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fitrald and fldoeriiser.
NEWNAN, FRIDAY, APR. 22.
LARGEST OUAItAJfTEBD COUNTRY CIRCULATION
IN FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
Official Organ of Coweta County.
Jah. E. Brown, Tiiob. S. Parrott,
BROWN & PARROTT,
Editorr and Pobi.ibherr.
GOOU HOAGS.
Carroll is an example- to her sister
counties in road-building. She is equip
ped with improved machinery, and per
manent roads are being constructed
which reflect great credit on Mr. Bras-
well, who, as County Commissioner, has
charge of the work. The authorities of
surrounding counties would do well to
visit Carroll and study the methods in
vogue there. Carroll has all the coun
ties skinned a block on rodd-building.—
Meriwether Vindicator.
This comparison may apply to Meri
wether, but not to Coweta. We will put
Capt. Nash and his system of road
building against any simiiur work done
in Carroll, or any county in this sec
tion of the State.
However, we frankly yield the palm
to Carroll in one particular. Our sister
■ county is getting ready to begin work
on her roads in the right way, and if
the plan proposed should've adopted it
won’t bo long before Coweta will be
left far behind in the great work of
road improvement. LaBt week the
Carroll county grand jury recommend
ed a bond isBuo to the amount of $100,-
000, the entire sum to be expended for
road work. The question will Le
submitted to the voters of the county
in the approaching primary election for
State and county officers, and, judging
from the interest that has been aroused
among the peoplo on the subject of
good road, it is believed that bonds
will carry by a big majority.
Coweta should follow the example
of Carroll, and vote bonds in. such
amount as will put our public thorough
fares in first-clasB condition. Excellent
work is being done on our roads now,
but the equipment for proper and rapid
road construction is both crude and in
adequate, ns compared with the more
modern and economical methods em
ployed in those counties where road
building has been reduced to a science.
Wo aretiwaro that tho suggestion of a
bond isBuo for any kind of public im
provement is repugnant to some peo
plo, but wo shall bo forced to adopt
this plan sooner or later, or else lag
sadly behind other progressive coun
ties in tho important mutter of road
improvement. Our present system of
rond-building is both unsatisfactory and
expensive. One hundred thousand dol
lars expended on our roads in one your
would go farther, bring better results
-and bo less expensive than one hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars spent in
threo years, us is now being done under
our system of annual taxation for road
purposes.
Good roads is a question that de
serves serious thought. Indeed, in view
■of tho progress that is being made along
this line by other lending counties of
tho Stnte, it is a subject thut cannot
be treated lightly.
An
down
week
CONTEST ENTHUSIASM
GOES TO HIGH POINT
Pronounced Most Gigantic Enterprise Ever
Attempted By a Weekly Newspaper
in This Section.
STANDING OF THE CANDIDATES TO-DAY.
DISTRICT NO. 1.
(Three prizes for thla district.) votes.
Miss Pol lye Bridges, SharpHburg 28,000
Robert Mann, Newnan 16,660
Miss Annie Lizzie Widener, Newnan 16,000
Mrs. W. E. Brakefield, Haralson 12,620
Miss Ruth Foster, Newnan 6,000
Miss Lizzie Mae Holmes, Newnan 6,000
Miss Katie Arnall, Newnan 4,800
Miss Letha Starr, Newnan 4,700
Miss Nellie Brown, Newnan 4,600
Miss Dora Powers, Senoia 1,000
Miss Susie Travis, Senoia 1,000
Miss Charlie Maud Hamilton, Senoia 1,000
DISTRICT NO. 2.
(Three prizes for this district.) VOTES.
Miss Desda Bradley, Newnan 36,640
Miss Edna Nall, Newnan 86,400
Mia9 Claire HolmeB, Newnan 10.400
Miss Bertha Bowers, Newnan, Route 6 7,800
Miss Eva LaBsetter, Lutherville 6,020
Mrs. Lula Smith, Lutherville, Route 1 4,020
Miss Marium Taylor, Lutherville j... 1,000
Miss Ruby Chandler, Lutherville 1,000
MiBS Groce Martin, Raymond 1,000
DISTRICT NO. 3.
(Three prlzeB for this district votes.
Miss Stella Wadsworth, Newnan 42,800
Miss Tommie Lou Lester, Grantville 29,360
Miss Ruth Hardaway, Newnan ■ 8,040
MIsb Daisy Lee, Newnan 6,600
Miss Ethel Copeland, Newnan 6,000
Miss Jennie Lee Houston, Newnan, Route 4 6,020
Miss Kate Snead, Newnan 2,600
Miss Marion Bryant, Newnan < 1,000
Miss Mary Andrews, Grantville 1,000
\ DISTRICT NO. 4.
(Throe prizes for this district.) votes.
Wm. G. Stallings, Newnan, Route 3 19,370
Miss Katie Sue Moore, Madras 11,940
Miss Maude Warren, Sargent .- 10,600
Miss Katie Starr, Roscoe 9,010
Miss Sada Merrell, Carrollton 4,620
Miss Lizzie Stephens, Whitesburg 4,420
Miss Mary Lipscomb, Whitesburg 3,600
Mtb. A. E. Sansburn, Newnan 3,020
Miss Effie Griffin, Carrollton.... 1,000
Miss Laura Chambers, Carrollton..., '...A l.OOo
Miss Lutie Golightly, Palmetto 1,000
Miss Mary Condor, Palmetto r 1,000
Miss Claramond Camp. Palmetto 1,000
Mrs. It. N. WinkleB, McCollum, Route 1 1,000
This has been the busiest week the
contest department has experienced
since the launching of our great $1,000
enterprise. All the week a stream of
interested candidates, who have finally
awakened to the fact that their names
are running in the contest and that
their friendB are ready to help them to
own an auto, poured into The Herald
and Advertiser ofiico and asked ques
tions. After satisfying themselves as
to the conditions and rules of the con
test, and being assured that they
would get all the co-operation that, in
fairness, it is possible to give, they
departed with a subscription book in
hand and a look on their faces that
boded ill to some of the contestants
who huve been under the impression
that by turning in "pa’s” subscrip
tion, and then writing to Uncle Jim
who lives out in the country, they had
exhausted their resources and stood in
a fair way to win at least the automo
bile.
Several now nominations have been
received since last week, and some of
them are of tne class of contestants
important decision was handed
by the Court of Appeals this
A Terrell county man was con
victed in the lower court of a violation
of tho prohibition law, and ono of
the points made by the prosecution
was tlie introduction of a certified copy
■of the record in the office of tho Collec
tor of Internal Revenue showing that
a license to retail liquor had been is
sued to the deftniunt. The case was
carried up, and the Court of Appeals
held that tho possession of a Federal li
cense to rotnil liquor was prima facie
evidence of the guilt of defendant, and
waB entitled to be duly weighed by tho
jury in passing upon his guilt. The
principal ovidence against tho accused,
it seems, was the fact that the records
in the Internal Revenue office showed
that ho held a license to retail liquor.
After an hour’s confab Wednesday
with the jovial and rotund occupant of
the White House at Washington, Wil
liam Randolph Hearst, (proprietor of
several newspapers, ex-candidate for
Governor of New York, ex-candidate
for Mayor of New York City, and ex
candidate for President of the United
States, all on the independent ticket,)
has come out squarely for Taft. Just
what we have been expecting him to do;
—in fact, he has been heading for the
Republican camp about six years.
What will become now of Col. John
Temple Graves?—he of the fiuxy pen
and fluent vocabulary? Will he follow
his employer into the Republican party,
or will he act the man, resign his
place as chief fugleman of the blatant
Hearst, and return to Georgia?
The Atlanta Constitution of yester
day brings the announcement that Hon.
B, F. Perry, present Assistant State
Treasurer, will not he in the race for
State Treasurer. This leaves the field
to Hon. W. J. Speer, and, while it is
rumored that Hon. P. M. Hawes, of
Elbert, will come into the race later on,
he has made no announcement a# yet.
Meanwhile Mr. Speer is making an ac
tive and systematic canvas of the State
in the interest of his candidacy, and
present indications are that he will be
elected by a big majority. A better
man for this important and responsible
office could not be chosen, and Trie Her
ald and Advertiser wishes him well.
Those sweet little things with fine
character and lovable dispositions are
all right to hand a box of bon-bons to ;
but they are all at the “bottom of the
ladder” when it uomes to a man’s
size prize, like the top-liners in this
great “battle of ballots.”
it is not meant by this that it takes
a man to win. Nearly two-thirds of
all the prizes ever won have gone to
womenfolk, but not the everyday
kind who think more of the fun of a
moment than of looking forward to a
great reward for comoaratively small
effort, which happens to be about^Bix
or seven weeks in the present instabefe.
The winners spoken of have been
BUSINESS women—women with a
good idea of/the scope of the under
taking, and who have laid their plans
for vote-getting as a. business man
lays hia plans for dollar-getting. They
have gone forth to do battle for the
papers they represent, and they have
learned the merits of those papers
They had something to say, and said
it. It was not a case of “I’m in this
contest: won’t you take the paper for
thut will he “up and doing.” These six months and give me the votes?
include those who have been able to I Not they! They had something |,to
read tho word "OPPORTUNITY” in
this very attractive offer, and also
realize that many of the nominations
sent in by admiring friends represent
a class of people who, no mattqr how
admirable they may he in the ordinary
affairs of life, are not of the metal to
win out in a tourney of this kind, which
requires the mental attributes of a busi
ness man, politician and soldier, com
bined with a little "bulldog” and Hugh
Jennings "never say die—it’s never
over till the last man is out”—sort of
spirit.
Oh, to be sure, I’d take one of the
prizes, and be awful glad to,” said
ono little candidate to the contest man
this week. “You may just leave my
name on the list, and if my friends
care to vote for me I will certainly be
most happy; but I just couldn’t ask
anyone to vote for me.”
Now, what do you think of that, as
a manifestation of the old saying,
“Spirit willing, but flesh is weak?”
Willing to take a magnificent prize
served up on a silver platter and gar
nered with the watercress of sweet
friendship, but unwilling to turn a
hand to further the cause that would
bring her profit and honor. And why
should she not ask anyone's help?
That’s a part of it that passes under
standing. You are asking no one a
favor. You Rre asking them to sub
scribe to a newspaoer that sells for
$1 a year—a paper that is worth that
amount; at least, so think over 2,000
good citizens of Coweta and adjoining
counties who are taking it, and paying
that price for it.
SELL—something that was a bargain
at the price—something that every
man they approached should be taking,
They convinced that man of the fact,
and in the end they won something
worth while.
The Contest Man could tell you many
stories of girls, and married women
too, who have made contests their
business for eight weeks and reaped
a reward of which they could not
have earned the equivalant in a hun
dred times eight weeks in any oth
er way. Right now comes to mind
a young lady who was a stenog
rapher—and a good one, (and that
kind ai-e scarce,) who applied business
methods to her campaign;. got her en
tire town and surrounding territory
aroused: and at the end of the contest
walked off with a magnificent touring
car, right under the noses of the "big
city" contestants who failed to exhaust
their resources, because of the belief
that no one from the "outside” had
chance to beat them. That young lady
was not in a position to have a car to
drive down to the office in the morn
ings ; and, anyhow, she was afraid that
the "boss” she took dictation from
would get jealous and think he didn’t
“cut enough ice” around his own es
tablishment ; so she sold the automo
bile, paid olf the mortgage on her moth
er’s home, and feels right glad now
that there was a contest started in her
neighborhood.
For further information call on or
’nhono the Contest Manager at The
Herald and Advertiser office, Newnan,
Ga.
Memorial Day Exercises at
Sharpsburg.
Exercises begin Monday, April 26,
at 10 o'clock a. m. The programme
will be as follows:
1. Music—Band.
2. Prayer—Rev. Chas. E. Hitt.
3. Song, “Sunny South”—School
children.
4. Recitation, “Wheeler’s Farewell
Address to His Men"—Master Lewis
Ingram.
6. Music—Band.
6. Song, “The Homespun Dress” —
Old ladies.
7. Recitation, “The Confederate
Flag’’—Mrs. R. A. Ingram.
8. Song, “The Boys in Gray.”
9. Introduction of speaker by Hon.
John B. Goodwyn.
10. Address—Col. W. C. Wright.
11. Music, “Dixie”—Band.
12. Dinner.
The afternoon will be given to the
old veterans. Mrs. G. S. Hardy,
Mrs. R. A. Ingram,
Committee.
Tender-hearted folks may succeed in
getting the rod banished from the
schools, but they will never be able to
make the railroads, give up their
switches.
Speaking of home remedies, the
“switch” of our grandfathers was
pretty good remedy for quite a long list
of juvenile disorders.
Any old magazines lying around out
of use? Lend them to a neighbor who
has none.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Con'
tain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell
and completely derange the whole system when
entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on prescrip
tions from reputable physicians, as the damage
they will do Is tenfold to the good you can possi
bly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, man
ufactured by F. P. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., con
tains no mercury, and Is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces o
the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh Curs be
sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally
and made in Toledo, O., by F. P. Cheney & Co.
Testimonials free.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
“The Store of Quality”
We've Just Received
A VERY LARGE SHIPMENT OF
Ladies* Skirts
Absolutely the newest models shown
in New York. The materials are
panamas, voiles and fancies. The
styles are correcft. Plaited overskirt
effects. The range of sizes is mo^t
complete. Priced at $5, $6, $6.50,
$7.50, $8.50, $10, $12.50.
We are offering some very special
bargains in Ladies’ Wash Suits to
close out. Better investigate these
prices.
H. C. GLOVER
COMPANY
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HOBlI
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EMBROIDERY SALE
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Thousands of yards of fioe hand-loom Embroideries in Cambric,
Nainsook and Swiss, go on sale Monday at 10 o’clock.
Flouncings up to 20 inches wide.
Bands up to 6 inches wide.
Insertings up to 4 inches wide.
These are the finest goods imported.
T rkf IVT^ 1 Flouncings, Edgings, Bands and Insertings, 1
JL/v/L JlN O* -I- • worth 25c., 35c. and 50c., at -■-
Lot NO jL ^ g * ngs ’ I nsert i D g s an d Bands, worth up ^
These go on sale Monday at 10 o’clock.
None will be sold before this hour. Be on hand.
Stripling Dry Goods Co.
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