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Mewian, Ga., Friday, Dec. 23, 1887.
in factory stock.
Major W.A. Turneroffered to sell the
WEEKLY CIRCULATION, 1,750.
- i whole of his city property at its as-
hood knowingly. The reason your
statements hurt me is, I fear my
friends who know that I was better in
formed on the subject will think I was
telling lies. Therefore, I insist that
vou publish this for mr benefit. I
JAH. E. BROWN. Editor.
sessed valuation and make a similar dis-1*oul d th« request if this
t . . , , . , a ! was the first time vou had made me say
Position of the money. As the offer i thillgs j not intend; but you have
! was immediately accepted by two of made me say things before that I
• ■ . our opulent citizens, the indications are ; could not indorse, and hoping fcach
TO OUR PATRONS. t u„* M „: nr T .. rn „ r wj n be one of the I t” 11 ® 1 * wo H ld be the last, I said noth-
„ T . . ... , at Major 1 umer will he one oi me ing a bout it, bat feel like forbearance
e are under man} obligations t | largest stockholders. | has ceased to be a virtue. Vanpelt.
thos;of our patrons who have so gen- It is understood that Messrs. W. G. [For the information of our corres-
Camp of Puckett Station, and R. B. pondent we will state that the subsii-
Perkins of Turin, will take ten shares : tution of the name “Ernest"’ for that of
each. Capt. J. II. Wynn, of Kedron, ■ “Green”' was a typographical error,
will hardly be satisfied with a less an j that it was duly marked in the
amount, and Mr. J. F. Lovejoy, of; proof-sheet; but the printer evidently
Grancville, is already down for five j overlooked it, as it went to print un
shares. j corrected. The omission of a portion
The list is growing every day, and j G f a sentence, also marked in the proof-
now that organization has been effected J sheet, was likewise overlooked. ITad
but little difficulty will be experienced j the errors marked in the proof-sheet
in raising the full amount required, j h een corrected the sentence would
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
iiue 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
Impossibility 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 Assured.
A called meeting of the subscribers
to the cotton factory enterprise, and
others interested, was held in the
Court-house last Wednesday afternoon,
according to appointment.
Major U. B. Wilkinson ’and Col. L.
P. Barnes, chairman and secretary of
the previous meeting, were re-elected.
The meeting was composed of a ma
jority of our leading citizens and capi
talists, and the large number in at
tendance furnished undoubted evi
dence of the unanimity of interest
inlisted in behalf of the enter
prise. Additional subscriptions to the
amount of several thousand dollars were
reported by the soliciting committee,
and assurances given that a total of
$60,000 or more would be secured by
the first of next week.
By request, Capt. II. J. Sargent ad
dressed the meeting on the subject of
cotton manufacturing, the probable
cost of a factory with an equipment of
five thousand spindles, the comparative
advantages of water and steam power,
the desirability of railway facilities,
etc. Capt. Sargent has had many years’
experience in cotton manufacturing
and his remarks were listened to with
the closest attention. He thought the
factory in contemplation should have
not less than five thousand spindles;
that a less number could not be oper
ated more easily nor so profitably; that,
the cost of buildings, motive power,
superintendence, etc., would be very
little more fora factory with five thou
sand spindles than one with three
thousand; that a great deal depended
upon location, facilities for shipping,
and convenience to a good cotton mar
ket; that he regarded Newnan as most
admirably situated for manufacturing
purposes, and especially for cotton
manufacturing; that the advantages of
steam over water power were too man
ifest for discussion; that the increased
facilities afforded by steam more than
compensated for the cost of fuel, ma
chinery, etc.; that he was so profoundly
impressed with this belief that if he
could dispose of his factory at Lodi he
would put every dollar derived from
the sale into the Newnan factory. He
dwelt at some length upon the desira
bility of confining the operations of
the factory to the production of a spe
cial class of goods. His experience and
observation had led him to believe that
cotton manufacturing could not be di
versified with prefit where only one set
of machinery was employed, and he
would not advise diversification; that
yarns, or checks, or sheeting would pay,
but to attempt to manufacture a 11 three
would not result so profitably.
When Capt. Sargent finished speak
ing a motion was made to effect tem
porary organization by electing a board
wf directors.
The motion was adopted, and the
following named gentlemen were duly
elected: R. D. Cole, Sr., H. C. Arnall,
R. H. Hardaway, N. B. Glover, H. J.
Sargent, J. T. Reese, J. P. Brewster,
U. B. Wilkinson, J. F. Lovejoy.
The gentlemen at the head of the en
terprise mean business, and when they
undertake a scheme in good earnest
failure is out of the question.
We are bound to have the factory.
Prof. J. Cuthbert Shecut Again.
Prof. J. C. Shecut, of Augusta, who
was accused by a Newnan correspond
ent of having resigned the superinten
dency of the Newnan public schools
under doubtful circumstances, has been
heard from. He states explicitly that
all his dealings with the authorities in
Newnan were above board, and that his
action in finally declining t lie place was
based on good business reasons. He
found that the people were divided in
support of the system; that a private
school project was already under way,
and that the remuneration for the su
perintendent was not assured as he had
a right to expect that it would be. Af
ter consultation .and reflection, on his
return home, he decided to decline,
which he did in a letter to the trustees,
at the same time thanking- them for
their courtesy.
The above statement appeared in the
Atlanta Constitution of Wednesday.
We have no desire to raise an issue of
veracity with Prof. Shecut, but the
statements contained in the foregoing
are so much at variance with the real
facts that we cannot allow them to
pass unnoticed. Briefly and substan
tially, therefore, the facts are as fol
lows:
When the election for superintendent
of public schools occurred the name
of Prof. Shecut was presented
for the consideration of the Board,
and, though strongly opposed by
some, after several ballots.had been
taken he was elected. His name was
proposed at the instance of an Augus
ta friend, well known here, and in con
firming the nomination the Board cer-»
tainly considered Lima candidate. He
was immediately notified of his elec
tion. After considering the offer ten
or twelve days he came to Newnan,
and after a thorough investigation and
inspection he appeared before the
Board ami formally accepted the posi
tion tendered him. He expressed en
tire satisfaction with the arrangements
made for the inauguration of the pub
lic school system here, and appeared
equally satisfied with the financial ar
rangements perfected for the proper
conduct of the same. In fact,
lie had a personal guarantee
from certain members of the
Board that his salary would be paid
promptly at the end of each month.
He knew, before accepting the posi
tion. that there would be at least one
private school in town ; but he did not
know, and it is not true, that the
town is divided on the public school
question. He was assured at the time,
and had ample evidence to convince
him, to the contrary.
The truth of the matter is, Prof.
Shecut has treated our people shab
bily, and, in view of the courtesies and
kindnesses shown him, his conduct is
inexcusable. Every statement con
tained in the item published in Wed
nesday’s Constitution can be refuted by
his own let ters, addressed to the Board,
and in justice to our city we think the
Board ought to publish them. The
statement referred to is a slander up
on the town and should be promptly
rebuked.
have contained, in a condensed form,
the precise version intended by the
writer. Similar mistakes occur in all
printing offices, and no plan ha* yet
been devised that will effectually pre
vent their recurrence. We have growu
gray and partially bald-headed in the
service, and yet scarcely a week pastes
that we do not have fresh cause for
grief and indignation at the unhappy
and utterly inexcusable blunders of
the “intelligent compositor.” But opportunity of hearing the am:
it is an inborn frailty, and beyond the - Pi an * s L Miss Pond, and liste
hope of reformation. As to making
alterations in manuscript, we will re
mark for the further information of
our correspondent that whenever we
take liberties of this character it is gen
erally lor the purpose of condensation.
Very few persons write as they would
like to see it in print, and the pains
taking editor who prides himself upon
his work will admit nothing into his
columns that he is not allowed the
privilege of editing. Therefore, a sys
tem of editorial pruning is resorted to
in all newspaper office*—as much with
a view to enhancing the readableness
of an article as for the purposes of con
densation. We subject all correspond
ence, of whatever character, to this
process, and are usually thanked for
our pains. Indeed, most of our cor
respondents request us to revise their
manu eTipi 8. and with very few excep
tions we find it necessary to do so. We
could have had no purpose in confusing
the details of the statement contained
in “Vanpelt’s” last letter, or any pre
vious communication. We are as much
averse to making misstatements as he
or anybody else, and if we have ever
“made him say things he could not in
dorse,” we have no knowledge or
recollection of the circumstances. With
reference to his latest and sorest griev
ance, if lie will call at this office we
can show him the original proof-sheet,
containing a correction of the errors
complained of. Moreover, if he will
lounge about our sanctum for a day or
so we will show him how it is not only
easily possible for such errors to be
made, but convince him that they are
practically unavoidable.—Editor.]
Grange, is, its friends fondly trust, too
firmly established to suffer in any de
gree from competition. Its noble-
hearted and talented editor must ever
receive the fullest confidence and high
est appreciation.
A grand concert will be given by the
faculty and pupil* of the LaGrange Fe
male College on the evening of Friday,
the 23d. ()f course, expectation is on
tiptoe, as the audience will have the
the aceomplish-
md listening to
the entertaining voice of Miss Wither
spoon, who but recently refused an of
fer of twelve hundred dollars per an
num from one of the largest churches
in Atlanta. Subscriber.
LaGrange, Ga., Dee. 21st.
The appointment of Judge J. S.
Hook as State School Commissioner
seems to meet with little favor any
where. Indeed, no great deal can be
expected of a lawyer of Judge Hook’s
alleged ability and prominence who
would abandon his practice to accept a
$2,000 position—a position, too. entirely
out of the line of his profession. The
only excuse we can offer for this action
on the part of our kind-hearted Gover
nor is that “he didn’t go to do it.”
Notes From LaGrange.
Mr. Editor:—Since it is denied me,
for the present, to sit “under my own
vine and fig-tree” and note for your
columns the impressions received from
events in the outside world, I am per
suaded that your readers would not ob
ject to tidings from your neighboring
city.
There is, to the occasional visitor,
much to interest in the gradual but
most perceptible growth and improve
ment, of LaGrange. The visible limits
of the city are being extended: neat
cottages, and occasionally a handsome
residence, creating a marked change in
what were, but a few years since, gul
ly-washed hills. In the business part
of the place improvements are con
stantly going on, while residences are
in process of completion in various sec
tions. Capt. Yancey’s- elegant man
sion, now nearly in readiness for occu
pancy, adorns the street just below the
hill whose summit is crowned by the
LaGrange Female College. The latter
building is, of course, an ornament to
the city, and in its massive proportions
almost rivals the stately magnificence
of the original building, whose dimen
sions must ever remain photographed
in the loving memory of those who
claim her as their alma mater.
Just to the right of the Southern Fe
male College, and at the head of
Church street, rise the graceful pro
portions of Dr. F. M. Ridley’s nearly-
finished residence—a beautiful speci
men of modern architecture and a
monument to the skill of LaGrange’s
own talented young architect. Mr. Wil
lie Cox.
A Romantic Marriage.
A special from Franklin, Tenn., to
the Nashville American of the 16th
inst. contains the following account of
a romantic marriage which occurred in
the former place on the 14th. The
bride is a sister of Mrs. R. W. Andrews,
of this city, and if we mistake not has
visited Newnan. The special details of
the affair are thus recounted by the
t American:
This afternoon at 4 o’clock the spa
cious halls and parlors of Capt. E. M.
Hearn’s residence were well filled with
a large assemblage of freinds to witness
the nuptials of his sister, Miss Annie
Lavina Hearn, and the Hon. Edward
Lorraine Brinson, of Waynesboro, Ga.,
Rev. Jno. E. Harrison, pastor of the
Methodist church, offic'ating. The
fine-looking groom was accompanied
from his home by his best man, Mr. F.
II. Calloway, and reached here this
morning. He is the popular Ordinary
of his county, and the bride is one of the
loveliest and noblest daughters of Wil
son county, though a number of years
a resident of our town. Miss M'nnie
Hearn, a cousin of the bride, and Mr.
Calloway were the attendants. After
the ceremony and congratulations the
company were invited out to the sever
al long tables, beautifully decorated
and groaning beneath their weight of
good tilings, and the old-fashioned full
ness and hospitality of a Tennessee
home was never more lavishly display
ed than on this occasion. Everything
the palate could desire, from the su v-
stantials up to the delicacies of culinary
art, were set forth in abundance, and
elegantly served. The bridal presents
were lftany and beauiiful, as well as
useful.
This is the final culmination of a
long and romantic attachment. Some
nine or ten years ago, when the
bride was just entering her teens, and
the groom was attending the Lebanon
Law School, they happened to be
boarding under the same roof-tree, and
a case ot love at first sight sprang up
between them. All went happily for
about two years, and until after his
graduation and return to his Georgia
home, when some little thing, no mat
ter what, broke love’s smooth current.
They drifted from each other on life’s
ocean, and for some seven or eight
years did not even hear from each oth
er. Last summer a young drummer
from this place, traveling for a Nash
ville blank book firm, visited the Geor
gia town, and happened to be thrown
with Judge Brinson on business, when,
on making inquiries about people living
here, the latter learned that his early
love was still unmarried, as charming
as ever, and, possibly, like himself,
cherishing the little tender spark that
had never died out entirely. He de
termined, however, to ascertain this
fact for himself, and, after a letter or
two, came on in person, and with what
success this evening has just proven.
His last visit was some three or four
weeks ago. Society and her church are
very loth to give up our fair friend, but
her host of" friends trust the future
holds nothing but blessings in store for
her.
accepted, it is said, a call to Charleston,
S. C. He and his accomplished and
lovely-wife have met with high appre
ciation and endeared themselves great
ly to those who know them best* Mr.
Jarrell, the Methodist minister, is uni
versally regarded with love and confi
dence—so much so the feeling found
forcible expression in a petition to Con
ference for his return to this church.
Mr. Bruce, the pastor of the Presbyte
rian church, is one of the most earuest
and eloquent of pulpit workers, a close
student, and a man whose moral and
social qualities endear him greatly to
his people.
In business circles, there is a very
evident depression. Failure of crops
in this county, resulting in short col
lections for the merchants, has wrought
a financial pressure that is felt through
out the entire community. Many say
that it amounts almost to a panic.'
The Reporter is to have a rival, I
hear- a new paper, to be established
early in the coming year. Of course, it
cannot damage the interests of the dear
old Reporter, which, on its solid foun
dation as one of the institutions of La- COST, and less, until the entire lot is disposed of.
9
We have moved the J. S. ANDERSON STOCK up to
our Greenville street store, which we shall continue to sell at' /
These
bargains will make your mouth water when you see them.
Parties indebted to the firm, either by note or account, must^
come forward and make settlement without delay. ALL past
dues must be settled in some manner. We cannot carry over
accounts unless satisfactory arrangements are made to that
end.
ARNALL & FARMER.
ARMED AND EQUIPPED
FOR THE
!
FALL AND WINTER TRADE!
BONEHILL.
Who Are They?
The Newnan correspondent of the
Columbus Enquirer-Sun claims to have
information that several of our citizens
who invested in mining and real estate
speculation in Alabama last spring and
summer have been swamped, and gives
the following sorrowful account of
their experience, as speculators in the
ruddy resources of that rich (V) region:
It is rumored that several of the citi
zens of Newnan who have been in-
On motion, the following committee. « _ , .
was appointed to select a location for j option law now m effect in
the factory, and grounds for tenement
houses: R. D. Cole, Sr., chairman, N.
B. Glover, H. C. Arnall, R. H. Harda
way and J. P. Brewster.
The meeting then adjourned.
j ducedto invest their monevin the wild
The*t*wo colleges continue to give the i
The Supreme Court of Missouri ren
dered a decision last Monday sustain
ing the constitutionality of the local i , ,. . . , ,, . . . ~—
that State ■ utmos ^ satisfaction to their respective j that they have about $27,000 in expe-
’ | patrons. The kindly rivalry that- ex- j rience, while the speculators have
; ists between them is but a spur to the j their money. They became *o enthus-
1 ed under the magic representations of
the agents of those syndicates, who
Now that the campaign is over, the
Atlanta Journal is getting to be first- |
rate prohibition paper.
spirit of advancement that will not be
satisfied until it shall have reached its W ere building towns on paper in north-
: goal—the pinnacle of the Temple of j ern Alabama, that a few husbands and
~ ~ I knowledge. In each, the foundations; wives, their uncles and autos inort-
Fourth District. : , . ... . gaged evervthing they could m
The board of directors met md nr! 'JD-. Editor:—I was mortified when I | are being laid with conscientious care— or der to raise money' to invest
IlK Doard ol directors met and or-, lh;l( . you ll:wl unnecessarily mu-! -Ovely and highly appreciated Christian ; i a that section. Now that the
ganized Pv the election ot 1\. D. Cole, tdated my letter in your last issue by women having charge of the primary j boom is over and the compan-
Sr., president, and L. P. Barnes, secre- J inserting a sentence which I never saw j denartment. in which the oovoml! ies are drawing on them through the
tary.
By vote of the board it was decided
to make the subscriptions payable in
installments, as follows: 1st oT March.
10 percent.; 1st of May, 10 per cent.: l*t
nf October, 10 per cent. Balance to be
paid as called for, due notice to be giv
en to subscribers as calls are issued.
There being no further business, tin.
board adjourned, subject to the call ol
the president.
or thought of until 1 read it in
paper. As well as I remember 1
r : department, in which the norma
said' ' system of instruction is fully carried
‘Green had been hunting and got his out. In the higher departments the
gun wet.-and when at ( apt. Stallings’! standard is high, and in music and art
a^ked Ernest t<> shoot t off. Ihi* unsurpassed, it must be presumed,
you struck from mv letter, and put m , . ,
this, of your own' make-up: “Ernest But my letter will grow too long. I
had been hunting and got. his gun wei.i wanted to spt ; k of the churches—dhe
'' hen lie returned Ir-.v' hi> father ad-j beautiful spii I, of truly Christian fra tcr-
VM-d himio discharge the leads m the : nitv that exists between the
gun. l hese are nice sentences and
read well, but the statements < on- :
taiued in them are untrue. If 1 hat
Dr. C. D. Smith has live humlre 1
thought of such
b written .
t" dvi d long sinci
Hung
bt-ciius
1 would not
1 have re
tell a false-
sp.
qiin
e\i>ts between the ministers
and congregations. The entire com
munity o mtomplates with saddened
interest the prospect- of their common
loss in the removal of Dr. Ford, the
Baptist minister, who ha
received anti j a mu
banks for more money, has caused
sadness among the victims that i- pain- !
fill to behold. The worst feature j
about rhe whole matter is that some ]
ladies, who were in comparatively en>\
circumstances, were induced to mort
gage their lioin< * raise money i<» put
into these imieted enterprises, taking
nock in the land companies, wliici
have sudden 15 collapsed. But
what people generally experi -i
put their money into foreign h:
stead of building up their own
We are sorry lorlhe women who wet
thus viu imized. but can'; help bein
the credulity <>f the men.
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 boys, 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 ev^er seen in Newman. 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-
W'are, and house furnishing goods.
T'in-vvare of home manufacture—
“Simril brand”—at wholesale and re
tail. Job work in tin and sheet-iron 1
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.
THE
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
OF THE
CITY OF NEWNAN
Will be opened for white pupils the second
Monday,andl'or colored pupils the third Mon
day, in January, 188S, with the following corps
of teachers:
supkrixtesdkxt:
LYMAN H. FORD.
teachers:
JOHN E. PE NOE HO HAST,
MISS ANNIE ANDERSON,
MRS. D. P. WOOD HOOF,
MRS. W. P. NIMMON*.
MRS. .T. E. ROBINSON.
>: I S.s CON NI v. IIA UTS FIELD.
lokeu teachers:
e. V. SMITH,
G. J. BURCH.
-tlKI:Nr>fKUAR!KS:
SADIE hi. BEACH.
. NN.E i.. CARRINGTON.
his
will
: own-
Oim-fiflh of tile matriculation fee will be
• iuired every two months, in advance.
Tuition for non-residents \v.:i be, :;i the
a-aiuii::’.-school-. >!50'; pt uunuui; in the
1 On f—iioois. Si'iO" an mini—one-fifth to
paid every two months. advance.
.1 !. BREWSTER,
>• o’y t; ridUC&tlOn.
HARNESS! HARNESS!
Forced to sell at low prices
200 sets of Stage, Buggy and
Wagon Harness.
Also, a large lot Collars of
all kinds.
100 dozen good Plantation
Bridles at 50 cents each.
Highest price paid for hides.
T. G. BURPEE.
PAINTING!
The undersigned offers his services to the
people of X >vnan and Coweta county as a
'killuil and exj.'Tienced painter.and respect
fully solicits their pat'onage- House-p:iint-
ing a specialty, either by contract or by the
day. (*Id furniture, organs, pianos, etc.,
cf iced, painted and revamisbed. Address
moat Newnan, Ga. ALLEN-I-ONG.
House
md Lot for Sale or
Rent!
My residence, where I now live, on Jackson
street, in north Newnan. is on red for sale or
rent. Possession given I t of January. Wilt
sell ail or part of lot.
S. J. ARNOLD.