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J. C. STEPHENSON WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 3EPARTMENT STORE I carry everything in ladies' and gents’ furnishings, dress goods, an dall small articles which are wanted by the people. Ladies’ shoes, hosiery, laces, rib bons, jewelry. Gents’ shoes, clothing, hats, caps, umbrellas. Groceries for table use of evey de scription. Flour, meat, lard, hams, canned goods, sugar, coffee, syrups, tobacco, corn, oats, hay, garden seeds, and in fact everything in the grocery line. Remember we pay the highest price forcountry produce,butter,chick ens, eggs and cured meats. dealer in high GRADE FERTILIZERS AND ACIDS JOHN C. STEPHENSON 164 PETER8 STREET, 8TMIDARD PHONE 375. ATLANTA. GEORGIA. Legal.idvertisements. Crockery, China and Cut Glass-Worth $3,000, to be Sacrificed. $3,000 is the value of the largest and most At tractive stock of crockery, china and glass ware and cut glass in the city ; and it must he closed out during the next 60 days, regardless of former selling prices. This immense stock oi desirable ware is going at prices' so low as to amaze all purchasers. Come and see the goods and buy at your own figures. The stock must he closed out and is going to be sold within 60 days, regardless of first cost. V. E. MANGET, JR., Newnan, Ga. Petition for Charter. STATE OF GEORGIA, Fult m County. To the Honorable Secretary of State ef the State of Georgia: The petition ut' P. S. Arkwright, K. E FuV limine, v .1. Itradley, W. K. Stovall, H. M Milam, F. M. Sisk. .1. F. Weissinger, U. W. Urine. W. T. Colquitt amt H. ,1. < Olivers, all ut whom reside in tlie City of Atlanta, of tin aforesaid state and County, shows: !. That they desire for themselves, their as sociates. successors amt assigns, to bo incur liorutedasa railroad company under the laws of Georgia for the pmiod of one hundred and one years, with privilege of renewal, under tlw corporate name and style ot “AT1.ANTA. BIRMINGHAM AND ATI,ANTIC RAlt.lb >A I* lOMtANV for the purpose of constructing, i owning, equipping, maintaining and opernt ing u railroad, extending from Montezuma. in 1 the county of Macon. State of Georgia, to some 1 point on the line between Alabama and Hear ! gin in the county of Troup or t he county of I Heard, and thence to Biriiifnghuin. til the county of Jefferson, State of Alabama, and from ‘the city of Atlanta. Fulton County, Georgia, to some point on the line between the States of Alabama and Georgia In the county of Carroll or the county of Heard, and thence to a connection with the road first described in the Statu of Alabama, at or about the town oi Wodowee, or some convenient point in Ran dolph County, Alabama. 2 The general direction of the main line of sHid propostal road from Montezuma to the Georgia and Alubatim Hue and thence to Birmingham is northwestwardly, and the counties through which it will probably run in the State ot Georgia are the counties of Mb eon. Taylor. Talbot. Meriwether and Troup or Heard, thence crossing into the state of Ala bama and running tn the State ot Alatianm, probably through the counties ol Randolph, Chambers, Uluy, Talladega, St. Clair and Jef ferson, ill the State of Alatianm. The length of this road, as near as can be estimated, is about one hundred ond ten miles in the state ot Georgia and about one build rest and thirty one miles in the state of Alabama, making the whole length of pic road from Montezuma to Birmingham, as near as can be estimated, about, two hundred and forty one miles. J. The general direction of the other line of said road from Atlanta to the Georgia and Ala bama line amt thence to Wodowee is, hs ne.tr as can be estimated, southwest wurdly and its length, as near ns can bt estimated, is about s e v e n l y-fi v i nines, of which about sixty miles are in the state of Georgia, and the counties through winch it will probably run in the state of Georgia are the counties of Fulton, Campbell, l lougias, Coweta and Carroll or Heard, in the Slate of Georgia and the county of Randolph ■ a the State ot Alabama.' 4. Tlint the capital stock of said corporation is to be $100,UUO.OU, divided into shares of the par value of one hundred dollars each, with the right, to increase the same to any amount in the manner provided by law for increasing the capital atecs of railroads, such increases to consist of common or preferrixl stock, cither or both, as may be determined ut the time, and in the event ot the issuance of preferred stock t ie same to have such rights and privilege over tin- common stock as urn fixed m the res< lutlons authorizing tlie Issuance in such pre ferred stock. fi. The place where the principal office < said corporation will be lo ated wnl he in Ful ton county, in the stale oi Georgia. 6. Petitioners intend in good faith to go for ward without delay tosccn.e subse/ lptions the capital stock, construct, equip, maintain and operate said railroad, and request that t ley he incorpoiatcd under the laws of till .-hate as a railroad company, for the purpose aforesaid, under the corporate name aloresatd together with all the rights, powers and p.ivileges now or hereafter allowed railroad companies under the laws of tills st..te. 7. Petitioners further request that tlieeor porat ion snail have the right to apply for and iicecpt, whenever author.zed by a majority vote ot its voting stockholders, any .ladiiiom.i p users or Hiiieimii.HiitH lo n> charier, whether ■ nimaineiital or immaterial, uiul whether i on- min ml Prizes Offered Correspondents Reporters ioi The News Will be Handsomely Reward ed for Their Efforts. tern ilor to be nequiieo uinn laws or special Acts. s. Petitioners have given four weeks notice of their intention to apply tor said charter by me publication of this petition in newspapers lit which the sheriff ments arc published in ei i hrougli which sum pi i-k ft, ly run, once a w tiling of this petition. And petitioners will P. S Arkwright, s, J. Bradley, H. M. Milam. J. F. Weissinger. WalterT. Colquitt, th advertise i of the counties used road will prolmb loul weeks betwre tIn The News values its country cor respondents very highly and is al ways ready and willing to assist them in their work and to extend to them every possible courtesy and favor; and as a further evi dence of the value the News places on the work of its correspondents, they are to be given the opportuni ty to win some valuable prizes. These prizes will be given sole ly as a reward of merit for news- gathering and will go to those cor respondents who cover their fields in the most thorough manner be tween April 1st, 1905, and Dec. 31st, 1905. Fine writing will not count in this contest. The relative size of the towns, villages and communities represented will be considered, and the correspondents furnishing the most regular and most faithful service and sending in the largest amount ol real news | in proportion to the size of their fields | will receive the rewards. Awards will be made by a commit tee of three competent and disin terested citizens, unacquainted with the names of any correspond ent. The first prize awarded in this contest will be a handsome gold watph, ladies’ or gentleman’s size, worth $25. The second prize is set of Shakespeare’s Works, in volumes, valued at $12. The third prize is a Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary, in full sheep binding, valued at #5. These valuable prizes are worth striving for and the News antici pates a lively contest for them. Prospective correspondents will have until April 1st to enter the contest, and doubtless other names will be added before that date to the News’ large list of reporters. CUBES STOMACH *■1 TIE body pots its life from * food properly digested. Healthy digestion means pure blood for tlm body, but stomach troubles arise from carelessness in eating and stomach disorders upset th» entire system, lmprop- srh’ masticated food sours on tho erly masticated food sours 1 stomach, causing distressing pains, belching and nausea. When over-eating is persisted in the stomach becomes weakened and worn out and dyspepsia claims tlie. victim. Thedford’s Black-Draught cures dyspepsia. It frees the stomach and bowels of congested matter and gives the stomach new life. Tho stomach is quickly invigorated and the natural stimulation results in a good appetite, with the power to thor oughly digest food. You can build up your stomach with this mild and natural remedy. Try Thedford’s lilack- Draugbt today. You can buy a package from your 'dealer for 25c. If ho does not keep it, send the money to The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn., and a package will lit mailed you. THEDFORD’S BLACK-DMUGHTJ The Nowh ami a first' class monthly agricultural journal The American Farmer—Doth one year for $1. Regular price of the two is $1,60. Atlanta & West Point Railroad Co. The Western Railway of Alabama. Direct Lines Between North, East, South and Southwest. U. S. Fast Mail Route. Through Palace Sleeping Cars. Dining Cars. Tourist Sleepers to California. verjiray. R. E. FuUimini', \V. B. Biovall, p. M. .Sink, G.W. Briar, Bi n .1. Conyers. STATE OF GEORGIA. Fulton County. Pi-rsonally la-fore the undersigned appeared I’. S. Arkwmtit, s. .1. Bradley and H. li Cul limine, three of the petitioner)- in the nbovi petition, alio, on oath, state that the naniei subscribed to tin- fougoing petition are tin genuine siKiiaturi - of tin- persons miiiu-d tiler-' m mid that tho facts Mated m the petition nr true to tin-best of petitioners knowledge, in formation and belief !Sworn to him sol scribed before me, ibis 7'b day of March, l'.ilif P. B. Arkwright, s J. Bradley. It. E. Gullinune. J. W. MASON, Notary public, Fulton County, Ga. OR BINARY'S NOTICES. GEOROIA—Coweta County. T. F. Itnwls, Adinr. ol the estate, of Mrs. E. O Rucker, deceased, having applied to the Court of Ordinary of said County for leave to sell tin- lands of said deceased, all persons concerned are. required to show cause in said Court by the first Monday in April next, if any they cun, why suid application should not he granted. Tilts March Oth, 1905. L. A. PERDUE, Oidinary. READ DOWN SCHEDULE IN EFFECT NOV. 20, 1904. 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Lv I) 15ailU.5p Ar Baltimore Lv >,17a! 9 16p Ar... Philadelphia —.Lv 345a 6 55p Ar ..New York Lv;1210a! 1 *25] 1 46p 1 loa 4 15p 3 30]) GEORGIA—Coweta County. N. O. Banks, Executor oi John W. Arnold,, deceased, having applied to tin; Court of Or dinary of said County for leave to sell tin- lands of said deceased, all persons concerned are required to show cause in said Court by theflrst Monday in April next, if any they •an, why said application should not be grant ed. This March 6th, 1905. L A. PERDUE, Ordinary. GEORGIA—Coweta County. T. F. Rawls, Admr. of estate of Eddie Smith, deceased, having applied to the Court of Or dinary of said County for leave to sell the lands of sail] deceased, all persons concerned are required to show cause in said Court by the first Monday in April next, if any they can, why said application should not he grant ed. This March 6th, 1905. L.A. PERDUE, Ordinary. The Colonel’s Waterloo. Colonel John M Fuller, of Honey (trove, Texan, nearly met his Waterloo, from liver and kidney trouble. In art c;nt letter, he Bays: "I was nearly dead, of these complaints, and, iiltliouj-h tried my family doctor, he did mo m good; so I got a 50c botllti of your greti Electric Bitters, which cured me. I con sider them the best medicine on earth and thank God who gave you thcjtnow ledge to [make them.” Hold and guar anteed to cure, dyspepsia, biliouHiiesH and kidney disease, by J. T. Reese and Dr. Paul Penis'on, druggists, at, tide a bottle. Brtrch Gay, Depot street, High Class Restaurant, for white people. Ser vice prompt, and tables supplied by best tiie market affords. Lunches 15c; din ners, 25c. * A Safe Cough Medicine for Children In baying a cough medicine for chil dren never be afraid to bay Chamber lain’s Cough Remedy. There is no danger from it and relief is always sure to follow. It is especially valuable for colds, croup and whooping cough. For sale by Holt & Cates, Newnan, Ga. 12 35p 11 15p; i 58p 12 55p | 1 19P 10 E p AtChehaw Returning - Washing Above trains daily. Connections at New Orleans for Texas, Mexico, California, mr Tuskeeee **.filstead for Tallahassee. * LaGrange accommodation leaves Atlanta daily, except Sunday at 5:30 f>. m. leaves LaOrange at 5:50 a. m. arrives Atlanta 8:15 a. m. 16 Trains 35 and 36 Pullman sleepers New York and New Orleans. 1 h rough coach 011 Trains37 and^ 1 Washington and Southwestern Limited. Pullman sleepers, compartmen ar s observation and dining ears. Complete service New York and New Orleans. ar Train 97 United States fast mall. Through -lay coaches Atlanta are) New Orleans. Write for maps, schedules and informal ion. J. E. HEYWARD, J * p * BlLLUPb, D. P. A., Atlanta. Ga. G. P. A., Atlanta Ga. CHAS. A. WICKER8HAM, Pres, and Gen. Mgr., Atlanta, Ga GEORGIA—Coweta C'onnty. The return of the appraisers setting apart twelve months’support to the family of John W. Arnold, deceased, having been filed in my office, all persons concerned are cited to show cause by the first Monday in April, 1905, why said application for twelve months’ support should not bp granted. This March Oth, 1905. 1„ A. PERDUE, Ordinary. ADMINISTRATOR'S HALE. GEORGIA—Coweta County. By virtue of an order granted by the Court I of Ordinary of said Coweta County, will Is sold before the court house door of said county, to the highest, bidder, between the legal tiours of sale on the first Tuesday in April next, the following described property: One acre of land, more or less, In the First district of Coweta* county, Georgia, near the incorporuti limits of the town of Henoia, Ga., and known as the Betsey Harris place, the same being bounded on the north by E. Holiday place, east by .I. K. Arnall estate, south by lands of Julia Ami Thurmond and on the west by George Harris. Sold as the property of B-t.-.ey Harris, late of said county, deceased. Terms cash. This March 8, 1905. T. 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