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The Summerville News Published Every Thursday. BY THE NEWS PUBLISHING CO. O. J. Espy, Editoi and Manager. tsrms of Subscription: Ona Year >I.OO Six Months 50c 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. 19, 1909 The most recent church census of the country shows 40 denominations, with 161,731 ministers, 210,199 church e» and 32,983,156 members. Most of the counties of the state show a very gratifying increase In tax returns. The total increase for the state will be about $20,000,wv, which will be more than double the gain of last, year over 1907. An advertisement is to a merchant very much what sowing seed is to a farmer, it may take a little time for the results to become apparent, but they are sure to come. It has been estimated that the amount of wood annually consumed in the United States at the present time is 23,000,000,000 cubic feet, while the growth of the forest is on ly 7,000,000,000 feet. The figures are based upon a large number of state and local reports collected by the government and upon actual measure ments. At the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church held recently at Denver, Colo., resolutions were pass <•<l to appeal to Congress for temper ance legislation, under the following special points: That the receipt of revenue in any form from the liquor traffic he discontinued. That the Fed oral government shall no longer is sue tax receipts in prohibition terri tory. That a prohibitory zone twenty five miles wide bo established around every Indian reservation. That the mulls bo closed to the advertising or the distribution of liquor. These res olutions are in line with those adopt ed by the National W. C. T. U. at its convnetion last October, and doubtless express the hopes of a great. mass of tile people of the nation.— i Golden Age. The poetoffice department has for a number of years been using every en deavor within the limits of its juris-: diction to secure the improvement of the public highways. It is a primary essential that roads over which rural ■ delivery service is established shall be maintained in condition to be traveled with ease and facility at ail seasons i This does not necessarily moan that the roads shall be of the highest ini proved type, but it does mean that they shall be kept smooth, fee from ruts and drained. When- j ever report Is made to the de part meat that roads on which a rural route is established are in bad condl tion. impeding the progress of the car rier or causing the service to be de layed or suspended, the road officials, postmaster and patrons are immedi ately notified that, unless steps are taken within a reasonable time to improve the condition of the roads, service will be withdrawn from .such roads. These notices usually result in prompt and favorable action, but when ignored, the service is with drawn. BOARD ®F EDUCATION Select* Site for New School Building In Bethel District. The county board of education held a meeting Tuesday for the purpose of locating a site for a new school build ing in the Bethel school district. The school house in that district was burn ed down several weeks ago and some of the patrons of Ute school did not want to rebuild on the old site, and the matter was referred to the board of education. The members of the board met at Bethel one day last week to look over the different sites offered but did not com.- to any decision at that time. At the meeting Tuesday it was de- ' elded to locate the school on the hill just north of the old site, on the land 1 of D B. Scott. The trustees are ne- ' rottatina with Mr. Scott for the pur chase of this property and If a deal ' Is closed work on the new school 1 building will be startl'd right away. It is hoped that this will be a satis- , factory solution of the school ques tion in Bethel district. ■ i State Entomologist E. L. Wor- , sham estimates that fully one mil- ( lion dollars of damages will be done the coßon crop in Georgia by the "black root" trouble. 1 'NO CHANOI* MADR IN PENSION LAWS There were no changes made in the pension laws of Georgia at the recent session of the legislature. The Senate failed to pass the bill design ed to Increase the class of persons entitled to pensions and the measure goes over to the next session as unfinished business. The bill was designed to grant pensions to all Confederate -soldiers having less than $1,500 worth of property an to widows of Confederates who mar ried again prior to 1870, and who have no more than $1,500 worth of proper ty. Ordinary Johnston is in receipt of the following letter from the State Pension Commissioner in regard to the pension laws. Dear Judge: I hasten to advise you at the earliest day possible after the adjournment, of the General As sembly of the status of the legisla tion presented affecting the Pension laws. The bill to regulate and fix the fees of the Ordinaries for their pen sion work passed. It allows a fee of SI.OO annually for each pensioner on the rolls Those on the indigent, rolls are to be paid by the county out of the pauper fund; those on the dis abled and first class widows rolls are to be paid out of their annual pension The bill that passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 129 to 7 to put in force the new Constitu tional amendment that provides a pension for all Confederate soldiers, and the widows of Confederate sol diers married prior to the Ist of Janu ary, 1870, not worth over Fifteen Hundred Dollars, was at a late hour on Tuesday night tabled in the appro priation committee of the Senate, thereby refusing to report the bill back to the Senate that it might be read the second time and go to the Calendar for its passage on the last day of the session. This action of the committee carries the bill over as unfinished business to the session of 1910. I am sure the bill would have passed in the Senate had it come to a vote. Therefore, no change has been made tliat affects the present pension laws. You can use the blanks as heretofore, and if you have none, or der you a supply at once, that all who desire to apply for a pension under the present law may make and file their application in this office be fore October Ist next. Yours respectfully. J. W. LINDSEY, Commissioner of Pensions. People Anxious to Learn About Tu burculosis. Evidence of the popular interest in the anti-consumption crusade is giv en in a statement made by the Na tional Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, to the ! effect that during the year ending August 31, nearly 3,000,00(1 people j have attended tuberculosis exhibitions in various parts of the country. Besides the three traveling tuber < ulosis exhibitions of the National As sociation for the Study and Preven tion of Tuberculosis, there are twenty eight exhibits of this kind in various parts of the country. Four years ago there were only three such displays in the entire country. Over 300.000 people have attended the three traveling exhibits of the Na tional Association for the Study and prevention of tuberculosis which have visited ten different states and terri- ■ tories during the year just closed. The three exhibits are now stored for the summer months. The Southern Exhibit has been shown in Tennessee, Alabama. Flori da. and Georgia in ten different cit ; 'cs and has been viewed by about 100,000 people. Thousands of others have been reached by the literature and posters distributed, so that the: number of people who have been ed ucated directly or indirectly about tu burculoais by this exhibit is consider ably over 300.000, As a direct result of these exhibi tion campaigns, laws relating to the ‘ anti-tuberculosis campaign have been passed in Tennessee, Florida, Nebras ka, Kansas and Porto Rico. In the latter territory, a comprehensive gov ernmental campaign against tubercu losis has been started. Another re sult of the work has been that near ly a million people have received in losis, and the ways to prevent it. struction about the dangers of tuberm A plan that might well be carried out by the merchants of any town who have the comfort and welfare of their country patrons at heart is the equipping of some room in the town conveniently located where tl.e farmers’ wives who come to mar ket and often bring little children with them might go to rest. The de tails of the plan could be worked out by any wide awake committee, and the rest room provided with as many comforts and conveniences as the cir stances seemed to justify. The many enterprising town* with a large measure of success.—-Exchange, the tVMMißvnxa wiws, Thursday, august is, dm, Syrup Cleanses the System Effect ually; Dispels Lolas and. fleaa aches due to Constipation; Acts naturaUy, acts trujy as a Laxative. Best f ForMenVhmen ana Lnila ren-Vonngand Old. To got its Denejicial Effects Always buy the Genuine which has ihe full name of the Lom- Syrup Co. by whom it is manufacture’^, printed on the J front of every packoff*- SOLD BYALL LEADING DRUGGISTS, one size only, regular price 5Qt botlle. GEORGIA HAS 1,594 RURAL MAIL ROUTES. Washington, D. C. Aug. 16. —In a statement issued today by the Post office Department it is shown that on August 2, 1909, there were in operation 40,919 rural postal routes in the United States served by 40,- ; 804 carriers. While some of the Southern States were slow to recognize the advantages of rural delivery, this i can not be said of Georgia, for it is a matter of record that long before there were as many as half a dozen applications for the service pre- I sented from some of the neighbor ing states, there were in operation in Georgia several hundred routes and petitions pending for as many more. The first rural route in the State was established out of the postoffice at Quitman, December, 1896. On Auguest 1, 1909, there were in operation in Georgia, 1,594 rural routes and there are pending, un acted upon, 59 petitions for addi tional service. Service has been organized on a county basis in 32 counties and oth er counties will be taken up for re organization as rapidly as condi • tions will permit. The reason that so many routes were put into op eration in Georgia and other states was the foresight of the people in promptly presenting their petitions. Rural carriers in Georgia travel dally except Sundays and holidays nearly 40,000 miles of highway and serve about 630,000 rural residents. Since the establishment of the first route in the State extension and maintenance of the service in Geor gia has cost the government about $6,700,000, the present annual rate of cost being a little more than sl,- | 500,000, FRED WILEY DEAD. Fell From Engine at Cedartown Fri day—Died Sunday. Cedartown, Aug. 16. —Fred M. Wi | ley, wlio was Injured in a fall from a Central of Georgia engine here last Friday, caused by an explosion, died Sunday. It is said that Wiley had I been engaged to a young woman of this city and the marriage was to take place at an early date. Wiley was working on top of an engine when the steam chest explod ed. The force of the explosion knocked Wiley from the engine and his spinal column was injured. Par : alysis developed and very little hopes were held out for his recovery from the start. The funeral of Wiley took place at 4 o’clock Monday afternoon, the Rev. B. P. Allen officiating. Mr. Fred Wily has visited the fam ily of his uncle, Mr. L. J. Godwin, here several summers and has a num ber of friends and relatives in this county who were grieved to hear of his untimely death. 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 quaok 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 oombination of the two ingredients is vha produces such wonderful results in curing Ca tarrh. Send for testimonials F J CHENEY CO. Props. TUedo. O. Sold by druggist, price 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for consti pation. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER’S CAST O R I A SOUTH SUMMERVILLE. Mr. T. J. High and son, Bradford, of Gore were visiting here Saturday. Miss Pauline Mathis is on an extend ed visit to relatives near Subligna. A delightful entertainment was giv en in the home of W. E. Bynum Sat urday night. Miss Alice White of Lafayette was the pleasant guest of Miss Susie Har low Saturday and Sunday. An enjoyable singing was held in the home of W. L. Farrow last ; Wednesday evening. D. G. Eilenburg and family of Douglasville are here on a several days’ visit to. relatives and friends. Miss Bertie Goodrum returned Sun- I day to her home in Rome. Ben Morgan and wife of near Silver Hill visited relatives here one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Johnson are re ■ ceiving congratulations over the ar | rival of a fine son at their home re j cently. A good singing enjoyed by many was given in the home of W. H. { Floyd Saturday evening. Miss Carrie Ball of Raccoon, and ; Miss Lena Ball of Newnan spent : from Saturday until Monday with i the former’s neice, Mrs. Allie Par ham. Little Willie May, daughter of D. i W. Mahan, has been quite sick, but is improving. Monroe Logan of near Lafayette was mingling with friends here Sun day. Mr. Chambers and family of Hol land were the guests of Mr. John League’s family Saturday. Andrew Sentell was visiting among friends here Sunday. We are sorry to report Mrs. P. C. Cash still quite sick with typhoid and malaria. Earnest Mahan of Raccoon spent Sunday night here. Miss Ora Crumley of Atlanta is the esteemed guest of old friends and 1 relatives here this week. Arzo Scoggins and wife of Penn ville were the guests of relatives here Saturday and Sunday. Ab Peppers is having a neat four room cottage erected on South Main street near Pepper Bros, stable. We deeply sympathize with our neighbor Mr. and Mrs. Ray, whose son was killed by lightning at Trion Sunday. W. R. Ennis of Milledgeville came up Wednesday and joined his wife and daughter, who are the guests of ! A. L. Dalton and family. Mrs. Imogene Dalton Ennis and little daughter, Elenor, and Miss Pearl Dalton attended the Farmers’ Union picnic at Lyerly Tuesday. Miss Julia Johnson, who has been visiting at Gaylesville, Ala., spent from Satth'day till Wednesday with her home folks and then left for Scottsboro, Ala., for a several days’ stay among relatives. Pertaining to Fish. Blessings on thee, little man! Go a-fishing when you can. Never mind the teacher's rule not to run away from school. Take your bait and alder pole and then hunt the deepest hole where the wary troutlets hide by the canyon streamlet’s side. You’ll get licked at home, of course, and you’ll suffer great remorse, but when daddy sees your string he’ll gasp and say, "By jing!” And his rod and reel he'll snatch and start out to make a catch when your jacket he doth tan. Blessings on you. little man!—Los Angeles Express. Clothes and the Man. Man is in some sort a slave to his clothes, and there are many men who dislike wearing the same clothes on two consecutive days, more particu larly the necktie. For the first two or three things you look at when you meet a man are his eyes and his neck tie. And there is a sort of underlying consciousness as you face the morning world that your tie must be straight and clean and new. Rut to this end ' you must buy the cheap tie and throw it away with your sins before going to bed.—London Chronicle. A Curiosity. "What in the world have you got that bill framed up there for?” we I asked. "Oh, that.” sighed the billionaire, “is the only dollar I ever earned!” We understood.—Puck. All Had Been Used. “So Plunksviile’s exposition is off?” •Yep." "And why?” “We couldn’t think up no new name for a midway.”—Chicago Record-Her- : aid. Most people live poor to die rich. It is much wiser to live rich and to die poor.—Moussa ye. Thrifty. A Scotsman and his wife were trav eling from Leith to London by boat. When off the Yorkshire coast a great storm arose, and the vessel had sev eral narrow escapes from foundering. “Oh. Sandy." moaned his wife, “I'm na afeard o' deein’. but I diuna care to det* at sea.” "Dinna think o’ deein’ yet.” answered Sandy; "but when ye do. ye’d better.be drooned at sea than anywhere else.” ”An’ why. Sandy?” asked his wife. "Why?” exclaimed Sandy. "Because ye wouldna ccst sae muckle to bury.” 70 Years with Coughs We have had near’ ’ scanty years of experience with Aver’s Cherry Peet : . <-1; ■/' ■ nave con- fidence in it for c u; -5, broncl.-hs,'.’.’cak throats, and weak lungs. A;k y*tr own dueler wt : experience he has had with i_. knows. Lc ca . uuvise you wisely. Keep in close toucn witn your physician. No alcohol in this cough medicine. /. C. Ager Co., Lowell, Mass._ You cannot if your bowels are constipated. The best laxativei* Iyer’s Pilis, ail vegetable. Ask your doctor if he agrees with us. Do as he says. SPECIAL RATES HOLLAND TELEGRAPH SCHOOL For the next 20 days the Holland Telegraph School offers a course in telegraphy, bookeeping and penman shin for only $40.00. W. A. King, Trion, Ga.; C. A. Comer, Durham, Ga.; H. E. Wilson, Brooks, Ga.; E. H. McGraw, Youngs, Ga.; C. J. Lo gan, Felton, Ga.; O. L. Ratliff, Clem, Ga.; P. C. Battles, Waco, Ga.; G. B. Abrams, Raccoon, Ga.; are a few of the young men who are agents and operators from this school. Best school on earth. Write today. E. W. MOON, Prin. The secret of fashionable beauty. I asked the question of a beauty spe cialist. In order to be round, rosy and very stylish, take ’ Hollisters Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cents. Tea or Tablets. Summerville Drug Co. Men and Their Feet. The Frenchman’s foot is long, nar row and well proportioned. The Scotchman’s foot, according to anthro pologists, is high and thick, strong, muscular and capable of hard work. The Russian's foot possesses one pe culiarity, the toes being generally “webbed” to the first joint. The Tar tar’s foot is short and heavy, the foot of a certain type of savage, and the toes are the length. The Span iard’s foot is generally small, but fine ly curved. The Englishman’s foot is in most cases short and rather fleshy and not, as a rule, as strong propor tionally as it should be.—Argonaut. Javelle Water. Wherever water is used in preparing bleaches it should be soft. The alkali in hard water affects all chemical sub stances. Javelle water is a standard preparation for bleaching white things "nd removing spots and stains, but it must not touch colored surfaces. To make it dissolve half a pound of wash ing soda in a pint of boiling water and mix it with a quarter pound of chloride of lime dissolved in a quart of boiling water. Stir well, let settle, pour off the clear liquid and keep closely corked in a dark place. A Nose For the Truth. Exact truthfulness, according to a writer in the London Sketch, had its proper reward in the following in stance: Teacher—Now, can you tell me what the olfactory organ is? Boy—Please, sir, no, sir. Teacher—Quite right. Tough Skin. Gunner—And now comes a professor who declares that fruit is just as healthy with the skin on as it is peeled. Guyer—H’m! I’d like to see somebody start him on a diet of pineapple.— Chicago News. Great thoughts reduced to practice become great acts.—llazlitt. Can’t Beat 'Em. As usual, he was monopolizing the newspaper. “Please let me have the woman’s page,” she. said. * He carefully tore off a page and handed it to her. It was a full page advertisement of a millinery opening, and be chuckled at his own little joke. Still, she was revenged. She went to the opening, and he paid the bill.—Chi cago Post. An Ample Test. The Insurance Agent—Sure your heart isn’t weak? The Insured One — Oh, yes. yes. The Agent—Ever test it? The Insured—Yes. indeed. I watched a fifteen inning ball game with the score 1 to I.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Open Confession. Aunty—Tommy. I put three pies in here yesterday, and now there is only one. How is that? Tommy—Please, it was so dark, aunty, I din't see that one!—London Punch. The Reason.- Discontented Wife—Several of the men whom I refused when I married you are richer than you are now. The Husband—That’s why.—lllus trated Bits. He is the noblest who has raised himself by his own exertions to a higher station.—Cicero. Tutt’sPills FOR TORPID LIVER. A torpid fiver deranges the whole system, and produces SICK HEADACHE, Dyspepsia, Costiveness, Rheu matism, Sallow Skin and Piles. There is no better remedy for these common diseases than DR. TUTT’S LIVER PILLS, as a trial wifi prove. Take No Substitute. PETITION FOR CHARTER. GEORGlA—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 $60,000.00; 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 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 Say 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. PARKER’S HAIR BALSAM 'Heanses and beautifies the hair, '’roinotes a luxuriant growth. N?ver Fails to Hestore Gray Hair to its Youthful Color. Curts Ka'p d ; -eases Ac hair tailing. o'c.and >I.OO at Druggists Electric Bitters Succeed when everything else fails. | In nervous prostration and female n weaknesses they are the supreme g remedy, as thousands have testified. L FOR KIDNEY, LIVER AND | STOMACH TROUBLE ■ it is the best medicine ever sold over a druggist s counter.