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Summerville, Ga., Aug. 12, 1909
Forest Area of the South.
The South, with twenty-seven per
cent, of the total area of the United '
States, contains about forty-two per
cent, << the total forest area of the
country, says the Albany Herald.
The forest area by states is as fol
lows: Alabama, 20,000,000 acres; Ar
kansas, 24,200,000; Florida, 20,000,000
Georgia, 23,300,000; Kentucky, 10,000,
000; Louisiana, 16,500,000; Maryland,
2,200,000; Mississippi, 17,500,000;
North Carolina, 19,600,000; South Car
olina, 12,000,000; Tennessee, 15,000,-
00; Texas, 30,000,000; Virginia, 14,000
000; and West Virginia 9,100,000.
The South, It will be seen, has still
much of Hie virgin forest of the coun
'try. Tlds forest must be used, oi
course, in order to meet the steadily
expanding wants of tills section. It
must be used in such a manner, how
ever that the very most may be made
from its annual cut, while at the same
time this cut is being replaced by
new growth. In this way its timber
will remain a source of perpetual
wealt h.
The importance of forest, conserva
tion to Southern interests is clearly
understood by the people of the South
Tlie future of the South is more near
ly bound up In the plan of forest pre
servation to watersheds, power
streams and wood working Industries,
limn is anything now before tlie peo
ple of this part of the country. Not
only is the protection of tlie water
sheds, which will some day furnish
tlie power to run all manufacturing
establishments in the entire South, an
important matter to the South, but
the industries depending upon tlie for
est products will also be benefitted
by the protection thrown about the
remaining timbered area.
The Georgia legislature has adopt
ed a resolution requesting Luther
Burbank, the plant wizard, to take up
the cotton plant of the South and
make it a subject of experiment. The
cotton plant, it would seem, offers
Mr. Burbank a fine opportunity for
the accomplishment of something that
would be vastly beneficial to the
South. Luther Burbank has accom
plished wonders in the plant kingdom
and if he cun make an improvement
upon the cotton plant of the South ho
will have proven himself a great ben
efactor. The hope is that he may be
able to produce a longer and finer fi
ber than that now generally grown in
the South.
The Birmingham News says: "At
all events things are shaping them
selves for the the most favorable bus
iness conditions, and the tide turned
ed some time ago in the right direc
tion. The fall holds out rosy promis
es in nearly all lines of business.
There Is every Indication that the
coming year will bo the best in the
history of the country.”
S. G. McLendon, suspended chair
man of the railroad commission lost
his fight for vindication and reinstate
ment in the house of representatives
Thursday by the emphatic vote of
129 to 40. the house by that vote
having adopted the resolution of Mr.
Hardeman sustaining the action of
Governor Smith in removing the
chairman.
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Internal Tax Shows Decrease.
Atlanta, Ga. —A preliminary re
port has been made to the secretary
of the treasury by the commissioner
of internal revenues, which shows
that the revenue collections for Geor
gia have decreased over $300,000 dur- ’
Ing the past three years. Last year 8
the decrease was $140,071.16. Prohi- ■
bition is the reason for this falling a
off, for it. is principally of taxes on I
spiritous liquors and tobacco that v
the internal revenue collections con- 1,
sist. g
The preliminary report of the com- Q
missioner deals with the fiscal year
which ended with June. A copy of
the report has been sent here to H.
A. Rucker, internal revenue collector.
The complete report will be made in t
December. i I
It is shown in this preliminary re- p
port that the revenue collections from a
all sources for the past fiscal year e
total $246,212,719.22. This amount r
shows a decrease of $5,453,230.82 ov
er the collections for 1908.
The total revenue collections for ■
Georgia for the past fiscal year were ”
$279,218.43; for 1908 they were $419,-!
26:1.59; for 1907 they were $623,440,-,
98.
It is interesting to compare the rev t
enue receipts of Georgia with those ’
of Illinois, where the collections by '
the government are the largest made <
in any state. The receipts in Illinois
for the past year were $46,122,844.97;
which is an amount exactly $45,843,
636.54 in excess of the receipts for
Georgia.
According to the foremost boll!
weevil expert in the country this un
conquered and seemingly unconquera
ble pest, will reach the western con
fines of Alabama two years hence. It
will cross Mississippi whose cotton |
fields it has just reached, by 1911,.
and should by 1913 or 1914 be in I
Georgia. The catterpillar was con- j
quered years ago, and the other pests
have all gone before the inventive gen !
lus and the persist ent warfare of mat
Plant diseases have likewise been j
!eradicated or rendered innocuous, but
the boll weevil is still master in ev
ery field where his advance guard
has been pushed in seasons past. In
the end a means of utterly destroy
ing the post which costs the South
millions annually may be found, but
it is not yet even hinted at in the ;
results of experiments still being pros
ecuted.
UNION RALLY POSTPONED
UNTIL JULY 17TH.
The Union rally that was called to !
meet at Lyerly on the 17th has been :
postponed until the 17th. Brother .1.
L. Lee, state President, could not get
here on the 14th, but will be with us
on the 17th, and the county meet
ing will bo called to meet then at
Lyerly. The change was unavoidable
All are asked to come to the rally
and bring baskets well filled.
D. V. LANGSTON.
Os all the things for which
a young person should strive, a good
character stands easily at. the head oi
the list. It may be hard to get on !
without wealth and education, but
I with out a good character no perma
nent and enduring success can be at
tained.
FLOATING STORES.
Merchandise Steamers of the Muskoka
Lake Country tn Ontario.
Among Hie interesting features of
life in the Muskoka lake country, In
Ontario, are the Heating steres. A
good sized steam vessel fitted out with
every Imaginable Item of merchandise
that might be required makes a tour
of an assigned chain of lakes once
each week. Ou a certain hour of a
certain day the bout Is cx|>ected at 1
the different resorts and summer
homes, and enough merchandise must
be bought at each to tide over until
the next trip of the floating store.
Upon stepping on board the store
boats, says a writer In Popular Me
cbiinlca. the purchaser lipprom lies a ;
counter with s. ales and cs-di drawer. <
as in any other kind of store. Behind I
the counter are shelves, on which arc i
displayed sm li articles as may tempt
the eye. Behind these shelves is the
entrance to tlie atorerooin and hold, in!
which more merchandise is stored.
Each article has its place, and the
storekeeper an find It in a moment. 1
Sometimes isolated farms on the I
lakes are not worth stopping at every l
trip, so a flag is flown when stores are ,
desired. Tlie store vessel drops an '
chor when the signal flag is flown,
and some member of the family rows 1
out and makes the purchases. 1
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A checking account is important to '
any business—it is a convenience to
any man —it will be a great help to
you. it records your business tran
sactions acvuautely-keeps your money ’
matters straight—affords you a con- 1
venience that is at all times safe, sim 1
pie and sure. You w ill find the Bank 1
of Lyerly safe, accurate and acconi- :
modatiug. Try t-hem with your ’
checkins account, 1
THE SUMMERVILLE NEWS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1909.
Truth and
Quality
appeal to the Well-Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of .Senna is the only remedy of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family ,
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any debilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time.
It acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as a laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection- \
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine—
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
A Birthday Party. ,
On Monday, August 9th, between
the hours of 4 and 6 p. m. Miss Ger
trude Baxter, the pretty little daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baxter,
celebrated her 4th birthday at the
beautiful home of her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Branner, on
Washington Ave. Being an ideal sum
mer day the cool, shady lawn had been!
I prepared with swings, seats, etc., for j
! the entertainment of her little guests '
and resembled a scene from "Fairy I
Land” as the tiny tots in their dain- j
!ty frocks skipped and played under
! the grand old oaks.
Little Gertrude, the delightful and I
! honored hostess, assisted by her ■
! two younger sisters, Thelma and Fran !
j ces, received her little friends In a I
! graceful, happy manner of one far j
| beyond her years.
After enjoying some little games,
! pleasantly conducted by “Cousin" ■
Mattle Williams of Atlanta, delicious!
• cakes and ices were served to the !
little folks, seated at small tables, !
decorated with vases of lovely roses. |
Many pretty and useful little gifts
were received by the sweet little hos- ,
Uss, making it “‘really and truly” a :
birthday party.
The invited guests were Misses Su- j
! sie Scott Bitting, Naomi Bolling, Eva
| Hell Henley, Dixie Hinton, Kather
ine Hinton, Elizabeth Jackson and
Sarah Neal; Masters Kelly Hitting,
W. E. Hinton, Hill Hinton, Robert
Henry, James Jackson, Jr., Tom and
Kirby Jones, Tom Hill Selman, and
Jno. I). Taylor, Jr.
A group of happy mothers and
; grandmothers seated near were Mes
dames Bitting, Bolling, Clemmons,
W. B. Hinton, Jackson, Neal, Tay
lor. Baxter, and Branner.
Wishing little Gertrude "Many re
turns of the day” each happy hearted
little guest bade her fond “goodbye”
. and reluctantly departed for home.
| Thus ended a pleasant party and one
long to be remembered by Gertrude
i and her little friends.
Intense Colicky Pains Relieved.
“For some years I suffered from
intense colicky pains which would
come on at times and from which I ,
could find no relief,” says I. S. Ma- j
son, of Beaver Dam, Ky. "Chamber- l
lain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea |
Remedy was recommended to me by !
a friend. After taking a few doses !
of the remedy I was entirely relieved.
That was four years ago and there i
has been no return of the symptoms ;
since that time.” This remedy is for
sale by Summerville Drug Co., Sum
merville, Ga.
NOTICE.
There will be an all day picnic
at Farmersville school house Friday. !
August 13. Everybody is invited to
attend and bring well filled baskets.
Lemonade and ice cream will be
served. Lemonade free.
School opened at the Housch school
house last Monday morning. August
9th. Let everybody start their chil
dren at once and let's make this
the best school we have ever had at
this place.—Sallie Farr, Teacher.
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
bined 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.
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Sold by druggist, price 75c. ,
Take Halls Family Pills for consti- ,
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SOUTH SUMMERVILLE.
J. W. Greenwood moved his family
last week to Canton, where he has ac
cepted a lucrative position in the
mill. We shall miss this good family
but wish them success in their new
home.
John Scoggins sustained a very se
rious accident while working in
the mill here last Thursday by be
ing struck in the temple with a piece
of a loom and was unconscious for
several hours. Glad to report him
much Improved now and he is ex
pected to recover.
Mrs. P. C. Cash is quite ill this
week with typhoid fever.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Clark spent
the latter part of last week with rel- !
atives near Holland.
Mr. Walter Weesner of Dirttown
spent Sunday night with friends here.
Mrs. Imogene Dalton Ennis and
little daughter, Eleanor, of Milledge
ville came up Tuesday for an ex
tended visit to relatives here.
The little child of Ed Peppers was
real sick last week but is convales
cing now.
Mesdames A. L. Leming and Dora
Pollard spent yesterday very pleas
antly with friends at Raccoon.
G. P. Mahan, wife and little son, !
Farrow, visited the former’s mother
near Raccoon Sunday.
Rude Mullinax and family of Trion I
were the guests of relatives here !
Sunday.
Miss Kittie May Bynum has just
! returned from a pleasant visit to An
j niston, Alabama City and other
! points of interest in Alabama.
Andrey Williams and family and
i Mrs. J. M. Williams and children at
! tended the singing at Welcome Hill
! last Sunday.
The ice cream supper given at the
home of J. H. Harlow Saturday night 1
! was enjoyed by a large number of
! young people.
Wilbur Johnson visited relatives at :
! Raccoon Sunday and Monday.
Mrs. Lizzie Adams and family will
! leave soon for Rome where they
! will reside in the future. Their many
friends here regret to see them leave
j but wish them good luck in their new
home.
Miss Glennie Leming is spending
j several days with friends and rela
! lives at. Raccoon and Pine Grove.
Misses Maggie and Annie Brooks
of Raccoon were here Tuesday.
Misses Berta Goodrum and Battie j
Tarvin of Rome are the admired I
guests of Misses Susie and Sallie I
Harlow this week.
Mr. Josiah Edmondson has given up
iiis position in the mill and left last
\> ednesday for a visit to Lafayette
and Chattanooga. He will probably
locate in one of those cities.
O. A. Hankins has the fever.
ODE TO DRY VALLEY.
(By the Man From Town.)
The great Creator hath given space
to thee
Upon this hemisphere,
While so journeying that we,
Might have a dwelling place here.
Thou art nestled among the hills,
With a covering of azure blue skies
It is thy beauty our hearts
with joy are filled,
A beautiful gift from on high.
i Os her tho sweetest memory brings,
When I think of her cold gushing
springs,
I And of her fair maidens with their !
cherry ripe lips,
And of her cold lipid water they sip.
You might search hemispheres,
And over the world roam,
You will find that there
Is no place like a Dry Valley home.
Constant accuracy penetrates ev
ery detail of your business when you
pay by check. A checking account
gives you a complete and reliable bus
iness record. For every bill you pay
by check 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.
Men should be able to earn more
than enough to make a living. To
work for and obtain an amount only
sufficient to live upon is not conduc
ive to high thought or culture. In
those places and countries where wa
ges are but little more than a pit
tance, to the securing of which men
have to spend nearly all their time
and strength, the wonder is not that
there is so much immortality, dead
ness of thought and coarseness of
life, but that there is so little.
Merritt & Bullock will dispose of
the balance of their car load of Turn
bull wagons very reasonable, as Mer
ritt desires to go North to take
charge of his new Hardware prop
erty. Come soon if you want a bar
gain in a first class wagon.
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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
i Augaist 18-24, 1909.
To Valdosta, Ga., and return, ac-
I count Grand Lodge, Supreme Circle
of Benevolence of United States, to
be held September 28, October 4,
l 1909.
! For further information in regard to
total rates, dates of sale, limit, etc.,
apply to nearest ticket agent.
AFTER THE BATTLE.
An irveident That Seemed to Explain
Joshua’s Miracle.
There was an incident in our life at
Brandy, connected with Gettysburg,
which is worth relating. Batchelder,
whose map of the battlefield of Gettys
bury is authority and whom we had
fallen in with while we were there,
asked to join our mess at Brandy when
he came to the army to verify the po
sitions of the various commands. One
night we had just sat down to dinner
when he entered our big hospital tent,
quite tired.
"Well,” he announced after taking
! his place at the table, “I have been
down in the Second corps today, and I '
believe I have discovered how Joshua
made the sun stand still. I first went
to - regiment and liad the officers
mark on the map the hour of their
position at a certain point. Then I
went to regiment in the same bri-
; gade. They declared positively it was
! one or two hours earlier or later than
that given by the other. So it went
! on, no two regiments or brigadds
agreeing, and if I hinted that some of
I them must certainly be mistaken they
! would set me down by saying with
' severe dignity, ‘We were there, Batch
elder, and we ought to know, I guess,’
and I made up my mind that It would
take a day of at least twenty hours
instead of thirteen at Gettysburg to
satisfy their accounts. So when Josh
ua’s captains got around him after the
fight and they began to talk it over
the only way under the heavens that
he could ever harmonize their state
ments was to make the sun stand still
and give them ail a Chance.”
Any one who has ever tried to estab
lish the exact position or hour when
anything took place in an engagement
will confirm Batchelder’s experience
I and possibly, if not too orthodox, ac
! cept his explanation of Joshua’s feat,
j —Morris Sehaff in Atlantic.
A MONSTER SKULL.
One That Was Said to Be Bigger Than
a Bushel Basket.
I One of the most remarkable finds of
; gigantic human remains of which we
! have any record was that said to have
been made at Palermo. Sicily, in the
: year 1516, when an entire skeleton of
unheard of proportions was unearthed
: by' some marble quarry men. These
mammoth remains measured exactly
! thirty-four feet from head to foot and
! nine feet seven inches from point to
! point of the shoulders.
A stone ax buried with this old time
giant may still be seen at Palermo in
! section “Z” of the St. Isorent museum.
It is made of a bluish looking, fine
grained bowlder and appears to be
about two feet eight inches long by one
foot broad and nine inches through in
the thickest place. A musty, rusty look
ing tag attached to the relic informs
the visitor that it weighs fifty-two
pounds, but the general verdict is that
it could not weigh over thirty or thir
ty-five pounds.
The skeleton was burned by a mob
in the year 1662 during the prevalence
of the black death at Palermo, the
ignorant, superstitious people believ
ing that it was connected in some mys
terious way with the death dealing dis
temper. The skull of this giant, ac
cording to Abbe Ferregus, “was large
ly excessive of the baskets sayd to
hold the bushel, being fitted above and
belowe withe teeth to the number of
sixty-foure. the each of which would
have weighed two ounces.”
Cavalier Svroy claimed to have found i
a skull on Tenerife that had sixty
teeth.—Westminster Gazette.
Animal Mimicry.
Observers of nature are frequently |
struck with the singular resemblances !
of insects to leaves, dried sticks, etc.. ■
and these likenesses are supposed to i
have grown out of the necessity of
protection against or concealment ;
from enemies. An interesting example •
of this kind of resemblance was ■
brought to the attention of the En- |
tomological society in London by a !
naturalist, who exhibited a spider
found inhabiting some rocks near
Cannes, on which were also fastened i
the cases of a species of moth. When !
at rest the spider exhibited almost
precisely the same form and color as
*he moth cases surrounding it. 1
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 elsew-here, 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
$50,000.00; 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 busl
ness, including the right to buy, hold
and sell real estate and personal
property and execute notes and bonds
and to secure 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
GEORGIA —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
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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