The Newnan weekly news. (Newnan, Ga.) 189?-1906, January 26, 1906, Image 3
"WATCH THE WHITE STAR BUGGY' EN next Ton buy n Bn*gjr. try • Whlt« Star A-Grade Rnuuy, the lightest Y*v; 3 J, c ' u w>« States. After June 1st. we uic In building the WHITE STAR UU(.0\, none but the finest “ A-GRADE’ 1 Wheels, Just like our se- ’ple or/l* V." ,K l h| M t, ? n by eeirr one of our Dealers. We will pay $25.00 in cash if any Willi E 61 Ah Wheel, having our private mark, Is not just like the sample shown. LOOK FOR OUR PRIVATE ‘•A-GRADE” MARK ATLANTA BUGGY COMPANY, - . Atlanta, Georgia Land of Promise (TO AND FROM) Iiy Rev. C. O’N. Maktindai.k. ARTICLE LXVI. of SCOTLAND. From Edinburgh, via Firth Forth Bridge and Dunfermline, to Stirling and Suchlyere by Bannockburn to Aberfoylc, Through the Grampian llills and Rob Roy’s Land, by Ben Venue and Loch A c h r a y, Through the Trossachs, Across Loch Katrine to Stronachlacher, Across Loch Lomond to Inver- snaid, and on to Glasgow, Ayr (by Dairy), and Dumfries. feed upon no less than the mature; quite unlike the chaff and stuff and rip-raff and impurity put out in the average present-day novel as simp ly bidding for popularity through its glaring conjunctions and excit ing situations. What are the layety of readers whetting their appetites on nowadays? The story with purity of thought and high ness of morale, or the question able and deep-dyed plot that keeps one’s sensibilities wrought up to Time forbids more than the bare cause shall '.Humph in despite of i mention of some of the most in Satan.” ... "1 am compelled to teresting sights of Edinburgh, I thunder out the threatenings of over which we drove for hours on God against all rebels; in doing a Saturday, rested and worshipped whereof I am some times wound- Sabbath most delightlully and ed, knowing mysell criminal and profitably, and leaving at an early guilty in many, yea, in all things 1 hour on Monday. We saw the that in others I reprehend. Judge | U n i v e rsit y and Theological not, mother, that I write these I School, the Old Castle (the pres- things debasing myself otherwise lent fortress, on a precipitous rock than I am. No! 1 am worse than 300 feet above the valley and my tongue can express." To John reachable only trum the east side ; Knox more than to any other man and by drawbridge across a I Scotland owes a greater debt of moat; an infantry barrack for 1200 gratitude lor what she is today; 1 men and an armory of 30,000 stand j Scotland is Knox’s monument in- of arms; also the Crown Room ot deed! old Scotch Regalia, Queen Mary’s The Church of Dr. Chalmers, Room where James VI was born, historic St. Andiew; Calton Dili the Prison, and Old Palace Yard, (with its notable monuments—the etc.); Holyrood Palace and Abbey j unfinished Parthenon, Nelson’s (founded by King David I—the j statue, Duguld Sttwarl monument, Holy Rood which he purposed de-; the National Monument to Scot- positing here being supposedly a tish soldiers tailing in the 1’cnin- fragment ot the True Cross; but j sular and Waterloo campaignsjuml burned once and again by the Old Observatory; with fine view English and Cromwell's soldiers; of distant Leith and the Filth of and noted as containing the apart-j Forth Bridge); a circular monu ments of enigmatic, Mary Queen ment to Robert Burns' memory of Scots, her husband Lord Darn ley, and where Rizzio was assassi nated; to the south is the Queen’s Park, while just behind is King an unreasonable pitch and tinges Arthur’s Seat—822 feet high; and the afterthought with the shadow near the park-keeper’s lodge at of evil however strenuous the at- St. Leonard's Hill stands the cot- tempt to banish it to distant tage ot "Jeannie Deans’’ whose realms? Are the people reading | plea for Elfie in "the Heart of for amusement rather than im Midlothian"—when the Queen provement, to kill time or to im asked her why should she grant prove time, simply to pass time or this pardon--is so well compressed to utilize time to profit ot charac- in the words: “When the hour of on the south; the Royal High School (an adaptation of the Tem ple of Theseus at Athens) at the hill’s base; VVellington’s eques trian staiue mi Princes Sheet, the I’ostofifice and the Registry Office, the Edinburgh Museum ot Science and Art, inc Men Public Library (due principally to the liberality of Mr. Andiew Carnegie), the Grassinarket and monumental cross to martyrs, Old Greyftiars’ Church and Churchyard with its ter? What say you? How do you? trouble comes to the mind or the striking memoiials, the Bank of We have hardly stepped out up on Princes Street (said to be. the prettiest in the world) ere our eyes are arrested by the exquisite ly graceful Gothic spire of red sandstone—upwards of 200 feet high—of the monument which Edinburgh has erected to the lit erary genius and true nobility of character of "the Great Enchan ter (wizart ) of the North," Sir Walter Scott; elegant and light of construction, with arches and tur rets and retreating pinnacles, over a marble statue of Scott and a tavorite dog, and with figures in its chief niches representing char acters from his writings. Who can tail to honor this no ble man, however differing on many subjects, who knows aught of him or his work, whatever his predilection for kings and courts. His publishers tailing with enor mous liabilities when Scott was fifty-five years old, his own oblige tions amounted to #600,000; yet he did not settle matters like many insolvent merchants otten do, but devoted the rest of his life to honestly paying his creditors to the last farthing due. By the in cessant activity of his great brain in six years he earned and paid off this immense sum, giving his very life to save his honor, so that in 1832, a short while before he died, he wrote: “I think I shall never walk again; but I must not com plain, tor my plan of settling my | debts has been, thank God, com pletely successful, and I have paid i But WB hae meat an’ we can eat, one hundred and twenty thousand j lot tlie boi,t be tliankit ' pounds, without owing any one a; Not on *y the natural beauty ot ha’penny" the P lace but history and legend His beauty of character and unitf) their cbarms to make Edin ’ purity of intention was strikingly bur £> b one tbe loveliest cities of illustrated in these words shortly J Euro P e - Tts strikin K Hkeness to before his death: “lam drawing i Athens no less than its & reat near to the close of my career. 11 brain P ower ' led t0 lts acc f u,red am fast shuffling off the stage. I name of “ the Athens of the have been, perhaps, the n^t North,,’or “Modern Athens, and voluminous author of the day; and i un fin ishe ^ ParthenM-^pied it is a comfort to me to think that As we passed through middle and eastern England, we felt the force of Mrs. Browning’s verse— God's finger touched,but did not press, In oinking England.” On our passage through Scot land, it seemed as though it were exactly the reverse of this. In England is beautiful, undulating, green country, finely adapted to farming, but really devoted largely to cattle-raising (as more lucra tive), and no lofty mountains; in Scotland are here and there lovely spots and plains under cultivation, but ever and anon bleak and bar ren moors, rugged and rocky high lands, with the pinkish purple heather on every side, acres of bracken, great patches of moss like sponges filled with moisture from the clouds always sweeping o’er these mountains, a land truly for the lads and the lassies, grim yet withal interesting of visage, from its very contrasts challenging to labor and to battle. The coast is ragged and storm-swept, but the roads of Great Britain are of the finest in the world for walking or driving as you will. Scott’s words were never truer than when we crossed the border ot Scotland— •Stranger, wlmt dost thou require? Rest and guide, and food and Are.” And scarcely can one sit down to the morning meal ere, from the round of the yellow Scotch earth enware bowl containing oatmeal porridge, come the lines of Robert Burns ‘Some hae meat that canna eat, And some wad eat that want it, body—and when the hour of death Scotland, and County Hall near comes—that comes to high and site ol the old Talbooth, called low—then it is not what we have “the Heart of Midlothian," the done for ourselves, but that wejTron Church, Canongate (the have done for others—that we | name given to High Street from think on most pleasantly".) We John Knox’s House to Holyrood saw the “Old City" and "New j Palace), etc., etc. City" anil their buildings, noting Fine weather favored us during that the pa»ts once inhabited by () ur visit. On Sabbath at 9 a. in. the better classes and great fam-; we attended a military service in ilies by their removal have become y| d st. Giles Cathedral Church tenanted by the poorer and more J conducted by t | ic chaplain of the degraded people, the slums of crack Scotch Highlanders (or Edinburgh thus coming more to 1<oya i H| U ck Watch), the minister the front than in any othei city in 0 f the church, anil heard fine the world, so far as we know.chiel- lllU sjc and a fair sermon on 1 Cor. ly through the curse of strong 12:3. At 11 a. m. we heard the drink. cultured and interesting Rev. We visited that greatest of 1 Hugh Black, assistant of Rev. Scotchmin, John Knox’s house, | Alex Whyte, D. D., on 1 Cor. (where he lived, 1559-72, and 12:14 at St, George’s United Free died), on the outside of which is Church, At 2:30 p. m. we were the inscription, “Lofe.God. aboue. at Nicolson St. United Free al. and. your, nichtbovr. as. yi, Church, hearing a capital sermon self" Also his Church, that of j from Rev. R, J. Drummond of St. Giles, and, in the pavement of Lothian Road on Lk. 10:27. And Parliament Square to the south, j it was truly climatic to a blessed his grave is seen marked by a Sabbath day in the evening when stone inscribed “J K. 1572.” It at 7 o’clock we were privileged to was when John Knox was laid in he.ir the Rpv. John Kelnian, at the grave that the Earl of Morton, New North United Free Church though often the object of his of Scotland, deliver an incompar- censure, did justice to his charac- able Gospel message on J no. 14:6 ter in those words: “There lies anti Col. 3:4—“Christ Our Life." he who never feared the face of In the new college of Edinburgh man; who hath often been threat- is that distinguished exegete and ened with pistol and dagger, but professor, Dr. Marcus Dodd. We yet hath ended his clays in peace like the way Scotchmen keep the and honour; for Providence watch- Sabbath day, and prepare on Sat ed over him in a special manner, urday evening for its coming,their when his very life was in danger." use of Bibles in the pews anil pul Of him his faithful servant Rich- pit, while we greatly deplore t he ard Bannatyne said: “In this man- trend ot Biblical criticism towam ner (signifying his unshaken faith radicalism, and the great expendi* in th'* Divine promises) departed ture in the drink traffic on the this man of God, the light of Scot- part of the population. The brain land, the comfort of the church, power and the thrift, the heroic within the same the mirror of and the romantic vein, of the godliness, the pattern and example Scotch people are proverbial hut of all true ministers, in purity of intemperance is the cancer of life, soundness of doctrine, and I have tried to unsettle no man’s faith, to corrupt no man’s princi ples, and that I have written noth ing which, on my death-bed, I should wish blotted out." Novelistic works trom a person of this stamp are worthy material for young and growing minds to after the Athenian model—re minds us ot Greece. It is situated in North Midlothian, within a few miles of the Firth of Forth. “Edin burgh” is derived from the found ing of his “burgh” by King “Ed win" opposite the slanting ridge of rock known as Arthur’s Seat (near which King Arthur defeated the Saxons). RIIRPCC’C Farm Annual for 1906 UUHI LL "The Leading American Seed Catalogue.” Mailed FREE to all who want the BEST SEEDS that Grow I This Thirtieth Anniversary Edition is a bright book of 1S8 pages and tells the plain truth. With Cover and Colored Plates it shows, painted from nature. Seven Superb Specialties in Vegetables ol unequaled merit and Six Novelties in Flowers,including Luther Burbank's New Floral IVonder. WRITE TO-DAY I the very day you read this advertisement. Mention this paper and address W. ATLEE BURPEE A CO., Seed-Grower*, PHILADELPHIA, PA. boldness in reproving of wicked ness; one that cared not for the favour of men, how great soever they were, but faithfully reproved all their abuses and sins.’’ What wonder this man was so great, when he could write such thoughts as these: “Satan, I con fess, rageth, but potent is He that promiseth to be with us in all such enterprises as we take in hand at his commandment tor the glory of His name, and forthe maintenance Store to be Enlarged Tin 1 Railroad Wreck Sale is over. It was the greatest sale in the history of this store, and convinced ns that there is plenty of room for the growth and development of our business. So we have determined to enlarge and improve onr store. The work will lie done next month; and before the carpenters, plasterers and painters move in to do this work we want to move out as much of onr stock as possi ble. We want to get the goods out. of the way to make room for the workmen. In order to sell the stock down ns low ns possible, we have decided to price everything for the next few weeks sit most attractively low prices. Any thing and everything in the store will be sold at less (Inin usual prices, to move the goods. ('onio and see the stock and get what yon want at prices that mean a-great saving of money to every pur chaser. Remnants of the Wreck Sale Broken lots of the big wreck sale stock remain. They in list. go. Yon can get these goods at any reasonable price oll'ered. Here’s the place mid the time to pick up bar gains. New York Bargain Store. The Importance of Life Insurance. IIY ItUV. It, K. It VAN. widespread wretchedness in Scot land. From Edinburgh on Monday morning at 7:30 o’clock we took the train at VVaverly Station and went via the massive Firth of Forth Bridge tone of the greatest feats of mechanical construction in the world) and Dunfern.line (the birthplace of our own Mr. Andrew Carnegie and holding the sacred ground in which lies the body of King Robert Bruce), to Stirling (with its famous Castle of His true religion. And, there- and Grayfriars Church, splendid fore, the less fear we any contrary Uruce Monument, arid fine outlook power; yea, in the boldness of our on the Vale ot Mentcith; Ben God, we altogether condemn them, Lomond, Ben Venue, Ben A’an, be they kings, emperors, men, Ben Ledi; with the Ochil Hills on angels, or devils. For they shall, the northeast; Cornbuskeneth never be able to prevail against Abbey, Abbey Crain, and. the the simple truth of God which we picturesque Wallace Monument, openly profess. By the permis- and the Bridge of Allan to the sion of God, they may seem to north; and the Campsie Hills to prevail against our bodies, but our the south; and in the vicinity of I am no insurance agent; but I do not hesitate to say that modern in- siirnnoc comes nearer to giving some thing for nothing, and making that something sure and certain than any other known institution of onv times. Indeed, so sure, cheap and certain lias ii become that no man, however poor, is without excuse who does not tuke advantage of the inducements offered him to lay up a little money to bury him when dead and provide support for his aillieted and stricken loved ones when lie is enlled away. It is short of unpardonable erima when a fattier and husband, with a wife nnd children <lu|>elldillg upon, him for support, neglects this sacred obligation; uses up each week his wages, and in a movement of time is stricken Iiy death; compels IJh friends to bury linn; leaves his f'am- ilv di-mute and objects of pity and elm I should live a thousand vnr could forget the picture 1 11 scene as tins I saw in OHinetery a few days ago— nut inspired the sermon. I whs called upon to preach the fune ral sermon of a man who was a clerk in one of the great railroad oflloes. He had a beautiful little home, a lovely wife and child. He lived a life of simple, happy ease. In vain did insurance agents importune him to carry just a little insurance. He lived each week to the limit of his small salary, saving nothing. He refused to take insurance on account of tho expense. One day lie was sitting at his desk writing and whistling when sudden ly his whistling censed, Ids writing stopped, iiis head dropped forward on IiIh hook, and his heart, ever light and gay, ceased to throb. Whoa his accounts were footed up lie had nothing. The boys in the of fice had to buy Ids oofllii and defray all funeral expenses, and they were just ns poor as lie. One dollar a week invested in life insuranoo would have avoided all tills. The saddest sight. I think I ever witnessed in my life wus his frail, delicate little wife, standing beside that open grave witli the oold winds whistling through the barren trues, sobbing as if her poor heart would break, with not enough money in tier pocket honk to liny her a lunch and pay her way hack to her cheer less homo. After she returned to her homo, what then? No bread in the pantry, no money in the purse, no coal in tho hunker, and ttio next month's rent due. I have no sorrow for thatdend hus band. My sympathy is all for the poor, destitute and unfortunate wife. It is a pity that such men cannot suf fer the jsinalty of their own folly; hut, unfortunately, the suffering is endured by their luckless wives and innocent children. For the right kind of Insurance see F. M. BRYANT, District Man ager of the /Etna Life Insurance Company. Bannockburn, where rising from prayer Robert Bruce with 30,000 Scots defeated Edward the II and 100,000 Englishmen,to ihe restora tion of Scotland’s independence; and riot far away is Linlithgow Palace, once a favorite seat of Scottish rulers;. At Stirling we changed, and again at Buchlyere, thence proceeding right on to Abcrfyle, where we took a four- horse coach with a party through the Grampian Hills and “Rob Roy’s Land” by majestic Ben Venue and Loch Achray, through the Trossachs country by the Trossachs Hotel, in s!earner sail ing across beautiful Loch Katrine I (eight miles; by its “Silver Strand" and “Ellen's Isle" to Stronach lacher, where at the Hotel of same name we had luncheon. The situa tion here is charming, however moist the atmosphere hereabouts. Across Loch Lomond (25 miles) by steamer we went to Inversnaid, thence on to Glasgow by rail. The day was a largo part cloudy or misty or drizzly, and somewhat cold; but steamers, coaches, and trains were jammed with people on holiday. This is not only Scot land’s heart, but pre-eminently Scott’s Land (see his Waverley novels like “Marmion” and “the Lady of the Lake," etc). “The (Continued on page i.;