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Newspaper Page TextK M r ; n - THE HERALD AND ADVERTISER. VOL. XXIII. NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1887. <£>enctal Directory. NEWNAN. Xewsan Ik the county-seat or Coweta county. (In., and contains a population of 3,500. It Is situated on the Atlanta and West Point Kail road, the main highway to New Orleans from the East and North; Is 39 miles from Atlanta, 4.V7 miles from New Orleans, 36 Utiles from Griffin and 24 miles from Carroll ton. The Havannah, Orlffln and North Ala bama Rail road (running from Oriffln to Car rollton) intorsectsthe AM«n*aand West Point Railroad at this point, making It the only im portant railroad Junction between Atlanta and Montgomery, Ala. The people are enter prising. Intelligent and sociable; the locality ns healthy as can be found in t he South. FoOr religious denominations are represented In the community — Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian nnd Episcopalian — and six churches furn'sh ample accommodations for church-goinc people. One female college of thirty-four years’standing, one male semi nary and numerous private schools comprise the educational facilities of the community. There are now in successful operation in the city twenty-five Cry goods and grocery stores, three drug stores, three millinery stores, two hardware stores, one shoe store, two dx>ok stores, onejewelry store, two leather and har ness shops, two livery stables, two carriage repositories, two meat markets, one tin and stove store, three hotels, three restaurants, two coal yards, one furniture store, two tailor Bhops, two bakeries, several shoe shops, ono cigar and tobacco store, two barber shops, one photograph gallery, one Job printing office, one tin mfg. co., one real estate agency and one newspaper. Two national banks, amply capitalized, furnish all the accommodation needed in the business community. Between fifteen and twenty thousand bales of cotton are received annually and four large brick warehouses are required to store and handle it. Liberal cotton buyers, representing New YorK, Savannah and Atlnntn.are in the mar ket every season. A handsome opera house, three stories high, with a seating capacity of seven hundred, does duty as town hall and theatre. Most of the leading theat Heal troupes visit ns during the fall and winter season. A public library, comprising over a thousand volumes, is one of the popular institutions of the town. A mineral spring, whose curative properties have been thoroughly tested and proven beneficial in hundreds of instances, is located within a stone’s throw of the town. The Curetou Springs, also noted for their health-giving virtues, are situated only six miles distant. The mystic orders are repre sented by three Masonic lodges and one lodge of Odd Fellows. The various manufacturing enterprises thatcontribute to the life and per manent prosperity of the town (one of which lurnishes employment to seventy-five or one hundred hands the year round,) may be clas sed as follows: Wood works, foundry and ma chine shops (known as the *‘R. D. Cole Man ufacturing Co.”); one furniture factory; two whiskey distilleries; three wagon repair shops; one manufacturing Jeweler; one ci gar factory; one guano factory; one cotton seed oil mill; one marble works; one tan nery; one tin shop; one grlRt mill; one gun smith shop Between two and three hundred skilled mechanics of all classes find constant nnd remunerative employment here. The different professions are represented as fol lows: twenty-five lnwyers, nine doctors and three dentists. Our merchants and business men are noted for their enterprise and liber ality, nnd their several branches oi trade arc as firinlv established as can be found In auy town in the State. The trade of the town is drawn from a wide territory, extending into *11 t,h« adjoining counties, and |is annually Increasing'. MANUFACTURERS. Tiif. R. D. Coi.e Manufacturing Compa ny -Established 1854; incorporated 1884. Manufacture Rtoam engines, boilers, saw mills, corn-mills, power cotton presses, shaft ing, mill gearing and castings of all kinds; lumber, sasli, doors, blinds and moulding; house contractors and car-builders. Employ 123 hands in various departments. R. D. Cole, 8% president; M Cole, vice-president; K. D. Cole, Jr., superintendent; M. F.Cole, secretary and treasurer. Tuac Willcoxon Manufacturing Com pany.—(Mills located at Lodi, 6 miles west, of Newnan, on the 8., <4. and N. A. R. R.) Or ganized October 12th, 1868. Manufacture varns, knitting cotton, and carpet warp, yearly consumption of cotton, 700 hales. Average number of hands employed, 75. H. J. Sargent, secretary and treasurer. Tsie •Cowkta Fertilizer Company.— Manufacture several brands or high-grade commercial fertilizers. Capacity 100 tons per day. Employ 30 hands during working sea son. H. C. Arnall,president; J. A. Hunter, vice-president; W. J. Driskill. superinten- . dent; H.C Fisher, secretary and treasurer; Goo. I. Jones, general agent. Furniture Factory.—Thompson Bros, ■pioprietors. Established 1867. Manufacture all kinds of house and kitchen furniture. Employ from 8 to 12 hands Cigar Factory.—M. Salbide, proprietor. •Manufactures all grades of cigars, employing Loth domestic leaf and best clear Ha Wholesale and retail. CITY GOVERNMENT. M ayor—W. B. Berry. Mayor pkotem—H. C. Arnall. Ai.dermkn—J. J. Goodrum.H. C. Arnall, R. W. Andrews. J. 8. Powell. Trf.ascrkr-R. W. Andrews. City clerk—L. 8. Conyers. City Attorneys—Willcoxon A Wright. Marshai^-J. E. Robinson. Deputy—J. A. Lee. COUNTY OFFICERS. Ci.erk Superior Court—Daniel 8wlnt. Ordinary—W. H. Persons. Sheriff— George H. Carmical. Tax Receiver—J. J. Farmer. Tax Collector—I. N. Farmer. Treasurer—H. L. Jones. Surveyor—J. B. Goodwyn. Coroner—M. F. Duncan. PUBLIC LIBRARY. President—J. A. Hunter. Vice President—Orlando McClendon. Secretary—P. S. Willcoxon. Treasurer—H. C. Fisher. Directors—A. B. Cates, E. M. Cole, J. 8. Anderson, A. C. Pease. Librarian—Miss Julia Robinson. The Library Is open on Wednesday’s and Sat urday’s from 9:30 a. m. to 12 m.,and from 7:30 to 9:30 p. m. COUNTY COURT. J. W. Powell, Judge; P. 8. Whatley, Solici tor. Monthly sessions—Third Monday in each month. Quarterly sessions—Third Mondays In January, April, July and October. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. J A Hunter, Chairman; P O Oolllnsworth; .1 D Kimins, J N ’-ewell, W W Sasser, Com missioners. R W Freeman, Clerk and At torney. Meet first Wednesday In each month. POST OFFICE. Postmaster—J. R. McCollum. Assistant Postmaster—A. H. Argo. Office hours from 7:30 a. m. to 6 p. m. CLOSING THE MAILS. The up mall close* at 11:48 p. m. and down mail at 2:11 p. m. Griffin mail closes at 6 a. m. nnd the Carrollton mail at 3 p. m. Office open on Sunday from 3:20 to 4:20 p. m. 3u6ictary. COWETA CIRCUIT. 8. W. Harris, Judge. H. M. Reid, Solicitor General, Campbell—First Monday In February and August. _ Carroll—First Monday In April and Octo- Coweta—First Monday in March and Sep tember. Douglas-Third Monday in January and July. Fayette—Third Monday in March and Sep tember. . „ Heard— Fourth Monday in March and Sep tember. „ . Meriwether—Third Monday In February and August. . Troup -Third Monday in April and First Monday In November. CHURCHES. BAPTiSTCHUKCn—Rev. J. H. Hall, D. D., Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath at 10.30 a. m. and 7:30 n. m. Sunday School at 9 a. m. Praver Meet'ng Wednesday night at 7:30 ■olock. Young Men’s Prayer Meeting every Monday night. Methodist Church—Rev. W. R. Foote, Pastor. Preaching every Sunday at 10:30 a. m. and 7:15 p. ni. Sunday School 9 a. m. Class Meeting at 4 p. m. Ladies Prayer Meeting every Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock. Young Men’s Prayer Meeting every Monday night. Social Meeting every Wednesday night at 7:30 o’clock. , The Woman’svForeign Missionary Society meets on the firstSMonday afternoon in each month at the church, at 4 o'clock. Presbyterian ChU.RCU—Rev. J as. Stacy D. D., Pastor. Preaching on the first and third Sabbaths in each monthNRt 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday School ev»ry Sunday at 9 a. m. Prayer Meeting every Thursday night »> 7:30 o’clock. Communion! quarterly, Episcopal Church.—ftev. E. Dennison, Rector. Second Sabbath stu each month, at r 10:30 A.M. J 8 P 8 Tj w ►H 8 <5 Eh O K fi ■fc QQ a o H 33 3 I Oh I * I j; •a fc* :io : ©•? : a£ fcgw s j £*» S; :SS K . & -i-5 •• : ..a n 8h, :._a* £ ® -a^i-a .a >-5 £2 *4-3 G r*.. »^ 3 • ® eS.G3.-r <B .os :aa ifcfc : a *-£ : e? ;8(S :'~>X FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS. Puckett Station. Mr. Editor:—Misses Loula and Tou- die Brewster, and Miss Thornton, of Birmingham, Ala., are visiting the family of Mr. A. W. Bingham. Mr. T. H. Gilbert’s daughter is yet very low with fever, but we are glad to learn that she is improving. Mr. Wm. Yollenweider’s son is still confined to his bed. Mrs. J. R. Cotton, of Grantyille, visited relatives here Sunday. Mr. Wm. Austin went to Atlanta a few days ago to consult Dr. Calhoun about his' eye. Billy feels much re lieved to know there Ls a chance to save his eyesight without performing an operation. Sixteen years from October 18, 1887, Mr. W. A. Brannon’s eldest daughter will be “sweet sixteen.” Mr. B. M. Couch went to LaGrange on business this week. Visitors to the Exposition are too numerous to mention. Zubetus. Oct. 19th. ! Q30EHgH^>-»EH’-5’->o3^ >* • • * * . * . G8 * *** ~ ^ w L u s- r« J2 ^3 c3 G fl S :^ o = • 3 a> ■ o Hn b ■ * .. a w ®-2 a e-2 ntD* ~ H ^ O I'd iit 8 ■ pHSawSgoga Sja — ’d *d 2 533 PATRONIZE HOME INDUSTRY! CIVIC SOCIETIES. £ IK, No. 102.U-O. °- F -—T. E. E. Avery, Af.G.; K. «. Buc- p’y; Y. H. ■yhomp'Oa, P. S.; * *f AAta AVAPP KrlHQV AND BUY YOUR CIGARS M. SALBIDE, manufacturer or Turin. Mr. Editor:—This community, in common with every other section of the State, is in great commotion about the Piedmont Exposition. When ever Atlanta wants to stir up the masses she generally succeeds, whether she has anything of real merit to pre sent or not. These conglomerate gatherings not only beguile the peo ple’s money, but are very demoralizing to the youth of the country. But such is the way of the world, and will con tinue to be so as long as time shall last. Capt. J. D. Hunter has been retro- specting the past and finds very few things in the present day that compare with those of his early life. For in stance, debts of every character—notes, accounts and promises to pay—were not considered due or collectable thirty-five years ago except on the 25th of December Or the 1st of March. But now, by the time the first cotton bolls begin to open debtors are fre quently reminded that their obligations are due, etc. The family of Prof. A. S. Jones have returned to Newnan. At the next meeting of the Sharps- burg Baptist church Mr. J. J. Farmer will be ordained to the office of dea- •on. Dr. Hall, of your city, and other ministers will be present and partici pate in the ordination services. Several marriages are expected to come off in this vicinity before and during the Christmas holidays. A negro child came near being burned to death on the farm of Col. Ingram a few days since. Mr. George Cagle was badly hurt on Thursday last by one of the pulleys flying off from a steam engine, which struck him on the head in several places. No fracture resulted, however, and while the wound is severe it is hoped that no serious effects will en sue. Tour correspondent had the pleasure to-day of attending the marriage of Mr. Neal Moses, formerly of this place, to Miss Annie Fitts, of Carrollton, daugh ter of. Dr. Fitts. The bride is a most lov able and accomplished lady, and a prize of which any man might feel proud. The groom is a son of the late Hon. A. Moses and stands deservedly high in the community. The affair was one of the nicest of its kind that we ever witnessed. The ceremony was performed by Dr. Barrett, in his own felicitous manner. The happy young couple have our very best wishes. Oct. 20th. R. A. T. Amount expended for repairs on Mt. Carmel, $75.00; for painting Emory Chapel, $30.00. Elected stewards for ensuing confer ence year, as follows: , Andrew Chapel—J. N. Sewell. Mt. Carmel—S. F. Vin yard, W. P. Carter, J. W. Story. Emory Chapel—Anselm Leigh. C. Lazenby. Jones Chapel—W. M. Red wine. Dr. L. M. McGhee, Lewis Powell. Hon. A. Leigh was elected recording steward and also district steward. The following named persons were appointed superintendents of Sunday- schools: Andrew Chapel—J. T. Sewell. Mt. Carmel—J. P. Flemipg. Jones Chapel—W. A. Smith. The next quarterly meeting for the circuit will be held at Jones Chapel. Meeting of stewards appointed for Friday before the first Sabbath in De cember, at Thompson Bros.’ furniture store, Newnan. The conference was entirely harmoni ous and the proceedings full of interest. Elijah Gamer, an inmate of the coun ty poor farm, died last Friday and was buried at Macedonia the day following. Mrs. J. B. Newton-is quite sick. Mr. John Dixon and wife, of Temple, Texas, are visiting relatives and friends in this county. Mr. C. G. Stamps, of Columbia, Ala., is visitifig the family of Mr. E. C. Palmer. Mrs, J. D. Upshaw, of Powder Springs, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Jane Moseley. Glad to learn that Mr. Richard Smith, who has been confined to his bed for some time with an attack of rheuma tism, is much improved. Farmer’s Alliance clubs have been organized in Cedar Creek and Panther* Creek districts; but as I know nothing about the objects of the organization can’t say what will be accomplished. Hope much good will result-, though. The old Macedonia agricultural club was reorganized last Saturday night by the election of the following officers: T. F. Jones, president;.!. J. Reese, vice- president; J. P. Reese, secretary; A, B. Hyde, assistant secretary. The colored farmers of this district have organized a “reliance club” at Jones Chapel. They have also formed a joint stock company and opened up a store, which will be conducted on the co-operative plan. Rev. Harvey Jones is salesman. - Ripples. Mrs. Elizabeth Hubbard is suffering terribly from a carbuncle on the back of her neck. Mrs. W. J. Moore, who has been visiting her mother, Mrs. Martha Houston, and other relativesy will re turn home in a few days, accompanied by her mother. A short time ago a young lady in our vicinity went out to milk the family cow. Near the pasture gate lay a small male beast, the property of a neighbor, which the young lady attempted to drive out of her way—whereupon he showed fight. Tossing her up into the air, she fell upon his neck; but realizing her peril, she gathered hold of the brute’s neck and clung to it with mar velous strength. Her cries attracted the attention of the family, but before any one could reach her she had suc ceeded in choking- the beast to the ground, and while it lay exhausted she made her escape. A brother came up about that time - and jsaid he was not afraid of the gentleman cow, and at tempted to drive it away; but the young man was himself put to flight. At length it was agreed to send for the owner of the obstreperous bovine, who mounted his horse and rode down to see what the trouble was. As he ap proached, the bull curled his tail and made a lunge at the horse, running un der it as a shark would run under a bat- teau, which caused the rider to lay whip and spur to his faithful steed, yelling back as he ran—“Shoot him !— shoot him I” A trusty old fusee was brought into requisition and the little monster soon lay stretched out upon the ground—dead. Vanpelt. Oct. 19th. Obt. 17.’ FINE HAVANA CIGARS. Newnan Lodge Fell, N- G.; W. E batman, Kec. 8eo\,, -. —• 7 . e-,i W. C. Snead, Treasurer. M(e«t8 ©' © r J Friday night. j Ruth Rebecca LodgiL No. 12.—Meets every second and fourth ’Monday nights at Odd Fellows’ Hall. R. *. Milner, N. G., W. E. Avery, Sec’y. < Orion Encampmkn-v, No. A. B. Cates, C. P.; Y. H. Thompson, H. P.; R. F. Milner, Scribe. Coweta Lodge, No. 4 A * 1 M'7 _I ^ esu1 ^ Meetings 2nd and 4th T imsday^ghts In«*ch month. G.L. Johnson, y-Y..M. W. A. Mitchell Secretary. Newnan Chapter, tfo. 34, R. A. M.—Regu lar Meetings first Tuesday nights In each month. R. w. Freemajp 0 * M. P. W.A.Mitch ell. Secretary. / Hiram Council ./No. 18 R* & S. M. Regu lar meeting third ^Tuesday evening in each This is everybody's verdict. Retail price month. Orlando >V c ° leulion - K ' only 5c. For sale at my s SMOKE THE “NEWNAN GIRL” CIGAR. This Cigar is better than many and equal to the best 10c. Cigar sold. It is manufactur ed from the best imported Havana tobacco, #nd I guarantee it to be free from all artificial and poisonous flavors so dangerous to the smoker. It is THE BEST! THE BEST! THE BEST. month. Orlando IrVcf W. Freeman, Reco?|der. a r Himhy Cnnvi ’“'IL. NO. 758, R. A. Reg- oulv 5c. For sale at my store, and also by Messrs. Orr. Kirby & Co . Greenville street. M v “_T wo-fors”riin't be beat. They are bet ter than your hifalutin’, drugged-to-death 3- y clear Havana Cigars are as good as the nported, and can be had for less than nicriitc (. nan the money. lar meetings first an<?J tffird - aiuru } - v . I Will manufacture cigars to order, any de in each month. G-eo. ±i. harm it • seription and in any quantity. Daniel Swint, Recq»rder. ; rail on or address M. SA 1.6IDE. OigarMan- Cowetv County Bibi.k Society.—Depos- ; ufaeturer.Opera House building, Newnan,Ga- itorv at M. L. Carter A Co.’s. j — yT. i BANKS. I -Established 1871. dentf’^^C. T’iYsher” “cashier; P. B. Murphy, j assistant cash Jer. Newnan 1SS5. Cash president W. Andrews, assistant cash i©r. POMONA NURSERIES, POMONA. OA. All kinds of Nursery stock for sale cneap. Apple, Peach and Plum trees. $10 per hun- Grapeviiu-s,8400per hundred, standard arieties cheap in projior- Prices famished on ap- PHILLIP SMITH. Pomona, G&. Panther Creek. Mr. Editor:—Accepting a kind invi tation from Judge Jasper X. Sewell to a seat behind his fine nag, “Sallie Clay,” I attended the quarterly meet ing at Emory Chapel on Saturday last. Arriving at the church we found a small congregation already assembled, which was largely increased by the time services commenced. Johnnie Hendrix presided at the organ and discoursed some sweet music. Presid ing Elder Mixon preached, delivering an excellent discourse from the text— “We are the children of God.” Rev. Mr. Foote followed with a feeling and impressive exhortation. Services over, the large crowd in attendance partook of a splendid basket dinner. After an intermission of one hour the delegates and ministers convened in the church for the purpose of organizing the con ference, Dr. Mixon presiding. Hon. A. Leigh was elected clerk. The follow ing order of business was gone through with: Names of delegates enrolled. Reports of stewards called for. Report on Sabbath-schools. (The work not very encouraging.) Spiritual interest of the church dis cussed. Amounts raised for the support of the ministry since last quarterly meet ing: Mt. Carmel, $30; Andrew Chapel, $10; J cites Chapel, *15; Emory Chapel, $58.90. Fourth District. Mr. Editor:—I forgot to state in my last that Mr. W. L. Stallings had gone to Athens to complete his education. Also, that Messrs. W. H. Walker and M. D. Millians have gone to Birming ham. I learn that Mr. Luther Burnham has returned home from Birmingham, and has come to stay. We are glad to welcome him back. Messrs. Ike and Zack Stephens, of Texas, are visiting their brother, Mr. Jess Stephens, and other relatives in this vicinity. I am informed that their niece, Miss Susie Favor, is arranging to return with them when they go. On Saturday morning, 8th inst., Mr. Newt Houston had his left arm caught in one of Crowder & Boynton’s gins and very badly lacerated, from the wrist to the elbow, though the bone was not broken. Doctors Starr, Jack- son and Peddy were called in to dress the wound, and at last accounts the sufferer was doing as well as could be expected. It is believed now that his arm will be saved. It becomes my painful duty to chronicle, the death of Mrs. Frances Lovelady, consort of Mr. Green Love- lady and daughter of Mr. Wm. W ood, which occurred at her father’s home on the 12th inst., after along and painful illness. She was married in the early part of the year and was taken sick shortly afterwards, from which illness she never recovered. Deceased was not personally known to the writer, but from a long acquaintance with her family he feels justified in saying that a good woman is gone. We tender to the bereaved husband, parents and other relatives our deepest sympathies. Rev. F. J. Amis preached a strong temperance sermon last Sunday that I think was rather hard for some of the congregation to swallow, for I never heard so much coughing among the male portion of a congregation in my life. The context of his subject was— “Who hath woe ? who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions V who hath bab bling? who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup, when it movetli itself aright. [Now comes the text.] At the last it bitteth like a serpent, and stingetli like an ad der.” Prow, xxiii.: 29-32. The sermon was well received, especially by the ladies of the congregation. Luthers ville. Mr. Editor:—Quite a number of our people have enjoyed the sights of the Piedmont Exposition this week. Mr. J. T. Willingham, of Chattanoo ga, Tenn., is on a short visit to his pa rents near this place. Mr. E. A. Bradbury left last Monday for Atlanta, whither he goes to take a course in Moore’s Business University. Miss Sallie Lasseter, who has been quite sick with typhoid fever, is slowly improving. Mr. Eugene F. Strozier returned from Macon last Saturday and will take in the Piedmont Exposition this week. Dr. J. W. Taylor was summoned as a juror in the United States Court now in session at Atlanta, but with his cus tomary good ;luck managed to get ex cused. ‘ We reget to learn of the sudden death of Mr. A. B. O’Hara, of Green ville, which occurred in Atlanta last Thursday morning. He was the son- in-law of Editor Revill, of the Vindica tor, and was well known in this vicinity. Mrs. J. O. Albright is on a visit to her sister at Stone Mountain. We learn that Mr. H. W. Vaughn is rapidly improving. Bev. Dr. Bradley filled his regular appointment here last Sunday. Oct. 18th. Eudo. at Closing Scenes and Incidents the Exposition. Atlanta Journal, 26th inst. Early yesterday afternoon thousands of people began to gather at the Union depot, and the trains left so crowded that ladies were forced to stand upon the platforr&s. All during the night the now of human beings continued to pour into the depot, and by daylight the watchmen decided to admit no one. This enraged the crowd on the outside and they began to push and shove until the stand across the inside door gave way, and the watchmen found themselves powerlesss to keep the crowd back. The depot was so full of people that it was difficult to move the trains. All the roads carried off thousands this morning, but they could not be missed. Ladies, men and children camped out in the depot, sitting upon boxes and trunks, eating cold lunches. This was kept up all day and at the hour of going to press the depot is still crowded with people. This morning about 8 o’clock, above the noise and the tumult in the depot, a piercing shriek was heard. Mrs. George Bryson, of South Carolina, was in the depot with her husband, and mistaking the exposition train for one going to Augusta, they attempted to board it as it moved through the car shed. The man got on all right, but the woman missed her footing and fell. Her dress was caught by a portion of the car and she was dragged fifteen or twenty yards. Her left foot in some way was thrown across the track and two of her toes were mashed off. She was rescued from her perilous position bv patrolman Newt Holland and Watchman Flynn. Her husband had her placed in a" carriage and driven to tli6 house of a friend where the proper medical attention was secure*?. Watchman Porter stated to a Jour nal reporter that as many as eighty persons had asked him about lost children. A young man, who gave his name as John Hildreth, was standing on the rear platform of the Central train when it pulled out this morning at ii:50, and his coat was caught by the gate. He was jerked off the ear and thrown violently backward. A sprained wrist was the only injury received. NO. 1. Gordon Will Support Colquitt. Atlanta, *Ga., Oct. 14.—The follow ing correspondence, given out to-day, disposes of the rumor that Gov. Gordon would antagonize Senator Colquitt for the Senatorship. Mr. Olive is the member from Oglethorpe county: House or Representatives, ) Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 12,1887. j To His Excellency, Gov. J. B. Gordon; Dear Sir:—I have heard it rumored for some time that there had been an estrangement between you and Senator Colquitt, and that you were personally inimical to him and disagreed with lmii in his views touching a reform of our tariff laws, and that you would share in the opposition to nis re-election to the Senate. I am a friend to both of vou and have known you to be lifelong friends of each other, and do not be lieve the report, but as a mutual friend I would be glad to have an authoritative statement of the facts from you, if your time and inclination will permit. With greatest respect, I am truly your friend, J. T. Olive. The Governor replied: State of Georgia, ) Executive Department, : Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 14,1887. ) J. T. Olive, House of Representatives: My Dear Sir:—I had heard with surprise and regret the rumor to which you refer and am glad to have the op portunity of making the authoritative statement which you request. The re port that there is an estrangement be tween Senator Colquitt ana myself i* without any foundation whatever am! I am sure that no one who knows tin- character of my friendship forlymwoulc! give circulation or credence to such a rumor. Senator Colquitt is and ha> long been my close personal friend, and our relations were never more thor oughly cordial than now. Our long personal intimacy would forbid any estrangement even if we differed as ti> public policies. As to the wisdom and necessity for reform in our tariff laws, however, we do not differ, but arc ih perfect accord. My opinions on th>> subject were formed many years agi > and have long since ripened intb pro found convictions. I am sincerely and faithfully yours, J. B. Gordon. An Honored Senator. Atlanta Journal. Hon. R. H. Jackson, the Senator from the Thirty-seventh district, com posed of Carroll, Heard and Troup counties, is one of the most useful a>- well as one of the most distinguished members of the present General Assem bly. As chairman of the committee on education he has had charge of som»- of the most important bills that have been introduced, among others the fa mous Denny bill to amend and codify all the laws relating to the popular ov common schools of the State. He ha:- borne himself well in these import?^ places. He is chairman of the sub-j^ mittee of the Senate and Hou^ thoroughly investigate the working^ the lunatic asylum at Milledgeville. Mr. Jackson Is so conservative some might call him too cautious, i<j it is the part of wisdom to be prude*- and it is well to have such men as Se. at or Jackson in all legislatures. He i a speaker of much force and has mad» a fine impression on his fellow-senators. He has frequently been called upon to preside over the Senat^, temporarily, and does so with grace, dignity and ability. Senator Jackson is an extensive plan ter, and is successful in that pursuit as in other matters to which he nas turned his attention. He is a minister of the gospel (Baptist) who preaches, without regard to salary, for the good that he may do his fellow-men. The Thirty-seventh district has hon ored itself in sending Mr. Jackson to represent it. A Relic of the War. Smith ville. Ga., News. Mr. O. P. Brown, of Smithville, has in his possession one-third of a Con federate bill which was given him un der peculiar circumstances. He was ;t member of the Fifth Georgia regiment, and was at Greensboro, N. C., when the war ended. Colonel C. P. Daniel, of Griffin, Ga., was in command of the regiment. On parting with them, In- took from his pocket a five dollar bill, and, cutting it into three parts, gave one to Brown, one to A. R. Clark, ami the other to Thomas White, saying: “Well, boys, this is all I can give you to remember me by. Take it, and keej * it till we meet again.” They then went their several ways; not, however, before making a compact with each other that, in the event of their meet ing again, the man who failed to pro duce nis third should stand the treats. Last year Brown and White met in Macon'. Brown showed up, but White didn’t and had to stand treat. Brown lives in .Smithville, White in Macon, and Clark in Augusta. The com crop turned out better than was expected in Henry county. A new daily paper will l»e started in Americans in a few weeks. It will be ^ ^ backed by ample capital, and will be This section has been well represen-jin charge of experienced newspaper ted at the Exposition this week. | men. A Good Investment—300 to 1—RmmI. Quitman, Ga., May 16th, 1887.—M. A. Brigr/s—Dear Sir: My step-son, In years old, has b (i en sick for 9 years, sul ferine with sallow complexion, thin blood, loss of appetite, great weaknes.* 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. II • had no regular appetite and was to< weak to work; not haring worked^sb months, all told, in hyears. I had tried 6 or 7 doctors and spent about 8300 1<- . cure him, without any lasting benefit. I offered one doctor *150 to cure him, but he refused the case. 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Georgia Historic Newspapers

The herald and advertiser. (Newnan, Ga.) 1887-1909, October 21, 1887, Image 1