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The Summerville News Published Every Thursday. ' BY THE NEWS PUBLISHING CO. ' O. J. Espy, Editor and Manager , — j TKKMS OF .Subscription: I One Year I Six Month* 500 Three Month* Advertising Rate* will be Made Kaown on Application. EnUred at the Summerville Post Office a* Second Clare M'.il Matter. Summerville, Ga., Jure 3,19(9 With the exC' ption of cotton, Georgia crops are in fine condi lion, arcoT'l'bg to c(»mmbwH/j<T Thoma* G. Hudson of the state department of agriculture.. Com missioner Hudson states that the condition of the oat crop is ex ceptionally good. Corn is also growing well. The cotton crop, however, will he short and late, according to the commissioner. A vigorous and interesting fight is on over the headlight law that was enacted at the last ses sion of the legislature requiring all the railroads of the, state to equip such engines as they use on their lines with electric head lights within a year from the pas sage of the act. .It is said it would cost the railroads in Geor gia $150,000 or S2OO,(MM) to com ply with the provisions of this law, and they are making a strenuous fight against it. W. T. Powell, of Griffin, Ga., is perfecting a patent which he claima will revolutionize the de livery of mail in the rural dis tricts. Electricity is the means employed, but. the details oi the plan are not divulged. He claims he ean deliver the mails through tthc rural routes quicker than any are delivered in the cities by carriers and make as many deliv eries each day as desired. Rains, storms-, swollen creeks and wreck cd bridges will not, inter!ere with the delivery of mails by this meth od and it delivers, receives and notifies patrons when there is anything in their boxes. Thomas L. Hisgen, who was the presidential candidate of the Hearst independent party in 1908 has issued a statement announc ing that hereafter he will act with the democratic party. Mr. Hiagcn says: “The campaign of 1908 dranouatratcH that the bat tle for national reforms must be fought, out within the lines of the two largest of the national partus. The great danger to this nation is the ride of the auto cracy of wealth through far reach ing and subtle trust interests. Powerful and wealthy and their wealth and strength directed by some of the ablest men in the 'v. rk they form a force whose in fluence ean not be measured and whose grasp can only be destroy ed by continued and vigorous at tacks. The repulse which such interests received during the Roosevelt administration has been magnified by the popular mind into a rout. The interests are as strong as ever, but for 4 years they have been held at bay. One by one their tools are returning to place and power. Those who look to see Theodore Roosevelt the candidate of his party in 1912 will be disappointed. Business interests will unite with strong predatory interests to prevent an other radical being places! in the presidential chair by means of the republican organization.” JUST ' ONE WORD that wort to TULtt’S, it refers to Dr. Tutt’s Liver Pills and MEANS HEALTH. Are \ou constipated? Troubled with IndlgssUea? Sick headache? Virtlfo? Bilious? Insomnia? ANY ot these »> mptoms and maay others Indicate Inaction ot the LIVER. You Need Tutt’sPills lake No Substitute. GOOD ROADS < Mr. Editor: Did you ever think of the perfect art of advertising? ( Os the sure way the shrewd ad vertiser has of getting right to the people? Take these rewards which the great newspapers are offering for good roads and especially , that of the Constitution for one to run from Savannah to Chat tanooga. It is pure advertising, but, of the highest order, for it makes us alive to the greatest need n<nv within our reach. That road will pass through Rome and hit or miss us from there to Chat tanooga. The national pike down to Lafayette makes twenty eight miles in our favor, the good roads of Floyd, leading to our southeast borders make another Jink; can not we join them? Ev ery team on such a road will draw more than double load, and of course be worth twice as much to his owner. Every foot of land will enhance in the same ratio. That’s not all, either. The Chat tooga valley, framed in mountains of exquisite sculpture, with up holstering varying through the seasons, from gray through all the grsen, scarlet, orange, lem on and crimsons, is the fairest stretch of scenic beauty of less than Titanic order in the world We are all shy of automobiles, if we don’t own them, but, they are here in the, order of progress and we can not stop them. We are going to have them in spite of creation running over the road and serving the other fellow. Good roads and the telephone and rural mail will soon make the automobile the common ser vant of all, to the poorest, for they will be used to deliver goods all over the county, and every man out in the woods, is going to have every convenience of city life with none of its cramping discomforts, and with all the bounteous fresh freedom of the open country. Tourists winter and summer, pouring through our beautiful valley over our pike, will bring again the old roadside inn or tav ern, and leave their gold with us, as they go spending. And our cent.rai pike will multiply itself into many, until every farm will lie in reach of one. 'Space forbids me going into de, tails and 1 only need to say that Mr. Bitting has laid down in last week’s paper a good plan on which to begin getting together. C. D. RIVERS. In regard to improving the roads in our county. Every conn ty in the state is awaking up to the fact of the great need of improving their roads. Shall we sit still and do noth ing? Why not get busy and keep in line with our neighboring counties? One thing that con fronts us at the the present mo ment is the locating of a main thoroughfare from Chattanooga to Atlanta. Only two ways con sidered-one from Chattanooga via Dalton, Calhoun, Cartersville and to Atlanta. The other way from Chattanooga via Lafayette, Summerville, Rome and on to Atlanta. One of these ways will be scleetixl by the Constitution's “Path Finders" real soon. We must wake up ami do something at once or our chance to get this road is forever lost. The ques tion may be asked what does the location of this road mean to us. What advantage is it to us if w» help to build it? The answer is this: It is our road after it is built. We ean use it as much as we want to: the farmer who lives in the country is entitled to all the comforts he can get as well as the man who lives in town. If not. why not ’ He need these roads to get his crops to market-. He needs them to get his family to churches and schools. Two other things are coming as sure as the sun shines. One is. the government and state, will take up the important ways that have been selected and partially Improved anti make of them great highways and keep them in perfect coml it ion. The other is, the people will use them more from now on than ever before with autos, nice bug ‘ gies, carriages, wagons, etc. The road located by this committee will be the route the autoists will use in coming south or go ing north. It will be the means THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1909. of advertising our section all over the country. , Twenty-six miles are built from Chattanooga to Lafayette. The Walker county folks say they ‘ will build it from Lafayette to the Chattooga county line. From this point to Summerville there ’ is a very good road. We would only have to build to Floyd coun ty line. Private individuals liv ing along this line have obliga ted to put in teams, wagons, etc., to help build and keep up this road. We have advantages over the other way and can get it if we work for it. The the ques tion is, shall and will we do it? Citizen. The Great Georgia Company. The advertisement of the State Mutual Life Insurance Company appears in this issue and its rec ord speaks volumes for the busi ness ability and integrity of its management. This is a Home Company, or ganized and managed by Geor gians, with its Head office in Rome, and the success which it is achieving is shared in by the en tire state; in fact the State Mut ual is the biggest success of the South. The money paid in by policy holders is kept here and re-in invested. Its policy is a liberal one and its business methods arc clean and above reproach. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Espy visited relatives in Dry Valley Sunday. Miss Mary Penn was in town Tuesday. Mr. W. M. Moore killed a large rattlesnake while crossing Tay lor’s ridge Tuesday. It was about 31/2 feet long and had twelve rattles. W. M. Tucker, the barber, is still in business and ready at all times to abbreviate that hiresute growth. Work guaranteed. Messrs. Homer Mathis, Henry White and Will Campbell spent Saturday in Subligna. Miss Nannie Echols spent Sat urday and Sundiii ik Lyerly the guest of Miss Lelamac Echols. Lost between Summerville and Lyerly on Saturday May 22, a heavy, winter lap robe. Finder will please return to J. F. Hud gins and receive reward. If we want to spoil life lor ourselves and be a source of mis ery to others we need only to be selfish. Think only of ourselves and of wlwit people think of us and all joy and peace goes out of our life. NOTICE Customers for Mung Beans (also called “Hay Peas or “Blue Peas”) will find them on sale at the store of Cleghorn, Hen ry & Co. at prices which save you the postage. 1 will continue to fill orders at $1.25 per peck or $4.50 per bushel, delivered in Summerville until the few’ bush els I have left are sold. Write me amount you want. W. L. GAMBLE. Summerville, Ga. How much is a man worth is usually answered in dollar’s and cents, but that gives no real idea a man’s value. A man is worth just so much as he makes himself by his character and by the value of the things in which he concerns himself. In several criminal cases re cently in different parts of the I country the offenders have been found guilty and sentenced. This is a healthy sign that juries are gt .ting proof against sentimental ism and that the law will take its course. WOOL WANTED We will pay the highest mar ket price for all the wool brought us. HINTON & CO. I Some people talk by the pound and live by the ounce so great is 'the. difference between their | words and acts. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER S CASTORIA SOUTH SUMMERVILLE. “There is poetry and music, There is springtide in the air, , And a jweet. contagious happi- , ness 1 Prevailing everywhere. All the world seems full of glad ness, Heavy hearts grow’ light and sing, All heads bow’ed low in rever ence, To that mighty monarch, spring. We regret to see the time for its departure yet are glad to welcome the bright warm days of June and joyfully hail the advent of the “good old summer time.” We heartily agree with “Civi cus” in Iris ideas expressed last week. How carefully our citi zens should preserve the law’ that is blessing our country by its effects; and we know the most active prevaricators we have tell the facts sometimes and why not believe anyone’s statements when everything points so clear ly to the veracity of it? We are reminded of an expression from Josh Billings like this: “When a yung man beginz tu go down hil evrithing seams tu be greezed fur the ackashun.” 11. A. Mathis has his new five room residence on Union street under full headway of construc tion and when completed will be one of beauty and convenience. D. W. Mahan and wife are thq proud recipients of a little girl that came to their home Wednes- Mr. Mike Caldwell moved to day. • ' Dry Valley last week. Mr. W. G. Hampton, an employ ee at the mill here, expects to move to Tate, Ga., in the near future. He is in bad health and hopes to be benefited by the change. W. 11. Floyd says he had a burglar in his house one night last week who escaped with a generous slice of breakfast bacon No clue to the intruders. Henry Sentell went down to Rome Monday and expects to make that city his home for a while. J. M. Williams and family were guests of relatives in Dry Valley Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. A. L. Dalton, Miss Geor gia Alexander, W. L. Farrow, G. P. Mahan, Henry and Paul Scog gins and J 11. Sewell and family attended the general meeting at Menlo Sunday. Mr, John League, for several months the supeiintendent of the Lafayette Cotton Mills contem plates moving here to Ids resi dence on South Main street in the near future. We welcome this estimable family into our vicin ity. Miss Kate Bolling spent Satur day ami Sunday in Lyerly. Frank Mize of Lafayette was the guest of his aunt, Mrs. Mollie McLeod, the first of the week. Mr. Tom Kendrick of near Sil ver Hill was visiting R. W. Clark Saturday. Miss Hattie Bale Jones spent Sunday very pleasantly in Trion. Mrs. H. A. Adams is spending this week with her daughter in Cartersville. Mr. and Mrs. George Hayes came down from Trion and spent Saturday and Sunday with S. C. Hal’, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Charley Parham were visiting in Lyerly Sunday. Mrs. R. W. Clark had as her guests Tuesday her mother, Mrs. Vaughn, of near Holland, and her sister, Mrs. Flemister, and children of Rome. Mr. Price, wife and little child came down from Lafayette Mon day to reside here, and are at home with Mrs. Mat Johnson on Union street.. Miss Viola Bailey made a pleas ant trip to Trion Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Harper at tended the funeral of Mr. Frank Henry at Chelsea Monday. Losing flesh! I in summer can be prevented I I as in winter. If you are weak I I and run down it will give you E I strength and build you up. H ■ Take it in a little cold null ex water ■ Get a soaU bottle now. All Druggists ■ HARRISBURG Mr. Elijah Miller and family of Bronco were spending a few , days last week with the family of Mr. J. D. Story. Miss Maggie McCullough is visiting relatives at Guild this week. One of the hardest rains of the year feel here Saturday afternoon and a lot of damage was done to land and crops. Miss Pearl Brice visitde rela tives and friends at Martindale Sunday. Mr. William Tucker and sister Mrs. Bettie Davis, of Rossville, were visiting the family of A. J. Ford and other relatives at this place last w r eek. Postmaster Carroll of Lafayette and one of his clerks, Mr. Center, were in our burg Monday on business. Little Frank and Emmitt Mc- Camy of Teloga visited their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Ford, of this place Sunday. This community was shocked Monday when the news was re ceived of the sad accident which happened to Mr. Frank Henry of Menlo. Every member of. Harrisburg lodge No. 392 I. 0. O. F. are earnestly requested to be present Saturday night as it is election night for N. G. and V. G. and secretary, and there will be work in the first and third degrees. VALLEY BOY. Fifth Sunday Meeting at Menlo. The general meeting of the Chat tooga Association was held at Menlo last Saturday and Sunday. A large number of delegates from the churches comprising the Asso ciation were in attendance. The meeting was called to or der promptly at 10:30. by Rev. F. Mahan. Rev. W. M. Griffitt preached the introductory ser mon. meeting was organized by the elec tion of S. M. Baker, moderator, and Clyde Perry, clerk. Ques tion: What should a church stand for? Are all the members alike responsible? Spoken on by Bro. W. M. Griffitt. Should Baptists preach and teach their peculiar doctrines.— A. F. Mahan. 8:00. p. in. Prayer services led by S. D. Pitts. 8:30. Sermon by Bro. Mahan, in whicli he gave a report of the Southern Baptist Convention. SUNDAY MORNING 9:30. Devotional service led by Bro. Griffitt. 10. Sunday school mass meet ing—R. H. Garner made a talk on the lesson and Brethren Ma han and Griffitt spoke on the subject of Sunday schools. 11. Sermon by Bro. B. F. Hunt Recess. 1:30. Song, All hail the pow er of Jesus’ name. Prayer by S. M. Baker. 2:00. p. m. What have Bap tists done for the world? Spo ken on by W. M. Griffitt and A. r. Mahan. Question, What are Baptists’ privileges, duties and outlooks? Discussed by B. F. Hunt. On motion adjourned. Benediction by Bro. S. D. Pitts. S. M. BAKER, Moderator. CLYDE PERRY, Clerk. W. W. Drew, the barber, is back at his old stand on Depot street, ready to give you a clean shave or up-to-date hair-cut. Call on him. W. W. Shropshire of Dirttown was here on business Monday. H. D. M ALLICO AT Dealer in Fresh and Cured Meats Breakfast Bacon, Canvassed Hams, Skinned Hams Nice Fresh Steaks, Roasts, Stews, Pork Chops Sausage, Etc. Soft Drink, Tobaccos, Cigars For Twenty-Six Years Mrs. Lamaster, of Kentucky, Suffered •with Internal Catarrh and was Finally Relieved by Pe-runa. / l< \ < jlf. MRS. W. W. LAMASTER. IfT SUFFERED for twenty-six years 1 with bladder and kidney trouble, and being advised to give Peruna a trial, I did so, and am thankful to say that eight bottles of Peruna andthree bottles of Manalin entirely cured me of that trouble, and I am as well as ever.”—Mrs. W. W. Lamaster, 31'27 McAtee Ave., Louisville, Ky. Catarrh Causes Kidney Disease. Catarrh is a frequent cause of kid ney disease. The pelvis of the kid neys, as well as the tubules, is lined with mucous membrane, and is there fore subject to catarrhal congestion. Sometimes the catarrh is so slight as to cause no attention. Other times itleada up to very serious conditions. Any remedy capable of mitigating the catarrh is a much more rational treatment than to give palliatives that only relieve the patient of one or more disagreeable symptoms. It is claimed for Peruna that it is an internal systemic catarrh remedy, and reaches the catarrh in whatever organ it happens to be located. “I was cured of a severe attack of in flammation of the bowels by taking Pe runa. lam glad to recommend Peruna to any one.”—Mrs. J. J. Eross, 553 Water St., San Antonio, Texas. WANT SCHOOL BOARD ELECTED, NOT APPOINTED Lafayette, Ga.—At the meeting of Walker County Farmers’ Un ion held at the court house re cently, the following resolution was adopted: “Resolved, first, That we be lieve it would be to the best in terest of our public school sys tem to have our school board and commissioners elected by a ma jority of the electors, as other county officers. “Second. That we ask our rep resentative-elect, Janies E. Rosser to have such a law passed at the coming session of the legislature in accord with said resolution. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy the Best on the Market. "I have used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and find it to be the best on the market,” says E. W. Tardy, editor of The Sentinel, Gainsboro, Tenn. "Our baby had several colds the past winter and Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy always gave it relief at once and cured it in a short time. I always recommend it. when oppor tunity presents itself.” For sale by Summerville Drug Co., Summervdle, Ga. WESTON, Ocean-to-Ocean Walker, Said recently: ‘‘When you feel down and out, feel there is no use living, just take your bad thoughts with you and walk them off. Be fore you have walked a mile things will look rosier. Just try it.” Have you noticed the increase in walking of late in every community? Many attribute it to the comfort which Al ien’s Foot-Ease, the antiseptic pow der to be shaken into the shoes, gives to the millions now using it. As Weston has said, “It has real merit.”