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NEWNAN HERALD
NEWNAN. FRIDAY. AUG, fi
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Official Organ of Coweta County.
Jh. E. Brown. * F.llifl M. Carpenter.
BROWN * CARPENTER,
KMTORK AND PUBUSIJKItS.
U r WINTER. GmlrlliulinK Editor.
WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH THE
LEGISLATURE?
One of two things is evident: Either
the Legislature cannot finish its busi
ness within the prescribed fifty days,
or else the body wastes too much time
in aimless controversy over trivial mat
ters. At the time this is written, (Wed
nesday.) only six days of the present
session remain, and yet no measure of
general importance has been enacted
into law. The appropriation bills are
still pending; no provision has been
made for leasing the Western and At
lantic railroad; various proposed amend
ments to the Constitution are undeter
mined, while all temperance legist .tion
has been blocked in the House by what
appears to be a premeditated and con
certed filibuster on the part of the op
ponents of the measures designed to
strengthen and make more effective the
State prohibition law. The few hours
covering Monday's and Tuesday’s ses
sions were utterly wasted in thiB man
ner. Unless remarkable speed is made
from now on it is likely that (iov. Har
ris will be under the necessity of con
vening tho General Assembly in extra
session—a most unfortunate contingen
cy, and one that should be avoided.
A remedy for the state of things wo
have commented upon -whether due to
needless waste of time or to lack of
sufficient timo—could lie found in tak
ing off the timo limit nnd letting the
Legislature sit indefinitely, but paying
members per diem for only fifty days’
service. This might entail some addi
tional expense for clerical help and oth
er incidentals, but under this plan the
members would not bo inclined to pro
long n session at. their own expense.
If Ibis is a good rule for Congress, why
would it not be a good title for the Geor
gia Legislature?
Another plan that commends itBelf is
embodied in a bill introduced by Sen
ator Moon, now pending, which would
confer upon Superior Courts the au
thority to give legal effect and force to
all measures of a purely local character
by a simple order of court, after they
have been passed upon nnd recommend
ed by the people, either at tho polls or
by petition. Nine-tenths of the bills
proposed at every session of the Gen
eral Assembly are local measures—and,
being of u local character, are rarely
discussed, and never opposed. Yet the
perfunctory process of reading and en
rolling these hills consumes much time
that could otherwise be devoted to tho
consideration of measures of general
importance. The Moon hill appeals to
us as a very sensible piece of legisla
tion, nnd one that offers about tho moat
practical solution of this problem that
has been suggested.
Eleventh hour legislation is usually
defective, if not. unsafe.
ARE THEY AERAII) OF THE PEO
PLE?
The State Senate passed by a prac
tically unanimous vote the bill to exempt
the endownmentsof denominational col
leges in Georgia. The bill— which, of
course, provided for a Constitutional
amendment was favorably reported by
the proper committee, hut mot defeat
in the House for the lack of four votes
i vote of two thirds being necessary
for its submission to the people of the
State.
One of the opponents of the measure
brought forward the old, outworn argu
ment if such sophistry can he dignified
with such a name that the proposed
amendment was objectionable because
it was too much like mixing up church
and State. And he was consistent
enough to ssy that ho himself was in
favor of taxing all church property.
To he altogether consistent this astute
gentleman ought to favor the levying
of a special tax on cradles and baby
clothes, and the love of mothers, and
everything that stands for tho best
sentiment in tho homo and in society.
The relation between the church and
the State in this country is too well
understood and defined to be misunder
stood by anybody. Toe church wants
no union with the State; the State
wants no union with the church, A
union of the two would be a misfortune
to both, and worse. Tho two can serve
each other better when separated.
Eich, under our order of things, is a
help to the other. Neither wishes to
dispense with the other, and each is
willing to acknowledge its indebtedness
to the other. If it were possible to
keep hooks between the two, it would
he impossible to tell on which side of
the ledger the balance would fall.
What Georgia wants is not a State re-
hgion. but a religious State. For this,
the church, in all its branches, labors,
and will always labor. And even the
gentleman mentioned above will possi
bly admit, when not filtibustering
against the hill that he helped to de
feat in the House, that a religious com
monwealth ts better than aa irreligious
one.
Were the four gentlemen who voted
against this hill and their fellow-voters
afraid of the people of Goorgia?
COST OF WAR.
The first year of the war has cost the
belligerent governments about $16,500,-
000,000 in direct expenditures for mili
tary purposes. Experts agree fairly
well on these figures. The Berlin Vor-
waerts finds the total $113,676,130,000;
the French economist, Edmond Thery,
$17,400,000,000; and the statistician, Wm.
Michaelis, of Berlin, $16,240,000,000,
This is the expense of putting about
9,000,000 men into the field for the cen
tral powers, and about 13,000,000 for
the allies.
It does not include, however, the far
greater amount lost through the de
struction of town* and villages, the
razing of the countryside, the wrecking
of bridges and railroads, the wholesale
sinking of ships, and the economic loss
through the diminution in productive
industry, the killing of the strongest
men in the community, and the crea
tion of a class of cripples and madmen.
The war is now costing about $45,-
000,000 a duy, $2,000,000 an hour, and
$30,000 a minute. The coat is mount
ing steadily.
The cotton proolem is growing more
acute, with 3,000,000 bales unsold be
cause of the interference with Amer
ican trade, and another crop coming in.
This is tho largest single factor in the
insistence of America upon the free
dom of the seas, particularly as the
great South is absolutely dependent
upon selling its cotton, and the strain
put upon Dixieland is being felt
throughout the country. England recog
nizes t he seriousness of this situation and
is trying to satisfy American interests,
without conceding the freedom of the
seas, by tho purchase of 3,000,000 bales of
cotton, the amount usually sold to cen
tral Europe, which is now blockaded.
Here the shoe is on the other foot.
England holds that this is merely a
practical matter; to America it is a
principle settled in 1812—a principle
fundamental to American prosperity.
The British order in council, which
has hindered the exportation of cotton
to Germany and Austriu, while it works
a hardship to the South, lacks the ele
ments of gravity which mark the mat
ters at issue between America and
Germany. In tho one case, only com
mercial rights are involved. In the
other, lives are involved. England has
seized some cotton belonging to Amer
icans, hut she has not sunk ships on
which Americans were sailing. Eng
land is willing to have the questions at
issue properly adjudicated. Germany
shows no willingness to do anything hut
look to her own selfish interest. There
is u great deal of difference in the
questions involved, and in the attitude
of the two countries.
During the consideration of the ap
propriations hill in the House, which
has consumed several days, Hon. Gar
land Jones has heen presiding over the
deliberations of that turbulent body,
nnd doing it with the skill and grace of
a trained parliamentarian. Pact is, he
can he Speaker next session, if he de
sires the position.
The Time to Advertise.
There is nothing on earth so myste
riously funny as a newspaper advertise
ment.’ The prime, first, last and all the
time object of an advertisement is to
draw custom. It is not, was not, and
never will bo designed for any other
human purpose. So the merchant waits
till the busy season comeH and his Btore
is so full of customers that he can’t get
his hat off, nnd then rushes to the
newspapers and puts in his advertise
ment. When the dull season comes along
and there is no trade and he wants to
sell goods so had he can’t pay his rent,
he takes out Ivs advertisement. That
is, some of them do; hut occasionally a
level headed merchant puts in a bigger
one and scoops in all the business; while
his neighbors are giving mortgages to
pay their gas lulls.
Write this down where you will fall
over it every day: The time to draw
business is when you want business,
and not when you have more business
than you can attend to already.
Aberdeen Man Shot From Ambush.
Fayetteville, Ga., July 27. -B. J.
Perry, a prominent merchant of Aber
deen, is believed to be dying to-night
as the result of being shot this morning
by an unknown party while squirrel
hunting in Black Creek swamp, a mile
from Aberdeen.
Although struck by a load of buckshot
in the face, throat and chest, Perry
managed to crawl 1200 yards to a road
before becoming unconscious. Lum
Grier, driving by in a buggy, found
him and caned him home.
Perry had but few conscious moments
after the shooting, and the few words
he has been able to speak to his wife
have given only the information that
the attack was intentional, and that
he does not know who his assailant
was. It is believed that he was shot i
from ambush. Doctors state that he is
sinking rapidly.
Perry has been taking an active part
in trying to stop illicit distilling in his
section of the county.
A WORD FOR MOTHERS
It is n grave mistake for mothers to neg
lect their aches and pains and suffer In
silence—this only leads to chronic sick
ness and often shortens life.
If your work is tiring; if your nerves are
excitable; if you feel languid, weary or
depressed, vou should know that Scott’s
Emulsion overcomes just such conditions.
It possesses in concentrated torni the
very elements to invigorate the blood,
strengthen the tissues, nourish the nerves
and build strength.
Scott's is strengthening thousands of
mothers—and will help you. No alcohol.
Scott at Bownc, BlnouhU, N. J.
Retaliatory Measures.
Colombia IS. C.) State.
For the soke of argument, lot us
! grant that Great Britain's course is un
justifiable— that she should permit
Southern cotton to ho -ent without let
or hindrance through Holland, Den
mark, Norway and Sweden, or directly
j to German ports.
Then let us imagine that condi
tions were reversed and that the Ger
man fleet controlled the seas, and that
Great Britain’s ports were closed to
American commerce.
Does any one believe that Germany
would open the gates to American cot
ton bound for British, French, Italian
and Russian ports? Does the conduct
of Germany in t is war lead to such a
conclusion? Is Germany a generouB
knight errant in dealing with her ene
mies?
Do generosity and chivalry govern
any country’s conduct toward another
with which it iB at war?
The German and Austrian cotton fac
tories have 10,3000,000 spindles, and
Turkey has none.
The factories of Great Britain,
France, IOly, Russia and Japan (allies
in this war) have 79,925,000 Bpindles, of
which 56,000,000 are British.
It follows that, were the Germans in
control of the seas, they could and
doubtless would confine the market for
American cotton to about one fifth of
the spindles that it is confined to by
the allies.
However oppressive, therefore,
British interference with American ex
portation of cotton may be, it is clear
that the South is fortunate in that in
terference is not by the Germans and
Austrians.
Your Cough Can Be Stopped.
Using care to avoid draughts, ex
posure, sudden changes, and taking
a treatment of Dr. King’s New Dis
covery, will positively relieve, and in
in time will surely rid you, of your
cough. The first dose soothes the irri
tation. checks your cough, which stops
in a Hhort time. Dr. King's Now Dis
covery has been used successfully for
45 years and is guaranteed to cure you.
Money hack if it fails. Get a bottle
from your druggist; it costs only a
little and will help you so mneh.
Soldiers’ Pensions to Be Increased.
Atlanta ConRtitution.
The Confederate veterans of Georgia
won a victory in the House when a bill
to increase their pensions was passed.
There was no fight on tho bill, but a
few members, thinking of the financial
condition of the State, were inclined to
go a little slow in the expenditures.
But the veterans won and the dis
cussion of the bill was one of the most
affecting scenes ever witnessed in the
Hoti.se. Many of the old veterans, who
are members, wept when they heard
their cause championed by their com-
rades and by the sons of veterans.
For the year 1917, $70; for 1918, $80;
for 1919, $90; for each year thereafter,
$100.
1'his sc le was agreed upon under an
amendment offered by Mr. Elders, of
Tattnall.
Constipation Causes Most Ills.
Accumulation of waste in your thirty
feet of bowels causes absorption of
poisons, tends to produce fevers, up
sets digestion You belch gas, feel
stuffy, irritable, almost cranky. It
isn’t you -it s your condition. Elimi
nate this poisonous waste by taking
one or two Dr. King’s New Life Pills
to-night. Enjoy a full, free bowel
movement in the morning—you’ll feel
so grateful. Get an original bottle,
containing 36 pills, from your druggist
to-day for 25c.
Frank’s Head Placed in Steel Braces.
Milledgeville, Ga., Aug. 2.—Leo M.
Frank, whose throat was cut by a fel
low convict, J. W. Creen, fifteen days
ago, is not recovering as rapidly as
doctors attending him had hoped for.
The excessive heat is working against
him. It will be a month at least, the
doctors state, before he is able to leave
the special hospital ward where he has
been placed.
Sunday Frank's head was encased in
surgical braces, so that he cannot turn
it. The braces are arranged so that
his head is held to the left side, to pre
vent stitches on that side of the neck
from tearing out.
Doctors and nurses, including the
Frank family's private physician, are
attending the wounded man constantly.
Mrs. Frank is at the bedside of her
husband every day.
Creen is still chained to a bed post in
the prison dormitory. He will be kept
there for an indefinite period.
$100 Reward, $100.
The road era of thia paper will bo pleaaed to
learn thut there at least one dreaded disease
that sc fence has been able to cure in all its stages,
a d that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is tho
only positive cure now known to the medical fra
ternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease,
requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys
tem. thereby destroying the foundation of the
disease, nnd giving the patient strength by build
ing up the constitution and assisting nature in
doing its work. The proprietors have so much
faith in its curative powers that thev offer One
Hundred Dollars for any ease that it fails to cure.
Semi for list of testimonials. Address
F. J. CHENEY & CO..
Sold by druggists. 75c. Toledo, Ohio.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
New Advertisements.
Letters of Administration.
GEORGIA—Cowist a County:
B. Hungerfoid having applied to the Court of
Ordinary of said county for letters of administra
tion on the estate of Mrs, S. I*. Hungertord. de
ceased. all persons concerned are required to show
cause in said Court by the first Monday in Sep
tember next, if any they can, why said application
should not be granted. This Aug 2. 1915. Prs.
fee, &l. L. A. PERDUE, Ordinary.
Letters of Dismission.
GEORGIA—Coweta County :
A. W. Reid, guardian of Whitelaw Reid, minor,
having applied to the Court of Ordinary of said
county for letters of dismission from his said
trust, all persons concerned are required to show'
cause in said Court by the first Monday in Septem
ber next, if any they can. why said application
should not bo granted. This Aug 2. 1915. Prs.
fee. $3. ’ L. A. PERDUE. Ordinary.
Application for Leave to Sell.
GEORGIA -Co wet A County:
E. B. Jackson, administrator on the estate of
, 1. J. Jackson, deceased, having applied to the
i Court of Ordinary of said county for leave to sell
I the lands of said deceased, all persons con-
| cerned are required to show cause in said Court
i by the first Monday in September next, if any
j they can. why said application should not be
granted This Aug. 2. 1915. Prs. fee, W.
L. A. PERDUE, Ordinary.
Ordinance Amending Franchise.
GEORGIA. COWETA COUNTY-City of New-
nan:
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
fresh&NEW
F(!«M THE BEST
SEEEXSMEN <g>
TURNIP SEED
We have the following varieties of Turnip seed in
stock. Now is the time to plant your fall and winter
turnips and salad. Ruta Baga, Seven Top, Purple
Top, White Flat Dutch, White Globe, Yellow Globe
and White Egg.
Lookout Mountain Potatoes
We also have a new shipment of this famous Irish
Potato for fall use. It is a better potato than the
spring potato. Now is the time to plant.
J. F. Lee Drug Co.
Prompt Delivery
Efficient Service
2 PHONES 66
Norris’ Candies
Dahl’s Cut Flowers
tho city of Nownan. and it is hereby ordained by
authority of the Hame. That the franchise hereto
fore granted the Newnnn Cotton Mills be and the
same is hereby amended by inserting in said fran
chise between the words ‘‘A. & W. P. Railroad
Company" and the words "and to furnish other
corporations," the words "and the R. D. Colo
Manufacturing Company."
Bo it further ordained by said authorities. That
all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
with thia ordinance bo and tho same are hereby
repealed.
Adopted in open Council Aug. 2. 1915.
J. P. SHACKELFORD. City Clerk.
PAVING ORDINANCE.
GEORGIA, COWETA COUNTY—City of New-
nan:
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the City of Nownan, and it is hereby ordained by
authority of the same. That under the terms of
an Act of the General Assembly of the State of
Georgia, approved Aug. 15, 1910. the surface of
the unpaved sidewalks in said city of Newnan, to-
wit: The sidewalk on the west side of College
street between West Washington street and Wes
ley street; the sidewalk on the east side of Green
ville street between Spring street and NimmonB
street; and the sidewalk on the north aide of Sa
vannah street from Greenville street to the union
depot, be and same are hereby ordered improved
by having said sidewalks paved with standard ce
ment blocks. The said paving shall extend not
less than six feet in width from the property line.
Be it further ordained by the said authorities.
That the work of laying said pavement shall be
done by the City of Newnan, under the supervis
ion of the Street Committee of said city, and the
owners of the property abutting on the sail side
walks ordered paved ns aforesaid shall not have
the right to have said pavement laid on the side
walk abutting his property by himself, or by
contract at his instance.
Be it further ordained by tho said authorities.
That the actual cost of said pavement be and the
same is hereby assessed against the real estate
abutting on the said sidewalks paved, and the
owner of the real estate abutting on the sidewalk
paved, according to frontage and the width of the
pavement on the sidewnlk to be paved, the purpose
of this ordinance being that no property, nor the
owner of any property, shall be required to pay
for paving Any sidewalk except the sidewalk
abutting his property.
Beit further ordained by the the said authori
ties, That when the cost of said pav« ment shall
have been ascertained the City Clerk shall notify,
by registered mail, each abuttirg property-own-
er. or agent in charge, or tenant in possession j
thereof, the amount assessed against the real es- |
tate. nnd assessed against the owner of the real |
estate abutting on the sidewalk paved for said
paving, and it shall be the duty of each owner,
agent in charge of. or tenant in possession there
of. topiy the amount of the assessment within
ten days from the receipt of the notice aforesaid:
Provided, should any owner, agent in charge of.
or tenant in possession thereof, fail or refuse to
pay the amount of the assessment within ten
days from the receipt of said notice heroin provid
ed for, then it shall be the duty of the City Clerk
to issue an execution for the amount of the as
sessment against the real estate so assessed, and
against the owner of the real estate so assessed,
which execution shall be levied by the Marshal of
said city on such real estate, and. after advertis
ing and other proceedings, as in cases of sales of
realty for city taxes, as prescrib d in the ordi
nances of the city of Newnan, the same shall be
sokl at public outcry to satisfy said execution:
Provided, further, thut the defendant shall have
the right to file an affidavit of illegality denying
that t o whole or any part of the amount for
which the execution is issued is due. and stating
what amount he admits to be due. if any. which
amount so admitted to be due shall be paid before
the Affidavit shall be received, which affidavit,
when received, shall be returned to the Superior
Court of Coweta county, and there tried and the
issue determined as in cases of illegalities, subject
to all the penalties provided by law in cases of il
legalities filed for delay only.
Be it further ordained by the authorities afore- I
said. That the owners of the property abutting
on the sidewalks ordered paved shall be given no
tice of said contemplated paving, and the manner
of assessing the cost thereof, by publishing this
ordinance in the issue.of The Newnan Herald to
appear Aug. 6, 1915; and at the first regular meet
ing of the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of
Newnan. to be held on the 16th day of August.
1915. at 8 o'clock p. m.. at the Council Chamber in
said city, the owners of the property abutting on i
said sidewalks ordered paved shall have the right
to be and appear, either in person or by attorney,
at said meeting, and be heard on any question re- (
latlng to said paving, and the manner of assess
ing the cost thereof.
Be it further ordained, That ail ordinances or
parts oi ordinances in conflict with thia ordinance
be and the same are hereby repealed.
Adopted in open Council Aug. 2. 1915.
J. P. SHACKELFORD. City Clerk.
Reliable
Groceries
Are the kind I endeavor to sell my customers and friends,
and always have a complete line of just such as you need
for a nice breakfast, dinner or supper. My goods are all
guaranteed FRESH and of the best variety.
This is the season of the year for iced tea. I handle all
the leading brands, and solicit a trial order.
The best line of cigars, chewing and smoking tobacco in
town.
Highest market price paid for country produce.
Fresh fish every Friday and Saturday.
J. T. SWINT
THE OLD RELIABLE GROCER
FORD TOURING CAR
DELIVERED, $474.50
Walter Hopkins
25 Perry Street. 'Phone 145.
FULL STOCK OF FORD PARTS
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