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The Summerville News
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Summerville, Ga., Feb. 18, 1909
State Good Roads Day Feb. 22.
Good roads day all over the
stale on Washington’s birthday,
February 22, with good roads
meetings at each county seat, is
the valuable and timely sugges
tion of President Fred L. White,
of the Good Road Club, ol Geor
gia.
Nor has President White con
tented himself with merely offer
ing the suggestion. He has taken
hold of it in earnest, and by corn
spondcnce with newspapers, rum.
free delivery carriers, merchants,
county commissioners and others
interested, has aroused an enthu
siasm that gives promise of good
r<s<ults in many counties.
February 22nd being a holiday
furnishes a splendid opportunity
for these gatherings. The rural
carriers are all interested and will
attend generally.
In many counties there is a
strong sentiment in favor of bom
issues for permanent road im
provement ; in others betterment
of the present dirt roads is com
templated.
An active interest on the part
<d' citizens will prove id no lit th 1
assistance to the county commis
sioners in prosecuting their plans
for road work during the coming
year.
There should be a good roads
club in every county in Georgia;
there is no more important pro
gressive movement with which
the people can now align them
selves.
By all means make February
22nd state good roads day—At
lanta Constitution.
The Hon. Joseph M. Brown has
announced that in his first mes
sage to the legislature he will re
commond bi ennial sessions. The
state press has been agitating the
question for some time and there
seems to be a strong sentiment in
favor id 1 the change.
The total estimated amount o
money in circulation in the I ni
ted States on February Ist, was
$3,091,312,544. The present per
capita circulation is estimated at
$35, the highest ever reached in
the history of the country.
Vinol Cures Chronic Coughs.
Collis and Bronchitis
After Other Remedies Fail
“I have been troubled with a ehro
nic cold and bronchitis for a long
time and have tried many reme
dies without finding relief.
Through the kind suggestion of a
friend 1 tried \ inol, and aftea
taking four bottles, am entirely
cured. A. 11. tide, i33-bth
Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn.
8. McDonald, 147 W. Congress
st., St. Paul, Minn., writes. ‘ 1
contracted a severe cold last win
ter and thought I would never get
rid of it. I tried Vinol as a last
resort, and it has completely cur
ed me.”
Vinol combines two world-fam
ed tonics, the healing, medicinal
properties of eod liver oil and
tome iron, deliciously palatable
and agreeable tv the weakest
stomach. For this reason. Vinol
is unexcelled as a strength build
er for old people, delicate chil
dren. weak and run down persons
after sickness and for Chronic
Coughs. Colds and Bronchitis.
Vinol is sold ui Summerville by
Summerville Drug Co.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
Chattooga County Bank To Be
Changed to National Bank
The annual meeting of the
stockholders and directors of the
Chattooga County Bank was held
at the office of the bank last
Wednesday.
The bank had a very prosperoi
year and the stockholders were
very much pleased with the re
port of the bank’s progress and
the excellent showing it has made
The report to the stockholders
showed a net earning of a little
more than 16 per cent, A divi
dend of 10 per cent, was declar
ed and will be paid March 1, and
the remainder of the earnings adc
ed to the surplus fund.
The stockholders unanimously
agreed and authorized the offi
cers to proceed Io secure a na
tional bank charter and reor
ganize the bank under same. Af
ter the charter is obtained the
bank will be known a.s the First
National Bank of Summerville. It
will take sometime to do this,
but on or before May 1, the
stockholders expect to have this
change brought about, which will
mean much for the financial in
terests of the town and county.
The capital stock of the bank
will be increased from slß,(>■>.> to
$30,(»00.
All the old officers were re
elected as follows: Jno. 1). Tay
lor, President; J. W. Cavender,
vice president; J. 11. Edge, cash
ier. ’
All the old directors were re
elected with the exception oj' Mr.
J. 11. Hawkins, of Rome, who wa>
ineligible to serve as a director
on account of having sold his
stock in the bank. Mr. Thomp
son Hiles of Rome was alerted in
his place. The directors are,
Jno. I). Taylor, Thompson Hiles,
W. 11. Penn, A. S. Ilin* on, B. 11.
Edmondson, G. T. Myers, T M.
Ballenger, J. C. Hutchins and S.
C. Martin.
Statement of the condition of the
BANK OF MENLO
Located at Menlo, Georgia, at
the close of business February 5,
1909.
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts 40,316.79
Demand loans 1,000.00
Overdrafts 613.27
Bonds and stocks owned
by the bank 2,000.0 p
Banking house 2,.>01.42
Furniture and fixtures 1,316.70
Due from banks a.nd bank-
ers in this state 10.82
Due from banks and bank-
ers in other stales 6,311.99
Currency 1,897.00
Silver, nickels and pennies 298.77
Cheeks and cash items 183.02
Interest paid 49.95
Insurance fund 2,927.05
Total $57,726.78
LIABILFI lES
Capital stock paid in 1a.000.00
Undivided profits, less cur-
rent expeiisAs and taxes
paid 1,239.69
Due to banks and bank-
ers in this state 3,000.00
Due to banks and bank-
ers in other states 14,000.00
Due unpaid dividends 24.00
Individual deposits subject
tocheek 22.605.61
Time certificates 1.1.>7.>3
Cashier’s cheeks 199.9a
Total $.>7.720.78
State of Georgia, Chattooga
county.
Before me came W. S. McClel
lan, cashier of Bank of Menlo,.
who being duly sworn, says that ,
the above and forgoing statement .
is a true eondit n of said bank,
as shown by the books of file in
said bank.
W. S. McClellan.
Sworn to and subscribed be
ofre me, this 16th day of Feb.,
1909.
11. C. Jennings, N. P. A J. P.
Promise your patronage to
your home merchants so long . s
they merit it by giving you goods
at fair prices.
If you need a pill take DeWitt's
Little Early Risers. Insist on them:
gentle. easy, pleasant, little liver pills
Sold bv Summerville Drug Co.
FROM UNCLE JIM FOWLER’S BOY
Mr. EditorDere nigger in
his epecurian taste sometimes hab
lots of trubble, yer no, bout his
diet, but dats nebber de case
when billie possum and taters am
on de table a sizzin hot and a
splutterin, and he am so konsti
tuted dat casionally he am bleg
ed to hab a mess ob possum and
es he fails in dis, den his natiny
gwine ter git in bad fix. Dis was
de kondition uncle Joe Patterson
got into. It had bin fer de long
est since he had a mess ob pos
sum. He hunt wid his houn and
couldn’t find none. He hunt wid
his fice and couldn’t find nun.
He hunt wid his bull dwarg and
couldn’t find nun. And so nat
erally uncle Joe was gittin mon
strous poorly. One nite when he
was restless, feelin mity bad and
couldn’t sleep wid possum on his
mind, something got among de
chickens and uncle Joe crept out
darter see what wuz sturbin ob
dem chickens, kase es dar was
enny thing uncle Jo lubs next
ter possums it am fat pullets.
Twant long arter he went out
dar fore he gin to holler and rais
sich a hullabulloo dat his ole
ooman got dat scared bout dat
nigger she tore out darter see
what wuz de matter. And den it
wuz she foun uncle Jo swinging
on to a possum by de tail fer der
life. When dey got dat possum
ter de house his ole ooman say
to uncle Jo, “Now jess put dat
possum under a box and expire
to bed and git sum res.” Uncle
Jo say, “Not me.” He say he
gwinter clean dat possum rite
now and put him on to bile, den
he no he cant git away from him.
'Twant long fore he had dat pos
sum in de pot an on de fiar jess
a bilin an a sizzin. Yer ought
to hab seed de smile what playd
roun de korners ob uncle Jo s
motif whin he exhale de aroma ol
dat. possum. Uncle Jo havin loss
so much sleep on count ob trub
ble in mine, and dat mine bein
now passified he gin ter git
sleepy. So he ruminated in his
mine and say to he self, “pos
sum gittin so scare dese days on
count of folks kotchin so many
fer Mars Taf dat whilst 1 got
dis one ime gwinter make de mos
ob him. Darfor ime gwinter go
ter sleep whilst it am kookin an
dream 1 eat up dat possum all
up an when 1 wakes up den I ete:
him sho nuff, an in dat way I
gits ter etc dat possum too times.
Sho nuff ’twant long fore un
cle .Jo was in de lan ob nod an
snorin ter beat Jo Brown. Whilst
he wuz a rummatin in his sleep
bout eat in dat possum a dirty,
black nigger passen de road smel
de roma ob dat possum kookin an
krept up dar, saw uncle Jo was
a sleep and so slipt in dar an
eat up diit possum and put de
bones twix uncle Jo’s feet ad put
th pot back on de fiar and tuck
a little piece ob de skin ob dat
I ossum and rub it in de palms ob
uncle Jo’s hands, rub it all roun
his mouf and let' out. Twant
long fore uncle Jo waked up an
he ehuekled ter he self and rub
he hans tergether an say, “I sho
had sich a fine time eatin ob dat
possum in my dream now ime
gwinter eat him sho nuff. So
he raise dat lid oft dat pot ami
lo dar was no possum dar. 1
wish yer cud hab seed de spresh
un of uncle Jo’s continence. It
wood h:il> melted de hart ob a
kiekin mule. It were de pieter
of wonder, awe and superstition.
He sot dat pot down an look at
dem bones twix his feet an he
say, “denis sho possum bones.
Den he look at de palms ob he
hans and he say, “possum bin
dar.” Den he lap he tong out
roun his lips and he say. pos
sum bin dar.’’ Den he gin ter
press his hans roun his circum
frenee and dar was sich a feelin
ob goneness dar dat he say. he
be darned if dar bin any possum
dar.” So dat nigger bin rumi
natin in he mine whedder he eat
dat possum whilst he was a slep
or whedder somebody stole him
or whedder de whole thing was
j ,-s a drea n from first to last,
l et dat be : s it may uncle Jo has \
had a uudder relapse and gittin |
mity poorly agin.
Yourn truly.
Uncle Jim Fowler's Boy.
DRY VALLEY.
Editor News: It rains and it
rains and Dry Valley is no lon
ger dry. In January when the
weather was so warm a man from
Alabama, when up here on a vis
it, said that the earth quake at
Messinna, Italy, caused our coun
try to move south six hundred
miles, and when it turned colder
your Menlo correspondent said
our country had moved up to the
north pole. Now, who is correct'!
Neither one. Their minds are sub
ject or given to delusive imagi
nations.
Mrs. O. D. Wyatt, Miss Hettie
May Wyatt and Master Joe Wy
att were the pleasant guests of
Mr. and Mrs. D. M. White re
cently. Master Joe brought his
twenty-two calibre unerring rifle
with him but Joe’ pleasure was
somewhat marred by a piece of
shell getting lodged in the gun.
Who said Tom Cochran went tc
Chelsea every Sunday? We wish
Tom success for he is a worthy
young man, and that cold Sun
day had no terrors for John Coch
ran for he was Chelsea bound.
The box supper at the Echols
School house recently was a de
cided success. Some spirit of ri
valry existed among the. boys
when some favorite boxes were
auctioned off. Quite a neat
little sum was raised which goes
to repair the school house. Who
said that Rube Beavers could not
dance? I do wish Uncle Jim Fow
ler’s Boy could have seen him.
The way he cut that pigeon wing
He spinned around just like a
toy,
Such fantastics curves as the mu
sic would ring,
Would have astonished Uncle
Jim Fowler’s Bey.
The people in this valley are
going to observe strictly the stock
law. This is right, yet some of
them did not want, stock
law. They will observe it and
give no one any trouble by allow
ing their stock to trespass on
their neighbors’ crops, and there
by avoid damage suits and law
yer fees and ill feelings to one
another.
Ben Echols is erecting a hand
some pasture fence. We all should
erect substantial pasture fences
and be sure that our stock will
not get out.
John Alexander is one of our
hustling farmers of our near by
Broom Town valley. He is in
the cross tie business as a side
issue.
The whistle of the saw mill en
gines are heard m the distance
and our people seem to be im
bued with the spirit of energy.
The Man from Town.
Application for Administration
GEORGIA— Chattooga county.
To whom it may concern:
Nancy M. Stokes having made
application to me in due form
to be appointed permanent ad
ministrator upon the estate ol
James P. Simmons, late of said
county. Notice is hereby given
that said application will be
heard at the regular term of the
court of Ordinary for said coun
ty, to be held on the first Mon
day in March. 1909.
Witness my hand and official
signature, this Ist day of Febru
ary, 1909.
J. P. JOHNSTON, Ordinary.
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
original. 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 Administration.
T«. whom it may concern:
S. H. Johnson, having made ap-.
i plication for permanent admiuis-:
tration upon the estate of Aman
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
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.
BROWN REITERATES
CAMPAIGN PLEDGE.
Won’t Permit Any Change in
Prohibition Law
Atlanta, Ga.— In an interview
given out Monday evening while
in Atlanta en route to Monroe,
Governor-elect Joseph M. Brown
is quoted as reiterating his pledge
that if the legislature changes om
syllable of the prohibition law
during his administration he will
veto the change. The governor
elect also corrected an erroneous
impression growing out of his
speech at Jackson recently on the
prohibition law.
He is quoted as saying;
“I was misund-Tstood m part
1 clearly stated that I thought
that the law ought not to have
I cen framed so as to prohibit the
making of blackberry wine by
our country housewives, since
blackberry wine is used as a med
ieine and not as a beverage; but
I added that I would, if elected
veto any change whatever which
the legislature might make in this
law. Therefore, if a single syl
lable of the law is changed by
the legislature during the term foi
which I have been elected I will
protect that pledge and veto it.
Governor-elect Brown also re
iterated his expressed intention o
being inducted into ofifee in June
without pomp or ceremony and
stated that he would come in on
a car as usual, and walk up to
the capitol as he has walked one
or two thousand times before.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo, ss.
Lucas County.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner of the firm of
F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business
in the city of Toledo, County and stai
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of One Hundred Dollars,
for each case of catarrh that can
not be cured by the use of Hall’s Ca
tarrh cure. FRANK J. CHENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 6th day of De
cember, A. D. 1861.
Seal. A. W. GLEASON.
Notary Public.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by all druggists. 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipa
tion.
Bearn the Kind Ha ' B * lwa ’> s
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Among the visitors here Tues
day were, Dr. J. W. Bryant, of
Lyerly; Mr. J. N. Taliaferro of
Taliaferro; Mr. J. C. Doster of
Chattoogaville; Mr. Jones Cargal
of Sand Mountain; Mr. R. B.
Johnston of New; Mr. Jules V.
Wheeler and Mr. John Cargal.
Mr. 11. D. Mallieoat made a bus
iness trip to Lyerly Tuesday.
MsPills
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And ALL DISEASES arising from a
Torpid Liver and Bad Digestion
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Inks Ko Substitute.
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| Attention School Trustees
t Do you want the best desk and the only one I
f with a seat hinge that will REMAIN ALWa\ S ;
* ABSOLUTEY NOISELESS? I know you want ;
t the best if you live in Chattooga county, and I !
* want an opportunity to sell you the best school ;
| Desks made. The “New Caxton” is the acme :
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1 School Furniture ancFSupplies, 4
I Office Fixtures and Iron Safes. 4
I Store and Bank Fixtures j
CATARRHAL ASTHMA.
One Bottle of Pe-ru-na.
Til 7
I* 2*
Sfr 1
MR. F. L. BOULLIOUN.
MR. F. L. BOULLIOUN, 2618 State
St., Little Rock, Ark., writes:
‘•I have been a sufferer with the asth
ma for about four years, and I tried
different kinds of medicines and could
not find any relief for it.
“I tried your medicines, bought a bot
tle of Peruna, and after taking about
half of it I must say that I have not had
the asthma since. Before I took t lie med
icine I did not know what it was to go
to bed without having the asthma.”
Systemic. Catarrh.
Mr. Samuel Burden, 701 Springfield
Ave., Summit, N. J., writes:
“In the fall of 1900 I had repeated
attacks of cold, which developed into
systemic catarrh.
“It left me very weak and all run.
down. When I got up in the morning
It would take about an hour to get my
head and throat clear.
“It also left me with a very weak,
all-gone, empty feeling in my stomach,
which I thought ['• |
was dyspepsia, for Weak and All
which I tried dis- Run Down,
fer en t remedies * ■ * r
with very little improvement.
“I finally decided to give Peruna a
trial. I felt benefited with the firstdose.
After taking three bottles I was en
tirely cured. I cannot speak in too
high terms of your wonderful discov
ery, Peruna.”
Peruna is manufactured by the
Peruna Drug Mfg. Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Application for Guardianship.
GEORGlA—Chattooga county.
F. M. Allen, a resident of said
state, having applied to be ap
pointed guardian of the person |
and property of Emily Allen, lu- :
natic resident in said county, no- |
tice is hereby given that said ap- t
plication will be passed on at the
next court of Ordinary for said
county to be held on the first
Monday in March, iuo9.
Witness my hand and official
signature, this Ist day of Febru
ary, 1909.
J. P. JOHNSTON,
Ordinary Chattooga Co.
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 cause 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. 50e and SI.OO
Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by
Summerville Drug Co.
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