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The Summerville News
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Summerville, Ga., June 10, 1909
The Georgia Pulp and Paper
Manufacturing Co., has been or
ganized at Macon, with a capital
of $50,000. The company plans;
to manufacture paper of the new
ly discovered process from okra
stalks.
Here is what a Kansas editor
says of the new money: “The
load of Lincoln appears on the
new silver half dollar, the bust of
Cleveland will be on the new $lO
e< rtil i<-ate. and that of Grant, on
the SSO one. We’ll get a sight j
of Lincoln now and then andoc-i
easionaliy may scrape an ae j
ipiaintance with Cleveland, but
good-bye, General Grant, and
God bless you!”
According to a Washington dis
patch. there were 40,637 rural
routes in operation.'ill the I ni
te <1 States on June 1. 1909, serv
ed by 40,508 carriers. Os these
668 of the routes are served but
three times each week, the re
mainder of the routes have dai
ly service except Sunday. Ip Io
May 31. 1909, the postal depart
ment had received a total of
59.741 petitions for rural service,
16,884 of which were adversely
reported upon.
It's a poor allowing for any
town or city to make when it al
lows its newspapers to go out to
the world with no advertising to
speak of. That community shows
the greatest enterprise and attract
the widest attention whose news
papers are full of adver
tisements and business announce
ments. A failure to recognize this
on the part of the business com
munity not only has a bail effect
but creates a most unfavorable ef
fect among the people at home.
Confidence in business conditions
is the most sensitive thing in the
world, says the Chattanooga
Tunes.
During the coming session id’
the legislature the agricultural
department of the state will urge
the passage of a bill to compel
the sale of pure seeds for plant
mg purposes, says The Georgian.
The bill is a timely measure and
will no doubt be passed. Ac
cording to information received
by officials of the agricultural de
partmeiit, the farmers of the
state have experienced the great
est difficulty in obtaining seeds
unmixed with foreign grain.
When they have sowed wheat
they have frequently reaped an
abundant Ifarvest of cheat and
other plants equally vahielois.
The same condition of affairs is
true with .regard to oats, barley,
alfalfa and othftr seeds. The
bill will also include a provision
for the purity oigard'U seed and
will compel the branding of all
seed so as to indicate whether
they nrc pure seed or mixed with
other grain.
The value of your services de-.,
pends upon how valuable you
make them.'
There are many ways to do a
' thing wrong, but only cue way
to do it right.
Tutt’sPills
stimulate the TORPID LIVER,
strengthen the dlgesthe organs
regulate the bowels. and arc un
egualcd aS an
ANTI-BIHOIS MEDICINE,
In malarial districts their virtues
are widely recognized, as they pos
sess peculiar properties In freeing
the system from that poison. Ele
gantly sugar coated.
Take No Substitute.
Letter from J. V. Wheeler.
Fashion in dress is a funny
thing. Possibly more correctly
speaking, a foolish thing. It is
a very trying affair to the wo
men. It racks their nerves, ener
gy, time, study and money. But
as-to the men in a general way, it
bothers but little. They are not
'prone to follow it; consequently
their fashion changes but little.
Notwithstanding, J once knew
pants to spring at the bottom un
til you could just see a fellow’s
| big toe and then abruptly chang
-I<d to the skin tight kind. So
1 much so a fellow had to grease
I his heel and instep to get his
! foot through them.
! The fellow who keeps up with
our congress on the tariff ques
tion becomes disgusted with pol
itics. The democrats no better
than the republicans and repub
licans no better than the demo
crats. All figuring on the best
i mode to feather their own nest
, at the expense ot the masses and
demoralisation of business. Gen
erally speaking the shrewd poli
tician bid.es his hand and will be
applauded. The one not so
shrewd will be condemned, not
withstanding, it's half dozen of
the one and 6 of the other. They
i both suck eggs. The only ditfer
] etice one hides his shells. But
iin the present congress all are
'sucking eggs and the shells are
openly lying about and 1 do
hope the people will take no
tice.
This is one year the red horse
draggles got knocked out, not
by state laws, but natural laws.
Incessant rains and high water
did the work. This reminds me
of the fisherman and fish war
dep. A lanky, long haired fel
low was sitting on a log angling
in the creek for the finny tribe
in violation of the law. when
along come the fish warden and
spied him, busily engaged yank
in at the fish. The warden said:
“Mv friend, are you catching
any fish’” The lanky fellow
replied, “You bet your boots.
You just ought to have been
here yesterday. I eaught 4(1 of
the finest trout you ever saw.
The warden said. ‘‘My friend, do
you know who 1 inn!’’ The fish
erman said, “Nope. “Well, re
marked the other, “I am the fish
warden for this section. I hen
the fisherman eyed the warden
a litth bit. scratched his head
and squirted a stream ot amber
'banco juice out on the crystal
waters and remarked: “Mister,
you know who I am?” The war
den acknowledged he did not.
“Well,’ said the fisherman, ”1
am the biggest liar in all this
district.”
And talking about liars, re
minds me id’ the boys, the parson
and the little dog. There was a
knot of ragged, dirty boys con
gregated in the middle of the
road with a mangy little dog in
the midst of them. Die parson
passed that way and seeing those
hoys on their knees in a circle
witii the little pup in the center,
naturally his curiosity became ex
eilid and so inquired into the ob
ject id' the meeting. The ring
leader spoke up and said: “Mis
ter. we all have an interest in
this purp, and as we can t all
well own him together, we have
agri ed to get down here and tell
lies, and the fellow who tells
the biggest lie will he entitled to
the dorg!” The parson bitterly
remonstrated with them and gavi
them a lecture on lying. and
wound up by stating that he nev
er told a lie in his life. Whereup
on the boss of the dog gaug
spoke up and said, “boys, give
the.gent the dog. ”
If this rain continues much
longer what is the merchant to
do* It won't he long before you
will see hanging from the dnor
of each business, house a notice
reading about this way: he
sell stri -tly fur cash for two rea
sons, one we know you. the oth
er. we don't.” It was claimed
a few weeks since that Georgia
was five inches short on rain fall.
II at sounded to me. But since
I I have learned that the most ot
i;|i, rain fall lias been wedged in]
j to the northern section, and the]
i southern portion has been dry as;
( . t bone. lam afraid the reverse
will bi true later, which would
work disaster to the northern*
portion of the state. But I ami
rm iudei'. to not elimb a hill un
jxill I get to h, and to embody inj
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1909.
all my contracts and agreements
*‘t> take the weather as it
comes ’ ’
J. V. W.
AMERICAN RAILWAYS
In view of the fact that the
welfare of the country is so inti
mately related to the vast sys
tem of railways with which it is
covered, the annual statistics of
railways, and a comparison of
these with the records of earlier
years, are ol never-failing inter
est. We have before us the rail
way statistics of this country as
prepared by Mr. Slason Thomp
son, of the bureau of railway
news and statistics, in which the
standing of our railways for the
year 1908 is compared with their
condition in the two previous de
cades.
At the close of the fiscal year
1908 the total number of miles
of lines in the United States was
230,600 as compared with 130,883
in 1888 and 184,648 in 1898. I he
net capitalization is 13,000,000,001
an increase of 39.8 per cent over
the figures of 1898. The gross
earnings for 1908 of $2,448,835,-
000 were nearly double those of
IS9B. Ten years ago the total
number of passengers carried one
mile was about 13.3 billions. In
ten years’ time this has increased
over 120 per cent., reaching a
total of 29.5 billions. A mark
ed increase has taken place ir
freight carried' one mile in 1898
was over 114 billions, last year
it was over 122 billions. The pas
seuger revenue per passenger
mile, which in 1888 was 24.9 cent;
in 1898 had decreased to 1.973
cents and in 1908 to 1.933 cents.
In the decade from 1888 to 1898
there was a decrease in freight
revenue from 1.0 cent per mile to
0.753 eent, at which latter figure
it also stood in 1908.
Very significant of the growth
of our railroads is the great in
crease in the number and weight
of locomotives and ears. The
years ago the total number of
locomotives’ was 36,234. During
the last decade there has been
an increase of 57,156 locomotives.
Even more remarkable has been
the increase of 115.3 per cent, in
the total weight of the locomo
tives. The number of passenger
ears has increased from 33,595 to
44,623. The number of freight
ears has risen from 1.248,826 to
2.130,110. an increase of over 70
per cent., but their capacity has
increased' over 120 per cent from
over 32,000,000 tons to over 71,-
000,000 tons. In 1898 the total
number of employees was 874,558
Last year the total was 1,451,-
000, an increase in the ten years
of over 67 per cent. During the
year there was paid out in com
pensation to employees over sl,-
000,000,4)00, which is an increase
of 110 per eent over the amount
so paid out in 1898.
Figures such as these tell most
eloquently the story of the phe
nomenal development of the coun
try during the past decade. That
the prosperity of the railroads is
intimately associated with that
of the whole country is proved
by the fact that in the twelve
months that followed the panics
the railways suffered a loss of
over $330,000,000 in gross earn
ings.—Scientific American.
Meeting of Board of Education
The county board of education
met Tuesday with the following
■members in attendance: J. L.
Pollock, J. D. Story and J. V.
Wheeler. Most of the time of
the board was taken up in pass
ing on accounts and other rou
tine matters.
A resolution was passed ask
ing as many of the teachers of
the county as possible to attend
the State Educational Associa
tion which meets at Cumberland
Island June 23 to 25.
County School Commissioner
Jones and the members ot the
board of education will attAid
the meeting of county school com
i dssioners. which meets at Tal
lulah Falls' June 29th and 30th.
and July Ist.
Mr. E. W. Linden returned yes
•<rday from a business trip to
Rockford, HL
FOl ND —A pocket bo. k con-1
Itaimug a sum of money. Owner]
L-at. gel it b> calling on J. W. |
IMatii- and giving proper de-]
scription.
SOUTH SUMMERVILLE
Mr. John League moved Mon
day from his former home in La
fayette to his residence here on
South Main street.
Miss Julia Johnson was quite
sick last week but we are glad
to say is able to resume her du
ties in the mill this week.
Mise Lillie Mahan of near
Raccncn visited relatives here
the first of the week.
Miss Mary Bailey of Rossville
was the admired guest of her
aunt, Mrs. Jim Pollard. Saturday
and Sunday.
Horace Wimberly and family
spent the week-end in Lafayette.
Mrs. Henry Hughes and baby
visiting in Trion Tuesday.
Mrs. Lizzie Adams has returned
from a pleasant visit to Carters
ville.
Mrs. R. W. Clark is on the
sick list.
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Orr are
receiving congratulations over
the arrival of an eleven pound
boy into their home recently.
Master Eugene Henry, son of
the late Frank Henry, of Menlo,
is now making his home with his
grand parents. Mr. and Mrs. A.
L Dalton. <
J. J. Cochran, wife and small
children of Dry Valley were vis
iting relatives here Sunday.
Mrs. W. J. Farrow and daugh
ter, Grace, of Rome, are spend
ing this week with relatives here
and Lafayette.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Farrow.
Mrs. A. L. Dalton, Miss Georgia
Alexander and Miss Ida Farrow
attended the singing at Way
side Sunday and report a most
enjoyable occasion. •
Our children are enjoying the
‘■glad vacation days” after
spending a pleasant, and prosper
ous year in the school room. We
do hope our public spirited citi
zens will combine their efforts
to establish a new school build
ing here ere another term be
gins.
G. P. Mahan reportd corn silks
in his corn patch the 6th inst.
D. W. Mahan made a business
trip to Chattanooga Wednesday.
Bob Liglftsy, colored, who is
charged with killing Alf Lan
drum at Taliaferro in February
1909, and who has been out on
bond since the fall term of court
in 1907, has been turned over to
the county authorities by his
1 bondsmen. He was brought here
last week and lodged in jail.
Lightsy has been tried twice on
this eliarge. In the first trial
he was convicted of voluntary
manslaughter and sentenced to
two years in the penitentiary. He
attorneys made a motion for a
new trial, which was granted and
be was tried again at the Sep-*
' teinber term, 1907. The jury
failed to agree on a verdict and
a mistrial was declared.
Xcc.i’ding to statistics recent y
compiled, there were in Decem
ber, 1906, 59,100 Japanese sub
jects in the United States, and
out of that *otal no less than 53
per cent were in California and
its immediate neighboring states.
! In California 50 per cent of the
total were found, and of these
26 per cent were- engaged in la
bor on railways and in mines, the
remaining 24 per cent being oc
cupied with agriculture. It is
in the last named enterprise alone
tliat anything like signal success
has been attained. There are 14,-
000 Japanese farmers—speaking
roughly —in the state of Califor
nia and they own an aggregate
area of 12.000 acres which land
is devoted mainly to the cultiva
tion of fruit and vegetables. An
important feature is the contribu
tion to trade with Japan but
much more remarkable are the
sums remitted by them to the
heme country. In 1904 they
sent to Japan $3,750,000. in 1905
nearly $5.000.000 and in 1906 $5,-
633,000.
Sil 'I O'- IKu< 1 fe
Ito make your baby strong and ■
well. A fifty-cent bottle of
I will change a sickly baby to a K
plump, romping child in summer as E
well as in winter. Only one cent ft
a day—think of it —and it’s as nice g
as cream. g
Get a small bottle now. AllDru«ists K
H. D. M AL LI CO 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
CONDITION OF CROPS
Commissioner of Agriculture Hud
son Di.cussei Outlook.
Atlanta, Ga.—Georgia crop con
ditions are just now the subject
of much interest and sonic little
concern.
Weather conditions have
been bad, particularly for cotton,
and the coming crop report of the
department of agriculture will be
awaited with no little anxiety.
General conditions here and
there over the state are pretty
well known, but in the crop re
port the department will go in
to the minute details of the sit
uation based upon averages from
almost every militia district in
the state.
Discussing conditions as he has
seen them in going about the
state, Commissioner of Agricul
ture Hudson said:
“The unusually cool nights
which have prevailed during May
have undoubtedly had the effect
of stunting the growth of cotton,
and this is a condition which has
prevailed not alone in the higher
altitudes, but throughout the en
tirestate. Recent heavy rains, too
have caused heavy growth of
grass which has materially inter
ferred.
“Altogether there is no doubt
in my mind that the cotton crop
will be short this year, with bet
ter prices for the farmers. This
opinion is based not alone on the
weather; there are other grounds
for it, chief of which is the re
duced acreage as a result of the
more widespread planting of
grain crops. Georgia has some
of the finest grain crops the state
has ever known. There is no
question that increased grain pro
duction has withdrawn somewhat
from the attention generally giv
en to cotton.”
Discussing general conditions,
Assistant Commissioner of Agri
culture R. F. Wright said:
“I am quite familiar with con
ditions in the northern section
of the state as the result of my
own observations. In the north
ern section the wheat is fine and
the yield will be 40 to 75 per
cent more than in any recent
year. Practically the same may
be said of oats.
“Attention to these grain crops
has resulted in a reduced eotton
acreage in that section, in addi
tion to which the weather condi
tions in north and middle Geor
gia have been quite unfavorable
to the development of the cotton
plant. Cool nights and rains dur
ing May have deprived the young
eotton of the warmth and sun
shine which it so much needs. It
i.-. now June and we have had so
far only one or two favorable
nights.
“The result is, cotton is from
two to three weeks backward
over most of the state, and the
outlook is far from promising.
South Georgia conditions have
been somewhat more favorable
on account of the abscence of
I so much rain, but in tliat section,
i too. there has been a large in-
I crease in grain crops which is
bound to have its effects.”
T! e man who knows h.mself
has a large stock of knowledge.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER’S
i CASTO R I A
FOR SALE
Four lots of land in one body
of about 700 acres at an average
of s3jso per acre, not more than
half price; good portion clear of
rock and can be cultivated. 10
acres open land on one lot; 20
acres open land on another lot,
and 30 acres open land on the
third lot—making a total of 60
acres, balance in timber. Running
water on the most 5f it, about
i/ 2 dozen springs, 2
stone springs of water, 2 mineral
springs, 2 large old dilapidated
houses, one the place I bought
of Hiram H. Gilreath, 80 acres,
No. 128. The other house goes by
the Rape place that Dean resided
on and had it in good repair,
built a spring house over a bold
spring. The land lies east of A.
J. Bodes’ and David Boiles’ farm
and about 100 acres run down
the slope of the mountain ad
joining the farms of Mrs. Crow
der, McCamy and David Hemp
hill. Land enough for */2 dozen
settlements. It would make a
splendid stock farm. Exajnine
it if you wish to buy or write me
at Summerville, Chattooga coun
ty Ga., for further information.
Wni. MOORE.
E. A. Boiles or D. A. Hemphill
of Teloga, Ga., will take pleasure
in showing you this property.
Deputy Sheriff C. S. Kellett
returned from Floyd county Mon
day with Joe Johnson, colored,
who was wanted here on a charge
of resisting an officer. About
two weeks ago a warrant for '
Johnson’s arrest was placed in
Mr. Kellett’s hands. He was
wanted by the authorities of
Floyd county on a charge of as
sault. Mr. Kellett went up to
the Luke Bass place where John
son was stopping to arrest him.
hut he resisted and succeeded in
making his escape. He was lo
cated a few days ago about 12
miles north of Armuch'ee, and
Mr. Kellett went over Monday
ami brought him to jail.
Last Saturday afternoon while
standing in front of Hinton &
Co’s store the team of Mr. Hen
ry Clark of Trion, became fright
ened and ran away. His little
daughter, Ruth, was in the bug
gy but the horses were soon
stopped and she escaped uninjur
ed. Mr. Clark was standing near
the team with the lines in his
hand, and when the horses start
ed he was thrown to the ground
and dragged a distance of sever-*
al feet, but sustained only a
few slight bruises.
NOTICE
Customers for Mung Beans
(also called “Hay Peas” of
“Blue Peas”) will find them on
sale at the store of Cleghorn, Hen
ry & Co. at prices which savO
you the postage. I 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.
Colds that hang on weaken the con
, stitution and develop Into consump
tion. Foley’s Honey and Tar cures
persistent coughs that refuse to yield
to other treatment. Do not experi
ment with untried remedies as de
lay may result in your cold settling
on your lungs. Sold by all drug
gists.