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VOL. XIX NO. 5.
GORE
Rev. J. A. Spray berry filled
his appointment at Bethel Sun
day.
A Sunday school will be organ
ized at Bethel next Sunday. G.
M. Christian will be the superin
tendent.
G. D. Morton and wife of Sil
ver Hill were the guests of Mr.
and Mrs M. H. Owings Sunday.
Mrs. G. W. Morton of Sublig
na w’as the guest of Miss Em
ma Scott Saturday.
Miss Ruth Bugg of Subligna
attended services at Bethel Sun
day.
Mesdames L. J. Prickett and
L. L. Millican spent Wednesday
with B. F. Weesner’s family near
Silver Hill.
Mrs. Phillips, after a weeks
visit to relativek'here, has return
ed to her home at Villanow.
Dr. S. A. McArthur will leave
Tuesday for Rome where he goes
to attend the marriage of his
daughter, Francis, to Dr. Bur
well of Alabama.
John Jackson of Haywood val
ley was mingling with friends
here Sunday afternoon.
Born to Mr. and L. C. Moore
recently a girl.
Mrs. M. P. Dill has been indis
posed for several days.
Patsy.
TELOGA
C. A. Comer, on C. C. McCon
nell’s place, sold his house
hold goods last Saturday at public
sale. Mr. Comer will move to
Menlo where he expects to en
gage in business. Menlo gets a
good man.
Joe A. Smith of near Holland
was visiting his son, R. L. Smith,
Saturday and Sunday. Mr.
Smith has a good farm in this
valley and will very likely move
hack to it that he may have ad
m. Itfdage of our fine free range.
' , Blisses Emma Hood and Min-
■ hrge were the guests of Mrs.
il Pursley last Thursday.
[> e | F rls claim to be old maids
the I l on ’t think so, as they
li/ ■ eac h an< l are l' wo
jf I It girls in the country.
I | jhite will do well to see
k vs way.
I® Story attended church
s>ine Sunday.
jy T le.y Sitton requests us to
’to the public that he has
quite a lot of nice hogs for sale
cheap. Hamp.
SILVER HILL.
C. F. Morris of Greenbush was
mingling with friends here Sat
urday night and Sunday.
Mrs. George Keasler is very
sick.
Bradford High of Summerville
spent Saturday night with W. A.
Wright’s family.
Mrs. Maggie Gordon is sick.
J. W. Morris and J. T. Williams
went over to Summerville Satur
day.
Misses Effie and Willie Holcomb
spent Saturday night and Sun
day with their sister, Mrs. Pledg
er.
Miss Mary Story spent a few
days last week near Summer
ville.
Next Sunday is our regular
singing day at Silver Hill. Let
everybody come out and assist
in the singing.
Buster Brown.
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The Summerville News.
CHATTOOGAVILLE
Mrs. Ailey Adams has been
sick with grippe.
We have had a rough March
and now that April has come
think we will have some pretty
weather.
Corn and cotton planting time
is about here with no lands pre
pared. We have our guano ready
to put into the cotton business
when the ground gets dry enough
to plow.
As to the fruit, it is not all kill
ed. Some say two-thirds, some
say one-half and others say nine
tenths of the crop is killed, but in
my opinion about one-half.
Cotton is looking up a little
1 since the last report. But if it
I was 20 cents it would not do the
I majority of the farmers any good,
because the most of us have al
ready sold. lam glad that some
of the farmers have learned to
hold some of their cotton and not
dump it all on the market at one
time. Cotton ought to be sold
every month in the year and by
so selling receive a good price
for all of it all along, more than
we would by dumping it on the
market in the fall of the year.
Well, we are learning some things
as we grow older. I don’t think
the acreage will be any larger in
this community than last year,
because labor is scarce and there
is a great deal of work to do be
fore cotton can be planted.
Our guano has cost us about
from $3 to $5 more per ton this
year than usual. It costs us from
$2 to $2.50 per acre to get our
lands ready for planting with the
fertilizer in the ground. So any
one can see at a glance that we
will never get rich making cotton
and buying, guano to make it
grow and mature. Using guano
is like using tobacco, we can’t
quit. If the farmers all over
the South would not use any gu
ano for one year I believe we
would get 20c for every pound
of cotton made. We have already
paid out enough for guano in the
South to buy every foot of the
land two or three times. But
one cannot quit it unless all do.
We make one-third or one-half
more by using guano, but we
get one-half less for our cotton
than we would get if we did not
use a pound of the stuff.
W. M. Cook and J. Robert
Henderson have bought Mrs.
Gussie McWhorter’s lands at
Price’s bridge. The price paid
wasalittle more than S3O per acre.
Also the Reynolds boys—Ben,
Alexander and Charley—have
bought Gordon Wheeler out. The
price paid was about $25 per acre.
G. A. Ragland.
GETUP
The health of the community
is not so very good.
The many friends of Mrs. Bur
gess will be glad to know of her
improvement.
Farmers of this section are
very much behind with their
work on account of the continued
rains.
Last Sunday was regular sing- ■
ing day at Bethlehem. If you .
want to hear good singing just’
come to Bethlehem ex cry first
Sunday evening.
There is a Prof. Burgess from
Alabama teaching a music class
here.
There will be an old time, all
day singing at Bethlehem the ,
fifth Sunday in April. All good
singers and lovers of music are
invited to come and don’t forget
to bring well filled baskets. We :
especially invite Mr. Wootten to
come. Will use Christian Har
mony and Sacred Harp song i
books. X. j
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. APRIL 5, 1906
LYERLY
Miss Lena Shamblin left Tues
day morning for Atlanta, accom
panied by Dr. and Mrs. J. L.
Shamblin of Alabama, and Mrs.
John T. Bryant.
Miss Emma Martin, of Lafay
ette, spent a few days last week
here.
Miss Mattie Lou Moss and
Miss Minnie Rose visited Miss
Ada Sparks Tuesday at Menlo.
We are sorry to know that Miss
Ada is in such bad health.
Mrs. J. C. Trotter left Wednes
day for Cartersville, where she
will spend several days.
Mr. Willie Glazner left Sunday
morning for Chrystal Springs,
where be goes to join the South
ern Bell Telephone Co.
Miss Julia Burney left Tues
day morning for Waynesboro,
Ga., where she will spend sever
al months.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wofford
and children spent Saturday
night and Sunday in Cedartown
with their daughter, Mrs. L. A.
Farr.
The council of the town passed
an ordinance at its last meeting
prohibiting the sale of any patent
medicine in the town that will
intoxicate in any way and not al
lowing any phosphates or ciders
or anything of the kind to be
sold in the town. And I have
been informed that the Georgia
legislature will be asked at its
next session to pass a local bill
to prohibit the manufacture of
whiskey in the county. Every
preacher in the county will be
asked to circulate a petition at
each of his churches asking for
the bill. Let every Christian put
his shoulder to the wheel and put
the whiskey traffic out of busi
ness in this county.
Miss Lassie Wofford spent Sun
day in Menlo.
Dr. Benn F. Stark left Monday
for Sewanee, Tenn., where he will
enter Medical College. We wish
for Dr. Stark much success.
M.
DRY VALLEY.
The health of our community
is very good at present.
It makes the old farmers feel
good to see the sun shining
again. We will have to quit our
laziness and go to work.
A number of the Dry Valley
people attended the singing at
Menlo Sunday evening.
Our school closed at the Echols
school house last Friday evening
which has been under the
management of Miss Martha
Trimble and we regret very much
to see her leave Dry Valley.
Our Sunday school is improv
ing nicely. There are about thirty
scholars in attendance now.
Come out and help us with the
good work.
The Dry Valley boys will meet
at their old ball ground for the
purpose of organizing a team
next Saturday. Let every boy
that want to join us come at 2
o’clock Rough Bill.
Human Blood Marks
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colds and bronchitis, and is the only
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Co. 50c and |I.OO. Trial bottle free.
We have the Celebrated Roy
ster Fish Scrap Guano. Also |
Adair & McCartys’ which we
have sold for years.
Cleghorn, Henry & Co.
MENLO
Our singing Sunday was very
good. Profs. Arp, Gaines and
King were on hand and every
body seemed to take a great in
terest in the singing.
Mid Mobley has sold his farm
at Alpine and will leave for Texas
in about three weeks. We regret
to see Mr. Mobley leave as he is
one of our best citizens.
Fairmount, Ga. is throwingout
some inducements for people to
locate there. H. E. Thomas and
others are thinking of investing
some money there.
The mother of M rs. Tompkins
died last Monday and was buried
Tuesday at the Alpine cemetery.
Henry Kirby was in Menlo
Tuesday inspecting guano.
The machinery for the canning
factory is arriving.
George Alexander and wife are
spending a few days in Summer
ville.
W. J. Jennings was in Chatta
nooga last week.
Menlo and Lafayette did not
play ball last Saturday on ac
count of the weather.
Robt. and Carrie Ballard spent
last week at Leesburg, Ala.
George Neal is on the sick list,
T. H. Holbrooks was in Rome
one day last week.
Rev. C. B. Rotchford filled
his appointment at Alpine Sun
day and here Sunday night.
Miss Ada Sparks is not im
proving.
Mr. and Mrs. Wes Strange
pent Sunday in Lyerly.
_M F B
RACCOON
Everybody is down to business
and spindles and looms are hum
ming. We did a nice week’s
work last week’. The prize win
ners were, first prize Miss Belle
Johnson, second prize H. B. Buck
elew. Our weavers are making
from sl2 to sl4 on four looms.
Old Raccoon was once dead but
she is up in front again.
We have fine prospects for a
good peach crop.
Mrs. .1. C. F. Clark, wife of our
efficient superintendent, arrived
from Augusta last Tuesday.
Misses Bessie Mathis and
Belle and Effie Johnson spent
Saturday night and Sunday in
Trion.
Mr. C. H. Akins and family
left last week for Lindale, where
they wil make their future home.
Miss Georgia Hancock, who
has been sick for the past week,
is improving.
Mr. Blackston. our boss spin
ner, left Saturday night for Au
gusta for a week’s rest.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Keown Sunday night a 12-pound
boy
Rev. M. A. C. Bennett preach
ed an able sermon here last Sun
day at 3 o’clock to a large congre
gation.
Miss Fannie Agnew, our effi
cient school teacher, spent Satur
das and Sunday with home folk.
Mr. J. W. Criswell and family
went up to Trion last Sunday.
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TRION NEWS.
!
Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Wilder
j of near Roapville, Ga., were visit
. ing their son, J. W. Wilder, of this
place the latter part of hist week.
Mr. James Brown of near
Naomi was in Trion last Sunday
night.
Mr. E. R. Yarbrough and fami
ly, who for some time have been
located on the Lyerly Fruit Farm,
moved back to Trion last Tues
day.
Mr. Jud C. Smith, who for a
good while has been second hand
m Trion Mfg. Co’s, spinning
dept., has sevsred his connection
with them and will accept a posi
tion with the Union Cotton Mills
at Lafayette.
Odd Fellows, do not forget the
convention which will will be
held at Trion on the 24th and 25th
inst. An excellent program has
been prepared and there will be
an open session on the 24th, and
every body is invited to attend
whether Odd Fellows or not.
There are to be some school
exercises at the Trion Auditorium
on the 20th and 21st inst. This
is a county affair and will be very
interesting and every body is
invited to attend.
Rev. G. A. Chunn filled the
pulpit at the Methodist church
last Sunday and Sunday night.
Owing to the illness of his wife,
Rev. Mr. Brand could not fill his
appointment.
W. M. GRIFFITT.
Reception in Honor Miss Allen.
Thursday evening the Frances
Willard was the scene of an en
joyable time for those present.
The occasion was a farewell
party in honor of Miss Carrie
Allen, the assistant matron. The
parlors were decorated by the
young ladies who wished to give
Miss Allen testimony of their ap
preciation of her worth and
faithfulness in the discharge of
her duties. At 8 o’clock Mrs.
H. C. Pentecost, the president of
the W. C. T. U,, stated the object
of their presence and introduced
Mrs. R. J. Willie, who in behalf
of the board presented Miss
Allen with a bouquet of Carna
tions.
Mrs. Willie said that it was a
great pleasure for the ladies of
the board to add their testimony
in regard to the beautiful spirit,
and sweet unselfishness display
ed in the discharge of duty. The
flowers will fade, she said, but
the memory of you will never
fade among the members of the
board.
Mrs. R. D. Wilson then spoke
of the beauty of a well rounded
character and the inspiration for
good which it engendered. On
behalf of the board she also pre
sented a bound copy of Lucile.
Mrs. M D.Higley wasdelegated
by the young lady boarders of
the Willard to represent them in
presenting a signet ring.
The remainder of the evening
was spent enjoyably in games
and other diversions. At 10
o’clock light refreshments were
served. Miss Allen returns to
her home in Summerville.
The Frances Willard is a home
of working women. Recently
the ladies have added a new
piano to its other attractions.
3 ired clerks, stenographers,
seamstress and other working
girls return in the evening to a
refined and cheery atmos pliere.
At present under the manage
ment of the matron, Miss Powell,
the institution is self-sustaining.
—Chattonooga Times.
Don’t fail to come to our grand
opening of spring dress goods
and millinery Thursday and Fri
day, April sth and 6th.
Thompson Hiles & Co.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
THIRD OPEN LETTER.
To Pupils and Patrons of Chattoo
ga County
The corn growing contest is
not an original idea with us, nor
is it an untried method in public
school work. It has produced
most enthusastic and wonderful
results in several States and in a
few counties in this State. The
contest in Newton county last
year was participated in by more
than one hundred boys of the
public schools of the county, and
the results as exhibited at a fair
last fall, at the county seat has
awakened an enthusiasm not only
throughout the county but in
many other sections. Hon. G.
C. Adams, the county school
commissioner, writes that, “The
contest was a marked success
from beginning to end. It was
such a success that we expect to
repeat it this year on a larger
scale. It was helpful in many
ways.”
It will be tried in many coun
ties in Georgia this year. It is
of such far-reaching importance
that the State University will also
offer a number of prizes to be
awarded at a state contest.
Wider even than the State is
this great movement, for there is
a national movement inaugurated
by the American Agriculturist
whereby, there will be prizes
offered aggregating more than a
million dollars; the publishers of
that paper themselves contribut
ing $5,000 of the amount.
Prof. Thomas Shaw says: “No
movement so important has been
made with reference to agricul
ture since the world began, and,
that it will tend to increase the
wealth of the country more than
any single influence ever exerted
in the nation.
Now I hope no boy will hesitate
to enter this contest on the
ground that he has no chance to
win a prize, for the prizes are
only incidental, the great end
each should have in view is what
he can learn by the trial, at the
same time every boy has an equal
chance at the prizes, not only in
the county but in the State con
test as wdll.
I heard a number of men say
that the display of corn at our
county fair last fall was better
than that at the State fair in At
lanta. Then what is to prevent
one of Chattooga’s boys captur
ing the State prize? Nothing
unless it is lack of interest and de
termnation on the part of the
boys themselves. Our soil is as
good as can be found in the State
and our boys as intelligent.
Each contestant will bi? requir
ed to keep a complete account of
all work done, as well as other
facts relating to the crop at var
ious stages of growth, full direc
tions for which will be published
later if sufficient interest is mani
fested.
Write to me if you expect to
enter. W. L. Gamble, C. S. C.
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