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The Summerville News Published Every Thursday. BY THE NEWS PUBLISHING CO. 0. J. Espy, Editoi and Manager. Tbrms of Si-bscrij'TlOn: One Year. 11.00 Six Months Thrw Months 25c Advertising Rates will be Made Known on Application. Entered at the Summerville Post Office as Second Class Mail Matter. —— | Summerville, Ga., July 22, 1909 It looks as if Congressman Gordon Lee will be in the next congressional race. Well, Lee makes a mighty good congressman. Then he is a good friend to newspaper men. —Marietta Journal. Tlie Georgia State Sanitarium for the Treatment of Tuberculosis will be located at Alto, Ga., near Mt. Airy, on the Southern railroad, according to the decision of the subcommittee named for that purpose. 'I lie sum of $25,000 has been appropriated by the state for this sanitarium. The Texas Brewers’ Association says it will pay SIOO,OOO to charity if it cannot prove that "dry" states consume more liquor than wet states. That being the ease, says an exchange, it is difficult to understand wliy the brewers do not all join hands and become enthusiastic workers for the extension of prohibition. Sentitar Johnson has introduced a bill In Hie senate making it unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell any commodity for a lower price In one section of the state than In another section. The first offense Is made punishable as a misdemean or and In case of a foreign corpora tion, the second offense Is punisha ble by ousting from busineses In the state. Domestic corporations may suf for a revocation of their charters for second offenses. Tlie Galveston News says. The in vestment of $17,000,000 in tlie cot ton manufacturing Industry of the South during a period of six months is perhaps without precedent. It sig nlfles a purpose to occupy tlie point of greatest strategic advantage in the battle for the world’s markets. Scare ly less well circumstanced than New England states in respect to European markets, the Gulf states will have very material advantage over them in respect to Asiatic markets the mo ment the Tanaina canal shall be fin ished. S, G. McLendon, suspended chair man of the railroad commission, ad mitted before the Investigating com mlttee on Monday that he had sold $5(1,000 worth of bonds of the Ath ens Street railway making $1,500 on the transaction, lie claimed he actec In the Interest of the people of the state in Ills efforts to find buyers for the bonds In order that the road might boa success. A great deal is Just now being said about changing our methods of electing judges, and there ate man. ‘ objections to It. but is there any method less objectionable? We doubt if there is. It seems to us that it would tie bent to let the pres ent method alone, at least for awhile, and especially so in view of the fact that at the last general election the people adopted a constitutional amend tuent for the purpose of purifying the ballot The last legislature passed a registration law for the same purpose and these laws, if let alone and en forced will go a long ways towards accomplishing the purpose intended It is true that they do not suit the politicians but they do suit the peo ple and with an honest ballot the elections of our judges is safe in the hands of the people.—Cartersville News. HEALTH INSURANCE I lie man who Insure* hl* life la w ise for his family. I he man who insure* his health is w ise both for his family and himself. You may insure health by guard ing it. It is worth guarding. At t h e first attack of disease, w hich generally approaches through the LIVER and mani fests itself in innumerable ways TAKE —. Tutt’sPills Anti save your health. The Election of Judges. The Grecian philosopher, Aristotle, was anything but a demagogue. He was an exceedingly wise man, per haps the profoundest intellect of the ancient world. Yet this Grecian sage declared that no one man, no mat ter how gifted naturally or culti vated by education, was capable of making a wiser decision on any sub ject. whatever than the common mul tude composed of all the people. This opinion of Aristotle finds expression in the modern adage that, “No one man is wiser than all men." Why does not the principle apply to the selection of judges? In Geor - jia they are elected by the people. It is now proposed that the selec tion of judges be taken from all the people and be given to one of the people, namely, the Governor. Who is it that will contend that any one man —although he be Governor —is better able to select a judge than all of the men who constitute the peo ple of Georgia. If our folks are wise, they will not allow any change. Let the system remain as it is. As long as the people choose their own judges we may be certain that the corpora tions will not own the judiciary. One of the crying evils of the day is that those judges who are not elected by the people are making decisions which deprive the states, the federal government and the peo ple themselves of their legal rights. The lawyers will tell you that the books are full of Judge-made laws. The Federal Judiciary to the extent of about seventy per cent, is filled up with corporation lawyers appoint ed by one man—the President. If the Federal Judges had been selected by the people, we never would have had those infamous decisions which have created such profound disgust and Indignation from one end of the country to the other. —Watson’s Jef fersonian. Selling Cotton Futures President Barrett has ruled that “a member of the Farmers' Union who sells his cotton when it is in the ground does so in violation of the Constitution and laws of the un ion.” As has been said before, the buy ing of cotton from the farmers be fore It is picked and in some cases even before it has been chopped, is a hedge on the part of speculators to depress pricese this fall, says The Farmers' Union Guide. Here is the way it worked. Enough cotton is bought to supply the demands of the mills through the first two or three months beginning at or about September. Then when a farmer brings his cotton to town the demand has been supplied and he is told “cotton is off and will go lower.” This causes the ones who have not sold their cotton to get a case of "cold feet," and it is calculated by the speculator that the cold-footed ones will rush their cotton to the market and sell for anything they can get. The speculator buys all the cotton he can and stores it in central warehouses, and if he has enough bought in to squeeze a bet ter price out of the spinner he does so. If you don’t believe this, just look at the price of cotton today and compare with the price of three months ago. There Is a difference of sls or more a bale. Os course the ones who held their cotton can get present market prices; but how about the poor fellows who had to sell at 8 and 9 cents a pound? In future the governor of Georgia will not have the right to suspend or discharge a member of the railroad commission, and the finish of the Mc- Lendon case which ever way it goes, will see the last of its kind in this state. Hereafter, impeachment pro ceedings will be necessary to sus pend or remove a commissioner from office. The attitude of the senale on this question was conclusive ly shown Tuesday when Senator Ir win's bill taking the power of sus pension from the governor came up for passage. The bill passed by a vote of 29 to 0. Everyone would be beuefitted 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. NOTICE The members of Gore lodge No. j 283 I. O. O. F. are requested to be ; at the hall on Saturday the 24th, at ? 2 p. m. Business of importance to : attend to. J. W. PLUNKETT, Sec. The best pills made are DeWitt's ‘Little Early Risers, the famous little I liver pills. They are small, gentle. ' pleasant, easy to take and act prompt ly. They are sold by all druggists. THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1909. MEETING OF COMMISSIONERS , The regular July meeting of the • commissioners of roads and revenues - was held Monday with all the > members in attendance. j The contract for grading the Cot- - ton hill road was awarded to Geo. • Morton and T. A. Weathington for ! $443. There are three sections of • the road and separate bids were re- - ceived for each section. i Mr. Morton was awarded the con i tract for grading the Ball Mountain • hill road, and also the new road from Harlow crossing to the Sum- , merville road near E. Montgomery’s. ■ His bid for this work was $243.00. . T. A. Weathington was given the ■ contract for grading the new road s from the Harlow crossing to top of • Cotton hill, his bid being S2OO. A > number of bids were received by the ■ commissioners, ranging from $443 to i SI3OO. I At the June meeting of the com . missioners a petition was filed ask ing the board to discontinue the public road from Garrett grave yard i running east toward Summerville s to the district line. A number of ■ citizens in that section object to the - road being discontinued and a coun . ter petition was filed Monday to this ' effect. The commissioners refused t the petition to discontinue the road. ; At the last meeting of the board , the commissioners asked Judge Bel- - lah, the county attorney, for an opin . ion as to whether or not the the ■ county treasurer is entitled to com . missions on the funds derived from ; the sale of the court house bonds. I In a written statement to the board - Monday Judge Bellah said that in r his opinion the treasurer was enti- I tied to a commission on these funds : and cited a number of decisions to i sustain this position. Some of the : members of the local bar take the ■ position that the treasurer is not en titled to a commission, and in order to get a decision on the question from the supreme court Judge Bellah sug gested that a friendly suit be brought It seems that the question has nevet been passed upon directly by the supreme court and the county com-1 missioners will probably bring suit in . order to get a decision from that body. Acts, Not Words. "While standing in front of the i court house Friday morning, I heard i Mr. Bolan Glover tell this story:” > “ ‘When 1 was receiver for the > road, an engineer got drunk twice ■ and I discharged him. A short i time afterwards, as I was on my way f to dinner, the unfortunate fellow came • to me with the story that he was hungry, his wife and children were • hungry and that there wasn’t any- I thing at his home for dinner. I told I him that it was his fault and that I ' couldn't reinstate him. When I reached home and sat down to the ' table, 1 couldn’t eat a mouthful for thinking of that family, although mother had served me a nice meal. " T left the table, hunted up the man, placed him back on his engine, I gave him money to provide for his family, returned home and enjoyed my dinner. “Mr Glover little dreamed that this story would ever appear in print, but it illustrates too good a point to omit. “This calls to mind the note So licitor Pope Hill, of Macon, wrote just before committing suicide, in which he said, that man's inhu manity to man was the cause of it all. The above news story is taken from the Marietta Courier. The moral stands out so bold that few, even those hearts that have been har dened in the fight for the almighty dollar, cannot grasp its meaning. It is that true happiness comes not from wealth and its environments, but through the Commandment, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Sympathy for those in distress, for the afflicted, for the home where poverty reigns is alright, as far as it goes, but counts but for little in life’s battle. Do something—do it NOW. Standing on the bank of the river looking at a man drowning in the swiftly flowing stream, the while tell ing him that you are sorry he is there, does not save him. Jump in and go to him with help.—lend him a helping hand. Acts, not words, will bring him to shore. Deeds and not sympathy fill the mouths of the hun gry.—Calhoun Times. Many people with chronic throat and lung trouble have found comfort and relief in Foley's Honey and Tar las it cures stubborn coughs after other treatment has failed. L. M. Ruggles, Reasnor, lowa. writes: “The doctors said I had consump j tion, and I got no better until I i took Foley's Honey and Tar. It > stopped the hemorrhages and pain :in my lungs and they are now as ‘ sound as a bullet. Sold by all drug- | ; gists. Mr. L. A. Hix of Dirttown was here| j Tuesday. j LOK INTUITION. A Girl Who Was Able to Read Beneath the Surface. By MARY WOOD. Above the shrill whir of the crickets rose the hum of feminine voices. Un der the green apple boughs the ham mock convention was in full swing. Miss Maybrick called it a hornets’ nest and preferred the doubtful coolness of the piazza. But. then, she was a col lege professor, too Superior to appre ciate the joys of the younger set. Jane Carew, however, sometimes agreed with her. This afternoon she hid her face behind a book, while girl ish fancies carried her far above the swaying leaves up into the perfect . blue of the July sky. How lovely na ture was this summer, bow full life of I new delights! Miss Maybrick’s name brought her I back to earth again—Miss Maybrick, the one cloud in her sky. “Oh, yes, she approves of him,” saucy Madge was saying. “She can put up with bls sunburned face, roughened hands and the general boorishness of a farmer. But I suppose at her age any man is acceptable. To tell the truth, I have almost reached that con dition myself in this man forsaken spot.” And she shook her head in mock despair. “Jane agrees with her,” some one added a little maliciously. “She never seems to mind sharing his attentions with her.” A book went down with a crash and angry spots of scarlet glowed in Jane’s cheeks as she said defiantly: “John Staunton is not a boor. He is a gen tleman. Just because he scorns to talk the twaddle that men usually think good enough for us girls you vote him a boor. He often makes me ashamed of the little I know, and the books he lends me have opened up a new world, a world bigger and better than all the flirting and shams and heartaches that go to make up so ciety. No wonder he likes to talk to Miss Maybrick. She’s worth the whole lot of us when it comes to knowing the things that are worth while!” The girl stopped short with a gasp as she realized the horrified hush which j had fallen on the circle. "Oh, what have I said?” she cried and buried her face in her cushions. But Madge’s gay voice was tender as she stroked the brown head. “You’ve read us a lecture, Janie, dear,” she said gently, “but I fancy we needed it a bit. It's horrid to talk about one of your friends the way we talk about Staunton, and we ought to ask your pardon. As for Miss May brick, she’s a stuck up old thing, and you’re ever so much nicer than sho in spite of all she knows. Just wait till Cousin Alex comes next week and see the new world that he opens to you. He is ' really literary and writes things for other people to read.” Jane’s face was still hidden. She was battling to overcome her tears and even harder to drive out of her heart the unreasonable Jealousy of the older woman that somehow had crept into it. The time had been when she would have scorned her as a rival, but love had made her humble. Youth and beauty seemed of small weight to cast into the scales against years of scho lastic training and study. Cousin Alex came. He was a slim, dapper young man, with an important manner rather at variance with his size. But he had away of retailing old jokes that made them seem new and a stock of compliments suited to every age and was therefore greatly In favor among the guests at the sleepy old farmhouse. As befitting his pretensions as a journalist he rattled on unceasingly about books and litera ture. He knew this man and that book, and, above all, he was one whose name should some day stand foremost in the world of letters. The date was not yet set, but he spoke of “his novel” mysteriously, even reverently, and his feminine audience was accordingly im pressed. More or less unwillingly Jane was complelled to listen to many of these predictions, for “Cousin Alex” at once developed a fondness for her society. Perhaps certain glances that Staunton cast in his direction added zest to the chase. Perhaps it was the elusive fashion in which the girl received his advances. Certain it is that a week's time had earned him the very fitting name of “Jane’s shadow.” Yet to Jane herself each day seemed to bring more unhappiness. Staunton came as often as ever, but at sight of Alex by her side he left the laughing group to chat with Miss Maybrick iu intimate aloofness. And as the girl saw the door to the beautiful new world closing because the hand of him who held it open was withdrawn the pain and weariness of her old frivo lous life seemed almost past bearing. Her eyes were more wistful than she knew one evening as she saw a tall, muscular figure swing up the walk with the easy, confident stride of the man who was master of his fate. Staunton’s face softened as he met them, and, though Cousin Alex Ham blin was on band, as usual, he settled himself on the top step with the air of a man who had come to stay. The brown eyes were downcast now. but a shy blush of pleasure still flushed her cheeks. There was always a visible air of constraint between the two men, but Hamblin rose manfully to the occa sion. Here was a most longed for op : portunity to prove to Miss Jane that I Staunton was but a boor of a farmer, after all. and no match for a man of I the world like tiimself. | If the older man detected his half | veiled tone of patronage, he only LYSLE JOHNSON. w - M - JOHNSON, Johnson Bros. Grocery Store and Restaurant NEAR CENTRAL DEPOT. Dealers in Cigars and Tobacco Post Cards, Candies and Fruits =ICE CREAM- EVERY SATURDAY IN CONES OR DISHES Ice Cold Drinks a Specialty. smiled quizzically. Indeed, his posltloi soon grew more untenable than that of his adversary. As the conversation ranged from books to men and back to books again Jane saw, with a thrill of pride, that Staunton more than held his own. What is more, he held bis temper, a precaution neglected by the other. At last the talk fell upon one of the recent novels, a book of unusual strength and breadth of view. Jane had read it several times, for it had seemed to point her to the new life she longed to live. Staunton was silent, as though in unspoken condemnation. Thereupon Hamblin became an enthu siastic defender and openly scoffed at his lack of appreciation. A shadow crossed the moonlit porch, but the three did not see Miss May brick till her voice broke in on the controversy. “You would not expect Mr. Staunton to criticise his own book, would you?” she said calmly. Then, as her ear caught Jane’s low exclamation of won der, she added in a tone of surprise: “Had you not guessed that he was an author, Miss Carew? I heard that you defended him very eloquently one aft ernoon in the orchard and said a good word for me too. For that I want to thank you.” Staunton’s face was turned toward the blushing girl, and in full moonlight Miss Maybrick could read Ills secret. If it sounded the deatbknell to some hope In her own heart, gratitude to her companion made her lead the bewil dered Alex for a walk down the lane and a gradual restoration of bis self confidence. “And I have to thank you. too, Jane.” Staunton said tenderly. j But he took her down to the orchard and told her in his own way. 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