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VOL. XXIII. NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1888. NO. 18. II. AJtXALL. President. A. IIUXTER, ATcf.-Prf.sident. • l ,. c II. C. FISHER, Sec’v A Tkea.-s FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS. SEASON OF 1888! THE COWETA FERTILIZER COMPANY, MANUFACTURERS OF ii COWETA HIGH-GRADE J) AND “AURORA AMMONIATED PHOSPHO.’ BEST FERTILIZERS IN THE MARKET FOR COTTON AND CORN! HIGHEST GUARANTEED ANALYSIS! BEST PRACTICAL RESULTS Tested and highly recommended by the leading farmers Coweta, Meriwether, Troup, Carroll, Campbell, Fay ette. Spalding, and Heard counties! NOTE THE OFFICIAL ANALYSES: COWETA HIGH GRADE : Moisture.., 11.24 Insoluble Phosphoric Acid -85 Soluble Phosphoric Acid.- 9- 10 Reverted Phosphoric Acid 1-65 Total Available Phosphoric Acid 1 °* 75 Ammonia Potash - ^° Senoia. Mr. Editor:—By an unintentional oversight we have failed to mention the new pastor, Rev. .7. At. Stipe, of the Methodist church here. We have heard Mr. Stipe several times and are well pleased with his manner of preach ing. He is full of zeal for the cause, and does not fail to impress his congre gation with his earnest appeals for their hearty co-operation in every good word and work. He is a very impressive speaker. * There are a great many spring oats being sown, and we hope, with favora ble seasons, for a good crop, for such a crop will certainly be needed by the farmers of thi> section. Quite a serious accident occurred to the storehouse of Messrs. Hutcheson & Roberts here yesterday. They had some thirty or forty thousand pounds of flour stored away in one corner, which by its pressure caused the under-pin ning to give way. when the flooring and the whole bulk fell to the ground, a distance of about three feet. The damage is not serious, but they will be subjected to some inconvenience for a day or two. The railroad agent here is celebrat ing his fortieth railroad anniversary to day. February 15, by trying to behave himself and feeling kindly towards every one. Since the 15th of February, 184s, few of his then railroad compan ions are left. Many of them have long ago answered to the roll-call. Great changes have taken place in railroad ing since then. The engineer then had no cab to serve as a covering ; be had to take the weather as it came. Passenger trains made about 200 miles in ten hours. Freight trains half the distance in the same time. A twenty- five ton engine was a big thing, and a freight train of fifteen cars was won derful. In those days most of the road-bed was underground, only the iron and surface of the string-timbers were visible. A track boss with six hands did well to take up and put in 40 cross-ties in one day—they could manage 200 easier now. The young crop of railroad men now ought to feel thankful that they have “come in” later. It was the old veterans who bore the burdens and hardships of their day, though the few old ones that are left are glad of the dawn of a new era. We made a visit to the City of Jugs last Monday. Some few individuals were quite noticeable. One (we think he was called Glis-ten-er, or some such name—he was quite a Sun-ny looking man,) had a pencil and scratch-book, and was holding frequent audiences with numerous individuals, and the smile- would come and go as he suc ceeded in capturing the shekels. An other one we saw, was somewhat on the Brown order, but a real Macs-y man. He wore a severe scar on his chin. Said he got it in the dark Saturday night, by missing his mouth with the wrong end of his cigar. If our memory serves us right, we saw the last of those two men—that is, the last we saw of them, OI they were going behind a screen. From some cause there seemed to be more policemen about the passenger depot tliat/miy than usual. Why it was so, we do not know. One thing is certain, we got back to Senoia safely, (thanks to C apt. Croft).andlwent home. Well, everything is calm and lamb-like now. Obedience is the watchword for the present. Mr. A. G. Rawls is visiting Atlanta this week. We had a pleasant call from Tom J. Barron, of your city, last week. His conversation ha- a very domestic tone now-a-days. Col. W. Y. Atkinson, of your city, paid us a brief visit last week. Always glad to see the Colonel, greb. 15th. Vincent. doubts, sufferings, forever done with, while the happy soul forever basks in the radiant light of eternal glory. “When we get home to the mansions above. With the loved ones "one over before ; Oh. who can tell what a joy that will be, There to live and rejoice evermore. Angels will sir.g, the Redeemer will smile, And loved ones we’ll clasp by the hand. Free from all pain, removed from all care. We’ll dwell with them in that happy land.” To the aged father, husband, child ren, brothers and sisters, we would say, “Weep not, for— “Oh, how sweet it will be in that beautiful land So free from all sorrow and pain, With songs on our lips and harps in our hand, To meet one another again.” The mumps don’t seem to be any res pecter of persons, for Mr. Will Camp had respects from that source the past week. The boy- are about to conclude that this thing can’t get through with its “spring mission” if many more such cases are lighted upon as those of last week and the week before. The greatest damage done in the ne gro hitch in this place, a few days ago, was the scent raised, which was suffi cient to set a “billy” to sneezing. If we have no colder weather in the future than we have had for some, it will be safe to plant corn in a few j days. Many doubtless have heard of “Ash Wednesday” but do not know why it is so called, but the following quotation will explain : “Ash Wednesday lias its name from the old ceremony of bless ing ashes on that day, with which the priest signed the people on the forehead the form of a cross, say ing: “Remember, ye are from dust and must return to dust.” The truth of the thiug should be kept in mind, re gardless of the priestly pretensions. Another day of note in February is that of St. Valentine, said to originate from a saint who is almost forgotten. It used to be the practice for every gentleman to consider the first lady he met on that day as his sweetheart or Valentine, to whom he was expected to make a present. I suppose it was only single men and women that did thus regard each other in those days, other wise one might desire to be excused. Mrs. Laura Lipscomb, of Heard coun ty, is on a visit to her father, Mr. I. M. Shell, waiting upon her mother, in her sickness. Prof. C. L. Moses left on Monday morning to attend an agricultural con vention at Waycross. He will go thence to Florida. Mrs. L. R. Banks is improving slowly from her late illness. Col. Hairston, of Troup, came up this week and placed his daughter, Miss Addie, in charge of the school at this week. B. A. T Jan.14th. AURORA AMMONIATED Moisture Insoluble Phosphoric Acid Soluble Phosphoric Acid Reverted Phosphoric Acid Total Available Phosphoric Acid... . Ammonia Potash PHOSPHO 12.15 •95 7.70 2.21 9.91 2.17 1-5- Puckett Station. Mr. Editor:—Mr. Charles Duncan and family, from Carroll, have been visiting the family of Mr. T. W. Ingram. Messrs. Morgan Hopsbn and E. O. Stafford, from Grantville, “were round about here,” Sunday. Mr. James Y.Carmieal and wife spent a few days in Atlanta recently. Capt. J. R. McCollum and Air. Robert Moore, from Xewnan, attended preach ing here Sunday. Miss Bessie Jackson, one of La- Grange’s fairest and sweetest girls, has been visiting Miss Kate Barm tt. Dr. T. X. Bingham is at home for a short while from Atlanta. Mr. C'. C. Parrott, President of the Xewnan Xatioual Bank, was down this week trying his hand with the birds. Mr. Parrott is a fine shot. I noticed the marriage ceremony of a certain couple not long since just for the pleasure of the thing. It may be my “pleasure.” to state it as a fact some day. The side-track has been crowded this quite a revival last Saturday night. ' I learn that seven candidates were initia ted. Eight other applications for mem bership were received, and will either be accepted or rejected—I don’t know which. The Cedar Creek Lodge, I learn, is in a prosperous condition. One good farmer—and as clever a man as there is in the county—was black-balled in that club at its last meet ing, on purely personal grounds. I am requested to make this statement to prevent injury to the other Farmer’s Alliances throughout the county. Some body has evidently violated their obli gation in two ways. I know the affair is regretted by all good Alliance mem bers, for some have expressed to me their feelings of mortification, and the gentleman who was rejected asks me to make this statement .t<> exonerate all the members of the club, except the two who cast the black balls. He fur ther stated that the matter was made public by some of the Alliance mem bers, which ought not to have been done. Spring chickens are sprouting, but the hawks are playing havoc with them. A hawk darted down into a bevy of Airs. “Ripples’” chickens last Saturday and took two chicks at one grab. I sup pose lie wanted one to fry for breakfast, and one to make a chicken pie for dinner—and he might have been expect ing company, also. I don’t like it a bit, for it leaves an aching void in my stomach. Rev. Air. Mullins and Rev. Air. Bon ner will preach at Alacedonia on the fourth Sabbath in this month at 11 o’clock A. M. I acknowledge a nice, fresh mess of pork from Airs. T. F. Jones. I learn from Air. E. S. Daniel that Airs. Wm. Crane, of Heard county, is lying very low at his house in this dis trict and is not expected to live much longer. Also, that Airs. Daniels is in very delicate health, and that Airs. Tolbert Carter is quite sick. Aliss Alice Gibson has a flourishing school near Powelville. Big log-rollings and big dinners are the order of the day. Oat-sowing is now progressing finely. The amount sown to the horse gen erally averages about 5 acres ; corn to be planted to the horse, 7 or 8 ; cotton to the horse, 25 or *>0 acres ; hogs to the family, some none, some one to two ; dogs, not less than one nor more than four ; sheep, none. Woolen goods so cheap, don’t pay to raise sheep. Geese, few: feathers so cheap it don’t pay to raise geese. Flour is cheaper than wheat can be raised. It is cheaper to buy mules at one hundred and thirty- five dollars than it is to raise them at forty dollars a head. It is cheaper to marry a woman already raised than it is to raise a wife. lie that buys a boust ready wrought, Buys many a nail for mere naught. And so the list goes on. I will close this letter, until I can write a better. Ripples. Feb. 14th. and will continue to be until some pro vision is made for money to enable tin- board to give the law full effect. Ii any man thinks he can do better, an> member of the board vill gladly resign and give him a chance. We are not anxious to work - for nothing and pay our own expenses. Your “Anon” correspondent, evi dently does not understand what he is grumbling about. Alen ought to in form themselves before they rush into print and arraign others for faults from which they tire free. Again, it is not fair or manly to stand behind a tree and fire at a man fully exposed. The County Board are anxious to distribute the little amount falling to each child's share as equitably as the law will per mit. AVe feel our responsibility as guardians of this fund. If the people of Coweta county would impose a small school tax on them stives, as the citizens of Xewnan haw done, we could make the common school system effective and thorough. AVe can never do so withthemoneynow available. It take- money to make tuition free. With the money we could employ » better class of teachers at lower rates and otherwise make the schools better. Respectfully, Jas. B. Ilt wierTT. Public School Notes. Friday afternoon brought more than its usual intellectual treat: a spirited recitation by Aliss Fannie Leigh, and a a pathetic selection by Aliss Katie Daniel, were encored so heartily as t« embarrass the blushing debutantes. Aliss Kate Andrews unfurled tin* I’nbhc School Bonner, till her enthus:- atic audience were ready to marshal themselves under a latter-day Joshua, and possess the Canaan of knowledge. Some ardent admirer contributed a po etical effusion, which, though blessed with so many extra “feet,” was still unable to “stand” in the critics esti mation : but we liked the simile in which the Public School Jicmncr was compared to a “scout” bringing back luscious clusters of “Eslicol’s Grapes” from the “Promised Land” of Litera ture. Also, there was a unique invita tion to all on the Wilderness side of the stream of Illiteracy to cross at dir safest “Ford.” The chief feature was, as usual, a lecture from Prof. Ford. Exhibiting some specimens of Alien and Tree-coral, lie continued the lecture according to the following schedule : XAMK. 1VII KICK ror.Mt. USES, jlicsi, 1 Siberia. (St-ive and .Sliin *.Ius<:.>vite. or [ Norway, 'windows.ande, Muscovy iriassS Sweden. /Siberian houses. » * rat, polyp, j Coast. Klor- f Ornament*. ,r Zeopli vie ; ida. Med it- ; Huild’g mater*!. Many kinds.; j erran’n sea-.Island Makers. [Communicated ] Common Schools and the County Board. The public are vitally interested in everything connected with this subject. Common schools are supposed to be schools for the benefit of the public. AVliether they are so, we shall not now discuss. The principle on which they are founded is certainly agrarian, and the plan on which they are conducted is clearly communistic. But the sys tem, or effort at a system, is in the Con stitution of the State; and the Legisla ture has made repeated efforts to pro vide for its development by statutory law. But any law, or series of laws, which fail to provide means with which to cany them into effect must necessa rily fail, more or less. The law provides for County Boards AGENTS j. w Hunter, Bowers, Arnold. Burdett Co., Hardaway & Orr Kirby & Co., W. P. Broom, Arnai.i. & Far AIER. Power & Russell, Newnan. Ga. S. O. Smith, Senoia; W, W. Sasser. Turin: Banks & Arkall. Grantville; Mobley & Hightower. Hogansville; Hutcheson & Moseley, Bullard & Hoi.lemax. Palmetto; II. W. Camp, Puckett Station. Turin. Mr. Editor:—Will you be so kind as to allow a more extended notice of the life and character of Airs. Susan M. Hindsiuan than was given of her death and funeral service. By so doing you will oblige ma*ty friends and relatives, who esteemed and were greatly attach ed to her from her childhood, and even now cherish her name as one most dear to them. The deceased was born June 22, 1840, and was the daughter of Esquire AIc- AVilliams, who now resides in the Lone Star State, her mother having died about one year ago. January 4, 1866, she’was married to Air. F. E. Hindsman, with whom she lived happily and af fectionately for twenty-two years. In August. 1SH7, she united with the Bap tist church at Holly Springs, being baptized into the fellowship of the same and retaining her membership in the union of said church until she was called to join the Church Triumphant on the morning of January 4, 1888. Thus passed from earth the spirit of an affectionate wife, fond mother, and de voted Christian, to “join the church and general assembly of the first-born above.” All apprehensions, fears, week with freight, besides the regular j Education and County Connnission- supply of coal delivered here. j ers The members of the hoard are R. D. Cole & Co.’s wagon is constant-. e i ecte j by the grand jury, and serve ly at work hauling material to build the j -vvitlioitt compensation. The County new church. | Commissioners of Schools are hereafter Mr. J. II. Spalding, our clever black-, ^ elected by the County Boards, on smith, has been ver\ sick this week. J corivrxtitin t.r<< on ,ni{i<j.ir. and are paid Married, at the residence of the •f or their services, bride’s father, Air. Cary Hughen, on the evening of the 15th inst., Aliss Laura Hpglien to Mr. Xeal Robinson. ; Miss Hughen is one of Coweta’s lovliest! . . , ,, , . . 1 er provisions of the new senool law the Robertson a clever. , .. ,. . , , , duties ot the county boards are made , , 1 very onerous, while they are still gratu- them a happy life. Several nice guts ; - * 1F () 11 «*, were presented. Zubeti's. j - Jan 15th ! What constitutes a common school J . : 1 The new school law makes it the duty Panther Creek. ! of the Board of Education to establish Mr. Editor:—A little ‘misnomer oc-! two common schools in each suit-school The new school law does not provide for district trustees, devolving all their duties upon the board. By this ami otli- daughters, and Air. industrious gentleman. AVe predict for j curred in my last letter. It should have been Aliss Percie Walker instead of Pereie Palmer. Miss Puss Gamer, an inmate of t he _ county poor farm, died last week. Her: ing done tlii* sister Lucinda, another inmate of the i recognize any district, one for white children and one for colored, which schools are tube open to all children between school _|g<* 6 and 18 years for three months. Ilav- they are forbidden to other schools in said dis- Tliqn followed, from our versatile'-Su perintendent, an introductory lesson in music. The first period of the school- day is devoted to this fascinating art. Orpheus, himself, would tip his cap to the Professor's humorous illustrations of the key-notes of musical composi tions. The first letter in each word of the following sentence determines the key of music in one, two, three c/r four sharps: “Good ducks, are eatable.” G, onu sharp : I), two sharps : A. three sharj>~; E, four sharps. Pieces in one, two, three, four or five, fiats have their keys determined thus : “Fat boys eat apple dumplings.” F. one flat; B, two fiats ; E, three flats ; A, four fiats; D, five fiats. AVe defy any student to forget it. W. In Memory of Alary Dallas Jackson, infant daugh ter of Air. Osa Jackson and Mrs. Myn- Orr Jackson, who died near Carters- ville, January 2D, of pneumonia. She was only nine months of age, when— “The tremulous wings of her soul unfurled. And she winged her way to the upper world:” The dimpled little fingers forgot tips way to the mother’s breast, and in waxen beauty they clasped the sign less flowers, among which they were never more to play. Among strangers the sad affiictien came, and the hearts of friends and relatives throbbed with sympathy fe r tile young father and mother. AVith the child, the darling child, we know “it is well”; but — “Ah. what a ion", long shadow, A little grave can cast.” “The darling had traveled its little path, It had done the Father’s will.” But— The heart will ache for the sunny head, For ttie light of the loving eye ; Gazing with t"ars on our lovely dead. We forget their "Ion- beyond the sky; Forget that shadows with snn-gleams biend. And weave, of their gray and gold, Xl;e robes in which the redeemed shall wei>4 To that city of glory untold : Forget that, tears shall make more fair The flowers ol crowns we yet. shall wear ; Forget that day e’er follows night ; Forget the dark is the dawn of the bright ; Forget to our infant dead Mis given Always to see God’s face in heaven. Xewnan, Ga. D. B. AV. farm, is quite sick. , 1 tricts unless the} ha^»* twcut\-fi\e Airs. J. A. Hyde is sick. ! scholars. This is tlu* school law as en- I learn that a number of men in the acted by the Legislature and not a t nl- eommunitv are afflicted with boils and \ ing of the Count} Board, risings. It looks as though the days of j In this matter tin* board have no dis- Job had returned, except, perhaps, that 1 cretion. If there is an} complaint let the patience exhibited by that good old j the fault lay where it belongs, man is lacking. I There are many ’other complaints The Alliance Club in this district had | against the workings of the school laws, A Savannah firm lias made a proposi tion to furnish ail the money needed for a national bank at Dawson if tie- people of Dawson will take stock l- the amount of 820,000. Dawson ha> a good State bank. Hon. Dick Russell, of Clarke, wiE not be a candidate for re-election to G.< General Assembly, but will be a camo- date for Solicitor-General of that cir cuit against AH. Brown, the preses.:. incumbent.