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of candidates for office will be chanted or at e,U me ,etmg.
thelrateof fivecenls p-rline. h crat !upon thisline.
ch^e D s?id’- ^ lyi ? g to Mr - J^kscrn’s
wopkttn i ft • ha ye caucused three
weeks to tun this meeting, without civ-
»!.> o-Jfht to allow uf.o
caucus a little now.”
troddlV, ,? v,rnersa id the poor, down-
lit Si f:,r P ler has a right to call a po-
tical meeting whenever he gets readv,
l,? y i W f y he Pleases. This Cour't-
: vi : t r °„ V • b 2 0n £ 8 to him. He charged
a a kau. , fraud in the last mass meeting, and col
lusion to defeat the object of the pres
Pin mmifintr TI„ i . 1
eating the claims
ent meeting. lie spoke at some fengtli
JACKSON OR GRIMES.
A Stormy Conflict Between the Two
Factions in Heard Last Tuesday.
Special Correspondence.
I hat the whole truth may be known,
t he people of this section (most of whom
Thos. B. Davis rose to a question of
I personal privilege ; that lie had intend-
i en to say nothing in this meeting, but
I lie had been charged with fixing up
caucuses, and desired to reply ; said he
neither lived in town nor at a cross- j
roads ; said lie was neither the head nor
a member of any political ring, and did
not know that lie was often associated
And the reason it was put into the!. Another objection to the Court is that
City Court law was because the Conn- j in disputes between landlords and ten-
ty Court had been trving cases below i ants, etc., the Judge can settle them at
that amount, and no particular obje<--! once, without waiting fora.regularterai
tion had ever been made to it. But in | of the Court. The objection seems to
cases over one hundred dollars the Jus- 1 be that this opens up a held of litiga-
tice Courts cannot be given jurisdic-1 tion which othei wise would not exist;
tion, because the Constitution limits ! that dissatisfied tenant will always be
them; and the*e cases must be brought draggin© their landlords up before the
either in the Superior Court, or in some j Court and re-opening settlements an
other Court established by tin- Legi-ln- ready made; requiring them to exhibit
turn. The Superior Court, as it is c< n- their accounts at unseasonable times of
rtituted, cannot meet the demand. ; the year, and going to great expense
There arc so many litigated matters for lawyers fees and witnesses, and
constantlv springing ui» now that the causing a last- amount of useless trouble
methods oi fifty years ago will not suf- and expense, Some of those who op-
fice. The Superior Court sits but twice ; pose .this feature of the Court, oh ar-
a vear, and when the docket is called actenze it as a relic of the old Freed-
the cases must be disposed of-e : .tlier by : man ? Bureau. Now those who favor
trial or continuance. The Court cannot I this jurisdiction say that there is un-
The time is lim-i necessary alarm about the practical
COLE'S
SEED COTTON ELEVATOR
Will add to the popularity of your Gin because it cleans
that the speaker
, . must sit down. ;
history. ° ‘ ^ [ After several attempts to speak, amidst;
The calls for the meeting were as fol- i 0U( ^ cr ‘es °f “Davis,” ‘.‘question,” and
lows, and were published in the Frank-, f» ener al stampeding, Mr. Davis took his
them
“important !
“Considering it of vital importance to
Heard county to secure the Chattanoo
ga, Rome and Columbus Railroad, and
to inaugurate certain industrial enter
prises, I take the liberty of calling a
meeting of the citizens of the county to
assemble at the Court-house on the first
Tuesday in June, (next Tuesday) to ap
point a committee to confer with a like
committee of citizens of West Point to
make an organized effort to get the
road. Hon. A. D. Freeman and Hon.
L. R. Ray, of Newman, will by invita- i
t ion address the meeting. Other prom- j
inent speakers may he on hand. Ret
all come. R. II. Jackson.”
“notick, democrats !
“In order that (lie politics of the
county may be harmoniously managed,
and narty dissensions and bad feelings
avoided, it is necessary that thv Demo
crats of the county meet at the Court
house uext Tuesday. Every Democrat
can leave his work one day. It may
save considerable annoyance. Let ev
ery Democrat attend. A peoples’ con
vention is w hat is wanted, and such it
will require to properly shape the coun
ty’s polities. Many Citizens.”
The meeting was called at 11 o’clock,
in pursuance of the above calls, and or
ganized by electing 1. .1. Stephens chair
man, and P. T. McCut.ehen secretary.
Mr. Stephens, upon taking the chair,
stated that he did not know the object
of the meeting, but no one offered to
enlighten him.
R. II. Jackson took the floor and
made a. railroad speech, after which a
committee was appointed to meet with
a like committee from West Point, these
committees to appoint a sub-committee
to confer with President Williamson
upon the practicability of securing the
Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus rail
road through Heard county.
A motion to adjourn was then made
and numerously seconded.
R. II. Jackson—“Adjourn the meet
ing if you can. I will call it together
again in two minute 1 .”
The motion to adjourn was lost.
R. II. Jackson moved the appoint
ment, of a committee of three to retire
and prepare business for the meeting.
P. H. Whitaker, Jr.—"What is the
object of this meeting ? Nobody seems
to know the object. Will any gentle
man in the house tell me V Who called
the meeting? Will any gentleman tell
me that? Is it a Democratic, Republi
can, or Third Party meeting ? Was it
called by Democrats?”
Mr. Whitaker then opposed the ap
pointment of any committee until the
object of the meeting was made known;
that no action could he taken by that
meeting to shape the policy of the Dem
ocratic party of Heard county; that the
people were at home, very busy, and
would pay no attention to an anony
mous call when they knew nothing of
the purpose of the call. The anony
mous call had only been published in
the paper three days prior to the meet
ing, and that more than half the people
of the county knew nothing of it; that
no action could be taken that would
hind the party unless the meeting was
called through the Democratic Execu
tive Committee of the county, and due
After a speech from F. S. Loftin, ad
vising that the meeting was not prop
erly called, and showing that the meet- |
ing could not properly undo the action J
of the last mass meeting, and several !
other speeches by different parties, the j
committee to prepare business for the j
meeting was appointed and soon return
ed with resolutions repudiating the ac
tion of the last mass meeting, which
resolutions were put upon their pas
sage, when Thos. B. Davis again at
tempted to speak and was told by the
chairman to sit down, which he declined
to do and appealed to the house. This
was not put and Mr. Davis proceeded
to speak. Pandemonium reigned—yell
ing, stamping, cries of “Davis,” “ques
tion,” etc. Order could not be restored.
The chairman resigned and Mr. Jack-
son took the chair, and amidst the
greatest confusion put the queswpn of
adopting the report of the committee.
Although there were cries of “divis
ion,” and every other conceivable noise,
lie declared the resolutions adopted
and left the Court-house.
Order was immediately restored and
Wesley Spearman elected chairman.
Resolutions were adopted calling a mass
meeting for the first Tuesday in July.
The meeting then adjourned in good
order.
The Democrats of Heard will sit down
on bossism, and .all attempts to boss
them, in the future. Observer.
Enon Grove, Ga., June 6th.
Communicated.
The City Court.
Seeing the agitation in the county
over tlie City Court of Newnan, please
allow me to say a word or two in its be
half; and it is perhaps proper to preface
my remarks with the assertion that I
am not a candidate for any office.
Having been one of a committee ap
pointed to draft the bill establishing
the Court, I deem it hut proper to say
something in its vindication. I recog
nize the right of the people of the
county to control all local matters, and
to have the Court abolished if it is their
pleasure to do so; and it is with the
hope that I may say something which
will, in a small way, contribute to a
calm consideration of the matter before
they finally conclude to have the act
establishing the Court repealed, that I
am induced to write this article.
First, as some may never have read
the act, I will give the main features of
it. Ii has jurisdiction over the county
in cases over fifty dollars, except in di
vorce cases, equity causes, and where
title to land is involved; so that, with
these exceptions, all cases over fifty
dollars, which can be brought in the
Superior Court, can be brought in this
Court. The Judge has all the powers
of a Judge of the Superior Court in
these matters, and also all the special
jurisdiction of the County Court Judges
under the County Court act. ike
Court has also jurisdiction to dispose of
misdemeanor cases, without indict
ment or jury trial if the parties waive
it, or after indictment if it is not wai\-
LH The rules of practice are like those in
the Superior Court, with some excep
tions. The terms are held month 1 c loi
the trial of cases involving amounts not
exceeding one hundred dollars; and
quarter!v, for larger cases. Junes are
drawn for quarterly terms. Jurors arc
aid the same as in the Superior C ourt.
impanneled; and a
accommodate parties,
ited. The docket must he gone through
with. The parties and their trains
of witnesses are all in waiting from the
first to the last of the Court. Nobody
can claim indulgence. When his case
is called, if he is not ready, he must
step aside and let the other waiting
litigants have a showing, and his case
goes over for six months. And so it is,
that for one cause or another, cases are
continued from year to year; and par
ties are at last tired out, and run to ex
pense for witness fees and lose their
own time attending Court, until it
would seem to he suicidal to go to law
at all. In fact, it frequently costs
more to litigate than to be imposed up
on; and some people would prefer to
give up their rights than to seek to up
hold them in the Courts, simply be
cause of the law’s t
who is able to pay his witnesses, the
fees are •burdensome when they have
to attend, Court after Court—two
weeks, frequently, at a time; ami when
the party is too poor to pay his wit
nesses, if is too hard for them to be
compelled to lose their time and at
tend Court, term after term, waiting
fora case to be tried in which they
have no interest at all, and in which
they are not paid. This is discouraging
to honest
workings of it. They say that necessi- j t h e co tto n and thus IMPROVES THE SAMPLE, saves
tv tor it arises from the fact that dis-|
putes between these two classes of peo-'
pie ought to he settled very speedily, | j a ^ or i es;sens the danger from FIRE, and makes the
because neither can afford to litigate ^ ^
long about the matters likely to come
up between them; and that it is to the
interest of both parties to have a tribu
nal competent to adjust their matters
summarily. They say that the land
lords need not complain, because more
landlords, in the long run, will have
cause of complaint against tlieirtenants
than tenants who can justly complain
of landlords; that the landlord class
will be benefited by it and have more
occasion to use it; that it will be a great
protection to them, by giving them a
: tribunal which has power to compel
them to comply with their contract
lelav’ To a' man and that the Court is always open and
‘ ready to do so. They say that the
Judge is not likely to encourage useless
or malicious citations by tenants, and
that by the time a few of them try to
use hint for the purpose of of harassing
their employers or landlords, and make
nothing by it, and their lawyers get no
fees for aiding them, they will want to
keep out of that Court. They say it
will soon be so that all a landlord will
have to do to induce his tenant to com-
litigants, and‘Vver since Tcan j ply with his contract will be to threaten
remember these considerations have him with the City Court,
been urged by the people against going | How all this will be, 1 cannot pretend
to law, even m a just cause; and it is to say. This much I will say, though
not as it should be in justice to the committee who dratted
A‘min, if the misdemeanor eases had ! the bill, tnat they thought they were
to be disposed of in the Superior Court, < doing landloids no injustice, or putting
accused parties, and frequently inno- j them miner no disadvantage by msert-
cent ones, who could not give bond, 1 ,n rw ,f wmild
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often longer, to be tried. If a speedy
trial could be had, they would either
be acquitted and go free, or be con
victed and commence serving out
their sentence. This is an unnecessary
hardship on those prosecuted, and a
heavy expense to the county for jail
fees.
With only the Superior Court to
dispose of petty offenses, parties arrest
ed under warrant and committed must
await the action of the grand jury,
howevei much they may desire a quick-
disposal of the matter. Even if they
desired to waive it, they could not do
so. When this occurs soon after a term
of the Superior Court, it would be a
hardship.
Then, when the grand jury would
find a true bil^ and immediately after
Court the sheriff would go around with
his bench warrants and gather in and
jail the unfortunates, it would be
until the next term of the Court before
one of them could even plead guilty, if
lie so desired. Thus, frequently, a man
who had been guilty of some trivial of
fense. deserving, perhaps, only a month
or t wo in the chain-gang, would be com
pelled to lie in jail six months before
he could get the privilege of beginning
to serve out his time. And while this
is a wrong to the defendants, it is very
expensive to the county in the matter
of jail fees. The jail-birds must eat at
the expense of the county, because
even if they are able to pay the costs,
the jail fees are not a part of them,
and cannot be charged against them.
Some Court other than the Superior
Court is necessary to keep the jail clear.
The City Court meets this want, and
it is now a rare occurrence that a man
accused of a crime or misdemeanor is
detained in jail for more than a day or
two. The sheriff does not have board
ers enough to make it interesting. It
is lonesome to pass the jail of late
years.
COST OF GINNING LESS.
Our Elevator is sold for less than half the cost of any
other system of handling cotton.
We have just received a car-load of
PIPING,
i
From the Pittsburg Mills, and can sell at prices that would
surprise you. You can not afford to be without
PROTECTION FROM FIRE
when pipe is so cheap.
_ ainst
the Court. Of course, this being a mere
local matter, concerning only this coun
ty, the good people have a right to be
suited; and the question is, whether
the Court is to be abolished simply be
cause it has objectionable features.
It is a matter for the people to decide
whether they prefer to perfect and re
tain the Court, or abolish it and submit
to the increase in taxes necessary to
meet the increased cost in jail fees and
Superior Court expenses. The County
Court law could not be altered to meet
the views of our people without amend
ing the law for the entire State, and it
i ..‘a ! 1 pro .!!(■ i >;.‘t t ;.!•> cwui.i be
i > ie. j i.is i;iw establishing a City
v. ■ i.i’i can ue amended so as to conform
to me views oi our people, and no one
outside of the county has the right to
object, as they would not be affected
by the change. Would it not be
better to' remedy the defects, if
there be any, than to abolish the
Court? Very few things are made
perfect at first; and if the rule were to
destroy a tiling because it did not suit
as first made, very few things would
ever reach perfection. If the Court
does not suit as it now is, it can be
F erfected by amending the law. And
submit to the calm consideration of
the people of the county if it ought
not to be dealt with in that manner.
I am not particular as to how the Court
shall be changed, but I do think we
ought to have it in some shape; hence
1 throw out these suggestions. Thank
ing you for your indulgence, I am,
Yours respectfully,
Orlando McClendon.
Save your boilers by having our
JET” PUMP
For the Legislature.
To the Voters of Coweta County : At
the solicitation of many friends I have
consented to announce my name as a
candidate for the Legislature, subject;
to the action of the Democraticconven- j rT _. Iir ,„ „ ITr , mtotitivt/-
tion. In doing so, I submit the follow-1 HOUbE FURNISHING
to raise water from well. It is cheap and the best means
on earth for raising water.
Inquire about our anti-Wind Mill Water System.
R. D. COLE MANUFACTURING CO.,
NEWNAN, GEORGIA.
T. E. FELL & CQ
HARDWARE,
NAILS,
IRON AND STEEL,
CUTLERY,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
notice thereof given to every body. He
believed the meeting was a trap to down , pan
Ton, Crimes, who had done noth mg but hrtw«, ^ ,mv be composed ei-
las duty m Congress. J, -■ , _ •. .,«■ the notion of the pav-
K. IT Jackson replied at -length, sta -: her of <. oi L, aft he U ^ a jury on
ing that the mass meeting of one month | tie&. A . / m . ir on the first
depo-
s not
ail
The
Handed farmer our or ms riguts , ***«»*•; YILLTtGiot. allowed to continue a case
he (Jackson) ploughed an old mule and . Judge is n • ^ [f there is any proba-
worked as bard as anybody; that lorn 1be y )e } n! r ha(l before the
Grimes had done nothing but try to get j L ^ am i lie is authorized to set
I, CO I i ICT , , ,.„ nv pllipnt turn
The Superior Court is expensive, i
While the grand jury is in session t he i ■ r p] a tform -
regular daily expense of the Court is j j I oppose the sale of the State
*106 00. A\ ltli no grand jury it is *62 00. ; Road or th e payment of anything for
The City Court costs very little in com-1 betterments.
HARDWARE,
Cooking Stovos and Tinware.
1 parison, and does not raise the amount
j of taxes to any appreciable extent.
i The consequence ol having the two
1 Courts is, that suitors are not delayed
in having their causes settled: and as
I this is the object of Courts, it may be
i urged t hat the City Court, or something
i like it, is a necessity.
One objection urged against it
2. I am in favor of abolishing the Ag- j
! ricultural Bureau.
3. I am in favor of repealing the law
creating the City Court of Newnan.
4. I am favor of repealing the internal
revenue laws and allowing the States !
to control the revenues derived from |
the manufacture of spirituous liquors, j
5. I am opposed to class legislation
COTTON GINS,
CARRIAGE MATERIAL,
BELTING.
that it infringes on the jurisdiction of . form"or shape.
Justices of the Peace by entertaining A1 f of whldl ] s respectfully sub
claims between fifty and one hundred ; initte d. Thos. Swint.
dollars. It is true it does take some :
from the Justices, and frequently ; The question of building a railroad
All kinds of Job Work in Tin
done on short notice.
a man has to come to town to defend a from Rockmart to Carrollton, on to- i
Grimes two years ago ag
until
Free -^l°ta U fc e ciS-rinmT , A
“^Jackson—“I did, but I’m -ty | /S& %
,0 .T.‘V. D. Stephens sot the floor and j ‘theYrarnhV'tbe' Court and
lease which he might'otherwise defend
i in his own district. This may or may
; not be an objectionable feature. There
is certainly no necessity for it. But
| some people who do not live in town
■ prefer to litigate there, because they
Newnan, Ga.
ward the Gulf, is being talked of by some
of the citizens of Carrollton. At the
last session of the Legislature a char-!
ter was obtained for such a road, under j
the name of the North Georgia and St.
Andrew’s Bay railroad. Among the
THE
would lose a day anyway; and while incorporators "in the county are W. F.
they are at it they would as soon go to Brown, S. W. Harris, Dr. Slaughter, and
town as to their own Court-ground. ! w. B. Candler. It is quite probable
And, then, they frequently get the that a delegation of gentlemen from
benefit of counsel in town who do not j Carrollton will visit Rockmart at an
attend Justices’ Courts. This feature I early day in the interest of the enter-
of the Court can either be retained or ; prise.
dispensed with without materially — 1 ■ — i
impairing its usefulness. : ~
Another objection urged by some is, CtTlTlOUTlvCtTlCTuS.
that the law prescribes that cases , ~ -— ——~~ !
are to be tried bv the Judge alone, for the legislature.
without a jury, unless one of the par- j a candidair- for Representative from ,
ties demands a jur\ b\ the hrst day of (joweta eouuty to the next General Assem-
the Court. T hose v» ho raise this objec- D ]subject to the action of the Democratic
tion say that it works a hardship, be-j ' w. Y. ATKINSON, i
cause, being ignorant of the necessity ' ~ —
for making the demand, through inad-; ~~ ,
vertenee parties frequently lose their Item ubrcrltscn^lltf.
right to a jury by failing to make the
demand at the proper time. And some
sav that the restrictions thrown around
“NEWNAN GIRL”
SEASON 1888!
The Standard-Bred Trotting Stallion,
NEWNAN,
8029.
indorse Tom Grimes. .
W. H. Daniel, Chairman Democratic
Executive Committee ‘Any L
intimation that the Executive Cornn :
tee indorsed anybody is utterly t. s •
Mr. Stephens, resuming, stud Jackson
had brought J. H. Turner up from La-
Grange and furnished him a hoiae
buggy and had him speaking both «
an5 night on the west side ot the i
all last week, to trump up a crowd tm
he (Jackson) could run. ,
Mr. Jackson again took the floor, ana
said that the meeting of one montn ag
was a trick gotten up by lawyers,
ipointing to Thos. B. Davis] there u the
man who fixed it. Look at them . 1L.
are caucusing now !”
Benj. H. Tompkins, Dr. Cook, ( has.
P. Stephens and Jas. H. Mooie uei
sitting near Mr. Davis, and all seemed
t o be talking.
Siirt aS elubiilb another whieh
could be made to suit tbe emuitt- an l
which could be changed at anj time u:
rnedt the wishes ot the people. 1 in
stitution provides for just slit | ^•
Hence, the name of t uy Court oi -
This, beinsi created by a
•i. can be modified at any tune to
l ike it what the people want and an -
take u . t th > t prove objec-
be remedied. Xo\v, as to
CIGARS
Take the lead over all compet
itors, and will continue to do
local
nan. air
act, can
m;
thing about
Notice to trie Public.
♦ inrv of rhp Court arp un All parties arc hereby warned not nire or
the jur\ tem u Tile courr ale u J?“j harbor myson. William Broomhead. 19years
constitutional. -Now, all the unconstl- and h minor. Who ba? lefr my home,
tutional features of an act of the Leg- Am- party who harbois or gives employment;
islature are of no effect: and if it is : to the ««i«ii wimam will be >
iffga; i » "• i so as long as tobacco is raised
strictions would not be operative. This Afn vrv Gnu FARMERS in Havana. These cisrars are
constitutional matter will very >oon be iuU.nli i la tv r. viv*\i iv.i , . , . , ? .
decided bv the Supreme Court, and will made nv hand, ri£(nt here at
"one. TSweXY. 1 »"> prepared W negotiate; home, and are warranted to
I would venture that .he restrictions as loans on improved real estate be pure Havana I dler. 1 lie
stitutlcuf 1 * iiutf as a°matter of AcniTel at a total commission of II only strictly ioc. cigar manu-
nience, perhaps the objection is good. Der cen t. with interest at S per factured in the State that is
Maybeit would be better to have a jury P ,, \ ! _li g.,-rVW
in all cases where both parties did not cent, pa\ aole once a year, to-
expressly waive it. However, it would Qn December ISt.
be au easy matter for a man. when he,' u nmim
is sued in Court and wants a jury, to L. JV1. r AKiViLK.
write the Judge a card notifying him i Xewnan Ga
•Sired by ‘-Blackwood,” ~4,, sire of ‘‘Pro-
teine,” 2:18, “Blackwood, Jr.” 2:22. “Black-
wood Prince,” 2:'2ff',. elc. Dam by “Dictator,”
Id, -ire of “Jay Eye See,” 2:10, "PhaUas,”
2:13Ai, “Director,” 2:17, and fifteen other 2:J0
performers, combining the blood of the three
greatest trotting families: “HamWetontan,”
“Mambrimi Chief” and ‘‘American Star.”
“Newnan’s” sire, “Blackwood.” soid for ?30,-
Pfli. His grandsire, “Dictator.” sold for <23.-
U00. “Newnan” is a stylisi), handsome dark
bay, I5J4 bands high, and is undonbtediy Die
Iiest-blooded animal ever broutrht to this sec
tion. For terms, etc., call on or address
R. M. HACKNEY.
Newnan, Ga., April 13— 3m
isold for FIVE CENT
wholesale and retail.
i
At
of that fact. This would secure it for him
M. S ALB IDE.
Factory No io. Newnan, Ga.
II. c. fisher & co.,
FIRE, LIFE, AND TORNADO —
INSURANCE,
NEWNAN, GEORGIA.