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NEWNAN, FRIDAY, MAY 21.
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Official Organ of Coweta County.
(’hautau'|u:i Association Completes Programme—Strongest
and Most Popular List of Attractions*Ever Seen
in Newnan—June 13th to 19th.
Jah. K. IIrown. Thor. S. Parhott.
BROWN & PARROTT.
Editors and Puih.iriibrs.
QUESTIONS FOR LEGISLATION.
According to report there is a strong
movement on foot to abolish the Court
of Appeals at the coming session of
the Legislature. It is not designed
that the members of this court shall he
legislated out of office, for those advo
cating the measure spoken of plan to
take care of the three Appellate .lodges
by creating another branch of the
State judiciary, to he known as the
criminal division of the Supreme Court,
with the present .Judges of the Court
of Appeals constituting the new court.
Many members of the Legislature have
expressed themselves favorably upon
the proposition, it is said, the argument
being that the heavy work of the high
er courts of our judicial system can be
better expedited under the plan pro
posed.
Another proposed measure that is be
ing favorably considered, it is said, is
a Constitutional amendment providing
for biennial instead of annual sessions
of the Ceneral Assembly. In support
of this proposition the friends of the
measure argue that there is no neces
sity for the Legislature to meet oftener
than once in two years; that there are
already too many laws on the statute-
books more than can be enforced, or
even remembered.
Other questions of importance are
likely to have prominence also when
the Ceneral Assembly meets. A bill to
repeal the registration law passed at
the last session will prove a popular
measure, and a bill to decrease the
membership of the Railroad Commis
sion from five to three is another meas
ure that will receive strong support.
The new registration law is an abomi
nation, and should be repealed as
quickly as a bill can be put through.
The matter of reducing the member
ship of the Railroad Commission is a
subject for the serious consideration of
our solons, with many sensible argu
ments in favor of the proposition.
Still another measure that is being
advocated with much forcefulness
and good reason is a hill to create the
office of Lieutenant Governor, who will
also be President of the Senate. Such
a law has been long needed, and as
the office would carry with it no salary
except the usual per diem allowed to
members of the General Assembly,
there seems to he no reasonable ground
upon which to bate opposition to the
measure suggested.
That the approaching session of our
law-making body will be a busy one is
already assured, and let us hope that
its deliberations will be marked by
“wisdom, justice and moderation.”
Cl I ALTAI
II. S. SENATOR ROB TAYLOR, an Old Favorite in Newnan.
All arrangements for the sixth an
nual session of the Newnan Chautauqua
have been completed, and it will be a
matter of interest to our people to
know that the programme includes
perhaps the best and strongest list of
attractions that the association has
ever been able to get together. These
may be enumerated briefly as follows:
U. S. Senator Bob Taylor, of Ten
nessee, for one lecture.
W. Powell Hale, of Tennessee, who
so delighted Chautauqua audiences last
summer with his readings and imper
sonations, will return for two dates.
Ross Crane, the great cartoonist, who
stands without a rival in giving the
completest, most artistic one-man per
formance seen on the American plat
form, will give two of his inimitable
entertainments.
Sidney Landon, character delineator,
will give “Speaking Likenesses of
Great Men” in two of his remarkable
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Newnan’s Leading Dress Goods House.
Always Something New to be Found Here.
We offer for next week many attractive patterns of silk and half-silk fabrics
which will appeal to your fancy, as to style, quality and price.
SILKS SILKS
Messalines in rose, pink and blue, in solid shades;
—mulberry, new-blue, navy, brown and green, in
stripes.
Black taffetas and peau de soies, yard wide, at
90c., $1 and $1.25 per yard.
Pongee, japonica, suesine and jacquard silks,
and other silk fancies, at '25c. to 50c. the yard.
TRIMMINGS
Buttons, braids and embroidered bands; all-
over yokings of Irish lace; plain or fancy nets.
LACES LACES
Linen cluny, cotton cluny, French or /round
thread vals.; cotton or linen torchon laces.
EMBROIDERIES
Heavy cambric edge and insertings—the only
heavy close-stitch embroidery in this city.
Swiss insertings, panel-bands and wide galloons.
Something new. You should see them. Colored
fronts and bands to match.
Come, see the goods, and let us make you a
price on your outfit.
LINENS AND LINONETTES
All the popular shades of solids and stripes. New shipment just received.
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Sell Ladies’ Goods
POTTS & PARKS
NEWNAN. - - - GEORGIA
Now comes Prof. M. S. Terry, of the
Garrett Biblical Institution, Chicago,
who informs us that the King .lames
version of the hible is obsolete. In a
recent address before the Methodist
ministers of that city he said that
more progress had been made in bibli
cal investigation in the last fifteen
years than in one thousand years be
fore, [adding that close investigation
bad much (‘hanged the wording of the
King James version, although its doc
trine had not been destroyed. It is to
be hoped that the iconoclasts will at
least spare from attack the plan of sal
vation as taught by early expounders
of tiie King James translation, and do
nothing t i shake our belief in the
pro itive faith of our fathers. Prof.
Tin . , ■ evidently a product id' the new
tied m recet t y . ars by t he
Sm: mite:- of Ghicai! < :r : other peati-
l.nt i enters "f latter-day thought and
KOSS (‘KANE. Curtomist.
"Character Studies From Life.” The
secret of Mr. London's success as an
entertainer lies in his genuine and lofty
determination to excel. Endowed by
nature with a versatility that is extra
ordinary. he lias added much by expe
rience and culture, and has compiled a
nrogramme of character sketches which
lie gives in prose, verse an I song, and
which are easily recognised as true to
life. In pri senting thest st idles Mr.
J Landon uses wigs and paints, and has
! raised the use of the so-called make-up
from the realm of novelty -to the do
main oi art. In his “Speaking Like
nes . of G eat Men” he impersonates
characters well known (■> all, and with
•ision just hii
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:vo twenty white
victc I i- the Re
corder’s Court under a city ordinance
and given the maxiinun penalty of
$5nu and a thirty-day sentence in the
stockade, will be forced not only to pay
the fine assessed, but do time on the
city Imingang also. Heretofore when
convictions have been secured in the
Recorder’s Gourt of \tlantn, and in
other cities as well, the usual proce
dure for the defendants has been to ap
peal to the State courts. The decision
cl the Court of Appeals deprives them
of this recourse, and in future the Den
sities indicted by municipal courts
for violations of the prohibition law will
stand us the final judgment in such
cases.
Commissioner of Agriculture Hudson
has been delegated by the Federal Gov
ernment to attend an institute of Cu
ban farmers to be held at Havana on
June 4, and the Georgian will be one
of the Americans to tell them about
farming in the States. It is said that
a large party will attend the Cuban
gathering. Several prominent Georgia
farmers will accompany Mr. Hudson
on the trip.
such artisiic finish tha
brought into their pro;
I the programme for twi
| l)r. Edwin M. Foil
lb. president of Fun
I Greenville, S. i . bn. been secured for
ore lecture. This distinguished and el
oquent Southern divine is one of the
most scholurlv, brilliant and powerful
| platform sneakers in America. Before
an audience he is perfect master of
himself, his breadth of intellectual vis
ion. spiritual insight and radiant opti
mism being so happily combined that
an audience hears him from start to
finish with keen delight. His humor is
subtle and irresistible; his thought is
lucid; his logic is unanswerable; his
eloquence is the lightning’s Hash. A
lecture by Ur. Poteat is a rich contri
bution to the moral and intellectual
life of any community.
Col, Geo. W. Bain, of Kentucky, who
has been aptly styled "The Prince of
Southern Orators, ” will give two lec
tures. He is one of the most widely
known and popular lecturers on the ly-
ceum stage. No audience ever felt the
sway of his oratory without a vision of
a great personality, matchless in char
acter, masterful in brain, sympathet
ic in heart and sublime in purpose. He
is just now in his prime, and doing the
j best work of his life.
| The musical features are unusually
I excellent, and will prove a source of
1 genuine pleasure and enjoyment
\ throughout the week. The attractions
! embraced in this group are -
I 1. The Matthiesen Chautauqua Band
j and Orchestra, composed of twelve or
| fifteen instruments. Both in solo and
ensemble work the organization in
cludes a company of artists who have
been carefully selected and specially
drilled. Prof. J. P. Matthiesen is one
of the most skilled and accomplished
band and orchestra directors in the
country. An unusual feature of the
band is the trombone quartette. The
management is to be congratulated
upon securing so valuable a combina
tion- one which will satisfy the de
mand for outdoor concerts as well as
for platform and orchestra work,
2. The Robley Male Quartette. This
is one of the strong combination of en
tertainers now pleasing the public. The
gentlemen composing the quartette are
all hign-class artists in their line,
while Mr. Bayard T. Robley also ranks
high as a reader and impersonator. His
ability to interpret the best in litera
ture is unrivaled, and he is widely rec
ognized as one of the few really popu
lar readers now on the platform.
3. Miss Lucile Dennis, already well-
known to some of our people, has been
engaged as vocal soloist for the entire
week.
4. Mr. Howard Davis, of Birming
ham. Ala., who recently completed a
course of training 'under one of the
best masters in Europe, will delight
his Newnan friends during the week
with vocal selections from his choice
repertoire. Ilia superb tenor is admir
ably adapted to concert work, and he
will be heard with increasing pleasure
at each appearance.
The opening sermon will be preached
Sunday morning, June 13, by Rev.
Henrv A. Atkinson, pastor of the Cen
tral Congregational church, Atlanta—
one of the most eloquent divines in the
South.
"he chautauqua session will close Sat
urday evening, .1 une 19.
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“Fiber Rush” porch furniture;—nice lot in stock, and more on the road.
Prices on these goods are right. C.We are showing some elegant dining-room
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 Qheap. Porch Rugs—rugs all sizes. Fine line Art-Squares—(our
prices on these are very low.) CJveep yotir eye on this space for the next thir
ty days. We are going io save you some money on your furniture purchases.
We will do it now. CH ave your pictures framed at our store. Best equip
ment in town for producing high-class work in thisjine. Give us a call. We
will please you, or refund your money. . ,
Yours for square and honest dealing,
Marbury’s Furniture Store,
No. 9 Greenville Street.
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j The last Legislature appropriated
Sp,">0,009 for pensions the present year.
! Of this sum *944,244 has been paid
j upon claims, and $5,241.05 turned back
into the Treasury as unclaimed. The
| amount paid on pension account last
! year was *927,000.
| that he was feeling ill, at 7 o’clock he
! lapsed into unconsciousness, and before
j the family physician arrived he was
dead. Mr. Rogers was 69 years of age,
and while his death was unexpected,
1 he had been in indifferent health '
u- urn. umi m iiiuiucreiu ueaitn since
he suffered an nponletic stroke in 1907,
and was almost constantly under a phy
sician s care.
Columbus Ledger:
'Little Joe’
j Brown is pretty elDse to the hearts of
I the people now, but he will get closer
j before the next gubernatorial cam
paign in Georgia. “
| The Florida Legislature defeated this
| week, by a decisive majority, a bill
providing for a Constitutional amend
ment to disfranchise the negro.
Standard Oil Magnate Dead.
New York, May 19. Henry H. Rog
ers, vice-president of the Standard Oil
Co., and the moving spirit in the or
ganization of the Amalgamated Copper
Co., builder of railroads and philan
thropist, died at his home this morning
from a stroke of aDODlexy. Death came
about an hour after Mr. Rogers had ris
en for the day. Mentioning to his wife
R. W. Mattox Gets Favorable Verdict
in Florida Court.
] Jacksonville Metropolis.
| Judge James W- Locke, of the Uni-
| ted States Court, handed down an im
portant decision yesterday in the case
of the Neal Naval Stores Co. vs.
:R. W. Mattox, the Mattox-McMillAii
Co., and others.
1 It will be recalled that the complain
ants tiled an application for an injunc
tion, alleging infringement upon a pat
ent thermometer. Judge Locke yester
day denied the application for the in
junction, the court holding that no in-
I fringement had been proved, and that
the fact that the Mattox pyrometer
! was applied to stills like the Neal ther
mometer—that is, in the same manner
—did not make an infringement of the
Neal patent, as it might accomplish
the same result in a better way.
The bill of complaint, which was re
ferred to in The Metropolis in a recent
issue, covered some thirty pages or
more, but the court did not consider
the other charges made in the bill as of
sufficient importance to discuss in his
decision. He dismissed the petition on
the broad ground that the fact of in
fringement had not been proved. Un
der this decision the Mattox-McMillan
Co, will continue, of course, tiie manu
facture and sale of their still pyrome
ter.
The Mattox-McMillan Co. is a new
corporation, organized for the purpose
of manufacturing and selling the in
strument known as the Mattox pyrom
eter herein referred to, which is the
invention of Mr. R. W. Mattox, one of
the best known turpentine men in Flor
ida and a young man thoroughly versed
in practical and scientific mechanics,
being himself, we belieVe, a graduate
of a well-known school of technology.
The pyrometer manufactured by this
corporation is designed to be attached
to turpentine stills and to show to the
operator or the stiller the state of the
boiling rosin and thus enable him to
get the best results in distillation, this
scientific instrument preventing the
guesswork method of the old process.
The instrument assures the raising of
rosin grades and an increase of spirits
from distillation. It is a most impor
tant invention and covers a necessity
long felt by all producers of turpentine.
—Following the opening of Coney Is
land, N. Y., all owners of poultry in
that vicinity have been ordered by the
board of health to get rid of their roos
ters. Until Coney Island opened Satur
day, roosters in that neighborhood nev
er crowed until 4 or 5 o’clock in the
morning. Since then, however, they
have mistaken the bright lights from
the famous resort for daylight, and
have persistently crowed from 10
o’clock at night until long after sun
rise. The noise of their vocal miscal
culations caused many complaints to
the board of health.
New Advertisements.
Notice of Local Legislation.
Notice* is hereby given that there will bo intro-
1 duced into the next session of tin? Legislature an
Act with the following title, to-wit:
"A Bill to amend the charter of the town of
Palmetto, in Campbell and Coweta counties, so as
m> increase the rate of taxation, for general pur
poses to one-fourth of one per cent, upon the tax
able property of said town, and for other pur
poses.” This May 21, 1909.
to” iviV FRIENDS.
I have moved my Shoe Shop to 19 E,
Broad street, where I shall be glad to
. serve my friends and patrons promptly
when they need any work in my line.
I use none but best materials, do hon
est work, and charge reasonable prices.
Try me, G. C. PITMAN.
Libel for Divorce.
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
Annie Kelly / Libel for Divorce, in Coweta Supe-
M "e Kelly. ' ™ or Court. March Term, 1909.
To the defendant, Mose Kelly : You. are hereby
required, in person or by attorney, to be and ap
pear at the next term of the Superior Court of
>aid county, to be held on the lirst Monday in Sep
tember, 1909, then and there to answer the plaintiff
in an action of libel for divorce; as. in default
j thereof, the Court will proceed thereon as to
! justice may appertain.
| Witness th«’ H*. n ruble K. W. Freeman, Judge
f said Court, this iTth day of May. 19 A
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PUBLIC .SALE
j The building known as the Nimmon’s
i house, now the “South Newnan
; School Building,” will be sold to the
! highest bidder, for cash, on the 26th
| day of May, 1909, at 4 o’clock, p. m.,
I before the Court-house door in Newnan,
j Ga.
Possession given June and purchas
er required to have same removed by
June 10, 1909.
For further information apply to
R. O. JONES, or
W. G. POST.
From the Cradle^S
to the brave, people in ^
all walks of life suffer from
Eczema and Rheumatism
IRISH LINIMENT
VVill cure the afflictions, also any skin
Got'o* 11 ’ ^ urn ’ bruise or Neuralgia.
Ryesp Drug Company’s
and get a bottle, if it does not heln
you they will pay back the 50c on
your word. Express prepaid 60c
to your home. For sale by one
druggist in all large cities.
gillhooley
IRISH LINIMENT CO,
St. Paul, Minn.
If You Own Any Farm
land, or know anybody who
'does, you ought to get in touch
with the steps farmers in all
parts of the country are taking
to protect themselves from some
of the commission men who
have been robbing them almost
ever since they were boys.
If you don t own any, but want
the best short stories printed this
month, get the
JUNE EVERYBODY’S
A new supply of the June Everybody's Maga
zine is now on sale by Holt &. Cates Co..
! Drug Co.. Lee Bros, and Hood House. You had
better get one~o-day.
BILIOUSNESS
BITTERS and KIDNEYS.