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I TAFT MAY GO TO AUGUSTA;
I * NEVER THOUGHT OF ATLANTA
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l|?A Typographical Error Causes the Capital City to Go
I Wild and AU Its Citizens to Fall Over Themselves.
I Atlanta, Nov. 9.—[Special.]—The
a -Macon Telegraph’s correspondent
FMk'*re sends out the following good
rm- jtory:
EO An error made by a careless s-"cre
ptary, reparter or editor in Cincinnati,
New York or elsewhere has had cer
enterprising circles of Atlanta all
astir for the past three or tour days.
of telegrams have been sent,
‘many letters mailed and one messen
[ ger forwarded to urge President-elect
! William H. Taft to spend the winter
||| in Atlanta. It can be stated on good
K authority that Mr. Taft has had
H a« much idea of resting at the
sg Georgia capital as of making a tour
of Alaska during the interim l>e
tween bis election and inauguration.
Never Thought of Atlanta.
The truth of the matter is that the
president-elect never thought of At
lant until the mistake u’as made, and
: it was heralded through the land
tlwig e would probably spend a
poruuu of the winter here. It may
be that he had some remote inten
tion of visiting this city for a day or
,' two while in the South, but his pur
'l pose all the time was to spend his
B vacation at Augusta.
~ How it Came About.
5* 'ln making public the president
-elect’s tentative plans, some one made
' the error of substituting Atlanta for
Augusta. Hardly had the false in
formation been ticked over the wires
More the Atlanta Chamber of Com
_ meree and other organizations of sirn-
nature were in session adopting
grand and eloquent resolutions of in
vitation and welcome. Telegraphic
invitations were prepared and dis
patched with much hurry by the
president of the Chamber of Com
merce, the officers of other organiza
tions and the officials of tne city.
Special delivery letters containing
the resolutions, photographs of the
principal hotels and of some private
residences that might be obtained
and as much “taffy” as the English
kinguage will convey.
Messenger After Tafi.
Houston Harper, a local hotel man,
who realized the advertising possi
bilities of even trying to get the pres
ident-elect to take up a temporary
Residence here, left yesterday after
noon for Hot Springs taking alons a
suit case filled with credentials, reso
ultions, letters of invitation, souve
nir post cards and books and pam
phlets descriptive of the city. He
will make a personal appeal.
Despite the many claims of the
/trade bodies and hotel people, At
lanta has few advantages to offer a
man of Mr. Taft’s prominence as a
place of temporary residence. There
Js no tourist hotel, and he would not
be likely to endure the turmoil and
publicity unavoidable at a business
hostelry. While there are many
elegant apartment hotels here, none
is quite suitable to the dignity of a
man as prominent as Taft. He
would hardly be inclined to accepting
a private residence, as somebody
would insist on giving it to him free
of charge, and he would not care for
the obligation and acceptance of such
an offer would imply.
It is his desire and purpose to
spend much of the vacation playing
go;- The one set of adequate golf
links here belong to a club and are
accessible to several thousand At
- /antans. Mr. Taft would not take
kindly to making himself the object
of a curious throng every time he
sallied forth for exercise, as would
i probably be the case.
Augusta's Advantages.
here Atlanta fails with respect
to facilities for entertaining a presi
dent-elect for a portion of the winter,
Augusta succeeds. There, they have
two good tourist hotels, each far from
the noise and turbulence of the city,
each possessing large golf links cut
off from the gaze of the curious, and
at each of which Mr. Taft would
meet many of his political friends
and associates.
John D. May Scare Taft Away.
There is one obstacle in the way of
Mr. Taft going to Augusta. It is
that John D. Rockefeller spends
much of his winters there. Should
the two happen to tie fellow guests,
they would naturally t
versations and golf games between
them would be difficult for either to
avoid with dignity. Such might lead
to humorous comment if not criticism
of an embarrassing nature.
It is stated on fairly reliable au
thority that it is the tentative inten
tion of Mr. Taft to go to Augusta
about the first of the year, and prob
ably spend two months there.
WILL ATLANTA BOLT
MUNICIPAL PRIMARY ?
Nominee Woodward Serenely Sails
for Cnba Reckless of Results.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 10.—Nothing
definite has developed in the move
ment towards bringing out an inde
pendent candidate for mayor against
James G. Woodward, the white pri
mary nominee, here, because of
alleged sensational conduct on the
part of Mr. x Wood ward during the
past week.
Many are declaring openly that if
an independent is anuounced he will
get their votes, although they took
part in the primary. They hold that
when Mr. Woodward failed to keep
his promise in regaid to his habits
that he released his friends from fur
ther support and made the obligation
incurred in the primary void.
Would Destroy Primary System.
Others are decrying probable oppo
sition, and among these are many
who did not support Mr. Woodward
in the recent primary campaign.
They declare that Mr. Woodward’s
weaknesses were well known to the
citizens of Atlanta, m that they were
liberally aired during previous terms
as chief executive of the city. They
hold that his offense would not be
grounds of impeachment if he were
even in office at the present time, and
stand on the position that the pri
mary is worth more to the material
interests of the city than the fortunes
of any single individual. This latter
conclusion is based on the theory
that to run an independent would i>e
bolting tlie | primpry, which would
probably result in its abandonment.
Drewryville Dots.
Drewryville, Ga., Nov. 11.—Farmers
have about finished gathering their
cotton crop and are now sowing grain.
Rev. Sears filled his appointment at
Hand’s school house Sunday.
We have a good prayer meeting at
Fairview every Sunday night. All are
invited to come and help in the meet
ing.
We have called Brother G. W.
Wood, of BunnyiSide, for our pastor
for another year and hope he will ac
cept the call."
Hexamy'thleatetramine.
The above is the name of a German
chemical, which is one of the many
valuable ingredients in Foley’s Kidney
Remedy. Hexamethylenetetramine is
recognized by medical text books and
authorities as a uric acid solvent and
antiseptic for the urine. Take Foley’s
Kidbey Remedy as soon as you notice
any irregularities, and avoid a serious
malady. Thos. J. Brooks.
DeWittls Kidney and Bladder Pills
are unequaled in cases of weak back,
backache, inflammation of the bladder,
rheumatic pains, Antiseptic and aet
promptly. Sold by Carlisle & Ward
Itch cured in ,30 minutes by Wool
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Sold by Carlisle A Ward, Druggists.
GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1908.
THE GROWING TOWN OF GAY,
OVER IN MERIWETHER COUNTY
Its Early History and Marvelous Strides It Has Made
Since Building of the A. B. <Sc A. R. R.
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Gay, Georgia, Nov. 10.—[Special
Correspondence.]— In the year 1829,
William Sasser, Sr., who was bred and
born in Anson county, N. C., moved
w ith his family and settled in Meri
wether county, now known as the
middle ninth district, where ;he lived
twenty-two years before Ills death.
At the time of his settling there were
plenty of Indians and wolves roaming
the wild forests. This place was long
known as basserville.
Mr. Basser raised a large family of
children, all of whom have passed
away except one and that is the
mother of W. F. Gay, from whom the
town derived its name. Mrs. Gay is
now in her eighty-fourth year, she l>e
ing only six years old when her father
settled at this place'. W. F. Gay put
up the first business at this place in
1882.
In 1893, Mr. Gay, after becoming the
owner of his grandmother Sasser’s
dowery at her death, built a hand
some residence, which now stands in
the place of the old log house. The
house which now stands to mark the
spot on which children, grand children
and great grand children first saw the
ight of day, cost Mr. Gay $2,500.
In the year 1881, J. W. Estes became
the owner of the William Sasser, Jr.,
home where he first settled. When he
married, Mr. Estes built a home which
cost him $2,000.
In 1883, J. M. Biggs bought and
built him a dwelling and run a wood
shop here for several years. He sold
out and moved off to Cullman county,
Ala.
In the year 1879 Mr. Chapman, of
Spalding county, put up the first pub
lic gin at this place.
The next man to settle here was L.
B. Mann, now of Newnan. Mr. Mann
built a nice house, which cost $2,500.
He sold it to his brother, J. T. Mann.
In the year 1894, J. W. Estes built a
home for his son, W. N. Estes, which
cost SI,OOO. In the year 1893, J. W.
Estes built him a storehouse and went
into business. He remained in busi
ness four years. He then sold out to
his son, who is now in business in his
old stand.
W. F. Gay did business where he
put up twenty-four years. He then
sold out to G. J. Keith and J. R. Gay.
After two years Mr. Keith sold his
interest to his partner, J. R. Gay, who
is still doing business here.
The New Growth of Gay.
Now we will tell what has been done
here since the A. B. A A. railroad has
been built. J. W. Estes has built the
Maynard House, where L. Maynard
runs a hotel and boarding house. This
building cost $2,000. On January 17,
1907, Dr. J. C. Matthews laid the first
brick for the building for hl# drug
store. It cost him SI,BOO. H. R.
Estes’ new home, built by his father,
J. W. Estes, cost $2,000. R. M. Owens’
house cost S7OO. W. H. Gay’s house
cost SBOO. The Mann Brothers’ store
cost SI,OOO.
8. B. Williams is now completing
the cream of the town. His house is
built on the latest plan, contains eight
rooms and cost him $3,500. The Estes
Brothers, which includes W. N., A. F.,
H. B. and E. B. Estes, are completing
a barn and stable which cost $2,500-
W. F. Gay runs an up-to-date ginnery,
which cost him $6,000. He has ginned
this season 2,000 bales of cotton.
The Primitive Baptists have a church
here. The Missionary Baptists will
Organize a church here the third Bun
day in November. The literary school
is under the control of Prof. Callahan.
Hugh Sasser, of Rockmart,Ga., who
is cashier of the bank at that place,
and also a grandson of the settler of
this place, spent a few days here in the
interest of establishing a bank here.
The Estes brothers will, after Christ
mas, build a brick store. Also, W. F.
Gay will build a brick store, which
will be occupied by his son, J. R. Gay.
Where the depot stands, Mrs. Gay
tells us that when her father settled
here was a pond of water, with plenty
of fish in it. She says the Mat Shoals
was owned then by Capt. Joe Sentell,
and there was no mill there then.
There was no road, nothing but paths,
which were only traveled by foot and
on horseback. When the road was
opened up and stages were run from
Griffin to LaGrange, Capt. William
la»w kept the stage stand here. Mr.
Sasser, Br., gave two acres of land for
a school house here, where the school
building now stands, and among the
first teachers was W. T. Reviil, then a
boy, and who was the founder of the
Meriwether Vindicator.
George Wright, William Boyd,
brother of J D. Boyd, Br., late* of
Griffin—ail these have passed away.
H.T. Spragoixs.
Jolly Jollities.
Jolly, Ga., Nov. 11.—Digging pota
toes and making syrup Ls the order of
the day with the farmers here this
week. Potatoes are turning out well
and the persimmon cropLs good,which
means fat pjssums, and many of our
Jolly farmers are sure enjoying pos
sum and potatoes.
About everybody here took in the
big show at Zebulon Friday, which
was largely attended, there being
more people in Zebulon than have
been for many years.
The sportsmen seem to be having a
swell time shooting birds from the
way they have been shooting around
here the past week.
Only a few farmers around here are
talking of sowing wheat. It seems to
us that every farmer ought to sow
some wheat, especially this season, as
they have about finished gathering and
it is such pretty time now to put in
their small grain. Better sow a few
bushels, any way.
Akins Corner.
Orchard, Hill, Ga., Nov. 11.—J. A.
Cook, of Oijchard Hill, is stiff quite
feeble. We wish for him a speedy re
covery.
Mrs. E. E. Taylor has been very sick,
but is much improved at this writing.
Miss Mary Baird, a student at Lo
cust Grove Institute, and Miss Mamie
Slade, of Griffin, visited the former’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tim Baird, last
Saturday and Bunday.
Rev. Wood, of Bunuy Side, filled
his first appointment at Rehoboth
Saturday and Bunday.
Miss Irma Goddard’s school at Re
hoboth is well attended. We think
she is the right person in the right
place.
GEORGIA MOTOR
CAR COMPANY
Is Latest Enterprise Organized by
Griffin Capitalists.
The latest enterprise engineered by
prominent Griffin citizens of capital
and push is the Georgia Motor Car
Company, which is now applying for
articles of incorporation. It Is com
posed of R. H. Drake, J H. Walker,
H. V. Kell, Douglas Boyd, G. W.
Hanson and D. F. Patterson. The
capital stock is $5,000, with privilege
of increase to $50,000. The present
headquarters are in Atlanta, with G.
W. Hanson as manager, and it is
a source oi general regret that this
business will compel the removal
from Griffin of this useful and enter
prising citizen. Later on, however,
it is expected to establish a station
and garage in Griffin.
With the State agency for some of
the best cars in the country, the en
terprise has brilliant prospects of
swift success.
If Too are Over Fifty Yean Read This.
Most people past middle-age suffer
from kidney and bladder disorders
which Foley’s Kidney Reeiedv would
cure. Stop the drain on the"vitality
and restore needed strength and \ Igor.
Commence taking Koley's Kidney
Remedy to-day. Thos. J. Brooks.
Announcement.
To the Voters of Griffis:
1 am a candidate for re-election as
bailiff, and promise the same dili
gencein the execution of all duties en
trusted to me in the future as I have
endeavored to use in the past, and ask
that you ail turn out and vote for me
on the first Saturday in December.
Respectfully, W. J. Langford.
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INLAND WATERWAYS CONGRESS
IN SESSION AT COLUMBUS
A Meeting of Great Importance to the South and
Likely to Result in Material Good.
The long-talked of and widely dis- |
cussed congress of the Gulf Coast In-1
land Waterway Association conclud
ed its two days session in our neigh
boring city of Columbus Tuesday
with many distinguished representa
tives in attendance.
In brief, the hope of the association
Is to open an inland waterway eon
netting the Mtesisaipj river and Apa
lachicola Bay, and thence across the
Florida peninsula to the Atlantic.
The opening of such . a waterway
would lower the tariff rate in the
South and would be of benefit to
every producer, shipper and con
sumer.
The Gulf Coast Inland Waterway
Association was organized in Mo
bile, Ala., May 7,1908.
The association specifically endorses
the idea of intercoastal canals con
necting the natural waterways of the
Gulf of Mexico so as to give contin
uous interior coastal water communi
cation from the mouth of the Rio
Grande river to the coast of Maine,
and as an important link in such an
intercoastal system of waterways,
urges that congress at the earliest
practicable tim ? appropriate moneys
sufficient to make a survey or sur
veys of the coast of the Gulf of Mex
ico from the Mississippi river to the
Apalachicola bay.
An inland waterway along the
north coast of the Gulf of Mexico is no
new project, but one unqualifiedly
endorsed by competent engineers,
leading newspapers and piominent
individuals.
The successful completion of this
canal would have a beneficial effect
upon the trade of the entire South,
and would immediately lower freight
rates throughout this section.
Wide interest has centered in the
proceedings of the Columbus conven
tion and the deliberations are sure to
bring about results.
EDITOR McCARMACK KILLED
IN A STREET DUEL
■•salt of Bitter Editorials Against a
Former Frit ad.
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 10.—As a
sequel to the recent bitter Democratic
primary for the gul*rnatorlal nomi
nation in Tennessee, Hon. Eaward
Ward Carmack, former United States
senator from Tennessee, was shot
and killed in a street duel here yes
terday afternoon by Robin Cooper, a
young attorney. Young Cooper was
wounded in the shoulder by a bullet
from Carmack’s revolver, and is to
night under police surveillance in a
local hospital. His condition is not
serious.
Carmack was wounded three times,
in the neck, the breast and itfi shoul
der. Col. Duncan, B. Cooper, father
of the young man, was with bis son
during the affray, but did not fire a
shot. It is said he stood by with pis- 1
tol in hand. He is detained tonight
at police headquarters.
The direct cause of the killing i- a
recent series of editorials in the Ten
nesseean, a daily paper of which Mr.
Qurmack became editor after ins de
feat for the nomination of governor.
The editorials in question had been '
vigorous in their comment on Col.
Cooper and his alleged connection
with what Mr. Carmack termed the
“Democratic machine,” and its meth
ods. Col. Cooper, whois well-known
in business, newspaper and polithaii
circles in Tennessee and the South, I
had, it is said, notified Mr. Carmack
that the references to him must cease.
Another such editorial yes
terday morning.
Use DeWftt’s Carboliled Witch
Hazel halve—it is healing, cooling and
cleansing. It is especially g(X xl s ot
piles. Bold by Carlisle Ward.
THE SUMJBstaNiskcd UH
| ALL THE NEWS
OF FAYETTE
Gathered at Her Thriving Me
tropolis by the News and
Sun Man.
Brooks, Ga., Nov. 11.—Rev J. W.
Bailey will fill his regular appoint
ment here next Saturday and Bunday,
which will I/e bls last appointment be
fore he goes to conference .at Gaines
ville next Tuesday.
Profs. U. H. Bottoms and K. N.
Crawford attended the annual ail day
singing in Atlanta Bunday, given by
the Atlanta police force
Chas. Mitcham and Gainey West
brook spent several days last week st
Newnan attending Court.
Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Minter and Mr.
and Mrs. E. J, Boead, all of Woolsey,
spent Bunday at Digby with friends.
M. F. and P. G, Miller, of Rochelle,
has returned home after spending sev
eral days here, coming to bury tlielr
brother, Tommie, whose death we
mentioned last week.
Rev, D. A. Brindle fllljed his regular
appointment at County Line Saturday
and Bunday.
There was a show at Fayetteville
last Saturday which was largely at
tended.
Rev. J. W. Bailey, who has been
pastor of the Ihman etreuit for the
last three yean, win on Friday, the
13th, give a big dinner to all Os the
stewards and their wives of ths Tn
man circuit at the personage at In
man. • - >■ < a •r.x KJT-
The fall term of Brocks high school
will convene on next Monday the Ifith.
It was delayed on account of the farm
ers not being able to send yet.
There is a very large amount of rib
bon cane syrup being made in thia sec
tion and ail report that it is turning
out well. K. B. Banks and J. C. Bates
are making for the public.
G. T. Price will soon have hia new
dwelling house completed.
J. N. Carson, of Brooks, advertised
his eggs in the News and Sun on Fri
day, October 30th and on November
the 4th received an order from Texas.
Chapel Locals.
Chapel, Ga., Nov. 11—Farmers la
thia section have about finished gath
ering their cotton.
Misses Middle and Lynda Parker
entertained their many friends Satur
day night.
Rev. Montress failed to fill his ap
pointment at High Falls Baturday
and Bunday.
The singing at Taylor Mullimi Bun
day was highly enjoyed by all present.
Misses Kate Goen and Eva Cauley
were the guests of Missew Maddle and.
Linda Parker last Baturday night
Hubert Godard Ison the sick list this
week.
Mrs. Irma Dumas is on the sick list
this week.
Ralph Bloodworth is building a new
residence on his place.
On last Bunday week, at 4 o’clock,
Mr. Jesse Edmans and Miss Inez
Abernathyi were hapnily married at
1 the home of Mr. Albert Taylor, Rev.
W. Z. Gardner performing the cere
mony. It was a quiet wedding, only
a few friends being present. They are
I receiving the congratulations of all.
Never Again !
Pike County Journal.
i E. E. Cook, who was convicted of*'
selling intoxicants and fined SSOO or
twelve months* by Judge Reagan,has
quit dealing in near beer. He went
to his place ot ibusiness immediately
after he was found guilty and fined
and gave away and poured out what
i stock of near beer he had on hand and
, avows his intention of never again
doing the same sort of business, and
In view of these lucts Judge Reagan
has been petitioned by a majority ot
the leading citizens of the town and
community to consider a reduction of
his fine.
Pleasant, sure, easy, safe little liver
Pills, are De w ill’s Liule Early Riwenu.
Bold by Carlisle A Ward.