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;r Che Newnan Sleekly )Vewe VOL. V. NEWNAN, GA., WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 15. 1905. NO, 45. Death of Hon. R. H. Hardaway W. A. MANNON WRITES ON COTTON 8ITUAT10N. Hon. R. H. Hardaway died at his home in this city last Saturday morning, after an illess of several days ; the cause df his death being pneumonia. Mr. Hardaway was one of New- nan’s foremost citizens. He had large business interests and was al ways active in promoting the growth and welfare of the city and county. He was 67 years of,age; a native of Meriwether county; and a citizen of Newnan for, probably 35 years. As senion member of the mercantile firm of Hardaway & Hunter [established in 1872I he was one of the oldest and most widely known of Newnan’s mer chants. He was, also, President of the Coweta National Bank and Vice President of the Newnan Cot ton Mills, and was financially in terested in other business inter prises. '• In 1901-2 Mr. Hardaway served a term as State Senator from this District; in which position he served his constituuency and the people of the State with fidelity to their interests and honor to himself. As a citizen, Mr. Hardaway pos sessed a genial and benevolent nature. He won numerous warm friends during his long business and public career and always en joyed their fullest confidence and respect. His death cast a shadow over many hearts besides those of his immediate family and relatives, and the city and county sustain great loss by his decease. Mr. Hardaway is survived by his wife and four daughters. The lat ter are Mrs. Mattie Slrickland, Mrs. W. C. McBride and Misses Corillc and Ruth Hardaway. The funeral of Mr. Hardaway occured at the Central Baptist' church last Sunday afternoon, and was in charge of his pastor, Rev. J. S. Hardaway. Following the minister’s feeling and forcible ser mon and eulogy of the life and character of the deceased, Rev. V. A. Ham and Col. H. A. Hall were called upon by the minister and in response paid eloquent tribute to the worth of Mr. Hardaway as a citizen in public and private life. Despite t v c extremely inclement weather, the funeral service was largely attended; another fact at testing the friendship of the mass es for their worthy and popular fellow-citizen. J. H. COTTER APPOINTED TO POSITION IN PANAMA. A GREAT MEETING. The Twenty-sixth State Con vention of the Georgia Young Men’s Christian Association will be held at Waycross, February 18-21, 1905. Reduced rates have been secured on the railroads and free entertainment will be provid ed. The State Committee, through the columns of this paper, extends a special invitation to the men of this community to be represented and to participate in the discus sions relating to definite religious work among men and boys. Pas tors of churches and their Chris tian workerti who are interested in the young men of their respective towns are invited to attend. Much has been said about the Wall street bears, especially Mr. Price. We have no ill feeling for these gentlemen or their following. We are only sorry that they have chosen to use their talents in a ficticious business creatingnothing, grow ing nothing, making noth nig, pro ducing nothing, not even dealing legitimately in the products or wares grown or manufactured by others. Sometimes these same people are bulls. Unfortunately they have many imitators through out the South and they all play bull or bear on cotton just as they think will pay. Of course they speculate on paper with other pro ducts, stocks, etc. These smart men will tell us that their exchang es are a necessity. Just here is where we differ. They make ot themselves nothing more or less than parasites, and we make bold to say that we do not need any drones, paper king bees, or para sites connected with thegrowingor handling of our cotton. One sea son they will bankrupt our cotton factories, thereby crippling con sumption, next season force the price shamefully low, thereby de priving people Jwho grow it of the ordinary comforts of life. This is not right, and anything that is not j right certainly is all wrong. It is the cause of right we propose to champion. W$ farmers propose to fix the price of cotton at 10 cents pound,^basis middling, exchange or no exchange, and if my pen or voice can possibly avail, we will give it to the mills at io cents as long as we have it, or so long as they will take it. If they get tired taking it, no use to offer less, we will withdraw our offerings until they can use more at the same price. In this way the planter and manufacturer can have a stable business, the world can be sup plied with cotton products at a reasonable price, and we will all be relieved of fluctuations to Unwar ranted extremes either way. Some, yes many, will laugh at the idea of changing this modus operandi, but I believe the intelligence and the business capacity of the southern cotton planter has been underrated. They only wanted a feasible, plain simple, plan by which they could understand each other and agree as to acreage and price. We be lieve the plan has been solved, and if the Southern farmers do not now show to the world that they have brains enough and manhood enough to manage their own busi- nessjand henceforth fix the price of the crop tor which they toil, I will feel like folding my tent and quiet ly stealing away, never stopping to camp until I have found a business associate that I have beyond the Mason and Dixon line.—W. A. Brannon in Atlanta Sunday Jour nal. Washington, Feb. 11—J. H. Cotter, ot LaGrange, has landed a twenty five hundred dollar job on the Panama C^nal. He was offered this morning the post of assistant commisarat at Colon and he ac cepted the position at once. The offer was made through Congress man Adamson, whose Secretary Mr. Cotter had been lor the past two years. Mr. Cotter will leavt for his new post within a short tuhte. He IS a graduate of Emory College and practiced law at LaGrange for sev eral years. He is a son of Rev. J. W. Cotter, of the North Geor gia Conference. Since coming to Washington Mr. Cotter has n.atle many warm,influential friends who are to-day congratulating him on his new appointment ANOTHER METH0DI8T CHURCH TO 8E ERECTED. The W. S. Askew Co. has con tracted to erect the new Method ist church in east Newnan, which will be known as the Loxejoy Memorial Church. It will be a large and comfortable wooden buildirig, costing about $2,$00 in addition to cost of the lot upon which it is to be erected. This building will fill an impor tant place among the churches of the city, as it has 1 long been need ed; the Methodist church being entirely inadequate for the needs of the seven or eight hundred members composing Rev. J. R. King’s congregation. The build ing it is proposed to erect in east Newnan will alpo be an ornament to that section of the city. Lucky is the married woman who can tell a lie—when she hears it. Only a fool man will light a lantern and start out to look for' invited to make short addresses to trouble 1 the school on this occasion. WILL CELEBRATE WASHINGTON’8 BIRTHDAY. Madras High School, Miss Jen nie L. Houston, Principal, will celebrate Washington’s birthday, (Fep, 22nd) with appropriate exer cises. The exercises will occur in the afternoon and will consist principally of recitations and speeches by the school children. County School Commissioner V. A. Ham, Dr. G. A. Nunnally and the Editor of the News have been ITALIAN LAB0RER8 IN GRIFFIN Some twenty-five Italian labor ers—regular Dagoes—arrived on yesterday morning’s train from Savannah, to work on the laying of Griffin’s sewerage and water sys. tern. They were all housed in Alma Hall, in one room of which the contractors, John H. McKen zie’s Sons, have their office, j Twenty-five more are expected in j a few days. McKenzie’s Sons say this is j their first experiment with this class of laborers. They were obliged to do something, as they could not get all the competent negroes they wanted, and more over a negro who gets a dollar a day soon gets so rich that he does not see the necessity of working six days in the week, and is always taking a day off, to the great hin drance of the work of excavation. If the Italians prove a success here, and hold out through the job, which will last many months, they will be given jobs in the brick yards of McKenzie’s Sons at Augusta. It is now fully up to the South to say whether or not she wants to make an experiment with Italian laborers. It is stated that during the months of April and May there will arrive in this country about 100,000 Italians. The South can have as many as she wants of them by simply making an effort to get them. , They have no par ticular destination after arriving in New York. Southern contractors and even Southern farmers say they .are tired of the negro laborer. They can't get him to work as faithfully as he once did. He is fond of the town, and as a citizen of a town he is apt to become thriftless. Of course, this cannot be said of all negroes. A big per centage of them are faithful and reliable workers. Taken as a whole, how ever, they are not giving satisfac tion. Last season the farmers had much difficulty in getting their cotton picked. At all times now they are finding difficulty in get ting labor. Besides, the negrQ doesn’t seem to be ambitious and -thrifty. He doesn’t make the kind of a citizen that helps to build tip a town or settle up a country dis trict.' Would Italians be an improve ment? Would they , make indus trious and thrifty citizens? Would they take up land and become well- to-do farmers? These are ques tions for those who have the mat ter of securing immigration for OEATH OF MR8. TH0MA8 LEIGH Mrs. Mary Brewster Leigh, wife of Capt. Thomas Leigh, died at her home in this city Monday morning, after an illness of some length, aged about 67 years. Mrs. Leigh was one of the best women of this city. She was widely known as a lady of the highest type of Christian character I j A '. Morgan, to Fulton; j and was universally admired and sfaickland to Iroup; J. j esteemed, by a large circle of i Stephens, Mrs. Frances Pensioners Being’ Paid Judge L. A. Perdue is engaged in paying the claims of Coweta County pensioners. The rough weather has prevented some of the pensioners from visiting the Ordi nary’s office and the work of pay mg out the money has, therefore, been proceeding with less dis patch than usual. Coweta County has 234 pension ers on the roll this year. There are 52 invalid soldiers, 113 indi gent soldiers, 36 soldiers’ widows, and 23 indigent widows. These pensioners will receive $14,120; an increase ok $100 over last year. Since the last payment was made the following changes have been made in the pension roll: Deceased.—Indigent soldiers: John Smith, Lewis Slaughter. In valid soldiers: D. F. Brewster, J. I). Carrington, W. R. Summers. Soldiers' widows: Mrs. M. E. Me Clure. Indigent widows: Mrs. Ann ( E. Morrow. Unaccounted for: j Ira Condor, A. S. Gable. I Transferred to other counties.- W. J. Crawford, J. M. Entrekin, R. T. N. G. Satter- friends, for the gentleness and beauty of her character and life. The deceased was a sister of Major J. P. Brewster, of this city, and of Hon. P. H. Brewster, of Atlanta; and is also survived by her husband and four children. The fyaeral and burial of Mrs. Leigh occurred Tuesday in this city. She was a consecrated mem ber of the Methodist church and the funeral service, conducted at the home, was in charge of her pastor. Rev. J. R. King, who was assisted by Revs.A. J. Hughes and | R jj rooks> j H Montgomery, F. M. V. Smith, Mrs. A. J. J; W. Cotter. m.vTTiinituiiai.' Carrollton, Ga., Feb. 14.—Hon. W. J. Whatley, fof many years connected with^the faculty of Bow- don College, is dead. He leaves a wife and four children. At the time of his death he was a mem ber of the board of trustees of the college. white, to Heard; Benj. Williamson, S. M. Shornpson, to Carroll; Mrs. Ellen Reid, to Spalding; Mrs. S. S. Nickles, to Fayette. Transferred from other counties. —J. T. Freeman, T. H. Carlton, F. M. Mashburn, Mrs. Maria Ter roll, from Carroll; R. L. Hopson, from Troup; C. F. McDonald, from Haralson: J. M. .Mobley, from Newton; W. M. Quick, from Spalding; Walker Jackson, from Fulton; T. M. Arnold,from Dooly. Added to Roll in County—W. Hall, D. A. Richards, W. Norris. the. Soqth under consideration.. If Italians make the sort of citizens- that are desirable, efforts could be made'to gdt a share of those who will arrive in April and May These Italian laborers that come to Griffin will be accompanied by a foreman.* They don’t know the English language,and hertce would not be able to get along very well without some one to guide them. If they give, satisfaction, if they prove themselves to be faithful and efficient workers, they will be followed by other Italians. Farm ers and contractors are certain to employ the best workers they can get. They have no sentiment in the matter. Besides, the Italians have this great advantage, they can be assimilated^ and, it they have the necessary qualifications, a percentage of them will develop into important members of the communities in which they settle, f, If the avefage negro had the faculty of seeing into the future, he would see grave source of ap prehension irt this first effort 8MALL 8ALE OF FERTILIZERS. Columsus, Ga., Feb. 13.—Ferti lizer meh in west Georgia and east Alabama realize that the farmers are adhering to their pledge to reduce cotton acreage and amount of fertilizers used. The sale of fertilizer is by far the lightest in many years. Shquld the farmers now, decide to use. the regular quantity the manufacturers would be unable to deliver it. Not only have they made fertilizer witlra view to short orders, but have taken all advance orders, as is the custom. The mills could not now turn out the usual supply, and it is a certainty that the farmers will do without the same amount as previous years. Sargent. Farmers High School is pre paring to celebrate Washington’s birthday, Feb. 22nd. Miss Earlide Johnson returned home Saturday, after spending some time with her sister, Mrs. T. B. Newton. 1 Mrs. W. A. Arnold left Wednes day for Florida, where she will spend a couple of weeks with her brdther. Ernest Willcoyon. Mrs. G. S. Watfren has been on the sick list, but are glad to know tp; she is improving. supplant him as a laborer on Southern soil. But he literally takes no thought for the morrow, and will probably be glad of such an excuse for not working.—Grif fin News and Sun, Miss Clyde Copeland returned, home Friday, after spending a couple of weeks with her uncle and aunt in Carroll County. The library of Farmers High School is still growing.