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herald and Jldocriiscr. NEWNAN, FRIDAY, APR. 23. Official Organ of Coweta County. E. Brown, Tiioh. S. I’aruott, BROWN ft PARROTT, Editors and Pum.isifERS. DIG VOTE FOR RONDS. The city bond election passed off •juietly Saturday, and resulted in a de cisive victory for bonds, the vote stand ing 356 to 67, or about 25 more than the requisite two-thirds majority. The amount of the issue authorized is $16,- 000, and as soon as the necessary pre liminaries shall have been complied with the bonds will be offered for sale. The bonds will bear interest at the rate of 5 per cent., and will be paid as follows: $2,000 in 1012, and a like amount successively in 11111, 1010, 1018, 1020, 1022, 1021 and 1020. It is not be lieved that any difficulty will be expe rienced in floating the bonds at a price several points above par. Including this issue, Newnan’s total bonded in debtedness will be $121,000 ; but it is gratifying to note in the same connec tion that the actual value of the prop erty which this indebtedness represents i not less than $150,000. The town that can show such a splendid offset against, its debts is in mighty good fix. That the bond issue was settled so harmoniously last Saturday, and by so den. ive an expression from the voters and tax-payers of Newnan, should be cause for general and sincere gratula- tion. It was a most pleasing manifes tation of that spirit of progress with out which no town can go forward, and, better still, it, proves again that our people are united upon all ques tions affecting the material welfare of Newnan. Dully for Newnan, anyhow! 77// ITSTOL-TOTER CHUCKLES OVER THIS DECISION. The Court of Appeals, in an opinion handed down a few days ago, holds that a man shall not be searched for concealed weapons, as this would be forcing him to incriminate himself. The case on review was that of a man who had a pistol concealed in a sack, but which, while undergoing search by an arresting officer, he passed to a friend to hold for him. The Court held that the proof in this case was suffi cient to warrant a conviction, but if the seari'h had disclosed a pistol on the man’s person instead of in the suck in his friend’s hands, it could not have been admitted as evidence against him. This is about the queerest and rummi- est opinion that has yet been announced by our Appellate Court, and would not hold water before any legal tribu nal in Christendom outside of Georgia. The pistol-toter has all the latitude he could desire under this ruling, because there is no speedy or effective method of securing proof against violators of this class except to search them. Nine- tenths of the cases tried in our courts for this offense are based upon evi dence obtained by searching the cul prits—young negro bucks, in most in stances, who are guilty of about nine- tenths of the “shooting at another" cases that cumber our criminal dock ets. We daresay Sheriff Brewster and our vigilant city police will continue to search suspected pistol-toters as they have done heretofore, regardless of the decisiou of the Court of Appeals, and they would be foolish not to do so. LOCAL OVERFLOW. Standing Committees Newnan Board of Trade. At a meeting of the Newnan Board of Trade yesterday afternoon all the standing committees were reorganized, as follows: Banking, Finance and Insurance- Mike Rowell, chairman, T. M. Good- rum, H. H. North. Manufactures and Real Estate—T. G. Farmer, chairman, R. D. Cole, jr., F rank Wilkinson. Transportation and Traffic—Sam Banks, chairman, Joe G. Arnall, T. B. McRitchie. Legislation, Statistics and Publica tion—Jas. E. Brown, chairman, H. C. Arnall, jr., I). W. Boone. Membership and Promotion of Pub lic Interest—A. R. Burdett, chairman, H. C. Glover, I. N. Orr, sr. Arbitration J. J. Keith, chairman, John R. Cates, Joe G. Arnall, Jack Powell, R. J. Barnett. Sam Taylor Takes More Interest in Life. Monday Gov. Smith issued an order commuting Sam Taylor’s sentence to life imprisonment. Taylor was sched uled to go on the gallows last Friday, but through the intercession of Messrs. W. If. Daniel, J. Littleton Jones and Robt. Orr, his lawyers, Gov. Smith was induced to grant a respite of one week, during which time he agreed to look into the case more fully, with a view to considering the matter of re ducing Taylor’s sentence, provided the facts should be found to justify clem ency. In issuing the order the Gover nor expressed himself as satisfied that the rase was one deserving of clemency, and the commutation was granted as prayed for. The Pardon Board had previously refused to recommend a commutation of Taylor’s sentence. When advised of the Governor’s action Taylor brightened up amazingly and began to take more interest in life—a whole lot of interest, in fact, consider ing his air of meek and pious resigna tion while the jail officials were mak ing preparations to hang him. Dr. Nunnally Will Return to Geor gia. The Rome Tribune-Ilerald is author ity for the announcement that Dr. and I Mrs. G. A. Nunnally, who have been making their home at Lake City, Fla., since they left Newnan something over a year ago, are making plans to return to Georgia, and will locate at Rome. The Tribune-Herald says: “Hon. W. J. Nunnally has purchased the home place of Mrs. Abbie Ebling, bn North Broad street. The consideration was between $4,000 and $4,500. The house is a two-story frame dwelling with eight rooms. Mr. Nunnally proposes to spend about $2,000 in remodeling the place and making it into a hand some, modern residence. Dr. and Mrs. G. A. Nunnally. father and mother of the popular city attorney, will come to Rome from Lake City, Fla., and the place will be occupied as the family home. Dr. Nunnally was formerly pas tor ot the First Baptist church here, and the distinguished minister and ed ucator with his good wife will be cor dially welcomed ‘home again’ by hun dreds of friends in Rome.” MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAMME, Veterans to Be Entertained Royally. The Daughters of the Confederacy are planning to give the old veterans a big barbecue dinner next Monday, (Me morial Day.) and the excellent com mittees who have the arrangements in hand promise the old soldiers a feast that they will not only enjoy, but re member with pleasure. The dinner will be given in the Hardaway bank building, and will be served promptly at noon. Mrs. J. H. Strickland, who will supervise the affair, will be assist ed by the following committees, viz : Reception of Ladies—Mrs. J. A. Hunter, Mrs. Sue C. Hill, Mrs. John E. Robinson, Mrs. S. D. Smith. Reception of Veterans—Mrs. R. D. Cole, Mrs. J. S. Powell, Mrs. Jos. T. Kirby, Miss Helen Long, Mrs. T. J. Jones, Mrs. H. C. Fisher, Mrs. H. A. Hall. Invitation—Mrs. W. A. Steed, Mrs. J. R. Brown, Mrs. T. F. Rawls, Mrs. Lutie Rowers. Badges -Mrs. T. J. Jones, Mrs. John T. Miller, Misses Katie Arnall, Louise Reddy, Ruth Bailey and Kate Lane. Decorations Mrs. Garland Jones, Mrs. Guy Cole, Mrs. Tom Fisher, Mrs. W. C. Kinnard, Miss Dorothy Burpee. Tables Mrs. T. B. McRitchie, Mrs. C. A. Kestler, Mrs. R. D. Cole, Mrs. J. C. Gibson. Bread—Mrs. A. C North, Mrs. J. A. Royeton. Mrs. Z. Greene. Mrs. W. .1. Perry, Miss Kate Nimmons, Miss Will a Leigh. Coffee—Mrs. W. C. McBride. Mrs. j T. F. Rawls, Mrs. R. E. Rlatt, Mrs. J. Now that Newnan is waking up along all lines, would it not be a good idea to have a police census of the city? New nan shows up in the Federal census of 1900 with a population of only 3,052. It was generally believed at the time that the census of that year was incom plete, and imperfect in many respects, j fi. McKoy," Mrs. F." ^l" Vrya’ntT'iMiss ami this was demonstrated a year or so j Mattie Reid Robinson, Miss Imogene later when a police census showed it to- bimms. tal population of 4,200. We believe ; n Le ?'2 dc ,;“ rs H JaS ; E Brown, Mrs. . x , . r ! Hem Kirby, Mrs. H. A. Goolsby, Mrs. that Newnan has now over 5,000 peo- j Tom Potts, Mrs. Hugh WoodrooF, Mrs. Roy Cole, Miss Annie Will Redwine. Serving—Mrs. T. B. Davis, Mrs. Ma mie Thompson, Mrs. Howard Glover, pie, and we ought to be in a position to prove it beyond dispute. An expendi ture of not more than $U)() would ena ble us to establish our claim to the pop ulation to which we are honestly enti tle,!. The growth of Odd Fellowship in Georgia is shown from the annual re port for 1908. At the close of 1907 the At Auditorium Monday Afternoon, April 26. at 2:30 O’clock. "Royal Colors March”—Band. Recitation, “Night on the Rappahan nock”—Miss Marian Bryant. Music—Band. Invocation by the chaplain, Rev. W. J. Cotter. “Sacred Fantasia”—Band. Introduction of Speaker by Judge A. D. Freeman. Address—Gen. Clement A. Evans. Music—Band. Distribution of Southern Crosses of Honor to living veterans, as follows: J. M. Bevis, Co. A. 12th Ga. Batt. ; W. T. Dyer, Co. I, 37th Ga. Regt. ; E. D. Fouse, Co. B, Cobb’s Ga. Legion : Jas. W. Taylor, Co. B, 1st Ga. Cav. Also to descendants of following de ceased veterans, viz: Green Harris Sanders, Co. K, 30th Ga. Regt. ; Wil liam M. Redwine, Co. D, 41st Ga. Regt. Crosses will be conferred by Miss Helen M. Long, president Newnan Chapter, U. D. C. Music: (a) “The Girl I Left Behind Me;” (b) “Dixie”—Band. Benediction Rev. W. A. Parks. Rebel yell. At the conclusion of the exercises at the auditorium a procession will be formed and march to the soldiers’ cem etery, the order of march being as fol lows : School children. Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Red Men, Junior Order, and other fraternal orders. Mayor and city officials. Veterans in carriages. Carriage with speaker. Daughters of the Confederacy. Citizens generally. Hon. John B. Goodwyn will be mas- r of ceremonies, and Col. Geo. II. Carmical will act as marshal of the day. All veterans are especially invited to attend the exercises at the auditorium and occupy the first five rows of re served seats. The Daughters of the Confederacy are requested to meet in the assembly- room at the Library on Monday after noon at a quarter past 2 o’clock—just before the exercises begin. The following ladies, comprising the Memorial Day committee, are request ed to meet at the auditorium to-mor row (Saturday) afternoon at 3 o’clock, viz: Mrs. Jesse McKoy, Mrs. II. A. Goolsby, Mrs. John Royeton, Mrs. J. C. Gibson, Mrs. Will Perry, Miss Kate Lane, Miss Ina Kirby and Miss Olivia Young. Helen M. Long, President Newnan Chapter, U. D. C. 'THE CONFEDERATE FLAG.” By Henky Flash. Four stormy years we saw it gleam — ^ A people's hope—and then refurled, Even while its glory was the theme Of half the world. A beacon that with streaming ray Dazzled a struggling nation's light— Seeming a pillar of cloud by day. Of iire by night. They jeer, who trembled as it hung Comet-like, blazoning the sky— And heroes such as Homer sung. Followed it to die. It fell, but stainless as it rose— Martyred, like Stephen, in the Strife- Passing like him, girdled with foes, From death to life. Fame's trophy! Sanctified with tears;— Planted forever at her portal;— Folded, true. ** What then? Four short years Made it immortal. You’d scarcely expect one of my age in merchandise to engage, and hope to get a paying trade without the local paper’s aid. And yet I did that very thingopened up a store last spring. This month the sheriff took my stock and sold it at the auction block. Don’t view me with a scornful eye. but simply say as I pass by. "There goes a fool who seemed to think he had no use for printer’s ink.” There is a truth as broad as earth, and business men should know its worth. ’Tis simply this: The public buys its goods from those who advertise. Anv man who has work in his system will have system in his work. Who has deceived thee as oft as thy self? Mrs. Myrtie Moore, Mrs. W. B. Orr. Mrs. W. T. Lazenby, Mrs. W. P. Gear-, reld, Mrs. R. A. Farmer, Mrs. Bennett j Sanders, Mrs. E. F. Sims, Misses Em- j mie Robinson, Claire Holmes and Mar- | tha Askew. A contribution of red roses is desired ! b.v the committee on decorations. , Those who can respond to this request number of lodges m the State was 381, ’D' 01 * to send the flowers to the i Hardaway hank building Monday New Advertisements. Tax Receiver’s Notice. SECOND ROUND. I will be at the following named places on the dates named for the purpose of receiving State and county tax returns for the year 1909, to-wit: Handy, Monday, April 126, 10 a. m. to 12 m. Sargent. Tuesday, April 27. 11 a. m. to 1 p. m. Roscoe, Wtxlnesday, April 26, 9 a. m. to 12 m. Happy Valley. Wednesday. April 28, 2 to 1 p. m. Palmetto, Thursday, April 29, l to 6 p. m. Madras, Friday, April 30. S a. m. to 12 m. McCollum. Friday, April 30, 2 to 6 p. m. Newnan. Saturday, May 1. Moreland, Monday. May 3, 8 a. m. to 12 m. St. Charles, Monday, May 3, 2 to 4 p. m. Grantville, Tuesday. May 4. Shnrpsburg, Wednesday. May 6, S a. m. to 12 m. Turin, Wednesday. May 5, 1 to 6 p. m. Senoia, Thursday. May 6, 8 a. m. to 12 m. Haralson, Friday, May 7. Newnan, Saturday, May S. Returns made of farm lands must contain lot numbers, and city property must be designated by lot and street numbers. The 31st day of March, 1909, is the day Axed by law for estimat ing tax values. T. J. WILKINSON. Tax Receiver. with a total membership of 30,115. At the close of 1908 the number of lodges was 425, ami the membership was in creased to 86,277. The total amount paid for relief during the year was $65,044.60, and the total amount col lected from all sources was $175,764.90. Expenses of subordinate lodges, $40,- 433.08; expenses Grand Lodge, $16,- 166.41. Mr. 11. S. Bowden, who owns u con trolling interest in The Newnan News, has leased the paper to Messrs O. J. Allen and B. R. Johnson, and these gentlemen are now in charge as editors and publishers. They are experienced newspaper men, and well-equipped for the work of getting out a good pa per. We welcome these brethren to Newnan. and assure them of our best wishes for success in their new field. morning. All committees are requested to meet ' at 10 o’clock Monday morning. A preacher came at a newspaper man in this way : "You editors do not i tell the truth. If you did you could not live: your newspaper would he a failure." The editor replied: “You are right, and the minister who will at j all times and under all circumstances tell the whole truth about his mem bers. alive or dead, will not occupy his pulpit more than one Sunday,'and then he will find it necessary to leave town in a hurry. The press and the! pulpit go hand in hand with whitewash brushes and pleasant words, magnify ing little virtues into big ones. The pulpit, the pen and the gravestone are the great saint-making triumvirate.” “I know,” said the bashful young man, “that I act like a bear some times.” ”1 never noticed it,” she said. “I thought bears hugged people.” Cover Old Shingles With VULCANITE It is specially suited to this purpose because of the extra weight and quality of the felt used in its manufacture, and it takes the same insuranco as metal or slate. Further unanswerable proof of the general all-round superiority of Vulcanite Roofing, is the fact that it took first prize at the Georgia State Fair; at tne Alabama Agricultural Fair; at the Mississippi Agri cultural Fair, and the Alabama State Fair. Don’t use any other roofing until you write us. investigating the economy and superiority of this rooting. R. D. COLE MFC. CO,, Newnan, Ga. — < ’ t i t t t t t s Oxfords and Shoes FOR LADIES, MISSES and CHILDREN OCR CHEAT SPRING SALE I You save 25c. to 50c. per pair, and you get comfort, style and quality in shoes bought of us. MANY SHAPES TO SELECT FROM Plain or patent kid; tipped or plain toes: high or low instep; any kind of heel; C to EE. FOR YOUNG LADIES “Thane,” the cross-strap sandal. “Euclid,” the ankle-strap sandal. “Cob,” the low-cut oxford. “La France,” the four-eyelet oxford. “Lyric,” the three-eyelet oxford. FOR MATRONS AND OLD LADIES “Quaker,” “Matron’s Pride,” “Common Sense," “O. L. Comfort,” “Elastic Ease” and “Wank Fast’’ lasts. Black or brown kid leath ers. CANVAS OXFORDS White, pink or blue. And others to show you when you call. Our shoes Jit and satisj'y. “We lead in the sale of ladies’ goods.” POTTS & PARKS SPRING BARGAINS 1 n FURNITURE We are better prepared than ever to supply your wants in the furniture line. Our stock is fuil and complete, our goods are first-class, our prices are low. \\ e want your trade, and we’ll prove it to you. Some special offers now on in Dining-room Suites, Davenports, Parlor Chairs, Art Squares, etc. We give coupons. They cost you nothing. Call at our store and ex amine special prize offer now on. Buy orte of our fine Felt Mattresses and “Gold Medal” Springs, and that tired feeling so prevalent at this season of the year will trouble you no more. Yours for square dealing, Marbury’s Furniture Store, No. 9 Greenville Street. i t t i f * t CREME ELCAYA A TOILET CREAM FOR THE COMPLEXION Preserving it against the harsh effsets of wind and dust. “Always ready.” PRICE 50 CENTS For sale by Holt & Cates Co. Personal Mention EVERYBODY’S MAG AZINE has come back to town on a visit, after nearly two weeks’ absence. He savs he hopes to stav quite a while with a number of the best families ; he brings with him a lot of new stories—good ones ; his health is much improved. A new supply of the May Everybody’s Maga- | ziNE is now on sale by Holt & Cates Co.. Keese j Drug Co.. Lee Bros, and Hood House. R. F. HERRING G. EDWIN PARKS HERRING d, PARKS REAL ESTATE, GENERAL INSURANCE, STOCKS AND BONDS, RENTING. We have for sale and rent this week, the following: One nice home on Broad street. Two nice homes on Temple avenue, at a bargain. One nice home on corner of Fourth and Second avenues. One nice home on Second avenue. Two nice building lots on Greenville street. bargain 0 ^ hoUse and lot ’ also brick stor ” on Greenville street, at a Two nice homes on Greenville street for rent. One nice home on Spring street for rent. One nice home on LaGrange street for sale. Three nice furnished rooms on Jackson street for rent Several nice rooms on Greenville street for rent. Four nice unfurnished rooms on Spring street for rent, mru-innLi° wqf a ih use 5 ?» ] ot on Second avenue-good house; lot rnents° fe6t ’ Wdl sel1 tor 8100 dovvn and balance in $10 monthly pay- ’PHOIME 278. OFFICE OVER FIRST NATIONAL BANK. DR.KING’S MEW DISCOVERY Will Surely Slop That Cough. LECTRIC BmtorsNEss 014 . BITTERS L AK DKTILN E Yd. Buclilen’s Arnica Salve The 6esl Salve In The World. Dr.King’s IMew Life Pills The best in the world.