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Summerville, Ga., Jan. 28, 1909
Uncle Sain is becoming the
world’s shoemaker. By steadily
(legging away last year, he turn
ed out for export 6,552,000 pairs
of boots and shoes with a valua
tion of $11,470,(XX). John Bull is
a good shoemaker, too ,leading
the world in the number of ex
ports, but curiously enough his
people prefer the American shoe
and are Uncle Sam’s best cus
tomers.
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Notwithstanding the fact that
law and order leagues have be
come numerous throughout the
south, even in smaller cities, law
and order appears to have got
ten a setback in 1908 there being
100 lynchings during the past
year as against 51 in the previ
ous year; 66 in 1905, and 87 in
1901. 11l 1903 there were 101.
The number had been decreased
since 1903 until the year 1908
came in. Os the 100 lynch
ings last year 97 occurred in the
south and 3 in the north. Geor
gia scored 16 of them,, which tad
is to be deplored. Seven whiles
were lynched in the country, and
93 negroes.
Il will require +234,000,000 to
run the postal service during the
fiscal year 1910, according to
the decision reached by the house
committee on postoffices and post
roads. Recommendation of the
appropriation of this amount will
be included in the report that the
committee will submit tothe house
The amount is increased of about
$12,000,000 over the amount ap
propriated for the present fiscal
year.
In response to a request from
State School Commissioner Jere M.
Pound, Attorney General John C.
Hart has rendered an opinion regard
ing the change In the boundary lines
of a public school district in which
the citizens have voted for local tax
ation for support of schols. The
question was asked as to whether a
county board of education has the
power to extend or enlarge the lira
Its of a school district wherein the
right of local taxation exists, without
a favorable vote of the citizens and
property owners who would be af
fected. Attorney General Hart holds
that the county board has no such
right. If the county board sees fit
to niak eany change whatever in the
limits of a local school district
wherein local taxation has been vot
od, then an entirely new election
must be held throughout the district.
Plenty of Room for Pupils
The trustees of the school here
announce that they have rented
a house on lot near the school I
budding which will be comforta
bly furnished for the use of pu
pils. by Monday next, at which
time Miss Kathryn Henry will
take charge of this department
of the school.
HEALTH
INSURANCE
Ills man who Inaurea bls Me to
wtoe tor hto family.
The maw who Insure* hto health
to wtoe both for hto family and
himself.
You may insure health by piarJ
ing it. it to worth guarding.
At t he flrat attack of disease,
which generally approaches
through the LIVER and mani
fests itself in Innumerable ways
TAKE —a.
Tutt’sPills
And your toalttee
COURT HOUSE BONDS SOLD.
On last Tuesday the $55,-
000 Chattooga county court house
bonds were sold. More than us
ual interest was manifested in
the sale of the bonds, especially
on account of the good financial
showing of the county, these be
ing the only bonds outstanding
against the county. There were
twelve bids—four being in the
form of sealed bids and eight or
al or auction bids. After a series
of bids the bonds were sold to the
Robinson-Humphreys Co. , of
Atlanta, Ga., at a premium of
$3355 and also the furnishing of
the bonds which will easily mean
a premium of $3500.
This is considered by all ac
quainted with such matters to
be a splendid sale. In fact one
of the bidders stated that it was
the best sale of bonds that had ev
er taken place in the state. AH
our people should feel encourag
ed over this sale ,as it means
that our $55,000 bond issue will
bring us sssm hr ao rh ao aha r
bring us $58,500 together with
accrued interest to date of de
livery of bonds.
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FARMEES HAVE PROS-
PECTS FOR GOOD CROPS
This is Opinion of State Com
missioner of Agriculture
Atlanta ,Ga.—A great crop year
is ahead of the farmers of Geor
gia, is the opinion of T. G. Hud
son state commissioner of agricul
ture, and Robert F. Wright, as
sistant commissioner, who keeps
in close touch with the farming
interests.
“The weather of the past few
weeks has given farmers in every
section of the state a chance to
make an early and good begin
ning,’’ said Mr. Hudson yester
day. “More work has been done
perhaps than during the same
period of any of the past ten
years. Farmers have been able
to clear new land preparatory to
planting.
Those at the head of the state
department of agriculture are of
opinion that diversified farming
will receive a big boost during th
present year in Georgia. Reports
received by them indicate that
farmers are planning to grow
more corn, wheat and oats and
other food products than ever
before.
More wheat is said to have been
planted in this state during the
present winter than during any
previous year since the civil war.
This is due to the lately recog
trzed possibilities for wheat grow
ing in this state and the splend
id weather affording unusual op
portunities for planting.
“Labor conditions promise to
be good,’’ said Mr. Hudson
“There is very little complaint
of labor scarcity from any part
of the state. Negroes are stay
ing on the farm instead of crowd
ing into the cities and seeking
ing thactsh et et et et sh h s s
work at the mills and lumber
plants.’’
Judge Newman, of the United
States court ,has handed down a
decision denying the Western 1 n
ion Telegraph Co. the right to
escape state taxation on its fran
chise. The company’s franchise
was assessed at $1,000.0(H) nn4
a board of arbitrators fixed its
value at half million.lt went in
to the federal courts, claiming
that its franchise was granted by
congress in 1866 and therefore
not taxable by the state. Judge
Hart demurred and Judge New
man sustained him.
As was expected, it has been found
lmi>oss'ble to construct the Panama
canal within the limit of the first
estimate of cost, or within double
that amount, the first estimate being
about 150,000,000. Vp to June
last $170,000,000 had been expended
u|on the canal, including the pur
chase price, and the job is not yet
half completed. The construction is
becoming more expensive as it pro
gresses, and w ill continue to do so. '
Now it is proposed that there shall ■
be an issue of $ 5,0,000,000 of bonus |
for the benefit of the canal, and it
isn't at all sure that even that will :
be enough money, it is even sug
gested that it may be found neces-;
sary to put a thousand millions into
the great ditch before it can be '
opened to commerce —Daw sou New s '
The Summerville News, Thursday, January 28, 1909.
GOOD ROADS
The address of Hon. William
F. Eve of Augusta, .before the
Southeastern Good Roads Con
vention in Atlanta recently,
attracted a great deal of atten
tion. Judge Eve is a “good road
builder.’’ He has given much of
his time to good road construction
and it is known that the roads
of Richmond county, of which he
is commissioner, are among the
very best in the south. Judge Eve
in part said:
“Mr. President and gentlemen
“I would not hesitate to recom
mend the issuing of bonds for
road improvement, whenever nec
essary. What I desire to press
on you is to organize and com
mence work, it matters not how
small the beginning.
“The most important thing to
be done in the commencement is
to select for your road superin
tendent a sober, industrious, in
telligent and practical man —one
who understands working hands,
and who can obtain results from
their labor, Highway construct
ion does not, like railroading, re
quire the skill of an engineer,
although occasionally it will be
necessary in locating a new road,
or in obtaining a proper grade
for the drainage, to employ one.
Few counties, especially in rural
districts can afford the luxury
of an engineer, their limited
means can be more profitably in
vested in equipment and labor
upon the roads.
“In selecting labor for roads,
1 would suggest and urgently
recommend convict labor, if you
can obtain it, as the cheapest and
most certain for this work. You
will get fully a third more and
better work from them, than you
will from the class of free labor
that you can hire. The per cap
ita per diem cost of convict la
bor for the last six months in
cluding superintendence, guard
ing, feeding, clothing, etc., in
Richmond county was forty-five
cents.
“You need not efar to use them
in road work. 'Jliirty years ex
perience in using misdemeanor
convicts and five years’ use of
felony convicts upon the roads of
Richmond county, demonstrate.'
t hat no danger may be apprehend
ed. The legislature of Georgia at
Us last session recognizing the
importance of good roads and
yielding to a popular demand,
passed an act placing all the con
victs upon the public roads of
the various counties of the state.
This I regard as one of the most
important and beneficila pieces
of legislation enacted for years.
“Having organized and equipp
ed your road force, you should
consider well the location of your
roads. It is true that, on level
a straight line is the shortest
distance between two points, but
it is not true in a rolling or hilly
country. Take a round ball and
cut it half and you will find that
it is the same distance over the
highest point of the half ball as
half the circumference of the bas
It is frequently cheaper and bet
ter to go around a hill and avoid
heavy grades, than to pass over
it, even if the distance is length
ened. As the weakest link of
the chain, the heaviest grade reg
ulates the load a team or engine
can carry over the road. The
load that can be carried by a giv
en team decreasing as the grade
increases; therefore, it is impor
tant that a road shall be as near
level as practicable. If a horse
can pull en a level road, one thous
ands pounds, he can pull only
half that amount on a grade of
four feet in one hundred feet, or
fifirybodys
A STAR SERIAL BEGINS
NOW
There is an article in this number with
abigjoltinit. DON’T MISS IT.
You know some of the things
Everybody’s has done. THIS IS
ANOTHER.
There is a storv bv the “ Pigs Is
Pigs ” man that is one long ache of
laughter, and back of these special
features a big, fine Everybody’s
Msgaziss.
one-fourth the amount on a road I
that has a rise of ten feet in one
hundred feet.
“The cost therefore, to the far
mer is twice as rnuc-h to market
his product over a road having a
four per cent grade as over a lev
el road and four times as much
on one having a ten per cent
grade.
“Too much consideration can
not be given to the proper loca
tion of your, roads. Having lo
cated your roads to the very
best advantage and secured the
least possible grade, attention
should then be directed to the
you should always keep in view
two essentials of good roads,—
easy grades aid proper drainage.
“Water is recognized as the
greatest enemy to roads. This is
true of all roads, especially earth
or clay roads. Roads should be
so crowned as to prevent
water standing or passing over
their surface. They should be
provided with side drains, so as
to receive the water falling up
on their surface and remove it
quickly so as to prevent absorp
tion. Under drainage should be
provided whenever necessary. In
draining you will keep in mind
that the greater fall you give
your drains the more rapidly they
will remove the water. A small
pipe or drain, with a good fall
will carry off a greater quantity
of w’ater and more rapidly than
a much larger drain with a
slight fall. Therefore, much la
bor and expense can be saved by
securing a proper grade for your
ditches. In constructing your side
ditches, make them flaring—that
is , smaller at the bottom. The
side next to the road should be
given a decided slope or incline
to prevent caving . All cross
drains should be built of brick
stone or vitrified pipe.
MONTVALE
The farmers in this section are
quite busy tearing away fences
from around their farms and
making general provisions for
the stock law now in vogue.
The school at this place is pro
gressing nicely with about 45 pu
pils in attendance.
Mr. Fayette Hammond of Trion
was visiting relatives at this
place Thursday. . 0
Rev. S. L. Williams of Rome
spent Saturday night at the home
of Mr. L. O. Bagwell near here.
The singing at Ebenezer Sun
day was quite a success. Quite
a large crowd attended.
Mr. and Mrs. Chapman of Lafa
ette were visiting relatives here
recently.
Mrs. B. E. Dunwoody spent
Thursday in Rome.
Oscar Owens who has been in
Texas for some time returned
a few days ago.
Miss Ola Fowler of Subligna
visited relatives here Saturday ar
Sunday.
Mr. Parsons of Dirttown visit
ed Mr. Youngblood and family
Wednesday.
Some of our energetic citizens
of Dry Creek unfortunately let
the days of the week slip by' un
noticed and went to work on Sun
day thinking it was Saturday the
good wife to her washing while,
her better half got out into the
woods to cutting wood and did
not discover the mistake until a
visitor happened in and inform
ed them of the faet.
We are always ready and anx
ious for Sunday tp come to get
out of work .and always keep
tab on said day.
Blue Bird.
Mr. W. C. Johnson was in Chat
tauooga part of last week on
business.
Mr. R. E. Echols of Lyerly was
here Tuesday.
For health and happiness-Dewitt’s
Little Early Risers-small, gentle,
ea»y, pleasant little pills, the best
made. Sold by Summerville Drug Co. i
FOR SALE.—One good mare
5 years old. —M. C. Johnson.
Summerville, Ga.
FOR SALE—An 80 acre farm
on the pike 2 miles north Lafay
ette. Running water, orchard,
tenant house and other out build
ings. Ground practically level.
Will sell reasonable. —T. A.
O'Neal, Lalayette, Ga.
One of Wisconsin’s Mothers
Always Keeps
3 Pe-ru-na in the
* “I am now able to do my house-
4 work again, and have a good appe-
£ - li,e ‘ -l have used thirteen bottles
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husband and children are also
« iQ 0:00(1 health. We alway s keep
h Peruna in the house. I thank
h A y° u a thousand times for your
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* 1914 Walnut St., Milwaukee,
2 el Wisconsin.
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Ty anv eno really wanted to find out whether or not Peruna Is good tor the
1 t abv who would ho naturally ask? Some one who never used Peruna? Som e
one who is prejudiced against Peruna? Some qne actuated by selfish motives
who is opposing Peruna for the sake of the notoriety?
Would any sane person who really wanted to know about Peruna ask any
of these people? Os course not. .
Who would they ask? They would ask mothers who have raised babies and
used Peruna for their babies times without number. They would ask the parents
who love th. ir families, and know more about Peruna than all the professional
Wr ‘ Above we give ’the portrait and testimonial of one of the mothers who has used
Peruna and who has raised healthy and hanpy babies. We have many more such
mothers tn every state in the Union. These mothers give their testimonials ei
tirely unsolicited, without pay or expectation of pay. Their only desire is to
point out to other mothers a useful and reliable family medicine.
HAIRISBLRG
The weather is very warm and
has been fur several days, and
is causing the peach buds to
swell and get in fair shape for
a cold snap, I’m afraid.
There has not been much farm?
ing done in this section since
Christmas.
The Sunday school at this plact
is in a flourishing condition un
der the superiptendence of Har
vey Mitchell.
j. F. Thurman is indisposed at
this writing with grippe.
Mrs. Ann Gilreath is convales
cing after about a week’s sick
ness with grippe.
The school at Lookout Hall is
progressing nicely under the man
agement of Miss Grace King.
M. M. Allen of Summerville
was in our burg the latter part
of last week on business.
Dr. W. 11. F. Rhyne of Lafay
ette spent Monday night with the
family of Mrs. Emma Martin.
Aliquis.
For Sale —I have about 50,000
Klondike strawberry plants for
sale at $1.50 per thousand. They
have been thoroughly cultivated
and fertilized and are tine plants.
H. E. Wyatt, Menlo, Ga.
Mr. T. J. Weaver of Chattoo
gaville was in town Tuesday.
Plant Wood’s Seeds
For The
Garden & Farm.
Thirty years in business, with
a steadily increasing trade every
year—until we have to-day one
of the largest businesses in seeds
in this country—is the best of
evidence as to
V Superior Quality
of Wood’s Seeds. f
We are headquarters for
Grass and Clover Seeds,
Seed Potatoes, Seed Oats,
Cow Peas, Soja Beans and
&11 Farm Seeds.
Wood’s Descriptive Catalog
the moat useful and valuable of
Garden and Farm seed Catalogs
mailed free on request.
T. W. WOOD § sons,
Seedsmen, • Richmond. Va.
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
I mucous surfaces. Hall’s Catarrh Cure
'is not a quack medicine. It is com
posed of the besst tonics known, com
Shined 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.
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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 Jtnd un
lucky days wil be furnished to those
who have our almanacs, free of
charge. Address The Peruna Co-
Columbus, Ohio.
A Sprained Ankle.
As a rule a man will feel well satis
flod if he can hobble around on crutch
es in two or three weeks after sprain-
I Ing his ankle, and it is often two or
1 three months before he is fully re
covered. This is an unnecessary loss
i of time, as by applying Chamberlain’s
: Liniment, as directed, a cure may as
a rule be effected in less than one
week’s time, and in many cases within
three days. Sold by Summerville
Drug Co.
If you are hunting for a row,
throw a rock at a man’s dog; or
■ criticise his children, or raise his
' taxes. These are all row-provok
j ers.—Marietta News.
Don’t Get a Divorce.
A western judge granted a di
vorce on account of ill-temper and
bad breath. Dr. King’s New Life
Pills would have prevented it.
They cure Constipation, causing
bad breath and Liver Trouble, the
ill-temper, dispel colds, banish
headaches, conquer chills. 25c at «
Summerville Drug Co.