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THE NEWNAN NEWS. ( gwnry’a on;,, , " 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. For a nt ling in music or musi cal instruments telephone No. 196.