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VOL. XXII NO. 11. TRION Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Brown and little daughter, Charlotte, came down from Chattanooga Sunday. Mr. Brown returned Sunday af ternoon. Mrs. Brown and Char lotte will remain at the Trion Inn for several weeks and then visit relatives in Carrollton and Louisville, Ky. 'Mr. A. S. Routh and daughter. Miss Mary Routh, and grandson, Master Dougherty Mallicoat, left Friday to occupy their home for the summer at Men tone. Mrs. Bob Sims and children and Miss Ella Anderson came up from Holland and spent a few days with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Aderson. They re turned home Monday. Mr. J. 11. Funderburk reeeiv de a message Saturday that his father, Mr. I. C. Funderburk, had died suddenly in Rome. He was 86 years old at the time of his death. Mr. and Mrs. Funder burk and Master Marvin drove down and returned Monday. Miss Mary Nell Spencer spent the week end with Miss Mary Lizzie Rose in Lyerly. Mrs. S. A. Mllinax is convales cing from the grip. To accommodate the people in the mill the tax assessor has prom ised to be in Trion on June 3rd. Mr. Robt. Rainy of near Mar tindale dropped dead soon after breakfast Monday morning. Walter Coker and Oscar Thompson left Tuesday for Ma rietta. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ragland of Chattoogaville visited Mrs. A. L. Ragland Saturday and Sunday Miss Buddie Cordle spent last week with Mrs. Lillie Bailey at Green Bush. The Trion Public school will give their entertainment Tues day night, May 25, instead of May 21, as was mentioned in last week’s paper. The exercises will be§in promptly at 7:30. Misses Hattie Strozier and Maud Thomas went down to Summerville Friday. Miss Annie Jackson visited her homefolks at Chattooga Sunday. Deed Ratliff is at home from Ponder Springs. He will leave shortly for Atlanta to accept a position there. Mr. Rex Wyatt spent Sunday in Menlo. Mrs. J. 11. Thomas and Miss Maud 'I hoinas spent Saturday in Chattanooga. Messrs. Spencer and Tom Bo mar of Greenbush spent Sunday in Trion. Miss Evelyn Wyatt visited Miss Morgan t Kendrick Sunday. CLOSING EXERCISES Trion Public School, Tuesday Evening, May 25, 1909. Recitation.—Welcome, Jesse Gray. Wind-Mill Song—First and Second Grade Pupils. Two Little Beaersec—First and Second Grade. Rec.—Reo, The Frog, Clarence Pruitt. Dialogue—By eight girls. Dialogue—by seven boys. The Delsart Children—by Pri mary Pupils. Dialogue— by six little girls. The Four Winds—by four boys Rees.—Ruth Clark, Addie V. Lanham, Paul Johnson, Annie Ruth Williams. Dialogue—by five boys and five girls. Dialogue—The Last Day of School. Rees.—Jessie Paris, Tren Co ker, Jewel Robinson. Dialogue—The Trials of a Teacher. Dialogue—Like An Indian, by two boys. A Search for the Fairies, by a number of girls. Song—Our Boys and Girls, by Fourth. Fifth and Sixth Grades, Dialogue—Playing Grown Up. by two girls, Reecs.—Mabeel Greene and He! en Myers. Pantomime—Courting Under Difficulties. Dialogue—Got a New Suit. The Summerville News. Rec.—Beatrice Thomas. Dialogue—by Six girls. Dialogue— The Unfortunate Scholar. Rec.—Socrates Snooks. Monicia Pennington. Song—Glad Vacation, by the School. Address—By Judge Moses Wright. SEMINOLE People here are beginning to catch up with their work. Most all are done planting cotton and there is a good deal of corn plant ed, but still a good deal to plant. Drs. T. S. Ragland and family and Marcus Ragland and family are visiting their parents at Chattoogaville. Dr. T. S. Rag land and family are from Gilmer, Texas, and Dr. Marcus Ragland and family are from Salisbury, N. C. They will remain here a few days. Dr. T. S. Ragland will go home by the way of Atlanta; Dr. Marcus Ragland will go to Attalla, Ala., before going back to North Carolina. We are en joying their visit fine. Our cotton and corn is coming up nicely, most people have good stands of cotton. Gardens are looking well. We had a.nice rain Saturday night and crops are looking well where the land has been properly prepared. From now on will be a busy time with the farmers. We, as a general thing, have to make our crops in about 100 days Our winters, of late years, are generally so wet and cold we have to wait until spring time comes and that is generally late. So we are compelled to work in a hurry while we do work. Mr. M. T. Edwards and Miss Whitfield were joined in the ho ly bonds of matrimony by the last Friday evening. We mtfW congratulate them and wish for them a long and prosperous life. Miss Whitfield is a daughter of our clever and good citizen, Mr.' J 11. Whitfield. Mr. Edwards is one of our best farmers in Seminole. Mr. Jim Witt showed for us at the school house Friday night and entertained a large audience for about two hours. One-tenth of the proceeds will be given to church purposes. I suggest that the amount be used for repaint ing the school house. So I must close, wishing the editor and readers of The News a prosperous year. With best and kindest wishes to everybody I close with love to all. - G. A. RAGLAND. LYERLY MEN INDICTED BY FEDERAL GRAND JURY Grayson Shearer, T. J. Wadkins. Eugene Hammonds, John Nich olson and John High, who were bound over by United States Commissioner John C. Printup on a charge of burning the postof fice at Lyerly, after he had made a rigid investigation, we're in dicted by the federal grand jury Tuesday. The indictments returned charge all five men with the crime, and they will await trial on the bonds they made before Commissioner Printup until the November term. -Tribune-Herald. TRANS Dan Price is indisposed this week. Mr. Jasper Ha nes and daughter spent lasi Sunday near Trion. Messrs. Cleveland Keith and Ed gar Humes made a business trip to Rome last Saturday. Mrs. Cheyne gave her Sunday school class a picnic at Mr. Pe terson ’s mill pond. All report a nice time. Mr. and .Mrs. Luther Hames of Greenbush spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs. Keith. Misses Cleo and Bonnell Rush and Ethel Clement spent last Thursday with Miss Viola Alver son. The many friends of Mrs. Els berry will be sorry to hear that she is no better. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hames spent! last week at Trion and Summer-' ville. Remember next Sunday is ouri regular singing evening "at East Armuchee. Let everybody come out and make the singing more interesting. SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY GEORGIA, THURSDAY MAY 20, 1909 GORE Rev. Mr. Pendley filled his ap ( pointment at Bethel Sunday af ternoon. He will preach there , again on the fifth Sunday at 11 o ’clock. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Sims of Rome were visiting relatives at this place Sunday. Mrs. James W. Cooper of Rome spent last week with her daugh ter, Mrs. James Mount. 1 Mrs. Walter Davis of Dalton visited her parents, Mr. ami Mrs. W. A. King, last week. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Baker vis ited relatives in Rome last week. Edward Barron and sister. Miss Ovelle, visited Mr. and Mrs. Joe Barron in Rome last week. Mr. Tom Johnso and Miss Zu la Ballenger attended services at Mount Pharon Sunday. They were the guests of Mr. ami Mrs. J. E. Baker. Mrs. C. E. Doster and chil dren spent last week with rela tives at Martindale. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan of Tid ings spent Sunday with relatives here. Mrs. J. A. Jones was visiting relatives in Atlanta last week. Mrs. W. G. Watson went up to Lafayette .Saturday to- visit his mother. lie returned Mon day. Miss Pet Ezell has returned from an extended visit to rela tives in Walker county. Horace Hall of Armuchee at tended services at Bethel Sun day. PATSY. DIRTTOWN. Farmers are yet behind with their work. Nearly all cotton seed has been planted, but scarce ly any corn planted yet. We were glad to read a letter from Mr. Geo. D. Morton last week and would be pleased to have him at some of our all-day singings. P. 11. Whitehead made a trip t< Rome last week. E. P. Scott spent Saturday in Rome on business. Robt. Eubanks of Trion passed through here Friday. Jim Witt gave a performance at Gore school house Thursday night. George Holland of Holland was here Friday in the interest of the Atlanta Crayon Co. Dr. Brooks of Armuchee' was here last week on business. (Several of our young people attended the closing exercises of the Montvale school Thursday night. Mr. Frank Shropshire of Rome was in our burg last week. Mrs. B. J. Shropshire and daughter. Miss Minnielee were fishing here Saturday. P. AL Story of Rome was in out valley on business Monday. Quite a lot of our young people attended singing on Sand moun tain Sunday. Hill Shropshire of Haywood was in our valley recently. The Bethel school, both teach er and pupils, enjoyed a picnic at the Story mill Saturday. Mr. Monroe Turner, and charm ing sister, Miss Annie Turner, came up from Rome Sunday to visit relatives here. J. W. Rush and family spnet Spunday at New. Dr. E. M. Wright of Summer ville was here Monday on pro fessional business... D. B. Scott visited relatives at Subligna recently. J. A. Branner of Summerville was here on business recently. 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-' pie should be youthful at 80. j James Wright, of Spurlock, Ky.,' shows Lew to remain young. “I feel just like a 16-year-old boy,” he writes, “after taking six bot tles of Electric Bitters. For thir ' ty years Kidney trouble made life j a burden, but the first bottle of i 'this wonderful medicine convinc-i 'ed me I bad found the greatest' [cure on earth.” They’re a god send 1o weak, sickly, run-down or old people. Try them. 50c at j Summerville Drag Co. LYERLY. Mr. AL S. Henderson and Mrs. Mattie Warren were married at the home of the bride’s father, near Trion, Monday, May 10. Miss Nell Lee has been real sick for several days. Mrs. Carrie Davis and Miss Annie Hill were in Summerville Friday afternoon. W. M. Jones and family have returned from an extended visit to relatives in Mississippi. .Miss Glennie Anderson was the guest of Mrs. G. R. Anderson Friday. Miss Louise Bryant is able to at tend school again after several days sickness. .Misses Grace and Annie Doster were in Summerville Friday hav ing dental work done. Miss Louise Taliaferro spent Thursday in Rome. Grayson Shearer and Eugene Hammond were in Rome Wednes day. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wheeler have returned from a short vis it to relatives in Rome. Miss Maggie Jerrigan from Upshaw, Ga., is the guest of A. E. Doster and family. Master Wilburn Echols is re covering from a recent illness. Mrs. McLeod came Saturday to visit her son, Mr. Wind sor McLeod. Mrs. G. B. Anderson was in Summerville first of the week. Mrs. J. AL Bryant and daugh ter, Misses Cleo, were shopping in Rome Monday. Mr. I). D. Dover and family attended sreviees in Summerville Sunday. Messrs. Rufus Bryson and Lon Worsham of Holland were in Ly erly Saturday. Air. J. A. Mosteller and wife were in Raccoon Sunday. Joe Bellah McGinnis of Sum merville was in Lyerly Sunday. Mrs. J. L. Pollock Jias been real sick. Airs. Oscar Edwards is spend ing sometime with her parents in Trion. Master Guy Hawkins spent Sat urday and Sunday with friends ii Lyerly. Air. Edgar Edwards and wife were shopping in Rome the lat ter part of last week. Air. and Mrs. Robt. McLeod of Summerville were the guests of A C. Powell and family last Sunday. Little Miss Ida Rose, who has been sick for several days, is improving. Dr. Ben Stark has recovered from a protracted illness. Air. Bob Alexander was in Ly erly a short time Saturday. Miss Alary Nell Spencer of Trion spent the week end with Aliss Alary Lizzie Rose. Air. and Airs. F. T. Willmott and Miss Bertha Watson were the guests of Air. Huie’s family Sun day. Misses Louise Bryant and Lon ise Taliaferro were shopping in Summerville Wednesday. Miss iWillic Richardson has gone to visit her grandmother. lAIr. and Airs. J. N. Taliaferro were in Rome Monday. Airs. Della Dorsey and family have moved to the country. Airs. Frank Logan is visiting the family of Joe Hollis. Airs. Betty Barnett has return ed to Trion after a short visit to her daughter, Airs. J. S. Ow ens. Misses Lena Shamblin delight fully entertained a number of her friends Thur day night. Air. E. A. Hammond was in Rome Alonday. Air. and Mrs. Ike Hogg were I visiting friends in Holland Sun day. • Air. and Airs. W. C. Stark and Aliases Alary Lizzie Rose and Alary Nell Spencer, Messrs. Joe Crumley and Alfred Bryant vis ited in Alenlo Sunday. Rev. Oldfield and wife were' shopping in Lyerly the latter par of the week. Aliss Bertha Watson is the guest of Aliases Hattie and Alice. Hcn dreson. G. W. Rose of Chattanooga spent Sunday here. Air. George Ragland came up Saturday to meet bis sons, Drs. Alarms and Arthur Ragland and I families, who wifi spend some I time visiting in the county. Air. Loss' Gaylor, one of Chat toogaville’s substantial citizens was in Lyerly Saturday. Dr. J. W. Bryant and W. AL Jones made a business trip to Rome Alonday. J. AL Rose was in Rome Alon day. Several from this place are at tending court in Rome this week. MONTVALE All will please bear in mind that the Sunday school was re organized at Ebenezer last Sun day. Let everybody come out. The entertainment at the acad emy last Thursday night proved to be quite an interesting occa sion, and was highly enjoyed by those present. Aliss Hardwick and her pupils are to be congrat ulated upon their untiring ef forts and the excellent manner in which the program was .... Meet out. Airs. Moore has been quitesiek for several days. Aliss' Sallie Jordon has just re covered from a severe attack of lagrippe. Air. T. J. Worsham and daugh ter Aliss Gertrude Worsham, at tended the closing exercises of Aloni vale school on last Thursday night. Air. N. S. Jackson of Rome vis ited relatives here a few days agi Airs. Alattic While and daugli ter. Aliss Fannie White, spent Thursday night with the former’; children here. Air. Robt. Aldridge and family Were visiting relatives in Rome Saturday. Airs. R. A.-Landress ami chil dren of Rome returned Sunday after spending some time with relatives here. Airs. Lester Anderson and chil dren spent Sunday with relatives at Haywood. Fletcher Hammond visited Hugh Al ills Sunday. Rev. Air. Pendley of Subligna will preach al this place the fifth. Sunday afternoon. Airs. Coots has returned from] Rome where she has been since | the death of her daughter. Al rs. i Gravely, which occurred on thei 7th inst. NOTICE On Alay 29th, al I o'clock, at Subligna the contract for build ing a Masonic and I. O. O. F. hall will be given to the lowest, responsible bidder. Plans and specifications can be seen at Bank of Commerce ami Subligna. (!. P . HAMILTON, JESSE SCOGGINS. Building (Committee. Won’t Slight a Good Friend. “If over T need a cough medi cine again I know what to get,” declares Airs. A. L. Alley of Beals Ale., “for after using ten bottles of Dr. King’s New Discovery, and seeing its excellent results in my own family and others, 1 am convinced it is the best medi cine made for Coughs, Colds and lung trouble.” Every one who tries it feels just that way. Re lief is felt at once and its quick cure surprises you. For Bronchi tis, Asthma, Hemorrhage, Croup, LaGrippe, Sore Throat, pain in chest or lungs its supreme. 50c and SI.OO. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by Summerville Drug Boyal 13 BAKING W |;J POWDER 1C ® nes *-» mos t tasteful and wholesome biscuit, cake and pas f>• sea try are made with Royal Bak jkXySjpjdffl ing Powder, and not otherwise. Royal is the only Baking Powder • m*de from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar ONE DOLLAR A YEAR MENLO Keep setting the pegs ahead a little ami you will nnally re alize the goal of your ambition. Rome was not built in a day, nor are personal fortunes wrought over night. It is the steady pull that finally lands your wagon at the top of the hill. F. J. Noble of Cincinnati, 0., was here last week looking after his interests here. Rev. Al. A. C. Bennett filled the pulpit at the Baptist church here last Saturday and Sunday. Quite a. crowd from Lyerly was in Alenlo Sunday. D. U. Springfield and wife of Gadsden are visiting relatives in Aleido I his week. 'l'. Al. Springfield, H. E. Thom as, J. A. Leath, 11. C. Jennings, D. C. Springfield ami W. Al. Beard are attending I . S. court in Rome this week. Airs. G. E. Alartin was shopping in Chattanooga, last week. •11. Polk and Al iss Effie i’olk arrived home last Tuesday. Dr. Ira ('. Ballard of Gadsden, 1 a; shaking hands with relatives here last. Frdiay. A. L. Murphy of Summerville was in Alenlo Friday. Dr. J. Al. I). King visited Iriiiids at ('lies! erfield. Ala., last I'hursday. Aliss Oreida Phillips left last. Thursday tor her home at Ac worth, Ga. Dr. T. S. Brown and family have moved to Alenlo. They will occupy part of the Hotel at the Springs. Air. ami Mrs AL R. Meadows ol Daisy, Tenn., are here for a. few days. M. F. Ballard. SOUTH SUMMERVILLE A. L. Scoggins and family mov ed last week to Trion to reside, in future. Air. and Airs. I). Al. Barham were llie guests of their son, Thomas ami family, in Haywood the latter part of last week. 'W. J. Farrow, of Rome, was visiting rclaties here Friday and Saturday, Ernest Mahan of near Raccoon, spent Sunday night here with relatives. Miss Kate Bolling had as her her guest Sunday, Aliss Trezevant Lee. of Lyerly. Air. ami Airs. Robt. McLeod were in Lyerly Sunday. We are glad to report Airs. J. 11. Harlow, who has been confin ed to lier bed a. week or so, in an improved condition, Alli'ii Strange left Tuesday to attend a. grand meeting of Hie Red Alen in Marietta this week. Aliss Wilton Johnson is slight ly indisposed this week. Mrs. P. C. ('ash, we are glad lo say, has almost recovered from her recent illness. Airs. 11. A. Alai his and children have returned from Rome after a week’s pleasant visit there. Mr. Ragland of Texas is mak ing this his home and has a po sition as painter. Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Roberson Saturday, a son. Mrs. A. L. Lemings and chil dren were visiting al. Lyerly Sat urday and Sunday. “Try Merritt’s Tomatoes. They are all good, sound ripe stock and no water.” Many a woman has made good by weeping at the psychological moment, x -