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NEWNAN
50th YEAR
NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1915.
NO. 15
Store
We have now entered fully into the new
year, and, as usual,, are well prepared to
take care of the trade of the friends and
customers who have taken care of us.
Those who did not sow oats in the fall
should do so now, using an early variety of
seed, because all foodstuffs will be high. We
have for sale the famous 90-DAY BURT
OATS—a variety that we can recommend
highly.
GEORGIA CANE SYRUP in 5-gallon and
10-gallon kegs, half barrels and barrels. The
PEACOCK BRAND is the best syrup made,
and we can sell it at jobbers’ prices.
A full line of PLOW TOOLS, STOCKS,
TRACES, HAMKS, BACKBANDS, and BRI
DLES. Can dress up your mule with a com
plete outfit for the plow. HUTCHESON
POPE for plow-lines.
Will say, in a general way, that we carry
in our store everything needed on a well-
regulatsd farm. We b- y for cash, in car
load lots, and you will find our prices as low
proportionately as cash discounts in buying
can make them.
Come to see us. You are always welcome.
THE DREAM.
The Little Hoy emilnd in his aleep that night
Ah ho wandered to Twilight Town;
And hip face lit up with heavenly light
Through the shadows that drifted down;
But he awokv next morning with tour-st aim'd eyes.
In the light of the urny dawn's gleam,
And out from the Rtillnesa wo heard him cry:
"1 ve lout my dream—my dream!"
And he told up then, in hip childtub wny,
Of the wonderful dream he'd known —
Hi* hud wandered away from the Lund of Play
To the distant land of the* Grown;
Ho had won his share of the fame and tho light
In the piruggle anil toil of men.
Yet he sobbed and ptghod hi the breaking light:
*'I want my dream again."
Ah the yenrnpuppod by tho little boy grow
Till he came to the land of the Grown,
And the dream of hiB curly youth came true—
The dream that ho thought hurl flown;
Yot once again ho pmiled in his sleep
Smiled on till tho gray dawn’s gleam,
When those near by might have hoard him weep:
"I want my dream—my dream!"
For ho drsamed of the yostorduss of youth,
And the smile of a mother's face—
A heart of old-timo faith and truth
In tho light of an old homo place:
lie had won his share of the fame and fight,
In the toil and struggle of men.
Y**t he sobbed and sighed in the breaking light :
“I want my dream ngain!"
— [Grantland Rice.
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Ex-Gov. Brown on Frank Case.
Ex-Gov. Joa. M. Brown in Augusta Chronicle.
If ever a murder was so repulsively
atrocious as to call for the hanging of
the perpetrator of it, this murder of lit
tle Mary Phagan calls for the hanging
of the man the jury found guilty of the
awful deed.
Much has been said of the negro Con
ley, and those who plead for the defeat
of the law would have us believe that
Prank was convicted on his evidence;
but if any intelligent person will read
the evidence he will see that Frank was
proven guilty of this horrid crime inde
pendently of the negro's testimony.
Now, as to Conley’s evidence. He ad
mitted that he had madeaflidavits clear
ing Frank. He naively declared that
he hnd done that to save Mr. Frank, his
employer, who had been kind to him.
But he added that when lie found that
Mr. Frank waB trying to fix the crime
on him (Conley) he determined to tell
the truth about the matter.
The Southern people, who understand
the negro, can readily Rive the proper
value to Conley’s several affidavits and
his testimony in court, and determine
When he told the truth.
But why the extraordinary interest in
this case outside of tin* State of Geor
gia? Apparently there is no reason for
it except that Leo Frank is a, Jew, since
the agitation in question is headed by
newspapers owned or infiuencetT by
Jews.
Are we to understand that anybody
except a Jew cr.n he punished for crime?
Are we to understand that Georgia can
be left free to execute her laws until
she convicts a Jew, arid that, then iter
process must be held up and defeated?
If so, Georgia will soon become the ex
ploiting ground of every Jew who is
criminally inclined.
This certainly scorns the logic of the
contention of the newspapers and other
parties outside of Georgia who are de
faming tho State and her courts and
people.
And allow me to say that leading
Jews of Atlanta have made themselves
responsible for a heavy burden in this
matter.
Leo Frank, heforo little Mary I’hagan
was murdered, was president of the
Jewish Benevolent. Society of tho li’riai
B'rith. After he had been convicted of
this atrocious murder the members of
the Jewish society re-elected him as
their president!
Thus, they openly fiung down their
defiance of the State and her laws.
Thus they publicly made the issue that,
no matter how infamous hiB crime, the
Jews held a Jew above the law.
A day or so after their action the At
lanta Constitution quoted a prominent
Jew as expressing his amazement that
his race had, by this act, placed itself
in so extraordinary a position of con
tempt and defiance of the State and her
authority. All honor to this conscien
tious, law-abiding and discerning Jew!
And, while on this phase of the sub
ject, I note that Samuel H. Myers, one
of our Augusta Jews, in arguing that
Frank was convicted because of preju
dice against him as a Jew, reminds us
of the fact that people in Atlanta re
ferred to him as "that damned Jew.”
But, if Frank had been a Mexican
they would have designated him "that
damned Mexican;” if he had been a
Hindoo they would have called him
■'that damned Indian;” if he had been
a Hollander they would have called him
"that damned Dutchman.”
As a matter of fact, the people were
condemning Frank because the sworn
testimony was proving him guilty of
this most horrible double crime against
the innocent little shop girl—not be
cause he was a Jew.
As a rule, there are no people who
live within the law more closely than do
the Jews; and they deserve the highest
esteem of all classes, and, I believe,
they get in; but this fact does not op
erate to free anyone of that race from
punishment for crime if he commits
crime. It does net mean that Georgia
every year hangs men of any other race,
but that Jews are perpetually immune
from hanging within her borders.
Now, as to tho movement organized
outside of the State of Georgia to de
feat tho operation of her laws, let me
call attention to the fact that the trial
court convicted Frank of this murdei;
the Supreme Court of Georgia held
that there v.-as evidence sufficient to
justify the verdict; the Supreme Court
of tiie United States refused to over
rule or ini jrfere with the action of the
State courts. Furthermore, the case
has been before the trial court three
times nnd before the State Supreme
Court two times.
Therefore, we have the spectaclo of
parties outside of Georgia, who never
heard and have not read the sworn evi
dence, assuming to dictate to the State
and to say what she should do in her
orderly process of law.
It is said that in New York n petition
is being circulated which will have 50,-
000 signatures, praying Gov. Slaton to
prevent tho sentence of the law being
executed on Leo Frank. It is safe to
say that not one of these 50,000 signers
has read the evidence taken at the trial.
The same can be said of all other par
ties outside of Georgia who are trying
to bring pressure to hear upon the
Governor of Georgia in this case.
And I will add that every week I am
receiving letters of similar import from
parties in other States who are igno
rant of the fact that. I am no longer
Governor of the State. The tenor of
these letters is one of reproach to me
and to tlje State that wo are about to
commit p crime in letting the laws of
Georgia bo enforced against tho man
who has been convicted of the murder
of Mary I’hagan.
I believe it, is needless to assert that,
if Gov. Slaton desired it, there could be
secured a petition signed by more than
250,000 white voters of Georgia, urging
him to let his oath of office bo bis guide
in the determination of this case, and
to pay no attention to the attempt of
parties outside of the State to coerce
him in his course of duty.
But, in common with the masses of
the responsible people of Georgia, i am
sure that we can leave this case in Gov.
Slaton’s hands, with no counter peti
tion or suggestion. He will undoubted
ly bo governed by Hie sworn evidence
nnd by his oath.
1 have no selfish interest in the de-
ploritb i* case under review, and, until
Lhis crusade was organized against tho
fair fame of our State and the integri
ty of her laws, I have scarcely spoken
of the horrible occurrence which de
stroyed the life of the innocent little
shop girl; but, as a citizen of Georgia,
who has been twice honored by her peo
ple with the highest < (Tice within their
gift, and who believes that in tho im
partial and inflexible enforcement of
the laws is the surest protection of our
civilization, I have new felt impelled to
write, indorsing your defense of the
Stale and her good name, and to join
you in the asserted conviction that her
laws, administered under the oaths of
responsible officials, and not waved
aside before the fiat of uninformed peo
ple of other States, must fix the course
she will pursue in safeguarding the se
curity of her good people.
And I will repeat my positive belief
that the trial jury and the successive
courts have made no mistake in naming
the real perpetrator of the awful crime.
No people had such opportunities an
they for determining the truth. No
people were farther than they from the
desire or will to fasten the crime upon
any but tho man who was guilty.
Let us be candid enough and bold
enough to uphold those who have con
scientiously, firmly and intelligently
vindicated our civilization. Our duty is
to the law, to those who obey and en
force it—not to those who outrage it,
nor to those who would bring it into
contempt.
The girl who is unkind to her mother
isn’t worth a tinker’s dog-gone. This
isn’t written in any part of the bible,
hut it’s written in the history of thous
ands and thousands of misfit homes.
If one of you boys ever run across a
girl with a face full of ro3es; with eyes
that would dim the lustre of a Colorado
sky and a voice that would make the
song of an angel seem discordant, and
she says as Bhe comes to the door: “I
can’t go for a few minutes; I’ve got to
help mother with the dishes.” Don’t
give her up. Stick to her likea cockle-
burr to a mule's tail. Just sit down on
the doorsteps and wait. I f she joins
you in two or three minutes, so much
the better; hut if you have to stay
there on the doorstep for a half-hour,
you just wait for her. If you don’t,
somebody e'se will, and in time you’ll
he Borry. For you’ll realize what you
have lost. Wait for her, buy. She’s
worth it. _
What She Wanted.
“I want to stop my baby’s cough,”
said a young mother the other day, "but
I won’t give him any harmful drugs.”
She bought Foley’s Honey and Tsr
Compound. It loosens the cough quick
ly, stimulates the mucous membranes
and helpB throw off the choking secre
lions, eases pain and gives the child
normal rest. Sold by all dealers.
The New Year and its Problems.
LaGrantfo Reporter.
In some instances our merchants are
finding it necessary to make cuts in
salaries ranging from 5 to 20 per cent.,
and these cuts are being accepted with
good grace, nnd even gratitude for the
most part, the clerks realizing tho ne
cessity for it and being grateful for the
livc-and-let-live spirit being shown by
their employers.
Practically without exception the
merchants express a determination to
more carefully safeguard the granting
of credits, confining such accommoda
tions to those who have proved them
selves worthy. This does not imply a
laek of consideration for those who
have honestly done their best and still
found it necessary to ho carried over
for a portion of their indebtedness-
such as these can always count upon
the utmost consideration—but the peo
ple who daily lay down on their obli
gations will find to their sorrow that
they have destroyed a most dear and
valuable asset—their credit. As one
merchant expressed it—
It is times like these that show up
people for what they really are. Ad
versity brings out the finer qualities of
character and honesty of those who are
built that way; just, us it shows up the
yellow streaks anil innate dishonesty of
the other sort. The person who, under
stress, disregards his just, obligations is
not worthy of credit. Some people do
not seem to realize it, but no greater
mistake could bo made, from a purely
practical standpoint, than to do that
which will destroy one’s credit. Even
though it may be more convenient for
him to pay cash afterwards, he will
have lost something which no monetary
gain cun compensate, for credit is based
upon one’s reputation for honesty and
punctuality, even above his financial
worth.”
Continuing, he said:
”1 have not pressed a single one of
my customers that, lias shown the right
disposition by coining forward and do
ing his level best, but I have been sur
prised to find some who, although per
fectly able to pay, have taken advan
tage of tlie conditions and failed or re
fused to do anything. Those who per
sist. in this course will simply be cut off
from credit at my store. Credit has
been entirely too cheap in the past, but
I believe the merchants liavo learned
their lesson now and will hereafter look
more carefully to this end of their bus
iness.”
The Man Who Smiles.
Daltbn Nows.
Did you ever notice that tho man
who smiles all the time and has a good
word for everybody always manages to
get along just a little belter than the
fellow who does not? The world is al
ways reudy to pay tribute to a happy
face and a pleasant disposition. Those
traits are real assets to any person.
Let’s try to get some of this kind of
stuff' into our natures. It will enable
us to meet the issues of the new year
with better prospects of overcoming its
difficulties, whether they be real or
imaginary. — Dublin Courier Dispatch.
Which is the very truth. The grouch
is a product of a gone age, and has no
place in the economy of affairs in tho
twentieth century.
Wfe know how hard it is to be pleas
ant and cheerful when tho heart is
heavy or the body racked with such in
firmities as tlie (lesh is heir to, hut the
strong-willed cun smile in the face of
all Huch obstacles. Tho person with a
cheerful disposition possesses an asset
of incalculable consideration, and is a
source of much good to those about
him, as well as t.o himself.
We are always sorry for the poor
fellow who is afflicted with such a
grouch that those who know him are
willing to go around a block to keep
from meeting him.
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“Wo have had a dreadful time with
father,” exclaimed the socially ambi
tious woman.
“I thought he was very kind and in
dulgent.”
“He is. But now and then he gets
terribly stubborn. He would insist on
saying ‘sitting-room’ instead of ‘draw
ing-room. ’ He said we’d have to show
him a reason before he'd change his
way of talking any more."
“Did you make him change his
mind?”
“Yes. We finally convinced him we
were right by reminding him t**at it
was the only room in which the chim
ney would draw.”
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The Lonesome Man in the White
House.
Gilliam (Mo.) Globe.
Simply becauio a man happens to be
President is no reason at all why he
should cease to be like other human be
ings in the desire to exercise natural
freedom. Mr. Taft has "let the public
in” on how he felt about this. But how
about Woodrow Wilson? Here is a
man who came to Washington sixteen
months ago with a wife and three
grown daughters. Now that wife, who
was a chum and helpmate, has passed
forever beyond tho shadows. Two of
tlie daughters have been married, nnd
of tho happy family only its head and
one daughter are together. The Whito
House, to which they came in happiness
and in the expectancy of a beautiful
expansion of home life, has become a
dreary and lonely abode—it is trans
formed into a house of mourning and
silence. Tho President used to like a
couple of evenings a week at the thea
tre, nnd he frolicked a good deal and
had a good time.
But it is different now. Lonely
Woodrow Wilson shrinks from the
public gaze, and he even refused to en-
t r into tho campaign to make speeches,
ns has heretofore been the custom. He
seuks forgetfulness of his own happi
ness in his work, and eagerly welcomes
the responsibilities of his office. Wash- ’
ingtonians know and understand, and
as they pass tho Whito House they
rarely catch even a glimpBe of its
master, for he is hidden in a favorite
corner where tho curious cannot go.
All, 'tis a great tiling to be President
of the United States, but if Woodrow
Wilson could have it for tho wishing he
would doubtless prefer to be back in
Princeton, as he was a dozen years ago,
happy with a loving family in a modest
homo. But even Presidents are not
masters of their own destiny, and he
must, go on as the lonesome man of tho
White House.
The Business Outlook.
Albany Herald,
We confess our inability to see any
material signs of such a business boom
in the immediate future ns sumo of our
contemporaries seem to think they see,
liut to the calm observer who sees
things us they really are the evidences
of continuous improvement are unmis
takable. The general business de
pression caused by the European war
“reached bottom” some weeks ago, and
conditions have since been gradually
improving. In rio direction is the im
provement very great, bill through the
commercial world generally there is in
creasing trade, and as we approach the
Now Year the stronger is tlie feeling
of confidence of our business men in the
near future.
Here in the cotton belt wo have felt
the depression more than any other sec
tion of the country, but the losseB im
posed by the shrinkage in the market
value of our Htaple crop are being so dis
tributed that they will not full entirely
upon any one class. The farmer per
haps feelB that the entire loss has
fallen upon him, but it is not so. His
loss has been heavy enough, to be sure,
hut it has been necessarily shared and
felt all along the uvenuc-s of trado and
commerce.
The general adjustment, of affairs on
the farm to the new conditions that
have been forced upon tho cotton grow
ing section by tho European war is now
well under way, and in this immediate
section there is a general feeling of re
lief over the conceded fact that the
worst is over.
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