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'.™ r * ’ ’ ’ .U"W* THE NEWNAN NEWS. °Klin n :ir y's o fl? c , VOL. VII. NEWNAN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1906. NO. 10 If You Want to Save Money, Trade with Merchants Who Advertise in The News DICK RUSSELL’S COWETA CAMPAIGN “Plain Dick” Made Eight Speeches in this County on Monday and Tuesday. each occasion, and a brief synop sis of his Monday night speech will serve as a fair presentation of both addresses. Eliminating all reference to his .jokes, Judge Hassell said he favor ed tax reform; the exemption of ♦H00 worth of personal property HAPPENINGS IN SOCIETY Ex-judge Richard B. Russell, of Russell, Jackson county, Georgia, candidate for the Democratic nomi nation for governor, delivered eight speeches in Coweta county last Monday and Tuesday, speak ing at Moreland, Grantville, Mad ras, Sargent, Senoia, Sharpsburg and twice in Newnan. Mr. Russell’s first speech in Newnan was delivered Monday night in the court house and his second speech at the same place Tuesday morning. About .'lot) men, ladies and boys heard the lirst speech, and about half that number of men and boys, and pos sibly one or two ladies, listened to the second speech. Monday night the superior court room in the court house was comfortably filled. The floor of the court room, not counting the gallery or seats in side the bar, provides chairs for 2(50 persons. In addition to these, about ninety persons (by actual count) occupied the bar and gal lery and stood in the rear of the room. The News gives these de tails in reference to his audiences merely to correct the statement circulated by his backers that Judge Russell was heard by six or seven hundred people Monday night and that four hundred Rus sell voters were in the audience. As stated above, Judge Russell’s Tnesflay morning audience was about half as large as his Monday night audience; but in justice to him,it can be said that rain doubt less reduced the size of this crowd to some extent. Judge Russell held his lirst Newnan audience well, and only a few people left the room during the delivery of his speech. He made a less favorable impression Gearrcld-Loftin. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stanly bof fin. of this city, have issued invi tations to the marriage of their daughter, Mary Conic, to Mr. from taxation; some plan (he fail- WilHain PenHleton Gearreld,which ed to name the plan) for reaching wi „ occm . at theh . lrsi( ience on tax dodgers and making them pay Wednesday afternoon, June 20th, their just proportion of the taxes; ftt ftve 0 > clocki an inheritance tax; fair freight A host of friends of this young rates: an improved free school sys-1 omipl<)> here aml t ,|sewhe.'e in Georgia, will learn with interest of their approaching marriage. Mr. Gearreld is one of Newnnn’s tern; local option and the regula tion of the liquor tratlie. He de clared himself in favor of two-eents per mile railroad fares, inter changeable mileage, removal of l preferential freight rates, and elec tion of Railroad Commissioners by the people. He declared against disfranchisement of the negro and in favor of the “initiative and ref erendum”; and favored the ex tension of the Western and At lantic Railroad to the sea. Some most popular young citizens, lie is a successful business man, prominently connected with many movements for the upbuilding of his city and county, and a gentle man who enjoys the esteem and casion. Those invited were,Misses Georgia Atkinson, Eula Eeverett, Mary Rowell. Willie Herring and Theodora Atkinson. was hostess o’clock tea, Mrs. Thomas Cole at a delightful six Tuesday evening, complimentary to Mrs. R. H. Price atld Miss Lu- eile Hargrove, the guests of Mrs. E. J. Orr and family, and Miss Henna Daniel, the guest of Mrs. X. B. Hudson. Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Phillips en tertained delightfully at tea last Thursday evening in compliment to Rev. V. E. Manget, of Marietta. Covers were laid for eight and the evening was most pleasant! j spent. Misses Ma\ and Frances Her- acquaintances. Miss bot'tin is a charming young woman and is sincerely admired other -^e.-sof minor inumrtan,. j (in(1 , oved )>y a loyal circle of friends. She possesses a vivacious and attractive manner and a char acter of rare loveliness. respect of a host of friends and ring have as their charming guests this week Misses May Wood and Hattie Kelly, of baFayette, Ala.; MozelleGunn and Gladys Kirk, of were touched upon; but this out line practically covers that portion of his speech dealing with matters of public interest and importance. Judge Russell’s speeches were received with a considerable show of enthusiasm by the ex-Howell men and by those gentlemen who are for anybody against Hoke Smith. It is asserted by his back ers that the Judge’s efforts won converts from the ranks of the Smith men; but, as not more than Complimentary to Senior Class. Mr. Stacy Capers entertained Atlanta. Misses Elizabeth Ramey and Christine Melson left Tuesday for Atlanta, after spending a week with Misses Florence and Ressie Dent. Mrs. Robert bovejoy is visiting the Senior Class at a beautilul teaj relatives in Meriwether county, last lhursday, in honor ot his sis- j j0 vejoy will jr 0 down Sunday ter, Miss Ruth < apers, ol Arcadia, j ^ S p end a vacation ofseveral days, ba. “Uncle Dick’s” Reception. The color scheme was green and Mr. and Mrs. M. b. Holmes, of 'old—those being the class colors. I Atlanta, were the guests of Mr. W. H. Holmes and family from a dozen conversions are pointed di » ^ ,,a f ,a " 1 w, } h ! Saturday until Monday, out, it is evident that Coweta coun- the « a,1 >' colored sweet ***»• ,n _ _ tv is still safe an.l secure in Uu . center of the table was a lovely Mrs. Thompson, ol Newnan, Hoke Smith column. Six Others. 18 mound of these beautiful dowers j the guest of her daughter, Mrs. A. land asparagus ferns on a large J. Smith, No. 145 West Peachtree round mirror. The place cards street.—Atlanta News, i were decorated with a green spray Mr. am i Mrs. J. W. Milner, of j and appropriate verses written to Atlanta, were the guests of Mrs. In addition to two in Newnan, I each of the guests in gold. A de- Judge Russell delivered six other lightful supper of several courses speeches in Coweta county. The was served. most reliable reports made to the | Those present were, Misses Jewel News sum up the Judge’s alleged Faver, Christine Arnold, Mildred whirlwind campaign as follows: . Powel, Cary Treadaway, Mary He spoke Monday morning at Moreland to about 7i» people; at Tuesday morning, and nearly one- j Grantville at noon to less than that half of the crowd retired before j number; at Madras in the after- the conclusion ot his speech. ’I here noon to about 30 voters. Tuesday was practically no difference in the I morning he addressed 25 or 30 vot- two speeches, except that some of | ers and 30 or 40 boys at Sargent; the Monday night jokes were | jn the afternoon at Senoia he spoke omitted and new ones substituted for them in the Tuesday morning Milner, Mary Fox ('amp, Ruth Capers; Messrs. Rawson Stewart, Bradley Davis, Richard Hardaway and Frank < h r. R. F. Milner and family several days, recently. Mrs. J. H. bane and children, of Atlanta, spent several days last week the guests of Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Powel. » Mrs. (’.Greenfield and young sons, of Atlanta, visited Newnan relatives the latter part of last week. Our “Uncle Richard” visited us this week and we Howell men were mighty glad to see him. We cheered him and yelled like blue blazes every chance we got. We ain’t goin’ to vote for him—(> no— that ain’t on the program; but wo want to see how many Hoke Smith men we can pull over to him. Uncle Dick has been studyin’ hard, and he has got up a right nice little piece to use on these occasions. Well, we got him to visit us and say his little speech for the delec tation and edification of the ignor ant fellows who do not “get on to” the tricks of the craft and graft. We got ns a brass band, and some good yellers, and we invited every body and his brother to conic over and “jino” us in a grand old jubi lee. We fooled poor, old uncle Dick some, and we fooled a few Hoke Smith men a little, and gained a p’int for Clark Howell. Now, Mr. editor,you might have been there for all I know, and maybe you could see how it was. We Howell men got right up in amen corner and started the cheer ing, and the fool Hoke Smith men would take it up, and as every body was in a good humor, we just “naeherly” made uncle Dick feel at home among us—and that’s no joke. Some times, though, our consciences would make us a litth sick, when we’d think of the votes we weren’t going to give him at the primary. You see, Mr. editor, the guber natorial candidates all have some thing behind them. Either the desire for olliee, the cash, or the welfare of somebody—corporate, politic or idiotic. Well, Clark, our Clark, has the body-corporate behind him; Hoke Smith the body- politic—the mass of the people be hind his aspirations—and you can just place the other three to suit your own taste. Vothu. speech. About one-half of Judge Rus sell’s speech (it is supposed Ik* lias but one, as he delivered the same speech twice in the same town with only twelve hours intervening) is composed of jokes. He tells a joke in telling style, and his auditors doubtless inclined to the opinion that they received their money’s worth in jokes. A few of the Judge’s jokes were irreverent, many of them were irrelevant and some of them were barbed shafts and hit the mark. The speaker was given a courteous and respect ful hearing. There was not an interruption on either occasion and no disorder of any kind. The Judge’s remarks were voiciferously applauded at times, the applause coming from one-third to one-fourth of the au dience, the leaders in each demon stration being well known ex- Howell men of Newnan. At - times the speaker received generous ap plause from rock-ribbed Hoke Smith men, thus demonstrating that the Coweta supporters of the winning gubernatorial candidate are neither narrow between the Mr. A. L. Kronfeldt, of New York City, was the guest of Mr. T. M. Goodrum this week. Mr. to 250 or 300 people; at night he! Kronleldt is a vocalist of unusual spoke at Sharpsburg. The News i tale,,t * ai,d san « Wednesday even-1 has received no report from the |' n £ at an biiorinal gathering at Sharpsburg speech. Mrs. Harry Briggs and children, of Atlanta, are Ox peeled soon on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. E. I). Fouse. The net results of Russell’s eight speeches look like this: Most of the Howell men claim to have been converted; some non committal voters profess a liking for the Judge and some of those formerly on the fence have gotten down on the Russell side. Hoke Smith has lost no strength in this county and the opposition to him has neither been solidified nor the residence of Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Thompson, to the great pleas ure of all present. A number of Xewnan’s most accomplished mu sicians, who heard him, pronoun ced Mr. Kronfeldt one of the finest singers ever heard in the South. He is a commercial travel er and comes South only on busi ness trips. Mr. J. B. McCrary, formerly of Senoia, now a successful business Mr. and Mrs. Lynch Turner and daughter, Ellen, are expected to return from Missouri next Mon day. Street Signs and House Num bers. Miss Lucile Arnold left Monday afternoon for Houston, Texas, for an extended visit to relatives. ! Miss Virginia Freeman is ex pected home this week from a visit i to relatives at Marshal vilf . strengthened. The anti-Smith man of Atlanta, was married on forces have simply swapped candi-j June 14th to Miss Mary Walker, dates again and produced another I of Monroe, Ga. Mrs. McCrary is Mr. and Mrs. Jack Powell and little son, Wyatt, left Tuesday for a visit to (hunberland. Mrs. J. T. Kirby and young son, Tolleson, left Monday fora visit to Capt. E. D. Fouse, in office ol City Clerk, and (’apt. J. It. Good* wyn, on the streets, have worked faithfully on the problem of nil in boring Newnan's business houses and residences and placing street signs, and have almost completed their labors. About 125 street signs and more than 1)00 house numbers have been placed. A few signs and nearly a hundred mini hers yet remain to be placed. At the Churches. ADAMSON NOMINATED; MURRAH KILLED Congressman Adamson Caus ed Sensation and Tragedy Followed Convention. \t the Fourth District conven tion, held at Warm Springs last Saturday, lion. W. ('. Adamson was re-nominated for the sixth time as the Domocratie candidate for Congress in Hi is District. Hon. W. C. Wright and Mr. B. II. Dial represented Coweta county in the convention. The new Congressional Execu tive Committee, elected by the eoiivenlion, is eomposed of the fol lowing mimed gentlemen: George Monroe, Million, ehiiiriuan; (). G. Cox, Troup, secretary; T. B. Rainey, Marion; W. C. Wright, Coweta; C. B. Williams, Muscogee; W. F. Brown, Carroll; W. M. Daniel, Heard; T. II. Bussey, Tal bot; F. B. Gordy, Chattahoochee; T. T. Mur rah, Harris; C. L. Davis, Meriwether. In his speech of acceptance, de livered to the convention, Con gressman Adamson aligned him self squarciy with the Howell ele ment in State politics. His speech has raised a storm of protest throughout the district, and Mr. Adamson is being severely criti cised by thousands of his constit uents because of liis unnecessary and unwise utterances. Committeeman Murrah Killed. ’I’. T. Murrah, the Harris county member of the new Committee,who was a prominent merchant and banker ol'ChipIcy, was killed Hun day evening at seven o’clock at the depot in ('biploy l>y A b Hasty, a Harris county farmer. The killing is said to bo the re sult of a lend dating hack to the killing of Hasty’s brother by a man named Irvin some weeks ago. It was alleged by Hasty that Mur rah had some connection with the affair. Hasty was placed in jail almost immediately alter the shooting,but he succeeded in escaping. It is said that the prisoner was liberated by his friends during the night. Tlie tragedy created intense excite ment in I (arris county. Fourth of July Excursion. act of their famous, long-drawn-out 1 the second daughter of Hon. and relatives in Atlanta. sizzling fiasco. A series of revival meetings will begin at the First Methodist Church next Sunday morning,con ducted by Dr. J. VV. Quil'liau. There will be services at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Sunday at eight p. in. by the Rev. Robert F. DeBelle, of Atlanta. A cordial Miss Kate Waldo, ol Atlanta, j invitation to all to attend the ser- the lovely guest of Misses Susie j v j ceH> and Evelyn Martin. I I Mr. John Byington, of Atlanta, Mr>. Lizzie ( handler is in Ma- a lay reader of the Episcopal de- rietta, the guest of her daughter, J nomination, will conduct a service Governor lerrell yesterday ap-1 to ^em congratulations and good j Mrs. Br ow». j at the Episcopal church in New- pointed two superior court judges wi(jhag# | Mr and Mrs> John Arnold, of i nan next Sunday morning at eleven to preside in the supreme court on ,, .. i , , , June 15, in the case of Greene The Newnan friends of Mr. and j ^llege ark, are guests of the o clock. ” T ’ 1 Rev. W. S. Gaines preaches at next All Judge R. W. Freeman Honored. Mrs. li. S. Walker, and is a great niece of Prof. Daniel Walker, of Newnan. Friends of the young couple in this city and county unite with a host of friends throughout the State in extending i ..I .. , Mrs .John Briscoe former resi- former s parents, county and other counties and ur ’ oiiscoe, lunnei iesi f towns,against William A. Wright, | dents of this city, "will be inteiest- Mrs. ( harlcs Parrott and Miss Lovejoy Memorial church i comptroller general, the city of j ed dn a PP roac hing marriage oi Mary Parrott will I eave Friday for Sunday morning and evening. To Atlanta and return via the West Point Route. . Train leaves Newnan at 8:55, a. in.; returning leaves Atlanta at 0:00, |>. in. Rate from Newnan, 75 cents. Officers of the Company will maintain good order, and give, at tention to the comfort of all. Am ple accommodations. Purchase tickets before boarding train. Ap ply to Ticket Agents. J. P. Billups, Gen. Passenger Agent. F. M. Thompson, Traveling Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga. Presbyterian Sunday School Picnic. Augusta, Richmond county and ’ daughter, Llewellyn, to Mr. Borden Springs the Georgia Railroad aiul Banking A ’ K - J 1 | ler ’ t ? ho niama « c ' t0 0< -‘, Mrs. Guy Cole was hostess to eves nor contracted in the region j Company, Justices Cobb and ® u, ' at ' c ‘ m< e s 10m r L ‘ 111 * 1 ,the Salmagundi Club last Thurs- seat of sentiment is Lumpkin being disqualified to pre- * n< , lan errlto, 'y> 011 June 21. Mr. ,, afternoon, side in this case. ^ ilder is a citizen ol Ligonier, In diana. parents and persons interested in The Presbyterian Sunday school picnic, which was postponed last week, will occur Friday afternoon at Mineral Spring, from four to six o’clock. Delightful refreshments will be served and the occasion will be one of great pleasure for ■where the popularly supposed to be located. Judge Russell was twice intro duced by Dr. G. A. Nuuually,who appeared as a substitute he ex plained, as other gentlemen select ed to perform that duty failed in both cases to appear. The Judge attend the morning service. Next Sabbath in the Presbyter ian <’hinch at II a. in., Rev. C. O’N. Martindale will preach on “How to Have a Complete Life,” and at 8 p. in. on “The Faith That circuit, and Judge It. W. Free- party Monday, complimentary to Miss * d ' a Martin has gone to! Saves.” Prayer meeting on Thurs- man, of Newnan, judge of the their cousins, Misses Elizabeth Fl° rence > 8. C., for a month’s stay, i day at 8 p. rn. Strangers and citi- children are .especially invited to I the mein , )(! ,. 8 of this . schooi and their friends. All members of the school and of Presbyterian families The judges thus honored are ; Judge Z. A. Littlejohn, of’ Ameri- Misses Florence ami Bessie Dent I Mrs. N. E. Powell is spending two weeks with relatives in At- cus, judge of the Southwestern entertained at a spend the day lanta. are urged to be present, and par ents of the children are especially requested to attend. Coweta circuit.—Wednesday's Con- Ramey and Christine Melson, of! spoke about an hour and a half on stitution. Atlanta. ’Twas a very happy oc- visiting relatives in Newnan. Charles Adams, of West Point, formerly a popular clerk in the Charlie Cole, of Montgomery, is 1 zens, old and young, are invited store of P. F. Cuttino <Xc Co., was i to these services. in the city the first of this we if.