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We Don’l Lose Any Time
when called on to do plumbing.
Jf you discover a leak
Prompt Plumbing Action
is what you want. Always get us
for plumbing if you want it well
done. We don’t charge high and
are always ready to come.
Don’t Be TonptlT.
There are some people always look
ing out for slights. They cannot pay
a visit, they cannot receive a friend,
they cannot carry on the Intercourse
of the family, without suspecting some
offense Is designed. They nre terribly
touchy. If they meet an acquaintance
In the street who happens to be pre
occupied with business, they attribute
his abstraction to some motive per
sonal to themselves and take umbrage
accordingly. They lay on others the
fault of their Irritability. A fit of in
digestion makes them see Imperti
nences In everybody they come In con
tact with. Innocent persons who nev
er dreamed of giving offense are as
tonished to find some unfortunate word
or some momentary taciturnity mis
taken for Insult. Of course, such a
mental condition Is due to too much
thinking about self and tot#n exagger
ated self esteem, even though uncon
scious. The best remedy Is to persist
ently put thoughts of self out of mind.
Find something more absorbing and
more elevating to think about If you
are one of the touchy ones, and you’ll
soon lose the habit.
Valuable itunn ot Silence.
There has come into modern life n
greater variety of sound and n greater
volume than assailed the ears of our
ancestors. To keep one's freshness
there ought to be a zone of silence
around every human being during some
part of the day. The finest creative
work is done, ns a rule. In seclusion;
not necessarily apart from men nor in
solitary places, but away from the tu
mult and away from distracting
sounds. There was organized in Paris
years ago a society for the culture of
silence. On the occasion of the Initia
tion of a distinguished man of letters a
bowl of water was brought out to him
In a room where he was waiting In
solitude. He studied it a moment,
placed a rose upon it and sent it back.
The water bore the rose without over
flowing. To the members assembled In
another room the act was the most
convincing evidence that the lultlate
comprehended the purpose of the fel
lowship and was prepared In spirit to
become one of the compauy. The act
was a symbol which Americans may
wisely study.—Good Health.
Rlffhteenth Century 'Life.
These brief extracts from the letters
of Elizabeth Montagu, the “queen of
the bluestockings,” throws a curious
light on eighteenth century life In Eng
land. She was suffering from a swell
ed lii>. Promptly the great Dr. Mead
prescribed a blister to her back. She
writes: "I am better than 1 was; but,
my mouth not being yet perfectly re
duced, I have got a fresh blister upon
LIVE IN COMFORT
No matter what your position or income may be.
How mud) lighter work seems to the man who, throughout tho
day, has thoughts of a happy and comfortable home to which he may
go when his day’s work is done. A neatly furnished home is an
my back. Well may It bend with such inspiration which every man of toil should enjoy.’ And every mail
a weight of calamities, l have sent for may possess and enjoy artistic and comfortable furnishings, for KK1CNE
excludes no one. We oiler you the fullest use of our most helpful
credit plan. We offer you all the credit you want- and we offer you
more: We oiler—we guarantee—you generous treatment, conscien
tious service and the greatest help under any and all circumstances.
We’ll make arrangements that will suit your convenience—not only
at the time you make your purchases, hut throughout the entiw
life of the credit account and until the hist payment is made. It's
this generous treatment and this granting of favors that makes
Keese’s credit plan most suitable for people in moderate circumstan
ces—makes it tlie ideal credit plan for you.
A Storm Above the rlonrtn.
Professor John Wise, the eminent
nerounnt, who lost bis life In milking
n bn boon ascension on Sept. 28, 1870.
gave the following description of n
thunderstorm which he once viewed
from the “top side;” "The view of n
Phone lfilt stormeloud from above Is one of the
_______ most Interesting sights ever beheld by
mortal man. A storm viewed from
above the clouds has the appearance
li [S| of ebullition. The upper surface of the
cloud is bulged upward and outward
and lias the resemblance of n vast sea
of boiling, upheaving snow. Immedi
ately above the stormeloud tho air Is
not so cold as It Is In tho clearer at
mosphere above or In the cloud itself.
The falling of the rain can be distinct
ly heard, making a noise like a water
fall over a precipice. The thunder
heard above a stormeloud Is not loud,
and the flashes of lightning appear like
streaks of intensely white light on the
1 surface of the gray colored vapor.”
W. Ij. sexton,
The Xewnan Plumber.
New Aruall building.
T. M. MARTIN
g Does all j§
fcJ |»i Isj
kinds nl
ftJ IS1
| Tin Work, Roofing 1
Plumbing and
Repairing.
li 1
(s Expert work and low s]
prices win. Shop op- |j
p posite Pinson Hotel. isi
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fotRi tnrJ In rD CnrJ StTO CnrS P7F3 En OTrv PTfO i «jj
R-I-P-A-N-S Tabules
Doctors find
A good prescription
For mankind
The 6-cent packet- is enouiih for usual occasions
Thcffamily bottle (00 cents) contains a supply
fora year. AH druggists sill them.
DR. T. B. DAVIS,
Residence Telephone No. 5-3 Calls.
DR. W. A. TURNER,
Residence Telephone No. 64.
tCiiKlt.il Railway* mid Fairs.
It Is seldom that there is a sufficient
ly heavy fog on an American railway
to cause serious Inconvenience that no
apodal precautions are taken, hut In
England a heavy fog Is so common
that there Is a regular service made up
of the repair gangs, who take the place
of the mechanical signals. Every dis
tance signal Is guarded by a signal
man, who Is supplied with flags and
torpedoes, the latter being called de
tonators, while the signal men are
pointsmen. Two torpedoes are placed
on tlu* truck to warn the engineer when
the signal is set at danger and are sup
plemented by a red lantern in the
hands of the signal man. As the tor
pedoes cost n cent and a half each and
are used In great numbers there Is a
machine supplied by which the second
torpedo Is forced from the rail by the
force of tile explosion of the first, as
only one Is necessary, the second being
merely a precaution.
niy bathing elonthes and on Sunday
night shall take a souze. 1 think It u
pleasant remedy.” Apparently In 1711
« lady could not take a hath even on
Sunday night and In the privacy of
her chamber without her “bathing
elonthes." Mrs. Montagu writes again:
"My fit) Is not entirely reduced, though
I have been blistered twice, once blood
ed, nml have five times taken physic,
have lived upon chicken and white
meats and drank nothing but water.
1 have suffered great disappointment
about the warm bath which I am ad
vised to try, for the bathing tubs are
so out of order that we have not yet
been able to make them bold water."
DEPOTJST.
E. O. REESE,
NEWNAN, 6A.
Drs. Davis & Turner
Physicians and Surgeons
Newnan, Georgia.
A I.lfo of Freedom.
People sometimes think how delight
ful It would bo to be quite free. But
a fish, ns Ituskln says. Is freer than u
mau, and, as for a fly, It Is "n black
incarnation of freedom." A life of so
called plensure and self Indulgence Is
not a life of real happiness or true
freedom. Far from It. If we once be
gin to give way to ourselves wo fall
under n most Intolerable tyranny. Olli
er temptations are in some respects
like that of drink. At first, perhaps, It
seems delightful, but there Is bitter
ness at tlie bottom of the cup. Men
drink to satisfy the desire created by
previous Indulgence, So it Is In oilier
things. Repetition soon becomes a
craving, not a pleasure. Resistance
grows more and more painful. Yield
ing, which at first, perhaps, afforded
some slight and temporary gratifica
tion, soon ceases to give pleasure and,
even If for a time It procures relief,
ere long becomes odious Itself.
Offices in Sanatorium Building, corner
College and Hancock streets. Tele
phone No. 5-2 culls.
Z. Greene, D. D. 8.,
Office on Second Floor of
Black Bros. Co.’s Building
L. M Farmer,
LAWYER.
Office on Second Floor of the Aruall
Merchandise Co.’s Building
Dr. C. A. Smith,
VETERINARIAN.
Treats all diseases of domestic animals
Calls answered day or night. Office
at Gearreld’s Livery Stable.
For Treasurer.
1 am an old ex-Confederate soldier, in
my 74th year;am crippled, have lost one
eye and am nearly blind in the other;
am worn out, anu have an almost help
less wife, and no children to ask for
help. I am a candidate for Treasurer of
Coweta couuty as an Independent. Am
not able to canvass the couuty, and de
sire the people to meet me at the court
house in Newnan the third Saturday in
August, at two o’clock, p. ni., so I can
tell them of my needs. J. P Shaw.
Cotton Mills, Newnan, Ga.
For anything in music or musi
cal instruments telephone No. 196.
Died SlnndliiK,
The Incident of Rutlsbon—a French
officer, though mortally wounded, rides
back to Napoleon, reports the capture
of the city uud then fulls from his sad
dle dead—Is paralleled by u story of
Gettysburg. An officer of the Sixth
Wisconsin regiment walked up to Colo
nel Dawes, who - was In command—
Colonel Bragg was In Washington on
crutches. The officer was very erect
and very pale. Dawes and Doubleday
both thought be was coming with a re
port or to receive orders. But he was
not. He hud a favor to ask. “Colo
nel,” he said to Dawes, “will you tell
the folks at home I died as a man and
a soldier should?” Then he unbuttoned
bis cout. Ills whole side was shot
away. It wus his lust effort. He died
standing.
A None Tax.
A “nose tnx” was In the ninth cen
tury exacted by the Danes from the
householders In Ireland. It was so
called not because It was levied on
noses, but from the fact thut a failure
to pay was punished by slitting the
nose from tip to eyebrow. It wus con
tinued during thirteen years, when the
householders, objecting to this treat
ment of their nasal ornaments, rose in
rebellion, massacred ull the Danes In
Ireland and put an end to the nose
slitting.
The t'liow Di»k.
The chow, (he solemn, black tongued
dog which comes from China, Is, the
London Chronicle thinks, tlie Ideal city
dog. It says: "lie never barks unless
there Is something serious to lmrk at.
You open the door, and the dog march
es out with fine solemnity. This writ
er's chow has a range of about ten
square miles, and lie lias never hurt a
baby, though be lias gathered Innumer
able friends during Ills solemn march
through London. He never loses his
head, and his morning walks embrace
Chelsea, Putney and the sacred pre
cincts of tho Brompton oratory. In
deed, ho once followed a bicycle to
Hendon and found his way hack with
in forty-eight hours with an honorably
empty stomach. The unaccompanied
chow is the very least of the nuisances
of the London streets.”
Artificial Haney.
The honey had some foreign sub
stance In It—the leg of a bee and a
shred of broken wing.
‘■Well," suld the wife of the food ex
pert. "this Is pure at any rate.” She
hold up the bits of bee on n fork before
her husband. "No benzole acid, for
maldehyde, boric add or salicylic Held
here, eh, John?”
But John, the food expert, laughed
scornfully. “Those bits of bee in the
honey,” he said, “prove Its artificiality.
Genuine honey never lms dead bees In
It. They who make genuine honey are
too clean and careful for anything of
that kind to happen. It Is ns rare to
find In real honey a bee’s wing or a
bee's leg as It Is to find In u loaf of
bread a baker’s lmnd or foot.”
Uulte n Difference.
Employer—Young man, I hear that
you bet on horse races. You are dis
charged. Youth—But my brother-in-
law Is a bookie. I have netted $(KX) on
Ufnnlnil A hu S 11 i n g 11,8 tl ? s th ' s Y eek ' Employer—Ahem-
1/1/ . * er—close the door, please. Young man,
* * UIllV/%1 . repre S 6 n t a- y 0Ur salary Is doubled. Consider your-
tive to Sell city lots, on the self my confidential adviser.—Loudon
best propsition ever offer- Tit Blt8
ed. Best contract given,
and all inquiries cheerfully
answered.
Southern Real Estate & Loan Co.
TIFTON, GA.
Ills System.
“I alius predict good weather,” said
the suburban sage.
“Why?”
"Well, If It Is good I get credit fer It,
an’ if It ain’t good the folks all allow
that I done my best."—Minneapolis
Tribune.
HlttlnK HI in With the Troth.
Mr. Boastful—I wonder how It would
seem If I could have all the money I
have given to charity piled on a plate
before me. Mrs. Boastful—I think you
could still distinguish the plate.
A Briffbt Idea.
Theater Manager—I can’t use your
play, sir. It’s too long for the stage.
Amateur Playwright—But. I say—aw—
look here—aw! Can’t you lengthen the
stage, you know?
Perhaps.
He—Why Is It that unmarried women
are usually “girls?” She—Possibly for
the same reason that married men are
mostly “boys.”
Jeweler. Protect Patron*.
"Tlie general public Is not aware of
the carefully worked out system by
which the large jewelry houses con
tinue to protect their splendid wares
long after these have been sold and
passed out of their bands,” said a de- I
teetive, discussing daring modern bur
glaries. "Most lnrgeeatnhllsluuentsdenl- ,
lug In precious metals and gems have
a carefully organized and very efficient
detective system, which makes It easy 1
for n patron to recover stolen goods
without charge anil with little or no de
lay in ilu> Institution of tln> search. In
the safes ef these large Jewel houses
are minute descriptions of every piece
of valuable jewelry which goes out
from the establishment. Each piece Is
numbered too. When the gems nre '
missed the patron telephones the shop
til which the articles were purchased.
At a special detective, thoroughly [
acquainted with the business In hand 1
and armed with a detailed description
of the Jewelry, Is hurried to the scene
Of action. This Is without expense to
Hio client."- New York Press.
A Wonderful (■riiNNlio|»p«*r.
The number of astonishing and often
absurd blunders perpetrated by trans
lators is without limit. The first man
to translate Cooper's novel "The Spy”
Into French made numerous errors,
among which are these: When the
translator ennio to the word "Locusts,”
which was the name of the Whartons'
residence In the story, ho turned to Ills
dictionary anil found the rendering of
the word to he "Les Snuterelles” (the
grasshoppers). He was a trllle puz
zled Inter when he came to the passage
in which a dragoon was represented ns
tying his horse to one of the locusts on
tlie lawn, lie had never been In Amer
ica; but, taking It for granted that the
grasshoppers of that country must be
of tremendous size, lie solemnly In
formed Ills readers that the trooper
fastened Ills horse by the bridle to a
grasshopper which was standing near
the door of the house.
NEWNAN MARBLE WORKS
J. E. ZACHARY, Proprietor.
Manufacturer and Dealer in all Kinds
of mat ble and granite.
GEORGIA MARBLE 5 A SPECIALTY
All work guaranteed to be first class
in every particular. 1’arties needing
anyti in ; in our line are requested to
call, examine work and get prices.
OFFICE AND WORKS NEAR THE RAILROAD JUNCTION
NEWNAN, CEORCIA
MERCK & DENT
IMPROVED HIGH GRADE BUGGIES
A Tip Top Job
in Hie repairing of etirringtiH, wagons
and oilier vehicles is llic only kind
we allempt, or turn out. Hence our
success in repair work. We want
your business when you have any
thing in our line and we’ll satisfy
you in price as well as work. Wo
use only the best colors and varnish,
thus getting the best results in bug
gy painting. ( Jet one.
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IlHKWinK Hie tirupe*.
Immediately after the grapes hnve
blossomed cover the hunches with two
or throe pound mnnllu grocers’ hags,
according to the size of tho variety.
This Is pre-eminently a fruit garden
method, although commercial growers
often use it. It Is the surest and often
the most practical way of securing per
fect bunches. Tie or pin the mouth of
the bag firmly; leave no opening to
catch water, f'ut a small piece off the
lower corner of the bag, so that no
water will stay In it. Leave the bug
on until tho fruit Is ready to pick.—
Garden Magazine.
The Lniit Prise Kin III.
Prize lighting, as distinguished from j
the glove contests of today, has long
boon banned by law, though It once
had aristocratic support. Fights took
place to u finish In a roped ring twen
ty-four feet square pitched on turf In
the open. The men stripped to the
waist, using bare knuckles, and wres
tling was allowed. The last fight for
the championship of the world under
these London prize ring rules was
when John L. Hulllvan beat Jake Kll-
rnIn in seventy-five rounds July 8,
1881), outside New Orleans, the stakes
being .$10,000 a side, a side bet of $1,000
a side and tho championship belt.—Lon
don Answers.
MERCK & DENT
Buggy Builders.
I.lterury Coincidence.
Resemblance does not always mean
plagiarism. There was no plagiarism,
certainly, In Newman's line, "The night
is (lurk, and I am far from home,”
though It lias been pointed out thut it
almost exactly reproduces u line In u
play printed in 1500. This play Is
“Two Angry Women of Abington,” by
Henry Porter, and the original line
runs. “ ’Tis late and dark, and I am
far from home.”
Franklin's Klti- ICxperlinent.
Commenting on Benjamin Franklin’s
kite experiment, which proved that
lightning and electricity are the same,
a scientist says: "It was one of the
most brilliant examples of luck yet
recorded. To attempt the extraction
of lightning flashes from a lowering
sky was almost suicidal. Even at Ibis
late day timid persons occasionally fly
to feather beds, sit on glass lagged
chairs or find refuge In rubber hoots
during thunderstorms. A repetition of
Franklin's experiment cost his Immedi
ate Imitator his life."
Tambatulin Inscriptions.
Three of the commonest tombstone
Inscriptions are “In the midst of life
we are In death.” "Ilis end was peace,"
‘Tie tempers the wind to the shorn
lamb.” The sentiment of each Is com
forting and consolatory, but none
comes from the Bible.
New York's First Street Cleaner,
The Dutch housewives of old New
York, ever noted for their housekeep
ing qualities, created (he agitation
which resulted In the appointment of
the first public street cleaner In New
York in 1002. He was Laurens Van
der Bj-jolgle, a baker. His daughter
married Rip Van Dam, who afterward
became goverrtor of New York, an Il
lustration of tJio democracy of that
day.
WHY BAKE IK HOT WEATHER?
Ilousokeepcrs, why do yon allow yourselves to lie vexed and
worried with talking during these hot summer days? The prep
aration of bread, cakes and pies for daily meals, luncheons, pic
nics and other purposes is one of the housekeeper’s most troub
lesome dnlies “in the good old summer time”: but all the vex
ation of spirit ami worry of mind can be avoided by pursuing
the proper course that is, allow ns to do your baking.
Baking is our business and we do it to perfection. Baking
is a continuous performance here and we can always supply the
freshest and best bread, cakes ami pies, (loiifcr with us about
the baking problem we can help you solve it. Let ns do the
work ami relieve you of the responsibility and vexation. N on
will be pleased and satislied and so will we.
C. P. STEPHENS & CO.
Proprietors of the New Bakery.
Telephone No. 31.
Happy Adam.
The first monopolist was Ailnrn.
The
Wit In the Work basket.
“What’s the ohl lady doing now?”
asked the stocking.
"Getting u needle and wool,” replied
the thimble.
“Well, I’ll be ilurned!” ejaculated the
stocking fiercely.
first consumer was Adam. Therefore Hot Weather Trips via Central
Adam had the unique and exquisite of flennrta Railway
pleasure of ruisirig the price of beef OI ' jCOr 8 ,a Kail way.
to the consumer and the equally great; Summer excursion tickets to the
pleasure of kicking at the price put on .. . ,, . , , . ..
It by the trust. Adam was the only Seashore, Mountain and I.ake Re
happy man.—Detroit Times. sorts in the North, South, East
1 and West.
A trip by rail
Her quick Wit.
He—Your new hat is charming, but I
fancy It doesn't go well with that
dress. She (enchanted)—Oh, you dear
old hubby, so you really mean to buy
me a dress as well?
There should be as little merit In
loving a woman for her beauty as a
man for his prosperity, both being
equally subject to change.—Pope.
The Cure.
Anxious Parent—Doctor, my daugh
ter appears to he going blind, and Hhe
is about to be married. Doctor—Let
her go right on with the wedding. If
anything can open her eyes, marriage
will.
One Mare.
“Now don’t ask any more questions.
Little boys should not be Inquisitive.”
“What’s inquisitive, pa?”
York,
and sai
Boston, Baltimore,
New
i'hila
From Griffin News and Sun.
J. F. Hendrick, of Newnan, the
blind musican, was in Griffin yes
terday on his way to Valdosta to
assist in a revival.
Mrs. Frank Patterson has had
an attractive house party tins week
Tlie wisest man cannot turn
action Into ridicule.—Euripides.
delphia and points in the East via composed ot Miss Lucile Har-
■ grove, of Birmingham, Ala., Mrs.
Raymond i'rice, of Jacksonville,
Fla., Miss Nettie Orr and Miss
Grace Patterson, of Newnan.
Miss Lucy Beck entertained the
Afternoon Bridge Club Thursday
afternoon from four to seven, in
1 — honor of her guests, Miss MinHin-
a good Buy your sidewalk tile from the ne tte, of Bartlesville, and Miss
Newnan Tile Works. tf Belle Vernon King, of Newnan.
Savannah and steamship lines, is
to be considered at this season.
Tickets are ori sale at all coupon
ticket offices. For rates, schedules,
etc., apply to any Agent or rep
resentative of the Central of Geor
gia Railroad.