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Official Newspaper of Coweta County. VOL. VI. Che JVewnan ^deekly jVews Official Newspaper of Coweta Coooly. stietlff’ , Offc® NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 19. 1905. NO. 6 Read the Advertisements in The News and Trade with its Advertisers. COTTON ASSOCIATION COMMIT TEES ADDRE88 TO THE PEOPLE At'a meeting of the Cotton Growers Association, on the first Tuesday, the importance of thor ough organization of the cotton association of Coweta county was A6E0 CITIZEN PA88E8 AWAY. With sad hearts we chronicle the death of Mr. John McMichael, who passed away Sunday morning, May 7th. He had been in feeble health for some time. The cause of his death was due to a stroke of extensively discussed; strongly ad- 1 paralysis. The deceased was born vocating the permanency of the ' n Jasper County Sept. 25, 1818. "Uncle John" as he was familiarly known, lived about five miles from Newnan at the time ot his death. Eighty-seven times he had seen the "weary winter’s sun return”. The funeral ceremonies were conducted by Rev. R. F. Hodnett, of Turin. After a beautiful and impressive talk by the pastor the remains were laid to rest in Pitts cemetery. The deceased was a member of the Baptist church; was a true Christian, neighbor and friend. He was ever willing to lend a helping hand in any good cause, whatever and whenever it might be. The deceased was twice married. He leaves a wife and eleven chil dren. They have the deep sympa thy of their friends in this sad be reavement. J r> b organization in order to further the wishes of the association. The undersigned were requestod to act as an executive committee and to complete thorough organization in each district of the county. There fore, we earnestly request that the citizens of each district see that a complete organization is perfected and maintained. It is,to our minds, one of the greatest movements ever inaugurated for the good of the country; and it held intact, the prosperity ot the people will be clearly observed. All will admit that this move ment has already for the cotton belt saved thousands of dollars in checking the fall of the price of cotton. If nothing more is accom plished, no one can regret the > movement. That is only an insight as to what can and will bo done in the future, with thorough organi zation. As to what will be advis ed by this association as to the best plans for the future, in order to have concert of action, we do not suggest, but we feel, at the proper time, when the call is made for the assembling of the various organi zations, there will be a prompt re newal of this great movement: a coming together again of the peo ple of the cotton growing states; and the necessary plans will be perfected for our protection and best interests; not to work a hard- ■ ship on any class of our citizens, ' but to build up our entire citizen ship in every avocation of life throughout the cotton belt. And in building up the farming inter est, all other varied industries will prosper alike. Therefore, we urge every man • to enroll his name as a member in this association; and when there is a call made for a meeting through out the cotton belt, and in each and every county, let the people of Coweta County stand organized and be ready to respond to the call with their presence, advice and influence; advocating what ever may be adopted, for the best interests of the people of our sec tion. Do not say"It is impracticable.” "Too many to manage," "Cannot be done." Nothing can be done r without effort. Then join the as sociation and do what you can to help the cause for which its organi Ration was founded. Do not be discouraged because favorable re sults are not accomplished as quickly as we expected. Stand firm and we feel sure that great good will follow;not only by main taining a fair price for cotton, but by diversified crops. We will not attempt to enumer ate the varied ways this movement l^will build up our section. It has only to be perpetuated in order to enrich our section. We must stand organized and be ready by concert of action to over come all obstacles that may now or hereafter exist, that will tend to cripple or deter the agricultural in terests of our section. J H Wynn, W A Brannon. J C Sewell, M C Farmer, Dr. L M McGee. J T Carpenter, 1 N Orr, Committee. May 10. 1905. TROUP 8UPERI0R COURT Nearly all ot last week was de voted to the trial of criminal cases, although towards the close of the week some civil cases were heard. Judge Freeman presided all of the week, and impressed all with his fairness, his legal knowledge and his unfailing courtesy. On Wed nesday Solicitor General Render Terrell was called to Atlanta by a message announcing the serious condition of his brother, Dr. E. B. Terrell, and during the rest of the I have a pecan tree, two miles east of Newnan. which bears from 10 to 20 bushels each year. J. W. Stripling,merchant, Newnan, Ga. 100 trees like the above would bring at least $4,000 each year at only $4 per bushel. If they were the improved nut, they would bring $7,000 each year on only 8 acres. I have t2 pecan trees bearing regularly. I have kept an account ot only one tree ot very fine nuts, which bore last year 150 lbs. for which I received $39. L. F. Blalock, Capitalist, Fayetteville, Ga. We are paying $25 and $35 an nually for the crops from single trees and have heard of these fig ures being doubled. Smith Bros. Nurserymen, Concord, Ga. It was the writer's pleasure some days ago to see a pecan tree in a farmer’s yard which he said was nine years old. He estimated that it would yield 21-2 bushels that season. He further said, "The only regret l have is that I have not several hundred like it."—The Peach Grower. $100 invested in 100 trees like above would pay from $800 to improved pecan—-such as the ^3> 000 eac ^ V ear < Stuart, Columbian, Van Deman— J* Wright, Cairo, Ga., gives a are universal favorites. Every picture of a pecan tree in his yard, where the demand is much greater *4 years old, 42 feet high, from than the supply; although they which was gathered one season 801 command several times the price ! pounds of nuts, , of the wild nut. They bear earlier 1 * ^ ave a P ecan tree 34 inches in I and being larger, the yield is much diameter, from which I gather l art , cr each year from 300 to 500 pounds! „.. . , . , . of nuts and sell them for 20 and I Notice The improved nut has not come 1 , , ,, xt 1 there will 1 25 cents a pound. J. H. Morgan, 1 incr ‘* wm The Pecan Industry. BY PROF. A. 8. JONES. The pecan is a fine species of the hickory tree and will grow anywhere the hickory will; but produces well only in the Southern States. We have cultivated and improv ed the strawberry, the appie, the peach and many other fruits, until they are far superior to the original wild parents; but pecan culture had been much neglected, until about 20 years ago. Previous to that time we seem to have been satisfied with the wild nut, gathfer- ed without selection from the for ests out West; such as are now found in the stores, These nuts are not very attractive to the aver age buyer of nuts, and are not to be compared to the improved va rieties; no more than a wild straw berry is to be compared with the cultivated berry. By study and skill, remarkable improvement, likewise, has been made in the size and quality of the pecan. The wild is good, but too small. Many of them have bitter partitions. The improved nut has been made two or three times lar ger, the bitter taste extracted, and the kernel made delicious. The land or money be kept at interest at eight per cent, the interest col lected each year and put at inter est, it will double itself in nine years. Then in nine years it will be $20, in 18 years $40, in 27 years 80, in 36 years $160. Therefore, land worth $10 an acre in woods thirty six years ago, should bring $160 now to bring interest at eight per cent. But in the majority of cases it will only bring $15 or *20. If it had been planted then in pe can trees, it would now be worth from $500 to $1,000 per acre. For if an acre of ground bring ten bushels of nuts at $4 per bushel, it is $40 an acre. Now $40 is eight per cent, interest on $500; and any property that is permanent and pays $40 should be worth $500. But if the acre now be in improved budded trees and produce only four bushels to the tree—one hun dred bushels—and bring the small price for improved nuts of $6.25 a bushel, a little over thirteen cents a pound, not half price, it would bring *625 per acre. But $625 is oight per cent, interest on $7,800; so it sivms that the land would be worth $7,800 per acre, which is true; but is so incredible, that I only estimated an acre of land in improved pecan trees to be worth from $500 to $1000 per acre. So you see how much pecan trees will inhance land. | To be continued. | f Among Local Advertisers! NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR LOCAL LEGISLATION. yet into general use, on account of the scarcity of them and the high price. Some are being shipped week Hon. H. A. Hall, of New cver y year to the large,high-priced nan, acted as Solicitor, and dis charged these duties most ably, LaGringe Graphic. DEATH OF PROF. 8. P. 8N0W Prof. Samuel P. Snow, who con ducted the music in the First Bap tist Church protracted meetings, in this city recently, died at the Grady Hospital in Atlanta last week. The interment occurred in Jacksonville, Ala. Prof. Snow was 55 years of age; and was one of the most widely known church organists and musi cians in the South. During his stay here, Prof. Snow appeared to be enjoying excellent health, and his sudden demise was a great shock to his Newnan friends and acquaintances. MAY FE8TIVAL Saturday afternoon, May 20th, from 3 to 6 o’clock, the ladies of the Presbyterian church will give a May festival, complimentary to tke children of the church and Sunday School. The Queen of May will be crowned, after which refreshments will be served. The entire Presbyterian congre gation is cordially invited to be present. AT THE LIBRARY. Additional attractions in the Library Reading Room; Scientific American Building Monthly; Carpentry and Building; Scientific American; International Studio; Everybody’s Magazine; Munsey’s. Mrs. D. B. Woodroof, Librarian, hotels and selling at 35, 50 and 60 cents per pound. The finer seed varieties are selling at $1 and $2 per pound. They will grow anywhere the common nut will grow, but yield more. There are many trees of the common nut in nearly every coun- Vienna, Ga. There is a pecan tree near here, which produces 25 bushels a year. The Bacon Pecan Co., DeWitt, Ga. ico trees like the last would produce from $5,000 to $10,000 each year. The common nut is worth at wholesale from $3 to $6 per bushel and the improved nut from $7 ty; and most of them, though ! to $50. These prices are likely to No, Cordelia, all baseball ers are not base men. play- CARD OF THANK8. We wish to offer our sincere thanks to those whoso kindly lent us assistance during our bereave ment in the death of our beloved husband and father. May God’s blessings rest upon each and every one of you. Mrs. John McMichael and Children small,are of finer flavor than those grown in the forests out West. The climate and culture have im proved them. The yield of this common nut is enormous and the improved nut would be larger still; just as an Elberta peach tree will bear much more than a peach tree of smaller kind. The statements made by the owners of trees bearing only the common nut would be considered gross over-statements, if we did not know the character of the men who gave them, and the honorable positions they occupy. We give a few testimonials from which you may calculate the amount of nuts a grove of such trees would yield. I have a pecan tree in my yard which bears regularly from two to five bushels a year. B. T. Thompson, Pres’t Newnan Banking Co. This tree should average 3 bush els each year, and at four dollars per bushel, would bring $12. 100 such trees would bring $1200 per year and only require six acres of ground. There is a pecan tree on the Hon. W. B. Berry’s home place in Newnan, which bears on an aver age of four l ushels each year, of | valuable nuts. W. B. Pringle, : Sec. Newnan Water & Light Com.] 100 trees like the above would : bring on six acres, $1,600 each; year, at oniy $4 per bushel. I have a pecan tree which bore last year about 10 bushels of good nuts. W. A. Herring, Newnan, Ga. 100 trees like above would pro duce at least $2,000 each year, counting only 5 bushels to the tree. be maintained, because sanator- iums and physicians are now large ly recommending nut foods, and besides we are importing $3,000,- 000 worth ot nuts each year, with an annual increase of $500,000. The improved pecan will be more extensively eaten than the com mon nut. We could not realize much profit on the common peach, but when we turned our attention to improving them and brought the Elberta and Carman, there has been a steady demand at remuner ative prices from large orchards of 500 or 1000 acres. The peach is perishable and it requires large ice plants and packing stations; be sides it requires expert packers, called from afar. But the pecan is not perishable; it is not neces sary to raise ihem bv the car load —four acres will pay a handsome income and one hundred will pay more. Give a drummer a hand ful, as a sample, and he can sell quantities for you at ten per cent, commission. There '» good money in peaches, but four times as much in pecans. But you say if your land had to be sold, it would bring i no more in pecans. That is a mis take. I give some testimonials on this line. I have 100 pecan trees 13 years old. I would not take $100 for each one ot them. R. S. Middleton, P. M., Vienna, Ga. I have a pecan grove of 50 acres ; on the Chattahoochee river, eleven years old, and bearing nicely now, I formed a stock company last year, and sold a half interest in the grove for $25,000. E. B. Reed, West Point, Ga. Talents in lands or money should not be buried. If $10 in i hereby given that be introduced at the next session of the General Asscm bly of Georgia, a bill entitled: AN ACT to amend the charter ol the city of Newnan, Georgia, Coweta County, so as to provide that a Board of Health shall be created; to prescribe their term of office; define their powers, duties and liabilities, and for other pur poses. BA8EBALL LEAGUE MAY BE ORGAN IZED. Joe Stephens, Manager of the Newnan baseball team, will go to West Point today to attend a meeting of team managers from several towns in this part of the State. The advisability of organ izing a league will be dismissed. This mutter has been under con sideration tor some time, and seems to meet popular upprovul. If the league is organized it will be composed of teams in Newnan, Hogansville, La Grunge, West Point, Opelika, Columbus, und probably some other nearby towns. Newnan buseballists seem to fuvor a leugue ; and if it is organ ized, Newnan will do everything possible to help make it u success, Newnan people want to see some warm bull this summer; und a leugue ought to help some in the matter of injecting some ginger into the busebull situation in this part of the State. II, S. Banta is a steady advertis ing patron of the News. His ads. are changed every week; and, be cause they are always new and readable, are worth your attention. . * * * No better advertising than that of Holt & Cates is printed in any weekly paper in Georgia. They have a new ad. in the News every week, and each ad. tells an inter esting story about the business of this enterprising drug company. * • * C. P. Stephens and Co. are seek ing to enlarge their already flour ishing grocery trade, and are plac ing some live ads. in the News. They arc live grocers, and live people will read their ads. in the News each week. * * * The ads. of J. W. Stripling & Son are a feature of this paper’s store news. This store is now in the midst of a great clearance sale. A new advertisement in this week’s News is worthy the consid eration of every reader. • 4 Orr & Powell, who arc steady patrons of the News’ advertising columns, have enlarged their space and are giving our readers some live store news. Their ads. are al ways unique; and always toll an interesting story about reliable merchandise. * # <« The largest advertising contract ever made by a grocery store in Newnan has just been closed with Nunnally it Barrett by the News. The first of their half page adver tisements appears in this week’s News. Nunnally & Barrett suc ceed V. E. Manget, Jr., in the grocery business. They are hust lers and arc making an excellent start in business. Watch for their ads. in this paper. There’ll be something worth the public’s at tention in each ad. TWO BARN8 BURNED Last Saturday morning, Albert Potts, who lives two miles south of the city, lost his barn by fire. It contained 600 bushels of corn and other feed stuff. Loss was al most covered by insurance. Origin of fire unknown. A barn belonging to T. B. San ders, five miles north of town, was burned Wednesday night. Origin of fire and amount of loss have not been learned by the News. MR. RAYMOND J. LEE TO WED MI88 MAY RU88ELL. Mr. and Mrs. James Harrison Russell, of this city, have announc ed the engagement of their daugh ter, May, to Mr. Raymond J. Lee, of Atlanta; the wedding to occur in Juhe. The ceremony will occur at the bride's residence and the marriage will be a quiet home af fair. This announcement is one of great interest to the friends of this young couple. Miss Russell is a bright, vivacious and popular young woman. She is distin guished by the possession of splendid qualities of heart and mind, and enjoys the admiration and esteem of a large circle of friends. Mr. Lee is a young man whom Newnan is pleased to acknowledge a native of this city. During a residence of but a few years in At lanta he has risen to a ^prominent position in the business world, and now occupies a most responsible position in the great store of Chamberlin-Johnson-Dubose Co. He is a gentlemen of splended character, business sagocity and unquestionable integii y. GENERAL MEETING. The general meeting for the Third District of the Western Baptist Association will convene with Elim church on Friday before the first Sunday in August. Dr. C. A. Smith, Veterinarian, treats all diseases of domestic animals. Calls answered day or night. Office at Gearreld’s livery stable. tf Read the News and be in swim, first, last and all time. the the