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THF NEWNAN NEWS. Ot<V>n*ry , » 0 Woe VOL. VII. NEWNAN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1906. NO. 17 Hoke Smith will Speak at Mineral Spring, Saturday, 2:30 p. m. Everybody Come! THIS IS THE WEEK OF THE GAY CHAUTAUQUA. Newnan and Her Visitors are Enjoying a Season Bright Intercourse with Brilliant Minds, Com bining Entertainment and Instruction. of Newuan's third Chautauqua i- I nitial States; his lecture living making excellent progress this entitled “An Englishman’s Iiuprcs- week, despite the fact that the As sociation has been combating for two weeks the hardest streak of ill luck that ever embarrassed a Chautauqua management and ob structed the production of a Chau tauqua program. These com plica- sions of brother Jonathan ami 11 is Ureal Country." Wednesday morning Mr. Spurgeon lectured again—discussing some of the fol lies and superstitions which have alllictcd the human family in a 1 ages. 11 is lectures wide instruc tions began to arise last week, and live and improving in Hie highest necessitated several changes in the degree. week’s program as already ar- Tuesday night, de pi tile in- ranged and published. For a element weather, an an Hence of while the difficulties appeared to fair si/e assembled tb hear and see be insurmountable, but the man- Dr. Edwin Burton McDowell's agement proved equal to the task, illustrated lecture on ••Panama in bridged over the difficulties, and is Picture and Prose." Beautiful giving the people a first class pictures of actual- scenes on the Chautauqua program this week. Isthmus were displayed, accom- The troubles of the Chautauqua panieil by graphic descriptions of management began when notifies- Panaman places iy n d people. This tion was received that Dr. .Morgan entertainment and Dr. McDowell's HON. HOKE SMITH SPEAKS IN NEWNAN TOMORROW. j Popular Candidate for Governor will Receive Rous ing Reception at the Hands of the People of This City and Coweta County. All necessary preparations are W right, who will introduce Mr. being perfected for the big lloke smith to the crowd. It is expeet- ! Smith rally and speaking which is ed that the people's candidate will i to occur in Newnan on Saturday, prove equal to the occasion and August llh. The details of theaf will deliver one of the greatest fair are in charge of a committee speeches of the campaign, j composed of prominent citizens People are coming to Newnan w ho will spare no ell'ort to make from every direction and from the occasion the greatest political Coweta and all adjoining counties gathering in the history of New next Saturday, and it is believed nan. The personnel of the com- the crowd x\ i 11 be a record breaker mittoe is as follows: in size and enthusiasm. The news lion. A. 1!. Burdetl, chairman; I comes from every town and dis Messrs. Franc Campbell. D. S.jtriet in Coweta county that the Cuttino, C. I!. (Hover, F. M. Bry second entertainment, Thursday evening, were best features of the entire week. Thursday evening Dr. McDowell carried his audience on a trip “Through Arizona Canyon and \ osemite to the (Haiders of Alas ka." with a superb collection of M Heo()s wi „ lecture"Saturday and a half and most of his speech hulf of the people who will gather join the procession, get a seat on —- 1 --*— .... •- 1 ■ ...... i M... i i ........... umi gear lloke. Wood and the Otterbein Quartette could not fulfill their contracts with the Association. This notifi cation came just a few days before the beginning of Chautauqua; and then came the news that Dr. K. T. Duncan could not be present to preach on Sunday. Coming at the last hour, these difficulties seemed moving pictures and colored Ian- insurmountable; but the Chautau- tern slides, j qua managers bestirred themselves. Mrs. \\ jlm Molt Wakelield, of made liberal use of telegraph and New York, formerly of Newnan, telephone wires, and secured at-j was the star attraction on Wednes- tractions to replace those which day evening’s program. Her songs had failed them. anil 'recitations were received with The Chautauqua opened Sunday prolonged applause and made a de morning, “on time,” and while cideqiy pleasing impression upon the eminent Methodist divine of .the ''audience. Other features of Birmingham was not present to j this tovening’s entertainment were| assembly'as a" whole has made” a deliver the opening sermon, his musi<* by the Marine Band, songs dlstillot j y ]>k . Hsinf r ha.m-sslo.. upon the people of . their guests. I hyrsday morning that eloquent Miss, (sippian, Hon. Luther Man- ship,! aptly termed the Bob Taylor of hiii State, delighted a large as sembly with his splendid lecture entitled, “Song and Story.” Mr. : Mansl'iip pleased every hearer and in tin was UbanimiTusly voted one of the ‘h'hght by Newnan people, as an finest Chautaqua lecturers ever illustration o! tin ant, J.T. Kirby, .1. L. Brown, .). B. Barney, .1. J. Keith, M. ('. Farmer, L. A. Perdue. people are preparing to turn out enmusse and come to the lloke Smith rally in Newnan. Old and young, large and small, male and The committee has named 2:110 female are coming; and the old o’clock in the afternoon as the town will be packed and jammed time for the speaking to begin, with enthusiastic IlokeSmith men, The speaking will occur at Miner- women and children, presented Hoke Smith will Speak in Newnan Saturday, i al Spring, in this city, and not at F.very voter in this and adjoin- two ol* the August 4th, 3t 2:30 o’clock* Pearl spring Park, two miles south ing counties, who ran possibly do of the city, as some people have so, ought to hear lloke Smith’s in been erroneously informed. If Newnan speech—espeeially those weather conditions prove favor- who have not already heard him | able it is not probable that any . discuss the issues in this campaign. and it is certain the people w ill onstrution from time to time ..., ... want to hear him a second tune, lavor ol the people’s candidate . . !, .. ... „. , . an additional session has lieen udd- somewhat nettled the speaker. , ..... . u , , .. • • , building in thee tv wi ho d one- Come to Newnan next Saturday, ed to the original program and Mr. Hall spoke list one hour " * * . morning at 10:J(>o’clock. At this time there will be rendered the usual musical program by the bund, the Trio and Mr. Kronfeldt. Despite the difficulties that have beset the third Chautauqua As sembly during the past two weeks, the inclement weather, disappoint ments of various kinds, etc., il has been a week of pleasure and the was devoted to a tirade against hcre Saturday to hear lloke Hoke Smith. That his remarks j«»‘«th’s speech, and so prepara were not well received w-as clearly tiol,s ttru nmW bav,! t,u ‘! shown bv frequent interruptions, yaking oeeur in the open air at j Carroll’eounty is undoubtedly in Mineral Spring. Several | United Stales Marine Band to the Hoke Smith column and ‘the cluiirM will be provided for j furnish music during the day. people's Candidate w ill be given a a,lb il H‘“d people, and comfortably, This band, has been playing da large majority at the coming prl the hand wagon Smith. Tlie committee on arrangements for the Smith rally lias secured the Band Let Well Enough Alone.’ “substitute” delivered one of the by the Southern Women’s Trio, strongest and most eloquent ser- .Mr. Jronfeldt and Mr. Davis, mons ever heard in the city. When it was learned that Dr. Duncan could not come to Newnan, the Chautauqua management secured Dr. <i. A. Nunnally to preach the morning sermon and Dr. J. W. Quillian to deliver the evening dis- linpresston Newnan and If everybody should sing the song of the (ieorgia politicians, “Let well enough alone,” there would never be any progress in any undertaking. There would City mail delivery was i.iaugu-! have b,M *" a "> ir,,n l ,loWM \ii 1 ’list 1st ma<b * f'° take Mie place ol the City Mail Delivery. course. 1 Highly Rain, which has in evidence durini been the week, fell in torrents Sunday night heard Hi Newnan. and prevented the assembling of a congregation to hear Dr. Quillian. This fact was deeply regretted by everybody. The subject of Dr. Nunnally’s discourse was “The Fatherhood of One'of the most popular attrac tions Of (h,. Assembly is the South ern \\ pmen's Trio of Atlanta,com posed of Mrs. Mamie Folsom rated in Newnan on This innovation was received with i woode " 1,0 . Klw,t,,i,! car lin, ‘ H place of the horse ears, no growth and sewi,, K machines, no telegraph and telephone lines, no steamboats or steam ears. Let well enough alone •ullooted at * s ab when the ingenuity of man makes everything perfect, seats w ill be arranged for the re mainder of the crowd. Hon. A. B. Burdetl will net as master of ceremonies for the occa sion and will present Hon. W. C. second annual engagement with (In- New nun Chautauqua this week. It is one of the IInest bands in the South, and the music furnished Saturday will prove a treat to all who conic. Carrollton Bonds idated. Not Val- Johnson in tearing up the tracks of the Cleveland St reet Car Coin- pnYy and moving them to one side order to make room for a new The Times is prosperity of the city and because of tin* great convenience of having mail delivered and every door. Three routes cover the city, and Wynnfe and Misses Martha Smith j ,nail boxt ’ s im ‘ lusted at ounven- and Zura Cauthon. These ladies j ie,lt I )oillts for tlu ' collection of .Goil,” and he treated his subject sing vc,*y sweetly, and their cllbrts mab mattei. Joseph K. layloi is carrier on Route No. I and covers iu a deeply interesting manner have w on generous applause at from the beginning to the conclu- each abpearance on the program, sion of his sermon. The large an- Ralph Bingham, the inimitable dience assembled in the Auditor- platform entertainer, is with the inmwasan appreciative gathering Chautauqua for the week and is and the speaker’s message made a acting as platform manager. This •strong and favorable impression (Friday) evening he will appear upon all hearers, i as tlife chief attraction on the pro Monday evening the Auditorium gram and will deliver one of his carrier is Aivan N. \\ ood. •was filled with a large and re- sidesplitting humorous lectures. which is impossible. There is room for improvement in political conditions as well as in the in dustries. and the man who comes before the people with a platform An interesting and important legal matter was decided by Judge d-ceijt fare line. B. \V. Freeman, in this city, Mon- afraid Mayor Johnson is going to day, when his Honor refused to scare capital into a duck lit, eapi- vaiidate the bonds recently voted tal being notoriously timid and for public improvements by the ready to take to its heels whenever city of Carrollton. anybody says “boo.” Carrollton voted bonds to the Gapilul is a good thing to have amount of #40,0(10, the to in the house, but it is not the cu be expended in completing the tireehee.se. An honest and fear- city’s Hewer system, for macadam- less mayor is worth quite a lot izing the streets and in the ercc- himself. In these days when “tim- tion of a city hull. Three-fourths id capital” is so ready to bribe the of the votes cast, in the special servants of the people, and so election were in favor of bonds,but olten siieeesstiil, it is refreshing to the business section of Newnan. John I!. Cox is the postman on Route No. 2, his route lying in “Newtown” ail’d the western and northwestern sections of the city. Route No. 3 includes Greenville Street and Fast Newnan and the earnestness is the man who will receive a majority of the votes,— Sandersville Progress. Death of Mrs. W. J. Driskill. lice in the classified service; and sponsiveaudience,gathered to hear The band, Mrs. Wakefield and Mr. the musical program which was the K vdnfeldt will assist Mr. Bingham first entertainment provided for in,entertaining what will probably the assembly. The numbers on be the largest audience of the week, the program were rendered by the This morning at 10:30 o’clock, baud, the Southern Women’s Trio, following the usual musical pro- Miss Clestelle McLeroy and Mes- 1 gza m< ‘-Bob” Seeds, the famous srs. A. L. Kronfeldt and W. H. farrier-lecturer, will expose the Davis. The entertainment was a j mistakes of life, his great hiimor- jhuceess iu every particular. The ou£ lecture being entitled, “The gentlemen and ladies presenting it Mistakes of Life Exposed.” ere generously applauded anil Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock lequeutly encored. a delightful special program was Tuesday morning the Chautau- rendered at the auditorium for the 'qua was blessed with more of the children. A large crowd of cliil- good luck which has been so much qren and many grown people were in evidence. A belated train made present. A splendid entertain- Smith Crowd Hears Joe Hall it impossible for Rev. William n«ent was given by the Baud, thej Speak. Spurgeon to arrive in time to lee- Trio, Mrs. Wakefield, Mr. Kron- — ture during the morning session, feldt,Mr. Bingham and Mr. Lucius j Carrollton, Ga., July 31.—Hon. so his lecture was postponed until Perry Hills. Joe Hill Hall, of Macon, spoke 2:30 o’clock in the afternoon. At' The Chautauqua as at first plan- j here Saturday in court house to an |that hour the distinguished Eng- neil made no provision for an en- audience of two hundred persons, ^ishman spoke on the relations ex- j tertalnment on Saturday; but, as 1 Of this numljer two-thirds or more sting between his country and the < Mr. Seeds will be on the ground were Smith supporters. The dern- i Mrs. W. J. Driskill. wife of the ,1,,. superintendent of the Coweta For- The establishment of city livery places the Newnan postof- tiliz.er Company, passed away ships in the office will be made HevtMal " u " ,ths - Th « l "'"' n ‘ l ,,( " through the civil service bureau, j in ,ilbwrto "’ tl “' llom(i of Another innovation following in j ^ I>> * ***th«r. 1 he ie- thewake of city delivery is two i mains were carrUid to thal l )iace cents postage on local letters. All | Sum^y, accompanied by the lie- letters mailed to addresses in the ,t “ avod hu8ban,l > his father-in- law, Mr. W. CJ. Dennard, and Messrs. E. It. Barrett and II. M. Fisher. Before her marriage Mrs. Dris- city must now bear two cent stamps. No one cent stamps on sealed envelopes are recognized in cities that have free delivery. This is an iron-clad rule of the postoffice k 111 was Miss Fa,,,,ie of Wilkes county. She was about 48 which gives them assurance of his j certain citizens of Carrollton who find a man like Tom Johnson, who oppose the issuing of bonds eon- is faithful to his trust, tested the validation of the bond The course of Mayor Johnson in issue and won their ease before' ignoring the order of the court and Judge Freeman. Judge Freeman going ahead with his work was refused to validate the bonds be- characteristic, lie expected to bn cause of an error in the time of sent to jail for contempt, but he publishing advertisement of the reasoned that he owed a duty to bond election and because the ad the public. Of all the men in vcrlisemcnt failed to state what Cleveland he was the only one who part of the #40,0(Jo was to be ex- 1 could fight that particular battle little poses for which the bond issue is that he should be compelled to desired. * serve a term in jail if by doing so A number of Carrollton lawyers the public welfare could be furth- were employed in this ease, a ina- «*red. jority of them representing tin* 'I he New York Times ought to mayor and council of Carrollton quit worrying over the timidity of and the friends of the bond issue, capital and do a little glorifying last Sunday evening at t o’clock, alter hereafterall appointments to clerk- a painful illness which had lasted I pended for each of the several pur- for the city and it mattered department. years of age, and was a member of the First Baptist church of New- nan. She was an estimable lady and her death is deeply deplored by a large host of friends. S. R. Bridges, Mr. Nutting and Miss Nelle Forbes came down from Atlanta last Wednesday afternoon to lie present at the evening ses sion of Chautauqua. The fight on bonds was led by Generals. W. Harris, attorney for the citizens opposing the bond is sue. Other Carrollton attorneys interested in the ease are W. F. Brown, VV. D. Hamrick and At torney Merrill. Solicitor General I J. R. Terrell, of Greenville, wasi also called to Newnan by the hear- ; ing of this ease. over the fact that some American cities have honest and courageous mayors like Tom Johnson. Ring off on capital and give the man a chance!—Atlanta News. Roscoe Voters for Hoke Smith. Mayor Tom Johnson, Cleveland. of The New York Times is worried over the course of Mayor Tom A recent poll of votens in the Roscoe neighborhood, this county, resulted in 1H votes for Hoke Smith, 1 for Dick Russell and 1 non-committal. That section of Coweta is solid for Smith, and the same thing can be said of almost every other section of this county.'