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VOL IX Liver Ills Lik 5 biliousness, dyspepsia, headache, constl pat on. sour stomach, indigestion arc promptly cured by Hood's Pills. They do their work Hood’s easily and thoroughly. B H S Best after dinner pills. H J ?■. <■" 25 cents. All druggists. Ki B« S Prepared by C. H. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. The only Pill to take with Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Will Lose $10,030. Jan.- 27, —J. King find J. II Rhoades, of R -me, must lose $10,039 the amount <1 ue the Rome Railroad by the-Chattanoo ga, Rome & Columbus railroad, bought by the Central. These'gentleman were accommo dation endorsers on a bond of $33,- 000, a restraint warrant against tire C. il. & 0. R R. by the Rome railroad company for rents of ter minal property, leased by the C. It. & C in Rome. While the rents were accruing the Central bought the C. R. & C. and s"on after went into receiver’s hand. In the superior court of Floyd county a judgement was rendered for the Rome railroad to the extent of SIO,OOO. This was paid by King and Rhoades and the case was appealed to United-States court after the receivership. The decision of the court t> day is that Rhoades and King accepted the independent obligation of the C R. & C. and must come in as Inordinary creditors. }' Judge Speer decided tjiat Thos. j B. Cooper who lost a. trunk anti contents valued nt $160.85, by tiro in the s.tati m house at Oliver Oc tober 25, 1895 can recover. A Murderer Smiles. Rome, Ga.,Jan.2B. —Lester Ech ols was found guilty of murder and recommended to the mercy of the court this morning. lie was sen tenced to the penitentiary for iife. Ho received his sentence with the utmost indifference, and with a smile on his face. Hiscouns 1 will appeal for a new trial. The Bridges case was postponed until Monday. It will probably not be tried at this term of court Ike Biackburn, colored, was sen tenced to ten years in the peniten tiary for burglary. The Discovery Saved His Life. Mr. G. Caillouette, druggist Beaversvilie, 11l , says: “To Dr. King's New Discovery I owe my life. Was taken with La Grippe and tried ali the physicians for miles about, but of no avail and was given up and told 1 could not live. Having Dr. King's Now Dis in my store I sent for a ’Tattle and'began its use and from the first dose began to get better, and after using three bottle was up and about again. It. is worth its weight, in gold. We won't keep store or house without it." Get a free trial at H. H. Arringtons drug store. A. D. Matthews, a farmer, was killed in Oglethorpe county by a falling tree. He was one of the most remarkable men in Georgia, having been left penniless and had accumulated a fortune of $60,000. He could mother read nor write. rtUldl er and Child. C OTHERS’ FRIEND" finament of its Pain, Horror and Risk. ? ? used “MOTHERS’ FRIEND” be- d h of her first child, she did not J J sutler from CRAMPS or PAlNS—was quickly > A relieve- at the critical hour suffering but j < iittle—she had no pains afterward iad her \ I » f recovery was rapid. I I ’E. E Johnston. Eufuta, Ala. C J J Sent by Mail or Expn. «s. on receipt of f ■ C price, fl.oo per bottle. Book “To Moth- \ ■ J era” mailed Free- Z ■ C BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.. Atlanta, G*. C » C 60LD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. C THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS. SENTENCED FOR LIFE. Frank J. Evans Convicted For the Murder of Will Coleman. Rome, Ga., Jan. 27 -®-Tbe jury in . the case of Frank .J. Ev»ns brought i in a verdict at 1 o’clock this after-j noon. He shot Wi.l Coleman in a beer saloon about two monlis ago. Coleman.died the next day. The jury has been out since last Fri day. The verdict was guilty of murder, with a recommendation to mercy. He was sentenced to life i m prison men t. Evans is an old newspaper man. He came hero four years ago ago. He worked on the Omaha World- Herald, -.nd had done work on all the Rome papers. He received his sentence bravely, but broke down when carried to jail. Splendid le gal talent was employed. The at torneys for Evans will appeal for a new trial. Judge John S. Can dler, of Stone Moun’ain circuit, on the bench. How to Curs a Severe Cold. A few weeks ago the editor was taken with a very severe cold that caused him to be in a most misera ble condition- It was undoubtedly a bad case of la grippe and recog nizing it as dangerous he took im mediate steps to bring about speedy euro. From the advertise ment <>f Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and the many good recom mendations included therein, wo concluded to make a first trial of the medicine. To say that it was satisfactory in its results, is put ting it very mildly, indeed. It acted like magic and the result was a speedy and permanent cure . The Banner of Liberty, Liberty town, Maryland. The 25 and 50 cent sizes for sale by H. H. Arring ton. Obeyed Orders. An Irish member of the Sixth regiment of South Carolina Infar ry was stationed on the beach of Sullivan’s Island, with orders to walk between two specified points and to let no one pass without giving the countersign. He was one .of those soldiers who believed in obeying orders to the letter. Two hours after Hugh had thus been stationed, the corporal with the relief appeared in the moon light and was astonished to see Hugh walking to and I roup to his waist in water. The tide had come : in. “Who goes there !” demanded the sentinel. "Relief,” answered the corporal “ilalt, relief! Advance and give the c untersign.” “But I am not coming out to ' be drowned. Come out and let me relieve you.” "Never a bit,” said Hugh. “The lieutenant told me not to leave me post.” "Well, then,” said the corporal, starting to move away, “you may stay there all night.” "Halt!'.’ thundered the sentry. “I'll put a hole in ye if you pass without the counterign,” and he cocked and leveled the gun. “Confound you and the lieuten ant,” answered the corporal “Everybody will hesr it if I baw it out to you.” “Yis, me darlin’, and the lieu tenant said it must be given in a whisper. In with ye me finger’s ■ on the trigger.” There was nothing for the cor poral to do but to wade out where the faithful sentinel stood. •‘Be jabers,” said that worthy, “it’s well you’ve esme! Thedhirty tide has almost drowned me.” Ail the legislatures are sending to Georgia to get a copy of the i Calvin anti-trust law. It is claim bed that the lawyers can neither crack, twist or break it. SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 3, 1897. A SCOURGE OF LA GRIPPE Is Raging Everywhere Devasta ting City, Town and Coun try Alike.- Nothing equal to it has ever been \ known. We have had la grippe bo- I fore m this country in several well defined epidemics, but not as we are having it now. Everybody, ev erywhere, has it, has had it or is expecting to have it. In every pa per we read of it. Every one we meet speaks cf it. Perhaps the worst feature about la grippe is that it is almost sure.to leave con sequences behind it which are far worse than that some things have been learned, during these sieges with la grippe. Untold thousands have learned thess things but a still greater multitude perhaps have these things yet to learn. First, that Pe-ru-na taken before each meal and at bedtime will pro tect any one from having la grippe Second, that Pe-ru-na taken every hour during the acute stage ot la grippe will shorten its duration and prevent the long train of dis agreeable consequencrs which fol low the acute attack. Third, that in case where Pe-ru-na has not been used during the acute stage and the victim finds himself dragging out a miserable existence from the dam age to his system accomplished by la grippe, ho has only to take Pe re-ua according to the directions on the bottle to realize a speedy and complete cure. The explana tion of this is that lagrippe is epi demic catarrh. Pe-ru-na will cure catarrh wherever located. It will cure catarrh of every variety and stage. Therefore it will cure la grippe, which is simply tLe epi demic variety of acute catarrh. During such a winter as this no one should be without a copy of Dr. Hartman’s latest book which treats fully of lagrippe, acute ca tarrh, chronic catarrh, coughs, colds, bronchitis,consumption and I all other climatic diseases of win- I ter. Sent free to any address by The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing; Company, Columbus, Ohio. _ • AVar would be an expensive thing now, even from a money point of view—and that is the lowest. The committee on military affairs has informed the house of representa tives that it costs slOl to fire one j round from an 8-inch rille, $322 ; from a 10-inch rifle, and $650 from a 15-inch pneumatic gun. Let the arbitration treaty go through.—Atlanta Journal. County School Commissions!’, There will be an examination 'and election for county school commissioner of Chattooga county on Saturday, the 6th of Febuary, 1 to fill the unexpired term of W. A. Milner. J. A. Branner, President Board of Education. Laxol is the best medicine for children. Doctors recommend it in place of Castor Oil. INAUGURATION Os President Elect McKinley March 4. 1897. Reduced rates via Southern Rail- 1 way. On account of the Inauguration jof President-elect McKinley, at Washington, D. C., March -I, 1897 Southern Railway will sell individ ual tickets from its stations to Washington D. C., and return, at rate of one fare for the Round-trip. Tickets will be sold March Ist, 2nd : and 3rd, good to return until March Sth, 1897. For further information address : any agent of the Southern Rail ■ way. H»od’s Pills are the favorite i family cathartic, easy to tak“, easy I to operate. TOO GOOD TO LAST. I Alabama Legislature Prohibits’ Pool Selling, Slot Machines, I Sale of Futures, Etc. Birmingham, Jan. 27. —The leg islature in session at Montgomery continues to transact much im portant business. This morning ; the house committee on revision of laws reported favorably the bill prohibiting the selling cf pools on races, and it comas up as a special order next Wednesday. A bill prohibiting the .operation of slot machines was also reported favor ably. Mr Nesmith followed up the moral reform by introducing a bill prohibiting the buying or sell ing of futures in the state. It is thought that all three of these bills will become laws. The house this morning declined to reconsider the bill passed yesterday providing for a back tax collector. The bill calls for the appointment of a state tax commissioner, who shall ap point a back tax collector in each county, whose duty it shall be to increase assessments as he sees fit and to collect all escaped taxes and licenses less than five years overdue. He is to be paid in fees. The house committee on com merce and common carriers repor ted adversely the bill to create a new railroad commission, and en act a new code of laws governing railroads. A minority report was also filed and placed on the calen dar. The senate today passed Mr. Hogue’s providing for the equaliza tion of the salaries of state officers. It does not affect the salaries of the Governor or judiciary, but fix es tkqxalaries of the heads of de partments at $2,000 each, and of solicitors SI,BOO each. Buuklen’s Arnica Salve. 9he Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter i Chapped Hands, Chilbins, Corns ’ and all Skin Eruptions, and posi ! Lively cures Piles, or no pay re quired It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money re funded. Price 25cents per box. for sale by H. 11. Arrington. Georgia’s Pensions. There is no doubt, Georgia’s pen sion business is a much bigger i thing than any one has been antici- I pating. Since the last appropria tion by the legislature the indigent list is growing surprisingly. The probable increase of this list alone based on conservative estimates, in the state will he from 3.000 to 5,000 ver last year’s list, v> .9 . ’ was only 2,C00. Placing the increase fm the ’ st-.ffe at 3.000, the total number of applicants under the indigent act 'this year would be 5,00. Exactly ; one half of this number can be paid : with the ; made by the legislature. Here we i would have a deficit of a like i amount in this feature of Georgia’s pension business alone. Thepros i pects are that at least 2,500 old sol diers on the indigent list will not ’ get paid this year. The Columbus Enquirer-Sun ; while disclaiming no lack of feel ■ ing or interest for the old soldier, suggests that every possible reason able provision should be made to r -veiit unworthy or undeserving men from sharing in the bounty of the state. This is but just to the tax payers and to the deserving veterans as well. The law should be changed, thinks the Enquirer-San, so that every applicant for a pension should go before the grand jury of his own county and submit his proofs in person for the considera tion cf that body, before his name is entered on the list of pensioners. - In this way justice would be done - to the applicant as well as to the tax payers. Highest of all in Leavening Strength.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report. Ro/al BSS2 ABSOWTELV PURE A FOSSIL MULE. An Interesting Scientific Problem From Calhoun. A young man named Dave Hall, who, judging from the story below must be Jim Hall’s brother, has returned to Chattanooga from a trip to Georgia, and told this in teresting scientific problem: “Great excitement prevails in the mountain districts west of Cal houn over the discovery of a won derful petrified or fossil mule,” said Mr. Hall. “The discovery was made by Hip Scott and Lum Shaw, who believe that the fossil is at least a million years old. This opinion is sustained by an examination of tie animal’s teeth, which are said to be in a horrible state of decay. The discovery was purely accidental. Messrs Scott and Shaw, who are among the most prominent and reliable citi zens of that section, were, attempt ing to dig out a ground hog' from its den in the side of the mountain when they unearthed what appear ed to be the hind leg of a mule in perfect condition. This perfectly formed limb was neatly covered with fine black hair which seemed to have been formerly well curried and brushed. Scott tapped the fossil limb with the point of his pick aiid; a thrilling experience fol lowed. A gallon and suppressed snort came from under the ground the limb was suddenly drawn back into th* hillside, and the next in stant tons of dirt and rocks flew through the air in every direction. Scott and his companion fled for their lives, both narrowly escaping instant death at the heels of the kicking fossil. “After the thing had kicked it self loose from the limestone strata in which it was imbedded it gave a loud bray and trotted across the field and disappeared in the pine thicket. An alarm was given and the whole community turned out to hunt the animal. A few days ago it was seen quietly grazing in Tobe Simmon’s oat jaich, and on several occasions its hideous and unearthly brays have filled the in habitants with consternation and terror. Numerous posses of well anned uiifi aetermined men are scouring the country in search of the nefarious animal, and should he be captured will doubtless be lynched on the spot.” The Carroll county Times has sprung a new editorial on “Talk Up Your Own Town.” There cer} tainly can be no complaint against the weekly press on that score!. They “talk up” and hurrah for their town fifty-two weeks in the year, and usually do just fifty-two times as much of this kind of busi ness as they get thanks for their work. It is not an uncommon thing to see a bright, pushing week ly paper with scarcely a single ad. , from a home merchant. The boys of the weekly press deserve better treatment than they usually get from their home merchants and home people. The business men of a town can’t do too much for their home paper. It is the most important factor in building up I their town. —Enquirer-Sun. A Stray Shot. From The Chicago Record. She tried to kill him with a look— That was the plan— But she was cross-eyed, and it took Another man. LYNCHINGSTATISTIOS. Georgia Tied With Kentucky For Fifth Place. In the year 1896 131 lynchings occurred in this country, only two years since and including 1885 showing a smaller number. Those years were 1887, when 122 persons were lynched and 1890, with 130 In 1892 the number was 235 and in 1893 it was 2CI. Os those whose lives were taken by mob vio lence last year, eighty were negroes - and fifty;one whites ; 122 lynchings occurred in.the south and nine in the north. The decrease’ in this form of unlawful killing is agree able, but there is still room for improvement. It is no more than fair to the state of Georgia to say that the general impression that she heads the list in this awful form of law-breaking is incorrect. Louisiana stands first with twenty five cases, Alabama next with fif teen, Tennessee third with fourteen and Florida with ten, while Geor gia and Kentucky have nine each to their credit. —Chicago Chroni cle. Did You Ever Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for you troubles? If not, get a bottle now and get relief. The medicine has been found to be pe culiarly adapted to the relief and cure of all Female Complaints, ex erting a wonderful direct influence in giving strength and tone to the organs. If you have Loss of Appe tite, Constipation, Headache, Fainting Spells, or are Nervous, Sleepless, Excitable, Melancholy or troubled with Dizzy Spells, Electric Bitters is the medicine you need. Health and Strength are guaranteed by its use. Largo bottles only 50 cents at H. 11. Ar rington’s drug Store. A Kansas editor wants to ex change an office chair for a piece of bacon and a red flannel shirt, and the Rome Tribune wants to know where he got the chair. Frank Evans was last week con victed of murder by a Floyd coun ty jury, and was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Candler. This is of the sad results of the excessive use oi strong drink, and the inexcusable habit ot car rying concealed weapons. Evans was seemingly one of the most quiet and peaceable men living, and yet, in a sudden impulse of passion, made worse no doubt by the whiskey he had drank, he de stroyed the life of his friend, and at the same time his own, for there is small choice between a hang man’s noose and a life spent in the convict camps. Tutt’s Pills Cure All j Liver Ills. | Secret of Beauty : is health. The secret of health is the power to digest and assim ilate a proper quanity of food. This can never be done when the liver does not act it’s part. Doyou know this? Tutt’s Liver Pills are an abso lute cure for sick headache, dys pepsia, sour stomach, malaria, constipation, torpid liver, piles, jaundice, bilious fever, bilious ness and kindred diseases. i Tutt’s Liver Pills No. 48.