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N EW FALL Percales in COTTONS dark colors for children’s school dresses. New prints in dark styles. New suitings for early fall wear. Ginghams and madras cloths in light or dark patterns. NEW FOOT- The Edwin WEAR Clapp shoe for men—conceded to be the best made. The French shoe for men in the new shapes for fall. Nobby styles in plain or patent kid, price $4. HOSIERY The “Interwo ven” socks for men—the most durable on the market. There are a thousand imitations, but only one genuine “Interwoven;” price 25c. Every pair guaran teed. ! “The Cadet” stocking for boys and girls. The scientific stock ing, made for service. Linen heels, knees and toes. Every pair is guaranteed; price 25c. ; A complete line of all sorts of seasonable hosiery, in weights, colors and qualities now in de mand. CORSETS We are con stantly replenishing our stock with the new models in corsets. The “W. B.” corset leads all others in fit, quality of material and finish. To have your dress correctly fitted wear a “W. B.” corset. COLLARS When you buy collars insist on their being linen. Cotton collars do not hold their shape or wear so long as the linen. The “Peyser” collar is the only linen collar on the mar ket at the price—10c. and 15c., according to shape. THE M ’CALL Subscribe MAGAZINE now for the McCall Magazine. It costs but 20c. a year when called for at our store, and is the best maga zine published. We carry a com plete stock of McCall patterns— the best made. WE CAN SAVE On all YOU MONEY kinds of staple dry goods. YVe bought an ample stock before the rise in prices, and are thus able to offer them very cheap. j Local Happenings Told in j | ^ SHort ParagrapHs >3® | NEWS AND PERSONAL TO OUR ITEMS LOCAL OF GENERAL READERS. INTEREST 1 Ji\ Elastic belts and belting at Potts & Parks’. Mr. \V. H. Holmes spent Sunday in Opelika. Rooms for rent. Apply to Mrs. R. H. Hardaway. Tom Swint has amputated his mus tache—he has! G. E. Parks, real estate and insur ance. ’Phone 325. Mr. Harry Palmer is quite ill at his home in Moreland. Meriwether Superior Court will con vene next Monday. Bargains in summer dress goods at Boone-Stripling Co.’s. Mr. J. E. Zachery is visiting his brother at Seneca, S. C. Miss Lizzie Hill, of Fayetteville, is visiting Mrs. Gus Nipper. Mrs. Goss Mattox, of Florida, is vis iting Mrs. YV. H. Stallings. Tax Collector Griffin, of Carroll coun ty, was in the city Tuesday. Miss Claire Holmes is visiting friends in Bowdon this week. Born, on the 4th inst., to Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Nall a daughter. Belt pins, beauty pins and ladies’ hand-bags at Potts & Parks’. The fall term of Coweta Superior Court is only three weeks off. Let Benson press that suit of yours. You will find him on the square. The Misses Nall, of Lutherville, are visiting Mrs. YV. G. McWilliams. Mrs. Lewis Kalb, of Atlanta, is vis iting her sister, Mrs. J. H. Foster. Mrs. J. T. Williams and children are visiting relatives at Buckhead, Ga. Congressman Gordon Lee, of Chicka- mauga, was in the city Wednesday. Miss Mary Lou North, of Ashford, Ala., is visiting Mrs. G. W. Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. Sanders Gibson are at Asheville, N. C., for a month’s stay. Benson cleans clothes cleaner than any cleaner that cleans. ’Phone 294. Go-Fly keeps Hies off horses and cat tle;—25c. and 50c. at all drug stores. Highest market price paid for hides. G. O. Carmichael. Miss Lizzie May Holmes is spending the week with relatives in Carrollton. Mr. G. T. YVilliams, of Bremen, was in the city a couple of days this week. Miss Jennie Kate Mills, of Barnes- ville, is visiting Mrs. F. E. Wadsworth. Mr. Ernest Palmour, of Gainesville, is visiting her sister, Mrs. T. B. Davis. Capt. C. M. Speer, of Carrollton, spent a few hours in the city yester day. Miss Mary Hodge is visiting her sis ter, Mrs. G. L. McBroom, in Chatta nooga. Mrs. G. YV. Peddy has been quite ill for several days from an attack of la grippe. Mrs. R. J. Lee. of Atlanta, is visit ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Russell. Miss Marian Bryant is spending a few days with her uncle’s family in LaGrange. Mrs. Mark Luckie, of Jacksonville, Fla., is visiting her grandmother, Mrs. E. D. Nall. Miss Ella Gena Beckcom, of Jeffer sonville, Ga., is the guest, of Mrs. Ma mie S. Johnson. Highest market price paid for beef cattle and hides by T. A. Manning, 17 E. Broad street. For Rent. — Two stores in Carpenter building; possession Sept. 1. Apply to J. T. Carpenter. Dr. and Mrs. A. YV. Calhoun, of At lanta, are the guests of their sister, Mrs. Sue C. Hill. Miss Nona YVadsworth has returned from a pleasant visit to relatives and friends at Griffin. Wanted to Rent. —A. 5 or 6-room cot tage, conveniently located. Apply at this office, or address P. 0, box 274. For accident and health insurance see G. E. Parks. Office over Barnett, St. John & Co.’s store. ’Phone 325. New fall percales and ginghams—the 12Yc. kind at 10c. Boone-Stripling Co. Mason fruit jars, to close out, quarts 69c. ; half-gallons, 75c. Boone-Stripling Co. Lost.—Aug. 5 a pair of gold nose- glasses, with black cord. Miss Jennie Cates. Oxfords. — Ladies’, misses’ and chil dren's oxfords at reduced prices. Potts & Parks. Linens.—Sheer or heavy linen lawn; pillow-case or sheet linen. YVe sell lin ens. Potts & Parks. Novelties. — Hair nets, electric curl ers, hair rats, combs, barrettes and pins. Potts & Parks. Corsets. —Vie sell corsets. A shape for every figure—a price for every purse. Potts & Parks. New Fall Goods.—Ginghams, per cales, calicoes, linonettes and suitings, for school dresses. Potts & Parks. Mr. L. D. Ragland, who has been spending a month with Coweta rela tives, returned this week to his Texas home. If you want a farm in South Geor gia, any size, write for prices, etc., to J. Frank Powell, dealer in real estate, Vienna, Ga. Mr. G. T. Shannon, of Chattanooga, spent last week with his mother, Mrs. J. A. Shannon. He left Saturday for New Mexico. Mrs. Geo. W. Ramey and children, and Mrs. Heard Dent and children, of Atlanta, are spending some time with Mrs. E. S. Dent. If you want to buy, sell or rent city or farm property, see G. E. Parks. Office over Barnett, St. John & Co.’s store. ’Phone 325. Mrs. Hugh Hill and little son, who have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Brown for several days, returned this week to YVest Point. Mrs. D. T. Mangel and infant daugh ter have gone to Murphy, N. C., where they will spend a month for the benefit of the latter’s health. Mrs. G. L. McBroom and children, who have been visiting relatives in the city, returned this week to their home in Chattanooga. Mrs. E. H. Bowman and children, of Newnan, came last week on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. YV. E. YVood. —Cedartown Standard. Mrs. J. S. Hardaway and little daughter, who have been visiting rela tives in North Carolina for the past month, returned home Monday. Tax Receiver YVilkinson’s digest shows an increase in property returns for 1909 amounting to $89,936, as com pared with the returns for 1908. Neiv Shoes.--Ladies’ new fall shoes now in. ready for girls going off to school. Let us show you. Potts & Parks. Special values in short-lengths and remnants, suitable for children’s waists and school dresses. Boone-Stripling Co. Laces, Laces.— New lot laces—Ger man, val. and linen laces. Five thou sand yards now on sale at 5c. the yard. Potts & Parks. Corsets.—“ American Lady” corsets —a model for every figure. Medium or long, high or low bust. YVe lead in sale of corsets Potts & Parks. For Sale or Exchange.—Good surrey, (one of best makes;) used but little. YY’ill sell at a bargain, or will swap for a good mule. YV. A. Potts. Judge R. W. Freeman is holding court forJudge S. P. Gilbert in Taylor county this week, and Judge Gilbert is presiding for Judge Freeman in Troup. Mr. Donald Banks, of Grantville, who has been visiting his aunt, Mrs. YV. M. Gibson, left Monday for a visit at Attalla, Ala.—Cedartown Standard. Mrs. Tom Brooks and little daugh ter are spending some time with rela tives in Carrollton. Miss Corinne Simril is visiting friends and relatives at Opelika and other points in Alabama. For fire insurance see G. E. Parks. Office over Barnett, St. John & Co.’s store. ’Phone 325. New Dress Goods.—Silks, wool goods and trimmings of buttons and braids, at Potts & Parks’. Mrs. A. J. Lyndon, of Athens, is visiting her sisters, Mrs. Julia Lundie and Mrs. Ida Askew. Col. R. R. Briggs and wife, of Sum- merton, S. C., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Powell. Mrs. R. V. Cowen and Mrs. II. T. Love, of New Decatur, Ala , are visit ing Mrs. J. A. Shannon. Mrs. YV. H. Holmes and Miss Jessie Holmes are at Franklin, N. C., for the | remainder of the summer. Mrs. Pat Thurman and child, of Tif- ton, are visiting Mrs. M. C. Farmer and other relatives in the city. Col. J. Littleton Jones will in a few days move his law office to the rooms over Dr. Thos. J. Jones’ office. Misses Janie Hill and Mamie Fitts, of Greenville, have been the guests this week of Miss Emily YVright. If you have a house to rent place it with me. I have dozens of calls each day. R. F. Herring. General Insurance and Real Estate. For Sale or Rent.—New 8-room resi dence on Greenville street. Good gar den, barn, and all modern conveniences. Possession Sept. 1. Apply to YV. A. Potts. Mr. C. M. Palmer, of Cedar Creek district, reports the first open cotton this season. His first open boll ap peared on July 27, and the second on Aug. 4. Confederate veterans desiring Crosses of Honor are notified that applications for same should be filed with Mrs. R. D. Cole, jr., president of Newnan Chapter, U. D. C. On Sept. 1 Dr. K. YV. Starr will re move his dental office to the second floor of the H. O. Arnall Mdse. Co. building, where he has secured two very desirable rooms. Lost.—July 30, fn Newnan, large fe male dog; white ring on one side of neck, and white feet. Any informa tion will be thankfully received by YV. H. Brack, Sharpsburg, Ga. Mrs. L. B. Treadaway and daughter. Miss Carey, of Newnan, spent the first of the week with Mr. Thos. Treada way en route to Borden - YVheelet Springs.—Cedartown Standard. Since Sanitary Inspector Cruse be gan cleaning up the town enough trash and backyard rubbish has been hauled off to fill all the gullies in the outlying fields, and his teams are still busy. ! Mrs. R. L. Seymour, of Aycock, Fla., J has leased the Pinson Hotel, and will assume charge Sept. 1. She has had several years’ experience in the hotel business, and will keep a first-class house. Mrs. G. S. Darden and children, of Havana, Fla., are coming next week for a visit to Mrs. D.’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. 1. .1. Stephens, and will spend the remainder of the summer here. Any intelligent person may earn a good income corresponding for news papers. Experience unnecessary. Send stamp for full particulars. Empire Press Syndicate, Middleport, N. Y. Strayed. — From my premises Thurs day night, 12th inst., a bav horse colt 3 years old ; black mane and tail. Shall be thankful for any information that will aid in recovering the animal. YV. G. Post. If you desire to sell or buy property in or out of Newnan, place it with me. 1 guarantee satisfaction. R. F. Herring. General Insurance and Real Estate. Any kind of insurance that is insur ance can be obtained from me. Let me write a fire policy on your automo bile. R. F. Herring, General Insurance. Rev. and Mrs. J. R. King, of Gaines ville, announce the engagement of their daughter, Llewellyn, to Mr. Ed ward F. Daniel, jr., of Virginia, the marriage to taake place at an early date. Mr. YV. P. McLeroy has bought the Donegan place, at the lower end of Greenville street, and will occupy it with his family about Sept. 1. The deal was made through G. E. Parks’ real estate agency. Lost.—This morning between old Glover place and court-house square a coat belonging to T. G. Matthews, Carrrollton, Ga. Finder will please leave with II. N. Moore, Newnan, and receive reward. Owing to a wreck on the A., B. & A. road, between Senoia and Atlanta, pas senger trains on that road were com pelled to use the tracks of the Central and A. & YV. P. lines Monday and Tues day to get into Atlanta. No season or locality is exempt from fires, tornadoes, etc. The loss of hun dreds of dollars may be averted by the expenditure of a few. Delays are dan gerous. Call, write or ’phone R. F. Herring, General Insurance. Miss Kate Faver was carried to a sanatorium in Atlanta this week, where she underwent an operation for appendicitis. The operation was en tirely successful, and at last accounts she was getting along nicely. Your wife to-day, your nurse to-mor row, and widow the next. Let me show you one of my Northwestern Mu tual contracts. It is better to be sure than sorry. R. F. Herring, General Insurance. On Sept. 11 Senoia will vote on a proposition to issue bonds to the amount of $10,000 for the purpose of building and equipping an electric light plant. Notice of the election is printed elsewhere in The Herald and Adverti ser. Judge J. S. Powell and son, Mr. Or mond Powell, will leave next- Monday for the Philippines—the former to re sume his judicial duties, and the latter to enter the Government service as civil engineer. They will sail from San Francisco in about ten days. Mr. J. C. Williams celebrated his birthday last Sunday by having a few gentlemen friends at dinner, his guests being Messrs. J. C. Leach, J. A. Blakely, Ed Kite, Esten Askew, O. F. Allen, of this city, and Mr. YV. T. Wil liams and wife, of Lithia Springs. Harness and Shoe Shop. — I can please you in buggy, surrey, wagon or goat harness. Repair your harness and shoes. Rubber heels and blacksmith aprons always on hand. I guarantee satisfaction. Opposite postoffice. A. Jay Billings. A serious mishap may befall the most careful, arid when it does an insurance policy is a particularly good thing to have. Insure to-day, and let me write your policy. The advantages of insur ing with me are numerous. R. F. Herring, General Insurance. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Jackson enter tained at a family dinner Sunday, those present being Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Farmer, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Farmer, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Farmer, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Farmer. Messrs. Harvey Farmer, Jim Farmer, and Tom Farmer. Mrs. E. M. Cole has purchased from the Mathew Cole estate the handsome corner building occupied by the New nan Banking Co., the Coweta Fertili zer Co., The Herald and Advertiser, and other tenants. It is understood that $13,000 was the price paid for the property. The charge of Judge Freeman to the grand jury of Troup Superior Court was one of the ablest ever heard in the new court-house, and if that au gust body carries out his instructions there will be a wonderful improvement in the morals of this splendid old county. —West Point News. Miss Jessie Bohannon, who was elected to a teacher’s place in the Tem ple avenue school a few weeks ago. has asked to be relieved, and it will be necessary for the City Board of Educa tion to elect a teacher in her place be fore* the fall term opens. A teacher for the fourth grade is yet to be chos- . a. Oakland Lodge, No. 09, K. of 1’., will hold its annual barbecue on Tues day afternoon, Aug. 24, at Ray Park. Each member is entitled to two tickets —one for himself, and one extra. Any member desiring more than two tick ets can obtain same at 50c. each by calling on David S. Cuttino not later than Aug. 10. To Gasoline Users.—Vie strain all the gasoline sold for automobiles and other engines three times—the last time through chamois. This insures your engine from water trash and other objectionable adulterations. Most of the troubles are attributable to bad gasoline. Try ours. Holt & Cates Co. For Sale. Two hundred acres of land at Welcome. One of the best settle ments in the county ; near mail route, telephone line and district school. The above land is known as the Reese place. Will sell in one body, or in 511 or 100 acre tracts. Terms, half cash on Dec, 1, and balance at 8 per cent., payable to suit purchaser. D. YV. Boone. People who have tried to write on the postal cards that the Government has been furnishing for the past year or so will be glad to learn that the Postoffice Department will soon make a contract for the printing of a new series of postal cards, which will be an improvement in color and design, and also in the quality of card-board used. Saturday night about 12 o’clock Jor dan Bowen and Nath Blackburn en gaged in an altercation, when Bowen shot Blackburn twice with a revolver, one shot entering the right breast and the other passing through his shoulder. The wounded man will recover, the doctors say. Bowen escaped, and has not yet been apprehended. Both parties ate negroes. Mr. Walter Petty, of St. Louis, ar rived Saturday on a visit to his broth er, Mr. Jacobus Petty, and other rela tives in the county. He recently pur chased an interest in a large publish ing business in St. Louis, and will lo cate in that city permanently. llis Goweta friends are glad to see him, and gratified to know that he is pros pering in his new home. Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Garland Jones, Mrs. .1. C. Thompson, Mrs. A. J. Smith, Misses Amelia and Elizabeth Smith, Mr. Young Smith of Atlanta, Mrs. O. D. Gorman of Chattanooga, and Mr. T. M. Goodrum and family are spend ing the week at Pearl Spring Park. They have established an ideal camp, and are greatly enjoying their outing. Notice to Farmers. — The ginnery attached to the Southern Cotton Oil Mill in Newnan has been equipped with a complete Munger ginning outfit, and we are better prepared than ever to handle your cotton in the seed. The manager hopes to be remembered by his farmer friends when the ginning season opens. YV. C. McBride, Manager. Notice. - All parties indebted to Ab ercrombie & Foster are requested to come forward and settle without delay, else we shall be forced to put the ac counts in the hands of a lawyer for col lection. YVe have obligations that must be met at once, and need the money. The books will be found at 59 Jefferson street. Abercrombie * Foster. Miss Bessie Arnold was hostess to the Reading Circle yesterday after noon. After the discussion of current events there was a pleasant innovation when Miss Ethel Arnold invited the circle to the dining-room and served delicious fruit and tea. Venice was the topic for study, and Mrs. T. E. Atkin son’s clever map was a feature of un usual interest. The circle will meet next Thursday with Mrs. T. E. Atkin son. At its next meeting the City Board of Education will be asked to postpone the opening of the fall term of the city schools from Aug. 30 until Sept. 13. Numerous patrons will join in the re quest, on the ground that the extreme ly warm weather which usually pre vails the first two weeks of September renders school work at this period both unpleasant and unprofitable. If the pe tition is granted the time will be made up by curtailing the holiday vacation at Christmas, and extending the term one week in June. The stockholders of the Farmers Warehouse Co. held their annual meet ing Monday, and officers were elected for the ensuing year as follows: 11. C. Arnall, sr., president; R. D. Cole, jr., vice-president; J. A. Stephens, secre tary-treasurer and manager. All the old directors were re-elected, to-wit: H. C. Arnall, sr., J. C. Sewell, R. D. Cole, jr., W. C. McBride, M. C. Far mer, II. A. Hall, H. C. Glover, J. T. Brooks, A. H. Young. B. L. Redwine, L. M. McGee, B. H. Dial, W. A. Bran non. The report of Manager J. A. Ste phens showed that the company’s busi ness for the year just closed had been very satisfactory, with a still more promising outlook for the coming sea son. The Legislature which adjourned Monday night passed an act recogniz ing the practice of osteopathy in Geor gia along with allopathy, eclecticism and homeopathy. The act also pro vides for a board of examiners, (who shall be appointed by the Governor,) that each practitioner shall pay a li cense fee of $10, and that he (or she) shall take a course of four years, as is now required of physicians of other schools. We understand that Dr. Sam Bradshaw, of this city, will be urged for appointment as a member of the board of examiners, and will have the united support of our citizens. He is one of the most prominent and success ful osteopaths in the State, and in point of continuous practice one of the old est. Gov. Brown could not make a se lection that would be more generally approved. Mr. J. E. Askew, one of Coweta’s best-known and most popular citizens, died Wednesday at his home in the Fourth district, after a long illness. This announcement will be read with genuine sorrow by his many friends | throughout the county, all of whom j esteemed him highly and mourn with I his loved ones in their bereavement. [ Mr. Askew was a veteran of the Civil I YVar, an upright man and a good citizen, | and his death is much lamented in the community where he resided. He was 62 years of age, and leaves a wife and four children, the latter being | Mrs. Sydney Benton, Mrs. Mary Childs and Mr. Walter Askew. He is also sur vived by two brothers and one sister— Mr. W. S. Askew of this city, Mr. J. F. Askew of Iiogansville, and Mrs. YV. E. Dixon of Carroll county. The funeral took place at Emory Chapel yesterday afternoon, services being conducted by Rev. R. F. Rodnett and Rev. F. J. Amis. “Did you have a good time at the Sunday-school picnic, Bobby?” “I should say so,” answered Bobby enthusiastically. “There was three fights.” A GOOD j CIGAR A cigar may be made | of the best tobacco, yet if if is not properly kept 1 it will not be a good smoke. We devote especial care to keeping our ci gars in the best condi tion. Our cigar cases are built along scient ilit* lines, so that every cigar handed over our counter is in perfect condition— ; just moist enough, with all the aroma and flavor of the tobacco retained. If you don’t know f what a difference this 1 makes, try buying your ' cigars from us. Some of these good brands are: 1 “H. & C. Special, ” i i “Hernsheim, ” \ \ ' “Bainbrige, ” “Cuba Roma,” 1 “Black and White,” All 5 cents. “Cortez,” “Lady Curzon, ” “La tdalia, ” j “Royal Sovereign, ” | All ll) cents. \ it HOLT & CATES CO. NEWNAN, GA. BANTA ^ Sells the famous “Indian” Motorcycle I Sample on exhibition at his store. Come and try it. r = ji Now is Time to Dress Well At Unusually Loyv Prices C. The season is over for us, but not for you. Everything in the way of Summer Clothing, Ox fords, Straw Hats, etc., going at unprecedentedly low prices to close out ailsummergoods, in order that we make ready for fall business. That’s the story in a nutshell. Call and see us and be convinced. Barnett, St. John & Co. ll J