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fiOTld an.1 J^wri'ser. ® W NAN, FRIDA Y, AUG. 6. ! Locals Brought Forward. || %— - ■■■■ - Jf THE OLD-FASHIONED BONNET. How dear to my heart is the old-fashioned bonnet, The old-fashioned bonnet that Nell used to wear, Without any plums or red cherries stuck on it The bonnet that didn't require blondined hair. The dish-pan effect may be stylish and stunning; The waste-paper basket that's lately come in May be quite the rage, recherche and cunning Hut give me the hat Nell used to tie under her chin. At their regular monthly meeting Wednesday the County Commissioners fixed the tax-rate for 1909 at $7.30 on the thousand—the same as last year. Special taxes in the several school dis tricts were also levied as follows: Union - Bethlehem district, $3.50 on the thousand: Raymond district. $5 on the thousand: Gr.antville district, $1.50 on the thousand: White Oak district, $4 on the thousand ; Welcome district, $4 on the thousand ; Moreland - St. Charles district, $4 on the thousand. The State tax to be levied this year will undoubtedly reach the Constitu tional limit, which is $5 on the thou sand, making State and county taxes $12.30 on the thousand. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Woodroof enter tained thirty of the young married set at seven tables of bridge last even ing in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Will Woodroof. The home was beautifully decorated with cut flowers and ferns. The dining-room was unusually attrac tive. The large table had a handsome cover, and in the center was a vase filled with roses, surrounded by a wreath of ferns. Mrs. Earnest Powel won the ladies’ prize, and Mr. Geo. Ramey the gentlemen’s. After the game a delicious salad course was served. The out-of-town guests were Mrs. A. J. Smith of Atlanta, Mrs. Birdie Gorman of Chattanooga, Mrs. Geo. Ramey of Atlanta, and Mrs. Park Newton of Jackson. A pleasant party of young people went down to Hiliey’s mill Monday, and have been spending the week at that popular camping resort. Those in the party are Misses Kate Edmondson, Lucile Dennis and Stella Moore of At lanta, Miss Kate Smith of West Point, Miss Verna Dudley of Columbus, Miss Annie Goddard of Griffin, Miss Obie McKenzie of Montezuma, Miss Lucy Harris of Carrollton, Miss Irvin Pope of Macon, Mr. John Bachman of At lanta, Mr. Tinsley Ragland of Monte zuma, Messrs. C. B. Glover, B. H. Pin son, A. H. Freeman, G. C. Orr, P. G. Stanley. T. W. Powel, G. L. Wynn, and W. V. Terhune of Newnan. The chap erones are Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Turner and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Camp. Messrs. J. W. Kersey, J. II. Self and J. C. Leach will represent Newnan Council, No. 22, at the State Conven tion of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, which meets in Milledgeville next week. The conven tion gives indications of being the best ever held by the order in this State, and it is thought that more than two hundre I delegates will be in attend ance. Great interest has been aroused in the meeting because of the fact that much important business is to come be fore the convention. The new ritual of the order, changing the initiation so that it will have three degrees in stead of one. is to be discussed. This ritual has already been adopted by the national convention, which met in De troit in June, but the discussion of it and its formal adoption by the State Convention will lie in order. At the meeting of the City Council Monday night it was decided to peti tion the County Commissioners to al low the county convict gang to work the main roads running north and south and east and west through the city. This action was taken in consideration of the fact that the citizens ot Newnan pay a large proportion of the public road tax, and it was deemed, only fair that a portion of the time of the convict gang be devoted to improving the city’s main thoroughfares. A nu merously signed petition was also got ten up, and when the County Commis sioners met Wednesday Mayor Keith and several members of the City Coun cil appeared before the board and pre sented the resolution of Council and the citizens’ petition. It was agreed by the Commissioners that the city might have the use of the convicts for a pe riod of five days, but no further con cession would be granted by the board. Mrs. Jesse Thompson, of the Second district, brought to The Herald and Advertiser office Saturday a peculiar vegetable freak in the shape of a bunch of squashes. There were twen ty-eight squashes in the bunch, ranging in size from two pounds to one ounce, and all perfectly formed. Mr. Ed Buchanan looked in on the squash fam ily, went home, and returned shortly afterwards with a bunch of roasting- ears which he thought was entitled to entry as something out of the ordinary in the agricultural line. There were five ears in the group, growing one above the other, but different from the squash exhibit, Ed said, because the corn did not belong in the freak class. The specimen was from a large patch, every stalk in which had from three to five ears. It is known as the Marlboro variety of corn, and has been grown extensively for several years by Mr. F. M. Lee and other progressive far- mres of the county. The following business was disposed of at the regular monthly term of the Ordinary’s Court on Monday last, to- wit: Report of the appraisers to divide in kind the land, stocks, etc., belonging to estate of V. C. Thompson, deceased, made the judgment of the court. Twelve months’ support set apart to the minor children of John M. Brown out of the estate of said deceased. T. F. Rasvls, administrator on the estate of Mary Sewell, deceased, grant ed letters of dismission. T. F. Rawls, guardian of Myrtice Lee O’Neal, granted letters of dismis sion. Creecy Leigh, administratrix on the estate of Alonzo Leigh, deceased, granted letters of dismission. Mrs. Lilia H. Bridges, guardian of Verna M. Bridges Ingram, granted let ters of dismission. The Herald and Advertiser notes with deep regret the death of another of our old residents, Mrs. E. J. Rish, which occurred yesterday afternoon at the home of her son, Mr. G. R. Bradley. She had been in declining health for several months, hut her condition dur ing this period was not such as to cause special alarm, as she was able to be up most of the time. About two weeks ago, however, she had a sudden attack and grew much worse. All efforts of the attending physicians to relieve her sufferings proved unavail ing, and shortly after noon yesterday sne breathed her last. Deceased was a most estimable woman, and her death is much lamented by everyone. She was 73 years of age. and leaves three children to mourn their loss—-Messrs. 1. P. Bradley and G. R. Bradley, of this city, and Mr. J. T. Bradley, of Car rollton. She is survived also by two sisters and three brothers—Mrs. W. E. Dixon of Carroll county, Mrs. John Dunbar and Mr. W. S. Askew of New nan, Mr. J. E. Askew of the Fourth district, and Mr. J. F. Askew of Ho- gansville. The funeral took place this afternoon at 4 o’clock, from the First Baptist church, services being conduct ed by her pastor, Rev. J. F. Single- ton. The remains were interred in Oak Hill cemetery. Church Notice. The annual protracted meeting will begin at White Oak (Smyrna) Associate Reformed Presbyterian church on Wed nesday morning, Aug. 11. at 11 o’clock. These services will continue through Sunday, Aug. 15. Two services will be held each day—11 o’clock a. m. and 7 :3(i p. m. The preaching will be done by Dr. F. Y. Pressly, of Due West. S. president of Erskine Theological Seminary. We urge all members, and invite all strangers, to be present at these services. J. P. Pressly. A new farmers’ telephone line hav ing six subscribers has just been con nected with the Grantville exchange of the Southern Bell Telephone Co. The line extends to Lone Oak. and furnishes service to the following well-known people: J. M. Sewell, residence; H. L. Culpepper, residence; A. C. Culpepper, residence; C. E. Culpepper, residence; J. A. Sewell, residence; B. E. Wise, store. The subscribers on the line are now in constant telephonic communica tion with each other, and through the Southern Bell excnange with telephone users in Grantville. The construction of this line and its connection with the telephone exchange there is another step in the progress of telephone de velopment which is being made by the residents in the rural sections. Under the plan of the Southern Bell Co. far mers and other rural dwellers are en abled to secure telephone service on an economical basis. As a result, far mers in all sections of the State are installing telephones in their homes. To Revolutionize Places of Food Man ufacture. Atlanta, Ga., July 24.—State Chemist R. E. Stallings and Pure Food Inspector P. A. Methvin have drafted a measure which has been introduced in the House by Representative Peacock, of Pulaski county, which, if enacted into law, will revolutionize the places where food is manufactured, prepared and sold, the object of this bill being to surround its manufacture, preparation and sale with absolutely sanitary conditions; to pro hibit the employment in such places of persons afflicted with contagious dis eases, and to prohibit flies from going into these places by the use of screens or other devices. This bill, if enacted into a law, will empower the Commissioner of Agricul ture and pure food inspector with the enforcement of its provisions, and will surround the sale and manufacture of food with every possible sanitary pre caution. This is another arm of the pure food law of Georgia, which has done so much to revolutionize conditions in food and feedstuffs in this State. Under the operation of the pure food law, Georgia now ranks first in the matter of feedstuff's sold in this State, and of these cotton seed meal is leading the list. The pure drug inspector, too, is see ing to it that cotton seed oil, which has come to be so popular in its medicinal form, is kept up to the required standard and is not adulterated by being mixed with oils. If the pending measure becomes a law, Georgia will be safeguarded in her foods and feeds, both for man and beasts. —According to the foremost boll weevil expert in the country this un conquered and seemingly unconquera ble pest will reach the western confines of Alabama two years hence. It will cross Mississippi, whose cotton fields it has just reached, by 1911, and should by 1913 or 1914 be in Georgia. The cat erpillar was conquered years ago. and the other pests have all gone before the inventive genius and the persistent warfare of man. Blant diseases have likewise been eradicated or rendered innocuous, but the boll weevil is still master in every field where his advance guard has been pushed in seasons past. In the end a means of utterly de stroying the pest which costs the South millions annually may be found, but it is not yet even hinted at in the results of experiments still being prosecuted. ’Twas a Glorious Victory. There’s rejoicing in Fedora, Tenn. A man’s life has b'jen saved, and now Dr. King’s New Discovery is the talk of the town for curing C. V. Pepper of deadly lung hemorraghes. “1 could not work or get about,” he writes, ‘‘and the doctors did me no good, but after using Dr. King’s New Discovery three weeks I feel like a new man, and can do good work again.” For weak, sore or diseased lungs, coughs and colds, hemorraghes, hay fever, la grippe, asthma, or any bronchial affec tion it stands unrivaled. Price 50c. and $1. Trial bottle free. Sold and guaranteed by all druggists. Card of Thanks. We wish to thank all those who so generously rendered us aid during the affliction of our dear wife and mother. Every act of kindness and every word of sympathy hag made our sorrow easi er to bear. May the choicest blessings of God rest upon you all. John Dukes, W. P. Dukes, R. L. Dukes, S. G. Dukes, Mrs. T. A. Sewell. Among other high rollers we have the elevated trains. Consistency is Mud Sometimes. Telegraph. The new prohibition bill by Mr. Whop per Alexander is a political attempt to coerce a violation of the pledges made in the Democratic platform of 1908, now of force, and yet the perpetrators of this immoral scheme have attempted to disgrace Mr. McLendon, because, in a judicial capacity, he is alleged to have violated a pledge made in a plat form that has been superseded. When pressed on this point Mr. Alex ander takes refuge in his own con science; but he permits no such escape for the hounded occupant of the invalid’s chair. In a card to the Atlanta Journal Mr. Alexander says that Gov. Brown’s promise not to permit the prohibition law to be amended “is not binding on me.” Blit Brown’s promise became a platform promise. Is the Democratic platform promise not binding on Mr. Alexander? If it is not, then away with the monstrous hypocrisy about the binding effect of a dead platform on McLendon, acting as a judge under oath! Dr. John E. White, pastor of the Second Baptist church ot Atlanta, says that the prohibitionists are in honor bound to stand by the written pledges made by their committee and Gov. Brown fast year in regard to this mat ter, and it was in answer to this that Alexander took refuge behind his “own conscience. ” But by the rule of that deadly “re- fawm” which has cursed our State for three or four years nobody must have consciences except the leaders of that particular political cult, and everybody must follow their sweet wills, no mat ter how devious, immoral or zigzag the course. Newnan Man Gets Into Trouble in Columbus. Columbus Enquirer-Sun, 4th inst. "Levi Bell, the young white man who was arrested last Sunday on the charge ot disorderly conduct, it being alleged that he attempted to enter a residence near the Union depot, and who was ar raigned before Recorder Wynn Monday morning, was yesterday sent to his old home near Newnan. It appeared that Beli is demented to a certain extent, and judge Wynn continued the case for a day in order that he might make a thorough investigation into the man’s mental condition. The result was that he was sent to his home yesterday. He was accompanied to the depot by City Detective Ben Moore, who placed him in charge of the conductor of the train. Washington’s Plague Spots Lie in the low, marshy bottoms of the Potomac, the breeding ground of malaria germs. These germs cause chills, fever and ague, biliousness, jaundice, lassitude, weakness and gen eral debility, and bring suffering or death to thousands yearly. But Elec tric Bitters never fail to destroy them and cure malaria troubles. “They are the best all-round tonic and cure for malaria 1 ever used.” writes R. M. James, of Louellen. S. C. They cure stomach, liver, kidney and blood trouble and will prevent typhoid. Try them, 50c. Guaranteed by all drug gists. Baptist Assembly at Blue Ridge. Blue Ridge, Ga.. Aug. 3. —From all sections of Georgia delegates began ar riving in Blue Ridge to-day to attend the three-days’ convention of the State Baptist Young People’s Union. This convention of young people is prelimi nary to the meeting of the Baptist State Assembly, which will meet at this place. Ample provision has been made for the entertainment of the guests, and a local reception committee is looking after and caring for the del egates, as they arrive. Helped Frame Constitution of Confed eracy. New Orleans, July 2(i.—Col. J. A. Chalron. who was buried here yester day, served as artillery officer in Beau regard’s division. Confederate Army, Civil War. He was chairman of the committee which drew up the Constitu tion of the Confederate States of America. The casket in which the body was borne to the grave was draped with the same Confederate battle flag that was entwined about the biers of Jefferson Davis and Gen. Beauregard. Excursion to Tybee Aug. 17, via Central of Georgia Railway. Rate from Lutherville $4.50 round trip. Tickets on saie for train leaving Lutherville at 5:55 p. m., Aug. 17, 1909, arriving Tvbee 9:45 following morning. Tickets will be good to re turn on or before Aug. 22, 1909. Sleepers and coaches will be opera ted through to Savannah. For excur sion tickets and informaton in regard to sleeping car reservations, etc., ap ply to E. C. Norris, agent, Lutherville. Last excursion of the season to Ty bee. “Why do you sob so?” asked the young bridegroom anxiously. “Are you sorry you eloped with me, dearest?’’’ “No; it’s not that,” she returned. “But you remember you advised me to telegraph father that we were really in need of food.” “Yes, I remember. And he has fail ed to send the money?” She bowed her fair head. “Worse than that. He has sent four big packages of music with a note say ing that as ‘music was the food of love,’ he trusts we can manage to pull through until —until you get work,” she wailed bitterly. Most anybody can edit a newspaper and make it interesting for awhile. Some people can keep up the interest fora month or two without fagging, but it takes a natural born pencil-shover and a hard worker to grind out an in teresting batch of local and editorial items week after week for a term of years. There is no profession that is more exhausting or less remu nerative for the work than the edito rial or journalistic profession, but how few believe this. The reason a stout woman doesn't ex pect to keep on getting fatter is she keeps right on. There’s nothing that can influence a man to take a present home to his wife so strongly as a guilty conscience. A man likes you to think he’s smart because the candidate he voted for got elected. OTTS & PARKS =^===^^ ^ Newnan’s Leading: Dress Goods House. We pul on sail' (his work many now figured Lawns at do, and lOe. yard— qualities worth l()c. lo 20c, Ask to see them. WHIT hi LAWNS.—Come now for best values in white Lawns, of medium or very sheer weights. C,Persian Lawns,-12 to 4(> inches wide, 15c. to 25r. yard. C. Beautiful 40-ineh Lawns at l()c. and 12\<*. yard. EMBHOIDEHlES.—Special prices on odd pieces of embroidered bands and edges. Come and see the quality. Embroidered headings and veinings. LACES, LAC'ES.—Four thousand yards Yal. Laces just received white or cream. Priced 5c. to 16c. the yard. C.Linen and Herman Torchon 1 Laces, any width and many patterns—per yard, 5c. C.Point de Paris and Platt Val. Laces for thin drop-skirts. RIBBONS, RIBBONS. Sash or Hair Ribbons, and narrow Ribbons for head ings. All shades in Nos. 1, 14, 2 and ti. WE SELL—“American Lady” Corsets, Krippendorf-Dittmann Shoes, “Cold Medal” Black (foods, Butterick Patterns. POTT S & PARKS NEWNAN, - - - GEORGIA t t t i t t CWW%%%%%%%%%%'%%%%%%%%' V; kfoM // ■ y . Aq T ’ ' ,x% :>".•/ ' . • I®*®* mm $ Great reductions in prices on all stock through July and August. We must make room for fall stock, which is now rriving daily. We will make it to your interest to buy now. Our porch goods, chairs, set tees, porch rugs, and fibre rush furniture, to close out cheap. Large stock of the handsomest din ng-room furniture to he seen. We can save you money on rugs, art-squares, etc. Don’t buy before seeing us. The lucky number for fifth prize drawing on Saturday, June 19, was 2729. Bring in the ticket. We are going to offer some interesting inducements to buyers. We frame pictures in the best possible manner, and guarantee every job to please. Thanking you for past favors and soliciting a continuance of same, we are Yours very truly, Marbury s Furniture Store 19 Greenville street Day ’Phone IK Night’Phone 11 When You Are Hoi You will find our fountain a haven of restand refreshment. Drop in and sit under the buz zing fans, and sip some of our delicious Soda, or enjoy a cup of our pure cream Ice Cream. It is never hot under the fans at our fountain, and our drinks never fail to tickle the palate and refresh the body. Only the purest syrups used, so our drinks are not injurious. REESE DRUG COMPANY Prescription Druggists, lo Greenville Street NEWNAN, OA. MBWMSMWBaHMBBBMMMBB BMC you like Mayonaise Dressing, but dread the effort of mixing it, get one of these Christy Mixers and enjoy your work. Johnson Hardware Co. *Phone 81. Newnan, Ga. Court Calendar. COWKTA CIRCUIT. R. W. Freeman, .Judge; J. Render Terrell, So Heitor-General. Meriwether—Third Mondays in February an August. Carroll—First Mondays in April and October Troup—First Mandays in May and November. CITY COURT OF NEWNAN. tilings, Solic- Quarterly term meets third Mondays in Janu ary, April, July ami October. r. R. COMMISSIONER'S COURT. W, If. W. Dent, Newnan, Ga., Commissioner