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The Summerville News Published Every Thursday. BY THE NEWS PUBLISHING CO. O. .J. Espy, Editor and Manager. Terms of Subscription: One Year SI.OO Six Months 50c Three Months 25c Advertising Plates will be Made Known on Application. Entered at the Summerville Post Office as Second Class Mail Matter. ’Phone No. 6. Summerville, Ga., Feb. 11, 1909 Representative Bell has intro duced in the house of represen tatioe a bill to return to the state of Georgia the money illegally collected from cotton taxes dur ing and just after the civil war- Georgia's part of this amount, which the supreme court lias held was illegally uollected, amounts to about §11,000,000. Through the efforts of the Texas State Farmers’ union a currency bill will be introduced in the na tional Congress to provide that cotton certificates may be used as basis for the issuance of bank note currency, the same as may now be done with government, state and municipal bonds, as well as. railroad bonds and other commercial paper. - An Atlanta dispatch says, “It is practically certain that a strong fight will be made at the coming session of the general assembly for a change to biennial instead of annual sessions of the legislature. Sentiment in favor of such a change has almost crystalized into a general demand and it is believed that if a consti tutional amendment providing it were subruited to the people, it would be approved overwhelm ingly.” .. ! —• *■' •"■ - ■ 1— The despised cockleburr bids fair to become a product of culti vation. An experiment of mak ing oil from the weed in a mill erected for the purpose at Vidalia La., is said to have proved very successful, and the farmers in that section have gone in for its gathering on a large scale. The promoters of the plan say the future may develop a cockleburr plantation in place of cotton. ■ I ■ ■ — I The revenue of the state for 1908 will show an increase of al most a half million dollars over 1907, according to the report of State Treasurer R. E. Park, which is now being prepared. The exact figures showing the in carease in the revenue over 1907 are: For 1908, $5,388,278,16, for 1907, $5,814,764.83. The exact increase is $574 508.33. The law that tuxes a piece of property and also the note for the purchase money is unjust. I’nder this law, it A buys a piece of property from B for SI,OOO on a credit, giving B his note, from that time forward a tax must be paid on both the property ami the note. A pays the tax on the property and B pays the tax on the note. A does not own the place until he pays for it. and tin til he does pay for it is only in control of it. That is a double tax; the property that paid $5 taxes before the purchase by A now pays $lO. Marietta Journal Tutt’sPills This popular remedy never fails to etuxtually cure nsia, Constipation, Sick % Biliousness DISEASES arising from n -d Bad Digestion t is good appetite small; elegant* •v toswaho.-.. Our Lack of Prosperity. All these prosperity leagues, boomer clubs and industrial con ventions mean that the people generally are not getting along well. Men making money do not spend their time in planning bow to make money. Years ago Alexander II Ste phens said that the rich were getting richer and the poor poor er. He was sharply criticised at the time for making this state ment, but we see for ourselves how it is now. The root of this trouble is in the people th< mselves. They al low their governmental expenses to be unnecessarily and inordi nately great. They support too many other people in the shape of public functionaries, they meekly submit to the most ex travagant appropriations, and then groan over burdens they imposed on themselves. They are the w’orst taxed people in the world, because they are the most gullible or the most docile people in the world. Let us fa Georgia, for instance At the hot census it had a white populate n of some 1,200,000, which population for all practical purpose is the one that owns property and bears the burden of government. It takes about $1,000,000,000 annually to operate the United States government, and our share of it is some $10,000,('00. Our State government costs about $1,800,000 annually. Our county and municipal govern ments, with the extra educational taxes levied in various subdi visions, amount to about the same, making a grand aggregate of some $20,000,000. Practically it is the white adult males of Georgia who bear the burden, and these at the last census num bered 277,496, Deduct the crimi nal and afflicted classes, and you have some 250,000 men assessed SBO a year each for the support of the multiplied forms of govern ment under which they live. No man escapes it. He may not walk up to the tax office and pay it visibly, but it comes out of him all the same. We have $700,000.- 000 of property in Georgia, and at our present rate of cost of government in one single genera tion it will go, and must be made up, only to go again. What happens in Georgia oc curs elsewhere throughout the country. The cost of government is so great that prosperity cannot co-exist with it. Our trouble is not so much that we cannot make a living, as that too much, far too much, is taken away from what we do make. Augusta Chronicle The Hall county grand jury has fouml true bills against W. Dyer, former oi binary and for mer chairman of the board of roads and revenues; I. F. Dun ean and Jet! D. Whelchel, former members of the board, for mal practice in office. ■■■ ♦ ■— ■ «*- —• Ho Kw: V. V/as Found. A cki ■■ m.iu while going to church cm* S’ inlay morning lost a pocketbook containing valuable pa pers. After the service he made known hi.- L' .s and saiJ that who ever found the pocketbook and re stored it to him would be well re warded. An old man immediately rose uu at the ba k of the church and criea out: “It's found, sir!” “Oh, t’ ink von, thank you, my man!” said the clergyman. “Have you got it virh you?” “No, r.” nn-vered the man, “but 1 coir- 1 that way myself after von did. a: 1 it «a n’t there then.” —London Answers. Impatient. “Well, if t! ain't the limit!” mused the •'ostium as he came down the sir's of a private resi dence. “What’s trouble?” queried the pas.- ; .» . : <n, who had over heard the po.-tmans noisy thought. “W'r.v," explained the man in gray, “the v omen in that house says if I don’t come along earlier she'l • ’ -s from some oth •r carr; —Ch.caco News. Milledgeville Editor News: Your valuable paper is a welcome guest in our home, and if you will permit I ( would like to step in and say a few words to my friends in old Chattooga about Milledgeville and its schools. Milledgeville has a population of near 9,000 and is located in Baldwin county near the geo graphical center of Geergia, and is noted for its healthful climate, good schools and churches and other public institutions. The sanitarium with 3,360 in sane people within its walls is lo cated near here. The Georgia re formitory for young criminals, and also the penitentiary togeth er with the state farm is located in Baldwin county. But the school is what I wish to speak of. The Georgia Normal and Industrial school for girls and young ladies, with an atten dance of 525 girls from most every county in Georgia and from other states. It’s one of the best institutions of learning in the state. The Georgia military college with over 500 students is i fine school. Any one wishing further infor mation about the schools can get a catalogue by writing the presi dents, Prof. Reynolds of the G. M. C , Prof. Parks of the G. N. & I. C. If this escapes the waste bas ket I will tell the readers of the News of my visit to south Geor gia and its cheap lands, L. S. Thacker EDWARDS—TRESCARTES A very pretty romance which began in Texas culminated here when Miss Callie Edwards, a charming young lady of Teloga, and Mr. Albert Trescartes, a ris ing young man of Nevada, were happily married Thursday, Feb. 4th, D. A. Hemphill officiating. Miss Edwards became acquaint ed with Mr. Trescartes in Texas and when she, with her parents, came to Georgia he set out for the distance west to build a home and fortune having smiled on him he came to Georgia to wed the girl of his choice, although so far from each other they remain ed true to their first love, and this pretty romance was ended when they were happily married here. Such is the course of true love. Mr. Trescartes, with his bride, left ofr their western home Sat urday, Feb. 6th. Mrs. Trescarte’s many friends wish them joy, happiness and success in their far western home The News has just received a big lot of new stationery. When you need anything in job print ing consult us. Hoarse coughs and stuffy colds that may develop into pneumonia over night are quickly cured by Foley’s Honey and Tar, and it soothes in flamed membranes, heals the lungs, and expels the cold from the system. Sold by all Druggists. WANTED. —IO,OOO cross ties delivered on Central of Geor gia railroad.—N. "K. Bitting. Lame Shoulder This is a common form of muscular rheumatism. No internal treatment is needed. Apply Chamberlain's Liniment freely three times a day and a quick cure is certain. This liniment has proven especially val uable for muscular and chronic rheu matism. Sold by Summerville Drug Co. Trouble In Store For John. Mrs. Freende Why, what are you crying about? Mrs. Newwedde —Well, you know Jahn is away from home for a week on business. “Yes.” “He writes that he gets out my photo and k-k-kisses it every day.” “Well, that's surely nothing for you to cry about.” “Yes; it was just for a joke I took my picture out of his bag be- ; fore he started and put one of m-m-mother’s in its place.”—Lon don Scraps. CASTOniA.. Bfars W Yw H3W HIWyS il«gK Stature _/ j// $ ' of Plan Projected to Make the Use of Cotton More General. Atlanta, Ga. —President Chas. S. Barrett, of the National Farm ' ers’ Union appeals to members of his organization to promote the use of cotton by employing it as bagging and clothing to as great extent as practicable, in a letter just issued. The address is directed to all the officers and members of the union and begins with the reques that at the next meeting all or ganizations take action looking t< wards the promotion of the move ment. He trusts that everything possible be done to widen the use of cotton in every direction. “The Farmers’ Union is on record as being the first in the field to work for such exten sion of the use of the South’s leading staple crop,” he says. “Our work from year to year am at our conventions has tend ed to promote this idea. There have been several indications ol late that responsible organization of the country are waking up to the advantage of assisting us in this regard, and we simply can not afford to neglect the duty of pushing this great movement at this most propitious time. “Activity is demanded of us from the fact that source after source, government department after government department, as sociation after association has tak en steps looking to increasing the consumption of cotton. At your next meeting I urge most earnestly that you request the local and wholesale merchant pou patronize to specify that all commodities they handle in wrap pers be enclosed in cotton. Os course there will be some cases where the substitution is not praticcable. It is practical in any number of instances where no other coverings are used. “The man from whom you buy your sugar, your flour, your meats, your clothing—the major ity of the every day necessaries of life—has it in his power to help on this movement. He c, an d i so by demanding that the man ufacturers and jobbers and wholesaler use cotton wrappings, wherever possible. You patrom;. him. Make him assist you. It is to his interests no levs than your own. Visit such men personally, through strong and influential committees. You will never ac complish anything unless you go after the matter yourselves. “Efforts, practical and per sistent, in this direction, can in erd ase the annual cansumption of cotton hundreds of thousands of bales. It can raise the price a cent or the fractional part oi a cent every year for good. “1 draw your attention to the fact that mills are already manu facturing for the wrappings of cotton bales in substitute for jute “This matter is one of the mos urgent now before the banners Union. I believe that the public ean be educated into the use of cotton articles in such a fashion as will ultimately double the pres ent consumption of the staple. The suggestions I have outlined for immediate action will jimit*-*.;* good beginnjag hi lhai'direction. I " ' •'"' There is not any better salve than DeWit's Carbolized Witch Hazel salve We hereby warn the public that we are not responsible for any injurious effects caused from worthless or poisonous imitations of our DeWitt s Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve, the orjginal. It is good for anything where a salve is needed, but it is especially good for piles. Be sure you get De- Witt's. Sold by Summerville Drug Co. Application for Administ r atioi T whom it may concern: S. 11. Johnson, having made ap plication for permanent adminis- i tration upon the estate of An an-1 da Johnson, late of said county notice is hereby given that said ; application will be heard at the; regular term of the court of Or i dinary for said county to be held on the first Monday in March, 1909. Witness my hand and official signature, this Ist day of Febru-' ary. 1909. J. P. JOHNSTON. Ordinary. : Literary Society The Scab Wright Literary So ciety met and organized on Sat urday night, Feb. 6. After a short talk by Mr. Walter Weaver Mr. James Owings was elected temporary chairman; Miss Myr tle Crain, secretary. Then the society went into business and elected the following officers: C. E. Doster, president; Claude Palmer, vice president; Miss Myrtle Crain, secretary. After the election of officers the society was named “The Sea born Wright Literary Society of Gore, Georgia.” Trie following committees were appointed: The Subject Committee—Tom Weaver, Miss Maude Crain, Jud son McCollum. The Rule and Regulation Com mittee —Allen Satterfield, Will McCollum, with the president and vice president. The Membership Committee — T. M. Ballenger, Miss Ciessie Owens, John McCollum. Tom Weaver was elected Mar shal. Then recitations by Will Patrick and Henry Owings. With an invitation to everybody to meet with our society and school next Saturdaj night at seven o’clock, the society was dismissed by Mr. Weaver. X Soldier Balks Death Plot It seemed to J. A. Stone, a civ il war veteran, of Kemp, Texas, that a plot existed between a desperate lung trouble and the grave to eause his death. “I contracted a stubborn cold,’ he writes, “that developed a cough that stuck to me, in spite of all remedies, for years. My weight ran down to 130 pounds. Then 1 began to use Dr. King’s New Discovery, which restored my health completely. I now weigh 178 pounds.” For severe colds obstinate coughs, Hemorrhages, Asthma, and to prevent Pneumo nia it is unrivaled. 50c and SI.OO Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by Summerville Drug Co. EXCURSION RATES Via Central of Georgia Railway Company. To Washington, D. C,—Account Presidential Inauguration March 4th, 1909. Tickets on sale Feb ruary 28, March 1, 2 and 3, 1909. Final return limit March 10, 1909 Passengers must leave Washing ton not later than midnight of March 8, 1909. To Birmingham, Ala.—Account Laymen’s Missionary Movement, Presbyterian church in the U. S. February 16-18, 1909. Tickets on sale February 14-15 and for trains scheduled to arrive in Bir mingham before 1:00 p. m. Feb ruary 16, 1909. Final return lim it leaving Birmingham not later than February 20, 1909. To Louisville, Ky.—Account Southern Electrical and Industria Exposition, Apr. 12-24, 1909. Tick, els on sale April 11, 12, 20, 1909, good to leave.-Ebimtjfi o returning not later than Apr!! 26, 1909. - ■"Tor full information in regard to total rates, schedules, etc., ap ply to nearest ticket agent. Attention School Trustees. Do you want the best desk and the only one with a seat hinge that will REMAIN ALWAYS ABSOLUTEY NOISELESS? I know you want the best if you live in Chattooga county and I want an opportunity to sell you the bestschool made. The Caxton” is the acme of per fection in design, in construction and in dura bility. Write, C. D. SATTERFIELD 14 E. nth street, Chattanooga, Tenn. School and S u PP lis ' >ud Iron Safes, Bank Fixtures PERUNA TONIC FOR COUGHS, COLDS, CATARRH. B&L W t I Up* - * JOSEPH HALL CHASE. ( Gentlemen: I have used Peruna ? J and find that it cannot be equaled as S < a tonic, as well as a cure for coughs, ? ? colds and catarrh. > < You are authorized to use my ( < photo with testimonial in any pub- > < lication. „ „. ? S Joseph H. 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