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I Watch Newnan Crow Che Newnan dfeekly JVews Watch Newnan Crow VOL. V NEWNAN, GA., FRIDAY. DECEMBER 29. 1905. NO. 38 The News oordially Wishes for its Readers a Happy and Prosperous New Year The Library. The Newnan Carnegie Library has issued 14,718 volumes of Fic tion and 1,212 volumes of Classed Literature, since its opening, June 1904—making a total circulation of 15,930 volumes. Twenty-live magazines and pa pers have attracted many readers to the spacious Reading Room. The last two issues of each periodi cal are reserved to promote per manent interest in the Reading Room; the other numbers are drawn by the borrowers; thus, in each home that so desires, there is an up-to-date connection with wisely selected and well varied periodicals. The extensive patronage of the Reference Section is particularly gratifying. The High School pu pils, with selected objects in view, are daily enrichiug their minds in this direction, and are creating habits of research that will prepare them for noble stations in, the fu ture. All honor to their progres sive instructors. The Reading Room has become a favorite retreat to many thought- , ful persons, and a complimentary number of young readers is a pleas “ig prophecy that the future will : Messed with able, mental leader- ip- ,\ndrew Carnegie had no such Tportuuities as he freely offers to bu,sands of boys and girls. In ght countries and in forty-seven ’ totes and territories of United States, this great philanthropist has, by means of 1,150 libraries placed the golden key of knowledge . within the reach of every ambitious child. Each one who avails him self of the proffered means may ' secure an heirship to man’s great- •fest wealth. The beneficence of this grand Scotchman knows no > bounds, and the success of his world-wide philanthropy, eternity ,alone can reveal. To be young, ambitious and fix- accompanied by the latter’s broth er, Frank Burks, are visiting rela tives and friends in Carrollton this week. ' Mra. Horton has decided not to move to Grantville. Guess she found that Newnan couldn’t be beat, and she had better let well enough alone. Mark Bryant is contemplating moving to. the country. Etl Stevens came up from Senoia last Saturday to spend the holi days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Stevens. Miss Ida Collins, who was so very sick at our last writing, is improving. Mrs. Tom Giles, from the coun try, is spending the week with her sister, Mrs. John Christian. » Rev. J. B. Goins has been real sick for several days. We are very thankful to say there has been very little drinking and misbehaviour of any kind in our community since the holidays set in. Gideon Brook aud Miss Maude Hudson were united in marriage last Sunday afternoon. The par ties ar&both well knowu and high ly esteemed by all, and we speak for the entire community in wish ing for them a long and useful life. Mr. and Mra. Boyd Stevens went to Whitesburg last Saturday morning to spend a few days with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Atterson visited relatives in Palmetto last Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mra. Francis Motes visited in Hogansville the early part of the week. Our Sunday school Christmas tree at the chapel proved quite a success last Saturday night. The house was crowded and every one present received a gift of some kind. Rev. J. T. Layton came up last Suuday and preached at 7 p. m. Owing to the lateness of the train he didu’t get here in time to Meetings of Cotton Asso* clatione. The Georgia Division of the Southern Cotton Association will meet in the state capitol, Atlanta, on Wednesday, January 3, at 10 o’clock a. m., for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year and transacting such other business of importance as may come before it. The meeting will be the most important one in the history of the Association. The railroads have named a rate of one and one-third fares, plus 25 cents, for the round trip, on ac count of this meeting. The meeting of the Southern Cotton Association in New Orleans, Jan. 11th, 12th and 13th, is ex pected to lie the largest and great est assembly of Southern farmers and business men ever held. Rep resentative men from every section of every Southern State will lie there, and a history-making meet ing is anticipated. The railroads have named a rate of one fare for the round trip for the New Orleans meeting. The Coweta County Division of the Association held an enthusi astic meeting last Saturday morn ing and elected as delegates to the New Orleans convention, thirty three of the county’s leading citi zens, as follows: Messrs. R. W. Freeman, J. C. Sewell, L. M. McGee, B. L. Red- wine, H. C. Fisher, G. A. Nun- nally, H. A. Hall, Lee Hand, M. H. Couch, W. B. Harris, W. A Brannon, T. M. Zellars, T. M. Lester, J. B. Sims, J. D. Sims, J T. Carpenter, W. L. Crowder, B. H. Dial, W. S. Copeland, A. W Arnall, Paul Smith, W. S, Mc Donald, J. H. Wynn, W. O.Hern don, L. M. Farmer, C. C. Parrott, B. T. Thompson, I. N. Orr, Sr., !. P. Bradley, A. R. Burdett, P. B. Murphey, R. D. Cole, Jr., .1. W Bowers. Dan Robinson was fined $30 for selling liquor. On the whole, the Christmas ses sion of police court was disappoint ing as to the size of the docket. It was an extremely orderly and quiet Christmas in Newnan—to such an extent, in fact, that the police force found ample time to devote to turkey dinners and other delightful incidents of the holidays. Odd Fellows’ Supper. The Odd Fellows of Newnan will have a supper next Monday night, on the occasion of the installation of officers elected at last meeting of the lodge. This is expected to be an occasion of great interest and pleasure for the brethren of the lodge. Officers of the lodge who Wjill l>e installed at that time are us fol lows: J. T. Williams, N. G.; O. L Byram, V. G.; John Kersey, Re cording Secretary; O. J. Barron, Financial Secretary; T. M. Good- rum, Treasurer; H. C. Glover, C A. Merck, W. S. Copeland, Trus tees. ed in a noble aim, is to answer the preach at eleven a. m purpose of man’s creation; it is to do a God-Rke task in the walls of Time. The Stadium of a well- selected Library should create and foster the mental and moral pow ders to secure life’s most enviable success. Let us influence the chil- . dreu to frequent the Reading Room, to read with purpose, to discuss the matter read at home, •and to write of it in school. Newnan is under lasting obliga tions to the sagacious syndicate ...who proposed and furthered ' the the project of the Library—an in stitution that uplifts our children, nobly affects the status of our privileged city and keeps our * rapidly increasing population in full touch with the progress of the "times. Mrs. D. B. Woodroof. We reproached ourself when we read the hearty wishes for a merry Christmas to the editor and all the readers of our delightful paper. But will say now that our heart is going out all the time in behalf of all, so we will wish for all a happy New Year. Five Released from Gang. Miiltown. The county chaingang, which had climbed up to the largest point in its history, lost five stal wart negroes yesterday, reducing its size from 42 to 37 convicts. They completed their terms of j servitude and were released by or der of the Prison Commission. | The negroes had been in the gang I since its organization under the I new law, having come from the coal mines in Dade county. They Misses Mattie Mathis aud Ruble; were 8 a,,d 5 y eai ; convicts ' Af * "Nall, from Whitesburg, visited J. E. Farmer’s family last Friday and (■Saturday, returning home Sunday ■ afternoon. Joseph McClure, of this place, " aud Miss Lula Jones, of Clem, were united in marriage last Sun day afternoon at the bride’s home. ' Misses Lucy and Sarah McClure attended the marriage. It was a uice, quiet affair. We wish for j them a happy New Year and long aud useful lives. Mr. and Mrs. William White are visiting the former’s parents at Banning. Mrs. J. E. Farmer, who was confined to her room at our last writing, has been very much worse, but is improving some. Mr. aud Mrs. Urdy are visiting relatives and friends in Carrollton this week. Little Grace Doss, from Clem, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Tom Ellis. Mr. and Mrs. Dink Nickelson, ter being released each one was supplied (asrequired bylaw; with a suit of citizens clothes and a railroad ticket to his home. The names of the negroes and counties they were sent up from are as fol lows: Isaac Avery and George Wright from McDuffie, William Hamby from Burke, Shep Willis from Screven, Jim Watson, from Fulton. Masonic Officers Elected. Persecution of the Jews. Thomaa a Milam. The wedding of Miss May I Thomas, of Little Rock, and Mr. James Cothran Milam, of Atlanta, occurred at the home of the bride’s parents in Little Rock Wednesday evening at 9 o’clock. After the ceremony the guests were enter tained at a large and brilliant re ception. Mr. and Mra. Milam will reside in Atlanta, at 319 Capitol A venue Mra. Milam is a grand daughter of the late .Joseph T. Kirby, of Newnan, and is related to some of this city’s most prominent people. She is well known and greatly ad mired here. Negroes Shoot and Kill. At a large communication Tues day evening Coweta Lodge No. 00, F. & A. M., elected officers for the ensuing year, and officers for the closing year submitted their re ports. The lodge made a most ex cellent showing, having done con siderablc work during the year and having contributed several hundred dollars to charity. Among the orders drawn up for the even ing of the annual communication was one for $100 as new year gift to the Masonic Home. The offi cers elected and installed for the ensuing year are as follows: B. T. Thompson, W. M.; E. H. Bowman, S. W.; B. C. Sanders, J. W.; G. L. Johnson, Treas.; E. I). Fouse, Secy.; W. S. Copeland, S. D.; C. J. Owens, J. D.; J. W. Owens, S. S., J. T. Williams, J. S.; V. A. Ham, Chaplain; F. E. Wadsworth, Organist. All the new officers were called upon, and responded in Masonic addresses, promising faithful attendance and the very best work they could do. It is a strong team and gives assurance that Coweta Lodge will fully main tain its standing among the best lodges of the state. Several negro shootings are re ported this week in the country districts. None were fatal, so far as known, and no arrests have been made. Monday evening a negro numed Will Thomas was killed at Con tractor Sullivan’s camp, alxmt six miles from town, on the Newnan and Greenville railroad. Thomas’ slayer was a negro named Arthur How significant the fact that the Jew is today the most oonspicuous nationality as martyrs the world has ever knowu. A few weeks ago Joseph Baromless, a socialist leader, proposed a “procession of piourners” to go alxnit the streets of New York City. So intense was the feeling that little Jewish mer chants closed their doors, and with their wives, children and clerks joined in the sad requiem. Four hundred policemen were required to head the procession. A little choir of 75 voices was swelled into a regiment of (100, headed by 150 musicians, with their mournful melody. Truly, u sad, strange, picturesque spectacle. When we consider that 750,000 Jews dwell within the limits of New York (twenty per cent of the entire population and fifty per cent of the entire Jewish popula< tion of United States) it is nothing strange that one million dollars was sent to Russia for the benefit of the survivors of Russian atroc ities; and there were one hundred thousand celebrants in the “pro cession of mourners.” And now the Atlanta Jews join in the pro test. The call bears the signature of Rabbi David Marx, and Joseph Hirsh, president of the congrega tion and reads as follows: “They breuk in pieces thy peo ple aud afflict thine heritage; they slay the widow and thu stranger, and . murder thu fatherless, aud therefore it is fitting that one und the same hour lie set aside by all the Jews of our country, as a pro test against these inhumanities, and that one and the same time, mourning services be held, in lov ing memory of the thousands of martyrs who have hallowed our faith.” How like prophecy all this reads, when that beautiful Virgin Queen, Esther, stood in the palace pleading for her people, said to the king—“For we are sold, I and my people to be destroyed, to be slain aud to perish.” But as God lives there will come a day when this persecuted people will have light and gladness, joy and honor. In the recent studies of Jewish history in connection with the Holiday school lessons, we are impressed with the fact how wonderfully this people has been kept apart from every other na- kept intact, notwith- all the maledictions upon them from every Mra. P. F. Cuttino and Miss Annie Cuttino Kelly, of Newnan, will spend the holidays with Mr. D. L. Adams and family.—West Point News. Miss Ruth Whatley, the efficient art teacher in our public schools, left Monday for her home at New nan, where she will spend the next two weeks.—Carrollton Times. Miss Corrie Wadsworth and Miss Annie Johnson, of Newnan, were here yesterday on their way to visit relatives at Jenkinsville.— Saturday’s Griffin News and Sun. Rev. and Mrs. G. W. Farr, of Senoia, who have many friends in this city, went to Roswell yester day to spend several days with the parents of the former.—Griffin News ami Hun. Mra. Eula Mitchell, of Newnan, was here yesterday, leaving last night for Williamson to spend several days with her father, Dr. J. C. Beauchamp and family.— Griffin News aud Sun, Dec. 22nd. Col. Harry Fisher, of Newnan, spent a short time in the city yes terday evening on his way from Macon to his home in Newnan and was given an ovation by his friends.—Saturday’s Griffin News and Sun. Mesdames W. J. Hogan and Hullie Whitaker were railed to Newnan last Monday to attend the funeral of Miss Nora Hendricks. Miss Nora was a frequent visitor to our city, and the news of her death brought sorrow to many hearts.—Hogansville News. 8tripling Stock told to D. W. Boone. Johnson. Both were employed on the new railroad; Thomas being a j tionulity; Tennessee negro and Johnson from j standing Montgomery, Ala. After the kill- j heaped ing Johnson left the camp. I source. If has been said by a On Tuesday and Wednesday profound reader of Jewish history, Sheriff Brown and Capt. S. S. Nash l a Protestant in faith and creed, made several ellorts to trail John-j^hat “the time will come when son with dogs, and thoroughly | na iq ( ,|| M will be born in a day, and scoured the country in searching | tht; Jew will carry the message of for him, but iailed to find him. ! the risen Christ.” Is the Jewish nation receiving retributive justice Death of Mrs. 8. G. Allen. In Police Court. H. D. Copeland Dead. Cave Spring, Ga., Decernber 27.—H. D. Copeland died here this morning. He was a native of Heard county; aged 73 years. He was a confederate veteran, and is survived by a wife and seven chil dren. Mr. Copeland was a brother of W. S. Copeland, Esq., of this city. Dr. Anderson, Building. Dentist, Salbide tf Mayor Burdett presided at a lively session of police court last Tuesday morning, at which the Christmas collection of “drunks and disorderlies” was disposed of. Several negroes were fined for Mrs. H. G. Allen, an estimable lady living near Sargent, died on happy 1 * ,H ’. The funeral occurred on the 2(»th, the interment being in the family cemetery. Dr. J. W. Quillian conducted the funfcral service. Mrs. Allen was a daughter of Mrs. Margery Leigh of this city, and was about 40 years of age. A husband and three children sur vive her. She was a member of the First Methodist church of this city. George Meyer to Ope Store. New After Jan. 1st I wili Ire found in for that tragedy on Calvary—the crucifixion of that Christ man— the Jewish Nazarene, or will the blood of the Jewish martyrs be on the skirts of the nations over the seas/ M hh. S. M. I)KAN, Palmetto, Ga. D. W. Boone has purchased thu Htock of goods of .1. W. Stripling & Son, and will consolidate his own und the Stripling stores. Many changes and improvements will lie made in the stores. The two store rooms will bo thrown to gether, thus affording the largest store in the city. Several of the employes of the Stripling store will be retained by Mr. Boone; and with a big store, an immense stock and an udequate force of ex pert clerks, he expects a large in crease of business during 1.9011. Mr. Boone is one of Newnan’s Iivest merchants. His success in the business world has been ex ceptional, and is a source of great gratification to his host of friends and patrons. His acquirement of the Htripling store paves the way for greater business triumphs, and will doubtless result in making him one of the merchant princes of this section of Georgia at no dis tant date. Hand-Moses. With the Exchanges Mrs. Jno. Cook left Tuesday for Newnan, where she will spend the holidays.—Carrollton Times. Mra. W. L. Butler went over to Newnan yesterday to visit rela tives.—Griffin News and Hun, Dec. 22nd. .. the new Arnall building, opposite j Mrs. D. H. Summers and son, engaging in a Christmas scrap on i T1 , , 1, I * „ “Rocky Hill.” Will Lovelace i Burdett H . wa,ehouH<; ’ where 1 wlU Callaway, of Newnan, visited Mrs. Mr. Lee Hand, a leading mer chant of Senoia, and Miss Coral Moses, of I'llrin, were married at the bride’s home last Wednesday evening. Mr. Hand is a successful busi nessman and highly esteemed citi zen. His bride is the accomplish ed daughter of Hon. and Mrs. C. L. Moses. Hhe was formerly a teacher in the Newnan public schools. Both the bride and groom have many friends in Newnan,who join their numerous friends else where in extending congratulations and best wishes. Rocky was given a fine of $5, Matt John son got $3, Clara Moss was asked to hand over $6, and Henry Wood parted with $3. At the same time and place Charlie Billingslea was fined $5. have a nice line of general mer chandise. All my friends and patrons are cordially invited to call at my new place of business after Jan. 1st. Remember the place and come and examine my j goods. George W. Meyer. E. C. Prather Saturday and Sun day.—Hogansville News. Mra. Armyn Zachary went to Newnan Monday to attend the funeral of her cousin, Miss Nora i Hendricks.—Hogansville News. At the First Methodist Church on Sunday morning the pastor,Dr. J. W. Quillian, will preach on the subject, “God’s Message to the Citizens of Newnan.” The public is cordially invited. At night Rev. B. P. Allen, the Presiding Elder, will preach. Quarterly Conference on Monday night. Dr. Anderson Dentist, Salbide Building. tf