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The Summerville News
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Summerville, Ga., June 24, 1909
When the legislature makes
effective the new constitutional
amendment, which will give a
pension to every old soldier hold
ing property of less valuation
than $1,500 and to the widows of
veterans who were married prior
to 1870 it will mean an increase
in the pension rolls of the state
of from nine to ten thousaml, ac
cording to the estimate of Pen
sion Commissioner Lindsey. As
the annual report of the commis
sioner shows 15,619 pensioner.'-
for the year 1908, costing the
state $927,775,.85, it will readily
be seen that the new amendment
when put into force will require
an increase of about 75 per cent
on this sum.
An Arkansas editor has discov
ered the nerviest man. lie says
that this man subscribed for his
paper on a credit, took it live
years without paying lor it, then
offered to sell the old papers
back to the editor for cash when
the latter’s file was destroyed by
lue Cuthbert Liberal-Enter-
The town along the W. & A.
are making a strenuous effort to
capture the automobile route
from Atlanta to Chattanooga,
with the idea of securing a great
permanent highway between the
two cities. Bartow, Gordon and
Whitfield counties held big meet
ings last week in the interest ot
tile project, and at Dalton a
great barbecue was given Satur
day, at which enthusiastie speech
es were made by President J. L.
Lee, <d' the Farmers Guion of
Georgia, and other prominent cit
izens from various sections ot
the state. These people have gone
at it m earnest, and unless the
advocates of the Cedartown Home
Summerville route wake up. we
are going to miss the opportuni
ty of securing a permanent high
wav of great value to our farm
ing interests. Cedartown Stand
a rd.
The Baltimore Sun pays this
beautiful tribute to the Confed
erate soldier:
“No material reward tempted
the Coiilfi-derate to enlist. He
was not a mercenary, for his pay
was mostly in promise, and even
his food supply was precarious
and uncertain. He received no
large money bounty, and often
famished his own uniform, his
own ariiu* and his own mount.
Only devotion to his principles,
love of his state and home and
faith in his leaders could have
enabled him to carry on the un
equal struggle for four long years
And tho often he had to go hun
gry and his uniform was reduced
to rags, the Confederate fought
on with a courage that nothing
could daunt and a daring that i
snatched victory after victory •
from the very jaws of deteat.
• And when the end came at
Appomattox the < oniederate!
trampl'd back to his ruined home
A and with bare hands, in the ashes,
\ of defeat, began to build up the;
\ structure of a new civilization,
k 11 has made the rebuilding of j
tl • South the wonder ot the
the Scripture on auto
■ ! > '•nished by W. G. Al-
x com Nahum, second
, and fourth verse: “The
, S -. race in the streets.
_« U le one against all-
- road wavs; they
shall see U >rehi-s. they shall
run like -ting"—tonyersj
Free Pres* .
i The Summerville Cotton Mills.
I The doubling of the Summer
ville Cotton Mill is now a cer
tainty. Notice has been sent out
to the present stockholders to
. state the amount they will take
of this new stie-k to be issued—
only $190,00 will be offered at
the present. A great many ol
, the old stock holders will take
. their fll prorata and no troub
: le is expected in disposing of this
stock. .It is a fine investment
i and no doubt will always pay a
nice dividend. It is a home in
stitution. Our people benefit by
• it and we should all feel an inter
est in its success.
Now let us all pull together and
1 secure this amount at once and
go to work as early as possible
on this SIOO,OOO addition. We are
al) interested. Every man, wom
an and child in the county will
he directly interested. Don’t fee!
that this is the other fellow’s bus
iness and you are not concerned.
Help all you can and do so at
once. If we keep our town build
ing we must not quit work. We
have a fine start to have a first
class town and it is easy to keep
it going, if we all keep pushing
Now help those who are do
ing this work. They need your
help and encouragement. If you
can’t put down much subscribe
all you can. The payments will
he easy and you can meet them
, without much trouble. This is
like building a new mill and will
add several hundred people to
our town and will mean a large
increase in our pay roll. This
is what we need —a good, healthy
pay roll coming in twice a month.
The people in every profession
feel its influence. Consider our
town two years ago and look at
it now. A great many new homes
have been built and a great many
more will follow. We have ad
vantages no other place can of
fer to people who want good wa
ter, healthy location and one of
the most beautiful towns in
Georgia. We have burned the
bridge behind us, so now all pull
and work; the new mill must be
built.
Stockholders Meeting.
The annua! meeting of the
stockholders of the Chattooga
Oil .Mill Co. was held yesterday
The past year has been a very
profitable one for the mill. The
report of the officers showed a
satisfactory dividend on th«
capital stock.
The stockholders decided to
ssue $25,00(1 of bonds and
liquidate the indebtedness on the
plant.
All the old officers and direct
ors were re-elected as follows:
miners—R. A. McWhorter,
president; J. C. Hutchens, Vice
President ; J. T. Jolly, Secreta
ry and Treasurer; S. M. Wade,
General Manager.
Directors—W. L. Selman. •Joe
Young, J. L. Hammond, J. 11.
Thomas, W. 11. Penn, N. K.
Bitting. T. P. Taylor, O. A. Sel
man. S. M. Wade. A. L. Dalton.
Summerville (Augusta. (>a..
is terribly wrought up because
there is a Summerville. Ga.,
without the marks of parentlie
sis. Sad but true, and the Sum-
Jmerville. Ga., is a fine little
town. Ocilla Star.
It has been said that “good
roads lead from good farms
to good towns.” and it seems a
direet way of stating the taet.
Wherever there are good roads
leading into a town that town is
! invariably an active and up to
: date business community. When
K-ver good roads run through a
i farming region the farms are
. found well kept, the houses
bright and in good repair, and
i the outbuildings show an air ot
snug, comfort and prosperity.
If You are Worth $50,000 Don’t
Read This.
This will not interest you if you
are worth fifty thousand dollars, but ,
if you are a man of moderate means |
,md cannot afford to employ a phy
sician when you have an attack oil
; diarrhoea, you will be pleased to |
know that one or two doses of Cham ,
b< rlain s Colic. Cholera and Diar- ,
rhvea Remedy w ill cure it This I
remedy has been in use for many I
years and is thoroughly reliable. l
.Price 25 cents For sale by Sum-j
Drug Co Summerville. «a.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS, THURSDAY, JUNE 34, 1909.
Enrich Others at Our Cost,
In a somewhat remarkable arti
cle recently, the Constitution re
produced the affirmative and
> negative arguments respecting
the cattle industry in Georgia.
The article had an intimate bear
, ing on cotton, the south’s com-
I mereial sheet anchor.
T. R. Sawtell, speaking front
experience, was antagonistic to
hope for the industry; W. H.
White, Jr., speaking also front
experience, was protagonist to
the industry.
One point upon which both of
these prominent business men agr
these prominent business men
agree, and which needs to be
driven forcefully home to the
farmers of the south, is that—
Once the people of Georgia
and necessarially of the south
are converted wholesale to the
industry of cattle raising, that
day will the south come into its
true industrial independence
then it will be absolute and su
preme master of its own com
mercial and industrial destiny,
able to arbitrate terms with tin
wurld.
What may sound like a grand
iloquent boast is supported I
the sort of logic that is express
ed in the homely proposition thn
two and two make four.
In fat years the farmers of th
south bring into this section some
thing approximating $700,000.
000 through the instrumentality
of the cotton crop.
That vast sum comes from ev»
cry nook of the globe. It repre
sents only a tithe of the ultimate
value of the crop, a value which
the south is destined to reap in
full once we materialize the pol
icy of attaching all the mills to
the fields.
Only a portion of that impres
sive sum of $700,000,000 cotton re
turn is profit. A conservative
estimate would place the cost
of producing that quantity of
staple at $450,000,000, perhaps
more.
A large portion of the latter
figure goes north and west for
a simple sustenance for man and
beast —ineat, corn, wheat and
foibb-r.
Not one penny should leave
the south for this purpose. The
practice is a violation of all the
laws of economies-; it is a glar
ing infraction of common sense;
it is a woeful and an almost in
comprehensible attack upon our
own self-preservation.
Georgia and every other south
ern state is ideally adapted to
the raising of cattle, hugs, stock,
corn, wheat and fodder. Wo
should produce here every ani
mal, every grain needed for the
subsistence of man and beast.
We will not begin to material
ize our possibilities until we do
so
Failing in this we are perpe
trating the monumental folly of
sacrificing our own interest for
tlie development of other already
rich sections, with the dividends
we command from the world,
with our all-commanding staple,
The evil works - another way. .
While it places a promissory not,
against the price of the unfinish
ed crop, it also lays the burden
of financing the south upon that
oiu crop; it deludes and coerces
the farmers into over-planting,
violating the laws of supply and
demand and cutting away tho
price cotton brings on the open j
market.
Until these leading facts ar. ‘
recognized the most pretentious I
plan fur southern developin'nt
will carry an element of ftitil:
ity. Atlanta Constitution.
Mr. J. H. Thrasher, of Hill 1 tv
Tenn., representing the Blizz-.’J
I’re-Uooler Co., of Cineinnat
the American Germ Externui t- '
Co. of Chattanooga was in wt.
Wednesday.
Tutt’sPiHs
will save the dyspaptk fn-m many
dai sos misery, and enable him to eat
whatever he wishes. Thee prevent
SICk HEADACHE,
cause the food to assimilate and n our
ish the bodj . give keen appetite,
D£>ELOP ELESH
and solid muscle. Elegantly sugar
Coated.
Take No Substitute.
HON. ALF TAYLOR
Will Deliver Lecture at Trion
Saturday, July 3.
Hon. Alf Taylor will give his (
great lecture “The Passing of,
the Sword” at Trion July 3rd. !
Mr, Taylor is as fine in his
work as is his famous brother.
Senator “Bob” Taylor.
Judge Moses Wright will in
troduce the speaker, and Hon.
Wesley Shropshire will be Mas
ter of Ceremonies.
Mr. A. S. Hamilton, in a let
ter to the News, states that on
account of so much rain, and
promise of more, the speaking
will be held in the auditorium.
Seating will be arranged for
1500 people, sheds will be arrang
ed on the outside, and the school
house will be open for those who
do not care for the speaking.
Mr. Hamilton says further that
all teams will be hitched in the
grove around the Methodist
church and that there will be no
place for automobiles, as the
highways should be turned over
to the teams on that day.
The speaking will begin at
10:30 a. in. Dinner at 12:30.
At 2:30 in the afternoon there |
will be a ball game between Trion
and Chattanooga. The Trion
brass baud will furnish music for
the occasion, and there will be a
merry-go-round and various oth
er entertainments.
Mr. Hamilton extends a cor
dial invitation to the people of
the county to attend the celebra
tion.
Menlct Baptist Church Notes
Rev. A. F. Mahan filled his ap
pointment to preach here Satur
day, the 19 at 1:30 p. in., using
as a text Romans 1:14-15.
After preaching, the Womans
.V Ysionary Union met with 8
numbers present. The program,
consisted of songs by I nion,
Scripture reading and prayer by
vice president and readings by
Mrs. Al ay Baker and Mrs Char
ley Baker. Dues were paid to
the amount of $3.15 and $4.50 on
paster’s salary.
Sunday at 9:30 a. m. Sunday
school met with a good attend,
anee. Class No. 2 reported 17
present and won attendance ban
ner. At 11 a. in. Bro. Mahal) ■
preached on excellent sermon on
the Lord’s Supper. He empha
sized that portion of scripture
which says “Keep the Ordinan.
ees as 1 Delivered Them to You.’
At 3:30 p. m. the B. Y. I’. U. 1
met and rendered a short pro
gram of recitations by Eugene 1
Wood and a paper by, Aliss Es- 1
fie Leath.
Bro. Alahan favoreel the Union
by giving one of his heart to 1
heart talks which was enjoyed
by all present '
At 7 :45 we listened to a very
instructive sermon from the sub
ject. Christ <in Substitute.
REPORTER.
“Pay weddings”-are not un- ;
coiiouor, in some of the rural dis- ,
ti is ol' Germany. All the guest j
pay a fixed sum for the enter
t.iniiiient, and the receipts are
used to I’un.is’..' a home for the. 1
bridal couple.
X. counting those slaughtered
<>n Hie farm, or by the local
'buiHier, and they number mil
ls I-. this country slaughters
packs about 35.000.000 hogs
year, representing a total
\ : ie of about $440,000,000. This
s -quivalent per capita eonsump
: o.i of 116 pounds.
Governor Smith has secured
•ptions on 70-aere tract ot
and adjoining the right-of-way
»f the AV estern and Atlantic rail
road near Chattanooga. It has j
been the belief of Governor Smith |
[that the state of Georgia, should
• purchase this land for use as i
yards and terminals for the state'
road, as he believes the necessi- •
Ity for sueh land will constantly!
I increase.
During the year 1908. the'
sham and electric railroads of,
United States purchased moru
si: 112.0<'O.tm) cross ties, cost-;
■:.g the point <;! purchase, over!
->;.!>(kMi.iNM’i. an average of fifty
H. D. MALLICOAT
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
Iblackberries wanted
I ..The..
INTER-VALLE CANING CO.
| Will Pay 12 cents Gallon for
I Blackberries
All berries must be delivered
at Caning factory not later than
4 o.clock on same day picked.
Ber ries wanted only on Tues=
days, Thursdays and Saturdays.
INTER-VALLE CANING CO.
LYERLY
There was a man here from Al- •
abama a few days ago who re
marked that some one had put
his hand in Hie guinea nest,
lie said when you put your hand
in a guinea’s nest she would quit
the nest. I don’t think they have
quit the nest yet, but there are
some parties that have got some
of the eggs and they will be
turned over to John W. Bale
before court and let Judge Alose
Wright set. on them and hatch
out some convicts for selling
whiskey and violating the pro
hibition law generally. XXX
Men like tools, are useless
when they lose their temper.
11. 11. Bass, Manager, wants a
good hustling man to write insur
ance in this county for the Jef
ferson Standard Life Insurance
Co., Address 312 English-Ameri
can Bldg., Atlanta, Ga.
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I Her Proposal
“You’ve been courting me
now for a number of years.
George,” remarked a girl to a
young man, according to the
Philadelphia Inquirer, “andj I
want to make a little leap year
proposal.”
“I—l am not in a position to
marry just yet,” stammered the
youth; but”
“Who said anything about
marriage?” interrupted the girl
I“I was going to propose that
you stop coming here and give
somebody else a chance.”
Merritt & Bullick still have a
part of their ear load of Turn
bull wagons unsold. Please call
and pick out the size you want
before they are all sold. These
wagons were built to their spe
cial order and are suitable for
extra heavy loads. Sample wag
on ready for your inspection.
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Relieves sour stomacK
1 palpitation of the heart. Digests what you eax.