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MEN BY COUNTY WEEKLY VOL. XXV. GEO. E, KNOTT, JOS. W. AWTRY, HARVEY 7ACHRY, Pres. Vice Pres. , Sec. & Trees. KNOTT & AWTRY SHOE CO, Successors to J. C. DANIEL. 25 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga. New Goods. Latest Styles. A Complete Line of Men’s, Boys, Ladies and Children’s SHOES . At Prices that Will Please. Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention y Jfocaß. Cotton 9^c. - * Powerful short days. Lookout for our side of town —it’s growing. Next Thursday week, the ‘29th. is Thanksgiving. Think —did you ever know a freeze before a frost ? Mrs. E M. Smith is spending the week in Atlanta. Bunn & Harper Co. always for any kind of furniture Mr. W, W. Amis went down to Griffin last. Monday. Pretty lot of matting, rugs, etc., at Bunn & Harper Co’s. It is dark now when the evening mail from Atlanta arrives. We do sewing machine and bicycle work. McDonough Fdy. & Mch. Wks. A white primary will decide Griffin’s municipal election next week. Be sure to see our nice line of hat racks. Bunn & Harper Co. Christmas not far off—middle of November —had you thought ? Pay vour city taxes and avoid the rush. J. W. Sullivan, Marshal. Mr. Henry Copeland is serving on the U. S. Grand Jury iu Atlanta. Rev. F. S- Hudson and little son, Henry, spent Tuesday in Atlanta. WANTED —Steam to overhaul. McDonough Foundry and Machine Works. Mr. A. F. Harper left last week to enter upon his duties “on the road,’ as gnano agent. Mr. C. A. McKibben went up to Atlanta Tuesday and remained over till the next day. The city tax Books are now open for the payment of city taxes. J. YV. Sullivan, Marshal. Woman has been classified as a de lusion and a snare. But men like to Lug the delusion. Morgan & Wright inner tukes for 98c. at McDonough Fdy. & Mch. Wks. Bicycle pokes z cents each. The regular election for justices of the peace will take place on the first Saturday in December. Meat has gone np a cent a pound since the election Flour will iollow. Now is a good time to sew whea f . Money to loan on farm land— per cent interest—no delay. E. F. Weems, Ally. We do all kinds of machine work. We do it cheap and guarantee every job. Mc- Donough Fdy. & Mch. Wks., near depot. Mrs. E. J. Reagan was called to Gainesville Wednesday by the illness of her daughter, Mrs. John Turner. Bedsteads, bureaus, chamber suits, wash stands, oak dreseers, all in the latest styles golden oak. Bunn & Harper Co. Mr. Levi Bledsoe presents The Weekly with the largest second crop horse apple we ever saw, being over half grown. Mr. T. O. Watkins of the Star Store was called to Forsyth last Tuesday to attend the burial of an uncle, who died in Columbus. Mr. Harmon Harvey has contracted with Mr. Alec Lemon to put new tin roofs on several of his buildings, and the work will commence at once. The Weekly made a little error in the figures of last week’s election. Bartlett’s exact majority in Henry county was 520 and Bryan’s 268 Now that the cotton picking season is over the “cullerd leddy” who for merly presided over the pie foundry in town is hunting for her old job as cook again.—Ex. Big lot Furniture crowded out for want of room, to go at great sacrifice for next 30 days—all first class and genuine bargains—don’t fail to see it. Bunn & Harper Co. A large warehouse filled with cotton was destroyed by fire at Molena one day this week, and we learn that Mr. H. B. Neal, of this city, had about twenty bales in the lot. Mr. J. B. Clark. Henry county’s popular Tax Receiver elect, gave The Weekly a short call last week. He reports everything all right in the upper section of old Henry. Rev. R. L. Bell failed to fill his ap pointment at the Presbyterian church last Sunday, being unable to get here on account of being on a visit with Mrs. Bell to Southwest Georgia. The Bunn & Harper Co. have moved their furniture and undertaking estab lishment to the Copeland building, next to the drug store. Be sure to call on them before you buy. The blessings for the peace-maker is very rich and glorious, but there is nothing in that line promised for the trouble maker. His promise as well as the consequences ot his work are in the opposite direction. McDonough, ga., Friday, November 16,1900. Mrs fl. L. Dunn and Miss Kate Maxwell went up to Adauta Wedues day afternoon remaim d next day. Mr. Itib’t. W. Lovett, special Hgfmt of the Mauha Uu Life Insurance Co., a eon of Editor Lovett of tb< Christian Advocate, is spending a while in Mc- Donough on business. Mr. Lovett is a bright young man and represents a ti e insurance company. R-SV. S. It. England of Augusta lia» promised brother liudsou to preach at the Methodist church here on the 4 h Sunday, if oothing prevents. Brother England has many friends iu this sec ion who will be glad to hear him. Mr. Ben Cathey of near Bethany Academy left last Mouday for Coviug tou, where he goes to engage in the livery business. He is a clever, ener getic young man, and his many friends wish him much success in his uew home. The Marietta Journal says : “A good thing for citizens of a town to remera ber is that the men in it make the town and not the towu that makes the men. Some meu imagiue if they only lived somewhere else they would do great things. ‘-Try it where you are.” Henry county’s exact population as put down by the census returns is 16,- 602, and as this is over a thousand short of what our citizens had beeu led to expect, while a number of other counties exceeded us, we do not get the extra representative. Hence our exploded hopes In rambling around for news the other day, bis royal highness. The Weekly devil, dropped into Dr. Tuck er & Co’s drug store where he was shown, by clever Hall Turner, oue of the prettiest lines of Celluloid Novel ties ever brought to this market. The most fastidious can find a gift in this stock to suit the taste of his fiaucee, brother, sister, father or mother that will be useful as well as ornamental for either birthday or Christmas presents. Call and see them. The many friends of Mrs. W. R. Rivers sympathize with her iu the death of her mother, Mrs. S. C. Avery of Racket, Newton county, which oc curred last Monday evening at 7:30 o’clock after several weeks’ illness. Mrs. Avery was a lady well knowu for her many noble traits of character and for the christiau life she lived, and her neighborhood friends will miss her. She leaves a husbaud, seven children and numerous relatives and friends throughout Newton and Henry couty to mourn her death. IMed in Texas. The sad news of the death of Mr Gus Walden was received by his rela tives near Flippen last month. It oc curred at his home in Branchville on October 17, 1900, from black jauudice. Mr. Walden was a brother of Mrs. Doyal McLendon, and moved to Tex as about three years ago. He leaves a wife and one child to mourn his loss, and his Henry county friends extend to them sincere sympathy tn their sore bereavement. The Firm Prijec Cotton. J. L, Berry, the big boll cotton man from Henry county, was in the city to* day. Mr. Berry will move down to the Wimbish place, about four miles from this city, in about two weeks and will grow his Berry’s Big 801 l Cotton there. He has just returned from the State Fair at Valdosta, where his cotton took the first prize over all upland cotton for the excellence of this staple, and this, too, in Southwest Georgia, where cotton is supposed to grow its finest.— Griffin Call. GREAT GUT PRICE SALE AT A. ROCOWSKIE’S! tVVe have recently pur- X3L chased a big stock of l'*/ Shoes, Hats, Skirts, Capes, /J . . p at greatly reduced prices VJP and in order to make ifPSTf room lor the goods, will i to | | sell anything now in /I M. stock at your own price. IB M Come at once and get j what you want before || the stock is picked over. F This is an 7 |1 Actual Cut Price Come to see us and be convinced. We have the best selected stock ever brought to McDonough. Remember all of out goods fresh from the lactory and strictly up to date, and we are offering them at prices lower than ever heard of before in McDonough. Be sure to get our pceris before you buy. A. ROGOWSKIE, Walker Building. S. GOLDSTEIN, flanager Mr. Vera Harper is with us, and would be glad to have his friends give him a call. Will Walker ftliot. While out bird hunting last Mon day afternoon, Will Walker came near lousing bis life by a load of shot from the guu of Postmaster Cliff Tye, out near Mr. Hamilton’s. They were close together when a bird was ‘ flush ed” and in the excitement Cliff, un knowingly, fired directly in line with Will’s head. As he did so Will for tunately threw up his hand and dodged down, which was all that saved him. One shot entered the end of a finger, lodging above the knuckle, and another the forehead, ranging just under the skiu to the top of the head, knocking him flat on his back. Just an inch or two lower and he would have received the whole load full in the head. The bird was shot into fragments, falling iu Will’s face, and he says when he felt it he thought it was his brains oozing out. Mr. Henry Foster was at work near by and turned away to keep from seeing, as he thought, the fatal shot. Both Will and Cliff were thorough ly “skeered up”—and indeed it was a close call. Will says Cliff said ho felt liae getting down and praying, after finding he wasn’t killed, but was ashamed to. This is Will’s second escape. Some years ago he accidentally discharged his gun while hunting with his father, and the entire charge passed between his arm and body, tearing a hole through his coat and shirt without entering the flesh. Iticnnial Sessions. Two bills have been introduced in the legislature providing for biennial sessiou of that body. The movement for curtailing expen ses on that line is a good one, and we hope it will crystalize into a law. We have never been able to see the necessity for annual sessions of the legislature. We have ample laws to carry us along two years. We have too much legislation. Biennial sessions of 40 days each, are amply sufficient to enact all the laws we need for a long time, and we hope the bill will become a law.—Cov ington Star. Improvement*. The side of town down arouud Tht Weekly is on a regular boom The first store room below Mr. YV. D. Knight’s (the old Copeland staud) is being fitted up, and as soon as finish ed will be occupied by Mr. Ivuighi and Mr Tom Sowell, who have formed a. partnership and will enlarge the busi ness and occupy both rooms another year, Mr. Sowell returning from Jeu kiusbrug to McDonough. Messrs Smith & Browu, notice ofc whose purchase has previously beeu made, are already moving the J. J. Smith Foundry and Machine Shop into the next building, and will soon have it in full operation. Messrs. Sloan & Crumtiley have se cured the old Ilooten blacksmith shop and will at once begiu tne manufacturer of cotton planters. W» are now the whole thing—const*? around and Bee us. ■>r. Aor Hi Hurt. Dr. A, G. North, who was to haves beeuMn McDonough this week to beght his residence here, failed to arrive o» account of a painful accident, in whieki he had a miraculous escape Irom death. . From a private letter we learn that he was run over by a Central ro«t train at the Sanitarium last Friday night, being thrown head first under the car, but in some way succeeded m getting out with the exception of hav ing oue foot caught. This was badly mashed and be lost one toe, and though he is getting along well so fa*** it is not known yet what the final r&- sclt will be. His friends here sympatb : ze with him in his misfortune, and trust he may soou be able to get here, but the doc tor says it will be some time yet be fore he can walk. OA.S TOniA . Bears the The Kind You Have Always Boujf $i A YEAR-