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Newnan. Ga., Friday, August 12tn, 1887.
WEEKLY CIRCULATION, 1,750.
accomplishes precisely what the bill now
pending in the Legislature seeks to do.
In view of Judge Speer’s decision,
dy, which occurred near Macon last
Saturday morning. For brutality and
abject horribleness the crime has no
dear
there seem* to be no necessity for spe- parallel in modem history. The whole
JAR. E. BROWN. Editor.
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Against the Foreign Loan Companies.
Among the hundreds of bills that
have been introduced in the Legislature
since the present session convened, few
ire more important than the measure
recently passed by the Senate, which
lias for its object the restriction of in-
f . v restfees on money loans to the stan
dard legal rate prescribed by the Code,
and to specify the manner in which said
law shall be observed. In brief, the
'till provides “that it shall be unlawful
for any corporation, company, firm or
individual engaged in the business of
1 nding or advancing money upon real
•'■state, upon a deed of bargain and sale
in secure the same, or upon a deed and
h< uni for title back to the borrower, up
on the payment of the same, as provid
ed in section 1909 of the Code of the
State, to reserve, charge or take for such
loan or advance of money, any rates of
interest or other charges, such as bonus
money, brokerage, commission or other
compensation to agents effecting such
loans, for searching titles, making ab
-tracts and other services greater than
eight per centum per annum of the net
amount advanced to and actually re
.•fired by the borrower, either directly
by way of interest to the lender, or in
f ir. ctly by way of bonus money, com
mission for advances, discount or ex-
clr.i.ige, or by way of brokerage, com
mission or other compensation to agents
negotiating such loans, or by any con
tract or device whatever. All deeds to
real estate executed by the borrower
to secure loans or advances of money
where greater rates or charges than
oiglit per cent, per annum are reserved
HuiVged or taken, directly or indirectly,
by way of bonus money, brokerage,
commission, or other compensation or
charges," for agents negotiating and ef
fecting such loans, (whether such agents
act in the matter as the agent of the
lender or borrower, or both,) shall be
absolutely void and of no effect, even
in the hands of innocent third parties."
The plain intent of the bill is to curb
t he operations of foreign loan compa-
nies\now doing business in this State,
or that may hereafter engage in such
business. The plan upon which these
companies have been negotiating loans
since they commenced operating in the
State has been to exact from the bor
rower, in addition to the legal rate of
interest allowed by law, a commission
or fee of 12 per cent, as compensation
to their local or general agents for ex
amining records, preparing abstracts of
titles, etc. For example, a borrower
makes application for a loan of $1,000
on what is known as the three-year
plan. After executing a mortgage on
land worth twice or thrice the sum
specified, the borrower receives only
$S00—the legal rate of interest (S per
cent, per annum, or $80 on the $1,000,)
and 12 per cent, agent’s commission,
($120,) being deducted from the princi
pal. The borrower continues to pay S
per cent, on $1,000, however, while lie
lias at no time had the use of more than
$800. At the expiration of three years
he will have paid for the use of $S00 the
sum of $300. Or if the loan be for five
years—which is a very popular plan in
i his State—he will have paid in interest
and agent’s commissions the sum of
$520. ^He actually receives from the
company $800, and at the end of five
years has paid in liquidation of the
debt $1,520, or a sum nearly double
that originally obtained.
The most seductive feature of this
business appears to be the long time
allowed borrowers in which to repay
the loan; and many an impecunious
wretch, deluded with the hope that he
will be thus enabled not only to meet
a pressing emergency but have ample
time in which to provide for the final
payment, is lured to bankruptcy. Fore-
closures are being made every day in
the Federal Courts, and these instances
are becoming so frequent as to call for
legislative action, as above stated. The
effect of the bill, if it becomes a law,
will be to drive these foreign loan asso
ciations out of the State. They cannot
conduct their operations successfully
except through local agents, and if pro
hibited from charging or accepting fees
or commissioms as compensation for
the services of their agents in negotiat
ing loans, examining records, preparing
abstracts, etc., they will be forced to
abandon the business; because the low
rate of interest now allowed by law will
not warrant them in employing such
agents at a stipulated salary.
In this connection it may be of inter
est to note that the legality of the op
erations of these land loan companies
is being assailed in some portions of the
State. A test case was made recently
in the United States Circuit Court at
Macon, in which the defendant to an
action brought by a foreign loan com
pany to foreclose mortgage on land,
pleaded usury on the contract made
cial legislation on the subject, unless it
be to furnish a favorable opportunity
for some of the numerous aspiring dem
agogues of the Legislature to air their
oratory as champions of the “dear peo
ple.” This opportunity they will not
neglect to improve, and, animated bj
the same desire for notoriety calculated
to win the applause of exacting consti
tuencies, less obtrusive members not
skilled in oratory will give their hearty
upport to the measure and it aa ill be
come a law.
Such are the methods of modern leg
islation !—such the motives that inspire
legislation ! Alas and alas !
country is amazed and shocked at the
enormity of the act. A more atrocious,
diabolical deed would lie difficult to
conceive. None but the veriest mon
ster could have committed it. Tom
Woolfolk, the suspected murderer, lias
been removed to Fulton county jail for
safe-keeping, where he is now in con
finement. He still protests his inno
cence, but the proof against him is too
damning for doubt or disbelief, and it
will be a miracle if he escapes. Hang
ing would be too good for the wretch.
of a Faithful
Well-Merited Praise
Pastor.
Rev. J. B. S. Davis, of this city, re
cently closed a three-weeks’ meeting at
the Baptist church in Madison, of which
he is the pastor, and it is spoken of as
one of the most successful revivals ever
enjoyed in that town. A v> ritei in the
Ch ristian Index of last week gives more
pointed expression to this opinion, and
takes occasion to speak in terms of
strong approbation of the character of
work Bro. Davis has been doing since
he was called to the pastorate of the
•hurcli at Madison. The writer refer
red to is Rev. Wm. H. Cooper, of Car-
tersville, who was present during the
progress of the meeting and “knows
whereof lie speaks.” The letter is as
follows;
“I have heard and read of Madison
ever since I was a boy, but never saw it
until recently. Bro. J- B. K. Davis,
pastor of the church there, invited me
to help him in a meeting and thus 1
visited a town I had long been so inter
ested in. Madison is really a beautiful
place. Its residences were mainly built
before the war, when there was great
wealth in the land, and still remain to
illustrate the glory of a generation now
nearly gone. Its large number ot flow
er gardens are an interesting feature,
showing exquisite taste in many instan
ces, and giving a general appearance of
comeliness and beauty, not surpassed
in any Georgia town I know.. The peo
ple are large-hearted, cultured, hospit
able. , , ,
“It was my privilege while there to
circulate among some that I think are
apart of the salt of the earth. For
manv years, the cause of religion has
not flourished to any considerable ex
tent. There have been occasional ad
ditions to the churches, but hardly
enough to keep up the old number.
Recently, the good Lord lias been giv-
in<r evidences of His favor that encour
age His people to look for better tilings.
Some time in the spring, the Methodist
brethren enjoyed a successful meeting
that did much to lift things out of the
old ruts, awakening Christians ot all
denominations, and bringing a goodly
number into their fold. More recently,
the meeting at the Baptist church lias
already proved to be a great blessing.
While the number added to the church
was not large, those who came m will
be of present great value, while the
membership has been greatly quicken
ed Formerly manv were dispirited,
and felt little like work, because it
seemed that work would do so little
<r 0 od, but now nearly all have taken
hold with fresh heart and hope, and
have started out with renewed zeal in
the Master’s cause. Besides those who
came in during the meeting, Bro. Davis
has been baptizing occasionally before
the meeting men and women of power
and influence in the community, so that
it may be said that the church is strong
er, more hopeful, more aggressive than
for many years.
“Bro. Davis has done a truly valuable
work in Madison. Residing in Xewnan,
more than a hundred miles away,
preaches here every Sabbath,
o-l L. onrl
A bill has been introduced in the
Legislature to change the offense of
carrying concealed weapons from a mis
demeanor to a felony, and make the
crime punishable by imprisonment in
the penitentiary for not less than one
nor more than five years. The pistol
habit is a crying evil and the State au
thorities should adopt immediate and
extreme measures for its suppression
This can only be done by raising tlie
grade of the offense and denying the
option of settling such cases in Court-
by the payment of a nominal fine. The
bill referred to would have this ef
fect, and we hope it will become a law.
The cowards who make a practice of
carrying concealed weapons should he
disarmed.
The scenes enacted in the House of
Representatives on Wednesday and
yesterday were simply disgraceful.
For coarseness, blackguardism and
general filthiness, there is no parallel
in the colloquial records of the State.
Neither the member from Bartow nor
the member from Sumter has any
cause for seemly felicitation. Both
have disgraced themselves in the eyes'
of order-loving, decorous people, and
they have reflected no credit upon the
State. If an attempt is made by these
worthies to re-enact the scenes of this
week they should be debarred the
privileges of the floor. The people of
Georgia have some sense of pride if
they have not.
A frightful accident occurred on
the Toledo, Peoria and Western Rail
road, three miles east of Chatsford, Ill.,
yesterday. An excursion train bearing
nine hundred and sixty passengers fell
through a burning bridge. One hun
dred and eighteen persons were killed
outright and four times that numbei
injured. __________
ganization, as well as the cause so
to every true Southern heart. TV hen
she had concluded there was a general
manifestation among the “old vets” in
favor of adopting her as the “daughter
of the regiment,” and had such a sug
gestion been made in open meeting it
would have been unanimously adopted.
Then followed a sort of love feast,
during which brief speeches were made
by several memliers of the Company.
War experiences were related, anec
dotes retold, etc., and a good time gen
erally was enjoyed. Mr. R. X. Carmical
made perhaps the most telling speech.
Said he was no speaker; had never
been blessed with the gift of oratory;
that his paternal ancestor (‘Uncle Jim
mie”) monopolized the family talent in
that line, and he would not attempt to
compete with him. He made a good
talk, though, and held the attention of
his audience in a manner that would
have been immensely flattering to his
venerable ancestor. Speeches were .al
so made by Messrs. J. L. Bailey, M . P.
Bryant, Dr. A. C. North, Dr. R. W.
North and others. Hon. J. B. Good-
wyn, of Company A, 1st Georgia Regi
ment, was present, who paid eloquent
tribute to the old flag of Company- A,
7th Georgia Regiment, which was ex
hibited as one of the priceless souve
nirs of the Company.
NOON.
The hour of noon having arrived the
president appointed a committee of ar
rangements, composed of ladies, to pre
pare dinner. The committee was con
stituted as follows: Mrs. Dr. A. C.
North, Mrs. Col. Geo. H. Carmical,
Mrs. P. M. Waltom, Mrs. Henry Dom
inick, Mrs. John L. Bailey and Mrs.
John L. Bean.
Dinner being announced, the mem
bers of the Company marched to the
table and took position in military or
der. They were followed by the ladies
and all invited guests, who were soon
mingling in a heated discussion of the
delicious qualities of the spread and the
merits of the occasion in general.
There were thirty-one barbecued car
casses and over two hundred well-filled
baskets. From this abundant store it
can be safely assumed that every one
present was provided with the material
necessary for interior comfort, and the
looks of intense satisfaction that beam
ed from the faces of the happy reunion
ists lent a color of positiveness to this
assumption that could not have been
mistaken. Such a dinner one rarely
lias*the opportunity of enjoying. Such
a round of social pleasures; such a gal
axy of youth and beauty; such an ag
gregation of wit and wisdom—all con
There being no further business
meeting then adjourned, to meet m
Newnan in reunion with the 7tli G»or-
gia Regiment on the 31st of July, 1888.
A. C. North, Pres’L
J. R. McCollum, Sec’y.
Essay Read by Miss Lou Camp.
To the Heroic Bead of Company A, ith
Georgia liegimtnt:
“How Sleep the brnve who sink to rest
With «U their country s honor- ble-t.
American Enterprise.
1-v h:«-
conferred more K
hm.*eho!<l economy a Or y - than ^ MW .
of a benefit on
u,u Tl for V m-riran skill »■><* ingenuity
fottK»acl.me of any pracfi-
cal value,
In the bright galaxy which fame re
serves for her tried and trusted sons,
glorv unwreathes with unfold in.-.
lands the names of those
lustrated Southern home and .southern
chivalry on the field of battle.
The splendid cenotaph, the loft> and
imposing monumental shaft, exaggera
ted eulogy and the pomp and cn-
cumstance of memorial display, nia>
indeed arrest the gaze of the thought
less multitude and redeem from speedj.
oblivion the proud devotees ot -Mam
mon. The man. is forgotten and the
monument only is remembered, -tlint •
effacing finger blots out forever their
name. The year, the date, the solid
granite itself crumbles from the attri
tion of centuries, anti the ploughshare
runs unheeding over the spot where its
foundation rested. How fleeting and
unsubstantial the proudest memorial
reared by affection and consecrated to
ambition !
inothei^!i? ve v i t, e ( ! , JtoSSv”
the Jesuit ot which Km’
Iy perfect as it is possible to mate oil*
‘For simplicity, durability, ease oi
nianagenieSt and capacig for work, the
“Light-Running New Home has no
rival, and the happy POweMOJ the
may rest assured that lie oi ^lie has t
“Can storied urn or animated bust.
Back to its mansion cail the fleetins breath
Can honor’s voice provoke the silent dust,
Or soothe the dull, cold ear of death .
verv best the world affords. See ad
vertisement ON ANOTHER 1 AGE OY
THIS PAl’EK.
Hen? etbuertisements.
L. M.
During the fiscal year ending June „ ...
30, 1887, the total collections from all | spired to make jt an occasion that will
sources of internal revenue amounted ’ ’’ ‘
to $118,835,757, an increase of $1,932,S8S
over the receipts for the previous year.
The cost of collecting the same was
$4,075,000. Georgia contributed $330,-
702 during the period mentioned.
The Inter-State Farmers’ Conven
tion will meet in Atlanta next Tues
day’. Hon. J. B. Goodwyn, the dele
gate from Coweta, is loaded and pruned
for a speech on that occasion, and if op
portunity offers we are well assured of
his ability to do the subject justice.
he
„ - visit* 5
their sick, and gives direction to the
work in general. His work has been
very successful when all the disadvan
tages of the situation are considered.
For it must be remembered that Mad
ison is the stronghold in Georgia ot
skepticism, agnosticism, and general
opposition to the simple truths ol God s
word. A number of the influential
people of this town have fallen under
the power of these wiles of the adver
sary, and are active and aggressive m
their efforts to propagate their unbelief.
“These opposers of the gospel are
people of wealth and culture, and high
social position, and the difficulty of the
situation can be readily understood by
all who have had to contend with simi
lar influences in their work. But,
thank God, the day is breaking, and
some who have served the evil one ear
nestly', are now devoted friends of Jesus.
“I am glad Bro. Davis is pastor at
Madison. I came very near being call
ed there myself, and nothing but a
question with the Eatonton brethren
as to the place of my residence hinder
ed the call. I do not know that I could
have gone, but I am glad I did not, for
Bro. Davis has proved the man for the
place, and the people there feel it, and
are greatlv attached to him, and show
their appreciation in many ways. .And,
like a true pastor, his heart is in his
work, and his love for these people is
deep and sincere. With him I join m
the request, ‘Brethren, pray for Bro.
Davis and for Madison.’ ”
The State Agricultural Convention,
now in session at Canton, passed a res
olution Wednesday strongly opposing
the passage of the Brady guano hill.
The prohibition amendment was de
feated in Texas last week by a majority
of 100,000. *
THIRD ANNUAL REUNION
Of -Company A, 7th Georgia Regiment,
at Bailey’s Spring.
with the company’s agent. In deliver
ing his opinion Judge Speer sustained
this plea, holding that the company was
chargeable for the usurious contracts
of its agents, and in awarding judgment
restricted the plaintiff to the rate of in
terest allowed by the laws of Georgia.
If this case has been correctly reported,
and we presume it has, the principle of
law established by Judge Speer will be the State,
a recognized precedent for the future ;
guidance
choses in action of
A difficulty occurred in Atlanta
last Sunday night, in one of the rooms
of the Kimball House, between S. H.
Venable, a well-known man of that
city, and A. B. F. Veal, of Stone Moun
tain. Friends interfered and endeavor
ed to separate the combatants. C. D.
Horn caught Venable about the waist
and attempted to draw* him away.
Veal drew his pistol and shot at Vena
ble, but the ball missed its object and
killed Horn. The tragedy created
great excitement in Atlanta, and occur
ring so soon after the Macon horror on
ly adds to the intensity of public feel
ing. Horn yvas a member of the firm
of Miles & Horn, to whom was awarded
the contract for building the new State
Capitol, and was a prominent and use
ful citizen. Veal is in jail. It was a
wretched affair, viewed in any aspect,
and is generally lamented throughout
The third annual reunion of the sur
viving members of Company A, 7th
Georgia Regiment, Avas held at Bai
ley’s Spring, seven miles south of
town, on Thursday, 4th inst.
The meeting was called to order hv
II. W. Camp, president. Prayer Avas
offered by Rev. J. L. Hemphill.
The president then requested the
secretary to call the roll, when the fol
lowing members ansAvered to their
namest Col. Geo. H. Carmical, Dr. R
W. North, Dr. A. C. North, Dr. L. S.
Young, W. G. Camp, H. W. Camp, J.
L. Bailey, W. T. ArnalL L. W. Bowers,
W. P. Bryant, P. M. Waltom, J. L.
Bean, Henry Dominick, James Dunn,
Henry Gilbert, Milton F. Johnson, J
R, McCollum, J. B. Walker, R, N.
Carmical, T. H. Arnold, J. M. Haynes,
J. W/ Benton.
The minutes of last annual meeting
were read and confirmed.
A letter from Hon. Jefferson Da
vis, addressed to Company A, was
read. It was full of love and sympa
thy and made a deep impression upon
all who heard it. Letters were also
read from a number of absent mem
bers, Avho were unable to be present-
some of whom now reside in distant
States. This constituted one of the
most pleasing features of the day.
A brief address Avas mad% by the
president, appropriate to the occasion
ReA*. J; B. Hunuicutt, the orator of
the day, being unavoidably absent, Mr.
W. T. Amall was requested to fill the
appointment, which he did with credit
to himself and to the satisfaction of
all present. It was a fervent and
patriotic speech and elicited hearty
applause.
An original essay by Miss Lou Camp
was then read, dedicated to “the heroic
dead of Company A, 7th Georgia Regi
ment.” It was a most admirable pro-
i duction and delivered in a style that
admiration for and full
, - . ; n aduistm or • Wf present to our readers this week j bespoke her
twrcharacteVandjthe full details of the Woolfolk trege-! sympathy the objects of the or.
be memorable for years to come,
AFTERNOON.
Dinner over, the Company reassem
bled.
The next business in order being the
election of officers, Dr. A. C. North
Avas -chosen president, W. T. Arnall
vice-president, and J. R. McCollum
secretary.
The follOAving resolution was offered
by W. T. Arnall:
Resolved, That a committee be ap
pointed to iiwite Gen. Jos. E. Johnston
and Gen. James Longstreet to meet us
upon the occasion of the next annual
reunion of the 7th Georgia Regiment at
Newnan, July 21st, 1S88.
In accordance Avith the foregoing res
olution, the president appointed the
follOAving committee: Col. Geo. H.
Carmical, J. L. Bailey and II. W.
Camp.
On motion of W. G. Camp, thirty-
four honorary members from the fami
lies of surviving and deceased members
were inA’ited to unite AA r ith the Com
pany, for the purpose of perpetuating
its organization,
The motion Avas adopted, and in pursu
ance of the suggestion therein made the
following honorary members Avere elect
ed : R. E. Arnall, H. H. North, W. O. Ar
nold, O. H. Waltom, N. B. Camp, J. R
Walker, Edgar Dominick, R. A. Car
mical, J. P. Camp, A. L. Young, J. II
Brvant, J. S. Johnson, A. G. North, J.
C. Bean, T. O. Dunn, Emmett Bailey,
Luther Gilbert, J. W. Bowers, Clyde
Carmical, S. S; McCollum, A. J. Pin
son, A. II. Benton, Elisha Haynes,
Turner Upshaw, O. T. Upshaw, A. J.
Persons, J. Young, J. F.Hindsman, W
C. Russell, J. C. Hunter, J. Egbert
North, J. W. Parks, Jr., Hatton Ar
nall.
J. C. Carmical, who enlisted Avith Com
pany C, 3d South Carolina Regiment,
but who is now a resident of this countv,
Aras also admitted to honorary member
ship.
On motion the follOAving committees
were then appointed, to act in con junc
tion with the Executive Committee of
thfe 7th Georgia Regiment at the next
annual reunion of the Regiment
Executive Committee—W. G. Camp,
chairman; John L. Bailey, A. C. North
Committee of Arrangements—Geo. H
Carmical, chairman; R. N. Carmical
J. B. Walker, W. T. Amall, P. M. Wal
tom, R. W. North, Henry Dominick,
Henry Gilbert and John L. Bean.
The following resolution was offered
by W. G. Camp:
Resolved, That Ave tender heartfelt
thanks to the committee of citizens,
and to the citizens of the community
generally, for their hearty co-operation
and assistance in supplying us with
such a delightful repast; also, to Mr
Win. Bailey for her kindness in permit
ting us to occupy her beautiful grounds;
also, to the audience for their excellent
behavior.
On motion of J. B. Walker it was re
quested that the essay-of Miss Lou
Camp he furnished for publication as a
part of these proceedings, and that
the whole be published in The Xeay-
nan Herald and Advertiser.
Fame, that proud and commanding
pre-eminence which rests on noble
deeds nobly performed, needs no bla
zonry of amis, no gorgeous panorama
to perpetuate the glory of its heroes.
It stands upon the everlasting and nev
er-wasting granite of human affection
and deiotion. The memory of men
•‘who knoAV their rights, and, knoAvmg,
dare maintain them,” will live lorever
in song and story, and in the hearts ot
all the good of earth. History keeps a
bright page, on which the hiving liandot
posterity will inscribe every name and
shed its siveetest and holiest benedic
tions. The goddess of history aviII
break the cerements of the tomb and
proclaim the glorious resurrection ot
the dead soldier’s deeds. No pen ot
malice, no base and ignoble slander, no
vindictive epithet of hate, no poAvernor
vengeance of conquering arms, no irony
of history, can stifle the voice of truth
or hush the applause of coming genera
tions. In the distance Ave even now
catch the jubilant shouts of the on-com
ing multitude Avho shall crowd the sun
ny land, and high above the curses and
S roans of the enemy that host lifts its
ecision—‘‘Well (lone, good and faith-
ful servant.” The battle, indeed, was
Avon against us. Physical force tri
umphed by an unchangeable law of na-
ture, and amid the smoke and dust ot
strife the Southern Cross sank slowly
hut grandly to the horizon. But it left
a stream of glory in its track Avliicli
caught the eyes and fixed the gaze ot
freeborn millions throughout the earth
Southern blood, the purest and best ol
Norman and of Saxon, has given a neAV
groAvth to the tree of liberty in Amer
ica. Southern arms have snatched con
stitutional liberty from the dagger of the
assassin and furnished an example ol
patriotic devotion to principle unnaral-
eled in the history of the Avorld. In
that list of heroes which fate keeps for
immortal names, Coweta looks to the
catalogue of her dead with more than a
mother’s holy pride. To the cause ot
country she gaA’e her spotless A'ictinis,
her brightest and her best, in the bap
tism of blood.
FARMER,
Attorney at Law,
NeAvnan, Ga.
(Officeover First National Bank.)
Will pracMce In all the Courts of Coweta
Circuit. All Justice Courts attended.
jar-Mnney to loan on real estate at s per
cent, per annum. Interest paid at end ol the
year.
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CoAveta’s cliivalric dead. Every drop
of blood will crystalize into a gem for
the crown of the Goddess, of Liberty.
Furl that flag,” hut keep it holy, keep
it evermore. Let the eyfes of children
look up to it and bless God for such an
ancestry. Prouder than hereditary
title, proud as any name on the
scroll of immortality, is the name
of a Coweta Confederate soldier.
What shall I say of the dead heroes of
Company A, 7th Georgia Regiment i I
can onlv exclaim: “They sleep the
sleep of‘the brave.” We know their
names by heart, and Avhile the bright
sun shines, while the flowers of the
tropics pay their tribute to the spring,
the names missing from the muster roll
of Company A shall live foreA’er.
“Their graves are scattered far and wide,
By mount and stream and sea.”
During the next thirty days
I will sell, at reduced prices,
two Fine Organs, one Piano,
ten Sewing Machines, a full
line of Needles for all Ma
chines, Nye’s Oil, Sewing Ma
chine Attachments, Lai la
Rookh Dress Charts, Tape
Lines, Tracing Wheels, etc.
Money saved by buying before
the i st of September.
MRS. E. J. ORR.
A.P. JONES.
JONES
&
J. E. TOOLE.
TOOLE,
Regular Monthly Meeting of County
Commissioners.
The Board of County Commissioners
met at the usual hour on Wednesday
last.
Present—J. A. Hunter, chairman, P.
O. Collinsworth, J. D. Simms, J. X.
Sewell and W. W. Sasser.
The following- business Avas trans
acted: '■ ■
J. T. Arnall Avas appointed a road
+Vn- tlir> Sivtli flLtru-t ill
CARRIAGE BUILDERS
AND DEALERS IN
HARDWARE,
LaGRANGE, ga.
Manufacture all kinds of
Carriages, Buggies, Carts and
Wagons. Repairing neatly
and promptly done at reason
able prices. We sell the Peer
less Engine and Machinery.
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commissioner for the Sixtli district, in
place of G. P. Smith, resigned.
In the matter of P. D. Sims and
others, application for new road in
Grantville district, final order granted.
In the matter of A. B. Brown and
others, application to discontinue road
in Fourth district leading from the old
Wilkinson Ferry to Thomas’ gin-house.
Citation ordered published.
In the matters of John Nixon and
others, application for neAV road in
the First district, beginning at H. II.
Nixon’s and ending at Bridges’ old mill;
G. W. Smith and others, application for
neAV road in Sixth district, from H. S.
Reese’s to Ellis Smith’s; F. E. Hinds-
man and others, application for new
road in Second district, from T. H.
Gilbert’s to the State road—revieAvers
were appointed. . . .
In the matter of the application of J.
T. McCoy, Sr., and others, application
for new road in Fourth district, the re
viewers reporting unfavorably, the pe
tition was denied. .
In the matter of the application of
W,D. Meriwether and others, to change
the Newnan and Franklin road around
the “Buchanan hill,” action Avas sus
pended until next meeting.
On motion the tax for county pur-
poses for 1887 was placed at twenty-five
cents on the hundred dollars, and notice
of same ordered published as required
bv law. .
The following accounts Avere exam
ined, found correct and ordered paid:
C B. Kilgore, hire ot horse and waiting
on*®rand jury rt-00
A. J .Sewell, me 1 for poor farm 12.w
G ‘ ji OarmieRl, jail and eourt tees O.lo
Thompson Bros., coffins for paupers 10.00
Spence &■ Farmer, goods tor paupers 54.1o
Newton Spraberry, picks and work on
bridge .....11.35
AV H 'Gearreld, team to earrv commit
tee of grand jury to the poor farm
C T Sewell, for three months’ services
as e uperlntendent of Poor Fa> m .60.00
Mrs Sallv Jackson, one month’s salary
(lue V. T. Jackson, deceased, ex-sn-
perintendent of poor farm 20.00
CHANGE OF FIRM!
I expect my father (also a
jeweler) here soon, to form
with me a copartnership.
I MUST CLOSE OUT
my present stock BY SEP
TEMBER, and from this date
will sell my stock of Watches,
Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware,
Spectacles, Eye-Glasses and
Novelties at GREAT L\
REDUCED PRICES and
regardless of cost. BIGGER
BARGAINS than auction
sales will be offered, and every
person will do well to come
and see, even if they don’t
want anything.
Respectfully,
W. E. AVERY.
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