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VOL. XXII NO. 19. TRION j Rev. Luther B. Haines and wife, Mrs. Kathrine A. Haines, evangelists and singers and National Prison Workers of St. Louis, Mo., are stay ing with Rev. and Mrs. H. M. Stro zier and are conducting a series of very interesting meetings at the Met! odist church. Mr. Haines preached a most able sermon at eleven o’clock Sunday morning and took his text from James 4:8. Mr. Haines also gave a lecture to the young people of Trion Sunday afternoon in which he gave them a chemical demonstra tion of sin. He took three glasses of clear water, letting each one rep resent the life of a child, a young person and an old person, into each glass he dropped a few drops of dark liquid from a vial, which rep resented sin. This liquid caused each glass of water to become stain ed. After showing that he could not mage the water clean by pouring out a little and filling the glass again with clear water, Mr. Haines then took another vial which contained a red liquid which he said he would let represent the blood of Jesus, and into each glass of clouded water he dropped one drop of the red liquid making the water as clear as a crystal, and by letting Christ come into your heart every sinner can be made like the one drop of red liquid made the clouded glass of water. Mrs. Haines preached Sunday night in a most impressive and appealing manner and took Ist Thes. 5:9 as a text. It is said that there was the largest crowd out that Sunday night in many years. Rev. John T. Smitson will preach at the Christian church Sunday morn ing at eleven o’clock and will begin a series of meetings which will con tinue during the week. Mrs. Dunn moved to Lafayette Monday. Mr. Tatum, formerly of this place, spent Sunday with Supt. C. P. Thomp son. Miss Eunice Robinson has been ill the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Pennington and children returned from Lindale last week to make this their home. Mrs. J. G. Hogue and daughter, Miss Mary, went up to Chickamau ga Monday. Mrs. J. W. Parris and children re turned to Trion Tuesday after a pleasant visit to Alabama City. Mrs. Pickles moved to Lafayette Monday. Little Florida Beatrice Watson, the infant of Mr. Will Watson, is criti cally ill at the home of Mrs. Will Fitts. Miss Judie Bryan of Waterville is spending a few days with relatives here. Miss Lilly Broom visited Mr. and Mrs. Jim Jackson at their home east of Trion Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Mullen and daughter, Irene, of Needmore spent Sunday in Trion. Mrs. J. M. Broom has been ill the past week. After a long spell of sickness Miss Dicie Reynolds is again able to be visiting among her friends here in town. Miss Alice Jenkins of Rossville is visiting friends here this week. Mr. and Mrs. Emory Cameron of Waterville spent Sunday with rela tives here. Victor Powell of Anniston, Ala., came Monday to visit Mr. and Mrs. John Robinson. Mr. and Mrs Oscar Dillard and Miss Irene Dillard are visiting relatives and friends in Anniston, Ala. this week. Charlie Harin is suffering with a sprained ankle caused by a balking mule. Miss Vera Braden who has been vie iting her grandmother, Mrs. S. M. Clark, is now in Rome visiting her grandfather, T. B. Braden. Mrs. BuPd ennington is quite ill this week. Mrs. Cliff Bramblett left Tuesday to visit her mother in Huntsville. Miss Grace Wright, who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Holbert Howe, returned home to Mentone, Aja., Mon day. Hartford Brown and John Smith of Mentone spent Sunday in Trion. Mrs. S. R. Wyatt spent aSturday in Lyerly. Mr. S. R. Wyatt spent Sunday in Summerville. Mrs. Adkins returned from Cedar town Sunday. Master McWilliams Myers is con valescing this week. Mr. Edward Tinney and Miss Mat tie Whitehead were married Sunday morning at the home of the bride’s The Summerville News. parents, The marriage was solem nized by Rev. A. T. Mahan in his impressive manner. Miss Margie Robinson of Besse mer, Ala., is visiting relatives here this week. Mrs. Charles Spencer and daugh ter, Miss Mary Nell Spencer, have gone to Dalton to visit friends. Mr. Wat Pierce and Miss Jennie Jenkins were married Sunday after noon by T. J. Anderson, Esq. R. E.’ McWilliams returned to Trion Saturday after spending sev eral weeks at home in Greenbush. Mr. Marshall G. Merritt has been appointed postmaster at this place. On Saturday night, July 31, Trion Chapter No. 19 Royal Arch Masons will hold a Council of the Good Samaritan. All the members are requested to attend the fesitval, the Good Samaritan degree will be con ferred. All Royal Arch Masons and their wives are entitled to this de gree and it is hoped that all qualified will avail themselves of this opportu nity. Mrs. Paul Cooper of Rome came up Monday to visit Mrs. M. A. Allgood. Anderson Griffitt is quite ill with appendicitis. Mrs. George Brown and little Char lotte, came up from Carrollton Sat urday and will be at the Trion Inn for some time. Mr. G. C. Brown came down from Chattanooga Saturday. Misses Fannie Porter, Lornea Ta tum and Katie Lee Powell of Lyer ly visited Miss Evelyn Wyatt Sat urday. Rev. H. M. Strozier filled his reg ular appointments at Macedonia Sat urday and Sunday. DIRTTOWN Rev. B. F. Hunt filled his regular appointments at Pleasant Grove Sat urday and Sunday to large and at tentative congregations. Dirttown can boast of having the best cotton and corn crops of any valley in the county. Messrs. Chas. Christian and Lin ton Rowlls spent Sunday at Chat toogaville. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Patrick vis ited the latter’s sister at Holland Sunday. Dr. W. J. Bryant was over from Summerville Saturday. B. J. Townsend of Lyerly was here Saturday. T. M. Ballenger spent Saturday in Rome. George Holcomb of Holland was here Sunday. Willis Phillips left Sunday for Shreveport, La., where he will re main until September 1. Messrs. Carl Steadman and Lin ton Hammond of Armuchee were here Monday on business. Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Prickett and Miss Hattie Perry were among those '■vlio went to Home las’ week. Our clever mail carrier, C. W. Brooks, was off duty Monday ob serving the national holiday. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Lawrence of Subiigna visited the latter’s parents, at Silver Hill recently. Miss Annie King gave a spend-the day party at her lovely home here last Tuesday. INCOME TAX UP TO STATES. Washington, D. C. July 12. —It is now up to the legislatures of the sev eral states to say whether there shall be an income tax amendment to the constitution. By the decisive vote of 317 to 14, more than the necessary two-thirds the house today passed the senate joint resolution providing for the sub mission of the question to the states. The negative votes were all cast by Republicans. No amendment hav< ing been made to the resolution, it now goes to the president for his signature. Sees Mother Grow Young "It would be hard to overstate the wonderful change in my mother since i she began to use Electric Bitters, > writes Mrs. W. L. Gilpatrick of Dan- j forth, Me. “Although past 70 she, seems really to be growing young j again. She suffered untold misery • from dyspepsia for 20 years. At last she could neither cat, drink nor sleep. Doctors gave her up and all remedies failed till Electric Bitters worked such wonders for her health.” They invigorate all vital organs, cure Liver and Kidney troubles, in duce sleep, impart strength and ap petite. Only 50c at Summerville Drug Co. Nothing is so universally imitated as success. SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY GEORGIA, THURSDAY JULY 15, 1909 MENLO The fourth seems to have been safe and sane in spots only. As a general average proposition there was insani ty enough and some to spare. The list of deaths and accidents shows no remarkable decrease over former years. George Agnew, the son of Amzi Agnew, died very suddenly at his home in Texas last week. George was well known here and was a brother to Mrs. Dr. Martin of our town. The W. O. W. will have a picnic here on the 15th, today. This prom ises to be the largest thing of the kind that has ever been here. It will require two trains to bring the crowd from Chattanooga. Every body is invited to come. There will be two ball games and other things to amuse the crowd. J. F. Stephenson is moving to his farm he recently bought from T. E. Majors near Alpine. Mr. Majors has moved to the old Majors home in Shinbone valley. Our merchants report a fine trade here last Saturday. T. M. Springfield came very near having blood poisoning last week caused from a chicken scratch on his hand. Mr. Lon Heath of Birminghan vis ited relatives here Saturday. Miss Frankie Chauncey of Chat tanooga is visiting friends here this week. P. L. Welch visited home folks at Rising Fawn last week. Mr. J. E. Shuford of Lafayette was in Menlo last Wednesday and Thurs day. Messrs. S. T. Polk and 11. J. Gar vin made a business trip to Chat tanooga last Friday. Mrs. Montgomery is building an addition to her dwelling house. Rev. Jesse O. Brand filled his reg ular appointments here Sunday and Sunday night; M.F . BALLARD. CURRY—SCOGGINS The marriage of Mr. Arzo Scoggins to Miss Beatrice Curry was solemniz ed at the home of the bride’s parents on last Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o’clock. Only a few of the relatives and im mediate friends were present, The parlor was beautifully decorated, green and white being the prevail ing colors. Promptly at 3 o’clock the bride and groom, with Mr. John Cheek of Rome, as best man, and the bride’s sister, Miss Lydia Curry, as bride’s maid, entered the parlor and stood beneath an arch on which were the words, “Curry and Scoggins.” The ceremony was performed by Rev. G. C. Harris in a simple but impressive manner. After the ceremony the guests all repaired to the dining room where delicious refreshments were served. The bride and groom then left for Sum merville where they will be for a dew days before* going to their home three miles north of Summerville. The bride is the beautiful and ac complished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Curry, while the groom is a man of sterling worth. They each have a host of friends and relatives who wish for them happiness, pros perity and a long and happy life. A GUEST. THOUSAND SALOONS CLOSE IN TEXAS. Austin, Texas. —At midnight Sat urday more than a thousand saloons in Texas ceased operations because of the coming into effect of the law enacted at tile recent session of the state legislature regulating the sale of liquor. The principal provisions of the enactment invalidates all li quor licenses issued after February 20, 1909. limits the number of sa loons in each county to one for ev ery five hundred population and bars the issuance of new licenses except j where the saloon is conducted in con . junction with a hotel. Tortured on a Horse “For ten years I could’nt ride a ; horse without being in torture from piles,” writes L. 8. Napier, of Rug less, Ky., “when all doctors and other remedies failed, Bucklen’s Ar nica Salve cured me.” Infallible for Piles, Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Boils, Fever-Sores, Eczema, Salt Rheum, Corns, 25c. Guaranteed by Sum merville Drug Co. If a man isn’t ashamed of his past life, it is probably because he is shameless LYERLY. Mr. John Holland and wife from Texas are on an extended visit, to relatives in Chattooga. Mrs. Bailey from Comer, Ga,, has ’ been visiting her sister, Mrs. F. T. Wijmott. Mrs. Kate Alexander and daughter. Miss Anna, from Menlo, are visiting ■ A. C. Powell and family. Mr. J. M. Rose made a business trip to Borne Monday. Prof. Colyar Tatum of the A. M. college of Texas, spent the week end with his aunt, Mrs. M. .1. Por ter. Miss Mary Lee has been indispos ed for several days. Mr. D. D. Dover and family spent Saturday and Sunday in Dirttown with Mrs. Dover’s father. Mrs. J. C Wafford and son, Clar ence, who have recently returned from Texas, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Edwards for a few days last week. Miss Lillian Echols has been sick for some time. Mr. Fate Everett and wife spent Sunday in Chattoogaville. Miss Bessie Wafford was the guest of the Misses Mosteller Saturday night. Miss Lorena Tatum lias returned to her home in Chattanooga, after a pleasant visit to relatives in Lyerly. Mrs. Rex Wyatt and daughter, Huth, spent Saturday night with Mrs. A. C. Powell. Mr. Robert Alexander ami family were visiting here Sunday. Mr. Paul Harper and wife have re turned to Carrollton after a short visit to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Harper. Miss Katie Lee Powell was the guest of Miss Lorena Tatum in Chat tanooga last week. Rev. Wright filled his appointments here Saturday night and Sunday. Miss Amy Doster has returned from a pleasant visit to relatives in Rome. Misses Leila and Alice Everett are the attractive guests of Mrs. Will Jones. Miss Dora Henderson has return ed to her home in Rome, after a visit of several days in Lyerly. Mrs. Burmah Doster is spending sometime in Rome. Misses Fannie Porter, Lorena Ta tum and Katie Lee Powell went to Trion Saturday to see the ball game between the 11 Hi cavalry and the Trion team. Mrs. Will Joni'S entertained Mon day night, in honor of her guests, Misses Leila and Alice Everett. Misses Della, Bessie and Pluma Elrod spent Sunday with Miss Lena Morrison. Mrs. Allen Sweatman died Monday after an illness of several weeks. The husband who is left to mourn her loss has th e sympathy of the entire community. I Misses Evalyn and Clara Henry are , the admired guests of Capt. Talia ferro’s family. Quite an interesting gaum of ball was played hero Saturday between Chattoogaville and Lyerly which re sulted in a victory for Lyerly. Misses Cleo and Louise Bryant and Miss Mary Dorsey were in Lyerly Monday. Mr. F. S. Lee has returned from the coast and reports a pleasant trip. Misses Hannah and Beth Henley Louise Taliaferro, and Evalyn and Clara Henry were visitors In town 8u nday. Mrs. E. A. Hammond is spending a few days in Lafayette. Mrs. J. L. Simmons and son, Ray. of Chattanooga have been the guest o' E. A. Hammond and family. Mr. J. G. Toles spent Saturday with Grayson Shearer and family. Miss Rose Anderson of Raccoon was here Saturday. Mrs. Jim Shearer and little Eu nice and George Anderson spent. Sunday in Raccoon. Master Jack Shearer is recovering from a short, illness. Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Strong from Marietta arc here on a visit to rel atives. Mrs. Bob McWhorter has return ed to Gaylesville, after a short stay with relatives and friends here. Miss Drucllla Pitts was the guest of J. L. Pollock's family last week. COTTON IMPROVING IN SOME SECTIONS. Memphis, Tenn.—The following Is the Commercial Appeal’s summary of the week’s cotton crop condition. Returns from cotton crop this week j are mixed. Improvement is noted in s Georgia Alabama, Mississippi, Ten nessee. Arkansas. Oklahoma and northern and eastern Texas. No improvement or loss occurred in North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisiana and central, southern and western Texas. The plant in Arkansas. Oklahoma and northern Texas is large, fruiting well, thrifty and full of promise. East of the Mississippi river although improvement has taken place as noted, the plant is small and not al ways healthy and apparently stands are bad. The crop promise is re garded as still uncertain, although with favorable weather for the re mainder of the season, a fair yield < an be made. Heavy rains in North and South Carolina delayed cultivation, and much grass is still complained of. Dry weather there is greatly desired. Much apprehension exists throughout central and western Texas of a sum mer drouth. It has not rained there for two weeks or more and tem peratures have been very high. The plant shows the effect. As yet no great damage has resulted, but it is believed that the crop has reached a point whore it will soon detoriate without moisture. 801 l weevils are numerous in Louisana, but else where complaints are not frequent. GORE Rev. B. F. Hunt filled Ids appoint ments at Pleasant Grove Saturday and Sunday. Mr. D. 1). Dover and family of Lyerly were visiting relatives here Saturday and Sunday. Miss Annie King returned Wednes day to Atlanta after a week's stay with her parent’s, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. King. Mr. and Mrs. Lester McWilliams o’ Greenbush were visiting relatives here Sunday. I Mr. and Mrs. Scoggin of Armuchee attended services at Pleasant Grove i Sunday. Mrs. Wilson Sims and son, llix. after a month’s visit to relatives here, have returned home. Carl Wright and sister, Miss Al lah, of Rome attended services at Pleasant Grove Sunday. Hugh Watson of Tennessee is spending this week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Watson. L. J. Prickett spent Wednesday i in Lafayette. Messrs. Ed Barron and Hill Prick ett spent Friday night in Rome. The farmers are still busy killing grass and are behind with their work. More peas are being sown than usual. PATSY. L HARRISBURG , Rev. 11. M. Strozier filled his reg . ular appointments nt Macedonia last , Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Annis Hixon of Rossville was , the guest, of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sit ton Sunday and Monday. Mr. A. M. Agnew made a business I trip to Chattanooga last week. Mrs. Sallic Gray and daughters. Misses Exa and Tex of Trion are spending this week with Mr. and I Mrs. W. F. Ford. Miss Exa says , she believes she had rather run a warper than to run a weeder. No farming for her. The young people enjoyed a nice singing at Macedonia Sunday even ing conducted by Mr. A. M. Martin and others. Masters. Frank and Em mitt McCa tny are visiting their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Ford, this week. Every member of Harrisburg lodge No. 392 I. O. O. F. are earnestly requested to be present Saturday , night as there, is a lot of business to be attended to. Mr. A. J. Ford has been very sick for the past week. VALLEY BOY. Life 100,000 Years Ago. 1 Scientists have found in a cave In Switzerland bones of men who lived 1 100,000 years ago, when life was In constant danger from wild beasts. To day the danger, as shown by A. W. i Brown of Alexander, Me., is largely | from deadly disease. "If it had not I been for Dr. King’s New Discovery, i which cured me, I could not have I lived,” he writes, "suffering as I i did from a severe lung trouble find 1 stubborn cough.” To cure Sore . : Lungs, Colds, obstinate Coughs, and ■ prevent Pneumonia, its the best , medicine on earth. 50c and SI.OO. , Guaranteed by Summerville Drug i Co - ‘ i ( It has taken eighteen years for the ! Atlantic steamships to cut down the i transatlantic rqcoid one day I ONE DOLLAR A YEAR INTERESTING LETTER FROM DR. RUDICIL Atlanta, Ga., July 12. —The senate and house of representatives are now organized and engaged in a de sire to improve the present, condi tion of our great state. On last Wednesday United States Senator A. S. Clay was confirmed by union of general assembly as U. S. Senator for the next six years. Ho delivered a fine, practical address While it is true the southland does not get all she thinks she needs, yet. our representatives and senators in congress do all they can for south ern interest and Senator Clay’s love, intelligence and patriotic devotion to and for Georgia and the entire south ern division of the union, will be a power in our, even partial, protec tion of national interests.He has been one of our strong representatives on the tariff question. The people of Georgia, did the right thing in re electing him. The senate passed its first bill Tuesday, a bill to let counties bor row money to pay school teachers promptly. The bill allows county school boards to borrow money to pay school teachers where the act ual necessity arises for prompt pay ment. This money is to be paid back to the lender when county school commissioner receives school funds, later on. I voted for this bill, yet hoping we can arrange a better plan to get the money to pay school teachers than the above law. The house of representatives may not con cur with the senate In passing the above bill. The governor recom mended an amendment to constitu tion to issue six hundred thousand dollars of bonds for the common schools of the state. I am afraid of state bonds, ’f we should begin to issue state bonds there is no telling where nor when such going in debt by the state would end. Yet, if bonds have Io be Issued by the state 1 would prefer the issue for common schools than for any other purpose and as a last resort to get money for our teachers 1 may agree to 11. A bill was also passed by the senate to provide for th v observance of February 12 In the public schools of the state as “Georgia Day.” This is in commemoration of the landing of General Oglethorpe. The bill does not provide for a holiday for the schools, only to call attention of pupils of all schools of the state to Georgia's early history and her prog ress from first settlement to present time. I think this is the right thing for all schools to do, for our rising generation. It is Senator Slaton’s bill and passed without a single op ponent. The bill to pay ordinarys of the slate one dollar out of the county treasury for pension papers for each pension in county was ta bled for the present on account. of some opposition. A number of sen ate bills have been read first time, and a few have passed to second reading. I hear that the house of represen tatives have now on record four hun dred bills, and sixty-nine resolutions already, and there are perhaps many more yet to come before the house. Some of them are amendments, how ever, to existing laws, and I think the majority of the members of the house are looking for some changes in some of our present laws. The trial of Railroad Commissioner McLendon before Joint committee of house and senate began in senate chamber last Thursday evening with open doors. All persons had the privilege of hearing the statement of Mr. McLendon and his reasons and defense for his acts while on duty as railroad commissioner. Th< gov ernor’s reasons for removing him were presented to committee on Tues day the 12th. J have heard the tes timony on one side but I am not one of the committee, though will hear bolb sides and when the senate' gets the case before it, which Is the end of it, I will certainly let the testimo ny in the case control my vote. R. Y. RUDICIL. It has been truly said that one of the best friends a town can have is a merchant who is a live and con stant advertiser in its newspapers. By so doing he does not only ex tend its trp.de territory, but where ever the paper goes it carries with it the impression that it is publish ed in a live town—a town where there is push, energy and plenty of enterprise. It sometimes happens that a fellow gets a reputaiion for genius simply* because he is too lazy to work !