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fierald and fldwrtiser. NEWNAN, FRIDAY, MAY 7. UllflOT OUAKAN I KI D l OI N UtV <11 ID I I.ATION IS KUI'KTII CD ND HKHSION AI. DISTIIK'T. Official Organ of Coweta County. JAH. E. IlltOWN, TllOS. S. l’AKKOTT, BROWN & PAHKOTT, EDITORS AND Putll.lHIIEKH. wether comes next, while in Carroll the per centum is 9 per cent. ” Mr. Calvin was ifiven a vote of thanks for his splendid address, and was ursred to return at some future date and speak to the farmers of Cow eta, which he agreed to do. A SPLENDID ADDRESS. By special invitation Hon. Martin V. Calvin, Director of the State Experi ment Station at Griffin, addressed the Newnan Board of Trade at the court house Tuesday ni^ht His subject was “New and Wider Markets for Ameri can Cotton Goods,“ in the discussion of which he brought out some startling facts showing how far behind England, France and Germany this country is in trying to find new markets in Central and South America and in the Far East for American-made cotton goodp. Not only was this true, hut we actually imported last year cotton goods to the value of $09,000,000, while our exports of cotton goods to all foreign countries amounted only to $32,000,000. He thought it a reflection upon the enter prise of American manufacturers that such a state of things should exist. It taxed common credulity, he said, that Europe should come to us for the raw material, and then send it back to us in the shape of manufactured goods of various descriptions and sell in the open markets in competition with home manufacturers, paying not only the tariil' duty levied upon this class of im ports, hut hearing also tin* • freight charges both way. . The stupid policy of the United States Government in failing to make proper provision for exploiting American-made goods in foreign countries especially in China and Japan, and in Central and South America -was amazing to one who had studied the peculiar features of our ex port and import trade, lie felt cefLfiin that if the United States would culti vate friendlier trade relations with our neighboring republics, for example, it would result in opening markets for American-made cotton goods that would give a tremendous impetus tc this great industry. The opening ol the Panama canal would put the Cen tral and South American markets prac tically at our doors, and we would be wofully lacking in foresight if we neg lected to take advantage of the oppor tunity thus presented of putting our goods in every town in those republics. He argued that, an expansion of our cotton goods trade with these countries aloue, resulting from such an enter prising policy as he had outlined, wouh enable us to utilize profitably a much larger proportion of the cotton crop than is required to supply the present de mand for American-made goods, and would inevitably redound to the bene fit of the Southern farmer as we the manufacturer. It was a splendid address, and the astonishing facts dis closed made a deep impression upon those who heard it. Before entering upon the subject - which he had been invited to speak by the Board of Trade, Mr. Calvin com mended the enterprise of our business men in having such an organization, and stressed the importance of co-op eration as an imperative and indispen sable prerequisite to the growth and prosperity of any business community. He then spoke of the trade territory that might be reasonably claimed by Newnan, and was certainly open to exploitation. Competition would be encountered, of course, but that "com petition is the life of trade” is a bus iness axiom as old as the hills. He said that Newnan Plight properly con sider as workable all territory within a radius of forty miles of her magnifi cent new court-house, summarizing our situation and showing the resources of the territory indicated in a very inter esting manner, as follows: “1. Between 1900 and 1907 the in crease in corn production in territory tributary to Newnan was (59.0 per cent. ; oats, 60.7 tier cent. ; wheat, 51.1 tier cent. ; cotton, 19.3 per cent. “2. The eight counties in your trade territory produced in 1907 1,120,000 bushels of corn, 300,000 bushels of oats, 237,000 bushels of wheat, and 178,OOP bales of cotton. “3. The population of your territory is from 150,000 to 160,000. There' are within a radius of 10 miles 15,614 farm homes, of which 851 (or 5.1 per cent.) are encumbered. “1. Of the farms in your territory 66.1 per cent, are operated by white people, and 33.9 per cetjt. by negroes. In the State 63.1 per cent, are oper ated by white people, and 36.9 per cent, by negroes. In Coweta county 49.3 per cent, sre operated by white people, and 50.7 per cent, by negroes. “5. In Georgia 1(1.1 percent, of the farms are operated by owners, 26.2 per cent, by cash tenants, and 33.7 per cent, by share tenants. “6. Coweta produced in 1907 595,000 bushels of corn, 50,000 bushels of oats, 45,000 bushels of wheat, and 10,000 bales of cotton. “7. Of Coweta's 2,711 farm homes, 57 (or 2.1 per cent.) are encumbered. ”8. In your territory Fayette has the smallest per centum of encumbered farm homes—i. e., 1.9 per cent.; Meri- Abuse of the Pardoning Power. Columbus Enquirer-Sun, -1th inst. Courts in all parts of Georgia, and in other States as well, are greatly censured for the delays that often oc cur in the trial of men charged with crime. The ‘‘court’s delay” is a theme that furnishes much comment of an unfavorable character, but it seems that it is of little use for courts to try men, convict them of crime and sen tence them to prison as a punishment for their crime, if they are so soon to be allowed to go forth free men. It must be very discouraging to the offi cers of the courts, who exert them selves to discharge their duty faithful ly, to have ho little support from the higher authorities of the State. That there are circumstances under which pardons should be granted to persons who have been convicted of crime there is no question, hut these instances are quite few as compared to the fre- luency with which executive clemency is extended. There are very few men guilty of crime who should be turned loose to prey upon society again. The law is for the protection of society as II as for the punishment of the man who commits crime. Too many par dons are granted. In his charge to the grand jury yes terday Judge Gilbert spoke at some ength on the action of the Pardon ard in granting so many pardons. I He recited a case where a man named Alexander, of Augusta,, who several years ago embezzled something over $100,000, was tried, convicted, and sent up for six years. He received a full pardon at the end of the second year, lie gave as an opposite illustra tion the case of an old man 81 years of age, who was a year or so ago convict ed of larceny and sent up for a term of years. He applied for a pardon, but was without friends or moifey. The Pardon Board deliberated over I he matter .for. some months and finally decided that the old man should rot re ceive a pardon. Judge Gilbert showed that among the 275 convicts pardoned in Georgia since January, 1908, there were - many murderers. The granting of stTmany pardons tended to nullify the work of the courts, he said. A thens Banner. There is such a thing as mercy to the convict, and that mercy should shown. At the same time there such a thing as justice to society, and that justice should be given. One great incentive to mob law is the be lief on the part of the people that des perate criminals will be sent to th penitentiary for life, perhaps, and then after a few years' service he turne ' loose by parole or commutation of sentence or pardon. The Prison Com mission and the Governor no doubt ex amine carefully into each case and dis pose of it on its own merits, but even Prison Commissions and Governors may at times lie too lenient. We would not have the law executed so to turn a deaf ear to all appeals for mercy, but at the same time the peni tentiary is for a purpose, and it will not he a wholesome thing to- turn loose too many long-term convicts on parole or through pardon. The men sent there to serve for life were in most cases dangerous criminals. In a large number of cases life sentences were imposed simply to keep from having to hang them. It was expected by the juries thnt the sentences would be for life, and nothing less. Yet they are time and again commuted. A New England Conspiracy Against the South. Savannah Presa. Congressman W. C. Adamson, in an interview given the Atlanta Constitu tion on a short visit there Friday, ex pressed the opinion that neither the consumer or the tradesman will benefit from the tariff bill as it will pass Con gress. The Republicans have concluded, he thinks, “that they could have car ried the last election without promising tariff revision, and feeling the promise was without consideration and in fear of defeat” they have decided to make no changes that will benefit the people. “In fact," said Judge Adamsun, very little is said by anybody about any improvement in the main schedules that, make up the bill. Cotton and woolen goods manufactured in New England, agricultural implements and machinery for cotton and woolen mills, are to he left absolutely above all com petition. A slight reduction in some of these would supply the treasury with money and reduce the cost to the con sumer, without injuring any legitimate industry, and would stimulate business in all those lines. “The reduction of the duty on cotton mill machinery would more rapidly multiply the cotton mills of the South and transfer cotton manufacturing to the cotton fields, where it belongs. But, for that reason, the three protec tion wiazrds on the Senate finance com mittee from New England do not in tend to permit any reduction. Having cut off competition ffom abroad, they intend, as far as they can, to prevent competition in the South.” Carroll County Grand Jury Favor Good Roads. From Presentments of Carroll county Grand Jury. Resolved; That we, the grand jury, realizing the importance of our public highways and the county’s inability, under the present system, to macada mize and maintain the public roads as they should tie, and appreciating the progressive spirit of our people and their willingness to co-operate towards securing all needed improvements, do recommend that the proper officers of the county call an election for the pur pose of voting bpnds for these much- needed road improvements, at as early a date as is expedient. Resolved, further. That whereas a number of citizens with petitions from the eastern part of the county have ap peared before our body during its ses sion asking that the county join with Coweta in building a bridge across the Chattahoochee river: that we recog nize this claim as a just one, but because of the present finan cial condition of our county we think it wise to defer definite action at this time, but suggest a conference of our Commissioner with the Coweta officials, with the view ot" as early ex ecution of this needed improvement as practicable. LaGrange Wins Game From Newnan. LaGrange, Ga., May 4,—The New nan boys came down to LaGrange to put a crimp on the home boys. They placed their hope in the twirling of the unhittable Moncrief, who. pitched a good game, but his opponent,. Nelson, was at his best and held the Newnan hoys at his mercy.. Nelson fanned, twenty men, and with better support would have had a better showing.. The features of the game were the heavy hitting of Gibson and Nelson and the fielding of Poaroe, who made sev eral beautiful stops for the LaGrange boys, in the eighth inning Newnan tied the score, 12-12,. and: the knot stayed hard until the 1.1th inning, when Roberts hit safe for one bag and was brought home v;ith a four- bagger off of Gibson'k bat, Final! score: LaGrange, 15: Newnan, 12. Hon. Jos. T. Kirby. The Atlanta Journal, which has been printing sketches of the new members who will be seen in the next Legisla ture, gave in a recent issue the follow ing excellent sketch of one of Cowe ta’s popular Representatives, Hon. Jos. T. Kirby “Jos. T. "Kirby, the Representative- elect from Coweta county, loves his home and his horses,, and is a raan of good cheer. He believes in sunshine, and decries all shStdows. In other words. Representative Kirby is a good, healthy man ot the good open country. He is engaged extensively in farming. Operating forty plows on plantations near Newnan. His home is one of the fine old ante-bellum residences, of which any man might well lie proud. “He was born and reared in Newnan, and has always lived there, except for a short while spent off at school when he was.a young man. He entered the University of Georgia when 16 years of age. and attained membership in the the Phi Kappa and Kappa Alpha socie ties. Among his classmates were Judge Hamp McWhorter, Judge John C. Hart, Judge Geo. F. Gober, Judge A. J. Cobb, Judge .). H. Lumpkin, Dr. Frank M. Ridley. A. G. MeCurry, D. W'. Rountree, P. A. Stovall, John Tem ple Graves, and other prominent Geor gians. After going through the soph omore and junior years at the Univer sity he attended and graduated at Bry- ant-Stratton and Sadler College, Balti more. Md. He engaged in the mer cantile business till 188p, when he be came cashier of the Newnan National Bank. Afterward he re-entered the inqrcahtile business and continued in it till about twelve years ago, when he I took up farming. | “Representative Kirby served twice on the City Council and was chairman I of the County Commissioners for four j years. He is a member of the Odd Fellows, Junior Order, Knights of I Pythias, Knights Templar and Mystic i Shriners. He has been twice married. His present wife, who was Miss Lillian Dent, of Newnan, assists him in all his | undertakings. They have one child, a | promising young son nearly eight years i old." Lived 152 Years. Win. Parr England's oldest man- married the third time at 120, worked in the fields until 132 and lived twenty years longer. People should be youth ful at SO. James Wright, of Spurlock, K>\, shows how to remain young. “I feel just like a 16-year-old boy,” he writes, “after taking six bottles of Electric Bitters. For thirty years kid ney trouble made life a burden, but the first bottle of this wonderful medi cine convinced me I had found the greatest cure on earth." They’re a godsend to weak, sickly, rundown or old people. Try them, 50e. at all drug gists. We all have our opportunities, most of us manage to dodge them. OxfoidsandShoes FOR LADIES, MISSES and CHILDREN OUR GREAT SPRING SALE I You save 25c. to 50e. per pair, and you get comfort, style and quality in shoes bought of us. MANY SHAPES TO SELECT Plain or patent kid; tipped or plain toes: or low instep; any kind of heel; C to EE. FOR YOUNG LADIES “Thane,” the cross-strap sandal. “Euclid,” the ankle-strap sandal. “Ceb,” the low-cut oxford. “'La France,” the four-eyelet oxford. “Ljryic,” the three-eyelet oxford. FROM high FOR MATRONS AND OLD LADIES “Quaker,” “Matron’s Pride,” “Common Sense.” ”0. 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 fit anfi satisfy. “We lead in the sale of ladies’ goods.” POTTS & PARKS 5PECIHL5 AT Furniture Store t t t t $ $ t Commissioner of Agriculture T.. G. Hudson stated yesterdaay that the re cently published report to the effect that the sales of commercial fertilizers in Georgia this year were 100..000 tons in excess of last year’s sales, was- in correct and misleading. “As a mat ter of fact,” Commissioner Hudson said, “this year’s sales will, be very lit tle, if any, more than last year. I think the consumption will be practi cally the same. Our report shows that last season-there was sold in Georgia 842,775 tons. This year’s sales w not go much, if any„ above that figure. Certainly there has been no material increase.’’—Atlanta Constitution, 7th inst. The collector- is one man who cannot stop and rest when his work its dun. “Fiber Rush” porch furniture;—nice lot in stock, and more cm the road. Prices on these goods are right. C.We are showing some elegant dining-room 4 furniture in golden oak and early English at greatly reduced prices.. CParlor ^ Tables, all kinds. Early English Rockers and Arm Chairs, covered in genuine Spanish leather—best quality. Chifforobes, oak and mahogany. ^ Choice line reed Rockers cheap. Porch Rugs—rugs ali sizes. Fine line Art-Squares—(our prices on these are very low.) C,Keep your eye on this space for the next thir- ^ ty days. We are going lo save you some money on your furniture purchases. ^ We will do it now. dative your pictures framed at our store. Best equip ment in town for producing high-class work in this line. Give us a call. We will please you, or refund, your money. Yours for sqjuare and honest- dealing, Marbury’s Furniture Store, No. 9 Greenville Street. t t t t vS but The successful man is this first to re cognize his. own mistakes. Kills- to Stop tka Fiend. The worst foe for twelve years of John Deye, of Gladwin. Mich., was a running ulcer. He pai-d doctors over $400 without benefit. Then Bueklen’s Arnica Salve killed the ulcer and cured him. Cures fever sores, boils, felons, eczema, salt rheum. Infallible for piles, burns, scalds, cuts and corns. Twenty-five cents at all druggists. city of Newnan, said county of Coweta, between the legal hours of wlo, to the highest bidder, for cash, as the property of the estate of Alonzo Leigh, deceased, one share of the capital atock of Palmetto Cotton Mills. Palmetto, Ga., of the par value of $50, and also one-fourth of a share of the capital stock of said Palmetto Cotton Mills, which one-fourth share as one-fourth of the par value of $50, and said one-fourth share being of the par A’alue of $12.50. This May 6, 1909. Prs* fee. $4.38. CREECY LEIGH. Adm’x on the. estate of Alonz» Leigh, deceased. New Advertisements. Letters of Dismission. GEORGIA—Cowe'W County: Mrs. Lucy Pinson North, guardian of Ellen Pin son. having applied to the Court of Ordinary of said county for letters of dismission from her said trust, all persons concerned are required to show cause in said Court by the first Monday in June next, if any they can. why said ap plication should not be granted. This May 3. 1909. Prs. fee, $3. L. A. PERDUE. Ordinary. Letters of Administration. G EORGI A—Cow eta County : J. B. Brown having applied to the Court of Or dinary of said county for letters of administration on the estate of John M. Brown, deceased, all per sons concerned are required to show cause in said Court by the first Monday in June next, if any they can, why said application should not be granted. This May 3. 1909. Prs. fee, $3. L. A. PERDUE. Ordinary. Letters of Dismission. GEORGIA—Coweta County: W. H. Summerlin, administrator de bonis non on the estate of William Sewell, deceased, having ap plied to the Court of Ordinary of said county for letters of dismission from hia said trust, all per sons concerned are required to show cause in said Court by the first Monday in June next, if any they can, why said application should not be granted. This May 3. 1909. Prs. fee. $3. L. A. PERDUE. Ordinary. Administratrix’s Sale. GEORGIA—Coweta County: By virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary of said county, granted at the February term. 1909. of said Court, will be sold on the first Tues day in J une, 1909, at the court-house door in the She^ff’s Sale for Jutta. GEORGIA—C>weta County: Will be sold jefore the Court-house door in New- I nan, Coweta county, Ga., on the first Tuesday in | June next, between the legal liours of sale, to the highest and best bidder, the following de- j scribed property, to-wit: Ninety-sewn and one-half ’.9T 1 *) acres, more or less, being -jart of lot No. 235, and the east half r *f said lot; also, two and one-half (2*••_>) acres of land, being pane of lot No. 214, in the northeast corner of said lot: also, two (2) acres on the south of public roai, embracing the house wherein Amis now lives—all of the above property being thus described in the will of Mrs. Ballard, de ceased. naother of the defendant in fi. fa., and sit uate in Cedar Creek district, said county. Levied on as the life estate of W. C. Ballard to satisfy a fi. fa. issued from the Justice Court of the 742d district. G. M.. in favor of W. P. Broom vs. the said W. C. Ballard. Defendant in fi. fa. notified in terms of the law. This May 5, 1909. Prs. fee. $6.4.x J. D. BREWSTER. Sheriff. Not a Dull Spot in the May EVERY BODY’S MAGAZINE. That’s why it holds the undoubted supremacy. Even if you are not a mag azine reader, try it. There is an unusual line of fiction this month. Read ‘‘‘Grimsden House” if you like a “ thriller.” A new supply of the May Everybody’s Maga zine is now on sale by Hoit A Cates Co.. Reese Drug Co.. Lee Bros, and Hood House. YOUR ATTENTION IS INVITED. Buying right in the first place means LASTING satisfaction. Now is the time to buy Porch Chairs, Iron Bedsteads, Dressers, Chiffoniers, New Carpets, Rugs. Our showing of handsome Furniture styles means getting what you want—at your price. Yours truly, SCR0GGIN FURNITURE COMPANY. Libel for Divorce. W. M. Whitmire / Libe , for Divorce Coweta Claudie Whitmire. I Superior Court. To Claudie Whitmire, defendant: You are here by required, in person or by attorney, to be and appear at the next term of the Superior Court. to be held in and for said county, on the first Monday in September, 1909, then and there to answer the plaintiff in an action for total divorce, as. in default of such appearance, said Court wm proceed thereon as to justice may appertain. Witness the Honorable R. W. Freeman. Judge of said Court, this the 5th day ^ rnER Clerk.