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VOL. VI.
NEWNAN, GA„
FRIDAY. AUGUST 25. 1905.
NO. 20
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Sights Seen in the Great
West by a Georgia Mem
ber of the National
Editorial Ass'n.
NUMBER V.
On the Colorado river at Yuma
the trip through Arizona ends.
The river is the line, and west of
it is California. Yuma is a very
pretty city. Enterprise has opened
a water-diverting canal from the
Colorado, 3 1-2 miles below Yuma,
and has transformed 50,000 acres
of desert into a garden, while
still larger dam and development
above the city is projected by the
government.
The brief stop at Yuma was the
signal for the appearance of dozens
of picturesque native Y uma Indi
ans to sell their wares, and many
pennies and nickles and dimes fell
into the hands of a squaw who
carried her papoose strapped to a
board in the primeval Indian
fashion.
The editorial women literally
ran over each other to get a turn at
holding in their hands the dusky
little Yuma, while the men gazed
in amazement at the aboriginal
denizens-in their gaudy costumes
and viewed with as deep concern
the raging torrent of the swollen
Colorado river, which divides Ari
zona from California—divides the
mountains and cactus desert of At
izona frtm t te sand dunes and salt
desert of California. It was after
- passing Yuma the real desert was
entered.
Through New Mexico and Ari
zona the desert lands are far above
sea level, while the California des
ert is nearly all below sea level, in
some places 250 to 350 feet below.
The departure westward from
Yuma for quite a distance is
through a bush covered river val
ley, with Indian huts and feeble
attempts at farming. The river
had overflowed its banks and most
of the Indians had congregated on
unsubmerged sections and passed
to., and from their wigwams, by
bateaux. All'the while we are de
scending into the great desert be
low sea level and still further be
low the bed of the Colorado river.
The reader will at once wonder
why this great depression is not in
undated. ft does seem to be a
strange freak of nature,' and for a
second time within the past cen
tury the high waters of the Colora
do have overflowed the irrigation
, canals and the great salt works, as
we passed them, had been covered,
the region for miles having been
converted into its primeval state,
that of a vast salt sea.
The formation of this desert is
thought to have arisen from the pe
culiar conditions Xiong the Colora-'
do river. It is a frightfully mud
dy stream. In fact, it is claimed
that more land, than water passes
down with its turbid flood, and
•thus the transfer of real estate
from Wyoming, Colorado, Utah,
New Mexico, Arizona and Nevada
may well account for the great salt
inland sea bed. The delta at the
mouth of the Colorado finally-
shoaled the Gulf of California at its
bead and made an isthmus where
a narrow tidal channel had con
nected the main gulf with the in
land extension. Tide water exclud
ed, a sea was the result, which | of the
having no inflowing stream
is no unusual thing for the ther
mometer to range above 100. The
day we passed through was an ex-
eptionally pretty one. Not a sand
storm was encountered. Yet at
several points the thermometer
egistered at 112. The air has a
peculiar effect. It is hot, without
forcing perspiration; humid, with
out prostrating tendency, where
you can sit in the shade and avoid
exertion. Another peculiarity
about the atmosphere is that you
are decidedly more comfortable,
when on the train, to keep all doors
and windows closed.
The deepest portion of the desert
the railroad traverses is from Pilot
Knob to Mammoth Tank. The
distance is about forty miles. The
lowest depression is 354 feet at
Ogilby Station. While a large
portion of the great desert is now
under waiter, as previously stated,
the result of seepage from irriga
tion canals, the water covers a
higher section further westward
where the great salt works are lo
cated, this extra low section being
so thoroughly hedged in by. mam
moth sand drifts on the water side
to protect it from the overflow. But
this forty-mile section accents a run
that iH full of.interest to the stu
dent of primeval conditions. The
prevailing winds are from the
south, and in the absence of grass
growing sod waves of the sandy
surface are rolled up and sent
northward on missions of destrue
tion. The movement is slow—per
haps limited to a distance of a few
yards yearly—but nothing can stay
it* ] ro ress. These sand waves
arc ten to fifty feet high, and in
their progress overwhelm and de
stroy plant and shrub, leaving a
desert indeed in their wake.
Old Beach is a junction point for
a branch line. It is merely a point
for a depot, a side track, and a tel
egraph office. It is said to be sit
uated upon the site of a prehistoric
ocean beach where the surround
ing country was an arm of the Pa
THE APPOINTMENT OP
MBS. W. Y. ATKINSON
Some
St
Views
Expressed
Press Relative
the Matter.
the
COTTON GROWERS’
BIG BARBECUE.
Great Success Attended the oath,
erlng at Pearl Spring Park
Yesterday.
No appointment that President
Hoosevelt has recently made in the
south has been more popular ami
more proper than the appointment
of Mrs. William Y. Atkinson to
be postmistress at Newnan.
Mrs. Atkinson is a brave and
loyal southern woman. Her beau
tiful and most effective devotion to
her husband and to his political
interests stamp her in Georgia as a
woman worthy by record of both
brains and service, to rank with
Mrs. Felton in the esteem and re
spect of our people.
In the narrow means that have
come to her since the death of her
distinguished husband, she has
been a diligent and uncomplaining
heroine, losing no time in idle
ness, and wasting no breath in
lamentation, but bravely and
earnestly and honestly taking up
whatever work her hands might
find to do and doing it with her
might.
The people of Georgia will ap
preciate the chivalry and the good
judgment which the president
combines in tendering this ap
pointment to Mrs. Atkinson.—At
lanta News.
All Georgia will congratulate
Mrs. W. Y. Atkinson upon re
reiving the appointment of post
master at Newnan. There is no
more capable woman in the South
than the wife of Georgia’s lament
ed ex-governor. The Times-lie
(•order returns thanks to President
Hoosevelt for this appointment
Americas Times- Recorder.
Picnic at Roscoe.
There will be a picnic at Lovers
Leap, Friday, Sept. 1st, in honor
eific ocean. At this point 249 feet i p 0 p U i ar visitors, Miss
below sea level, a branch line of
railway extends 28 miles south
ward, connecting the towns Braw
ley, Imperial and Calexico, centers
of settlement in the Imperial Val
ley,’-where the work of reclaiming
the wonderfully fertile soil from
the condition of desert is being
done on a mammoth scale, here be
ing the largest body of i rrigable i
land in'compact form in the Uni
ted States, and in connection with
an abundant supply of water—a
valley destined to be one of the fu
ture garden spots of California.
Nor can we pass the ’Station of
Volcano without brief mention . Tt
is properly named. ■ It is 225 feet
below sea level, and secured itsj
name by virtue of its close proxim
Lula Gann, of Columbus, and Miss
Atbagene Kersey, of Newnan
Everybody invited.
Five thousand people gathered
at Pearl .Spring Park yesterday to
attend the barbecue given by the
Coweta Branch of Southern Cotton
Growers’ Association. They came
from near and far and represented'
all lines of business enterprise, in
addition to the agricultural inter
ests of the county. The occasion
was a thoroughly enjoyable one;
and everybody went away with
the impression that it Was a great
day in the history of Coweta
'ounty. *
The barbecue and basket dinner
served was ample to the demands
of all present. Seventy-live ani
mals were barbecued and about
100 gallons of Brunswick stew was
served. In addition, there was an
abundance of good things in the
baskets provided by the visitors.
The feuture of the occasion was
the Hpeaking. Stirring addresses
were delivered by Hons. W. C.
Wright, W. C. Adamson and John
Temple .Graves, in the morning,
and Hons. Harvie Jordan and
II. A. Hall, in the afternoon.
Politics was altogether ignored
and the speakers confined them
selves to discussion of industrial
conditions and problems; especial
ly the past, present and future of
the Cotton Growers’ Association.
Hon. \V. A. Brannon and his
aids and the committee in charge
of the barbecue deserve hearty
commendation for the spleitoid re
sults of this occasion; the great
success of which was largely due
to their wise* and energetically
directed efforts.
To shim* forever more."
Resolved: That in the death of
David Langdon Moore this Lodge,
as well a* Masonry at large, has
lost a member whose life and char
acter exemplified in an unusual de
gree the principle tenets of our Or
der; the State a useful citizen and
his family a model father and hus
band.
Second: That a page l>e set apart
in our records on which his name,
date of his birth, when he was
made a Master Mason and date of
Ills (loath shall be inscribed.
Third; That these resolutions be
entered on the minutes and be pub
lished in the papers of the county.
A. C. North,
R. W. Freeman,
J. C. Owenm,
Committee.
STATE MEETING
COTTON GROWERS
Important Convention Was
Held In Atlanta Last
Tuesday. Price of
Cotton Fixed.
In Mamonam.
Important resolutions outlining
the plans of the Georgia Division,
Southern Cotton Growers Associa
tion, were adopted at Tuesday’s
convention, held in the hall of the
House of Representatives in At
lanta.
Among the actions tuken were
resolutions declaring that the price
of cotton seed should be fixed at
30 cents per bushel throughout the
State; providing for the appoint
ment of a committee to bring about
closer relations lietween the cotton
growers and the cotton spinners,
and with a view to eliminating the
speculative feature; declaring that
all cotton producers In Georgia
should hold their cotton for the
minimum price to be fixed by the
executive’ committee at its coming
meeting in Asheville, N. C.; de
daring the growers of the present
crop of sea island cotton should
receive 20 cents per pound for
their product; providing for the
appointment of orgunizers to go
into each county und militia dis
trict in the State; providing for an
assessment upon each county of I
per cent, per bah* of cotton raised
in 1004 for the purpose of paying
the expenses of the Stab* Division,
and urging that provision be made
| for a national organ for the Asso
sal t4'o rnis-iiKrea* Li neus,for.i-tlje salt-
man’s scraper or plow. The lower
levels of this plant, though, bad
suffered from the recent inunda
tion previously mentioned, and
many of the mines still further
south had been totally destroyed.
But since the overflow has been
cut off the water is rapidly evapo
rating, and yet they tell us that in
former times the tides of the ocean
were 203 feet deep right at the lit
tie station where the Pacific trains
stop and so much pure salt is
mined.
, , . We now begin the ascent out of
ity to a spiing o su p urous mu - ^ (lepression, and on any
and water of tempeia ure -> sug j c j ear <j a y a curious effect of reflect
eest volcanic fires or direct con itec-: . ,, , , , , , 4 .
! .-a t -.t..,„if j ed sunlight, atmosphere, salt and
chloripe gas, always to be seen be
tion with sheol itself.
in other parts of this great de
pression scientists have found mqd
springs, or solfataras, of-in credible
heat intensity; Nobody dares to
explore them. Those ad ventu rous-
ly inclined who have (fared to tra
verse too near upon their elastic]
tween Volcano and Indio, a dis
tance of some fifty miles, and
called mirage, is the appearance ot
a lieautiful body of water at the
south, with islands largeundsma)l,'
trees and verdure, and bowers of
beauty, with water to drink
mir-
and yielding crusts have had their ; anc j ^ H p are> Just now the
feet so badly burned as to make a ^ (J ^ not so complete as most of
some of them-permanent cripples.
‘Well indeed may the Mexicans call
these-hot .holes “Agua Calientes.”
Salton was an interesting stop of
the way the real water was there,
but we were sure there was noth
ing but water over the face of the
usual thirsty desert, and the ap-
a few minutes. Its sole feature is | parent islands of flower and vine
salt production. On the south side. only things of seeming.
railroad are the buildings i We passed out of the desert with
be-1 for storing and manufacturing the ( Mt. San Bernardiua, snow-capped
came, by evaporation in the order j salt, and near by huge piles of it in an( j inspiring, in the distance, and
of nature, dry land; a Salt bed, or ! crude state, There is a tramway ] ne xt morning awoke in Riverside,
a desert, as you may %all it: but I leading southward to a lower level; the famous garden region of south -
now by happy engi^pring it has ■ where the salt is garnered. The j ern California, it wili come in
become the bed crfcthe great trans- concentrated form of brine rises f or mention next week, when wc
through the earth in capillary way, shall try not to have so much l/j
the liquefying water Is driven off
by solar heat through arid-.air, and
a crust of comparatively pfirtf table
continental line iff the Southern
Pacific Railway.
Throughout the desert the at
mosphere is very desiccating. It
say. Georgians are acquainted
with gardens, but not with deserts.
P. T. MoC.
It is not our purpose te pro
nounce an extended eulogy over
David Langdon Moore; but, from
knowledge derived from close soci
al relations of years, to say a few
simple words expressive of our love
and respect for the man whose
•tried iwo«jbh,‘ t whow genial i,charac
t6r, Whose warm and generous
friendship endeared him teal] who
knew him living, and for us out of
honest truth te pay tribute to his
memory when dead.
He was born in Newberry Dis
trict, Bouth Carolina, June 16,
1834; and passed te his reward, be
yond the stars August 11, 1905.
He was a loyal member of the
Methodist church and held te its
faith and tenets with an unswerv
ing ze ai.
lienee it is our sacred duty te
publicly proclaim the virtue of him
wtyoin life was the builder of his
own name and who, upon being
taken away by relentless death,
left behind him a monument of
deeds more lofty than the proudest
gifts Jcnown to the books of her
aldry.
Ilis life was one of uninterHijpted
activity. With earnest and uhjtir
ing effort he trod the paths that
lead through .industry to compe
tency. Honest, upright and just
with his felJo.wmeu and loyal te his
country, thus promptly shown was
the key to his whole character; for
he was loyal and true in every re
lation of life. But one fact we all
know: Our hour must come; do
what wc may to ward off the mys
terious touch which stills forever
ail joys,’ all sorrows, all strifes, all
conflicts, all hopes and all earthly
aspirations. Amid this stern
truth we realize a nameless com
fort in the thought that every tiling-
passes away—the stars, the dust-
arid the granite rocks; but as Tiul-
wer beautifully expresses it:
‘•To r «<- upf/n'-ome fairer hliore,
And bright iifcuveu’B jeweled orowu
Opposes Extension of City
Limits.
Being a modest and rather timid
man, I seldom get in reach of the
man with the chip on his shoulder.
The truth is, I don’t like scrapping
at all; and when 1 have to invade
the premises of the belligerant par
ty, uiid beard the lion in his own
den, 1 feel some hesitancy in
“foolin’ ” with the aforesaid chip.
Now, 1 belong to that ignorant,
unsophisticated class known as
“factory folks,” by the elite, and
somebody may say I ought te hear
aiid not lie heard.
However, 1 shall oppose the ex
tension of the city limits, until the
city recognizes the claims of those
already inside te equitable treat-1
ineht. I have been in the cotton I
mill division of the city of Newnan i ciation.
two years, and the street overseer | " r * 8. Copeland, of Coweta
has not done fifty dollars’worth of | County, was made a member of
work on our streets in that time.; the Committee on Resolutions;
We have no water for convenience, representing the Fourth District,
sanitation, or protection. VVe have
a few miserable sixteen-candle elec
trie lights. A band of rioters
could come in and assault our
peaceable citizens, and spread
havoc and desolation, before we
could find a policeman or get any
assistance from the “powers that
Ik*.” The only difference that I
can see in lieing inside or out for us
is: our street taxes are more than
the county road tax, and our streets
are ten times worse than the coun
ty roads arid our little “belong
ings” are double taxed.
The proposed extension will
nearly double the area te be light,
ed, will add several miles of streets
to Ik* worked by our hard-earned
cash or our brawn and muscle, and
will not add very much to the tax
able property of the city. As te
population, it will add four or five,
hundred colored citizens and thirty
or forty white citizens. It will add
two hundred and fifty negro chil
dren to the city school fund, and
twenty-five white. V es, Mr. Edi
tor, I am opposed to extension.
Now, I have fingered the “chip”
modestly and gently.
E. J. Btkvhknh.
Note: Next week The News will
present some facts and figures for
the Consideration of Mr. Stephens,
and others who oppose the exten
sion of the city limits.—Editor.
The Convention accepted the in
vitation extended by VV. A. Bran
non, Esq., te attend the barbecue
at Pearl Spring.
An interesting resolution adopted
was that by VV. A. Brannon based
on the recent action of the foreign
spinners in combining te cut down
the consumption of cotton with a
view to depressing the price. Mr.
Brannon’s resolution states that at
the outset the Cotton Growers’
Association floes not desire to Ik*
classed as a cotton trust, that it
believes in conservatism and bet
ter relations between the produ
cers and spinners; that it invites
the cotton manufacturers to join
in the war against the speculators,
the arch enemy of the grower and
spinner; that its purpose is to
maintain the price of .cotton above
the cost of production, and de
mands this of the world as /just
and i.ighj,, and • that the President
of the Association lie authorized to
appoint a committee with a view
to bringing aiiout closer relations
f retween the producers and the
spinners.
Grantviile.
ltev. Mr. Williams filled his
regular appointment at the Meth
odist church Sunday and preached
an eloquent sermon.
Miss Jennie Smith has returned
home, after a pleasant visit to La
Grange.
Miss M.yrtice Willingham is the|
guest of Miss Mary Lizzie Park.
Little Mary Hopkins is very ill |
with fever.
Miss Radelle Shaddix is visiting
in Newnan this week-;
Miss Elbe Spradlin is visiting
Carrollton friends.
Several from here attended the
barbecue at Oak Grove last week.
Miss Mattie Matthews has re
turned, after a short stay It Clem.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lancaster
arc attending the camp meeting at
Flat Rock this week.
Tom Alinon and family and Mrs.
Joe Lumpkin and family have
moved to Grantviile. We welcome
them in our midst.
We are sorry to learn of the
sickness of Miss Perliua Nall.
Miss Bessie Humphrier is at
home again.
Miss Emma Lee Rosser is ex-
^ pected te return home today.
I Mr. J. L. Walker visited his
parents at Carrollton a few (lays
I ago.
If you don’t read The News you
don’t read all the news of Newnan
and Coweta. The News one year
for only one dollar.