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i* WATCH k* / n \> 1\k WATCH mmm grow w*Sk A I IV Wllull WivVlli V 1 iV r fVU NEWNAN GROW VOL. VI. NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 8. 1905. NO. 22 AS NEWNAN GETS LARGER, THE CITY’S TAX RATE GETS SMALLER COUNTY TAX RATE REDUCED TO $7.50. C?mmii3sioners Reduced Rafte from $10.60 to the Above Figures. Jones vs. Freeman. t the regular meeting of Coun- t,. Joimnissiouers, held last Satur day, the county tax rate for 1905 w .s fixed at $7.50 per #1,000 V)f tv, able property. This was a re duction from 8*10.00, the rate for 1904. The high rate in 1904 was the result of the special levy made to pay for the new court house. The year before the court house levy was first made, 1902, the rate was $0 per 8*1,000. Tax payers of Coweta will find this year’s reduction of 8*3.10 per 8*1,000 an appreciable difference when comparing their taxes with those of last year; and now that the court house has been paid for, there is no reason why there should not be a further reduction in the county rate next year. The State tax rate was • raised this year from 8*4:80 to 8*4.90 per 8*1,000; so that the state and coun ty rate combined is 8*12.40. Citi zens of Newnau will add 8*8 to this amount; making their State, coun ty and city taxes total 8*20.40 per 8*1,000. At last meeting the Commission ers re-elected W. L. Cruce super in pendent of the county farm for the year 1900. Adlaimus Asks Commutation. I respectfully ask those papers which copied .lodge Freeman’s ar ticle against me to please copy mine, which follows. 1 fear Judge Freeman has not studied his case. He reminds me of some attorneys I have heard get the evidence mixed up and mis quote it. This some times is for want of attention, but generally it indicates a weak ease, and the best way out is to confuse the jury. The Piedmont bar has been much before the public and Judge Free man should know the facts. Whether he knows them or not the public, is misled by his state ments. He says in reference to the Pied mont bar and the protest which Mr. Smith should have made against its being opened: “If so, would not these partners have bought him out, and if neither, could not Mr. Smith have publish ed to the world the facts in the case, and then took steps to divide the property, in the meantime re fuse any connection whatever with the bar. The bar was run separate from the hotel. Could not Mr. Smith refuse to become a partner in itf He could have protested against the running of it in the house. Since he gave way all of the profits, how would be have lost a dollar by utterly refusing any connection with itf Mr. Smith is of age and a great lawyer. He knows that he could not be forced to own a joint interest in a bar So we are forced to the conclusion that he is willing to it. To con tend to the contrary is a travesty on common sense.” This extract has several false statements. Hoke Smith is not a partner in the bar or in the hotel. There is no legal way by which steps could have been taken to di vide the property. Mr. Smith has no personal connection with the bar. He did protest against its being run. He could not refuse any connection with it except as he did. Of course he could not be forced to own a joint interest in the bar, but he does not own it. Attorney L. M. Farmer,of New nan, called at the office of the pri son commission yesterday and at his request the commission agreed to grant a hearing on Friday in the case of F. M. A Hums, alias Charles W. Vicing, who is sen teneci to be hanged on Friday, Sentemlier 15, for the murder of his wife. The supreme court has refused to grant him a new trial and the application for commutation to . ^ rr ^ life imprisonment, which will be : the 1 ledtnont Hotel Co. is a coi- heard Friday, is based wholly on poration. The corporation owns the claim that Vining is crazy. It j tHe eutire property; it owns the has been shown, and this fact was j building and everything m the also in evidence at the trial, that building. HokeSmithisami- Vioing escaped several years ago I uority stockholder in this hotel from the state lunatic asylum of, company. Alabama, changed his name and I The corporation,not having been in trace of him was lost until he (able to lease this property, em committed this murder. He was j ployed a manager and assistant tried and convicted under the name | manager, with whom it operates of Allams, and it was only recently the hotel uuder a five year con- chat his true name was discovered tract;. The corporation is to re- go Ik* Vining. He has a sister, 1 ceive a part of thd profits ahd the Mrs. Cassie Henley, living at manager anxl assistant manager are Clanton', Ala., who has been in | to receive part of the profits. The Atlanta, and urged the commis- bar is conducted, not as a separate sion to grant clemency in her bro- enterprise, but as a part of the ho cber’s case.—Thursday’s Constitu tor) . Making Plans for Confer* once. The Methodists of Newnau are planning for entertainment of the North Georgia Conference, which assembles here on November 22nd, dining to receive any of the profits next. A committee, of which W. from the bar. Mr. Parrott dis- G. Post, Esq., is chairman, has tinctly stated in his card that Mr. been selected to canvass the city Smith had never received one dol- and secure homes for the minis- lar of the profits coming from the tel in operation by the Piedmont Hotel Co. As a stockholder in the Pied mont Hotel Co., Mr. Smith would be entitled to his part of the prof its which would come from operat ing the bar if he wished to receive them. Mr. Smith declined to have anything to do with the bar by de ters, delegates and visitors. In addition to the chairman, this committee is composed of Sam Hanks, W. S. Askew, B. T. Thomp son, A . M. Hughie, II. P. Wood ruff, D. T. Manget, J. T. Williams, J. T. Seroggin, W. G. Arnold. This committee is canvassing the city*, to secure homes, and will ■make application to all families in the city to ascertain how many persons each family will entertain during Conference. All the people of the city should respond liberally to the efforts of this committee. The North Geor- bar; that Mr. Smith protested against the Hotel (Jo. operating a bar; but as Mr. Smith was a mi nority stockholder and had not the power to enforce his own views,he then requested that the profits from the bar be kept separate, and he stated that Mr. Smith would not .use any portion of the profits which might be assigned to Smith’s stock, and that Mr. Smith desired, when the time for distribution came, to have that part of the profits devoted to the purpose which he, Smith, had indicated, Hoke Smith not receiving the gia Conference is a remarkable money at all himself body, composed of some of Geor- Now Judge Freeman stated ex- gia’s noblest men and ministers, pressly that the bar was run sep- [t is an honor and a privilege for arately from the hotel business, Newiian to entertain this body: an( j jyi r , Smith was partner in it, and Newman must rise to the occa- , which is not true. But that false sion and show the Conference that i(! ea has spread throughout the she is equal to the demands of the'state and Mr. Smith is injured occasion and is the largest town of thereby. her size in Georgia. j Now I wish to call Judge Free- " —- i man’s attention to a little laxity in The annual meeting of the For- his theology. 1 must confess I a thousand gallons of whiskey, how much more guilty would 1 be if 1 set up a newspaper, print that letter in it and sell ten t housand gallons. Now I fear our county newspapers and the religious press will he in Hue need by his views and begin to advertise whiskey. Don’t you do it. it s wrofig. Now he brings to bear upon his view a very strong argument that the churches do not regard selling whiskey by advertisement as harm ful us selling it direct. Judge Freeman says, “Churches every where have dealt with the one, but never to my knowledge with the other.” I am sorry to inform Judge Freeman that the churches are not the perfect standard. The prophet says, “ Behold I will set a plumbliue in the midst of my peo ple Israel.” That plumblino is the Word of Life. Another prophet says, “To the law and to the testimony; if they speak not according to this word, it is be cause there is no light in them.” The law of God is our only rule of faith and practice, and not the law of the churches. Judge Freeman’s own church was apparently asleep for one thousand years before it waked up to the important fact that they were neglecting the most important command of all the com mandments of Christ, which said “Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every crea ture;” and now his churches are spending nearly a million dollars for missions. The majority of churches were asleep for centuries to the most important doctrine in the Bible—salvation by faith—un til Martin Luther rifted the clouds and showed us the light; and what could I say of Sunday school prog ress, orphan homes, hospitals, B i 1) 1 e publication societies, schools, colleges and theological institutions? They arc legion, and most of this progress has been made in the last century, and yet the progress is not complete, the churches are not perfect. They are commanded to go on to perfec tion, and 1 think they are doing it; but nothing yet but the Word is perfect. Let me give you an illustration. The Bible says, “Cursed is he that putteth the bottle to his neighlnir’s lips;” and yet the churches have not yet sufficiently waked up to notice it. But a church member may go into your office or invite you to his home and fuddle you with whiskey until your reputa tion and character are gone and you sink into the gutter and then into hell; and this tempter, this infernal serpent will move higher in society, by /reason , of these temptations, and mock you! He will never be tried by the church. Do you consider your church a criterion in such cases? This injunction is thought so little of that I doubt whether you ever heard a sermon against the polite, social, but hellish sin of treating. Your church member kneels and prays Lord lead us not into temptation, and then goes out and tempts his brother with the bottle or leads him astray with the infernal punch bowl. And the same may be said of selling whiskey by advertisements. Do not think it not a sin because the churches and Judge FreemaD do not condemn it. it’s ‘‘putting the bottle to your neighbor’s lips” and it is sin. It Is leading into temptation. The serpent did not make Eve sin. He told her the forbidden fruit was good—your whiskey advertisements say, “You smack your lips with satisfaction when you drink old etc.,” and they, are. as guilty of sin as the devil. Brother Freeman claims and argues that we are not responsible for the credit made ou our taxes and our tuition by the whiskey in come. But when the city of New- nan a few years ago was receiving $5,000 income from whiskey li cense, he did not sell out his prop erty nor pirobably did not go to the tax receiver to find out bow much of that soul sale money was placed to his credit. The tax re ceiver could tell him and the coun ty school commissioner can tell him the w'hiskey income applied to the school fund. If we can get the Christians to refuse to receive for the cause of temperance, I quote* from his reply in Newnau News: “To vote on any pretext or ex cuse to nominate for the high office of governor anyone who admits that he owns an interest in a bar, would brand us with inconsist ency.” And although this broad state ment comes from the Judge, we nevertheless understand that he will support Hon. Clark Howell for governor. Now let me quote wliut the Judge himself says uliout Clark Howell’s bar: “I received a letter stating Unit Mr. Howell was a member of the Capital City Club and that this club takes out license to sell liquor;” and yet the Judge will support the Hon. Clark How ell, and cannot see that it will brand him with inconsistency. Did you ever! Will the Judge’s friends, (.and they are legion) not come speedily to his rescue? You have heard about piety run mud. How will this apply to tem perance? Perhaps the Judge thinks Clark Howell is destroying whiskey personally and Iioke Smith by proxy. T admit Mr. Howell is u braver man just here than Hoke Smith. 1 would be afraid to handle this venomous ser pent myself, f have seen the flower of my family fall by its bit ing fangs, and my property swept away by it; I have seen my brav est and best friends fall to rise no more beneath its deadly coil, and l am afraid of it. Hoke Smith is afraid of it also, and he hud rather not be governor than attempt to suffocate this monster by swallow ing him. But the Judge says “Hoke Smith is lecturing over the State against whiskey.” I admit that is true, and unfortunately is mak ing many enemies among the bar room element. Judge Freeman will find the majority of those w ho favor the liquor traffic are opposed to Hoke Smith and will vote for Clark Howell. While Hoke Smith is lecturing against whiskey and losing the liar room element, Mr Howell is virtually at the head of the Constitution Newspaper Co., which never has since Henry Grady died,raised its voice against the whiskey ring, lie is further more aiding and assisting in pub fishing each year, probably 25, 000,000 copies of newspapers, and every one has a whiskey advertise ment. They say each newspaper is read by live persons, which would present these soul-destroy ing advertisements 125,000,000 times a year. These advertise merits support the corrupting jug trade, which .amounts to millions, swept from the women and chil dren of our land—carrying in its destruction billions of property and destroying thousands of the best men that ever trod Georgia’s soil. The nefarious licensed liquor traffic has been driven from 120 counties in our State by the hard fighting of the soldiers of temper ance. The enemy has entrenched himself securely in 17 of our large cities and counties, and protected by the breast works of imperfect and unjust interstate commerce laws, she is using the long-range guns of the railroads and the ex press companies to bring destruc tion upon us. These are the omy weapons he can reach us with . The infernal enemy Is thus pouring the deadly dinamite jug trade into the inter ior, bringing desolation at every shot; and it Is the newspaper ad vertisements and the postofiice regulations that are aiding and abetting this crudest of all wars, which destroys souls as well as bodies, and leaves the widows and orphans without a pension, arid of ten without sympathy. I am proud of our county news papers and all others who spurn a liquor advertisement. And woe lie to those who are keeping this curse upon us! Now the Hon. in this ring and Judge Freeman and when Hoke own eye?” 1 do not mean that the Judge drinks or handies whiskey in any way, or that he would sanc tion such ia any way; but in his articles, he is trying to show us how to vote and he does not know himself. Swapping the devil for the witch is a weak comparison here. As Lutlier Moses of Turin, some times tolls the boys when they get befuddled in their views: “lie is off of his. kerzip.” The Judge is like the cross-eyed man, he looks at one place and hits at another. Now if the Judge were to pre sent Mr. Howell as the genial gen tleman, as one of the I toys, the shrewd politician, the clever journalist, and say that lie had helped the other hoys get office, and that in the politician order of ring leaders, (Mark’s time had come, 1 would say that is so. He is as good as any of the ring. But when he homes at it on a plea of temperance, 1 say you are burking up the wrong tree, Judge. You can’t fool the old temperance dogs that way. There may be a lizard up that tree, but “there aiut no coon.” A. B. Jonkh, NEWNAN’S TAX RATE REDUCED Eleven Per Cent. Reduction in the Rate for the Present Year. Milltown. ‘Grandmother” Bullard has been confined to her bed for sever al days. Rev. Mr. Doss, a former resident of this place, came down from East Point and spent Saturday and Sunday with his daughter, Mrs. Tom Ellis. Mrs. John Ganon, who was so very ill at our last w riting, is bet ter. Miss Bettie Cooper, who recently moved from our community to (Ihuttahoochee, is the guest of M rs. W. H. Burks. Misses Sarah and Ruth McClure spent last, Saturday and Sunday with their sister, Mrs. Frank Whittle, at Clem, Ga. Mrs. Nannie Ciiatam, of \\ Idles burg, spent a tevv days of the past week with the family of her neph ew, John < ’anon. /. T. Hudson, who was suffer ing with a severe attack of fever last week, is hcttei. Miss Hattie Collins, of La- Grange, returned home Friday, after spending a few days with her nephew, John (iarnar. Joe Me,Clue went to Clem, Ga., last Friday to spend a few days with his sister, Mrs. Frank Whit tle. Miss Fannie Argro returned home from Chattahoochee Sunday. Tom Welborn, of Whiteslmrg, spent a few days with his sister, Mrs. John Canon, last week. Our house-to-house meeting, con duced by Bro. John Goins, and which was held at Mr. Mack Brooks Sunday afternoon, proved quite interesting. Mr. Ben Ayers was happily converted. We had a prayer service at the church Sunday evening, conducted by Rev. Mr. Doss, of East Point. His text was, “Unto you, there fore, which believe, He is preci ous.”—I Pet. 2:7. After prayer meeting the church went into con ference for the purpose of granting several mem Ism s letters of dismis sion. It seems that our member ship is decreasing, but let us not be discouraged. The Lord doesn’t always count numbers, as in the case of Gideon of old. Bro. Foster will lie down and preach for us Saturday night and Sunday. Let us give him a full house and good attention at both services. At regular meeting of the City Council, held Monday night, the city tux rate for this year was fixed at 8*8 per $1,000. This is a reduc tion of 11 per cent, or $1 per $1, 000; as the rate last year was $9. In 1903 the tux rate was $10 pei $1,000. In 1904 it was reduced to $9. In two years the rate hm been reduced one fifth or 20 per cent. None of the city’s interests have suffered materially, in comparison with former years, during the past two years; so that the present city administration should be warmly commended for the wise course which has made this large reduc tion in the tax rate possible. There is money in the city treas ury at present; and the tax levied this year will furnish ample funds for all the city’s expenses. At the lust meeting Council con deiued property along Turner’s a) ley, from Greoneville street to the new oil mill, for the purpose of widening and straightening s*mc and making it u street. W. B. Orr and R. O. Jones were selected by the city to act as appraisers in determining the value of the con demned property. Council accepted the County Commissioners’ proposition to lease the north west corner of the jail lot, a space 20 by 3(1 feet in size, for a site for a city prison. Lease to run fifty years at the annual ren fill of $25. Musicals Friday Evening. Mi. and Mrs. G. R. SponcJer treated a few privileged friends to la rare musicule on last Friday levelling. Mrs. Wilson, a member of Trinity choir, by her wonderful vocalism, surprised and charmed the audience. Her numbers were, choice mm eeaus and were rendered with the confidence and finish of a. prima donna. Mr. Howard Davis and Miss Frankie King were each in good voice and were complimentarily encored. Miss Nina Perdue’s ac companiments were perfect in ren dition. Miss Bay Sponcler’s solos, as usual, left nothing to be desired; her skill and expression are won derful. French Sundae and delicious cake completed such an evening as always characterizes the entertain ments of this hospitable couple. On eigo Missionary Society of the La never caught him wrong in this be- fh 1H tun,J > a pP 1 ,>’ lfc to (ilian % or ^ Grange District convenes at the fore; that Is why it’s so dangerous j the war against whiskey, we will First M. E. Church in Newnau, for him to utter a mis-statement. HOOn wln P this fight. My views All missionary work- The Judge says selling whiskey ! are riofc vownary. Sept. 15-18. _ _ ers are cordially iuvited to attead. through an advertisement Is not as Mrs. T. E. Atkinson. Pres. Mrs. G. W. St. John, Cor. Sec. Public Schools Ooened Monday. Newoan’s public schools enjoy ed an auspicious opening for the fall term last Monday. East Newnau school, in charge of Mrs. W. P. Nimmons and Miss Ethel Arnold, opened with atten dance of 00 pupils. Teachers and Opening attendance of Temple ave nue school are as follows: First grade, Misses Maggie Brown and Eddie North, 91 pu pils; 2nd grade, Miss Daisy Peddy, 57; 3rd grade, Miss Elizabeth U . D. of C. Notice. The regular monthly meeting of the Daughters of the Confederacy will lie held on Tuesday, Septem ber 12th, at 4 o’clock, in the As sembly Itooni at the Library. All those holding application blanks will please send them in to lie for warded to State Registrar. A large attendance is desired, as delegates to the Convention, which meets in Macon October, 25th, will be elected. Below are the names of veterans who can get their Crosses by call ing on Mrs. Thos. J. Jones: J. D. Arnold, J. W. Boone, B. M. Lun- die, J. J. Ingram, W.H. H.Hayes, T. T. Entrekin, J. M. Brittain, H. H. Braswell, O. F. Matthews, H. T. Shores, J. Askew and VV. T. Summers. Clark Howell is this is the man would support; Smith, the tem perance lecturer, the reformer, the financier, tbe eminent statesman, the Christian gentleman is pre- ;Gray, 57; 4th grade, Miss Jessie sen ted, Judge Freeman says, Bohanon, 60; 5th grade, Miss Hel- “away with biro,” etc en Brown, 58; 0th grade, Mrs. Now Judge Freeman says “we, Robinson, 48; 7fch grade, Miss Bes- must bring to bear upon this ques- sieArnold, 58. Miss Martin, lady tion common sense,” and Christ I principal High School; Plof. J. E. gives the Judge an illustration of (Pendergrast, boys’department: A what common senseis, when he j grade, 22; .Junior, 23; Senior, 10. Shepherd-Lindsay. Senoia, September 4.—A mar riage of considerable interest to the people in this section was that of Mrs. Nellie Lindsay and Mr. J. S. Shepherd, which occurred at the home of the former’s brother, Mr. Stark Hand, aboutsix miles out in the country this afternoon at four o’clock, Rev. J. W. R. Jenkins performing the ceremony. Mrs. Lindsay has lived here for a number of years and has hosts of friends. Mr. Shepherd is the mail carrier on R. F. D. No. 1 from this place and is very popular with all the people. Judge A. D. Freeman would I says, “How can you pull out a iTotal attendance first day, 506 pu- harmful as selling it by person. If [lead. tb.e public to believe that his * mote out of your brothers eye, | pils. Total enrollment hist year at I write a thousand letters and sell ‘ attack on the Hon. Hoke Smith is ' when there Is a beam in thine 1 Temple avenue school was only 509. Lost—One pair of gold specta cles. Finder will please leave at Orr & Powell’s store.