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THE NEWNAN NEWS.
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VOL. VII.
NEWNAN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1906.
NO. 12
If You Want to Save Money, Trade with Merchants Who Advertise in The News
Where Letter Boxes will be
Placed.
Mrs. \V. Y. Atkinson has been
furnished by the Postoffice De
partment complete plans for the
establishment of a carrier system
and mail delivery in Newnan. The
plans include a map of the city,
showing the section to lie served
by each one of the three carriers,
the points at which mail lioxes will
l>e located, instructions for car
riers, etc. The smallest district in
area is laid out for the carrier who
will serve the business section, and
the remainder of the city is divid
ed into two districts. Four de
liveries per day will be made in
side the city tire limits and two
deliveries per day in tlve remain
der of the city. Mail will be col
lected by every carrier on each
trip.
The location of the twenty-three
mail boxes that will lie placed over
the city is a matter of general pub
lic interest. It is probable that
the. number will be increased to
twenty-live boxes and some
changes in location may be made,
but according to present plans the
boxes w ill lie placed as follows:
At the southwest and southeast
corners of CourtSquare; northwest
corner of Spring and Greenville;
Fast Broad at A. it W. P. depot;
southwest corner of East Broad and
Pinson; northwest corner of Fast
Washington and Murray; Pinson
near corner of Calhoun; northeast
corner of Bobinson and Savannah;
northeast corner of Salbide Ave.
and Thompson; northeast corner
of Greenville and SavannahjGreen-
ville opposite Nimmons; LaGrange
opposite Reese; northwest corner
of LaG range and Salbide Ave.;
northwest corner of First A ve. and
Salbide Ave.; Spring opposite
Brown; southeast corner of Spring
and Second Ave.; southeast corner
of West Washington and St. Clair;
northwest corner of West Wash
ington and College; southeast cor
ner of Wesley and College; south
east corner of Temple Ave. and
College; northeast corner of Jack-
son and Clarke, southwest corner
of Jackson and Temple Avenue;
intersection of Temple Ave. and
Fair.
The government will furnish up-
to-date steel mail boxes of the
most approved pattern, and they
will be attached to the electric
light poles, which belong to the
city and are available for this
purpose.
Newnan Tuesday and he was lock
ed up.
The third negro locked up this
week was Jim Alexander, who had
just completed a term in the chain
gang for cruelty to animals. He
is the negro who stole Mr. F. M.
Lee’s horse and buggy on the
Square in Newnan last year and
made a Sunday trip to Sargent
with his girl. He used the animal
unmercifully anil was convicted of
cruelty to animals. After serving
his sentence in the gang he has
again been jailed and will have to
stand trial for horsestealing.
Negroes
Contribute to City
Treasury.
The most largely attended police
court matinee seen in Newnan in a
long time was held by Mayor, Bur-
dett last Monday. The perform
ance was the result of Mark
Wood’s personally conducted, an
nual excursion to Atlanta which
was pulled off last Saturday. The
crowd returned at a late hour Sat
urday evening and many members
of the party showed unmistakable
signs of having tanked up with
Atlanta “spirits.” The crowd
dispersed to the “darktown” quar
ters of the city and those whose
“spirits” were bubbling over pro
ceeded to make things hum. There
were rows and lights galore, dis
tributed all over the city, and con
tinuing far into Saturday night.
Then the police force got busy and
Domino P«r»y. Several of the north side young
Miss Benetta Orr was the charm- ladies met wit h Mr. and Mrs. \\ .
ing hostess last Friday at a morn- D. Pringle I'ucsday evening and
ing domino party, given in com- enjoyed adelightlul gameot bridge,
pliment to her guests, Misses May-iSimple retreshinents were served,
belli Word, of Hogansville, and j Mrs. j, h. Hall left last Thurs-
Fstelle Cellars, ol Grantiille, and ,| av p 0 ,. Asheville and other points
the visiting young ladies of the jn North rim ,linu. she was at-
^°" n ’ loom pan ied by her sister, Mrs.
The tables were placed in the | {Swanson. of Tuskeegee, A la.
large connecting drawing rooms, 1
I which were beautifully decorated Misses May \\ ood. Mo/el Gann
j with ferns and quantities of sweet und Hattie Kelly, who had been
j peas, giving a brightness with 1 tHe popular guests ot Misses May
their varigated colors. j »»<1 Prances Herring, returned to
Fifty young ladies were present j their homes last Saturday,
and the game was very close. Miss | Tjittu , Misses Mahle and Mar\
Hall Dunbar are spending their
Lula Barr being the fortunate win
ner of the highest score, received
as first prize, a beautiful book.
Miss Bessie Whatley drew the con-
isolation, a pretty pair of lilac
sleeve supporters. The visitors
prize was cut for and drawn by
Miss May Wood, of La Fayette—a
huge hoquet of sweet peas tied
with lilac ribbon.
At the close of the game a deli
cious salad course was served.
Miss Kirby's Reception-
Miss Bessie Kirby entertained
Friday night in honor of Miss May
Wood, of LaFayette, Ala., who
was one of Miss Kirby’s classmates
at Shorter < 'ollege.
vacation at the lovely country
home of their grandmother, Mrs.
D. G. Gentry, at Corinth.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rowell and
little son, Wyatt, returned Satur
day from a visit to Cumberland,
accompanied by Mrs. Dickson and
children of Birmingham.
Misses Mary Rowell, of Macon,
and Nellie May Harrison, of At
lanta, have returned home, a'tor a
delightful visit to Miss Christine
Cole.
In the drawing for the handsome
lace center piece made by Mrs. J.
W. Wilcoxon, Mrs. James Cruet
Receivin'
Kirby
1 was the fortunate recipient of the
prize.
John Askew and Miss
Mal tha Askew spent last Friday
land Saturday in Atlanta,the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Askew.
Rrof. 11. H. Hopple and family
with Misses
rounded up a large bunch of ai|( l Mood were Misses Mozel
“darktown” lieaus and belles for i Gann, Hattie Kelly, May Herring Mis.
the Mayor’s Monday matinee. aM< * ^ ranees Herring, who made a
Nineteen negro men and women I charming picture with their dainty
were lined by His Honor at thejk owns beautifully fashioned and
Monday session of court, and they 1 trimmed in lacm»
yielded up exactly #1511 of the! The house and porch were made are at Borden-Wheeler Springs,
legal tender of the United States, j attractive.with vases of cut flowers They are expected to return to
Every person lined was able to se- 'and terns. I he lights from the Newnan the last of this week.
cure the coin; and while the city
treasury was replenished, the city
chaingang was not increased in
size.
In addition to the above men
tioned fines several others have
been imposed on offenders this
week, and the receipts from this
source amount to a total of almost
*200.
At the Churches.
house threw their shadows on the!
lawn, which was quite popular ' ,, . , . ,, „ , ..
... ’ , , , . .. Glover, Alvin Freemuu, Bob Orr
with the couples. Later in the , fl ’ w , (lj ,
evening a very refreshing course
was served. Forty couples wen
present to meet the guest of honor. 1 Miss Marian and Master Roger
! Bryant entertained a number of
Moonlight Picnic. their young friends at Mineral
Spring Tuesday afternoon.
Messrs. J. I*. Bradley, Cliff
in Frei
|and Gordon Wynn left Tuesday
for Bordon-Wheeler .Springs.
The young ladies and men gave
a moonlight picnic Friday night
complimentary to Miss Hargrove,
the popular guest of Miss Nettie
Orr.
It was a congenial gathering,
and later in the evening a delight- home Sunday, after
Negro Murderer Captured.
Sheriff J. L. Brown returned
from Atlanta Tuesday afternoon
with Luther Freeman, col., who is
charged with the murder of John
Wyatt, col. The crime was com
mitted near Senoia in June, 1904.
Freeman escaped and had been at
large since the crime was commit
ted. Much of the two years time
he spent in Atlanta, but proved a
difficult man to catch; and it was
not until this week that the At
lanta officers succeeded in arrest
ing him for Sheriff Brown. Free
man is now lodging in the Coweta
county jail.
Two other negroes were jailed
this week. One of them, Bob
Hill, lives near Turin. He is
charged with stealing a buggy and
mule. A young negro living on
Judge R. W. Freeman’s farm, be
tween Newuan and Turin, hitched
one of Judge Freeman’s mules to
his mother’s buggy and drove to
church at Turin last Sunday night.
Bob Hill came- along, unhitched
the mule and drove both mule and
buggy to his own home. There
they were finally found, after
diligent search by officers of the
law. Hill was arraigned in justice
court and bound over. Bailiff
5th of July, Rev. B. I*. Allen pre
siding.
Dr. ,T. W. Quillian will dedicate
the new church at Corinth, Ga.,
on Sunday next, and Rev. F. G.
Hughes will fill his pulpit at the
First Methodist church in the
morning and Rev. W. J. Cotter at
night.
On Friday night of next week,
July 6th, Rev. Charles R. Nisbet,
of Atlanta, will commeiice a series
of meetings in the Turin Presbyte
rian church, to which everybody
in the surrounding country is in
vited.
Next Sabbath at the Presbyter
ian church at 11:00 a. m. Rev. C.
O’N. Martindale will jireach on
“The Mediation of Christ” and at
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Cuttino and
little grand-daughter, Anna Cut
tino Kelly, left Tuesday for a stay
at Riedmont Springs* Ala.
Mrs. Mark Dunbar returned
spending a
Mrs. D. C.
The third quarterly conference
for the First Methodist Church
will lie held on Friday night, the | ful luuch was served, which had j wee k a t her mother
been prepared by the young ladies. Gentry, at Corinth.
Mr. and Mrs. Price, of Pulaski,
Fla., were the charming chaper
ones for the occasion. Those in
the party had a lovely drive home
through the moonlight.
On Tuesday afternoon from 5 to
7 o’clock Miss Mildred Darden en
tertained a number of her .friends
in honor of her cousin, Miss Lucile
Stephens, of Oxford, Ga. The
games were followed by a guessing j visit to Miss Frances McCrory in
contest, in which Miss Bessie Lee j College Park.
Owens won the prize. Delightful ; Mr> Calvin Holmes of Atlanta,
spent Sunday in Newnan, the
Misses Lida Brown and Nell
Pinson left Thursday to join a
house party given in Griffin by
Miss Hattie Kelly.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Peniler-
grast have returned to their home
at Chipley, after a visit to the for
mer’s parents.
Misses Louise Atkinson and
Lutie Powell have returned from a
Mr. and Mrs. D.T. Mangel, Mr.
and Mrs. V. F. Mangel and Mr.
and Mrs. \V. F. Richards enter
tained a party of friends at Pearl
Spring yesterday evening.
Mrs. Joe Lumpkin and children
returned last week from Columbus,
where they had been visiting rela
tives.
Mrs. Mamfe Johnson and chil
dren left Tuesday ‘or a stay of sev
eral weeks at Piedmont Springs,
Ala.
Mrs. Brown, of Dalton, who had
been visiting her sister, Miss Ella
Sherman, returned home Monday.
Mrs. Sanford Roberts and chil
dren, of Cordole,'are on a visit to
her mother, Mrs. Ben Wright.
Mrs. Calvin Holmes and Miss
Leize Holmes, of Atlanta, are
visiting Mrs. Habersham King.
Mrs. Edwin Parks has returned
from a visit to her sister, Miss
Mary Johnson, of Palmetto.
Mrs. D. S. Summers returned
last week from a visit to Mi’s. F.
C. Prather, at Hogansville.
Miss LuciloStephens, of Oxford,
is visiting the family of her grand
father, Mr. I. J. Stephens.
Mrs. C. C. Parrott and Miss
Mary Parrott are sojourning at
Borden Wheeler Springs.
Mr. and Mi’s. Grantland Mur
ray, of Oxford, Ga., are on a visit
to the former's parents.
Miss Athagene Kersey will la 1
an attendant at a house party ut
Cedartown next week.
Mrs. W. B. Pringle and littli
daughter, Olive, visited Atlanta
the Hist of this week.
Mrs. I. T. Stanley has returned
from a visit to Mrs. Sue Longshore
in West Point.
Mrs. Sam Alexander has just re
turned trom a long visit to her son
in Cincinnati.
Dr. and Mrs. Jas. Stacy left
Tuesday for a visit to Piedmont
Springs, Ala.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Fisher re
turned Friday from Bordon
Springs.
Mrs. P. B. Murphey and eliil
dren are at Borden-Wheeler
Springs.
Mrs. D. T. Mangel and children
left Friday for a visit to Marietta
Miss Ruth Whatley is on a visit
to relatives in South Georgia.
Miss Edna Nall leaves Saturday
for Borden-Wheeler Springs.
Miss Mary Goodrum is at home
from a visit to College Park.
Largest Engines in South on
West Point Route.
The Atlanta and West Point
Railroad has just put in service on
its line the largest locomotives
ever operated in the South. One
of these engines, No. 15, made its
llrst trip from Montgomery to At
lantu last Friday afternoon, in
hnrgo of Engineer Foster and
pulling train No. 40.
The West Point has two engines
of this type and both are now mak
ing regular runs. They can easily
maintain a speed of 70 miles an
hour; weigh 250,000 pounds each;
any water tanks of 7,000 gallons
apacity; and have driving wheels
6 1-2 feet in diameter. These
ngines are equipped with the
newest patented features and ap
dinners; among these being a
newly patented automatic air
brake, the llrst of the kind to be
used in the South. These mam
moth engines were built by the
Rogers Locomotive Works.
It is said the “Pennsylvania of
the South” is lignring on a reduc
tion of the schedule time of its fast
mail trains between Atlanta and
Montgomery and that these big
Rogers locomotives are the ma
chines that will make.the reduc
tion of time feasible.
guest of Oapt. anil Mrs. Haber
sham King.
Misses' ‘Mkry Lou Holmes and
Ellen Griffin, of Carrollton, are the
John H. Bailey brought him to, Newnan Tile Works.
refreshments were served. The in
vited guests were Misses Mary
Arnold, Frances Arnold, Sarah
Hill, Ruth Hill, Dorothy Gardner,
Carolyn Milner, Mary Lou Luckie,
Marie McClendon, Lillian Owens,
8:00 p. m. on “Hindrances to Sue- j Owens, Virginia Steph-1 guests of relatives and friends in
ens, Mary Ramey and Ellen Fain, j k ewnai1 .
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Moore are Miss Willie \\ right and Mr. L.
at McIntosh Springs, near Fair- j Elkins, of East Point, were the
burn, where Mr. Moore will spend ! H ues ^ s Miss Pearl Hughie last
some time for the improvement of ]^ u,,( * av
his health. Mrs. Charles Weisner! Miss Cora Stephens has returned
and Miss Mary Moore are with from Oxford, where she was a
them. visitor at the commencement exer-
Young man if your educational ad- Mrs. Hugh Hill returned to
vantages have been limited, come, j " est ^ as *‘ Sunday, after | Mi. S. W . Murray and. Miss An-
Additional instruction will in-j spending sometime with Sheriff nie Murray have, returned from a
J. L. Brown and family. Mr. j trip to New Orleans and Missis-
Hill spent Sunday in Newnan and I sippi.
accompanied his family home. I Mrs M R EmmollS) a f ter a
Miss Anna Hammond, of West! pleasant visit to Mrs. Roy Cole,
Point, has returned home, after a! has returned to her home in At-
tf 'visit to Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Holt, lanta.
cess in Prayer.” After the morn- ‘
ing service the Lord’s Supper will
be administered. The morning of
fering will be for the relief of aged
and infirm ministers, widows and
orphans. A welcome to everybody.
Night School.
Working boy, it is for you. 1
crease your profits, usefulness and
happiness. At my residence.
Daniel Walker.
Buy your sidewalk tile from the
Delightful Dinner Party.
Mr. J. W. Wilcoxon entertained
at dinner last Sunday in honor of
Judge J. S. Powell. A splendid
dinner was served under the shade
of the trees in the host’s yard, and
the entire occasion was pronounced
one of unusual pleasure by every
person present. Mr. Wilcoxon Ls
a most genial and generous gentle
man and no man knows better
than he how to entertain a party
of friends.
Mr. Wilcoxon’s guests were the
gentlemen named below:
J. B. Goodwyu, G. A. Boynton
J. T. Fain, Joe Stephens, J. T
Carpenter, Jr., J.H. Simms, Chas.
Jackson, N. L. North, N. F. Row
el, J. T. Kirby, Joe Widener, J.
J. Millians, Jones Widener, L. R.
Powell, Lewis R. Powell, Cleve
Orr, A. G. Hendrick, Hugh Hen
drick, Capt. Tom Lewis, J. T.
Holmes, Bob Millians, Hubert
Pierce, Steve, Raphael and Mike; 0 fti C e.
Powell, Mr. Foster, L. Turner,
John Faver, Tom Jones, A. R.
Burdett, John Orr, Itawson Dent,
I W. E. Richards, Ed and Charlie
; Smith.
J. L. Padgett Has Strangely
Disappeared.
The wife of .1. L. Padgett, of
Newnan, is very anxious to learn
of his wtierealmuts. He left his
home in Newnan on Thursday,
June 14th, with the intention of
visiting his father at 'late, Ga.
1 nformation from 'fate is to the ef
feet that he has never appeared
there. He was seen to board a
Western and Atlantic train in At
lanta on June 14, by Mr. Itoy
Cole, but since that time his fam
ily and friends have been unable
to linil any trace of him.
Padgett is about 24 years of age,
and held a responsible position
with the R. I). Cole Manufactur
ing Co. He is a married man and
has one child. Any information
concerning him will be gratefully
received by his family in Newnan.
Bible Circle Picnic.
The Woman’s Bible Circle of the
Central Baptist Church enjoyed an
informal picnic at Pearl Spring
Park Tuesday' afternoon, June
19th. All but three members were
present. The pastor, Rev. J. S.
Hardaway, was guest of honor, be
ing the only gentleman present.
This circle was formed in Jan
uary, has met regularly on Friday
afternoons and a deep interest in
the Word has been manifested.
Members of Circle present, with
three out of town guests, were:
Mesdames Will Arnold, D. 8.
Summers, Howard Glover, Chas.
Weisner, N. B. Hudson, Thos.
Cole and guest, Mrs. Turner Gold
smith, of Atlanta; Thos. Jones, R.
D. Cole, Jr., and Mrs. Brown, of
Dalton, W. A. Steed, Hewlett
Hall, Rev. and Mrs. J. S. Harda
way, Mrs. Roy Cole and guest,
Mrs. M. It. Emmons, of Atlanta.
Notice.
By virtue of an order granted by
R. O. Jones, Referee in Bank
ruptcy, there will be sold in front
of the court house on first Tuesday
in July next, about 12 o’clock, all
of the uncollected accounts lielong-
ing to the estate of J. F. Reynolds,
bankrupt. The books containing
such accounts may be seen at my
June 26th, 1906.
J. Littleton Jones,
Attorney for Trustee.
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