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$Ite Jerald and ^dcertiscij. BY THE NEWNAN PUBLISHING CO. S ’ w * .MURRAY, Business Manager. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF CITY AND COUNTY •_ 'V'V/V/X/V/VV'V SUBSCRIPTION THICK, #1.50 V v wwww\\\wvw Ww , ervw A11 com mu n icat.ions ad v 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 w of men iuu.imt.mi... ........ ..... ....... Til- 1 . n .1 ^ 1 “ the 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. 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