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$ht[ gcrald and ^dwrfisq. Newnan, Ga., Friday, Dec. 9, 1887. HOME AFFAIRS. Look out .for Word 1 Avery’s for presents. Ward I What Ward ? City election to-morrow. Library concert to-night. Toys and toys at S. S. Wilson’s. John F. Ward, the Comedian ! Dolls and dolls at S. S. Wilson’s. Wedding-present emporium at Av ery’s. , . At Reese’s Opera Uouse next Thurs day night, loth inst. Miss Fannie McLain, of Senoia, is visiting in the city. Dr. W. W. Fitts, of Carrollton, was in town yesterday. The Chattahoochee is lower than has been known for years. Comedy, pathos and songs at the Op era House next Thursday night. A job lot of beautiful vases at S. S. Wilson’s. Will sell them cheap. Don’t fail to see S. S. Wilson’s Christ mas goods before buying elsewhere. “Ward Higgins” and the “Doctor” at the Opera House next Thursday night. Remember, the concert to-night is for the benefit of the Newnan Library. •“The Doctor” is a genuine comedy, without villians, hut with lots of fun. Mrs. J. F. Cheney, of Crawford, Ga., Ls visiting Mrs. M. F. Wilson this week. The prettiest line of holiday goods <©ver brought to Newnan at A. J. Lyn don's. “O, Doctor, what shatl I do ?” “Why, •go to the Opera House next Thursday might.” ■Cotton declined several points this week. We quote to-day, for middlings, ( ->ic@9$c. “The Doctor,” a beautiful domestic comedy, at the Opera House next Thurs- day nigh t. i Miss Blanche Brown, a charming young lady of Senoia, was in the city W ednesday. Mrs. L. R. Rny and daughter, Miss Ruby, are visiting relatives and friends in Americas. Christmas, wedding and birthday presents in gold, silver, glass and Chi na, at Avery’s. Mr. Rowland Lassetter, of Luthers- ville, has been visiting relatives in New- nan this week. Misses Hahr and Evans are our guests. Let everybody turn out to-night and do thepi honor. Mr. and Mrs. ,J. S. Addy, of Senoia, were in the city Wednesday on a shop ping expedition. Mr. M. B. Pinson has been in Bir mingham, Ala., for several days on im portant business. Mr. W. C. Ballard, of Panther Creek district, is making arrangements to move to Atlanta. The “Doctor” will prescribe for the blues and other ills at the Opera House next 'Thursday night. Mr. W. M. Chatman, of Turin, mov ed this week to Carroll county, where be will reside in future. Mr. W. S. Askew has purchased an interest in the mercantile business of Askew & Bro., at Franklin. Jt Coffins for the three unfortunate men killed in the Hogansville explosion were furnished by Thompson Bros. Mr. A G. W. Foster has purchased a 300-acre farm .near Whitesburg and will move his family to that place. Mrs. Orlando McClendon returned ilast Thursday from a protracted visit to her parents at Franklin, Ky. See how “Higgins” cures the sick farmer when the “Doctor” is out, at the Opera House next Thursday night. Orlando McClendon, Esq., attended the Sheriff’s levee at Franklin last Tuesday, in the interest of a client. Mr. J. B. Mount has moved to the residence lately occupied by Dr. T. ,T. .Tones, adjoining the premises of Col. P. F. Smith. Whitesburg wants a first-class school teacher. One that will furnish satis factory recommendations can secure a good position. Christmas Cards by the hundred at S. S. Wilson’s. Don’t fail to see them. Cheapest and handsomest line ever brought to Newnan. Meriwether Superior Court convenes next Monday. It is expected that -Judge Smith, of the Chattahoochee Circuit, will preside. Mr. G. O. Seroggiu, of Turin, has l>een prospecting here this week with a view to moving his family and taking up his residence with ua. Several families have moved in from the country recently, end if the influx continues there won’t be • vacant resi dence in town by Januftry. Mrs. M. P. Lundi, the aged mother of Mrs. A. J. Lyndon and of Mrs. John Askew, is lying critically ill, and it is feared cannot recover. Tax Collector Farmer will close his books to-morrow, and on Monday will commence issuing executions. About $10,000 remains uncollected. Rev. F. M. Daniel, of Griffin, has been shaking hands with his Newnan friends this week, and it is needless to say that they are delighted to see him. Mr. W. C. Leigh, formerly of this county but now a citizen of West End, was elected last Saturday" to serve on the Aldermanic board of that thriving suburb. Mr. W. H. Beavers and family, of Grantville district, have moved to town. For the present they will re side at the old Register place, on La- Grange street. Mr. W. H. Condor and family, of Palmetto, are now residents of our town. They have engaged board for the winter with Mrs. M. P. Kellogg, at College Temple. Sargent’s factory shutdown last Tues day out of respect to the superintendent, Mr. Booth, whose death occurred on that day. Operations were resumed yesterday morning. We regret to learn of the continued illness of Mrs. R. T. Johnson, whose condition for several days past has been such as to excite the gravest apprehen sions on the part of her family and friends. - Mechanics’ Brass Band are arrang ing for another grand concert on the 23d inst., and from the extensive prep arations being made it will eclipse any entertainment they have yet given. Full particulars in our next. At the regular communication of Coweta Lodge, No. 60, F. A. M., on Tuesday night next, officers will be elected for the ensuing year. Members of the fraternity will take due notice and govern themselves accordingly. Santa Claus’ depot is at Mrs. R. M. Barnes’ millinery room. Don’t fail to see her toys before buying elsewhere. You can be suited with a nice hat or toy of any description. Also, handsome plush presents, beautiful and cheap. The party who raided our hen-coop last Friday night and confiscated three of. our choicest fowls is hereby no tified that if he will return the same in good order no questions will be asked; otherwise he must- take the conse quences, The Methodist church will be the scene of a very pleasant gathering on Wednesday morning next, at which time a Thomaston gentleman will lead to the altar one of our sweetest and most popular young ladies. We call no names. is a splendid newspaper and has quad rupled its circulation ih Coweta county since it passed into the hands of the present management. It is a hand some eight-page paper, the subscription price of which is only fifty cents per annum. Sargent’s factory is turning out some beautiful thread now, the colored warps being especially attractive. We were permitted to inspect a lot of sam ples a few days ago that would compare favorably with the products of the best equipped mills of the country. There were nineteen different shades of col oring in the lot, and each was a gem of the dver’s art. Shelby Wilson attained his majority a few days ago and celebrated the event by joining the Odd Fellows. Judging from the interest manifested as he was being hustled through the evolu tions of the first degree, he will make a very active member. Miss Cameron, of Cleveland, Tenn., who has been visiting in Senoia for sev eral weeks past, passed through New- nan Monday on her way home. She was accompanied by Miss Mattie Bris coe, who will spend the holidays with friends in Tennessee. Louisa Johnson, a well-known and estimable colored woman of the com munity, died last Saturday, after a brief illness. She was a good woman, and the announcement of her death will be heard with sincere regret, both by her white and colored friends. The largest, handsomest and most complete assortment of plush goods, fancy toilet articles, perfumeries, etc., ever exhibited in Newnan during a holiday season, at A. J. Lyndon's. Go and see them, whether you wish to buy or not. No trouble to show goods. In the Ordinary’s Court last Monday letters of dismission were granted to Mrs. M. B. E. Arnold, administratrix of W. P. Arnold. Letters “of adminis tration were granted, also, to Daniel Swint on the estate of Eddis Lester, deceased. No other business was transacted. A full line of shoes, (drummers’ sam ples) embracing every style and quality, from the cheapest to the best—men’s,! women’s, children’s and Infants’. (Will be sold at manufacturers’ first cost. Can be had either at our Greenville or Bay street store. Aknall A Faiimkr. We had the pleasure yesterday of meeting Mr. R. II. Foos, of Springfield, Ohio, who is making a tour of the South in the interest of the Foos Manufactur ing Co., of which he is vice-president. It will doubtless be gratifying to him to learn that the utility and serviceable- ness of “Foos’ Scientific Mill” are al ready recognized throughout this sec tion. _ The trustees of Hearn Institute, at Cave Spring, have placed the manage ment of that institution entirely in the hands of Prof. E. T. Whatley. Here tofore the affairs of the school have been under the management of a su perintendent, but in future Prof. Whatley will discharge the duties both of principal and superintendent. We are pleased to hear of his promotion. Mr. E. Y. Brown made a trip to De catur, Ala., last week. The cheapest lot offered him was held by its owner at $97 per front foot. That was about a mile from town. Centrally located property is so valuable they won’t let a visitor stand in one place longer than five minutes, and upon leaving town he is required to shake the dust from his sandals. Col. W. W. Randall, of the Griffin Sun, was in the city for a few hours last Tuesday and paid his respects at this office. Bro. Randall is one of the best equipped, all-around newspaper men in the State, as his excellent work on the Sun for several months past has amply testified, and we regard the community as fortunate that has the benefit of his editorial ability and in fluence. The passenger trains on the Atlanta and West Point road are running on a new schedule this week. Going north, the accommodation train passes New nan now at 7:25 A. M.; the up day pas senger at 12:30 P. M.; the local freight and passenger at 1:10 P. 31.; and the up night passenger at 1:45 A. M. Coming south, the accommodation reaches Newnan at 6:30 p. 31.; the down day passenger at 2:38 P. 31.; the local freight and passenger at 11:10 A. 3i.; and the down night passenger at 1:12 A. M. The change w'ent into effect on Sunday last. Clark Fisher, a well-known colored man of this place, went to Bolton a few weeks ago to work for the Chatta hoochee Brick Company. The main building of the camp caught fire last Monday night and was entirely con sumed. Fisher was very active in his efforts to suppress the flames, and while ascending a ladder was struck on /he head by a falling brick and instantly killed. The remains were brought to Newnan Tuesday night and on Wed nesday were interred in the colored cemetery. Deceased leaves a wife and several children. Messrs. A. E. Edmundson and Ad Beavers engaged in an altercation last Friday night about 11 o’clock, when Beavers drew a pistol and shot Ed mundson three times—two balls pass ing through the left arm and the third entering just below the left nipple. At first it was feared that the injuries in flicted would result fatally, but under the skillful treatment of Dr. G. W. Peddy the wounded ruan is now doing well and making rapid headway to wards recovery. It was a most unfor tunate affair and is generally regretted in the community. No arrests have been made. the late convention of the stock holders flf the Savannah, Griffin and North Alabama Railroad to solicit propositions and open nego tiations looking to the sale of that property, received a telegram last Monday from General E. P. Alexander requesting his attendance at the regu lar monthly meeting of the Central di rectory at Savannah on Wednesday. Similar requests were telegraphed to the other committeemen, Messrs. N. B. Drewry and S. Grantland of Griffin, Capt. A. J. White of Milner, and Dr. W. W. Fitts of Carrollton. No intima tion was given as to the nature or pur pose of the proposed conference. We regret to announce the death of Mr. Geo. Booth, of Lodi, which occur red on Tuesday morning last, after a lingering illuess. Deceased was an Englislmian by birth, but hud been a citizen of this country for several years, residing at Fall River, Mass., until two years ago, when he came South to take the position of superintendent of Sar gent’s factory. In this position he was invaluable, his long experience in cot ton manufacturing rendering him thor oughly expert in every branch of that important industry, and his services will be greatly missed by his late em ployers. His remains were interred at Liberty the following afternoon, serv ices at the grave being conducted by Dr. Stacy. _ Regular Monthly Meeting of County Commissioners. The honorable Board of County Commissioners met at the usual hour in the Court-house on Wednesday, 7th inst. Present—John A. Hunter, chairman, Jasper N. Sewell, P. O. Collinsworth, W. W. Sasser. The following accounts were exam ined, found correct and ordered paid: A. J. Lyndon, drugs for paupers $27 50 W. G. Hill, repairing bridge 8 00 R . P. Cole Mfg Co., work at jail 1 65 John Dukes, poor farm 5 00 C. T. Hewell, meal for poor farm, etc.... 20 00 J. R. Herring, rations for paupers 51 27 Thompson Bros., maitress for Jail 3 50 A. J. Tidwell, lumber for bridge 11 35 M. L. Carter <fc Co., books for poor farm 45 Marshall & Bruce, record book for Ordi nary 4 00 McClendon A Co., record book for Ordi nary 7 00 Newnan Pub. Co., official advertising. . 4 00 G. II. Carmical, jail fees 43 25 There being no other business, the Board adjourned. A FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT. Rooms to Let. Three desirable rooms in the W. B. Orr residence, suitable for sleeping apartments. Each room is provided with closets and grates, and has a piaz za frontage. Reasonable terms to a good tenant. Apply to Jas. Millians. A Mr. Brooken, of Putman county, moved to Newnan last week with' his family, occupying a vacant residence in the eastern portion of the city. He is a brother-in-law of Mr. D. J. Folds, and it is understood will be associated with that gentleman in the carriage and buggy business. Miss Jennie Arnall, one of Senoia’s most popular and accomplished young ladies, who has been in Boston for some months past taking a special course in music, will return home Feb ruary 1st, when ahe will resume charge of the music department of Senoia High School. Her many friends will gladly welcome her home again. Capt. J. B. Daris says about fifty copies of the Atlanta Weekly Journal are taken at Knon Grove. The Journal Dr. Young J. Allen, the distinguished missionary to China, is in Georgia on a visit, this being the second he has made since going to his far-off missionary field in 1S59. He spent last Monday night with his sister-in-law in this city, Mrs. S. J. Arnold, but left the next day for the Alabama Conference. He will go thence to the North Georgia Confer ence. now in session at Marietta, j and will probably not have an op- i portunity of again visiting Newnan be-! fore the timeset for his return to Chi- j na. lie appears in excellent health j and spirits, and is enlisted for life in the missionary cause. The concert to be given at Reese’s Opera House to-night for the benefit of the Newnan Library will commend it self to our people, we feel assured, the object as well as the merits of the entertainment being such as to warrant a full house and an appreciative audi ence. Misses Hahr and Evans are ac knowledged artists in their respective roles, the splendid musical accomplish ments of one being equaled only by the superior vocal gifts of the other, and if there were no other consideration, the assistance so kindly proffered on this oc casion is certainly deserving of an equal ly generous recognition. A most attrac tive programme has been arranged, and we can safely promise that no one who attends will be disappointed. • Major IT. B. Wilkinson, who is one of the committee" of five appointed at-1 Three Men Killed by a Boiler Explo sion in Hogansville. Tuesday morning at 5 o’clock a dis astrous boiler explosion occurred in the engine-room of the Hogansville Oil Mill, killing three men and badly wrecking the engine-house. The names of the unfortunate men (all of whom were col ored) were James Jones, James Hardin and George Hinton. Jones’ body was hurled a distance of fifty feet, and all the bodies were mangled most horri bly. A large oak tree standing in close proximity to the engine-house was torn up by the roots. The cause of the disaster is involved in mystery. There are several attend ant circumstances that point to a prob able cause, but unfortunately in this, as in most other boiler explosions, not enough is known to make any one cause certain. The foreman of the mills, Mr. Johnson, says there were two gauges of water in the boiler when the mills stopped running at 9 o’clock Monday evening. He knows this to be true, because he made a personal in spection at the hour indicated. Two negroes slept in the engine-room Mon day night, but whether they kept the fires going all night is not known. If they did. this would have evaporated the water to a dangerously low point, which might possibly have been over looked by the fireman next morning. A brakeman and the engineer of the morning freight which passed Hogans ville between 3 and 4 o’clock say that the boiler was fired up at that hour. It was near 5 o’clock when the explo sion took place; so that if the safety-| valve had stuck in its seat—a tiling that j does not often occur—the water, being j held perfectly still by pressure, could j have absorbed heat enough to have ' converted it all into steam as soon as j anything occurred to disturb the quiet j of the water. Anything like the sud- : den opening of the throttle-valve, or I even the sudden lifting of the safety- j valve after the boiler had been stand ing for some time with steam up. would have produced sufficient disturbance j to have caused the explosion. In sup- j port of this, theory it may be stated! that at least three-fourths of the. ex-, plosions occur when the engine is j standing still. Two responsible citi-. zens of Hogansville, living in the vicin- j ity, say they distinctly heard a hissing ; sound a few seconds before the explo sion. The two ends of the boiler were , blown out, but we understand that it 1 was otherwise uninjured. It is fortu nate that the boiler was made of good j material, else the probabilities are that | not a wall of the building would have I been left standing. As it was, the wall j within two feet of the boiler was not j even cracked by the explosion. The total loss is estimated at $1,500.; An order for a new boiler has been giv- • en the R. D. Cole Manufacturing Com-1 panv, and the mills will be running ! again in a few days. For the Next Thirty Days. We offer our entire stock of goods, consisting of dry goods, notions, dress goods, clothing, hats, shoes, etc., at very low prices for the next thirty days, in order to reduce our stock, as we anticipate making a change in our business the 1st of January. B. S. Askew & Co. More and More. Forty thousand rim and central fire cartridges, for all kinds of pistols and Winchester rifies. Twenty-five single and double barrel shot guns. Colt’s and Smith & Wesson pistols. Quick Shot powder. All numbers shot, caps, primers, and piles of loaded shells for bird hunting, at the New Hardware and Seed Store. A. Pope. Notice. All parties indebted to us, either by note or on account, are requested to come up at once and make settlement We must close up our business for 1887 Those who fail to settle, or make satis factory arrangements by December loth will find their notes or accounts in the hands of a lawyer. B. S. Askew' & Co. Notice of Sale. Will be sold to the highest bidder, for cash, on the loth day of December, at G. I. Wilson’s, in the Sixth district of Coweta county, the following prop erty, to-writ: Corn, fodder, oats, wheat, cotton seed, wagons, new' farming tools, 8$ Jersey cows, (five with young calves —others to be in milk soon,) and four head of young mules. A. W. N. Wilson & Son. Important Notice. To all those who are indebted to Thompson Bros., either for Furniture, Organs or Coffins: Your notes and accounts are past due. You have disappointed us by not coming up promptly, according to terms of sale, and we are thereby greatly in convenienced. Now, we dislike very much to put these notes , and accounts out for colle8tion, but necessity will require us to do so. Therefore, take due and timely notice, and govern yourselves accordingly. Tiio3h>son Bros. Tides. Tides ebb and flow twice every twenty- four hours, and a visitor to the sea-beach must get out in time or he engulfed. So, husbands, wives, mothers, chirJren, sweethearts—all who have friemftt. or loved ones—should remember that the tide of holiday presents is now at its full at Avery’s, and early selection in sures getting what you want, while put ting off until Christmas may bring dis appointment. A larger and more va ried stock than ever before. Yours, for a merry Christmas, W. E. Avery, the Jeweler. Miles Orton’s Grand Railroad Show. Next Tuesday (13th inst.) will be a gala day in Newnan, on account of the Gigantic Railroad Show being billed for that date. Every one wishing to see a first-class gymnastic acrobatic ■how, refined in every particular, should not fail to visit the show. The Gigantic Railroad Show is the only tented exhibition ever in the South that exhibits at popular prices, and should be well patronized. “Lizzie,” America’s greatest per forming elephant, will go through a most wonderful performance, simply by the word of command of her trainer at the Gigantic Railroad Show, Tuesday, December 13th. Miles Orton, the champion bareback rider of America, will perform his wonderful “carrying act” on his flying steed, forming a living pyramid, stand ing erect on his noble horse, with his two beautiful children, (Norman and Gordon) upon bis head. This act will be seen with the Gigantic Railroad Show, Tuesday, December 13th. citizens of Columbus, Ga., who were patients of the Doctor’s some five years since. The Doctor has arrangements for cheap board in private families ioi all patients from a distance. “Procras tination is the thief of time.’ Wh> will you suffer when you can be cured. Why? A . Vi rite or come at once to see tm Doctor; he will treat you right. Con sultation and examination free. List ot Letters Remaining in the Post Office at New nan, Ga., Dec. 5th, 1887. If not call ed for within four weeks will be sent to the Dead Letter Office. Mrs. June Bailly, col. G. W. Clark, C. P. Cook, H. L. Dial, Miss Rosa Dixon, L. B. Dyer, Mrs. Sarah C. Lee, Wilson C. Osborn, J. K. Sims, G. L. Warren, Mrs. Lizzie Wathows, Oston Webb, Miss Maria J. Willis, Hawkins Williams. J. R. McCollum, P. M. Acknowledgments. For the two weeks ending Thursday', December 8th, the following named parties have paid the amounts opposite their names on account of subscription to The Herald and Advertiser, which is hereby acknowledged with thanks: G. A. Boynton, $6.00; T. J. King. $1.50; W. B. Moore, $1.50; W. H. Con dor, 75c.; J. S. Hyde, $2.40; Mrs. C. A. Haynes, $1.50; S. J. Arnold, $3.00; J. E. Dent, $1.50; J. II. Lane, $1.60: J. W. Shell, $2.00; J. Harris. $1.50; Mrs. Jessie Howell, $1.50; E. T. Peek, $1.50; J. B. Allen, $2.00; Jerry Robinson, $2.00; W. F. Hopson, $3.00; W. A. Drake, $1.50; Mrs. O. Lasseter. $1.50; J. W. Duke, $1.50; J. T. Leslie, $1.50; C. P. Stephens, 81.25; J. W. Tay lor, $1.50; A. B. Hyde, 81.50; Marion Walker, $1,50; Candy Bridges, $1.50: Willis Brewster, $2.00; Mrs. F. G. Hill. $1.00; W. M. Chatman, $1.50; W. C. Ballard, $1.50; «T. M. Hawk, $1.50; P. S. Whatley, $1.50; B. H. Wright,;$ 1.60. The State Alliance. Mr. Editor:—Please announce in your paper that I am in possession of the proclamation issued by the President of the National Farmers’ Alliance and Co-operative Union ol America, dated November 26th, authorizing a meeting to be held at Fort Valley, Ga., on Tuesday, December 20th, for the pur pose of organizing the State Alliance of Georgia. J. B. Wilkes, Nat’l Organizer N. F. A. and C. L T . of A. Th« Cotton Crops of 1847 and 1887. Mr. Editor:—The crops in northwest Coweta are about gathered and, upon the whole, are as good as they ever were. Except the damage done by the July rains, I know they are. All river and big creek bottom crops suf fered more or less from the floods. All along the Phillips’ ferry road the cot ton crop has averaged from eight to fourteen bales to the mule, and conse quently most of the farmers are in good humor and fine spirits, seeming anxious to try their hands at another crop. In 1847, if I remember aright, the Panther Creek district made only 105 bales of cotton, but the crop of the present year is several fold above that. What an improvement in cotton cul ture, and agricultural success generally, the past few years in Coweta county ! In the spring of 1849 I heard Hon. Hugh A. Haralson, at Anderson’s ho tel in Newnan, say that a short time before he was going the road from Newnan to LaGrange, and passing a large farm in this county when the hands were going out from dinner in considerable numbers, he asked one of them how many hands worked on the farm. The reply was. “Forty-three.” “And how many bales of cotton did you make last year?” “Forty-one,” was the answer. Forty years have worked wonders in cotton culture in old Coweta. Occasional. Sere and Yellow Poetry. The melancholy days have come when hun gry folks pursue The solitary oyster in the limpid church fair stew. The melancholy days have come, the saddest of the year, Though fatted game is coming in and much remairs to cheer. The north wind stills the piping of the philo sophic frog, While the rabbit dreads the yelping of the sere and yellow dog. The melancholy days have come; election time is nigh. And sad, defeated candidates will soon begin to sigh, And many a little well-beloved and gently nurtured boom Will soon be passing In its checks and hark ing from the tomb. - Dr. W. R. King-, Specialist, Who has within the past seven years j made such a deserved reputation in the i treatment of chronic diseases in South- j west Georgia and Southeast Alabama, is now. and has been in LaGrange, Ga., for the past four months, and lias cured very many of Troup county’s best citi-; zens, both male and female, of old | chronic troubles. If you have Hemor rhoids or Piles, or any other rectal dis ease, Dr. King will cure you without knife, ligature or any other painful operation, in from 10 to 30 days. No charge made if you are not cured. If you have a Cancerous trouble and have not waited too long, the Doctor will cure you without the knife, caustics or other painful operations. If you have Uterine (womb) or Skin Diseases, Catarrh of the Nose, Throat and -Ear, you can be successfully treated. The Doctor refers you to Dr. Bryant, and Mrs. M. J. Render, of Greenville, Ga.; to Drs. Calloway and Baugh, C. D. Hudson, John H. Glanton J. G. Truett, George Truett, Capt. J. G. Whitfield, Bradtield & Slack, druggists, all of 1a- Grange, Ga.; also, to Dr. C. L. Patillo, Capt. JohnD. Johnson, W. II. Huguley, Capt. Thok. J. Eady, Dr. Miller, drug, gist, all of West Point, Ga., and to George W. Jenkins, of Chipley, Ga., and could give the names of very many Second District. Mr. Editor;—Everything quiet and news scarce in this part of the moral vineyard. Farmers are generally through gathering, and the result is a short cotton crop. Mr. Dick Bob Miller, of Palmetto, was mingling with old friends in these parts recently. John Robert Gilbert Upchurch, of Gwinnett county, was in our neighbor hood a few days since, visiting kins folk. Mr. W. T. Cannon, of Puckett Sta tion, spent last week in Campbell county. “Ripples” was down this way last Sunday a week ago. I did not learn Ins business, but presume he was in quest of another good dinner. How ever, it is doubtful if lie succeeded in obtaining it, unless he made a raid on Dr. Cogswell’s garden farm, near Hill’s crossing. Mr. and Mrs. Win. Cannon have the sympathies of the entire community in the loss of their little babe, which died on the 25th ult. Uncle Jim. Dec. 5th. Nearly all the towns in Southern Georgia complain that more dwelling houses are needed. This is particularly true of Eastman. The demand for more dwellings is great. Ctnnouncements. V.-’AA'A* >V.W VWVWWX'W'AA * FOR MAYOR. I hereby announce my candidacy for the of fice of Mayor of the city of Newnan. Elec tion second Saturday In December, 1887. ReepeetftUlY, J. if. Ptlffilli, FOR ALDERMEN. The names of B. T. Thompson and T. ii. Farmer are hereby presented as suitable can didates for the eltfce of Aldermen of the city of Newnan. Maxy Citizkxs.