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IW. B. Mooney
Special
Bargains
ON SALE EVERY DAY
Sea Island
Extra fine quality sea is
land, 40 inches wide—the
kind that usually sells at
Sc—20 yards for $1.
Apron Ginghams
Good quality apron ging
hams, fadeless colors, in
blue, brown and black
checks, yard 5c.
Dress Goods
Bargain table of 25c grades
rep, poplin, ratine, serge,
suitings, etc.—a lot of odd
ments, all colors, 15c.
Curtain Net
Special values in curtain
net, in both white and
cream, also printed scrim,
10c.
Cotton Flannel
The best quality cotton flan
nel yet shown at the price.
Bleached or unbleached, 10c
Outing Flannel
5,000 yards Amoskeag out
ing flannels in white, light
and dark colors. No high
er than cheaper grades, 10c.
Ten-Quarter Sheeting
A splendid grade 00-inch
sheeting (full width) in
unbleached, 25c.; bleached,
27 l-2c.
Pajama Checks
A pick-up in high-grade
pajama checks, 36 inches
wide, close woven, heavy
quality, 10c.
House Dress Aprons
A new garment that serves
both as house dress and
apron. Pretty styles. Si
grade, at 50c.
Fleeced Kimona
Materials
Big lot of duckling fleece
kimona flannels in pretty
light and dark styles,
12 l-2c.
White Dimity
Mill-ends in extra fine
grade white checked dimi
ty, 8c, 10c, 12 l-2cand 15c.
Worth double.
English Longclofh
500 yards soft, fine English
longcloth, yard-wide, i n
small bolts. Special, 8 1-2c.
Cotton Flannel
Extra" 1 heavy unbleached
cotton flannel for men’s or
boys’ underwear. The best
yet; 12 l-2c.
Huck Towels
Extra special bargain in
heavy cotton huck towels,
20x40 inches, fadeless red
borders, 10c.
White Percale
A beautiful quality white
percale for middy blouses,
yard wide, 12 l-2c.
IW. B. Mooney
Year.
Receipts to
Nov. 1.
St.K’k
on hand.
Total.
Price.
1903
6,292
1.888
11.196
10
1904
8,269
3 127
15,738
98
1906
10,734
3.561
15,965
log
1906
7,480
2.929
16,900
10
1907
7,109
2.850
15.700
10)
1908
10 840
5 022
17,220
8J
1909
S 573
2,906
13,867
15
1910
9,819
3,868
10,665
14
1911
11 013
5 764
22.171
9
1912
7,092
2,293
13,991
12
1913
8,985
1.604
16,230
134
1914
12.100
7,588
7
yp
$
Local Happenings Told in
>3* SHort Paragraphs ^ >3*
NEWS AND
PERSONAL
TO OUR
ITEMS
LOCAL
OF GENERAL
READERS.
INTEREST
COTTON STATEMENT.
BY J. U. SUMMERS.
IN GEORGIA.
There nro chinquepinn and chestnut*.
And ’poBuunu) on the hills;—
There are turkeyn, quail aud aquirrelfl.
And, muybe, "niounahina Htilla;”
So there ain’t no u»e in starvin'
And n-tellin’ of your woe.
’Cause the old world ia n-aernppin’
And
qur
cotton’s
mighty
low!
All the cribe in Georgia
Are a-buHtin’ with new corn.
Barnyards nre full of*chickent>.
Cucklin,’ layln’, every mom:
So, there’H plenty yet to eat and wear.
And in the bye and bye
We’ro going to plant Icbh cotton
high!
up
back
it
send
And -[J. Milton Hawkins.
Misses Ellen Turner nnd Ellen Camp
Hre guests of Mrs. Neil Glass at l.a-
Grange for a few days.
One of the largest stocks of dry
goods, shoes and clothing in Newnan
can be found at Hoone’s.
The many friends of Mr. ,1. W.
Bowers nre glad to see him out again,
after his late severe illness.
Mrs E. J. Orr has returned front a
month's visit to her daughter, Mrs.
Frank Patterson, at Griffin.
Mr. ,1. W. Co|e, postoffice inspector
for this division, left Tuesday for
Washington on official business.
Special values in ladies’ and misses'
new-stylo. serge and crepe dresses at
$5. Stripling’s.
Tho greatest selection of cups in
Newnan, for every size and purpose,
25c. to $1. Boone’s.
Buy your shoes at Strip'ing’s.
Form the habit. Trade at Boone's.
When you visit Newnan visit Boone’s.
Kain capes and coats $1.25 and up at
Boone’s.
Cotton is selling in Newnan to-day at
6i@71c.
trunks, $2.50 to $10, at
A full line of
Boone’s.
Newnan received 732 bales of cotton
Saturday.
Wool shirts for men, $1 to $1.50.
Boone’s.
Money to
Freeman.
loan. Apply to A. H.
Farm Loans. — On first-class farm ap
plications can make loan for five years
at 8 por cent. W. G. Post.
Extra Special. — Sale of ladies' silk
velvet and plush hats, worth up to $8.50
each. Your choice, 69c. Stripling’s.
Storage For Cotton.—We have safe
storage room for one hundred hales of
cotton. See us. C. J. Barron & Sons.
The State Baptist Convention will
meet in Carrollton on Tuesday, 17th
inst., and remain in session three days.
Warehouse. Notice.- Bring your cot
ton to us and we will store it iaside tho
house, protected from the weather.
Have plenty of room. Long Place, next
door to Itradley-Banks Co.
'i\ B. McRitchio & Co.
Impounded.—Two gilts, weighing
close to 200 lbs. each; white face and
stocking feet. Owner can get same by
calling on Lawrence Alexander, (col.,)
at Miss Mary Bolton s. and paying all
expenses, including this notice.
♦
Acting under instructions from the
Victor Talking Machine Co., of Camden.
N. .1., Mr. H. S. Bantu purchased for
the account of that lirni a few days ago
a bale of cotton at 10c. a pound, and ts
holding same subject to their order.
Hon. Thus. C. Rye, who was elected
Governor of Tennessee on Tuesday lust,
defeating Gov. B. VV Hooper, Repub
lican, by a large majority, is an uncle
of Miss Maureen Rye, the attractive
guest of Mrs. S. L. Fowler for tho
past few weeks.
In order to accommodate those who
annot conveniently see him during tho
day to pay taxes or to register, City
Clerk Shackelford requests The Herald
and Advertiser to state th it. he will be
in his office every Saturday night until
the hooks close.
The large brick warehouse of Mann
& Estes at C.By, Meriwether county,
was destroyed hy fire at an early hour
Monday morning, together with twelve
or fifteen hundred bab a of cotton. The
loss is estimated at $50 000 to $60,000,
with $35,000 to $40,000 insurance.
Several farmers of the community who
had cotton stored in the warehouse and
who carried no insurance lost heavily,
it is said. Monday night the ware
house at Alvaton, about 6 miles from
Gay. containing two hundred bales of
cotton, was burned ro the ground also.
Tho petition of the Atlanta nnd West
iunt Railroad Co. for permission to
discontinue passenger trains Nos. M3
and 34 will come tip for a hearing be
fore the Railroad Commission on Thurs
day next. There has been a marked
decrease in passenger traffic during the
paHi six or eight, weeks, and it is for
this reason that the railroad company
asks to be allowed to cut out two of its
trains. Train No. 36, which passes
Newnan at 1(1:28 p. nt , will stop at all
local points, thus supplying practically
the same service now furnished by
train No. Ml.
The open season
gins Nov. 20.
for partridges be-
Saturday and
days at Boone’s.
Monday are bargain
Best grade of oils at
11 Jackson street.
R. L. Askew’s,
The Daughters of the Confederacy
will meet next Tuesday afternoon at 3
o’clock, in the Library assembly-room.
Misses Elizabeth Ramey and Chris
tine Melson, of Atlanta, are with
Misses Florence and Bessie Dent this
week.
High-claRS photo plays nnd sweet
music at The Halcyon every day. Go
and spend an hour there; it will do you
good.
Misses Lutie and Mavv Powell at
tended the Mandeville-Watkins wed
ding at Carrollton on Thursday of last
week.
Special. — One lot ladies’ now-style
long tunic skirts in all-wool serge ami
crepe. On sale at $2 61), $3 and $3 98.
Stripling’s.
For Sale. — One hundred and fifty
bushels celebrnted Appier seed oats,
75c. bushel delivered. Apply toJ. E.
Robinson, jr.
Children’s school shoes at Stripling’s
—the best mude.
Gasoline 14c. gallon at R. L. Askew’s,
11 Jackson street
Ladies’ coat suits $5 up to $20 can be
found at Boone's.
Cotton seed are selling in Newnan to
day at 21c. per bushel.
la-
If you need a child’s, misses' or
dies’ cloak sec Boone’s.
Bicycles and bicycle repairs at
Askew's, 11 Jackson street.
Best make of automobile tires
L. Askew’s, 11 Jackson street.
R. L.
at R.
For Rent.—Ten-room house, 5 Perry
street; all modern conveniences. Ap
ply to Mrs. Geo. R. Sponcler, 35
Greenville street.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Glover have re
turned from their wedding trip, and are
stopping for the present with Mr. and
Mrs. H. C. Glover.
N. C. Apples — Just received a ship
ment of those famous North Carolina
apples. Geo. W. Neely,
95 Greenville street.
The Bible Circle of the First Baptist
church will meet next Tuesday after
noon with Mrs. J. W. Stripling, at
halt-past 2 o'clock.
The question of winter underwear is
quickly settled if you visit Boone’s.
Dr. Sam Bradshaw will be in Newnan
on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
For auto hire see A. II. Boone, or
’phone 348 or 378. Service day or night.
Tax Collector Fry will start on his
second round next Monday. See notice.
Special values in ladieR’ coat suits at
Stripling’s. See them befori you buy.
Ladies, see Siripting’s window dis-
play of velvet and plush hats on Eale at
69c. ^
Born, on the 28th ult., to Mr. and
Mrs. Fred D. High, of Miami, Fla.—a
son.
Wanted. — To buv horses and mules,
5 to 8 years old, 15J bands high, and
weighing 1,(100 to 1,100 Ibis.
M. G. & J. J. Keith.
Mrs. It. W. Freeman returned Satur
day to Sene ; « after a visit to her
parents, Col. nnd Mrs. W. K. Fielder.
—Cedartown Standard.
Rev. Claude Grimes nnd bride, who
were married at Montville a few days
ago, nre spending a few dayR with
relatives in the Fourth district before
going to their home at Boston. Ga.,
where, the former is serving as pastor
of a Baptist church.
Mrs. J. W. Pentecost, of Roopville,
was the guest Saturday nnd Sunday of
her sister, Mrs. Lee Baker, on W.
Washington street. While here she
was joined by her haughter. Miss
Nelle Pentecost, who is attending La-
Grange Female College.
While at work on the roof of an out
house on his farm n few days ago Mr.
H. P. StsmpB, of Cedar Creek district,
slipped off and fell to the ground, a
distance of twelve or fifteen feet. His
hip was fractured by the fall, and as a
result of the injury lie will be laid up
for some time.
Artistic Shoemaking. —I have now in
my employ L. A. Kelsey and Frank
Reid, two of the best shoemakers in the
State, and am prepared to do any kind
of work in my line in the quickest and
most workmanlike manner. Only the
best materials used. Prices reasonable.
A. Jay Billings.
Strayed or Stolen. — From in front of
my residence, between 5 and 6 o’clock
Monday afternoon, a medium size
black horse and pony phaeton. A
liberal reward will be paid for their re
turn, or for information that will lead
to their recovery.
Mrs. J. H. Strickland.
Dr. L. C. Ridley went down to La
Grange lunt evening to be present at
the marriage of his brother. Dr. Frank
Ridley, of Heard county, to Miss Clyde
Lane, of the former place. The wed
ding, which thun unites two families
quite prominent in this section of tho
State, was a brilliant event.
Coal for (.ash. — I am handling
several grades of coal—all good, and
some better than others sell. 1 shall
ho glad to fill orders, and am prepared
to make deliveries promptly. As cos'
is cash, don’t forget to send check
with your order. ’Phones 247 tint! 126
T. F. Shackelford.
Mr. It. W. Hendrix, one of Coweta’s
oldest and best-known citizens, died bn
Friday last, at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Prince Cates, at MHdraB. "Unde
Billy,” as he was familiarly known,
was 88 years of age., and leaves several
grown children. The funeral arid in
torment took place Saturduy morning
at Moreland.
Mrs. R. W. Jackson has been con
fined to her room for several days by
illness.
Miss Lucile Summers' is spending the
week with Mrs. J. H. Hendon, at La-
Grange.
For Rent.— The store-room now oc
cupied by E. H. Norris. Apply to P.
F Cuttino.
For Rent.—Eight- room house; large
lot ; good barn; 34 Thompson street.
H. 8. Banta.
Miriam, the little daughter of Mr,
and Mrs. Hicks Chandler, is reported
seriously ill.
■■ ■■
Rooms for rent, suitabale for light
housekeeping. Apply at 33 W. Wash
ington street.
Coal.-
per ton.
-Good coal at $5, $5 50 and $6
Quick delivery. ‘Phone 270.
E. J. Shannon.
Mrs. R. W. Mattox is spending a
week or so with Mr. Mattox in Jack
sonville, Fla.
Nearly all business houses will close
on Thanksgiving Day, including the
postoffice and banks.
Mrs. D. T. Manget and Mrs. T. B.
McKitchie are spending the week with
friends at Troy, Ala.
For Itent.— Six-room house at 129
LaGrange Btreet; all conveniences. Ap
ply to J. H. Chandler.
When you want a uuggy come to see
We will save you money.
M. G. & J. J. Keith.
Thursday is "Trey O’ HoartR” day at
The Halcyon. If you have't seen this
great serial you are missing some
wonderfully realistic stunts.
lAist Png. — Strayed or stolen a while
and brown spotted setter, with bobtail.
Answers to name, “Wade.” Return
to G. C. Orr and get reward.
For Sale or Rent. — Six-room house
on Carmichael street, with outhouses,
barns, and six acres of land. Apply to
W. S. Carmichael, Durant, Fla.
Attention, Farmers! — Having leased
the Murray cotton warehouse for the
season 1914-15, I will appreciate your
patronage. R. H. Ware.
In a football game on the home
grounds Friday afternoon the Newnan
high school team defeated the West
Point high school team by a score of 70
to 7.
For Sale. — Bay horse, standard bred;
qualities perfect. Any woman or child
can handle or drive with safety. Works
anywhere. Good roadster.
J. L. Barge.
Monday The Halcyon will have for
your consideration the king of moving
pictures. King fiaggot, in a two-reel
drama, "The Turn of the Tide,” and
two good comedies.
“The Stroke,” a great dramatic suc
cess, will be on at The Halcyon Tues
day, Nov. 10, This is a World film
feature, and it is not necessary to say
that it will please you.
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Up to Saturday night Newnan had
received 12,100 bales of cotton, as com
pared with 8,985 bales on the name
da'e last year. Stock on hand 7,588,
against 1,644 a year ago.
The County Commissioners passed an
order Wednesday requiring that all tiilln
against the county be filed wi h the
clerk of the beard not later than 10 a.
m. on the first Wednesday in each
month.
John R. Cates Drug Co. guarantees
Parisian Sage to remove dandruff', stop
falling hair and scalp itch, and to put
life and beauty into the hair, making i<
soft and lustrous. It's a most invigora
ting and helpful tonic, and inexpensive.
Mr. Joe Dial, of Hurricane district,
has our tlmnkB for a quantity of fine
yam potatoes, sent in Monday. Mr
Dial is one of the sort of fartnera who
"lives at home and boards at the same
place,” and raising potatoes and other
things to eat is a part of his creed. He
is one of Coweta’H most progressive and
successful farmers.
On Wednesday evening, Oct. 28, at
the Mountville church, Rev. James
Claude Grimes nnd Miss Ruth Byrd
were united in marriage. Rev. R. H
Blalock, of LaGrange, officiated. Bro.
Grimes is pastor of the church at Bos
ton, and his helpmeet is in every way
qualified to be such to him in his high
and holy calling.—Christian Index.
Mrs. J. H. Strickland iB mourning
tho loss of her handsome horse nnd
pony phaeton, which disappeared late
Monday afternoon under circumstances
that leave little room for doubt they
were stolen. Tho horse was hitched in
front of the family residence on Green
ville street, and as it is a perfectly
gentle animal there is hardly a chance
that if. would have broken loose and
strayed off. No trace of the horse and
vehicle has been found as yet.
Mr. Howard Ilani, who has been at
tending the Economist Training School
in New York, where ho specialized in
curd-writing, window-dressing, and oth
er lines to better qualify himself for a
business career, has completed hiH
course at that institution and returned
home. Upon his graduation he was
awarded a gold medal for proficiency in
his studies, a trophy he prizes highly
and for which he has been warmly con
gratulated by his many friends.
The marriage of Miss Mary Murray
Meggett, of Charleston, S. C., and Mr.
Thomas William I’owel, of this city, oc
curred at the residence of the bridu’a
mother on Saturday last, the pastor of
the First Presbyterian church of that
city officiating. The marringo was very
quiet, on account of a recent bereave
ment in the bride’a family. The bride
is the daughter of Mtr. James Whit-
marsh Meggett, of Charleston, and
well-known in Newnan, having taught
in the public schools here for the past
two years. Mr. Powol is one of Now-
nan’s finest young men. He is at pres
ent buying cotton at Carrollton for J.
B. Hoist; Co., of Atlanta nnd Columbus.
Mr. ami Mrs. Powel wore week-end
guests of Mrs. T. W. Powel, on route
to Carrollton, where they will he at
home to their friends.
Newnan will observe Georgia Products
Day with a "dollar dinner” on the
evening of the 18th inst., on which dato
similar celebrations will he held in all
tho leading towns of the State. The
menu will consist of Georgia products
exclusively, repenting in noarly every
detail the splendid dinner served on
Nov. 18 last year. Tho meats will he
prepared by Mr. Starling Carpenter,
whose skill as a barbecuist will be
amply testified by those who have en
joyed his “cooking” on many former
occasions. A feature of the dinner
will be liberal libations of old-lime per
simmon beer, which tho committee on
arrangements will provide for the feast.
(By the way, Mr. E. F. Sims, who is
on this committee, wishes to purchase
fifty or Heventy-livo gallona of per
simmon beer, nnd requests that it be
delivered at his meat market on or be
fore Wednesday, 18th inst. Parties
who can supply this primitive tipple
are asked to confer with him as curly
as possible, in order that ho may know
who to depend on.)
Mrs. Francos Arnold entertained the
Junior Reading Circle at. its last meet
ing. The programme was as follows:
Current events, during the sociul half-
hour.
Augustus J. Requier, who wrote the
poem ‘‘Aalies of Glory” in answer to
Father Ryan’s "Conquered Banner,”
was given hy Misa Anna Cuttino.
Miss Marian Bryant read both "Con
quered Banner” nnd “Ashes of Glory.’
Miss Cuttino also read a paper ort
Mrs. Virginia Terhune, whose nom do
plume was Marian llnriand.
A biographical sketch of Carrie Belle
Sinclair waa given by Miss Nona Wads
worth. (Note.— Robert Fulton received
his idea of Htcatn at Mrs. Sinclair’s
home, frnm her uncle.)
\ ins Wadsworth sketched tho life of
Lamar Fontaine.
Fontaine’s poem, "All Quiet Along
the Potomac To night, ” was
Miss Ruth Murray.
Miss Florence Dent gave a
F. Ilopkinson Smith.
read hy
sketch of
Ordinary’s Court.
The following business was disposed
of at the regular monthly term of the
Court of Ordinary on Monday last, to-
wit:
Ira H. Bennett qualified as adminis
trator de honiB non on the estate of Ru
fuH Page, deseased.
Mrs. Mary Landers qualified as admin
istrator on the estate of Mrs. Frances
M. Doran, deceased.
T. F. Rawls, County Guardian, quali
fied as guardian of Pauline Banks,
Diamoml Banks, Cliff Banka and Ethe
Banks, minors of Ed Banka, deceased
J. A. Grantham, former guardian of
said minors, having resigned his trust.
Last will and testament of Peter B
Murphey, deceased, admitted to pro
bate in solemn form, on the testimony
of all subscribing witnesses.
Last will and testament of Mrs
Adelaide Gordon Varner admitted to
record as being satisfactorily proven in
common form.
J. R. Wise qualified as temporary
administrator on the estate of Jos. 11.
Wise, deceased.
Z, Greene qualified as temporary ad
ministrator on the estate of Mrs. M
C. Arnall, deceased.
Funnie Thurman, administrator on
the estate of Wrn. Thurman, deceased
granted leave to well the personal
property of said deceased.
Mrs Nannie FI Carmical, adminis
trator on the estate of E. 11. Carmical,
deceased, granted leave to sell the
personal property of said deceased.
T. F. RswIh, guardian of Benson
Hill, lunatic, granted an order allowing
the private renting of real estate.
A Dougherty county farmer has sent
to the office of the Albany Herald
several sweet potatoes, four of which
weighed 32 pounds, and our contempo
rary makes a great ado over it.
Shucks!—that’s not much to brag about.
Mr. Bob Stewart brought to The Her
ald and Advertiser office Monday a
sweet potato that weighed 10) pounds,
four of which would make a bushel.
The specimen referred to was raised
by Mr. J. H. Thompson, of the Sixth
district, who has others just as large,
be says.
Do not dose the stomach in the hope
of curing catarrh or coldB. Simply
breathe Hyomei—its medication goes
right to the diseased tissues, soothing
and healing. Ask John R. Cates Drug
Co. for the Hyomei outfit—nothing to
nav unless satisfied.
Murray
&
Book Co.
High-class Drugs, Toilet
Articles, Soda and
Cigars.
Agents for Huylcr’s Can
dies; every box full of
delicious surprises.
Prescriptions a specialty.
’Phones 18 and^22
Murray Drug and
Book Company
SILVER GLEANING
a a v
Is a dreaded household buga
boo. Bruised fingers, dust
and powder all over the
clothes and floor, are some
of the many drawbacks tlint
attend this necessary work.
Let us help you to make sil
ver cleaning easy hy using
our celebrated
Silver Cream
put up in jars, in paste form.
It costs hut 25c per jar; anti
your money back if you are
not pleased.
’Phone 48 for silver polish,
and in about 3 minutes you
will have it iu hand.
H. S. BANTA
THE NEWNAN JEWELER
To Close Thanksgiving Day.
Wo, the undersigned business men of
Newnan, hereby agree to close our re
spective places of business all day on
Nov. 26, on account of Thanksgiving
Day —
V. F. Cuttino & Co., B. II. Kirby
Hardware Co., H. 0. Arnall Mdse. Co.,
M. B. Mooney, Wrn. Askew, W. R.
Bohannon, Parks Hi. Arnold, Atkinson
Bros., McClure Ten Cent Co., Barnett
St. John Co., Darden-Camp Hardware
Co , Newnan Millinery Parlors, Barr’s
Millinery, T. G Farmer Sons Co., I. N.
Orr Co.. Mrs. Lela Adorns, II. C. Glov
er Co., Boone-Capers Cp.
For indigestion, sour tisingH of food,
gassy and upset stomach, causing head
ache and dizziness, try our Mi-o-na Tab
lets-perfectly harmless and surely ef
fective or nothing to pay.
John R. Cates Drtur Co.
$5.25
JELLICO LUMP COIL
P ree!
To introduce our Jellico
Lump Coal we are going to
give FREE with each one
ton order a nice coal hod.
The prices are right and
weights correct.
For prompt delivery
’phone 403
Newnan Ice and
Fuel Co.