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Watch Newnan Crow O* Newnan Sleekly JNews Watch i Newnan Crow VOL. VI. NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27. 1905. NO. 29 Trade With the Live Merchants Who Advertise in THE NEWS Constantly! EAST TO WEST AND BACK AGAIN Sights Seen in the Croat West by a Georgia Mem ber of The National Editorial Ass’n. For two or three weeks past, business 'dutiest or absence from city or circumstantial conditions have prevented a continuation of the articles on the National Edito rial trip through the splendid country contiguous to the Golden Gate. San Francisco is northward from Los Angeles some five hundred miles, and the whole distance is one of remarkable scenic beauty. The railroad soon emerges from the mountaius by way of a succes sion of considerable climbs and several tunnels, and then for many miles the east is shut out from view by majestic mountains, while the westward view is lost at last in the blue waters of the rock- beached Pacific. All along the way are towns innumerable, most of them being small cities, but all possessing the pretty prestige of delightful cli mate, which makes them fruit gardens and rose bowers, the pre valent glory of the whole western border of California. Upon all the cultivable lands can be found oranges, fruits, vege tables, grain, nuts, English wal nuts, and every other commodity of orchard, garden or field known either to tWtemperate zone or the sub-tropics. One place, Summerland, was particularly attractive. Formerly it was a seaside resort, but away out in the ocean oil was discovered in the water. Divers captured the fountain, and then wells were bor ed, and now far out into the ocean is seen the novel sight of hundreds of oil wells pumping day and night their thousands of gallons of pe troleum, which goes to sprinkle 1 the dusty California roads, furnish power for the big oil burning en gines that pull the Southern Pa cific’s trains, and go into the vari ous and varied other uses to which petroleum can be put, among the least of which is kerosene. The first stop for lie-over was at Santa Barbara, a thriving city nesling upon the shore of the ocean beside the famous and scenic Santa Ynez mountains. It is a city of several thousand popula tion, having all modern conveni ences in hotels, lights, trolley cars, and the like, and is famous throughout the country as an ideal place of residence or for summer or winter visiting. Its chief hotel is the Potter, one of the most famous hostelries of the United States. The hotel is a large one, and its grounds contain some thirty acres always blooming in roses and myriad flowers. It likewise has its own dairy and truck farm, and f from its own vines and cows serves strawberries and cream every day of the year. The same is true of tomatoes, which do not grow so large or of such flavor as the Geor gia product, but we are told that these appetizing slices fresh from the vines are never absent from the Potter’s popular tables. One who had not visited other California points would think all the fruits and flowers and other elements of semi-tropical beauty 'had been centered about Santa Barbara. Its homes are terraces oi perennial verdure, and whether viewing the pretty city by the sea or traversing the delightful twenty-miles drive through the the mountains or sporting in the bounding billows ot the summer surf, the visitor dwells in perpet ual admiration of its cozy villas, artistic terraces, palatial homes and charming outlying orchards and farms. The mountain drive alVorded several opportunities for picking orange:, and bananas, and being the practical Imuudary line for this class of fruit, the opportunities for picking were utilized with absorb ing interest. About 8 o’clock at night the special was again boarded to awake early next morning amid the charming surroundings of the famous hotel Del Monte. This is a famous hotel amid a beautiful natural purk, where nature and w’ealth and artisticity have united in a triumph of landscape garden ing, hotel building, and park planning. The place must be seen to be appreciated. It is lieside Monterey l>ay, where civilization first sought a landing-place upon the California shores. Its climftte Palmetto The first annual stockholders meeting of the Hank of Palmetto was held last week, and an IS per cent dividend was declared. This speaks well for a bank which has been in operation only one year. The Board of Directors is compos ed of the following named . gentle men: Capt. Levi Ballard, Messrs. John Sims, Fred Smith, Thomas Daniel and 1). B. Bullard. These are among this county’s most sue cessful business men. The Glynn County education al exhibit captured the first and second prizes at the Atlanta fair.' These exhibits were arranged by Prof. Nat Bullard. He is a Pal metto boy, and his friends feel very proud of his success. Prof. Bullard is principal of the Bruns wick public schools. The Palmetto Woman’s Club was entertained by Mrs. S. M. Dean on the 18th. The Club has is that of perpetual spring, with i adopted a fine reading course for river and forest, ocean and bay, lake and wilderness, additions to nature where additions meant charm, yet losing none of the wild ness of cliff and dell and gorgeous forest, proud in historic past and smiling in hopeful future, with a hotel lacking nothing of a palace. The most demure would grow esthetic amid such environs. What a place to rest! But no- lx)dy rested. It was only a mile from historic old Monterey, the the winter. Mrs. F. R. Logan,of Greenwood, S. C., spent several days with Mrs. Frank Steed last week. Mrs. Logan was formerly Miss Sallie Perkins, of Co we to county. Mrs. Joe Parks, of Marshall county, Tenn., has been visiting Mrs. Frank Steed. The marriage of Rev. Frank Quillian, of Moreland, to Miss Weems, of Rome, occurs Oct. 25 Mr. (Juillian has numerous friends here who will be interested in this Zellars is visiting relatives in Lincoln first capital of California, and soon the party wended that way. Itjevent, was at Monterey the first constitu- i Capt. Sim tion of the State of California was ■ triends and framed, and the little building still county, stands. The city has many inter- Mrs. T. P. Zellars is the guest ol esting points, and is just becoming! her father, Hon. VV . B. Orr, in a modern city after two Centuries j Newnan. of neglect of its natural and mag- Whitesburg A maraiage of much interest to her many friends in Whitesburg was that of Miss Buvena Burnett, of Carrollton. She was married to Mr. J. A. Baxley, of Banning, on last Wednesday. Oct. 18th, at the home of her parents in Carrollton. Miss Burnett formerly lived at Whitesburg, where she had a large circle of friends. She was a very talented and accomplished young lady of many beautiful graces of character. Mr. Baxley is a promi nent business man of Banning, where he holds a responsible posi tion with the Hutcheson Mfg. Co. We extend to this happy young couple our sincerest congratula tions and wish for them much happiness through life. Rev. J. S. Askew filled his monthly appointment at the Moth odist church last Sunday. His discourse was very earnest ami practical and held the close atten tion of his congregation. This was his last monthly service before the annual conference which meets in Newnan the latter part of No vember. All of our people are anxious to have Bro. Askew re turned to Whitesburg. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Walton, of Meigs, Ga., have been spending several days with relatives near town. Revs. W. McLeod, and attended the nificent resources. It claims the largest beat sugar manufactory in the world, and the age of the city is well attested in the old adobe houses, which bear evidence of former Mexican occupancy, and Rio Carmelo mission founded away back about 1700, the city having been founded alxmt 1002. Monterey bay is full of fish, and is a noted salmon field. At some seasons fish so abound in the bay they can lie caught with the hands or can be killed with sticks. It is also the equal of Avalon bay at Catalina island in the wonderful submarine gardens, which are viewed from glass bottom boats. The hanging gardens of Babylon may have been wonderful in their Mrs. Mattie Cook Zellars, of Long Cane, and her son, William, who have been visiting Dr. W. H. Zellars, left for home last Monday. Miss Stevie Timmons has re turned from Belton, S. C. Mrs. Hal Johnston’s many friends are glad to know of her improved health at Hot Springs, Ark. Mr. Sid Stevens, of Atlanta, de livered a fine address at the Audi torium last Friday. Subject, ‘‘The Divine Plan of the Ages.” Registration The registration books are now open at the Council Chamber for election to be held Dec. 2, 1905, for a mayor, four aldermen and time, but certainly could not have j four members of the Board of compared either in beauty or won- j Education. E. D. house, der with the natural gardens that! ^ CityCleik. unattended grow in the decorate J ———- depths of the California seas. ■ It inr better to do little things A half day amid such surround- I wel1 than to be a,wa .V s ‘beaming of ings passed quickly, and by mid- j '*°big big things. die of the afternoon the special I - ' ■ had speeded around the bay to | seaside hotel, with the adjoining pretty and hospitable Santa Cruz. ' city of tents for summer campers, A modern seaside city of mild j represent an expenditure of about I and equable climate, with excel- two million dollars, and is open ton, spent Sunday in the city with W. Kelley, J. W Mr. Otis Copeland Carrollton Associa tion at Temple the latter part of last week. Mr. J. G. Burgess, the clever photographer, who is now located at Carrollton, was in Whitesburg a day or two last week. Mr. W. B. Parks and wife went over to Newnan one day last week. Mr. Joseph Hutcheson, one of Carroll’s most prominent citizens and a prosperous farmer, was in Whitesburg last Saturday. We are sorry to note the serious illness of Mrs. J. W. Duncan, who has been quite sick for the past ten days. Mrs. W.T. Strickland was token suddenly sick with a nervous at tack last Saturday morning, but she is now greatly improved and will soon be well again. Mrs. W. A. Parks left Saturday for Rome, where she goes to see her husband, Rev. W. A. Parks, who is now in Rome under the care of Dr. Battey. Mr. Parks is at the home of his daughter, Mrs. L.G. Johnson, and is slowly im proving. We hope for his com plete recovery anil early return home. Mr. C. E. Kuglar, of Bowdon, spent a day or two in the city first of the week. Misses Lizzie Maud Blalock and Mary Hod nett, members of faculty of Hutcheson College, visited rela tives in Carrollton Saturday and Sunday. Miss Annie Latimer, of Carrol 1- Moore is in Carrollton taking treat ment under Dr. J. R. Sewell, the electrician. Mrs. J. 11. Lipscomb gave an old fashioned quilting at her home Tuesday afternoon, to which all the ladies in town were invited. Delightful refreshments were serv ed late in the afternoon. A most pleasant time was enjoyed by all. Mrs. Lizzie Fields and Miss Estey Askew went to Newnan Monday afternoon on a shopping expedition. Hutcheson College is having a splendid attendance this fall. Several new pupils were enrolled this week. Mr. J. P. Jones, of Coweta, who owns the Morrow mill property and is having a new mill house and dam erected, will la* ready for grinding about Nov. 1st. The peo» pie of Whitesburg and community are anxiously looking forward to the opening of the new mill. Mrs. W. T. Stevens had quite a narrow escape from serious injury Sunday afternoon. She and her two children had started home with her father, who had spent the day with her, and soon after they left her home, the mule they were driving suddenly become frightened at a bicycle, and whirl ed around in the road, throwing all the occupants out, but no one was hurt but Mrs. Stevens. Her elbow was knocked out of place and arm bruised; otherwise she was not seriously hurt. It was al most a miracle that neither of her children were hurt. Her lathe' also escaped unhurt. It is with sadness we chronicle the death of Mr. Steve White,who had been seriously ill of fever for several weeks. Mr. White was one of our cleverest and best citi zens and numbered his friends by his acquaintances. In his death the community has lost a good neighbor, a faithful friend and a true citizen, who was always at his post of duty. He was about 55 years of age and a member of the Methodist church. He leaves a wife and two sons, besides sev eral brothers and sisters to mourn his loss. COTTON CROP VEDY SHORT. This is Statement Based on Cinners’ Reports of 4-,- 040,728 Bales Ginned to Oct. 18. Washington, October 25.—A. total of 4,940,728 bales of cotton, ginned in the United States up to October 18 is the statement an nounced in a bulletin issued by the census bureau todny. In this calculation, round bales are count ed as half bales, and the figures given in the bulletin are based on reports made by the bureau’s special agents in the field. No estimate is made of the total crop for the year, but figures arc given out concerning crops of for mer years. These figures show that up to this date in 1904 the product of the gins had reuclied a total of 0,417,894 bales, out of a total of 18,098,279 bales for the year. In 1908, the total produc tion was 10,045,015 bales, and the ginning output up to October 25 was 8,700,248; in 1902 the total was 10,827,108, and the amount to October 25 was 5,508,000. To day’s report covered 20,804 gin neries, and the statements upon which it was prepared were sup plied by telegraph by 702 special agents in the field, most of them representing one county each. The ginners’ product for the. present year to date by states fol lows: Htates— Alabama Arkansas Florida < Jeorgia Indian Territory Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Missouri North Garolina Oklahoma South Garolina Tennessee Texas Virginia Bales— 041,188 117,511 88,007 1,058,107 79,222 177 141,780 811,472 8,575 825,298 95,280 t 089,974 * 08,025 1,417,450 74,051 lent steamship and railroad con- the year round for the acoommoda- nections, a sportsman’s paradise, I tion of the thousands who visit embowered in flowers, surrounded ! the place. The electricity is gen- by healthful ocean and mountain ; crated by mountain streams, which scenery, commercially prosperous! have been harnessed and put to and ripe with opportunity—with use in the manner we have so often these Santa Gruz is the ideal of the j urged for the murmuring Ghatto- pleasure seeker, the searcher after | hoochee anil which now seems soon health, or the home builder. Of all the points of sightseeing none dispensed more genuine hospital ity, and no where did the editors enjoy a finer season of recreative pleasures or enjoy soulful enter tainment in deeper appreciation. to be happily realized. The city’s water for sprinkling purposes is pumped from the ocean by a giant moter, a local invention, which runs by the action of the waves. The outlying scenery is grand, and whether the visitor spends a day A day and night there and amid lor a month or a yeaf in the Santa the city’s scenic environs, like 1 Cruz region, it will be found that a delightful dream, will always oc- 'the ends of sightseeing and joyous cupy a happy place in the memory outings are limitless and ever and hearts of the four hundred j available. editors who were the delighted i The big trees are near Santa guests of the city of the holy cross. Cruz, but of the drive out among The beach is beautiful beyond j them we must write in next article, description and the pavilion audj P. T. McCutchen. her sister, Mrs. W. T. Stevens. Miss Mae Thomas, of Banning, visited friends in the city last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Boone, of Sargent, visited their daughter, Mrs. W. T. Strickland, Saturday night, returning home Sunday af ternoon. Miss Mary Kate Tinney has re turned home after spending several 1 weeks with relatives in Goweta. Mr. G. I. Latimer, of Gross Plains, visited his daughter, Mrs. W. T. Stevens, here Sunday. Mrs. J. F. Growell and children, who have been spending some time with her sister here, returned to their home this week, at Meigs, Ga. Mrs. G.W. Moore and her neice, Miss Acklen, of Carrollton, spent Saturday and Sunday at the home ,of Mrs. Moore near town. Mrs. Dodson The rise in cotton makes the farmer feel better and the hope of higher prices keeps him in pretty good spirits. Little Miss Mary Palmer enter tained a few of her friends at a birthday party last Saturday. We are glad to learn that Miss Annie Newton, who has been quite sick with fever, is on the road to recovery. Miss J>. Palmer has returned from Monroe College, where she has been in school since September. Rev. Mr. Chastain, of College Park, filled the pulpit at Liberty Sunday. On the first Sunday night in November Rev. A. A. Moore, former pastor of Liberty church, will preach here. Let everybody come who knows this good man and show him your ap preciation. Notice to Confederate Veterans. Woman’s HomeCompunion In the Woman’s Home Com panion for November the Japanese Minister sends a Thanksgiving greeting to the women of America; ‘‘Shall Our Boys Play Footbal.lt” is discussed from opposite stand points by President Eliot, of Har vard, and Coach Sand ford, of the Yale Eleven, and “Around the World with Alice Rsosevelt,” il lustrated with photographs, de scribes the delightful experience of an American girl. Included in the list of fiction are “The Battle of Roncessalles,” a story of boy life, “That Other Girl,” “The Heart Bowed Down,” “The Clear ing of Polly Jump’s Vision,” “The Baby’s Grandfather,” and u third installment of the interesting ser ial, “The Silver Pin.” Published by the Crowell Publishing Com pany, Springfield, Ohio; one dol lar a year; ten cents a copy. Gave Roosevelt the Masonic i Grip. Coweta Camp, No. llfil, United Confederate Veterans, is called to meet on the first Tuesday in No vember for the purpose of electing delegates to the reunion in Macon, Nov. 9th and 10th. This is a mat ter of importance, and all mem- liers of the Camp are urged to at tend this meeting. J. B. Goodwyn, Commander. J. L. Brown, Adjutant. Ordinary John R. Wilkinson re* turned Saturday from Washing* ton, where he attended the bien nial session of the Supreme Coun* cil of the Scottish Rite Masons, During the visit he was with a Committee that called on President Roosevelt and gave him the grip. President Roosevelt is a Mason of high standing. Ordinary Wilkinson, who is on© of Georgia’s four thirty-third de- J. T. Holmes, Real Estate and I gree Masons, was the special dep* Renting Agent. Office over First uty from this State.—Atlanta National Bank. News.