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VOL. XXII NO. 20 TRION The Baptist Mission Study Class will meet at Mrs. Helen Harper’s on Saturday, July 24th. at 3:30 o’clock. The Ladies Missionary Society will meet at the Baptist church on Sunday afternoon at three o’clock. Miss Mary Nell Spencer of Trion is the attractive guest of Miss Ali.ry Louise Horan. Being one of 1a: ion’s former attractive members oi the younger set, many delightful a! fairs have been planned in her hon or, says th- Da It' n Daily A ■ as. Miss Dora Speer of Needmore wil leave this week f.r Rome, llirni g ham and Anniston on an extended visit to relatives. Mrs. Annie Hixon returned to Ivr home in Rossville after sp n.liug sev era! weeks with h< r sister, Mrs. Ton. Fains. Little Florida Beatrice Watson, the infant of Mr. Will Watson, died last Wednesday. July 14. at the horn of Mrs. Will Fitts. She was burie at the Trion cemetery by the side o her mother, who died April 21, oi this year. Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Haines of St Louis closed a very successful meet ing here last Sunday night at the Methodist church. Mr. and Mrs. Haines will go frpm here to the Sa lem circuit and be with Rev. W. O. Butler. We were glad to have two such accomplished people with us as Mr. and Mrs. Haines and the good they have done here cannot be es timated and we hope that they may some day return and protract an other meeting here. Born to Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Ma han on Thursday, July 15, a son, who will be called Alvin Garvice. Mrs. Alice Wilder is quite ill at the home of her mother, Mrs. Lat ham. Will Bryan o,f Spmmerville spent Sunday with Mr. and AJys. Will Fitts. Russell Broom of Little River, Ala., is visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Broom this week. Roy Johnson has returned from Needmore to take a position with the Trion company. Ed Chambers is suffering with a severe rising in his head. Mr. and Mrs. Bud Chambers and children returned from Holland Sun day afternoon. Mrs. L. J. Smith has returned from Fort Worth, Texas, after spending a year out there with her daughter, Mrs. Paul Shropshire. Rev. A. F. Mahan filled his regu-' lar appointment in Menlo Saturday and Sunday. Miss Ruth Stotts of Chattanooga spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Will Pullen enroute to Haywood. Roy, the infant child of Mr. and Mrs, Walter Brown is quite ill this week. Anderson Griffitt is somewhat im proved this week, but still very ill. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Robinson and children spent Sunday with relatives at Needmore. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Hudson and chil dren and Miss Berdie Hence spent Sunday in Summerville. Mr. and Mrs. Artie Jackson spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr. J. E. Moore at Holland. Roy, the infant of Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Gray, continues quite ill. Edward Hanes of Chattanooga spent Sunday with Mrs. John Lively. B. P. Green and Henry Clark spent Saturday and Sunday in Chattanoo ga. Miss Mary Lizzie Rose visited rel atives in Chattanooga Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. J. J. Flanders and children of Ocilla are here spending the summer with Mrs. Al. G. Merritt. Mr. and Mrs. Ed King of Chatta nooga spent Sunday at the Trion Inn with Mr. and Mrs. George Brown. C. P. Thompson returned from Chattanooga Friday morning. L. L. Bowen spent Monday in Sum merville. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Kinsey Sea born a son on July 13. Miss Frankee Ross returned to Rome Tuesday after a very pleas ant visit to her uncle, T. J. Ross. Misses Maude Funderburk and Frankee Ross and Messrs. P. L. Mar tin and Jesse Tucker attended the picnic at Menlo Thursday Fred Huron of Mentone spent Mon ' day in Trion. .Miss Maggie Green returned from Mentone Saturday after spending several weeks with Miss Mary Routh. John Wyatt and Ida Harris were married Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. B. Maffett spent Sum day in Dry Valley. Mrs. S. H. Alexander and Miss Anna Alexander and Master Euclid The Summerville News. ii ■ .-T'J . a. i ■’■■■ I - 'WI RBI &ih wl MiMwm T - r - ;• MENLO Menlo needs the aid of every loyal citizen now. Subscribe to the fund gentlemen, before you are sorry. The W. O. W. Picnic was a grand success. About eight hundred people came down from Chattanooga. There were twelve or fifteen hundred in all. twelve or fifteen hundred in all. The ball game was interesting. The score stood 11 to 2 in favor of Menlo. Mrs. Tennie Hooks of Leesburg, Ala., visited relatives here last week. Mrs. M. F. Ballard and Miss Annie Lois Ballard are visiting at Leesburg, Ala., this week. Rev. A. F. Mahan filled his regular appointments here Sunday and Sun day night. S. F. Polk is in Chattanooga this week on business. The young people of the town had a picnic on the mountain Monday. Miss Effie Wood is welcomed home by her many friends after a very pleasant visit in Kennesaw, Calhoun and Atlanta. Mrs. Ethel Tribble of Chattanooga visited her parents here last week. Mr. James Wardlaw of Chattanoo ga was visiting his sister, Mrs. W. F. Henry here last Wednesday. J. J. Norton was shaking hands with friends here last Tuesday. Miss Luda Neal visited relatives in Chattanooga last week. Airs. E. M. Jennings and children returned home from the west list Wednesday. M. F. B. Sees Mother Grow Young “It would be hard to overstate the wonderful change in my mother since she began to use Electric Bitters, writes Mrs. W. L. Gilpatrick of Dan forth, Me. “Although past 70 she seems really to be growing young again. She suffered untold misery from dyspepsia for 20 years. At last she could neither eat, drink nor sleep. Doctors gave her up and all remedies failed till Electric Bitters worked such wonders for her health.” They invigorate all vital organ cure Liver and Kidney troubles, in duce sleep, impart strength and ap petite. Only 50c at Summerville Drug Co. A special session of the Alabama legislature has been called for July 27 to consider legislation to .-tr ii- . - en the liquor law -, sine- the sup.-enn court has decided lav-: against “locker” clubs unconstitutional. Alexander of -D ..‘o ;:' d ' !r. Zac I: All man, of Brownwood, Texas, spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Wyatt, the past w--ck. Misses Evelyn Wyatt, Monica Pen nington and Jessie Funderburk spent the week end with Miss Linkie In derwood in Lafayette. The many friends of Miss Carrie Green, a former teacher of Trion, will be pained to know that she is seriously ill with typhoid at her home near Ringgold. SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY GEORGIA, THURSDAY JULY 22, 1909 CHATTOOGA COUNTY’S HANDSOME NEW COURT HOUSE. CORNER STONE LAID WITH IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY The eight annual meeting of the ' i Chattooga County Masonic Conven : tion which was held with Sunimervilb lodge No. 109 last Wednesday and Thursday, was one of the best and most successful in the history of ■ the convention. The feature of Thursday’s session Was the laying of the corner stone of Chattooga county's magnificent ' new court house. The convention was called to order by Worshipful Master J. AL Rose at 10 o’clock. The grand officers were introduced by Hon. Wesley Shrop -1 shire and were given the grand hon- 1 ors by the convention. After a.few short talks the conven tion was called off and the Grand Lodge of Georgia was opened for the purpose of laying the corner 1 stone of Chattooga county’s new court house. A procession was formed by the ] grand marshal and marched to the ■ northeast corner of the courthouse! w here the corner stone was laid ac- | cording to the rules of the ancient j ’ craft of Free and Accepted Masons, The following officers took part: 1 Thos. H. Jeffries, Grand Master; J. M. Rose, Deputy Grand Master; G. 1 T. Myers, Senior Grand Warden; W. L. Selman, Junior Grand Warden, N. K. Bitting, Grand Treasurer; S. C. Martin, Grand Secretary; Jno. C. Printup, Grand Marshal; B. F. Thur ’ man, Grand Chaplain; T. J. Sim ‘ tnons, Senior Grand Deacon; Geo. D. ’ Espy, Junior Grand Deacon; C. I’. Gaines, Senior Grand Steward; Geo. ! Alorton, Junior Grand Steward; F. ’ L. McGinnis, Grand Architect; T. A. ’ Powell, Grand Tyler; J. W. Bale, Bearer Three Great Lights. The cer ceremony was beautiful and Impres- I sive and was witnessed by a large ’ crowd. The corner stone was tried and squared by the various tools of ’ Masonry and found true. Corn, wine and ojl were poured over it with ap- , propriate words by the different i Grand officers and a benediction by ! the Grand Master pronounced on the ' I I stone, building and the people. The | , i <•>.< rci.; s emphasized th'- beautiful tenets and rules of Masonry. ■ j The following is a list of the arti- ( tides deposited in the coiner stone; History of Summerville Lodge No. r i 109 F. &. A. M. . I Copy of The Summerville News, ! 11 July 15, 1909. . I History of bond election for court \ I bouse bonds. - | Business card of Murphy & Hen t , derson. - i Business card of T. Hiles & Co. Copy of minutes of Chattixiga Coun . ■ ty Masonic Convention, July 14 and ‘ , !15, 1909. 3 1 By-Laws of Tripn Lodge No. 160 eIF. & A. M. By-Laws of Summerville Lodge No. ! 109 F. & A. Al. Card of J. W. Johnson. Card F. L. McGinnis. Card of E. N. Martin. At the conclusion of the ceremony the crowd repaired to the auditorium of the courthouse where public speeches were made by the grand officers and other distinguished Ma sons. Hon Wesley Shropshire made, in a most happy manner, the welcome ad dress in behalf of Summerville lodge, '(he welcome address was eloquently responded to by Hon. Jno. W. Mad dox, of Rome, Grand Master Jef fries was the i introduced and spoke for about twenty minutes. He de livered an excellent address and was heartily applauded. Judge Moses Wright was the next speaker on th< program. His address was forceful eloquent and highly entertaining. Short talks were also made by Jno. C. Printup, of Rome, B. F. Thurman and Jno. W. Bale, of Lafayette. At 12:3b a basket dinner was spread on tables near the court house It was prepared by the ladies of Sum merville and vicinity, and all did ample justice to the feast of good things. At two o’clock tlx; convention was called to order by Worshipful Mas ter Rose at the Masonic Hall, and the officers of the. grand lodge, the grand officers of the grand lodge. The convention and all the exercis es were a great success and calcula ted to do much for Masonry in this section. GORE Rev. Air. Penley filled his appoint ment at Bethel Sunday afternoon. Mrs. J. 8. McGinnis and son, Wil lie, of Summerville were the guests of J. R. Owings and family Sunday. Mrs. R. S. Johnson and Mrs. Er ians of Armuchee were visiting at I this place Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. John Youngblood of Armuchee and Mr. and Mrs. D. W. | Youngblood of Tidings were guests ■of Mrs. Lou Gaskins Sunday. Misses Pet Ezell and Ola Weaver ' spent Sunday in Subligna. Misses Zula and Elzle Ballenger ' returned Tuesday from an extended ! visit to friends at Rutledge, Tenn. Mrs. L. J. Prickett, spent, Sunday I with Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Weesner near Silver Hill. Several of our people attended an all day singing at Ebenezer Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. E. Drummond of : Farmersville visited their daughter, ! Mrs. L. C. MCiore, Sunday. G. W. Gordie and wife of Silver ! Hill were visiting relatives hi re Sat urday. • Prof. Paul King left Thursday for 1 Pickens county whose he will have ARRESTED FOR TRYING TO PASS FORGED CHECK Geo. Rhineheart and Jim Ray Bound Over on Serious Charge. Jim Ray, a young white man living near Broomtown, Ala., was arrested here Saturday on a charge of try ing to pass a forged check. The check was for $ll.OO and was drawn on the Bank of Menlo and signed W. B. Moseley ti Son. Young Ray tried to pass the check at the store of Sewell & Garrett. He purchased a small bill of goods and offered the check in payment. Two or three forged checks were passed on some of the merchants here a few months ago. and when this check was presented to Mr. Garrett Sat urday, he at once became suspicious and notified Sheriff Glenn. When ar rested young Ray acknowledged that, the check was a forgery but claimed that It had been given to him by another party. He implicated Geo. Rhineheart and Dede Campbell, who live near Broomtown, Ala. Warrants were sworn out for both of these par ties and Sheriff Glenn and C. S. Kellett left Immediately for Broom ’ town, whore they met Deputy Sheriff Farr, of Cherokee county, Ala., and went to the home of Rhineheart and placed him under arrest. After In vestigating the matter Sheriff Glenn found that Campbell had nothing 1 to do with passing any of the checks in this state, and did not arrest him. Sheriff Glenn and Mr. Kellett re turned to Summerville Sunday at noon wit 1> Rhineheart. The trial was set for ten o'clock Mon' I ,ay morning, but both parties ’ waived preliminary hearing and a bond of S3OO was assessed in each case for their appearance at the Sep tember term of court. Botli parties succeeded in making bond and wire released from jail Monday night. Life 100,000 Years Ago. Scientists have found in a cave In Switzerland bones of men who lived 100,000 years ago, when life was in constant danger from wild beasts. To day the danger, as shown by A. W. Brown of Alexander, Me., is largely from deadly disease. “If ft had not been for Dr. King’s New Discovery, which cured me, I could not have lived,” he writes, “suffering as I did from a severe lung trouble and 1 I stubborn cough.” To cure Sore I Lungs, Colds, obstinate Coughs, and I prevent Pneumonia, its the best medicine on earth. 50c and SI.OO. Guaranteed by Summerville Drug 1 Co. t charge of a school there. A large number of the counties in the state are planning for good roads r Chattooga is a fine county and why - not keep up with the other counties? Tito roads are in a bad condition r for the time of year. „ PATSY. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR LYERLY. Mr. William Owens and wife of Texas are here on a visil to C'.qt. Hill, who is a brother of Mrs. Ow ens. Misses Clio Bryant and Lena Shamblin were shopping in Summer ville Friday. Airs. E. A. Hammond has returned from a visit to relatives in Lafayette. Messrs. Ike Williams and Eugene Hammond attended the. I all game in Gaylesville Saturday. Messrs. Milton Weseof and Eu elid Crawford have been the guests o; . Capt. Tali iferro’s familv for sev eral days. The Misses Everett have I' lurned to iltiir home in Calhoun, after a pleasant visit to Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Jones. Mrs. R. AL Crawford and daughter, Miss Levlllne, of Romo are visiting relatives at Taliaferro. - Mrs. A. C. Powell entertained the young people of the town Thursday n ight, Mrs. J. L. Pollock and sister, Miss Pearl Burney, were in Summerville Friday having dental work done. Miss Willie and Minnie Trotter spent Thursday with W. M. Rich's family near Summerville. Messrs. Earl Rakestraw, Paul Wooten, Harry Riley and George Fouche spent Sunday at the hospit able home of Mr. and Mrs. Taliafer ro. Mr. Guy Foster has returned front Summerville, where he has been the guest, of his uncle. Mr. Robert Mc- Leod. Little Miss Bessie Jones has re turned from a visit to her grand father at Chattoogaville. Mrs. Lafayette Everett has recov ered from a serious illness. Dr. Ben Stark and wife are now occupying their handsome new homo on Alpine street. Miss I'ay Taylor, who has been the attractive guest of the Misses Henley and Miss Louise Taliaferro, has returned to her home In Sum merville. The small child of Mr. and Mrs. M. Eilenburg died Friday after a long illness and was buried here Saturday. The grief-stricken parents have the sympathy of the entire com munity. Mr. Edgar Edwards, carrier on route 1, has been off duty for sev eral days on account of an attack of chicken pox. Miss Esther Lyons, who Is the guest of Mrs. John Bryant, has been real sick. Little Miss Evelyn Edwards has recovered from a severe attack of chicken pox. Mr. O. F. Doster was prevented from carrying the mail on route 2 several days last week on account of illness. Miss Mary Lizzie Rose Is on a short visit to relatives in Chattanoo ga. Mr. Z. T. Allman, of Brownwood, Texas, spent Sunday with his niece, Mrs. A. C. Powell. Mr. L. S. Harris, wife, son and daughter, of Lamar county. Ala., are the guests of Rev. Harris and family. Mrs. F. S. Lee is on a visit to relatives in Rome. Mr. Will Simmons has returned to Chattanooga after a short visit to Mr. Lon Hammond’s family. Clarence Wafford Is spending sev eral days with relatives near Lyerly. Mrs. Mattie Harrison and children are spending sometime with Mr. Jeff Stowe and family. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Pollock and son, Samuel, spent Monday in Rome. A great many peaches are being shipped from this place and especial ly from the Clowdis and Henderson fruit farms. Mr. Henderson of Lavender was here Monday looking after his busi ness Interests. Little Miss Eva Lee and sister Mar garet, were in Rome Monday. Master Andrew Eubanks received a severe fracture of the skull Monday by falling against a sharp piece of timber. Mr. Millard Mosteller made a bus iness trip to Rome Tuesday. Mrs. Phelps of Summerville was visiting Mrs. G. 8. Shearer M</iday. Mrs. Dora Lawson spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. O’Bryant. Mr. Milton Toles and two daugh ters, Misses Vivian and Annie Ruth, spent Sunday night and Monday with Mr. G. S. Shearer and family. Miss Cora O’Bryant is spending sev era! days'with her sister at Alpine. Miss Fannie Porter is in Chatta tanooga having her eyes treated