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THE NEWNAN HERALD
NEWNAN HERALD I Consolidated with Coweta Advertiser September, 1880. I
Established 18fld. I Consolidated with Newnan Nows January, 1016, I
NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1916.
Vol. 51—No. 30
FARMERS’
Supply Store
BUY
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At this store, which specializes in Flour,
Feed and Grain.
BUY
Your Shoes here. We sell the best-wearing and
most comfortable shoe made. “Star Brand” shoes
are always better.
BUY
Your Staple Dry Goods and Groceries, and all
Plantation Supplies here. Prices are down to bed
rock.
Lastly
Come to see us. You are always welcome. Hitch
your teams in our wagon yard and store your bun
dles with us.
YOURS TO PLEASE
T.G.
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’Phone 147. Corner Madison and Jefferson Streets.
DOES YOUR
GROCER
Keep a complete stock?
Give you the best quality?
l
Keep his stock neat and clean?
Fill orders accurately?
Deliver goods promptly?
, If not, try—
4. T. swim. 'Ptoi. 54
HE DOES
Insurance—All Branches
Representing
Fire Association, of Philadelphia
Fidelity and Casualty Co., of New York
American Surety Co., of New York
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co.,
of Newark, N. J.
SPINC. HAS COME.
How do I know that aprlnfr has come?
Umt—wall, by Iota of things at home;
The whlfT of paint, applied ao fine.
And odoroun pastelle calcimine;
la that a alum? perhaps you’ll aay;
Well, maybe not;—-but yesterday
I saw nn urchin—maybe two—
Their pink le«s bared In box of blue;
I caught a plimpse of a lad ao fray
Merrily whiatlinir on hia way.
So happy waa the tuno I heard
It mutched that of a mocking-bird;
A beckoning at ream his joyoua goal;
I saw hia shouldered fishing pole
And knew hia willing, bared feet
Would straightway lead to this retreat;;
'’Well, maybe really spring ia here.” you’ll aay.
' Rut frost will be back thla year.”
PerhapH; but, too, a maid ao fair
I saw. white-clad, her toualed hair
Stirred by breezes, soft yet bold.
In waves of fairy-like spun gold.
Going happily forth at spring’s command.
A tennis racket in her hand;—
I aaw a bonnet yesterday.
Of natural straw and ribbon gay,
A wondrous beauty in its wreath.
But not half ao fair ns the face beneath;—
I see you laugh and aay, "You’re wrong;
Spring hats hnve been in voguo ao long;
On January’s coldest day
I saw that straw and ribbon gayl”
But, golfers, ia it just the play
Tint calls forth couplea every day?
Do balls get lost, or do they feign
To lose them there in Lover’s Lane?
How do I know that spring ia here?
Though I’m no judge of month or year.
I feel and love the signs this time;
Spring’s here, because I’m moved to rhyme.
T. S. PARROTT
14 1-2-Greenuille st., Over V. C.GIouerCo.
War!
Robt. IngerBoll.
The past rises before me like a
dream. Again we are in the greatest
struggle for national life. We hear
the sounds of preparation—the music
of boisterous drums—the silver voice
of heroic bugles. We see thousands of
assemblages, and hear the appeals of
orators. We see the pale cheeks of
women, and the flushed faces of men;
and in those assemblages we see all the
dead whose dust we have covered with
flowers. We lose sight of them no
more. We are with them when they
enlist in the great army of freedom.
We see them part with those they love.
Some are walking for the last time in
quiet, woody places, with the maidens
they adore. We hear the whisperings
and the sweet vows of eternal love, as
they lingeringly part forever. Others
are bending over cradles, kissing babes
that are asleep. Some are receiving
the blessings of old men. Some are
parting from mothers who hold them
and press them to their hearts again
and again, and say nothing. Kisses
and tears, tears and kisses—divine
mingling of agony and love! And some
are talking with wives, and endeavor
ing with brave words, spoken in the
old tones, to drive from their hearts
the awful fear. We see them part.
We see the wife standing in the door
with the babe in her arms—standing in
the sunlight sobbing. At the turn of
the road a hand waves—she answers by
holding high in her loving arms the
child. He is gone, and forever.
We see them all as they march proud
ly away under the flaunting of flags,
keeping time to the grand, wild music
of war —marching down the streets of
the great cities—through the towns
and across the prairies—down to the
fields of glory, to do and die for the
eternal right.
We go with them, one and all. We
are by their side on all the gory fields
—in the hospitals of pain—on all the
weary marches. We stand guard with
them in the wild storm and under the
quiet stars. We are with them in ra
vines running with blood—in the fur
rows of/old fields. We are with them
between contending hosts, unable to
move, wild with thirst, the life ebbing
slowly away among the withered
leaves. We see them pierced hy balls
and torn with shells, in the trenches,
and in the whirlwind of the charge,
where men become iron, with nerves of
steel.
We are with them in the prisons of
hatred and famine; but human speech
can never tell what they endured.
We ire at home when the news
comes that they are dead. We see the
maiden in the shadow of her first sor
row. We see the silvered head of the
old man bowed with his last grief.
These heroes are dead. They died
for liberty and they died for us. They
are at rest. They sleep in the land
they made free, under the flag they
rendered stainless—under the solemn
pines, the sad hemlocks, the tearful
willowB and the embracing vines. They
sleep beneath shadows of the clouds,
careleBB alike of sunshine or of storm
each in the windowless Palace of Rest
Earth may run red with other wars—
they are at peace. In the midst of
battle, in the roar of conflict, they
found the serenity of death.
I have one sentiment for soldiers,
living and dead: "Cheers for the living
tears for the dead.”
Somehow we never have much UBe for
people who are smarter than we are.
Told That There Was No Cure For
Him.
"After suffering for over twenty
years with indigestion and having
some of the best doctors here tell me
there was no cure for me, I think it
only right to tell you for the sake of
other suffererB, as well as your own
satisfaction, that a twenty-five cent
bottle of Chamberlain’s Tablets not
only relieved me, hut cured me within
mvo months, although 1 am a man of
65 years," writes Jul. Crtibien, Houa
ton, Texas. Oobtainable everywhere
About Increasing Subscription
Rates.
Washington Reporter.
Just as we expected, the weekly
newspapers of Georgia are fast raising
their subscription price from $1 to $1.50
per year. Last week both the Greens
boro Herald-Journal and the Ogle
thorpe Echo announced that the price
of those papers will be $1.50 after
April 1, and both say that the advance
is a necessity. Both The Echo and The
Herald-Journal are splendid papers and
cannot be published at $1, without sus
taining an nctual loss, and we predict
that a large per cent, of their subscri
bers will reulize thin and gladly pay the
small advance in price. Some few will
go further and try to induce some of
their neighbors not to do so, hoping to
administer a rebuke that might cause
the editor to abandon his purpoBO and
come back to the $1 price; but people
who want something for less than it
costs and think only of themselves in
every business transaction, are in the
minority and really count for very little
in any community.
Our prediction is that the owners of
Why Net a Community Debating
Society ?
The Prugreaflive Farmer.
That was a notable article in a recent
issue of The Progressive Farmer telling
how a debating society at Plainfield had
helped the community. The society
met each Friday night during the school
session, members including the upper-
grade students, teachers, and the older
people of the community. As our cor
respondent said:
Parents attend with their children
at Plainfield. In fact, the man who
has succeeded in winning the decision
of the judges oftener than any other
person has two sons almost grown, who
debate with him or against him, just as
they happen to he placed on tho pro
gram.”
There are hundreds of communities
that would do wall to follow Plainfied’s
example. In fact, we can hardly em
phasize too strongly tho value of train
ing in public speaking ns a part of edu
cation. And especially does it deserve
more attention in agricultural high
schools and agricultural colleges. If a
young man is going into farm demon
the above newspapers will never re-1 stration work or any line of public
gret having decided to at least demand agricultural work, ho will find public
a price for their papers that will cover | speaking a necessity, and in whatever
the actual cost of printing them. We
can see no reason why a newspaper
man should Bell his product at the old-
time prices of the past twenty years,
while the patrons of the paper are
getting from GO to 100 per cent, more
for what they are selling. One trouble |
is, the average man knows absolutely
nothing about the expense, work and one reason why the farmer fails to get
skill that it takes to get out a good | recognition from the Government ia be
newspaper, and moreover doesn’t see
why a local newspaper of possibly 1,-
500 subscribers cannot be published as
cheaply as a general newspaper of
from twenty-five to fifty thousand cir
culation. Country newspaper editors,
more than any class of men we know
of, seem to think that their business is
largely one of charity—and of course
their patrons soon find this out and
want their part of the "hand out.”
work he undertakes, he will find it an
advantage. There are probably ten
times as many farmers’ meetings now
as there were fifteen years ago, and
farmers Should not have to invite pro
fessional and businesB men to make
, of the speeches on such occasions,
oriover, as we have once remarked,
cause so few farmers are well enough
trained in public speeking to make
their influence properly felt in political
conventions and before legislative com
mitteea. Let us not only encourage
neighborhood debating societies, but de
mancl that public schools, high schools
and agricultural colleges give more at
tention to thiB form of education.
Boys Should Learn—
To run.
To swim.
To carve.
To be neat.
To make a fire.
To cut kindling.
To be punctual.
To do an errand.
To sing if they can.
To hang up thoir hats.
To respect ther teacher.
To hold their heads erect.
To wipe their feet on the mat.
To read aloud when requested.
To cultivate a cheerful temper.
To help tho boy smaller than them
selves.
To sew on their own buttons.
To speak pleasantly to an old lady.
To put every garment in its proper
place.
To remove their hats upon entering a
house.
Not to tease boys smaller than them
selves.
To keep their finger nails from wear
ing mourning.
To be kind and helpful to their sis
ters as to other boys’ sisters.
To close the door quietly, especially
when there is a aick person in the
house.
To take pride in having their mother
and Bisters for their best friends.
If they do anything, to take their
mother into their confidence, and above
all, never to lie about anything they
have done.
When their play is over for the day,
to wash thoir faceB and hands and to
spend the evening in the house.
Not to take the easiest chair in the
rooip and put it directly in front of the
lire and forget to offer it to their
mother when she comes in to sit down.
To make up their minds not to learn
to smoke, chew or drink, remembering
these things are not easily unlearned,
and that they are terrible drawbacks to
good men.
Fearful Engine of Destruction.
Philadelphia Ledger. *
The colossal 42 centimeter (16J-inch)
howitzer used by the Germans in the
effort to batter down the defenses of]
Verdun, is one of the most formidable
machines of demolition ever devised.
The gun weighs nearly 100 tons. From
a barrel more than sixteen feet long it
throws a Bhell weighing nearly half a
ton a distance of fourteen miles and
more. It requires the services of 200
men to handle the weapon, and it is
discharged from a distance of 900 feet.
The members of the gun crew wear
protectors, and throw themselves flat
to avoid injury from a shock which
breaks all windows within a radius of
two and a half miles. The foundations,
twenty-six feet in depth, are mined
throughout so that the engineer in
charge, when there is a risk of capture,
may fulfill his solemn oath to blow up
the monster. That a creature of men’s
hands should have such diabolic power
for the destruction of human life is a
mournful commentary on the misappli
cation of modern science to the ends of
warfare. When the average fort can
endure but one shot, and a town is
rubbish heap after the gun ia fired
twice, what hope has mere flesh and
blood against such cannonading? Yet
the spirit of France, against which this
German gun is directed, is undaunted,
and no terror can drive her soldiers
from their postB until they die.
Robert J. Aley, president of the
University of Maine, tella of a prominent
attorney who, years ago, claimed his
residence in an Iowa town. He, att the
only legal light for miles around, was
accustomed to arrange the disputes of
his neighbors.
"On one occasion,” continues Presi
dent Aley, "he was awakened from his
peacefnl slumbers by a violent knock
ing at his front door. Lazily pulling
himself out of bed and putting hia head
out of the open window, he soon dis
covered that his unwelcome night visi
tor was none other than an old man,
Jerry McCloud, for whom that after
noon he had drawn a will.
"Well, Jerry, what’s the trouble?”
the lawyer queried, none too softly.
“‘Faith, it’s th’ will,’ replied Me
Cloud. ‘I couldn’t get a wink uv sleep
a-thinkin’ av it. ’
” ‘The will?’ reiterated the attorney.
" ‘Yes,’ replied McCloud, ‘ye’ve
fixed it so I’ve not left meself a stool
to sit on!”
The Busy Home Dollar.
People do not know the value of
money. Of course, our Government
stamps a certain valuation on every
piece of money in circulation. The
silver dollar, for instance, ia valued
at 100 cents, but a dollar in circulation
is worth infinitely more than 100 cents
Just how much more, no one knows,
because no one can tell how far a dollar
wifi go, and how often it will change
hands during its existence.
During National Pay-Up Week the
Daily Times, of Geneva, N. Y., tried
to ascertain what a dollar wbb worth in
that city; so on Monday morning a dol
lar was turned loose in Geneva, and
the holder was asked to state on
paper attached to the dollar when and
where he spent it, and the following
comment from the Geneva Times indi
cates something of the value of a dollar
in that part of the State of New York—
"The ‘Home’ Dollar of Pay-Up
Week paid just fifty dollars’ worth of
debts laBt week, according to the
record kept each day in The Times
office. It will be remembered that it
was first paid out last Monday. The
TimeB and the daily record showed
that it passed through ten different
ownerships on Monday, four on Tues
day, seven on Wednesday, six on Thurs
day, twelve on Friday and eleven on
Saturday, or just fifty in all. On Sat
urday afternoon it was in possession of
the Lynch Furniture Co., which firm
paid it out to Mrs. Walter Larm, of
65 Cherry street. This is the laBt report
made to The Times about its travels.
If every man and woman who sends a
dollar out of the community for some
thing that might be purchased at home
could be made to realize that their
money is so valuable surely there
would not be such a tremendous volume
of money pouring into the coffers of
the great city mail order houses.”
Splendid For Rheumatism.
“I think Chamberlain’s Liniment iB
just splendid for rheumatism," writes
Mrs. Dunburgh, Eldridge, N. Y. “It
has been used by myself and other
members of my family time and again
for the past six years, and has always
given the heat of satisfaction.” The
quick relief from pain which Chamber
lain’a Liniment affords is alone worth
many times the cost.' Obtainable any
where.
Farsighted is the man who doesn’t al
low success to throw him off his guard
against a reverse of fortune.
Information For Women.
Housework is trying on health and
strength. Women are inclined to kid
ney nnd bladder trouble, us men. Ach
ing back, Hliff, sore joints and muscDs,
hlurred vision, puffness under eyes,
should ho given prompt attention.
Foley Kidney Pills restore healthy ac
tion to irritated kidneys and bladder.
Our Late Easter.
Easter Sunday cannot happen earlier
than March 22, nor later than April 25,
but between those dates it has a range
of 35 days. At the Council of Nice,
325 A. D., it was agreed hy the repre
sentatives present that from that time
forwnrd Easter should fall on tho first
Sunday after the full moon occurring
or next after March 21, and on every
date between that and April 25; hut it
iB only at long intervals of time that it
occurs on its extreme dates. In 1886
Easter fell on April 26. its latest pos
sible date, an event which had not oc
curred before during the nineteenth
century, and will not again occur until
the spring of 1943. The last time
Easter fell on its earliest date was in
1818. This will not again happen dur
ing the nineteenth or twentieth cen
tury. In 1895 it came very near to
breaking the century’s early record,
falling on March 25. The date for this
year is quite late— being the 23d of April.
The observance of Lent iB a Catholic
custom principally, but it ia becoming
more and more popular with all denom
inations in tho Protrstant religious as
the years go by. Many beautiful cus
toms are obseved on Easter day.
Should Not Feel Discouraged.
So many people troubled with indiges
tion and constipation have been benefit
ed by taking Chamberlain’s Tablets
that no one Bhould feel discouraged
who has not given them a trial. They
contain no pepsin or other digestive
ferments, but strengthen the stomach
and enable it to perform ita functions
naturally. Obtainable anywhere.
"My father is an architect," said the
new boy on the block proudly.
"What does an architect do?” asked
the hoy next door.
"Oh, he tells people how to build
their houses, and they have to pay him
for telling them.”
“Yes, but s’posin’ they don’t build
the house the way he tells ’em to?”
“Why, then they have to pay him
more money for changing the plana,”
replied the architect’s son.—Chicago
News.
Women with the most cheek do the |
least blushing.
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