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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 BLDG Now tlio icc man will have his inning. The glad season when the base ball rooter rooteth is again upon us. The Carroll county grand jury has recommended a >*250,000 bond issue for the improvement of the public highways of that county. In Crisp county the Howell men are trying to effect a combine with the Kstill forces in order to pre vent Hoke Smith from carrying that county. The Cordele Ram bler says the Howell men of Crisp county will vote for Kstill, but that Hoke Smith will defeat the combination hv a safe majority. The Carrollton Free Press is authority for the statement that Hoke Smith will receive eighty per cent, of the votes polled for governor in Carroll county. As the Free Press is not supporting Smith, this is an unbiased opinion and may be regarded as a frank summary of the situation in Car- roll. Here and there over the State a newspaper is found insisting that there arc no issues involved in the present campaign,and making that contention a pretext for assuming a neutral position in politics. Such a newspaper will generally be found occupying the position of a cipher and a coward in its com munity. There ait* issues in this campaign; and it is the duty of « very honest newspaper to seek to understand the issues and throw the weight of its influence on the right side. Hut whcthci light 01 wrong, honest men admire the honest, fearless, agiessive newspa per; and they despise the moral coward in journalism as heartily as they condemn the course of 1110 professional trickster ol newspa perdom. RURAL R0UTE8 IN DANGER. The Huchanan meeting scored a marked success. The oratorical contest was above the average of contests of that character; and the trend of the whole occasion was onward and upward in the march of educational progress. The News’ editor had the honor of serving with Prof.J. S. Stewart, of the University of Georgia, and Rev. W. H. Dillard, of Carrollton, as a member of the committee se lected to award two gold medals and two handsome prizes to con testants representing seven high schools, situated in Cedartown, Huchanan, Dallas, Douglasville, Tallapoosa, Hremen and Villa Rica. Coweta county people will be pleased to learn that the hoys' medal was won by the representa tive of Hamilton College, at Hre- man, a school presided over by Prof, H. S. Howden, formerly of Turin, this county. The boys’ prize was awarded to Ccdartown’s representative, the girls’ medal to Tallapoosa's representative, and the girls' prize to Huchatian's rep resentative. The editor of the News was much impressed with the spirit, labors and progress of the Educa tional Association and with the educational enthusiasm in evidence- in that section of the State. Re sults of the Association’s efforts are already apparent, and greater enthusiasm and greater results are certain to follow in the future. The News would be pleased to see an organization of secondary schools in this section of Georgia, composed of schools in Coweta, Heard, Troup, Meriwether, Spald ing, Fayette and Campbell conn ties. If properly organized and rightly conducted, an association of this character would lend won derful impet us to educational prog ress in Coweta and adjoining conn ties. The News trusts that edu cational leaders of this section will consider this matter and hopes that an association will he organiz ed at some future date. This pa per pledges its hearty support and co-operation to the success of any movement of this kind in Coweta and neighboring counties, The Scourge of the Ages. Elsewhere in this weeks News is reprinted an editorial utterance ol the Atlanta Constitution, under the caption, "The Rural Free De livery Crisis." The people of Coweta county are urged to read this editorial, and articles of simi lar character, and study their meaning and importance. The editorial mentioned contains some- statements from our own Congress man, Hon. W. C. Adamson. Con gressman Adamson has written a letter to Mrs. W. Y. Atkinson, embodying the same facts and thoughts contained in his utter ances quoted in the Constitution. Congressman Adamson’s letter leads to the conclusion that the existence of some of Coweta’s rural routes may be endangered at an early date. Our citizens should arouse and do all in their power to aid every carrier in the county to make a record that will demon strate to the postofhee department that all of our routes are needed and that the patronage accorded them justifies the expenditure nec essary in maintaining them. FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF 8CH00LS. HI6H It was the good fortune of the editor of the News to be in attend ance at the second annual meeting and oratorical contest of the First Association of Secondary Schools of Georgia, at Huchanan, April 13th. This Association is com posed of high schools in Folk, Paulding, Haralson, Douglas and Carroll counties; and its object is the development of secondary schools and the advancement of educational mteiests in that sec tion of the State. "Two Waifs of King Alcohol," is a reproduction of one of the re markable specimens of Dore’s genius depicting the indirect «• viIs of the traffic. These rags and pal lid faces tell the story of thous ands of the hopeless victims of strong drink; but the picture tells only a part of that story. Were it 1 complete, it would depict health in j ruins, hope destroyed, affections crushed, prayers silenced, homes desolated. The background would have to be the Vanishing vision of j a happy past; the foreground the horrible certainity of unending I woe—prison houses with doors opening but one way. The canvas would be peopled with men whose I shattered forms are tenanted by tortured souls; with little children, on whose lips the smiles seldom 1 play; with women,in whose cheeks | furrows have been ploughed by ■ tears wrung from breaking hearts. It we could paint that scene we l could see what God continually sees in thousands of homes in our beloved land. King Alcohol is the enemy of the home and of the nation. The overthrow of negro slavery from j among English speaking people i was a wonderful achievement in history, but a ten-fold greater curse than negro slavery is the curse of the bottle, It enslaves the brain, it tortures the consci ence, it robs the child, it breaks the mother’s heart, it has power to cast body and soul into the pit, it fills our prisons and institutions for the destitute, It does not end with the drunkard’s death; the beast stretches forth his skeleton finger from the grave and palsies the brain of his descendants and sends them jabbering idiots to the insane asylum. It is obvious from these words that alcohol is no modern devil. I Solomon draws a picture of the twentieth century drunkard, his household and the friends he af- , diets. One of the worst dangers to be dreaded in eastern travel is the bite of the adder. This ser pent is liable to spring from a stone pile at any time and sink its fangs into the flesh; often producing death. Such a viper, in the ex- petience of Solomon, was alcoholic drink. "At last it biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an ad der." It has not changed its char acter. Champagne at night means real pain in the morning. Strong drink, then as now, unbridled the tongue, inflamed the passions and stirred up contentions. Now, as then, reason is dethroned and the drunkard "babbles” unintelligent, vile and foolish talk. The drink ing debauch often ends in a brawl in which ‘•wounds" are inflicted for which there is no real occasion, bloodshot eyes (redness of eyes) and a bronzed nose still advertise the concealed habits of those who "tarry long at the wine” or “go to seek mixed (drugged) wine." Alcohol stupefies the senses and destroys the mental vision so that the drunken man responds not to warnings or blows; when he does come to himself, the sense of decency is lost, lor he returns to his unclean habit again; "as the dog to his vomit," He is like a man insensible to danger on a storm tossed vessel; reason is de throned. The drink habit has lost none of its diabolical character. The whole scene here depicted is a picture now only too often realized. Disfigured faces, defiled clothing, wrecked hopes and lost manhood are in every land the product and proofs of the unchristly liquor traffic. "Wine is a mocker,” so said Solomon, and so say we. It still victimizes and dupes its slaves. It awakens expectations which it does not fulfill; it steals our crown breaks up our self-control and sends us to a premature grave. The drunkard sens visions; he thinks himself strong and increas ed in goods when his family is starving; he thinks that he can stop al any time, when in fact iiis habit is breeding a disease which is destroying his physical consti tution and his will power. What at first would have been easy, be comes difficult, and what was dif ficult, becomes impossible. That the di ink habit is the shortest road to the poor-house we cannot doubt, with so many illustrations about us. One man drinks a farm, an other a business, compelling the whir and children to struggle with the throes of poverty. Elsewhere Solomon yokes the drunkard with the glutton; and very properly. Over-eating and over-drinking go together, and the results are in some respects the same—“rags.” "The drunkard and the glutten shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall cloth a man with rags." A “drowsiness,” an unfitness and aversion to work follow excess in eating and drinking which destroy the habit of industry and invite poverty. What, too, is individual becomes national. In the end the nation participates in the vices and vir tues, the blessings and woes of the individual. A drinking people are in the end an incapable people. Their wealth declines, their indus tries pass over to more sober rivals, their qualities of brain and muscle gradually disappear. Ruin comes because self-indulgence has sapped away the life and dissipat ed the energy which makes men strong* The nation prospers in proportion as its citizens are abstemious. A great writer anxious to defend the Hible for not devoting more space to the subject of temperance, has said that probably drunken ness was not so common then and that Jesus may never have seen a drunken man. Hut if space given to this subject is limited, the lhble speaks with no uncertain sound. The Hible vigorously con demns drunkenness. Look at a few sentences and see what the Bible says about the drink itself: "Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging; and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.” Prov. 20:1. "At the last it biteth like a ser pent and stingeth like an adder.” Prov. 23:32. What it says about drinking: “And be notdrunk with wine, wherein is excess, but be filled with spirit.” Eph. 5:18. "He not among wine bibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh.” Prov. 23:20. “Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his color in the cup, when it mov- eth itselt aright.” Prov. 23:31. About the drinker: "Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them.” Isa 5:11. "Woe uivto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink.” Isa 5:22. "Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath con tentions? who hath babbling? who i hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.” Prov. 23:29 30. "Envyings, murders, drunken ness, revellings and such like: of the which I tell you before as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of j God.” Gal. 5:21. That which brings an everlast ing curse upon men and shuts for j them the gate of heaven, the; Christian will not touch; nor can ! profits from it find place in his! pocket. "Ye that love the Lore 1 , hate evil.”—The Rams Horn. Crip Quickly Knocked Out. "Some weeks iiKo during the severe winter weather both my wife and my self contracted severe colds which speed-1 ily developed into the worst kind of la j Krippe with all its miserable symn- toms," says Mr. J. 8. Eglest-on of Maple | Landing, Iowa. "Knees and joints ach- > illK, muscles sore, head sto|fped up, eyes ' and nose running, with alternate apella of chills and fever. We bcRan usIiik 1 Chamberlain's Gough Remedy, aiding the same with a double dose ol Chain- berlaln’s Stomach and Liver Tablets, and by ils liberal use soon completely | knocked out the (trip " Sold by Dr. 1 Paul Pcniston, Newnan. Ga. —STATIC M ENT— of the CONDITION OF 1 Sank of Grantville Lorn tod at Grantville, (4a., at tin* (’lose of Rusim'ss April 0, li)0(». KKSOL’HCKS. Loans and discounts Demand loans .... Overdrafts Banking House Furniture and Fixtures Due from Banks and Bankers in the State Due from Banks and Bankers in other States Gurreney Gold Silver, Nickels and Pennies Interest Paid Total .... $ LIABILITIES. Capital Stock paid in t Surplus Fund Undivided Profits, 1«*hh Current Ex penses and Taxes Paid Individual deposits subject to check Cashier’s Checks Bills Payable, Including Time Oerfci- ticatcs representing borrowed money POTTS AND PARKS WE SELL Oxfords and Shoes 25c to 50c per pair off at this sale : : : One Thousand Pairs Ladies’ Oxfords and Slippers go on sale SAT URDAY, APRIL 14th. $3.00 $2.50 We please the young and old in style, quality and price. $2.00 $3.50 Krippendorf, Dittmann, Colonial and High Art Shoes are sold only by POTTS 6 PARKS \ Phone|109 Bay Street Newnan, Ga. q mu 1,047 i.OOO 00 l.'HNHlO ’,844 To 3,780 47 Total $ HU,652 17 With the Exchanges State ok (Ikokoia—County of Coweta: Before me came F. T. M each am, Cashier of Bank of Grantville, who, being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is ! a true condition of said Bank, as shown by the books of file in said Bank. K. T. MBACHAM, Cashier. I Sworn to unit xubscribud before m«, thi* 1 tilth day of April. l#0fl. O. P. CLOWEU, N. P. & Ex. Officio J. P. 1 Mrs. Lucius Arnold, from near Newnan, visited Mrs. R. M. Ware, Monday.—Hogan.svilie News. Miss Sallie Archer, of Newnan, was the guest of Miss Pearl Zach ary Monday night.—Carroll Free Press. Miss Onie Hrannon.of Moreland, will be the guest this week of her sister, Mrs. Benjamin Smith Bar ker.—Atlanta Sunday Journal. Miss Nelia l.nu Walton, of Now nan, is theguest ot Mbs Katherine I Wooten until after the Easter; holidays,—Atlanta Sunday J. ur- nal. Superintendent Hugh Hill de clined to leave West Point to ac-1 cept a similar position with the LaGrange electric light plant.— West Point News. sociation. The object ot the As sociation is to further the interests of its members; to secure equali zation and reductions of freight rates, etc., etc. STATEMENT of the CONDITION OF THE Miss Hattie Ellis, of Newnan, has been visiting her sister, Mrs. j J- S. Pierring, at Lone Oak. She Moreland Banking* is awdcome g uestin our midst 0 for everybody loves Miss Hattie.— Company Lone Oak letter in Hogansviile News. Ijocnted at Moreland, Ga., at the Close of Business, April fi, ltlCKi. RESOURCES ; I,mins und discounts .$ 1H ! I-em and Loans rt Overdrafts S Due front Banks and Bunkers in the State 4 Dne from Banks and Rankers in oth er States ... 8 Currency 1 Silver, nickels and pennies Interest paid ISO 00 Total * 40 054 02 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in t 26 O00 00 Undivided profits, less current ex penses and taxes paid.... Individual deposits subject to check Bills payable. Including time certifi cates representing borrowed money 1 Ofd 43 8 852 50 5 150 00 Total t 40 054 02 ; Statb or Okoboia—County of Coweta: Before me came H. Abner Camp, Cashier of The Morelsnd Banking Company, who being duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition of said Bank, as shown by the books of file in said Bank. H. Abxbr Camp, Cashier. Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 14th day of April, 190*. R. F. Braxroh, S P. Coweta County. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Addy will leave next week via Savannah for a pleasure trip to New York, Philadelphia and Washington. While in Philadelphia they will be the guests of Rev Hugh Morris. —Atlanta Sunday Journal. Graves’ Atlanta daily paper will carry no liquor advertisements. The West Point News will not carry them any longer. The New nan News does not carry them. We have never carried them and are still living and in good health. Money cannot buy space for liquor advertisements in our columns — Hazlehurst News. J. E. Zachary, Esq., proprietor of the Newnan Marble Works, at tended a meeting of retail marble dealers of Georgia, in Atlanta last Saturday, and assisted in organiz ing the Retail Marble Dealers’ As (Communicated). To the Voters of Coweta Co. I ask you to vote for me for Tax Collector for the following reasons: First. I am a poor man and need the office. Second, I am afflicted and can not work as I once did, but even in this condition I will pay every honest debt. i hird. Two years ago I was within three votes of being nomi nated, I was approached by a number of my friends and advised to contest the election. I told them I would not do it; and took my defeat in a manly way. Ask any member of that Executive Committee what my conduct was. Fourth. After the death of H. R. Davies, W. S. Hubbard, the present collector who is asking for re-election, came to me and told tne he only wanted the unexpired term and that he would not be in this race. He also told a number of my friends the same thing and some of them, believing what he said, voted for him. His promise not to be in this race was volun tary on his part, and was regard less of my support. I have in my possession affidavits of W. H. Bridges, W. B. Morris, 8. S. Brid ges, J. M. Gable, R. E. Richards and A. T. Crawford, showing that he made this promise. I will be glad to show them to you. In the face of these facts will the good people of this county fail to elect me? I cannot believe it. J. H. Hyde. (Communicated). Card from C. H. Newton. Editor News:—Please say to the voters of the county that on ac count of the serious sickness of my father I will not get around to see them, but hope that they will con sider my name for the office of Tax Eeceiver. C. H. Newton.