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NEWNAN HERALD & ADVERTISER 50th YEAR NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1914. NO. 3 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. T. G. 8 To The Farmers We have in stock just two hundred bush els of purple straw wheat. This wheat is se lect seed, and we would like to get this wheat started in Coweta county. We also have Hasting’s 100-bushel seed oats, Appier feed oats and Georgia rust-proof oats. A few bushels of Georgia rye and barley. If we are going to change our way of farm ing, now is the time to start. You can’t wait until next April to make up your mind that you are not going to plant the world in’ cot ton. If you are going to plant oats, rye, bar ley and wheat it is time to make a start. H. C. PHONE 58. ECO. PHONE 342 OCTOBER. O, sun a and skies and clouds of June. And (lowers ol’ June together. Ye cannot rival for one hour October's bright blue weather. When loud the bumblebee makes haste— Belated, thriftiest* vagrant— And golden-rod i« dying fast, And laneB with grapes are fragrant. When gentians roll their fringes tight To save them for the morning. Ami chestnuts fall from satin burrs Without a sound of warning; When on the ground red apples lie In piles like jewels ahining, And redder still on old atone walla Are leaves of woodbine twining; When all the lovely wayside things Their white-winged seeds are sowing. And in the tielda still green and fair Late aftermaths are growing: When springs run low. and on the brooks In idle golden freighting. Bright leaves sink noiseless in the hush Of woods for winter waiting; When comrades seek sweet country haunts By twos and twos together. And count like misers, hour by hour. October's bright blue wcather- O. suns and skies and flowers of June, Count all your boasts together - Love loveth best of all the year October's bright blue weather. —I Helen Hunt Jackson. The Last Kaiser. IiOndon Tit-Bits. “William, the second of the name, will be the last king of Prussia; he will have no other successors than a king of Poland, a king of Saxony and a king of Hanover.” More than 600 years ago this prophe cy was made by an obscure monk of Mayence. Since then it has been handed down from father to son, through the centuries, until to-day it possesses a startling significance. By plunging all Europe into bloodshed William II, the kaiser, must stand or fall by the issue. The defeat of Germany will mean his virtual disappearance as a world's dic tator; it may even mean the disruption of the German empire. Well may one ask if bygone years will come true. Other predictions made by this ancient seer have proved amazingly correct. The prophet mentions William I by name, describes him as marching against Austria from victory to victory be tween “the earing and the harvesting of barley,” and as having his murch of triumph arrested in the very gates of Vienna “by the word of a great em peror.” A more accurate forecast of the Austro-Prussian “seven days’ war” in the summer of 1866 is inconceivable. In that campaign, it will be remem bered, Bismark checked his victorious advance to Vienna because he believed that the Emperor Napoleon Ill was preparing to march his forces across the Rhine in the Prussian rear. Then the sedr foretells how within four years (1870) a great army would be mustered with deadly engines of war and march eastward. “Woe,” he says, “to the nation that has forsaken all laws, human and divine, and will be abandoned by the Lord of Hosts.” He proceeds to picture the flight of Napo leon III. before his enemies to a spot near Sedan, and his disappearance, never to return. Finally, after telling of the complete resuscitation of France, he concludes with the declaration quo- ted above—the only prophecy which has yet to be fulfilled. No throne is so inseparably connected with prophetic utterances of doom as that which is now occupied by the kai ser. In a long poem, written by a Bran denburg monk, several hundred years ago, it is foretold how the Hohenzol- lerns came into possession of Branden burg; how they were transformed from electors into kings; and how they would come to adopt the reformation. But even more startling still than the pie- dictions of the Mayence and Branden burg monks is the story of the amazing power of second sight displayed by an old woman in the little village of Fiens- berg. In 1849, William I. who was then only the heir to the Prussian throne, happened to pass through the village and consulted her. “What is to be my fate?” he asked. “You will be crowned emperor of Germany,” she replied; and, asked when, made him write the date, (1849,) and below the figures the same date in a vertical column, telling him to add it up thus: 1849 1 8 4 9 1871 It was in 1871 that he was acclaimed emperor by the German princes in the Hall of Mirrors. “When shall I die?” was his second question. He was told to treat the date 1871 in the same fashion, obtaining 1888, the year of his death. “When will the German empire end?” was his final query. The same rule gave 1918. Although the extraordinary series of predictions may appear to fail in this important particular, one must remem ber that the spark which has eventual ly set Europe ablaze may be said to have originated in the Balkan war of 1913. Again oi.e must ask: Are the wonderful prophecies of the monk of Mayence and the witch of Fiensberg to be fulfilled in their entirety? Even South Georgia is Turning to Wheat. Dawson News. More wheat will be planted in Terrell this fall than e«r before in the history of the county. Many farmers who have never until now seen the necessity of it will have waving fields of the golden grain next summer. Hon. J. R. Mercer, the pioneer wheat- grower of the county, and who some years ago installed a roller flour mill with a capacity pf 70 barrels a day on his farm just bfeyond the limits of the city for the purpose of encouraging the farmers to grow wheat for their own use, is still engaged in missionary work along this line. He has ordered a car load of the best variety of seed wheat, which he will let the farmers of Terrell and surrounding counties have at actual cost to him. The wheat was bought in Virginia. Mr. Mercer has demonstrated that wheat can be successfully grown here for home use, and can give those who intend to plant it valuable information as to the kind of land and fertilizers to get the beBt results. From 80 acres of the poorest land on his farm Mr. Mercer threshed 552 bush els of wheat this year. “Farmers who expect to raise wheat should not sow on rich land,” Mr. Mer cer says. “Turn, sub-soil, harrow and plant on the highest, best-drained red or still' land, without any fertilizer, by Dec. 1. In March top dress with 200 pounds of guano, or in April 100 pounds of top dressing or 75 pounds of nitrate of soda. We have erred in planting rich patches. The above plan will in sure a profitable crop four years in five and provide healthful bread rather than commercial flour made from grain bulk- heated. kiln-dried, bleached, dehearted, etc. Why not, as we progress, hold to some of the primitive methods of our fathers—especially altfng the line of di versified farming? It would tend to keep down the ever-increasing cost of living, which is bearing down upon us with a vengeance.” Pure Piffle. Tlfton Gazette. At the conference of the Southern Governors and Congressmen in Wash ington one man let the cat out of the bag when he said that the cotton grow ers represent one-third the population of the country while the consumers represent two-thirds. Therefore, why legislate for the mi nority? There you have the real reason, stripped of all superfluous verbiage. We in the South are in the minority; therefore the majority may fatten at our expense. But the cotton spinners and their friends are in much a smaller minority than the cotton growers; yet they have been able to effectually block any legis lation or government action to relieve the cotton grower. The people who were traveling in Europe when the war broke out repre sented one-thousandth part of our pop ulation, yet it was no trouble to get millions in gold, as scarce as gold was, to hurry by special ship to their relief. The people of Alaska are not even vo ters, yet we spent millions buying rail roads to develop their country. The people of Mexico are not citizens and pay no taxes at all, but money is plen tiful and excuses numerous to spend millions on them when we do not even know what we are spending it for. What miserable, pitiful piffle is this talk about majority! If the same con ditions now confronting the Southern States confronted people of the North, East, West or Middle States it would be relieved within a week. Five hundred and sixty-eight mosqui toes, 109 potato beetles, 2,826 plant lice, 100 chinch bugs, 89 grasshoppers, 12 squash bugs, 12 cut worms, 12 army worms and 8 white grubs—all these, says the State Game Warden of Ten nessee, have been found in the stomach of a common quail. “What, would that bird and its mate have been worth to you,” he asks, “if they had reared their little brood on your farm?” The interesting and truly appalling menu shows that birds protect not only crops and orchards, but also the health of men and animals. Many of the in sects they destroy are carriers of dis ease. A bullbat, we are told, will de vour a thousand mosquitoes in one twi light; given due safety and encourage ment, a family of bullbats should free any neighborhood of mosquitoes and prevent many cases of illness as well as incalculable discomfort. 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 Ilonev and Tar to our children for croup anti it al ways acts quickly.” For sale by all dealers. “Something- Will Drop.” Columbus En<iuiror*Sun. The Dothan (Ala.) Eagle has been fig uring on the situation and announces its conclusions as follows — “When the banker refuses to loan money to the farmer who plants more than half a crop of cotton, and when the supply merchant, the guano mer chant, the red wagon merchant, refuse to sell to the man who plants more than half a crop of cotton, you’ll hear some thing drop—and it won’t be the price of cotton, either.” When this condition comes to pass we believe, with The Eagle, that “you'll hear something drop.” But, when will the banker, the sup ply merchant, the guano man and the others mentioned refuse to lend money to farmers under the conditions stated? That is the question. Heretofore the supply men have re fused to make advances to the farmer upon which to make a crop unless he would raise cotton. Cotton has been the chief money crop of this section, and they have required the farmer to whom they have made advances to raise cotton with which to pay for what they have been getting. The landowner has wanted cotton for rent; the banker has wanted cotton for the money he has loaned; the supply merchant has want ed cotton for the provisions he has ad vanced, and the guano man lias wanted cotton for the fertilizer he has sold. Now, have these men, to whom the small farmer, must of necessity go for help, decided to make a change? How many of them does The Eagle know who are ready to take other crops in rent and other crops in payment for supplies, etc,? It is for them to say whether or not there shall be diversification of crops, so far as the small farmer is concerned, and the small farmer plays a very con spicuous part in the total production of cotton. The small farmer is helpless; he muBt do as those upon whom he is dependent say for him to do. If he does not, they will nut make the advances he must have upon which to grow a crop. Cotton Seed Business Injured By the War. Atlanta Constitution. Word has been received from Wash ington by I’. D. McCarloy, president of the Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association of Georgia, that the British govern ment, in its patrol of- European com merce, is interfering with the ship ments of cotton seed oil, cotton seed meal and cotton Heed cake from the South to the neutral countries of Hol land, Denmark and Italy. This will have the ell'eet of greatly reducing the already small market for these products abroad. At the beginning of the war, when all European commerce was abruptly terminated, the congestion of cotton seed products greatly reduced the de mand, and as a result the price of cot ton seed went to a new low level. Later on there came a demand, origi nating in the neutral countries men tioned above, which for a time afforded an outlet for cotton seed oil and cotton seed products. With the elimination of this demand practically all export busi ness will be shut olT and oil mills will have to depend upon local consumption to handle their output. With the halt of shipments abroad, which is disastrously affecting the price of cotton seed, it is expected that fur ther reductions in the price of seed will follow, bringing a still greater hard ship upon the farmers and producers of cotton and cotton seed in the South. “Please Stop My—” What? Literary World. “l'lease stop my-” What? "Times are hard, money is scarce, business is dull.Jretrenchment is a duty. Please stop my — Whiskey? “Oh, no; times are not hard enough for that yet. But there is something else that costs me a large amount of money every year, which I wish to save. Please stop my— Tobacco, cigars and snuff ? “No, no; not these; but I must re trench somewhere. Please stop my— Ribbons, jewels, ornaments, trink ets? “Not at all. i’ride must be fostered evon if times are hard; but I believe I can see a way to ell'eet quite a saving in another direction. Please stop my—” “Tea, coffee, and needlegs and un healthy luxuries? “No, no, no; not these. I cannot think of such a sacrifice. I must con sider something else. Ah! I have it now. My weekly paper costs me five cents a week; I must save that. Please stop my—paper; that will carry me ea sily. I believe in retrenchment and economy.” How To Give Quinine To Children. PRnR I MNKIh the trade-mark name (riven to an improved Uuinine. It la a Taaieleaa Syrup, pleaa- ant to take and does not disturb the stomach. Children take it and never know It is Quinine. Also especially adapted to adults who caunot take ordinary Quinine. Does not nnusente nor cause nervousness nor ringing in the head. Try it the next time you need Quinine (or any pur pose. Ask for 2-ounce original package. The name P£BRlI,lMg is blown in bottle. 25 cents. To Have Home-Made Flour. Macon Telegraph. Reports have come from Sumter county and other counties near here that there will be much wheat planted this year and that a flour mill will be put up near Americus to convert wheat into flour. This is good news. It means that many farmers are going to raise their own wheat supply. And it means that the people who are fortunate enough to get hold of some of this home-made flour are going to have bet ter and more wholesome bread than they have been having. There ought to be a flour mill in ev ery county in Georgia and there ought to be enough wheat raised on Georgia farms to supply the people of the State with all the flour they will use. At the present time not less than two million barrels of flour are sold in Geor gia annually. Ninety per cent of it is not even made in the Southern States. It all comes from “way up yonder” and the money that we pay for it goes to keep company with the millions we send to pay for meat, corn, hay, horses, mules and other products that we oaght to raise in Georgia. Americus and Sumter county are to be congratulated that they are to have home-made flour next, year. It means better bread for the people, more mon ey kept at home, less acreage in cotton and more profit from that crop next, year. We hope that Sumter's example will be followed all over the State. “Yer Cain’t Beat Georgia.” Washington Cor. Now York Sun. Representative Heflin, of Alabama, was one of Oscar W. Underwood’s cam paigners. On the last night of the fight a Hobson supporter shouted at Heflin: “Hoke Smith was two years on the job and got a regional reserve bank for Atlanta. Oscar with 20 years on the job gets nothing for Birmingham. How about it?” "That’s the very question I wanted you to ask,” roared Mr. Heflin in reply. “Here are the facts: President WilBon practiced law in Atlanta when ho was a young man. Mrs. Wilson was a Geor gia girl, lie courted her in Georgia. He married her in Georgia. His chil dren were born in Georgia. And now one of them is engaged to bo married to the Secretary of the Treasury, who is chairman of the committee that fixed those banks, and he was born in Geor gia. Now, how in the devil can you beat that combination?” "Yer cain’t,” shouted the crowd. Blazing the Way For Cash Sys tem. Worth County Local. The current issue of the Moultrie Ob server carries a prominent announce ment to the effect thut after the first of November that paper will be sent to subscribers who have paid in advance. We have been doing this since the first of last October, and since that time have beer, getting some real mon ey subscriptions. Before that date we gave pianos, sewing machines, suits of furniture, etc., to encourage subreri- bers to pay up, with the result that we carried about two thousand subscribers on our list, but the net amount of money after paying for premiums was very small. We can put The Observer on notice that its subscription list will he cut off. but whai it will lack in numbers will be made up in net cash sales. We have found it gives satisfaction to all those who homstly expect to pay any way, and it has proven satisfactory to thiH office eminently. Tom was very careful of the truth; punctilious, in fact. Bo when he got married and the minister asked him, “Well, Tom, I suppose you feel you got the best wife in the world?” Tom replied: “1 think, sir, she is God’s handiwork, but I shouldn’t say she is His master piece.” MUST BELIEVE IT When Well-Known Newnan People Tell It So Plainly. When public indorsement is made by a representative citizen of Newnan the proof is positive. You must believe it. Read this testimony. Every suf ferer of kidney backache, every man, woman or child with kidney trouble, will do well to read the following: Mrs. .). T. Holmes, 20 Fair St., New nan, Ga., says: “My back ached ter ribly and I was bothered by dizzy spells and a kidney weakness. I was treated at a mineral spring and tried several kidney remedies, but I was not helped until I procured Doan’s Kidney Pills from the Lee Drug Co. They did such good work that I advise other kidney sufferers to try them. I have not had need of a kidney remedy since and I am glad to confirm my former indorsement of Doun’s Kidney Pills.” Price 50c. at all dealers. Don’t sim ply ask fora kidney remedy—get Doan s Kidney Pills—the same that Mrs. Holmes had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.