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J. w. Stripling & Son’s Underselling Store For Bargains. S P E C I A L S 15 jioltrt 27 in. Bird Eye, 10 yds to bolt, worth 90, at 55c Remnants White Pique, 1 to 10 yds in piece, value 15c to 20c, our price 10c 40 in. White Lawn, good quality, 10cyd. Few more remnants Table Linen, 1 to 5 yds in piece. The 50c kind in bolts, at 35.c yd India Linens, per yd, H to 20c White check Muslin, good value, per yd. 5c 10c White Flannel 16c to 25c Good line Valencines lace 2c yd and up 15 bolts Linen Torchon Lace, 4 inches wide vulue 10 to 15c, to go at, per yard 6c Our line 6c, 7 l-2c and 10c Embroideries can not be matched !i>r the price. Thousands of yards beautiful figured Lawns, Mus. tins, Batise, Dimities, etc , 5c yd and up. Rem nants best Chmnbry at 7 l-2e yd. Fine linen checks for towels at 10c yd. Lace stripe curtain swiss, in colors and white, at 12 l-2cyd. Best grade Perea,Is, in remnants 1 to 10 yds in piece at So yard. Solid red Percal in the bolt good quality, 5c yard. Simpson 3-4 Per cal, 5c yd. All the standard grades calico 5c yd Good umbrella liir 5(>r. New shipment window shades, (i and 7 feet long, 25 and 35c each. 20 dozen ladies’ black unedrskirts, all good values, 50c to $ l .00 Big line sample slippers just opened up which will be sold at actual factory cost. We are receiving new spring and summer goods. J. W. STRIPLING & SON The Troup County Division, composed of the host citizens oi Troup, Harris, Meriwether, Heard and [Coweta, lias been tilled to 1,000 members. The second Troup County Divis ion is being rapidly tilled. Those who wish to avail them- hoIvoh of the bonotits of this wonderful plan of protection would do well to at once apply for membership to W. B, Cot ter, of laid range, who is now working in Coweta county, for the purpose of receiving members, with headquarters in Newnan, representing the MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF GEORGIA. Home Office at. Athens, Georgia. J. R. Cole and family will move into their new home soon. kalph Brown and ,T. C. Harris made a flying trip to Atlanta Sun day. Mrs. J. P. Pitman and Miss Mary Bolton, of Bolton’s crossing, visit ed relatives here Saturday and Sunday. Miss Mattie Worth spent a few days last week very pleasantly at the home of J. C. Hunter, near White Oak. Hon. I. N. Orr, of Newnan, was on our streets iast Thursday. Gordon Wynn spent Saturday and Sunday in West Point. Mrs. S. W. Glass is visiting her sister, Mrs. Roy Askew, of New nan. Mrs. Newton Farmer and daugh ter, Lois,are spending several days in Carrollton. Mr. and Mrs. Walter McLane arc rejoicing over the arrival of a little girl. Miss Lena Ingram is visiting in Turin this week. Mrs. Jane Hunter is spending a few days with relatives in Fayette ville this week. many watermelon patches have been prepared. Wheat and oats are looking unusually well, with a large acreage of the latter sown. A nice rain fell Tuesday after noon which was greatly needed by everything. HUTCHENS’ ...NEW... Furniture Store SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLIES Kxocutivo Committee of the Sunday School Association 1ms appointed the following places, dales and speakers tor Sunday School rallies to be hold in this ■oouuly. The people will please take notice and give the various speakers large audiences and aid them in their J offortN to mouse Sunday School enthu siasm. Madras and Andrew Chape*, at Mad ras, 11 p ui April ‘Jit—W C Wright. White Oak and Smyrna, at Smyrna, II p m, May 7tli—W O Wright. White Dak Grove and Smyrna, at White Oak Grove, 10 a ui, April doth— A 1) Freeman. Moreland, 3 p ni. May 14th, (at Bap tist olio roll) Kov F G Hughes. Turin, 3 p in, May 7th, (at Methodist cliureli)—J T Fain. Leo's Chapel and Rock Spring, at Rock Spring, 10:30 a m. April 30th— llev Ira Caldwell. Sliarpsburg and Mt. Gilead, Slmrpsburg, S p m, May -1st—A D Freeman. Elam, 3 p m. April 30th—Rev R F Hoduett and J T Fain. Providence, Mt. Carmel and Kiuory ('Impel, at Welcome. - ] m, May Jth— A D Freeman. Standing Rook and Bethel, at Stand ingRock, 3 p m, April 30th—W G Post. Sargent, Old New Lebanon and Jones’ Clmpel, at Sargent, 3 p m, April 30th H A Hall. Grantville, (at Methodist church), 3 p m, May 7th—H A Hall. Senoia, (Baptist church) 3 p in, May 11—W A Poet. Coke’s Chapel and Ebenezer, at Ebe nezer, 3 p m, May 14th—L M Farmer. Macedonia and Liberty,at Macedonia 3 p in, May 31st.—L M Farmer, Sharpsburg. R. A. Ingram made a business trip to Atlanta last Monday. l’rof. J. B. Brookshire lectured here last Sunday night to a very large crowd. Mrs. J. S. Benton returned home Tuesday, after spending a few at days with relatives in Atlanta. Miss Lizzie Walker, of Turin was the guest of Miss l.ena In gram last week. Mrs. Elizabeth Bridges, of Se noia, is visiting the family of Mr. . and Mrs. Ben Bridges this week, i have Whitesburg Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Bailey have the sympathy of many friends in the death of their infant, which oc curred last week at the home of its grandparents. Quite a unique band of Chris tian workers visited Whitesburg last week; preaching on the street after the style of Salvation Army people. But they claimed not to belong to the Salvation Army. The little band consisted of one man ar.d his family, wile and four children and one other woman. They carried with them an organ, a large drum and tambourines, all of which would readily draw a crowd. They were strong be lievers in the doctrine of holiness. Mts. K. A. Richardson, the mil liner, accompanied by Miss Minnie Jones, went up to Atlanta last week to select- her new line of spring millinery. Mr. Welcome Barks, one of our prominent merchants, visited the Gate City last week, where ho went to purchase a big lot of spring goods. H. J. Smith, of Oconee, Ga., passed through Whitesburg one day last week enroute home from Carrollton, where he had been to isit his wife, who has been seri ously ill with pneumonia. Mr. Smith has many friends in our town, where he formerly lived for a number of years. Rev. W. A. Parks went over to Newnan Sunday to hear Bishop W. A. Candler preach. Misses Ruth Almon and Mary Jpscomb visited Newnan last Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Howard D. Wat kins, of County Line, visited their parents in the city last Sunday. Claud Jones, of Clem, made a special visit to Whitesburg Sun day afternoon. Carroll Superior Court is in ses sion this week, and a number of our people are attending as jury men, witnesses, etc. E. A. Richardson, one of oar prominent business men, is serv ing on the jury at Carroiiton this week. Dana Brantley, of Clem, visited his parents in the city last Satur day. Frank Cavender, of Sargent, paid his many friends here a short visit last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Brewster, of Newnan, are visiting the latter’s parents in the city. They will be here for several days. C. E. Kuglar, a former resident of this place, but who now lives near Bowdon,spent Saturday night in the city. John Kilgore, of Villa Rica, visited his sister, Miss Claudia Kilgore, who is teaching in Hut cheson College, here, last Sunday. Messrs. M. D. Watkins and Welcome Parks \vent up to Car rollton first of the week. O. O. Camp visited Newnan i Monday last. The farmers around Whitesburg I have done much work during the j past month and are, of course,well up with their work. Most of our farmers have planted corn, a few planted some cotton and Milltown. This is beautiful spring weather we are having now. Our hearts are full of thankfullness to Him who has taken care of us through the dreary winter months. As we sit writing we can hear the little birds singing praises to Him who takes care of them; who doesn’t al low even a sparrow to fall to the ground without His notice. We are thankful for many things, one especially, that is the sick of our community are improving, and our earnest prayer is that they may soon be restored to health. Anoth er thing we are thankful for is that we have so many pious young men and women in our neighborhood. Instead of wasting their time with card parties and other foolishness they spend their evenings at sing ing and prayer meetings. We feel like saying with David, “I will praise Thee, O Lord My God, with all my heart.” Mr. Martin Turner, of LaGrange, came up and spent a few days with his brother Charlie last week. Mrs. John Canon and children I have moved back to Newntn and will occupy one of the new houses pretty soon. Mr. Canon will re-j main in East Point for a while longer. Our Wednesday night prayer meeting was held at Mrs. Brown’s last week. Mr. Charlie Evans, who in work-! ing here and boarding at Mr. John \ Newsoms, visited his family at, Barnesville last Saturday. Mr. Alonzo Bennett, of near^ Griffin, visited his brother Jim last ’ Saturday and Sunday. The prayer meeting at Mrs. I Farmer’s lest Saturday evening j was well attended. Our singers met at Mr. Henry Reynolds’ last Sunday afternoon, and with Mr. Reynolds as leader and Mr. Boyd Stevens organist, the singing was quite a success. There were quite a goodly number present and they all seemed to have their voices tuned for the oc casion. Mrs. Tom Arwood has rheuma tism in her right shoulder and is not able to use her arm. She has the writer's full sympathy, as we have suffered with it ever since Christmas. Mrs. Nancy Howard, of Palmet to, is spending a few days with her mother, Mrs. Martha Smith, who has been in feeble health for several months, Miss Idumea Dunberry is con fined to her bed at this time, and it’s feared she is taking pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Allen have moved back to the country, near Sargent. Mrs. Hiram Mobley was taken suddenly ill last Saturday morn ing, and was real sick tor a while, but was doing real well when last heard from. To anyone who is not taking the News who would like to have a great deal of good reading matter for very little money, we would advise you to subscribe right away and keep up with the times. Our editor is a wide awake man and you way always expect something good in his paper. We are glad to have a Christian editor who is wil ling to stand up for the right against the wrong. Mrs. Ellen Bishop and little son and daughter are quite sick at this writing. We have added a big line of Furniture to our stock and as we have not the space to tell you everything about it, we invite you to call and see our line, as it is under the same roof and does not cut out any other goods of onr line. We are in position to save you from 1 O to 20 {.>er cent, on Furniture. Suites from $14.00 to $75.00. Plain Chairs, Rocking Chairs of every kind. Don t fail to see our Furniture and get our prices. Remem ber our other lines are com plete. 1 set cups and saucers, han dled, • - 48c set 1 set Plates 30c set 1 set knives it forks 48c set Good size, nicely worked pillow shams, - 48c pt'- Good size, nicely worked table covers, 35c Good size 7 foot mantle cov ers, - - 35c Solid oak eight, day clock, guaranteed, 1.98c “Sweep Stakes’’ tobacco 30<’ •‘{•Hirer Dime’ tobacco 30c “Re<i Bird” tobacco 30c J. B. HUTCHENS, West Side Square, Newnan, Ca. Dresden Farmers are pushing their work with determination. Some are through planting corn and expect to begin planting cotton soon. We were made sad to learn of the death of “Uncle Peter" Grimes, which occurred Tuesday night. It removes from our midst one of Coweta’s oldest landmarks. He leaves two softs and one daughter, and a number of friends and rela tives to mourn his loss. He had been afflicted for a number of years. The appointment of A. N Wood as carrier of route No. i, carrier. The many friends of “Uncle James” Meriwether will be pained to hear of his serious illness. He is very low and not expected to live.. Capt. W. D. Meriwether, of Newnan, visited his sick brother this week. Mrs. D. L, Ball visited her sick niece. Miss Minnie Orr, of Heard county, Saturday night and Sun day. Miss Willie Ashley is reported some better at this, writing. J. J. Dorsett is visiting at Tifton, Ga., for a few weeks. School closed at Corner Branch last Friday. Sunday School was well attend ed at Emory Chapel and Corner Branch last Sunday. Mrs. C. A. Hubbard and little son, Sandford, are visiting her mother, Mrs. J. M. Bevis, at Han dy, who is very sick. Franz AM'. Companion ut Ulnarr. Franz Abt, the famous composer, was strolling home one afternoon iu Brunswick when he met a friend, who said to him: “You seem very happy, dear fellow. Have you heard any good news?” "Oh, no; I’ve Just taken dinner,” was the reply. “You evidently enjoytsl it. What did you have to eat?” continued the friend. “A turkey,” replied Abt. “And how many were at table?” ask ed the other. •"There were only two of us,” said Abt. “Who was your companion?” inquired the friend “The turkey,” replied Abt. A Candid Critic. Author—Is It true that you say oiy latest is the worst book I ever wrote?i Critical Acquaintance—Nonsense, myi dear fellow. What I said was that it; y - -■ -»i was the worst book anybody even gives satisfaction generally. Mack wrot8 . uot yoll itl particular. is a clever boy* and a competent — — r —~ __ , t