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M. B. Mooney
Dress Goods
Big assortment pretty
summer dress goods on
bargain counter; voile
tissue, repp, crepe, ba
tiste, organdie, etc.
Most of these goods
usually sell at 25c. All
one price— 15c
Black and white striped
voile, 40 inches
wide 20c
Floral voile, 40 inches
wide, beautiful
colors 25c
Witchery chiffon, 30
inches wide, a new
one 25c
White Goods
9
40-inch flaxou (mill ends,)
25c grade 15c
40 inch voile (mill ends,)
25c grade 15c
36-inch rice cloth, extra fine
i]ttality 25c
36-inch seed voile, the pret
tiest white goods sold _ 39c
36-inch ratine for skirts,
extra good quality 25c
36-inch crepe for underwear,
(mill ends) 15c
28-iuch ripplette for rompers,
special 10c
White Laces
Wide shadow and Normandy
val. laces for fine under
wear, on bargain table, 10c
25c and 35c camisole corset
cover laces at 15c
Muslin Underwear
We are ageuts for the famous
Ferguson-McKinney make
of underwear. The best-
made garments sold.
Crepe and embroidery corset
covers! 25c
Nainsook corset covers, fine
lace trimmings 50c
Princess slips, special bar
gain at 50c and 75c
Round neck crepe gowns,
special at 65c
Fine crepe and nainsook
gowns at 85c and $1
Petticoats of all kinds
at 50c, 75c, $1, $1.50
Combination suits, special
values 75c, 85c, $1
Children's Gowns
Made of good grade cambric
at 39c and 50c
Drawers, 2 to 12 years, extra
good muslin 10c
Misses' cambric drawers- 25c
Ladies' Umbrellas
Pug lot of serviceable umbrel
las bought for special sale.
All are guaranteed black.
All style handles; regular
price, $1.25 and $1.50-
Special $1
Kimona Crepe
Fine kimona crepe in pretty
summer styles to close
quick, 15c and 20c grades
at 10c
Hosiery
^ e want you to try our good
wearing hose, all weights,
silk cotton, or lisle, two
tor 25c, 25c, 50c and SI
Special silk hose .25c and 50c
(-hildren’s socks, white, black
and colors 15c, 25c
Dress Embroideries
Dig assortment of 45-inch em
broideries in Swiss, chiffon
and crepe; values 50c to SI.
Special, yard— 35c
M. B. Mooney
Local Happenings Told in
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NEWS AND PERSONAL ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
TO OUR LOCAL READERS.
Aw, Newnan —wake up!
Next Tuesday is sale-day.
Money to loan. Apply to A. H.
Freeman.
The sweet girl graduate has the floor
this week.
Attend Stripling’s great Rice-Stix
million dollar sale.
For Rent. — Furnished office room.
Apply to B. A. Reese.
See Stripling’s window display of
specials for next week.
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Sims’ Sanitary Market pays the
highest price for hides.
Born, on the 26th inst., to Mr. and
Mrs. G. F. Bullard —a son.
Mrs. W. T. Cole, of Newnan. has
been the guest of her son, Mr. W. I,.
Cole, for several days.-Senoia Enter
prise-Gazette.
Another lot of those splendid “Queen”
skirts, in navy, black, tun and checks,
just received, at $6 each.
Barks & Arnold.
Born, on the 21st inst., to Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Brewster, jr.—a son.
New lot embroidered silk waists, $1.50
value for $1, at Parks & Arnold’s.
Regular monthly meeting of County
Commissioners on Wednesday next.
Fifty-inch net and voile flounces, spe
cial at 98c. yard. Parks & Arnold.
Ladies’ tan barefoot sandals, 3’s to
7’s, $1.50 pair. Stripling’s.
For auto hire see A. H. Boone, or
’phone 348 or 378. Service day or night.
If it is small notions that you want
you will find them at Parks & Arnold's.
The annual examination of teachers
will be held in Newnan on July 30 and
31.
Desirable residence lot on Jackson
street for sale. Apply to John R.
Cates.
Special.—An 18-inch silk boot hose,
black and colors, 25c. at Parks & Ar
nold’s.
Dainty patterns in 28-inch batistes
and crepes, 10c. per yard at Parks &
Arnold’s.
Farmers would welcome a little
more sunshine and a little less rain
just now.
We sell pure paints and oils at a
price you can afford.
Johnson Hardware Co.
Special. — A 36-inch mercerized gab
ardine for white skirts, 25c. yard at
Parks & Arnold’s.
Wanted.—Five hundred frying size
chickens at 25c. to 35c. each.
Sims’ Sanitary Market.
Mrs. Lee hand, Miss Lena Hand, Mrs.
Leroy Mann and young son, of Senoia,
spent Monday in the city.
Loans.—Farm loans at 6 per cent, in
terest. Commission extra.
Hall & Jones, Attorneys.
For Sale.—Severul chi ap and medium
priced milch cows. 'Phone W. O. Da
vis 2002, or write VV. B. Mitcham, R.
F. D. 1, Newnan.
Just received a fresh shipment of
red-top and orange sorghum seed.
I. N. Orr Co.,
Grocery Department.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hill and young
son, of West Point, eatne up Saturday
on a visit to Newnan relatives, return
ing Sunday afternoon.
Peas for Sale.—Seven hundred bush
els good, clean peas and a car-load of
orange, amber and red-top cane seed.
H. C. Glover Co.
Those Talladegans are bad, b-a-d
boys. There are several old scores the
Newnan team expe ts to wipe out be
fore the season closes.
See us for paints and oils. We sell
pure goods, guaranteed not to peel or
crack. See us for prices.
Johnson Hardware Co.
Mrs. O. B. Bishop, of Adairsville,
wife of one of Haralson’s former clever
young men, won first prize in the At
lanta Georgian's subscription contest.
She gets the $8,001) house and lot in At
lanta and a Maxwell automobile. Mrs.
Bishop is very popular in her home
town and county. —Senoia Enterprise-
Gazette.
At a regular meeting of the Newnan
Civic League Wednesday afternoon new
officers were elected as follows: Mrs.
W. G. Post, president; Mrs. M. B.
Sewell, vice-president; Mrs. I). A. Han
ey, recording secretary; Mrs. Sam
Banks, corresponding secretary: Mrs.
N. E. Powel, treasurer.
Capt. II. C. Sapp, a popular conduc
tor on the Central, has been given a
permanent run between this city and
Newnan. Capt. Sapp has moved his
family to Newnan, which will he their
future home. Columbus friends of
Capt. and Mrs. Sapp regret to lose
them.—Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
From Saturday, May 29, until Satur
day, June 5, is the date of Stripling’s
great sale.
If you wish to secure a loan on your
farm lands at 6 per cent, see T. G.
Farmer, jr.
Ladies, don’t fail to see that big lot
of fine undermuslins at 33J per cent, off
at Stripling’s.
For Sale. — Three mules and one
horse. Apply to I. N. Orr Co., Grocery
Department.
When you want a buggy come to see
us. We will save you money.
M. G. & J. J. Keith.
Twenty-seven-inch pongee linen in
pink, blue, sand and putty, 25c. yard at
Parks & Arnold’s.
Miss Janie Amis, of Newnan, has
been attending Gordon commencement.
—Barnesville News-Gazette.
Peas Fur Safe. —Speckled, Clay, and
mixed. Any quantity. Low prices.
Farley Bros., Opelika, Ala.
Rains the past two days, while
benefiting young gardens, has likewise
brought on a fine crop of grass.
Let us show you the late spring mod
els in “American Lady” corsets, $1 to
$3. Parks & Arnold.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Askew, of New
nan, were the guests Tuesday of Mrs.
W T. Brooks.—Cedartown Standard.
Don’t fail to get one of the $10 and
$12.50 spring suits that we are closing
out at $5.98. Preks & Arnold.
For Sale. -
practically new.
sale.
McCormick binder;
A bargain for quick
II. A. Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stripling are
now occupying their handsome new
home on W. Washington street, which
was completed the present month.
Latest styles in new belt and coat
chains at Banta’s. Call in and see
them. You will be pleased to find new
designs, both in gold and gold plate.
Seven Hundred Bushels Peas.—We
have for Bale about 700 bushels peas
and a car-load of amber and red-top
cane seed. H. C. Glover Co.
For Sale.—Good, gentle horse; ex
cellent qualities, and sound in wind and
limb. Have no use for animal is only
reason for selling. J. L. Barge.
Rooms For Rent. — Four nice upstairs
rooms, with hall and porch, 12 College
street. Water and lights. Very reason
able. A. Jay Billings.
For Rent.— The large building on E.
Washington street, formerly occupied
as a garage. ’Phone 325.
G. E. Parks Insurance & Realty Co.
Second-Hand Mower for Sale. —We
have one second-hand mower in good
order, just overhauled, for sale cheap.
This is a bargain. H. C. Glover Co.
At the approaching commencement
of the city schools of Talbotton the
sermon will be preached on Sunday
next by Rev. Firley Baum, of More
land.
Mr. A1 Dodds, a prominent citizen of
Hogansville, died on Thursday of laBt
week. He was the father of Miss Edna
Dodd, of this city, and an uncle of Mr.
J. C. Harris.
Automobile For Sale. — For sale at a
bargain a 5-passenger 40-horse Case
touring car. Machine can be seen at
the garage of the Newnan Auto Co.
T. D. McClure.
Peas and Sorghum Seed. —We have
on hand a Bolid car of orange, amber
and red-top cane seed and 700 bushels
good, clean peas, at rock bottom prices.
H. C- Glover Co.
A Real Estate Bargain.—Up-to-date
cottage, six large rooms, across the
street from Atkinson Grammar School.
Choice neighborhood. See me at once
for a bargain. C. B. Whitmire.
Wanted.—Light set of books, type
writing, copy work, etc., that I can do
at home at night. Geo. T. Stocks.
Fifty pairs of broken lots of ladies’
oxfords, were $2 to $3.50. To close at
98c. pair. Parks & Arnold.
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Cole, of Newnan,
were recent guests of the former’s pa
rents here.—Senoia Enterprise-Gazette.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Pitts and chil
dren are spending this week with rela
tives at Moreland. —West Point News.
The colored teachers’ institute for
Coweta county will be held in Newnan,
beginning on June 21 and continuing
five days.
The city tax books will close next
Monday. ThoBe who fail to make their
returns by the date named will be
taxed.
School teachers or students wishing
to be coached in English grammar or
arithmetic, so ns to pass the coming
examinations; or anyone wishing to
prepare for civil service positions,
would do well to confer with N. E. W.
Stokely, care Stokely Business College,
Newnan, Ga.
Mrs. A. B. Baris, one of the State
workers of the Baptist Missionary
Union, will meet next Sunday after
noon at 3 o’clock with the women of
Providence church. It: is earnestly
desired that a good number he present.
Mrs. Paris’ talks are always helpful
and instructive.
Mr. Myron Farmer, who is taking
the medical course at Vanderbilt Uni
versity, and Mr. Frank Orr, who is
taking a similar course at Columbia
College, New York, are both at home
for their vacation.
Invitations have been issued to the
marriage of Miss Lena Hand to Mr.
Harry W. Callaway, which will take
place at the home of the bride’s pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hand, at Se
noia, on June 9, at 8 p. m.
Teachers of the county are again re
minded that the summer normal at Car
rollton will begin June 7 and continue
until June 18. All teachers of schools
participating in the public fund are re
quired to attend this session.
Coming to The Halcyon the thrilling
serial, "Under the Crescent.” These
pictures were made exclusively for
the “Big U” by an American actress
who married Prince Hassan, the “un
speakable Turk;”—it is the sensation of
the day.
Mr. C. C. Grimes, of the Fourth dis
trict, has had remarkable results from
bedding five pecks of bunch yam
potatoes. Up to this week he has
drawn 3,150 slips from the bed, and
says he will get 2,000 more before the
bed is exhausted.
Our Lone Oak letter was not re
ceived until this morning, and conse
quently too late for publication. Our
Welcome letter was belated in like
manner last week, and could not be
printed. Our correspondents are asked
to forward their news notes in time to
reach us not later than Wednesday
night.
Newnan Council, No. 22, J. O. U. A.
M., will meet hereafter in Masonic
hall, arrangements to this end having
been perfected the present week. The
next regular meeting will be on Friday
night, June 4, at which time new offi
cers for the ensuing year will be elect
ed. A full attendance at that meeting
is desired.
Mr. Wm. Y. Atkinson, who will
gruduate from the University Law
School, Athens, next month, has been
honored by election to the presidency
of his class. A further honor has been
conferred by selecting him us class
representative to attend the Associa
tion of Conciliation, to meet at Cor
nell University, New York, the latter
part of the month. He will return to
Newnan the first week in July.
Dr. II. J. Goodwyn, of Roopville,
returned Saturday from a stay of
several days in an Atlunta hospital,
where he underwent an operation, his
condition being very muen improved.
Dr. T. P. Goodwyn, who was formerly
located at Roopville, but has recently
returned from extensive travels in
South America and elsewhere, has
been looking after his brother's prac
tice during his absence. — Carrollton
Free Press, 21st inst.
Our young friend, Marvin Crane,
who has been attending Trinity Col
lege, Durham, N. C., for the past
year, will graduate from that institu
tion next month. He has been elected
poet of his class, and will read an
original poem at commencement.
Graphophones. — Please remember
that I am agent for both the Vic
tor and Columbia graphophones and
victrolas, and records for both kinds.
Be sure to buy your needles from me; I
have all kinds at only 5 cents per hun
dred. H. S. Banta.
Dandruff must be removed and the
hair roots nourished to stop falling hair
and itching scalp. Use Parisian S age,
which John R. Cates Drug Co. guaran
tees. It supplies every hair need—is in
expensive.
Many farmers, and busy people
generally, have been prevented from
attending the big sale for the past ten
days at the popular store of I. N. Orr
Co. Therefore, from a Bense of duty
and fairneBS to all the people, they are
pleased to announce in a full-page ad,
in The Herald to-day a continuation of
their sale for two more weeks, posi
tively closing Saturday night, June 12.
“A word to the wise is sufficient.”
Don’t miss the sale.
The annual commencement of the
Fourth District A. & M. School, at
Carrollton, will begin next Monday.
The day’s exercises will include an ad
dress by Congressman Adamson at 11
a. m.; an address by Dr. C. O. Jones,
of Atlanta; class day exercises at 3.30
p. m.; graduating exerciseB at 8 p. m.,
with an address by Chancellor D. C.
Barrow, of the State University.
There will be a basket dinner at the
noon hour on the college grounds.
Stokely Business College has a stu
dent, only seven days in school, who has
learned three-fourths of the shorthand
text-book, has written 75 words per
minute in shorthand, and completed
four sets of double entry bookkeeping-
all in seven days. We consider this a
record-breaker. Visitors are welcomed
at our school at all times, but especial
ly from 9.30 to 10.30 a. m. Those wish
ing a complete course in stenography
or bookkeeping in the shortest possible
time would do well to enter at once the
Stokely Business College, (Jones build
ing,) Newnan, Ga.
A local camp of Modern Woodmen of
America was instituted in Newnan on
Friday night last, with the following
officers, viz: Wade H. Stallings, Con
sul; E. F. Sims, Bast Consul; E. R.
Dent, Adviser; Chas. A. Bayne, Bank
et; J. W. Mitchell, Clerk; M. L. Tay
lor, Escort; T. B. Shannon, Watchman;
DeWitt Hollis, Sentry; D. A. Haney,
Physician; E. B. Lovern, Ed Pope and
W. J. Murphy, trustees. The instal
lation ceremonies were conducted by
Mr. Jas. W. Smith, district deputy.
The local camp starts out with u good
membership, and bids fair to become
one of our most popular fraternal
orders.
The president and leaders of the
Missionary Society of the North Geor
gia Conference have arranged an itiner
ary through the LaGrange district for
Mrs. S. S. Harris, a returned mission
ary from China. Mrs. Harria will ad
dress the Missionary Society and all
church members at 8 o’clock Wednes
day, June 2, at the Methodist church.
If any change is made in the hour it
will be announced from the pulpit Sun
day morning. Mrs. Harris is a fine
speaker, capable and efficient, and is
doing splendid educational and evange
listic work in China. A cordial invi
tation is extended to all to come out
and hear this gifted and consecrated
worker.
Newnan is fortunate in being on a
circuit where she can enjoy such mag
nificent pictures as are shown week
after week at the Halcyon Theatre.
You don’t get “catch-as-can” pictures,
but a well-balanced programme se
lected by competent men for the lead
ing playhouses of the South. There
is nothing to equal these pictures in
quality. Stars you will see during the
coming week in special roles are Pau
line Bush and Francis Ford on Monday;
Mary Fuller, Matt Moore, King Bag-
got and Jane Gail on Tuesday; Hob
Leonard, Ella Hall, Eddie Lyons, Lee
Moran and Victoria Ford on Wednes
day; "Black Box” on Thursday; Ben
Wilson and Dorothy Phillips on Friday:
Wm. Garwood and Violet Merceresiu
on Saturday. Visit The Halcyon; it will
do you good.
Teachers Elected.
At a recent meeting of the Board of
Eduealhn teachers wero elected for
the Newnan public schools for the ses
sion of 1915-16. Misses N. G. Ed
wards. Jessie Porter, Elizabeth Pick
ens, Ruth Blue, Edna Harris, Edna
Carlton and Rosa Moore declined re-
election. Great care was taken in the
selection of teachers to fill the vacan
cies, and only teachers who have had
excellent training and have proven
themselves strong disciplinarians wore
selected.
Following are the teachers elected,
with the positions they will fill—
llllill SCHOOL.
S. W. White, principal, history.
Miss W. A. Greene, lady principal,
mathematics.
Miss Nolle Summersett, English.
Miss Genevieve Randle, Latin.
Miss LouiBC Atkinson, science.
Miss Frances Arnold, mathematics
and English.
ATKINSON URAMMAR SCHOOL.
Sevi nth grado -Mrs. B. B. Mabson,
principal.
Seventh grade—Miss Lucile Sheridan.
Sixth grnde—Miss Carey Troadaway.
Fifth grade—Miss lone Gtogan.
Fourth grade—Miss Inez Johnson.
Third grade — Miss Emmie Terry
Snead.
Second grade—Miss Clifford Power.
First grade—Miss Elizabeth Wana-
maker.
TEMPLE AVENUE SCHOOL.
Sixth grade—Miss Elaine I. Lord.
Fifth grade—Miss Nolle Fielder.
Fourth grade—Miss Edna Condor.
Third grade—Miss Frankie McCrory.
Second grade- Miss Alma Fields.
First grade—Miss Maggie Brown.
MUKHAY STREET SCHOOL.
Miss Olivia Young, principal; Mrs.
W. C. Treadaway.
COLORED SCHOOLS,
MT. VERNON.
IJ. W. Warner, principal; Pearl
Right, Annella Reid, Carrie May Jack-
son, Clyde Johnson, Mary Barnes.
MT. SINAI.
Sallie Jones, principal; Ola Reese.
Miss Nelle Summersett, who will
have charge of the English department,
is a woman of fine training, good native
ability, and experienced in high school
work. Sho is an A. B. graduate of the
University of South Carolina, and also
a graduate of Randolph-Macon Wo
man’s College, Lynchburg, Va. In ad
dition to hor high school teaching, Miss
Summersett has for several years
taught English in summer normals.
Miss Genevieve Randle is a graduate
of Winlhrop Normal, one of the first
normal schools in the United States.
In addition to her regular A. B. work,
she has given especial attention to Lat
in, French, German and Spanish, and is
considered a lino linguist. Miss Randle
will have charge of the Latin depart
ment.
Mibs lone Grogan iB a normal gradu
ate, has had several years’ experience
in intermediate grades, and comes high
ly recommended as a good disciplinarian
and Btrong teacher.
Miss Elaine Lord is a graduate of
Charleston High School, and also of the
Memminger Normal School. Sho is an
experienced teacher, and has had spe
cial training for the grade of work she
is to have.
Miss Nolle Fielder, of Cedartown,
will have charge of the fifth grade at
Temple avenue school. Miss Fielder is
a graduate of Cedartown High School,
and received her college training at the
State Normal School, Athens. Shu has
taught most successfully at Carrollton
and West Point.
Miss Anne Fields is a first honor high
school graduate, and did her college
work at Agnes Scott. Her experience
has been in the second grade, the work
she will have in the Newnan schools.
Miss Lucile Sheridan, who taught the
sixth grade for two years at Temple
avenue, returns this year to do seventh
grade work. She is an excellent teach
er.
Card of Thanks.
We take this method of thanking
each and every one—especially Dr. C.
C. Elliott — for the many kindnesses
shown us during the long illness and
upon the death of our dear wife, moth
er and sister. May God bountifully
reward each one, is our sincere prayer.
Mr. J. S. Bridges and children,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Carter,
Mrs. S. S. Bridges,
Mrs. G. L. Warren,
Mrs. W. F. Holeman.
Unclaimed Letters.
The following list of unclaimed let
ters will be sent to the Division of Dead
Letters, if not called for within two
weeks:
L E Ashers, Hattie Alexander, L
Brown, Carnial Blutnet, Puss Crain,
M C Calhoun, Sallie Cash, Burnes
Cook, Mary J Colenon, Allen Cook,
Banner Dun, Helen Dennis, Willie
Davis, Frankie Duncan, Miss Eshare,
Alice Evans, W II Epton, (2) Arthur
Fiance, Dr. Claude Griffin, Albert
Hindesman, Julia Hitt, J It Hunter,
Flonce Hill, Susan Jones, Dels Kenne
dy, Adline Longston, Lee Long, Rev.
T J I/inton, Hill Moore Marshal Mar
tin, John Mattox, Bird Parks, J M
Patten, Mary Powdell, Arthur Powell,
Fletcher Reese, Eugene Russell, Liazer
Stallions, Wyatt Stewart, .Sachem of
Wahoo Tribe, Jimmie Scroggins, John
A Tinch, Tinch Lewis, Frank Taylor,
Clara Walker, Ida Walker, M W Wil
liams, L A Yeager.
To avoid delay in delivery have your
mail addressed to street and number,
box number, R. F. D. number or gen
eral delivery.
In calling for the above, please say
“advertised. ”
Susie M. Atkioson, P. M.
Invigorating to the Pale anti Sickly
The Old Btanda/d fceuaral stretiiftheninR’ tonic,
GKOVa ft TABTKOKfeb chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria.enriches the blood,and builds up the ayo-
Uui. A true tonic, for udnUb and children. 50c
L
ISKTT'S
The highest ideal of
fastidious lovers of
rich, satisfying confec
tions is realized in
CfioccHalcA'
The craving for more lingers
—because their irresistable
charm of flavor is not easily
forgotten. That's why they
are “the sweetest story ever
told.”
Regular assortment, in
halves, ones and twos,
pound 80c
Fruit Cordials, in halves,
ones and twos, pound Si
Assorted Nuts, in halves
and pounds. $1
Ask for a Souvenir Menu,
giving you the contents of all
the Liggett candy assort
ments.
We are exclusive agents for
Liggett’s Chocolates.
'PhoneJ51
John R, Cates Drug Co,
The ^l&XaJUL Store
FATHERS
and
MOTHERS
| Should he proud of their children
1 when they graduate from the New
nan High School, and should give
hem on this occasion some suit
able remembrance. A fine watch
would be carried and treasured al
ways. A handsome lavaliere, brace
let or brooch—something the
daughter could always keep—would
be appropriate.
Think this over and come to see
H. S. BANTA
“The Newnan Jeweler”
Corn
Season!
Stop the growth of your corns be
fore they become like mountains
and give you excruciating pain.
Use R|al's Com Coie
A simple, easy-to-use corn remedy
that works like a charm. No soil
ing of linen—no bandages—no
plaster. Per bottle—.
Other Helps
Blue Jay Corn Plaster, 15c, 25c.
Kohler's One Night Corn Salve, 25c.
Hanson’s Acorn Corn Salve, 10c.
Georges’ Corn Pads, 10c, 25c.
Murray Drug and Bool Co.
Sporting Goods
Stationery
Good Soda
Fine Cigars
Huyler’s Candy
’PHONE US—
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