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NEWNAN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1906.
NO. 24
You and Your Friends Can Vote “Early and Often” in the News’ Great Piano Contest
AMONG THE
ADVERTISERS
f
Something About What Hust
ling Users of News Space
Are Doing in Local Field.
Merck A Dent’s
worth reading.
ads are always
The Wester Music ('o.,04 Peach
tree street, Atlanta, advertises a
great word contest in this week’s
News. Look up their ad and read
it.
Prompt, efficient service and
high quality goods have won great
popularity for (’. I*. Stephens A
(Vs. grocery store. Their ads in
the News have probably helped
some.
Diversification Necessary.
Potts A Parks’—that’s the la
dies’ store. This enterprising firm
has emphasized this thought in
their excellent advertising until
readers of the News naturally think
of ladies’ goods when the Potts &
Parks store is mentioned.
The Star, with a desire to em
phasize the splendid ami timely
talk of Dr. S. A. Knapp before the
Monroe Progressive League recent
ly, calls attention to an article in
this paper yesterday in which an
eminent authority asserted that
there was practically no hope to
check the ravages of the 1h)11 wee
vil, and it was his opinion that the
! whole cotton lielt would lie devas-
Bradley A Hanks are in the tated in a comparatively short
irout rank with the l>est in their j time, leaving ruin and wrecks in
Their brief, convincing ads. 1 it s wake.
line.
are a feature of the News' adver
tising columns.
Harnett, St. John & Do. use
some of the best advertising that
appears in the News. It’s usually
This is, apparently, a gloomy
and greatly exaggerated picture of
the future for a portion of the
country that in years gone by was
regarded as the finest cotton grow
ing section in the world. Hut the
Commissioners Visited A.,
& A.
B.
Chairman J. T. Kirby. Commis
sioners B. L. Bed wine and J. \V.
Hutchinson, Hon. W. L. Stallings
and Judge L. A. Perdue composed
a party that visited the First and
Haralson districts last Monday and
inspected the route of the Allanta,
Birmingham A Atlantic Kailway.
The commissioners made the trip
for the purpose of examining
crossings and seeing that the rail
road builders are not encroaching
upon the rights of the people in
the work of constructing this line.
The A., H. A A. enters Coweta
county at Haralson and the line is
through thut village and Senoia to
Stallings’ bridge, where the road
crosses into Fayette county. About
eight miles of the line will run
through this county. The work of
grading for this line is now tieiug
pushed as rapidly as possible.
Death of Mr. J. H. Bryant.
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about clothing and gents’furnish- actual facts and bitter experiences
ing goods, and tells an interesting I „f the farmers of Texas amply
story and tells it well. j .justify the prospect. Once the
1 Texas cotton farmers waxed elo-
The pointed advertising talks Of quent in telling' of the wonderful
l’euiston A Lee are among the most productiveness of their soil. Hut
attractive small ads in the News, an enemy in the shape of the pesti-
; ferous boll weevil came,and bright
H.S. Bantu is one ol Newnan’s hopes and prospects of bountiful
livest hustlers. He pushes a cotton crops faded away, leaving
splendid proposition and is a bankruptcy and “hard times”
down-to-dute advertiser. where prosperity formerly existed.
Has Louisiana—has Ouachita
I*. F. Cuttino & Co., a store parish—any right to hope to es
that is a landmark in Newnan’s ^p,. the ravages anil destructive
business world, is successfully ad- iuhaences of the boll weevil! In
vertised in the News. This store’s fact, some authorities assert that
goods have won its reputation and it is with us in large quantities,
its reputation guarantees its goods, especially to the south and west,
j and that its advance is certain.
The Newnnn Hardware Co. is a Docs it not seem reasonable to ae-
Hve wire in tlie advertising field, eept the inevitable and prepare to
All the ads of this store tell stir- avoid a repetition of* the disasters
ring stories of business activity that visited the farmers of Texas!
and success. They arc the kind The cotton planters arc masters of
that win. their destiny after all, anil can win
I a glorious victory over the boll
The New York Bargain Store is weevil if they will only make the
one of the News’ steady advertis- effort.
ing patrons and one that advertis- The key to the situation, and it
ing pays. See special ad this j H one that will unlock' tho rich re-
week. sources of nature and fill the land
with peace and plenty and cause
The unique ads of Orr A How- 0llI - farmers to rejoice, is given in
ell always attract attention and one word—Diversification. Di-
busiiiess. Just now they are versify farm products and devote
pushing the famous Studebaker more attention to barnyard fowls
wagon. land stock raising. Give less time
to cotton and the corner grocery
One of the News’ heavy users ol and more to producing the things
space is A. E. Brod, who is a that can be grown on a farm, and
hustler for trade. Bead his story the lioll weevil will not be a source
of advertising test in this week’s of terror to the average fanner.
News. A farmer can never lie prosper-
ous who has his smokehouse and
Frank J. Flannery’s advertising granary in some western city. Yet
is always worthy of attention, thousands of hard-working,earnest
Frank is a young business man men till the soil and wonder why
who iH making a marked success their efforts are not crowned with
in his line. j success, who year in and year out
buy western corn, oats and meat
“Sexton does it lietter’ is the a j. f atlC y prices to be used on the
motto ol one of Newnan’s hustling plantation, and neglect the chicken
plumbers.. Bead about .Sexton s j n< iusti’y and other sources of rev-
business in his ads in the News.
We regret to announce the death
at aliout twelve o’clock on last
Sunday night of Mr. J. II. Bryant,
the father of Mr. E. L. Bryant, of
this city. Interment was at Grant-
villo, his old home.
Mr. Bryant and his wife moved
to LaGrange aliout the first of Au
gust, he having accepted a posi
tion with the grocery department
of the ('ailaway I >epartmeiit Stores.
He had been sick most of the time
since he lias been here, but it was
only recently when his condition
was thought to Ik* critical. The
cause of his death was dysentery.
Projjnmi of Fifth Sunday Meet
ing at Haralson.
The churches of the fourth dis-
tsict of the Western Baptist As
sociation will convene, according
to appointment, with the Haral
son church ‘or a two days meeting,
embracing the fifth Saturday and
Sunday in this month.
The exercises will Is* as follows:
HATl'RDAY TilK 2I)TH.
10 a. m.—Prayer and praise ser
vice. 11 a. m.—Sermon by Bov.
J. S. Hardaway.
1:80 p. m.—Prayer and praise
service.
2 p. m.—Needs for the Better
Development of the Churches of
the Present Day. What are they!
How may they Is* supplied? Led
by Dr. G. A. Nutiiially. General
discussion.
SUNDAY THU HOT II.
0:80 a. m.—Prayer and praise
service led by W. S. Travis.
10 a. in.—What do the Annual
Protracted Meetings of this Year
Indicate as to tin* Spirit of Evan
gelism in our Churches? Beports
from tlic pastors and roprcscntii
tives of the various churches.
11 a. in.—Sermon by Rev. B. C
Rhodes.
world 12,000,000 new spindles—
0,000,000 in America and 0,1)00,-
000 in Europe. The average an
nual increase in consumption by
the mills of tlic world taking
American cotton amounts to 400,-
0(10 hales. That there will In* a
strong and healthy demand for
every halo we can grow and har
vest this season there can 1m* no
doubt. That good prices would la*
willingly paid by tin* mills, if de
manded by the farmers, there is
no question, in the face of the av
erage good prill's paid for tin* two
last large crops.—Cotton Journal.
ADJOURNED TERM
SUPERIOR COURT
Will Convene October 29th, to
Finish Business Passed
Over from September.
Seedling vs. Budded Trees.
Work Day for the Orphans.
He leaves a wife and several ehil*
Saturday, Sept. 20th, will Is*
“work day” for the benefit of the
orphans of the State of Georgia.
All those charitable institutions
have joined in tlic request Unit
every man in Georgia give one
day’s work, or its equivalent to
some one of the orphans’ homes of
dren, one of his sons lieing Mr. E.
L. Bryant, who has been with Cal
laway’s for a niiiulier of years.
The deceased was a clever and
popular gentleman, and the news
of his death will be received with
much sorrow by his friends in this
city and In Coweta county.—La-
Grange Graphic.
Mrs. Fain’s Reception.
tin* State
Mrs. James T. Fain entertained
a number of friends at a domino
party Thursday. Pot plants and
golden rod were used throughout
the house, betokening the coming
autumn. The autumn colors, red,
yellow and green, were carried out
in every detail.
After the game a salad course
was served, and the prizes award
ed to the fortunate winners.
Those invited were: Mesdames
J. T. Kirby, N. E. Powel, W. S.
Dent, W. C. Wright, Alton Ar-
nall, Henry A mail, I. E. Walker,
H. A. Hall, E. B. Barrett, P. B.
Murphey, P. L. Sutherland, B. <).
Jones, H. H. North, Sam Banks,
W. A. Turner, Jr., Michael Pow
ell, Z. Greene, T. S. Parrott, Joel
Barney, E. G^ Cole, Frank Cole,
Thos. Cole, B. I). Cole, Jr., G. E.
Croft, Ellison Richards, W. C.
Carter, Chas. Astin,J. E. Zachary.
Bennett Sanders; Misses Bessie
Powell, Julia Mae Hackney, Lucile
Thompson, Virginia Freeman,
Louise Peddy, Lizzie Arnold, fna
These homes cover a wide range
of charity, and they take pride in
assuring the public that they will
allow no Worthy cause of charity
to go by unheeded. They stand
ready and willing to assist every
orphan child in Georgia who may
lie in need of assistance.
There is yet a sufficient period
for the date to get well fixed in the
mind of tin* people so that they
max know when this memorable
occasion conics, and it will then Is*
iiji to them to show how much of
genuine charity they have for one
of the most deserving classes in
tlic State.
We trust that tlic movement will
meet with the hearty and cordial
co-operation of tin* people at large
and that the treasuries of the or
phans’ homes of the State will lit
erally overflow as the result of
this day of labor.
Bear in mind the date—Satur
day. Heptemlier 2‘Jtli.—The Geor
gian.
enue that abound on the average
farm. An all-cotton crop will
Among the users of small space bankrupt any community and
in the News isl. M. Martin, who cover the country with mortgages,
finds that even a small ad in this The Star suggests that the farm-
paper helps his business. ers, faj, an( j xittle, cut the acreage
in cotton and devote more land to
E. O. Reese, the furniture man, t jj e cn itivatioi» of hay, eori^ oats,
« wants to show you his stock, and a ud sweet potatoes, cabbage
his ad in this week’s News tells a nd 0 th er necessaries, and. raise
the story.
chickens, turkeys, hogs and stock.
j - . . Do this earnestly aud faithfully
One of Newnams growing enter- and ^ eyiJ effect<J of thtJ lwll wee .
is the Newnan Marble
prises
vil will not be manifest in this sec-
Works, and the proprietoi, Mr. J. ^ on 0 f the country.—Monroe (La.)
E. Zachary, believes in advertis
ing in the News.
L „ , a. Tv _,. k.,,-1,1 Handsome leather trimmed din-
k H Merck A Dent, * buggy build-, ing phain , rockere Md other n0w
era, ” build ’em right and then ad-j g0(M j s arr j v j n ju Marbury’s fur-
vertise ’em right in the News, j uiture store. Gome to see them.
Star.
Present Prices Too Low.
Much higher prices arc sure to
come later on in the movement of
tills crop. Just when that time
will come will depend largely upon
the manner in which this crop is
sold. If the staple is rushed to
market during the next two or
three months, prices arc likely to
remain low and may go down low
er still. But in the face of the past
Kirby, Kate Snead,< ora Stephens, t wo years enormous aud hitherto
unprecedented production, with
Bosadell Holmes, Mattie and Ella
Kate Fain.
THE PIANO CONTEST.
Up to the time the News went
to press this week two young ladies
bad iieen entered in the News’
piano contest by their friends. The
vote for the two stands as follows:
Miss Bessie Kirby, of Newnan,
400 votes.
Miss Jewel Faver, of Newnan,
400 votes.
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We never hear a man boasting
about being self-made but what we
wish that he had put on tome fin
ishing tnricV*.
prices averaging 10 cents for the
two years combined yield, there is
certainly no good reason why cot
ton should now sell for less than
10 cents, and every good aud un
deniable reason why it should
firing at least 10 cents and even
more. There has been no curtail
ment in consumption, no depres
sion in the price of cotton goods.
The mills all over the world are
running on fulf time and Isdiind
with their orders. The jobbing
ami retail trade is short of supplies
and it appeal's impossible for the
mills to meet the wants of the
trade. In the past year there have
l>een added to the mills of the
From some inexplicable reason
there is ii deep seated prejudice
against budded or grafted fruit. It
is hard to explain—hut to fruit
growers and nurserymen it is hard
ly worthy of even a passing notice
—the very fact that there is ab
solutely no certainty us to results
from seedling trees should be a
knock-down argument against
them. It is argued by those who
arc advocates of seedlings that
the) arc longer lived. No real or
scientific tests show this to be a
fact—planted side by side and
watched carefully so ns to make a
test case and demonstrate beyond
a doubt whether seedlings live
longer than budded trees the re
suits have shown that compara
tively there is no dill’crenee.
Then as to time saved: Suppose
you plant a seedling tree (tho
pencil for instance), you must wait
at least three years to obtain re
sults; and then in all probability
disappointment. Plant a free stone
and get a cling stone or vice versa.
Suppose on tin* contrary you want
a free stone early or late as tin*
case may Is*, aud when your tree
fruits you have precisely what you
bargained for. Then again, do
men who are in the nursery Inisi
iicss commercially plant 'seedling
trees? They would simply Ik* at
sen without a rudder. Nurserymen
and those who deal in or sell trees
could promise you nothing; chaos,
confusion aud disappointment
would Ih* the result, and all con
fidence destroyed in promises or
statements made by those who sold
tho tree. •
Those who favor planting seed
ling trees arc largely confined to
elderly people, who can assign no
other reason for tin* ravages of the
borer curciillo or tin* rot in the
ripe peach. They will tell you
what line, luscious,melting peaches
their fathers or grand-fathers used
to gl ow; that no such fruit cun now
be had, etc. That fine, luscious
peaches or other fruits can be
grown from seedling trees we will
admit. Hut the uncertainty re
sulting from seedlings should deter
all intelligent cultivators from
risking time and money on trees
not to lie depended upon. It can
not Ik* charged against nurserymen
or dealers in trees that they are
actuated by mercenary or sinister
motives in selling budded or graft
ed trees. The seedlings could lie
raised at one-fourth or even less
than budded trees are sold for,aud
certainly no more care in their
production than an ordinary crop
of corn or cotton.—Dr. Samuel
Hape.
Heptemlier term of Superior
Court adjourned last Saturday, af
ter lining in session two weeks.
The hist week of court witnessed a
rush of business and enough cases
remain on the dockets to justify
the holding of an adjourned term,
which will convene on Monday,
< fetoher 20th,
Tho traverse and tulles jurors
who served during the second week
of September term arc ordered to
serve at the adjourned term.
Business transacted last week in
court, mid not reported in last
week’s News, is as follows:
State vs. Jack Pollard; assault
with intent to murder; guilty; #75
line and costs, or six mouths in
cliaingang.
State vs. Jim Cochran aud Tom
Wyatt; assault with intent to mur
der; guilty, with recoinmendation
that defendants In* punished as for
misdemeanor; Jim Cochran fined
♦ l25 and costs, or 12 months in
chaingiuig; Tom Wyatt fined #100
and costs, or 10 months in ehuin-
gang.
State vs. Will Motcn; kidnap
ping; not guilty.
State vs. Arthur Parks; larceny
after trust; guilty, with recom
mendation to punishment us for
misdemeanor; *75 line and costs,
or 10 months in chainguiig.
State vs. Nathaniel O’Neal;
rape; guilty, with rccommeiida
lion to mercy; 5 years in jieni-
teutiary.
State vs. Jiin McKinney; assault
to rape; ant guilty.
Thu A mull Couch Supply Go.
was incorporated, to conduct a
warehouse and mercantile busi
ness in Senoia. Charter granted
for 20 years; capital stock, #15,-
ooo. The incorporators are M. II.
Couch, J. C. A mull, .1. II. Mc-
K night, L. E. A mull, J. E. Sasser,
W. S. Travis, W. T. Arnall, Lon
Gray, C. A. Sasser, H. L. Ware,
S. c. Travis, I.. M. Farmer, of
Coweta county; W. M. Johnson,of
Meriwether comity; George G.
Smith, of Bibb county.
B. E. Platt, of Newnan, was ap
pointed a notary public for the full
term of lour years.
T. M. Goodruin, of Newnan, wuh
appointed a notary public for a
term of four years.
Lizzie G. Holden vs. Sam Sims,
Wiley Elder and Dock Elder, Jr.;
injunction; case set for hearing in
superior court room in Newnan on
Sept. 21), 190#, at 2:80 p. m.
Bible Circle.
Alexander Stephen’s Society.
The Alexander Stephen’s So
ciety of the Boys’ High School was
reorganized last Friday and the
following officers were elected:
John Henry Taylor, President;
Hamilton Sago, Secretary; Paul
Orr, Critic; Paul Peniston, Jr.,
Editor.
Special value in all-linen white
hemstitched handkerchiefs, ten
cents each,at P. F. Cuttino A Co’s.
The Woman’s Bible Circle of the
First Baptist Church will meet
with Mrs. A. B. Cates next Tues
day at 8:80 p. in. Every woman
in town who is interested in Bible
study, is invited to ultend. The
Circle is non-sectarian. The sole
purpose of the meetings iH to study
the Scriptures and get all the in
formation possible from the Bible.
“Come thou with us and we will
do thee good; and thou inayest Iki
to'us instead of eyes.”
A M EM KKR.
Stewart & Parks’ Store Sold.
Stewart A Parks, the Greenville
street general merchants, have sold
their business to <P. Stephens &
Co., who will take charge the first
of next year. Stephens A Go. at
first planned to open a general
store in the place now occupied as
a stove store by the Newnan Hard
ware Go., but since trading for the
Stewart A Parks stock have de
cided to occupy that store room.