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Strain and JMoeriittr.
NEWNAN, FRIDAY, FEB. 25.
XiAAOERT OUAHANTKKI) COUNTRY CIRCULATION
IK FOURTH OOHORRARIONAI. IIISTKIOT.
Official Organ of Coweta County.
Jab. E. Brown, Trod. S. Parrott,
BROWN & PARROTT,
Editors and Publishers.
COMMENTS OF STATE PRESS ON
CHAIRMAN HALL’S APPEAL.
ColumbuH Emiulror-Sun.
Chairman H. A. Hall, of the State
Democratic Executive Committee of
Georgia, has issued an address to the
Democratic voters of the State, in
which he urges upon every one the im
portance of registering in time to qual
ify for the primary elections which are
to be held this year, and also for the
general elections next fall. Chnirmnn
Hull makes a very strong appeal, and
it is to be hoped that everyone will read
it and act upon the suggestions he
makes, As has been stated before in
the Enquirer-Sun, attention to which is
called in the address of Chairman Hall,
under the new registration law in this
State the registration books are closed
six months prior to the holding of the
general election for State officers. This
year the date for the general election
in Georgia falls on the 5th of October,
that being the first Wednesday in the
month, which is the date fixed by law.
The registration books will be closed,
therefore, on the 5th of April, after
which time it will be too late to regis
ter for the primary or general elections
of this year. The importance of at
tending to this matter at once, there
fore, is quite apparent. There is but
little more than a month’s time left in
which the voter may register. On ac
count of the shortness of the time and
thp great importance of a full registra
tion of the Democratic voters of the
State, Chairman Hall has issued his ap
peal to the people, and everyone inter
ested in tho affairs of the common
wealth Bhould read it. Those who have
iiot registered should do so at once.
Mncon Tolctfrupli,
""We print in another column an ad-
' dress to tho Democratic voters of Geor
gia by Hon. H. A. Hall, chairman of
the Democratic Executive Committee
of tho State, calling attention to the
now registration law, and urging the
people to register by or before tho 5th
day of April next, when the books
close for tho year. This is a very im
portant matter, and appeals strongly to
the patriotic sense of the people.
Within six weeks the opportunity
close,?. Probably nBt half of those en
titled to register have yet availed them
selves of tho opportunity, which is fast
slipping away. No matter just now,
for the present purposes and needs of
the hour, about tho justice and fair
ness of this new lnw. It is on us nnd
must be obeyed. If you do not regia-
tor by tho 5th of April you will bo dis
franchised for ull the lute summer and
:fnll primaries and elections.
Albany Homld.
■Chairman H. A. Hall, of the State
Democratic Executive Committee, is
sues a patriotic address to the Georgia
■Democracy in which he appeals to the
■rank and file of tho party not to neg
lect to register. The right to qualify
by registration as an elector for all
State elections to be held this year will
terminate on the 6th day of April.
This leaves but a month and a half for
compliance with the terms of the reg
istration law. Chairman Hall makes a
striking appeal to the Democrats of the
State. He places the privilege of the
elector on high ground, and reminds
the people (hat the greatest danger to
the republic results from the lethargy
■of those to whose responsibility tho be
stowal of offices is committed. Register
now. Nothing is to bo gained by wait
ing. It is easy to forget. To register
is a public duty.
Snvnnnnh Press.
Chairman Hall is right in making the
appeal to all white voters to register.
It is tho patriotic duty of every citizen
to do so. “Tho apathy of electors is the
most dangerous weakness of a repub
lic.” Indifference among the people as
to their duties is unfortunnte. Bad
laws and unfaithful officials will flow
from the neglect of tho citizen to qual
ify to vote.
tion in. 1909, consuming foreign products
of that kind to the value of more than
$26,000,000, or more than twice as much
as was imported in 1899.
Every year $235,000,000 worth of
property is burned up in this country.
Nor is that our total financial loss. We
pay $316,000,000 in insurance premiums
and receive back about $135,000,000—a
loss of nearly $200,000,000. In addition,
our fire departments cost nearly $300,-
000,000 nearly. Our fire losses average
$3 per capita, while in Europe the loss
runs from 33 cents per capita in some
countries to 12 cents in others.
Because four of its members were ne
groes, a jury was dismissed by a cir
cuit judgeat Wagoner, Okla., the other
day. In excusing the negroes from jury
duty the presiding judgesaid: "Oklaho
ma laws provide that negroes shall ride
separately in trains and street cars;
that they shall attend separate schools
and cat at separate tables; and I do not
propose to insult white men by making
them serve on a jury with negroes.”
According to a recent report of Sec
retary Hester of tho New Orleans Cot
ton Exchange the nmouut of cotton
brought into sight during 171 days of
this season was 8,414,691 bales, a de
crease under the same period last year
of 2,482,186 bales. Tho exports were
4,455,528 bales, a decrease of 1,815,219
bales. The takings were, by Northern
spinners, 1,561,599 bales, u decrease of
362,646 bales; by Southern'spinners 1,-
347,948 bales, a decrease of 30,509
bales. __________
During 1909 the United States con
sumed more than one billion pounds of
coffee, valued at $86,000,000. That was
a dollar’s worth of coffee for every per
son in the United States. Tea is not
such a favorite. Only a little more than
one hundred million pounds, valued at
.$16,000,000, came in. But in spirits,
wines and mult liquors the nation
■touched its highest record for
In a statement issued by the Comp
troller of tho Currency at Washington
it is shown that on Jan. 31 one hundred
and seven national banks in Georgia
had individual deposits amounting to
$42,558,508. Their capital stock is more
than $11,000,000, their surplus fund
$6,000,000, and their loans and dis
counts $48,848,838.
The Prohibitionists are laying plans,
it is said, to bring out a full ticket for
State House officers in the coming cam
paign, the purpose being to run the
candidates thus selected upon a prohi
bition platform. The Anti-Saloon
League and Woman’s Christian Tem
perance Union, led by Dr. Len Brough
ton, are said to be behind the movement.
Short Campaign for Governor.
AtlnntaCor. Columbus Enquiror-Sun.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 22.—If there is
any campaign at all for Governor this
year, there is every indication that it is
going to be a short one.
Gov. Brown has persistently refused
to make any statement regarding his
intentions at this time, on the ground
that the people of Georgia want and
are entitled to a rest from political tur
moil and agitation. But those closest
to him assert that at the proper time-
according to his conception of it—he
will make announcement of his candi
dacy for re-election. In fact, there is
not a politician in tho State but is sat
isfied that Gov. Brown is going to be a
candidate to succeed himself. It may
be said to be a foregone conclusion.
But, judging from what the Governor
has said on the subject, (and that isn’t
much,) it is hardly likely that his an
nouncement will foe forthcoming until
sixty days before the primary. This
primary, under the new law, cannot be
held until the first week in Angust; bo
the chances are that the Governor will
not be heard from before about June 1.
It has been published here that for
mer Gov. Hoke Smith is only awaiting
Gov. Brown’s announcement of his can
didacy for re-election as a signal for his
announcement for Governor. Mr. Smith
refuses to discuss or comment upon this
report. If it is well-founded and the
former Governor proposes to oppose
Gov. Brown, it is evident in any event
that the enmpaign will be an exceed
ingly brief one—probably about the
shortest the State has ever known. The
last campaign between former Gov.
Smith and Gov. Brown was an unusual
ly short one, lasting less than eighty
days, while the 1910 campaign, if there
is one, is hardly likely to last more than
sixty duys.
The campaign in which Gov. Smith
was elected was of more than a year’s
duration, Mr. Smith having begun his
speaking over tho State a full year be
fore the primary. His opponents, how
ever, did not take the field until about
six month? before the primary.
Work to Start Soon on LaGrange
College.
LaGrange, Ga., Feb. 24.—The site for
the new Southern Female College has
already been secured and the contract
for the buildings will be let at an early
date.
Andrew Carnegie recently agreed to
donate $6,700 for this purpose, on con
dition that the same amount be secured
from other sources. Several prominent
Georgians are now in the field endeav
oring to Becure this sum, and the Geor
gia Baptist Association has named for
ty-nine churches as a field for this
work.
Since the burning of the old college
in July, 1908, the regular school work
has been carried on in the only remain
ing building, the Sara Ferrell lyceum.
The new building will be UD-to-date and
modern in ever> particular, and will
cost $15,000. It will be finished in
time for the opening of the next school
term. Sixteen thousand dollars was
puid for the lot.
— Here it is nearly the middle of Feb
ruary, and Southwest Georgia is still
behind on water. Normal conditions,
uninterrupted by the protracted drouth
of lust summer and fall, have not yet
been restored. Lukes and ponds that
went dry during the protracted drouth
are still dry. While we have had occa
sional rains since October, the actual
rainfall has been light and the ponds
and low places that formerly held wa
ter have not been restored to normal
conditions. The water that has fallen
has been absorbed by the thirsty earth,
and the little that has settled in the
ponds and low places has rapidly disap
peared. Ponds that have formerly cov
ered hundreds of acres are now as dry
bs the old sage fields, and the big
swamps are also dry, many of them
having been swept by forest fires. No
man now living ch*i recall a time when
there was so little water on the earth
in this section.—Albany Herald.
“Have you no occupation, my man?”
asked the lady at the kitchen door.
“Yes’m,” replied the tramp; “I’m a
wrestler.”
“A wrestler?”
t “Yes’m; I wrestle with poverty,
imports- fmum!”
Dr. J. B. Hawthorne Dies in Richmond.
Richmond, Va., Feb. 24.—Rev. Dr. J.
B. Hawthorne, one of the most noted
Baptist ministers in the South, died
this morning of senile debility and pa
ralysis, aged 73.
Dr. Hawthorne led thirty-one mem
bers of his Mobile congregation in the
Confederate army. After the war he
was pastor of charges at New York,
Baltimore, Louisville, Atlanta, Rich
mond, Montgomery and Selma.
President Helps Orphans.
Hundreds of orphans have been help
ed by the President of the Industrial
and Orphnn’s Home at Macon, Ga., who
writes: “We have used Electric Bit
ters in this Institution for nine years.
It has proved a most excellent medicine
for Stomach, Liver and Kidney trou
ble. We regard it as one of the best
family medicines on earth.” It invig
orates all vital organs, purifies the
blood, aids digestion, creates appetite.
To strengthen and build up pale, thin
weak children or rundown people it has
no equal. Best for female complaints.
Only 50c. at Stanley-Johnson Co.’s and
John R. Cates Drug Co.’s. ■
—A school superintendent of aneigh-
boring county asked every teacher at
the county institute who took their lo
cal paper to hold up their hands, and
only six responded. The superin
tendent expressed great surprise, and
said: “You don’t spend a dollar a year
with those papers; yet you expect them
to print, free of charge, notices of all
institutes, and insert long programmes;
expect them to advertise you, thus as
sisting you to climb the ladder to bet
ter positions and better salaries, with
out a cent in return.”
$100 Reward, $100.
The render, of thin paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has beon able to cure in all its stages,
and that is Catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is the
only positive cure now known to the medical fra
ternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease,
requires a constitutional treatment Hall’s Ca
tarrh Cure 1b taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys
tem, thereby destroying the foundation of tho
disease, and giving the patient strength by budd
ing up the constitution and assisting nature in
doing its work. Tho proprietors have so much
faith in it curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials. Address
P. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O.
Sold by all druggists, 76c.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
Announcements.
FOR SHERIFF..
I hereby announce my candidacy for re-election
to the office of Sheriff of Coweta county, subject
to the action of the Democratic primary, and will
appreciate the support of the voters of tho coun
ty. J. D. Brewster.
FOR CLERK.
I hereby announce my candidacy for re-election
to ti.e omce of Clerk of Superior Court of Coweta
county, subject to the action of the Democratic
primary, and will appreciate the support of the
yotors of tho county. Lynch Turner.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
To the White Voters of Coweta County: I here
by announce myself a canditate for re-election to
tho cilice of Tax Collector, subject to the Demo
cratic prlmnvy. During the time that I have held
this ofllco I huve given my best efforts to tho per
formance of my duties, and if re-elected will con
tinue to serve the people to the best of my ability.
I feel that the experience gained in the past will
enable me to better serve you in the future. Your
influence and support are respectfully solicited.
W. S. Hubbard.
I hereby announce myself a candidate for Tax
Cc l ector of Coweta county, subject to the Dem
ocratic primury, and earnestly solicit tho sypport
of my friendB and fellow-citizens. L. R. Banks.
I hereby nnnounce myself a enndidate tot Tax
Collector, Bubjeot to the Democratic primary, and
will apprecinto tho influence and support of my
friends and fellow-citizens. B. J. Fry.
To the Voters of Coweta county: I hereby an
nounce myself a candidate for Tax Collector, sub
ject to the Democratic primary. I have been a
citizen of Coweta county more than 40 years, and
have never before asked an ofllce at the hands of
the people, I feel that I am qualified to fill the
ofllco, and if the people should honor me by elect
ing mo to this important office I pledge myself to
an honest, sober nnd faithful administration of
the duties thoreof. I will, if elected, devote my
entire time to tho conduct of the office; and it will
bo ray pleasure to serve and accommodate tho
people. Dan W. Broadwater.
FOR TAX RECEIVER.
To tho Democratic Voters of Coweta county: I
hereby announce myself a candidate for re-elec
tion to the office of Tax Receiver of Coweta coun
ty, subject to the Democratic primary. I feel that
the experience I have gained in discharging the
duties of this office during my administration will
enable me to better servo the people of our county.
I will appreciate your support and influence in
tho approaching primary. Respectfully.
Thos. J. Wilkinson.
I hereby nnnounce myself a candidate for the
office of Tax Receiver of Coweta county, subject
to the action of the Democratic party. I will
greatly appreciate the support of the people of
the county, Joseph L. Brown.
I take this method of notifying my friends that
I am a candidate for Tax Receiver, subject to the
Democratic nomination, and respectfully ask the
support of the white voters of the county.
J. A. Royeton.
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
Mr. J. P. Shaw is an old soldier, 78 years old,
has lost his right eye, is ruptured, and his wife,
(aged 74,) is practically blind. Ho is a candidate
for County Treasurer, is a worthy citizen, and
asks tne support of the voters of Coweta county.
He has no children to assist him in making a sup
port. He was caught on a circular saw some
years ago and so seriously injured that one arm
and ono leg have been practically useless since.
Respectfully,
A. A. BARGE. M. D.,
DUKE LEE. M. D.,
J. L. BARGE. M. D.,
i T. B. DAVIS, M. D.
FOR CORONER.
I hereby offer myself as a candidate for Coroner
of Coweta county, subject to the white primary,
and kindly ask the support of my fellow-citizens.
Being a cripple, it will be impossible for me to
ca ivasB the county. Any favors shown me will
be appreciated. J. P. Oswald.
To thq Voters of Coweta county: I hereby nn
nounce myself a candidate for re-election to the
office of Coroner, subject to the Democratic pri
mary. Will appreciate the votes nnd influence of
the people, and if elected will perform tho duties
of the office to the best of my ability.
J. C. CooK.
New Advertisements.
Petition to Amend Charter.
GEORGIA-Coweta County :
To the Superior Court of said county: The peti
tion of tho Grnntville Drug Company respectfully
shows—
1. That it was duly incorporated by and char
tered under an order of said court on the 4th day
of March, 1907.
2. That it desires an amendment to its charter
changing its corporate name from Grantville
Drug Company to
TATUM DRUG & SEED COMPANY.
3. That said change in name was duly author
ized at a meeting of the stockholders of said com
pany held on the 1st day of February, 1910, at
which meeting all the stock of said company was
represented. A copy of the resolution seeking
said change of name is filed herewith, verified by
tho Secretary and Treasurer of said corporation.
Wherefore, petitioners pray that after com
pliance with the statutes made and provided in
such cases that an order be granted changing said
name from Grantville Drug Company to Tatum
Drug & Seed Drug Company.
R. O. JONES. Petitioner’s Attorney.
Filed in office this Feb. 21. 1910.
L. Turner, C.S.CC. C.
L L. Tumor, Clerk of the Superior Court of said
county, do certify that the foregoing is a true
copy of the petition of Grantville Drug Company
for change of name as filed in my office.
Witness my hand and the seal of said court this
the 21 Bt day of February. A. D. 1910.
L. TURNER, Clerk S.aaCl
Dress Goods and Silks
FOR
Easter Dresses
Easter Sunday is almost here and doubtless you
will want a new dress or suit for Easter. We
are now ready to supply your wants with the
largest and most varied assortment of Spring
Dress Goods and Silks we have ever shown,
representing all the newest novelty fabrics and
most favored colors.
Wool Dress Goods.
In Wool Dress Suitings we have just received a
beautiful collection of all the popular weaves
and most favored colors for spring suits and
skirts, at $1 to $1.50 a yard.
Dress Silks.
We don’t believe in boasting, but are really
proud of our Silks. Without a doubt our line
cannot be excelled in Newnan. We are show
ing a very extensive assortment of Cheney’s
Shower-proof Foulards, Shantung and Pongee
Silks at 50c. to $1 a yard.
Trimmings to Mateh.
H. C. GLOVER CO.
New Goods
We are receiving
week several thousand dol
lars’ worth of New Spring
Goods which were bought
for Spot Cash at ridiculous
ly low prices. Look out for
advertisement next week,
giving prices. We expedt
to shell the woods.
Gome to see hs.
Dry t*®
Formerly Boone-Stripling Company