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ficraid diid Jldocriiscr* NEWNAN, FRIDAY, MAY 21. labokhi firuiAM kiu noiNTU\ oi it < i i.aih'S IN KOI UTlt niM.KMMwNA I. DIHTIU*'1. 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 The new registration law is an abomi nation, and should be repealed as quickly as a bill can be put through.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 &. 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. w 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 d' Appeals hr Atlai d >wn hv llu of the State ta. and us a re- are actually i. He is on ertuinnients. I), lb. LI.. I liversity. the bet :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. r t t i * 5PECIHL5 AT r* t t t * j Marbury’s Furniture Store * t t t t t t i i t * “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. t t t t i i i i * 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 I.. turn:- 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.