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VOL. XXI NO. 46 FINANCES OF GEORGIA Ct of Inti i est. ’g Aiocie by ' Stale Treasurer Pat its. Atlanta, Ga.—Captain lb> it E. ” Park, state treasurer and b-nk exam iner, recently contributed u:i ini erest ing article to one of the leading final eials journals of the l ui.c.l stale, dealing. with the growth and pros perit.y of Georgia in recent ye-trs '■ The article details many int .'rusting and pleasing facts relatin' to the de oi the s..ite. as i i.iie.i.c I *6y the continued growth of it: ■ haul- L ing facilities wi ii:i her.borders. K “Ocular de ::■<> r:; ion tints s e K statistics both s’.ior, : ;i. > t tion of the United States is exhibit " ing more signifi prvgr< -s ill th" k present, time than the s mill uicl no i portion of the sou'll is more prosper , ‘ ous th; ti Georgia, "s.i C . in Path “The south has come at last to be ( recognized as a financial and indus trial power. Tho growth in bankin? , in Georgia has continued apace dur-| , ing 1908, and has grown from !IS j state banks in active op 'ration Jan , uary 1, 1908. to *490 slate banks on , January 1, 1909. This number will L -b- increased as shown by application fWI- charter in the office of the secre tary of state. “January 1, 1909, found the bond- ( ed debt, of Georgia to. be $7,031,000 j mostly incurred by the extravagance. ( of the reconstruction and “carpet bag , xadministratiojj. tses, hisiory). Each . —yea/ .SIOO,OOO of this debt is pain , ot|, and there are annual appropria tipn for the amount of interest about , $300,000 per ifntium. “The state owns a railroad 138 long, from Chattanooga, Tenn , | to Atlanta, Ga., which has valuable , terminal facilities in both cities, and , •which in 1908 was estimated to be ( f worth fully $14,000,000, nearly twice ; the amount of the bonded debt. , “Banking in Georgia is in a pros perous condition. The largest clas: ( of depositors are the farmers, who look more and more to (heir banks tc help instead of the merchants and s cotton factors , hence the number of ( small banks in agricultural districts t is increasing. “The rapid increase in cotton man ufaciuring has been especially re j ~'markable, and the income in the wa.> of dividends has been most satisfac . tory. Despite the so-called panic nev. cotton mills are being erected and oh £ ones are being enlarged along our w > ( ter courses and in our cities, town: t and villages at an unprecedented , rate. , "In 18(11. before the civil war tie entire taxable values of the state of amounted to $<>71,000,009. O this amount, more than $300,000,000 • was invested in slaves, and of course completely lost by the result, of the war. In December 1908, the total £ taxable value of Georgia from all sources amount to $706,962,353 which I is the largest amount ever reached in the history of the state. |. “According to the method of the f United States in making assessment of taxable values the state of Georgia Avould now be worth $1,400."00,000. j. There is no case on record of a cough, cold or la grippe d- veloping into pneu monia after Foley’s Honey and Tat has been taken, as it cures the most oiotinate deep s> "ted coughs and 1 colds. Why take any thing else. Sold by all I iruggist. c The man who is faithful to his i duty need have litle faer of wind c idlers and spendthrifts may say abou t him. • Bflk •». -_~ic-. ■.■''■■•: f ''Sa'fc / S If s ~ BW/wl* f [N&FoWDER ?: J I ~/lhjolwtely ‘Pzzro ■ h 7’he Only Faking Pov/der Grspe Li:-n of Tartar I Bk frcm Grape.-. Pure, L ■ cxxl I ' ■ ! rr n i i i—mririt wri The Summerville News. BONDS VALIDATED In regular order as the law re quires, a petition by the Solicitor Gen era! came up Saturday before Judge Wright to validate the bonds to be is sued by the comity for the purpose of building a courthouse. The following order was passed by Judge Wright validating the bonds: State of Georgia vs. The County of Chattooga. In Chattooga Superior Court. This cause coming on regularly, as provided in the order to show cause herein and defendant having made answer to said petition, as required by law, and it appearing to the sat isfaction of the Court that notice of of this hearing has been duly pub lished by the Clerk of this Court, as required by the order to show cause herein, and after hearing and consid ering the proofs of the respective parties, in support of the allegations of their respective pleadings, and it appearing to the court that allega tions of the respective pleadings are true; It is now adjudged, that the elec tion for bonds set forth in the peti tion herein, was duly called, and held as therein alleged; that due notice thereof was given as required by law, and that such election was held in all things in conformity with law; that the result of said election was in favor of the issuance of said bonds by an affirmative vote of more than two thirds of the qualified voters of said County, ascertained and deter mined according to law, and that all subsequent proceedings in respect 'hereto have been duly had as re quired by law; It is further ordered and adjudged that said defendant, the County of Chattooga be, and hereby is, author ized to issue the bonds as stated in the petition herein filed for the val idation thereof, in the amount of fifty five thousand dollars, principal and interest payable as alleged in the foregoing petition, provision having been made by said county for the levy and collection of taxes with which to pay the principal and inter est of said bonds as the same shall become due and by law required, as appears from their answer. And it is further ordered and ad judged, that said bonds be, and they are hereby, in all things validated and confirmed. Let the defendant pay the costs of this proceeding, including the cost of the Solicitor General which is fix ed at the sum of $25. At Chambers, this 16th day of Jan. ruary, 1909. Moses Wright, J. S. C. R. C. UNION FARMERS WILL WEAR COTTON. Atlanta, Ga., —Plans for the feder oration of the cotton warehouses in i.c state of Georgia were formulated Monday at a meeting of represen tatives of the county farmers’ union held*at the state capital and a com mittee was appointed to arrange the details of the federation. The committe is composed of the following members of the union: W. '.V. Webb, W. C. Wood, F. D. Wim berly, M. L.' Johnson. Charles New comer, It. M. Spink, and D. E. Jones An interesting feature of the meet ing was the adoption of a resolution providing that farmers should wear a uniform suit of cotton clothing while at work on their farms. It is believed that such action on the part of the farmers will tend to boost the price of the product by increasing th< demand. A committee was appointed to work out .the details of the prop- SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY GEORGIA, THURSDAY JANUARY 21, 1909 TRION News Notes of Interest From n » The Mill City. ;, , _ 5 Arthur Broom has accepted a posi tion in Lindale. ' Mrs. Cora Dennis spent Thursday in Chattanooga. ! Hardon Herndon of Rome visit r ed relatives here Saturday and Sun day. 5 Messrs. Jim and San Wooten spent - Saturday and Sunday in Lyerly. Miss Cora Cantrell and Mr. Wy- 1 ley Hammonds were married Jan. 14 Dr. W. P. Henry of Baumont, Ga., 1 spent th a week end with J. H. Thom ' as, buy; ig a drove of cattle. ’ Mr. and Mrs. George Stewart of La ’ ■ fayete visited relatives here Saturday '' and Sunday. “ Fr-.nk McWilliams went over to his ’. home at Greenbush Friday and left I for Atlanta Sunday evening to enter ' a business college. ’ R. E. McWilliams accompanied him but wiil return Tuesday. A. A. Strock and Con Greeson went up to Lafayette Sunday. Mesdaines W. F. and W. L. Pul ' len spent Sunday in Summervile. • Miss Pearl Giles and Mr. Wal ter Greeson were married Sunday by Rev. T. J. Ratliff. ’ Gilbert and Isaac Ragland spent Sunday in Chattoogaville. Rev. H. M. Strozier went up to Wesley Chapel Saturday to perform the marriage ceremony of Miss Myr tle Lowry to Mr. W. F. Srite of Blue Pond, Ala. Miss Pearl Headden left Sunday for Lindale. Messrs. Hardy and Paul Scoggins of Summerville were visiting rel tives here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Rex Wyatt and chil dren spent Sunday in Raccoon. Miss Ann Ayers and Mr. Matt Al- T. J. Ratliff. exana were married Jan. 17 by Rev. George Whitson returned Sunday from Atlanta. Miss Elen Coker spent Sunday witl homefolks here. Otis Nix of Madison is here on a visit to home folks. Miss Hattie Bale Jones spent Sat urday and Sunday with Misses Green Mr. A. S. Routh is spending a few days in Atlanta. Mrs. Annie Culberson and Misses Bell and Helen Steele spent Sun day with Mrs. G. T. Myers. Mr. William Gore left for Atlan ta Monday after spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Gore. Mr. Copeland of Athens is here vis visiting friends. Misses Ella Anderson and Dennie Marlow visited Mr. Will Anderson at Holland recently. Henry Clark and son, Roy, spent Saturday here. Roy will return to Rome Saturday where he will under go a six weeks treatment under Dr. Cox. Miss Mattie Tinney returned to Al abama City Thursday. Mr. L. B. iMaffett returned from visiting relatives in Alabama City Saturday. Mr .and Mrs. T. J. Sisk of Pathos, Texas, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. E Sisk. Mr. G. W. Sisk of Dogwood Val ley is also visiting Mr. and Mrs. Sisk. Dr. L. A. Mallicoat. came near hav ing pneumonia and for this reason Mr. Routh and daughter, Miss Mary, and Master Dougherty Mallicoat did not leave for Mississippi. Dr. Mai licoat is some better at present. Mrs . Fred Huron gave a party to the young people of Trion Jan. 18 and among those present were Misses Mary Routh, Addie Brannan, Mollie Hawkins. Georgia and Maggie Green, Cannie Adams. Maude and Mattle Funderburk; Messrs. P. L. Martin, Gordon Fulmer, Rude Myers, Odus Nix, Clyde Hay, Con Greeson, Willis King, Mesdames Helen Harper, and Adelbert Carpenter. They were entertained by music and games and after the refresh ments were served. “DOT,” the Miner’s daughter, which was played Saturday evening at the Auditorium by local talent from Lafayette, was enjoyed by many of the people here. The old darkey I and his “grandmamy” were typical ! darkies of the rarest type. It you will take Foley’s Orino Laxa tive until the bowels become regular I you will not have to take purgatives constantly, as Foley’s Orino Laxative positively cures chronic constipation and sluggish liver. Pleasant to take. Sold by All Druggists, MENLO i The weather has been extremely warm for the last few days. It puts me in the mind of the good old sum mer time. It was some cooler yester- - mer time. It was some cooler to day, Monday, and looks as if we >’ might have a little more winter. We need cold weather for the land and - its good for the crops for the land - to freeze. There is a large lot of oats being sowed in this section. t Rev. B. F. Guille filled his ap pointment at Alpine Sunday and here • Sunday night. I If you are a farmer and are farm , ing for the money there is in it, bet- - ter get off the one crop basis and di versify your products. So long as you raise eight cent cotton and buy ’ dollar corn, twenty-five dollar hay and fifteen cent meat you will make s no money from your farming opera tions. When your poultry will keep ■ up your table and you raise your own corn, hay, potatoes and meat. 1 Now, if you are making farming your life work, better start right in this good year, 1909. Jim Fowler's boy or any other Fowlers’ boy looks to the farmer for a living. Mr. Mack Neal died last Tuesday and was buried Wednesday In the Alpine cemetery. Mr. Neal had been sick for quite a while. T. H. Holbrooks has been on the sick list for a few days. 1 P. L. Welch visited home folks at Rising Fawn last week. Mrs. H. M. Springfield returned home last Friday after spending sev eral weeks with relatives in Ala bama. Rev. Mr. Mahan filled his appoint ments to preach here Saturday and Sunday. M. F. Ballard. PENNVILLE The health of our burg is in gen eral very good. Mr. Henry Housch has been very sick but is some better at present we are glad to say. Miss Fannie Agnew of Summerville spent Saturday and Sunday with the family of Dr. Rudicil. Quite a crowd of our young peo ple enjoyed a pound supper given at the home of Mr. Walter Hendrix Sat urday night. Miss Lydia Curry spent Sunday in Summerville. Milton Housch and sister. Miss Lizzie, spent Sunday in Trion. Mr. Walter Greeson and Miss Pearl Giles of Trion were married Sunday We wish for them much happiness and joy. Mr. Archie Housch and family of this place spent Sunday with the fam ily of Mr. A. S. Alexander. Tlie school at this place is progres singly nicely under the management of Miss Lydia Curry. We are getting ready for a box supper on Saturday night, Jan. 30, for the purpose of raising money to seat our school house which is bad ly needed. Everybody is cordially invited to come —the girls with well filled bas kets, and the boys with well filled purses. X HOW TO GET TRADE There was a time when merchants found it profitable to do b'tsiness without advertising but that, time has passed. The merchant who gets his share of trade these days must hustl< and advertise or lose out to his more progressive competitor who does. It not only pays the merchant to advertise but It pays the buyer to patronize the merchant who adver tises, for the merchant, who is lib eral enough to spend a little money with his local paper to tell about his merchandise and to invite the custom ei to his store can be counted on to do the right thing by him when he comes and to sell him goods on as liberal terms as it is possible to do so.—Ex. Brave Fire Ladies often receive severe burns, put ting out fires, then use Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and forgot them. It soon drives out pain. For Burns, Scalds, Wounds. Cuts and Bruises its earth’s greatest heal er. Quickly cures Skin Erup tions, Old Sores, Boils, Ulcers, Felons; best Pile cure made. Re lief is instant. 25c at Summer ville Drug Co. LYERLY ( Rev. J. C. Harris filled his appoint -3 meats here Sunday and Sunday night Mrs. B. F. Shamblin and Miss Le , na Shamblin spent Thursday in Rome. s Miss Edna Marlin of Raccoon spent ; Saturday night and Sunday here. I A. Gordon Wheeler spent Thurs- I day in Rome. , Miss Nell Thurman of Summerville spent Sunday here with the Misses Porter. , Joe Crumley spent Sunday in Rome A. C. Powell attended the O. R. T. meeting in Lafayette Sunday. Mrs. John T. Bryant visited in Calhoun last week. Mrs. N. B. Shamblin happened to quite a painful accident Saturday night by falling and breaking her hip Mrs. J. M. Rose and Miss Minnie Rose spent Thursday in Summerville. Mrs. Will Stark has been quite sick the past week. Several from here attended court in Rome Saturday. J. L. Pollock spent Tuesday in Summerville. Mrs. F. S. Lee spent last week witl relatives in Rome. W. T. Fowler of Trion visited here first of the week. The many friends of Mrs. H. E. ,’ernigan, formerly of this place, will be pained to hear of her deatli which occurred at her home in Union Point Ga., tlie 31st of December. HARRISBURG. Bad weather and bad colds seem to have been tlie order of the day. but we are glad io see the beautiful sun rays come out once more and shine forth with all their beauty and splen dor. it makes uh think of the merry springtime and caußea us to (sli for lots of pretty bright days like these. Bal alas! when we realize that litis is only midwinter we realize the fact, that there will probably be a lot of bad weather yet. Misses Annie Myrtle and Ethel Al len of Summerville were visiting Hie family of C. C. McConnell Saturday and Sunday. Enos Marlin entered school at Sum merville last Monday. Rev. J. A. Sprayberry filled his regular appointments at Trinity Sat urday and Sunday . Buoy McConnell and wife were vis itlng tlie family of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. MoConnell Sunday. A. M. Martin lias accepted a posi tion in Chattanooga. Miss Leola Thurman and Pauline McConnell were visiting Misses An na and Lula Martin Tuesday. W. B. Martin was visiting at Sum merville Sunday. Messrs. Ed Tucker and C. R. Tuck er and family have moved back on the Bennefield place. We welcome them back into our community. Alllquis. DIRTTOWN Very little, farm work is being done here on account of so much ram. I 1 verybody seems to have moved and are now ready to begin work on th . farm as soon as the weather will permit. More oats were sown this last fall than in a number of years and II soemF that more cotton will be plant ell this year than was last. The school at Bethel is in a flour ishing condition- near 40 pupils arc in aiendance. The Bethel literary an debating society is a pleasant, and helpful feature ajid is conducted with the school. Tills society was organized Jan. 8, 191)9, with the following officers: Selman Story, President; Julius Rush Vice President; Miss Mary Gaines, Secretary. The first subject was discussed Fri day afternoon, the siiliject being "Re solved, Which is of more benefit to mankind the horse or the sheep?” Jones Jones and Julius Rusli, affirm ative; Mary Gaines and Agnes Jones, Negative. The subject was won l>y the affirm ative side. The subject for discussion next Friday is “Resolved, Which is more useful to man, corn or cotton?” Miss Eddie Mahan has returned from an extended visit to relatives at Trion and reports a delightful time. Mr. W. T. Cobb made a businest trip to Trion last week. Mr. Jay Fowler, salesman for the E. E. Forbes Piano Co., of Rome, was here last week ONE DOLLAR A YEAR THE NEW VOTING LAW Disfranchisement Act is Now in Force in Georgia. i On the first day of the present ( year the new constitutional amend ment prescribing the qualifications for voters in Georgia, known as the disfranchisement law, came into es , led, and with it arise responsibilities , which are of the utmost importance. in order that the qualifications de clared to bo necessary may bo kept clearly in mind we reproduce the five sub-divisions bearing upon this sub , Ject, together with the paragraph de fining the duties of registrars. ( Section I. All persons who have honorably served in the land or naval forces of the United States in the Revolutionary war, or in the war of 1812, or in the war with Mexico, or iu any war with the Indians or in the wr.r between (be slates, or in the war with Sp.,>n, or who honorably scried in land or naval forces ol the x i»,federates Alates t oTofths slate of Georgia in the war between the state, or Sec. 2. All persons lawfully de scended from those embraced in the classes enumerated in the sub-divis ion next above, or Sec 3. All persons who nr., of good character, and understand the duties and obligations of citizenship vnder a republican form of govern ment, or See. 1 Ail persons who can cor teclly read in the English language any paragraph of the constitution of the United States, or of this state and correctly write tlie same in the English language when read to theci by any one of the registrars, an<» all persons who solely because of physi cal disability are unable to comply with the above requlrenietils, but who can understand and give a rea sonable interpretation of any par agraph of tlie constitution of the United States, or of this state, that, may be read Io them by any one of the registrars, or Sec. 5. Any person who Is the owner in good faith in his own right of al least forty acres of land sit uated in this state, upon which he resides, or Is the owner In good faith iu Ids own right of property, situated in this state and assessed for taxtlon lion at Hie value of five hundred dol lars. Paragraph 5. The right, to register under sub-divisions one and two of paragrapli four shall continue only until January Ist, 1915. But the registrars shall prepare a roster of all persons who register under sub divisions one and two of paragrapli four and shall return tlie same to the clerk's office of the superior court of their counties, and the clerks of the superior courts shall send copies of Hie same to tlie secretary of slate, and it shall be Hie duty of these offi cers to record and permanently pre serve these rosters Any person who lias been once registered under eithei of the sub-divisions one or two of paragraph four shall thereafter be permitted to vote provided he meets Hie requirements of paragraphs two and three of this section. It will be seen from the foregoing and it is perhaps well remembered, that the during the seven years begin ning with the first of this year, a per manent registration list, will be made up, consisting of the old soldiers and millers tfho have served honqrglJly any of the various wars in which this country has been engaged, and of the descendants of such soldiers and sail ors. When this class of voters has once been properly placed on the reg istration list they will remain there as long as they live, provided, of course that they pay their taxes and are not convicted of an infamous crime. It. is therefore, of the utmost, im portance that due diligence should be exercised from the very first day of the new law not to allow anyone to register, particularly under these par agraphs, who is not entitled to the privileges. The registration books are of. course, open at all times, except within the prescribed period imme diately before an election, and It, therefore, devolves upon the tax col lectors of the state to exercise un usual diligence in accepting the reg istration of voters. You may succeed when others do not believe in you, but never when you do not. believe in yourself. Out of the darkest cloud peeps the brightest sun. Oftentimes trouble is only a necessary step to happinesß