Coweta County GaArchives News.....Home News April 26, 1901 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Linda Blum-Barton http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00003.html#0000645 April 2, 2007, 11:36 pm The Herald And Advertiser, Newnan, Ga. April 26, 1901 Miss Grace Linch, of Senoia, spent Wednesday in the city. Miss Catherine Martin spent Sunday and Monday with relatives in Atlanta. Messrs. Raph Powell and Earnest Powel, of Atlanta, spent Sunday in the city. The Atlanta Knights of Pythias will picnic at Pearl Spring Park next Wednesday. We regret to state that Mr. T. G. Burpee has been confined at his home this week by illness. Miss Corille Hardaway is at home from college for a few days, on a visit to the homefolks. Miss Lizzie Hill has returned from a pleasant visit of several days to relatives in Greenville. Mr. Marion Walker, of Birmingham, Ala., spent a day or so with his father's family this week. Miss Mattie Baker, of Troup county, is visiting her brother, Dr. E. L. Baker, at the Brown House. Hon. Geo. J. Martin and wife, of Meriwether, came up Friday for a short visit to Newnan relatives. Mrs. J. A. Fouche, of McDonough, Ga., came over Monday and spent a couple of days with Newnan relatives. Miss Clara Parks returned home Tuesday, after a pleasant visit of two weeks with Miss Fannie Lou Hackney. Mrs. Colquitt Carter returned Wednesday to Atlanta, after a stay of some days with her mother, Mrs. S. C. Hill. Miss Maynor Holmes left Tuesday for her home at Rome, after an extended visit to her sister, Mrs. Jack Powell. Mrs. J. Clinton Reese and little son, of Birmingham, Ala., spent Wednesday with the family of Mr. C. D. Crane. Mrs. W. A. Mallory and children, of Athens, Ga., are spending a few days with the family of Mr. T. E. Atkinson. Mrs. B. T. Thompson and son, Charles, returned home Monday, after spending a week or so with relatives in Atlanta. Mrs. J. H. Widener and children, and Miss Willilu Millians visited relatives in Atlanta on Saturday and Sunday last. Dr. D. W. Gwynn, of Atlanta, will preach two sermons at teh Central Baptist Church next Sabbath. Mrs. J. J. Childs and children, of Griffin, returned home Monday, after a week's visit to the family of her father, Mr. J. E. Askew. Mrs. H. C. Fischer, of Atlanta, arrived yesterday afternoon, and for several days will stop with her daughter, Mrs. Paul Peniston. Dr. F. I. Welch left Saturday for his home at Savannah, after spending several weeks very pleasantly with relatives and friends in Newnan. Dr. G. L. Johnson and Mr. M. Salbide are in Macon this week attending the annual convocation of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons. Rev. S. R. C. Adams left Monday for Cedartown, where he is assisting Rev. C. K. Henderson in a protracted meeting at the Baptist church in that city. At the meeting of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons in Macon this week, Mr. J. A. Z. Shell, of Senoia, was elected Master of the 3d Veil. Miss Lillie May Cox, who has been the popular guest of Miss Margaret Peavy for several weeks past returned Wednesday to her home near Montgomery, Ala. Mrs. H. C. Fisher, Mrs. J. S. Miller and Mrs. E. A. Bostrom, of Atlanta, left Wednesday for New Orleans where they will spend about ten days visiting friends. Amanda Johnson, an aged and respected negro woman living on one of the farms of Mr. J. W. T. Gibson, 3 miles north of the city, dropped dead last Sunday afternoon. A card written by Hon. W. B. Berry at Constantinople on April 7th was received by Mr. J. P. Bradley this week. At that date all the party were enjoying excellent health. Mr. J. A. Morris, of the Fourth district, returned Monday from Fredonia, Ala., where he spent several days visiting his aged mother, Mrs. E. F. Morris, who has been in ill health for some time. Dr. G. A. Nunnally, of LaGrange, will preach at the First Baptist Church next sunday morning at 11 o'clock, in the absence of the pastor, who is assisting in a protracted meeting at Cedartown. Dr. Jas Stacy and Rev. C. O'N. Martindale left Wednesday for Riverdale, Ga., to be present at the meeting of the Atlanta Presbytery, now in session at that place. They are expected home to-morrow afternoon. A letter from Mr. J. W. Stripling to his house a day or so ago stated that he had purchased the largest stock of goods, perhaps, ever shipped to Newnan in a single season. They will begin to arrive in the course of a week. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Cole are now pleasantly domiciled in one of the handsome new residences on Bridges street recently built by Mr. M. F. Cole, and numerous enjoyable "at homes" are looked forward to by their friends. On Wednesday last Mr. A. F. Simril, treasurer of Coweta Conclave, No. 39, Knights of Damon, received a check for $3,000, to be paid to the estate of the late John T. Upshaw, being the amount of insurance deceased carried in this order. During the present week Mrs. H. O. Wise received a check for $1,000 from the Endowment Rank, K. of P., of which her late husband was a member. The check covered the amount of insurance carried by him in this branch of the order. Confederate Veterans. -- The members of Coweta Camp, U. C. V., are requested to meat in the court-house on the first Tuesday in May. Business of importance. J. W. Anderson, Captain Commanding. I. N. Orr, Adjutant. The Newnan Cotton Mills company is putting lumber on the ground for twenty- seven cottages for the use of the operatives who will be employed in the new mill. Twenty of the cottages will contain four rooms each and seven of them will contain six rooms. On Friday last Mr. S. W. Murray received a letter from his son, Herndon, (who is with Capt. Steve Powell's Company in the Philippines,) stating that their regiment (38th Infantry,) would leave Manila for the United States on May 6th. The regiment will reach San Franciso the latter part of June, and in all probability will be mustered out at that point. A warm welcome awaits the boys upon their return. Our Central Baptist friends have made arrangements with Dr. A. T. Spalding, of Atlanta, to occupy their pulpit at least two Sundays in each month--the first and third--and efforts are being made to engage him for the second and fourth Sundays, also. The beloved Pastor, Dr. J. H. Hall, is steadily improving, but it is not probable that he will be able to resume the active duties of his pastorate for some weeks yet. 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