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The Newnan Herald’s Great Automobile Contest
Closes Promptly at 10 P. \\„ Thursday. April 20.
Official Organ of Coweta County.
Jan. E. Brown.
BROWN *
Klim M. C»rp*nl»r.
CARPENTER,
Minolta AND PUtll.lJUtPIUte
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No rHilromi in Iho State haH had a
better history than the old Atlanta
and West Point. It haa never been in
the hands of a receiver. It haa es
caped the perils of reorganization. Its
policy towards the public, its patrons
and employees has been broad, efficient
and just. No road in Georgia has been
more faithful, reliable and accommodat
ing, in every branch of its service. Its
management has always been thorough
ly honest anil economical, and never
more so than under the present adminis
tration.
But the road, like every other corpo
ration and business enterprise, has felt
the pinch of these hard times, and has
asked I he Stale to reduce its tax as
sessment for 1313. When it is recalled
that the Atlanta and West Point now
pays on a higher valuation per mile
than any other road in Georgia more
than $7,noo a mile above the next
highest assessment upon any other
road, and $10,000 a naile above the
average—the request, for a modification
of the State’s tax demands the present
year seems reasonable and just.
The State’s assessment is based upon
the returns made by the road of Us
earnings for the year ending July 1,
1914—possibly the best year in the his
tory of the road—and not upon the
greatly reduced earnings of the past
few months. The Comptroller-General
insists that this is the proper basis of
valuation — that the appropriations
made by the last Legislature were cal
culated upon this basis, und that to re
duce the assessment would curtail the
.State’s revenue and throw its linances
into confusion.
Of course, the value of a railroad
property depends upon its earning
capacity, and not upon the capital in
vested. It is not (air to railroads to
make the receipts of the best years the
basis of their valuation. It would be
fairer to take the earnings of average
years. It is upon this principle that
the Atlanta and West Point bases its
claim for a reduced assessment.
If the Legislature was extravagant
in its appropriations, surely the At
lanta and West Point railroad, as an
example, should not be forced to pay
for that extravagance. To do so would
seem very much like penalizing efficien
cy and honesty—rare virtues in rail
road management in these degenerate
days.
By the wny, the plea of the At
lanta and West Point road for a reduc
tion of the assessment upon its property
upon the showing made ss to greatly
reduced earnings during the past eight
months is well sustained by a recent
report of the Railroad Commission
dealing with the operations of public
service corporations in this State for
the period named. Upon this subject
the report says--
"The 1914 cotton crop was largo, and
all the indications up to the breaking
out of the war pointed to fair prices for
a bountiful yield of this great staple.
With the outbreak of the war our
European cotton markets principally
England, Germany, France, Austria
and Russia were partially or practical
ly closed, and the demand and con-
smption reduced, with disastrous
effect on prices. Every business line
in the South felt these effects during
the past fall and winter, and possibly
no one, except the cotton-growers,
more than the railroads. Their gross
earnings for the past six months show
declines, ns compared with the fame
period last year, of from 15 to 40 per
cent. They have not been able to re
duce maintenance and operating ex
penses correspondingly, and hence their
gross and net earnings for the fiscal
year ending June 30 next will undoubt
edly show heavy decreases. But for
this one great and disastrous influence,
wholly external to our State and the
the South, and for which we are in no
sense responsible, the year 1915 would
beyond doubt have been one of the
most prosperous and satisfactory in the
history of Georgia carriers. 1’he de-
{ >res*np effects of the war have also
>een appreciably felt by other public
service corporations, such as the ex
press companies, telegraph and tele-
ph-ne companies and street railroad
companies, though not to the extent
experienced by steam railroads."
THE PROBLEM Oh'GOOD HOADS.
There is much talk, considerable
money and not a little work given to
the matter of good roads nowadays.
But after all has been said and paid
ant done, two questions remain, and
are as pertinent to-day as they ever
were. One of these is, how to make
good roads; the other is. how to main
tain them.
We have learned much about these
questions—especially the first —but we
have a great deal to learn yet about
the second.
W'e have a very creditable number of
miles of good public roads in CowetB;
but it is no exaggeration to say that
practically every road in the county-
needed a careful going over the first of
April, and many miles need it yet. All
over the county the rains and freezes
have made holes and ruts and bumps
Like a thief in the dark procrastina
tion has robbed some of you contes
tants of the most valuable asBet on
earth—TIME and now only a few
short days are left in which to com
plete the task of winning the 5-passen
ger Ford touring car, or some of the
other valuable prizes to be awarded by
The Herald at the close of the contest.
There is too much for each contestant
to do for us to take up your valuable
time with a long-winded story at this
hour. Take advantage of every availa
ble moment. "Keep moving; a standing
pool becomes stagnant.”
Everything is arranged for the close
of this Great Automobile Contest.
Promptly at in p. m., Thursday, April
29, the ballot-box will be sealed and
turned over to the judges.
THE JUDGES.
The following prominent gentlemen
of our city have been selected, and
have agrei d, to act as judges, and will
tabulate the ballots, viz:
J. S. Hardaway, jr.,
W. B. Barks,
J. H. Powell.
The personnel of this committee is
too well known to need any word of
commendation from us. Promptly at
10 p. m. on April 29 the contest ballot-
box will he turned over to the gentle
men composing this committee.
HOW THE CLOSE WILL BE MAN
AGED.
Promptly at 12 o’clock, noon, April
29, all club and special offers will be at
an end. From that hour the regular
scale of votes will prevail—nothing
more. Contestants will make their re
ports to the contest manager, just as
they have in the past, until (J p. m. of
the 29th, and the manager will issue
the vote coupons just as heretofore.
After !i p. m. no money will be accepted
by the manager. All collections und
remittances to be made between ti p.
m. and 10 p. m. must be placed in a se
curely sealed package, with nothing
hut your name upon it. Said package
must he on the manager’s table prompt
ly at the stroke of in—not one minute
later—for at the last stroke of 10 of
the city clock the contest will be for
ever closed.
As soon as the ballot-box has been
turned over to the judges the scaled
packages will be opened and, in the
presence of the judges, the votes will
be issued for whatever amount may he
found in said packages, after which the
judges will begin the task of tabulating
your votes and make up your standing.
AWARDING OF PRIZES.
All contestants are requested to be at
The Herald office promptly at 10 a. m.
Friday morning, April 30, at which
time the prizes will be awarded. To
those who are not winners of a prize
we will present with check good for
10 per cpnt. of the money collected by
them during the contest. Everyone will
he rewarded according to the amount
of work he or she has done. This is no
game of chance, but just a clean busi
ness proposition. At the same time
Mr. Bunta, the Newnan jeweler, will
present to the contestant having turned
in the moBt money between Saturday,
April 17, and I p. m., Wednesday, April
28, the handsome solid gold watch
which he offered in last week’s issue of
The Herald, and which is on display at
Bantu’s jewelry store.
WAKE UP, SMILE, AND BE HAPPY!
Wake up and get a smile on you.
The car has not been won yet, and,
while the time is short, there is yet
time for almost any contestant to place
herself everlastingly in the lead. Don’t
stop long enough to give Dame Rumor’s
tale of woe a thought. Work, act, use
your wits, and leave no stone unturned.
You can’t afford to rest now. You
have a long one coming to you later on.
THE HERALD APPRECIATES YOUR
WORK.
Before the winners are announced we
desire to thank every contestant in the
race for the good work done, and for
the interest and activity each and ev
eryone has displayed in this campaign,
which has been a decided success from
every point of view. The contest has
been conducted with absolute fairness.
Indeed, we would not have had it other
wise; and it affords us pleasure to note
also that the utmost good feeling has
prevailed throughout the campaign.
Every candidate in the field has shown
herself to he a good fighter, and there
is not one among them who would not
prove an equally game loser.
that make it uncomfortably unpleasant
for travel. These rough places cannot all
be looked after by the convict force. To
do so it would be necessary to divide
the gang into as many squads as there
are militia districts.
The patriotic example of John I’otts,
a farmer of Jackson county, (mentioned
in the Commerce News,) is commended
to the citizens of Coweta. Mr. Potts
makes it his business to look after the
public road that passes his house, and
to do emergency work on his premises
wherever he sees it is needed. A spirit
like this would give us many a mile of
good road where there is now only a
neglected highway.
Tlie average citizen seems to be
grudge anything he does for the county
or State—a selfishness and stinginess
that costs more in the end than it saves.
Gcodbye, Leo!
High School Meet at Carrollton.
Carrollton Time*.
The meeting of the Fourth District
High School Association at this place
last week was the biggest and best in
the history of the association, there be
ing something like three hundred visit
ors. Tne two days were brimful of in
terest, there not being a dull moment
throughout the meeting.
One of the most pleasing occasions
was the reception tendered by Judge
Adamson at his hospitable home on Fri
day at noon, where all the young peo
ple and quite a number of other promi
nent visitors spent most pleasantly an
hour or more.
The various contests were carried out
on schedule time at the city hall, ex
cept the athletics, which were held at
the A, A- M. grounds.
Carrollton won second place, with la
points. Newnan und West Point tied
for first place, making 21 points each,
and A. & M. won third place with 14
points. The results were as follows;
Spelling —1. Miss Nell Aycock, Car
rollton: 2. Miss Mary Woodruff. Buena
Vista; 3. Miss Martha Vaughn, Man
chester.
Music —1. Miss Mary Pickett, Colum
bus; 2. Miss Clara Morris, Mt. Zion;
Miss Virginia Fnx. LaGrange.
Debate—Newnan, (Thus. Bradley and
Glenn Post.) won over A. & M., (R.
Whittaker and Julian Beall.)
Recitation- 1. Miss Jessie Braswell,
Harris City; 2 Miss Sarah Hall, New
nan; 3. Miss Reba Garrett, Carrollton.
Declamation—1. Bob Lee McMichael,
Buena Vista; 2. Wilfred Wright, West
Point; 3. Arthur Murphey, Newnan.
Penmanship, (boys) —1. Thos. Brad
ley, Newnan; 2. Stanley Benson. Bue
na Vista; 3 Shady Barnett, Carrollton.
Penmanship, (girls) —1 Wiliella Mur
phey, Newnsn; 2 Corinne Stanley,
West Point; 3. Rulv Burns, Carrollton.
Composition, Ready - writing, i girls)
1 Miss Mildred Smith. Carrollton; 2
Miss Caroline Cumbee, West Point. 3.
Miss Mary Atkinson, Newnan.
Composition, Ready - writing, (hoys)
— 1. Harry M Breed, LaGrange; 2.
Ridley Whittaker, A. A M.: 3. Nun-
nally Johnson, Columbus.
ATHLETICS.
ltX) yard Dash —1 Tom Rutland, A.
& M., 2 Louis Omer. West Point; 3.
M. Stinson. Waverly Hall.
Shot Put—1. Louis Omer, West Point;
Mothers Tell of
Mother’s Friend
Experience Is or should be our best
tencher. Women who have obeyed the
highest a^d noblest of all saerttlees, the
struggle for the life of others, should
have a better Idea of helpful Influence
than those who theorize from observation.
At any rato when a prospective grand
mother urges her daughter to do as she
did—to use “Mother's Friend," there is
renson to believe It the right advice.
“Mother’s Friend” Is an external ap
plication for expectant mothers. Its pur
pose Is to furnish pliancy to the muscles,
to take away the strain on the cords and
ligaments, to relieve the tension of nerves
and tendons so apt to provoke or ag
gravate nausea, morning sickness, twitch-
Ings of the llmlis and so on.
Although, In the nature of things, a
woman would use “Mother's Friend" but
■ hut rarely, yet so effective has It been
Round that this splendid remedy is on sale
In most drug stores throughout the
I 'lilted Statics. It tins been prepared by
Hrndllrld Regulator Co., Suit I.aiiuir Bldg.,
Atlanta, (3a . nv.J advertised by us for
| over forty years. This is a ttno record
for such a special remedy and the grate
ful letters received to-day are just as
\ appreciative us were those of years ago
notwithstanding that methods are sup
posed to have greatly advanced. Ask at.
j the drug store for a bottle of ''ilotuet’a
I Friend.'’ It is worth while.
j 2. Julian Carpenter, Newnan; 3. Da
vid King, A. M.
| 220 yard Dash—1. Louis Omer, West
Point; 2. Robert Barge, Newnan; 3.
Pierce Baskin, Carrollton.
Broad Jump—1. Bill Hyde, A. & M.;
2 Frank Benson, Buena Vista: 3. Louis
Omer, West Point.
440 yard Dash —1. Pierce Baskin. Car
rollton; 2. ZebNutt, A. & M.; 3. Frank
Benson, Buena Vista.
High Jumping — !. Lorenzo Pepper,
West Point; 2. Will Shaw, Carrollton;
3. David King, A. & M.
120-yard Hurdle—1. Frank Benson,
Buena’ Vista; 2 Lorenzo Pepper, West
Point: 3. John Daniel, Newnan.
Half-mile Relay—1. Newnan: Barge,
Askew, Carpenter, Simms. 2—A. &
M.: Mobley, Nutt, Hyde, Hall. 3—
West Point; VVtight, Omer, Kirby,
Ward.
West Point and Newnan tied, mak
ing each 21
Carrollton 15
A. & M 14
Buena Vista 13
Columbus 4
I.&Grange 4
Harris City 3
Mt. Zion 3
Manchester 1
The cup, which has been held for two
years by Buena Vista, goes to West
Poin' and Newnan in partnership for
the next year, as they tied.
The meeting next year will go to La-
Grange.
Executive committee and officers were
elected for the ensuing year as follows:
W. P. Thomas, West Point, president;
E. A. Armistead, Newnan, vice-presi
dent; H. B. Adams, Carrollton, T. C.
Kendrick, Columbus.
Hfad/ JbouvZ
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Anything For Your
POULTRY
AND _
In tlie spring especially, stock, cattle and poultry need medicines and tonics to keep
them healthy' and have good appetite and digestion and be at their best. , . r
We have quite a variety of stock preparations but our hobby is Dr. Hess’ Line. \\ e
list below a partial list of these preparations—the mostly used.
Dr. Hess’ Stock Tonic For Horses, Cattle and Hogs
Dr. Hess’ Worm Powder Dr. Pless’ Dip and Disinfecant
Dr. Hess’ Healing Powder Dr. Hess’ Fly Chaser
Dr. Hess’ Colic Remedy Dr. Hess’ Fever, Distemper and
Dr. Hess’ Poultry Pauacea Cough Remedy
Dr. Hess’ Instant Louse Killer
Any of these preparations we absolutely guarantee to be satisfactory or we will refund
your money.
We also have the following that are worthy of mention: DeWitt’s Veterinary and Gall
Salve, Bickmore’s Gall Cure, Sloan's Colic Remedy and Quick Cure, Dr. LeGear’s Cholera Rem
edy, Dr. Legear’s Head Lice Remedy', Valentine Grape Remedy, Bee Dee Stock Medicine and
Bee Dee Liniment.
We are proud of the sale we have on these preparations which is due to the quality of them.
Ask. for Dr Hess Booklet
J. F. Lee Drug Co.
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Loves a Real Good Bargain
And Here It Is—
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Seventeen mens Suits to close out at
$7.45
These suits are new suits for spring and summer,
and are tailored by expert tailors according to the
season’s fashions. They are real bargains, and you
must come quick to get your size.
Call for your shoes I gave away last Saturday.
See announcement in my window.
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Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury,
ns mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell
and completely derange the whole system when
entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never lx* used except on prescrip
tions fn>m reputable physicians, as the damage
they will do in tenfold to the Rood you can possi
bly derive from them. Hall’s Catarrh Cure, man
ufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co . Toledo. O.. con-
tains no mercury, and is taken internally, aetirg 1
directly upon the blood ard mucous surface of |
the system. In buying Hall’s Catarrh Cure be 1
sure and pet the genuine. It is taken internally
and made in Toledo. Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co.
Testimonials free.
Sold by druggists. Price 73c. per bottle.
Take Hall’s FHmilv Pills for constipation.
New Advertisement*.
Notice of First Meeting of Creditors.
Iri the District Court of the United States for the
Northern District of Georgia.
Now in Bankruptcy.
In re Lee Bohannon. Bankrupt:
To the creditors of the above-named person of
Grantville. Ga., in the county of Coweta and dis
trict aforesaid, a bankrupt:
Notice is hereby river, that on the 21st day of
April, 1915. the said person was duly adjudica
ted bankrupt, and that the first meeting of credi
tors will be held at the Court-house in Newnan on
the 4th day of May, 1915, at 10 o’clock a. m.,
at which time the said creditors may attend, prove
their claims, appoint a trustee, examine the bank
rupt and transact such other business as may
properly come before said meeting.
ALVAN L>. FREEMAN.
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Newnan. Ga.. April 23. 1915.
Legal Notices.
Application for Leave to Sell.
GEORGIA—Coweta. County:
Emma Belle Orr. administrator on the estate
of Thos. E. Zellars. deceased, having applied to
the Court of Ordinary of said county for leave to
sell the stocks and bonds of said deceased, all per
sona concerned are required to show cause in said
Court by the first Monday in May next, if any
they can. why said application should not be
granted. This April 6. 1915. Prs. fee. S3.
L. A. PERDUE. Ordinary.
Letters of Administration.
GEORGIA—Coweta County :
Sal lie Finley having snplied t« the C*’!**. - f
dinary of said county for letters of administration
de bonis non. cum testamento annexo, on the es
tate of Joa. B. Heard, late of said county, de
ceased. all persons concerned are required o
show cause in said Court by the first Monday n
May next, if any they can. why said appjication
should not be granted. This April G. 1913. Pr«.
fee. $3. L. A. PERDUE. Ordinary.
Application for Leave to Sell.
GEORGIA—Coweta County:
P. Neill, administrator on the estate of Mrs
Willie R. Bradley, deceased, having applied to
the Court of Ordinary of said county for leave
to sell the lands and stocks of .said deceas'd, a:
persons concerned are required to show cause in
said Court by the first Monday in May next, if ary
they can. why said application should not be
granted. This April 6, 1916. Prs fee. $3.
L. A. PERDUE. Ordinary.
Letters of Dismission.
GEORG I A-Coweta County:
J. W. Trammell, administrator on the estate of
Mre. M. E. Trammell, deceased, having applxc ’
the Court of Ordinary of said county for letters
dismission from his said trust, all persons co- -
cerned are required to show cause in said Courr
by the first Monday in May next, if any they
can. why said application should not be grantee-
This April 6.1915. Trs. fee. $3 .
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