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Newnan, Ga., Friday, Marcli 2,1888.
WEEKLY CIRCULATION, 1,760.
JAS. E. BROWN. Editor.
Democratic Executive Committees.
As politics will engage the attention
of ouf people for the next few months,
it may be a matter of interest to know
who compose the various Democratic
Executive Committees—State, Con
gressional, Senatorial and County and
we have taken some trouble to get up a
complete list, which will be found be
low :
STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Benjamin H. Bigham, of Troup,
Chairman.
State at Large—It. D. Spalding of
Fulton, W. R. Rankin of Gordon, Ilen-
ry Persons of Talbot, and R. B. Nisbet
of Putman.
First District—Geo. R. Mercer of
Chatham, and E. II. Crawley of W are.
Second District—O. B. Stevens of
Terrell, and W. A. Harris of Worth.
Third District- W. II. Kimbrough of
Lee, and A. S. Giles of Houston.
Fourth District-C. A. Redd of Mus-
(*0£T6P, and U. B. Wilkinson of Coweta.
Fifth District—W. D. Ellis of Fulton,
and .1. P. Tilley of Rockdale.
Sixth District—J. A. Hunt of I ike,
and II. B. Ridley of Jones.
Seventh District—D. B. Hamilton of
Floyd, and I. E. Shumate of Whitfield.
Eighth District—Hamilton MeW hor-
ter of Oglethorpe, and John T. Osborne
of Elbert. m ... .
Ninth District—T. E. Winn of Gwin
nett, and R. II. Baker of Lumpkin.
Tenth District—T. J. McElmurray
of Burke, and J. O. Robson of Wash
ington.
Patrick Walsh, of Richmond, is the
Georgia member of the Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee of the United States,
and ex-officio a member of the Demo
cratic Executive • Committee of the
State.
As the Democratic Convention meets
so much earlier this year than usual
(June 5th) it will be necessary to hold
two State Conventions—one in May, to
select delegates to the National Con
vention, and one at a later period (per
haps in August) to nominate a Governor
and State House officers. Prominent
members of the State Committee held
a conference in Atlanta yesterday to
determine the date when a call shall be
issued for the assembling of the first
State Convention, and while no definite
action can be taken until a formal meet
ing of the committee is held, it is pretty
well understood that the. date selected
will be Wednesday, May 16th. Georgia
will be entitled to twenty-two delegates
-two from each Congressional District,
and two from the State-at-Large.
CONGRESSIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMIT
TEE.
At the meeting of the Congressional
Convention in July, 1886, at LaGrange,
rhe following executive committee was
appointed for the ensuing two years:
Taylor—W. S. Wallace, Chairman.
Carroll—O. L. Reese.
Chattahoochee—John W. Hewel.
Coweta—J. S. Powell.
Han is—W. T. Hudson.
Heard—F. S. Loftin.
Marion—J. J. Peacock.
Meriwether—T. A. Atkinson.
Muscogee—G. M. Williams.
Talbot—G. H. Estes.
Troup—E. R. Bradfield.
It. is not known when the Congres
sional Convention will be called; but as
Hon. Thos. W. Grimes will be a candi
date for re-election, and as Congress
will hardly adjourn before May, it is
only fair that the meeting be deferred
until he can have an opportunity to can
vass the District and mingle with his
constituents before the convention as
sembles. It is not probable, therefore,
that the convention will be called be
fore the latter part of July or first of
August.
SENATORIAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The Thirty-Sixth Senatorial District
is composed of the counties of Coweta,
Meriwether, Douglas and Campbell.
Under the rotation system Campbell is
entitled to the Senator this year,' and
so far as we can ascertain there is no dis
position on the part of the other coun
ties of the district to antagonize Camp
bell's claim to representation. It is prac
tically certain, therefore, that Camp
bell's choice will be ratified by the
convention, which usually meets in July
or August. The Senatorial Executive
Cmmittee, as now constituted, is as fol
lows:
G. J. Martin, of Meriwether, chair
man.
W. "W. Hardy, of Coweta.
R. A. Massey, of Douglas.
R. D. Render, of Meriwether.
T. J. Bullard, of Campbell.
Fifth District—R. W. Freeman, chair
man. _ .
First District—J. F. Methvin.
Second District—H. A. Martin.
Third District—L. A. Houston.
Fourth District—A. B. Brown.
Sixth District—W. F. Shropshire.
Seventh District—I. W. Johnson.
Cedar Creek District—T. N. Byram.
Panther Creek District—E. S. Daniel.
Hurricane District—J. II. Summers.
Grantville District—Geo. A. Carter.
Turin District—G. F. Hunnicutt.
Haralson District—R. K. Branden
burg.
Under the rule established by the last
State Democratic Convention, mem
bers of State, Congressional and Sena
torial Executive Committees are made
ex-officio members of all subordinate ex
ecutive committees in their respective
districts and counties. 1 hus. Major U.
B. Wilkinson, being a member of the
State Democratic Executive Committee,
becomes by virtue of his offic<*an ex-of-
ficio member of the Congressional, Sen
atorial, and County Executive Commit
tees. Hon. J. S. Powell, being a mem
ber of the Congressional Committee, is
entitled to similar affiliation with the
Senatorial and County Committees.
Col. W. W. Hardy has equal rights as a
county committeeman by virtue of his
rank as a member of the District Sena
torial Committee.
While in New York recently Judge
Henry B. Tompkins, of Atlanta, took
occasion to express his disapproval of
the Administration’s tariff policy, and
stated that if Mr. Cleveland were re
nominated on the platform outlined by
his late message to Congress he (Tomp
kins) would not vote for him. On the
strength of this statement he succeed
ed in having himself interviewed by
the New York Tribune, about the
meanest and most mendacious Radical
sheet in the country, and it is needless
to add that due prominence was given
to his views—partly because they coin
cided with the recognized policy of the
Republican party, but mainly for the
reason that his disaffection evidenced a
conspicuous tendency to mugwumpry
in a section reputed to be solid for
‘Cleveland and tariff reform.” Since
his return to Atlanta he has been twice
interviewed by the Constitution on the
same subject, and each time not only
reiterated but emphasized the remarks
attributed to him by the New L ork
Tribune. Of course, all this amounts
to nothing, and effects nothing save
the Democratic standing of the gentle
man referred to; but it is funny to ob
serve the lengths to which some men
will go to achieve a little notoriety.
Mugwumpry cannot thrive in the
South; it is too near akin to Republi
canism.
Miss Mollie Culpepper, a charming
and popular young lady of Haralson,
who has been visiting the Misses Siins,
has returned home.
Mr. T. S. Roberts has been by the
beside of his father in Whitesburg this
week, who is very ill and not expected
to live. Mr. Roberts has the sympathy
of his many friends here in his afflic
tion.
Mr. R. L. Amall, who has been with
Messrs. C. F. & J. A. Sasser for the
past few months, has gone to the coun
try and will try his fortune at farming
this year. Success to you, Lee.
The loafer’s lodge has disbanded, on
account of bad weather, but the catnip
club is still in full blast, with Col. J.
Oliver Towns at the helm.
Mr. W. B. Edwards, Jr., our popular
tobacco drummer, was at home a few
days the past week.
Prof. T. E. Atkinson went on a busi
ness trip to Atlanta this week.
Capt. E. W. Leach returned from a
business trip to Atlanta last Monday.
Mr. D. P. Ellis, of your city, has been
in town fliis week talking insurance to
our citizens.
Mr. Tom Addy, of Atlanta, is on a
visit to his parents near Haralson.
Mr. Dawson Culpepper, of Haralson,
was in town last Sunday, stopping
with Dr. W. F. Culpepper.
Mr. B. J. Fry, of Puckett Station,
was in Senoia last Monday looking af
ter his farming interests near here.
Mrs. C. A. Green is in Savannah this
week, visiting friends and relatives.
She was also in attendance at the Jas
per festival.
Mr. Lon Gray left last Monday for a
protracted visit to friends and relatives
in Texas.
Miss Searcy Arnall, of Turin, is tak
ing a special course in music here, un
der the skillful instruction of Miss
Jennie Arnall. Miss Arnall’s class at
Senoia High School now numbers 25
pupils.
Mr. J. M. Briscoe had the misfortune
to lose a valuable horse, one night last
week. It was found dead in the stall.
March 1st. A.
Tiie commission appointed by the
Governor, under an Act of the last
General Assembly, to take an inventory
of all the property belonging to the
Western and Atlantic Railroad, met
last Wednesday. The commission is
composed of W. M. Reese, Virgil Poiv-
ers and C. B. Howard, and is under in
structions to take a complete inventory
of the machine shops, rolling stock and
all other property belonging to the road,
and make report of the same to the
Governor. Several weeks will elapse be
fore the inventory is completed.
Is not the organization of the Farm
ers’ Alliance an important step in the
direction of protection?—Atlanta Con
stitution.
Undoubtedly; but not the sort of
“protection” that the Constitution advo
cates. The Alliancemen want protection
against the sugar trust, the steel trust,
the wool trust, the oil trust, and monop
olies of every character. Can the Con
stitution be relied upon to assist them ?
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
County politics will be unusually live
ly this year. Every office in the county
will be vacant, and it is safe to assume
that there will be three times as many
candidates as there are offices to be dis
tributed. Iu addition to the National
and State tickets, the voters of Coweta
will be®called upon to elect a Congress
man, a Senator, two members of the
Legislature, an Ordinary, a Clerk, a
Sheriff, a Treasurer, a Tax Receiver, a
Tax Collector, a County Surveyor, a
Coroner, five County Commissioners,
and thirteen Justices of the Peace—a
grand total of thirty-eight offices to be
filled by popular vote, and seventy-fitfe
or a hundred candidates to choose
from.
The county Democracy will be called
together early in May to appoint dele
gates to the State Convention, (which
will be assembled some time during
that month to select delegates to the
National Democratic Convention.) and
for the purpose of electing a new Coun
ty Executive Committee. The present
committee is composed as follows:
Senoia.
Mr. Editor:—A Literary Circle has
recently been organized by the yonng
people of Senoia, which promises to be
one of much pleasure and profit to its
members, besides affording additional
social enjoyment to the society of our
pleasant little town. The officers are
Prof. P. D. Pollock, president, Miss
Blanch Brown, secretary. The Circle
met last Friday evening at the hospita
ble home of Hon. M. H. Couch. At 8
o’clock the Circle was called to order
by the president, and after the reading
of the minutes by the secretary, the
beautiful poem “Evangeline,” by Long-
fello^v, was read in a most entertaining
manner. After the reading select pas
sages from the poem were discussed
by the Circle, with Mr. S. O. Smith as
teacher for the evening. After a few
motions were made and refreshments
served at 10:30, the Circle adjourned, to
meet next Friday evening at the resi
dence of Mr. S. O. Smith.
The ladies of the Methodist Church
at this place gave an oyster supper last
Tuesday night at the residence of Mr.
J. S. Addy. for the purpose of raising
funds to purchase a new chandelier for
the church. Although gotten up in
two days, it proved to be quite a suc
cess, both financially and socially. I
think all the young people went away
happy, and wishing for a repetition for
the entertainment soon.
The latest news from Mr. Grant Rob
erts, of "Whitesburg, who i- very ill,
states that he is no better.
Dr. A. Q. Young, late of Puckett
Station, made a visit to our town last
week, ami, we are glad to learn. ha- de
cided to locate with us for the purpose
of practicing his chosen profession.
Dr. Young is a young man of sterling
worth and ability, and no doubt will
succeed. We are always glad to wel
come such young men as Dr. Young to
our midst.
Mr. Editor:—Last week we noticed
the statement in the Griffin Sun, by its
Haralson correspondent as to the im
mense quantity of jugs shipped to this
point. Since then we have taken the
trouble to look into the matter, and find
that since the first of January, seven
jugs of liquor have been received here,
and three of them were for parties living
near Haralson, in “Cousin Dixie’s”
neighborhood. It is very strange how
some people can stretch their imagina
tion, and also their blanket, and the
medium they .use to let the people
know it.
We had the pleasure of a brief inter
view with your ubiquitous Turin
“Rat,” last Saturday. He seemed to be
in good plight for the quill business.
There has been organized a Reading
Circle by some of the ladies and gentle
men of our town, and we take pleasure
in commending it. as worthy the patron
age of the younger portion of our peo
ple. The object is to encourage and
improve the taste for select and whole
some literature, and to make the time
spent social and profitable. We would
be glad to see all our ladies and gentle
men take an active interest in this mat
ter. The Circle will meet one evening
each week.
Mr. Duffy, of whose serious illness
mention was made some time ago, we
are glad to learn is very much improv
ed, with fair prospects of recovery.
We are also glad to note an improve
ment in the condition of Col. W. W.
Hardy. He has been much more com
fortable for the last two or three days.
At this writing Mrs. R. R. Methvin
is quite sick. We hope for a favorable
change soon.
We were very sad to hear of the
death of Charlie Cotter, at Grantville.
We had formed a strong attachment
for him, and our prayerful condolence
goes out to the bereaved father and
mother, whom for the past four years
we have known and loved.
All have realized that we had quite
a cold snap Monday and Monday
night. My judgment is that the fruit,
on early blooming trees, is injured, but
not wholly destroyed. Some of our
farmers express fears for the safety of
the oat crop. We had two or three
snow showers on Monday, and the one
which fell about noon interested us
very much. It brought to our mind the
lines we read years ago. The first stan
za reads:
The attendants were: Miss Mittie Mc-
Cool, of Atlanta, with Mr. Lanier, of
West Point; Miss Mary Lou White,
with Mr. O. P. Gant; Miss Mattie
White with Mr. J. A. Carlton ; Miss
Lizzie White with Mr. Crossman. The
ushers were Mr. T. P. Zellars and
Col. R. M. Holley. Many beautiful
and valuable presents were received.
The bridal party left for West Point on
the afternoon train. The bride is a
dapghter of Mrs. Anselm Leigh, of
Coweta, and sister of Mrs. H. L. John
ston, of Palmetto, and Mrs. H. M. Reid,
of Carrollton. A number of ladies and
gentlemen from West Point attended
the marriage. Among them were Mrs.
Sue Lanier, Mrs. W. L. Williams, Misses
Nettie Zachary, Lottie Lanier, and
Nellie White, and Messrs. L. W. Shep
pard, M. L. Baker. Frank Lanier, Hen
ry Smith, Henry Lanier, ,T. B. White,
J. B. Crossman, W. B. Callahan, the
genial editor of the West Point Press,
and others. Mrs. Anselm Leigh, of
Coweta, Mrs. H. M. Reid, of Carroll
ton, Mr. J. K. P. Carlton, of Atlanta,
and Mr. J. II. Mims, of Fairburn, were
also present. The bride carries to her
future home the good wishes of all our
people, most of whom have known her
from her earliest childhood.
Mrs. B. W. Cochran and her youngest
child are both quite sick with pneu
monia.
Mrs. Camp, of Newnan, is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Cochran.
Miss Jennie Camp, who has been
here several days, returned home yes
terday. Nemo.
March 1st.
Puckett Station.
Mr. Editor:—’Slovely weather once
more.
I tell you, we had “both ears flopped”
for the oats this week, though I believe
they are damaged very little, if any.
Dr. J. M. Couch, of this place, and
Dr. A. C. North, of Newnan, were very
successful in an operation performed
on Mrs. Henry Couch last week. Dr.
G. E. Camp administered the chloro
form and assisted them as much as
was needed. For three or four years
Mrs. Couch has been troubled with a
cancer on her breast, and no doubt the
operation was not performed any too
soon. Mrs. Couch’s friends will be
glad to hear that she is improving.
Dr. A. Q. Young, we learn, is going to
“roll pills” at Senoia. Dr.Young is well
qualified in medicine, and we wish him
unbounded success in liis new field of
labor.
Mr. A. M. Norris passed through our
town this week en route for his home
in Meriwether, for the purpose of rest
ing up a few days.
Miss Glenn Camp has returned from
a pleasant visit to West Point and La-
Grange.
Ten or twelve daily papers come to
our office.
The material for building the new
Methodist church was moved in less
than a day. When the people of this
community decide to do a thing it re
quires very little time to execute it.
Messrs. Camp & Cureton have sent
out a splendid assortment of their fruit
crates, boxes, etc., as samples. Their
work is meeting with success and is be
ing complimented by every one.
The Sunday-school, under Mr. F.
S. Cureton’s superintendency, is still
growing in numbers and interest.
Prof. Featherston’s lectures on the
Old Bible, delivered every Sunday af-
terhoon, are very interesting and pro
fitable to those who attend.
Married, at LaGrange, at the resi
dence of the bride’s father, Mr. Miles
Puckett to Miss Anna Simmons. Mr.
Puckett went down on the “cannon
ball” and came back on the 11:48 train.
Thev were most cordially welcomed at
Mr. Puckett’s father’s, where a tempt
ing dinner had been prepared for the
occasion. Miss Simmons was one of
LaGrange’s most admirable young
ladies, and we wish for them a long
and prosperous life.
Mrs. Teaslev Camp and her little girl
have returned from a visit to Birming
ham.
Captain J. R. McCollum has been
down this week. “Plotting against
the whites,” I suppose. Zubetus.
March 1st.
“Oh, the snow, the beautiful snow!
Filling the sky and earth below;
Over the house-tops, over the street;
Over the heads of the people you meet—
Dancing,
Flirting.
Skipping along—
Beautiful -now! it can do no wrong.
Flying to kiss a fair lady’s cheek,
Clinging to lips in a frolicsome freak—
Beau: l'ul snow, from heaven above,
Pure as an angel, gentle as love!”
Mrs. C. A. Green has returned from
Savannah, and while there she liad the
pleasure of seeiug the President and
i Mrs. Cleveland, hearing the address of
; Governor Gordon and witnessing most
: of the military display. The trip was
a very pleasant one.
There is a fair prospect that quite
la crop of mumps will be harvested
i ere the season closes. Vincent.
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FLOUR!
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FLOUR!
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We have now on hand a large lot of FLOUR in Jute
Bags that we are offering low. Among other grades, we are
selling a good article at $3.50 per barrel. See the Flour be
fore you buy.
Our various grades of TOBACCO can t be beat in this
market, either for cheapness or quality. By the plug, pound ,
or box.
Large lot of SUGAR and COFFEE just received from
New Orleans, direct from the hands of the importers. We
made a close drive on this purchase, and are willing to divide
with our customers.
A fine lot of HATS and CLOTHING now arriving, to
which your attention is invited.
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ARNALL & FARMER.
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J. R. Herring is busily engaged this week,
receiving and opening
his new spring stock, which he will be prepared to
talk about in our next issue.
Watch this space.
Palmetto.
Mr. EditorThe marriage of Miss
Nellie K. Carlton, of this place, to Mr.
George White, of West Point* was a
brilliant affair. This auspicious event
occurred at the Palmetto Methodist
church, at 2 P. 31., Tuesday, February
28th. Rev. G. W. Colquitt was the
officiating minister. Miss Lillie Croft,
of Carrollton, presided at the organ.
List of Letters
Remaining in the Post Office at Xew-
nan. Ga.jFeb. 20th, 1887. If not call
ed for within four weeks will he sent
to the Dead Letter Office.
Miss Lucy Brown,
Mid Davis,
Miner Gason,
Mr. Gipson, (blind.
Miss Ziilie Jackson, col.
J. G. Johnson,
•Johny T. .Tones,
Mrs. S. Maiden, c-ol’d.
.Tosefes (More, son of Maranda More,
Ilulla Sumlin,
Miss Rosa Smith,
.T. H. Smith,
Miss Rena Thomas, col.
Miss Sarah Watts.
J. R. McCollum, P. M.
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