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Don't neglect your cough. Statistics show that in New York City alone over 200 people die every week from consumption. And most of these consumptives might be living now if they had not neglected the warning cough. You know how quickly Scott's Emulsion enables you to throw off a cough or cold. ALL DRUGGISTS i 50c. AND SLOO. The Ncwnan News lasuod Every Friday. J. T. FAIN, Editor and Publisher SUBSCRIPTION RATE,:$1.00 PER YEAR. OFFICIAL PAPER OF COWETA COUNTY. 'Phone No. 20. OFFICE UP STAIRS IN THET WILCOXON BLD6 has introduced a bill providing that their compensation be in creased from ♦700 to #900 per an num He thinks the rural carriers entitled to such an increase, inas much as they provide their own horses and vehicles. The contest will probably be close between several of them; and the young lady whose friends work the most effectively during the next two weeks will probably be the winner. Work will count, how ever. Scores of old subscribers are due the News for one or two years’ subscription, and many new subscribers can be secured by a ' little earnest effort. The friends i of the piano contestants, and the contestants themselves, have a wide and fertile field of effort be fore them. A few days’ work may result in securing thousands of votes. The battle is with the contes tants and their friends. It is for the News to award the piano to the successful young Ikdy, and that pleasure the News expects to have on Dec. 24th; but the young ladies and their friends will have to de termine the name of the fortunate winner of the prize. CITY COURT HAS ADJOURNED * w Busy Session of Two Weeks Closed Monday Morning. Have you voted? (Jet busy in the Work wins. piano contest. Probably no young lady in Cow eta county will receive a hand somer Christmas present than the fortunate winner in the News’ piano contest will be given on Dec. 24th. Nobody knows who the lucky young lady a £350 Clinton piano The piano contest is nearing the finish. Vote early and often. If you haven’t voted, get busy. The piano contest is drawing to a close. Senator Cullom expresses the opinion that the tariff must be re vised. Doubtless the Senator de sires to have the job performed by the friends of high tariff. mas gift that would with appreciation by woman in the county. will be, but is a Christ- be received any young THE PIANO CONTEST. The News confidently expected to have on exhibition by Dec. 1st in one of Newnan’s stores the Clinton piano which is to be given away in this paper's voting contest; but a letter received several days ago from the manufacturers, The Fu,bush Martin Co. of Boston, in formed us that the great rush of Fools and Cranks. NUMBER 1-IVE. And still new subscriptions come to the News. The people .... . .. .... orders the company is handling at of Coweta county are thoroughly | ^. . _ j . awake to the fine qualities of the News as a county newspaner. Lots of people eat too much on Thanksgiving day to show how thankful they are, and some of the sAine folks drink too much during the Christmas holidays—but no body has yet been able to discover the reason. Senator Beveridge is authority for the statement that nobody needs as much as a million dollars. Possibly the Senator is right; but the things that worry mortals most are not the things they need but the things they want. The high tariff "stand-patters” arc at a loss to understand why the people arc tired of being robbed. The people see the other side of matter and feel the high tariff monopoly tightening its grip on the nation with the passing of each day. In order to get in line with 19,- 999 other newspapers of this great country, the News advises its readers to do their Christmas shop ping early—knowing full well that a large majority of them are going this time, made it impossible to ship the News’ piano the first of this month. This turn of the mat ter is greatly regretted by the News, as we expected to exhibit the instrument for three or four weeks, in order to show the public just what a valuable and desirable piano we are going to give away. However, since our first plans have failed, we hope now to re ceive the piano in time to award it to the successful contestant on Dec. 24th. We have the pledge of the manufacturers that they will have it placed in our possession by that time, The News confidently believes that if the general public had been fully aware of the worth of this elegant piano, much greater inter est would have been manifested in the contest than has been evidenc ed. Many people naturally sup pose that the instrument is a cheap piano because the News will give it away; but that is the main rea son why a first class instrument was selected. The News could not afford to give a cheap and un reliable piano. It would injure this paper’s business in the future more than it would be benefitted at present. The News is a truth ful and reliable newspaper and is Some times we are inclined to talk about the other fellow being cranky, or even insinuate that he is a fool, when we have no idea of his intents and purposes. Once when I was a boy, I, with another boy, was standing on the bank of a shallow stream; sudden ly my companion seized and threw me in the stream flat of my back. To say I was mad, hardly express es it; I got up raging, and bent on punishing my supposed assailant, and as I arose I saw him with a big stick preparing to strike, My im pression was that he was both a fool and a crank; that he had be come angered by something I had said or done. I sputtered an im precation and began to look for a weapon, but just as I got hold of a piece of board, he brought his stick down hard apparently on the naked earth, This looked like a dare to me, and I made a rush for him,hut I stopped short, tor under his stick was a big snake. Then 1 learned the cause of his actions—the snake was coiling around my feet when he pulled me away. He did not have time to speak, or even be gentle in pulling me out of danger. For the time being he was a crank, for he did not look for an easy place to drop me on,or think about spoiling my clothes. The little iuconvenience was not to be con sidered in the emergency. There are a few prohibition cranks scattered about over the land, but they do not act as my boy friend did—they stop to point out the effect and describe the venom of the snake while he gets in his deadly work on his victim. While the snake coils around the young men of the nation, these pass resolutions, trying to kill the snake with paper wads. Moral: Quit whining and reso- luting, and act. Get a big stick, and if the victim won’t get out of the way, knock him out, and hit the snake, all with the same blow. The days of appeal to man's bet ter nature are past; he will laugh at you, whether the appeal be in the interest of politics or morals. In these days of strenuousness, there are men so wise that you have to knock them down to make them see the earth they are stand ing on. Some are so confident of In City Court the filial session was held Monday morning and ad journment was taken to the regu lar January term. This busy ses sion of the court lasted two weeks and the dockets were cleared of a considerable amount of business. The following cases were disposed of during the last two days of the session: State vs Willis Brewster, Jr., | misdemeanor; indictment quashed.! State vs Jack Reid, Ike Bran- I den burg and Govan Faver, dis- ' turbing divine services; Ike Bran- j denburg found not guilty; case against Govan Faver nolle pros- j equied. State vs Andrew Kelly, assault ■ and battery; not guilty. State vs Levi Morgan, selling liquor; guilty; #300 and costs or i 12 months in chaingang. State vs Wm. Coleman, selling liquor; guilty; #300 and costs or 12 months in chaingang. State vs Jim Gaston, selling liquor; uot guilty. JURY LISTS. Jurors drawn for first week of January term: F M Bryant, C F Hollberg, Geo. N Sewell, E Guy Cole, J W Banks, B T Bomar, F H Lytbgoe, J T Arnall, W A Robertson, J C Herring, W E Lindsey, F E Hindsman, If H North,.I DBexley, J I’ Bohannon, J A Stephens, R L Dukes, E C Goodwyn, H W Arnall,M C Farm er, A. B McKoy, J C Harris, J T E C McKoy, J D John- Brown, O V Wingo, J (> A W Stubbs, Geo. S POTTS AND PARKS WE SELL LADIES’ GOODS. We are the only exclusive dealers in Newnan, in dress goods, silks, trimmings, notions, lad ies and children's shoes. Our special atten tion to this line enables us to procure the best materials at the lowest prices. Holmes, son, J L Vickery, Hardy. .Second week: Pope Jones, G Fincher, W. H. J W Smith, J W Coggin, <) S Holloway, John Dukes, W G Moore, W N Wal thall, J W Owens, W B Port, J II Keith, G W St. John, S S McCol lum, J R Stamps, E W Cranford, W G Camp, L T Moses, D S Sum mers, H M Arnold, J W Summers, Lucius Arnold, L T Kirby, Ed Kirkland, S E Leigh, F M Chap pell, .T S Hammock, A G Estes, A II Nunnally, R V Webb, Haber sham King. FALL DRESS GOODS. Broad cloths in black, white and colei’s, priced $1.50, #1.25 and #1.00 per yard. Wool Batistes These are very popular and were bought at low figures; shown in black, white and many shades. Grey Suitings. London smoke, hair-line checks and shadow plaids, Chester field and mohairs. Scotch Plaids For ladies’ w’aists and children’s dresses. SILKS. Plaids, plain and fancy waist silks, novelty and plain yard wide dress silks. Yard-wide black peau de soie silks at $1.25 and $1 per yard. Black taffeta silks, yard wide, at $1.25, $1.00, 00 cents and SO cents per yard. SATIN. Fight shades yard wide satins for only #1.00 per yard. TRIMMINGS. One hundred styles of braids and appliques, many rich ef fects in embroidered all-overs and Baby-Irisli laces. WE SELL American Lady corsets, Ladies' Shoes, um and grades children’s and infants’ Butterick Patterns. medi- shoes, POTTS & PARKS Phonel!09 Bay Street Newnan, Ga. Some Suggestions for Christmas Gifts ■ - to postpone the matter until the | never a party to any kind of de- j their own strength and wisdom, last possible minute. ception, in business or otherwise, that they verily believe they would The News keeps its promises, not fall if the earth was removed Newnan is getting her share of The News announced in the be-i from under them. With such, holiday trade. are prepared to handle a larga volume of business in this line, as ,irst class instrument, that sells big stick. Well, this may sound the stocks being displayed excel ,or *3S°- ^very word of this in size, completeness, attractive-1 statement is true, and the News 1111 ^ iici mi.lie in ...... Newnan merchants I ginning^t Jhis contest that the resolutions and appeals to reason to handle a larc«&! Clinton piauo it wiltgtVe awhy is a are vain. You have got to use the ness and quality the holiday goods P ro P°ses to keep its promise in displays of all former years. ' ever Y detail - There are Clinton ! pianos ot this same quality in cranky, but it is the only sure way. Ot all the disreputable trusts that curse our nation, no two, or half-dozen, are meaner, or more rotten disgusting and deadly to , . I Newnan homos, and any person de-' the morals of our people than the Mrs. Bellamy Storers atest is < ■ • .. ., , , , r r . , ..... ' , . . sirous of examining the instrument! whiskey trust. It is the deadly this: She savs "My husband creat-1 , , , , . , , ,, , ,, , „ *, .. lean be accommodated any day cobra among the trust snakes. But ed Roosevelt. Mrs. Storer is .u ,-r- , , . , . , , . ,, , they may call at the News office, whoever thinks of using the big talking too much. The public; Now as t0 the contest . It 1 may be willing to overlook some j neither won nor lost yet . A large ! ture and pass things in Bellamys career, but,f number of votes have been cast e is responsi c for ^ 0!,cv e ' r , this week, and voting will be fast I crush the trust by having the laws tl ere is danger ahead for Bellamy. 1 b more weapons to fight prohibition, than prohibition can find to fight j the sale of whiskey with. The | trust has money, whiskey and . political pull, while prohibition has j only moral philosophy to fight with. Attack the snake, and quit your j whining and cant about the venom, j An army would fare poorly that J used its guns only to turn aside! the bullets of the enemv. The trust is the enemy in this case,and the traffic is the nvssile it uses. Strike the enemy and the missile will be less formidable. Observer. Neckwear—We have a choice selection of the big shapes in Four-in-Hands, in now and nobby patterns. Silk Mufflers and Reefers in some very pretty and attractive designs. Fancy Silk Handkerchiefs—a big assort ment of kinds and patterns. Annual Meeting Fire ment. Depart- Full Dress Suit Protectors—This is some thing that every well dressed man wants in his wardrobe. The annual meeting and election ot officers of the Newnan Fire De partment will occur at the city hall Friday evening, Dec. 14th, at 7:30 o’clock. All members of the department are expected and urged to be present. 2t J. L. Brown, Chief. Fancy Silk Suspenders—Put tractive individual boxes. up in at- Men’s Fine Fell Bed room Slippers. FARMERS HIGH SCHOOL At Sargent, Georgia, Ladies’ Fancy Fur Top Bed-room Slippers —from 1.00 to 2.00 per pair. stick on it? They sermonize, lec- and pass resolutions on the evil of drink, but never try to Senator A. S. Clay is determin ed to have the pay of the rural car riers increased, if possible. He and furious from this time until; creating the trust repealed. Take four o’clock of the afternoon of; the control of the whiskey output Dec. 22th. The public can form from the trust, and prohibition no opinion as to which one of the young ladies will win the piano. would Why? be much easier to reach. The whiskey trust has Will a open for the winter term j 5* November 2G, 190G, aud continue! five consecutive months, except! 3* one week for Come in and let us show you what we have and let us help you make a se lection of fashionable gifts. the Christmas holi- ! days. Competent teachers will Ik* , in charge of each department of|^ the school. Thorough and system- | atie work will be required of all pupils. All patrons of the school are earnestly requested to send their children in the first day. Special attention given to boarding pupils. Rates of tuition and cost of board very reasonable. For further information apply to or write F. ROY ALMON. Principal. Come in and say "Show me.’ W. M. ASKEW, Successor to AsKew Bros. — ... vw,