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WATCH THE WHITE STAR BUGGY'
STAGECOACHING DAYS.
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LOOK FOB OUR PRIVATR » A-ORADI" MARK
ATLANTA BOGGY COMPANY, ■ • AlliRit, Gitr|lt
An Old World Grn With n Derided
Flavor of Homaurr.
The old coaching days, as t'ar as con
venience for travel was concerned,
were the dawn of the great days of our
present rapid means of communication.
The seventy years or so In which mall
conches waxed and flourished and
finally died out before the Incursion of
Trnnblr For Government Clerks,
“Congress makes lots of unnecessary
trouble for the government clerks,”
said a veteran employee, “hut the
worst case 1 know of occurred some
years ago. A certain senator asked
the comptroller of the currency to tell
him how much stock a certain man
had In a national hank. He was In
formed that such Information was re
garded as confidential and could not be
given out."
"We’ll see about that," said the sen-
railways and steam engines have a de
cided flavor of romance attached to a * or ' t\ ho was plainly disappointed and
displeased.
them, and no doubt the coming and
going of stagecoaches lent a certain
"Several days later he secured the
i passage of a resolution calling upon
With the Exchanges |
Misses Christine and May Cole,
of Newnan, are visiting their aunt,
Mrs. VV. H. Shaw.—Carrollton
Times.
But can Dr. Nunnally deliver
the following that he no longer
needs to Judge Russell?—Colum
bus Enquirer-Sun.
to the country places and towns
through which ruu the great main
coaching roads. The Bath road, the
Dover road, the York road wore high
ways of communication along which
rolled the heavy private coaches and
chariots of the country magnates, and
the stugeeonches with their steaming
| horses passed the various stopping
places with the regularity of clock
work.
These stagecoaches, with their com-
, plement of coachmen and guards, af-
phosphoric acid, it would appear forded endless subjects of Interest and
advantageous to plant a row of Illustration to the artist and the liter-
peas, and a row of corn, likewise a 1 "7“ en d 7.* ,m "* ln ®
v ' ’ Dickens without stagecoaches and de
row of peas and a row of cotton, muled of all his vivid descriptions of
so as to supply the nitrogen need-1 the scenes such as those in the yard of
ed by the corn or the cotton
amount of color and Interest and life Uu} 8ec retar.v of the treasury to furnish
pensive element in a commercial j
fertilizer, costing ten times as I
much per pound as potash, or
nitrogen will be added to the soil.
In cotton or in early corn planted
Mrs. Will Perry and children, of j in six feet rows the peas should be
Newnan, visited relatives in theP' anted in the middle at the sec
city Saturday and Sunday.—Last
week's Carroll Free Press.
Miss Lucy Hines and Miss
Katherine Wooten spent the week
end with Miss Nelie Lou Walton
in Newnan.—Atlanta Journal.
The retirement of Dr. G. A.
Nunnally from the gubernatorial
race will have but little, if any, ef
fect on the race or the relative
strength of the other candidates.—
Albany Herald.
We have already lost our only
gubernatorial bet: that Dr. Nun
nally would carry one county in
the primary. We had kissed it
good-bye some time ago, but still
think it was unkind of the doctor
to allow it to be cashed in so soon.
—Griffin News and Sun.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Aycock and
family were called to Newnan, on
Monday; called hither by the death
of Maj. W. W. Thomas, the father
of Mrs. Aycock, who was well
known and highly esteemed here
in Carrollton where he has fre
quently visited.—Cairollton Times.
Something Interesting to the
Farmer.
Professor Jasper L. Beeson of
the Georgia Normal and Industrial
College, graduate of the Univer
sity of Alabama, chemist for Ala
bama Geological Survey, post
graduate of John Hopkins Univer
sity, anr research chemist to the
Louisiana experiment station, has
been working diligently along
agricultural lines of research and
claims to have made a discovery of
great import to the science of agri
cultural chemistry, and of equally
practical import to the farmer.
tile White llart Inn, High street. Bor
ough, In “Pickwick,” or of the mail
When the peavines rot down on coach on the Dover road in "A Tale of
the land the next year, even more Two Cities." It Is difficult for tlm pres
ent generation to realize the fatigue
and the wintry cold of such long Jour
neys, when frozen feet were enveloped
in a little straw, and a "shawl’' folded
round (lie neck was thought to he a tit
protection against the keen night air.—■
Loudon standard.
the senate with the names and holdings
of the stockholders In nil the uutiounl
banks In the country, lie really want
ed to know only the Interest of one
man In a hank, hut he knew that he
couldn’t get a resolution of that kind
through the senate, so he Included the
stockholders In all national hunks. It
took the entire force of the comptrol
ler’s office several weeks to prepare the
Information, and when It reached the
senate nobody paid any attention to It
except the author of the resolution, and
he merely looked at the mass of papers
only long enough to see about the man
he was after and then tossed the pa
pers aside. It was an Immense lot of
work for nothing." Washington Star.
ond plowing; in medium and late
corn at the time of the first plow
ing. Let us see some farmer try
this for two years on a patch of
cotton and a field of corn. The
peas picked and sold will pay for
the labor, leaving the fertilizer
made by the peas as a profit. A
part of this fertilizer will be given
to the soil while the peas are grow
ing.
Professor Beeson will next work
on clover to see if it adds more
nitre to the soil than it takes up in
its growth.—The Georgian.
Coweta Men at Emory College
Last Sunday’s Constitution con
tained an excellent picture of the
class of 1906 of Emory College,
accompanied by short sketches of
the college records of its members.
Among these sketches appeared
the following in reference to threq
young gentlemen who are known
in this city and county:
“Leonard Pinkston Neill, Se-
noia, Ga., A. B-, entered as fresh
man fall of 1902; member of Phi
Gamma Literary Society. Will
teach one year, then study medi
cine in Atlanta.
"Claude Bernard Quillian.Elber-
ton, Ga., A. B., member of Alpha
Tauga Omega iraternity; entered
college September, 1903; football
’04 and ’05 ;right end on All Emory
THE PRIVATE WON.
Hebnkrd III* Superior Officer nml H*-
c*i»d Court Murtlnl.
Charles Bradlaugh when In the Brit
ish army was orderly room clerk, and a
newly arrived officer once entered the
room whore he was sitting at work
and addressed to him some discourte
ous order. Prlvuto Bradlaugh took no
notice. The order was repeated with
an onth. Still no movement. Then It
enmo agutn, with some foul words add
ed. The young soldier rose, drew him
self to his full height and, walking up
to the officer, hade him leave the room
or he would throw him out. He went
accordingly, but In a few moments the
grounding of muskets was hoard out
side, the door opened and the colonel
walked In, nccompnnled by the officer.
It was clear that the private soldier
had committed an net for which he
might be court innrtlalcd, and us he
said once, "1 felt myself in a tight
place.” The officer made his accusa
tion, and Private Brndlaugh was bid
den to explain. He asked that tho of
ficer should stute the exact words In
which he had addressed him, and the
other, who had, aftor nil, a touch of
honor In him, gnve tho offensive sen
tence word for word. Thun Private
Bradluugh said, uddressing the colo
nel, thnt the officer's memory must
surely he at fault in the whole matter,
as ho could not have used language so
unbecoming to an officer and a gen
Tin- AIiIio'n Crttlclam.
An American Indy residing In Koine
present('d to a friend, who Is an ubbe,
an Intellectual man and familiar with
English. allhough no traveler, a copy
of one of Mary Wilkins’ New England
stories.
“The author of this, my dear friend,"
she said, "Is the heal portrayer of New
England character we have. No other
writer has caught so well the charm of
the place and the people. I hope you
will like It."
The nbhe took tho hook and thanked
her. lu a few days he came again and
returned It gingerly, saying u word or
two of thanks.
"Were you not pleased with the
quntnt portrnyal of the life?” asked
the Indy.
"You say this Is 11 faithful portrayal
of life I11 New England?’’
“Very faithful Indeed."
The ubbe sighed and said, with deep
sympathy, "How sad 1"—Header Maga
zine.
The Came of Slilf llr«»ne*».
Whether shlftlessncss Is n vtee that
Is Incurable or u habit that can bo
overcome, It Is anyhow a condition that
perplexes and Irritates relieving offi
cials. Shift lessness Is paying one's
last 50 cents for a circus ticket without
learning where tomorrow's breukfaHt
Is coming from. It Is u refusal to re
pair the leak in tho roof when the suu
shines. It Is killing the goose that lays
the golden eggs. It tukes no thought of
the morrow. It never lays up nnythlng
for a rainy duy. It always Ignores op
portunities. It prefers to rely on neigh
borhood bounty to hustling for Itself.
It won’t work, except under the pres
sure of necessity. It never gels ahead.
—Hartford Times.
Man Who Beheaded Chnrle* I,
The mysterious masked man who be
headed Charles I. remains British ami-
tleman. The colonel turned to tho of- j *°H ,le *’ or H10 Man With the Iron Mask.
..... ... 1 I llln tlwv lifllli* »«l <llkIWUllWlA/l
fleer with the dry remark: "I think
Private Bradlaugh Is right. There
must ho some mistake." And I10 left
the room.
Everyone who has pulled up a
pea vine or clover plant has noticed | team j unior and football team
the nodules or. "warts” on their j ^ en ' or y ear > making the "Ali
Each nodule contains a Emory” team; member of Phi
Gamma Literary Society; Georgia
day orator in Junior year, also im
promptu debater and champion
debate '05. As senior, local edi
tor of the Phoenix, Phi Gamma
A Scotch Teat.
Aucbtermuchty is the happy town j
which every Scot, proud of his unpro
nounceable tongue, uses as a shibbo-
team of ’05; class relay team all to test the linguistic skill of tho
three vears class hasehall ’nc and I 80llthron ' If y° u cannot say "Auchter-
ttiree years, class baseball OS and 1 rauchty ., yoiI H ,. e still nn uneducated
06, basket ball two years; member barbarian. The meaning of the word
of Phi Gamma Literary Society, j happens to be us monstrous as Its
, , . . sound. "The high ground of the wild
mid-term debate 1904, secretary B0W „ not u uume ouo would ,choose
’04, president in ’06. Will study for u garden city. People, however, ure
law at Harvard. found to flock to It us a summer ro-
. ir t • sort, and ns It 1ms a lover’s pool, the
W- Emmet Henslee, Seno.a, town hM probably attractions more
Ga., is taking a Ph. B. degree and real than its name. In the early part
entered fall of 1902; on baseball of Iast century Auchtemiuchty went
Lilly, the lying astrologer, denounced
Cornet Joyce ut the restoration, but
Joyce on the fatal UOtb of January wus
not In favor with Cromwell. The par
ish register of Whitechapel records U10
burial In 1041) of ltlchard Brandon, the
common hangman, and opposite the en
try n contemporary hand wrote that
"he cut off the head of Charles the
First.” Rrauilon himself asserted that
"they made him do it for CIO,” with
which he drunk himself to death.—Dun
dee Advertiser.
roots.
colony of bacteria which gathers
nitrogen from the air and gives
this most impoitant plant food to
the plant in a condition ready for
use. Professor Beeson has recent-
bankrupt and was deprived of all Its
properly except the jail and one or two
other assets of an equally necessary
character. It Is now rich, peaceful and
radical.
Ilenlly n II n mu i> Ilf I n k.
The story is told lu China that years
ago a missionary made his appearance
upon a platform there and that the na
tive orator who introduced him closed
with these words:’“When I have finish
ed a gentleman from the west Is going
to address you. He is not a foreign
demon. LUs appearance and his cloth
ing may seem strunge to you, hut look
carefully at him. He bus two arms and
two legs, two cars and two eyes, u
nose (though a long one!) uud a mouth;
and 1 assure you his teeth are made of
bone, just like yours. He Is really u
human being, and I hope you will re
gard him as such.”
OrluliiiiK Hot Water.
Persons who have Irritability of the
heart should not drink hoi water. Hot
water will cause palpitation in such
eases. Persons with dilated stomachs
slcmlil avoid the drinking of hot water;
persons afflicted with "sour stomachs;”
persons who have soreness of the
stomach or pain Induced by llgld pres
sure should also refrain from drinking
It Hot water will relieve thirst, bet
ter than cold water, and for that pur
pose it should not he condemned, but
hot water Is an excitant, and In eases
In which irritation of the stomach ex
ists it should he avoided.
l y conducted experiments to de-! anmversarian, impromptu debate
termine whether or not these and elected champion debator for
bacteria supply to the pea or to lhe commencement debate this
the clover plant all the nitrogen year. Will study law.’
which is present in such abund-.
ance. It is found that, in the casej Distinctly Enthusiastic,
of the pea from the time it is in ————
bloom to the time it is matured It has often been asserted and
and dead, that there is about ten with show of reason that the mass-
times as much nitrogen in the soil es of the people in south Georgia a ita..k Fraud,
near the roots as is found in the are not interested in politics. They Mrs. Nuwed — Here’s the bread I
soil nearbv where the soil is cutti-' do not display much partisanship started to make today. Isn’t It too nn-
vated with none of these plants on and do not get wrought up over Nuw^i-i know R
it, campaigns as the people in the isn’t; that’s just It. I put plenty of
This indicates that the ground middle and northern sections of baking powder In It, but It doesn’t
gathers more nitrogen from air the state do. Therefore the atti- £™ op to bave worked. - Philadelphia
than the peas need and is given in tude of the audience which heard
the rain to the soil around. The Mr. Hoke Smith's address here, a Question of cat*.
analysis of the soil under which last Saturday was interesting, for marked the wise guy .
common peas were growing to- it was distinctly enthusiastic. “How about the upper cut?” sug-
p-ether compared to the surround-1 Many people were heard to remark jested the simple mug, looking up from
® ’ ‘ . ... the sporting page.—Philadelphia Rec-
ing soil, showed less nitre than in that they had never seen anything ord
the soil under the peas alone, in- j like it on a similar occasion.—
dicating that this soil had used Quitman Free Press,
some of this nitrogen gathered by j —
the nodules of the peas. ' Dr. Anderson, Dentist; gas ad
Since nitrogen is the most ex-, ministered; Salbide Bldg. tf
Drudgery.
The everyday cares and duties which
men enll drudgery are the weights and
counterpoises of the dock of time, giv
ing Its pendulum a true vibration and
It., hands a regular motion, and when
they cease to'hang upon Its wheels tint
pendulum no longer swings, the hands
no longer move, the clock stands still.
—Longfellow.
Tie- Lion -The leopard, you know,
Cannot change his spots. The Zebra—
\\V||, 1 can’t change my stripes either,
but no one ever thought it of sufficient
hit rest to make a proverb of. -Phila
delphia Record.
Good Nature Muy Il«* Conti y.
“Don't look so glum, Pilkerlon. Use
cheery words. They cost nothing.”
“Host nothing! If I speak tea cheery
words to my wife, she asks me for
some money.”
NT*
Special Offerings For
Saturday! Monday
Bargains from the Claf-
lin Purchase.
1000
vds soft finished yard wide blenched domes-
6bC
tic, 10c quality
QC pieces of lovely quality printed organdie in beautiful
Zw ilorul patterns and designs, Hoe and 10c quality QHn
for Saturday and Monday ... ZUu
It pieces of beautiful quality pin dotted dress 1 Cn
I d swiss worth 25c, Saturday and Monday . I Uu
Onfin yards Of oxim qualify batiste in beautiful Qlp
ZUUU patterns worth 16o to 20c, Nat and Mon J2u
LACES.
Cnnn - vdH pretty Valenciennes and torchon laces, tin- C*
wUUU usually handsome patterns, Sat and Mon . . . du
MiLLINERY REDUCED.
Important reductions will take oflect Saturday
and Monday in our millinery line. The bargains
are by far the best that you will be able to secure
in Newnan. For this sale wo add a number of
hats'that have been marked to sell at $6 and $4,
an unequaled collection of trimmed bats, all to bo
offered at choice $1.98
TOWEL SALE.
CnMdoz towels, excellent hemmed buck towels, reg- 1 ft*
OUllular 20c u pair, for Saturday and Monday I Ull
SPECIAL IN MENS AND LADIES’ OXFORDS.
Men’s patent leathers, $3.50; oxfords, $2.49. Ladies’ ox
fords, $1.98, $1.49 and $1.25. worth douhie the price. La
dies’ white canvas oxfords, $1.00 and $1.25 Children's
white cunvas oxfords, ull sizes, 60c to $1.25-
NEW YORK BARGAIN STORE
Of taking out insur
ance on your life ? If
you are, I can write
you one of the most
attractive plans and
put you in one of
the best companies
in America.
F. M. BRYANT,
District Manager for Aetna Life Insurance Company.
Picnic Excursion.
A Uttle MlNtinderNtn ihIIiik.
“Sir, j’our sou's peiTorinffnee on the
French horn is execrable. It will drive
everybody from my house. You told
me he was a teacher.”
“1 did not. I said he was n tooter.”
Ennat.
“Oh, dear, how the hours do drag! I
wish I knew how to hurry them on.”
“Why don’t you apply the spur of the
moment?”
Men are often capable of greater
things than they perform. They arc
sent Into tho world with hills of credit
and seldom draw to their full extern.-
Walpole.
The Junior <)rder United A meri
can Mechanics, of Newnan, will
run an excursion to Grant Park on
Saturday, May 2(i. Everybody is
invited to go with them and have*
a good time. Perfect order will be
kept. Dinner will be served on
the grounds, and everybody js e.x
peeled to carry a basket.
Train will leave Newnan not
later than 7:H0 a. in., and return
ing leaves Atlanta Terminal Sta
tion atop. in. Tlii! rate for ad
ults will be 75c, and children tin
der 12 years, 40c.
The following gentlemen consti-
meats: F. M. Bryant, K. F. Beck,
Ota Parketon, <’. A. Merck and J.
Stewart <lole.
Tickets are on sail! at P.
Stephens & < 'o., It. D. t'ole Mfg.
I Go’s, office., and by O. U. Byram,
S Boseoe, Ga. Get your tickets early.
I ote 1 lie com in it .lee on
It Is Dangerou9to Neglect a Cold.
: How often do we hoar it remarked:
“It's only a cold,” and a few days later
1 learn that the man is on his hack with
: pneumonia. This is of such common
i occurrence that a cold, however sligiit,
'should not be disregarded. Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy counteracts any
tendency of a eold to result in pneu
monia, and has gained its great popu
larity and extensive sale by its prompt
1 cures of this most common ailment. It
always cures and is pleasant to take.
For sale by Dr. Paul Feniston, Newnan,
Ga.