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NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3. 1905.
NO. 30
Trade With the Live Merchants Who Advertise in THE NEWS Constantly!
Whitesburg.
Mr. Charlie Bledsoe of Carroll
ton is the new depot agent at
Whitesburg. lie came last week
and now has full charge of all the
work of the office. He has many
friends in the city.
Mr. Steed of Newnan is superin
tending the work of putting up the
new machinery at Jones Mill near
town.
Mr. Harry Love visited New
nan one day last week.
We are glad to learn of the im
provement of Mrs. Tom Moore,
who has been seriously ill several
days.
Messrs. C. 1’. Buyers and Ollie
Camp made business trips to New
nan last week.
Mr. C. S. Kelley went up to
Carrollton Friday.
Mr. W. T. Strickland made a
business trip to Newnan last week.
Miss Emmie Terry Snead who
is governess at the home of Mr.
Joseph Hutcheson, is spending the
w.eek at her home in Newnan.
Mr. Joseph Hutcheson and fam
ily left Saturday to visit relatives
near Turin. Mrs. Hutcheson and
children will spend a week or two
away from home, but Mr. Hutche
son returned home Tuesday.
Mr. Ned Caveiuler, of Sargent,
was in our town for a short while
Saturday.
Mr. W. T. Herring of Banning
was in the city last Saturday.
Mr. Preston Beall, one of the
students at Hutcheson College left
for his home in Paulding county
Saturday, and will spend a few
days with his parents.
■ Mr. Walter Brown, of Madras,
entered school here Monday.
Several new pupils were added
to the enrollment of Hutcheson
College this week.
Mrs. Addie Taylor and children
of Pratt City, Ala., are spending
several days with relatives near
the city.
Mrs. W. L. McLeod, of Carroll
ton, visited her son Rev. J. W.
McLeod,in the city last Sunday.
Miss Leo Chappell, accompani
ed by her brother, Pierce, visited
relatives in the city Saturday even
ing and Sunday.
Messrs. Tyre and Bob Jones,
went up to Atlanta Saturday even
ing, returning Sunday.
Miss Mattie Copeland went up
to Carrollton Saturday and will
spend some time with relatives in
that city.
Misses Ona Cavender and Lena
Askew, of Newnan, came over
Saturday evening on a visit to rela
tives. They returned home Mon
day.
Mr. J. A. Hutchinson, of Har
alson, Coweta, visited friends here
last Sunday and Monday. Jim
formerly went to school at Whites
burg, where he has many friends
who are always glad to see him.
The following Masons from
Whitesburg are in attendance at
the State Masonic meeting at Ma
con this week: M. D. Watkins,
T. W. Camp, Dr. G. W. Burnett
and Ben (’amp.
A very enjoyable entertainment
was given at the home of Mr. C.
A. Duncan Friday night.
Misses Estey Askew and Clyde
Almon entertained at the home of
Miss Askew, their visitors, Misses
Ona Cavender and Lena Askew,
last Saturday evening. The invit
ed guests were: Misses Lizzie and
Myrtie Stevens, Mary W atkins,
Ruth Almon, Bessie Key, Lizzie
Maude Blalock, Mary Hodnett,
Miss Leo Chappell, of Newnan,
Misses Ona Cavender and Lena
Askew of Newnan; J. A. Kelly, of
Macon, J. A. Hutcheson, of Har
alson, Henry Lipscomb, Henry
Stevens, J. M. Watkins, Ben Kel
ley, C. S. Kelley, Ollie Camp,
Ernest McWhorter,of Whitesburg,
Pierce Chappell, of Newnan.
We are indeed sorry to chroni
cle the very sad death of Mrs. J.
W. Duncan, which occurred at
her home in the northern part of
town Monday morning. She had
been ill for little more than two
weeks. Her death was a pecul
iarly sad one, as she left a little
babe only a few weeks old, besides
<> small children and husband to
mourn her loss. She was about
Hi) years of age and much loved
and respected by a large circle of
friends. Mrs. Duncan was a
thoughtful and consistent neigh
bor, a kind and true friend, a
most faithful and patient wife and
mother. Her unselfish and gen
erous deeds of love and kindness
to her friends and acquaintances
will long linger in the minds of
those who loved her. In her death
the grief stricken husband and
lonely, motherless children have
lost their dearest and best friend.
May her life and example ever be
a guardian angel and a guiding
star to each of them in leading the
way to a higher and better life
here and hereafter. Our deepest
sympathy goes out to the heart
broken family in this, their sad
dest hour.
Milltown.
Cigar Factory Notes.
Geo. Gidish and Levio Torres,
accompanied by Miss Alfa Atta-
way, will spend Sunday in Grant-
ville.
Arthur Ancranez leaves Satur
day to spend Sunday in Atlanta.
Sam Patterson, Frank Memlis,
Mr. Cunito, Tom Wilcox, J. P.
Oswald, Lee Hunt and Harvey
Lane expect to visit LaGrange
next Monday,
James Cox and W. J. Adams
are doing the packing' for D.
Manget & Co.
The stripping department is im
proving wonderfully under the
direction of Mrs. Shapiro.
Mr. and Mrs. Lanier contem
plate visiting Tampa during this
month.
C. J. Raymond is now living at
B. A. Reese’s home. James Cox
is also stopping at the same place.
The following new faces can be
seen in the factory at work: Mr.
Mrs.J. J. Hendrix is still con-
lined to her bed.
W. T. Timbs, who once resided
here, but lived in Palmetto for
several years, has moved back and
occupies the house vacated by
Mrs. Weir.
Mrs. Hudson South and children
came down from Atlanta Tuesday
to spend a few days with her mo
ther, Mrs. Nancy Owens.
Bro. Alonzo Lewis, of Griffin, is
spending a few days with Bro^
John B. Goins.
Miss Belle Goins, who was so
very sick at our last writing, is
able to be out again.
The infant of boy of Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Parker was real sick
with jaundice the early part of the
week.
Bettie Lou Sfciith, who was con
fined to her bed with typhoid
fever for two or three weeks, is
able to sit up.
Henry Reynolds has moved from
here.
Mrs. W. H. Dewberry had an
other spell of heart failure .Satur
day night, but was doing very
well when last heard from.
Mrs. J. T. Freeman has l>een
confined to her room for several
days.
Mrs. Frank Barton has l*een
real sick again.
Jesse Wood, from Randolph
county, has a position in the mill
and is boarding with Mrs. I. C.
McGebee.
Joe Goins has returned from
Covington, where he spent several
days with his sister, Mrs. T. W.
Mattox.
The time for mayor’s election is
getting close on us, and it is high
time the temperance people of the
town were waking up and stirring
things. If there is a man in New
nan who will go to work and rout
the “blind tigers,” let’s run him
for mayor and get rid of the hate
ful things.
The writer can’t see any differ
ence in licensed saloons and “blind
tigers” that are winked at and
patronized by “pillars of the
church.” Now we’re not taking
|*up for whiskey, but would like if
to be the man who got rich off of
those poor wretched creatures.
They will both go to hell ( unless a
change takes place) and if there
are any degrees there of warmth,
it will not take any figuring to see
which will get the warmest recep
tion. The devil’s idea of a good
time is fire; and as the whiskey
men are his best agents, he will be
sure to pay them off in the best
he's got in his shop.
We are glad our editor is a tem
perance man, and not afraid of
hurting somebody’s feelings by
publishing our little articles on
temperance. O that all the men
of this town would go to work to
drive out all the blind tigers and
every other evil that is doing so
much to drag our young men and
women down to disgrace and
shame.
I^ead This Announcement.
Mary Harris Armour, of Eastman;
Honorary President, Mrs. Jennie
Mart Sibley, of Union Point; Vice
President, Mrs. Thomas E. Patter
son, of Griffin; according Secre
tary, Mrs. Robert V. Hardeman,
We are the Loyal Temperance
Legion of Newnan, and our aim is
to,do all we can against whiskey
and all strong drinks. Our lady |
manager informed us last Friday Macon; Assistant Recorder,
evening that the mayor’s election Miss Theresa Griffin, of Colum
would come off in December. And |,ns; (’orrespondingSecretary,Mrs.
we pledged ourselves to do all we I Milton II. Edwards, of Eastman;
can for the man who is against j Treasurer, Mrs. (’. II. Smith, of
whiskey. We want to see the can I Ellaville.
didates, as soon as we find on) who j At the close of the last meeting,
they are, and see il they are against tl number of instructive addresses
whiskey. j were delivered, that by Mrs. Nell
We are going to judge whether j ( j, n urgm . being particularly in
these men are for temperance or | teresting. The meeting will be
PRESIDENT JOHNSON TO THE FARMERS.
and Mrs. Hussey, ol Bowersville; i p 0SS ible, ^ knock the heads out of
Paul Rittinjer, of Atlanta, Ga.;| every barrel iM the State. It’s a
Win. Dair, of Nashville, Tenn.; | diHgrace to any town to have sa
Lee Hunt, of Fort Wayne, Ltd.
Miss Alfa Attaway will sever
her connection with the stripping
department on next Saturday, to
the regret of many friends.
Clarence Jackson has been pro
moted by the foreman of the.strip-
ping department.
loons, but not as bad as to pretend
to be a dry town and every day
facts prove it to be a lie. There is
something wrong. A fool can see
that under the present laws pro
hibition can never be a success.
A town had just as well have
licensed saloons as to let the ex
press companies get rich hauling
the stuff' in. It should be against
111 - j the law to ship it in any form, and
Bailiff' J. H. Bailey, of Turin,! license should be so high that it
went down to Vienna this week to would skin a whiskey man to get
get a negro wanted in this county. I them. And then if a poor,, weak
Upon arrival he found the negro | minded fellow gets drunk (for all
in custody was not the one wanted j drinking men are weak minded;
here. Buck Williams, who killed God pity them) and curses out
Reuben Reed, in the ’2nd district | the town, the man who sold him
in April, 1897, was the negro the poison stuff' and roblied him
Negroes in Trouble.
wanted.
Andrew Barnett, charged with
killing Alex Weaver on Mr. Ben
Redwine’s place about three weeks
ago, was captured at Tallapoosa,
returned to this place and was put
on trial Tuesday before Justice A.
H. Bohannon. He was cleared of
the charge. Bunch McKeaver,
another negro implicated in this
murder, is still at large.
Doc Rosser, a Moreland negro,
was tried before Judge A. D. Free
man last Wednesday,on the charge
of selling liquor. He wa3 conviet-
of his reason, is the one who
should pay the costs. And if the
poor fellow drinks on and runs
through with everything he had,
the one who brought him so low
should be compelled to support his
wife and children. A town is in
a pitiable condition that will allow
“blind tigers” to stay in it all the
time and everybody knowing it.
Yet nobody can And out where
they are. That’s too thin. They
are just saying to the tiger men:
“Get all the folks you can into
trouble and we’ll pull them for all
President M. L. Johnson, of
the Georgia division, Southern
Cotton Association, has written a
strong letter to euch county presi
dent in Georgia urging them to
keep up the good work of the as
sociation.
Mr. Johnson calls attention to
the victory that has crowned the
efforts of tiie association. He asks
that the biggest rally of the ycur
be held on the first Tuesday in
NoVemlier and urges the cotton
growers to stand together. The
letter in full follows:
“Cass Station, Ga., October 25,
1600.
Dear Sir: We are unquestion
ably winning. It is the other
fellow who is now faciifg a condi
tion and not a theory. Thespecu
lative, spinning and consuming
worl<{ is facing the condition of the
cotton producers—sitting steady—
holding cotton—fixing the price,
and not selling for less.
Let not one falter. It is a com
mon cause, identical interests and
whipping the same enemy,
“Every bale of cotton held has
enhanced the value of that sold
Therefore in the fight not a bale
should sell, unless it be absolute
distress. Yet such need not be,
every county in Georgia can take
care of every bale therein.
“Be not fooled by misleading
statements. Read between the
lines. Is really the frost scare
making cotton advance? Possibly,
to some extent. The real cause,
the main cause, is the farmers
holding, and they say it is the
frost because they do not want
you to know that you are doing
it. I tell you that it is you, and
1 want you to realize your power!
and know the* weight of your ac
tion.
“Therefore, in view of the facts
and the approaching first Tuesday
in November—I most earnestly
urge you to rally your people on
this regular meeting day and more
thoroughly organize increase your
membership— provide for taking
care of distress cotton in your
county and procure as near un
animity as possible.
“Beyond a doubt the time
is at hand for their effort.
Let us press our advantage to its
utmost ami future victories will lie
more easily won. Yours for anoth
er victory,
“M. L. Johnson,
“Pres. Ga. Div. H. C. A.”
not by the crowd that works for
them. Dear friends, lie very care
ful who you vote for, and be sure
he is a temperance man; for we lit
tle folks who are growing up
would like lo have good examples
to go by. Remember, boys make
men, and the boys of Newnan will
some day help to make the laws of
Georgia. The kind of mun they
make will depend a good deal on
the kind of leaders they have.
We are sure that some of you
older people think we are a weak
little set, and so we are; but with
our mother, the Woman’s Chris-
tian Temperance Union, to hack
us, we’ll make you open your eyes
some day. We’ll rise up, and
down alcohol.
Our Legion was represented at
the Woman's Gonvention by our
lady manager, Mrs. R. J. Barnett,
and Mrs. <’. IL Hollis, assistant
manager; and we were highly rec
ommended by a lady who visited
us last summer.
We are few in number, and
small in stature, but we will count
some day. We will ask the citi
zens of Newnan to help us all they
can to save our town from the
drink curse by living good, honest,
temperance lives. Young as we
are, we have learned that many
homes in our land have been ruin
ed by strong drink. We little
folks don’t want whiskey to lie
where we will ever see it when we
get grown.
Perhaps there are lots of folks
who don’t know what our pledge
is. it is this: God helping me, I
promise not to buy, drink, sell or
give alcoholic liquors while I live;
from all tobacco i’ll abstain, and
never take God’s name in vain.
Our salute: My head, my heart,
held next in LaG range in HiOtL
W. C. T. II.
Meeting of Grand Lodge.
At the meeting of Grand Lodge
of Georgia Masons, held in Macon
this week, all officers of the Grand
Lodge were re-elected, including
Grand Master Max Meyerhardt,
of Rome, who was re-elected for
the sixth time.
One of the most active meniliers
of the Grand Lodge is Dr. J. W.
Taylor, of Lutliersville, who was
named as chairman of the tinanco
committee by the Grand Master.
Messrs. J. J. Keith and P. T.
McCutchen represented the Ma
sonic Lodge of Newnan and Prof.
H. II. Hopple the lodge at Senoia,
in the Grand Lodge.
Accidents In Creeneville.
Greeneville, Ga., October 31.—-
R. J. Atkinson, while in his barn
feeding his horse, fell and broke
his arm Biinday night.
A few hours later It. C. Strozior,
who resides just across the street
from Mr. Atkinson, met with a
similar accident, breaking his arm
while descending the steps of his
home.
It was at Mr. Atkinson’s home
that Mrs. Atkinson, mother of ex-
Governor W. Y. Atkinson and R.
J. Atkinson, fell recently and suf
fered injuries thut eventually cost
tier life.
Going to View the West.
A party of' Haralson and Senoia
people leave next Monday for a
trip to Oklahoma, Indian Terri
tory and other western States. The
and this right hand, for God and j party will be composed of Mr. and
home and every land. ; Mi*h. W. O. Herndon, Mr. and
Onr motto: Tremble, knave al
cohol—we shall grow up.
The Loyal Temperance Legion.
Commissioners’ Meeting.
Much business was transacted
by the Gounty Gommissioners at
regular monthly meeting last Wed- j
nesday. Henry Bailey and Gerti
Brewster, negro road defaulters of
Mrs. J. J. Hunter, Messrs. It. B.
Perkins, J. W. Galdwell, B. G.
Bwygert, L. O. Hutcheson, Wal
ter A mail, Lon Gray and R. N.
(iwens.
Newnan's Bank Deposits.
ed and was given $250, or 12 J they’re worth and not hold you
months in the gang. | responsible for anything that hap-
Harry Mitchell, wanted here for' pens.” The man who drinks and
burglary and indicted two years
ago, was this week captured in
Meriwether county, after having
been away from Coweta for two
years.
his family are the sufferers, while
the real culprit goes free. It is
wrong. We had rather stand lie-
fore our Saviour on judgment day
a poor, miserable drunkard than
Wanted.
For new South Newnan public
school, expert (lady) first grade
teacher. Salary $50 per month.
One second and one third grade
teacher. Salary $40 per mouth.
Examination in common school
branches at high school building,
Saturday, November 18th. Ad
dress B. F. Picket, Supt.; J. J.
iGoodruin, Secty., Newnan, Ga.
The News is informed that New-
nan’s bank deposits (three banks;
the 7th district, were given $0 and j will total more than $500,000 at
costs’ or 90 days and $3.50 and this time. And they are increas-
costs or 30 days, respectively. I • money is being steadily
(’apt. S. S. Nash was re-elected pil«d up in the bank vaults. The
superintendent of the ehaingang deposits are probably larger by
for 1900. 11 is report showed total
cost of the gang for October was
are
than
at this time last
$528.25.
The Gommissioners employed
Alonzo Richardson, an expert ac- j
constant of Atlanta, to make an j
examination of the books of all
$150,000
year.
Deposits are, also, heuvy in the
banks at Beuoia, Grantville and
Turin. Prosperity if certainly
abroad in Goweta county. There
is money and lots of it in this
county officials. He will liegin his j favored section,
work within the next ten days.
Notice.
W. C. T. U. Convention.
The Newnan Ministerial Asso
ciation will meet on next Monday
at 9:30, a. an., at the annex of the
First Baptist Church. The subject
for discussion is, “Sermons on
The twenty-third annual session
of the Georgia Woman’s Ghristian
Temperance Union closed in
Americus Nov. 20. The many
visitors left for their homes next, Subject*!; or tor Objects.”
morning with happy recollections
of those days. Important work
was outlined and the Union begins
another year auspiciously.
At the Friday morning session
the annual election of officers re
sulted as follows: President, Mrs.
J. 8. Hardaway, 8ecty.
J. T. Holmes, Real Estate and
1 Renting Agent. Office over First
National Bank.
Dr. Anderson Dentist, Salbide
Building. tf