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NEWNAN HERALD N E W NAN, KIM DAY, S E I* T . 24 Will. N TUB II LOW F ALLS. W » i n thr Mnr fall* -Hu* ftftd niw»t It' T t it‘« th*» onlv way tn h «t it. 'V hrn the rrin'. mm** Nlnrt mn»»n* Tnut’* th«* wny IIf« turnti out own. W . n »hr h*tllr rnr* rmitrnry To thr ic'*lden rir**Mfn<. l*o I rnvnf Mo'In* fortune. brfirht nwl merry. May rule In on life’* n* ct w»v«*. Whrn Or blow fall* wffcnd aril take it! Thnt'n thr* only way l« ln»**k It. When the clou In com tnnich them by* Ttmt'i* th»- w*v lo rl< iir tin *ky. Wh*»n h* «(Tort wnnm and weaker*. rake h rrip nr d -fart air w* M»vbn hive will lurht her lH*vona tin the rolling «ea» to you. Wh«*n the Mow falln rIand annwer! That'a the only way to chance In r. Whm the rain falla krwp nn driving* hnt'n the Why to keep On thriving. When the ronflirt aeema In »4in (‘linrh the fiat and k••••*• on tRhtinjr Alv» nv- Fonrhlne after tin* rair. Alwa>a M auty after tdiR-hting. AN OLD WAR-TIME LETTER. Mr. K J. Stewart has in his posses sion a letter written to his mother in 1862 by the* Into Judge John W. Dowell, Ch. n n captain in the Confederate army.) informing her of the death of her husband. Tno letter, (which, after the lapse of more than half a century, is still almost perfectly preserved,) is as follows- "Tupelo, Miss., Juno 2<i, 1862. "Mrs. J. Eindly Stewart: I have de layed writing you respecting your hus band’a last illness, because you knew of his death before I did. In tho for mation of my company I had no warm er friend than ho was. and I am happy to note that our friendly relations con tinued till sundered hy tho ravages of the dread monster, f have often had the solemn duty to perform of writing wives concerning the death of their husbands. I assure you none has been more painful than in writing of yours. Your husband stood tho unprecedented exposures through which we had all un dergone up to a little while before our army evacuated Corinth. Ho there acted as postmaster and was excused from duly in tho time. He was then a little complainining, tint still per formed his duties sh post master. A few days before we left Corinth the sick and all who were unatile to march were ordered to the rear. Thm was a trying time with Kindly. Ho was not aide to march, and he scorned the idea of leaving the company when it was expected that the ureal fight so long expected at Corinth was about to come olf. Would to Cod that lie had had less heroism of soul, and to day ho might he living and you a happy, devoted wife instead of a disc mutilate widow. Ho was with us in the skirmish we were in on the 28th of May. and waa where the deadly missiles of the enemy flew thick est. At one time a fragment of a shell fell close in front of him and threw dirt in his face. He liore himself gallantly in the light, and we had a very futigu ing and exciting day of it. We were under tire for about ten hours. It aet mod to me the longest day I ever saw. That night we lay upon our arms, and the next night we took up the line of march from Corinth, and marched all night. It was very hot and dusty. He came very near giving out several times, hut bore up like a hero during three days and nights until we arrived at Huldwyn. Here he was taken sick, and when the sick were ser t from there he went tn Columbus. I saw he was very sick, hut hoped it was mostly from fatigue. You know the rest. 1 heard on the same day of his death thHt you were on your way to see him. 1 felt fur the loving wife who was in searcli of a dear, absent, sick husband, and who found instead a newly-made grave. Your feelings must be felt to lie realized. They are beyond the power of description. Lot mo point you to the Judge of righteousness for consolation. It is easy to reason ourselves into say ing that we ought not to take these af flictions too much to heart; but, 0 how hard it is to teach the heart not to feel! Al hough 1 Hin not personally ac quainted with you, yet you are not unknown to ni». Ily tho kind partiali ty of Kindly 1 took great pleasure in reading some of your letters to him, I know you profess great affection for your husband, and 1 boar witness that in my opinion no wife over had u fon der, more devoted husband than you. Though I bolieve he was not a pro fessed Christian, yet 1 have hopes at some time during his illness he had a preparation of heart which fitted him for a better world. He sometimes, af ter reading your heart-breathing pray ers for his safety and preservation, would say to me he believ.d his wife was a Christian; that ho knew he was wicked, but that lie felt very much like leading a new life. I hope and trust that as he had to go so soon his spirit is in the land of peace and quiet. A nobler, braver, more gallant spirit never lived. He has gone the way of all the earth. Peace to his ashes. "The Government is indebted to him from the first of May until he died. I would suy, fix up his papers and send them to me. that I may draw it and si nil to you; but the authorities here refuse to pay over money for deceased soldiers, saving' that it n list he paid in Richmond. I believe it ought to he paid here, but my opinion is worth I nothing when the authorities are against me. ' "With my best wishes for your fu ture welfare and happiness. I subscribe myself, yi ur unrrquMn t d fri«nd and w.iifii 11ion,; of y ur deee: sod husband. "John W. Powell.” Obligation of Debtors to Creditors. Oirl**lhnrpp Fcho. With tho fairly good crops that are maturing and the promise of at least much better prices for cotton Hum were received for the crop of last year, coupl’ d with the further fact that this crop has been made at exceptionally low expense, it naturally follows that farmers will be in good shape to meet their obligations this fall; not only those carried over from last year, hut those made this year. This condition of the farmers will bring like advantages to those engaged in other lines of industry of that class compelled hy the depression of last fall to obtain extension of credit or to as sume otiliga' ions to cur'y them through this year. Under such conditions it behooves the debtor class to fully recognize the obli gations they are under to the creditor class, Bnd to meet those obligations with all possible promptness and ful ness. Few of the general debtor class fully realize to what straits the creditor class have had to go to accommodate them. Possibly the conditions that were brought on hy the war laHt fall had u more direct and direful effect upon the latter class than the former. All the uffairH of the business and financial world were thrown into such a chaotic state it took different and far more than the usual methods and efforts by those engaged in business pursuits to stay the effects of tho stringency in money matters. This forced practically everybody engaged in business to make extraordinary arrangements to protect their business interests, and these ar rangements, in nearly all cases, entailed heavy expense. Yet the business men of the country realized the importance of taking care of their debtors by extending credit and hy not demanding payment of ac counts; and they did it. To do so they had to ussumo obligations which in most cases entailed heavier expense upon them than otherwise would have been the case. These obligations are now falling due, and they must be met promptly or those who have assumed them will he put to still further ex pense. Tin so fucts should he appreciated by the debtor class. They should also ap preciate the fact that the creditor class have put themselves to no Hmall incon venience and expense to carry over ob ligations of last year and extend further credit this year. And, realizing these facts, the debtor class, now that condi tions bid fair to enable them to do so, should meet their obligations with the least possible delay, and to the fullest extent possible. Had the business cIiihs not put forth such efforts to carry over accounts and extend them there wojjld have been no s nail amount of privation, and possibly suffering, throughout the country. Sure ly the elforts that tho business men put forlli to avert such conditions should be appreciated from a moral as well as from a financial standpoint. This appreciation should be fully shown hy the debtor cluss hy meeting with all promptness, and as fully as they can, every obligation that is upon them. Let them do this and wo will far more quickly get over the effects of the depression through which we have all had to struggle during the past year, and prosperity will again bless us, sea soned with that best of all sauces—a clear conscience. The Failures in the City. 1 know the road of the farmer boy is rough and hard —but it's the road that mukes big, fearless, robust, manly men! Back yonder in those harsh days I, too, longed for the city just as per- chunce you are longing for it to-day, hut 1 understand a lot of things now that 1 didn't understand then. Viewed from u distance the bright lights look enchanting enough—but, cnee familiar- ized with them, the enchantment soon dies away. Cities annuully kill thous ands of boys and girls, while the coun try builds them into splendid men and women and paints upon their cheeks the roae-hued flush of health. To-day every city in the land is crowded with erstwhile furmer boys whose muscle and vitality is being fed into the maws of its giant industries— farmer boys who stoke its fiery furnaces, who run its heartless machinery, its street cars, or who perch upon high chairs up in some tall skyscraper, and who, when the day’s weary grind is at an end. be take themselves to some dark, cramped tenement abode where vile smells and poverty are familiar combinations—boys who have learned that bright lights and the music are only for those who have idle time and the money to pay for them. E. G. Hudson's Statement. E. G. Hudson, Chamblee, Ga., writes: "Last year 1 bought and tried Foley's Cathartic Tablets. I have»tried many cathartics, but for a thorough cleans ing movement of the bowels, without the slightest inconvenience or sickness, l believe the Foley Cathartic Tablet the best on earth. It’s the perfect cathar tic. with no bad effects.'' Everybody suffers occasionally from indigestion or constipation, so Mr. Hudson's experi ence is worth remembering. Stout per sons say these tablets relieve that "heavy" feeling. .1. F. L-e D ug Co. If has been computed that the aver age growth of the finger nail is a little more than an inch and a half a year. Sectionalism. Nnr York Commercial. Condemnation of mob violence in Georgia is degenerating into rank and indiscriminating abuse. Generally speaking the newspapersof the country, including those published in the South ern States, have dealt with the Frank caHe in a judicial way, as was proper. A few persist in libeling the whole South, as if one-third of ihe population of the United States had taken part in committing the outrage. The civilized world atood aghast with horror when Prussian militarism destroyed Louvain and massacred non combatants be cause Bomeone fired a shot at a Ger man trooper. Similar "Prussianism" inspires those newspapers which attack the whole South because a crime was committed that remains unpunished. Journalism recognizes certain ethical rules that govern criticism, and apply it to all that is spoken, written or printed. In dramatic art, forinstance, it is legit imate to portray a priest or a Boldier as a villain, but he mu.st not stand as the prototype of his profession, and no inference must be raised that all priests or soldiers are villains. Neither must a crooked Yankee be used to represent the average New Englander. Whole races, nations and creeds have been at tacked in this way since the beginning of history, so the sin is not new, but the world has outgrown it, and its re crudescence in certain newspapers is in excusable. Sectionalism has always been the weakness of the United States, but it is gradually dying out. It has cost us enough already, and only an enemy of this country would seek to revive it. Too much "hyphenism" has cropped out on account of the war in Europe, but it is aa nothing when compared with sectionalism that treats whole States as pariahs. In our great cities not one murderer in ten is punished, and crim inals are protected from prosecution by the cowardice of those who know them; but these cities are not given over to lawlessness and murder, and the vaat majority of their citizens are now courageous and law-abiding. Within a week three startling murders have been committed not far from New York that, bear all the evidence of pre meditation and of the participation of several persons, but these cases do not prove that the Eastern States are given over to organized hands of as sassins with the consent of the peo ple, any more than that the whole South is guilty. If the authorities in Georgia have failed to secure proofs in the Frank case the police of New York city have also failed in dozens of mur der cases when a neighborhood of for eigners was terrorized. Only when the people trust the officers of the law and the courts, and feel that justice will he speedy and protection sure, will these evils be abated. This country needs reform along these lines, hut re form will never come from sectionalism. None Equal to Chamberlain's. "I have tried most all of the cough cures and find that there is none equal to Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It has never failed to give me prompt relief," writes W. V. Hamer, Montpelier, Ind. When you have a cold give this remedy a trial and see for yourself what a splendid medicine it is. Obtainable everywhere. Mrs. Enderly, wife of Judge Enderly^ of a small Missouri town, complained one day that she had accidentally swal lowed a button which she was holding in her mouth preparatory to attaching it to some garment. As the lady was rather given to making great ado over trivial mishaps, and as the Judge was much preoccu pied, he did not pay much heed. Soon after, however, finding her in tears, he made kindly inquiry as to their cause. "It’s your heartless in-indifference to anything that h-happens to me," sobbed the aggrieved little woman. "I didn’t suppose you'd w-worry much because I swallowed a button, but I d-did think you might have taken enough interest in it to inquire w-what kind of b-button it was." Biliousness and Constipation. It is certainly surprising that any wo man will endure the miserable feelings caused by biliousness and constipation, when relief is so easily had and at so little expense. Mrs. Chas. Peck, Gates, N. Y., writes: "About a year ago I used two bottles of Chamberlain’s Tab lets and they cured me of biliousness and constipation." Obtainable every where. Twj hoboes crawled from the boxcar where they had been sleeping and started to go over the handout route of the adjacent town. "Say, Winston,” remarked one of the precious pair, breaking the silence, "was you ever a married man?" "Why, no, Mortimer," responded the other with an expression of great sur- srise. "What makes you ask such a remarkable question?” "Because,” was the njjindor, "you 1 always sleep with your hands in your pockets." To the Public. "1 feel that I owe the manufacturers of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Di arrhoea Remedy a word of graiitude," writes Mrs. T. N. Witherall, Gowanda, N. Y. "When 1 began taking this medicine 1 whs in great pain ard feel ing terribly sick, due to an attack of summer complaint. After taking a .dose of it I had not long to wait for rt- 1 lief, as it benefited me almost immedi ately." Obtainable everywhere. PROMINENT WOMEN EN DORSE OUR STATEMENTS. maim Augusta, On.—"I t-vn biassed with six children. With the birth of my second, «*■*** For four months after tills I was confined to the bed und did not realize whether I was dead or alive, being so exhausted ami list less. I was fronted by u physician for eg. a whole year but the gain in strengtli ■ \ and vitality was far too slow. I heard of Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription and begun to take it right away. I was in a delicate condition at the time. I believe that iny former experience would never have occurred if I had taken Doctor Pierce’s medicine then, as this time I got along line. I was on my feet the ninth day, able to do my household work ami to give baby all the care and attention he needed.”—MliS. A. F. Wylds, 1315 Cooper Street. The mighty restorative power of Doctor Pierce’s Favorite Prescription speedily causes all womanly troubles to disappear — compels the organs to properly perform their natural func tions, corrects displacements, over comes irregularities, removes pain and misery at certain times and brings hack health and strength to nervous, irritable and exhausted women. It is n wonderful prescription pre pared only from nature's roots and herbs with no alcohol to falsely stim ulate and no narcotic to wreck the nerves. It banishes pain, headache, backache, low spirits, hot flashes, <lragging-down sensation, worry and sleeplessness surely and without loss oi time. Get it now 1 All druggists. Pay Up and Trade at Home. Brunswick Banner. Did you ever stop to think how many debts one dollar would pay if it was judi ciously used, instead of thrown away for a needless something, or an attractive “bargain for cash” in a mail order catalogue? Just start every dollar you have received on pay day through the rounds by paying up your grooer, the house-rent man, the doctor, the drug gist, and others. If you cannot pay ail of the so-called "incidental bills, ” pay as much as you can, taking care of the set expenditures, and saving for emer gencies. If you cannot do this, you are living beyond your means and will soon have poor credit, and face trouble and possible want. It is so easy to spend money for things that you could do without, until you find that your roll has thinned down to where your legitimate bills have to I e neglected. Every month make out a schedule of payments to be made, and make them. It is a peculiar thing, but nevertheless true, that a man's ability to pay his honest debts is often merely a matter of disposition, not the size of the salary; for some of the poorest paid men have reputations for paying their bills that those with larger salaries would envy, yet could easily have if they would. Above all, in these strenuous times, keep your money in circulation at home. The dollar you pay to your creditor here goes straight to a creditor of his, and so on, until it finally comes back to you, after having changed hands prob ably a hundred times in its month’s work. The dollar sent away nine hun dred and ninety-nine times out of a thousand remains away forever. It is lost to the total wealth of your com munity, and you have made your town that much poorer than it would have been had you spent it here. Pay up, and trade at home. Anna—"Since you’ve been in love you seem to have a fur away expression in your eyes.’’ Amy —"There’s a reason, dear; Char lie always kisses me when I'm not looking." _ All the world loves a lover—but he sometimes bores it terribly! TENNESSEE OFFICIAL WINS LONG FIGHT J. W. Seaton of Linden, Clerk of the Circuit Court of the Twelfth Ju dicial District of Tennessee, was for years a sufferer from stomach troubles ’—in part a result of his confining work. He tried doctor after doctor. He tried medicines without end. One day he took a dose of Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy. He wrote: “Your medicine is the best in the world for any form of stomach trouble. I am glad to say that after taking the full treatment I feel that I am well. “I had very severe pains in my stom ach all the time. One bottle of your medicine did me ten times as much good as all the doctors’ medicine that I took for two years. My family phy sician told me that I would never be any better—today I am well. I have gained twenty-five pounds.’’ * Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy gives per manent results for stomach, liver and intestinal ailments. Eat as much and whatever you like. No more distress after eating, pressure of gas in the stomach and around the heart. Get one | bottle of your druggist now and try it on an absolute guarantee—if not satis factory money will be returned. For Suit* by J- F. LEE DRUG CO., Nrwnan. Ga, Why No! Faint Your Home Now? We can save you money on your bill of paint, and make you a price of SI.55 (>er gallon. Our paint con • s:s of lead. zinc, asbestos, and the best fin- seed oil. These properties make the highest grade paint. We guarantee our paint not to peel or crack in five years. We will compare analysis with any paint made This is what our customers think of our paint: We sell on an average four bills of paint per week. This sj>eaks very highly for our paint. It Will Soon Be Time to Sow Oats Don’t forget the Cole Oat Drill will get you a good stand of oats, and save enough oats in a little while to pay for the machine. Some things you can do without, but it will not pay to do without a Cole Oat Drill. We have sold them all over the county. Ask your neighbor about them. JOHNSON HARDWARE CO. TELEPHONE 81, NEWNAN, GA. Do Not Gripe We hare n pleasant laxative that will do just what you want it to do. ^ We sell thousands of them and we have never seen a better remedy forthe bowels. Sold only by us, 10 cunts. John R. Cates Drug Co. FARMERS’ Supply Store It was with many doubts and fears that we all started in to make this crop. Both the mer chant and farmer had to go strong on faith—faith in each other. We have struggled up to this good hour, and now see that we have been greatly blessed. Hope, too, we can see better times ahead for us all. We have stocked our store with the things that our customers need, and at the lowest prices cash can command. We are still headquarters for supplies for the farm and home. We want to mention especially the following articles you will need— u Star Brand” Shoes Are Better. See us on shoes for the entire family. Work Shirts, Undershirts, Work Pants, etc. Also, bagging and ties. Special prices to ginners. Georgia Seed Rye, Barley, Wheat and Oats. Flour, Flour, Flour! “Desoto” is the best Flour for the money that you can buy. Old-fashioned Cuba Molasses. Come to see us. You are always welcome. Hitch your mules and horses in our wagon yard and store your bundles with us. T. G. ’Phone 147. YOURS TO PLEASE, & Corner Madison and Jefferson Streets. T. S. 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