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NEWNAN HERALD
NEWNAN. FI R D A Y , JUNE I s
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
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Andersonville Prison.
Sergeants went into the prison each
morning to call the roll, see after the
elck, find if anyone wa« dead, bring the
bodies out and report to headqusrters.
The dead house, which was a kind of an
arbor, was near the soii'h (fate, where
the burying squad would corne every
morning, take the corpses to the ceme
tery and bury them. They were burbd
in long graves side by side, without cof
fins. It was a sad sight to see good,
brave men, and true to what they be
lieved to be right, give up their lives
and receive such a burial, but it was
the best that could be done. Nearly
15,000 sleep in this cemetery The Gen
eral Government has decked the spot
with beautiful monuments and shrub
bery. The writer would likp to visit the
place. Let South*rn dews bathe the
grass upon their green n.ounds; let
Southern hreezeB blow gently over this
sacred spot; let Southern sons stand
with heads uncovered; let Southern wo
men strew fragrant flowers over their
graves, for they were brave American
soldiers —but let them say to the pres
ent and coming generations that our
Southern soldiers never treated these
poor prisoners with cruelty. 1 know,
because I was there. There is another
little graveyard, separate from this
one, where sleep those who died an ig
nominious deBth. They were hanged
by their own comrades. They were the
leaders of a band of thieves, robbers
and murderers, and committed so many
crimes the good men in the prison pe
titioned the U. S. Government, through
the Confederate War Department, for
the right to courimartial and punish
them for their crimes. Their petition
was granted, and they held a court,
tried them, found seven guilty of crimes
authorizing the death penalty, Guilt a
acalTold in the prison yard and hanged
them all on the same pole. They were
buried together in a plot of ground
northeast of the prison.
Severn I attempts were made by some
of the prisoners to escape by digging
tunnels under the stockade, und a few
got out, but were recaptured some dis
tance frtm the prison. It was fearful
to hear them talk about having to come
back; but they did no more than any
one else would have done under like
circumstances. One p or fellow dug
his tunnel a little too shallow and a post
sank down and shut him i IT, but he was
near the surface and pushed the sand
up and crawled out.
The most fearful diseases we had to
contend with were scurvy and chronic
diarrhtie. These curried off many a
poor fellow, us we had comparat ively
no medicine with which to treat them.
From August until December was the
worst time on those sfflicted, and the
mortality was heaviest.
We hHd mosquitoes by the tens of
millions, it seemed like; sand flies or
some other peat by the tens of thou
sands; lizzards by brigades, and body
lice until no man could rest; yet we
were powerless to help ourselveB. Ra
tions were not as plentiful as you have
seen them at an all-day singing. Al
together, conoitions were far from
agreeable. One day the clouds began
to gather, nnd after awhile the rain
came down in torrenis. Every man not
on duty shelter* d himself as t est he
could, in whatever place he could find,
in order to keep as dry as possible.
About the time things got settled down
we heard the boom of a cannon. We
all knew that something unusual had
tak un place at the stockade, and we
had to rail in line in that rain, with the
water about two inches deep on the
ground. We were in our places in less
time than it lakes to tell it and double-
quicking to the pi ison. When we got
there the guard was stationed around
openings on two sides of the stockade,
wbere ihe branch had washed out a gap
thirty yards wide at one point, and one
about fifty yards wide at another point.
Over twenty thousand prisoners were
looking longingly at those gaps, debat
ing what to do. while three thousand
guards with rifles and several cannon
were looking on anxiously nnd hoping
ONE WEAK SPOT.
Many Newnan People Have a Weak
Fart and too Otteu It s the Back.
Many people have a weak spot.
Too often it's a had hack.
Twinges follow every sudden twist.
Dull aching keeps up, day and night.
Backache is often from weak kidneys
In such case a kidney medicine' is
needed.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys.
For backache and urinary ills.
Newnan people recommend the rem
edy.
Mrs. \V. H. Holmes, 33 Robinson
street. Newnan, says: “After 1 have
a cold, the trouble seems to settle on
my kidneys and 1 have soreness in the
small of my back and other symptoms
of kidney trouble. Doan's Kidney
Pills, procured at the John R. Cates
Drug Co., always relieve the trouble.
1 usually take them in the spring as a
tonic. ”
Price 50c., at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that
Mrs. Holmes had. Koster-Milhurn Co ,
Props., Buffalo, N. V.
that no break would be made. Heaven? 1
— what a slaughter of human life would
have taken place if they had attempted
to come out of that prison! How glad we
•sere that this did not happen ! It took
abiut two days to repair the prison, <
and the prisoners would laugh at the i
squads working, hut everything got
normal in a day or so. When the guards
went on duty at 0 o'clock in the even
ing the word would be passed around,
starting at post one. Tne guard would
call out, “Post No. 1, and all is right.”
No. 2 would pass the word to No. 3,
and so on around the prison enclosure.
After a lapse of fifty yeBrs I may not
be exact in all the statements made in
these articles, but haven't missed the
mark far. If anyone has been inter
ested, 1 am well paid for my labor.
The North fought for what she con
sidered to be her duty; the South fought
for what she knew to be her rights.
But we are all one nation now, and I
want to repeat that the prisoners at An-
dersonville were not wantonly or cruelly
treated. No, sir. The men who guarded
the prisoners were brave, true men,
who would scorn an act of cruelty to a
fallen foe. Most of the officers in com
mand were men who had been wounded
in battle-fine, brave men—an I incapa
ble of such cruelty as has been charged.
Thanks to a kind providence, we are
again under the same flag. guarded by
the beak and talons of the same eagle,
ane woe he unto the nation that tram
ples on our rights. J. H. M,
Grantville, Ga.
Bilious Attacks.
When you have a bilious attack your
liver fails to perfjrm its functions.
You become constipated. The food you
eat ferments iri your stomach instead
of digesting. This infian. es the stuinach
arid causes nausea, vomiting and a ter
rible headache. Take Chamberlain’s
Tablets. They will tone up your liver,
clean out your stomach, and you will
soon be as well as ever. They only cost
a quarter. Obtainable everywhere.
Banks Help Boys.
A number of banks in the South
which have found it profitable to help
farmers introduce better stock have
found that it is a good investment to
lend money to the boy and girl mem'-ers
of the pig clubs with which to Guy good
young sows. ThiB movement to en
courage children to take an interest in
agriculture seems to have started in
Arkansas and has spread to other
States. It is very active in G.orgia,
where in 1(1 of the 14 counties in which
th ■ pig-club work is now being carried
on the banks have offered to lend mon
ey to junior members for the purchase
of pure-bred pigs. In other counties
wealthy residents, seeing the advan
tage of the plan, are also assisting the
children with loans.
In some instances the indorsement
of the parent or guardian is required
when a loan is made; in others no
security is asked. In all the counties,
however, each boy who borrows is re
quired to grow one acre of corn so as to
have abundant feed, have some corn to
sell, and pav off his obligations. A
bank in Brooks county, Ga., last year
loaned as high as $10 each to boys over
their own signature without security,
and in only a few instances did the bor
rowers ask for an extension of time.
This movement by the hank instills
thrift into the boys and often starts
them with hank accounts. One hank in
Macon has set aside $500 this /ear to
loan to the hoys who wish to purchase
pure-bred pigB. Recently a well-to do
farmer went into a hank and indorsed
his son's note for $10. The cashier
asked him why he did it when he had a
substantial checking account of his
own in the bank. "Oh, 1 just wanted to
see the boy handle this obligation. If
he does not pay it, 1 will, but it will be
worth $10 to me to know what kind of
boy 1 have,” replied the farmer.
Only a Few Can Go.
Those who are so fortunate that ex
pense does not have to he considered
a-e now going to health resorts to get
rid of the impurities in the system that
cause rheumatism, backache, swollen,
aching joints ana stiff, painful muscles.
If you are one of those who cannot go,
yet feel that you need relief from such
pain and misery, try Foley’s Kidney
Pills. They restore the kidneys to
healthful activity and make you feel
well and strong. J. F. Lee Drug Co.
"Bottles and rags! Bottles and rags!”
called the ragman.
"Why do you always put those words
together. ”
"Because, madam,” courteously
touching his hat, "wherever you find
bottles you rind rags. "
Some Compliment to the Editor.
UGranp Reporter.
It is not often an editor hands him
self a compliment.
But this is the exeep'ion, and is just
what we are doing, because a certain
weil known citizen of this community
is persistently recognizing th* value
of this paper as a reliahD ilitsem-
inatir of local news, and has paid
us this compliment in a mariner which
sp-aks volumes for his knowledge of i
the good things of life.
He is not destitute of this world's
goods, hut he possesses the rare facufiy
of holding on to that which hegeis, lest
the pangs of poverty overtake him in
his declining years.
He possesses a wide knowledge of
local affairs, because he is a constant
reader of this paper, and the knowledge
extracted therefrom is turned to good
account in his behalf.
If an important event is soon to oc
cur he knows of it in advance, because
he has read of it in this paper.
If there is a bargain to be had any
where in the community he is promptly
apprised of the fact, because he has
read about it in this paper.
And if an acquaintance is sick, or
death has overtaken some member of a
family, or the stork has paid a visit to
the home of some friend, he is among
the first to extend his condolences or
congratulations—because of these, also,
he haB read in the paper.
He is a man of wisdom—a pillar of
strength—with a brain which absorbs
to the utmost the essence of life.
Few things escape his notice, for he
is ever on the alert.
But there is one thing which he never
overlooks in this paper, and therein lies
the compliment which we take unto
ourself. It gives us a feeling that we
are something more than a mere worm
in human shape—that we may be even
a whole cog in the community wheel.
True, he is not a subscriber to the
paper—his dollar never reaches this
office—but he reads the paper just, the
same.
For his neighbor is a subscriber and
pays in advance, and in his generosity
he lends the paper to this "pillar of
strength"—by request.
But it may not always be so. In
time we have hopes that the "pillar"
will pay us the super-compliment of
permitting us to add his own name to
our subscription list —paid in advance,
of course.
Time sometimes works wonders, even
in the newspaper field.
And we have hopes, strong hopes.
Not for Men Only.
Foley's Cathartic Tablets are not as
insistently demanded by women as by
men, because this particular cathartic
is not so well known among women.
Women suffer as much as men do from
indigestion and constipation, and they
also require this scientific remedy to
Keep the stotnacn sweet, the liver ac
tive and the bowels regular. Foley's
Cathartic Tablets are wholesome and
thoroughly cleansing; do nut gripe or
cause nausea. Stout people say mis is
the one cathartic that takes away that
over-tull and clogged-up feeling. J. F.
Lee Drug Co.
The Continuing Advertiser.
When a manufacturer desires a
wider distribution of his goods he calls
in the advertising min. T.i-*y appro
priate a fixed sum for the year, to be
used for advertising, under the di
rection of the advertising council, who
seiecis the mediums, and the number
of times to puolish the advertising in
each medium, be it a nationil miga-
zine or newspaper.
This advertising appropriation is
treated as p rt of the overhead ex
pense of doing business. Now somsone
asks: "They tack the advertising cost
onto the goods, don't they.”
Of course. But next year's in
creased production lowers the cost of
goods to the consumer. To-day you
can buy a six-cylinder automobile for
far less money than five years back.
Increased production lowers the cost
of manufacture and the consumer gets
the benefit.
If you say that times are dull, the
answer is, advertise! Plan a cam
paign in the newspaper to attract at
tention to your store. Tnree buttons
and a belt don't make a suit of clothes,
nor do two advertisements make up
an advertising campaign.
Repetition is the Father of ProfitB in
Advertising.
A gambler often places his all on
"one shot.” Don’t gamble. Adver
tise steadily and consistently. The
man who springs a full page on the
public once a month would get better
results with a single column advertise
ment every week. The memory of the
public doesn't work overtime, and has
to be refreshed.
All Blood Disorders
Quickly Driven Away
Astonishing Results With the Greatest Blood
Purifier Ever Discovered.
Less than a thousand Victoria Crosses
COULD SCARCELY
WALK ABOUT
And For Three Scanner* Mn. Vin
cent Was Unable to Attend to
Any of Her Housework.
Pleasant Hill, N. C.—"I suffered for
Ihree summers," writes Mrs. Walter
Vincent, of this town, "and the third and
last time, was my worst.
1 had dreadful nervous headaches and
prostration, and was scarcely able to
walk about. Could not do any of my
housework.
I also had dreadful pains in my back
and sides and when one of those weak,
sinking spells would come on me, 1
would have to give up and lie down,
until it wore off.
1 was certainly in a dreadful state of
health, when I finally decided to try
Cardui, the woman’s tonic, and I firmly
Strength, Power, Accomplishment are all Typified in S. S. S.
Some blood disorders become deeply
rooted In the glands and tissues, and the
mistake Is made of resorting to drastic
drugs. These only aggravate by causing
other and worse troubles. A host of peo
ple knew this to he true. They know
from painful experience.
To get right down into where the blood
is vitiated requires S. S. S. the greatest
blood purifier ever discovered.
This remarkable remedy contains one
ingredient, the active purpose of which Is
to stimulate the tissues to the healthy
selection of its own essential nutriment
and the medicinal elements of this match
less blood purifier are Just as essential to
well balanced-health as the nutritious
elements of the meats. gTains, fats and
sugars of our dally food
eliminated from their presence.
Then, too, S, S. S. has such specific
stimulation on these local cells as to pro.
serve their mutual welfare and a proper
relative assistance to each other.
In a very brief time S. S. S. has the
reconstructive process so under control
that remarkable changes are obseved. All
eruptive places heal, mysterious pains ap<j
aches have disappeared, and from head to
foot there Is a conscious sensation of re
newed health.
From the fact that S. S. S. Is purely
a botanical preparation, it Is accepted hy
the weakest stomach nnd has great tonic
Influence. Not one drop of drugs or
minerals Is used in Its preparation. Ark
for S. S. S. and insist upon having it.
And if you desire skillful advice upon any
Not only this, but if from the presence matter concerning the blood and skin
of some disturbing poison there is a local
or general interference of nutrition to
cause bolls, carbuncles, abscesses and
kindred troubles, S. S. S. so directs the
local cells that this poison is rejected and
write to The Swift Specific Co., 206 Swift
Bldg, Atlanta, Ga. Do not allow some
zealous clerk to larrup the atmosphere In
eloquence over something "Just as good"
as S. S. S, Beware of all counterfeits.
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy.
This is a remedy that every family
should be provided with, especially dur
ing the summer monthB. Think of the
pain and suffering that, must be en
dured when medicine must be sent for
before relief can be obtained. This
remedy is thoroughly reliable. Ask
anyone who has used it. Ootainable
everywhere.
Davis’ 100 Per Cent. Pure Paint
soars anove them ail in quality and
popularity.
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believe I would have died if I hadn’t
taken it.
After 1 began taking Cardui, 1 was
greatly helped, and all three bottles re
lieved me entirely.
I fattened up, and grew so much
stronger in three months, I felt like an
other person altogether."
Cardui is purely vegetable and gentle
acting. Its ingredients have a mild, tonic
effect, on the womanly constitution.
Cardui makes for increased strength,
improves the appetite, tones up the ner
vous system, and helps to make pale,
sallow cheeks, fresh and rosy.
Cardui has helped more than a million
weak women, during Ihe past 50 years.
It will surely do for you, what it has
done for them. Try Cardui today.
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