The Newnan herald. (Newnan, Ga.) 1915-1947, August 25, 1916, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE NEWNAN HERALD NEWNAN HERALD I ConsoHdaced with Coweta Advertiser Eteptember. 18S6. I Established 18G6. I Consolidated with Nownan News January, 1915. | NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1916. Vol. 51—No 48. FARMERS’ Supply Store BUY At this store, which specializes in Flour, Feed and Grain. B U Y 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. Everybody should raise their forage and hay. Now is the time to sow sorghum seed and plant peas. We have the Orange and Red Top Cane Seed; Unknown and Speckled Peas. Save time and labor by using the Hyde Cultivator. WE SELL THEM. 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 ’Phone J47. Corner Madison and Jefferson Streets. I DON’T Claim to sell better groceries than any body in Newnan. I DO THE SETTING SUN. Claim to sell as fresh and as good groceries as anybody, and at prices as low as the lowest. Furthermore Everything I handle is guaranteed to con form to the National and State Pure Food Laws. Give Me A trial order and be convinced of the above statements. J. T. SWINT ’PHONE 54. Newnan, Georgia T. S. PARROTT Insurance—All Branches Representing Fire Association, of Philadelphia Fidelity and Casualty Co., of Hem York American Surety Co., of Hew York Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co., of Hewark, H. J. The evening sun was sinking low, The iliHtunt hills in shadow lay. And in the west with golden glow The cloudlets with the sunbeams play: And earth and sky. With peaceful sigh. Proclaim the close of day. With eyes bedimmed by flight of time The aged man survey’d the scene. And sighed as thoughts of manhood prime. With pride of conquest, came between His childhood’s tears And present fears. And sorrows ho had seen. "Now lay me down to rest." he said, "My day is o'er, mv race is won. And from my labors to my bod l sink ns yonder setting sun; No more of care. No pain to bear. My work, in life is done. "While countless ages come and go, Beneath the stars at eventides, Or in the morning’s sacred glow. No evil frame my bed derides With chilling fears. Or burning tears, Or taunts of scorning pride. "I hear no more of stormy strifo, Nor mingle with the busy throng: No more the joy or woe of life. The cry of pain, or siren song; But peace and rest Within my broast. The ages shall prolong." — [E- J. Stephens. Newnan, (la.. Aug. 29, 1916. '4 1-2 Greenuille st., Over 7. C. Glover Co. A Glorious Funeral. Christian Index. As a rule, funerals are very sad oc casions. It is even so in the case of an old person who has lived a beautiful Christian life. It is always so in the case of an aged person who is not a Christian. It is a sad thing to see a husband and father cold in death. It means a lonely widow and in most cases fatherless children. It is heartrending to look upon the lifeless form of a wife and mother. No one knows what it means except those who have experi enced it. The funeral of a young man or a young woman is the occasion of great sorrow. If they are not Chris tians it is awful to think of their ever lasting despair. If they are devout Christians the world, so greatly in need of their service, has suffered a great loss, and the hopes and aspirations of fond parents have been blighted. It is most unusual to think of a fu neral as being a glorious thing. We never have attended but one of that kind. It was over the remains of A1 bert Roy Cousins, of Lutherville, the son of Rev. Dr. and Sister S. B. Cous ins, sr. He was a young man just 22 years of age, and was killed by a stroke of lightning on Aug. 6. While a boy yet in his teens he made a profession of faith and was baptized by his father at Moreland. For two years he attended tlie Locust Grove Institute, where two of his brothers were students and af terwards teachers, and where his only sister was a student. He was a stu dent at Mercer one year, where his brother, Solon B. Cousins, jr., was for a time professor. For the past two years he was a student at Wake Forest College, North Carolina, from which he had just graduated. He had been elect ed to the chair of English and French of the Norman Institute, at Norman Park, Ga., where he was to have begun his work Sept. 5th. As a boy he was a model in the home and in the communi ty. In school he was an exemplary student, both in his work and deport ment. As a church member, both in his home town and in the different communities where he was in school he was an active worker and exerted a wholesome influence in the schools and in the churches. Hia future was as bright as the promises of God. In spite of these things his funeral was glorious. It was too glorious to write about or talk about. To those who were there it will furnish food for thought and holy meditation for the rest of their lives. There were many things that conspired to make the fu neral of this young man a glorious oc casion. It brought Lutherville togeth er, as the father said, in one bond of sympathy as never before. It brought together representatives from many churches of which the father had been and iB pastor, as well as from others of which he has never been pastor. Ev ery neighboring town and community was represented. Never have we seen sa many people at a funeral, nor have we ever observed such a degree of sympathy. As the corpse of the young man was placed in the hearse there was a long line of colored men and women standing on the sidewalk with bowed heads, in sympathy with the be reaved family and in honor to a young man whom they counted as their friend. The beloved pastor. Rev. W. W Roop, read many appropriate passages of Scripture and offered brief com ments after a touching prayer by Rev, J. L. Helms. After we had spoken a few words a series of heavenly cli maxes began. During the service the father sat in the pew with an upturned faoe wreathed in heavenly smiles until after we had spoken. Then he arose with that same smile on his face, and with his whole being compassed by the sustaining grace of God, without a tear in his eyes and without a quiver in his voice be addressed his brethren and sis ters. He said that for thirty and three years he had tried to comfort the hearts of many present in the time of their sorrow with the assurance of the eter nal verities of the promises of God. “But to-day,” said he, “we have ex changed places.” He spoke of the tel egrams and letters of sympathy which he had received, and of the scores of his brethren and sisters who had come to mingle their tears and sorrows with his. He spoke of the life and character of his dead boy, of hia devotion to his father and mother, and of his influence in the family circle. He referred to how the boy had hitched up his horse on Sunday morning before he waB tricken in the afternoon, and how as he was leaving for his church in Turin the boy said: “Father, I hope you will have a good meeting.” He said that he had tried to prepare Albert Roy mentally, morally and spiritually for the larger life, and now he had entered it, and it was all right. Dr. Cousins suid many other touching and beautiful things, and, so far as we could observe, he was the only person in the great audience who had tearless eyes and a smiling face. The climax of it all came when he looked for the last time into the lifeless face of his boy, and with a pleasant smile said: “Al bert Roy Cousins, in the words of my Master, I say unto thee, ‘As I live thou shalt live also.' Good-bye.” Just the Thing for Diarrhoea. “About two years ago I had a severe attack of diarrhoea which lasted over a week,” writes W. C. Jones, Buford, N. D. “I became so weak that I could not stand upright. A druggist recom mended Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The iirst dose relieved me and within two days I was well as ever.” Many druggists recom mend this remedy because they know that it is reliable. Obtainable every where. Short Crop and High Prices. In a very interesting article on the cotton situation Bradstreet’s Review of Saturday, Aug. 12, discusses the outlook for prices for the coming crop Cutting down of the production and ex pansion in American consumption are the two main reasons for the present excellent prices now prevailing. Brad- street’s says: “The situation of the American cot ton growing and manufacturing indus tries at the end of two years of war is one which even the moBt sanguine pro ducers of that staple could not have foreseen or predicted. Despite the crippling of the European industry and the consequent heavy reduction abroad the measures taken in this country for relief from the danger of a wholesale slaughter of values by a reduction of acreage and yield, coupled with an un exampled expansion of American con sumption, have put the industry in a very strong position, so that to-day cotton supplies are closely held and prices are well up to the best ruling before the war began. Foremost in remedial measures was the cutting down of production, the commercial crop of the year ending July 31 1916, according to Col. Henry G Hester, being only 12,938,256 bales, a decrease of 2,169,755 bales, or 14.3 per cent, from the preceding year. While the crop was the smallest in five years the total value of the lint cotton was $765,700,560, or nearly 30 per cent greater than that of 1914-15, though 21 per cent, less than in 1913-14, which saw a yield nearly 2,000,000 bales larger than that of the cotton season just closed. The crops and values of the past live years compare as follows Bales Values 1915-16 12,938,256 $765,700,560 1914-15 15,108,011 593,432,978 1813-14 14,882,493 977,844,114 1912-13 14,106,116 866,185,562 1911-12 16,108,089 808,723,957 "These figures refer to lint cotton only and do not include the value of the Beed, which last year, more than in any other past period, was a specially im portant item. Thus the value of the crop for the past year, as stated, was $765,700,560, and if the value of the seed were added we should have a total of $958,200,000. Last year the total value, including the seed, was $749, 384,978, and the year before it was $1,134,444,114. The increase in the value of the cotton seed crop has been phenomenal. Seven years ago (1908-09) it was valued at $92,000,000; for the past year, though its size in tons was smaller, it was worth $192,500,000, The value of linters, too, owing to the war demand, has increased to an aver age of 6.03 cents per pound, compared with last year’s average of about 1 3-4 to 2 cents. The actual growth of the year 1915-16 was 12,175,000 hales, and the quantity carried over at the South on Aug. 1 this year was 1,691,000 bales, against 2,539,000 bales the year before. The consumption of lint cotton and linters in the United States is estimat ed at 7,051,000 bales of American cot ton, or 48 per cent, of the world’s con sumption, as against 42 per cent, and 39 per cent., respectively, in the pre ceding two years. Foreign takings of American cotton are placed at 52 per cent, of the world's consumption, as against 58 per cent, last year and 61 per cent, in 1914. “The year just closed saw the great est consumption ever known of Ameri can cotton, and the total visible and in visible supply of American cotton at the close of the year was reckoned at 1,635,000 bales, ns against 5,629,000 hales at the end of the preceding year, while the total supply of nil kinds was given at 5,097,000 hales, against 7,371,- 000 hales and 6,996,000 hales one and two years ago. “Southern consumption. 4,046,555 bales, has doubled since 1902-03, and is four times what it wus in 1896-07. Tho gain in consumption in the year just closed was the greatest ever shown in any year.” A Season of Torture for Some. Hay fever causes untold misery to thousands. Asthma, too, counts its suf ferers by the hundreds. Foley’s Honey and Tar soothes that raw, rasping feel ing in the throat, relieves hoarseness and wheezing, makes breathing easier, heals inflammation, permits refreshing slumber. Contains no opiates. J. F. Lee Drug Co. Invite your friend to church. You invite him to your home, you invite him to your lodge, you invite him to your political meetings, your parties, your lecture courses and your enter tainments. Why not invite him to your church? Tell your pastor to preach a little better, and the choir to sing a little more sweetly next Sun day, and then invite your friend to your church to worship with you. Woman’s Work. The quiet, faithful way in which ft woman, often of superior intellect and decided talents for higher things, will dish-wash her life away for her husband and children is a marvel of patient endurance. Here the servitude of wo man is the heaviest. No sooner is her work done than it requires to be done again. Merf take contracts for work on them, finish them, and they are over for all time. The prospect of ending them and drawing pay for the labor is alluring. But woman’s work holds no such promise. She washes, Monday after Monday, the same garments, until there is no more of them to wash. And the washing and the wringing goes on until the wornout hands are folded for their eternal and only rest. She mends stockings with tireless fidelity, week after week and year after year. Every morning the same rooms are to be put in order, only to be in the wildest dis order by evening. The same stockings, the same washing, the same cleaning and cooking in endless rotation, which leaves no time for reading and self- culture which, aside from the pleasure it affords the woman, is theonly means of fitting one’s self for the intellectual culture of her children. What wonder that women are not thinkers, or that the daughters of suc cessive generations are vapid, uncul tured creatures, incapable of forming an opinion on tho more important sub jects of human consideration. There is too little brightness in the lives of women. They have too little help in their domestic occupations. i 0 A Mothers Wish ,-yT Hoaft on 'Wpifi'erfiood. r >(nifedjree f« * - » (Sxpvcittnl it’ty Is that she may go through tho trying ordeal of motherhood with as little pain as possible—this can be v u reality when ‘‘Mother’s Friend”, has been used regularly preceding/ -Yjffp '^^^conflnemout. Get ^3 rad field ^ "Mother's Friend” at your ‘Rgqufutor Co., druggist. SOl/aniar ^Hldcjytiiaaiu^ What Jim Price Has Done For The Farmers Of Georgia Commlsslonor of Agriculture J. D. Price submits his candidacy to tho rotors of Georgia, upon Ills record of eervico In making tho department an Institution of positive value and help fulness to the farmers of this state. Commissioner Price has not only given his time and earnest attention to the well recognized duties devolv ing upon the department, but ho has done other things for the benefit of Georgia farmers and at a saving to the ntate, not attempted by his predeces sors. He Introduced the plan of furnish ing to Georgia farmers nitrogen bac teria for their leguminous crops at 25 cents per acre, or actual cost, where private concerns were charging %’i or more for the sumo product. He has had taken for analysis more “home” samples of fertilizers, direct from tho barn of the consumer, than any other commissioner, thereby as suring protection to the individual. He has bad taken and analyzed more samples of fertilizers at u less cost to the state than his predecessor. The actual office records show that the cost per sample under his prede cessor was $2.88, and In his first term immediately following it was only $2.40, an actual saving to tho state of 48 cents on each sample. Adheres 8trictly To The Law He has rigidly enforced the pure food and pure feed laws at all times to the advantage of the farm ers and the consumers of Georgia. He has gone further than any other commissioner ever attempted In the effort to provide markets for food crops. The recorda will clearly show this. He has disseminated more and more accurate crop reports and has supplied the farmers of Georgia with all avail able Information of value to them. He has kept in personal touch with the farmers of Georgia Insofar as the duties of the office would permit, has absolutely adhered to the laws of the state, and yet has shown the farmers of Georgia as many of them have nev er known before, that THERE IS AN AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT IN GEORGIA. Recently there appeared In the At lanta papers an advertisement that ■aid this: ‘‘Everyone dissatisfied with the present administration of the slate agricultural department, please communicate with J. J. Brown campaign headquarters.” ‘‘It will be seen from this," said Commissioner Price, "that my oppon ent is hard put to it to find anything against me, since he has had to ad vertise for complaints in order to find them. This is a new plan in politics, J. D. PRICE, Commissioner Of Agriculture. hut whatever ho finds he is certainly welcome to. | That Travel Expense ‘‘My opponent seeks to make a point of the fact that tho travel expenses of the department for two years were $32,120.83. 1 have a letter from the legislative committee which Investi gated the auditor’s report, showing that this amount covers all the usual expenses provided for by law, that it is a regular expense under every ad ministration of the department, and that It Includes the cost of travel, ho tel bills, purchase of samples for analysis, bottles and express charges, for 74 employes and attaches of the department. This is a small average of $18.09 per month per man. “In criticising expense accounts he does not tell you that he made trips to his borne near Elberton at the ex pense of the Htate, and also to his farm at Baxley, which the records show, and that he rode In chair cars at the state’s expense, a thing I never did in my life, because I always want to get with the people. "Referring to the fertilizer and oil Inspectors, my opponent says the de partment has a ‘political machine.’ It Is the same ‘machine’ that was here when be was assistant to Mr. Conner. I have never made a single appoint ment that was not authorized and re quired by law. But before talking about political machines, he should tell the farmers and people of this state why Mr. Conner and he carried blank commissions to Macon, and of fered them in the effort to trade me out of the office of commissioner of agriculture."

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The Newnan herald. (Newnan, Ga.) 1915-1947, August 25, 1916, Image 1