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VOL. XXII NO. 24.
TWO MEN KILLED BY
LIGHTNING AT TRION.
Sam Ray and Clarance McCants Struck by Flash While
Sitting in Front of Livery Stable Sunday Afternoon.
Several Others Shocked by Bolt.
The severe electrical storm which
passed over Trion Sunday afternoon
was the worst one that has ever been
recorded here. During the storm
lightning struck the livery stable of
J. L. Hammond and killed Messrs.
Sam Ray and Clarence McCants, who
were sitting on a log which served
as a step leading into one of the liv
ing rooms of the stable. Mr. Jesse
Ray was sitting between the two
men that were killed and although se
verely shocked he was able to talk
enough to be understood in a few
minutes, but his throat was so
paralized he could not swallow for
some time. Mr. Charliss and Mr.
M. M. Pettyjohn were there at the
time but neither were severely shock
ed. Mr. Pettyjohn was in the rear
of the stable when the lightning be
gan to play around. He walked up
near the front and leaned against a
ladder and was talking to Clarence
McCants when the flash came that
rendered the two men lifeless. Mr.
McCants never moved afterwards,
but Mr. Ray lived about five minutes.
After the storm Mr. McCants was re
moved to Mr. Wes Gray’s and his
father and sister in Alabama City
were notified. They arrived an hour
before the funeral took place Mon
day afternoon at the Trion cemetery.
Mr. Ray was removed to Mr. R. J.
Day’s, South of Trion, and the re
mains were interred at Pennville
Monday morning.
It is said that about fifteen persons
received shocks during the storm.
There were several trees in dif
ferent parts of the town struck and
one in Mr. Bud Chambers’ yard,
which shocked Mr. Chambers and
burned the combs and celluloid hair
pins from Mrs. Chambers’ head. Miss
Monica Pennington was leaning on
the piano of Mr. Thompson when
her arm was severely shocked. Mr.
Mack Myers had just arrived at
home when the lightning came down
the telephone wire, and knocked him
down, although he wasn’t conscious
of hitting the floor or receiving the
shock, he knew that he picked him
self up and we guess he was badly
frightened. One of the wires support
ing the smoke stack of mill No.
2 was melted by a stroke and Mrs.
M. A. Allgood’s barn was also struck,
but little or no damage was done.
Many thought the lightning came
down the telephone wire into the sta
ble which caused the death of the two
men, but the phone was not touch
ed, although the one in the depot was
burned out.
Mrs. Rude Myers gave a lawn party
at the home of Mr. G. B. Myers in
honor of her little niece, Miss Janie
Lowe, of Lafayette. Many different
games were indulged in to amuse the
little people. The games were “Pin
ning the tail on the Donkey and Ted
dy Bear.’’ Little Miss Sarah Merritt
received the first prize which was a
dainty white silk fan, while Miss Ger
trude Thompson won the box of candy
Those present were little Misses Lila
May and Gertrude Thompson, Hariet
Flanders, Sara Merritt, Mabel Green,
Laura Nell McKinney, Jessie Parris,
Bedy Thomas, Mattie Green Myers,
Margaret and Mary Lou Myers, Ruby
Hogue, Bernice Mcßryant, Janie Lowe
The Bank of Menlo, Menlo, Ga.,
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deposits, Your money will be secured against tire,
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of bank officials. Your interest and principal can
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The Summerville News.
i and Master Ross Merritt. Music for
i the occasion was furnished by Misses
i Jessie Parris and Lilia May Thomp
i son. Little Miss Laura Nell MeKin
’ ney sang and punch and cake was
served by Misses Mattie G. and Mar-
• garet Myers. The hours were from
four until six.
Mr. and Mrs. Sewell Mullinax and
■ children of Atlanta are visiting rela-
> tives here this week.
Mrs. Naomi Herndon West of Ala
bama City is visiting relatives here
this week.
i Miss Odessa Lively of Spring Creek
• is visiting Misses Ollie and Lula El
. lenburg.
Roy Clark is visiting Eugene Bram
lett in Rome this week.
I Mr. and Mrs. Nat Boyd and chil
dren of Highland Park are visiting
< Mrs. Tom Fallis.
Mrs. John Bynum continues quite
ill.
Miss Grace Rice is critically ill
at her home in South Trion.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Thompson, re
turned Friday from Niagara Falls and
different points in New York, where
they have been on an extended trip.
Mrs. J. B. S. Holmes of Valdosta
is visiting Mrs. M. A. Allgood this
week.
Rev. W. M. Griffitt has been pro
tracting a very successful meeting at
Chattoogaville.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Holbert Howe
a daughter on August 13, who will be
named Obga Olivia.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Pope visited rela
tives here Saturday. Mrs. Pope was
formerly known as Mrs. Will Massey.
Mr. and Mrs. Pope will leave for their
hope in Texas in a few days.
Will Watson spent Saturday and
Sunday with relatives in Waterville.
Master Robert Mahan returned from
Rome accompanied him and will spem
Rome accompanied him and will spen
a few days.
Miss Dora Spheare returned home
from Rome Sunday.
Mr. Wyly Davis spent Sunday vvlth '
his daughter, Mrs. Emma Harliss, in
Rome.
Mr. J. H. Fnderburk is expected
home Thursday after an extended trip
to Hot Springs where he has been
undergoing treatment.
Reno Rice is home from Rossville.
Mrs. Sim Colbert and little son,
Brusie, returned home Saturday from
Gainesville, after spending several
> weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Allen
Headden,
i Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Harliss of
Waterville are spending this week
with Mrs. S. R. Rice.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wyatt and
Mrs. Margaret Alexander of Menlo
spent Thursday with relatives here.
Mrs. W. W. Hudson is suffering
with a severe cold.
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Hudson and
children returned from Chickamauga
Sunday and Mrs. Hudson is quite ill.
i Messrs. R. Pullen, R. Johnson and
C. Gray went up to Martindale Sun
day.
Miss Carrie Cameron spent, a few
days last week with her brother, Mr.
Emory Cameron in Waterville.
Mi. and Mrs. Albert Ragland and
children spent Saturday and Sunday
with relatives in Chattoogaville.
Mrs. J. N. Alexanuer returned
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AUGUST 19, 1909
GORE NEWS ITEMS.
Rev. Mr. Crow preached at Bethel
Sunday afternoon. The pastor, Rev.
Mr. Penley, will begin a series of
! meetings there the fifth Sunday in
this month.
Mrs. G. W. Watson was called to
the bedside of her sister, Mrs. Mob
i ley, at Menlo, who died at that place
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. McCollum of Silver
Hill were visiting friends here Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson of Lafayette
were the guests of Mrs. M. P. Dill
Wednesday night.
Mrs. Olio Goodwin of Cordele is vis
iting her sister, Miss Nollie Clements
Mrs. Mattie Phillips of Armuchee
i is spending this week with her son,
i G. B. Phillips.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Winkle and
daughter, Miss Nettie, of Silver Hill,
were visiting friends here Sunday.
Misses Alma Sewell and Bessie
Maxey of Summerville were guests of
Mrs. J. E. Baker Friday night.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Youngblood of
Tidings spent Sunday with relatives
here.
Mr. H. G. Baker is visiting his
daughter, Mrs. Wheeler, at Sunimer
' ville.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Weav
er on the Bth, a son.
Messrs. C. W. Brooks and C. E.
■ Doster, mail carriers on routes 1 and
12 from Gore, are taking their vaca
tion. L. C. Moore and Frank Barron
i the substitutes, are on duty.
PATSY
TELOGA
Protracted meeting closed at Mace
donia Friday night.
Jerry Sitton and family of Chatta
: nooga are spending several days with
! the family of J. H. Sitton.
Mrs. Jas. McCamy spent from Sat
urday until Monday at Chesterfield,
Ala., with Mrs. Maude Cavin.
Gordon Hammonds and Miss Myr
tle Sitton attended singing at Chel
sea Sunday afternoon.
' Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Christopher and
i Mrs. J. H. Quails were pleasant vis
j itors here Sunday.
Mr. D. A. Hemphill is erecting a
new barn.
Blev Henson is spending several
i days with relatives in Atlanta, in
i stead of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Henson,
as your type said last week.
James McCamy, Jr., and Miss Ly
; dia Curry attended a picnic at Cregg I
Mill Saturday.
! from Copeland Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Wes Gray and chil
dren returned from Rock Springs
Sunday.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Son Haw
kins a son on August 15.
Mrs. S. A. Evans of Armuchee re
turned home Monday after visiting
I her sister, Mrs. W. V. Morgan.
Miss Nannie Morgan is slowly im
proving.
Oscar Thompson left Monday for
; Inie S, C., to be gone several weeks.
; Mrs. Gilliam Scoggins and son,
. Will, of Armuchee are visiting Mr.
land Mrs. Jimmie Roberts.
J. W. Tucker came up from Rome
last week and delivered to Mrs.
Housch a check for SI,OOO for Insur
ance her husband had in the Frank-
■ lin Life.
Mr. Henry Megginson of Hot Spring
. spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. M.
i G. Merritt at the Trion Inn.
Mr. J. J. Flanders left Monday for
, Ocilla.
Dr. and Mrs. E. F. Reese and chil-:
dren returned Sunday after a pleas-
: ant visit to relatives in Rockmart and!
j, Lindale.
Miss Pluma Justice is visiting Mrs. ’
J. R. Ponder in Armuchee.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Ponder of
Armuchee visited Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
A. Justice Sunday. i
V Misses Belle and Grace Thomas
'are spending this week in Menlo.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Johnson, Mr.
Jim McCants arrived from Alabama
City about 4 o’clock Monday after
noon.
Miss Becy Gray spent last week
with relatives in Rock Springs..
Frank Herring of Aragon is visit
ing friends here this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Carwile spent
Saturday and Sunday in Lafayette.
Mr. and Mrs. Ike Williams and
children visited in Dry Valley Sunday
Miss Annie Williams is quite ill at
this writing.
Mrs. J. J. Flanders and Mr. R. E.
McWilliams sang “Thy Will Be Done’
Sunday morning at. the M. E. church
and Miss Mary Nell Spencer played
the accompaniment. The rendition of
the selection was most beautiful. A
most excellent sermon was preached
I by Rev. H. M. Strozier.
I The regular meeting of the Worn-
I an’s Mission Society was held at the
I residence of Mrs. Helen’illarper Sun
1 day afternoon
MENLO
1 There is a lot of real estate chang
. I ing hands in this community. There ;
f has been five or six farms bought and
i sold during the past few days. I
suppose everybody is looking for bet-.
> ter things ahead. J. D. Remington
- sold his farm Saturday to A. J. Law-
■ fence and G. W. Agnew. Mr Rem
: ington will leave for Florida in a
■ short time.
J. H. Story is preparing to ilsbuild
■ his dwelling house which was destroy;
I ed by fire a few weeks ago.
Mrs. E. B. Rock of Atlanta visit
ed her brother, Mr. C. A. Land, here
last week.
Mr. Claud Henderson of Chatta
nooga died last Friday and was bur- |
ied near Lyerly Saturday. Claud was !
well known here; had lived at Al ’
pine until about, a year ago. He was
a brother of Mrs. Milt Toles of Al- I
■ pine.
f Menlo and Trion crossed bats at I
Trion last Saturday. The score was I
' 4 and 3 in favor of Trion.
i i Miss Jewell Hooks of Leesburg,
| Ala., is visiting relatives here for a
; few days.
C. 11. Funk and family left last
I Monday tor Florida where they will
I reside in future.
S. T. Polk made a business trip to
Chattanooga last Thursday.
J. H. Henry is staying in the bank
lat Lyerly for a few days.
Zen Taylor made a business trip
to Nashville, Tenn., last week. I
0. L. Cleckler made a business trip
to Acworth, Ga., last week.
Mrs. L. C. Satterfield returned
home last Saturday after spending
several weeks here with relatives.
Mr. Catlett Bennett of Arkansas
and John Bennett and his mother,
| Mrs. Gladden, are visiting relatives
here this week.
Rev. A. F. Mahan is holding a meet
ing here this week.
Misses Belle and Grace Thomas of
Trion were guests of Misses Effie
and Pearl Wood a few days last
week.
Mrs, W. F. Mobley died Monday
morning about 11 o’clock, after a
protracted illness. She was bur
ied Tuesday at the Alpine cemetery.
Mrs. Mobley was a good woman and
was liked by all. She leaves a hus
band and several children and a host
of relatives to mourn hre loss.
One of the most pleasant events
of the week for the young people was
a moonlight picnic to Blowing Spring,
given iu honor of Misses Belle and
j Grace Thomas of Triou. Those par
! ticipating were Misses Pearl mi
Whorter, Annie Wardlaw, Chattanoo
ga; Belle and Grace Thomas, Trion:
Eunice Tucker, Effie and Pearl Wood
Eva Land, Lucile Sparks, and Hettie
Mae Wyatt; Messrs. Luther Moseley,
Jeb Martin, EJrnest, Walter and Paul
Kennedy, Gordon Perry, John Sparks,!
Vai Freeman, Lemuel Cooke, Andrew
Sentell, Paul Thacker, Jas. and Tom
: Major. The crowd was delightfully
chaperoned by Prof. Sparks and Mrs
Rogers.
M. F. BALLARD.
BIG INCREASE SHOWN
IN TAXABLE PROPERTY.
Atlanta, Ga. — With thirteen counties
to hear from, the total gain in taxa
ble property in 133 counties over 1908
is $18,623,632. The thirteen missing
counties are expected to bring the
total for the state up to $20,000,000,
: which will he more than double the
gain of last year over 1007.
This big forward movement is made
in spite of the fact that 37 counties
i show a falling off from last year, the
,aggregate loss summing up $2,377,311.
Ninety-six counties show a gain of
$21,000,943.
j Fulton shows the heaviest gain, with
an increase of more than $6,000,000.
i Corporations will show little gain this
year, probably less than $500,000 in
all.
Some time within the next week
Governor Brown, Comptroller Wright,
Treasurer Brown and Attorney Gencr
: al Hart will meet and fix the state;
tax rate. It will be the legal limit. ■
5 mills.
Washington’s Plague Spots.
lie in the low, marshy bottoms of
, the Potomai the breeding ground of
malaria gernis. These germs eause ■
chills, feve> and ague, biliousness,
jaundice. );■:■ tude, weakness and gen
■ oral debility and bring suffering or
, death to thousands yearly. But Elec-!
I trie Bitters never fail to destroy
i them and cure malaria troubles.
“They are the best all-round tonic
I ami cure for malaria I ever used."
write: t$R, M. James, of Ixiuellen, S.
C. Th‘ y cure Stomach, Liver, Kid
, ney and Blood Troubles and will
prevent Typhoid. Try them 50c.
Guaiaateed by Summerville Drug Co.
SEMINOLE
The meeting at Walnut Grove clos
■ed Sunday night. We had a good
meeting. The members felt that they
were greatly blessed. There were
four additions to the church by pro
fession, Mrs. Mollie Berry and daugh
ter, Pauline, and son, Robert, Mamie
E. Huie of Lyerly, and Gussie Pearl
Gayler of Chattoogaville. There were
i others who accepted Christ at their
Savior who will join another church
and many sinners were convicted.
The preaching of Rev. B. F. Gullle
was earnest and faithful and not hing
was left out that might cause sinners
to accept Christ. Rev. Jon: Bar
clay was with us two days and nights!
i and was liked very much for his cant
est preaching. He is the evangelist
: for the Cherokee Presbytery. He j
| could not stay with us until the close ;
!of the meeting as he had to be at l
! Stone church in Catoosa county on!
! Sunday, the 15th. We feel that old
! Walnut Grove church was greatly re [
j vived and blessed and that much
i good seed has been sown and we praj s
that it may spring up and bear much
fruit, to the honor and glory of God.
J. A. Mosteller and family attend
ed the last days of the meeting. J.
C. Huie and family were faithful and
all were at nearly every service held
during the meeting, though they liv
ed at Lyerly. We had good congre
gations day and night and our Bap
tist brethren and sisters attended
regularly and helped its out wonder
fully in our meeting. We have no
trouble here in this community with
other denominations. All get along
peaceably as we should as all are
striving for the same place..
We had a nice, slow rain here Mon
dya which will do a great deal of
good, as we were a little dry in ,
this section.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Van
pelt. a fine son a few days ago.
1 see some farmers pulling fodder I
though most of our corn is late and
cotton is late. I do not think there
will be any cotton open before Sep
tember. Cotton is still growing and
the weed will be larger than usual.
Mr. Claud Henderson, a nice young
man who used to live near here,
died at his home near Chattanooga
last week, of typhoid fever. He
was brought back here and bur
led at Mill Creek church, in Chero
kee county, Ala.
G. A. Ragland.
Company to Insure Teetotlers Only
Formed In Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga. —A life Insurance com- •
pany that will accept risks on total !
abstainers only has been organized
with Atlanta as headquarters under
the name of “The Temperance Life
Insurance Company of America.’’ It
;is the only organization of its kind
in the United States.
Application for a charter was fil’ d
Tuesday with Secretary of State Cook
the incorporators being W. A. Coving
ton, of Moultrie, joint author of the
Hardman-Covington prohibition bill;
J. 11. Andrews, Dr. Marlon Mell. Hull
James K. Hines, all of Atlanta; and
J. F. Fender, of Lowndes county. The
initial capital stock is $200,000 with
privilege of increasing this amount
as the need arises.
Numbers of the leading prohibition
ists throughout the country are said )
to be behind the company with the in!
tention of making it of national in- !
fluence and importance. J. Pope ;
Brown, state treasurer of Georgia, has 1
been mentioned among others tor
the office of Its presidency.
The characteristics feature of the
new coi/ern is its refusal to insure
any one who drinks a drop, or any
other quantity of intoxicants. In this
way, Its promoters declare, the com
pany can greatly reduce the cost of
! life Insurance to its policy holders. ,
They produce statistics to show that,
Ihe longevit y of the abstainer Is |
from 25 to 30 per cent longer than
that of the non-abstalner. Thus, they.
: say, the. company’s risk is reduced ;
and the premiums can be made pro
portionately smaller.
Trion Defeats Menlo.
Trion, On., Aug. 16.—1 nan exciting ;
game of ball here Saturday afternoon
Trion defeated the strong Menlo nine
by the score of 4 to 3. Up until the
seventh Menlo played superior ball
and had the game 3 to 0 when the
Trion bunch scored three men. The
I winning score was made in the
twelfth. A feature of the game was:
the home run made by Rich of Men- i
10.
Batteries: Menlo —Echols and
Clemmons; Trion —Greenwood and
Fincher. Umpire, Tucker.
A man never fights so hard foi| a
. principle as he does for results.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
LYERLY.
Miss Hattie Henderson has return
ed from Foster’s Mill, where she has
been visiting relatives.
The campers, who went out to
Moon’s Lake for a week’s outing,
have returned and report a delight
ful trip.
Messrs. Emmett and Carl Wright
have returned to their home in Rome
after a visit to friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dover and chil
dren are spending sometime with rel
atives in Lyerly.
Mrs. J. L. Pollock and Mrs. Frank
Lee and little son, Roland, have
gone to Oklahoma to spend a month.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Wheeler, Mr.
and Mrs. F. T. Wllmott, Mr. and Mrs.
ike Pollock and Mr. and Mrs. Ed
j Harrison spent a few days last week
|at Moon’s Lake.
Messrs .1 H. Hill and A. C. Powell
j have returned from a pleasant trip
lo the coast.
‘ Mr. Will McLaughlin and family
! have been visiting Mr. O. F. Doster’s
! family for a few days.
Miss Gussie Gayler came up from
Chattoogaville Friday to visit Miss
Mamie Huie.
Mrs. J. H. Hili, who has been away
for treatment for sometime, has re
turned greatly improved, much to
the delight of her many friends.
Mr. .1. S. Doster spent Monday in
Summerville.
Mr. Henry O’Dell died, Wednesday
of lasi week after a lingering illness
and was buried Thursday mdrning.
Rev. Malian conducted the funeral
services. He was a kind, noble heart
ed young man, much admired by his
acquaintances. For sometime lie had
been a consistent member of the Bap
tist church and during the many
, months of suffering he was very pa
: tient. To the sorrowing ones wo ex
tend our sincere sympathy.
Mr. Henry Fox and family are on
an extended visit to relatives in and
near Lyerly.
Mr. Will Stark spent Saturday
night in Atlanta.
Mr. and Mrs. Watts and Miss Low
ry wore the guests of Mrs. J. L.
Pollock Sunday.
Messrs. Joe Crumley and Jim Rose
spent Sunday at Moon's Lake.
Rev. Harris very ably filled his ap
pointment here Sunday.
Mrs. Tom Taylor and Mrs. Pink
Holland were the guests last Sunday
of Mr. Frank Lee and family,
Mr. Will Hammond and family are
here from Lafayette on a visit to
| relatives.
Mr. Gordon Wheeler has been real
sick for several days.
Mrs. Barker has been visiting Dr.
Arnold Shamblin and wife.
Dr. Ben Stark lias returned from
Atlanta.
Mr. John Henry has charge of the
bank at this place, in the absence of
Mr. Harper.
Mrs. Moon and children spent Sun
day with friends In Lyerly.
Mrs. John Saxon from Rome lias
been here on a visit to her sister,
Mrs. C. Huie.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Jones were shop
ping in Summerville Monday.
Miss Lula Williams has returned
to her home al Chattoogaville.
Mr. George Harper and wife are
visiting in Carrollton.
Stark & Son have made some Im
provements on their store and have
in a new stock of goods and are now
ready for the fall trade.
The barbecue given by the Farm
; era’ Union last Tuesday was a de
cided success. These farmers know
how things should be done.
The game of ball Saturday be
tween Lyerly and Pine Grove was
very interesting. , At the end of the
first Half of the seventh inning the
score stood 5 to twelve in favor of
: Lyerly, but owing to a misunderstand
! ing the game was not finished. ’Twas
a pitchers' battle from the beginning.
, Hammond and Flemming pitching in
fine style. Most of the boys were
' alright when it came to running and if
both sides could have had their full
team, tills would have been one of
the closest games of the season.
'Twas a Glorious Victory,
There’s rejoicing In Fedora, Tenn.
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