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5. V s \»et !x JVewnari (jQeekly JVcws VOL. V. NEWNAN, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1. 1905. NO. 47. Monument Fund Superior Court Is Growing*. The Sam Faver monument fund , is growing, and the indications point to the complete success of this movement to honor the mem- ' ory of one of. the iriost unselfish t . and golden hearted Citizens Cow eta county has ever had. A num- , ber of contributions to . this fund have been received by the News ansi, by officials of the county. The . first contribution of $i .oo, received by the .News, was accompanied by , this letter; 1 Editor News:— Enclosed find $1.00 for the Samuel Faver monument fund. I Next Week Coweta Superior Court convenes for the March term on next Mon day morning, and for the first term in the new court • house. Judge R. W. Freeman will preside on the bench and Solicitor Gener al J. R. Terrell will be present to represent the Sfate. Eight negroes and three white men are in jail awaiting trial at this term of court. Their names and the charges against them are as follows L. M. Hall and F. M. Alams, both white, charged with murder. Nathan Brown and Henry John son, both colored, murder. Joe Williams, colored, assault send it to you because I think it a good plan for the News tore- ^VtenTtTmurler ceive subscriptions. I hope every one whose life he blessed will re spond, if it is only a penny; and we can rear to this unselfish heart such a monument as he deserves. A Friend. From faraway Texas a contribu tion to this fund has also been re ceived. It came from the Clerk of Wood County District Court, i Mr. W. C. Benton, who is well known in Coweta County. With j his contribution Mr. Benton sent i the following letter; Buddy Roe, colored, rape. Charlie Long, colored, burglary. Gene Graham, colored, assault and battery. George Vaughan and Isaiah Dennis, both colored, simple larce ny. J. C. Connally, white, forgery. There is about the usual amount of business set for hearing at this term and court will be in session two weeks. Grand Jurors drawn for March Quitman, lexas, heb. 16, I9°5* .Term, 1905, Coweta Superior Editor News:—I receive your| Court paper once a week, and certainly appreciate the same. Always ap predate the news from “Good Old Georgia.” I notice the good people of Cow eta County have started a move ment to raise a fund for the erec tion of a handsome monument over the last resting place of that most worthy gentleman, Sam L. Faver. I want to contribute a small amount to this fund,not for hohor, but for friendship and brotherly love toward this deceased brother and his dear family. You state in vour paper that he had thousands of friends in your county and ad joining counties; and I want to state that he had a friend in the Lone Star State ind I want to tell you why. In the year of 1903 my mother and myself visited relatives and friends in and around the city of Newnan, and on one occasion I went into the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court and was in troduced to Mr. Faver and his I P Bradley. T E Atkinson, W G Sadler, ]' M Kidd, Geo P Hod- nett, E M Fambo, E M Yeager, M D Thurman, N W Collinswortb, J C Hunter, J R Cole, C F Sasser, I N Orr, Jr., J I Scroggins, M J Stewart. H H North, F M Scott, J L Bean, L A Hunter, S W Mur ray, A E B.ewster, G O Scroggins, J Y McDonald, T M Goodrum, L W Bowers, J J Goodrum, P F Cut- tino, J T Arnall, H H Harrison W W Spence. Witliaiti Holds Tax Illegal Comptroller General W. A. Wright was served yesterday with notice of a suit for injtraction brough in Coweta superior* fcourt against the tax collector and •her- iff of the county to prcyef4 levy and sale of property bdongitaf to the Bank of Senoia under aatcu- tion for occupation tax claNMtod to be due by President W. S v . Mfttham. Under the state lajr *n . occupa tion tax of $iO is reqnirMkto be paid by each bank presMettH* the state, as well as by presUMfits of other corporations and by profes sional men. The tax collector of Coweta county sought to collect this tax from President Witham, but pay ment was refused. Similar refus als were met during a period of four years, it is stated, from 1899 to 1903. Thereupon the tax col lector assessed a double tax against the president of the Bank of Senoia and sought to collect a total of $80 for the four years instead of $40. It appears that levy was made on property of the bank to satisfy this claim and immediately a suit tor in junction was brougt to prevent its collection. In is understood the law will be fought in the courts on constitutional and other grounds, President Witham claiming that he connot not be held liable for the tax.—Atlanta Constitution, Adamson Adds $50,000 to Bill Washington, D. C., Feb. 27.— At the night session of the House an amendment to the pending sun dry civil appropriation bill«was adopted adding fifty thousand dol lars to the amount for geological bureau for -topographical surveys. This was. introduced, by Judge Adamson of Georgia -.and • was strongly opposed by Chairman Hemenway of the ebra’itfittee on appropriations, but the Georgian carried it through. The special purpose of the addition is to give the bureau rrtoney with which; to extend the topographical surveys in the Southern states. Benefit Lyceum Entertainment Traverse Jurors for 1st week of March Term, 1905. W M Phillips, J R Hodge, H E Taylor, W B Baggerly, R N Cole, R W Hamrick, Jr., I H Meadows, J J Davis, J H Reynolds,B Sas ser, W F Stewart, S J Cavorider, J B Ramey, W L Carmical Jet M Austin, W C Elmore, J N Nixon, John D Faver, J C Hardy, J W Banks, Jeff Cotton, A M Norris, F I Welch, Owen Steed, Simon Addy, John W Hodnett, C B Nix- Deputy Clerk-[whose name I do!on, W T Dyer, Mack S Morgan, not remember] by Mr. F. m. Wal- i R Pitts, S W Woods, W S John-j 0 f temperance. Don’t let our W.6.T. U. MEETING. On Monday March 20th at 3 P. M. in the Library Assembly room the Womans’ Christian Temper ance Union will meet. All the members are especially requested to attend and bring as many others as they can with them. There is a lot of business on hand that ’Should be attended to as early as possible. Several Offices to be filled. With the few who ‘have been attending for several months past, it is impossible to fill all the offices. This is a noble work and every woman in Newr.afl should take hold of .it and try by the help of God to raise up.a gen : eration that will command the ap proval of our Blesed Savior, and each one feel that they are rri sponsible for the character of som,e, one. This work is-not confined to married and elderly single women, but to young women. Even girls can do untold good along the line Milltown. The ground is being cleaned off to build more houses in our new town. Mrs. Beulah Johnson,after spend ing several days with relatives here has returned to Canon, Ga. Little Ruth, daughter of Mrs. Hiram Mobley, has been quite sick for several days.. Mrs. R. A. Field is very rapidly recovering from her long and seri ous illness. Mrs. Field is one ot our noblest women. She was for a long time President of the W. C. T. U. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthut Gilman is quite sick. Mr. and Mrs. Whatley moved to East Point fast Monday. Mrs. Nancy Owens has had a hard. struggle with la grippe the past week and is still in a critical condition. The machinery for the new mill has been received and it will not be long before more hands dan get employment. Llewllyot -little.son-of Mrs. £)|- leh'Smith, is improving some after a ionjf attack bf’ pneumonia. Miss Lela.Cannon, of Sparten- burg, S-Cm is visiting Mrs. Nancy Ray and Mrs. Kate Walker. Miss Carfnort iso fine music teacher and would like" to' teach’ a class here. Mrs, Charlie Spencer has been" confined tp fifr bee], several days with la grippe, , ... T " George Turner has -moved >to LaGVaoge arid^one to work in the' mill, 1: ■■■. • Charlie Turner was sick several days last week. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Allen, who moved to the counfry two months On Saturday evening, April rst* a benefit Lyceum entertainment will be given ,4t the Auditorium. The entertainment will be furnish ed by the Alkahest Lyceum Bu reau in compliment to Mr. Franc Campbell, in recognition of the faithful worjk he has performed in the interest of the local Lyceum course. The benefit performance will be given by the Kling-Pace Company, a splendid concert company. The entertainment is entitled “An Evening of Song and Story.” Mr. Campbell has generously agreed to divide the proceeds of his benefit with the Presbyterian church—the money to be added to the funds now being expended in repairing and improving that building. Mr. Campbell's person al popularity, and this display of generosity in aiding a worthy cause,will certainly make his bene fit one of the financially successful entertainments of the season. tom, a relative of mine and friend of Mr. Faver. When he [ Faver [ met me and gave me that hearty hand-shake, from the smile of wel come that rolled over his face, I saw there was something in that man’s heart that I am now unable to explain for the want ot son, W T Neill, E H Powers, O Herndon, J H Keith. W sary language to express myself. Yet, I know I was a welcomed stranger in his office; and, too, I shall ever remember the smile of welcome upon the face of Mr. Fair’s Deputy Clerk; and no doubt this good man aided Mr. Faver in entertaining his many friends and strangers like-myself. Today I send my mail to the Clerk of the Superior Court of Coweta county, $1.00, and have -asked him to add this small con tribution to the fund above refer red to. W. C. Benton. ters and their big company come for an engagement of three nights and Wednesday matinee. The company comes highly recom- neces j mended and will no doubt delight ago, have moved back and resumed young men and boys become de-! their p i ac es in the mill. They based on account of neglect on oun have decided that there is no place part. Let us weep and pray much] ]j^ e Newnan. in their behalf. “They that go | Mrs, Fannie Melton, ot La- forth weeping, bearing precious [ Grange, was ,tfie guest of Mfs. Charlie Turner a few days last week. THE PAYTON 818TER8 COMING. The next attraction at the Au ditorium will be Monday next, March 6 th, when the Payton Sis- the patrons of the theatre with some of the best plays ever seen here at popular prices. They not only have a complete company of dramatic people, but carry a num ber of high salaried vaudeville artists, who give singing, dancing, novelty and comedy specialties be tween all the acts. The play and vaudeville features will be changed at every'jperformance. They will^ produce for the open ing bill “Utah," a story of life, in and about Salt Lake City, Utah, during the Mormon regime in that state; and is one of the strongest plays in their repertorie. It is full of good, wholesome comedy from start to finish. Prices 25, 35 and 50 cents. seed, shall doutbless come again rejoicing, bringing their sheaves with them.’’ Mrs. J. H. S. MU8ICALE AT FARMERS HIGH 8CH00L The music pupils of Farmers High School, at Sargent, will give an entertainment on Saturday, 1 March 4th, at 7 o'clock, p. m. j Prices of admission will be only 10 and 15 cents. This entertainment; ' should be liberally patronized by nanqy the people in"‘that section of the j R. M. Wafi£, of Hogahsville, has county. ; been visiting his brother, R. H. AT FIR8T BAPTI8T CHURCH -Ware, Of this place. ; Dr. Nunnally, last Sunday, dis-f Capt, Jas. B. Martin, and wife, cussed the “Fatherhood of God’ 1 of Carrollton, have returned home and “The Regeneration of the after a visit to- their children. Mr. Emory Pitman came back from Porterdale last week and went to work in the mill. Mr. Ellis McMichael was in town last Saturday. Miss Ima McGee, who has been so low with pneumonia, is conva lescent. Soul.” Next Sunday he will have for his theme, “The Scriptural Name of the Child’’ and “The Proper Food for a Young Con- Capt. Martin lived in this county some 20 odd years ago, and will be remembered by many of the News’ He has just stood civil service ex amination for postal clerk and soon will enter upon his duties on the Central Railway. Just over the river in Carroll county. Mr. L. S. Echols sold at public auction 900 bushels of fine corn last week. It was sold in lots of 25 bushels and brought from 55 to 60 cents per bushel. Mr. Echols moves soon to Clay county, Alabama. The glorious sunshine of the last few days has put new life in to the farmers. The action of the county school board in extending the scholastic year to the 31st of August will meet with general satisfaction among the farming class, thus en abling them to have a free sum mer school. The months of July ahd August are the only months in’the year that some of the poorer country people can send their children to school, being unable to -provide sufficient clothing tor them during the severe winter wfeathef arid' being compelled to ^se^theib in making and gathering their crops. Thus it can be seen that “lay-by time” is their only chance and without a summer school many poor children would .Ue.doprned to illiteracy. The Board has acted wisely and the country people appreciate the change. Let the legislature separate the taxes of the white and black and give to each his own for educational pur poses, and that will be a long de ferred step in the right direction, and the legislature so doing will distinguish itself as statesmen and patriots. It seems that Billie Osborn has had a peep behind the scenes in state politics and is giving us some racy reading on the subject. Hav ing disposed of “Nute Morris of Marietta, Cobb county, Georgia,” in short order and put Steed out of the ring without strain, he now has his guns turned on his own “aort. pf.folk’’ and is telling all sorts of funny tales “out of school” on his own candidate. Verily, politics does make strange bed fellows, and Fogle’s definition is the best one yet. vert. vited. The public cordially in-(readers. Mr. Andrew Martin, also ! of Carrollton, is on a visit here. Tile News has the best clubbing offers with ail the leading news papers and magazines. tf.