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VOL. XXII NO. 10.
PEACH CROP TO BE
HIGH-PRICED ONE
Atlanta, Ga. May 11. —While
> the peach crop will not be as large
as last year, indications now are
‘jFThat it will be the highest priced
in the history of the industry.
There will be more peaches
bought on the track than ever be
fore, and at higher prices.
According to growers who have
reported to the Georgia Fruit ex
change, representatives of the
'leading commission houses of the
east and west are in the fruit belt
soliciting f. o. b. shipments. They
are offering prices ranging from
$1 to $1.25 net a crate, and are
finding few acceptances at these
figures.
The growers, relying on the
new plan of shipment as adopted
by the exchange, will hold out foi
$1.50 a crate and it is the general
belief that growers who accept
offers at a figure any less than
this will do so at a loss.
Under the exchange plan f. o.
b. shipments are protected the
same as the others from glutting
in the markets. The commission
men, appreciating this, are all the
■ more anxious to buy their fruit
on the track and get the benefit
of high prices in the markets. It
is believed that the growers will
recoup themselves for all their
previous losses.
The executive committee of the
exchange will meet here on Wed
nesday. At that time the organi
zation machinery will have been
completed, and every plan for
the shipping season, which begins
about June 1, will be ratified, as
will also the contracts with the
exchange agent’s in the markets
and at the shipping points in the
Georgia territory.
The committeemen will also rat
ify the arrangements of schedules
with the railroads. Estimates of
the season’s yield still stand at
from 3.000 to 3,500 cars, or from
50 to 55 per cent of last year’s
crop.
MRS. SAGE GIVES $25,000
TO BERRY SCHOOL
As a result of the visit a short
lime ago by the Ogden education
al party to the school of Miss
Martha Berry for boys near Rome
it is said that Mrs. Russell Sage
has contributed $25,000 to the en
dowment fund of the institution
After the educational conference
in Atlanta, Mr. Ogden and his
party visited Miss Berry’s school
and the members were highly
pleased with the work being done
for the boys of the Georgia moun
tains by this well-known Georgia
woman. A promise was made at
that time that the school and
the good work it is doing would
be brought to the attention of
those inclined to make gifts for
educational purposes.
A conditional gift from An
drew Carnegie, it is announced,
has been received. Mr. Carnegie
has promised $25,000 provide
$75,000 additional was raised
and the $25,000 from Mrs. Sage
will reduce this amount to $50,-
000.
Merritt & Bullock of Chelsea,
Ga., have just received a large
car load of the famous Turnbull
Wagons and invite every one
needing a first class wagon to
call and examine the best wagon
..on wheels. 1 3-8 inch brake rol
lers on all 2 horse wagons and
several others new improvements.
Won’t Slight a Good Friend.
“If over I need a cough medi
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declares Mrs. A. L. Alley of Beals
Me., “for after using ten bottles
of Dr. King’s New Discovery,
and seeing its excellent results
in my own family and others, I
am convinced it is the best medi
cine made for Coughs, Colds and
lung trouble.” Every one who
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cure surprises you. For Bronchi
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The Summerville News.
LYERLY. ‘
Miss Minnie Rose has- been quit
sick for several days.
Dr. Ben Stark has returned
from Knoxville where he attend
ed the State Medeial examination
Miss Pearl Burney has returned
from a short visit to friends in
Chattanooga.
Little Miss Bessie Groce is
quite sick.
Mr. and Mrs,.} . L. Pollock and
son, spent Thursday in Chatta
nooga.
Mr. George Harper is recov
ering from a recent illness.
The many friends of Miss Nell
Thurman will regret to know she
is seriously ill at her home in
Trenton. Ga.
Dr. Smith anil wife passed
through Lyerly Thursday on a
visit to Rome.
J. 11. Hill has returned from
Milledgeville.
Miss Louise Taliaferro is on
the sick list this week.
Dr. Jack Bryant was called here
on professional business’ Friday.
Mrs. J. A. Owens, who has
been very sick for several months
is still confined to her bed. T <"
Jim Floyd, one of Chattooga
ville’s prosperous farmers, was
in Lyerly Friday.
Miss Bertha Watson has re-'
turned from a pleasant visit to
Chattanooga.
Dr. Ben Stark has been real
sick for several days.
Mr. -Bob Anderson left Thurs
day for a ten days’ trip to Flor
ida.
Edgar Shearer has gone to
Broomtown, Ala., to spend some
time with his uncle.
Mr. and Mrs. Ike Pollock and
children have been visitijjig in
Rome for a few days.
Mrs. Albert Perry has return
ed from a visit to relatives in
Rome.
Miss Glennie Anderson spent
Saturday with Mrs., G. R. Ander
son.
Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Shearer
were in Summerville Monday.
Rev. Wright filled his ap
pointment here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Edwards
were in Chelsea Sunday.
Miss Sallie Hollis has return
ed from Trion where she has been
visiting friends for several days.
Miss Alice White was the
guest of Misses Cora O’Briant and
Willie Richardson Sunday.
Master Robert Crawford who
continues very ill, has gone to
Rome for treatment.
Mr. and Mrs, J. A. O’Briant
and son, Luther, are visiting rel
atives in Rome.
Mr. J. A. Rose of Trion was in
Lyerly Sunday.
Mrs. A. C. Powell and Mrs. D.
D. Dover were guests of Mrs.
Powell in Raccoon Thursday.
Mrs. J. Lee and Miss Treze
vant Lee were shopping in Rome
Monday.
'Mr. Johta Doster came down
from Chattanooga to spend Sun
day with his parents.
Mrs. Della Dorsey is visiting
her mother near Rome.
Miss Mary Lizzie Rose attend
ed the funeral of Mrs. Mahala
Rose in Trion Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Williams
spent Saturday and Sunday at
Chattoogaville.
Mr. Grayson Shearer and fami
ly spent Sunday at the home of
Mr. Seab Jones.
Messrs. Milton and Taylor
Toles were in Lyerly Saturday.
Little Foy Doster is still very
sick.
Mrs. Frank Lee is spending a
few days with her sister, Mrs.
Sehiflett, in Rome.
Mrs. Gordon Wheeler went up
to Summerville Monday to have
dental work done.
Air. F. S. Lee made a business
trip to Lafayette Monday.
Children’s Day will be observed
at the Methodist church next Sun
day. Mrs. Harris is practicing
the children and has arranged a
splendid program.
The handsome new residence
being erected by Air. Stark is
nearing completion and will add
much to the appearance of our
little town.
Little Miss Alary Crawford of
Lafayette is visiting Miss Jennie
Ruth Hammond
The merchants continues to do
a hustling business. They all
carry a splendid up-to-date line
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MAY 13, 1909
GORE
Rev. B. F. Hunt, filled his ap
pointment at Pleasant Grove Sat
urday and Sunday. Ou the sec
ond Sunday in June Rev. A. F.
Alahan will preach at Pleasant
Grove and Rev. B. F. Hunt at
Trion.
Airs. J. S. Rawlls and son,
of Fairmount are on an extended
visit to friends here.
Airs. AL P. Dill is visiting rel
atives and friends in Walker
county.
Airs. Dora Tittle, who has been
the guest of Mrs. M. P. Dill, left
Friday for Greenbush where she
will spend sometime with relative
before returning to Dalton.
Air. and Airs. T. Al. Ballenger
and children spent Saturday and
Sunday in Subligna.
Mrs. (’. E. Doster spent Satur
day with relatives at Wayside.
Miss Lula Alorton of New spent
last week with her sister, Airs.
Sims, near Silver Hill.
Air. and Airs. Ben Morgan of Sil
ver Hill spent Saturday night
with friends here.
Linton Hammond spent Sunday
with his parents at Armuehee.
An infant of Thomas Cobb
died last Alonday and was buried
at Bethel cemetery Tuesday.
Air. and Airs. D. W. Young
blood of Tidings spent Sunday
here. PATSY
DIRTTOWN
Our farmers are very badly
behind with their work. They
are, devoting all their time to the
planting of seven cent cotton,
and corn 90 cents cash or sl.lO
on time. Isn’t this economy?
There is more cotton planted
in this section than usual. Very
little corn planted up to date
one third more commercial fertil
izer used this season than usu
al.
Dr. G. F. Blalock, of Birming
ham. Ala., was here last week.
The Odd Fellows held their
regular meeting at the hall here
Saturday.
Quite a number of the patrons
the Bethel senhool were present
at the school meeting Friday af
ternoon and quite a lot of bus
iness was transacted.
Mj. T. 11. Townsend left Alon
day for Chickamauga and other
points.
Air. Richard Selman of Ar
muchee attended services at
Pleasant Grove Sunday.
Carl ISteadman of Armuehee
was here last week.
Messrs. T. AL Ballenger and F.
M. Gaines spent Friday in Rome.
Our clever tax assessor, F. A.
Weaver, was here Friday dis
charging the duties connected
with that office.
G. B. Phillips spent Thursday
and Friday in Rome.
Ralph Crane has returned from
the Berry High School.
P. AL Story of Rome was here
recently.
Tommie Johnston was in Rome
AV ednesday.
Col. W. 11. Ennis of Rome was
in our burg Saturday.
Paying Him Out.
A boy went into a baker’s shop
for a threepenny loaf. Thinking
that the loaf was rather small, he
remarked to the baker, smiling:
“You have not weighed it.”
“Oh, you never mind that,” said
the baker.- “It won’t be so heavy
to carry.”
“All right,” said the boy, putting
twopence halfpenny on the counter
and walking to the door.
The baker called after him:'
“Here, boy! I want another
halfpenny.”
“Never mind that,” said the boy.
“It will be less for you to count.”—
Illustrated Bits.
of goods and no where will you
find more reasonable prices. The
amount of goods sold here each
week is positive proof that we
have as accommodating mer
chants, reasonable prices and as
splendid a stock of goods as
you will find anywhere.
The farmers in this section are
a little behind with their crops,
owing to the wet weather, but
they are now making up for lost
time and will soon have every
thing in the ground.
TRION
The Trion public schools' will
give their entertainment Friday
night, Al ay 21, at the auditorium
Tlie opening exercises will be
gin at 7:30. Everybody cordi
ally invited to attend.
• Airs. James Broom has been
suffering with rheumatism for the
past few weeks.
The infant child left by Airs.
Bonnie Mcßride is very ill.
Airs. Sim Colbert has been crit
ically’ ill the past week, but is
now improving.
C. P. Thompson spent Thursday
in Chattanooga,
Airs. J. J. Cry went up to
Chattanooga Friday and return
ed Sunday.
Aliss Wheeler of Nashville is
here in the interest of placing
drawing in the public schools.
She has one of the finest meth
ods on the market.
T. J. Ross spent Sunday’ in Ly
erly’ with Capt. Hill.
G. B. Alyers expects to accom
pany Rev. A. F. Alahan to the
Southern Baptist Convention at
Louisville.
The Chattooga Sacred Harp
Singing Convention met at the
Baptist church on Saturday’ and
Sunday. Quite a number of the
members were present and re
port a most enjoyable time. The
next regular meeting of tin l con
vention will be held at Subligna,
Air. and Airs. Rural Edwards
of Lindale were visiting Airs.
Robinson last week.
Aliss Mary Routh spent Alon
day in Summerville.
Messrs. Alfred Bryant and Joe
Crumley of Lyerly’ were in Trion
Sunday afternoon.
Rev. 11. AL Strozier filled his
appointments at Macedonia Sun
day.
Air. and Mrs. R. F. Roberson
and Alaster Robbie Dennis re
turned from Pendil, Okla., Sun
day.
Born to Air. and Mrs. Josh
Fincher on May 8, a girl.
Airs. Lucy Hammonds of Broon
town visited Air. and Mrs. Will
Johnson Sunday.
Aliss Fannie Harris and Mas
ter Ben Gray are spending this
week with relatives in Menlo.
Air. John Robinson is ill this
week. ,
Mrs. A. L. Dalton and Airs.
Georgia Mann of Summerville
spent Sunday’ in Trion.
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Young
and children of Alabama City
are visiting Airs. Jim Parris.
Albert Ragland and two chil
dren visited in Chattoogaville on
last Sunday.
Rev. W. Al. Griffitt and Mas
ter Alfred went to Chattooga last
Sunday.
Mrs. Lucius Pennington and
Alaster Plez returned Sunday af
ter a weeks visit to relatives at
Cedartown and Lindale.
Airs. Z. Adams and daughters.
Mrs. Dora Scogins and Aliss Mar
garet Adams, of Lafayette came
down to attend the funeral ser
vices of Mrs. Mahala Rose Sun
day.
Airs. Mahalaßose died Saturday
afternoon at the home of her son,
George Rose, in Rome, after a
continued illness of dropsy. Mrs:
Rose was Miss Mahala Adeline
Biair before she was married to
Mr. G. AL Rose in 1875. There
were four children mar
riage, two of whom ai<. living in
Rome, George and Will Rose. She
wa« born in Bradly county, Tenn,
in 1846 an I joined the Baptist
church in 1872. Mrs. Rose was
one of the oldest residents in
Trion and was highly thought of
by all who knew her. She leaves
scores of friends to mourn her
loss.
Paul and Will Campbell of Dry
Valley spent Sunday with home
folks.
Paul Jones of Dry Valley spent
Sunday here.
J. D. Beaty has left for Evans
ville, Ind., to make his home.
W. AL Snyder and wife have
returned to Union. S. C.
Ernest and Frank Williams of
Dry Valley spent Alonday here.
It is a waste of time to argue
with a man who draws his sta
tistics from his own imagination.
MENLO
S< mebody said we were live
hundred miles further south than
we were before the earthquake in
Italy. But it seems to be right
to the reverse this morning.
Cotton that is coming up is
looking bad and dying on account
of the cool weather.
Strawberries are coming in verj
rapidly and are bringing good
prices.
S. T. Polk was in Chattanooga
last week on business.
L. S. Thacker of Al illedgeville
is here for a few days, looking af
ter some business interests.
iS. 'l', and Frank Polk went to
Chattanooga last Wednesday to
see their brother, C. 11. Polk, who
is very sick with pneumonia.
The first ear load of strawber
ries left, heye Saturday.
Airs. Arnold Tompkins and Aliss
Anna AleAlullen were shopping ir
Summerville last Tuesday.
G. W. Welch and wife visited
relatives at Rising Fawn last wool
Prof. Ransom of Lafayette was
shaking hands with friends here
last Saturday.
Zen Taylor made a business trip
Io Chattanooga last week.
Airs. J. A. Kennedy attended the
funeral of Henry Stout at Round
Mountain last Friday.
Rev. J. O. Brand filled his ap
pointments here Sunday and Sun
day night,
Quite a crowd from here attend
ed the singing convention at Chel
sea last Sunday.
Air. AlcGall and Will Agnew of
Chattanooga were in Menlo last
Sunday.
AL F. BALLARD.
The Patient’s Stratagem.
“You must drink hot water with
your whiskv,” the doctor told his
patient. “Otherwise you mustn’t
take it at all.”
“But how shall I get the hot wa
ter?” the patient queried plaintive
ly. “My wife won’t let mo have it
for the whisky toddy.”
“Tell her you want to shave,” the
doctor said and took his departure.
The next day the doctor called
and asked the wife how his patient
was.
“He’s gone raving mad,’’ his wife
replied. “He shaves every ten min
utes.” _
An Apology Due and Forthcoming.
An illiterate young man once got
a friend to write a letter for him
to his sweetheart. 'The letter was
rather prosaic for a love letter, and
the lover felt that an apology was
due to his sweetheart for its lack of
tender nothings. It was added at
his suggestion as follows:
“Please excuse the mildness of
this here letter, as the chap wot’s
ritin it is a married man, and he
says he carn’t ’bide any soft soap
ings. It alius gives him the spaz
zums.”—London Telegraph.
Lead Shot.
We owe lead shot to Watts, a
Bristol plumber, who dreamed that
while repairing a church roof his
foot slipped and a ladle of molten
lead that he was carrying fell to the
ground and that on descending to
recover his property lie found that
the metal had assumed, instead of
the silver plaque he had expected,
the form of countless minute glob
ules. Curiosity led him next day
to repeat, so far as he could, the ac
cident of bis dream. A like result
followed, and the lucky dreamer ul
timately made a handsome fortune.
- London Chronicle.
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WILL INVESTIGATE
INSANE ASYLUM.
Atlanta, Ga., May 11,— Gov.
Hoke Smith has instructed the
trustees of the state insane asy
lum at Aliliedgeville to make an
investigation of the recent char
ges made against the officials
of the institution.
Formal published charges of
specific abuses were laid before
Gov Smith Alonday. The charges
are in the form of an editorial
anil story published in the Au
gusta Chronicle and a story pub
lished by Hon. 'Thomas E. Wat
son in his Jefferson Magazine. Ac
cording to these stories grave
charges are ma.de against the in
stitution.
Mr. Watson printed a story af
ter an interview’ with R. E. Dun
nington, a Richmond county man
who was recently released from
the asylum as cured after spend
ing a. year and a half there.
It has been charged that the
officials of the asylum live off
the fat. of the land, while the
patients get the best they can,
and The Chronicle says an affi
davit is in existence, made by a.
woman, in which two very grave
charges are made.
The letter recently written by
Dr. S. W. Arrowwood, of Atlan
ta. calling attention to a broken
skull of a patient who died in
the asylum, also figure,s in the
ease.
After getting the clipping con
taining the stories of the charges
made against, the institution, Gov
ernor Smith sent them to the
chairman of the executive com
mittee with Hie suggestion that
lu call his committee together
and make an investigation. 'The
governor pointed out that if the
charges were true, publicity
should be given the fact ; and
that if they were un
true, they should be publicly de
clared as sn<‘h.
Il is known that the governor
has confidence in the trusteesand
in the. management at the asy
lum, and he realizes llw difficulty
if acting on eliarges made by in
sine or partially insane persons.
He knows that the officials of
the institution are showing good
business management, in getting
along with something like 40
< ents a day for each patient, but
id the siiine time ho is determin
ed to ascertain the truth or fal
sity of any charges against the
insl it llt ion.
Lived 152 Years
Wm. Parr—England’s oldest
man married the third time at
120, worked in the fields till 132
and lived 20 years longer. Peo
ple should be youthful at 80.
James Wright, of Spurlock, Ky.,
shows hew to remain young. “I
feel just like a 16-yearold boy,”
he writes, “after taking six bot
tles of Electric Bitters. For thir
ty years Kidney trouble made life
a burden, but the' first bottle of
this wonderful medicine convinc
ed mo I bad found the greatest
cure on earth.” They’re a god
send to weak, sickly, run-down
or oi l people. Try them. 50c at
Summerville Drug Co.
/
When a, man wants to do
wrong he usually has little troub
le in manufacturing an exmifie
that will satisfy him.