
member about the present low prices
of cotton, and everlastingly emphasize,
is that, there is absolutely no justifica
tion for these low prices.
It was not to be expected that cotton
would remain at the price it was when
the war broke out, but a two-cent drop
in prices was the uttermost that should
have happened, and the wild talk about
half the world’s consumption being cut
off is largely to blame for its going
lower. For those irresponsible people
who started such falsehoods, through
thoughtlessness or ignorance, there
may be some excuse, but we fear that
many people have repeated such state
ments simply in the hope of buying cot
ton cheap. In any case, farmers every
where should be on the lookout for such
people and nail these statements every
time they get a start. As the writer
pointed out in resolutions adopted in
one cotton meeting last week:
"While fully recognizing the serious
ness of the present cotton situation, we
warn our farmers against becoming
panic-stricken by extreme statements
regarding the quantity of cotton to be
carried over; and remind them, first,
that very few English mill operatives
are liable to military draft, and that
shipping facilities are fast improving;
and, second, that only 10 per cent, of
the world’s spindles are in Germany
and Austria, and only 15 per cent, in
these countries and France; and even
if all these spindles should stop, the
loss would he materially made good by
the inc eased consumption of American
mills. Therefore, we warn our people
that there is absolutely no justification
for the colossal depreciation in market
values these last thirty days.”
It may be well for us to give just
here the number of spindles in the lead
ing cotton manufacturing countries as
follows: Great Britain, 57,000,000; Uni
ted States, 30,500,000: Germany, 10,-
925,000: Russia, 8,950,000; France, 7,-
400,000; British India, 6,405 000, etc.
The world’s total is 147,730,000.
— After all suggestions made and
schemes evolved for saving the farmer
in the present crisis in the cotton
market, every farmer who can reason
ably hope to be really "saved" will
have to he largely, if not wholly, his
own savior. The numerous plans sug
gested are all, doubtless, well intended,
hut, none of them relieves the farmer of
his own duty and responsibility. Those
who have maturing obligations to meet
may have to sacrifice at least a part of
their cotton on a depressed market, but
those who can manage to hold on to it
can afford to play the waiting game.—
Albany Herald.
— One notable thing done by the mass
meeting of farmers held in Moultrie
Thursday was the resolution to reduce
the amount of fertilizer to be used.
This is a wise step. We do not want
to pr duce less per acre, but we must
find other means of making the lands
productive than buying commercial fer
tilizers. It can be done. Hundreds of
farmers in this enlightened day in Col
quitt county know how to do it. We
are paying too much on guano bills. —
j Moultrie Observer.
ESKIMO WHALE DANCE. ’
When Arctic Natives Feast and Pick
Their Life Mates.
A very primitive custom of the na
tives nf the Bering and arctic coasts
of Siberia, a custom that lias come
down from generations of savage an
cestors. is the annual celebration of
the whale dance, when the Eskimos
select their wives.
When the sun moves southward at
the end of the short summer season
and the Ice closes up the northern
seas the whales r.-onie down lu open
water. Then, in celebration of the
season's eatcli, (lie ice dwellers assem
ble for tlie whale dance, which lasts
twenty-one days.
The great dunce circle is prepared,
and in the center the dancers, both
male and female, perform the most
savage of evolutions and motions to
the accompaniment of rhythmless
healing of the tomtoms and weird
' hamtug. The dance songs tell of the
prowess of the hunters and of the
history of the tribe. The movements
of the women are surprisingly grace
ful. and they mean to show in Ibeir
dance that, as daughters of a great
people, they are possessed of all the
qualities such women should have.
The men execute pantomimic scenes of
the hunt and go through all the mo
tions of the kill. They spear the Ice
bear, slay the walrus and seal and
finally, with extraordinary contentions,
vanquish the mighty whale.
During I he Inst days of (lie feast,
when the time arrives for the selection
of husbands and wives, tile man per
forms his male dance before the wo
man lie has picked out. Iri pantomime
he promises to provide her generously
with the fruit of the limit, both food
and fur. If she is pleased with him
she walks out and dances her accept
ance and shows how she will look
after the igloo. When Ihoy have
danced before each other they are mar
ried after the custom of the tribe, and
lie loads her off to liis walrus hide
lodge.
During the dance they feast on
whale. The skin of the baleen whale
is about an inch thick and looks like
rubber. The solid blubber between It
and the true llcsh is usually about four
teen inches thick. The black skin and
the blubber, Iho latter cut to the thick
ness of the former, is called moktuk
and is considered a great delicacy, it
is eaten raw and. although it sounds
repulsive to the civilized car, is most
palatable. It has a flavor something
like that of chestnuts.—Youth's Com
panion.
Dally Thought.
Think of thy brother no ill, but
throw a veil over his failings.—Long
fellow.
Most Skin Trouble
Readily Overcome
The Active Principle of a
Famous Remedy Works
Wonders.
Many pnoplo Imvo marvolotl th« way
S. S. S. overcomes shin troubles. The ox-
plnmitlnn is the fact that S-. fc. S. work*
in the blood and 11»• blood Is really a most
Intricate ami extraordinary muss of arteries*
and vMas
When von eo-.-.e to realize that the skin
nnd the tin !i bune:::’.i are composed of a
network of tiny blood, vessels you solve the
niy.Uery.
There are wonderful medicinal properties
lu S. S. S. I It..l follow the course of the
blood sira::.is j.;st :\s uiturully as the most
nourishing l' od t lrt .n.is.
lr is really a remarkable remedy. It
eon tains one Ingredient, the active purpose
of whit h is to .stimulate the tissues to the
I;i’ll,by selection of its i wn essential nutri
ment. And the medhinu! elements of this
matchless blood pttrlllrr hit Just us essen
tial to well-balanced health as tie* nutri-
11. us elements of tie mails, grains, fats
and *»•{:;»rs of our dally food.
Nut one drop of minerals or (Imps used
In its preparation. Ask for S. .s. S. and
just insist upon bavin*' it. And If you de-
slt*e skillful advice and counsel upon any
matter concerning the blood and skin, write
to the Medical Department. The Swift
Specific Co., oLM> Swift Bldg.. Atlanta, Go.
1 to not allow some aealous clerk's^ elo
quence over something “just as good" as
S. S. S. to l'ool yon with the same old
mineral drugs. Beware of all substitutes.
Insist upon S. S. S.
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a cup of good coffee?
You can have a warm dining room — cer
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Your fire never goes out in
Cole’s Original
Hot Blast Heater
Even the cheapest grade of coal put
in the night before will be a mass of
glowing coke in the morning, and will
heat your rooms perfectly for two or
three hours without a fresh supply.
Burns anything—soft coal—hard coal
—lignite or wood.
It is guaranteed.
Come in and See It.
See the name “Cole's” on tht
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DARDEN-CAMP HDW.
Newnan, Georgia
Ask the Central of Ceorgia Ticket
Agent.
Following special occasions will he
held at the points named on the dates
specified;
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 7-14.—General Con
vention Churches of Christ.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 14-18. —Brotherhood
of St. Andrews.
Ft. Worth Texas, Oct. 11-17.— Annual
Meeting Farmers’ National Congress.
Richmond, Ya., Oct. 12-16.—American
Bankers' Association.
New Orleans, La., Oct. 20-23. Inter
national Associotion Fire Engineers.
For information as to fares and sched
ules consult any ticket agent or rep
resentative of
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY
'The Right Way"
— In Georgia murderers arc being
held to a stricter accountability for
their crimes than in many years be
fore. In the past few months several
white men have paid the penalty of
their crimes on the gallows. Two
were executed Friday, one in South and
one in North Georgia. It is observed,
too, that this certainty of punishment
is having a wholesome effect upon those
who have no regard for human life.--
Dawson News.
How To Give Quinine To Children.
PFBKII.INK is the trade-mark name riven to an
improved Quinine. Il is a Tasteless Syrup, pleas
ant to take ami does not disturb the stomach.
Children take it and never know it is Quinine.
Also especially adapted to udulta who cannot
take ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor
cause nervousness nor r inging in the head. Try
it the neat time you need Quinine for any pur
pose. Ask for 2-ounce original package. The
name Ffc'BKILlNE »a blown in bottie. 25 centa.
Negotiated throughout the State on
improved fnrm lands in sums of $1,000
to $100,000 on five years' time at
reasonable rates.
Our sources of money are practically
inexhaustible. We have a strong line
of customers among individual investors
and Savings Banks and Trust Compa
nies in the North, East and Middle
West, and we number among uur cus
tomers the
John Hancock Mutual Life ins. Co.
with assets of more than a hundred
million dollars.
For information call on or write to
A. H. Freeman
Newnan, Ga.
BUGGIES! BUGGIES!
A full line of the best makes. Best value foi
the money. Light running, and built to stand
the wear. At Jack Powell's old stand.
J. T. CARPENTER