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Enforce the Vagrant Law.
their sinister activities. The gin and maintaining the plant on one
mills are not a cause; they are a hand and the selling price of the
consequence. Eliminate their cli\ finished products on the other that
enteles, and they will perish nat
urally."
The advice is good and timely.
It is of the utmost importance
now and at all times. It cannot
be too forcibly emphasized, too
frequently repeated or too prompt
ly adopted by our municipil ad
ministration.—Macon Telegraph.
In
Memory of Little
Merrell.
Agnes
"It seems odd that, among all
the remedies proposed in connec
tion with the recent riots in At
lanta, one finds next to nothing
about the virtue and efficiency of a
well-conceived and rigidly-enforced
vagrant act," says the Washington
Post in volunteering its "Advice
to Georgia.’’ Evidently the Post
has not read its copies of the Tel
egraph as closely as it might have
done. The Post continues as fol
lows:
"It is admitted on all hands that
the criminal classes are composed
largely of idle and vicious persons
who have no legitimate occupation
and who, therefore, subsist direct
ly or indirectly by theft. A per
fectly logical concomitant of this
condition is the low rum shop with
its companion school of degrada
tion. Thus persistent idleness is
furnished with congenial haunts
and the criminal tendency is nour
ished to fruition.
“These phenomena are not pe
culiar to the negro or to the South.
The same causes produce exactly
similar effects in white men and
they operate as certainly in New
England as in Georgia. It ap
pears, however, that these condi
tions are not permitted to flourish
as rankly everywhere as in Atlanta,
and since certain other communi
ties have succeeded in reducing to
a minimum the material and the
stimulus of crime, there is reason
to believe that Atlanta could, by
resorting to like methods, achieve
equally desirable consummations.
Our Georgia friends, however,
must not imagine that the remedy
will be complete when the dives
and gin mills and assorted 4 eac I-
falls shall have been closed. They
are calling loudly for this already,
and seem to think that an ordi
nance to such effect will put an
end to all their woes. But we ad
vise them to harbor no false hopes
in this connection. It is not
enough to nail up the front doors
of the doggeries. It is necessary
to dissipate their constituencies.
So long as communities give asy
lums to incurable loafers, so long
will the latter find away to gratify
their vicious appetites. To harbor
these law-breakers is to put them
in the path of crime. The only
way to mitigate the affliction is to
disperse its agencies.
"What the South wants is no
sectional ointment or prophylactic.
The South needs what all the oth
er sections need—protectiin
against the lawless, the idle, the
vicious, the criminal,whether black
or white. Society has a right to
defend itself. Society is under no
obligation to furnish shelter, en
tertainment and opportunity to its
enemies. Enact vagrant laws—•
without reference to race, color, or
previous condition—make the
vagrants move on or set them to
hard work in the public service.
There are roads to build. Make
these parasites useful. At all
events root them out of the
neighborhood and put an end to
Whereas, God in His providence,
has taken away one of our little
pupils, who had but recently be
come a member of this, the First
Baptist Sunday School; therefore,
Resolved: That while we greatly
miss this dear little girl, we bow in
submission to Him'who is too wise
to moke mistakes and too good to
willingly hurt us—knowing that
she has gone to live in that blessed
home in the "Palace of God.” We
are thankful for her pure little life,
for we will always cherish the
memory of her bright face and
sweet manners. Her example of
cheerful obedience is one we may
well follow, for she seemed ever
ready to receive instruction from
her teacher. Though it makes our
hearts ache to give up these, our
little ones, yet when the dear Lord
takes them away early in life they
are saved from so much pain and
temptation.
"Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade.
Death came with kindly care;
The opening bud to Heaven convoyed,
And bade it blossom there.”
Resolved: That we extend to
this father and mother our most
heartfelt sympathy and commend
them to Him who feels deeply for
them and will bind'up their broken
hearts.
Resolved: That a copy of these
proceedings be spread on the min
utes of the Sunday School and a
copy be given to the family of our
little sister.
IIeR Sunday School Teacher
and Class.
the manufacturer draws his profit
If oil, meal and hulls are high in
price it follows that seed should
also be high and when the opposite
is true in one case it should, ac
cording to the regular laws of trade,
be true in the other. Hulls and
meal especially have been high dur
ing the present year. The price
of seed was kept down during the
flush of last season, but as the sup
ply diminished the price went up.
To the outside observer it seems
that this advance was used simply
as a cloak of an excuse under which
the price of hulls and meal was
forced up just at the time the
farmer was to buy his fertilizer and
the feeder was in most urgent need
of more food materials. The farm
er had to pay fancy prices for his
fertilizer to feed this year’s crop.
It is bat right that he demand a
good price right now for his seed
from which his high priced ferti
lizer will be made next spring. It
is the prjee for which seed will be
quoted next March whether any
are sold then or not that will fix
the price of your next year’s fer
tilizer. Taking everything into
consideration seed are worth more
than thirteen dollars per ton, and
the farmers should set. a minimum
price on seed and refuse outright
to sell a seed until the minimum
is covered. What this minimum
should be is as yet an opeo ques
tion. However, for the time be
ing. it seems that sixteen dollars
per ton is small enough price for
seed, I therefore urge that as the
low water mark in the price of this
year’s cotton seed crop.
The farmers can control this
phase of the business if they de
sire.—The Cotton Journal.
Policeman Gets $50 Reward.
A Word About the Negro
Problem.
The recent riots in Atlanta cul
minated in an exodus of negroes
out of the city. Whether it will
prove a lawless element in country
districts or a better class leaving
for safety, is the question.
The farmers find difficulty in se
curing labor to harvest their crops,
and the servant problem confronts
the entire country.
It should be the duty of the
Stammer to Yournelf.
To the ninny correspondents who
have written Inquiries and suggestions
as to a cure for stammering we may
state that tills Is not a medical bu
reau. This writer gave Ills own meth
od of curing Ills own particular nerv
ous disorder, whleli Is probably
shared by nuiuy of his fellow meu. Let
It be repented In answer to many who
seem to have seeu the problem and
missed the solution. Consume your
own smoke, if you must stammer, try
to stammer to yourself. When you
have tut-tutted and gur-gurreil suffi
ciently to yourself, you will lie ready
with the word. It Is quite astonishing
how soon the Inaudible stammer be
comes unnecessary and the word Is
whipped out! Hut there arc some men
who bug a stammer—stammering nl-
wu.vs in the right place—lifting curi
osity to tiptoe in the listener. Charles
Lamb stammered, but always In the
right place, as when lie went to buy
cheese (the story may be quite untrue).
The shopman offered to send It home.
Lamb Inspected It. Then lie asked for
a bit of string. “I think." bo said, “I
could l-l l-l-ond It home." — London
Spectator.
Not n Clothes !•«•*.
I’eggle Newton had been a faithful
household drudge for years, ntul had
not grumbled much when her wages
were occasionally passed ovor. But ns
time went on, and her salary fell more
nnd more Into nrreur, she ventured to
nsk for something "on account."
' “Why, haven't I paid you your wnges
lately, Peg? How cnreless of mo,”
her mlBtress said. "Pm sorry I have
no money In the house Just now, but
here’B a smart eloak tlint I’ve erased to
wear, nnd which Is only n woo bit out
of fashion. You'll tnko It In Hern of
wnges. won’t you?"
"No, itm'nm, I’m sure 1 shan't," said
Teg, wrntlifully eying the faded old
cloak. "A peg I may be by name, but
I won't be the sort of peg that people
hnng castoff clothes on—not If I know
It."—London Answers.
Oltl tVhint Terms.
The following passage Is from the
Adventurer, No. :)!>, March (1, 175.'!:
"On Sunday last a terrible lire broke
out at Lady Brag's, occasioned by the
following accident: Mrs. Overall, the
housekeeper, having lost three rubbers
at whist running without bolding a
swabber (notwithstanding she lmd
changed chairs, furzeil the curds and or
dered Jenuny, the footboy, to Hit cross
legged for good luck), grew out of ull
patience nnd, taking up the devil's
books, ns she called them, thing them
Into the fire, and tlm llumes spread to
the steward’s room."
Swnbbcrs are the aeo of hearts, tho
knave of clubs and the ace and the
deuce of trumps at whist. To furz or
fuzz Is to sbutllo the cards very care
fully or to change the pack.—London
Notes nnd Queries.
LEGAL BLANKS
Of all kinds are on sale at The News office.
The stock includes snch blanks as are used
by attorneys, justices of the peace and con
stables, as well as all blanks in daily use by
business men. All forms are those in gen
eral use in Coweta and adjoining counties.
All blanks are printed on first-class paper, and,
from a typographical standpoint, they are not sur
passed by the blanks furnished by any printer in
the State.
The News will be pleased to receive or
ders for legal blanks and all orders will be
promptly filled. Mail orders will receive
prompt attention. This office is always pre
pared to make special blanks to order on
short notice.
We Guarantee ’Em!
Winter time will hooii hqhere with its rain
am} slcot, ami traveling in an open buggy-
will'her. very disagreeable. Why not call
on us ami get a comfortable, light-running
top buggy? :
MADE IN NEWNAN
We put on rubber .tires.
MERCK & DENT
Buggy Builders.
Policeman C. S. Fincannon went
down to Milledgeville last Friday
to deliver J. L. Britt to the au
thorities at the State Prison Farm.
Britt is a one-armed white man
and was a "trusty” at the farm,
He had served four years and ele
ven months of a fWe year sentence
when, for some unaccountable rea
son, he decided to escape. He se
cured keys, released four other
prisoners, and the five made their
escape. After being free about ten
days, Britt came to Newnan, en
route to Alabama, He,came here
in the night and asked Policeman
.Fincannon to find a place where
he could sleep. The policeman
carried him to the city prison. The] by men whose brutal instincts arc
Why llnlu Clouds Art* lllnrk.
The color of a cloud depends on tho
manner In which the sunlight falls upon
It nnd tho position of tho observer. It
will bo noticed that high clouds are al
ways whlto or light In color, and this
Is because tho light by which they nro
seen Is reflected from tho under surfneo
by tho nuinhorlcHH dropH of molsturo
press and the people to encourage w l'* c * 1 R° t° form the cloud. Honvy
r” 1 .... , rain clouds, on the other hand, are
protection to the law-abiding, hon-j f oun ,i much nearer the earth, and so
est negro, and to approve any sys-1 the light falls on thorn more directly
tem of legislation that empowers 1 from above, giving a silver lining to tho
, . cloud, though tho undersurface np-
the courts in the law s delay in p 0(irH Mark owing to the complete ro-
Lawlessness I
a deplorable
flection and absorption of the light by
tho upper layers. Been from ubovo by
an observer In n Imlloon, the blackest
rain clouds appear of the most dazzllug-
ly brilliant white.
TennlM nnd Lawn Trunin.
Then* are thousands who Imagine
next morning, a description of the
escapes from the prison farm led
to his indentification and deten
tion.
Policeman Fincannon received
the reward of $50 offered for
Britt’s capture. It is probable
that Britt will now get about 20
years in prison tor escaping and
aiding other prisoners to escape
from the prison farm.
dealing with fiends
and mob-violence is
result of any crime; and it is not
always prompted by a spirit to
avenge the wrongs committed on
others, but often it is the unbrid
led, unlicensed passion to commit tfnit tennis and lawn tennis arc Idontl-
• „r „ u cal. In America tennis, tho mother
crimes under the shadow of a mob. . , .
’ game, Is alwayH known as court ten
nis, whereas ljiwn tennis Is gener
ally known ns "tennis.” Tho games
are 1n many respects very dif
ferent. The court, which In lawn
tennis is open, In tennis Is closed
at the back and sides hy the walls, and
almost Invurlably above hy a roof.
There Is n considerable amount of pluy
off the back and side walls. The halls
arc harder than lawn tennis hallH, be
ing, In fact, of the consistency of
cricket balls. Hence the ruckets are
heavier and the gut Is thicker.—Fry’s
Where you find Shield Brand Shoes
it is a safe place to trade, because
they are sold by reliable merchants
everywhere. Be sure to ask for
Kiser’s King $3.50 Shoe
for men, and you will get your
money's worth. Made in 37
styles and all the popular
Leathers, Patent Colt, Vici.
Gun Metal, Box Calf, etc.
M. C. Kiser Company
Manufaeturmn
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
8tyl. 575.
Pst. Colt
Itluchar.
Value of Cotton Seed.
Let us take it for granted that
the normal cotton crop tor the
South is eleven million bales of
five hundred pounds each. Also
that average cotton thirds itself.
It is now plain that our crop gf
cotton seed will amount to five
hundred thousand tons. At thir
teen dollars per ton, which is the
price we understand oil men are
offering farmers tor seed the seed
from the average crop has a cash
value of seventy-one and a half
million dollars. Each dollar put
on to the selling price of a ton of
seed means an increase of five and
a half million dollars to the farm
ers of the South.
The oil man buys seed for the
purpose of separating them into
meal, oil, hulls and linters. These
in turn are to be put upon the
market and sold. It is from the
difference in the cost of the raw
teed, and the expense of running
only held in check by the iron
hand of the law upon them as in
dividuals.
There can be no separation of
the races—for this generation at
least. The one is dependent upon
the other, and particularly so in
the South. Here is a mutual un
derstanding. The negro is natu
rally an agricultural people, and Mugaaine,
thjir faithful service during the
four year’s struggle, is unparalell-
e4,in history. Serving with un
failing loyalty the masters of their
bondage, giving no voice of exul
tation for the . people who
toaf. ud Sentiment.
It is a singular fact that In propor
tion to the wealth of melody of a na
tion so does its emotional side develop.
Itemarkable Instances of tbls are to be
found In the United Kingdom. In
were ^co^and, Ireland and Wales, countries
, .i-i , ... rich in national songs, the omotlonal
then contending for the principles Mtnn , „ Btrong , n Englan<1( wh *re
of their emancipation—no cases of the melodies, if sweet, at any rate are
assault were ever charged to them, not toucMn * an,J appealing, »onti-
, , , ment is alight. -Liverpool Courier.
no crimes against helpless women j ,
and childreu. * < The History of Moo.
Let the guilty be punished I The ecclesiastical authorltlea divide
speedily and that without mercy; the history of man into six ages: First,
but in punishing the innocent, we tTom Adam to Noah; second, from
punish ourselves as citizens, our i Noah t0 A-hrahara; third, from Abra-
State and Christian civilization.
Palmetto, G a -
Mrs. S. M. D.
1 ham to David; fourth, from David to
the Babylonish captivity; flfth, from
the captivity of Judah to the birth of
i Christ; sixth, from the birth of Christ
to the end of the world.
Standing Rock.
(Last Week’s Letter.)
Irby Coats has a new boarder at his
house. It is a girl.
Mamie and Tommie McCullough spent
Saturday night and Hnnday in Newnan
Hewlette Hunter and sister,Miss Mary
Kate, Misses Maude and Lois Entrekin,
of near Senoia; Wilber Morgan, of New
nan, attended the all-day singing at
Brox.
Mrs. 8. A. Entrekin is still in feeble
health.
Typhoid.
By boiling all the water and steriliz
ing all the milk and thoroughly cook
ing all the vegetables and killing all
the flies the average person may be
come fairly Immune from typhoid fe
ver.
Envy In the Garden.
"I have done nothing but blush all
day,’’ complained the rose, "and still
that idiot of a poet goes on talking of
tbs modest violet, as If there were sot
others."
Dodson.
(LbhI Work's Letter.)
Prof. J. Cleveland Dukes, of Happy
Valley, went to enter school at Mcroer
University last week.
Rev. W. S. Gaines tilled his appoint
ment at Andrew Chapel last Sunday.
There was an ioe cream supper ut the
home of Mrs. E. O. Reid hist Thursday
night. There was another on Saturday
night at the home of .Ylr. and Mrs. M.
R. Moore.
The singing given last Humlay night
by Miss Annie Newton was muoh en
joyed hy all present.
Miss Jimmie Look, of Fairburn.ls
visiting Miss Alice Hyde.
There will be a singing at Andrew
Chapel next second Sunday evening.
Miss .Janie Bob Collins, who has l>eon
visiting in this community, has returned
to.her home in South Georgia.
There will he services at Liberty
church next Huuday. Everybody is in
vited. U "/
The telephone line being built from
Mr. Joe Hutoheson’s to Newnan, is ex
pected to be completed iu a few days.
Mrs. Martha Carmical and Mrs. Alioe
Sewell, who have been visiting relatives
near Hand Hill, returned home Sunday.
Mrs. Amanda Haines visited Mrs. T.
A. Sewell last Sunday.
A. L. Sewell has purchased Ins fath
er’s interest in tho gin located at Sew
ell’s mill.
Mr. Millard Jackson, of Sargent, will
| he united in marriage next Thursday af
ternoon to Miss Houseworth, of Carroll
county.
Until Christmas, Mr. pud Mrs. Wal
ter Cruise will live in the house with
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dukes.
Rev. E. T. Garter aud daughter,'Miss
Mary, speuc last Friday night with Dr.
Leu Sewell and family.
The next meeting of our Club will be
with Miss Sam Austin, liOtli pmx.
Mr. Bob Smith and Miss Rebin Bri-
liter were united In marriage July 2llrd.
Tho marriage was kept a secret until the
Kith Inst.
Dan Uelgh, a well known negro in
this community, who resided on Hon.
S. E. Leigh’s plantation, died last Sat
urday night.
Welcome.
Week’s Letter.)
Owing to the sonroity of hands, there
has been but little oottou picked.
Rev. F. J. Amis tilled hldkegular ap
pointment at Providence Saturday and
Sunday, preaching fine sermons both
days. He was unanimously oalled to
the care ot the church for next year, and
aooepted, pinch to the delight of the
oommunlty.
A. B. McKoy lmd three hogs killed
last Wednesday night by lightning.
Miss Sarah Hopson has returned to
her home in Grantville, after spending a
week with Miss Viola Newman,
Miss Ethel Copeland left Sunday for
Wldtesburg, whore she will euter Hut-
ohesou College.
X. O. Newman has a very slok ohild.
The Misses Morris visited at Rev. F.
J. Amis’ Sunday.
Herschel Post and Mouroe Talley, of
Grantville, and Allen Crain and Oliver
Davis, of Newnan, were visitors at Wel
come Inst Sunday.
Mrs. 0. M. Amis and children, of
Newnan, are visiting relatives here thin
week.
, ... . 'V
Mis< Pearl Newman and LnttitfvDeh--
nis visited at Clem Saturday aud Sun
day. '
Mr. Youug Dial and his fathor. of
Bartow, Fla., are visiting relatives and
friends here.
Miss Sallie Stephens is on the aiok list.
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