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■W “SEE THE SIGN” WHEN NEEDING ’ GLASSES 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” with. You are safe in our | hands. ..EASTMAN KODAKS.. AND FRESH SUPPLIES 13 E. Eight Stre< t 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 < 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 ————————— ' ■■ ■ I ——M—l—»i 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. 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