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pons AND PARKS Dress Goods, Silks, Velvets. Thn latest stylos nro found fit this Htoro in ovorythinjf por- tniniiiK to Indios* nppnrol; hut wo want your attention on our strong line of dross goods, which is the largest and nioat up-to duto within this market, and all fresh and bright. NEXT WEEK Wo will show Nome special grades of all wool Henriettas in greens, rods, castors and blacks at unusually low figures,and trimmings to mutch each shade, whether it be braids, silks or velvets. Broadcloths. New lot just in—garnets, greens and grays—prices, 86c, 81 and 81.26 per yard. See our black cloth at 81.7b and 82.00 per ynrd. Silks, Silks. Ten shades of yard wide changeable and solid shades of taf fetas at per yard, 81.00; t welve shades of striped taffetas, chiffon finish, one yard wide ut 81.26 a yard. See the new Alice blue, Reseda and Myrtle greens and garnet just opened. Velvets and Velveteens. All the popular shades of velvets at. 81.00 a yard. Velveteen for suits or waists, 21 inches wide at 60c u yard. WE SELL Gold Medal black goods, Krippondorf-Dittman shoes, Amer ican Lady corsets, Butteriok patterns. ORDER OF THE GARTER. SACRED ANIMALS. POTTS 6 PARKS Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Notions, Shoes THE CHRISTMAS DINING TABLE Will lie loaded 'Svitli the best the United States affords if it is supplied from this store. Kverything sold by grocers iH here m greatest abundance; everything is guaranteed fresh and of superior quality. The canned goods ami special delicacies for the table are alluring. All canned goods are of Unest quality. Es pecially tine are the Olives, Ualifornia Peaches and Pears and White Cherries. The stick and bulk fancy candies and box goods are fresh and delicious. Our Christmas candy stock is immense. Fruits and nuts in great variety and equally as attractive ns the candies. Housekeepers nro especially asked to give us orders for Raisins, Currants, Citron, Prunes and Dates. Nothing finer than these goods can be found anywhere. Let us supply your table needs during the holidays with the best of everything in groceries. Wo deliver promptly. J. F. REYNOLDS Grocer Greeneville St. Ha All.(«4 Ball re on Oriole Oalr L«(»d.rr Romance. The origin of the Order of the Golden Fleece Is, like that of the Garter, shrouded in mystery. Very few mod ern archaeologists attach any credence to the vulgar tradition, wholly unsup- , portent by any authority, that at a court ball given by Kdward III. a lr.dy, sup posed to tie the Countess of Salisbury, dropped ber garter, and the king, tak ing It up and observing some of his courtiers to smile as though they thought lie had not obtained this favor merely by accident, exclaimed in u lend voire, "Ilonl solt qul mnl y pense." There Is another opinion which trnceH the origin of ibis order, which, accord ing to the learned Weldon, "exceeds In majesty, honor and fame nil the chiv alrous orders In the world,” to Rlohnrd Coenr de Id on having upon the occa sion of some warlike expedition during his wars In Palestine chosen a leathern thonged garter as the distinctive mark of his partisans. Yet another theory aserlb<*s the foundation of ttie order to the fact that Edward at the battle of Crecy Issued his garter as a slgnnl for battle, which, proving successful, deter mined him 1o Institute the order In memory of ttie event. Both these opinions nre to a certain extent feasible, and the, first Is mate rially fortified by the well known fact that when the crusaders captured Rt. .lean d’Acre In a nocturnal nHsault the knights of the Christian army were or dered to wear straps of white leather hound round the Ipg under tin* left knee In order to distinguish them from the Infidels. THE WATER SPIRIT. The Way the Brote World la ed br Katlvea of India. India’s pets are not royal, but celes tial. To write of animals In the land which, keeps its Vedlc prayers and for gets the names of Its emperors, one must leave solid ground and ascend to heaven, must speak In poetry, not prose, In hyperbole rather than in plain speech. The question of nnlmals can not, Indeed, be soberly treated. Every where one sees acts toward them that can be explained only by tbelr sacred and legendary Importance. One can scarcely believe one’s senses. This at titude Is not the fantasy of a moment nor the bete blanche, so to speak, of a single author. It Is the accumulated national delirium of thousands of yeurs. To detach such aulmul worship from Indlnn life is to tear the rug to pieces, and we can weave nothing more beautiful. The place held by these creatures In India is different from that nceorded them In any other country. Every unl- mul Is looked upon as hut the covering of a spirit. Is not Its mind with God? Are not its auras Hnd vibrations far purer than ours? Muy not even the sou) of our grandmother look from Its eyes? May not we ourselves return to lower than its state If we give It not reverence? Much conceptions nre not culled from obsolete thought, but from tlie vibrant Up and life of Iudlu today. Once Is always In the orient. "It Is your misfortune Umt you have to talk ho much of progress,” said a sage to me—“we have progressed.”— Edmund Uussell In Everybody's. Christmas at the Big Furniture Store ‘ \ The Big Furniture Store is tilled with useful and appropriate Christ-’ mas presents. A stock of furni ture and house furnishings as com- V plete as ours affords a wide range of articles from which to select 1 gifts for old and young and people ot all other ages. Something suit-t able for any member of the family, or any friend, may be obtained y here at a reasonable price; and any' article purchased will have the added distinction of being useful, 1 as well as appropriate and artistic. Come and see our stock and note how many acceptable Christmas gifts are to be found in this vast ar- ' ray of merchandise. STAGECOACHES. Origin of Odd Belief* About Beam ing Browning Person*. In Great Brltnln the belief that you must not rescue a drowning person la moat prevalent in Cornwall and varl- ouh parta of Scotland. The French •allor and the boatman of the Danube bow to the decree, together with the UuHSiaus, and let the people drown. Dr. Taylor In hla "Primitive Cul ture” declares thla lingering fondness for thla old creed la becuUBe the water spirit la ungry at being despoiled of its victim, and should the unlucky person who line dared to frnatrnte him trust himself to the water's {tower he will drown as sure as fate. The Bohemluu fisherman shrinks from snatching a drowning man from the waters, fenring the wuter demon will take away his luck In fishing and drown him before he gets to shore with the would he victim. lu Germany when some one is drowned they say, "The river spirit claims Its yearly sac rifice,” or, "The nix has taken him.” The belief Is current not alone In those countries above mentioned, • but the Kamchatkans rather than help a man out of the water would force him under, and If he should eseape to the shore no one would dure receive him Into Ids house or dare to give him food. He is supposed to be dead after once falling Into the water. The First American Line Wn* Ran In New Jrr»rjr In 1744. As public conveyances or the stnge- coach lmd been in vogue lu England since 1010, the establishment of a sim ilar convenience was demanded In America many years before the war for Independence. As early as 1744, therefore, a stage line started to run between New Brunswick and Trenton, N. J., and by 1700 this route had been extended over from New York to Phil adelphia. Moreover, ns In England, so lu America, the advent of the stage coach necessitated marked Improve ments In the highways, while the build ing of better roads and turnpikes nat urally created a greater demand for more coaches, and, what was more to the purpose, lighter vehicles. In 1771 there were but thirty-eight convey ances of every description In the city of Philadelphia, but by 1794 their mim- her had Increased to 827, more than two-thirds of which were comparative ly light vehicles, a condition which led one of the local papers to publish a most deprecatory article concerning the use of conveyances, lu which It was stated that the custom of rldlug was then being carried to such extruva- gauce that "even farmers want car riages.”—-Metropolitan Magazine. OEPOT 8T. E. O. REESE, 1EWNAN, BA. Newnan Marble Works, J. E. ZACHARY, Proprietor. -Manufacturer and Dealer in- All Kinds Marble and Granite Georgia Marble a Specialty. All work guaranteed to be First Class in every particular. Parties needing anything in our line are requested to call, examine work, and get prices. OFFICE AND WORKS NEAR R. R. JUNCT’N. NEWNAN, GA. DB.T. B. DAVIS, Bealdence Tlione E-three calls. DB. W. A. TURNER, Residence 'Phone A Mlvhtr llrarrt Wind. The samlel is a hot, noxious dec-i trlcnl wind which passes over the sandy deserts of Arabia und Africa. It moves with the quickness of llghtulng and passes In narrow currents for a few minutes at a time. It deals liiHtuut 1 death to every man or beast happening to face it, and It Is said that It ho de- 1 composes them that their limbs full asunder. The approach of It is Indicat ed by thick lmze In the horizon, and travelers, If they have time, throw themselves on their faces, with their feet toward it, till It lias passed. The sirocco is another blighting wind, which prevails In Italy and adjoining dis tricts about April. The West Indian hurricanes nre of a totally different description, being simply vortexes of great force, and they have been known to blow heavy cannon out of a battery and carry a man over a ten foot wall. To Publishers and Printers. We have an entirely new process, on which patents are pend ing, whereby we can reface old llrase Column and Head Rules, 4 pt and thicker and make them fully as good as new and without any unsightly knobs or feet on the bottom. PRICES. Paris Hestn urnnls. A Chicago man Just returned from a rumble lu Europe declares that lu l'nrls the traps for unwary travelers are Innumerable as the sands of the seashore. One of the most familiar Is the restaurant where the bill of fare Is without prices, the cheek being made out according to what the customer seems able to pay. “I was bitten once or twice In this way," says the trav eler, "but then I refused to order un less the menu mentioned the cost. Sometimes the proprietor protested feebly, but I told him that he didn’t buy Ills victuals without knowing the price, uud I should follow his exam ple.” To Save One'* Bacon, "To save one's bacon"—that Is, to make a narrow escape—Is supposed to refer to the Dunmow flitch. For many centuries It was the custom at Dun mow, In England, to present a flitch of bacon to a married couple of twenty years’ standing who would make oath on the Scriptures that they had never bad a quarrel. To come close to a quarrel without an actual rupture was. In the popular dialect, “to save one’s bacon." Take Care uf Your Teeth. All decay of the teeth begins from without. Consequently If the teeth’s surfaces be kept scrupulously clean they cannot decay. Let the child early acquire the habit of using a sinull toothbrush dipped into chalk flavored with some uromatlc drug, and let It un derstand that the places most needing the brush are those between the teeth. That Is the place where decay utmost Invariably appears. Mucous secretions and secretions of food nro ulways found between the teeth after a meal. They muy be removed with u toothpick. It Is almost an art to use a toothpick. One must beware of injuring the fleshy parts and leaving spliuters, which in some cuses may cause the loss of a tooth. Metal toothpicks should be al together avoided. Those of dull and hard wood are best.—London Lancet. DAVIS & TURNER SANATORIUM, Corner College and Hancock Ste., NEWNAN, - - - GEORGIA. High, central and quiet location. All surgical and medical cases taken, except contagious diseases. Trained nurse constantly in attendance. Rates $5.00 per day. Private office In bui ding. ’Phone 5 two calls. Davis & Turner Sanatorium. Merck & Dent A Regular Smash-up Joke of tlie Deep Sea. "The sen's pressure is almost incredi ble," said the clubman. “If you de scended deep enough It would crush you, bones and all, to a mass of reddish mud. Off Sicily we ran out of ice, and some one suggested that to cool the champagne for dinner we lower It u half mile or so Into the sen’s depths. “This was done, and at dinner time the three bottles enme up delightfully cold. But when we opened them we found that they contained nothing but snlt water. The sen's pressure had forced the water In through the pores In tlie corks, displacing the lighter liquid.”—New York Press. copvri gm*£s| points a straight finger to this place, for the very good reason that here un- wheeled, generally bat tered up vehicles can get hack to business at small cost. One word and that is the end of it: We do carriage repairing and charge you only just what's right. BUGGY BUILDERS- Refacing Column and Head Rules, regular lengths, 20cts each. “ L. S. “ and “ Rules, lengths 2in. and over 40cts. per lb. A sample of refaced Rule with full particulars, will be cheer fully sent on application. Philadelphia Printers’ Supply Co. manufacturers of Type ik High Me Priitii| literiil, a a WITH it. pwiAoamiA. m. Kvnr Bit a* Good. "Have you a belt that will go about my waist?" asked the young lady with a smile as she entered the dry goods store. "No. but I have something just as good,” replied the young man who for- rnerly worked In a drug store.—Yon kers Statesman. Take a Felon In Time. If you have the appearance of a felon coming put some hardwood ashes in an old tin cup, pour over them warm water, Immerse the end of the sore Auger In the ashes, set the dish on some live coals or on top of the stove, keeping the Anger in as long as you can, and soak it several times a day. If taken In thpe It generally cures a felon from coming if the finger is wet with it often. After a Taate. "Well," demanded Miss Starvem at the back door, “what do you want?” "Why,” replied the tramp, "I seen you advertise ‘table board’ in this momln’s paper"— "Well?” “Well, I t’ought inebbe yer wus giv- tn’ out some samples.”—Philadelphia Press. Bt*1i<I*. at a Jake. "What becomes of a joke when It gets too old for the almanac?” “The theatrical programme gets It" "And from there lfe but a step ts the muelcal comedy, eh?”—Philadel phia Bulietha. Ho4 Hla* HeU. Pa Twaddles—I can’t see why that young Idiot who is calling on Molly hasn’t sense enough to go. It's mid night Tommy Twaddles—’Taln’t his fault He can’t go—sister’s aetfln’ on him.—Cleveland Leader. ffhere la no policy like politeness, since a good manner often succeeds where the hoot tongue has failed.—Mn- Legal Blanks i A stock of all kinds of Legal Blanks will be found at the NEWS OFFICE. The stock in cludes Notes, Mortgages, Deeds, Bonds andi, all blanks used by business men, as well as those used only by justices, constables and attorneys. AllgOf these blanks are regular in form, and thefpaper and printing are exceptionally good. * In fact, no blanks printed in the State look better or will give the users better satifaction. Prices are the same as other printers charge for blanks. THE NEWS solicits business in this line; and guarantees that users of these blanks will be entirely prieased with them.