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CiMino’s Just received by express a lot of yard-wide bengaline siUks, in all colors. They are very stylish now for dresses, waists and wraps. One dollar a yard. New Trimmings We are receiving almost dailv something- new and stylish in dress trimmings. We have some beautiful jet garnitures in solid jet, or jet mixed with gold. Also, gold and silver laces, edges and insertions to match. New Gloves A fresh shipment of our fa mous dollar gloves is just to hand. You’ll look a long time be fore you find just such a value in gloves for the money. They are French lambskin, very soft and elastic. All colors. New Handkerchiefs We have just received a lot of handkerchiefs, among which we call your attention to a special quality for women. All cotton, but nobody will believe it, such an excellent imitation of linen it is. The price 10c. each;$l by the dozen. Also, an all-linen hemstitched handkerchief for men at 10c. each, or $1 by the dozen. New Hats A new shipment of “Hawes” hats just in. If you are looking for the nobbiest headgear to be found, come around and buy a “Hawes.” Neckwear for Ladies New things coming in all the time. This week it’s a lot of Irish lace collars in beautiful de signs. Our neckwear is up to the minute in style—and such a riety to select from! Suits forWomen If you have not already select ed your fall suit, do not wait any longer. You stand so much bet ter chance of being fitted now, while the assortment is complete. We can take your measure, if the size you want is not instock. We have more than fifty different models to select from. Hosiery Put on your list when you next go shopping “Cadet” hose for the children. If you haven’t any at home you will need them, and no other make will give you quite as much satisfaction. They nave linen heels, knees and toes, and every pair is guaranteed by us. 1 Jnderwear We have a splendid line of warm, comfortable underwear for all ages and sizes—good, ser viceable garments at very reason able prices. McCall Patterns The November patterns are now ready; also, the McCall Magazine for November. The latter is sold by us at the small price of 20c. a year, when de livered at the store. Corsets Insist on buying a “W. B.” corset. No other make will give quite as solid satisfaction. No other manufacturers get out the new styles so quickly. Your new suit will look right if fitted over a “W. B.” Culfinifs Local Happenings Told in ^ SKort ParagrapHs NEWS AND PERSONAL ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST TO OUR LOCAL READERS. Cotton is Belling to-day at H, 5-Sc. COTTON STATEMENT. BY J. H. SUMMERS. Year. Receipts, to Nov. 1 S tock on hand Total receipts i Price 1901 8,28-1 7&e. 1902 8,200 7Jc. 190)1 6,292 1,888 ii ,196 10c. 1904 8,269 3,127 15, ,73,x 93c. 1905 10,784 3,564 15, ,965 10gc. 1906 7,480 2,929 15, ,900 10c. 1907 7,109 2,850 15, ,700 10jc. 1908 10.840 5,022 17, 220 8jc. 1909 8,578 2.906 15c. Potts & Parks sell ladies’ suits. The hunting season opened Monday. Don’t forget to register for the election. eity Furnished i-ooms for rent. Apply at 43 Thompson street. Silks.— All that's new in silks you’ll find at Potts & Parks’. Call and see the new fall Barnett, St. John Co.’s. styles at Mr. L. T. Wilkins, of College Park, was in the city Saturday. Mrs. C. J. Barron is visiting rela tives in Carrollton this week. New Suits. —New line ladies’ suit! just opened at Potts & Parks’. Misses Mary and Norma Jones, of Turin, spent Friday in Newnan. Let Benson press that suit of yours. You will find him on the square. Hon. H. A. Hall has been attending Troup Superior Court this week. Double-hopper grain drills for sale by H. C. Arnall Merchandise Co. Get in the well-dressed circle. Buy- clothes of Barnett, St. John & Co. Born, on the 22d ult., to Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Robertson—a daughter. Highest market price paid for hides. G. O. Carmichael. If you need a cloak we can save you money. Boone-Stripling Co. For Sole.—Top buggy and harness; good condition. R. O. Jones. We sell ladies’ suits—see our line priced $10 to $30. Potts & Parks. Wanted. — Fifty bushels of good, sound corn in the ear. V. A. Ham Benson cleans clothes cleaner than any cleaner that cleans. 'Phone 294. The biggest line of clothing in town at.Barnett, St. John & Co.’s. See them. Extra special values in bedspreads and blankets at Boone-Stripling Co.’s. Mrs. Z. Greene and Miss Martha Greene are in Senoia for a month’s stay. Miss Bennetta Orr and Miss Eleanor Barrett spent the week-end in Palmet to. _ New neckwear for women—all the latest novelties at P. F. Cuttino & Co.’s. For Sale.—Two shares capital stock Coweta Cotton Oil Co. Apply at this office. Mra. Frank Lee has as her guest this week Mrs. Robt. Harmon, of Car rollton. Hart Scbatfner & Marx clothes, guar anteed all-wool, at Barnett, St. John Co. ’s. Seed Wheat. — Home-raised purple- straw seed wheat at T. G. Farmer & Sons Co. Miss Lizzie Shackleford has returned from a pleasant visit to .friends at Fairburn. To sell, or not to sell, is a question that is bothering our farmer friends just now. Judge R. W. Freeman is holding a special term of Troup Superior Court this week. Mrs. Addie G. Varner is spending the week with relatives in Griffin and McDonough. Yard-wide pajama Jchecks of extra good quality. 12jc. a yard at P. F. Cut tino & Co.’s. The swellest line of frames ever shown in Newnan can be had at War- lick’s studio. Born, on the 22d ult., to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. Rollins, of Century, Fla. a daughter. Miss Mary Merrill Neely will go to Turin to-morrow to visit her uncle, Dr. L. Merrill. -All desirable or figured, at Reps and. Suitings. - shades, plain striped Potts & Parks’. Mrs. j. B. Goodwyn spent the past week in Macon, attending the State Fair and visiting relatives. The handsomest line of tailor-made suits ever shown in Newnan at P. F. Cuttino & Co.’s. Mrs. Sue C. Hill, whu spent the sum mer in Newnan, has returned to At- anta for the winter. For Rent.—A desirable home on Tem ple avenue. Apply to G. E. Parks, real estate and insurance. Miss Ruth Dent, of St. Mary’s par ish, Md., is the attractive guest of Miss Ruth Hardaway. Mr. and Mra. Guy Cole will leave Tuesday for New York. They will be absent about ten days. The best wheat for sowing in this latitude is the bome-raised parple- »traw. Get your seed from T. G. Far mer & Sons Co. “Interwoven” socks for men. They are hole-proof. All colors, 25c. a pair at P. F. Cuttino tv. Co. ’s. Mrs. W. F. Nall and little daughter, of Lutherville, have been the guests this week of Mrs. S. P. York, The greatest line of tailor suits for women ever shown in Newnan at P. F. Cuttino & Co.’s, (Annex.) The many friends of Mrs. FI. J. Bar nett will regret to learn of her serious illness. She has typhoid fever. Money to Lend. — Money to lend on farm lands, one to five years. R. O. Jones, “.American Lady" Corsets. —They fit and satisfy. We sell corsets. Potts & Parks. When in need of any kind of drugs phone IS. Prompt delivery. Brown. & Brooks. Wear Hart Scbaffner & Marx clothes, with a guarantee behind them. Barnett, St. John & Co. Ruga, mattings, carnets, curtains and upholstery goods in our Annex. P. F. Cuttino & Co. The best tooth brush is a "Kiean- weli.” Every brush guaranteed. Brown & Brooks. Corsets.— “American Lady” corsets for American ladies. We sell them. Potts At Parks. A complete line of Hudnut's per fumes, cold creams and toilet articles. Brown & Brooks. Shoes.—Ladies’, misses' and 'chil dren’s shoes. We can fit the hard to fit. Potts & Parks. Pond’s Vanishing Cold Cream con tains Pond’s Extract; 25c. and 50c. per box. Brown & Brooks. Dress Goods. -New wool goods in black and colors, latest shades. We sell dress goods. Potts & Parks. We are open every day in Jthe year, and there is always a druggist to at tend to your wants. Brown & Brooks. Attend Boone-Stripling Co.’s closing out clothing and overcoat sale. > The greatest reductions ever seen in New nan. Extra good quulity stockings for wo men and children, fastjblack and seam less, 15c. a pair at P. F. Cuttino & Co. ’s. For Rent.—Two-horse farm, one mile east of Raymond. Apply to Dr. T. S. Bailey, Newnan, or E. J. Bailey, Ray mond. New belts and beltings, novelties in hair ornaments, stylish handbags, and other fancy notions, at P. F. Cuttino & Co. ’s. See L. Ft. Powell, 19 LaGrange street, before buying your stalk-cutters and disc harrows, with and without tongues. Mrs. T. M. Hammond and children, who have heen visiting relatives here, returned this week to their home at Fredonia, Ala. You can fumigate your own home at very moderate cost by calling on Thompson & Scroggin, who will show you how to do it. Seed Oats. — Genuine Texas rust proof. Georgia rust-proof and Appier rust-proof oats for sale by H. C'. Ar- nall Merchandise Co. Mr. I. P. Manley, of Oklahoma, ar rived Saturday on a visit to relatives in Coweta and Meriwether, and will spend a couple »f weeks. Misses Claire and Ollie Braswell, of Lutherville, who have been the guests of Miss Bertha Hubbard, returned home the first of the week. , Mrs. W. B. Orr, Mrs. Gordon Wvnn, Mrs. Sallie Wynn and Mrs. E. Ft. Bar rett spent, Friday in Palmetto, the guests of Mrs. T. P. Zellars. At the meeting of the County Com missioners this week Mr. W. L. Cruce was re-elected superintendent of the County Farm for another year. The “Cadet” stocking for boys and girls-- best in the world—linen heels, knees and toes, and guaranteed ; 25c. a pair at P. F. Cuttino & Co.’s. Syrup— the and colds. Every bottle of Nyal's Winter Cough Syrup guaranteed to clear the air pas sages, and stop the cough and tickling in the throat. Brown & Brooks. Nyal's Baby Cough Syrup will re lieve the baby’s cough. Does not con tain any alcohol, morphine, chloroform, or other opiates. Brown & Brooks. For Sale. -Three beautiful lots, close in. Very desirable for homes or invest ment'. For further inforamtion see G. E. Parks, Real Estate and Insurance. Mrs. A. M. Hartsfield, accompanied by her little granddaughter, left Mon day for Clanton. Ala., where she will spend some time with her son, Mr. J. A. Thomas. An election on the question of local taxation was held in Mt. Carmel school district on the 23d ult., and resulted in a vote of 19 for, and 29 against, the proposition. By invitation Col. W. G. Post ad dressed the Atlanta Credit Men's As sociation on Tuesday evening last, and from all accounts the address made a fine impression. Since the break in the cotton market yesterday farmers who have been hold ing for .lu’Uxm prices are somewhat worried. They don't know whether to turn loose or not. On account of the State Baptist Con vention, which meets in Dublin on the 16th inat., the Central of Georgia rail way will sell round-trip tickets from Newnan at $5.50. Loans. —Six percent, money to lend on well-improved farm lands. F’or full information call on or write Gar land M. Jones. Newnan, Ga., or Frank Harwell. LaGrange. Ga. Good shoes are a specialty with this store. Great care should be exercised in the selection of (.your winter shoes. Save worry, time and trouble by going to Boone-Stripiir.g Co s’. We regret to learn of the critical ill ness of Mrs. E. Cole, at the home of her son, Mr. J. Ii. Cole, in Sharpsburg, and join with her many friends in hop ing for her safe recovery. After spending two weeks with his parents here Mr. Ambrose Shackleford has returned to Alton, Ala., where he holds a responsible position with the Seaboard Air-Line railway. Have your hair-dressing, manicuring, facial massage, electrolysis, dermatol ogy, scalp treatment, chiropody and hair work at Warlick’s studio. Free when you have pictures made. Mr. Pierce Britt underwent an opera tion for appendicitis Saturday. Drs. Davis, Turner and Peniston performed the operation, and we are glad to learn that it was entirely successful. The feeling in the cotton market the past two days has been somewhat pan icky, prices having declined from one- half to three-quarters of a cent. Good cotton is selling to-day at 143c. The Ladies' Bible Study Circle of the Central Baptist church will meet next Friday afternoon with Mrs. H. C. Glover. The subject for atudy.will bo the 10th chapter of Hebrews. Don’t fail to see the imported cards and folders at Warlick’s, They are the newest things out, and different from anything you see elsewhere. Just re ceived a lot of nice posing chairs. Messrs. W. C. Whitmire and .John W. Kersey have purchased from Dr. T. S. Bailey two vacant lots fronting on Nimmons street, and early the coming year will erect residences thereon. Wanted. — Houses to rent. I have quite a number of applicants for houses. List your property with me; I can rent it. ’Phone 325. G. E. Parks. Nyal’s Winter Cough best remedy for coughs Every bottle guaranteed. Brown & Brooks. Pond's Vanishing Cream for the Complexion does rot contain any grease or other injurious matter. Brown & Brooks. For Rent. —My house at 43 Thompson street;-8 rooms, large lot, lights and water. Possession at once. H. S. Banta. Visit our “Annex” on “Clover Day” and buy one of those cloaks at $7.99. A rare chance for a bargain. P. F. Cuttino & Co. For Sale. — Kentucky horse, 6 years old; weight 1,100 lbs. ; good style and gentle; not afraid of anything. J. S. Gibson. Wonted. —Everybody to know that we are paying a good price for old castings. E. N. Camp & Sons, Moreland, Ga. For Sale. — Five hundred bushela pure Appier seed oats, my own raising, at 90c. bushel. E. C. Cureton, sr. Moreland, Ga. Coat suits from $5 to $35 all sizes, from No. 14 misses’ to No. 45 women’s. The styles are the best; all are good values. Boone-Stripling Co. Strictly Cash Hereafter.—On and af ter Nov. 8 I shall do a strictly cath business. This rule will apply to everyone. R. L. Moncrie?. Lost.—Between Newnan and Elim church a ladies’ watch, gold case No. 7,510,960, Elgin movement No. 1,861,- 939. Liberal reward for return. J. T. Arnall, Senoia, Ga. Mr. ar.d Mrs. John Hanson Simms announce the engagement of their daughter, I,ourette, and Mr. William Yates Atkinson, the marriage to take place Dec. 1, at their home in Newnan. At the Central Baptist church on Sunday morning, Dr. J. S. Hardaway will preach on the subject: “Things we know the heavenly life will bring to the Christian.” All cordially in vited. Three new candidates for aldermanic honors are announced this week — Messrs. J. T. Williams, L. W. Harris and G. E. Parks. All are good men, and will be warmly supported by their friends. Everybody should have their home fumigated one or two times a year. It costs but very little, and think what might happen if you failed to have it done! Thompson & Scroggin will do it for you. Church Notice. Come out to service at the Episcopal church next Monday night, (18th inst ) at 7:30 o’clock. Evening prayer and sermon. Everybody welcome. Rev. Russell K. Smith, Rector. The school building at Moreland was destroyed by fire at an early hour Wed nesday morning. The property was valued at $2,000, and there was no in surance either upon the building or fur niture. The origin of the fire is un known. Miss Lucile Oslin will have as her guests Misses Bennetta Orr, of New nan, and Miss Sarah Pope Callaway, of West Point, for the automobile races. They will arrive Tuesday and will lie delightfully entertained. At lanta Journal. Mrs. W. C. Treadaway received a telegram Saturday night announcing the death of her sister-in-law, Mrs. M. T. Borden, at St. Petersburg, Fla. She left Sunday morning for Oxford, Ala., where she attended the funeral and interment. Miss Ethel Connally and Master N. B. Drewry, of Griffin, and Miss Bessie Foster, of Newnan, were guests of friends here Saturday and attended the hallowe’en entertainment at Brant- ly Institute Saturday night,—Senoia Enterprise-Gazette. Nyal’s Winter Cough Syrup contains white pine bark, wild cherry bark. A' lwoncemcnt. — Mr. VV. R. Pitman, e veteran harnossmaker, formerly Balm of Gilead buds, blood root, spiken ard, tarter emetic, ammonium chloride, glycerole of tar and syrup. Does not contain opiates or chloroform. Brown & Brooks. Notu e. On account of the automo bile races, the Columbus trains leaving Newnan at 9:03 a. m. and Atlanta at 1:10 p. m. will stop at Flast Point on Nov. 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13. The rate from Newnan to F3ast Point is 66 cents. G. B. Barr. Agent. Daughters oj the Confederacy, The regular monthly meeting of Newnan Chapter, P, L). C., will be held next Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock, at the assembly-loom. Mra. R. D. Cole, jr., Pres’t. Mrs. W. A. Steed, Cor. Sec’y. The Newnan Ministerial Association will meet at the Central Baptist church next Monday morning at 10 o’clock. Dr. R. J. Bigbam will read a paper on the Book of Zachariah, and members of the association are requested to be pre pared to discuss the paper at the nu-et- tir.g. .1 the located at Keith’s stables, is now in charge of my harness department, and I.. A. Kelsey, formerly in charge of the Dixie shoe shop, is now employed in my shoemaking department. _____ A. J. Billings. Important Notice. — Having changed from retail to wholesale business, it is absolutely necessary that we collect all old notes and accounts made while in the retail trade. These old matters must be settled by Nov. 10, else we shall be forced to put them out for col lection. Bradley-Banks Co. For Shite. —Vino farm. 96 acres; 5- room house, painted; 3-room tenant house, ceiled ; 15 acres original woods ; 40 acres fresh land, with two small streams running through it; on good road, about 5 miles from town. This place can be bought on easy terms. Apply to G. E. Parks, Real Estate and Insurance. Mr. C. F’. Stephens has bought the stock of fancy and family groceries owned by Mr. Lee Alsabrook, on the west side of the square, and will con tinue the business at the same stand. He will at once make large additions to the stock, and extends a cordial in vitation to his friends and the trading public to call and see him. By reference to their signed state ment. which is printed in another column, it will be noted that most of our merchants have agreed 'to close their Htores on Thanksgiving Day. They will lose nothing by this generos ity toward their employees, and we feel sure that both employer and employee will feel better for a day’s rest. For Sale. — Five hundred bushels home-raised Appier seed oats, grown by W. A. Herring. The past season Mr. Herring raised on ordinary upland 72 bushels of these oats per acre. There is a sharp demund for the oats, and if you want the best seed on the market see us at once. H. C. Glover Co. Sheriff Brewster went down to Meri wether county Tuesday and brought back a negro named Dan Combs, who wanted here for shooting at Mr. J. W. F. Williams, near Moreland, on Oct. 5. From all accounts the negro made a vicious attack upon Mr. Wil liams, and that he was not killed was due solely to the bad marksmanship of his assailant. At a meeting of the directors of the Tennessee Oil and Gas Co. at LaGrange Wednesday last Mr. J. F. Askew, of Hogansville, resigned as president, and Capt. J. R. McCollum, of this city, was elected in hiH stead. Mr. Askew wasj subsequently elected vice-presi dent of the company. A good deal of the stock of this company is held in Coweta county, several well-known cit izens being large shareholders. Monday morning J. T. Tucker and Miss Mirandy Landrum appeared at the Ordinnry’s office and “expressed a desire to get spliced. Judge Perdue kindly supplied them with a "pair of license,” and, invoking the magisterial aid of ’Squire Bill Coggin. of the Seventh district, (who chanced to be in the court-house at the time), the twain were made one in due and proper form, and went on their way rejoicing. Saturday afternoon Sheriff Brewster raided Mrs. Susan Foster’s place near Sharpsburg and captured one hundred pints and eight quart bottles of liquor and a cask of beer containing one hun dred bottles. Mrs. Foster is an old of fender, and the raid was made upon complaint of the citizens of the com munity, who have suffered muuh an noyance from the nuisance, and deter mined to get rid of it. The liquor was brought to Newnun, where it will be used as evidence against the woman when her case comes up ror trial. Friday night, at a mullet supper near Sharpsburg, a negro named Bob Hines shot a negro woman named Lizzie Ann Lewis, who died the fol lowing day from the effects of the wound thus inflicted. According to the evidence of witnesses it was a cold blooded murder, and Hines, who is now in jail, stands a good chance of going to the gallows. The woman was em ployed as a cook in the family of Mr. Lurn North, and, by a singular coinci dence, is the second cook that he has lost within two years in the same tragic manner. A telegram was received here to-day by the president of J. J. Finney Chap ter, U. D. C., to the effect that Mrs. John W. Tench, of this city, had been elected honorary president for life, at the general convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, in ses sion at Houston, Texas. Mrs. Tench has for a number of years heen a resi dent of Gainesville, always manifest ing a great interest in U. I>. C. work, and is the wife of Major John W. Tench, whose services in the Confederate army won for him many honors. -Gainesville (Fla.) Dispatch. Wedding Gifts £ In your selection of a wedding gift you want something a “little out of the ordinary run of gifts. ” You want something which will reflect credit on yourself, and which will make a good showing on the “display table.” You want something adapted specially, if possible, to the party it is se lected for, and at the same time reasonably priced. You are forced to remember, too, in mak ing your selection, that “there are others” in the near future. We want you to come and see what we have to offer in this line. Our facilities for buying are su perior to those enjoyed by anyone in Newnan; in fact, as good as the larger Atlanta firms. Our stock is larger than any this side of Atlanta. It embraces China, Bric-a-Brac, Cut-Glass, Brass Jardiniere, Dinner-Ware, Fish and Game Sets, Bed-Room Sets, Carving Sots, and a great many other things we haven't space to enumerate. We are showing a few of these in our windows now, but you will have to take time to go through the line if you want the best. ABOUT PRICES. We are importers of most of the articles we buy in the fancy goods line. We honestly believe we buy this class of goods 20 per cent, cheaper than our competi tors. We give you the advantage of the biggest end of this saving. Isn’t that fair enough? HOLT ft CATES CO. NEWNAN, GA. Card of Thanks. We desire to thank the good friends who stood by us so faithfully during the illness of oar husband and father. Geo. W. Mathews, and for the tender expressions of sympathy and cdnsola tion received since his death. May heaven’s richest blessings rest upon each of them, is oar prayer. Mrs. Geo. W. Mathews and Children. OF ALL KINDS “South Bend” “Howard” “Hamilton” “Rockford” “Illinois” “Elgin” “Waltham” “New England” “Ingersoll” All prices—from SI to $100. H. S. Banta If You'll Come to Our Shop Barnett, St. John & Co.