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NEWNAN HERALD Lasl Call | 0 Contestants; Are You Ready N K W NAN, FRIDAY, A t* K. 23. 1 AlllPKTnt AK AM K*'t* POt Nl »l\ « i K*’« I M J >N • N F>U II ! II A I. 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 I., p. WINTF.K. Conlnbullnu Ivlllnr. pksauxisu i:h i< n.s< v. 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 AjmvutiMs 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. Prompt Delivery TWO ’PHONES 66 Efficient Service “I Everybody Loves a Real Good Bargain And Here It Is— I 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. I w I 9 >• 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 . L. A PMirT’F Old