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PROGRAM
Masonic Odd Fellows Picnic to be
Held at Lookout Hall Saturday,
August 7th.
1. Music.
2. Prayer.
3. Music.
4. Welcome Address.
5. Music.
6. Address ou Masonry by Judge
Moses Wright.
7. Music.
X. Address on Odd Fellowship by
Solicitor John W. Hale.
9. Music.
10. Dinner.
11. Masonic Address.
12. Music,
13. Odd Fellows Address by Hon.
G. It. Hutchins.
14. Music.
15. Adjournment.
MONTVALE.
The meeting announced to
commence nt Ebenczer next Sunday,
hits boon postponed until the 4th
Sunday. There will not bo any scr
vices on next Sunday on account of
oilier arrangements made by the pas
tor, llev. 8. L. Williams.
Mrs. Steve Anderson returned to
her home a few days ago from quite
an extended visit to her daughter,
Mrs. Henry Robinson in Dirttown
valley.
Miss Rosy Barbour Is spending a
few days with Mrs. Harlen Johnson
of Trion.
Quite a number of our young people
attended a singing on Sand Mountain
last Sunday.
Mrs. Barbour spent last Saturday
with Mrs. Jphnle Mills.
Misses Huth and Eva Shropshire
were pleasant guests of Mrs. 11. E.
Dunwoody last Wednesday.
There w ill bo an all day singing at
the Free Water school house on the
mountain Saturday before the 3rd
Sunday .
BIATE BIRD.
TRANS
Farmers are most through laying
by m our valley.
Edgar Hames was visiting at Ar
iltucl.i e last Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Lilia Keith has returned home
after 'hree weeks’ visit to her broth
ir. L. P. Keith.
Mr J. A. Rush and daughters,
Miss>s Annie and Bonnell, spent last
week al Crystal Springs.
tii'-s Mattie Keown Is on an ex
tended visit to relatives here.
W E. Ratliff and daughter, Mrs.
Jennie Hall, of Alpine were visiting
Mr. J. A. Rush and family Saturday.
Mr. Grover Peterson, who has been
tn Rome for several months, returned
home Saturday.
Mr. Burl Keown was up from Rome
recently.
School opened at Trans recently
with very good attendance.
Charles Ward made a businses trip
to Dalton last week.
Misses Bettie McClure and Jesse
Wyatt were guests of Miss Cleo Rusli
last Thursday.
Miss Maude Peterson is spending
this week at Coneord.
The Traus baseball team went over
to Naomi last Saturday to play ball,
hut were defeated by the score of 10
to 3 in favor of Naomi
Cecil Hunt is visiting home folks
at Summerville. PAT.
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HIS LESSON.
It Taught Him Just What the Girl
Wanted Him to Know.
By ROBERT A. KNOWLES.
(Copyright, 19». by Associated Literary
Press]
They sat upon the veranda side by
aide, gazing silently into the soft May
moonlight The air had the haunting
sweetness that comes at evening from
growing things in their freshness. It
was still and dreamily peaceful, a time
to soothe human restlessness and hu
man pain.
But It did not soothe Jane. She had
teen sitting there so quietly nil even
ing that It seemed to her she must
jump from the chair, screaming at the
top of her voice, In another minute.
Under the light shawl she wore she
twisted her hands together In an effort
to control herself. Yet she continued
to stare out at the moonlight as if to
behold It were the one thing worth
living for.
Rodney was staring out nt t'.ie moon
light. too, and enjoying It. He liked
the stillness; he liked being able to
keep silence; he liked to be sitting
there beside Jane.
If Rodney had loved her, Jane
thought bitterly, he would at least
have held her hand. But he did not love
her; he only liked her because be had
always known her nnd because she
was the one girl with whom he could
be perfectly natural. If he wished to
be silent with her he was silent; he did
not feel It necessary to make the ef
fort to talk. Yet Jane felt sometimes
that his dumbness was unendurable.
If only be would speak. Evening aft
er evening be came to sit with her In
the same way.
• Jane had always had hope until to
night. A man who could sit beside a
girl- a fairly pretty girl, too—on such
a night and not make love to her was
certainly as near being without a heart
as man could be.
Jane gave him up. And in giving
him up she gave up also many of the
dreams nnd of her longings, her youth.
Slowly her eyes filled with tears.
Slowly she forced back the tears and
j swallowed the choking lump in her
throat But sl.e could not keep back
one racking sigh, nnd Rodney heard it.
Ho rose instantly, reminded of the
hour and apparently of her.
"I must go,” he said, looking for his
hat.
Jane rose, too, witl. apparent calm.
He looked forth nt the moonlight
again, not nt her. wistfully.
"It is wonderful," he said. ‘'Moon
light like that always makes me forget
myself. Good night. Jane."
‘‘Good-lpby." June answered strange
ly. but he seemed not to notice.
Iler father stood before the lamp
rending n letter as she entered the
house.
He looked up nt her over his glnsses.
"Rodney gone?" he asked.
“Yes." Jane's tone was tense.
"Anything tho matter?" ho inquired
anxiously.
She shook her head, with a hard lit
tle laugh
“Nothing at nil," she said.
“This letter is from your Aunt Jane,”
ho said. "She wants us to come to see
her It has been nine years since she
was hero—tho sumo year your mother
died. I’ve never been to sec her since
she went to Boston to live. But I am
going now—we're going. Jane, what’s
to hinder us from going tomorrow?”
"Tomorrow?” Jane gasped. And to
Boston! She turned pale with the sud
denness of It all.
By noon next day they had gone,
bag nnd baggage. And that evening
when Rodney came walking up in the
moonlight he found unllghted win
dows and a locked door. He sat down
upon tho steps and waited. How
strange It was! Jane bad not told him
she was going away. He sat there
wondering until Mrs. Clancy, who lived
next door, came trundling her baby
past on her way home.
"That you. Rod?" she called in her
sweet Irish voice.
"Yes. Mrs. Clancy. Where are the
folks that belong here?”
“Why. don't you know? Hush, Ted
dy, while mamma talks to the gentle
man. They've gone to Boston—left at
noon today. 1 can't tell you how long
they Intend to be gone."
To Boston! And without saying a
word to him! Rodney could not speak,
and after Mrs. Clancy had waited a
moment for him to do so she went on
with her baby, leaving him to figure
it out by himself.
Jane did not write to him from Bos
ton. and he did not write to her be
cause be did not know her address.
And be would not ask for it from any
one of the girls to whom he knew she
was writing. But lie beard things
about her—how she was going about
with her fashionable aunt, having new
clot lies made and enjoying herself gen
erally.
The hot summer dragged on slowly.
Rodney grew thin and looked pale. He
was working too hard, they said-
"Cut it out. Rod." they told him
cheerfully. “You've got money enough
and are making more. Why do you
want to kill yourself?”
Rodney smiled pathetically and kept
ou working.
One day Edna Travers told him that
she had just received Jane's picture
and she looked "dandy." Jane had
also written to say she "had three
strings to her bow.”
After that Rodney literally drooped.
He began to walk past the house nnd.
as lie grew more desperate, to sit upon
the veranda in the chair where be had
■pent so many silent hours Jane's lit
tle chair was beskle his, and he liked
tn keep bis hand upon it. rocking it
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1909.
gently, while he thought of her. Some
times be fell asleep sitting there, for it
was hot weather, and night always
found him tired.
One night in August be came to the
house late, as usual. It was still
closed, dark, forbidding. But the mem
ory of dear associations haunted it
He stole up on the veranda behind
the screening vines and sat down,
with bls band on the arm of Jane’s
little chair. When was she coming
home? And would she come home
free? It was most unlikely. Even
though she had been sweet to him al
ways it was evident that she had not
cared for him. But if she had cared for
him— Rodney, the practical, the un
sentimental. fell a-dreaming. Present
ly from the day dream he passed into
an actual one of restless slumber. He
dreamed that Jane sat in her own
chair beside him in her white gown.
And, waking suddenly, with a mighty
start, he found that she did!
For a moment he stared at her as
at a ghost. Then her soft laugh and
her voice set bis senses tingling.
"Still asleep, Rod?” she asked.
“Jane,” he said and leaned toward
her, trying to find her hand—“ Jane, is
it really you?”
"Really and truly, Rod! When did
you fall into the habit of sleeping on
my veranda, sir?”
“Jane!"
“Answer my question, Rodney
Holdsworth!”
“Answer my question first, dear. Do
you know what has happened to me
while you have been away?”
She shook her head, put her face
close to his and told him that she did.
"Did you leave anybody in Boston
that you like better than you do me?”
Rodney asked, very humbly.
“No one, Rod.”
“Then”—be dropped her band, which
he bad been clinging to in a kind of
desperation, and took her in bis arms—
“you are still mine,” he sighed.
“I guess it did you good to sit alone
here all these evenings,” Jane said
presently when she had been kissed
to her heart's content.
"It taught me to love and appreciate
you, dearest,” Rodney said solemnly,
holding her fast.
Why Lightning Rods Are Pointed.
The reason a lightning rod has a
sharp point is because a fine point of
fers no resistance to the discharge of
electricity and in order that a cloud
may be emptied of it noiselessly and
harmlessly. The degree of resistance
! is in proportion to the surface of the
object, if the rod were surmounted
by a knob, for instance, the discharge
would be violent. But many a light
ning rod has received an electrical dis
charge when the people in the build
ing below were calmly unconscious of
the face. Noncorrosive metal is used
for the point of the roil, as corrosion
makes resistance. The difference be
tween a point and a ball is shown in
discharging a battery. The full charge
from a large battery would be re
ceived quietly on a meta! point, while
a moderate charge from a small one
would explode violently on a ball. It
is said that a full charge may be
passed harmlessly through a person’s
body if received on the point of a
needle, whereas the same charge re
ceived on a discharger, with a ball or
knob on the end, would mean instant
death.
A Girl's Way.
It was a sweltering summer after
noon. Algernon sat in the hammock,
and Claire occupied a wicker chair.
She was very pretty, and Algernon
was hopelessly in love with her. He
was almost in despair as he sat look
ing at her playing with bis heart, and
he knew it
“Oh, Claire!" he pleaded. "Why are
you so cold?”
“I am not, Algie,” she protested.
“You are, Claire,” he Insisted.
“And I say just as positively that I
am not."
"Claire, Claire!" he cried. “How
can you say that when you know you
have treated me like”—
"Oh," she Interrupted, fanning her
self lazily meanwhile, “I thought you
were talking about the weather, Al
gie.”—Lippincott's.
Servants’ Accomplishments.
A Brussels merchant advertised for
a servant. One applicant pleased him.
The terras and outings were arranged,
when the girl asked. "Who washes the
dishes?” Taken aback, the merchant
asked her to repeat her question. The
girl did so without turning a hair.
"Madame washes the dishes, and I
dry them.” replied the merchant. "Can
you play the piano?" he asked.
"No." was the reply.
"Then 1 am afraid you will not suit,”
said the merchant. The girl retired
with a dignified air. With a politeness
which is described as exquisite she
turned to the merchant and said, "To
morrow I shall take lessons at the con
servatory. and as soon as I begin to
make progress I will call again!” This
story is certified as authentic.—Throne
and Country.
Their Size.
Lawyer (to deaf witness)—Do you
know the plaintiff’s pigs?
Witness-Eh?
Lawyer (raising his voice)—Do—you
—know—plaintiff's pigs?
Witness—Yes.
Lawyer—How long have you known
them?
Witness—Eh?
Lawyer (louder stilb—How long hare
you known them?
Witness—Foil 'em all last spring,
lawyer Were they all alwut a size?
Witness—Eh?
Lawyer (rises on his feet petulantly
and shakes his forefinger at the con
clusion of each word at the witness)—
Were—they- all—of—a - si»e ?
ov 'em wor. ajui
some ov ’em worn't.—Exchange.
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There Must be Merit
in the easiest selling Policies on the Market. When Placed they Insure Satisfied Policyholders
who are Pleased to Continue as a Part of, and a Helping Factor in the Company’s Further Devel
opment. The Rapid Growth Since Going on a Legal Reserve Basis and the Present Financial
Strength of the
STATE MUTUAL OF GEORGIA
Testifies to this Fact.
Organized as Legal Reserve Company under Georgia Laws September, 1905.
Outstanding Insurance in Force Over $40,000,000
HERE IS RECORD OF PAST YEAR’S GROWTH: A
June 30, 1908 June 30, 1909 Amount gained Percentage gained
Admitted Assets $1,566,371.10 $2,337,57752
Legal Reserve 1,440.683.32 2,068,581.97 627,898.65 44%
I Net Surplus 81,107.49 204,957 85 123,550.36 152%
THE STATE MUTUAL has atttained a distinction in its field of operation for Progressiveness, Tem
pered with sufficient amount of conservation to be conducive of a healthy growth and to insure the
Safety of the interests of its policyholders. It stands pre-eminent among southern companies in
size and substantiality.
State Mutua] Policies are the Quintessence of the Best there is in Life Insurance. All Standard
Policy Contracts are Issued, Including Four Different Guaranteed Dividend Policies which Provide
for Liberal Returns in the Shape of Dividends to be Insured.
During the Fast Year the State Mutual has Paid to Policy-holders in Dividends over $220,000.00
which is an Increase of 217 per cent over the Preceding year. Besides this it has, During the Same
Period, Paid in Death Claims and other Payments to Policyholders $332,000.00
and at the same Time Gained in Surplus as shown above.
Write for Particulars Concerning our Policies, and Cost for You. State Your Age.
i STATE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.
W. M. JONES, Agent. C. R. PORTER, President.
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HE MADE HIS KICK, g
The Man Who Had Long Ago Bough!
an Eight Day Clock.
“You don’t remember, 1 reckon,”
■ said the sour faced man, putting
I his arms on the showcase, “that I
i bought a clock of you twenty-five
• years ago?”
1 “I certainly do not,” answered
the elderly jeweler, I’ll take
your word for it if you say you
; iTJd.”
■ “Well, I did. It was twenty-five
. years ago last Monday.”
i “Remember what you paid for
it ?”
“Yes. I paid you $10.”
“Ever had to get it repaired ?”
“No.”
“It’s a pretty good clock,. then,
isn’t it?”
“Oh, yes. The clock’s all right,
, but I’ve found out something hbout
it that you didn’t tell me.”
“So?”
“Yes. When I bought it I asked
you how often I’d have to wind it.
You said once a week.”
“Well?”
“Well, I’ve just found out that
it’ll go eight davs without wind
ing.”
“Certainly! Most clocks are
eight day clocks. That’s to allow
for your forgetting to wind it
sometimes.”
“I never forgot to wind it, sir.
Regularly every Monday morning
for twenty-five years I’ve wound
that clock. That makes fifty-two
times a year. If I had known it
would go eight days I would have
wound it on the eighth day, and 1
would have had to wind it only for
ty-six times a year. It takes me
about two minutes to wind it up.
I’ve wasted twelve minutes every
year on the thing. See! In twen
ty-five years I’ve put in 300 min
utes, or five hours, the half of a
man’s working day, standing on a
chair and winding up that blamed
old clock when it didn’t need wind
ing!”
“Well,” said the stupefied jewel
er. “what do v®u want to do about
it?”
“Nothing, sir. .1 only wanted
you to know it, that’s all. When
you sell an eight day ’clock to a
man you ought to tell him it’s an
eight day clock. Good day, sir!”
Straightening himself up and
pulling his hat brim down in front,
he turned on his heel and stalked
out of the store with the air of a
man with a grouch who had freed
his mind.—Chicago Tribune.
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THE WORD “SHIP.”
From Digging Out the Tree Trunk For
the Primitive Boat.
There is no doubt of the evolu
tion of our great modern ships
from a floating log on which our
earliest ancestors sat astride and
with hands and pole navigated the
small streams, and just as surely
has our word “Ship” come from
the first improvement of that prim
itive craft. The etymology of the
word tells us of the evolution of
the craft.
When the superior mind of oiir
Aryan ancestors conceived the idea
of hollowing out the floating log
and thus decreasing its weight,
adding to its buoyancy and better
fitting it for their transportation,
they had to find a word to express
what they were doing, so they nat
urally used a root that they under
stood, which was “skap.” This root
signified the idea of digging, hol
lowing out and scraping. That is
what they did to make their boats,
and the “skap” became a noun to
designate the boat.
That root “skap” has lived and
grown during the 10,000 years and
more that have passed since it was
first used to give a boat its name,
and after the breaking up and di
vision of the Aryan race it followed
all of its broadly divided branches
to their new homes to be used in
all of their tongues.
The Greeks have the root in
their wmrd “skufes,” meaning a
hollow cup, and the Latins have it
in “scabere,” signifying to scrape.
In those languages, as well as in
Sanskrit, it is in many words of a
similar signification. It came to
the English through the Teutonic
type, “skepa,” meaning a ship, or
vessel, or what was hollowed out.
In the middle English it was
“schip,” and Chaucer used the
plural, “shippes.” In the Anglo-
Saxon it was “scip,” while the Ice
lander made it “skip” and the Dane
“skib.” The old high German had
“seif” and the German “schiff.”
So we see the change through
the century of centuries has been
slight, the same sound with the
same signification having gone
from father to son through all of
the generations, giving us the same
word when we speak of the Lusi
tania as our Aryan ancestors used
when they spoke of the floating
log that they had hollowed by dig
ging and scraping with stones and
shells.—New York Herald.
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bring its own opportunity for doing
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i before and never can be again.—W. H.
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you are wasting away, take Hollis-
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Central of Georgia Railway will
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. I*. Wood, Ticket Agent, or ad
dress J. C. Haile, General Pas
senger Agent, Savannah, Georgia.
WESTON, Ocean-to-Ocean Walker,
Said recently: “When you fed
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, ‘‘lt 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
iow, out they will be if the stomach is
suffered to grow weaker.
Dyspepsia Is such a miserable disease
.hat the tendency to it should be given
early attention. This is completely over
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