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J. w. Stripling & Son’s Underselling Store For Bargains. S P E C I A L S 15 Bolts 27 in. Bird Eye, 10 yds to bolt, worth 90<\ tit 55c Remnants Whitt* Pique, 1 to 10 yds in piece, value 15c to 20c, our price 10c 40 in, White Lawn, good quality, 10c yd. Few more remnants Table Linen, 1 to 5 yds in piece. The 50c kind in bolts, at 35.e yd India Linens, per yd, H to 20c White check Muslin, good value, per yd. 5c 10c White Flannel 16c to 26c Good line Valencines lace 2c yd and up 15 bolts Linen Torchon Lace, 4 inches wide value 10 to 15c, to go at, per yard 5c Our line 5c, 7 1 -2c and 10c Embroideries can not be matched lor the price. Thousands of yards beautiful figured Lawns, Mus. lius, Batise, Dimities, etc , 5c yd and up. Rem nants best Chumbry at 7 l-2o yd. Fine linen checks lor towels at l()e yd. Lace stripe curtain swiss, in colors Mini white, at 12 1 -2c; yd. Best grade I'ercals, in remnants 1 to 10 yds in piece at Sc yard. Soli<j red Percul in the bolt good quality, 5c yard. Simpson 5-4 Per* cal, 5c yd. All the standard grades calico 5c yd Good umbrella lor 50c New shipment window shades, 0 and 7 feet; long, 25 and 35c each. 20 do/cu ladies’lilack miedrskirts, all good values, 60c to .$1.00 Big line sample slippers just opened uji which will he sold at actual factory cost. We are receiving new spring and summer goods. J. W. STRIPLING & SON ...The First... Troup County Division, composed of the best 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 selves of tho benefits of this wonderful plan of protection would do well to at once apply for membership to W. B. Cot ter, of Latirange, who is now working in Cowetu countv, for the purpose of receiving members, with headquarters in New nun, representing tho MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF GEORGIA. Home OHico at Athens, Georgia, A Gasoline Engine Handy | The little child of Jack Ward ——■ and wife, who has been afflicted Miss Susie Gibson, daughter of: f 0 r so long, is-not expected to live the late Church Gibson, died on j many days. the ntn inst. j Mr anc j Mrg iq enr y Whatley re- Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lyle, of turned home last Thursday, after Birmingham, Ala., have been vis- spending several weeks with rela- iting F. ],. Lyle. fives in East Point. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brazil, of John Cannon came down from Corinth, last Sunday visited the | f^ast Point'Saturday to spend a few latter’s mother, Mrs. Sadie Wil liams. Klim school closed last week, and the school near the river taught by Miss Ora Montgomery will close this week. Mesdames R. A. Ware and J.T. Davis, of this place, and Miss Gib son Orr, of Corinth, went up to Cave Spring last week. Mrs. Ware has three children in the state school for the deaf at that place. We notice that the entomolo^ gists claim that the advance guard of Pharaoh's locusts will be here this summer—the whole army will come next year. This is news to us; we had it down that 1908 would be the next locust year. For variety and intermixture last week’s weather takes the palm, January and June could each lay claim to a single day. The hopes of the early gardener of the low ground have vanished anil his fears fulfilled, lie will be found in the seed markt days with his family and recuperate from a wound he received early in the week, by a pulley falling and striking his side. Last Thursday evening was the regular meeting of our young de baters. Subject for debate was, "The works of man and the works of Nature.’’ We hope that the young men may derive great ben efit from these meetings. The religious revival season is on and it seems that Newnan has caught the spirit. The writer has been permitted to attend a number of revivals and have heard many good sermons, but have listened to some of the very best within the last few weeks that we have ever heard. Attended services at the Methodist church, and head some able sermons by Bro. Belk of Au gusta. Since the services com menced at the First Baptist church last Sunday, have heard the be loved Bro. Worrel, of Louisville, Ky. He was dreadfully afflicted again as soon as cour- | for several years with a complica- 1 tion of diseases, which were almost age can ver a e < espair. instantly cured in answer to prayer. M. P. Stephens, just across the Me is now 75 years old and in line and one of our near neighbors, I perfect health. Reads without was last week elected county com-j glasses, walks without a stick and pH can hold as steady a hand as any body. We have also heard two HUTCHENS’ ...NEW... Furniture Store missioner of Heard county, to tho unexpired term of Wood Rod erick, who recently moved out of the county. Mr. Stephens defeat ed John I. Miller, of Corinth, and a Mr. Pike, of St. Cloud, in the race. A. If. Arnold, county surveyor, w is last week trying to establish the metes and bounds of the fee simple estates of some of our sat isfied and dissatisfied fellow be ings. The polarity of the compass comes in for praise and abuse on occasions like this, and sometimes the surveyor himself gets the lat ter, with deviations, declinations and variations. Such is life; more particularly the life of the survey or. However, Asbury's sweet dis position never sours, while he fol lows the course of his official guide with implicit accuracy, generally settling out of court the longitude and latitude of the fellow who thinks he owns all the land adjoin ing him. Such is diplomacy. great sermons by Bro. Bernard, Managing Editor of the Religious Forum, published in Atlanta. Milltown. will furnish the cleanest, safest, most economical and satis factory power obtainable in Newnan and Coweta county. No wood or coal to buy, no water needed for steam, no "firing up" necessary. A gasoline engine can be started and stop ped in less than one minute and can be operated by any in telligent man; consequently, no fireman or expert engineer is required to operate it. A gasoline engine is the highest type of engine security. Fire insurance companies allow them to be placed in any building without increasing rates. 1 sell gasoline engines from one horse power up—the best and lowest-priced engine made. Call and let me explain the facts about these engines. 1 E. L. WALTOIY1, Newnan, Georgia Oscar Bryant moved back from East Point last week. Mrs. E. .1. Stevens was sick for several days last week. Charlie Turner and Jim Collins spent last Sunday in LaGrange. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hendrix, of Sargent, spent last Friday in the city. Cliff Turner has moved hack to LaClrange, after a short sojourn with us. Mr. and Mrs. John Christian have a boarder, She is only one week old. Mrs. J. G. Brook has been con fined to her room for several days the past week. Ruth, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Hiram Mobley, has been quite sick several days. Last Sunday was regular meet ing day and we had a good ser mon by Rev. W. R. Hendrix. Mrs. Ozella Hudson is spending several days in the city, visiting her uncles, Will and Tom Ozmore. Our singers met at John Allen’s last Sunday afternoon and made the welkin ring with the sweetest of music. Whitesburg Olke Camp is in Atlanta this week on business. Dr G. W. Burdett went to New nan this week on business. Mrs. Welcome Parks visited in Carrollton the latter part of last week. Prof. V. D. Whatley visited rel atives and friends in Bowdon last Saturday. Several of our citizens are at tending Carroll Superior Court again this week. Miss Ruth Foster, a charming young lady of Madras, visited friends here this week. Jack Brown made an important trip to Atlanta this week. We surmise his business, as he is a widower. Miss Katie Sue Brewster, of Newan, visited the family of Mr. J. M. Stevens the latter part of last week. The busiest men in town these days are those who sell and ma nipulate guano. It seems that a large quantity of it is being used for some purpose. Several of the boys who attended the all-day singing at Hewlett last Sunday, have a special invitation to appear and tell the grand jury ivhat they saw and heard. Unless you want to attend the next court, all good citizens had better not go to the all-day sing ings where whisky is sold and drank. Serious trouble always follows close in the wake. It is not thought that the cold snap of last week did much dam age to the fruit crop around Whitesburg. There was a consid erable frost Friday morning, but very little injury resulted to fruit or vegetables. Mr. W. Drake, one of our clever blacksmiths, has recently purchas ed a home on Newnan street, which he is having remodeled and 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 ol our line. We are in position to save you from 1 O to 20 per cent, on Furniture. Suites from $14.00 to $75.00- Plain Chairs, RockingChairs 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 ifc forks 48c set Good size, nicely worked pillow shams, • 48c pi 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' "Silver Dime’ tobacco 30c “Red Bird” tobacco 30c J. B. HUTCHENS, West Side Square, Newnan, Ga. The annual singing hdd at Hew lett, ten miles north of Whites burg last Sunday, was well patron ized by many young people from this place, and some of the older ones who sing. This singing oc curs every year on the second Sun day in April. W. B. Kelly, son of Rev. W. W. Kelly, who joined the U. S. army a little more than a year ago, came home last Thursday, where he will remain for the present. Having tired of army life, he decided he had rather pay his way out than continue longer in the service. So upon the payment of a specified sum of money, he was honorably discharged a short time ago. Mr. Isaac Dingier, of Eastland county, Texas, after spending sev eral weeks with relatives in differ ent parts ot Carroll, returned to his home last Monday. His sister, Mrs. Gaines Barron and her daugh ter, Miss Zena, accompanied their brother and uncle, where they will remain for several weeks. Mr. Dingier has been successful in his western home where he has ac cumulated quite a snug fortune. The Demosthenean Debating Society of Hutchison College, this place, had their public debate at College Hall Friday night 'as ad vertised. The question discussed was, Resolved, That the United States should permanently hold the Philippine Islands. The af firmative was represented by Messrs. R. M. Stephens and Ernest McWhorter; the negative by Messrs. J. M. Watkins and E. H. S. Bell. After a lengthy dis cussion on both sides the judges iiv,u,, decided in favor of the negative, mprm ed. He will probably move | An the bo madrt good speeches las family to town when his new and showed that- thev had coven [home is completed. and showed that they had 1 the subject dose study. given