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NEWNAN HERALD
NKWNAN, FRIDAY, J I' N E 25.
CLOSING THE HOOK.
1 hlV Hih»***1 th«* door on Douh':
! will iro by what li*ht I cun ftnd.
A "'I hold up my hand* and r<’-» h th#*ui oul
To t h»* alifnmor of »#od In th#» Hut V. ami i all:
"I am Thin#*, though I gropo and * tumble and fall,
I nerve; and Thy *«*rvanl I* kind.
I hnv#» clo»od thadnor on Fear;
||n ha * |lvi*#l with m» too long.
If hi w«rc to break forth and r«i»M*r
I ahould lift mv #*y#*n and l«#ok at the *ky
And plug aloud and run lightly by.
lie will never follow h aong.
I have eloaed mv eynn on Gloom;
Hi* houH*. ha* too narrow a view,
I mud nook for mv aoul a wider room.
With window- to open and lot tn the sun.
And radiant lamp* when th«* day I* done.
And lh** br»** /oof the world blowing through.
I Irene I*. McKa#'hmn.
Tm- trairedy „f the ••Titanic" mover) What Would YOU Think ?
their consternation and pity. Our hearts LtGr>ni{e G r«,.hic.
Our sensibilities had
DON’T GO CRAZY.
Brann’a Irnnoelaaf.
Don't go crazy.
Apparently the whole world is on the
verite of insanity.
Josh Billings was right. He said the
time would come when it would be nec
essary to lock up sane people to pro
tect them from the insane. That hour
is lurking around the corner.
France, Germany, Russia, Austria and
England suddenly went mud last sum
mer, and have since been trying to ri
val each other in the number of people
they can kill and the amount of proper
ty they can destroy.
Mothers are weeping to-day as they
never wept in all history.
Achievements of centuries in art,
architecture, progress, morals, religion
and ethicH are crumbling to dust..
The pride and Mower of the nations at
war are dying on the firing lines.
We hear of awful atrocities, but all
acts of war are deeda of madmen.
The demon of discord and destruction
seemH to have escaped from hell.
To avoid a worse fate at the hands of
Japan, China was compelled the other
day to surrender her independence us a
nation. Her fate is Bealed.
Mexico is bathed in fratricidal blood.
Portugal is in the throes of crimson
revolution.
Italy is wild with blood-lust, and is
now cutting throats and getting throats
cut.
Spain is outwardly aerene, hut inward
ly a seething caldron,
Small nations of the world tremble
for their lives.
The United States is the only great
nation that has kept its head, but the
sinking of the “Lusitania’' nearly swept
Uncle Sam from his feet.
The danger is not past. A shimmer
from the naked sword of Mars ran like
a (lash of lightning all over the land.
Only the deaf failed to hear the hoarse
growl of the dogs of war as they
Btraincd at their leash.
The tragedy of the “Lusitania”
brought the grim messenger of Mars to
our very doors. Terrible as it was,
contpured to the crime of war itself, it
was like a drop of water compared to
the ocean.
The blame rests jointly on England,
America und Germany. Having been
warned, the victims must share in the
responsibility. In taking them through
the war zone they not only risked their
lives, but nearly plunged this nation
into war with Germany.
It would be folly to try to fix the en
tire blame for this tragedy upon any
one nation. Whatever and whoever
caused the war is responsible. England
holds that she was within her rights
when she inaugurated her starvation
crusade against the enemy Germany
maintains that she had a right in self-
defense to inaugurate her submarine
war upon British commerce. The Uni
ted States claims that Germany has no
right in her war with England to at
tack American ships and destroy Amer
ican lives. Gertnuny retorts that the
ship carrying American citizens also
carried munitions of war for the allies
sullicient to destroy 20,Oik) German
lives. And there the matter stands,
each nation justified in its own eyes.
Some think that England invited the
destruction of the "Lusitania" so as to
force America to enter the war against
Germany. 1 doubt it. Others hold that
Germany sunk the ship for the purpose
of forcing the United States into the
fray, knowing that we could not injure
her greatly in open war, and it might
interfere with our sales of supplies to
the allies. Only the future can solve
this riddle.
Sinking the “Lusitania” was a deed
of unspeakable horror. Such bloody
acts unmask the god of war and reveal
a countenance devoid of pity, a soul of
hate, and a heart of adamant. What
cares he for the death of a few non-
combatants, while rivers of blood How
on a thousand mile battle-line? What is
the suffering of a few bereaved ones in
America to the agony of millions upon
•millions of mothers, sisters, wives and
sweethearts in Europe and Asia? Should
we go to war, this hell of human woe
would be increased and intensified be
yond the power of the imagination to
conceive.
Sinking the "Lusitania” filled the
American people with horror and fury.
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Grove’s
The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because it contains the
•well known tonic propertiesof QUININE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents.
| were tender then,
not become calloused by scenes of cru
elty and stories of wholesale slaughter.
Our feelings were shared by the na-
! tions now at war. The heart of human
ity is one.
The d.-ath of Balder, in the old Norse
myths, was not more sad and tragic
than the death of humm sympathy.
Hardening of human hearts is war's
cruel crime.
Since the terrible war started man
kind has become used to horror, indif
ferent t" sorrow, familiar with cruelty.
Rapine and murder, pillage and plunder
have become next door neighbors.
Death greets us from the front page of
every newspaper. At every meal he
chats with us across the table. Should
this war last three years, God only
knows to what red hells the souls of
nations might stray.
“These are the times that try men’s
souls.” Now is the time to be SANE.
Not since the fiery eruptions that threw
up the Rocky Mountains, the Andes
and Alps, has this old earth experienced
such convulsions as now shake her from
center to circumference. They presage
the end of an era, and either the com
ing of stygian darkness or a new dawn.
Let the republic of Washington, Jef
ferson and Lincoln stand firm, her face
to the sun and her back to the Dark
Ages. In this hour of destiny let Presi
dent Wilsot* make his name immortal
tiy guiding our nation with honor in the
glorious paths of peace.
War at Twenty Miles.
New York World.
The French estimate of the distance
from which the Germans dropped shells
in Dunkirk ia 23 J miles. Fire at such a
range has long been a topic of popular
interest as a possibility. It is now a
fact.
Traveling swifter than a idle ball a
shot fired at such range is nearly two
minutes on its way. At 45 degrees ele
vation it rises more than two miles
above the loftiest mountain, higher
than man can mount in a balloon and
live, before it begins to descend.
The fire that wrecked the Antwerp
forts was delivered with much more ac
curate aim, almost vertical, at fairly
short range. The great guns of war
ships cannot be elevated more than 15
degrees. This is one reason why the al
lies landed armies at the Dardanelles.
Plunging fire from batteries at closer
runge should he more effective against
Turkish forts than the big guns of the
“Queen Elizabeth." No warship could
shell New York from a distance at sea
equaling the range of land artillery.
It is hard to hit a small mark at half
a mile, and harder to hit a big one at
twenty miles. The Germans are prob
ably satisfied without having accom
plished a military object with the mor
al effect of their feat—and there is al
ways a chance that a great shell may
hit a vital spot. Our army experts say
that a range of thirty miles is possible
with present-day ordn .nee. Thus Con
stantinople might be bombarded from
the shore of the Black Sea, Trieste from
Italian soil, Cueta from Gibraltar, Sar
dinia from Corsica, Dover from Calais.
This is why the German shots at Dun
kirk were heard around the world.
Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy.
This is a remedy that every family
should be provided with, especially dur
ing the summer months. 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 reliablp. Ask
anyone who has used it. Obtainable
everywhere.
An Editor’s Commission.
What would you think of a fellow
who refuses to subscribe for your
paper, and then brings you an article
to publish in which he alone is
interested?
What would you think of a fellow
who wants you to mention his name
every time he goes anywhere, and
then refuses to subscribe for your
paper?
What would you think of a fellow
who wants you to give considerable
prominence to his lodge meetings, and
then refuses to subscribe for your
paper?
What would you think of a fellow
who accepts your paper for a year, and
when you send him a statement he re
fuses to take your paper from the post-
office?
What would you think of a fellow
who accepts your paper, and when you
meet him and remind him that he is in
arrears, he tells you to stop the paper,
but does not offer to pay for it?
What would you think of a fellow
who calls at the office every week to
get a copy of your paper, and who
never offers to pay for it, and when
you ask him to subscribe he refuses to
do so?
What would you think of a fellow
who tries to get all the free advertis
ing he can hut never offers to support
the newspaper that gives the free ad
vertising?
My friends, some of you belong to
this class. The world does not know
who you are, but the editor knows. If
the world were to know just exactly
how you treat your newspaper, you
would feel humiliated. That is the
reason you do not feet exactly right
when you come face to face with the
editor.
To Sleep Well in Summer.
Slight inflammation of the bronchial
tubes causes a distressing cough and
makes refreshing sleep impossible. Fo
ley's Honey and Tar Co pound covers
raw, inflamed, irritated surfaces with
a soothing, healing coating and stops
that annoying tickling, relieving the
racking, tiring cough. Take this splen
did cough medicine with you on summer
trips. It is good for coughs, colds,
croup, bronchial affections and la grippe
rhs. - - -
cough
J. F. Lee Drug Co.
Litchfield till.) Newa-Herald.
Not long ago a man came into this
office und stopped his paper because he
said it wds always printing a lot of
things about the same people, and he
was sick of it.
Now, when something goes wrong
with the country the Government ap-
! points a commission to investigate
[ and find out what is the matter. So
I we appointed a commission consist-
i ing of ourseives to investigate this
man. We just followed the man’s ca
reer ever since we knew him. The first
thing that happened to that man was
that he was born, but he had nothing
to do with it. However, we mentioned
him, although his parents were entitled
to the credit. When he was in his early
twenties he got married. We men
tioned that, including the name of the
bride, the preacher, etc.; in fact, we
mentioned everything but the preach
er's fee, which was not worth men
tioning. We never mentioned the fact
that he never won any premiums at the
county fair, because he never exhibited
anything. We never mentioned his
name in the list of committees, because
he never attended anything. We never
mentioned his name in the list of do
nors, because he never donated any
thing. We certainly have been treating
this man shamefully, but we will agree
to run a nice obituary when the time
comes.
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System
Take the Old Standard GROVE'S
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking, as the formula is
I printed on every label, showing it is
Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form.
The Quinine drives out malaria, the
Iron builds up the system. 50 cents
Peal of the WeddinglBells.
•Baltimore Sun.
Now comes lovely, love-laden June—
the month of blushing brides, and—well,
the bridegrooms are usually still more
crimson of face, unless they are chalk-
white with fear.
“In the spring a young man’s"—you
know the rest—and in June he moat of
ten gets his ideal—or whatever you
may call her. Why the poet should
have limited those spring “thoughts of
love" to the mere masculine is not
quite clear, unless he meant to infer
that a young girl’s “fancy" turned se
riously in the same direction all through
the year.
But let the scoffers scoff. However
comical “love’s young dream" may
seem at times to the oldsters, it is, af
ter all, the sweetest and realest thing
in life and the most appealing. It is
the one real glimpse of heaven that we
poor earthworms get here below, and
poor indeed ia he or she who has never
known its joy.
Sometimes the dream fades into a
drab reality or worse. Its esetasy is at
best but transient. Men find they have
not married the angels they supposed,
and the brides soon discover that their
liege lords are not the noble supermen
they thought them.
But love, albeit saner and less idyllic,
persists in a vast majority of American
homes, and love is the greatest fact in
human experience—the greatest gift
vouchsafed to man from high heaven.
Let the wedding bells ring out!
Cures Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't Curl
The worst cases, no matter of how lorn* standing,
are cured hy the wonderful, old reliable Dr.
Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves
Pain and ilcals at the same time, 25c, 60c, $L00.
A GEORGIA WOMAN’S ADVICE.
FOR CATARRH AND BRONCHITIS.
Savannah, Ga.— "After a severe at
tack of malarial fever I contracted a
cold which resulted in a catarrhal sore
throat and bronchitis. I used various
kinds of cough and cold remedies which
upset my stomach, but did not reach
the seat of my trouble. I acted upon
tbe advice of a visitor and began to take
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
with very remarkable results. Tbe
soothing action of the first bottle on
my throat and the good it did my
cough encouraged me so much that I
did not stop its use until I had taken
a second, which fully cured the cough
and other troubles besides giving me
strength, as I was in need of a tonic |
to enable me to recover from the effect i
of the chills and fever." — Mrs. I,
Fitzgerald, 414 35th Street, West,
Savanuah, Ga.
The best time to cure a cough is
when it starts. Ordinarily, a few
doses of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical )
Discovery will cure a cough at the
beginning. But even when the cough
is deep-seated and the body is wasted
by emaciation, Dr. Pierce’s Golden
Medical Discovery will in most cases
effect a permanent cure.
Get Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dis
covery to-day from any medicine dealer;
it is a powerful blood purifier, so pene
trating that it even gets at the im
pure deposits in the joints and carries
them out of the system.
Depend upon this grand remedy to
give you the kind of blood that makes
the skin clear, the ntind alert, the
vision keener, and puts ambition and
energy into the entire body. You will
not be disappointed. For free advice or
free booklet on blood, write Dr. V. M.
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
In sickness and health—send for the
People’s Common Sense Medical Advisor.
A book of 1008 pages. Send 3 dimes to
Dr. Pierce, invalids’ Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y.
Newspaper Courage.
Once in a while somebody gets the
idea that the reason the local paper
does not report every scandal that
comes to public knowledge is because
the publisher is afraid.
That’s not the reason.
The reputable newspaper—especially
in the small town, where everyone s
neighbor to everyone else—takes no
delight in giving putlicity to those that
have brought disgrace to some family
or heartache to some wife or mother.
It is much more pleasant to record the
good things that happen; to tell about
the good things that tend to make life
endurable, and that uplift and do not
tear down; that bring joy instead of
sorrow, pride instead of pain.
So, if you don’t always find in the
home paper the delectable bit of gos
sip that would doubtless make “good
reading,” and if you are inclined to
blame the editor because he doesn't al
ways print all the news, consider that
some home has had enough worry over
unfortunate happenings, and that the
gossips and tale-bearets and scandal
mongers of the community can, and
will gladly and ghoulishly, give suf
ficient publicity to the details to satisfy
the lowest tastes.
Incidentally, it might be remarked
here, moBt complaints on this score
come from people who now, or in the
past, have bad some things in their
own lives they were very glad were
not given newspaper publicity.
There come times, of course, when it
is the definite business of the local
newspaper to speak right out in meet
ing; to tell what happened; to give
open publicity to conditions that are a
reproach to a community, and for
which the light of publicity seems in
deed the only cure. Tolerance does
not mean a lack of courage.
Let’s not gouge other
carving out our fortunes.
people while
There Is No Question
but that indigestion and the distressed
feeling which always goes with it caa
be promptly relieved by taking a
Dyspepsia
Tablet
before and after each meal. 25c a box.
John R. Cates Drug Co, *
STOMACH
TROUBLE
FOR FIVE YEARS
Majority of Friends Thought Mr.
Hughes Would Die, But
One Helped Him to
Recovery.
Pomeroyton, Ky.—In interesting ad
vices from this place, Mr. A. J. Hughes
writes as follows: “I was down with
stomach trouble for five (5) years, and
would have sick headache so bad, at
times, that I thought surely I would die.
1 tried different treatments, but they
did not seem to do me any good.
I got so bad, I could not eat or sleep,
taking other medicines. I decided to
take his advice, although I did not have
any confidence in it
I have now been taking Black-Draught
for three months, and it has cured me—
haven’t had those awful sick headaches
since I began using it.
I am so thankful for what Black-
Draught has done for me.”
Thedford’s Black-Draught has been
found a very valuable medicine for de
rangements of the stomach and liver. It
is composed of pure, vegetable herbs,
contains no dangerous ingredients, and
acts gently, yet sureiy. It can be freely
used by young and old, and should be
and all my friends, except one, thought I kept in every family chest
would die. He advised me to try
Thedford’s Black-Draught, and quit
Get a package today.
Only a quarter.
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Automatic Oil Cook Stove
See our new automatic oil cook stove. Y'ou will want it when you see
it. No wicks to keep clean. Burners close up to oven will heat hotter,
cook quicker. See demonstration of cooking going on in our window now.
When passing ask to see the new stove.
JOHNSON HARDWARE CO.
TELEPHONE 81, NEWNAN, GA.
Farmers’
Supply Store
We wish to thank our customers and friends for
their loyal support and kindnesses shown us since
we moved into our new store. We are now better
prepared than ever to serve them. We have clean,
commodious quarters and a new, clean stock of
goods throughout. Plenty room to take care of our
friends’ packages. Also, ample hitching grounds
for stock, as well as for parking vehicles.
Our line of shoes consists of the best work shoos
made, as well as fine shoes and oxfords—all new
stock. We buy direct from the manufacturer, get
ting the best that can be bought for the money.
We carry also a full line of staple dry goods.
“Headlight” overalls we claim to be the best
made, and we sell them.
Work pants for men and boys.
Everything to eat for man and beast.
DeSoto flour, the very best for the price. Every
sack guaranteed. Buy it and try it.
Cuba Molasses.
We buy in large lots the following articles, and
can sell them at wholesale prices—
Flour, Starch, Snuff, Soap, Soda, Tobacco,
Tomatoes, (canned,) Lard, Matches, Coffee.
Help out your feed bill by sowing peas and sor
ghum. We have peas and sorghum seed for sale.
Sorghum seed, Red Top, Orange and Amber.
Scovil hoes, handle hoes, grain cradles, barbed
wire, hog wire, poultry wire.
Come to our store, rest here, store your bundles,
and drink ice water with us. We will enjoy having
you do this.
IG.
'Phone 147.
&
Corner Madison and Jefferson Streets.
T. S. PARROTT
Insurance—All Branches
Representing
Fire Association, of Philadelphia
Fidelity and Casualty Co., of Neuj York
American Surety Co., of New York
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co.,
of Newark, N. J.
14 1-2 Greenville st., Over H. C. Glover Co.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY CO.
CURRENT SCHEDULES.
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