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THE CONFEDERATE FLAG. Nearly A Half Century Ago ,ltew Nation Was Born, The Confederate States of America. Front ithe Quitman Advertiser. Sbe arose like a beautiful me* teor «e>ly to go down in and gloom. While yet in her nith, she made great land for history, and leaves those offearnage, a splendid tradition of heroism which tradition is priceless value to the South. Her meraaries are the sacred rel ics of her great tragedy. When Te^as, the “Lone Star” speeded fram that great galaxy, Feb. 1,1861,, ithere was no flag for the young nation, and calls were made for suitable designs. A young Prussian artist, Nicola Marshall, who eame to this coun¬ try in 1849, and settled in Marion, Ala., was asked by Mrs. Napole¬ on Lockett to design one similar to the old flag, under which our forefathers fought so gallantly. He gracefully acceded to her re¬ quest and produced two, The one accepted is rectangu¬ lar in shape, with three traverse bars, the upper and lower red, and the central one white, with a blue field in upper left corner, on which there were several white stars in a circle to represent the then seceded states. This is known as the “Stars and Bars.” On March 4th, 1881, it was hoisted ovei the capital at Mont¬ gomery, Ala, by Miss Tyler, of Virginia, a grand*daugnter of ex President Tyler. This flag was the pride of the young naiiou, and it was carried into the first battle of Manassas,, by many Confederate regiments, when General Beauregard con¬ fronted the enemy on that me¬ morable day. Owing to the similarity between the “Stars and Bars,” and the Stars and Stripes, it was difficult to distinguish one from the other. General Beauregard, thinking that serious mistakes might be made in locating his troops, or¬ dered a red badge to be worn on the left shoulder by the Confed¬ erates. This drder was issued to Gen. W. L. Cobb. Chief Quartermaster and to distribute it to every reg¬ iment, This was done as far as possible. During the same battle. (Man nassas, or Bull Run), it was dis¬ covered that many of the Feder¬ al soldiers wore similar badges. Seeing the pressing necessity of a change, Generals Beauregard and Johnson met at Fairfax C. H. Va., the latter part of August or September, 1861 and decided to have a battle flag for every reg¬ iment* and detached command in the Confederate army. General Johnson was eliptical in shape, it was red with a blue St. Andrew cross, and thirteen stars on the cross. General Beau¬ regard’s was a red square, with a blue St, Andres cross touching the diagonal corners, with thir¬ teen stars on the cross. Both were thoroughly examined, and discussed by the committee, Gen¬ erals Beauregard, Johnson and Gable. Considering the cost of material, and care of making General Beauregard’s being more practical, was adopted. The thirteen stars represent the eleven seoeded states, and Ky., and Mo. Thoy having furnished troops for the Confederacy. Gen. Cable was ordered to have said flags made as soon as possi¬ ble. He urged the ladies of the South to give their red and blue silk dresses for this purpose. Miss Cary, of Virginia; Mrs. Henning tcn, of Georgia, and Mrs- Hop- kineon, of Afedoama; made flags and presented them to several Generals. Sufficient silk oould not be ob¬ tained and Gen. Cable issued a circular letter to the Quartermas¬ ter of every regiment and brigade to use a suitable red and blue cloth that could be secured, for this purpose. We now have the battle flag. Though conquered it will live in song and story, to the latest day, and the brave<y of the men who bore it, is a lasting honor to the whole Anglo Saxon race. On may 1, 1863, Congress adopted a national flag. It was formed by placing the battle flag, (in miniature) in upper left corn¬ er as a union, on an a white ( 'b long) g'roung. This was after¬ wards discarded, because, when hanging limp, it resembled a flag of truce. Congress was induced to slight¬ ly alter this flag, which was done on March 4, 1865, by placing a vertical red strip on the outer end of the white ground. This banner is the one retained and still used at the re-unions by the Confederate Veterans. The battle flags of late, have not found favor with the Veter¬ ans, because they are not correct reproductions of the old flag, as designed by Gen. Beauregard and used by the Confederate army, from 1861 to 1865. These flags are rectangular, instead of square, the correct shape. Thoy are all furled and the new South has wrested from her de¬ feat a victory, more glorious than was ever known to conqueror — and like the phoenix of old, she has arisen from her ashes more beautiful more, progressive than ever before. These flags are mute witnesses of her glorious chivalry. Written for the Quitman Chap¬ ter, Daughters of the Confederacy and read May 16th, 1904 bv Mrs. €. S. Hawks. Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed con¬ dition of the mucous lining of the Eus¬ tachian Tuts 1 . When this tube is in¬ flamed you hare a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is en¬ tirely closed, deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed for¬ ever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in-, flamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars. F. J. CHENEY &CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists, 75e tier bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constqia. tiou. The public isoftentimetoo quick to censure and criticise our pub¬ lic officials. No man is without fault, and if one would stop to consider by placing himself in the same position as the one crit¬ icised, nine times out of ten not a word of criticism would he of¬ fer, Think more and say less.— Vienna News. ~ good’ spirits. Good spiritsplon't all come from Ken¬ tucky. Their main source is the liver —and all the fine spirits ever made in the Blue’Grass State could not remedy a bad liver or the hundred-and-one ill effects it produces. You can’t have good spirits and a had liver at the same time. Your liver must he in fine condition if you would feel buoyant, happy and hopeful, bright of eye, light of step, vig¬ orous and successful in your i ursuits. You can put your liver in fine condition by vising Green’s August Flower—the greatest of all medicines for the liver and stomach and a certain cure for dys¬ pepsia or indigestion. It has been a fa¬ vorite household remedy for over thirty five years. August Flower will make vonr liver healthy and active and thus insure yon a liberal supply of “good spirits. ’ ’ Trial size, 86c; regular bottles, 5At Lewis Drug Co. Unjust to Negro immigrants. A dispatch from Chicago veys the intelligence that there are too many negroes in that eifcy although their number is given as only 35,090. Some years plenty of money could be raised there for negro education, ac¬ cording to a speaker qu jfced is in this business, but now purse strings are tightly drawn a revulsion of feeling having been caused since “the green, sub¬ stantial, ignorant herd of brutes from the South came yelping up Chicago, where they have free bars, free street cars, free hotels where they can go where they please and talk as they please.” It has been shown by statistics and the fact frequently commen¬ ted on, that there is more than twice as much crime among Northern-born as among Soutb ern-born negroes in proportion to population. It has also been frequently asserted that the Southern negroes now in service in the North are better manner¬ ed than their native cousins. Yet the negro immigrants from the South are constantly blamed for the race troubles in the North and for the attitude of growing hostility among the Northern whites. This is unjust. The change in the Northern whites is not the fault of the Southern negroes per se, but the result of closer acquaintance consequent upon the increase in the number of blacks—partly this and partly because the former pro-negro sentiment has suffered from an inevitable reaction and given place to the more normal anti¬ pathy toward an alien race. The Philadelphia Record is one Nor¬ thern newspaper to recognize something of this and to be dis¬ posed to do justice to the negro immigrants from the South. Re¬ ferring to a public meeting in Philadelphia and the discussion of the local negro question there the Record says; But there is one respect in which the immigrant negroes are assimilated with the white popu¬ lation with wonderful facility. They, along with the native blacks, constitute a very consid¬ erable element of the power which enables a corrupt machine to misrule and despoil Philadel¬ phia. In some of the wards of the city they are fast becoming a predominant political agency so far as the returns of the bal¬ lot-box are concerned- By vo¬ ting early and often the large ne¬ gro population, native and immi¬ grant, goes to swell the enor¬ mous majority for bad govern¬ ment. Nothing is to be gained by blinking at this matter. The ne¬ gro problem in its local aspects is not to be solved by adminis¬ Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic has stood the test 25 years. Average Annual Sales over One and a Half Million bottles. Does this record of merit appeal to you? No Cure, No Pay. 50c. _ Enclosed with every bottle is a Ten Cent, package of Grove’s Ma ck Root. Liver Pills. Lamar’s Lemon Laxative is the original lemon medicine. It is made of lemons and other harmless but powerful vege¬ table ingredients, is a safe, sure and speedy cure for Indigestion, Constipation, Torpid Liver, Headache 1 V-^^icnvt UCrafHZ*Jt)| It cleanses the system of all impurities, tones up the stomach and bowels, puts the liver and kidneys in perfect order--in and powerful short in action, “makes pleasant you new.” take It is and gentie always but reliable. prompt to FOR SALE KY ALE DRCGGISTS. LAMAR, TAYLOR & RILEY DRUG CO., Manufacturers, Macon, Ga. tering “soit soap” to the of native birth in praising superior cultivation, and love of order at the of the immigrants from South. Many of the negroes of Philadelphia are more servicable too’s of chine misrule than are the rant immigrants. They are tive agents in padding the tration lists in certain wards in training repeaters who, out their solicitation and pie, would not think of such thing. The Northern negro’s criti¬ cism of his imported Southern cousin recalls the fable of the pot and the kettle. The North ern white eagerly takes up an unjust cry because of the evi¬ dent growing desire to stop im¬ migration and keep the negroes penned up in the Southern states.—Macon Telegraph. Fight Will Be Bitter. Those who will persist inclosing their ears against the continual recommenda¬ tion of Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, will have a long and bit ter fight with their troubles, if not end¬ ed earlier by fatal termination. Read what Mr. T. R. Beall, of Beall, Mass., has to say: “Last fall my wife had ev¬ ery symptom of consumption. Stic took Dr. King’s New Discovery after every¬ thing else had failed. Improvement came at once and four bottles entirely cured her. Guaranteed by all druggists Price 60c, and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Living a Century. It would appear that ever since man’s allotted life on earth was fixed at three score years and ten some ambitious human being has been sitting up nights worrying himself into an early decline con¬ cerning how to beat that game. We do not know why a man should be particularly happy just be cause he has managed to stand off the inevitable for a decade or so, but true it is that there are certain people who consider it a great feat to live a round century. Recipes galore have been publish¬ ed as to the best plan to pursue to pass the century mark. One of the most recent ones is that brought forward by a French phy sician. It is simplicity itself. He says; 1. Breathe fresh air day and night. 2. Take cutdoor exercise each day either by working or walking. 3. Eat and drink moderately and simply. Choose w’ater, milk and fruit rather than alcohol. 4. Fortify yourself by washing daily in cold water and by taking a hot bath once a week. 5. Do not wear clothes wnich are either too heavy or too light. 6. Live in a house that is spa¬ cious and dry. 7. Work regularly. 8. After work do not seek repose in exciting distractions. The hours of leisure belong to the family; the might is for sleep. 9. Ennoble your life by good action. That doesn’t seem at ali difficult does it? As a matter of fact, the daily life of the average man is modelled very much on those lines. He eats modeiately be¬ cause the upward tendency in the price of food compelis him to. He takes plenty of exercise making sufficient coin to buy that moder¬ ate amount of food. Moreover, baths are yearly increasing in popularity. These recipes for living a hun¬ dred years are alright in their way. But the trouble is that one person may faithfully obey every rule laid down and die before he ie forty; and another may cheerful¬ ly disregard them all and live to be one hundred and ten. Physi¬ cians are foi ever telling us that if we abstain from the use of to¬ bacco we will live to a ripe old age. And when some man of 98 dies after having used itf or sixty vears there are never wanting people to point out that he might have lived to be 108 if he had never touched it. And little Robert Reed, who never touched the dir¬ ty weed because the de\il sowed the seed, might have shuffled off beforj he was old enough to vote for the reform candidate for may¬ or for all tradition or history has to say to the contrary. Length of life is measured in experiences and in usefulness, if correctly measured. A man may die at 45 and leave as much be¬ hind him, and take as much with him, as the centenarian. And most of us wou'd rather play the game a little harder and get a lit tie more out of it than embalm ourselves for thirty years in a winding sheet of inflexible hygi¬ enic rules merely for the senile satisfai tion of having cheated the sexton for a century.—Forrest Blade, WinSfcniths guaranteed/ ®IP(S:b - cure^^ CHILLS DEISCU£ f AGUE, LAGRIPPE, Bilious Fever and all other Malarial Ills* For sale by Lewis Drug Co.