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NEWNAN, FRIDAY, DEC. 25.
LA HOF* r HIM HA NIKKH COUNTRY OIIU KI.ATION
IN Kill HTII C'lNdltKKSIONAI. IIIHTHH I .
Official Organ of Coweta County.
JAH. B. ItROWN, TllOS. S. PARROTT,
BROWN & PARROTT.
EDITORS AND PUHLIBIIBRfl.
ANOTHER OOOI) RMLliOAI)
MEETING.
Anoth»>r Rood meeting was held Mon
day night in the interest of the pro
posed new railroad for Newnan, about
seventy live people being present, not
withstanding the very disagreeable
weather. Mr. It. D. Cole, jr., presid
ed, and short but inspiriting talks were
made by several citizens. The com
mittee on subscriptions reported about
$30,000 subscribed, and stated that the
canvass to raise this amount hud been
by no means thorough. It was confi
dently expected that the amount would
be considerably increased by the time
the committee completed its work iin
fact, that Newnan and Coweta county
would come up at the proper time with
such a showing as would satisfy all re
quirements.
Mr. I. L. McCord, member of the
contracting firm of McCord & Co., of
New York, was present in the meeting
anti announced that if Heard and Cow
eta would guarantee a certain amount
in solvent subscriptions his firm stood
ready to undertake the construction of
a railroad from Franklin via Newnan
to a connection with the A., 13. & A.
road a distance of about thirty-five
miles and would give ample security
for the fulfillment of its contract. He
made a straightforward talk, and im
pressed those who heard him that he
meant business.
The chairman of the meeting read let
ters from President Wickersham, of
th > A. & W. P. road, addressed to Pres
ident Brannon, of the Newnan Hoard
of Trade, in which the information was
conveyed that the matter of readjust
ing the rates from Hasten) points to
Newnan was under advisement, and
would be taken up for consideration by
the rato association early in January.
President Wickersham also indicated
that he might have some propositions to
make the people of Newnan in regard
to the proposed line from Newnan to
Franklin, and that this would be done
at an early date.
We printed last week an open letter
from President Wickersham to Mr. W.
A. Hrannon, president of the Newnan
Hoard of Trade, in refutation of the
charge that Newnan is being discrimi
nated against, by the Atlanta and West
Point road, etc. We print this week an
open letter from Mr. Hrannon to Pres
ident Wickersham, in which Mr. Hran
non contends that Newnan is discrimi
nated against—especially on shipments
from the Kart. Mr. Brannon’s com
munication is ns follows:
"Newnan, (la., Dec. 22d, 1008.
"Mr. (1. A. Wickersham. President
Atlanta and West Point Railroad Co.,
Atlanta, (la. — Dear Sir: Replying to
your communication addressed to my
self, as president, of the Newnan Hoard
of Trade, beg to say :
"Figures will bear us out in the
statement that Newnan is paying large
sums of money on freight from the
Fast and ports in excess of the tarifT
as it now applies to l.uGrango. In
fact., at, present Newnan is but a local
station between Atlanta and Latlrange.
For instance, we can ship any commod
ity from Boston. Providence, Bruns
wick, New York. Philadelphia, Balti
more, Savannah, and any other East
ern point in to LaGrange, and then
local to Newnan at same cost as if
shipments were consigned direct to
Newnan. Hence, our tariff is rates to
Atlanta, or I.aGrange. plus your local
charges. In your argument we think
you minimize our volume of freight
from the East, while you place consid
erable stress on our slight advantage
over LaGrange as to Western rates.
Doubtless you will grant it remains to
be seen whether or not the A., B. & A.
makes good their promise to give that
city Western rates equal with Atlanta,
just as they have given her rates equal
from the East. 1 do not believe there
is any spirit of animositv against eith
er your road or the Central of Georgia
prompting the people of Newnan to
build another railroad : but our citizens
are alive to the facts and figures, and
we know we must take our place in the
march of progress, or lapse into the
quietude, the rest and sleep of an an
cient hamlet.
"Newnan has passed the stage of
looking solely to country trade for sup
port and growth, and if she would be a
manufacturing and jobbing center, the
more railroads the better. We do not
know that our enterprising manufac
turing establishments have many just
grounds for complaint, but our Com
mercial men would like to be placed in
txisition to meet competition, just as
the transportation rates usually make
it possible for manufacturing enter
prises to meet prices of their competi
tors. We believe the time has passed
when Western rates are of greater im
portance to our merchants Eastern
and port rates, we make bold to say,
are of greater importance. Why do we
say this? Because the agriculturists ol
our section are giving now vastly more
attention to growing crops rf grain
and forage. We believe this tendency
will increase, and this decreases trade
in feedstutfs and meat, which are
Western products, while the trade on
Eastern products— say sugar, coffee,
dry goods, notions, clothing, shoes,
hats, hardware, bagging and ties, salt,
tobacco, snuff, drugs. 9oda. spices,
canned goods, and many other staple
articles of merchandise—will not de
crease. and with many of the above-
named items transportation charges are
no small part of cost to the buyer. We
try to be careful in our statements.
We would not intentionally undertake
to mislead the Fagacious business men
of our community, and, as we like to
take the safe side of every question,
the writer hereby makes you the fol
lowing proposition : Employ an expert
to compile all freight received at New
nan-that, is, such freight as would
come direct, or indirect, from Eastern
points—for the past six months. If the
difference, based on present tariff, is
under $50,000 against Newnan and in
favor of I.aGrange, figuring our re
spective through rates on the entire
volume, the writer will pay for the ser
vices of the accountant; if over $50,-
000, no charge against the writer.
"We do not claim to know anything
of the genesis or art of rate-making
and adjustment; but. as stated to you
in a recent conference, we fail to un
derstand the justice of Newnan paying
a rate of 35 cents per hundred on sugar
from New Orleans, when the same ar
ticle is carried through our town and
on to Gainesville, Ga., for 28 cents per
hundred; and we cannot see any equity
in Griffin on one side of us, and Rome
and Cedartown beyond us, paying 19
cents per hundred on this same commod
ity, while Newnan must pay 29 cents
from same point of shipment—i. e.,
from Savannah. Hut we are glad to be
informed by you that these discrimina
tions are now in course of adjustment.
We trust it will soon be your pleasure
to inform us that we have equal rates
with our sister cities. We wish for you
and the A. & W. I J . R. R. long and
continued prosperity. We sympathize
with you in your hardships, and re
gret to see you deprived .of one-third
of your passenger rate by the Railroad
Commission. We consider the freight
tariff of vastly more importance, and
our personal comment, when your pas
senger rates were cut, was that the
Commission had strained at a gnat
and swallowed a camel.
"I am sure our people have no desire
to injure the business of your company ;
but, in our deliberations for building
another road we recognize that law of
nature, ‘the survival of the fittest.’
Our city can but afford to look after
her own best interest, and at present
her business men are entertaining some
very attractive propositions — things
which they believe will redound to her
very marked growth and material ben
efit. With the vast amount of availa
ble and unimproved lands in our imme
diate territory, we believe our section
is capable of supporting a much denser
population, and thereby furnishing a
great increase of traffic to an in
creased number of railroads. Whether
we build or not. we shall confidently
look for fair and equal treatment from
your company, and a speedy adjust
ment of all discriminations or disadvan
tages that now operate against us.
"Respectfully,
"W. A. Brannon.
"President Newnan Hoard of Trade.’’
GLOVER’S
GLOVER’S
GLOVER’S
GLOVER’S
‘ ‘A PERFECT C HRISTMAS DA Y. ’ ’
To-day calls vividly to mind the ar
ticle written nineteen years ago by
Henry W. Grady, and published in the
Atlanta Constitution nineteen years
)go this morning. Grady died within
a week afterwards. It was as follows:
"No man or woman now living will
see again such a Christmas day as the
one which closed yesterday, when the
dying sun piled the western skies with
gold and purple.
"A winter day it was, shot to the
core with sunshine. It was enchanting
to walk abroad in its prodigal beauty,
to breathe its elixir to reach out the
hands and plunge them open-fingered
through its pulsing waves of warmth
and freshness. It was June and Nov-
The Best Xmas Shopping Store
in Newnan
Make this Store Headquarters for
Holiday Gifts.
The high tide of the holiday shopping season finds us fully prepared to meet your wants with a magnificent stock
of merchandise. In each and every department will be found just such goods as you want for yourself, or a gift
for a friend. If you are looking for a Holiday Gift don’t worry. Bring your wants to us. It will be a great
pleasure to show you the many nice things we have for Holiday Gifts. We mention hpre a few things that will
make useful and practical Xmas Gifts, such as will be appreciated by anyone.
Ladies’ and Men’s
Handkerchiefs.
We can show you the best collec
tion of ladies’ and men’s handker
chiefs ever brought to Newnan. All
grades and prices, 5c. to $2.50 each.
Ladies’ Beits, Beltings
and Belt Pins.
You can’t find a better collection
anywhere than we are showing.
For Ruching and Fancy
Collars.
To-day’s express brought,us per
haps the largest shipment of ruch-
ings ever brought to Newnan. All
styles and prices.
ChtisMs Ribbons.
We are prepared to supply your
wants in this department. Plain
ribbons, fancy ribbons, "Dorothy
Dainty” hair bows and sashes to
match —in all colors, widths, and
prices.
Men’s and Boys’ Clothing.
You know the reputation of
this department. We sell the be^t
clothing money will buy. We
over-bought in this department.
In fadt, we have entirely too much
clothing for this season of the
year. We are very anxious to re
duce the jftock, and in order to do
so are going to offer some very
low prices from now till Jan. 1.
So if you are in need of a suit or overcoat, come and
look ours through and we will save you money.
Suit-Cases and Hand-Grips.
When it comes to this line we are in a class to our
selves. This department has never been so complete as
now. For a gift you couldn’t give anything that would
be more appreciated than a nice suit-case or hand-grip.
All prices, up to $20 each.
20 Per Cent. Saved.
From now till Jan. 1 we will save
you 20 per cent, on our entire line of
ladies’ coat suits, and ladies’ and
misses’ coats, jackets and skirts. If
you are in need of anything in this
line you will do well to see us be
fore buying.
like a bar of sunshine across the face
of our dark earth.
‘The average international marri
age of to-day is a travesty upon the
name of holy wedlock, a stench in the
nostrils of all right-thinking men and
women, and an abomination in the sight
ember welded and fused into a perfect
glory that held the sunshine and snow
beneath tender and splendid skies. To
have winnowed such a day from the
teething winter was to have found an
odorous peach on a bough whipped in
the storms of winter. One caught the
musk of yellow grain, the flavor of
ripening nuts, the fragrance of straw
berries, the exquisite odor of violets,
the aroma of all seasoning in the won
derful day. The hum of bees under
rode the whistling wings of wild geese
flying southward. The fires slept in
drowsing grates, while the people,
marveling outdoors, watched the soft
winds woo the roses and the lilies.
"Truly it was a clay of days. Amid
its riotous luxury surely life was worth
living to hold up the head and breathe
it in as thirsting men drink water; to
put every sense on its gracious excel
lence : to throw the hands wide apart
and hug whole armfuls of the day close
to the heart till the heart itself is en
raptured and illumined. God’s benedic
tion came down with the day, slow
dropping from the skies. God’s smile
was its light, and all through and
through its supernal beauty and still
ness unspoken but appealing to every
heart and sanctifying every soul, was
His invocation and promise, ‘Peace on
earth, good will to men.’ ”
Once more the hallowed, gracious
Christmas time is upon the earth. At
last the long year of toil over tools and
arts and industries is all but ended.
The Christmas festival, dedicated to
happiness and good - will, has fully
come. This morning the whole city
has wakened to quadrupled joy. The
very atmosphere is rosy, stained with
the rich colors of the heart. All win
dows are bright with holly and ever
green. Parents have discovered that
it it more blessed to give than to re
ceive. Youth overflows with animal
spirits. Suddenly the aged have shed
their years and become young again.
Before the light had fully dawned the
carols had begun to be heard. All feel
that no flowers are sweet enough, no
songs bright enough, no gifts rich
enough, for the Christmas Day. For
once all strife and enmity have disap
peared from the market place. To-day
all swords are sheathed. This morning
misers have become generous, pessi
mists have become optimists, while
generous natures glow and effulge
like the sun. Verily, Christmas lies
of God,” declared Rev.^Dr. Samuel H.
Woodrew,. pastor of the First Congre
gational church of Washington, in a
sermon preached Sunday on ‘‘Joseph,
the Dreamer, as Prime Minister.”
The speaker declared that the marri
age of Joseph to Asenath v through
which he became a member of tfifeToy-
al family, her father being high priest
of On, was‘‘an international marriage
where manly character, trains -and
great executive ability were" matched
with purity, intelligence and high so
cial position. It was not the case of
an impecunious dukelet, or lordlet,
seeking the hand of an American
heiress that he might have money to
pay his gambling debts and support
his mistress. Joseph’s marriage was
that of an able, pure man to a virtu
ous and talented woman. Such marri
ages are made in heaven; the others
smell of brimstone.”
A total of 11,892,115 running bales
of cotton ginned from the growth of
1908 to Dec. 13 against 9,284,070 in
1907, was announced by the Census
Bureau in its report Tuesjay. The
figures count round bales as half bales
and exclude linters. The bales ginned
to Dec. 13, 1906, aggregated 11,112,789,
and 9,297,819 in 1905. The total 1907
crop was 11,057,822, of which 84 per
cent, was ginned to Dec. 13; crop of
1906, 12,983,201, of which 85.6 per cent,
was ginned to Dec. 13 ; and the crop of
1905, 10,495,105, or 88.6 per cent, by
Dec. 13. The same report credits Geor
gia with 1,869, 346 bales ginned to Dec.
13.
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It was prescribed by one of the beat
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and is a regular prescription. It is
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combined with the best blood purifiers,
acting directly on the mucous surfaces.
The perfect combination of the two in
gredients is what produces such won
derful results in curing catarrh. Send
for testimonials free.
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Sold by druggists, 75c.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for consti
pation.
A girl would much rather you told
her how pretty she is than how much
brains she has, hut you might just as
well tell her both.
GREETING! I
WE WISH
OUR FRIENDS AND
CUSTOMERS, ONE
AND ALL, A
MERRY CHRISTMAS
AND A
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
D. W. Boone Company
