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fierakl ana Eflwrtiser. NEWNAN, FRIDAY, JAN. LAIUH'k! *.l 1900, but during the current year there has been a decrease of about one-third of one per cent. The resources of all LONE OAK. The holiday season, with its varied enjoyments, is fast drawing to a close. Official Organ of Coweta County. Drown, Tiioh. H. Parrott, BROWN & PARROTT, EDITORS AND PUHMBIIBIIB. reporting banks on June 30, 1908, ag- ( Among the pleasures that it brought, gregated $19,683,410.393. It is estlma- ( none perhaps afforded more sincere I ted that there arc 460,000 shareholders I hauoiness than did the reunion of kin-J and 5,000.01)0 depositors in national dred and friends long separated by time banks in America. On Sept. 20. 1908, ftnf | distance. 6,853 national banking associations Mr. and Mrs. Willis Latimer and son, held gold and silver amounting to $680.- 0 f Fairhurn. were the guests last week PROHIBITION CONTI NUNS TO SPREAD. A wave of prohibition has swept with auch remarkable effect over the South, and sentiment has so crystallized against the saloon and its kindred evils, that the dawn of the nAw year opens upon a vast stretch of territory abso lutely bereft of liquor, while the area where anti-prohibitionists have trium phed marks the battleground for im pending fights for and against the sale of intoxicants. Significant of the magnitude this problem has assumed is the fact that in many States prohibition looms up ns a political issue of chief concern to the voters, obscuring other municipal and State questions. Other States have disposed of the issue, temporarily at least, by the passage of statutory laws whose efficacy musL yet be tested, in still other States the will of the ma jority expressed at local option elections has restricted the sale of liquor to the larger cities, where the liquor men are generally fortified against attack from the temperance folk. Reports reflecting accurately the political stage of the prohibition move ment in the South shows that more than half the South’s territory is “dry” absolutely, and that in the remaining urea listed as “wet’’ the sale of intoxi cants is upon a restricted scale. If: is evident that cities are the only remain ing strongholds for the saloons, and it is unlikely that this condition will be modified, except through a radical change in political thought, through failure to enforce the laws against the liquor traffic, failure to solve the prob lem growing out of deficits in county, municipal and State treasuries from a loss of the whiskey tax, or inability to cope with the illicit sale of whiskey, and perhaps other obstacles which fol low in the wake of prohibition. Georgia now holds the center of the stage, and for a year has been experi meriting in what is strictly a “near pro hibition” law, in that it forbids the sale of liquors containing more than 4 per cent, of alcohol. State-wide prohibition laws become effective on Jan. 1 in North Carolina. Alabama and Mississippi, in each of which a majority of counties had here tofore prohibited the sale of liquor. Prohibition advocates in Louisiana have suspended their fight to test the new (Jay-Shattuck law for the regula tion'of the liquor traffic, which also be comes operative Jan 1. The anti-sa loon people say they will be content if this law is enforced rigidly. Tennessee is the chief center of in terest among the other States where State-wide prohibition fights are in pro gress. The prohibitionists assert that a State-wide hill will pass the Legisla ture, which they expect to organize and control. With the hacking of the State machinery, the local option forces are equally confident that such a bill will meet defeat. Kentucky, the second largest distill ing State in the Union, with 119 coun ties, has but four in which the sale of liquor is not prohibited. Virginia presents a string of victories for the anti-saloon element, as prohibi tion now exists in 80 out of the State’s 100 counties. In Texas, where more than half the counties have accepted prohibition, the voters will soon he called upon to vote upon a Constitutional amendment for prohibition. In Arkansas, two-thirds of its ares, or 75 counties, are "dry. ‘ and the ques tion of State-wide prohibition will be presented to the voters for decision. Florida is partly “dry” through local option, and, like some of the other States, the sale of liquor principally is confined to the cities. The results ot prohibition generally are gleaned 'rom reports indicating a groat deerax o in the record of arrests for druniVnnese, an increase in the bank deposits of laborers, fewer cases of wife abandonment, and a decrease in criminality generally. The difficulty in enforcing the prohibition laws, how ever, is conceded to be one of the chief obstacles to its absolute success in many States, and this pliasp of the question, together with a falling off in revenues, is to some extent baffling to the authorities. 185,555, and legal tender notes to the amount of $188,238,615. During the current year there were in operation, besides these 6,853 banking associa tions, 14,522 banks other than national, besides 1,453 savings banks, reporting to the Comptroller. During the past twelve months 326 hanks, with an au thorized capital of $22,823,000, were chartered. “Republican newspapers are devot ing much space to a discussion of the Soild South in terms anything but com plimentary for its solidity, ” says the Philadelphia Record. "There is to these stone-throwers an assumed or real unconsciouness of the fact that they are dwelling in glass houses. The South is solid, and is likely to remain for reasons of self-interest that are yet sufficient to the Southerners. Why should they be any more condemned or ridiculed for voting uniformly one way than Pennsylvania and the unprogres sive .part of New England for uniform ly voting the other? It is the limit of hypocrisy to make flesh of one and fish of the other. Now Hampshire, Ver mont and Pennsylvania are sodden in Republicanism of the most corrupt type. Here the public service corporation frankly and fully rules. Shall the peo ple who permit and indorse thi3 sort of thing, hugging the sordid claims of self-interest, be excused and the South be condemned for standing for some thing that to them appears to be a good deal higher and more necessary? There is more hope, progress and public spir it perhaps everywhere in the South than there is in that part of New Eng land Jthat seemingly can always be counted upon to give big Republican majorities, no matter what the men or issues may he.” The school statistics of the State show that the white and negro school children are nearly equally divided. There are 687,275 school children, and of these 380.042- are white, and 307,232 are negroes. Of the 6,020 schools, 4,- 027 are for white children, and the re maining schools are for negroes. Sev en hundred and sixty-three graded schools are for whites, and 17b graded schools are for negroes. The school fund available for the past year was $2,376,661.98, and the disbursements for the year were $2,195,335.08. Total number teachers Employed in the State, 7,757. Total number teachers exam ined. 8,581. Value of public school- houses, white, $4,003,699; negro, $303,- 210. Estimated value of equipment, white, $240,393; negro, $21,825. of Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Latimer. Mr. Geo. E. Herring, who, in his connection with the L. & N. R. R., has his office in Cleveland. O.. came down to spend Christmas Day with his pa rents and sisters in Lone Oak. Mr. Will Cooper, who. since leaving his home in Hogansville a few years since, ha9 spent some time in the Phil- lippines and in Japan, was with Lone Oak relatives on Sunday last. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Walthall and chil dren, and Mr. and Mrs. Mark Houston, all of Moreland, visited their grand mother, Mrs. Lucy Lee, and other rela tives here last Sunday. Miss Mae Prickett, who is teaching at Hickory Grove, Troup county, is spending the holidays in Lone Oak. Mr. W. C. Latimer, of Greenville, and Mr. Frank Latimer, of Hogans ville, spent Sunday with their parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Latimer. Mr. and Mrs. Adam Porch, from near Greenville, visited relatives her^Sun- day and attended services at Prospect. Mr. Ivy Fling, of Hickory Grove, visited Lone Oak relatives last Sunday. Miss Carrie Clements is at her home in Stinson for the holidays. She has as her guests Misses Marie Sewell and Minnie White, of this place. Mr. Emmett Culpepper, of Atlanta, spent Sunday with his mother and other relatives, at the home of his sis ter, Mrs. M. M Sewell. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Culpepper spent Saturday night and Sunday with the family of Mr. S. F. Culpepper, in Greenville. Mr. Edwin Latimer is visiting his cousin, Mr. Ivy Fling, in Troup county. Miss Eva Smith visited relatives in LaGrange last Sunday. Mr. Landrum, of Fayette county, with his daughters, Miss Mary Lizzie Landrum and Mrs. Minnie Thurman were the guests of Mrs. Charles Cul pepper and Mrs. W. P. Lee last week. The horn of the hunter was heard o’er the hills” last Monday morning, when several of our sportsman left for the mountains of Talbot county in juest of the elusive fox. May the New Year, 1909, prove one of peace, plenty and prosperity for the editors, employees and readers of The Herald and Advertiser! Dec. 30th. As the result of six months’ work on the part of the Ohio Anti-Saloon League, fifty-five of Ohio’s eighty- eight counties are “dry.” Only seven are wholly "wet.” Not much progress was made by the prohibitionists until the Rose county option law was enact ed. Elections will be held in the re maining “wet” counties within the next few months. It is predicted that Ohio will he practically dry within a year. As regards population, half of the State is “dry” and two-thirds area. Some 1,730 saloons have been put out of business. Judge Roasts a Jury. Albany, Ga., Dec. 22.—Because a jury acquitted Deputy Sheriff Kadney and E. Adams, at Newton, Baker coun ty, on the charge of attempting to lynch an inoffensive negro man, and of unmercifully beating his wife and daughter. Judge W. N. Spence, before whom the case was tried, expressed his opinion of the twelve men as fol lows : “Your verdict is a disgrace to the county and to civilization. A man was convicted in this court for shooting at a preacher on the streets on Sunday morning, and was fined $250. I do not hesitate to say that you jurors worse citizens than that defendant. Most o? the jurors are well-to-do far mers and among the best known in Baker county. -The surgeon of a large Western railroad. Dr. Ft- W. CJowin., claims that railroad accidents arc- Caused, not by overwork, as is generally claimed and believed, but by dissipation of some form, and mental worry. He says that gambling, jealousy, drink, smoking to excess, domestic trouble, social ambi tions, are the principal contributory causes to the occurrence of fatal blun ders. Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with LOCAL API’PLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or consti tutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is net a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years and is a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, 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. F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, 75c. Take Hall’s Family Pills for consti pation. A soft answer may not always turn away wrath, but it saves a lot of time. New Advertisements. PETITION FOR CHARTER. G EORGIA —Coweta County: To the Superior Court of said count v: The* peti- Marked for Death. “Three years hro 1 was marked for death. A graveyard couffh was tear ing my lungs to pieces. Doctors failed to help me, and hope had fled, when my husband got Or. Kind’s New Dis covery.*' says Mrs. A. C. Williams, of Bac. Ky. “The first dose helped me and improvement kept on until l had Rained 58 2frunus weight and my health was fjlly> restored. 1 ' This medicine holds the World’s healing re cord for coughs and colds and lung and throat diseases. It prevents pneu monia. Sold,under guarantee at nil druggists. 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottle free. t:on of N. O. Hunks. Glenn Arnold, ftfrs. Itura R. Leigh ami W. A. Post, all of said State and coun ty. respectfully shows— 1. They desire for themselves, their associates, successors and nssigns, to bo constituted a body corporate under the name of GRANTVILLE REAL ESTATE COMPANY, men * and by that name to acquire, hold and enjoy all the rights, powers and privileges incident to such body corporate, or conferred upon it by the stat utes of said State. 2. The object of the corporation is to be pecu niary grain and profit to its stockholders, and the business to be carried on by it is dealing in real estate; buying, owning, leasing ami renting real estate of whatever kind and character; improving and developing the same, and selling, leasing and renting all kinds of real estate at public or private sale, or both, for cash or on credit, or both, and make all due acquittances for the same; to act as agent for others in the handling, buying, selling, leasing and ^renting real estate; to lend and borrow THE money and secure the same, ami generally to deal in all kinds of real property for themselves and as agents for others, and to own such personal prop- rty as may bo necessary for the conduct of its bus COIN AND CURRENCY IN UNITED STA TES. The annual renort of Lawrence O. I Murray, Comptroller of the Currency, brings out the encouraging fact that during the four-.vear period ended June 30, 1908, there was an increase in indi vidual deposits in various banks of $2,- 749,000,000, or about 2 s per cent. Re turns from 21,346 banks for July and approximate dates in 1908 show that the individual deposits aggregated $12.- 784,500,000, of which banks other than national held 65 per cent. Bank re- - The shifting of the Gulf stream in close proximity to the land is the ex planation of our long summer, accord ing to the opinion of an old sea captain, i It was this that caused the continued warm weather and murky atmosphere experienced in New York up to the end of last November, he says. He says 3. The capital stock shall be TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, divided into shares of One Hundred Dollars per share, and all of which has actually been paid; but petitioners desire the right to in crease said capital stock to any amount not ex- ceediug Fifty Thousand Dollars by a direct vote of two-thirds of the stock, at a special meeting called for that purpose. 4. The chief othce and place of business shall be in the town of Grantviile, said county; but they desire the right to establish branch offices at oth er places within or without suid State. The busi ness shall be managed by a bonnl of directors chosen from among its stockholders, and said board shall elect from its members a president, and a secretary and treasurer, and may make rules and by-laws. 5. WHEREFORE, said petitioners pray an order tint wli.'ii tli ■ Cnlf otrp'im I’niiHnups of court declaring this application granted, U1IU w nen UK t un Stie.im con.inues | anii thcm8elve! , incorporated as aforesaid for and , .ii„..,i'porated as aforea to shift close to the const, the prevail- J during the term of twenty years, with the privi ing winds blow over it, carrying heat at:d moisture landward. the This is Worth Reading. Leo F. Zelinski. of 68 Gibson St.. Buffalo. N. Y., says: “1 cured the most annoying sore I ever had, with Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. 1 applied this salve once a day ’ for two days, when every trace of the sore was gone.” Heal# all sures. Sold under lege ol* renewal. This Dec. 31, 190$. W. A. TOST. Attorney for Petitioners. Filed in office this Dec. 31, 190$. L. TURNER. Clerk S. C. C. C. sources have more than doubled since i guarantee at all druggists. 23c. GEORGIA—Coweta County; I. Lynch Turner, Clerk of the Superior Court of said county, do hereby certify that the abqve and foregoing is a true and exact copy of the tkiginal petition for charter of the Gkantmli.e ReWl Es tate Company, of file and record in this ol'lct. Witnees my hand and the seal of said Court this 31st day of December, 1908. L. TURNER! Clerk S. C. C- C. Per Gent Reduction Sale In order to reduce our stock quickly we have decided to offer 25 per cent, re duction on our entire line of women’s and misses’ Coat-Suits, Jackets and Skirts, men’s and boys’ Clothing, Overcoats and odd Pants. This means a great sav ing to people who have yet to make purchases in this line. Come in and let us show you. H. C. GLOVER COMPANY THANKS! and Happy New Year We wish to thank our many friends and customers for the generous patron age given us during the pa^t twelve months, and if fair treatment, honest goods and reasonable prices count tor anything we hope to merit your good will and support in even larger degree during the coming year. May everybody have a prosperous and happy New Year. D. W. BOONE COMP A