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THE NEWNAN HERALD NEWNAN HERALD 1 Consolidated with Coweta Advertiser September, 1886. » Eatablinned 1866. I Consolidated with Newnan News January, 1915, ‘ \ NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1915. Vol. 51—No. 11 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— “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. YOURS TO PLEASE, ’Phone 147. Corner Madison and Jefferson Streets. FORD The Universal Car More extensive service for Ford own ers is assured by the addition of new branches and more agents. Over 900,- 000 Fords now in daily use—7,000 Ford agents to give service,—should be evi dence enough to any prospective buy er of the stability, quality and general popularity of this universal car, and the prices lower than ever. Run about $390; Touring Car $440; Town Car $640, f. o. b. Detroit. On sale by WA L TER HOPKINS 25 Perry SI. Phone 145 HER ROOM. ’Tis vacant now. the little room She uard to call her own; The climbing: rose nho ptantcd there Hna round the window grown. The minlight fulls h golden sheen Acroaa the snow-white bed, And brightly glints the mother's hair Who prays with drooping head. The city’s song allured her so— Its gaily lighted streets— She left her home for Babylon's land To drink the bitter sweet. Where luughter covers breaking hearts. And gay songs drip with tears. And hope lies buried in the breast. Through disillusioned years. In silken gown she’s standing now. Beside the cnantnent there. With rose pinned upon her breast And jewels in her hair. With hand clutched tight above her heart She peers into the gloont~ And sees her mother praying there In her little vacant room. —[Eloanoro Nichol. CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY CO. CURRENT SCHEDULES. ARRIVE from Griffin 10:57 A. M. 7:17 P.M. Chattanooga l :43 p. m. Cedar-town 6:43 ▲. M. Oohxmbua ........ 9:40 a m. 6:86 p. m. DEPART FOR Griffin 6:«a.m. IStr.*. Chattanooga *1Y?, i' S ’ i Cedartown 7 :xu p. m. Columbus 7 :66 A. M. 8:1SS » President Wickersham Presents Side of the Railroads. Atlanta Constitution. The news stories and editorials ap peering in the papers in the last few days possibly unintentionally present the revision of freight rates in a sadly distorted light, and this letter is writ ten in the hope that it will serve in part, at least, to correct the perspec tive. It is not true that the proposed changes have been sprung on the public suddenly or unwittingly, (the Hailroad Commission of Georgia called attention to same a long time ago,) or that same were initiated by the railroads, but it is true that the readjustment is a far- reaching and momentous one, of great interest to the entire Southeast, and not only is it perfectly right that the Atlanta Freight Bureau and other sim ilar organizations here and elsewhere should scrutinize same carefully, and seek to safeguard their respective in terests, but it would possibly huve been more fortunate and effective hud they done so when the matter was in a for mative stage before Congress, and when the railroads wasted their breath in pointing out the radical and revolu tionary effects which would fiow from the enactment of the revised long and short haul clause. The Interstate Commerce Commis sion held a hearing at Atlanta express ly to hear objections from the Atlanta shippers to the proposed rigid applica tion of the long and short haul clause of the law. Not a single shipper ap peared, and when the traffic represen tative of an important Southeastern line protested because of its adverse effect on Atlanta, he was asked by the Interstate Commerce Commissioner if it was not strange that he should be so distressed when the shippers themselves were voicing no objections. To properly understand the present issue it is necessary to go back to the early days when railroads were promo ted and built by cities seeking to ex tend their trade. This led in time to i system of rates to the more important trading centers, or what were common ly referred to as “jobbing points,’ lower than to the smaller points in sur rounding territory intermediate to the jobbing points. The Interstate Com merce Commission has decided that the conditions surrounding Atlanta and similar jobbing points do not justify lower rates to these points than to the intermediate points, and ordered the carriers to remove the discrimination, which the carriers were Beeking to do in the rates they have issued to become effective Jan. 1, 1916. While the growth and prosperity of the cities in the Southeast has seemed to us to have proven the wisdom of the jobbing point system of rates, at the same time there has gradually arisen two increasingly embarrassing compli cations. First. The various jobbing points sought to jnvade the territory of their neighbors, and, not content with their own advantages in certain respectB, sought to gain for themselves the ad vantages possessed by their contempor ary cities in other particulars. Unfor tunately for the railroads, they have had to bear the brunt of the attacks for the invasion by one city of the territo ries of other cities, and to carry their point the attackers have unsparingly inflamed popular prejudice, extending in its influence even to trials before ju ries; and have never hesitated to raise the cry of “discrimination,” even though they themselves were already the beneficiaries of the principles at tacked. Second. In subsequent years numer ous smaller communities have grown up and demanded for themselves jobbing point advantages, and, with less incon sistency, have rallied their influences to the same cry of "discrimination.” As a typical example of this class, would respectfully refer you to Hon. Fuller E. Callaway, the father of the “LaGrange rate case,” which was for years before the commission and courts; and for another such example, would cite the case of Carrollton, Ga., the home of William C. Adamson, who, as chairman of the House Committee on Interstate Commerce, framed the pres ent “fourth section” (long and short haul clause) of the Interstate Com merce Act, under which the Interstate Commerce Commission is requiring the present revision. For years the railroads huve been so continually assailed that the public at large has become convinced that the Southeastern rate structure is an edi fice of discrimination, and, without sup port from the beneficiaries of that structure, the protests of the railroads were overborne. The long and short haul clause was enacted, und it is a matter of public knowledge to the Rail road Commissioners and others that the Interstate Commerce Commission has been applying constant pressure to the railroads for the completion of the her culean task of revising the entire rate faMje, und the revision now before the comhiission is the result of continuous, hard Jabor for three years by a commit tee or traffic, experts. Of course, if rates to the smaller points must be put on a level with the jobbing cities, this result c innot be ac complished "merely by cutting down the rates to the former, for in future the traffic, as a rule, probably will not move to jobbing points and there be reshipped but will move direct from New York,, Boston, etc., to the points of consump tion. A revision downward only would bankrupt the railroads — an extreme eventuality which no one wants, of course—so the low points must be brought up at the sume time that the high points are reduced. 1 do hope, therefore, the problem will bo approached calmly, studiously, and with that spirit of broad toleration and earnestness which the gravity of the change would seem to warrant, and that the difficulties of the situation will not be enhanced, or a comprehension obscured of the principles involved by beating the “tom-toms” and arousing the monster of blind, unreasoning prej udice. C. A. Wickersham, President and General Manager Atlanta and West Point and Western Railway of Alabamu Railroads. The Humorous Vein. The Increase in Advertising. The tremendous increase in the use of advertising space is remarkable. News papers, magazines, street cars, bill boards, fences, even the rocks along the country wayside, teem with ad vertisements. Millions of dollurs are now spent in advertising where only thousands were spent a generation ago. A great many new concerns are born every year whose existence is depen dent almost entirely on the breath of life afforded them by publicity. A comparison of the advertising columns of to-day’s publications with those of only a dozen years ago Hhows that ad vertising has received a mighty impetus. It is estimated that the expenditure for advertising in the United States alone now exceeds one billion dollars annually. The mere mention of this great sum gives an idea of the interests involved in advertising. In a few years the volume of advertising has more than doubled, and it is conserva tive to say that if the present increase in the use of advertising space is main tained the next ten years will see the expenditure again doubled. Stores that formerly confined their advertising to simple announcements of a few lines, or a column, now use whole pages to exploit their goods. Railroad companies, banking, engineering and other concerns that formerly were con tent with business that naturally gravi tated to them, or that considered ad vertising as an expense, are all awak ing to the vital force and the business- producing possibilities of a liberal use of printers’ ink. The keen business competition of the present age has made it imperative for the merchant or business man who would achieve success to advertise ex tensively and judiciously. The small dealer and the great manufacturer, the banker and the railroad magnate, every one who has something to sell, whether it is goods or services, realizes th it his success in disposing of his wares hinges on favorable publicity. One Chicago tailoring establishment, whose business ramifies the entire United States, expressed its views of advertising as fol.ows: “Cutting off advertising may reduce the expenses, but so does cutting your wind-pipe re duce the coBt of living.” Timely Hint on Over-Eating. Christmas, New Year's and other feast days cause many disturbed diges tions. The stomach and bowels should not be permitted to remain clogged up, for indigestion and constipation are often followed by serious disease, re suiting from undigested poisonous waste matter. Foley Cathartic Tablets should be in every home, ready for use. No griping; no unpleasant after effect. Relieve distress after eating, regulate bowels, sweeten stomach and tone up the liver J. F. Lee Drug Co. National Mnzaainc. Every serious-minded editor is at times disgusted to find that when he especially wants to intlate a glittering bubble of humor, the wit and humor verse seems to have run dryer than the Russian vodka-drinker of I’etrograd. He cannot turn a faucet like the pro prietor of a soda fountain and hand over a tizz pop or lemon phosphate or “pick me up” restoration to order. He mus' just wait until the tired brain re vives for a moment its cheerier tone. Sometimes he tries to utilize the funny stories told him to lighten the gritn shadows of an editorial pnge, but when ho tries to cull up their ghoBts the de licious und care-dispelling point of the joke has, alus! wholly escaped his Mem ory. A jovial humor doesn’t insure the brilliant word-play of the jester. The world loves fun, but real fun is like foam; it glitters with the hues of Paradise, but it is ns evanescent as clouds on a hot summer day. Things written while on the brink of tears, or inspired by deep sincerity and earnest- nees, seem to endure the longest. Even carrying a joke book, with every good story and pungent saying carefully tabulated and indexed, doesn’t help, for often notes, when grown cold, lack gleam and glitter, and sometimes the point is as hard to find us a yesterday’s newspaper. So this sail fact is a per ennial joke in the editorial sunctum, and even this confession might be con sidered a joke on the reader, for it is not easy even to dictate one’s failure to fittingly evolve a joke, and yet one feels that he has often closely approach ed that frame of mind which Mr. Murk Twain insisted always obsessed him when he wanted to write or suy some thing humorous. “Your head must al ways be empty—absolutely of all else, ” wrote the author of “Huckleberry Finn.” “If you want humor to enter, all else must go, for nature in her piquant moods doth abhor a vacuum.” Query, “Would a mental vacuum cleaner help any?” Making of Big Guns An Inter esting Sight. A fascinating sight is to watch the first stages in the manufacture of the big guns which are playing such a big part in the present war. A solid ingot of steel, some 50 feet in length, is em ployed in the making of the 13-inch gun. After being forged and then al lowed to cool, so that it may be tough ened for the heavy work, this gigantic bar of steel is pressed into cylindrical shape by a power hydraulic press, which exerts a pressure of anything be tween 5,000 and 10,000 tons to the square inch. Later what is known as the trepanning operation is carried out, namely, drilling the bore from end to end. Next the bore is rilled. The most impressive sight, however, is the hardening process, when the rough weapon is heated to dazzling white heat and plunged into a well full of oil. If the operation takes place in the night time the sight of this big glowing bar of metnl being lowered ap parently into the bowels of the earth, issuing leaping tongues of flame from the burning oil, may bo likened to a scene from Dante’s "Inferno.” The gun is left to cool in the oil bath, out of which it comes toughened und tem pered. Now follows the wire-binding opera tion, to make the weapon stronger and impart to it some measure of elasticity. This wire-binding is much the same principle as the whipping on the handle of a cricket bat. In this case, however, the whipping takes the pluce of a strong steel ribbon wound about the body of the gun. Every 13 inch gun has about 121) miles of this steel ribbon wound around it. Some idea of the lubor in volved in the manufacture of one of these guns may be gathered from the fact that from start to finish the time occupied is 12 months. Bear This in Mind. “I consider Chamberlain's Cough Remedy by fur the best medicine in the market for colds and croup,” nays Mrs. Albert BloBser, Lima, Ohio. Muny others are i f the same opinion. Obtain able everywhere. Diplomacy. Clovolaml Plain Dealer. “This is a pretty time to come home, I must say,” squealed the wife of a very good friend of ours no longer ago than Tuesday night. “And it’s a fine condition you are in, too! What have you to say for yourself?” “It was like this, darling girl,” enunciated our friend distinctly. “What was it. you asked me?” "I asked you what you had to say for yourself?” “Well, gee-whiz! You’ve got me all mixed up now. I had a lot o’ thingB to say, but when you jump on me that way, I can’t think o’ one of them.” Come into the house and don’t make a spectacle of yourself.” Aha! Now you are getting all the evidenshe on your side! Ain’t that juBt like a woman? I could ’a’ made mon ey outa the excuses I had for not com ing home to-night. Several of my friends said they were real litrachoor. But they don’t go with you. No, sir. You nip genius in the bud; you spoil your own chances as the wife of a suc cessful author—and for what? So, to ruin me, you persist in petty annoy ances to my comfort—you—" “Oh, darling!" she sobbed, melted to tears. “I didn’t mean that. I didn’t know I was doing that. I only wanted to know why you were out so late!” ‘Well, now that you know, I’ll promise not to refer to it again if you will promise never to talk that wuy again.” And darned if he didn’t get away with it! Watch Your Children Often children do not let parents know they are constipated. They fear some thing distasteful. They will like Rcxall Orderlies—a mild laxative that tastes like sugar. Sold only by us, 10 cents. John R. Catos Drug Co. In Montana a railroad bridge had been destroyed by fire, and it was very necessary to replace it at once. The bridge engineer and his staff were or dered in haste to the place. Two days filter came the superintendent of the division. Alighting from his private car, he encountered the old master bridge builder. ‘Bill,” said the superintendent—and the words quivered with energy—“I want this job rushed. Every hour’s delay costs the company money. Have you got the engineer’s plans for the new bridge?” “I don’t know,” said the bridge builder, "whether the engineer has the picture drawed yet or not, but the bridge is up and the trains is passing over it.” Owes Her Good Health to Chamber lain’s Tablets. “I owe my good health to Chamber lain’s Tablets,” writes Mrs. R. G. Neff, Crookston, Ohio. "Two years ago I was an invalid due to stomach trouble. I took three bottles of these tablets and have since been in the best of health.” Obtainable everywhere. Laughter Aids Digestion. Laughter is one of the most healthful exertions; it is of grent help to diges tion. A still more effectual help is a dose of Chamherlain’s Tablets. If you should bo troubled with indigestion give them a trial. They only cost a quarter. Obtainable everywhere. A youthful physician had been sum moned as a witness in a case which de pended on technical evidence, and op posing counsel in cross-examination asked several sarcastic questions about the knowledge and skill of so young a doctor. “Are you,” he asked, “entirely fa miliar with the symptoms of concussion of the brain?” “Yes.” “Then I should like to ask your opin ion of a hypothetical case. Were my learned friend, Mr. Banks, and myself to bang our heads together, should wo get concussion of the brain?” “Mr. Banks might.” A WISE CHOICE. A Newnan Man Proves He Made No Mistake. A hotel man is more subject to the recommendation of hiB patrons than ulmost any other business man. but Mr. Lewis selected Doan’s Kidney Fills when suffering from kidney trouble. To prove that ho made no mistake in his choice, he givea a signed report of his satisfactory experience. Rend it; W. I’. Lewis, proprietor Virginia Ho tel, Washington street, Newnan, Ga., says: "My kidneys were out of order and I suffered from a lame and aching back. I felt tired and dull, especially in the morning. The kidney secretions passed irregularly, sometimes being too frequent and then again scanty and pain ful. I used six or seven boxes of Doan’s Kidney’s Pi!!“ and they cured me of all signs of kidney trouble. I have had rio return of the complaint since.” Price 5()c. at all dealers. Don’t sim ply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan[s Kidney Bills—the same that Mr. Lewis had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props., Buf falo, N, Y. A waterspout is constantly spinning. The moment it ceases it collapses. At the distance of about u quarter of a mile above the sea level its spinning has been estimated at six miles a minute. Extremes meet when art is long the artist is short. and WEAK, SORE LUNGS Restored To Health By Vinol Camden, N.J. —“I had a deep seated cough, was run-down, and my lungs were weak and sore. 1 had tried everything suggested without help. One eve ning I read about Vinol and decided to try it Soon I noticed an improve ment I kept on taking it and today I am a well man. The soreness is all gone from my lungs, 1 do not have any cough and have gamed fifteen pounds. ’ — Frank Hillman. We guarantee Vinol for chronic coughs, colds and bronchitis and for all weak, run-down conditions. JOHN It. CATES DKUu CO.. Newnan. Ga. There Is No Question but that indigestion and the distressed feeling which always goes with it can be promptly refieved by taking a Dyspepsia Tablet before and alter each meal. 25c a box. John R. Catos Drug Co.