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The Summerville News Published Every Thursday. BY THE NEWS PUBLISHING CO. 0 J. Espy Editoi and Manager. 'l'ehms of Subscription: One Y'-ar 31.00 bix Months • • ■ 50c 'j hree Months 25c Advertising Rates will be Made Known on Application. ' Entered at the Summer ville Post Office as Second Class Mail Matter. ’Phone No. 6. Summerville, Ga., Jan. 21, 1909 The Onward March of Prohibition. on 6 by one the states of the South are adopting state wide prohibition. State laws are already In effect in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and North Carolina by legislative enact ment. Tennessee joined the Prohi bition column this we<A a bill having passed both branch" of the General Assembly of that state in the Sen ate by a vote of ” to 13, and the nouae by av< of 02 to 36. The Act as passed provides that State wide prohibition shall become ef fective Jul' 1. ' ,! *- The prohibitionists are active also in Florida, South Carolina, Arkansas ant Texas, and claim that state laws will be enacted by the Legislature of those States during the present year. This claim seems to be well founded, judging irora statements that have appeared from day to day In the load lug newspapers of the country dur ing Ute past few weeks. In his message to the General As st mbly of South Carolina this week Gov. Ansel recommends that a local option law be passed allowing those counties In which dispensaries are located to vote upon the question of tlie retention or abolition of the dis pensary, ami it Is believed that a statute to this effect will be enacted. In Florida the Prohibitionists claim a clear majority In both branches of the General Assembly and when that body convenes they expect to put through a bill providing for State wide prohibition. Similar movements are on foot in Arkansas and Texas, but the Prohi bitionists of those States are not so confident as they are in South Caro lina and Florida. It is by no means unlikely, there fore that the year 1910 will see state wide prohibition In effect in every State south of the Mason and Dixon line, except possibly Texas, Virgin la and Kentuckey.—Newnan Herald. - - » The annual report of the interstate commerce commission to congress which lias been made public is a vig orous document reiterating some for mer demands for strengthening the law and advancing some new ones. The commission discusses the reduc tion of railroad earnings during the period of depression beginning Octo ber, 1907, showing that in fact this r duction was of vastly loss volume of significant than the public has commonly supposed and that while the gross earnings for 1908 were $161,000,000 less than for 1907, they were still $98,000,000 in excess of ; those of 1906 and $312,000,000 larger , than for those for 1905. The commits- ; sion concludes that in this showing , there is small warrant for the de mand that the rates be generally increased. « By official announcement the great esi discovery fti the war against con sumption since the finding of the tu berculosis bacilus by Cox has Just been made public. This Is the dis covory bf Dr. R. C. Roseburgh, biol ogist at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, that the tuberculosis'■ germ can be, readily found in the blood long before it reaches the ! lungs; that it is then in a condition which makes it readily amendable to destruction by simple treatment and fresh air. and that it will soon t e possible to us* a perfect antitoxin which will stamp the disease out en-. tirely . Tutt’sPills BtimulHtc the TORPID L.IM . strengthen the dtgc*»tlve orxa regulate the bou cis, and art » equated as an AMI-BILIOUS MLDICIM Io malarial dlstrkts their .< . are widely recognized. a5 th* \ ■ ocas peculiar prop*rites tn nwi the system from th«t puisui.. L - ganth sugar coated Take No Substitute. \ x 'BwWk y#. '//■' ill] i if > , A L/ .‘J*? ■ Kw THE NEWS’ NEW TYPE SETTING MACHINE. The News’ New Typesetting Machine The N( s’ has recently added a Merganthalor linotype to its plant. This is one the most wonderful, complicated and costly machines in a printshop. One man operates the machine by means of a keyWiard, something similar to a typewriter, and it melts metal and casts the type An experienced operator can set as much type on this machine as three or four men can set by hand. We hope to be able to give our readers better service than ever be fore. but until we become acquainted with the machine and learn how to control its moods and tenses you will kindly bear with us and excuse all mistakes made. The paper has had a good many in it recently which is due largely to the inexpe rience of our operator. We are duly appreciative of the kindness the people of Summerville and Chattooga county have bestowed l on us. They have made it possi ble for The News to constantly move forward and, consequently, to better servo them. We are constantly in creasing our facilities, at times even more than the income of the paper will of itself warrant, and from year Io year have better equipped our plant for their service. We thank those who have helped and encouraged us with their kind words and patronage, and hope we shall continue to merit. their good will. According to a ruling by Attorney- Gen. Hart all special elections held prior to July 1. 1909, must be held under the old registration, notwith standing the new registration law passed by tlie last General Assembly became effective Jan. 1, 1909. The new registration law requires that all voters participating in any elec tion must have registered at. least 6 months before the election; but in view of the fact that the new law did not become effective until the first of the present year, it is manifestly impossible for a voter to participate in any election held before July 1 unless he be allowed to quality under tlie old registration law. According to figures given out by State Treasurer Park tlie sum of $15,000, less tlie fee of 10 per cent allowed tax collectors was collected by the state of Georgia for locker clubs for the year 1908. ■ .— -♦— COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, MEET. The regular January meeting of the board of commissioners of roads and revenues was held Monday. Col. J. T. Jolly, who was recently elected a member of the board to succeed Mil T. J. Simmons, was elected chairman. The board had a very busy session and besides the usual routine busi ness, several other matters came up I for consideration. An order was passed requesting th' people in each mglitia district to holt' mass Dietings next Saturday, Jan tiary 23rd. for the purpose of select ■ ing members of an auxiliary commit | tee to advise with and assist the | Board in selling the court house ' bonds, and to look after the pro ' ceeds of th sale of the bonds. This committee will meet with the I Board next Tuesday to receive bids I for the court house bonds. For health and happiness Dewitt’s Little Early Risers —small, gentle, easy, pleasant little pills, tlie l«est made. Sold by Summerville Drug Co. WANTED To buy tild peas. Will pay cash. Summervitft Drug Co., successors to The .Ar rington Drug Co. | POLITICS TO BE LIVELY Many Prospective Candidates for Gor don Lee’s Seat in Congress Tlie people of the Seventh Con gressional district are finding them soles in the same fix as the clever . I farmer who had to wind up his de ! ceased brother’s estate. “I declare to gracious,” said he, “it makes me so much trouble that I sometimes wish Brother Bill hadn’t died!” By the same token the people of the Seventh are exceedingly sorry that Hon. Gordon Lee, who has trade the district such a useful and well beloved Representative, ever declared his intention of retiring fron Congress when the term ex pires to which he has just been elect ed. It looks now as if every county would have a candidate. And some of them are likely to i have two or more. It is going to be mighty interest ing, of course, and means the live liest sort of a scramble from start to finish. Few counties in the district have as great a wealth of Congressional timbers as old Polk, and it is now almost certain that she will present a candidate —probably the winner. Hen. W. C. Bunn, a leading Ce dartown attorney who for many years was the chairman of the Con gressional Executive Committee, is being told by his many friends throughout the district that this is the psychological time for him to make the race, and he has the mat ter under consideration. Hon. G. R. Hutchens, a prominent attorney who ran such a strong race for congress a few years ago and who has since added largely to his list of warm friends throughout, the district, is thinking seriously of en tering the race again. And if he does he will go in to win. Judge F. A. Irwin is another piece of clean congressional timber from Polk; but while he would be pleas ed to serve the people there, he does not. feel like giving up his city court Judgeship to make the race. And he is one of those sterling ju rists who has very pronounced views aga'nst a judge retaining his place on the bench while running for a political office. Judge G. James and Dr. Wm. Bradford have both been prominent ly mentioned by the press of the dis trict in connection with Congression al honors, and while either of them would represent the district most ably, neither has any thought of en tering the race at this time. Our four neighboring counties have one or more candidates active ly in the field. Hon. Mose Wright, the popular Judge of the Rome Circuit, has stat ed that he would probably resign the judgeship to run for Congress He is another jurist who has too high a conception of the relations o ft he judiciary to the people to al low him to remain on the bench while actively a candidate for anoth e- office. Hon. Frank Copeland, also of Feme, is said to be again among the number who have the Congressional bee buzzing pretty close to their bonnets. Bartow wouldn't feel natural if she didn’t have a candidate for Cor.; ress. and this time is bobbing up serenely with two of them. Hon. Mark Johnson, a prominent off’i ial of the Southern Cotton Asso ciation, is "feeling around’ for the place; and Judge A. W. Fite, who was so overwhelmningly beaten by His. Gordon Lee a couple of years ago, says he will be in the race and —just as he did before —will hang j right on to that judgeship while ' making lu Hon. A. L. Bartlett, of Paulding, formerly judge of the circuit, has expressed intention of getting into the scramble. Hon. W. E. Spinks, a prominent and popular at torney of Dallas, is also being urg ed for the place. Hon. J. M. Mcßride, of Tallapoosa, one of the ablest men in the district is said to have his eye on that seat in the halls of congress. So mucch for our next door neigh bor and the more distant counties are right along with the rest of the procession. In Cobb county, Hon. J. Z. Foster, a prominent member of the recent legislature, is said to be impressed with the idea that he would make a good congressman. Judge Geo. F. Gober who has just retired from the bench, is oeing urged to run Hon. N. A. Morris, who has just as sumed the duties of the judgeship is said to be thinking of resigning them 'in order to make the congressional rice- and Col. Herbert Clay, the talented son of Senator A. S. Clay, is known o have aspirations in that direction. Hon. Wesley Shropshire, one of Chattooga county’s leading citizens, is reported to be actively “in it.” Hon. Sam P. Maddox, of Dalton, for many years the popular solici tor general of the Cherokee circuit, and who was recently defeated for reelected through the treachery of men for whom he had always feught, has definitely announced his candidacy, and will make a hustling race. Hon. J. E. Rosser, of Lafayette, is sx’.d to believe that the multiplicity of candidates in this end of the dis trict will give him a good chance to win. Ard there are several others with more or less of a hankering for a sect in congress. The fact that the sal.iy has just been increased to $7,500 adds to the attractiveness of the office, aside from the honor and toe opportunities for usefulness at taching to the place. There will certainly be no lack of interest and life in the race. May the best man win— and, of course, he will hail from Polk. —Cedartown Standard. Came Near Choking to Death. A little boy, the son of Chris. D. Peterson, a well known resident of the village of Jacksonville, lowa, had a sudden and violent-attack of croup. Much thick stringy phlegm came up after giving Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. Mr. Peterson says: “I think he would have choked to death had we not given this remedy.” For sale by Summerville Drug Co. Mr. C. 0. McConnell of Teloga spent Tuesday in town. Hon. S. E. Jones of Dirttown was here Tuesday. Many little lives have been saved by Foley’s Honey and Tar, for coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough. It is the only safe remedy for infants and children as it contains no opiates or other narcotic drugs, and children like Foley’s Honey and Tar. Careful mothers keep a bottle in the house. Refuse substitutes. Sold by all Drug gist. Among the visitors here Tues day were, Mr. H. G. Baker of Dirttown, Mr. W. B. Anderson of Coldwater and Mr. E. H. Ewing of Atlanta. A Horrible Hold-Up. “About ten years ago my brother was “held up” in his work, health and happiness by what was believed to be hopeless consumption,” writes R. R. Lips comb, of Washington, N. C. “He took all kinds of remedies and treatment from several doctors, but found no help till he used Dr. King’s New Discovery and was wholly cured by six bottles. He is a well man to-day.” It’s quick to relieve and the surest cure for weak or sore lungs, Hemor rhages, Coughs and Colds, Bron chitis, La Grippe, Asthma and all Bronchial affections. 50c and SI.OO. Trial bottle free. Guarn teed by Arrington Drug Co. fo/ertfbodtjs yfiagazine HAS GOT THIS MONTH Two screaming stories bv E’lis Parker Butler and Lindsay Denison, each racing to see which will bump your tunny bone hardest. One tragedy that will grip your heart. And articles bv Russell, Paine and Dickson that cut deep into things. LOOK OUT FOB EVERYBODY’S THIS MONTH. THE CAT IS BACK Ho Know English. Book learning, strictly speaking—that is, learning solely from books—leads one into many a hole. In “The Balkan Trail” Frederick Moore tells the story of an Italian official of the Ottoman bank who had taught himself English and was enraptured at the chance to practice it on English people. It was with much pride that he ad dressed us at supper, but we did not recognize the language he spoke and expressed Ui French our unfortunate ignorance of foreign tongues. “That is your own tongue,’-’ said the Italian, but even of this statement we understood not a word. He drew a pencil from his pocket and on the back of a letter wrote: “I am speaking English.” We were astounded. “Perhaps I do not pronounce cor rectly,” he wrote next. “I have learned the noble language from books.” The hilarious Englishman in our party gave the unhappy Italian his first real lesson at once. He took the pencil and wrote: “Always pronounce English as It is not spelt. Spell as it is not pro nounced.” The Bite of a Rattler. The Cherokee Indians’ cure for the bite of a rattlesnake is at once so com mon sense and scientific as to merit a widespread acceptance. Its common sense lies In the fact that the victim has or ought to have the necessary implement always at hand, there need not be an instant's delay, and that it is the scientific plan goes without saying because it carries away the poison at once. The Indian at once, when bit ten, drawing his knife, pinched up the part bitten and cut it out, then, seek ing the nearest stream, not often very far away, plunged the leg in the run ning water and kept it there until all bleeding had ceased and, as my in formant, an old man, told me, seldom suffered any ill effects. Usually, as we know, no physician can be readied or reliable remedy had until the case is too far gone for any effort to avail, but with a knife and, if not a running stream, water enough to keep the wound well washed and the blood flowing I believe there would be fewer deaths following rattlesnake bites.—Forest and Stream. How to Settle Bills. There is a young Harlem matron whose mental equilibrium is upset the first of each month by the prospect of letting her husband see the size of the bills that come in for food, drink and for her own personal adornment. Her four-year-old daughter offered her a valuable suggestion the other day as to the simplest means of settling bills. The small child, seeing her mother examining with a clouded brow a bit of paper, inquired: “Is it a nice letter, mamma?” “No; it’s a nasty big bill, dearie.” The child’s bright eyes closed as If she were searching her innermost soul for some word of comfort. Suddenly she flashed a glad look at her mother, and her voice had all the brilliancy of one voicing an Inspiration: “Mamma, jes’ tear it up. Then you don’t have to pay it.”—New York Press. The Retort Aqueous. Even in the midst of horror there is occasionally a rift of humor. It is said that at the time of the Johnstown flood a grocer to whom one of the citi zens owed for an overlong time a good sized bill for provisions while floating along on the top of the waters in a raft made of two window blinds and a skylight caught sight of his delinquent debtor whirling around in one of the pools of the eddying current clinging to a large hogshead. “Ah, there you are!” cried the grocer, businesslike to the last. “Been look ing for you for several days. When are you going to pay that bill?” “Can’t say just now, Sands, old man,” returned the unhappy debtor. “I’m having all I can do to keep my head above water these times.”—Har per’s Weekly. An Anecdote of Renan. Renan while traveling alighted at Naples. One morning a servant of the hotel came to him and said that as she had heard the preacher at the cathe dral make use of his name many times she would be thankful if he would choose for her a number in the lottery about to be drawn. “If you are a saint,” said she, “the number is sure to be a good one; if you are a devil, it will be still better.” Renan smiled and chose a number, but he never knew If the servant was lucky. Tangible Asset. “I believe I'll promote a transporta tion company.” “Laud or water?” “The latter, I think. For the former I’d need rails and right of way, but in a water proposition I’ll have an ocean to start w th.”—Exchange. For Future Referencs. “That lawyer is very tricky,” said Mr. Cumrox. “I wouldn’t think of meeting him socially.” "Neither would I," answered Mr. Dustin Stax, “but you might give me his office address.”—Washington Star. A Correction. “Your hair wants cutting badly, sir,” said a barber insinuatingly to a cus tomer. “No. it doesn’t,” replied the man in the chair. "It wants cutting nicely. You cut it badly last time.” —————— Almost Personal. Celestine And has Mr. Pryor's ’ church such a small congregation?; Hilda--Yes. indeed Every time he j nays “dearly beloved" you feel as if you bad received a proposal —Bohe m! lr. CATARRH IN HEAD. Pe-ru-na —Pe-ru-na. S # I Wk'. " - V ' ffl JBL MR. WM. A. PRESSER. MR. WILLIAM A. PRESSER, 1722 Third Ave., Moline, 111., writes: “I have been suffering from catarrh in the head for the past two months and tried innumerable so-called reme dies without avail. Noone knows how I have suffered, not only from the dis ease itself, but from mortification when in company of friends or strangers. “I have used two bottles of your med icine for a short time only, and it effected a complete medical cure, and what is better yet, the disease has not returned. “I can most emphatically recommend Peruna to all sufferers from this dis ease.” Read This Experience. Mr. A. Thompson, Box 65, R. R. 1., Martel, Ohio, writes: “When I began your treatment my eyes were inflamed, nose was stopped up half of the time, and was sore and scabby. I could not rest at night on account of continual hawking and spitting. “I had tried several remedies and was about to give up, but thought I would try Peruna. “After I had taken abont one-third of a bottle I noticed a difference. I am now completely cured, after suffering with catarrh for eighteen years. “I think if those who are afflicted with catarrh would try Peruna they would never regret it.” Man-a*lin an Ideal Laxative. THE PERUNA ALMANAC. The druggists have already been supplied with the Peruna almanac for 1909. In addition to the regular astronomical matter usually furnish ed in almanacs, the articles on as trology are very attractive to most people The mental characteristics of each sign are given with faithful accuracy. A list of lucky and un lucky days wil be furnished to those who have our almanacs, . free of charge. Address The Peruna Co- Columbus, Ohio. CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED. With local applications, as they can not reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitution al disease, and in order to cure It you must take internal remedies. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internal ly, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It is com posed of the besst tonics known, com bined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous sur faces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results In curing Ca tarrh. Send for testimonials. F J CHENEY CO. Props. Toledo, O. Sold by druggist, price 75c. Take Hall’s Family Pills for consti pation. DISMISSION NOTICE GEORGIA, Chattooga County. Susan Barber, administrator upon the estate of JohnJ. Barber, late of said county deceased having filed her petition for discharge , this is to cite all persons concerned to show cause against the granting of said discharge at the regular term of the court of Ordinary for said county to be held on the first Monday in February, 1909. J. P. Johnston, Ordinary. lEMEE¥ CXTXUOS Coughs,Colds, CROUP, WhoopingCfliigh This remedy can always ic depended upon and is pleasant to take, it contains no opium or other harmful drug and may he give* as confi dently to a baby as to an adulL Price 2S teals, large size M cents.