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THE NEWNAN NEWS. VOL. VII. NEWNAN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1907. NO. 41 For ALL* he News of Coweta County That IS News, Read The Newnan News BUSINESS CHANl ' IN NEWNAN. Rev. J. E. Hannah and Family in Newnan. Many Changes in Business Cir cles Have Been or Will be Made. Incorporation the Order of Day. Hew ,1. E. Hannah and family arrived from Thomaston last Wed nesday. They are residing in a portion of the home of Mrs. K. <1, , Orr, near the Presbyterian church. I The minister and his family re ceived a cordial welcome to New- g nan from the Presbyterians of the Incorporation is the thing at Newnan business concerns nowa-lcity. days, and nJmost every week sees! Hev. Mr. Hannah will occupy the anuouucmeut of a new corpo- the pulpit of the Presbyterian ration that is being formed to do church next Sunday morning and business here. ()f the corporations j evening, and thereafter every Snn- that have commenced business du- day with this exception: His con- ring the past months, the Mangel- gregation has agreed to allow him Brannon <’o., the Bradley-Banks to continue as pastor of Turin I’ros- t’o. and the Reese Drug Co. may byterian church until the next Ik- mentioned. Those now pro- meeting of Atlanta Presbytery, feeding with the details of incor- which occurs in April. He will poration arc the Hutfaker Drug Co., preach at Turin on the second Sun- the D. \V. Boone Co., the Kirby- day in each month until the mect- Bohaunou Hardware Co., the Holt inn of Presbytery, after which •N: Cates Co. and the F. H. Bed- time he will occupy his Newnan pulpit every Sunday. Mr. Hannah will be installed as pastor of the church here on the second Sunday In February. Rev, T. E. Converse, D. D., editor of the Southern Presbyterian of At lanta, will preach the installation sermon. Dr. ,1. B. Mack, of Col lege Park, will deliver the charge to the congregation and Rev. W. E. Dozier, of Carrollton, will Co., who arc doing business in the Carpenter building in the store formerly occupied by Stewart & Parks. 11. E. Parks has retired from business and B..I. Stewart has opened a store next door to Stephens N: Co. The grocery busi ness and bakery of Stephens N: Co. has been sold to Taylor ,X Mitcham. wine Co. ’Pile applicants for charter for the Hutfaker Drug Co. are W. H. Hufi'akcr, William Hughes and C. B. (Hover, although it is under stood that other well known citi zens of Newnan are among the concern’s stockholders. The cor poration has purchased (1. B.Brad ley's drug store and will continue in that line of business. The head of the concern, Dr. Hutfaker, has j charge the pastor, been engaged in business with Mr. nnMmmnMMM Bradley for several years and is a popular and capable business man. His assistant in the store’s man agement will be Will Hughes, at present of Atlanta, who is a son of Rev. F. (J. Hughes of this city. Mr. Hughes is a fine business man £ and will be heartily welcomed as a permanent resident of Newnan. The D. W. Boone Co. is being incorporated to take over the big Boone store and control that flour ishing business. The incorpora tors are D. W. Boone, M. B. Mooney, B. II. Lovejoy, O. F. Allen, J. A. Robertson, dr., <1. W. Kersey, M. C. Bobison and F. W. Stripling. D. W. Boone is count ed-one of the most successful of Newnan merchants and his asso ciates in this company are all well known young men who have had ample experience in merchandising. The future promises great success for this company. The Kirby-Bohannon Co. will conduct a hardware store in the Black building. The incorpora tors are B. H. and J. T. Kirby and W. R. Bohannon. B. H. Kirby and W. B. Bohannon will have the active management of the bus iness, the other member of the , company being Hon. J. T. Kirby, Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners. Ben Kirbv and Hoy Bohannon form an excellent team of business men and the con- 4 § cern begins business with very tv favorable prospects. The incorporators of the Holt and ('ates Co. are J. B. Holt, ,1. B. < ates and P. (1. Stanley. For sev eral years Messrs. Holt and Cates have been numbered with this city's most enterprising and suc- cessful business men. Mr. Stan ley has been an employe of the - ore for some time, having conn- li *re from West Point, and he has made many pc a capable business man. The F. H. Bedwine Co., with principal office in Newnan, will conduct a general store at Roscoe. The incorporators are J. C. Hood, H. C. Glover and W. H. Tanner, cl Coweta county, end F. Id. Bed vine, of Campl»ell county. All are well known and successful p -iness men and farmers. In addition to the numerous in corporations mentioned, several v other business changes are No Race Suicide Here. One of the most remarkable fam ilies in Coweta county, is that of ,1. W. Hutchinson, a member of the board of Commissioners for Coweta county, living in the Har alson District. Mr. Hutchinson was married just ‘JO years ago, to Miss Gray, a daughter of “Unde” Hosea Gray, whom everyone in the county knew. Before Mr. Hutchinson and his wife hail been married nineteen years they were the parents of twelve children. There were neith er twins nor triplets born to them, and the first born was a girl, now a beautiful young lady. The next was a boy and then a girl, alterna ting. a girl and a boy, until the twelfth one. a Imy, which was born some time last year. All are at home with their pa rents; hale, healthy, active and in dustrious. It is a striking coinci dence to note t hat Mr. ,1 ackThomp son, who livus u neighbor to Mr. Hutchinson, has twelve children line in Winner of the Piano is Pleased. Editor News:— I wish to thank yon for the beautiful piano awarded me in the News' contest. It is a line instru ment in every respect, and a much better piano than 1 expected to re ceive. 1 am delighted with the piano and wish you to know that I appreciate its beauty and excel lent quality. Bern Mi Donai.d, Sharpsburg. Gn., B. E. D. No. J. Meetings of Stockholders Banks. of Train to Luthersville. It is announced that the Central Railroad will begin the operation of a train between this city and Luthersville next Monday . The train will leave Luthersville in the morning, arri\ ing here probably at nine o’clock, and it will return to Luthersville in the afternoon, leaving here at about four o'clock. This train will be operated on the new Newnan and Greenville line between Luthersville and Bay also, and just over the line in mond and from that station into Meriwether county lives Mr. Ben j Newnan ovorlhomain line. Belied Kcmpson, who is also the father of j ule for the train has not been an- twelve children. non need, but it will approximate L'hese three families live on ad j the time mentioned above, joining plantations and are in sight of each other. Within sight of these three mentioned, is the fami- W. C. T. IL Meeting. J. G. PUCKETT K1LLED0NA.&W.P. The annual meeting of stock-, holders of the Newnan Banking Company was held last Monday. A semi annual dividend of fourj per cent, was declared and a nice j sum passed to the surplus .fund. I Ml the officers and directors were| re-elected, as follows: B. T. Thompson, President; M. F. Cole, on the Atlanta & West, Point Rail Vice President; T. M. Goodrum, way, was killed at Moreland last Cashier; Directors,P. B. Murphey, Saturday night by falling under a ,1. A. Hunter, 11. C. A mall, P. F. moving freight train. He was in- Cuttino, B D. Cole, Sr.. T. E. At- j staidly killed, his body being cut kinson, M. F. Cole, B. T. Thump- to pieces by the revolving wheels. Young Flagman Fell Under Freight Train at More land Last Saturday Night. tl.G. Puckett, a young (laginan son. Last week the annual meetings of stockholders of the three nation al hunks occurred. The First National declared a semi-annual dividend of 7 per cent, and added largely lo the sur plus fund. The stock holders Not ed to increase the capital stock from #r»(),00« to #57,000. N. F It was at first reported that Puckett was knocked under the train by a couple of white boys stealing a ride. The investigation of the coroner’s jury did not con firm this rumor. Coroner Broad- water went down to Moreland at an early hour Sunday morning and empanelled a jury consisting of P. A. Carmieal, .1. P. Cureton, Powel was elected a member of j Henry Keith, A. H. Bobcrtsi I. the Board of Directors and the of- a. Reynolds and E. ,1. Haynes, fleers and remaining directors were i Thu investigation showed that all re-elected, as follows: C. <-.! Puckett’s death resulted from an Parrott. President; R. W. Free- accident. He found two white man. Vice President; N. E. Powel. hoys, who gave their names as ly of our late worthy County Treas urer, (leo. W. Gable, deceased, which is composed often children and the widowed mother. All the children are at home with the mother. Thus in the four families are Hi children all living within a mile of each other. What community in Georgia, or in the south, can equal this record? pray much that the Lord Does not this practically solve the stand by us. and be for us * Next Monday the W..C. T. 1. will meet in the Library Assembly room. A good attendance is de sired. It is hoped that every member that possibly can will at tend and let’s renew our energies and do more against the rum traf fic this year than we've done any year since we organized. And will Wis- Milltown. Mrs, M, J. Damron' is baok in Naw- imu iiKiiin witli her daughter, Mrs. I). M. Wood, after ail absence of several weeks, which she spent ut Whitehall and Crawford. George Simpkins came up from Grantville and spent last Sunday with the family of J. li. Farmer. After spending several weeks in the country with the home folks for the re cuperation of his health, Robert Bishop has returned to Newnan. The young people of our community were given a pound supper at Mrs. T. M. Samples’ last Saturday night. John and Clove Bryant visited the family of their father-in-law, Frank Sticher, at Banning, last Sunday. Frank Hannon had the misfortune to get two of his lingers cut off in the shop one day last week. Jack Hull, from Carrollton, spent last Sunday with Newnan friends. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Allen spent last Sunday at Sargent with the latter’s mother, Mrs. .T. J. Hendrix, who lias been very sick. Elsie, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Toni Thomas, has been ill for several days. Gordon Hanson came down from Car rollton last Sunday and went to work in the cotton mill Monday. Mrs. S. F. Allmun and Mrs: Woodruff were called to the bedside of Mrs. Hen ry Howard, who is very ill at her home in Griffin. Clnnd Bowington got two of his fing ers cut off iii the mill lost Friday. Miss Fannie Flbreuce, from East Point, spent last week with relatives. Miss Pearl Henry is expected home soon from an extended visit to relatives and friends at Litliia Springs. Bobbie, little daughter of Mis. I. C. friends and proved to McGehee, is confined to tier room with throat trouble. Joe and Oliver Carroll and their wives visited relatives at Sargaut last | Sunday. Fred Hogan lias been down from East ■ Point with relatives the past two weeks. : servant and the nice problem! think so. We | doin’’so thill we may light boldly j for the right, knowing that “All mm things work together for onr good, Arthur Carter and Jake Pruitt, from we put on I ti u>l in Him. Chipley, spent ia.it Saturday night and Sunday with the family of Mrs. I. C. Met rebec. Mrs. Gertrude Gibbs came up from I Opelika several days ago and has gone I to work in the cotton mill. John Ycarta, who moved to Roanoke : several mouths ago, moved hack last I week. Misses Mary end Jessie Hudson, from McWhorter mills, are visiting the fam ily of their unde, Znck Hudson. ^trn. Zack Hudson gave the little folks i of our community a pound supper last J Saturday night The young people of our neighbor hood met at Mr. William Bryant’s last Sunday afternoon and had a singing. Mrs. Charlie Newsom, who was so very sick at our last writing, is a little better. ' Znck Smith came down from Carroll ton last Monday and has gone, to work in the cotton mill. Our Sunday schools were well attend ed last Sunday. Owing to the death of Supt. Gaines’ wife’s mother, he was npf with his school at the Chapel last Sun day and was missed very much. The entire school is in sympathy with Mrs Gaines, who is one of our beloved and devoted teachers. Brother ,J. P Shaw preached at the Chapel last Sunday night to a large con gregation and again Monday night at Oscar Mattox’s. Next Sunday is Bro. W. S. Gaines’ regulur meeting day at Lovejoy Memo rial. Mrs. Sam Thomson was brought in from the country and hurieil here Inst Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Thomson was formerly a resident of Newnan. Mrs. .!. II. Si mm bus, ( or. Sec’y. City Court Next Monday. (-ashier; .1. II. I’nwe < ’ashier; 1 >i rectors. < 1 B. \\ . Freeman, .1. A i'. Pease, (Jordon Lei tino. The Coweta National declared James Smith and Wade O’Calhlg A ssislant ( . Parrott. him, stealing it ride on his train Hunter, A and when the train stopped at Moreland lie ealled the marshal and assisted in placing the boys under arrest. The train started I*. F. Cut semi annual dividend of three peri to poll out and in trying to swing The regular session of < 'ity < 'onrt convenes next Monday morning. A busy session is anticipated. Good Samaritans to Meet. cent, and placed a large sum to t he credit of its surplus fund. The follow ing named officers and direr tors were all re elected: Mike I’ow ed, President; W. <’. McBride, Vice President; Fred MeSwain, Cashier; Directors, T. J. Jones, J. A. Hunter, II. A. Hall, M. G. Keith, 11. ('. < Slover, \V. <'. Me Bride, J. M. McBride, Mike I’ow ell At the first meeting of stock holders since it opened for busi ness. all the officers and directors of The Manufacturers' National were re-elected: President, II, II North: Vice I’resident, B. D. Cole, Jr.; < 'ashler, X. L. North; Direc tors, B. D. Cole, Jr., J. B. McCol lum, W. B. Orr, I*. L. Sutherland, B. O. Jones, II. C. Glover, T. G. Farmer, II. II. North. J.T. Dis miikes. At the request of a number of companions of Newnan Chapter, Boyal Arch Masons, a meeting of Good Samaritans is hereby called for the fifth Tuesday night in Jan uary. All members are requested to find out and bring to the meet ing eligibles for membership. The wives, widows, unmarried daugh ters and sisters of Boyal Arch Ma sons can join. Following are appointed com mittec on refreshments and pro gram: L. A. Perdue, C. I). Crane, Mrs. Fouse, Mrs. Lovejoy, Mrs. Barney and Miss Helen Long. I*. T. McCutehen, High Priest. Mrs. J. A. Jones Painfully Wounded. In Mayor’s Court. “Personal”—Adams sells things good to eat. Phone I. Mrs. J. A. Parks, of Atlanta, was in Newnan last Tuesday. For Sale”—Things good to eat. Will Bishop left last Monday to visit I Apply to Adams, the city grocer, his parents at Roanoke. Miss Nannie Niekleson brought her Mark J. McCord, ol Atlanta, two little brothers and little sister down' was in Newnan last Wednesday. from Carroll county last week, and they have gone to keeping tiouse in new town ‘ Wanted” —■ All good people to Luke Estes, from Sargent, was here trade with Adams, the city grocer last Sunday. noted Lonnie Norris came down from Clem spent last Sunday with Newnan friends. 1 “B u s i n ess Opportunities”— Trade with the grocer who carries \ in Newnan. Tne Black Bros. ( Cola, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. : fresh arul mak <* prompt dfe- jV’’ has retired from business, having Robert Dnnbar, has been sick the past; livery. For further information, I sold the stock to ( . P. Stephens & week. j phone 1. Mrs. Jones, the wife of J. A. Jones, w ho resides on C. J. < (wen's farm near Sharpsburg, was pain 1 fully wounded in both feet by the ] accidental discharge of a gun, the j accident occurring on Tuesday of j last week. The gun was lying in a rack on the wall and when Mr. j Jones attempted to take it down 1 j he dropped the gun. it was dis-i I charged and the load of shot en tered the feet of Mrs. Jones, who was standing near. Dr. T. S. Bailey wa- called to attend Mrs. Jones and he found it necessary to remove parts of bones and some flesh from her feet. Mrs. Jones’ injury is very painful and may prove exceedingly trouble some before the wounds heal. Some lively sessions ol the Mayor’s Court have been held du ring the past week and a nice bunch of fines assessed against offenders. Last Saturday Mayor Burdett gave Tom Dickson, colored, a *50 line for blind tigering, and Tom is now doing 30 days’ time on the streets. At Monday’s session of the court Charlie Newell, who cut Elbert Freeman, was fined #15; tor other offenses Clyde Wadley was given #5, Jim Scott, 23; Sam Billingsly #3. All the above named offenders are negroes. Clarence Haynes, white, was fined #5 and is working on the streets. At Wednesday’s matinee Mayor Pro Tern. Glover secured his first experience as a presiding judge in police court. He came off with onto 1 he moving train, Puckett lost his footing aim fell under the ears. Noting Puckett was born and reared near Moreland. He bore a 11 excellent reputation and was steadily working bis way up as a railroad employe, lie had just been promoted to be a conductor and was making his last run as a flagman. His tragic death is great ly deplored by everybody . The boys, Smith and O’CtUlag Inin, who were the indirect cause of Puckett’s death, li\e in Allan til and belong In good families, if is said. They are young fellows 17 or 1H years ol age. After be ing arrested they were jailed here and on Tuesday were brought to trial before Judge A. I). Freeman. On pleas id' guilty of stealing a ride on a train, they were lined #5 and costs eaeli, making the esea pade cost each of t hem about #:((). They communicated with their re latives in Atlanta, who immediate ly furnished money to pay their lines and they were released. Faueett-Huf faker. A marriage of much interest to the people of Newnan was that of Miss Macalinc Faueett,of Rounoke, Ala., and Dr. William Henry Iiuf faker, of this city, which took place in JJie presence of a large number of friends and relatives at the First Baptist Church in Roa noke, Tuesday afternoon at half past two o’clock. The bride was handsomely gowned in a traveling suit of blue with hat to match, carrying a large boquet of bride’s roses. Dr. and Mrs. Iliiffakcr left im mediately after the ceremony fur flying colors, alter having assessed \ ( . W nan where they are at home to a number of fines. J. H. Hardi- their friends at the Virginia House, gree, Jim Brock and Clarence Mrs. I! uflUker is the daughter of Haynes, all white men, were ar- yir. Jesse Faueett, of Roanoke, raigned for shooting and fighting she is very accomplished and of at the formers store out on tdianning personality. | Temple Avenue. Hardigree was In-. Hutfaker in one of the lead- jfined $20 and Brock and Haynes i„g druggists of the city and has were given $5 each. Brock and made many warm friends since Haynes are both working on ttie coming to Newnan. A c ean press agent. commence meds no streets. Several negroes were before Mr. Glover, charged with shooting, fighting, boozing, etc. Their 1 a<es were disposed of in the following order: Charlie Collier, #5; L. M. Taylor, #5; Allen Moss, *5, S. K. Norwood, *5; Lon Sm.th, *1; Henry Gibson, #1. Messrs. Mack Mauley, William Atkinson and Frank Hughes ac eompanied Dr. Hutfaker to Roa noke. Mr. Hughes acted as “i>e,st man.” A new broom clean. does not sweep