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$he Jerald and jpeertisq.
Newnan, Ga., Friday, Dec. 9, 1887.
WEEKLY CIRCULATION. 1,750.
JA8. E. BROWN. Editor.
TO OUR PATRONS.
We are under many obligations to
those of our patrons who have so gen
erously and promptly come forward
during the past month or so and set
tled their subscription dues, and we
take this method of returning thanks
for the same. There are a great many,
however, who are yet in arrears, and
though the amounts are generally
small, in the aggregate the sums thus
due would foot up considerably over
$2,000. We have done our best to fur
nish a good paper—a paper worth all,
and even more, than the price of sub
scription—and it Is nothing but right
that we receive promptly what is due
us. Please observe the printed date
on the margin of your paper, and if
you are in arrears be good enough to
call and settle, or remit by mail. We
have about seventeen hundred names
on our list, and it would be a physical
imiiossibility to get around and see
all of our patrons personally.
This is not intended as a dun, but a
simple business statement, and will be
so regarded by our friends we feel as
sured. We need the money.
The Cotton Factory.
In pursuance of a call published in
Fm: Herald and Advertiser, a
neeting of our citizens was held in the
Uourt-liouse on Wednesday afternoon
last, to take under advisement the best
:ource to pursue in furthering the suc-
,-ess of Xewnau’s latest and most im
portant enterprise, viz: a cotton facto
ry—and for the purpose of appointing
committees, etc.
The meeting was called to order by
Mr. S. W. Murray, who nominated Ma
jor IT. B. Wilkinson for chairman and
L'ol. L. P. Barnes.for secretary, both of
whom were duly elected.
Mr. R. D. Cole, Sr., stated the ob
ject of the meeting, and said that four
gentlemen, viz: Capt. R. H. Harda
way, Dr. J. T. Reese, Mr. S. W. Mur
ray, and himself—had taken it upon
-.hemselves to canvass the community
or subscriptions the past week, and in
;hree days had succeeded in raising
|40,(H)0; that the committee had met
vith such encouragement as exceeded
heir most sanguine hopes, and felt as-
nired of the hearty co-operation of all
•lasses of our citizens, both in the town
tnd country; that, owing to a pressure
>f other duties, they had been able to
nake only a partial canvass, but had
10 doubt equal encouragement would
ie extended by those who had not
ret been seen; that the people oi
ffewnan had, so far, exhibited a spirit
if unity and determination that left
it tie room for doubt as to the final suc-
;ess of the undertaking, and in com-
non with every other citizen who had
,he welfare of the town and county at
lean, lie was gratified to see it.
Col. P. F. Smith made a motion, sec-
mded by Mr. H. C. Arnall, that the
•hair appoint a committee of seven-
; eon __one from each militia district
md five from town—to solicit further i
subscriptions and take such other steps ,
is might be deemed necessary in ad- j
•ancing the interests of the enterprise, j
The motion was adopted, whereupon :
he chair appointed the following com-'
nittee:
Town district—R. II. Hardaway, R.
). Cole, Sr.. l)r. J. T. Reese, S. W.
Murray, Orlando McClendon.
First district—W. T. Arnall, of 8e-
loia.
Second district—II. W. Camp, oi
Puckett Station.
Third district—J. B. Sims, of Cor-
nth.
Fourth district—Ed Ragland, of
la inly. ,
£>ixth district—T. B. Parks, of Ked-
•on.
Seventh district—J. C. Mixon, of Pal-
netto.
Turin district—J. B. Hunnicutt, of
Furin.
Grantville district—.1. F. Lovejoy, ot
vrantville.
Cedar Creek district—Jacobus Petty.
Panther Creek district—J. W. Will-
oxon, of Lodi.
Hurricane district—X. B. Glover.
Haralson district—Dr. J. P. Taylor,
>f Haralson.
The secretary was requested to fur-
lisli a copy of the subscription list to
•ach committeeman.
Mr. S. W. Murray addressed the
neeting, showing the advantages that
would accrue to Xewnan from the es-
ablishment of such an enterprise, lie
•ited numerous instances of industrial
lirift—in Griffin. West Point, Colum-
itis, and other towns, all of whom
>wed their prosperity in large measure
o the establishment of cotton factories.
Ie estimated that such a factory as
Newnan was able to build would con
sume annually between eight ar.dteu
housand bales of cotton, furnishing
inqdoyinent to hundreds of hands, in-
•reasing our population, stimulating
rflde, and in many ways facilitating
hegrowth and business prosperity <•■
»ur°to}vii. The Griffin factory lias
turned this year over 30 per cent, net
,n its capital stock, and Hutcheson's
actorv would do even better, li
mits of the operations of other mills
„ the State made equally as good a
bowing. . ,
Messrs. II. C. Arnall, P. H Smith
and L. R. Ray also spoke earnestly in
favor of the project, and most hopeful
ly of the future of the town.
Several additional names were en
tered on the list, after which the meet
ing adjourned, to meet again next Wed
nesday afternoon, at 2 o’clock.
The following list will show the
names of those who had subscribed up
to the hour of going to press, which we
propose to keep standing until the en
tire amount is raised:
LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS.
X. B. Glover $7,000 00
R. D. Cole M’f’g. Co 5.000 00
T. W. Towel 1,000 00
Arnold, Burdett & Co 500 00
Charles E. Vance 100 00
L. J. Hurd 200 00
J. F. Sponcler 500 00
D. H. Floyd 500 00
Y. C Thompson 500 00
M. Ransom 100 00
P. C. Johnson 100 00
G. W. Ramey, Jr 500 00
8. W. Murray 500 00
H. J. Sargent 4,000 00
Arnall & Farmer..' 2,000 00
B. S. Askew & Co 500 00
Dews & Anderson 100 00
W. T. Cole 500 00
Thos. Cole 100 00
P. F. Smith 500 00
Benj. F. King 100 00
E. E. Summers 100 00
Orlando McClendon 100 00
H. II. North 100 00
H. C. Fisher 100 00
C. 1). Smith 1<10 00
B. T. Thompson 300 00
G. W. Peddy 100 00
Dr. T. J. Jones 1,000 00
J. S. Powell 100 00
J. S.'Miller 100 00
E. D. Fouse 200 00
J. A. Kinnard 100 00
A. J. Lyndon 500 00
A. O. Lyndon 100 00
Dr. J. T. Reese 1.000 00
R. W. Andrews 100 00
W. P. Broom 100 00
M. Salbide 100 00
A. R. Burch.. .*. 100 00
J. P. Brewster 500 00
J. S. Reid 100 «0
Geo. A. Broom 200 00
O. H. Waltom 100 00
James E. Jones 200 00
J. G. Shannon 500 00
E. S. Buchanan 300 00
U. B. Wilkinson 1.000 00
J. I. Scroggin 500 00
Daniel Swmt 200 00
W. II. Persons 100 00
R. W. Freeman 100 00
Hardaway & Hunter 2,000 00
J. E. Dent, Jr 100 00
I. P. Bradley 200 00
William Gearreld 500 00
Sam Hill 500 00
On*, Kirby & Co 500 00
W. A. Steed 100 00
Charlie Crane 100 (X)
George .Tones 100 00
C. E. Smith 100 00
T. E. Fell & Co 300 00
W. A. Mitchell 100 00
M. G. Keith 100 00
W. E. Avery 100 00
P. F. Cuttino 300 00
T. M. Jones 1,000 00
F. M. Bryant 100 00
J. M. Scoggin 200 00
J. C. Gibson 100 00
P. A. Powers 200 00
J. W. Bowers 1,000 00
Miss Bartow Sims 500 00
R. M. Hacknev 100 00
Dr. A. C. North 100 00
L. P. Barnes 100 00
J. R. Herring 200 00
L. P. Thomas, Jr 100 00
O. S. Olmstead 100 00
A. J. Pinson 100*00
D. P. Woodroof 100 00
Geo. II. Carmical 100 00
J. li. Sewell 100 00
W. G. Arnold 100 00
E. D. Clower 100 00
P. S. Whatley 100 00
John M. Hill 300 00
Another Birmingham boom lias
been punctured. The Smithfield Land
Company, of which Mayor A. O. Lane
is president, was organized a few
months ago with a nominal capitaliza
tion of $850,000. A considerable
amount of stock was taken by non-res
idents, among whom were some of our
own citizens, and for a time it was
thought the. company would succeed in
materializing a good-sized boom. The
alleged mismanagement of its officers,
however, began to excite distrust on
the part of the stockholders; conse
quently when, on the 2d inst., the
company defaulted in the payment of
the first of a series of notes given to
secure the purchase money, but little
surprise was manifested by those.ac
quainted with the affairs of the com
pany. Last Saturday Mr. M. B. Pin
son. of this city, (a non-resident stock
holder.) petitioned the United States
Court for the appointments a receiv
er. nominating Major W. J. Barnard for
that office. In accordance therewith
the affairs of the company have been
placed in the hands of Major Barnard
a> receiver, and an early adjustment of
the existing troubles is hoped for. It
is thought the property will bring
$200,000, with proper manangement.
The President lias sent the follow
ing nominations to the Senate: Lu
cius Q. C. Lamar, of Mississippi, to be
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States: Wm. F. Vilas, of
Wisconsin, to be Secretary of the Inte
rior: Don M. Dickinson, of Michigan,
to be Postmaster-General: Charles S.
Fairchild, of Xew York, to be Secreta
ry of the Treasury: George L. Rives, of
New York, to be Assistant Secretary of
State; Isaac II. Maynard, of Xew York,
to be Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury: Sigourney Butler, of Massachu
setts, to be Second Comptroller of the
Treasury: James W. Hyatt, of Con
necticut. to be Treasurer of the United
States.
The Central Railroad offers to buy
all the stock of the Savannah. Griffin
a.el Xortli Alabama RaiKv ul at $7.50
1 r sh re, if pri sei ted >el *e ru i-
ry ]>i. 1888. Parties desiring t« dis-
; •-e of t heir stock must send it to T.
M. Cumfinghaiu, treasiuvr of the Cen
tral Railroad and Banking Company at
Savannah, together with a power-of-
artorney authorizing its transfer to the
Central Railroad and Banking Compa
ny. The offer of $7.50 per share will
be withdrawn February 1st, at which
time the company will proceed to
foreclose its mortgage, if. the minority
stock is not disposed of as suggested
above. Any additional information de
sired will be furnished by Major U. B.
Wilkinson, of this city, upon applica
tion.
The President’s message was read in
Congress last Tuesday. It contains
only six thousand words, and is devoted
exclusively to a review of the tariff
question, in which the policy of the ad
ministration is clearly shown to be in
favor of a modification of the present
system. He raises the issue boldly,
discusses it fairly, and as an evidence of
his sincerity urges immediate and de
cisive action on the part of Congress.
It is a remarkable document in many
respects, and bears the impress of a
master mind. In point of terseness, it
is brevity condensed; in argument,
it is strong, sound and Democratic.
The official report of the business of
the Central Railroad system, including
its branches, for the year ending the
31st of August last, shows its gross
earnings to be $4,421,680.50—an increase
of $339,028.14 over the previous year.
The gross expenses, including taxes,
were $2,441,814.99. Xet earnings of the
railroads $1,979,865.51; of the railroads,
bank and steamship company, $2,289,-
641.69. President Alexander thinks
that the directors will declare a semi
annual dividend of 4 per cent, at their
meeting in January.
Thb trial of Thomas G. Woolfolk.
the Bibb county murderer, commenced
last Monday, after his lawyers had ex
hausted every effort for a continuance.
The testimony is merely a review of the
revolting details published in this paper
shortly after the crime was committed.
The trial will probably last throughout
the coming week, and perhaps longer.
Hon. Peter F. Smith is having a joint
discussion with a contributor to the Car-
roll Free Press oil the tariff question,
and we are not surprised to note that
the bulk of the argument, so far, has
been furnished by;Col. Smith. The
limber-jawed polemic on the other side
of the creek evidently gets his inspira
tion from the Atlanta Constitution.
The Constitution evidently does not
consider the President as nice a man
now as when it had him on parade at
the Piedmont Exposition, and all be
cause he is in favor of tariff refroir^
Our disgruntled contemporary seems
to be oscillating between the devil and
the deep blue sea.
The re-election of Mr. Carlisle as
Speaker of the House of Representa
tives shows that he has lost none of his
popularity as a party leader, and is
equally significant as indicating the at
titude of the Democratic members on
the question of tariff reform.
Col. Alva C. Lowrev, one of the
proprietors of the Rome Bulletin, an
nounces that he has been tendered a po
sition on a leading New England paper,
and offers for sale the whole or a half
interest in the Bulletin.
The North Georgia Conference of
the M. E. Church, South, met last Wed
nesday at Marietta. Bishop McTyeire,
of Tennessee, is presiding.
State School Commissioner Orr
is critically ill at his home in Atlanta,
and it is feared he cannot recover.
Congress convened last Monday.
Tribute to the Memory of Mrs. W. C.
Snead.
A lbany News and Advertiser.
My attention lias been called to a
most beautiful eulogy in the Xewnan
Herald and Advertiser of Decem
ber 2d, upon the life and character of
Mrs. W. C. Snead, who died there on
Friday, Xovember 24th.
This touching tribute from the home
of her adoption finds a ready response
from Albany, the home of her nativity,
where her bright ydung life had its be
ginning.
Many mourning friends here remem
ber her bright babyhood, her blushing
girlhood, her vivacious and accomplish
ed young womanhood, and can testify
that the “insatiate archer” never shot
the arrow of death at a more shining
mark.
Many hearts here echo the sad re
frain that comes to us from Xewnan
over the sudden taking off of this ac
complished and beautiful woman. The
j tears of her many Albany friends and
' relatives mingle with those that were
j so freelv shed in Xewnan over the
| great loss that both places have sus
tained in the death of Mrs. I\. C.
Snead.
The home of ber birth sends a gen-
! erous sympathy and sincere condolence
! to those afflicted friends, to that striek-
1 en husband, to tho.se orphaned children
i in the home of her adoption.
’Tis a loss irreparable, mutual, and as
such it is ottr sad duty and privilege to
regard it. in common with her many
! friends in Xewnan.
While we saw and admired the rose
in its early life and budding, her Xew
nan friends looked upon ai d enj< yed
the full blown rosedn all its beauty ai.l
fragrance.
While we saw the e lopm
of her mind and cjharat ter, vis I
mise of so much o
fulness, il was
Xewnan friends t c ■ r
her full grow: h a:. T ;-kv vt •
Her girl!.' > ■
was ours, «> . :* 1! its vivacity
ning grace: : ... j '}>' -l ■ ■
was tneirs, veil hi 13 f itssweetinfl
and list fulnes-.
We are v ieig toh-.-k bm :< up
express the hope that all of us will en
deavor to emulate her graces and vir
tues. Death comes to most people
through slow and wasting disease, but
her pure, bright spirit was translated
to heaven in a moment, there to enjoy
the society of a sainted mother and
many other relatives and friends who
have preceded her.
In her brief career upon earth, she
shed love and brightness upon all she
came in contact with, and nas left to
her family and friends the priceless
legacy of a useful life and the con
scientious discharge of duty as a Chris
tian wife, mother and friend.
The music and song which she so ar
tistically and willingly dispensed upon
earth adds additional charms to the
celestial choir.
“JSome one has gone from this strange world
of ours, ’
Nq more to gather its thorns with its flowers,
No more to linger where sunbeams must fade.
Where in all beauty Death’s Angers are laid,
Weary with mingling life’s bitter with sweet.
Weary with parting and never to meet.
Some one has gone tothe bright golden shore;
Ring the bell softly, there's crape on the door.
••Some one Is rest ing from sorrow and sin,
Happy where earth’s conflicts enter not in,
Joyous as birds when the morning is bright,
When the sweet sunbeams have brought in
the light.
Weary of sowing and never to reap.
Weary of labor and welcoming sleep.
Someone’s departed to heaven’s bright shore;
Ring the bell softly, there’s crape on the door.
“Angels were anxiously longing to meet.
One who walks with them in Heaven’s bright
Street,
Loved ones have whispered that some one is
blest,
Free from eart h’s trials and taking some rest.
Yes, there is one more in angelic bliss,
One less to cherish, one less to kiss;
One more departed to Heaven’s bright shore;
Ring the bell softly, there’s crape on the
door.”
One Who Loved Her.
Governor Oglesby, of Illinois, began
his career as a carpenter at $1.50 a day.
After he had worked for some time at
the bench lie made a strike for the bar.
After practicing law for awhile he
fought in the Mexican war and was
one of the California gold diggers of
’49. When he came back from digging
gold h« entered the political arena, anil
has been three times elected Governor
of Illinois.
BANKRUPT SALE!
JEWELRY!
Watches,
Clocks,
Silverware,
Spectacles,
Tableware,
Chinaware,
Dinner and Tea Sets,
Fine Glass Goods,
Chamber Sets, Water Sets,
and a thousand and one things
suitable for Christmas, Wed
dings, Birthdays, etc.
Waterburv Watches, $2.50!
Clocks for everybody!
Specs for all eyes !
Watches, Clocks and Jew-:
elry repaired by experienced
workmen. Medals, Badges,
Bangles, etc., made to order.
W. E. AVERY,
The Jeweler.
Having bought the J. S. ANDERSON stock of Goods
at Receiver’s sale, for the next thirty days we will close out
the same at less than first cost, in order to save trouble of re
moval.
The stock is mostly new, having been purchased for the
fall trade, and includes everything usually kept in a Dry Goods
and Grocery store. The goods will be sold without reserva
tion.
ARNALL & FARMER.
ARMED AND EQUIPPED
FOR THE
g:V.v
use-
her
er in
her
active, us life, with its Cl
graces and . nIueiR.es as . common he;-
i it age with our Xewnan friends, ami to
LOOK OUT!
FOR
C. F. MEYER!
Christmas is on hand, and
he will sell you—
Fancy Candy at 25c.
Stick Candy at 12 Ac.
Currants at i2*c.
Raisins at 20c.
Nuts at 20c.
Oranges at 40c. per dozen.
Fire Crackers at 5c. per pack.
Prunes at 20c.
Citron at 35c.
Fine Apples at 20c. per doz.
Headquarters for Fire-works.
Bread and Cakes of all
kinds, and all kinds of 1 oys
cheaper than the cheapest.
In Fancy Groceries he can’t
be left on.
If you want more goods for
vour money than you can get
it any other store, give him a
call before you buy.
UL Next door to Opera
House, Greenville Street.
FALL AND WINTER TRADE!
BONEHILL.
Breech-loading Shot-guns of
the best English, German and
American manufacture, at pri
ces ranging in price from $10
to $35.
Muzzle-loading Guns, for
men and hoys, from $2 50 to
$10.
Winchester Repeating and other
Sporting Rifles.
Ammunition of all kinds. Loaded
Shells, Powder, Shot, Caps, and hunt
ing equipments.
The finest and largest assortment of
Cutlery ever seen in Newnan. Pocket
Knives, over 150 patterns and styles.
Table Knives, plain steel and silver-
plated. Razors, Scissors, Spoons, in
all styles and prices.
Our stock embraces everything usu
ally found in a General Hardware
Store—agricultural implements, carri
age material, belting, grates, hollow-
ware, and house furnishing goods.
Tin-ware of home manufacture—
“Simril brand”—at wholesale and re
tail. Job work in tin and sheet-iron
done at short notice.
Large, commodious store-room west
side of Public Square.
Good goods at reasonable prices, and satisfaction guaran
teed. Come to see us. It will pay you to buy goods of us,
first, last and all the time.
T. E. FELL & CO.
john w. hughe.-
FRED R. LAW.
HUGHES & LAW,
HATTERS
A N D
GENTS' FURNISHERS!
VALISES, UMBRELLAS, E1C.
PEACHTREE STREET, - - - ATLANTA, GA.