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Dress Goods, Silks, Velvets.
The Infest stylos nn: found at t hin store in everything ]>*>r-
tnining to Indies’ apparel ; but wo want your attention on
our strong lino of dress goods, which in I ho largest ami most
up-todalo within (his market, and all fresh and bright.
j NEXT WEEK {
\\' ( will show some special grades of all wool Henriettas in
go ' ns, reds, castors and blacks at unusually low figures,and
trimmings to match each shade, whether it
or velvets.
braids, silks
Broadcloths.
New lot just in—garnets, greens and grays—prices, 85c, *1
and 1*1,25 per yard. See our hlaci: cloth at 1*1.75 and $2.00
per yard.
Silks, Silks.
Ten shades of yard wide changeablo and solid shades of taf
fetas al per yard, #1.00; twelve shades of striped taffetas,
chiffon finish, one yard wide at #1 25 a yard. See the new
Alice blue, Reseda and Myrtle greens und garnet just opened.
Velvets and Velveteens.
the greater part of its population
being in the city of Athens.
In the apportionment 55 coun
ties ate given upwards of $10,000
■ each. Home of the largest sums
! apportioned are as follows; Bibb
| county, $87,960.12; Carroll, $20,-
900.88; Chatum, $40,985.90; Meri
wether, $21,842.12; Richmond,
$4.2.5.85.80; Washington, $28,-
i 252.78.
Coweta county gets $15,5.29.64
in the apportionment; and the
I City of Newnan gets $2,807.20;'
making the t<ilal sum, $18,290.84.
j Hchool funds of counties adjoin
ing Coweta are its follows: Camp-
Iboll, $8,198.90; Fayette, $7,209.18;
! Meriwether, $21,842.12; Troup,
$15,475.90; Heard, $8,111.82; Car-
| roll, $20,906.28.
Newnan is thirteenth among the
cities of the State in the si/.e of its
J school fund. The small cities in
| the State that outrank Newnan in
this respect, and their apportion-
1 tnent of the fund, are as follows:
A me ricus, $4,670.22; Bain bridge,
$2,881.40; (lainesville, $2,750.08;
(Irifliu, $4,012.80; bad range, 3,-
982.50; M a r i e 11 a,
S'lteiftalChristmas at the Big furniture Store
Mrs. A. H. Nuniially was in Atlanta
Monday and Tuesday.
Mrs. H. L. Favor nnd Miss KateFaver
were in Atlanta last Tuesday.
Miss Dorothy Bnrpeo lias recovered
from an illness lasting several days.
Mrs. Fannie Brook, of Hogansville,
sjieiit Monday with Mrs. Loui Close.
Miss Emmie Young Conyers is at
home from Palmetto to spend the holi
days.
The Big Furniture Store is tilled
Mr. J. W. Wilooxon is able to be out
again, after a severe illness lasting two as well as appropriate ami artistic.
weeks.
Cnpt. Habersham King tins returned
from n business trip to various cities 111
Tennessee.
Mr. P. T. MoCntohen is spending the
week in Frankliu looking after bis news
paper there.
Hon. A. C. Ware, of Heard County,
was mingling witli friends in Newnan
last Saturday.
Mr. G. R. Bradley was in Atlnntn
Saturday night to see the play "The
Shepherd King.”
$2,080,80; | Mr. Allers Hertel lias been in Balti-
with useful and appropriate Christ
mas presents. A stock of furni
ture ami house furnishings as com
plete as ours affords a wide range
of articles from which to select
gifts for old and young and people
of all other ages. Something suit-’
able for any member of the family,
or any friend, may be obtained i
here at a reasonable price; and any
article purchased will have the
added distinction of being useful,
Come and see our stock and note
how many acceptable Christmas gifts are to be found in this vast ar
ray of merchandise.
Thomasville, $8,032.42; Wayoross,
$2,949.44.
If the limits of Newnan were ex .
tended to include a large number
of people who ought to be in tin-
city, and who for till practical
purposes of life are really a part of
the city, Ncwnan’s school fund
would 1»- seventh’or eighth in size
All tlm phpblnr shades of velvets at $1.00 a yard. Velveteen
for suits or waists, 24 inches wide at 50c a yard,
WE SELL
Gold Medal black goods, Krippendorf-Dittman shoes, Amer
ican Lady corsets, Ruttonek patterns.
POTTS 6 PARKS
Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Notions, Shoes
The Newnan News
Issued Every Friday.
J. T. FAIN, Editor and Publisher
SUBSCRIPTION RATE. $1.00 PER YEAR.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF COWETA COUNTY.
’Phono No. 20.
OFFICE UP STAIRS IN THE WILCOXON BLO B
POLITICAL ARGUMENT(P>
& (hr tUc list of twenty-live rep-
v rcsentutivo citizens to provide
ways and means for the great At
on the committee the News dqcs
not know. Neither does it know
why five hundred other prominent
citizens of Atlanta were not platted
on a committee composed of only
twenty-five citizens; and the Grif
fin News und Sun and the Colum
bus Knquiret-Snn are equally as
w ise and well informed in regard
to these matters us the News.
'Phis is not a matter of grave im
darj-ollton last Saturday, nfter spending
in the State, .instead of thirteenth. Home time horn with relntivos.
This is a fact onr citizens may " .....
store away for future reference, in
case they are again called upon to
vote on the question qf extending
the city’s limits'.
COTTON 6R0WER8 ARE ON TOP.
The cotton growers of the South
are masters, at last, of the problem
more tin- pnst week, where lie was call
ed by business matters.
Miss Etta Oonkle lias returned to At
lanta, after spending severnl months
here engaged in business.
Mrs. Barrow and little Kntherine Her
tel were in Atlauta several days, recent
ly, with MiBs Groce Barrow,
•• Miss Mary Lon Holmes returned to
DEPOT 8T.
E. O. REESE,
NEWNAN, 6A.
Newnan Marble Works,
J. E. ZACHARY, Proprietor.
All
Manufacturer and Dealer in ‘
Kinds Marble and Granite „ *
Georgia Marble a Specialty.
All work guaranteed to be First Class in every particular.
Parties needing any thing.in our line are requested to call,
examine work, and get prices.
Hugh W. Orr and family have re
turned to Washington City, after a
pleasant stay with relatives and friends
in Nowunn.
Philip Orr and Miss Benetta Orr, who
came' homo to attend the Orr-Wyim
wedding, bnvo returned to Uox College
and Mercer University.
Miss Mary Lo\nsu Smith, daughter of
Mr., and Mrs. $. O.- Smith, will arrive
from Now York next Sunday and will
of marketing, tlmir product, be with her parents in this city
junta nee, however; und the News
calls attention to it merely ms an masters of the problem of cotton
While nil are not banded together
in the’Southern Cotton Associa
tion, enough farmers and business
men to effectually control the cot
ton situation are identified with
this great organization. At last,
it is evident to all that Southern
farmers Can practically nx the
price of cpttou, regardless of tlje
efforts of bear speculators and
estimators. .. ■ *
Business men in other lines
years ago saw that this thing could
lu- accomplished by organization
and concerted efforts of Southern
farmers. The farmers were slow
to see through the problem; but
now they realize that control of
the situation is in their hands and
that, in a large measure, they are
E. E. Davis and family lmvo removed
from this city to Roopville, Carroll
county. Mr. Davis was a good citizen
and Newuau is sorry to loso him.
Dr. T. S. Bailey and Mr, W. H. llutt-
aker went up to Atlauta.Saturday to see
the performance of “The Shepherd
King.” They roinaincii in that city uutil
Monday.
.. Miss W.iUie Luoilo Dobbins, a young
lady of Atlanta, who resided in Newinui
several years ago, will be married on
OFFICE AND WORKS NEAR R. R. JUNCT’N.
NEWNAN, GA.
DR.T. B. DAVI8,
licHidcnuu 'Phone 6-three calls.’
DR. W. A. TURNER, *
Residence 'Phono
DAVIS & TURNER SANATORIUM;
Corner College and Hancock Sts.,
NEWNAN, - - - GEORGIA.
illustration of the luminous and
enlightening discussions of politics
and politicians which are freqnent-
lanta exposition in 1910, ('lark j jy indulged in by certain newspa-
IIowell’s name appears fourth,'
while Hoke Smith's dues not ap
pear at all. That is the way they
stand in Atlanta, where they are
liest known.—Griflin News iS: Sun.
pern.
APPORTIONMENT OF SCHOOL FUND.
production and marketing.
In its issue of Jan. 11, 1905, the
News, editorially, endorsed the
organization of the Coweta County
Cotton Growers’ Association, and
prophesied the result of a determ
ined and concerted effort to hold
cotton and reduce the acreage.
This was before the New Orleans
High, central and quiet location.
All surgical and medical cases taken, except'
contagious diseases.
Trained nurse constantly in attendance.
Rates $5.00 per day:
Private office in building. ’Phone 5 two calls.
Davis & Turner Sanatorium.
The alKive paragraph is a fair i With the exception of the new
sample of the rot many Georgia; counties and those old counties convention was held and the
newspaiH-rs dish up for their from which portions were taken to Southern Cotton Growers Associa-
readers—under the delusion, pos- j form the new ones, the apportion- tion organized. The original cot-
sibly, that they are indulging in I meut of the common school fund j ton growers’ association in this
di8Cussiou of political issues or the | for 1900 has Ihhmi completed by j county was an independent or-
quuliflotttionK and litness ol can
didates for oflice.
The News confesses it was sur
prised to liud this paragraph in
State School Commissioner W. 11.! ganization; and. after the New
Merritt. j Orleans convention it become a
The reason no apportionment' county branch of the Southern
lias yet been made to the new, Association.
the Columbus Enquirer Sun and • counties and to the
old counties;
credited to the Grillin News and
Sun. It is not to the credit of
these daily papers that they allow
such arrant nonsense to appear in
their columns, even in small con
signments.
The News knows not whether
Clark Howell or Hoke Smith is the
more popular citizen of Atlanta,
it has never eared enough about
the matter to attempt to solve this
weighty problem. However, the
News does know (as every other
newspaper and intelligent citizen
of the State knows) that Clark
Howell was named on that com
mittee of twenty-live simply l>e-
cause he is editor of the Constitu
tion. J. It. Gray, editor of the
Journal, and John Temple Graves,
editor of the News, are both mem
bers of the committee. In other
words, the editors of all the At
lanta dailies were wisely given
places on the committee.
"Why Hoke Smith was not placed
Thus early the News saw that
from which they were formed, is j this movement, if persistently,
that no definite and final agree- consistently and unanimously fol-
ments have yet been reached : lowed up by the Southern farmers,
among the counties so effected, as would enable them to so plan the
to the school population in the new 1 size of the crop and so market
counties and the old ones. The their product as to obtain reason-
school fund apportionment is made able prices for it, and relieve the
wholly on a basis of school popula- cotton growers from their helpless
tion taken from the last school bondage in the grasp of specula-
eensus. As no school census has tors,
been taken since the formation of In a large measure, the things
the new counties, it will lie neces- predicted by the News have come
sary for the new counties and the to pass. The Cotton Growers’
old ones affected, which are about Association is a success; and the
twenty in number, to get together cotton growers are on top.
and agree upon a proper division The News is gratified to know
of this school population, to stand that the Coweta Branch of this
until the next census can betaken, splendid organization of cotton
Fulton county and Atlanta arc farmers is to be directed next year
the largest beneficiaries of the by the same . conservative; zealous,
school fund; the city and county broad-minded men who were its
being entitled to $85,322.50. first set of officers. Messrs. Brau-
Clarke county will receive the non. McGee and Carpenter have
Dec. 21st. to Mr." Charles C. Willis of
that oity.
Mr. A. W. Arnall lias recovered from
his recent severe illness, He 1ms remov
ed with his family from Sargent to this
city and is residing in the bogie recently
purchased.
New subscribers arc ooining to the
News right along during these busy
holidays; and tlio most satisfactory
feature of the matter is that they all pay
cash in advance.
Mr. K. W. Mattox, of Toooai, Florida,
has completed a private telephone line
from that place to Jacksouville, a dis
tance of 60 miles, and can now converse
with his Newnan friends from his own
home.
J. H. Widner has moved his stock of
groceries from Groeneville Street to the
Goodrum building on Bay Street and
now ocoupies the room formerly used
by the Newnan bakery, whioh has sus
pended business. J. W. Taylor, who
was associated with A. H. Hugliie in
conducting the bakery, is now with C.
P, Stephens & Co.
Mrs. F. P. Johnston and sou, Philip,
were called to Rockmart last Sunday by
the death of Edward W. Johnston, Mrs.
Johnston’s nephew. The young man
died Saturday afternoon,of tuberculosis,
at the age of 26 years. He was a sou of
Rev. R. R. Johnston, a retired Method
ist minister, a brother of Prof. F. P.
Johnston of this city.
At the First Baptist church next Sun
day morning Dr. Nunually will ask the
solemn question, “Suppose the Lord
Should Call for You?” At night his
address will be largely for young people
and the pertinent iuquiry of the hour
will be, “Is the \"oung Man Safe?”
The public cordially invited, and a
warm welcome awaits the strauger.
Merck & Dent.
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A Regular Smash-up
points a straight finger to
this place, for the very
good reason that here un
wheeled, generally bat
tered up vehicles can get
back to business at small
cost. One word and that
is the end of it: We do
carriage repairing and
charge you only just
what’s right.
smallest sum of any county in the
State—only $1,347.38." Clarke IS
been optUusiastic and efficient in
all the retails of their work, and
one of the State’s smallest counties; j have made personal sacrifices of
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BUGGY BUILDERS'
Legal Blanks
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A stock of all kinds of Legal Blanks will be
found at the NEWS OFFICE. The stock in
cludes Notes, Mortgages, Deeds, Bonds and
all blanks used by business men, as well as
those used only by justices, constables and
attorneys.
All.of these blanks are regular in form, and
the’paper and printing are exceptionally good.
Inlfact, Ino blanks printed in the State look
business interests and demands to
serve this great cause. Coweta
farmers should appreciate the ef
forts of these unselfish citizens; j
ami, to a man, should rally to better or will give the users better satifaction.
their assistance and co-operate;
Prices are the same as other printers
with them in every possible way
in helping to make the Coweta
Division one of the most alert,
strongest and most effective county
divisions in the entire South.
Citizens of Coweta, let us be
faithful in the discharge of our
whole duty to the Southern Cotton
Association, in order that South
ern farmers may remain on top!
charge for blanks.
THE NEWS solicits business in this line;
itad guarantees that users of these blanks will
be entirely pleased with them.
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