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VOL XI
PEACHES NOT INJURED.
Greatest Damage Was Done in
Middle and Southern Sec
tions of the State.
The Georgia peach crop is by no
means entirely ruined, in spite of
tho recent zero weather that pre
vailed all over the state. Ever
since the unusual weather we have
just had there have been all kinds
of reports about the ruined fruit?
crops, but no organized effort was
made until Monday to find out as '
near as possible what the exact re- |
suit was.
Some two or three days ago, af
ter the blizzard had passed, Chief
Marbury, of the weather bureau, |
sent out inquiries to the weather
office correspondents all over the j
state asking for a statement in
regard to the damage, if any, done ]
the fruit crops and gardens. The j
replies commenced to arrive Mon- ■
day, and before the day was over
230 reports had arrived from all
the different sections of the state.
The outlook is not so bad as was
first expected, and while we will
not, of course, have such a fruit
year as last)ear was, yet unless
something else happens, Georgia] 1
will produce a fairly good crop. '
Throughout the state the north
ern section lias suffered less than 1
any other part of Georgia, which 1
is accounted for in that the fruit
was not so far advanced as it was
in the middle and southern sec
tions. It would seem from a ma
jority of the reports from the
northern sections that the peach
crop has suffered little, if any.
Apples throughout the entire state
seem to have been injured slight
ly, if at all, and the news comes
from some sections that an annu
ally good crop is looked for.
Wheat has not suffered at all on
account of the cold. It seems that
the snow was a protection to it,
and that the blizzard rather helped
the wheat instead of injuring it.
Oats throughout the state have '
been almost entirely killed, and
the garden vegetables have been 1
entirely wiped out, but this is not
a matter of much seriousness, as
there is still yet time to replant
gardens and have vegetables ready '
before the northern gardens de- 1
velop.
Horrible agony is caused by Piles,
Burns and Skin Diseases. These are
immediately relieved and quickly cured
by DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. Be- 1
ware of worthless imitations. Arring- 1
ton Drug Co.
GOMEZ’S POPULARITY.
Cuban Leader Is Trying To Unite ,
All Classes on the Island. |
Havana, Feb. 21. —The Cuban i
assembly has sent a committee to i
Matanzas to confer with Gomez, i <
His popularity is increasing as he I <
nears Havana. Those who have 1
been with Gomez report him as j
suffering from fever and lacking ]
the strength to endure the recep- I
tions, but he persists that it is a <
part of his political mission to 1
unite all classes. i
The Spaniards in Havana con- ! t
tinue divided, though the majority !
will accept Gomez’s leadership., '
They are warning those who op- j
pose it to heed what happened at j
Cardenas.
The Spanish colony there re-1
fused to join in the reception, but I
after Gomez arrived the members \ ‘
of the Spanish Club invited him J
to their club and when he accepted ],
many of them declared adhension
to his policy. ‘ 1
■ , i
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THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS.
ALGER’S JUNKET.
Secretary’s Trip to Cuba and
Porto Rico Will Cost the
Government $200,000.
New York, Feb. 22.—A Wash
ington dispath to the Herald says:
‘'Uncle Sam is putting his hand
in his pocket preparatory to pay
ing for another expensive adminis
tration junket.
“Secretary Alger and his invited
guests, who happen to be members
of the senate and house military
j commiUees, expect to get at least
$200,000 worth of pleasure out of
the trip.
The only concern the secretary
of war has arises from the ques
tion as to the fund from which the
; bill can be paid. A satisfactory
answer has been given by tho legal
officers, who have been spoken to
about the matter, however, and
now preparations are going on
merily for the laborious “inspec
tion” which the secretary has to
make, and in which he will be so
ably assisted by senators and
members of the house and their
wives.
“Much to the surprise of many
army officers, the secretary will
not be accompanied by any mem
ber of his family, thereby giving
an example to the members of the
senate and house committees
which army officers say should put
them to shame. But it has not.
They have accepted the invitations
extended to them and are making
efforts to squeeze in additional
members of their families.
“While the secretary and hie
party will go to Cuba and Porto
Rico ostensibly to ascertain the
conditions there for the purpose
of giving the former an opportuni
ty to learn when the evacuation of
Cuba should commence, army of
ficers say there is absolutely no
need of such a trip.
They point out that there are in
Cuba and Porto Rico capable offi
cers of high rank whose business
it is to make reports on just tho
subject that the secretary claims
he desires to know about.”
Representative Cox has written
to Secretary Alger declining to ac
company him on his trip of in
spection to the West Indies.
Col. Cox says if he wants infor
mation for his own guidance he
will pay his own expenses, saying:
“I don’t think the trip necessary
and I shan’t go. It is a waste of
money and I have declined.”
Restricting Sale of Liquor.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 20.
For the first time in the history of
this city, an ordinance restricting
the sale of whiskey went into effect
at midnight- At a special meet
ing of the city council last week an
ordinance requiring all saloons to
close at 10 o’clock p. m. was passed.
It went into effect at 12 o’clock
Monday night, and so tonight, in
pursuance of that ordinance, for
the first time since this has been a
city there is not an all night sa
loon in the corporate limits. The
saloon men have all decided to ob
serve the ordinance, at least until
after Sam Jones and George Stuart
leave the city, after which, it is
said, they will take steps to test
the legality of the ordinance.
Spain’s Greatest Need.
Mr. R. P. Oliva of Barcelona,
Spain spends his winters at Aiken,
S. C. Weak nerves had caused
severe pains in the back of his
head. On using Electric Bitters, 1
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SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, MARCH 1, 18V9.
TWO ROME OFFICIALS MIX.
Tax Collector and City Physician
Have Rough and Tum
ble Battle.
Rome, Ga., Feb. 21. —Tax Collec
tor V. T. Sanford and City Phy
sician L. P. Hammond had a fierce
rough and tumble fight this after
noon in the office of Ordinary John
Davis in the court house. The
fight was the result of political
differences. Dr. Hammond being
a member of the old ring crowd
and Mr. Sanford the leader of the
reform movement.
Mr. Sanford was informed by
different parties that Dr. Ham
mond had been circulating reports
imputing dishonesty to Sanford in
his official ministration of county
funds. Sanford went in hunt for
the doctor and found him seated
in the ordinary’s office making out
a pension claim for a confederate
veteran. Sanford walked up to Dr.
Hammond and said:
“I hear you have been accusing
me of stealing the county’s money.
Did you state such a thing?”
Without rising from his seat Dr.
Hammond replied:
“I don’t know that I have said
any such thing. I did not state
that.”
“What did you say?” persisted
Sanford.
Hammond refused to reply and
Sanford denounced him a liar and
a scoundrel, at the same time
striking him violently in the face.
He then shoved the chair in which
Hammond sat. They clinched and
fell, Sanford on top.
Parties near separated them, but
Hammond rushed at Sanford
again. Once more Sanford downed
the physician. Dr. Hammond
reached in his pocket and got a
large surgeon’s knife, but before he
could use it Ed Sanford, who was
near, seized his arm and procured
the knife.
Dr. Hammoud was scratched
about the face. Sanford was not
injured.
Further trouble is feared, as
both men are fearless and will
fight.
Don’t get scared when your heart
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Philippine Women.
Much has already been written
concerning the women of the Phil
ippine, for the subject is engaging,
says a Manila letter in Collier’s
Weekly. For all their dark faces
they have figures the grace of
which is accentuated by the very ]
garments they wear. They have I
lustrous dark eyes and luxuriant 1
black hair, in which they take
great pride; it is long, thick and]
glossy, anointed with cocoanut oil,}
cleaned and washed with lime
juice, and usually worn in a coil!
or knot held by a golden comb or
ornamented pins.
Hats and bonnets are unknown ;
among the Filipinos, so no doubt I
many an American husband wish
es he lived here. The native worn-1
en have finely shaped feet that]
never knew a stocking; they wear]
low slippers of an Oriential pat
tern sometimes wooden shoes. The ]
dress of a Filipino woman usually }
consists of a single garment with
wide sleeves; a nina-cloth hand
kerchief is generally worn around
the neck, and every one wears a
rosary or a crucifix. Housekeep
ing in the native section is quite
primitive in its details. Love
making, courtship and marriage
are here conducted in the manner
common to Oriential lands, the]
lover serving the father for his
future wife. Fifteen years is z the
customary age for marriages hare'
in the Philippines.
FILIPINOS FIRE MANILA.
A Number of Insurgents Killed;
Several American Soldi
ers Wounded.
Manila, Feb. 23. —Immense
}damage has been done by fires
1 1 which are believed to have been
] started by insurgents last night.
The fire department has experi
■lenced great difficulty in fighting
I the flames, owing to defective ap
; paratus.
It is reported that the natives
1 have damaged the apparatus.
There was some fighting in the
streets during the night, but the
Americans quickly quelled the up
rising.
A number of the insurgents were
killed and several American soldi
ers were wounded.
. A large market place was among
the first to burn, between 600 and
1 700 residences and business houses
have been destroyed.
Fires were started at several
: points simultaneously and spread
ing with great rapidity resisted the
efforts to control them.
Hundreds of homeless natives
are huddled m the streets, making
the patrol duty of the Americans
very difficult.
Food docs more harm than good
when not digested. Kodo Dyspepsia
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wasting diseases and cures stomach
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Miles All Right.
The war department cuckoos
have climbed the fence and given
General Miles the whole road. The
old soldier’s opening before the
court of inquiry sent those para
sites scurrying. Stevens, of the
Globe-Democrat; Curtis, of the
Chicago Record, and a score of
lesser lights, who have been snap
ping at the general’s heels, have
made a bee lino across country, re
minding the great Indian fighter,
no doubt, of the scurrying retreat
of a bunch of Coinanches. It’s a
bravo sight. The testimony so far
produced before the court, far more
than sustains the testimony of Gen.
Miles before the army investiga
tors. Captains, colonels, junior
field officers, generals like tho
fighting Sumner, tells stories about
the nauseating, stinking, rotten
beef, issued in Cuba and Porto
Rico, that are far more sensational
than any story Miles gave tho war
investigators; and the question
naturally arises—why didn’t that
concern find this proof, record it
and report on it? Why wero not
the only men who could either cor
roborate or contradict Miles’ evi
j deuce, studiously passed by, while
I beef was sent for, four months af
ter the time when Miles was in
] Porto Rico, and inspected, byway
jof showing that the Porto Rican
I army must have good meat rations
] in August and September, because
they did have such rations in the
succeeding January? The situa
| tion must bo peculiarly interesting ,
to Secretary Alger and his military I
clerk, Corbin.--Chattanooga Times, |
Mr. S. A. Facker, Editor of the Mi
} canopy (Fla.) Hustler, with his wife]
and children, suffered terr.M.y from La |
Grippe. One Minute Cough Cure was
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An order to send home the Third
Georgia, stationed at Puerto Prin
cipe, was received by Governor
General Brooke today, and the reg
iment will leave as soon as ar
rangements for its transportation
can be made.
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WHEELER’S SEAT VACANT.
Veteran Declared Not a Member
of 55th Congress.
Washington, Feb. 21.—The re
port of the house judiciary com
mittee on the status of General
Wheeler and other members of the
house holding army commissions
was presented today.
The essential facts were given at
the time the committee reached its
conclusion to declare vacant the
seats of Representative Wheeler
and others.
In addition to this the report
gives the views of the committee
on the questions involved. It says
that at the present time, when pa
triotic impulses cf one people are
aroused it may seem unpatriotic
to question the course of a
member who leaves his seat to go
upon the field of battle. But
against this there is the plain lan
guage of the constitution and the
manifest dangers that would fol
low any other course.
If one general of the army could
be taken from the senate or house
then the report argues that with
equal right the entire national leg
islature could be transformed into
a band of military officials. The
incompatibility of serving in con
gress and in tho army and the bad
public policy involved also are
dwelt upon.
It is argued, however, that the
constitutional inhibition does not
apply to members holding places
on the Hawaiian and other com
missions
In conclusion the report admits
a resolution declaring that Repre
sentatives Wheeler, of Alabama;
Robbins, of Pennsylvania; Colson,
of Kentucky, and Campbell of Ill
inois, “vacated their seats” as rep
resentatives and ceased to bo mem
bers of tho house on the dato they
accepted military offices and are
not now members of tho fifty-fifth
congress of the United States.
Mrs. J. Silvers, Doogan, Ga., writes:
Rev. 11. C. Iladock had Torpid Liver
so bad he could scarcely leave his
room, and was cured by Dr. M. A.
Simmons Liver Medicine, which he
recommended to me, and it cured me
of indigestion. I thiuk it better than
Black Draught.
NO PRISONERS IN RABUN.
The Only Two That Were in it
Bored Out.
Clayton, Ga., Feb. 20. —Alic
Coffee and 8. A. Ammons, who
have for some time bsen confined
in jail here, the former on a charge
of assault with intent to murder
one William Metcalf, the latter on
a charge of simple larceny, made
their escape last night by boring
through the jail wall with a bit
with a handle of their own mak
ing, out of a chip or small piece of
wood.
They left a letter in which Cof
fee stated that he did not wish to
be tried at our approaching court
next week, but would return when
court adjourned and make his bond
ready for trial in August. Ammons,
in this letter, gave instructions to
the postmaster to forward his mail
hereafter to Cullawhee, Jackson
county, N. C., and made no prom
ise that he would return. This
leaves our jail without an occu
pant.
The Life Preserver which has ca
ried many ladies safey ove r the dan
gerous sea “Change of Life” is Sim
mons Squaw Vine Wine or Tabets.-
No. 50
ENERGETIO CAMPAIGN.
Forward Movement Against the
Filipinos.
Washington, Feb. 52.—Tho au
thorities here are giving close at
tention to the daily developments
in the military situation in the
Philippines, and have decided to
push the campain against the re
bellious followers of Aguinaldo
with energy. Every casnality re
port that comes from Gen. Otis
notes the wounding or killing of
some of the American troops by
what are practically sharp shoot
ers on the other side.
The main body of tho insurgents
has now fallen back well out of the
line of effective range of the gun
boats, but as the AmericatUtroops
have boon obliged to extend their
lines in order to protect the water
works and to take advantage of the
natural topographical defenses of
Manila, the troops are exposed to
the fire of those guerrillas without
an opportunity to retaliate, for
the enemy flees before an advance
in force. This was, after all, about
what was expected by the war de
partment officials, and that was
why, in sending reinforcements to
Gen. Otis, they made it a point to
send as many of the regular troops
as possible who had been used to
Indian fighting in the Bad lands of
tho west. Gen Lawton, who goes
out to take command of these
troops is an old Indian fighter, and
soon after those troops arrive,
within two or three weeks, a for
ward campaign will begin and a
heavy blow struck that will keep
the insurgents quiet during the
rainy season, if it doesjiot bring
about their immediate surrender.
Rob Childbirth of its Terrors and
Minimize the Pain and Dangers of la
bor by using Sitninons Squaw Vino
Wine or Tablets.
Two Boys Come to Grief in
a Gold Mine.
Villa Rica, Ga.. Feb. 20.
Three boys named Sewell, Griffin
and Causey, wont to the Southern
States gold mine yesterday and
went down into the shaft and
found a loaded hole, left there by
the miners the day before.
Griffin took up a large hammer
used in driving steel, and struck
the dynamite a heavy blow which
caused an explosion Griffin’s
hands were almost torn off and
his eyes put out. Sewell's face is
full of pieces of rock. The boys
are alive and the chances are good
for their recovery.
Shorten the time of Confinement,
Strengthen Mother and Supply Breast
Milk for Child by using Simmons
Squaw Vine Wine or Tablets.
Killed By a Freight Train.
Rome, Ga., Feb. 21.—F. L. Eas
lyick, of Lindale, was killed by a
Southern freight train at Pinson’s
Station, ten miles north of Rome
yesterday afternoon. He had
spells of mental aberration and
would wander from home, always
returning when he was recovered.
It is supposed while in this condi
tion he was struck by the engine
and instantly killed. He was
buried at Pinson’s by the railroad
company today.
Finished Cheeks, Throbbing Tem
ples, Nausea, Lassitude, Lost Appe
tite, Sallow Complexion, Pimples,
■ Blotches, are warnings. Take Dr. M,
1 A. Simmons Liver Medicine.