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»im—WiI'Ll ittw ; V ^ v-t f 'Jum MWgf Bui mli jtvv».»?Tw- ^ 11 V l>1 S' TO SUBSCRIBERS. The News receives complaints each week from subscribers who fail to get this paper. Some of the complaints come from citizens of Newnan and others come trom elsewhere. Sometimes a subscrib er seems to think his name has been dropped from our subscrip tion l*sts, or that the paper is not mailed to him regularly. This is not the case. The News’ list of subscribers is in type in -this of fice and the system of mailing used makes it next to impossible to omit mailing the paper to every name on the lists each week. .subscribers who fail to get The News regularly should inquire of their carrier or postmaster and en deavor to locate the trouble. The publisher of this paper wants every subscriber to get The News regularly and promptly; and we believe the postmasters and car riers desire to handle The News with accuracy and dispatch; so if you fail to get The News, mention the matter to carrier or postmas ter and an effort will be made to locate the cause. 28 Bryan’s Essential Service. Fame and When the epitaph of William . 'Jennings Bryan has been written, ^und his biography has been gather- 1 d in remoter times into the his tory which is supposed to be both discriminating and impartial, it will be found that his great repute does not rest upon any public of fice to which he has aspired or to which he may yet attain, but rather upon the greater qualities of the man, the statesman and the pat riot, which are illustrated and ex emplified upon his eloquent lips and in his illustrious life. Mr. Bryan has reached that po sition not attained by more than three Americans in all the history of this country, where he is greater than a president. It is worth more to him to have reached the serene height from which he enjoys the perfect con fidence of his countrymen than to have held the presidency during both of the terms for which he has been a candidate for that lofty sta tion. It is worth more to him to have attained as his permanent and universal title the soubriquet of "The Great American Com moner,” than to have been the executor of the policies and of the platforms of his party. The things which have builded this colossal character into nation al and international repute, are the qualities to which good men and ttoughtful men, teachers, preach ers and public speakers may point the youth of this country as the model way to greatness and the only durable basis of the loftiest fame. Integrity of conviction,pub lic courage ana self sacrifice, are the serene qualities which fashion .the character of men; and all of sponded that he could not accept the nomination unless the conven tion confirmed the platform upon which he had been a candidate four years before and which represented his unaltered and unchanged con victions. , And the leaders of the Demo cratic party, numbering the first and most distinguished men of the republic, went back to Kansas City, carrying the message that one man, greater than office and loftier than station, insisted that if his party did not advocate the con victions in which he believed, that he could not consent to permit them to use his name as leader and advocate. Few higher and loftier expres sions of personal and political in tegrity have been recorded in the long history ot this great republic than this message from Bryan to the convention of 1900. And now, as William Jennings Bryan comes home once more to receive the plaudits ot the thous ands and the idolatrous loyalty ot the party which holds him first and dearest among its public men, he stands today unspoiled and un changed—411st where he has al ways stood—on the serene and splendid height of his brave con victions, willing at all times to hold those convictions in the balance against his personal prospects and surrender the highest station in the world rather than surrender the magnificent possession of his personal and political integrity. And so at last when we come to measure the character and service of this great citizen who may or may not be President of these United States, we shall be com pelled in the wider and larger view which time and distance shall bring, and which matures men and judgment, to record the fact that Mr. Bryan’s highest and noblest service to his party and to the peo ple has been to elevate the moral tone of American politics, and to have inspired with a more definite integrity the policies of the great party of the people for whom he stands. It is only from areal Democracy that a "Great Commoner” could come. And that this man has not only risen above the multitude, but has held his serene and undisputed place as the loftiest figure in a democratic republic, is a joint tribute to the real fundamental sympathy of the mass with hon esty, and for the crystal qualities which have enabled this great man to reap its glorious reward in the universal love and confidence of his times. It is a source both of thankful ness and of inspiration that out of the reeking mass of graft and greed, corruption and monopoly of this reckless and rushing age, that there has come to us "one clear, white figure of integrity, one knight without fear and without reproach.” One Sir Galahad,whose strength is as the strength of ten because his heart is pure. May he live long to be framed these have been illustrated in the career of the great Nebraskan who : against the shadows of the times, is Atlanta s guest today. and to light the pathway of our It is, after all, the high, clear y 0un g Americans to the nobler moral note in every advocacy to anc j- more enduring way.—The which Mr. Bryan has given his life Georgian, which has stamped, impressed and established his character in his na tive lpd. There has not been a cause for which he has fought that ; he has not pitched his support of it on the highest moral ground of justice and righteousness. When he made that immortal parbale Lee "who made a glory of Failure and a majesty of Defeat.” Sweet to him was peril for his country. His union with Miss Rebecca Earnest was * blessed with nine children, all of whom and his be loved wife still survive him. Capt. Powel met the world with an out stretched hand and a winning smile. He believed in the exalted dignity of toil, and the God-given brotherhood of man. For a high sense of honor, undoubted chivalry and loyal friendship, he had no superior. In his character there was the fine equipoise of strong common sense, with the magic of good will, and the inborn princi ples of a model gentleman. Though ‘‘the golden bowl be broken, and the silver cord be loosed,” his many noble traits will be remembered as long as the harp of memory rings true to the loving touch of Friendship. Capt. Powel possessed a hopeful, vivacious temperament, and he cheered, unconsciously, many a drooping, despondent one. His heart vitalized his hand to calls of charity unknown to the world. He sounded no trumpet, but his generous hand was ever open to the cry of distress. For twenty-one years he contributed liberally to the support of the Presbyterian church—it being the church of his choice. Faith, Hope and Charity were the triune deities whom he reverenced. He felt that humility was man’s loftiest crown, and Mejcy, the fairest attribute of God. A golden-hearted gentleman has passed from the ranks of our citi zenship—one who possessed, in an eminent degree that mysterious cement of the soul—true friend ship tor his kind. Together with a sorrowing com munity, the U. D. 0. would mingle their tears of regret, and extend to the * bereaved family and friends that priceless sympathy that binds us all in union. "In the sweet fields of Eden where the tree of life is blooming” may we greet our loyal-hearted friend again—he whose home was his kingdom; he who was happiest when the arms of his children were around his neck, the tender hand of bis wife in his, and the light of his own fireside illuminating &11 their loving hearts. He and his peers are the kings, by right, of all the happy homes on ejirth. God bless the privileged ones who bear his name, and cast upon them the descending mantle of his many admirable virtues. Resolved, First: That in Capt. T. W. Powel’s death the U. D. C. has lost a sterling supporter— frank,enthusiastic and unchanging. Second: That our united sym pathy be tendered to the afflicted family and their relatives, and a copy of this tribute be presented to them. Third: That this tribute be spread upon the minutes of the organization and read at the next meeting. U. D. C. Mrs. T. J. Jones, Pres. Ml Resolutions of U. D. C. Agricultural School Trustees. “The angels of Life and Death alike are his; Without his leave, they pass no thresh old o’er.” Upon the new-made mound of speech in the Chicago convention our esteemed townsman and friend, which swept him in one electric : Capt. T. W. Powel, the U. D, C. hour into national fame and gave j would lay a wreath of friendship’s him two successive nominations purest immortelles, for the presidency, it was the dis- At Rogersville, Tennessee, near- tinct pulse of patriotism and of j ly 64 years ago he was born, and lofty rectitude that rang like the for 33 years he had been a promi- silver bugle through his words. 1 nent and esteemed citizen of this When he sat tranquil and un- j place, ruffled at his home in Lincoln, The Revolutionary blood, so Nebr., while the Democratic na- graciously bequeathed to him, re- tional convention of 1900 was in j ceived a gallant impetus in the session in Kansas City, the domi-' civil war, to which he and five nant committee of that great as- brothers gave distinguished ser- sembly waited upon him to ask vices. When his sword was brok- that he would honor the conven- en by a shot, and his clothing tion by becoming its candidate for , pierced by thirteen bullets, his President. And this man to whom patriotism but rose to a white heat, the Presidency has always been and nerved his arm for surer aim. less than his brave convictions, re- j He almost worshipped the incom- Goveruor Terrell has appointed the trustees for the different con gressional district agricultural schools provided for by the last Legislature and the following are the gentlemen named in the Fourth Congressional District: Carroll—J. A. Mur rah, Carroll ton. Heard—Dr. J. B. Handers, Corinth. Coweta—-T. M. Cellars, Grant- ville. Troupe—H. H. Lane, Mount- ville. Meriwether—,J. E. Leave! 1, Woodbury. Harris—T. L. Thompson, Chip- Jey. Talbot-T. H.Persons,Talbotton. Muscogee—G. Gunby Jordan, Columbus. Chattahoochee—F. M. Gordy, Cusseta. Marion—G e 0 r g e P. Munro, Buena Vista. Piano Contest Gets Interesting The News’ great $350 piano voting contest is becoming interesting. The friends of sev eral young ladies have placed them before the public as candidates, and the votes are beginning to pile up. People are talking about the contest and the interest is increas ing daily. This is the first contest of the kind ever inaugurated by a newspaper in Coweta county, and it is natural that it ex cites some interest. Pianos worth $350 are not often given away by newspapers, and the people realize that this contest means something. They realize that the News has planned the lar gest advertising campaign ever devised and under taken by a newspaper in this county, and they see that the News is going to “make things hum” during the next few months. Old subscribers are waking up to the strong points of the News and the spirit of enterprise displayed by its publisher; new subscrib ers are coming to the paper; and the great piano contest promises to be of unexpected magnitude. VOTE NOW! NOW is the time to cast your votes for the young lady you desire to see win the piano. The first in the contest will secure a lead tliat may be difficult to overcome later. Vote now and place your lady in the contest. An early start may be worth hundreds or thousands of votes to your candi date before the contest closes. THE PLAN of voting is this: You pay any desired sum of money op sub scription to the News, and cast 1 00 votes for each $ 1 paid in. Old and new subscribers vote alike. All money past due on subscription and all money paid in advance counts for just the same in voting. Real religion needs no brass band accompaniment. Use this blank in the voting contest if subscrip tions are mailed. Name of subscriber AddFess Old or new! Amount enclosed ♦ I desire to vote for in the piano contest. VOTE NOW The News, Newnan, Georgia