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BY THE NEWNAN PUBLISHING CO.
S. TV. MURRAY, BuhIhkhh Manner,
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CITY AND COUNTY
SUBSCRIPTION PRICK, *1.50 A YEAR.
The Bond Question.
The question of the issuance of city
bonds in aid of our public schools will
be submitted to the voters of Kcwntiii
on the 28th prow, and as it is a matter
in which all of our citizens are interested
we have solicited a full expression of
the views of the Board of Education
on the subject, which will be found be
low. In order th at the question may
be clearly understood we have divided
the subject by a series of direct queries
covering the most important points.
These queries were submitted to the
Board yesterday, and are fully answer
ed in the following interview, which is
published by authority:
Question—What is the necessity for
issuing bonds?
Answer—Public schools already hav
ing been established in our city by a
vote largely over what the law requir
ed, they are a fixed institution with us.
Then we should make the schools a suc
cess, in the fullest sense of that term.
We have rented College Temple at a
cost of $750. for the whites, and two
houses for the colored pupils—one on
the east side and one on the west side
of town, the rents of the two costing
us $75, which aggregate in rentals this
year $825. In the white schools we al
ready have 328 pupils enrolled, and the
schools are growing every day. The
pupils are already very much crowd
ed, and could, we think, do more effi
cient work and improve faster if they
had more room. In the warm days of
summer we will have to rent addition
al property, which will likely necessi
tate an increase of teachers, all of
which will make the cost of rents ex
ceed the interest on the bonds for
the first year, which is $000. Should
we have to rent the second year the
rentals, on account of the improve
ments which would have to be made
on the property used, would be more
than they are this year, and so on each
year that we have to rent. It is, then,
clear to us that the city will be saved
enough by building or owning its own
school houses to pay the interest on
the $16,000 of bonds, and should the
renting continue it will cost the city
enough additional to pay the bonds as
they become due. In this view, we
saw that the city could be saved mon
ey and own her school houses, which it
is designed shall be ornaments to New-
nan and of which every citizen will
feel proud, should the bonds prevail.
Question—What authority have you
for this action ?
Answer—Our authority is an act of
the Legislature, approved December
27th, 1886, and amended at the next
session, together with the general law
of the State relating to the issuance
of bonds for such purposes, with the
terms of which we have been very cau
tious to comply in every particular.
Question—What disposition will you
make of the fund, in the event the bond
issue is successful ?
Answer—Without the issuance ol
bonds we have no right to purchase real
estate or to build house* for school pur
poses. But after investigating the mat
ter thoroughly we saw that an econom
ic expenditure of the fund arising from
the sale of bonds, in building school-
houses, would be for the best interest
of the tax payers, aud we have no hesi
tancy in saying that we shall use the
utmost prudence in the disposition ol
the fund. Of course, as we have, unoer
the law, no power whatever to make a
eonti act for real estate on which to
build, or property which could be used
<■ satisfactorily, until the bonds are is
sued, we cannot say exactly how much
will be invested in real estate or in
buildings; but we assure the citizens
of Newnan that in investing the fund
we shall see that the interest of our
city and its tax payers and voters shall
be guarded with the utmost vigilance.
We shall invest the fund in purchasing
or securing real estate on the best terms
possible, and building houses thereon
i Of course, in doing this we shall con
sider the convenience of the tax payers
and patrons. , ,
Question—Suppose bonds are defeat
ed, what course will the Board then
adopt? . , , , ..
Answer—An election has been held
on the question as to whether we should
have public schools. 1 hat election
was very decisive in favor of the
schools, and was so declared by the pro
per authorities; and as we composed
the Board at that time, we would feel
it our duty to continue the operation ot
, the public schools. But we know that
we could not do so without burdening
the tax payers with a heavier load t han
they would have to carry should tliej
decide to issue the bonds and let the
cHv own the houses m which the schools
are taught, which would be such houses
as are arranged especially tor the com
fort and advancement ot the pupils.
Question-What is the present annu
li rental of buildings required for the
P Answ^-Al'Wesent the rental, for
th£“ ar arToL m be,
for tlie rent of College i emple,
is used bv the whites, and $<o.0p toi the
wo houses used bv the colored pupils.
But, as we have above stated, ne set
ih-it during the summer season we u ill
have to ient another house, or other
* houses as the necessities of the case
im demand, which will make the ren
tals for this year equal to or moie than
• r j ie §950.00 interest, on the bonds next
year; should they be issued and all ol
^l^e^tion-WhSwouldbe the annual
co?t to the tax payers if bonds should
b °\nswer—The average annual cost to
the tax payers for thenumber <y e->
to pay the interest on the $16,000 of
bonds—kind enough more to pay off the
bonds themselves should we continue
to rent property for the number of
years which the City Council has seen
proper to float the bonds. We are as-
surod that the children are devoting
more time to their studies than ever
before. That they are more anxious
that their parents assist them in their
lessons when they return home in the
evening,—all of which is a demonstra
tion that we can have schools second
to none in Georgia should we have
houses arranged for the purposes of
such schools, with such comforts as are
needful for the health and advance
ment of the pupils.
In thus answering your questions,
Mr. Editor, we can but ask and insist
that every citizen of the town come to
our aid, register, vote “for bonds,” and
let us have such schools as will give to
each boy and girl in our town an edu
cation which will qualify them for the
varied and important duties of life.
Daniel Swint,
W. C. Snead,
W. A. Dent,
.T. C. Thompson,
A. J. Lyndon,
R, D. Cole, Jr.
J. 1\ Brewster,
R. W. Andrews,
P. F. Cuttino,
I. X. Orr,
T. W. Powel,
Paysox S. Wiiatley.
State Temperance Convention.
A convention of the Georgia Temper-
perance Association is hereby called to
meet in Atlanta at ten o’clock A. M. on
Wednesday, the 25th day of April, 1S88,
to continue in session two deys. The
object of the convention is to consider
the advisability of passing a State law
at the next session of the General As-
steal when necessity drives to it, but
it is wicked, and so pronounced by God,
to take from the poor and give to the
rich. 'This is what our tariff is doing,
and I defy any one to prove the con
trary.
“L. B.” denies that the tariff caused
the war of 1776. I say it did. What made |
our forefathers throw the British tea
overboard, and what caused the war if
it was not the tariff ? What caused the
war of 1812, if the stamp act did not?
As for Nullification, I was in my old
native State, South Carolina, in 1833,
and we set a day when we would open
free trade at Fort Sumter, and notified
the President, Andrew Jackson. And
he sent General Scott to Augusta, Ga.,
and we were all called on by Governor
Haines to volunteer. We mustered
three days in the week, and became
very sassy. We prepared a barbecue,
invited General Scott over, and he ac
cepted the invitation and came over.
This made Old Hickory mad, and lie
wrote General Scott a heavy letter
about it, but he got one equally as
salty in return. We had three great
men in Congress then,—one from the
North, one from the Northwest and one
from South Carolina—Daniel Webster,
Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun, and
they effected a compromise; Webster
representing the New England manu
facturers, Clay the hemp fields of Ken
tucky, and Calhoun the cotton fields of
little South Carolina, which raised
nearlv all the cotton then raised in
J. A. PARKS.
W. G. ARNOLD.
J. S. WARE.
to Charleston and we all skedaddling,
that is “L. B.s’” own fabrication.
I will meet any of the protective
tariff men in Georgia, or anywhere
else in the Union, face to face, and
prove to them, or to our hearers, that
the tariff is a wicked way to raise reve
nue; for it taxes one class to make an
other rich. I am ready. ' C. Y. J.
March 28th.
sembly to be submitted to the people America. But as for Scott being sent
for ratification, and to consider such
other matters as may be deemed best to
advance the prohibition cause in the
State. A full representation from each
and every county in the State is earn
estly desired. Each county will be al
lowed double the number of representa
tives it has in the lower branch of the
General Assembly. Let the friends of
temperance in the several counties ot
the State, whether now organized or
not, call meetings at the most practica
ble time and appoint delegates. An
interesting programme will be arranged.
Distinguished speakers will be invited
to address the convention. Delegates
will be entertained free of charge by
the citizens of Atla nta.
Arrangements will be perfected with
the railroads for the lowest possible
rates.
Let each member ot the committee in
the several Congressional districts ot
the State see that this call is published
by the papers in his district and see
that every county in his district is rep
resented.
By order of the Executive Committee.
C. R. Pringle, President.
W. G. Wiiidby, Secretary.
W. H. Woodall, Ass’t Secretary.
THE NEWNAN
CARRIAGE AND BUGGY WORKS.
We are now prepared to do all kinds of Carriage,
Buggy and Wagon work, and in a style that cannot be
excelled in the State, or anywhere else. Our work
men are skillful and efficient; our material the best
that money will buy; our equipment thorough and
complete in every department. In fact, we have spar
ed neither pains nor expense in preparing for the bus
iness, and our facilities for doing work in this line are
first-class in every respect.
We have on hand the finest lot of material ever put into buggy or carriage work in this
section of the State, and workmen that know exactly how to put it together. We do not
get our vehicles “knocked down,” from the North, as many other manufacturing films do, but
make them out and out. This is our strongest recommendation. \\ e manufacture
CARRIAGES, PHAETONS,
LANDEAUS, HEARSES.
ROAD-CARTS, BUGGIES,
SULKEYS, WAGONS ETC.
We are also prepared to do all kinds of carriage, buggy and wagon repair work, in the
best style and at the lowest prices. Plantation work and horse-shoeing a specialty.
Give us your work; we guarantee satisfaction.
J. S. WARE, (late with Summers & Murphy, Barnesville,) Superintendent-
FARMERS’
executive committee
First district—N. F. Thompson, Chat
ham. „ ,,
Second district—C. P. Hansel!, Thom-
as.
Third district—J. H. Martin, Pulaski.
Fourth district—A. D. Freeman, Cow-
eta.
Fifth district—J. G. Thrower, Fulton.
Sixth district—A. A. 'Murphy, Pike.
Seventh district—L. N. Trammell,
Cobb. T ^
Eighth district—Rev. J. G. Gibson,
Oglethorpe. _
Ninth district—G. N. Lester Forsyth.
Tenth district—Rev. W. L. Kilpatrick,
Richmond.
State at Large—W. B. Hill, of Bibb,
A. E. Buck, of Fulton; J. B. McGehee,
of Talbot; W. II. Felton, of Bartow.
The friends of temperance in Coweta
county are requested to meet in the
Court-house in Newnan, at 10 o clock
on the first Saturday in April, to send
delegates to the State Convention, to
be held in Atlanta on the 25th of April
nex t. Alvan D. Freeman.
Low Tariff Makes Low Goods.
Mr. Editor:—1 see that “L. B.” lias
made some big assertions in reply
ing to me. I could assert that the
moon was gaining thirteen rounds on
the sun every twelve months, but some
neople would know that the re\ ei .>e
was true. So it is with most of my
friend’s assertions in reference to what
I said about Congress and what they
were doing. They won’t try to den>
it, nor will any one else who has read
what they have said and done. As to
what I said about old Uncle Joe Brown
and Mr. Randall and Major Bacon and
the Constitution, they can all answer
for themselves, and will, I hope, for 1
shall be gratified to hear from them.
If it would come so near taking the life
of my old friend to vote for free trade,
we will have plenty without his in the
county and State, and, I hope, in the
United States. He may vote for a high
tariff if he sees fit; but I want him to
show me how we have been “getting
along all right” since the war; or when
we had free trade and got poorer and
poorer every year. "We had the prom
ise of free trade in 1833. The Clay
compromise promised That the tariff
should gradually come off from 1833 to
1840. but the Whigs carried the elec-:
tions, and instead of having fiee trade
we had the Whig tariff of 1840.
Hicks’ Predictions for April.
Southern Cultivator.
We have had no occasion up to date
( March 22) to question the correctness
of the weather predictions of Rev. Irl
R. Hicks, of St. Louis, Mo., which have
appeared in each issue of the Southern
Cultivator during the present year.
We have not endorsed, nor do we now
endorse in advance, his predictions; we
simply give them to our readers for
what they are worth; and so far as we
are personally concerned they are worth
much in the light of the past, which
shows that for thirteen months he has
made no mistake of any importance.
For April he makes these predictions:
A disturbing astronomical cause is ra r L nn
central on April 1st. The period will end 1CLL ’
about the 4th. Cool weather and frost
f >r several days will follow. From the
lltli to 17th of April showers will
abound, with a heavy storm possible
during “danger days.” The heaviest
storms expected during the period be
ginning about the 22d aud ending the
28th. Expect the phenomena to vary
in character, according to the general
progress of the season, from south to
north. All storms, of whatever char
acter, at this time will be hard. Make
a note of this. Frost will follow. See.
SUPPLY
STORE!
Mr. Randall’s Friendship for the South.
New York Times. .
Cotton ties, for binding cotton bales,
are used all over the cotton growing re
gions.of the South. They can be made
at a good protit in this country to com
pete with the foreign article, but there
was imported of them in 1877 some 28,-
000,000 pounds, which at the present
rate of duty, thirty-five per cent, on
their value,* paid in ail $121,008. Mr.
Randall proposes to double the duty
and more. On last year’s importations
this would be $280,000, or a trifle over
80 per cent. The only possible effect
must be to increase the profits of the
Pennsylvania Republican protectionists
whom Mr. Randall serves at the ex
pense of every cotla >n raiser in the South.
This is Mr. Rand di’s cruel tender mer-
cv for the workimrnien of that section.
He knows—no one better—that since the
war the cotton crop has been made
more and more by the labor of small
farmers — men who with infinite
courage, patience and hard work have
built up for themselves a modest begin
ning of prosperity from amid the ruins
of the civil war.
We have received a large
and elegant assortment of
Spring Clothing, comprising
all the new styles and patterns,
which we are selling at aston
ishingly low prices. Can fit
anybody, and suit all tastes.
Call early and make your se-
before the stock is
picked over.
One hundred and fifty bar
rels of Flour just arrived. We
bought this lot at a bargain,
and will let our customers
have it the same way.
SOME SPRING
FACTS AND FANCIES,
FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE DEAR PEOPLE!
The Dates Corrected.
LaGkaxgk, March 24, 18S8.—Editors
Constitution: There is a mistake in the
official call for the two conventions of
the Democrats of Georgia as printed in
your issue of to-day. As printed, the
time recommended for the selection of
delegates is “for the first convention ou
the first Wednesday in May, and for
the second convention on the first
Wednesday in August.”
By reference to your reporter’s notes,
as printed by you on March 22d, you
will find the time for the selection* of
delegates correct. The time is, “for the
first convention, on the first Tuesday in
May, and for the second convention,
on the first Tuesday in July next.”
Bemjamix II. Bigham,
Churn of the State Deni. Ex. Com.
Morrison R. Waite, Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court of the United
States, died last Friday.
City Bond Election Notice.
and it
Whkkkas. The Board of Education of the
City of Newnan, under and by the authority
' , , . j___ ii in nnr i of an Act of the General Assembly ol' Georgia,
brought cotton down to 4 + cent . - Jj ave C al!edau election—the Mayor aud Board
3 From the notice now
’ observed rn.u
if the
renting. - - -n k,
Will Lie ,lu t ^ other hand, the for our cotton.
markets. It remained down until we
elected Polk and a Democratic Con
gress, and they reduced the tariff and
cotton went up. That will he tuc case
again if we can get the tariff reduced:
for Europe consumes two-thirds of our
cotton, and our present tariff prohibits j
that country from shij ping any < t
re using • very
^ferior cotton raised in Indi; and oth
er parts of the work!, which they will;
n ,t usi if wt gi\ - them fr tr
Thej will give us in barter or mon
from thre five cents a rand
“There’s nothing half so sweet
in life as love’s young dream,” saith
the poet; but, of course, he hadn’t
seen those lovely Spring Goods
that now decorate mv counters,
else he would have qualified his re
marks. On this ground I can ex
cuse him, but upon no other; be
cause I have the prettiest, cleanest,
nicest line of Spring novelties that
were ever offered to the trade, ei
ther here or elsewhere, including
. Prints, White Goods, Muslins, (checked and barred,) Renfrew
U? Burpee s Fresh Water- Gin(rhamS) Staple and Fancy Notions, and numerous other
M nn articles calculated to catch the feminine eye and make glad
the hearts of my countrymen. 1 have no timidity in pushing,
these goods, because they will float upon their merits. In
deed, they have only to he seen to be admired, and in this en
terprising age to admire is to buy.
In the masculine line I can show a most elegant lot of
Spring Clothing, comprising the latest styles and fabrics, and
am confident of my ability to please all who may favor me
with their custom. Suits range.in price from $6 to $30, and
were made specially to order, from samples selected by Major
Woodroof and myself. This is official, and we have the rai
ment to show for it.
In addition to the above we have a splendid line of La
dies’ and Gents’ Shoes, medium and fine, (all late summer
styles.) Also, an elegant line of Spring Neckwear and Gents’
Furnishing Goods—the most complete assortment in town.
Likewise, a handsome assortment of new and stylish Spring
Hats, for men and boys.
The celebrated “Pearl” Shirt a specialty. I am also the
exclusive agent in ^Newnan for Nomburg, Kraus & Loura,
manufacturing clothiers of New York, and will take your
measure and have suits made to order without extra charge,
F.ull line of Spring samples now on hand; fit guaranteed.
In the GROCERY line I keep constantly on hand such
articles as Flour, Meat, Lard, Sugar, Corn, Meat, Meal, Oats,
Bran, Peas, Stock Feed, and everything designed to nourish
or tickle the interior of either man or beast. I have a job lot
of Tobacco, all grades, which I am offering at a bargain. Also,
twenty-five or thirty barrels of new New Orleans Syrup, on'
the same terms. Cash or On Time, and uniform prices to
all—rich or poor. Come and see me; I can do you good.
Ground Meal always on hand
Best Meal in the market for
table use.
J. I. & G. O. SCROGGIN,
West Side Public Square,
Newnan, Ga.
THE
“NEWNAN GIRL”
CIGARS
Take the lead over all compet
itors, and will continue to do
so as long as tobacco is raised
in Havana. These cigars are
made by hand, right here at
home, and are warranted to
be pure Havana Filler. The
only strictly 10c. cigar manu
factured in the State that is
sold for FIVE CENTS. At
wholesale and retail.
M. SALBIDE.
Factory No 10. Newnan, Ga.
portion ^
?^ U riiffed Fopiy wm^niriSy < don - t bring one cent into our treasury
The present tariff, being prohibitory.
They are
prosperous
as to
condition! It is a question
whether we shall issue bonds, : ^ tQ the rich . without any
build and own our Ji?Xeach year {for so doing. It would be '
be taxed more than enough e.i - \
Congress should try free trade for a
few years on some of those things that
they have prohibited, as the present
only steals from the poor to
: apology
wrong to
Aldermen of tin-City <>f Newnan, concur
ring therein— in determine the question
whether bonds shall be issued by the City of
Newnan for the purpose of purchasing school :
property, and building and equipping the ,
n< cessarv school -houses. The amount of such
bonds shall be SIXTEEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS, and the interest they are to bear
shall be six per cent, per annum, payable j
semi-annually.
The principal of said bonds to be paid as
follows:
nsandet srs on ran it ry 1st, 1B9S
Onetb and ollarsonJanuary 1st, 1897-
sand 1 arson January 1st, l$99.
■ lie thousand dollars on .January 1st, lfi.il.
sand llarson Januarj 1st. 1! ■_
■ tne thousand dollars on Jam; try is',
>'= :>t on hundred dollars on January 1st. RVl.
Fid hundr - . larson Janu ury : ,i! 5.
F:f: . : ir.md’t d • !. liars on .Tamo ry !si. In
- I dollar ... 1st,1907.
Two thousand doilars -on January 1st, !'•••».
Two thousand dollars on January 1st, 1909.
The qua 1 :tied voter-, of the City of Newnan
will take m that s -.id election will be i
held on the '>!u day of April. |w\
By ordero: e Mayor arid Board of Aider-
ir-t-n of the City of Newnan. This March
'.’ist. 1S>>. L. G. CONYERS,
City Clerk.
If you owe for this paper be good
enough to settle at ‘your first opportunity.
The publishers need the money.
L. S. CONYERS & CO.
At J. 8. Anderson’s oid stand.)
BAY STREET, - - - - NEWNAN, GA.
Have ju-i received and are opening up an
entirely new uiid carefully i stock ot
GROCERIES.
X THis I/iNE
we can supppiy your every want at the low
est living prices. Our stock of
DRY GOODS
. I. P. BRADLEY.
Greenville Street, next door to Newnan National Bank.
ATLANTA & WEST POINT RAILROAD,
WESTERN
• —-oxtAND->'
RAILWAY
OF ALABAMA.
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CECIL
GA BBETT,
CHAS. H. CROMWELL,
has just arrrived, and we carry everything
from HATS to SHOES.
£jy-Give us a call, and be assured we will
treat you the best we know how.
General Manager.
Gen’l Passenger Agent.
M C CLEN DON. & CO.,
PRINTERS, STATIONERS AND BINDERS.