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©tc Herald ‘H'd ! Newnan. Ga., Friday, July 29tii, 1887. Xo services will be held at the Bap- 1 tist church next Sunday, owing to the absence of the pastor, who is enjoying a month’s much-needed rest. Index to New Advertisements. Kvrnp Mill*— R. n. Cole Manufacturing Co. Harness—T. G. Burpee. Kail Announcement—.1. B. Mount. Notice to Teachers—Daniel Walker, C. S. C'om’r. Legal Notice—Petitions for ; Charter, Libel for Divorce, etc. Cigars—A. G Howard A Co. HOME AFFAIRS. A Moonlight Symphony v' v* WV*VWW\. How doth the tuneful Thomas cat Improve each moonlight night. And climhetti on the hack-vard fence To spit, and yowl, and fight. And how the spider-legged dude . Improves the moonlight, too; He clitnheth on the front-yard fence To sweetly bill and coo. Next Tuesday is sale-day. Ordinary’s Court next Monday. The Chattahoochee is booming. How do you like our new dress? Capt. A. B. Cates lias not yet return ed from Tennessee.- Rev. Jas. Stacy and wife are still at Tate Springs, Tenn. Marshal Bryant, of Grantville, was in town last Monday. There will be an all-day singing at Pleasant Grove next Sunday. The general meeting at Ebenezer Baptist church begins to-day. Dr. Hall lias been granted a month’s vacation by liis congregation. Messrs. .J. P. Leverett and J. E. Dent, Jr., are at Tallulah Falls. Regular monthly meeting of County Commissioners next Wednesday. Mr. Walker Glenn, of Atlanta, is vis iting the family of Mr. J. E. Dent. Mrs. Willie Perkerson has gone to Salt Spring for a two months’ stay. If you want a good article of Plug Tobacco ask your dealer for Old Rip. G. W. Swafford, of Carroll county, committed suicide last week by hang ing. Mrs. F. M. Longley, of LaGrange, has been visiting Mrs. Judge Bigby this week. Mr. B. D. Brewster, of Sunny Side, is visiting relatives and friends in the vi cinity. Xewnan has been represented tills season at nearly all the popular South ern resorts. Prof. Daniel Walker attended a ses sion of the Peabody Institute in Atlan ta last Tuesday. Mrs. A. F. Hill and Mrs. B. O. Hill, of Greenville, are visiting the family of Mr. M. B. Pinson. Mi's. E. S. Buchanan and Miss Sallie Pinson have gone to Greenville for a visit of two weeks. Miss Josie Swint returned last Wed nesday from a three weeks’ visit to friends in Atlanta. Messrs. J. A. Hunter and A. R. Bur- dett left last Wednesday for Warm Springs, Meriwether county. Dr. R. L. Y. Long returned last Tuesday from a brief but pleasant so journ at Tate Springs, Tenn. Mr. Tom Daniel, of Cedar Creek dis trict, will be with Mr. J. R. Herring dur ing the fall and winter season. We have been visited this week by a regular equinoctial storm—a freak of weather quite unusual for July. Mrs. H. C. Fisher returned Tuesday from a pleasant season at Hale Springs, Tenn., Hot Springs, X. C., and Gaines ville. Another change in the schedule of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad went into effect last Sunday. See schedule. Mr. T. W. Saxon was taken suddenly ill last Monday and at last accounts his condition was regarded as extreme ly critical. Mr. J. W. Travis, of Carroll county, is spending the week with Judge Per sons. Mutual admiration attaches Jack to Xewnan. About two hundred from Xewnan at tended the Atlanta and West Point stockholders’ convention in Atlanta last Monday. Xo mail from the South or West has been received since IV ednesday, owing to the washout on the Atlanta and West Point road. Up to date County School Commis sioner Walker has issued licenses to eighty teachers of public schools-q>9 white and 41 colored. J. W. Hardaway, of Hogansville, has three thousand earthen flower-pots for sale cheap. Orders by mail will re ceive prompt attention. By special request Rev. R. W. Ham rick will preach a constitutional ser mon at Pleasant Hill church, Heard county, on Sunday next. Hogansville is now entertaining the District Conference. It is expected that Xewnan will furnish quite a dele gation of friends Sunday. Rev. W. R. Foote will fill the Metho dist pulpit at LaGrange next Sunday. •^Either Presiding Elder Mixon or Rev. A. J. Jarrell will preach here. Teachers of public .-chools will please meet me for examination on the first and third Saturdays in August. Daniel "Walker, C. S. Com’r. We are pleased to know that Mrs. Daniel Walker, who was thrown from a buggy in Grantville last week and right badly hurt, is rapidly recovering. Mr. Henry Barrett, of Carrollton, has made a business engagement with Messrs. P. F. Cuttino & Co. for the coming season and entered upon his du ties last Monday. We regret to know that Mr. J. C. Thompson is still suffering from rheu matism. He has been confined at home for two weeks, with but little indica tions of improvement. Rev. R. W. Hamrick closed an inter esting and successful meeting at Fair- view Baptist church, Spalding county, last Sunday night. There were eight accessions to the membership. It has been raining almost continu ously since Wednesday noon and unless the weather clears up within the next day or so it is feared that both the corn and cotton crops will be injured. Capt. J. R. McCollum is cutting the finest watermelons that come to Xew nan. He raises them on his farm and his friends are sticking to him closer than ever, if such a thing were possible. Mrs. C. A. Dennis offers her residence on Greenville street for sale. Six acres of ground is attached, making it one of the most valuable and desirable pieces of property in Xewnan. See advertise ment. Two gentlemen of Xewnan have of fered to take all the stock of the Pearl Spring Park Association at twenty-five per cent, advance. Somebody has con fidence in this novel enterprise, evi dently. A crank in Alabama, shot at the wo man who refused him, but the ball was stopped by her bustle made of old newspapers, and she was providential ly spared. Xow is the time to sul>- scribe. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Young, of the Second district, sym pathize with them deeply in the loss of their infant daughter, whose death oc curred on Sunday night last, after an illness of several weeks. The 1 ‘pond-drawing’’ of Mr. Bob Carpenter, in the Third district, on Sat urday last, was a success. The total quantity of carp caught were estimated to weigh from seven hundred and fifty to one thousand pounds. Messrs. II. W. Dews and Clarence Hollis put into their fish-pond on Sat urday last about five hundred fish, of such species as usually thrive in our waters, together with twenty-four fine carp bought of Mr. Bob Carpenter. Mr. R. D. Cole, Sr., took fifteen shares of the Grantville Ginning and Manufacturing Company’s stock, at $100 per share, and has already been offered a premium on his investment. Uncle Duke knows a good thing when he sees it. Miss Lounette Holmes, who is a member of the Prep. Class at College Temple, gave a fruit party one evening last week to which all of her classmates were invited. It was attended almost unanimously and proved a very pleas ant occasion. The fall term of Coweta Superior Court corneth on apace and our local barristers are looking forward to the time with keenest interest. Xotliing short of a two-weeks’ session will satisfy them, and the indications now are that there will be a full term. Capt T. W. Powel left Wednesday to attend a family reunion at Hale Springs, Tenn., and will he absent a month. He expects to meet there sev en brothers, two sisters, and an innu merable host of nieces and nephews. One of his brothers is proprietor of Hale Springs. The Heard County Sunday School Association will meet in Franklin on the 13th prox. The News says “all the speakers chosen have accepted, and a royal time may he expected.” Hon. W. A. Turner and Col. A. D. Freeman are among those selected to deliver ad dresses on that occasion. We are in receipt of an invitation to be present at the annual reunion of the First Georgia Regiment and Twelfth Battalion, which will be held in San- ders'-ille, Ga., on Wednesday next. Several members of the old Twelfth Battalion reside in this community, all of whom are cordially invited to at tend. Mr. A. J. Carmical, of Mt. Olive, Ala., who has been visiting relatives in the vicinity of Roscoe for two or three weeks past, returned home last Tues day. He has consented to act as agent for The Herald and Advertiser in Coosa county, Ala., and is duly author ized to receive and receipt for subscrip tions. The city scavenger cart ought to make tri-weekly rounds during the summer mouths. The accumulation of decay ing vegetable matter on our streets be tween the regular weekly rounds, as ft SMOKE THE FAMOUS RABBIT'S FOOT" CIGAR, THE BEST 5 CENT CIGAR EVER MADE. A. G. HOWARD & CO., SOLE AGENTS, ATLANTA, GA. now ordered, is liable to produce sick ness. If Marshal Robinson will increase the service in this important depart ment he will win the lasting gratitude of the community. The account of the pic-nic and bar becue at Elder’s mill last Saturday, upon which we had bestowed so much labor and thought, was found at the last moment to be too lengthy for this is sue; but it is good enough to keep, and we propose to hold it over until next week. We cannot do the subject jus tice in less space than a column. Information was received last Wed nesday of the killing of J. T. Lane at Lebanon, Tenn., which occurred the day previous. Deceased was a broth er-in-law of Capt. R. W. Andrews, of this city, and a prominent and highly respected citizen of the community in which he lived. The weapon used was a shot-gun. The coroner’s jury ren dered a verdict of murder in the first degree. Mr. Geo. Meyer, an employe at Cole’s shops, had a narrow escape yesterday from what would undoubtedly have proven a fatal accident. While pass ing near the shafting connected with the main driving wheel his clothing caught in the belting and he was drawn up several feet from the floor. Fortu- nately, however—almost miraculously we might say—he succeeded in disen tangling himself and escaped unhurt. But it was a close call. tion as yet. Mr. B. hopes to get the work under way in a few days, however; but should he fail to do so, will return to the subscribers the different amounts contributed for this purpose. We trust there will be no further delay, on this account though, because we want the hand stand—the “Mechanics” boys want it and the whole town wants it. Atlanta,little knows what she is miss ing by not securing a road from Green ville to the Atlanta and West Point Railroad or a road direct from Green ville to Atlanta. The Central Railroad ought to have made this extension two years ago when the authorities order ed a survey made. Then there would have been no need of the fast train via Opelika to compete with the Georgia Midland shorter line.—Meriwether Vin dicator. Lunar Rainbow. Maybe you have seen one, and may be you have not. One was seen in Xewnan last Sunday night at about nine o’clock. Major J. P. Brewster, in describing it, says the bow was as well defined as could be, but the hues were indistinguishable, because the moon was new and shed very little light. The lunar rainbow is new to us, but we have conversed with several persons who claim to have seen the phe nomenon in all the splendor of a sun- painted one. Prof. J. A. Quillian. Prof. J. A. Quillian, of Luthersville, was last night elected by the trustees principal of the LaGrange High School. Mi - . Quillian graduated at Emory Col lege in 1883, taking three medals. He lias been teaching most of the time since. He has had charge of the school at Harmony Grove, and recently of the one at Luthersville. He belongs to an excellent family. He is about thirty years of age and lias a wife and one child. He is a member of the Metho dist church.—LaGrange Reporter. County Court. Judge Powell held an impromptu le vee last Wednesday for the purpose of investigating the alleged cussedness of a pair of colored citizens. Ben Lambert was arraigned oil the charge of wife beating, and his guilt being established beyond peradventure by County Solici tor Whatley, Judge Powell glanced over his specs in a meditative way and sized him up for $50.00 and costs or twelve months in the chain-gang. Amanda Bird, convicted on the charge of adul tery, was assessed $5.00 and costs and solemnly adjured to go and sin no more. She seemed really anxious to gt>, and went immediately. An Unlucky Day for the A. & "W. P. R. R. Yesterday was rather an unlucky day for the Atlanta and West Point road. The down night passenger, which passes here at 12 o’clock, ran off the track this morning a short distance be low West Point, and a few miles far ther on there was a heavy washout. The up day passenger, due here at 12:03, could not cross the washout, and no communication could be had from this end of the line because of the wreck at West Point. The Columbus express went as far as West Point yesterday and turned back. Up to a late hour last night the wreck had not been clear ed and no through trains were running. The regular schedules will doubtless be resumed to-day. The Band Stand. In justice to Mr. E. S. Buchanan, who from first to last has interested him self so warmly in the matter, we will state that the contract for building the band stand was awarded to the R. D. Cole Manufacturing Company about two months ago, but owing to a press ure of other work they have been una ble to do anything towards its construe- The Grantville Ginning 1 and Manufactur ing Company. Grantville’s latest and most impor tant enterprise is the organization of a joint stock company, to he known as the “Grantville Ginning and Manufact uring Company,” the object being to establish a general milling business, steam ginnery, cotton seed oil mill and fertilizer factory. The two last named industries will probably not be an nexed lief ore next spring, but the gin ning and milling business will be put in operation at once. At present the plant consists of eight gins, two corn mills and two engines. The capital-stock is limited to $20,000, nearly one-third of which has already been paid in. It is a strong company and the suc cess of the enterprise is assured from the start. The Heard County Veteran’s Associa tion. The annual reunion of the Heard County Veterans’ Association took place at Flat Rock last week, and the Franklin News pronounces it the most enjoyable occasion of the kind that has ever occurred in that county. Com menting on the address of Col. A. D. Freeman, of this city, vV> had been selected to deliver the oration, the News says: “The address of Col. A. D. Freeman was one of the ablest we ever heard. Owing to sickness in his family and a press of business the Colonel had not memorized his address, and read it from manuscript. He held the audi- dience in rapt attention for more than an hour. The appreciation of his ad dress was attested by an encore of a genuine old-fashioned rebel yell as the band swelled the patriotic notes of ‘Dixie.’ ” Death of Mrs. Lou T. Tompkins. The Centre correspondent of the Franklin News makes the following mention of the death-of an estimable lady, well-known hi Xewnan: “It becomes my painful duty to chronicle the death of Mrs. Lou T. Tompkins, which occurred at her home on the 17th inst. She was a consistent member of the Presbyterian church, and during her last illness expressed her confidence in her Savior and said that she was ready to ‘cross over the river.’ She had nothing to fear. She was a devoted mother and will be great ly missed. Her remains were interred on the day following at the family bu- rying-ground near Tompkins’ mill. The burial service was conducted by Revs. J. H. Daniel and S. Leake, in the presence of a large congregation of sur viving friends and relatives. We ten der our condolence to the sorrowing family.” Deceased was the step-mother of Mrs. B. II. Wright and Mrs. L. II. Featlier- ston and was for a number of years a resident of this city. The news of her death will be heard with genuine regret by her many friends in this community. Annual Reunions. The ensuing week will he replete with interest to the Confederate sur vivors of Coweta county. Three annu al reunions will be held, and while sim ilar in character, yet each occasion is invested with a peculiar interest to those concerned. The' surviving members of the Xew nan Guards will hold their annual re union to-day, in this city. On Tuesday next the Confederate Veterans’ Association of Coweta coun ty will celebrate the second anniversary of its organization. The fneeting will be held in the Court-house. On Thursday next the surviving mem bers of Company A, 7th Georgia Regi ment, will rendezvous at Bailey’s Spring, about seven miles south of town. Rev. G. W. Colquitt, of Palmetto, will deliver the oration to-day. On Tuesday next Judge Hugh Buchanan will address the Confederate Veterans’ Association, and on the following Thursday Mr. M. B. Pinson will turn loose his eloquence on the survivors of the old Seventh Georgia. We shall endeavor to give full reports of the meetings in our next issue. Bigr Cigar Sale. A few months ago Messrs. A. G. Howard & Co., the wholesale tobac conists of Atlanta, put on the market as a companion fabric to their popular “Rabbit’s Foot,” a brand of cigars which has already become well-known by the quaint name of “Brer Fox,” and after a thorough trial by epicurean smokers it is conceded to be the only successful rival of its older and more extensively advertised companion, the “Rabbit’s Foot.” Mr. John O. Davies, who represents this house, says it is nip and tuck between the two. His sales of each are climbing up every week, and he is selling them in every town and hamlet throughout his territory. Five or six months ago he induced Dr. A. J. Lyndon to give him a trial order for a few hundred “Brer Fox,” who soon found that they were becoming popular with his customers. Their popularity in creased, and in like ratio his sales in creased as a matter of course. He gave order after order, until finally fatigued with the routine of ordering every few days, lie bought five thousand in one lot last week, being probably the largest order for any single brand of cigars ever given in Xewnan. It is a full Ha vana filler, guaranteed, and Dr. Lyn don considers it the best and most pop ular 5c. cigar that he has ever handled. If you want a rich, fragrant smoke try one, and never afterwards will you be content to smoke any other. A Seriou3 Accident. Last Saturday afternoon Mr. Epli Powell, of White Oak, and Miss Ophe lia Dominick, of Atlanta, were out driving near Turin, when the young man’s hat blew off. He alighted for the purpose of recovering it, and while out the young lady thought it would he a capital joke to drive off a short dis tance and have him run to catch up. Impelled by this innocent freak she started the horse off at a brisk trot. It is a spirited animal, and in the hands of an inexperienced driver would be con sidered unsafe. Urged by the young lady the horse increased its speed so rapidly that it soon became unmanage able and ran away. As the team passed Mr. E. B. Perkins’ house a member of the family was attracted by Miss Dom inick's screams and, seeing her perilous situation, ran out to her assistance. A short distance beyond Mr. Perkins’ res idence, however, she was thrown from the buggy, and when found was lying in a gully near the road totally uncon scious. She was conveyed to the house and made as comfortable as possible while a messenger was hurriedly dis patched for a physician. She did not regain consciousness until the following morning, when an examination showed that she was severely hurt, though we are gratified to learn that her injuries are not of a very serious nature. At last accounts she was resting easily, and it is sincerely hoped that she may soon recover. The buggy was literally demolished. The horse slightly injured also. Coweta’^ Taxable Wealth. We are indebted to Mr. J. J. Fanner, our clever and efficient Tax Receiver, for the following comprehensive sum mary of the tax returns for 1887, as well as a comparative statement for the pre vious year. The statistics furnished will prove interesting reading, and they have been “compiled with a carefulness and an intelligence that is highly cred itable to the officer named. Only the aggregate returns are given, which are as follows: Polls, 1886—Whites, 1,580; colored, 1,510; total, 3,000. Polls, 1SS7—Whites, 1,561; colored, 1,579; total, 3,140. Acres of land, 1886—Whites, 257,540; colored, 3,889; total, 261,429; aggregate value, $1,521,814. Acres of land, 1887- Whites, 267,033; colored, 3,904; total, 270,951; aggregate value, $1,496,847. City or town property, 1S86—Whites, $636,352; colored, $20,241; total, $056,- 593. City or town property, 1887- Whites, $665,677; colored, $16,405; total, $682,082. Bank stock, 1886—$100,000; 1887, $115,- 000. Money and notes, 1886—Whites, $562,- 615; colored, $1,603; total, $564,218. Money and notes, 1887—Whites, $603,- 386; colored, $1,675; total, $605,061. Merchandise, 1886—$162,770; 1887, $163,045. Stocks and bonds, 1886—$34,100; 1887, $48,511. Cotton manufactories, 1886—$29,250; 1887, $20,000. Iron works, foundries, etc., 1886—$35,- 640; 1887, $50,000. Capital invested in mining, 1887—$60. Household and kitchen furniture, 1886—Whites, $139,520; colored, $14,250; total, $153,970. Household and kitchen furniture, 1887—Whites, $152,474; col ored, $16,913; total, $169,387. Watches, silverware, etc., 18S6—$15,- 238; 1887, $13,339. Horses, mules, etc., 1886—Whites, $244,744; colored, $29,426; total, $274,- 785. Horses, mules, etc., 1887—Whites, $245,019; colored, $29,140; total, $274,159. Plantation and mechanical tools, etc., 1886—Whites, $53,137; colored, $1,505; total $54,652. Plantation and mechan ical tools, etc., 1887—Whites, $63,148; colored, $5,238; total, $68,386. Cotton, corn, etc., April 1st, 1866— $13,483; 1887, $3,409. All other property, 1886—Whites, $75,035; colored, $6,350; total, $81,535. All other property, 1887—Whites, $45,- 277; colored, $2,278; total/$47,555. Aggregate value of whole property, 1886—Whites, $3,606,958; colored, $94,- 464; total, $3,701,422. Aggregate value of whole property, 18S7—Whites, $3,- 603,222; colored, $97,139; total, $3,700,- 361. Mr. Freeman’s Call. Parties holding the petitions request ing amendment to our local option law will please return them within the next ten days. If we have names sufficient the law will be amended. If we fail for the lack of numbers let us not be discouraged. We may be in the minor ity now, but it cannot always be thus, for our people will not long consent to occupy a lower position than others on this question. We cannot much longer afford to say by our actions “we wish it beyond the reach of those who may be injured by its use, but we do not wish and we will not allow it to be put beyond our reach.” Al\'ax D. Freeman. List of Letters Remaining in the Post Office at Xew nan, Ga., July 25th, 18S7. If not called for within four weeks will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. J. II. Anderson, Jno. T. Brinkley. George Cooper. Rev. John Goram. Joel C. Gurley. Miss Mattie Ilarras. James Williamson. Miss Mattie Willcox. S. L. Watson. J. E. McCollum, P. M. A Good Investment—300 to 1—Read. Quitman, Ga., May 16th, 1SS7.—M. A. Briggs—Dear Sir: My step-son, 16 years old, has been sick for 9 years, suf fering with sallow complexion, thin blood, loss of appetite, great weakness and swelling of feet, legs and stomach. His face was bloated and puffed, and of a watery look (dropsical,) his complex ion being very pale and yellow. He had no regular appetite and was too weak to work; not having worked six mouths, all told, in 9 years. I had tried 6 or 7 doctors and spent about $300 to cure him, without any lasting benefit. I offered one doctor $150 to cure him, but he refused the case. I heard and read so much about your Xunnbetter Tonic Pills I got 5 bottles for one dollar and gave them to him. lie is now en tirely well, and lias worked for three months steadily in the field, and I con sider him finally cured. Your pills are a paying investment for sick and puny people. Yours respectfully, W. H. Cooper. For sale by J. T. Reese, Xewnan, Ga., and A. Q. Young & Co., Puckett Sta tion, Ga. Call on them for a free sam ple of Xunnbetter Liver Pills and de scriptive matter of Tonic Pills. 2Ttarket Report. KLOUlt—Fancy 6ftt« 55 Choice Family . .4 50(g;5 55 MEAL—Corn BRAN—Wheat @1 10 CORN—White ® 75 Mixed 60 GRITS—Pearl @4 HAY—Western I 10 MEAT, PRODUCE, ETC. BACON—C. K. Sides @10 Smoked Shoulders • @ HaMS—Canvassed .. @15 Uncanvassed TOBACCO—Common to Medium.. .. 35® 40 Smoking 45® 65 Fancy Cliewim HIDES—Dry Flint 7 Green POTATOES—Irish, per barrel Sweet, per bushel BUTTER—Good country LARD—Tierce Tubs and kegs EGGS—Per doz MACKEREL—Half barrel, No. 1... .6 Kits, No. 1 “ “ 2 “ “ 3 SUGARS—Granulated Standard A Crushed Extra C SYRUP—N. O MOLASSES—Black strap 40& POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never vanes. A marvel of pur ity, strength, and wholesomeness. More eco nomical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold In competition with the multitude of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate K wders. Sold only in cans. Royal Bakixo iWDU Co.. 106 Wall-wt.. N. Y. Farm For Sale! Containing205 acres, more or less, lying-in the Grantville district, on Grantvil le and Luth- crsvllle road. A good four-mule farm open and in high state of cultivation. Four-room dwelling, all necessary out buildings, three tenant houses. Also, all farm implements, mules, wagon, buggy, honsehold and kitchen furniture. Titles perfect. MRS. DORA KELLOGG. For further particulars apply to M. P. KELLOGG on the place, or address him at Puekett Station, Coweta county, Ga. July XM-—Im.