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Ox JVcvomn dfcckly )Vcws VOL. V. NEWNAN, GA., WEDNESDAY. JANUARY l I. 1905. NO. 40 F. M. Alains With the Churchea! PRESIDENT Race for Clerk Shoots His Wife At the First Baptist. Dr. Nunnally ut First Baptist eliurch discussed last Sunday morning "The Farmer whoJFailed:’’ and at night ’’The Telegraph Boy—his Tasks, I'rials and Troubles.” He gave sharp and incis ive thrusts at the moral or rather the OF V.-C. C. Female Employe of Cotton Mill was Killed by Her Husband. j immoral futures connected with these F. M. Alains shot anil killed his cnlliugs iu life. Ho gave warm treat- wife in East Newnan today at 12 1 uient of these subjects, and his remarks o’clock were calculated to make men stop and ' L m , ’ . , . , think, and consider the Divine Factor Mrs. Alams was going home j ti, R tenters into every human problem, from her work at the Newnan Cot- j Next s un dav morning his theme will Cives Strong Letter on Cot ton Situation and Advises Reduction in Acreage. Richmond, Va., Jan. 3, 1905. Mr. F. B. Dancy, Mgr. Georgia Sales Division, Atlanta,Ga., Dear Sir:— The Treasurer of this Company ton Mills, and as she neared home j be “Tlie Useful Girl,” and at night, is having so many requests to ex saw her husband with a shot-gun 1 “The Worthy Boy.” Old people, ns well tenc i t h c no tes of some of our cus- and started to run. As she did!™ young, will be benofittcd by these t0 niers and patrons, who have not j so Alams discharged a load 0 f , diseouises. j finished paying their bills,and who heavy shot into her hip, She, ' desire to hold their cotton—stat- 1 never recovered from the shock, At t e e is urc . j n g that they believe they will get and died an hour or so afterward. 1 Bcv. J. R. King was absent from Ins . more t * or t h e cotton l a ter on—that Alams came Narrows Io Two Hubbard and Willcoxon Re tiro, Jones and Turner to Run Race to Finish. Col. YV. S. Hubbard and Mr. J. W. Willcoxon have retired from the race for Clerk of Coweta Supe rior Cou't and the race is now be tv^een Messrs. Lynch Turner and At the Methodist Church. Rev. J. R. King was absent from his . | the Methodist church Sunday, I ‘77 , ~ T . ’j » . on up town, and J blH , a mlled to Warrenton tout- this Company has concluded to is threatened to shoot anybody who tend the funeral of his brother-in-law, I sue a general letter on the subject, touched him, but was promptly Mr. Leo Gallnher. as follows: vanquished by the police and Rev.W. J. Cotter preached at the 11 i tl the case of any farmer or rdaced in iail. < o'clock hour, uurl Rev. F. G. Hughes in merc hant who may be owing your * n , the evening, both forceful sermons. 1 . . , . , Alams rented the gun at Popes |w Sn)) J ttV 8chool in the morning ! division money, and who has cot hardware store under pretense of wns (l ugely attended, amt the young going hunting. He was fined by people’s missionary society in the af ternoon was also nil occasion of active interest unci Christian entertainment. The meeting of the Epworth League on Sunday afternoon at I! o'clock was a i consecration meeting for the new year List of New Books Received at Carnegie Library, “A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia,' i Amanda M. Douglas. “Calumet K,” Merrvin Webster. “Japan, An Interpretation," Lnfendio Hearn. "Life of Walter Scott," T. O. Lock-' hart. "The Pitt," Frank Norris "Tlie Conqueror,” Gertrude Atherton. "The Divine Comedy," Dante. "In the Pnlnoe of the King," F. Mar ion Crawford. "Tlie Horse-Leech’s Daughter,” M. ; D. Jackson. "The Lion’s Whelp," Amelia K. Barr. “Tlie Luck of Roaring Cutup,” Bret 1 J, H. Jones. Announcement of * Inrt e. Col. Hubbard’s retirement was "The Call of the Wild," Jack Loudon. . , .. . c , . . "The Life of Goethe," James Sime. niade the latter part of last week "Every Inch a King," J. C. Sawyer ! Mr. N illcoxon’s statement to "Roweny in Boston,” Maria L. Pool, the same effect was made Mon "Letters from a Son to a Self-tniule day. Father." C. K. Merrinmn. | w hi | e Mr Willcoxon is out of "A little Girl in Old New York," A. , , , . . . , 1 the race for Clerk, it ts announced M. Douglas. “Modern Italian Poets," W. D. How-! fhat be will be Mr.T. urnes s deputy, ells. : in the event of that gentleman’s "Senator North," Gertrude Atherton, election. The business of this of —“ fice, Mr. Turner states, has grown profit derived from growing cotton to such proportions, and is incrcas ing so rapidly, that he thinks it advisable to have an assistant in the office, if he is called upon to fill the position; and so he will ton which he desires tc hold, you | is not so much the price of cotton are at liberty to extend his non* j as the cost at which the crop has for him for six months from Jan. been grown. Mules and horses are 1 st, with interest at the rate of (5 high—much higher than a few per cent, per annum, provided he years ago- and the price of farm j tender the position of deputy clerk will deposit in any reliable ware- labor is high and scarce. There- to Mr. Willcoxon. The county Mayor Burdett some weeks ago, but sentence was suspended on a promise to leave town and not re turn. „ . Mrs. Alams was an industrious 1 y|j.. p McOutchen declined vo-bIgo- house sufficient cotton to pay the foie e\ery acre cultivated ia '.ins a will have 110 additional expense to woman, and leaves two young \ tion ns president, and the following pro- j no t e , and will turn over to you \ large expenditure. It costs more children, a boy and a girl. Representative Woodard At Virginia Hotel. Here for the Purpose of In teresting Newnan People in tlie Oil Field Towns— Comes Here From Arkan sas. 18 Oil Wells Now Being Successfully Operat ed ; 820 Others Being Bored For. tlolent officers worn ohosen: R. O.Jones, • ware housc receipts for same. You to cultivate an acre of land grow- president; D. l . Mang.it, J lls 'J vut are authorized to pay the insurance! ing a quarter of a bale of cotton President: Miss Ethel Arnold, Second , , , • • , , r Vice President: Miss Daisy Peddy, on said cotton and make no charge than one growing a bale, in the Third Vice President; 0. A. Fain, Sec retary; Goodrich White, Treasurer. The devotional meetings will occur evt-rv Sunday afternoon nt :5 o’clock,and bear on account of the deputy cleik, Mr. Turner also states, as his remuneration will come from the proceeds of the office, all of against your customer tor this i latter instance the plant soon which would otherwise pass into it enii ! grows up and shades the land and j the clerk’s hands. We do not pretend to offer ad-j consequently the grass does not The race for clerk is an interest- vice to our customers to hold cot- ! grow so rapidly or luxuriantly, ing one and will doubtless be hot- \ f fourth Friday 0^1^^each month!' ton, but we do intend to offer them \ The cheapest item that can he i ly contested until the polls close on thenext to occur at the home of Mr. T.' every facility and accommodation used in the production of cotton next Saturday. All qualified is commercial fertilizers, used j white voters should go to the polls liberally. With a lioeral applica- and express their preference for tion of fertilizers the farmer can 1 a man to fill this office. The grow a bale of cotton where he has News hopes a heavy vote will be heretofore grown a half a bale,and cast in the primary, cost of mules J. W. Woodard, of Hot Springs, Ark., is in the city stopping at the Virginia ILo- - tel, and Mr. Woodard is rep resenting' the Frisco Lot A r Land Co., which company is opening up three new towns in the oil fields of northeast Oklahoma. While here he will offer to the business peo ple of Newnan a limited number of lots at the uni form price of $30 each, in 3 payments, on a guaranteed proposition, in which your money is refunded if any misrepresentations are made. Free transportation to all club captains. You can see Mr. Woodard at the Virginia House, where he will take pleasure in ex plaining proposition. He will only he here for a few days ; so don 't fail to see him at Virginia Hotel, Room No. • 12. E. Atkinson on Friday evening. Janu- j n our power to hold their cotton, nry -27th, at s o'clock,just after the close jf j n their good judgment it is best. of the regular Friday evening 1,11 tin K ; Whatever inures to the benefit of the Sunduv school teachers. . , • 1 , • .. The first Quarterly Conference of of the agricultural classes in the Newman charge will be held Friday j South is to our benefit; our inter- night, Jan, 18th, in the room on seoond j e8 t is identical with theirs. We i do it with the same floor of Goodrum Building. Rev. B. P. are more closely and intimately and labor, and the additional Allen, Presiding Elder, will ; "*ac h at j connec t ec j with the cotton growers ! quantity of seed will more than of the South than any dozen other pay for the extra amount cf fer- 1 concerns combined. They are our | tilizers used. Therefore encour- I customers in the purchase of fer- j age your customers to reduce their All O m ot)rs llll( i directors of this hank i tilizers and we are their customers acreage and to increase the amount! wore re-elected at the annual meet Committees of “* l ®,'“ j n the purchase of cotton seed, j of commercial fertilizers per acre, 1 mg We both sell and buy of them and believing, as we do, that this is the ™ey«« this church next Sunday mori.ng and | Pastor King will preach at night. Io Increase Church Attendance. ter, P F. Cuttiuo, H. O. Atkinson, M. F. (’ole, P B. T. Thompson. Annill, T. E. B Murphoy, I'HHSl' NATIONAL HANK _ , , of the stockholders and directors each of tlie city Central Baptist ohunjli last Sunday af- ■ »»v. uwlw *>,-»• "“.1 “| *’ ' . President, 0. C. Parrott; Vlce-Presi ternoon to consider methods for incrcas- deal in every cotton growing coun-| way, and the only way, to raise ; R w Preeiimn . < j tl sliinr, H. H. ing church attendance. After thorough [y trom J exas to Virginia. There-: cheap cotton. | North; Assistant Cashier, N. E. Powell, discussion it was determined to refer the lore ^ an y t hing that will improve The South must continue to, Directors: C. O. Parrott, H. II. North, Uirough f the ,h oommi , tter^ l ™i 1 S | the agricultural conditions or help | produce around eleven million I R- W. Freeman, J. A. Hunter, Dr. A. them in the meeting, and tlie attention the farmer must necessarily bene-; bales of cotton, or she will hnd, in of the churches will probably be directed fit us, and, it holding their cotton a year or two, the balance of the to this matter at an early date. ! w jH be a benefit to them, it is our ; world competing with her in grow- we can. Other farm products, aside from cotton, appear to us to be selling 1 limited quantity at very full values, and we believe Wishing for you a j it would be wise in the farmers to Jr In addition to the laymen 111 attend- j ^j re t0 a j c j them in this as far as ance, Revs. J. S. Hardaway and G. A.' Nunnally were present nt this confer ence. Revs. C. O’N. Martindale and J. R. King were not present, being absent from the city. The salient facts brought out in the meeting were these: , . , c While the attendance of church mem- sell any of their other surplus farm hers and noil-members at all of tlie products which would materially churches is gratifyiugly large, and a h| them in holding their cotton, while Newnan churches compare favor- j a j gQ are p £ 0 pj n i 0n that ilLIv with those of any city iu the State , . , . amy wiui inuBo . j the acreage last year devoted to in the size oi congregations, there ate, 0 / many persons (ctiurcli members and cotton was too large, and that it others) who are not regular attendants | never could have been cultivated at church. It is the desire of the pas- j j n a normal season. The good tors and their people that these persons j weat b er during the spring en- should attend chore.*BervioM mgutarly; , lh farme rs to cultivate and this meeting was held for the pur- . , . , pose of devising means to interest these I every acre they planted; conse- people in church attemiance and church ; quently the tremendous big crop work. of this year. As, ordinarily, it The question of taking a rehgious wou ] ( ] impossible to cultivate census of N^ewnan was discussed at tins census nev such an enormous acreage, we be- meeting, and it is probable that a work . . ° ’ of that nature will be undertaken at an lieve it would be wise in them this early date. , year to materially decrease the — acreage. If it was decreased 10 Opera Festival at the Crand Opera p er cent, it would mean a reduc- Mouse, Atlanta, ca. 1 tion of more than a million bales wM e s?MUi w roSu“tr^%i^keto P im-1 next year, even if the crop should tBthSVanwf?It s^?iT r .terfowandVn h e e - yield R? much per acre as it does :*.i v.. ■/-. ../.../I f/, ru d 11 V fill.ft Vt 1IJ If. ^ ^ | g y ^j. ing the staple, and our foreign: market largely supplied from j sources that now produce but a i Cured his Mother of Rheumatism. "My mother has been a sufferer for many yt'ars from Rheumatism,"says W. H. Howard, of Husband, Pennsylvana. "At times she was nimble to move at all while at all times walking wbh painful I presented her with a bottle of Cham berlain's Pain Balm and after a few ap plications she decided it was the most wondenful pain reliever she had ever Jolllul ... . .... tried, iu fact, site is never withont it ! third fare. »oo<l to rvturii day foliowiuK now and is at all times able to walk. A11 This, iiraud Operas 7.ohen occasional application of Pain Balm -Trcvutorv" “Carmen" ami • Othello" keeps away the pain she was formerly 1 The last tv.-o given on th<- lvh. »<-•« <iaii> tm- troubled with.” For sale by Holt A Ai.|.iy to ticket ag-ut fo: •-< at - hed- Cates. i uk* happy and prosperous New Year, and also tor our customers and patrons, I am, Yours truly, S. T. Morgan, President, Virginia-Carolina Chemicil Co. Annual Bank Meetings. NEWNAN BANKING GO. The Newnan. Banking Co. held its annual meeting Monday, finding the bank in its usual splendid condition, with surplus and undivided profits ag gregating some 4>4.'),000, and deposits ranging during the past few months from $150,000 to $170,000. Mr. J. H. Pendergrast, who had been the bank’s efficient and popular cashier for the past several years, declined re- election on account of his health. Mr. T. M. Goodrum was chosen cashier, and in hiH new capacity will demonstrate more fully the splendid business acumen 0. Pease, Mike Powell, Gordon Leo. The annual report of the hank’s ofli- cers showed that the institution is iu a most prosperous condition and that its business during the past year was highly satisfactory. A guarantee of its-future Hueoesss is the fact that the old and tried officers and directors will continue to manage tlie bank's affairs. GoWETA NATIONAL BANK. Animal meeting of stockholders and directors of this bank occurred Tuesday. All the old offloers and directors were re-elected as follows: R. H. Hardaway, President; W. (J. McBride, Vice-President; N. L. North, Cashier; Fred MoSwain, Assistant Cash ier. Directors: R. H. Hardaway, W. O. McBride, J, A. Hunter, Mike Powell, H. 0. Glover. M. (Jr. Keith, T. J. Jones, H. A. Hall. The business of the bank was found to be in splendid condition Tlie year 1904 was a very prosperous one and the out look for 1905 is entirely satisfactory. The re-election of the old officers and directors , who have rendered the hank such faithful service, will give general satisfaction among the stockholders and patrons of the institution. Stomach Troublesand Constipation Chamberlain's Stomaoli and Liver which has characterized his admlnistra-1 Ta iq ets lin . thebe9 t thing for stomach tion as assistant cashier. Mr. f. ,J. , troubles and constipation I have ever Fisher was eleoted assistant cashier. ( -old,” says J. R. Cullman, a druggist of Col. B. T. Thompson, who has man- 1 Potferville, Midi. They are easy to take ; . , , . ..... ... and always give satisfaction. I tell mv i aged the business with such ei: ■ t oaH mmer:stotrythemandifiiotsati8fao- success, was again ohosen president, and : mrv to come back and get their money, er wants is to make his cotton at 0 | d board of directors was re-elected hut have never hod a complaint." For the lowest possible cost. The j a8 follows: R. D. Cole, Sr., J. A. Hull- suit-by Holt & Cates. It strikes us that what the farm-.