Newspaper Page Text
Watch
Newnan
Crow
Cj3be JMewman ^dcckly fScws
Watch
Newnan
Crow
VOL. VI.
NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1905.
NO. 26
The Advertisements in this Week’s News are Worthy of Attention. Read Them!
ALLAMS WILL
NOT HANG
j ped on her harnl and
I of the hones.
I Charley Attavmy moved his
family to Sargent last Tuesday.
] Mrs. Earle Allen has been on
the sick list several days.
Drue Goins, who has boon at
! work in the cotton mill, has taken
i a position at the Reese furniture
i !store.
F. M. Allams, alias Charles W. j Ernest Gaston, who came in
Vising, convicted in Coweta sir : from the country a few days ago
perior court of the murder of his 1 and got a position in the mill, was
broke some! Resolutions of Respect.
No Hanging in Newnan To
day, as Wife Slayer
Cets Life Sen
tence.
wife and sentenced to be hanged,
will not sutler the death penalty.
The prison commission Wednes
day recommended a commutation
of his sentence to life imprison
ment, and this recommendation
was approved by Governor Ter
rell.
taken sick last Monday.
Mrs. Frank Barton is improving.
Mrs. Alman, from Griffin, spent
several days with her son, Frank,
last weiji. She returned home
last Monday accompanied by Mrs.
Frank Alman.
Mrs. John Canon has been worse
Rev. J. C. Coats.
Allams was to have been hanged] the hist few days. Her condition
today to which date he had been j seems to be critical.
respited by Governor Terrell in or
der that the board of physicians
might have time to make investi
gation and pass upon his mental
condition.
This board of physicians, com
posed of Dr. J. B. Baird, of At
lanta; Dr. Glower, of Grantville,
and Dr. Turner, of Xewnan, found
that Allams had not become in
sane subsequent to his conviction
and was not insane at the present
time, though they pronounced him
weak-minded and of a defective
nervous organization.
Subsequent to making this re
port both Dr. Baird and Dr. Glow
Oliver Smith, of Lindale, spent
a few days with his mother, Mrs.
John Smith.
Orrie Smith seems to be better
than at our last writing.
Little Pearl Freeman, who was
taken so severely with pneumonia
ten days ago, is convalescent.
Bro. J. li. King preached at the
Methodist church last Sunday
morning at eleven o’clock to a
good congregation; and Bro. Al
len, Presiding Elder, preached at
three o’clock. Bro. Manually also
preached a powerful sermon at the
Ghapel at J p. m. His subject was
taken from the first J verses of the
er stated to the prison commission J 12th chapter of Romans. It is the
that they considered Allams prac-! first text he ever preached from,
tic,ally irresponsible mentally, and 41) years ago. A familiar text,but
neither of them thought he should a good one.
be hanged. ! Mrs. Joe Prince, of Opelika, is
After the report of the physici- still with her mother, Mrs. Wel-
ans, who were restricted by law in born.
making their report to the ques- Little Martha Ray in confined to
tion of insanity subsequent to con her bed this week,
viction, the prison commission I Mary and Bobbie McGehee are
Once more our happy baud has
been broken and one of our Sisters
has been called to her reward, af
ter a long life of usefulness.
Sister Mary Bevis was born
1ST!, and died April 27, 11105.
Embraced religion early in life.
She was lirst married to John T.
Story; this union was blessed with
three children. Afterwards mar
ried to Bro. ,). M. Bevis; this un
ion was blessed with one son.
As a Ghristian, wife, mother,
neighbor and friend, she left an
example worthy of imitation.
Truly a good woman has gone.
The family have the sympathy and
prayers of a large circle of friends
and relatives.
We have that precious promise
of eternal life if we ouly live the
life of a true follower of the bless
ed Savior. We would say to the
father and children, weep not; she
is not dead but sleepeth.
Resolved, 1. That in the death
of Sister Bevis our church has lost
one of its best and most faithful
members, and the cause of Christ
a true and faithful servant.
2. That we tender our sym
pathy to the bereaved family.
.‘i. That these resolutions bt
published in the Franklin News
and Banner, the Herald and Ad
vertiser and the Newnan News,and
that a copy of the same be record
ed on our church book.
J. A. Bilboa,
L. M. Wiggins,
A . B. McKoy,
( ominittee.
Shell, a sonjlot. .'Ird.
—i Turin graded schoo
This servant of God has passed Monday with most
to his reward. In his life of thu
opened
encouraging
H ‘ j prospects. Prof. Watkins is a
score years and more he lived amid most excellent toucher. The music
the vicissitudes ol childhood,man- department under Mrs. Merrill is
hood and age. Ho was patriotic | larger than usual,
as a citizen, a Confederate soldier, Miss Mary Hunnicutt, of Ath
bearing the marks and wounds ol j mis, has returned after a visit to
battle to the day ol his death, lie | pec unfit, Mrs. M. J. Turner,
was kind and allectionate in his; Our community is saddened by
home life. He was a friend to J the death of Mrs. Virgil Ingram,
man. In him the young man hml j,|i-., which occurred Monday night,
a wise and patient counsellor. He | Hopt\i5th. She died very sud
preached the everlasting Gospel of ] dimly, being taken after supper,
the Won of God lor many years and j and dying before medical aid ar
illustrated in lile and practice the j p|veil. The community deeply
doctrines he taught. He was a i sympathize with the liereaved
MEETING OF COT
TON GROWERS
Money for the State Associa*
tion is Being Collect
ed by District Com
mittees.
useful but a quiet man. Hi- was
modest out brave. He was lenient
in his judgements of men, but
very decided and positive as to
truth and right living. His faults
were few, his virtues were many.
He was loved as lie deserved the
affection and confidence of his fol
lows. He was responsive to all
the calls of distress and found his! Watkins.
young husband, her parents and
brother and sister. She was the
eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Shell, Sr.
Miss Annie Harris returned
Monday from a visit to friends and
relatives at < 'arrollton.
Miss Fannie McKoy, of Wel
come, is with her sister, Mrs.
compensation for such service in
the joy of sacrifice. Write on his
tomb, ‘‘Here lies the friend of liis
follow men and the servant of God.
He rests from li is labors and enters
into the joy of his Lord.”
G. A. Ninitially.
took the matter up and after care
ful consideration decided to rec
ommend commutation to lile im
prisonment.
The commission’s reasons for
this action are given in the follow'-
both on the sick list.
Mr. aim Mrs. J. E. Stevens left
last week for Piedmont, Ala.,
where they will spend several
weeks with their daughter.
Rev. H. E. McClure, a nephew
Young Ladies in Runaway
Wreck.
ing, taken from' its report to the of V. B. McClure of this place,
Governor: i spent a few hours with his uncle’s
“Although the jury which con- family last Tuesday. Rev. Me
victed the defendant passed ad
versely upon his plea of insanity,
w hich verdict was upheld by the
supreme court; and although the
board of physicians appointed mi
ller the act of 1903, after examina-
Clure is from Mississippi and is
traveling in the interest ot an
orphans home.
Mrs. Hugh Parker is a good deal
better.
Our people are taking quite an
tion, determined that he had not interest in the gospel tent meet
become insane since % s«th trial, ings. Hope they maybe greatly
yet, from the facts of record and Ismetitted, as well as all the rest of
other information coming to this j the tow r n. Let us pray that these
commission, such doubt has been j meetings may be the beginning of
engendered as to his mental re- a Welch revival in our town; that
sponsibility that this recommenda- ‘ the good Lord may so fill the
tion seems to be demanded. Two hearts of all the Christian people
of these physicians have stated to of Newnan that we may start out
the board that they do not believe with renewed resolutions to do
him to be of sound mind, and that 1 more ot his service than ever be-
.... . ...j,. fore Let us join forces to drive
this condition has existed for many, " ■’ '
years, and they recommend this
commutation, which being one
1 out the drink curse.
form of punishment provided by
Statute, fully vindicates the majes
ty of the law, and yet relieves the
State of the necessity of taking the
life of one about whose responsi
bility there may lie grave doubt.
Cotton Figures.
Newnan’s cotton receipts up to
Oct. 1st, this year amounted to 5,-
011 bales; on the same date in 1904
the receipts amounted to 1,414
Miss Julia Mae Hackney, of this
city, and her guest, Miss Willie
Walters, of Albany, were the
principals in an exciting accident
which occurred last Monday af
ternoon. They were driving in a
buggy on Hancock street in East
Newnan. A team of horses
hitched to a wagon and standing
near the Cole shops became fright
ened and ran away.
No person was in the wagon,
and the team ran up the hill east
of the A. & W. P. railway and
ran into the buggy from the rear.
The buggy w as badly smashed and
the young ladies thrown violently
to the ground.
The horse driven by the young
ladies was frightened and turned
back to the city, dragging the
wrecked buggy over the prostrate
form of Miss Walters.
It was an exciting experience
and narrow escape for both young
ladies and their escape without fa
tal injuries was almost miraculous.
Both were much bruised and lac
crated, and required the attend
ance of physicians for several days.
Happily neither were seriously in
jured and both are recovering rap
idly.
Sharpsburg, No. I.
The postmaster at this office is
in receipt of the order from the
Postoffice Department changing
rural route No. 1 as follows:
Beginning at Sharpsburg office,
west and southwest to Pine Knot
school house, 2.4 miles; south and
southwest by Graves and Young
places to the Dominick place, J
miles; north and nortli^vest by
Hendrix place to C. J. Owens
place, 4.5 miles; northeasterly on
Grayson trail to the ,Jacobs place
j .4 miles; east and north to the
North place, 3.4 miles; northwest
and west by Parks place to the J.
W. Melson corner, 3.5 miles; re
trace to the Parks place, 2 miles;
northeast to the W. B. Orr place,
2.H miles; southeasterly on Hharps-
burg road b> the Sharpsburg post-
office, 8 miles. Length of route,
2I> miles; area square miles, 25;
number houses, 185; population,
240.
The reading club met Friday
night at Mrs. Mathews’.
The secret societies of Turin—
the Masons and Red Men- are giv
ing degrees every meeting night.
Both of the Turin ginneries are
running full time and up to date
have ginned nearly fourteen hun
dred hales.
Sunday school day will be ob
served next Sunday afternoon at 8
o’clock at the Presbyterian church.
Regular services in the morning.
Welcome
Miss Viola Newman lias been
visiting friends at Grantville.
Messrs. Glenn Wilkinson and
Horace McKoy, of New nan,visited
here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. I. T. Mattox visit
ed the latter’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Boone, of Sargent, Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. S. It. Grain are
rejoicing over the arrival of- a
bady girl.
Miss Fannie McKoy is visiting
relatives in Turin this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Selina Bartlet, ol
South Georgia, are visiting the
laiter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. B.
S. Witcher.
E. W. Burson and Warner Hut-
Parties desiring service must ( .|, enH visited T. A. Hutchens Sun-
erect approved boxes or they will j ( j sl y
not be served by carrier.
J. 10. McLean, Carrier.
Sharpsburg, Ga.
lity ineie luaj bales; and on Oct. 1st, 1902, to
Governor Terrell approved the
finding and Allams will be sent to
the penitentiary for life.
Milltown.
only 468 bales.
The stock in the warehouses on
above date this year was 1,696
bales; on the same date last year
the stock was 370 bales.
The unusually large figures for
Willie, little son ot Mr. and tbi8 8ea80n indicate an extremely
Mjs. Pat Damron, is quite ; ear jy cr0 p— no t an abnormally
with pneumonia. ! large crop.
Mrs. J. T. Smith, of Grantville,
spent last Monday with relatives
here.
Death of Young Girl.
Death of a Young Lady.
Miss Leona Brantley, a young
lady of Whitesburg, daughter of
L. V. Brantley, died at the Davis
and Turner Sanatorium last Mon
day morning, She was a patient
in charge of Dr. Willis Jones, of
Atlanta, and was brought to the
Sanatorium last Sunday by Dr.
Jones. I)rs. Davis and Turner as
sisted him in performing an opera
tion for the young woman, from
the effects of which she died.
Public Sales.
Sheriff’s sales advertised for
Tuesday were not made, settle
ments having been effected in each
ease. Property advertised for sale
by guardians was disposed ot a - s ' sma j|
follows
The Houston lands, one-fifth ol j
J6" acres, in 2nd district, were]
sold to T. T Mattox byJ. H.
Houston, guardian of J. W • Hons
ton, Jr., for$785. The other four-
Miss Maude McKoy is visitin
relatives in Newnan.
Allen Crain visited at Whites-
burg Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Witchei
visited Mr, and Mrs. B.S. Witcher
Sunday.
Tom McKoy visited at Grant
ville Sunday.
Our Sunday school is getting
Let everybody come and
take more interest.
Tax Collector’s Notice.
HKCOND HOUND.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Alman lost j Mary Lizzie, the ten-year-old
their infant sou last week. daughter of Col.and Mrs.Bowen,of
Mrs. Jim Hendrix is spending 1 Cedar Creek district, died W ed-
the week with relatives near Sar- nesday from the effects of typhoid
gent fever. The funeral occurred yes-
Little Julia Bell Watts happen- terday afternoon at Jones chapel,
ed to quite a painful accident last The stricken parents of the
Tuesday. She removed a prop little girl have the sympathy of
from a window sash and it drop- many friends.
i Grantville, afternoon, Thursday,
fifths of this property wa 1 - includ-
ed in the sale at the same propoi - ] " (jharles, forenoon, Friday,
donate price; making the sum re-1 ^
alized for the entire property! _ Jjorciiuid, afternoon, Friday,
amount to $3,925. " L “ 11
The Coweta Branch of the
Southern Cotton Growers’ Associ
ation held a meeting; at the court*
house bust Tuesday morning.
President Brannon, Secretary Mc
Gee and Trcusurer.Cai penter made
reports and folks and some of the
members present also addressed
the assembly.
Col. II. C. Fisher was called
upon to speak and responded with
an account of the moetiilgjut Ashe
ville, recently held. His talk was
pointed and inspiring, as he urged
the farmers to co-operate with the
association in its great work for
the cotton producers.
It was announced that the State
organization is in need of funds
and had assessed, as Coweta’s pro
rata of amount needed, a little
more than $313; this amount lieiug
one cent j>cr bale on ull cotton pro
duced in this county last year.
The treasurer’s report showed.
tlie comity organization had a lit
tle money on hand, but not enough
to meet this assessment. Contri
butions were called for and those
present responded witli about $50.
To secure remainder of the sum
needed, President Brannon ap
pointed W. S. Copeland, W. B.
Orr and J. W. Bowers, a commit
tee to appoint three men in each
district to collect this money. Dis
trict committees are also empow
ered and expected to organize each
district (not already organized)
into a branch of the county associ
ation.
The committee on appointments
selected the following district com
mittees:
First District—M. li. Couch,
J. A. MeKnight, If. L. Hardy.
Second District—A. H. Young,
J. T. Chestniitt, W. A. Brannon.
Third District—J. B. Simms,
J. T. Carpenter,Calhoun Caldwell.
Fourth District—G. A. Baying-
ten, W. B. Martin, Mat Story. ,
Fifth District—M. C. Farmer,
I. N. Orr, T. S. Parrott.
Sixth District J. Y. McDaniel,
(!. L. Wynn, W. S. McDaniel.
Seventh 1 Mstrict- E. S. Daniel,
T’ohe Doncgan, F. W. Eborhart.
Cedar Creek District—L. M.
McGee, B. L. Hud wine, Marion
Sewell.
Grantville District — Thomas
Lester, J. B. Lambert, H. A.
< 'amp.
Haralson District—W. (). Hern
don, G. P. Hoduett, 3. A. Hutch
inson.
Hurricane District—B. H. Dial,
S. R. Crain, H. W. A mail.
I’anther Creek—J. C. Sewell,
C. T. Sewell, .). P. Jones.
Turin—W. B. Harris, Fred
Hunter, J. D. Johnson.
The owners of
four-fifths of this estate were Mark, {
W. P. and J. W. Houston and]
Addie Houston Taylor.
One-fourth interest in 50 acres
and JO acres of land in the 5th dis
trict, belonging to estate of Lillian
Burpee, minor, was sold by her
guardian, Thomas Leigh, to Wal
ter Leigh, at $12.50 per acre. One
Little Boy Dead.
The three year old son -of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Hutchinson, of this
county, died last Sunday morning.
The child’s death was caused by
diphtheria. His parents have the
sympathy of many friends in their
1 affliction.
12th.
Sharpsburg, forenoon, Saturday,
14th.
Turin, afternoon, 14th.
Haralson, afternoon, Monday,
16th.
Senoia, Tuesday, 17th.
Coweta, forenoon, Wednesday,
J8th. /
Turner-Dowdell.
- . , Madras, afternoon, Wednesday,
half of these lands, belonging to j ^ •
other heirs of Mrs. Mary Leigh ! Ro forenoon, Thursday,
was also included m this sale at
same price. i 19 ?' f
^ i Sargent, afternoon, 19th.
Handy, forenoon, Friday, 20th.
Corner Branch School House,
Invitations to atty»»»'l the marri
age of Dr. Turner aiir. Miss Dow
dell have fieen received by friends
in Newnan. Following is a copy
of the invitation:
Dr. and Mrs. Algernon George
Dowdell request the honor of your
presence at the marriage of their
daughter, Annie Kirkpatrick, to
Dr. William Allen Turner, Wed
nesday evening, Oct. I8th, 1905,
at 7 o’clock, Prfisbyteriam church,
Opelika, Ala.
Turin
Miss Bertha Jackson, of Hollon- afternoon, 20th.
ville, Ga., is visiting Miss Kebie
j Reese.
I Born to Mr. and Mrs. T. I’.
Newnan, Saturday 21st, Tues
day and Wednesday, 24th and
25th.
A health authority rises to state
that a newspaper folded across the
chest will protect the lungs from
1 the chilly blasts of autumn. Now
is the time to subscribe for The
News.