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Summerville. Ga., Aug. 5, 1909
Advocates of prohibition and local
opt ion laws assert that the enactment
of such laws decreases the salt- and
consumption of liquor, and the oppo
nents of such laws just as strongly
assert they do not. All doubt upon
the question will probably be set at
rest by the official statement of the
treasury department. The figures
show a decrease of between four and
live million barrels of beer in 11*08.
That means a billion pints less liquor
drunk in 1908 titan in 1907. I hat de
crease is not, perhaps, so great as
temperance reformers expected, but
it is a very decided decrease till the
same, and one that is all the more
suggestive because of the persistent
attempts at illegal selling anti t.lie fa
cilities for securing liquor In dry
territory though the operations of the
express companies. It all indicates
that the temperance movement is a
very real thing.
Thai not all or even most of the
Ingenuity of man is directed to the
invention nt' dreadnaughts and death
dealing engines of war we arc con
stantly having gratifying proof. Very
recently two great engineering feats
constructed for tin- benefit of man
kind have caused widespread Interest.
Om- is the great Gunnison tunnel by
wlil< Ii an immense area of arid soil in
Colorado will in- irrigated ami there
by transformed into u land of plenty
Tim other Is the vast breakwater al
Galveston by which the inhabitants
iff that city have so lately been saved
a repetition of tin- disaster of lIMHI.
Tin- pluck, enterprise and hope
fttlneHs shown In the construction of
these great enterprises was c haracter
Isllcally American and many gem-ra
tions will profit by it.
Colorado may send a woman to
congress two years hence. A wo
man politician lias already begun her
camiuilgn for tin- place, and the
suffrageties of the state are rallying
around her banner.
According to a statement issued by
the- Georgia Fruit Exchange there
were 2,062 cars of peaches shipped
from the- state during the past sea
son.
In a special message to the legis
lature Monday. Gov. Brown sub
mitted for Its consideration, a copy
of the resolution passed by Um Cull
ed States congress providing to
amend the constitution so as to em
power the national government col
lect Income taxes. To become a na
tional law. the resolution will have to
be ratified by the legislative bodies
of two thirds of the states.
If a corporation voluntarily confess
es to having put its hands in other
is-oples' pockets and abstracted hun
dreds of thousands of dollars, its
members are usually let off with a
minimum fine. Hut If an ordinary
person, on being arrested, voluntari
ly pleads gufltly to taking a few dol
lars he is sent to prison. Why tills
difference when the offense in both
instances is the same in character?
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CHATTOOGA COUNTY FAIR
Will Be Held Thursday and Friday
October 21 and 22.
At a meeting of the citizens of
Summerville Saturday morning it was
definitely decided to hold a big coun
ty fair in Summerville this fail.
The fair will be held on Thursday
and Friday, October 21 and 22.
The same offeers, who have so sue- 1
cessfully managed the far for several
years past, will have charge of the
tair again this year.
Hon. Wesley Shropshire was elect
ed president and general manager,
N. K. Bitting assistant manager, and
P. Neal, treasurer.
Tiie following committees were ap
pointed :
Subscription Committee—O. A. Sei
man, E. W. Sturdvant, J. T. Jolly. ,
I’retnlurn Committee —C. C. Cleg
horn, P. Neal, and 0. J. Espy.
Comm't.tee on Special Premiums —
A. S Hinton, G. D. Espy, and J. R.
•Jackson.
Committee on Dist-iit Exhibits —
E. N. Mart.n, C. C. Cleghorn and J.
L. McGinnis.
The premium list will be made up
rand announced as soot: as the sub
scription committee completes its
work.
EXCESSIVE TAXATION
From the Middle Georgia Farmer. i
The people of nearly every city 1
and state are suffering from excessive ■
taxation which, in some instances,
is made necessary by inexcusable ex-:
travagance of public officers and ser-1
vants.
Every legislature spends much of 1
its time looking for something new ;
to tax or something tha ctan stand
a little more taxes instead of wisely
economizing and making present re-I
'ci-ipts go ten times further than they;
are going, as they ought to do.
A limit, must be reached some |
time, and in our opinion it has now '
been reached. Just because a man ;
lias deprived himself suffered and I
saved, and finally has a few surplus i
dollars is no reason why his savings '
should lie confiscated by his slate or
city. Conditions have practically |
reached the point, where none but the
wealthy can make money, ami this
class is controlling the legislatures, j
courts, commerce, tariff, supply, and |
all else, ami tit-- making the balance
of us carry all their burdens. The
poor consumer is paying it all with I
. no hope of relief, and at the same
time every doodle of a politician is
cast ing around looking for a place'
and means to, increase that burden
and find something new on which to I
levy an additional or extra tax. The I
country, states, counties and cities,
are all living beyond their means. !
Individuals get discouraged and do
likewise, and the poor fellows who
keep on plodding and striving are ■
paying the unpaid bills of the other ;
fellows, and thus carrying more than |
their share of the burdens.
■ It is time to get down to business
and call a halt. It is time the people 1
were waking up to the indifference j
and extravagance of their legisla
tures, etc., and bringing them to per- !
sonal account. .
The numerous centennial, triennial
and other celebrations that signalize
tliis year remind us that we are liv
' Ing in an age that delights to
commemorate the past. The value of
these functions no one can qusetion..
They break the monotomy of life, in
- crease friendly intercourse among
the nations and help us to realize ouri
indebtedness to the past. In these;
days of rush and enterprise we, who
in this land rejoice In civil and re
ligious liberty, would be in danger of i
forgetting those who in former days
by their fidelity to principle and he
roic sacrifice made this liberty pos
sible, but for these celebrations which,
keep alive the grateful memory of
them and their deeds.
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by cheek you have a statement of
the date, amount and to whom paid.
Each check is a receipt. The Bank
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attention to every account, and gives
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cent deposited.
"Chaplain." said a young criminal
in a state prison, holding up his thin
white hands, “these hands never
worked.“ do you thing they can learn
to work?" That was the secret of
that young man's criminality. Anti
idleness today is one of the principal
causes of crime. Unless boys and
girls are trained to honest work they
are bound to gravitate towards crime
and poverty.
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THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1909.
DISTRICT SCHOOL TRUSTEES
HOLD ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING.
The school trustees of Chattooga
county held a very enthusiastic meet
ing at the Masonic Hall here Tues
day. The meeting was largely at
tended and a number of interesting
and instructive talks were made. The
following account of the meeting was
furnished us by the secretary.
Meeting of school trustees met at
the hall and was called to order by
J. N. Taliaferro, chairman. Meet
ing was opened with prayer by Rev.
J. O. Brand. In the absence of Mr.
R. L. Knox, secretary, there was a !
motion by Mr. Pollock that an assist
ant be elected, and put into nomina
tion W. D. Gilkeson, who was elect
ed to that position. Mr. T. A. Hen
drix was called upon and took the ;
floor, giving his views on the duties
of trustees. He was followed by L.
J. Godwin on same subject. We then
■ heard from J. T. Pledger on same
subject, who in an advisory way,
made us a very interesting talk.
We then had an explication on
duties of trustees by Mr. Jones,
County School Commissioner.
Wc then took up the subject of
Compulsory Education with Col Jno.
D. Taylor to champion the cause,
which was done in an able and inter
esting manner.
Mr. Brand was then called upon
and responded in an able and inter
esting way. Mr. Wesley Shropshire
then made an eloquent and instruct
tive speech.
Adjourned for dinner.
Meeting was called to order at 2 p.
m. Short and appropriate talks were
made byR. A. McWhorter and G. A.
Ragland on the best means of pay
, ing teachers. The subject of good
. reads in connection with good schools
! was discussed by R. A. McWhorter,
'T, J. Worsham, C. C. Godwin, and
, .J. V. Wheeler.
The subject, Best time to operate
, the schools was then taken up. We
had short talks from G. A. Ragland
; and T. A. Gaylor, who expressed
.themselves as favoring one term. J.
’ I’. Hal! advocated a divided term, or
|in other words, a summer school.
Short talks were also made on this
subject by P. A. Brooks and T. J.
Pearson. Mr. J. L. Pollock then
| made a talk expressing himself as be
ing pleased with the sentiment of the
i trustees relative to a long term
i school, which coincided with the
Board.
Short talks then followed by Mr.
I Worsham, Mr. Taliaferro and others
ii n this same line of teaching. Mr.
■Jones then addressed the body, in
In half of the board of education, ex
pressing themselves as being very
much pleased at the interest manifest
;ed by the trustees. Mr. J. L. Pol
i lock then followed with an interesting
‘talk.
The trustees then went into a busi
ness ni-.-eting for the purpose of ef
fecting a permanent organization.
The following officers were elected:
J. N. Taliaferro, president; T. J.
I Worsham, vice president; W. D. Gil
keson, secretary; R. L. Knox, as
sistant secretary. A motion was car
ried that the trustees meet twice a
I year.
Following is a list of the trustees
I for the several school districts in
the county.
Summerville —J. D. Taylor, T. P.
; Taylor. E. N. Martin.
Bethel—T. M. Ballenger, W. H.
Owings. A. N. McCollum.
Farmersville—W. W. Shropshire.
W. C. Cordle, James Peace.
Silver Hill—T. B. Cummings, Abe
White, Geo. Milum
Sand Mt.—O. Abbott, H. E. Bridges
i Jim Berley.
Montvale—.l. L. Scoggins, B. E.
Dunwoody. Jos. Hammond.
Johnson —Jeff Johnson. F. <. Ir
vine. Thomas New.
Subligna—H. J. Scoggins, J. M.
Wilson. A. L. Gordy,
Dry Creek—D. C. Fowler, Frank
Fiber, W. T. Roper.
Haywood—Ed Manning. Ben Chase.
WP<Scoggins.
Housch —C. C. Cromer, J. Petty
john,
Myers —F. E. Hall, J. F. Veatch, J.
11. Alexander.
Welcome Hill—W. R. M. Maddux.
J W. Loggins, J. W.
Pennville —G. H. Ramey, W. H.
Penn.
Hendrix—T. A. Hendrix. S. P.
Smith, W. A. Alexander.
Raccoon —J. N. Coburn. \v. S. Sims.
G. F. Anderson.
Bolling—E. D. Bolling J.-L. Godwin
Jas. Hudgins.
Lyerly—D. D. Dover, J. N. Talia
ferro. James Hill.
Chattoogaville—T. A. Gayler. R.
M. Ray. T. M. Morrison.
Camp Ground —W. B. Anderson. J.
Kellett.
Holland—J. T. Worsham. J. A.
Ratliff. C. D. Smith.
Perennial —W. D. Gilkeson, W. L.
Gamble, J. T. Pledger.
Echols—Joel Jones, J. J. Cochran, ‘
C. C. Martin.
Teloga—T. R. Knox, V. Hammond,
Thos. Greason.
Chelsea—Lum Hudgins, Philip
Brooks, J. T. Pearson.
Menlo—R. A. McWhorter, R. L.
Knox, Green Martin.
Lookout Mt.—A. J. Young, W. R.
Keys, W. M. Hoodwick.
Hanson—C. C. Godwin, Tom Beav
ers, W. M. Bankey.
Dirtseller—J. M. Bridges, J. M.
Bagley Thos. Reynolds.
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sults.
THE TONGUE.
It Appears That This Organ Can Be
Eloquent Even V»'hen Silent.
From the observations made by a I
i physiognomist it appears that the
tongue when quite still can be as elo
quent in giving its owner away as
w hen it is wagging sixteen to the :
dozen. This is a hard fact for a silent i
man to swallow—in silence. His only
remedy is to keep well so as to obviate
the necessary injunction of the doctor
to put his tongue out, for by this
thrust out sign the doctor shall know :
. h.m.
The tongue of the talker when ob-;
traded inclines to the right side of the j
mouth, we are asked to believe, where
as the seldom used tongue gravitates
to the left side. Orators, preachers
and barristers are endowed with right
sided tongues. Verbally parsimonious
persons have left sided tongues.
Furthermore, "the tongue that
shoots out straight without turning or I
wavering indicates a solid, reliable
man of affairs.” Tongues that turn :
up indicate impractical natures. A
downward, drooping tongue belongs'
to a person born to poverty and a
ready eye for the hopeless side of
; things.
The cruel tongue flattens and broad
ens when extended. The delicate
speaking organ with curled up edges is
the property of an imaginative and
artistic being. When the tongue is
sues forth as if gripped in a dental
vise it signifies a love of life more
than ordinary.
Finally we are warned that the in
dividual who thrusts forth his tongue
to Its extremest verge is a person to !
whom no secret should ever be con
fided, for lie is an irresponsible chat
terer.—London Chronicle.
What’s Your Pet Phrase?
Os course you have a pet phrase
or expression. You are one of the
few exceptions if you haven’t. !
Very likely the very words with ;
which this article begins—“of j
t course”—are used by you at even’ ;
turn, but you don’t know it. You |
have a particular ejaculation which '
does duty in all circumstances. It
may be a variation of “Great
Scott!” such as “Great Scotland
Yard!” or it may be “Good Grace ■
church street!” which is a varia
: tion of “Good gracious!” You
probably end most of your sen
tences with “you know” or “you
see.” Then you have a pet word
which you bring in wherever you
can. Perhaps it is “logical,” and
the number of times that word and
its opposite —“illogical”—appear in
your conversation is simply alarm
ing. But you don’t see it, you
know. —London Answers.
Insects Have Thousands of Eyes
The eyes of insects present sev
eral peculiarities. Often in the
same individual we shall find two
sets of eyes, the simple and the
compound, these latter having a
large number of minute hexagonal
facets, each of which is in reality
’ a cornea, and the marvel is that
every single facet belongs to a dis
tinct eye, with pupil, iris, leps, all
complete. The number of these
corneas varies very considerably.
While the ant possesses fifty only,
the ordinary housefly has 4,000,
butterflies have no fewer than 17,-
000, and some beetles rejoice in as
many as 25,000. —London Chroni
cle.
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ROCK SALT.
It Reveals to Us a Place Where Once
a Sea Existed.
Salt under ground! It seems a
strange thing at first to find salt
among the rocks deep down in the
earth. What does rock salt tell us?
It reveals to us a place where once
a sea existed. The water has since
flowed away, leaving some salt be
hind. We know that ordinary salt
exposed to the air soon gets damp
and then becomes quite fluid, but
rock salt away from air and sun >
keeps firm for ages.
Rock salt is found in various lay- ;
ers of the earth’s crust. Some of
the spaces of underground water
are called “seas,” but, in fact, large
as they were, they often did not re
semble the “seas” we have now, be
cause they were much shallower. A
few were fairly deep, however.
Then, again, these ancient seas
were sometimes so salty that no
animal could live in them and only
a few plants.
Such seas, in fact, were mostly
“dead,” and this accounts for the
masses of salt deposited along their
bottoms. But we find also signs
of rough water in the numerous
pebbles of the layer where the salt
is found among hard red gravel and
brown quartz.
Germany once had a tolerably
deep sea, not very salt, and the bot
tom surface of it shows coral reefs.
There are signs in it of great fishes
armed with strong teeth, enabling
them to crush the shellfish upon
which they fed.
These swarmed below the sea in
thousands. North England and the
midlands have the Keuper beds,
where the “seas” were always shal
low and where we can trace the
marks of raindrop filterings and
sun cracks. The rock salt is often
in a layer 100 feet thick. It is sup
posed that one part of these seas
was separated from another part by
a bar of sand, over which the waves
toppled only now and then.
In the cutoff sea evaporation
went on through the ages, and of
course a deposit of salt was formed,
while the occasional overflow from
outside replaced the water which
had evaporated. But really this is
not known for certain. It is only
clear rock salt that contains the
minerals we find in our present sea
water —bromine, iodine and mag
nesia.
Generally this salt is not mixed
with fragments of a different sub
stance, but is in columns of rough
crystals. Now and then there is
found a layer of rock salt, with one
of marl and shells under it, succeed
ed by rock salt again, showing that
for a time a change had taken
place.
Upon the land near these shallow
salt seas lived some singular ani
mals, unlike those of our earth in
the later centuries of its history.
There were remarkable reptiles be
longing to the frog or batrachian
family. One of the species was the
size of a small ox, with peculiar
complicated teeth and feet which
left prints on the earth so exactly
like the impressions of the human
hand that geologists gave it a Latin
name, meaning “the beast with the
hand.” Another strange creature
was a sort of lizard with a horny
bill and feet resembling those of
the duck. It had somewhat the
appearance of a turtle, it is sup
posed. Then there were some
warm blooded animals about the
size of a rat, which had pouches
in their cheeks and preyed upon
small insects. St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
Mermaids and Mermen.
The dugong, a species of whale
found abundantly in the waters of
both the great oceans, but especial
ly off the coast of Australia, in the
Pacific, is believed to have furnish
ed the slender basis upon which all
mermaid and mermen stories have
been founded. Its general length is
from eight to twenty feet. It has
f head much resembling that of the
human species and breathes by
means of lungs. It feeds upon sub
marine beds of seaweeds and when
wounded makes a noise like a mad
bull. Long hair in the female spe
cies and hair and beard in the male
add to the human resemblance of
the head and neck. The flesh of
this species of whale is used for
food and is said to have the flavor
of bacon, mutton or beef, accord
ing to the parts of the body from
which the meat is taken.
“Gone to the Devil.”
“Gone to the devil” has nothing
satanic in its history. It has bee?\
traced to a tavern in Fleet street,
London, known by the sign of the
“Devil and St. Dunstan.” As it
supplied good food and drink, it
had a large clientele and was called
the “Devil” for short. “Gone to the
Devil,” read a notice at many an
office when the occupants went to
dinner. Unhappily some went
there too often and stayed too long,
until at last when their patrons
left them “Gone to the devil” be
came a synonym for the neglect or
the loss of their buiinees.
PETITION FOR CHARTER.
GEORGIA —Chattooga county.
The petition of S. T. Polk. F. G.
Polk and C. H. Polk of the county of
Chattooga and state of Georgia, re
spectfully shows:
First. That they desire for them
selves, their associates and succes
sors, to be incorporated and made a
body politic, under the name and
style of Menlo Fruit Package Com
pany, for a period of twenty years
with privilege of renewal at the ex
■ piration of said term.
Second. The principal office of
said company shall be in the city of
Menlo, state and county aforesad, but
petitioners desire the right to estab
lish such branch offices either in
this state or elsewhere, as may be
desired.
Third. The object of said Corpora
tion is pecuniary gain to its stock
holders.
Fourth. The business to be carried
on by said Corporation is the manu
facture of lumber and the manufact
ure of fruit packages, baskets and
such other like articles; the con
tracting and building of houses and
the buying and selling of general
building materials.
Fifth. The capital stock of said
corporation shall be $15,000.00, with
the privilege of increasing same to
$:j0, 000.00; said stock to be divided
into shares of SIOO.OO each. All of
said stock has been fully paid in.
Petitioners further desire the right
to issue both common and preferr
;ed stock In such proportion as the
stockholders may determine.
Sixth. Petitioners desire the right
to sue and be sued, to plead and be
impleaded, to have and use a common
seal, to make all necessary by-laws
and regulatons, and to do all other
things that may be necsesary for the
successful carrying on of said busi
ness, including the right to buy, hold
and sell real estate and personal
property and execute notes and bonds
and to scure same by a mortgage, se
curity deed or otherwise according
to law.
Seventh. They desire for said cor
poration the power and authority to
apply for and accept amendments to
its charter by a vote of a majority
of its stock.
Wherefore, petitioners pray to be
incorporated under the name and
style aforesaid, with all the powers,
privileges and immunities herein set
forth and as are now or may hereaf
ter be allowed a corporation of sim
ilar charter, under the Laws of Geor
gia.
This August 3, 1909.
TAYLOR & JOLLY,
Attorneys for Petitioners.
GEORGIA —Chattooga county.
I, J. N. Rush, Clerk of the Supe
rior Court, hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is a true and cor
rect copy of the application for char
ter of the Menlo Fruit Package Com
pany, as the same appears on file in
this office.
Witness my hand and seal, this
the 3rd day of August, 1909.
J. N. RUSH,
Clerk Superior Court.
Application for Administration
GEORGlA—Chattooga county.
To all whom it may concern: Mrs.
Dora Henry having in proper form,
applied to me for permanent admin
istration on the estate of W. F. Hen
ry, .Jr., to be and appear at my of
fice within the time allowed by law
and show cause if any they can why
permanent administration should not
be granted to Mrs. Dora Henry on
i W. F. Henry, Jr., estate.
Witness my hand and official sig
nature, this 2nd day of August, 1909.
J. P. Johnston, Ordinary.
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To Atlanta and return, account Ma
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To Huntsville, Ala., and return, ac
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August 18-24, 1909.
To Valdosta, Ga., and return, ac
count Grand Lodge, Supreme Circle
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1909.
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