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VOL X Constipation Causes fully half the sickness in the world. It retains the digested food too long in the bowels and produces biliousness, torpid liver, indi- Hoods gestion, bad taste, coated tongue, sick headache, in- _ B B somnia, etc. Hood’s Pills Ej 0■ H cure constipation and all its " ■ ■ ■ results, easily and thoroughly. 25c. All druggists. Prepared by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. The only Pills to take with Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Easter Ladies’ Home Journal. The Easter number of Tho La dies’Home Journal is brimful of entertaining reading. “A Mora van Easter Dawn,” by Clifford Howard, tells the story of simplest and most beautiful Easter service in America, as it is given in the quaint and picturesque town of Betholein, Pennsylvania. Ex-Pres ident Harrison’s timely article de scribes “Tho Social Life of the President,” from tho day of his in auguration, and gives interesting information as to reception, din ner, and ether social events of the White House. The popular series of “Great Personal Events” is rep resented by “When Lafayette Rode Into Philadelphia,” by Jean Fraley Hallowell, granddaughter of one of the few surviving witnesses of tho groat Lafayette demonstra tion which created such a furore nearly three-quarters of a century ago. Ira I). Sankey has written for this number a hymn, entitled “The Beautiful Hills,” with words by John H. Yates. The third illus tration in Charles Dana Gibson’s series of character sketches of “The People of Dickens” is “Tom Pinch and His Sister.” Lovers of fiction will enjoy Jerome K. Jer ome’s story” ‘A Portrait of a La dy,” and Herbert D. Ward’s amus ing serial, “The Burglar who Mov ed Paradise” tribute to the power and privilege of sisterhood ir» the family given in Rev. A. 11. Brad ford’s article on “The Woman Who most Influenced Me.” There seems to be no field of wo man’s life, duties and interest not noted by the Journal. There are practical views on vital questions by Mr. Bok; liteiary talks by “Dorch”; suggestions on flowers and gardening by Eben E Rexford; hints on amateur photogrpahy; a study marriage by Ruth Ashmore; the latest fashions; Mr. Moody's Bible Class; Mrs. Bottome’s talks with The King’s Daughters; a page of dainty luncheons; Mr. Rorea’s cooking lessons, ami many other departments that comprehend the round of woman’s needs, Each number of the Journal is a valua ble book of helpful hintsand prac tiful suggestion on the every-day problem of home life. By the Curtis Publishing Company, Phil adelphia. Ten cent per copy; one dollar per year. How to Cure 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 cure. From the advertise ment of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and the many good recom mendations included therein, we 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 11. H. Arring ton. The community of Rock Spring is remarkable for its number of old peo ple. Living within three miles of the place are thirty-two persons over sev enty- five years old. Fourteen of this number are over eighty and live mote than uiuty.—Me»«enger. THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS. ADVERTISING IS THE LIFE OF TRADE .-WHY DON’T YOU TRY IT, AND SEE? ARE MAKING HIM TIRED. Office Seekers Worrying Life Out of the President HARDLY HAS TIME TO EAT. Pie Hunters Give Him No Rest And He Is Having T rouble. Washington, March 23. —Presi- dent McKinley is showing the ef fect of tho pressure upon him for office. He gives each visitor a courteous hearing, but the tax on his vitality is very severe. The of fice-seekers are at the white house when the doors are opened in the morning and they remain in evi dence until the president is com- I polled, through sheer fatigue, to seek the seclusion of his private apartments. The warm weather of the past few days has added to his discom fort, and it has been suggested that he spent an occasional day in rest at the seashore or in the country near the city. The prerident is so conscientious, however, that he insists upon staying at his desk as long as his strenght will permit. His friends believe that if he does not take a brief outing he will break down from overwork. They maintain that ho has been under a terrific strain since his nomination last June, and that it is not in human nature to continue it indefinitely. No War for France. Paris, March 23—Attention is called to tho article in the French constitution which debars the pres ident of the French republic from declaring war without the assent of parliament. Europe must be prepared for the withdrawal of France from the European concert in the event that the Cretan difficulty should require more severe measures than the chamber of deputies will sanction. Turkey Aroused. Constantinople, March 23 —The Turkish government, on hearing that Greece was about to send a vessel laden with ammunition to the island of Mitylone and Seio, ordered the Turkish naval com manders cruising in the Archipel ago to prevent the landing of war like stores by every means in their power. The Turkish camp at Elassona is regarded as a key to Macedonia, and is being very strongly intrench : ed. Several officers who served un i der Osman Pasha at Plevna have ' been sent there to take command. May Run the Blockade. London, March 24.—The Chron icle prints a rumor to the effect that Great Britain has declined to be a party to the starving of inno cent Cretans in the interior of the island, and a report that British ships intend to run the blockade 4 contending that it is indefensible under international law, inasmuch as neither Turkey nor Greece has openly declared war. A woman whose husband is in the habit of coming home tipsy at night decided to scare him as a cure. Accordingly she arrayed herself in a frightful apparel and when the boozy husband entered the door, said in supulchral tones, “Come with me; I aw the devil.” “Zat so,” said the husband, “Shake. I’m your brother in-law. M—m— married your sister. u Seven prisoners escaped from the Dalton, jail recently by sawing the iron bars with ail old knife. SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, MARCH 31, 1897. CLIFF DWELLER FOUND. Hermit in New Mexico Is Thought to Be a Survivor of That Race. A story is published in Denver that rivals the greatest deeds of fic tion in the embellishment of de tails. It is claimed for the corres pondent that he is perfectly relia ble and entitled to full credit, and liis own paper vouches for the truth of every word contained in a dis patch from Tres Pidras, N. M. According to the story, Lock Walmsley, a guide of Taos county, N. M., recently discovered a cave m ar certain medicinal springs that contained a single occupant, a ven erable old man, with white beard and hair to the knees, who warned away his disturbers through ges tures and threats could not be mis understood. Theodore Forman, who unearthed the cave, was en gaged in blasting an opening in the side of the mountain when one shot tore a hole through which he could see the strange creature- The only explanation of his pres ence is that he is a descendant of the cliff dwellers, who has survived his race. The cave is also reported to be filled with all sorts of queer relics that could be seen by the light of Egyptian lamps. WILL TAKE NO PART. It Is Stated That Britain Will Acquiesce but Not Help the Blockade. Constantinople, March 25 —lt is stated here that in the event of a blockade of the Greek ports by the warships of the powers the ad mirals commanding the British squadron is instructed to acquisce therein, but the British fleet will take no part in the actual block ade. It is reported that the Turkish squadron, which sailed from Gal lipolis yesterday, ostensibly for Smyrna and Salonica, has been ordered to cruise in the Aegean sea. Georgia farmers will use this season about 400,000 tons of com mercial fertilizers. That means cheap cotton, if other southern states are following Georgia’s bad example. It is said that the farmers of Georgia this year have bought some 400,000 tons of fertilizers. This is the largest number on re cord. Last year there were 333. 000 tons guano sold which was the limit up to that time. Last year with that amount of guano the acr eage was also the largest up to that time. It looks as if the farmers will also plant a big corn crop. Mr. W. A Knowles is now in Flori da, having been called there on ac count of his wife’s health. The many friends of this most excellent woman sincerely trust her health may be soon restored and she return to Roma in the enjoyment of this one of earth’s greatest blessings, perfect health.— Rome Commercial. Tuesday evening of last week the heaviest rain that has fallen in this section in several years fell in Sum merville and vicinity. The rain storm was accompanied by considerabl wind but no damage was done. Hail fell in different parts of the county and at one time the timid folks thought seriously of their storm pits. A Marietta husband and wife were discussing the impropriety of a couple marrying without letting each other know the past, etc. “That reminds me,” the wife went on to say, “that I was once in a Lunatic Asylum. Ijnev er thought it necessary to tell you about it, but now I think I ought to have done so.” The eyes of the hus band stood out like hard-boiled eggs and just as he was about to fall from his chair the speaker explained that she was not a patient in the Asylum, but had merely gone through on a tour of observoliun.—Marietta Jour nal. THEY ARE NOT PLEASED. Railroad Officials Distur bed by the Last Ruling of the Supreme Court. ASSOCIATIONS ARE ATFECTES The Traffic Organizations Are Likely To Be Counted Out on This Score. Chicago, March 23.—Railroad offi cials, especially those connected with associations, were much dis concerted today at the reciept of the news from Washington that the supreme court of the United States had rendered a majority decision finding tho old Trans-Missouri Freight Association an illegal com mission, in violation of the Sher man anti-trust law of 1890. The decision is expected to affect the organization of the Joint Traf fic Association and Western Freight and Passenger Association and the Southwestern Freight As sociation. These associations, to a larger or smaller extent recieve the rate making power fromthe hands of the traffic officials of the companies represented, especially in the hands of the board of administra tion, particularly in the case of freight rates. Pools for the specific division of traffic among the roads interested are also barred under the decision of the highesr tribunal, and the least that is expected to follow the important decision is a reorganiza tion of these associations on lines in conformity with the anti-trust law. The Trans-Missouri Freight As sociation is no longer in existence, but the decision is none the less ef fective. The case was originally brought by the attorney general of the Uni ted States on behalf of the inter state commerce commission. He proceeded under the anti-trust law. Before the case came to trial in Kansas the association was dissol ved, but the court insisted on the case being brought to a conclusion. Judge Raines, of the United States circuit court, sitting at Cheyenne, Wyo., dismissed the bill of the at torney general, the brief for the railroads being presented by George R. Peck, general counsel for the Santa Fe system, now with the St. Paul road. An appeal was taken to the Uni ted States circuit of appeals, sit ting at St. Paul, which upheld the decision of the lower court, and it was this last appeal which was de cided yesterday. Rains in North Alabama. Fort Payne, Ala., March 23. The recent heavy rains have done serious damage throughout north Alabama, washing out great gul leys in the farms and cutting up the public roads so badly that they are made almost impassable in many places. The Constitution’s Postage Bills. The publishers of the Atlanta Constitution pay more postage than all the other publishers in Atlanta combined. For the first week in March the Constitutions's bill for postage was $444.71. The Atlanta Journal paid $113.54, the Sunny South paid $33.20, tho Christian Index $14.84, and the Wesleyan Christian Advo cate $lO.Bl. The total receipts for papers and periodicals published in Atlanta was $626.23. The Con stitution pays nearly three fourths o f that class of postage. lUpans Tabulea cure headache. DIVORCE WANTED. Prominent Cartersville people Concerned. Mrs. Thos. J. Lyon, thought her attorney, filled her complaint Wed nesday, in tho office of the clerk of the superior court, praying for a divorce and asking that the de fendant be enjoined from coming on her place. The defendant was served with a copy of the petition to which he was required to make answer by Saturday, which he did through his attorney, Col. J. W. Harris. Mrs. Lyon charges cruel treat ment, abuse and drunkenness on the part of her husband Thos. J- Lyon. Capt. Lyon is very well known in Rome and these proceedings will create a sensation-—Carters ville News. Spring Humors, eruptions, hives, boils, pimples, sores, are perfectly and permanently cured by Hood’s Sarsaparilla, the best Spring Med icine and One True Blood Purifi er. Hood’s Pills act easily and promptly on the liver and bowels. Cure sick headache. Remarks By A Texas Editor. From the Texas Harpoon. When you ask a man to sub scribe for your paper and he says, “Oh I am taking more papers than I can read, and besides times are too plagued tight,” immediately apologize to him for the mistake and leave him. Life is too short to teach a jackass to sing soprana. All gentlemen nowadays read newspapers—and lots of them. Show us a man who lives for years in a town or country and never subscribes for the papers publish ed there and we’ll show you a man whose head is shaped like a piece of pie with the point up. A coun try newspaper is an institution that works day and night for every decent man in the country; there fore every decent man is in honor bound to assist in its support The greatest trouble is that some swell-head galoots fancy that they are making the editor a present when they take his paper. We have the profoundest sympathy for the man who lives in this country for years and never sub scribes and pays for his country paper. If that poor fellow was to encounter an idea in a lane he would turn and fly the other way with the tail of his garment beat ing the atmosphere. Don’t waste much time on such cattle. One of them has not enough sense to keep warm in hades. Where The Burden Will Fall. It is interesting to note where the increased tariff taxation pro posed 4 by Mr. Dingley and his com mittee will fall and in what pro portions- The bill adds: Fifty per cent to the tariff paid by earthenware and glassware, 40 per cent to that paid by chemicals, oils, etes., 300 per cent to that paid by wood and its manufactures, 100 per cent to that paid by woolens. It takes wool off the free list and puts upon it a tariff that will cost the people of this country many million dollars every year. Contrast this treatment of nec essaries with that which some lux uries will receive. The tax on silk goods is to be in creased only 15 per cent, and spir its, wines and liquors will be re quired to pay only 25 per cent more than they do now. Mr. Dingley, in undertaking to make this sort of tariff revision a measure of popular relief, cuts a figure that would be ludicrous but for the fact that the results of his machinations will be so Shtidus JoUmal. ROYAI few ■ I' w 6 * I POWDER Absolutely Pure* Celebrated for its great leavening strength and healthfulness. Assures the food against alum and all forms of adulteration common to the cheap brands. Royal Baking Powdek Co. New York. THE FLOOD SITUATION. A Slight Improvement Is Reported from the Menu phis District. WATER IS NOW STATIONARY. In Some Places It Is Even Reported as Decreasing Slightly in Volume. St Louis, March 25.—For the time within a week the prevailing tone of dispatches from the lowlands are encouraging. Reduced volumes of water are reported at Memphis, Hele na, Ark., Arkansas City and Nashville, while slight increases arc shown at. Cai ro and Vicksburg. The water is reported stationary at several points. Many believe the worst is over, the only apprehension now being that the Hoods pouring into the northern Missouri and Misssissippi rivets from melted snow may reach the water-soaked south bes >re the lower rivers run out their surplus. Mean time, organized relief work is carried on. A light draft boat left here Tuesday night to explore the shallows and la goons of the New Madrid sink. This territory begins at Belmont, Mo., and ends three miles south, at the mouth of the St., Francis river, in Arkansas. The relief committee of the merchants’ exchange will send out a boat today Should the government warning of still higher water to come be verified, however, it will find the people pre pared, as there will be few remaining in exposed situations. Our Honor Roll. Below is a list of those who have paid us something on subscription recently. These friends will please accept our thanks. D. M. Worsham SI.OO W. A . Brooks 1 00 I). J. Hammond 2.00 J. F. Perry 1.00 A. P. Gilmer 1.00 S. T. Henson 1.00 W. H. Cochran 1.00 J. B. Hutchins .50 R. A. Jennings 1.00 H. S. Dover 1.00 J. C. Kelly 1.25 W. D. Wilson 1.00 R. F. Robertson 1.00 G. W. Roberts 1.00 Judson Stephenson 1.00 R. O. Bryan .25 Mrs. C. C. Glass 1.00 R. A. Henry 1 00 H. M. Ponder 1.00 N. J. Edwards 1 00 R. M. Ray 1.00 Mrs. O. B. Johnson 1.00 Mrs. W. B. Davis 1.00 A. J. Henderson .50 C. H. Lewis 1.00 J. B. F. Jones 150 -S. R. Wyatt 1 00 T. G. Howell 1.00 ’ ?..U■: n. u.. torribi* fj'-xc- ISCO&XrM* ■•-‘J- Ripans Tabules cure torpid liver. Ripans Tabula'; one give* relish No. 4