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Herald and Advertiser.
NEWNAN. CA., FRIDAY. MAY 19.
J VS. K. BROWN. KIM. VK T. WIIATI.KY
BROWN & WHATLEY,
KllIToll- AND I’l'Ill.IHlIKItS.
Official Organ of City and County.
COL. DVOGY GLESSNER KT AL.
According to an old saw, “Who
scrubs an ass’s heud wastes his soap,”
and wo must plead guilty to this folly
iu an experience recently had with
our gifted but gabby contemporary,
Col. Duggy OlesRiier, of The Griffin
News and Sun. When pulled up short
on a proposition which it is not con
venient to meet ho hnH a playful
hnbitof covering his confusion by fly
ing into n rage, only to break out
afresh the next moment in some
unexpected quarter, and with an en
tirely new proposition. For example,
in our nccount of the lynching of Sam
Holt we made the following amiable
reference to the “flower of chivalry”
of Griflln and vicinity who assisted (?)
the Jones brothers in rescuitig(V) the
unhappy and much-bedraggled dar
key from a Grillln mob, ami convoy
ing him in safety (?) to tTio Coweta
jail, to-wit:
“The people of Nownan have no
disposition to ‘throw off’ on the Grif
fin pnrty. On the contrary, they
were applnuded by some of our citi
zens for the interest and enterprise
displayed in charteiing a special i.ain
and hurrying the negro to the Coweta
jail; but it may not be amiss to let
the fnct be known that the lynching
and attendant barbarities were not
exclusively n Newnan nfTalr.”
Now, we thought this rather neatly
turned—handsomely said, iu fuel—
especially ns Newnan had had no
shnro in the reward. Hut Col. Gless-
uer wouldn’t have it that way. He
detected in this soft and rippling
speech n sinister fling nt the “flower
of chivalry” of Griflln nnd vicinity,
and waxed exceeding wroth, lie did
not deny Hint the “flower of chivalry”
of Griflln und vicinity were among
the chief functionaries at the Holt
obsequies, and yet failed to show
wherein or in what manner we had
“thrown off” on the Griflln party.
Therefore, he sought to raise a new
issue by declaring that Editor Drown,
of this paper, paid a visit to Gov.
Candler on Monday morning after the
lynching nnd advised “the Governor
not to pay the reward offered by the
Slute to the enptors of Snm Holt, on
tho ground that the Griflln parties hnd
not acted in good faith in turning the
negro over to the sheriff of tho coun
ty, although not denying that they
held the receipt for him,” nnd added
that “this prayer was made in secret”
to tho Governor, etc.
In The Hkkai.d and Advertiser
of May f> we promptly repudiated this
charge, using tlie following language,
io-wit:
“The obviously gratuitous assertion
of The News and Sun that one of the
editors of Tiik Hkkai.d and Advi«r :
tihkh visited Gov. Onndler on the
morning after the lynching and ad
vised against the payment of the re
ward offered by the State for the cap
ture of Sam Holt, is absolutely false.
Our opinion as to whether tho sur
render of the prisoner into the hands
of the sheriff of Coweta county by the
‘flower of chivalry’ of Griflln and
vicinity constituted a legal delivery
wus not solicited, nor did we offer any
suggestion on the subject.”
In The News and Hun of May 0 Col.
GlesBner attempted to support his
charge by printing the following
signed statement, to-wit:
“We, the undersigned citizens of
Griflln, hereby certify that on the
'24th day of April wo were in the of
fice of the Governor of the State of
Georgia, and that Gov. Candler did
then and there state openly in our
presence, witiiout any request for
secrecy, that Mr. Brown, the State
Librarian, had been in to see him that
morning and had stated that it might
be ndvisabie to hold up the State’s
reward for the delivery of Sant Hobo
(or Holt) to the sheriff of Coweta
county, until it could be ascertained
whether said delivery was made iu
good faith. “W. B. Mathkwe,
“R. A. Gordon,
“A. Rooowski.
“Signed this 8th day of May, 1809.”
Gov. Candler was out of the State
last week from Tuesday morning un
til Thursday following, aud almost
immediately upon his return was
called away by a telegram announc
ing the serious illness of a relative.
Consequently he could not be seen
in time to get a statement for the last
issue of Tiik Hkkai.d and Adver
tiser. On Tuesday lust, however,
lie was visited by a representative of
this paper, aud upon being shown
the printed certificate of Messrs.
Mathews, Gordon aud Rogowski,
furnished the following statement for
publication in The Herald and Ad
vertiser, to-wit:
“I-have seen the statement signed
by Messrs. Mathews, Phelps and Rog-
owski, which appeared in a Griflln pa
per of May 9tb. That statement, so
far as it relates to an alleged inter
view between State Librarian Brown
and myself regarding the payment of
the reward offered by the State for
the capture of Sam Holt, is incorrect.
Mr. Brown did not advise that the re
ward be held up, for any reason, nor
did I discuss with him the propriety
or advisability of so doing. The At
torney-General was the only State
House official whose advice was
sought by me, and the only one who
was asked to express an opinion in
■ the matter. I did send for Mr. Brown
! on tho morning after the Newnan
j lynching, and obtained from him a
I general account of the occurrence. In
j conferring with the several gentle-
l men who afterwards called to see me
i in regard to the payment of the re-
I ward, I may have referred to the con-
j versation previously had with Mr.
] Brown; but If the gentlemen named
i got the impression that I had been
last Sunday’s New York Herald anent
the Holt lynching is pretty much on
the right line. We shall at least await
the appearance of his next letter be
fore venturing a criticism.
The fight between the round and
square bale is now on, with the odds
apparently In favor of the latter.
Grikkin is so “dry”
even rain down there.
that it won’t
Same North as South.
Harper's Weekly, (Now York.)
Whatever any Northern reader may
feel about the burning of the negro
advised by Mr, Brown to withhold the Sam Holt and the lynching of the ne-
reward, they misunderstood what I
said. Mr. Brown did not seek to in
fluence my course in the matter, one
way or another. The reward was
held up temporarily by advice of the
Attorney-Genera), and I bo stated to
the Griflln parties.”
Attorney-General Terrell was like
wise seen by The Herald and Ad
vertiser representative, and made
the following statement, to-wit:
“On the duy subsequent to the
lynching of Ham Holt I had a conver
sation with Mr. Brown, State Libra
rian, who had just come up from his
home at Newnan. Ho gave such de
tails of the Affair as he had witnessed,
and, as I have a good many friends in
Coweta, I was nnturally interested by
the recital. During tho forenoon of
the samo day Gov, Candler called, me
lijto Ids office for the purpose of dis
cussing the point as to whether the
negro, Ham Holt, had been legally
delivered to the sheriff of Coweta
county, nnd whether, in view of the
fact liiat it did not appear that tho
prisoner had ever left the hands of
the mob, the State was liable for the
reward. Pending this discussion, I
suggested to the Governor that he
send for Mr. Brown and get such par
ticulars of the lynching as he (Mr.
Brown) might bo nblo to furnish. The
Governor ucted upon the suggestion
nnd sent for Mr. Brown. The Intter
made a statement to the Governor,
in my presence, but nothing wns said
respecting tho reward by either Mr.
Brown or the Governor. Botli before
nnd after this interview 1 talked with
Mr. Brown on the subject of the re
ward, and expressed some doubt as
to whether the terms of tho procla
mation hnd been fully complied with
by the enptors of Ham Holt. Mr.
Brown disagreed with me, and gave
it ns his opinion that the reward had
been fairly earned by the Jones broth
ers nnd should bo paid. I advised the
Governor to hold up the reward until
he should have time to make an in-
vestigation for the purpose of deter
mining whether the Jones brothers
had, in good faith, endeavored to
bring their prisoner to Atlnnta. This
investigation was lnnde, resulted sat
isfactorily, und I then advised that
the reward be paid.”
Thu foregoing statements are of
fered in rebuttal to that of Messrs.
Mathews, Gordon and Rogowski, nnd
that they fully sustain our disclaimer
will probably not be disputed. The
parties referred to evidently misun
derstood what Gov. Candler Bnld in
discussing the mutter with them.
We desire now to withdraw the of
fensive term employed in denouncing
the charge as originally made In The
News and Sun, for the joint certificate
of Messrs. Mathews, Gordon and
Rogowski makes it plain that Col.
Glessner did not bring the accusation
“gratuitously.” Although false in
fnct, lie probably believed at the time
it was made thut lie had evidonco to
sustain it. It costs us no effort to
make this admission, bearing in mind
that a menu man flndeth no favor iu
the sight of the Lord, while the right
eous man availeth much—or words
to that effect.
In a sermon delivered at one of the
Atlanta churches on Sunday last the
colored Methodist bishop, Rev. W. J.
Gaines, referred to the crime of rape
and the punishment usually meted
out in such cases, as follows:
“I want to say to-day that he who
apologizes for the crime of rape, or
has any sympathy for the inhuman
monster who commits this crime, be
he black or white, is an enemy to
God aud a traitor to his race. * * *
But the danger of mob law is that
sometimes innoceut men are con
demned and executed. And in my
condemnation of lynch law it is not
that I wish the guilty to escape, but
that I do not wish the innocent to
suffer. Iu this I am supported by such
men as ex-Governors Northen nnd
Atkinson, nnd all other good men in
this section. There is no danger of a
race war; ull such talk is idle and
foolish. With 95 per cent, of our race
good citizens, what occasion is there
for war? The good men of both races
will and can get together, and peace
aud harmony will prevail.”
Not long ago a Griflln belle who
had been out in the rain returned
home nnd spread her galoshes out in
an upper window to dry. A curious
■throng soon gathered iu front of the
house, attracted by the canopy-like
objects that projected over the win
dow-sill. They thought it was a new
kind of awning.
A CRUSTY old bachelor, whose
thoughts should be occupied with
more serious affairs, says the Griflln
girls are so pigeon-toed that one
can’t tell from their footprints
whether they are going home or com
ing to town.
Dr. Geo. H. Hepworth’s letter in
gro preacher Strickland, in Georgia
one thing he should always bear in
mind, that there is no vital difference
between the white man of the South
and the while man in the North, and
that what white men do in Georgia,
white men from New York, or Mas
sachusetts, or Minnesota would prob
ably do in Georgia under similar
circumstances. A county in Geor
gia went stark crazy over Sam Holt.
Northern readers cannot understand
it. A letter has come to The
Weekly from a Georgia woman which
tells a story of Sam Holt’s crime as
Georgia understands it. It is hard
ly a letter that The Weekly may
print, but it ail may be believed, and
it helps to an understanding of what
has happened. No man who believ
ed what this woman believes and
has written about Sam Holt and
Strickland and negroes of their cluss
in the South, would be surprised at
anything that might follow such a
crime as Holt committed. It may be
that nothing can justify such an orgy
as was held over Holt, but there Is
plenty that can explain it. The men
and women of the South believe that
certain unruly negroes can only be
restrained from horrible crimes
against white women by swift and
terrible punishment. We of the
North have little experience of these
crimes, but our blood circulates, and
we know what sort of dispositions
such crimes' arouse. To read the sto
ry of Sam Holt’s crime as our Geor
gia correspondent has written It, be
gets nbsolute indifference to that ne
gro’s sufferings or fate. It fills the
mind with, horror, nnd makes one
feel that any means that is effectual
to prevent such crimes is justified.
One forgets the moustrousness of the
Snm Holt lynching, and only wonderB
whether it was expedient.
Humiliating Examinations by phy
sicians are avoided by the use of Sim
mons Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets,
which cures 99 out of every 100 cases
of Female Disorders.
Missouri Anti-Trust Law Sustained.
8t. Louis, Mo., May 2.—Trusts re
ceived a knock-out blow in the Court
of Appeals to-day, which is likely to
drive them out of business in the
State. The Judges unanimously de
cided that trusts cannot collect for
goods sold within the borders of the
Stute. The Missouri anti-trust law is
sustained, and it is further declared
that all pools to flx a limit to prices
of any commodity ure illegal.
The decision to-day waH particular
ly against the National Lead Trust,
which sold goods to a St. Louis Arm
and was endeavoring to collect there
for. The truBt people have made a
very desperate light, exhausting ev
ery legal resource in their attempt to
defeat the constitutionality of the
State anti-trust law. The fact that
the Judges were unanimous .in their
opinion makes the decision a strong
one. ,
The merits of the case and the con
stitutionality of the Missouri law have
been widely discussed. There is a
growing sentiment in other States
against trusts, aud it is believed that
as a result of the unanimous decision
of the court, anti-trust laws are to be
introduced in the Legislatures of oth
er States that will follow the essential
features of the Missouri law, which
lias already stood the test. The law
is declared to be a model of its kind,
it having been framed by some of the
ablest constitutional lawyers in the
country.
How’s This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any. case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh
Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Proprietors, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last fifteen years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
in all business transactions, aud finan
cially able to carry out any obliga
tions made by their firm.
West & T^uiax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, O.
W adding, Kinnan & Makvin, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nully, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Price 7oc. per bottle. Sold by all
druggists. Testimonials free.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
List of Letters
Remaining in the postoffice at New
nan, Ga. If not called for in 15 days
| they will be forwarded to the Dead
Letter Office. When calling for these
letters please say .“advertised.”
J. E. Brock.
R. S. Haynie (2.)
Mrs. Amelier Henry.
Rev. ‘P. L. Hudson.
Will Peavine.
Moses Robinson.
O. A. Robbins (2.)
Laur Smarte.
John Sumlin.
R. F. Milner, P. M.
OA8TORXA.
Bern tiie ^ The Kind You Haw Always Bought
Bignetwe
of
Macon Telegraph’s Wheat Premiums.
Macon Telegraph.
Those who enter the contest for
The Telegraph’s gold premiums on
wheat must summon three upright,
intelligent and disinterested men who
shall measure the acreage, and the
yield from said acreage, and make
oath before some officer, qualified for
that purpose, of the accuracy of their
work. The following are the pre
miums offered:
For the best yield on four acres in
wheat, $100 in gold.
For the second best yield on four
acres in wheat, $50 in gold.
For the third best yield on four
acres in wheat, $25 in gold.
For the best yield on one acre in
wheat, $25 in gold.
These offers are open to all the far
mers in Middle and Southern Georgia.
We shall expect the returns to be
made by the 4th of July.
Old Rip Van Winkle went up into
the (Jatsklll mountains to take a little
nap of twenty years or so, and when
he wakened he found that the “cruel
war was over,” the monthly maga
zines had “fought it over” the sec
ond time and “blown up” all the offi
cers that had participated in it. This
much is history, and it is also an his
torical fact that it took the same
length of time for Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Dlsoovery to become the
most celebrated, as it is the most ef
fective, Liver, Blood and Lung Rem
edy of the age. Iu purifying the
blood aud in all manner of pimples,
blotches, eruptions, and other skin
and scalp diseases, scrofulous sores
and swellings, and kindred ailments,
the “Golden Medical Discovery”
manifests the most punitive curative
properties.
Meetings Do Not Alter Facts.
Findlay (O.) Courier.
These meetings to express indigna
tion at the lynchings In the South are
all very well in their way. It relieves
the overburdened minds of a lot of
people who must either talk or burst.
But it does not change the fact that
thine lynchings will be continued, not
only ii) the South, but here in the
North, so long as a man, white or
black, invades the home at midnight
or seizes his victim on a lonely road
and ravishes her. The man whose
wife or daughter is abused in this way
and perhaps murdered, as is frequent
ly the case, always has friends who
will spare no time, trouble or expense
to bring the human fiend to swift and
summary Justice. The ordinary meth
ods are too slow under such circum
stances.
The most vigorous workers have
spells of “tired feeling” now and
then. This feeling is caused by de
rangement in the stomach, liver and
bowels. A few doses of Prickly Ash
Bitters quickly corrects the disorder
and sends the blood tingling through
the veins, carrying life and renewed
energy throughout the system. Sold
by G. R. Bradley.
—A paper out in a Western town
had for its motto, “We Tell the
Troth.” Not long ago the editor
printed some unpleasant troths con
cerning two citizens of the town, who
called at his office and wiped up the
floor with him in genuine Western
style. With the next issue of the pa
per the old motto disappeared, and
the following notice was displayed
conspicuously; “Until we recover
from injuries recently received, this
paper will lie just like the reBt of
them.”
1
i Consumption
v is robbed of its terrors by
« the fact that the best med-
v ical authorities state that it
I is a curable disease; and
G.ot>e of the happy things
$ about it is, that its victims
9 rarely ever lose hope.
^ You Know there arc a!l sortj of
secret nostrum) advertised to cure
consumption. Some make absurd
claims. We only say that if taken
in time and the laws cf health are
pro|>erly observed,
SCOTT'S
EMULSION
wi'.l heal the inllammrtion rf the
throat and lungs and nourish and
strengthen the body so that it can
throw off the disease.
Vie have thousands of testi
monials where people claim they
have been permanently cured of
this malady.
v>c. and $1.00. all druggists.
SCOTT & UOSVNH,
Unprecedented Price
Lowness!
Months of selection and getting ready
haveresulted in stocks th'at would fill two
ordinary stores, and at prices beyond com
petition—in many instances lower than
others pay for them. We have a distinct
advantage over many of our would-be com-
V/.j 'Ty j petitors^ for, having visited the best market
JT A: :f in America and selecting our goods care
fully, makes this assertion possible. Three
distinct advantages are the Price Lowness,
Quality and Variety. We take care to see to
the wants of our customers.
Warm weather prevails now, so all
should dress for it. Organdies, Fans and Umbrellas, for in
stance, are a noteworthy attraction. All the latest to be had.
A new’arrival has just replenished our stock.
Seventy-five pieces of all grades of Lawns. Dimities and Organdies await
your inspection.' 15c'. to 5c. Fans, (gratis) I Sc. to 5c. White Lawns, special
value, 15c. to 5c. Gh&Wes, pretty styles. 4c.
OXFORDS!
House Slippers, 50c.
Leather Slippers, 35c.
Dongola, good, all colors, $2.Op to $1.00.
Men's Lace and Congress Oxfords, $3.00 to $ 1.25.
Children's and Misses' Oxfords, $1.00 to 85c.
Hosiery for all feet at all prices.
Good selection of Ties and Bows, 5c., 15c., 25c., 35c.
Belts, for ladies and men, 10c. to 25c.
UMBRELLAS!
Our line Is trebled that carried In any previous
season. Special care was taken in the selection of our
$1.25, $1.00 and 75c. lines. Others cheaper—65c.,
50c., 40c., 35c.
NICE SHADES, CURTAINS AND MATTING,
Aid in making the parlor attractive.
We have them. Specials in Matting,
12 1 -2c. to 30c. Lace Curtains, 60c.
to $1.50. Shades, 15c. to 75c. Cur
tain Scrim, 4c. to 12 1 -2c. Mosquito
Netting, all colors, best goods.
NECKWEAR!
Ail the new Collars, 10c. to 15c.
Belting, per yard, 25c.
Belt Buckles. 15c , 20c., 25c., 35c.
Shirt Waist Sets. 25c. to 35c.
Beauty Pins, 3 for 10c.
Cuff Links, 25c. to 35c.
Handkerchiefs, 3c. to 10c
Ribbons, Laces, Corsets, Kid Gloves, Mits and Fans to suit the most fas
tidious. Will have on hand by the 20th inst. 1,000 Fans, all of which will be
given away—limit three to a customer. Will be pleased to furnish, gratis,—
seventy-five for any church or Sunday school. You are wanted at
BOONE’S.
New Advertisements.
In the United States Dis
trict Cou rt for the North
ern District of Georgia.
In re V. D. Jordan and J. L. Barrett,
linn of Jordan A Barrett.
No. Its—In bankruptcy.
A petition for discharge having lieen
filed in conformity with law by the above
named bankrupts and the court having
j duly ordered that the hearing upon said
petition be hnd June 1, 1SVM. at 10 o’clock
v. m.. at the United States District Court
room at Atlanta, Cia., notice is hereby
given to all creditors and other persons
in interest to appear at the time and place
named, and show cause, if any they have,
why the p/averof said bankrupts for dis
charge should not be granted.
This 17th day of May, 1S99.
W. C. CARTER, Clerk.
This is No Advertisement
of cheap goods, but good Furniture at cheap
prices. It is to inform you of the new suites
in this store were bought before the recent
advance in price, and any purchaser now
may have the benefit of the good investment.
The biggest stock of Mouldings ever
brought to Newnan, just completed by two
large shipments, is also a feature not to be
overlooked by visitors to this store. There
are 110 designs of these Mouldings, in the
newest styles.
Iron Beds are becoming more popular
every day.tmd you should examine the qual
ity of our line before you buy. They are
good, pretty and cheap
a®-Furniture of every/description.
T. M. Thompson,
At “The White Front,” on “West Side.”
NEWNAN
Roller Flouring Mills.
W. S. ASKEW & CO., Proprietors.
I A/E HAVE THE LATEST IMPROVED MACHINERY,
VV and are prepared to make as fine Flour as can be
made out of wheat. Send us your custom and be convinced.
Our product is handled by most of the merchants of Newnan
and surrounding towns. Buy home products and you will have
the satisfaction of knowing they are pure.
Highest market price paid for Wheat and Corn.
We carry a full line of Building Material of all kinds, and
solicit the patronage of those who contemplate building.
Office, shops and mills opposite Central R. R. depot.