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Social Problems.
Palmetto, Ga., May 17. 1905.
Editor News:—
There is a problem that con
fronts the South that should
arouse the interest and investiga
tion of all thinking people. The
negro problem, which all sections
have so ardently and vociferously
contended that we people in the
South could adjust if we only sit
“Job-like” and listen to the words
of wisdom from our friends, will
settle itself if let alone. As a
noted Baptist divine stated during
the session of the Kansas City
convention, the negro problem is
one of individual labor. The per
sonal contact of the honest land
lord with his tenants; the Chris
tian woman’s words of instruction
and kindness to her cook and maid;
the merchant’s and manfacturer’s
example of honesty and upright
ness to his colored employes. If
these things are done with the un
derstanding and a sense of indi
vidual Christian duty, the problem
will largely take care of itself.
The negro is in the South to
stay, and eagerly responds to kind
ness and consideration. They are
wonderful in imitation, Climatic
conditions suit them, and there is
a mutual understanding with the
Southern white man that they find
with no other people.
But the threatening menace to
our country is the uneducated
poor whites, the “mill people.’’
These are a peculiar people, apart
from every other class. Sensitive,
shy, almost antagonistic to the in
terference of outsiders, as regards
helping them. They shun con
tact, and refute the idea of any
change for the betterment of their
condition. In a class of ten Sun
day school boys, whom the writer
tries to instruct, only three can
read. Two have lost one eye, and
their little dwarfed bodies, to say
nothing of their undeveloped
minds, show the great need of leg
islation to compel an education, or
, a “child labor law” to protect them
from the ceaseless itinerancy of
mill life. Statistics show some
operatives to have worked in near-
' ly all the mills in the South. Con
stantly craving a change, only to
find the same environment—-a lit
tle house in hearing distance of
the whistle, and the whir of the
mill.
It was the writer’s privilege,
some years ago, to visit “Hull
House,” in Chicago, and there
meet that great-hearted woman,
Jane Addams, the founder. Every
nationality can there find his own
home literature, hear his home
music, and get his own fatherland
food, from the Italian with his
macaroni and spaghetti, down to
the Scandinavian and Pole with
their fish-cake and suet soup. Can
not the larger mill towns in the
South inaugurate some helpful
plan that would lift our naturally
intelligent mill class to higher
ideals, or at least urge State legis
lation to protect the children?
Ibsen is said to have named
three things he could not endure
'—children, music and flowers. Ib
sen’s ideal home would be adapted
to the Arctic regions, with even
the sunshine left out. When the
boys and girls are saved, and
taught the need of an education, it
will not unfit them for labor, but
it will inspire in them an ideal
womanhood and manhood. There ;
will be fewer men of the “Allarns
type, recently tried for a most dia
bolical crime of wife-murder, and * 1
fewer murdered mothers to leave
unprotected children to a similar
fate. ■
The German system of educa
tion is thought to be superior to
all other nations. The children
are required by law to learn to
read. The schools are conducted
under State regulations, and only
thorough teachers are employed.
Even Russia, that country of
child slaves from bondage. The j
mill men are strenuous in their
opposition to this measure, but
the people of Georgia will not let
this blot of shame tarnish their
grand old seal of Wisdom, Justice
and Moderation.
Mrs. S. M. D.
MODERATE PRICED HOME.
Just What Everyone Should Do.
Mr. J. T. Barber, of Irwinville, Ga.,
always keeps a bottle of Chamberlain's
Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
at hand ready for iustaut use. Attacks
of colic, cholera morbns and diarrhoea
come on so suddenly that there is no
time to hunt a doctor or go to the store
for medicine. Mr. Barber says: “1
have tried Chamberlain’s Colio, Cholera
aud Diarrhoea Remedy which is one of
the best medicines 1 ever saw. I keep a
bottle of it in my room as 1 have iiad
several attaoks of colic and it has proved
to be tlie best medicine 1 ever used.”
Sold by Holt & Cates, druggists, New-
nan, Ga.
■T*fr iHIIMMIMl Hi Cm*
mlMM at a C*X mi flJM.
(Copyright, >(0E. by Stanley A. Dotinia, ■«
Broadway, Now York.]
Hie AeMfen here p Hinted may be
Med In almost any location and makes
cosy and comfortable borne for a
ite price. There to a atone collar
nadsr the entire bom, with walls laid
np In cement mortar, a concrete leer
and a hot air furnace, which beat* the
whole bom. Tbe frames bom lock
lumber and timber. The main walls
are severed with heavy bonding paper.
CENTRAL
Of GEORGIA
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RAILWAY
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COMPANY
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SAVANNAH, (A., April 25, 1905.
Haw a Otrnaa Baby le Swathed.
Of nil housewives in Europe proba
biy the German is tbe hardest worked,
nud of till Uuropeun mothers the Ger-
iuuii practices most completely the art
of swathing and padding her baby and
of putting It ou tlie Bhelf. The German
baby is swaddled in a long, narrow pil
low, which is made to meet completely
round him, being tucked up over his
feet uud turned under bis solemn chin.
Three bands of gay blue rlbboiiH are
then pussed round the whole bundle
uud tied in large, florid lvows about
where his chest, ids waist and his an
kles may he supposed to lie.
In this guise he can he deposited as
an ornament either on the sumptuous
best bed or ou tlie kitchen dresser or
on the drawing room table. How fond
tlie Germnus are bf this presentment of
baby may be guessed from the fact
that it figures largely In their picture
books, among their dolls nud even lu
tlie bakers* shops at Easter time, made
of dough and covered with sugar, to lie
devoured by greenly live babies.—
Strand Magazine.
lilt*
!m*
l.ook* After the (.'cats.
A simple illustration will show the
care that is taken of cents by one of
the big banks of Chicago. Stumped
postal cards are not used, and not one
of the thousands of routine letters Unit
are written every day is stamped or
settled until the whole routine mull of
the dny Is assembled lu the afternoon.
Then all the cards nnd letters to one
correspondent are put I11 a single en
velope, and, except for letters from the
officers nud the like, the lunik comes as
near as possible to get its entire mall
carried at 2 cents an ounce or a cent
for every postal card instead of often
paying 2 cents for a quarter of an
ounce, as it would have to do If every
communication were sealed and stamp
ed separately. This little inntter of
getting full value out of a two cenl
stamp makes a saving of from $2.1 to
$:«) a dny .—•'World's Work.
Mr. W. A. Malone, Agent,
Savannah, Ga.
Dear Sir :—Policy 184,003 was written for the undersigned by your Company in
1890, under the 20 pay, 5 year plan. Distribution first and second dividends exceeded
the estimate by the agent. 1 have just received notice of the third dividend amounting
to $722.50, which is left optional to he either withdrawn or allowed to remain ’with
Company. 1 was informed when the policy was first written that if the dividend*
cruing on this policy were left over with the Company that there would probably
enough surplus to the credit of this policy to issue a paid-up policy at the end of the 14th
year. The Company notified me promptly at the end of the 14th year that J could get
FHONT KI.KVATION.
Ui a e rr siu^ U nm\ n °wnr ty an^the'Vont“ }l paid-up policy and discontinue payments if 1 desired to do so. I do not hesitate ree-
shenthed, papered uud shingled.
The uiuin roof is boarded with nar- joni mending tin* /Etna Company to any person who may desire this kind of insurance, us
row strips aud covered with cedar i
shingles. Tbe cornices, mils, etc., are | . . ...
white pine aud cypress lumber and 1 have always, and still helieve it to be one ol the most economical Insurance Companies
moldings. The columns are turned
wl ’r£erior is painted with two now doing business. The results of several policies which I hold in your Company have
coats of pure white lead ami linseed
oil of such colors us may be selected, l H .,tirt*lv sill isfaetOl’V
The root Is given two heavy coats of Deon enllrel y SablSiaciory.
red shlugle statu. The floors are laid
Hoping you success in your new undertaking, 1 beg to remain,
Yours truly.
(Signed| .1 T. JOHNSON.
F. M. BRYANT, District Manager,
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Newnan, Georgia.
LetMl I'lpe to Keen Honor Sharp.
“I^eud pipe will keep your ruzot
sharp,” confldeil the garrulous barber.
"Get u short piece of the smallest,
softest lend pipe your plumber lias in
stock, and keep It handy when you are
stropping the razor.
"The scheme Is to rub tbe strop with
the pipe, it works best with a plain
leutlier strop. Apply the pipe, Just as
you would strop tlie razor, to the un
finished side of the leather. Strop your
razor ou that side, wind up with a few
pusses ou the finished side of the strop
and you will huve a first class edge on
the tool. I never took the trouble to
get a scientific explanation of tlie vir
tues of lead pipe as an aid to whetting,
but it is all to the good in that respect."
—Philadelphia Record.
PIHST FI.OOU VLAN.
with narrow North Carolina pine floor
ing boards, blind milled. The parti
tions nre luld out nnd set with 2 by 4
studding. The Interior wulls nre luth-
ed uud plastered with two coats of put-
eut plaster, white hard finish. The trim
Is clear dried white wood, and the stairs
are of the same, with ash turned newel
rails aud balustrude, ull finished lu the
natural wood, with gloss finish.
The parlor and dining room contain
cabinet quartered mantels, with lurge
mirrors, summer pieces and the fac
ings.
The bouse is piped and fitted for gas.
Tbe klteben Is provided with u modern
How It Affect* Them.
An Alpine guide who lias bad many
yeurs' experience In mountaineering
thus describes tlie behavior of differ
ent nationalities when they get to the
top of 11 peak.
A German, he says, as soon as he ar
rives at the toi> wauls to know the ex
act height of the mountain he is on and
of every peak around him.
A Frenchman goes into raptures over
the wildness of the scenery and the
beauties of nature and sometimes ac
companies ills remarks by an attempt
to embrace ids guide.
The Englishman, when he lias “done"
his peak, plunges his ice ax Into the
snow, looks around him and then says,
"I say, open the baskets and let's have
something to eat.”
Dying of Famine
is, in its tornients, like dying of eon-
sumption. The progress of consump
tion, from the beginning to the very
end, is a long torture,both to victim nnd
friends. "When 1 hud consumption in
its first stage," writes Win. Myers, of
Cenrfoss, Md., "after trying different
medicines and a good doctor, in vain, I
nt last took Dr. King's New Discovery,
which quickly and perfectly cored me.”
Prompt relief and sure cure for coughs,
colds, soro throat, bronchitis, etc. Pos
itively prevents pneumonia. Guaran
teed at ,1. T. Reese’s and Dr. Paul Pen-
iston’s drugstores. Price 50c and $1.00
11 bottle. Trial bottle, free.
the
Aliuial h Hive Away.
"A New York muii advocates
drowning of all Idiots.”
"Why, the cruel brute! I shall raise
my voice in protest! I er-.-oh, well, It
doesn’t matter to me." Houston Post.
Costly Material.
"Here's another scientist who says
he cun extract, gold from sea water.”
"There’ll be lots of men now who’ll
claim they can’t afford to take a hath.”
- Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A Bad Scare.
Home day yon will get a had scare,
when you feel a pain 111 your bowels,
and tear appendicitis. Hal’ety lies in
Dr. King’s New Life Pills, a sure cure,
for all bowel and stomach diseases, such
as headache, biliousness; costivoness,
etc. Guaranteed at ,1. T. Reese's and
Dr. Paul Peniston’s drugstores. Only
25o. Try them.
I.enKtli of tlit- l.utv.
The phrase "tbe length of tbe law"
owes its origin to the enormous length
of some of the parchment rolls upon
which the ancient statutes of Great
Britain were Inscribed. Tlie present
day official title of the "master of the
rolls” Is a reminder of this undent cus
tom. Some faint idea of the bulk of with cherry knobs, roses uud escutcb
tbe English records may be obtained eons.
Kl-.CONL) I-LOOK PLAN.
range, boiler, wash trays nnd sink
properly connected and fitted in mod
ern style.
Tbe bathroom lias a porcelain water
closet, with oak seat and tank, a mar
ble basin and uu Iron roll rim enameled
bathtub, with exposed pipes uad fit
tings.
The hardwure Is plain light bronze,
No Secret About It.
It is no secret, that for cuts, burns,
ulcers, fever sonri, sore eyes, boils, etc.,
nothing is so effective ns Buckleii’s Ar
nica Salve. “It didn’t take long to cure
a bud sore I bad, and it is all O. K. for
sore eyes,” writes I). L. Gregory, of
Hope, Tex. 25c at ,1. T. Reese’s and Dr.
Paul Peniston’s drug stores.
IEnlars«4 Plater Joint..
Enlarged finger Joints are tbe source
of annoyance and mortiflcutlon. Some
thin's they nre caused by pulling the
fingers to make the Joints "crack.”
Sometimes they nre the result of hard
work, rheumatism or gout. They may
he relieved hy light rotary massage
(niliblng around and around uud
around on the Joints with the thumb
nnd fingers and stroking upward), ac
companied by the application of oil of
wlutergreen.
Huge Task.
It was a huge task, to undertake the
cure of such a bad case of kidney dis
ease, us that of (!. F. (Jollier, of Chero
kee, la., but, Electric Bitters did it. He
writes: "My kidneys were so far gone,
I could not sit on a chair without a
cushion; and suffered from dreadful
backache, headache, and depression. In
Electric Bit ters,however,I found a cure,
and by them was restored to perfect
health. J recommend tliis great tonic
medicine to all witii weak kidneys, liver
or stoiniieh. Guaranteed by .). '1.
Reese and Dr. Paul Peniston, druggists.
Price 50c.
That Job of Printing==
Peniston’s
Drug Store
Grime’s Spring Medicine.
Grane’s Kidney and Baoknohe
Cure,
Grime’s Gough Guru.
Grane’s Headache Relief.
Crane’s (Jliolera tin<l{J)iiirrhoeu
Mixture.
Grane’s Family Liniment.
Grane’s Eczema Cure.
Grane’s Liver Powders.
Grane’s Pile Halve.
Grane’s Liver Pills.
Grane’s Female Relief.
Ihese are Standard Prepara
tions and are Sold and Recoin,
mended at
Peniston’s
Drug Store.
Get a Shave
from the fact that a single statute, the
land tax commissioners act, passed
In the first yeur of the reigu of George
IV., measures when unrolled upward
of 900 feet!
The cost of this dwelling is estimated
by the architect ut $1,800.
Hint* <0 Hooaekeepera.
Don’t put little unsafe tables near the
center of a room, where they are likely
to be upset by any chance passerby.
If you do, don't blame any one but
yourself when the things on them get
An Ibsen Theory.
In one of the published letters of
Ibeen he says that while he was wrlt-
bloodshed and revolution, has bet- j n g one of his plays he had on his desk smashed,
ter Drotective labor laws than an empty ale glass with a scorpion In Don’t draw your curtains half across
c ”, It. Now und then the animal would the windows In tbe daytime. Windows
Georgia. grow sick, and the author would throw ar ^ intended for tbe entrance of air
The child-labor law is to be one a piece of soft fruit to it, whereupon anC [ light, health givers which no one
of the main issues in the next j the scorpion would fall upon the food can afford to exclude.
, . T furiously, empty Its poison into it and Choose chairs for comfort as well as
General Assembly. Lei e y t j ien we u again. "Is It not a good f or appearance and avoid the fragile
lover of humanity urge his repre- deal like this with us poets?” Ibsen fci n d, at which a man always looks
tentative to cast the ballot on the *©ntinoee. "Nature’s laws apply lathi askance, If you want to keep tbe good
., . f .domain of the spirit also.” -opinion of your mankind,
right side—the emancipation ot, ,
J
Have it done at this shop, and- if
the quality of the stock and the work
is not satisfactory, or if the price is
not as reasonable as first-class print
ers anywhere charge for first-class
work—the job will not cost you a
cent. That’s a fair and reasonable
proposition—a proposition we could
not afford to make if we didn’t have
the facilities, the workmen and the
will to “make good.” If it’s any
thing in printing, you should try The
News shop before giving an order.
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Qailey’s Qarber Shop
and you'll continue to get shaved
l here. The same is true of Imir-cuts,
shamjxiOH, etc., Three white bar
bers are employed, and the service
is first-class. Drop into Bailey’s
White Barber Shop
Opera House Building,
Newnan, - - - Georgia.
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Sprained Ankle, Stiff Neck, Lame
Shoulder.
These are three common ailments for
which Chamberlain's Pain Balm is
especially valuable. 1 promptly applied
it will save you time, money and suffer
ing when troubled with any one of
these ailments. For Hale by Holt &
Cutes, druggists, Newnan, Ga.