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THE NEWNAN HERALD NEWNAN HERALD j Consolidated with Cowote Advertiser September, 1880.1 Established 1860. I Consolidated with Newnan Nows January, 1916. 1 NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY. JANUARY 7, 1916. Vol. 51—No. 15 -^1916!^- GREETINGS TO OUR FRIENDS: Your past business has materially benefited us. Your confidence has en couraged’ us. Your friendship has in spired and strenghened us. To continue to merit your [favor and esteem is our promise, which goes to you with our good wishes for your happiness and prosperity through 1916. Hoping the New Year will bring to you and yours that which your heart holds dear, is our sincere wish. 1 T, G. Farmer & Sons FO R D The Universal Car I .! 308,213 Ford cars were sold last year. “The Universal Car.” Your necessity. They serve everybody, please every body, save money for everybody by reliable service,, economical operation and maintenance. Why experiment? Watch the Fords go by! Talk with the owners of Ford cars. Investigate for yourself. Prices lower than ever. Run about $390; Touring Car $440; Town Car $640, f. o. b. Detroit. On sale by WALTER HOPKINS 25 Perry St. Phone 145 CENTRAL OP GEORGIA RAILWAY OO. CURRENT SCHEDULES. ARRIVE FROM Griffin 10 A. m. 7:17 P. M. i uruiui iu vn a. \; Chattanooga 1:43 P.M. •Cetiartown 0:41A.M. Columbus 9:40 a M. 6:35 p. M. ANOTHER YE AR . Another year passed over—atone, Hope beaming with the now: Thds move we o i—forever on, The many and the few: The many ot our childhood's days Growing fewer, one by one, Till death, in duel with each life. Proclaims the last ts done. Another year—the buried past Lies on its silent gravo; The stream of life flows over on, As wave leaps into wave; Anothor yoar-nhl who can toll What memories it may bring Of lonoly heart and toarful eye. And hopo bereft of wing? Another yoar-the curfew rings; Past cover up each coal: Tho old year dies, the old year dies. The bells its requlom toll; A pilgrim year has reached ltd shrine, Tho air with incenso glows; Tho spirit of another year Comoa forth from long repose 1 Another year, with tears and joys, To form an arch of love; Another year to toil with hope. And seek for rest abovo; Another year wirtged on its way— Eternity the goal; Another year—peace in its train— Peace to each parting soul I —[Thomas O'Hagan. DEPART FOR Griffin G:4/> A. M. 1:40 p. M. Chattanooga 11:00 A. m. Cedartown 7:20 p. M. Columbus.......... 7166 A. U. 5:15 p.m The Old Year Dies. Columbus Enquiror-Sun. When the evening’s sun withdraws his laBt lingering rays and retires to rest behind the western hills; when the shadows deepen until the twilight is gone, and night spreads her sable mantle over all the earth; when the stars peep from the blue archway of the sky, and the nightbirds are sing ing their evening song, it ■ will be for the last time in the good year of our Lord 1916. For even now we stand, aB it were, in the presence of a new born year. The gild of the golden west will scarcely have faded ere the pink of a new morn and a new year will begin to tint the east, and then in the glory and beauty of promise will come again the god of day, shedding his light and warmth upon mankind. There is something of pathos and sadness, something akin to grief, in the contemplation of the departure of the old year. When the bells toll as it dies, and finally night’s mid-hour is struck, we feel that we have lost some thing of a friend; that something has gone out of our lives that will not come again, and we fain would recall it, if but for a season. But time waits for no man. It flits by as a winged thing, resting neither here nor there nor anywhere, not even for the briefest period. There is no halting in its flight and no calling it back after it has gone. And there fore we experience that feeling of Badness and regret that comes to us when we contemplate the passing of friends. We are powerless to stay this passing, and we feel our weakness all the more. But while we pause to drop a tear and heave a sigh over the death of the old year—something we cannot really feel, and yet know that an intangi ble, indefinite something is slipping from our lives—we catch the herald of the new-born year. For the echo of the bells that have tolled the sad requiem of thedeparted has scarcely ceased to rever berate ere the tone is changed from one of sadness to one of joy as they ring in the new. The year that is upon the eve of its departure to keep company with all the other years that have gone before, has seen its joys pnd its sorrows. Some have rejoiced with exceeding gladness, while others have grieved with great grief. It has been so during all the years, from the time when the morn ing stars sang together to this good hour, for the years, as they go, in this respect are much the same. One year differeth from another year but little in the Sum total of years. The New Year always is a time for retrospection, for introspection and for meditation. It is the time when most people cast up accounts with themselves and endeavor to ascertain whether the balance is in their favor or against them, and the time when, if they ever intend to do so, they endeavor to make improvements one way or another. It is well for such a time to come into the lives of all. If we make no effort to improve it is certain there will be no improvement. This time is now at hand. What shall we do? Everyone must answer for himself. We passed a little 3-year girl the other day, when she accosted us follows; “See the beautiful flowers am gathering; ain’t they beautiful?’’ All about her were noxious weeds, stick and stubble, but she was glean ing out from among them the early wild violet, to her beautiful, and nox- iouB things were left unnoticed. How much better and different life would seem if we, like the little girl, would just gather the beautiful things—things pure and lovely—and not dwell or think on the dark and impure and dis torted blotches of life; for as a man thinketh, so is he. Constipation and Indigestion, “I have used Chamberlain’s Tablets and must say they are the best I have ever used for constipation and indiges tion. My wife also used them for in digestion and they did her good,’ writes Eugene 3. Knight, Wilmington, N. C. Obtainable everywhere, The Flight of Time. Anniston (Ain.) Star. In his anguish Job said: “My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.” The death of a year always brings to us a realization of the merciless flight of time; but, unlike Job, we should not be hopeless. The death of each succeeding year witnesses the-burial of many hopes and ideals, but to the wise the burial of one hope makes room for a better one. There is cause for gratitude in the thought that everyone may start in the new year with a new ambition, with a clearer vision, and with a foundation of knowledge acquired from the experi ence of other years. What if the visions of youth have been blurred by time, and the high ideals of early manhood toppled to the dust of a too materialistic world? This rough old world wbb ever a scoffer at good and at truth, and the fact that ybu find people blase and cynical is no reason why you should follow their ex ample. True courage will keep a man from being' embittered by the loss of his ideals and the scoffing of the world. To a man who is battling in a good cause, a knock-down blow is only added incentive to fight. The'new year lies before you. What are you going to do with it? If it is true that “we take no note of time but from its loss,” then we Bhould be careful not to lose any, or to waste any. But what are you going to do with the year that lies before you? Are you going to sit supinely down and regret that you were unable to accomplish your ambitions of last year? Are you going to drift along with the tide and have next New Year’s day reproach you with having accomplished nothing? Or are you going to profit by the los sons of previous years? Are you going to make another Btart—more vigorous, more determined this time—to do some good in the world, not for yourself alone, but for the world at large; to make some life happier, and to make yourself ready for “that bourne from whence no, traveler returns,” toward which Father Time is so relentlessly hurrying you? Make it Pay Up Week. Griffin Nowb and Sun. Why not make the first week in Jan uary “Pay Up Week” for this town and this community? Why can’t we all make the rounds and pay up all of our bills, or pay at leaBt as much as possible on each one of them? Why can’t we make this a town where credits are a pleasure, and where bad debts and slow pay and in difference are unknown? We would all feel better, and the people we pay would feel even still bet ter, and they would then be able to pay what they owe. Bills have to be paid some time or other, and the beginning of a new year is an opportune time to wipe them out and start with a clean slate. But if al lowed to run they will drag along from month to month and in the end every body will be wishing everybody else wouldn’t be so everlastingly slow about paying what they owe. The man who pays his bills promptly and starts the new year free from debt can always get credit when he wants it, and he won’t have to go hunting around for an indorser. His face and his word will be good enough for any business house. But the fellow who allows his bills to run indefinitely and is indifferent to the needs of his. creditors is an unsafe risk at best, and his reputation for honesty and reliability does not improve with age. This is a pretty good town, and our people are generally good on the pay, but we can make it bettor if we want to. Let’s all pay up I / NEWNAN’S REPLY Newnan Accepts the Evidence and Many Newnan Readers Will Profit by it. Which is the more weighty proof- a few words from a Newnan resident, whom we know and respect, or vol umes from strangers in distant towns? There can be only one reply. Mrs. W. H. Sewell, Spence Avo., Newnan, says: "1 suffered so from my back that I could not get up when I was down. I was alwayB in misery and was so sore and lame that I could not do any work. I got up in the morn ing feeling more tired than the night before. HeadacheB nearly drove me mad and the kidney secretions caused me much annoyance. I used Doan’s Kidney Pills, procured from J. F. Lee Drug Co., and they relieved the pains in my back and put my kidneys in good order. When I have any signs of kid ney trouble now, I always use Doan’s Kidney Pills, and they relieve me.” Price 60c., at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy -got Doan’s Kidney Pills—the aa . e that Mrs. Sewell bad. Foater-Milburn Co., Prbp8., Buffalo, N. Y. Sixty-nine Lynchings in 1915. Tuskegee, Ala., Jan. 1.—An annual record of all lynchings in the United States haB been furnished by Monroe N. Work, head of the division of re cords and researches of the Tuskegee Institute, who aided Dr. Booker T. Washington to compile these records during the past Beveral yearn. According to' this record there have been, during the year juat dosed, sixty- nine lynchings. Of those lynched fifty- five were negroes and fourteen were whitea. This is six more negroes and eleven more whites than were put to death by moba in 1914, when the record forty-nine negroes and three whitea. Included in the record are three women. In Bt least four instances it later developed that the persons put to death were innocent of the offense charged. Eighteen, or more than 'one- fourth of the total lynchingB, occurred in Georgia. Only eleven (ten negroes and one white,) of those put to death were charged with rape. Other offenses and the number lynched were: Murder, 17, (five whites and twelve negroes;) kill ing officers of the law, 9, (three whites and six negroes;) wounding officers of the law, 3; clubbing officers of the law, a family of four, (father, aon and two daughters;) poisoning mules, 3; steal ing hogs, 2, (white;) disregarding warning of night riders, 2, (white;) in sulting women, 3; entering women’s rooms, 2; wounding a man, 2; stealing meat, 1; burglary, 2; robbery, 1; loot ing, 1; stealing cotton, 1; charged with Btealing a cow, 1; furnishing ammuni tion to man resisting arrest, 2; beating wife and child, 1, (white;) charged with being accessory to burning barn, 1. Lynchings occurred in the following States: Alabama, 9; Arkansas, 5; Flor ida, 6; Georgia, 18; Illinois, 1; Ken tucky, 6; Louisiana, 2; Mississippi, 9 Missouri, 2; Ohio, 1; Oklahoma, 3 South Carolina, 1; Tennessee, 2; Texas, 6; Virginia, 1. Pastor Forestalls Express Wagon, Columbus Enquiror-Sun. This was a busy delivery day with the express company. It also happen ed to be calling day with an enterpris ing pastor of the community whoso heart was bubbling over with good will Hence the tragedy. In a certain home in this city the ar rival of a certain package from Jack sonville was hourly awaited. It wbb probably needed for medicinal purposes, strictly, as the good housewife is quite an ardent church member. On the other hand, the theoretical head of the household is not quite so strict in his ideas on certain subjects. The family was thus in a state of preparedness, as it were, and just at that moment the door bell rang. At that same moment a wagon, although not on express wagon, chanced to stop at the gate. The little boy of the family ran to the door and came face to face with the minister, who was fairly beam ing good cheer and good will. In his hand he bore a package, an oblong package, a Christmas remembrance, for he is very fond of the members of his flock. There was the man; there was the package; there was the wagon—the happy chain of evidence was complete, Just then the lady advanced to the door, and as she did so her young son ran up to her and cried enthusiastically “Mammal mammal The whiskey’s come!” Women of Sedentary Habits. Women who get but little exercise are likely to be troubled with constipa tion and indigestion, and they will find Chamberlain's Tablets highly beneficial. Not so good as a three or four mile walk every day, but very much better than to allow the bowels to remain in a constipated condition. They are easy and pleasant to take and moBt agree able in effect. Obtainable everywhere. The Kansas story of how the farmers put beer kegs instead of wheels on their binders, in order to harvest in wet weather this year, recalls to the Lawrenee Gazette the old story that was often told in the days when prohi bition was young in Kansas. There was a law that permitted the sale of liquor for medical, mechanical and scientific purposes. A farmer came in on t day and offered to purchase a gal lon of stuff from the local druggist’s book, in wmen all sales and tho pur poses for which the liquor was to bn used must be recorded. "What are you going to use it for— medical, mechanical or scientific pur poses?” asked the drug clerk. “You might as well put it down as mechanical,” responded the farmer, “I’m goin’ to have a barn-raisin.' ” “I hear you are naving a ‘Take It Back’ campaign in this town.” “Yen," admitted the Flunkville citi zen. “Have you borrowed something that you failed to return?” “Oh, no. I vant to see a man who called me < liar about thrpe years ago.” Two Christmas Tragedies Heard County. Franklin Nowb and Banner, 31st alt. As a result of a misguided Christmas celebration Heard county woke up Sun day morning last to learn of two kill ings. Saturday night Mr. J. S. Vines, who has resided in Franklin much of his time for the past several years, went to a party at Mr. Grover Cook’s. He was con siderably under the influence of whiskey, and, being rather unruly, Marshal Gus Lipford attempted to get him away, when Vines defied him with an unsight ly dagger of huge dimensions. He was taken away by other friends, and it was thought no trouble would then arise. A little later, however, Vines reappeared in the midBt of the gathered young people and made for the mar shal with the knife. Finding himself cornered, with no way of escape, Mr. Lipford drew his pistol and fired a shot into the approaching man’s breast, fol lowing with two additional shots before Vines fell to the floor. The wounded man was carried to his room at the Paschal House, where he died shortly afterward. Mrs. Estelle Anderson, of Atlanta, and Mr. S. R. Pollard, of Temple, daughter and cousin of deceased, ar rived Sunday, and the body was buried in Franklin cemetery late Sunday af ternoon, after servioeB by Dr. W. S. Trent. Tho alfair was a most unfortunate one, and would not have occurred but for the fact that Mr. Vines was drink ing. On tho same night Mr. Tom Helton was killed near Ridley. It is said that he left his home early in the night with a negro in search of whiskey. Next morning he was found near the road with a bullet hole in the back of his head, and the negro had disappeared. An inquest was ordered, but we under stand it only Btarted its investigations and adjourned over until Monday next. Six-Year-Old Had Croup. “I have a little girl 6 years old who haB a great deal of trouble with croup,” writes W. E. Curry, of Evansville, Ind. ”1 have used Foley’s Honey and Tar, obtaining instant relief for her. My wife and I also use it and will say it is the bese cure for a bad cold, cough, throat trouble and croup that I ever saw.” Those terrible coughs that seem to tear one to pieces yield to Foley’s Honey and Tar. J. F. Lee Drug Co. War to Continue. Albany Herald. There is a practical certainty [that the world conflict, which has been in progress for seventeen months, will continue far iDto 1916, and possibly en tirely through tho year. Despite the tremendous sacrifice of life and proper ty already made, the faint peace glim mers that now and then appear prom ise nothing definite. Both sides are marshalling new armies, turning out vast new stores of munitions, and ar ranging fresh war credits. A year and a half has been too short a time to ex haust the reserve power of either side. The central powers and the entente allies are as one in claiming that they ore still able to command ample re sources for the further prosecution of the war, and both are probably stating the truth, broadly speaking. It is going to be another year of war and rumors of war. The world has be come in a measure accustomed to the sad spectacle, but there will not fail to be a world-wide yearning for the re turn of peace. The Gist of It. “Last December I had a Very severe cold and was nearly down sick in bed. I bought two bottles of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and it wasohly a few days until I was completely restored to health,” writes O. J. Metcalf, Weather- by. Mo. If you would know the value of this remedy, ask any one who has used it. Obtainable everywhere. The saddest person in all the world is the callow youth, juat going into long trousers, who gave a present, bought with all hia money, to the girl of his heart's burning desire, and—did not even receive a post-card from her.— Macon News. “All the fools ara not dead yet,” said the sarcastic man. “What’s the matter with you?” asked the simple one. “Aren’t you feeling well?” MRS. CLAYTON’S LETTER ..To Run-Down Nervous Women Louisville, Ky.—“I was a nervous wreck; and in a weak, run-down con dition when a friend asked me to. try Vino); I did so, and as a result-I have gained in health and strength. I think Vinol is the best medicine in the world' for a nervous, weak, run-dovm system 1 and for elderly people.”—Mrs. W. C. Clayton, Louisville, Ky. Vinol is a delicious cod liver and iron tonic without oil, guaranteed to over come all run-down, weak, devitalized conditions and for chronic coughs, colds’ and bronchitis. JOHN K. CATES DOUG CO.. Newnan. Ga.