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The Griffin weekly news and sun.
THE NEWS, Established 1871
It’s To Your Interest!
To buy where you can getthebest values at the nrice We are striving contin
ually to offer to our trade the newest, most up-to-date and best values to be found.
We are not content to offer the same values as our competitors, but are searching
dally for something better. Are you not trying dally to Improve your condition?
If you are not, you will be left a hopeless failure by the wayside, while the energetic
and ambitious will climb to success.
Our efforts to please the trade has meet their appreciation, as shown by our large
sales the past year. We are better prepared than ever to meet your wants.
FOR A HIGH GRADE BUGGY
We want to Invite your inspection of the Carmichael (Jackson) Buggy, all
styles; the Henderson High-Grade Buggy, in rubber and steel tires—for style, tone,
and durability, we have found them the best.
5 MEDIUM PRICED WORK
TheHlgh Point Vehicle stands without an equal--stylish, neat, durable and
light draft.
Our line of Runabouts, both regular and arched axles, with steel an 1 rubber
tires, are the latest production.
another shipment of the White Hickory and Piedmont Wagons just received
We have today the best line of Buggy Harness and accessories you will find in
this section. We handle only the best leather goods.
A Word About the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine
We have them in all styles. It’S the lightest running, fastest stitching and least
noise of any machine on earth. That is not all: We are sdling them. We will
send you one on approval if you will notify us You don’t have to buy, only ask you
to try it.
Remember We Sell Cash or Time.
' H. L. WARE,
k • SENOIA, GA.
■KNOIA 81KTMO1S,
Senoia, Ga., March 16.—Last
week and this are busy weeks in
Newnan. Coweta snpericr court
is in session, Judge Bob Freeman
presiding with that ease and dignity
that belongs to experience of many
years. Judge Freeman will succeed
himself at the April primary. So.
Heitor General H. A. Hall, though
\mt with a few weeks experience,
jjnanages his office with the ease and
dignity of riper years. He will not
be a candidate for re-election, pre
ferring his loved profession, prac
ticing law, to any honors politically
A good many of our citizens are in
attendance, some as jurors, some as
candidates, the larger number being
defendants. The Utter class, it
seems, has been “wrestling” with
John Barleycorn, either imbibing
too much or dispensing it to others
without consulting the proper offi
c als This latter class is mostly
confined to Uncle Sam’s wards/
Coweta has her full quota of can
didates. Those wishing to succeed
ifwould do well to advertise in tne
iCf S. W. if they wish to reach the
I masses in Coweta, for the G. S W
[goes into every nook and corner of
(Coweta.
It looks now like the all-absorb
ing issue in Coweta legislative pol
itics will be “Dispensary, or no dis
pensary.” Judge Dent, of New
nan, is squarely in the legislative
race for dispensary.
The many friends of Col. J. O.
Towns will be pained to learn that
be is no batter
The critical illness of Mrs. Elam
D rackin has but little change.
Our fellow townsman Frank
Welis was taken violently ill at his
blacksmbh shop last week with la-
Igrippe and for several days was
Critically ill ; slightly better at this
writing.
It is wi h deep sorrow we note
the death of Uncle B lly Sammers,
which occurred lass Monday, Sev
eral weeks since he had his han I
amputated from an o|d wound re
ceived during the civil war. Ag
and infirmities, he could not build
up and henco his demise.
Col. W. W Banks, of Tifton
Bank, was a pleasant visitor to our
town lAt, Sunday, visiting his sick
father in-la iv, returning home
(Monday
■ The Woman’s Missionary Society
of the Biptist cuurch met at Mrs.
Ernest Powers’ last Monday even
ing. After the regular routirfe < f
they passed a resolution as
a body to commence the work of
beautifying the church grounds, th«
work to commence right awav.
Mrs. C. C McKnight is in At
lan a taking lessons in art. Mrs
Grace Rowe accompanied Mrs. Mo
Knight and will spend several days
with friends.
The Senoia fishing club, Capt J
F. Arnall commanding, will leave
for Dead Lake, Fla., ne?t Friday on
aa. ten days tour.
k Mrs. J. C Arnall will leave for
Atlanta next Friday to be gone ten
days visiting relatives.
Dr. and Mrs. Fowler and eon and
daughter united with the Baptist
church by letter last Sunday. Dr.
Fowler is the secretary and treas
urer of the oil mill company. His
.family is quite an addition to our
The annual mealing of the Bap
tist church will commence Wedn. g.
day night, April 6th. Pastor Jen
kins will be assisted by Rev O’EM*
ly, of Atlanta. Bro. O’Kelly is a
strong, forcible expounder of gos
pal truth and should have a full
bouse at each service.
We congratulate W. O. Herndon,
of Haralson, as winner of forty
seven prizes in the late semi-weekly
Journal guessing contest, aggregat
ing somerhingover SI,OOO
Col Thos Allen returned home
last Saturday after a trip over in
Alabama and South Carolina of two
months in the interest of the Senoia
Mfg. Co., to the delight of his many
friends.
J. C Arnall will accompany the
fishing club to Florida.
Mrs- W. L Taylor was quite sick
Monday atd Tuesday ; much better
now.
Gar farmers are moving things
this pre’ty Snider w much
guano and provisions Being hauled
ouu. Hands are scarce, however,
and an increase of cotton acreage is
not looked for.
H B. Sasser, of Senoia, and Ben
Taylor, of Harals in, are on the jury
this week, also Hon. T. J. Entreain,
of Standing Rook.
Hon. M H Couch, of Senoia, is
out for the legislature,
Miss Alice Coate, of Newnan, is
«eain a resident of our town. We
welcome her back to Senoia.
teamon tidings.
Teamon, Ga , March 61.—News is
scarce this week.
I'his scribe is feeling unwell by
fighting fire so hard Friday. We had
given a negro what he could make on a
piece of new-ground this year. His
boy was burning it off and the fire got
over the line, and it was only by the
aid of our neighbors that we saved our
dwelling and stables. We lost about
3,000 boards, 400 new rails, some lum
ber and all of our stove wood for the
year, to say nothing of destroying 15
or 20 acres < t tine timber. Carelessness
has ruined many a man
Miss Emma Manley will leave this
week for Douglas, Ga., where she wi 1
complete her education at the Southern
Normal Institute.
Rev. W T. Buffington filled his reg
ular appiontment here Sunday. Re
member Rev. J. W. Beck will preach
here the next second Sunday in April.
There will be a good deai cf corn
planted here this week.
T. E. Williams, Sumner Ga., R. F.
I). 1, becomes a subscriber to our G. S
W. this issue.
A letter from our brother in North
west Texas states there has not been any
rain in that part of the State since Sep
tember.
SEMPER SCENES.
Semper, G a ., March 16.—Rev. R. F.
Smith, of Locust Grove, filled his regu
lar appointment at Rehoboth Saturday
and Sunday.
Misses Kittie Darden, Estelle Mullen
and Amelia Mann, of Bacon, visited
relatives and friends here last week.
After a two Wreks visit, Miss Mattie
Maddox returned to her home below
Macon Saturday, to the regret of her
many friends here.
Mis. Martin Kinard, of Atlanta,
spent last week with her mother-in
law, Mrs G. W Kinard, Sr.
G. W. Kinard, Sr., who was quite
sick at the last writing, died on the Bth
inst. He leaves a w>fe and several
children, besides a number of other
relatives, to mourn his loss, to whom
we extend our sympathy. Mr. Kinard
was 82 years old on Monday before he
died on Tuesday night.
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA. FRIDAY. MARCH 18 1904.
SPALDING’S COMMITTEE
STANDS BY ITS GUNS
And Makes Reply, Through Its Chairman, to the
Attempted Impeachment by Gen. Evans.
As chairman of the Spalding county
Democratic executive committee that
unanimously adopted the resolutions
condemning Judge Turner and endors
ing Mr. Strickland for prison commis
sioner, 1 have been selected by my fel
low members to answer the attacks
made by General Evans upon the cor
rectness of their arraignment, and will
endeavor to do so this as briefly as pos
sible.
Like General Evans, let us pass over
in a few words the matter of the Dun
can rape circular, the authorship of
which is doubtless already fixed in
men’s minds by this time. It is not
a pleasant matter to discuss and would
probably not have been brought up ex
cept tor the Mamie de Oris whipping
episode, the two acts being simply con
trasted to show the different ideas of
crime and its proper punishment held
by the chairman of the prison commis
sion—certainly a proper thing for the
voters to do in again filling the ottlce.
Acted Only When Forced to It.
As regards the whipping of the wo
man, General Evans says: “As soon
as the first rumor of the whipping
reached the commission an inquiry was
made.” “The commission acted with
all the wisdom, justice and moderation
it could command, JjUt neither of the
commissioners approved the punish
ment, and the warden was not defended
nor justified by either of them. As soon
as was practicable and wise the war
den’s place was given to another man.”
On August 7th, when tne matter of
the whipping became public, Chairman
Turner in reply to a question of a Con
stitution reporter, said: “Yes, the
records of the prison commission show
that she was whipped last June for in
subordination.” This was no rumor, but
an official report; yet not until the
papers had discovered and published
the facts, in August, and the governor
and the legislature had demanded an
investigation, did the commission take
reluctant action. Then Jake Moore was
sent from the office of the commission
to investigate.
Gave Her Over Twenty Lashes.
The Constituion’s Milledgeville cor
respondent reported in its issue of Aug.
9th, that “Mamie de Cris received one
of the hardest w hippings that has late
ly been administered. Captain Alla
good and Dr. Adams both admit it was
more than twenty lashes. Allagood ad
mits the usual number of licks he gives
is eight. Miss de Cris received three
times as many licks as the
average hardened negro woman
criminal received.” The Constitution
of August 11th said editorially : “Geor
gia will not allow cruelties and inhu
manities to be capriciously inflicted
upon helpless prisoners. In this case
the convict was a woman and believed
to be a mentally irresponsible one. The
affair is, therefore, fortunately an
arousing one to public sentiment.”
The “Excellent Warden” Re
signs.
Yet the commissioners, in their re
port dated August 15th, say that
the whipping was a gentle and
deserved one, dot.e with fult au
thority, and repeatedly endorse the
man who inflicted it as a gentleman
who had “demonstrated his character
for morality and humanity.” In con
cluding this report they say “they can
only conclude that this particular
punishment was an error upon the part
of the excellent warden, who, recog
nizing that his influence may have been
impaired as such, by reason of the
prejudice which has been created
ag dust him, by gross misrepresenta
tions of the tacts of the case, has volun
tarily tendered his resignation, and he
des.res to have no further connection
with the prison as soon as his sucoegsrr
lIIK HAMPTON WEEKLY.
Hampton, Ga., March 16—Rev. J.
IC. Patrick filled his appointment at
Mt. Cannel Saturday and Sunday
Misses Sallie and Lillie White, of
Carroll county, have returned home
from a visit to Miss l ennie Alls
Miss Maude Pritchet is quite ill.
The singing given by Misses Nancy
and Lizzie Foster Thursday night was
quite a success.
Aunt Frances Hand is able to be up
again.
Rev. Jobnson.of Flippen, will preach
at the Cross Roads the fourth Sunday
can be appointed.”
Warden More Sensitive Than
Commissioners.
O, excellent warder. I Most gentle,
though possibly indiscreet, whippet of
women '—whose services are lost to the
State only because, with keener percep
tion of “the prejudice” which Qeor
gians have against the whipping of
white women than the commissioners
have yet arrived at, he voluntarily re
signed.
If this report, which occupies nearly
a column of the Constitution of Au
gust 16th, but the purport of which I
have correctly quoted, is not a defense
of Warden AHagood, it is merely be
cause the commissioners deemed he
needed no defense. It is Signed by
Chair nan Turner, and if lie is not
responsible for it, who is?
Judge Turner Made the Speech.
Agtin, General Evans says: “Only
a very brief reply is necessary to an
other campaign statement that Judge
Turner made a speech aft-r the rec nt
act was passed against its operation.
The simple facts are that tie made no
speech of that tenor, nor in any way
obstructed the counties from getting
the use of ‘.he convicts as the act pre
scribed.”
The legislature adjourned in August,
after having passed the new convidt
lease act referred to. In the Constitu
tion of September 25 appears a special
dispatch from Eatonton, dated the day
previous, in which Chairman Turner
is reported as delivering a public
speech to a previously advertised meet
ing of the citizens ot Putnam county,
one parag.aph of which is as fellows,
referring to the system which the new
act is now about to supersede: “While
far from perfect, having only been in
operation for four years, it is being
improved every year, and it will soon
reach a state of excellence which no
other system can excel, if the work of
evolution is allowed to continue with
out the interference of sensational
newspapersand petty politicians.”
Prevents County From Taking
Convicls.
Further along. Judge Turner said:
“ibis price for such labor the county
can not afford to pay. She would find
it more profitable should her grand
jury decide to divert this fund from
educational purposes to road building,
to take its pro rata in money and hire
free labor for road making.’
The report concludes :
“Judge Turner’s speech was splen
didlv received, and it is safely predict
ed that Putnam county will not work
her quota of convicts on the public
roads He states that it i- his inten’
tiomduring the next few months to
make a similar speech in every section
of the State, in order that the people
may be educated upon this important
qm stion ’’
Putnam county did not take her
quota of convicts, and by so much the
effect and intentions of the law were
thwarted—and by the officer whose
special business it wis to carry out the
a ptr t and the letter of the law ’ hat
effect the publication of this speech
by the chairman of the commission
h don other counties, which subse*-
, qtienily withdrew 'heir application for
convicts, can only be surmised. Judge
Turner <1 id not make bis other speech
es, s ’ far as known, and other counties
did take advantage of the law’
I have used this much space merely
to substantiate the upon which
the committee predicated its resolu
tions, and submit the case without ar
gument The resolutions, which were
adopted without dissent by as honest
t and nte' igenta body of im-n as cou <1
be asser bled ina.iy county in Georgia,
spea • for them eves 1 merely speak
for t he committee as chairman.
DolXlf.lS (iI.ESSNEK.
' Griffin, Ga.. March 16.
at three o’clock. All invited.
Vrs. S H Martin, of Fayetteville,
is visit ng her sister, Mrs < arlise.
Will Henderson, of Senoia, was here
last week.
J P, Martin, of McDonough, G’. R
F D No 3, hands ustwenty-five cents
and says send him the News and Sun.
C " Lynch, who has been assist <> t
operate atthedepo’ here, has gone to
Goodfrey where he h>s accepted a po
rition.
Little Grace Smith, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Emanu I Smith, died last
Thursday.
HEALTH
is the
Most Important
No one can tell good baking powder
from bad merely by the appearance;
The price is some guide, but not an in
fallible one;
Some cheap brands may raise the dough,
yet contain unwholesome ingredients.
There is one safe, sure way, i. e.,
to follow the recommendations of the
U, S. GOVERNMENT ANALYSTS,
THE HIGHEST AUTHORITIES ON HYGIENE
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD,
THE BEST HOUSEKEEPERS EVERYWHERE—
ROYAL
BAKING POWDER
ABSOLUTELY PURE
ALL THE NEWS
OF FAYETTE
Gathered at Her Thriving Me
tropolis by the News and
Sun’s Man.
Brooks Station, Ga.. March 16 —
The farmers inatl— good use of the
pretty weather hist week and put in
full time wit), their farm work. Some
,of our up-to-d.ire farmers will break
| the winter in a lew days and to
plant corn.
A . J. Turpin d'eil very suddenly last
Friday at nooi It wax'bi* f)7'b birth
day and lie had a L ked in a few friends
to his birthday dinner, lie was in bis
usual good health until dinner. He
did not eat but very little and walked
out in the yard and back to the house
and was dead in a few minutes. Heart
I failure was the cause of his death. He
I had lived where he died for for the last
forty eight years and had never been a
; member of any church. His remains
were interred at White Water ceme
tery Saturday afternoon. He leaves a
wife and four children to mourn his
death.
Miss Odessa Gable has closed her
school at Lisbon on account of mea
sl sand other sickness.
G S. Banks went up to Douglas
county ouiid 'y to see bis sister who is
very sick
I H. B Morgan, who has lived near
here nearly all his life, has sold his
satin to V Steinheimer and will with
his family move this we< k to Oakland,
I Meriwether county, where they will
make their future home
. W. S. Dunn, who has been in very
bad health for several years, is very
sick. His friends wish him a raj id re
covery .
. R I’. steinheimer has the finest fall
oat- in Brooks Station on an average.
The March term of lay, tte superior
j courtconv«nea Monday.
i Sweet potatoes are very scarce In this
’ section and are bringing the handsome
' price of $1 per bn-hel
■ J. W. Moody, one of Brooks Station’s
m >st prosperous and upyto-date farm
ers shipped his last year’s cotton crop
( to Griilin yesti ru y, which he sold for
lo.V ce .ts per pound.
BUIBHI! BBKVITUE*.
Bruhhky, lift., March 16 —Miss
EIM- M.inley si>ent last week in Griffin.
Mi«« Hildred Bell entertained quits a
number w ith • ‘spend the day” Sun
day.
>i t*s M Brooks, of Griffin, is the
gue t os Jli-nrs 801 l this week
M’s \V a . J M-r arrived Saturday
i from itd Msant visit to relatives in
I Übic wo
I Ms. ‘V. F Huddleston will spend
; this -eek with rsUtivea in Forsyth.
! Sever I from this vicinity will go to
F rsim next Saturday to hear Bam
.h n s, woo is quite a nngnet for any
t’-n.
>pri«'g c.-rtainlv is on bet way. The
Udi>>- are h Tai hog her coming with
. d’livh r . Th-v are begtnojng to look
' after th* flow ers and young chicks.
• in- -stag supper” of the season
i was enjoyed t.v the voting men of
Brushy Saturday eveaing.
THE SUN, Established 1877
WOOL3KY EOOIAL NKWB.
Wooesky, March 16.—We are glad *0
say we have had one pleas mt Sunday
since Christmas. It seemt that the
people all took advantage of it, too, for
I trunk everybody were out enjoying it.
We are glad to see Carl Lewis on the
road to recovery. He is able to be on
tne streets again, after a lung sickness
of mumps and a rel pse.
Mrs. Jim Griffi'h returned home Sun
day morning from Griffin, where she
n b-e Isp «<dt»g aGw days.
We an, glad to •mr teacher, Miss
McOr ry, quite Ler-elf again, after a
short dine *
A-thur A e«|ev, of Atlanta, was down
to visit 1i« fath r nt Woolsey. Mr.
Wr b y if 00.1 a; W’ M sey's highly ac
complish d yffiing m a, who went to
Atlanta.
We are sorry to ray Mrs. Ike Wcolsey
is quite indisposed. Mope she will soon
be n-r-elf again.
We were sorry to learn of the death
of Mr Jack Terpin, and extend to the
bereaved family our heartfelt sympa
thies.
BOLLONVILLB HIRTB.
H illonville. Ga., March 16—We
are having some beautiful weather now
and the farmers are busy hauling gu
ano. Some are ready to plant corn.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hutchinson visit*
‘ed the latter’s parents last week.
Miss Mamie Coggin is visiting her
sister, Mrs. R. 11. Yarbrough, this
week
Rev. E. A. Gray will preach Satur
d<y and Sunday at the Methodist
church Everybody invited to attend.
Miss Opal Harrison is visiting her
uncle near Haralson. She will be gone
about two weeks.
The party at T, I’. Moore’s Wednes
day night was enjoyed by all present.
Ajjefs
If your blood is thin and im
pure, you are miserable all the
time. It is pure, rich blood
that invigorates, strengthens,
refreshes. You certainly know
Sarsaparilla
the medicine that brings good
health to the home, the only
medicine tested and tried for
60 years. A doctor’s medicine.
"I we nt, life, without doubt, to Ayer's'
Sarsaparilla. It I, the most wonderful
cine in the wond! for nervousness. Myeurefs
permanent. and I cannot thank you enough.”
Mita, OKU A McWXU., Newark. N.J.
gi.ae a hottie, .1. e. atbb<».,
All rime ;x. ff) f* larwell. Mas*.,
Poor Health
Laxative doses of Ayer** Pills each
night greatly aid the Sarsaparilla,