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Summerville, Ga., July 15, 1909
Georgia and Good Roads
The Nashville American, in com
menting upon the good being done
in Georgia in building public high
way, says:
“Sentiment for improved roads
is growing all over the south, but
concert of action seems to be lack
ing in all except a few states.
Georgia, which has less than 2,000
miles of improved roads in a total
of 50,000 miles, is just now in the
midst of a campaign which prom
ises fine results. Practical demon
strations of the value of good rcaao
is being made in many counties,
. and nowhere have the promoters
met with other than the most en
thusiastic reception. The state,
county and municipal governments
are working hand in hand with
the newspapers, and with such
powerful forces we may be sure
that within the next few' years
Georgia will have many more
miles of improved roads than it
was able to sho'w in the last federal
government reports.
“Another potent force which is
indorsing the movement in our sis
ter state is the Georgia Farmers Un
ion. When the farmers, who are
vitally interested in better road
ways, take a hand in the m'ove-
of this kind they have it in
their power to do much in the way
of choosing men to office who will
champion the cause.’’
The American is not at all satis
fied with the improvements being
made and which have been made
in Tennessee, and suggests that
state supervision could do a vast
deal in aiding the matter.
This* is true, but the community
in Georgia, Tennessee or any other
state which waits for state aid, will
never get good roads.
We are not so sure that the state
or the government will ever take a
hand in building good roads, but
if either or both in the future fur
nishes any money towards good
road building, in our opinion the
communities which do most for
themselves will be- the ones to get
most aid.
■■urgia has a campaign on which
ML gi-.ai results. A number
m oi
'isV li! " v "' l '
s
.. BF . mini yam in
■nrts.
III. people ei.nvim.ll
BF a tiling is needed, away to so-
Bn that thing is always found
■Sooner or later. The demand for
BB the invention of some great article
or machine of utility is met by the
invention of the thing wanted.
The demand for good roads will
bring good roads. Obstacles may
present themselves, obstructions
may get in the way, money may
be lacking, but in the end the thing
wanted will be secured.
The purpose to be served by
good roads are so numerous that it
is not necessary now to call atten
tion to them. That, after all is
not the point. Every one knows
what good roads do for a county,
a state or a nation. How to get
good roads and get them quick is
the burning question.—Chattanoo
ga News.
Tired
Itl may be from overwork, but
aAe chances are its from an in-
LIVER
a well conducted LIVER
one can do mountains of labor
Without fatigue.
It adds a hundred per cent to
ones earning capacity.
It can be kept in healthful action
by, and only by
Tirtt’sPills
TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE.
The Handwriting on the Wall.
Within recent months nothing has
happened which better illustrates the
substantial progress of the temper
ance sentiment in the United States
than the reform principles which have
been adopted by the Chicago Liq
uor Dealer’s Association.
' On every side they have been
I brought face to face with the tokens
> which foreshadow the overthrow of
! the traffic.
In not less than ten states of the
Union today there is statewide pro
hibition.
With few exceptions local option
prevails in the states which have
not adopted more drastic measures.
Even in the old bourbon state of
Kentucky there are less than twenty
counties which still vote the wet
ticket.
It will also be remembered that an
Indiana court has held that a li
cense to sell an intoxicant is uncon
stitutional and illegal.
Admonished by the situation which
is clearly growing more serious, the
liquor men of Chicago have volunta
rily agreed to observe the following
riles:
To obey all ordinances.
To cease serving drinks to women
at public bars.
To stop all forms of gambling what
ever on saloon premises.
To exclude all irdsceuc pictures or
advertisements from saloons.
To drive away all disorderly per
sons and loafers.
To refuse to sell drinks to intoxi
cated persons, or to known inebri
ates. or to minors.
It is not to be contended for a mo
ment that the rigid enforcement of
the above set of laws will not ma
terially improve the status of affairs
in the metropolis of the middle west.
But the sweep of the prairie fire
has begun.
Perhaps it might have disarmed
the prohibition cause to some ex
tent if measures of this kind had
been adopted years ago. Belshaz
zar was ready to reform when he
read the handwriting on the walls of
Babylon. But it was too late. Dan
iel had come to judgment.—Atlanta
Georgian.
Governor Brown is considering the
advisability of exercising his consti
tutional right by borrowing from the
banks money for current expenses of
the state, and applying the near-beer
fund of $227,000 to the payment of
the school teachers, if the legislature
adopts his suggestion and makes this
fund immediately available for use.
The application of the near-beer mon
ey to the payment of the teachers
would, it is stated, go far toward
canceling the state’s obligations in
this respect, and would in no wise
embarrass the governor in meet
ing fixed obligations.
The recent advance in the price of
cotton has sent a thrill of hopeful
ness and enthusiasm among the farm
ers of the south, and the indications
now are that the present crop will
bring a handsome return, says
The Atlanta Journal. No one
who is familiar with the law of sup
ply and demand can doubt for a mo
ment that cotton is intrinsically
worth more than thirteen cents, but
for a long time it has been bringing
less than it is worth. Unfavorable
conditions of the growing crop in
Texas and LU—Pther states has sent
the price soaL/j within the past few
days, and the staple is now worth
twelve and a half cents, which is a
great improvement on the prices
which have prevailed for a long time.
The efforts of farmers in organizing
and holding their cotton have no
doubt contributed to the present im
proved condition, and it is hoped that
the belter prices which cotton is now
bringing will continue until it is sell
ing in the open market at something
like its true value. This increase in
the price of cotton cannot fail to re
sult in a better feeling and in an
improvement in business all along
the line. Much cotton which has
been held for some time will be sold
within the next few weeks, if good
prices continue, and the money thus
turned loose will find its way through
all the channels of trade.
The senate committee on county
and county matters has recommend
ed for passage the bill introduced by
Representative Beasley to abolish
the office of county treasurer. This
measure proposes to abolish the of
fice of county treasurer in every I
county in the state, and create de-1
I positories instead.
H. H. Bass, Manager, wants a i
I good hustling man to write insurance j
•in this county for the Jefferson ,
J Standard Life Insurance Co., Ad
i dress 312 English-American Bldg.,
I Atlanta, Ga.
Strict attention to business,
I self-culture, and an eye to the'
i future, are the keynotes to sue-,
ceess in life and it behooves ev-.
ery young man if he wants to
get on to bear this in mind.
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS, THURSDAY, JULY, 15, 1909
CHATTOOGA COUNTY MASONIC '
CONVENTION IN SESSION ■
I
Officers of Grand Lodge to Lay
Corner Stone for New Court
House Today.
The eighth annual meeting of the
Chattooga County Masonic Convention
convened with Summerville lodge No.
109 yesterday.
The convention was called to order
promptly at ten o'clock by Worship
ful Master J. M. Rose, with the fol
lowing delegates in attendance:
Alpine Lodge.—John Hall, G. A.
Kling, S. M. Baker, H. C. Gilbert.
Mt. Hickory—C. P. Gaines.
Lyerly Lodge—J. M. Rose, E. A. ’
Harrison, W. M. Bagley, J. G.
King, A. L. Worsham, E. Montgom- :
ery, Lige Smith, J. T. Eaton, J. A.
Mosteller.
Trion Lodge—A. F. Mahan, S. E.
Strange, J. H. Thomas, J. A. League.
Summerville Lodge—N. K. Bitting.
J. T. Jolly, A. L. Murphy, Paul Ma
loney, W. S. Wright, R. I). Jones, L.
B. McGinnis.
The following visitors were made
honorary members of the convention:
W. L. Selman, D. M. Williams, W. A.
Donald, and F. G. Willbanks.
Reports from the seven lodges in
the county were read and showed
good progress for the past year.
The memorial committee made its
report by recording the death of the
following brethren since the last, con
vention: J. P. Moore and Robt. Ra
my, of Trion Lodge No. 160; B. F.
Vaughn, of Lyerly lodge No. 338; H.
B. Erwin, of Summerville lodge No.
109; T. K. Purcell, of Lookout lodge
No. 198.
Officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows:
J. M. Rose, Worshipful Master.
G. A. Kling, Senior Warden.
C. P. Gaines, Junior Warden.
S. C. Martin, Sec. & Treas.
A. F. Mahan, Chaplain.
The following officers were appoint
ed:
J. W. A. Justice, Senior Deacon.
J. T. Jolly, Junior Deacon.
J. A. League, Senior Steward.
Geo. Morton, Junior Steward.
Following is the program for
today:
Meet at the hall at 9 o’clock a. m.
and receive the grand officers
and other distinguished Masons that
will be in attendance. After a few
short talks the Grand Master, Hon.
Thomas H. Jeffries will open the
grand lodge of Georgia. Then form
ing a procession, march to the court
house, where he will lay the corner
stone of the new court house, assist
ed by Past Grand Master Max Mey
erhadrt, and other grand officers.
Welcome Address by Hon. Wesley
Shropshire.
Response by Judge John W. Mad
dox, of Rome, Ga.
Address by Grand Master Jeffries,
of Atlanta, Ga.
Address by Judge Moses Wright,
of Romo,
Dismiss for dinner.
Meet at the hall at 2 p. m. where
the third degree will be conferred
by the grand officers.
Everyone would be benefitted by
taking Foley’s Orino Laxative for
stomach and liver trouble and habit
ual constipation. It sweetens the
stomach and breath, gently stimu
lates the liver and regulates the bow
els and is much superior to pills and
ordinary laxatives. Why not try
Foley’s Orino Laxative today. Sold
by all druggists.
According to a statement of the
Georgia Fruit exchange, 500 carloads
of peaches will be shipped out of the
state this yeek. The shipments of
Elbertas and Georgia Bells, which
began last week, will continue this
week. Prices are reported satisfac
tory, good fruit last week averaging
from $1.75 to $2.50 a crate. Up to
and including July 8, 846 carloads of
peaches had been shipped out of the
state, and it is expected that 2,000
will be shipped before the season
ends.
Bowel Complaint in Children
When six months old the little
daughter of E. N. Dewey, a well
known merchant of Agnewville, Va.,
had an attack of cholera infantum
Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Di
arrhoe Remedy was given and ef
fected a complete cure. This Rem
edy has proven very successful in
cases of bowel complaint in children
and when given according to the plain
printed directions can be relied upon
I with perfect confidence. When re
■ duced with water and sweetened it
. is pleasant to take, which is of great
i importance when a medicine must
'be given to young children. For sale
by Summerville Drug Co., Summer
ville, Ga.
Delay in commencing treatment for
a slight irregularity that could have
; been cured quickly by Foley’s Kid
ney Remedy may result in a serious
kidney disease. Foley’s Kidney Rem
I c-dy builds up the worn out tissues
; and strengthens these organs -old
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| AMERICAN FARM PRODUCTS
' There is an article in the National
Monthly for July by Roy Crandall on
the products of the American farm,
comparing them with the farms of
European countries. Mr. Crandall's
article seems to have been suggest
ed by a passage in Mr. James J.
I Hill's Seattle exposition speech, in
| which this great railway builder pre
dicted so pronounced a decrease in
farm products that ere many years
the nation could not feed its own
I people. Mr. Crandall has gone to
the government records to show that
l the American farmer is behind ev
ery other farmer in producing stuff
1 per acre. He makes it a humiliating
1 picture, but he is backed by statis
-1 tics. The result of this is that the
production of farm commodities lias
| not kept up with the increase of
population, and prices are therefore
high. Reduced production makes it
all the easier for trusts to corner
the markets, fix prices and gouge
the consumer. Here is a paragraph
from Mr. Crandall’s article:
“The sixteen billion dollar crop that
should be looming in the immediate
future would be assured if the Amer
ican farmers had done as well pro
portionately as tlio farmers of poor
er countries, who work less fecund
fields with less perfect implements,
but who, nevertheless, make those
areas produce from two, to three and
one-half times as much as does the
American agriculturist. In every
country of Europe, Russia alone ex
cepted, the farmers show greater
industry, and greater knowledge
and greater skill than
do the 11,000,000 men whom
this nation looks for food; and acre
for acre their returns are vastly grea
er.”
The American farmer could make
a sixteen billion dollar crop, instead
of eight billions, if lie farmed more
with his brain. European farmers
have distanced him in intelligent, sci
entific agriculture, doubtless through
necessity. Our farmers are too care
less of their lands and too wasteful
in their methods. The department
of agriculture estimates (hat our
wheat growers annually waste $25,-
000,000 by neglecting to harvest in
fence corners and on back furrows;
the grain thus wasted “being ample
to surround the entire kingdom of
Portugal with double the luxuries
now enjoyed.” Japanese farmers
could follow American farmers one
season and gat iter up enough waste
to “wipe out Nippon’s debt.” These
may be considered extravagant state
ments, but experts of our own gov
ernment have made them.
In the calculations that follow, the
average per acre is made on a ba
sis of the number of acres planted to
each crop.
Great Brittain beats us on wheat
Our average per acre is 12 bushels;
that, of England 33.8. The average
per acre for other countries is as
follows: Ireland, 37.8; Netherlands,
31.1; Belgium, 35.5. It will be
seen that the farmers of Great Brit
tain beat the farmers of the Uni
ted States by 21.8 bushels; those of
Ireland lead them by 25.8; those of
Belgium by 23.1 and those of the
Netherlands by 19.1.
During that harvest season 47,-
30a,829 acres of land was sown to
wheat. The crop was 567,669,948
bushels; worth, at 66.7 cents a
bushel, the enormous sum of $378,-
636,074. But had those acres pro
duced approximately 38 bushels to
the acre, as did the lands cultiva
ted by the struggling little tenant
farmer of Ireland, the yield would
have been 1,799,621,502 bushels, and
worth $1,198,147,541.83—a gain in
wheat of 1,231,59,554 bushels and in
money of $819,511,468.83.
The countries included in this com
parison beat us on wheat, oats, po
tatoes and rye. We beat them in corn
and cotton production, but. not so
much. And we get this credit, large
ly because nature gives it to us.
It is a very rare thing that we hoar
of an American farmer scientifically
feeding his soil with a view to re
storing it to its primitive productive
ness. When he wears out. one field
he “clears" another one by cutting
timbre off of his woodland. It never
occurs to him to improve the worn
out land and make it produce. That
is the trouble with the American
farmer. Probably it is due to
the fact that we have too much land;
it is so plentiful that we are unmind
ful of it. However, the time has ar
rived when we are face to face with
the fact that something must be done
to get a greater yield per acre of all
principal crops. Unless we can do
this it will not be long until famine
will overtake the nation. The Amer
ican farmer should wake up.—Chat
tanooga News.
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ATLANTA, GEORGIA £-J j \
Atlanta, Ga.. July 13. — Any Geor
gian who wants to keep a dog after
September I, will have to pay the
State $2.50 for the privilege, if a
bill introduced in the house today
passes. The law makes the consta
ble of each township responsible for
the enforcement of it and also pro
vides that, he shall not only kill all
unlicensed dogs but bury them “un
der at least two feet of earth." Dogs
under three months of age are ex
empt. The author says frankly that
the state must, have the money, now
that the liquor revenue Is no more,
and that dogs are a luxury, anyhow.
All the features that go to make
a safe, conservative Bank are found
in the Bank of Lyerly. All business
with it is strictly confidential and
“ABSOLUTE SAFETY TO DEPOSI
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constitution ami develop consumption
but heals and strengthens the lungs.
It affords comfort and relief in the
worst, cases of chronic bronchitis,
asthma, hay fever and lung trouble.
Sold by all druggists.
The Georgia Free Lance says there
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! . to see what. Congress is going to do
before they begin to grow.
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BLACKBERRIES WANTED
..The..
INTER VALLE CANNING CO.
I Will Pay 12 cents Gallon for
Blackberries
All berries must be delivered at
Canning factory not later than
4 o.clock on same day picked.
Berries wanted only on Tues-
I days, Thursdays and Saturdays.
INTER-VALLE CANNING CO.
Menlo, - - Ga.
GIVES AWAY $25,000 A DAY
In less than three years Mrs. Rus
sell Sage has spent, more than $25,-
000,000 for public purposes and the
benefit of mankind. The recent in
vestigation abroad of the question of
workingmen’s insurance and the es
tablishment of a gigantic employ
ment bureau call attention anew to
her prolific bounty.
It took Russell Sago fifty years to
get $65,000,000. This great, sum
represented tile pinching and scrap
ing together of what amounted to
$3,000 a day for the lifetime of the
astute financier.
Mrs. Sago is now giving away the
1 fortune at the rate of $25,000 a day.
If the widow continues her charities
at. tile pace she lias Het all will be
gone in five years. Computation of
the financier’s power to make money
with Mrs. Sage’s faculty of giving it
away shows that, the widow is giving
away $2 in the same time that it
look Mr. Sago Io accumulate the
proverbial "thirty-eents."
< olitinbus just landed; nieet
:ng a big Indian Chief with a
package under his •.riti, he ask ,'d
what it was. “L'riat medicine,
Hollister’s Kocky Mountain Tea,’
said the Injun. 3;> cents, Tea or
Tablets.
. —Summerville Drug Co.
Mr. Herbert Rivers spent Sunday
’ night, in town the guest of Mr. ami
Mrs. J no. Strange.
A cabbage head weighing nine
pounds was sent to The News office
’ one day last week J. W.
I Thomas, of Broomtown valley.
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as it cures stubborn coughs after
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• took Foley's Honey and Tar. It.
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’ In my lungs and they arc now as
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