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The Herald and Advertiser
Credit Too Easy Here.
N E W N A N,
ONE DO
L L A R A
II* ADVANCE.
TEAK
— Albany HeraM.
FRIDAY DEC ll* 1 Three men were heard cooversing
... about business conditions in Albany,
and one of them remarked that there
had been two or three bjsiness failures
already this fall, and others were prob
able—a I on account of poor collections.
And this brought up the subject of
buy ng and selling on credit. One re
marked that while he was only a sala
ried man and had no property or business
backing, he would venture the asser
tion that he could go out, taking the
stores of Albany as he came to them-
and in the course of a few hours buy a
thousand dollars' worth of goods with
out paying a cent down. Tnen the
third man volunteered the assertion
that credit was easier in Albany than
Cotton and Business
[ B*Vw i« a copy of a circular letter a^nt '/at by
tb* M'Jore-H»f*U*y Hardware Co., of Birtninc-
Kftir. A it. J. D. V!>»or». pr»-»<dent of thia eompa-
ry. »■ • brother of the Ut« Dr. J. T Moore, of thi*
city ftrtd ia are!! known in Newnan.]
Cotton is needed as much for clothing
and other purposes as ever, and yet the
price is only half what it was a few
months ago. No one to-day knows
what is a legitimate price for cotton,
but we do know that all efforts to cre
ate an artificial price have failed.
We must not let our present distress
tempt us to depart from the rules of in any place he had ever gtruck, and
safe finance; and we must quit looking
to the Federal Government for aid.
While appreciating what our,Represen
tatives at Washington have tried to do
for us, we should wake up and realize
that the problem of the price of cotton
that on account of the easygoing way
of doing business here he and his
family had become embarrassed by
debt before they realized how much
they were spending.
Neither of these men waB a merchant
and the relief of the growers cannot be or had any direct connection with any
worked out by special laws, as these
would violate the principles of sound
legislation and create a precedent which
would give us great trouble in the fu
ture.
Our difficulties will continue until the
law of supply and demand establishes a
fair price for cotton. In the meantime,
what can be done? The answer is, MUCH
— but we must do it ourselves. How?
First, by using every effort to pre
vent the fatal mistake of planting a
large crop of cotton next year. We
have cotton enough to last two years,
under present adverse conditions, and a
crop of even normal size in 1915 would
not only depreciate the price of the
cotton we now have on hand, but pre
vent the new crop from Belling for any
thing like the cost of production.
Indisputable evidence of greatly re
duced acreage in cotton is the only
thing which will stiffen the price of the
present crop. The farmers should sow
all the land they can in oats, wheat and
Bimilar crops this fall, ami not wait un
til next spring to do so. The Govern
ment crop reports will be watched close
ly by cotton buyers, and every acre
planted now in other crops will have a
telling effect on the price.
Now, as to business: There will al
ways be a demand for goods. I'eople
will go on living, working and consum
ing, no matter what happens; but now
is the time to watch your business
closely, and to practice economy in con
ducting it.
Your credit ia your best asset. Keep
it up. Collect from those who owe you,
and pay those whom you owe. You
may not be able to do all this at once,
but collect as fast as you can, and pay
as fast as you can. This-will keep mon
ey circulating. When you are out of
debt you will scarcely know that the
European war is going on, and it will
be thus with your customers when they
discharge their obligations. All of us
muBt make some sacrifice at this time,
but credit is the one thing which cannot
be sacrificed. No greater opportunity
will you ever have to build up your
credit. Do it!
The cotton situation ia improved by
the announcement that the Federal Re
serve Board has approved a plan for
the bankB of this country to subscribe ought to terminate on preparation and
mercantile establishment, but they all
had decided views on the subject that
hid been casually brought under dis
cussion, and the concensus of opinion
was that easy credit and the custom of
having "purchases charged, with the
tacit understanding that the bill would
be rendered on the first of the month,
and paid, had become not only a menace
to business, but was largely responsi
ble for the high cost of living in Al
bany, as compared with living in other
towns and cities. They all agreed that
the custom of charging everything and
then having to send out collectors not
only increased the fixed expenses of
business, but that the percentage of
bills not collected wag so large that the
small merchant or dealer was com
pelled to add to the price of his goods
to keep his business going.
After these three men — and they
were all good, straight men who try to
pay their bills and live within their in
comes—had exchanged personal ex
periences and confirmed each other in
the opinion that credit is too easy in
Albany, one of them advanced the sug
gestion that now, while everybody
needs to economize, was a mighty good
time for the me chants and business
men generally to tighten up a little on
credit and reform the easygoing cus
tom of selling to everybody on credit or
on the monthly bill plan. He predicted,
too, that the merchants would, before
the end of the present winter, have to
adopt stricter methods in self-defense.
Best for KidneyB-Says Doctor.
Dr. J. T. R. Neal, Greenville, S. C.,
Bays that in his 30 years of experience
he has found no preparation for the kid
neys equal to Foley’s Kidney Pills. In
f/Jc. and $1 sizes. Best you can buy for
backache, rheumatism, kidney and blad
der ailments. For sale by all dealers.
The idea of character as the sum of
the tastes and fixed choices, indicates
the way in which we are to strive for
position among our fellow-men. We
are to strive for position by means of
fitness for it. The world is full of men
who are aiming at high places instead
of good preparation. We need to aim
first at our best selves. The ambition
of too many young people terminates
on some coveted position, when it
$135,000,000 to be loaned on cotton at <i
per cent., and that the administration
of the fund, when raised, will be under
the direction of a cotton loan commit
tee, of which Mr. W, P. G. Harding is
chairman. The announcement that the
banks in the Federal Reserve system
will soon he ready for business also
strengthens the situation: and exports
of cotton have increased already as the
result of the declaration by F.ngland
that cotton will not be considered con
traband of war.
Talk about the South being bankrupt
is all bosh! Conditions we are meeting
to-day are temporary. With our land,
our climate and our men, nothing can
check the growth and prosperity of the
South.
The need is for close, hearty co-oper
ation by banks, manufacturers, jobbers,
retail merchants and farmers. With
each doing hiB part courageously and
faithfully, all will be well.
Honest industry and cheerfulness nev
er fail to make things better. Let us
call off all conventions and any further
meetings for the purpose of bewailing
our woes. Let us quit talking and go
to work!
Moore-Handley Hardware Co.,
Per J. D. Moore, Pres’t.
Mrs.
With
McClain's Experience
Croup.
“When my boy, Kay, was small he
was subject to croup, and I was al
ways alarmed at such times. Chamber
lain’s Cough Remedy proved far better
than any other for this trouble. It al
ways relieved him quickly. 1 am never
without it in the house, for 1 know it is
a positive cure for croup," writes Mrs.
W. K. McClain, Blairsville, Pa. For
sale by all dealers.
fitness. The man who by diligence
and faithfulness makes the very most
of himself, and makes himself fully
equal to a station of honor and use
fulness among his fellows, is the man
who will get the place and adorn it.
Let no young man fear for hiH life if
he is competent to fill it. Tnere are
scopes of positions everywhere, into
which crowds of applicantsare trying to
press, which still wait for the men that
can fill them. The only certain road to
success is through character and man
liness.
Checks Croup Instantly.
You know croup is dangerous And
you ought to know, too, the sense of
security that come* from having Foley’s
Honey and Tar Compound in the house.
It cuts the thick mucus and clears away
the phlegm, stops the strangling cough
and gives easy breathing and quiet
sleep. Every user is a friend. Sold by
all dealers.
A darkey employed as an office boy in
Kentucky came to work one morning
with a face that looked as though it
had been run through a meat-grinder.
“Henry,” demanded his surprised
employer, “what in the world has hap
pened to you?"
"Well, suh, boss,” explained Henry,
"1 got into a little argymmt las’ night
wid a nigger, and one thing led to an
other 'till I up and hit at him. Well,
suh, it seemed lak dat irritated him.
He took and blacked both of my eyes
and bit one of my years mighty nigh
off, and split mv lip and knocked two
of my teeth loose; and den he th’owed
me down and stomped me in de stumiclj.
Honest, boss, I never did get so sick of
a nigger in my life !"
There is one thing to be said in fa
vor of the egotistical man—he is always
so busy talking about himself that he
has no time to talk about his neigh
bors.
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 contains the
well known tonic propertiesof QUININE
and IKON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents.
Why This Partiality?
Daweon Sew*.
Editor Furlow, of the Madison Madi
sonian. has recently returned from a
trip through the .Northwest, and in a
late issue of his paper gives a review
of the things that interested him roost.
He was in Chicago at the outbreak of
the "foot and mouth” cattle disease,
and The News reproduces below from
Editor Furlow's article two short para
graphs that are significant:
"Cattle condemned by Government
authority, because of infectious dis
eases. are paid for by said Government
—out in the West. In Georgia the
owner loses the price of all cattle con
demned to be killed. See the differ
ence?
"The Government spent over $300,000
trying to keep the Missouri river from
waghing away a section of the Burling
ton railway. But when the South asks
for anything it gets it—‘in the neck'
usually.”
Many people have asked and are ask
ing why the South has alwavs been dis
criminated against by the National
Government. Various industries and
enterprises, and at times individuals—
for instance, wealthy globe-trotters
who happened to be in Europe when
the war broke out—have been given as
sistance and relief out of public funds,
but when the South is in distress and
business of every kind paralyzed no help
is extended.
The two itemB from The Madisonian
indicate the awakening of a healthy
sentiment that will mean that public
officials will be regarded as public ser
vants, and will be held only in such es
teem as the results of their official ef
forts may warrant.
As soon as our officials—both State
and national—read aright such weather
cocks as the above, which show the
trend of public sentiment, just so soon
will their records be found in deeds
(rather than in words) blazoned in the
Congressional Record.
Sick Two Years With Indigestion.
“Two years ago I was greatly bene
fited through using two or three bot
tles of Chamberlain’s Tablets,” writes
Mrs. S. A. Keller, Eldia, Ohio. “Be
fore taking them 1 was sick for two
years with indigestion.” Sold by all
dealers.
Crusade Against the Deadly Ci
garette.
The nation-wide interest that has
been manifested in Henry Ford’s war
on the cigarette as a menace to the
health and morals and manhood of the
American boy is shown by the huge
mails which daily come to Mr. Ford’s
office. There is a file of some six hun
dred letters written to commend the
purpose of the first book: “The Case
Against the Little White Slaver,” in
which Mr. Thomas A. Edison states the
actual physiological effects of the ci
garette on the human heart.
Many of these letters are intensely
human documents, and tell pathetic
and authentic stories of boys destroyed
by the "white slaver.”
A second edition of the book, to meet
the request ;for more copies, is now
on the press. This little volume con
tains a number of letters from firms of
national reputation, in which the at
titude of the company toward cigarette-
smokers in their employ is stated. Most
of the companies now reject all cigar
ette-smoking applicants. 1'he list,
which is very representative, includes
the Cadillac Motor Car Co., the Larkin
Co., of Buffalo, Geo. W. Alden, a large
merchandising house of Brockton,
Mass., the Burroughs Adding Machine
Co., Marshall Field & Co. and John
Wanamaker.
This—And Five Cents !
Don’t Miss This. Cut out this slip,
enclose five cents to Foley & Co., Chi
cago, Ill., writing your name and ad
dress clearly. Y'ou will receive in re
turn a free trial package containing
Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound, for
coughs, colds and croup, Foley’B Kidney
Pills, and Foley’B Cathartic Tablets'.
For sale in your town by all druggists.
On the day before Memorial Day in
one of the smaller cities a member of
the school board visited a primary
school and after addressing the pupils,
asked, “What is the holiday to-mor
row?”
“Decoration Day !” came from all.
"What do you do on Decoration
Day?”
“Decorate the Boldiers’ graves,”
came in a chorus.
“Why do you decorate their graves
any more than others?”
This was a poser, but finally one lit
tle fellow held up bis hand.
“Well, sir, why is it?” he was asked.
“Because they are dead and weain’t.”
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy—The
Mother's Favorite.
“I give Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy to my children when they have
colds or cough," writes Mrs. Verne
Shaffer, Vandergrift, Pa. “It always
helps them and is far superior to any
other cough medicine 1 have used, l
advise anyone in need of such a medi
cine to give it a trial.” For sale by
all dealers
Germans Crying for Cotton.
Washington. D. C., Dec. 4. —State
and Commerce Department officials ex
pect cotton shipments from America
to Germany and Austria to total 75,'Vxi
to 150.t**5 bales a month as socn as the
marine insurance rate can be adjusted
more satisfactorily to the shippers.
The committee appointed by the Sec
retaries of State, Treasury and Com
merce to consider the foreign cotton
market situation to-day issued the fol
lowing statement—
“It is evident there is a tremendous
demand for cotton in Germany and Aus
tria and prices are high, ranging from
14 to Is cents a pound. The principal
difficulty seems to be the high rate of
marine insurance. Otherwise the move
ment of cotton from the United States
to Europe would be facilitated."
Efforts will be made when Congress
meets to amend and broaden the war
risk bill. The purpose is to provide
i Government insurance on shipments to
I belligerents even when shipments in
clude articles such as cotton, which have
been declared noncontraband.
The State and Commerce Depart
ments have been working out plans for
shipping cotton to Germany and Aus
tria. Some of it is going direct to Bre
men, other cargoes to Rotterdam, Ge
noa or other neutral ports and thence
j into Germany and Austria. The ships
will come back bearing potash, dye
stuffs and other chemicals, which Ger
many will ailow to be exported to this
country only in American bottoms.
HUSBAND RESCUED '
DESPAIRING WIFE
After Four Year* of Discouraging
Condition*, Mrs. Bollock Gave
Up in Despair. Husband
Came to Rescue.
Catron, Ky —In an interetfing letter
from this place, Mrs. Bettie Bullock
writes as follows: “1 suffered for four
years, with womanly troubles, and during
this tune, 1 could only sit up for a little
while, and could not walk anywhere at
all. At times, 1 would have severe pains
in my left side.
The doctor was called in, and his treat
ment relieved me for a while, but I was
soon confined to my bed again. After
that, nothing seemed to do me any good.
the
the
Paying the Penalty.
Athena Banner.
Mr. R. H. Edmonds, editor of
Manufacturers Record, talking to
Athens Banner, said:
“No legislative action, national or
State, can keep the Southern cotton-
grower from paying the penalty of
raising a crop so large that, even if
there had been no war, cotton would
have been something of a drug on the
market.
“No legislation can compel the cot
ton-grower to raise his own foodstuffs.
If improvidence, or laziness, or in
efficiency has caused thousands of all
cotton farmers to depend upon the
West for foodstuffs, no legislation can
help him. Nothing but dire necessity
will drive this class of farmers to the
raising of everything they eat, whether
it be corn or chickens or eggs or meat.
“There is no other country in the
world so richly endowed by nature as
the South. It can grow with profit near
ly every important agricultural product
known to man, and yet we look to
other sections for much of our food
stuffs for both man and beast.”
“Mamma,” asked little 3-year-old
Freddie, “are we going to heaven some
day?”
“Yes, dear, I hope so,” was the re
ply.
“1 wish papa could go, too," con
tinued the little fellow.
“Well, don't you think he will?”
asked his mother.
“Oh, no,” replied Freddie; “he could
not leave his business.”
“Oh, mother,” he shouted, “I got a
hundred !”
“Sammy !” cried his delighted
mother. She hugged him and kissed
him and petted him and gave him a
dime.
“And what did you get a hundred
in?” she finally asked.
"In two things,” replied Sammy
without hesitation. “I got forty in
readin’ and sixty in spellin’.”
When a man comes home sick his
wife expects him to hold the baby
while she mixes him a dose of some
nasty stuff.
The mistakes of a really great man
only make his virtues show stronger by
contrast.
They had just been married and were
about to start on their wedding trip
As'is the custom w’ith bridegrooms he
was embarrassed to the point of for
getfulness, but he met the situation
like an expert,
"Why, Harry, you bought only one
ticket," said the bride reproachfully.
"Just live me, dear," said Harry,
quickly, “always forgetting myself."
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days
Your druagist will rrlund money if TAZO
OINTMENT tills to cure any case of Itching,
Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days.
The tost application gives Paac and Beat. Cue.
Over-production and crop mortgages
force the farmers into ruinous competi
tion with each other. The remedy lies
in organization and in co-operetion in
marketing.
How To Give Quinine To Children.
FKBRII.INE is the trade-ranrk narae given to an
improved (Juitnur. It is a Tasteless Syrup, pleas
ant to take and does not disturb the stomach.
Children take it and never know it is Quinine.
Also especially adapted to adults who cannot
take ordinary Quinine. Does not. nauseate nor
cause nervousness nor ringing sn the head. Try
it the next time you need Quinine for any pur
pose. A*k for 2 ounce original package. The
Paine FEbRlLINE is Llovvu in bottie. 25 cent*.
In a Bottle
—Through a
Straw is the way
to enjoy the deii-
ciousness of Chero-
Cola. This way it
is always uniform,
pure and wholesome.
I had gotten so weak I could not stand,
and I gave up in despair.
At last, my husband got me a bottle of
Cardui, the woman’s tonic, and 1 com
menced taking it From the very first
dose, I could tell it was helping me. I
can now walk two miles without its
tiring me, and am doing all my work.”
If you are all run down from womanly
troubles, don’t give up in despair. Try
‘ Cardui, the woman’s tonic. It has helped
more than a million women, in its 50
years of continuous success, and should
surely help you, too. Your druggist has
J sold Cardui for years. He knows what
I it will do. Ask him. He will recom
mend it Begin taking Cardui today.
Write to: Chattanooga Medidn* Co., Ladle**
Advisory Dept.. Chattanooga. Tenn., for Special
Instruction* an your case and 64-page book. ,r Homa
Treatment for Women." sent In olain wraooar. i-6«
Reduction of Fords
Buyers to Share in Profits
Lower prices on Ford cars effective from Aug. 1,
1914, to Aug. 1, 1915, and guaranteed against any
reduction during that time:
Touring-Car .5490
Runabout 440
Town Car 690
F. O. B. Detroit, all cars fully equipped.
(In the United States of America only.)
Further, we will be able to obtain the maximum efficiency in
our factory production, and the minimum cost in our pur
chasing and sales departments if we can reach an output of
300,000 cars between the above dates.
And should we reach this production, we agree to pay as the
buyer's share from S40 to S60 per car (on or about Aug. 1,
1915, ) to every retail buyer who purchases a new Ford car
between Aug. 1, 1914, and Aug 1, 1915.
For further particulars regarding these low prices and profit-
sharing plan, see the
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CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY OO.
CURRENT SCHEDULES.
ARRIVE FRUM
Griffin 11:10 a.m. 7:17 p.m.
Chattanooga 1:40 p.m.
Cedartowu 6:39 a.m.
Columbus 9:06 a m. 6:36 p.m.
DEPART FUR
Griffin 1:40 p.m.
Griffin 6:39 a. m.
Chattanooga tt:i0 ▲. x.
Cedartown 7:17 P. m.
Columbus 7:40 a.m. BcIBp.m
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
Notice is hereby given to all creditors of the es
tate of Mrs. Frances M. Doran, late of said coun
ty. deceased, to render in an account of their de-
I mands to me within the time prescribed by law,
j properly made out: and all persons indebted to
■ said deceased are hereby requested to make imm-
diate payment to the undersigned. This Nov. 2..
1914. Prs. fee. $3.75.
MRS. MARY LANDERS.
Administratrix.of Frances M. Doran, dec'd-
(Poatoftlce R. F, D. I. McCollum. GaJ
Give us a trial order on
job printing.