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nE WNAN, FRIDAY, AUG. 21
Death of An Old Citizen.
On Wednesday of last week there
passed away at his home in this city
one of Newnan’s oldest and most re-
pected citizens—Mr. John L. Pitman.
He had been in poor health for more
than a year, and for six months before
his death was confined to his bed most
of the time. He suffered from a com
plication of ailments, and the event
which brought so much sorrow to his
loved ones was not unexpected.
Mr. Pitman was a veteran of the Civ
il War, entering the service first as a
member of the Seventh Georgia regi
ment. He was severely wounded in the
Second Manassas fight and came home.
When he recovered from the long
siege of invalidism resulting from his
war experience he re-enlisted as a
member of the Thirteenth Georgia
regiment, and continued in the service
until the close of hostilities. He was
68 years of age, and is survived by
his wife and seven children—four sons
and three daughters. Five sisters and
two brothers also survive him, the lat
ter being Mrs. J. L. Hunton of Orange,
Cal., Mrs. Geo. Hunton of Hillsboro,
Texas, Mrs. R. A. Houston of Heard
county, Mrs. F. J. Amis of Welcome,
Mrs. S. W. Woods of Newnan, H. J.
Pitman of Coweta, and G. T. Pitman
of Texas.
The funeral took place Thursday
morning, services being conducted by
Rev. W. W. Roop, of Carrollton. The
interment was at Oak Hill.
Fixing the Responsibility for That Ex
tra Session.
Augusta Chronicle.
Gov. Hoke Smith has decided to call
an extra session of the Legislature, for
the ostensible purpose of disposing of
the State’s convict problem. But it
might be added—and "for other pur
poses.”
We are very much mistaken if the
people of Georgia do not hold Gov.
Smith rigidly to account for this ac
tion. Not that there is any getting
around the fact that an extra session
of the Legislature is now necessary,
in order to provide for the State’s con
victs after March 31 next, but because
all of this could have been attended to
during the regular session of the Leg
islature — and probably would have
been but for Gov. Smith’s unwarranted
interference therewith.
It is well-known that Gov. Smith, in
more ways than one, sought to defer
action on this convict question—unless,
of course, the Legislature was disposed
to accept the Felder bill in place of the
Holder bill. In two separate messages
he urged the Legislature to devote the
remainder of the session to the consid
eration of other matters, strongly inti
mating that it would be given an op
portunity to consider the convict ques
tion at a called session. This interfer
ence on the part of the Governor finally
had the effect of postponing action in
the Senate on the Holder bill, and it
cannot be made too plain that the re
sponsibility for failure to secure legis
lation on this vital matter at the regular
session rests more with Gov. Smith
than with all other agencies combined.
It will cost the State approximately
$20,000 to have its Legislature meet in
extra session for just one week, and
over $1,600 per day after that time.
There is no likelihood that the extra
session will come to an understanding
on the convict question in one week,
and it may continue in session for two
or three weeks, or longer. Indeed,
there is nothing to prevent a continu
ance of the session until the expiration
of the terms of the present legislators,
which is Oct. 1. This is a large sum
of money to pay out for “playing poli
tics.” We use this expression advised
ly, for we have had definite informa
tion concerning Gov. Smith’s attitude
and methods in connection with this
convict problem throughout. He has
been "playing politics”—but he has
been playing mighty poor politics. Be
yond question, he has been poorly ad
vised by his poilitcal sponsors.
Letter to Thos. M. Scroggin,
Newnan, Ga.
Dear Sir: A new word has come in
to use in paint; it is strong. Strong
paint is paint as strong as paint can be.
Weak paint is paint not so strong.
If one paint takes 10 gallons to do a
job and another 15, the 10-gallon paint
is the stronger.
If one paint wears 10 years, and an
other 5, the 10-year paint is the strong
er
The strongest paint is the one that
takes least gallons and wears longest.
But do such differences exist? Yes,
and greater. Devoe is the strongest of
all. A job that takes 10 gallons Devoe
takes more than 20' of some. And a
job of Devoe wears several times as
long as a job of some paints.
9- E. Perry, East 8th St., Erie, Pa.,
painted two houses same size; same
time with two paints same price; took
3 gallons Devoe to 4 of the other; and
in three years Devoe was the better
looking job.
There are strong and weak paints;
we all want the strongest; paint can’t
be too strong. Yours truly,
F. W. DEVOE & CO.
P. S.—Lee Bros, sell our paints.
Excursion Rates Via Central of Georgia
Railway Co.
To Augusta, Ga., and return from
Savannah, Macon, Dublin and interme
diate points, account Georgia-Carolina
Fair to be held Nov. 2-7, 1908.
To New- Orleans, La., and return
from all points, account Annual Inter
national Missionary Conventions of the
Churches of Christ in America, to be
held Oct. 9-15, 1908.
For dates of sale, limits, through
rates, tickets and other information,
apply to nearest ticket agent.
J. C. Haile,
Gen. Passenger Agent.
One application of ManZan Pile Rem
edy, for all forms of piles, relieves
Pain, soothes, reduces inflammation,
soreness and itching. Price 50c. Guar
anteed to give satisfaction. Huffaker
Drug Co.
A Second Extra Session Possible.
Atlanta, Aug. 15.—There is a bare
possibility of a second extraordinary
session of the Legislature before the
end of the year. This would happen in
the event Georgia failed to give a ma
jority vote to any of the Presidential
electoral tickets in the field.
But, according to Representative Joe
Hill Hall, of Bibb, and one or two oth
ers, such an extra session could not be
called, for the reason that the life of
the present General Assembly expires
in October, and the new General As
sembly does not exist de facto until
it has first met and organized, which
would not be until June, 1909.
State officials do not consider this
point well taken. As a matter of fact,
they hold that it is essential that the
State shall have at all times a General
Assembly which can be summoned to
meet any extraordinary emergency,
such as invasion, loss of revenue, and
the like.
There is little likelihood of any diffi
culty in getting an extra session should
it become necessary to name an elec
toral ticket to cast the Presidential
vote of this State. Under the law. as
has been shown, there can be no elec
tion of Presidential electors by plurali
ty vote, and unless some ticket receives
a majority, the electors must be chosen
by the General Assembly.
The effort to get the law amended at
the recent session of the General As
sembly failed because of other pressing
business, including the convict ques
tion. Nobody seemed to deem it of suf
ficient importance to amend the law so
as to make an election possible by plu
rality vote, although the State Demo
cratic Committee urgently requested
such an enactment.
Possibly the Legislature thought it
would be undignified or bad policy to
make an official concession that there
was a chance of the national Demo
cratic ticket falling short of a majori
ty in this State. However, there are
not a few who think the usual Demo
cratic majority in Georgia will, this
year, turn out to be no more than a
plurality, in which event the Legisla
ture will have to be summoned to
name the Georgia electors.
Joe Brown’s Suspension Passed Over.
Atlanta, Aug. 15.—In the confusion
incident to the close of the legislative
session the fact was entirely over
looked that the General Assembly had
failed to take any action whatever re
garding the suspension by Gov. Smith
of ^Railroad Commissioner Jos. M.
Brown, recently nominated as Gov.
Smith’s successor. This omission
seemed to be intentional on the part of
the General Assembly, though there
was at all times a possibility that it
might be brought up and lead to a live
ly discussion. In the main, however,
the members favored dropping the
matter.
The friends of Mr. Brown hold that
this is a complete vindication for him,
because the law provides that there
shall be dismissal from office only after
the Governor’s action has been ap
proved by a majority of both Houses.
The next step will be that Mr. Brown
will go to the State Treasury and de
mand his salary for the six weeks of
his term during which the Governor’s
suspension was effective. If it is re
fused he will, of course, apply to the
courts for a mandamus, and that will
result in a construction of the law,
both as to the legislative duty and the
Governor’s right to suspend a State of
ficial because he disagrees with him as
to matters of State policy.
On the other hand, the friends of
Gov. Smith claim that the failure of
the Legislature to act in effect upholds
him. because Mr. Brown’s term having
expired before the General Assembly
met, there could neither be any rein
statement nor dismissal.
From the wording of the law Mr.
Brown seems to have the strong side
of it, but it will nevertheless make a
pretty question for the courts. In
view of the verdict of the people in
naming Mr. Brown for Governor, it is
not surprising that the Legislature was
loath to take hold of the case.
State Tax Returns Disappointing.
Atlanta Constitution, 18th inst.
The net gains in tax returns over
1907, as shown by the tax digests re
ceived from 134 counties, are only $6,-
757,940. There are twelve counties yet
to be heard from, with the probability
that this figure will not be largely in
creased. It is not likely that it will go
over $7,000,000 at the outside, and to
get the true net there will have to be
deducted about $3,000,000 decrease in
corporation returns, leaving a gain of
something like $4,000,000 for 1908, as
compared with about $60,000,000 for
1907.
Heavy losses were shown in two coun
ties which reported yesterday. Tattnall
falling off $367,969, and Coffee losing
$461,443. Other losses reported were
Decatur $106,202, Stewart $17,765,
and Butts $48,400.
For Sore Feet.
"I have found Bucklen’s Arnica
Salve to be the proper thing to use for
sore feet, as well as for healing burns,
sores, cuts, and all manner of abra
sions,” writes Mr. W. Stone, of East
Poland, Maine. It is the proper thing
for piles, too. Try it! Sold under
guarantee at all drug stores. Price 25c.
Johnson is Again Nominated for Gov
ernor.
Minneapolis, Aug. 19.—The Demo
cratic State Convention this afternoon
stampeded for Gov. John A. Johnson
and nominated him for re-election with
a rush, after a remarkable demonstra
tion. This is the second nomination of
Johnson, and is contrary to his wishes.
He has repeatedly refused to be a can
didate, and has declared that if nomi
nated the campaign will be carried on
without a general. Gov. Johnson to
night refused to say whether he will
accept the action of the convention,
as he has not been officially notified of
his nomination.
Excellent Health Advice.
Mrs. M. M. Davison, of No. 379 Gif
ford Ave.. San .Jose, Cal., says: "The
worth of Electric Bitters as a general
family remedy for headache, bilious
ness and torpor of the liver and bowels
is so pronounced that I am prompted to
3ay a word in its favor, for the benefit
of those seeking relief from such afflic
tions. There is more health for the di
gestive organs in a bottle of Electric
Bitters than in any other remedy I
know of.” Sold under guarantee at all
drug stores. Price 50c.
Keep the Facts Straight.
Dawson News.
"After reading the Augusta Chroni
cle’s excoriation of the new leaders of
Georgia Democracy for their very re
cent trucculence to Watson, we are
more glad than ever that we fit, bled
and died with Hoke.’’—Macon News.
But hold on. Who is responsible for
the present situation in Georgia?
Wasn’t it Hoke Smith and his spell
binders who, two years ago, denounced
the then Democratic Executive Com
mittee from one end of the State to the
other because they stood for party in
tegrity and tried to maintain a sem-
blance’of party regularity? Wasn’t it
Hoke Smith and these same people high
in his councils who opened the door
wide to Tom Watson and his followers
and received them into the Democratic
household, and this year, when they
could no longer use them for their own
selfish political purposes, favored put
ting them out and closing the door
against them? In the interest of truth,
and in justice to all concerned, it is
well to keep the record straight as we
go along.
Pinesalve Carbolized acts like a poul
tice. Quick relief for bites and sting
of insects, chapped skin, cuts, burns
and sores, tan and sunburn. Huffaker
Drug Co.
After 5 a. m. Call Phone 18.
After 10 p. in. Call Phone 41.
The Care in
Prscription
Compounding.
The compounding of pre
scriptions is as important as
the drugs and chemicals that
go into the prescription. We
make a specialty of prescrip
tion work, and for the past
ten years have been serving
the physicians in this section
of Georgia, covering seven
counties. In these seven coun
ties we have been serving
about forty regular practic
ing physicians. They will tell
you we have most every drug
and chemical made in the com
pounding of prescriptions, and
that we are competent to do
this Work, Atf’e study prescrip
tion compounding, and render
a day and night service in this
department. If you need med
icines or prescriptions call us
day or night.
REESE DRUG COMPANY
PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS
io Greenville Street
NEWNAN, GA.
IS THE PLACE
To buy anything and every
thing usually kept in a first-
class grocery store. Swint’s
is also the place to buy at
lowest prices, and Swint’s is
the place to sell anything rais
ed on the farm or in the gar
den. In fact, we buy and'Sell
anything fitten to eat. We
carry at all times fresh eggs
and butter, right in from the
country; also, creamery but
ter. A £rte lof of old-tiipe
smoked side meat that will
make gravy now in stock. We
are also getting about the
freshest fish we have ev.er
had, and selling at the same
old prices. Look out for oys
ters soon! When in need of
anything in our line 'phone
....GROCERIES....
LOOK!
SPECIAL !
156 lbs. White Fish to go at
5c. per pound.
Big lot assorted Nuts, 10c.
per pound.
Canned goods of all kinds.
Full line Tobacco, Cigars
and Snuff.
All kinds Cereals in stock.
Turnip Seed — several va
rieties.
POTTS and PARKS
We Sell Ladles' Goods
New, Stylish Dress Goods, Both in Woolen
and Wash Materials, are Daily Arriving.
Domestics, in all grades, bought at lowest prices.
Percales, Ginghams, Outings, Suitings, Linens. Now is the
time to buy fall school Dresses, Shoes and Hosiery
for children.
Embroideries and Laces.
New lot Val. Laces, cream and white; Linen and German Tor
chon Laces; heavy Cambric Embroidery for skirts,
narrow Embroidery for infants’ dresses.
Notions.
Buttons, Braids, Flosses, Collur-Supporters, Ribbons.
Corsets.
“American Lady,” queen of Corsets.
POTTS and PARKS
We Lead in Sale of Ladies’Goods
/
• W .swivel!;! J 2c
HOT WEATHER SPECIALS
Sheer plaid and checked White
Lawns, 25c. and 35c. grades, at IV'*
All $1.50 Long Gloves at OQp
(white, black and brown) O7V
50 pieces fine Muslins, regu- 0«
lar 15c. and 20c. goods, at OL
Ladies’ Lisle |A/»
Vests Ivt
Lace Oxfords at half-price.
Stephens-Brown-Mooney Company
L. A. ALSABROOK
The Mitchell Wagon
HAS NO EQUAL
It is the lightest-running wagon manufactured.
It lasts longer than other wagons.
We will give in cash $10 for every skein of 2\ or
2'\ sizes that you break*
The skeins don’t break.
The hubs don’t crack.
Our prices are $5 less than the usual selling price.
Yours very truly,
bradley-bXnks CO.
P. S.—We have something good for you in Mow
ers, Hay Rakes, Bagging and r \ ies.
Wagons and Buggies.
Cash and on Time.
Twelve Months’ Support.
GEORGIA—Cowkta County:
The return of the appraiser!, setting apart twelve
months' support to the family of S. W. Murray,
deceased, having been filed in my office, all per
sons concerned are cited to show cause by the first
Monday in September, 1808, why stiid application
for tv/elve months' support should not be granted.
This Aug. I, 1908. Prs. fee, W.
L. A. PERDUE. Ordinary.
Pine salve
Carbolized iomhof8iiii disease
REMOVAL
Notice
We have moved our
Tin Shop to 19 Green
ville street, in the Har
daway building. We are
prepared to do all sheet
in^etal and slate work,
tar and gravel roofing.
Can furniBh best prices
on prepared paper roof
ing, roof paint, etc.
Let us figure with you.
ft, L
Give us a trial order on job
printing.
