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The Herald and Advertiser
NEWNAN, FRIDAY.
DEC. 26.
ONE DOLLAR A
IN ADVANCE.
YEAR
HEADS OF NATIONS
Power of Our President Versus
That of Royal Rulers.
THE EXERCISE OF THE VETO.
t
A Right Which May Be Free'y Used by
Our Chief Executive, but Which
Might Shake the Throne of the Mon
arch Who Dared Assert It.
It fins lu't'ii wild llint the president
nf ihn ('tilted suites bus man* mill
putt er ttinii most iniiiiiirclis nf Europe
I On imt know lli.il 1 mu able to Insti
tute mi InlidllKiMit < , nui|iiirlsim. Iici’niisi'
to do tllilt one oiurllt to In- quite tn til 11
iiir with tin- i-xii-nt of tin- royal or Ini
pt-rlnl power to Is- nii-nsnrt-il with tint
of our president, mul I Imve not sulll-
clent kniiwli-dm- on the subject.
I know kuiiip: IiIiik with respect to the
renl puvt-riiliiir power of tin- hint' of
Emrbiml. mid except In uu Indirect
way tin- president's power fur exceeds
Unit of Klin: Ueorcc. and I think It Is
very conslilernhly more than Unit of
the president of I 'm m e When, how
ever. one exit mines the Imperial power
In government* like Germany. Austria,
Italy and Spain the iptestion Is miieh
more diilh-iilt. and I presume no oin*
would sn.v Unit the president's pnw.r
Is cipml to Unit of tin- cr.nr of liiissla.
With ns a president Is elected for
four years, nml m>thlna can Bet him
out of nlllce i-xi-ept Ills dentil nr Ids res
iBtiiithni wlili-h never comes—or his
Impeachment. The certainty of tils
tenure fur four years makes our exei-u
live ml ini n 1st in 11< ill u little more rigid
and less subject fit iptlclt chntiBi-s of
public opinion than In the piirtlnmon
(ary cmuitrles I mil hn llm-d tu tlilnlt
tlmt our system is n apod ililtu: for mil
country, however inti h f i;t r I III men t :t I’v
goveniment may suit the countries
where It Is In use.
Of course It -ms this advmitilBe: III
a piirllainoii! oveniiin-nt then- Is i
union In-tween tin- oXooutiv* and the
h-Blshitlvi- lirmu-ln-s. mill iln-y there
fore work piL-i-lIn-r. Iiei'iiuse those who
Constitute the exis-ntlve lead mill ill
reet till* h-trlslntlou wln-reas III th-
Separation of the great lirmi'-hos iif the
government wlili. us the president rep
resents the executive, coimress the leg
iHlntlVe and tile 1-iiurts the Jmllciiii
branch, and the plan of tin* men wlm
franieil the i iiiis-i it tit Inn was to pre
serve these lirmiehes separately
The president Is able to recommend
leglsl ithin to eiiiiBi-i-ss, mul he may go
In person to r.i-glie the wisdom of II If
In- chooses. Mr Wilson n-siovt-d an
old custom nf that sort, which was
atmiidniu-il hv I’ri-sliletit .lefferson, and
I think he was riglit in doing so. It
emphasizes tin- president's reeoinmen-
dathuis and fneiises the eyes of the
people on that which lie regards as Im
portant to the piihllr welfare, and It
puts a greater responsibility on eon
press to give nttClltlull to Ills sligges
tlons.
The itrltlsh constitution gives tin-
power of veto to the king, but It lias
not been exercised for more than two
centuries, and were It attempted It
would shake the throne. The exercise
of the president's veto always rouses
eloquence on the part of those who are
much disappointed nt the defeat of the
measure, mul the walls of congress not
Infrequently resound with denuncia
tion of Ids tyrannical exercise of a
kingly prerogative.
Hut the fact Is II has come to be a
more frequent characteristic of a re
public than of a modern monarchy.
For a king or nn emperor to Interpose
n veto in an m-t of the popular loglsin-
turo Is really to obstruct the people's
will, because he was not chosen by
their votes, hut Inherited Ills royal
power lie must Indeed be careful In
exercising a veto lest he Incur n pro
test and arouse n feeling dangerous to
Ills dynasty.
The case of (he president Is very dlf
ferent. The constitution established
by the people requires the president to
withhold Ills signature from a biil If lie
disapprove of it and return It with his
objections to the bouse In which It orig.
hinted, for the president Is quite as
much the representative of the people
ns are the members of the two bouses.
Indeed, the whole people of the Unit
ed States Is his constituency, and be
therefore speaks and acts for them
quite as certainly ns the members
elected from congressional districts or
the senators from tile states. Ue Is
not exercising a kingly power In a
veto, lie Is acting In n representative
capacity for the whole people and Is
preventing n law that he thinks would
work to the detriment of the whole
country. On this account the roar of
the young lions of congress against a
veto never frightens the occupnnt of
the White House.—William Howard
Taft In Yale Review.
Going and Coming.
A struggling maker of humorous
quliw tried to break Into n lending pub
lication.
He sent the editor one of his favor
ite mots.
It was returned with tills comment:
"Too original to be good.”
n« scut unother. This time the
comment was:
"Too good to tie original.”—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
One Purpose of Life.
What do we live for If it Ib not to
nnko life less- difficult for each other?
—George Eliot.
THE MIL TO ARMS
—
Mobilizing a Monster Army When
War Is Declared.
HOW IT IS DONE IN GERMANY.
Rapidity With Which the Reservist
Responds to the Summons and la
Equipped For Action—Concentrating
the Troope at the Seat of War.
. Putting a modern army like that of
Germany In the Held Involves two sep
urate proeesses, mobilization and con
centration. Mobilization consists not
only In fitting out the men alrendy
with the colors, or the standing army,
hut more particularly of re-enllatlng
and equipping the additional men that
are necessary to bring the standing
army to war strength, which Is.
roughly speaking, about twice Its pence
strength.
Tlie details of mobilization are very
simple. Every reservist or Inndwehr
man has a soldier’s pocketbook con
taining explicit Instructions ns to wbnt
he has to do when called to the colors.
He Is moreover practiced In doing It nt
maneuvers In time of peace. Various
means are employed for transmitting
the call to Individual men. but It Is
usually spread by rumor or by the
press and anticipated In execution.
The young clerk, artisan, student or
teacher drops bis vocation nnd betakes
himself by a prescribed route to the
depot, where he Is furnished n brand
new uniform and set of equipments
Here he has perhaps a few hours In
which to renew his military acquaint
anceship nnd to linger with his civi
lian friends, his parents, brothers, sis
ters or sweetheart. If nn.v of them have
followed or Joined him there. As n re
servist of the llrst class he Is not likely
to have n wife.
The mobilization being completed,
the next step Is the concentration. The
assembly Is sounded, the roll called—
the last tlme-on tlmt ground for many
a loyal name—the battalion Is formed.
It brenks Into column and. following
the band to the strains of some foreign
equivalent of "The Girl I Left Behind
Me." escorted by throngs of youths
nnd maidens, cheered nnd saluted with
voice. lings and handkerchiefs from
doorsteps, windows und housetops,
tramps Impressively—aye, bow impres
slvely to many a heavy hearted wit
ness-through the town or city to the
railway station.
A few minutes for parting words,
looks, embraces, nnd the embarkation
begins. In perhaps twenty minutes
more It Is completed, the Interval be
tween trains Is nttalned. u whistle, the
train moves. Is off, Is out of sight.
This process Is repeated until the
whole field army Is under way or nt
its destination. The unit of embarka
tion Is what one engine will draw,
which, expressed In Infantry. Is about
n thousand men. The distance be
tween trains tlmt Is necessary to safe
t.v and efficiency may lie taken as ten
minutes
Under favorable conditions trains fol
low one another nt this Interval, with
only necessary halls for refreshment
nnd rest or exercise. The officers nnd
some of the men ride In passenger
coaches, The rest have to put up
with Improvised seats In freight cars—
hoard benches built across the cars
without hacks.
Both the point of debarkation and
the zone of concentration must he nt a
safe distance within one's own terri
tory nnd protected h.v troops which In
peace as well as in war are on the
frontier In full war strength. These
nre called covering troops.
At the end of the railway journey
comes the debarkation. If this does
not take place us fast as the trains ar
rive-ami It Is not likely to when they
follow one another at Intervals of ten
minutes—allowance must he made for
It. In calculating the number of trains
to he dispatched per line of railroad
per day, or the rate of concentration.
On debarking tin- troops, or many of
them, are stiff and sore from long
cramping on a hard seat and 1 n poor
condition for marching. So only after a
rest are they moved h.v short marches
Into the zone of concentration. It Is
apparent from these general considera
tions that the railroads are factors of
capital Importance In seeking the ad-
vantP*.- of the Initiative, of determin
ing the general course of operations,
for the enemy as well ns for oneself.
To secure and to keep this advantage
both In strategy and In tactics has long
beeen a llrst principle of good general
ship.—Major John Bigelow, U. S. A.,
Retired, In Century.
Just What She Wanted.
Mr. Slmpel— Will y,ou be mine, dar
ling? Miss Strongmlud—You must first
ask papa's consent. Harold. Mr. Sltn-
ipel—But—but 1 dread to do It. I nin
extremely nervous nnd. so to speak, so
easily sat upon tbat— Miss Strong-
mind (hnrrledlyi—I'll lie yours. Harold
Never mind about papa.—Stray Stones
Load of a Camel.
A camel Is uever relieved of Its load
from the beginning of the Journey to
Us end. It eats, walks uud sleeps un
der Its burden, often for weeks nt a
time. The training of a camel Is no
easy matter, us it takes about throe
years to teach It to bend Its knees In
order to be loaded nnd unloaded.
Wisdom of the Bate.
"What do you suppose makes that
baby cry so awfully loud?"
"Why. both Its parents nre hard of
hearing, you know.” — Boston Tran
script
Things refuse to bo mismanaged long
—Carlyle.
(The furniture shown in this room was made by pupils of the A. & M, School)
If you arc lookin'.? for an inexpensive, and at the same time one of the best, preparatory schools in the State, it
would be well for you to investigate the FOURTH DISTRICT A. Sc M. SCHOOL, Carrollton, Ga.
The State pays the tuition, the patrons pay the provision bills—about eight dollars per month. Our graduates
enter any of the colleges without examination. The school is equipped with splendid laboratories, electric lights and
steam heat. Each teacher is a specialist. The moral, mental and physical welfare ofthe students are carefully guarded.
Individual help is given the pupils day and night.
FOURTH DISTRICT A. & M. SCHOOL
CARROLLTON, GEORGIA
YOUR OWN PORTRAIT.
How Do You Suppose It Is Verbally
Drawn by Your Friends?
Did you ever experience tbe sensa
tion of tu-nring yourself physically de
scribed by another who did not happen
to know that you were within earshot?
If so. you may have heard yourself
pictured as "tint short legged man
with (lie scraggly gray mustache, you
know."
You may have been pained or amus
ed. It all depends upon your sense of
humor or the Illness of things. But
do not despair at your portrait, .lusl
listen some time to a pair of men when
one of them Is trying to recall to his
companion a third individual, the lat
ter seen perhaps only once years ago
by the auditor. The gentleman jog
ging the other man's memory Is likely
to sketch the absentee In it few bold
strokes something like the following:
"Oh. sure, you remember him—the
fellow with long yellow teeth! lie
parted his hair near his ear, and he
had a scar on Ills chin."
“Now, 1 do." cheerfully replies the
other at this piece of graphic descrip
tion nnd then adds fils own touch,
"lie was with a little chap who stut
tered nnd wore big spectacles of tor
toise shell."
And the Interesting question it brings
up is. Why do people, generally speak
ing, remark defects and singularities
rather than perfections und beauties?
A man with long yellow teeth might
have had fine eyes and a noble bead
set upon Ids shoulders, und a begoggled
chap with a stammering tongue might
have had a Greek- profile and an artist’s
hands.
We nre assured that beauty Is every
where, yet people seem to take par
ticular note of the ugly. No doubt It
Is easier to see the ugly than the beau
tiful In Immunity, but why take the
easier way?—New York Sun.
Life In the Falklands.
The Inhabitants of the Fnlklnnd Is-
| lands are n prosperous race, noted for
their hospitality. Living Is cheap In
J the islands, and all kinds of English
fruits uud vegetables abound there.
There are, however, two great draw-
j hacks to life In the Falklands. The
climate Is never really warm nnd fires
I have to be kept up all the year round,
j Servants are procured with difficulty.
Most people Import them from Eng
land. but as English girls are frequent
ly snapped up and married as soon as
they land they have to sign an agree
ment to remain In service three years.
If they break It In order to marry the
husband lias to pay the passage out
from England of another servant to re
place his wife.—London Chronicle.
SAVE YOUR HEART.
Don't Crowd Extra Work Upon It, as
It Has Enough to Do.
Heart strain may be brought on by
many common, thoughtless actions of
everyday life, as, for instance, running
to catch a train. In an actual expert
incut made on a person with a healthy
heart before the run the heart rate was
sevent.v-slx per minute and the heart
was doing 1 52 foot pounds of work a
minute: after the run the heart rate
was ISO and the lienrt was doing ffiiO
foot pounds a minute, nn Increase of
228 foot pounds. Great strain may ulso
be Imposed upon the heart by ascend
ing stairs hurriedly.
Not only physical exertion, but emo
tions. affect the heart "Keep your
temper" is good medical advice, for
when n person is angry the work Ills
heart does may he Increased ns much
as seven t.v-two font pounds a minute.
Even after tin* emotion or exertion has
ceased the heart continues to do ex
tra work for some time before It gets
back to Its normal rate.
The amount of extra work the heart
can do Is surprising Tests have shown
that In riding a lilc-ycle at a rapid pace
up a lb per cent grade for half a mile
the extra work Imposed oil the heart
would be sufficient to lift one and one
eighth tons one loot
There lire various ways by which we
might save tile heart work As the
heart bears less rapidly when vre are
at rest we could save It NTil.tKki foot
pounds of work a year by going to bed
two hours earlier every night Lying
down half an hour dally would mean
an annual saving of glP.tiOO font
pound*; an hour's rest every Sunday
would save (Ki.dPO foot pounds, and by
staying m bisl alt day Sunday the an
mini saving would be nearly a million
foot pounds —Detroit Free Press.
The Armenians.
Armenia is a country of strong con
trasts. of opposite extremes of heat
and cold, light and shade, drought and
moisture, ami eotitaiiif 1 many mysteries
awaiting solution The ethnologist Is
still in doubt as to what branch or the
great European family Hie Armenian
people belong to Tbe philologist Inis
not yet classified tlicit- language I'tie
a ii 11<I mi ria n knows next to nothing or
their early history.
Cynical Definitions.
Wife-John, dear, define n philan
thropist. Husband — A philanthropist
my love. Is a man who gives awa)
other people's money Wife—And what
Is a philosopher? Husband—A phlluso
plier is a man wlm nears with resigna
tion the toothache from which his
neighbor Is suffering.—Illustrated Kits.
Silk Attire.
The first silk dress was worn by a
indy of tile French court In 1455. The
first pair of silk stockings adorned the
nnkiss of Henry II. of France in 1509
The Christmas season comes with its
message of peace to a world torn and
rent with many divisions—a world in
which there is much strife. This strife
is to be allayed and these divisions
healed, not by any process of statutory
enactment, but by that spirit of
brotherly love and kindness which takes
possession of the human hpart at
Christmas-tide. Just so far as that
spirit continues regnant in the hearts
of men throughout the year will the
Christmas season be prolonged and con
tinue to give its blessings to mankind.
Little George Prim had rejoined the
Sunday-school, as was his annual cus
tom, just two weeks before Christmas.
“I'm glad to see you here again,”
said the superintendent.
“Well, believe me,” said little George,
“you’ve got to do better by me than
yin did last Christmas or I’ll go to the
Presbyterian church next time.”
It takes the better half to see the
worst side of a man.
One of the worst troubles that can
befall young people is to acquire the
habit of leaning on others.
The Awful Alternative.
Knleker — .tones says be is doing
night work. Burlier-Yes; be has to
get the children's examples or else
write their excuses.—New York Bun. I
Power of Contrast.
Husky—I'd like to be a millionaire
for a couple of months. Bill. Hank—
What shockingly bad taste! Are you I
getting looney? Husky—No. Rut a fel- I
ler can't really enjoy poverty until he's J
had money awhile, you know!—New |
York Globe.
Thrifty be. but not eovetous.-
Herbert.
George
Methuselah.
It is impossible to tell why Methu
selah lived so long It is more than
likely that the patriarch died long be
fore he had reached the age of 969
years. In a word, no one nowadays
whose opinion is worth anything be
lieves that the "patriarchs" lived 'any
longer than men do these times.
Tough Spider Webs.
Some of the spiders of Java have
webs so strong that a antfe is re
quired to cut them.
Wood Used for Engraving.
The better wood engravings are
made almost exclusively of boxwood,
and the large blocks are made of
small pieces glued together. The en
graving is done across the end of the
grain. Japanese wood prints, on the
other hand, are made on lengthwise
sections of cherry wood parallel to the
grain.
Test Turkish Tobacco.
American consular officers in Tur
key recently procured seeds of various
kinds of tobacco grown there, and for
warded them to the Philippines and
to California for experimental plant
ing.
How To Give Quinine To Children.
FKBRIT.INKisthe trade-murk name given to an
Unproved Quinine. 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 enunot
tnke ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor
cause nervousness nor ringing in the head. Try
it the next time you need Quinine for any pur
pose. Ask tor 2 ounce original package. The
cuune F.^BRILLNE is blown in bottle. 25 cent*
It Always Helps
says Mrs. Sylvania Woods, of Clifton Mills, Ky., fn
writing of her experience with Cardui, the woman’s
tonic. She says further: “Before I began to use
Cardui, my back and head would hurt so bad, I
thought the pain would kill me. I was hardly able
to do any of my housework. After taking three bottles
of Cardui, I began to feel like a new woman. I soon
gained 35 pounds, and now, I do all. my housework,
as well as run a big water mill.
1 wish every suffering woman would give
The Woman’s Tonic
a trial. I still use Cardui when I feel a little bad,
and it always does me good.”
Headache, backache, side ache, nervousness,
tired, worn-out feelings, etc., are sure signs of woman
ly trouble. Signs that you need Cardui, the woman’s
tonic. You cannot make a mistake in trying Cardui
for your trouble. It has been helping weak, ailir.g
women for more than fifty years.
Get a Bottle Today! Ja4
Saved Mine Option
A WESTERN Mining Engineer, with
an option on a valuable mine was
about to close the deal, when, at the
last minute, the Western capitalists with
drew their support. With a few hours left
in which to find the money, he got New
York on the Bell Long Distance Tele
phone, talked with a banking house and
outlined the proposition, which they
agreed to finance.
A personal interview by the Bell Long Distance Telephone
often closes a trade or saves a situation.
When you telephone—smile
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