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THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS.
VOL X
Easy to Take
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How the North Views Us.
1 rom a Northern Paper.
It is a mistake for the southern
elates to depend upon the north
and west for products that they can
raise themselves . There is a com
munity in Colorado that supports
itself by furnishing potatoes to the
south, and every year the south
consumes tons upon tons of pork
that the north supplies at a hand
some profit. In the meantime the
southern planters continue to en
cumber their fertile lands with
cotton crops that keep them poor.
The south is cotton poor, but your
proud southerner would rather
starve amid his unsalable cotton
bales than rise to wealth and pow
er by breeding the ignoble mule or
engaging in the plebeian hog in
dustry.
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.
Children Cry for
Pitcher’s Castoria.
Two gentlemen of Marshallton,
Va., who for convenience we will
cull Mr. A. and Mr. S., met one day
and agreed to swap horses.
“I’ll tell you what, John,” said
Mr. A., “if you get the best of the
trade you shall bring me two bush
els of wheat to bind the bargain,
and if I come out best I’ll do the
same by you, eh?”
That’s a go,” said Mr. 8., “and I
‘low you will bring me the wheat.”
“That’s as it may be,’ retorted
Mr- A . “But let it be agreed, them
that a week from this afternoon
the one that’s best suited, be it you
or me, shall give t’other two bush
els of wheat.”
The week passed, the day came,
and, as luck would have it, Mr. A.
and Mr. S. met on the road about
midway between their respective
homes.
“Where to, John?” cried Mr. A.,
as they stopped tc chat.
“To your house with two bushels
of wheat,’’replied Mr. S.
“Well, now, that’s good,” re
marked Mr. A., “for lam on my
way to your house on the same er
rand ; This horse you let me have
can't be beat.”
“Just what I think of this nag,”
retorted Mr. S., and then they bad
a hearty laugh and separated after
exchanging wheat.—Youth’s com
panion.
Principal Keeper Turner, of the
penitentiary department, is engaged
on the list of discharges for April.
About forty convicks who have served
out their terms, will b© discharged next
month,
ADVERTISING IS THE LIFE OF TRADE.===WHY DON’T YOU TRY IT, AND.SEE?
NOT ENOUGH
FOR ALL.
Three Thousand Will
Have To Wait.
CIRCULAR LETTER ISSUED,
Telling When New Pensions
Will Be Paid.—Other
Information.
More than threw thousand new
applicants for pensions will be dis
appointed.
Commissioner of Pensions Rich
ard Johnson says there is not
enough money to pay all the new
applicant for pensions in the class
es made eligible by law. Only 125
of 600 new applicant for invalid
pensions can be paid, and only 600
of 3,500 new applicants for indi
gent pensions will get the money-
The commissioner is deluged
with letters of inquiry, and has
found it necessary to make the
public statement which fol
lows :
Dear Sir—ln answers to inquir
ies as to when new pensions
claims for 1897 will bo paid, the
following statement is made :
“It is estimated that not more
than 125 new claims can be enroll
ed under the invalid law (Act 1897).
There are now pending of these
about 600 applications, and it is
hoped by the first of May to dis
pose of them and pay out all that
fund.
“About 650 new claims can be
paid under the indigent law (Act
1894), and more than 3,400 new
applicants are now of file. It will
probably be September before they
can be disposed of. No precise
date can, however, be fixed as new
applications continue to come in—
though claims fi’ed after the ex
amination begins will be deferred
until those at that time on file are
disposed of.
“Notice will be given the ordina
ry so soon as the claims are dis
posed of.
“Payment of enrolled pensioners
of all classes (that is, those paid in
1896, is practically over for 1897’.’
—Atlanta Journal.
The Shakers have made a great
hit. Their Digestive Cordial is
said to be the most successful rem
edy for stomach troubles ever in
troduced . It immediately relieves
all pain and distress after eating,
builds up the feeble system and
makes the weak strong.
The fact is, foods properly di
gested are better than so-called
tonics. The Cordial not only con
tains food already digested, but is
a digester of other foods. Food
that is not digested does more
harm than good. People who use
the Cordial insure the digestion of
what food they eat and in this way
get the benefit of it and grow
strong.
The little pamphlets which the
Shakers have sent druggists for
free distribution, contain much in
teresting information on the sub
ject of dyspepsia.
Laxol is not a mixture of drugs.
It is nothing but Caster Oil made
palatable.
Southern Baptist Convention,
Willmington N. C., May 6th to 14th,
1897. Reduced rates via Southern
Railway.
For the occasion of the meeting of
the Southern Baptist Convention at
Wilmington. N. C., May 6th to 14th,
1897, the Southern Railway will sell
tickets to Wilmington, N. C.,
and return, at rate of one first class
limited fare for the round-trip.
Tickets will be on sale May 3rd to
7th inclusive, good to return fifteen
days from date of sale.
For further information address any
> agefit of ths Southern Railway,
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, APRIL 7, 1897.
ELDER’S BEQUEST.
Left a Piece of the Noose to His
Mother.
Watkinville, Ga., March 31.
—A portion of the rope that en
circled the neck of the negro,
George Elder, who was hanged
here Friday, was, by his special
request, presented to lis mother.
He advised her to keep the grue
some relic in a conspicuous place
and to constantly remind his lit
tle brothers of his fate, and to
warn them against the bad con
duct that led him to the gallows.
Gov. Atkinson has offered SIOO
reward for the capture of the ne
gro, Jno. Spratling, who attempted
to assault Mrs, Clarence Maxey,
of this county.
Sprattling was caught and jail
ed here, but removed to Athens
for safe keeping. He escaped
from the Athens jail once and was
recaptured, but escaped again
with five other prisoners from the
same jail in January and has been
at large ever since. It is thought
that he is probably in hiding near
High Shoals, in this county, where
he lived when he committed the
crime.
Jack Griffith, colored, who kil
led another negro in this county
last summer, has never been cap
tured, and it is reported that he is
running a blind tiger in the upper
part of the county. So it is high
ly probable that the gallows will
be resorted to again here before
long.
Condensed Testimony.
Chas. B, Hood, broker and man
ufacturer’s agent, Columbus, Ohio,
certifies that Dr. King’s New Dis
covery lias no equal as a Cough
remedy. J. D. Brown Prop. St.
James hotel, Ft. Wayne, Ind., tes
tifies that he was cured of a cough
of two years standing, caused by
lagrippe, by Dr. King’s New Dis
covery. B. F. Merrill, Baldwins
ville, Mass., says he has used and
recommended it and never knew
it to fail and would rather have
it than any doctor, because it al
ways cures. Mrs, Hemming, 222
E. 25th St., Chicago always keeps
it at hand and has no fear of croup
because it instantly relieves. Free
Trial Bottles at H. H. Arrington’s
Drug Store.
IN WYOMING.
In Many Places the Snow is Ten
Feet High.
Laramie, Wyo., April I.—The
most severe snow storm in twenty
years has struck this section, doing
immense damage to cattle and
sheep. Business here is practical
ly suspended, yesterday even the
daily papers were not issued. On
the main streets the snow in places
is ten feet high, while residences on
the outskirts are in some places
completely buried by the drifts.
All freight trains on the Union
Pacific have been suspended for
the past forty-eight hours,
Tom Watson’s Mule Killed.
The ford on the Lexington and
Watkinsville road at Shoal creek
has become so dangerous since the
recent rains that it has been for
the present abandoned. There
have been some very narrow es
caped from serious accidents lately
and a|mule belonging|to Tom Wat
son lost his life the other day.—
Oglethorpe jEcho.
Injures the Populists.
Speaker Reed will not recognize
the “Pops” in the House. He has
bunched them and classed them
with the Democrats. They asked
for recognition on the various com
mittees, but will not get it. Speak
er Reed’s view is correct from our
way of looking at.—Effingham
County News.
An Ohio temperance society con
verted the only saloon keeper in
town, bought out his plant and de
stroyed it;
FLOODS IN
THE WEST.
About 4,000 Square Hiles
Under Water.
THE DAMAGE INCALCULABLE.
Many Lives Lost And The
Property Damage Is
Immense.
Memphis, March 31. —Tonight
Gunnison, Miss., Rosedale and a
dozen other small towns are under
water. The whole country, as pre
dicted last night, will be inundated.
The water is spreading over the
territory from Perthshire, Miss., to
a point ten miles north of Vicks
burg and back from the river thir
ty or forty miles. Already the loss
of cattle has been enormous. The
corn that was planted and growing
is under the water, and the prep
arations for cotton planting were
well under way. The plowed earth
will be swept into the Yazoo and
thence into the Mississippi.
It is difficult to estimate the loss.
A thickly-settled country,contain
ing an area of about 4,000 square
miles, dotted with farm houses,
negro cabins and small villages,
will be flooded. Labor will become
demorrlized, and negroes cannot be
secured in sufficient numbers to
cultivate the crops when the water
subsides.
The Yazoo and Mississippi Val
ley railroad will have 150 miles of
track under water before the flood
is over. Yet the loss of human life
so far has been very small. Not a
half dozen people have been drown
ed in the delta, and probably a doz
en on the Arkansas side south of
Helena. The floods which have
prevailed in the St. Francis basin
for two weeks haqe claimed prob
ably no more than fifty victims,
all colorew.
On the Arkansas side the levee
from Helena to Arkansas City to
night is as full of holes as the out
er Wall of a fortification after a
seige.
A thousand men were at work on
the levee when the crash came.
For a moment a thin thread of wa
ter began to trickle from the inner
wall of the embankment. Exper
ienced levee men saw the danger
and cried out a word of warning
and laborers rushed back, and in
five minutes a gap fifty feet wide
and six feet deep was torn in the
wall of earth. The break grew un
til it is now several hundred feet
wide. This crevasse is ten miles
below Helena and the water rush
ing through it will destroy a dozen
splendid plantations and may back
up to Helena.
Memphis, March 31. —A heavy
rain fall, accompanied by a strong
gale from tho west, is adding to
the horror of the flood situation
150 miles below Memphis in the
Mississippi delta. Four breaks are
each letting in a stream as large as
the Ohio river at Cincinnati or the
Hudson at Albany and this trem
endous outflow’ has caused a fall of
only one-tenth at Vicksburg, im
mediately below the last break.
The rain and wind will probably
cause more breaks. The river is
now like an inland sea, and this
afernoon a telegram from a point
below’ Rosedale, Miss., announced
that great waves were pounding a
gainst the levees and that at fre
quent interval the water tore it
self loose from the main channel
and dashed over the embankment.
This being true there will in all
probability be more crevasses be
fore morning. All the forces of
, nature are against the people.
The rainfall increases and the
wind intensifies the danger. If the
wind was from the east it would
• mean little, but the gale is blow
’ing from the west.
HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.
His Services Will Not Be Need
ed After April 15.
Washington, March 30.—Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee, consul-general at
Havana, has been notified by ca
ble that his services will not be
needed after April 15. The notice
from the state department came
nominally in the form of a leave
of absence beginning at that date,
but it is understood both bv him
and the department that his suc
cessor will bo on the ground at
that time.
Gen. Lee expects to come back
to this country at once.
Tired, Nervous and weak men
and women find new life, nerve
strength, vigor and vitality in
Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which puri
fies, enriches and vitalizes the
blood.
Hood’s Pills are the favorite
family cathartic, easy to take, easy
in effect. 25c.
Common Sense.
We are no pessimist. Oji the
same general principal, therefore,
that we are unwilling to admit
that the world is growing
we are not going to deny that, up
on the whole, the world is getting
smarter.
But in this day of general ad
vancement on all linos of rapid de
vancement on special lines, we
think we can see accumulating ev
dences which go to prove that this
gjod world of ours, or the human
race inhabiting it, is running be
hind on common sense. The good
old-fashioned common sense, such
as the everyday people of former
times were supposed to have been
born with, is getting to be so very
rare indeed that it is no longer
common.
The world is full of men and
women too, who are smart on cer
tain lines and have sense of an un
common sort; but the man of all
round common sense qualities
seems to be less numerous than
formerly. It may be because we
have so many specialists and gen
iuses ; geniuses have never been re
garded as practical in ordinary
business matters. Between the
specialists and geniuses, there ap
pears to be a surplus of men who
are very smart, and yet haven’t e
nough common sense to accomplish
anything.
There is getting to be more ’and
more room in the world —and in
the most advanced portions of it —
for the pra'tical men of common
sense. —Albany Herald.
Electric Bitters.
Electric Bitters is a medicine
suited for any season, but perhaps
more generally needed when the
languid, exhausted feeling prevails
when the liver is torpid and slug
gish and the need of a tonic and
alterative is felt. A prompt use
of this medicine has often averted
long and perhaps fatal bilious fe
vers. No medicine will act more
surely in counteracting and freeing
the system from the malarial poi
son. Headache, Indigestion, Con
stipation, Dizziness yield to Elec
tric Bitters. 50c and SIOO per
bottle at H. H. Arrington’s Drug
Store.
—Ten million dollars worth of
Georgia marble is now being used
in the construction of three fam
ous buildings. The state capitol
of Rhode Island, Cathedral of St.
John and St. Luke’s hospital, New
York. The supply is inexhausti
ble, and in a few years the marble
quarries of Georgia will be the big
gest mono y producing industries in
the state.
Some men would rather win a
dollar on a wager than to earn five
at honest labor.
The man who tries to drown his
troubles, always seems to think
that they are located in his stom
ach.
ROYAI
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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 Powder Co.
New York.
THE CHANDLERHORROR.
A Thousand People Homeless
Without a Thing in the World.
Guthrie, O, T., April 1. —It de
velops tonight that the loss of life
in the Chandler cyclone has been
greatly overstated. Only fourteen
persons, it is now stated, are known
to have met death in Chandler, and
in addition to these, three were
killed in the country north of
town. Fully 200 persons were in
jured, fifty or sixty of them being
seriously hurt, and four or five will
surely die.
In the country north of Chand
ler John C. Kyle and two chidren
were killed.
A thousand people are homeless
and half as many without a thing
in the world. Help on a large
scale is needed. Lawyer John
Dawson and Edgar De Moss, the
barber, who are numbered among
tkedead, were eating supper in
Wallace’s restaurant when the tor
nado came up and the bailing col
lapsed.
Dawson, who loft a wife and two
children at Alma, Neb., was in
stantly killed. Do Moss was pin
ioned by his right arm, but was
not injured. He cried for help,
but no one could reach him
through the fire. He bogged for
someone to cut off his arm. but
the horror-stricken crowd was com
pelled to see him roasted to
death.
An Essay on Journalism.
A bright little boy who attends
one of the city public schools was
told by his teacher a few days ago
to write an essay on “Journalism,”
and the next day he handed in tho
following:
“Journalism is the science of all
sorts of journals. There is a heap
of kinds of journals . Journals is
good ’cept when they is hot jour
nals, and then they is’awful. My
ma, she takes a fashion journal
what is always full of pictures of
old horrid maids with the Ugliest
dresses on I ever saw. The fash
ion journal is a heap gooder than *
the hot journal ’cause the hot
journal stops the train and the
fashion journal starts it. The
fashion journal don’t stop nothin’
but the broken window light and
pa’s bank account.
“There is sheep journals and hog
journals and brass journals, too
and pa has got a journal down
town at the store and writes things
in it about folks he don’t want to
forget. Then we had a woman ’t
cook for us named Sally Jo urnal.
She was the funniest journal I ev
er saw. She was a bald-headed
journal.
“They ain’t no more j mrnals
that I know of.
“P. S.—l forgot toj say that a
man what puts grease on the car
wheels is called a journalist.”
An exchsnge says “a bicycle club
of women in bloomers broke up in
a row the other night in Kansas
City.” Evidently they are more
honored in their breeches than iu
their disturbances.
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