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The Summerville News Published Every Thursday. BY THE NEWS PUBLISHING CO. 0. «J. Espy Editm and Manager. Tbrms of Si bsckiition: One Y> ar ■ ■ 11-00 Six Months 90c Three Months 25c Advertising Rates will be Made Known on Application. Entered at the Summerville Post Office as Second Class Mail Matter. 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? AN OLD ADACE SAYS —■ “A light purse is a heavy curse” Sickness makes a light purse. The LIVER is the seat of nine tenths of all disease. Tutt’sPills go to the root of the whose mat ter, thoroughly, quickly : . h and restore the action vi th, LIVER to normal c ndit- Give tone to the m-Jc solid flesh to the’s . T<ike No Substit ' HAIR BALSAM *"K•«’■*•» And be*...-' t<* lb« hair. * • r _ W •’ * Wrc -JEV r t it* Youth*.! O' >r. . . • » •• x*K* A .:<■ 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. Constant accuracy penetrates ev ery detail of your business when you pay by check. A cheeking account gives you a complete and reliable bus iness record. For every bill you pay by cheek you have a statement of the date, amount and to whom paid. Each check is a receipt. The Bank of Lyerly gives constant and vigilant attention to every account, and gives you FREE INSURANCE for every 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. Take Kodol at the times when you feel what you have eaten is not di gesting. Kodol digests what you eat so you can eat sufficiently of any good, wholesome food, if you will just lot Kodol digest it Sold by all j dru’gtsts. 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. The Bank of Menlo works no tricks, seeks to perform no miracles, but runs in strict accordance with law, justice, “square dealings” and safe ; business methods. If this policy suits you open an account with us and you will be gratified with the re 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. CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED. With local applications, as they can not reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitution al disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall s Catarrh Cure is taken internal ly, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It is com posed of the best tonics known, com , blued with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous sur faces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing Ca tarrh. Send for testimonials. F J CHENEY CO. Props Toledo, O. Sold by druggist, price 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for consti pation. ■ 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. EXCURSION RATES Via Central of Georgia Railway. To Atlanta and return, account Ma sonic Convention, to be held August 10-12, 1909. Fares apply from points m Georgia. To Huntsville, Ala., and return, ac count National Convention, Primitive Baptist church (Colored) to be held August 18-24, 1909. To Valdosta, Ga., and return, ac count Grand Lodge, Supreme Circle of Benevolence of United States, to be held September 28, October 4, 1909. For further information in regard to i total rates, dates of sale, limit, etc., apply to nearest ticket agent. Electric Bitters Succeed when everything else fails. In nervous prostration and female weaknesses they are the supreme remedy, as thousands have testified. FOR KIDNEY, LIVER AND STOMACH TROUBLE it is the best medicine ever sold over a druggist’s counter. I I