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The Herald and Advertiser
NEWNAN, FRIDAY,SEPT. 18.
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Official Organ of Coweta County.
Jmi. E. Brown. Kill* M. Carpenter.
BROWN & CARPENTER.
rnlTOItlt AND niBI.WHKKS.
FARMERS OF COWETA DEEPLY
IN EARNEST.
There was a large attendance at the
mass meeting of farmers and business
men in the court-house on Saturday
laHt, called by Mr, It. D. Cole, presi
dent of the County Chomber of Com
merce, to consider the cotton i|uestion.
Mr. Cole introduced the subject by de
scribing various movements that had
been inaugurated to relieve the situa
tion, which he declared was extremely
critical —a situation which called for
prompt and heroic action on the part of
the farmers of the South, else the
country would Hoon be in the throes of
bankruptcy and ruin. He submitted as
one plan of relief some resolutions
adopted at a recent cotton conference
iri Atlanta, and which had been recom
mended for adoption by every cotton
growing county in the South. He then
read the resolutions, as follows:
Whereas, The world can only use, by
the most libera! estimate, about eight
million bales of American cotton in
l!»ll-ir>, leaving several million bales
surplus to be carried over; and
Whereas, This surplus must be cared
for by reducing future crops, otherwise
it will depress the 1914-15 market to the
starving point; and
Whereas, In order ta get even a fair
price for the 1914 crop it is necessary
to give the cotton world a dependable
guarantee that next year’s crop will be
reduced sulliciently to take in this
year’s surplus and still leave a short
crop; and
Whereas, Alliance agreements and
other pledges among the cotton farmers
to reduce cotton crops have heretofore
proven ineffective; therefore, be it—
Resolved, That we, the undersigned
cotton farmers of the South, hereby
petition the (lovernorsof our respective
States to cnll in special session imme
diately the Legislatures of North Car
olina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Flor
ida, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas, to en
act such legislation as will put the
machinery of the law behind this guar
antee of cotton reduction for 1915.
Resolved, That we submit the accom
panying license plan and instruct our
ollieers and committees to send these
resolutions and the proposed license
plnn to the Ordinary of each of the 850
cotton-growing counties of the South
ern States, requesting said Orilin tries
to get their county papers to publish
these resolutions and proposed law,
callings mass meeting of the farmers
for Saturday, Sept. 19, for the purpose
of indorsing these plans and requesting
of their Governors and Legislatures to
enact the proposed or a similar law,
according to the Constitution of the
several States named. We believe that
the effect of such legislation on the
price of the present crop of cotton will
ue immediate and absolute, and will
not only provide a living price for the
present, bul will care for our future
emergencies in the cotton section.
Resolved, That the purpose of these
resolutions and license plan is to • ffect
curtailment, which principle we in
dorse, urging the use of the taxing
power in any legitimate way to effect
such curtailment.
PROPOSED LAW TO BE ADOPTED.
The following suggestion is offered
as a basis for a law which, if it can he
adopted and enacted by the severa
cotton-growing Slates, will afford im
mediate relief. Copy of this lias been
sent to the Ordinaries of each of the
cotton counties in the Southern States,
asking the Ordinaries to call mass
meetings fur Sept. Id to indorse cotton
reduction and the plan to tux it in or
der to accomplish this reduction. Gov.
Slaton has called a Governors’ con
ference in Atlanta to consider this prop
osition. and other plans which have been
suggested. Thu hill follows:
He it enacted by the General Assem
bly of the State of Georgia, That from
and after the passage of this Act, und
during the year of lillf., it shall he un
lawful for anyone to grow cotton in
this State unless he lirst obtain from
the Ordinary of the county of which he
Is a resident a license to grow cotton.
The Ordinary shall receive ten cents
for each license issued, to he paid by
the applicant. The license shall certi
fy the number of live stock lie will use
in plowing said cotton, and his license
shall permit him to grow three edo-lb.
hales per head of live stock actually
used in cultivating said cotton. Ho
shall upon harvesting his cotton make
oath before his ginner, who shall quali
fy as a notary, as to how many Aoo-ib.
halos per plow he actually produced, and
for each 500-lb. bale in excess of three
to the plow he shall pay a special li
cense of :> cents per pound. He must
exhibit his license to his ginner upon
hliving any cotton ginned. The ginner
shall record on the back of said license
the date and number of bales ginned.
Each ginner shall obtain from tho Or
dinary of his county a license for 1915
to gin cotton, lie shall provide himself
with a standard form book to be fur
nished to the Ordinary by the Stute
Agricultural Department, in which to
keep accurate record uf cotton ginned.
His license shall cost him $1, und the
form hook shall cost him $1.
Be it further enacted, That the gin
ner shall collect this license tax of fi
cents per pound, receiving from his ser
vice 1-1 cent per pound, remitting the
balance to the Ordinary of his countv.
who shall receive 1-4 cent per pound as
his compensation and remit the remain
der to his County Treasurer for tile use
of that county on its schools and roads.
Be it further enacted. That anyone
planting cotton in this State before ob
taining license and making report af
terward to ginners as above provided
shall upon conviction be punished as for
a misdemeanor.
Be it further enacted, That the At
torney-General and Secretary of Agri
culture of this State shall prepare the
necessary forms and oaths to make
this law effective.
Be it further enacted. That this law
shall not become effective until a simi
lar law ahall have been enacted by
South Carolina, North Carolina, Flor
ida. Alabama, Mississippi. Tennessee,
Louisiana, Oklahoma ami Texas.
The reading of the resolutions and the
proposed bill to be submitted to the
several Legislatures of the cotton
growing States brought on a lot of talk,
the discussion taking a wide range.
Talks were made by Prof. Drake of
Turin, Messrs. H. C. Glover, H. C. Ar-
nall, sr., D. W. Boone, C. J. Owens, J.
VV. Summers, J. M. Johnson, E. T.
Carter, Garland M. Jones, H. H. North
and R. F. Shedden. All the speakers
stressed the necessity of curtailing the
next crop, and agreed that positive ac
tion along this line was necessary at
this time to prevent the sacrifice of the
present crop. In fact, the sentiment of
the meeting was decidedly in favor of
the resolutions as presented, and they
were unanimously adopted.
Before the meeting adjourned a call
was made for volunteers who would
agree to hold cotton for 10 cents. Upon
this call Mr. H. C. Glover announced
that his house would hold as much as
two hundred bales off the market; Mr.
R. D. Cole said the R. D. Cole Mfg.
Co. would take care of a like amount;
Mr. H. C. Arnall, jr., said the H. C.
Arnall Mdse. Co. would carry one hun
dred bales; Mr. T. B. Barks assumed
five bales, and other parties a smaller
number.
To Citizens and Taxpayers of Cow
eta County.
For the benefit of the taxpayers of
Coweta county and the general public
we herewith submit a complete state
ment of the county’s expenditures for
the years 191.’! and 1914, including all
bills rendered up to and embracing the
September meeting of the County Com
missioners for each of the years named,
to-wit:
Total amount paid out of general
fund up tn and including September
meeting, 1913, $28,391.41.
Total amount paid out of general
fund up to and including September
meeting, 1914, $23,981.93.
Total amount naid out of public road
fund up to and including September
meeting, 1913, $44,058.66.
Total amount paid out of public road
fund up tn and including September
meeting, 1914, $22,550.70.
Respectfully submitted,
Board of Commissioners of Roads and
Revenue.
By T. G. Farmer, jr., Clerk.
When down in the mouth remem
ber Jonah. He came out all right.—
Madison Madisonian.
HEALTH PAST FIFTY
Careful diet is of utmost importance to
men and women past fifty years of age;
it keeps up their strength, and the oil-I
food in Scott's Kmulsionffa n nourishing
fisid, a curative medicine and a sustaining
tonic to regulate the functions.
It contains the medicinal fats of pure
roil liver oil and science proves that they
furnish twice as much energy as other
foods—then loo, it creates pure blood,
sharpens the appetite, relieves rheuma
tism, strengthens the body and alleviates
the ailments due to declining years.
Scott's is free from wines, alcohol or
harmful drugs. Beware of-substitules.
Death of Mr. P. B. Murphey.
It is with a deep sense of the loss
which the community has sustained
hat The Herald and Advertiser chroni
cles the death of Mr. P. B. Murphey,
which occurred Tuesday afternoon at
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore,
following an operation for gallstone.
Mr. Murphey had for several years
suffered intermittently from this trou
ble, and his purpose in going to the
Baltimore hospital was to have his case
diagnosed by specialists at that in
stitution, and, if found recessary, to
s'bmit to an operation. After a
thorough examination the hospital sur
geons advised an operation, and, yield
ing to this decision, Mr. Murphey
went under the knife about noon on
Monday. Technically, the operation
was successful, hut the patient was 30
weakened by suffering that he failed
to rally from the shock. Although
conscious to the last, he sank steadily
until 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, when
he passed away. His wife and Dr. T.
B. Davis, his physicians, were both
with him throughout the dreadful or
deal, and accompanied his remains to
Newnaa, arriving at 6:30 p. m. Wed
nesday.
Mr. Murphey was one of N'ewnan’s
successful business men and a most
useful citizen, honored and esteemed by
all who knew him. For a number
of years he was engaged in the banking
business, first as cashier of the First
National Bank, and later as cashier of
the Newnan Banking Co., which he as
sisted in organizing. Recognizing his
superior business qualifications, he was
a few years ago elected general man
ager of the Newnan Cotton Mills, and
subsequently, upon the death of R. D.
Cole, he succeeded to the presidency.
The phenomenal success of these mills
under his management and their pres
ent prosperity are attributable in large
measure to his splendid business ability.
That he will be sadly missed and sin
cerely mourned is the universal senti
ment of the community.
Deceased was 52 years of age. Be
sides his wife, he leaves five children—
two sons and three daughters. Surviv
ing him also are his brother, Mr. W. J.
Murphey, of this city, and four sisters,
Mrs. M. M. Hallum, of Jarrollton, and
Mrs. R. C. Hood, Mrs. A. J. Ivey and
Miss Kate Murphey, of Atlanta.
The funeral took place yesterday
afternoon at 3 o’clock, from the First
Methodist church, and was largely at
tended. After a simple service, con
ducted by Rev. H. L. Edmondson, the
body was laid to rest in Oak Hill ceme
tery.
—Cotton of 1914 growth ginned to
Sept. 1 amounted to 475,455 bales,
counting round as half bales, according
to the Census Bureau’s report. Last
year 799,099 bales were ginned to Sept.
1.
How s This ?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
cam* of catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Ca
tarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY * CO..
Toledo, Ohio.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney
for the last lf» years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions, arid finan
cially able to carry out any obligations made by
his linn.
NATIONAL HANK OE COMMERCE.
Toledo. Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally Acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 7f> cents
per bottle. Sold by all druKKists. 75c.
Take Hall'u Family Pills for constipation.
NOTICE.
Atlanta, Ga„ Sept. 1. 1914.
The regular annual meeting: of the stockholders
of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company
will be held at the office of the company. Room No.
9, Atlanta Terminal Station, Atlanta. Ga.. at 12
o'clock, noon, on Tuesday, Oct. 20. 1914.
W. H. BRITCE, Secretary.
SPECIAL LELAND
PIANO PLA YER
Here is a genuine bargain
that must appeal to the most
discriminating. It is a new
Lelancl Player Piano, the
product of the Lyon N: Mealy
factories. The material used
in its construction is of the
finest quality, and the work
manship is the best.
The instrument is one of
the finest on the market and the price is most moderate
only 5450—and Lv all ordinary standards it is worth a great
deal more. The regular price is 5550, but to move one of
these excellent pianos into your home and get them started,
we are making the low price of 5450.
Call and inspect it at our store. Von will not be urged
to buy, but we want vou to see what we are offering in
pianos, and feel sure you will be charmed with the
qualities of the LELAND.
We agree to take cotton at 10c. in exchange for goods, and
will take as much as 25 bales; so if you had expected to buy
FURNITURE this fall, and are disapointed in the cotton mar
ket. this need not keep y ou from buying, as we will help you to
get We. for at least 25 hales of vour cotton on our proposition.
To parties owing us as much as 550 we will take cotton at
10c in payment of the debt. Come to see us. We have many
beautiful styles to offer in Bed-Room, Library, Parlor and Hall
FURNITURE, and our prices are lower than ever.
Yours for business,
MARBLRY’S FURNITURE STOKE
9 Greenville Street
Millinery Opening
Tuesday and Wednesday
Sept. 22 and 23
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Our display of imported hats and novelties will be quite an attraction for
the ladies.
Children’s school hats, also boys’ hats, will be on display.
Prices this vear are as reasonable as could be expected for first-class millinery.
Mrs. Lela Adams
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Ten Cents for Cotton
TO OUR CUSTOMERS:
C. On account of the great war in Europe we are cut off from our best cus
tomers for cotton, and the price of the staple is necessarily depressed. \\ e
hope this situation will soon be relieved, but meanwhile we are anxious to
do all we can to help out the farmer in this unprecedented crisis.
C. From now until November 1 we therefore will pay ten cents a pound
for all first-class cotton in good condition to all parties owing us, either
notes or accounts, for as much as they owe us. If you do not owe us the
full amount of a bale of cotton, or for all surplus not due us, we will either
pay the market price or credit on your account at ten cents a pound, and
you can trade it out with us.
C. We have a magnificent stock of new fall merchandise, bought right, and
can offer you many advantages and inducements to trade with us. Come
where vour cotton is worth ten cents and do your fall trading.
<L All cotton must be delivered in warehouse in Newnan.
VERY RESPECTFULLY,
P. F. CUTTINO & COMPANY
DRUG STORE THINGS
Strychnine and quinine LOOK alike, but do not
ACT alike.
Every package and every “prescription” that
leaves our store is carefully checked and VERIFIED
so that no mistake can happen. LIFE is too precious
to allow of carelessness in a drug store. We will not
permit it.
THE BEST DRUG STORE
We give you what you ask for.
If You Cannot Get Us at the Store on Sundays Call ’Phone 268
J. F. Lee Drug Co.
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