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WHEN NEEDING
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COME TO CHATTANOOGA
'Locate u» by the sign of the
“EYE.” Ours is a complete
manufacturing Optical plant.
EYES EXAMINED
ami giaHWCH ground to order i
on same day. It don t pay
to have your eyes ‘’trilled”
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hands.
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CHATTANOOGA, TENN. ||
What the Poor Man Can Do.
We know it is hard nay, impo»gi
bl<-for a man with small capital to
farm as ho should; but ft is this
man above all men, who needs to do
better farming. This man, who lias
io work hard to make a scanty liv
ing, and who is not able to get. ahead
is the man of all others whom we aro
most eager to help. Hut when a man
says, "1 can't get pure bred stock,
or build a silo, or buy ft two-horse
cultivator, and therefore all this talk
about better farming does not. apply
to me,” he takes a very wrong view
of the chances he has.
All these things can come only to
the man who has made some progress
who has some capital. The very
poor farmer must begin with the lit
tle things which will add to his In
come, and gradually work Into bet
ter metliods. Jt Is the man who.
having two or three pigs, tries to
find out the most economical way
of feeding them; who. with a small
flock of poultry, will try to care for
them so its to get more eggs during
the winter; who with two or three
head of stock to feed, will try to rals<
a larger part of his feed al home;
who with a poor soil, will try to im
prove nt least a little of it each year
-this is the type of man who will
understand that even if lie cannot
do the best farming, he can do better
farming, and who will continue to
Improve year by year. A man may
not bo able to buy a manure spread
er—may not need it, in sact —but he
can and does need to take care of
tho little manure he has. A man
may have only one horse and one
cow to feed, but he can nt least
grow peavine hay for them and save
tho buying of much high-priced corn.
A naan may not be able to sow his
whole farm to crimson clover, but
he can put out one acre this very
fall. Ho may not be able to start all
nt once with the rotation his land
needs, but he can begin by putting
a few acres in legumes instead of
cotton or corn.
it istho man who is willing and
eager to improve along tile lines in
which improvement is possible for
him who will, by this gradual im
pruv. inent, surely add to his In
come and make more profitable
farming possible with each new year.
- Progressive Farmer.
BETHLEHEM
Tho farmers in this section are get
ting through work. The crops in this
st-etion are looking well.
Everybody is invited to tho fish fry
in Wilson's pasture on the fifth Sat
urday in July. Bring some dinner 1
with you. We will have a lemonade
stand and all kinds of cold drinks.
The fry stunt will tie pulled off just
below big creek bridge.
Rev. Mr. McKensle will preach at 1
Bethlehem the fourth Sunday in Ju- i
ly. That is our regular singing day. I
Everybody is invited . <
i
One em-tny will often make a man ’
more prominent than a hundred i
friends. J
1
1 can find a buyer for lands on i
Ixwkout mountain. Let mo know I
what you have. i
0. D. RIVERS. I
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Electric I
Bitters
Succeed when everything else fails. I
In nervous prostretion and female I
weaknesses they ate the supreme I
remedy, as thousands have testified. I ; .
FOR KIDNEY -LIVER AND I
STOMACH TROUBLE L
it is the best medicine ’ever sold 1
over a druggist 's counter. g ,
WHEN AND HOW TO
‘‘‘LAY-BY’* COTTON.
Millions of dollars are lost, in the
South annually by improper methods
of cultivation at "laylng-by” time.
The three great mistakes that many
farmers make, are: (1) Laying-by
too early. (2) cultivating too deep,
and (3) plowing too wet.
The first of these will cause the
cotton to have a stunted growth and
become foul and grassy if we have a
wet fall. I have seen some very
fine prospects very much injured by
the owner’s getting in too big a hur
ry to lay-by; and my observation has
been that where one cotton-patch
has been hurt by plowing too late,
ten have been hurt, by quitting too
j early. The cotton should be culti
i vated until it. has reached sufficient
'size to shade the ground so as to
‘ prevent the growth of all weeds and
: grass that may come up afterwards
Deep cultivation should never be
resorted to at this time. The cult!-
! ration of cotton should always be
i rapid and shallow. Use no instru
ment that tears up the little white
I root-hairs. Never practice the bar
barous methods of using a turn plow
to lay-by with. No up-to-date farm
er will be guilty of such a blunder.
Whenever you a -e a so-called farmer
laylng-by cotton with a turn plow or
any other tool akin to it, he is gen
erally trying to hide a multitude of
sins in the shape of crab grass, the
r< suit of former improper cultiva
tion. Always lay-by the cotton
as marly level as practicable. It
will suffer less by drought and no
more by wet. Any good cultivator
with sweeps will do the work effec
tively. Land so wet that ridge
farming has to be resorted to had
better be planted in some other crop.
It is never too dry to plow cotton.
It is always hurtful to plow when
wet. Perhaps this is, next to the Im
proper preparation of the land, the
most costly mistake cotton farmers
make.—B. 11. Hobbs, in Progressive
Farmer.
200 Bushels to the Acre.
Loring Brown’s brag corn patch is
the finest corn in Georgia. He is
certain to win first prize at the Ma
caon Fair this fall.
Mr. J. Gid Morris has figured out
how much corn Mr. Brown is going
to make on this acre. According to
his count there aro 12,000 stalks
which will yield, as he sees it, over
100 bushels.
This crop is about matured and
will soon be harvested. In the
middle of the rows another crop
lias been planted and with a late
fall, another 100 bushels are ex
pected off the second crop.—Mariet
ta Courier.
To relieve constipation, clean out
the bowels, tone and strengthen the
digestive organs, put them in a nab
ural condition with Hollister's Rocky
Mountain Tea, the most reliable ton
ic for thirty years. 35 cents. Tea or
Tablets. Summerville Drug Co.
PENNVILLE
The farmers are hustling trying
to finish up their crops, and would be
glad to see a little ruin just now.
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Ramey and
son. Grady, were visiting in Trion last
Sunday.
Mrs. 11. .1. Housch and family spent
the day Sunday with her daughter,
Mrs. George Caln.
The singing Sunday night at the
school house was enjoyed by all
present.
There will be singing at Pennville
next Sunday evening by Mr. P. C.
Hill and others of Walker caounty.
So let everybody conn- for
we expect to have a good singing.
Mr. Bud Hix and sister, Miss An
nie. are spending the week with their
sister. Mrs. W. D. Hendrix.
The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Cain is not very well.
Mr. A. F. Hamilton is indisposed at
present.
Unquestionably more attention is
being given each year by an increas
ing number of fanners to the selec
tion of seed corn, but thus far most
of this attention has been given to
the selection of the individual ears,
without regard to the character of
stalks they grew upon. The real ob
ject or basis for this selection is to
increase the yield of shelled corn per
acre, and this depends as much on
the character, growth and productive
ness of the individual stalks as upon ;
the size and shape of the individual ;
ears and kernels. In fact, it is quite
likely that more progress can be made j
in the improvemenet of the corn yield
than planting the best individual cars,
by planting the best individual ears.
Finally, then the interest we are tak- i
iug in selecting better ears is a dis- i
tinct gain, but we need to go a step |
farther and select in the field, having i
the. well -defined ofject of getting the'
best ears from the best individual
stalks. —Progressive Farmer.
The owl has achieved a reputation
ft»r Wisdom by merely looking wise.
THE BUMMERVJLLB NBWg, THURSDAY, JULY «, 1»W-
NATIONAL GINNERS’
REPORT ON COTTON.
Memphis, Tenn. —J.-A. Taylor, pres
ident of the National Ginners' Associ
ation, has issued the following spe
cial report on the cotton crop:
“Reports from about half our cor
respondents under average date of i
16th indicate a condition of 72 and
under. This is the lowest condition i
ever known at this date. Some sec- !
tions of Alabama, Mississippi, Lou-'
isiana and Arkansas show slight im- :
provement, but others show deterior- 1
ation. Texas shows heavy deterior
ation on account of severe drought
and hot winds. Scattered rains have
fallen since these reports but in most ‘
cases have come too late, as reports !
show that cotton has stopped growirg
in most sections and is shedding forms
and small bolls. It is the concensus
of opinion that rains now will only
make the -plant sh“d more rapidly ’
and there is very little chance to
make a crop from the new growth on j
account of the weevil. Heavy rains |
in Georgia and the Carolinas have 1
caused a small loss in condition in '
that section. Oklahoma shows con- <
siderable loss in about half the, state |
due <o hot, dry weather; the other I
half about hold its own. Reports i
from the weevil district are that the |
damage done now is very much |
less than in June, but with rains
the damage will increase.
The Moon and Potatoes.
The moon has nothing to do with
the growth of potatoes. This state
ment sounds about as self-evident as
a commencement oration, yet, ac
cording to a recent investigation by
the department of agriculture, 75
per cent of our farmers have been
planting potatoes and other crops ac
cording to the almanac. It is a very
general belief that potatoes planted
in the dark of the moon produce the
best variety, while the full moon va
riety are likely to run to tops.
It seems a bit absurd to suppose
that a respectable old moon like
ours could find nothing better to do
than to stay up nights running the
potato crop. So Uncle Sam, who has
an unquenchable curiosity in such
matters, began poking into the moon
myth and discovered that it deserv
ed respect only because of its age.
His agricultural department workers
. found that they could raise just as
. poor potatoes in the dark of the
moon as in th- light. - Success Mag
azine.
, Could Not Be Better.
No one has ever made a salve,
ointment, lotion or balm to compare
with Bueklen's Arnica Salve. It’s the
one perfect healer of Cuts, Corns,
Burns, Bruises, Sores, Scalds, Boils,
Ulcers, Eczema, Salt Rheum. For
■ Sore Eyes, Cold Sores, Chapped
Hands its supreme. Infallible for
Piles. Only 25c at Summervills Drug
Co.
MOONSHINERS BOOST PRICES
A disposition on the part of the
moonshiners to boost prices on the
mountain corn since prohibition went
into effect is said to have been a big
help to the revenue men in running
down the wild-catters, says an At
lanta dispatch. Time was when a
man could buy a gallon of white
lightning for a dollar, But times
have changed and the moonshiners,
feeling they have a monopoly, stick
customers for a dollar a quart. That
makes lots of them sore, and they
Inform the revenue man that Bill
Jinks or Sam Stevens is making the
Juice. So there is a swift decent on
the plant, a smashed enterprise, and
maybe somebody in jail.
Revenue men say it is lots easier
now to find out about moonshiners
than before, and they attribute it to
the high prices charged for the stuff.
Get DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Ha
zel Salve when you ask for it. There
are a great many imitations, but
there is just one original. This
salve is good for anything where a
salve is needed to be used, but it is
especially good for Piles. Sold by
all druggists.
MAY ABOLISH SCHOOLS
FOR NEGROES IN GEORGIA
Atlanta, Ga.. July 20.—1 f a bill in
troduced into the state legislature to-
■ day by Representative Vinson, of Bald
I win county, be passed, the public
; schools maintained for the education
of the negro in Georgia will be practi
tally abolished. The measure pro
j vides that all appropriations for
i school purposes shall be divided be
tween the white and negro schools I
in proportion to the taxes paid by
each. Inasmuch as there is little rev
enue derived from negro taxpayers I
i this would cut the negro school funds I
] to little or nothing.
The fellow who loses out in his '
courtship because of the color of his
necktie will live to congratulate him
self on not having lost much
Right Here in The Seventh Congressional District
Is Located the Largest, Strongest and Most Progressive Insurance
Company in the Entire South and One that Pranks High up in the
Standing of All Life Companies in the country. It’s Unquestioned
Financial Strength, the Efficiency and Integrity of its Management,
and the Fairness and Liberality of All Polices Issued, are Amply
Evidenced by its Enormous and Ever Increasing Patronage.
The State Mutual Life Insurance C0.,0f Rome, Ga.,
is a Purely Mutual, Legal Reserve Company. It meets Promptly All
Just Claims, issues the Most Attractive Policies, and gives Real and
Full Value for the Premiums. Its Funds are Invested here at Home
i
where they are most needed and where their Earning Capacity is
1 greatest. It has assets of more than $2,033,0)0.00 and surplus over
all legal requirements of $2'10.000. t'
Visit our nearest Representative and let him explain to you the Vir
tues of our Different Policies, or ask him to call on you. l
I STATE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.
W. M. JONES, Agent. C. R. PORTER, President. j
Lyerly, Ga. Head Office: Rome, Ga. f
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HIS OFFICE RULES.
A V'sit That Resulted In Causing
Them to Be Modified.
“Now,” said William M. Pack
inham, addressing the brawny
young man whom he had hired for
the purpose of protecting him from
people whose visits were not likely
to be profitable, “I want you to al
ways be here in the anteroom wheji
I am in my private office. And
never is any <Mie to be admitted
without first having filled out one
of these blanks, explaining the na
ture of his or her business. ‘You
will always bring the blank to me
after it has been filled out, and I
will decide whether the person who
is waiting shall be permitted to
come in or not. Nobody, you under
stand, is ever to be allowed to come
through that door without an order
from me.”
“Yes, sir, I understand,” replied
the husky boy, who hoped to grad
ually work his way upward. “De
one dat gets past me ’ll have to go
some.”
He doubled up his good right
arm, permitting Mr. Packinham to
notice that his muscle was almost
too big for his coat sleeve.
“Very good," said the president
of the firm, who then went back
into his private office, where he
continued to dictate to Miss Daisy
Dallington, the beautiful stenogra
pher, while “Bunch” McGavick, the
faithful office boy, resumed the pe
rusal of the story of “Scrappy Sim,
the Secret Service Sleuth,” where
he had left off on page 129. As he
was rapidly approaching the place
where the brave ytung detective
was to plunge through a manhole
for the purpose of rescuing Sadie,
the sweet strap hanger, he became
aware of the fact that he was not
alone in the anteroom. Looking
up, he beheld a lady who appeared
to be about forty-five years of age.
She was rapidly moving in the di
rection of the door leading to the
private office of William H. Pack
inham. By executing a splendid
leap and overturning a chair
“Bunch” beat her to it. With his
back against the door and a resolute
hand upon the knob he asked:
“Who do you want to see?”
“I wish to see Mr. Packinham.”
Pointing at some blanks which
lay on the little desk beside which
the lady haff paused, Mr. McGavick
said:
“Fill out one of dem.”
With a look that was intended
to incinerate the resolute young
person at the door the lady ex
claimed :
“Me to fill out a blank to get in
there! I guess not!”
“Dem's de rules.”
“Rules ? What do I care for yonr
■ old rules? Get away from that;
| door.”
“Not on your life.”
“Who is in there?”
"Go on. Quit vour kiddir.' ”
“li Mr. Pacfcnbam in j
“You fill up one of dem blanks
g and I’ll find out for you.”
Turning suddenly to the desk on
which the blanks lay, the lady took
y them up and began tearing them
r into strips and crumpling them by
n handfuls, after which she tossed
y them disdainfully on the floor. Hav
. ing finished the work of destruc
p tion, she pressed her lips tightly
]. together, reached for one of the
] ears appertaining to “Bunch” Mc
e Gavick, yanked him from his place
. in front of the door, and then, with
L1 her head held high and her eyes
e blazing, she marched into the for-
I bidden sanctum. Fifteen minutes
o after her departure William 11.
0 Packinham came out, looked cau
. tiously around and then, beckoning
8 to his outer guard, said:
r “Do you think you can reniember
the lady who was here a short time
] ago?”
“I guess I kin, but I ain’t goin’
to try very hard, I’ll promise you
; dat.”
“Well, just bear in mind that all
t rules are off whenever she comes
, in. That was my wife.”
(■ “Poor old cuss!” said “Bunch”
McGavick when he was alone again
t “I wouldn’t wisht him anything as
- bad as dat even if he redooced me
, salary.”—Chicago Record-Herald.
Proper Treatment for Dysentery and
, Diarrhoea
The great mortality from dysentery
and diarrhoea is due to lack of prop
’ er treatment at the first stages of
, the disease. Chamberlain’s Colic,
' Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is a
' reliable and effectual medicine, and
' when given in reasonable time will
prevent any dangerous consequneces.
It has been in use for many years
' and has always met with unvarying
success. For sale by Summerville
■ Drug Co., Summerville, Ga.
No more bets on the outcome of
, the ball game; no more wagers on
the side to which is the better
dorse or automobile on the track;
no more guesses, backed by cash, as
, to whether it will rain tomorrow or
next week if Mr. Barrett of Steph
ens succeeds in pushing through a
bill he introduced in the legislature.
Mr. Barrett’s bill absolutely forbids
and makes illegal any bet or wager
made in this state.
If you have pa. iin the back, weak
back, or any other indication of a
weakened or disordered condition of
I the kidneys and bladder, you should
' get DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder
I Pills right away when you experi
ence the least sign of kidney or blad
der complaints, but be sure that you
get DeWitt’s Kidney and Bladder |
! Pills. We know what they will do I
■ for ' ou. and if you will send your I
I name to E. C. DeWitt & Co.. Chi- '
I cage, you will receive a free trial;
box of these kidney and bladder pills.l
jThey are sold by all druggists.
- Central of Georgia Railway will
1 sell ten-day tickets Summerville
to Tybee and return, every Sat
‘ urday, May 27th to August 21st,
1909, inclusive, at rate of $12.00.
Summer Excursion tickets will
also be on sale to principal re
sorts in the United States and
Canada.
For further information call on
L. P. Wood, Ticket Agent, or ad
dress J. C. Haile, General Pas
' senger Agent, Savannah, Georgia.
WESTON, Ocean-to-Ocean Walker,
Said recently: “When you feel
down and out, feel there is no use
living, just take your bad thoughts
with you and walk them off. Be
fore you have walked a mile things
will look rosier. Just try it.” Have
. you noticed the increase in walking
of late in every community? Many
attribute it to the comfort which Al
len’s Foot-Ease, the antiseptic pow
der to be shaken into the shoes,
gives to the- millions now using it.
As Weston has said, “It has real
merit”
Impaired Digestion
May not be all that is meant by dyspepsia
now, but it will be if neglected.
The uneasiness after eating, fits of nerv
ous headache, sourness of the stomach, and
disagreeable belching may not be very bad
"low, but they will be if the stomach is
suffered to grow weaker.
Dyspepsia is such a miserable disease
chat the tendency to it should be given
early attention. This is completely over
come by
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
hich si rengthenstbewhole digestive system
HciLLthi couch
w CURE the LUNCS
with Dr. King’s
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