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Summerville is awfully short on
good beef.
Mr. Richard Day, of Trion, was iu
town Friday.
Mr. Alex Bonuyman of Rome, was
in town last Friday.
Mr. S. E. Kellett has had his News
address changed from Fairview to
Lavender.
Many thanks to my friends for their
kindness in my father’s sickness.
T. R. Knox.
Mr. David Shelton, one of Floyd
county’s most successful farmers-, was
in town last Friday on business.
The fruit business is booming in the
Menlo country, and many thousands
of trees will be planted this season.
For Sale —Young mule, 8 years
old. Cash or good note. Apply
to B. H. Edmondson.
Mr. Joe Jenkins-has engaged for
some time past in bui.ding a school
house in the upper part of Walker
county.
John W. Maddox, Miss Ethel
Hiles, MissNanaie Warthnn and Dick
Maddox will leave tonight for Wash
ington.—Rome Tribune.
Mrs. S. E. Bailey who has been vis
iting her daughter, Mrs. T. E. Clement
in North Rome, itturned to her home
in Carrollton this morning.—Tribune.
The SIO,OOO appropriation to the
Technological School. Atlanta, for a
textile department will prove quite
an acquisition to that excellent school.
Whathor at auction or over the
counter, goods continue to be
slaughtered at
Hollis & Hinton’s.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar T. Peeples left
Saturday for their home in Chatta
nooga, where they are at home to their
friends at the Southern Hotel.—Car
tersville Courant-American.
Mr. J. E. Dean, one of the young
attorneys of Rome, left last week for
Havana, where he will practice law.
He has been studying Spanish several
months preparatory for his new field
of practice.
The News learns that Mr. E. W.
Story, who removed with his family to
Texas a year ago, is highly pleased
with his new home. He raised the
past season twenty-five bales of cotton
and three huidred bushels of corn, and
is very hopeful for the future. The
News in common with many friends
here is glad to hear of Mr. Story’s
good prospects, and wishes him abun
dant success in his western home.
The News regrets to learn of the
continued serious sickness of Mr. J. B.
Floyd, who was badly injured some
weeks ago by being thrown from a
wild horse. Mr. Floyd has all his life
been a most active, energetic and hard
working man, and only those who have
gone through the enforced idleness,
and the severe ordeal of pain and sick
ness, can sympathise fully wilh those
who are thus afflicted. The News
hopes for Mr. Floyd an early recovery
to his usual health.
Gov. MacCorkie’s
Endorsement.
Hon. W. A. MacCorkle, Ex-Gov. of West
Virginia, adds his name tn the long list
of Statesmen benefited by I’e-ru-na—He
heartily recommends Pe-ru na as a ca
tarrh remedy and tonic.
Hon. W. A. MacCorkle,
Ex-Gov. of West Virginia.
Charleston, W. Va., March 9,1896.
Pe -ru-na Medicine Co., Columbus, O.
Gentlemen: —Your Pe-ru-na, as a
tonic, is certainly unexcelled, and in a
number of cases that have come under
my observation where it has been used
for catarrh, or any disease which has
its origin in that malady, it has been
of great benefit. Pe-ru-na has my
hearty recommendation, both as a tonic
and catarrh remedy.
w. a. MacCorkle
Pe-ru-na is a permanent and scien
tific cure for catarrh. It is purely
vegetable and works in harmony with
nature. All druggists sell it.
Mrs. R. E. Dorsett is seriously ill.
Mr. N. K. Bitting and little Martha
went to Dalton last weak.
Mr. C. C. Daly, of LaFayette, spent
last Friday with friends iu town.
Mrs. Mary Keith, of Chattanooga,
is here on a vis.t to Mrs. T. J. Harris.
Miss Mary and Joe Hollis returned
Monday from LaFayette, where they
had been on a visit to relatives.
Mrs. 8. B. Hawkins, of Rome, spent
several days of this week with his fa
ther’s family.
Money to loan ou farms. Five years
time and terms easy.
John D. Taylor.
Mr. S. J. L. Yarbrough has his News
forwarded to Gaylesville, Ala., near
where he ts farming the p: esent year.
Messrs B. F. Dunaway and J. T.
Shropshire, of Haywood valley, were
in town last Thursday on legal busi
ness.
Mr. J. P. Ballenger, of near Crystal
Springs, was in town on business last
Friday and made the News an appre
ciated call.
All notes and accounts that are due
must be paid at once. This applies
to you if you are due us any amouut.
J. N. Rush & Co.
Mr. Stephen Anderson, one of Hay
wood’s good and substantial citizens,
called at the News office last week and
gladdened the heart of the printer.
Mrs. J. W. Maddox, Mr. Edward
Maddox, Misses Berta Maddox, E'hel
Hiles and Nannie Warthen, of LaFay
ette, will leave Thursday for Washing
ton.—Rome Tribune.
Mr. G. J. Moyers is pushing the
work on the hill in west Summerville,
which will be plsnted to early peaches.
The location is most excellent, the el
evation being sufficient, it is thought
to protect fruit from frost.
Mr. 1). M. Elam, »f Chelsea, sailed
at the News office last Thursday and
set his subscription forward to January
Ist, 1900. If every subscriber to the
News would do the same tiiere would
be one country editor very, very happy.
Lovaly Miss Manne Lee, once the
bell* of Broomtown, has changed her
name. Tuesday in Alton Park at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Edith Cole,
she was married to Mr. Wm. Womack,
a marble dealer of Hope, Ark. Rev.
J. J. Mankcr officiated. The same day
the newly married left for the west.—
Messenger.
There is quite a lot of cotton yet in
the field to be picked in different poi
tions of the county, and it is fast be
ing damaged by the recent heavy
rains. The fall season was extremely
unfavorable for gathering crops and
sowing small grain, which will result
in a serious loss to the farming in
terests.
The recent dsath of Luckie Kuox,
of near Menlo, was in the nature of a
personal loss to dozens and icores of
people who knew him best. lie was
a good citizen and a Christian gentle
man, quiet and unobtrusive in his daily
life, yet ever ready to help those in
distress. Ills death will cause a va
cancy in the community iu w hich he
lived that will not easily be filled.
The News will strive to give all
the news that is fit to print this year
more fully than ever before. We ap
preciate the good work of our country
correspondents, an 1 hope to have their
newsy letters regularly the coming
year. Besides those who have been
writing regularly we hope to add oth
ers in various sections of the county,
so that the paper will present each
week a complete epitome of the coun
ty news; Here’s a happy New Year
to our correspondents.
Youngman, when you jeer at a
young lady passing along the street,
or ha nt or startle her with yout glan
ces, does it evsr occur to you that some
other sconndrsl might insult your sis
ter, wife or in later years your ■ augh
ter, in the same infamous manner?
How would you like it? Would you
regard it as manly, or evidence of
good blood?' If so you ought to be
kicked from one end of the country to
the other.—Mai netta Journal.
A. S. Corbly, one of the leading
strawbeary growers ot this section, was
in the city yesterday afternoon, and
conversed interestingly about the pros
pects for the berry crop during the
next season. He said:
‘•The indications are for a very hea
vy crop. We expect that last year’s
product will be doubled at least. Du
ring the year 80,000 crates were ship
ped from the Chattanooga district.
This, however, was an off year, as the
year before we shipped about 100,000
crates. We expect to produce almost
200,000 crates this year.”—Chattanoo
,ga Times.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY n,
LOCAL NEWS.
The children of Mr. W. 11. Edwards
are sick with measles.
Mrs. Sallie Bass is visiting Mrs. Mil
ton White at Subligna this week.
Mr. Basil Smith, of Nashville, was
in town the first of the week.
Hon. W. J. Neel, of Rome, was a
moug the visiting attorneys this week.
The south bound freight train killed
a couple of yearlings for 11. B. Kirby
last Friday morning.
John Beavers, after spending some
time witli relatives here, left last Mon
dao for his home iu Texas.
Misses Venice Clemmons and Kate
Kellett spent several days last week
with the Misses Beavers near town.
Hon. R. W. Glenn and Hon.F. W.
Copaland, of LaFayette, were among
the visiting attorneys at court this
week.
Attention is called to the advertise
ment of sale of one-half interest in the
Johnson farm, known as the Arbor
place, three miles below Lyerly.
Remember the big auction com
mences Monday next at Hollis &
Hinton’s and continues through
theweek.
Miss Eddie Warthen, of LaFayette.
a former pupil of Shorter college,
passed through the city today cn route
to Anniston to attend college.—Rome
Tribune.
Two negroes, names unknown, had
a difficulty at Coosa Tuesday night
which resulted in one getting shot.
The negro who did the shooting skipped
out.—Rome Tribune.
The family of Mr. J. R. Clemmons
will remove next Monday to his farm
at Scrugg’s mill. Mr. Clemmons will
remain in town to look after his busi
ness interests here.
Geo. M. Combs, a well known tele
graph operator of the Chattanooga,
Rome & Southern railway, jlied yes
terday after a short illness of pneumo
nia, at his home in Ridgedale. The
remains will be shipped to Tunnel Hill
for interment. —Times.
Oscar Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. J. Thomas, died last Saturday eve
ning after a prolonged sickness, the
interment, being at the Johnson ceme
tery Sunday. It is thought his sick
ness was caused by over exertion dur
ing the hot period of last summer,
since which time he has been steadily
growing worse.
Will rent for standing rent, note due
next fall, one two horse farm 1 1-2
miles south of Racpoon Mills; laud
fresh and good. Also one three horse
farm 1-2 miles north of Lyerly, known
as the J. J. Thomas place. These are
good farms and must be rented to good
parties at some price. Apply to
A. 8. Williams.
Lyerly, Ga.,
On the old Adam Davis place near
the Furnace was a well known house.
It had beeu owned by Ch rile Town
send but he had sold to Harry Shahan.
The house was unoccupied. Thursday
about midnight it was fired and the
residence as well as the smoke house
and barn were consumed. There was
some corn and fodder in the barn. A
negro boy living on Dr. B. F. Hunt’s
place was the first to discover the fire,
but not until it had done its work.—
Messenger.
The New Year brought a good many
changes in Walker’s official family.
Tuesday morning the retiring Board of
Roads and Revenue met to complete
some unfinished business. That done
■the Commissioners forming the new
Board were qualified by the clerk and
went on duty. The Board is compos
ed of Commissiener Gordon Lee,
R. B. Neal, John Ransom, R. B Shaw
and James Weaver, men who will do
the county faithful service.—Messen
ger.
The News takes this occasion to
sincerely thank those of its subscribers
who have come forward promptly and
paid their subscriptions. The names
of these good friends arc published
from week to week in our honor roil,
and It will be seen at a glance that
they are among the very best men in
their respective communities. This
does not mean that they are always
men of means, for some of our very
best paying subscribers, many of
them in fact are men of limited re
sources. But the man who watches
the small debt due the paper, and
keeps it promptly paid up, is almost
unvariably a man of methodical busi
ness habits and good credit, and rarely
fails to find a friend in the hour of
need. The very life ami soul of any
community are the men who pay these
little debts promptly, and keeps the
dollars rolling. Success to you, gentle
men!
Miss Mary Penn is suffering with a
severe attack of measles.
Mr. Allgood Holmes, of Atlanta, is
visiting relatives at Trion this week.
Mr. G. T. Horton of Menlo, contem
plates moving to Chattanooga soon.
Mr. W. 11. Ennis one of the leading
legal lights of Rome, is attending
Chattooga Superior Court.
We sell school books and school
supplies all the time and always have
kept them. Cleghorn & Henry.
Messrs J. S. Majors, R. A. Pursley,
Will Anderson and T. F. Maxey are
the court bailiffs this week.
Let us all pull together and make
this year the best in point of material
development that Chattooga county
has ever known.
Clerk J. V. Wheeler was quite sick
with cold 'ast week but was able to be
on hand Monday to transact his duties
as clerk of the court.
There is considerable serious sick
ness throughout the county caused by
the ravages of the grippe. The dis
ease seems to be in its virulent form.
Mr. John Ashley Jones, of Atlanta,
who has been visiting the family of
Mrs. M. A. Allgood at Trion is just
recovering from a severe attack of
sickness.
The election for bailiffs in the Sum
merville district passed off very quietly
last Saturday. Messrs I). A. Crumly
and C. C. Godwin being elected with
out opposition.
Andrew Allgood, the handsome
young son of Mrs. DeForest Allgood,
of Griffin, passed through the city this
week enroute to New York where he
will resume his studies.
Mr. J. C. Penn, Ex-Sheriff of this
county, expects to start to Cuba about
January 20lh. He goes on a general
prospecting trip, with a view of milk
ing the most of any business oppor
tunity that presents itself.
Mr. S. M. Knox who last year re
moved to Texas, returned home to be
wilh his father during his las! sickness,
expects to return to Texas next week.
It is reported that Mr. Knox is not
entirely pleased W'th Texas and con
templates returning to Georgia, provi
ded he can purchase a good farm in
Broomtown valley.
Rev. B. F. Hunt who lives two
miles south of Villanow had the mis
fortune to lose his dwelling and almost
all the contents by lire last Saturday
morning, only a few of the house
hold goods being saved. The tire is
thought to have started from a chunk
rolling on the floor from the fire place
and when first discovered bail made
such headway as to be beyond control.
The dwelling was only recently com
pleted at a coct of 81,500, which wilh
a new piano and furniture will run the
loss to near $2,000. The barn near
by was saved by hard work. The loss
will fall very heavily on Mr. Hunt, as
it is thought he had no insurance.
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FRIENDS AND PATRONS.
For twenty years I have boon giving you from 80 days to 12
months credit, which no doubt yon appreciated, but when I tell you
that from 10 to 20 per cent, was added to my prices to protect mo
against those who do not pay f< r their goods, then you will say that
is not right for mo to help puy 'for stull' that others gel. Well, 1 ad
mit that, but still that is the best a merchant can do and stay in
business. So after this date my terms will be
SPOT CASH,
which means from 10 to 20 per cent, less than 'my former prices. You
get this—the deadbeat don’t got anything unless ho pays for it. What
I want is for you to come to my house and lot me show you the goods
and make you prices and convince you of the truth of the matter.
Thanking you for past favors and hoping to merit a liberal share
of your patronage in the future,
] am yours res] o'‘fully,
R. F. Roberson,
Near Trion.
E. m. Simonton of the Messenger
was in town yesterday.
Mr. B. L. Knox and family will re
move to their farm below Raccoon
next week.
It is said that J. M. Wyatt has a
vc.y lint field of strawberry plants
near Raccoon Mills, which promise a
fine yield the coming season.
J. J. Dawson says that people shall
1 ave the worth of their cattle from
now on. He will be at Lindale sorne
w here from the 20th to the .30111.
Mr. C. C Godwia removed from the
jail to the Maddox dwelling last week.
Mr. D. R. Hey moved into the jail
and will have charge of same as jailor.
A negro man from Selma, Ala., came
to Rome recently with a well devel
oped case of small pox. He was sent
to ’he pest house at once and every
effort is being made by the city au
thorities of Rome to stamp out the dis
ease.
The Summerville school opened last
Monday Miss Martie Guthrie in charge.
Prof. W. W. Driscoll, of I’avo, Ga.
who had been engaged as Principal,
did not come, owing to some compli
cation at home. It is not known yet
just who will be engaged, and it is
possible that Miss. Guthrie may teach
the school the present session.
Mrs. Ualherine Simmons died at her
home near Lyerly last Wednesday
from a severe attack of grippe. She
was sixty-seven years old ami was of
most estimable Christian character and
was highly beloved by all who knew
her. She was the widow of Esqiire
W. G. Simmons, who died a number
of years ago. The interment occurred
< Thursday at the Rudicil cemetery,
In Memoriam,
Whereas the Sunday school church
and community have sustained an ir
reparable loss in the removal by dcatli
of brother S. L. Knox.
And whereas ho being superintend
aut of the Sunday school, find tilled the
office efficiently, and acceptable ’<> all.
Be it therefore resolved Ist. that we
miss him not only as an officer in the
church but as a Christian of exemplary
life and character, and commend him
as an example to the young peop’e
whose interest he always felt most
deeply.
Resolved 2nd that we ever since his
memory of life, and while a growing
sense of Ins loss will abide with us,
We bow in humble submission to
the will of a merciful father
who ordereth all things for the best.
Menlo, Ga., Sunday School.
Auction! Auction! Auction!
Commencing Monday and con
tinuing through the weok we will
auction Dry Goods, Shoes and
general merchandise. You cannot
afford to miss this, the greater of
all auction talei.
Hollis A Hinton
Yesterday evening the officers of
court were informed that a number of
parties were engaged in gambling in
the old creamery building near the de
pot, and Deputy Sheriff Strange, with
■ a number of bailiffs made a raid on
i them and succeeded in corralling f<»ui
’ teen of the festive sports, and also a
1 pack of cards. One of the men pres
ent succeeded by hard running, in
making tits escape. Die Grand .liny
iis investigating the matter and it is
not yet known how many indict munis
will be found. Most of those captured
i were negroes,